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Gov: Bridgestone agrees to plead guilty in price-fixing conspiracy
PETE YOST, Associated Press
A shopper strolls by Bridgestone's head office in Tokyo (Junji Kurokawa/AP Photo)
Bridgestone Corp. has agreed to plead guilty in a price-fixing conspiracy and pay a $425 million criminal fine in a Justice Department investigation that has swept the automotive parts industry.
Twenty-six companies including Tokyo-based Bridgestone have pleaded guilty or agreed to plead guilty in the Justice Department's ongoing probe into price fixing and bid rigging. The companies have agreed to pay more than $2 billion in criminal fines. Twenty-eight people have been charged.
According to a one-count felony charge in federal court in Toledo, Ohio, Bridgestone participated in allocating sales, rigging bids and raising prices of automotive anti-vibration rubber parts sold to car manufacturers in the U.S. and elsewhere.
Bridgestone sold the parts to Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Corp., Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., Suzuki Motor Corp. and Isuzu Motors Ltd.
The Justice Department says Tokyo-based Bridgestone has agreed to cooperate with the government's ongoing auto parts investigations. The plea agreement is subject to court approval.
Bridgestone's role in the conspiracy first surfaced in October 2011 when the company pleaded guilty and paid a $28 million fine for price-fixing and for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in the marine hose industry.
On Thursday, the Justice Department said Bridgestone did not disclose at the time of the 2011 guilty plea that it had also participated in the anti-vibration rubber parts conspiracy. Bridgestone's failure to disclose the earlier conspiracy was a factor in determining the $425 million fine, the department said.


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Mechanical rail signalling equipment remains a vital but diminishing part of the rail system.
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Legislative auditors say Nevada's Department of Information Technology has virtually no controls over employee overtime and time sheets, resulting in some workers collecting hundreds of dollars for work they didn't perform.
"The department could not provide evidence that any overtime was approved in advance, as required by (state law)," the audit report released Wednesday said.
The department director, however, said he believes the lapses resulted from sloppy recordkeeping, not dishonest workers.
Altogether, auditors say Information Technology employees collected $333,000 in overtime during calendar 2001, with more than a third of it going to the five-employee Web Services Unit.
Auditors also identified 20 out of 223 employees who had accumulated more than 120 hours of comp time — four of them with more than the statutory limit of 240 hours.
Among the abuses auditors found were two employees who volunteered in May to help the Wildlife Division with trout spawning at the Marlette Lake hatchery. But on their time sheets, both workers indicated they worked a regular shift, plus an hour overtime from noon to 1 p.m.
Another worker volunteered to help Wildlife with a desert bighorn sheep capture in October. Instead of recording time off, the employee put 10 hours on the worksheet for that day — a regular shift, plus two hours overtime.
Auditors identified 11 instances in which overtime claimed wasn't actually worked.
They said security systems show the workers didn't go to the state computer facility at all those days. Another 56 instances were found where workers recorded two hours overtime to complete an 18-minute task backing up a computer on the weekend.
Two workers claimed travel reimbursements for mileage on eight days when their time sheets showed they were out sick.
Information Technology Director Terry Savage advised lawmakers procedures have been changed to require advance approval of overtime. He said the Web Services Unit has been reorganized and steps taken to make sure time sheets are properly filled out. He said that unit was new, and its added staffing was frozen because of the state's budget crisis.
"However, we do not believe that this unacceptable sloppiness resulted in our paying for more work than was actually performed, even though the timing of the work was not correctly recorded," he said in his response to the audit.


Tourism, like so many modern industries, is essentially an assembly process. In few situations does one organisation or company control all the components, or all the stages and decision-making processes in the creation and delivery of the tourism product.
That is why in most industrial sectors and particularly in the tourism industry, it has become commonplace for organisations to collaborate in order to achieve the goals they have established for themselves.
?A key reason for the growing interest in collaboration in tourism is the belief that organizations and destination areas may be able to gain competitive advantage by bringing together and sharing their combined knowledge, expertise, capital and other resources? (Kotler et al., 1999b).
Does networking within tourism destinations hinder innovation and freedom of choice?
First it is necessary to define the key words in the question above, the key words being, tourism destinations, innovation and freedom of choice. Before talking about tourism networking, I will show that tourism destinations do not hinder innovation and freedom of choice. Finally I will present my research on networking in tourism, based on the fact that it is essential for a tourism destination in particular for SME's. I will also discuss the idea that it hinders innovation and freedom of choice by comparing the potential problems and benefits of networking.


