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CA surgeon to stand trial in organ donation case
Brain InjuryCA surgeon to stand trial in organ donation case
Posted on November 2, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury
By GREG RISLING
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ruben Navarro loved horror movies. He watched the "Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Friday the 13th" series with his mother, Rosa, and liked to visit Knott's Berry Farm when it was transformed every October to "Knott's Scary Farm."
Since his death 2½ years ago, Rosa Navarro says she has been living a real-life nightmare without her only child. Ruben Navarro, who had multiple medical problems, died in a San Luis Obispo hospital following a heart attack, and then was taken off a ventilator and prepared for organ donation.
The circumstances surrounding that death will be center stage as opening statements are scheduled to begin Monday in the trial of Dr. Hootan Roozrokh, a San Francisco transplant surgeon who is accused of hastening Navarro's death so his organs could be harvested.
"He was my world," Rosa Navarro told The Associated Press on Thursday. "It's been very, very hard for me. He didn't die with respect and integrity."
Roozrokh, 34, faces one count of felony dependent adult abuse. Two other felony counts were dismissed by San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Judge Martin J. Tangeman in March.
If convicted, he could face four years in prison.
Defense lawyer M. Gerald Schwartzbach has said Roozrokh did nothing wrong, saying he did not endanger Navarro's health or life. Schwartzbach did not respond to an e-mail message for further comment.
The case against Roozrokh is believed to be the first such criminal action brought against a transplant doctor in the U.S.
Navarro, 25, died in February 2006 at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in San Luis Obispo. He had a debilitating neurological disease and was in a coma after suffering the heart attack.
His kidneys and liver were never harvested because he didn't die within a time frame when those organs would have been considered viable.
The hospital has said it had Rosa Navarro's permission to remove her son from life support, but she disputes that.
Statements to police by nurses present in the operating room indicated Roozrokh improperly ordered excessive doses of morphine and a sedative for Navarro. State law says transplant surgeons must wait until a potential donor is dead before participating in procedures.
But Tangeman said in his ruling dismissing the other two charges that there was no evidence Roozrokh administered or ordered a combination of morphine and the sedative. The judge also noted that doctors and nurses present when Navarro died gave conflicting accounts of what happened.
Roozrokh, a surgeon at Kaiser Permanente's now-closed kidney transplant program, was working at the time on behalf of a group that procures and distributes organs.
The case is being watched closely by physicians and others in the medical field, said Arthur Caplan, a professor of medical ethics at the University of Pennsylvania who worries that a conviction could hurt prospects for expanding organ donation.
"It's a trust issue," Caplan said. "It's such a moral taboo to give the appearance of hastening a death through organ donation. Were he to be found guilty, it would be a thunderclap heard through the organ procurement field."
Navarro, who weighed about 80 pounds, was born with a neurological disorder known as adrenoleukodystrophy and also had cerebral palsy. He lived in a home for mentally and physically challenged adults in the year before his death.
The hospital and its parent company settled a lawsuit last year filed by Rosa Navarro for $250,000. Under terms of the settlement, the hospital acknowledged no wrongdoing.
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.


That card showed Cabrera hitting second and Flores hitting third.
So, when Cabrera doubled with two outs in the first inning, Reds interim manager Jim Riggleman called the Mets out on the lineup snafu. However, you and I know that the lineup's problem isn't where guys are hitting, it's who is hitting. or, I should say, who isn't hitting.
Yankees 9, Red Sox 6 • Brett Gardner hit a go-ahead, two-run triple off Craig Kimbrel in the eighth inning, Aaron Judge followed with a homer and host NY beat Boston for its 17th victory in 18 games. However, the Mets meant to have Flores in the two-hole with Cabrera behind him, which is the order the two went to the plate in the first inning. Cabrera's double stood within the document books and Bruce was formally put out by the catcher, unassisted (in the event you're scoring at house).
The New York Mets got 2018 off to a roaring start, winning 11 of their first 12 games.
The Reds were on the other end of a batting snafu 10 years earlier at Shea Stadium.
Despite the issue, Cabrera later batted as the team's second hitter and drove in a run that actually counted!
Even the Reds' official Twitter took a jab at the Mets. They retweeted the Mets' pregame post with their starting lineup and commented: "Can someone send this down to the third base dugout?" He's in Los Angeles and will join the team for the start of a series Thursday against the Dodgers.
The Mets designated Harvey for assignment on May 4 after he refused a request from the Mets to go to the minors.
Reds: There's no set plan for when Harvey will pitch or whether he'll be used as a starter or reliever initially. Adrian Gonzalez was allowed to start the second inning.
Indians 6, Brewers 2 • Carlos Carrasco struck out 14 in a complete game, Tyler Naquin and Francisco Lindor homered, and Cleveland won at Milwaukee.


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Die Familie Cassirer ist eine deutsche, ursprünglich aus Schlesien stammende Verleger-, Kaufmanns- und Gelehrtenfamilie jüdischer Herkunft.

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Moses ben Loebel Cassirer (1771–1837)
 Abraham Cassirer (1798– )
Marcus Cassirer (1809–1879), Kaufmann in Breslau
Louis Cassirer (1839–1904), Industrieller
Richard Cassirer (1868–1925), Neurologe
Hugo Cassirer (1869–1920), Fabrikant
Reinhold Cassirer  (1908–2001), Galerist, Mann der Nobelpreisträgerin Nadine Gordimer
Paul Cassirer (1871–1926), Verleger und Galerist, Mann von Lucie Oberwarth (1874–1950)
Suzanne Cassirer-Bernfeld (1896–1963), Psychoanalytikerin
Alfred Cassirer (1875–1932), zeitweise verheiratet mit Hannah Sotschek, spätere Hannah Blumenreich (1887–1974), Mitinhaber der Kabelwerke Hugo Cassirer & Co
Eva Cassirer (1920–2009), Philosophin
Julius Cassirer (1841–1924), verheiratet mit Julcher (Julie) Cassirer, Tochter von Siegfried Cassirer
Fritz Cassirer (1871–1926), Dirigent und Musiktheoretiker
Bruno Cassirer (1872–1941), Verleger und Galerist
Eduard Cassirer (1843–1916), Kaufmann, verheiratet mit Eugenie (Jenny) Cassirer, Tochter von Siegfried Cassirer
Hedwig Cassirer (1862–1928), Frau von Richard Cassirer
Ernst Cassirer (1874–1945), Philosoph
Heinrich Walter Cassirer (1903–1979), Philosoph in Kantscher Tradition
 Rosalie Cassirer (1845–1911), Mutter des Arztes Kurt Goldstein (1878–1965)
 Simon (Salo) Cassirer (1847–1917)
 Paula Cassirer (1876–1907)
 Käthe Cassirer (1879–1909), Frau des Chemikers Paul Herrmann
 Erwin Cassirer (1882–1914), Chemiker
 Ludwig Cassirer (ca. 1849–1878)
 Isidor Cassirer (1851–1924 oder 1929), verheiratet mit Else, geborene Sommerguth (1857–1891); Nach dem Tod seiner Frau heiratete er in zweiter Ehe Lydia, geborene Kopelansky (1867–1933)
 Erich (1881–1963), Kunsthändler
 Charlotte (Betty; 1886–1972)
 Friedrich Wilhelm (Fritz; 1886–1979), Papierfabrikant und Zeitungsgründer
 Rudolf Walter (1895–1955), Versicherungskaufmann
 Moritz Cassirer (1856–1906)
 Lucy Cassirer (1891–1945), Ehefrau von Samuel Schoenbrun
 David Franz Schoenbrun (1915–1988), Journalist und Buchautor
 Jeanette Cassirer (ca. 1892–?)
 Max Cassirer (1857–1943), Industrieller und Charlottenburger Stadtrat, verheiratet mit Hedwig Freund (1862–1926)
 Kurt Hans Cassirer (1883–1975), Kunsthändler, verheiratet mit Eva Solmitz (1885–1974), Kunstmäzenin, u. a. von Rilke
 Henry Cassirer (1911–2004), Journalist und Schriftsteller
 Edith Geheeb geb. Cassirer (1885–1982), Ehefrau von Paul Geheeb
 Franz Otto Cassirer (1886–1912)
 Julie Cassirer (1860–1914), Ehefrau von Otto Bondy
 Walter Bondy (1880–1940), Maler und Fotograf
 Hans Bondy  (1881–1917), Freitod
 Antoinelle (Toni) Bondy (1883–1961), spätere Ehefrau von Ernst Cassirer
 Martha Maria Bondy (1888–1942), Ehefrau von Oscar Pollack (beide 1942 deportiert)
 Edith Lilli Bondy (1893–1977), Ehefrau von Maximillian Waller
 Joseph Cassirer (1805– )
 Jochem Cassirer (1806– )
 Loebel Cassirer (1809– )
 Jacob Cassirer (1811– )
 Siegfried Cassirer (1812–1897)
 Julcher (Julie) Cassirer (1844–1924), verheiratet mit Julius Cassirer
 Eugenie (Jenny) Cassirer (1848–1904), verheiratet mit Eduard Cassirer

