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Q: Minimal polynomial problems Let $V = \mathbb R^4, \phi \in$ End(V)
$$D(\phi)= \begin{pmatrix}
1 & -3 & 1 &-2  \\
2 & 1 & 1 & 1  \\
-2 & 4 & -2 & 3 \\
-2 & -2 & -1 & -2
\end{pmatrix}$$
The characteristic polynomial is $$h_\phi(x) = (x^2+1)(x+1)^2$$
After Cayley-Hamilton i know that the minimal polynomial divides the characteristic polynomial.
So let g(x) be the minimal polynomial.
Then it follows that $$g(x) = (x^2+1)(x+1)^2 \vee (x^2+1)(x+1) $$
I know that $g(\phi) = 0$ but neither of the suggested polynomials for equal $0$ for $\phi$.
Have i done something wrong?

A: I have made a mistake when calculating.
The minimal polynomial is indeed $g(x)=(x^2+1) \cdot (x+1)^2$
I still have another question.
Let $p_i^{e^i}$ be a primary factor of the characteristic polynomial.
Determining $V_i = \operatorname{Ker}(p_i^{e^i}(\phi))$, I get
$$V_1 = \left<\begin{pmatrix}1 \\ 0 \\ -1 \\ 0\end{pmatrix}
           \begin{pmatrix}0 \\ 1 \\ 0 \\ -1\end{pmatrix} \right>,
  V_2 = \left<\begin{pmatrix}1 \\ 0 \\ -2 \\ 0\end{pmatrix}
              \begin{pmatrix}0 \\ 1 \\ 0 \\ -2\end{pmatrix}\right>
$$
If $T = V_1 \cup V_2$ then $T =
  \left<\begin{pmatrix}1 \\ 0 \\ -1 \\ 0\end{pmatrix}
        \begin{pmatrix}0 \\ 1 \\ 0 \\ -1\end{pmatrix}
        \begin{pmatrix}1 \\ 0 \\ -2 \\ 0\end{pmatrix}
        \begin{pmatrix}0 \\ 1 \\ 0 \\ -2\end{pmatrix}\right>$ since they are linearly independent.
Is the Transformation matrix $D_T(\phi) =
\begin{pmatrix}
1 &0 & 1 & 0 \\
0 & 1 & 0 &1 \\
-1 & 0 & -2 & 0 \\
0 & -1 & 0 & -2
\end{pmatrix}
  $
correct ?


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written by Team Salute August 9, 2017
DRDO LAUNCHES UNMANNED TANK 'MUNTRA'
India's first unmanned tank, Muntra, under development at Chennai, was launched was launched on 29 July 2017. The tank was tested and validated at Mahajan Field Firing Range in Rajasthan, under dusty desert conditions, where temperatures touched 52 degrees Celsius. The tanks, once operationalised, will facilitate unmanned surveillance missions by the Indian Army. A fact sheet on Muntra is as under:
• Muntra was developed and tested for the Indian Army by Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE) in Avadi.
• Muntra has three variants — Muntra-S for unmanned surveillance, Muntra-M for mine detection and Muntra-N for reconnaissance in areas with nuclear and bio threats.
• It has surveillance radar, an integrated camera along with laser range finder that can be used to spy a 15 km away ground target.
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FLT LT SHIKHA PANDEY
Flt. Lt. Shikha Pandey performed brilliantly in the recently concluded world women's cricket championship, where the Indian team were runners up. Commissioned in the IAF on June 30, 2012 as an air traffic control officer, she is the first lady officer from the services to represent the Indian women cricket team. Pandey was awarded the Chief of Air Staff Commendation Card by Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa, for her sterling performance.
CAPT SHALINI SINGH
Shalini was a young mother when her husband, Maj Avinash Singh was Killed in Action (KIA) in September 2001, while fighting terrorists in Kashmir. A spirited and courageous girl, she joined the Army thereafter, and after six months training was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Army. When her husband was awarded the Kirti Chakra posthumously, it was Lt Shalini Singh who went up to the President of India to receive the award. She left the Army in 2008 as a Captain in the Indian Army, on completion of her terms of service. In early 2017, her son Dhruv, was all of 17 years old. At this time, Shalini participated in the Mrs India Classic Queen Of Substance,2017 contest and was adjudged the winner. Well done, Capt Shalini Singh. We are proud of you and SALUTE your achievement. You truly are an inspiration not just to Indian women, but to all Indians across the globe.
FROM THE RAJYA SABHA
The Minister of State for Defence, Shri Subhash Bhamre, has given the following statements in the Rajya Sabha, in reply to questions asked in the month of July.
•Defence equipment worth Rs 2.38 lakh crore were procured for the armed forces in the last three
financial years, including worth Rs 1.52 crore from domestic vendors. Defence equipment worth Rs 48,826 crore were bought from domestic vendors in 2015-16, while in 2015-16 the amount was Rs 49,988 crore, and in 2016- 17 Rs 53,767 crore.
• Government has given 'in-principle' approval for strategic disinvestment of some CPSEs including BEML Ltd. Disinvestments through strategic sale are being considered based on recommendations of NITI Aayog after taking into consideration all aspects of the matter. However, after completion of process, specific approval of Government would be sought again.
FGFA
India and Russia are likely to sign a contract for jointly developing the much-delayed Fifth-Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA). An Experts Group, headed by Air Marshal S. Varthaman, (Retd) submitted its report to the MoD on July 7, which states that the FGFA project would be beneficial to India. The Committee had been set up by Mr Manohar Parrikar, when he was the Raksha Mantri. Earlier, MoD bureaucrats had objected to the FGFA project on the grounds that it might duplicate, or hinder, the indigenous Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA).
Speaking on the sidelines of Russia's premier air show MAKS 2017, Sergei Chemezov, CEO of Rostec State Corporation said that all decisions over the multi-billion dollar project to jointly develop the fifth-generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) will be finalised in the near future. He said that Stage one is over and discussions were now underway on Stage II. He however added that the work is very complicated which is why it is taking so much time.
INDIA INVIGORATES ACT EAST POLICY
India-Myanmar ties have strengthened over the past few years. India rolled out the red carpet during