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Deathloop hands-on: a mystery wrapped in a shooter
Arkane's next game is part immersive sim, part captivating mystery
By Andrew Webster Aug 26, 2021, 10:00am EDT
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Arkane Studios is best known for its immersive sims, games like Prey and Dishonored that emphasize player choice to create uniquely open-ended action. The developer's latest, Deathloop, definitely follows in that lineage. It has lots of weapons to experiment with, special powers that can change how you approach a problem, and missions where there are invariably multiple ways to proceed. The difference is that it takes that formula and mashes it together with a time-traveling mystery. It's still a thrilling action game that forces you to make decisions. But it's also a game where uncovering clues and following leads are as important as shooting. Sometimes, you'll actually want to die and start over.
I've been able to play through the first few hours of Deathloop, and I'm only finally starting to understand just how well those two halves can fit together — but it's been a lot of fun to figure it out.
Deathloop puts you in the role of Colt, a man who washes up on the beach of a strange island where, he eventually learns, the residents live the same day over and over again. And most of them, like the homicidal leader Julianna, even enjoy it. Initially, you're just trying to get your bearings. The game throws a lot at you in the beginning. Colt will see words floating around, which appear to be notes from past iterations of himself, warning of danger or highlighting specific paths. He also has Julianna yelling in his ear pretty much constantly, and she seems pretty unreliable — at least whenever she stops threatening Colt. I found myself almost overwhelmed by information at first, especially since it's often thrown at you in the midst of a tense action set piece. Colt mirrored my feelings; he was constantly yelling and swearing when something strange happened, usually remarking how he'd rather shoot bad guys instead.
Here's the gist, as far as I understand it so far: Colt is stuck on an island called Blackreef, which is run by a handful of "visionaries" who experience the same day on loop. Every time Colt dies, he goes back to that same beach to start the day over again. The only thing that carries over from loop to loop are his memories, which are the key to figuring out what's going on and breaking the loop for good. The problem, though, is that everyone else on Blackreef is pro-loop, and so will kill Colt on sight for trying to end it. I'm still unclear on the hows or the whys, but that's the basic premise.
Central to all of this are what the game calls leads: basically, information that points you in the right direction. Colt might read a note suggesting that he'll find an important item in a particular building that will be helpful. One of the first leads, for instance, involves finding Colt's apartment so that he can try to figure out who he is. You can read notes lying around, messages on computers, and more to pick up new leads and hints so you know what to do next. Whenever you're following a lead, the game will point you in the right direction with an on-screen marker. Initially, you're following a specific path, but soon enough the game opens up so that you can choose which lead to follow at any given moment.
Complicating matters further is the fact that Deathloop's days are divided into four time periods and four island districts. Any time you move locations, time moves forward… and the districts are different depending on the time of day. For example, at one point I found the code for a safe, but I wasn't actually able to use it safely until the morning, so I had to die and start the day all over again. It's complicated, but the game does a good job of holding your hand just enough early on. I somehow never felt lost even though I had little idea of what was happening. I'm just at the stage where things are opening up, however, so that could change.
Confusion aside, what I love about Deathloop so far is its dedication to mystery. There are plenty of games where bits of story are hidden away in optional books and letters, that way players can choose how much they want to invest themselves in the narrative. But in Deathloop, those elements aren't things you can miss: they're integral to the experience. I found myself digging through every room just in case there was something helpful. Occasionally there was nothing, but I often came across useful details. And those details — whether it's the code for a locked door or the location of an important person — often make things easier and faster the next loop you play through.
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That mystery is only made more interesting by a combination of a stylish world and extremely fun — and occasionally tense — gameplay. Blackreef is an island that feels lost to time, filled with chunky, retro-futuristic gadgets and vehicles, along with a vibe ripped right out of the 1970s. Huge pieces of strange technology loom in the background, heightening the mystery of just what this place is. The action, meanwhile, requires both experimentation and stealth. The island is absolutely teeming with people, none of whom seem to be on your side, so you can't just go in guns blazing. (Although the gunplay is very satisfying.) I found myself mostly sneaking around in hopes of getting stealth assassinations, but as I unlocked new items and abilities, I was able to try new approaches. There's a hackamajig — that's the actual name — that lets you open doors or hack turrets, sometimes making it possible to avoid combat altogether. I've also started unlocking special powers that do everything from give you a double jump to let you revive yourself without restarting the loop.
So far the only major issue I've faced has to do with how Deathloop handles saves. Colt uses a series of tunnels to get from location to location, and these serve as a kind of safe house where you can check over your gear, plot your next move, and save the game. Once you leave the tunnels, you'll go to a new district and time will move forward. But out in the world, you can't save at all, which can be frustrating when you're following leads that are complex with lots of moving parts that can take a while to finish. It's especially frustrating given that Deathloop is launching on the PS5, which doesn't have a quick resume feature. I've mostly been putting my console in rest mode mid-mission and crossing my fingers that it doesn't decide to turn itself off (which has happened in the past). It's an annoying design decision in a game that otherwise feels very thoughtful, and it's reminiscent of the controversy around another big PS5 game, the sci-fi shooter Returnal.
From what I've played so far, Deathloop is a bit like if Dishonored was set on the island from Lost. That's not something I ever thought I wanted, but I can't wait to keep playing, even if it means risking losing a few loops.
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The purpose of this fellowship will be to support the awardee's attendance at the IADR Academy and IADR General Session & Exhibition, and then to have a research experience in a renowned research laboratory immediately before or after the IADR General Session.
Network with colleagues in in the area of the candidate´s own research.
Develop an understanding of contemporary research environments.
Learn new and innovative research techniques that can advance the science undertaken by Fellow on their return to their home.
Develop shared research protocols and possible funding applications.
Must be an IADR member.
Must be a current Ph.D. student OR within five years post- Ph.D.
Each fellowship is $5,000 USD for travel and accommodation for visiting a research laboratory proximate to the meeting for a period of up to three weeks immediately before or after the IADR General Session. Registration for the IADR Academy and IADR General Session is included for the successful applicant.
The 2019 IADR STAR Network Academy Fellowship labs will take place at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Research Description: Some of our current specific interests are dentofacial side-effects related to the use of oral appliances (OA) for periods longer than 8 years; the impact of denture use on sleep apnea; craniofacial form and sleep disordered breathing in children; understanding of patient insights into treatment approaches for obstructive sleep apnea; treatment choices between mandibular advancement splints, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), and treatment combination strategies (CPAP + OA) to improve patient adherence.
Research Description: Our laboratory is interested in periodontal pathogenesis, particularly the protective role of αvβ6 integrin on the junctional epithelium (JE) in periodontal disease (PD). Humans and mice with mutations in this integrin develop PD. Furthermore, when JE transforms to pocket epithelium in PD, the expression of αvβ6 integrin is lost. Therefore, chronic PD presents as acquired β6 integrin deficiency. The main role of αvβ6 integrin in tissues is the activation of anti-inflammatory TGF-β1 and immunomodulation. Our laboratory is focussing on discovering the pathways that downregulate β6 integrin expression in JE in PD and how β6 integrin deficiency modulates inflammation in spontaneous and experimental PD. We use a variety of experimental techniques to seek out the answers, including experimental PD models, micro-CT scanning, histology, RT-qPCR, cell culture, gene knockdown, and other methods.
Research Description: Dr. Richman works on tooth replacement in reptiles and the origins of cleft lip in the chicken embryo model. The leopard gecko has life-long tooth replacement and our aim is to use single-cell RNAseq to identify unique populations that might harbor dental stem cells. Bioinformatics experience will be gained using a genome for a non-model organism. In addition we are using hatching animals to the initiation of the dentition from the first pioneer teeth to the full complement of functional teeth, present by track shedding and replacement of teeth. We use micro-CT to gain a 3D image of mineralizing teeth along the jaw and characterize the pattern of the dentition at different ages. The chicken embryo is specifically suited for studying cleft lip since the face is accessible during development. In our recent work we are introducing human gene variants into the chicken lip to determine which of these are likely to be pathogenic. This is the first time that the chicken embryo has been used to functionally test genes that may increase the risk of human clefting.
Recipients of the IADR STAR Network Academy Fellowship will be required to submit a brief report on their experiences to IADR at the conclusion of the fellowship which may be published as part of the IADR Global Research Update, and will be reported to the IADR Board and Council on an annual basis.


2012 Started 35 of 36 games for the Beacons as the team's left fielder … Finished her career third all-time with 130 games played and amongst the top 12 in Beacons history in career at-bats (337) and hits (86) ... Recorded a .281 hitting average for the second straight year … Tallied 27 hits, 16 runs and 11 runs batted in … Finished with a career-high two doubles and one triple, while recording 32 total-bases … Ended the season with a career-high .333 slugging percentage and a .324 on-base percentage … Was a perfect 6-for-6 on stolen base attempts … Recorded 52 putouts and one assist, while making five errors for a .914 fielding percentage … Put together two hitting streaks of at least four games … Went 3-for-3 with a run and an RBI against Minnesota Morris March 14 … Finished 4-for-6 with two runs, her first career triple, and an RBI in a doubleheader April 11 against Gordon College … Keyed a Beacons late-game rally with a single, stolen base and a run in the Beacons 2-1 win over Keene State April 18 … Scored the game-tying run April 29 in the Beacons Senior Day Finale against Brandeis University.
2011 Started in all 39 games for the Beacons ... Finished the year with a .281 average ... Recorded 34 hits, 23 runs scored, and seven RBI ... Also had 35 total bases and one double ... Finished the season with a .289 slugging percentage and a .310 on-base percentage ... Was 12-for-14 on stolen base attempts ... Posted 39 putouts and two assists, with only one error for a .976 fielding percentage ... Went 5-for-8 with four runs scored in the non-conference doubleheader with Mt. Ida College on April 6 ... Recorded at-least one hit in five straight games ... Notched her only double of the season at Suffolk University on April 12.
2010 Started 30 of 34 games played while making the transition to a fulltime slap-hitter, improving all of her numbers from last season including an increase in batting average, hits, stolen bases, on base percentage, slugging percentage, runs and total bases ... Recorded the first multi-hit game of her career on March 19 vs. Bates ... Enjoyed a perfect 4-4 game at the plate vs. Bridgewater State on April 22 while also driving in two runs and scoring one in the Beacons 11-5 victory ... Collected five multi-hit games on the season ... Registered five stolen bases while also drawing four walks on the campaign.
2009 Saw action in 21 games, while making five starts, including four in the outfield and one at second base ... Batted .083 (2-24) with nine runs scored and four runs batted in ... Drew four walks to raise her on-base percentage to .241 ... Collected her fist collegiate hit with an RBI single vs. Lasell College on March 31 ... Went 1-3 with two runs batted in and two runs scored vs. Becker College on April 2 ... Went 1-1 in bases loaded situations ... Stole three bases in four attempts ... Committed just one error in 21 chances.
PERSONAL/HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time letter winner, Captain, and team Most Valuable Player for the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School softball team ... Voted league MVP for softball in 2008 ... Four-time varsity letter winner and four-year Captain for the Eagles ... Named team MVP all four years for MVRCS ... Selected as the league MVP for basketball in 2008 ... Born August 26, 1990 ... Daughter of Michele and Fran Goodwin ... Majoring in nursing and would like to pursue a career as a pediatric nurse ... Enjoys singing, the beach and spending time with friends.