Literatur
 Sigrid Bauschinger: Die Cassirers. Unternehmer, Kunsthändler, Philosophen. C.H.Beck, München 2015. ISBN 978-3-406-67714-4.

Weblinks
 Bilder und Dokumente zur Familie Cassirer (englisch)
 Genealogie zur Familie Cassirer (deutsch)

Einzelnachweise

Deutsche Familie

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Just call it an updated 3.0 map. The server isn't on any other map except 3.0.
Regardless of me updating, this is still good.
The main point of mine was to make the text larger so its easier for people to read. Not everyone has 20-20 eyesight.
I also think its a matter of preference, personally I like yours because it offers in-depth illustration, where as others might see all the different colours as a bit jarring.
Note: Research wings legend is Teal = "Main D-Block" ?
Yeah I see that, thanks for the feedback. Also I updated the legend for RW.
Honestly,this should replace the map made by Bronze ,its really well done.Good job.
Honestly,this should replace the map made by Bronze with this one,its really well done.Good job.
Who are you and where did you come from!
The map made by Bronze was already replaced.
Deadass, each week someone is making a new map. Can we just choose one to stick with lol?
I'm not saying that there isn't effort put into this or you're copying, if that's what you're thinking, but I just found it strange that so many people are making maps when no one wanted to in V2.
Btw, I like it more than the current map, tbh.