the recent eight day visit of Myanmar military chief, Min Aung Hlaingto India, seeking bilateral defence cooperation. India has agreed to provide a variety of arms and equipments for patrolling border areas jointly with Myanmar. Indian warships will make regular calls at Myanmar's ports. India also ensured military assistance to help Myanmar stand as an independent nation without having to bend to an excessively influential big nation in the neighbourhood. Further exchanges with Myanmar's government heads and military officers will facilitate expansive cooperation between the two countries. India espoused the policy of Look East which the BJP led NDA government has proactively escalated into the Act East policy. This includes comprehensive cooperation mechanism in politics, economics and security through developing trade relations with the Mekong countries. Myanmar is the only ASEAN member country that has both land and sea borders with India. The two share a land border of 1,643 kilometres. New Delhi has worked incessantly to strengthen relations with ASEAN members in a dynamic, action-oriented way. Myanmar holds the key in India's new outlook being a crucial buffer state between China and India. Compared to the rest of ASEAN countries Myanmar can boast of a unique advantage in the Indian framework and will benefit from New Delhi-Beijing contention for strategic space in the Indo-China region. Growing India-Myanmar ties will help Nay Pyi Taw minimise its over-reliance on China and can also facilitate diversification of its economic portfolio.
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The first Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel (AOPV), SLNS Sayurala, designed and constructed by GSL for Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) embarked on its maiden voyage to Sri Lanka on26July 2017 from MPT/Goa. The delivery of the vessel, 86 days ahead of contractual schedule, added another feather in cap of GSL as Defence Vessel Exporter from the country. The ship, commanded by Captain (ND) A N Amarosa, and the entire crew members, was ceremonially seen off by Rear Admiral SS Ranasinghe, Chief of Staff of Sri Lanka Navy, Rear Admiral SMDK Samaraweera, Flag Officer Commanding Naval Fleet, Rear Admiral Shekhar Mital, NM (Retd), CMD, Goa Shipyard Ltd & Shri. S. P. Raikar, Director (Operations), besides other dignitaries.
EX MALABAR
On 10 July, the Indian, US and Japanese navies began the Malabar Naval Exercise- 2017 aimed at achieving deeper military ties between the three nations. The Malabar exercise took place amid the military standoff between armies of India and China in the Dolam area, at the trijunction between India, Bhutan and Tibet and at a time when Beijing is ramping up its naval presence in South China Sea.
The US ships that took part in the trilateral exercise in the Bay of Bengal were US Ship Nimitz (CVN68), guided missile cruise USS Princeton (CG59), guided missile destroyers USS Howard (DDG83), USS Shoup (DDG86) and USS Kidd (DDG100), a Poseidon P-8A aircraft as well as a Los Angeles fast-attack submarine. From Japan, the ships which participated were Japan Maritime Self Defence Force ships JS Izumo (DDH 183), and JS Sazanami (DD1 13). The Indian participating ships were Indian Naval Ship Jalashwa and the Indian Aircraft Carrier, INS Vikramaditya. The 21st edition of the exercise, conducted ashore and at-sea, include professional exchanges on carrier strike group operations, maritime patrol and reconnaissance operations, surface and anti-submarine warfare. It also included medical operations, damage control, explosive ordinance disposal, helicopter operations and anti-submarine warfare would also take place. The at-sea exercise included events such as submarine familiarisation, air defence exercises, medical evacuation drills, surface warfare exercises, communication exercise and search and rescue operations.Indian, Japanese and US maritime forces have an understanding and knowledge of shared working environment at sea. As members of Indo-Asia Pacific operations, the three maritime forces would look forward to continuing to strengthen the bonds and personal relationships.
TANK BIATHLON GAMES
An Indian Army team participated in a tank race competition in Russia along with groups from several other countries including China. The Tank Biathlon commenced at Alabino Ranges on July 29 and the Indian Army participated in it with T- 90 tanks. A total of 19 countries with three crews each are have
participating in the event and the top 12 of them will be selected for stage II relay race out of which only four will qualify for the final stage of the race on August 12. The Tank Biathlon competition is an international event conducted as part of the International Army Games held every year since 2013 at Alabino Ranges in Russia.International Army Games involve 28 events which are organised in Russia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and China.The Indian Army team has been participating in the competition for the past three years. However, this is the first time that the Indian team is participating with own T-90 tanks which have been shipped to Russia. The competition simulates actual battle field conditions involving driving at high speed and entails switching from one mode of operation to another at a fast pace.The team has been selected through a rigorous selection process on the basis of technical expertise, physical fitness, mental endurance and consistency in accuracy of firing the tank weapons while driving the tanks through a replica of the original circuit in Russia, at Babina Field Firing Ranges in Central India. The tanks were transported to Russia by Sea and the team moved to Russia on 20 July 2017 for participation in the competition from 29 July to12 August 2017. Pic shows a T-72 tank, operated by a crew from Azerbaijan, during the Tank Biathlon competition at a range in the settlement of Alabino outside Moscow.
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package macrobase.analysis.transform;

