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How the Atlanta Falcons’ New Stadium Helped Reduce the Area’s Flooding Issues
February 26, 2019 Shane Hedmond
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home to the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, was completed in late 2017. The impressive structure had a hefty price tag of $1.4 billion, but it has already played host to several of the biggest events in sports, including the 2018 College Football National Championship and the recent 2019 NFL Superbowl. In addition to playing a large role in the sports world, it’s also playing a large role environmentally for the area surrounding the stadium.
According to Accuweather, the new stadium is built on top of the Proctor Creek Watershed, which has the nasty habit of flooding during heavy rain events. Not only that, but the watershed is “plagued with pollution erosion and high bacteria levels,” which poses significant health risks for the surrounding communities, the EPA says.
On its way to alleviating at least some of those flooding issues, the Mercedes-Benz Stadium design team, HOK, and the joint venture construction group HHRM JV, achieved a LEED Platinum rating. Out of a 100 point maximum, the stadium totaled 88 points, making it the highest of any sports venue.
Several of those points came from water efficient landscaping, innovative wastewater technologies, water use reduction, and stormwater design – quantity control, according to the USGBC’s webpage on the project. The last one, “stormwater design – quantity control,” was achieved by installing several bioswales to divert water from storm lines and improve the water quality. Bioswales are low lying areas that are lined with either vegetation, rock, or other natural filtration materials.
The design also featured a 680,000 gallon cistern for rainwater harvesting, which is then used for landscape irrigation and a cooling tower on site. Stadiums create a large amount of impervious land area from not only the building itself, but from the surrounding parking area. That concentrates and speeds up the collection of storm water, which contributes to flooding. Collecting rainwater and reusing it not only aids in the conservation of water, but also aids in flooding reduction.
Stadium project costs have reached unearthly levels over the past decade, but many have at least done some public good, even outside of sports. Another recent example of this was the Milwaukee Bucks’ new area, which has been touted as the “world’s first bird friendly arena” after it incorporated many design elements to reduce the amount of birds that are killed by flying into buildings with large amounts of glass.
Although most construction companies in the country will not be involved in a project as large as this billion dollar stadium, these projects can still serve as good examples of why some governmental regulations are in place. I’ve heard a lot of negative grumbling about following Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans in my career, but the storm water controls that are mandated, if installed and maintained correctly, can help reduce flooding, pollution, and water quality for the surrounding areas. It may seem annoying to have to repair that silt fence every few days, but slowing down and filtering runoff is a part of being a good neighbor.
Below is a video explaining more about the Mercedes-Benz LEED Platinum process:
Full Story: How Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium helps combat the city's flood problems | AccuWeather
A Beginner’s Guide to SWPPP for Contractors and Developers
I’ve been very fortunate over the course of my relatively short career in construction to spend time focusing on many different aspects of construction. I recently spent about two and a half years working in site development and Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) compliance on a national scale and I wanted to share some of the insights that I gained from that experience.
Tesla is Now Installing Its Solar Roof Tiles in 8 States
In 2016, Elon Musk and Tesla announced that they had developed an innovative solar roofing tile that looks almost identical to traditional roof shingles currently on the market. Standard solar panels look be large and clunky on a roof, which made many excited about a nearly “invisible” solar tile option. After 3 years, we recently got a major update into how the installations of the product is going.
NYC’s Green New Deal Targets Construction Industry, Bans Inefficient Glass-Walled Buildings
On Thursday, April 18th, the New York City Council passed what they are calling “NYC’s Green New Deal,” which legislators hope will greatly reduce the city’s greenhouse gas emissions. In order to achieve those results, several mandates included in the legislation will have major effects on the construction and real estate industries.
[Timelapse] Watch 7 Years of Construction of New York’s 2 Newest Supertall Skyscrapers
Almost 7 years ago, construction began on the west side of Manhattan’s $20 billion mixed-use development. On March 15, 2019, Hudson Yards, as the development is known, has officially opened.
First Approval Granted for Possible Tallest Mass Timber Building in North America
A new 21-story apartment building proposed for Milwaukee, Wisconsin as received unanimous approval from the City Plan Commission. If built, the new tower could possibly be North America’s tallest mass timber building.
The Top 10 US States for LEED Certified Construction in 2018
The USGBC recently released their 2018 ranking of the Top 10 US States for LEED construction, which is sorted by Gross Square Footage per Capita. That ranking system allows them to get a fair comparison of states, despite differences in population and number of buildings.
USGBC Announces LEED Zero Certification for Net Zero Projects
Tall Mass Timber Buildings Could be on Horizon After ICC Vote to Change Building Code
Tall buildings made with structural timber have been on the rise in Canada and European countries in recent years, but the United States has been slower to adopt the method due to code restrictions. The state of Oregon recently released an addendum to their building code to allow taller mass timber buildings in the state and an upcoming International Code Council (ICC) vote could encourage more states to follow suit.
How the Milwaukee Buck’s New Arena Became the “World’s First Bird Friendly Arena”
You may have been sitting in your house or office one day and noticed the distinct sound of a bird hitting the window. It’s pretty common, as it’s estimated that as many as 988 million birds die in the US each year by colliding into glass. The new arena that will house the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks has incorporated some design elements that will reduce the amount of birds killed by the massive structure, allowing it to be dubbed the “World’s Most Bird Friendly Sports Arena.”
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Technology News Roundup 16/06/2017
Jun 16, 2017 by Eligo Technology, Industry News, Infrastructure & Support...
Stay tech savvy with the Eligo Technology news roundup, featuring the latest news and updates from the Tech industry each week. This week ending 16/06/2017 Google opens a new tech hub, Uber CEO steps down, Python programming language grows in popularity and Ford launches a ‘smart mobility’ office.
Google opens new UK tech hub for digital skills
Google is opening a huge new space in London designed to give the nation training in vital digital skills. The Academy will offer lessons to anyone, from schoolchildren to chief execs at the 40,000 sq ft space in Victoria with input from Google staff and other industry experts. The opening comes after the tech company’s promise to offer skills training to everyone in the UK for free. Google is also putting more than £1bn into a new headquarters in Kings Cross which is due to open next year, creating up to 3,000 new jobs by 2020.
(City A.M.) 13/06/2017
Uber CEO steps down
Following the controversy over a damning report about Uber’s workplace culture, CEO Travis Kalanick has announced he will take an indefinite leave of absence. A workplace review led by the law firm of former US attorney general Eric Holder called on the company to “review and relocate” Kalanick’s responsibilities. Uber’s board of directors voted unanimously to adopt the recommendations of the report.
(The Guardian) 13/06/2017
Python programming language grows in popularity
Since its release in 1991, the Python Programming language has come a long way and today it is quickly becoming a first-class enterprise language used in production. Stack Overflow’s recently released Trends solution shows Python has grown 14.3% from 2015 and 2016. In an interview with SD Times the Python Software Foundation (PSF) board of directors wrote “It seems like Python is used in every domain – system operations, web development, deployment, scientific modelling, etc etc. There is no other language that is so versatile.”
(SD Times) 15/06/2017
Ford launches a ‘smart mobility’ office in London
As London seeks to cement its place as a tech investment centre on year after Brexit, Ford Motor Co. is opening a new office in London to focus on future mobility solutions for Europe. Ford’s new venture will hire around 40 specialists and open later this year becoming their third “smart mobility” office. Ford’s Europe chief, Steven Armstrong gave a statement about the new London office “Basing our rapidly growing team here in the heart of mobility innovation in London is critical to accelerating our learning and development of new technologies.”
Click here to read more (AutoNews) 13/06/2017
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17 Pics That Prove The Hemsworths Are The Sexiest Brothers In Hollywood
It's no secret Hollywood is just crawling with all sorts of good-looking guys.
But you know what's even better than one smoking-hot celeb... or even two of Tinseltown's finest?
Three irresistible A-listers, of course!
That's right. When it comes to being the ultimate triple threat, no one seems to make the ladies thirstier than Chris, Liam and Luke Hemsworth.
Aside from having some damn good genes, all three of these handsome Aussie hunks made a name for themselves in the acting world, so these boys are both tantalizing and talented.
If being insanely gorgeous, talented and famous isn't enough to convince you these fine fellas are the hottest men in the business, you'll be glad to know these blue-eyed babes have irresistible accents and, like, babies, puppies and surfing skills.
Seriously, it doesn't get much better than that.
Take a look at the pictures below to see proof the Hemsworth brothers are the most heavenly creatures in Hollywood.
When it comes to Tinseltown's hottest trio...
...nothing can top the Hemsworth brothers.
The star-studded squad consists of 34-year-old Luke...
32-year-old Chris...
...and 25-year-old Liam.
There's no denying these bros are extremely blessed...
...and incredibly f*cking sexy.
Yep, it's not hard to see this trio is the total package.
If being the hottest brothers on the face of the planet wasn't impressive enough...
...you'll be glad to know Luke and Chris are also sizzling DILFs.
While Liam may not have a kid, he does have a fur baby, and that makes this doggy DILF just as irresistible.
Plus, all three of these mesmerizing men are sexy surfers.
Between their flowing blonde locks...
Irresistible blue eyes...
Rock-solid physiques...
And alluring Aussie accents...
...there's no denying the Hemsworth brothers are the most handsome hunks in all of Hollywood.
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Weekend Box Office Results: February 19-21, 2016
February 22, 2016 Steve Baqqi
Deadpool continued its reign atop the box office, with an estimated $56.47 million.
Weekend Box Office Results for February 19-21, via Box Office Mojo. Box Office Results will be displayed on the "Movies" Tab until the next weekend, where the old box office results will be moved to the "News" Tab.
Image Via: wisegeek.com
Tags Deadpool, Ryan Reynolds, The Witch, X-Men, Star Wars, The Force Awakens, Kung Fu Panda 3, Risen, How To Be Single, Race (2016), Zoolander 2, The Revenant, Hail, Caesar!, February, 19-21, 2016, Box Office Results, BoxOfficeMojo, Weekend, Millions, Billions
Deadpool slaughtered the competition with an estimated $132.7 million.
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Sex and Relationship
Juergen TellerEsquire
Joaquin Phoenix: A Man Apart
He is regarded as one of his generation’s most gifted screen actors, if not the best of all, as well as one of Hollywood’s most singular stars. With four new films on the horizon, 2018 is shaping up as the year of Joaquin Phoenix
By Sanjiv Bhattacharya | Photographs by Juergen Teller
Los Angeles is burning. The hills are alive with the roar of wildfires, the worst in the city’s history. But at the Chateau Marmont on Sunset Boulevard all that apocalyptic carry-on seems strangely remote. It’s business as usual here, like a scene from Titanic. Attractive staff deliver drinks, a fat man in a bath towel barks into his mobile phone. And at the corner table, tucked among the ferns, a movie star is giving an interview: Joaquin Phoenix.
It’s perfect, just as I’d pictured it. I can see the headline already: “Phoenix from the Flames”. We could start off by talking about the fires, about the threat of natural disaster in these parts, earthquakes and so on, all the existential questions it raises — Oh, this is going to be a great interview.
Only Phoenix seems supremely indifferent to the subject. Like the hotel staff, he seems all but oblivious of the Roland Emmerich movie unfolding just up the road. “I saw smoke covering the valley, a couple of days ago,” he says, with a shrug. “But I think that’s OK now.”
Joaquin Phoenix: Hollywood Rebel
But Phoenix lives up on Mulholland Drive, overlooking the valley which saw some of the worst fires. Surely he took some precautions? Maybe he hosed down his back yard or hatched an evacuation plan? What about packing a “go bag” like it advises on the Ready for Wildfire website, all those wrenching questions about what to take and what to leave? He shakes his head. You can almost feel the boredom pour off him.
“Earthquake kit?” I ask.
He just shrugs. “Maybe I should get one, I don’t know.”
It must be me. I’m probably overreacting. Clearly these fires aren’t the existential threat I imagine. Or maybe Phoenix is just one of those creative types who’s so absorbed in his art that he misses what’s right in front of him. Who can say? But I know this: the wildfires portion of the conversation is over. That “Phoenix from the Flames” headline just went up in smoke.
We’ve met before for Esquire, Phoenix and I, in 2013, when he was promoting Her, Spike Jonze’s futuristic tale of a lonely writer who falls in love with an operating system. That was at a vegan Thai place in the Valley. “Oh yeah, I remember,” he says unconvincingly. And he hasn’t changed much since. A bit more grey in the beard, perhaps, but still the same reluctant star, hippyish and dishevelled, with an American Spirit on the burn and ash tumbling down his black T-shirt. Never one to spiff himself up without a really good reason, Phoenix arrived today in a dusty SUV and cargo trousers, with a safety pin dangling off the side of his sunglasses because “I haven’t bothered to get the screw put in.”
It makes sense, when I think about it. Phoenix isn’t the type to join a general panic over wildfires, he was never the bandwagon type. And why would he fret about looming disaster when things are going so very well?
“This is the best time of my life,” he tells me, which at 43 isn’t bad. After the last glittering run of movies — The Master, The Immigrant, Her and Inherent Vice — he’s been off the public radar for a couple of years, keeping himself busy making the next batch. And now they’re here — four in total, all due in 2018. If bookies are taking bets on an Oscar win by the end of it (he’s been nominated three times in the past) you may want to get your wallet out.
The first, You Were Never Really Here, directed by Scottish auteur Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin), has already won him best actor at Cannes in May 2017. More on that in a minute. Then there’s Mary Magdalene by Garth Davis (Lion) in which Phoenix plays Jesus Christ, and Don't Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot by Gus Van Sant, which tells the story of Jon Callahan, a quadriplegic cartoonist from Portland, who died in 2010. Both of these films star Rooney Mara, Phoenix’s significant other. (“No, I’m her significant other,” he says.) And he has most recently wrapped The Sisters Brothers, in which he plays an assassin during the 1850s Oregon gold rush, alongside John C Reilly and Jake Gyllenhaal.
Expectations are high. At this point, critics and peers openly speak of Phoenix as possibly the best screen actor of his generation. Bret Easton Ellis recently said as much in The New York Times. Mark Ruffalo has described Phoenix as his “talent crush”. And when I asked some of his recent directors about him, their responses were almost reverential, way beyond the usual luvvie fluff, painting Phoenix as not merely an immense talent, but also a rare human being, profoundly intuitive and kind, who embodies a distinctive form of ethical and creative purity.
Here’s Garth Davis, who directed him in Mary Magdalene: “Working with Joaquin is like working with this beautiful wild animal, where you have to give him the space to be free, so his performance can roam freely: raw, uncontrived and truly natural. If he smells the design of the scene, you lose his free spirit; if the script is weak, he will expose its flaws. He is fiercely intelligent and almost completely instinctual. And he has this immense sensitivity that can be both his curse and his gift, but for me, that is what it means to be human. There was no other person in my mind who could have played Jesus.”
Phoenix in ’Mary Magdalene’ (2018)
James Gray, who has known Phoenix for nearly 20 years and directed him in four films including Two Lovers (2008) and The Immigrant (2013), describes him as “one of the most incorruptible people I’ve ever known, and the least superficial. He cares about the work and other human beings, and not about the noise. For me, he’s up there with the best actors in movies. He reminds me of Monty Clift, Marlon Brando, the young Al Pacino, or Robert de Niro. He has that kind of fire and intensity, and that craft.”
Naturally, Phoenix shoos all this away, embarrassed. “There’s no empirical evidence!” he protests, in a strained wheezing voice. “It’s all subjective! They don’t know what they’re talking about!”
But these are your peers, I tell him.
“Well, OK. Um... be grateful, right? So, um, nice of you to say! Thanks! But I don’t know that it has any deep meaning for me,” he says. “I’ve never had a moment where I’ve thought, ‘Great, I got this!’ Every time you make a movie, if you’re working with a great film-maker, you’re going to be immediately confronted with your flaws.”
Phoenix in ’Her (2013)’
He is so self-deprecating that when I refer to his prize at Cannes, he physically squirms. He had expected “to be crushed” at Cannes, and that this would have been good for him, so when they announced the winner, he wasn’t ready for it at all. All he heard was a bunch of French with his name in the middle, so he stayed in his seat, looking weary of the whole affair (he loathes award shows). Then it dawned that everyone was looking at him. You can see him on the YouTube clip, turning to his girlfriend Rooney and saying, “Do I have to go up?”
The film in question, You Were Never Really Here, is a rattling psychological drama, the likes of which he’s not made before. He plays Joe, a damaged war veteran turned hitman hired to rescue a senator’s daughter from a child sex ring, which he does by battering everyone in the way with a ball pein hammer. Similarities to Taxi Driver (1976) are accidental.
Lynne Ramsay knew from the start that Phoenix was her guy. “I had his picture up on my computer,” she says. “And I was right, you know? He’s amazing. I found my soulmate in making movies.”
He’d never started a movie without first meeting its director — the same goes for Ramsay with her lead actor — but this time was different. They met for the first time when Phoenix showed up to shoot. And it worked. He can’t explain why. They went at a relentless pace, shooting the whole film over 29 days in Brooklyn, with Ramsay rewriting furiously as they went, and Phoenix improvising. “A creative storm,” she calls it.
Phoenix in ’You Were Never Really Here’ (2017)
Phoenix sees Ramsay as a kindred spirit, both of them instinctual and intense, open to experimentation. “Neither of us are very verbal,” he says. “We don’t like to intellectualise about the character. It was all in the doing.” He loved it when she sent him an audio clip of fireworks and gunshots, telling him, “This is what’s going on in [Joe’s] head.” And also the way she let him shoot all kinds of different takes of scenes, whatever he was feeling at the time. (Ramsay says she could cut another three movies with the leftover footage.)
Their understanding was established on day one, when Phoenix hesitated before entering a swimming pool. “It was cold!” he says. “And I don’t like cold water! That’s why my pool at home is totally unused!” So Ramsay got into the water herself, fully clothed. “She beckoned me in and it altered the mood. It was hypnotic. She’s like me, she likes to experience things.”
Ramsay encapsulates why Phoenix gravitates typically to auteurs, or writer/directors. “Lynne’s always chasing something, and that’s who you want to work with,” he says. “Film-makers who have a strong feeling and will pursue it to the end. And auteurs are ultimately responsible for the movie. Some movies, the producer, the studio, they’re all putting in their fucking bits and, you know — fuck that movie!”
And it was fun. Despite the themes of murder, child rape and suicide, Phoenix and Ramsay had a right laugh together. “He doesn’t stay in the Winnebago,” Ramsay says, “he’s out with the crew, taking the piss. That’s his personality.”
I ask Phoenix how it is he can have such a grin when the themes of the movie are so dark, and he embarks on a lengthy anecdote about the time he spent with the fire department for his 2004 film Ladder 49, and how the crew used humour to cope with tragedy. But after a couple of minutes of this, he catches himself. His bullshit detectors are twitching.
“But also, it’s not fucking real. I mean, come on, it’s a movie! Sometimes you do stuff and someone walks through with a tray of sandwiches. More often than not it’s ridiculous, OK? It’s more of an effort to stay in something, because most people are just doing their jobs, they don’t know what scene it is. Sets are jolly.”
This is typical of Phoenix. He takes his work incredibly seriously but he is so averse to pomposity that he’ll deflate or minimise what he does at the first opportunity. When I ask him how he prepared for the role, he throws his hands up. “Look, I want to sound like one of those actors who works really hard and stuff, but honestly? It was reading the script, talking to Lynne, and making shit up. Just like every movie.”
Phoenix has been making shit up since he was a boy. He was 15 when he made his movie debut in Ron Howard’s Parenthood (1989), after a few years of small TV parts. His family had settled in the Valley, having left an itinerant life with the Children of God religious cult, just before it devolved into a mess of sexual abuse and suicide. They changed their surname from Bottom to Phoenix, to symbolise their rebirth, and sure enough, all five Phoenix kids — Leaf, Summer, River, Rain and Liberty — were signed by a talent agent.
It was River, the eldest, who became a superstar, in Rob Reiner’s Stand by Me (1986), and Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho (1991). But River died of an overdose at the Viper Room in 1993, one of those Hollywood tragedies that will forever be a part of the landscape of the city. And it was his younger brother by four years, Leaf — who had by then changed his name to Joaquin — who made the anguished 911 call. He was 19.
Van Sant was unavailable for this story but few directors know Joaquin quite as well. Having directed River, he launched Joaquin’s career proper in 1995 with To Die For, and Phoenix recognises his influence. “He was the first one to encourage me to find something in the moment,” he says. “He said, if you light a match and it goes out, that’s OK, it’s all part of it. It sounds so obvious now, but at the time, it was so freeing and exciting. He opened the possibility that anything could happen.”
Phoenix went on to star in Gladiator, Quills, Signs, Ladder 49 and Walk the Line, notching up Oscar nominations and a Golden Globe. He was living in New York at the time and taking his work very seriously. He tells me a story he’s told before, about the time an older actor asked him, “What are you doing, going home and reading the script? I’m out banging 20-year-olds every night.” So Phoenix did some partying of his own, which led to rehab and reinvention. “I went to clubs but it was never satisfying,” he says. “I was never really in the scene. I’m not good at small talk. And you could never really talk to anyone anyways.”
Phoenix in ’Walk The Line’ (2005)
So he checked himself into rehab in 2006, prompting all kinds of speculation that he’d gone a bit too method portraying Johnny Cash’s alcoholism in Walk the Line. But that wasn’t it. He’d just tired of the hedonistic life and wanted to change course. He doesn’t consider himself an alcoholic and he still drinks on occasion. As he told The New York Times, “When they started on the 12 steps, I thought, ‘Wait a minute, I’m still going to smoke weed.’”
The true watershed in his career, however, was I’m Still Here, his hilarious 2010 satire about celebrity, a faux-reality documentary about a boorish, self-absorbed actor named Joaquin Phoenix who gives up acting and becomes a rapper. He was so convincing in his bizarre appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman that speculation about a “breakdown” actually derailed his career for a while. What was he up to, people wondered? Even if it was all a joke, why would a leading man portray himself in such an unflattering light, as an overweight bully who does coke and orders hookers? Was he OK?
Today, he says I’m Still Here allowed him to make bolder choices, and the movies that followed, particularly The Master and Her, bear him out. I’m Still Here is a lot of things — funny, brave, original, merciless — and one of the best films he’s made, for my money, standing as a monument to his disdain for modern celebrity. That disdain lingers. It’s no secret he doesn’t enjoy “celebrity” interviews like this one, and the way the format invites self-promotion and insincerity, the phoney pretence that he and I are just a couple of guys having a conversation. Doing press, he says, is like flossing, “It’s just something I have to do.” And from time to time, he still subverts the process. In a later appearance on Letterman, he announced his engagement to a 6ft 2in yoga instructor and revealed he ate raw mesquite grass for his Thanksgiving dinner.
He laughs. “Oh, I know where that came from. I was on a movie, like 20 years ago, and craft services brought around some carrots and celery, and Mark Wahlberg said, ‘Oh, Joaquin’s Thanksgiving.’ A pretty funny joke, actually!” (Phoenix is vegan.)
But his discomfort with interviews is genuine. When I ask him what he does in his spare time, he raises an eyebrow. “Why would I want to tell you?”
Because I’m trying to get a picture of your life, what kind of a guy you are.
He grimaces. “I just... it just makes me feel, ugh... I mean, come on, it’s fucking ridiculous! What am I even going to say? I’m not a coin collector!” He waves his cigarette in the air. “OK, I’ll tell you this. It’s mostly boring. I don’t do a lot of exciting things. I have some friends, I see a movie, and that’s it.”
But if it’s nothing special, why wouldn’t you talk about it?
“Because if things are printed [about] all the beautiful things I get to do, they sound ugly. It’s just a couple of lines for someone to read in their kitchen and...”
It cheapens it.
“Hey, who knows, it might be cheap already.”
This is what I can gather, for what it’s worth (and he’s right, it’s not especially thrilling). He watches a lot of documentaries. Movies, too, of course, but all kinds, Westerns and comedies and action: “I’m not one of those cinephiles who watches Truffaut all day.” He likes to garden; a long-time animal rights activist, he grows his own vegetables. But he’s not some health nut, far from it. There’s no yoga in his day, no hiking, no StairMaster in the garage. He has two dogs, one of which is a sickly old rescue who may not have that long left. He wakes up incredibly early, at 4am sometimes: “I like to get up and do all the stuff I’m not going to tell you about. I get so excited about it,” he says. Bedtime, as a result, is 7.30pm. How he manages a social life on that schedule isn’t clear, but Phoenix is mostly a homebody anyway.
He’s not on social media, so you don’t hear him opine on the many issues that actors opine about like sexual harassment, white supremacy, the environment or police violence. His one public cause is animal cruelty, which he’s passionate about. But on everything else, Phoenix has stayed silent, even when the scandals strike close to home, as with Casey Affleck, his director on I’m Still Here and also his brother-in-law, who was accused of harassment.
According to James Gray, this is just Phoenix’s way and not that he doesn’t care. “We almost never speak about politics or the state of the world,” he says, “it’s almost too much to bear. We talk about music, things in art that we love, our emotional lives.” He says while Phoenix can be intense and charged on camera, off camera he’s a very different person. “He’s actually very tender and sweet and sensitive. It’s almost as if he channels his intensity into the characters. Like the work is an outlet for his darker side.”
Since his home life is off limits, I ask Phoenix about acting. Not that he likes talking about that either, since there’s always the risk of sounding pompous or self-important. But it’s something he can talk about if pushed, although every so often he pauses to say, “God, listen to me! Do you really care about all this stuff?”
And it’s a good question. Do I? I’m not an actor or director, what do I care what he goes through to do his job? But there’s something about it; to hear how truly successful people go about their work can be enlightening. And that’s the case with Phoenix: his approach is inspiring, a recipe for life even, whatever you do for a living. For instance, he’s learned to trust his instincts absolutely.
“I do movies because when I’m reading a script alone at home, I sometimes get this strong feeling in my gut that’s very meaningful to me,” he says. “And on set I’m always trying to capture that feeling of when it was pure. That’s why I get so fucking nervous.”
He knows he’s good, of course, but he never thinks for a moment that he’s “nailed it”. And he’s particularly suspicious of those times when he comes up with something “clever”. Like, say, the headline: Phoenix from the Flames. “Your ego likes the clever shit,” he says. “But when you try it out, it’s always the worst. Totally humiliating.”
He cares very little about the end result. He doesn’t watch himself, he just moves on, hungry for the next experience; all journey and no destination. Lynne Ramsay describes him as “about the process, not the aftermath. There’s a feeling creatively that when he’s done it, it’s over.”
What he craves is the doing, especially those moments when he’s not fully in control. Athletes call it being in the zone, or the flow state. “It’s when you’re not using your brain,” Phoenix says. “Like Michael Jordan, when he made that impossible shot and just shrugged — you know, that iconic shrug? That’s what you want. The feeling that it’s not me any more, I’m just a part of something I don’t understand. That, to me, is nirvana!”
And he chases this like a junkie, with unwavering commitment. James Gray recalls a scene in his Two Lovers, with Gwyneth Paltrow. “I was shooting Joaquin in the bedroom, just before he was going to talk to Gwyneth’s character, and I saw his head moving in a weird way. I couldn’t figure out what he was doing. Then I realised he was masturbating out of frame. He was doing it because it was true to the character. It was about his commitment to the scene. And you cannot ask for more than that from an actor.”
(Phoenix insists this isn’t strictly true, he was only simulating masturbation.)
There’s an enviable simplicity to Phoenix’s life these days. He’s doing his dream job, the same one he’s done all his life. And all he wants to do is to continue. There’s no plan to direct or write, no deviation from the path. He has figured out that his bliss lies in acting, and not in TV or theatre either; they take too long, he’d be stuck playing the same character for six months to a year, when all he wants is to keep moving from role to role. So, he’ll stick with movies, mostly auteur-driven, although he’d happily consider a genre film, even a superhero franchise. (He was apparently tipped to play both Doctor Strange and Lex Luthor in two superhero movies, but the parts went to Benedict Cumberbatch and Jesse Eisenberg.)
It seems so continuous, this career of his, to have refined the same art in an unbroken run since he was a teenager. So I ask him how he’s changed since he started out. And he sighs. It’s one of those big questions that he’s loath to answer, because life’s just too complex and mysterious to distil into some pithy quote in a magazine article. And yet, he doesn’t want to leave me empty-handed. He wants to help. This is the conundrum of these interviews for Joaquin Phoenix. He lights another cigarette.
“I’ve realised that very often the way I think things should go just isn’t right, to be honest. So I’ve become more open to experiencing things as they actually are, and not trying to control everything. It’s the same with acting. You can prep all you want, and it’s fun thinking about how this person’s going to react and whatever, but — and I don’t want to sound like a cunt here — but now I’m better at just letting the movie be what it wants to be. I’m more excited to discover how things are going to transpire in life.”
I’m getting it now. The lesson I’m meant to learn from all this. Amy Adams once told me that working with Phoenix on The Master and Her in succession taught her “to not get caught up in what’s planned, but to just be free and present in the moment”. I came here today full of ideas about how our conversation might turn out. We’d start off with wildfires, and go from there, I had it all figured out. But look, it’s fine, we’ve been chatting for well over an hour. And what’s more, the fires have actually been tamed. The wind has dropped, there hasn’t been a single emergency alert on my phone.
“In your twenties, you’re auditioning for things you’re certain of, and when they don’t happen, you’re like, ‘Fuck!’ But then years later you look back — and who knows how life would have turned out if that did happen? — but, fuck me, I’m just really happy with where life is at right now, you know?”
And on that wonderfully expansive note, Phoenix groans, looking faintly disgusted with himself. “Oh God, listen to me. You do realise I’m just trying to give you an answer here, right? I don’t really believe any of this shit.”
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Philippines Breaks Into Top 10 Most Frequent Visitors to Pornhub in 2018
We're number 1 when it comes to time spent per visit to the website.
By Lorenzo Kyle Subido | Dec 12, 2018
The Philippines ranked 10th in terms of largest daily traffic to Pornhub this year, according to its 2018 Year in Review report.
While the report did not specify how many visits it received from the Philippines each day, the country did rise three spots from number 13 in 2017. The Philippines also ranked third among Asian countries, only being overtaken by India and Japan.
Notably, the country broke into the top 10 despite some local internet providers having banned access to the website several times within the year.
The Philippines also retained the top spot in terms of countries that spent the longest time on the website, with each user in the country spending an average of 13 minutes and 50 seconds per visit. That’s 22 seconds longer than last year’s figure and over three-and-a-half minutes longer than the worldwide average.
Pornhub also saw the highest proportion of female visitors in the Philippines among its top 20 countries, with 38 percent of local users being women, a two-percent increase from the year before. And while the average age of a Filipino Pornhub visitor is 40, those in the 25-to-34-year-old age group accessed the website most frequently.
Additionally, the report revealed the country’s top search habits, which remains unchanged from the previous year: “pinay” is the most searched term, "hentai" is the most viewed category and Maria Ozawa is the most popular pornstar.
Globally, Pornhub’s overall traffic increased as it received a total of 33.5 billion visits for the year, a five-billion increase from 2017. The United States continues to be its largest audience, with the United Kingdom and India completing the top three.
More comprehensive data on search trends, demographics and even devices on both the local and global level can be viewed in the site's 2018 Year in Review report.
Lorenzo Kyle Subido
Lorenzo Kyle Subido is a staff writer for Esquire Philippines.
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News Release 13-May-2019
25 US counties identified as most at risk for measles outbreaks
AUSTIN, Texas -- Twenty-five counties across the country have been identified to be most at risk for a measles outbreak due to low-vaccination rates compounded by a high volume of international travel, according to an analysis by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and Johns Hopkins University.
Since January 2019, there have been more than 700 confirmed measles cases in 22 states -- nearly double the amount of last year and the highest number reported since the virus was eradicated in the United States in 2000.
In a paper published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, researchers warn the epidemic will worsen, identifying the 25 counties that are most at risk for an outbreak. Their analysis considered an area's volume of international travel from foreign countries with large measles outbreaks and the prevalence of nonmedical exemptions from childhood vaccinations.
"For measles, most experts believe that there will be one to two deaths per 1,000 cases, most likely infants. We are set to see over 1,000 cases in the U.S. in 2019. So, for the first time since the 1980s, we may expect infant deaths from measles in the U.S.," said the study's lead author, Sahotra Sarkar, a philosophy and integrative biology professor at UT Austin and an expert on public health. "We have long known that vaccine avoidance is a critical public health issue in the U.S. and Europe. Our results show how travel from regions elsewhere compounds this risk."
Sarkar and his team's measles risk analysis correctly predicted areas in Washington, Oregon and New York that are already experiencing major outbreaks. Furthermore, 30 of the 45 counties that have reported measles cases to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were either included on the researchers' list of 25 high-risk counties or are adjacent to a county listed.
"Critically, we recommend that public health officials and policymakers prioritize monitoring the counties we identify to be at high risk that have not yet reported cases, especially those that lie adjacent to counties with ongoing outbreaks and those that house large international airports," said Lauren Gardner, an associate professor of civil engineering at Johns Hopkins and a UT Austin engineering alumna.
Researchers warned the most at-risk areas that have yet to report a case are those near international airports, such as Travis County in Texas, Honolulu County, Salt Lake County and multiple counties in Florida. The Study showed that travel from countries such as India, China, Mexico, Japan, Ukraine, Philippines and Thailand appears to pose the greatest measles risk. The U.S. has already seen measles cases imported from Ukraine, Philippines and Thailand.
Beyond the study, researchers suggest the risk analysis be applied to other vaccine-preventable illnesses, such as mumps, rubella and pertussis, and should be used to inform public health policy in an age when nonmedical exemption rates are becoming increasingly prevalent.
"The vaccine avoidance problem is not limited to measles. Pertussis -- whooping cough -- is another disease making a comeback because of dropping vaccination rates, and we predict serious outbreaks in the U.S. in the near future," Sarkar said. "Policymakers must focus on centers of vaccination refusal as well as regions with a lot of passenger inflow from affected countries worldwide if there are even small local pockets of unvaccinated people."
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rachelgriess@austin.utexas.edu
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http://www.utexas.edu
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/public-affairs/news/14068
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30231-2
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Robert Neruda
HAVEL & PARTNERS
Robert Neruda is a partner at HAVEL & PARTNERS and the head of the firm’s Czech-Slovak team of lawyers and economists specializing in competition law. He focuses on advising clients in the area of cartels, abuse of dominance, vertical agreements, merger control, significant market power and state aid. Robert is recommended as an expert in competition law by international publications such as ILO Client Choice and Chambers Europe. In 2017, he was one of the six lawyers awarded in the Czech Innovative Lawyer of the Year competition, Global Competition Review named him as “Thought Leader”, and Who’s Who Legal as “Competition Future Leader”. Robert carries out his legal practice both in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Prior to joining HAVEL & PARTNERS, Robert worked at the Czech competition authority as its Vice-Chairman for competition and as an assistant to the judge of the Czech Supreme Administrative Court. He is the co-author of important commentaries to the Czech Competition Act and the author of several dozen professional articles. He lectures at Masaryk University in Brno and regularly speaks at international conferences. He is a father of two boys and addicted to running.
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Published: 08:48 March 9, 2018
Home EU INSTITUTIONS EU financial market to get a FinTech boost
EU financial market to get a FinTech boost
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“Digital technologies have an impact on our whole economy – citizens and businesses alike,” said Commissioner Mariya Gabriel.
An Action Plan on how to harness the opportunities presented by technology-enabled innovation in financial services (FinTech) was presented by the European Commission on March 8.
The Action Plan is aimed to enable the financial sector to make use of the rapid advances in new technologies, such as blockchain, artificial intelligence and cloud services. It also seeks to make markets safer and easier to access for new players.
According to a European Commission press release, this will benefit consumers, investors, banks and new market players alike. It said Europe should become a global hub for FinTech, with EU businesses and investors able to make most of the advantages offered by the Single Market in this fast-moving sector.
The Commission is also proposing a pan-European label for platforms, so that a platform licensed in one country can operate across the EU.
A first major deliverable tabled by the Commission is a new set of rules to help crowdfunding platforms to grow across the EU’s single market.
“To compete globally, Europe’s innovative companies need access to capital, space to experiment and scale to grow,” said Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President responsible for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union. “This is the premise for our FinTech Action Plan. An EU crowdfunding licence would help crowdfunding platforms scale up in Europe. It will help them match investors and companies from all over the EU, giving more opportunities for firms and entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas to a wider base of funders.”
In turn, Jyrki Katainen, Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, stressed that new technologies are transforming the financial industry by revolutionising the way people access financial services. “Alternative sources of funding, such as crowdfunding or peer-to-peer lending, directly link savings with investments. They make the market more accessible for innovative entrepreneurs, start-ups and small companies. This objective is at the heart of the Capital Markets Union,” he said.
“Digital technologies have an impact on our whole economy – citizens and businesses alike,” added Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society. “Technologies like blockchain can be game changers for financial services and beyond. We need to build an enabling framework to let innovation flourish, while managing risks and protecting consumers.”
According to the Commission, the financial sector is the largest user of digital technologies and a major driver in the digital transformation of the economy. The Action Plan sets out 23 steps to enable innovative business models to scale up, support the uptake of new technologies, increase cybersecurity and the integrity of the financial system.
The Commission will host an EU FinTech Laboratory where European and national authorities will engage with tech providers in a neutral, non-commercial space.
Welcoming the Commission’s Action Plan, the European People’s Party (EPP) group spokesman on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Burkhard Balz, said: “Today’s Commission proposal on crowdfunding platforms is an initial step to change this. By not having to comply with 28 different sets of requirements, but only one harmonised one, it allows the platforms to scale up”.
The proposal suggests the creation of an EU licence for crowdfunding platforms that would allow them to operate across the EU based on a single authorisation. It allows them to grow in Europe – currently German platforms can only operate in Germany, Croatian ones only in Croatia.
“There is an increasing need for diversifying funding options in the EU. Banks should not be the only source of money for businesses, particularly in innovative and emerging sectors such as FinTech. If it would be possible to find funding for an innovative idea just by clicking on a button on their smartphone, imagine the possibilities for European SMEs. For the EPP Group, it is, however, crucial that cybersecurity and level playing field aspects are not neglected. Access to funding has to be not only easy, but also safe”, said Balz.
According to Balz, the EU needs to make sure it benefits from these opportunities. It needs a strategy to sustain the development of new technologies in the financial sector, be it examples like payments through apps or the withdrawal of money without cards.
“Europe is best placed to become an innovation powerhouse in this field. It has a good academic base and broad access to technology, but what we need is a genuine Capital Markets Union so that we enable European innovators to stay in Europe”, concluded Balz.
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Capital Markets Union
European People’s Party
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Monetary Affairs
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Bellini's Norma
by The Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, San Francisco
Sat, August 17, 2019, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM PDT
Sat, August 17, 2019
The Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, San Francisco, CA 94122
Date & Time: Saturday August 17, 7:30 p.m.
Venue: 1750 29th Avenue, San Francisco
Tickets: $25 General, $20 Seniors/Students
For more information visit https://sunsetarts.wordpress.com/bellinis-norma/
Bay Shore Lyric Opera present’s Bellini’s tragic opera, Norma. Written by Romantic-era Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini in the spring of 1831 and premiering at La Scala in Milan in December of that year, “Norma” is a tragedy in two acts that take place in 50 B.C. Gaul. The druid priestess, Norma, has had an illicit affair with Pollione, an officer in the forces occupying her land, and has had two children by him. Pollione has now tired of Norma and taken up with the younger priestess Adalgisa. Meanwhile, Norma’s people cry out for rebellion against the occupying forces. Will Norma take revenge on Pollione, and will her people discover her secret?
The opera features Bellini’s signature long melodies and is considered a masterpiece of the bel canto genre, which is defined by a highly expressive style of singing.
About Bay Shore Lyric Opera
Bay Shore Lyric Opera Company was founded in 1996 by a group of passionate musicians and singers who had the desire to bring opera to all ages and all communities, and to educate and entertain them with the strongest commitment to quality. It has produced over forty operas on a grand scale at the Villa Montalvo Carriage House, Fox Theater in Redwood City, San Mateo Performing Arts Center, the Capitola Theater, and the Mountain Winery.
Bay Shore Lyric Opera Company is unique in that it offers a wide variety of production venues for any event and educational tools as well. Its resident artists are available for hire for school outreach programs, company conventions, weddings, and other events.
Act 1: A Gathering of Druids
At a sacred grove located deep within a forest, a number of Druids gather around an altar to pray for strength against the occupying Roman armies. The high priest, Oroveso, leads them in their prayer. Their ritual completed, the Druids leave the forest. Moments later, Pollione, the Roman proconsul, arrives with his centurion, Flavious, and tells him that he no longer loves Oroveso’s daughter, Norma, even though she broke her vow of chastity with him and bore him two children. Pollione has instead fallen in love with one of the virgin temple priestesses, Adalgisa.
When the sacred bronze instrument that calls the Druids to the forested temple is sounded, the Romans quickly depart. The returning Druids beg Norma to support them in their plan to fight the Romans, but she tells them now is not the time for war. Instead, she sings a prayer for peace, in the form of the aria “Casta diva,” to the “chaste moon goddess,” hoping to prolong Pollione’s life after having visions of the Romans’ defeat.
When Norma leaves, Adalgisa, who has been praying below the altar, ascends to pray for strength to resist Pollione’s advances. When he arrives, however, she gives in to his request and agrees to travel to Rome with him the next day so they can be married.
Once in her bedchamber, Norma confides to her servant that she fears Pollione loves another woman and that they are fleeing to Rome the following day, but she has no idea who this woman could be.
Adalgisa arrives with a heavy heart, seeking guidance from Norma. Adalgisa tells Norma that she has been unfaithful to their gods because she has given her love to a Roman man. Norma, recalling her own sin, is about to forgive her friend, until Pollione arrives seeking Adalgisa. Norma’s love quickly turns to anger, and Adalgisa realizes what has happened. Unaware of the relationship that had existed between Norma and Pollione, Adalgisa refuses to go away with her lover because of her extreme loyalty to Norma.
Act 2: Norma Changes Her Mind
Pacing beside the beds of her small children late that evening, Norma is overcome with the urge to murder them so Pollione can never have them. However, Norma’s love for them is too strong, and so she summons Adalgisa to take them to Pollione. She will give up his love so that Adalgisa can marry him and raise Norma’s children as her own. Adalgisa refuses, and instead tells Norma that she will speak with Pollione on Norma’s behalf and convince him to return to Norma. Norma is moved by Adalgisa’s kindness and sends her away on the task.
Back at the sacred altar, Oroveso announces to the Druids gathered around the altar that Pollione has been replaced by a new leader, who is much crueler, and that they should refrain from revolting for now in order to give them more time to plan their next battle.
Meanwhile, Norma has arrived and awaits for Adalgisa’s return. When Adalgisa finally shows up, she brings bad news: Her attempt to persuade Pollione to return to Norma was unsuccessful.