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The Silver Bullet That Will Create A Progressive South Doesn't Exist
By Scott Lemieux
There are a couple comments to Paul's post about Rick Hills's "don't talk about the racist flag" argument that bear citing.
First, from Tyro:
The entirety of post-Civil War history in the USA has been about the idea that letting the south hold on to their "heritage" and looking the other way regarding the consequences, instead of "naming and shaming" would be better for everyone. And after 150 years, the problems persist. Time to find another solution.
And second, from Abagail Nussbaum:
It is surely trivially, obviously true that you will not change hearts and minds by telling people "your culture is bad and you should feel bad." Especially in a culture that already so coddles white people's self-image, the possibility of this message being seen as anything other than an attack to be defended against is nonexistent. I have to say, looking at it from the outside, I've found the focus on the Confederate flag, understandable as it is, rather self-defeating. It seems to be more about self-gratification and taking out some amount of the terrible anger aroused by this massacre than any actual progress towards ensuring that nothing like it ever happens again.
Having said all that, is there any reason to believe that changing hearts and minds is even on the menu? It would be comforting to think that the one good thing to come out of this horror would be some real change, but I actually think the lesson from it is going to be that the political and social will to make that change doesn't exist. (I saw someone online make the same point about Sandy Hook – if the murders of first-graders made no difference to the US's commitment to arming itself to death, nothing ever will.) So why not burn flags and wave bloody shirts in the faces of people who would like to believe that they're the real victims of a system that benefits them disproportionately? You won't change their minds, but you might make some of the more open-minded people listening realize just what sort of world they're living in.
There are a variety of reasons why I don't like persistent arguments that if there was only some way of declaring a "truce" in the culture war then a natural progressive coalition on economic issues would finally emerge throughout the country. First of all — although, to be clear, I don't think this is what Hillis means — issues like "silly women and their trivial reproductive rights" have a tendency to get subsumed in the "culture war" issues liberals are urged to abandon.
But Tyro really gets to the heart of the matter. The brutal truth is that most of American political history is an experiment in seeing what will happen if national political elites agree not to offend white supremacist Southern white men. The New Deal coalition agreed to take civil rights off the table from FDR until briefly Truman and then JFK, and the result was after a brief period of supporting (threadbare) national welfare state policies (that largely excluded African-Americans) during a period of particularly acute deprivation, Southern Democrats happily joined with Republicans to thwart economic reforms and pass Taft-Hartley with a veto-proof majority. Republicans took civil rights off the table by 1891, and in the resulting context Albama's constitution was basically written by timber companies. The Jacksonian party system was essentially organized to take slavery off the table, and during this period the Southern Democrats who dominated the federal government largely had reactionary economic views.
I dunno, maybe at some point we have to consider the possibility that a lot of non-super-affluent white Americans, particularly outside of the northern coasts and upper midwest, have conservative economic views, or at least persistently vote for people with conservative economic policies for reasons that can't be easily boiled down to culture war distractions. 1.2% of Kansas's population is African-American,* and yet a majority of its electorate liked draconian spending cuts and tax increases on the poor to fund huge tax cuts for the wealthy so much they voted for more. I'm not saying that we should despair of this ever changing. But by the same token, the idea that "a cross-racial rural coalition rooted in church and guns" will emerge if we can only find the right kind of clever false-consciousness destroying rhetorical strategy is, at this late date, implausible in the extreme.
Does this mean that I think that drawing attention to the ugly history of the Confederate flag will lead to progressive economic outcomes in South Carolina either? No, but the history is true, and I think the burden of proof is always on those who want to deny the truth. And nor am I inclined to tell the multiracial coalition in South Carolina protesting against the Confederate flag that they should stop paying attention to mere white supremacist symbolism and focus on Real Issues.
*xq in comments is correct: I misread the chart. The correct figure is 6.2%. Since this is well below the national average I don't think this materially affects my point, although on this narrow point Idaho or Utah would be better examples.
But the broader point about Kansas, and the reason I cited it, is that I don't think anyone can reasonably say that the 2014 election came out the way it did because of "culture war" "distractions." Economic policy was the focus of Brownback's first term. It was the salient issue in the elections. He signed legislation representing an extreme form of conservative Republicanism, it couldn't have worked out any worse, and he won anyway. It's just very difficult to square this election with the idea that if some issues arbitrarily designated as "culture war" issues are boiled off a natural liberal majority would emerge.
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Do an interview for The Witness at EJU
While you are at this year's Equal Justice University conference, grab a partner and sign up to participate in a recording session of The Witness! As part of the 40th anniversary of EJU, the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law will be here to record episodes of The Witness, a new StoryCorps-like program that captures conversations between advocates and documents this moment in legal aid history.
You can choose your own interview partner, but we encourage you to talk with someone not just like yourself, maybe someone from a different part of the state or of a different generation. You can bring your own questions or use a list of suggested questions. We will suggest questions such as:
Who has been the most important person in your legal career? Can you tell me about him or her?
What are you proudest of?
How has your legal career been different from what you'd imagined?
How would you like to be remembered?
Do you have any regrets?
What are your hopes for what the future holds for me?
What does your future hold?
What was law school like when you were a student? How many women were in your class?
How has poverty law practice changed over the course of your career?
What are your impressions of the [new/older] generation of poverty lawyers?
How does your race and gender affect the way you approach your work?
Why did you go into this type of law practice?
What do you wish older poverty lawyers knew about the new generation of advocates?
Why did you go to law school?
What worries you the most about the future?
Who is your role model? Can you tell me about him or her?
The interviews will be modeled on the popular StoryCorps series (heard most often on Friday mornings on NPR) and will last 20-30 minutes.
After EJU, the Shriver Center will edit the interviews into segments of about 5 minutes each. The interviews will be rolled out on the Clearinghouse Community over the next several months. The episodes will promote Tennessee's civil legal aid leaders to their colleagues across the country and will highlight the common threads that run through all poverty law practice. And, perhaps most importantly, they will be an engaging (and often entertaining) portrait of the people who have devoted their lives to this work.
Look for the sign-up sheet at the registration desk! Have questions before you sign up? Contact the Shriver Center's Director of Online Content and Communities, Amanda Moore, by email or look for her at EJU!
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Industrial pollution is costing more than the insurers reckoned. And we will all have to pay.
Over the last few years pollution has become the biggest headache for insurers around the world. Changes in the law, American court decisions and a greater willingness to sue by individuals and environmental lobby groups have meant that many insurance companies have been faced with frighteningly huge bills.
Many claims bedevilling insurance underwriters at Lloyds of London arise from the 1950's to 1970's when pollution cover was provided automatically as an addition to a standard insurance policy. The underwriters had no idea of what would come: a rash of old cases of industrial and chemical pollution. Many of these claims were from the USA where the principle of "strict liability" applies. A company can be liable for pollution on its land even if it was unaware of it and had not owned the land when the pollution occurred. On the basis of strict liability many millions of dollars have been paid out to claimants, although more recently some American court rulings have gone the insurers' way. Insurers are now beginning to make provisions for 30 and 40 year old liabilities.
Many environmentalists in Europe favour the strict liability ruling as they think it will discourage companies from polluting land irresponsibly and might even enhance their efficiency. Various European countries, including Italy, Greece and Holland, have signed a convention on environmental pollution, embodying the principle of strict liability. It has not yet been imposed on the whole of the European Union.
The UK, which does not apply the strict liability principle, maintains the legal position that if future pollution could not reasonably be foreseen on the basis of diligent research and best current knowledge, the owner of the land could not be held responsible. British environmentalists are campaigning for strict liability and also support the introduction of a national register of contaminated land.
In the USA the principle of joint and several liability is wreaking even more damage to insurers. This principle means that if, say, a chemical factory fouls a field, not only the chemical company but also its directors, bankers and investors can be held liable. And each can be obliged to pay the full damages for the pollution, granting the victims damages of many times what they originally applied for.
To respond to this, a "super fund" in the States has been set up - financed by levies on industry and insurers, to cope with environmental pollution claims on an industry-wide basis.
Such a draconian principle as joint and several liability has pushed insurers to even more caution. They are reluctant to provide blanket cover for unforeseen environmental damage under a general protection policy. Premium rates have soared and policies are much more restrictively worded.
As well as rising costs for insurance cover, manufacturing companies fear that multinationals will be tempted to set up in places such as Bhopal in India where companies are not obliged to pay heavily for environmental damage - or even the death of workers. There is a growing worry that increasing environmental constraints could damage the competitive position of companies in Europe.
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US President Donald Trump says he will make a "major announcement" later on his Mexican border wall, an issue that has partially shut down government.
The shutdown, now in its fifth week, is the longest in US history and has left 800,000 federal workers unpaid.
Mr Trump insists on $5.7bn (£4.5bn) funding for the wall but opposition Democrats refuse to support it.
Correspondents say Mr Trump may offer a concession on so-called Dreamers, young illegal immigrants in the US.
Why has the US government shut down?
Mr Trump insists the wall is needed to end a security crisis on the southern border, while the Democrats call it a waste of taxpayers' money.
When is the announcement and what could it include?
It will be from the White House on Saturday afternoon, although it has been put back an hour to 16:00 local time (21:00 GMT).
The BBC's David Willis in Washington says Mr Trump might be poised to offer a concession on the Dreamers, young people who entered the United States with their parents illegally.
These youngsters are currently protected from deportation under a programme that allows them to work but not get citizenship. Mr Trump has been trying to rescind the programme.
Sources told US media Mr Trump may extend protection for Dreamers for three years and also extend visas for Temporary Protection Status holders. More than 300,000 people from countries affected by war or disasters are allowed to live and work in the US under TPS, another system Mr Trump opposes.
Mr Trump will continue to demand $5.7bn for the wall, the sources say.
They also say it is unlikely he will declare a national emergency over the wall.
Such a declaration would free up funds, probably from defence department spending, but be hugely controversial and would almost certainly spark legal challenges.
So could this end the shutdown?
The Dreamers issue has been a key one for Democrats but, our correspondent says, movement on that front alone is unlikely to bring an end to the shutdown, given the bitter opposition among Democrats to the wall project, which they have called "immoral".
There is certainly growing pressure to end the shutdown and some politicians, including Republican Senator Lindsay Graham, have suggested a deal could be in the offing.
But the Democrats have also said they will not negotiate until government is reopened, while there is also no end to the personal rancour.
On Saturday, Mr Trump said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was "under total control of the radical left". There are no talks planned either.
The Democrats are themselves working on legislation to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on other border security issues, including hiring more immigration judges.
How is the shutdown affecting unpaid workers?
Some of the 800,000 federal employees who have been going unpaid since 22 December are in increasingly dire straits.
More than 1,500 appeals have been set up by them on crowdfunding site GoFundMe, seeking a financial lifeline to pay rent or feed and clothe their children.
In desperation, the Department of Agriculture, the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Aviation Administration have just recalled more than 50,000 employees, who must work without pay.