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RailCorp to cut almost 700 jobs
Almost 700 extra RailCorp jobs will be axed under a NSW government plan to reform the train network.
NSW Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian revealed further details on Friday of how the rail network will be streamlined under its Fixing the Trains program.
The cuts mean 450 of the state's 4700 maintenance workers will lose their jobs over the next three years.
The new organisation structure will also result in 240 middle management jobs being cut by July 1, 2013. These are in addition to the 750 job cuts announced by the government in May.
The restructure will mean the abolition of station managers, with the role to be replaced by station customer managers responsible for overseeing a number of locations.
Ms Berejiklian said there would be no reduction in the overall number of station positions, although staff numbers at individual locations could fluctuate.
"The overall number of station staff remains the same. We have 1860 now, we'll have 1860 after July 1," Ms Berejiklian told reporters in Sydney.
The changes will mean station staff will undergo training to improve their customer services skills, Ms Berejiklian said.
"I want to make sure every time a customer goes to a railway station, all the staff are out there on a platform, not forced to be behind a desk," she said.
The reform program announced in May will split RailCorp into two separate bodies - Sydney trains and NSW trains - on July 1.
The restructure of the network's maintenance operations will mean smaller depots will close down, with operations relocated to larger centres.
NSW currently has more than 200 depots, which compares to just eight in Victoria.
Ms Berejiklian denied that safety would be compromised by the cuts, which she said were necessary to improve efficiency.
"At the moment we have a lot of duplication... we are not using our staff effectively," she said.
Under the changes, staff will assume more responsibility for responding to minor incidents at their stations.
Despite the detailed plan, Ms Berejiklian claimed the government did not have a monetary figure for how much money the cuts would save.
"My focus is not on the money it will save, but it's about what positive customer service will happen."
Kathmandu sales climb
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The average price per square foot for homes in Carmel Valley, California is about $356, up just under 12% from a year ago. The median sales price for homes sold between April 11th and June 11th was just under $545,000 based on 20 homes sold. Compared to the same time frame a year ago, the median price is up just under 8%. In the week ended June 29th, the average listing price for homes on the market in Carmel Valley was just over $1.3 million, down less than 1 percent from the week before.


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Duane Beeson Director of Marketing and Communications
Duane Beeson is Northwestern's primary media contact in his role as director of marketing and communications. He joined the college's staff in 1986 after serving as the coordinator of broadcast relations at Indiana State University and working as a radio reporter and DJ in Indiana. He is a graduate of Taylor University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in mass communications, and he holds an associate's degree in broadcasting from Vincennes University.
In addition to overseeing Northwestern's media relations efforts, Beeson serves as editor of the college's magazine and coordinates NWC advertising. He also directs an award-winning staff responsible for college publications, social media, marketing and Northwestern's website. In 2011 Beeson received Northwestern's Staff Inspirational Service Award.


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Q: Rock Paper Scissors for arbitrary odd number of elements How do I efficiently create a rock-scissors-paper game for n elements,
where n is any odd number >=3.
In other words, I want a non-transitive complete ordering of n elements
such that each element is greater than (n-1)/2 other elements and each
element is lesser than (n-1)/2 other elements.

A: Assume your items are numbered 0,1,2,...,n-1.
Item i beats item j iff i - j (mod n) > (n-1)/2.
In other words you can rotate the list such that your chosen item is in the middle of the list:
i - (n-1) / 2, ..., i-2, i-1, i, i+1, i+2, ..., i + (n-1) / 2

Then item i beats all the items below it in the list.
A matrix of i vs j would look like this:
  0 1 2 3 4
0 - L L W W
1 W - L L W
2 W W - L L
3 L W W - L
4 L L W W -

This is not the only possibility, but it is probably the simplest. You can construct any matrix that obeys these rules:

*

*All values on the diagonal are zero.

*The other values are 1 or -1 (win, lose).

*It is a skew symmetric matrix.

*It has exactly (n-1)/2 wins and losses in every row and column.

Here is another more complex example:
  0 1 2 3 4
0 - L W W L
1 W - W L L
2 L L - W W
3 L W L - W
4 W W L L -

Or phrased another way:

0 beats 2 and 3.
1 beats 0 and 2.
2 beats 3 and 4.
3 beats 1 and 4.
4 beats 0 and 1.

In this example it may be possible to relabel the items to give the same logic as in the previous game. I doubt that holds in general though.

A: Fantastic, thanks!
As another approach (inspired by yours), k beats k+1 (mod n-1), k+2 (mod n-1), etc... for the next (n-1)/2 elements.

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Stacy Meeks is a native West Texan. Born in Odessa, he attended the public schools in Odessa. He graduated from Permian High School, playing on the 1980 State Champion football team.
Dr. Meeks attended the University of Texas, followed by Texas Chiropractic College. The fourth oldest chiropractic college in the United States, the Pasadena campus of TCC provides nationally recognized education in Chiropractic.
Stacy and his wife Cathy reside in Midland and have three sons. Dr. Meeks has more than 20 years experience in using Chiropractic to help West Texas have healthier and more comfortable lives.


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David Arquette's new girlfriend: reporter Christina McLarty
LOS ANGELES – David Arquette has a new girlfriend.
The 'Scream 4' actor - who split from estranged wife Courteney Cox last October - is dating news reporter Christina McLarty and admits he's totally smitten with her.
He told the Howard Stern Sirius show: "She's adorable. I'm not one to run around with different girls. I like someone that makes me feel good and that I can make feel good.
"We try to see each other as much as possible."
Before meeting Christina earlier this summer, David admitted the future of his marriage to Courteney was "up in the air".
When asked about their long-term future, David - who has a seven-year-old daughter, Coco, with the former 'Friends' star - said: "I really don't know. It's up in the air. But we really love each other and we're great parents together and we have a business together. We're both figuring out a lot about our lives at the moment and our personalities and what we need to feel more complete."
Following his split from Courteney, David partied hard and admitted sleeping with a cocktail waitress before undergoing four weeks of rehab for alcoholism.
He is currently competing in the latest series of 'Dancing with the Stars'.
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PORT TOWNSEND — A Jefferson County judge has awarded $294,282 in attorney fees and other court costs to Tim and Steve Fager related to criminal and civil cases involving the former marijuana growers.
Superior Court Judge Keith Harper's Aug. 5 ruling in the civil forfeiture case, which he called part of "a bad chapter" in the history of Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team (OPNET), will be followed by an order finalizing his decision that OPNET pay the award to the Fagers.
That order will direct OPNET to reimburse the $294,282 to the Fagers.
Clallam County Sheriff Bill Benedict said Friday that OPNET county and city law enforcement agencies that participated in the raid could split payment of the award if it comes to that.
They would include Clallam and Jefferson counties and the cities of Sequim and Port Angeles.
Benedict said the U.S. Border Patrol also was a participant, but the agency's liability still must be established.
Benedict would not comment on Harper's ruling, saying there may be further litigation.
The judge's decision stemmed from an October 2009 OPNET drug raid on the Discovery Bay property of Tim Fager.
There, the Fagers had an indoor marijuana grow operation that Steve Fager of Sequim said last week was for medicinal marijuana.
There were 275 marijuana plants and more than 10 pounds of processed marijuana, according to court records.
The raid led to charges of manufacturing marijuana and possession with intent to distribute.
The civil forfeiture case that Harper ruled on, which was related to the drug raid, was filed later in October 2009.
The drug-raid case was thrown out after the late Jefferson County Superior Court Judge Craddock Verser nullified OPNET's thermal imaging and property search warrants in January 2013 in a suppression hearing.
The thermal imaging warrant was executed to detect high electric usage.
The raid hinged on "smell evidence" that OPNET agents had said emanated from the building but that Verser struck on the basis of expert testimony that said such evidence was unreliable.
In February, the state Court of Appeals upheld the decision.
OPNET proceeded with the forfeiture case.
The Aug. 5 award consists mostly of the Fagers' attorney fees incurred in the criminal and civil forfeiture trials.
Those attorneys were Mike Haas, now Jefferson County prosecuting attorney, and Seattle lawyer James Dixon, who commandeered the proceedings that led to the Aug. 5 ruling.
The two split duties in the criminal case, but Dixon handled the civil case when Haas took office.
Haas said last week he is owed "about half" of his $180,000 bill, while Dixon said he is owed about $5,000 of the $93,000 he charged the Fagers.
"[The award] is designed not only for the attorneys to be paid but for the claimants to get back the money they paid or have been obligated to pay," Dixon said last week.
In his ruling, Harper said he agreed with "virtually everything" that was contained in the Fagers' brief.
He said lawyers representing OPNET drove up the cost by delaying the discovery process in the criminal case.
"The state got their hair up on its back on this case early on, and took it very, very seriously, and pushed and pushed and pushed, and some people could, I think, believe from everything that's been written, that they made this as difficult as they could on the defendants and the claimants, and all that," Harper said in his ruling.
"The case ended up where OPNET has absolutely no evidence to go forward with this.
It's too early to determine if OPNET will appeal the latest setback in the case, Brian Wendt, the Clallam County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney who represented OPNET, said last week.
"At this time, we are disappointed," he said.
Haas said he was reluctant to comment on the case because as prosecuting attorney, he works jointly with Clallam County on some law enforcement issues, though Jefferson County withdrew from OPNET earlier this year over manpower funding issues.
Benedict's complaint is with Verser's ruling.
"I sincerely and honestly believe the judge got it wrong," Benedict said.
"OPNET made mistakes," he added.
"I am absolutely devastated that the taxpayers are on the hook for this.
"This is not the first time in the drug world where bad facts make for bad decisions, and the taxpayer has to pay.
Steve Fager said last week that the case had nearly bankrupted him and his brother.
His mother's house also was foreclosed on as a result of her helping her sons on the case.
He said she was a medical marijuana patient before she died.
"We never anticipated when this began that it would ever reach the dollars that it did," Fager said.
The Fager brothers also went to federal court over the case.
They filed a $20 million civil suit for damages for an alleged cover-up of "egregious misconduct" surrounding the drug raid that was thrown out.
It has been appealed to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.