import macrobase.datamodel.Datum;
import org.apache.commons.math3.linear.ArrayRealVector;
import org.junit.Test;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Random;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;

public class LinearMetricNormalizerTest {
    @Test
    public void testLinearTransform() throws Exception {
        Random r = new Random(0);
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        for(int i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
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        }
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Gold Steps' latest single shines a bright light on a tarnished relationship
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Every week, Milwaukee Music Premiere connects the city's artists with our listening audience. If you're an artist with a track you'd like us to debut exclusively on Radio Milwaukee, head over to our Music Submission page to learn how.
For a song about dealing with a serial liar, Gold Steps' "Petty" is remarkably cordial.
Not the sound, mind you. From the very first second of their new track, the pop-punk trio hit you with absolutely everything they have, all at once. There's no easing into this one. Piercing vocals, propulsive guitar and crisp percussion toss you into the deep end of the pool while delivering an overall sonic sunniness that belies the subject matter.
"Seems I struck a chord challenging your words," Liz Mauritz sings in the opening lines. "Or is it more an impulse you can't ignore?"
This is a relationship littered with lies, one where you'd expect the wronged individual to cross the bridge of confrontation and then take a blowtorch to it afterward. But there's a tone that suggests salvation isn't totally off the table.
At a couple points during the song, Mauritz sings, "I don't mean to be accusing," as if trying to give the person a chance to apologize or explain. But the lyrics also draw clear lines: "I'm ready. Not letting you get the best of me."
Beginning with "Stay the Same," their single from earlier in the year, Gold Steps marked this as "a new era of self-empowerment, calling out toxic influences with hook-laden, brutal honesty."
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The Olympic Stadium in Barcelona is at the top of Montjuic, a hill 700 feet high, with views of the city and port below. Photo Credit: Stock.xchng
By The Associated Press July 8, 2010 4:19 PM
By metro, tram, bus, bike or on foot, taking in the streetscapes, panoramas and often-startling architecture of Barcelona can make for a full itinerary.
But while you're here, you'll also want to check out what's inside - art, history and, of course, tapas and wine.
Exploring the sites and neighborhoods can be particularly enjoyable.
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There are two cable car experiences in Barcelona, and each makes a stop at Montjuïc, a popular mountainous park that looms over the city, where you can get an overview of what awaits you.
It is Montjuïc where tourists congregate on the steps of the National Museum of Art of Catalonia for a bird's-eye view of the Barcelona area.
Nearby are the Olympic Stadium (built for the 1929 Great Exposition and refurbished for the 1992 Games), gardens, the Spanish village, a major Joan Miró museum and, at the top, the Castell de Montjuïc, an 18th century fortress.
You can get there by tour bus, or your choice of cable car rides. The most dramatic is the Transbordador Aeri that carries passengers who board at San Sebastián beach or the World Trade Centre over the harbor, providing spectacular panoramic views of the city and the Mediterranean Sea (about $16).
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A less-imposing but equally enjoyable cable car ride is the Teleferic de Montjuïc. This ride starts mid-mountain, running to and from the highest point, Castell de Montjuïc (about $11 round-trip). To get there, take the metro, which connects to a funicular.
Barcelona residents are encouraged to use bicycles, and the city has set up a system whereby they can pay a fee for access to bike racks throughout the city, pick one up and drop it off elsewhere. As one local put it with understated pride: "It's really very nice." Visitors can rent them, too.
There are miles of bike lanes set aside for the pedalers, although motorbikes still seem to be more popular.
To use the citywide biking system, pedalers register and pay about 25 euro ($32) for an annual pass to use the fleet of red-and-white bikes. Riders are charged about 50 cents for each half-hour of use. The service is intended as practical transportation (not leisurely sightseeing), so riders incur penalty fees of $3 an hour if bicycles are kept longer than two hours at a time.
Otherwise, there are many stand-alone shops where you can rent a bicycle for the day, or take a guided tour. Among them: Barcelona CicloTour, a daily three-hour pedal led by English-speaking guides that covers several city attractions and neighborhoods ($26-$28, including bicycle and helmet; barcelonaturisme.com).
But walking may be the most enjoyable mode of transportation for the tourist.
Barcelona is, above all, a visual city, an urban easel for the creative artists that Catalonia is famous for (and proud of), beginning with the architect Antoni Gaudí, whose stunning works can be seen throughout the city, topped by the still-in-progress La Sagrada Familia, designed as an 18-tower cathedral telling the tale of the Holy Family.
This is a spacious city, with wide avenues flanked, in many areas, by narrow side streets. It has neighborhoods that vary - from the medieval Old City, including Barri Gotic, Raval and Ribera, to the more fashionable Eixample, which touts the iconic Sagrada Familia church and the unusual, cylindrical Agbar Tower.
Best known, though, and best seen, is Las Ramblas, the nerve center for tourists from around the globe, many of whom come off cruise ships.
The promenade that runs from Plaza de Catalunya to the port is lined with stalls selling everything from postcards to parrots. It is street theater with mimes, magicians, acrobats and, at times, the Spanish equivalent of the three-card Monte-like shell game. As a tourist attraction, though, it is mobbed with gawkers and hawkers, and thus presents opportunities for petty thievery.
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Do you respect the food you spend time cooking, or paying for in a restaurant? It may surprise you to know that the drink you choose to consume with the food that you eat may not be doing your meal justice.
Tea cleanses and enhances your palate, clearing the taste buds.
I can recall as a child going out with my Mother to have Afternoon Tea with her friends. I was in awe of the three tiers of cakes the waitress would bring to the table on a platter. Afternoon Tea had been going on for centuries, the ritual of drinking tea with cakes and pastries, but did anyone ever wonder why?
Cakes and pastries leave a thick residual feeling in the mouth, but a sip of black tea after each bite cleanses the palate so that the next bite feels like the first bite all over again! Brilliant! Of course, today we have many more options available to us and we're spoilt for choice, black tea such as English Breakfast, or fruity varieties, or white tea, an oolong, or a smooth green tea, all would be perfect palate cleansers .
Enjoy a wine with your evening meal? Dont we all!? Wine, along with most other beverages however, doesn't actually serve to cleanse the palate, so next time you're planning a special evening, why not try pairing your food with tea? It will take your taste buds on a whole new journey! And if you're entertaining at home, it's actually lots of fun to experiment and decide which tea you will use to compliment and enhance each course/dish.
In our next blog we'll bring you some easy tea pairing tips and infographics to help get you started!


It Figures: Frankenstein and the Mob!
Because in the end, you have to show, not tell.
I had such a warm response to my Classics post on Frankenstein that I thought I'd send up a bonus contribution on a monster who is definitely NOT in the Lands of Hope. I saw the figurine set long ago and couldn't resist– it wasn't so much Frankie, but the mob I wanted.
The one strike I could hold against Ral Partha today would be a distinct lack of gender balance. I threw in the barmaid from another set because a) monster-chasing is thirsty work and b) she's rather well set up and c) I think I might go with two tankards of ale as the best weapon of the lot.
I can never look at this grouping without a chuckle and nostalgic sigh. Not for any such act of reanimation that happened in the Lands, but just for the classic drama and pathos of it all.
I went back to the smartphone camera for this set. The group shots had to use the normal lens, while the Nokia Focus served me for the closeups of three or fewer. Some had flash, for a night-time effect, and the Frankie closeup is "color-popped", which I guess is Nokia's word for a grey sepia wash (if you know me, you won't be surprised to hear I like it).
So enjoy! Hollywood's vision of the tale, which never happened in the book nor in the Lands, but fun nevertheless. Can't we all just settle this over a pint?


Hello, and welcome to Nick digs food! I work as a Community Nutrition Educator, so I spend most of my time talking about food, farming, cooking and health. I often find myself contemplating the future of food and advocating for a more sustainable food system. I am completely fascinated by our food system and enjoy digging into the interconnections between food, culture, health, and the environment.
Can you list one simple dietary habit that would benefit everyone's health?
Are there any home remedies for heartburn?
Are beer and wine good for me?
Which foods are the top sources of calcium?
As a Community Nutrition Educator I get to teach in a wide variety of settings, reaching a very diverse mix of people, with different levels of knowledge and interest in food/nutrition/cooking. One of the challenges in nutrition is to be able to meet people where they are, so that your messaging is appropriate for the audience. Some of my classes cater to well-educated foodies, looking for the latest trends in what to eat for optimal health; while other classes cater to the needs of limited resource families, trying to raise their children to become healthy eaters. Ultimately the goal is the same, but I find myself taking different paths to get there.
Making kale chips with cub scouts….where I learned that 8 out of 10 kids actually like to eat kale (at least when it is called a chip).
Tip: don't mention how healthy the kale is, because if you do – they won't eat it!
Teaching college students how to eat well on a limited budget.
Tip: learn how to cook a few basic recipes that you enjoy, because it's always cheaper when you cook it yourself.
Leading support groups for adults with food-related health conditions (diabetes, celiac disease, Multiple Sclerosis).
Tip: any time you have to make a major change to your diet, it is helpful to reach out to others who are going through the same thing to learn from similar experiences.
I recently learned that the very first Dietary Guidelines for Americans came out the same year that I was born (It was actually called the Dietary Goals for Americans back then, the name was changed to Dietary Guidelines for Americans in the next update).
This first edition of the Dietary Goals, published in 1977, reflected a major transition in nutrition policy for the US. Nutrition had been an "eat more" message up until that point, focusing on the prevention of nutrient deficiencies. But now we also needed an "eat less" message, and this is always a harder sell. People respond better to positive messaging ("eat more fruit") than negative messaging ("eat less chips") and of course, the food industry definitely prefers the "eat more" approach.
The Dietary Guidelines continue to be "controversial among some nutritionists" largely because of the role the food industry plays in nutrition research and policy. These Guidelines may not be perfect, but they are constantly improving with each update. The newest version of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2015) helped to establish a % Daily Value for added sugars (which will be on food labels in the coming years) and loosened up on dietary cholesterol. "Sugar is the new cholesterol" has been my mantra over the past couple of years, as I have tried to help people understand that eggs are good for you, despite their cholesterol content.
Considering that I was born the same year as these controversial nutritional guidelines, and my life seems to be completely in line with the need to "provide a clear path to help Americans eat healthfully, informed by a critical, and transparent review of the scientific evidence on nutrition" …. I am inclined to believe that this is what I was born to do – to help people better understand the complex, often-changing science of nutrition.


