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States across the country have set a testable limit on the level of alcohol in someone's bloodstream as a threshold in lieu of demonstrating impairment. While .08 has been established as a baseline legal limit for alcohol, there is no test available to readily measure the amount of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, that is present in someone's system. CNN.com took a long look at the issue, and at ongoing efforts to create a test similar to the breathalyzers that measure alcohol for purposes of prosecuting DUIs.
It is against the law for anyone to drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs, even if the drugs have been prescribed. Florida defines under the influence as "under the influence to the extent that normal faculties are impaired," and other states use similar definitions. That's why law enforcement use field sobriety exercises: they are meant to give the officers a chance to observe a driver to see if their faculties appear to be impaired. The shortcoming of those tests is their unreliability and that they are subjective: an officer will see impairment if they are looking for it. The breath and blood alcohol tests at least provide some consistency, though they are not impairment based. Time will tell if science can come up with something comparable for THC and other controlled substances.
Reliance on impairment based tests is challenging for law enforcement when a case goes to trial. Unless the impairment is clear, a jury may be reluctant to find it beyond a reasonable doubt. The subjectivity may matter more in a DUI than any other, and the outcome of a DUI is more dependent on the skill of the attorneys trying the case. The ambiguity cuts both ways, because the subjectivity of the field sobriety testing may lead to an arrest, and there is no dispositive scientific test to disprove the allegation. If a cop thinks you are impaired, you can be arrested, and the case may have to go to a jury trial. It will be interesting as this field becomes more important with the expansion of recreational and medicinal marijuana.
Posted in Criminal Law, DUI, Police, Regulatory
Tagged alcohol, controlled substance, dui, marijuana, test, thc
Body Cam Footage Released in St. Paul Police Shooting
It's incidents like these that leave me astounded that not every police and sheriff's department provides body cams to its officers. A week ago, a St. Paul police officer shot and killed Ronald Davis, who the officer said had attacked him after Davis rammed the officer's patrol car. Protesters took to the streets to call for justice, though dispatch audio indicated the officer shouting "Drop the knife! Drop the knife!" It was poised to be another touchpoint for a story about a black man being killed by a police officer, and several people claimed they didn't believe the official story that Davis had a knife.
The video was released Tuesday, and it's dramatic. The officer gets out of his car after he's struck, and is immediately set upon by Davis. The video shows Davis attacking the officer, knife in hand, knocking him to the ground. The officer gets up and tries to get away, with Davis continuing to pursue him. The officer shouts for him to drop the knife, and ultimately fires when he fails to comply. The video shows that the officer had a grave reason to fear for his safety, and conclusively shows that his actions were justified. Why Davis attacked him is unclear, and the loss of life is certainly a tragedy, but the video gives a lot more insight into what happened, and prevents a false narrative from going any further. I would urge all law enforcement agencies to follow this practice, and supply body cams and other recording devices for officers.
You can watch the video but are forewarned that it is violent and contains mature content:
Posted in Criminal Law, Police
Tagged body cam, minnesota, police, ronald davis, shooting, st. paul
The Dallas DA did an Interview, in Spite of a Gag Order, and the Judge Couldn't Stand it
Amber Guyger
I should really say the judge couldn't sit for it, because when she heard the DA had done an interview the night before the trial, she literally couldn't stay in her chair. The judge is presiding over the Dallas trial of the former police officer Amber Guyger, who went into the wrong apartment apparently thinking it was her own, and shot the resident. The defense is arguing mistake of fact, and it appears they are claiming Guyger was distracted by sexy texts with her partner around the time she entered the incorrect apartment. There was some controversy, as she was initially charged with manslaughter, which is not the correct charge, since she definitely intended to shoot Mr. Jean. The new DA upped the charges to murder, and then couldn't stop himself from talking to the media on the eve of trial.
Botham Jean
The case is a clear tragedy. While Ms. Gugyer was a cop, she was not on the job. It is indisputed that Mr. Jean was not in the wrong- it was his apartment. Not only that, he was a leader in his church and community. It will be up to a jury to decide if her mistake of fact was reasonable, so as to excuse her grave mistake of killing an unarmed black man in his own home. That's a tough sell for the defense.
Here's a story about the judge presiding over the case, and her reaction:
Tagged amber guyger, badcop, botham jean, dallas, gag order, tammy kemp
Details Released in Arrest of FMPD Captain – the Case Still Looks Like Garbage
Capt. Jay Rodriguez
The affidavit for the warrant in the arrest of FMPD Captain Jay Rodriguez has been released, and as we anticipated in the detailed post about the charges yesterday, it doesn't look like the charges are legally sustainable. As expected, the Misconduct and Prostitution Charges both stem from actions that happened in 2013, several years beyond the statute of limitations.* One newly revealed detail is that the investigating Detective not only accuses Rodriguez of misconduct for being involved in a false report, but also for improperly receiving a benefit with city money for the alleged sexual act. That allegation might sound good, except that he was working in an undercover capacity for the city police department, and his acts led to two arrests. That is still not a prosecutable case. It definitely would have been better practice for Rodriguez to have stopped the suspect before actually receiving a sexual act, but that does not make his action criminal. In fact, it sends a bad message that if the City gets pissed at its cops, it's going to try to prosecute them for doing their job.
As to the perjury charge, it appears the questions posed to Rodriguez were a little clearer than indicated in the earlier press release. Rodriguez was asked "were you ever involved in sex while on duty" and "have you ever engaged in sexual activity on duty with a sex worker or prostitute", which Rodriguez denied. These questions are not as vague as "did you have sex", but they are not so specific that there is not ambiguity. Definitely hard to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. More importantly, this confirms it was an internal affairs investigation, which does not appear to be an "official proceeding" to satisfy the required element of the perjury statute.
Captain Rodriguez may have been involved in wrongdoing, especially if he directed the fabricated statements that led to the arrests of the two individuals. Ultimately, charges were apparently dropped against both of them. However, these charges, under more detailed scrutiny, still look like garbage. If Detective Kendall Bores, who swore out this warrant, does not have a better understanding of the law, that Detective should be reviewed for incompetence. And even if the Detective didn't catch the problems, it should have gone through the State Attorney's office (of the 12th Circuit) for review before the warrant was sworn out. But caution gets thrown to the wayside when political pressure gets applied on a high-profile media case.
Also, NBC-2 spoke to another attorney who agrees that the old charges may be barred by the statute of limitations.
Here's a link to yesterday's even more detailed post as to why these charges are garbage. To reiterate, police misconduct, and especially lying or falsifying police reports, deleting evidence and the like are extremely bad… but that's not what Rodriguez is being charged with. As it is, these charges are, in my humble legal opinion, bullcrap, and I call it like I see it.
*Update, the News-Press points out the charges may fit an exception to the statute of limitations, as the accused is a public employee. The charges are still crap, however. They have also posted the full affidavit for the warrant.
Posted in Criminal Law, Florida, Fort Myers / Lee County / Southwest Florida #SWFL, Police
Tagged badcop, fdle, fmpd, fort myers, mug shot, obstruction, perjury, prostitution, sarasota, sexcrime, statute of limitations
FMPD Captain Arrested, but the Charges may be Fatally Flawed
Posted on September 10, 2019 | 1 comment
So often, the cover up is worse than the crime. That's the case here, as FMPD Captain Jay Rodriguez is charged with perjury and falsifying a document – two felonies – to cover up for soliciting prostitution, which is only a second degree misdemeanor. However, these charges may not pass muster when we get a chance to look at them. The arrest affidavits are not publicly available yet, so information is limited to the press release and related media coverage.
The charges apparently date to an undercover sting operation in which Capt. Rodriguez was involved all the way back in March, 2013. He supposedly received a sex act and then authored a falsified account of his actions. This appears to be the basis of the prostitution and falsifying document charges. However, it appears that these charges are outside of the statute of limitations, which would prevent him from being prosecuted. The statute of limitations for a felony, such as falsifying a document, is generally three years while it's only one year for a second degree misdemeanor. So, prosecution for these charges is more than three years too late!
I contacted FDLE to see if they had any comment about the statute of limitations, but they say the State Attorney makes the filing decisions. These cases are being handled by the 12th Circuit State Attorney, not our local prosecutors.
Further, it's highly unlikely that Rodriguez could be prosecuted for receiving a sex act during an undercover operation. He was operating in his capacity as a police officer at the time, and that is a defense to criminal charges. For comparison, if an undercover officer buy drugs from a drug dealer during an undercover operation, the officer cannot be charged with buying the drugs. It may be unpleasant, but officers are given leeway under the law in these circumstances. The better practice is assuredly to make the bust before the actual sex act, once an agreement is in place, as indicated by the professor in this article. However, the officer is not prosecutable for his violation of the law. There have been several undercover operations locally where a sex act unfortunately took place, but those officers are not facing charges.
Even worse, the timing of this arrest makes these charges look politically motivated. Just 10 days ago, the News-Press ran an article about officers who have been on paid leave for a long time, prompting city councilmen in the article to say that they wanted to see some action. I cannot demonstrate that the FDLE was moved by political and media pressure, but here we are less than two weeks later with questionable charges. Now the city will likely commence termination proceedings. They got what they were looking for to try to stop paying Rodriguez.
The final charge appears to be perjury for lying in the internal investigation. FDLE indicates that Captain Rodriguez denied having "sex" while on duty. Even if the state can prove that a sexual act occurred (the alleged act was not on the video), they will have a hard time proving that he was committing perjury when he said he didn't have sex on duty. The most common usage of "sex" would refer to sexual intercourse, and unless there was some better specificity in the interview… it's not perjury. Further, an interview given in an internal investigation is almost certainly not an "Official Proceeding" as defined by the statute. Perjury usually means lying in court or to in some sort of formal hearing, not simply in a police interview. There is a separate misdemeanor charge for giving a false statement to a police officer, but unless there were some really specific questions being asked about the nature of the sexual activity, even that allegation would be difficult to prove. This charge is also unlikely to be provable beyond a reasonable doubt.
Another questionable issue related to these charges is that WINK news published what appears to be a mug shot of Captain Rodriguez. What's interesting about that is that Florida Statute prohibits the release of mug shots of law enforcement officers. WINK is not in the wrong for publishing it, but the question is where did they get it? Was his mug shot illegally provided to the media? At this point, these charges, and the way they are carried out, create more questions than answers. I am electing not to republish the mug shot in this article, not so much because of the prohibition on dissemination, rather because I think the charges are bogus and have decided to only publish the professional photo that has previously been widely distributed.
Finally, these charges, and the likelihood they get dismissed, will end up serving as a cover for what should be the biggest scandal related to this whole thing. A Fort Myers police captain has been accused of lying, falsifying reports, instructing other officers to assist in his cover up, and possibly deleting video evidence of a criminal investigation. That is the issue we should be most concerned about, especially in light of the ongoing corruption probes at FMPD going back several years. While Captain Rodriguez shouldn't be jailed for lying and saying he kept his bottoms on since it's outside the statute of limitations, we should be terribly concerned that the department covered for his lie for six years. That's a big lie, and if someone was charged with criminal acts, lying about it is far more serious for the effect it may have had on the integrity of our criminal justice system.
Here's an edit of the video in question, from the News-press.
*UPDATE* NBC-2 reports he has been put on unpaid leave. I don't blame Chief Diggs under the circumstances, but it shows that the arrest helped the City with their public pressure to take action.
Tagged badcop, fdle, fmpd, jay rodriguez, mug shot, obstruction, perjury, prostitution, sarasota, sexcrime
Amazon is Sharing Ring Doorbell Info with Law Enforcement
Ring doorbells have video cameras on them that allow people to view and record things happening in front of their homes. They are online, so people can be notified and watch when someone approaches their door, even when they are not at home, thanks to mobile devices. They are becoming more and more popular, and since they are owned by Amazon, they can even be linked up with Amazon's Echo smart home systems.
However, and this may come as a surprise to people considering them, Amazon has partnered with hundreds of law enforcement agencies to share the surveillance data. That means that law enforcement may literally have a live feed from your house, or other homes in your neighborhood. The technology has benefits and concerns. This video surveillance net could help law enforcement catch more crooks, and has become a frequently used tool for that effect. However, the privacy concerns abound, that the government can be watching with multiple eyes around your neighborhood. Some 67 Florida agencies have already signed on to the program, so it looks like it's not going away any time soon.
Posted in 4th Amendment - Search & Seizure, Police
Tagged cameras, ring, spy, surveillance
College QB charged with Drugs for the Bird Poo on his Hood
Posted on August 9, 2019 | Leave a comment
This poor kid literally got arrested for some shit on his car…
screen capture of body cam of the car hood
Shai Werts, who is the starting QB for Georgia Southern University, and has a game scheduled against LSU in a few weeks, was pulled over for speeding in South Carolina, near his home. Officers noticed a white substance on his hood, and thought it was cocaine. Why somebody would drive down the highway with their cocaine on the hood is beyond me, but officers tested it with a presumptive field test which gave them a positive result for the presence of cocaine. Presumptive field tests are not reliable and, for that reason, are not admissible in court. Fortunately, the poo was sent to a lab which has confirmed that it is not drugs, and charges against Wert have been dropped.
Werts was suspended from the team, though he passed a drug test and has since been reinstated. You can watch the in-car video on News Maven here around the 15-minute point. Bonus on the car video, the cops start interrogating Werts in custody without informing his Miranda rights, which they don't read until near the end of this clip. Even if he had made an admission, it would have been inadmissible thanks to poop-cops' eagerness to confront him. Body cam clip on WTOC here.
Posted in Criminal Law, Drugs, Police, Whimsy
Tagged georgia southern, poop-cops, shai werts, south carolina


