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To The Land Of The Rising Sun Part 25- Hiroshima

Hiroshima…well that will be giving me nightmares for a while!

Hello and Konnichiwa

今晩は.

This is our last full day in Japan so we decided to go to a place that to be honest, I’ve wanted to visit ever since I learned about it in school, Hiroshima! When you learn about the events between 1939 and 1945 on planet Earth, you have no doubt that this place will come up at some point and after today, I can completely understand the importance of what happened here and the effects that can still be felt today in 2017!

It has historical significance to all nations around the world, one reason is because it took warfare onto a whole new scale of destruction, one that amazingly is small compared to what mankind is capable of today. Nuclear bombs today could cause FAR much more destruction to us all than the ones dropped on Japan in 1945…scary stuff!

We arrived into Hiroshima on the Bullet Train and that was a bit upsetting because it would be one of the last times I go on one over here! The journey took a couple of hours and the amount of tunnels we went through along the way was insane….I counted 4 tunnels in 10 seconds at one point! They really tunneled their way along the country…It was cool though and I enjoyed the countryside that I saw along the way…so much greenery.

The sun was so hot today, I swear it was the hottest it had been since we got here….which was typical that the last day of any holiday was the best! What was annoying was yesterday in Himeji , the rain was so bad that I decided to bring my coat with me today!! BIG MISTAKE!! We were tired as well…we knew we were going home soon and we had mostly packed our stuff up at the hotel and were ready for an early start the next day for a LONG flight home to Britain so we wanted to enjoy Hiroshima as much as possible.

Fortunately, I could fit my coat into the bag I took with me everywhere…the only other place I have been that was a bit hotter than this was Pompeii but I’ll talk about that one soon in the future. We made our way into the town and we realised immediately that we weren’t sure how we were going to get to the Hiroshima memorial park site, the museum etc However, we found out shortly after that we could get an Electric Tram close to the sight so we headed to the area where we could board one and spend the next twenty minutes riding one to the sight and it was PACKED with people…we were concerned about being able to get off at the right place or not and like the bus, we had to pay once we wanted to get off.

We were successful on getting off at the right spot and our feelings changed from excited to shocked immediately by the sight of this building right here, one that remains standing from the bombing. It was preserved as a reminder as to what happened and what path the human race chose to take…was it the only way to end the war? I asked myself just from seeing this building.

We moved over to the park and down the path towards the museum but along the way, we saw a few more things that caught our eye a little bit, such as the Memorial Centopath Peace Flame that was lit in 1964 and will only be put out once all Nuclear Bombs have been destroyed and Humanity is free from Annihilation! …How hasn’t rain put it out though?

We entered the museum and wow…you learn so much here about the day and time after the Nuclear Bombing and what the true impact really was and it’s enough to make you weep…as a human, you can’t help but feel emotional over what the innocent people of Hiroshima went through on the 6th of August, 1945. I took pictures and I learnt many stories from different sources of the devastation to human life and an even worse fate for those that survived the explosion as they were exposed to the nuclear and suffered a most painful death, the ones that set out that day for school, to never come home…it was heart wrenching to see and learn.

We saw a step with a shadow on it from the blast. The shadow of a human being…frozen in place, breath taking the power we are capable off! It’s made clear why Japan is so clear that World Peace is a must, I mean it went through such an experience that was life changing, more so…it changed Human history forever.

A replica of the ”Little Boy” the bomb that was dropped on the city and it’s hard to look at this thing when you realise that bombs we have today could do so much more damage than this one now….very scary stuff because this bomb changed the world, this weapon took the human race down a new path.

So many stories of families looking for lost ones amongst the rubble, people suffering injuries from shards of glass, exposure to nuclear was unheard off and learning of what it could do was horrifying…it’s easy to not think about so much because we haven’t experienced anything on this scale in modern times and when I say that….when else has an ENTIRE city been pretty much wiped out by a Nuclear bomb in the middle of a war? I know we’ve had 9/11, London bombings, Chernobyl, Fukushima and many other terrorist attacks but this event is on a different scale, entirely.

You learn that thousands of families were torn apart, wiped out completely in many cases, lives cut short and survivors left with physical and mental scars! I can only imagine what this city was like mere seconds before that bomb hit at 8:15 am…that sudden flash of light that must of appeared like a big fireball in the sky that engulfed everything and swallowed it whole! All of this to bring a country to it’s knees and surrender which it eventually did but not until Nagasaki was bombed as well days later on the 9th of August.

We left this place feeling bad…bad that a place like this needs to exist in the first place, that we need to create world peace when we have countries with Nuclear Bombs at the ready…we have the power to end this planet….that’s a reality and it’s terrifying…utterly terrifying!

Just imagine being a citizen of Hiroshima when this happened…a descendant of one even…is it possible to forgive such an act? Would you be able to let go years later and move on? I don’t think I ever could to be honest…the pain would be too much, knowing that tens of thousands of human beings were wiped out instantly and many more from the exposure to the Nuclear Radiation…the burning of flesh and so many other things that impacted the body to kill from within. Such devastation that we can inflict anywhere in the world with the drop of a bomb

Yeah, we went to KFC… bit random after what we had seen but for some reason, we needed a distraction so afterwards we went and got some food…we were a little quiet for a bit but we perked up soon afterwards. We had a big history lesson today and we hoped that someday, the world would be rid of such powerful weapons, that we could relax and feel that we didn’t need them anymore.

We spent most of our day at the Memorial Park and wandered about shops afterwards as we had to go back a bit early to get some sleep before our long trip back home…early flight and all but our last day was from far being a boring one…it was an eye opener and if you ever go to Japan, I implore you to visit the museum in Hiroshima, see the whole city and learn what happened here…it’s far more of an impact being here than watching a video on TV or the Internet!

We had no idea that one place would take up so much of our time but we’re glad it did, a place that has such an impact on your heart and soul is definitely worth a trip to if you ask me! I’ll never forget Hiroshima and the lesson that it taught me…Peace is an important thing and we must do all we can to prevent a horrible event such as this from happening ever again!


