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Eclipse Encoding Settings
Encoding is a pretty troubling topic if not care is taken! So you better make sure which settings your favourite IDE is using. Typically UTF-8 is the most flexible ! Here is a short summary how to set it up for eclipse.
- For a global encoding setting add -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 to eclipse.ini.
- For setting the encoding on a per workspace basis, use Preferences->General->Workspace!
- To set the encoding on a per project basis us the tip as documented here. Or shortly open project properties and change to UTF-8
The last one I guess should be the preferred as it does not rely on individual developers to setup their IDE properly, the settings are stored locally with the project.


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Annual Book Fair
Every year in March, The Rotary Club of Plimmerton holds a Book Fair at The Kennel Club in Prosser Street, Elsdon, Porirua. In a huge warehouse, they'll have literally thousands of books that you can browse through and choose from.
Each year the dates are published on this site and throughout Porirua.
Everything is great value and every cent earned goes to Life Education Trust – or to one of the community or youth development projects supported by The Rotary Club of Plimmerton.
In order to prepare for the Fair, the Club starts collecting books from about January onwards. Donations of many, good quality, used books, CDs or DVDs are sought to support these worthy causes.
Contact the Club at the beginning of the year and they'll tell you how to donate.

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Hosiery & Suspenders Outlet
Completing your lingerie set for the finishing touch to any outfit, hosiery is the subtlest way to add sex appeal. Go for classic stockings, stylish hold ups or something a little sexier – think a vintage seamed or fishnet style. Shop our hosiery and suspender outlet and grab one of each.


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Fashionable Hawai'i Islanders have a stylish new opportunity at Queens' MarketPlace, with the opening of Cookie's Clothing Company on December 3, 2016. The popular boutique specializes in the latest women's dresses, separates and accessories for the colorful island lifestyle.
This is the eighth store for the Cookie's brand, founded by owner-operator Christina Cook. Born into the fashion world on Oahu, Cookie learned the business from her parents, Howard and Darcy Cook, who created the Bebe and Bebe Sport lines.
"I was raised in fashion my whole life," said Cook. "I decided to pursue it as a career after college at the age of 24. Having my own clothing store is the only thing I've ever wanted to do."
Describing the Cookie's look as "fun, flirty and affordable" Cook continues, "We focus on fashion and styles for all women's sizes and ages," said Cook. "From age 20-70 we have you covered."
"Our shopping center is a growing, thriving place for all kinds of shoppers," said Sales & Operations Manager Margo Bunnell. "And, as the passion for fashion continues to grow, we are excited to keep expanding the Queens' MarketPlace community of fashion retailers—where local residents and visitors from around the world love to come shop for great clothes for women, men and children."
Cookie's Clothing Company in Queens' MarketPlace will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. daily. For more information, visit www.cookiesclothingco.com.
Since it opened in 2007, Queens' MarketPlace in Waikoloa Beach Resort has earned a reputation among visitors and kama'āina as "the gathering place of the Kohala Coast," full of shopping opportunities, services and great food, along with entertainment and arts programs, movies under the stars and large-scale concerts in Waikoloa Bowl at Queens' Gardens. For more information, visit www.QueensMarketPlace.net or call 886-8822.
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The Criminal Division of the Supreme Court of Victoria hears trials, pleas and applications in serious criminal matters such as murder, manslaughter, attempted murder, treason as well as fraud, sexual offences and major drug trafficking offences.
In a criminal trial a jury of 12 people selected at random from the community decides if an accused is guilty or not guilty based on the facts of the case. All other decisions, including any sentences to be imposed, are made by the judge alone.
The Division's work is not confined to trials and plea hearings. Judges of the Division also hear applications under the following Acts:
- Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 (Cth)
- Bail Act 1977
- Crimes (Assumed Identities) Act 2004
- Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997
- Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Act 2004
- Serious Sex Offenders (Detention and Supervision) Act 2009
- Surveillance Devices Act 1999
- Terrorism (Community Protection) Act 2003
- Witness Protection Act 1991
Regional Circuit Court sittings are an important aspect of the Criminal Division's work and provide a great opportunity for the regional community to participate in the judicial process. The Division sits in Melbourne and the regional centres of Mildura, Ballarat, Geelong, Bendigo, Morwell, Shepparton and Wodonga.
Judges of the Criminal Division
The Principal Judge of the Criminal Division is the Honourable Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth. For a list of current Criminal Division Judges see the judicial organisational chart.
Relevant Practice Notes
- Practice Note SC CR 1 Case Management Procedure for Criminal Trials (First revision) - (Updated as at 1/1/2019)
- Practice Note SC CR 3 Expert Evidence in Criminal Trials
- Practice Note SC CR 4 Sentencing Hearings (Second revision)
- Practice Note SC CR 5 Applications and Reviews under the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997
- Practice Note SC CR 6 Applications to be heard by Judges of the Criminal Division
- Practice Note SC CR 7 Expert reports on mental functioning of offenders
- Practice Note SC CR 8 Case Management Procedure for Criminal Trials - (New as at 1/1/2019)
- Practice Note SC CR 9 Electronic Filing of Indictments
Protocols and Guidelines
- Protocol Uplift requests
- Protocol: Principles for managing children in the custody of the Supreme Court
- Multi-jurisdictional Court Guide for the Intermediary Pilot Program: Intermediaries and Ground Rules Hearing (New as at 29 June 2018)
- Guideline for the preparation of an Affidavit for a Supreme Court Bail Application
- Access to Court Records Request Form


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so over the past few months it has been herbal teas front running my morning beverage routine. ive written about my love of tea before, but this time id like to break down just how beneficial herbal teas can be for you and your loved ones health.
the leaves from black, green and red teas come from the Camellia Sinensis tree. now dont get me wrong – black, green and red teas are still great for you, as they contain polyphenols, which serve as antioxidants to protect the body from free radical damage. through several studies, these tea polyphenols have shown to provide anti-cancer properties.
what we call 'herbal teas' don't come from this tree at all. actually, an herbal tea is really an infusion called a 'tisane' which is made from various herbs, flowers, roots, and other plant parts. peeps have been using this plant food as an herbal remedy for thousands of years!
tisanesdo not contain the same level of polyphenols as black, green or red teas, however, they are very beneficial in other ways, like:
achieving a more calm and relaxed state of mind
supporting heart health
aiding in stomach and digestive problems
cleansing the body
promoting energy and wellness
below are some of my fave options to choose from and what they are known for – a lot of these are available right in your local grocery store or natural foods store:
allspice – soothe the common cold, relieve upset stomachs
chamomile – calming attributes (great before bed), anti-inflammatory and anti-spasmodic properties
chrysantemum – reduce body heat resulting from fever, help protect against liver damage and neutralize toxins in the body
cinnamon – calming effect, support healthy circulation and digestion
dandelion – blood purifier, treat digestive issues and water retention
fennel – digestive aid, soothe upper respiratory problems
ginger – the multi-tasker – treats nausea, cold symptoms, indigestion, migraine headaches
ginseng – stimulate vitality, help the body stay healthy
hawthorne – strengthen the heart, increase blood flow
hibiscus – reduce high blood pressure, soothe menstrual cramps
holy basil – aka tulsi – stress relieving, heart problems, asthma, bronchitis, arthritis and eye disorders
lemongrass – calming properties
parsley – diuretic effect, purported to help with kidney function
peppermint – greater stress-relieving attributes than chamomile tea, help with stomach and digestive issues, freshen breath
raspberry leaf – colds, sore throats, canker sores and diarrhea, keeps nails, bones, teeth and skin healthy
sarsaparilla – promote energy and healthy skin.
slippery elm – relieve stomach cramps and other gastrointestinal problems
these are just a handful of the many, many options there are out there. even better are the herbal tea mixes that put a little bit o' this and a little bit o' that together to become an awesome source of healing goodness.
try a cup out, you wont be let down – and if you need/want any suggestions, i'm always a comment box away :0)


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Sustaining higher education has become a major challenge: President
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Apr 26 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said today sustaining and reinvigorating higher education, in India as well as in other parts of the world, has become a major challenge, especially so in public institutions. The President said on the august occasion of the first convocation of the English and Foreign Languages University, as we celebrate the impressive achievements of this University, he wanted to share with them some enduring reflections that ought to guide us in advancing our vision of education. He stated that to his mind, knowledge must pave the path of life; and living must essentially encompass pursuit of the path of learning. "From times immemorial the continent of Asia, and South East Asia in particular, opened up novel paths of learning. Wherever the Buddha traversed - seeds of knowledge sprouted and flourished. Nalanda, after Takshashila, held the beacon of light very high for over a millennium across lands and seas and welcomed drifting seekers of knowledge and provided them a lasting resting place," he said while addressing the first convocation of the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad in Hyderabad today. He said challenges exist for such institutions, both from outside and inside, adding that at least four distinct factors impinge from outside as well as inside on the administration of an institution of higher learning. The President said that according to him, these are a) escalation of costs of learning; b) narrow pragmatics, i.e. market-oriented fast-track skill acquisition, as the sole goal of learning; c) the allure of invasive dominant communication systems depleting attention span; and d) corrosion of trust. He stressed that any attempt to build or re-orient higher education in such a situation requires administrative acumen. "Administrative strength and sensitivity removes hurdles in the path of learning, and allows academics to thrive, as this University has displayed," he added. (ANI)