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After being chased from Facebook and Twitter, internet army of ISIS is now fundraising on the Russian website VK, which claims Russian media investigation. Propaganda and media accounts that are linked with Islamic State like Iraq are being hosted by Russian social media platform. These accounts opened up in media after the terror group was thrown off U.S. social networking sites. Currently, VK website hosted two videos that include how Americans are being beheaded by ISIL. VK released the complete coverage of SITE Intelligence group on its website. VK resembles Facebook having 250 subscribers and is known for hosting media site of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Russia's largest social network VK
Social networking website VK is the largest website in Russia. The website is available in different languages, however the popular among them is Russian speaking users. Recently the founder of the website was under attack and he claimed that now Russia's largest social networking website is now under the complete control of President Vladimir Putin. According to a post published in VK CEO of the website Pavel Durov informed that he has been out from the website and now the website will be under complete control of Alisher Usmanov who is the richest man in Russia. Pavel Durov also informed that his ousting was due to his refusal to hand over personal details of users to the Russian Federal Security Service and his denial to shut down anti-corruption activist.
Unlike other social networking websites VK allow users to message contacts both publicly or privately. The website allows features like you can create groups, public pages, share images, audio and video posts published.
The repositioning of ISIL's executive accounts to Russia
The reason why ISIL official relocate accounts to Russia highlights many issues. One of the main issue focuses on the government challenge face that combats the terror group's online presence. Moreover the relocation also raises questions about government of Russia's ability to stop the growing radicalization among its Muslim population which is rising exponentially.
Russian popular social networking website VK is consider as the prime location for ISIL for publishing propaganda and different announcements over the website. According to a report VK published videos of two Americans that were beheaded.
Behavior of the ISIL accounts on VK
In recent weeks Twitter in Russia has been cracked down. VK, the popular social networking website in Russia publish the promotional videos, magazines and other material of ISIL. According to regional experts it is believed that Russian officials are not formally behind the ISIL movement but they are turning a blind eye on terror groups. According to experts it is believed that VK (website) has been operated by ISIL's leading disseminators for showing terror propaganda. Out of the 18 accounts 15 accounts officially present ISIL's local branches that are in Damascus and Iraq.
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Jean-Bédel Bokassa (22. února 1921, Bobangua – 3. listopadu 1996, Bangui) byl voják a politik, druhý prezident a posléze samozvaný císař-diktátor (jakožto Bokassa I.) Střední Afriky. Násilnosti, za které jeho bizarní diktatura nese odpovědnost, byly v září roku 1979 ukončeny invazí zvláštních jednotek francouzské armády a tajné služby DGSE. Bokassa poté uprchl do exilu ve Francii, avšak po sedmi letech se vrátil do země, kde byl uvězněn a posléze odsouzen k smrti za zločiny (mj. se hodně přetřásala i obvinění z kanibalismu), které spáchal. Tehdejší prezident mu však udělil milost, takže nebyl popraven; nakonec se roku 1993 díky všeobecné amnestii dostal na svobodu a zemřel v poklidu v hlavním městě země.

Mládí
Jean-Bédel Bokassa byl příslušníkem středoafrického kmene Mbaka. Narodil se ve vesnici Bobangi na jihu země, kde byl jeho otec Mindogon vesnickým náčelníkem. Mindogon však byl zabit Francouzi pět let po Jeanově narození v roce 1927. Jeana a jeho sourozence proto vychovával jeho děd Mbalanga, díky němuž Jean mohl nastoupit do misie v M'Baïki a vybrat si mezi dráhou kněze či vojáka. Jeho školní výsledky, horší než ty, které byly oficiálně proklamovány za jeho vlády, jej donutily nastoupit 19. května 1939 na vojnu.

Vojenská dráha
Jako voják se osvědčil. Od února 1947 do března 1948 docházel do kurzu v přípravné vojenské škole v Saint-Louis-du-Sénégal. V srpnu 1950 byl poslán do Indočíny. V roce 1954 získal hodnost praporčíka a od té doby jeho vojenská dráha nabrala vyšší rychlosti díky politice francouzské Čtvrté republiky na formování vojenských kádrů pro nastávající reformy v afrických koloniích. Pátá republika přistupovala k budování národních armád v Africe stejně. Tato politika byla ovšem možná pouze v zemích jako Senegal či Dahome, kde existovaly dostatečné počty vojáků sloužících ve francouzském vojsku.

V Ubangi-Šari bylo zapojení místních obyvatel ve francouzském vojsku tak slabé, že jediným ubangským důstojníkem byl poručík Koudoukou, jenž ovšem brzy zemřel na následky válečných zranění. V roce 1958 byl jediným místním důstojníkem Bokassa.

Z Brazzaville byl převelen do Bangui, kde v roce 1956 získal hodnost podporučíka; v roce 1958 se stal poručíkem a v roce 1961 kapitánem. Jako major byl v roce 1962 převelen ke Středoafrické armádě, v níž se brzy prosadil do velení.

Prezident David Dacko jej 1. února 1963 jmenoval náčelníkem štábu malého středoafrického vojska o pěti stech vojácích do té doby sloužících pod generálem Bigeardem. Bigeard po sobě ovšem zanechal jako pojistku několik francouzských důstojníků, kteří měli za úkol do vojska rychle začleňovat absolventy francouzských vojenských škol (Sana, Bangui a Banza). On sám ale neměl zcela nejlepší pověst zejména po svém působení v Indočíně.

Státní převrat
Státní převrat uskutečnil 31. prosince 1965. Hlavním důvodem bylo postupné oslabování role vojska v SAR ve prospěch četnictva nakloněného Dackovi - tímto způsobem chtěl Dacko snížit Bokassův vliv. Jiná vysvětlení mluví o připravovaném puči, po kterém měl prezidentský úřad obsadit vrchní velitel četnictva Jean Izamo a který překazil v jeho průběhu uskutečněním vlastního převratu (viz článek David Dacko).

1. ledna 1966 v půl čtvrté ráno Bokassa oznámil v rozhlase převzetí moci.

Jean Izamo byl po převratu odstraněn, patrně zabit – zmizel ze své cely. On sám však v zemi neustavil vojenskou diktaturu. Vojsko v novém režimu nehrálo správní roli. Neexistovala žádná junta či vojenský výbor.