194 Ill. App.3d 600 (1990)
551 N.E.2d 304
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
CHARLES TIGNER, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 1-87-3908.
Illinois Appellate Court  First District (1st Division).
Opinion filed February 13, 1990.
*601 *602 Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender, of Chicago (Mark H. Kusatzky, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.
Cecil A. Partee, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Inge Fryklund, Kenneth T. McCurry, and Matthew Mahoney, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.
Judgment affirmed.
JUSTICE CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court:
After a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant was convicted of criminal sexual assault and robbery. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, pars. 12-13(a)(1), 18-1(a).) He was sentenced to a term of 15 years' imprisonment for the criminal sexual assault conviction and a consecutive term of four years' imprisonment for the robbery conviction. Defendant appeals, contending that he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. In the alternative defendant contends that he should be resentenced because his sentencing hearing was unfair and improper in that the trial court heard and considered improper evidence in aggravation and because he was improperly sentenced to extended term and consecutive sentences.
*603 The complaining witness, M.M., age 23, testified that she left her apartment to go shopping about 11 a.m. on January 2, 1986. She took a bus to the intersection of Milwaukee and Division in Chicago, walked to a store where she made a purchase and then walked back to the bus stop to wait for the bus.
As complainant waited for the bus, she was approached by a man later identified as defendant. He asked her name and then asked if she wanted to "get high." After she responded in the negative, he asked her to go with him. When she again refused, he walked over to her, told her that he had a gun and partially exposed an object from his right jacket pocket which complainant thought was the grip of a gun. Because defendant also threatened to kill her if she did not do as he told her, she accompanied defendant and walked down the street with him arm in arm, as he instructed her to do.
They continued to walk together for about one mile until they arrived at an abandoned building. Defendant then instructed complainant to enter this building and go into the basement. Complainant cried and begged him to let her go, but he told her he would kill her if she refused. She then entered the basement of the building, where she found some old furniture and a bed. Defendant told her to pull down her slacks and panties and remove one leg. He then instructed her to sit on the edge of the bed. Defendant then knelt down on the floor between her legs. He kept his right hand inside the jacket pocket, where he had the gun he had shown her. He then licked her vagina for several minutes. After this he unzipped the front of his pants, removed his penis and placed it inside her vagina. After about five minutes complainant felt "something wet," and she believed defendant ejaculated. Defendant then got up and zipped up his pants.
When defendant had finished, he instructed complainant to remove her pants and panties and he asked her for money. She told him that she had none, and he responded that she was lying. He then searched her pants pockets and, finding nothing, instructed her to remove her boots and her socks. When he still did not find any money, he told her to empty her coat pockets. These, too, were empty so he told her to unfasten her coat and her blouse. He placed his hand inside her bra in search of money. When the money that was hidden there fell out, he took the money, except for one dollar, which he left for her bus fare. He then hid her clothing and told her to count to 20 before she started searching for her clothes. Defendant then left the building.
Complainant found all of her clothing except her panties. She dressed, left the building, and went to a nearby store where she *604 called the police to report what had happened. After the police arrived and spoke with her, they returned with her to the abandoned building so that she could identify the building and the basement area where she had been taken. Complainant was then taken to the hospital, where she was examined. In court complainant identified some photographs which were taken by the police depicting the abandoned building and the basement area within.
Complainant further testified that on November 19, 1986, she was shopping with friends on Milwaukee Avenue near Wolcott. As she was walking in this area, she heard a man yell, "Hey slim, want to get high?" Complainant turned and recognized defendant. She then quickly turned her head and immediately entered a store, where she asked to use the telephone. The store clerk refused to allow her to use the telephone but directed her to a nearby public telephone. Complainant left the store after she waited for defendant to pass by the area and walked toward the public telephone. Just then she saw a police car and flagged down the officers. She informed the police that she had been raped in January of that year and then pointed out defendant as the man who had been her attacker. The officers approached defendant and arrested him. When defendant was inside the police car, complainant positively identified defendant as the man who had attacked her in January.
It was later stipulated that complainant was examined at the hospital by Nurse Kathleen Shanahan and Dr. Gonzales and that samples were taken for a Vitullo Kit. It was also stipulated that Christine Anderson of the Chicago police crime lab received these samples through a proper chain of custody and that she would testify that the samples tested positive for the presence of sperm. Finally, Officer Vincent Mancini testified in corroboration of complainant's testimony that about 2 p.m. on November 19, 1986, he was flagged down while on routine patrol in the area of 1400 North Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago and that as a result of the information provided to him by complainant, defendant was arrested.
Defendant presented the testimony of Ed Matthews, an investigator for the public defender's office. He testified that on August 3, 1987, he and another investigator, along with defense counsel, went to 630 West Evergreen Street to interview the complainant. After they identified themselves, she agreed to talk with them. She then told them that defendant had approached her as she waited for a bus at the bus stop and that defendant told her that he had a gun but that she only saw what appeared to be the handle of a gun. They then walked arm in arm for several blocks until they reached an *605 abandoned building. Inside this building defendant told her to take down her pants. Matthews testified that complainant then indicated that defendant performed oral sex but did not have intercourse because he could not get an erection. After this defendant told her to count to 20 and then left the building.
After hearing argument the trial court found defendant guilty of criminal sexual assault based on contact between defendant's mouth and the victim's vagina. The court found defendant not guilty of all other charges, including the counts alleging aggravated criminal sexual assault, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated unlawful restraint, having found that there was no proof beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant had carried a gun. The trial court also found defendant not guilty of armed robbery for this reason, but found defendant guilty of the lesser-included offense of robbery.
At the subsequent sentencing hearing the trial court ruled admissible, over defendant's objection, the testimony of six witnesses. Three of these witnesses were Chicago police officers who testified regarding the circumstances surrounding four of defendant's prior arrests for solicitation. One witness, Stephanie Barnett, was defendant's ex-girlfriend, who testified concerning the circumstances leading up to defendant's arrest for indecent liberties with a child, a charge to which defendant later pleaded guilty. Barnett also testified regarding defendant's violation of the condition of his probation that he not have contact with her or her children. Specifically, she testified that she called the police to have defendant arrested on September 29, 1984, and on December 25, 1984, when he entered her residence without her permission. On both occasions defendant and Barnett engaged in physical altercations which resulted in injury to Barnett.
Finally, two other Chicago police officers testified that when they responded to Barnett's residence they attempted to arrest defendant, that defendant resisted arrest and tried to escape and that defendant fought with the officers. Furthermore, on December 25, 1984, when defendant resisted arrest, he caused physical injury to several police officers.
Certified copies of defendant's prior convictions for indecent liberties and battery were admitted along with the presentence investigation report. No evidence in mitigation was offered. The trial court then found defendant eligible for an extended term and consecutive sentences and sentenced defendant to a term of 15 years for the criminal sexual assault conviction and a term of four years for the robbery conviction, to be served consecutively.
*606 The first issue on appeal is whether the complaining witness' testimony was sufficient to have proven defendant guilty of the offenses for which he was convicted beyond a reasonable doubt. Defendant contends that his acquittal on the counts charging him with aggravated criminal sexual assault, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated unlawful restraint, and criminal sexual assault based on penile penetration indicated that the complaining witness was not credible and, therefore, he should have been acquitted of all charges. We cannot agree.
 1 The trial court explicitly found the complaining witness to be credible. It is the duty of the trier of fact to assess the credibility of the witnesses, weigh the evidence and resolve any conflicts in the testimony. (People v. Akis (1976), 63 Ill.2d 296, 347 N.E.2d 733.) Having had the opportunity to view the witnesses, the trial court is in a much better position to make the credibility assessment, and the trial court's decision will not be disturbed unless the evidence is so palpably improbable or unsatisfactory that a reasonable doubt as to defendant's guilt exists. People v. Ellis (1978), 74 Ill.2d 489, 384 N.E.2d 331.
