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WELCOME to the American Veterinary Medical Association's (AVMA) State Legislative Resources area. AVMA is the internationally recognized source of science-based information and answers on topics related to animal health, animal welfare and public health. For 150 years, legislators, the media and the public have turned to us when they needed answers to their questions or guidance on the scientific approach to complex issues. AVMA policy has provided knowledgeable guidance to those who seek answers – from state legislators to town halls, and remains the one source that the public can rely on for scientifically proven advice.

The links at the left side of this page explore many of these valuable resources.

Some materials included in this area have been prepared by organizations other than AVMA. Links to other Web sites are provided for information and convenience only. The inclusion of such materials or links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorsement of those views and positions.

The AVMA is honored to work with you to achieve our shared goals of informing, improving and protecting the health and safety of our citizens and animals.

What is the AVMA?

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), established in 1863, is the largest veterinary medical association in the world. As a not-for-profit association established to advance the science and art of veterinary medicine, the AVMA is the recognized voice of the veterinary profession. The Association's more than 89,000 members (representing approximately 86 percent of all U.S. veterinarians) are involved in all areas of veterinary medical practice, including: private, corporate, academic, industrial, governmental, military, and public health practices.

"THE GREATNESS OF A NATION AND ITS MORAL PROGRESS CAN BE JUDGED BY THE WAY ITS ANIMALS ARE TREATED."

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U.S. states, territories, and various species-related and specialty groups also have independent veterinary associations offering their unique perspectives. The AVMA works closely with each of these associations to effectively represent the entire profession. The AVMA, including its Department of State Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, is headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois. The association also has a Government Relations Division in Washington, DC to address federal matters.

Veterinarians lend their expertise to a wide variety of departments within federal, state, and local governments. At the federal level, these include the National Institutes of Health, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of the Interior, Department of Agriculture, Veterans Administration, U.S. military, and the United States Senate. Veterinarians in the Epidemiological Investigative Service of the CDC participate in disease outbreak investigations.

At the state and local levels, veterinarians are valued members of legislative bodies, regulatory agencies, public health services, diagnostic laboratories, animal control departments, and departments of agriculture. All this and we take care of your pets, too!

The AVMA monitors legislative and regulatory activity on both the state and federal level, and, as appropriate, comments on a variety of issues impacting the profession, animals and the public. Recent examples of issues in which we are involved include: animal welfare, agricultural production, food safety and public health, pharmacy standards, environmental and waste management, wildlife and endangered species, small businesses concerns, research, biotechnology, and education.

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If you've got questions...we've got answers. The AVMA can be an invaluable resource. Some of the areas in which we are involved and have information that may be helpful are:

"ALL ANIMALS, EXCEPT MAN, KNOW THAT THE PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OF LIFE IS TO ENJOY IT."


Windsor, ON – February 16, 2016 – Windsor / Essex County donors were on fire when it came to raising funds for Grow On. The 2015 campaign, administered by the Windsor Cancer Centre Foundation, has raised a whopping $219,545 in support of local prostate cancer patients and their treatment. “The key word that makes us


While the Trump administration got it wrong yet again, with its list of “under-covered” terrorist attacks … British PM May’s attempt to encourage a very special relationship with the abominable Trump administration received a blow.

If Dumb Deal Trump visits the UK, he will not be allowed to address Parliament. The speech by its Speaker, John Bercow was a moving one. The conclusions he shared with the House were brilliantly delivered. Over two million people have signed a petition against the state visit which PM May wants to arrange for president Dumb Deal Trump. The British Parliament still has to discus it.

Mrs May may think a special relationship with the US under this US government should be cultivated, there are plenty who disagree.


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Inspect your carpet for damage.

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1. It is the age of identity explorations, of trying out various possibilities, especially in love and work.

2. It is the age of instability.

3. It is the most self-focused age of life.

4. It is the age of feeling in-between, in transition, neither adolescent nor adult.

5. It is the age of possibilities, when hopes flourish, when people have an unparalleled opportunity to transform their lives.

It’s a period where confusion and fear of shutting the door on opportunities can lead to apprehension in making commitments. Is this really what I want to be doing with my life? Is this really the person I want to marry? Do I really want to risk becoming another divorce statistic? Can I really have it all or do I have to choose a career or a family? If I have kids, will I turn into my mother or father?

Do we spend too much time thinking about ourselves? About what we want about what we need, about our futures? Are we delaying the moment when we have to settle in order to avoid prematurely closing doors on different options? Maybe what I want today isn’t what I will want tomorrow. Or maybe we really are just whiney and have not learned to make choices because we had too many of them. Is our freedom inhibiting our ability to choose? Perhaps we value individuality because we can afford to.

The development of a key brain area leads to self-consciousness” by Charles Q. Choi from Scientific American, Choi discusses how the dorsal medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) affects teenagers' self-awareness. It is one of the last parts of the brain to develop before adulthood and “It is known to activate in adults when they think about themselves, about other people and even about the personality traits of animals.”

In the same article, developmental social neuroscientist Jennifer Pfeifer of the University of Oregon says that, “While these [brain] areas related to self-reflection might be more active in adolescence, it is something that goes on throughout your whole life—you’ll see the same kinds of processes going on in the brain in adults if they enter stages in their lives that are new to them, such as parenthood."


Q:

Making functions from an emacs mode available outside the mode's file

I've written an emacs minor mode that should make some functions available for explicit invocation in addition to the minor mode. In the mode's file, after defining the modes and the function, I've provided the mode:
(provide 'xcode-dired-mode)

which, in my .emacs I require:
(setq load-path (cons "~/Documents/Local Projects/xcode-emacs" load-path))
(require 'xcode-dired-mode "xcode-dired")

Now when a buffer is in this mode, I want to have a few extra functions available. If I defun a function in the lisp file for the minor mode, like:
(defun xcode-build()
  "Build the default target in the Xcode project."
  ;; ...
  )

the functions are not available outside the file, e.g. M-x xcode-build will not work. I don't think provideing the files is the appropriate thing to do, as I don't want to have to require all of them in .emacs. I've seen the magic comment ;;; ###autoload but as far as I can tell that's only used when compiling emacs itself.
How do I arrange that when my minor mode is applied to a buffer, the functions defined in the mode's lisp file can be used?

A:

In order to call xcode-build via M-x, you'll need to make sure the function implementation calls the interactive special-form to declare the function as interactively callable.
I believe this is the relevant emacs documentation:
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Using-Interactive.html
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Interactive-Call.html


This invention relates to non-volatile resistor memory devices, and specifically to a method of reading and writing a non-volatile memory cell using reversible resistance changes.
Perovskite metal oxide thin films, such as Pr0.7Ca0.3MnO3 (PCMO) thin films, have reversible resistance change properties, which can be used in non-volatile memory devices for information storage. Known methods to induce the resistance change include application of a short electric pulse for writing and a long electric pulse for resetting, wherein both electric pulses have the same polarity.
PCMO thin films exhibit reversible resistance change when an electric pulse is applied. A PCMO thin film has been grown on both epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7 (YBCO) and partial epitaxial platinum substrates via pulsed laser abrasion (PLA) technique, Liu et al., Electric-pulse-induced reversible resistance change effect in magnetoresistive films, Applied Physics Letters, 76, 2749, 2000; and Liu et al., U.S. Pat. No. 6,204,139, granted Mar. 20, 2001, for Method of switching the properties of perovskite materials used in thin film resistors. X-Ray diffraction (XRD) polar figures confirm the epitaxial properties of PCMO thin films.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,204,139 describes the resistance change which occurred when electric pulses were applied at room temperature to PCMO thin films. The PCMO thin films were deposited on both epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7 (YBCO) and partial epitaxial platinum substrates by pulsed laser deposition (PLD). The polarity of the electric pulse determines the character of the resistance change, i.e., increase or decrease.
An electrically programmable resistance, non-volatile memory device, operable at room temperature, was made of PCMO epitaxially grown on YBCO on LaAlO3, as published by Liu et al, however, the sample size was on the order of one-inch square, which is not practical for commercial production. This type of memory may be reversibly programmed by a reversed short electrical pulse. The memory cell is able to produce either single bit or multi-bit information. However, the PCMO must be in crystalline form, which requires that the PCMO must be grown on a specific bottom electrode, such as YBCO, which is not compatible to the state-of-the-art silicon integrated circuit technology. The growth, or crystallization, temperature is relatively high, e.g.,  greater than 700xc2x0 C., which makes integration of the device into state-of-the-art integrated circuit very complex. In addition it is not possible to cover the full circuit area with a single grain of PCMO. As the properties of a memory cell which is fabricated on a single grain PCMO crystal and the properties of a memory cell which is fabricated on a multi-grain PCMO crystal, which covers the grain boundary area, are not the same, circuit yield and memory performance problems will occur. A low xcex94R/R ratio was reported for the Liu et al. sample. It is not believed that the Liu et al. technique can be applied to commercially manufactured non-volatile memory devices.
A method of changing the resistance of a perovskite metal oxide thin film device with a resistance-change-producing pulse includes changing the resistance of the device by varying the polarity of a resistance-change-producing pulse.
It is an object of the invention to provide for the use of a short electric pulse of different polarity to provide reversible resistance of a programmable memory.
This summary and objectives of the invention are provided to enable quick comprehension of the nature of the invention. A more thorough understanding of the invention may be obtained by reference to the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment of the invention in connection with the drawings.


