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Yet Again, Gravitational Risks Held to Be "Obvious"
WARNING: Gravity works in direction indicated (image: Steven Pavlov via Wikipedia, CC 4.0 (modified))
"[N]o danger is more commonly realized or risk appreciated than that of falling," the Georgia Court of Appeals wrote in 2006, and while that sentence is not going to win any awards, it states an important truth.
It seems very likely that the first thing to crawl out of the sea and then up onto a rock promptly fell off that rock, and if that rock had been just a little taller we wouldn't be having this discussion. The evolution of legs surely led immediately to the invention of tripping. And of course human beings have almost certainly been falling off or out of things—and, more importantly, onto other things—since before they were human beings. The first recorded falling injury I can find appears in the Old Testament (2 Samuel 4:4), which tells how Mephibosheth fell and hurt his legs. (More specifically, somebody dropped him.) My point is, it has been well known for quite a while that what we now call "gravity" can cause injuries.
And yet people still claim they need to be warned about this.
Of course, this isn't news to you, because you remember when we discussed Mathews v. University Loft Company, and I know that seems like only yesterday but it was in fact 14 years ago. See "NJ Appeals Court Holds No Duty to Warn About Gravity" (Aug. 18, 2006). In that case, the plaintiff was a college student whose shoulder had been injured after he fell out of a bunk bed. I use the passive voice deliberately, of course, to signal that the parties disputed liability. According to the bunk-bed manufacturer, the plaintiff was responsible for falling out of bed. According to the plaintiff, the bunk bed should have come with a warning that he might fall out of it. The headline above gives away the ending, I suppose.
But I suppose every new generation has to learn about gravity for itself, which would explain Valdosta State University v. Davis, decided by the Georgia Court of Appeals on August 17. There, just as in Mathews, a college student was injured after she fell out of a bunk bed. Or, at least, everyone inferred this from her testimony that (1) she fell asleep in the top bunk and (2) later woke up on the floor in pain. Her roommate was present when she woke up, but it's not clear whether she or any other witness could actually connect the dots between (1) and (2). But, precisely because of the human race's lengthy experience with gravity, some of which I have recounted above, it does seem like a fair inference that a fall caused her injuries. But who, if anyone, was responsible for the fall? This, only a lawsuit could determine.
Unlike Mathews, Davis does not seem to have sued the manufacturer on the theory that it should have warned her of the risk. But she did sue the university for negligence, saying that it "had notice of the specific risk of falling from the lofted [sic] beds due to similar incidents at other schools" within the University of Georgia system, and therefore had a duty to install safety rails on the top bunk of her bed, and presumably every bed within the University of Georgia system, to prevent such incidents. The university moved for summary judgment, basically arguing that yes, it had notice such things could happen, but then so did the plaintiff. The trial court denied the motion, and the university appealed. (Normally there would have been a trial first, but the court allowed an immediate appeal in this case.)
This was a premises-liability claim, which under Georgia law requires a plaintiff to prove, among other things, that (1) the owner knew about the risk and (2) the plaintiff did not know about the risk (but reasonably should have). Whatever the defendant knew, therefore, a plaintiff "cannot recover if it is shown that the hazard was open and obvious." Usually, as the court noted, that's an issue for the jury. But not if the evidence is "plain, palpable, and undisputable," and "this is such a case."
Specifically, there was no dispute that the university knew the bed was "lofted," posing the aforementioned risk of gravitational injury. But the evidence also made clear that Davis knew that, too. The court devotes several sentences to its reasoning on this point, though, frankly, one probably would've been plenty. Here is that paragraph, slightly revised by me:
Indeed, Davis slept in the bed for approximately three months prior to her fall [and it would take a reasonable person no more than six weeks to realize something is elevated]. Moreover, soon after arriving at school, she [asked] to have the bed lowered, which shows that (1) [she knew it was high], and (2) [a reasonable person would know about falling]. Davis also installed a safety rail on the bed when she returned to school, [further demonstrating she knows about gravity]. And significantly, we have repeatedly held … that "no danger is more commonly realized or risk appreciated than that of falling.'"
Valdosta State Univ. v. Davis, 2020 WL 4745074, at *3 (Aug. 17, 2020) (citation omitted, sarcastic material in brackets added).
The court cites quite a few cases in support, and at first I was surprised that it doesn't cite Mathews, but clearly there is no shortage of cases involving not just the obvious risk of falling but the obvious risk of falling out of bunk beds. See Davis, 2020 WL 4745074, at *3 n.18 (citing, e.g., Yun v. Great Wolf Lodge of the Poconos, LLC, 182 F. Supp. 3d 182 (M.D. Pa. 2016) (granting hotel's motion for summary judgment based on conclusion that "the risks associated with a bunk bed were known and obvious").
I'd suggest that you make a note of this, but I guess it's either obvious or it's not.
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Bend Captures First WCL Crown
The Bend Elks swept through the WCL playoffs scoring 43 runs and winning four straight to capture the team's first West Coast League title.
The Elks were led Monday night by Billy King's grand slam home run in the third, as King's blast erased a two-run deficit and put Bend up 4-2. King, a junior-to-be at Oregon State, would collect 6 RBIs on the night as the left-handed hitting slugger also delivered a two-run double in the bottom of the fourth-inning before a rocking crowd of 2,543 at Vince Genna Stadium.
Bend took game one of the WCLCS at Elks Stadium on Saturday night in Kelowna by out-slugging the Falcons 16-9. And finished their dream season with a 10-4 victory at Vince Genna.
The Elks, under new owners John & Tami Marick, new general manager Casey Powell and rookie skipper Trey Watt, earned their first division title and first WCL championship in 2015 – in emphatic fashion.
Bend posted the league's top record at 35-16 and went 4-0 in the post-season while leading the league in nearly every team offensive category.

