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Police chief wants officer in Latrobe Elementary
Latrobe's police chief is promoting a plan to place one of his officers in Latrobe Elementary School, a reaction to the shootings of 20 students and six staff in a Connecticut elementary school in December.
A school resource officer would not only provide security at the Ligonier Street school but would serve in an educational role, Chief James Bumar said on Tuesday.
"They definitely would have to be armed. An unarmed security resource officer is the first victim, usually," Bumar said.
Establishing the position is part of Bumar's strategic plan for school security, but he has not presented the proposal to school district or city officials. The district and the city would have to determine how to pay for the position, Bumar said.
Bumar told city council on Monday that he met with Greater Latrobe School District officials to review a strategic plan he has developed in the event a gunman invades the elementary school, the only public school in the city. His police officers and the department's dog toured the school to become familiar with the layout, Bumar said.
He discussed security procedures with district Superintendent Judith Swigart and other school officials and wants to have further meetings with the school board.
Latrobe Deputy Mayor Kenneth Baldonieri said he was not aware of any proposal for a school resource officer. School board President Susan Mains said the board had not discussed the issue because its first meeting since the Dec. 14 shootings in Newtown, Conn., was on Tuesday. The administration has updated its security procedures, Mains said.
The district has not approached the city about stationing a police officer in the elementary school, but the city is willing to work with the district on the matter, city manager Alex Graziani said.
If the school district has the money for such a program and wants a police officer in the school, "that is totally their call," Graziani said.
Swigart said the district has never had a police officer serve as a resource officer in the schools, and the district has does not have funding to pay for a resource officer.
The district has reviewed its safety and security policy with the state and city police and the county Sheriff's Department, Swigart said.
Among school districts in Westmoreland County, Franklin Regional has an agreement with Murrysville to continue its school resource officer program this school year at a cost of almost $71,000.
The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency does not have a dedicated funding stream to provide school districts with a grant for a school resource officer, said Robert K. Merwine, director of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency's Office of Criminal Justice Systems Improvement.
But, the commission announced it received $5.8 million in federal Byrne Justice Assistance Grant funds that are available for local projects that support one or more of nine objectives identified in the commission's strategic plan. A school resource officer component could be considered under this competitive funding opportunity based on how the project aligns with these objectives and funding requirements, Merwine said.
Bumar said he intends to have his officers undergo training in school security to be aware of new developments.
Before entering the school resource officer program, officers undergo 40 hours of special training to function as an officer in school settings, work as a problem solver and develop teaching skills, the state commission said.
The chief said he has no timeline for implementing his plan.
Joe Napsha is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 724-836-3562 or firstname.lastname@example.com


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|Second Floor Reads: A Non-fiction Book Group
Event Type: Adult Reference Program
Date: 1/23/2013
Start Time: 6:30 PM
End Time: 8:00 PM
Fact is not only stranger than fiction, it is more interesting! Let us prove this old adage true; join us for the library's only book group devoted to non-fiction. Visit the Information Desk on the second floor to register and receive a loan copy of the book. For more information, contact Anna Pederson at email@example.com or (847)923-3326.Library: STDL - Central Library
This month's title is The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business.
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The legendary guitarist will release his twenty-first career album this March featuring ex-Beatle Paul McCartney.
"Tears in Heaven" singer and guitarist Eric Clapton is set to release a new album by the end of the first quarter in 2013. Entitled "Old Sock", the album will be the legendary rocker's 21st career LP and his first since his 2010 "Clapton" album. Fellow English music superstar Paul McCartney, formerly of the phenomenal band The Beatles, is featured along with other special guests.
To be released under Clapton's own Bushbranch label, "Old Sock" will carry new version of 10 of his favorite songs from throughout his life plus two new tracks "Every Little" and "Gotta Get Over". McCartney plays bass guitar as he sings the track "All of Me" while R'n'B diva Chaka Khan lends back-up vocals on "Get on Over".
Clapton's old Blind Faith band mate, the Grammy Award-winning instrumentalist Steve Winwood, plays the organ on "Still Got the Blues", while blues legend J.J. Cale plays guitar and sings back-up on the single "Angel". Other tracks featured have the three-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee covering a myriad of genres, from blues to reggae and jazz standards.
In support of the new album, the former The Yardbirds and Cream member will go on a U.S. concert tour that will end in the Crossroads Guitar Festival at the Madison Square Garden. Legendary guitarists B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and The Allman Brothers Band will guest along with their younger contemporaries John Mayer and Gary Clark Jr..


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Poptastic Birthday Cake Pops
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It has been a bit busy around here with the Ladies celebrating the fifth birthday last week. As if two dozen cowgirls yeehawing and galloping around the house would not be exciting enough I decided to try my hand at cake pops instead of goody bags.
I will be honest, cake pops are a bit more work than I thought they would be, but they don't have to be. There are some shortcuts you could take such as using boxed cake mix or store-bought frosting but I was up for the challenge of making them from scratch.
The recipe is on my column What's for Dinner? on Barista Kids. However I'm not suggesting you have them just for dinner, although breakfast is a different matter.
But to summarize with pictures, it all starts with a perfectly good chocolate cake (recipe here)… « Read the rest of this entry »