What format choice would you prefer for the seder meal? You can choose to be a host family (at Dogwood Tabernacle or another venue), attend a hosted seder, or attend the group seder at Dogwood Tabernacle. Reminder: If you choose to host a seder, you will be responsible to provide and prepare the entire meal. Access to the kitchen at Dogwood will not be available.
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Auckland-based fashion designer Lela Jacobs has been announced as the final judge for this year's Hokonui Fashion Design Awards.
The designer, who describes her aesthetic as minimal and understated will join the panel which consists of fellow Auckland designer Jimmy D and Kingston's Jane Sutherland and Annah Stretton.
Currently in its 28th year, the show will be held on July 29 and 30, with tickets going on sale June 30.


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Wagner v. State
NOTICE The text of this opinion can be corrected before the opinion is published in the Pacific Reporter. Readers are encouraged to bring typographical or other formal errors to the attention of the Clerk of the Appellate Courts: 303 K Street, Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Fax: (907) 264-0878 E-mail: corrections @ akcourts.us IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF ALASKA RICHARD LAVERNE WAGNER JR., Appellant, Court of Appeals No. A-11682 Trial Court No. 3AN-11-9522 CR v. O P I N I O N STATE OF ALASKA, Appellee. No. 2533 — January 27, 2017 Appeal from the Superior Court, Third Judicial District, Anchorage, Larry D. Card, Judge. Appearances: Kevin Higgins, under contract with the Public Defender Agency, and Quinlan Steiner, Public Defender, Anchorage, for the Appellant. Timothy W. Terrell, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Criminal Appeals, Anchorage, and Craig W. Richards, Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee. Before: Mannheimer, Chief Judge, Allard, Judge, and Suddock, Superior Court Judge. * Judge MANNHEIMER. * Sitting by assignment made pursuant to Article IV, Section 16 of the Alaska Constitution and Administrative Rule 24(d). In the early morning of August 23, 2011, Richard Laverne Wagner Jr. came to the end of a street, failed to stop, and drove his van into a tree. When the police arrived, Wagner told the officers that he had recently dropped off some out-of-town relatives at their hotel, and that he had then taken some medications and started driving home. Wagner told the officers that, when he came to the end of the street, he attempted to apply his brakes, but he mistakenly pressed the accelerator instead. Later, however, Wagner changed his story: he told the police that all he remembered was being in his home, and then the next thing he remembered was striking the tree. Because Wagner admitted drinkingand smokingmarijuana, he was arrested for driving under the influence. His breath test showed a blood alcohol concentration of .066 percent — below the legal limit. Wagner then consented to a blood test. A subsequent chemicalanalysis of Wagner's blood showed that he had consumed zolpidem — a sedative that was originally sold under the brand name Ambien, and is now available under several brand names. Wagner was charged with driving under the influence and driving while his license was revoked. At Wagner's trial, his defense attorney elicited testimony (from the State's expert witness) that one of the potential side effects of zolpidem is "sleep-driving" — i.e., driving a vehicle without being conscious of doing so. During the defense case, Wagner took the stand and testified that he had been at home watching television, and then he took his medication and fell asleep. According to Wagner, the next thing he remembered was waking up when he hit the tree and his air bag deployed. Wagner asserted that he remembered nothing about getting into a motor vehicle and driving. –2– 2533 Based on this testimony, Wagner's attorney asked the judge to instruct the jury that the State was required to prove that Wagner consciously drove the motor vehicle. More specifically, Wagner's attorney asked the judge to give this instruction: If you find that [Wagner] was under the effects of a prescription medication, [and] that he was not aware of those effects when he consumed the medication, and that he performed an otherwise criminal act while unconscious as a result of this medication, [then] you must find him not guilty of that criminal act. The trial judge rejected this proposed instruction because the judge ruled that, if Wagner voluntarily took the medication, then Wagner could be found legally responsible for what ensued, even if he was not consciously driving at the time of the crash. But even though the judge declined to instruct the jury on Wagner's view of the law, the judge did not instruct the jury on his view of the law either. Instead, the judge simply gave the jury instructions on (1) the definition of driving under the influence and (2) the definition of acting "knowingly". When the attorneys delivered their summations to the jury, the defense attorney argued that Wagner had not "knowingly" driven his motor vehicle because Wagner had been sleep-driving under the influence of the zolpidem. In rebuttal, the prosecutor argued that Wagner's ability to carry on detailed conversations with the police showed that he had not been sleep-driving. But the prosecutor also argued that even if Wagner had been sleep-driving, Wagner still "knowingly" drove the motor vehicle. In support of this last argument, the prosecutor relied on the concludingsentence of the jury instruction on "knowingly": "A person who is unaware of conduct ... of which the –3– 2533 person would have been aware had he not been intoxicated acts knowingly with respect to that conduct[.]" The jury convicted Wagner of both charges, and Wagner then filed this appeal. Wagner's primary claim on appeal is that the jury should have been instructed along the lines that Wagner's attorney proposed — i.e., that if Wagner was sleep-driving, he should be acquitted. The correct categorization of Wagner's claim Although the attorneys and the judge at Wagner's trial discussed this issue in terms of mens rea — i.e., whether Wagner acted "knowingly" when he drove the motor vehicle — Wagner's appellate attorney correctly recognizes that Wagner's proposed defense was actually a claim that Wagner could not be held responsible for the actus reus of driving. Wagner does not claim that his act of driving was "unknowing". Rather, he claims that his act of driving was "involuntary". Normally, a person can not be held criminally responsible for their conduct unless they have engaged in a voluntary act or omission. The term "voluntary act" is defined in AS 11.81.900(b)(66) as "a bodily movement performed consciously as a result of effort and determination". As we explained in Mooney v. State, 105 P.3d 149, 154 (Alaska App. 2005), the criminal law defines "voluntary act" as a willed movement (or a willed refraining from action) "in the broadest sense of that term". But as we are about to explain, a voluntary act is not necessarily a "knowing" act, as that term is used in our criminal code. –4– 2533 Many criminaloffenses require proof of a particular type of conduct — e.g., delivering a controlled substance to another person, 1 or warning a fugitive felon of their impending discovery or apprehension. 