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Almost everyone enjoys taking photographs. That's because professional photographers know the right tips and tricks to use to make their pictures special. Read this article for some tricks common among photographers for quality shots.
Get quick with your shutter finger. If you hesitate, you may miss the moment you are trying to capture because of your subject moving. The quicker you and your camera are, the better shots you will get.
A dSLR is an essential tool if you seek to take more professional photographs or to seriously embrace photography itself. These single-lens reflex cameras allow you to see your subject in real time as you take the picture. Those equipped with a full frame will inevitably provide a more comprehensive image and finer details.
Experiment with new techniques or subjects, and do not fear taking some original photos. A successful photographer should develop a style of his or her own and capture the world as he or she sees it. Try to avoid the style of photos that you may have seen many times before. Try new, unique angles, and be creative.
As you take photographs, also take notes. If you take countless photos, it may be hard to recall why or where you took them. Use a notepad to record brief descriptions of shots as you take them and note each picture's number next to its description.
Discrimination is a vital skill for a good photographer; when you are going to show off photos you've taken, present only your very best work. Do not show every photograph you have ever taken or too many of the same subject matter. This will bore people and it is not a good way to showcase your photography skills. Keep things fresh by showing off a variety of your photography.
Pre-focus your camera before moving slightly, so your subject isn't centered in the frame. Centering a subject is extremely common, especially among amateurs, and tends to make for a very uninteresting photograph. An off-centered shot is likely to appear more interesting in the eyes of the viewer.
You shouldn't neglect the foreground as many novice photographers do. Compose the frame in such a way as to make the foreground as important to the image as the background is to create a truly striking photo.
If you would like to attempt film-based photography, you can easily get a suitable camera from a thrift store. You can use ISO 200 black-and-white film to get a great balance between versatility and dramatic results. Once you develop your film, try printing it on different paper styles, including ones that are fiber-based.
Be creative with colors, focus, angles, and lighting. Your subject does not have to be original in order for your photo to be unique. A good photograph entails making a photo of something unoriginal interesting, because of their creative skills and talent. Experiment as much as you can, and find your own style.
Whether you want to pursue photography as a profession or just want to take better amateur photos, you should learn everything there is to know about photo composition. As with many other forms of art, a lack of composition will result in an inferior piece of work. Study up on different methods of composition and then apply it to your own photos.
Shoot photos of a wide range of individuals. Do not take photographs of people without their consent. Taking pictures when you are traveling makes for great memories later, even if the pictures don't stand out, they may trigger important memories for you. Look for candid expression and casual clothing.
To take more unique pictures, try using limitation. One way is to limit your shots for a whole day to subjects that express a single idea. Take that goal one step further, by take 100 different and unique photos of the same subject, or in confined quarters. These strict limits will force you to try new ideas and think creatively.
The more pictures that you take, the higher your chances will be for getting some great shots, so make sure you have a memory card that will hold a lot. A 16 gigabyte memory card will store all of your photos without the necessity of changing memory cards during a photo shoot. Yet another advantage to lots of memory is that it allows you to shoot in a format called RAW, giving you greater flexibility when you edit it later.
When traveling, look for interesting features, monuments, and buildings to photograph. To get an idea of the picturesque local sites, visit a shop with a postcard rack. You will want to create your own images and perspectives of these important places.
It is important to combine your ISO, aperture, and correct shutter speed. It is those three elements which make up the exposure of the shot. It is possible to use overexposed photos in some cases, but generally these should be avoided. Play around with these three settings to see how they work together and which combination will create the most interesting shot.
Do you need pictures of subjects that are soaked or misted with rain? Make your own rain by bringing a spray bottle of water with you and misting the subject you wish to take photos of.
Snap the picture quickly. The ultimate shot may last a short period of time, so make sure you are always ready for it. Wildlife may hide, people blink or tire of smiling, or any number of other things have the potential to spoil a shot. If you spend too much time worrying about your camera settings, you may find that your shot opportunity is long gone.
Read your camera's manual. Manuals are often a long read and thick with information. Most people throw manuals away without giving them a second look. However, the manual is an important source of information and should be taken advantage of. Reading the manual will make you a better picture taker and help you avoid making silly mistakes.
When evaluating a potential scene for your photos, see if you can find patterns to make it more interesting. Patterns give your photo increased visual interest, particularly if they repeat. In addition, patterns can be used as backdrops and unique perspectives for framing your subject.
If you are taking photos of people, like families, couples or a group, be sure to give them some advice about what to wear before picture day. While it is not mandatory for everyone to be wearing the same color, it can greatly enhance the finished photo if all the clothing colors complement each other. Suggest neutral shades or warm colors, as they will blend with natural environments. If your subject wants to wear a bright color, try pairing them with something neutral so it does not clash.
Try framing all of your shots. Try to use natural frames in the pictures you take. Use the natural elements in the area to create a framing effect around your subject. You can use this as a way to practice photograph composition.
If you are aiming to take the best pictures, you must ensure your subjects are in proper focus. In order to ensure that your pictures have the very best composure and are a reflection of your style, it's vital that you keep that camera in good focus. Particularly when you are just beginning, you should try and have your subject in the center of your pictures. Let your background be what it will be.
Consider lighting carefully when taking photos. Some photos are more striking when taken in shadow, while others need you to expose the subject's highlights. Or, you can use photoshop or some other program to blend two photos together.
Most of the time, when you're thinking about photographing some item, you have to think about whether you're going to show more of the shadows or the highlights of it. You could possibly take two pictures of the same subject, and expose one of each type by using a program, such as Photoshop, to blend both of them into a high-quality shot.
You can edit your pictures by yourself! Software designed for image editing is readily available in the marketplace. When comparing different options, you should take note of the number and range of photo-editing tools in each package. And make sure it is simple to learn to use.
You should use a tripod when you attempting to get the optimal landscape shot. You will take better pictures, especially those that involve landscapes, with a steady base such as a tripod. This will help you adjust different settings without moving your camera.
Kneel on the ground and look up at your subject to evoke feelings of height. If you desire your subject to project a weaker image, shoot the photo from above. Through trial and error, along with knowing when you should use these techniques, can help you see what works and what doesn't.
Keep in mind that you don't have to hold the camera in its regular horizontal position when snapping photos. You can often make a striking photo with your camera vertical. Zoom out if you want to shoot full-body pictures of people, or zoom in if you are photographing a smaller, more detailed subject.
While mobile phone cameras are now better in quality, you still have to be careful of issues with lighting. Most phone cameras don't have a flash built-in, so it's important to make sure as much available light hits your subject as possible. Using the camera's zoom feature will also minimize the impact of shadows and sunspots.
Be wary of digital zoom, as opposed to optical zoom, when you are taking a particularly close shot. While many cameras have a wide zoom range, the image quality will be degraded when it switches to digital mode. Digital zoom uses an algorithm to add pixels which hurts the quality of the image. You can disable this feature entirely if you check the manual for your camera and discover out how to do it.
Get close to the subject of your photograph. When you are setting up your frame, either physically move closer to the subject or use optical zoom to zoom in. Make sure the subject fills the frame. Despite how scenic the background may be, if there's too much of it, it can detract focus. As you get closer, new details will also appear on your subject.
You should have a certain idea of what your picture will be used for before you take it. You might want to turn the camera vertically for certain shots and horizontally for others. You can probably edit your photo either way once it has been downloaded, but sometimes, you can get a better result by using the right orientation in the first place.
If your camera uses lithium batteries you should be aware of airport rules about having such batteries. Airlines won't allow extra batteries to be carried within luggage as they post a fire risk. However, it is fine to carry on board when they are already contained inside of your camera.
Consider getting a case for your camera, as well as for other equipment you carry with you when taking pictures. Protecting your equipment properly is essential to preventing accidental damage. The protective cases can be located in a myriad of places, check out the local camera store, or electronics shop.
You can crop your pictures later in an editing program to make them look better. You may find that a small item in the background distracts from the subject. Or, maybe the photo is great except that the image is not centered properly. Fix these problems and crop the picture.
Know whether your pictures are being under or overexposed. You can avoid errors by studying how to interpret your camera's histogram. This device works by measuring exposure for each shot. It tells you whether an image is over-exposed, under-exposed, or just right. By monitoring it, you can avoid problems.
When you are just starting out in photography, one important thing that you have to do is to understand white balance, or otherwise known as the color of the light in your photographs. To obtain the look you desire, you must account for all of the light influencing your picture.
Photographing at night is a totally different subject. Make sure you have proper lighting available when you are shooting at night, or other low-light situations. You might have to use flash or external lighting and adjust shutter speed or other settings to get enough illumination for a good night shot.
Next, you should get your camera and begin putting these tips into motion. Your pictures will get better with time.
Think about buying a tripod if you are sincere in wanting to get better shots. Tripods are particularly great for one thing: steadying your camera. Keeping your camera from moving is essential when shooting photographs where there is not enough light or where your subject is very far away. Tripods are also essential for any kind of timed photography or self-portraits.


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"A Fountain for Life, or a Pool of Death"
Professor Anatoly Popov, an esteemed virologist and Russian-born defector, steals the world's deadliest virus from a U.S. counter bio-terrorism lab. His aim - to alter its properties with the remains of an interstellar meteorite to create a universal Cure, based upon an ancient Chinese legend. But the theft sets off a murderous clandestine multi-national competition for the ultimate bioweapon. Now with his time running out, Popov must pin his hopes upon Cmdr. Rex Lee, an ex-Seal medic and novice physician-scientist, and a desperate search mission in the Amazonian rainforest of Brazil to restore the promise of THE WELL.
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Arturo Gatti was 39-6. Mayweather was 33-0. The fight was scheduled for 12 rounds.
Much as Iike Gatti's guts and unconscious power, Mayweather was at his peak. Too many wars for Gatti and his brain was scrambled from those. This was not a fight but a beating.
Floyd is the cleanest boxing athlete out there and he is devoted to the sport. He thinks, sizes up opponent and delivers. Not a fighter but a great boxer. His use of shoulders while on the ropes to deflect punches and counter, makes him unquestionably the best. Must have learned the Mexican greats.
Only thing Floyd could have done in his career to prove he was the best, was to fight Pacman in 2008 at his peak.