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Madeline Stuart is a model. She strolls the catwalk, she shows up in publicizing, she, as most models have needed to model every last bit of her life, she is great at displaying, she is getting seen, and gracious, yes, she happens to have Down Syndrome.
Madeline Stuart is a young woman that hails from Brisbane Australia and she had for a long while been itching to seek after a demonstrating profession from an early age. Her mother, as mothers of debilitated children generally do, needed to be strong, so she took her to a photograph shoot, just so Madeline could figure out the entire thing before she went out on demonstrating employments. All things considered, she adored it and the rest is the thing that they call history. Presently Madeline graces photograph shoots and the catwalks of design capitals around the globe, conveying her vitality and magnificence to the world stage. It doesn't make a difference that she has Down Syndrome, what is important is that she is accomplishing something that she adores.
Down Syndrome is additionally called Trisomy 21 as it influences the 21st chromosome in the set that all people have. It is described by physical development delays, facial components, and gentle to direct intelligent handicaps. It is something that happens normally and is a standout amongst the most well-known of the chromosomal variations from the norm in people. Unfortunately, there is no cure, yet on account of Madeline Stuart, that doesn't prevent her from getting out there and seeking after her fantasies. Indeed, she needs to change the way individuals oppress other individuals when all is said in done furthermore those with an inability. Consideration in all things is an objective that we as a general public must endeavor to meet.
In displaying when all is said in done, there are dependably the individuals who say the models are excessively thin and undesirable looking and that we are giving our young ladies the wrong message about body sort as a result of it. Madeline Stuart is out to break the myth that you need to look a specific approach to be fruitful in the displaying scene, and more energy to her!
Notwithstanding being the primary grown-up model with Down Syndrome to really bring home the bacon at displaying, Madeline is likewise the substance of Glossigirl beautifying agents, and has a pack named after her that was outlined by EverMaya, the cash of every one sold is given over into the National Down Syndrome Society. She has won grants in her country and is a genuine motivation to all to pursue your fantasies.


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New index version with net dividend investment enables greater tracking accuracy
Deutsche Börse is launching five net return indices thus adding a new calculation version to its DAX family. Deutsche Börse's selection indices were previously calculated as performance and price indices, now, the DAX Net Return (ISIN DE000A1A4D00), DAX Net Return USD (ISIN DE000A1A4D18), MDAX Net Return (ISIN DE000A0Z3ND6), SDAX Net Return (ISIN DE000A0Z3NE4) and TecDAX Net Return (ISIN DE000A0Z3NF1) indices offer additional options. In the case of net return indices, shareholder dividend and bonus payments are not fully reinvested in the index, compared to performance indices, but as net dividends; that is, dividends less capital gains tax and solidarity surcharge. This version in particular allows structured product providers more attractive and accurate tracking, while reflecting their products' performance more precisely.
"By calculating our DAX family as a net return version, we are further broadening our range of indices, allowing us to meet the requirements arising from changed market conditions. Our clients can choose the version that best fits their respective needs," said Holger Wohlenberg, Managing Director of Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services.
All Deutsche Börse net return indices are calculated in real time and are available in euro; the DAX Net Return USD Index is calculated in US dollars.
The historical back-calculation extends back to 30 December 2015.
Previously, Deutsche Börse calculated its important equity and bond indices as price and performance indices. Price indices track the pure price movement of a certain securities portfolio and exclude any dividend payments. They therefore also reflect the typical price declines following dividend payouts.
Performance indices are calculated on the basis of reinvesting dividends and bonus payments to shareholders in the hypothetical portfolio. The DAX index is usually considered in its performance index version. As tax rates with national provisions are underlying, the DAX in its performance index version continues to be the best performance indicator on an international comparison.
The DAX index measures the performance of the 30 largest and most liquid companies on the German stock market and represents around 80 percent of market capitalisation of companies listed in Germany. In addition to the DAX itself, the DAX index family comprises the MDAX, tracking the 50 largest companies with the highest stock exchange turnover below the DAX index, TecDAX, which focuses on technology companies ranking below the DAX index, and the SDAX, with the 50 largest and next most actively traded companies below MDAX. DAX®, MDAX®, SDAX®, and TecDAX® are registered trademarks of Deutsche Börse AG.
Market Data + Services Deutsche Börse is one of the world's leading service providers for the securities industry with a product and service offering for issuers, investors, intermediaries and data vendors. The Group's offering covers the entire value chain from trading, through clearing, to settlement and custody of securities.
Market Data + Services is part of Deutsche Börse's IT & Operations, Data & New Asset Classes division and comprises the Group's broad market data offering as well as external technology and network services. Products and services include real-time and historical trading data from the Group trading venues Eurex and Xetra, as well as from cooperation partners. The department also markets reference data for more than 1,000,000 securities and over 11,000 indices including the STOXX and DAX index families, an excellent trading infrastructure and reliable network services.


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'Let not mercy and truth forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart' – Proverbs 3:3
We have been considering the book of Proverbs on some midweek evenings. Proverbs 3 begins with a series of charges from a father to a son, and each one comes with a promise attached.
I want to share with you briefly one of the things we have been looking at. 'Mercy and Truth' must never be far from us as followers of Christ. What does this mean? 'Mercy and Truth' here are a reference to God's promises. His mercy in making them, and His truth in keeping them. So we need to make much of God's promises, and live by them, but how? The answer is before us — we need to wear them like a necklace and write them on our hearts. Perhaps that doesn't help to answer the question very much, so let me expand a little!
Think of the picture–language that is being used. It is pretty graphic, and that helps. We need to do three things. First, we need to glory in God's promises. A necklace is a way of displaying something — precious metal, or stones, or perhaps something of sentimental value. So we should display God's promises, we should speak of them, and give Him the glory for all His keeping of them in our lives. Are you displaying your jewellery?
Second, we need to meditate on God's promises. This is touched on by both pictures. If we carry something of God's goodness with us day by day, we will think about it. A ring on our finger leads us to reflect on what it signifies — so often, the promises made to a loved one. We need to think about God's promises and all He has done for us, and when we pray, plead His promises, giving Him thanks for all the promises He has kept. We need to have these things written on our hearts, deep within us, so it is vital to keep on turning to God's Word to mine out more and more promises, and to hold them in our hearts, engraved!
Thirdly, we need to act by God's promises. Has He promised? Then we must believe, and so live. We can trust Him to deliver. Has He delivered? Then we must give Him glory, and seek His further blessing as we encourage those around us with the account of what great things He has done for our souls! May He help us in all these things.


