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Full time (Monday - Friday) | $335 |
$230 |
Daily (Minimum 3 days) | $85 | $60 |
6 hour day (9am-3pm) | $75 | -- |
6 hour week (9-3) (Mon-Fri) | $240 | $150 |
Sessions (Limited spaces available) Either: 8am-12pm OR 1pm-5pm |
N/A | Lunch charges apply |
One-off Administration fee | $50 |
Fees Include Food - Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea
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Fees and Payment of Fees
An enrolment fee of $50.00 is payable at the time of enrolment. This is a one-off fee and is non-refundable.
Fees are to be paid a week in advance by direct debit, cash, cheque or Eftpos. Fees must be paid for every day that your child is enrolled, including any day your child is absent.
Late Payment of Fees
This may incur a 10% penalty on your account and failure to pay fees may result in a cancellation of your enrolment. If account balances remain unpaid, then all costs of debt collection will be payable by you.
20 Hours ECE
The centre is a provider of 20 hours ECE for 3-6 year-old children. A child is eligible for this on their third birthday. 20 hours is available for up to six hours per day. As Treetops ELC is open for 10.5 hours per day, fees will be charged for the hours not covered by the provision of 20 hour ECE.
Children can attend the centre for five sessions per week (4 hours per day) at no cost. This session includes either morning or afternoon tea, however lunch is not provided.
Work and Income
If you have a WINZ subsidy you are still responsible to ensure that your account is paid in advance at all times and any part which is not covered by the subsidy. It is your responsibility to let Work and Income know of any changes to circumstances or your child's attendance. It is your responsibility to inform Work and Income of any benefits you have through the 20 hours ECE scheme.
Collection of Children
The centre is licensed by The Ministry of Education from 7:30am-6:00pm, Monday to Friday and must close strictly at this time. Please contact the centre if unforeseen circumstances make it impossible for you to pick up your child on time.
Please note children may only leave the centre with adults listed on the enrolment form. A late pick up fee may be charged of $25.00 per 15 minutes late after the 6:00pm closing time.
Holidays and Absences
Statutory holidays are charged in full if they fall on a day when your child is booked to attend. After attending the centre for 3 months your child will be entitled to 15 days per year at 50% fees. This must be applied for in writing 2 weeks before the first day of the holiday. You need to discuss any extended absences with the centre manager.
Changes and Notice Periods
We require two weeks notice in writing if you wish to terminate or change a permanent booking. Change of timetable forms are available in reception. Please inform Work and Income of any changes made.
Centre Rules and Policies
The terms and conditions are not exhaustive. Detailed terms and conditions are contained in centre policy documents, terms of trade and enrolment form documents.


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Wearable Fitness Trackers for Measurement of Behavioral Patterns among Patients Undergoing Radical Cystectomy: A Pilot Study Assessing Feasibility and Utility
Radical cystectomy (RC) is a complicated procedure associated with significant morbidity and lengthy recovery. Wearable fitness trackers (WFT) offer a novel means of objectively evaluating and quantifying patient behavioral patterns. We sought to determine capacity for use of these devices to measure patient sleep and activity levels in the perioperative setting.
Under IRB approval, commercially available WFT devices were obtained. Patients undergoing open or robotic RC were prospectively identified. Consenting patients were given a WFT and instructed to wear continuously up to 2 weeks preoperatively, in the immediate postoperative period, and up to 2 weeks after discharge until first follow-up visit. Activity was automatically recorded and measured including total daily steps, calories burned, and sedentary hours. Sleep outcomes included total daily hours asleep and number of awakenings while sleeping. Day of first bowel movement postoperatively was also recorded.
21 patients were given a WFT for a median of 15 days total (IQR 10-21). Median age was 69 years old (IQR 69-80). Results of captured data are shown in Table 1. Compared to preoperative daily steps, patients reached 11.2% of their baseline on the day prior to discharge and patients averaged 17.6% of preoperative baseline after discharge. When stratifying by those 80 years and older, younger patients had significantly more daily inpatient steps (p=0.036) and postoperative daily calories burned (p=0.028), as well as greater total steps on day prior to discharge (p=0.079). Decreased daily inpatient steps were associated with delayed return of bowel function (9% of patients above average daily inpatient steps delayed vs 50% of patients below average delayed, p=0.038).
Use of WFT to objectively measure patients' activity, sleep, and other physiologic variables is feasible. Patients younger than 80 years old show increased activity levels in the postoperative setting. Ongoing prospective evaluation will provide further insights into patient functional status with implications for risk stratification, discharge planning, and perioperative management among patients undergoing radical cystectomy.
Funding: Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute

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The Australian International Airshow (aka Avalon Airshow) is held every two years and runs for 6 days with the first 3 being trade-only. The 4th day of the show is always on a Friday and the public start coming in around midday then stay for the night show, a feature of Avalon for well over 15 years. The final two days are the weekend and, as you might expect, are packed with public enjoying the action and static displays.
Once again Team PCDU are at Avalon every day gathering plenty of content for your listening pleasure. This episode holds the first block of interviews we've prepared while the show is still going. At the rate we're going we'll have another two episodes of Avalon content but for now, here's how this one unfolds:
- 0:03:38 – Sergeant Xavier "X" Sheriff is a loadmaster on the C130J and he's recently returned from Red Flag at Nellis.
- 0:11:47 – Flying Officer "Guns" was also at Red Flag but while he is command rated on the C130J, he spent the duration of Red Flag performing the tactical planning for each mission.
- 0:21:07 – Steve caught up with Simon Hackett in his PC12 (VH-TCP) and they talk about gliding, the Cirrus SR22, the PC12 and Simon's next aircraft, the Pilatus PC24 jet.
