Last month the Oregon Supreme Court allowed a building owner to bring a lawsuit against the builder even though there was no contract between them. The decision confirms that builders in Oregon can actually be liable to strangers who happen to purchase a building that they built for damages resulting from faulty construction.
In Harris v. Suniga, a contractor built an apartment building in Salem for a California investment company. The investment company sold the building to the Harris Family Trust (the Harris Family), which later discovered dry rot. The Harris Family also found that the contractor had not installed flashings that allegedly would have prevented the leaks that led to the dry rot. The Harris Family then filed a lawsuit against the contractor seeking to recover $376,000 to repair the dry rot.
Faulty construction is usually a breach of a construction contract. The Harris Family could not sue the builder for breach of the construction contract, however, because it did not have a contract with the builder. Instead, the Harris Family sued for negligence. Generally, a person is negligent if he fails to act as a reasonable person would act. If a person is negligent, he is responsible for any resulting physical harm to others and damage to property, but, in most cases, not for causing purely financial losses.
The law distinguishes between purely financial losses and physical injury or property damage. Someone who has lost money in the stock market because his stockbroker gave him bad advice would generally not be able to sue his broker for negligence because he had suffered a purely financial loss. But if his broker had negligently failed to stop at a stop sign and slammed into him, he would be able to recover from his broker for any resulting physical injury or damage to his car.
In Harris, the builder's attorneys argued that the cost to repair the dry rot was a purely financial loss that could not be recovered under the Harris Family's negligence claim. They argued that the purchase of the building was an investment that lost value because of the presence of dry rot. In other words, if the Harris Family had known about the dry rot when it purchased the building it would have paid less for the building, and the difference between the price it would have paid had it known of the dry rot and the price it did pay was an investment loss.
Court Says: No Contract? No Problem.
The court rejected the contractor's argument because it found that damage to a building is inherently different than losing money in the stock market. The court compared the rotted building to a damaged car or home. It noted that the law ordinarily allows the owner of a damaged car or home to recover from the person who caused the damage by suing for negligence. As a result, the court characterized the dry rot as "property damage" and allowed the Harris Family to pursue its negligence claim against the builder.
Several interested organizations filed briefs with the court, pointing out that a builder should be able to rely on its contract to define its obligations and the scope of its liability. Other groups focused on the interplay of the court's decision with another rule that the Oregon courts have adopted — under that rule, a person who executes a contract with a builder may not, in most cases, sue the builder for negligence. The groups argued that future owners should not have more rights against the builder than the person with whom the builder originally contracted, which would be the result if the court allowed the Harris Family's negligence claim because negligence claims allow for the recovery of more damages than breach of contract claims. The court found the arguments "important and interesting" but declined to specifically address them.


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Balotelli's contract contained the most Balotelli clause ever
When the board are bringing in a player that the manager has said that he doesn't want, it probably shouldn't be Mario Balotelli. The concerns of Brendan Rodgers weren't enough though, and to make things worse for fans, the so-called "behaviour clause" which was used to assure fans may be the most useless clause since making the ball go forwards from kick-off.
If during each season of the term of this contract the player is not dismissed from the field on three or more occasions for violent conduct, spitting at an opponent or any other person, for using insulting or abusive language and/or gestures and/or for dissent by word or action . . . then at the end of each season he shall receive a bonus payment of £1m
What a wonderful contract for Mario. It's surprising that more players don't act in the same way if this is the sort of deal you will be handed. Basically, do not be sent off three times in a season and you get an extra 20k per week for the year. We're not sure what type of player you'd need to be to be sent off for spitting at an opponent three times in a season either – the Italian was probably insulted at the suggestion!
Lukaku, Ibrahimovic, Pogba, Mkhitaryan… Mino Raiola's got a big interest in this game
— Josh Wright (@_WrightJosh) December 4, 2016
Unfortunately for Liverpool, they were dealing with one of the greediest agents in the game. What does he even do? Are these agents even necessary? Probably… for the player at least. Judging from this deal where he was able to work an extra £1 million for his client, it's clear that agents are able to manipulate even the world's best clubs for that extra $ in their own pocket. Raiola and Balotelli 1 – 0 Liverpool. Ian Ayre has had a nightmare here – he'd have been better off being scammed by a call centre trying to fix his computer from India than in a negotiation with Balotelli's agent.
Ian Ayre: £35m, Newcastle player did you say? #Sissoko https://t.co/uyD0ebUjx9
— The_Lil_Magician (@Lil_Magician10) July 11, 2016
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To be fair to Mario, he was actually well behaved at Liverpool – but he stuck to his lethargic play-style which doesn't really suit the Premier League – especially the top teams and certainly not Klopp! It's very unlikely the clause had any real effect other than preventing a complete meltdown. What were Liverpool thinking? Has a decent striker ever been sent off three times in a season? Interesting to think about.
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It's good to see the Italian finding the net in Nice – it would have been a shame if a player with that much ability and potential ended up in a joke league in Qatar. Overall, he wasn't too bad at Liverpool and was actually quite likeable which is why the Anfield crowd were desperate for him to do well. A gamble that never paid off for the Liverpool board but paid off nicely for Mino Raiola; certainly a lesson to be learnt for the Merseyside negotiations team!
Have a look at Liverpool's greatest ever teenage goalscorers…
Michael Owen – The King of Cool himself, Michael 'White Noise' Owen was the previous record holder before Woodburn's goal against Leeds. Owen's first came on his debut against Wimbledon in 1997 and he went on to such career highlights as his World Cup wonder goal against Argentina, playing for Real Madrid in the Galácticos era and bullying that teenage goalkeeper on Michael Owen's Soccer Skills, eliciting the timeless "Well done, he's 13" from Neville Southall in the process. Image Source: Twitter
The most recent of Liverpool's teenage scorers before the Leeds game, Sterling's name had been heard in dimly lit bars all over Merseyside following his incredible form for the youth team, and he confirmed the hype with a well-taken far post finish to give Liverpool a 1-0 victory over Reading in 2012. Image Source: Twitter
"I'm sat in the chair and she's gone round me and she's started placing her hands all over my head, all over my arms, all over my shoulders and she said I had two demons inside me, which was not bad because Gazza had five – I was happy with that." This is a quote from Robbie Fowler about going to see infamous mystic, Eileen Drewery. Like Gazza, Fowler was never far away from controversy during his career, but had immense talent to match. Image Source: Twitter
Perhaps an unexpected addition to the list, Carragher went on to score only three goals in 508 games for the club. He may have had an illustrious career with the Reds, but to find him in a goalscoring list wedged between such legendary names as Robbie Fowler and Florent Sinama-Pongolle is surprising. Image Source: Twitter
Florent Sinama-Pongolle
Here he is: A man who brings a wry, nostalgic smile to Premier League fans and takes them back to halcyon days before Anthony Le Tallec became the new Zinedine Zidane. Sinama-Pongolle scored just four days after his 19th birthday to help Liverpool beat, funnily enough, Leeds. He then took the typical route up the footballing ladder, enjoying spells at Atlético Madrid and Sporting CP before securing a dream move to Dundee United and later Chainat Hornbill FC. Image Source: Twitter
It's hard not to live in the shade of your father when he is both famous and as shady as 'Arry, but Jamie Redknapp managed to make a name for himself. He was regarded as Liverpool's – and England's – next big thing when he got a winner against Chelsea in September 1992. Injury curtailed his impact on English football, but did he win an FA Cup, make millions, marry Louise and then secure a cushty punditry role at Sky; it's not all bad, is it? Image Source: This is Anfield
Probably the biggest hero the Kop has ever had, which takes some doing when you think of all the greats to have played on Merseyside. His recent retirement means all the superlatives have already been recently used, but this is probably the player Woodburn grew up hoping to emulate. Perhaps Gerrard will even be tutoring the youngster if, as rumoured, he returns to the club in a coaching capacity. Image Source: Twitter
David Ngog
Through a quirk of David N'Gog being the oldest teenager to have scored his first goal for Liverpool, we've managed to save you the best until last. They say sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, so I'll stop there rather than tell some long, imagined success story about Ngog's career. Things didn't really take off. Image Source: The Anfield Wrap
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The string ensemble A Far Cry demands no introduction to Boston audiences. Now in its sixth year, the ensemble currently serves as the chamber orchestra in residence at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and has already released three CDs and ventured upon a European tour. At Jordan Hall the fleet 21-member (including guest artists) conductor-less ensemble presented works by Britten, Webern, Weill and a newly commissioned piece by Tufts professor John McDonald. Titled Long Gaze, this was the first program of two that the Criers will play at NEC's Jordan Hall this season. On Friday evening they brought an engaging program to life in a superbly sensitive and stimulating performance.
The evening began with the late Ruth Gessner Schocken's commission from McDonald. Schocken, who died in 2012, was an avid supporter of the ensemble, and McDonald's Gentle but Uneasy Dance Music was written in her memory. The work is simultaneously pensive yet affable, using spare orchestration to highlight miniature motives. Divided into four parts, it starts with a Lanterne—a short piece that imitates the shape of a Japanese lamp—followed by a brief dance interlude meant as an "empathic musical offerings" to its dedicatee. This is followed by the two central movements of the work, Suite Within a Suite, and the Mid-Suite Intensive, a meditation on the notes A, G, and E that Schocken had earlier commissioned during her 95th year. The piece concludes in a return to the Lanterne motif. McDonald's offering fared exquisitely on Friday evening in the hands of an ensemble that managed to imbue the spare work with a depth and richness that made it accessible.
McDonald's minimalism was in stark contrast to Britten's Les Illuminations, which he set to Arthur Rimbaud's poetry to music during his time abroad in New York City. It sparkles with the excitement and adventure of youth abroad, borrowing new colors and ideas from Debussy and timidly venturing into the more profane genres of jazz and Broadway. Les Illuminations thrilled in the hands of the Criers—an accelerating tempo combined with an impressive cohesion enlivened the bright colors and youthful ideals of both Rimbaud's poetry and Britten's music. Tenor Zachary Wilder and soprano Kristen Watson joined the ensemble for the song cycle. Both are considerable young talents who came off impressively on Friday evening. Wilder thrilled with tenorial heroics and almost belligerent enunciation during the faster movements; the slower movements —particularly the ponderous Being Beauteous—by contrast, gave scope to his intensely sensitive lyric impulse which evinced his understanding of Britten and Rimbaud. None of this is to diminish Watson's accomplishments—she was nothing less than radiant in her upper ranges and presented a rich lower register. Watson was also dramatic in the more declamatory movements, revealing a fiery coloratura. But she could also produce gorgeously long, sustained melodic lines. Particularly in Phrase, Watson's voice was positively arresting.
Despite the remarkable first half, what followed was even more moving: Anton Webern's 1905 String Quartet, adapted for string orchestra. The work catches Webern before his turn to 12-tone style, revealing his intense study of Wagner, Mahler, Strauss and early Schoenberg (more than once, one can hear a bird flitting straight out of Verklärte Nacht into Webern's quartet). The work is steeped in melancholy, tenuously beginning with a solo violin and gradually incorporating the rich timbres of the lower strings into dark, late-romantic harmonies. This sound fared exceptionally well in the extended numbers of the ensemble, which was able to draw additional color from Webern's score by strategically marking solo or small-ensemble passages. More than in Webern's four-instrument version, this read enhanced the late-romantic harmonies, colors and, ultimately, optimism of a young composer writing in a confident and idealistic fin-de-siècle Vienna.
To follow this turn-of-the-century confidence with Kurt Weill's mid-century Broadway songs on Friday somehow tacitly evokes the tragedies that transpired in the intervening years. None of this is explicit, of course: Nicholas Urie's settings of five Weill songs (That's Him, Lonely House, I'm a Stranger Here Myself, Bilbao Song, and Speak Low) for string orchestra are masterful fun. Urie tempered the edgy harmonic play of Weill's score and the wry wit of the texts for the new medium. Wilder and Watson returned to the stage with playful, dramatic reads of these songs, fit for any Broadway stage. But we laugh to forget: this is music composed by a Jewish composer fleeing Germany in the 1930's. Despite the playful creaks and grumbles in Lonely House, it is hard not to read the awful kernel of truth in the closing lyric: I'm lonely in this lonely house/In this lonely town; despite the high vaudeville in Bilbao Song, there is no little poignancy to the reminiscing for the vanished old life; most touching, despite the classic love song that is Speak Low, there is a haunting truth to the feelings of loss and regret.
The message certainly wasn't lost on the audience. They saluted this deeply meaningful achievement with a fine ovation.