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New compounds protect nervous system from the structural damage of MS
A newly characterized group of pharmacological compounds block both the inflammation and nerve cell damage seen in mouse models of multiple sclerosis, according to a study conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published online this week in the journal Nature Neuroscience.
Multiple sclerosis is a disease of the brain and spinal cord, where for unknown reasons, the body's immune system begins an inflammatory attack against myelin, the protective nerve coating that surrounds nerve fibers. Once myelin is stripped from these fibers, the nerve cells become highly susceptible to damage, which is believed to underlie their destruction, leading to the steady clinical decline seen in progressive forms of multiple sclerosis.
"The compounds identified in this study, when administered orally, both reduced the inflammation that is a hallmark of multiple sclerosis and protected against the nerve cell damage seen in mouse models of the disease," said Jeffery Haines, PhD, a post-doctoral fellow at Mount Sinai and the study's lead author. "The multiple sclerosis drugs currently on the market and being tested elsewhere seek to reduce the immune attack on cells, but none target neurodegeneration nor do they work to restore nerve cell function. The findings of this new study represent an exciting step in the process of advancing new oral treatment options."
Previous research conducted at Mount Sinai found that the trafficking of protein molecules between the nucleus (the cellular compartment containing the genetic information of the cell) and the cytoplasm is altered in neurodegenerative disease. The molecule that shuttles proteins between the nucleus and cytoplasm, XPO1 (also called CRM1,) has been implicated in multiple sclerosis and a number of other diseases.
Specifically, the Mount Sinai study was designed to test whether pharmacological compounds designed to block the function of XPO1/CRM1 could stop disease progression in mouse models that exhibit some of the characteristics of MS. Researchers found that two chemical agents (called KPT-276 and KPT-350) prevented XPO1/CRM1 from shuttling cargo out of the nucleus of nerve cells, which protected them from free radicals and structural damage. The compounds also stopped inflammatory cells from multiplying, thereby reducing inflammation.
Mice showing hindlimb paralysis were able to regain motor function within two weeks after KPT-276 or KPT-350 were orally administered.
"The study results elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying disease progression in multiple sclerosis models, providing a basis for future clinical trials to determine safety and efficacy of these chemical agents in humans with demyelinating disorders," says Patrizia Casaccia, MD, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience, Genetics and Genomic Sciences at Mount Sinai and senior author of the study.
Because traffic of molecules between the nucleus and the cytoplasm of nerve cells is altered in several other neurodegenerative disorders, targeting nuclear transport may have broader therapeutic implications in diseases like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Alzheimer's disease.
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Nepenthe has been producing Sauvignon Blanc since its inaugural vintage in 1997. Throughout the ensuing vintages the Nepenthe has gained recognition as a benchmark of cool climate Australian style Sauvignon Blanc within the industry.
The grapes are sourced from multiple vineyards throughout the Adelaide Hills to ensure depth and complexity. After being harvested in the cool of the night, the parcels were pressed, clarified and blended to create a wine displaying vibrant fruit flavour and intensity that is both lifted and zesty with a persistent, long finish.
Vintage 2015 – Double Gold
China Wine and Spirits Awards 2016
Vintage 2015 – 91 points
James Halliday Wine Champion 2016
Vintage 2015 – 91 points
James Halliday's Wine Companion 2016
Vintage 2014 -91 points
James Halliday's Wine Companion 2016
Vintage 2013 – Gold
Australian Cool Climate Wine Show – Murrumbateman 2013
Vintage 2012 – TOP 100 WINES
'Taste' Tony Love, Adelaide Advertiser
Vintage 2012 – TOP 40 BEST BUY
Winestate Magazine May/June 2013
Vintage 2011 – TROPHY & GOLD – For best Sauvignon Blanc over £10
Decanter World Wine Awards 2012
Vintage 2011 – Gold
National Cool Climate Wine Show 2011
Vintage 2011 – 93 POINTS
James Halliday's Wine Companion 2013
"A real drive and interest in this wine, moving away from one dimensional Sauvignon to impart texture and complexity."
It is important to us that our wines are enjoyed responsibly. We must confirm that you are of legal drinking age in your country before welcoming you to Nepenthe.
Sorry, you are not of legal drinking age.
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Hey there Blizzard of 2011 survivors. This is all music from Texas, Mexico, Central & South America. Guaranteed to make you feel warmer! If you have a snow day, might as well enjoy this mix with a lunch beer and a nap. Why not? Tracks come from mostly vinyl with the exception of one from cassette and one short excerpt from a Mexican wrestling movie that I bought at the dollar store (track one).
01-Lucha Libre
02-Fue Tu Amor – Tilly Lopez and Memo Diaz
03-El Circo – Tony De La Rosa
04-La Guacamaya – Bonito Veracruz
05-The Party's Over – Groupo Kazave
06-Popotitos -Sandro
07-El Relampago – Narcisco Martinez
08-Aromas De Las Flores – Dueto Los 2 De Guerrero
09-Tico Tico – Brave Combo
10-Jalepeno Con Big Red – Joe "King" Carrasco and El Molino
11-El Corralero – Antonio Aguilar


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Take Control of Your (Westworld) Future
This week, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced pre-registration for Westworld, the upcoming mobile game based upon HBO's hit original series. Produced by WB Games San Francisco in collaboration with Kilter Films, Westworld is developed by Behaviour Interactive and will be released in later this year for iOS and Android devices.
WB Games San Francisco is working closely with Westworld's producers and writers to deliver a game featuring content designed to complement and augment the rich depth of the series. In the Westworld mobile game, players assume the role of a newly hired Delos Trainee, who has been granted access to the Delos Park Training Simulation (DPTS). In full control of the simulation, players take over all aspects of Westworld park operations — including manufacture and care of artificially intelligent hosts and satisfying guest desires.
"This game is an opportunity to give mobile gamers a fresh and exciting way to interact with the engrossing themes and enigmatic narrative explored by the Westworld series," said Jonathan Knight, Vice President, Studio Head at WB Games San Francisco in the official announcement. "We can't wait for fans to get their hands on the game to develop their own unique strategy to orchestrate and explore the perfect park experience."
Wonder what the Westworld game will be like? Check out the game play trailer below:
Remember, players who pre-register will receive exciting incentives at launch; you can learn more at westworldmobile.com.