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Tom Binns Skull and crystal bracelet
Goth and Glamour, two things I never leave home without.
Combine this bracelet with a plastic pumpkin filled with candy and you have yourself a Halloween fiesta. And although this bracelet can stand on its own, adding a few more sparkly friends to the mix would be totally sweet.Added 6 Years Ago from Net-a-Porter
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Precious bracelet! I might give this bracelet to my sister as wedding gift! I am the made of honor and I have duties! ;)
This could be the only time you will ear me say that I want to put "cuffs" on my wrists!!
Fabulous cuff!
I have been looking for a Swarovski cuff like this one for ever!! I would wear it with jeans or a black dress!! Shiny!!
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Back in the 1970s, I was a fan of a weekly TV program called "Little House on the Prairie," which depicted the life of author Laura Ingalls Wilder as a child and young woman on the American frontier. The show was schmaltzy at times, I admit, but it was also educational. And it provided a yardstick by which to measure the "progress"--if you can call it that--we had made in our country.
In the days when the show aired on prime-time television, there was a stark contrast between the lives of the characters on the program--who were early American pioneers--and the lives of the average modern American. The pioneers lived a hard life, fighting to survive in often harsh conditions.
Modern-day citizens, on the other hand, had every convenience the technological age could provide. By comparison, their lives were easy. Today they are even easier.
But there was one thing the pioneers had that many modern Americans don't--close-knit, God-centered families. Family members worked, played and worshiped together. And most of the activities they engaged in, other than those directly related to survival, revolved around the local church.
Today there are more establishments for entertainment in our country than there are churches, and they have tended to separate families rather than bringing them together. There's very little "family time" anymore, either working or playing, and the lack of parent-child interaction has reduced the influence parents have on their offspring. The result is a generation of headstrong kids with few boundaries, underdeveloped consciences and an increased exposure to sin.
To me, that's not progress--and I'll wager you agree. But what can we do about it?
Certainly, we can't change the culture overnight. But we can change it a little at a time. All we have to do is consciously impart to the children of the next generation the biblical values we espouse. Whether we have the opportunity to nurture and train our own kids or influence someone else's, we have the power to make a difference.
Mothers especially have the potential to affect the future of this nation because of their role as carriers--and transmitters--of the culture. Poet William Ross Wallace exalted this role in the 1800s when he wrote of the "divine mission" women have to "keep the young heart open / always to the breath of God." He was perhaps the first to acknowledge that "The hand that rocks the cradle / Is the hand that rules the world."
It will take effort to do what is required--spending time with our children, teaching them the benefit of hard work, making God and church our focal point once again. But if we are faithful to take a stand in this hedonistic age, perhaps we, like the pioneers, will make real progress--and usher in a new era of godliness in our land.
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DBD::Unify - DBI driver for Unify database systems
# Examples marked NYT are Not Yet Tested, they might work # all others have been tested. # man DBI for explanation of each method (there's more than listed here) $dbh = DBI->connect ("DBI:Unify:[\$dbname]", "", $schema, { AutoCommit => 0, ChopBlanks => 1, uni_unicode => 0, uni_verbose => 0, uni_scanlevel => 2, }); $dbh = DBI->connect_cached (...); # NYT $dbh->do ($statement); $dbh->do ($statement, \%attr); $dbh->do ($statement, \%attr, @bind); $dbh->commit; $dbh->rollback; $dbh->disconnect; $all = $dbh->selectall_arrayref ($statement); @row = $dbh->selectrow_array ($statement); $col = $dbh->selectcol_arrayref ($statement); $sth = $dbh->prepare ($statement); $sth = $dbh->prepare ($statement, \%attr); $sth = $dbh->prepare_cached ($statement); # NYT $sth->execute; @row = $sth->fetchrow_array; $row = $sth->fetchrow_arrayref; $row = $sth->fetchrow_hashref; $all = $sth->fetchall_arrayref; $sth->finish; # Statement has placeholders like where field = ? $sth = $dbh->prepare ($statement); $sth->bind_param ($p_num, $bind_value); # NYT $sth->bind_param ($p_num, $bind_value, $bind_type); # NYT $sth->bind_param ($p_num, $bind_value, \%attr); # NYT $sth->bind_col ($col_num, \$col_variable); # NYT $sth->bind_columns (@list_of_refs_to_vars_to_bind); $sth->execute (@bind_values); $cnt = $sth->rows; $sql = $dbh->quote ($string); $err = $dbh->err; $err = $sth->err; $str = $dbh->errstr; $str = $sth->errstr; $stt = $dbh->state; $stt = $sth->state; For large DB fetches the combination $sth->bind_columns () with $sth->fetchrow_arrayref is the fastest (DBI documentation).
DBD::Unify is an extension to Perl which allows access to Unify databases. It is built on top of the standard DBI extension and implements the methods that DBI requires.
This document describes the differences between the "generic" DBD and DBD::Unify.
The DBI docs state that:
Most data is returned to the perl script as strings (null values are returned as undef). This allows arbitrary precision numeric data to be handled without loss of accuracy. Be aware that perl may not preserve the same accuracy when the string is used as a number.
Integers are returned as integer values (perl's IV's).
(Huge) amounts, floats, reals and doubles are returned as strings for which numeric context (perl's NV's) has been invoked already, so adding zero to force convert to numeric context is not needed.
Chars are returned as strings (perl's PV's).
Chars, Dates, Huge Dates and Times are returned as strings (perl's PV's). Unify represents midnight with 00:00, not 24:00.
connect ("DBI:Unify:dbname[;options]" [, user [, auth [, attr]]]);
Options to the connection are passed in the data-source argument. This argument should contain the database name possibly followed by a semicolon and the database options which are ignored.
Since Unify database authorization is done using grant's using the user name, the user argument may be empty or undef. The auth field will be used as a default schema. If the auth field is empty or undefined connect will check for the environment variable $USCHEMA to use as a default schema. If neither exists, you will end up in your default schema, or if none is assigned, in the schema PUBLIC.
At the moment none of the attributes documented in DBI's "ATTRIBUTES COMMON TO ALL HANDLES" are implemented specifically for the Unify DBD driver, but they might have been inherited from DBI. The ChopBlanks attribute is implemented, but defaults to 1 for DBD::Unify. The Unify driver supports "uni_scanlevel" to set the transaction scan level to a value between 1 and 16 and "uni_verbose" to set DBD specific debugging, allowing to show only massages from DBD-Unify without using the default DBI->trace () call.
The connect call will result in statements like:
CONNECT; SET CURRENT SCHEMA TO PUBLIC; -- if auth = "PUBLIC" SET TRANSACTION SCAN LEVEL 7; -- if attr has { uni_scanlevel => 7 }
local database
connect ("/data/db/unify/v63AB", "", "SYS")
It is recommended that the
connect call ends with the attributes { AutoCommit = 0 }>, although it is not implemented (yet).
If you don't want to check for errors after every call use { AutoCommit = 0, RaiseError => 1 }> instead. This will
die with an error message if any DBI call fails.
By default, this driver is completely Unicode unaware: what you put into the database will be returned to you without the encoding applied.
To enable automatic decoding of UTF-8 when fetching from the database, set the
uni_unicode attribute to a true value for the database handle (statement handles will inherit) or to the statement handle.
$dbh->{uni_unicode} = 1;
When CHAR or TEXT fields are retrieved and the content fetched is valid UTF-8, the value will be marked as such.
Though both the syntax and the module support connecting to different databases, even at the same time, the Unify libraries seem to quit connecting to a new database, even if the old one is closed following every rule of precaution.
To be safe in closing a handle of all sorts, undef it after it is done with, it will than be destroyed. (As of 0.12 this is tried internally for handles that proved to be finished)
my $dbh = DBI->connect (...); my $sth = $dbh->prepare (...); : $sth->finish; undef $sth; $dbh->disconnect; undef $dbh;
or implicit:
{ my $dbh = DBI->connect (...); { my $sth = $dbh->prepare (...); while (my @data = $sth->fetchrow_array) { : } } # $sth implicitly destroyed by end-of-scope $dbh->disconnect; } # $dbh implicitly destroyed by end-of-scope
$dbh->do ($statement)
This is implemented as a call to 'EXECUTE IMMEDIATE' with all the limitations that this implies.
DBD::Unify does warn when a commit or rollback is issued on a $dbh with open cursors.
Possibly a commit/rollback/disconnect should also undef the $sth's. (This should probably be done in the DBI-layer as other drivers will have the same problems).
After a commit or rollback the cursors are all ->finish'ed, i.e. they are closed and the DBI/DBD will warn if an attempt is made to fetch from them.
A future version of DBD::Unify might re-prepare the statement.
Just here for DBI. No use in telling the end-user what to do with it :)
There is no way for Unify to tell what data sources might be available. There is no central files (like /etc/oratab for Oracle) that lists all available sources, so this method will always return an empty list.
As DBI's
quote_identifier () gladly accepts the empty string as a valid identifier, I have to override this method to translate empty strings to undef, so the method behaves properly. Unify does not allow to select
NULL as a constant as in:
select NULL, foo from bar;
The only attribute currently supported is the
dbd_verbose (or its alias
uni_verbose) level. See "trace" below.
Note that these five get their info by accessing the
SYS schema which is relatively extremely slow. e.g. Getting all the primary keys might well run into seconds, rather than milliseconds.
This is work-in-progress, and we hope to find faster ways to get to this information. Also note that in order to keep it fast across multiple calls, some information is cached, so when you alter the data dictionary after a call to one of these, that cached information is not updated.
column_info (), the returned
DATA_TYPE is deduced from the
TYPE_NAME returned from
SYS.ACCESSIBLE_COLUMNS. The type is in the ODBC range and the original Unify type and type_name are returned in the additional fields
uni_type and
uni_type_name. Somehow selecting from that table does not return valid statement handles for types
currency and
huge integer.
Create as sth attributes uni_type/uni_type_name ------------------- ------------------- ------------------------- amount FLOAT 6 -4 AMOUNT (9, 2) amount (5, 2) FLOAT 6 -4 AMOUNT (5, 2) huge amount REAL 7 -6 HUGE AMOUNT (15, 2) huge amount (5, 2) REAL 7 -6 HUGE AMOUNT (5, 2) huge amount (15, 2) REAL 7 -6 HUGE AMOUNT (15, 2) byte BINARY -2 -12 BYTE (1) byte (512) BINARY -2 -12 BYTE (512) char CHAR 1 1 CHAR (1) char (12) CHAR 1 1 CHAR (12) currency DECIMAL 3 - ? currency (9) DECIMAL 3 - ? currency (7,2) DECIMAL 3 - ? date DATE 9 -3 DATE huge date TIMESTAMP 11 -11 HUGE DATE decimal NUMERIC 2 2 NUMERIC (9) decimal (2) NUMERIC 2 2 NUMERIC (2) decimal (8) NUMERIC 2 2 NUMERIC (8) double precision DOUBLE PRECISION 8 8 DOUBLE PRECISION (64) float DOUBLE PRECISION 8 6 FLOAT (64) huge integer HUGE INTEGER -5 - ? integer NUMERIC 2 2 NUMERIC (9) numeric NUMERIC 2 2 NUMERIC (9) numeric (2) SMALLINT 5 2 NUMERIC (2) numeric (6) NUMERIC 2 2 NUMERIC (6) real REAL 7 7 REAL (32) smallint SMALLINT 5 2 NUMERIC (4) text TEXT -1 -9 TEXT time TIME 10 -7 TIME
Currently the driver tries to cache information about the schema as it is required. When there are fields added, removed, or altered, references are added or removed or primary keys or unique hashes are added or removed it is wise to call
$dbh->uni_clear_cache to ensure that the info on next inquiries will be up to date.
DBI->trace (level) call will promote the level to DBD::Unify, showing both the DBI layer debugging messages as well as the DBD::Unify specific driver-side debug messages.
It is however also possible to trace only the DBD-Unify without the
DBI->trace () call by using the
uni_verbose attribute on
connect () or by setting it later to the database handle, the default level is set from the environment variable
$DBD_TRACE if defined:
$dbh = DBI->connect ("DBI::Unify", "", "", { uni_verbose => 3 }); $dbh->{uni_verbose} = 3;
As DBD::Oracle also supports this scheme since version 1.22,
dbd_verbose is a portable alias for
uni_verbose, which is also supported in DBD::Oracle.
DBD::Unify now also allows an even finer grained debugging, by allowing
dbd_verbose on statement handles too. The default
dbd_verbose for statement handles is the global
dbd_verbose at creation time of the statement handle.
The environment variable
DBD_VERBOSE is used if defined and overrules
$dbh->{dbd_verbose} = 4; $sth = $dbh->prepare ("select * from foo"); # sth's dbd_verbose = 4 $dbh->{dbd_verbose} = 3; # sth's dbd_verbose = 4 $sth->{dbd_verbose} = 5; # now 5
Currently, the following levels are defined:
No DBD messages implemented at level 1 and 2, as they are reserved for DBI
DBD::Unify::dbd_db_STORE (ScanLevel = 7) DBD::Unify::st_prepare u_sql_00_000000 ("select * from foo") DBD::Unify::st_prepare u_sql_00_000000 (<= 4, => 0) DBD::Unify::st_execute u_sql_00_000000 DBD::Unify::st_destroy 'select * from parm' DBD::Unify::st_free u_sql_00_000000 DBD::Unify::st 0x7F7F25CC 0x0000 0x0000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 DBD::Unify::st destroyed DBD::Unify::db_disconnect DBD::Unify::db_destroy
Level 3 plus errors and additional return codes and field types and values:
DBD::Unify::st_prepare u_sql_00_000000 ("select c_bar from foo where c_foo = 1") After allocate, sqlcode = 0 After prepare, sqlcode = 0 After allocate, sqlcode = 0 After describe, sqlcode = 0 After count, sqlcode = 0, count = 1 DBD::Unify::fld_describe o_sql_00_000000 (1 fields) After get, sqlcode = 0 DBD::Unify::st_prepare u_sql_00_000000 (<= 1, => 0) DBD::Unify::st_execute u_sql_00_000000 After open, sqlcode = 0 (=> 0) DBD::Unify::st_fetch u_sql_00_000000 Fetched sqlcode = 0, fields = 1 After get, sqlcode = 0 Field 1: c_bar: NUMERIC 4: (6030) 6030 == Fetch done DBD::Unify::st_finish u_sql_00_000000 After close, sqlcode = 0 DBD::Unify::st_destroy 'select c_bar from foo where c_foo = 1' DBD::Unify::st_free u_sql_00_000000 After deallocO, sqlcode = 0 After deallocU, sqlcode = 0
Level 4 plus some content info:
DBD::Unify::st_fetch u_sql_00_000000 Fetched sqlcode = 0, fields = 1 After get, sqlcode = 0 Field 1: [05 00 04 00 00] c_bar: NUMERIC 4: (6030) 6030 == Fetch done
Level 5 plus internal coding for exchanges and low(er) level return codes:
DBD::Unify::fld_describe o_sql_00_000000 (1 fields) After get, sqlcode = 0 Field 1: [05 00 04 00 FFFFFFFF] c_bar DBD::Unify::st_prepare u_sql_00_000000 (<= 1, => 0)
Level 6 plus destroy/cleanup states:
DBD::Unify::st_free u_sql_00_000000 destroy allocc destroy alloco After deallocO, sqlcode = 0 destroy alloci destroy allocp After deallocU, sqlcode = 0 destroy stat destroy growup destroy impset
No messages (yet) set to level 8 and up.
As this module is probably far from complete, so will the TODO list most likely will be far from complete. More generic (test) items are mentioned in the README in the module distribution.
Check if all documented handle (database- and statement-) attributes are supported and work as expected.
local $dbh->{RaiseError} = 0; local $sth->{FetchHashKeyName} = "NAME";
Allow setting and getting statement attributes. A specific example might be
$sth->{PrintError} = 0; $sth->{FetchHashKeyName} = "NAME_uc";
Investigate and implement 3-argument versions of $sth->bind_param ()
Investigate if looks_as_number () should be used in st_bind (). Comments are in where it should.
Try finding a way to open several different Unify databases at the same time for parallel (or at least sequential) processing.
The DBI documentation in DBI, a lot of web pages, some very good, the Perl 5 DBI Home page (http://dbi.perl.org/), other DBD modules' documentation (DBD-Oracle is probably the most complete), the comp.lang.perl.modules newsgroup and the dbi-users mailing list (mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com)
DBI/DBD was developed by Tim Bunce, who also developed the DBD::Oracle.
H.Merijn Brand developed the DBD::Unify extension.
Todd Zervas has given a lot of feedback and patches.
Copyright (C) 1999-2017 H.Merijn Brand
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.