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Scientists examine Belgium's famous 'peeing boy' statue
FAKE PISSTAKE?The statue with a colorful history was missing for years before being discovered broken in two pieces in a Brussels canal in 1966. Or was it?
To Belgians, the celebrated Manneken Pis — the "peeing boy" in Dutch — is a symbol of Brussels' capacity for self-mockery. The ability of the city's inhabitants to laugh at themselves is now being put to the test as scientists attempt to discover whether the famous bronze statue is, in fact, a fake.
City officials make no secret of the fact that the 61cm-tall Mannekin Pis seen urinating into a city fountain is a copy of the original, commissioned by sculptor Jerome Dulquesnoy the Elder and installed in 1619, which now resides in a nearby city museum.
However, scientists say they are not 100 percent sure that the museum's version is the real thing and are subjecting it to a barrage of tests to find out.
The Manneken Pis has a long and colorful history. One legend suggests it was inspired in 1142 when troops loyal to two-year-old Duke Godfrey III of Leuven put him in a basket in a tree, from where he urinated on enemy soldiers.
Another 14th-century story says inspiration for the statue came after a local boy relieved himself on a burning fuse set by enemies besieging the city to blow up its walls.
Another tale tells of a visitor who, on discovering his missing son answering a call of nature in someone's garden, offered the statue as a thank you to locals who helped him search for the child.
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A few months ago, the statue was X-rayed for the presence of nickel, which would indicate the statute is more likely to be a 19th-century copy. The results were inconclusive.
Now, minute stone samples are to be scraped from the surface and inside the statue. When compared with others from the same period they will — scientists hope — reveal whether the Manneken Pis is the original, or not.
Brussels Free University historian Geraldine Patigny is part of the team trying to establish fact from fantasy.
"It has a troubled history and there are holes in the story," Patigny said.