 2 In the present case the complaining witness testified clearly and convincingly regarding her encounter with defendant and the subsequent sexual assault. The complaining witness also candidly admitted that she never saw the gun that defendant indicated that he was carrying, but that she saw a handle of what she believed to be a gun. The evidence presented by defendant did not impeach the complaining witness regarding these matters, but rather, corroborated much of her testimony. The testimony admitted by defendant raised a conflict only on the issue of penile penetration. The mere fact that the trial court resolved this conflict in favor of defendant does not, in our mind, diminish the credibility of the complaining witness. Nor does the fact that the trial court chose to give defendant the benefit of the doubt on the issue of the presence of a weapon in any way affect our assessment of the sufficiency of the evidence supporting defendant's conviction for criminal sexual assault and robbery. Because we agree with the trial court that the complaining witness was credible and that her testimony was clear and convincing, her testimony was sufficient to support defendant's convictions beyond a reasonable doubt and so we affirm. People v. Johnson (1987), 161 Ill. App.3d 551, 515 N.E.2d 137.
Having affirmed defendant's convictions, we must address defendant's second issue and determine whether his sentencing hearing was conducted properly and whether an extended term and consecutive *607 sentences were properly imposed. The first question is whether defendant received a fair sentencing hearing. Defendant challenges the admission of the testimony of five witnesses because they testified to "mere arrests" as opposed to convictions. Defendant also contends that this testimony was unreliable because it "painted a distorted picture" of him as a sexual pervert.
 3-5 It has long been held that a sentencing judge will be given wide latitude in his discretionary determination of the types and sources of evidence that may be admitted to assist him in determining the kind and extent of punishment to be imposed within the statutory limits. (People v. Foster (1987), 119 Ill.2d 69, 96, 518 N.E.2d 82; People v. Adkins (1968), 41 Ill.2d 297, 300, 242 N.E.2d 258.) The only requirement for admission is that the evidence be reliable and relevant, and this is a decision left to the discretion of the sentencing court. (People v. Lyles (1985), 106 Ill.2d 373, 414, 478 N.E.2d 291.) Evidence of other crimes with which defendant has been charged but not convicted is admissible, especially when the testimony concerning such criminal activity or misconduct is trustworthy and subject to cross-examination. (People v. Johnson (1989), 128 Ill.2d 253, 284, 538 N.E.2d 1118; People v. Sanchez (1986), 115 Ill.2d 238, 503 N.E.2d 277; People v. La Pointe (1981), 88 Ill.2d 482, 498-99, 431 N.E.2d 344.) The relaxation of the formal rules of evidence at the sentencing stage is intended to provide the sentencing judge with a wide range of information concerning the defendant's life, character, criminal history and propensity to continue to commit other offenses. (People v. Johnson (1989), 128 Ill.2d 253, 538 N.E.2d 1118; People v. Sanchez (1986), 115 Ill.2d 238, 503 N.E.2d 277.) Even hearsay evidence is not per se inadmissible at a sentencing hearing. (People v. Foster (1987), 119 Ill.2d 69, 98, 518 N.E.2d 82; People v. Hall (1986), 114 Ill.2d 376, 417, 499 N.E.2d 1335; People v. Perez (1985), 108 Ill.2d 70, 86-87, 483 N.E.2d 250.) A hearsay objection will go to the weight and not the admissibility. (People v. Foster, 119 Ill.2d at 98.) Double hearsay, however, should be corroborated, at least in part, by other evidence. People v. Foster, 119 Ill.2d at 98.
 6 In the present case the evidence of other criminal misconduct which did not result in conviction was properly admitted. The arresting officers testified and were subject to cross-examination. The evidence was trustworthy and provided some insight into defendant's life, character and criminal propensities. As such it was relevant and reliable and, thus, properly admitted and considered by the sentencing judge.
 7 The testimony of Barnett concerning her daughter's statements *608 to her about defendant's sexual misconduct, although hearsay, was corroborated in part by the certified copy of defendant's conviction for the offense of indecent liberties with a child. There was no error in its admission. In conclusion, defendant received a fair sentencing hearing at which proper evidence in aggravation was received.
 8 We now consider whether defendant was eligible for an extended-term sentence and consecutive sentences as the trial court held. At the time of defendant's sentencing in December 1987, the statute provided:
"[T]he following factors may be considered by the court as reasons to impose an extended term sentence under Section 5-8-2 upon any offender who was at least 17 years old on the date the crime was committed:
(1) When a defendant is convicted of any felony, after having been previously convicted in Illinois of the same or greater class felony, within 10 years, excluding time spent in custody, and such charges are separately brought and tried and arise out of different series of acts." Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 1005-5-3.2(b).
Defendant was convicted of a Class 1 felony of indecent liberties with a child on August 3, 1983. This conviction was within 10 years of his present conviction for a criminal sexual assault, another Class 1 felony. Accordingly, defendant was eligible for an extended term.
 9 Although defendant apparently does not dispute this conviction or the fact that he was eligible for an extended term within the language of the statute, defendant contends that an extended term was improperly imposed because the sentencing judge relied on improperly admitted evidence. There are two reasons that we reject defendant's argument. First, although the trial court found that defendant was eligible for an extended-term sentence, it sentenced defendant to a term of 15 years' imprisonment, which is the maximum normal sentence within the range for sentencing for a Class 1 felony. Thus, although the trial court correctly determined that defendant was eligible for an extended-term sentence, the actual sentence imposed did not exceed the statutory range for the conviction. Thus, technically defendant was not sentenced to an extended-term sentence. Secondly, we found earlier that all the evidence presented at the sentencing hearing was properly admitted and, therefore, the sentence, whether it is considered an extended term or not, could not have been imposed in reliance on improperly admitted evidence.
 10 The last issue is whether consecutive sentencing was available *609 and appropriate in this case. Whether consecutive or concurrent sentences should be imposed is a determination left to the sound discretion of the court, as long as the decision does not conflict with the statutory regulations concerning the imposition of such sentences. Section 5-8-4 of the Unified Code of Corrections (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 1005-8-4) sets forth the applicable authority with regard to consecutive sentencing. It states:
"(a) When multiple sentences of imprisonment are imposed on a defendant at the same time, or when a term of imprisonment is imposed on a defendant who is already subject to sentence in this State or in another state, or for a sentence imposed by any district court of the United States, the sentences shall run concurrently or consecutively as determined by the court. * * * The court shall not impose consecutive sentences for offenses which were committed as part of a single course of conduct during which there was no substantial change in the nature of the criminal objective, unless, one of the offenses for which defendant was convicted was a Class X or Class 1 felony and the defendant inflicted severe bodily injury, in which event the court may enter sentences to run consecutively. Sentences shall run concurrently unless otherwise specified by the court.
(b) The court shall not impose a consecutive sentence unless, having regard to the nature and circumstances of the offense and the history and character of the defendant, it is of the opinion that such a term is required to protect the public from further criminal conduct by the defendant, the basis for which the court shall set forth in the record." Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 1005-8-4.
Defendant argues that consecutive sentences were improperly imposed in this instance because the criminal sexual assault and robbery were part of the same course of conduct and that there was no substantial change in the nature of the criminal objective. Defendant also contends that his background and character did not warrant a finding that consecutive terms of imprisonment were necessary to protect the public from future criminal conduct. We disagree with defendant's position and find that the trial court's imposition of consecutive terms of imprisonment was proper.
 11 When consecutive sentences are imposed pursuant to law and supported by the record, they will not be disturbed on review. (People v. Holland (1987), 121 Ill.2d 136, 520 N.E.2d 270; People v. Steppan (1985), 105 Ill.2d 310, 473 N.E.2d 1300.) In the present *610 case the State argued in favor of consecutive sentences at the sentencing hearing, stating that the criminal sexual assault and robbery were two separate and distinct courses of conduct and that society needed to be protected from defendant based upon his criminal background and character. The trial court later stated that it considered all the facts and circumstances of the case at bar and the defendant's background and found that defendant was eligible to be sentenced to consecutive terms and that this was appropriate in this case. We find ample support in the record for this determination.
 12 The record shows that the criminal sexual assault and subsequent robbery were two separate courses of action. The complaining witness testified that defendant approached her and forced her to accompany him to an abandoned building. His objective at that time was clearly to engage in the criminal sexual assault. It was not until he completed this objective that he demanded money from the victim and caused her to undress so he could search for her hidden cash. Furthermore, the extensive testimony concerning defendant's prior criminal conduct demonstrated clearly that consecutive sentencing was appropriate in this instance since society would be better protected from defendant's future criminal conduct. Thus, we find that the imposition of consecutive sentences in this case was proper. See People v. Holland (1987), 121 Ill.2d 136, 520 N.E.2d 270; People v. Rose (1979), 75 Ill. App.3d 45, 393 N.E.2d 698.
The judgment of the circuit court of Cook County is affirmed. In addition, pursuant to People v. Nicholls (1978), 71 Ill.2d 166, 374 N.E.2d 194, we assess defendant $50 as costs for this appeal.
Judgment affirmed.
BUCKLEY, P.J., and O'CONNOR, J., concur.