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The NCAA Infractions Enforcement Process - Role of Counsel
For schools and coaches involved in the NCAA infractions enforcement process, the process can be confusing, labor-intensive, and reputation and career threatening. Legal counsel can help schools and coaches navigate the process and mitigate its negative consequences. As in other practice areas, the assistance that legal counsel can provide to schools and coaches regarding the NCAA infractions enforcement process includes giving proactive risk management guidance, investigating potential misconduct, researching and applying legislation and case precedent, preparing clients for interviews and hearings, and advocating clients' positions to opposing parties and fact finders.
The NCAA is a voluntary association of colleges and universities that governs college athletics competition among its members. NCAA schools and their coaches agree to abide by NCAA bylaws which address issues such as amateurism, recruiting, financial aid, academic eligibility, and parameters of practice and competition. NCAA bylaws also establish procedures whereby the association enforces compliance with its bylaws. These compliance procedures are generally referred to as the "infractions enforcement process."
A school or coach becomes involved in the infractions enforcement process when the school internally discovers a potential bylaw violation or when the NCAA enforcement staff, the association's staff tasked with investigating potential bylaw violations, becomes aware of a potential violation. Once the infractions enforcement process begins, its course depends upon whether the school or the enforcement staff concludes that a violation occurred and, if so, the perceived severity of the violation.
Currently, violations are categorized as "secondary" or "major."
If a secondary violation appears to have occurred, then generally, a school submits a self-report regarding the violation and resulting self-imposed sanctions to the enforcement staff, and the enforcement staff concludes the case by accepting the school's report, sometimes with the imposition of additional sanctions.
If a major violation appears to have occurred, then the enforcement staff issues a Notice of Allegations setting forth the alleged violation, and the process continues on one of two paths: Summary Disposition or a Committee on Infractions hearing.
In Summary Disposition, the enforcement staff, the school, and any coach named in the Notice of Allegations agree on the underlying facts and appropriate sanctions. Then, they jointly submit a report about the violation and resulting self-imposed sanctions to the Committee on Infractions. If, as usually occurs, the Committee accepts the report (sometimes with additional sanctions the school and involved coaches find acceptable), then the case is concluded.
The Committee on Infractions hearing path generally occurs when violations are particularly egregious or when the enforcement staff and the school or an involved coach cannot agree about the existence or scope of a violation. The case is then presented for the Committee's consideration at a hearing. When the Committee publishes a finding, either a school or an involved coach can appeal the finding to the Infractions Appeals Committee; however, the grounds for appeal are very narrow. NCAA bylaws do not provide for further appeals from an Infractions Appeals Committee decision. If sanctions are imposed, a school must document its compliance with those sanctions.
NCAA bylaws regarding the "obligations of membership," the "cooperative principle," and "unethical conduct" set conduct expectations for schools and coaches during the infractions enforcement process. Failure to meet these expectations can result in increased sanctions, so the enforcement staff possesses significant investigative leverage during the infractions enforcement process, even in the absence of subpoena power. Generally, these bylaws require schools and coaches to affirmatively assist the enforcement staff with the investigation of possible violations, even when such assistance will establish misconduct. An important task of legal counsel during the infractions enforcement process is to help the client meet the association's investigative conduct expectations and avoid additional sanctions for perceived uncooperativeness.
The assistance legal counsel can provide regarding the NCAA infractions enforcement process depends upon whether the client is a school or a coach as well as the phase of the process. Generally, the process can be considered in four phases: (1) proactive, (2) NCAA investigation, (3) Committee on Infractions hearing, and (4) post-hearing.
Proactive Phase
The proactive phase actually occurs prior to the initiation of the infractions enforcement process. It consists of the period in which a school or coach does not possess information indicating a major violation.
Assistance for Schools
The period in which a school does not possess information indicating a major violation provides an opportunity for legal counsel to help a school proactively reduce its violation risks. Legal counsel can analyze and audit a school's NCAA compliance procedures, recommend best practices, and educate school administrators and coaches about recent Committee on Infractions decisions and other NCAA compliance developments. Such an approach reduces the likelihood of inadvertent violations; deters intentional violations; increases the likelihood of timely detecting violations; and demonstrates institutional commitment to NCAA compliance, which may mitigate sanctions resulting from violations that occur and reduce the risk that the Committee on Infractions finds "failure to monitor" or "lack of institutional control" by the school.
If a school discovers information suggesting a violation, legal counsel can help the school organize and conduct a preliminary inquiry regarding the existence and severity of the potential violation in a manner that is consistent with enforcement staff procedures and does not prejudice any future investigation the enforcement staff may conduct. If the preliminary inquiry indicates that no violation occurred, the involvement of legal counsel protects the school's leaders against subsequent charges of poor oversight if later developments demonstrate that a violation actually occurred. If the preliminary inquiry indicates a likely secondary violation, the assistance of outside counsel with conducting the inquiry, drafting a well-written report, and suggesting appropriate self-imposed sanctions increases the chance that the enforcement staff will conclude the case by accepting the school's report. If the preliminary inquiry indicates a major violation which must be reported to the enforcement staff, the school's engagement of legal counsel to conduct the inquiry demonstrates a commitment to NCAA compliance, with the benefits noted above. Additionally, by participating in the preliminary inquiry, legal counsel can most effectively advise a school about possible corrective and remedial measures.
Assistance for Coaches
As with schools, the period in which a coach does not possess information indicating a major violation provides the opportunity for legal counsel to help the coach proactively reduce his violation risks. Legal counsel can update the coach and his or her assistants about NCAA compliance developments, monitor the coach's implementation of enforcement staff suggestions for demonstrating "coach control," and serve as an additional resource from which the coach can seek NCAA compliance advice. This approach reduces the likelihood of a coaching staff inadvertently violating NCAA bylaws, and it helps a coach demonstrate an effort to "promote an atmosphere of NCAA rules compliance." Consequently, if a violation still occurs in the coach's program, the Committee on Infractions will be less likely to find a "lack of coach control" and more likely to mitigate the severity of the sanctions imposed upon the coach and program.
If a coach becomes aware of a potential violation, legal counsel can help the coach properly report information in a manner that meets the coach's obligations under NCAA bylaws and the coach's employment agreement. If the information clearly indicates a secondary violation, legal counsel can help the coach evaluate potential self-imposed penalties and propose those penalties to appropriate school leaders. If the information indicates a potential major violation, legal counsel can advise the coach about how to interact with relevant individuals so as to prevent new violations but not prejudice likely institutional or enforcement staff investigations and not appear to be covering-up existing violations. At this phase of the process, legal counsel can also educate the coach about the investigative process that is likely to occur and discuss best-case and worst-case outcomes.
NCAA Investigation Phase
During the NCAA investigation phase, the enforcement staff investigates and analyzes whether a violation occurred and, if so, the severity of the violation. This phase starts when a school notifies the enforcement staff about a potential major violation, when the enforcement staff decides to independently review a school's report of a secondary violation, or when the enforcement staff notifies a school about information indicating a potential major violation. Although NCAA bylaws authorize the enforcement staff to investigate a potential violation up to the date of a Committee on Infractions hearing, this phase generally ends when the enforcement staff publishes its Notice of Allegations.
Assistance for Schools
The NCAA investigation phase of a major violation case regularly involves conducting dozens of interviews and reviewing thousands of pages of documents. Even schools with well-resourced athletics departments and in-house legal teams seldom have sufficient on-campus personnel to fully and effectively participate in the investigative process. This is particularly true when the participation of some school administrators must be limited due to their possible involvement in or knowledge of a potential violation or their oversight responsibility for the people or program being investigated. For practical and perception reasons, a school generally benefits from conducting a "joint" or "cooperative" investigation with the enforcement staff. Consequently, legal counsel can greatly assist a school simply by serving as the school's project-dedicated, primary representative in the investigation.
The NCAA's expectations regarding a school's conduct during the infractions enforcement process obligate a school to facilitate enforcement staff interviews with employees, student-athletes, and third parties; to provide academic, financial, phone, and e-mail records as well as other institutional documents; to declare ineligible and withhold from competition student-athletes if information indicates their involvement in a violation; to report additional violations uncovered during the investigation; and to maintain confidentiality about the investigation. Broadly, the role of legal counsel in this phase is to facilitate a thorough investigation that demonstrates the school's cooperation and to keep senior school leaders appropriately informed within the bounds of the NCAA's confidentiality requirements.
Beyond merely facilitating enforcement staff interviews, legal counsel can educate school employees and student-athletes who are going to be interviewed about interview procedures, particularly the right to personal legal counsel. During enforcement staff interviews, legal counsel can ask follow-up questions. Legal counsel can suggest additional interviews to the enforcement staff, particularly if those interviews could elicit mitigating information. If the enforcement staff declines to conduct such additional interviews, then legal counsel can independently pursue them. In regard to document production, legal counsel can help a school gather or produce information requested by the enforcement staff and present the material in an organized manner.
If the enforcement staff's investigation reveals serious flaws in a school's compliance procedures or serious misconduct by a school's employees, student-athletes, or boosters, legal counsel can provide objective analysis regarding the prompt implementation of corrective and remedial measures, which may include employment actions, withholding student-athletes from contests, disassociating boosters from the school, and enhancing the school's compliance procedures. In particular, legal counsel can help a school appropriately balance (i) the need to act decisively to prevent additional violations and to reinforce the importance of NCAA compliance and institutional control versus (ii) the need to comply with the requirements of Due Process, the provisions of applicable employment agreements, and other relevant policies and standards.
Legal counsel should regularly discuss investigative developments and share analysis about those developments with the enforcement staff in order to shape the publication of a Notice of Allegations that accurately reflects the nature and scope of conduct revealed during the investigation. For example, legal counsel can advocate that a violation is secondary rather than major or that a school's compliance oversights demonstrate failure to appropriately monitor an issue but not a lack of institutional control. This role is increasingly important because a permissive charging standard permits the enforcement staff to allege violations which are not strongly supported. In turn, Notice of Allegations contents regarding public school (and even private schools) are increasingly reported by the media and are considered as conclusions or findings by the public because NCAA bylaws prohibit a school from publicly commenting about the merits of the allegations.
Assistance for Coaches
A threshold issues that legal counsel can help a coach analyze during the investigation phase of a major infractions case is the extent to which the coach wants to participate in the process. A coach employed at a NCAA school is required to fully cooperate. Although a coach who is no longer employed at a NCAA school is also expected to cooperate and can face sanctions for non-cooperation, the coach may decide that the burden of participating in the process outweighs likely non-cooperation sanctions.
Even for a coach who fully cooperates in the infractions enforcement process, the coach's involvement in the investigation phase of a major violation case is limited to participating in his own enforcement staff interviews and providing documents requested by the enforcement staff. Therefore, legal counsel's main role is to assist the coach with enforcement staff interviews and document production. Because the enforcement staff does not disclose interview topics prior to an interview, this assistance begins with identifying potential interview topics and exploring the coach's knowledge of those topics. This preparation may involve legal counsel independently gathering information in a manner that does not expose the coach to allegations of interfering with the investigation. During an enforcement staff interview, legal counsel can seek clarification of confusing questions, prompt the coach to provide additional explanatory information, and protect the coach from unnecessarily repetitive or harassing questions. In terms of document requests by the enforcement staff, legal counsel can analyze the reasonableness of the requests and help the coach respond accordingly. For example, if the enforcement staff requests a coach's phone or financial records, it may be appropriate to redact certain information or to allow only in camera inspection.
Similar to legal counsel for a school, a coach's legal counsel should maintain regular contact with the enforcement staff to shape the publication of a Notice of Allegations that accurately reflects the coach's conduct. For example, legal counsel can advocate that a violation is secondary rather than major, that a coach should not be personally named in an allegation even if a violation occurred regarding the coach's program, and that the occurrence of a violation does not warrant a "lack of coach control" allegation. If a coach is still employed at the school being investigated, legal counsel should also maintain regular conduct with top school leaders and the school's legal counsel. Topics which legal counsel can discuss with school representatives include the coach's efforts to cooperate with the investigation, the school and coach's impressions of the investigative information related to the coach and his program, the impact of the investigation upon the coach's continuing employment, and the nature and scope of possible self-imposed sanctions upon the coach and his or her program.
Committee on Infractions Hearing Phase
The Committee on Infractions hearing phase of a major infractions case begins when enforcement staff publishes its Notice of Allegations and ends with the Committee's acceptance of a Summary Disposition report or the conclusion of the Committee hearing. Whether the case is resolved via Summary Disposition or a Committee on Infractions hearing, this period generally lasts approximately five months. In cases in which Summary Disposition is possible, the enforcement staff, the school, and any coach named in the Notice of Allegations produce an agreed-upon report for the Committee. This process typically involves the exchange of several drafts of the report, which is generally twenty to one-hundred pages long depending upon the circumstances of the case. If Summary Disposition is not viable, the school and any named coach have ninety days to respond in writing to the Notice of Allegations. Then, the enforcement staff has four to six weeks to draft a Case Summary, which is essentially the enforcement staff's response to the school and coach's responses. Upon receipt of the Case Summary, the school and coach have approximately a week to submit additional information to the Committee, all of which must be submitted at least ten days prior to the Committee hearing. Most Committee hearing are completed in a single day, although occasionally a hearing extends into a second day.
Assistance for Schools
The threshold issue that legal counsel can help a school analyze during the Committee hearing phase of a major infractions case is whether Summary Disposition is viable. This initially involves determining whether the case is so serious that the Committee will require a hearing. If that bridge is crossed, then legal counsel can help the school determine whether it is willing to stipulate to a description of violations to which both the enforcement staff and any named coach will also agree. In order to help a school assess these issues, legal counsel can assist the school with the time consuming process of analyzing the full record of the case in light of NCAA bylaws, legislative interpretations, and prior Committee decisions. If Summary Disposition is possible, then legal counsel can lead the school's drafting and editing work regarding the Summary Disposition report.
When Summary Disposition is not possible, a school's obligation to submit a written response to each allegation in the Notice of Allegations necessitates the time-consuming process of analyzing the full record of the case, researching applicable NCAA bylaws and precedents, drafting an explanatory narrative regarding every alleged violation; and gathering and collating supporting exhibits. A school's engagement of legal counsel can substantially alleviate a school's logistical and resource burdens related to responding to the Notice of Allegations. Even before the actual drafting process begins, legal counsel can help the school develop a response strategy which includes deciding which, if any, allegations to dispute as well as what corrective and disciplinary measures to self-impose prior to the hearing, including employment action.
When the school receives the enforcement staff's Case Summary, legal counsel can help the school review the document for factual accuracy. In regard to allegations which the school's response disputed or provided mitigating information, legal counsel can help the school analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the enforcement staff's arguments set forth in the Case Summary. If the Case Summary contains factual inaccuracies or weakly supported arguments, legal counsel can help the school decide whether to address those concerns by submitting a supplemental response to the Committee. If a supplemental response is appropriate, legal counsel can help the school promptly draft the document within the brief period allowed for submitting additional information.
Prior to the Committee on Infractions hearing, legal counsel can prepare the school's representatives for the hearing experience. This preparation can include explaining the hearing process and reviewing the investigative record regarding each allegation for the people who will attend the hearing, helping the school's president draft opening and closing statements, and even staging a mock hearing for practice purposes.
At the hearing itself, legal counsel can serve as the primary presenter of the school's position regarding each allegation and the primary responder on behalf of the school to questions from the Committee. If specific issues can be best addressed by particular school representatives like the compliance director or the athletics director, legal counsel can coordinate the school's presentation to be sure that the Committee hears from the representative best suited to address each issue.
Assistance for Coaches
As with a school, the threshold issue that legal counsel can help a coach analyze during the Committee hearing phase is whether Summary Disposition is desirable. If the coach and the school under investigation still have a viable employment relationship, it is often in the coach's best interest to adopt the school's position regarding Summary Disposition, even if the coach does not fully agree with the description of violations that the school is willing to accept. If Summary Disposition is pursued, legal counsel can draft the coach's portion of the Summary Disposition report to the extent anything beyond what the school submits is required.
When Summary Disposition is not possible, a coach is expected to submit a written response to each allegation in the Notice of Allegations that names the coach. Again, the nature of the coach's response may depend upon whether the coach is still employed by the school under investigation. If so, legal counsel can assist the coach by working with the school to craft responses that align as closely as possible. However, even in this circumstance, the process of analyzing the case file, conducting NCAA research, discussing information with the school's representatives, and drafting an explanatory narrative regarding each relevant allegation is extremely time-consuming and beyond the practical ability of most coaches to effectively accomplish without the assistance of legal counsel. If the coach is no longer employed by the school under investigation, it becomes even more important for a coach to engage legal counsel to help respond to the Notice of Allegations, because the coach's former school is likely to place as much blame as possible for any violation on the coach.
As with a school, when the enforcement staff's Case Summary is published, legal counsel can help a coach review the document for factual accuracy, analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the enforcement staff's assertions about the coach's conduct, decide whether the coach should submit a supplemental response to the Committee, and write the coach's supplemental response if needed.
Prior to the Committee on Infractions hearing, legal counsel can prepare a coach for the hearing by explaining the hearing process, reviewing the investigative record with the coach, helping the coach draft opening and closing statements, and vigorously questioning the coach during mock hearing practice sessions. At the hearing itself, legal counsel can advocate for the coach by presenting the coach's position regarding relevant allegations. Legal counsel can also help the coach provide on-point responses to Committee questions, and as necessary, help the coach keep his emotions in check.
Post-Hearing Phase
After the Committee on Infractions hearing, the Committee usually takes ten to twelve weeks to publish its finding. Under current NCAA procedures, schools and coaches receive only twenty-four hour notice that the finding will be released and do not actually learn the result of the Committee's deliberations until the day on which the finding is released. The Committee's finding includes a description of the violations that the Committee determined occurred, a classification of the violations as secondary or major, and a list of sanctions imposed upon the school and any coach found responsible for a violation. Upon the publication of the Committee's finding, a school or coach has only fifteen days in which to file notice of intent to appeal any part of the finding. The appealing party can agree to an appeal based upon written submissions only or can request an appeal hearing. In either case, once the Infractions Appeals Committee acknowledges receipt of the notice of intent to appeal, the appealing party has only one month to submit its appeal. Then, similar to the Committee on Infractions hearing process, the Committee has approximately one month to submit a document supporting its finding, and the appealing party has a brief final opportunity to submit additional information before the Infractions Appeals Committee hearing.
Assistance for Schools
When a school learns the results of the Committee's deliberations, the school has only a few hours to analyze the finding and determine whether and, if so, how to publicly respond when the finding is published. At this point, legal counsel can assist the school by analyzing the tone of the Committee's language and the severity of the sanctions imposed by the Committee and placing the Committee's conclusions in context compared to other Committee findings.
Given the short window for filing a notice of intent to appeal and then drafting the actual appeal document, legal counsel can help promptly research and analyze the school's chances for successfully appealing any portion of the Committee's finding. If the school seems inclined to pursue an appeal, legal counsel can begin reviewing the record of the Committee hearing and drafting the school's appellate argument even before the school files its notice of intent to appeal. As in the Committee on Infractions hearing phase, when the school receives the Committee's defense of its finding, legal counsel can help the school review the document for factual accuracy and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the Committee's arguments. Then, legal counsel can help the school promptly submit its final appellate document to the Infractions Appeals Committee. If the appeal proceeds to a hearing, then legal counsel can prepare the school's representatives for the hearing and represent the school at the hearing.
If a school decides not to appeal a Committee on Infractions finding, or if relief from sanctions is not granted on appeal, NCAA bylaws obligate the school to comply with the Committee's sanctions and to periodically report the school's compliance to the Committee. Legal counsel can assist the school with both of these requirements by periodically auditing the school's compliance with the sanctions and drafting follow-up reports for submission to the Committee.
The conclusion of any appeal activity in the post-hearing phase of the infractions enforcement process essentially brings the process full-circle and once again provides an opportunity for legal counsel to help a school proactively reduce its future violation risks.
Assistance for Coaches
Like a school, a coach has only a few hours between learning the results of the Committee's deliberations and being confronted by the media about the Committee's finding. If the coach is employed at a NCAA school when the finding is published, the school can help the coach make an appropriate public statement. However, if the coach is not currently employed at a school, legal counsel can help the coach analyze the Committee's finding and, if the coach desires, distribute a statement about the finding from the coach to the media.
Legal counsel can also help the coach make a timely decision about whether to appeal any portion of the Committee's finding. Pursuant to NCAA bylaws, a coach's pursuit of an appeal stays the implementation of any sanction appealed by the coach, so an unsuccessful appeal effectively extends the duration of the sanction by the length of time it takes to process the appeal. As such, thorough and objective analysis about the prospect for a successful appeal is particularly valuable to a coach who is out of work when the Committee's finding is published. If a coach decides to appeal the Committee's finding, legal counsel can assist the coach by researching and writing the appeal, preparing the coach for the appellate hearing, and advocating for the coach at the hearing in much the same manner as occurs in the Committee on Infractions hearing phase.
A coach who is sanctioned by the Committee on Infractions may face a number of employment related issues in which the assistance of legal counsel can be helpful. Primarily, a coach may face a situation in which a school attempts to utilize a Committee finding to justify reassigning the coach or terminating the coach's employment for cause. Furthermore, a coach who has been sanctioned by the Committee is almost certain to encounter unfavorable proposed terms regarding termination for cause during future employment negotiations. If a coach is fortunate enough to remain employed at a NCAA school during the period of the Committee's sanctions, legal counsel can help the coach by auditing and documenting the coach's compliance with the sanctions, which once again provides an opportunity for legal counsel to help the coach proactively reduce his future violation risks.
As with other legal matters, a school or coach's retention of legal counsel regarding the NCAA infractions enforcement process neither prevents the occurrence of a violation nor guarantees that an investigation into a potential violation will not result in significant negative consequences for the school or coach. However, there are many ways in which legal counsel can assist a school or coach regarding the infractions enforcement process, and the retention of quality legal counsel generally facilitates more efficient and less damaging outcomes for schools and coaches alike. Prudent school leaders and astute coaches recognize the value of assistance from legal counsel in NCAA compliance related matters, which is why fewer and fewer school or coaches attempt to represent themselves in regard to the infractions enforcement process.


