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exports['Should correctly authenticate against admin db'] = function(configuration, test) {
  var Db = configuration.getMongoPackage().Db
    , MongoClient = configuration.getMongoPackage().MongoClient
    , Server = configuration.getMongoPackage().Server;

  // restart server
  configuration.restart({purgedirectories: true}, function() {
    var db1 = new Db('mongo-ruby-test-auth1', new Server("127.0.0.1", 27017, {auto_reconnect: true}), {w:1});
    db1.open(function(err, db) {
      db.admin().addUser('admin', 'admin', function(err, result) {
        test.equal(null, err);

        // Attempt to save a document
        db.collection('test').insert({a:1}, function(err, result) {
          test.ok(err != null);

          // Login the user
          db.admin().authenticate("admin", "admin", function(err, result) {
            test.equal(null, err);
            test.ok(result);

            db.collection('test').insert({a:1}, function(err, result) {
              test.equal(null, err);

              // Logout the user
              db.admin().logout(function(err, result) {
                test.equal(null, err);

                // Attempt to save a document
                db.collection('test').insert({a:1}, function(err, result) {
                  test.ok(err != null);

                  // restart server
                  configuration.restart({purgedirectories: true}, function() {
                    db1.close();
                    test.done();
                  });
                });
              });
            });
          });
        });
      });
    });
  });
}

exports['Should correctly authenticate against normal db'] = function(configuration, test) {
  var Db = configuration.getMongoPackage().Db
    , MongoClient = configuration.getMongoPackage().MongoClient
    , Server = configuration.getMongoPackage().Server;

  // restart server
  configuration.restart({purgedirectories: true}, function() {
    var db1 = new Db('mongo-ruby-test-auth1', new Server("127.0.0.1", 27017, {auto_reconnect: true}), {w:1});
    db1.open(function(err, db) {
      db.addUser('user', 'user', function(err, result) {
        test.equal(null, err);

        // An admin user must be defined for db level authentication to work correctly
        db.admin().addUser('admin', 'admin', function(err, result) {

          // Attempt to save a document
          db.collection('test').insert({a:1}, function(err, result) {
            test.ok(err != null);

            // Login the user
            db.authenticate("user", "user", function(err, result) {
              test.equal(null, err);
              test.ok(result);

              db.collection('test').insert({a:1}, function(err, result) {
                test.equal(null, err);

                // Logout the user
                db.logout(function(err, result) {
                  test.equal(null, err);

                  // Attempt to save a document
                  db.collection('test').insert({a:1}, function(err, result) {
                    test.ok(err != null);

                    // restart server
                    configuration.restart({purgedirectories: true}, function() {
                      db1.close();
                      test.done();
                    });
                  });
                });
              });
            });
          });
        });
      });
    });
  });
}

exports['Should correctly reapply the authentications'] = function(configuration, test) {
  var Db = configuration.getMongoPackage().Db
    , MongoClient = configuration.getMongoPackage().MongoClient
    , Server = configuration.getMongoPackage().Server;

  // restart server
  configuration.restart({purgedirectories: true}, function() {
    var db1 = new Db('mongo-ruby-test-auth1', new Server("127.0.0.1", 27017, {auto_reconnect: true}), {w:1});
    db1.open(function(err, db) {
      db.admin().addUser('admin', 'admin', function(err, result) {
        test.equal(null, err);

        // Attempt to save a document
        db.collection('test').insert({a:1}, function(err, result) {
          test.ok(err != null);

          // Login the user
          db.admin().authenticate("admin", "admin", function(err, result) {
            test.equal(null, err);
            test.ok(result);

            db.collection('test').insert({a:1}, function(err, result) {
              test.equal(null, err);

              // Bounce server
              configuration.restart({purgedirectories: false}, function() {

                // Reconnect should reapply the credentials
                db.collection('test').insert({a:1}, function(err, result) {
                  test.equal(null, err);

                  // restart server
                  configuration.restart({purgedirectories: true}, function() {
                    db1.close();
                    test.done();
                  });
                });
              });
            });
          });
        });
      });
    });
  });
}

exports['Ordered bulk operation should fail correctly when not authenticated'] = function(configuration, test) {
  var Db = configuration.getMongoPackage().Db
    , MongoClient = configuration.getMongoPackage().MongoClient
    , Server = configuration.getMongoPackage().Server;

  // restart server
  configuration.restart({purgedirectories: true}, function() {
    var db1 = new Db('mongo-ruby-test-auth1', new Server("127.0.0.1", 27017, {auto_reconnect: true}), {w:1});
    db1.open(function(err, db) {
      db.admin().addUser('admin', 'admin', function(err, result) {
        test.equal(null, err);

        // Attempt to save a document
        var col = db.collection('test');

        // Initialize the Ordered Batch
        var batch = col.initializeOrderedBulkOp();

        // Add some operations to be executed in order
        batch.insert({a:1});
        batch.find({a:1}).updateOne({$set: {b:1}});
        batch.find({a:2}).upsert().updateOne({$set: {b:2}});
        batch.insert({a:3});
        batch.find({a:3}).remove({a:3});

        // Execute the operations
        batch.execute(function(err, result) {
          test.ok(err != null);
          test.ok(err.code != null);
          test.ok(err.errmsg != null);

          db1.close();
          test.done();
        });
      });
    });
  });
}

exports['Unordered bulk operation should fail correctly when not authenticated'] = function(configuration, test) {
  var Db = configuration.getMongoPackage().Db
    , MongoClient = configuration.getMongoPackage().MongoClient
    , Server = configuration.getMongoPackage().Server;

  // restart server
  configuration.restart({purgedirectories: true}, function() {
    var db1 = new Db('mongo-ruby-test-auth1', new Server("127.0.0.1", 27017, {auto_reconnect: true}), {w:1});
    db1.open(function(err, db) {
      db.admin().addUser('admin', 'admin', function(err, result) {
        test.equal(null, err);

        // Attempt to save a document
        var col = db.collection('test');

        // Initialize the Ordered Batch
        var batch = col.initializeUnorderedBulkOp();

        // Add some operations to be executed in order
        batch.insert({a:1});
        batch.find({a:1}).updateOne({$set: {b:1}});
        batch.find({a:2}).upsert().updateOne({$set: {b:2}});
        batch.insert({a:3});
        batch.find({a:3}).remove({a:3});

        // Execute the operations
        batch.execute(function(err, result) {
          test.ok(err != null);
          test.ok(err.code != null);
          test.ok(err.errmsg != null);

          db1.close();
          test.done();
        });
      });
    });
  });
}

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'Impractical Jokers: The Movie' doesn't aim too high. And mostly hits its target
Brian Quinn, from left, James Murray, Sal Vulcano and Joe Gatto in "Impractical Jokers: The Movie."
(Jon Pack / Turner Entertainment Networks)
By Michael Ordoña
Feb. 20, 2020 10:11 AM PT
Four lifelong friends go on a quest to attend a Paula Abdul event in Miami. Along the way, they can't stop pranking one another — and occasionally whomever happens by.
That's the movie.
"Impractical Jokers: The Movie" is a totally made-up origin story of the improv comedy quartet (Joe Gatto, Sal Vulcano, Brian Quinn, James Murray) on the truTV prank show. The surprisingly popular series — with more than 200 episodes — consists of elaborate hidden-camera setups designed to humiliate the "Jokers." Usually, the member on the spot wears an earpiece and obeys his friends' absurd commands. Sometimes it even works.
A surprise eulogy segment, in which the guys take turns trying out "bereavement" speeches on passersby, is particularly good. The meticulously arranged embarrassment of one of them before a crowd of 600 is very funny. Problematic job interviews for the NBA's Atlanta Hawks are gold.
However, the gags are often better in theory than practice. Some aren't easy to laugh at because they don't secure the consent of bystanders. There's a summer-Santa prank, for instance, that confuses kids.
At their worst, the jokes veer cringingly toward stereotypes. To their credit, the members bail on gags that begin to whiff of putting women in uncomfortable situations. The bridging scenes of the quest don't work as well as the ad-libbed moments. Fans of the show will likely be well served.
Ultimately, any movie that essentially starts with Paula Abdul (as Paula Abdul) clotheslining a guy and promising, "One day I'm gonna find you and I will destroy you!" — can't be all bad.
'Impractical Jokers: The Movie'
Rated: PG-13, for suggestive content, language, some drug references and brief nudity
Running time: 1 hour, 33 minutes
Playing: Starts Feb. 21 in general release
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Photo courtesy of Niwot High School
Former Niwot High School teachers, coaches and staff members were invited to take a tour of the school by Principal Eric Rauschkolb as part of the school's 50th Anniversary activities. The school has undergone several renovations over the years, including several recent changes. Attending were (front row) Diane Broestl, Eric Christiansen, (middle row) Sheryl Groves, Peggy Pfannenstiel, Robert Sargent, Jan Swanson, Paul 'Tiny' Koehler, Marylin Jackson, Teresa Stephens, Dorothy Keller Kielian, Eric Rauschkolb, (back row) Dave Beyer, Bob Bote, Greg Kielian, and Bill Stephens. Dorothy Keller Kielian coached girls basketball at Niwot when the sport became available to girls. Koehler coached football at Niwot for many years, including a state title in 1990, and also coached track. Bote coached baseball at Niwot for many years, earning five state titles, and also coached football and basketball. Bill Stephens coached baseball at Niwot before moving to Skyline High School.
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West Virginia native Cynthia Cox has written her first novel entitled The I in Me, which will be released in .pdf format on her website on August 1, 2010. The novel is based upon her personal story as a survivor of ritual child abuse.
Cynthia is offering the novel for free online, hoping that her story can help others. She is currently working to create an Adult Survivors of Child Abuse support group in southern West Virginia.