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Q&A WITH ADESOLA OSAKALUMI BY STEVEN VARGAS
How CULLUD WATTAH embodies running water.
A CONVERSATION WITH STEVEN VARGAS AND ADESOLA OSAKALUMI
It feels like liquid. Plum walks through the muckiest and murkiest water possible, letting each step feel as weighted and lulled as if dumbbells pulled each movement back. After all, murky is exactly how the water remains in Flint, Michigan. CULLUD WATTAH, the world premiere play by Erika Dickerson-Despenza and directed by Candis C. Jones at The Public Theater, sits in on the lives of a family of Black women in Flint, Michigan, who grow more concerned every day that their water supply remains dirty. As illnesses fester and a class action lawsuit arises, each person seeks their own way out. Movement Director Adesola Osakalumi shares how water informed the movement that made every scene more fluid and powerful.
Steven Vargas: One of the first things that came to mind was there's a lot of movement there behind the language. Can you tell me how you were able to utilize that language to put the movement on stage?
Adesola Osakalumi: I feel like Erika writes in such a visual way. In that regard, it made certain things easier because there was such a clear guideline as to how to address and how to approach it. I wanted to be naturalistic, and not move like traditional choreography. The play does have Afro-surrealist and Afro-futurist components, so there are dream-like elements. We played around a lot with suspension of time and small task-based gestures in terms of what the characters are trying to say throughout the course of the piece. But I wanted to do justice to what Erika wrote. She wrote something really beautiful and moving and a lot of what myself and my associate — who's also my partner, Jill Vallery — really wanted to honor was the water concept. It's about water, so a lot of the things that we did had water as a base. As we know, water adapts and morphs. It can be heated up and evaporate into steam and then become solid again, turning into ice, making it movable. So we used water and its elements to control how the characters move through the space.
SV: Can you give me an example of how water influenced some of the movement?
AO: There's an interstice when Plum is literally in a dream state, and we talked a lot about feeling like you're walking through muck. You're not going to be as fast as you would normally be because it's thick, but it does have a buoyant feel so you might have to exert a little more force to push through. As opposed to your normal stride or normal gait, your gait might be slower, it might be heavier, might be more weighted, but what does it feel like to walk through mud or quicksand as opposed to normal air?
SV: You mentioned that there are dreamlike moments where there's stillness; can you tell me about the power of having that stillness in the production?
AO: There are some times when we have what Erika calls lulls, which are spaces in her text where nothing happens. And we wanted to play around with the questions: what does it feel like when there is no movement? And how does that affect the body when we come out of that movement in a sharp, quick way? What does it feel like when a character is sitting and thinking about something and not moving and then the slightest movement takes on a much bigger meaning because there was stillness? As the saying goes, "still waters run deep" — back to how water influences us. So there's a lot of times where we have characters just take a slow look, a flick of a hand, a flick of a wrist, and then back into normal speed.
SV: Any last statements on the importance of movement in CULLUD WATTAH?
AO: We wanted all of the movement to be woven and natural, and really be shaped to each character's life experience, so there's a lot of collaboration that needed to happen. We felt that there are gestures, that there are subtleties in how we move, subtleties in how we raise our shoulders when we're uncertain about something, subtleties in how we tilt our head and lean forward when we're getting upset, and we wanted to play with those elements. So the hope is that a keen eye, I think, will be able to recognize these subtleties and think to themselves, "Oh, that's a movement moment that was shaped to be seamless with what the actors are doing." So we took really great focus to make sure that the actors were living in those small moments and in the bigger, more obvious dance movement moments as well.
CULLUD WATTAH is running at The Public Theater through Sunday, December 12.
Steven Vargas is an actor, dancer, and multimedia journalist based in Los Angeles whose work focuses on art for social change. His work has been featured in USA Today, Dance Magazine, BuzzFeed News, and more. You can read more about him at vargassteven.com .
This piece was developed with the BIPOC Critics Lab, a new program founded by Jose Solis training the next generation of BIPOC journalists. Follow on Twitter: @BIPOCCriticsLab.
Pictured: Adesola Osakalumi. Photo by Andres Otero.
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Post–Memorial Day Texoblogosphere
The Texas Progressive Alliance respects the sacrifice of those who have died serving their country on this day, but in the words of Redacted Tonight host Lee Camp, would prefer to...
(A)ctually respect the lives of our troops and human life in general (by demanding) an end to wars launched on false pretenses. Stop giving war profiteers endless airtime to spout propaganda. Ask why our government always has money for war but never for our homeless veterans.
These seem like simple requests and easy things for an allegedly peace-seeking nation—a nation that would have many fewer war dead to memorialize in the future—to accomplish.
Here's the roundup.
It's been less than a week since Texas primary runoff elections decided our November ballot, and RG Ratcliffe at Texas Monthly details the heavy losses in Lege races that the arch-conservatives at Empower Texans suffered, while Chris Hooks at the Texas Observer takes stock of the Texas Democrats' chances in 2018. (tl,dr: suboptimal.)
Jon Tilove at First Reading dives deep into the dynamics of the governor's race, with the answer to the question James Barragán at the DMN is asking--which candidate Latin@s choose--being based on 'no mercy' or 'no más'.
John Coby at Bay Area Houston profiles three of the Democrats he likes running in Houston's Clear Lake region, and David Collins analyzes the surprising margin of Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's win in CD-7, and cautions against possible false extrapolations from it. The Lewisville Texan Journal live-posted election results for their area, and PDiddie at Brains and Eggs publishes the poll from the Lina Hidalgo campaign showing her leading incumbent Harris County Judge Ed Emmett.
In two of the most sickening developments yet in the War on Immigrants, an unarmed woman was shot and killed in Rio Bravo, Texas by a border patrol agent; the incident was videotaped and uploaded to social media, and USCBP changed their story about it. And with the news that HHS officials cannot account for the whereabouts of nearly 1500 immigrant children taken from their parents, placed in foster care, and are now missing, Somervell County Salon has a link to the Pew poll showing that those Americans who care the least about this are Christians.
Update: There is a problem with using the word "lost" here; it might even be a good thing that these children cannot be located by the government:
Although there are concerns that some undocumented children are trafficked or abused, the ORR claims (paywall) that 85% of kids are placed in the custody of family members.
The story of the 1,500 missing children, Duffy notes, is being conflated with news that border patrol agents are increasingly splitting parents and kids who arrive in the US together, leading to extensive and traumatic separations. That's a different issue: The "missing" kids showed up at the border alone. Confusing the two circumstances, and demanding an ORR crackdown, only jeopardizes the safety of the most vulnerable undocumented immigrants and could lead to more family separations, prosecutions by ICE, and deportations.
In the wake of the Santa Fe high school murders, Greg Abbott held three conferences, out of which came 22 suggestions for Texas high schools to prevent the shootings of our children and teachers in the future. None of them were "common-sense gun safety legislation." Relative to reducing the number of doors in public schools to cut down on the number of deaths, Harry Hamid has some suggestions on the education of Dan Patrick.
In another takedown of the failure of the War on Drugs, Scott Henson at Grits for Breakfast points out that making people too scared to call 911 when someone they know overdoses is not going to prevent overdose deaths.
As hurricane season 2018 begins, the after-effects of Harvey linger. Texas Standard reports that Fort Bend County commissioners will sue the Army Corp of Engineers over mistakes made in managing the water in that area's Baker reservoir that caused severe flooding. And Texas Vox read the US Chemical Safety Board's analysis that indicated the Arkema plant in Crosby was fully aware of the dangers of flooding prior to the hurricane.
SocraticGadfly reviews Amy Chozick's "Chasing Hillary" and one-stars it for several reasons to save you the trouble.
Jeff Balke at the Houston Press explains why you're getting all those privacy policy updates in your inbox as well as website cookie notifications.
Jim Schutze at the Dallas Observer is bemused that the State Fair of Texas got billed over $1200 by their lawyers to read one of his columns.
Martha Mercado at The Rag Blog was there as the Poor People's Campaign came to Austin.
And Skip Hollandsworth tells us about Jeff Pike, Texas' own Tony Soprano.