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The expenditure of over $9,000,000 for assistance to more than 1,000,000 needy Jews in some fifty countries throughout the world is recorded in the annual report of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee which has just been issued, covering the year 1940 and the first five months of 1941. A picture of world wide Jewish distress is given in the report's country-by-country tabulation of the amounts expended by the Joint Distribution Committee for programs of war and emergency relief, emigration, child care, medical aid, vocational training, resettlement and other forms of help to Jewish victims of war and persecution on four continents.
The text of the report contains a "Timetable of Jewish Tragedy", listing the major events affecting overseas Jewish populations from January 1940 through May 1941, and showing their repercussions in the field of Jewish needs. The tabulation indicates that Jewish populations which fell under Nazi domination during the period under review aggregated close to 2,000,000.
Despite war and the complications of overseas travel, 75,000 Jews were able to emigrate from Germany and German-dominated lands during the seventeen months under review, bringing the number of Jewish refugees who have left German territories since 1933 to over 500,000.
The report contains facts and figures concerning the status of Jewish populations in each of the overseas countries where the J.D.C. renders aid.
The report, says Edward M. M. Warburg, chairman of the J.D.C., in an introduction, "is the story of an American organization, led by a group of devoted laymen and a small professional staff, which is carrying out the seemingly impossible task of overseas relief and reconstruction during the most turbulent period of modern times. It is the story of how a philanthropic agency, privately financed and administered, lacking official status but propelled by motives of good will and helpfulness, has hurdled obstacle after obstacle caused by war's chaos in its task of life-giving aid.
Pointing out that the position of the J.D.C. has always been "that none of the funds it expended for humanitarian objectives should be placed where they might benefit the forces of totalitarianism", Mr. Warburg states that the J.D.C. has been able to continue its operations in Germany and German-dominated countries without sending American dollars into those territories, and without violating the British blockade. Clearance arrangements are employed to help the victims of aggression without helping the aggressors.