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Hello my lovelies. Thank you so much for your patience. Your Dean of fuckery/law professor/doctor of doctoring/honorary DVM/resident sarcasm expert/Queen of all I survey has a new hero and I have had to do all kinds of looking around so I could tell you about her.
Her name is Mary Chrzanowski and she happens to be the Judge in the Vancallis trial. Now, if I am the Dean of Fuckery, Scary Mary as she is affectionately known by everyone that has ever been in her courtroom for reasons that will become blatantly obvious, she is the owner of the patent on fuckery. She doesn't play favorites. Much like me she hates pretty much everyone so the prosecution gets to feel her wrath as often as the defense.
The greatest Jurist in the history of ever received her B.S. degree in criminal justice from Wayne State University in 1982 and JD degree from the University of Detroit School of Law in 1985. She worked in a private practice until she became a judge. She has been a Judge since 1993 and holds her bench until the next election in 2017 which I am sure she will win by a landslide because the State is afraid to take it away from her. I would not want to be the bitch that had to say, "sorry Mary, you lost your bench." I can seriously see her shanking somebody. I LOVE her.
James VanKiller could not have drawn a more perfect judge for his douche-y, smarmy, smirky rape-y pedophile looking self.
Because I am way far behind I am sure you already know the charges but what kind of law professor would I be if I didn't list them off. VanKiller is charged with Felony Murder, Kidnapping, Assault with intent to rape and premeditated murder, which to me is redundant but I checked twice so unless that has changed those are the charges. He allegedly kidnapped, attempted to rape and killed 14 year old April Millsap, whose egregious transgression was walking her do
The prosecutor in this case is Eric Smith. Fun Fact, there is also a murderer/rapist by the name of Eric Smith. He is still in jail for sodomizing and killing a child when he was 13. the child he murdered was 4. He blamed his little whoopsie on being bullied. The prosecutor Eric Smith so far is nothing to write home about. He is quiet, but he is thoroug. It is too early for an opinion on his chops.
The defense is headed by Azhar Sheikh and he is already on the radar of Scary Mary.
Day one was short and the only witness was Aprils mother. Aprils mother showed about as much emotion as my vacuum cleaner does when I'm vacuuming up dog hair which I found…odd. She was very matter of fact, but there was just zero emotion except she laughed once which I also found odd. I actually went back and rewatched it 5 times to make sure I was seeing a laugh. I was. Now, she does have a condition called cerebral attoxia which affects walking and speech but nothing else. She sort of speaks like she has had a stroke, but none of her other faculties are affected ie: memory, thought patterns etc. I personally found her strange.
Day two began with Scary Mary freaking the fuck out as soon as everyone was in the courtroom. Apparently somebody took a picture or pictures of some of the jurors which we all know is a big, big no-no. Mary roared about how everyone should be aware that no pictures of the jurors are allowed and if any of them happen to show up on social media whoever did it will be thrown in the slammer as fast as she can pick them up and toss them in.
The next witness was Mathew Zentz, expert witness in forensic digital examination of computers and cell phones. He was qualified as a witness and put through his very boring paces which I think probably confused the jury more then helping the prosecutions case. It looked to me like the phone was somehow attached to the dog. The path the GPS followed made no sense. Like zero. We did learn that April had created a text which said OMFG think I almost got kidnapped.
We got to watch a video of the GPS route that the phone said she took. The animation was produced from only from the GPS, no measurements or any field work were done and they relied solely on the phone. The defense made some headway as far as the animation went when he brought up that according to the phone at one point April Millsap was moving at 34 miles per hour which is the speed a border collie can run, which was the dog that April was walking. The defense also stated that the animation was only as good as the information on the phone. The more the defense talked, the more annoyed the expert seemed to get. In my opinion this witness was a wash.
After a 20 minute break we got to see a picture of a dirt-bike parked next to a yellow mustang. The police were acting on a tip about a bike noticed at the crime scene. The officer went back to the house and spoke to a James Muse. They went back to the station and coroberated the information that had been given. They contacted the owner of the motorcycle at around 11:30pm. They went to an address on Marquette street. An older gentleman opened the door and was asked if they could speak with Vankiller.
Vankiller was asked if he was in Armeda the day before and he said yes. He said he left his house around 5pm and was heading to his brothers, stopped to visit James Muse but he wasn't home, continued on his way, then stopped at a gas station because his butt hurt from the seat on his bike. At that point he was a couple of blocks away from the walking trail.
There were tread patterns found at the crime scene and a description of the motorcycle and helmet from witnesses. Turns out that Vankiller had some extremely distinctive tread patterns on his shoes and they were the same tread patterns that were found at the crime scene. A decision was made after the next day briefing to follow up a little more with Vankiller and he wanted a written statement. The defendant again decided to speak to the police on the front porch instead of the house. First question that was asked was if he could come in and give a written statement. Vankiller stated that he was kind of busy but he might be available in the afternoon. He was very vague on his times. The officer asked to see the bike again. It was parked very close to the wall so they asked Vankiller to move it and they took more photo's in the daylight. The officer ended up having to call him again about a written statement and Vankiller had had a change of heart to the point that he flipped the fuck out and started raging about a witch hunt and they were calling all his friends and trying to take their phones. He did not provide a written statement.
A search warrant was executed the following Wednesday on the Vankiller residence with a large number of officers present. His shoes were seized, the helmet was seized, and a bunch of other stuff was seized by other officers. they showed an overview of all the points that he said he went.
That's it for the first two days of the Vankiller Trial. 3,4,and 5 will be up in the next couple of days. Thanks for the patience, it is appreciated.
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Hi Product Hunt, Creators of Overleap here. PH featured two of the apps we've built (one in productivity, and one in language learning). This is our first experiment in building mobile games. Here you play as a toy character and jump from one column to another. You need to accurately calculate the jump, otherwise you fall. You'll notice that we were influenced by other endless arcade hoppers, e.g. Crossy Road 😄 Features: - 'Childish' atmosphere - Toy-like 3D environment - Dozens of cute toy characters - Different types of monuments (columns, platforms, abc-blocks, etc.) - Localization on several languages (French, Russian, Kazakh, English) Very curious what you guys think (especially, criticism) & how we can make the game more catchy.
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The Old Guard's Van is an abandoned brake van featured in a magazine story.
The old van was found at the harbour by Thomas and Percy. It was then taken to the bird sanctuary where it is now used as a birdhouse. It is somewhat miserable, but since being rescued it seems to have mellowed.
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The Old Guard's van appears to be based on a goods van rather than a brake van, so it can be presumed that this could be a goof on the artists part.
It is unknown what colour the old Guard's van was painted in. However, it could be presumed that it would have something similar to other brake vans, such as grey or brown.
Magazine stories
- Unknown - A Good Hiding Place
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Garden Designer and Horticulturist Kevin Dennis is the owner of the garden design business Cityscape Gardener. He has a passion for design and is constantly looking for opportunities to further develop new ideas and skills. Kevin operates mainly in the domestic market in Dublin and surrounding counties, offering a service with great attention to detail.
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About Momentum Care
Momentum Care has been providing high-quality, reliable, tailored support services to those with support needs since 1998.
It's important that people have choice and control over their life. Momentum Care understands this and therefore works in partnership with the people we support, their family members/carers, medical and social services to ensure all-round support.
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Four Corners was formed in 1973 by four young filmmakers - Joanna Davis, Mary Pat Leece, Ronald Peck and Wilfried Thust. They sought to develop independent filmmaking, both at the level of production and what was on the screen, and bring films and filmmaking to those who had previously been excluded from the whole practice. At 113 Roman Road in Bethnal Green, they created a cinema and production workshop, screening films to local audiences.
The organisation was provisionally franchised under the Channel Four Workshop Agreement in the 1980s, producing films such as Bred and Born, Hang On A Minute and Is That It? among others. Nighthawks (dir. Ron Peck/Paul Hallam 1979) was Britain's first gay feature film, and East London filmmaker Ruhul Amin's A Kind of English, (Channel 4 in 1986), was the first Bangladeshi feature film to be made in Britain
After Channel 4 funding ceased in the mid-1980s, Four Corners became a production and training resource, supporting BAFTA and Turner prize nominees alongside local artists and trainees. The small raked cinema at 113 Roman Road held monthly screenings of filmmakers' work, much of it cut upstairs in the edit suites. From the 1990s Four Corners became particularly well-known for its high-quality, free industry training scheme for unemployed people, often from non-traditional backgrounds.
In 2003 Four Corners was granted 121 Roman Road by Arts Council England to reopen the darkrooms and gallery formerly run by Camerawork, an organisation with a complementary history. A £1m build project to provide a new centre for both film and photography was supported by the Arts Council England, London Development Agency, European Regional Development Fund, Film London and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The impressive new centre opened in 2007, providing a flexible and accessible public space including training rooms, darkrooms, edit suites and gallery, all under an environmentally friendly 'green' sedum roof.
Four Corners is a renowned centre for film and photography, providing a dynamic learning, production and exhibition environment where filmmakers, photographers, artists, trainees and local people work together. Specialist programmes support around 500 people a year, with large audiences attending the gallery exhibitions, talks and events.
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Jamie Jams With Chas & Dave
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Today Jamie has been jamming with Chas & Dave in a London pub.
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Brian George Roggenbuck of Darrington, Washington, passed away unexpectedly early Friday morning, March 23rd, 2018. He was 58 years old.
Born to Buck and Louise Roggenbuck of Vashon Island on December 31st, 1959, Brian was an adventurous and outgoing child. One of six children, Brian was often seen around the island with his older siblings, or with his younger brother, Glen, in tow. Brian exhibited a strong work ethic at an early age, picking strawberries on Tok Otsuka's farm in the summer, holding down numerous lawn jobs, and working weekends at the Doubletree Hotel in Southcenter during the school year all while building forts and treehouses, riding motorcycles, and working on various cars.
He graduated from Vashon High School in 1978, where he was deeply involved in school athletics, with football and baseball being his favorites. Over the decades, Brian continued to support youth sports in a variety of coaching positions. He coached football for Vashon High School, as well as tee ball and little league for elementary students.
Brian was a third generation logger who loved the outdoors and heavy machinery of all types. He had a keen business acumen which he leveraged to purchase his own timberland. He refined his trade by acquiring forested properties and selectively logging them to open up views of the Sound or the mountains, resulting in beautiful building sites enjoyed by many families. He was passionately independent, completely self-made, and loved the challenge of his own business.
Brian deeply loved animals. At one time, his ranch in Darrington was home to nearly 30 horses, numerous cats and dogs, and a handful of chickens. A favorite cat would often accompany him in the cab of his truck. He was also a voracious reader and had a distinct passion for current events and history. His reading table was often heaped with books about the golden age of flying and logging in the old days, while his iPhone was full of numerous news subscriptions that he read daily. His legion of dollar store reading glasses could be found on every surface of his house.
Brian was well known for his wit and incredible sense of humor. He was always eager to strike up a conversation and made connections with people swiftly. For those lucky enough to be counted as a close friend, he would do anything, going to great lengths to help them whenever they needed. He would drive across the state to attend his nephew's plays, or drop everything, repeatedly, to help a friend rebuild a cabin destroyed by wildfire.
Brian was also deeply committed to serving his community. During the Oso landslide in March of 2014, Brian volunteered during the rescue effort and debris removal. He operated heavy machinery alongside FEMA members to extricate victims of the mud catastrophe for 28 continuous days. Those courageous efforts were recognized by President Obama during his visit to the mudslide site.
One of Brian's greatest joys in life was his son, Christopher, whom he raised as a single father. With the help of Brian's parents, Louise and Buck, his brothers, and family friends, Brian brought Chris up right. Thanks to Brian's unique and impactful tutelage, Chris developed a passion for business and technology which took him to Yale for college, and to his current role at Google in Seattle.
Though he died far too soon, Brian brought great joy to those who knew him. He is survived by his son, Christopher, and his brothers, Lewis, Dennis, and Glen Roggenbuck. Brian was loved and admired by many. He will be remembered as a loving father, a devoted brother, a passionate friend, and a selfless member of the community in times of need.
A funeral service will be held to commemorate Brian Roggenbuck on Vashon Island this Saturday, March 31st, at 1pm at Vashon Island Funeral Home, located at 18005 Vashon Hwy SW, Vashon, WA 98070. Reception at Camp Burton will follow graveside service.
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This is just a very quick announcement to let people know of the official dates for FG Con 13!
It will be Friday the 12th October to Sunday 14th. Starting around 5pm New Zealand time on the Friday and ending around midnight Hawaii time on the Sunday - over 72 hours of gaming.
So, block out that weekend... Get your game(s) on! :)
We'll be spending the next week updating the FG Con website and testing the booking system etc..
GM Event entry is now open.
Player bookings are now open!
GM Event Guidelines here: http://www.fg-con.com/information/gm-guidelines/ (Including the link to add a new event - to be updated with Discord info)
A few things to keep in mind for FG Con:
1) Run the games using Fantasy Grounds, and the "live" setting. The GM should have a minimum of a GM/Standard license - SmiteWorks upgrade Standard/GM licenses to Ultimate for the period of the convention. With a standard license you can GM any players for the convention - with or without licenses.
2) Run each session in a designated time slot - the length and start time is up to you. Keep to this time slot to allow players the chance to take part in as many events as possible - try to start on time and don't overrun!
3) Use the FG Con website and event booking system. You can advertise events elsewhere (we encourage that), but all event listings and player booking have to be through the FG Con site. GMs are required to enter their own events so that they have full access to player bookings for review and communication. GMs are required to communicate with their players for pre-event confirmation and coordination.
4) Use the FG Con designated Discord server for in-session communications.
5) Only run games during the weekend of Friday 12th – Sunday 14th October.
6) Abide by the instructions and directions of the FG Con admin team.
More info to come in due course... The main organisers have been super busy recently, so we appologise for the late notice...