This is the seventh in a series of articles on Indiana's metropolitan statistical areas (metros). All the data used in this article can be found using the USA Counties and Metros Side-by-Side feature on STATS Indiana (www.stats.indiana.edu).
The Cincinnati-Middletown metro includes counties from Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. The main cities—both Cincinnati and Middletown—are located in Ohio. Indiana is the smallest portion of the metro both in number of counties and population. Of the fifteen counties included in the metro, three are within Indiana's borders: Dearborn, Franklin and Ohio counties. These three counties comprise 3.7 percent of the metro's population. However, the Indiana portion of the metro has also seen a larger increase in population over the long haul. From 1990 to 2007, the Indiana portion of the metro grew 23.6 percent—faster than the metro as a whole (15.7 percent), Indiana (14.5 percent) or the United States (21.2 percent).
Despite the fact that the Indiana portion of the metro is so small relative to the entire metro, it plays an important role in the metro economy. For example, let's take a look at the components of population change in the Indiana portion of the metro. Dearborn, Franklin and Ohio counties combined saw positive net domestic migration, positive net international migration, and natural increase (more births than deaths) in 2007. Meanwhile, the metro as a whole saw a negative net domestic migration. What does this mean? It appears as though residents of the metro are moving elsewhere. More specifically, it looks like domestic migrants are moving into the Indiana portion of the metro but not the rest of the metro, perhaps in an attempt to be close, but not too close, to the big cities where their jobs are likely located.
The Cincinnati-Middletown metro supplies more than one million jobs within the U.S. economy. As an entire metro, health care and social assistance was the industry with the highest employment proportion (12.4 percent); manufacturing was second (12 percent) and retail trade was third (10.8 percent). Indiana and the United States were, not surprisingly, the most similar in terms of top five industries (see Figure 1). The smaller the geography, the more likely it is that we will find different niche industries. For example, the Cincinnati metro did not have educational services among its top five industry sectors, but instead had administrative and waste services. Likewise, the Indiana portion of the Cincinnati-Middletown metro differed from the state and nation in that arts, entertainment and recreation, as well as public administration were among the top five industry sectors in the area.
To further stress the differences between geographies, we see that—unlike most Hoosier data—the numbers for the Indiana portion of the Cincinnati-Middletown metro show that retail trade was the industry employing the greatest proportion of workers in the area, as opposed to manufacturing, which tends to rank first in most Indiana geographies. In fact, manufacturing ranked third in the Indiana portion of the metro. That said, it is important to note that only four industries in the Indiana portion of the metro weren't flagged with nondisclosure notes. Those industries included construction, retail trade, transportation and warehousing, and accommodation and food services, so it is only in these industries that we can have a true comparison across geographies; the other numbers only give us a starting off point.
From 1996 to 2006, jobs in the Cincinnati-Middletown metro have been fairly consistent with the U.S. trend and consistently higher than Indiana's average wages per job (see Figure 2). The Indiana portion of the Cincinnati-Middletown metro is at the low end of the scale for average wages per job, both numerically and in change over time. During those 10 years, the Indiana portion of the metro grew 6.3 percent, Indiana grew 7.7 percent, the metro as a whole grew 12.3 percent and the nation grew 14.8 percent, thus widening the gap between the U.S. wages and every other geography in this comparison.
As far as individual industry sectors are concerned, management of companies and enterprises paid the highest in the Cincinnati-Middletown metro, averaging nearly $103,000 (see Figure 3). Of the five industries with the most jobs in the metro, manufacturing paid the most, with an average wage of about $46,600. Health care and social assistance (the largest industry in the metro), paid approximately $39,800 among workers in the field. This was more than the Indiana average for the health care industry ($37,018) and slightly higher than the average wages paid in the United States for the same industry ($39,760). The health care industry was one of five industries in the metro to pay higher average wages than the United States. However, we must keep in mind that the same nondisclosure issues that appeared in the jobs data also hold true in the wage data, as all of it is compiled from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.
Since the Indiana portion of the Cincinnati-Middletown metro is so small, it is difficult to compare the three counties to the metro overall, the state or the nation. For one, neither of the two largest cities in the metro are located within Indiana's state boundary, which results in the Indiana portion not stacking up so well against the other geographies when looking strictly at the data. Secondly, because the area is so small, many of the data are nondisclosable, making a comparison even more difficult. The good news is that the population data show increased migration and a natural increase in the three Indiana counties, perhaps indicating that even if the Indiana portion of the metro isn't where people are finding jobs, they do find it a pleasant place to live.


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What fighting games should you play on your PC nowadays? (Part 2)
Posted on September 29, 2020 | by Felix Parker
Ninja fighting
Ninja fighting is a must-have game when it comes to fighting games on PC. All features in fighting Ninja are running, jumping, zombie attack, demons, monsters. In the game, you will transform into a hero with super energy.
Your mission is to fight demons, zombies, demons to complete the mission. Through each winning level, you will gather a lot of energy and experience to fight monsters.
Super Dragon Fighters
A fighting game on PC that we recommend to readers is Super Dragon Fighters. Enter the Super Dragon Fighter game, you will have to choose your fighter. Your mission is to power up your battleship to become the champion on Earth.
A fighting game on PC that you cannot ignore is Mutant Fighting Cup 2. Perhaps this is considered one of the lightest fighting games. You will choose your pet as the fighting character and control them so that they increase their power to win more in each challenge.
Each overcome challenge, you will be rewarded with a lot of experience and skill upgrades for your pet. Also, you can participate in the rankings with your friends and relatives to play.
The Sword of Life and Death
This is considered a fighting game on PC that is favored by many gamers. The context in the game is built in a kingdom where the people are falling into a miserable situation in the domination regime of the overbearing king.
Your mission is to transform into a descendant. You must defeat the other king so that the people will not suffer. Fighting with the king's soldiers, corresponding to the difficulty levels of the game, is a challenge for you.
Terra Fight 2
Terra Fight 2 is a fighting game on PC that we want to introduce to you. Coming to Terra Fight 2, you will experience levels of the necessary weapons in the initial levels to fight the enemy. Through each battle, you will be upgrading your skills and rewarded to buy new weapons with more features.
BlazBlue RR
The last title in the fighting game series on PC to bring to readers is BlazBlue RR. This is a fighting game series from Japan with graphics that are familiar with Japanese manga cartoon characters will make you feel new.
The special feature in the game is the unique and fully functional control system panel that will not disappoint you.
Above are the top online and offline fighting games on PC that we have selected to bring readers the best quality games. Have a good time playing the game!
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Q: How to insert bulk data one db to another db? I am new to MongoDB. I want to copy some old data from one database to another new database.
I wrote a script that works, but I want to same change in my old data.
Present my data format is:
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Biografia
Anna Grassetti nacque a Bologna il 25 giugno 1815 da Giovan Battista Grassetti, in una famiglia benestante.
Sposò giovanissima Carlo Zanardi da cui ebbe dei figli.