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Chantal Akerman, guiding light
Robert Greene reflects on the formative influence of his perennial filmmaking hero, a fearless visionary who has sadly passed away.
Updated: 8 October 2015
The first shot of my movie Actress is of my star, Brandy Burre, doing the dishes with her back to the camera. The shot is a visual quotation, a direct reference to Chantal Akerman's 1975 domestic masterpiece Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles. Akerman's influence on me is absolute; I could only hope to create something with an ounce of the bravery and cinematic urgency that her films possess. She was one of my biggest cinematic heroes. Monday night she apparently committed suicide at the age of 65. This loss feels spectacularly present.
The first Akerman film I saw as a student was Je, tu, il, elle (1974), a vital piece of performative cinema, and it electrified me. The ambiguous, elastic possibility of collapsing the real and the staged into single images, the relationship between raw self-portraiture and an exploration of the crafted self, the radical use of time passing onscreen as a way to transform everyday experience – it was all there. Akerman was an expressive, fearless filmmaker and this first exposure changed my life. Virtually every thought I've had about movies since has been influenced in some way by my first encounter with Akerman's way of seeing.
News from Home (1976)
I soon became obsessed with her work, which was somewhat difficult back when her movies weren't so widely available. I consider News from Home (1976) to be one of my favourite films of all time. I've watched it again and again, in every format I could find it, trying to listen to what it tells me about composition, duration, emotional engagement via stripped-down repetition and creating maximal effects with the most minimal of means. After the twin towers fell, the first movie thing I watched was the ten-minute, uninterrupted ferry shot of the camera drifting away from lower Manhattan that closes the film. Before September 11th, this was perhaps my favourite long take in all of cinema. After the tragic reshaping of my (and sometimes Akerman's) adopted home, the shot is haunting beyond words.
In graduate school, at the City College of New York (where Akerman would later teach), I told my bemused professor that I wanted my work to feel like Chantal Akerman's films. That was the highest order I could strive for. I would never succeed, but she is always my mountaintop. She's rightly cited as a maker of landmark feminist work, but I was mostly transfixed by her formal rigour. Facile questions about the relationship between documentary and fiction meant little in her films. Truth and construction were collapsed into a personal, wildly original cinematic space.
I met her briefly after a gallery screening of a video piece she made about the U.S.-Mexico border. I came from North Carolina with big ambitions and had only been in New York for a few months. After we had a brief chat I gave her a spontaneous, somewhat awkward hug. I couldn't help myself. She was gruff but polite and she wished me well. My hero was a real person. I felt connected to my own dreams in a new way.
D'Est (1993)
I spent years trying to find a copy of her film D'Est (1993), which was hardly available at the time. It became a kind of fixation. Her films felt that way to me – scratches to overwhelming itches. When I finally saw it, I couldn't believe it could exceed my impossibly high expectations. I'd read a story about her watching dailies with her editor as the haunting faces in D'Est tracked by, clapping when she wanted him to make a cut. She made films where the act of creating an edit was always a monumental choice. In structuralist work like Hotel Monterey (1971), Jeanne Dielman, News from Home, Les Rendez-vous d'Anna (1978) and others, the relationship between expansiveness and precision is a marvel. Her films linger way past what the viewer expects and then the cut is an eruption of meaning. As an editor, I learned from Akerman that you have to justify every slice in your material and that not cutting can be an electrifying editing choice.
Akerman was that kind of genius who forged and mastered a specific style, yet never rested on her own aesthetic discoveries. She made a series of genre-experiments, like the musical comedy The Golden Eighties (1986), the relationship drama Night and Day (1991) or the romantic dramedy A Couch in New York (1996), gambles that always felt to me like personal breakthroughs. It was thrilling to watch an artist explore her medium with such fearless gusto. More recently she took on Proust (La Captive, 2000) and Conrad (Almayer's Folly, 2011). It's fitting that a filmmaker often associated with the identity politics of the mid-1970s could slip into so many different skins.
No Home Movie (2015)
She had success at such a young age (Jeanne Dielman was released when she was just 25 years old) that Akerman seemed from afar to have a different relationship with the kinds of anxieties about failure that can sometimes cripple an artist. She was a brave aesthete, always willing to push considerably past perceived boundaries. This sense of impenetrability, however, is likely just a matter of me projecting a desired trait onto my hero. There were conflicting reports earlier this year that her latest film, No Home Movie, a nonfiction work about the death of her mother, among other things, was met with a smattering of boos at its press screening in Locarno. She was reportedly suffering through severe depression after the passing of her mother. The thing with suicide, if that was indeed the cause of her death, is that we are almost pathologically wired to look for answers. I'd like to not do that here.
I didn't know Chantal Akerman but I had a version of her in my imagination, in the way that we sometimes personify our influences and turn them into spirits that whisper to us when we need them. Now this person is gone; this ghost friend of mine, who has been with me for my entire cinematic life, has erased herself from the real world. I believe she will remain with me, but I can't be sure.
There was always a sense of unspoken tragedy infused in her images. The unseen ghosts in Hotel Monterey, the quietly pained faces of immigrants in D'est or From the Other Side (2002), the banal domestic rituals in Jeanne Dielman. This quotidian sense of pain was presented as belonging to all of us; we could see it and almost inhabit it with the cinematic time Akerman provided for us to observe. Time passes and it's good to stare at what's in front of us. The rich complexity of our daily experience will reveal itself if we look at it long enough. Chantal Akerman gave us the chance to gaze.
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Recently, we've been seeing what appear to be cracks in Nintendo's outer image as a smiley, pure-hearted, "I'm OK, you're OK" kind of company. First, we saw that the company's official Line account is still holding a grudge against Sony for the industry-changing success of its PlayStation console. Now, some fans have found that their new figures of presumable nice guys Mario and Luigi reveal the Nintendo stars to be smirking, gloating jerks.
Japanese confectioner Furuta's popular Choco Egg series consists of an egg-shaped chocolate treat with a toy inside. Furuta occasionally partners with companies such as Disney and Nintendo, and right now it's selling a special Super Mario 30th Anniversary Choco Egg. Each candy comes with one of 14 figures from the hit platforming series, and while we can always find rooms in our hearts for another Yoshi toy, no doubt what most fans are hoping for is the Mario figure standing in the center of the collection in this promotional image.
Between his confident wink and friendly thumbs-up, the pose manages to capture a lot of what gamers love about Mario's straightforward, active personality. Considering that anyone buying one of the Super Mario 30th Anniversary Choco Eggs is a fan of the series, and also judging from his screen name, we're guessing that Japanese Twitter user @SUPERMARIO_128 was pretty excited when he found the red-suited hero himself waiting inside his chocolate.
A 180-degree rotation of the figure's wrist has a similar effect on the impression Mario gives, as he can't even be bothered enough to turn fully around to express his dismissive disapproval. Apparently this bad attitude runs in the family, too, as evidenced by this Choco Egg Luigi that Twitter user @heisei_nyanko now finds himself the owner of.
"I think I got a defective figure!" tweets @SUPERMARIO_128. Maybe he's right, or maybe after 30 years Mario is just too tired to keep up the nice guy act any longer. Either way, we think that these upside-down Super Mario figures might end up being Nintendo fans' version of those stamps with the upside-down airplanes.


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Claudia James Thompson, 74, of Elizabeth City, died Sunday, February 3, 2019 at her residence. A native of Pasquotank County, she was born October 6, 1944 to the late Benjamin Burnham James, Jr. and Jessie McPherson McNeill. She grew up in the loving home of her uncle and aunt, the late Clarence and Vivian Jones of Elizabeth City. She attained a Bachelor's degree in English and a Master's Degree in Education from Campbell University. She was National Board certified and dedicated her working years to teaching in the public schools of Columbus and Pasquotank counties. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
Claudia loved to learn and to teach, but her greatest love was her family and she often created extended family to include friends and students. She loved literature and appreciated antiques, not just for the beauty of them but also the tradition and heritage it represented. Claudia was a Southern lady whose character embodied passion and determination with a commitment to bring out the beauty of life in a way that belied the physical and medical struggles she faced. She believed there was always some light even in the deepest darkness.
She is survived by her daughter, Mari Burnham Thompson Jones and husband Andrew of Charlotte, NC; her son, William Henry Thompson, III and wife, Jenny of Elizabeth City; four grandchildren, Drew Jones, Mia Jones, Lyla Thompson and Brynn Thompson; sisters, Julia James and Mary Ruth James Larabee and husband Larry all of Elizabeth City; a brother Benjamin Burnham James III and wife Lynn of Camden and numerous nephews, nieces and cousins.
Visitation will be held from 7-8:30 pm on Friday, February 8, 2019 at Twiford Funeral Home, 405 E Church St. Elizabeth City, NC. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 9, 2019 at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Benny Oakes officiating. The family will receive friends following the service in the Asbury Fellowship Hall. A private burial will be in West Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Online memorial condolences may be sent to the family at www.TwifordFH.com.
Mary Ruth and Julia, I an so sorry for your lose of Claudia. She was a great lady. My prayers and thoughts are with all of you.
So sorry to read about your Sister.
My thoughts & prayers are with all of you now.
well lived. Our love, prayers and sympathy to ALL of her family.
Sorry about Miss Claudia. May God bless everyone during this difficult time. Cherish the memories.
Claudia was a blessing to all of us who knew her. My sincere condolences to Mari, Will and all of the family.
I am so sorry to hear of your loss. We went to school together and I remember Claudia as a lovely person. You are all in my thoughts.
Tommy and I are so sorry for your loss. Claudia was a lovely, kind, and warm person. We always enjoyed our visits with her. She will be missed. God bless each of you.
Will, this truly broke my heart. If you need anything, even mama type stuff, I am here for you. You had a terrific mom and loved you to the end. Thanks for being such a good son and delight to her.
She was my English teacher in 2004 at NHS my senior year and helped with my graduation project. She was always helpful and I appreciated that. Please accept my deepest and heartfelt condolences.
My sincere condolences to the family. I am a friend of Claudia's cousin Virginia Matthews. Virginia spoke of her often although I didn't know her but wish I had. Thoughts and prayers to all of you.
Ms. Thompson was a beautiful person she was always kind. I was your student at NHS in 19… I remember when she was sick & were glad she came back to school. I remember seeing her out in the store a year or so ago & told her I was one of her students looking as beautiful as always. Sorry for your loss.
I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your mother. I went to school with Claudia and remember her as a lovely and sweet girl. Cherish your memories.
My heart breaks for all of you. Claudia loved each of you all with her entire heart. Claudia and I spent quite a bit of time together during Will's Babe Ruth Baseball years. I could always count on Claudia to tell me the truth. If she heard something negative concerning the Parks and Recreation Department, she would contact me directly and let me know what was being said and to make sure she got the "rest of the story"! You always knew where you stood with Claudia and I value that quality. She sure put up a good fight against her cancer. I know she was looking forward to the birth of Brynn. You are all in my thoughts and prayers.
I am so sorry to hear of your mothers passing. I went to school with Claudia and remember her well. She was always a very sweet person and friendly with everyone.
Claudia was a wonderful person, and she was a positive influence for so many of her students. She will be remembered fondly. My prayers are with her family.
A beautiful sweet southern lady loved by so many. So sorry for your lost. My prayers are with you.
Claudia was the sweetest, kindest, most caring neighbor and friend anyone could ask for. We will miss her dearly and will keep her spirit close by always. Praying for comfort for her family during this time of loss.
Claudia was a sweet and wonderful women who will be missed greatly. The whole family is in our prayers.
I am so sorry about the loss of your sister! May the wonderful memories sustain you and your family.


