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Office of Pre-Health and Pre-Law Studies
Office of Pre-Health and Pre-Law Studies Website
Eva Gonzales, Ph.D.
Pre-Health and Pre-Law Studies is a university-wide program administered through the Provost's Office with a curriculum that meets the needs of students preparing for admission into a variety of health professions schools and law schools. Pre-Professional students major in an academic discipline in addition to completing the prerequisite curriculum requirements. For pre-health students, the basic science courses comprising this curriculum are suitable preparation for entry into many professional areas, including medicine (allopathic and osteopathic), dentistry, optometry, veterinary medicine, and podiatry. Additionally, pre-law students prepare for entry into law programs through liberal arts courses that examine political and legal systems as well as internships and co-curricular experiences. Students officially accepted by Saint Louis University Office of Undergraduate Admission are eligible to begin a curriculum preparatory to both pre-health and pre-law professions. There are approximately 1500 students (freshmen through seniors) involved in the pre-professions curriculum.
This program for pre-law, pre-medical, pre-dental, and other pre-health professions students encourages personal contact with faculty mentors, professional advisors in the colleges, and the staff in Pre-Health and Pre-Law Studies. These offices have responsibility for advisement related to the student's overall degree requirements and career choices.
For pre-health students specifically, the Office of Pre-Health and Pre-Law Studies facilitates the Pre-health Committee on Evaluations to eligible students interested in the health professions previously mentioned. The Committee is composed of the Director, Academic Advisor Sr., and Academic Advisor of Pre-Health and Pre-Law Studies, in addition to volunteer faculty from a variety of disciplines across campus. The Committee sends a thorough letter of evaluation and recommendation to professional schools of the student's choice, which replaces individual letters of recommendation sought from faculty. The evaluation process of this Committee begins early in the student's third year – or two years prior to the anticipated date of entrance to professional school.
Pre-Law Scholars Program
PLS 1000 - Introduction to Law
Credit(s): 3 Credits
The purpose of the course is to provide students an introduction to the law and legal principles. The structure of the court system, civil litigation and methods of alternative dispute resolution will be examined. Elements of the following areas of substantive law: torts, contracts, property, trusts and estates, corporations, family law, and criminal law and procedure will be examined.
Attributes: Law, Religion and Politics
PLS 1050 - Introduction to Legal Careers
Credit(s): 1 Credit
PLS 1930 - Special Topics
Credit(s): 1-4 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
PLS 1980 - Independent Study
PLS 2000 - Intro Legal Research & Writing
This course has two main objectives (1) to introduce students to the basics of legal research and writing and (2) to introduce students to the fundamentals of legal reasoning and analysis. Students will be required to complete a series of research and writing exercises and a final legal analysis paper.
PLS 2200 - Law: Service Learning
This course offers exposure to a variety of contemporary legal and policy issues as they intersect with race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, and other underrepresented classifications. The course will focus on issues that affect diverse populations regionally, across the country, and internationally. Classes will include discussions, role playing, and other interactive activities designed to improve understanding of the course material. Students will be evaluated on multimedia reflections, online and class participation, individual and group research and presentations.
PLS 2500 - The Anatomy of the Lawsuit
This hands-on course provides students with a practical understanding of the pretrial process and how discovery procedures shape and impact civil litigation today. The progression of class topics mirror the pretrial process within the context of a hypothetical case. Starting with the initial client interviews, class topics will include: (1) interrogatories; (2) requests for production; (3) discovery motions; (4) depositions; (5) pleadings; and (6) oral arguments. During the course students will be involved in simulated client contact, discovery proceedings, and motion arguments. Students will receive instruction on persuasive legal writing and oral advocacy and will prepare written motions and discovery documents.
Pre-Law Studies topics course, content varies by section and semester.
PLS 2970 - Directed Research
PLS 3000 - Alternative Dispute Resolution
PLS 3100 - Introduction to Trial Advocacy
This course teaches students how to prepare a legal case for a jury trial. Students learn the basic building blocks of a jury trial, the development of trial strategy, and the use of evidence at trial. The course focuses on advocacy techniques and the application of those techniques to the court setting. In conjunction with this course, students are required to simultaneously enroll in PLS-3200 (Introduction to Trial Advocacy Lab) where students will use the techniques in a practical setting as members of the undergraduate mock trial teams.
PLS 3200 - Introduction to Trial Advocacy Lab
Students apply jury trial techniques learned in PLS-3100 (Introduction to Trial Advocacy). Students are introduced to, and participate in, mock trial competitions sponsored by the American Mock Trial Association as members of the undergraduate mock trial teams representing Saint Louis University. Students act as both attorneys and witnesses in the mock trial setting to further their understanding of the jury trial process.
Prerequisite(s): PLS 3100*
* Concurrent enrollment allowed.
PLS 3400 - Trial Advocacy Practicum Lab
Students explore trial advocacy at an advanced level by participating in mock trial competitions sponsored by the American Mock Trial Association as both witnesses and attorneys.
Prerequisite(s): PLS 3100; PLS 3200
PLS 3500 - Introduction to Environmental Law
This course will provide an overview of environmental law. The course will address the following environmental laws: common law environmental remedies; National Environmental Policy Act; the Clean Air Act; the Water Pollution Act; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA); the Endangered Species Act; Toxic Substances Control Act; and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. The students will be taught the basic provisions of these laws and how to identify when factual situations trigger the application, requirements, and restriction of these laws.
PLS 3900 - Intro to Appellate Advocacy
This course introduces students to the role of appellate courts in the American justice system. Students learn and apply the basic elements of appellate argument including brief writing and oral advocacy. Students use a case problem to explore written and oral advocacy techniques in the court of appeals. Students prepare and present an oral argument at the end of the semester based upon the case problem.
Credit(s): 3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
PLS 3935 - Issues in Health Law
This course provides the opportunity to explore basic law as it applies to health-related issues and the health-care community. Special emphasis will be given to those laws that directly affect health-care businesses and care delivery such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The student will also be introduced to the concepts of medical ethics and will explore the interplay between law and major ethical issues in health care. This is a rotating course that will address various areas of law. Possible courses include Sports Law and Race, Gender and Justice. This course cannot substitute for MGT 2000.
PLS 4910 - Legal Internship
Interns work in private legal service agency and federal, local, and state judicial systems. In selecting their internships, students are directed by the Pre-Law program and the Political Science department. Ideal for students interested in a legal career. Students MUST have secured their internship before enrolling in this course. If the student has any questions, please contact the Pre-Law program.
PLS 4960 - Comparative Legal Systems
This course will build on the student's understanding of the American system of law. This course will broaden student's perspective of legal systems beyond their region. The student will also learn more about their own jurisdiction within the context of this global system. We will offer two different sections of this course which we will alternate. One section will focus on religious law. The other section will focus on a comparative analysis of nation-state's laws.
PLS 4965 - Foundations of Law
This course is open to Pre-Law Scholars. Pre-Law students who have a GPA of 3.60 or higher can petition the course instructor for inclusion in the course. This is a seminar conducted by faculty of the School of Law. A final paper and class participation are major determinants of the grade.
Credit(s): 1 or 3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
PPHS 1000 - Foundations of Medicine
This course provides a broad survey of premedical studies, the preparation for medical school admission and the medical profession. The class will address the specifics of medical school admission requirements and processes, academic coursework at the undergraduate and professional school level, the training of the physician and typical routines of a medical practice. The sequence of events from undergraduate coursework to becoming a licensed physician will be discussed. The class will examine how this sequence plays an integral part in the development of a capable physician. Medical Scholars may not enroll in this course.
PPHS 1020 - Intro to Helping Professions
This course explores career opportunities in the helping professions. Eleven professions are reviewed including clinical laboratory science, communication sciences and disorders, education, health information management, nuclear medicine technology, nursing, nutrition and dietetics, occupational science, physical therapy, psychology and social work. Students receive presentations from faculty in each of these areas and engage in a number of assignments to increase their knowledge of those professions in which they are most interested.
Enrollment limited to students with a semester level of Freshman or Sophomore.
PPHS 1050 - Medical Scholar
This course is required (and is limited to) freshman Medical Scholars. A variety of activities are planned with some lectures, hands-on activities, and networking with the SLU School of Medicine students and faculty.
Students with a semester level of Junior or Senior may not enroll.
PPHS 2000 - Introduction to Medical Research Class
The Introduction to Medical Research Class is a lecture-based course designed to introduce undergraduate students to clinical research in an academic medical setting via lectures and group work. Throughout the course, the class will address a range of topics including medical ethics, research modalities and tools in evaluating studies. Attending emergency medicine faculty from Saint Louis University Hospital will teach the course. The class will look at how clinical research and the application of evidence- based medicine is used to change treatment standards in patient care.
Prerequisite(s): (BIOL 1040 or (BIOL 1240 and BIOL 1245)); (BIOL 1060 or (BIOL 1260 and BIOL 1265)); CHEM 1120; CHEM 1125
PPHS 2010 - Intro to Medical Research-Lab
The Medical Research Lab will allow students to apply the skills learned during the Introduction to Medical Research Class. In the Medical Research Lab class students will work under the auspices of a primary investigator and possibly medical student teaching assistants to participate in a clinical research project. The project will primarily involve working in shifts in the emergency department to identify participants who would be eligible for active studies, consent these participants (if applicable), and to collect data from these participants. Other duties may include data/spreadsheet management, data entry, and analyzing information.
Prerequisite(s): PPHS 2000
PPHS 2930 - Special Topics
PPHS 2980 - Independent Study
PPHS 4910 - Internship
This course is designed to introduce undergraduate student to the practice of geriatric medicine in a residential setting. Throughout this course students will participate in a variety of activities designed to foster greater awareness of the challenges and rewards of geriatric medicine. The internship consists of three hours per week volunteering, shadowing and actively engaging with residents at Beauvais Manor on the Park, and one hour per week participating in a class discussion. Students will be supervised by attending faculty from Saint Louis University's School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine) and supervising staff from Beauvais Manor.