Politicky nijak neprotežoval svůj kmen. Je pravdou, že do významných funkcí dosazoval své příbuzné – včetně kojenců naverbovaných do armády a povýšených na četaře ve čtyřech letech. Jeho rodina tím získávala celkový žold ve výši 4 miliony franků CFA. Jinak důvěřoval jen své tělesné stráži (přezdívané "Les Abeilles" - včely), sestávající z přibližně stovky mužů a žen převážně z jeho rodné vesnice.

Příslušníci kmene Ngbaka, včetně nejbližší etnické podskupiny, tvořili nejvýznamnější část protibokassovské opozice.

Císařství
Jeho vášeň pro tituly byla dána dvěma faktory – jednak tím zkoušel kompenzovat fakt, že jeho schopnost kontrolovat území státu se omezovala fakticky na Bangui a své sídlo Berengo, jednak soupeřil s dalšími africkými diktátory. I samotné sídlo v Berengu bylo kopií sídla Houphouëta-Boignyho. S Mobutuem a Bongem soupeřil přímo. Mobutu byl první, kdo dal najevo svůj zájem o titul maršála a později krále; obezřetně ovšem nechal Bokassovým prostřednictvím prověřit reakci mezinárodního společenství. Sám jej pobídl, aby se nechal jmenovat maršálem (15. května 1974) a vytvořil souběžně úřad premiéra (k tomu došlo 1. ledna 1975), který mu měl sloužit (a sloužil) jako štít proti mezinárodní kritice. Například v roce 1979 svalil na premiéra veškerou vinu za násilnosti vůči obyvatelstvu.

Zaskočil jej Mobutuův úmysl stát se, poté, co zinstitucionalizoval tradiční náčelnictví a po dohodě s Bongem, císařem Bantuů. Prohlásil, že pokud by měl existovat císař Bantuů, bude to on. Povolal proto k sobě Dacka, který udržoval přátelské vztahy s Bongem, a pověřil jej vedením diplomatického jednání s Francií a Gabunem. Dacko Bokassu přesvědčil, aby prohlásil, že již nedůvěřuje premiérovi Ange Patassému kvůli jeho častým stykům s francouzským velvyslanectvím.

V září 1976 rozpustil vládu a nahradil ji Revoluční radou. Na sjezdu Hnutí pro demokratický vývoj střední Afriky (HDVSA) dne 4. prosince 1976 byla přijata nová ústava a vyhlášeno Středoafrické císařství.

Během přehnaně okázalého obřadu byl Bokassa 4. prosince 1977 korunován císařem (Bokassa I.). Nákladná oslava, nezdařená napodobenina Napoleonovy korunovace, si vyžádala 20 milionů USD. Francie Bokassu v tomto záměru podpořila, protože doufala, že jej tím uváže do representativní role bez skutečné politické moci, která přejde do rukou předsedy vlády.

Hospodářská moc
Postupně na sebe vedle politických funkcí soustředil i hospodářskou moc ve státě. Zahraniční investoři mu již předem nabízeli podíl v nově vznikajících dceřiných společnostech. Nemalé finanční příjmy mu plynuly i z úplatků, darů a výhodných půjček. Například americký miliardář John Deus mu nabídl půjčku 250 milionů CFA franků, za což získal v SAR monopol na trhu ropných derivátů a zemního plynu.

Brzy ovládl i polostátní společnosti ovládající turistické služby, telekomunikace; získal de facto osobní monopol na distribuci cementu a oceli v zemi, jeho "farma Bobangui" vyráběla polovinu palmového oleje produkovaného v SAR. Bokassa také často těžil z vyvlastněného majetku svých odvolaných politických rivalů.

Nakonec založil i firmu La Couronne, jež byla zodpovědná za vybíjení slonů a krokodýlů.

Přivlastnil si rovněž různé dary určené pro SAR. Například francouzští prezidenti Charles de Gaulle a Georges Pompidou předali SAR v den Bokassových narozenin postupně letadla DC-4 a DC-8. Bokassa je považoval za osobní dary (s odvoláním, že byly předány "k jeho narozeninám") a draze je pronajímal vládě.

Při pádu jeho vlády v roce 1979 bylo v jeho sídle v Berengu objeveno 160 párů sloních klů (tj. 3 tuny slonoviny), jeho maršálská hůl posázená diamanty v hodnotě 375 mil. CFA franků, nádoba s 14 250 surovými diamanty, kufr s 2000 zpracovanými diamanty vysoké hodnoty (dvou-, tří-, deseti- a dvacetikarátové), jeden 62-karátový diamant a kufry plné valut. Jeho majetek byl odhadován na 520 milionů až 1,3 miliardy francouzských franků.

Jeho osobní odkaz
Těžil i z fám, které se šířily kolem jeho postavy – byly mu přičítány nadpřirozené schopnosti jako například schopnost číst myšlenky jiných. Byl také spojován s různými čarodějnickými rituály a kanibalismem. Toho se ovšem ujal i západní tisk a propadl nekritickým fabulacím .

Středoafrický tisk jej po dobu jeho vlády popisoval střídavě jako následovníka Barthélemyho Bogandy, poloboha, ztělesnění Afriky atp. On sám se s oblibou stylizoval do otce svých poddaných či jednoho z rolníků.

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American Airlines, US Airways seek November court date
Aug. 23, 2013, Dallas, Tx. - American Airlines and US Airways want a trial in the government's lawsuit against their proposed merger to start in November, three months sooner than the date picked by federal officials.
August 23, 2013 By Carey Fredericks
The airlines estimated that the trial would last 10 days, meaning that even if they win, the merger won't close until late this year.
American parent AMR Corp. had hoped to complete the merger and come out of bankruptcy protection in September. It said in a court filing Thursday that the delay is costing AMR $500,000 a day in professional fees such as lawyers' bills for its bankruptcy case.
The airlines asked the court for a Nov. 12 trial, while the Justice Department favours a trial starting no sooner than Feb. 10.
Lawyers for the airlines noted that either company can back out of the merger if regulators don't approve it by Dec. 13. They said delaying the trial past that date would cause "even greater uncertainty'' for employees and customers. Morale is already suffering, they said.
The merger was steaming toward final approval this month until the U.S. Justice Department and six states threw up a roadblock. They filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Washington, D.C., to stop the merger, saying it will reduce competition and lead to
higher fares and extra fees for consumers.
The case might never get to trial. The airlines are likely to keep trying to negotiate a settlement that would require concessions – at a minimum, giving up takeoff and landing slots at Reagan National Airport outside Washington – but allow the merger to go ahead. Publicly, however, both sides have sounded as if they're ready to fight, not talk.
US Airways Group Inc. CEO Doug Parker, who would run the combined company, said in a message to employees Thursday, "We are eager to get to court so that we can make our case and explain exactly how this merger enhances competition across the US and the globe.''
Parker and AMR CEO Tom Horton say that the merger would help consumers by creating a third giant airline roughly the size of United and Delta. The Justice Department argues that it will hurt competition by leaving just four airlines – United, Delta, Southwest and the post-merger American – controlling more than 80 per cent of the U.S. air-travel market.
American Airlines, US Airways merger hits snag
U.S. government seeks trial to block merger
US Airways, American move closer to mega-merger
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Bottas 'Will be Hungry' to Claim Victory in Baku after 2018 Heartbreak – Wolff
Credit: Steve Etherington
Toto Wolff believes Valtteri Bottas will be going all out this weekend at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix to claim the victory that was so cruelly denied to him twelve months ago.
Bottas had taken over the lead after pitting under the safety car late in the day but found himself out of the race with just a handful of laps remaining due to a puncture, caused by debris on the start/finish straight of the Baku City Circuit.
The Finn has enjoyed a much stronger start to 2019 than he did last season with one win and two second places in the opening three races, while he was also the pole sitter last time out in China and Wolff, the Head of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport, knows his driver will be 'hungry' for the win this weekend.
"Valtteri drove a strong race last year but a puncture denied him a well-deserved victory shortly before the end," said Wolff. "He's had a good start to this season and I'm sure he will be hungry to go for the points he didn't get last year."
Lewis Hamilton inherited the race victory from Bottas last season and comes into this weekends Azerbaijan Grand Prix on top of the Drivers' Championship after winning the past two Grand Prix in Bahrain and China, and Wolff believes the reigning World Champion will be looking to become the first two-time winner at Baku.
"Unlike last year, Lewis heads to Baku leading the Championship and will undoubtedly be looking to repeat his win from 2018," said Wolff.


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Shelter Beneath the Bing
An air raid shelter near Greendykes Road in Broxburn.
The area c.1958, before the quarrying of the bing. The marker shows the approximate location of the tunnels.
F18030, first published 6th August 2017
The area immediately north of the Union canal, and to the west of Greendykes Road in Broxburn, now forms a fantastic landscape of red shale cliffs and bluffs that might resemble the surface of Mars if it were not for the greenery and wetlands that are gradually colonising this alien scene. The spent shale seems to have been the waste product of shale oil operations during the 1860's and 70's either from Steele's oil works that lay close to Greendykes road, or the larger Albyn oil works sited to the west. As retorting processes were not particularly efficient in those early days, significant carbon remained in the waste that tended to heat and slowly combust deep inside the bing, fusing the fragments of waste shale into hard concrete-like masses. Most of the loose red blaes of the bing has been removed as construction material, most likely during the 1960's, leaving only the recalcitrant fused blocks of spent shale in place.
The pleasant pool at the heart of bing.
Entrance to the Northern "tunnel".
Northern entrance showing timber shoring and door frame.
On the eastern edge of the bing, overlooking Greendykes Road, two mysterious tunnels burrow beneath the hard fused mass of spent shale. While some have suggested that these might be mine entrances, they seem far too narrow and insubstantial for this purpose, and the form of construction, with well-preserved railway sleepers framing a doorway at the entrance and fireclay bricks lining the wall, appears relatively recent. It seems most likely that the tunnels are the two entrances to an underground chamber constructed as an air raid shelter. A side opening visible at the end of one of the tunnels suggests that the chamber may still be accessible, although the author was too timid and decrepit to test this theory.
While most of the Broxburn refinery, on the west side of Greendykes Road, had been closed and cleared well before World War Two, the acid plant, candle works, and gas works continued in production into the 1950's. Might the air raid shelter beneath the bing have offered refuge to the workers of these plants?
Close up of the northern entrance, now a ferny grotto.The right turn at the end of the passageway perhaps leads to the main chamber of the presumed air raid shelter.
The southern entrance, now mostly infilled.
Route of the mineral railway approaching the level crossing of Greendykes Road. Turn immediately left at the triangular sign and follow the path to the tunnels.