Dental health status and indicators of treatment needs of four Hispanic subgroups in New York City.
This article presents the results of a study of four Hispanic subgroup residents of New York City. Utilizing National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research criteria and a specially designed survey instrument, the authors conducted oral examinations and interviews on 1,010 Hispanic adults. Results showed that the oral health status and the indicators of treatment needs differed among the subgroups. When conducting needs assessment and providing oral health care services for this population, differences among the subgroups must be considered.


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Updated: Jul 02, 2019 07:57 IST

One of India’s best known engineering colleges, the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K), is venturing into specialised medical education and plans to set up a super-speciality hospital and medical college in an attempt to further its own research in areas of bioengineering and bioscience, an intersection of engineering and medicine.

The hospital and medical college, proposed to be set up with a total outlay of Rs 800 crore, if approved, is to come up on a 20-acre plot of land in Shivli area near the engineering college, a senior official of IIT-K said on Monday.

IIT-K director, Abhay Karandikar, said: “The project is in the proposal stage and will take concrete shape once the detailed project report (DPR) is ready.”

Karandikar has constituted a five-member committee, headed by S Ganesh, dean, research and development, to oversee the plan. Other members of the committee are Pradeep Sinha, Onkar Dixit, Sandeep Varma and Amitabh Bandopadhyaya. The committee has been asked to prepare the DPR in association with experts at the Tata Trusts.

Two members of the committee who asked not to be named said that the DPR, once ready, will be submitted to the Union government and work will begin after getting the government’s go-ahead.

An IIT-K official, who asked not to be named, said: “Once the project takes shape, IIT-K will be the first institute in the country where students not only get technical education but also carry out research on deadly diseases in association with medical experts.”


Q:

Programatically determine if web pages request image (as opposed to simply seeing that there is an img src in the code)

Some of a website's pages have source code that includes img src="url_to_image" but the img is not requested by the page. Is there a way to crawl the website to programatically determine if images are in code but not requested?
I'm reasonably familiar with Screaming Frog and Python+Selenium but I don't know if I can make either  do that job.
[edit]
The images are in lazy load code that in turn is inside a div set to display:none. So am I correct in thinking that in those circumstances the browser will not request the images?

A:

Since you want to do this programmatically rather than as a one-off, one idea would be to load up the page in Selenium and get a list of all image files that were requested while the page was loading. Then parse the source html of the same page for img src tags, and compare the list.
The images you're looking for would be part of the second list, but not part of the first.


Choosing peace in the Creation War...

Choosing peace in the Creation War...

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Creation Pacifism is a movement to choose peace in the Creation War because Jesus is greater than anything we find in science, no human effort can hold Him, and He needs not our defense.

The Parable of the Sacred Cow

A metaphor for Christians in science: sacred cows are idols, but attacking them ends trust and starts wars.

I want to propose a metaphor, one rooted in Paul’s natural theology, that explains the relationship between science, evolution, and our world. This is the metaphor of the Sacred Cow.

The metaphor portrays the scientific world as a foreign culture that worships sacred cows; science and evolution are among these idol cows. Our world’s attachment to science and evolution is understood as a type of idolatry. Both science and evolution are man-made understandings that our world exchanges for the immortal God we all encountered in nature (Romans 1:20-23). The scientific world sees the beauty and order of God’s creation, and then turns to worship the human effort to study nature instead of the immortal Creator. The problem is idolatry, not faulty logic or ignorance of evidence.

Frontal attacks on sacred cows start wars. Using political power against sacred cows is aggressive and ends trust. In particular, effort to politically challenge how evolution is taught in public schools is challenges the rightful control of scientists over science curriculum, attacking their sacred cows in their own house. It matters not the quality of our arguments against evolution. No one leaves sacred cows because of arguments.

We should not be threatened by science, even though it does not explicitly acknowledge God. Mere cows do not threaten Jesus, and no human effort can overcome Him. He is the living God, and no idol can overcome His light; no conspiracy can darken Him. Besides, we follow Jesus because He is risen, not because evolution is wrong. The only path out of idolatry, to the immortal God, is the Gospel of Jesus.

Hunting another’s sacred cows starts wars.

The metaphor inspires a parable. A tourist visits a missionary in India. Together, they go to a local’s home. They eat a meal and converse with their host. The tourist sees a cow in the front yard. He knows that cows are sacred here, and rejects this as idolatry. He starts to wonder aloud about finding a steak somewhere. The Indian and the missionary are puzzled. His musings are confusing and offensive, yes, but harmless. Things slowly progress from here. The tourist starts explaining why cows are not really sacred. This is not right. And he still is hungry. Against the missionary and the Indian’s protest, he rises up, approaches the cow, touches him, and asks where a butcher could be found. He now pulls a knife. He pokes.

Then comes righteous rage. The Indian screams for help, and so begins a riot. The missionary, she is angry, bearing blame for the hunt she hates, and torn between the two. For the tourist’s poke, the Indian distrusts the missionary, and adopts into his home the victim cow. The tourist will now be punished. He too is angry; in his courageous poke, the missionary against him stood. “Cows are not sacred, see. They rage because the cow he is the weak point. My hunt will end idolatry.” All now are angry. All aggrieved. And still lives the sacred cow.

This is the parable of the missionary, the tourist, and the sacred cow. Each of us, we all have sacred cows. Our instinct is to hunt another’s cow. “It is an idol cow!” It feels like sacred courage to declare this forcefully. This courage is false, unwise, and cruel. True courage, rather, is to hunt a different cow, to face and fight our own idolatry.


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“At its most basic level, economic development is the process through which a community creates material wealth and uses it to improve the well-being of its members” – Marcelo M. Giugale, Economic Development: What Everyone Needs to Know

In the 2015 edition of the Global Monitoring Report the World Bank and International Monetary Fund estimated that 9.6% of the world’s population was living on $1.90 or less a day. When compared to the 2012 projection of 12.8%, there is a degree of optimism among some development economists that this generation can end extreme poverty. This online collection of articles, books and reference works seeks to reflect the latest research and policy within the broad field of development economics in an effort to further the understanding of this collective goal of poverty eradication and more fully comprehend the complexity of the problems and potential solutions faced by the developing world. The selections below touch upon the themes of agriculture, education, healthcare, finance, labour, gender, the role of government and more from a varied range of geographies and perspectives.