- 0:46:37 – Maikha Ly caught up with Graeme Horne from Cirrus and they review the Cirrus Jet, the market for Cirrus aircraft in Australia and the "Australis" version of the SR22
- 0:57:40 – Steve talks to Basil Lenzo about Evektor Aircraft's Sportstar & Harmony aircraft, the scene at their home base in Perth and their new operation at Moorabbin
- 1:02:57 – Grant & Steve ran into Matt Hall and had a good chat about his recent podium finish in the Red Bull Air Race, his new winglets & aircraft handling, developments at Belmont airport (YPEC) that Matt & a consortium recently purchased and QBE's Airmanship program.
- 1:17:08 – Following on from his chat with Simon in the PC12, Steve caught up with Andre Zimmerman to discuss the Pilatus PC24.
- 1:24:40 – We wrap up the episode and talk about the Airbus A400M transport. We also mention that in addition to Steven Pam taking lots of amazing images, Maikha's running around with his selfie-stick & distinctive hat. If you get your photo taken with Maikha, you'll be in the running to get some prizes :)


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Mr. Peanut
By Adam Ross
By Adam Ross
By Adam Ross
By Adam Ross
By Adam Ross
Read by Mark Deakins
By Adam Ross
Read by Mark Deakins
Part of Vintage Contemporaries
Part of Vintage Contemporaries
Category: Literary Fiction | Suspense & Thriller
Category: Literary Fiction | Suspense & Thriller
Category: Literary Fiction | Suspense & Thriller | Audiobooks
Apr 19, 2011 | ISBN 9780307454904
Jun 22, 2010 | ISBN 9780307593764
Jun 22, 2010 | ISBN 9780307736161
836 Minutes
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Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: A Story
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Selected Stories of Alice Munro, 1968-1994
Ask Me Again
"Ross—in a brilliant stylistic mirror of marriage—blends dream and reality, fact and perception in a narrative that's both cinematic and lyrical…The book is by turns harrowing, tender and funny." —Nancy Connors, Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Mr. Peanut is full of tricks: shifting narrations, quirky chronology and meta-novels within novels. The effect is disorienting, but the characters are too well drawn to feel like pawns in some game. The result is a deliciously clever book, full of dark insight and even a touch of hope." —The Economist
"Fearless, challenging and unforgettable…Mr. Peanut is acutely funny and profoundly sad, an unexpected and unsettling journey into the heart of contemporary darkness….[Ross is] a sublimely impertinent new writer." —Steve Whitton, The Anniston Star
"[A] major work….Stories are told and retold, hinge on one another, depend, and connect. That layering, that subsonic, towering buildup, is how Mr. Peanut works, and it is a marvel." —John Timpane, The Philadelphia Inquirer
"An author whose voice is so distinct and vivid that you truly can't find any comparison [and] a book whose combination of rhythm, language and style are unlike anything else I've ever encountered…a sort of wondrous literary alchemy [that's] laugh-out-loud funny and shrewdly aware of human nature…Read Mr. Peanut for its insight into marriage. Read it for the humor. Read it for the thrills. Just read it, please." —Joy Tipping, The Dallas Morning News
"An ambitious and well-crafted noir that manages to humanise its characters while fashioning their stories into a gripping page-turner. Ross's depiction of love and hatred, and the conflicted ways we manifest these feelings, is both sensitive and fearless." —Mary Fitzgerald, The Guardian (U.K.)
"Plainly thrilling…the work of a boundlessly eager writer willing to try just about anything, and invite us to share in his sinister joy." Christopher Kelly, The Kansas City Star
"Exciting and strangely moving [and] vastly ambitious….The whodunit aspect of Mr. Peanut is absorbing, but the infinite mysteries of marriage are really at the heart of this novel and drive its considerable emotional suspense." —Hilma Wolitzer, The East Hampton Star
"A murder mystery [and] also a complicated jigsaw puzzle of intertwined relationships….This may be [Ross's] first novel, but it's written as though he's been doing it for ages." —Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle
"An existential puzzle of a book, a noirish work that seemingly has no literary precendent." —Rege Behe, Pittsburgh Review-Tribune
"The debut of an enormously talented writer…From the first page on, it's clear that Mr. Ross is a literary gymnast [and] a sorcerer with words…Dark, dazzling…A Rubik's cube of a story that reads like a postmodern mash-up of Tolstoy's Kreutzer Sonata, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and one of James M. Cain's noirish mysteries." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
"Darkly funny, densely woven and deeply unnerving…a page turner that reveals something new from every angle." —Jim Ridley, The Nashville Scene
"Gripping…This highly original debut uses the police procedural as a hall of mirrors to reflect pleasure and guilt, marriage and murder."—Christopher Fowler, Financial Times
"An enormous success—forceful and involving, often deeply stirring and always impressively original…A brilliant, powerful, memorable book." —Scott Turow, The New York Times Book Review, front page
"A stunningly dark debut that takes as its forebears both Scott Turow and Italo Calvino…To say this is a thematically rich book is hardly to do [it] justice…there is a way in which this too-clever-to-be-neat story resists such thematics…yet Ross cleaves closely to all the pleasures of the genre: mystery, suspense, romance, surprise. And in this sense, Mr. Peanut is highly unique—a disturbingly funny and remarkably poignant novel from one of the year's most promising new voices." —Jillian Quint, BookPage