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Q: Use one AWS security group for home IP access to AWS instances I need to access our company AWS instances from home.
All access is managed by AWS security groups, and I need to change my home IP there every time my provider changes it.
My idea to simplify this routine was to create one security group with all inbound and outbound traffic allowed for my ip, and use this group to grant access permissions to all my instances' security groups.

I tried it with no success.
Can anybody shed some light on this issue?
Thank you!

A: It's usually easiest to pay for a static IP. You can use a static IP but it means changing it regularly.
Add your static or dynamic IP to a new security group. Assign that security group to all resources you want to log into. Security groups are additive.
Your question isn't really very clear on what you've done so I can't say what's wrong.
You have replied in comments

I meant that I want to create a group "MyGroup" with rules that allow
all traffic in and out, and add this group into all other groups I
have in AWS - for examlple, if I want to allow RDP from my IP to the
server in "FirstGroup", I just create an inbound rule in FirstGroup,
that allows RDP from MyGroup. I hope I made the thing clearer.

A security group is basically a firewall around a single ENI (elastic network interface). It's not a subnet, it's not a proxy, it's pretty simple. Also, AWS networking is not transitive, traffic doesn't hop around like you might want it to.
Your plan will not work unless you have a bastion host / server running in your "MyGroup" security group. If you want a separate security group with your home IP in it (which is what I do in my personal AWS account) you have to make sure every instance has that security group associated with it. Putting a rule in that allows ingress from / egress to that group does not achieve what you're trying to do.
Allowing security groups to reference other security groups is really useful for some things. I often use them as tiers like subnets used to be used in on-premise networks. I'd have a SG for the load balancer, the app server, and the DB server, all allowing appropriate ingress / egress from other SGs and the LB allowing ingress from the internet.

A: Feel free to use my powershell script for this .
The script detects your public ip and adds it to the inbound security group rules of dedicated RDP and SSH security groups .
If these groups do not exist , the script will create them and add it to the appropriate instances .
https://github.com/manuelh2410/public/blob/1/AWSIP_Linux_Win.ps1

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New staff who are appointed to a post within the University are appointed on a probationary basis. The normal probationary periods are 12 months for academic and senior staff, and 6 months for all other posts. These may be varied in specific cases by agreement between the Dean/Director and the HR Business Partnership Team.
During the probation period the line manager and the employee should assess whether the employee is appropriately matched to the role and whether the employee is able to provide the expected level of performance, skills, and conduct in relation to the job. Any developmental needs that were identified in the selection process must be addressed as soon as possible in this period, through an appropriate development plan, setting of clear work objectives, and regular monitoring and feedback.
On satisfactory completion of the probation period, the employee will receive an annual increment (unless they are already at the top of the normal salary range for the grade).
Effective management of the probationary programme
Line managers should structure a probationary programme so that the employee is clear about the expected level of performance, standard of conduct and quality and quantity of outputs. It should make provision for regular assessment and review of the employee's performance, suitability for the role, any training and developmental needs, and ensure proper feedback and discussion with the employee. Above all the employee should be clear about what is expected of them in the role to which they have been appointed.
A programme should include:
clear job outputs, i.e. what the employee will be expected to achieve during or by the end of their probationary period;
clear standards of performance that are required with regard to the duties on the job description;
clear measurements or standards against which the employee's performance will be assessed;
any agreed development activities such as training courses, mentoring, work shadowing; and
a description of relevant standards of behaviour in relation to liaison with colleagues or clients for example.
The line manager should arrange to meet with the new member of staff within two weeks of joining to set initial objectives and ensure the effective induction of the member of staff into the University, workplace, team and job role. The line manager should arrange regular meetings during the probationary period to review progress and provide support. The probationary programme should include:
completion of the induction checklist;
regular monitoring of the employee's performance and induction through progress meetings;
regular constructive feedback;
supervisory guidance and support ;
identification of any issues, discussion and action planning at the earliest opportunity;
timely provision of necessary training and coaching, especially any mandatory training required for the optimum performance of the role.
The HR Business Partnership Team will advise and provide support and guidance, to the line manager who is responsible for ensuring that appropriate induction and probationary processes are carried out in accordance with these guidelines.
The probationary period should also make provision for a training plan which sets out the additional development that the employee is expected to undertake in order to be fully effective in the role.
A training plan may include:
training for specific job tasks;
relevant mandatory training including Welcome to Brookes, H&S, DSE, induction course, PDR, Recruitment and Selection;
general university policies and procedures;
job specific knowledge such as software, or technical knowledge; and
the new starter check list
Training should be structured in timely stages so that the employee is able to work towards competent performance by the end of their probation period.
Progress meetings
Regular progress meetings between the line manager and the employee are a necessary part of the probationary period and should provide a time in which the employee's performance and progress can be discussed and reviewed. Less frequent meetings can result in important issues being overlooked or in a delay in the resolution of issues relating to the requirements and responsibilities of the post.
Progress meetings should be used to highlight areas in which the employee is doing well. Where there are problems: the meeting should explain clearly where and how an employee is falling below the required levels, and to discuss the reasons for this. These meetings should be conducted as a dialogue and the employee should be encouraged to ask questions, to raise concerns about aspects of their employment and to seek advice. These meetings should be followed up with a short note of the topics covered and agreed outcomes.
Keeping records
Probationary progress meetings need to be fully and clearly documented to provide an accurate record of what has been discussed covering areas of concern, and noting areas where the employee is performing well and where guidance has been provided on required improvements in any areas of concern. The manager should provide a copy of the record made after each meeting to the employee.
A final review meeting must be held before the final date of the period. HR will send a reminder to the manager before the end of the probation period. This meeting should be used to:
identify and discuss any areas where the employee requires further training and development;
discuss how they feel about their job role in general and
explain how performance will be managed in the future.
The HR Employee Services Team will send a Probation form to the line manager so that they can confirm whether or not the employee has completed all aspects of their induction and whether or not to confirm the employee in post.
If the employee's level of performance is satisfactory, the line manager should confirm this on the Probation form and return it to the HR Employee Services Team for confirmation of the appointment.
If the employee's performance has not been up to the standard required, the line manager should complete the Probation Memo and discuss the matter with the HR Business Partnership Team (if they have not done so already), providing evidence of the standards that have been set, the individual's performance, the training that has been provided, and the conversations and progress review meetings that have taken place.
Line managers are expected to identify as early as possible in the probationary period where there are concerns about performance or capability, and to discuss these with the employee and with the HR Business Partnership Team. Such discussions should not be delayed until the later part of the probationary period.
Extending a probationary period
If an employee's performance is considered to have been unsatisfactory by the end of the probationary period, or the employee or the manager has been absent from the workplace for an extended period during the probationary period, the line manager may wish to recommend an extension to the probationary period.
Extending a probationary period will normally only be appropriate where it is felt that the provision of further time and support is likely to enable the employee to reach the required level of performance.
A probationary period can only be extended in consultation with the HR Business Partnership Team and with the agreement of the relevant PVC Dean/Director.
Where an employee successfully completes an extended probationary period and has not been appointed at the top of their grade, they will receive their first increment with effect from the date that their probationary period has been formally signed off as being achieved. For example, if a support staff employee had their six month probationary period extended to nine months, the first increment will be given after nine months, not six.
Where an employee's period of probation is to be extended, the line manager must set out the terms of the extension in writing (copy to HR for the personal file) stating:
the reason for the extension with supporting evidence and the expectation that the employee will be able to reach the required standard by the end of the extended probation period;
the performance standards and objectives that must be achieved by the end of the extended probation period (an action plan);
the length of the extension and the date when the probation period will end;
any support or further training that will be provided during the extension period; and
that if the employee does not fully meet the required standards by the end of the extended period of probation, their employment may be terminated.
Terminating a probationary period
Where a line manager does not wish to confirm an appointment, they should consult the HR Business Partnership Team at least six weeks before the end of the probationary period. There will be a discussion between the line manager and the HR Business Partnership Team taking account of the written evidence of the support and training the employee has been given, the standards that have been communicated to them, their performance, and copies of the notes generated and sent to the employee after each Progress Meeting.
If it is agreed that the evidence supplied supports a case for not confirming the appointment (and not extending the probationary period), the line manager will write a report recommending that the employment should be terminated. This should be submitted via the PVC Dean/Director to the HR Business Partnership team for consideration by the Vice-Chancellor (or nominatee).
The employee will be informed in person by their line manager that this recommendation is being made and this will be confirmed in writing to the member of staff with a copy of the report by the HR Business Partnership Team. In that letter the employee will be invited to make any representations to the Vice-Chancellor (or nominee), either in writing or orally, within 5 working days. Any representation meeting between the Vice-Chancellor and the employee will take place within 10 days of the employee notifying that they wish to make a representation. The staff member may be accompanied by a friend, employee or a trade union representative. A member of HR will attend as note-taker.
The Vice-Chancellor or the nominee will receive the full set of documentation together with any written or oral representations from the employee. The Vice-Chancellor may seek supplementary information from any of the parties, and any such information shall also be communicated to the employee and the HR Directorate.
If the recommendation for dismissal is approved, the employee will be notified in writing and informed of the right of appeal.
Right of appeal against non confirmation in post
Employees whose appointment is not confirmed through this procedure have the right of appeal against the decision and may be accompanied at that appeal by a friend, employee or a trade union representative.
Any appeal must be made in writing to the Director of HR within 10 working days of the date of the letter confirming the Vice-Chancellor's decision to dismiss. The appeal must explain the grounds on which the appeal is being made.
An appeal against a decision to dismiss by the Vice-Chancellor (or nominee) will be heard by an Appeal Committee. The Appeal Committee will comprise:
one Independent Governor of the University appointed by the Director of HR; and
one senior member of staff , nominated by the Director of HR, who has not previously been involved in the case. (Senior staff includes PVCs, PVC Deans, Associate Deans, Directors, Heads of Faculty Operations.)
The Appeal Committee will normally hear any appeal within 20 working days of the appeal being lodged, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the parties. The dismissal will remain in effect pending the hearing of the appeal.
Decisions made on appeal shall be final and the member of staff will be informed in writing of that decision within 5 days of the appeal hearing date.
Application to Existing Employees of the University
Staff already employed within the University may change post through open recruitment or through redeployment.
Current employees who change their role within the organisation, for whatever reason, will be provided with the same level of support to help them to move successfully into the new role. This support will include a structured programme, as set out above, with regular monitoring of performance, appropriate support and training, training plan, progress meetings, and full supporting documentation (as detailed in this guidance document). The employee's continuity of service will not be affected by the change of role.
Where redeployment is involved there will be a trial period for both the employee and the University, as detailed in the Handling redundancies and redeployment Policy.
If the employee does not reach the required standard in the new post the University's capability procedure should be implemented rather than the probation procedure set out above.
Reviewed October 2018