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07ASTANA1415, KAZAKHSTAN: RAKHAT ALIYEV,S THIRD STRIKE

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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 ASTANA 001415
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/CEN (M. O'MARA)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/24/2017
TAGS: PGOVPHUMPRELKZ
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN: RAKHAT ALIYEV,S THIRD STRIKE
REF: A. ASTANA 834
¶B. ASTANA 1129
¶C. ASTANA 1357
Classified By: Amb. John Ordway, reasons 1.4 (B) and (D).
¶1. (C) Summary: In a bizarre turn of events, presidential
son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev appears to have finally exhausted
President Nazarbayev's patience with a series of rash public
statements accusing Kazakhstani officials of criminal
activity and criticizing the recent package of constitutional
amendments. The Ministry of Interior announced on May 23
that a criminal case has been opened against Aliyev and two
associates for the alleged kidnapping of two Nurbank
officials in mid-January, one of whom remains missing after
disappearing a second time in late January. In a clear sign
that the gloves are off, Kazakhstani law enforcement
officials have allowed one of the men to make his accusations
public in a written statement and taped address broadcast on
television. Foreign Minister Tazhin informed the Ambassador
that Aliyev will give a press conference on May 24 in Vienna,
and asked for U.S. restraint in reacting to what will
undoubtedly be incendiary accusations. End summary.
---------------------------
Aliyev Digs His Hole Deeper
---------------------------
¶2. (SBU) Over the past week the scandal surrounding
presidential son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev's alleged involvement
in the January kidnapping of Nurbank officials (Refs A and B)
has come to a head against the backdrop of intense public
debate over constitutional reforms and presidential term
limits. Aliyev, currently Kazakhstan's ambassador to Austria
and the OSCE, has appeared desperate to deflect attention
from the mounting allegations against him.
¶3. (SBU) In a statement published in his Karavan newspaper on
May 18, Aliyev accused Almaty mayor Imangali Tasmagambetov
and Minister of Internal Affairs Baurzhan Mukhamedzhanov of
conspiring against him and of being engaged in criminal
fraud. Aliyev alleged that money stolen from Nurbank, where
Tasmagambetov's nephew Abilmazhen Gilimov was chairman, had
been used for land speculation in Almaty.
¶4. (SBU) Following the announcement of the reform package
which included a provision lifting term limits on President
Nazarbayev (Ref C), Aliyev told the Financial Times that the
decision to lift term limits "would not improve the
republic's chances of winning the OSCE presidency." He added
that "I fear that my many years of work on the campaign may
not bring success." In an apparent attempt to counterbalance
her husband's comments, first daughter Dariga Nazarbayeva
told Kazakhstan Today on May 22 that she had signed the
proposal to lift constitutional term limits on Nazarbayev
because "his historic mission is far from being
accomplished," and "strong presidential power is the chief
guarantee of stability and democratic development."
--------------------------------------------- -
Ministry of Internal Affairs Drops a Bombshell
--------------------------------------------- -
¶5. (U) On May 23, the Ministry of Internal Affairs held a
press conference in Astana to announce that a criminal case
had been opened against Aliyev and his colleagues V. Koshlak
and A. Bekbayev under Article 125.3 of the Criminal Code
regarding the January 18-19 kidnapping of Nurbank officials
Abilmazhen Gilimov and Zholdas Timraliyev. Ministry
spokesman Bagdat Kozhakhmetov also announced that a separate
case under Article 125.3 had been opened and arrest warrants
had been issued for five other individuals suspected in the
January 31 disappearance of Timraliyev and his associate
Aidar Hasenov. Both men remain missing. Kozhakhmetov stated
that three other individuals were already in custody in
relation to other crimes discovered during the investigation,
including theft and organized criminal activity.
¶6. (U) Kozhakhmetov announced during the press conference
that President Nazarbayev had personally ordered the
Procurator General and the Minister of Internal Affairs to
carry out the investigation into the Nurbank affair "in the
most careful manner, without regard to profession or
position."
ASTANA 00001415 002 OF 003
--------------------------------------------- ----
And Allows Gilimov to Make Public His Allegations
--------------------------------------------- ----
¶7. (SBU) Gilimov's brother Samat Gilimov held a press
conference in Almaty on May 23 to make public additional
allegations against Rakhat Aliyev. He read from a two-page
statement written by Abilmazhen Gilimov to the Medeo District
Court judge hearing the case against him. (Note: Gilimov
was arrested on February 14 by the Almaty Financial Police on
charges
of illegal entrepreneurship, abuse of power, and
inciting a conflict between Almaty police and bank security.
He is being detained during the trial. Many officers of the
Financial Police are believed to be loyal to Aliyev, who
headed the organization from 1997 to 1999. End note.)
¶8. (U) In the statement, which has been posted at
www.kub.kz., Gilimov claimed that he and Timraliyev were
abducted by "Rakhat Aliyev and his people" on January 18-19.
Gilimov claimed that Aliyev told the two men that they needed
to go with him to Kiev on business, but instead took them to
a building in Almaty where he handcuffed them, threatened
them with a gun, and demanded shares of the businesses of all
of their friends and family members who had received loans
from Nurbank. Aliyev wanted the owner of the Ken Dala
business center in Almaty, where Nurbank is headquartered and
who had received a $22 million loan from the bank, to
transfer the property to him at no cost. Gilimov said that
Timraliyev called the owner, Bolat Abdullayev, to convey the
request.
¶9. (U) According to the statement, Gilimov managed to borrow
a cell phone and call his wife to ask her to alert the
authorities if he did not return home within an hour. After
he told Aliyev that the police were on the way, Aliyev then
agreed to pay $34 million for the Ken Dala building, and
"promised not to harass us further if we remain silent."
Aliyev then released Gilimov and Timraliyev, only to fire
them from Nurbank on January 22 and again demand title to the
Ken Dala building for free. At that point, Gilimov signed a
resignation letter and documents transferring his 8% share in
Nurbank to Aliyev's family. Gilimov stated that he last
heard from Timraliyev on January 31 when his former colleague
called him to say that he had been summoned to Nurbank on
business.
¶10. (SBU) The same evening as the press conference, Astana
TV (owned by the "other" presidential son-in-law Timur
Kulibayev) aired a ninety-minute tape of Gilimov detailing
his allegations against Aliyev. Gilimov did not say what day
he made the recording, but it was apparently made while he
was in detention. AlmaTV, owned by Aliyev and Nazarbayeva,
began to broadcast the tape but quickly interrupted the
transmission.
------------------------------
Foreign Minister to Ambassador
------------------------------
¶11. (C) Foreign Minister Tazhin summoned the Ambassador for
an urgent meeting on May 24 to warn that Aliyev would hold a
press conference that day in Vienna, where he was expected to
"sling a lot of mud" at the Kazakhstani government and the
reform process. Tazhin asked that the U.S. be restrained in
its reaction to Aliyev's comments. He described President
Nazarbayev's decision to publicly order the law enforcement
authorities to investigate the case thoroughly and
objectively as a clear sign of the importance Nazarbayev
attaches to reforming the system and rooting out corruption.
¶12. (C) Tazhin informed the Ambassador that Aliyev could not
be stripped of his ambassadorial position until President
Nazarbayev had made such a decision - which he (Tazhin)
expected shortly. In the meantime, he felt himself in an
awkward situation with an ambassador in Vienna who was
publicly criticizing the President and now under criminal
charges. Tazhin noted that while the President had been
dealing with this behind the scenes, he had been actively
engaged with the UNESCAP ministerial session in Almaty on May
¶21. Tazhin, who was seated with Nazarbayev at the head table
with a gaggle of UN Under Secretaries General, said it was
remarkable that the President displayed no signs of strain -
actively participating in the conversation and engaging in
extensive repartee with the other guests at his table. The
Ambassador, who was also present at the dinner, found
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Nazarbayev to be in an excellent mood as well.
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Comment: Three Strikes and He's Out
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¶13. (C) This is (at least) the third time that Aliyev's
outrageous behavior has driven Nazarbayev to take drastic
action. In 2001 Aliyev was sent to "honorable exile" in
Vienna for the first time after allegedly plotting to seize
power. Following Aliyev and Nazarbayeva's intense criticism
of the government in the wake of the February 2006 murder of
opposition leader Altynbek Sarsenbaiuly, Aliyev was stripped
of his post as Deputy Foreign Minister and sent back to
Vienna, and Nazarbayeva's Asar party was folded into Otan.
Given Aliyev's increasingly irrational behavior and his
unprecedented public airing of grievances, which has shocked
all levels of Kazakhstani society, this may well be the end
of his public life in Kazakhstan. Tazhin noted to the
Ambassador that the public will be overwhelmingly with the
President on this issue; we agree with his prediction.
Moreover, even if Nazarbayev made this move only under
extreme provocation, it will cast a serious, and perhaps
long-lasting, chill on the actions of other relatives and
associates who have long behaved with complete impunity in
business and their personal lives. When combined with the
lifting of term limits, Nazarbayev's public rebuke of Aliyev
should eliminate for the foreseeable future the unseemly
maneuvering among the family and other elites to position
themselves for a succession struggle.
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Director Tim Miller only has two feature films under his belt—“Deadpool” and “Terminator: Dark Fate”—but he carries around a lot of confidence. This isn’t arrogance; it’s because Miller is actually a veteran of the film industry and has worked in the VFX business for years. It was David Fincher and James Cameron—both of whom had worked with him in the past on various projects (he worked on the title sequence for “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”)— that vouched for him and pushed 20th Century Fox to greenlight “Deadpool finally.”