Iniziò la sua attività politica a ventotto anni, cospirando a favore dell'Unità italiana assieme al marito durante i moti di Savigno del 1843, raccogliendo viveri e vestiti per i rivoltosi, nascondendo nella sua casa di campagna tra porta Castiglione e porta Santo Stefano Saverio Muratori e altri cospiratori e aiutandoli poi a fuggire in Corsica a seguito del fallimento dell'insurrezione. Carlo riuscì a sfuggire alle condanne a morte e all'incarcerazione scappando in Toscana con l'aiuto della moglie. Lo Zanardi poté rientrare a Bologna nel 1846, dopo l'amnistia di Pio IX, prendendo poi parte alla prima guerra d'indipendenza

L'8 agosto 1848, la Grassetti fu tra le protagoniste della battaglia della Montagnola, dove «combatté come un fante». Come infermiera e addetta alle ambulanze accompagnò il marito, capitano nei Cacciatori dell'Alto Reno comandati dal bolognese Livio Zambeccari, durante i moti del 1848 in Veneto e nel 1849 a Roma, per la difesa della Repubblica romana.

Mentre i Francesi entravano a Roma, decretando la sconfitta dei patrioti, Giuseppe Mazzini gettava le basi per una nuova società politica, l'Associazione Nazionale, che avrà a Londra un centro collegato a comitati locali in Italia di almeno dieci membri corrispondenti. A Bologna, la riorganizzazione della cospirazione mazziniana fu affidata ad Anna Grassetti Zanardi, ormai svincolata dalle sorti del marito che, troppo compromesso, era dovuto fuggire in esilio in Spagna, e poi in altri paesi, fino alla morte. Rimasta vedova con quattro figli, Anna fu incaricata da Mazzini di costituire comitati in diverse città emiliane, venendo sorvegliata e subendo frequenti perquisizioni. La Grassetti fondò quindi i comitati di Bologna, Ferrara, Comacchio e Spoleto, diventando «la prima mazziniana attivista».

Tra il 1852 e il 1854 gli Austriaci procedettero a una serie di arresti, processi e condanne che disorganizzarono l'attività cospirativa.
Accusata di alto tradimento per aver tenuto corrispondenza segreta, diffuso scritti rivoluzionari e ospitato incontri tra i capi dei comitati, l'8 settembre 1852 fu arrestata a Ferrara, dove scontò trenta mesi di dura reclusione in attesa del processo, dei quali diciotto in assoluto isolamento. Nel 1853 devette assistere alla fucilazione, da parte degli Austriaci, dei mazziniani Giacomo Succi, Domenico Malagutti e Luigi Parmeggiani, suoi corrispondenti. Il 18 gennaio 1855 venne finalmente emessa la sentenza: vent'anni, poi ridotti a otto, che scontò in varie carceri, dalla fortezza di Ferrara al carcere di Civita Castellana e poi alle carceri di Roma. Durante il trasporto da Bologna a Civita Castellana, di passaggio nelle città romagnole, ricevette l'omaggio da tante signore «in carrozza, a cavallo, o a piedi» e fu acclamata dal popolo con lodi e fiori, come testimoniato tra gli altri da Zellide Fattiboni.

Dopo due anni di carcere a Roma, per il peggioramento delle sue condizioni di salute le furono concessi i domiciliari, che scontò in una casa via Due Macelli.
Nel 1858 ottenne la grazia, «per intercessione presso il Pontefice di tre nobildonne bolognesi, Maria Hercolani, Teresa Simonetti e Olimpia Hercolani», e rientrò a Bologna, dove fu sorvegliata dalla polizia pontificia.

Nel 1860 e poi nel 1867, partecipò alla spedizione dei Mille e seguì Garibaldi «nel Napoletano, nel Lombardo-Veneto, nel Tirolo, a Mentana e a Monterotondo».

Dopo l'Unità d'Italia rivestì incarichi nel Partito Democratico Italiano di Unità Monarchica, continuando fin in tarda età a partecipare ai cortei patriottici dei reduci delle guerre d'indipendenza e dei garibaldini, «(…) e com'essi indossare la gloriosa camicia rossa (...) una donna anziana, di bassa statura e alquanto pingue, coperta il petto di numerose medaglie (…)».

Anna Grassetti Zanardi  morì il 9 settembre 1896 a Bologna; è sepolta nel cimitero monumentale della Certosa di Bologna, nella Sala delle Tombe al pozzetto 341.

A lei è stata intitolata una via nel 2006 a Bologna.

Opere
 Memorie ed appunti intorno alla vita politica di Anna Grassetti Zanardi, manoscritto autografo, 1984-1985, parzialmente pubblicato nel Bollettino del Museo civico del Risorgimento di Bologna

Note

Bibliografia
 Jadranka Bentini (a cura di), La voce delle donne. Guida al Risorgimento dell'Emilia Romagna, Torino, Allemandi, 2011, pp. 31-32 (fonte utilizzata)
 Alfredo Cavara, Anna Grassetti ved. Zanardi, in Rivista mensile del Comune di Bologna, marzo 1934, p. 53
 Centenario della morte dei martiri ferraresi Giacomo Succi, Domenico Malagutti, Luigi Parmeggiani. Note intorno al processo dei Ferrara del 1853, Ferrara, Comune di Ferrara, 1953

 Costantino Panigada, Ferrara dopo il 1848 ed i martiri del '53, Ferrara, Tipografia Sociale, 1916
 Serena Bersani, 101 donne che hanno fatto grande Bologna, Roma, Newton Compton, 2012 (fonte utilizzata)
 Aldo Berselli, Da Napoleone alla Grande Guerra, in Storia di Bologna, vol. 4, tomo 1, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2010, pp. 58-59
 Aldo Berselli, La situazione politica a Bologna e nelle Legazioni dal 1849 al 1856, in Il 1859-60 a Bologna, Bologna, Edizioni Calderini, 1961, pp. 66-67
 Giuseppe Brini, Artigiani a Bologna. Cenni di storia e attualità, Bologna, Tamari, 1978, p. 84, 96
 Giulio Cavazza, Anna Grassetti Zanardi e la cospirazione mazziniana nelle Legazioni, in Bollettino del museo civico del Risorgimento, 1984-1985, pp. 159-192
 Giulio Cavazza, Bologna dall'età napoleonica al primo Novecento, in Antonio Ferri e Giancarlo Roversi (a cura di), Storia di Bologna, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2005, p. 318
 Umberto Marcelli, Le vicende politiche dalla Restaurazione alle annessioni, in Aldo Berselli (a cura di), Storia della Emilia Romagna, Imola, University Press Bologna, 1980, vol. 3., p. 95
 Ugo Pesci, I bolognesi nelle guerre nazionali, a cura della Federazione fra le Società militari della città e Provincia di Bologna, Bologna, Zanichelli, 1906, pp. 120-121
 Fiorenza Tarozzi, I giorni e le notti dalle lunghe ore. Nel carcere di San Giovanni in Monte nell'Ottocento, in Giovanni Greco (a cura di), Criminalità e controllo sociale a Bologna nell'Ottocento, Bologna, Patron, 1998, pp. 57-59

 Federico Comandini (a cura di), Conspirazioni di Romagna e Bologna: nelle memorie di Federico Comandini e di altri patriotti del tempo (1831-1857), N. Zanichelli, 1899