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<?php

namespace Backpack\CRUD\PanelTraits;

trait Buttons
{
    // ------------
    // BUTTONS
    // ------------

    // TODO: $this->crud->setButtons(); // default includes edit and delete, with their name, icon, permission, link and class (btn-default)
    // TODO: $this->crud->addButton();
    // TODO: $this->crud->removeButton();
    // TODO: $this->crud->replaceButton();

    // ------------
    // TONE FUNCTIONS - UNDOCUMENTED, UNTESTED, SOME MAY BE USED
    // ------------
    // TODO: check them

    public function addButton($button)
    {
        array_unshift($this->buttons, $button);
    }

    public function buttons()
    {
        return $this->buttons;
    }

    public function addCustomButton($button)
    {
        array_unshift($this->custom_buttons, $button);
    }

    public function customButtons()
    {
        return $this->custom_buttons;
    }

    public function showButtons()
    {
        return ! empty($this->buttons) && ! (count($this->buttons) == 1 && array_key_exists('add', $this->buttons));
    }

    public function initButtons()
    {
        $this->buttons = [
            'add'    => ['route' => "{$this->route}/create", 'label' => trans('crud::crud.buttons.add'), 'class' => '', 'hide' => [], 'icon' => 'fa-plus-circle', 'extra' => []],
            'view'   => ['route' => "{$this->route}/%d", 'label' => trans('crud::crud.buttons.view'), 'class' => '', 'hide' => [], 'icon' => 'fa-eye', 'extra' => []],
            'edit'   => ['route' => "{$this->route}/%d/edit", 'label' => trans('crud::crud.buttons.edit'), 'class' => '', 'hide' => [], 'icon' => 'fa-edit', 'extra' => []],
            'delete' => ['route' => "{$this->route}/%d", 'label' => trans('crud::crud.buttons.delete'), 'class' => '', 'hide' => [], 'icon' => 'fa-trash', 'extra' => ['data-confirm' => trans('crud::crud.confirm.delete'), 'data-type' => 'delete']],
        ];
    }

    public function removeButtons($buttons)
    {
        foreach ($buttons as $button) {
            unset($this->buttons[$button]);
        }

        return $this->buttons;
    }
}


In July 2015, 3000 athletes from 23 Pacific nations converged upon Port Moresby to compete in the 15th Pacific Games - an adrenaline-charged sporting exchange of 28 varied sports and disciplines. The Games formed an integral part of the celebrations for Papua New Guinea's 40th year of independence, which were also held in 2015.
We delivered two international-level sporting facilities to host the games: an upgrade to the 20 year old Sir John Guise Stadium and the 15,000m2 new-build Taurama Aquatic Centre and Indoor Sports Complex.
The refurbished Sir John Guise Stadium meets international standards for track and field events and the existing 900 seat grandstand was expanded into a 15,000 seat complex. We also converted the Stadium Complex into changing rooms, warm up areas, and corporate lounges.
The Taurama Aquatic Centre and Indoor Sports Complex provides sporting facilities to international competition standards for swimming, volleyball, basketball and a variety of other indoor sports. The complex includes a stainless steel Olympic standard 50m competition pool with a movable bulkhead to shorten the pool to 25m for international standard short course competition; a separate 25m warm up pool; 6 Olympic standard volleyball / basketball courts with movable spectator seating for up to 2,500 people in the 'centre court' arrangement; two multipurpose studios; corporate entertainment areas and a generous gymnasium for athletes to train in.
Both buildings occupy very large footprints on relatively small sites, presenting considerable challenge in regards to access and logistics.


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The dangerous asteroid flew by near Earth
Date: 3 months ago 2019-04-20 01:00 Category: Space
On April 18 Earth was flown by by an asteroid of the size of the house. It approached our planet much closer, than any other this year.
the Asteroid 2019 GC6 flew by at distance in 219 thousand km from Earth – twice closer than average distance between the planet and the Moon. Space.com with reference to specialists of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reports about it. It is noted that this asteroid with a diameter from 15 to 30 m belongs to the category potentially dangerous to Earth as in case of falling similar celestial bodies can cause serious damage. The asteroid was found on April 9 during observations in the telescope in the neighborhood of the city the Taxon (Arizona). By estimates of NASA, in near-earth space there can be about 17 thousand not recognizable asteroids. Let's remind, earlier scientists found a unique asteroid which cannot be carried to one of earlier famous groups. Also date of falling of an asteroid Apofis to Earth was designated. News from the Correspondent.netv of Telegram. Subscribe for our https://t.me/korrespondentnet channel
URL: http://newswell.info/articles/the_dangerous_asteroid_flew_by_near_earth
Date: 2019-07-17 17:00an hour ago


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module RedmineGitHosting
  module Config
    module GitoliteStorage
      extend self

      def gitolite_global_storage_dir
        get_setting :gitolite_global_storage_dir
      end

      def gitolite_redmine_storage_dir
        get_setting :gitolite_redmine_storage_dir
      end

      def gitolite_recycle_bin_dir
        get_setting :gitolite_recycle_bin_dir
      end

      def recycle_bin_dir
        File.join gitolite_home_dir, gitolite_recycle_bin_dir
      rescue StandardError
        nil
      end
    end

    extend Config::GitoliteStorage
  end
end


The Heroic Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) plugin adds an easy-to-manage FAQ style section to your content.
From Zip File: In the WordPress admin panel navigate to Plugins > Add New, select the 'Upload' and browse to the zipped plugin file, and hit install now.
FTP Upload: Using your FTP program upload the un-zipped plugin folder into the /wp-content/plugins/ folder of your WordPress installation.
Once the plugin has been installed, you need to activate it. Go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and activate the Heroic FAQs.
When you first activate the plugin, you will be taken to the FAQ builder. If required, you will be prompted to enter your license key to enable automatic updates and support for the current site. It is possible to skip this step, but you will be reminded that no license key has been entered.
The FAQs are organized into groups. FAQ Groups can contain one or more FAQ items. The whole group is then placed in your website content.
To get started, click on Add FAQ Group. Enter a name for the group and click save, this name will not appear on the front of your site, it is only used for organizing your FAQs.
Once you have created an FAQ Group, you can add individual FAQ items to the group.
Click on the Add New FAQ button within the FAQ Group you wish to add an FAQ item.
A new FAQ will be added to the group and you can edit the Question text. Next, enter the answer. The answer area is a WYSIWIG editor, so it's possible to add rich text and a multi-line response.
For FAQ groups it's possible to rename and delete the group after confirmation from the dropdown on the right of the group. Note that deleting the group will also delete all the FAQs contained in that group as FAQs cannot exist outside an FAQ Group.
By default and when the FAQ builder loads, FAQ items will be collapsed. You can expand an FAQ by clicking on the question text. Clicking the pencil icon will load the WYSIWIG editor. Clicking the X icon will delete the item after confirmation.
The toggle switch on the FAQ Group and FAQ items can be used to stop individual FAQs or whole FAQ groups from appearing on your site. This is useful if you want to hide FAQ responses without deleting them.
Note: The WordPress API or 3rd party plugin may still expose hidden FAQ content, so it is not advised to rely on disabling FAQ items for security.
FAQ items within the group can be reordered by clicking on the three dots to the left of the question and dragging it to a new position in the list.
After the FAQs have been created, they can be added to any post or page content using an FAQ Block.
To insert an FAQ, while editing content, select the + icon at the top of the editor window, select the Heroic FAQ Block (under Common Blocks) to add it to your content.
With the Heroic FAQ Block selected you can choose your FAQ Group from the Block detail screen on the right.
You can also select various pre-defined styles and further customize the FAQ display with behavior, icon select, style and color options.
When you change an option, the preview is updated, so you can experiment with display options before publishing or updating your content.
Because FAQ Groups can be used in multiple locations on your site, the editing of the FAQ content needs to be done in the FAQ builder discussed in the section above.
FAQs can also be added to content using the Add FAQ button above the WordPress classic editor. The shortcode can be used in classic blocks.
The FAQ select dialog will appear, allowing you to select an FAQ Group and how it will be presented in the FAQ Select tab.
Note that the name and number of FAQ items in the group may change but the shortcode will be unaffected.
Click preview or save the content to see how the new FAQ looks.
It is possible to manually alter the Heroic FAQs after use by altering the parameters.