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The South Mountaineer
Musings from Lehigh Special Collections
Category: Civil Engineering
Photographs of Civil Engineering from the Civil War
March 16, 2017 Alex JaphaLeave a comment
The Herman Haupt Civil War Military Transportation Photographs collection, which includes sixty photographs showing the Union Army's construction of roads and bridges, has been digitized and is now available online. Brigadier General Herman Haupt, responsible for the publication of these photographs, was chief of construction and transportation on the United States military railroads from 1863 to 1865. Many of the photographs in this collection show truss bridges designed by Haupt, whose bridge design made such a distinct impression President Abraham Lincoln that he remarked "That man Haupt has built a bridge four hundred feet long and eighty feet high, across Potomac Creek, on which loaded trains are passing every hour, and upon my word, gentlemen, there is nothing in it but cornstalks and beanpoles."
On the cover of the book containing the descriptions of the photographs is a hand written note reading "Photographs were taken by Capt. A.J. Russell Chief of Photograph Corps. U.S. Military Railroads." A second handwritten note reads "This handwriting is that of Herman Haupt with which I am familiar. Edward Haupt July 19/1928." Andrew J. Russell was the first official photographer of the Union Army and captured many of its engineering projects, including those overseen by Haupt. Russell is perhaps best known for his later work with the Union Pacific Railroad, capturing the historic meeting of the Transcontinental Rail at Promontory Summit, Utah.
SC PHOTO 0001- Photograph 13
Haupt was adept at rapidly constructing bridges that helped the advancement of the Union Army. He was also skilled at damaging railroads to prevent their use by the Confederate Army and repairing the damage done to railroads by the Confederate Army. Many of the photographs depict the bending and straightening of rails by various different methods.
This collection also includes illustrated recreations of many of Haupt's and Russell's photographs. A brief comparison of the illustrations with the original photographs reveals some subtle alterations. While many of the photographs feature black laborers, some the laborers in the illustrated reproductions are inaccurately portrayed as white.
Original Photograph (SC PHOTO 0001- [Two Men Bending Rails])
Illustrated Version (SC PHOTO 0001 8- Bending Rails with Aid of Horse)
The digitized photographs and their descriptions can be found at Lehigh's digital collections. Additional information about Lehigh's holdings can be accessed in the finding aid for this collection.
Read more about Herman Haupt at the National Archives website.
See a complete set of these photographs at the Library of Congress.
Plans for the Panama Canal, 1892-1894
July 8, 2016 Alex JaphaLeave a comment
The archival manuscript "Memoria y Planos de un anteproyecto para la terminacion del Canal de Panama" has been digitized and made available in Lehigh's Digital Library. More detailed information regarding this manuscript, as well as many of Lehigh's other archival collections, is available in Special Collections' archive guides.
The title of this work roughly translates to "Memory and plans of a preliminary draft for the completion of the Panama Canal." Given the subjects covered and the rich illustrations, this work could be of particular interest to those in the Lehigh community studying civil engineering.
The manuscript is bound within stiff card paper covers of burgundy colored paper with gilt title and decorative borders. The pages are edged in red. It is illustrated with three folded plans including two blue prints: Proyecto de construccion en túnel Plano, Perfil longitudinal por el eje, and one lithograph by C. Ferreiro illustrating a tunnel.
Proyecto de construccion en túnel [Blueprint]
Sección longitudinal del túnel; Sección trasversal del túnel [Lithograph]
The Panama Canal began construction in 1882 and was completed in 1914. This resulted in the creation of a highly prized trade route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the splitting of the American continents. As the earliest date recorded in the manuscript is 1892, it was written while construction on the canal was ongoing. The manuscript was considered a significant contribution to the engineering community as it was awarded a gold medal by the Academia de Inventores of Paris in 1894.
The author of this work, Gabriel Moreno Campo, appears to have been based in Spain and been involved in the iron and railroad business. Campo had also published plans for the creation of a transoceanic canal located in Colombia, the construction of which was awarded to an international company in 1876 but ultimately failed.
Lehigh Connection
The Bucyrus Company, which manufactured steam shovels and dredges, was headed by Lehigh alumni. The cement used in the Panama Canal building came from the Lehigh Valley and the steel gates for the five sets of locks used to construct the canal were manufactured by the company of Lehigh alumni McClintic and Marshall (LU CE 1888) in Pennsylvania.
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For much of his career, Paschal Chukwu was used as a scapegoat. He was often criticized by Jim Boeheim and blamed by Syracuse fans across central New York.
But for all of his flaws, Chukwu was a solid defender, who used his length to alter shots every game. He never fully grasped control of his 7-foot-2 frame, but he hustled up and down the floor every single game. Without Chukwu, Syracuse doesn't dethrone Duke at Cameron Indoor this season.
Squaring off against Zion Williamson, Chukwu recorded a double-double, snagging 18 rebounds to go along with 10 points. In a game that many expected Chukwu to get bullied inside, the big man held his own, even though he was giving up about 60 pounds of muscle. He had a tendency to play his best basketball in the biggest games. Besides his best game of the season against Duke, Chukwu had a solid performance against Virginia at the end of ACC play. Of course, expectations must be within reason for Chukwu. He won't rack up 20 points, but he put down eight points to go along with eight rebounds against UVA.
Against Pittsburgh in the ACC Tournament, Chukwu tied a season high with six blocks and was a huge reason why the Panthers had just eight buckets from two-point range.
But next year Bourama Sidibe will likely slide in as the starting center, unless SU adds another recruit late in this cycle. Marek Dolezaj isn't strong enough to play more than a few minutes in the middle of the zone, and incoming freshman John Bol Ajak is still very raw since he's only been playing basketball for a few years.
Sidibe's stats took a slide across the board this year as he played less minutes. Too often, he struggled to rise up and contest for a rebound, and was often unable to finish off putback buckets. Boeheim often decided to play Marek Dolezaj at center in tandem with Oshae Brissett at power forward. That lineup worked, since Brissett could bring some beef to the paint while Dolezaj provided the length.
Of course, it's always better to have one guy who can maintain the low blocks by himself. With Chukwu gone, Syracuse doesn't have a center it can rely on for 20 minutes a game unless Sidibe takes a huge step. Without Chukwu to protect the rim, there may be a gaping hole around the hoop next season.


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Q: Library with useful prototype functions I was wondering if there is any nice library out there which contains useful functions for Strings, Arrays etc., preferably through prototype.
For myself, I coded the following trivial yet commonly needed functions:
String.prototype.contains = function(value) {
 return this.indexOf(value) > -1;
}

String.prototype.amount = function(value) {
 return this.split(value).length - 1;
}

However, it gets dirty if I need to have to assemble all such functions each time I come across or need such a function.
So, is there any library with this kind of basic and useful functions for Strings etc.?
Thanks.

A: String Prototype extended found here -> http://stilldesigning.com/dotstring/jquery.string.1.0.js [JQuery specific though]

A: May you'll find more in the answers of this SO-question

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Creating a cottage garden from an overgrown field, 300m above sea level in a high limestone valley has been a challenge for my clients. The garden has to compliment the stone cottage it adjoins and cope with low temperatures, rabbits and a growing season that is about a month shorter than the nearby lower level towns. Limestone boulders are close to the surface of the soil and many have been dug out to create dry stone walls and a reasonable depth of soil for planting.