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Co-founder and CEO of FEED Projects, Lauren Bush Lauren, combines her love for fashion design and philanthropy in her fashion line ?Lauren Pierce?. Crafted from high-end eco-friendly fabrics and hand dyed by women in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, the brightly colored dresses are a celebration of women?s creativity and livelihood. A conscious expression of Lauren?s desire to create both beautiful and meaningful products.
What creative ventures are you working on at the moment?\
Lauren Pierce, FEED Projects, and Teddy Share.
What are your three favorite off-the-beaten-track stores in the world?
Albertine in the West Village and Merci in Paris.
What is your favorite vacation destination? Where do you stay when there?
Amalfi coast- San Pietro Hotel.
How would you describe your personal style?
Laid-back, classic with a bit of an international flair.
Do you have any tricks or secrets for traveling in style?
Try not to over-pack. Bags always grow in size and weight throughout a trip, so best to start as light as possible.
What are three things you have to bring every time you travel (aside from necessities like phone, wallet, passport, etc.)?
Clarins Shea butter face wash, FEED 10 pouch, my old Leica M6 camera.
What city has the best nightlife? What is your favorite spot to visit when there?
What are three things every woman should have in her wardrobe?
Cozy cardigan sweater, a great black dress, and ballet flats.
What are your top three picks from L-atitude.com?
Wanderlust scarf, FIFTH AVENUE SHOE REPAIR Chiffon Wrap Dress and a Lauren Pierce wrap dresses ofcourse!
What is the best shopping find you've ever made while traveling?
Maasai beaded sandals in Kenya.
What is your favorite market bazaar to shop at?
Paris flea markets.
What is one destination you've never been to that you're dying to visit?
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Priyanka Chopra made men drool over her sizzling dance moves in items songs like Babli badmaash and Pinky and is now super excited for her item number in Ram Leela and says, her's is a modern day mujra.
The song has Indian vibes with a western touch. "The song is very different and special because I am a huge fan of Mr. Bhansali. It's a modern mujra which you all have not seen for a long time. It's a mujra, but modern. It's got Indian music and vibes, but still western and contemporary. "It has got a different look, different form of dancing and I didn't have time to rehearse. I used to rehearse at night," Priyanka told reporters here.
Buzz was that initially, Aishwarya Rai was approached for the song. However, she wan't very keen on doing item songs and hence Priyanka Chopra grabbed the opportunity.
Ram Leela features Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone in the lead and will release on 15 November.