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May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts together always be acceptable in your sight, O God, our strength and our redeemer. AMEN.

Transitions are hard, my godmother has always said to me. She usually said it over a cup of coffee or tea, and when I became old enough, a glass of wine, while sitting on a couch, possibly with dog at our feet. Transitions involve death, she would say. And life. But first death.

Those transitions she spoke of permeated every age and every stage of life. Quickly transitioning best friends to former best friends in elementary school. The death of a grandparent. A divorce. Changing schools. Moving houses. Graduation. Graduation with no job in sight. Broken hearts. Job loss. Taking care of a parent. Taking care of a spouse. Illness.

Now that I reflect on it, I realize that my godmother had one basic line, but it seemed to be adaptable for pretty much every occasion, not unlike a pastoral little black dress. It was appropriate for good changes in life too—because even the wonderful things that might happen—a new partner; a new job; getting married; having children—involve an ending of some sort. And perhaps the issue isn’t so much whether any given change is technically ‘good’ or technically ‘bad’, but really about the unknown factors that accompanies it. Transitions aren’t threatening or hard because they always herald bad things, it’s that they herald something different than we have known. And new things—regardless of how lovely they can be, can bring out, lift up, enhance in all their wondrous glory, our deepest fears.

New life is scary.

New life involves an end to something, to be new. It involves the beginning of something we don’t know, maybe aren’t familiar with, and which lays out before us a host of possibilities all of which fall anywhere on the spectrum of desired to oh-please-anything-but-that. New life means that the comfort we had lived within—even if that comfort wasn’t perfect, or left something to be desired—will change and transform into something we can only, now, imagine. And let me say this here, sometimes we are wildly imaginative as to all the things that can go irrevocably wrong and badly.

Yesterday, we elected a new bishop for the Diocese of Massachusetts, the Rev. Alan Gates. There were seven talented, profoundly gifted, candidates, four of whom were from this diocese. Each one—each one of these men and women would take us down a different path into new life of being the body of Christ at this time and in this place. As we sat and voted yesterday, there were fears of someone ‘new’ coming in from outside the diocese—would they know us well enough? Would they love us well enough? Would they ‘get’ us? New Englanders, after all, are a feisty bunch, and the clergy and people of the Diocese of Massachusetts are no exception. Bishop Tom Shaw has been our diocesan bishop for nearly twenty years. While we may not have agreed with everything that he has ever said or ever done, he is still OUR bishop- we know him and have been known by him, with a huge percentage of the clergy who are serving here in this diocese having been raised to the priesthood and ordained by him. So yesterday at the election, we had the opportunity to imagine with broad strokes, what new life might herald for us. It also reaffirmed, what might end with new life.

We, here, in this parish are familiar with this paradigm. We are calling a new rector. We are changing the way we do ministry and organizing staffing and leadership. Things are changing. New life is literally weeks away. And at our lowest moments, sometimes the death part- the ending part- is all that is visible to the eye and ear. But we are Christians. We know that every time we hear death, we must also add ‘and life’ in our heads. We may not have a clear sense of what that new life might entail or bring, and we may be tempted to create a golden calf of ‘how it’s always been’, but that is, in fact, our fear speaking to us.

There are so many ways to listen and hear and engage the story of Lazarus, but this morning, what I will say is that I keep wondering what happened to Lazarus after he had been raised from the dead. There are no stories about him in scripture after this event. He dies, he is laid in the tomb for four days—longer than Jesus was in the tomb to insistently prove just how dead he was. Mary and Martha are starting to bind up their broken hearts, adjusting to their new normal. And Jesus comes and raises Lazarus, unbinding him as he comes out of the tomb. My guess is even though their brother is returned to them, things don’t go on as usual for Mary and Martha, and definitely not for Lazarus. What happens with this new life that he has been given? We aren’t told that. And maybe that is for the best. It leaves it up to us to imagine what we would do if we were given new life—what would we do if we could get past the worst happening to us (which is often something associated with and ending of sorts) and live into an existence filled with possibility—not good, not bad, but just different.

One of the candidates for Bishop, the Rev. Ledlie Laughlin from Philadelphia, told a story during the walkabouts in response to a question about his vision for the diocese. He said that that obviously there would be two phases of his vision. The first was about the shift from having Tom as our bishop to having someone else in that position. He said that when he had served in a small congregation, the beloved Choir Master and organist retired, and there were a few weeks in between his departure and the arrival of the new one. One of the sons of a vestry member had been very concerned about this change—and kept asking his father questions about the person coming into take the beloved Choir Master’s place- would they sing the same songs? Would they have the same parts? What would they be like? The father replied to the son, “I don’t know what this new person will be like. What I do know is that they will be differently great.”

That is what new life is. Differently great.

Next week we enter together into Jerusalem on Sunday, and watch the events of Holy Week unfold before our eyes and hearts once again. We know, in our minds, that resurrection will come. But in our hearts, we have to be reminded again and again that resurrection isn’t just about life as it was, but life as it could be. New life. Differently great life. Our collect for this morning reminds us that “among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found”. That’s not on what we know, or what we conjure up as we face our fears, but on Jesus Christ. Who loves us. Who weeps with us. Who reminds us that transitions are hard. And who ultimately gives us new life through his own.