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Franchise agreements typically provide franchisors with the ability to exert significant control over several aspects of their franchisees' businesses, from setting the prices of supplies as well as goods and services sold by franchisees, establishing various operational standards and requirements, to imposing standards with respect to the hiring, training and firing of employees. Recent labour and employment law developments in both the United States and Ontario, however, threaten to expand the scope of franchisor liability with regards to the employees of their franchisees. These developments, which in some cases stem from the mere ability of franchisors to exercise control over the employment practices of their franchisees, could expose franchisors to claims by the employees of their franchisees for wrongful dismissal, human rights violations and wage and overtime class actions, among others. This bulletin summarizes these recent developments and addresses the risk that franchisors may be held to be "joint" or "related" employers of their franchisees' employees.
Franchisors as Joint Employers - Recent Developments in the U.S.
Two significant developments regarding the law of joint employer status have occurred in the United States in the past couple of years.
First, in the summer of 2014 the U.S. National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") recommended that McDonalds USA LLC be named as a joint employer with several of its independently owned franchisees in connection with 43 complaints, brought by employees of the franchisees, alleging violations of the National Labor Relations Act. The NLRB did so because, in its view, McDonalds as a franchisor controls the working conditions of its franchisee employees to such an extent (from stipulating questions to be asked when interviewing and hiring employees, to dictating the food order-taking process and restaurant cleaning procedures employees must follow) that McDonalds could be held responsible for what happens to workers subject to those conditions. No decision on the merits has been made, so it remains unclear as to whether any of the alleged wage and labour violations occurred or whether McDonalds will be found to be a joint employer (and on what basis) with its franchisees.
Second, in 2015 the NLRB revised the standard for determining joint employer status for the purposes of collective bargaining. Under the prior standard, the NLRB considered whether the alleged joint employer possessed, and in fact exercised, direct and immediate control over the terms and conditions of employment. In Browning-Ferris, however, the NLRB relaxed the standard – such that an entity can be considered a joint employer if it possesses control over employment matters, either indirectly or by reserving its authority in that regard, and regardless if it ever in fact exercises that authority.1
Although Browning-Ferris did not involve a franchise relationship (it considered whether Browning-Ferris was a joint employer of workers provided by a staffing agency under a temporary labour services agreement), the NLRB's relaxation of the joint employer test in that case coupled with its approach involving McDonalds (noted above) has created much uncertainty in the United States. Many are concerned about the potentially far-reaching implications of these changes, and what they mean for franchisors.
Are U.S. Style Joint Employer Developments Coming to Canada?
It is not just franchisors in the U.S. who are worried about the potential expansion of joint employer liability and its consequences. While more cases will need to be resolved in the U.S. before we know the extent to which franchisors will be held liable as joint employers, there is reason to believe that such expanded liability may be coming to Canada. In fact, the Canadian Franchise Association has identified the joint employer issue as one of the top five issues that will impact franchisors in 2016.
Canada, of course, already has a common law principle known as the "common employer" doctrine. It is most frequently used in circumstances where a dismissed employee sues the legal entity that employed him or her, as well as one or more companies who are closely affiliated with that entity. If there is a sufficient nexus between the different entities, and if they function as one integrated unit, those entities may be held responsible for the employee's wrongful dismissal together with the legal entity that employed the individual. While it would likely be a stretch to apply this common employer doctrine to franchisors (as franchisees are typically independent and not affiliated with their franchisors), it is not beyond the realm of possible.
In addition to the common law, Ontario and other provinces also have labour and employment standards legislation that are used to determine whether a company is a "related employer" with another. For example, the Ontario Labour Relations Act permits the Ontario Labour Relations Board (the "OLRB", being the Ontario equivalent of the NLRB) to declare that companies are "related employers" if they are engaged in related businesses and fall under common control or direction. Being declared a "related employer" in Ontario is similar to being found a "joint employer" in the U.S. – the related employers will be deemed to be a single employer and bound to any collective bargaining obligations of their related entities. The OLRB has been asked to treat franchisors and franchisees as related employers in a few cases, and it has done so in some, but not all, of them.
As another example, the Ontario Employment Standards Act provides that companies may be treated as one employer if associated or related businesses are carried on by an employer and one or more persons and the "intent or effect of their doing so is or has been to indirectly or directly defeat the intent or purpose" of the legislation.
Moreover, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal (the "OHRT") has considered whether franchisors could potentially be held liable for harassment and discrimination claims made by employees of franchisees. Similar to the NLRB, the OHRT has ruled on several occasions that it will not remove a franchisor from a complaint at the preliminary stage on the basis that the franchise agreement (or the franchisor's exercise of controls under the agreement) may have been a factor that caused the alleged discrimination.
While current Canadian "common" and "related" employer principles could result in liability to franchisors for the wrongs committed by their franchisees, no clear line of cases has been developed in that regard.
However, potentially seismic changes may be afoot. The Ontario Ministry of Labour is currently in the process of reviewing Ontario's labour and employment legislation in a project called "The Changing Workplaces Review" and, on July 27, 2016, released its Interim Report. The purpose of the Changing Workplaces Review is to identify amendments to Ontario's Labour Relations Act and Employment Standards Act to better protect workers while supporting business in today's economy. The Interim Report summarizes the results of public consultation conducted over the course of 2015 with various stakeholders, and identifies numerous issues and various options for potential legislative reform.
With respect to the Labour Relations Act, the options identified in the Interim Report include:
• maintain the status quo;
• add a separate general provision permitting the OLRB to declare two or more entities to be "joint employers" and specify the criteria to be applied, even where the entities are not under common control or direction; or
• create a model for certification that applies specifically to the franchise industry, and introduce a new joint employer provision whereby the franchisor and franchisee could be declared joint employers: i) for all those working in the franchisee's operations; or ii) only in certain industries or sectors where there are large numbers of vulnerable workers in precarious jobs.
With respect to the Employment Standards Act, the options identified in the Interim Report include:
• create a joint employer test akin to the policy developed in the U.S.;
• make franchisors liable for the employment standards violations of their franchisees: i) in all circumstances; ii) where the franchisor takes and active role; iii) in certain industries only; or iv) in no circumstances; or
• repeal the "intent to defeat or effect of defeating the purpose of the legislation" requirement referred to above.
Some stakeholders who argue for expanded franchisor liability do so on the basis that, regardless of the amount of actual control exercised by franchisors over their franchisee operations, collective bargaining cannot be effective unless the real economic players in the enterprise are required to bargain with employees. They also argue that, because franchisors have overall control of the brand, the business model and many details of how the business operates, it is appropriate to make franchisors responsible for complying with employment standards legislation jointly with their franchisees.
Conversely, franchisor stakeholders argue that making them liable for the obligations of their franchisees is unnecessary, would be costly and burdensome and could threaten the franchise model in its entirety. In their view, the existing "related employer" provision is sufficient to address situations where a franchisor exerts significant control over, or has direct involvement in, decisions concerning a franchisee's employees.
Whether Ontario's legislation will ultimately be modified to expand franchisor liability for the labour and employment matters of their franchisees remains to be seen. The Ministry of Labour is asking for public comments and input on the issues and options identified in its Interim Report by October 14, 2016. At some point thereafter, a Final Report will be prepared with specific recommendations for legislative change.
At this point, there is no certainty about what, if any, amendments are coming to Ontario, let alone the rest of Canada. However, given the recent developments in the U.S., and the fact that the "Changing Workplaces Review" aims to better protect workers specifically, it is certainly a very real possibility that franchisors will face U.S style expanded liability in Ontario very soon.
Mitigating the Risks
Obviously, being found to be a joint, common or related employer, whether under the current legal regime in Ontario or under potentially more expansive future legislative amendments, can result in serious consequences for franchisors. Among other things, franchisors may face increased:
• liability regarding their franchisees' employment obligations, including for wages, overtime and benefits, severance pay and withholding taxes as well as exposure to wrongful dismissal and human rights complaints;
• risks that employees of their franchisees will become unionized, and that franchisors will be required to be involved in the collective bargaining process; and
• expenses and time burdens associated with making sure franchisees comply with labour and employment legislation.
While we await the results of the "Changing Workplaces Review" (and what may be similar developments in other Canadian provinces), franchisors would be well advised to review their franchise agreements and related operating manuals and policies to identify provisions that may be more likely to increase the risk of joint employer exposure. In short, although there is currently no bright line test in Canada, the more control a franchisor has or in fact exerts over the employment practices of its franchisees, the more likely it will be found to be a joint employer.
Franchisors would also be wise to consider better educating their franchisees about labour and employment laws and obligations with a view to reducing the likelihood of employee claims being brought against both their franchisees as well as themselves.
Moreover, franchisors should consider whether coverage is available under Employment Practices Liability insurance (which is often purchased by franchisors for their corporate-owned stores) to protect against employment-related actions brought by the employees of their franchisees. Such insurance policies can provide coverage against actions for wrongful dismissal, harassment and discrimination brought by the employees of franchisees.
McMillan's interdisciplinary team of franchise, labour and employment lawyers can assist franchisors in assessing their current exposure to joint employer issues, and to prepare for whatever legislative changes result from the "Changing Workplaces Review" in the near future.
by W. Brad Hanna, Michael Reid, Linda G. Yang, Brandon Deans, Temporary Articled Student and Grace Shaw, Temporary Articled Student
1 Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc, 2015 BL 278454, 362 NLRB No 186 (2015).
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package vpc

//Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
//you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
//You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
//http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
//Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
//distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
//WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
//See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
//limitations under the License.
//
// Code generated by Alibaba Cloud SDK Code Generator.
// Changes may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if the code is regenerated.

import (
	"github.com/aliyun/alibaba-cloud-sdk-go/sdk/requests"
	"github.com/aliyun/alibaba-cloud-sdk-go/sdk/responses"
)

// DescribeVpnGateway invokes the vpc.DescribeVpnGateway API synchronously
func (client *Client) DescribeVpnGateway(request *DescribeVpnGatewayRequest) (response *DescribeVpnGatewayResponse, err error) {
	response = CreateDescribeVpnGatewayResponse()
	err = client.DoAction(request, response)
	return
}

// DescribeVpnGatewayWithChan invokes the vpc.DescribeVpnGateway API asynchronously
func (client *Client) DescribeVpnGatewayWithChan(request *DescribeVpnGatewayRequest) (<-chan *DescribeVpnGatewayResponse, <-chan error) {
	responseChan := make(chan *DescribeVpnGatewayResponse, 1)
	errChan := make(chan error, 1)
	err := client.AddAsyncTask(func() {
		defer close(responseChan)
		defer close(errChan)
		response, err := client.DescribeVpnGateway(request)
		if err != nil {
			errChan <- err
		} else {
			responseChan <- response
		}
	})
	if err != nil {
		errChan <- err
		close(responseChan)
		close(errChan)
	}
	return responseChan, errChan
}

// DescribeVpnGatewayWithCallback invokes the vpc.DescribeVpnGateway API asynchronously
func (client *Client) DescribeVpnGatewayWithCallback(request *DescribeVpnGatewayRequest, callback func(response *DescribeVpnGatewayResponse, err error)) <-chan int {
	result := make(chan int, 1)
	err := client.AddAsyncTask(func() {
		var response *DescribeVpnGatewayResponse
		var err error
		defer close(result)
		response, err = client.DescribeVpnGateway(request)
		callback(response, err)
		result <- 1
	})
	if err != nil {
		defer close(result)
		callback(nil, err)
		result <- 0
	}
	return result
}

// DescribeVpnGatewayRequest is the request struct for api DescribeVpnGateway
type DescribeVpnGatewayRequest struct {
	*requests.RpcRequest
	ResourceOwnerId        requests.Integer `position:"Query" name:"ResourceOwnerId"`
	IncludeReservationData requests.Boolean `position:"Query" name:"IncludeReservationData"`
	ResourceOwnerAccount   string           `position:"Query" name:"ResourceOwnerAccount"`
	OwnerAccount           string           `position:"Query" name:"OwnerAccount"`
	VpnGatewayId           string           `position:"Query" name:"VpnGatewayId"`
	OwnerId                requests.Integer `position:"Query" name:"OwnerId"`
}

// DescribeVpnGatewayResponse is the response struct for api DescribeVpnGateway
type DescribeVpnGatewayResponse struct {
	*responses.BaseResponse
	VpnType           string                   `json:"VpnType" xml:"VpnType"`
	Status            string                   `json:"Status" xml:"Status"`
	VpcId             string                   `json:"VpcId" xml:"VpcId"`
	SslMaxConnections int64                    `json:"SslMaxConnections" xml:"SslMaxConnections"`
	Spec              string                   `json:"Spec" xml:"Spec"`
	InternetIp        string                   `json:"InternetIp" xml:"InternetIp"`
	CreateTime        int64                    `json:"CreateTime" xml:"CreateTime"`
	AutoPropagate     bool                     `json:"AutoPropagate" xml:"AutoPropagate"`
	ChargeType        string                   `json:"ChargeType" xml:"ChargeType"`
	VpnGatewayId      string                   `json:"VpnGatewayId" xml:"VpnGatewayId"`
	Tag               string                   `json:"Tag" xml:"Tag"`
	IpsecVpn          string                   `json:"IpsecVpn" xml:"IpsecVpn"`
	EndTime           int64                    `json:"EndTime" xml:"EndTime"`
	VSwitchId         string                   `json:"VSwitchId" xml:"VSwitchId"`
	RequestId         string                   `json:"RequestId" xml:"RequestId"`
	Description       string                   `json:"Description" xml:"Description"`
	EnableBgp         bool                     `json:"EnableBgp" xml:"EnableBgp"`
	BusinessStatus    string                   `json:"BusinessStatus" xml:"BusinessStatus"`
	SslVpn            string                   `json:"SslVpn" xml:"SslVpn"`
	Name              string                   `json:"Name" xml:"Name"`
	ReservationData   ReservationData          `json:"ReservationData" xml:"ReservationData"`
	Tags              TagsInDescribeVpnGateway `json:"Tags" xml:"Tags"`
}

// CreateDescribeVpnGatewayRequest creates a request to invoke DescribeVpnGateway API
func CreateDescribeVpnGatewayRequest() (request *DescribeVpnGatewayRequest) {
	request = &DescribeVpnGatewayRequest{
		RpcRequest: &requests.RpcRequest{},
	}
	request.InitWithApiInfo("Vpc", "2016-04-28", "DescribeVpnGateway", "vpc", "openAPI")
	request.Method = requests.POST
	return
}

// CreateDescribeVpnGatewayResponse creates a response to parse from DescribeVpnGateway response
func CreateDescribeVpnGatewayResponse() (response *DescribeVpnGatewayResponse) {
	response = &DescribeVpnGatewayResponse{
		BaseResponse: &responses.BaseResponse{},
	}
	return
}