Filled with rage, Norma takes to the altar and calls for war against the Romans. The soldiers chant along with her, ready to fight. Oroveso demands a life to be sacrificed so that their gods will grant them victory. Suddenly, the Druid guards interrupt Oroveso. They have captured Pollione desecrating their temple. Oroveso declares Pollione as the sacrifice, but Norma stalls. Pulling her former lover aside, she tells him that he can have his freedom as long as he gives up his love for Adalgisa and returns to her instead. Pollione rejects her offer. Out of despair, Norma confesses her sins to her father in front of all the Druids and offers herself as the sacrifice.
Pollione cannot believe Norma’s benevolence, and as a result he falls in love with her again. He rushes to the altar and takes his place by her side on the sacrificial pyre, where they are both engulfed by the flames.
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BBC still remains a national treasure
Published: 09:00 Sunday 19 July 2015
How appalling, and unedifying for that matter, it was to watch our beloved BBC being used as a political football last week, especially for those of us in the over 75 age group who get our TV licences free of charge.
In truth, I would be happy to pay the fee for a service I have always thought was value for money and the envy of every country in the world, even with its flaws, including its great propensity to annoy the political party in power.
If this out-of-touch Government wants to bill the Nixon household for the fee of £145 then I would be happy to stump up, particularly if it guarantees the continuation of all the TV and radio stations which we have taken for granted over the years.
The BBC is, in fact, an institution, providing quality in almost sphere of broadcasting known to mankind.
As a great fan of sport I cannot imagine what it would be like not to have access to the network, even allowing for it not being able to match the bids of the various commercial companies who, with their seductive sells, are in serious danger of killing many of the sporting activities I hold dear.
This includes the great god soccer, which will ultimately pay a dreadful penalty when Rupert Murdoch decides to pull the plug on the game, as he surely will.
Mind you, that’s a debate of its own which I shall save for another day.
Sport apart, the breathtaking presentation of the natural world has been key in ensuring the network is able to market itself all over the planet.
I equally appreciate the various radio programmes produced by the BBC and would be totally lost without my fix of Radio 4 and my opportunity to enjoy my daily dose of the Archers and, of course, Radio Scotland which keeps me up to date on local matters.
No, despite its imperfections, the BBC is a national treasure, and one that deserves better protection from the excesses of politicians who are also very quick to get access to its various outlets when it suits their purposes.
That they have chosen to bully the corporation into paying the £712 million to pay for our free licence is quite shameful, and clearly an attempt to exact their revenge on a network they believe is too left wing for them.
The BBC left wing, don’t make me laugh.
Finally, I was reading this week that the wisdom of the ancients suggests that if we are to live longer and prosper we should drink wine every day, get a dog, do not work after 5pm, eat 90% fruit and vegetables and feast 100 times a year.
Having thoroughly digested the aforementioned list I reckon my two out five is not good enough, and plan to get a dog.
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Funding boost for mental health recruitment
Aberdeenshire East MSP Gillian Martin
a reporter
Published: 13:56 Wednesday 19 December 2018
Aberdeenshire East MSP Gillian Martin has welcomed an additional £4million to recruit more mental health staff across Scotland.
It comes after the Scottish Government announced a £60million pledge to in counsellors in schools to help support pupils.
The announcement in September will mean an extra 350 counsellors and 250 additional school nurses, ensuring every secondary school has a counselling service.
Now, this latest announcement of funding will allow a further 80 mental health professionals to work with children and young people.
The additional staff, made up of psychologists, nurses, allied health professionals and administration workers, will support improvements to mental health care and help reduce pressure on Children’s and Young People Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
The funding comes as a taskforce appointed by the Scottish Government and COSLA to review CAMHS publishes its delivery plan for improving services.
Gillian Martin MSP said: “Support needed for CAMHS is becoming more and more important and I welcome the Mental Health Minister’s clear commitment to helping our young people with their emotional wellbeing.
"There’s talented and dedicated mental health staff providing high quality care to young people.
“And this additional funding of £4 million in CAMHS staff, who will be instrumental in supporting new services and reducing pressure."
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Rapid Detection and Identification of Infectious Agents
Editors: David Kingsbury
Published Date: 28th January 1985
Rapid Detection and Identification of Infectious Agents is a collection of papers presented at the International Symposium on Rapid Detection and Identification of Infectious Agents held on October 5-7, 1983, in Oakland, California, and organized by the Naval Biosciences Laboratory of the School of Public Health of the University of California at Berkeley. Contributors examine progress in the field of rapid diagnosis of infectious diseases, with a particular emphasis on DNA probe-based assays and monoclonal and polyclonal antibody-based immunoassays. This volume is organized into five sections encompassing 20 chapters. It begins with an overview of state-of-the-art methods for rapid detection and identification of infectious agents, including technology that is currently applied in clinical microbiology, as well as concerns regarding the political and scientific climates, which have an impact on health care and clinical microbiology. Chapters are organized to deal with a single diagnostic type of test for a given broad group of organisms. The approach is to compare the strengths and weaknesses of each of the new diagnostic procedures, using the same type of clinical material whenever possible. The book gives consideration to the fundamental design of DNA probes and probe assay systems, the clinical comparison of immunologic assays for the diagnosis of meningococcal disease, and immunodiagnostics for viral and parasitic pathogens. This book will be of value to scientists and researchers interested in immunology and infectious diseases, as well as the methods used to detect and identify them.
Immunodiagnostics: Viral and Parasitic Pathogens
Technological Advances in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory: Sensitivity, Specificity, and Cost Effectiveness
Enzymatic Assays for the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases
Viral Hepatitis-A Model for Rapid Diagnosis of Infectious Disease
Serodiagnosis of Herpes Simplex Virus and Cytomegalovirus Infection with Monoclonal Antibodies
Recent Developments on Diagnostic Methods for Toxoplasmosis and Chagas' Disease
Molecular Probes: Viral, Subviral, and Parasitic Pathogens
Defined Viral Probes for the Detection of HSV, CMV, and HPV
Aspects of Using Nucleic Acid Filter Hybridization to Characterize and Detect Enteroviral RNAs
Rapid Identification of Leishmania Species Using Specific Hybridization of Kinetoplast DNA Sequences
Detection of Viroids in Plants
Immunodiagnostics: Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens
Sensitive Homogeneous Enzyme Immunoassays for Microbial Antigens
Latex Agglutination Tests for the Rapid Diagnosis of Infectious Disease
Comparison of Immunoassays for Detection of Bacterial Antigens in Cerebrospinal Fluid from Meningitis Patients
Detection of Coccidioides immitis Infection by Enzyme Immunoassay
Molecular Probes: Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens
Selection of DNA Probes for Use in the Diagnosis of Infectious Disease
Rapid Detection of Mycoplasmas with DNA Probes
Synthesis and Detection of 3'-OH Terminal Biotin-Labeled DNA Probes
Chemiluminescent and Fluorescent Probes for DNA Hybridization Systems
Monoclonal Antibody Specific for Double-Stranded DNA: A Nonradioactive Probe Method for Detection of DNA Hybridization
Summary Presentations and Conclusions
Summary of DNA Probes
Immunodiagnostics in Clinical Microbiology
David Kingsbury
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5 Fun Facts Your Probably Didn't Know about Beagles
Gentle natured, highly intelligent, and playful – It's no wonder the Beagle has been firmly positioned as one of the top-ten most-popular breeds in North America for the last 30 years. These canines have a long history of serving as human counterparts, hunting companions, and beloved pets that dates all the way back to Ancient Greek times. These little dogs have a small frame and playful personality, but a hugely adventurous spirit that is led by stubborn determination because of their genetic need to track and hunt. Check out these five fun facts you didn't know about Beagles.
1. The Beagle's Nose Knows All
Unlike humans who have only about five-million scent receptors, Beagles have about 220 million. These dogs are sometimes referred to as "a nose with feet" because their nose tends to lead the way to whatever is picked up. The Beagle's nose is so perceptive at differentiating between scents, it can actually be trained to recognize as many as 50 different smells. Because of this, Beagles are commonly used in security and law enforcement to track prohibited or illegal materials, such as drugs or explosives, at crime scenes and airports.
2. The Beagle Is a Pop Culture Icon
You don't have to dig around much to find a Beagle or two in pop culture history. These friendly companions have been involved in everything from cartoons to politics. Odie from the Garfield comics was a Beagle, Snoopy from Peanuts was perhaps the most famous Beagle, and Shiloh was a hit 1990 film about a Beagle and his boy. This canine breed has also been in The White House alongside President Lyndon Johnson and was a beloved pet of Queen Elizabeth I. Shakespeare even once mentioned a Beagle in his work.
3. Beagles Are One of the Most Vocal Dog Breeds
Most dogs make different sounds, but Beagles are known as being one of the most vocal dog breeds there is. Your Beagle won't hesitate to speak when asked, and may even be so vocal that it can be a bother at times. In fact, the word Beagle actually is believed to be translated from the French term 'bee gueule,' which means wide throat or loud mouth.
Telltale baying, which you probably will catch them doing during a chase or if they get on a scent trail, is the trademark Beagle sound. However, these dogs also bark, yap, and howl a great deal. They will whine and whimper to get your attention or communicate what they want. Some Beagles are even trained to let out specific sounds according to what scent they recognize.
4. Beagles Have a White-Tipped Tail for a Reason
Beagles are small dogs that look a lot like the smaller Foxhound or even its larger cousin the Coonhound, with its coat usually boasting patches of either black, shades of brown, or white. However, there is one tiny little physical trait that a true Beagle must have: a white-tipped tail. Breeders of Beagles know that a true Beagle must have this trait, even if it is just a few hairs immediately at the point. This white tip is there for more than just physical appearance quality; the white tip makes the Beagle easier to track through the woods, tall weeds, or brush because it is easier to see compared to the rest of the dog's body.
5. The Beagle Has a Pack Mentality
Beagles are highly social creatures and often hunt together or track together to achieve a common goal. This means that your Beagle will probably get along very well with other dogs, and will likely prefer some canine companionship. Unfortunately, this pack mentality also means your Beagle may not take too kindly to being left alone for long periods. Some Beagles are known to display anxious tendencies when left alone, such as destroying furniture or tearing down window treatments in an effort to get out of the house.
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Denise Barrett-Baxendale
One of the most prominent and respected women in sport, Prof Denise Barrett-Baxendale, MBE, is a Director at Everton Football Club, Chief Executive Officer of Everton Football Club and Executive Chair of the Club’s official charity, Everton in the Community.
Since September 2016, Denise has serve as a Board member to Sport England; the only representative from the world of football appointed to the Board of the national body for grassroots sports.
Before venturing into the third sector and world of sport, Denise spent 16 years working in education and fulfilled a variety of academic and leadership roles within Higher Education.
Denise arrived at the Club in January 2010 to develop and lead a transformation strategy for Everton in the Community. Due to the success of this venture, Denise became the Club’s Chief Operating Officer in October 2011, before being promoted to Deputy Chief Executive in June 2013. In that role, Denise played an integral part in improving the matchday experience for supporters, in turn helping to increase attendances and enhance Everton’s reputation both nationally and abroad. She was appointed to the Club's Board of Directors in July 2016 and then named CEO in June 2018 following the departure of Robert Elstone.
On her promotion to the Chief Executive Officer role, Professor Barrett-Baxendale said: “I am so proud to be given this opportunity and grateful for the support of the Chairman, Board of Directors and Mr Moshiri. I fully understand the privileged position that I will be taking up and the responsibilities that come with it. This is a great Club – footballing royalty - with the best, most committed fans and I can assure every single Evertonian that I am completely committed to driving our Club forward and making the most of the opportunities that we have. I know what the priorities are and I’m determined that we make progress in these areas. It’s also important to me that we make our progress in the right way - in the ‘Everton way’ - and this includes listening, consulting and collaborating on all important Club matters.”
Under Denise's stewardship, Everton in the Community has received international recognition for its pioneering initiatives and programmes - schemes which, collectively, have earned almost 100 local, national and international awards.
In June 2014, Denise was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for ‘Services to the Community of Merseyside’, an award presented by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in October 2014. Denise received further recognition for her “exceptional commitment, service and leadership to the stadium industry over a sustained period of time” when she was presented with an ‘Outstanding Achievement Award’ at the prestigious Stadium Business Awards, again at Camp Nou, Barcelona, in June 2015. The award recognises leadership, innovation and achievement in the delivery, operation and management of sports facilities globally.
Away from Everton, Denise sits on a Creativity Commission for the Lord Mayor of Liverpool and serves as a patron of St Vincent’s School for the Blind in West Derby, Liverpool. In October 2015, Denise was inducted as a Fellow of Angela Hall at Liverpool Hope University, where her role will see her build relationships with resident students to guide and inspire them. In 2016, Denise was appointed to Liverpool Hope University’s Executive Advisory Team and also became a Local Authority Ambassador for looked-after children in the city of Liverpool.
A keen volunteer, Denise enjoys walking, reading and theatre and is a fellow of the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce).
In October 2016 Denise was received an Honorary Visiting Professorship in Leadership in Sport Serving Humanity from Liverpool Hope University.
Denise’s other qualifications and awards include BA(Hons), MBA, PhD.
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The area of Asti has been recognized for centuries as a paradigm for Italian viticulture and oenology: it produces excellent quality and has an important image around the world. The Castello del Poggio estate in fact lies in this extraordinary zone, and is the largest single-site vine-growing property in Piedmont.
The story of Castello del Poggio is that of a rural district that was strenuously defended by its founders and then by other noble families against their many enemies. In fact, every village in the Asti area has its castle, tower and numerous campanili, as well as the remains of ancient fortifications.
The defensive works of the Castello del Poggio estate take the form of a castle, a mediaeval stronghold that belonged to the aristocratic Bunéis family and was built between the 12th and 14th centuries. This castle is still clearly visible and lies on the top of a bricco – a hill in the dialect of the Asti area – that is particularly suitable for growing high-quality vines because it is steep, having been conquered inch by inch as a result of human labour.
The estate today is the fruit of the Zonin family’s vast capital of experience, knowledge and love for the vine. Purchased in 1985, it now covers 186 hectares, of which 160 are vineyards. These form a delightful amphitheatre of vine rows at an altitude of between 250 and 350 metres above sea level. The climate is a typically continental one and is influenced by the barrier that the Alps and the Apennines place in the way of the south-westerly winds.
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Place of Birth: Belfast
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Jamie is a midfielder who started his career at Glentoran in 2004/05. At the end of his first season Jamie joined Linfield, in June 2005. He made his debut for the Blues in a 2-0 win against Loughgall at Windsor Park on 20 August 2005, and made his 250th appearance for the club in a 4-1 win over Carrick Rangers on 10 March 2012.
Jamie was a part of the Linfield squad that played Cork City in the First Round of Qualifying for the 2016/17 edition of the Europa League.
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Luigi Rovati graduated in Medicine Summa Cum Laude from the University of Pavia in 1953 and specialised in pharmacology, gaining his habilitation in 1959.
After an intense research activity abroad alongside the Nobel prize winner Corneille Jean François Heymans, in 1961 he founded in Monza Rotta Research Laboratorium , a research and development laboratory for new drugs that quickly established itself in Italy and abroad. Renamed Rottapharm, in over fifty years of activity the company expanded its product portfolio and its presence internationally. In 1999 it took over Laboratori Guieu, owner of the Saugella and Babygella brands, and in 2005 Biochimici-PSN, strengthening its position in the dermocosmetics sector. In 2007 it acquired the German Madaus Pharma with the largest M&A operation ever carried out by an Italian pharmaceutical company. The Rottapharm|Madaus group became a multinational present in over 90 countries worldwide with 1800 employees.
In 2014 the group’s R&D activities were the subject of a spin-off, giving rise to Rottapharm Biotech, a biotechnological research company, through which the Rovati family is currently engaged in innovative research and development programmes.
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During his career Professor Rovati has discovered and patented pharmaceuticals in various therapeutic areas and is the author of over 100 publications.
Luigi Rovati was a member of the Executive Board and Board of Directors of Confindustria Monza e Brianza, of the Executive Board of Farmindustria and of its Board of Governors for the Code of Conduct, as well as and a member of the Board of the Fondazione della Comunità di Monza e Brianza.
In 2005 he was named Cavaliere di Gran Croce dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana by the President of the Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.
In 2011 he was named Cavaliere del Lavoro by the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano.
To his passion for pharmacology, Professor Rovati has always united that for history and art, which he has enriched over the years with the joy of collecting. “I have always collected with the same method with which I shaped my life as a researcher. I collect the elements for knowledge.” In the same spirit, he transmitted his passions to his sons, who continue their entrepreneurial commitment, in scientific research and collecting.
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“OnIt” Online Men’s Lifestyle Mag to Help You Get Microsoft Abs
Watch your ripped back, David Zinczenko. The campaign for Bill Gates as Editbro in Chief starts here.
By Addy Dugdale 1 minute Read
Last week, Microsoft filed a trademark application for the name “ONIT,” a men’s lifestyle website. Its full description reads thus. “An Internet website portal featuring information of general interest to men.” So that’ll be ladies, sports, beer, technology, and ladies, then. Or, it says on the filing tin, “information in the field of entertainment, sports, fitness, recreation and leisure activity.”
This is not the first time that Microsoft has done lifestyle–lest you forget, it part-owns MSNBC, on which you can find a couple of high-profile sites it’s done in conjunction with BermanBraun Interactive, Glo, and Wonderwall. And I’m really hoping that they’re going to bring Bill Gates out of retirement and have him edit the thing.
Because, although most guys would probably prefer to hang out with Steve Ballmer, who is, my manly spies tell me, a “Maxim kinda guy” a Gates-edited magazine would just be loads more fun. And face it, Ballmer’s got his hands full right now, as he wrestles with the controls of the 478-legged behemoth that is Microsoft as it fights for tech supremacy with Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and, er, the other one. [Er, is there another one?–Ed.]
With Gates at the helm, you’d get stuff in there that you’d never find in any other men’s lifestyle magazine. Quizzes to match readers up with the perfect mosquito net. How-to features on bringing out your inner philanthropist. 101 Things to do with a mini nuclear reactor. He could hire Bono as music editor, put Steve Jobs in charge of gadgets. Maybe even have Warren Buffett as the site’s Personal Finance columnist.
I know that he’s a busy man, but, since his retirement from Microsoft in 2008, he must have some time on his hands. Perhaps he could be in charge of holiday cover–so, when the I.T. department goes on holiday, he could man the helpline. Gone would be the stock phrase, “Have you tried turning it off and on again?”, instead, tech-befuddled OnIt staffers could be bawled out with Gates’ one-time catchphrase: “That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.”
He could write code to his heart’s content, perhaps making the site the world’s first diagonal read. From that would come a new, diamond-shaped device, Microsoft’s first foray into the tablet world.
I think this could be a new beginning for Microsoft. And for Gates. After all, his career has been in the doldrums of late.
My writing career has taken me all round the houses over the past decade and a half--from grumpy teens and hungover rock bands in the U.K., where I was born, via celebrity interviews, health, tech and fashion in Madrid and Paris, before returning to London, where I now live. For the past five years I've been writing about technology and innovation for U.S
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The Dollar Is Too Nationalistic. Here’s What It Should Look Like Instead
Designer Travis Purrington imagines what America’s currency would be like without the eagles, presidents, and weirdo freemason symbolism.
By John Brownlee 3 minute Read
As part of his thesis as a student at the Basel School of Design in Switzerland, Travis Purrington wondered what the dollar would look like with a more modern look. His concept jettisons America’s nationalist design language to take a more humanist look at American culture. And it’s about time.
The design of the United States dollar has not significantly changed since 1929, when the older, larger notes used at the time–colloquially referred to as “horse blankets”)–were shrank down to the smaller greenbacks we all know today. Since then, there have been numerous minor revisions to the design of the dollar, mostly as anti-counterfeiting measures; 1957 saw the addition of “In God We Trust” to every bill. But the general aesthetic has always been the same.
“After the American Revolution, Congress originally struck down the suggestion that George Washington or any other living man be put on the dollar,” Purrington tells me. “They thought it was monarchical; in fact, that’s why Lady Liberty was invented. I guess you could say I was trying to think about what our bank notes would look like had Congress stuck to its decision.”
It’s not just the presidents that have been kicked to the curb in Purrington’s reimagined dollar. Also gone are all of the eagles, national monuments, ivy creepers, and bizarre masonic symbolism. In their place are patterned corn fields, astronaut helmets, crashing surf waves, and our national forests. The green ink we normally associate with our currency has been swapped out for a more colorful, but still restrained, palette.
Purrington was inspired by the Swiss franc, which is completely redesigned every 20 years or so to make sure that the currency’s design language is up to date. But Purrington did not choose to model his redesigned dollar after the current Swiss franc. Rather, he chose a “lost” design for the franc as his model: the currency designed for Switzerland in 1991 by avant-garde poster artist Werner Jeker. Jeker’s design actually won a contest to replace the current Swiss franc, but it was considered so forward thinking that the President of the Swiss National Bank himself vetoed using it.
Compared to the Warholian vibe put forward by the lost Swiss franc, Purrington’s reimagined dollar bill feels much classier and refined. But just like Jeker’s design, Purrington thinks it would be impossible for his reimagined U.S. currency to ever go into circulation.
“Not a chance,” he laughs. “The U.S. Department of Printing and Engraving has actually done extensive research on whether or not America is ready for a modern redesign.” He cites a report given to Congress in 1983, arguing that while making each bill denomination a different size would be the “most broadly useful currency design change,” they ultimately concluded that “the effects . . . on broad and diverse segments of the population would be monumental.” And Congress isn’t exactly known for loving monumental change.
To Purrington, that’s a shame. “I guess my view on the matter is that perhaps a civilization’s neural firewalls should be tested from time to time by changing the design of iconic but still ephemeral objects to make sure they are still functioning properly,” he tells me. And in this regard, it makes sense that each of his concept bills has been designed with a primarily vertical layout, which he says not only better reflects how we actually hold money in our hands, but also serves “to reset America’s perspective on what a dollar bill actually is.
Some people might argue that the design of the dollar bill isn’t broken, so why change it? But maybe we won’t know how broken the dollar really is until we try.
John Brownlee is a design writer who lives in Somerville, Massachusetts. You can email him at john.brownlee+fastco@gmail.com.
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In late September, a dozen former Atlanta educators and administrators were put on trial in Fulton County Superior Court for conspiring to cheat on standardized tests and manipulate scores in that city’s public schools. The scandal cast a national lens on a case that could land the defendants, if convicted, in prison for up to 35 years. More than 180 educators at 44 schools are alleged to have been involved.
Then, in early October, the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) reported that Atlanta “is the tip of an iceberg.” The group found evidence of standardized test manipulation in 39 states and the District of Columbia since 2009 and documented more than 60 ways schools roguishly inflated results.
Meanwhile, the most recent Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, found that American 15-year-olds ranked 36th in the world out of 65 participating countries tested in math, 28th in science and 24th in reading. And measures to better student performance and literacy over the last decade and a half, beginning with No Child Left Behind, have only made things worse, experts agree.
Teachers have been scapegoated for the failure. The cover of the November 3 issue of Time magazine features an image of a judge’s gavel poised above an apple and the headline “ROTTEN APPLES: It’s Nearly Impossible to Fire a Bad Teacher, Some Tech Millionaires May Have Found a Way to Change That.” The perceived attack provoked an immediate, intense reaction from educators. An American Federation of Teachers petition demanding that Time make a formal apology gained more than 50,000 online signatures in its first 24 hours.
Pawning off the problem on teachers has helped give rise to a testing culture that narrowly defines educational success and threatens the livelihoods of schools and instructors when students, measured against the skewed standard, are perceived to underperform.
“Teachers are basically robots now,” charges Rodney Jordan, a sixth grade math teacher in Washington, D.C., and author of the book From the Heart of a Teacher. “It’s no longer about mastery of material or how much kids can learn. It’s about how they perform on federally mandated testing. All of the creativity, all of the innovation, it’s all out of the classroom and out of the teacher’s hands.”
You wouldn’t call a lawyer if you were sick. If you need legal advice, you wouldn’t go see a sanitation worker. So for educational issues, why would you go to everyone but the educators?
The No Child Left Behind Act, signed into law in January 2002, put U.S. public schools on the road to what many educators characterize as a gross overreliance on testing “technology,” which many believe has led to an overall compromise of American public school education.
The measure, which requires that all public schools receiving federal funding administer statewide standardized tests at all grade levels, ostensibly to prevent students from ‘falling through the cracks’—certainly seems well-meaning.
But critics say that, unwittingly (or not), No Child Left Behind left the education system vulnerable to mercenary interests. Illustrating that open door, Education Week reported that soon after the 2000 election, an executive of the British company Pearson Education boasted to Wall Street analysts that President-elect George W. Bush’s call for increased testing and school-by-school report cards “reads like our business plan.”
Pearson, based in London, is a publishing company that, at the time, specialized in textbooks and had annual sales of around $1 billion—little of it, however, generated in the U.S. Until the company aligned its corporate strategy—literally, it has been rumored—with No Child Left Behind.
“It became a capitalistic beacon for these people,” believes Bob Schaeffer, director of public education for FairTest, citing that starting in 2000—having caught a whiff of coming education reform—Pearson spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying government officials.
Following its No Child Left Behind play, Pearson stepped up its efforts to sway policy decisions; the company’s lobbying expenditures between 2002 and 2012 topped $7 million—an investment that seems to have paid off, in spades. The company’s sales reached $9.7 billion in 2012 alone; Pearson is now said to be valued at $18 billion.
In that period came the implementation of the Common Core State Standards, in 2009. Common Core, as it is widely known, is a series of K-12 curriculum guidelines that standardizes on a national level what is taught and tested in math and language arts in U.S. public schools. Pearson is the primary supplier of Common Core testing and related material.
Adopted in 45 states and the District of Columbia to date, Common Core puts forth a universal set of standards to measure learning. Its professed, highly politicized agenda is ensuring that every high school student graduates “college and career-ready.“ It also recommends new “instructional strategies,” particularly for math. The Common Core formula renders simple arithmetic, for example, into a jumble of slashes, dots and boxes—making 6+4=10 something of an adventure.
Common Core may be benign in theory, but many educators obliged to work under the federally mandated benchmarks find it anything but. They have raised concerns, among them the possibility of profiteering.
“Common Core [seems] to advertise the fact that there is a huge amount of money to be made in public education,” says Karen Wolfe, a mother of two children in a Los Angeles public school and an education activist. “It told a lot of companies and organizations that there was a vast market sector to tap.”
“I mean, I don’t have a problem with companies making money,” Wolfe continues, “but if that’s the first concern for public education—to turn a profit—I have to believe your decisions are not always going to be what’s best for the students.”
No Child Left Behind and Common Core characterize an educational epoch of aggressive standardized testing for students and test-result based teacher evaluations tied to employment and salaries and to school funding—a climate that gave rise, many believe, to drastic increases in cheating.
Robin Lithgow remembers when it all began. The retired longtime Elementary Arts Coordinator for the Los Angeles Unified School District could hardly believe that standardized testing would be the primary yardstick to measure a child’s educational growth and determine their future.
“As soon as No Child Left Behind went through, testing suddenly became this god of education,” she recalls, “and it only intensified under Common Core. We were actually trained in how to bring up the test scores! As if this had anything to do with knowledge! But the money it reaped completely drowned out our voices saying, ‘This isn’t how children learn.’”
The pressure for schools to perform leads some to encourage slow-learning and poorly performing students to switch schools or be pushed for tutoring in advance of a key exam, according to Heather Mills.
When she was a math teacher in North Carolina, Mills recalls being asked which of her students were in danger of failing the end-of-grade math test. After replying that none were likely to fail, she was asked to name any children who might be “at-risk.” Reluctantly, she did.
“The next week, both of these kids were removed from my class for tutoring by parent volunteers, resulting in their public embarrassment at being labeled slow,” Mills says. “Both kids wound up passing the test, but that situation played a major role in my leaving the public education system.” She now runs her own private tutoring business.
Stories like this are what drove Jordan to write his book; From the Heart of a Teacher argues that standardized testing puts the focus everywhere but where it should be—on the children themselves.
“A ridiculous amount of our time is taken up by teaching to the test. [But] it isn’t as if the tests matter for anyone but the people who worry about money and standing,” Jordan maintains. “Kids can fail every single standardized test from third through eighth grade and still get pushed forward to the next grade.”
Jordan also cites a 2013 study that found only 26 percent of high school seniors tested on grade level in math and only 38 percent in reading, a significant drop from 20 years ago.
“This is the bottom line: It’s not working,” he says.
A failing education system in the United States has significant and widespread impact—on children, on the nation’s economy, and on the larger society.
A 2014 One World Literacy Foundation study concluded that two-thirds of students who can’t read proficiently by the fourth grade will end up in jail or on welfare. More than 70 percent of America’s prison inmates cannot read above fourth-grade level.
The U.S. Department of Education reports that 6 percent of females and 7 percent of males failed to complete high school in 2012, or about 1.3 million all told. The annual societal tab in crime and public welfare from the lack of a high school diploma was calculated by the National Dropout Prevention Network at approximately $24 billion for men alone—this a decade ago, in 2004, the last time a calculation was offered, a number that has certainly risen significantly since.
The issue of why it’s not working is a complicated and contentious one; there’s no answer that’s simple and sure. And while Common Core, No Child Left Behind, and the body of institutional reform methods have many vehement critics, even they agree the problem is multifaceted.
Jeaninne Escallier Kato, a teacher who recently retired following a 36-year career in Sacramento public schools, believes the timing of Common Core was unfortunate in that it coincided with a rise in kids’ sense of entitlement and a lowering of the parental bar.
“Teachers can’t just teach anymore,” Kato says. “They also have to be policemen, counselors and parents. Meanwhile, the kids think they have everything coming to them.”
Meanwhile, a privatization movement is underway that has resulted in the closing of thousands of public schools while an equally large number of publicly-funded but privately-run charter schools open on a for-profit basis. Nationwide, 300,000 teaching positions were eliminated between 2009 and 2012, according to Investing in Our Future: Returning Teachers to the Classroom, published by the White House.
Also on the rise: the profile of billionaire philanthropists, who use their money and influence to drive a seeming privatization agenda in the guise of school reform.
Among the wealthy funders using their influence to drive the new public education movement: the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (estimated to have spent $2.3 billion on Common Core initiatives), the Eli and Edyth Broad (rhymes with road) Foundation, and the Walton Family Foundation (the charitable arm of the Walmart empire).
“These are all free market ideologues who want to see a private market for public education, to the detriment of schools and students,” believes Schaeffer.
One could also question a company based in England (Pearson) setting standards for students an ocean away. Yet Pearson remains the driving force in Common Core evaluation despite the cheating explosion and claims that its products are “widely misused,” says Schaeffer.
It all leaves Rodney Jordan shaking his head in frustration.
“You wouldn’t call a lawyer if you were sick,” he says. “If you needed legal advice, you wouldn’t go see a sanitation worker. So for educational issues, why would you go to everyone but the educators? We’re the people who spend hours in the trenches every day. I just don’t understand why the Department of Education on the federal level as well as each state is investing billions of dollars in people who have no idea what goes on in the classroom.”
Jordan is hardly alone. Education experts around the country question the involvement of Pearson and big-bankroll nonprofits, and also why standards that are so developmentally out of synch—pushing young children to absorb information beyond their grasp—have been so zealously instituted.
Some believe the problem is more fundamental, rooted in the very existence of public schools. J. Allen Weston, executive director of the Home Learning Association (America’s only national homeschool association serving a growing contingent of homeschoolers) advocates eventually replacing the entire public school system with what he calls “self-directed learning centers.”
Critics also cite a marked overemphasis on technology in the Common Core paradigm. One of the most staunch advocates for testing, former Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy, attempted to push through a plan to provide an iPad to every L.A. public school student, teacher and campus administrator at a cost of $1.3 billion, while at the same time firing teachers and cutting classroom supplies in the name of cost savings. When the proposal turned into a fiasco, Deasy was forced to resign in mid-October.
It’s no longer about mastery of material or how much kids can learn. It’s about how they perform on federally mandated testing. All of the creativity, all of the innovation, it’s all out of the classroom and out of the teacher’s hands.”
“Many of the problems in society begin with public schools,” says Weston. “Grades and testing are completely the wrong way to go in terms of teaching children anything. All studies show that the way children learn the best is by exploring things on their own time and in a way that’s meaningful to them. And public schools are exactly the opposite: A packaging plant that treats children as empty vessels.”
It would seem there is no shortage of voices on the problems bedeviling education in the United States. Fortunately, there are just as many trumpeting solutions—and all agree they would rather talk about those.
Even the staunchest critics know it’s not realistic that Common Core will be dismantled anytime soon. Still, there are ways to improve the efficacy of public education.
Retired teacher Kato feels it needs to begin at the political level.
“I think every politician, Democrat or Republican … must be made to spend a month sitting in a classroom and observing what goes on before being permitted to run for an education position,” she says. “Seeing for themselves the reality of what teachers have to deal with day after day would make a huge difference, I have to think.”
Dr. Genola Johnson, executive director of the G.A. Educational Learning Center in Peachtree City, Georgia, works in her job as an educator and consultant to teach kids not just how to be better students but how to prepare to be adults in the world of the future.
“We need to focus far less on testing and incorporate critical thinking skills,” she says. “If [educators are] really committed to preparing students for the work force, critical assessment is what really counts. We really don’t need bank tellers, cashiers or any job that requires repetition. The future will be about real decision-making.”
There also has to be a way to eliminate the authority exercised by interests not directly involved in learning and instruction, Jordan maintains.
“We need to remove everyone from the process who isn’t a direct part of the student equation,” he suggests. “Get rid of the profiteers. Get rid of Pearson. Tell them, ’No thank you, we don’t need your help anymore.’”
“Then identify the successful teachers who work with kids who come into the seventh or eighth grade at a fourth grade reading level and are able to get them up to speed. Use those teachers to generate a curriculum and create an environment that’s far more conducive to learning.”
That means getting teachers involved in a far more meaningful way than they typically are under Common Core, where he says their primary role is as implementers of prepackaged data. They have been largely minimized in the present system, their respect diminished, their jobs perpetually in jeopardy.
“Teachers must be recognized as leaders if learning is the real goal,” Jordan adds. “Once you do that, you boost morale. And when morale gets boosted, it’s contagious.”
Professor Mark D. Naison of Fordham University, co-founder of the Badass Teachers Association movement that has taken the teaching community by storm (see Profile), believes that the solution lies in liberating classrooms from a repressive culture of testing—one that has effectively tripled the number of standardized tests grade-schoolers must take.
“There needs to be a literal revolt against the test,” Naison says, “a massive test refusal on the part of students and families. There needs to be a massive reduction in both the number of tests and the unbelievable expense of them. Let’s start a number of test-exempt schools that evaluate students using a different model. And there needs to be a stop to the evaluation of teachers based on those tests.”
Naison’s last point is gaining wider acknowledgement. Undermining the picture painted on the magazine’s cover, the November 3 Time story reported that in June the Gates Foundation called for a moratorium on linking test results with teacher evaluations based on Common Core standards until 2016. In August the Department of Education announced that states could put a moratorium on tying student test scores with teacher assessments until 2016.
Naison further recommends a renewed focus on arts education, sports and hands-on science, along with a reduction in class size. Only then can the effects wrought by Common Core—which he calls “The most destructive bipartisan policy in the United States since the Vietnam War”—begin to truly be reversed.
We need to focus far less on testing and incorporate critical thinking skills.
He also suggests reviving vocational and technical education. “We used to have all of these really good vocational schools across the country, and that sort of education is hugely valuable,” he stresses. “I’m not sure why they went away.”
For Samuel Blumenfeld, author of the 1999 book Alpha-Phonics: A Primer for Beginning Readers, the secret to solving the education crisis is as simple as teaching the proper phonetic reading method to young children rather than what he terms “the low-literacy process” favored in most schools.
“Phonics teach children to speak in their own language and develop a huge vocabulary early on,” Blumenfeld believes. “To teach reading any other way leads to frustration and learning disorders like ADD and ADHD.”
Many of these ideas already are part of the curriculum in private and alternative schools, where there exists a spirit of experimentation. Naison, for one, has seen many successful schools in New York City that eschew testing in favor of assessing the full learning needs of the child.
“We need to vote in officials who support real learning and vote out those who don’t,” he says. “That’s another part of the solution. Put only those who agree to change the system in elected office. They need to be working for us, not the government.”
There are a few more points on which all engaged in the education debate agree: It isn’t too late to turn things around. And if there is a groundswell of support to implement the right kind of reform, it will happen.
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Source: STATS CHIPPAC PTE. LTD
September 21, 2014 17:00 ET
STATS ChipPAC Announces Resignation of Chief Operating Officer
SINGAPORE -- 22 SEPTEMBER 2014, UNITED STATES--(Marketwired - Sep 21, 2014) - STATS ChipPAC Ltd. ("STATS ChipPAC" or the "Company") (SGX-ST: STATSChP) (SGX: S24), a leading provider of advanced semiconductor packaging and test services, announced today that Mr. Wan Choong Hoe has resigned from his position as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer effective 30 September 2014 to pursue personal interests.
"We thank Choong Hoe for his invaluable contributions and wish him success in his future endeavours," said Mr. Tan Lay Koon, President and Chief Executive Officer, STATS ChipPAC.
Mr. Tan Lay Koon will serve as acting Chief Operating Officer until the Company identifies a suitable candidate.
About STATS ChipPAC Ltd.
STATS ChipPAC Ltd. (SGX-ST Code: S24) is a leading service provider of semiconductor packaging design, assembly, test and distribution solutions in diverse end market applications including communications, digital consumer and computing. With global headquarters in Singapore, STATS ChipPAC has design, research and development, manufacturing or customer support offices throughout Asia, the United States and Europe. STATS ChipPAC is listed on the SGX-ST. Further information is available at www.statschippac.com. Information contained in this website does not constitute a part of this release.
Investor Relations Contact:
Tham Kah Locke
Vice President of Corporate Finance
Lisa Lavin
Deputy Director of Marketing Communications
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MBMI Files Unaudited Interim Financial Statements
December 28, 2017 17:29 ET | Source: MBMI Resources Inc.
MARKHAM, Ontario, Dec. 28, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MBMI RESOURCES INC. ("MBMI" or the "Company") (NEX:MBR.H) announces that it has filed its unaudited interim financial statements for the three months period ended October 31, 2017 ("Financial Statements"), and the related management's discussion and analysis of those financial statements ("MD&A"). Copies of the Financial Statements and MD&A can be accessed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Cautionary Statement:
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The foregoing information may contain forward-looking statements relating to the future performance of MBMI Resources Inc. Forward-looking statements, specifically those concerning future performance, are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from MBMI’s plans and expectations. These plans, expectations, risks and uncertainties are detailed herein and from time to time in the filings made by MBMI with the TSX Venture Exchange and securities regulators. MBMI Resources Inc. does not assume any obligation to update or revise its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Athletics Awards Night
WESTON, Mass. – The Regis College athletics department and special guests gathered at the Casey Theatre within the Fine Arts Center on campus Friday night, April 26, to celebrate the accomplishments of the past year.
The Regis-Casserly Awards, the highest award presented to one male and one female graduating student-athlete by the department, were awarded to Ademola Afonja (Staten Island, N.Y.) and Kiana Koke (Queensbury, N.Y.). Afonja completed his collegiate career with 1,294 points, second-most in the history of the men's basketball program, plus he set a new single-season school record with 416 points. Koke has been a leader on the field for both the field hockey and women's lacrosse teams as well as within the Regis community, highlighted by her term this year as the president of the Regis Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
Academic performance at both the team and individual levels were also emphasized, starting with the presentation of the Judith W. Burling Team Award for Academic Excellence to the women's soccer team for posting a team cumulative grade point average of 3.53 over the past year. The Senior Scholar-Athlete Awards, given to the male and female senior student-athletes with the highest cumulative grade point average, were presented to Rachel Bartels (Edinburg, Texas) of the women's volleyball team and Andrew Cook (Bedford, Mass.) of the men's lacrosse team.
The top male and female athletes at each level of matriculation were recognized, culminating with the Senior Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year awards presented to Fatima St. Hilaire (Dorchester, Mass.) and Daniel LaFlamme (Watertown, Conn.) of the track and field teams and Joshua Unas (Santa Clarita, Calif.) of the men's swimming team.
There was also a tie for the Female Outstanding Junior Student-Athlete of the Year honors, as both diver Elisabeth McQuaid (Marlborough, Mass.) and Katryna Veasey (Quincy, Mass.) of the women's volleyball and women's basketball team received the award. Jovan Sematimba (Burlington, Mass.) of the cross country and track and field teams took home the Male Outstanding Junior Student-Athlete of the Year award.
Grant Kollien (Acton, Mass.) of the men's swim team and Brittany McPherson (Lynn, Mass.) of the women's lacrosse team received the Outstanding Sophomore Student-Athlete of the Year honors. GianCarlos Banrey (Roslindale, Mass.) of the men's swim squad and Kaylee Francis (Millis, Mass.) from women's soccer were named the Outstanding Freshman Student-Athletes of the Year.
The SAAC Executive Board, led by Koke, vice-president Mary Costantino (Abington, Mass.) of field hockey and women's lacrosse, secretary Erika Andreoli (Naugatuck, Conn.) of women's volleyball, and SGA representative Noelle Garcia (Los Angeles, Calif.) of women's soccer, presented Renato Capobianco, head men's soccer coach and director of strength and conditioning at Regis, with the SAAC Faculty/Staff Appreciation Award for his work with the student-athletes as well as his efforts to establish the new athletics weight room.
In addition, SAAC spearheaded the Reggie Awards, a series of five awards voted on by student-athletes. The men's volleyball team received the Best Comeback Award for its victory over Emerson College after being behind two sets to one, while the track and field teams earned Best Championship Performance for winning the 2018 GNAC Championships, which took place after last year's awards ceremony.
In addition, Veasey received the award for Record-Breaking Performance after setting the single-season and career kills records for Regis during the 2018 season. The women's basketball team's victory at Brandeis on New Year's Day was voted as Best Upset, and the victory at Saint Joseph's College in extra time by the women's lacrosse team was tabbed as the Best Overtime Win.
Before the awards ceremony, graduating seniors and their families were invited to a reception where they received stoles signifying their status as student-athletes which they will wear at Commencement in two weeks. Julie Rando Ranucci '94, a Regis Athletics Hall of Famer and previous Mother Regis Award recipient, spoke to the assembled crowd about how she valued her time at Regis College.
Regis College sponsors 20 intercollegiate sports at the NCAA Division III level competing within the Great Northeast Athletic Conference.
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Open the Debates - Action Hub
1. Sign the Open the Debates Petition
Sign the petition to open the debates, and then share with your friends. It is not too soon to start organizing for open debates as the Commission will make binding decisions in 2019. We must make our voice heard and let every board member know they will stand trial in public opinion for their support of closed debates.