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Rollins: Nobel committee cheapens award
[cnn-photo-caption image= http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/10/09/art.rollins.cnn.jpg caption="Rollins says the committee awarded the Nobel Prize to President Obama prematurely."](CNN) - Did the Nobel Committee cheapen the Nobel Peace Prize with its choice of President Obama Friday?
CNN Republican strategist Ed Rollins says the award should be based on what someone has done, not what they might do.
"I think this may be way too preliminary," Rollins said on CNN's American Morning. "At the end of four years, maybe he has accomplished something and deserves it. I think it has diminished the award itself."
I think certainly you have to give him an "A" for trying," Rollins also said. But at the end of the day, what has he accomplished? Who on the world stage are his allies at this point in time?"
Filed under: President Obama
Jonathan Raleigh, NC
Last time I checked Mr. Rollins...............
1) President Obama has spoken with Russia and agreed to dismantle nuclear warheads
2) President Obama has brought the healthcare debate to the national level for the first time in a meaningful way since the last ambigious attempt more than 50 years ago.
3) President Obama has placed the spotlight and enormous pressure on Iran to end their nuclear program
4) President Obama kept the peace when he didn't respond to your buddy Joe Wilson's "You Lie" antics during his nationally televised speech
5)Your words are cheap and they divide people Mr. Rollins. Do you think your words are helping unite our America?...Didn't think so.. That's why you are NOT President and that's why you will NEVER receive a Nobel PEACE prize or any prize for that matter....well....allow me to correct that.....you may receive a prize from FOX!!!
October 9, 2009 10:40 am at 10:40 am |
The Republican Party has become the "Hate America" party. The American President is unsuccessful at attracting the Olympics to the US and the RNC cheers. The American president wins the Nobel peace prize and the RNC attacks the president and the prize. Pathetic and disappointing…
Rollins is and always was a wolf in sheeps clothing. He's still a hack and stays in the pay of that now defunct quasi religious Republican political party. Anything with respect to Obama succeeding at all will curdle anything these cheap purveyors of garbage may have their bladders. Rollins comes across as being condescending but in reality all he says is an insult to anyone with intelligence. This is because if you bother to listen at all you will find out that he contradicts himself all the time. You don't have to believe this just listen to the man. He's pathetic.
Sincerely GW Rhodes
wow so the president of the united states wins the nobel prize and your pissed because he has a D in his party name.....you sir are a hack plain and simple.
Rollins comment is very unpatriotic, and this is the party of patriotism?? The GOP is jealous of President Obama. If Obama had not woin, they still would be jealous of him. To say that the Nobel committee has cheapen itself is a insult on all those who have won this prestigous award. This America is still undergoing a transformation of ideas and concepts, and there are still those who refuse to change or respect this President. Shame on you Rollings for your comment. You have done a dis-service to your party and to this country of the United States.
Congratulations President Obama!
Obama supporter
To Bad, nobody cares what rollins and all the other hateful republicians have to say. who are they to judge as to who will get this reward and when. President Obama has done more for this country than any president in the last 10 years. All the republicians can do is critize, they are so jealous of this man until its shamful, he is the President Of the United States after all and all of their hate only makes the american people only love him more. Hail to the Chief!!!!!
John, Brooklyn, New York
Ed Rollins "cheapens" both the GOP and CNN by claiming that, by awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama, the Nobel committee has "cheapened" the award itself. Has Rollins and the rest of the GOP become so partisan and bitter that they can only celebrate the victories of Americans if those Americans happen to be Republicans?
Republicans- Please keep in mind that Obama did not award this to himself. This was an honor bestowed on him by a highly respected committee. I understand the argument that it seems premature, but this is an award and an honor. The american people elected this man as our president and we should all be complimented by this prize. I see many comments that are questioning why Obama has received this honor. To me, my first thought was an image of election night when the streets were filled with people singing together, giving eachother high-5's, cheering and crying with joy. Similar images came not just from U.S. cities, but from cities all around the world. Part of the reason I voted for him and volunteered to help him get elected was because of his ability to fix our tarnished reputation around the world. I also supported him because I believe he has the right mindset to make decisions based on what needs to be done. I do not believe this prize will affect his decision on Afghanistan or any other big decisions. He will do what he thinks is right.
Congratulations, Mr. President!
Jamion
Very much agree, they have made a laughing stock out of the nobel prize. This is seriously a joke, we should also give him a grammy as well while we are at it. That way he has a complete set.
But seriously, Obama has not accomplished anything other then undermining the strength of the US and pissing off both Russia and Israel. Any progress that has been made in diplomatic relations with other countries in recent times have been made by other people not him. He just seems to credit for the situation.
After Al Gore won I didn't think they could go any lower.
Guess I was wrong now Obama wins for what. What did he do.
This is one of those very rare times when I find myself agreeing with someone on the other side of the political fence - that being said, regardless of political standings, from a simple observation point it just seems too soon for President Obama to receive an award of such caliber and magnitude.
As Rollins says, perhaps in four years we'd see more from the President to merit the bestowement of such an honor, but right now, he's still new and establishing himself.
My suggestion to the President: accept the award with dignity and grace and then move forward - proving to everyone (both supporters and advesaries alike) why exactly you deserved to win it.
Jim in Washington
Actually Mr. Rollins, he has accomplished a major defeat for the greatest oc threats to US and global peace and prosperity - the Republican party.
Lets see CNN. Ed Rollins, Michael steele. John Kings plan this weekend is for John McCain, Again. I guess there's no one out there that thinks this is good.
Great right wing reporting. CNN. Sensationalism at it's best.
Oh yeah. Ed Rollins is a jerk.
Pam Stafford
I couldn't believe it when I heard the news this morning about obama! I am just plain shocked and sickened that he won this award! What has he done so far to bring world peace and the real question is what he will do in the future to bring world peace and I can tell you absoutely nothing! Why since he has taken office, there is not even world peace in our own country because of him. He has caused turmoil, friction and all sorts of things since he has become president.
I think the world needs to wake up about obama. The United States is getting to be a scary place because of everybody worshipping this man and that scares me more than anything else right now. I hope he enjoys his moment!
Perhaps Mr. Rollins should listen again to the words of the Nobel judges – they unanimously agree that President Obama has done something – something that hasn't been done in years – he's given the world hope of a better future. That alone is worth the prize. Shame on Mr. Rollins for not recognizing that fact.
Steve/Boston
Mr. Rollins, With all due respect your are a complete nincompoop, and anti-American to boot. The Nobel Peace Prize Committee has their own way of deciding, and neither you, nor anyone else need to tell them what they "should" do so that you will personally be happy.
Also, do you read the news? The Nobel PPC stated that the award was based on Obama's call for peaceful diplomatic relationships and the call to create a nuclear free world.
Apparently, you and the nitwits who are sadly the Republican party, are bitter, twisted, nasty, out of touch, cynical and old white men whose day has past.
Since President Obama's election, world opinion of the United States has risen by double-digits. Under Bush, it was at an all-time low.
This IS an accomplishment, since the arrogant recklessness of the Bush administration made us LESS SAFE around the world. Indeed, the US needs its allies to help fight terrorism, and good relations around the globe also helps the American economy.
Our allies are now breathing a sigh of relief, as we can finally move forward to repair the damage of the previous administration and be a positive example for the rest of the world.
Congratulations, Mr. President.
In other parts of the world he HAS acomplished more peaceful feelings. Only in the USA is the thwarted in his efforts by the Republicans hatred and constant harranging.
Ed Rollins you must be crazy ?
Why has anybody with any kind of "Republican" tag Speak on issues (all concerning Obama) before thinking?
Ed , did you read the citation? Are you more knowledgeable than the five judges?
Enough of this craziness!!
Greg in Colorado
shut up you old idiot!!! Jealous much???
In many eyes the President has accomplish many obstacles, such as being the first Black President, able to put in place communication between other countries, proven efforts in working for the American people and many more. One fact also, this award was also given on his EFFORTS. We all expect people like, Rollins to say something negative when a person like the President receives positive things, such I this. We are accustomed to this and that is why we are unique.
Democrat in MD (CNN please post. Thank you!)
Mr. Rollins....There are MANY world allies that see our President in a favorable light & support his efforts. Open your eyes!!
Perhaps so Mr. Rollins. But he gives hope and is working tirelessly to make changes to benefit all the people not him self or his rich friends. All the GOP has is nay saying. Its very tiring and worn out. When are you /they going to put some constructive ideas on the line to help all people. Put it on the line and let everyone judge your ideas!
Mississippi Man
I'm really getting tired of this nutcases waving the stars and strips but then celebrating US defeats. Who needs enemies when you have Republicans.
Lost the Olympic bid, they cheer.
Save the Auto industry, they boo.
More and more people go without medical care, they cheer
The US President gets the Peace prize, they boo.
8 years 4 sure
When did you become the expert? Maybe Commitee needs you? LOL