"A dark tale of love, hate, murder and marriage: a cleverly written, structurally complex narrative." —NPR.org
"Mr. Peanut crackles with life." —Benjamin Moser, Harper's
"Powerful…delivers one scorching scene after another. Ross is interested in all the soul-killing ways men and women try and fail to achieve intimacy, and [with] noirish sensibility and eloquent prose, he wraps his age-old theme in a confounding yet memsmerizing format." —Joanne Wilkinson, Booklist, starred
"Mr. Peanut is as ingenious as it is riveting." —Richard Russo
"Inspired….Ross's depiction of love is grotesque and tender at once, and his style is commanding as he combines torture and romance to create a sense of vertigo-as-romance. It's a unique book—stark and sublime, creepy and fearless." —Publishers Weekly
"Adam Ross has crafted a diabolically intricate novel, one that presents all the pleasures and challenges of a well-wrought Sudoku puzzle. There's a whiff of alchemy to the book. You can't quite believe that its many pieces fit together so snugly, yet they do. Once you've finished, you run your eye back and forth and up and down, and every way you look it adds up. Mr. Peanut is smart, funny, gripping, and—in its ultimate unravelling—sneakily sad." —Scott Smith
"The most riveting look at the dark side of marriage since Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?…It induced nightmares, at least in this reader. No mean feat." —Stephen King
"A Möbius strip of a novel, folding the unsavory anticipation of American Psycho into a domestic drama straight out of Carver-esque America…An intellectual noir novel and an original voice." —Kirkus Reviews, starred
"This book blew me away…It's engaging and gripping like a good murder mystery, but more richly layered and intellectually engaging than a beach read…I'm likening it to a great meal at a restaurant–the appetizer gains your trust, the first course provides some revelations, the second demonstrates the chef's skills, and the dessert just blows you away. Ross is truly a great wordsmith…[It] might be the best book I've read so far in 2010. In fact, it might be one of the best books of the year." —Bookdwarf.com, Megan Sullivan (Harvard Book Store)
"It's very hard to describe Mr. Peanut, and I envy those who haven't read it yet. The story is sometimes cinematic, not only in it's themes but its wildly exciting narrative pace which never lets you go. Adam Ross delivers a multifaceted inspection of marriage, telling the story of several different couples in crisis, which is at times reminiscent of Cheever and Updike. On the whole the book reminds me of Zadie Smith's On Beauty; it carries that same power, the all knowing and all seeing brilliance of a writer who is in complete control. Now that I've finished Mr. Peanut, I want to stop strangers on the street and tell them about it, the book is that good." —Jason Rice, threeguysonebook.com
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text: John B. Emerson was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 1, 2013 as U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany and presented his credentials to German President Joachim Gauck on August 26, 2013. He and his family arrived in Berlin on August 15, 2013. Mr. Emerson was the President of Capital Group Private Client Services from 1997 to July 2013. Capital Group is one of the world's largest investment management firms, with more than one trillion dollars in assets under management. Previously, Mr. Emerson served on President Clinton's senior staff, from 1993-1997. He served as Deputy Director of Presidential Personnel, and subsequently as Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, where he was the President's liaison to the nation's governors. Mr. Emerson also coordinated the Economic Conference of the Clinton-Gore transition team and led the Administration's efforts to obtain congressional approval of the GATT Uruguay Round Agreement in 1994, and the extension of China's MFN trading status in 1996. In 2010, President Obama appointed Mr. Emerson to serve on the President's Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations. Before joining the Clinton administration, Mr. Emerson served as the Los Angeles Chief Deputy City Attorney (1987-1993), during which he was selected by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung to visit Germany as part of an American-German delegation. Before that, he was a partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, specializing in business and entertainment litigation and administrative law. Mr. Emerson has been active in civic affairs, serving for more than a decade as the Chairman of the Music Center of Los Angeles County, which includes as resident companies the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the LA Opera. He was also a director and vice chairman of the Los Angeles Metropolitan YMCAs, a trustee of The Buckley School, a trustee and board president of Marlborough School, and a member of the Los Angeles Mayor's Trade Advisory Council, the Pacific Council on International Policy, and the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Emerson, originally from the suburbs of New York City, earned his Bachelor of Arts in Government and Philosophy from Hamilton College and his Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago. More recently a resident of Los Angeles, he is married to Kimberly Marteau Emerson, who served in a senior role at USIA in the Clinton Administration and currently serves on several civic and non-profit boards, pertaining to human rights and public diplomacy. Both Emersons have a deep German heritage, beginning with their grandparents. The Emersons have three teenage daughters.