This teak TU11 dining table designed by Cees Braakman and produced by Pastoe in the Netherlands in 1960 belongs to the Japanese series. The frame is made of black metal and the table top in teak veneer can be mounted off easily. This piece has wear from a previous life as shown in the pictures.


There's no denying it, the financial world is messy and confusing. People suffer as they try to manage their financial lives and financial institutions haven't cracked the code at helping them along the way. Legacy systems and antiquated distribution models have created a huge gap in the market, leaving hundreds of millions of people vulnerable in North America. As unexpected events occur in these people's lives, many will encounter life changing situations and serious debt. It's an inconvenient truth, but the one size fits all products, paper forms and fax machines are often the harsh status quo of the industry.
At Breathe Life, we're building technology that helps people take control of their financial future so they can do what's right for them, their loved ones and have peace of mind. Our platform helps them learn about financial products, identify the ones best suited for them, and make their purchase online when they're ready. Breathe Life is shaping an industry that hasn't changed in 100 years and having a massive impact in the process.
Breathe Life has secured significant financial and strategic backing from Diagram, a venture launchpad focused on insurance, financial and health technology. Diagram is backed by Power Financial Corporation, Great-West Lifeco, and IGM Financial through Portag3, along with 50+ leading angel investors. Our backing from Diagram gives us a significant competitive advantage that will help us win our market.
We're looking for software engineers, programmers, devs, coders to join our growing engineering team. We believe it's important for our team to represent the society we serve and we value diversity.
There is a lot of software to build as we tackle this huge opportunity: from managing and deploying great content online, to building education tools for our consumers, to building best in class user experiences on par with the best consumer startups in the world, to building tools for brokers to assist where they are most valuable. Our company is inherently data driven and there are plenty of opportunities down the road to apply Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning against actual problems with high quality data.
Come join us as we change this high impact industry that inherently touches many many lives.
What you'd be doing: - Participate in projects from initial idea to launch; - Design and implement features in small teams; - Work closely with peers across functions (dev, design, product, marketing); - Contribute full-stack features; - Specialize in important areas that play to your strengths; - Write software and configuration that defines and manages our deployment using Kubernetes on Google Cloud Platform; - Build powerful APIs using languages like Go and Python; - Build reusable components using React, Redux and a modern frontend stack; - Analyze performance and reliability - data should move fast and accurately; - Contribute to open source software we use; - Implement security and data protection best practices; - Stay up to date on latest technology and help us stay aligned with emerging best practices where practical; - Help onboard and ramp up the next software engineers as we grow the team.
What we're looking for: - Bachelor's degree or more in Computer Science or Software Engineering OR Demonstrated achievements in software development; - A great track record demonstrating growth and drive; - Excellent communications skills (English - French); - Humility; - Hard worker; - Ambitious.
What we'd like to see: - Startup experience or interest; - Mastery or strong interest in technologies we use.
What we offer: - We will give you the opportunity to have a strong impact in shaping the product of a heavily backed new startup.
We are a team of visionary and caring individuals who are committed to help you learn and grow professionally. Having two parents in our co-founding team, we recognize the importance of personal and family time, flexible hours and great benefits. By joining us, you will get a competitive salary, stock options, a telemedicine service for you and your family and a healthy and accessible working environment.


Hydrofoil SUP Bags. Newf Surf's (www.newfsurfboardnet.com) new banana split design is unique where you can put both your board & foil still attached into the bag & head down the road.
Hydrofoil SUP Bags. Newf Surf's (www.newfsurfboardnet.com) new banana split design is unique where you can put both your board & foil still attached into the bag & head down the road. Sizes 6'0"-7'4", up to 30" wide & 3" tick & priced at $135.00. Solid on fin side to protect against the suns rays, ventilated on top allowing heat & humidity out & padded 360 rail protection.


A local travel advisory shall be declared in accordance with IC 10-14-3-29.5 and this ordinance.
This level may be declared when routine travel or activities may be restricted in areas of the county because of a hazardous situation; citizens should use caution or avoid these areas. Schools and businesses may begin to implement their emergency action plans.
This level may be declared when conditions are threatening to the safety of the public. Only essential travel is recommended (i.e. to and from work, emergency situations, etc.). At this level, emergency action plans should be implemented by businesses, schools, government agencies and other organizations.
This level may be declared when roads have become impassable and the County Highway Department is not able to keep the roadways cleared due to extreme weather conditions such as a severe snow fall, high drifts or blizzard like conditions present. Travel may be restricted to emergency management workers ONLY and essential emergency travel by members of the public as the Board may further direct, such as privately employed health care workers. Further restrictions that the Board deems necessary may be included within the local disaster declaration.
Jay County residents are encouraged to log on to http://www.nixle.com/ and sign up for this free text messaging service to receive road, weather, and school closing information.