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Q: Pipe urls from xml into seperate file in Linux, using sed, awk, cat or grep I have an xml file with many products in it as per the xml example below.
I want to grep out all the urls in this document and pipe them into a new document. For example I want get the url between:
<url></url>

and pipe these into a new txt file with each url on a new line. So the output would look like a list of the urls like:
http://www.example.com/nav/rooms/kitchens/kitchen-worktops/gemstone_solid_surface_worktops/-specificproducttype-worktops/Cooke-and-Lewis-Gemstone-Triassic-Worktop-3050mm-13128613
http://www.example.com/nav/fix/nails-screws-fixings-hardware/furniture-hardware/legs___supports/-specificproducttype-furniture_legs/Rothley-Furniture-Leg-Angled-L501XN-Brushed-Nickel-Effect-H128mm-9281999
http://www.example.com/nav/fix/electrical/cable-management/cable_clips/Corelectric-Clips-Cable-Round-Polybag-Pk20-11348134
http://www.example.com/nav/fix/power-tool-accessories/router-bits/jointing_biscuits/Trend-T-Tech-Beech-Biscuit-No-10-TT-BSC-10-100-Pack-9288386
etc...

Here is an example of the xml, this repeats many times for lots of products:
<product>
                          <id>13128613</id>
                          <name>Cooke & Lewis Gemstone Triassic Worktop 3050mm</name>
                          <categoryId>9372151</categoryId>
                          <features>Edged 1 long, 2 short sides, No templating required reducing fitting complexities, time and cost, This stunning design is made from 85% recycled material including glass and shell, supporting environmental sustainability, A 6mm solid material bonded to a 28mm solid chipboard core, backed with a moisture resistant balance paper for complete water resistance, A hard surface that is resistant to daily wear and tear</features>
                          <url>http://www.example.com/nav/rooms/kitchens/kitchen-worktops/gemstone_solid_surface_worktops/-specificproducttype-worktops/Cooke-and-Lewis-Gemstone-Triassic-Worktop-3050mm-13128613</url>
                          <productHierarchy>Rooms > Kitchens > Kitchen Worktops > Gemstone Solid Surface Worktops > Worktops</productHierarchy>
                          <quantity/>
                          <sku>
                                    <id>13619319</id>
                                    <name>Cooke & Lewis Gemstone Triassic Worktop 3050mm</name>
                                    <description>A 6mm solid material bonded to a 28mm high performance chipboard core, Cooke & Lewis Gemstone is the perfect green choice, formulated with 85% recycled material.</description>
                                    <ean>5397007119039</ean>
                                    <condition>new</condition>
                                    <price>582.00</price>
                                    <wasPrice/>
                                    <deliveryCost>0.0</deliveryCost>
                                    <deliveryTime>Delivery usually within 5 weeks</deliveryTime>
                                    <stockAvailability>1</stockAvailability>
                                    <skuAvailableInStore>0</skuAvailableInStore>
                                    <skuAvailableOnline>1</skuAvailableOnline>
                                    <channel>Home Delivery Only</channel>
                                    <buyerCats>
                <catLevel0>KITCHENS</catLevel0>
                <catLevel1>SOLID SURFACE WORKTOPS</catLevel1>
                <catLevel2>SPEEDSTONE SOLID SURFACE</catLevel2>
            </buyerCats>
                                    <affiliateCats>
                <affiliateCat0>Home & Garden</affiliateCat0>
            </affiliateCats>
                                    <manufacturersPartNumber/>
                                    <specificationsModelNumber/>
                                    <featuresBrand>Cooke & Lewis Gemstone</featuresBrand>
                                    <imageUrl>http://example.com/is/image/5397007119039_001c_v001_zp</imageUrl>
                                    <thumbnailUrl>http://example.com/is/image/5397007119039_001c_v001_zp?$75x75_generic$=</thumbnailUrl>
                                    <skuNavAttributes>
                                              <ecoGrowFoods>false</ecoGrowFoods>
                                              <ecoDLME>false</ecoDLME>
                                              <ecoRecycle>false</ecoRecycle>
                                              <ecoSavesWater>false</ecoSavesWater>
                                              <ecoHealthyHomes>false</ecoHealthyHomes>
                                              <ecoNurtureNature>false</ecoNurtureNature>
                                              <ecoSavesEnergy>false</ecoSavesEnergy>
                                    </skuNavAttributes>
                          </sku>
                </product>

I only want to get the main url of the product, I am not concerned with the other urls in the xml structure like the imageUrl and thumbnailUrl.
I have tried:
sed -rn '/<url>([^"]*)<\/url>/' file.xml > file.txt

however so far empty output.

A: you can first grep for the <url> line (if the XML file is formatted like you've shown) and finally remove the XML tags:
grep '<url>' file.xml | sed 's/.*>\([^<]*\)<.*/\1/' >> file.txt

you can remove the tags completely
grep '<url>' a.txt | sed 's/<\/*url>//g'

you can select the second column after replacing < and > with spaces:
grep '<url>' a.txt | tr '<>' ' ' | awk '{print $2}'

also, instead of using grep you can go with xpath to select the proper tag, e.g. like this
xpath -q -e '//product/url' file.xml | ... > file.txt