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Author of 'Politik Baru YB J' responds
By Deborah Loh | October 21, 2008 25 Comments
KUALA LUMPUR, 21 OCT 2008: Datuk Chamil Wariya, author of the short story Politik Baru YB J in Mingguan Malaysia, said the piece was a fictitious account about racial politics and was not specifically about Seputeh Member of Parliament (MP) Teresa Kok.
The veteran journalist told The Nut Graph in an exclusive interview that as a fiction writer, he could explore "all possibilities unimagined in the real world."
He said he aspired to be a novelist, and writing short stories was a start. He said he chose to write about a political topic as he was familiar with the subject.
Chamil, who is currently Malaysian Press Institute chief executive officer, said the YB Josephine protagonist in the story bore no resemblance to Kok.
"YB Teresa can be vocal at times and disliked by some for her style of politics, but generally she is a responsible politician and responsive to her constituents. YB J is not.
"YB J is a manifestation of politicians who politicise race issues and have no respect for the rights of all communities," Chamil said in an e-mail interview.
He said his goal in writing the story was to call for moderation in political views, and to remind politicians not to incite communal feelings.
Chamil's piece was published in the 12 Oct edition of Mingguan Malaysia, the Sunday edition of Utusan Malaysia. At the end of the story, YB J is shot dead by a Chinese youth who shoots himself after killing her.
The short story as published in Mingguan MalaysiaThe suicide note found on the youth's body states that YB J was a threat to racial harmony, and the assassin sacrificed himself for the sake of preserving peace among the races.
Chamil has been heavily criticised for the close resemblance in his story to the real-life events involving Kok in the run-up to her detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA) on 12 Sept. Kok was released a week later.
Kok has declined to comment on Chamil's short story as she has filed a RM30 million defamation suit against Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd and its editor on 9 Oct over an article titled Azan, Jawi, Jais, UiTM dan ba-alit-ba-ya, which is thought to have triggered her ISA detention.
DAP Youth and the Cheras Wanita DAP have both lodged police reports against Chamil and Utusan Malaysia for tarnishing Kok's image. They have alleged that the Malay daily and the writer were instigating violence against the MP.
Chamil has worked 36 years in print, radio and television journalism, including in the Utusan Group and in TV3. The following are his replies to questions posed by The Nut Graph.
TNG: What motivated you to write the cerpen?
Chamil: Since I retired from journalism at the end of 2007, I have set a target in my writing career, which is to venture into fiction writing. My burning ambition is to be a novelist one day. So writing cerpen is an apt start. I have chosen a cerpen on politics as I think this is a world that I know pretty well. Hence, Politik Baru YB J was written.
(Source: Malaysian Press Institute) But I have also completed two other cerpen, also on Malaysian politics. One is about power struggle in a political party, while the other is on a highly ambitious politician realising his dream to grab power just like the Prince.
Was your story based on the events involving Teresa Kok? Why is the cerpen so similar to her case?
No, cerpen being cerpen is not about real life; and specifically, it is not about any particular politician, alive or dead. Cerpen are fictitious in nature, in which the author is allowed the freedom to explore all possibilities unimagined in the real world. YB Josephine was a made-up character that has no resemblance at all to the Seputeh Member of Parliament. YB Teresa Kok can be vocal at times and disliked by some for her style of politics, but generally she is a responsible politician and responsive to her constituents.
YB J is not. YB J is a manifestation of politicians who politicise the issues of race and have no respect for the rights of all communities.
The setting of the cerpen is the ups and downs of racial politics in Malaysia since Merdeka, which is viewed as a zero-sum game by YB J.
What did you hope to achieve with this story?
Generally, the cerpen is to enrich the Malaysian literary world, especially with regard to political short stories, which are lacking at the moment. So what I am trying to do is use my little knowledge on Malaysian politics to enlighten Malaysians through short stories. In Politik Baru YB J, indirectly, I just want to share my thoughts that racial politics, if you take it to the very extreme, is bad for Malaysia.
I am advocating moderation in one's political position, be it on the part of the government or opposition, so that the country can benefit from political harmony. Failing which, the country could end up in turmoil, as can be seen from routine news items in a number of Middle-East countries.
I don't want that to happen here. The cerpen is also a reminder to politicians not to incite communal sentiments in the name of politics, and not to take racial harmony, unity and peace for granted.
Were you ordered by anyone in Umno to write it?
Penning the cerpen is my own initiative, in line with my ambition to migrate to fiction writing. Nobody ordered me to write it.
How do you justify the violent end of the story, where YB J is shot dead? Is violence justified under the name of creative license?
Do not see the ending of the cerpen in a straightforward manner. View also what is tersirat (implicit), not only tersurat (obvious). I must stress what was murdered in the cerpen was not a politician per se, but extreme ideas, no matter where they come from.
The violent end in Politik Baru YB J must be seen in that context. But if one chooses to see otherwise, then there is nothing much I can do. Each of us has our own predispositions, depending on one's ideology, mindset and preference.
Do you think the cerpen incites people to act violently?
Definitely not. If the cerpen incited people to act violently, by now we would have witnessed a lot of political murders in this country. The fact that there are none prove that the cerpen has no negative effect at all, as far as inciting violence is concerned.
Cerpen readers are smart people who are able to differentiate what is real and what is the imagination of the author. They may disagree with the author's way of concluding the story, but I suppose they accept it with an open mind, noting that it is just a cerpen, after all.
While certain quarters take offence at the storyline and make issues out of it, the majority who read the cerpen take it positively and rationally. I am glad there are so many rational people in this country, and this is a good indication to move forward with more political cerpen in the future.
See also: Seni ganas
falunthegong says
Let's all defend Chamil Wariya's right of free expression even if we think his piece is stupid, the story line insipid and motives suspect.
Pete Wu says
Please tell this guy not to insult our intelligence! A man must have the courage to call a spade a spade. I have a strong feeling he is working for some extremists in Umno.
Aput says
As a person who continuously preaches freedom for the media, I thought his cerpen was taken in a literal sense that it was Teresa Kok, and that she was going to be assassinated for her loudness. And that's where people got it wrong.
It's just a another person's point of view using fiction.
Even Nat Tan wrote a reply to this cerpen.
TANEUG says
Not about Teresa. And yes, Syed Hamid Albar has hair.
bourne says
Unbelievable that a person holding such high office in the media world can stoop so low. Along with such a position comes a sense of responsibility which this person does not demonstrate. Considering the current political situation in the country, his short story can only be considered childish and irresponsible. If this is the kind of wisdom he passes on to his grandchildren, one can only fear for the future of this country. If an educated person of such high public standing can only have such limited mentality, what of the ordinary person in the street? After all, these are the people who lead the country right? But in what direction?
armouris says
Saya rasa yang jadi isu ialah ending cerpen ni – pembunuhan!
Kalau penulis cerpen ni buat happy ending kan bagus, e.g. YB J tu jadi insaf ke, Melayu-Cina makin rapat ke, perpaduan bertambah erat ke, kan lagi bagus. Barulah ada nilai-nilai kasih sayang, keamanan, perpaduan….
Timing cerpen ni pun cam tak kena. Kita sekarang ni tengah hot dengan banyak isu, keluar lagi cerpen macam ni, macam siram api dengan minyak. Tak perlu la….
Point yang saya nak sampaikan, cerpen ni ok kalau ending dia positif, bukan pembunuhan.
Sri Hartamas says
Let it rest, folks. Why can't you accept his legitimate explanation. And don't blame everything on Umno. There are extremists everywhere amongst us. And drop the holier-than thou attitude.
donplaypuks says
And you noticed he said all that without the lips moving, too!
And God didn't make them green apples, it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summer time, and there's no such thing as Dr.Seuss, Disneyland or mother goose, no nursery rhymes!
Not convinced says