Have you ever changed your plans in order to help someone else and then discover that was the best outcome? Acts as simple as listening to your child or grandchild, helping out a neighbor, or volunteering in your community can bring blessings well beyond the time invested.
In moments like these, God reminds us that he is able to revise our plans very effectively, and that life is never meant to be about us.
A Christian's life is meant to be marked by selfless love demonstrated in action. But, truth be told, ours often don't. The trajectory of our attention can, if left unchallenged by God, turn back toward ourselves.
The Bible often compares people to livestock, and never in flattering ways. When this verse speaks of God's love compelling us, that word "compel" refers to being restrained or hemmed in, like a cow in a cattle squeeze. Ancient farmers, as well as Nevada ranchers, made use of such a squeeze to gently restrain the cow while administering medication or caring for the animal.
God uses his word and his work in our lives to get our attention: life is not all about us! First, Paul reminds us of how we — and anyone — are made right with God in the first place: "One died for all." If we were left to our own devices, our own efforts, we would never be right with God. Jesus Christ intervened on our behalf: God's only son became our perfect substitute, paying the price for our sins. And sin, at its heart, is acting as if life is all about us, even if that means harming others.
As Jesus was raised from the dead, so we are raised to a brand-new life by faith in him. Ravi Zacharias, the noted Christian apologist, often says, "Jesus didn't come to make bad people good, but to make dead people live." Through faith in Jesus, we can have life where none existed before; we can have a relationship with the living God.
Let's respond to the cattle squeeze of God's love and realize that life is not about ourselves! In Christ's strength, we can love that person that irritates us; serve those people we'd rather not be around; become uncomfortable in order to help others. Then those around us will see Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection are not only historical events, but life-changing ones too.
Pastor Don Baumann of Hilltop Community Church is a member of the Carson Valley Minister's Association.


It was his last day at work. He told me that from the morning of the following day, he would be in the realm of 'the Unknown', referring to the break in the routine, of a life time of going to work. I asked him, if he had not already experienced 'the Unknown', in his daily routine, in all this while. He stared at me, seeming thoughtful, and then spoke slowly, "It's not that. What bothers me is, starting tomorrow, I wouldn't know what to tell people who ask me, "What do you do?" I cannot tell them I've retired, because then, they'll no longer care to knock at my door and I'm frightened that there'll be no one wanting to talk to me".


Questor thinks Unilever's sales boost is sustainable. Buy.
The percentage of homes with washing machines in China is expected to increase from 73pc in 2010 to 80pc by 2015, according to market researcher Euromonitor International.
This means the country will have an additional 41m homes with a washing machine, highlighting the size of the opportunity in such markets for companies such as Unilever that produce washing detergents.
Although developing countries can turn in a volatile performance, Unilever is not reliant on any single market to furnish it with growth. The Anglo-Dutch group generates no more than 6pc of sales from any individual emerging market country but, in total, emerging markets make up 55pc of sales.
Fledgling markets managed like-for-like sales growth of 10.8pc, helping to propel full-year sales over the €50bn (£42bn) level for the first time ever. Paul Polman, chief executive, aims to increase turnover to €80bn.
This helped the maker of Magnum ice creams, Dove soap and Flora margarine to post 2012 like-for-like sales growth of 7.8pc, compared with a consensus view of 6.3pc. Of this growth, 2.9 percentage points came from price rises, with 4.8pc from volume growth. The profit margin also rose by 30 basis points to 13.8pc, 10 basis points ahead of expectations.
Of course, developed markets were more subdued and this situation looks likely to continue. Full-year sales grew just 0.8pc in Europe and the operating margin was down 90 basis points, although this was against a strong prior year comparator. Gross margin was negative, reflecting the impact of higher commodity costs.
When Questor spoke to Jean-Marc Huet, Unilever's chief financial officer, yesterday he said that commodity price inflation was expected to be in the "mid-single digits" this year. It will continue to be difficult to pass on the rise in input costs in developing markets, but Questor expects to see more price inflation in developing markets to offset this.
In the year to December, turnover rose 10.5pc to €51.3bn, with pre-tax profits rising 7pc to €6.7bn. The 20.39p quarterly dividend will be paid on March 13, up from 18.79p in the fourth quarter of 2011. Unilever's dividends are determined in euro, with this latest payment converted into sterling using rates from January 21.
Most observers think that the pound is set for a period of sustained weakness. This should boost dividend payments from Unilever on translation into sterling over coming quarters. Indeed, investors looking to benefit from a falling pound over the next year should consider buying companies that pay dividends in euro or dollars.
Free cash flow surged to €4.3bn from €3.1bn in 2011. This is mainly due to higher operating profit and an improved performance in working capital. This is an important measure of financial performance as it is from this pot that dividends and buy-backs are paid. Net debt also fell to €7.4bn from €8.8bn over the year.
The shares are trading on a 2013 earnings multiple of 17.3 times, falling to 16 next year. This is a touch below US peer Procter & Gamble, which has a current-year multiple of 17.6, falling to 16.2 next year.
Questor has had a hold stance on the shares for some time, but the company has demonstrated that its model is working. With the group likely to take new food categories into emerging markets in the next few years, the shares are once again a buy.