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|Journal article
|URI (citable link):
|Hadzhiev, Yavor; Lang, Michael; Ertzer, Raymond; Meyer, Axel; Strähle, Uwe; Müller, Ferenc
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|Genome Biology ; 8 (2007), 6. - pp. R106. - ISSN 1465-6906. - eISSN 1474-760X
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Cis-regulatory modules of developmental genes are targets of evolutionary changes that underlie the morphologic diversity of animals. Little is known about the 'grammar' of interactions between transcription factors and cis-regulatory modules and therefore about the molecular mechanisms that underlie changes in these modules, particularly after gene and genome duplications. We investigated the ar-C midline enhancer of sonic hedgehog (shh) orthologs and paralogs from distantly related vertebrate lineages, from fish to human, including the basal vertebrate Latimeria menadoensis.
We demonstrate that the sonic hedgehog a (shha) paralogs sonic hedgehog b (tiggy winkle hedgehog; shhb) genes of fishes have a modified ar-C enhancer, which specifies a diverged function at the embryonic midline. We have identified several conserved motifs that are indicative of putative transcription factor binding sites by local alignment of ar-C enhancers of numerous vertebrate sequences. To trace the evolutionary changes among paralog enhancers, phylogenomic reconstruction was carried out and lineage-specific motif changes were identified. The relation between motif composition and observed developmental differences was evaluated through transgenic functional analyses. Altering and exchanging motifs between paralog enhancers resulted in reversal of enhancer specificity in the floor plate and notochord. A model reconstructing enhancer divergence during vertebrate evolution was developed.
Our model suggests that the identified motifs of the ar-C enhancer function as binary switches that are responsible for specific activity between midline tissues, and that these motifs are adjusted during functional diversification of paralogs. The unraveled motif changes can also account for the complex interpretation of activator and repressor input signals within a single enhancer.
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|570 Biosciences, Biology
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HADZHIEV, Yavor, Michael LANG, Raymond ERTZER, Axel MEYER, Uwe STRÄHLE, Ferenc MÜLLER, 2007. Functional diversification of sonic hedgehog paralog enhancers identified by phylogenomic reconstruction. In: Genome Biology. 8(6), pp. R106. ISSN 1465-6906. eISSN 1474-760X. Available under: doi: 10.1186/gb-2007-8-6-r106
@article{Hadzhiev2007Funct-6523, title={Functional diversification of sonic hedgehog paralog enhancers identified by phylogenomic reconstruction}, year={2007}, doi={10.1186/gb-2007-8-6-r106}, number={6}, volume={8}, issn={1465-6906}, journal={Genome Biology}, author={Hadzhiev, Yavor and Lang, Michael and Ertzer, Raymond and Meyer, Axel and Strähle, Uwe and Müller, Ferenc}, note={Article Number: R106} }


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Those who brought you to the corridors of power are hungry and sick and shelter-less. The statistics released by the World Food Program is chilling and shocking. It says that many million "vote" are in such a situation that it can put anyone to shame. You are going to need them in the near future but they need you now. Can you act quickly enough to help them at least with the intention to grab their votes two years from now, if you can still enjoy your dinner? This should also shock Angelina Jolie who could not believe her eyes when she saw your dinner table. No one with a heart and right mind can reconcile to the situation of the voters and the voted.
The World Food Program has listed the following 8 hunger facts about Pakistan:
a) The Pakistan floods this summer impacted the lives and livelihoods of some 20 million people, around 10 million of whom required emergency food assistance.
b) Pakistan suffered from widespread hunger even before the monsoon floods, with an estimated 82.6 million people – a little less than half the population – estimated to be food insecure.
c) An estimated 36 percent of Pakistanis live below the poverty line and almost half are illiterate. Poorer households typically spend over 60 percent of their income on food.
d) 50 percent of all Pakistanis have little or no access to clean toilets and drinking water, a condition that renders them vulnerable to infectious diseases.
e) The biggest killers of children under five in Pakistan are diarrhea and acute respiratory infections. Undernourishment is an underlying cause in 38 percent of those cases.
f) Conflict along Pakistan's northwestern border with Afghanistan has forced millions of people to flee their homes. Since 2008, WFP has provided over 2.6 million of them with food assistance.
g) Volatile food prices over the past seven years have pushed the number of people who depend on food assistance in Pakistan from 38 percent of the population in 2003 to 49 percent in 2009.
h) Wheat is Pakistan's main staple crop and most important source of calories. As a result of the flooding, which submerged around 16 percent of all arable land in Pakistan, the upcoming wheat harvest is expected to be around 15 percent smaller than usual.


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COCISD Student Health Advisory Council seeks community volunteers
COCISD has a Student Health Advisory Council focused on promoting the wellness of students through careful planning, communication, and cooperation between parents/guardians, faculty and staff.
Child Nutrition Director Elizabeth 'Dawn' Smith is the current chairperson of the COCISD SHAC, which also includes parents, campus representatives, and new COCISD Health and Wellness Director Kristi Benestante.
Texas law requires the establishment of a SHAC for every school district. The group is appointed by the district and should include members from different areas of the community including parents and school staff. SHACs assist school districts with research, planning, and implementation of programs that incorporate the whole school, whole community, whole child model, with the goal of coordinating policy, process, and practice to improve student learning and health.
The SHAC meets four times a year and provides recommendations to the COCISD Board of Trustees for district health policies and protocols based on input from its members. This year's focus is on allergy protocols and smart snacks in schools.
Parents/guardians and community members who are interested in participating are invited to come to the next SHAC meeting at the COCISD administration building on March 25 at 4:15 p.m. For more information, contact Dawn Smith at firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit the district website at www.cocisd.org > Departments > Health & Wellness > Student Health Advisory Council (SHAC).


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The classical protection models are more difficult for users to reason with than booleans, since you're saying "who", but "who" is just one of many dimensions that go into determining the access policy. Access policies are a kind of dynamic content that a client sends to the server in order to determine the server's future behavior in granting access. We're just trying to settle on what the minimum library is that every implementation of the dyanmic-access-policy feature must support. Classical protection model isn't good enough, but probably extending it to at least have predicates for source host & IP address would satisfy current web users. Servers that allowed more flexible policies could also be supported. Larry -- http://www.parc.xerox.com/masinterReceived on Thursday, 23 October 1997 04:05:40 UTC
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Dena Bank Mumbai Clerk Recruitments Jobs 2011
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2001: A Space Travesty
2002 - Durchgeknallt im All ( Austria, Germany) År 2001 - en rymdkomedi ( Sweden) 2000.1 - Um Maluco Perdido no Espaço ( Brazil) 2000.1: A Space Travesty ( USA (promotional title)) 2001 - Avaruussekoilu ( Finland) 2001 - Loucura No Espaço ( Portugal) 2001 - Ta opisthia tou diastimatos ( Greece) 2001: Despega como puedas ( Spain) 2001: Un'astronave spuntata nello spazio ( Italy (TV title)) 2001: Une parodie de l'espace ( Canada (French title)) Marshall Dick: Son of the Naked Gun ( Philippines (English title)) Pelastakaa pressa ( Finland (DVD title)) Y a-t-il un flic pour sauver l'humanité? ( France)
- Director:
- Allan A. Goldstein
- Release Date:
- 19 Mar 2002
- Genre:
- Comedy / Sci-Fi
- Country:
- Canada
- Runtime:
- 99 min
Leslie Nielsen once again plays a bumbling detective in the vein of the 'Naked Gun' movies, but this time as Marshall Richard 'Dick' Dix. When odd reports are received through official channels stating that the President of the United States is being held captive on a secret international moon base called Vegan and that he has been replaced on Earth by a clone, the US Marshall Service immediately sends their 'best' man, Dix, on the mission. Dix travels to Vegan to rescue the president, but is quickly duped and ends up returning to Earth where he installs the clone-president and removes the real one. The bumbling Dix must then find a way to restore the real president before aliens take over the Earth, and restore in himself a belief in truth, justice and the American way.
Download 2001: A Space Travesty
- Runtime:
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- Language:
- English
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- Resolution:
- 480x272 px
- Quality:
- Normal
- Price:
- $0.5
Actors movie: 2001: A Space Travesty
- Famous Tenor #1
- Yetta Pussel (as Verona Feldbusch)
- Police Chief Halverson
- Secretary Osgood
- Lt. Bradford Shitzu (as Pierre)
- Mr. President (as Damian Mason)
- Dr. Uschi Künstler (as Alexandra Kamp)
- Dr. Griffin Pratt
- Captain Valentino Di Pasquale
- Cassandra Menage