LISTEN: Director Tim Miller Talks ‘Terminator: Dark Fate,’ Collaborating with James Cameron & Innovation [The Fourth Wall]

Miller’s gone on to work with both of them these titan filmmakers in a major capacity since. Fincher executive produced the animated anthology show “Love, Death & Robots,” that Miller created for Netflix and Cameron, of course, recently produced “Terminator: Dark Fate” which Miller directed.

Cameron recently candidly discussed the creative battles he had on ‘Dark Fate’ with Miller. “I would say many [disagreements],” Cameron said about the fighting he and Miller had on the movie. “And the blood is still being scrubbed off the walls from those creative battles. This is a film that was forged in fire.”

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Now, in a new interview with Miller, the filmmaker echoed Cameron’s sentiments, and it doesn’t help that the movie that was a box office flop that is expected to lose around $120 million despite positive reviews. “I’m sure we could write a book on why it didn’t work,” Miller said of ‘Dark Fate’ in an interview with Kim Masters on her excellent The Business podcast. “I’m still not sure, and I’m processing, but I’m very proud of the movie.”

READ MORE: The ‘Terminator’ Franchise Suffers A ‘Dark Fate’ With A Terrible Box Office Debut

Miller also admitted he wouldn’t work with Cameron again, but it didn’t sound like animosity; he simply wants to work on films where he has control (Cameron had final cut on the movie). “No,” Miller said when asked if he would work with the “Avatar” filmmaker again, “but it has nothing to do with whatever trauma I have from the experience, it’s more that I just don’t want to be in a situation again where I don’t have the control to do what I think is right.”

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The director seemed frustrated by the box-office reaction given that critics generally liked the movie, most heralding it as the best “Terminator” movie since 1992’s “Judgement Day” from James Cameron (a fair assessment). “The things [audiences] seemed to hate the most about the movie, were things I can’t control. I can’t control you didn’t like ‘Genysis,’ or you felt betrayed by “Terminator 4.” I can’t help that,” said Miller.

Control, and lack thereof, is a recurring theme for Miller. The director—who revealed to us recently that he initially had plans to include Fantastic Four members in “Deadpool 2”—admitted that he left the “Deadpool” sequel he was initially scheduled to direct because the star wanted too much power. “It became clear that Ryan wanted to be in control of the franchise. You can work that way as a director, quite successfully, but I can’t,” Miller admitted (Reynolds has a writing credit on “Deadpool 2”).

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Miller says Skydance’s David Ellison told to him at a recent dinner, “What are we going to do next together?” You can listen to the entire fascinating interview below.


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USS Ashland (LSD-1) was the lead ship of her class—the first dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was the first Navy ship to be named for Ashland, the estate of Henry Clay, in Lexington, Kentucky.

Ashland was laid down on 22 June 1942 at Oakland, California, by the Moore Dry Dock Company; launched on 21 December 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Jabez Lowell, the wife of Captain Lowell who was then the inspector of naval material at San Francisco; and commissioned on 5 June 1943, Lieutenant Commander Francis J. Harris in command.

World War II

Following two months of trials, the dock landing ship loaded amphibious craft and personnel at San Diego, stood out to sea on 11 August, and headed west. After arriving at Pearl Harbor on 19 August, the ship paused to take on more cargo and sailed on 25 August for Baker Island. Ashland reached that destination on 1 September, unloaded her equipment, and returned to Hawaii on 27 September. Following voyage repairs, and the embarkation of Army troops, she sailed on 19 October for New Caledonia. At Nouméa, the ship loaded tanks and marines and proceeded to Efate where she joined Task Force 53 (TF 53) to take part in amphibious assault exercises in the Gilbert Islands area which she completed on 28 November and set a course for Hawaii. She arrived at Pearl Harbor on 7 December and then commenced an availability period for voyage repairs and alterations.

On 11 January 1944, the vessel got underway for amphibious exercises off Maui. She sortied with TF 52 on 23 January for the assault on the Marshall Islands. From 1 February to 5 February, Ashland was involved in assaults on Kwajalein Island and on several of the other small islands in the atoll that bears the same name. On 15 February, the ship embarked marines and equipment at Roi-Namur and proceeded to the assault on Eniwetok. The ship entered Eniwetok Atoll on 17 February and served as a repair ship through 29 February. On that day, she got underway for Pearl Harbor.

After a period of availability and operations in Hawaiian waters, the ship headed for the West Coast of the United States. She reached San Francisco on 1 April, began loading landing craft, and was back in Pearl Harbor on 17 April. Ashland then conducted training exercises off Maui before leaving Hawaii on 29 May for the initial assault on the Marianas. She launched boats for the invasion on Saipan on 15 June and then assumed duties as a repair ship. On 8 July, Ashland sailed to Eniwetok for fuel and supplies.

The ship's next assignment was the invasion of Tinian on 24 July. She left the Marianas on 28 July and returned via Eniwetok to Pearl Harbor. Ashland underwent repairs and held amphibious landing exercises before sailing with Task Group 33.1 (TG 33.1) for the assault on Yap and Ulithi. Ashland was diverted to Manus Island where she was assigned to TF 79 and prepared for the invasion of the Philippines. The ship sailed on 14 October and launched her boats on the 20th for the first assault against Leyte. Ashland left the combat area on 22 October and proceeded to Hollandia, New Guinea. There, she embarked troops for transportation to the Philippines; and, after delivering them to Leyte, she returned to Hollandia on 21 November.

Ashland headed for Cape Gloucester on 28 November for training exercises. Three days later, she got underway for Lingayen Gulf and the occupation of Luzon. All her equipment was unloaded by 12 January 1945, and Ashland retired toward Leyte. She continued on to Ulithi where she was reassigned to the 5th Fleet. The ship proceeded to Guam on 7 February, loaded 18 amphibious craft, and sailed to Saipan. There, she took on spare parts and more troops. On 12 February and 13 February, Ashland participated in landing rehearsals at Tinian. She sailed for Iwo Jima on 16 February and began launching her boats on the 19th. Despite continuing air attacks, Ashland'''s crew carried out repair work on schedule until she finally withdrew to Eniwetok on 31 March.Ashland entered Pearl Harbor on 13 April and underwent an availability. She took on amphibious craft late in May and got underway for the Philippines on 3 June. She touched at Samar on 1 July to embark PT boats and their crews for transportation to Kerama Retto. The ship sailed on 3 July, unloaded her charges, and returned to Leyte on 10 July. She shuttled a similar cargo to Okinawa soon thereafter and arrived at Eniwetok on 7 August to refuel. The war ended on 15 August while Ashland was steaming independently to Espiritu Santo. After mooring there on 17 August, she proceeded with a load of PT boats to Okinawa.

Then she next sailed for Jinsen, Korea, and arrived there on 29 September. She remained at that port two days before getting underway for Leyte for a three-week availability before returning to Okinawa in late October. Ashland continued her duty of carrying and tending landing craft in the Far East until January 1946. Shortly thereafter she returned to the United States and was placed out of commission, in reserve, in March 1946 at San Diego.

 1950 – 1957 Ashland was recommissioned on 27 December 1950 and completed her shakedown training at San Diego in February 1951. She sailed for the East Coast in April and reported to the Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Baltimore, Maryland, on 2 May for additional alterations. The ship's first assignment upon leaving the yard was Operation Bluejay, held in conjunction with the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS). From June to September, she was deployed to Thule, Greenland. In September, Ashland left Greenland and sailed to the Caribbean for two months of operations before returning to Norfolk in November for the remainder of the year.