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Pharmacist-led program to improve venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in a community hospital.
The implementation of a pharmacist-led program to improve venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis is examined. Nursing and pharmacy leaders at a 278-bed hospital reviewed VTE prophylaxis. The review revealed that among the total patient days for a month (excluding maternity, nursery, pediatric, and psychiatry patient days), prophylaxis was administered on only 19.5% of those days. Pharmacy leadership viewed this as an opportunity to make hospitalwide improvements and offered to develop a pharmacist-led program to assess all new admissions for risk of VTE and to recommend appropriate pharmacologic prophylaxis. Under the new program, a pharmacist receives a daily report of all new admissions, which are cross-referenced with a report including patients currently prescribed heparin or low-molecular-weight heparin. Maternity, nursery, pediatric, and psychiatry patients are identified and excluded. The pharmacist assesses the remaining patients for VTE risk using a tracking sheet. The pharmacist then places all recommendations in the progress notes of the chart in the form of a bold sticker alerting the physician of known risk factors, VTE risk, and treatment recommendations. The program was developed to be performed seven days a week and maintained by one pharmacist per day for an average of four hours a day. Evaluation of the program three and six months after its implementation revealed marked increases in the use of prophylaxis and associated reductions in the occurrence of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) confirmed by Doppler ultrasonography. A pharmacist-led program for VTE prevention was associated with a significant increase in the prescribing of VTE prophylaxis and a significant reduction in ultrasonographically confirmed DVT.


On June 16, 2015, Senate Bill No. 141 was introduced in the Delaware State Senate. In the early morning hours of July 1, 2015 (with the Delaware “legislative calendar” still reading June 30, 2015) this legislation, which had already passed the State Senate, passed the Delaware House and awaits Governor Jack Markell’s signature. The speed with which this legislation passed indicates that Delaware is serious about reforming its Unclaimed Property Program.


Chuck Kobasew, the 14th overall pick in 2001 with more than 600 NHL games on his resume, has jumped the pond to sign with Bern of the Swiss National A League, the club announced on Wednesday.

Kobasew, 32, spent last season in Pittsburgh and scored two goals in 33 games while averaging over 11 minutes per night. He did bounce back and forth between Pittsburgh and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton throughout the season, though, and missed a good chunk of time to a lower-body injury.

Originally drafted by Calgary, Kobasew broke into the NHL with the Flames in 2002-03 and proceeded to score 20 goals in three of his first seven seasons. His best year came in Boston during ’08-09, when he scored a career-high 42 points and scored six more in 11 playoff games.

Kobasew also spent time with the Minnesota and Colorado organizations before joining Pittsburgh last year. With Bern, he’ll be playing alongside former Flames teammate Byron Ritchie.


The core mission of higher education is the advancement of knowledge, people, and society. As educational leaders, we are committed to upholding free inquiry and education in our colleges and universities, and to providing the opportunity for all our students to pursue their learning and life goals.

Since the advent of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in 2012, we have seen the critical benefits of this program for our students, and the highly positive impacts on our institutions and communities. DACA beneficiaries on our campuses have been exemplary student scholars and student leaders, working across campus and in the community. With DACA, our students and alumni have been able to pursue opportunities in business, education, high tech, and the non-profit sector; they have gone to medical school, law school, and graduate schools in numerous disciplines. They are actively contributing to their local communities and economies.

To our country’s leaders we say that DACA should be upheld, continued, and expanded. We are prepared to meet with you to present our case. This is both a moral imperative and a national necessity. America needs talent – and these students, who have been raised and educated in the United States, are already part of our national community. They represent what is best about America, and as scholars and leaders they are essential to the future.

We call on our colleagues and other leaders across the business, civic, religious, and non-profit sectors to join with us in this urgent matter.

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Tuesday, 29 March 2016

Man drags woman out of her car in Delta,butchers her

A middle-aged woman (name withheld), has been allegedly gruesomely murdered last Saturday, by a man who’s name was given simply as Sunny, at Agbor, Ika South local government area of Delta state.The victim was said to have been ambushed by her assailant who is currently being detained in police custody, for about two days at the particular spot along Agbor-Sakponba Road, where he dragged her out of her gray coloured Toyota saloon car and descended on her.According to a source in the community, the victim was going to attend a burial ceremony at Oki on the fateful day before her assailant snuffed breath out of her.

“The murderer was so callous. The suspect used cutlass to cut her ear, stomach, buttocks, back, laps and spread her legs on the road, exposing her private part. We have never seen a thing like this before,” the source said.

The source noted that the shout of the victim attracted people to the scene but that their intervention came too late.

“When the mob gathered and saw the lifeless woman in the pool of her blood, they attacked the assailant who was still holding his blood stained cutlass. They even broke his head before the police came and took him away,” the source said, adding that, the intervention of policemen saved the assailant from being killed by angry mob.


Assembly structures and electronic properties of truxene-porphyrin compounds studied by STM/STS.
The self-assembly of functional molecules into uniform nanostructures with innovational properties has attracted extensive research interest. In the present work, the assembly structures and electronic properties of a novel type of truxene derivative, e.g. truxene-porphyrin derivatives, were studied, for the first time, on a highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) surface. Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) images revealed that the truxene-porphyrin compounds could be parallelly arranged into long-ranged lamellar patterns. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations helped explain the assembly mechanisms further. Besides, order distribution of the smaller compound 1T1P in the 1,3,5-tris(10-carboxydecyloxy)-benzene (TCDB) host network was achieved, which is a reflection of the dimensional effect in the host-guest assembly. Furthermore, together with theoretical analyses, scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) measurements were conducted to investigate the electronic properties of truxene-porphyrin compounds. Results showed that the metalation of the porphyrin units could have a significant effect on the band gap and the position of the gap center. The study enhances our understanding of the assembly mechanism of truxene derivatives at the molecular level and paves the way towards fabricating truxene-based functional nanodevices.


Buying Life Insurance with High Blood Pressure

In 2019, there are only a few life insurance companies offering the preferred plus rate class without taking a medical exam.

Companies like the Principal provide up to $1,000,000 of coverage, and Banner Life offers up to a $500,000 death benefit without doing a physical.

Plus, these companies offer preferred plus term rates for treated hypertension at the same cost as their fully underwritten term policies..

Both companies gather your underwriting information through traditional underwriting sources including; an application, a motor vehicle report, and your prescription drug records.

The only catch is that you must be in good health in order to qualify for coverage.

Buying Tip:

Should you take a medical exam when a applying for life insurance with high blood pressure?

If you are really busy or are afraid of needles because of life insurance white coat syndrome, we can help you find the best no exam company.

However, most people seeking life insurance with high blood pressure should take the exam because you will have many more companies offering the cheaper preferred plus rate classification.

Not to mention, if you are in need of a larger death benefit policy, you would be out of luck unless you are willing to take an exam.