2. Contact the Commission on Presidential Debate Board Members
The Board of Directors runs the Commission and has the ability to include all candidates who could win enough electoral votes to become President. However, they do not provide a way to reach individual members. These public figures can be reached in a variety of ways on social media, through their places of employment, or other places where they sit on the board. They uphold this rigged system, and we have a right to reach them and have them answer our questions no matter how inconvenient that is for them and the boards they sit on.
3. Contact the Federal Election Commission
The Federal Election Commission has the ability to force the Commission on Presidential Debates to change their rules to enforce fairness in coverage of candidates. In 2016, the FEC voted 4-2 against making the CPD (at least to some minimal degree) address this injustice. The two dissents is the first time any FEC vote has been recorded against these exclusionary debates. The facade is already cracking!
4. Sign up as a Volunteer to Oppose the Debates
Nationwide from now through 2020 we will be taking action in support of Open Debates. Let us know ways that you would like to help.
5. Write a Letter to the Editor
Compose a letter for your local newspaper explaining why Green & Libertarian candidates should be included in the 2020 debates. Use the talking points to assist you.
6. Pledge of Non-Violent Civil Disobedience
Take the pledge to resist the theft of our democracy by participating in protests to open the debate process or engage in serious, peaceful, dignified civil disobedience. Read the full Call to Action letter by 2012 Green Party Vice Presidential candidate Cheri Honkala.
7. Educate Your Friends & Neighbors on the Fraudulent Debates
Read the history of of how the League of Women Voters withdrew from hosting the debates because of increasing control of the Republican and Democratic National Committee to silence real discussion of ideas. Find op-eds and articles written by prominent activists and thinkers on how the CPD silences democracy. See the latest polls that show Americans want inclusive debates. Share this information in person and online.
8. Current Lawsuits for Open Debates
There are several pending lawsuits making the case for open debates--both against the Commission on Presidential Debates as well as the Federal Election Commission.
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ESL/TESOL
South Dakota PHD in ESL TESOL Doctorate Programs & Grad Schools
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Professional instructors of English as a second language may wish to earn a PhD in ESL TESOL. A doctoral degree in education is typically meant for practicing educators who want to learn about education theory and research within their specialty, and how to apply it.
Earning your Doctorate in ESL TESOL
If you have the desire to learn more about education theory and research as it relates to the area of ESL (English as a Second Language)/TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), then earning a doctorate in ESL/TESOL may be an option might want to consider.
PhD in ESL TESOL programs are designed to help prepare higher education ESL teachers, teacher educators, supervisors, administrators, researchers and curriculum/materials developers to pursue careers in an industry that is expected to keep growing into the future. But more importantly, they are designed to help prepare students to be able to research all facets of ESL/TESOL and to formally prepare ESL teachers.
PhD in ESL TESOL Programs
Many of the doctoral level programs you’ll find in universities across the country are associated with a school’s department of English, linguistics or education. Students who are interested in earning a PhD in ESL TESOL should research the various programs available to them and then decide what type of doctoral degree is best suited to their needs.
A PhD in TESOL, a PhD in Applied Linguistics or an EdD in ESL are three options that may be available to students, but there are other variations of doctorate degrees that you may want to explore.
Some colleges offer a PhD in education with a TESOL certification. In other schools you can take the school’s language, literacy and culture concentration. This type of program leads to a PhD in language, literacy and culture, with a TESOL specialization, while other universities offer doctoral degrees in curriculum and instruction with a specialization in TESOL.
Teaching Goals of Doctorate Programs in ESL TESOL
The goals of Doctorate programs in ESL/TESOL are based on providing students with the knowledge and skills to oversee ESL programs, conduct the research, or teach at the university level.
There are other teaching goals that are equally important to remember as you study for your doctorate in ESL/TESOL and that many colleges and universities follow as they educate or train students to respect and appreciate all languages and cultures. They include the following:
Provide students with a strong knowledge base in TESOL theory, second language acquisition, and applied linguistics research.
Have students apply TESOL and second language acquisition theory and research to TESOL methodology.
Ensure that they can understand and evaluate the professional literature that has been published on TESOL.
Have students conduct and evaluate original field research and then present their findings.
Have them acquire a deep understanding of the role of linguistics in TESOL and the impact of the social and cultural factors that need to be considered when learning and teaching a second language.
Provide students with a strong knowledge base in TESOL program design, development and evaluation.
Help them develop the knowledge and skills to design, implement and evaluate teacher-training programs for ESL instructors.
Teach them how to integrate technology into TESOL instruction and learning.
Encourage them to be advocates of the TESOL profession.
Why Study for a PhD in ESL TESOL?
Pursuing a PhD in ESL TESOL may prove to be a worthwhile endeavor if you are truly interested in the science behind second language acquisition and learning in detail the teaching and learning techniques that are essential to this specialized area of education. If you already hold a master’s degree in ESL/TESOL, the next logical step may be to earn that PhD.
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Commander Powers Symington to Rear Admiral Marbury Johnston, Commander, Squadron Two, Cruiser Force, 12/6/1917
Commander Powers Symington, Commander, USS Tacoma to Rear Admiral Marbury Johnston, Commander, Squadron Two, Cruiser Force
U.S.S. TACOMA,
December 6th 1917.
FROM: Commanding Officer
TO: Commander Squadron Two, Cruiser Force.
SUBJECT: Report on disaster in Halifax.
1. Shortly after 9:00 a.m., on December 6th, 1917, the U.S.S. TACOMA was fifty-two miles from Halifax, when a heavy concussion was felt, so strong that the Officer of the Deck immediately went to Quarters. A great column of smoke was seen to rise in the air in the direction of Halifax.
2. This ship proceeded into Halifax and anchored off the city at 2:00 p.m. The U.S.S. OLD COLONY and Coast Guard Cutter MORRILL were in the port, and the U.S.S. VON STEUBEN anchored at about 2:30 p.m. While passing up the harbor, it was seen that a great fire was burning in North Halifax; that none of the houses facing the harbor on either side had any windows or doors; that the side of all the piers were burst open; several ships were ashore and others looked badly battered.
3. As soon as the ship anchored, I proceeded at once on board H.M.S. HIGHFLIER to tender my services to the Senior Officer Present Afloat. From there I went to the dock yard, and after considerable search, I found the Captain-Superintendent1 who had been badly wounded. I tendered my services to him and asked him if he would call on me for anything I could possibly do. I found the U.S.S. OLD COLONY tied up alongside the coal wharf, and that they had already started to do hospital work. I thereupon returned to the ship and ordered the Doctor of the TACOMA2 to take his whole force and equipment to the OLD COLONY and lend a hand with their work. As Doctor Hayes was the senior officer present, he took charge of the hospital work and handled the situation very well. I am forwarding herewith a copy of the report made to me by Doctor Hayes.3
4. I went ashore again to call on the American Consul-General, but could not locate him, so I proceeded to the office of Rear Admiral Chambers, R.N.,4 who is the Senior British Naval Officer in this port. He is in charge of convoy operations, but has nothing to do with the dock yard or the Canadian authorities. I tendered my services to him, and he accompanied me to the office of the General Commanding the District.5 To him I also offered any assistance which we could render. He informed me that the situation was very much confused, and that owing to the fact that the front of all stores and buildings were broken in, he was afraid there might be looting during the night and that as his men had been on duty all day, he would be very grateful if I would take over the patrol of the business portion of the city during the night so that his men could get some rest. I informed him at once that I would land two hundred men and would patrol the city from 8:00 p.m., to 8:00 a.m., the following, and, in conjunction with Commander Moses6 of the VON STEUBEN, we organized a patrol force, which force went on duty at 8:00 p.m., and patrolled the city until 8:00 a.m., the following morning when the force was withdrawn.
5. Early the next morning I reported to the General Commanding the District and asked if I could be of any further assistance. He informed me that mechanics were badly needed for putting up shelters for homeless people, so I organized gangs of five men each, headed by an artificer, supplied with tools for doing rough mechanical work. These men worked all day putting in windows and assisting anyone who was willing to work.
6. At 6:00 a.m., on this date, a very bad blizzard started, and blew all day until midnight the following night. While this blizzard was blowing, shipping in the harbor became very much demoralized and the dock yard authorities asked me for assistance. I detailed the Coast Guard Cutter MORRILL for this work and she went out the harbor to try and assist the American Steamship SARANAC which was reported ashore. While the gale was in progress, the Steamship NORTH WIND drifted into collision with the VON STEUBEN. Commander Moses tied her up alongside and held her there.
7. In the morning I was informed that the authorities would be very grateful if I would lend a hand in searching the ruins. I again landed a large party equipped with pioneer tools to assist searching the ruins. By Saturday, relief trains were coming in and I considered our services were no longer required, although the VON STEUBEN landed two hundred men on Sunday to continue the work of searching.
8. The circumstances prior to the explosion appear to be as follows. French munition ship MONT BLANC appears to have been loaded in the forward hold with picrates. Her No. 2 hold carried T.N.T. She appears to have had a deck load forward of benzol. Her cargo is supposed to have included between three and four thousand tons of T.N.T. She was coming out of the Bedford Basin through the Narrows at the same time that the Belgium Relief Steamer IMO, flying the Norwegian flag was passing through the Narrows in the opposite direction. The IMO appears to have been too far on the right hand side of the channel. There is some conflicting testimony as to the maneuvering of the two ships which can only be settled by a Court of Inquiry. The fact remains that the IMO rammed the MONT BLANC. The Captain of the MONT BLANC7 reports that almost immediately dense columns of smoke came up out of No. 1 hatch where the picrates were loaded. He saw at once that he was unable to cope with the fire and immediately abandoned ship. He got his crew into two boats and had sufficient time to get ashore on the Dartmouth side which took about ten or twelve minutes before the explosion took place.
9. H.M.S. HIGHFLIER, which was at anchor not far away, sent a boat to investigate. This boat was destroyed and the second in command and seven of the men killed. A big explosion took place at about 9:10 a.m., and the effects were terrific. A gun from the MONT BLANC was found three miles from the explosion. All of North Halifax and the suburb of Richmond were completely destroyed. Every building in the dock yard was wrecked. Hardly a house in Halifax or Dartmouth escaped injury. Great numbers of people were wounded by the flying glass and almost every window in the district was broken. Within ten minutes from the explosion fire started in all part of the wrecked district and very shortly the ruins were burning fiercely.
10. No estimate could be made up to the time I left of the property damaged or the loss of life.8 I am of the opinion that the dock yard will be of no further use before next summer, if then, and that the port of Halifax has suffered such a serious blow that it will very seriously interfere with the operation of the convoy fleet from now on.
11. Therewould seem to be three very obvious lessons to be learned from this accident. FIRST. heavy shipment of high explosive should not be permitted in any populous district. TWO. Benzol and picrates should not be loaded on the same ship with high explosives. THREE. When shipments of high explosives are underway, all traffic should be rigidly controlled so as to avoid the danger of collision.
12. I beg to invite your attention to the fact that the officers and men of the TACOMA, VON STEUBEN, MORRILL and OLD COLONY all worked hard in this emergency with a cheerfulness and a sense of discipline which was admirable. I believe that our efforts were appreciated by the people on shore, and needless to say we were very glad to do what we could.
/s/ Powers Symington
Source Note: TCy, DLC-MSS, Albert Gleaves Papers, Box 8. Document reference: “322-386-17-N.”
Footnote 1: Capt. H. N. Garnett R.N., and Captain-Superintendent Edward Harrington Martin.
Footnote 2: Acting Asst. Surgeon Oscar Hayes.
Footnote 3: The report was not attached.
Footnote 4: American Consul General at Halifax Evan E Young and RAd. Bertram M. Chambers, R.N.
Footnote 5: Maj. Gen. Thomas Benson, Canadian Militia.
Footnote 6: Cmdr. Stanford E. Moses.
Footnote 7: Capt. Aimé Le Médec of the Mont Blanc.
Footnote 8: 1,946 people were killed in the explosion and in the days immediately following. “Halifax Explosion Remembrance Book,” Nova Scotia Archives, Accessed on 20 November 1917, https://novascotia.ca/archives/remembrance/.
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 12/1/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operation in European Waters, to Anne Hitchcock Sims, 12/1/1917
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 12/1/1917
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Captain Richard H. Jackson, United States Naval Representative in Paris, 12/1/1917
Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Naval Forces in France, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 12/1/1917
Captain William V. Pratt, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 12/2/1917
Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves, Commander, Cruiser and Transport Force, Order for Ships in Convoy, Addendum No. 3, 12/3/1917
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 12/3/1917
Captain William V. Pratt, Assistant (Acting) Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 12/3/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Anne Hitchcock Sims, 12/3/1917
Lieutenant Commander Kenneth Whiting to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 12/3/1917
Diary of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 12/4/1917
Commander Walter N. Vernou to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 12/4/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 12/5/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 12/5/1917
Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Commander, Atlantic Fleet, Standing Order, 12/5/1917
Captain Nathan C. Twining to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United State Patrol Forces based in France, 12/6/1917
Captain William V. Pratt, Assistant (Acting) Chief of Naval Operations, to Rear Admiral Leigh C. Palmer, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, 12/6/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Captain Richard H. Jackson, United States Staff Representative in Paris, 12/7/1917
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces in European Waters, 12/7/1917
Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Commander, Atlantic Fleet, to Force Commanders, 12/7/1917
Secretary of State Robert Lansing to United States Embassy in London, 12/7/1917
Captain Richard H. Leigh, Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 12/7/1917
Captain Nathan C. Twining, Chief of Staff for Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotilla, 12/7/1917
Captain Nathan C. Twining, Chief of Staff, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 12/8/1917
Captain Nathan C. Twining, Chief of Staff to Vice Admiral Sims, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 12/8/1917
Captain William V. Pratt, Assistant (Acting) Chief of Naval Operations, to Naval Bureaus and Commandants of Navy Yards, 12/8/1917
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 12/8/1917
Commander Charles R. Train, United States Naval Attaché in Rome, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 12/9/1917
Lieutenant Commander David W. Bagley, Commander, U.S.S. Jacob Jones, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Navy Forces Operating in European Waters, 12/10/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Navy Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, 12/10/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Lieutenant Commander Frank D. Berrien, Commander, U. S. S. Nicholson, 12/10/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Navy Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, R.N., Commander, Naval Forces, Southern Ireland, 12/10/1917
Circular Letter of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 12/10/1917
Lieutenant Commander David W. Bagley’s Report on Sinking of U.S.S. Jacob Jones, 12/10/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 12/10/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack, Commander, Patrol Squadrons Based on Gibraltar, 12/10/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Commander, Destroyer Flotilla, Queenstown, 12/11/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 12/11/1917
President Woodrow Wilson’s Declaration of War on the Austro-Hungarian Empire, 12/11/1917
Admiral Lewis Bayly, R.N., Commander, Naval Forces, Southern Ireland, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Navy Forces Operating in European Waters, 12/12/1917
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 12/13/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 12/13/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 12/13/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain William V. Pratt, Assistant (Acting) Chief of Naval Operations, 12/13/1917
Lieutenant Commander Charles R. Train, United States Naval Attaché in Rome, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 12/13/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Leigh C. Palmer, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, 12/14/1917
Commander Harris Laning, Commander, Officer Personnel Division of the Bureau of Navigation, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 12/14/1917
Commander Paul Foley and L. I. Thomas to Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, United States Shipping Board, 12/14/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral Lewis Bayly, R.N., Commander, Naval Forces, Southern Ireland, 12/14/1917
Rear Admiral Ralph Earle, Chief of Bureau of Ordnance, to Commanders of All Naval Forces, 12/14/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, 12/15/1917
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 12/15/1917
Secretary of State Robert Lansing to United States Embassy in London, 12/16/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, United States Shipping Board, 12/17/1917
First Sea Lord Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe, R.N., to Commodore Guy R. Gaunt, R.N., British Naval Attaché in Washington, D.C., 12/17/1917
G. A. Steel, Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, to Secretary of the War Cabinet Lord Maurice P. Hankey, 12/17/1917
Commander Simon P. Fullinwider, Bureau of Ordnance, to Rear Admiral Ralph Earle, Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, 12/17/1917
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 12/18/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 12/18/1917, First cablegram of the day
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 12/18/1917, Second cablegram of the day
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 12/18/1917, Third cablegram of the day
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 12/18/1917, Fourth cablegram of the day
Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, Commander, Battleship Division Nine, to Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Commander, Atlantic Fleet, 12/19/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, First cable of the day, 12/20/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, Second cable of the day, 12/20/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, Third cable of the day, 12/20/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, Commander, Battleship Division Nine, Atlantic Fleet, 12/20/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Forces based in France, 12/20/1917
Operations Report, U.S.S. Destroyer Benham, 12/21/1917
Commander Frank R. McCrary, Aviation Specialist, United States Navy, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 12/21/1917
Captain Nathan C. Twining, Chief of Staff, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 12/22/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Commander Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, United States Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, 12/22/1917
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Captain Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, United States Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, 12/22/1917
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, 12/22/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 12/23/1917
Summary of War Diary of U.S.S. Davis for period 16 to 23 December 1917, 12/23/1917
Captain Nathan C. Twining, Chief of Staff, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Albert T. Gleaves, Commander, Cruiser and Transport Force, 12/24/1917
Captain Nathan C. Twining, Chief of Staff to Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the British Admiralty Sir W. Graham Greene, 12/27/1917
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Secretary of State Robert Lansing, et al., 12/27/1917
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Commandants of the Navy Yards, and Chiefs of Naval Bureaus, 12/27/1917
Commander Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, United States Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 12/28/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, Force Instructions, 12/28/1917
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Lieutenant Commander (Retired) Hugh McL. Walker, Commandant, Fifth Naval District, 12/28/1917
Captain Nathan C. Twining, Chief of Staff, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Vice Admiral Sir Douglas E. R. Brownrigg, R.N., Chief Censor, British Admiralty, 12/29/1917
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt Circular, 12/29/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Anne Hitchcock Sims, 12/29/1917
Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves, Commander, Cruiser and Transport Force, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 12/29/1917
Captain Mark L. Bristol to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 12/29/1917
Captain David C. Hanrahan, Commander USS Santee, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters., 12/29/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Richard H. Jackson, United States Naval Representative in Paris, 12/31/1917
Diary of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 12/31/1917
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News Diabetes prevention programs for Hispanics
Diabetes Prevention Programs for Hispanics
By Endocrine Today
Categories: Featured News
Significant health disparities exist in the Hispanic community compared with their non-Hispanic counterparts in the United States. In terms of diabetes, specifically, recent data from the CDC indicate that Hispanics are 65% more likely to have diabetes, 55% more likely to be diagnosed with end-stage renal disease and 45% more likely to die of diabetes.
The health care challenge posed by these statistics becomes even more alarming because Hispanics are one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the United States and may constitute 30% of the population by 2060.
Besides these disparities around diabetes diagnoses and outcomes, the Hispanic population is also at greater risk for prediabetes. Based on fasting glucose or HbA1c levels, it is estimated that nearly 38% of Hispanics aged 20 years or older have prediabetes.
It seems as if a Hispanic diabetes time bomb is waiting to explode unless culturally sensitive and targeted interventions are developed and implemented in this community to improve diabetes awareness and emphasize its prevention.
Culturally tailored programs
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases was working with a budget of nearly $2 billion for fiscal year 2016, and a large portion of this amount generally funds development of community-based diabetes programs targeting diabetes prevention and/or improving diabetes-related outcomes in underserved communities. However, it is disappointing that these funds fail to translate into significant improvements in diabetes-related health outcomes in high-risk communities.
So, what might we be missing?
Although there is no denying the role of biological and lifestyle factors in the growing numbers of prediabetes cases in this community, we are probably discounting the role of a few other important factors. As health care providers and policymakers, it is tempting to invest our energies into “one-size-fits-all” interventions that we believe would be efficient and benefit all patients equally. However, we now know that such solutions are not effective in the long run because they do not address the unique needs of patients from minority but high-risk groups. Socioeconomic, cultural and behavioral factors in any population are important determinants of health outcomes, and programs that fail to evaluate or address issues related to these factors are less likely to be sustainable and effective in the long run.
Before developing a program targeting diabetes prevention in high-risk Hispanic communities in Southern California, we undertook two pilot studies to improve our understanding of the community needs around diabetes prevention and the baseline status of our underserved Hispanic communities regarding diabetes. In fact, both studies were hosted as community events open to anyone seeking additional health resources. However, nearly all participants in both events were Hispanic, which underlines the high need in this under-resourced population. In terms of clinical parameters, 75% of all participants fit in overweight or obese BMI categories, and finger-prick HbA1c measurements showed that about 40% of the sample overall had prediabetes and was at risk for progression to diabetes.
Most participants in both studies were women (study 1: n = 80; 75 women; study 2: n = 81; 59 women). This was not entirely unexpected because we know from previous research that, due to a variety of socioeconomic and cultural factors, engaging Hispanic men in health research is challenging. This gender tilt, however, limits the quality and quantity of health-based interventions that can be implemented in this community. In terms of education, 42% to 50% of participants from both studies had completed only junior high with approximately 10% reporting no formal education.
Health literacy also was low, with most participants (about 51%) emphasizing a high need for resources to help them better understand health information, including completing any medical forms at clinics and other facilities. Again, although not a surprising finding, this stresses the need for us as health care professionals to account for our target population’s basic understanding of health and related concepts while developing or disseminating interventions or health promotion materials. High education skills may not always translate into high health literacy, especially in a patient population with language barriers.
Regarding annual income, nearly 80% of the participants were earning less than $30,000, and about 40% of all participants did not have health insurance. These numbers have significant consequences for these individuals’ abilities to access and, ultimately, benefit from any health resources that are made available to them. Most of the participants were managing two jobs to be able to survive and reported not having the time, motivation or the financial resources to cook, as recommended for better health outcomes.
Food insecurity also was highly prevalent in the studies, and nearly 60% of the sample reported that they worry that food will run out before they get money to buy more; nearly 50% of participants reported that the food they bought did not last and that they did not have money to buy more groceries.
Using the Patient Health Questionnaire, we also identified a high risk for depression (35%-36% of all participants).
Future interventions for Hispanic communities
Developing and implementing diabetes prevention interventions without evaluating and addressing these issues will result in only short-term solutions, with patients falling back to their routines once the study and incentives are over. We may be able to make studies and their positive impact more sustainable by ensuring that patient empowerment is a strong component of our community-based research efforts, whereby study participants take an active role to improve their health, are well-informed about their rights as patients, and understand the community resources available to them. Offering psychosocial support to high-need participants in community programs may help lay a stronger foundation for our health promotion interventions.
Of course, we cannot develop health interventions that would check off all problem areas for our high-risk population. However, it would be worth our efforts to spend a bit more time planning around these prominent socioeconomic, cultural and psychosocial issues prevalent in these communities. Recommendations for improved health that are made in the context of patients’ psychological and socioeconomic status are more likely to improve patient engagement, adherence and translate to long-term health behavior changes.
Harsimran Singh, PhD, is a health psychologist and a clinical research scientist at the Mary & Dick Allen Diabetes Center at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, California. The center specializes in offering patient-centered clinical care, education services and psychosocial support for people with diabetes. The studies were undertaken in collaboration with Michaell Rose, LCSW, director of operations for community health at the Melinda Hoag Smith Center for Healthy Living, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian.
Disclosure: Rose and Singh report no relevant financial disclosures.
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Sex and the City’ lives up to hype
Necole Denise Sims
May 30, 2008 at 12:01 AM May 30, 2008 at 7:20 AM
Four years ago, “Sex and the City” went off the air, leaving fans begging for more. Rumors of a movie were flying around for a couple of years, so when production actually started, I was thrilled. As a fan of the show, I hoped the movie would translate to the big screen, and I was not disappointed.
Four years ago, “Sex and the City” went off the air, leaving fans begging for more. Rumors of a movie were flying around for a couple of years, so when production actually started, I was thrilled. As a fan of the show, I hoped the movie would translate to the big screen, and I was not disappointed. When we last saw SATC, our fab four -- Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte -- were adjusting to various life changes. And though some things have changed, they are still dealing with the same issues. Sarah Jessica Parker, as the shoe-obsessed Carrie Bradshaw, has brought a new perspective to her character. Over six years, fans have shared in the laughter and tears of her relationship with Big, but the movie brought out the raw emotion that we can all relate to. Parker shines in several scenes, particularly during the wedding scene in the library. John James Preston, aka Big, makes you waffle between hating, loving and wanting to hug him. He is vulnerable in this movie, something that he lacked in the television series. Chris Noth’s Big shines and translates perfectly from little to big screen. Samantha Jones, played by Kim Cattrall, makes the most surprising character changes. She went from the “I play by my own rules” lady of the quartet to the “I am catering to my man” and “I won’t cheat” type of woman we are shocked at. Luckily for us, in her quest to not cheat (especially with the Latin stud next door), she delivers some of the funniest scenes in the movie. Even her pet had the audience laughing. Kristen Davis’ Charlotte and her husband, Harry (Evan Handler), are still the perfect-for-each-other couple who get some very good and totally unexpected news. Their daughter Lily, played by Alexandra Fong, is so precious and adorable that you smile every time she is on the screen. Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) and Steve (David Eigenberg) have a rough patch as they are still adjusting to marriage, family and living in Brooklyn. Viewers finally get to see Miranda as completely human when one of them breaks their vows and puts their relationship in jeopardy. In season six, SATC fans saw a glimpse, but Nixon takes Miranda to another level. Most people in relationships will relate easily to them as they try to put their marriage back in order. You will find yourself rooting for them. Strong supporting cast The supporting cast could not have been more perfectly chosen. Jennifer Hudson, in her first role since winning major awards for her role in “Dreamgirls,” plays Carrie’s assistant Louise (or Saint Louise, as Carrie calls her several times). She is charming and understated but is pivotal in putting Carrie’s life back in order. Hudson is definitely someone directors should look at in the future. Mario Cantone as Charlotte’s best guy friend Anthony, and Willie Garson as Stanford Blatch pick up where their hilarious characters left off. They steal the scenes they are in. Particularly funny is their scene together at New Year’s Eve. What others say Not only is this a movie I would watch again, I would recommend it to everyone, men and women. Don’t take my word alone for it though. Here are what some of my fellow moviegoers said as they exited the movie. Freda Gentry and Bre Masalko, both 20, loved the movie. Freda said it was “amazing,” “loved everything” and “it translated well from the TV show.” Bre most enjoyed the last scene between Samantha and Smith Jerrod. “I understand what she (Samantha) said, and I would have done the same thing).” Dan Karipides went to the movie with his girlfriend, Christina. He has seen the show before and thought the movie was “pretty good.” His girlfriend said that he laughed the hardest of anyone in their group. He was surprised by Steve and Big: “I didn’t see that coming at all.” A group of coworkers from GE came together for the show. Cindy Muntean called the movie “fabulous and more than expected. … I cried like a baby. They (the movie cast) feel like family,” she said. Kristen Miller, also in the GE group, said the movie was “extremely sensitive to all women’s emotions.” Canton Repository
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Without The Greenhouse Effect Earth Would Be
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Without this natural phenomenon, average temperatures on Earth would be 30 degrees lower than the current 15 degrees Celsius. Unfortunately, fossil-fuel combustion and deforestation release large amounts of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, strengthening the greenhouse effect.
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Jun 30, 2008 · The greenhouse effect is the capture of heat from solar radiation in within our atmosphere. Without the greenhouse effect, global temperatures would plummet. While humans would be able to survive for a period because of clothing, heating, etc., the food sources of humans would not.
Overview of greenhouse Earth. A "greenhouse Earth" or "hothouse Earth" is a period in which there are no continental glaciers whatsoever on the planet, the levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (such as water vapor and methane) are high, and sea surface temperatures (SSTs) range from 28 °C (82.4 °F) in the tropics to 0 °C (32.
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Apr 22, 2015. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats. Without the greenhouse effect, the average temperature on Earth would.
Without them, scientists estimate that the atmosphere would already be 20⁰C warmer than it is now. Of the extra heat trapped inside Earth’s atmosphere by the greenhouse effect, about 90 percent actual.
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Without the greenhouse effect, the average temperature of the earth would be about -2°F rather than the 57°F we currently experience. Many of the chemical compounds in the earth’s atmosphere act as greenhouse gases.
As the heat rises from the surface it becomes trapped below the cloud layer – the greenhouse effect. Earth’s surface and the planet radiates energy back into space. However, certain atmospheric gas.
What is the Green house effect ? The Earth is kept warm by it’s atmosphere, which acts rather like a woolly coat – without it, the average surface
The air inside a vehicle can jump that much in a matter of minutes, even if the windows are partially open, because the windshield has a greenhouse effect. — matt campbell, kansascity, "Kansas removes lawsuit fear for rescuers of children, pets trapped in hot cars," 25 June 2018
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The average Earth temperature required for energy balance with the sun would be a frigid –18 °C (0 °F), if there were no atmospheric greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect has kept the Earth’s average temperature a good deal higher for billions of years, making it possible for life as we know it to evolve.
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Undergraduate studies in Philosophy
at Munich School of Philosophy
Graduate studies in Philosophy
at Munich School of Philosophy and Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich
Master of Arts in Philosophy
Thesis on "Realism and Anti-Realism"
Grade: summa cum laude
Graduate studies in Catholic Thelogy
at Hochschule St. Georgen in Frankfurt and University of Innsbruck, Austria
Degree of "Diplomtheologe"
Thesis on "Revelation"
Doctoral Studies in Philosophy
begun at the University of Bielefeld, where thesis advisor Prof. Peter Bieri
organized a large-scale internactional research project on the topic of "Mind and Brain",
finished at Freie Universität Berlin after following the dissertation advisor to Berlin
Thesis on "Mental Causation"
Munich School of Philosophy
Habilitation in Philosophy
Academic Positions Held
Full-time lecturer in Philosophy at the Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, USA
Teaching intro-level Epistemology, Logic and Metaphysics
Teaching-assistant to Prof. Koltermann in Philosophy of Physics and Biology
During graduate studies in Catholic Theology at the Hochschule St. Georgen in Frankfurt, Germany
1994 (spring term)
Visiting scholar of the Philosophy Department at Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
Working with (among others) Prof. Brian McLaughlin in Philosophy of Mind
1994 (fall term) &
Lecturer at the Munich School of Philosophy, Munich, Germany
Teaching Philosophy of Mind and Analytic Epistemology
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Religion (one-year full-time position) at the Philosophy Department of the
University of Notre Dame, USA
Teaching upper-level undergraduate courses in Philosophy of Mind
1996 (fall term)
Full-time tenure-track position (assistant professor) at the Munich School of Philosophy
Courses on Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, and History of Analytic Philosophy
Jan–Feb 2000
Visiting scholar at Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachussetts, USA
Lectures on Metaphysics and Philosophy of Mind
Visiting scholar the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Working mainly with Prof. David Chalmers in Philosophy of Mind, participation in the Center for Consciousness Studies
Professorship officialy offered by Fordham University, New York, USA, in Philosophy of Mind
Declined for personal reasons.
Tenured at Munich School of Philosophy
Full professor for Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind and Philosophy of Language.
(fall terms only)
Visiting Professor at Fordham University
Editor for the German speaking countries at the European Journal for Philosophy of Religion
Member of the steering committee of the international research project "Analytic Theology"
Funded by the John Templeton Foundation
Holder of the endowed "Lejeune Chair for Philosophy and Motivation"
Specializing in Philosophical Psychology, Metaphysics of Mental Causation, Freedom of the Will and Action Theory
"James Collins Visiting Professor in Philosophy" at Saint Louis University
Vice President of Munich School of Philosophy
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Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 8/29/1917
Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations
Cablegram Sent August 29, 1917.
To: OPNAV, WASHINGTON Serial No. 392.
Via: N C B R Prep. by: Lt. Noyes
File No 55-3-1
Copies to : C of S., J.V.B., Lt. Noyes1
From: Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet.
To : Chief Naval Operations.
392. Following message sent by Admiral Jellicoe2 to French comma Italian and Russian ministries of Marine quote following subjects for Naval conference comma first comma question of offensive operations against enemy fleet or bases comma second manner in which United States Navy can best cooperate with Allies for successful prosecution of war comma third measure necessary deal enemy submarine cruisers with large radius action comma fourth measure necessary for establishing convoy system all waters frequented by enemy submarines also provision necessary vessels comma fifth offensive measures against enemy submarines unquote,3
MAYO.
Source Note: Cy, RG 45, Entry 517B. Notation in upper left-hand corner: “Subject Copy.” Identifying number in upper right-hand corner: “S 453” and in columnar fashion: "1/3/C/N.”
Footnote 1: Sims' Chief of Staff Capt. Nathan C. Twining; Sims’ aide, Cmdr. John V. Babcock; and Lt. Leigh Noyes, Communications Officer, Atlantic Fleet.
Footnote 2: First Sea Lord Adm. Sir John R. Jellicoe.
Footnote 3: The conference was held from 4 to 6 September 1917. For Mayo's report on the determinations of the conference, see: Mayo to Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 6 September 1917.
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, Campaign Order Number One, 8/1/1917
Executive Order of President Woodrow Wilson, 8/1/1917
Captain William B. Fletcher, Commander, Special Patrol Squadrons, Operation Order Number Six, 8/1/1917
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to All Officers of the United States Navy, 8/2/1917
Major General Tasker H. Bliss, Chief of Staff, to Adjutant General Henry P. McCain, 8/2/1917
Winston Churchill to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/2/1917
New York Herald Report on Alleged Submarine Attack, 8/2/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 8/3/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Captain William B. Fletcher, Force Commander, Patrol Squadrons, French Waters, 8/3/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Richard H. Jackson, American Naval Representative to the Ministry of Marine, 8/3/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Captain William B. Fletcher, Commander, Special Patrol Squadrons, 8/3/1917
Major General John J. Pershing, Commander, American Expeditionary Force, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/4/1917
Captain Josiah S. McKean, Staff, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 8/4/1917
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, United States, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/4/1917
Commander William R. Sayles, United States Naval Attaché at Paris, to Commander John V. Babcock, 8/4/1917
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Commander, Atlantic Fleet, 8/4/1917
Lieutenant Commander Halsey Powell, Commander, Parker, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/5/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Office of Chief of Naval Operations., 8/6/1917
Diary of Commander Joseph K. Taussig, Commander, Destroyer Division Eight, 8/6/1917
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operation to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/7/1917
Rear Admiral Heathcote S. Grant, Senior Naval Officer, Gibraltar, to British Admiralty, 8/7/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Sara Hitchcock Shepley, 8/8/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Vice Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, R.N., Commander, Southern Ireland, 8/8/1917
First Sea Lord Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe, to Vice Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, Commander, Southern Ireland, 8/8/1917
List of Ships to be Based at Gibraltar, 8/8/1917
Memorandum to Committee on Standard Plans, Fleet Emergency Corporation, 8/8/1917
Commander Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, to Commander Henry B. Price, Commander, Melville, 8/8/1917
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, United States, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters 8/8/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Lindon W. Bates, Chairman of Engineering Committee, Submarine Defense Association, 8/8/1917
Commander William R. Sayles, United States Naval Attaché at Paris, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/9/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Vice Admiral Lewis Bayly, Commander, Southern Ireland, 8/9/1917
Captain Richard H. Jackson. American Naval Representative to the Ministry of Marine, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/9/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Anne Hitchcock Sims, 8/9/1917
Vice Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, Commander, Southern Ireland, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/10/1917
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/10/1917
Notice Posted on U.S.S. Reid by Commander, Lieutenant Commander Charles G. Slayton, 8/10/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Major General John J. Pershing, Commander, American Expeditionary Forces, 8/11/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, Force Instructions No. 1, 8/11/1917
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Admiral William B. Caperton, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet, 8/11/1917
British Admiralty to Vice Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, Commander, Southern Ireland, 8/11/1917
President Woodrow Wilson to the Officers of the Atlantic Fleet, 8/11/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Lieutenant Commander Charles R. Train, United States Naval Attaché at Rome, 8/13/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Operating Forces in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/13/1917
Commodore Guy R. Gaunt, British Naval Attaché at Washington, to the British Admiralty, 8/13/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Vice Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, Commander, Southern Ireland, 8/14/1917
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Memorandum on Foreign Fuel Oil Situation, 8/14/1917
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, United States, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/14/1917
Diary of Commander Joseph K. Taussig, Commander, Destroyer Division Eight, 8/14/1917
Commander André M. Proctor, Commander, Flotilla One, Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/15/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Office of Chief of Naval Operations, 8/15/1917
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/16/1917
War Diary of U.S.S. Palos, 8/16/1917
British Foreign Office to the Governments of France and Italy, 8/17/1917
Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillass, to Lieutenant Commander Ernest Friedrick, Commander, Nahma, 8/17/1917
Seaman Timothy Brown, Reid, to his Family, 8/18/1917
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in Europe Waters, 8/18/1917
War Diary of U.S.S. Rowan, 8/19/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Leigh C. Palmer, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, 8/20/1917
Office of Naval Intelligence to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 8/20/1917
Lieutenant Commander Paul Foley to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 8/20/1917
British Admiralty to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/20/1917
President Woodrow Wilson Executive Order, 8/21/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Bureau of Ordnance, 8/22/1917
British Admiralty Assessment of United States Submarines, 8/24/1917
Lieutenant Commander Rufus King, Intelligence Officer, Atlantic Fleet, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Squadron Based at Gibraltar, 8/24/1917
Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Squadron Based at Gibraltar, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/25/1917
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Captain William D. MacDougall, United States Naval Attaché in London, 8/25/1917
Captain William B. Fletcher, Commander, United States Patrol Squadrons Operating in French Waters, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/25/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 8/27/1917
Vice Admiral Williams S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 8/28/1917
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Commander Orin G. Murfin, 8/28/1917
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral Williams S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/28/1917
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, Circular for Ship Owners, 8/28/1917
Rear Admiral Samuel McGowan, Paymaster General and Chief of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Intra-Bureau Order Number 216, 8/29/1917
Secretary of State Robert Lansing to United States Ambassador to The United Kingdom Walter Hines Page 8/29/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain William B. Fletcher, Force Commander, Patrol Squadrons, French Waters, 8/30/1917
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Lieutenant Commander William R. Sayles, United States Naval Attaché in Paris, 8/30/1917
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Oswyn A. R. Murray, Secretary, British Admiralty , 8/30/1917
Rear Admiral Samuel McGowan, Paymaster General, Intra-Bureau Order 217, 8/30/1917
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Captain William D. MacDougall, United States Naval Attaché at London, 8/31/1917
Henry T Mayo, William S Benson, Nathan C Twining, John V Babcock, Leigh Noyes
Submarine Warfare
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Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Allied Forces in Europe, 8/25/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Allied Forces in Europe
Copy D. FLOTILLA FLAGSHIP
CONFIDENTIAL USS MELVILLE 25 AUGUST 1918.
38 ALEUROPE
On September first the Commander of the United States Naval Aviation Force Foreign Service1 will relinquish title and assume duty as Aide-de-Camp for Aviation on my staff. Aviation unit west coast of France will be commanded by Commander United States Naval Force France.2 Those in Ireland by officers in charge attached to British Commander-in-Chief’s3 Staff. Those in Italy by officers in charge under Italian District Commander. Those in England by independent Commanding Officer under British operations Admiral. All communications hitherto addressed to Commander United States Naval Aviation Force Foreign Service should after September first be addressed to Force Commander. 024825
Sims.
Source Note: Cy, DNA, RG 45, Entry 517B.
Footnote 1: Capt. Hutchinson I. Cone.
Footnote 2: RAdm. Henry B. Wilson.
Footnote 3: Adm. Sir Lewis Bayly.