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'O Captain! My Captain!' Walt Whitman, Two Centuries Later
Walt Whitman and Peter Doyle, 1865. Photo: Moses P. Rice and Sons. Feinberg-Whitman collection.
Walt Whitman, that most exuberant of poets, the 19th century bard of transcendent sensitivity, sensuousness and epic vision, was given to intimate correspondence in his personal life, too.
As the Library marks Whitman's 200th birthday, it's worth pausing over an affectionate letter he sent to Peter Doyle.
Doyle, a D.C. streetcar conductor, was some two decades Whitman's junior, but the pair bonded one night in 1865 when Whitman stepped, alone, onto Doyle's streetcar and sat beside him. Doyle later recalled that he put his hand on the older man's knee and "we understood." In August of 1870, the bearded poet wrote Doyle a letter, ending one section with:
"I believe that is all for to-night, as it is getting late, — Good night, Pete, — Good night my darling son —– here is a kiss for you, dear boy – on the paper here – a good long one." Most charming is that the "o" in "one" is smudged. It is tempting to imagine Whitman giving the paper a playful wet smack before mailing, blurring the ink, though it is impossible to know.
The relationship was, in one way, critical to Whitman's legacy as the poet who enshrined the national grief over President Lincoln's death. The night Lincoln was assassinated, Whitman was in New York. Doyle? Sitting in Ford's Theater, an eyewitness to the assassination.
"Whitman used that information in a lecture he often gave on the death of Abraham Lincoln," says Barbara Bair, a historian in the Manuscript Division and lead curator of the Whitman Bicentennial exhibit. "He spoke as if he was the eyewitness. He didn't say, 'My dear one was there and told me.' He gave the 'Death of Lincoln' speech many times, and people assumed he saw it."
Whitman's letter to Doyle, along with other rarely seen letters, manuscripts, rare books and personal belongings, will be on display in the Jefferson Building from May 16 to August 15, as part of the Library's bicentennial celebration of Whitman's birth. The Library's Whitman collections of his works and belongings are the world's largest. They include his spectacles, haversack, notebooks, correspondence, manuscripts, a surviving draft page from his famous poem "Song of Myself" and an original print edition his seminal work, "Leaves of Grass."
Whitman. Photo: Mathew Brady. Feinberg-Whitman Collection.
There's lots to do. His writings are available for transcription in a By the People crowdsourcing project at any time. There's a May 23 evening lecture and movie at the Packard Campus Theater in Culpepper, and a family-oriented birthday party in the Young Readers Center on June 1, featuring author Robert Burleigh, illustrator Sterling Hundley and their book, "O Captain, My Captain: Walt Whitman, Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War." On June 3, an Open House in the Jefferson Building will showcase some of most rarely seen material in the Library's collections.
Whitman's writings, most particularly the many editions of his "Leaves of Grass," described the growing nation and helped define the idea of it. He wrote of an earthy, sweaty, protean America, a continent and a people entwined in a shockingly beautiful cosmos that ran as the universe intended, far above the teachings of any one religion. The book was sensual, often sexual — and frequently condemned as obscene.
He was largely self-taught and never outgrew his affection for men and women who earned their wages by muscle, sweat and grit. "When he lived in In New York, he loved to ride with the streetcar drivers, the stevedores, the sailors, the ferry-boat pilots — those were his guys," Bair says.
He wrote so many iconic lines that, over the course of time, they seemed to have seeped into the groundwater of America's mythology of itself.
"I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear…"
"O Captain! My Captain! Our fateful trip is done…"
"I sing the body electric."
"I am large, I contain multitudes."
"I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world."
He was the second of nine children, born to a Long Island carpenter on May 31, 1819. The family moved to Brooklyn when he was a child. At 12, he was a printer's apprentice. At 23, he was the editor of a newspaper in New York. A tall, robust man who reveled in the natural world, heworked as a carpenter, printer, government clerk and, famously, as a volunteer at military hospitals in and around Washington during the Civil War. He later traveled by river and rail across much of the country, absorbing the landscape and people like a sponge. Though he opposed slavery, he was not immune from the racism and white supremacy of the era.
Bethuel Smith. Feinberg-Whitman Collection.
He kept pocket-sized notebooks of his own making for his work in the hospitals and camps. Ever the journalist, he jotted down injured soldiers' names, addresses, wants and needs (oranges, wine), and their memories from the war. He often brought them treats. Betheul Smith, a fellow New Yorker, was one of those soldiers and became a friend and correspondent.
In another entry, under heading of "Virginia Idioms," he lists "How's all?" and "Where you been at?" It's that ear for the unpolished talk of the common folk that he gave back to the nation in timeless poetry and why, 200 years later, he remains a towering figure.
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Le monument aux morts de Sainte-Anne est un cénotaphe situé au centre de la commune de Sainte-Anne en Guadeloupe, sur la place Victor-Schœlcher. Il a été érigé en 1949 en mémoire des soldats morts lors des combats de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et est inscrit aux monuments historiques en 2018.

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Le monument aux morts est une commande de la commune, datant de 1949, pour les soldats morts durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Il est inscrit au titre des monuments historiques par arrêté du .

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La statue féminine, représentant une Victoire, est l'œuvre du sculpteur Gilbert Privat tandis que le bas-relief du socle possède la particularité de représenter le visage d'un soldat noir, ce qui est rare même en Guadeloupe et tient probablement au fait qu'il honore les troupes coloniales de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. L'ensemble est associé au style Art déco.

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Appellate Court Suggests Grievance Arbitration May Be Exclusive Remedy for FEHA Claims
In Volpei v. County of Ventura, 2d Civil No. B243954, the Second Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal on Thursday (November 7) denied the County's petition to compel arbitration, holding that a grievance provision in a collective bargaining agreement did not prevent a County employee from filing a lawsuit alleging claims of retaliation, harassment and discrimination under the California Fair Employment & Housing Act ("FEHA"). The Court's analysis suggests that with more specific waiver language the employee could have been compelled to arbitrate such claims.
The collective bargaining agreement in question contained language that defined a grievance to include "a complaint of illegal discrimination . . . ." and provided that an unresolved grievance "may be submitted to arbitration by the Association." The grievance procedure further provided that the decision of the arbitrator "shall be final and binding upon the County, [The Association] and the employee affected, subject to judicial review."
In its petition to compel arbitration, the County contended that this language established that the grievance procedure was the only available remedy for the employee's FEHA claims. The Court of Appeal disagreed, finding that the grievance language "is not a clear and unmistakable agreement to arbitrate Volpei's statutory claims against the County." Of note to the Court was the fact that the grievance procedure did not specifically refer to the FEHA or any other statute, did not expressly cover both statutory and contractual discrimination claims, and that the provision was both permissive and unilateral.
While the Court of Appeal denied the County's petition to compel arbitration based on the specifics of the grievance procedure in this case, the Court's analysis suggests that if the procedure unambiguously required arbitration as the sole and exclusive remedy for an employee's FEHA claims, that there is a potential that the employee would have been bound to proceed through arbitration.
Meyers Nave Practice Pointer: The United States Supreme Court has already held that a collective bargaining agreement provision requiring arbitration of Title VII claims can be enforceable. See 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett, 556 U.S. 247 (2009). This case now suggests the possibility that FEHA claims may also be subject to such a waiver. We recommend consulting with legal counsel before considering such a provision as there are risks with such an approach as well as very stringent procedural requirements for mandating employees in California to submit employment claims to arbitration.


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American Journal of Food and Nutrition. 2017, 5(3), 83-89
DOI: 10.12691/ajfn-5-3-1
Evaluation of Nutrient Parameters of Selected African Accessions of Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.)
John Olayinka Atoyebi1, 2, , Odutola Osilesi1, Olugbenga Adebawo3 and Michael Abberton4
1Department of Biochemistry, Babcock University, Ilisan – Remo, Ogun – State, Nigeria
2National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, F.M.S.T., Moor – Plantation, PMB 5382, Ibadan, Nigeria
3Department of Biochemistry, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ikenne – Remo, Ogun – State, Nigeria
4Genetic Resources Centre, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria
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John Olayinka Atoyebi, Odutola Osilesi, Olugbenga Adebawo and Michael Abberton. Evaluation of Nutrient Parameters of Selected African Accessions of Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.). American Journal of Food and Nutrition. 2017; 5(3):83-89. doi: 10.12691/ajfn-5-3-1
Developing countries, especially in Africa are facing challenges of malnourished conditions and food insecurity generally. Nutrients, being components of food ingredient required for survival, normal body function and satisfying the physiological and dietary requirements of the body metabolism [38]. Hence, for meaningful growth and developments in man, the type and amount of nutrients intake and its rate of absorption or level is crucial. However, much emphases and consumption pattern in Africa had been on common or routine food crops like rice, common beans, cassava, maize e.t.c., resulting in the reduced utilisation of other plant species, termed neglected and under-utilised species (NUS), like Bambara groundnut. Selected accessions of Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc), assembled at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria were analysed for important nutrients parameters including moisture content, carbohydrate, protein, crude fibre, total sugar, fat, starch, ash and minerals, based on standard and established protocols at the Crop Utilisation laboratory, IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria. Moreso, samples were sent to the South African grain laboratory, the Willows, South Africa, for the determination of free and essential amino acids using HPLC and UPLC conditions. Results revealed that accessions TVSu – 1235, TVSu – 1231, TVSu – 1205, TVSu -729 and TVSu – 1824 could be regarded as high nutrients varieties, while TVSu – 1744, TVSu – 553 and TVSu - 922 are medium nutrients type, while the remaining accessions falls below the medium nutrient range, among these lines of Bambara groundnut evaluated. The protein values has a range of 15.88 ± 0.005 g / 100 g for TVSu – 1202 to 24.91 ± 0.011 g / 100 g for TVSu – 1231; while their carbohydrate content ranges from 42.77 ± 0.001 g / 100 g for TVSu – 1202 to 62.76 ± 0.223 g / 100 g for TVSu – 1744.
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Q: Selenium + Python + Internet Explorer + Firm Proxy + PAC file + Credentials I am using Selenium + Python to browse internet.
Unfortunately, it does not work with Internet Explorer (but it works with Chrome) at my firm, surely because there is a proxy and the need to use a PAC file to browse internet in my firm.
Here is my code :
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.proxy import ProxyType
from selenium.webdriver.common.desired_capabilities import DesiredCapabilities
from selenium.webdriver.ie.webdriver import WebDriver as Ie

ie_path=...
url_of_the_pac_file=...