Do you find it difficult to get your ideas across during meetings, or do other people constantly talk over you? Get some top tips for asserting yourself.
Struggling to make ourselves heard in meetings can be extremely annoying and frustrating and makes us feel undervalued. Here we look at how you can assert yourself during meetings and make sure that people listen to what you have to say.
Having a personality is essential if you want to get your points across. After all, if you can't put your ideas across with clarity, confidence and conviction, you are effectively wasting your time and energy.
You need to make people sit up and take notice. To do this, create a personality that oozes self-assurance and control. Speak with authority when your time comes and stand up for what you believe in.
Preparation is key when it comes to shaping your message and delivery. You need to win over your audience as quickly as possible. This means knowing who they are and understanding their personalities.
Figures of authority, for example, are often autocratic, independent and strong willed, demanding instant results no matter what it takes. You therefore need to cut to the chase, rather than beat around the bush.
Everyone wants to be heard. But if everyone is shouting at once then the likelihood is that no-one will be heard at all.
You should be less forceful and listen more. Believe it or not, this counter-intuitive approach is often the best way of getting your point across.
Trying to understand another person's conflicting points of view, no matter how much it pains you, will open up the door for them to do the same for you when it's your turn to have the floor.
Giving someone the freedom to express their thoughts and opinions creates a much more receptive audience, so listen to what they have to say and acknowledge their points of view. This shows you're willing to entertain an alternative view to facilitate solving the problem, whatever it is, moving forward.
Then, when it's your turn to speak, start by complimenting what the other person had said. Look for one thing you can agree with, or simply speak positively of their intentions. Doing so will make them less likely to interrupt you.
The golden rule to getting your point across is to not seek permission to speak. For example, you should never say "May I make a point?" or "Can I interject?" as this just makes it easy for them to say "No".
Instead, say "I have a point to make" or just speak out with your comments. Remember to be loud and clear though. Speaking softly means your comments will more than likely fall on deaf ears, so be well spoken and vocal.
Just make sure you don't waffle. Get to the point and hold your ground.


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Q: Function parameter with a dot gives SyntaxError I am trying to run a Python script from a command line and this is my script:
import sys

def printsomething(sys.argv):
    text = str(sys.argv[1])
    print(text)

    return "done"

if __name__ == "__main__":
    printsomething()

I am getting syntax error for this line:
def printsomething(sys.argv)
What is the problem?
My command line command is this:
python myscript.py trololo

A: sys.argv is python reserved word and not recommended to use as method arguments and also period is not allowed in python identifiers.
Identifiers and keywords

Within the ASCII range (U+0001..U+007F), the valid characters for identifiers are the same as in Python 2.x: the uppercase and lowercase letters A through Z, the underscore _ and, except for the first character, the digits 0 through 9.

Just use valid identifier for method argument and call printsomething by passing sys.argv
import sys

def printsomething(v):
   text = str(v[1])
   print(text)

   return "done"

if __name__ == "__main__":
  printsomething(sys.argv)

Note sys.argv is a list and throws IndexError if index is out of range

A: The expressions you should put inside the brackets are the function argument names.
Function argument names can't include dot inside them. If you want to use sys inside your function simply use it, its a global import.
import sys

def printsomething():
    text = str(sys.argv[1])
    print(text)

    return "done"

if __name__ == "__main__":
    printsomething()


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London focus for Mission: Impossible – Fallout
In the third of a three-part locations feature focussing on Mission: Impossible – Fallout, KFTV looks more closely at how Tom Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie returned to London.
Author: Nick Goundry
In the third of a three-part locations feature focussing on Mission: Impossible – Fallout, KFTV looks at how Tom Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie returned to London.
Cruise and McQuarrie had used London as a base for previous Mission: Impossible movie Rogue Nation and for Fallout they returned to Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, north-west of the city.
Mission Impossible Fallout
Various hidden locations in Bishopsgate and Shoreditch in the east of the city stood in for story settings in European cities including Berlin.
London's iconic central locales were used for scenes set in the capital for a key midpoint foot chase.
Finding himself having to climb to the city's rooftops, Cruise's superspy Ethan Hunt crosses the Thames by sprinting across the distinctive solar roof of Blackfriars railway station on the north bank of the river. He then follows his mark at ground level along Bankside towards a showdown on the 99-metre-high chimney of the Tate Modern.
Chris Webster, the Tate's filming manager, worked with Paramount Pictures to organise what became the first ever shoot on the top of the gallery's chimney.
"All in all it took about a year from the first initial scouting to actually shooting the scenes," says Webster, in comments to KFTV.
"There were various ideas and discussions in the early stages about what could be achieved and how this might work."
A temporary scaffold was set up by the production team towards the top of the chimney as a support structure for the crew that remained out of sight when Cruise was filmed from a helicopter.
"The film crew employed specialist scaffold company Crown and they worked with the Tate Modern's facilities and buildings team to manage the construction and maintenance of the chimney scaffold," Webster comments.
"Crown drilled anchor points into the chimney and tested the pull, then built the scaffold from these points – they made a platform near the top so that the crew could access the rooftop safely."
FilmFixer manages the film office service for Southwark Council, the authority that supervises production in the area.
"This was a complicated shoot that required helicopter licenses from the Civil Aviation Authority, as well as permission from the Met Police for the characters to carry fake weapons," says Karen Everett, CEO of FilmFixer, in comments to KFTV.
The actual production process on the Tate chimney lasted a tight six days, including prep and clean-up. The shoot itself spanned about six hours on a single day.
In the film, Hunt gets to the top of the chimney by way of an internal industrial lift, which was shot at a separate location.
London remains one of the world's most popular filming locations for big-budget Hollywood movies, recently drawing level with top US hub Georgia.
Click the links to read KFTV's reports on how Mission: Impossible - Fallout filmed in France and in New Zealand.
Main page image: Paramount Pictures. Tate Modern images: Kelly Jones, film officer at FilmFixer
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Six Practical Reasons to Save Old Buildings
by Julia Rocchi, Director of Digital Content at the National Trust for Historic Preservation
1. Old buildings have intrinsic value.
Buildings of a certain era, namely pre-World War II, tend to be built with higher-quality materials such as rare hardwoods (especially heart pine) and wood from old-growth forests that no longer exist.
Prewar buildings were also built by different standards. A century-old building might be a better long-term bet than its brand-new counterparts.
Take, for example, the antebellum Kennedy-Baker-Walker-Sherrill House in West Knoxville, Tennessee. Until the City Council approved a zoning deal, the house was threatened by developers' interests. However, following its classification as a historic site, the house―and its five-brick-thick walls―will be reborn as an office building that could withstand the fiercest of tornadoes.
2. When you tear down an old building, you never know what's being destroyed.
A decade ago, the Daylight Building in Knoxville was a vacant eyesore. A developer purchased the property with plans to demolish the building to make way for new construction.
However, following multiple failed deals to demolish the building, the Daylight went back on the market. Dewhirst Properties bought it and began renovations only to discover the building's hidden gems: drop-ceilings made with heart-pine wood, a large clerestory, a front awning adorned with unusual tinted "opalescent" glass, and a facade lined with bright copper.
Beyond surviving demolition and revealing a treasure trove of details, the Daylight reminds us that even eyesores can be valuable for a community's future.
3. New businesses prefer old buildings.
In 1961, urban activist Jane Jacobs startled city planners with The Death and Life of Great American Cities, in which Jacobs discussed economic advantages that certain types of businesses have when located in older buildings.
Jacobs asserted that new buildings make sense for major chain stores, but other businesses–-such as bookstores, ethnic restaurants, antique stores, neighborhood pubs, and especially small start-ups―thrive in old buildings.
"As for really new ideas of any kind―no matter how ultimately profitable or otherwise successful some of them might prove to be―there is no leeway for such chancy trial, error, and experimentation in the high-overhead economy of new construction," she wrote. "Old ideas can sometimes use new buildings. New ideas must use old buildings."
4. Old buildings attract people.
Is it the warmth of the materials, the heart pine, marble, or old brick―or the resonance of other people, other activities? Maybe older buildings are just more interesting.
The different levels, the vestiges of other uses, the awkward corners, the mixtures of styles, they're at least something to talk about. America's downtown revivals suggest that people like old buildings. Whether the feeling is patriotic, homey, warm, or reassuring, older architecture tends to fit the bill.
Regardless of how they actually spend their lives, Americans prefer to picture themselves living around old buildings. Some eyes glaze over when preservationists talk about "historic building stock," but what they really mean is a community's inventory of old buildings ready to fulfill new uses.
5. Old buildings are reminders of a city's culture and complexity.
By seeing historic buildings―whether related to something famous or recognizably dramatic―tourists and longtime residents are able to witness the aesthetic and cultural history of an area. Just as banks prefer to build stately, old-fashioned facades, even when located in commercial malls, a city needs old buildings to maintain a sense of permanency and heritage.
6. Regret goes only one way.
The preservation of historic buildings is a one-way street. There is no chance to renovate or to save a historic site once it's gone. And we can never be certain what will be valued in the future. This reality brings to light the importance of locating and saving buildings of historic significance―because once a piece of history is destroyed, it is lost forever.
This toolkit originally appeared on March 3, 2014, and was adapted from Jack Neely's article, "Nine Practical Reasons to Save Old Buildings," at Metro Pulse.
Julia Rocchi is the director of digital content at the National Trust. By day she wrangles content; by night (and weekends), she shops local, travels to story-rich places, and gawks at buildings.