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Glossary of Legislative Terms
Act: Legislation enacted into law. A bill that has passed both houses of the legislature, been enrolled, ratified, signed by the governor or passed over the governor's office, and printed. It is a permanent measure, having the force of law until repealed
Acclamation: An oral vote (often unanimous), when there is only one nomination, expressing approval by shouts, hand-clapping, etc., rather than by formal ballot
Adjournment: Termination of a session for that day, with the hour and day of the next meeting being set
Adjournment sine die: Final termination of a regular or special legislative session
Adoption: Approval or acceptance; usually applied to amendments, committee reports or resolutions
Amendment: Any alteration made (or proposed to be made) to a bill or clause thereof, by adding, deleting, substituting, or omitting
Appeal: A parliamentary procedure for testing (and possibly changing) the decision of a presiding officer
Apportionment: Establishment of the legislative districts from which members are elected
Appropriation: Funds allocated for various departments of government set aside by formal action for specific use. Allows money to be spent; is not actual expenditure record
At-Large Election: An election in which candidates are chosen on an individual basis rather than as representatives of a geographically defined, single-member district. At-large elections can be held at the legislative and presidential levels. In the United State of America, some states hold at-large elections for congressional seats, when, for instance, a state's entire population warrants only one representative
Bicameral: A legislature consisting of two separate chambers, each serving as a check on the other's power
Biennium: Two-year term of legislative activity
Bill: Draft of a proposed law presented to the legislature for consideration
Bill Number: The identifying number given each bill filed for introduction
Bipartisan: Having an affiliation or association with (or representatives of) both political parties or caucuses in a two party system
Budget: (1) The suggested allocation of state moneys presented to the legislature for consideration; (2) a formal document that reflects the authorized expenditures of the state
Calendar: (1) A printed list of proposed legislation that is arranged according to the order of business and is scheduled for consideration by a chamber. (2) Agenda of daily legislative business in a chamber
Calendar Day: Literally a day as listed on the Gregorian calendar
Call of the Senate or House: Procedure used to compel the attendance of members who are missing from the chamber and to compel those members already in attendance to remain in the chamber
Carry-Over Legislation: Legislation that is held over from the first year of a legislative biennium to the second year
Caucus: An informal meeting of a group of the members; most commonly based on political party affiliation, but may have other bases, such as gender, race, geographic location or specific issue
Censure: An action by a legislative body to officially reprimand an elected official for inappropriate or illegal actions committed by that official while in office. The act of censuring is an official condemnation for inappropriate or illegal actions committed by a public official while holding a position of trust
Chamber: Official hall for the meeting of a legislative body
Clerk of the House: A non-legislator officer who is elected by the members of the House to perform and direct the parliamentary and clerical functions of the chamber. Also may be titled "house principal clerk."
Clerk of the Senate: A non-legislator officer who is elected by the members of the Senate to perform and direct the parliamentary and clerical functions of the chamber. Also may be titled "senate principal clerk."
Code: A compilation of laws and their revisions according to subject matter arranged by title, chapter and section. The official code of North Carolina is the North Carolina General Statutes
Committee: A body of members appointed by the presiding officer (or another authority specified by the chamber) to consider and make recommendations concerning disposition of bills, resolutions and other related matters
Committee Amendment: An alteration made (or proposed to be made) to a bill that is offered by a legislative committee
Committee of the Whole: Either house of the legislature sitting in its entirety as a committee to consider bills or issues
Committee Report: Official release of a bill or resolution from committee with (or without) a specific recommendation, such as pass, pass as amended or do not pass
Committee Substitute: A bill offered by a committee in lieu of another bill that was originally referred to the committee for consideration; technically, the committee substitute is an amendment to the original bill
Concurrence (To Concur): Action by which one house agrees to a proposal or action that the other chamber has approved
Conferee: Members of a conference committee appointed by the Senate President and the House Speaker
Conference Committee: A committee composed of members from the two houses specifically appointed to reconcile the differences between House and Senate versions of a bill
Conflict of Interest: Untenable position that threatens the ability of a legislator to vote impartially due to some personal interest in a legislative issue
Constituent: A citizen residing within the district of a legislator
Constitution: A written instrument embodying the fundamental principles of the state that guarantees powers and duties of the government and guarantees certain rights to the people. You can read North Carolina's Constitution here.
Contiguous area (annexation): Any area which, at the time annexation procedures are initiated, either abuts directly on the municipal boundary or is separated from the municipal boundary by a street or street right-of-way, a creek or river, the right-of-way of a railroad or other public service corporation, lands owned by the municipality or some other political subdivision, or lands owned by the State of North Carolina. A connecting corridor consisting solely of the length of a street or street right-of-way may not be used to establish contiguity.
Corner offices: Colloquialism for the General Assembly's leadership, namely Speaker of the House Tim Moore and Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger
Debatable: Open to parliamentary discussion or argument
Debate: Discussion of a matter according to parliamentary rules
Decorum: Proper order, etiquette and conduct of members during a floor session
Died in Committee: The defeat of a bill by not returning it from committee to the house for further action
Dilatory: Deliberate use of parliamentary procedure to delay
Dissent: Difference of opinion; to cast a negative vote
District: That division of the state represented by a legislator distinguished numerically or by geographical boundaries
Division: A method of voting; a request that members stand or raise hands to be counted when the outcome of a voice vote is unclear or in dispute
Division of a Question: Procedure to separate a matter to be voted upon into two or more questions
Effective Date: A law generally becomes effective, or binding, either upon a date specified in the law itself or, in the absence of such a date, 60 days after adjournment of the biennial session
Election: Act of selecting a person to fill an office
Emergency Clause: A statement in a bill that indicates the act shall take immediate effect
Eminent Domain: Eminent domain refers to the power possessed by the state over all property within the state, specifically its power to appropriate property for a public use. In some jurisdictions, the state delegates eminent domain power to certain public and private companies, typically utilities, such that they can bring eminent domain actions to run telephone, power, water, or gas lines. In most countries, including the United States under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, the owner of any appropriated land is entitled to reasonable compensation, usually defined as the fair market value of the property. Proceedings to take land under eminent domain are typically referred to as "condemnation" proceedings.