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The Schooner Olad is offering several special sails throughout Windjammer Weekend in Camden that you do not want to miss! Join us on one of our Windjammer Festival Sail-in trips on Friday, August 29th where we will sail among the entire Windjammer fleet as they enter Camden harbor for the weekend. On Friday we will also be offering a Fireworks Sail where you can join us for a trip to watch the breathtaking sunset followed by the fantastic fireworks display over the beautiful Camden harbor. Finally, on Sunday, August 31st the Schooner Olad will be participating in the Parade of Sail with the entire Windjammer Fleet as the ships sail around Camden harbor and out into Penobscot Bay. For more information on these amazing trips or to purchase your tickets today visit our website at www.maineschooners.com or call us at (207) 236-2323.
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Responding to evidence that its tools had allowed ads to be directed at users who used racist comments or hate speech in their profiles, Facebook said Wednesday that it would change how ads can be targeted.
That its ad-targeting tools could be used in such a way was "a fail" for the company, Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer, said in a post. She added that Facebook would add "more human review and oversight" to its automated systems to prevent further misuse.
Ms. Sandberg, who was directly addressing the social network's recent advertising issues for the first time, also said the company would do more to ensure that offensive content — including that which attacks people for their race or religion — could not be used to target ads.
The announcement came after a report from ProPublica last week revealed that Facebook's online ad tools had allowed advertisers to target self-described "Jew haters" or people who had used terms like "how to burn Jews." The terms automatically appeared in Facebook's ad system because people had apparently filled them in under "education" and "employer" on their profiles.
"Hate has no place on Facebook — and as a Jew, as a mother, and as a human being, I know the damage that can come from hate," Ms. Sandberg wrote. "The fact that hateful terms were even offered as options was totally inappropriate and a fail on our part."
Ms. Sandberg said the company "never intended or anticipated this functionality being used this way — and that is on us."
Facebook has grown into one of the world's most valuable companies by offering advertisers the ability to quickly and easily target its users based on a vast array of information, from the type of home they live in to their favorite television shows. But the company is facing a new wave of scrutiny over how those tools can be misused, particularly after it disclosed this month that fake accounts based in Russia had purchased more than $100,000 worth of ads on divisive issues in the run-up to the presidential election.
The site has also been criticized for not anticipating that its technology could be put to nefarious use.
"The appearance of these offensive terms was embarrassing for Facebook and reflects the tendency of Silicon Valley companies to overly trust algorithms and automated systems to manage advertising," said Ari Paparo, chief executive of Beeswax, an advertising technology start-up in New York. "The media business is all about people and influence, so there's a necessary role for human moderation and control."
This is not the first time that Facebook has faced issues stemming from a lack of human oversight. Earlier this year, after a series of violent acts appeared on Facebook Live broadcasts, the company said it would add 3,000 people to the 4,500-member team of employees that reviews and removes content that violates its community guidelines.
But this was the first time that Ms. Sandberg, who is responsible for Facebook's entire advertising organization, has directly addressed the company's high-profile ad issues in public. Ms. Sandberg, a veteran of the digital advertising industry, grew to acclaim in Silicon Valley by developing Google's sales organization in the search giant's early days. She joined Facebook in 2008, and was asked to do the same for the social network.
Facebook has faced thorny questions about race and its ad-targeting tools before. Last fall, ProPublica reported that advertisers could use those tools to exclude certain races — or what the social network called "ethnic affinities" — from housing and employment ads, a potential violation of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Facebook, which assigns the updated term "multicultural affinity" to certain users based on their interests and activities on the site, no longer allows that classification to be used in ads for housing, employment or credit.
"A whole bunch of problems have come up for Facebook over the past year that are going to have consequences," said Brian Wieser, an analyst at Pivotal Research Group who closely follows Facebook. "It's something between sloppiness, an absence of consideration on a range of issues, and the simple challenges of managing a massive company growing at an unparalleled pace."
Facebook's annual revenue, nearly all of which comes from online ads, has more than tripled in the past four years to $27.6 billion in 2016, when it posted a net profit of $10.2 billion. Separately, the company has also been working to repair its relationship with major advertisers after it disclosed about a year ago that some of its measurement tools were not delivering accurate results.
Facebook, which restricted how advertisers could target users after the publication of last week's report by ProPublica, reinstated 5,000 of its most commonly used targeting terms, like "nurse" and "teacher," after manually reviewing the options, Ms. Sandberg said in her post.
Ms. Sandberg also said that the company was working on a program to encourage Facebook users to report abuses of its ad system.
"The move to add more human reviews is a good one and hopefully they can get ahead of the next issue that might arise in their powerful system," Mr. Paparo said.


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Although the headlines have continued to frustrate the living daylights out of me (hugging being banned in school/Iraq war costs skyrocketing to over 1.6 TRILLION dollars /1 in 4 homeless are veterans/Chinese manufactured toys continue to endanger our children), I haven't really had the desire/energy to do any blogging lately since my life's been a bit too full of uncertainty and limbo. In times like these, instead of doing what I should (like packing), I tend to turn to my drug of choice: MUSIC! (Yes, I have done some packing while listening to music, but…)
My all-time "turn that mood around" artist is, without a doubt, Bob Marley (especially "Three Little Birds"), closely followed by local Southern California bands Common Sense (LOVE "Say the Word"), B-Side Players, and Ozomatli, along with a heaping helping of Blues Traveler. Then to go a bit old school I've just got to throw in some Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, and The Kinks. And since blues music is right next to reggae at my soul's core, there's got to be some John Lee Hooker (regret having not seen him before he passed), B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Shemekia Copeland, and Candye Kane. Topping it all off are more recent faves The Cliks, Placebo, and The Cat Empire.
Yup, a bit on the eclectic side when it comes to music, so thank goodness for iTunes party shuffle to keep me happy with a constant rotation of my favorite artists and music. Seriously, if you put ANY of the above mentioned artists on the CD player my mood would instantly change…for the better! Come to think of it, I've seen all but four of them live, so I'm sure the great memories of their concerts and the fun times we had must have something to do with their music's ability to change my mood. Don't you all have music that can do the same thing for you? I hope so because it would be such a shame if you didn't–if music didn't affect your life the way it does mine. Then again, maybe it's just me!
Sadly I missed the return concert the other day of B-Side Players to San Diego after their recent tour. I am really enjoying their new album "Fire in the Youth", although truth be told I'm still a sucker for their older stuff (again, possibly due to having seen them in concert so many times). I thought I'd introduce those of you unfamiliar with this high-energy, positive message, deeply talented band, with the following video of them talking about their band, their music, and their latest release. I'll also see what other B-Side Players videos I can round up to really help you enjoy their music, but the truth is that no video could EVER come close to capturing the energy of a live B-Side Players concert. Take one in when you can!
B-Side Players "Fire In The Youth" EPK
B-Side Players twist on "Could You Be Loved"
Will 2007 forever be remembered as "The Year of the Recalls", with overwhelming numbers of them traced back to China? First the never-ending melamine-tainted pet food scandal, then diethylene glycol-laced toothpaste and cough syrup, and for this month of August lead paint showing up in the worst place: children's toys. It is the lead paint scare that is striking at the heart of Mattel, once again, and this time powerful, loose magnets (if swallowed they can cause intestinal blockage) are added to the toy giant's woes.
Here are some links to stories covering the issue, along with news of a law suit being filed in the case of the previous lead paint recall by Mattel's Fisher-Price unit a couple weeks ago, and news of the suicide of a Chinese executive involved with the Fisher-Price recall.
- Mattel Recalls About 9 Million Toys-Wall Street Journal
- Mattel Adds 9 Million Toys to the Recall-knbc.com
- Florida Parent Sues Mattel Over Toy After Recall-Reuters
- Chinese Export Executive Commits Suicide After Mattel Recall-knbc.com
Here are recall information links:
- www.recalls.gov (Seems there are so many recalls constantly taking place that the government has created a "one stop shopping" location for all things recall. Anyone else find that somewhat disturbing? That we should need a government-sponsored web site for recalls instead of our government doing more to prevent recalls in the first place?)
- Mattel Product Recall page
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Here we go again, folks! We are now facing ANOTHER Chinese-manufactured items recall due to a lead poisoning hazard, this time nearly one million Fisher-Price toys. Below is a copy of the recall notice from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. This recall comes on the heels of the Thomas the Tank Engine recall, also due to lead poisoning items manufactured in China. Here is an interesting read from early July where China says the entire safety issue is being "hyped" by the media, and it seems they are parroting the same "Chinese exports are safe" line in this article posted today, yet softening their stance in this one. Here's hoping that the US team currently in Beijing for talks regarding more stringent regulations with the food and drug trade between our country and China, will be able to come home with rules in place which will have us all breathing a bit easier regarding the safety of products we use for ourselves and our pets.
- 9/27/07: More items recalled today!
Here are a couple of links to Mattel pages:
8/1/07 Fisher-Price Toys with Lead Paint Hazard Recall
ALL Mattel recalls
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207
August 2, 2007
Release #07-257
Firm's Recall Hotline: (800) 916-4498
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
Fisher-Price Recalls Licensed Character Toys Due To Lead Poisoning Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firms named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Sesame Street, Dora the Explorer, and other children's toys
Units: About 967,000
Importer: Fisher-Price Inc., of East Aurora, N.Y.
Hazard: Surface paints on the toys could contain excessive levels of lead. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Description: The recalled involves various figures and toys that were manufactured between April 19, 2007 and July 6, 2007 and were sold alone or as part of sets. The model names and product numbers for the recalled toys, which are all marked with "Fisher-Price," are listed below. The toys may have a date code between 109-7LF and 187-7LF marked on the product or packaging.
Sold at: Retail stores nationwide from May 2007 through August 2007 for between $5 and $40.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled toys away from children and contact Fisher-Price. Consumers will need to return the product and will receive a voucher for a replacement toy of the consumer's choice (up to the value of the returned product).
Consumer Contact: For additional information contact Fisher-Price at (800) 916-4498 anytime or visit the firm's Web site at www.service.mattel.com
(PRODUCT LISTED REMOVED DUE TO FORMATTING ISSUES: please click link above for entire list.)
—Send the link for this page to a friend! The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $700 billion annually. The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children. The CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products – such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals – contributed significantly to the 30 percent decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.
To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC's hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270, or visit CPSC's web site at www.cpsc.gov/talk.html. To join a CPSC email subscription list, please go to www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx. Consumers can obtain this release and recall information at CPSC's Web site at www.cpsc.gov.
Yes, I realize most of you have no clue who Jackson is (am quite sure he'd say that it's your loss ;)), BUT since I do adore the boy and it IS his birthday today (will be nice and NOT say how old since he's having 'issues' with it…you can pay me later, Jackson!), I feel the need to post a couple videos of his obsession (Placebo…more to the point, Brian Molko ;)), since I posted some of mine yesterday. (And yes, that WAS the longest run-on sentence ever. ;))
Much love and HAPPY BIRTHDAY wishes to you, my betch. 😉
(And here's hoping the "Lucy Syndrome" doesn't occur today!)
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When I was little, my brother and I used to always play along the sidewalk in front of our house. We used it for fun things like running back and forth, skipping back and forth, biking back and forth, and so on.
(This should be no surprise, because look at us now, am I right? Haha.)
Anyway, there were some neighbour kids in the neighbourhood, some of whom we got along with better than others. There was a set of three kids who lived just down the street who were sort of fun to play with, but also sort of mean. Like if you played with them for long enough, one of them would do something straight up evil just to see what would happen.
You know the ones.
On this particular day, my brother and I (at that time about seven and four respectively) were playing around when the three kids showed up and crashed our party. My brother and I – being of the extremely non-confrontational personality type – played along with it. Everything was going fine – a bit of a drag, but FINE – until I was like, running along side my brother's bike – or maybe it was the boy kid's bike – and I fell. Or maybe he pushed me. I'd like to say he pushed me because like I said, they weren't very nice, but maybe I'm just remembering the story as an adult who can now see what jerks some kids are.
Bottom line: I fell. I was horizontal on the sidewalk.
And there she came.
The youngest sibling. A year younger than I, but so, so much scarier. (I wasn't scary at all, except when I was super whiny and annoying and I don't remember being that way because I was the one doing it.) She was on a tricycle and she came barreling at me with a look on her face so twisted I can only tell you to imagine a kid tri-cycling with the vigour of Danny Torrence from The Shining, only take his face and replace it with Chucky.
I basically saw it happen in slow motion, but I was paralyzed with fear. So I had to just sit there and watch in complete horror while that little twat rode her tricycle RIGHT OVER ME.
Naturally, my knee/leg got ripped open by the stupid wheels of her stupid tricycle and started to bleed like crazy. I still have at least one scar from that day. Not to mention the emotional trauma.
(I wouldn't give that girl the time of day if I saw her tomorrow. Is that bad? I don't care.)
That was the day I learned that getting run over by a bike sucks. I don't recommend it.
Also maybe some children need to GET SOME BIKING MANNERS.