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Hammer, Alison
After opening her own advertising agency, Alexis relied on her husband, Tommy, for the household duties and supervision of their teenage daughter, CeCe. When Tommy receives a terminal cancer diagnosis, Alexis puts her career on hold....
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Ferraro, Dave
Yumiko Sato was spirited away by yokai when she was seven-years-old. Kagami, the yokai lord of a magical realm that exists beyond mirrors, allowed her to leave, but vowed that he would come for her when she turned eighteen, whereupon he...
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Winter road
Butcher, Kristin
Sixteen-year-old Kat and her mom haven't seen much of each other since Kat's father died last year. Her mom has taken over the family trucking business and has been away a lot. She promised that Kat could join her on her next run, a...
Baugh, Leanne
In the opening pages of this historical novel, sixteen-year-old Kate Harding is desperately trying to assist her mother who is about to give premature birth to a child in their home in the small colonial community of Victoria in 1861....
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Who owns Kelly Paddik
Goobie, Beth
Kelly Paddik is locked up. Sent to a secure facility because she is a "danger to herself," all Kelly wants is to escape. But she has been running from everybody since her father abused her and her mother stood by and let it happen. It...
When you and I collide
Norris, Kate
Teenage Winnie can see splits, the moment when outcomes in the multiverse diverge. In the middle of WWII, and afraid of what her ability could be used for, she keeps it hidden. Only her father knows. But he has a plan.
Narrator: Sarah Naughton
When the curtain rises
Muller, Rachel
Chloe McBride has some reservations about accepting her elderly great-aunts' invitation to spend part of the summer with them in Little Venice, but her initial reluctance is outweighed by her curiosity about the mysterious key that came...
What unbreakable looks like : a novel
McLaughlin, Kate
"Raw, unflinching, and authentic, Kate McLaughlin's thoughtful What Unbreakable Looks Like carefully crafts a story exposing the vulnerability of underage trafficked girls and what it takes to begin the process of healing from...
Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky
What it feels like for a girl
Harper, Jennica
What It Feels Like for a Girl is a series of poems following the intense friendship between two teenagers as they explore pop icons, pornography, and the big, strange world of sex. They soon learn just how complicated sexuality is--and...
Clark, Sally
It is 1897, and word of gold on the Klondike has spurred a frantic rush of miners to cash in on the riches rumoured to be found there. But by the time the prospectors arrive, all the claims have been staked. Without enough supplies or...
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Waking
Harvey-Fitzhenry, Alyxandra
Beauty is afraid to sleep, her dreams are haunted by the Shadow Lady who stalks and threatens her. During her waking hours, Beauty's life is safe, safer than she wants it to be. Since her mother's death, her father has become so over-...
Volleyball vibe
Spafford-Fitz, Karen
"Highlighting girls' volleyball, a sport which has overtaken girls' basketball in popularity, Volleyball Vibe shows how engagement in sports can boost self-esteem, confidence, and foster responsibility and teamwork. The main character,...
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Valentine : a novel
Wetmore, Elizabeth
It's February 1976, and Odessa, Texas, stands on the cusp of the next great oil boom. In the early hours of the morning after Valentine's Day, fourteen-year-old Gloria Ramírez appears on the front porch of Mary Rose Whitehead...
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Until today
Fluttert, Pam
Kat is alone with a secret she doesn?t want to keep, but can?t risk telling. A victim of longtime sexual abuse at the hands of her family?s trusted friend, Kat is torn between trying to protect herself and safeguarding her little sister...
Under the dusty moon
Sutherland, Suzanne
2016 Junior Library Guild Selection 2016 VOYA Top Shelf Fiction Selection CCBC's Best Books for Kids & Teens (Fall 2016) — Commended She's with the band, whether she likes it or not. Victoria Mahler is the sixteen-year-old only...
Braswell, Liz
What if Wonderland was in peril and Alice was very, very late? Alice is on a mission to stop the Queen of Hearts' tyranny and to find her place in both worlds. But will she able to do so before the End of Time?
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Two strikes
Boateng, Johnny
KaLeah has just moved from Halifax to the small town of Trail, B.C. KaLeah's a natural at baseball, and it's what she loves to do most. But she is excluded and bullied by Nikki and her clique, the popular Valley Girls, because she is...
Green, John
"This novel is by far [Green's] most difficult to read. It's also his most astonishing. So surprising and moving and true that I became completely unstrung." - The New York Times "A tender story about learning to cope when the world...
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Portis, Charles
In the 1870s, young Mattie Ross learns that her beloved father was gunned down by his former handyman. But even though this gutsy 14-year-old is seeking vengeance, she is smart enough to figure out she can't go alone after a desperado...
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Tru detective
McClintock, Norah
In this chilling graphic novel, Truman, the prime suspect in his girlfriend's murder, struggles to find the truth.
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A Dose of Happiness is the most Watched FIlm on HBO GO Across 7 Countries
Bulgarian Connection, Film
11:27 am May 27, 2020
For the first time, a Bulgarian film holds the leading position in countries like Croatia and Serbia.
New record for A Dose of Happiness — just a week after its premiere on HBO GO in Bulgaria and Adriatic countries. The film by Yana Titova leads rankings in all 7 countries where it is available. The premiere on the streaming platform was on May 17th. This type of audience interest is comparable to American blockbusters. Another comparison could be made with the film Heights when it premiered on the platform two years ago. However, A Dose of Happiness exceeds the success from 2018 not just with the number of views but also by becoming the first Bulgarian film taking the number 1 position in Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The success of the film is thanks to the regional team of HBO and producers Aleksandar Aleksiev and Nikolay Stoichkov from No Blink Studio, plus everyone involved in the creation of the project.
The film is a co-production between No Blink Studio, bTV Studios, b2y, BrodFilm, DreamTea and REASON8. The story is inspired by true events that were depicted in the book Fall and Salvation: Confession of a Heroin Addict by Vesela Toteva.
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Severna Park coffee shop coming to an Annapolis location with a dark history
Annapolis business community around State House prepares for possible protests ahead of Biden Inauguration
Anne Arundel moving to Phase 1B; Hogan announces accelerated state vaccine rollout, cautions supply is needed
Woman fatally shot during riot at U.S. Capitol formerly lived in Annapolis, worked at Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant
Anne Arundel releases details on how people over 75 can sign up for coronavirus vaccines
Letters: Coronavirus precautions robbed family of final days; the need for softer voices | READER COMMENTARY
Ask a Vet: Dog eating own poop is dangerous
'You can't teach that type of hustle': Meet Richard Njoku, Navy men's basketball's enforcer
Our Say: Martin Luther King's 'three evils' are still very much with us
'Really dumb-a**': Backlash from many fellow Republicans is swift for Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz
Erik Bedard
Orioles: Comeback falls short after early deficit
By By Jake Rill Baltimore Sun Media Group
Baltimore Orioles' Steve Pearce reacts after popping out with two on against the Tampa Bay Rays in the eighth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, June 28, 2014, in Baltimore. The Rays won 5-4. (AP Photo/Gail Burton) (Gail Burton, Capital Gazette)
BALTIMORE - When the Orioles' bats came out of a slumber on Saturday, it was too late.
Wei-Yin Chen had already endured one of his worst starts of the season and the shortest of his career. The left-hander lasted just 31/3 innings, Baltimore was handcuffed by Tampa Bay starter Erik Bedard, and the Orioles fell 5-4 before 36,387 at Camden Yards.
Chen (7-3) struggled early. He gave up a leadoff home run to Desmond Jennings to begin the game. Chen later gave up two more home runs, matching his season-high in homers allowed.
"You don't want to give up any home runs," Chen said through his interpreter. "We didn't do that at the start of the season. I didn't do anything differently. Lately, I've been leaving more pitches up in the zone."
The left-hander suffered his first loss since May 3 and gave up five runs for the third time this season. With one out in the third, Chen gave up a one-out home run to Sean Rodriguez, giving the Rays a 3-0 lead.
Just two innings later, Kevin Kiermaier became the first left-handed batter to hit a homer off Chen this season, blasting a two-run shot to right to make it 5-0 Tampa Bay (34-49). Chen gave up seven hits and walked a pair of batters for the second straight start.
"He wasn't getting the ball where he usually gets it where he drives it on the inner half and drives it on the outer half," Baltimore manager Buck Showalter said.
Orioles catcher Caleb Joseph said he thought Chen was throwing well, but just left too many pitches up in the zone.
"This league will punish you when you miss up," Joseph said, "especially with two strikes and against guys we know we should get out."
Meanwhile, Bedard (4-5), a former Oriole, dominated Baltimore for seven innings. After giving up a one-out single to J.J. Hardy in the second, the left-hander retired 12 in a row.
That run ended in the sixth when Nick Markakis hit his seventh homer of the season, a shot to the right-field flag court for Baltimore's first run.
After working a clean seventh inning, Bedard returned for the eighth and gave up a leadoff single to Hardy. Manny Machado followed with a two-run homer off the left-field foul pole, his sixth, to cut the deficit to 5-3 and chase Bedard.
The Tampa starter gave up three runs on five hits in seven-plus innings, throwing just 8 of his 87 pitches for balls.
"He just showed us a different look with that curveball. He was slow with it, really slow," Joseph said. "Apparently he threw a lot of pitches that looked like strikes that we were chasing out of the zone. He was on today. We'll see him again and we'll hopefully have a better fate next time."
The Orioles (42-38) rallied late after Bedard exited. Pinch-hitter Delmon Young got a hit off Grant Balfour and Markakis singled.
After Steve Pearce popped up, Adam Jones singled in a run off Tampa Bay left-hander Jake McGee. Nelson Cruz came up with runners on the corners, but flew out to center to end the inning.
McGee worked the ninth for his third save.
Baltimore will need to win Sunday to salvage a series split. In the first three games of the series, the Orioles have gone 3 for 19 with runners on scoring position and stranded 17 runners on base.
NOTE: Dylan Bundy will make his fourth rehab start on Thursday for High Class-A Frederick. The right-hander, who is recovering from last year's Tommy John surgery, pitched the first three games for Aberdeen.
Caleb Joseph
J.J. Hardy
Jake McGee
Grant Balfour
Sean Rodriguez
Desmond Jennings