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This is the 2015 story of a pair of nesting eagles in Hanover, PA. All images are courtesy of the PA Game Commission live feed.
Eagle cam placement
Since 2005, there have been bald eagles in the Codorus State Park area, adding to the thriving eagle population in Pennsylvania. There have been seven times since 2005 when the Hanover eaglets survived and left the nest.
A live-feed camera (provided by HDOnTap) was installed in late December 2014. It is through the combined efforts of the PA Game Commission, HDOnTap, Comcast Business, and Friends of Codorus State Park that the live-feed is provided. It is likely that the camera was placed when the raptors were away from the nest although they could have been watching! I started watching the live-feed in February and this blog starts there and goes to April 5 2015.
In the general information about the eagle live-feed, the PA Game Commission issues a warning that nature can sometimes be difficult to watch! I wasn't exactly sure what this meant for eagles, but more about this later.
Adult eagle
When a bald eagle reaches adulthood, it has grown 30-40 inches long and weighs 8-14 pounds. With wingspans of 6 to 8 feet, the adult eagle majestically stands about 2 feet tall.
Just like other birds of prey, the female is larger than the male. Since the female is the foremost protector on the nest, her extensive wingspan covers the eaglets in times of danger.
Bald eagles mate for life, but if one partner dies, the other searches for a new mate.
The eagle nest
An eagle nest is about 5-6 feet wide and about 2 feet high. Often an eagle pair returns to the same nest year after year, providing maintenance and adding a new layer of sticks, corn silk, twigs and moss. When considering the placement of the nest, the eagles choose a large healthy tree with good views of the surrounding area and with a close water source for fishing.
For purposes of this blog, I am going to name the male Eagle "Hershey" and the female eagle "Hanna". It was a joy to watch as Hershey and Hanna reconstructed their enormous nest. I first caught the live feed when the nest was about 90% built, so Hanna and Hershey were adding the finishing touches and building up the edges.
Hershey with nest building material
One of my observations occurred as I watched Hershey bring in branches and yank them around until they were in a stable position. When Hershey flew off to get the next material for the nest, Hanna would rearrange the branch to her satisfaction…just like a female!!
During the first part of February, Hanna seemed slightly anxious and would alternate between fussing with the nest and constructing the egg cup. Hershey continued to provide nesting material and the mates displayed open affection.
The first egg appeared on February 14 just before sunset. What excitement for those of us watching the eagle cam! A second egg was laid three days later on February 17 in the late afternoon. Both Hershey and Hanna would take turns providing incubation. Every time that there was a nest exchange, the eggs lay there and the excitement mounted.
guarding the nest
Bald eagle nests can be easily disturbed and nest failure can occur if someone gets too close to a nesting area. There was one incident with our Codorus eagles when a TV crew got too close and disturbed the pair. Fortunately, the parents returned after about 1 hour and the Hanover nest was not a failure. All of the webcam watchers were very nervous during this trauma. People should keep their distance from active nests and know that Federal regulations prohibit any intrusion within 660 feet of the nest.
It takes about 35 days for an eagle egg to hatch. As February morphed into March, Hanna and Hershey continued to take turns on the nest. During one snowstorm, only Hanna's head could be seen at one point as the snow mounded around her body.
snow nest
The countdown to Hatching Day was exciting and everyone was eager to spot the first crack in the egg. Finally on March 23, the egg started to show a thin line that looked like a crack.
Eaglets are here!!
On March 24, 2015 little Val (presumed female from the egg that was laid on Valentines Day) was hatched. The next day Codi was born (presumed male short for Codorus). It is generally thought that a female eaglet is usually the first born. For this blog, gender is just an assumption on my part.
Eagle eggs often hatch over several days, and the older eaglet may have an advantage at feeding time. Val was born first and though only one day older than Codi, she displayed great aggression toward her brother. This was evident time after time as Codi became submissive and Val received more food. The aggression wasn't completely consistent, and became non-existent when both Hanna and Hershey would be feeding the eaglets at the same time. Little Codi learned how to manage at feeding time in order to get fed. Sometimes that meant squirming forward and sometimes Codi would just wait until Val was full and then it was his turn.
Val and Codi displaying sibling rivalry
As the PA Game Commission warned, the sibling rivalry was, at times, difficult to watch.
I have observed various animal species in the wild. After multiple observations, it is obvious that the female has instinctive self-preservation. She must survive to carry on the species. In times of danger from predators or intrusion on her territory, the female becomes a fierce protector and will lash out at any intruder.
Hanna calling for Hershey
There were several incidents when Hanna would call out for Hershey due to some perceived danger in the area. Hershey would return to the nest and both would puff out they chests and sometimes expand their wings to protect the young. At times, there was a noticeable intruder, either another bird or a squirrel.
Hershey proved to be an excellent provider! He would bring multiple fish each day and an occasional rabbit, squirrel and even a skunk! Layers of fish would become embedded in the nest and Hanna would root out a meal whenever it suited her.
Hershey, the Provider, with Hanna and the kids
As the first couple of weeks passed, Val and Codi grew and became mobile. One day Val inched closer and closer to the edge of the nest. The next day, more nesting material was brought in to build up the nest edge.
Codi arrives 3-25
Hanna protecting the new eaglets in rainstorm
Hanna with Val
Hershey and Hanna appear to be protective, smart and capable parents. The eaglets are thriving and we look forward to the next step as they strive to become independent. The Eagle webcam has been an excellent resource for nature lovers and a good teaching tool for educators. It has provided many hours of great entertainment for those of us who tune in! Thanks to the PA Game Commission for allowing us to have this incredible viewing opportunity!!
Hanna and Hershey at sunrise
I am the eagle, I live in high country
In rocky cathedrals that reach to the sky
And all of those who see me, all who believe in me
Share in the freedom I feel when I fly
-John Denver
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As I prepare for my MB2-716 exam I'm producing a series of blog posts that collectively should help others revising for the MB2-716 Certification. (Microsoft Dynamics 365 customization and Configuration.) This time I will look at mobile forms, views and dashboards.
As I often do, let's start by considering the skills measured statement!
This tells us we'll need to know about quite a long lists of "stuff" ….
Mobile is becoming an increasingly important aspect of any Dynamics 365 development! The frequency that users demand mobile capabilities is increasing. Meaning we must almost always carefully consider how our applications will transform for use on phones and tablets. Dynamics 365 has a concept of build once – deploy everywhere. Meaning customizations we create for the web client should happily run on mobile devices. But there are a "few" things to consider!
By default not all entities will be available to mobile. As developers we'll need to consider which entities are enabled in the mobile application. If you view the entity properties in customizations you can see that each entity can be enabled for mobile.
Note: Phone express is an earlier version of the mobile client with cut down functionality. Here I am describing the functionality related to selecting "Enable for mobile".
The main entity form we see in the web client is the form the users will see in the mobile application. As already mentioned the form will look a little different in the mobile client. Let's look at an example! Below you can see my Competitor form displayed within the web client.
We then see each tab from the form as a panel on the mobile form.
The smaller form factor of a phone comes into play here! Each panel we saw on the tablet translates to a page on the phone. The user can then scroll left / right to view the available panels. This interface provides pretty much the same functionality of that found on the tablet. Although you might find a few minor differences. Such as the tablet has an "Open in Browser" option that isn't available on the phone.
Tip: One design tip here! As the first panel is the header from the web client form this should prompt you to give a little additional thought to what goes in the header! Especially when you consider that will be the first screen shown to a phone user. Maybe ensuring the most essential fields are included.
Some entities, such as opportunity and case will most likely have a business process flow. I have shown an example of one of these in the phone form below. These look a little different on the mobile form! But clicking on the process bar will show you the steps included in the selected stages. And a next stage option will be available. Meaning that whilst they look a little different all of the functionality form the web form is maintained.
Below you can see the from layout for a main web form.
Below you can see how that form layout will be translated to the tablet experience. Hopefully this gives you a really clear image of what will be displayed where on the tablet forms.
It is important to consider differences in how views are displayed on the web client, tablet and phone. As the differing form factors force some differences. As an example I have shown a grid of competitors on my opportunity form.
My web form looks like this. With the competitors sub grid in a tab. And showing 5 columns.
On a tablet (or phone) the view on the form is going to look at little different. Notice that the "sub grid" on the tablet can include the entity picture. (Yes that is my dog!!) Also notice that only there fields are displayed.
You are actually limited to 4 fields. One of which is the entity image.
On the tablet I can click on the heading "All Competitors", this will open a wider view and show me all of the columns. The small form factor of a phone does not support this widening of the view.
This means you need to consider the sequence of columns for the mobile application. I my example, if knowing the competitors strength / weakness was important you'd want to position those columns before website and city!
All personal and system dashboards can be enabled for mobile. For example, below you can see that I have selected the enable for mobile option whilst creating a personal dashboard.
Note: Having enabled even a personal dashboard for mobile you will need to close and restart the mobile app to view it.
After restarting my tablet application the same dashboard showed like this. Notice that the layout is different but the same information is displayed. Also note that the limitations discussed with views on forms also applies on dashboards!
As you'd expect, on the phone each panel shown above will show as a separate screen. And you swipe to move between panels.
When working with system dashboards, as you'd expect security roles drive which dashboards people can see. Just as they do in the web client. Plus each dashboard has to be enabled for mobile. In pretty much the same way as I have shown for personal dashboards.
This Microsoft technet article will give you additional information and is useful to read as part of your revision.