So, if you need life insurance and have a medical condition, we always suggest following our step by step program.

Here is how the life insurance exam process works:

First, your medical history is evaluated to determine which company may be best suited for your hypertensive condition.

Then, we start the application process by having you complete a life insurance blood pressure test, urine and blood sample, and height and weight measurement.

Then, we order the required medical summary including your blood pressure follow-up from your regular doctor

Finally, your medical profile is presented to multiple life insurance companies to determine which company can offer you the best rates.

Instead of being assessed a preferred rate just because you are being treated for hypertension, the exam process evaluates both the control of your condition, and compliance with your physicians plan for treatment.

This allows you to get into the preferred plus category which usually equates to over a 25% savings for our happy clients!

Here is a practical example illustrating the difference in price between two companies.

Ronald applies for a $500,000, 2o year term life insurance with high blood pressure when he is 62 years old.

Company A Company B Rate Class Preferred Plus Preferred Premium $2,095 $2,523

Company A allows medication for high blood pressure and issues Ron a policy with preferred plus rates, while company B only permits a preferred rating. Wow, that is close to $500 in savings per year for Ron with nearly $10,000 in savings over 20 years!

Buying Tip:

How can I lower my blood pressure for my insurance test?

Drink a few extra glasses of water for a few days before your exam.

Try to avoid eating or drinking anything except water for 12 hours before you are examined.

T ry to avoid drinking alcohol, coffee, and smoking cigarettes prior to taking you brief exam.

Plus, try to take the exam in the morning when you are calm and relaxed.

You may also want to do a few readings on your own before undergoing any insurance examinations.

This will be a good “test run” to see if you fit within the life insurance blood pressure chart published by every company.

Working with an Independent Agent

Please take the time to shop around for the most affordable policy for your unique planning needs.

Many people are not aware of which companies offer the best term insurance rates for people with hypertension.

The most effective way to obtain the best offer is to work with an independent agent!

Your independent broker eliminates the hassle of shopping around to find you the lowest premiums based on your complete medical history.

Working with an independent agent eliminates the hassle of shopping around and calling many different agents to get quotes.

Your independent agent will help guide you to the company with the lowest premiums based on your actual blood pressure readings.

Good news!

We represent many niche insurance companies and can use our insider knowledge to direct you to the company specializing in underwriting life insurance with hypertension. We have been selling life insurance for over 25 years, and have found the best insurance company for someone with high blood pressure may not be the best company for a person with seeking life insurance with diabetes.

We offer very competitive rate on both term insurance and universal Life Insurance.

Term Life Insurance – Term life offers guaranteed death benefits and level premiums for an initial period such as 10, 15, 20, or even 30 years.

Universal Life Insurance – This is a form of permanent life insurance with the premium and death benefit guaranteed for your entire lifetime.


FROM CPD

On August 16, 2014 at approximately 8:50 p.m., the Clarkstown Police Department responded to Sephora located at the Palisades Mall for a report of shoplifting. Two suspects, Amanda Ferrer, 21, of West Haverstraw and Amanda Nasuti, 26, of Stony Point, were reportedly observed by loss prevention taking merchandise valued at $1073.80. The merchandise consisted of clothing and perfume.

They were charged with grand larceny in the fourth degree (felony) and criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree (felony). They were released on an appearance ticket and have a return court date of September 15, 2014 at 9:30 a.m.


[Hygroma colli in the ultrasound image as an early indication of fetal Ullrich-Turner syndrome].
Fetal chromosomal anomalies are frequently associated with malformations of the lymphatic system, which occur with a wide variability as local edema or generalized hydrops of the fetus. From January 1, 1988 to December 31, 1989 chromosomal analysis were performed in two patients, because ultrasound examination revealed large cystic septated sacs in the nuchal area and severe fetal edema. In both cases the diagnosis was: Turner's syndrome XO. As in more than a half of all cases with nuchal hygromes in ultrasound Turner's syndrome and furthermore in 25% other chromosomal anomalies are found, the value of early and subtle ultrasound examination is to be emphasized. In every case with a sonographic suspicion of an abnormal nuchal area of the fetus, specific prenatal diagnostic investigations should be performed, because of the rare, but possible event of involution of fetal cystic hygroma in ultrasound.


Ryan Giggs will leave Manchester United in the close season to explore opportunities in management away from the club, Sky Sports reported on Friday, citing sources.Giggs has been at United for 29......

Manchester United assistant manager Ryan Giggs has reportedly been offered a new role on the coaching staff led by Jose Mourinho, who is being considered as the favourite to replace Louis van Gaal......


The identification of the periodic behaviour in an epidemic model.
In this paper we study a method for the identification of the unknown parameter of the periodic function and also the first component of the state vector, in a mathematical model which describes the evolution of some diseases with an oro-fecal transmission. To solve the identification problem we use a numerical method to integrate the differential equations system, which reproduces the stability properties of the above mentioned continuous system. The numerical methods which we propose can be applied also to a spatial semi discretization of the reaction-diffusion model which is a diffusive generalization of the system that we consider in this paper. Finally, through an analysis on both the continuous and the discrete system we also obtain a necessary condition on the experimental data in order that a periodic trajectory of the system exists.


June 15, 2011

FTC Denies Dow's Petition to Modify 2009 Settlement

In the latest chapter of the unhappily-ever-after merger between The Dow Chemical Co. and Rohm and Haas Co., the Federal Trade Commission today announced it has denied Dow's petition to modify a 2009 settlement requiring divestiture of a chemical facility in California.

Dow agreed to buy chemical maker Rohm and Haas in July 2008 for $18.8 billion – a substantial shareholder premium. But as the recession took hold, Dow tried to wriggle out of the agreement, citing falling demand for chemicals and the implosion of its joint venture with Kuwait. Rohm and Haas, however, was not about to let Dow off the hook, and sued the company in Delaware to force it to honor the contract. On the eve of trial, Dow backed down and closed the deal.

The FTC had already reviewed the transaction, requiring Dow to sell a range of Rohm and Haas assets after closing to a FTC-approved buyer. The problem came when Dow (as ordered) tried to sell an acrylic latex plant in Torrance, Calif.

It turns out that the FTC-approved buyer, Arkema Inc., did not want to buy either the plant or the land in Torrance. Instead, Arkema agreed to a long-term lease of the plant with an option to buy only the portion of the property where the plant is located. The FTC approved that lease to Arkema in 2010 and gave Dow a one-year extension to sell the remaining property.

Dow, represented by George Cary and Elaine Ewing of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, explained that it has since tried unsuccessfully to sell the whole site, and that it has not yet obtained the municipal approval it needs to subdivide it so it can sell the portion of the land where the plant is located to Arkema.

“Arkema made it unambiguously clear that Arkema was not interested in purchasing the entire Torrance site, which includes several industrial sites leased to and occupied by third parties,” wrote Cary.

Dow asked the FTC to modify the order and allow it to keep the land or to grant a three year extension for Dow to sell it.