The ship headed back toward the Caribbean in January 1953 for a month-long cruise. She arrived back in the Virginia Capes area in February and remained there until mid-June. On 14 June, Ashland commenced a trip to the North Atlantic and operated in those waters through mid-August. In September, she took on board two French submarines and seven French naval personnel for transportation to the West Coast. The vessel transited the Panama Canal on 10 October and touched at San Diego on the 14th. She returned to Norfolk in October and resumed service along the East Coast.

From April to June 1955, the ship underwent repairs at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and then proceeded to Newport, Rhode Island, for underway training. On 20 September, she got underway for Operation Sunec, which took her to Thule, Greenland, and ports in Labrador and Newfoundland. After returning in December, Ashland entered an upkeep period lasting through February 1956. She then received further repairs at Baltimore. In April, the ship took part in amphibious exercises at Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. Following this evolution, she made a reserve training cruise to Bermuda. In July, the vessel embarked Army personnel and equipment at NS Argentia, Newfoundland, and sailed on 19 July as part of the DEW line resupply mission. This operation lasted through 8 October.

On 1 November, Ashland was transferred to the control of Commander, Naval Air Forces, Atlantic, for alterations enabling the ship to tend aircraft. By July 1957, she was configured to handle six P5M-2 aircraft. The ship deployed to the Caribbean from 1 August to mid-September. At the conclusion of this assignment, the dock landing ship was decommissioned on 14 September 1957 and placed in the Norfolk Group of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet.

 1961 – 1969 Ashland was recommissioned on 29 November 1961. Assigned to Amphibious Squadron 4, she began a routine alternating operations off the East Coast with 6th Fleet deployments to the Mediterranean and to the Caribbean. In October 1964, she participated in Operation Steel Pike I, during which the ship served as a primary control vessel and boat repair ship. Upon completion of Steel Pike, the dock landing ship visited ports in Spain and Portugal before returning to Little Creek, Virginia, her home port, on 19 November.

Early in February 1965, Ashland took part in Operation FirEx, a joint Navy-Marine Corps exercise off the Puerto Rican coast and returned to Little Creek on 6 March. She got underway for the Mediterranean in June along with five other ships of Amphibious Squadron 4 and there served in six amphibious landing exercises. During this deployment, she visited nine European ports of call before returning to her home port on 3 November.

The ship was deployed to the Caribbean on 3 March 1966 as part of the Caribbean Ready Group and conducted numerous amphibious landings, including Operation Beachtime which involved over 40 ships of the 2d Fleet. Upon her return to Little Creek on 27 June, Ashland conducted upkeep until sailing for Narragansett Bay on 18 July for a series of training exercises. She was back in Little Creek later that month and went alongside  for an availability. Ashland spent the next few months in training exercises and then entered Norfolk Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company on 18 November for overhaul.

The yard work ended on 3 March 1967, but Ashland remained in the Norfolk area until 10 April, when she left for underway training at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. She returned to Norfolk on 11 May but, four days later, reversed her course and proceeded back to Guantanamo Bay. Ashland touched back at home port in early June and engaged in local operations until 3 October, when the dock landing ship sailed for Vieques. She returned to Little Creek on 20 October and ended the year in an upkeep status.Ashland was deployed to the Mediterranean on 3 January 1968. She relieved  at Almería, Spain, on 24 January and then held landing exercises at Aranci Bay, Sardinia, and Lovo Santo, Corsica. She visited Gibraltar; Valencia, Spain; Marseilles, France; and Naples and La Spezia, Italy. From 29 April to 10 May, Ashland took part in NATO Exercise Dawn Patrol which also involved French and Greek naval forces. She returned to Little Creek on 30 May.

During July and August, the amphibious warship made visits to several East Coast ports and embarked American and Australian midshipmen for a training cruise. She spent September and October undergoing extensive repairs alongside . On 12 November, Ashland weighed anchor for another Mediterranean tour. During the deployment, she repeated her routine of amphibious landing exercises and port visits before returning to the United States in late April 1969.

After 2 months at Little Creek, Virginia, the Ashland embarked on its final Mediterranean Cruise, sailing in early July for Rota, Spain.  Then, on to Sardinia for exercises and a ship's party on the beach.  From there, the ship travelled to Cannes, France, and then on to Valletta, Malta.  After that, the ship travelled to Timbakion, Crete.   It received orders to return to Little Creek while in Crete, cutting short its cruise, and the ship made its way back, encountering along the way a hurricane in roughly the area soon to be called the Bermuda Triangle.  A safe return to Little Creek ensued.

There, it was found that the repairs she needed to continue efficient operation would be prohibitively expensive. Therefore, Ashland was decommissioned on 22 November 1969. Her name was struck from the Navy List on 25 November 1969. She was sold to N. W. Kennedy, Ltd., of Vancouver, British Columbia in May 1970.

 Awards Ashland'' earned six battle stars for World War II service.

References

External links
   navsource.org: USS Ashland
 USS Ashland LSD Association

Category:Ashland-class dock landing ships
Category:World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
Category:Cold War amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
Category:Ships built in Oakland, California
Category:United States Navy Kentucky-related ships
Category:1942 ships


The Patriots were not all that dazzling during the regular season, losing convincingly at home to the likes of San Diego and Indianapolis. But they came into the playoffs feeling better, and when they dismissed the Jaguars (28-3) in the first round, was there not a feeling of at least mild euphoria that our plucky lads were primed and ready to put on a proper defense of their title? That's the way I recall it.

And then? And then Denver 27, New England 13.

So what's different?

For starters, one key word is different. Substituting "San Diego" for "Denver" immediately makes people feel better. Patriots fans do not want any part of the Broncos. Champ Bailey will be watching today's game from his rec room.

I'm picking the Patriots to win today. I wouldn't bet my life, house, car, Sox season tickets, or even my golf clubs on it, but I wouldn't do that if they were playing the Raiders at home. I'm just not built that way.

Picking against the Chargers seems borderline ridiculous. They were clearly the best two-way team in the AFC this season. Do you realize they are only 6 points from being 16-0, and that the two losses were at Baltimore in Week 4 and at Kansas City in Week 7? Since then, they have won 10 straight. They will be playing in Qualcomm Stadium, where they averaged a chilling 31 points a game. They led the league in points, point differential, rushing touchdowns, and sacks. They have the league MVP in LaDainian Tomlinson. They have an excellent defense led by a marauding superstar in linebacker Shawne "Lights Out" Merriman, who has pretty much sworn to take Tom Brady's head back home with him after the game. They are, I am here to tell you, loose, relaxed, and supremely confident.

But I do love the Patriots in this one.

What happened last week in Foxborough should not be taken for granted. It should have sent a message to the rest of the NFL that the Patriots were going to be a formidable obstacle for anyone in the playoffs. It was a far more meaningful triumph than the wild-card victory over the Jaguars last year because this Jets team is far superior to that Jacksonville team, a fact that will become more evident next season when the Jets win 12 games and battle the Patriots for the AFC East title right down to the last day.

Whatever bad or disappointing stuff that went on during a 12-4 season that really didn't feel the way a 12-4 season should (the second-best Patriots record ever) is irrelevant now. What matters is the Patriots last week demonstrated a two-way efficiency that bodes very well for subsequent postseason play.

I like the Patriots because, with or without Rodney Harrison, they can play some serious defense. I would like any team whose first line of defense consists of Vince Wilfork, Ty Warren, and Richard Seymour. If they don't constitute the best such trio in the NFL then, as Dizzy Dean would say, it's among 'em. And I think you would agree from what we saw last week that Bill Belichick hasn't lost anything off the ol' mental fastball.

This brings us to a very obvious reason anyone should be wary of the Patriots in this one. Philip Rivers had a very nice year, orchestrating a very potent offense. But let's see what 25-year-old Philip Rivers can do against Professor Belichick and his class in his very first playoff game.

It would have been nice for young Mr. Rivers had he been forced to play wild-card weekend, just to get his feet wet in this postseason stuff. But would it have made all that much difference against the Patriots? Probably not.

There really is something to the idea that young quarterbacks generally have a rough time when they enter the postseason. It's just different.

Courtesy of the fine folks at Cold Hard Football Facts (a must-read website for pigskin folk), we learn that John Elway, Dan Marino, and Troy Aikman all lost their first playoff games, each being younger than 25 at the time. We further learn that of the last 13 quarterbacks making their playoff debut, 12 have gone down to defeat. The only exception was Ben Roethlisberger, who beat the Jets, 20-17, in 2004.