Captain Montgomery M. Taylor to Flag Officers and Naval Bureaus, 8/1/1918
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, second cable of the day, 8/1/1918
Rear Admiral Austin M. Knight, Commander, Asiatic Fleet, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/1/1918
Bureau of Ordnance to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/1/1918
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, first cable of the day, 8/1/1918
Navy Department to Commandants, Naval Districts One through Eight, 8/1/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 8/1/1918
Commander William P. Scott, Staff, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to H. E. Frick, Representative, Emergency Fleet Corporation, 8/1/1918
Diary of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/2/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Herbert O. Dunn, Commander, Azores Detachment, 8/2/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, Commander-in-Chief, Southern Ireland, 8/2/1918
Proposed Syllabus for Training Seaplane Pilots, Observers, and Radio Gunners, 8/2/1918
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Lieutenant Commander Russell S. Crenshaw, Ocean Convoy Section, Naval Overseas Transportation Service, 8/2/1918
First Lord of the Admiralty Sir Eric Geddes to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/2/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Naval Forces in France, 8/2/1918
Captain William V. Pratt, Acting Chief of Naval Operations, to Rear Admiral Albert T. Gleaves, Commander, Cruiser and Transport Force, 8/2/1918
Secretary of State Robert M. Lansing to United States Ambassador to Russia David R. Francis, 8/3/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 8/3/1918
Rear Admiral Herbert O. Dunn, Commander, Azores Detachment, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/3/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Naval Forces Based in France, 8/3/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Anne Hitchcock Sims, 8/3/1918
Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Naval Forces in France, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/4/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Walter S. Crosley, United States Naval Attaché in Madrid, 8/4/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of Naval Intelligence, 8/4/1918
Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, United States Shipping Board, to Major General John J. Pershing, Commander, American Expeditionary Forces, 8/5/1918
The Mystery Ships: Encounter with a Submarine, 8/5/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Vice Admiral Ferdinand de Bon, Chief of French Naval Staff, 8/5/1918
A Brief Summary of the United States Naval Activities in European Waters, 8/5/1918
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations All Navy War Warning, 8/6/1918
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to British Admiralty, 8/6/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Bureau of Navigation, 8/6/1918
Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, United States Shipping Board, to Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, United States Shipping Board and United States Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, and George Rublee, United States Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, 8/6/1918
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Captain Robert E. Coontz, Commandant, Thirteenth Naval District, 8/6/1918
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/7/1918
Bureau of Navigation to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/7/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the British Admiralty Sir Oswyn A. R. Murray, 8/8/1918
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Rear Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Commander-in-Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet, and Naval District Commanders, 8/8/1918
Captain David W. Todd, Director of Naval Communications, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/8/1918
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to the Bureau of Construction and Repair, 8/8/1918
Capt. DeWhitt Blamer, Commanding Officer, Seattle, to Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves, Commander, Cruiser and Transport Force, 8/8/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, 8/9/1918
Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss, Commander, Mine Force to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/9/1918
Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, Commander, Battleship Division Nine, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/9/1918
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Certain Naval District Commandants and Other Officers, 8/10/1918
Rear Admiral Herbert O. Dunn, Commander, Azores Detachment, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/10/1918
Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, Commander, Battleship Division Nine, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/10/1918
Diary of Commander Joseph K. Taussig, Commander, Little, 8/10/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 8/10/1918
Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, R.N., Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/12/1918
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/12/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Bureau of Navigation, 8/12/1918
Major General Frederick C. Poole, Royal Army, to British War Office, 8/12/1918
Captain Thomas C. Hart, Commander, Submarine Flotilla Two, Anti-Submarine Instructions, 8/13/1918
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Radio Station, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 8/13/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Commander Charles R. Train, United States Naval Attaché at Rome, 8/13/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Bureau of Ordnance, 8/13/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to P.B. Brill, General Manager, Lake Torpedo Company, 8/13/1918
Captain Richard H. Leigh, Staff of Force Commander, Operations Section, Anti-Submarine Division, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/14/1918
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to All Commandants and All Branch Offices, Office of Naval Intelligence, 8/14/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotilla, 8/14/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Naval Forces Based in France, 8/14/1918
Commander Paul Foley and L. I. Thomas to Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, United States Shipping Board, 8/14/1918
Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Naval Forces Based in France, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/14/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland, 8/15/1918
Commander William P. Scott, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Captain J. W. Munn, Marine Superintendent, United States Shipping Board, 8/15/1918
Captain William V. Pratt, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/15/1918
Commander Paul Foley and L. I. Thomas, to Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, United States Shipping Board, and Mark L. Requa, general Director, Oil Division, U.S. Fuel Administration, 8/15/1918
Bureau of Navigation to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/15/1918
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, to All Naval Forces, 8/15/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Charles M. de Bartolme, R.N., The Third Sea Lord, 8/15/1918
Report of the Allied Conference on Minelaying in the Mediterranean Sea, 8/15/1918
Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland, to Secretary of the Admiralty Sir Oswyn A.R. Murray, 8/16/1918
George I. Gay, Commissioner, Planning Division, to Professor J. A. Field, Staff of United States Shipping Board, 8/16/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Naval Forces in France, 8/16/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Vice Admiral Étienne Charles Marcel Ratyé, French Naval Representative at the Allied Minelaying Conference, 8/16/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Commanders of Submarine Chaser Detachments, 8/16/1918
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations to Various Officers in United States Waters, second letter of the day, 8/16/1918
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Various Officers in United States Waters, 8/16/1918
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Lieutenant Commander John L. Callan, U.S.N.R.F., Commander, United States Naval Air Forces in Italy, to Captain Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, United Stations Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, 8/19/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Admiralty Sir Oswyn A. R. Murray, 8/19/1918
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Lieutenant Kenneth Whiting, Commander, First Aeronautic Detachment, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/21/1918
Captain Benton C. Decker, Acting Director of Naval Intelligence, Memorandum on Plants doing Naval Work in First Naval District, Boston, Massachusetts, 8/21/1918
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Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Captain David W. Todd, Director, Naval Communications, 8/22/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Captain Charles P. Nelson, Commander, United States Submarine Chaser Base, Corfu, 8/22/1918
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Captain Richard H. Leigh, Operations Section, Anti-Submarine Division, Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims. Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Planning Section, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/22/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, 8/23/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to United States Destroyer Flotillas, Queenstown, 8/23/1918
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Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss, Commander, Mine Force, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/24/1918
Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, second cable of the day, 8/24/1918
British Admiralty to Vice Admiral Sir William Lowther Grant, R.N., Commander-in-Chief, North American and West Indies Station, 8/24/1918
Chester N. Greenough, Emergency Fleet Corporation, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/24/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, Commander-in-Chief, Southern Ireland, 8/24/1918
Information Bulletin #189, Prepared by Intelligence Section Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces in Europe, 8/24/1918
Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Naval Forces in France, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/25/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Submarine Chaser Detachments One, Two, and Three, 8/26/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol, Commander, U.S.S. Oklahoma, 8/26/1918
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to the Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/26/1918
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Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Commanders, All Bases and Commands in European Waters, 8/26/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to General Tasker H. Bliss, American Permanent Military Representative, Supreme War Council, 8/27/1918
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, General Order, 8/27/1918
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, Patrol Squadrons Based in France, 8/26/1918
Rear Admiral Leigh C. Palmer, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/26/1918
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/28/1918
Lieutenant Commander Ronan C. Grady, Commander, Submarine Division Five, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/28/1918
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Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Flag Officers Operating on the United States East Coast, 8/28/1918
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Houston's Nine Members of Congress: Net Worth of Almost $400 Million
Richard Connelly
Richard Connelly | December 27, 2011 | 12:01pm
The Center for Responsive Politics has put out its list of the net worth of every member of Congress, and the Houston delegation are no slackers.
The nine representatives have a net worth estimated to be $392.4 million, which is a pretty impressive figure.
Actually, most of it comes from Rep. Michael McCaul, who CRP says is the second-richest member of Congress. His net worth is estimated to be $380.4 million.
The rest of the crew splits up the remaining $12 million, ranging from Al Green's $4.5 million to Ted Poe's $136,000.
The figures are only estimates, because the financial forms filed by federal officials only require broad ranges of income and assets. So, you know, McCaul could actually only be worth $258.6 million, which would be a shame.
The Houston list: 1. Michael McCaul, $380.4 million 2. Al Green, $4.5 million 3. Ron Paul, $3.6 million 4. Pete Olson, $1.4 million 5. Sheila Jackson Lee, $935,000 6. Kevin Brady, $551,000 7. Gene Green, $522,000 8. John Culberson, $337,000 9. Ted Poe, $136,000
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Heart Rhythm and Stroke Prevention
Jialin Li
MPhil Student and Research Assistant
Jialin Li is a primary care Registered Nurse, and an MPhil of Nursing candidate at The University of Sydney. She is also working as a research assistant on an atrial fibrillation screening study (AF SMART), that is currently being implemented in metro and rural general practices in New South Wales, Australia.
Jialin’s clinical experience includes immunisation, chronic disease management and preventative care. Her research experience includes secondary prevention of cardiac diseases in the Chinese communities and atrial fibrillation screening and stroke prevention in the community. Her role as a general practice nurse puts her in close contact with patients in the community and is an asset in conducting research involving this cohort.
Her MPhil project and special interest is in helping local healthcare professionals to better communicate with Chinese-speaking cardiac patients. Her goal is to improve the cardiac disease knowledge of Chinese patients to lead to better self-care. Jialin is fluent in both Mandarin and Cantonese dialects, which are helpful in communicating with Chinese patients with limited English proficiency.
jialin.li@hri.org.au
Collaboration with researchers in Oklahoma (USA) to screen for atrial fibrillation in tribal Indian Clinics
Collaboration with researchers in Toyama (Japan) to investigate the incremental yield of annual screening
Collaboration with researchers in Shanghai to screen for atrial fibrillation
Collaboration with Hamburg and Gutenberg Heart studies (Germany) on screening for atrial fibrillation
Collaboration with researchers in Frankfurt Germany about epidemiology of atrial fibrillation
Collaboration with researchers in Royal Melbourne Hospital to detect atrial fibrillation post stroke in Australia, Hong Kong and China (SPOT-AF)
Collaboration with researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong to screen for atrial fibrillation
Patient self-screening using a smartphone ECG to identify recurrence of postoperative atrial fibrillation after non-cardiac surgery and medical admissions in Concord Hospital, Royal Perth Hospital, and Gosford Hospital
Collaboration with the Poche Centre to screen for atrial fibrillation in Aboriginal Australians in remote and rural NSW, NT, and WA
Patient self-screening for atrial fibrillation in general practice using screening stations
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Winston Shi, Contributor
Managing Editor of Opinions Stanford Daily, Stanford University
Francis Fukuyama: End of History Still in Sight Despite China's Rise
07/09/2014 11:26 am ET Updated Sep 08, 2014
Taken at New World, New Capitalism symposium, Paris, 8 January 2009
This interview is part of The Stanford Daily's "Ideas of an International Order" series which explores the potential for evolving and contrasting concepts of an international system in the 21st century, and what America can or should do in response.
Winton Shi: Do you believe that there are existing alternatives to the world order, as is right now?
Francis Fukuyama: Well, it depends a little bit by what you mean by "world order." Because it's different at an international and national level. I think that the dominant form of national level organization is some combination of liberal democracy and a market-oriented economic system, and that this has largely been true since the 1970s and particularly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. And on an international level, institutions largely reflected the dominance of this kind of state.
The WTO and Bretton Woods institutions and the like have all supported a kind of liberal, globalized, trading order. The United States obviously, as the largest capitalist democracy, has been extremely important in supporting both the spread of that kind of national institution and also supporting the larger order.
Now, that's challenged by some countries. The most important challenge is China, because China has an only partially marketized economy. It's an authoritarian political system. It partakes of this liberal order but it doesn't spend any effort to maintain it.
So there's an alternative model at the national level, but my view has been for a long time that the China model is not a sustainable one in the long run. They've done very well in the last generation, but as they try to become a high-income country, both political and economic sides of this model are going to show a lot of strain.
On an international level, they don't really have an alternative other than just pursuing their own commercial and national self-interest. When they go into Africa or Latin America, they don't behave the way the European, North American firms and governments behave. But I don't think that that's based, really, on a systematic view of how the world ought to be different. There are principles -- you should respect national sovereignty -- but that's not really a principle on which you can build very much of an international structure.
And the other problem is that their interests are different from Russia's, which are different from Venezuela's, which are different from Iran's. So there are a lot of people [who] are unhappy with the current world order, but they don't really constitute a cohesive bloc. The long-winded answer to your question is, I don't really see a systematic alternative to the current order. Shi: Do you think China is a kind of heir to the Soviet Union in terms of a world order with which they are not content?
Fukuyama: No, I think that's probably not a good analogy for a couple of reasons. First of all, the Soviet Union had a universalistic ideology, so they were trying to spread their system in Central America and sub-Saharan Africa. The Chinese don't care about spreading their system. They're primarily interested in earning money, and that's why they're in all of these different places. They just don't have the kind of imperial, messianic agenda that the former Soviet Union did. They've also got a much more coherent and better economic system than the Soviet Union did that makes them a tougher rival.
I think, actually, the best analogy is between the unified Germany that merged after 1871 and China. A lot of people made this comparison -- Bismarck's Germany was not a messianic, universalistic, or revisionist state, but it was very big and powerful, and it had a lot of national interests. And I think China's very much like that. Shi: Ought the West be tougher on Russia in response to the Ukraine situation?
Fukuyama: In response to Russia, you can easily think of stronger sanctions that we could have imposed after Crimea. But you've got this big problem -- the Europeans don't really want to go along with a lot of them.
We still could have done more. In my view, there are two big things that we really ought to do. The first is to start taking NATO seriously as a military alliance that will defend the existing states that are members of NATO, meaning the Baltics in particular, Poland, and other countries in Eastern Europe.
We have not taken them seriously for a good 20 years, because we assumed the Russian threat was gone. So that's one thing. The other thing is, we ought to accelerate the export of national gas. That's going to cut into the Russians' ability to use gas as a political weapon. Shi: In light of that, what sort of ways could the United States encourage the adoption of our institutions on a national scale as well as international?
Fukuyama: It's basically two things. One is just presenting a good model to the world, and I think that that form of soft power has been the dominant way that American influence has spread over the last two centuries.
Right now we've got some serious problems: We just went through a big financial crisis. Adjustments need to be made to the economic model. I think we've got an ongoing political crisis, because the government is largely polarized and paralyzed and unable to pass budgets and things of that sort. We need to fix these domestic things.
The other things that we have to do is help to level the playing field so that democratic forces can express themselves. I've been a board member of the National Endowment for Democracy for 12, 13 years or so and this has been one of the premier organizations that gives support to [the] civil society organizations, women's groups, labor movements [and] environmental groups that constitute civil society, that in many countries are suppressed or really don't have access to any kind of political power. And so I think we should continue doing that sort of thing. But we shouldn't have a lot of illusions that we have all that much control over this process. Shi: Are all these suggestions of yours politically viable?
Fukuyama: It's hard to answer that in general. I don't believe that there's any economic constraint. The budget deficit is a big problem but we're either going to fix it by fixing entitlements or not, and we're not going to fix it by failing to open an embassy somewhere.
The question more is of the domestic mood, and I think clearly Obama's relative passivity reflects the national mood.
We've just gone through these big Middle Eastern wars; we're tired of that, and tired of getting involved in other people's affairs, and so it's just like after Vietnam, a period of retreat. But I have always believed that in foreign policy leadership matters a lot, and you can convince Americans to do more. But you have to make the arguments in favor of that. Obama hasn't been willing to do that.
Shi: One last question. Do you believe that the "End of History" thesis has been fundamentally misunderstood by a lot of people?
Fukuyama: This is the 25th anniversary of the original article. Yes, it's certainly been misunderstood. People don't understand that "history" was meant in the Marxist-Hegelian sense of modernization, basically -- of evolutionary process and human societies.
The "end of history" is about where that modernization process is leading? Does it lead to communism, as the Marxists thought, or does it lead to liberal democracy and some form of market economy? That was my argument. And I still think that that's basically right, if you understand the argument in that sense.
I actually think that, although 2014 has so far not been a great year, with China and Russia both pushing a territorial agenda, overall, we have made a lot of progress toward democracy. We've gone from about 35 to about 120 countries around the world having some form of electoral democracy between 1970 and the present. I do think it is still the dominant form of political organization.
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02/27/2015 12:41 am ET Updated Feb 27, 2015
Pope Francis' Finance Czar Cardinal George Pell Comes Under Intense Scrutiny Over Spending
The Associated Press The Associated Press
VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - OCTOBER 13: Australian Cardinal George Pell leaves the Synod Hall at the end of a session of the Synod on the themes of family on October 13, 2014 in Vatican City, Vatican. As discussion at the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family got underway Monday morning, it was announced that the second phase of this process, next year's Ordinary Synod, will be held October 4-25, 2015, and will have theme: The vocation and mission of the family in the church and the modern world. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
Pope Francis' finance czar is coming under intense scrutiny after ruffling feathers at the Vatican as he seeks to impose order on its unruly finances.
Italian weekly L'Espresso reported in its Friday editions that Cardinal George Pell's economy secretariat had run up a half-million euros (dollars) in expenses in the first six months of its existence. The total includes seemingly legitimate expenses, including computers and printers, but also a 2,508 euro bill from the famed Gamarelli clergy tailor.
The expenditures are notable given that Pell has instituted a spending review across the Vatican to ensure any excess money is spent on the poor, L'Espresso noted.
Resistance to the Australian Pell from the largely Italian Vatican bureaucracy has been growing steadily but spiked in December after he boasted that he had "discovered" hundreds of millions of euros that had been "tucked away" in sectional accounts off the Vatican balance sheet.
In fact, the money was well-known and was purposefully kept off the books, much of it set aside for use as reserves for funding shortfalls.
The leak of Pell's receipts to L'Espresso — as well as other documents detailing cardinals' complaints about his efforts — was clearly aimed at discrediting him and harked back to the Vatileaks affair that badly tarnished the final year of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI's papacy.
In that scandal, which some say prompted Benedict's resignation, the pope's butler leaked reams of papal documents to an Italian journalist that were aimed at discrediting Benedict's No. 2, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone.
The documents also laid bare the dysfunctions and political intrigue that afflict the Vatican bureaucracy — problems that were central to Francis' election as pope with a mandate for reform.
The Vatican spokesman declined to comment late Thursday.
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ROME, ITALY - FEBRUARY 20: A statue stands in the gardens of the Pontifical residence of Castelgandolfo on February 20, 2013 in Rome, Italy. The Apostolic Palace and The Ponifical Villas of Castelgandolfo, 10 miles south Rome, are the summer residence of Popes and will host Pope Benedict XVI during the next conclave. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
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Robert McElvaine, Contributor
Historian, writer, feminist and progressive activist
Reflections From a Mets Fan
As a Mets fan since their hapless start in 1962, I have been with them through thick and thin -- a whole lot more thin years trying to slog through thick than the other way around.
I was, for example, with my father at the 1964 doubleheader with the Giants at Shea Stadium, which remains the longest doubleheader in baseball history. The second game went 23 innings. At one point Willie Mays was playing shortstop. The Mets had a triple play. The second game was the longest in time in major league history, seven hours, 23 minutes, and the doubleheader remains the longest ever at nine hours, 52 minutes. We were there to the end. Of course, the Mets lost both games.
There was the magic of 1969. I was at Shea for the first two games of the 1986 World Series and saw the Mets lose both, only to come back with an assist from Bill Buckner to win the World Series for a second time.
It is in the context of that more than a half century that I reflect on the last two nights, which were tough to take, but hardly unusual in Mets history. As we close the books on another baseball season, I have a few thoughts on what the Mets did during it, what happened in the World Series, and the future of our Amazins:
Before we get too upset at not winning the World Series, let us ask: Was there a Mets fan anywhere when the season began -- or in late July -- who wouldn't have been ecstatic with the team winning National League championship?
The better team won the Series. The Royals' batting order is clearly superior to that of the Mets. And the Kansas City relievers are fabulous -- at least when facing the Mets' batters.
Even so, the Mets could have and should have won Games 1, 4, and 5.
Matt Harvey pitched one of the great games in World Series history last night. I, like virtually every Met fan, wanted him to continue to pitch in the ninth inning and finish a shutout. There was no way that manager Terry Collins could take him out. But it clearly would have been better to have pulled him, and he certainly should have done so after the Dark Knight walked the first batter.
Collins may have made a greater mistake earlier in not replacing a player. When Yoenis Céspedes hit a ball off his knee with the bases loaded in the bottom of the sixth, it was obvious that he could hardly walk, and he should have been replaced for the remainder of his at-bat. If that had been done, what happened in the ninth might not have mattered because the Mets might well have had a bigger lead.
It is absolutely certain that the Mets would not have been National League champions without Céspedes, but he was a liability in the World Series, misplaying two balls in the outfield that may have cost the Mets two games, and doing very little with his bat. Indeed, without Céspedes doing what he was doing in August, which sparked the batting of the whole team, the Mets reverted to being what they been before his arrival: a team with amazingly great starting pitching that was hard-pressed to put runs on the scoreboard.
Travis d'Arnaud is an excellent catcher and potentially a first-rate batter, but his inability to throw out runners stealing bases was the biggest reason the Mets lost the Series. If he can't improve in that area, the Mets may have to look elsewhere for a catcher.
The future for the team looks very bright, with by far the best young starting rotation in baseball and a budding star in Michael Conforto. But there are significant improvements that need to be made in the lineup. Major questions concern whether to resign Céspedes and Daniel Murphy. Murphy was Mr. Mid-October on a level not seen since the days of Reggie Jackson, but his fielding and lack of hitting in the Series proved to be another liability.
Nike's commercial in the 1996 Olympics saying "You don't win silver; you lose gold" is wrong. The Mets won silver, and it was a hell of an accomplishment that should leave us as fans very happy with the 2015 season.
{Robert S. McElvaine teaches history at Millsaps College and is currently completing a book on America in 1964 and a novel.}
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Mike S. was just 19-years-old when he vowed to defend the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and joined the Marines. Thirty years later, at age 51, he was homeless and living under a bridge.
The brotherhood of the marines and love for country and adventure is what led Mike to join the Marines in June of 1978. He was making steady pay at the standard armed forces rate. “I loved it,” Mike said of his time in the Marines. “I wanted to do something to make a difference and make my family proud.”
After serving with the Marines, Mike went back to civilian life and obtained a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, becoming a metallurgist by trade. But a number of stresses soon led to drug and alcohol addiction that he’d battle for years. On May 4, 2010, the Nashville floods caused the factory he worked for to shut down. Like thousands of Tennesseans, Mike became displaced so he traveled to Indianapolis in hopes of finding work at one of the city’s many foundries. Work didn’t come easy, and he lived under a bridge near the White River for thirty days.
“It was hard to stay safe and clean but I wanted to make something of myself and didn’t want to continue going down a wrong path. I wanted a safe place to live and steady job,” says Mike.
In October 2010, after spending a few days at a downtown shelter, he contacted HVAF for help. “Kalisha Hayes, a case manager at HVAF, has helped me a lot. She’s a good person and is always willing to help me with anything. She encourages me to keep doing what I’m doing. I’m taking baby steps,” says Mike.
Mike moved into HVAF’s Warman Apartments in December and was offered a job through a temporary service. With no transportation he walked eight miles to-and-from work before purchasing a bike.
“Mike has a positive attitude and wants to keep moving forward,” says Mike’s case manager. Next month Mike moves into his own apartment and his ultimate goal is home ownership. He has been sober for more than six months. He says the key to change is taking “baby steps.”
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South Korea's latest big export: Jobless college graduates
Representational image-- South Koreans are leaving the country to look for jobs. Pixabay
Cho Min-kyong boasts an engineering degree from one of South Korea's top universities, a school design award and a near-perfect score in her English proficiency test.
But she had all but given up hope of finding a job when all her 10 applications, including one to Hyundai Motor Co, were rejected in 2016.
Help came unexpectedly from neighbouring Japan six months later: Cho got job offers from Nissan Motor Co and two other Japanese companies after a job fair hosted by the South Korean government to match the country's skilled labour with overseas employers.
"It's not that I wasn't good enough. There are just too many job seekers like me, that's why everyone just fails," said the 27-year-old, who now works in Atsugi, an hour southwest of Tokyo, as a car seat engineer for Nissan.
"There are numerous more opportunities outside Korea."
Facing an unprecedented job crunch at home, many young South Koreans are now signing up for government-sponsored programmes designed to find overseas positions for a growing number of jobless college graduates in Asia's fourth largest economy.
State-run programmes such as K-move, rolled out to connect young Koreans to "quality jobs" in 70 countries, found overseas jobs for 5,783 graduates last year, more than triple the number in 2013, its first year.
Almost one-third went to Japan, which is undergoing a historic labour shortage with unemployment at a 26-year low, while a quarter went to the United States, where the jobless rate dropped to the lowest in nearly half a century in April.
There are no strings attached. Unlike similar programmes in places such as Singapore that come with an obligation to return and work for the government for up to six years, attendees of South Korea's programmes are neither required to return, nor work for the state in the future.
"Brain drain isn't the government's immediate worry. Rather, it's more urgent to prevent them from sliding into poverty" even if it means pushing them abroad, said Kim Chul-ju, deputy dean at the Asian Development Bank Institute.
In 2018, South Korea generated the smallest number of jobs since the global financial crisis, only 97,000.
Nearly one in five young Koreans was out of work as of 2013, higher than the average 16 percent among the member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
In March, one in every four Koreans in the 15-29 age group was not employed either by choice or due to the lack of jobs, according to government data.
Job seekers look at help-wanted advertisements at a job fair in Seoul September 21, 2011 Lee Jae-Won/File Photo/Reuters
LABOUR MISMATCH
While India and other countries face similar challenges in creating jobs for skilled labour, the dominance of family-run conglomerates known as chaebol makes South Korea uniquely vulnerable.
The top 10 conglomerates including world-class brands such as Samsung and Hyundai, make up half of South Korea's total market capitalisation.
But only 13 percent of the country's workforce is employed by firms with more than 250 employees, the second lowest after Greece in the OECD, and far below the 47 percent in Japan.
"The big companies have mastered a business model to survive without boosting hiring," as labour costs rise and firing legacy workers remains difficult, said Kim So-young, an economics professor at Seoul National University.
Yet while increasing numbers of college graduates are moving overseas for work, South Korea is bringing in more foreigners to solve another labour problem – an acute shortage of blue collar workers.
South Korea has the most highly educated youth in the OECD, with three-quarters of high school students going to college, compared with the average of 44.5 percent.
"South Korea is paying the price for its overprotection of top-tier jobs and education fervour that produced a flood of people wanting only that small number of top jobs," said Ban Ga-woon, a labour market researcher at state-run Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education & Training.
Even amid a glut of over-educated and under-employed graduates, most refuse to "get their hands dirty", says Lim Chae-wook, who manages a factory making cable trays that employs 90 people in Ansan, southwest of Seoul.
"Locals simply don't want this job cause they think its degrading, so we're forced to hire a lot of foreign workers," Lim said, pointing to nearly two dozens workers from the Philippines, Vietnam and China working in safety masks behind welding machines.
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Architecture Without Buildings
words Beatrice Galilee
A new generation of architects is demonstrating that we should stop and think before trying to solve a problem with a building.
They feel much more effective writing, researching, campaigning, occupying and performing than they do at the drawing board. They don't wait to be approached by clients; they see the potential to make a difference and they seize it. That might take the form of an installation, a book, a fireworks display or squatting for days in a condemned building.
Working in places such as Caracas, Tijuana, Zagreb and even Rome, Berlin and London, they operate at the limits of what we call "architecture". Yet in some way they can be seen as the conscience of their profession.
This year's Venice architecture biennale, whose theme is "Architecture Beyond Building", ought to have been a showcase for such work. But, aside from a couple of pavilions, the biggest architecture exhibition in the world missed its chance. The practices profiled on the following pages offer a more socially engaged interpretation of that theme. They are still in a tiny minority, perceived to be working in the margins, but they would argue that the architectural system is inherently limited, with little potential to include or empower the people architecture is made for. Emerging in the same decade in which starchitects have become global brands, these more strategic studios have decided not to rely on the patronage of the wealthy but to find their own funding and do their own thing.
Some are trying to address problems that the politicians are failing to. In the dense barrios of Caracas, Venezuelan office Urban Think Tank has spent more than ten years trying to provide basic infrastructure such as sewage, transport and recreational areas, and has achieved a great deal. Its latest project is to provide a cable-car through the barrio. The first form of public transport for this area, it is the product of years of campaigning, finally receiving backing from the central government last year. Meanwhile, Urban Think Tank has a fellow traveller in San Diego-based architect Teddy Cruz, who is trying to help impoverished Mexicans in the border city of Tijuana standardise their self-built homes to make them safe. Both Urban Think Tank and Teddy Cruz are providing services in areas where people have had to improvise their own architecture.
Often it is research - the architecture before building - that practices concern themselves with. In Croatia, Platforma 9.81 was moved to map what remained of the built landscape of Zagreb after the Yugoslavian civil war of the 1990s. They drew a vast diagram of abandoned factories, offices and scraps of land, which they suggested could be used for cultural events. Another group, the Rome-based collective Stalker, researched migrant Roma communities in Italy in an effort to learn from their low-waste, low-cost way of life.
Some of these practices are trying to provoke people to interact with their environment in new or different ways. This is where architecture and public art start to cross over. Berlin- and Stockholm-based duo International Festival wants to create architecture through performance and spectacle. The ambassadors of architectural fun, they like to occupy public squares with events that the public can take part in. Others, like Vienna-based Feld72, prefer more guerrilla-style interventions, such as when it stickered car parks in São Paulo with statements like "Buy! This place will be expensive soon". These provocateur-studios want to shake people into seeing their cities afresh.
Although architects have been engaged in these kinds of activities since the 1970s, they seem to have discovered a critical mass. Last year, AnArkitektur, a Berlin-based magazine publishing much of the writing connected to this work, organised a weekend workshop called the Camp for Oppositional Architecture, which was attended by more than 200 practices.
It seems to be in the nature of this kind of work that the language tied up with it is often vague and pretentious. The discourse is riddled with buzzwords such as "participation" and "critical practice", which are treated as solutions in themselves. The result is that what should be a popular form of architecture is also perhaps the least understood. Indeed, many of these offices are run by part-time academics who have another more commercial office that makes the money to fund their interventions.
The work of these organisations is difficult to categorise neatly. What follows is a collection of a handful of key players, and not a coherent grouping. At their extremes, the practices portrayed here are as different from each other as all of them are from conventional architects, but they all have an essential spirit in common. At its simplest, they care more about people than they do design.
Image by Peter Guenzel
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IFPBM Board of Trustees
The International Foundation for Patient Blood Management (IFPBM) is a registered not-for-profit Swiss Foundation. Formed in 2016, the Foundation has a Board of Trustees who are supported by a group of Scientific Associates.
Registered Address: Dufourstr. 49, 4052 Basel, Switzerland
Trustees of the International Foundation for Patient Blood Management
Jochen Erhard
Christoph Zenger
Hans Gombotz
Axel Hofmann
Prof. Dr. Jochen Erhard, President
Professor of Surgery, MD (Dr. med.) Head of Department of Surgery/Visceral and Vascular Surgery Klinikum-Niederrhein, Dinslaken and Duisburg,Germany.
Prof. Erhard obtained his medical degree at the University of Cologne, Hamburg and Essen,Germany in 1979. He was an intern at the Department of Surgery and Transplantation Medical Highschool, Hanover, Germany, the Department of Hepato-Biliary-Surgery and Transplantation, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK and the Department of Surgery and Transplantation, University Clinic, Madison, WI, USA.
He obtained a Doctor of Medicine in pediatric surgery in 1983.He served as Assistant in the University Clinic of Surgery, Consultant in Surgical ICU, Pediatric Surgery until 1986 and was next appointed as Senior Registrar and Deputy Director of the Clinic of General Surgery and Transplantation in Essen, Germany. In 1998 he was appointed as a Professor at theUniversity of Essen and received the Koehler Award of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. The same year he accepted a position as the Head of Department for General and Vascular Surgery, County Hospital Gladbeck, Germany before taking up his current position at Dinslaken in 2000.
Since 2001, Prof. Erhard has been a Guest lecturer at the Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Elche (Alicante), Spain and by appointment of the German Secretary of Health, a Member of the taskforce “Blood” since 2004.
Other professional activities he has been involved with since 2000 include:
Member of Board of Directors of the Teaching Academy of the German Surgical Society
Elected Speaker of the official course: “teach the teachers” of the German Surgical Society
Founding Member and Member of the Board of Directors of Society for the Advancement of Blood Management (SABM)
President of the Medical Society for Blood Management (MSBM), Vienna, Austria
Board Member Surgical Society of North-West-German Surgeons (Treasurer)
Board Member IAKH
Fields of clinical work and specialities:
Visceral surgery: hepato-bilio-pancreatic , esophagus, colo-rectal, liver and biliary tract, pancreas, transplantation, MIC
Vascular Surgery: venous and arterial reconstruction, aortic aneurysm, hybrid technique
Patient Blood Management
Surgical ICU: multi organ failure, hepatic failure, trauma-management
Experimental: EPO and liver preservation (project granted by OB), improving liver conservation for hepatectomy, artificial oxygen carriers, ischemia and reperfusion
Teaching: improvement of education in surgery, POL seminaries for students, surgical lab, course teach the teachers
Prof. Erhard is a prolific author with over 80 original articles published, 30 reviews, 70 book chapters and monographs and 120 published abstracts.
Full Publications List
Prof. Christoph Zenger
Member of the Faculty of Law and the Director of the Center for Health Law and Management at the University of Bern (CH).
Professor Christoph Andreas Zenger studied at the University of Bern (PhD), the University of Aix-Marseille (F), and at the Harvard Law School (Cambridge, USA; LL.M.). He completed his professional education as an Attorney at Law and Notary Public.
Other actual and former functions:
Partner in a law firm
Co-editor of the Swiss Journal of Health Law
Member of the board of the Institut de droit de la santé BENEFRI (Bern / Neuchâtel / Fribourg)
Member of the board of the Spitalzentrum Biel AG; Member of the Cantonal Ethics Committee for Clinical Research in Human Subjects
Member of the Federal Commission for Prevention and Health Promotion
Member of the Federal AIDS-Commission
Member of the board of the Swiss Federal Association for Biomedical Ethics
Member of the Board of European Health Management Association (EHMA)
Member of the Board of the Agency for Public Health Education Accreditation (APHEA)
Member of the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics (ASLME).
Dr. Matti Aapro
Dean of the Multidisciplinary Oncology Institute, Genolier, Switzerland.
Dr. Matti Aapro received his medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland. He was a fellow at the Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson and was the founding chair of the Medical and Radiation Therapy Department at the European Institute of Oncology in Milan.
Other professional activities he has been involved with include:
Executive Board Member, International Society for Geriatric Oncology (SIOG)
Member of the Board of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)
Past-President of the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC), and was on its Board of Directors for 2012-2014.
Chair of the scientific and organizing committees of UICC’s (International Union against Cancer) World Cancer Congress of 2008 in Geneva, and 2010 in Shenzhen, China.
Member of ESMO 2012 and EMCC 2013 (European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress) Scientific Committees
Coordinator of the SPCC programme of the European School of Oncology
Editor-in-Chief of Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology
Associate Editor of Annals of Oncology, and Associate Editor for the geriatric section of the Oncologist.
Founding editor of the Journal of Geriatric Oncology
He has authored more than 250 publications and his major interests are new drug development, breast cancer, cancer in the elderly, and supportive care.
Dr. Aapro has received the 2010 Acta Oncologica Award and the 2012 ASCO B.J. Kennedy prize.
Prof. Hans Gombotz
Former head of the Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy at the General Hospital Linz, Austria
Professor Hans Gombotz successfully introduced PBM as new standard of care at the General Hospital Linz, Austria.
Prof. Gombotz studied at the Karl-Franzens-University, Graz, Austria before being appointed as a Medical Doctor in 1977. In 1981 he became a Specialist for Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine in Graz and in 1990 he was appointed as a Lecturer for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Medicine at the University of Graz. In 1996 he was appointed as Associate University Professor at the University of Graz. Prof. Gombotz was the Head of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care at the General Hospital in Linz, Austria from 2001 to 2014.
From 2013 to 2016 he was the Chairman of the Patient Blood Management Project of the European Commission. This included the clinical management of PBM pilot projects in 5 European University Hospitals, the development of an official PBM hospital implementation guide and an official guide for Health Authorities for Building National PBM Programs.
From 2007 to 2014 he was responsible for the Implementation of Austria’s 1st hospital-wide PBM program at the General Hospital Linz, Austria and was a Member of the International Faculty of the Western Australia Department of Health PBM Project from 2008 to 2012.
In 2010 he developed Austria’s 1st Postgraduate PBM Course at the University of Graz and from 2005 to 2010 he was the principal investigator in the First and Second Austrian Benchmark Studies on Blood Use in Elective Surgery.
Prof. Gombotz is the co-author of numerous PBM-related publications and textbooks including:
Patient Blood Management Thieme Stuttgart New York 2013 2nd Edition (Gombotz H, Zacharowski K, Spahn DR.)
Supporting Patient Blood Management (PBM) in the EU. A Practical Implementation Guide. (Gombotz H, Hofmann A, Nørgaard A, Kastner P.) 2016
A/Prof. Dr. Axel Hofmann
Dr. Hofmann is a Doctor of Medical Science and holds a Master’s Degree in Economics. His main activities are related to PBM research and the implementation of PBM programs in the public health sector and large hospital systems. With his background in health economics and outcomes research, he has specialized in the field of Patient Blood Management.
He currently has several academic affiliations in Europe and Australia:
Visiting Professor University of Zurich, Department of Anesthesiology
Visiting Professor, Institute of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich
Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Surgery, University of Western Australia
Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University.
Dr. Hofmann is well published in international peer-reviewed journals and is an invited speaker on Patient Blood Management at numerous universities, medical schools, government agencies and international symposia.
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Patient Blood Management Presented to U.S.-China Health Summit
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Women's day.
rachel | 15.10.2004 19:26 | European Social Forum | Gender | Migration | Repression | Cambridge
On Thursday 14 October, at the European Social Forum there was a Women's day, which was organised by Global Women's Strike (See http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2004/10/298661.html). There purpose was to give a voice to women who are normally silenced and marginalised by our society and also by mainstream feminist movements - African women, disabled women, asylum seekers and refugees, prisoners and the mentally ill.
In the morning there was a performance of a play called "Welcome to fortress Europe", In this play asylum claims were rejected for such dubious reasons as their hands being too soft for her to have been oppressed. One woman's claim was rejected because although she had been raped by the police, this did not count as torture. Global Women's Strike members informed the audience that the play did not exaggerate - that this was the truth.
Later, there was a session called "Women Speak Out". In this meeting grassroots women - asylum seekers, domestic workers, mothers - spoke about their experiences, their organisations and their hopes.
Women asylum seekers spoke of the treatment they have recieved at the hands of the British state. They came to the UK after being raped, or completely impoverished, and found themselves abandoned by all in the UK. One woman spoke about how even though she had worked in the UK since 1999 this was not enough for the authorities who still wanted to deport her. She said "I do not deserve the treatment I have recieved in this country."
A woman from the "Association of prositutes" spoke of how how UK government policy discriminates against the most vunerable. The idea of cracking down on the trafficking of women had been used as an excuse to deport many. Immigrant prostitutes now know that if they go to the police to speak about the violence recieved at the hands of men they will be deported.
The terrible state of UK women's prisons was also discussed. A woman called Pauline spoke about how she was seeking justice for her daughter who died in prison. Her daughter was jailed for a petty, non violent, offence and was severely depressed at the time of her trial. Despite this, after being sentenced she was left in Styal. She had been promised that if sentenced she would serve her sentence in a psychiatric hospital. This did not happen. Last year 14 women (a record high) died in English prisons.
Many other women spoke, a disabled woman spoke of how disabled women's hidden work should be valued and how state benefits should not be seen as charity but as much deserved payment. There were also women from the Black Women's rape project, Wages due Lesbians, and an Iraqi woman. All of these women are normally treated as invisible, by sexist state policy, and by mainstream leftist groups. Now they have spoken out!
There were many more events later, such as a panel on Women, War and Immigration, and another performance.
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Inovonics Celebrates 30 Years of Commercial Wireless Leadership
July 6, 2016 Louisville, CO
LOUISVILLE, Colo., July 6, 2016 – Inovonics, the industry leader in high-performance wireless sensor networks, announced today that July 2016 marks the 30th anniversary of the company’s founding.
In 1985, the FCC passed regulations allowing the civil use of radio bands previously reserved for industrial, scientific and medical use. One year later, Don Hume and Steve Koonce, two local technology entrepreneurs, founded Inovonics in Boulder, Colorado to take advantage of the newly-available military-grade frequency-hopping, spread spectrum RF technology.
Now on its third generation of wireless technology, Inovonics has established itself as a leader in the commercial wireless industry. In the 30 years since its founding, Inovonics has pioneered the use of wireless in a number of markets, including intrusion detection in commercial security, utility submetering in multi-family housing, mobile duress in both security and senior living, and a host of serial and IP-enabled interfaces that facilitate the integration of Inovonics devices into a wide variety of application specific hardware and software solutions.
“What started 30 years ago with a handful of innovators in a one-room lab, has grown to an international enterprise with over 10 million devices installed,” Inovonics President Mark Jarman says. “We’re all tremendously proud of this milestone, and especially because we’ve achieved it through our commitment to the same core beliefs upon which the company was founded. We call them our four Cs: Competency, creativity, commitment and collaboration.”
Inovonics employees will celebrate their 30-year anniversary by hosting an open house for invited guests and local community leaders August 19th.
For more information, to request images and/or to inquire about interview availability, please contact Nikki Williams by email at nwilliams@inovonics.com or by phone at 303-209-7219.
Inovonics, celebrating 30 years of commercial wireless leadership, provides wireless intrusion and mobile duress devices, senior living and submetering transmitters, signal and control sensors, and add-on, serial and IP receivers for integration into a wide variety of application specific hardware and software solutions. Supporting installations of thousands of devices across entire campuses, the EchoStream® family of high-power repeaters combine to create an intelligent mesh-like network amplifying transmissions from EchoStream transmitters extending the range of wireless coverage in all types of commercial building construction. For more information, visit www.inovonics.com.
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U.S. Charities and Charitable Donations/Giving
The U.S. has a very prominent giving culture and is the world leader in foreign aid assistance. According to the National Priorities Project, even though foreign aid comprises less than 1% of the total U.S. federal budget, it still accounted for approximately $23 billion worth of humanitarian assistance and international development in 2013. In addition to this, the U.S. allocated $14 billion to foreign military assistance last year.
U.S. Charitable Culture
According to the National Philanthropic Trust, which has gathered charitable giving statistics from multiple philanthropic organizations and statistics centers, 88% of households, regardless of their net worth, give to charity. 95% of households with a high net worth donated to charity in 2012. Of that 95%, 62% cite "giving back to the community" as a chief motivation for giving. The greatest percentage of high net worth households gave to educational (80%) and basic needs (79%) organizations, followed by 69% to the arts, 65% to health-related organizations, and 65% to religious organizations.
Americans gave $298.3 billion in 2011, the largest source being individuals at $217.79 billion, or 73% of total giving; followed by foundations ($41.67 billion/14%), bequests ($24.41 billion/8%), and corporations ($14.55 billion/5%). The majority of charitable dollars went to religion (32%), education (13%), human services (12%), and grant making foundations (9%). It is estimated that total charitable contributions will total $21.2 - $55.4 trillion between 1998-2052.
Largest U.S. Charities of 2013
According to Forbes, the 25 largest U.S. charities accounted for $30 billion worth of donations. Here are the five largest U.S. charities of 2013:
United Way is the nation's largest charity by donations received, having collected over $3.9 billion from its network of more than 1,300 local affiliates. It created a 10-year program projected to end in 2018 aiming to cut the number of high school drop outs in half (currently at 1.2 million students a year), half the number of lower-income families who are financially unstable, and increase the number of youth and adults who are leading healthy lifestyles that are free of dangerous practices.
The second is the Salvation Army, collecting over $1.9 billion in donations. This organization is well known for their charity work within the U.S., as well as in approximately 120 countries. It offers a variety of services worldwide such as addiction dependency, emergency response, social work, and health-related community development.
Task Force for Global Health helps underserved populations in over 50 countries in three sectors: Health System Strengthening, Immunizations and Vaccines, and Infectious Tropical Diseases. They apply their resources, expertise and partnerships with NGOs, government agencies and private sector partners to address vital pressing health challenges. The organization received $1.7 billion in private gifts in 2013.
Feeding America is a network of over 200 food banks and food rescue organizations that collected $1.5 billion in donations in 2013, mostly in the form of food products. It has set a goal to source 4.3 billion meals annually by 2018.
Catholic Charities USA is a coalition of Catholic nonprofits. It received $1.4 billion in gifts. One of its biggest projects is the Campaign to Reduce Poverty in America, which aims to alleviate poverty in the United States by endorsing public policies that support families and educating stakeholders and civil society about those living in poverty and the work being done to help them.
In addition to giving money or goods to those in need, Americans offer their time to help others. According to the Corporation for National & Community Service, in 2012, one in four adults (26.5%) volunteered through an organization. Altogether, 64.5 million Americans volunteered approximately 7.9 billion hours. The estimated value of the volunteer service is about $175 billion, based on an estimate of the average value of a volunteer hour measured by the Independent Sector. The top four national volunteer activities are fundraising or selling items to raise money (25.7%); collecting, preparing, distributing, or serving food (23.8%); engaging in general labor or transportation (19.8%); or tutoring or teaching (17.9%).
Americans also volunteer by raising money or offering their time to walks in support of various causes. One can help by fundraising for a certain organization/group that supports the cause or an individual directly affected by the cause. One can walk individually or with a team. Most walks require participants to meet fundraising requirements in order to register for the walk. Walk lengths can vary anywhere from 3 kilometers for a one-day event or a marathon or more (42.195 kilometers) over a 3-day event. Contributions usually fund medical research and programs focused on supporting the cause. Individuals unable to help with the fundraising can instead volunteer on the day of the event by helping at registration tables or cheering on the walkers. Popular walks include the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, AIDS walk, Light the Night Walk, Walk MS, and Relay for Life. InterExchange Career Training USA is also planning a walk in the summer with participants in New York City and potentially some other U.S. cities. Stay tuned!