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Der Fliegende Hollaender The Flying Dutchman By: Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
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ACT I.
A Norwegian brig is driven out of her course on the homeward voyage, and near the rockbound Norwegian Coast meets with the phantom ship of the "Flying Dutchman." Daland, the captain of the Norwegian vessel, enters into a compact with the "Flying Dutchman" whose identity, however, is unknown to him, to give him a home and his daughter, Senta, for a wife, in consideration of the rich treasures stored away in the "Flying Dutchman's" ship.
ACT II.
When the curtain rises, a bevy of Norwegian Girls, among whom are Daland's daughter, Senta and her nurse Mary, are discovered turning their spinning wheels and singing a spinning song. A picture of the "Flying Dutchman" adorns the wall, and Senta, after singing a ballad sketching in incoherent, passionate strains, a story of the subject of the picture, solemnly vows that she will become the means of terminating the torment, to which the "Flying Dutchman" is subjected, and who can only be saved by a woman unwaveringly constant in her love. During the confusion which ensues upon this avowal, the father's arrival is announced. In the time intervening between this announcement and Daland's arrival, Erik, Senta's lover, pleads for his love, and endeavors to persuade Senta that her infatuation for a phantom lover will lead to her irretrievable ruin; but to no avail. Daland arrives and presents the "Flying Dutchman" to his daughter. Senta accepts him as her affianced husband.
ACT III.
The curtain rises on the crew of the Norwegian brig singing a frolicking sailor song, and jesting with a bevy of girls, who bring them refreshments. The special object of their jest and fun (in which the girls also join), is the crew of the "Flying Dutchman," whom they cannot persuade to join in their merry making. They finally conclude that the crew of the neighboring ship must be dead, and the suspicion gains belief that the "Flying Dutchman" is playing one of his ugly tricks. The crew of the "Flying Dutchman" sing a fantastic song to which the Norwegian sailors intently listen, and whose weird words they finally endeavor to drown in a song of their own. Erik pleads again with Senta, and the "Flying Dutchman" appears on the scene, and orders his crew to prepare for immediate departure, thinking Senta had proven as faithless and inconstant in the love she had vowed him, as the rest of womankind he had come in contact with. Senta, however, vows that she will be true to him, and even after the "Flying Dutchman" discloses his identity, she does not falter in her resolution. "Thine will I be, until death shall us part!" she passionately exclaims and the curtain falls.
DALAND A Norwegian Navigator SENTA His Daughter ERIK A Huntsman MARY Senta's Nurse THE MATE Of Daland's Vessel THE FLYING DUTCHMAN.
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Lawrence Stanley Perez Obituario
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16063 W. Bell Rd, Surprise, AZ
Lawrence Stanley Perez
13 febrero , 1955 – 20 noviembre , 2019
Lawrence Stanley Perez was born February 13, 1955 in East Los Angeles, California. He grew up in Hacienda Heights, California and graduated from Los Altos High School. In 1973, at the age of 18 he began working at the Sara Lee Restaurant at Disneyland in New Orleans Square as a bus boy. Every morning before he began work he would visit Casa de Fritos across the way in Adventure Land and ordered his breakfast from one particular cashier. He would later ask that cashier on a date and eventually ask her to be his wife. On June 18, 1977 they were married.
In January of 1974 he joined the US Navy. He was assigned to the USS Enterprise and stationed in Miramar, California. He was a primary a/c on the E2-8 Hawkeye VAW113. He also worked on the F3 Phantoms, A4 Skyhawk, F14 Tomcat, A7 Corsairs, C2 Cargo, A6 & EA6B and the A5 Vigilante. During his last float his then wife gave birth to their first child, a daughter, in 1978. He met her for the first time when she was 3 months old. They would later welcome two more children. He was honorably discharged from the Navy in January of 1979.
After the Navy he began work at Garrett Air-research where he was a mechanic for 7 years working on the F111, space shuttle, C5 and more. From there he worked briefly with Northrup on the F20 Tiger Shark and eventually he settled at McDonnell Douglas, which would later become Boeing, on the MD-80, MD-87, MD-90, T-45 and finally the C-17. He would travel to military bases all over the world repairing the C-17 for the US Air Force as a QA Manager. He spent 41.5 years working in aerospace serving his country in the civilian sector and retired from Boeing in 2017.
Stan was an avid hunter who loved the outdoors. He enjoyed fishing, hiking, backpacking through places like the Grand Canyon and camping with his family. He was also a master gunsmith and he was excellent at his craft. In his later years he pursued his passion for Harley Davidson motorcycles completing the Iron Butt Challenge in 2007 and riding 1,042 miles in under 24 hours. He enjoyed many bike rides with his son. He also dedicated himself to helping local charities. He participated in toy drive bike rides for Peace Officer Firefighter Fellowship, Salvation Army bike rides carrying backpacks of necessities for the homeless in Santa Ana, Garden Grove San Juan Capistrano, Laguna Niguel and San Marcos, California. His community service included feeding the homeless in Garden Grove, California for the Calvary Chapel Westgrove, toy runs for the USMC Camp Pendleton and working at the OC Rescue Mission. Stan had a sarcastic sense of humor and was excellent at the game, Cards Against Humanity. A game he enjoyed playing with his adult children. He was an excellent cook and was best known for his pumpkin pies at Thanksgiving time. He was a man who could fix anything, build anything and he always did it well. He was a great friend to everyone he met and was always willing to help those in need. He was Christian man and his faith was incredibly important to him. He believed that riches came from his spiritual work through God and what he put into the world including the people in his life that he loved. Family was everything to him.
Stan is survived by his three children: Cynthia Medina of Beaumont, CA, Melissa Krycerick of Farmington, CT and Lawrence S. Perez II of Aliso Viejo, CA. He is also survived by his eight grandchildren: Mia Diaz, Jonathon Delayo, Christopher Delayo, Alyssa Delayo, Natalie Krycerick, Drew Krycerick, Tristan Krycerick, Keira Krycerick and his great granddaughter Bella Diaz. He is preceded in death by his father, Ralph M. Perez and survived by his mother, "Cookie" Perez, brother, Allen Perez and sister Nanette Perez.
A Visitation will be held on Sunday, December 01, 2019 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM, and from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM, with a Funeral Service at 2:00 PM, at Surprise Funeral Care, 16063 W. Bell Road, Surprise, Arizona.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you consider making a charitable donation in memory of Stan to the Wounded Warriors Project at www.woundedwarriorproject.org.
To sign the guestbook online and to share memories, and send condolences and well-wishes to the family, please visit, www.surprisefuneralcare.com.
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The CIA's torture program, as explained by the psychologists who designed it
By Lindsay Maizland@LindsayMaizland Jun 21, 2017, 3:30pm EDT
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A screenshot from the New York Times report on the filmed depositions by John Jessen and James Mitchell.
Screenshot of the New York Times
The former military psychologists who designed the CIA's torture program are now describing it in their own words for the first time, reopening one of the grimmest chapters in Washington's war on terror and providing disturbing details about what was done to detainees in the name of US national security.
The New York Times obtained video footage from depositions of the two psychologists, John Bruce Jessen and James Mitchell. A report by Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter Sheri Fink paints a troubling portrait of two men who say they were uncomfortable with some of what the CIA was asking them to do but continued their work anyway.
The psychologists were speaking in response to a lawsuit filed by two former prisoners and the family of a prisoner who died, none of whom were ever charged with a crime. The American Civil Liberties Union, which filed the lawsuit, said all three men had been subjected to the CIA's brutal techniques.
The report is particularly striking since we know that the president of the United States has made clear he has no moral objections to the use of torture, believes it generally works, and has only held back from authorizing it because of strong pushback from his national security team.
"Would I feel strongly about waterboarding? As far as I'm concerned, we have to fight fire with fire," said Donald Trump in a January interview with ABC News.
We already know a lot about the CIA's interrogation techniques from a 2014 Senate report, which found they were more brutal than had been initially thought and rarely led to much useful intelligence. But this is the first time the key individuals who approved and designed the program are speaking about it on the record.
"This is the first case against the CIA in which victims and survivors have had their day in court," Steven Watt, a senior staff attorney at the ACLU, said in an interview with Vox.
Here are the most disturbing takeaways from the New York Times report.
The psychologists believe their torture techniques caused no long-term harm
One of the main themes in Mitchell and Jessen's depositions was their repeated claim that the techniques they designed and taught others to use were mostly painless and caused no long-term harm to the prisoners.
But the former detainees at the heart of the ACLU suit, Suleiman Abdullah Salim and Mohamed Ben Soud, have said the techniques were painful.
In his deposition, a judge asked Salim if he could describe the pain he experienced while being subjected to a stress position, a technique in which the detainees' wrists were tied together above their heads and they were unable to lean against a wall or lie down.
Salim said, "Maybe I need to tie you here for one hour so you can feel the pain if you want to know the pain."
He then broke down crying.
The Senate report noted how one detainee was waterboarded 83 times over a period of days. At one point, he was completely unresponsive.
But, using casual and somewhat flippant language, Jessen and Mitchell claimed they didn't think the techniques would cause long-term trauma. From the New York Times:
In his deposition, Dr. Mitchell, who once said that most people would prefer to have their legs broken than to be waterboarded, disagreed with a lawyer's reference to the practice as painful. "It sucks, you know. I don't know that it's painful," he said. "I'm using the word distressing."
Both Salim and Soud suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, according to Watt, and even participating in the trial has been an emotional and difficult experience for the men.
They had literally no problem smashing prisoners into walls
"Walling" is a technique in which prisoners were repeatedly slammed against an ostensibly flexible plywood wall. Jessen said it was "one of the most" effective techniques they used and claimed it did not cause pain.
"It's discombobulating. It doesn't hurt you, but it jostles the inner ear, it makes a really loud noise," he said.
Jessen also described sleep deprivation, a technique in which "the detainee has handcuffs and they're attached to the tether in a way that they can't lie down or rest against a wall."
Salim said the pain he experienced from that technique was excruciating: "A lot of pain in my arms, a lot of pains in my back and around my waist."
The CIA bullied the two psychologists into continuing the program
Mitchell and Jessen said they wanted to stop or limit the use of waterboarding, but the CIA supervisors bullied them into continuing the program.
When those at the prison wanted to end the waterboarding sessions as no longer useful, C.I.A. supervisors — including Jose Rodriguez, then the head of the agency's Counterterrorism Center and a witness who testified under oath in the lawsuit — ordered them to continue.
"They kept telling me every day a nuclear bomb was going to be exploded in the United States and that because I had told them to stop, I had lost my nerve and it was going to be my fault if I didn't continue," Dr. Jessen testified.
Dr. Mitchell said that the C.I.A. officials told them: "'You guys have lost your spine.' I think the word that was actually used is that you guys are pussies. There was going to be another attack in America and the blood of dead civilians are going to be on your hands."
They were paid $81 million for helping the CIA torture prisoners
Jessen and Mitchell argued that the CIA controlled the program and that they simply worked as contractors. Under the agency's guidance, the psychologists said they proposed "enhanced interrogation techniques" and trained other people to use them. Over the course of several years, they received $81 million.
Mitchell said he urged the CIA to destroy videotapes showing torture
Even though Mitchell, one of the defendants, claimed the techniques he and Jessen developed caused no harm, he still encouraged the CIA to destroy video footage the agency had made of the interrogations.
He rationalized that decision by saying the videos were too graphic: "I thought they were ugly and they would, you know, potentially endanger our lives by putting our pictures out so that the bad guys could see us."
The destruction of the tapes was central to investigations conducted by the Justice Department. In 2010, the department ruled that it would not file criminal charges over the destruction of the tapes.
The case filed by the ACLU on behalf of the three former detainees is scheduled for trial on September 5. But according to Watt at the ACLU, there's already been some success achieved in having the two psychologists and top CIA officials testify under oath.
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Beware of "low impact" in risk assessments
The details of the RSA breach emerged Today and confirmed one thing I already expected to see, the escalation of privileges path taken by the intruder from a regular user (one of the victims of the spear phishing e-mail) to the target data. That was the strategy we used to choose in pentesting 10 years ago, and I don't see why it wouldn't work now. That's something interesting that happens in the security industry and that has aspects of massive cognitive dissonance, the illusion of "low impact" intrusion targets.
Why did the Titanic sink? Ok, no big failure like that can be attributed to a single root cause, but I'll choose one here to illustrate my point, the compartmentalization failure. The Titanic hull was built in a way that a hole in it could not sink the whole ship, as the water would only inundate one compartment that could be isolated from the others. The issue with the iceberg incident was that it ripped the side of the ship in a way that multiple compartments were inundated, bringing the whole ship down. The threat assumption in the Titanic's hull compartmentalization design was that the threats would be holes, not a gash. Wrong assumptions sink ships. And breach networks too.
Even if it's considered best practice it's not very common to see properly compartmentalized networks out there. When compartmentalization is applied, it's usually done at the server side, with multiple segregated networks with servers grouped according to different criteria, such as data classification or line of business. That's cool, but it usually protects from intruders jumping from one groups of servers to the other. What about the users network?
Let's be fair, it's very hard to deploy appropriate network controls at the distribution network. There are lot's of switches, sometimes with very limited management capabilities and different physical locations. Not to mention wireless networks, remote and mobile users. However, there's a lot of interesting products out there (most on the NAC realm) to help on that. But those networks are usually seen as less important then the servers side, incidents there considered "low impact". That's bullshit. Most of the big breaches now target the user's computer, where there'll be someone willing to click on links and opening files all over the place. It's easier to get your bridgehead in a network on a user workstation than in a well protected and monitored server. From there the intruder will learn how the organization infrastructure works, will start harvesting interesting credentials and look for the target data. Everything in a network that is not usually monitored. Can you detect today a brute force authentication attack against the local built-in administrator account from one workstation to another? I mean, no servers involved?
So, when defining that some targets, specially users workstations, would only cause "low impact", remember to consider what an intruder could do inside your network. Even better, try to hire a pentest starting from your users network, defining your most critical data as the final target. Check how that test will be seen by your security monitoring processes. The lessons from that will most likely change the "low impact" classification of a lot of things in your organization, what will cause a revolution in your risk assessments and security initiatives prioritization. And do it fast, before someone you'll call APT does that for you.
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1.25am - Marcel is in the hot seat. Cries are already intermittent but I'm going back to sleep!
4.03am - I'm back on duty. Was dreaming of eating fried mushrooms in Greece (huh?) & really would have appreciated time to finish that seam before being screamed at but whatever. No idea how long Marcel was up - felt like 5 minutes but I was sleeping so could have been 5 hours for all I know. No actually it could not have.
Boy is wailing his fool head off then has to stop & cough. Poor kid. It's a double doozy for him because I usually feed him when he wakes but now am not. So basically sleep training & weaning at once. Double the fun, right? If we survive this experience he is going to have some hard feelings but there really is no other option because none of us is getting enough sleep. Seriously, if you count the last couple months of my pregnancy I haven't had a full night's sleep in almost 2 years.
4.23pm - Ya know another part of my weird dream was a friend was planning a trip to a new grocery store for a group of us. We were all very excited to see what they'd have & were making plans to split up to make sure we saw everything. I'm even boring in my dreams.
Ben still screaming & occasionally grabs my hair or shoulder. Luckily he must not be close enough to cause harm so is it wrong to enjoy him playing with my hair while he's so miserable? Oooooh, he figured out that he can pull it so problem solved - must move over.