And we all know what happened to him when he went up against the Patriots that year, don't we? (41-27, Patriots, in case you've forgotten.)

I mean, is there any comparison between the quarterbacks in this particular game? One is a talented rookie with zero playoff experience. The other is the preeminent Big Game quarterback of our time, hungry for his fourth Super Bowl ring.

I'm not minimizing the effectiveness of the San Diego defense. Brady probably will make the acquaintance of Mr. Merriman and his esteemed cohort Shaun "The Other Guy" Phillips (11.5 sacks) from time to time. But it stands to reason Brady will be able to adjust and figure out what to do against the Chargers far better than Rivers will be able to adjust and figure out what to do against the Patriots.

I like the Patriots because I would like any NFL team that is 7-1 on the road. Oh, sure, the stadium is guaranteed to be loud. There will be communication problems. Well, whoop-de-do. Like the Patriots have never encountered loud, hostile crowds before. I can almost hear them saying, "Bring it on."

I like the Patriots because I think they really like themselves. This team survived the ongoing wide receiver crisis and the almost inevitable defensive backfield crisis (their continued ability to deal with this is a phenomenon that is the talk of the league), and here they are.

I like the Patriots because, unlike last year, when there was no real running game because Corey Dillon was battered and spent, they have a formidable two-headed running monster in Dillon and Laurence Maroney (a combined 1,557 yards, each averaging over 4 yards per carry).

I think they're playing with house money now, although they never would admit that. The pressure will be on the Chargers, as it always is for the top-seeded team. And if the game is tight, will there be a "Martyball" factor? Add it all up, and I just like 'em.


It’s not clear what led to the increased focus on the risks of Covid-19 weaponization—for example, whether officials received intelligence indicating a heightened threat. A Defense official said the weaponization risk still “seems to be a lower-risk concern,” with the primary questions revolving around the virus’ origins and what the Chinese government knew about it early on.

But former senior Pentagon officials said that a coordinated planning effort is typically implemented for any particular threat vector, including the potential deployment of a bioweapon, and that the threats posed by the novel coronavirus should not be any different.

“A bioweapon isn’t something that looks like a munition -- it’s just a pathogen,” said Andy Weber, who served as assistant secretary of defense for nuclear, chemical and biological defense programs under President Obama. “In its natural state, the current virus could be used as a bioweapon by less sophisticated groups. Or, for a nation-state with a more advanced biological weapons program, this virus could be given enhanced characteristics.” And it could be spread using easily accessible tools like a fogger or a spray bottle, he said.

Another former administration official said that a hostile actor wishing to weaponize the novel coronavirus likely would not manipulate the virus itself, as that would leave a signature. The bad actor would more likely infect someone with the natural virus, and have that person spread it in areas frequented by individuals they want to target.

The rapid spread of Covid-19 among the crew of the USS Theodore Roosevelt shows the danger: An outbreak of the virus has temporarily crippled the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the middle of a Pacific deployment, knocking it out of service for weeks, infecting the ship’s captain and spawning a crisis that has rippled all the way up the Navy chain of command.

USS Theodore Roosevelt. | Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Senior Navy leaders still don’t know where the outbreak originated -- they initially believed sailors brought it onboard during a port call to Vietnam, but now think the air crew may have infected the ship during routine resupply flights. But the incident highlights the military’s vulnerability to the asymmetric threat a weaponized virus could pose.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper has taken drastic steps to ensure the military’s deployed forces are Covid-free. In March, he issued a 60-day moratorium on all international and domestic troop travel, delaying deployments and temporary duty assignments. Service members deploying overseas or coming home must do some form of 14-day quarantine. This includes submarine crews and special operations units.

But Esper has also acknowledged the limitations. “Tell me, how do I do six-feet distancing in an attack submarine?” he asked reporters in March. “Or how do I do that in a bomber with two pilots sitting side by side?”

Weber, now a senior fellow at the Council on Strategic Risks, noted that the risk of coronavirus being repurposed as an offensive weapon increases as more is learned about the disease, which is likely one reason why the national security community has begun to take the possibility seriously. “In terms of bioterrorism, Covid is very accessible,” he said. “Samples are available all over the world.”

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Another former senior Pentagon official, who requested anonymity to discuss bioweapon response efforts, said they would typically involve “engaging with allies and partners to talk about either a real or a potential threat vector, the targeting of individual officials of significance across key countries” and Defense Department force protection. Operational options would then be considered and gamed out, the official said.

Biodefense experts say the risk of Covid-19 being weaponized on a large scale is low given its highly infectious nature that would likely backfire on any group trying to spread it. But that hasn’t stopped bad actors from trying, according to a warning the FBI sent local police agencies last month: “Members of extremist groups are encouraging one another to spread the virus, if contracted, through bodily fluids and personal interactions,” read a bulletin to law enforcement obtained by ABC.

Separately, an administration official told POLITICO last month that the prospect of intentional exposure targeting U.S. government employees “is a concern,” and noted that the Defense Department “has imposed a lot of travel restrictions” despite a certain amount of exposure being “inevitable.”

“Adversaries only have to observe the havoc that this pandemic is wreaking to know that if they wanted to launch a bio attack, it could do a lot of damage,” said Weber. “It also provides the added benefit of some plausible deniability. There is obviously the potential blowback on your own population -- but depending on the adversary, they may just not care.”


The Chicago Bears fell to 0-2 on the preseason with their Week 2 loss to the New England Patriots by a score of 23-22. Despite the final score, Chicago played much better than their Week 1 showing against the Broncos especially when the starters were on the field through the first one-and-a-half quarters.

Offense finds rhythm

After posting a total of 82-yards passing as a team last week, Jay Cutler played like an effective and efficient starter completing eight of 12 passes for 83 yards. Two of his early completions went to Alshon Jeffery for a total of 41 yards. The duo was in sync and gave fans a glimpse of how lethal they can be together in 2016.

What was more promising than Cutler’s performance was the time he had to throw the ball. The starting offensive line fared much better in Week 2 after an abysmal showing against Denver. While they weren’t perfect, they certainly played like a competent group. Right tackle Bobby Massie didn’t have a great night and he’ll need to be monitored closely as the regular season approaches. He’s never been considered a great pass protector, and tonight was an example of his flaws in that department.

Related Chicago Bears RB Jeremy Langford stars versus Patriots in Week 2 of preseason

Jonathan Bullard can be a star

When the Bears selected Florida DL Jonathan Bullard in the third round of the 2016 NFL draft, the general response was that he was one of the biggest steals of the weekend. Considered by many to be a first-round talent, his draft-day slide enriched the Bears who were in search of a starting-quality defensive lineman.

Bullard flashed his near-elite get-off against the Patriots. He was consistently one of the first players moving at the snap of the ball and was a handful for opposing linemen on almost every snap.

With only Mitch Unrein standing in his way of becoming a starter, Bullard has a chance to emerge as one of the top Bears’ defenders regardless of position.

Brian Hoyer isn’t safe

After several seasons of questionable quarterback depth, general manager Ryan Pace invested in veteran Brian Hoyer this offseason to serve as the team’s No. 2 option in the event Cutler goes down with an injury. He’s looked like anything but a reliable backup through two weeks of the preseason and has been outplayed by Connor Shaw in each of the first two games.

While it’s unlikely the Bears will turn to an unproven player like Shaw or Fales to serve as the top reserve, Hoyer’s performance against the Patriots simply wasn’t good enough to make the team. He completed only four of 14 passes for 85 yards and an interception, looking more like an inexperienced camp arm than a viable veteran passer.

He won’t have nearly the number of reps next week versus the Chiefs as he had tonight. He’ll need to really stand out through the remainder of the preseason to hold onto his job.