Worldwide custom manufacturer of micro rotary tables, grinding tables, polishing machinery, & brushing machinery. Tables have capacity for from 2 to 8 stations or more.
Venango Machine Company is located near Erie, PA and is a leader in platen manufacturing and design. Our manufacturing organization has over 50 years experience in rotary grinding (aka blanchard or flat grinding).
EVE Ernst Vetter is one of the world's leading manufacturers of rotating grinding and polishing instruments for the dental, jewellery, cosmetic and industrial branches.
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EVE Ernst Vetter is one of the world's leading manufacturers of grinding and polishing instruments for dental, jewellery, cosmetic and industrial applications.
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Azerbaijan offers interesting opportunities for investors focused on trade and on easily reaching out to other markets. The country can be seen as a significant foreign trade route, with important connections on the east-west route but also the south-north and the south-west routes.
Foreign direct investments in the country have been growing and not only in the transport or trade sector. The energy sector is also one that presents important investment opportunities, with the largest share attributed to the oil and gas sectors. Agriculture, transport, tourism and information and communication technology are all business sectors that have been the focus of the Government in order to attract more foreign investments.
Company formation in Azerbaijan is possible for foreign entrepreneurs, however, it is subject to a set of rules. A foreign investor may open a fully owned subsidiary or may enter into a joint venture with another Azerbaijani company or individual; alternatively, foreigners can also acquire shares in existing companies.
Types of legal entities in Azerbaijan
BridgeWest offers incorporation services for all of the types of companies that can be opened in Azerbaijan:
> Limited liability company (LLC)
This type of business entity is the most commonly used one and it is suitable for any commercial purposes. It can sustain small and medium-sized companies being established by at least one member. The LLC's participants contribute with their parts to the charter capital, which has no statutory minimum required. As the legal entity's name suggests, the liability of its members is limited to the amount of contribution made to the company, or to their interest. The participatory interests are not transferable freely. Remaining partners may purchase the withdrawing participants' interest.
A variant of the LLC is the additional liability company where the founders may take on further liability, in addition to their contributions to the capital.
> Open joint stock company (JSC)
This entity is designated for business at a larger scale and it can be formed by one or more founders, individuals, or legal entities. A JSC has a certain fund divided into shares, owned by shareholders that must be authorized through insurance. The open joint stock company may freely transfer shares and trade them to the public. The shareholders of a JSC are liable to the extent of their contributions to the company's debts and obligations. The JSC must include Board of Directors, Supervisory Council and Audit Commission elected at the General Meeting of Shareholders.
> Closed joint stock company (JSC)
The closed joint stock company functions mainly as an open one, being ruled by a Board of Directors, with a limited liability of the shareholders. It can also be established by one or more natural persons or legal entities, having a common capital divided into shares. The main difference between the two types of JSC is that a closed one cannot issue transferable shares, nor can it offer them to the public.
> General partnership (GP)
It is a type of partnership between two or more legal or natural persons where both founders are fully liable for the debts and obligations of the business.
> Limited partnership (LP)
Like the general partnership, it can be incorporated by two or more individuals or companies, however, not all of them will have unlimited liability (at least one will do). Those who are fully liable do not participate in the partnership's entrepreneurial activities.
> Azeri Branch, Subsidiary or Representative Office
The subsidiary is a legal entity owned by foreign investors that is registered as a local limited liability company (in most cases) or joint stock company. It is treated as a locally registered Azerbaijani company for all tax purposes even though its ownership may be foreign; the reporting principles are also the same as those normally applicable to resident companies.
The branch is only an extension of a foreign legal entity and it is subject to a registration fee in Azerbaijan. The branch is taxed on its Azerbaijan-source profits at it can channel profits into overseas accounts; a requirement is for these accounts to be registered with the relevant Azerbaijani authorities.
The representative office, like the branch, is a non-resident legal entity, however, unlike the branch, its activities are limited only to marketing, research or other promotional activities for its head office.
One of our offshore company formation agents who specialize in Azerbaijan incorporation can give you more details about the legal form under which a foreign corporation can expand its activities in this country.
In addition to the legal entities listed above, non-commercial legal entities in Azerbaijan include the public association (a non-profit organization for the purpose of engaging in common interests), the foundation (with charitable, cultural, educational, socially useful purposes) and the union of legal entities (established in order to promote the activities of a number of commercial and non-commercial entities).
The registration of a foreign company engaged in business activities in Azerbaijan is mandatory and without this proof, the legal entity will not be able to open a bank account, clear goods through customs or essentially perform the activities needed for the good functioning of the business. In an effort to simplify the incorporation and registration process and make the country attractive to foreign investors, the business reforms have made it easy to register a foreign business entity. Thus, businesses are required to register with the Ministry of Taxes and skip the procedures that would otherwise have asked for distinct registrations with several other Ministries. We recommend that you reach out to our offshore company setup agents to find out the exact requirements for foreign investor registration.
Our BridgeWest agents can also offer ready-made companies in Azerbaijan. These can be suitable for those investors who need to use the company immediately and do not wish to wait until the company incorporation procedure is complete. The shelf company or ready-made company is advantageous in terms of trading commencement; however, our team will also provide the needed due diligence services because the company needs to be verified in terms of past business transactions: ideally, the shelf company is incorporated but has had no economic activity. Our agents will perform the necessary checkups in order to determine if the investment is a secure one.
Company incorporation services tailored to the needs of investors in Azerbaijan
BridgeWest, your European and offshore company formation agent, provides company formation in Azerbaijan. Our assistance includes:
drafting the Articles of Association (necessary for the company incorporation in Azerbaijan): The Articles of Association required to open a company in Azerbaijan can be signed through Power of Attorney (the same applies to Public Notary proceedings, a step required by the Azerbaijan law).
drafting all other documents required for the incorporation of the Azerbaijan company: These documents include the specimen signatures, special forms provided by the Company Registration Office in Azerbaijan, passport copies etc.
arranging Public Notary procedures: The procedures for incorporating a company in Azerbaijan have to be done through an Azerbaijan Public Notary.
offering a Registered Office in Azerbaijan for your company (if required): The registered office may be any address where the Azerbaijan company declares to have its headquarters. The registered office will be public.
setting up a bank account for opening a company in Azerbaijan: This refers both to an initial share capital account as well as a current bank account after the company is formed.
recommending an accountant in Azerbaijan: Accountancy services are recommended for any new business registration in Azerbaijan.
Our team of Azerbaijan company formation experts can help you with all of these services as well as many others. By working with our agents, you will benefit from tailored services, a professional and cost-effective approach to business issues as well as ongoing company formation counseling and assistance. We can help you during the pre-incorporation phase, the actual business registration and after the company has commenced its business activities.
Please contact our experts in European and offshore company formation matters for more information and prices.


Looks like Beniah's picking up the slack since R.C. is missing in action.
Interest seems to have waned so maybe we're done?
Only three of us picked but it was a solid week for Ardwen at 10-2, with 9-3 for Peam and myself.
Last edited by Beniah; 11-06-2018 at 01:46 PM.
They said, "why bother, I can't beat Ardwen".


Let's do a quick pop quiz. I'm going to quote something from a hip-hop artist or from one of Shakespeare's plays and you tell me which one it is. "To destroy the beauty from which one came" …If you said Shakespeare you are mistaken. Do you know Shaun Carter better known as JZ, that's from a track called 'Can I Live'? Another one, "Men would rather use their broken weapons than their bare hands" …That is actually a quote from Shakespeare's play called Othello?.
Othello is one of a few Shakespearean plays that involve Racism and Xenophobia which is what many people and students in South Africa go through today. In the play Othello, Shakespeare creates powerful drama from a marriage between the exotic Othello, who is constantly called a "Moor" and the Venetian lady Desdemona that begins with elopement and mutual devotion and ends with jealous rage and death. Shakespeare builds many differences into his hero and heroine, including race, age, and cultural background.
Othello and Desdemona have love facing parental opposition because of Barbantio who is racist towards Othello and accuses him of using "witchcraft". This happens in real life where for e.g. a Hindu wants to marry a Muslim, they experience rejection from their parents because of their cultural differences and emotional pain and are often forced to relinquish the relationship. Many grade 12 students could relate to the love theme because many of them would have been in love or are in love and also had to face many social challenges.
Most people who argue against Shakespeare talk about how irrelevant the language is in today's modern world but firstly, Shakespeare is basically used in most hip-hop songs today because when we look at the language used, and the subjects spoken, it makes it difficult once the context and perception is taken away and we have to look at just the raw language of the two art forms. Secondly, the language is secondary, the primary thing about Shakespeare was the human experience he had and the deep insight in the psychology of human beings which he portrayed in his plays. This is why Othello should be studied.
The novel I have selected is, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The most important theme of To Kill a Mockingbird is the book's exploration of the moral nature of human beings—that is, whether people are essentially good or essentially evil. The moral voice of To Kill a Mockingbird is embodied by Atticus Finch, who is virtually unique in the novel in that he has experienced and understood evil without losing his faith in the human capacity for goodness. Atticus understands that, rather than being simply creatures of good or creatures of evil, most people have both good and bad qualities. The important thing is to appreciate the good qualities and understand the bad qualities by treating others with sympathy and trying to see life from their perspective. The book teaches us four lessons. The first being that you don't understand someone until you put yourself in their shoes. Second being don't kill mockingbirds, because they don't eat anyone's plants or harm anything, all they do is make music. A mockingbird also has a metaphorical meaning for anyone weak or defenceless. To kill a mocking bird in that sense is to take advantage of someone weaker than you. Lesson 3 is to keep fighting even if you know you'll lose. Atticus wants to teach them the lesson that true bravery is when you keep fighting and persevering even when you know you can't win. The last lesson is that the world id unfair, which is true because, for e.g., there are 22, 000 children that die per day due to poverty. The social prejudice makes society look at itself.
if you were born black during apartheid you were considered as if you were up to no good. You were always a suspect of crime and were never innocent.
who tells me to 'produce'.
to be scrutinized and given the nod".