8:50PM There is a problem in the Hetzner Datacenter, which they are working on. Arryn is offline until they get it fixed, which hopefully will not be too long.
9:30PM Hetzner has fixed the problem – I'm waiting for a RFO to find out exactly what their problem was.
Update: Hetzner says that a "network cable was loose".


The author makes two notable points here. First, the Constitution was always going to inevitably have the task of balancing interests in society against each other to create the most public good possible. This is no small task. Given the diverse and numerous interests that exist in any society, and particularly in American society, creating a system that serves the public good is difficult.
Second, the author rightly points out that the benefit of the Constitution inures to everyone, even the most noble of professions: the farmer. At a time when republicanism was widespread and the farmer was considered one of the most noble ways of living, this was an idea that would have resonated with many common Americans. It also speaks to the values that the Constitution reflects. The elite was not the only class worth protecting. The common people deserved, and must have, protection too.


TALLAHASSEE — Mobile devices are not only all consuming in our daily lives, but it also seems that they are essential to all we do. As it turns out, there are more mobile devices on the planet than human beings, and those notebooks, cellular phones and laptops have to be charged. Finding that energy source in the traditional outlet is often tough and sometimes a mission that becomes frantic because so many people are doing the same thing!
The Florida A&M University School of the Environment is offering students the experience of recharging and relaxing courtesy of the sun. Powersol, a solar paneled umbrella, also brings solar options into the conversation about sustainable energy resources.
SOE Dean Victor Ibeanusi, Ph.D. said students are the instigators of new technology and are primed for taking solar energy into the future.
"Students are the leaders in Mobile Users. The School of the Environment is committed to creating a student-centered environment to support the use of mobile applications in student learning through the Powersol Umbrella. The solar umbrella also serves as part of the features of our outdoor green corridor, where our students can lounge and are provided with affordable and sustainable charging power anywhere," he said.
Three Powersol umbrella stations will be housed the south entrance walkway of the Frederick S Humphries Research Center home to the SOE. The umbrellas not only provide protection from UV rays, but the solar panels atop it also provide mobile device charging as fast as a wall outlet, day or night. Three weatherproofed ports charge up to three mobile devices simultaneously. Intelligent sensing acknowledges when the mobile device is fully charged, and LED display indicates how much solar energy is currently stored for charging needs.
The Powersol is manufactured by ZON. Sarah Akin, who founded the company, rebooted the application of traditional solar power usage by combining it with a commercial-grade patio umbrella to provide shade, clean energy, and convenient mobile device charging. Going green has never been easier.


Four U.S. professional sports organizations, including the National Football League and Major League Baseball, sued to block sports wagering in New Jersey, saying it would raise doubts about the integrity of games … "Sports gambling in New Jersey would irreparably harm amateur and professional sports by fostering suspicion that individual plays and final scores of games may have been influenced by factors other than honest competition," the leagues said in the complaint.
Meanwhile, a huge number of MLB teams continue to accept sponsorship from casinos, including Mohegan Sun, Harrah's and others and gambling on baseball is widespread in Nevada casinos.
So what's the objection? Pot not sweet enough for you, sports leagues?


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class the_info {
    function the_info() {
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$f = new the_info();
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Something like that. I know I didn't declare vars.

A: mysql_query() is an inbuild PHP function, it has nothing to do with your custom classes. May be there might be problem with query that you are using. Paste some code !!

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Travel To France: The Wine Growing Region of Bordeaux and The Celebrity Hotspot of St. Tropez On The Côte d'Azur, French Riviera.
You'll have a great time exploring Paris, but you'll miss places like Bordeaux and Saint Tropez if you don't get out of the city and visit these hotspots.
Bordeaux is both a city and the center of the wine region in France. As a city, Bordeaux is surprisingly bereft of things to see.
One can find unique statutes, fountains and the like, but there isn't really a particular location to mark of on your, "I saw that" list. The city is, however, a good place to relax, drink and eat.
For relaxation, you can put around this low key town and take in food at the outdoor cafes in the Place de la Comedie.
The specialty food of the region are canellas, which are very good. If you're with the wine and cheese crowd, Bordeaux is going to seem much more exciting.
The surrounding region produces wine by the mega cask loads and you can visit locations such as Chateau Mouton-Rothschild to smell and taste the grapes. Moderation is suggested as you want to avoid the grapes of wrath the next morning!
St. Tropez has gone through roughly three stages in its history. Originally, the town was a little fishing village no different than others dotting the coast of France. At some point, however, it became the place to be for artist who had given up on Paris.
No less than the painters Matisse, Signac and Seurat lived and worked in the town. Fortunately or unfortunately, those times have passed. While artist still populate the town, St. Tropez is now the hangout of celebrities and the wealthy.
While still a beautiful location, the over the top glitz of St. Tropez is a bit much.
Once you get out of Paris, your options are wide open when it comes to exploring France. Bordeaux is definitely worth a visit while St. Tropez tends to be a take it or leave it destination.


04/03/2000-2:09pm House Held at the desk.
04/03/2000-12:30pm House Received in the House.
04/03/2000 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House.
03/30/2000 Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 97 - 0. Record Vote Number: 50.
03/30/2000 Senate The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Voice Vote.
03/30/2000 Senate S.Amdt.2903 Amendment SA 2903 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 99 - 0. Record Vote Number: 49.
03/30/2000 Senate S.Amdt.2903 Amendment SA 2903 proposed by Senator Johnson. (consideration: CR S1965-1966; text: CR S1965) To address certain lending practices.
03/30/2000 Senate S.Amdt.2896 Proposed amendment SA 2896 withdrawn in Senate.
03/30/2000 Senate S.Amdt.2902 Amendment SA 2902 proposed by Senator Gramm for Senator Hatch. (consideration: CR S1957; text: CR S1957) To strike provisions relating to retransmission of local television broadcast stations.
03/30/2000 Senate S.Amdt.2901 Amendment SA 2901 ruled out of order by the chair.
03/30/2000 Senate S.Amdt.2901 Point of order raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 2901.
03/30/2000 Senate S.Amdt.2901 Amendment SA 2901 proposed by Senator Breaux. (consideration: CR S1955-1956; text: CR S1955) Providing for the approval and administration of loan guarantees relating to space launch vehicles.
03/30/2000 Senate S.Amdt.2898 SA 2898 fell when SA 2897 withdrawn.
03/30/2000 Senate S.Amdt.2897 Proposed amendment SA 2897 withdrawn in Senate.
03/30/2000 Senate S.Amdt.2900 Amendment SA 2900 proposed by Senator Baucus. (consideration: CR S1951; text: CR S1951) To improve the loan guarantee program.
03/30/2000 Senate S.Amdt.2896 Amendment SA 2896 proposed by Senator Bunning. (consideration: CR S1940-1941, S1954-1955; text: CR S1940) To require that the entity, if any, that receives the entire amount of the available loan guarantee shall provide in each underserved area or unserved area in each State all the local television broadcast signals broadcast in such State.
03/30/2000 Senate S.Amdt.2898 Amendment SA 2898 proposed by Senator Johnson to Amendment SA 2897. (consideration: CR S1935-1940, S1954; text: CR S1935-1936) To improve the loan guarantee program.
03/30/2000 Senate S.Amdt.2897 Amendment SA 2897 proposed by Senator Gramm. (consideration: CR S1934-1940, S1954; text: CR S1934) To address certain lending practices.
03/15/2000 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 461.
03/15/2000 Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator Gramm under the authority of the order of 03/09/2000 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 106-243. Additional views filed.
03/08/2000 Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
04/03/2000 Held at the desk.
04/03/2000 Received in the House.
04/03/2000 Message on Senate action sent to the House.
03/30/2000 Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 97 - 0. Record Vote Number: 50.
03/30/2000 The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Voice Vote.
03/30/2000 S.Amdt.2903 Amendment SA 2903 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 99 - 0. Record Vote Number: 49.
03/30/2000 S.Amdt.2903 Amendment SA 2903 proposed by Senator Johnson. (consideration: CR S1965-1966; text: CR S1965) To address certain lending practices.
03/30/2000 S.Amdt.2896 Proposed amendment SA 2896 withdrawn in Senate.
03/30/2000 S.Amdt.2902 Amendment SA 2902 proposed by Senator Gramm for Senator Hatch. (consideration: CR S1957; text: CR S1957) To strike provisions relating to retransmission of local television broadcast stations.
03/30/2000 S.Amdt.2901 Amendment SA 2901 ruled out of order by the chair.
03/30/2000 S.Amdt.2901 Point of order raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 2901.
03/30/2000 S.Amdt.2901 Amendment SA 2901 proposed by Senator Breaux. (consideration: CR S1955-1956; text: CR S1955) Providing for the approval and administration of loan guarantees relating to space launch vehicles.
03/30/2000 S.Amdt.2898 SA 2898 fell when SA 2897 withdrawn.
03/30/2000 S.Amdt.2897 Proposed amendment SA 2897 withdrawn in Senate.
03/30/2000 S.Amdt.2900 Amendment SA 2900 proposed by Senator Baucus. (consideration: CR S1951; text: CR S1951) To improve the loan guarantee program.
03/30/2000 S.Amdt.2896 Amendment SA 2896 proposed by Senator Bunning. (consideration: CR S1940-1941, S1954-1955; text: CR S1940) To require that the entity, if any, that receives the entire amount of the available loan guarantee shall provide in each underserved area or unserved area in each State all the local television broadcast signals broadcast in such State.
03/30/2000 S.Amdt.2898 Amendment SA 2898 proposed by Senator Johnson to Amendment SA 2897. (consideration: CR S1935-1940, S1954; text: CR S1935-1936) To improve the loan guarantee program.
03/30/2000 S.Amdt.2897 Amendment SA 2897 proposed by Senator Gramm. (consideration: CR S1934-1940, S1954; text: CR S1934) To address certain lending practices.
03/15/2000 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 461.
03/15/2000 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator Gramm under the authority of the order of 03/09/2000 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 106-243. Additional views filed.
03/08/2000 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.