The FTC said no. “After reviewing the application, the FTC found that Dow failed to make the required showing that the final order should be reopened, that modifying the order would be in the public interest, or that the FTC should grant the time extension,” according to the agency’s news release, “Further, competitive risks remain if Dow retains control of the Torrance Facility, the FTC found, and there is a strong public interest in Dow’s full compliance with the terms of the final order.”

According to the FTC, "the commission may, if it chooses, appoint a trustee to get the divestiture done, and in the meantime Dow still must pursue divestiture."


EB: Reduced Basal Ganglia Activation in Chronic Fatigue

Reduced basal ganglia activation may play a role in chronic fatigue syndrome, according to a study presented at the Experimental Biology 2012 meeting, held from April 21 to 25 in San Diego.

TUESDAY, April 24 (HealthDay News) -- Reduced basal ganglia activation may play a role in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), according to a study presented at the Experimental Biology 2012 meeting, held from April 21 to 25 in San Diego.

Elizabeth R. Unger, M.D., from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and colleagues used a monetary win-lose gambling task which strongly activates basal ganglia to investigate basal ganglia function in 18 individuals with CFS and 41 non-fatigued, age-, sex-, and race-matched controls. Participants underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging, and activation in basal ganglia regions of interest was measured.

"Many patients with chronic fatigue syndrome encounter a lot of skepticism about their illness," Unger said in a statement. "They have difficulty getting their friends, colleagues, coworkers, and even some physicians to understand their illness. These results provide another clue into the biology of chronic fatigue syndrome."


A couple years back Ubisoft made it clear that Assassin’s Creed was going to be a yearly franchise. Joining the ranks of sports game and Call of Duty, we have received a new Assassin’s Creed game every year since. What they did not tell us back then, however, is that with the Vita, we would receive a second fully-fledged Assassin’s Creed game in 2012. Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation is a spin-off of the Assassin’s Creed III story and takes place within the same time period, but mostly in a different region. You will follow the exploits of Aveline de Grandpré throughout the Louisiana bayou.

The game begins with you as a child walking with your mother, but you soon find yourself lost in the city and eventually part of the nobility. This game takes on a lot of heavy subject matter such as sexism and racism in colonial America since you play as an African-American female. These themes are not overt and in your face, but are instead just a few of the many threads that weave throughout the narrative to pay attention to. Kudos to Ubisoft for addressing sensitive topics in a tasteful way while maintaining a cohesive story. It starts out slow, but picks up over time and you even run into Connor from AC: III during the game.

Fast forward a few years and you are a respected lady in the society. Or maybe you’re an assassin. Or maybe you’re a slave. That’s one of this game’s most interesting facets – each of the three personas can be used in different situations. If you need to take on a large group of enemies, or sneak into an area like a traditional Assassin’s Creed protagonist, it may be best to don the assassin persona. If you need to infiltrate an enemy compound and blend in, maybe the slave persona makes the most sense (at a cost of carrying less gear with you.) Finally, the lady persona is best for blending into regular society, but you cannot run, jump, climb or use any weapons besides your assassin blade and other stealth-based weapons.

Without a doubt, the most impressive thing about this game is the fact that Ubisfot managed to successfully move a massive AC game into the palm of your hand. The areas in the game are huge and sprawling whether it be the dense swamplands or the bustling city. Lighting effects are beautiful and really encourage you to seek out all of the highest areas in the game to check out the wonderful views. The voice acting is, as you would expect, top-notch with an impressive score to match. The graphical fidelity of the cut-scenes is a bit disappointing, as the character models aren’t as detailed up-close as you would hope. In-game everything looks absolutely great though.

Gameplay is silky smooth and really lets you mix things up easily in combat, just like any AC game. With various different weapons and upgrades to purchase, you can take on enemies with a decently sized variety of weapons. Combat typically involves countering enemies attacks and taking out multiple enemies at once by timing your attacks and retaliations very carefully.

Just like any game that involves an agile character climbing around on buildings, some of the suction moments can be really frustrating. For example, while running from rooftop to rooftop, sometimes I would want to jump down onto something below me or aim my trajectory at an angle. Instead, the game essentially tries to predict where you want to land and guides your path. The AC games have always been like that, but it does feel like a step back at times in this installment as I often felt like I wasn’t even in control of my character.

Technically there are “multiplayer” features in the game that try and take advantage of the Vita as a “play when you have the time wherever you want for a couple minutes” device and created a mostly passive experience. Instead of actually interacting with any other players in real time, it’s really just a half-hearted strategy-esque game. It really doesn’t add anything to the experience and would have been nice if whatever effort was put into it was instead reinvested in the single player experience for added polish.

Similar to Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation takes the basic premise and outline of a successful console franchise and puts it onto the Vita. This game is not an example of how to make a franchise handheld-friendly, as it really does beg to be played in long stretches of time instead of short bursts. However, what this game does do, is once again prove that the Vita is entirely capable of producing near console-caliber experiences on a portable device in the palm of your hand. Let’s hope we start getting some original franchises from developers now that show off the Vita’s potential; someone needs to push the system even further.

This review was based on a retail download copy of the game for the PlayStation Vita provided by Ubisoft.

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Sunless Skies delayed as low Early Access sales lead to layoffs at Failbetter Games

Sunless Sea was one of the best games of 2015, a narrative adventure about confronting Lovecraftian horror in the deep ocean, and its success led developers Failbetter Games to Kickstart a sequel and launch their own funding service to help bring other story-driven indies to life.

Unfortunately, six months after launching in Early Access, Sunless Skies has not done nearly as well as its predecessor. According to a new Kickstarter backer update, the game has sold roughly 15% of what Sunless Sea did in the same time period, which the developers attribute to launching too early against a far more competitive field of titles.

“With much regret,” the developers say, “we have just completed a redundancy consultancy process and four of us are leaving as a result.” The company’s struggles mean that Sunless Skies will not make its May release date, but they promise the game’s development is progressing on a solid pace and “there’s no danger of us failing to deliver the project you backed.” A revised launch window is set to be announced this month.

Without the funds to spare, the company will also suspend their Fundbetter program, and will soon prepare to launch the final update for Sunless Sea.

In addition, the Fallen London mobile app will close down this year, though the website will relaunch into more modern-looking version.

“We’re keenly aware that, like all indie studios, we are a small and vulnerable vessel,” the developers say. “We’re committed to keeping this studio open and making games. We’re in no danger of failing to deliver Sunless Skies, and never have been. The decisions we’ve made over the last few months will enable us to make more games after Sunless Skies and be around for many years to come.”


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Big wild Goose Pagoda

Big Wild Goose Pagoda, stands in the compound of the Temple of Great Maternal Grace some four kilometers south of the city proper. It was built in 629 AD to keep the 657 volumes of Buddhist scripture brought back by the famous monk Xuan Zang from India. The monk stayed in the temple for 11 years studying and translating the Buddhist scripture. The pagoda is also a safe for keeping invaluable ancient works of paintings calligraphy and sculpture.