Are you a current participant who would like to contribute to your U.S. host community? Visit your state's Cultural Compass page, and click on "Help Your Community" to find some suggestions for participating in this great American tradition!
Image courtesy of www.give-true-love.com
Ani Kington
Originally from Columbus, Ohio, Ani is a fan of exploring new places through photography and the local cuisine. After earning her BFA in photography from NYU and gaining communications experience at International Planned Parenthood Federation, she joined InterExchange in 2012, and worked as the Marketing Producer until 2016.
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Multiple Tractor-Trailer Accident Causes a Death
As our readers know, truck accidents can be deadly, but this severity is multiplied in multi-vehicle accidents, especially when there is more than one large truck involved. Trucks, due to their large weight and height, pose great dangers to other drivers just because of their sheer size. Combine this with the high speeds at which vehicles travel on interstates, and accidents become even more dangerous.
According to a report by WSBTV, a multi-vehicle truck accident occurred on Interstate 85, killing a truck driver. Multiple tractor-trailers collided in the crash, creating a deadly impact. According to police reports, a Millis Transfer truck lost control when exiting I-285 west and jackknifed on I-85. At the same time, another tractor trailer that was headed north on I-85 could not stop and crashed into the truck. As a result of this collision, the Millis Transfer truck was cut in half, and the cab was crushed, which ultimately killed the driver. In fact, this collision so severely crushed the cab that investigators had to transfer the whole structure to the Medical Examiner, and the accident is still under investigation.
Truck accidents, particularly multi-vehicle crashes, account for a significant number of reported crashes, injuries, and fatalities. According to studies conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2008 alone, 11% of all motor vehicle traffic fatalities involved large trucks. This means that every one out of nine traffic fatalities in 2008 resulted from collisions involving a large truck, such as a semi. Additionally, multiple-vehicle crash fatalities with large trucks accounted for 247 accidents.
Couple Killed By Tractor-Trailer in Southern Illinois Hit-And-Run Accident
Published on: October 17, 2013 | Levin & Perconti
While our wrongful death attorneys commonly learn of accidents in which an innocent motorist, bicyclist, or pedestrian is injured due to a negligent driver, it is especially saddening to learn of hit-and-run accidents. Unfortunately, hit-and-run accidents are common throughout Illinois and often result in serious injuries or fatality. This was the case last Thursday when a tractor-trailer driver killed two people as they changed a tire on the side of the highway and then fled the scene.
CBS Chicago reports the accident took place shortly before 8pm when the couple, 24 and 19-years old, was properly off of the roadway and onto the road’s shoulder. The northbound tractor-trailer flatbed then veered off of the main roadway for unknown reasons and struck them. The report states the couple was dead at the scene and the tractor-trailer driver immediately drove away. Authorities are still searching for the driver and the trailer itself, which a Highway Patrol spokesman believes has damage to its front bumper and headlights. Investigators spoke to representatives from the company that supposedly owns the truck, but they were still unable to locate the driver.
The American Automobile Association found that Illinois hit-and-run accidents have increased by 15% since 2000. From 1994 to 2003, a total of 14,914 people were killed in hit-and-run crashes in the United States, about 60% of these victims having been pedestrians. Chicago Tribune reports that there have been three serious hit-and-run accidents downtown already this month. Surviving victims of these accidents report that they feel especially violated because they were not only struck by a vehicle, but the driver of the vehicle showed no remorse and failed to stop to see if the victims were okay.
Published on: October 17, 2013
Updated: October 17, 2013 8:11 pm
Truck Driver Charged in 2011 Crash Arrested in Illinois
After a 2-year old boy was tragically killed in a 2011 traffic accident caused by a negligent truck driver, his family has been seeking justice for his death for nearly two years. World-Herald Bureau recently reported that last month, the driver responsible for the accident was finally charged and arrested in southwestern Illinois.
In the December 2011 crash, the 53-year old truck driver was eastbound on Interstate 80 when his truck rear-ended the passenger vehicle driven by the boy’s father. Though the boy was properly secured in a child seat, he was killed upon impact. The father suffered severe injuries, while the boy’s mother and sibling, also passengers in the vehicle, suffered minor injuries.
The report states that the truck driver was driving for a local trucking company when the accident took place. An accident reconstruction specialist concluded that he was driving at an excessive speed while the roads were slick due to poor weather conditions and declared this as the primary contributing factor in the collision. Police also reported that the driver was charged with many additional offenses in the past and proving that he has no regard to the law. He was arrested and charged with misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide.
Updated: August 29, 2013 10:57 am
2 Killed In Semi-Truck Collision On Interstate 65
Published on: July 26, 2013 | Levin & Perconti
While driving down highways and interstates, we commonly see cars or trucks stopped on the side of the road. Whether a vehicle ran out of gas, a driver needs to make a phone call, or in worst-case scenarios, an accident took place, many motorists pull over onto the shoulder of the roadway when necessary. However, many drivers fail to realize how dangerous this simple action can be. Just last Monday two truck drivers were killed after a semi tractor-trailer struck both of their tractor trailers parked on the side of southbound Interstate 65 near the Illinois/Indiana border.
Jconline.com released that the first truck driver, a 44-year-old man from Downers Grove, pulled his Freightliner semi trailer on the southbound shoulder of the interstate around 7:15am. The second truck driver, a 31-year old man from Romeoville, also parked his Freightliner on the shoulder. Both men were standing outside of the trucks and were working to unhitch one of their trailers.
A southbound semi-tractor trailer driven by a 42-year-old from Berwyn reportedly failed to notice the stopped trucks. He clipped the back of one of the trucks and then hit both of the drivers, continuing down the interstate until he veered off of the road and into a ditch. The impact killed the first driver right away, while the second driver died at a local hospital. The southbound lanes of the interstate were closed for more than three hours as authorities investigated the scene. Police determined that both drivers had reflective vests on, but their trucks’ flashers were not working.
Drunk Motorist Kills Pickup Truck Driver on Dan Ryan Expressway
Published on: November 12, 2012 | Levin & Perconti
Charges have been filed against a driver who caused a fatal accident early Saturday on the Dan Ryan Expressway in which alcohol was a factor, killing the 21-year old driver of a pickup truck. Chicago.cbslocal.com reports that the two-vehicle accident happened at about 1:30am in the southbound lanes of the interstate when a 42-year old GMC Crew cab truck driver of Chicago suddenly crossed from the far right lane to the far left lane of the five lane highway near 95th Street and struck the pickup truck. Witnesses told police that both trucks then hit the median wall, crossed traffic again, and hit the right wall of the interstate before finally coming to a rest.
Authorities say the driver of the pickup truck was pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 2:05am Saturday, autopsies determining that he died of serious head injuries from the collision. Family reports that the man was heading home from his shift at work when the crash occurred. The driver of the GMC truck, however, was uninjured in the accident and submitted to standard field sobriety tests administered by Illinois State Police troopers on the scene. His blood-alcohol content was measured at 0.106, more than the legal limit of 0.08, according to a police report. He was charged with aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol in the death of a man and was held in lieu of $450,000 bail in a midday hearing in Cook County Bond Court on Sunday.
The pickup driver’s brother stated, “I knew that they had (the driver) in custody, which means he walked away from the crash and my brother didn’t. We just want justice to be served.”
Updated: November 12, 2012 1:50 pm
Illinois Truck Driver Crashes Into Nearby Home After Blacking Out Behind Wheel
Published on: September 26, 2012 | Levin & Perconti
A spontaneous sequence of events on Thursday left a local highway department truck smashed into the dining room of a nearby home, authorities repairing the damage, and police examiners investigating what exactly caused the accident to occur. Our law firm learned that around noon last Thursday, the 53-year old employee of the International Homer Township Highway Department was driving south on Will-Cook road in Will County when his truck suddenly veered off the pavement, traveled through numerous families’ back yards and struck a number of bushes and trees, and came to rest in a home’s dining room at the southwest corner of the 14000 block of Whirlaway Court in Homer Glen.
Nbcchicago.com states that after talking with the driver, police learned he may have suffered a medical emergency before his truck veered off the roadway. According to a Will County Sheriff’s spokeswoman, the driver reported that he does not remember what happened, but believes he blacked out before he lost control of the vehicle while driving. A woman who lives in the home where the accident took place told reporters, “It sounds like he was completely unconscious when he hit the house. The wheels were still turning.”
A relative who was inside of the home at the time of the accident was taken to Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet for precautionary measures, police said. The driver of the truck was conscious at the scene when police arrived and was also taken to Silver Cross Hospital. A tow truck removed the vehicle from the home and a board-up company later repaired all of the damage the home sustained in the accident.
FMCSA Issues Safety Advisory After Recent Megabus Accidents
In previous posts, our Chicago accident attorneys have made driver negligence our primary concern, discussing the various causes of many accidents including driver fatigue, driving under the influence, and distracted driving, in addition to discussing the preventative steps drivers can take to avoid these accidents. Just as important, our attorneys must also consider whether other factors besides driver negligence may have led to an accident, such as defective vehicle parts, improper use of road signs, or other factors. This was the case last week when Digitaljournal.com released a report regarding the recent Megabus accidents and their causes due to excessive weight and tire blowouts.
Last month, two serious Megabus accidents occurred due to tire blowouts, one in Illinois and one in Georgia. The former resulted in a passenger fatality and multiple serious injuries to 47 people when the double decker bus carrying 81 passengers struck a bridge support pillar after one of its tires blew out. Less than a week later, a tour bus operated by Megabus caught fire on Interstate 85 near the South Carolina-Georgia border, according to the report. The bus driver stated that a tire had blown before the fire erupted, and fortunately all passengers were evacuated before anyone was injured. The fire nearly destroyed half of the bus by the time the fire was extinguished.
These accidents, in this case, were not due to driver negligence but instead a defective part of the vehicle, the tires. Our bus accident attorneys learned that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently issues a safety advisory bulletin to transportation companies warning them that double decker buses may be susceptible to tire blow outs if they are carrying too much weight. The agency noted the increase of travel on intercity double-deck buses and the high numbers of passengers and associated baggage they carry, and pointed to potential aggravating factors such as excessive speed and high pavement temperatures. As a result, the report states that the FMSCA will immediately revoke operating authority of carriers that exceed relevant tire load limits, in addition to working with state officials to increase enforcement of safety regulations.
Illinois Department of Transportation Releases Truck Accident Statistics
Published on: August 9, 2012 | Levin & Perconti
The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) has recently released a large number of truck accident statistics in which our Chicago truck accident lawyers were interested to read. While many people are aware that truck accidents continue to happen in Illinois and throughout the United States, the actual numbers can be very alarming.
Around 500,000 truck accidents occur every year in the United States. Of these, approximately 5,000 truck accidents result in fatalities each year, 98% of these fatalities occurring not to the truck driver, but to the individuals in passenger vehicles involved. Last year, about 2,500 serious truck accidents took place in Illinois, 148 of them fatal to over 154 people, with the remaining accidents resulting in over 3,600 injures to those involved. These accidents appeared to be more common in rural areas as opposed to cities, and during the afternoon and evening hours of the day. In addition, weekends accounted for about 75% of the total fatal truck accidents.
The report by IDOT continues to state that trucking revenues totaled $610 billion last year and are estimated to nearly double by 2015. Though this growth is good news for trucking companies, the motorists and pedestrians that share the road with these 10,000-pound trucks are generally the ones who suffer the most.
Published on: August 9, 2012
Updated: August 9, 2012 8:00 am
FMCSA Truck Crash Accountability Called into Question
Published on: June 9, 2012 | Levin & Perconti
Earlier this week, a Chicago truck accident lawyer at our firm read a news report detailing the American Trucking Associations push for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to change its approach to measuring crash accountability in its CSA (Compliance, Accountability, Safety) program. According to the article, published on TruckingInfo.com, the American Trucking Associations has continued to challenge the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in an effort to have the agency release their study regarding the feasibility of using police reports to measure crash accountability.
Our Chicago truck accident attorney learned that although the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s study was completed several years ago, the agency refuses to disclose the information contained in the study. According to the ATA, the association attempted to review the findings in 2010, however, the FMCSA refused on the basis that the study’s findings were preliminary and still being reviewed. Since then, the ATA has continued to request the information with no success.
According to a statement released by the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, it was revealed the ATA has raised questions about the plan that need to be answered before the study can be released. The questions deal with the uniformity and consistency of the Police Accident Reports that provide basic accountability data, and lack of public input into the determination of accountability. Ultimately, the FMCSA will need more information on ways to identify trucking carriers with the greatest risk of future crashes.
Updated: June 9, 2012 7:57 pm
NHTSA Study Highlights Dangers of Underinflated Tires
ConsumerReports.org released an article earlier this week discussing a recently completed study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration which highlights the dangers associated with underinflated and worn-out tires.
Our Chicago truck accident attorneys learned that the study conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration looked at crash data from 2005 through 2007 – before tire-pressure monitoring systems were required to be installed on all vehicles. It was revealed that vehicles driving on tires underinflated by more than 25 percent are three times more likely to be involved in a motor vehicle accident than vehicles with proper inflation. Additionally, it was found that underinflated tires of up to 25 percent run the risk of overheating, causing vehicle failure, and even adversely affecting the handling and treat life of the motor vehicle.
Another component of the study revealed that roughly around 5 percent of all vehicles studied experienced some sort of tire issues almost immediately prior to a collision – with approximately 66 percent of those vehicles representing passenger cars, 17 percent Sports Utility Vehicles, and 31 percent of single vehicle accidents were not related to tires. Ultimately, this reinforces the fact that tire problems are evident during the period of time before a collision – which, our Chicago truck accident lawyers learned, often leaves a very small window for attempting a crash avoidance maneuver.
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Week three of IMG Academy High School Wood Bat League provided intense competition
Hunter Rose (Traverse City, Mich.) went 2-for-3, scored a run and drove one home to help the Lightning take out the Manatees, 6-3.
The Hurricanes were led by Kevin Dillingham (Bradenton, Fla.) who was infallible, going 4-for-5 with two RBI. Dillingham reached home plate three times along the way. The 'Canes overwhelmed the Marauders in a high-scoring affair, 21-9.
Standout player Jack Ingalls (Naples, Fla.) contributed four runs as he carried the SeaDogs to an 11-6 conquest over the Conquistadors.
The Marauders rebounded from their loss against the Hurricanes to overcome the SeaDogs 11-1. Justin Schachter (Millwood, N.Y.) took MVP honors after scoring three runs behind his 2-for-3 performance at the plate, which included a triple and an RBI.
In a close game, Colin Hudson got the save to secure the Lightning's 6-5 victory over the Hurricanes. After reaching base two out of three times, Spencer Cohen (Port Pefferson Station, N.Y.) drove in three RBI and scored a run on two doubles to play a dynamic factor for the Lightning.
Justin Novak (FPO, Japan) had a stellar performance at bat as he reached home plate twice and stole two bases for the Conquistadors to triumph the Manatees, 5-1.
The Marauders shut out the Manatees 2-0 and 5-0 in the first and second games, respectively. Faiez Ahmed (Brooklyn, N.Y.) of the Marauders pitched eight strikeouts and teammate Marshal Hayden (Bradenton, Fla.) made his one hit count as he drove in a pair to contribute greatly to the game one win. Dion Williams (PSC, Japan) carried the momentum of the Marauders with two runs and two stolen bases in the second game.
The Hurricanes’ offense proved too much for the SeaDogs in the first game that ended in a crushing 13-1 win. With the assistance of Jorge Leon (Mexico City, Mexico), who went 2-for-2 and brought in three RBI, the Hurricanes edged out the SeaDogs by a 7-6 margin in the following game. Leon was on fire that day, going 2-2 at the plate, with an RBI, two runs and two stolen bases the second time around.
Novak on the Conquistadors repeated his Thursday performance, placing the Conquistadors on top of the Lightning 3-2 in the first game. In their second face off of the day, the Conquistadors had an early lead over the Lightning but were unable to uphold it. Andrew Prozillo (Oldsmar, Fla.) scored a run in addition to his RBI to bring the Lightning to an 8-3 turnaround rout.
At the conclusion of the third week of the IMG Academy High School Wood Bat League on Saturday, July 13, the standings for the 18U division were as follows:
1. Hurricanes
2. Lightning
3. Manatees
4. Marauders
5. SeaDogs
6. Conquistadors
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Europe's food waste is 'a scandal', says agency chief
Researchers described food loss and waste as ‘one of the great scourges of our time’ (David Davies/PA)
More than one million tonnes of food waste is disposed of each year. Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto
Thin Lei Win
Europe’s high levels of food waste are an ethical scandal at a time when hundreds of millions of people around the world are going hungry, the head of the region’s food safety watchdog said on Friday.
https://www.independent.ie/business/farming/forestry-enviro/environment/europes-food-waste-is-a-scandal-says-agency-chief-38247020.html
https://www.independent.ie/business/farming/agri-business/agri-food/article37230019.ece/7092c/AUTOCROP/h342/ipanews_8b1fde19-1330-42d0-903d-97fd43a3a04d_1
European Union lawmakers have campaigned to slash food waste in the bloc, which currently throws away 88 million tonnes of food a year at a cost of €143 billion, according to the European Commission.
“I think it’s a scandal, ethically speaking, to waste such an amount of food ... theoretically, 100 million people could potentially have the calories that we throw away,” Bernhard Url said.
Url, a veterinarian who has headed the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) since 2014, said the growing gap between food production and consumption had contributed to the high levels of waste of between 20pc and 30pc.
“The food production systems are so complex, spanning global supply chains, that people don’t know where the stuff comes from, who is processing it, what is really in there. So there’s a bit of distrust,” he said
Url recalled his childhood on a farm in Austria, saying his mother refused to throw anything away because they had memories of going hungry.
“My parents witnessed the Second World War. My mother experienced being hungry every day,” he said in an interview on the sidelines of a conference on agriculture.
EU lawmakers took a major step toward cutting waste last year when they backed a law requiring member states to report food waste levels yearly from 2020 and provide incentives for collecting and redistributing unsold food.
Globally, about a third of the world’s food with a value of nearly $1 trillion is lost or thrown away each year, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
Critics say food waste is also environmentally destructive because when dumped in landfill, it rots and produces greenhouse gases.
Part of the reason for food waste in Europe is consumer confusion over “Best Before” and “Use By” labels, said Url.
While the former indicates a product’s quality, the latter, applicable to perishable foods such as meats and eggs, is more stringent and indicates hygiene, he said.
The EFSA is based in Italy and funded by the European Union to provide independent scientific advice on food safety.
EFSA experts have conducted research to see if the shelf life of eggs could be extended to decrease food waste, but found increased risks of salmonella food poisoning, Url said.
“But the ‘Best Before’ date is one where more awareness has to be built with consumers and say, ‘Don’t throw it away. Look at it. Smell it and maybe you can use it’,” he added.
Educating consumers is key and it can be done, Url said, pointing to how European cities learn to separate different types of waste.
“That was done in the 80s, 90s. Now in most European countries, you have very strict, very well functioning waste separation systems. So it’s possible to educate and nudge consumers to a different behavior.”
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Govindraj Ethiraj is Founding Editor & Managing Trustee of The Spending & Policy Research Foundation. A television & print journalist, he is also the Founder of Ping Digital Network and BOOM, both next generation television networks. He is a former Founder-Editor in Chief of Bloomberg TV India, a 24-hour business news service launched out of Mumbai in 2008. He also worked with television station CNBC-TV18, from near start-up point in 2000. He has worked in the digital space – with Business Standard as head of new media – as well as traditional print, at The Economic Times, Business World & Business India magazines. His writes for newspapers such as Business Standard. He is a Fellow of The Aspen Institute, Colorado.
Email: govindraj@indiaspend.org
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Rohini Nilekani is Founder-Chairperson of Arghyam, a foundation she set up with a private endowment, to work on water and sanitation issues in India. She is also Founder-Chairperson of Pratham Books, a charitable trust which seeks to put “A book in every child’s hand.” An ex-journalist, author and philanthropist, Rohini has been deeply involved with development issues for more than a decade. She is currently a member of the Audit Advisory Board of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. She sits on the Boards of many non-profits, notably ATREE (the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment) and Sanghamithra Rural Financial Services. Rohini has authored two books published by Penguin India- a novel – Stillborn – and also a non–fiction account of dialogues she moderated between social and corporate leaders called Uncommon Ground.
Vikram Lal is former Chairman of the Eicher Group. He did his Senior Cambridge from the Doon School in 1957, after which he went abroad to study mechanical engineering at the Technical University Darmstadt in West Germany. He joined Eicher, the family company established by his father, in 1966. Eicher started as the first tractor manufacturer in India in 1960, and eventually branched out into light commercial vehicles in 1986, and then into heavy vehicles. Amongst other businesses, it acquired Royal Enfield, an iconic brand of motorcycles, in 1990. Mr Lal is the president of Common Cause, a public interest NGO pursuing major issues relating to reform, governance and the enforcement of law, since December 2004. He was Vice President of the World Wide Fund for Nature – India for 7 years and a member of the Board of Governors of the Doon School for 6 years. Currently, he is on the boards of Pratham Delhi Education Initiative and Resource Alliance India.
Pirojsha Godrej Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the Godrej Group and is instrumental in carrying out Group’s charitable works across many areas like including immunisation for children, family welfare and nature conservation. It was established in 1972 and owns stakes in the holding company, Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd. The income from dividends is utilised for promoting the objectives of the Trust.
The Independent and Public-Spirited Media Foundation (IPSMF) has provided financial support to the Spending & Policy Research Foundation (SPRF) for the purpose of reporting and publishing stories of public interest. The IPSMF does not take any legal or moral responsibility whatsoever for the content published by SPRF on its website indiaspend.com or on any of its other platforms.
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Request to expand duties of Jacksonville's Ethics Commission given frosty reception
Tia Mitchell
Efforts by Jacksonville City Hall's Ethics Commission to obtain greater independence from the mayor and City Council and more oversight over all government agencies was met with skepticism Thursday by a panel appointed to review the city charter.
The nine-member ethics board wants jurisdiction over the entire consolidated government, including independent agencies. It also envisions a dedicated staff that can conduct inquiries and have the power to subpoena witnesses and documents.
But some members of the Charter Review Commission said they believe the system works fine the way it is. Expanding the Ethics Commission's authority to investigate allegations of corruption and wasteful spending would create another budget-draining bureaucracy, they argued Thursday.
"I am not yet convinced that there can be a one-stop shop that covers all of those issues or, if there can be, that it's necessarily the Ethics Commission" that should be doing it, Charter Review Commission Chairman Wyman Duggan said after the meeting.
Braxton Gillam, who heads the Ethics Commission's legislative committee, said the panel has struggled to come up with procedures aimed at handling complaints made directly to board members and calls to the city's Ethics Hotline. There have been more than 200 calls logged since the line opened in late 2007.
Most complaints don't involve true ethics violations and can be easily resolved, Gillam said. But some do warrant an investigation, and the non-paid board members, with no dedicated staff, have to rely on others to get that done.
The offices of the inspector general, council auditor and general counsel provide varying levels of assistance. Each consists of employees hired by the City Council or mayor, and each has other duties that could create a conflict, Ethics Officer Carla Miller said.
"The difficulty that I've seen is when an issue comes up on the hotline and it's related to a client of the General Counsel's Office," she said.
All cases involving potential violations are currently forwarded to the State Attorney's Office for enforcement, Miller said. But she said a stronger Ethics Commission could help take that load off the state attorney, who has more pressing crime and safety issues to address.
Duggan, however, warned against creating a more activist ethics agency, recalling Miller's vocal criticism of a lack of indictments following a grand jury investigation into allegations of Sunshine Law violations by the City Council.
"What I heard you saying is nobody's heads rolled and we need to change that, and I think that does not foster confidence, that creates concern," Duggan said.
He went on to defend city officials, saying well-intended government officials sometimes find it hard to perform their duties and satisfy the state's open-government laws.
Miller said such high-profile cases should be followed through, with the outcome thoroughly explained to the public in the end. That is part of the accountability the Ethics Commission hopes to increase, she said, because public perceptions about ethics in government is often negative.
The chief executives of three of the city's independent authorities attended the meeting and weighed in on Ethics Commission recommendations.
Charter Review Commissioner Jim Catlett said he did not see the benefit of assigning staff to the Ethics Commission when city employees already provide assistance, especially in these tough economic times.
"Right now, our City Council is scraping for nickels and our mayor is right with them," he said.
Catlett praised Miller's performance but warned of the potential for a renegade ethics board. "Without the twinkling of an eye, this could turn into a witch hunt group," he said.
Gillam said the skepticism on the charter review panel is partially due to their rosy view of government officials, the bulk of which are well-intended.
"It's the very few that create the problems for the rest," he said.
Addressing the funding issue, Gillam and Miller argued that there are enough resources in the existing budget to carve out a staff for the Ethics Commission.
JEA Chief Executive Jim Dickenson, Port Authority Executive Director Rick Ferrin and Steve Grossman, the newly hired CEO of the Aviation Authority, all said they could support additional oversight from the ethics panel, but it depended on the structure. They all expressed confidence in their agencies' internal ethics reviews.
The Charter Review Commission has until the end of February to submit a list of recommendations to the City Council. In addition to the Ethics Commission, the panel has been looking into the power of independent agencies under consolidation, education reforms, whether constitutional officers would be better served if they were appointed by the mayor instead of elected, and ways to control health care and pension costs.
The commission has so much on its plate, it's already planning additional meetings for the rest of the year.
The council is not required to act on the Charter Review Commission's recommendations. In previous years, the most controversial proposals have been left on the table.
Council President Richard Clark is also skeptical about the Ethics Commission's recommendations for more power and oversight, saying the current structure appears to be working well.
Clark said the Ethics Commission's role is to create a culture of ethics through education and information, not to investigate allegations of wrongdoing.
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He wants, she wants
A retired real estate agent pinpoints obstacles couples face and suggests ways to make house-hunting more effective.
By LAURIE BISBERG-PRIMES
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'A big kitchen and a balcony." The woman sitting across from me rests her hand on her husband's knee. "That's what I want." He leans back in his chair, arms crossed over his chest. "All I want is a garden." Hasn't held a shovel since his kibbutz days," her lowered voice implies a concept that only another woman can grasp. "And who needs ants in the house, right?" "Did I mention a two-car garage?" he asks. "For his mountain bike, a racer, and that three-speed piece of junk he insists on keeping." She sits back and adds, "He's out riding every Saturday morning." "More time for you to cook lunch in that big kitchen," he retorts. "Which we'll eat on the balcony." "No," he says, "in the garden." I glance at the poster hanging on the wall behind them. Garden apartments hug the Carmel. Figures on balconies watch sailboats on a splash of blue sea. A man and a woman flash smiles at the camera. Their shoulders touch, his arm encircles her waist, and Ahuza Estates - our little piece of paradise - crowns their heads in rainbow colors. All that's missing is a pot of gold. "What about location?" I ask. She turns to him. "Don't start carrying on about a moshav again." "At least I could hear birds, not traffic, outside our window." "I'll buy you a canary," she says. "I'm a city person." Then she pulls out the big guns: "And so are the kids." Whether because of job changes, a growing family, an empty nest, windfall or whim, house-hunting thrusts couples into a maze of choices: cities, suburbs, villages and moshavim, complete with cottages, villas, semi-detached, high-rises, low-rises, fixer-uppers and new places with all the trimmings. It's a tough task for couples to zoom in on where and how they want to live. Sharing a bed and a bank account doesn't ensure agreement. "Let's talk budget," I suggest. "That's where we really have a problem," he says, as if it's been smooth going up to this point. "We can do $350,000, but anything more would require a mortgage." He sticks his hand into his pocket as though searching for a wad of bills. "I'm perfectly happy taking $50,000 from the bank, even more, but …." "We've never taken out a mortgage," she says. "Why tie ourselves down now?" "So we can get exactly what we want, without having to compromise. We've worked hard all these years. It's the least we deserve," he says. Buying a home has nothing to do with what people deserve. Nor is it connected to getting exactly what they want, no matter how much money is invested. It's a financial transaction based on supply and demand. However, it's the only purchase people make that costs every shekel they have - and then some. And it has to satisfy the physical, spatial and emotional needs of all family members. "When do you want to make the move?" I ask. "No pressure," he says. "I'd like to find something within the next three months," she says, "so we can renovate over the summer." "Renovate?" he says. "I'm not going to deal with contractors. Bunch of thieves." Potential buyers often head for the windows the first time they see an apartment. They check out light, the view, street noise and surrounding buildings - all the features they can't change. Then they examine the interior. While sellers are busy pointing out improvements they've made, costs incurred for the finest materials, the best architects and contractors, buyers rearrange the house: "We can move the kitchen into the dining area, tear down that wall and make a huge master bedroom, extend the bathroom to the service porch, turn the security room into a walk-in closet...." The fact that different families have different needs is obvious. But what all buyers have in common is the need to make their mark, to infuse their style and taste into a place designed and lived in by other people. The chances of finding a perfect home are minimal. "My afternoons are free," she says. "I'll look at all the places you have to offer and take him," she nods in her husband's direction, "to see the best ones." Disagreement is not a mistake. Appointing either husband or wife as chief house-hunter is. Peeking into other people's homes, picturing yourself at work in a stainless steel or rustic kitchen, walking on polished stone or old tiles, imagining your Persian carpets in a modern penthouse or Warhol prints in a crumbling Bauhaus - all of it's a way of working out how you want your new home to look, where you want your things and how to create space for every family member. It's a three-way conversation, between each spouse and the property, and the spouses with each other. Discussing pros, cons and trade-offs is the process necessary to chip away at differences of opinion. And then there's the "love factor": the morning sun streaming through a kitchen window, the heady whiff of jasmine at the front door, September light dappling a living room wall or a bedroom overlooking the sea. It's that intangible something that evokes buried memories and brings fantasies to the surface. It sends a buyer over the top, despite the parameters, priorities and rational requirements stated at the outset. It's the sense of coming home. And though it may be experienced by only one spouse, it's the one experience that the other can understand. While he and she discuss when they're free, I make notes on the computer, entering five properties. Each has a balcony or garden, one has a two-car garage, another an eat-in kitchen. They're all in quiet areas of Haifa, though I can't guarantee birds. I know they'll buy none of them. Not yet. There's a long haul ahead, but in the end they'll come to the negotiating table together, ready to close a deal on what will be their little piece of paradise. I walk them to the door. "You know," he says, "I didn't want to work with an agent." He reaches out to shake my hand. "But I wanted to," she says.
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Who was Joseph of Nazareth?
Who was Joseph of Nazareth, husband of Mary?
What do we know about him, and how do we know?
What gospel events does he appear in?
Why did Matthew call Joseph ‘a just man’?
What lessons can we learn from Joseph’s life?
What do we know about Joseph of Nazareth?
In fact, we know very little about Joseph. But we can piece together quite a bit of information if we try. We know, for example that he was:
the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus of Nazareth
the man who prepared the manger for the new-born Saviour on the first Christmas night
the man who talked with the shepherds and heard the story we read in Luke’s gospel
the proud father who redeemed the Redeemer with five pieces of silver at the Temple in Jerusalem, and listened while Simeon and Anna uttered their prophecies
the wily man who cheated King Herod of his prey and fled in the starlight to Egypt
the dedicated father who, day after day, watched Jesus grow from babyhood to childhood, from childhood to boyhood, from boyhood to manhood
the careful man who taught a trade to Jesus, Son of God, who trusted and obeyed him.
Two very different birth stories
It’s frustrating. We know a lot about John the Baptist:
we know who his parents were
where he was born
where he grew up
we can discover his age
we are told what he ate, how he was dressed, many of the things he said, where and how he died.
In the case of Joseph we know not a single one of these things. What we do know is some of the places where he lived, the things he saw, and a little of what he thought and felt.
Where do we get our information?
Most of our information about him comes from the first two chapters of Matthew’s gospel and the first two chapters of Luke’s.
What was Joseph like?
We do not know if Joseph was a native of Nazareth or not. His family, we are told, came originally from Bethlehem in the south, from the house of David.
He is often portrayed as an older man, but in fact there is no reason to think this was so, except that an elderly man might be content for his wife to remain a virgin after marriage, as the Catholic Church taught.
Where was Nazareth?
We have heard of Nazareth so often that it has become almost mythic, but the Nazareth where Joseph lived and worked was as real then as it is today.
Take a map of Palestine and find the spot on the coast where Mount Carmel juts out into the sea on the south side of the Bay of Acre.
Follow the River Kishon, on the north side of the Carmel range, upstream through the narrow gorge by which it enters the Plain of Acre, and you come out into the Plain of Esdraelon.
This is the only break in the long line of hills which run like a backbone down the centre of the land, and the only level passage east and west, from the Jordan to the sea, for the whole length of Palestine.
The Plain swarms with historical memories: of Elijah and the priests of Baal, of Gideon and the Midianites, of the tragic King Saul and the Philistines.
This one spot has been the battleground of nations from the dawn of history, even down to the time of Napoleon – his comment was that no plain he had ever seen was more suitable for a large-scale battle!
This is the landscape Joseph & Jesus knew
In shape the Plain of Esdraelon is a triangle, and the northern side, running east and west, is formed by the southern edge of the hills of Galilee, which drop sharply into the plain.
About midway in the line of hills a narrow valley cuts in, rises steeply, and opens out into a high, flat basin. Here in this upland valley, 1160 feet above the sea, Nazareth lies.
From the hills on which Nazareth is built you can look, as Joseph once looked, over the whole land from snow-clad Hermon in the north to the hills of Judea in the south, and from the mountains of Gilead across the Jordan to the waters of the Mediterranean. You are looking at the same land Joseph – and his adopted son Jesus – looked at…
Map of Nazareth and the surrounding countryside of Galilee
Nazareth was not an obscure, out-of-the- way-place. It is always called a town or city in the Gospels, and important trade routes passed nearby.
The capital of the province, Sepphoris, was in sight from the hill above it.
Flourishing cities on the coast and by the lake of Galilee were within a few hours’ journey.
It lay in the midst of a beautiful and fertile country, with a teeming population and the hum of trade all about it.
We must not picture Joseph and his little family as living in an isolated village.
What happened at Bethlehem?
But Jesus, as we know, was born in Bethlehem, not Nazareth. You might look at The Birth of Jesus to see why this was so.
There is no need to retell the well-known story of what happened when Joseph at length reached Bethlehem. The inn was full. The best they could get was a stable, a rough shelter for beasts.
There Jesus was born.
Meanwhile, in one of the valleys close by (Bethlehem lies on a hill) the shepherds heard the angels’ message, and were given the strange sign by which they were to recognise him who had been foretold as ‘wonderful cousellor, God the mighty’ (Isaiah 9:6) – an infant wrapped in swaddling bands and laid in a manger.
‘They came with haste, and they found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger.’
Joseph & Mary respected the Law
Luke’s gospel tells us that Mary stored up in her heart all she saw and heard on that night.
We can suppose that the same was true of Joseph.
What did Joseph do?
Eight days later he exercised the authority of a father: he circumcised the child, and gave him his name.
When forty days had passed Mary and Joseph travelled the six miles northward to Jerusalem to carry out a twofold prescription of the law.
The first-born male child of every Jewish family belonged to God, and had to be bought back with five shekels.
What did Mary do?
On the same occasion the mother underwent legal purification and offered a lamb. Those who could not afford a lamb, however, offered two doves instead.
Mary and Joseph came like other pious Jews to carry out what the law prescribed.
Here’s a thought…
the first time Jesus visited Jerusalem it was so that he himself might he redeemed with five pieces of silver, but
the last time he came it was to redeem us, ‘not with corruptible things as gold or silver, but with the precious blood of Christ.’ (1 Peter 1, 18-19.)
Presentation in the Jerusalem Temple
The Family, John Dickson Batten
We learn from this portion of the Gospel that Joseph was a poor man, for Mary made the offering of the poor.
Luke’s gospel tells the story of what followed: how Simeon
saw the little group and
took the child in his arms,
blessing God that he had lived to see with his own eyes him who was to be the Saviour of all peoples and and the glory of Israel.
Then, while Mary and Joseph were filled with astonishment at his words, he turned to them and blessed them, as well he might; if he was so highly favored in seeing the Promised One, how blessed was the family into which this Promised One had been born!
Joseph and Mary in Egypt
After the visit of the Magi, Joseph was warned in a dream to take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there till he was told to return. Soon Herod would be seeking the child’s life.
And so, while the Magi stole away eastward, avoiding Jerusalem, Joseph took the road to Egypt. He would have known there was a large Jewish community in the Nile Delta area.
Once beyond the boundary of the Holy Land the little party was comparatively safe, and the rest of the journey could be made with less haste. Joseph would almost certainly have joined some small caravan for greater security. Travelling alone was dangerous.
Joseph hears the voice on an angel in the music he listens to: Caravaggio’s symbol of a heavenly message. Mary and the baby Jesus fall into an exhausted sleep.
As Joseph followed the desert route to Egypt and looked at the child asleep in his mother’s arms, he could not foresee an incident in that child’s later life when another storm would rage around him, and threaten to destroy him and his companions while he slept. On that occasion, with just a word, Jesus would quiet the stormy waters of the Lake of Galilee.
Not now. Behind them the blood of the Innocents flowed and their mothers’ cries rose to heaven. It was left to Joseph to guide Mary and her child to safety.
Note: We have only one fixed date in the course of all these events, the death of Herod in 4 B.C. Then it was that Joseph was told to return to his own land.
We do not know with certainty the year of Our Lord’s birth but the date most favored is 6 B.C.
Journey almost completed, Joseph falls into an exhausted sleep. Orazio Gentileschi
When Herod died, once again the angel spoke to Joseph in his sleep, and Joseph left Egypt, its temples and its pyramids, and set out for Palestine.
The journey from Egypt to Palestine and up along the coast to near Caesarea, the seat of Roman government, then across a pass in the Carmel range to Nazareth would be about 320 miles, a long distance to bring a boy of some two years old.
It must have been with feelings of satisfaction that Mary and Joseph reached the familiar scenes of fertile Galilee and made their way up the steep road on its northern side which led into the pocket in the hills where Nazareth lay.
Nazareth again
The rest of St. Joseph’s life, so far as we know, was spent at Nazareth. There are only four things known about his life during this period:
The first is that he led the life of a carpenter/builder. The gospels are quite clear on this point. He was known and remembered by the people of the district as ‘Joseph the carpenter’. The word which we translate ‘carpenter’ may also mean ‘smith’ or ‘builder’, and it is likely that Joseph’s work was a mixture of both.
Like all the ordinary people of Galilee, he would have the rough accent of that province, an accent which later betrayed Peter among the servants of the High Priest in Jerusalem.
We learn from the Gospels that Joseph led a religious life. We are told that he went every year to Jerusalem at the solemn day of the Pasch. There were two other major yearly festivals, so Joseph may have gone to Jerusalem three times a year. We get confirmation of this in the seventh chapter of John’s gospel, where we find the ‘brethren’ of Jesus going up to Jerusalem for the feast of tabernacles. It was on one of these visits to Jerusalem that Jesus was ‘lost’: ‘When he was twelve years old . . . the child Jesus remained in Jerusalem‘. But by the age of twelve, now officially a man, Jesus was already familiar with the city, and in the opinion of those around him, remarkable for his wisdom (Luke 2-40). So it was not a case of Jesus being ‘lost’ as we commonly understand the word. Luke’s gospel puts the matter quite plainly when he says simply that Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem without letting his parents know. Joseph would have felt no anxiety when he did not see Jesus in the course of the first stage of the journey, until he failed to rejoin them at night. Then he and Mary, and no doubt all of their relatives, became alarmed, enquired fruitlessly among their friends, hurried back to the city, searched all next day without success, and finally found him on the third day among the rabbis in the Temple. It must have been a sore trial for Joseph. Besides his own grief and anxiety he had to witness the anguish of the boy’s mother. She in turn was conscious of Joseph’s grief: ‘Your father and I have sought you sorrowing’.
The third fact which we learn from the Gospels about this period of Joseph’s life is that he exercised the rights and duties of a father in regard to Jesus. Jesus was known afterwards and commonly referred to as the son of Joseph. For Mary’s spontaneous use of the word when she came upon her Son in the Temple, we see that ‘father’ was the name Joseph ordinarily went by in the home at Nazareth. Joseph carried out the duties of a father:he instructed his son in the precepts of the Mosaic law; he taught him the inspired stories of the Old Testament; as the boy grew up and became strong, he taught him his own trade. Jesus must have spent at least half his life in Joseph’s house, and his thought and speech as revealed to us in the gospels reflect the experiences of all those years.
Exactly how long Joseph lived after the last mention of him in the Gospels, when Jesus was twelve years old, is unknown. He seems to have died some time before the beginning of Jesus’ public life. In several places later in the Gospels, where we should reasonably expect some reference to Joseph, we find none. Thus, when Jesus visited Nazareth the people said ‘Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary?’ and then follows a reference to his brothers and sisters who were living among them; but not a word of Joseph. And finally, on the cross Jesus left his mother to the care of John.
The ‘just man’
The only direct testimony we have in the Gospel about the sort of man Joseph was is that ‘Joseph her husband was a just man‘.
They are few words, but full of meaning.
There is a great difference between a man who performs just actions and a just man — as there can be a great difference between a person who does charitable things and a charitable person, a person who does humble actions and a humble person. A just man is one who serves God and keeps his law.
What lessons can we learn from Joseph?
Joseph’s life was a humdrum one, accompanied by sorrow, hardship, disappointment, and monotonous work. There was very little glamour in Nazareth. We get a picture of a silent man who carried out God’s will through obedience, amid trials, by faith, in obscurity.
We are told nothing about his private life or thoughts, no personal details about his birth, upbringing, or death.
He was not exempt from sorrow and suffering. The very first incident related of him in the Gospel shows him faced with a terrible perplexity which must almost have torn his heart in two.
And the last scene in which he appears shows him wandering about Jerusalem in bitter sorrow.
Joseph’s were the trials that anybody has to suffer at one time or another.
Why should we complain? Joseph did God’s will, he carried out the work that lay to his hand, but he did not always understand God’s plans.
Is it right that we expect always to understand them?
What can Joseph teach us?
We can learn from him that neither money nor position nor talents nor special opportunities are needed if we wish to serve God with the greatest perfection. It is a delusion if we think that we could be saints if we were somewhere else, or had some other employment, or a different family. We may learn that true goodness does not consist in pious sentiments or even in lofty meditations, but in faithfully doing God’s will, day in day out, in the world in which He has placed us. This is the practical, solid spirituality we find in Joseph’s life.
May that life be an inspiration, help, and encouragement to us, and may we follow the same path as courageously and as faithfully as he did.