Enacting Clause: That clause of an act that formally expresses the legislative sanction. In North Carolina the constitutionally required enacting clause reads, "The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts"
Engross: The process of by which adopted amendments and other changes are incorporated into a bill as it makes its way through the Senate or House
Engrossed Edition: The version of a bill as passed by one house with the floor amendments worked into it
Enroll: The process of changing a bill which has passed both chambers into its final format for transmission to the governor
Enrolled Edition: The final version of a bill, which has passed both chambers, and is reprinted in preparation for the signatures of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House. After these confirmatory signatures, the enrolled bill goes to the Governor
Excused: Absent with the permission of the body or the presiding officer
Executive Branch: The Executive Branch of government enforces laws made by the legislature. The head of this branch is the Governor, who is elected every four years. Along with the Governor, the Executive Branch also includes the Lieutenant Governor, the Council of State, and many State agencies
Executive Session: A session excluding from the chamber or committee room all persons other than members and essential staff personnel
Extraordinary Session: A special meeting of the legislature that is called by the governor (or the legislature itself) and limited to specific matters. Also called a Special Session
Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ): Currently under North Carolina law, an ETJ is area extending one mile beyond a city's borders within which municipalities can exercise zoning authority and other powers without the consent of those affected
Filibuster: The prolonged discussion of a bill to delay legislative action
First Reading: The first presentation of a bill or its title for consideration; also may be called Introduction
Fiscal: Dealing with state revenues and expenditures
Fiscal Note: A fiscal note seeks to state in dollars the estimated amount of increase or decrease in revenue or expenditures and the present and future implications of a piece of pending legislation. Only General Assembly members can request fiscal notes
Fiscal Year: An accounting period of 12 months. North Carolina's fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30
Floor: That portion of the legislative chamber reserved for members and officers of the assembly or other persons granted privileged access
Floor Amendment: An alternation offered to a legislative document that is presented by a legislator while that document is being discussed on the floor of that legislator's chamber
Gallery: Balconies of the chamber from which visitors may view the proceedings of the legislature
Germaneness: The relevance or appropriateness of amendments or substitutes
Hearing: Public discussion and appearance on a proposal or bill; usually scheduled by a committee
House of Representatives: 120 members who serve a term of 2 years. Members must have lived in their districts one year before election
Impeachment: Procedure to remove from office a public official accused of misconduct
Indefinite Postponement: A form of adverse disposition of a proposal for that session of the legislature
Insert: Add language to a bill or resolution
Interim: The interval between the long and short sessions of the legislature
Interim Committee: A committee established to study or investigate certain matters between annual or biennial legislative sessions and to report to the next regular session
Introducer: The legislator who presents a bill or resolution for consideration; may be joined by others, who are known as cointroducer; also may be called sponsor
Introduction: The formal presentation of a proposal after it has been drafted
Joint Committee: A committee composed of members from both chambers
Joint Rules: Parliamentary rules governing joint procedures or operations of the Senate and House
Joint Session: A combined meeting of the Senate and House in one chamber
Journal: An official chronological record of the actions taken and proceedings of the respective chambers
Judicial Branch: The Judicial Branch interprets what our laws mean and makes decisions about the laws and those who break them. The Courts of the Judicial Branch are split into three divisions, the Appellate Division, the Superior Court Division, and the District Court Division
Legislative Branch: The Legislative Branch makes laws for North Carolina. It is made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives, which together are known as the General Assembly. The Legislature meets biennially and all members are elected for two-year terms
Legislative Day: A day on which either chamber convenes (or both chambers convene) to conduct official business
Legislative Intent: Purpose for which a measure is passed
Legislative Liaison: Person appointed to communicate between legislators and other government agencies
Legislative Oversight: Scrutiny of executive branch programs and performance by the legislature
Legislative Service Agency: Nonpartisan legislative branch agency providing services such as legal and bill drafting, impartial research and information or technical services
Legislator: Elected member of a legislative body
Legislature: The branch of state government responsible for enacting laws
Lieutenant Governor: The presiding officer of the Senate and is elected in a statewide election every four years. Their main duty is to maintain order in the Senate
Line Item: Numeric line in an appropriation or budget bill
Line Item Veto: An action taken by a governor to prevent the enactment of an item of an appropriation bill. The North Carolina governor does not have this type of veto
Lobbyist: A representative of a special interest group whose function is to influence legislation affecting his special interest
Local Act: Legislation enacted into law that has limited application, affecting fewer than 15 counties
Long Session: The odd-numbered first year of the General Assembly's two-year legislative cycle, called a biennium
Majority Leader: A member of the minority political party designated to be leader
Majority Party: The political party having the greatest number of members in the legislature or in either chamber
Majority Report: A report that reflects the thinking of the members not favoring the majority position or action on an issue
Measure: General term for bill, resolution or memorial
Member Elect: Member who has been elected, but who has not yet taken the oath of office or who is not yet officially serving
Members Present: The term used to refer to those members who are actually present at a daily session
Memorial: The method by which the legislature addresses or petitions Congress and other governments or governmental agencies; method by which the legislature congratulates or honors groups or individuals
Minority Leader: A member of the minority political party designated to be leader
Minority Party: The political party having fewer numbers of members in the legislature or in either chamber
Minority Report: A report that reflects the thinking of the members not favoring the majority position or action on an issue
Minutes: Accurate record of the proceedings of a meeting in chronological order
Motion: Formal proposal offered by a member of a deliberative assembly
NCGA: The North Carolina General Assembly
Non-Standing Committee or Commission: A committee or commission authorized by legislation to study specific topics. The powers and duties of each committee are set forth in the authorizing legislation. The membership is appointed by the Speaker of the House and/or the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. In some instances other persons or entities may have appointing authority
Nonpartisan: Having no association or affiliation with a political party or caucus
Oath of Office: Oath taken by members-elect of the legislature prior to being seated and embarking upon official duties
Order of Business: The defined routine of procedure in the legislative body each day
Out of Order: Not being conducted under proper parliamentary rules and procedures
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NEW YORK – Didn't take long for Serena Williams to show her fourth-round opponent at the U.S. Open where things were headed.