There are too many similarities for you to explain it away. Can you imagine Teresa's parents reading your most insensitive cerpen? You better pray that nothing untoward happens to her. Unlike literary giants like yourself, we, the common folk will see blood on your hands.
responsible says
Should the Muhammad cartoons then be taken as 'just a cartoon'? Who's he kidding? Journalists and writers who spew forth without considering the context in question are either ignorant or dishonest. Defend free expression we must, but be quick to condemn irresponsible ones.
Sagaladoola says
Since Chamil has said this story has nothing to do with Teresa Kok, then that is fine.
http://sagaladoola.blogspot.com
jambu says
I am surprised to learn that the Nut Graph choose to interview this coward.
Memalukan and I will never come to read this site again!
kchan says
Of course YB T is not YB J, otherwise she will be like what Chamil said in the interview:
"YB J is a manifestation of politicians who politicise race issues and have no respect for the rights of all communities,"
Suing him is another way of admitting that she is a racist politician. Clever move.
carrierman says
I see. So how come Chamil doesn't join the free RPK movement? I mean, if he can write his fanciful murder-inducing stories under the guise of "fiction" and freedom of press, surely RPK should have the same freedom afforded him?
By the way, I'm off to write a "cerpen" on a certain politician who gets involved with a woman, but it ends badly when she is killed. Fortunately, there is a happy ending when the truth is revealed and the politician gets his comeuppance and is sent to jail for the rest of his sorry life. Let's see if Utusan will publish that one.
Roger says
To jambu – I respect your decision, but at least the Nut Graph had the guts to give this "coward" a space to present his point of view, no matter how unbelievable or twisted. It's also a chance for us readers to present *our* take on Chamil's supposed defence, giving *us* readers a voice. It's more than any other news site would do – kudos to the Nut Graph for that.
sklee says
Just a comment on the ending of his so-called "political" cerpen. YB J was shot by a Chinese youth who later killed himself….all in the name of racial harmony. What can be more ridiculous! Chinese do not run amok, nor do they go around killing themselves for political reasons. Chamil Wariya has a long, long way to go if he aspires to be a published novelist and not remain a "cerpen" writer who gets published in a newspaper owned by a political party!
Mustapha Kamal says
Is this the best that the so-called literary "giants" of Malaysia can produce ? Is it a wonder that the best of our writers get published elsewhere, but these Umno apologists live off the fat of our land? There's lots more that I want to say, but let me just say this – the path leads from a bankrupt, corrupt politician, to an equally bankrupt "newspaper" columnist, to a propaganda news sheet for Umno, to this person. So, what is he? Debate anyone?
Francis says
How much were you paid for writing the 'cerpen'
Don't you see you have instigated youngsters to kill politicians if they do not like a particular person active in politics?
Redhuan D. Oon says
This article is trying to paint certain politicians along racial lines. YB J is painted as a fighting for her race and thus facing a lot of backlash. And the end result is tragic. All the characters in this cerpen are painted along restrictive roles. YB J is Chinese and doesn't understand fully the Malay sentiment towards her. The driver is wiser and knows what is the solution to the perception. The youth is willing to commit an assassination for the sake of race and country.
To me this is all very mischievous, as the above assumptions and insinuations are stereotyped along Melayu vs Cina as she belongs to POC (Parti Orang Cina) and faces condemnation from POM (Parti Orang Melayu). Casual mention of the May 13 Tragedy is trying to reinforce that this is the prevailing conflict and and dominant fear.
To me this is not the reality of the political culture of the day. Even though this cerpen is clearly trying to draw similarity to Teresa Kok, it is only attempting to sell the idea that its analysis is correct and that its forecast is real. Thus this article is seditious in nature and trying to draw attention and support of its theme based on very restrictive and shallow storyline.
My reading of the present political scenario is that the rakyat is dissatisfied of the status quo along economic and governance issues, and not racial or party lines. The cerpen also painted the youth who shot the YB J as an accepted reaction of political achievement to sacrifice for the good of the country and his race. This in itself puts down the youth as having a tendency to react violently.
Even though the cerpen tried to balance the Malay character by showing YB's driver as someone wiser and knows what the YB should do, it again paints the Malay person negatively as someone who needs not possess a high position in society to offer a "safe" solution of trying to pacify both races instead of one. To me the pacifying characteristic is a stop-gap attempt that sweeps the sentiment under the carpet without examining the real issue, which is what I described above.
As a whole this cerpen should not have been printed and has a loaded and suspicious political agenda behind it. Readers should ignore its subtle insinuations and remember what are the main issues and realities.
k.sam says
Well, being an Indian Malaysian I strongly believe we should leave race and religion aside and lead a normal and healthy life. The degree of a person's imagination depends how much the person wants to relax his or her mind.
But before going into a 'wild' zone all us are given the ability to rationalise our thoughts and its pattern. Writing something that could be perceived as related to a current event with a negative overtone, especially race and religion, in a multi-racial society reflects on the writer's wisdom. This is no matter what he or she aspired to do.
Everybody must play a positive role to ensure public order in our country is upheld at all times. If anybody is found to be a threat, it does not matter what race or religion he or she represents, the person must be properly dealt with so that others will not emulate them and disrupt this country's peace and harmony.
Nobel Hargon says
All writers whom I have came accross say their piece has no relation to the living. A mind cannot be creative without the existence of knowledge within the sub-conscious mind. If this is the living experience that we have gone through, how can one claim it has nothing to do with the living or even the dead for that matter?
On the other extreme, if one wants to associate oneself to every novel/cerpen that is around, they can easily do it without lifting the haystack.
On one end we have a hyprocrite who says what's written is not related to the living and on the other end we have a naive who thinks everything that is written is about them.
Hwa Shi-Hsia says
I agree that it's fiction and bears no resemblance to reality in that anybody would find the idea of someone from the CHINESE community assassinating Teresa Kok for "betraying" them to be ludicrous.
But the author's statement that the YB J character is not intended to be connected to Kok is equally ludicrous.
(Sorry to double-post, but I have to clarify.) I didn't mean in my last comment that Chinese people are angels – I certainly don't believe so. What I meant was that in *this* particular situation we're in and that's portrayed in the story, the idea of a fanatical pro-Chinese (Sinitist?) assassin as described doesn't make any sense.
Zedeck says
Hello Shi-Hsia:
Wouldn't it be "sinotist", since that is the standard prefix? (The closest meaning that "sini" carries to what you are trying to convey is "a form of Chinese Islamic calligraphy" — which, I'd say, is obliquely resonant to the context). I'd suggest "sinophile", though that carries some improper (though delicious) connotations.
Thomas says
If articles like this and racial comments by some politicians do not invoke violence, why did some people resort to violence by throwing Molotov cocktails into Theresa Kok's home, damaging her home, creating and instilling fear in her family? Why were she and the Sin Chew reporter arrested and held under ISA when they were not at fault? Give us an answer to these questions.


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$2^x=4x$

I cant seem to solve this equation. The furthest I have been able to come is
$x-\log_2(x)=2$, but I can't figure how to solve. When I graph $2^x$ and $4x$ they intersect at $x=4$ and $x=0.31$, so I know it is possible to solve.

A: The equation has indeed the easy integer solution $x=4$ which can be found by inspection. Graphing reveals a second solution (and it is possible to formally prove that there are no other real roots).
If you heard of the Taylor development, as the second root is not that large,
you can develop $e^{x\ln2}$ to the second order and solve
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The smallest solution of this quadratic is $x=0.30935\cdots$, which is close the searched answer.

Even better, you can use the known approximation $0.31$ and write
$$e^{(0.31+y)\ln 2}=e^{0.31\ln 2}e^{y\ln 2}=4(0.31+y).$$
Solving as above,
$$y=-9.3067447651\cdots\,\cdot10^{-5}$$ and $$x=0.3099069323807\cdots,$$ where all decimals are exact !

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