Anna, prophetess
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Keith Hodgson (1962-2013)
Keith Hodgson, long time activist in the Liverpool anarchist scene, died on Saturday 23rd February 2013, aged 50. Keith, like many of his generation, was radicalised by the re-vitalised Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, and by the Thatcher onslaught against working class rights and freedoms in the 1980s. As a young anarchist and CND activist, Keith rapidly moved to the direct action wing of the anti-militarist movement and also worked voluntarily in the CND Merseyside offices. This combination of organisational work and street activism was typical of Keith over the years.
Keith was part of the Liverpool Anarchist Groups of the 1980s and early 1990s. As such, Keith was heavily involved in the Mutual Aid Centre in central Liverpool (1987-1995), the militant anti-fascism organised around Anti-Fascist Action, and was active in support of workers’ disputes over the years – the larger ones including the 1984-5 Miners strike and the 1986 Wapping dispute. Keith’s interest in the struggle in Northern Ireland led to his involvement in the Troops Out Movement and the Phoenix Support Group for Irish Republican prisoners. Keith was one of the main editors, producers and writers of the nationally distributed Merseyside Anarchist Newsletter, and Keith took an active part in the anti-Poll Tax movement of the late 1980s/early 1990s. By the time the second LAG dissolved Keith was already a long-standing member of the anarcho-syndicalist Direct Action Movement, and took part in the subsequent launch of the Solidarity Federation in 1994.
During the 1990s Keith became a mature student. Over time he worked as a lecturer in History, gained a PhD, and wrote a book on anti-fascism.
In more recent years, Keith threw himself back into political activism. He rejoined the Solidarity Federation, helped re-launch the Liverpool branch, and became active at national level, including in the Education Workers Network. In 2009 he was a founder member of Liverpool Anti-Fascists, and was a key activist in the group’s initial work.
In May 2010 Keith had a major stroke. However, in the last year and a half Keith had started to go to meetings again – including meetings against the Tory bedroom tax – and had rejoined CND. Keith’s book – Fighting Fascism: The British Left and the Rise of Fascism, 1919-39 – came out in hardback edition in late 2010 [1] and there are moves to bring this out in paperback. His most recent writings, in late 2012, included an article for Peace News [2], and a review of Beating the Fascists: The Untold Story of Anti-Fascist Action [3].
Keith will be much missed by his partner, his family, and by many friends and comrades. A get-together to remember Keith is being planned for the near future.
1. Manchester University Press, ISBN 9780719080555
2. http://peacenews.info/blog/6897/remembering-hiroshima-liverpool
3. in Anarchist Studies, Vol. 20, No. 1 , 2012.
From www.solfed.org.uk via www.libcom.org
In KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 74-75, August 2013 [Double issue]
Hodgson, Keith (1962-2013)
Lives (biography, autobiography)
ex-Liverpool AFA member, An. Beating the Fascists – a view from the North .
The Mutual Aid Centre (Liverpool) .
Christie, Stuart. Albert Meltzer, anarchist .
Alberola, Octavio. Salvador Gurucharri aka Salva, Comrade and Friend .
The Spanish Revolution: A brief introduction by Charlatan Stew .
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Warneford Hospital workers to reunite 25 years after it closed
Nurses at the old Warneford Hospital
Sam Jackson
A huge reunion of NHS workers to mark 25 years since the closure of the old Warneford Hospital in Leamington is just around the corner.
The event at the Irish Club in Adelaide Road on Friday November 9 has been organised by a group of friends who met while working at the old Radford Road building which was sold and developed as housing in 1993.
A reunion marking 25 years since the hospital's closure will take place on Friday November 9.
Reva Huff, Millie Soros and Adrian ‘Cas’ Caswell have invited as many former workers as they could to the reunion.
And workers from all over the world have been responding to the invitation, with 230 people set to attend on the night.
Reva, a former ward sister at Warneford, said: “We can’t believe the response we’ve had. And the nice part is that we’ve got a range of folks coming - midwives, nurses, doctors, maintenance, records, ultrasound, all sorts.”
All tickets for the event are now sold and the hardest calls the three friends have had to make are to disappointed colleagues who have missed out on a place.
Former workers are being encouraged to send in photos
However, there is still an opportunity for them to share in the memories.
The group are asking anyone who has photos or memorabilia to send them in for a slide show that will be played on the night. The collection will then be shared on the group’s Facebook page, called ‘Warneford 25 Year Reunion’.
Reva added: “It’s a real flashback to how the NHS used to be and the characters that made the Warneford such a great place to work.”All former
Warneford staff or family members who may have inherited photos are being encouraged to share them.
People who do will be given a link to the finished slideshow so they can still view it even if they did not get tickets to the reunion.
Anyone wishing to share their pictures should email them to warnefordreunion@gmail.com or upload them to the group’s Facebook page by Sunday November 4.
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It’s common to see someone shrug off a minor blow to the head, dismissing it as a mere bump. Athletes in contact sports are often encouraged to play through the pain; people who have fallen are often more concerned about injured wrists or banged up knees than a seemingly inconsequential head injury.
Unfortunately, this approach can ignore significant damage. A head injury that initially appears to be harmless can turn out to be life-altering or even life-threatening.
The problem is that people with serious brain injuries often appear to be just fine. The damage is not readily visible, so people assume that they are not seriously injured. If an injured person’s brain is bleeding, pressure can build, which may eventually lead to the symptoms traditionally associated with a traumatic brain injury. Such injuries are known as epidural hemorrhages.
These types of injuries can develop into complications and problems over time, resulting in years of medical care, treatment and therapy. For example, a study published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry reveals that children with even mild head injuries may suffer life-altering conditions including personality changes, emotional and behavioral problems and learning difficulties.
The interaction between brain damage and personality changes is well-documented. In some cases, industrious and hard-working people can become irresponsible and lazy. People who were once kind can become abrasive and difficult to manage. Adults may appear to fully recover physically while demonstrating the maturity of teenagers. Teenagers may develop of disinhibition syndrome, behaving impulsively and inappropriately.
These harms may seem less serious than other harms that can come from brain injuries — but the consequences of a significant personality shift can completely change the course of an injured person’s life.
To minimize the long-term consequences of such an injury, it is important to recognize the early signs of a brain injury. Nausea, persistent headaches, sudden sleepiness and slurred speech are among the initial symptoms. Immediate treatment is essential. Damage caused by the swelling and bleeding is often permanent and irreversible, which means that addressing the problem quickly can help to mitigate the long-term consequences.
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Trevor Mark Thomas - How I wrote my first novel
Trevor Mark Thomas
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Manchester-based author Trevor Mark Thomas reveals the strain and the pain of having his debut novel published
Trevor Mark Thomas - known as Mark - right, at a book reading after the launch of his first novel, The Bothy
I first started to write years ago. It was to be a modern science fiction novel in the vein of JG Ballard. I got about forty pages in and decided to look back at what I had written. It was dreadful. Page upon page of turgid, overwritten prose. However, among the dross, every now and then, I'd see a sentence which worked. Generally, the "good" sentences were short, clean, and sparse. Most importantly, they felt as if they had been written by someone else. Being a bloody-minded sort, I kept going. Grinding through novel after failed novel. Trying different genres on for size. Slowly, slowly improving.
About four years ago, I reached a point in my life when I realised I had one more shot at doing something I really cared about. Above all else, I wanted to get a novel published. I felt that achieving this would, in some small sense, make my time on this planet worthwhile. So, after (irresponsibly) quitting my job, and (responsibly) moving back north with my girlfriend, I decided to do a Masters in creative writing at the Manchester Writing School. To pass the MA, you had to complete a 60,000 word novel in two years.
I started the course with no idea of what I wanted to write. I had no story. No characters. In a panic, I decided to list some scenes, images, and characters I thought would be interesting. At the time I was living in the Peak District. I did a lot of walking and loved the loneliness and beauty of the place. I decided I wanted to set the book there. Over about three sleepless nights, I slowly worked out how all these elements might link together. Loosely, the story is about an innocent with a dark secret. He walks in to The Bothy, an isolated pub filled with bad people. All hell breaks loose. That was all I had. The other books I had tried to write had all been carefully planned and they had all failed. So I decided to change my approach. There would be no plan this time. Instead, I would have the characters in my book tell me their story.
It was an exciting, exhilarating process. The characters took over and forced the story in the direction they wanted. These imaginary people did things that shocked me. They said things that made me laugh. It was very odd. They weren't friends but I felt as if I knew them well.
Trevor Mark Thomas's first novel, The Bothy
I would not have been able to write The Bothy without the help and support of my loved ones. I asked a lot of them. Too much, sometimes. The worse thing was that the sacrifice would only be worth it if The Bothy ended up getting published. All I could do was to work as hard as possible.
I made sure I established a firm routine. I would walk the dog in the morning and think about what I wanted to achieve with the day's writing. After an hour and a half, I'd come home, make myself some strong tea, and start to write. The process was often emotionally exhausting. I got physically sick. I had stomach pains. Sleep became elusive. I had to deal with sudden and horrific drops in confidence. I was afraid that somehow I'd suddenly revert to the writer of turgid nonsense I had been years ago.
It took me about 18 months to write the first draft. I started by reading through the whole book in one sitting. Checking for pacing. Checking for weird continuity errors. Superfluous dialogue. I read it out loud. Listening carefully to the words. Checking the flow and rhythm of the sentences. After making changes, I'd start from the beginning again. I kept doing this until I got to a stage where it felt like I was reading the words of someone else. Finally, in August 2017, I handed in The Bothy for marking and hoped for the best.
After that, I spent the autumn sending the book off to agents. I got some okay responses, but it was mostly 'thanks, but no thanks'. However, after I received the marks for The Bothy, one of the lecturers on the course asked if I'd like to be published. I said yes. While jumping up and down with delight.
In January of this year, I received six copies of my first novel, sent over by my publisher, Salt. Holding the book in my hand for the first time stirred up many feelings. Pride. Wonder. Excitement. A little bit of sadness. It had taken a long time to reach that moment, and had caused a lot of frustration and heartache. But, when I saw the dedication I had written to my parents, I knew it had been worth it.
Mark's second novel, set the summer after the events depicted in The Bothy, is finished and he hopes it will be released next year.
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Achievements and challenges
January 2006 (Magazine)By Lex Hoogduin
The euro has very rapidly created a zone of monetary stability in Europe. The average inflation rate in the euro area has been a little above 2%. This is somewhat above the level of what the ECB defines as price stability, but a good performance in view of the increases in oil prices that have occurred. Even more remarkable is that longer-term market inflation expectations have consistently been close to levels compatible with price stability. Somehow, the ECB has become credible without having a track record of low inflation. What has helped is the clear mandate of the ECB, its independence and the careful preparation of a monetary policy strategy. The ECB may also have inherited some of the credibility of the most successful national central banks, the Bundesbank in particular. The world wide emphasis on the importance of low inflation and intense global competition has contained actual inflation.
There were some problems though. President Duisenberg had to show the ECB’s independence in practice, when the German minister of Finance loudly asked for an interest rate cut.
There has also been much discussion initially about the ECB’s transparency and the clarity and even meaning of its strategy. The ECB made many efforts to explain its policy decisions, its economic outlook and its strategy. There has in the meantime been an evaluation of the strategy, which basically confirmed the strategy with some clarification and minor changes. Over time, the ECB’s communication policy has been refined, with a publication of its forecasts as one of the most visible changes.
In the first years, when the euro depreciated strongly against the dollar there was a lot of debate and criticism surrounding it. This was also caused by deficiencies in the ECB’s communication.
Looking back, two things stand out. First, how irrelevant all the turmoil apparently has been for the ECB’s credibility. It has not really affected inflation expectations. Second, it is surprising how much attention at the time was paid to the euro’s depreciation. In the past we had also seen major swings in exchange rates without so much debate as this time. The more recent major appreciation of the euro has drawn far less attention. Have we learned quickly that such swings do not say much about maintaining price stability in the euro area?
Differences in inflation in the euro area have slightly fallen since the introduction of the euro rather than increased as sometimes thought. At the same time, no further major convergence of price levels has taken place. There appears to remain some potential for further price level convergence in the years to come.
One hard to quantify benefit of the single currency is its contribution to maintaining stability in the euro area when external shocks occur. We have witnessed oil price increases, the aftermath of the Asian and Russian crises, September 11 2001, and the bursting of the internet bubble. Without the euro these shocks would certainly have been amplified by creating tensions among European currencies.
The euro has reduced transaction costs of trading in euro area markets. This has stimulated the integration of financial markets, most clearly of the interbank markets and derivate markets. The issued amount of corporate bonds has increased strongly, admittedly from very low levels. Bond markets in general have become more liquid.
Trade in goods and services among euro area countries, has increased since 1999. The average of imports and exports of euro area countries to other euro area countries amounted to 11.3% of GDP in the period 1993-1998. This number rose to 14.4% in the years 1999-2004.
It has been argued that the euro would lead to increased regional specialisation in the euro area, making it more sensitive to sector specific shocks, making the ECB’s life more difficult. The European Commission defended the opposite view. Although it is too early to draw definite conclusions, there are indications that specialisation has somewhat increased in the euro area. At the same time this has not led to an increase in GDP-growth differentials between euro area countries.
The ECB has established itself as a major central bank. it will continue to face challenges in monetary policy like other central banks do. In addition to that the institutional set up of monetary policy making in Europe will evolve. An important issue is the possible development of specialisation among the ECB and national central banks and a possible trend towards centralisation of monetary policy operations and possibly also of some aspects of policy preparation. This could imply smaller national central banks, both in terms of staff and balance sheets.
The euro could provide even more benefits if remaining impediments to market integration were to be removed. A follow-up to the financial services action plan and an opening up of the markets for services would be helpful. It also entails taking steps towards a more European organisation of supervision of the financial sector.
The above challenges are important, but not decisive for the longer term viability of the euro as a strong currency. Three other challenges are not only important for further increasing the benefits of the euro, but may be crucial for its viability in the longer run. A stable currency requires sustainable fiscal policies. The stability and growth pact was supposed to ensure this. The weakening of this pact following the non compliance with it has raised doubts whether it will. This will not immediately undermine the euro, but over time it may, step by step. The fiscal framework should be taken more seriously. In the end this may require more power for the European Commission.
The structural growth rate of the European economy is low. Whereas productivity growth in the US has accelerated over the past decade, in Europe it has fallen. This is mainly due to a more productive application in the US services sector of information and communication technology (ICT) than in Europe. Adapting to a new production structure proves to be a slow process in Europe. Structural reforms to make Europe better adaptable to change are urgently needed.
It was hoped that the introduction of the euro would stimulate structural reforms. The reasoning was that if European economies were not made more flexible, the loss of the interest rate as a policy instrument would be rather costly. The euro would force structural reforms on countries. It did not so far. Without more dynamism in euro area economies, economic growth will remain weak structurally and the euro will not function optimally in the long run.
Finally, it has been argued that the single currency can only survive in the long run if Europe develops more social cohesion, also reflected in steps towards more political union. If this is true, and the jury is still out on it, recent developments in Europe are in the wrong direction. Europe has become less popular. A vision of what Europe should be and where it should go from where it stands is missing. The good news, however, is that the process of European integration has always been plagued by setbacks, but then always made further progress. It may well be the same in the years to come. As in the past, favourable economic conditions, even if cyclical, may turn setback into progress. The current outlook is for a cyclical upswing in Europe next year.
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Posted by Kingston Liberal Democrats | Updated 2018-11-30
New Malden has been home to a large Korean population since the 1980s with approximately 20,000 now living in the local area. Below is a bitesize history of New Malden and how it became London’s Little Korea.
There are currently approximately 53,000 Koreans in the U.K including 18,000 Korean students. It is the largest Korean community across Europe.
The first Korean association was formed in 1958. The association accepted membership of the people who studied in Britain for more than three months. In 1965, it was developed into a Korean Residents Association that included not only Korean students but also Korean residents. At that time, only 200 Koreans were here in UK.
In the 1970s, the number of businesses operated by Korean companies increased dramatically, and the staff of the companies joined the Association.
New Malden had a fantastic and regular train service to central London and began to attract Koreans due to its relatively cheap housing prices in its early days.
The Korean town, which began to grow with the increase in Korean immigration for 10 years from the late 1980s, expanded rapidly, especially between 1996 and 1997. However, due to 1997 financial crisis in Korea, 60 percent of Koreans in New Malden returned to Korea.
Recently, the visa screening process has been tightened, and the growth rate has slowed down again. New Malden is the most populated area among Koreans in Europe. There are about 20,000 Koreans living here.
The BBC featured New Malden as part of an article and named it “London's Little Korea”.
More than 30 fantastic Korean restaurants in New Malden.
Almost 100 Korean shops including:
supermarkets, estate agents, travel agencies, study centres, hair salons and barbers
Korea Food, with its headquarters in New Malden, is considered one of the most successful companies in the local area. The company, which has been in business for more than 15 years, operates a chain of wholesalers selling Korean ingredients such as noodles, Tofu, and kimchi, and has eleven grocery stores in the UK.
At first, it was targeting Korean customers, but later it expanded its business to including traditional Chinese food and has become famous among British people.
Korean Associations in New Malden have donated hundreds to thousand pounds to Kingston Council and Kingston Hospital, funds which are usually raised through Korean festivals, including food festivals, various Korean cultural events and golf events.
Earlier this year, local resident Jaesung Ha became the first Korean to be elected as a Councilor in London. He is keen to get more Koreans involved in local politics, and build on New Malden’s reputation as an open, tolerant place to live.
“New Malden is a fantastic place to live — it is cosmopolitan, and continues to retain its village reputation. Going forward, I want to continue to build on New Malden’s reputation as both open and vibrant whilst involving more of the Korean community in local politics.”
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The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court
by Mollie Hemingway, Carrie Severino
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Justice Anthony Kennedy slipped out of the Supreme Court building on June 27, 2018, and traveled incognito to the White House to inform President Donald Trump that he was retiring, setting in motion a political process that his successor, Brett Kavanaugh, would denounce three months later as a “national disgrace” and a “circus.”
Justice on Trial, the definitive insider’s account of Kavanaugh’s appointment to the Supreme Court, is based on extraordinary access to more than one hundred key figures—including the president, justices, and senators—in that ferocious political drama.
The Trump presidency opened with the appointment of Neil Gorsuch to succeed the late Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. But the following year, when Trump drew from the same list of candidates for his nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, the justice being replaced was the swing vote on abortion, and all hell broke loose.
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Chamber of Commerce offers Brexit support to Warwickshire companies
Louise Bennett, the chief executive of the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce. Photo by Jamie Gray.
Published: 10:31 Updated: 11:03 Friday 24 June 2016
Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce is offering companies support on the back of the referendum verdict to leave the European Union.
The Chamber, which has been established for more than 110 years, announced ahead of the decision that it would be launching a Go For Growth Post Referendum Telephone Support line to go live on Monday, June 27 and advisers will be available to offer impartial support to businesses.
Joy in Portsmouth as Brexit campaigners celebrate a victory in the EU referendum vote
Louise Bennett, the chief executive of the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce, said: “The referendum has, in itself, caused a great deal of uncertainty within the economy and while we now have a verdict, the uncertainty will continue due to the fact that we don’t know the process and the timescales of the exit.
“We have already seen the market reaction to this and that will be of major concern to businesses and individuals and that means we are going to need very strong leadership at all levels.
“The first priority is ensuring stability – this, above politics, has to be put first.
“Chamber members were split on what outcome they wanted but a leave vote was always going to be the most difficult to mitigate but that’s not to say that it should put business growth on hold – but it does mean we need clarity on how we move forward and clear and decisive action.
“We decided we would launch the hotline whatever the outcome in order to offer impartial advice. In the short term, other than the uncertainty, nothing should technically change but as we have seen previously confidence is key and it’s vitally important that we get a proper plan to deal with this verdict.
“So we wanted to offer businesses the reassurance that they can grow and prosper and go ahead with their plans for expansion.
“In the long term, of course, it’s vital that the government negotiates the very best deal for the UK and one that puts our opportunities to trade with the EU and the rest of the world at the very centre of our exit strategy.
“Again, our exporters should get in touch if they have any concerns or, indeed, if they see this as an opportunity to expand their horizons when it comes to international trade.
“The team based here in the Chamber’s International Trade Hub will be able to offer guidance on that.
“However, we are anticipating lots of questions on what this will mean for the future around trade with the EU, regulations, staffing where businesses have employees from the EU and a whole host of other issues this will throw up.
“In the short term, the answer is nothing should technically change but we are going to need very clear answers.”
Smaller businesses in Warwickshire and Coventry have stresssed the need for economic stablility.
Paul Rogers, Warwickshire & Coventry Chairman at the Federation of Small Businesses, said: “Smaller businesses up and down the country now need a focus on economic certainty and stability.
“In light of the result this morning there has been a shock to the market with the pound falling to its lowest level against the dollar since September 1985.
“Today we call on the Government and the Bank of England to urgently put in place measures to prevent any further instability negatively impacting small businesses in the UK.
“Small firms need to know what this means for access to the single market as soon as possible.
“The people have spoken, with a 72 per cent turnout, and taken the decision to leave the EU.”
A language services company based in Leamington has fears over the impact Brexit will have on its business sector.
Isabella Moore CBE of Leamington Spa based Association of Translation Companies member, Comtec Translations Ltd, comments: “As an organisation whose members are focused on supporting companies internationally with their language service needs, we are concerned and disappointed by the results of yesterday’s referendum.
“A survey of the UK’s language service providers, which are responsible for more than 12,000 jobs, showed that an exit from Europe will have direct impact on the sector.
“More than two thirds said their businesses with EU-based enterprises will be compromised by a UK departure, while fifty per cent revealed nearly one third of their current revenue is generated from customers based in other EU countries.
“We are already facing a record UK trade deficit and an exit from the EU will further feed into that narrative making it even harder for the UK to close to improve its export performance with Europe and the rest of the world.”
The number to contact the Chamber of Commerce is 024 7665 4321 – ask for business support - and more information is available at http://www.cw-chamber.co.uk
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Hyperledger Welcomes Nine New Members to its Expanding Enterprise Blockchain Community
By The Linux Foundation March 27, 2019 Press Release
Advances Collaboration with Growing Portfolio of Working Groups and Cross-Industry Special Interest Groups
SAN FRANCISCO (March 27, 2019) – Hyperledger, an open source collaborative effort created to advance cross-industry blockchain technologies, today announced that nine organizations have joined the community. The new members, which includes the first general members from Malaysia and Saudi Arabia, further strengthen the global support for the leading enterprise blockchain project.
Hyperledger is a multi-venture, multi-stakeholder effort hosted at the Linux Foundation that includes various enterprise blockchain and distributed ledger technologies. With the support of its fast-growing and increasingly diverse community, the organization announced the expansion of its portfolio of Special Interest Groups (SIGs), with the addition of the Hyperledger Social Impact SIG, Hyperledger Trade Finance Special Interest Group and, most recently, Telecom SIG. Hyperledger also welcomed the Smart Contract Working Group. Additionally, Hyperledger released two case studies offering a detailed look at Walmart’s unprecedented advancement of the food supply chain industry using Hyperledger Fabric and British Columbia’s efforts to cut government red tape with Hyperledger Indy.
“Our growing line-up of members and cross-community and cross-industry groups all point to the value of collaborative development, particularly for enterprise blockchain technologies,” said Brian Behlendorf, Executive Director, Hyperledger. “As our Walmart and British Columbia case studies demonstrate, blockchain creates common ground for a network of stakeholders, adding value for everyone in the process. We view our community-based, open source approach in the same light, encouraging cross-industry collaboration at every turn. We welcome our newest members and look forward to their contributions to the community’s efforts.”
Hyperledger allows organizations to create solid, industry-specific applications, platforms and hardware systems to support their individual business transactions by offering enterprise-grade, open source distributed ledger frameworks and code bases. The latest general members to join the community are Altavoz, Flowchain, Limar Global, PeerNova, Inc., Quant Network, ReGov Technologies Sdn. Bhd, Securitize and Silicon Valley Bank.
Hyperledger supports an open community that values contributions and participation from various entities. As such, pre-approved non-profits, open source projects and government entities can join Hyperledger at no cost as associate members. Associate members joining this month include Auburn University RFID Lab.
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“When Altavoz began accepting Bitcoin in 2013, we came to understand the importance of blockchain through the forest of cryptocurrencies,” said Altavoz CEO Nelson Jacobsen. “This led to work with the entertainment trade group, MusicBiz.org, on crypto and blockchain educational issues for artists, labels and music distribution companies. Joining the Linux Foundation and Hyperledger is the right next step for the growth of blockchain in the entertainment industry, and we look forward to being a part of Hyperledger’s efforts to create an open standard for distributed ledger technology.”
Flowchain
“Flowchain is excited to be a Hyperledger member,” said Jollen Chen, founder & CEO, Flowchain. “As a distributed ledger for peer-to-peer IoT networks and real-time data transactions, Flowchain’s design and architecture achieve advanced performance in both time and messages size compared to traditional distributed ledger technologies. By joining Hyperledger, Flowchain is ready to move to the next level and build up more application scenarios for IoT and AI industries. We are also looking forward to collaborating with more open-source based teams to evolve blockchain solutions.”
Limar Global
“We are pleased to join Hyperledger and to be the first Saudi company to join this global member community,” said Abdulellah M. Alnahdi, co-founder/director of Limar Global Technology. “Our team has been inspired by the Vision of 2030 for digital transformation of our country. Limar Global Tech aims to be a leader in the technological developments of Saudi Arabia and we realize that Hyperledger is the perfect community for our government and private sector to leverage for this digital transformation. We strive to bring forth the best for our people and working with the Hyperledger community will allow us to accelerate the use of DLT in our country. Whether its eHealth, Supply Chain management, or government services, we strive to adopt use cases that will ultimately make people’s lives easier. Our mission is to simplify life with advanced technologies and to help create a digital state that serves the greater good in our country. We look forward to collaborating with the Hyperledger community members and contributing to the greater cause of trusted networks.”
PeerNova, Inc.
We are excited to join the Hyperledger community,” said Gangesh Ganesan, PeerNova President & CEO. “Our Cuneiform® Platform is built on principles of interoperability across existing financial and market infrastructures. Joining the Hyperledger community allows us to continue developing a solution that works seamlessly with internal, external, and all emerging DLT networks to achieve end-to-end visibility in real-time while ensuring privacy and confidentiality.”
“We are honored to join Hyperledger and the Linux Foundation to contribute to open source software and provide domain expertise,” said Gilbert Verdian, CEO and founder, Quant Network. “We see the immense value of collaborating to bring mass adoption for blockchain technology and contributing with our Overledger operating system, which helps unlock the potential of blockchain technology by addressing interoperability between blockchains as well as existing networks. Our work is driven by the belief that collaboration makes the blockchain ecosystem stronger, which is why the majority of our code is open source. We believe it’s crucial to support the development of DLT solutions and Hyperledger projects for enterprises and developers. We are excited to join this community to both contribute and help customers and users around the world benefit from this transformational technology.”
ReGov Technologies Sdn. Bhd.
“We are excited to be the first general member of Hyperledger in Malaysia,” said Datuk Paul Khoo, Founder and CEO of ReGov Technologies Sdn Bhd. “The goal is to infuse and grow the capabilities of Hyperledger within the Malaysian public and private sector to build trust and accountability while streamlining processes to reduce cost. Leveraging the ecosystem of Hyperledger, ReGov will drive change using this next-generation technology to improve transparency and governance within all organisational spheres in Malaysia.”
“At Securitize, we believe all financial products will eventually adopt blockchain,” said Carlos Domingo, CEO & co-founder, Securitize. “As a leading technology platform for financial products, we see our membership in Hyperledger as a logical, evolutionary step in order to properly provide services to financial institutions on both permission-based and private blockchains.”
“We could not be more excited to join the Linux Foundation and Hyperledger and do our part to advance the Open Source community,” said Dave Kochbeck, Chief Scientist, Silicon Valley Bank. “As the leading financial services institution for the innovation economy, it is critically important that we go beyond the transaction to engage deeply in the technical communities that will help shape the future of financial services and how we work with and support our clients.”
About Hyperledger
Hyperledger is an open source collaborative effort created to advance cross-industry blockchain technologies. It is a global collaboration including leaders in finance, banking, Internet of Things, supply chains, manufacturing and Technology. The Linux Foundation hosts Hyperledger under the foundation. To learn more, visit: https://www.hyperledger.org/.
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The Artists Have the Keys
Taking as his inspiration the furniture and fittings that Ernö Goldfinger designed for 2 Willow Road, leading British artist Ryan Gander has created new works that are now exhibited interspersed with the collection in the architect’s Modernist home.
Goldfinger was a Hungarian-born architect and designer of furniture who is most notably remembered for his residential tower blocks, part of the government’s attempt to solve the housing shortage after World War II. Among his most iconic buildings were the 27-floor Balfron Tower in the East End of London and the 31-floor Trellick Tower in North Kensington which are both fine examples of Brutalist architecture.
One audio-visual work in the exhibition (A flawed and wounded man bleeding frames onto a page) is a performance of a children’s book written by Gander, entitled The Boy Who Always Looked Up, about Goldfinger’s relationship to Trellick Tower. The work is a dramatic radio play, filmed in a professional recording studio, incorporating a live performance using sound effect props to accompany the narrative.
Goldfinger designed 2 Willow Road for himself and his family in 1939 and the house contains the Goldfingers' impressive collection of modern art, intriguing personal possessions and innovative furniture. Gander’s works draw on the objects designed and assembled by the Goldfinger family, so a small self-assembly moneybox, secreted upstairs in a bedroom, has been made using the same slot-together technique used by Elizabeth Goldfinger for the lounge chairs in 2 Willow Road itself.
Location: 2 Willow Road, Hampstead, London NW3 1TH
www.nationaltrust.org.uk, 020 7435 6166
Opening Hours: Wednesdays-Sundays, 11am-5pm (last admission at 4.30pm)
Entry to 2 Willow Road is by tour only for the first part of the day. Tours at 11am, 12pm, 1pm and 2pm are filled on a first come, first served basis at the door on the day itself. Alternatively, you can explore independently from 3pm. Last entry is at 4.30pm.
Admission: National Trust admission charges are: adult £6, child £3 and family £15.
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Here's a tax increase Republican lawmakers support
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans in Congress don't usually fight for tax increases, especially ones that are part of President Barack Obama's healthcare law.
But GOP senators balked when Democrats proposed delaying a new temporary fee on everyone covered by health insurance.
So employers, insurance companies and other health plan sponsors are in line to pay $63 a person next year for everyone who has coverage. The temporary fee covers all workers, spouses and dependents covered by health insurance.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., proposed delaying the fee in recent budget talks with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. McConnell and other Republican senators objected; the fee was left intact.
GOP senators complained the delay was basically a favor for labor unions, traditional Democratic allies that oppose the new fee.
"It's beyond ironic that the mantra from the president and the Democrats has been, 'There can't be any changes to Obamacare. After all, it's the law of the land,'" said Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa. "And then big labor comes along and wants a change and, lo and behold, there's got to be a change."
But also opposing the fee are large employers, traditional Republican allies, even though in many cases the fee probably will be passed on to workers.
"It's a sizable expense. For some of my employers it's millions of dollars a year, and we don't get anything from it," said Gretchen Young, senior vice president for health policy at the ERISA Industry Committee, a group that represents large employers on benefits issues. "It's definitely not solely a union issue."
Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., said the proposed delay was meant to balance Republican demands for other changes to the health law. Republicans in Congress have been attacking the law since it was passed in 2010, and earlier this month they forced a partial government shutdown over Obama's refusal to negotiate changes.
Cardin said he didn't want any changes in the law to be part of the deal for reopening the government and extending the country's ability to borrow. In the end, the only change was an income verification procedure for people applying for tax credits to help them purchase health insurance.
The temporary fee on people with health insurance is designed to raise $25 billion over the next three years.
The money will provide a cushion for insurers from the initial hard-to-predict costs of covering previously uninsured people with medical problems. Under the law, insurers will be forbidden, effective Jan. 1, 2014, to turn away applicants who are ill.
Insurance companies hit by unexpectedly high costs for insuring people with medical conditions will be able to tap the fund, which will be administered by the Department of Health and Human Services. The fund will mainly benefit companies participating in state-based health insurance exchanges.
The fee will total $12 billion in 2014, $8 billion in 2015 and $5 billion in 2016. That means the per-head assessment would be smaller each year, around $40 in 2015 instead of $63.
It is being assessed on all "major medical" insurance plans, including those provided by employers and those purchased individually by consumers. About 150 million workers, spouses and dependents are covered under employer-sponsored health plans.
Large employers will pay the fee directly. That's because major companies are usually self-insured, with the health insurance company that workers deal with basically acting as an agent administering the plan.
Unions that operate multi-employer health plans also will pay the fee. More than 20 million union workers and family members are covered by such plans.
These unions and large employers argue that they shouldn't have to pay the fee because they won't benefit from the fund.
The AFL-CIO passed a resolution at its convention this year calling for the fee to be repealed. Large employers are fighting the fee, too. But, Young noted, the political atmosphere in Congress, especially when it comes to the health care law, will make it difficult to win any changes.
"The Affordable Care Act is now kind of a third rail," said Young, referring to the law's formal name. "If it wasn't before, it is even more so now."
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Daniel Merriweather Buy This Song
Daniel Merriweather
Daniel Paul Merriweather (born 17 February 1982) is an Australian R&B recording artist who has worked as a featured vocalist for other artists and has a solo career. His guest vocals are included on album tracks by Disco Montego, Mark Ronson and Phrase. His collaborations with Ronson led to working in the United Kingdom including lead vocals on Ronson's cover version of The Smiths' song "Stop Me" in 2007. Merriweather's debut solo album, Love & War, was released in June 2009. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number two. It was preceded by two singles, "Change" and "Red", which both made the top 10 on the related singles chart. Merriweather has won two ARIA Music Awards, Best Urban Release in 2005 for "She's Got Me" and Best Male Artist in 2009 for Lo… more »
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Yesterday I made you cry
It didn't even phase me when your tears rolled down
I was so convinced that I was right
That you never even tried to bring me 'round
And these rules are gettin' tangled in my body
These rules, it's gonna hurt when you pull them out
Look at what you made do
I was only tryin' to save the world
That I forgot about askin' you
But look at what you made me say
I'm usin' crosswords on the radio tellin' you to change your ways
Look at what I've become
Thought I was everythin' you dreamed of
But you were dreamin' of gettin' out
And now I can't get my ass off the couch
Nicotine and alcohol
Anythin' to fill the hole 'cause it's all too much
There's nothin' I can talk about
Of course I'm gonna shut you out
I can hardly blame you 'cause you got me stuck, yeah
But these rules are gettin' tangled in my body
I was just about to save the world
And look at what I've become
And now I can't get my ass off the couch because of you
I made you fly away, made you leave today but you never know
How these rules got tangled in our bodies
But look at what you made do
Written by: CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN BOTTI
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
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Conservatives in Power: The Reagan Years, 1981-1989
A Brief History with DocumentsFirst Edition| ©2011 Meg Jacobs; Julian Zelizer
Ronald Reagan's election to the presidency in 1980 marked a victory for conservatism. But, as Meg Jacobs and Julian Zelizer point out in their introduction, once in power, conservatives discovered that implementing their agenda and reversing the liberalism entrenched in American government would not
Ronald Reagan's election to the presidency in 1980 marked a victory for conservatism. But, as Meg Jacobs and Julian Zelizer point out in their introduction, once in power, conservatives discovered that implementing their agenda and reversing the liberalism entrenched in American government would not be as easy as they had hoped. In this collection, Jacobs and Zelizer explore the successes and limitations of the so-called Reagan Revolution and chronicle its legacy through subsequent presidencies up to Barack Obama's election in 2008. More than 60 thematically organized documents -- some recently released -- illuminate conservatives' efforts to shift American politics to the right. These materials -- including speeches, memos, and articles from the popular press -- explore Reagan's personal evolution as a conservative leader, as well as Reaganomics, tax cuts, anticommunism, the arms race, the culture wars, and scandals such as Iran Contra. Photographs, document headnotes, a chronology, selected bibliography, and questions for consideration provide pedagogical support.
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“Meg Jacobs and Julian Zelizer have brought together a wide-ranging and impressive set of documents dealing with the 'Reagan Revolution.' They offer a fascinating and compulsively readable introduction to a key moment in recent American history, one that will provoke students to reflect more deeply about the important connections between the past and the present.”
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PART ONE. Introduction: Mr. Conservative Comes to Washington
From Movement to Governance
Conservatism since 1988
PART TWO. The Documents
Origins, 1957-1980
1. Ronald Reagan, Commencement Address at Eureka College, June 7, 1957
2. Ronald Reagan, A Time for Choosing, October 27, 1964
3. Ronald Reagan, Campaign Speech at the Cow Palace, San Francisco, May 12, 1966
4. Ronald Reagan, California and the Problem of Government Growth, January 5, 1967
5. Ronald Reagan, Speech to America, March 31, 1976
6. Newt Gingrich, Campaign Speech to College Republicans in Atlanta, June 24, 1978
7. Ronald Reagan, Speech at Neshoba County Fair, August 3, 1980
Reaganomics, 1981
8. Ronald Reagan, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981
9. Ronald Reagan, Address to the Nation on the Economy, February 5, 1981
10. Robert Michel, Letter to Republican Colleagues, May 29, 1981
11. Ronald Reagan, Air Traffic Controllers Strike, August 3, 1981
12. William Greider, The Education of David Stockman, December 1981
Mobilizing on the Political Left and Right, 1982
13. Elizabeth H. Dole, Black Strategy, February 24, 1982
14. William F. Sittmann, Summer Alternatives, May 5, 1982
15. Elizabeth H. Dole, Conservative Social Agenda, March 9, 1982
16. John T. (Terry) Dolan, Letter to James Baker, August 12, 1982
17. Ronald Reagan, Letter to Barry Goldwater, September 7, 1982
18. Lee Atwater, “The Gender Gap”: A Postelection Assessment, November 23, 1982
Morning in America: Reagan's Reelection, 1983-1985
19. Thomas P. O'Neill Jr., Campaign to Save Medicare/Medicaid, 1984
20. Ronald Reagan, Radio Address to the Nation on the Presidential Campaign, October 13, 1984
21. Ronald Reagan, Remarks of the President to the Twelfth Annual Conservative Political Action Conference, March 1, 1985
Domestic Culture Wars, 1986-1988
22. William J. Bennett, Completing the Reagan Revolution, July 8, 1986
23. Ronald Reagan, Address to the Nation on the Campaign against Drug Abuse, September 14, 1986
24. Edward M. Kennedy, Robert Bork's America, July 1, 1987
25. Gary L. Bauer, Issues Update - Taxes and the Budget, October 23, 1987
26. Frank J. Donatelli, “Selfishness” as a 1988 Campaign Issue, January 6, 1988
27. Ronald Reagan, 1988 Legislative and Administrative Message: A Union of Individuals, January 25, 1988
Reagan's Foreign Policy: Peace through Strength, 1980-1983
28. Ronald Reagan, A Strategy for Peace in the Eighties, October 19, 1980
29. Alexander M. Haig Jr., Letter to Brezhnev, September 18, 1981
30. Minutes of National Security Council Meeting on Strategy toward Cuba and Central America, November 10, 1981
31. A Public Affairs Program to Support the Administration's Nuclear Policy, May 5, 1982
32. National Security Council, Directive No. 75 on U.S. Relations with the USSR, January 17, 1983
33. Ronald Reagan, “Evil Empire” Speech, March 8, 1983
34. Ronald Reagan, Address to the Nation on Defense and National Security, March 23, 1983
Setbacks and Victories in Foreign Affairs, 1983-1984
35. Robert C. Byrd and Thomas P. O'Neill Jr., Letter to President Reagan, July 28, 1983
36. CBS News/New York Times, Poll on Grenada and Lebanon Conflicts, October 28, 1983
37. William I. Greener III, Upcoming Movie on ABC, November 17, 1983
38. Ronald Reagan, Remarks at a Ceremony Commemorating the Fortieth Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion, D-Day, June 5, 1984
39. Debate between Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale, October 21, 1984
International Negotiations and Covert Missions, 1985-1986
40. Ronald Reagan, Letter to Mikhail Gorbachev, March 11, 1985, and Alexander Yakovlev, Memo on Reagan, March 12, 1985
41. Oliver North, Fallback Plan for the Nicaraguan Resistance, March 16, 1985
42. Memo on Conversation between Reagan and Gorbachev and Meeting While Leaders Walk, November 19, 1985
43. Oliver North and John M. Poindexter, Covert Action Finding Regarding Iran, January 17, 1986
44. Ronald Reagan, Address to the Nation on the Situation in Nicaragua, March 16, 1986
National Security Scandal and Success, 1986-1988
45. Caspar Weinberger, Oval Office Meeting on Iran-Contra, November 10, 1986
46. Ronald Reagan, Address to the Nation on the Iran Arms and Contra Aid Controversy, March 4, 1987
47. Ronald Reagan, Remarks on East-West Relations at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, June 12, 1987
48. Ronald Reagan, Address to the Nation on the Iran Arms and Contra Aid Controversy and Administration Goals, August 12, 1987
49. Arthur B. Culvahouse, Iran-Contra Congressional Reports, November 16, 1987
50. Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran-Contra Affair, Introduction to Iran-Contra Minority Report, 1987
51. Meeting of Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, December 8, 1987
52. Ronald Reagan, Remarks at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, December 16, 1988
Legacies, 1988-2009
53. George H. W. Bush, Acceptance Speech at the 1988 Republican National Convention, August 18, 1988
54. George H. W. Bush, “New World Order” Speech, September 11, 1990
55. Republican Party Leaders, Contract with America, 1994
56. William J. Clinton, Statement on Signing the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, August 22, 1996
57. George W. Bush, Acceptance Speech at the 2000 Republican National Convention, August 3, 2000
58. George W. Bush, Address on the U.S. Response to the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, September 20, 2001
59. George W. Bush, Eulogy at the National Funeral Service for Ronald Reagan, June 11, 2004
60. Michael Scherer, Right-Wingers Turn against Bush, February 9, 2006
61. Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson, A Political Odyssey, August 2, 2009
A Chronology of Ronald Reagan and Conservatism (1911-2004)
Questions for Consideration
Meg Jacobs
Meg Jacobs (PhD, University of Virginia) is an associate professor of history at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she specializes in twentieth-century American political history. Her first book, Pocketbook Politics: Economic Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America (2005), won the Organization of American Historian’s Ellis W. Hawley prize for the best book on political economy, politics, and institutions of the modern United States, as well as the New England History Association’s Best Book Award. With William J. Novak and Julian E. Zelizer, she is also a coeditor of The Democratic Experiment: New Directions in American Political History (2003).
Julian E. Zelizer
Julian E. Zelizer (PhD, Johns Hopkins University) is professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. His book, Taxing America: Wilbur D. Mills, Congress and the State, 1945-1975 (1998) won the Organization of American Historian’s Ellis W. Hawley prize for the best book on political economy, politics, and institutions of the modern United States, and the Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation’s D. B. Hardeman Prize for Best Publication on Congress. Zelizer is also the author of On Capitol Hill: The Struggle to Reform Congress and its Consequences, 1948-2000 (2004) and Arsenal of Democracy: The Politics of National Security--From World War II to the War on Terrorism (2010). With William J. Novak and Meg Jacobs, he is also a coeditor of The Democratic Experiment: New Directions in American Political History (2003).