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Verizon Profit Jumps 40 Percent on Wireless Subscriber Growth
Verizon Communications Inc. said its third-quarter profit improved 40 percent as the largest U.S. phone carrier continued to build up its base of wireless and FiOS customers.
Verizon last month agreed to purchase Vodafone Group PLC's 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless for $130 billion, granting Verizon full control of their joint venture. To help fund the deal, Verizon sold $49 billion in bonds, making it the largest corporate-debt sale in history.
Verizon reported a profit of $2.23 billion, or 78 cents a share, up from $1.59 billion, or 56 cents, a year earlier. Excluding special items, per-share earnings were 77 cents in the latest quarter. Revenue improved 4.4 percent to $30.28 billion.
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Samsung Accounted for a Third of Smartphone Sales Last Quarter, While Apple's Share Fell
Samsung's second-quarter smartphone shipments hit 76 million last quarter – up 56 percent from the prior year, and giving the company a 33 percent share of the global market.
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Apple, meanwhile, shipped 31.2 million iPhones, a 20 percent year-over-year rise, and good for second place worldwide. However, that trailed the overall smartphone industry, and meant that Apple's market share fell to 14 percent – its lowest level since the second quarter of 2010, according to market research firm Strategy Analytics.
"The current iPhone portfolio is under-performing and Apple is at risk of being trapped in a pincer movement between rival 3-inch Android models at the low-end and 5-inch Android models at the high-end," Strategy Analytics' Neil Mawston said in a statement.
Overall, smartphone shipments hit 230 million for the second quarter, up 47 percent from a year earlier, and representing 59 percent of all mobile phones sold.
"The smartphone industry's shipment growth rate, which is higher today than a year ago, is being driven by surging demand for 4G models in developed regions like the US and 3G models in emerging markets such as India," Neil Shah, senior analyst at Strategy Analytics, said in a statement.
Korea's LG doubled shipments from a year earlier to 12.1 million units, enough to give it five percent global market share and the No. 3 spot, just ahead of China's ZTE and Huawei, each of which shipped more than 11 million smartphones.
Apple Takes Home Three Brand of the Year Awards
Here's an achievement certain to be trotted out at Apple's next big media event. Harris Interactive on Thursday declared the company the top U.S. brand across a trio of consumer electronics categories – the only three in which it's rated.
According to Harris Interactive's 2013 EquiTrend survey, which polls some 38,000 U.S. consumers about their brand preferences, Apple dominated not only the tablet segment, but the mobile phone and computer segments, as well.
Quite the hat trick, and one Apple has pulled off for two years running now, beating out some serious competition. In the computer category, Apple bested Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Sony; in the tablet category, it surpassed Amazon, Google and Samsung; and in the mobile phone segment, it beat HTC, Samsung and LG.
Said Harris Interactive senior VP Manny Flores, "… What really stands out is that in all three of the categories Apple brands are measured – Computer, Tablet and Mobile Phone – its Brand Momentum scores are in the top 30 of all 1,500 brands evaluated in the study."
And that's worth noting. Harris Interactive's Brand Momentum category measures – among other things – ubiquity, future outlook, leadership and popularity. In the eyes of U.S. consumers, Apple clearly meets its brand promise.
T-Mobile's Latest Promo Offers Entire Lineup of Phones for No Upfront Payment
T-Mobile is continuing to shake things up.
The No. 4 U.S. carrier on Friday announced a promotion that will offer its entire lineup of phones for no upfront payment. It isn't really dropping the price of phones, just spreading the entire cost of the phone over 24 months instead of using a mix of an initial down payment and monthly payments.
Still, the move shows the flexibility T-Mobile has since moving to a model in which it separates the cost of the phone from its monthly service.
"The number of reasons not to switch to T-Mobile this summer is ZERO," T-Mobile CEO John Legere said in a statement. "This is a fantastic offer and we're making it easier than ever for customers to get the latest amazing devices."
Under the new promotion, which starts on Saturday, customers can get a 16 gigabyte iPhone 5, for example, for no upfront fee and 24 monthly payments of $27 per month. The Samsung Galaxy S4, BlackBerry Q10 and HTC One are all $25 per month, while the entry-level Nokia Lumia 521 is just $5 per month.
The device fee is then added to T-Mobile's monthly service fees. Options range from a $50-per-month plan that includes unlimited talk, text and 500 megabytes of high-speed data to an option for $70 per month that includes unlimited high-speed data. Additional lines for family members cost $30 for the first extra line and $10 per additional line after that.
Though not cutting device prices, the move could nonetheless be attractive to those looking to get a new phone without a big initial cost.
Update: In a telephone interview, T-Mobile Chief Marketing Officer Mike Sievert said that the new option came in response to a move by AT&T to offer some devices for no money down.
"This is really about being fast and highly competitive," Sievert said. "We aren't going to cede one inch of the territory and of the momentum" it has gained from its "un-carrier" approach.
As part of its Next early-upgrade program, AT&T is offering a number of phones for no money down, with installment payments of $15 to $50 per month for 20 months. A Samsung Galaxy S4, for example, would cost $32 a month for 20 months under that program. (Customers would also pay AT&T's standard monthly rates in addition to the device financing payment.)
Sievert did not give an end date for T-Mobile's new offer, but said promotions such as these tend to run days or weeks, and not for months.
He also said this move was not the next step that Legere had hinted will come in the fall.
"Un-carrier 3.0 is still to come," Sievert said.
L.A. Unified School District Wants iPads for All 640,000 Students
Back in June, the Los Angeles Unified School District awarded Apple a $30 million contract to provide its students with iPads. Under its terms, the company will supply about 31,000 iPads to 47 LAUSD schools, each preloaded with a bunch of educational software. But evidently that's just the first phase of the program.
According to an LAUSD representative, the nation's second-largest school district hopes to provide iPads to all 640,000 students by late 2014. Which means it's going to buy a few hundred thousand more iPads over the next year – though it's not yet sure how it's going to do it. "We're hoping that we will get a lot of private donors," Mark Hovatter, chief facilities executive for LAUSD, told CITEworld.
That's very good news for Apple. If LAUSD is able to pull together the money to realize this plan, it will be purchasing hundreds of thousands of additional iPads. Which potentially means another big iPad contract in the offing, and the chance to expose thousands of kids to the iOS ecosystem.
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- Snap button closure that will hold your belongings in place
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- Additional card slot on the back of the wallet for more storage
- Approximate phone pouch dimensions: 5.4 x 3.2 x .7 inches
- A separate pouch for your device that makes it easily accessible in a flash
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This universal, unisex bi-fold wallet is suitable for a anyone at any age for whom both fashion as well as price is important! This wallet is useful for running errands, getting gas, grocery trip, walk / run on the park, a day or night out; or any day that you don't feel like bringing a bigger
BlackBerry Lays Off 250 Employees From Its New Product Testing And R&D Department
Layoffs at Waterloo-based smartphone industry pioneer BlackBerry cut deep last year, with around 5,000 employees being let go. Those cuts continue into 2013 as BlackBerry undergoes what CEO Thorsten Heins called a "complex transition" earlier this month, and the latest is that 250 employees of its core R&D and new product testing facility have been let go as of earlier this week, as confirmed by Canada's CTV News and by BlackBerry itself to TechCrunch.
That number pales in comparison to some of the massive cuts that came in big batches last year, including one 3,000 person block in August 2012. Last year, however, BlackBerry reportedly told its employees that if they were working on services or projects key to BlackBerry 10, they'd mostly likely be safe. These cuts appear to be closer to the bone, however, coming as they do at the heart of BlackBerry's innovation efforts, which is why it's perhaps more worrying for the company's overall outlook than the big sweeping trimming of potentially redundant or sub-optimal departments last year.
BlackBerry is saying the change to employee count is all about efficiency, in a statement provided to TechCrunch (included in full below), but it's hard to see a big batch of layoffs so near to R&D, which should be the lifeblood of any technology company, as a good sign. Heins' strategy of cost-cutting and efficiency has helped BlackBerry manage to stay relatively strong on revenue, however, and to keep a healthy cash reserve on hand.
BlackBerry has a number of products in the pipeline, apparently, including the leaked A10 (and the somewhat unimpressive Q5), a new touchscreen flagship that's rumored to be launched later this year. But that device looks to be quite far along already; this fresh report of staffing changes begs the question of how much more new hardware we have left to see beyond that.
The full statement from BlackBerry's Lisette Kwong follows:
I can confirm on the record, that BlackBerry on Tuesday informed 250 employees of their termination in Waterloo. These employees were part of the New Product Testing Facility, a department that supports BlackBerry's manufacturing and R&D efforts.
This is part of the next stage of our turnaround plan to increase efficiencies and scale our company correctly for new opportunities in mobile computing. We will be as transparent as possible as those plans evolve.
FitBark Has Another Go At Proving Its Health Tracker For Dogs Isn't Barking Mad
Bored of quantifying your self already? Why not quantify your pet instead? FitBark is a Fitbit style health tracker for your under-walked canine companion. We've covered this (frankly) barking mad gizmo before, back in May, when its creators were exhibiting at Hardware Alley at TechCrunch Disrupt NY but they've now taken to Kickstarter to raise funds to get the device out in the wild. Again.
It's actually FitBark's second attempt at Kickstarting the gizmo. As Gigaom points out, its creators pulled an earlier attempt at crowdfunding the device in order to rethink the business model, scrapping the monthly subscription fee and opting for a fixed price-tag of $69 via Kickstarter or $99 for general retail.
FitBark are after $35,000 to cover manufacturing costs this time around, and are more than half-way to achieving the target with 32 days left to run on the campaign – so crazy or otherwise, this is one hardware startup that's pretty much a dead cert for its first manufacturing run-around-the-park at least.
Now I say barking mad but that's mostly tongue-in-cheek, being as FitBark is not the only health tracker angling for pet owners' cash. Whistle, a startup backed by $6 million in Series A funding, launched a $99 wearable activity tracker for dogs only last month. There's also Tagg, which combines activity and location tracking by including GPS in its device. So underestimate the pet-owning dollar at your peril.
So what does FitBark actually do? Attach it to your dog's collar and it tracks daily's activity levels, sending the data back to FitBack's servers when your smartphone is in range, or throughout the day if you purchase a dedicated FitBark base station (and keep you pet penned up at home while you're out). The latter scenario would allow owners to keep remote tabs on their pet's activity levels when they're not at home, but unless you own a mansion (or employ a dog walker) your dog isn't going to be able to do a whole lot of running around without you. FitBark then crunches all the activity data, offering customisable daily activity goals, and delivering the results back to you via an app. So far, so kinda sane.
At its more barking mad fringe, the FitBark also lets pet owners compare – well, they say "unify" – their own fitness with their dog's fitness/activity. So yeah, boasting that you are fitter than Fido is apparently a thing now…
FitBark is also the first platform that leverages existing APIs of human fitness trackers to bring you a unified view of your fitness level and that of your dog. From the outset, FitBark will seamlessly receive input from your Nike Fuelband, Fitbit, Withings Pulse, or Bodymedia Fit. We'll look to expand the list as we learn about new open APIs or partnership opportunities. If you're not only a devoted dog parent but are also serious about tracking your own fitness, you'll love this.