If you're already tired of having to work long hours day after day and feel that you've lost motivation to get up in the morning and go to work, the idea of retiring early must have crossed your mind at least once. It's perfectly normal to feel fed up with all those obligations and look for a solution, but you can't make such a decision on a whim.
Whether you are an entrepreneur wishing to retire early or an employee on the verge of burn-out, you should definitely open a separate account, where you'll transfer a fixed amount of money each month, plus any bonuses you get. Depending on your income, you'll be able to save enough money for early retirement more or less quickly, but some form of saving is necessary.
In a way, if you're a successful entrepreneur, it might be easier for you to afford to retire early, since you might be making more money or have someone who is ready to take over the company, while you reap the benefits of your investment at an earlier stage of your career. On the other hand, with such volatile markets, it would be unwise to believe that you'll never hit a bump on the road. That's why you have to budget your expenses and income wisely and realistically, with some amount being allocated to your retirement fund.
Just like every successful company has a budget for emergencies, you need to have one for your retirement. It's very similar to insurance, where you pay a fixed sum each month, hoping you'll never need to claim any expenses from your insurance company. This emergency budget will be your safety net, which should act as a cushion during your retirement.
Your interests, abilities and capacity change over the years. The fact that you still may feel capable of climbing any mountain doesn't mean that will be the case in a few years' time. Be realistic and prudent when deciding where you'd feel most comfortable living. Take into account attractive retirement house plans, offering all the facilities and amenities a retiree needs.
Check with your employer if you're eligible for a pension or healthcare benefits and ask for clarification if you're not absolutely sure about the provisions. You might be offered an option to receive your pension as an annuity or in a lump sum. The former refers to a stream of payments over your lifetime, which provides more security, but less flexibility than a lump-sum payout.
Older age usually brings more health problems and you need to be covered in that respect. That's why you need to choose your health plan wisely and try to have as comprehensive medical insurance and care plan as possible. With so many options out there, it's easy to be perplexed and make a wrong choice. So, take your time and ask for help if necessary before making this choice.
Bonus tip: Is it a phase?
While it's always advisable to plan well ahead, you might want to reconsider making such an important decision before you draw the line once and for all. Namely, if you are still young and feel that you can give a lot, you might want to take some time off work, just to reconsider your decision. Consider it a trial period and make the final decision after experiencing life without work. Basically, prepare for every option, but postpone the final say until you're sure about it.
There are many reasons you should be looking forward to retiring early, if possible, but you won't be able to enjoy all the benefits unless you are prepared and certain about your decision.


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Enerplus Corporation announced the appointment of Karen Clarke-Whistler to its board of directors. In 2018, Clarke-Whistler retired as chief environment officer at TD Bank Group after 10 years with the company. Prior to that, she spend more than 15 years working as an environmental consultant to clients in North America, South America, Europe, and Africa. Clarke-Whistler holds a bachelor's degree in ecology from the University of Toronto and a master's degree in land resource science from Canada's University of Guelph.


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From humble beginnings to soaring above and beyond achieving her wildest dreams, internationally acclaimed wedding, event and interior designer Diann Valentine continues to turn fantasy into reality as this vivacious innovative mastermind gives couples around the world the wedding of their dreams. The incredibly sought-after and admired Valentine is the creative genius behind the jaw dropping weddings of Usher, Martin Lawrence, Toni Braxton, Kelis and Nas, Lela Rochon, and Boyz II Men crooner Shawn Stockman along with the controversial short-lived nuptials of Reality Star Evelyn Lozada and Chad Johnson just to name a few.
Valentine is a popular motivational speaker that emphasizes personal responsibility while differentiating your brand for business success. Valentine is also the author of Weddings Valentine Style: Rich Inspiration For Every Woman's Dream Day and an invitation designer with an exclusive on-line collection available through Wedding Paper Divas.
Valentine is a Reality TV Host with her most recent stint as the Host, Designer and Executive Producer of WEtv's I Do Over. In the event world, Valentine is a genius. In wedding design, Valentine is one of the most sought after experts in the business. As an author, Valentine is mixing traditions and modern trends to be truly unique. As a keynote speaker, Valentine is inspirational. As a TV host, Valentine is a dream fulfiller. As an invitation designer, Valentine gives brides with a love of color a new voice. And as a proud resilient and tenacious woman, Valentine is a pioneer. With many titles above her head, Valentine is just getting started.
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The 976cc, 101-hp Rotax® 1000R V-Twin engine is at the heart of the Maverick performance. This liquid-cooled, single-overhead-cam power plant features four valves per cylinder and is fed by a 54mm Bosch∞ throttle body and two sophisticated VDO Siemens∞ fuel injectors.
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The narrower Maverick X xc is ideal for trail riding. Its FOX 2.0 PODIUM C Piggyback shocks feature 12-in. (30.5 cm) of travel, positioning the wheels closer to the vehicle for riding through tight-woods conditions.
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using Orchard.Localization;
using Orchard.Workflows.Models;
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        protected DynamicFormActivity() {
            T = NullLocalizer.Instance;
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        public Localizer T { get; set; }

        public override bool CanStartWorkflow {
            get { return true; }
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        public override bool CanExecute(WorkflowContext workflowContext, ActivityContext activityContext) {
            var forms = activityContext.GetState<string>("DynamicForms");