"The first point of the whole match," 82nd-ranked Andrea Hlavackova explained, "when I served, and she returned, like, a 100 mph forehand return, I was like, 'OK, I know who I'm playing. You don't have to prove it to me. I know.'"
Monday's match was less than 15 seconds old. It might as well have been over.
Dominant from the moment she ripped that return of an 88 mph second serve, forcing Hlavackova into an out-of-control backhand that sailed well long, to the moment she powered a 116 mph service winner on the last point, Williams extended her 2½-month stretch of excellence with a 6-0, 6-0 victory to get to the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows.
Those two big zeros pretty much tell the story; it's the fifth time in her career Williams won with what's commonly called a "double bagel." Some other impressive numbers: Williams won 60 of 89 points, built a 31-9 edge in winners and improved to 23-1 since losing in the first round of the French Open. That run includes singles and doubles titles at both Wimbledon and the London Olympics.
Hlavackova knows this act all too well: She and Lucie Hradecka were the doubles runners-up at both of those events. Not that those 2-on-2 encounters helped prepare for the 1-on-1 match in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday.
"Singles is completely different," said Hlavackova, who chose the phrase "What can you do"? more than once when analyzing what it's like to face 14-time major champion Williams.
"My coach warned me to not go on the court and play for a score," Hlavackova said, by which she meant just trying to keep it as close as possible. "I was in the match. I was trying to figure out how to win. And when it was, like, 6-love, 4-love, 30-love, I was thinking, 'Well, I'm not playing for a score, but one game wouldn't hurt.'"
Oh, well.
Next for the fourth-seeded Williams, who won the U.S. Open in 1999, 2002 and 2008, is a match against former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic, who reached a Grand Slam quarterfinal for the first time since winning the 2008 French Open by defeating 55th-ranked Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria 6-0, 6-4.
Williams — who lost in the third round of doubles with older sister Venus on Monday night — is 3-0 against Ivanovic, including a straight-set victory in the fourth round at Flushing Meadows last year. Must not have left much of an impression on the American, because when asked what she remembers most about their most recent match, Williams replied: "Was it here?"
Assured that it was, in 2011, Williams said with a smile: "OK. Yeah, I remember, clearly, not a lot, but I will be looking at the film."
In the semifinals, the Williams-Ivanovic winner will meet either No. 10 Sara Errani or No. 20 Roberta Vinci, doubles partners who both eliminated higher-seeded women Monday and now face the uncomfortable prospect of trying to beat a best buddy.
"Our friendship won't change, no matter what, no matter who wins," said Vinci, noting that she expects they'll have dinner together, as usual, Monday and Tuesday. "It definitely won't be an easy match from a mental perspective. We know each other well. We practice together often. We play doubles together. We know everything about each other."
Errani and Vinci teamed up to win the French Open doubles championship in June, and now one of them is going to be the first woman from Italy to play in the U.S. Open semifinals since the professional era began in 1968.
Errani, the runner-up to Maria Sharapova at the French Open, got past No. 6 Angelique Kerber of Germany 7-6 (5), 6-3.
Reaching her first singles quarterfinal in 32 career Grand Slam tournaments, Vinci stunned No. 2 Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1, 6-4.
"I really had the worst day," said Radwanska, who could have moved up to No. 1 in the WTA rankings by reaching next weekend's final. "She really mixes it up — a lot of slice, then suddenly hitting very well from the forehand side, then kick serve, drop shots, volleys as well, coming to the net. It's really tough because she really had an answer for everything."
Radwanska could sympathize with Hlavackova's plight, having lost to Williams in the Wimbledon final.
"When she's on fire, you can't do anything about it. It doesn't matter what you try to do, it's going to be a winner," Radwanska said. "It's just Serena. She's a great champion."
So is No. 1-seeded Roger Federer, of course, owner of a record 17 Grand Slam titles, including five at the U.S. Open. As he attempts to add to those numbers, Federer got some extra rest Monday, because his fourth-round opponent, 23rd-seeded Mardy Fish of the United States, withdrew hours before their scheduled match for precautionary reasons, citing medical advice.
The man Federer beat in July's Wimbledon final and lost to in August's Olympic final, Andy Murray, muted 15th-seeded Milos Raonic's big serve and won 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 Monday night to reach an eighth consecutive major quarterfinal.
"Today was by far my best match of the tournament," Murray concluded.
No. 3 Murray will play No. 12 Marin Cilic of Croatia, who put together a 7-5, 6-4, 6-0 victory over 50th-ranked Martin Klizan of Slovakia, the last left-hander and unseeded man remaining. Murray has won 6 of 7 matches against Cilic over their careers, but the lone loss came at the U.S. Open in 2009.
The 30-year-old Fish missed about 2½ months this season because of an accelerated heartbeat and had a medical procedure in May.
"We are not 100 percent sure what the issue is and if it is related to his previous issues," Fish's agent, John Tobias, wrote in an email to The Associated Press. "Mardy is fine and will return home to L.A. tomorrow. This was strictly precautionary and I anticipate that Mardy will play in Asia this fall."
After losing a match at Key Biscayne, Fla., on March 29, Fish went to be checked by doctors because his heart started racing uncontrollably that night. He pulled out of the U.S. Davis Cup team's quarterfinal against France the following week.
The walkover left soon-to-retire 2003 U.S. Open champion Andy Roddick — who plays 2009 champ Juan Martin del Potro in the fourth round Tuesday night — as the last American man in the field, and it allowed the top-seeded Federer to reach his 34th consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal, extending another record he owns.