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We have created a smartcard extension based on CryptoTokenKit on macOS 10.13.
The smartcard logon does not always work well on macOS 10.13 GM Seed and macosx 10.12.6. I already filed a bugreport on this (https://bugreport.apple.com/web/?problemID=34276518)
On macos 10.13 beta 9, it works.
After successfully pairing and the screen saver is active, we can use the pin to login. But once the user has logged out and try to logon again using the smartcard, the system can not find the token driver. The log is given below;
2017-09-19 14:33:18.772185+0200 0x54ac Activity 0x7563 907 0 ctkd: (CoreFoundation) Loading Preferences From User CFPrefsD
2017-09-19 14:33:18.772746+0200 0x54ac Activity 0x7564 907 0 ctkd: (CoreFoundation) Sending Updated Preferences to User CFPrefsD
2017-09-19 14:33:18.779729+0200 0x54ab Activity 0x7565 907 0 ctkd: (PlugInKit) discovery
2017-09-19 14:33:18.799848+0200 0x54ac Activity 0x7566 907 0 ctkd: (Foundation) begin using plugin
2017-09-19 14:33:41.678279+0200 0x56fe Activity 0x7567 907 0 ctkd: (Security) SecItemDelete_ios
2017-09-19 14:33:41.696567+0200 0x56fe Activity 0x7568 907 0 ctkd: (CoreFoundation) Sending Updated Preferences to User CFPrefsD
2017-09-19 14:33:41.698188+0200 0x5790 Activity 0x7569 907 0 ctkd: (CoreFoundation) Loading Preferences From System CFPrefsD For Search List
2017-09-19 14:33:41.698263+0200 0x5790 Activity 0x756a 907 0 ctkd: (CoreFoundation) Loading Preferences From User CFPrefsD For Search List
2017-09-19 14:33:42.137638+0200 0x5790 Activity 0x756b 907 0 ctkd: token inserted
2017-09-19 14:33:42.138165+0200 0x5790 Activity 0x756c 907 0 ctkd: (PlugInKit) discovery
2017-09-19 14:33:42.229946+0200 0x5791 Activity 0x756d 907 0 ctkd: (Foundation) begin using plugin
2017-09-19 14:33:42.241138+0200 0x5790 Default 0x756d 907 0 ctkd: [com.apple.CryptoTokenKit.token] com.somecompany.bfesce cannot handle token in slot SCM Microsystems Inc. SCR 3311, error:(null)
2017-09-19 14:33:42.241962+0200 0x5790 Error 0x756c 907 14 ctkd: [com.apple.CryptoTokenKit.token] No token driver found for card <TKSmartCardATR: 0x7fec7ec11420 3b 1800ff T=1:--- T=1:fe45-;43...> ATR bytes: <3b...
Could it be that it has something to do with the way the smartcard extension has been registered?
We put the smartcard extension under the folder PlugIns/ inside our main app which serves as a host.