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Q: Xubuntu loading slow after the session/password select I recently installed Xubuntu on my computer. I love the distro. Everything was fast, and then the bootup slowed down. It started taking a couple minutes for my user selected wallpaper to show and the menu to appear, basically do anything on the comp. I do not recall doing anything other than changing the swappiness. It did not affect it initially. Would that be something to affect it or are there other ideas that might have caused this sudden change.

A: Yes, changing swappiness can slow down your computer. It is the threshold at which the system will swap data from the ram to the hard drive in order to preserve space. Data can be found, read and written much faster in memory than on the hard drive. Therefore it is best to keep data in memory and only swap to the hard drive when memory is very low. By default, swappiness is set to 60 and changing this value will determine how the system behaves in these situations.
Increasing this value will cause the system to swap more often. Even when it may be unnecessary. It will be more likely that the data you are seeking has been swapped out of memory. As I said earlier file manipulation is much slower on a hard disk so even simple tasks may take much longer than normal to complete.
Decreasing this value will cause the system to avoid swapping data to the hard disk. Sometimes this is recommended to increase performance but this could backfire if you have little ram to begin with. So, low ram combined with a low swappiness value can result in a system that will run out of memory quickly, while being reluctant to free memory through swapping.
I would recommend that you return the swappiness value to the default of 60. Monitor how the computer behaves. Hopefully you will see improvement.

A: Decrease the swap use (very important!)
1.5. This is especially noticeable on computers with relatively low RAM memory (1 GB or less): they tend to be far too slow in Xubuntu, and Xubuntu accesses the hard disk too much. Luckily, this can be helped.
On the hard disk there's a separate partition for virtual memory, called the swap. When Xubuntu uses the swap too much, the computer slows down a lot.
Xubuntu's inclination to use the swap, is determined by a setting. The lower the setting number, the longer it takes before Xubuntu starts using the swap. On a scale of 0-100, the default setting is 60. Which is much too high for normal desktop use, and only fit for servers.
A detailed explanation can be found here (link dead? Then download this pdf file with the same content).
Now the how-to:
1. First make sure that you have installed the applications gksu and leafpad:
Menu button - Accessories - Terminal Emulator
Type (use copy/paste):
sudo apt-get install gksu leafpad

Press Enter and submit your password. Please note that the password will remain invisible, not even asterisks will show, which is normal.
2. Now check your current swappiness setting. Type in the terminal (use copy/paste):
cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness

Press Enter.
The result will probably be 60.
3. To change the swappiness into a more sensible setting, type in the terminal (use copy/paste):
gksudo leafpad /etc/sysctl.conf

Press Enter.
Scroll to the bottom of the text file and add your swappiness parameter to override the default. Copy/paste the following blue lines:
# Decrease swap usage to a more reasonable level
vm.swappiness=10

4. Close the text file and reboot your computer.
5. After the reboot, check the new swappiness setting:
Menu button - Accessories - Terminal Emulator
Type (use copy/paste):
cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness

Press Enter.
Now it should be 10.
Note: your machine might benefit from an even bigger decrease in swappiness. A useful rule of thumb might be this:
1 GB RAM or more: set swappiness to 10
Less than 1 GB RAM: set swappiness to 5


Since it is raining out now we have decided to move the ride to Saturday. We are trying to setup the additional cemeteries and we will start at the same time and same place.
We decided to call the ride because of the severity of the rain and lightning. About 8PM we realized that it was indeed a nice evening to ride, but it was too late to start the ride in my opinion. We will be starting at 6PM from 15th and High on Saturday the 14th. We may add a pet cemetery or just another cemetery to the list. Hope to see everybody out this evening.
Friday the 13th CemeScary Rally is Friday the 13th! That's tomorrow!
I would like to invite everyone to a cemetery rally on Friday the 13th. The route map is below. I think we will start between 6-7PM from 15th and High on FRIDAY the 13th. I have a meeting every Friday from 4:30-5:30PM and may not be able to get over to the starting point until 6:30PM. I will update the start time as we get closer. I do not see us starting after 7PM. Sunset is 9:02 p.m. so please bring lights and cameras for the action. We will make stops and we have an ice cream shop on the route.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- It could soon be easier for cyclists to get around Central Ohio.
A bicentennial bikeway plan, proposed by Mayor Michael Coleman, is a step closer to becoming a reality, NBC 4's Patrick Preston reported.
With gas prices on the rise and global warming concerns higher than ever, bike riding is more than a hobby for cyclists like Jeff Stephens. It's a way to get to work, and a way of life.
Rode early with Pinky (Chris) got in a fast 12 miles. Averaged 18mph. We rode up the trail and encountered a snapping turtle hanging out in the center of the path. So we decided to be nice and move him/her. I burst out laughing when Pinky squealed like a little girl. We both were intimidated by it and used a stick to move it off the path. Snapping turtles have a lot of power in their jaw.
Stopped at bike polo to watch them play for a while. I learned not to ride close to walls. Matt showed off his wall burn on his leg. He got too close to a wall and ended up with wall (road) rash.
I guesstimate 40 people were there at the start. Casey led out toward the east. Somewhere along the way a bloody coup took place (only it ran Pink). We rode east toward the airport. I needed to leave early so I headed down south to the bar.
I wanted to get out of the city and ride a rural route. So I instigated a ride to Granville with some riders I met last summer. Seven people showed up, which surprised me because of the threat for rain. We left from Gahanna (route info from GPS later) and headed east on Clark State at a slow pace. We continued to head east for about 10 miles and decided to turn north toward 161. We crossed 161 and had to portage onto the new 161 which is closed to auto traffic. At that point technology, a godsend, turned on the ride. I pulled up the radar and it looked as though the rain was about to hit us. So four of the riders decided to head back for a 20-25 mile ride. Tricia needed to head back anyway since she was driving to Cleveland in the afternoon.
We rode east on the incomplete 161 and had to portage onto a access road. We headed north and hooked up with Jersey Mill Road. The Marathon in Alexandria was the next stop. There were a lot of cyclists out. The temps were in the 80's but the humidity was really high. Back north to Jug St Road to head west all the way across to New Albany. We wound our way up to the Hoover Reservoir. The park has absolutely NO water available. For a busy park I was disappointed that you cannot fill a water bottle anywhere. A pit stop at a gas station was our water stop.
North through a neighborhood and we hit Smothers and turned east. There is a little climb up to Schott Rd where we turned south and rode the rollers to East Walnut. Lee brought us to Ulry. We rode up through Little Turtle and left onto Cherry Bottom. I hit 30mph on the flat before the hill and continued above 20mph until the light. I waited for the others and they passed me at the intersection at Morse. I got to the light a few hundred feet behind them and had bust through the intersection as the light changed to red at 25+ mph. I was starting to get tired at that point. We continued south and then turned up through Columbus Academy and through the neighborhood streets before ending at David's.
48 miles. 15.2mph average. Very humid. I felt like I was ran over by a truck after the ride. I don't think I drank enough water.