Federer now faces No. 6 Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, who eliminated No. 11 Nicolas Almagro of Spain 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-1. Berdych stunned Federer in the 2010 Wimbledon quarterfinals on the way to reaching the final there.
"I am really sorry for Mardy. I just want to wish him a speedy recovery," Federer said in a statement issued by the tournament. "We all want to see him back on tour soon."
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PC/SC is not unusable after fork()
SCardEstablishContext() returnsSCARD_E_NO_SERVICE
if called after fork(2) on El Capitan.I can agree that if you mix PC/SC calls from before and after the fork(2) call you can have problems, as in OS X Yosemite bug: PC/SC functions crash after a fork(2). But if you start all the PC/SC calls in the same (child) process I expected it to work.
From the fork(2) manpage I read:
There are limits to what you can do in the child process. To be totally safe you should restrict yourself to only executing async-signal safe operations until such time as one of the exec functions is called. All APIs, including global data symbols, in any framework or library should be assumed to be unsafe after a fork() unless explicitly documented to be safe or async-signal safe. If you need to use these frameworks in the child process, you must exec. In this situation it is reasonable to exec yourself.
I expect Apple to just close this bug as it it the documented behaviour.
It is not a bug but a feature ☹.
See also
Apple bug report #23669488 "PC/SC is not unusable after fork()"Bug closed by Apple. See Update bellow.
Sample code
#include <stdio.h> #include <unistd.h> #ifdef __APPLE__ #include <PCSC/winscard.h> #include <PCSC/wintypes.h> #else #include <winscard.h> #endif int main(void) { int pid = fork(); if (0 == pid) { /* son process */ SCARDCONTEXT hContext; DWORD err = SCardEstablishContext(SCARD_SCOPE_SYSTEM, NULL, NULL, &hContext); if (err != SCARD_S_SUCCESS) { printf("ScardEstablishedContext: %s (0x%08lx)\n", pcsc_stringify_error(err), (long)err); return -1; } else printf("OK\n"); SCardReleaseContext(hContext); } else /* give some time to the son */ sleep(1); return 0; }
Result (on El Capitan)
$ CFLAGS="-framework PCSC" make main cc -framework PCSC main.c -o main
$ ./main ScardEstablishedContext: Service not available. (0x8010001d)
Expected result (on Debian)
$ CFLAGS=`pkg-config --cflags libpcsclite` LDFLAGS=`pkg-config --libs libpcsclite` make main cc -pthread -I/usr/include/PCSC -lpcsclite main.c -o main
$ ./main OK
Known workaround
None known.Update 8th December 2015
As expected Apple closed the bug with:As documented in the quoted fork man page excerpt, it is quite expected that PC/SC does not work in forked child.


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- Knitlist — log on to www.groups.yahoo.com/group/knitlist/ -The first and one of largest of the Net's mailing lists about knitting.
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- knittersreview.com — forum, plus how tos but more advanced
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- KnitU-www.knittinguniverse.com — a popular knitting site managed by XRX, publishers of Knitter's Magazine
- stitchguide.com — wonderful stitch diagrams and video
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- Boye Needle/Simplicity Creative Grou — www.wrights.com
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- Clover Needlecraft, Inc. — www.clover-usa.com
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- Hooked on Crochet! — www.Hooked-On-Crochet.com
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- Knit It — www.bhg.com/crafts
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Manley v. Georgia, 279 U.S. 1 (1929)
Manley v. Georgia
No 429
Argued December 4, 1928
Decided February 18, 1929
Section 28, Art. XX, of the Georgia Banking Act declares that
"every insolvency of a bank shall be deemed fraudulent, and the president and directors shall be severally punished by imprisonment and labor in the penitentiary . . . provided that the defendant . . . may repel the presumption of fraud by showing that the affairs of the bank have been fairly and legally administered, and generally with the same care and diligence, that agents receiving a commission for their services are required and bound by law to observe. . . ."
The Act elsewhere declares that a bank is to be deemed insolvent when it cannot meet its liabilities as they become due in the regular course of business, or when the cash market value of its assets is insufficient to pay its liabilities, or when its reserve falls under a required amount and is not made good within the time prescribed. Held that the presumption created by § 28 is unreasonable and arbitrary, and conflicts with the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. P. 279 U. S. 5.
166 Ga. 563 reversed.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of Georgia affirming a conviction of the appellant of an alleged violation of the state banking law. chanrobles.com-red
MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.
Appellant was convicted in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, of a violation of § 28, Art. XX, of the State Banking Act of 1919 (Acts Ga.1919, p. 219). The judgment was affirmed in the highest court of the state. 166 Ga. 563. Appellant challenged the validity of that section on the ground, among others, that the presumption created by it is so unreasonable and arbitrary as to amount to a denial of due process of law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. His contentions were overruled by both courts, and that question is here for decision. Section 237(a), Judicial Code.
The questioned section follows:
"Every insolvency of a bank shall be deemed fraudulent, and the president and
directors shall be severally punished by imprisonment and labor in the penitentiary for not less than one (1) year nor longer than ten (10) years; provided, that the defendant, in a case arising under this section, may repel the presumption of fraud by showing that the affairs of the bank have been fairly and legally administered, and generally, with the same care and diligence that agents receiving a commission for their services are required and bound by law to observe, and, upon such showing, the jury shall acquit the prisoner."
This section is in words substantially the same as one first found in the Georgia Penal Code of 1833. But its meaning has been changed by a recent statutory definition of insolvency. Section 5, Art. I, Banking Act of 1919, declares:
"A bank shall be deemed to be insolvent, first, when it cannot meet its liabilities as they become due in the regular course of business; second, when the actual cash market value of its assets is insufficient to pay its liabilities to depositors and other creditors; third, when its reserve shall fall under the amount herein required and it shall fail to make good such reserve within thirty (30) days after being required to do so by the superintendent of banks."