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What Did Education in America Look Like Before Our Current System?
"Without public schools how could kids get an education?" That's what I always seem to hear whenever I express my support for alternative forms of education, ideas like private schooling, homeschooling, or the Montessori method. If more kids are sent to these schools instead of public schools, some folks say that it would hurt the system and kids would not be as educated. I'm not convinced, and our history is why.
Long before the United States had any form of centralized education system, folks here were becoming educated in their own way. The system as we know it really began in 1840 in Massachusetts, but we don't need to attribute an increased level of literacy to the development of a government-run education system.
American education was well under-way long before 1840, and people were acting on their own initiative to teach their kids. In fact, these methods may have even been better than the system that followed them, as Dan Lattier of Intellectual Takeout discusses.
In the decades after the American Revolution—much like the decades before, and most of human history—a number of different educational options existed that did not depend upon a centralized, bureaucratic system.
Before the creation of this system, beginning in Massachusetts, America educated its children through a variety of options: charity schools (run by either churches, town councils, or voluntary benevolent societies), pay schools, infant schools, dame schools (run by women out of their homes), grammar schools, academies, female seminaries, independent day schools, etc.
What exactly indicates that American children were being educated at an acceptable level? Well, statistical analysis from Drs. Carl Kaestle and Maris Vinovskis shows that enrollment for both boys and girls was increasing in the decades following the fight for independence, but leveled off after the creation of a more centralized system.
But did these arrangements do the job? According to Dr. Charles Glenn of Boston University, a leading scholar of education, this decentralized system did its job rather well.
Popular—or elementary—schooling in Massachusetts in the years that followed the Revolution was provided by an assortment of local arrangements that do not fit into our present categories of 'public' and 'private' education. The schoolmaster might be hired by a town or district committee of citizens, or might set up school on his or her own initiative, especially in the larger communities. In either case, the school would be supported largely by the fees paid by parents, though various arrangements were made to pay the fees of the children of families for whom this would have been a burden…
The educational reformers of the 1830s and subsequent decades derided such arrangements for schooling as hopelessly inadequate, but recent research suggests that they were rather effective. Literacy and basic mathematical skills were nearly universal, and those students whose social status or natural ability made secondary education possible were prepared for such further study. It was effective, that is, in providing the instruction necessary for the farmer, craftsman, or small tradesman of the day and in laying a basis for further study for those who were in a position to go on.
That's hardly how we imagine things being with our modern frame of mind. We might imagine our forebears barely able to read or write at all, full of dirt and filth, but that does not appear to be the case at all. In spite of a lack of centralized education systems, Americans filled the educational vacuum on their own accord, and were able to diffuse knowledge among their descendants effectively.
I think this should inform us about the nature of education today. There's this idea that the only form of real education that exists is in the walls of a school funded by tax dollars. That's not always the case, not even close. Many times the better schools, with the better outcomes, are the alternative ones, the homeschools, private schools, and whatever myriad alternatives that exist out there.
My wife is a teacher at a private Classical school, and she's able to do things there she could not do in public schools. This school, because of its nature, is able to be more flexible in the things its teachers and staff can do, and that helps students to learn more effectively.
In thinking about how to educate our kids, it may be wise to keep an open mind. Sometimes it's the unconventional strategies and ideas that get the best results.


The University of the Incarnate Word men's basketball team is gearing up for a tough schedule after losing the majority of last year's starters.
Over the past two seasons the men's team has had a record of 35-18 under Head Coach Ken Burmeister. Preseason polls pegged the team to finish at the bottom of the Southland Conference two years ago and no better than fourth last year. This year's poll projects the Cardinals to finish next to last among 13 teams.
Six-foot-11-inch senior forward Jerred Kite said he considers the low projections as "extra motivation" on the court.
Being projected so low despite past success could have something to do with the major losses in personnel from last year to this year.
The squad hopes to counter these losses with new players and improved play from returning veterans.
The team is very excited to see the play of junior power forward Devin Wyatt, who's 6 feet 8.
"He's a big defensive presence that we haven't had in a while," Burmeister said.
As for the point guard position, the team lost Mitchell Badillo but the spot looks to be filled up by 5-foot-11-inch transfer Jalin Hart and returnee Tyler Singleton, who averaged nearly six points per game in limited time.
"I think the scoring numbers will be more dispersed this year compared to the past," said Jerred Kite.
The team expects more team scoring than past years when players such as Kyle Hittle and Denzel Livingston were wearing Cardinal red.
"(Guard) Shawn Johnson, Sam Burmeister and (shooting guard) Jorden Kite could all have breakout seasons this year in bigger roles," Jerred Kite said.
Before conference play starts the Cardinals will face some very tough non-conference opponents. The season opens on the road Nov. 11 against the nation's 17th-ranked team, the Longhorns from the University of Texas. This season's schedule also includes two teams that made the NCAA tournament last year, and a former national champion in the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.
"Tough non-conference games let us experience more athleticism than we normally would as well as a different and new style of play week in and week out," Coach Burmeister said.
The team is still in a probation period for transition to Division I. UIW is ineligible for NCAA post-season play, but the team still has high aspirations for the upcoming season.
"Our goal is to have a winning season, win a conference championship and really just go from there," said Burmeister.


This was the Monday-est Friday ever! No joke! But...it's finally here and it's time for Five for Friday with Doodle Bugs Teaching.
Perhaps....the week has been long because it started like this..
That cat is obsessed with opening doors. He can't stand them closed.
Since the cat and the dog don't quite see eye to eye, Jack opens the door, thereby waiting....just waiting.... for Bentley and that beagle nose to do the rest and get into trouble.
It's not Bentley's fault. He can't help it.
I think Jack's hoping we'll get rid of the dog if this happens enough.
At least 3-4 times a week because I my husband keeps forgetting to put a chair or something in front of the cabinet door.
So there you have it. Bentley was framed. And for the record- I will never, not EVER get rid of the dog.
In other news, my son Tyler who is 10, is obsessed- and I do mean obsessed-with wrestling.
He spends every waking moment reading about it, acting out wrestling, talking about it, etc.
Tyler usually goes in phases with things but this one has been sticking. As my husband says. "This wrestling thing has legs."
And you know what....I'm kinda ok with it.
I looked up John Cena when Tyler started taking such an interest and he is a really admirable guy. He went to college and fulfills more "make a wish requests" than any other celebrity. His motto is "Never Give Up" and "Hustle, Loyalty, Respect."
My son who is dyslexic, has learned a lot of "grit" from this guy. I term Cena a lot when I need to encourage Tyler to plug along.
These two boys who are both dyslexic (so reading and writing is so hard for them) spent hours making posters. It was the cutest thing ever. Seriously.
Rack this right up there with things you never thought you'd do in your life.
In my classroom, We have been reading up a storm in first grade using my spring close read.
The kids are really enjoying them.
They are differentiated so they are perfect for small group instruction.
Identifying tricky vocabulary words and finding key words and details within text is such great practice for them too!
We are also learning about wants and needs this week and I found this awesome unit by Cara's Creative Playground which my students and I are really enjoying.
We are also learning about coins and since our math curriculum doesn't cover coins and it is a standard in Massachusetts, we do a lot of supplementing.
My students do really well with this Touch Money system which is super easy to make with coin cut outs and sticky dots. The sticky dots represent counts of 5. Since coin recognition can be so tricky for the young ones since the coins look so much alike (especially once they are photocopied) this added visual is really helpful!
How has your week been? Did you survive "April Fools"?
Just barely, my friends....just barely.
I don't even think I can stay awake until dinner.
Ooh! great vocab wall! Love all the activities you shared! Have a great weekend and get some rest!
I love the vocabulary cards! What a great visual. I just barely made it out alive today, too. Between April fools and the change in the weather here, the kids were bonkers! I hope you're able to rest up tonight.
You have a very clever cat! I love your close reading passages! Happy Weekend!
Yes, your Beagle was framed! I had Beagles in Massachusetts as a wee one! I am now a Cali girl. Does Massachusetts not follow Common Core?
Love the activities you shared, and the story about the boys making posters is adorable! Hope they had a blast!