We had lunch at Ormeggio a few months ago, so my recollection is somewhat hazy. What I do remember though is the mindblowing bottoni – tiny buttons of pasta exploding with a cheesy broth interior. The experience is almost like eating a xiao long bao. But instead it's an umami-heavy parmigiano reggiano soup within the pasta. Oh lordy, it was one of the best things I ate in 2016. Plus that freaking incredible cheese box. The idea of matching cheese with a type of bread and different kinds of dried fruit or fruit paste makes so much sense to me. And did I mention it's served in a custom-made box with tiny drawers? What a revelation. I need one.
Anyway, it was awesome. Here are some photos. The end.
The veggo option is super delicious! Witlof with beetroot.
Cherry gremolata and ricotta – DELICIOUS!
Whoah you had me at the description of the bottoni! And yes, I've been eyeing off the cheese box for so long!


Jharkhand Forum is an easiest accessible public forum, where everyones voices / thoughts / ideas / opinions / experiences / suggestions are heard without any intermediate moderation. It invites you to share anything on developments issues and welcome your active participation in discussions.
The name of Jharkhand Forum is kept after the name of its mother organization JHARKHAND.
Jharkhand Forum is the first forum of its kind in Eastern part of India i.e. known as Jharkhand Region (Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh and adjoining areas).
Its focussed on Developments issues that include - Industrial Displacements, Adivasi, Dalit, Mines, Minerals, Environment, Health, Education, Naxal, Poverty, Corruption, Governance, Crime, Forest and Socio-Economic Development etc.
Entire India with special focus on Jharkhand Region but, issues wise it will go broader such as if we say Adivasi then its for entire Adivasi (South Asian or Indian subcontinent tribes) communities. But not the tribes of America, Australia and Africa etc and if we say Industrial Displacements then its for Industrial Displacements in entire India.
Jharkhand Forums members are from all kind of Professions including Development Professionals, Researchers, Writers, News Reporters, University Students, Govt. of India's officers, Policy makers, NGOs and NRIs etc.
Jharkhand Forums membership is free and open to all individuals and Organizations.
By Aug 2008 it was 10,000.
English but, sometimes message in local language of Jharkhand Region will be passed in order to promote them and translation will be provided if it is requested by any member.
Sharing information among its members through the website, blog, email groups and an e-newsletter, facilitate debate and discussion and raise awareness and understanding.
Jharkhand Forum recently accepted proposal to host the annual meeting of its members to discuss and debate development issues.


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Pick THREE of the following FOUR ideas and trace each, citing specific works of art and readings for class. When you cite a work, include the artist if known, the title, the place of origin and date and the present location. When you cite a reading, just use the author and the page in parentheses. For the two Epstein books, abbreviate DOS for Dreams of Subversion and MH for Medieval Haggadah.
Pick a work of religious art made before 1900 that we have not looked at in class?one that looks ripe for political interpretation?and analyze it according to the principles we have been employing this semester, again citing specific works of art and readings for class. See above (Essays) for citation guidelines. Include the image in your file, or attach.
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ThunderBolts drop opener to Evansville 7-0
Otters 7 Bolts 0
CRESTWOOD, IL – The ThunderBolts were held scoreless for the third consecutive day as the Evansville Otters opened a three-game series with a 7-0 defeat of the Bolts at Standard Bank Stadium Friday night.
The Otters (10-3) scored what turned out to be the game-winning run in the first-inning. Ronnie Richardson and John Schultz singled and Shayne Houck walked to load the bases with no outs. Nik Balog's sacrifice fly scored Richardson to make it 1-0. Austin Wright was able to pitch out of the bases loaded jam without any further damage.
In the second, though, the Otters struck again when JD Dorgan and Jeff Birkofer came up with back-to-back two outs hits before Richardson hit his first home run of the year, a three-run shot that put Evansville ahead 4-0.
The Bolts (3-9) managed only two hits, both singles through six innings. Both men were retired on the bases as Evansville starter Trevor Walch faced only 18 hitters in the first six frames.
The Otters put the game away in the top of the sixth. Two singles and a hit batter loaded the bases and chased Wright from the game. An error and a Schultz single scored all three runs and gave Evansville the 7-0 final score.
Windy City had a hit in each of the last three innings and twice had a man reach third base, but they were unable to get him in, stretching their scoreless streak to 35 innings.
Walch (1-1) went the distance for the win and Wright (1-2) was charged with seven runs in 5.1 innings for the loss.
The ThunderBolts will battle the Otters in game two on Saturday. Zak Wasserman (0-1, 15.75) will get the start for the Bolts against Evansville's Tyler Vail (1-0, 7.36). First pitch is scheduled for 6:05 and C.J. Wilson Mazda will sponsor a postgame fireworks show. The broadcast can be heard on WXAV 88.3 FM and wxav.com.


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Q: How do I inherit KDoc documentation? In Java's Javadoc, there is a way to inherit a method's documentation in a subclass using {@inheritDoc} tag.
Is there a way to do the same in Kotlin's KDoc?
Basically, what I'd like to do is the following:
abstract class Base {
    /**
     * Some KDoc documentation here.
     */
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A: Dokka always copies the documentation from a base member to an inherited one if the inherited member does not have its own documentation. There is no way to combine the base member documentation with additional text provided in the inherited member.
(Dokka doesn't support the @inheritdoc Javadoc tag because this inevitably leads to the proliferation of comments consisting of only /** @inheritdoc */ which I find super useless and redundant.)


Ryan Smith, a Berry College graduate and former photojournalist, is a fine art photographer. He is well-known in Rome, Georgia for his unique perspective and captivating images. His art can be found on the walls of the local hospital, businesses throughout Rome and in the living rooms of art patrons all over. While a majority of his art is focused on the city of Rome and Berry College, he is also renowned for his "decay" photographs, which bring a beautiful perspective to areas others would view as deteriorated. Ryan's most recent project, the White Piano, has blurred the lines of his styles. Beginning in the world of decay, the White Piano has ventured throughout Rome and Floyd County for some of the most acclaimed photographs yet.
Where is Ryan Smith Studios?
Ryan can be found at Art Festivals throughout Rome. At the beginning of the year, he can be found at the Spring Art Market at the Civic Center, Cave Spring Art Festival at Rolator Park and the Downtown Art Walk on Broad Street. During the Fall, his work is on display at Chiaha in Ridge Ferry Park and the Winter Art Market at the Civic Center. Year round, his work is available right here at RyanSmithStudios.com for your convenience.