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Semiconductor industry has experienced rapid growth due to continuous improvements in the integration density of various electronic components (e.g., transistors, diodes, resistors, capacitors, etc.). For the most part, this improvement in integration density has come from repeated reductions in minimum feature size, which allows more components to be integrated into a given area. These integration improvements are essentially two-dimensional (2D) in nature, in that the volume occupied by the integrated components is essentially on the surface of the semiconductor wafer. Although dramatic improvements in lithography have resulted in considerable improvement in 2D IC formation, there are physical limits to the density that can be achieved in two dimensions. One of these limits is the minimum size needed to make these components. Also, when more devices are put into one chip, more complex designs are required.
In an attempt to further increase circuit density, three-dimensional (3D) ICs have been investigated. In a typical formation process of a 3D IC, two dies are bonded together and electrical connections are formed between each die and contact pads on a substrate. For example, one attempt involved bonding two dies on top of each other. The stacked dies were then bonded to a carrier substrate and wire bonds electrically coupled contact pads on each die to contact pads on the carrier substrate. This attempt, however, requires a carrier substrate larger than the dies for the wire bonding. More recent attempts have focused on through-substrate vias (TSVs). Generally, the TSV is formed by etching a vertical opening through a substrate and filling the opening with a conductive material, such as copper. The backside of the substrate is thinned to expose the TSVs, and another die is bonded to the exposed TSVs, thereby forming a stacked-die package.


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April 4, 2002
CLA-2-96:RR:NC:SP:233 H89971CATEGORY:CLASSIFICATION MARKINGTARIFF NO.:9603.40.4040
Mr. Mike Daly
Livingston International Trade Services Inc. 100 Walnut Street
Champlain, NY 12919RE: The tariff classification and country of origin marking of natural China bristle paintbrushes assembled in Canada.
Dear Mr. Daly:
In your letter dated March 27, 2002, on behalf of Nour Handcrafted Painting Tools, you requested a tariff classification ruling.
The merchandise to be imported consists of the following natural China bristle paintbrushes:
Model Width
The brush heads will be produced in Vietnam from natural bristle from China. The brush heads will then be shipped to Canada where the process of affixing the brush handle to the brush head will be completed. A complete bill of materials for each model outlining the components, their origin and cost relative to the product has been submitted with your request.
The applicable subheading for the natural China bristle paintbrushes will be 9603.40.4040, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for Paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes (other than brushes of subheading 9603.30); paint pads and rollers: Other: Natural bristle brushes. The general rate of duty will be 4% ad valorem.
You have also inquired as to the country of origin and marking requirements for the paintbrushes.
The marking statute, section 304, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1304), provides that, unless excepted, every article of foreign origin (or its container) imported into the U.S. shall be marked in a conspicuous place as legibly, indelibly and permanently as the nature of the article (or its container) will permit, in such a manner as to indicate to the ultimate purchaser in the U.S. the English name of the country of origin of the article.
As provided in section 134.41(b), Customs Regulations (19 CFR 134.41(b)), the country of origin marking is considered conspicuous if the ultimate purchaser in the U.S. is able to find the marking easily and read it without strain.
With regard to the permanency of a marking, section 134.41(a), Customs Regulations (19 CFR 134.41(a)), provides that as a general rule marking requirements are best met by marking worked into the article at the time of manufacture. For example, it is suggested that the country of origin on metal articles be die sunk, molded in, or etched. However, section 134.44, Customs Regulations (19 CFR 134.44), generally provides that any marking that is sufficiently permanent so that it will remain on the article until it reaches the ultimate purchaser unless deliberately removed is acceptable.
The country of origin of the paintbrushes is Vietnam and they must be marked to indicate Vietnam is the country of origin. The marking “Brush head made in Vietnam, brush assembled in Canada” would be acceptable.
This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Part 177 of the Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177).
A copy of the ruling or the control number indicated above should be provided with the entry documents filed at the time this merchandise is imported. If you have any questions regarding the ruling, contact National Import Specialist Lawrence Mushinske at 646-733-3036.
Sincerely,
Robert B. Swierupski
Director,


Q:

.NET deserialization - multiple types are returned

We have a framework built up whose API is this:
T Deserialize<T>(string to deserialize)
{
    //  XmlSerializer(typeof(T))
    //  deserialize and return
}

We've been passing it things like:
[XmlRoot("apple")]
public class Apple
{
    [XmlElement("Id")]
    public int AppleId { get; set; }
}

this works great when we are returned an apple, however, sometimes we are getting "notAnApple".  So I will either get "apple" or "notAnApple".  When I get "notAnApple", I get an exception.
As we have a lot of code built around this method, I would prefer not to go around changing things like the method signature.  I do, however, have full flexibility into passing whatever class I like into this deserialization method.

A:

Generally you "know" exactly what you're serializing and deserializing.  e.g. you may serialize like this:
serializer.Serialize(stream, new Apple());
serializer.Serialize(stream, new notAnApple());

Then you'd serialize like:
Apple apple = (Apple)deserialzer.Deserialize(stream);
notAnApple peach = (notAnApple)desserializer.Deserialize(stream);

You don't normally randomly try to deserialize data to figure out what it is that you're deserializing.  Technically you already know because you have a specific file format or a specific stream format.


Q:

How to inject java.io.File and then set its name

I have an interesting scenario where I need to inject a File reference into my POJO (so that, in my test classes, I can stub the File and not actually write anything to disk), but the name of the file won't actually be known until runtime:
public class MyPOJO {
    private File file;

    private FileWriter writer;

    // Getter and setter for file & writer

    public void writeToDisk(String message) {
        String fileName = complexLogicToBuildFileName();

        // How do I do the equivalent of: file.setName(fileName);

        try {
            writer.write(message);

            writer.close();
        } catch(IOException ioe) {
            ...
        }
    }
}

public class MyPOJOTest {
    @Test
    public void verifyWriteToDiskAttemptsToWrite() {
        MyPOJO pojo = new MyPOJO();
        File mockFile = Mockito.mock(File.class);
        FileWriter mockWriter = Mockito.mock(FileWriter.class);

        Mockito.doNothing().when(mockWriter).write(Mockito.anyString());

        pojo.setWriter(mockWriter);
        pojo.setFile(mockFile);

        pojo.writeToDisk("This won't write to disk.");

        Mockito.verify(mockWriter).write("This won't write to disk.");
    }
}

The problem is, because of the forced File(String) constructor, I have to bind my injected File instance to a file name before I have a chance to execute complexLogicToBuildFileName(), and this can't be overwritten with a simple setter method. Any ideas as to how I could preserve file and fileWriter as being injected properties (for testability's sake), but still let me use complexLogicToBuildFileName() to name the file? Thanks in advance.

A:

I don't understand why you're injecting a File and a FileWriter, and your POJO derives a filename too (via complexLogicToBuildFileName()).
If you want to abstract out the writing, why not simply inject your POJO with a Writer (interface) and you can choose a mocked version (or even a StringWriter) rather than provide a FileWriter. You can then extract the complexLogicToBuildFileName() into a new object (say, FileNameBuilder) and test that separately.