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Much of the economic debate is about the role of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPS). LEPs have the critical mass and potential access to resources to drive change and attract major investment to an area. So what role if any do the Local Strategic Partnerships (LSP) have? At a time of pressure on public sector finances, some local authorities are wondering what contribution the LSP makes to local wellbeing. Perhaps one answer is for LSPs to remain hyper local and focus on economic change for individuals and neighbourhoods. What follows is a brief description of how one LSP has addressed this challenge.
The Council has had to reduce its overall budget, at a time when demand for some services has increased due to the effects of the economic recession. The focus of the Council is to provide strong community leadership. This includes helping local people to compete for local jobs and supporting local business.
Red Potato worked with partners from the Welwyn Hatfield Alliance (Local Strategic Partnership) to bring a new perspective on youth unemployment and entrepreneurship. The aim was to replace, "silo" based economic development with a business driven campaign to improve the local economy and entrepreneurship.
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Adapted from the article originally published in Elsevier's internet site "Materials Today" at Environmental Implications of Geopolymers, 29 June 2015. See also the presentation at the Geopolymer Camp 2015. See also the news Virtual Journal on Geopolymer Science .
LCA of commercialised geopolymer cement/concretes are seldom. This is due to proprietary reasons. Presently they are based on Type 2 slag/fly ash/alkali-silicate system (see Technical papers #21, #22, #23 in the Library). Geopolymer Type 2 concrete and standard Portland concrete are similar in non- binder materials used and behaviour after production; there is some dilution of the benefits when measured over the full life cycle (LCA). The greenhouse gas emissions during the life cycle of Geopolymer Type 2 concrete are approximately 62%-66% lower than emissions from the reference concrete. The Type 2 geopolymer cement has ca. 80% lower embodied greenhouse gas intensity than an equivalent amount of ordinary Portland cement binder used in reference concrete of a similar strength, confirming the data published by the Geopolymer Institute, where the reductions are in the range of 70 % to 90 % (see Technical paper #21). These values do not include any additional external constraints like transport from or to the utility. They reflect the actual potential as soon as industrialization starts in full swing.
On the opposite, several published scientific LCA papers claim that, in terms of CO2 emission, geopolymer cement was not better than Portland cement, and worse for other parameters. These statements are based on methodological errors and false calculations of the CO2 emission values for geopolymer cement/concrete. The problem is that these false values are taken for granted by other scientists without any further consideration.
The present paper "False Values on CO2 Emission for Geopolymer Cement/Concrete Published in Scientific Papers" cites and explains the methodological errors and false calculations.
Click here to see how to download paper nr 24 False-CO2-values.pdf.