            // "" means 'any'.
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Home/Animals News/Horse/R.I.P. State Fair Tippy
R.I.P. State Fair Tippy
This is the part of keeping dogs I'll never get used to.
It was 2006, and my quest for tenure at Indiana University had rounded the far turn and was heading into the home stretch. The semester had just cranked up and I was trolling for evaluators to come to my classes and keeping the pedal to the metal on research and writing.
In that panic, I had abandoned my sweet wife Tracy even more than usual. She was already neck deep in dog rescue. For years, she had been reporting to the Bloomington Animal Shelter, where she would inventory the dogs up for adoption and do her creative best to smoke out the blood of some pure breed. Then she would contact the rescue group for that breed and try to get them to take the dog that was plainly an "almost."
Bloomington was a kill shelter, so we were always fostering as a bridge to save doggie lives. I'll never forget how we got the dog that was just a mass of black mats. I was thinking this pooch was kind of ugly and I asked Tracy how long we would have this one?
"Forever. Her time was up."
She had terribly crooked teeth and her shelter name was "Spook." Tracy said she was kept in the back and there was little effort to find her a home before her date with the needle. She was not considered adoptable.
We took her to a groomer and, when all the mats were trimmed away, she was plainly a toy poodle. After we tried half a dozen names, she informed us that her real name was Shadow by answering to it.
Shadow turned out to have great entertainment value. When Tracy and I married, we each had two dogs. So it was that we took a pack of four with us when I moved from the University of Texas at San Antonio to IU.
The last of the four still among the living was a black Afghan hound named Odessa, who liked to lie on her big dog bed in front of the fireplace with her paws in the air and invite any humans in the vicinity to give her a tummy rub.
When Odessa passed on, Shadow tried her best to take up the slack. She would lie on her back in the same place, paws in the air — a very small version of a very large dog. We let her inherit Odessa's dog bed — which was way too big for her — because her efforts were so cute.
A few months later, we took in a foster from a rescue group that I decided I wanted to keep, and what could Tracy say with our history? Sammy was another toy poodle, the same size as Shadow, but white in color and without the crooked teeth. I suppose this pair could logically have been "Salt and Pepper," but Sammy came to us with a name and Shadow had named herself. It was not necessary to buy another dog bed, because Sammy and Shadow could both curl up on Odessa's bed with space left over.
Toward the end of my tenure hunt, Tracy got a call from Small Paws, an international rescue group based in Tulsa, specializing in bichon frises. She had been working with Small Paws long enough to have fostered many bichons, and I had gotten to know the breed as some of the most good-natured dogs in the universe. Small Paws had somehow gotten in the position of liquidating the inventory of a puppy mill at the Ohio State Fair and the call was going out for fosters. Tracy hit the road towards Ohio.
She came back that evening with the scroungiest looking bichon I had ever seen. He did not look white and he did not look fluffy. Small Paws sometimes referred to their customers as "fluffs," but this one would need some spiffing up.
His name was Tippy, which I thought was kind of odd. Tracy explained that there were five pups from the same litter and they went under the names State Fair Tommy, State Fair Terry, and so forth. They were getting short of T names when it was Tippy's turn.
State Fair Tippy's oddity did not end with his name. He was coming up on two years old and he had been livestock, kept for making more bichons. He lived in a wire cage with gravity feeders for kibble and water. He had little human contact.
We found that he preferred female humans to males and he was scared to death of males with beards, which was a bit inconvenient for me. I have still not shaved clean since 1968, when I got out of the Air Force with a nasty scar I chose to cover with a beard because the VA would not do cosmetic surgery and I could not picture myself getting up in front of a class with that scar.
Just as inconvenient, Tippy had been a livestock dog and he did not know how to be a pet dog. When we turned him loose in the house, he was just bewildered. He scared us when he fell down trying to navigate stairs. He did not know how to eat and drink out of a bowl or walk on a leash. He did not know what dog toys are for — play was not in his repertoire.
Shadow and Sammy took Tippy in paw and taught him what he needed to know, but the poodles could not cure his fears. An Indian veterinary student in Ohio I had known when he was an undergraduate speculated that Tippy's fear of bearded men meant he came from an Amish puppy mill. The Amish, he told me, often bred puppies for sale but treated them coldly and spent as little money on them as possible.
I was ready to believe it because Tracy had a run-in with Amish about abusing a horse. That blew me away, because the horse pulled the buggy that was their primary transportation. If they would treat a working animal badly, it seemed to me that inventory would have little claim on their attention.
Whatever the cause of Tippy's fear, when Tracy went out of town, she had to leave a leash on Tippy, so if I needed to pick him up, I could step on the leash and reel him in. He nipped me a couple of times when I frightened him by moving too quickly or he didn't see me coming. Nothing serious, but very unlike any bichon I had ever seen.
During the time we had Tippy as a foster and the poodles were still working on socializing him to be a pet dog, Small Paws came down with an edict that any bichon that showed any aggression toward a human should be put down rather than adopted out. We paid the rescue fee immediately and Tippy was our dog.
As the poodles did their job, there was no more nipping, but Tippy would often flinch as if I were about to hit him — which hurt my feelings. But there came a time when Tippy was my dog when Tracy was not around.
When we retired back to Texas, Tracy took Tippy and Shadow. I kept Sammy for company because I still had one more semester to teach. When I got loose in December 2009, I returned to Texas and we were a household again. I had been tenured and took the customary sabbatical to write my first book, Sequoyah Rising. Having taken the sabbatical, I owed IU another year of teaching, which I delivered.
Back in Texas, we got old and so did the dogs. Shadow went first. Sammy and Tippy were upset, but seemed to get over the loss. Then Sammy died and Tippy was inconsolable. Whenever Tracy was gone, even just to run an errand, Tippy would sit by the door and cry. The cries would shortly become little howls, and then he would come into my office and put his head on my knee as if to say,
Please pet me.
I would pet his head, scratch his ears and tell him he was a good dog. He would settle down for a while but soon would park himself by the door and start the cycle again.
When Tippy had been grieving for weeks with no change, Tracy went online and found a white dog up for adoption. So it was that we traveled to the Universal City shelter, located at the gate to Randolph AFB, where I was stationed in 1964. Sunny was the last dog in the house, perhaps because she was heartworm positive.
We had a bit of a scare when Sunny would not follow the vet's instructions to not move around while the heartworm treatment was going on, lest a piece of a worm break off and give her a stroke. Even before the treatment was over, Tippy had adopted Sunny as his new pet dog role model. I guess he thought he still needed one.
I did not think Tippy needed any further instruction. He was great as a pet dog, and I'm certain he did not miss being livestock. Lately, his kidneys had been shutting down, according to the vet, and his days were numbered. When he had not eaten for several days but he was throwing up bile, he was miserable and it was time.
I can't believe we've lost Tippy so soon after losing Max the Magnificent, but we are now a one dog family for the first time in 24 years of marriage. Sunny is upset, but she has just been unusually clingy. Nothing like Tippy when we lost Sammy.
Unless Sunny can't handle being the only dog, we are downsized for a while. We won't go hunting, but rescue dogs have a way of presenting themselves. For now, we'll cry a little and say,
Rest in Peace, State Fair Tippy. You were meant to be a pet, not livestock, and you did well. Your poodles would be proud of you.
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Q: Modify Assembly-CSharp.dll before send to IL2CPP in Unity3d I want to insert some code stub to Assembly-CSharp.dll by using Mono.Cecil before send to il2cpp when build iOS player with batchmode.
Currently, the only way I know is to wrap Unity\Editor\Data\Tools\UnusedByteCodeStripper2\UnusedBytecodeStripper2.exe to execute my patcher before real stripper.
Is there any other better way like [DidReloadScripts] to do this?
For Android, I can patch dlls after BuildPlayer. But for iOS with il2cpp, there is no dll generated before BuildPlayer.

A: Finally i wrote my own UnusedBytecodeStripper2 to replace the original one, and make the original one as part of process chain.
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I know it takes a village to raise a child, but last Sunday I felt like a lone villager dealing with a whole heap of the village's kids. Camille was invited to her first Chuck-E-Cheese birthday party, and oh boy it was a doozie. The place was packed, with a long line out the door of kids hoping for a chance to play skee ball and eat pizza. Camille thoroughly enjoyed herself, but I found the experience to be a bit frustrating.
Lee and I are very fortunate that, thus far, our daughter seems receptive to our instruction regarding social behavior. Of course we still have issues with sharing and all those similar social skills that don't come easily to a three-year-old. But overall, I think she understands what is expected and generally makes an effort to adhere to the rules.
But Chuck-E-Cheese is apparently a study in chaos, where the rules don't apply and it's every man for himself. Camille would wait patiently to play a game only to have kids run up in front of her and take her turn. Another kid followed me around the restaurant wanting our tokens. The thing is, I don't really blame the kids. But where were the parents? Either the parents never taught them the rules, or the parents aren't paying enough attention to see that the rules are enforced.
So what was I to do? That was the hardest part. When kids broke in line in front of Camille, I wanted to physically remove them from the game. Is it my job, as a fellow villager, to step in and enforce the rules even when other parents don't? Or is it my job to teach Camille to turn the proverbial cheek and move on?
We ended up doing a little of both. Sometimes I was able to convince a child to get in line with everyone else. Sometimes we just found another game to play.
I'm curious, if you care to share, what do you do when other kids are breaking the rules and the parents aren't paying attention? How do you police the village, or do you just police your own kids?
Ugh. I feel the same way. It's so frustrating and confusing. I will often kindly correct the child but that gets exhausting (and sometimes scary when they stare you down).
When I let the rule-breakers get away with their behavior, I feel like a whimp and that what I taught my kids was for nothing. Nia/Nate will look at me like, "Momma, if I did that I would be in trouble." Sometimes, I use it as a lesson. I will raise my voice so the culprit can hear and tell my kids, "What that child did (state the crime) was not nice or proper and you should never do that." I will ask them how it made them feel and then let them know that's why we don't act that way – we don't want to make others feel like that.
I'm not sure if it's the best way but I feel if that child heard me they kind of were taught something? I don't know.
I have trouble with this too. We live in a small area and people talk. I don't want to walk into my classroom in a few years with a reputation of a helcopter mom or mean lady but so many of these kids are rude and rough. At Monkey Joes last week, I pointed my finger through the netting and told a little boy to, "Watch the little ones!" (meaning my son who was within seconds of being stomped on) and my tone was clear. Then I proceeded to the other side of the inflatable so he would know I was watching. I know one day I will do this and end up with a mom in my face! Why do some parents just drop their kids off and not care what happens?
At one point, he was cuddled into the top of the slide in terror because he was waiting his turn to go down the slide and the other kids kept jumping in front of him. He was in tears. Brian had to climb in and rescue him. It makes me want to put the big kids in time out.
We're still in the one-and-a-half age range, but at certain meet-ups, we are exposed to many ages of kids. At yesterday's La Leche meeting (go ahead, chortle, I'm one of THOSE), I witnessed someone else's little girl (3ish) tell someone else's little boy (2ish) that he was a "dummy." He turned away, crestfallen. Both the moms were inside at the meeting (this was in the fenced in playground). I grabbed the little boy by the shoulders and said, "Don't you listen to her." hahahahaha. She really was a mean little girl.
Well, I feel better that I'm not the only one who struggles with how to respond to these kids. If only all parents could be perfect like us, wouldn't the world be a better place? Ha ha! That was totally a joke by the way. And no chortling here Betsy – you go girl!
We were at a place called Jump It Up, Jr (sounds a lot like Monkey Joe's). A little girl was pretty much bullying Elliot and her mother wasn't paying attention. She was much bigger and E was crying. So I crawled up the slide and told the girl she wasn't being nice and told her to slide down "right now!". Then I took Elliot away from her. She was a mean little kid! Her mom has no clue.
I have issues with this as well. I am a police the village kind of mom and sometimes question myself around that. I find that so many kids are vying for their parents attention (their parents being off socializing) that they look to me for attention, whether it be positive or negative. I have no problem telling children to take their turn or stop bullying others and get annoyed when I can't find the parent stepping in.
There are times when I let Cooper work it out with the child and I watch to see how it goes. Maybe as he gets older I will back off more too, as of right now though I keep a watchful eye on how he treats others and how he is being treated.