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Hurricane Florence, on track to become the first Category 4 storm to make a direct hit on North Carolina in six decades, is howling closer to shore, threatening to unleash deadly pounding surf, days of torrential rain and severe flooding. Fierce winds and massive waves are expected to lash the coasts of North and South Carolina and Virginia even before Florence makes landfall on Friday, and its rains will take a heavy toll for kilometres inland, the National Hurricane Center in Miami warned on Tuesday. Although Florence is still days from arrival, authorities have taken extraordinary measures to move people out of harm's way. More than one million residents have been ordered to evacuate from coastal areas of the three states, closing university campuses, schools and factories. Packing maximum sustained winds of 225km/h, the storm ranked as a Category 4 on the five-step Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale and was expected to grow stronger and larger over the next few days, the NHC said. "This storm is a monster," North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said. "Even if you've ridden out storms before, this one is different. Don't bet your life on riding out a monster." He cited forecasts showing Florence was likely to stall over North Carolina, "bringing days and days of rain." To hasten evacuations from coastal South Carolina, officials reversed the flow of traffic on some highways so all major roads led away from shore. Miles of traffic slowed to a crawl along the main highway along North Carolina's Outer Banks barrier islands. Maps of Florence's trajectory showed the centre of the storm most likely to strike the southern coast of North Carolina. The last Category 4 hurricane to plow directly into North Carolina was Hazel in 1954, a devastating storm that killed 19 people and destroyed some 15,000 homes. But NHC spokesman Dennis Feltgen stressed the effects of Florence would be widely felt. Tropical storm-force winds would extend nearly 300 km across three states. A hurricane warning was posted for most of the Carolina coast north to the Virginia border. In addition to flooding the coast with wind-driven storm surges of seawater as high as four metres, Florence could dump 38-64cm of rain, with up to 90cm in some spots, forecasters said. Communities in Florence's path could be without electricity for weeks due to downed power lines and flooded equipment, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Brock Long said. Australian Associated Press
September 12 2018 - 9:21AM
'Monster' Florence to pummel US southeast
Ernest Scheyder
Hurricane Florence, on track to become the first Category 4 storm to make a direct hit on North Carolina in six decades, is howling closer to shore, threatening to unleash deadly pounding surf, days of torrential rain and severe flooding.
Fierce winds and massive waves are expected to lash the coasts of North and South Carolina and Virginia even before Florence makes landfall on Friday, and its rains will take a heavy toll for kilometres inland, the National Hurricane Center in Miami warned on Tuesday.
Although Florence is still days from arrival, authorities have taken extraordinary measures to move people out of harm's way. More than one million residents have been ordered to evacuate from coastal areas of the three states, closing university campuses, schools and factories.
Packing maximum sustained winds of 225km/h, the storm ranked as a Category 4 on the five-step Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale and was expected to grow stronger and larger over the next few days, the NHC said.
"This storm is a monster," North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said. "Even if you've ridden out storms before, this one is different. Don't bet your life on riding out a monster."
He cited forecasts showing Florence was likely to stall over North Carolina, "bringing days and days of rain."
To hasten evacuations from coastal South Carolina, officials reversed the flow of traffic on some highways so all major roads led away from shore. Miles of traffic slowed to a crawl along the main highway along North Carolina's Outer Banks barrier islands.
Maps of Florence's trajectory showed the centre of the storm most likely to strike the southern coast of North Carolina. The last Category 4 hurricane to plow directly into North Carolina was Hazel in 1954, a devastating storm that killed 19 people and destroyed some 15,000 homes.
But NHC spokesman Dennis Feltgen stressed the effects of Florence would be widely felt. Tropical storm-force winds would extend nearly 300 km across three states. A hurricane warning was posted for most of the Carolina coast north to the Virginia border.
In addition to flooding the coast with wind-driven storm surges of seawater as high as four metres, Florence could dump 38-64cm of rain, with up to 90cm in some spots, forecasters said.
Communities in Florence's path could be without electricity for weeks due to downed power lines and flooded equipment, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Brock Long said.
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Warriors: Game 5 is critical beyond finishing…
Warriors: Game 5 is critical beyond finishing off Clippers
The Warriors want to maximize rest and prepration before presumably playing the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference semifinals
OAKLAND, CA – APRIL 23: Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry #30 laughs during practice at the Rakuten Performance Center in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The Warriors play the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 5 of the Western Conference playoffs on Wednesday at Oracle Arena. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA – APRIL 23: Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr speaks to the media after practice at the Rakuten Performance Center in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The Warriors play the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 5 of the Western Conference playoffs on Wednesday at Oracle Arena. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA – APRIL 23: Golden State Warriors’ Kevin Durant #35 practices at the Rakuten Performance Center in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The Warriors play the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 5 of the Western Conference playoffs on Wednesday at Oracle Arena. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA – APRIL 23: Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry #30 practices at the Rakuten Performance Center in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The Warriors play the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 5 of the Western Conference playoffs on Wednesday at Oracle Arena. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA – APRIL 23: Golden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson #11 and Stephen Curry #30 practice at the Rakuten Performance Center in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The Warriors play the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 5 of the Western Conference playoffs on Wednesday at Oracle Arena. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA – APRIL 23: Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry #30 practices with assistant coach Bruce Fraser at the Rakuten Performance Center in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The Warriors play the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 5 of the Western Conference playoffs on Wednesday at Oracle Arena. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA – APRIL 23: Golden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson #11 speaks to the media after practice at the Rakuten Performance Center in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The Warriors play the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 5 of the Western Conference playoffs on Wednesday at Oracle Arena. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA – APRIL 23: Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry #30 is seen through a video tripod as he speaks to the media after practice at the Rakuten Performance Center in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The Warriors play the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 5 of the Western Conference playoffs on Wednesday at Oracle Arena. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA – APRIL 23: Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry #30 takes a break at the end of practice at the Rakuten Performance Center in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The Warriors play the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 5 of the Western Conference playoffs on Wednesday at Oracle Arena. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA – APRIL 23: Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry #30 speaks to the media after practice at the Rakuten Performance Center in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The Warriors play the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 5 of the Western Conference playoffs on Wednesday at Oracle Arena. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
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OAKLAND – By taking a plunge into the Pacific Ocean, Klay Thompson did not just feel more refreshed. He also inspired the Warriors and presumably their fans on ensuring that they live their best life.
“With it being Earth Day yesterday, I hope more people now will get out, especially the younger generation,” Thompson said following practice on Tuesday. “We, including myself, have a tough time with technological devices & addiction.”
How can Thompson and the Warriors enjoy more relaxing days like they did on the team’s day off on Monday? Easy. The Warriors need to win Game 5 of their first-round series against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday at Oracle Arena.
By doing that, the Warriors would cement both their first-round series and carve out extra rest days before playing in the Western Conference semifinals. That opponent appears to be the Houston Rockets, which play Game 5 of their first-round series against Utah on Wednesday with a 3-1 series lead.
“That’s a big deal,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “Any chance you get during the playoffs for some rest, you have to try to get that. It’s a long haul. If you go to the Finals, that’s almost two months. The more we can have time in between for preparation and rest, the better that serves us going forward.”
If the Warriors and Rockets both close out on Game 5, the series could start as early as Saturday or Sunday. If one of the teams extend their series longer, the series could start as late as Monday or Tuesday.
“From a stress perspective, it’s always nice to win in four or five games,” Thompson said. “Six, seven games, the fans love it. We love it, too. But we’d rather end it quickly. It’s such a long year that any day’s rest you can get, it’s beneficial in the long run.”
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The Warriors would benefit in different ways.
The Warriors insist Draymond Green feels fine with his right wrist contusion after an MRI taken came out clean. The Warriors also downplayed veterans Andre Iguodala and Andrew Bogut logging heavier minutes in the postseason (25, 16.3 respectively) than in the regular season (23.2, 12.2 respectively). Yet, they would have extra days to rest and recover. With Kevin Durant having five technical fouls away from serving a one-game suspension, he would have one less game to collect another one.
Lastly, the Warriors would have more time to rest and prepare against a Rockets team that could threaten their chances in winning their fourth NBA championship in the past five years. Unlike when they survived last year’s seven-game series in the Western Conference Finals, the Warriors could face a healthier James Harden and Chris Paul.
“They’re a great team. They have two Hall of Fame guards in the backcourt. Everyone else has carved out a nice role,” Thompson said of the Rockets. “I know they’re itching to get another shot at us. When two teams meet like that when the stakes are that high, it makes for the best basketball in the world.”
(Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
To maximize their chances, the Warriors admit they would like the extra days to rest and prepare. They have extensive history on anticipating the benefits.
During the Warriors’ 2015 NBA title run, they eight days between the first round and Western Conference semifinals as well as a week between the Western Conference Finals and NBA Finals. When they won again in 2017, the Warriors had eight days between the first and second round, six days between the second and third and 10 days between the Western Conference Finals and NBA Finals.
“You try to balance rest, staying sharp and keeping your conditioning,” Stephen Curry said.
The Warriors also try to balance between preparing for a future opponent without forgetting about their current one.
“We watch every game and understand what’s going on. We may not be as tuned and focused on the details. But I like watching basketball in general. It doesn’t really matter who’s on,” Curry said. “It’s really not hard at all. We know what Houston’s about and we know what Utah’s about and their style of play. At this point, there really isn’t anything different jumping off the TV.”
First things first, though. The Warriors need to eliminate the Clippers. During their past four trips to the NBA Finals, the Warriors have gone 12-4 in closeout games. And yet…
“Closeout games are always difficult,” Kerr said. “Both teams at this point have a really good feel for one another and strategically what each one is trying to do. I think the Clippers are going to come out flying around. They have nothing to lose.”
The Clippers have played that way in the entire first round. They baited Durant into an ejection in Game 1. They overcame a 31-point deficit to win Game 2. They have forced Curry into foul trouble (4.3 per game).Clippers guard Lou Williams posted 25 points in Game 1 and 36 points in Game 2.
Still, the Warriors have appeared more alert since the Clippers took home-court advantage in Game 2. Durant had breakout performances in Game 3 (38 points) and Game 4 (33). So did Thompson in Game 4 (22). Williams became inefficient in Game 3 (16 points on 4-of-11 shooting) and Game 4 (12 points on 2-of-10 shooting).
“We knew if we wouldn’t come out enough and play together and play hard, our talent probably wouldn’t be enough to beat them,” Bogut said. “I think it was exactly what we needed. The circumstances and the way it went down wasn’t ideal with being up [31] and losing [Game 2]. But I think a loss in this series has been good for us.”
The Warriors believe that loss gives them less reason to coast in Game 5. Then instead of flying back to Los Angeles for Game 6 on Friday, the Warriors could have more days like they did on Monday. Then, Thompson and teammates enjoyed the outdoors. So did the Warriors’ coaching staff after meeting to finalize Game 5 preparation.
Will they plunge into the water like Thompson did on Saturday in LA? Probably not. Yet, Kerr argues any chance to recharge “is an important aspect of the playoffs.”
“The ocean is probably the best way to clear your mind,” said Kerr, who swam in Santa Monica as a child and currently spends his offseasons in San Diego. “I know people joked about it and laughed about it because it’s Klay. But it made perfect sense to me.”
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Natural Bond
Handcrafted Oval Jade Dangle Earrings from Guatemala, 'Natural Bond'
Oval stones of natural, dark green jade form a bond in this pair of dangle earrings, adorning the ears with elegance. Guatemala's Jimenez Family works together to create this stunning accessory, crafted by hand with sterling silver that frames the stones.
925 sterling silver, jade
Kidney earwire
Free Jewelry Packaging? No
3.7 cm L x 1.2 cm W
Jewelry Earrings Jade Jewelry Silver Jewelry Sterling Silver Jewelry Dangle Jewelry Green Jewelry
Artfully crafted by Jimenez Family from Central America.
Jimenez Family
"They didn't know anything about it; they both come from farming backgrounds. But along with their children Saira, Maribel and Luis Estuardo, they ventured into the world of silver and jade.
Pedro and Esperanza took a huge chance when they decided to become jewelry artisans. They didn't know anything about it; in fact they both come from farming backgrounds. But along with their children Saira, Maribel and Luis Estuardo, they decided to venture into the world of silver and jade.
Pedro and Esperanza's story begins when on holiday in western Guatemala, Pedro – then 19 years old – met Esperanza, who was 17 years old. At the time, Esperanza washed and ironed clothes at the house of a woman whose son had a silversmith workshop. "One day I was busy carrying some corn when the silversmith’s wife called me over, and to my surprise told me she would like to offer Pedro a job!" recalls Esperanza.
"And that's how our journey into this wonderful world of jewelry began for us," says Pedro. "When I was 12 years old I had worked for a while with a weaver specializing on the pedal loom. We wove pieces to sell at the market in Antigua. It requires a lot of hard work and the rewards are few. So I gladly joined the silversmith for six years, during which time I learned a lot from him.
"Then we decided to set up our own workshop, where we could let our imagination and creativity run free, and we could work on our own designs."
Esperanza remembers that at first it wasn't easy. "Following your dreams can sometimes be difficult. In 1996 we managed to get a stand at an important fair in Peten, but we didn’t have that much money to get there. Pedro went anyway with very little money, which also had to do for room and food. Most of the time he ended up sleeping on the floor because he didn't have enough for a bed.
"I remember well another occasion, because it was my daughter’s birthday, when Pedro was on his way to deliver some products to a client and I'm not sure what happened, he either fell asleep or something, but the point is he got robbed. That was all the money we had and we were left with nothing, so I went back to washing and ironing for others, as well as looking after a private school in Antigua, where we lived there rent free. There was only one room and we were a family of five, and though it was cramped, it still felt like a palace. Previously we had lived in another place which didn't have a floor, so when it rained it would get very muddy and therefore uncomfortable.
"It's not all been bad. Through it all we've had a guardian angel looking after us and one day a gentleman offered us his little house. It had a room, a kitchen and a dining room, and it would be ours. The man didn’t know us, and yet he offered the house at a reasonable price which we could pay in installments. It took us eight years to pay for it, and it was a verbal agreement, without any lawyers or papers. We still live there, and little by little we have added to it so it's more comfortable and there's a place for the workshop.
"We are so proud to have provided our children with an education so they may grow up to be professionals and take our small family venture into new heights. We've developed a good working relationship in which everyone specializes in a different aspect and we complement each others' work:
"Luis Estuardo (now 20 years old) designs the jewelry, he is studying to become a graphic designer. Maribel (now 22) prefers to sell through our stand in the market, and Saira, who is 23, is about to graduate in business administration and she is already in charge of all things financial. Pedro refines our son’s designs to apply them specifically to jewelry, and I help with the administration and sales.
"We buy silver that has been recycled from different photographs, lithographs and films. They all have silver which is sensitive to light and it generates an image when exposed to light. However, since the image only uses part of the silver, the unexposed silver is removed and treated with a fixing solution. This is done for two reasons, it protects the environment and it is more economic. However, the silver obtained this way is fine silver (1000 rating), which is less firm and difficult to work with. So, we mix it with a copper alloy to obtain the sterling silver we all know, and we have the quality tested to prove it is of a .925 rating.
"All the jade we use, we are proud to say, is mined here in Guatemala, in the Zacapa region.
"We have managed to create a good team in which each of its members is extremely important to the proper functioning of our project."
This item was handmade in Central America. A girl in Guatemala, where UNICEF fights to prevent malnutrition among rural indigenous children.
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Industrial Sugar Market
HOME › Research Insight › Cargill Incorporation (U.S.) and Archer Daniels Midland (U.S.) are the leading player in the Industrial Sugar Market
Cargill Incorporation (U.S.) and Archer Daniels Midland (U.S.) are the leading player in the Industrial Sugar Market
The key players in the industrial sugar market include Cargill Incorporation (U.S.), Archer Daniels Midland (U.S.), Raizen SA (Brazil), Sudzucker AG (Germany), and Tereos (France), collectively accounting for a significant share in the industrial sugar market.
Acquisitions and expansions were the core strengths of the leading players of the industrial sugar market; these strategies were adopted by the players to increase their market presence. They also helped the players diversify their businesses geographically, strengthen distribution networks, and enhance their production capacities. Other players such as Nordzucker Group AG (Germany), Tongatt Hulett Sugar South Africa Limited (South Africa), Illovo Sugar (pty) Limited (South Africa), Dangotte Group (Nigeria), and E.I.D Parry (India) also have a strong presence in this market.
Cargill is involved in the manufacture and marketing of food, agricultural, and industrial products around the globe.The key business operation segments include agri-trading and processing; food ingredients and products; meat, poultry & eggs; farmer services; animal feed and nutrition; energy and nutrition; and financial. It offers industrial sugar through its food & beverage ingredients segment. The company has subsidiaries in 70 countries such as Cargill Australia Limited, Cargill Ghana Limited, Cargill Specialty Canola Oils (U.S.), The Mosaic Company (U.S.), Cargill Investments (China) Ltd, and others. It provides services in Africa, Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America, and the Middle East, which shows the presence of Cargill in the global market. Cargill invested in a food innovation center located in Plymouth, Minneapolis to meet consumer demands for food and nutrition. It acquired Archer Daniels Midland-ADM (U.S.) a global chocolate business for USD 440 million, which would help it to grow in other segments. It has also made an investment of USD 48 million to double the production capacity of its Belgian chocolate.
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) is engaged in the production of food ingredients, feed ingredients for livestock, alternative fuels, and naturally derived alternatives to industrial chemicals. The company’s products and services segment includes food sweeteners as sugar, which include different sugar products such as liquid sucrose, invert sugar, and granulated sugar. The company operates its business through several subsidiaries, such as Golden Peanut Company LLC (U.S.), ADM Milling (U.S.), ADM do Brasil Ltd. (Brazil), Wild Flavors, Inc. (U.S.), and ADM Hamburg AG (Germany). The company has opted for acquisition and expansion as it key strategies. The corn processing unit of Archer Daniels Midland-ADM (U.S.) acquired Eaststarch C.V (Netherlands) whose sweetener production facility would give the company a strong foothold and the company planned to expand its grind capacity, sweeteners, & starch capabilities at Turkey and Bulgaria corn facilities to meet the growing customer demand for sugar products.
Industrial Sugar Market by Type (White, Brown & Liquid), Form (Granulated, Powdered & Syrup), Application (Dairy, Bakery, Confectionery, Beverage, Canned & Frozen Foods, Other Food Items & Pharmaceuticals), Source (Cane Sugar, Beet Suger), and Region - Global Forecast to 2022
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CHAPTER 41 - ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS IN PARTICULAR CASES CONCERNING PERSONS
CLAIMS AGAINST STATE FOR SERVICES, ADVANCES AND REFUNDS
NRS 41.010 Commencement of action; service of summons upon State Controller.
NRS 41.020 Attorney General to defend; appeals.
NRS 41.030 State Controller to draw warrant upon final judgment.
LIABILITY OF AND ACTIONS AGAINST THIS STATE, ITS AGENCIES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
NRS 41.0305 “Political subdivision” defined.
NRS 41.0307 “Employee,” “employment,” “immune contractor,” “public officer” and “officer” defined.
NRS 41.0308 Volunteer crossing guard for county school district deemed employee of political subdivision of State if volunteer has completed approved training.
NRS 41.0309 Employee of or volunteer for public fire-fighting agency deemed employee of State or political subdivision of State.
Waiver of Sovereign Immunity
NRS 41.031 Waiver applies to State and its political subdivisions; naming State as defendant; service of process; State does not waive immunity conferred by Eleventh Amendment.
Conditions and Limitations on Actions
NRS 41.032 Acts or omissions of officers, employees and immune contractors.
NRS 41.0322 Actions by persons in custody of Department of Corrections to recover compensation for loss or injury.
NRS 41.0325 Negligence or willful misconduct of minor driver in legal custody of State.
NRS 41.0327 Injuries arising from acts incident to certain solicitations of charitable contributions.
NRS 41.033 Failure to inspect or discover hazards, deficiencies or other matters; inspection does not create warranty or assurance concerning hazards, deficiencies or other matters.
NRS 41.0331 Construction of fence or other safeguard around dangerous condition at abandoned mine.
NRS 41.0332 Acts or omissions of volunteer school crossing guards.
NRS 41.0333 Acts or omissions of members or employees of Nevada National Guard.
NRS 41.0334 Persons engaged in certain criminal acts in or on public buildings or vehicles; exceptions.
NRS 41.0335 Actions against certain officers and employees of political subdivisions for acts or omissions of other persons.
NRS 41.0336 Acts or omissions of firefighters or law enforcement officers.
NRS 41.03365 Actions concerning equipment or personal property donated in good faith to volunteer fire department.
NRS 41.0337 State or political subdivision to be named party defendant.
Legal Representation
NRS 41.03375 Definitions.
NRS 41.03377 “Local judicial officer” defined.
NRS 41.0338 “Official attorney” defined.
NRS 41.03385 “State judicial officer” defined.
NRS 41.0339 Circumstances under which official attorney to provide defense or employ special counsel.
NRS 41.0341 Time for filing responsive pleading.
NRS 41.03415 Determination by official attorney whether or not to tender defense.
NRS 41.0342 Arrangements and circumstances of defense not admissible in evidence.
NRS 41.0343 Waiver of attorney-client privilege may not be required.
NRS 41.03435 Employment of special counsel by Attorney General.
NRS 41.0344 Employment of special counsel by chief legal officer or attorney of political subdivision.
NRS 41.0345 Defense may be tendered to insurer authorized to defend action.
NRS 41.03455 Defendant may employ own counsel.
NRS 41.0346 Withdrawal of official attorney as attorney of record.
NRS 41.0347 Liability of State or political subdivision for failure to provide defense.
NRS 41.03473 Provisions providing for defense by official attorney do not abrogate, alter or affect immunity or protection provided by law.
Verdict, Judgment, Damages and Indemnification
NRS 41.03475 No judgment against State or political subdivision permitted for acts outside scope of public duties or employment; exception.
NRS 41.0348 Special verdict required.
NRS 41.0349 Indemnification of present or former public officer, employee, immune contractor or State Legislator.
NRS 41.035 Limitation on award for damages in tort actions.
NRS 41.036 Filing tort claim against State with Attorney General; filing tort claim against political subdivision with governing body; review and investigation by Attorney General of tort claim against State; regulations by State Board of Examiners.
NRS 41.037 Administrative settlement of claims or actions.
NRS 41.0375 Agreement to settle: Prohibited contents; required contents; constitutes public record; void under certain circumstances.
NRS 41.038 Insurance of officers, employees and immune contractors of State or local government against liability.
NRS 41.0385 Claims made against state agencies and local governments for tortious conduct: Annual filing of summary of claims with Secretary of State or clerk of local government; summaries of claims are public records.
NRS 41.039 Filing of valid claim against political subdivision condition precedent to commencement of action against immune contractor, employee or officer.
AWARD OF ATTORNEY’S FEES AND LITIGATION EXPENSES IN CRIMINAL ACTION IF POSITION OF STATE WAS VEXATIOUS, FRIVOLOUS OR IN BAD FAITH
NRS 41.0393 Grounds for award; application; eligibility; receipt of evidence and testimony; payment of award; payment of interest following unsuccessful appeal; definitions.
ACTION AGAINST STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION IN CONNECTION WITH CONFISCATION OF FIREARM
NRS 41.0395 Person from whom firearm is unlawfully confiscated may commence action against State or political subdivision responsible for confiscation; court in which action may be commenced; court shall award attorney’s fees and costs.
APPOINTMENT OF ELISORS
NRS 41.040 Appointment and bond of elisor.
NRS 41.050 Execution of process by elisor.
NRS 41.060 Arrest and confinement of sheriff in a civil action.
NRS 41.070 Powers, duties and fees of elisors.
GOVERNMENTAL PRIVILEGES, IMMUNITIES AND LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY
NRS 41.071 Legislative privilege and immunity for State Legislators.
NRS 41.075 Limitations on liability of Committee on Local Government Finance.
ACTIONS FOR DEATH BY WRONGFUL ACT OR NEGLECT
NRS 41.085 Heirs and personal representatives may maintain action.
LIABILITY OF PERSONS WHO USE DEADLY FORCE AGAINST INTRUDER IN RESIDENCE, TRANSIENT LODGING OR MOTOR VEHICLE
NRS 41.095 Presumption that person using deadly force against intruder in person’s residence, transient lodging or motor vehicle has reasonable fear of death or bodily injury; person who uses deadly force is immune from civil liability under certain circumstances; definitions.
SURVIVAL OF CAUSES OF ACTION
NRS 41.100 Cause of action not lost by reason of death; damages; recovery for loss arising out of unfair practice regarding policy of life insurance; subrogation.
ACTIONS FOR PERSONAL INJURIES BY WRONGFUL ACT, NEGLECT OR DEFAULT
NRS 41.130 Liability for personal injury.
NRS 41.1305 Liability of person who serves, sells or furnishes alcoholic beverages for damages caused as a result of consumption of alcoholic beverage: No liability if person served is 21 years of age or older; liability in certain circumstances if person served is under 21 years of age; exception to liability; damages, attorney’s fees and costs.
NRS 41.131 Limitation on basis of liability of manufacturers and distributors of firearms and ammunition.
NRS 41.1315 Limitation on liability of property owner for injury or damage on sidewalk in public right-of-way.
NRS 41.133 Conviction of crime is conclusive evidence of facts necessary to impose civil liability for related injury.
NRS 41.134 Action for damages for injuries resulting from acts of domestic violence; award of costs and attorney’s fees to injured person.
NRS 41.1345 Action for damages for injuries resulting from unlawful use, possession, sale or transfer of personal identifying information; award of costs and attorney’s fees to injured person; punitive damages; limitation on time for commencement of action.
NRS 41.135 Limitation on liability of victims of certain crimes for injury or damage sustained by offender.
NRS 41.139 Actions by peace officers, firefighters and emergency medical attendants for injury resulting from willful acts or negligent management of property; employer not liable.
NRS 41.1393 Discharge of duty to warn trespasser against dangerous condition.
NRS 41.1395 Action for damages for injury or loss suffered by older or vulnerable person from abuse, neglect or exploitation; double damages; attorney’s fees and costs.
NRS 41.1396 Action for damages for injury suffered by victim of pornography involving minors; presumed statutory damages; attorney’s fees and costs; protection of victim’s identity; limitation on defenses.
NRS 41.1397 Liability of owner or operator of house of prostitution for employment of prostitute tested positive for exposure to human immunodeficiency virus.
NRS 41.1398 Action for damages for unlawful disclosure of certain confidential information relating to victim of sexual assault.
NRS 41.1399 Action by victim of human trafficking; venue; damages and other relief; attorney’s fees and costs; statute of limitations; joinder of parties; limitation on defenses.
NRS 41.141 When comparative negligence not bar to recovery; jury instructions; liability of multiple defendants.
PROCEDURE FOR EVIDENCING DOMICILE
NRS 41.191 Declaration of domicile in Nevada.
NRS 41.193 Declaration of domicile in other state.
NRS 41.195 Signing and recording of declaration; fee.
NRS 41.197 Other methods of proving domicile not repealed or abrogated.
PROCEDURE FOR COMPROMISING CLAIMS OF MINORS
NRS 41.200 Compromise by parent or guardian of claim by minor against third person; requirements of court petition; establishment of blocked financial investment for proceeds of compromise; no fees to be charged in proceedings.
PROCEEDINGS TO DETERMINE AND ESTABLISH FACTS RELATIVE TO VITAL STATISTICS
NRS 41.209 Applicability.
NRS 41.210 District courts empowered to establish date and place of birth and parentage.
NRS 41.220 Procedure; examination of records by State Registrar of Vital Statistics.
NRS 41.230 Hearing.
NRS 41.240 Court order establishing facts as presented to court.
NRS 41.250 Recording of decree.
NRS 41.260 No fees to be charged by clerk of the court.
PROCEEDINGS TO CHANGE NAMES OF NATURAL PERSONS
Persons Other Than Unemancipated Minors
NRS 41.270 Verified petition.
NRS 41.280 When publication of notice is required.
NRS 41.290 Order of court; hearing on objections; disposition and rescission of order.
Unemancipated Minors
NRS 41.291 Definitions.
NRS 41.293 “Other parent” defined.
NRS 41.294 “Petitioning parent” defined.
NRS 41.296 When notice to nonpetitioning parent is required.
NRS 41.297 Order of court; hearing on objections; disposition of order.
NRS 41.298 Petitions filed under other provisions of law.
PROCEEDINGS FOR JUDICIAL DECLARATION OF SANITY
NRS 41.300 Insane persons; presumption of legal capacity on discharge.
NRS 41.310 Adjudication of sanity.
NRS 41.320 Petition seeking restoration of status as sane; notice.
NRS 41.325 Notice of adjudication of sanity to be given to Administrative Officer and Medical Director of Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services.
NRS 41.330 Conduct of proceedings by county officers; no fees to be charged.
LIBEL IN NEWSPAPER; SLANDER BY RADIO OR TELEVISION BROADCAST
NRS 41.332 “Actual malice” defined.
NRS 41.333 “Exemplary damages” defined.
NRS 41.334 “General damages” defined.
NRS 41.335 “Special damages” defined.
NRS 41.336 Special damages; notice and demand for correction.
NRS 41.337 General, special and exemplary damages.
NRS 41.338 Correction before demand.
LIABILITY FOR DEFAMATORY STATEMENTS PUBLISHED OR UTTERED OVER BROADCASTING STATIONS
NRS 41.340 Liability of owners or operators of broadcasting stations for defamation published by another; exercise of due care.
NRS 41.350 Liability of owner or operator originating broadcast.
NRS 41.360 Liability when broadcast cannot be censored.
LIABILITY OF PERSONS CONVICTED OF PERJURY OR SUBORNATION OF PERJURY
NRS 41.365 Action for damages.
ABOLISHMENT OF CERTAIN CAUSES OF ACTION
NRS 41.370 Public policy against causes of action for breach of promise, alienation of affections and criminal conversation.
NRS 41.380 Causes of action abolished.
NRS 41.390 Time for commencing accrued causes of action for criminal conversation.
NRS 41.400 Act or contract gives no right of action.
NRS 41.410 Unlawful to file actions after July 1, 1979.
NRS 41.420 Penalty.
JURISDICTION OVER PROCEEDINGS IN WHICH INDIANS ARE PARTIES
NRS 41.430 Conditions for jurisdiction of State of Nevada.
LIABILITY OF OWNER OF MOTOR VEHICLE FOR NEGLIGENT OPERATION BY IMMEDIATE MEMBER OF FAMILY
NRS 41.440 Imposition of liability.
NRS 41.450 Operator to be made party defendant; recourse on recovery of judgment.
NRS 41.460 When debtor in possession or long-term lessee deemed owner of motor vehicle.
LIABILITY OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS FOR MINOR’S ACT OF NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT RESULTING IN DAMAGE
NRS 41.470 Imposition of liability for minor’s willful misconduct.
NRS 41.472 Imposition of liability for minor’s negligence or willful misconduct regarding firearm.
LIABILITY OF NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS OR TRUSTS FOR THEIR ACTS OR ACTS OF AGENTS, EMPLOYEES OR SERVANTS
NRS 41.480 Imposition of liability; conditions and limitations on actions based on acts and omissions of officers or directors.
NRS 41.485 Conditions and limitations on actions: Acts and omissions of volunteers of charitable organizations.
LIABILITY OF PERSONS IN CONNECTION WITH FOOD DISTRIBUTED WITHOUT CHARGE
NRS 41.491 Limitations on liability.
LIABILITY OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICT OR GOVERNING BODY OF CHARTER SCHOOL IN CONNECTION WITH SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER
LIABILITY OF PERSONS WHO RENDER EMERGENCY CARE OR GRATUITOUS CARE
NRS 41.500 General rule; volunteers; members of search and rescue organization; persons rendering cardiopulmonary resuscitation or using defibrillator; presumptions relating to emergency care rendered on public school grounds or in connection with public school activities; business or organization that has defibrillator for use on premises.
NRS 41.503 Hospital care or assistance necessitated by traumatic injury; presumption regarding follow-up care.
NRS 41.504 Physicians, physician assistants and registered nurses who give instruction or provide supervision to emergency medical attendant during emergency; emergency medical attendants, physician assistants and nurses who obey instruction given by physician, physician assistant or nurse during emergency.
NRS 41.505 Physicians, physician assistants, nurses and dentists.
NRS 41.506 Physicians, physician assistants and nurses who render certain emergency obstetrical care; licensed medical facilities in which certain emergency obstetrical care is rendered.
NRS 41.507 Volunteer emergency medical dispatchers and volunteer medical directors of agencies which employ emergency medical dispatchers.
LIABILITY OF PERSONS WHO MAKE OR CAUSE TO BE MADE FALSE REPORTS OF CRIMES OR EMERGENCIES
NRS 41.508 Civil action brought by public agency; award of costs and attorney’s fees.
LIABILITY OF PERSONS WHO PROVIDE FALSE INFORMATION RELATING TO POSTADOPTIVE CONTACT AGREEMENT
NRS 41.509 Action brought by natural parent; recovery; liability not exclusive.
LIABILITY OF OWNERS, LESSEES AND OCCUPANTS OF PREMISES TO PERSONS USING PREMISES FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES
NRS 41.510 Limitation of liability; exceptions for malicious acts if consideration is given or other duty exists.
LIABILITY OF OWNER, LESSEE OR OCCUPANT OF PREMISES TO TRESPASSERS
NRS 41.515 Limitations on liability; exceptions; “trespasser” defined.
LIABILITY OF PERSONS IN CONNECTION WITH PUBLIC ART
NRS 41.517 Limitations on liability; exception; “public art” defined.
LIABILITY OF PERSONS IN CONNECTION WITH EQUINE ACTIVITIES
NRS 41.519 Limitations on liability; duties of a participant in an equine activity; exceptions; definitions.
ACTIONS BY SHAREHOLDERS AGAINST CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS TO ENFORCE SECONDARY RIGHTS
NRS 41.520 Contents and verification of complaint; motion to require plaintiff to furnish security; order; recourse of corporation or association to security.
PRIVATE ACTIONS TO ENFORCE STATUTORY OR REGULATORY CONTROLS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
NRS 41.540 Action may be brought against person causing pollution, impairment or destruction of air, water or other natural resources.
NRS 41.550 Security for and apportionment of costs.
NRS 41.560 Relief which may be granted.
NRS 41.570 Provisions supplementary to existing administrative or regulatory provisions.
LIABILITY OF RECEIVER OF STOLEN PROPERTY
NRS 41.580 Action by owner of property; treble damages.
LENDERS’ LIABILITY
NRS 41.590 Lender not liable for defects in property acquired with borrowed money.
FRAUD UPON PURCHASERS; MISREPRESENTATION
NRS 41.600 Actions by victims of fraud.
NRS 41.610 Actions against seller or manufacturer of unapproved drug for misrepresentation of its therapeutic effect.
LIABILITY REGARDING NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS AND CREDIT AND DEBIT CARDS
NRS 41.620 Liability for issuance on nonexistent account or drawing on insufficient money; liability for use of invalid credit or debit card.
LIABILITY OF PERSONS WHO OFFICIATE SPORTING EVENTS
LIABILITY OF PERSONS WHO ENGAGE IN RIGHT TO PETITION OR FREE SPEECH IN DIRECT CONNECTION WITH AN ISSUE OF PUBLIC CONCERN
NRS 41.637 “Good faith communication in furtherance of the right to petition or the right to free speech in direct connection with an issue of public concern” defined.
NRS 41.640 “Political subdivision” defined.
NRS 41.650 Limitation of liability.
NRS 41.660 Attorney General or chief legal officer of political subdivision may defend or provide support to person sued for engaging in right to petition or free speech in direct connection with an issue of public concern; special counsel; filing special motion to dismiss; stay of discovery; adjudication upon merits.
NRS 41.665 Legislative findings and declaration regarding plaintiff’s burden of proof under NRS 41.660.
NRS 41.670 Award of reasonable costs, attorney’s fees and monetary relief under certain circumstances; separate action for damages; sanctions for frivolous or vexatious special motion to dismiss; interlocutory appeal.
LIABILITY OF PERSONS WHO COMMIT CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS MOTIVATED BY CHARACTERISTICS OF VICTIM
NRS 41.690 Cause of action for damages resulting from criminal violation if perpetrator was motivated by certain characteristics of victim.
LIABILITY OF PERSONS WHO FURNISH OR ALLOW USE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
NRS 41.700 Liability for damages caused by use of controlled substance; damages; attorney’s fees and costs.
LIABILITY OF PERSONS WHO TRANSMIT ITEMS OF ELECTRONIC MAIL THAT INCLUDE ADVERTISEMENTS
NRS 41.710 “Advertisement” defined.
NRS 41.715 “Electronic mail” defined.
NRS 41.720 “Network” defined.
NRS 41.725 “Recipient” defined.
NRS 41.730 Action for damages; exceptions; injunctive relief.
NRS 41.735 Immunity for persons who provide users with access to network; applicability to items of electronic mail obtained voluntarily.
LIABILITY OF PERSONS WHO KILL OR INJURE PET OF ANOTHER PERSON
NRS 41.740 Damages for which person who kills or injures pet of another person is liable; punitive and noneconomic damages may not be awarded; limitation on amount of damages; exceptions.
LIABILITY OF EMPLOYERS FOR CERTAIN ACTS
NRS 41.745 Liability of employer for intentional conduct of employee; limitations.
NRS 41.750 Limitations on liability of employer for damages arising from or relating to child care provided to children of employee.
NRS 41.755 Limitations on liability of employer who discloses information regarding employee to prospective employer of employee; exceptions.
LIABILITY OF PERSONS WHO INTENTIONALLY OBSTRUCT INGRESS OR EGRESS TO PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY OR WHO INTENTIONALLY OBSTRUCT PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ROADWAYS
NRS 41.800 Acts for which person is liable; remedies; no criminal liability for violation of section.
NOTE: Section 5 of chapter 538, Statutes of Nevada 2013, at p. 3504, has been codified as NRS 701.680.
NRS 41.010 Commencement of action; service of summons upon State Controller. An officer or person who has presented a claim against the State:
1. For services or advances authorized by law, and for which an appropriation has been made, but of which the amount has not been fixed by law; or
2. For refund of an overpayment,
Ê which claim the State Board of Examiners or the State Controller has refused to allow, in whole or in part, may commence an action in any court having jurisdiction of the amount, for the recovery of such portion of the claim as has been rejected. In such action, the State of Nevada must be named as defendant, and the summons must be served upon the State Controller, and the action must proceed as other civil actions to final judgment.
[1911 CPA § 711; RL § 5653; NCL § 9200] — (NRS A 1967, 720; 1969, 1117; 2003, 627)
NRS 41.020 Attorney General to defend; appeals. The Attorney General shall defend all such actions on the part of the State. The State Controller shall cause to be subpoenaed and examined such witnesses and procure and cause to be introduced such documentary evidence as the State Controller shall deem necessary for the defense. Appeals may be taken in all such actions by the State Controller or the Attorney General in behalf of the State.
NRS 41.030 State Controller to draw warrant upon final judgment. Upon the presentation of a certified copy of a final judgment in favor of the claimant in any such action, the State Controller shall draw a warrant in favor of the claimant for the amount awarded by the judgment.
NRS 41.0305 “Political subdivision” defined. As used in NRS 41.0305 to 41.039, inclusive, the term “political subdivision” includes an organization that was officially designated as a community action agency pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 2790 before that section was repealed and is included in the definition of an “eligible entity” pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 9902, the Nevada Rural Housing Authority, an airport authority created by special act of the Legislature, a regional transportation commission and a fire protection district, an irrigation district, a school district, the Achievement School District, the governing body of a charter school, any other special district that performs a governmental function, even though it does not exercise general governmental powers, and the governing body of a university school for profoundly gifted pupils.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 455; A 1987, 95, 701, 740, 1395; 1989, 1723; 1993, 1210; 1995, 814; 1997, 1035; 1999, 3319; 2001, 826; 2005, 2429; 2015, 3816)
NRS 41.0307 “Employee,” “employment,” “immune contractor,” “public officer” and “officer” defined. As used in NRS 41.0305 to 41.039, inclusive:
1. “Employee” includes an employee of a:
(a) Part-time or full-time board, commission or similar body of the State or a political subdivision of the State which is created by law.
(b) Charter school.
(c) University school for profoundly gifted pupils described in chapter 388C of NRS.
2. “Employment” includes any services performed by an immune contractor.
3. “Immune contractor” means any natural person, professional corporation or professional association which:
(a) Is an independent contractor with the State pursuant to NRS 333.700; and
(b) Contracts to provide medical services for the Department of Corrections.
Ê As used in this subsection, “professional corporation” and “professional association” have the meanings ascribed to them in NRS 89.020.
4. “Public officer” or “officer” includes:
(a) A member of a part-time or full-time board, commission or similar body of the State or a political subdivision of the State which is created by law.
(b) A public defender and any deputy or assistant attorney of a public defender or an attorney appointed to defend a person for a limited duration with limited jurisdiction.
(c) A district attorney and any deputy or assistant district attorney or an attorney appointed to prosecute a person for a limited duration with limited jurisdiction.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1536; A 1981, 247; 1987, 95, 539; 1989, 695; 1991, 142; 1993, 2261; 1997, 914; 1999, 3319; 2001 Special Session, 213; 2003, 329; 2005, 2430; 2009, 2231)
NRS 41.0308 Volunteer crossing guard for county school district deemed employee of political subdivision of State if volunteer has completed approved training. For the purposes of NRS 41.0305 to 41.039, inclusive, a person who volunteers to a county school district or to a local law enforcement agency to serve as a crossing guard for a county school district shall be deemed an employee of a political subdivision of the State if the person has successfully completed a training course in traffic safety that has been approved by a local law enforcement agency.
NRS 41.0309 Employee of or volunteer for public fire-fighting agency deemed employee of State or political subdivision of State. For the purposes of NRS 41.0305 to 41.039, inclusive, an employee of or volunteer for a public fire-fighting agency shall be deemed an employee of the State or a political subdivision of the State.
NRS 41.031 Waiver applies to State and its political subdivisions; naming State as defendant; service of process; State does not waive immunity conferred by Eleventh Amendment.
1. The State of Nevada hereby waives its immunity from liability and action and hereby consents to have its liability determined in accordance with the same rules of law as are applied to civil actions against natural persons and corporations, except as otherwise provided in NRS 41.032 to 41.038, inclusive, 485.318, subsection 3 and any statute which expressly provides for governmental immunity, if the claimant complies with the limitations of NRS 41.010 or the limitations of NRS 41.032 to 41.036, inclusive. The State of Nevada further waives the immunity from liability and action of all political subdivisions of the State, and their liability must be determined in the same manner, except as otherwise provided in NRS 41.032 to 41.038, inclusive, subsection 3 and any statute which expressly provides for governmental immunity, if the claimant complies with the limitations of NRS 41.032 to 41.036, inclusive.