caps = DesiredCapabilities.INTERNETEXPLORER
caps["proxy"] = {"proxyType": "pac","proxyAutoconfigUrl": url_of_the_pac_file}

driver=Ie(executable_path=ie_path,capabilities=caps,port=8080)
driver.get("http://www.google.com")

Each time I run this code, I have this message :
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\TEST\Desktop\demo\demo_ie.py", line 34, in <module>
    driver=Ie(executable_path=ie_path,capabilities=caps,port=8080) #, capabilities=caps, port=0, timeout=30, host=None, log_level=None, log_file=log_path, ie_options=None)
  File "C:\Anaconda3_3.4_32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\ie\webdriver.py", line 82, in __init__
    desired_capabilities=capabilities)
  File "C:\Anaconda3_3.4_32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 151, in __init__
    self.start_session(desired_capabilities, browser_profile)
  File "C:\Anaconda3_3.4_32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 240, in start_session
    response = self.execute(Command.NEW_SESSION, parameters)
  File "C:\Anaconda3_3.4_32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 308, in execute
    self.error_handler.check_response(response)
  File "C:\Anaconda3_3.4_32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\errorhandler.py", line 165, in check_response
    raise exception_class(value)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message:

<title>Access Denied - Web Proxy</title>
<meta name="author" content="Information">
<meta name="description" content="Default exception - Web Proxy">

<big>Access Denied (authentication_failed)</big>

Your credentials could not be authenticated: "Credentials are missing.". You will not be permitted access until your credentials can be verified.

If you have any questions, please contact your local support and provide information of section "Support information".

<big>Support information</big>

Action:	Default exception (authentication_failed) - Web Proxy

Proxy:	SXB9-NETpxGTW-W3

Client IP Address:	10.72.84.12

User-ID (realm):	 (Domain_CDM_ProfileBasedAuth)

User LDAP groups:

Full URL:	http://127.0.0.1:8080/session

Method:	POST

Date:	2018-05-17 07:37:41

User agent:	Python http auth

Categories BC:	 none

Categories ALL:	 none

It seems it requires my credentials but I don't know how to do that.
Thanks for your help!

A: If you are using python 2.7, you can use the following code to disable proxy setting on the browser.
urllib2.getproxies = lambda: {}
driver=Ie(executable_path=ie_path,capabilities=caps,port=8080)
driver.get("http://www.google.com")

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Mustangs show they're best of Brant
Brian Smiley
They still may not have the No. 1 ranking in the province, but the Brantford Collegiate Institute Mustangs senior girls rugby team looks to be the top squad in Brant County.
Playing in a matchup of two 3-0 teams, the Mustangs got the better of the Paris District High School Panthers on Monday in Paris, scoring a 64-0 win.
While BCI is enjoying its No. 2 ranking in the province - according to the Ontario Rugby Union rankings, which has Trenton at No. 1 - the Mustangs know they must first make it out of Brant County.
That's why Monday's win was so huge for the team.
"We definitely wanted to come out first in our league," said BCI star player Brooke Newsome.
"We knew Paris was the only (other) team that had a 3-0 (record). We just wanted to come out on top and show we're the best."
As it stands, the Mustangs will finish first in the league no matter what, even with one game to play in the regular season on Wednesday.
With the season winding down, BCI is looking extremely strong. However, Newsome admitted that the Mustangs aren't playing totally clean rugby. On Monday, it was the tackling that was one issue.
"It hasn't really been a problem all year, no not really," said Newsome, whose teammates tried to continuously tackle too high on Paris ball carriers.
"We had a tournament last week and I didn't really see much of it. It's definitely something to work on next practice."
With success comes enjoyment and Newsome said this year's team is a lot of fun.
"It's a ton of fun especially in games like this in Brantford when we get a chance to do plays," said the No. 8, who will be attending St. Francis Xavier next season to play for Canada's No. 1 ranked women's rugby team.
"Even if we get (messed up) we're still laughing. No one's every really hard on anyone else. We're all there to support each other."
Last year's team from BCI did well, making it to the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations championships and Newsome thinks the 2013 Mustangs could do better.
"I think definitely this is one of the top teams that we've had in the past couple years," she said. "Last year we did have a strong team but this year I think we're coming in a little bit harder hoping to take more wins at OFSAA."
Cara Humeniuk scored two tries in the first half of Monday's game, as BCI built a 31-0 lead. Cera Knott-McMillan, Manon Clarke and Newsome got one try each while Rachel Adkins kicked two converts and Lyndsay Couture one.
In the second half, Newsome was on fire, scoring four more tries. Selena Seguin also scored a try while Adkins got three converts and Couture one.
On the other side of the field, Paris coach Nick Rose wasn't surprised by the strength of BCI.
"It was always going to be a tough game," he said. "We knew that. They just learned something today."
Rose, who got great efforts from Amanda Berry, Meghan Edgar and the Oskam sisters - Rachel and Maggie, said his players need to learn to support the ball carriers if they're going to enjoy more success.
It didn't help Paris that it was without some of its players - due to injuries and work commitment - and the fact the Panthers already have a short bench.
"When injuries crop up, that will define us but obviously the better team won today," said Rose. "They're well oiled."
brian.smiley@sunmedia.ca
twitter.com/expbsmiley
Results and schedule
The following are the rest of the results from Monday and a schedule of upcoming boys and girls games:
ACS (2-2) 56, PJC (0-3) 0. ACS tries: Tatum Osborne 3, Charlotte Thomson 2, Nicole Duncan Samuels 2, Lauren Arva, Hayley Rathwell, Krista Vanderzanden. Converts: Thomson 3. ACS outstanding players: Meg Findlay, Krista Vanderzanden, Osborne. PJC outstanding players: Brianna Tobias, Tiffany Tiffin, Sarah Allen.
SJC (2-2) 29, NPC (1-3) 15. SJC tries: Danielle Gallarza, Jess Dignan, Abby Mroz, Anna Foerg, Alex Kaufman. Converts: Meagan Hart 2. Outstanding players: Maddie Carr, Emma Puckering, Nicole Brunet. NPC tries: Abbey Johnston 2, Lauren Gibbons. Outstanding players: Mandy Le, Rachel Gathercole, Kirstie O'Donnell.
BCI (3-0) 48, PDHS (3-1) 0. BCI tries: Laura Coverett 2, Summer Sakaluk, Madison MacBride, Amy Edwards, Coven Madenski, Heather Richardson, Tait De St. Croix. Converts: Sakaluk 3, Victoria Waud. Outstanding players: Alison Anderson, Emily Smith, Sakaluk. PDHS outstanding players not submitted.
SJC (1-2) 29, NPC (1-2) 10. SJC tries: Mary Hanna 2, Lauren Demontmerency 2, Tascha Blume. Converts: Demontmerency 2. Outstanding players not submitted. NPC tries: Sarah Minutillo 2. Outstanding players: Amit Grewal, Nesha Churchill, Minutillo.
TUESDAY'S BOYS GAMES - seniors at 3 p.m., juniors at 4 p.m., midgets at 5 p.m.
NPC vs. SJC; BCI at ACS (junior only)
WEDNESDAY'S GIRLS GAMES - senior at 4 p.m., juniors at 5 p.m.
NPC vs. BCI at Harlequins Grounds; ACS vs. SJC at Harlequins Grounds; PDHS at PJC (seniors only)
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A man of mixed race has now reached the pinnacle of U.S. power only two generations since the end of Jim Crow. This is a tribute to American opportunity, and it is something that has never happened in another Western democracy — notwithstanding European condescension about "racist" America.
While Mr. Obama lost among white voters, as most modern Democrats do, his success is due in part to the fact that he also muted any politics of racial grievance. We have had in recent years two black Secretaries of State, black CEOs of our largest corporations, black Governors and Generals — and now we will have a President. One promise of his victory is that perhaps we can put to rest the myth of racism as a barrier to achievement in this splendid country. Mr. Obama has a special obligation to help do so.
Note that this conservative editorial writer is explicitly recognizing that Obama ran a successful campaign because he did not engage in the "politics of racial grievance." That is, Obama ran to fit within a colorblind do-not-talk-about-race version of the dominant white racial frame, and this writer praises and values that effort. Numerous others are claiming we are now in a "post-racial" era.
In addition, this writer emphasizes that a few African Americans have recently served as tokens in highly visible political positions (only one elective), and this token reality can be viewed as an indication that white racism is no longer a barrier to high achievement. More than that, the writer calls aggressively on President-elect Obama to lead the effort to kill the "myth of racism." This is an old effort that white leaders have engaged in for centuries, of ferreting out a few blacks to serve white interests and whitewash the reality of systemic racism.
The intensity of this denial of white racism's continuing impact suggests that something racially significant is going on beneath the surface of this argument, in the white minds that run the Wall Street Journal. Is there a concern here that under Obama there might be a renewed discussion of U.S. racism and an aggressive enforcement of our weakly enforced civil rights laws? The irony of the argument about the "myth of racism" is lost on this writer, who earlier admitted that most whites did not vote for the first "mixed race" (not "black"!?) presidential candidate.
About the same time that I was reading this Journal article, I ran across an article in the South Florida Times (published in mid-October 2008) on Senator McCain's major slaveholding ancestors—one that did not get much media attention at the time. Although he has so far been unwilling to acknowledge it, Senator McCain's ancestors were major slaveholders, in a rural area community of Carroll County, Mississippi. Indeed, the white and black descendants of the McCain slaveholders now have a biannual Coming Home Reunion. McCain's brother and other white relatives have attended, but Senator McCain has not attended or even acknowledged invitations to attend. Some of his distant black relatives have suggested strongly that McCain has tried to hide this family history. South Florida Times researchers discovered that McCain has many black relatives.
Sen. John McCain's great, great grandfather, William Alexander McCain (1812-1863), fought for the Confederacy and owned a 2,000-acre plantation named Waverly in Teoc. The family dealt in the slave trade, and, according to official records, held at least 52 slaves on the family's plantation. The enslaved Africans were likely used as servants, for labor, and for breeding more slaves. William McCain's son, and Sen. John McCain's great grandfather, John Sidney McCain (1851-1934), eventually assumed the duty of running the family's plantation.
Well, actually his family did enslave lots of African Americans. The intimate connections of the US present to our highly racialized past must be constantly denied and ignored in order to maintain the post-racial ideology, a new spin on the old white racial frame that helps whites like the editors/writers in newspapers like the Wall Street Journal continue in their racism denial mode.