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A Great Environment
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Real Growth
Come grow with CubeSmart.
Teammates Wanted. Inspire Within.
CubeSmart is one of the nation's largest self-storage providers whose mission is to simplify the organizational challenges for our customers' many life events with innovative solutions, unparalleled service and genuine care.
Our single most important goal is to provide exceptional service to our customers who need us.
Whether you want to grow your career at an incredible company or are specifically looking for full-time self-storage employment opportunities, we're glad you're here.
And, yes: we're hiring! Available now:
Full-Time Retail Store Teammate Opportunities
Sales & Customer Service Center Opportunities
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A Day in the Life of a Retail Sales Associate
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Make a Difference at CubeSmart
At CubeSmart, it's what's inside that counts.
So, what's inside a career at CubeSmart?
Not all jobs (self-storage or otherwise) are created equally: CubeSmart teammates strive to make our customers' lives easier with innovative self-storage solutions, award-winning customer service, and genuine care. And we work together, as a team, to make fellow teammates' lives easier, too. It's what elevates a career at CubeSmart above other jobs–storage, retail, customer service, corporate… you name it.
We're proud of how our opportunities stack up amongst others. Here are five peeks inside what it's like to work at CubeSmart.
You count.
As a CubeSmart teammate, you're empowered to build your career with training and experiences you can't find anywhere else. Whether your career at CubeSmart starts at a self-storage property, our call center, or CubeSmart's headquarters, we support each teammate with solutions to grow their careers with us. And when you as a teammate can feel how much you count, it makes it easy for our customers to feel similarly.
At CubeSmart, I have a feeling of true ownership while running the property. I serve with passion and eliminate barriers to 'yes' because they trust me to do my best. I am able to be there for my customers because of CubeSmart.
—Valerie M., General Manager
You'll get real growth opportunities here at CubeSmart.
We're a growing company–arguably the strongest in our industry–and that creates lots of opportunities for you to do work that means something. We'll give you the opportunity to stretch, learn new skills, and truly make a difference. We not only provide training to do your job well, we give you the skills and support to become the best teammate you can be.
Our teammates serve with passion, and we believe in investing in them and their professional growth. We provide opportunities for internal promotion and advancement across departments in our stores, our call center, and our corporate office. We provide extensive training for teammates including onboarding, online learning, as well as the opportunity to obtain and maintain external certifications.
To continue to be a successful and rapidly growing company, we must hire talented people like you. And we've created best-in-class recognition and benefits programs because talented teammates like you deserve the best.
You can be your best self every day at CubeSmart.
The energy you'll feel every day from your fellow teammates will truly set your experience here apart from anywhere else you may have worked. When you know your fellow teammates genuinely care about your success, it's natural for you to genuinely care about the people you help in their time of self-storage need.
Here at CubeSmart, you won't just provide storage space; you'll provide peace of mind. Our customers choose us because at CubeSmart, it's what's inside that counts.
And in your career at CubeSmart Self Storage, you'll feel it, every day: it's what's inside you that counts.
Everyone at CubeSmart wants to see me exceed expectations. I'm always up for a challenge, and this job makes me challenge myself every single day. I work harder at CubeSmart than I ever have before because of the shared values and goals of our teammates, who welcomed me into the CubeSmart culture from day one.
—Jenn J., Sales Center Representative
You'll be a part of an award-winning culture at CubeSmart.
We say our teammates are the heart of CubeSmart, and we mean it. We strive to have everyone and everything from leadership, processes, training, awards, and our overall culture to be as engaged, and as engaging, as possible. Don't just take our word for it – we were recently named one of the 50 Most Engaged Workplaces in North America by Achievers, an Employee Recognition and Rewards platform. This annual award recognizes top employers that display leadership and innovation in engaging their workplaces; join us and see for yourself.
Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service
People's Choice Stevie Award for Favorite Customer Service (2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015)
Front-Line Customer Service Team of the Year (2018 Bronze Award)
Contact Center of the Year (2019 Bronze Award, 2018 Bronze Award, 2017 Bronze Award, 2013 Gold Award)
Customer Service Department of the Year (2017 Silver Award, 2015 Gold Award, 2014 Gold Award, 2013 Gold Award)
Customer Service Training Team of the Year (2013 Gold Award)
Inside Self-Storage Best of Business Awards
Best Customer Service (2017, 2016, 2014, 2012)
Best Call Center Services (2015, 2013)
You'll get recognized when you WOW! at CubeSmart.
At CubeSmart, we foster a culture of teamwork, collaboration, and recognition, so we reward teammates who provide exceptional customer service and go above and beyond their responsibilities through a variety of recognition programs such as:
Daily Recognition
Through an online company-wide platform, teammates all over the country can recognize each other for successes, achievements, and WOW! Service.
Quarterly and Annual Recognition
"All Star" is the highest level of recognition at CubeSmart. Teammates are recognized for their commitment to WOW!ing our customers and exhibiting our company's values. All Stars receive a plaque, a choice of prize, and a monetary bonus.
You'll get great benefits at CubeSmart.
Your well-being is extremely important, so even if you don't achieve All Star status on day one, the rewards of working here go beyond the basics. Here are some of the top benefits CubeSmart teammates enjoy:
Non-Traditional Retail Hours
Our retail teammates don't work evening hours and are compensated with paid time off for major holidays.
Base Salary Plus Bonus
You have the power to directly impact your earnings.
Vacation, holidays, and paid sick time; we believe in work-life balance.
Generous Health Benefits
You're eligible for medical, dental and vision healthcare options allowing you to choose coverage that's best for you; CubeSmart pays a generous portion of premiums (even on family coverage).
401(k) Retirement Plan with Company Match
We'll help you plan for your future.
Short-Term Disability Program
This company-paid program provides a safety net if you need it.
We'll help you develop your skills and advance your career.
Storage Discounts
Teammates are eligible for special discounts on our storage spaces.
CubeSmart was named among the Healthiest Employers of Greater Philadelphia by the Philadelphia Business Journal.
Through a dedicated Wellness Program, Financial, Lifestyle & Educational seminars, CubeSmart teammates are on the fast-track to achieving total satisfaction both at work and in their personal lives.
—Jess H., Teammate since 2009
When I needed advice about life situations I was going through, I was able to call the Employee Assistance Program that CubeSmart offers. The plan offers Legal & Financial, Lifestyle & Fitness Management, Education and Dependent Care & Care Giving. It was extremely helpful!
—Donna P., Teammate since 2009
It's our team that counts.
CubeSmart is unlike any other employer for many reasons, but none as distinctive or powerful as our people. We refer to our people as teammates because collaboration towards shared goals defines our workplace. We truly are a team.
When you join our team, you'll join a proud, dedicated, and award-winning team in your career at CubeSmart. Every day you'll experience–and help create–an inspiring and collaborative environment. And you'll find support from great training, a competitive compensation package, and fellow teammates who build the open culture–a culture that appreciates individual differences.
Speaking of which: we're firmly rooted in a culture of mutual respect. You'll join an entire support system of teammates dedicated to bringing our values to life in everything we do. We create a sense of security through open and transparent communication and collaboration. We work together to grow the company, serve our customers, and deliver results. We inspire confidence through positive interactions and a deeper level of caring among our teammates and with our millions of satisfied customers.
Members of the CubeSmart family value the diverse strengths, backgrounds, experiences, and identities that fellow teammates bring. We recognize that age, race, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, physical ability, thinking style, and background bring richness to our work. Promoting an inclusive workforce help us make better decisions. The bottom line? We're welcoming, reliable, helpful, positive, attentive, and caring to our customers and to each other.
That's why we recruit people like you: people whose instinct is to approach challenges with helpful, positive solutions. At any given moment, CubeSmart teammates can be seen or heard going the extra mile to brighten each other's day. In the end, the positivity is contagious. Our WOW! service culture thrives on this, and we have the smiles (and trophies!) to prove it.
It's our stores that count.
You'll be delighted when you get to work each day and enter the bright, clean, organized world of CubeSmart. One walk through the hallways and it's clear: we take pride in our self-storage facilities. Clean, modern lines meet an abundance of natural light because we invest in and maintain the best properties in their markets. This is a place where chaos is out of sight and out of mind. Our investments to make sure the space in which you'll work each day is inspiring lets you know you're worth it.
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It's our customers who count.
If you thrive on making a difference in people's lives, you will truly love being a member of the CubeSmart team and experiencing the unparalleled training we provide to help you bring out your best.
Any CubeSmart visitor will tell you we make it a point to enthusiastically greet everyone who arrives at our doors. Our customers often come to us in the midst of stressful changes. We get to know them so we can better understand their needs. We can't solve all their problems, but we can show them kindness, provide an exceptional customer service experience, and do everything we can to help. We shake hands. Smile. Listen well. Every action exudes genuine care.
We treat our customers how they want to be treated. So we work hard to deliver customer service so unexpectedly good it's called WOW! Because when it comes to making our customers' lives easier, it's service that counts.
It's what's inside people like you that makes the difference on days that are often stressful and fraught in the lives of our customers.
You have the ability to care deeply about the things that matter to our customers. Because of your empathy, our customers will trust us to care for what they store. As a teammate, you'll put your heart into honoring that commitment. The definition of our culture–we call it WOW!–is to "surprise and delight customers by always giving more than expected!" We teach dedicated classes on our WOW! customer service philosophy and culture which allow all teammates to learn who we are and how we live our values at CubeSmart in a fun and engaging atmosphere.
A little positivity can go a long way, and our Customers express a great deal of gratitude for the efforts we make.
Because our full-time store and call center teammates create an atmosphere where customers find the solutions they need, we're the most trusted self-storage company in America.
It's our neighbors who count.
Our mascot, Cubie, at a store grand opening in Austin, TX.
From Addison, Illinois to Winter Park, Florida; from Boston, Massachusetts to Yolo, California and all points in between, CubeSmart and our teammates are responsible and respectful members of the communities in which we reside and operate and the world in which we live.
We know it's our responsibility to not only serve our customers and teammates, but also the communities in which we operate. And because our retail stores are located across a diversity of neighborhoods, we believe that attracting, developing, and retaining people who reflect the diversity of our customers is essential to our success. CubeSmart supports its teammates, customers, investors, and partners–from every neighborhood and every nation.
Our commitment to community service is beneficial for the people who need us, the teammates who work here, and the communities in which we work and live. We have a responsibility to the communities that support us.
We are proud to be involved with numerous local charities and fundraising events throughout the year. Teammates dedicate their time and energy to create positive change in their local neighborhoods by volunteering or supporting fundraising events of varying size and focus.
CubeSmart Supports Race for Every Child in Washington, DC
CubeSmart Supports First Responders Brotherhood Ride in Florida
(Tomorrow counts, too.)
Being a member of the community means also being aware of our environmental impact on it. CubeSmart supports continued growth in sustainability programs and eco-friendly initiatives. Through our ongoing partnership with American Forests' Global ReLeaf Program, customers who rent a storage unit with us have the option to indicate that they want CubeSmart to plant a tree on their behalf. CubeSmart has planted more than 90,000 trees since 2010, keeping 450 tons of pollution (e.g. dust and ozone) out of the air every year as well as storing 2,200 tons of carbon in the trees' trunks and limbs every year.
CubeSmart is committed to growing sustainability programs and eco-friendly initiatives. In addition to our partnership with American Forests, these initiatives include:
Our lease agreements are shared electronically instead of in paper form.
At our stores and in our corporate office, we recycle either through single stream or multiple containers.
Solar panel systems are installed on many of our buildings.
CubeSmart makes annual investments in energy savings and sustainability projects to increase operating efficiencies and reduce the company's environmental footprint. CubeSmart regularly evaluates conservation opportunities; this includes implementing policies and practices to reduce energy consumption, increasing efficiency, and expanding our sustainability efforts.
CubeSmart Grows Sustainability Programs and Eco-Friendly Initiatives
AEP Ohio Recognizes CubeSmart for Energy Efficiency
Find yourself at CubeSmart Self Storage.
Your career here begins with one of the CubeSmart jobs linked below:
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Paolo Ludovici and Michele Aprile advised on tax matters related to the private placement to institutional investors of a new senior unrated floating rate bond due 2020 for euro 200 million. This is the first unrated floating rate issuance from a bank on the European market. The bonds are listed on Irish Stock Exchange.