Prior to its enactment, none of the conditions specified was deemed insolvency. Griffin v. State, 142 Ga. 636, 642 et seq.
Construing § 28 after this enlargement of the meaning of insolvency, the state court, in Snead v. State, 165 Ga. 44, held that, upon proof of insolvency, it is presumed to be fraudulent, and an accused president or director is presumed to be guilty. The court said at (p. 53), that this
"is but an application to a criminal case of the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur, often applied in civil proceedings. . . . The state is only required to prove that the bank was under the management and control of the accused, and that it became insolvent while it was within the management and control of the defendant, either by
himself alone or conjointly with associates in its management."
The indictment in the case at bar merely alleges that, at a time and place specified, appellant, being president of a bank named and he and two others being directors of said bank, "and the said accused being by law then and there charged with the fair and legal administration of the business and affairs of the said" bank, "then and there pending and during the said official charge and responsibility of the said accused, the said" bank "did become fraudulently insolvent, contrary," etc.
Referring to the language of the section, the court in this case declared that the affairs of a bank are "fairly and legally" administered when they are administered "honestly" and "in accordance with law." And it said (p. 578) that the presumption that the insolvency is fraudulent
"places upon these officers the burden of showing that they administered the affairs of the bank with the same care and diligence that agents receiving a commission for their services are required and bound by law to observe. . . . In addition, this statute . . . permits the accused to rebut the presumption against him . . . by showing other facts, such as that the insolvency was caused by an unexpected panic in the country, or by the speculation of some officer or agent for which the accused was in no way responsible, or by any other facts rebutting the presumption of fraudulent conduct on his part."
The proviso permits the presumption that a crime has been committed to be repelled by the showing specified therein; and, under the decisions of the court, the accused may show any facts that tend to rebut the presumption that he is guilty of the offense charged.
State legislation declaring that proof of one fact or a group of facts shall constitute prima facie evidence of the main or ultimate fact in issue is valid if there is a rational connection between what is proved and what is to be inferred. chanrobles.com-red
If the presumption is not unreasonable and is not made conclusive of the rights of the person against whom raised, it does not constitute a denial of due process of law. Mobile, J. & K. C. R. Co. v. Turnipseed, 219 U. S. 35, 219 U. S. 43. A prima facie presumption casts upon the person against whom it is applied the duty of going forward with his evidence on the particular point to which the presumption relates. A statute creating a presumption that is arbitrary or that operates to deny a fair opportunity to repel it violates the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Bailey v. Alabama, 219 U. S. 219, 219 U. S. 233 et seq. Mere legislative flat may not take the place of fact in the determination of issues involving life, liberty or property. "It is not within the province of a legislature to declare an individual guilty or presumptively guilty of a crime." McFarland v. American Sugar Co., 241 U. S. 79, 241 U. S. 86.
The presumption here involved does not rest upon any definite basis. It is raised upon proof of any one or more of the conditions described as insolvency, and without regard to the facts from which such condition resulted. The statute does not specify the elements of the offense, and so the inference is not restricted to any particular point or specific issue. The facts so to be presumed are as uncertain and vague as the terms "fraudulent" and "fraud" contrasted with "fairly," "legally," "honestly," and "in accordance with law," when used to describe the management of a bank. Connally v. General Construction Co., 269 U. S. 385, 269 U. S. 391. Cline v. Frink Dairy Co., 274 U. S. 445, 274 U. S. 454. Nor is the generality of the presumption aided by the allegations of the accusation. The indictment merely follows the general words of the statute without specifying facts to disclose the nature or circumstances of the charge. Snead v. State, supra, 165 Ga. 54. And see United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U. S. 542, 92 U. S. 562. And as to guilt, also, the presumption is sweeping. It extends chanrobles.com-red
to all directors. There may be from 3 to 25. The president is required to be a director.
The presumption extends to the corpus delicti, as well as to the responsibility of the president or director accused. The proof which makes a prima facie case points to no specific transaction, matter, or thing as the cause of the fraudulent insolvency, or to any act or omission of the accused tending to show his responsibility. He is to be convicted unless he negatives every fact, whether act or omission in the management of the bank, from which fraudulent insolvency might result, or shows that he is in no way responsible for the condition of the bank.
Inference of crime and guilt may not reasonably be drawn from mere inability to pay demand deposits and other debts as they mature. In Georgia, banks are permitted to lend up to 85 percent of their deposits. Unforeseen demands in excess of the reserves required do not tend to show that the crime created by § 28 has been committed. The same may be said as to the other conditions defined as insolvency. The connection between the fact proved and that presumed is not sufficient. Reasoning does not lead from one to the other. Hawes v. Georgia, 258 U. S. 1, 258 U. S. 4. The presumption created by § 28 is unreasonable and arbitrary. Bailey v. Alabama, supra; McFarland v. American Sugar Co., supra.
Judgment reversed.


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I have always wanted to go and volunteer abroad so when I was offered a deferred place for University to study midwifery it was the perfect time for me. Having 14 months to wait before I was due to start my university course what better way to gain important life experience and memories that will stay with me forever? Just weeks after I had accepted my university place I had put down my deposit and started planning my trip to Sri Lanka!
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The Projects Abroad staff were absolutely fantastic right from the point of booking to the day I left. Everything was taken care of such as travel arrangements and airport pickups. The staff in Sri Lanka were available at any time and did their best to help you familiarise yourself with the country and everything you needed to know.
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