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With Gang Allegations, Educators Are Funneling Migrant Teens Into a School-to-Deportation Pipeline
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May 24, 2018, 5:01pm Tina Vasquez
"Children deserve to be able to go to school in a safe environment, without having to worry that a basketball jersey could mean deportation."
Teens like LVM accused of gang involvement are being subjected to prolonged detention without due process.
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We'll Hear Arguments
We're going back in time to examine the arguments that made Roe v. Wade a real-life courtroom drama in this limited 5 part podcast mini series.
This is the second article in a two-part series at Rewire.News on the school-to-deportation pipeline. Read the first piece in the series here.
One year after a 17-year-old asylum seeker fled El Salvador to escape gang violence, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested the teen at his home on Long Island as part of a raid purportedly targeting MS-13 gang members. Known as LVM in court documents, the teen had no criminal record, no known gang affiliations or involvement, no history of disciplinary issues, and had never been arrested, or charged for a crime. He had, however, been suspended from school for flipping off a classmate, who he said reciprocated the gesture.
A faculty member who witnessed the motion—LVM raising both middle fingers to a fellow student—claimed that the teen had flashed a gang sign, prompting his suspension. And because the school district cooperates with law enforcement, which shares information with immigration officials, ICE arrested him in July 2017 at his home as part of Operation Matador four months after his suspension.
The 30-day enforcement operation in the New York metropolitan area netted 39 supposed MS-13 members, many of whom, like LVM, lived on Long Island. Advocates and legal experts say that these teens got on ICE's radar because of information provided by their high schools to federal immigration agencies.
Under the Trump administration, schools are quickly becoming unsafe spaces for undocumented students. For young, Central American migrants in particular, navigating adolescence has become a minefield. Wearing fashionable clothing or flashing a peace sign in a Facebook picture can trigger an accusation of gang membership, which can in turn spiral into an event that leads to detention and deportation.
"Gang membership" and "gang association" are not defined in immigration statute, and definitions of a "gang" differ among law enforcement, state, and federal agencies. Yet school officials are funneling young Central American migrants into a school-to-immigration detention pipeline based on false accusations of gang membership, subjecting already vulnerable kids like LVM to even more trauma. As school officials are watching these students suspiciously, local law enforcement is monitoring their use of social media. Emboldened under the Trump administration, ICE agents are then quick to arrest and deport these young people. This culminates in, as an Immigrant Resource Legal Center (IRLC) report put it, families "being torn apart by deportation" and immigrant youth "seeing their futures destroyed at the hands of an often-false allegation or past mistake."
While there are multiple court cases taking the Trump administration to task for violating the due process rights of immigrant minors accused of gang involvement, it seems little has been done to hold schools accountable for the ways in which they are funneling students into the detention system. And, since U.S. citizens are not unaffected by these educators' decisions to turn school children in to the police, "this country's stated commitment to fairness, due process, and equality is being called into question."
"Progressive Discipline"
On paper, the South Country Central School District appears invested in student success and mindful of the costs of imposing harsh punishments on young people. A manual featuring the district's code of conduct and approach to discipline and intervention outlines its use of the "progressive discipline" model in which discipline is considered a "teachable moment" and young people who have engaged in "unacceptable behavior" can, in part, "be given the opportunity to learn pro-social strategies and skills to use in the future." The district also asserts that it is "committed to providing a safe and orderly school environment where students may receive and district personnel may deliver quality educational services without disruption or interference." These strategies, however, weren't offered to LVM during his time at one of the district's schools, Bellport High School, nor was he able to continue his education "without interference."
District staff consider a range of factors when responding to inappropriate conduct, including a student's disciplinary record and the nature, severity, and scope of the behavior. "Infraction levels" range from "uncooperative and noncompliant behavior" to "seriously dangerous or violent behavior," according to the school district's rules. For young students—like LVM—in grades 6 through 12, "using profane, obscene, vulgar, or lewd gestures or behaviors" is only a level 2 infraction and should have resulted in a student/teacher conference, a parent conference, detention, or another mild disciplinary action. Instead, after an April 2017 hearing regarding LVM's behavior, in which he and his mother were not provided counsel or translation services, school officials suspended the teen for 39 days.
The school district does clarify that its "progressive discipline" and "standards of intervention" are procedural guidelines that do not limit the administration from taking additional steps. But it's a decidedly extreme disciplinary approach to contact the police and funnel a young person into the immigrant detention system for what the school's own guidelines deem a minor infraction.
The specifics of how LVM got on ICE's radar are murky because the school district has refused to respond to state Freedom of Information Law requests from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and has refused multiple interview requests from Rewire.News. What the attorneys in the case presume is that ICE was acting on information provided to it from the Suffolk County Police Department, which has also refused Rewire.News requests for an interview. Officials finally gave the information shared between the two agencies to LVM and his mother through LVM's attorney at a custody hearing in December 2017, after the Office of Refugee Resettlement had already had the teen in custody for several months.
As Julie Mao, an attorney with the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, told the Intercept in February, "It just becomes a cascading cause and effect, where you have perhaps a school administrator accusing someone of being 'gang' based on very thin evidence, and that becomes something that is written and put into that student's file. Maybe there's a suspension or some kind of school-related proceeding where there's a paper trail—that often gets passed to the local police agency if local police is in that school, and then that gets passed on to immigration."
In Department of Homeland Security (DHS) referral notes from when LVM was first detained, the agency identified the teen as a MS-13 gang member and this identification was based on the classification given to him by the Suffolk County Police Department. The notes also referenced his suspension for "flashing gang signs" and his "use of apparel and clothing associated with MS-13." The apparel and clothing are not described and, according to Paige Austin—an attorney with the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) and the lead attorney on a class action lawsuit against ORR in which LVM is a representative plaintiff—to this day, LVM and his mother still have "no idea" what clothing is being referenced. The notes also assert that LVM admitted to gang affiliation and has gang tattoos, both of which he denies.
Some of the circumstances related to LVM's case are eerily similar to those of Daniel Ramirez Medina, a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient arrested at his home by ICE agents. Agents that day had an arrest warrant for Ramirez Medina's father, but asked Ramirez Medina if he was "legally here." When he explained to agents he had DACA, they should have released him. Instead, they detained him. ICE alleged that while still in his home, Ramirez Medina admitted that he "used to hang out with" and "still hangs out with" members of two gangs, an allegation the then-23-year-old said was a lie. According to Ramirez Medina, the questioning about gang affiliation didn't come until he was already in ICE custody. The only corroborating evidence ICE has ever offered for its assertion he is in a gang, besides the supposed confession, comes in the form of a tattoo on Ramirez Medina.
A federal judge recently ruled that ICE had lied and as Slate noted in coverage of Ramirez Medina's case, "ICE routinely alleges that Latino immigrants with no indication of gang affiliation are members of a gang in order to detain and deport them."
LVM doesn't have any tattoos, nor did he ever admit to gang membership, according to court documents. DHS also alleged that LVM appeared in a video flashing gang signs, but court documents indicate that such allegations by DHS were copied and pasted from "allegations made against other immigrant children alleged to be gang members."
Prolonged Detention of Immigrant Teens
Because of LVM's supposed affiliation to MS-13, ORR held him at a secure facility in Virginia from July 7 to August 18. As Rewire.News reported, these "juvenile delinquency facilities" are effectively "prisons that lock up kids," as Austin put it.
When young people in ORR custody are detained in a "staff-secure" setting, which is the second highest security level in ORR, they are eventually "stepped down" to shelter care. This transition is an essential precursor to release, but under the Trump administration, this process now takes months, especially for children like LVM alleged to have gang involvement. This is true even when shelter staff or immigration judges have rejected the gang allegations against a child.
"In New York, we see this a lot. Kids are forced to remain in secure facilities because of allegations they are gang members, but the allegations are usually unfounded and the kids had no criminal record. The accusation has come directly from their school and it's been filtered out to law enforcement and then ICE," Austin said. "The facilities, to their credit, have been pushing back and trying to get the kids transferred out of secure detention environments, saying there's no reason for them to be there."
Indeed, staff at LVM's facility described his behavior as "excellent," according to court documents, and a dangerousness assessment conducted on August 8 ended with the recommendation that LVM be "stepped down to shelter care," a less strict setting that did not require the teen have constant supervision. This effectively meant that the secure facility's staff did not think the teen posed a danger to himself or others.
Once transferred to a staff-secure facility called Children's Village in Dobbs Ferry, New York, the staff there had trouble getting LVM relegated to the lowest level of security available at the facility, despite reports of his "exemplary" behavior, according to court documents. Because LVM was detained as part of Operation Matador, Children's Village staff could not initially get the teen the clearance needed.
It wasn't until November 22, 2017—after four months in ORR custody—that LVM entered the lowest level of security at Children's Village.
Teens like LVM accused of gang involvement are being subjected to prolonged detention without due process, according to immigration lawyers and advocates. A policy implemented by ORR director Scott Lloyd requires Lloyd's personal approval before a young person detained in a secure facility can be released to a sponsor. This policy has devastating mental health consequences. The seven months that LVM spent in ORR custody were grueling for the teen and his mother. Previously, the pair were always together. While held at a secure facility in Virginia, LVM's calls with his mother always ended in tears. The separation caused him "significant anxiety and sadness," according to court documents.
Once the teen landed in Children's Village in New York, his mother visited him every other week for two hours, paying a private taxi company $150 to transport her from Long Island to and from the facility. Because ORR only allowed the teen two outgoing phone calls of 20 minutes each week, his mother attempted to call him every day for the allowed ten-minute conversation, according to court documents. LVM often could not connect with his mother over the phone because there was one line being used for the almost 20 young people in the teen's unit, many of whom were equally desperate to speak to their loved ones.
LVM's many months in detention complicated the mental health issues he experienced. Compounding the communication issue, the teen reportedly experienced "bullying and social isolation" while in ORR custody, according to court documents.
In FY 2017, the average length of stay for a child in ORR custody was 41 days, but this number is only inclusive of shelters and transitional foster care, according to the agency. LVM spent more time than that in a secure facility alone.
Lloyd's policy subjecting immigrant children to prolonged detention is the subject of the class action lawsuit filed by NYCLU in February 2017. The lawsuit shows that there are children who were subjected to prolonged detention well before the Trump administration's appointment of Lloyd. JMRM, for example, had been detained for four years by the time he was 15. (Unlike LVM's case, JMRM had not been tied to a gang.) Under Lloyd, however, ORR stalled his release because he had spent time in a staff-secure facility due to behavioral issues stemming from mental health issues and past trauma. Shortly after NYCLU filed its lawsuit, ORR released him.
Earlier this month, NYCLU filed a motion asking a judge to halt ORR's new policy to ensure immigrant teens in custody in New York are "promptly released and reunited with family members," according to a statement from the organization. Even as the class action lawsuit plays out in courts, Lloyd's policy is still in place.
"Honestly, a lot of people weren't aware that a formal policy had been put in place and that's because ORR never made any statement explaining its policy or why it had imposed the requirement of Lloyd's approval for releases," Austin said. "It was through caseworkers repeatedly saying no to attorneys or family members that it became clear it had all of a sudden become really difficult to get kids out of ORR custody."
NYCLU is currently waiting for a judge to set a hearing regarding its motion, but in the meantime, Austin told Rewire.News she wants people to understand that years before the Trump administration, there were individual reports of children being subjected to prolonged detention. Under Trump, it's now policy.
"There has been a qualitative change in terms of how many children have been subjected to prolonged detention and now prolonged detention has been systematically incorporated into ORR policy," Austin said. "Given that only 12 percent of kids impacted by this are being reunited with their families means they are simply being detained indefinitely, aging out and being transferred to ICE, or really just giving up and leaving the United States because they can't stand to be detained any longer. It's hard not to see these outcomes as intentional on behalf of ORR, but what has been intentional is the policy change. It's also unlawful."
Gang Allegations Have Far-Reaching Consequences
For more than a year, NYCLU has suspected "cooperation between the Suffolk County Police Department, the South Country Central School District, and federal immigration authorities," which has "led to dozens of children being removed from their families, placed in restrictive detention facilities, and into deportation proceedings based on spurious claims of gang affiliation."