2 When a crime is defined this way, there will be circumstances when a defendant's willed actions (their "voluntary" acts) will fit the statutory definition of the prohibited conduct, but the defendant will not have been aware that they were engaging in this defined type of conduct. For instance, a mail carrier or other delivery person may deliver a letter or package without knowing that it contains a controlled substance. Or someone (a neighbor or a news reporter, for example) may unwittingly say or do something that tips off a fugitive felon to their impending discovery or apprehension. In these instances, the person will have performed a "voluntary act", but they will not have "knowingly" engaged in the conduct specified in the statute. This is not the kind of defense that Wagner wished to raise at his trial. Wagner's attorney did not argue that, even though Wagner knew he was engaging in some form of action, Wagner somehow remained unaware that, by his actions, he was putting a motor vehicle into operation. Rather than raisinga defense of "unknowing" conduct, the defense attorney argued that Wagner did not engage in any conscious action — that Wagner was essentially asleep, and that he was unaware that he was engaged in activity of any kind. This was a claim of involuntariness. 1 See, e.g., AS 11.71.030(a)(1). 2 See AS 11.56.770(b)(2). –5– 2533 Why we reverse Wagner's conviction In State v. Simpson, 53 P.3d 165 (Alaska App. 2002), this Court recognized that even though the voluntariness of a defendant's conduct is rarely disputed, the requirement of a voluntary act is "an implicit element of all crimes". Thus, "[i]f voluntariness is actively disputed, the government must prove it." 53 P.3d at 169. The criminal law's concept of involuntariness includes instances where a defendant is rendered unconscious by conditions or circumstances beyond the defendant's control, if the defendant neither knew nor had reason to anticipate this result. See Wayne R. LaFave, Substantive Criminal Law (2nd ed. 2003), §9.4 ("Automatism"), Vol. 2, pp. 32-37. Compare Solomon v. State, 227 P.3d 461, 467 (Alaska App. 2010), where this Court ruled that defendants charged with driving under the influence can raise a defense of "unwitting intoxication" if the defendant made "a reasonable, non-negligent mistake concerning the intoxicating nature of the beverage or substance that they ingested". Having considered these authorities, as well as other authorities cited in the State's brief, 3 we conclude Wagner would have a valid defense to the charges of driving under the influence and driving with a revoked license if (1) he took a prescription dose of zolpidem, (2) he was rendered unconscious by this drug and engaged in sleep-driving, and (3) he neither knew nor had reason to anticipate that the drug would have this effect. The State argues that even if Wagner articulated a valid involuntariness defense (meaning that the trial judge was wrong when he ruled that Wagner's proposed 3 People v.Holloway,78 Cal.Rptr.3d770,782-83 (Cal.App. 2008); People v. Mathson, 149 Cal.Rptr.3d 167, 191-93 (Cal. App. 2012); People v. Garcia, 113 P.3d 775, 780-82 (Colo. 2005); State v. Newman, 302 P.3d 436, 440-43 (Or. 2013). –6– 2533 defense was legally invalid), Wagner should still be procedurally barred from challenging the trial judge's ruling in this appeal. First, the State argues that Wagner's request for a jury instruction on this issue was untimely. More specifically, the State contends that Wagner's defense of involuntariness falls within the mandate of Alaska Criminal Rule 16(c)(5); this rule declares that defendants must notify the State in advance of trial if they "[intend] to rely upon a defense of alibi, justification, duress, entrapment, or other statutory or affirmative defense." In its brief, the State offers a lengthy and complicated argument as to why the defense of involuntariness should be deemed to fall within Rule 16(c)(5)'s designation of "statutory or affirmative" defenses. But we need not resolve this issue of statutory interpretation, because the prosecutor at Wagner's trial never argued that the State was prejudiced by any lack of notice. And, in any event, Wagner's trial judge did not rely on the issue of timeliness when he rejected Wagner's proposed defense. Rather, the trial judge reached the merits of Wagner's proposed defense: he ruled — mistakenly — that Wagner's defense was invalid as a matter of law. Given these circumstances, we will not cut off Wagner's right of appellate review simply because he arguably failed to comply with Criminal Rule 16(c)(5). See generally Grimmett v. University of Alaska, 303 P.3d 482, 486 n. 9 (Alaska 2013). In Abruska v. State, 705 P.2d 1261, 1271-72 (Alaska App. 1985), and in Morgan v. State, 661 P.2d 1102, 1103 n. 1 (Alaska App. 1983), we held that when a trial court allows a defendant to raise an untimely challenge to an indictment — that is, when the trial court overlooks the untimeliness and reaches the merits of the defendant's challenge — then an appellate court should not reject the claim on forfeiture grounds. We apply that same rule here. Even assuming that the State is correct in arguing that –7– 2533 Wagner was required to raise his involuntariness defense before trial, we will nevertheless review the trial judge's ruling on the merits of Wagner's claim. The State next argues that Wagner failed to preserve his claim of involuntariness because Wagner's attorney presented no expert testimony to support the assertion that Wagner was sleep-driving as a result of his ingestion of zolpidem. But given the trial judge's ruling (during the State's case-in-chief) that this proposed defense was legally invalid, it is unclear why Wagner's attorney should be expected to present expert testimony on this issue. One might argue that the trial judge would have acted within his proper authority if he had rejected Wagner's proposed defense because the defense attorney failed to give pre-trial notice of any expert testimony to support it. See Alaska Criminal Rule 16(c)(4). But again, the prosecutor did not object on the ground of lack of notice. And the State's own expert (a forensic chemist from the Washington State Toxicology Laboratory) admitted on cross-examination — without objection from the prosecutor — that zolpidem can cause a person to sleep-drive. The State also faults Wagner for failing to offer any evidence on the question of whether Wagner personally was on notice that zolpidem might have such side effects. But again, the judge had already ruled (before Wagner took the stand) that the proposed involuntariness defense was not legally valid. The State's final argument on appeal is that, even if the trial judge improperly prevented Wagner's attorney from presentingan involuntariness defense, this error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. The State points to the significant inconsistencies between Wagner's trial testimony and the earlier account of events that Wagner offered to the police at the scene and following his arrest. According to the State, these inconsistencies were so –8– 2533 substantial that no juror could reasonably have thought there was a possibility that Wagner was sleep-driving. The State is correct that the evidence at Wagner's trial offered many reasons to doubt Wagner's claim of sleep-driving. But as we have explained, Wagner took the stand and testified that (1) he took zolpidem and (2) he had no memory of events between the time he began feeling drowsy at home and the time he awoke in his vehicle with the air bag deploying. It was up to the jury to decide whether Wagner's testimony created a reasonable doubt as to whether he was sleep-driving. We therefore reject the State's harmless error argument. Conclusion The judgement of the superior court is REVERSED. –9– 2533


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Plato can be intimidating (at least, I think he can be). Someone with that size and that strength has to be careful.
Um, so apparently there are only 30 days till SPX. I've been wanting to do a more thorough write up of my thoughts on this (or, more importantly directed people to my table-mate Elle Skinner and her comic Missing Monday).