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Fergie enjoyed time on the beach in Rio's Ipanema Beach in Brazil on Thursday (April 4). The pregnant singer walked along the shore and kicked around in the sea before heading to get some smoothies.
Earlier in the day she visited the Cantagalo neighborhood and posed for photographers at the new Hugo Boss store at a shopping mall. Later on it was off to Sao Paulo where her fans greeted her. At one point she was seen throwing candy from her hotel balcony.
Meanwhile back in the States – Josh Duhamel has been gushing over his wife. E! News reports the actor was on Chelsea Lately when he talked about the pregnancy.
"Yes, we are over the moon about it. We've been trying for this for quite a while."
Asked if he will be in the delivery room – he replied, "Uhh, I will be there. She says that I can't be anywhere below right here," he said, gesturing to his face. "Because, you know, some women get nervous about that. For me I think it's a beautiful thing. Why not?"
The Safe Haven star added, "'Until you actually go through it yourself, because you know all my friends have told me about it, they've said, 'You know, it's the most amazing thing you've ever been through; wait until you hold the baby for the first time. And then you actually look at her and you see that there's an actual baby inside of there. It's unbelievable."View Slideshow »»


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I felt bad for Shinwoo and Jeremy who've fallen in love with Mi Nam. I hated to see their reactions when they both got rejected. At the same time though, I'm happy to see that they accepted it and still good friends with her. I was expecting a different ending, but it was still good. I'd give it 4.5 out of 5 stars, since I can't it's 4 out of 5 stars for me.


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How to Calculate Gross Profit
Gross Profit simply tells you how much money from sales you have left after all direct costs relating to those sales have been subtracted. If you have had your accounts done its very easy to work out what your companies gross profit was in that financial period by looking at the income statement, take the revenue/turnover figure and subtract the cost of goods sold, its as simple as that.
When an investor is analysing a business, gross profit is one of the most important figures because it is considered to be a good indicator of how efficient the business is in terms of how they use labor and supplies in the process of producing the goods or service, and in addition can be used to calculate gross profit percentage also known as gross profit margin. The Selling Price Calculator App which is now available in the App Store is also a gross profit calculator and a profit margin calculator, however calculating gross profit alone is a simple calculation as follows:
Gross profit = Net sales – Cost of goods sold.
The only issue in this calculation is ascertaining which costs to the business are direct costs to the production or provision of the goods or services, once this is done calculating gross profit is easy. Once you have this figures its time to work out your businesses gross profit margins which can be used to guide pricing and promotion decisions a business owner has to make.
Gross margin is usually expressed as a percentage, and is essentially the difference between the selling price and the cost of the goods/services provided. The calculation is as follows:
Gross margin percentage = (Turnover – Cost of goods sold) / Turnover
Unlike many other financial metrics the gross profit margin is a tool you can use to chart your company's future rather than analysing whats gone before.
So now you know how to work out gross profit and gross profit margin. But with todays technology why do you need to know all this? why not let the Selling Price Calculator App handle the calculations simply and quickly for you. Buy it now for the iPhone in the App Store.