Around the time that LVM was first detained by ICE in the summer of 2017, NYCLU noted on its website that it began to receive information from families that ICE was targeting their children for removal "based on flimsy evidence and vague criteria" related to gang involvement. But there were other commonalities among some of the young people being targeted: They attended school in the South Country Central School District and before their detainments, they were suspended because of supposed gang affiliation.
LVM isn't the only student that ICE targeted after Bellport High School suspended him. NYCLU announced in April that ICE targeted two other students because of so-called gang affiliations first alleged by the school.
Perhaps because there have been incidents of gang-related violence on Long Island and President Trump has made repeated visits to the area to conflate young Central American asylum seekers with violent MS-13 members, including one such trip that took place this week, the South Country Central School District has been on high alert regarding gang membership. Advocates say this may be why teachers and administrators are so quick to inform local law enforcement of perceived gang activity.
Courtesy of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center. Annotations made by undisclosed immigration officials.
NYCLU notes that school officials suspended one student for displaying a Salvadoran flag on his personal Facebook page, which they saw as evidence of gang ties. More commonly, the school has used its vague dress code policy to target immigrant students. The policy prohibits clothing determined by police to be gang-related, but neither the police department nor the school specifies what exactly is prohibited. Entire cases alleging gang activity have been built based on one item of clothing. For example, officials suspended one Bellport High school student for wearing a shirt with a small Chicago Bulls logo on it, according to NYCLU.
In the school district's code of conduct, the sole dress code reference warns students against "wearing clothing, headgear, or other items that are unsafe or disruptive to the educational process." The only other information on the school website related to dress code protocol instructs students to remove their hats, hoods, bandanas, and doo rags upon entering the school building.
A great deal of space on the school's website is dedicated to resources for helping parents identify if their children are in gangs. There are guidebooks from the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and pamphlets from the Suffolk County Department of Probation, both of which ascribe gang affiliation to behaviors, clothing, and interests that typify adolescence.
For example, the OJJDP cites everything from beaded necklaces and colorful fabric belts to "gangster rap" and "withdrawing from family activities and planned events" as "common gang identifiers" for parents. In a manual called "How To Talk To Kids About Gangs," written by Bellport High School social worker, Lynette Murphy, the "What Can We Do?" section recommends working with the police, reporting "suspicious activity," and sharing information, but there is no mention of racial profiling or the conflation of immigration with criminality. Murphy could not receive approval from the district to speak to Rewire.News about any training teachers or administrators receive to identify potential gang members.
A statement to Rewire.News on behalf of Dr. Joseph Giani, the superintendent of the South Country Central School District, said the superintendent would not address LVM's specific case because "the disclosure of student identifiable information under the circumstances is prohibited by federal law," but it did say the board of education "is committed to providing an educational environment that promotes respect, dignity and equality." The statement also contended that it is not the role of the school district to "determine if someone is in a gang," and that the district contacts the "appropriate local law enforcement agencies for those violations that constitute a crime and/or substantially affect the order of security of a school."
When asked to clarify if there is a policy in place, or if it is up to the individual discretion of teachers and administrators to choose to contact law enforcement when students make lewd gestures or post a picture of a different country's flag on Facebook, for example, the district did not respond.
ILRC's recent survey revealed just how severely schools like Bellport are harming undocumented students by making unfounded allegations of gang affiliation. Deportation By Any Means Necessary: How Immigration Officials are Labeling Immigrant Youth as Gang Members details findings from a national survey of immigration attorneys who have represented young people accused of gang affiliation in immigration proceedings, revealing that 50 percent of immigration attorneys surveyed have seen an increase in allegations of gang involvement against their young, undocumented clients. In more in-depth interviews with a smaller number of lawyers, 73 percent reported they have specifically noticed this increase over the last two years.
Gang allegations can affect immigration status in a variety of ways, according to the report:
In addition to gang-related convictions making immigrants ineligible for various forms of relief from deportation, gang allegations may also increase chances of immigrants being detained during the pendency of their immigration cases, which has devastating consequences for the likelihood of fighting deportation. Additionally, most pathways to lawful permanent residence are discretionary, so a mere allegation can be sufficient for an adjudicator to negatively exercise their discretion. In practice, even the "mere perception of criminality" can impact immigration status because so many decisions turn on credibility determinations.
Judges can deny bond to immigrants based on a young person being perceived as a "danger to the community." In such cases, accusations of gang affiliation are especially harmful. For adjustment of status, asylum, and deferred action, according to the ILRC, individual judges and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) officers have a great deal of discretion in their decision-making and allegations of gang membership color these decisions.
ILRC's survey results mirror other circumstances documented in a new report published by the New York Immigration Coalition and the Immigrant and Non-Citizen Rights Clinic at the CUNY School of Law, which also found that gang allegations have far-reaching consequences. As reporter Prachi Gupta put it, they "become the basis for visa application denials, detention without due process, and even deportation. It's a cycle and a trap: The thing you are being accused of becomes the reason you can't contest the accusation."
When immigration authorities target young people because of alleged gang ties and transfer them to ORR custody, their formal education also stops. As NYCLU's Paige Austin told Rewire.News, "ORR's educational offerings are very different than a regular school system. All of the kids in the facility are put in one room, meaning kids who only speak Spanish or another language, along with kids who primarily speak English. These are kids of all ages, all grade levels, all abilities in one room. It's not really an education."
LVM and his mother asserted in court documents that while in federal immigration custody, the teen received a "lower standard of education than he would in regular school" and that the classes at the facility where he was detained were "not part of a district-accredited program."
Although Trump and his administration defend their attacks on immigrant children as justified in its war on gangs, the impact these efforts are having on communities is widespread. For the children caught up in the gang dragnet, their lives will forever be altered. As NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman explained in a statement, "No one should be subjected to suspension on a whim, especially when it can lead to immigration officials tearing you away from your home."
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After analysing the role that the Creative Europe - MEDIA programme has had in the support of European film distribution through its schemes directly dedicated to distributors over the past years (read here the article), we explore here the goals and the achievements of two projects (Scope100 and The European Film Challenge) and of one sector's association (Europa Distribution), that all receive grants from MEDIA. Each of the them contributes to the promotion and diffusion of independent European cinema with its specific tools.
Despite all the efforts, there are many great European films that don't make it in some territories, with much regret of the independent distributors who would love to bring them to their audience but who cannot sustain the financial risk of the release by themselves. In order to give a chance to some of these "smaller" films, in 2015 a group of distributors came up with the Scope100 project (originally called Scope50).
So that's where Scope100, financed by MEDIA, came in: each distributor participating in this project (running in 7 territories in 2018) recruits 100 people of various ages, places of living etc. This group of "experts" watches 5 pre-selected films online and votes for the winning one, and that film gets then distributed in the territory. The MEDIA support in this project is dedicated to the work with this expert group, not to the release itself, and it creates a direct line between distributors and their audiences.
The idea behind this MEDIA funded project, started in 2016, is simple: to motivate European audience to watch… European films. Open to anyone, the "European Film Challenge", that will be soon running its third edition, presents itself as a game to be played on social networks. By uploading pictures that show the participant legallywatching a European film, each player can accumulate points. The winner of the challenge gets invited to the next A-Film Festival in Europe (Berlin, Cannes or Venice). Participants can watch the film wherever they wish, as long as it's a legal offer: it can be a regular cinema theatre, a local film festival or a VoD platform. At times, specific films or certain platforms get a bonus status that grants more points to the spectator therefore encouraging them to watch maybe a new release or discover a new platform or festival. Greta Akcijonaite CEO of the Lithuanian distribution company Greta Garbo and among the founder of the programme, points out to the direct and indirect benefits of the project for the film industry: "The competitive environment created by the game stimulates the participants to look for ways to accumulate more points and that often means discovering a new platform they didn't know about: this way the project also serves to stimulate awareness about legal alternatives to piracy. Thanks to the "bonus film" strategy we noticed that the most motivated players might discover films they probably wouldn't have watched otherwise, in order to get ahead of their rivals." The first two editions of the European Film Challenge were played in Croatia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Serbia and Spain gathering over 10.000 users, mainly young people between their 20s and 30s. Bosnia, Finland andPortugal will be joining the game on its upcoming third edition.
Looking into the future, a very interesting feature of the project – that is bound to become even more relevant in the upcoming editions – is the collection of data about the participants: by putting together relevant information about what and how the players are watching, the partners involved in the European Film Challenge will be able to better identify the needs of their audience in order to target it and serve it better in the framework of their respective core activities at national level.
Last but not least… Europa Distribution is also directly a beneficiary of the MEDIA support through its "Access to Market" scheme. Thanks to the support the association has been receiving for about10 years, Europa Distribution has created new bridges for its members to share knowledge and mutualise experiences on film releases. The association works at a very practical level to offer a space of encounter where distributors coming from different markets can compare their experiences and share ideas and creative solutions: even if their local territories are different, they may encounter the same challenges. Every year Europa Distribution organizes several professional training, where external experts are invited to share their expertise on specific topics while during the case study sessions and brainstorming, distributors can get inspired and exchange ideas that can improve the curation, promotion and distribution of independent films. The European aspect is essential: depending on the country they are working in, distributors have different challenges and find different solutions. The impact of the activities would not be the same if organised at a national level, where distributors are competitors.
Partnering with several recognised International Film Festival and Markets in Rome, Karlovy Vary, San Sebastian, Amsterdam (IDFA), Sofia and Haugesund, and also with industry event like Cartoon Movie in Bordeaux and Locarno, Europa Distribution has put in place over the years a stable calendar of European events that involve its members but also representatives of the whole Film Industry. These gatherings are the occasion for the distributors to meet colleagues from other countries, but also exhibitors, sales agents, VoD platforms representatives, producers, film funds, piracy, marketing, technological and digital experts from across Europe and beyond, to share ideas and best practices and to create new collaborations. In a market that becomes every week more competitive due to the high number of films circulating, learning about what are the potential applications of the Blockchain technology in the Film Industry, or about some cross-sectors partnerships developed by distributors in other countries, can inspire a distributor to try something new in her/his own territory.
Thanks to the MEDIA support, over the last years the European Film Industry has had the chance to test innovative ideas, develop cross-border collaborations and acquire new expertise through dozens of different programmes and initiatives with one common goal: helping European films to be in touch with their audience.


From October 2018, the Rural Youth Mental Health Service (RYMH) offers early intervention services for young people (12-25) with, or at risk of, mental illness.
For young people not already in contact with a support service, or who find it difficult to access or engage with a service, RYMH will be there to help them make a positive change. Young people can ask for support from the program themselves, or be referred by a community organisation.


in the red corner: old facebook. in the blue corner: new facebook. GAME ON!
So I am a huge fan of Techcrunch, Masable! and Apple Hot News for all my social media updates and recently there has been a fair amount of coverage on the new facebook profile. by the look of these graphs, some users like it, some don't, and some test out the new profile for a while before returning to the old.
so why are people sticking with the old facebook instead of converting to the new one? Familiarity, perhaps. Many users fear change and like the simplicity and the clean cut layout of the old page (even though, in reality, the new facebook is even easier to use.) The only real drawback of the new profile page is that, with the introduction of the tabs feature, it involves a lot more clicking around (as opposed to the old facebook, where all of the personal information is stored on one page).
as much as the new facebook profile is growing on me, I find myself returning to the old one to check out applications, my wall, my bumper stickers, and my groups. Sorry new Faceook, you have yet to charm me and win me over.
you could start by buying me dinner.
... maybe pay my rent, too.


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