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Херакле Македонски (; око 327. п. н. е. — 309. п. н. е.) је био ванбрачни син македонског краља Александра Великог и персијске племкиње Барсине, његове љубавнице. Име је добио по истоименом митолошком јунаку чијим су се потомцима сматрали чланови македонске краљевске династије Аргијада.

Биографија
Када је Александар умро 323. п. н. е., Барсина је, уз помоћ Неарха, безуспешно покушавала да Херакла прогласи Александровим наследником. Дијадоси су се уместо тога одлучили за савладарство Александровог малоумног полубрата Филипа III Аридеја и нерођеног сина Александра IV. Барсина се потом са дететом склонила у Пергам, где је Херакле живео све до 310. или 309. п. н. е., када је Касандар убио Александра IV. Тада је македонски регент Полиперхон почео да тврди да је Херакле законити наследник Александровог царства. Касандар је потом подмитио Полиперхона да убије Барсину и Херакла, што је и учињено.

Антички извори су подељени око тога да ли је Херакле био Александров син, или да ли је Барсина уопште била његова љубавница. Постоје спекулације да се Херакле појавио као претендент на престо мање због порекла, а више због физичке сличности са младим Александром.

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L'épreuve du lancer du disque féminin des championnats du monde d'athlétisme 1997 s'est déroulée les 5 et  au Stade olympique d'Athènes, en Grèce. Elle est remportée par la Néo-zélandaise Beatrice Faumuina.

Résultats

Finale

Légende

Notes et références

Liens externes
 Résultats par épreuve des Championnats du monde de 1997 sur le site de l'IAAF

Championnats du monde d'athlétisme 1997
Femmes 1997


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Emerging Industries Account for 69,600 Jobs
By Sonia Isotov
A new report released yesterday indicates the high‐performing activities in Hawaii's targeted industry portfolio accounts for about 69,600 jobs; 9.0% of all civilian jobs in 2010.
Researched by Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism, the Hawaii's Targeted & Emerging Industries: 2010 Update Report also indicates Research & Development is Hawaii's highest performing emerging industry.
The Summer 2010 survey updates an initial benchmarking report published in late 2009. Results show that the strongest performing targets, in terms of above average growth, national competitiveness, and above‐average earnings, were specifically Research and Development (particularly Biotechnology), Business Consulting, Tech Manufacturing, Medical Testing, Computer Services, Computer and Digital Media, Aquaculture, and Engineering and Related Services.
Other key findings:
Between 2002 and 2010 those high-performing activities generated 20% of the total gain in jobs for the civilian economy, or about 15,000 new jobs.
Scientific Research and Development has been among the highest performing activities. While still a small industry group, R&D job growth averaged 5.2% over the 2002 to 2010 period, nearly four times faster than the growth in all civilian jobs and an average 3.3 percentage points per year faster than growth of the same industry group nationally.
For about half of the high performing activities the average annual earnings exceeded $50,000 in 2010. Engineering and Related Activity had the highest average at just over $83,000. The lowest average earnings were in Performing & Creative Arts and Call Centers, at about $20,000.
About a dozen activities in the portfolio fell into the Declining industry category as the result of net job losses for the 2002 to 2010 period. Notable among these were Farm Production, Architecture, Pharmacies, Information Technology, Broadcasting, Publishing and Film/TV.
The State and counties have sought to balance their economic reliance on a few large economic activities like tourism, defense jobs, and plantation agriculture (sugar and pineapple), by providing support for the growth and development of numerous smaller economic activities and industries.
"Emerging industries" are activities rated high on performance but had not reached a level of concentration that would as yet suggest a competitive advantage.
"Targeted industries" means that at some point in the past an activity was of interest for its potential contribution to growth and diversification by agencies, organizations or stakeholders.
Emerging and targeted industries are pursued because they were thought to have potential as significant, long-run contributors to economic growth and skilled jobs.
But while a few of these activities have been measured and their performance tracked over the years, there has not been a consistent effort to define, measure and assess their performance.
Primarily the performance assessment serves to assist economic developers and policy makers to understand which target industries are achieving the potential hoped for them and which are not. Data does not specifically cover Maui.
Legislative Ideas Sought For New And Emerging Industries July 24, 2021
Study: Maui Ranks #2 in US of Areas by Share of Jobs… March 29, 2020
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Report: Family-Owned Farms Account for 93% of Hawaiʻi Farms February 10, 2021


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Q: Ubuntu 12.04 will not shutdown My ubuntu(12.04) never shutdown.
Did not help this:
1) sudo halt
2) sudo shutdown -h now
3) update grub(acpi-force)
I think it's after installaton AMD Catalyst. My friend has similar problem and he thiks it's after Gnome-shell installation.
Who have similar problem, help please!
UPDATE
This is my syslog
http://pastebin.com/x4VD2gH1
$ sudo /sbin/acpi_available && echo $?
0

A: Have you Tried Using ' sudo shutdown -P now ', which halts the system then requests a power off or perhaps switching to a tty console and seeing what happens from there ? If your really in a jam you could also try ctrl+alt+del at a tty console not gnome or gnome-terminal emulator and the system should reboot. If you continue to have issues, I'd try reinstalling before making a bug-report as it could just be a goof in your installation.