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Sherri Sheperd is tweeting out both the good and the bad going on in her life.
Sherri is in a custody battle with her ex-husband Lamar Sally over a baby born by surrogate. The couple filed for separation on May 6, 2014.
See the biggest celebrity splits of 2013.
Not only is she fighting with Lamar, but she is in a custody battle with ex- Jeffrey Tarpley for custody of their nine-year-old son. Tarpley has accused her of making poor parenting choices for their son Jeffrey Tarpley Jr.
Inside Sherri Shepherd's Bitter Custody Battle with Jeffrey Tarpley
Today, Sherri is tweeting out a cryptic tweet about who she is not getting along with.
I get along w everyone except Unnamed Source & his kids, Personal Rep and Anonymous Source. Trashiest neighbors I've ever had ##leavemebe— Sherri Shepherd (@SherriEShepherd) August 10, 2014
She then tweeted this out.
"What do Ugive when you've given UR all & it seems U can't make it thru? You just STAND!" @Donnieradio Yes & Amen -my confidence is in God!— Sherri Shepherd (@SherriEShepherd) August 10, 2014
After these two tweets, she focuses on her upcoming role as the evil step-mother in Cinderella on Broadway.
I am running around my hotel screaming & crying tears of joy at the goodness of God. Performing on a… http://t.co/jCm5G7KRp8— Sherri Shepherd (@SherriEShepherd) August 10, 2014
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Sustainable Relations in International Development Cooperation Projects: The Role of Human Resource Management and Organizational Climate
The importance of organizational issues to assess the success of international development project has not been fully considered yet. An analysis of the literature on the project success definition, focused on the success criteria and success factors, was carried out by surveying the contribution of different authors and approaches. Traditionally projects were perceived as successful when they met time, budget and performance goals, assuming a basic similarity among projects (universalistic approach). However, starting from a non‐universalistic approach, the importance of organization's effectiveness, in terms of relations sustainability, emerged as a dimension able to define and assess a project success (Belassi W., Tukel O.I., 1996). Based on previous research contributions on the factors influencing the relations between organizations (Zanasi C., Rota C., 2009), the paper expands the analysis of the influence of human resource management on organizational climate that, in turn, influences the relation sustainability between project manager and project team involved in international cooperation for development. A detailed analysis of these relations is provided and a research hypothesis are built. A questionnaire on previous contributions was adapted to collect data for a Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) analysis. Five dimensions of organizational climate (Zeitz G. et al., 1997) (trust, communication, innovation, job challenge, social cohesion), four dimensions of human resource management (Snell S.A., Dean J.W, 1992) (staff recruitment, training, performance appraisal, reward system) and two dimension for sustainable relations (Fisher C., Reynolds N., 2008) (relations quality and strength) are reported and measured by using a 5 point Likert scale. The sample size is still in progress. The first results on internal consistency reliability coefficients (Cronbach's alpha) are satisfactory.
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Wear Contact Lenses? Keep These in Mind
If your vision isn't perfect, and you're an active person, contact lenses are essential in my book. Contacts don't fog up when you're running, or fall off when you're biking. And you can wear them when swimming, you just have to wear goggles or keep your eyes shut. If you're a contact lens wearer like me, here are some things you should keep in mind.
- Always wash your hands before inserting or removing your lenses. Touching your eye with germy fingers is a great way to get sick or contract an eye infection.
- If you suffer from allergies, wearing contacts can make your symptoms worse since allergens can stick to the lenses. Wear glasses if your symptoms are really bad, and if you can't part with your contacts (I don't blame you), be sure to clean them thoroughly or replace disposable lenses more often. Also, look for drops containing antihistamines that may help relieve watery or itchy eyes.
For more tips and to see what that photo is all about keep reading.
- Keep moistening eye drops in your purse or desk at all times, especially if you work at a computer. Not only are dry lenses uncomfortable and difficult to see out of, but they could potentially scratch your eye. If this happens, the tiny tears can become infected, resulting in a corneal ulcer.
- Only wear your lenses as long as you are directed to. That's because dirt and protein deposits accumulate on the lenses and can cause irritation, eye infections, or damage to your eyes. It may seem like you're saving moola by wearing your two-week lenses for two months, but the damage you cause to your eyes could be irreversible.
- Give your eyes a rest from contacts, and wear your glasses instead. I know it's difficult to break the habit if you wear them every waking moment of every day, but your eyes need a chance to breathe. For this reason, it's good to get in the habit of taking your contacts out after you get home form work, and not wearing them to bed. Also try to have contact-free days during your week.
- If you wear eye makeup such as mascara, replace it every three months to avoid eye infections. Also clean your brushes often for the same reason.
- If you need protection from the sun's glare, ask your doctor about Nike Maxsight tinted contact lenses. Not only do they make it easier to see on sunny days without having to wear frames, but they filter out more than 95 percent of UVA and UVB rays.
- Keep up with your yearly eye doctor appointments, to check your eye health and find out if your prescription has changed.


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1) I'm not judging anything or anybody after one game. But I agree with Captain Callahan, who said, "we've gotta increase out battle level." It wasn't bad, it just wasn't where it was last year (or the year before), and with some of the guys they lost — who played top-nine minutes — I'm not sure it can be where it was last year.
2) There were plenty of bad plays. Start with a couple by Marc Staal, including the 1-0 goal, when the Rangers made a bad change, Henrik Lundqvist gave up a bad rebound, and Staal was bad on the backcheck against Milan Lucic.
3) Bad changes are definitely a byproduct of no preseason games, and there were loads of them all over the NHL yesterday.
4) Brian Boyle CAN NOT take an extra two minutes for arguing a penalty call, even if it was an awful call, and it was. Especially after Carl Hagelin opened the game with a bad penalty. The double minor got the Rangers into trouble that carried beyond the penalty kill.
5) If there is a five-minute penalty in the book for a hit from behind, then how was Lucic's on Hagelin not a fiver? I don't understand.
6) On the other hand, the Rangers got a great break on the "save" by Lundqvist that was video reviewed. Because, though the replay surely wasn't conclusive, the puck and Lundqvist's glove were just as surely in the net.
7) Faceoffs. Geez. The Rangers, according to stats, won 40 percent. Seemed much worse, and they lost some big ones badly.
8) Rick Nash. I thought his debut was pretty impressive. Especially on the penalty kill, and especially in buying into the Rangers' style of play, going down in front of shots, battling for ice. Guy is buying in. He also seems to get it with the moving-the-feet thing on the power play, which too many Rangers don't get. Of course he needs to score goals, and he will, but for Opening Night, I thought he was really good.
9) So was Ryan McMonster. And Block Ness Monster Girardi (who blocked three).
10) Going back to the loss of guys like Brandon Prust, Brandon Dubinsky … enough with the staged fights. The Rangers need guys who will fight because of what happened on the ice, when a fight is needed. Not off a faceoff for no reason whatsoever. But, in truth, on the top three lines now, there aren't many guys who can or will drop 'em.
11) Big point in the game was the botched 5-on-3. And Brad Richards, who had one goal for each team, CAN NOT miss the net from that range on the 5-on-3. You just can't.
12) A lot of ex-Rangers all over the NHL scored last night. I think Tim Erixon might have scored for Columbus' minor-league team, Big John Scott scored at Buffalo's practice, and I heard that Wade Redden scored in a foosball game against Scott Gomez.
13) I wonder if they polled Rangers fans on whether they'd rather have a regular post-game show, with interviews and a full John Tortorella presser, or Hockey Night Live, how big the landslide would be. Seriously, cut Torts short for a Buffalo preview? Really? Joke.
14) Jeremy Jacobs … shut the front door.
15) That was fun. Let's do it again tonight.
My Three Rangers Stars:
1) Ryan McDonagh.
2) Rick Nash.
3) Dan Girardi.
Doodie Machetto's Three Rangers Stars:
1) Henrik Lundqvist.
2) Rick Nash.
3) Derek Stepan.
Josh Thomson, 26's Three Rangers Stars:
1) Henrik Lundqvist.
2) Rick Nash.
3) Brad Richards.
Poll vote for Three Rangers Stars:
1) Henrik Lundqvist (28.57 %).
2) Brad Richards (15.15 %).
3) Rick Nash (12.12 %).
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When Will We See the First Snow in 2016-2017 in the Tri-State?
This summer has been unlike any summer I can remember. Usually, by August, it's really hot and everything is dead. This year though, the Ohio River Valley is more like the Amazon rainforest. I don't even water my plants! (Ha, like I actually ever watered my plants before...)
So, what's this winter going to be like? Well, I consulted the 2016-2017 Farmer's Almanac.


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Fed-up voters meet the enemy and it is ... them?
Credit: The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — All the grumbling about the just-ended government shutdown is serving as a reminder that it was voters who sent these members of Congress to Washington.
And those legislators really are a reflection of their constituents.
John Adams — who later became America's second president — wrote in 1776 that legislators "should be in miniature an exact portrait of the people at large."
More than 200 years later, political observers say members of the current entangled House do reflect how their constituents feel.
But that doesn't mean people are ready to take responsibility the failings of their members of Congress.
People tend complain about tone-deaf Washington politicians. But they often look more favorably on their own representatives on Capitol Hill.