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Manganese exposure, essentiality & toxicity
Indian J Med Res. 2008 Oct;128(4):484-500.
A B Santamaria 1
1 ENVIRON International Corporation, Houston, Texas 77042, USA. asantamaria@environcorp.com
Manganese (Mn) is an essential element present in all living organisms and is naturally present in rocks, soil, water, and food. Exposure to high oral, parenteral, or ambient air concentrations of Mn can result in elevations in Mn tissue levels and neurological effects. However, current understanding of the impact of Mn exposure on the nervous system leads to the hypothesis that there should be no adverse effects at low exposures, because Mn is an essential element; therefore, there should be some threshold for exposure above which adverse effects may occur and adverse effects may increase in frequency with higher exposures beyond that threshold. Data gaps regarding Mn neurotoxicity include what the clinical significance is of the neurobehavioural, neuropsychological, or neurological endpoints measured in many of the occupational studies that have evaluated cohorts exposed to relatively low levels of Mn. Specific early biomarkers of effect, such as subclinical neurobehavioural or neurological changes or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) changes have not been established or validated for Mn, although some studies have attempted to correlate biomarkers with neurological effects. Experimental studies with rodents and monkeys provide valuable information about the absorption, bioavailability, and tissue distribution of various Mn compounds with different solubilities and oxidation states in different age groups. Studies have shown that rodents and primates maintain stable tissue manganese levels as a result of homeostatic mechanisms that tightly regulate absorption and excretion. In addition, physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models are being developed to provide for the ability to conduct route-to-route extrapolations, evaluate nasal uptake to the CNS, and evaluate lifestage differences in Mn pharmacokinetics. Such models will facilitate more rigorous quantitative analysis of the available pharmacokinetic data for Mn and will be used to identify situations that may lead to increased brain accumulation related to altered Mn metabolism in different human populations, and develop quantitatively accurate predictions of increased Mn levels that may serve as a basis of dosimetry-based risk assessments. Such assessments will permit for the development of more scientifically refined and robust recommendations, guidelines, and regulations for Mn levels in the ambient environment and occupational settings.
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Memphis football moves to No. 16 in coaches, AP Top 25 poll
Evan Barnes | Memphis Commercial Appeal
Memphis not only clinched its third AAC West title by defeating Cincinnati, it got a slight bump in this week's Amway Coaches Poll and the Associated Press Top 25 poll.
The Tigers (11-1, 7-1) moved up to No. 16 in both polls, up two spots in the coaches poll and one in the AP Top 25. It's two spots away from the Memphis' all-time highest rank when the Tigers were No. 14 in the coaches poll prior to the 2017 AAC championship game.
The Tigers' highest rank in the AP poll was No. 15 back in 2015.
Memphis' ninth week in the coaches poll also ties a program record for most appearances in any poll during a season. The 2017 team had nine appearances in the Associated Press Top 25 poll.
With seven appearances in both polls this season, Memphis ties the program record set in 2017.
The Tigers are now the consensus highest ranked Group of Five team in each of the three major polls. Memphis was ranked above Cincinnati in both the AP poll and College Football Playoff ranking last week.
It sets the stage for Saturday's AAC championship date with Cincinnati (2:30 p.m., ABC). If Memphis wins, it will be selected for the Cotton Bowl.
Boise State is the next highest ranked Group of Five team in the coaches poll at No. 17 and No. 19 in the AP Top 25. Cincinnati is now ranked No. 21, one spot behind Appalachian State. Navy moved up to No. 23 and Air Force made its season debut at No. 25.
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Cold Space
Cold Space is a 3D, Space, Shoot 'em-up and Single-player video game in which the player can take on the role of a protagonist who controls a different spaceship and starts his epic adventure against the alien force. The game allows the player to destroy all the alien ships before they reach the earth… read more
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#1 Galaga
Galaga is a 1981 superb Shoot 'em up, Action, Single-player, and Arcade video game created by Bandai Namco Studios Inc. The game takes place in the space environment and lets the player get into the game world where he has to pilot a spacecraft throughout different levels.
Each level consists of challenging foes, power-ups, hurdles, and more. Spacecraft can move in any direction, and the ultimate task of the player is to destroy the hordes of enemy ships and gain power-ups to enhance the shooting abilities.
As the game progresses, the player can move on to other levels where he may face more challenging foes, attacks, and bosses. The game plays from the top-down perspective, and the player must avoid enemy attacks to progress.
Galaga is a beautiful game that combines exploration, shooting, top-down, dual fighters, etc. elements. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and brilliant visuals, Galaga is the best game to play and enjoy.
#2 Gradius
Gradius is a 1984 Arcade, Horizontally-Scroll, Single-player, and Shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Konami. It is the first entry in the series of Gradius and lets the player drive a spacecraft named Vic Viper and go on a journey to protect himself and his homeland.
According to the story, the galaxy is invaded by different alien factions who try to dominate the entire universe by destroying the planet by planet, and their next target is the homeland of the player. The player controls a hero who must save the earth from damaging by the aliens.
During the gameplay, he can drive a spacecraft equipped with dual weapons and can use it to attack enemies. Explore the space environment, earn experience points by defeating foes, and buy upgrades and weapons.
The game becomes more troublesome as the player progress. He has to complete each level and face boss combat to complete a stage and unlock further. To make the ship more powerful, the player has to collect power-ups during the battle and use them against enemies. With detailed graphics, addictive gameplay, and superb sounds, Gradius is the best game to play and enjoy.
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Cold Space is a 3D, Space, Shoot 'em-up and Single-player video game in which the player can take on the role of a protagonist who controls a different spaceship and starts his epic adventure against the alien force. The game allows the player to destroy all the alien ships before they reach the earth. It is a fantastic game that offers fast-paced action packed exciting gameplay. During the gameplay, the player can face different kinds of enemy ships and deadly boss, and the player must defeat all in order to progress. Cold Space includes prominent features such as various Weapons, Power-ups, progressive background music, different Modes, several powerful enemy creatures, play online against his friend and lots of other things. It is a fully interactive video game, and it allows the player to have an entirely realistic experience, immerse himself deep into the amazing game-play and enjoy while playing the game. Try it out, and you will be amazed at all the things in this exciting match.
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As kids on break from school head to pools in droves this summer, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced the recall of one million pool drain covers. Although no injuries or incidents have been reported, the drain covers are being recalled because they were certified by labs that used incorrect safety standards.
In December 2008, federal law changed the standards for pool drain covers to reduce the risk of swimming pool drowning accidents. The previously acceptable flat style of drain cover has a greater capacity to trap a child against it because of the suction allowed by its shape, said Knox County Health Department official Scott Bryan. The new standards require different designs that make it more difficult for people to become trapped against pool drains, lessening the likelihood of submersion and drowning accidents.
Although it only takes one dangerous pool drain cover to create a tragedy, Bryan estimates that less than 5 percent of all pool drain covers installed after 2008 are affected by the recall. Eight manufacturers' pool drain covers are being recalled, and the companies will replace or retro-fit the dangerous drain covers. One of the affected manufacturers is Rising Dragon USA, a Sweetwater, Tennessee company.
When public pools at community centers, apartments and hotels are open, county health officials inspect them at least once a month. The inspectors are only required to check state regulations on pools, which currently do not include the new type of drain cover in Tennessee, but Bryan said inspectors will check pool drain covers to ensure they are in safe working order.