Professor Ballantyne is an immensely experienced legal practitioner in the field of Arab Laws who has taught at SOAS for over 30 years. He was first appointed by Prof Noel Coulson in the mid-1980s to assist with the teaching of a new and innovatory course entitled "Comparative Commercial Law in the Middle East" along with Prof Coulson and Ian Edge, the Founding Director of CIMEL. He later took over the sole teaching of the course when it was retitled "Arab comparative Commercial Law" and concentrated on the laws in the Arabian Peninsula in which Prof Ballantyne is one of the world's pre-eminent experts. He also used his immense knowledge of the workings of international arbitration to assist in the formation and teaching of the LLM courses on arbitration in which he still finds the time and energy to give present day students the wisdom of his experience.
Prof Ballantyne practices from Chambers at Serle Court in London and has been involved in some of the most important litigation involving Arab Laws in the last 30 years including such major cases as Aminoil v Kuwait (in which he was counsel for Aminoil); the Westland Helicopters case; Qatar v BAE and Westacre v Jugoimport and many others.
He has published widely in the area of Arab Laws and developed almost single-handedly the highly regarded "Register of Arab Laws" which for many years was the sole source for many Arab Laws and is still an immensely useful tool for any legal practitioner in the field of Arab Laws. He is at present preparing his memoirs for publication.
Publications: Commercial Law in the Arab Middle East: The Gulf States (Lloyd's of London Press, 1986); Law and Development in Arabia (Graham & Trotman, 1980); A Register of Laws of the Arabian Gulf (Lloyd's of London Press, 1985) and Essays and Addresses on Arab Law (2000).


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The past couple weeks have been a whirlwind. I feel as though I am going thru the motions but not really experiencing them, if that makes sense? Need to learn to let go and embrace the fact that there is some plan set in motion for me and I will eventually fall into step with it.
Next up was dinner with Cully Wully and his girlfriend Lauren (Cully Wully = Cullen my lil brother). We made pizza, walked down for an ice cream cone and ended the evening with an episode from Pillars of the Earth; a novel by Ken Follet that was recently made into a mini series. The movie is good but man oh man, if you want a thrilling/adventerous/love story you must buy the book. I promise, you won't be disappointed!
Yes, life has away of causes chaos while we're making plans! Things will settle down 🙂 What a beautiful place to visit, bugs and all!
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WHY: A good birth experience is the main focus of learning and using the skills in this course. It's not always easy and you may feel anxious, terrified, excited, uncertain or confident, but with the correct skills you can safeguard both you and your baby's health and wellbeing as well as cope and stay in control. All the skills were developed equally by fathers and mothers so you and your "other" will share a common set of skills for your different but equal tasks. You will do the 'activity' of birthing your baby. Your other will help you cope and manage throughout that activity.
Split each lesson up over a few days. Spend about 20 minutes each time.
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LESSON 3… What are the three roles in birth and how Birthing Better skills work in two out of the three roles? Be guided to create two Birth Plans so you're clear about what you want and what skills you'll use. Finally, you'll get a specific list of the best birthing behaviors you can strive for and the ones that indicate you need your partner help you manage better … a great cheat sheet to use at birth.
LESSON 4 … Relaxation and 4 types of tension deeply explored and how to couple the best birthing behaviours as you reduce tension and increase internal relaxation where it counts.
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Vastavam web: Switzerland's supreme court today ruled that 13 alleged financiers of the Sri Lankan Tamil Tigers were not guilty of supporting a criminal organisation and let them walk free. Bringing to an end a nine-year process, the court found that prosecutors had not proved the accused had supported a criminal organisation. It acquitted five of them completely and handed suspended sentences to the others for lower-level financial offences, the ATS news agency reported. During their eight-week trial, which began in January and closed in March, public prosecutor Juliette Noto had called for jail sentences of up to six and a half years, ATS said.
She charged that the World Tamil Coordinating Committee (WTCC), which oversaw a fundraising and money distribution operation, had created a sophisticated system to raise money from the Tamil community in Switzerland aimed largely at funding armed struggle in Sri Lanka. According to the prosecution, families who refused to pay were threatened. The prosecution, which was not permitted to use press articles as evidence, also failed to prove the Tigers were a criminal organisation, the court said.
Switzerland is home to a large community of Tamils, who first arrived in the Alpine country during the decades-long Sri Lankan civil war, which ended in 2009. Colombo's forces were accused of killing up to 40,000 Tamil civilians during the final months of the war when the Tigers' quest for independence came to a bloody end.


One special and crucial new part of the German selection for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, Unser Song für Dänemark, has been announced today: Young artists and bands wishing to take part in the national final can submit their Youtube video starting from Monday, November 25th, 15:00 CET. They can apply with either an own composition, or with their interpretation of a known hit.
Adel Tawil, mentor of the talent show, about the approach: "I am very happy that young talents get the opportunity to take part in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, and I am already excited to see the - hopefully - many applications, great videos, and newly discovered bands and solo artists."
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The best musicians will get the chance to perform in a club concert, to be held in the Edelfettwerk in Hamburg on February 27th. The show will be broadcast live on NDR as well as on www.eurovision.tv and www.eurovision.de. At the end of the concert, the viewers will decide who will get the wildcard for the German national final, on March 13th in Cologne.
In total, eight acts will take part in the national final - they will be announced mid-December. Each participant needs two songs for the show.


Mandt, Stephan (2012). Transport and Non-Equilibrium Dynamics in Optical Lattices. From Expanding Atomic Clouds to Negative Absolute Temperatures. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.
Transport properties and nonequilibrium dynamics in strongly correlated materials are typically difficult to calculate. This holds true even for minimalistic model Hamiltonians of these systems, such as the fermionic Hubbard model. Ultracold atoms in optical lattices enable an alternative realization of the Hubbard model and have the advantage of being free of additional complications such as phonons, lattice defects or impurities. This way, cold atoms can be used as quantum simulators of strongly interacting materials. Being thermally isolated systems, however, we show that cold atoms in optical lattices can also behave very differently from solids and can show a plethora of novel dynamic effects. In this thesis, several out-of equilibrium processes involving interacting fermionic atoms in optical lattices are presented. We first analyze the expansion dynamics of an initially confined atomic cloud in the lowest band of an optical lattice. While non-interacting atoms expand ballistically, the cloud expands with a dramatically reduced velocity in the presence of interactions. Most prominently, the expansion velocity is independent of the attractive or repulsive character of the interactions, highlighting a novel dynamic symmetry of the Hubbard model. In a second project, we discuss the possibility of realizing negative absolute temperatures in optical lattices. Negative absolute temperatures characterize equilibrium states with an inverted occupation of energy levels. Here, we propose a dynamical process to realize equilibrated Fermions at negative temperatures and analyze the time scales of global relaxation to equilibrium, which are associated with a redistribution of energy and particles by slow diffusive processes. We show that energy conservation has a major impact on the dynamics of an interacting cloud in an optical lattice, which is exposed to an additional weak linear (gravitational) potential. Instead of 'falling downwards', the cloud diffuses symmetrically upwards and downwards in the gravitational potential. Furthermore, we show analytically that the radius R grows with the time t according to R ∼ t^1/3, consistent with numerical simulations of the Boltzmann equation. Finally, we analyze the damping of Bloch oscillations by interactions. For a homogeneous system, we discuss the possibility of mapping the dynamics of the particle current to a classical damped harmonic oscillator equation, thereby giving an analytic explanation for the transition from weakly damped to over-damped Bloch oscillations. We show that the dynamics of a strongly Bloch oscillating and weakly interacting atomic cloud can be discribed in terms of a novel effective "stroboscopic" diffusion equation. In this approximation, the cloud's radius R grows asymptotically in time t according to R ∼ t^1/5 .