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The Elveden Tear Jerker triathlon - named after the estate's famous onion crop - has been announced for 2015
Entries are now open for the Tear Jerker Triathlon, taking place on Sunday May 24 on the Elveden Estate in Suffolk. Entries can be made online at www.thetearjerker.co.uk.
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2015 marks the fifth annual Tear Jerker event.
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"The location of Elveden in the heart of the Breckland region of Norfolk and Suffolk means the land is very sandy and very flat, making for an off-road challenge that it totally unique."
Both team and individual entries are welcomed. Team entries comprise a relay-race, with three people per team, one taking on each element of the course.
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Head coach Jill Ellis has only been on the job for 14 months, but she and her staff have used that time to develop a unique relationship with many of the players, who say there is a level of two-way communication they have never before experienced, plus an unmatched depth to the scouting reports they receive about opponents.
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Telfair Museums presents Walking the Horizon, an exhibition of the late Savannah-based artist Bertha Husband (Scottish, 1948–2017) in tribute to her tremendous legacy in the art world, both in the United States and abroad. Through the combination of narrative imagery and text, Husband made compelling works that always addressed broader issues of political and social concern. Husband traveled extensively, exhibited internationally, and was part of several artist collectives in her ongoing effort to show that art has the power to subvert and liberate. Museum members free/ non-members general admission.


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Rohrau osztrák mezőváros Alsó-Ausztria Bruck an der Leitha-i járásában. 2022 januárjában 1665 lakosa volt. Rohrauban született Joseph Haydn és szintén zeneszerző öccse, Michael Haydn.

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Rohrau a tartomány Industrieviertel régiójában fekszik, a Bécsi-medencében, a Lajta folyó mentén. Területének 8,6%-a erdő, 75,9% áll mezőgazdasági művelés alatt. Az önkormányzat négy települést egyesít: Gerhaus (260 lakos 2022-ben), Hollern (227), Pachfurth (685) és Rohrau (493).

A környező önkormányzatok: délnyugatra Bruck an der Leitha, nyugatra Höflein, északnyugatra Scharndorf, északra Petronell-Carnuntum, északkeletre Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, keletre Prellenkirchen, délkeletre Pándorfalu, délre Királyhida (utóbbi kettő Burgenlandban).

Története
Az ókorban a község területe a római Pannonia provinciához tartozott, közvetlenül mellette feküdt Pannonia Superior provincia székhelye, Carnuntum.

Rohrau várát 1240-ben említik először, akkor a Liechtenstein-ház mellékágához tartozó Dietrich von Rohrau birtokolta. A család 1278-ban, III. Dietrichhel halt ki férfiágon. Lánya I. Leutold von Stadeckhez ment feleségül. A Stadeckek 1399-es kihalása után Vilmos osztrák herceg magáénak nyilvánította a birtokot, de a lányörökös, Guta von Stadeck gyámja, II. Hermann von Cilli Vencel királlyal birodalmi hűbérbirtokká nyilváníttatta Rohraut, így az Guta férjére, Ulrich von Montfort-Pfannbergre szállt. 1524-ben III. Leonhard von Harrach szerezte meg a várat és a falut. A buzgó katolikus von Harrach hű támogatója volt I. Ferdinánd királynak, akitől birodalmi bárói címet kapott és kieszközölte számára az Aranygyapjas rendet is. Idős korában Rohrauba vonult vissza és jelentősen kibővíttette a várat. 1599-1605 között az erődítményt kastéllyá építették át.

A mai önkormányzat 1972-ben jött létre Hollern, Pachfurth és Rohrau községek egyesülésével. 2006-ban ismeretlen tettesek 16 képet (többek között Rembrandt, van Dyck, Rubens és Pieter Snayers műveit) loptak el a Harrach-család gyűjteményéből, amelyet a rohraui kastélyban őriznek.

Lakosság
A rohraui önkormányzat területén 2022 januárjában 1665 fő élt. A lakosságszám 1991 óta gyarapodó tendenciát mutat. 2020-ban az ittlakók 88,8%-a volt osztrák állampolgár; a külföldiek közül 1,4% a régi (2004 előtti), 8% az új EU-tagállamokból érkezett. 1,2% az egykori Jugoszlávia (Szlovénia és Horvátország nélkül) vagy Törökország, 0,6% egyéb országok polgára volt. 2001-ben a lakosok 84,4%-a római katolikusnak, 3,3% evangélikusnak, 2,1% mohamedánnak, 7,8% pedig felekezeten kívülinek vallotta magát. Ugyanekkor a legnagyobb nemzetiségi csoportokat a németek (87,9%) mellett a magyarok (3,4%), a horvátok (2,8%) és a szerbek (1%) alkották.

Látnivalók

Joseph Haydn és Michael Haydn szülőháza
a Harrach-kastély
a Harrach-galéria a 17-18. századi festmények legnagyobb ausztriai magángyűjteménye
a Szt. Vitus-plébániatemplomban látható a Haydn-orgona és itt temették el Haydn-testvérpár szüleit
a hollerni Szt. Ilona-plébániatemplom
a pachfurthi Szt. Rókus és Rozália-plébániatemplom

Híres rohrauiak
Karl von Harrach (1570–1628), diplomata, II. Ferdinánd császár tanácsadója
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), zeneszerző
Michael Haydn (1737–1806), zeneszerző