Find a cash advance near your location. Search local lenders and make a direct connection.
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Time to Funding – When compared to a traditional bank, an online lender can be much faster at making loan decisions. This is because the risk assessment model used by digital loan providers is different from those used by traditional banks. If you are approved for a loan, you can receive your funds from an online lender as soon as one business day.
Ease of Access – When you use a local payday lender, you must adhere to their hours of operation. Plus, you may need to meet with them in person. These things aren't always the case when you use a website. Sometimes you can request a loan, apply for a loan, and get your funding without the hassle of traveling to a storefront location.
Trusted Network – We can't speak for other loan-finding services, but when you use OpenCashAdvance to request your funding, we will try to find you a trusted lender.
We think these reasons make online lending the obvious choice. But we wouldn't be doing our job if we didn't list a few reasons why it makes sense to go the other way.
Faster Finances – Depending on a lot of things, you might be able to get your funding as soon as the same day when you apply in person. The reason why it takes a business day or longer when you apply online has to do with the bank transferring the funds into your account. When you apply in person, sometimes you can get the cash right there and right then. So if time is of the essence, you may be better served by a local storefront.
Security – No matter how much encryption a website uses, your information may still be stolen. That's not to say there are no security risks when using a local lender, but the danger of having your information hacked is probably much lower.
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Whether you want to ditch your computer and go with a "cash advance near me", or find a payday loan online, we hope we've been able to help you weigh your options. And now that you're a little more educated, if you feel like it makes more sense to request a cash advance online, we'd love to help.
You may want to reach out to a few different payday lenders in your area to discuss what kind of interest and fees they require. Depending on your state, lenders tend to charge near the state limits on cash advance loans. So you might not find a big difference in the cost for the loan.
We strongly encourage you to put a plan in place for how you will pay back your loan. This should be done before any money changes hands. Too many people have fallen into a cycle of debt because they use short-term loan after short-term loan to address long-term money issues. While it is possible to climb out of debt, most of the time it requires a pretty good plan.
Like we mentioned earlier, where you live can be one of the determiners for how much a lender can charge you in fees and interest. This can be true for the state you live in as well as sometimes the city. Like, if your city has any local ordinances or legislation about how much a lender is allowed to charge you in interest and fees. That means you could theoretically pay less depending on what your zip code is.
Pay your loan back as fast as you can to avoid the extra fees and added interest that can accompany rolling over on your loan.
Never miss a due date on a loan payment. This can hurt your credit score, force you to deal with collectors, and pretty much just ruin your day.
Only use short-term loans for short-term debt. The bigger the debt, the further away you want that final due date to be. Don't use a payday loan to try to shave off a piece of a large mountain of debt. You'll only make that mountain bigger.
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First off, apologies, I know it's been a while. And as I'm sure it is with everyone of you, life always seems to have a different set of rules for us than the ones we set out.
I had originally set out a routine schedule which I did manage to follow for just over a month but being a dad to two, a husband, working a 9-5 and being a writer/contributor for SaGamer daily, has left little time for me to blog, vlog and sometimes even play the games I want to play. So going forward I've decided to try and hit up at least one blog post a week, one vlog a week and a daily instagram post. This is of course until I miraculously figure out how to bend time or alternatively clone myself.
So without further a-do let's begin with Controller of Life's new weekly feature, the catch up.
First off, if you don't follow me on instagram please check out my feed to the right and if you like what you see, hit that follow button.
Last week Saturday, my family and I hit up a sweet wholesaler in Johannesburg. I did take a few pics and video clips so make sure you check out the post on instagram. You may see a few things that may be of liking. If so, let me know and I could perhaps pick it up for you the next time I visit. I especially liked the Nintendo Super Mario Pez heads but also seen a ton of snacks that can be highly useful during long play-throughs or perhaps even twitch streams, because why not.
If you follow me on SaGamer.co.za you'll know that every second Monday I do a featured review called Blast from the Past. Its basically a review that my editor and I do once a week on anything retro related or two console generations behind. This week saw me playing Cybernator. A side scrolling shoot em up that puts players in the seat of a mech! YES, I said mech!
It was definitely the most fun I had in a while with a shoot em up, although a little tough to get into at first due to the controls of the mech. But once you've pushed through that and your muscle memory kicks in, it's a Blast from the Past…no pun intended. Make sure you check out my review here.
The rest of the week seemed to blur by me, especially at work and I found myself coming home exhausted although there were a few good news pieces and reviews such as Ni no Kuni II receiving free dlc on the 9th of August and Semblance, a South African developed video game that hit the Nintendo Switch. Apart from that I don't really have much to tell except on a review that I've been working on myself that takes us to the next point.
By far one of the weirdest titles I've played recently. BUT and this is a huge BUT, I do love music and art work within games and The Mooseman definitely rings those bells. The reviews up today on SaGamer so make sure you check it out and hit a comment or two. And while you're there make sure you check out the rest of the articles, features and competitions on the site. The rest of the writers are super friendly and awesome. Until next week, take care.


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Much Ado About…..
May 6, 2015 May 6, 2015 Julie AkinsEntertainment
It is May, spring has officially arrived in Ashland. This past weekend, people gathered together to experience ShakespeareAMERICA's opening event, Much Ado About Shakespeare in Contemporary America.
ShakespeareAMERICA is a collaborative project between Southern Oregon University and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. The institute provides programs that enlighten, educate, broaden perspectives, reveal new information, and entertain. These programs offer a unique American approach to teaching people about the works of Shakespeare and live performances of Shakespeare's plays, such as A Much Ado About Nothing. From audiences to practitioners, and scholars to students. "The organization of ShakespeareAMERICA Institute began nearly 2 years ago," says director of the Department of Performing Arts, David Humphrey. "The idea was to have a way to study Shakespeare accessible to everyone and also study what Shakespeare is in America." After receiving a $20 thousand grant from the Oregon Community Foundation, David and others were able to make this idea into a reality. When asked about why a collaboration with OSF, David replied stating, "Nobody does Shakespeare better than OSF."
And so on May 2nd the institute planned their public debut.
The event included a screening of a modern adaptation of Much Ado created by Josh Whedon in 2012 followed by a discussion segment. After which, the organization and its members served lunch in the Center for Visual Arts (CVA) Courtyard at SOU. What followed was a student production and discussion known as "An Ill Word", which was also a modern take on the Shakespeare play Much Ado directed by Shanti Ryle and Frankie Regalia.
Miss Ryle is also known as the understudy to Leah Anderson, who portrays Hero in the OSF performance Much Ado About Nothing. Joining her is a cast constructed entirely of student volunteer actors and actresses, "How can we make the students' voices heard, at the same time address issues including feminism and illustrate the effects of gossip were some of the things I wanted to incorporate into this performance." says Ryle. "And what better place to set the stage but in Hollywood!"
Even though the managing crew only had their cast for just 2 weeks, the performance received high applause and positive reviews.
"I really enjoyed it. I think it stayed true to what Shakespeare meant and what he would have wanted. And it also did a wonderful job highlighting the importance and effect of media."
"I think it was fantastic. I'm looking forward to what it will become."
The play itself will continue to be worked on in preparation for the Oregon Fringe Festival on June 4th in Ashland.
An Ill Word also featured a discussion panel with guests Evelyn Gajowski, Lydia Garcia, and Leah Anderson with David McCandless as the panel leader. They discussed Much Ado at OSF, topics included the liberation of characters (specifically female character such as Hero), men in the play, social structure between men and women, the perspective of the story being told, and more.
The event ended with presentations by Steven Vineberg who discussed Hollywood's Debt to Shakespeare, McCandless and Gajowski, and Vinberg in an overview panel, and lastly David Humphrey and Paul Nicholson who closed the event.
Leaving audience members wondering, what's next for ShakespeareAMERICA?
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