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5 stars - The Kicks are Highly Recommended 221 Reviews
Number of members: 4 Hertfordshire
The Kicks play Indie & Pop; Killers, Rudimental, Ed Sheeran, Foals, Artic Monkeys with a sprinkling of vintage & retro. Members have shared a stage with One Direction, The Streets, Fat Boy Slim, Keane and had airplay on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, Radio X & BBC 6 Music. Previous clients include: BBC, O2, ITV, Ben Sherman and Procter & Gamble. Over 165 positive customer reviews!...
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Number of members: 4 Essex
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5 stars - Bandit are Highly Recommended 96 Reviews
Award winning Indie Rock & Pop band! Young, experienced & energetic Bandit delivers a lively repertoire including fresh new music from Bruno Mars, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Justin Timberlake, The Killers, Pharrell, The Kings of Leon as well as your favourite dance floor fillers. Guaranteed to get all your guests dancing and rock your event!...
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Number of members: 5 Norfolk
A brand new Rock and Pop party band designed specifically for Alive Network clients! With a tried & tested repertoire spanning the Beatles to The Weeknd, plus years of hard work & gigging experience under their belts, The Walks guarantee a fun-filled party & a busy dance floor!...
5 stars - Happy Hour are Highly Recommended 335 Reviews
Let you & your guests be blown away by one of the most in-demand bands in the UK! With 300+ reviews, a setlist full of the best music around & a wealth of industry experience, Happy Hour have entertained some of the world's biggest names (Pinewood Studios, Microsoft, ITV & more) & are no strangers to jam-packed dance floor's & demands for encores!...
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5 stars - Fraudio are Highly Recommended 214 Reviews
Number of members: 4 Warwickshire
Bringing fun, energy and a killer repertoire to every event, Fraudio are experts at filling dance floors across the UK. Performing well known rock and pop from the 50's to present day, expect to hear music from The Beatles, Kasabian, Oasis, The Killers, David Bowie, Elvis Presley, Arctic Monkeys and even a few fun surprises from the likes of Justin Bieber, One Direction and Girls Aloud!...
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5 stars - The Guns are Highly Recommended 105 Reviews
If you're looking for an energetic, explosive & professional band for your wedding, private party or corporate event, The Guns are for you! Their strong repertoire guarantees to fill your dance floor spanning artists such as Bruno Mars, The Killers, Foo Fighters, Prince, Stevie Wonder, The Black Keys, Rolling Stones and more!...
5 stars - Breakthrough are Highly Recommended 114 Reviews
Number of members: 4 East Sussex
Covering music from Ed Sheeran, Justin Timberlake, Justin Bieber, Kings Of Leon, Amy Winehouse & more, Breakthrough are young, charismatic, highly professional & guaranteed to get your audience on the dance floor!...
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Number of members: 3 West Sussex
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The Colts are a high-energy professional party band whose members who have played in the West End; toured the world; supported well-known artists & appeared on television & radio. Playing hits from the 1950's right up to the present day, including songs by Bruno Mars, The Killers, Stevie Wonder, Queen & The Beatles, The Colts' exhilarating live shows never fail to get audiences out of their seats and on to the dance floor!...
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Fantastically entertaining, talented young band – formed from the best session musicians in London, covering a huge range of songs and styles from 50's Rock n' Roll to Soul to Pop to Modern Indie Rock. Mojo Gang will rock your party!...
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5 stars - Hypersonix are Highly Recommended 30 Reviews
Number of members: 4 Northamptonshire
Taking the biggest songs of past & present, Hypersonix capture the energy & essence of everything from chart pop to classic indie hits! Never failing to raise the roof, this 4 piece band are an electrifying team that fill any dance floor with music from the latest George Ezra & Bruno Mars to unforgettable the Beatles, Oasis & more! Previous clients include Oxford University Press, Bicester Village Retail Outlet & more!...
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Dirty Weekend have been to the biggest & best music festivals in the world & have even been lucky enough to play at some of them! Knowing first-hand how priceless it is to be surrounded by your closest mates whilst watching your favourite artists, this band have designed the coolest, most exciting show ready to rock your party! Choose 3 of 6 sets each designed to pay tribute to the world's most major festivals, from Glastonbury, Live Aid '85, the Isle of Wight, V & more!...
5 stars - The Courts are Highly Recommended 26 Reviews
Critically acclaimed by Blur's Alex James & Tom Odell, The Courts have earned their reputation as an authentic, energetic, professional group of musicians. With music from Bruno Mars, Stevie Wonder, Arctic Monkeys, The Beatles, Maroon 5, Queen & more, The Courts have mountains of experience & are ready to rock your event!...
5 stars - The Dynamics are Highly Recommended 10 Reviews
Number of members: 4 Suffolk
The Dynamics are a professional, friendly bunch of musician's ready to rock your event! With music from the Beatles to Kings Of Leon plus a wealth of experience entertaining audiences all over the UK, The Dynamics are the perfect choice to kick start your party! Sound limiter friendly line up available!...
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5 stars - Crimson Kings are Highly Recommended 28 Reviews
Number of members: 4 Lincolnshire
A professional 4 piece band who have entertained hundreds of people all around the UK. Performing a diverse mix of 50's classics to modern chart toppers, Crimson Kings will create an exciting, fun atmosphere wherever they play!...
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5 stars - Everlong are Highly Recommended 13 Reviews
Kick-starting your party with edge, style and rocking riffs! Everlong's exciting live sets pay tribute to the best rock anthems, pop punk and indie! A guaranteed hit with real music lovers, this band are fun, friendly and ready to fill your dance floor with a real party atmosphere!...
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In maintaining public safety in the nation's airports, officials inevitably send in the dogs. Even in this age of technology, aviation officials believe a dog's nose remains the best machine for detecting suspicious material. Hounds trained to sniff explosives and other hazardous substances accurately identify even microscopic residue on passengers' clothing, bags and skin. With a dog's heightened and exacting sense of smell and great mobility, the animal can quickly hone in on the area where a specified odor is coming from, a task impossible for a machine.
By adding canine teams across the nation's airports, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is further stepping up its efforts in keeping passengers safe in the skies. Last year, there were 188 canine teams working full-time at 39 major airports across the country, and the FAA intends to add teams to 25 more airports this year and to 16 more in 2003, according to their spokesman Paul Takemoto. Additionally, the September 11 attacks prompted the FAA to require highly accurate bomb detecting machines at all large U.S. airports by the end of this year.
The use of dogs as bomb-detection devices in the airports began dramatically on March 9, 1972. After receiving an anonymous phone call regarding a bomb on a TWA airliner bound for Los Angeles from New York, the plane was instructed to return to New York and evacuate. Immediately, New York Port Authority Police brought in a bomb-sniffing German shepherd named Brandy to search the airplane. Brandy sniffed out the bomb 12 minutes before it was set to explode.
President Richard Nixon then instructed the FAA to employ 'innovative means' to better ensure passengers' safety, and defend against such dangers in the future. As a result, the FAA created its Explosives Detection Canine Team Program. The 1-2 year old dogs and their police officer handlers enrolled in this program receive intensive training outside of San Antonio, Texas at the Defense Department's Military Working Dog School before they are deployed to their assignments.
The dogs are not infallible though, as they suffer fatigue, need specialized training and require a skilled handler. However, when working in concert with detection machines, the two air safety mechanisms put up a comprehensive front against potential situations in the sky.
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