Conventionally, in optical communications using an optical transmission member such as an optical fiber and an optical waveguide, an optical module including a light emitting element such as a surface-emitting laser (e.g. a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL)) has been used. Such an optical module includes an optical receptacle that operates such that light containing communication information emitted from a light emitting element is incident on an end surface of the optical transmission member.
An optical module that is intended to adjust the optical output or stabilize the output performance of a light emitting element against temperature variation, and includes a detection element for checking (monitoring) the intensity and the quantity of the emission light emitted from the light emitting element is known (see, for example, PTL 1).
PTL 1 discloses an optical module including a photoelectric conversion device in which a light-emitting element and a detection element are disposed on a substrate, and an optical receptacle disposed on the substrate of the photoelectric conversion device and configured to optically couple the light-emitting element and an end surface of an optical transmission member.
FIG. 1A is a sectional view schematically illustrating a configuration of optical module 10 disclosed in PTL 1, and FIG. 1B is a partially enlarged sectional view illustrating a configuration of light separation part 33 of optical module 10. FIG. 1B is a partially enlarged sectional view of a region indicated with the broken line in FIG. 1A. In FIGS. 1A and 1B, the hatching on the cross-section of optical receptacle 30 is omitted to illustrate light paths in optical receptacle 30.
As illustrated in FIG. 1A, optical module 10 disclosed in PTL 1 includes photoelectric conversion device 20 and optical receptacle 30. Optical receptacle 30 includes first optical surface 31 that allows incidence of emission light L emitted from light-emitting element 21; reflection surface 32 that reflects, toward optical transmission member 22 side, emission light L having entered optical receptacle 30 from first optical surface 31; light separation part 33 that separates emission light L reflected by reflection surface 32 into monitor light Lm directed toward detection device 24 side and signal light Ls directed toward optical transmission member 22 side; transmission surface 34 that allows, to reenter optical receptacle 30, signal light Ls emitted out of optical receptacle 30 at light separation part 33; second optical surface 35 that emits signal light Ls having entered optical receptacle 30 from transmission surface 34 such that the light is collected at end surface 23 of optical transmission member 22; and third optical surface 36 that emits monitor light Lm toward detection device 24. In addition, light separation part 33 is formed as a part of the internal surface of recess 37 formed in optical receptacle 30.
As illustrated in FIG. 1B, light separation part 33 of optical receptacle 30 disclosed in PTL 1 includes divided reflection surface 33a that totally reflects a part of incident light toward third optical surface 36 as monitor light Lm, and divided transmission surface 33b that allows another part of incident light to pass therethrough toward second optical surface 35 as signal light Ls. Divided reflection surface 33a and divided transmission surface 33b alternate in the inclination direction of divided reflection surface 33a.
In optical module 10 disclosed in PTL 1, emission light L which is emitted from light-emitting element 21 and is incident on first optical surface 31 is reflected by reflection surface 32 toward light separation part 33. Emission light L reaching light separation part 33 is separated into monitor light Lm and signal light Ls by divided reflection surface 33a and divided transmission surface 33b. Monitor light Lm separated by light separation part 33 (divided reflection surface 33a) is emitted from third optical surface 36 toward the light-receiving surface of detection element 24. On the other hand, signal light Ls separated by light separation part 33 (divided transmission surface 33b) is emitted out of optical receptacle 30 through light separation part 33, and then reenters optical receptacle 30 from transmission surface 34. The signal light Ls having reentered optical receptacle 30 from transmission surface 34 is emitted from second optical surface 35 toward end surface 23 of optical transmission member 22.


Fox News host Eric Bolling on Thursday said he had created an advertisement to attack former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over her handling of 2012 attacks in Benghazi and Republicans were “free to use” it to derail her 2016 presidential ambitions.

“I made a political ad that Joe Biden, Chris Christie, Rand Paul or Marco Rubio are free to use in 2016,” he explained on Thursday’s edition of The Five.

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The ad begins with a clip from Clinton’s 2008 “3 a.m. Phone Call” ad that suggested then-Sen. Barack Obama was not fit to respond to an emergency. Bolling’s ad then goes on to show Clinton testifying before Congress about what prompted the Benghazi attacks, asking, “What difference at this point does it make?”

It concludes with the faces of the four Americans who were killed in the Sept. 11, 2012 attack.

“That’s it!” Bolling exclaimed.

“Can you add a scene where the phone is ringing and Hillary Clinton is [snoring]?” co-host Andrea Tantaros asked.

“Or how about Michelle [Obama] saying, ‘Would somebody get that phone?'” co-host Dana Perino laughed. “That’d be funny.”

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Last year, Fox News declined to fire Fox & Friends associate producer Chris White after he created a 4-minute-long, political-style video that was aired on the morning show to attack the president just months before the November election.

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[Ed. note: A prior version of this report misidentified Kimberly Guilfoyle as Andrea Tantaros.]


From 7df207ad4d0dcda2ad36e5642296e0dec7e13647 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 11:27:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] apache2: bump up the core size limit if CoreDumpDirectory
 is configured

Bump up the core size limit if CoreDumpDirectory is
configured.

Upstream-Status: Pending

Note: upstreaming was discussed but there are competing desires;
	there are portability oddities here too.

---
 server/core.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/server/core.c b/server/core.c
index eacb54f..7aa841f 100644
--- a/server/core.c
+++ b/server/core.c
@@ -4965,6 +4965,25 @@ static int core_post_config(apr_pool_t *pconf, apr_pool_t *plog, apr_pool_t *pte
     }
     apr_pool_cleanup_register(pconf, NULL, ap_mpm_end_gen_helper,
                               apr_pool_cleanup_null);
+
+#ifdef RLIMIT_CORE
+    if (ap_coredumpdir_configured) {
+        struct rlimit lim;
+
+        if (getrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &lim) == 0 && lim.rlim_cur == 0) {
+            lim.rlim_cur = lim.rlim_max;
+            if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &lim) == 0) {
+                ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_NOTICE, 0, NULL,
+                             "core dump file size limit raised to %lu bytes",
+                             lim.rlim_cur);
+            } else {
+                ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_NOTICE, errno, NULL,
+                             "core dump file size is zero, setrlimit failed");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+
     return OK;
 }

--
2.7.4


Q:

Changes To Data Set Not Saving

When I add a new row to my data set it is visible on that specific form in the datagridview, however when I switch to another form with the same data bound datagridview the new row is not there. When I close the program my new row is completely gone then. I want to to save the new row to the Access database it is reading from.
Public Class frmAddStudent

Private Sub btnBack_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnBack.Click
    Me.Hide()
    frmUserControls.Show()
End Sub

Private Sub frmAddStudent_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
    'TODO: This line of code loads data into the 'StudentRecords1DataSet.tblLecturer' table. You can move, or remove it, as needed.
    Me.TblLecturerTableAdapter.Fill(Me.StudentRecords1DataSet.tblLecturer)
    'TODO: This line of code loads data into the 'StudentRecords1DataSet.tblStudents' table. You can move, or remove it, as needed.
    Me.TblStudentsTableAdapter.Fill(Me.StudentRecords1DataSet.tblStudents)

End Sub

Private Sub btnAdd_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnAdd.Click

    Dim MyNewRow As DataRow
    MyNewRow = StudentRecords1DataSet.tblStudents.NewRow

    Try

        With MyNewRow
            .Item(1) = txtID.Text
            .Item(2) = txtFirstName.Text
            .Item(3) = txtSurname.Text

        End With

        Me.Validate()
        Me.TblStudentsBindingSource.EndEdit() 'Change this to your binding source ' eg table'
        Me.TableAdapterManager.UpdateAll(Me.StudentRecords1DataSet) ' chnage this to your database name'
        MessageBox.Show("The Data Has Been Saved", "Information", MessageBoxButtons.OK)
    Catch ex As Exception
        'if there is a problem saving the data, it will show a messagebox with the problem as to why it could'nt save the data'
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
    End Try

    StudentRecords1DataSet.tblStudents.Rows.Add(MyNewRow)
    StudentRecords1DataSet.tblStudents.AcceptChanges()

End Sub

Private Sub txtFirstName_MaskInputRejected(sender As Object, e As MaskInputRejectedEventArgs)

End Sub

Private Sub TblStudentsBindingNavigator_RefreshItems(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles TblStudentsBindingNavigator.RefreshItems

End Sub

End Class
Any suggestions please?