The Australian Communications and Media Authority has introduced a new industry standard to ensure households aren't left without internet for weeks on end while transitioning internet services to the NBN.
ACMA chair Nerida O'Loughlin said 16 percent of households were left without internet or a phone service for more than a week when moving their services to the NBN. "Being without a service for a week or more is almost unimaginable to most of us," O'Loughlin said.
ACMA also introduced the Consumer Information Standard, which will require CSPs to provide new customers with key facts to explain the difference in plans they offer. CSPs will also have to remind customers to check to verify whether critical services like medical devices and security alarms are compatible with the NBN before migrating their services.
The organisation said 76 percent of households were aware of the difference in download speeds offered by different plans, but only 52 percent said they knew what speed their household requires.
ACMA will be able to seek remedies such as injunctions and penalties against telcos for up to $250,000 if they breach either of the two new standards.
Both of the new standards will come into effect on 21 September and will be directly enforceable by ACMA.
ACMA said it would announce further rules that will require telcos to undertake line testing by the end of July.


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package quasar.impl.datasource

import slamdata.Predef._
import quasar.api.datasource.DatasourceType
import quasar.api.resource.{ResourceName, ResourcePath, ResourcePathType}
import quasar.connector.{MonadResourceErr, ResourceError}
import quasar.connector.datasource._

import scala.util.{Left, Right}

import cats.data.{NonEmptyList, OptionT}
import cats.effect.{Resource, Sync}
import cats.implicits._

import fs2.{Pull, Stream}

import monocle.Lens

import shims.equalToCats

/** A datasource transformer that augments underlying datasources by adding an aggregate resource
  * `p / **` for every prefix `p`. An aggregate resource `p / **` will aggregate
  * all descendant resources of the prefix `p`.
  */
final class AggregatingDatasource[F[_]: MonadResourceErr: Sync, Q, R] private(
    underlying: Datasource[Resource[F, ?], Stream[F, ?], Q, R, ResourcePathType.Physical],
    queryPath: Lens[Q, ResourcePath])
    extends Datasource[Resource[F, ?], Stream[F, ?], Q, CompositeResult[F, R], ResourcePathType] {

  def kind: DatasourceType =
    underlying.kind

  lazy val loaders: NonEmptyList[Loader[Resource[F, ?], Q, CompositeResult[F, R]]] =
    underlying.loaders map {
      case Loader.Batch(BatchLoader.Full(full)) =>
        Loader.Batch(BatchLoader.Full(aggregateFull(full)))

      case Loader.Batch(BatchLoader.Seek(seek)) =>
        Loader.Batch(BatchLoader.Seek {
          case (q, Some(o)) =>
            seek(q, Some(o)).map(Left(_))

          case (q, None) =>
            aggregateFull(seek(_, None))(q)
        })
    }

  def pathIsResource(path: ResourcePath): Resource[F, Boolean] = {
    // `p / **` exists iff `p` is prefix/prefixresource
    def aggPathExists: Resource[F, Boolean] = {
      // whether the provided stream emits any values
      // warning: runs the stream to completion
      def isNonEmpty[A](s: Stream[F, A]): F[Boolean] =
        s.pull.unconsNonEmpty
          .flatMap(_.fold(Pull.output1(false))(_ => Pull.output1(true)))
          .stream
          .compile
          .fold(false)(_ || _)

      OptionT.fromOption[Resource[F, ?]](aggPath(path))
        .flatMap(p => OptionT(underlying.prefixedChildPaths(p).evalMap(_.traverse(isNonEmpty))))
        .getOrElse(false)
    }

    underlying.pathIsResource(path).ifM(
      ifTrue = true.pure[Resource[F, ?]],
      ifFalse = aggPathExists)
  }

  def prefixedChildPaths(prefixPath: ResourcePath)
      : Resource[F, Option[Stream[F, (ResourceName, ResourcePathType)]]] =
    if (aggPath(prefixPath).isDefined)
      pathIsResource(prefixPath).ifM(
        ifTrue = Stream.empty.covary[F].covaryOutput[(ResourceName, ResourcePathType)].some.pure[Resource[F, ?]],
        ifFalse = none.pure[Resource[F, ?]])
    else
      underlying.prefixedChildPaths(prefixPath).map(_.map(
        _.pull.peek1.flatMap {
          case Some((_, s)) => Pull.output1(AggEntry) >> s.pull.echo
          case None => Pull.done
        }.stream))

  ////

  private val AggName: ResourceName = ResourceName("**")

  private val AggEntry: (ResourceName, ResourcePathType) =
    (AggName, ResourcePathType.AggregateResource)

  private def aggPath(path: ResourcePath): Option[ResourcePath] =
    path.unsnoc.flatMap {
      case (p, n) => if (n === AggName) Some(p) else None
    }

  private def aggregateFull(full: Q => Resource[F, R])(q: Q): Resource[F, CompositeResult[F, R]] = {
    def aggregate(p: ResourcePath): Resource[F, AggregateResult[F, R]] =
      aggPath(p)
        .map(doAggregate)
        .getOrElse(Resource.eval(MonadResourceErr[F].raiseError(ResourceError.pathNotFound(p))))

    @SuppressWarnings(Array("org.wartremover.warts.Recursion"))
    def doAggregate(p: ResourcePath): Resource[F, AggregateResult[F, R]] =
      underlying.prefixedChildPaths(p) flatMap {
        case Some(s) =>
          val children: AggregateResult[F, R] =
            s.collect {
              case (n, ResourcePathType.LeafResource) => p / n
              case (n, ResourcePathType.PrefixResource) => p / n
            } .flatMap(r => Stream.resource(full(queryPath.set(r)(q)).tupleLeft(r).attempt))
              .map(_.toOption)
              .unNone

          val nested: AggregateResult[F, R] =
            s.collect {
              case (n, ResourcePathType.Prefix) => p / n
              case (n, ResourcePathType.PrefixResource) => p / n
            } .flatMap(r => Stream.resource(doAggregate(r))).flatten

          (children ++ nested).pure[Resource[F, ?]]

        case None =>
          Resource.eval(MonadResourceErr[F].raiseError(ResourceError.pathNotFound(p)))
      }

    val qpath = queryPath.get(q)

    underlying.pathIsResource(qpath).ifM(
      full(q).map(Left(_)),
      aggregate(qpath).map(Right(_)))
  }
}

object AggregatingDatasource {
  def apply[F[_]: MonadResourceErr: Sync, Q, R](
      underlying: Datasource[Resource[F, ?], Stream[F, ?], Q, R, ResourcePathType.Physical],
      queryPath: Lens[Q, ResourcePath])
      : Datasource[Resource[F, ?], Stream[F, ?], Q, CompositeResult[F, R], ResourcePathType] =
    new AggregatingDatasource(underlying, queryPath)
}


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Akiba Rubinstein (ur. 12 grudnia 1882 lub 1 grudnia 1880 w Stawiskach, zm. 14 marca 1961 w Antwerpii lub Brukseli) – polski szachista pochodzenia żydowskiego, jeden z czołowych zawodników świata w pierwszych dekadach XX wieku, związany z Łodzią.

Urodził się w Stawiskach koło Łomży w rodzinie skromnego nauczyciela żydowskiego. Ojciec zmarł przed jego urodzeniem, dlatego wychowaniem chłopca zajęli się dziadkowie ze strony ojca, którzy zamierzali wykształcić go religijnie, oddając do szkoły rabinackiej.

Nauka i zajęcia zawodowe
Początkowo pobierał nauki judaistyczne, ale już w 1898 Akiba Rubinstein porzucił naukę w jeszybocie i został zawodowym szachistą. Początkowo grał w Białymstoku. W 1901 przeniósł się do Łodzi. Tu zwrócił na niego uwagę Chaim Janowski, umożliwiając mu dalszą karierę w barwach Łódzkiego Towarzystwa Zwolenników Gry Szachowej.

Sukcesy
Już w 1903 podczas wszechrosyjskiego turnieju szachowego w Kijowie Akiba Rubinstein zajął piąte miejsce, wyprzedzając wielu czołowych szachistów rosyjskich.

W 1904 w spotkaniu o mistrzostwo Łodzi Akiba Rubinstein pokonał znanego łódzkiego szachistę Henryka Salwe.

W 1906 zdobył wicemistrzostwo Rosji, a w międzynarodowym turnieju w Ostendzie zajął trzecie miejsce. W następnych latach osiągał kolejne sukcesy i tytuły mistrzowskie: w Karlsbadzie (1907), Wiedniu i Pradze (1908), Petersburgu (1909) i Warszawie (1910).

Uznawano go za jednego z prekursorów nowoczesnej gry pozycyjnej.

W 1910 przeniósł się do Warszawy, zachęcony stałą pensją wyznaczoną przez Warszawskie Towarzystwo Zwolenników Gry Szachowej. Tutaj nadal osiągał sukcesy, pokonując wielu wybitnych szachistów polskich i zagranicznych. Mimo iż mieszkał w Warszawie, nadal reprezentował barwy Łódzkiego Towarzystwa Zwolenników Gry Szachowej.