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The little-known history of banned books in the United States
Vandalized pages. Restricted topics. Burned books. These aren't images from a dystopian novel like Fahrenheit 451 (which is actually an often banned or challenged book). These are ways that people tried to censor literature just last year.
Book banning has been around as a practice for centuries. From differing political viewpoints to religious and cultural expression, the explanations for censorship attempts are vast. But while some are moved to rip books off our shelves (like these from 2019), the American Library Association (ALA) fights for our freedom to read.
Since the 1980s, the ALA's Banned Books Week has been a time to recognize and celebrate the books that cause controversy. This year's theme is: "Censorship is a dead end. Find your freedom to read!"
In honor of banned books week, we want to go back to the 1600s and take a closer look at where it all began. From the first act of literary censorship in the US to the end-of-September celebration that we know today, here's what I learned about the little-known history of banned books.
The first banned book in the US
In 1624, English businessman Thomas Morton arrived in Massachusetts with a group of Puritans. But he soon found that he didn't want to abide by the strict rules and conventional values that made up their new American society. So, he left.
Morton established his own colony (now known as Quincy, Massachusetts) with the forbidden old-world customs that the Puritans abhorred. He was eventually exiled by Puritan militia, which sparked him to file a lawsuit and write a tell-all book. His New English Canaan was published in 1637. In it, he critiqued and attacked Puritan customs so harshly that even the more progressive New English settlers disapproved of it. When a book compares you to a crustacean, it's unlikely you'll be begging the author for a sequel.
So, the Puritans banned it, making it likely the first book to be banned in the United States.
Via Atlas Obscura
History of banned books week
Throughout our literary history in the US, many, many books have been banned or challenged. John Eliot's The Christian Commonwealth (written in the late 1640s) and William Pynchon's The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption (1650s) are a couple of other early banned books. In recent years, popular banned books include the Harry Potter series, George by Alex Gino, and these five children's books that you probably didn't know were banned. Censorship has long been present, but the fight against it began 40 years ago. In the 1980s, someone first took a stand against banned books in the US.
In the Island Trees School District v. Pico court case, the Supreme Court ruled that school officials cannot ban books solely based on their content. This was in 1982. That same year, organizers at the American Booksellers Association (ABA) BookExpo America trade show in Anaheim, California drafted a plan to bring banned books to the nation's attention.
They locked around 500 books in huge, padlocked metal cages to greet convention-goers as they entered the venue. Overhead, a sign cautioned that some people find these books to be dangerous. The exhibit was a huge success, and that triumph sparked an idea throughout the American Booksellers Association. Its leaders called on Judith Krug, the daring and headstrong leader of the Office for Intellectual Freedom (an arm of the American Library Association) and the National Association of College Stores. Together, the trio created an initiative that celebrated our freedom to read.
Wanting to have everything together by the end of September, they quickly sent out a news release and publicity kit. They hoped to reach their combined membership of 50,000 people and spark a conversation about banned books.
Their audiences were captivated. Book stores and schools started hosting read-outs of banned books. Window displays showed literary graveyards or books trapped in brown bags. Major news outlets and local politicians started taking notice and showing their support. And thus, Banned Books Week was born.
Banned books today
Today, Banned Books Week reaches an estimated 2.8 billion readers, but books are still being challenged all over the world and in the US every year. During this week and all year round, I encourage you to join me in supporting the free flow of information and ideas. And the easiest way to do that is to get reading!
Reading Partners Launches New Reading Center
Celebrating the impact of volunteers during an unprecedented year
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World's largest coal supplier building one of world's largest solar power plants
John Fitzgerald Weaver
- May. 3rd 2016 7:31 pm ET
@SolarInMASS
It is with great pleasure that we see SolarReserve has signed an agreement with the Shenhua Group of China to build one of the world's largest Solar Thermal 24-Hour a Day Power plants. This contract is part of the 13th Plan of Five-year National Development by China that outlines installing 10,000MW of Concentrated Solar Power.
If you're considering solar, get a quote from multiple contractors at understandsolar.com. If you want feedback on the quote you get – either email me at john @ 9to5mac dot com or send a tweet.
SolarReserve's technology is unique in the solar power industry because it offers electricity from the sun at night. The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Plant in Nevada is SolarReserve's largest power plant and offers 10 hours of full-load energy storage, making it the world's first utility-scale facility to feature advanced molten salt power tower energy storage capabilities.
More importantly though, with China now emitting close to 30% of the world's CO2 emissions, China's total coal use is falling – by 3.7% in 2015 and 2.9% in 2014 (it is a controversial claim in some corners). Just one month ago China made an emergency ruling:
The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the National Energy Administration (NEA) have ordered a halt to construction of coal-fired plants in 13 provinces where capacity is already in surplus, including major coal producers such as Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, and Shaanxi. A further 15 provinces will be required to delay construction of already-approved plants.
This ruling probably has something to do the The China Central Television Headquarters in Beijing constantly being hidden with smog and an estimated 1.2 to 2 million deaths a year from air pollution. It also has to do with China pledging to be a player in the Paris Climate Agreement.
Energy Minister, Piyush Goyal, said in a recent press conference, "I think a new coal plant would give you costlier power than a solar plant. Of course there are challenges of 24/7 power. We accept all of that – but we have been able to come up with a solar-based long-term vision that is not subsidy based." Yesterday, from Dubai, we see an 800MW Solar PV plant being bid at $.0299/kWh – this price is very similar to the cheapest coal based electricity in the world. Is coal starting to lose steam as the most prominent source of energy for the earth as a result of competitive pricing from Solar Power?
From the press release on SolarReserve's website:
SolarReserve, LLC, a leading global developer of utility-scale solar power projects with proprietary advanced solar thermal energy storage technology, and Shenhua Group Corporation, Ltd., a key state-owned enterprise in the People's Republic of China, announced the companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to build 1,000 megawatts of solar thermal projects in China. SolarReserve's solar storage technology solves the intermittency issues experienced with other renewable energy sources, enabling the delivery of 100% renewable baseload and dispatchable power with operational capabilities comparable to traditional fossil-fired and nuclear electricity generation methods.
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Transfer rumors: I'm an Assman
By Jack Goodson May 9, 2009, 5:35am BST
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This is too good to be true.
Assman is on Chelsea's radar. Yes, folks, Independiente's Fabian Assman has revealed that the Blues have shown an interest in signing the young goalkeeper.
According to Sky Sports, the 23-year-old is attracting interest from a number of Premiership clubs including our Chelsea. Here's what the young keeper told Diablo Rojo Revista.
There is some interest from Chelsea for June," Assman said. "But for the moment I have my mind focused on Independiente.
"I always try to listen only to what my agents say and when they told me that there was people from Chelsea watching at me in the match against Tigre last weekend, I got really surprised.
"I remember that last year there were also some teams from Europe interested in me but I don't lose my mind thinking about it. I must keep my feet on the ground to be able to keep on working normally and not get distracted."
According to the highlight package below, this young man is aptly named. He's a cracking shot-stopper.