Jegyzetek

Források
A település honlapja
30721 – Rohrau Statistik Austria

Fordítás

Alsó-Ausztria települései

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Potomac Business Notes 7/18/12
Arlington — Email announcements to arlington@connectionnewspapers.com. Deadline is Thursday at noon. Photos welcomed.
Virginia Commerce Bank welcomes Steve Witt back to the bank as senior vice president and product development manager. Witt was previously with the bank for five years as an officer on its Treasury Management and Business Development teams, and has been in the banking industry for 10 years.
Doug Culver has been named vice president of news for WJLA-TV effective July 9. Culver will be coming to Washington, D.C. from Tampa, where he was the news director for WFTS-TV.
In 2008, Culver worked at WJLA-TV as a freelance executive producer before his news director appointment in Tampa. Prior to his time at WJLA-TV he was assistant news director and managing editor at KIRO-TV in Seattle and executive producer at KNBC in Los Angeles.
At WFTS, Culver's team won five regional Murrow Awards, several National Headliner Awards and a number of Emmy Awards. The Florida Associated Press awarded WFTS its Overall Excellence award four years in a row.
Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington is offering the new minimally invasive Convergent Maze Procedure for patients with advanced Afib symptoms who have not responded to standard treatments. This new procedure has been added to the hospital's state-of-the-art Cardiac Surgery Program and Electrophysiology Service thanks to the medical expertise of Dr. John R. Garrett, chief of cardiac, vascular and thoracic surgery, and Dr. Haroon Rashid, director of electrophysiology services. The Convergent Maze Procedure combines the cardiac surgery and electrophysiology to help restore normal heart rhythm for Afib sufferers with no incisions or ports in the patient's chest, minimal pain, and shorter hospital stays and recovery time.
Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington has been accredited as a Level 1 facility by the Bariatric Surgery Center Network Accreditation Program of the American College of Surgeons. Through the accreditation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid service recognizes Virginia Hospital Center and allows expanded Medicare coverage of bariatric surgery for beneficiaries of all ages who have been diagnosed with other health problems associated with obesity.
Virginia Commerce Bank has created The Virginia Commerce Bank Foundation. The donor advised fund is managed by the Arlington Community Foundation, where R.B. "Randy" Anderson, Jr., the bank's executive vice president and chief lending officer, serves on the board of trustees as its treasurer. After many years of involvement and support with the Arlington Community Foundation, Virginia Commerce Bank welcomed the partnership as an opportunity to formalize its charitable giving program and continue its support of non-profit organizations throughout Northern Virginia and Fredericksburg.
Chapman Cubine Adams + Hussey (CCAH), a full-service direct marketing firm in Arlington serving global nonprofit organizations, has hired Mary Meredith as vice president of client services and Jamie Noblin as deputy director of list services.
Joseph R. Loring of Arlington is the 2012 recipient of Virginia Tech's College of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus Award, as well the university's 2012 Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award. Loring is the founder of Loring, with offices in Washington, D.C., New York City, and Princeton, N.J. He started his private practice, Joseph R. Loring & Associates Inc., in 1956. After six years in business, Loring was selected as the engineer to design the electrical systems for the twin 110-story towers comprising the World Trade Center in New York — then the world's tallest buildings.
Bean, Kinney & Korman, P.C. of Arlington announced that Shareholder Jonathan Kinney has been recognized by Northern Virginia Magazine as a Northern Virginian of the Year for his work on affordable housing.
Tully Rinckey PLLC is a nationally recognized federal employment law firm, but it is now much more than that in Virginia. At its Arlington law office, the firm has launched three new practice areas outside of the federal sector sphere. The multi-state law firm has hired attorneys who will practice in family and matrimonial law, criminal defense and bankruptcy law, building on its standard menu of legal services in the areas of federal sector employment and labor law, military law and security clearance representation. In an effort to build a trusting relationship first, Tully Rinckey PLLC over the next month will offer free one-hour initial consultations to anyone with a family & matrimonial, criminal or bankruptcy matter. The Virginia office is at 1300 Wilson Blvd., Suite 320. Contact Randy Simons at 703-525-4700 or rsimons@fedattorney.com.
First Virginia Community Bank and 1st Commonwealth Bank of Virginia announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which 1st Commonwealth will be merged with and into FVCbank, with FVCbank being the surviving bank, and all of the outstanding shares of 1st Commonwealth common stock will be converted into shares of FVCbank common stock.
Kevin V. Shaner joins VCB as Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking Head, responsible for developing and managing commercial relationships in the Bank's Alexandria and Arlington markets. Shaner joins the Bank with more than 17 years of experience in the financial services industry. Most recently he held the position of Senior Vice President and Community Executive for Middleburg Bank, where he played a key role in managing their small business lending initiatives. Shaner currently serves on the Board of Directors for Life Circle Alliances in Fairfax and looks forward to increasing his involvement in the Alexandria and Arlington communities. His office is located at the Bank's Cameron Station office in Alexandria.
On June 29, The Limited will reopen its doors to a newly remodeled store at The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City. This store will be one of few to carry the brand's eloquii line, designed specifically for today's modern, full-figured woman. After remodeling six stores in 2011, the iconic fashion retailer will unveil the remodeled store with more than 5,600 square feet of space providing a unique interactive, multi-channel shopping experience (details below).
During the grand opening weekend, customers can receive a free tote with purchase (while supplies last) and enter for a chance to win a $500 gift card each day.
On July 9, six attorneys from the law firm Bean, Kinney & Korman-James W. Korman (Family Law), Jonathan C. Kinney (Land Use/Zoning), James R. Schroll (Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights), Timothy R. Hughes (Construction Litigation), Carol Schrier-Polak (Family Law) and Tracy A. Meyer (Family Law)-were selected as 2012 Virginia Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers is a rating service of lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.