Lata od 1907 do 1912 roku to okres największych tryumfów Akiby Rubinsteina. W 1907 roku zwyciężył w bardzo silnie obstawionym turnieju w Karlowych Warach, w 1909 roku podzielił pierwsze miejsce na turnieju w Petersburgu. W 1910 roku, gdy Carl Schlechter rozgrywał swój mecz o mistrzostwo świata przeciwko Emanuelowi Laskerowi, Rubinstein był uważany przez wielu za najsilniejszego szachistę świata. W tamtych czasach pretendent do szachowej korony musiał dysponować sporą kwotą na organizację meczu i nagrody. Mistrz świata sam wybierał sobie przeciwnika, głównym kryterium pozostawała wysokość kwoty, jaką kandydat był w stanie zorganizować. Z tych względów Rubinsteinowi nie dane było nigdy rozegranie meczu o mistrzostwo świata, chociaż zarówno wówczas, jak i później uważano, że był jednym z najwybitniejszych szachistów w historii, który takiej szansy był pozbawiony.

Przez całe swoje życie borykał się z chorobą umysłową, cierpiał na antropofobię, czyli lęk przed ludźmi. Zdawał sobie sprawę ze swoich zaburzeń psychicznych i walczył z nimi z różnym skutkiem w różnych okresach życia.

W 1912 roku Akiba Rubinstein osiągnął zupełnie niecodzienny sukces: wygrał kolejnych pięć ważnych międzynarodowych turniejów w ciągu jednego roku: w San Sebastián, Pieszczanach, Wrocławiu, Warszawie i Wilnie. Nie zdarzyło to się nigdy przedtem. Pięćdziesiąt lat później Bent Larsen wygrał pięć turniejów z rzędu, jednak zajęło mu to trzy lata. Tak więc seria Rubinsteina pozostaje rekordem do dzisiaj.

W tym czasie Akibie Rubinsteinowi coraz bardziej dokuczała choroba psychiczna. Skarżył się na muchę, która bez przerwy przeszkadzała mu skupić się w trakcie rozgrywania turniejowych partii. Trudno też było odwiedzać go w jego własnym domu. Jego żona uprzedzała potencjalnych gości, by nie zostawali zbyt długo, bo może zdarzyć się, że podczas zbyt długiej wizyty gospodarz opuści pokój przez okno.

Do 1914 roku Rubinstein zachowywał jeszcze nadzieję na rozegranie meczu o mistrzostwo świata, jednak wybuch I wojny światowej ostatecznie pokrzyżował wszystkie plany. Po wojnie Akiba Rubinstein kontynuował starty w prestiżowych turniejach szachowej elity, chociaż z mniejszym niż przed wojną powodzeniem. W latach dwudziestych jednakże wrócił do dawnej formy i w 1922 roku zwyciężył w bardzo silnym turnieju w Wiedniu aż o 1½ punktu przed Ksawerym Tartakowerem. W pokonanym polu pozostali m.in. Siegbert Tarrasch, Geza Maroczy, Aleksandr Alechin i Richard Réti. Przez następne dziesięć lat uczestniczył w wielu turniejach, zajmując zawsze czołowe miejsca. W 1930 roku poprowadził polską drużynę do zwycięstwa na III szachowej olimpiadzie w Hamburgu, przyczyniając się do zdobycia przez Polskę drużynowego mistrzostwa świata. Sam odebrał nagrodę za najlepszy wynik indywidualny (13 zwycięstw, 0 porażek, 4 remisy). Rok później w Pradze był już w nieco gorszej formie, polska reprezentacja zajęła drugie miejsce. Po 1932 roku Rubinstein już nie wystąpił w żadnym turnieju. Choroba, z którą walczył przez całe życie, w końcu wzięła górę.

W 1926 wyjechał na stałe z Polski, początkowo mieszkał przez kilka miesięcy w Berlinie. Potem osiadł na stałe w Belgii, zachowując jednak polskie obywatelstwo. W 1927 jedyny raz wystąpił w finale indywidualnych mistrzostw Polski, zdobywając złoty medal.

Według retrospektywnego systemu Chessmetrics, najwyższy ranking osiągnął w czerwcu 1913, z wynikiem 2789 punktów zajmował wówczas 1. miejsce na świecie. W 1950 Międzynarodowa Federacja Szachowa przyznała mu – za osiągnięcia z przeszłości – tytuł arcymistrza.

Schyłek życia
W latach II wojny światowej ukrywał się w szpitalu psychiatrycznym Jean Titeca w Schaerbeek. Po wojnie zaprzestał zupełnie gry w szachy. Zapomniany, od 1954 przebywał w domu starców w Brukseli. Podczas remontu placówki przeniesiono go wraz z innymi pensjonariuszami do Antwerpii, gdzie zmarł 14 marca 1961. Pochowany w Wezembeek-Oppem w Brabancji Flamandzkiej na cmentarzu gminy miejskiej Etterbeek.

Znaczenie dla światowego życia szachowego
Rubinstein uważany jest dzisiaj za jednego z największych klasyków szachów, mimo że nie pozostawił po sobie artykułów ani książek, ani nawet zbyt wielu notatek. Znamy jego osiągnięcia głównie z zapisów partii i wspomnień jemu współczesnych. Wiele wariantów szachowych otwarć nawiązuje w swoich nazwach do Rubinsteina (np. obrona Nimzowitscha – wariant Rubinsteina). W samym tylko gambicie hetmańskim można znaleźć kilka głównych wariantów nazwanych nazwiskiem Rubinsteina.

Upamiętnienie
W Polsce (w Polanicy-Zdroju) od 1963 rozgrywany jest Międzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy im. Akiby Rubinsteina. W 2010 Europejska Unia Szachowa ogłosiła rok 2012 "Rokiem Akiby Rubinsteina". W 2011 w Polanicy-Zdroju ustawiono pomnik - ławeczkę Rubinsteina. W 2019 w Stawiskach w centralnym punkcie miasta, w ramach upamiętnienia, w rewitalizowanym parku podłoże ma kształt szachownicy oraz ustawiono stoły do gry w szachy.

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Polski Słownik Biograficzny (A. Essen)
 Mała encyklopedia sportu, Warszawa 1987
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The most significant critique of the post-left, I think, with links
Submitted by Tequila_Wolf on August 2, 2018 at 12:06 PM in Anarchism
anarchist_critic wrote on August 5, 2018 at 1:16 PM
OK then, smart-alec. How does replacing "let's be insane reductionists about how everything comes down to one axis of oppression" with "let's be insane reductionists about how everything comes down to a dozen different axes of oppression and we've got to be super extreme and insane about all of them" solves the problems raised in the article.
At least the one-contradiction version is consistent. The "intersectional" version puts itself in the impossible position of trying to be equally extreme about lots of things at once, and doesn't have any way to resolve the problem when they come into conflict.
Tequila_Wolf OP wrote on August 5, 2018 at 3:25 PM
It's very hard to believe that you're writing any of this in good faith because you seem to be intentionally messing me around. I assume you're doing the same with others.
Thanks for making it shorter though. Not sure why you're calling me names.
Separately, please cut it out with the ableist language though, seriously.
Dragonowl is fine with intersectionality - I'm confused why you refer to them to base your argument and then come up with a second totally different kind of argument here. It really seems you don't understand how intersectionality works. That aside, I primarily use nonnormative philosophy to engage with identity, but I'm fine with people using intersectionality generally.
anarchist_critic wrote on August 7, 2018 at 8:28 AM
Nope, not messing you around.
Sorry if I started the name-calling here. To be fair, ziq is bullying me viciously on another thread and "smart-alec" isn't exactly a severe insult. And you seem to me to be nit-picking, in trying to make out that Dragonowl's critique applies to less of idpol than it does. It clearly applies to anything which is leveraging positionality instead of ego, even though all his/her/their examples come from one-axis idpols. If it's attaching value to a spook or positionality instead of Unique Ones, it's a problem for egoists... that's pretty straightforward and I can't understand why you can't understand that.
you don't understand how intersectionality works
That's because nobody who uses the word seems to have a clear sense of what it means. Nobody's ever defined it. Because it's a buzzword. I've mostly seen it used like a magic wand to wish away the problems with idpol. OK, we've established there's multiple lines of oppression and they all cross over with each other and they compound or reinflect one another. What then? All the "intersectional" people I've come across still pull the same old idpol shit like "check your privilege", language policing, zero-sum demands that everything benefit the worst-off GROUP, the validity of someone's truth-claims depends on the group they come from etc etc. Except that now, even people from oppressed groups can be silenced using this rhetoric. And they're very hazy on what someone should do if a particular action benefits one oppressed group but harms another. For instance, suppose that having more cops at train stations makes women feel safer but black men feel less safe - should we be for it or against it? The one-contradiction idpols have a clear answer but the intersectionalists just dodge it. I've never heard a clear answer from an intersectionalist on how one handles these situations - with the exception of those who use "intersectional" to mean "black women come first - white men, white women, and black men are all oppressors". By all means try to explain it if you think you understand it better than me.
BigG moderator wrote on August 5, 2018 at 3:38 PM
One more ableist outburst and I'm banning you from this forum.
Ok, Mr. Dictator. Which innocuous everyday word have you decided is "ableist"?
If you're on about "insane" - you do realise that this kind of language-policing bullshit means you'll end up banning most of the people with actual psychological problems, right? Because, I know a lot of people who are schizophrenic, bipolar, autistic, and they all hate idpol and they all speak their fucking minds. The idpol etiquette shit is absolutely impossible for someone who doesn't have the usual hivemind groupthink and the usual checks on what they say. You are literally performing ableism with your narrow-minded ideological insistence on self-control and groupthink, and then dressing it up as anti-ableist! I don't know whether to laugh or cry!
This is absolutely classic crybullying... I've been subjected to endless insults without any redeeming logical argument, and when I lower myself to their level, they (presumably) cry victim.
And seriously... if you're going to censor me for my political disagreement with idpol groupthink (we all know that's the real stake here since you've turned a blind eye to endless vicious personal attacks on me), go ahead. And fuck you and your fake selective "anti-ableism".
BigG moderator wrote on August 7, 2018 at 8:38 AM (edited on August 7, 2018 at 8:55 AM )
Banned for doubling down on ableism.
I suggest you make a new forum like f/brocialism where you can rant about idpol in peace.
You can appeal your ban in f/meta but since you've made clear you will continue ignoring the terms of service every moderator is tasked with upholding, I wouldn't bother.
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