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Q: The using of Borsuk-Ulam theorem Let a circle $k:(x-p)^2+(y-q)^2=r^2$, $p,q\in\mathbb{R},\thinspace r>0 $  and a point $(x_0,y_0)\in\mathbb{R}^2$ be given. Prove that there exists a square $[x_0-a,x_0+a]\times[y_0-a,y_0+a],\thinspace a>0$ whose boundary contains at least one pair of diametrically opposed points from the circle $k$.
I suppose that I can use Borsuk-Ulam theorem, but I don't know how to find the continuous function from $S^1$ to $\mathbb{R}^2$, and later from $\mathbb{R}^2$ to $\mathbb{R}$.

A: As in the comments, without loss of generality the circle is $S^1$, write $p = (x_0,y_0)$.
Consider the taxicab norm $\|\cdot \|_1$ on the plane and $d$ the induced distance. Then $$[x_0-a,x_0+a] \times [y_0-a,y_0+a] = B_a^d(p),$$
a point $q$ is in that square precisely if $d(p,q) \leq a$ and it lies in the boundary iff $d(p,q) = a$.
Define $d(-,p) \colon \Bbb R^2 \to \Bbb R$ to be the taxicab distance to $p$. This is $\|\cdot\|_1$-continuous by its very definition, but by the equivalence of norms in $\Bbb R^2$ it is also continuous for the usual distance on the plane.
Now consider the restriction $\delta \colon S^1 \to \Bbb R$. By Borsuk-Ulam, there exists a point $x \in S^1$ such that $\delta(x) = \delta(-x) = a$. Note that $a \geq 0$ because $\delta \geq 0$, but moreover $a > 0$ or otherwise we would have $x = p = -x$ which is absurd, as $x \in S^1$.
By a previous remark, this means that $x,-x \in \partial B_a^d(p)$, as desired.


As Hesketh Pearson put it, 'Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.' To see if he's right, we've compiled a Top Ten list containing what we think are the commonest expressions in English which are misquotes of their original literary idioms. How many of these did you know started out as something different? And do you think that they are still 'misquotations', if the phrases go on to gain a new life of their own? When does a misquote become simply a quote, or something more universal – a 'saying' or expression?
Oh, and have we left off any good examples of literary misquoting?
2. Abandon hope, all ye who enter here. This translation from Dante's Inferno – the words are inscribed above the entrance to hell in the medieval poem – is a misquotation of H. F. Cary's 1814 English translation, 'All hope abandon ye who enter here.' It was probably misquoted because the misquotation rolled off the tongue better.
4. Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him well. This is Hamlet's exclamation when he is confronted with the skull of the jester who had entertained him when he was a young boy. That last word should be 'Horatio' rather than 'well' – but for one reason or another the name of Hamlet's trusty friend is left out of the usual quotation when it is uttered by people (usually, and aptly, in jest) and the word 'well' is brought in to round off the phrase.
5. Pride goes before a fall. Another telescoping of a longer expression, this time from the Bible: 'Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall' (Proverbs 16:18). As with the previous example, this is probably because 'pride goes before a fall' provides a shorter and snappier variation on the original, longer phrase.
6. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. This oft-used phrase originated in a couple of lines from William Congreve's 1697 play The Mourning Bride: 'Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, / Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.' Congreve also appears to have coined – or been one of the first to use – the phrase 'kiss and tell', in his 1695 play Love for Love.
7. Britannia rules the waves. In the patriotic British anthem, the line is actually 'Britannia, rule the waves', with the second word being in the imperative mood rather than the indicative.
8. Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink. The actual line from Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is 'nor any drop to drink'. For more on Coleridge's classic poem, see our post about Coleridge here.
10. Elementary, my dear Watson. As we've discussed in our previous post on ten facts about Sherlock Holmes, this expression doesn't appear in the original Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and first turns up in literature in a novel by P. G. Wodehouse. Complimentary, my dear Wodehouse!
Image: Hamlet and skull, Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
I didn't know 'God helps those who help themselves' wasn't in the Bible – interesting!
Lead on Macduff. Originally "Lay on, Macduff,/ and Damned be him that first cries 'Hold, /enough!'" (Macbeth 5.8.33-35 Ed E. B. Harrison. New York: Harcourt).
I suppose if one is being really picky, the misquotations are no longer misquotations when they are being quoted for their own sake. However, at what point do these mis/quotations actually lose their vigour and become dead cliche?
Great posting thanks! Another one to add, from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice": All that glitters is not gold, is in the Shakespeare, All that glisters is not gold.
I wonder if anyone ever meant "Me Tarzan, you Jane," as any kind of quote at all, or simply a reference to the 'Tarzan-type' mentality of chauvinism.
Yes, I suppose it is more a snappy summary of male attitudes. Good point!
These are great; I only knew a few of them. One that drives me crazy is more of an elimination of context than a misquote: people saying "Now is the winter of our discontent" without the line that follows, which completely alters the point of the statement.
I agree about that Richard III quotation – it always gets quoted as though it's a self-contained, negative statement, rather than a statement about bad times turning into good. Thanks – glad you enjoyed it!
very interesting trivia. Thanks for putting that together.
Great post, I'm standing ready to infuriate people by correcting them!
I believe that some of these have come into their own as phrases, namely 'Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here'. I have seen it used in various shows/movies/art over several genres in that layout.
Thanks, and thanks for this excerpt, Russell!
"Far from the maddening crowd" is one that always makes me turn away with a look of haughty disdain.
Great list! A few I did not even realize were quotes.
There is a statement in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, which goes like this, " If the legend is better than the history believe the legend." We are constantly believing the myth. Also noted, Sam was never asked to play it again in Casablanca.
Correct. We hear what we think we hear and that is the problem, Houston.
Better place to land then Instagram.
Reblogged this on Oh Faulkner.
And why the sea is boiling hot and whether pigs have wings.
I've probably mangled the punctuation.
another you could add to the list is "play it again, sam," from the movie "casablanca." bogart never says it. he says, "play it, sam." i guess the original just doesn't have the same ring to it. thanks for this great list, and for liking my latest post.
I love this work. You really make it. Nice.
Thanks for the follow. I'm following back. I am glad I found your blog. We have similar interests. I love quotes but it does kinda drive me crazy when people use them out of context.
Interesting Literature Blog. . . proving that the literary pop culture quotes we use are wrong.