A:

UPDATe X2 based off your question update.
try this,
Public Class frmAddStudent

Private Sub btnBack_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnBack.Click
    Me.Hide()
    frmUserControls.Show()
End Sub

Private Sub frmAddStudent_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
    'TODO: This line of code loads data into the 'StudentRecords1DataSet.tblLecturer' table. You can move, or remove it, as needed.
    Me.TblLecturerTableAdapter.Fill(Me.StudentRecords1DataSet.tblLecturer)
    'TODO: This line of code loads data into the 'StudentRecords1DataSet.tblStudents' table. You can move, or remove it, as needed.
    Me.TblStudentsTableAdapter.Fill(Me.StudentRecords1DataSet.tblStudents)

End Sub

Private Async Sub btnAdd_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnAdd.Click

    Try
        Me.Validate()
        Me.TblStudentsBindingSource.EndEdit() 'Change this to your binding source ' eg table'
        Me.TableAdapterManager.UpdateAll(Me.StudentRecords1DataSet) ' chnage this to your database name'
        MessageBox.Show("The Data Has Been Saved", "Information", MessageBoxButtons.OK)
        Await Task.Delay(100)
        TblStudentsBindingNavigator_RefreshItems.studentsBindingSource.AddNew()
    Catch ex As Exception
        'if there is a problem saving the data, it will show a messagebox with the problem as to why it could'nt save the data'
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
    End Try

End Sub

Private Sub txtFirstName_MaskInputRejected(sender As Object, e As MaskInputRejectedEventArgs)

End Sub

Private Sub TblStudentsBindingNavigator_RefreshItems(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles TblStudentsBindingNavigator.RefreshItems

End Sub

End Class


Percutaneous absorption of flufenamic acid in rabbits: effect of dimethyl sulfoxide and various nonionic surface-active agents.
Eight nonionic surface-active agents were each incorporated at a concentration of 10% into a white petrolatum ointment base containing 10% flufenamic acid with or without dimethyl sulfoxide. Percutaneous absorption was studied by determining the plasma concentration of flufenamic acid in New Zealand White rabbits at regular intervals for 8 hr following application of the ointment. The percutaneous absorption of flufenamic acid was significantly increased when sorbitan trioleate, polyoxyl 8 stearate, or polyoxyethylene 2 oleyl ether were added to the ointment containing flufenamic acid and white petrolatum. The percutaneous absorption of flufenamic acid was increased significantly when sorbitan monopalmitate, sorbitan trioleate, polyoxyl 8 stearate, polyoxyethylene 20 cetyl ether, or polyoxyethylene 2 oleyl ether were added to the ointment containing dimethylsulfoxide, flufenamic acid, and white petrolatum.


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Sports Jan 8

Both the Habs and Leafs were shutout at home. The Nashville Predators had a 4-0 win over Toronto. In Montreal, the Canadiens were blanked 1-0 by the Minnesota Wild.

Erik Karlsson had three assists in San Jose 3-1 win over LA. Flames edge the Hawks 4-3.

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The Green Bay Packers have found their new head coach. He’s Titans offensive co-ordinator Matt LaFleur. He replaces the fired Mike McCarthy.

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Clemson is the national champion of U-S college football for the second time in three years after handing Alabama its most lopsided loss under head coach Nick Saban. Trevor Lawrence passed for 347 yards and three touchdowns as the Tigers blasted the Crimson Tide, 44-16 in the College Football Playoff national championship game at Santa Clara, California.

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Peter Polansky of Thornhill, Ontario, and Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime both won their matches in the first round of the Australian Open’s qualifying tournament today. In the women’s qualifying draw. Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino lost to American Caroline Dolehide in straight sets.

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Kyle Lowry and the Toronto Raptors are looking for a third-straight win tonight as they host the Atlanta Hawks. Lowry returned to the Raptors’ lineup on Sunday to help Toronto to a 121-105 victory over Indiana. Lowry had been out with an ailing back for most of December.


Liam Allan was accused of six counts of rape by his ex-girlfriend, but police ignored text messages she sent to her friends

In September 2015, Liam Allan started university. Reading for a Criminology and Criminal Psychology degree, he was just like any other fresher. But just a few months into his course, he was accused of rape.

Over the next two years he was stuck in legal limbo. Accused of six rapes and one sexual assault by his ex-girlfriend, the case didn't end until December 2017 when crucial text evidence proved his innocence.

We don't know a lot about Liam's accuser. Privacy laws in the UK protect the anonymity of all victims of sexual assault for life, from the moment they make a formal complaint with the police.

He met his ex-girlfriend at a party through mutual friends. She was known in their friendship group for having a difficult home life.

Liam said he knew about her issues at home, but tried his best to always support her and not palm off the problems to someone else. He told his mum at the time that he was nervous about making the relationship sexual because he would be his girlfriend's first. He said he wanted to "make sure it was important and special and every fear and worry was gone" before they had sex for the first time.

As their relationship progressed over the next 18 months, Liam is adamant that it was consensual at all times and at no point was there any indication that she ever felt distress or discomfort.

Eventually, their relationship became strained. Liam felt like he was sacrificing too much and was left drained. And so, like so many couples in the first term of uni, they broke up.

Liam broke off their relationship just a few weeks into his time at Greenwich University. He made a new group of friends and became engrossed in his degree. He thought nothing of his ex. She'd been upset when they broke up, but she hadn't given him any cause for concern.

But then on a January evening, as he was coming home from playing football, he was arrested. Police officers, acting on a complaint from his ex, waited in a parked car until he approached his mum's house in Croydon.

The accusations took him by surprise. He was being accused of rape by a girl who he thought held no grudge against him. His accuser had told police that he had forced her hands behind her back, tied her to a bedpost and held a pillow over her face whilst having sex.

Although shocked at the accusations, Liam co-operated fully with police. He hadn't been charged formally, he thought it would all be over in a couple of hours. In reality, it would go on for two years.

Not sure whether he'd be charged, Liam says he was unable to sleep properly and unable to focus on his degree that required him to write essays on criminal cases – including rape.

Throughout, his family and friends never questioned his innocence and he avoided the witch-hunts that some accused of rape face.

Around February, Detective Mark Azariah, who Liam had been in regular contact with, told him that the case against him was weak and that in his report to prosecutors, he hadn't recommended charges.

Two hours later however, Liam got a call telling him he'd been charged with six counts of rape and one sexual assault.

For the next few months, Liam's life became all about preparing for the trial.

In July, his lawyers asked for full disclosure of texts obtained from his accuser's phone. A month later, The Met told them there were no "relevant downloads" and their request was denied.

In early December, the trial began. Liam was told by police that his accuser wouldn't be present, but she appeared behind a screen to testify against him.

He had to remain calm with the eyes of the jury on him, all looking for a hint that he could be capable of the shocking crimes he was accused of.

Liam's ex testified for 90 minutes on the first day of the trial. After she finished, Liam's lawyer revealed the texts that would effectively kill the case against him.

The night before, after police finally handed over the 58,000 texts recovered from the accuser's phone, Liam's barrister Julia had stayed up until 4am looking for the smoking gun. After reading through 2500 sheets of paper until 4am, she found it.

On September 3rd, days after the alleged assault, Liam's accuser had texted her friend about him. In the conversation, while discussing sex with Liam, she said "It wasn't against my will or anything."

After a second trawl, texts from the accuser to her friends were found, describing rape fantasies and desires to be choked during sex. Some of the texts read in court can be seen below.

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From this point on, the system worked as it's supposed to. The judge ordered a two week recess and just before Christmas, Liam got the call that CPS were dropping his case.

He told the Mail: "I was bracing myself for bad news because up until then it had all been bad news.

"For a second I was speechless and then I just started screaming the whole house down. And then everyone started coming round to the house to congratulate and hug me."

Now his life is pretty much back to where it was two years ago, Liam said he doesn't hold a grudge against his accuser. He still doesn't know why she did it or whether she meant it to go that far, but he prefers to direct his anger towards the police.

In the days after his case collapsed, Liam gave interviews to a whole host of media outlets, telling them he hadn't had any form of apology or compensation for the ordeal he was put through.

Last week police finally apologised. In the report by the Met police, they admitted that officers didn't look through all 57,000 texts available and that while there was no evidence of malicious intent, there was a serious error in the way it was handled.

In the last two months, four trials have collapsed after evidence was disclosed at the eleventh hour. Now, the CPS is reviewing all rape and serious sexual assault cases to prevent the collapse of more trials. Liam says he's suing both the Metropolitan police and the prosecutors. He told the Mail on Sunday: "I am hoping to use my experience to help change system failures for the benefit of both victims and falsely accused people together."