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Quaker Valley runner to continue career at Southern New Hampshire
Quaker Valley's Josh Szymanski said getting a good education was top priority when choosing a college.
Being able to run cross country was just an added bonus.
The senior recently signed his letter of intent to run cross country at Southern New Hampshire University, where he plans to study game design.
"(Running) has been a big part of my high school career," Szymanski said. "It has been a big part of my life, and I am excited to continue it."
He also considered attending Rochester Institute of Technology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Ohio, Shawnee State, and Miami (Ohio).
In addition to an athletic scholarship, Szymanski was awarded the university's Presidential Scholarship, which is given to students with a minimum GPA of 3.5 and a pre-determined SAT/ACT score.
Southern New Hampshire competes in the Northeast 10 Conference. The NCAA Division II conference has 16 members spread throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont. The Penmen are coached by Joanne Drew, who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in racewalking.
Szymanski was a four-year member of the Quaker Valley cross country team, as well as the track and field team. He won three WPIAL cross country team championships and a PIAA title in 2011. He is a three-time individual qualifier for the PIAA meet and a two-time WPIAL medalist.
Szymanski finished 13th at the 2012 WPIAL Class AA championship with a time of 17:35 and was 67th at the PIAA meet with a time of 18:09.
"I have certainly improved both my endurance and speed," Szymanski said.
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Holistic Beauty Soaps
We're In a Lather
Talika Holistic Beauty Soaps ($30 each)-luxurious glycerin face and body bars with amethyst and pink quartz embedded inside-are so pretty you'll be tempted to hang them on ropes and wear them as pendants. But you'd be missing out on the real benefits: Some believe the rocks harbor energy from the earth that can impart to bathers a feeling of renewal, optimism, and affection.
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 22/3/2011 (2346 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Dear Editor of The Victoria Beach Herald;
Before we know it we'll all be back at the beach.
We'll be lining up in the bakery to buy white Irish unsliced bread, Happy Face cookies and pecan loaves, the stickier the better. Or at least I will.
On Saturday nights we'll jump on our bikes to head down to the Moonlight Inn for an ice cream cone.
And on Friday night we'll pick up a copy of the Herald at the parking lot.
On behalf of my family, I don't want to read one word about erosion, revetments, groynes, gabions or anything else that happened over the winter on King Edward-Alexandra and Arthur-Patricia.
Maybe my family – sorry for the pun, but here it comes – is sticking our heads in the sand, but so be it.
The Victoria Beach Herald is not the place for this stuff.
No, I'd rather read what Chief Police Const. Stewart MacPherson has to say about birdfeeders and bears and what kid caught the biggest fish at the fishing derby.
I know, as a reporter, it'll be a tough call to kibosh this topic in your pages, but the fact is as a tiny, weekly publication you haven't got enough space to cover everyone's opinion. Think of the work involved, too. There wouldn't be enough hours in the day to handle all the letters and email. You'd go bonkers.
And you wouldn't advance the issue one bit.
So, don't do it all.
The only thing I'd be interested in reading is if there will be a public meeting hosted by the municipality on the issue at the clubhouse, and if there's any room for volunteers to sit on a committee to examine the issue.
The focus should be on moving forward to improve our beaches and the entire community, not continue the sniping that's gone on over the past few months.
See you on Connaught,


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Church events from around the South Side for Dec. 5
Published 2:35 pm, Monday, December 3, 2012
News Channel
Call 923-4361 for information.
For more information, call Pastor Leo Villa 367-1796 or Timothy Garcia at 459-4016.
The play depicts the Shepherds' journey, after Archangel Michael informs them that the Mesiah was born in Bethlehem.
Call Norma Vasquez at 685-2213 for details.
There will be live music will by Sunny and the Sunliners. Call 924-5252 for more information.


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Have you checked out Alexa Chung's debut, It? Less a full-fledged autobiography and more a stream-of-consciousness scrapbook, the 192-page book is a superlight read (I finished it in one sitting) filled with cool imagery and Chung's classic brand of comic relief. My favorite moment is when she reveals all the films that have inspired her style and beauty, which unintentionally produces the ideal Netflix list.
So if you plan on vegging out for the next few days—hooray for holidays!—here are eleven It girl-approved movies to curl up with, in order of appearance in the book. Whether you're looking to cop Edie Sedgwick's liner-rimmed eyes, or Wednesday Addams' Peter Pan collar-perfection, you're sure to find inspiration in this list. Each flick includes Chung's witty commentary and a link to view a clip. Enjoy!
Annie Hall (1977): "The first film character I truly fell in love with because of the way she dressed was Annie Hall […] Her femininity, mixed with tomboyish silhouettes and scruffy thrown-together looks, is something I still reference heavily now. I love the seventies dork glasses, the striped men's shirts, the great tweed jackets and frilly Victorian tops she mixes together so well."
Empire Records (1995): "[Liv Tyler's] schoolgirl kilt with cropped mohair jumper and heavy man boots just looks perfect. I love the proportions, I love how it is childish but also deliberately alluring."
Lolita (1962): "Lolita is my favourite book. She's also my favorite character to reference when getting dressed in summer months […] I love her heart-shaped glasses."
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001): "Margot Tenenbaum's kohl-eyed, chain-smoking appearance in The Royal Tenenbaums. I love her side-parted bob and preppy Lacoste dresses."
Ciao! Manhattan (1972): "What can I say? Edie Bloody Sedgwick […] Sedgwick at her finest, in black tights, cropped hair (an ode to Warhol) and swinging leopard jacket." (P.S. Want to get Sedgwick's dramatic eyes? Try an opaque, precise liner like Eyeko's Skinny Liquid Eyeliner.)
The Night Porter (1974): "My main interest is in the prissy-prim outfits [Charlotte Rampling] has on in the rest of the film. I love the pastel colours, the hair bands, the Mary Janes. So wrong it's right."
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982): "Brilliant…if you like an angry girl punk pre-cursor to riot grrrl, which thankfully I do. Check out the makeup, the hair, the clothes.
Léon: The Professional (1994): "In the same vein as Lolita but with a badass edge, Mathilda's tomboyish style was a stroke of genius. I love her choker, I love her bomber jacket, but most of all I love her attitude."
Heathers (1988): "The preppy waspy penny loafer and kilt combo is killer, Heather."
The Addams Family (1991): "Wednesday Addams was probably the first film character I saw to wear the Peter Pan collar. Match that with pigtails and gothy pale skin and she's pretty much my favorite style icon."
Une Femme Est une Femme (1961): "The dream. The sailor outfit [Anna Karina] has on before stripping down to perfect lacy sixties underwear. The raincoat and red tights combo […] Whenever I watch this film I spend the whole time taking photos of the screen. I just want to be her."
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Chinese government
Chinese Premier outlines new anti-corruption strategy
Worldwide, governments are beginning to bring down the hammer on corporate corruption. Now, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has laid out his plan for how to fight corruption in government.
The Northern borders: Dispelling fears about the Investment Canada Act
A shared cultural heritage, trade necessities and proximity have meant that the two nations have grown up together, and by virtue of this, have grown to rely heavily on one another.
Could a DuPont trade secrets case be marred by prejudice?
Walter Liew's lawyer said that the case was "likely to inflame passion and prejudice based on race and nationality."
6 of the strangest lawsuits making headlines
Racist intercom announcements, a wrong birth lawsuit and four more strange suits in the news
Quiz: Test your knowledge of October's top legal news
Recapping the most significant — or just plain strangest — news stories of the past month
Quiz: Test your knowledge of September's top legal news
Recapping the most significant — or just plain strangest — news stories of the past month
China Central Television levels corruption accusations against baby formula maker
The CCTV report says that Dumex, a subsidiary of French company Danone SA, paid off hospitals to use its products and improve the sale and distribution of its baby formula.
Labor: Anti-bribery crackdown is a wake-up call for U.S. companies in China
The government's enforcement actions are not always consistent, but when it decides that a message needs to be sent, the axe falls on foreign companies first.
Quiz: Test your knowledge of August's top legal news
Recapping the most significant--or just plain strangest--news stories of the past month
SEC opens bribery investigation into JPMorgan's Chinese operations
A JPMorgan filing from earlier this month says U.S. investigators are looking into "business relationships with certain clients."


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Price Drop! Waterfront, home and 330 acres of rolling land, Inverness County, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Now $450,000 !
Type: country homestead
Area: West Lake Ainslie, Inverness County (Highland Region)
Property Size: 330 acres
Property Style: 1800 sq.' two-storey single family dwelling on (former) farm land
Additional Buildings: 80' x 30' barn, 30' x 50' garage and 16' x 18' wood shed
Address: 1856 W. Lake Ainslie Road Major Intersection: W. Lake Ainslie Road & Hayes River Road Distance from Town of Inverness: 15kms / 10miles
This well-established homestead with an expansive view offers you beautiful fields, three large semi-industrial buildings, a hillside of woods and an amazing beachfront to accommodate both work and play. Located at a crossroads on beautiful Lake Ainslie, Nova Scotia's largest natural fresh water lake (14 mi. x 4 mi.) this property invites both recreation and industrial use.
Lake Ainslie is in the heart of the Cape Breton highlands, a place renowned for Scottish culture and music. By highway this home is 15 minutes from the town of Inverness where you will find stores, schools, a world-class golf course, hiking trails, miles of sandy beaches, restaurants, entertainment, and galleries· all frequented by tourists in the summer months. This property boasts a great location combined with amazing lot size.
Property Age: +-90 years Bathroom(s): 1 Bedroom(s): 4 up Water: brook fed Sewer: septic Floors: hardwood, softwood & lino Appliances: all major included Feature: large deck, garden & front lawn Basement: root cellar Possession Date: to be negotiated. Additional Information:
600' of water frontage with sandy beach is perfect for swimming, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, and motor boating. The beach is accessed by a dirt road from the main highway. (Government-owned land on one side ensures future privacy.) Hilly woods for hiking, horseback riding.
Maple trees surrounding house are over 100 years old and provide shade to the house all summer. Kitchen walls are original hand-cut boards (customary of the times).
Land features: 600' water frontage w. beach, trout pond, streams, evergreen woods, fields Feature: three additional buildings Feature: high-speed internet, digital cable TV, cell phone service Heating: electric & wood heat Property Taxes: $1326.