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A Review of Aviation Accidents & Deaths in 2018, and What Caused Them
According to the Aviation Safety Network, and as recently reported in Forbes, there were 16 aviation accidents that killed more than 550 people in 2018. Why that may not sound like a lot of accidents, according to reports, that number represents a 900 percent increase over 2017, when only 59 people died in aviation accidents. In addition, the 550 plus deaths that occurred in 2018 are the highest number of aviation accident-related deaths since 2014, when almost 700 people died.
So why, all of a sudden, are there so many fatal aviation accidents?
What Caused So Many Deaths?
Forbes did a spotlight on two of the deadliest accidents to try and figure out what might account for the high number of airline deaths we faced this year. One involved a brand-new Boeing 737 MAX and accounted for more than one-third of all airline-related deaths in 2018. According to reports, the pilots received "false readings from sensors," and were unable control the plane's stabilizers.
A number of lawsuits have already been filed in response, arguing that the airplane was unreasonably dangerous and the pilots did not receive the proper instructions on how to respond in circumstances like those. Since then, Boeing has issued an Operations Manual Bulletin to try and address circumstances where erroneous input comes from attack of angle sensors, however, unfortunately, a full investigation of what happened won't be completed until 2019.
The other notorious accident wasn't quite as tragic, as, although the engine failed, the Captain was able to land it with a single engine. As a result, regulators reviewed the overall certification standards and life limits for engines and engine components.
Meanwhile, a number of engine issues have reportedly occurred in Boeing 787 Dreamliners, while Airbus aircrafts have, at times, lost both engines in flight accidents this year, leading to emergency landings; one of which could have been caused by fuel contamination at the previous airport.
According to experts, these accidents have proven that twin-jet aircraft can fly fairly safety for a certain amount of time on one versus two engines. So why is there a nearly ten-fold increase in passenger deaths between 2017 and 2018? Experts and regulators still need to figure this out, and soon, before more accidents cause additional innocent deaths.
Contact Our Aviation Accident Attorneys
Aviation accidents are absolutely tragic. Not only do they affect passengers and their families, but pilots and their families as well. If you or a loved one has suffered as the result of an aviation accident, you should speak with an aviation accident attorney right away to find out what your options are. Contact our Jacksonville injury attorneys at Douglas & Carter, Attorneys at Law today for a free consultation to find out how we can help.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal agency that insures pensions for about 41 million Americans saw its deficit nearly double last year. The agency said the worsening finances of some multi-employer pension plans mainly caused the increased deficit.
At about $62 billion for the budget year that ended Sept. 30, it was the widest deficit in the 40-year history of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., which reported the data Monday. That compares with a $36 billion shortfall in the previous year.
Multi-employer plans are pension agreements between labor unions and a group of companies, usually in the same industry. The agency said the deficit in its multi-employer insurance program jumped to $42.4 billion from $8.3 billion in 2013.
By contrast, the deficit in the single-employer program shrank to $19.3 billion from $27.4 billion.


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Midlands Receives Multiple Nominations In National Digital Awards
Photo Credit: @DigitalIre Twitter
There were over 400 entries for the 22 categories in the Digital Business Ireland Awards.
Five midlands businesses have made the shortlist for the National Digital Awards 2022.
Three firms in Mullingar have been shortlisted, L.A. PACIFIC is up for New Website of the Year, with INGLOT in the running for Health, Beauty, Well-being Website and Sugar Plum Sweetery is up for Food and Beverage Website of the Year.
While two others in Athlone have also been given the nod with Topline Heavin's and Euronics nomiated in two categories - Electrical, Technology Website and Most Trusted Website and TAPiTAG in Athlone is in the running for the Sustainable Business of the year.
Meanwhile, Laois Chamber's Caroline Hofman has also featured in the list. The CEO is a finalist for the Next Generation Award (under-30).
The awards will take place on the 3rd of March 2023, in the Gibson Hotel in Dublin.


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Jehane Noujaim
Karim Amer, Mike Lerner
RADICALS tells the harrowing story of mothers whose children have been transformed into radicalized "foreign fighters" by the lure of ISIS. The film follows these women as they grapple with the sudden and disruptive transformation of the world around them. While our attention is often directed toward the spectacle of radical youth and the threat they pose, this film will take you into the world of those they left behind. Out of the most unlikely and horrible of situations, these women find each other to make sense of how a generation of youth is being seduced by radical violence from their own bedrooms. Through this process, they become transformative, inspiring figures who challenge the very idea that this cautionary tale is an inevitable disaster. We follow as these mothers are joined by community allies and public figures to relentlessly reframe public perception, challenge media narratives, and help rewrite government policy.


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Q: Variables in ruby method names I have the following code:
for attribute in site.device_attributes
  device.attribute
end

where I would like the code to substitute the value of "attribute" for the method name.
I have tried device."#{attribute}" and various permutations.
Is this completely impossible? Am I missing something?
I have considered overriding method_missing, but I can't figure out how that would actually help me when my problem is that I need to call an "unknown" method.

A: You can use #send method to call object's method by method's name:
object.send(:foo) # same as object.foo

You can pass arguments with to invoked method:
object.send(:foo, 1, "bar", 1.23) # same as object.foo(1, "bar", 1.23)

So, if you have attribute name in variable "attribute" you can read object's attribute with
object.send(attribute.to_sym)

and write attribute's value with
object.send("#{attribute}=".to_sym, value)

In Ruby 1.8.6 #send method can execute any object's method regardless of its visibility (you can e.g. call private methods). This is subject to change in future versions of Ruby and you shouldn't rely on it. To execute private methods, use #instance_eval:
object.instance_eval {
  # code as block, can reference variables in current scope
}

# or

object.instance_eval <<-CODE
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CODE

Update
You can use public_send to call methods with regard to visibility rules.
object.public_send :public_foo # ok
object.public_send :private_bar # exception

A: Matt and Maxim are both correct, but leave out a detail that might help you get your head around the #send syntax:  In Ruby, calling a method is really sending a message.  Softies on Rails has a relatively straightforward explanation of that.

A: you can also do
device.instance_eval(attribute)

A: The "send" method should do what you're looking for:
object = "upcase me!"
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Women Cross DMZ And Nobel Women's Initiative Statement On June 12 Singapore Summit
In this statement, Women Crozz DMZ and the Nobel Women's Initiative applaud US, North Korea and South Korea for their historic summit. However, the statement calls on leaders to include women in all parts of the peace process.
Read or download the statement below, or read the original by Women Cross DMZ here.
Women Cross DMZ and the Nobel Women's Initiative congratulate US President Donald Trump and North Korean Chairman Kim Jong Un for their historic June 12, 2018 Summit in Singapore. They committed to establish new relations and build a lasting peace and they set forth a process to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. By resuming the repatriation of U.S. servicemen remains to their families, the leaders prioritized reconciliation and healing for millions of families. It is indeed a new day on the Korean Peninsula and for world peace.
We applaud President Donald Trump, Chairman Kim Jong Un and President Moon for giving hope to people on the Korean Peninsula and around the world that peace is possible through diplomacy and political will. They demonstrated that meeting adversaries was not a concession but meeting face-to-face can yield an enduring peace in a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.
Reaching a peace agreement, implementing it, and ensuring thatit lasts, however, necessitate women's inclusion at all stages of the peace process, from sitting at the negotiating table to helping to draft the agreement, to making it real in their homes and communities.
Decades of research now show that women's inclusion in peace processes leads to a peace agreement and a far more durable one when women help draft it. According to the Council on Foreign Relations, "The participation of civil society groups, including women's organizations, makes a peace agreement 64 percent less likely to fail. When women participate in peace processes, the resulting agreement is 35 percent more likely to last at least fifteen years."
As women leaders who have long called for a Peace Treaty to formally end the Korean War, we urge all the leaders to honor their governments' commitment to UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, which calls for women's participation at all decision-making levels in conflict resolution and peace processes.
We urge President Trump, Chairman Kim, and President Moon to continue on this path of courage. To ensure that the peace agreement comes to fruition is up to the Korean people, North and South, and the people of the United States and countries that fought under the UN Command in the Korean War. Given the critical window to secure a lasting peace, women must have a seat in the official peace process.
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