2. An action may be brought under this section against the State of Nevada or any political subdivision of the State. In any action against the State of Nevada, the action must be brought in the name of the State of Nevada on relation of the particular department, commission, board or other agency of the State whose actions are the basis for the suit. An action against the State of Nevada must be filed in the county where the cause or some part thereof arose or in Carson City. In an action against the State of Nevada, the summons and a copy of the complaint must be served upon:
(a) The Attorney General, or a person designated by the Attorney General, at the Office of the Attorney General in Carson City; and
(b) The person serving in the office of administrative head of the named agency.
3. The State of Nevada does not waive its immunity from suit conferred by Amendment XI of the Constitution of the United States.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 1413; A 1975, 209, 421; 1977, 275; 1979, 628; 1987, 95; 1989, 695; 1991, 142; 1993, 148, 824, 1501, 2489, 2491, 2492; 1995, 583, 639; 1997, 473; 2003, 329)
NRS 41.032 Acts or omissions of officers, employees and immune contractors. Except as provided in NRS 278.0233 no action may be brought under NRS 41.031 or against an immune contractor or an officer or employee of the State or any of its agencies or political subdivisions which is:
1. Based upon an act or omission of an officer, employee or immune contractor, exercising due care, in the execution of a statute or regulation, whether or not such statute or regulation is valid, if the statute or regulation has not been declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction; or
2. Based upon the exercise or performance or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or duty on the part of the State or any of its agencies or political subdivisions or of any officer, employee or immune contractor of any of these, whether or not the discretion involved is abused.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 1413; A 1967, 992; 1977, 1536; 1983, 2100; 1987, 540)
NRS 41.0322 Actions by persons in custody of Department of Corrections to recover compensation for loss or injury.
1. A person who is or was in the custody of the Department of Corrections may not proceed with any action against the Department or any of its agents, former officers, employees or contractors to recover compensation for the loss of the person’s personal property, property damage, personal injuries or any other claim arising out of a tort pursuant to NRS 41.031 unless the person has exhausted the person’s administrative remedies provided by NRS 209.243 and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
2. The filing of an administrative claim pursuant to NRS 209.243 is not a condition precedent to the filing of an action pursuant to NRS 41.031.
3. An action filed by a person in accordance with this section before the exhaustion of the person’s administrative remedies must be stayed by the court in which the action is filed until the administrative remedies are exhausted. The court shall dismiss the action if the person has not timely filed the person’s administrative claim pursuant to NRS 209.243.
4. If a person has exhausted the person’s administrative remedies and has filed and is proceeding with a civil action to recover compensation for the loss of the person’s personal property, property damage, personal injuries or any other claim arising out of a tort, the Office of the Attorney General must initiate and conduct all negotiations for settlement relating to that action.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1210; A 1995, 1517; 2001 Special Session, 213)
NRS 41.0325 Negligence or willful misconduct of minor driver in legal custody of State. No action may be commenced pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 483.300 against the State, a county or an officer or employee of the State or a county for damages caused by the negligence or willful misconduct of a minor driver whose application for a driver’s license was signed by the officer or employee while the minor was in the legal custody of the State or county.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 695; A 2005, 1043)
NRS 41.0327 Injuries arising from acts incident to certain solicitations of charitable contributions. No action may be brought under NRS 41.031 or against an officer or employee of the State or any of its agencies or political subdivisions which is based upon any injuries to any person or property arising from or incident to the act of solicitation permitted pursuant to NRS 244.3555, 268.423 or 408.601.
NRS 41.033 Failure to inspect or discover hazards, deficiencies or other matters; inspection does not create warranty or assurance concerning hazards, deficiencies or other matters.
1. No action may be brought under NRS 41.031 or against an officer or employee of the State or any of its agencies or political subdivisions which is based upon:
(a) Failure to inspect any building, structure, vehicle, street, public highway or other public work, facility or improvement to determine any hazards, deficiencies or other matters, whether or not there is a duty to inspect; or
(b) Failure to discover such a hazard, deficiency or other matter, whether or not an inspection is made.
2. An inspection conducted with regard to a private building, structure, facility or improvement constitutes a public duty and does not warrant or ensure the absence of any hazard, deficiency or other matter.
NRS 41.0331 Construction of fence or other safeguard around dangerous condition at abandoned mine. A person, the State of Nevada, any political subdivision of the State, any agency of the State or any agency of its political subdivisions is immune from civil liability for damages sustained as a result of any act or omission by the person, State, political subdivision or agency in constructing, or causing to be constructed, pursuant to standards prescribed by the Commission on Mineral Resources, a fence or other safeguard around an excavation, shaft, hole or other dangerous condition at an abandoned mine for which the person, State, political subdivision or agency is not otherwise responsible.
NRS 41.0332 Acts or omissions of volunteer school crossing guards. County school districts and local law enforcement agencies are not liable for the negligent acts or omissions of a person who volunteers to serve as a crossing guard, unless:
1. The volunteer made a specific promise or representation to a natural person who relied upon the promise or representation to the person’s detriment; or
2. The conduct of the volunteer affirmatively caused the harm.
Ê The provisions of this section are not intended to abrogate the principle of common law that the duty of governmental entities to provide services is a duty owed to the public, not to individual persons.
NRS 41.0333 Acts or omissions of members or employees of Nevada National Guard. No action may be brought under NRS 41.031 or against the State of Nevada or the Nevada National Guard or a member or employee of the Nevada National Guard which action is based upon an act or omission of the member or employee while engaged in state or federal training of the Nevada National Guard or duty as prescribed by Title 32 of U.S.C., or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, whether such training or duty is performed within or without the boundaries of this state.
NRS 41.0334 Persons engaged in certain criminal acts in or on public buildings or vehicles; exceptions.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, no action may be brought under NRS 41.031 or against an officer or employee of the State or any of its agencies or political subdivisions for injury, wrongful death or other damage sustained in or on a public building or public vehicle by a person who was engaged in any criminal act proscribed in NRS 205.005 to 205.080, inclusive, 205.220, 205.226, 205.228, 205.240, 205.271 to 205.2741, inclusive, 206.310, 206.330, 206.335, 207.210, 331.200 or 393.410 at the time of the injury, wrongful death or damage was caused.
2. Subsection 1 does not apply to any action for injury, wrongful death or other damage:
(a) Intentionally caused or contributed to by an officer or employee of the State or any of its agencies or political subdivisions; or
(b) Resulting from the deprivation of any rights, privileges or immunities secured by the United States Constitution or the Constitution of the State of Nevada.
(a) “Public building” includes every house, shed, tent or booth, whether or not completed, suitable for affording shelter for any human being or as a place where any property is or will be kept for use, sale or deposit, and the grounds appurtenant thereto; and
(b) “Public vehicle” includes every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway, waterway or airway,
Ê owned, in whole or in part, possessed, used by or leased to the State or any of its agencies or political subdivisions.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 94, 95; A 1995, 738; 1997, 346; 2007, 2299; 2009, 23)
NRS 41.0335 Actions against certain officers and employees of political subdivisions for acts or omissions of other persons.
1. No action may be brought against:
(a) A sheriff or county assessor which is based solely upon any act or omission of a deputy;
(b) A chief of a police department which is based solely upon any act or omission of an officer of the department;
(c) A chief of a fire department which is based solely upon any act or omission of a firefighter or other person called to assist the department;
(d) A member of the board of trustees of a county school district, the superintendent of schools of that school district or the principal of a school, which is based solely upon any act or omission of a person volunteering as a crossing guard; or
(e) A chief of a local law enforcement agency which is based solely on any act or omission of a person volunteering as a crossing guard.
2. This section does not:
(a) Limit the authority of the State or a political subdivision or a public corporation of the State to bring an action on any bond or insurance policy provided pursuant to law for or on behalf of any person who may be aggrieved or wronged.
(b) Limit or abridge the jurisdiction of any court to render judgment upon any such bond or insurance policy for the benefit of any person so aggrieved or wronged.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 563; A 1987, 216; 1995, 99; 1997, 1584; 2005, 316)
NRS 41.0336 Acts or omissions of firefighters or law enforcement officers. A fire department or law enforcement agency is not liable for the negligent acts or omissions of its firefighters or officers or any other persons called to assist it, nor are the individual officers, employees or volunteers thereof, unless:
1. The firefighter, officer or other person made a specific promise or representation to a natural person who relied upon the promise or representation to the person’s detriment; or
2. The conduct of the firefighter, officer or other person affirmatively caused the harm.
NRS 41.03365 Actions concerning equipment or personal property donated in good faith to volunteer fire department. No action may be brought under NRS 41.031 or against an immune contractor or an officer or employee of the State or any of its agencies or political subdivisions for damages caused by any equipment or other personal property that was provided by any of them, in good faith and without charge, to a volunteer fire department for use by the volunteer fire department in carrying out its duties.
NRS 41.0337 State or political subdivision to be named party defendant.
1. No tort action arising out of an act or omission within the scope of a person’s public duties or employment may be brought against any present or former:
(a) Local judicial officer or state judicial officer;
(b) Officer or employee of the State or of any political subdivision;
(c) Immune contractor; or
(d) State Legislator,
Ê unless the State or appropriate political subdivision is named a party defendant under NRS 41.031.
2. No tort action may be brought against a person who is named as a defendant in the action solely because of an alleged act or omission relating to the public duties or employment of any present or former:
(a) “Local judicial officer” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 41.03377.
(b) “State judicial officer” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 41.03385.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 896; A 1977, 481, 1537; 1979, 1731; 1987, 540; 2013, 1494)
NRS 41.03375 Definitions. As used in NRS 41.03375 to 41.03473, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 41.03377, 41.0338 and 41.03385 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
NRS 41.03377 “Local judicial officer” defined. “Local judicial officer” means a justice of the peace, senior justice of the peace, municipal judge or senior municipal judge.
NRS 41.0338 “Official attorney” defined. “Official attorney” means:
1. The Attorney General, in an action which involves:
(a) A present or former state judicial officer, State Legislator, officer or employee of this State, immune contractor or member of a state board or commission; or
(b) A person who is named as a defendant in the action solely because of an alleged act or omission relating to the public duties or employment of a person listed in paragraph (a).
2. The chief legal officer or other authorized legal representative of a political subdivision, in an action which involves:
(a) A present or former local judicial officer of that political subdivision, a present or former officer or employee of that political subdivision or a present or former member of a local board or commission; or
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1733; A 1987, 540; 1999, 782; 2001, 63, 64; 2013, 1494)
NRS 41.03385 “State judicial officer” defined. “State judicial officer” means a justice of the Supreme Court, senior justice, judge of a district court or senior judge.
NRS 41.0339 Circumstances under which official attorney to provide defense or employ special counsel.
1. The official attorney shall provide for the defense, including the defense of cross-claims and counterclaims, of any present or former local judicial officer, state judicial officer, officer or employee of the State or a political subdivision, immune contractor or State Legislator in any civil action brought against that person based on any alleged act or omission relating to the person’s public duties or employment, or any other person who is named as a defendant in a civil action solely because of an alleged act or omission relating to the public duties or employment of a local judicial officer, state judicial officer, officer or employee of the State or a political subdivision, immune contractor or State Legislator, if:
(a) Within 15 days after service of a copy of the summons and complaint or other legal document commencing the action, the person submits a written request for defense:
(1) To the official attorney; or
(2) If the officer, employee or immune contractor has an administrative superior, to the administrator of the person’s agency and the official attorney; and
(b) The official attorney has determined that the act or omission on which the action is based appears to be within the course and scope of public duty or employment and appears to have been performed or omitted in good faith.
2. If the official attorney determines that it is impracticable, uneconomical or could constitute a conflict of interest for the legal service to be rendered by the official attorney or a deputy of the official attorney, the official attorney must employ special counsel pursuant to NRS 41.03435 or 41.0344, whichever is applicable.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1733; A 1987, 541; 2013, 1495)
NRS 41.0341 Time for filing responsive pleading. If the complaint is filed in a court of this state:
1. The local judicial officer, state judicial officer, officer, employee, board or commission member, State Legislator or other person for whom the official attorney is required to provide a defense pursuant to NRS 41.0339; and
2. The state or any political subdivision named as a party defendant,
Ê each has 45 days after their respective dates of service to file an answer or other responsive pleading.
NRS 41.03415 Determination by official attorney whether or not to tender defense.
1. The official attorney shall determine as promptly as possible whether or not to tender the defense of the person submitting the request. Until the decision is made, the official attorney shall take appropriate action to defend or otherwise protect the time of the person submitting the request to file a responsive pleading.
2. In any case in which the official attorney determines not to defend, the official attorney shall give written notice to the person who requested the defense either:
(a) Ten days before the date an answer or other responsive pleading must be filed with the court; or
(b) If the defense has been commenced, 20 days before the time an application is made with the court to withdraw as the attorney of record in accordance with NRS 41.0346.
NRS 41.0342 Arrangements and circumstances of defense not admissible in evidence. No fact pertaining to the arrangements or circumstances by which the State or political subdivision or any attorney thereof defends any person or does not do so is admissible in evidence at trial or in any other proceeding in the civil action in which that person is a defendant, except in connection with an application to withdraw as the attorney of record.
NRS 41.0343 Waiver of attorney-client privilege may not be required. The State or appropriate political subdivision may not require a waiver of the attorney-client privilege as a condition of tendering the defense of any of its officers or employees, but nothing in this section precludes an application to withdraw as the attorney of record.
NRS 41.03435 Employment of special counsel by Attorney General. The Attorney General may employ special counsel whose compensation must be fixed by the Attorney General, subject to the approval of the State Board of Examiners, if the Attorney General determines at any time prior to trial that it is impracticable, uneconomical or could constitute a conflict of interest for the legal service to be rendered by the Attorney General or a deputy attorney general. Compensation for special counsel must be paid out of:
1. The Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account; or
2. Available federal grants or a permanent fund in the State Treasury other than the State General Fund.
NRS 41.0344 Employment of special counsel by chief legal officer or attorney of political subdivision. The chief legal officer or attorney of a political subdivision may employ special counsel whose compensation must be fixed by the governing body of the political subdivision if he or she determines at any time prior to trial that it is impracticable or could constitute a conflict of interest for the legal services to be rendered by the chief legal officer or attorney of the political subdivision. Compensation for special counsel must be paid by the political subdivision.
NRS 41.0345 Defense may be tendered to insurer authorized to defend action. The official attorney may provide for the defense of any person who is entitled to a defense from the State or political subdivision by tendering the defense to an insurer who, pursuant to a contract of insurance, is authorized to defend the action.
NRS 41.03455 Defendant may employ own counsel. At any time after a written request for defense is submitted to the official attorney, the person requesting the defense may employ his or her own counsel to defend the action. At that time, the State or political subdivision is excused from any further duty to represent that person and is not liable for any expenses in defending the action, including court costs and attorney’s fees.
NRS 41.0346 Withdrawal of official attorney as attorney of record.
1. At any time after the official attorney has appeared in any civil action and commenced to defend any person sued as a local judicial officer, state judicial officer, public officer, employee, immune contractor, member of a board or commission, State Legislator or any other person defended by the official attorney pursuant to NRS 41.0339, the official attorney may apply to any court to withdraw as the attorney of record for that person based upon:
(a) Discovery of any new material fact which was not known at the time the defense was tendered and which would have altered the decision to tender the defense;
(b) Misrepresentation of any material fact by the person requesting the defense, if that fact would have altered the decision to tender the defense if the misrepresentation had not occurred;
(c) Discovery of any mistake of fact which was material to the decision to tender the defense and which would have altered the decision but for the mistake;
(d) Discovery of any fact which indicates that the act or omission on which the civil action is based was not within the course and scope of public duty or employment or was wanton or malicious;
(e) Failure of the defendant to cooperate in good faith with the defense of the case; or
(f) If the action has been brought in a court of competent jurisdiction of this state, failure to name the State or political subdivision as a party defendant, if there is sufficient evidence to establish that the civil action is clearly not based on any act or omission relating to the public duties or employment of a local judicial officer, state judicial officer, public officer, employee, immune contractor, member of a board or commission or State Legislator.
2. If any court grants a motion to withdraw on any of the grounds set forth in subsection 1 brought by the official attorney, the State or political subdivision has no duty to continue to defend any person who is the subject of the motion to withdraw.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1734; A 1987, 541; 1999, 782; 2013, 1496)
NRS 41.0347 Liability of State or political subdivision for failure to provide defense.
1. If the official attorney does not provide for the defense of a present or former local judicial officer, state judicial officer, officer, employee, immune contractor, member of a board or commission of the State or any political subdivision or State Legislator in any civil action in which the State or political subdivision is also a named defendant, or which was brought in a court other than a court of competent jurisdiction of this state, and if it is judicially determined that the injuries arose out of an act or omission of that person during the performance of any duty within the course and scope of the person’s public duty or employment and that the person’s act or omission was not wanton or malicious:
(a) If the Attorney General was responsible for providing the defense, the State is liable to that person for reasonable expenses in prosecuting the person’s own defense, including court costs and attorney’s fees. These expenses must be paid, upon approval by the State Board of Examiners, from the Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account.
(b) If the chief legal officer or attorney of a political subdivision was responsible for providing the defense, the political subdivision is liable to that person for reasonable expenses in carrying on the person’s own defense, including court costs and attorney’s fees.
2. If the official attorney does not provide for the defense of a person who is named a defendant in any civil action solely because of an alleged act or omission relating to the public duties or employment of a present or former local judicial officer, state judicial officer, officer or employee of the State or any political subdivision, immune contractor or State Legislator and the State or political subdivision is also named a defendant, or the civil action was brought in a court other than a court of competent jurisdiction of this State, and if it is judicially determined that the injuries arose out of an act or omission of a local judicial officer, state judicial officer, officer or employee of the State or any political subdivision, immune contractor or State Legislator during the performance of any duty within the course and scope of such a person’s public duty or employment and that the person’s act or omission was not wanton or malicious:
(a) If the Attorney General was responsible for providing the defense, the State is liable to the person for reasonable expenses in prosecuting the person’s own defense, including court costs and attorney’s fees. These expenses must be paid, upon approval by the State Board of Examiners, from the Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account.
NRS 41.03473 Provisions providing for defense by official attorney do not abrogate, alter or affect immunity or protection provided by law. The provisions of NRS 41.03375 to 41.03473, inclusive, do not abrogate or otherwise alter or affect any immunity from, or protection against, any civil action or civil liability which is provided by law to a local judicial officer, state judicial officer, officer or employee of this State or a political subdivision of this State, immune contractor, State Legislator, member of a state board or commission or member of a local board or commission for any act or omission relating to the person’s public duties or employment.
NRS 41.03475 No judgment against State or political subdivision permitted for acts outside scope of public duties or employment; exception. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 41.745, no judgment may be entered against the State of Nevada or any agency of the State or against any political subdivision of the State for any act or omission of any present or former officer, employee, immune contractor, member of a board or commission or State Legislator which was outside the course and scope of the person’s public duties or employment.
NRS 41.0348 Special verdict required. In every action or proceeding in any court of this state in which both the State or political subdivision and any present or former officer, employee, immune contractor or member of a board or commission thereof or any present or former State Legislator are named defendants, the court or jury in rendering any final judgment, verdict, or other disposition shall return a special verdict in the form of written findings which determine whether:
1. The individual defendant was acting within the scope of the defendant’s public duty or employment; and
2. The alleged act or omission by the individual defendant was wanton or malicious.
NRS 41.0349 Indemnification of present or former public officer, employee, immune contractor or State Legislator. In any civil action brought against any present or former officer, employee, immune contractor, member of a board or commission of the State or a political subdivision or State Legislator, in which a judgment is entered against the person based on any act or omission relating to the person’s public duty or employment, the State or political subdivision shall indemnify the person unless:
1. The person failed to submit a timely request for defense;
2. The person failed to cooperate in good faith in the defense of the action;
3. The act or omission of the person was not within the scope of the person’s public duty or employment; or
4. The act or omission of the person was wanton or malicious.
NRS 41.035 Limitation on award for damages in tort actions.
1. An award for damages in an action sounding in tort brought under NRS 41.031 or against a present or former officer or employee of the State or any political subdivision, immune contractor or State Legislator arising out of an act or omission within the scope of the person’s public duties or employment may not exceed the sum of $100,000, exclusive of interest computed from the date of judgment, to or for the benefit of any claimant. An award may not include any amount as exemplary or punitive damages.
2. The limitations of subsection 1 upon the amount and nature of damages which may be awarded apply also to any action sounding in tort and arising from any recreational activity or recreational use of land or water which is brought against:
(a) Any public or quasi-municipal corporation organized under the laws of this State.
(b) Any person with respect to any land or water leased or otherwise made available by that person to any public agency.
(c) Any Indian tribe, band or community whether or not a fee is charged for such activity or use. The provisions of this paragraph do not impair or modify any immunity from liability or action existing on February 26, 1968, or arising after February 26, 1968, in favor of any Indian tribe, band or community.
Ê The Legislature declares that the purpose of this subsection is to effectuate the public policy of the State of Nevada by encouraging the recreational use of land, lakes, reservoirs and other water owned or controlled by any public or quasi-municipal agency or corporation of this State, wherever such land or water may be situated.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 1414; A 1968, 44; 1973, 1532; 1977, 985, 1539; 1979, 1736; 1987, 543; 1995, 1073; 2007, 3024, 3025)
NRS 41.036 Filing tort claim against State with Attorney General; filing tort claim against political subdivision with governing body; review and investigation by Attorney General of tort claim against State; regulations by State Board of Examiners.
1. Each person who has a claim against the State or any of its agencies arising out of a tort must file the claim within 2 years after the time the cause of action accrues with the Attorney General.
2. Each person who has a claim against any political subdivision of the State arising out of a tort must file the claim within 2 years after the time the cause of action accrues with the governing body of that political subdivision.
3. The filing of a claim in tort against the State or a political subdivision as required by subsections 1 and 2 is not a condition precedent to bringing an action pursuant to NRS 41.031.
4. The Attorney General shall, if authorized by regulations adopted by the State Board of Examiners pursuant to subsection 6, approve, settle or deny each claim that is:
(a) Filed pursuant to subsection 1; and
(b) Not required to be passed upon by the Legislature.
5. If the Attorney General is not authorized to approve, settle or deny a claim filed pursuant to subsection 1, the Attorney General shall investigate the claim and submit a report of findings to the State Board of Examiners concerning that claim.
6. The State Board of Examiners shall adopt regulations that specify:
(a) The type of claim that the Attorney General is required to approve, settle or deny pursuant to subsection 4; and
(b) The procedure to be used by the Attorney General to approve, settle or deny that claim.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 1414; A 1969, 1117; 1979, 629; 1981, 1885; 1983, 103; 1993, 1502; 1997, 280)
NRS 41.037 Administrative settlement of claims or actions.
1. Upon receiving a report of findings pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 41.036, the State Board of Examiners may approve, settle or deny any claim or action against the State, any of its agencies or any of its present or former officers, employees, immune contractors or State Legislators.
2. Upon approval of a claim by the State Board of Examiners or the Attorney General pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 41.036:
(a) The State Controller shall draw a warrant for the payment of the claim; and
(b) The State Treasurer shall pay the claim from:
(1) The Fund for Insurance Premiums; or
(2) The Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account.
3. The governing body of any political subdivision whose authority to allow and approve claims is not otherwise fixed by statute may:
(a) Approve, settle or deny any claim or action against that subdivision or any of its present or former officers or employees; and
(b) Pay the claim or settlement from any money appropriated or lawfully available for that purpose.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 1414; A 1973, 1532; 1977, 1539; 1979, 1736; 1985, 544; 1987, 544; 1989, 310; 1991, 1752; 1997, 281)
NRS 41.0375 Agreement to settle: Prohibited contents; required contents; constitutes public record; void under certain circumstances.
1. Any agreement to settle a claim or action brought under NRS 41.031 or against a present or former officer or employee of the State or any political subdivision, immune contractor or State Legislator:
(a) Must not provide that any or all of the terms of the agreement are confidential.
(b) Must include the amount of any attorney’s fees and costs to be paid pursuant to the agreement.
(c) Is a public record and must be open for inspection pursuant to NRS 239.010.
2. Any provision of an agreement to settle a claim or action brought under NRS 41.031 or against a present or former officer or employee of the State or any political subdivision, immune contractor or State Legislator that conflicts with this section is void.
NRS 41.038 Insurance of officers, employees and immune contractors of State or local government against liability.
1. The State and any local government may:
(a) Insure itself against any liability arising under NRS 41.031.
(b) Insure any of its officers, employees or immune contractors against tort liability resulting from an act or omission in the scope of the person’s employment.
(c) Insure against the expense of defending a claim against itself or any of its officers, employees or immune contractors whether or not liability exists on such a claim.
2. Any school district may insure any peace officer, requested to attend any school function, against tort liability resulting from an act or omission in the scope of the peace officer’s employment while attending such a function.
(a) “Insure” means to purchase a policy of insurance or establish a self-insurance reserve or fund, or any combination thereof.
(b) “Local government” means every political subdivision and every other governmental entity in this State.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 1414; A 1969, 272, 564; 1977, 388; 1987, 544)
NRS 41.0385 Claims made against state agencies and local governments for tortious conduct: Annual filing of summary of claims with Secretary of State or clerk of local government; summaries of claims are public records.
1. On or before January 10 of each year, for the preceding calendar year, each agency represented by the Attorney General shall submit to the Attorney General a summary of all claims made against the agency for tortious conduct. On or before February 1 of each year, the Attorney General shall compile the summaries submitted pursuant to this subsection and file the compilation with the Secretary of State. The compilation is a public record open to inspection.
2. On or before February 1 of each year, for the preceding calendar year, the district attorney, city attorney or other attorney on behalf of each local government shall compile and file with the clerk of its governing body a summary of all claims made against that government for tortious conduct. The summary is a public record open to inspection.
3. The claims summarized pursuant to this section must be arranged by category of wrong alleged, such as battery, false arrest, negligent injury, wrongful death, and the like, and divided by status into:
(a) Claims paid;
(b) Judgments entered but unpaid; and
(c) Claims pending.
Ê A total must be shown for each status in each category, and a total overall for each status and each category.
4. For each claim must be shown:
(a) The name of the claimant;
(b) The amount paid, reduced to judgment, or claimed, as the case may be, including fees and costs determined; and
(c) The type of wrong alleged.
5. A court order sealing the record of a proceeding does not prevent the disclosure of the information required by this section, or excuse the attorney for the state or local government from providing that information.
NRS 41.039 Filing of valid claim against political subdivision condition precedent to commencement of action against immune contractor, employee or officer. An action which is based on the conduct of any immune contractor, employee or appointed or elected officer of a political subdivision of the State of Nevada while in the course of the person’s employment or in the performance of the person’s official duties may not be filed against the immune contractor, employee or officer unless, before the filing of the complaint in such an action, a valid claim has been filed, pursuant to NRS 41.031 to 41.038, inclusive, against the political subdivision for which the immune contractor, employee or officer was authorized to act.
(Added to NRS by 1968, 27; A 1987, 96, 544)
NRS 41.0393 Grounds for award; application; eligibility; receipt of evidence and testimony; payment of award; payment of interest following unsuccessful appeal; definitions.
1. A court may, in a criminal action, award to a prevailing party, other than the State, reasonable attorney’s fees and litigation expenses incurred by the party in the criminal action if the court finds that the position of the State was vexatious, frivolous or in bad faith.
2. A prevailing party that wishes to obtain an award pursuant to this section must, within 30 days after final judgment in the criminal action, submit to the court an application for attorney’s fees and litigation expenses. The application must include, without limitation:
(a) A showing that the party is:
(1) A prevailing party; and
(2) Eligible to receive an award as set forth in subsection 3;
(b) An allegation that the position of the State in the criminal action was vexatious, frivolous or in bad faith; and
(c) A statement of the amount sought, accompanied by an itemized statement from any attorney, expert witness or other person that represented or appeared in the criminal action on behalf of the party that states the actual time expended and the rate at which fees and other expenses were computed.
3. A prevailing party is not eligible for an award pursuant to subsection 1 if he or she was represented by a county or state public defender or by other appointed counsel whose expenses were paid by the public.
4. To determine whether or not to award attorney’s fees and litigation expenses under this section, the court, for good cause shown, may receive evidence and testimony ex parte and in camera. Such evidence and testimony may include, without limitation, evidence and testimony that reveals or might reveal confidential information, the identity of an informant or undercover agent or matters occurring before a grand jury. Evidence or testimony so received must be kept under seal.
5. Attorney’s fees and litigation expenses awarded pursuant to this section must be paid by the department, division, board, bureau, commission or other agency or political subdivision of the State over which the party prevailed. The award must be paid in the same manner as other claims against the department, division, board, bureau, commission or other agency or political subdivision are paid.
6. If the State appeals an award of attorney’s fees or litigation expenses made pursuant to this section and the award is affirmed in whole or in part, interest must be paid on the amount of the award as affirmed. The interest must:
(a) Be computed at the rate most recently established pursuant to NRS 99.040; and
(b) Run from the date of the award through the day before the date on which the award is affirmed.
7. For the purposes of this section, a party prevails over the State in a criminal action if the party:
(a) Is acquitted or obtains a dismissal with prejudice of all or substantially all charges brought against the party in the criminal action; or
(b) Obtains a dismissal without prejudice of all or substantially all charges brought against the party in the criminal action or a mistrial, so long as it is not the result of circumstances attributable to the party, but only if the court finds it unlikely that a new criminal action will be brought against the party with respect to those charges.
(a) “Court” means a district court or justice court.
(b) “Final judgment” means a judgment from which no appeal may be taken or for which the time for taking an appeal has expired.
(c) “Litigation expenses” includes, without limitation, the reasonable expenses of expert witnesses and the reasonable cost of any study, analysis, engineering report, test or project which is found by the court to be necessary for the preparation of the prevailing party’s criminal action.
(d) “State” means the State of Nevada and any department, division, board, bureau, commission or other agency or political subdivision of the State or an officer or employee thereof acting in his or her official capacity.
NRS 41.0395 Person from whom firearm is unlawfully confiscated may commence action against State or political subdivision responsible for confiscation; court in which action may be commenced; court shall award attorney’s fees and costs.
1. A person from whom a firearm is confiscated in violation of NRS 414.155 may seek relief in a suit, action or other proceeding at law or in equity, including, without limitation, an action for the return of the firearm, against:
(a) The State of Nevada or a political subdivision thereof; and
(b) The officer or employee of the State or a political subdivision thereof or worker who confiscated or authorized the confiscation of the firearm.
2. The proceeding may be commenced in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which:
(a) The person bringing the proceeding resides; or
(b) The firearm may be found.
3. If a person who brings a proceeding pursuant to this section prevails, the court shall award the person, in addition to any other remedy provided by law, reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.
(a) “Firearm” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 414.0355.
(b) “Worker” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 414.110.
NRS 41.040 Appointment and bond of elisor. Process and orders in an action or proceeding may be executed in any county by a person designated by the court or the judge thereof of the county in which the action or proceeding is pending, and denominated an elisor, in the following cases:
1. When the sheriff is a party.
2. When there is a vacancy in the office of sheriff.
3. When it shall be made to appear by affidavit to the satisfaction of the court in which the suit or proceeding is pending, or the judge thereof, that the sheriff, by reason of any bias, prejudice or other cause, would not act promptly or impartially. The court or judge may require such person so appointed to give a bond with sufficient security, in such amount and with such condition, to the person to be served, as the court or judge may deem necessary to secure the rights of the party.
NRS 41.050 Execution of process by elisor. When process is delivered to an elisor, the elisor shall execute it in the same manner as the sheriff is required to execute similar process in other cases.
NRS 41.060 Arrest and confinement of sheriff in a civil action. If the sheriff, on being arrested by an elisor, or if another, on being arrested in an action in which the sheriff is a party, upon an order of arrest in a civil action, neglect to give bail or make a deposit of money instead thereof, or if he or she be arrested on execution against his or her body, or on a warrant of attachment, he or she shall be confined in a house other than the house of the sheriff or the county jail, in the same manner as the sheriff is required to confine a prisoner in the county jail. The house in which he or she is thus confined shall thereupon become, for that purpose, the county jail.
NRS 41.070 Powers, duties and fees of elisors. An elisor appointed to execute process and orders in the cases mentioned in NRS 41.040 shall be invested with the powers, duties and responsibilities of the sheriff in the execution of such process or orders and in every matter incidental thereto, and shall be entitled to the same fees as a sheriff would be entitled to for like services.
NRS 41.071 Legislative privilege and immunity for State Legislators.
1. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:
(a) The Framers of the Nevada Constitution created a system of checks and balances so that the constitutional powers separately vested in the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Departments of State Government may be exercised without intrusion from the other Departments.
(b) As part of the system of checks and balances, the constitutional doctrines of separation of powers and legislative privilege and immunity facilitate the autonomy of the Legislative Department by curtailing intrusions by the Executive or Judicial Department into the sphere of legitimate legislative activities.
(c) The constitutional doctrines of separation of powers and legislative privilege and immunity protect State Legislators from having to defend themselves, from being held liable and from being questioned or sanctioned in administrative or judicial proceedings for speech, debate, deliberation and other actions performed within the sphere of legitimate legislative activity.
(d) Under the constitutional doctrines of separation of powers and legislative privilege and immunity, State Legislators must not be hindered or obstructed by executive or judicial oversight that realistically threatens to control their conduct as Legislators.
(e) Under the constitutional doctrines of separation of powers and legislative privilege and immunity, State Legislators must be free to represent the interests of their constituents with assurance that they will not later be called to task for that representation by the other branches of government.
(f) Under the constitutional doctrines of separation of powers and legislative privilege and immunity, State Legislators must not be questioned or sanctioned by the other branches of government for their actions in carrying out their core or essential legislative functions.
(g) Under the constitutional doctrines of separation of powers and legislative privilege and immunity, the only governmental entity that may question or sanction a State Legislator for any actions taken within the sphere of legitimate legislative activity is the Legislator’s own House pursuant to Section 6 of Article 4 of the Nevada Constitution.
(h) Therefore, the purpose and effect of this section is to implement the constitutional doctrines of separation of powers and legislative privilege and immunity by codifying in statutory form the constitutional right of State Legislators to be protected from having to defend themselves, from being held liable and from being questioned or sanctioned in administrative or judicial proceedings for speech, debate, deliberation and other actions performed within the sphere of legitimate legislative activity.
2. For any speech or debate in either House, a State Legislator shall not be questioned in any other place.
3. In interpreting and applying the provisions of this section, the interpretation and application given to the constitutional doctrines of separation of powers and legislative privilege and immunity under the Speech or Debate Clause of Section 6 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States must be considered to be persuasive authority.
4. The rights, privileges and immunities recognized by this section are in addition to any other rights, privileges and immunities recognized by law.
5. This section applies to any actions, in any form, taken or performed within the sphere of legitimate legislative activity, whether or not the Legislature is in a regular or special session, and such actions include, without limitation:
(a) Any actions, in any form, taken or performed with regard to any legislative measure or other matter within the jurisdiction of the Legislature, including, without limitation, conceiving, formulating, investigating, developing, requesting, drafting, introducing, sponsoring, processing, reviewing, revising, amending, communicating, discussing, debating, negotiating, allying, caucusing, meeting, considering, supporting, advocating, approving, opposing, blocking, disapproving or voting in any form.
(b) Any actions, in any form, taken or performed with regard to any legislative investigation, study, inquiry or information-gathering concerning any legislative measure or other matter within the jurisdiction of the Legislature, including, without limitation, chairing or serving on a committee, preparing committee reports or other documents, issuing subpoenas or conducting disciplinary or impeachment proceedings.
(c) Any actions, in any form, taken or performed with regard to requesting, seeking or obtaining any form of aid, assistance, counsel or services from any officer or employee of the Legislature concerning any legislative measure or other matter within the jurisdiction of the Legislature, including, without limitation, any communications, information, answers, advice, opinions, recommendations, drafts, documents, records, questions, inquiries or requests in any form.
(a) Are intended to be illustrative;
(b) Are not intended to be exhaustive or exclusive; and
(c) Must not be interpreted as a limitation or restriction on the constitutional doctrines of separation of powers and legislative privilege and immunity.
(a) “Any form” includes, without limitation, any oral, written, audio, visual, digital or electronic form.
(b) “Legislative measure” means any existing, suggested, proposed or pending bill, resolution, law, statute, ballot question, initiative, referendum or other legislative or constitutional measure.
(c) “Legislature” means:
(1) The Legislature or either House;
(2) Any committee of either House;
(3) Any joint committee of both Houses; or
(4) Any other committee, subcommittee, commission, agency or entity created or authorized by the Legislature to perform legislative functions at the direction of the Legislature, including, without limitation, the Legislative Commission, the Legislative Counsel Bureau or any other agency or entity of the Legislative Department of State Government.
(d) “State Legislator” or “Legislator” means:
(1) Any current or former member of the Senate or Assembly of the State of Nevada; or
(2) Any other person who takes or performs any actions within the sphere of legitimate legislative activity that would be protected if taken or performed by any member of the Senate or Assembly, including, without limitation, any such actions taken or performed by any current or former officer or employee of the Legislature.
NRS 41.075 Limitations on liability of Committee on Local Government Finance. No cause of action may be brought against the Committee on Local Government Finance created pursuant to NRS 354.105, or any of its members, which is based upon:
1. Any act or omission in the execution of, or otherwise in conjunction with, the execution of NRS 354.655 to 354.725, inclusive, or any policy or plan adopted pursuant thereto, whether or not such statute, policy or plan is valid, if the statute, policy or plan has not been declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction; or
2. The exercise or performance or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or duty on the part of the Committee on Local Government Finance or member thereof, whether or not the discretion involved is abused.
NRS 41.085 Heirs and personal representatives may maintain action.
1. As used in this section, “heir” means a person who, under the laws of this State, would be entitled to succeed to the separate property of the decedent if the decedent had died intestate. The term does not include a person who is deemed to be a killer of the decedent pursuant to chapter 41B of NRS, and such a person shall be deemed to have predeceased the decedent as set forth in NRS 41B.330.
2. When the death of any person, whether or not a minor, is caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another, the heirs of the decedent and the personal representatives of the decedent may each maintain an action for damages against the person who caused the death, or if the wrongdoer is dead, against the wrongdoer’s personal representatives, whether the wrongdoer died before or after the death of the person injured by the wrongdoer. If any other person is responsible for the wrongful act or neglect, or if the wrongdoer is employed by another person who is responsible for the wrongdoer’s conduct, the action may be maintained against that other person, or if the other person is dead, against the other person’s personal representatives.
3. An action brought by the heirs of a decedent pursuant to subsection 2 and the cause of action of that decedent brought or maintained by the decedent’s personal representatives which arose out of the same wrongful act or neglect may be joined.
4. The heirs may prove their respective damages in the action brought pursuant to subsection 2 and the court or jury may award each person pecuniary damages for the person’s grief or sorrow, loss of probable support, companionship, society, comfort and consortium, and damages for pain, suffering or disfigurement of the decedent. The proceeds of any judgment for damages awarded under this subsection are not liable for any debt of the decedent.
5. The damages recoverable by the personal representatives of a decedent on behalf of the decedent’s estate include:
(a) Any special damages, such as medical expenses, which the decedent incurred or sustained before the decedent’s death, and funeral expenses; and
(b) Any penalties, including, but not limited to, exemplary or punitive damages, that the decedent would have recovered if the decedent had lived,
Ê but do not include damages for pain, suffering or disfigurement of the decedent. The proceeds of any judgment for damages awarded under this subsection are liable for the debts of the decedent unless exempted by law.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 458; A 1995, 2667; 1999, 1354)
NRS 41.095 Presumption that person using deadly force against intruder in person’s residence, transient lodging or motor vehicle has reasonable fear of death or bodily injury; person who uses deadly force is immune from civil liability under certain circumstances; definitions.
1. For the purposes of NRS 41.085 and 41.130, any person who uses:
(a) While lawfully in his or her residence, in transient lodging or in a motor vehicle that is not his or her residence, force which is intended or likely to cause death or bodily injury is presumed to have had a reasonable fear of imminent death or bodily injury to himself or herself or another person lawfully in the residence, transient lodging or motor vehicle if the force is used against a person who is committing burglary, invasion of the home or grand larceny of the motor vehicle with the use or threatened use of a deadly weapon and the person using the force knew or had reason to believe that burglary, invasion of the home or grand larceny of the motor vehicle with the use or threatened use of a deadly weapon was being committed. An action to recover damages for personal injuries to or the wrongful death of the person who committed burglary, invasion of the home or grand larceny of the motor vehicle with the use or threatened use of a deadly weapon may not be maintained against the person who used such force unless the presumption is overcome by clear and convincing evidence to the contrary.
(b) Force which is intended or likely to cause death or bodily injury is immune from civil liability in an action to recover damages for personal injuries to or the wrongful death of a person against whom such force was used if the use of such force was justified under the applicable provisions of chapter 200 of NRS relating to the use of such force.
(a) “Deadly weapon” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 193.165.
(b) “Motor vehicle” means every vehicle which is self-propelled.
(c) “Residence” means any house, room, apartment, tenement or other building, vehicle, vehicle trailer, semitrailer, house trailer or boat designed or intended for occupancy as a residence.
NRS 41.100 Cause of action not lost by reason of death; damages; recovery for loss arising out of unfair practice regarding policy of life insurance; subrogation.
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no cause of action is lost by reason of the death of any person, but may be maintained by or against the person’s executor or administrator.
2. In an action against an executor or administrator, any damages may be awarded which would have been recovered against the decedent if the decedent had lived, except damages awardable under NRS 42.005 or 42.010 or other damages imposed primarily for the sake of example or to punish the defendant.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, when a person who has a cause of action dies before judgment, the damages recoverable by the decedent’s executor or administrator include all losses or damages which the decedent incurred or sustained before the decedent’s death, including any penalties or punitive and exemplary damages which the decedent would have recovered if the decedent had lived, and damages for pain, suffering or disfigurement and loss of probable support, companionship, society, comfort and consortium. This subsection does not apply to the cause of action of a decedent brought by the decedent’s personal representatives for the decedent’s wrongful death.
4. The executor or administrator of the estate of a person insured under a policy of life insurance may recover on behalf of the estate any loss, including, without limitation, consequential damages and attorney’s fees, arising out of the commission of an act that constitutes an unfair practice pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 686A.310.
5. This section does not prevent subrogation suits under the terms and conditions of an uninsured motorists’ provision of an insurance policy.
[1:21:1937; 1931 NCL § 240.01] — (NRS A 1960, 322; 1967, 408; 1969, 285; 1979, 458; 1987, 1768; 1989, 485; 1997, 227; 2017, 2688)
NRS 41.130 Liability for personal injury. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 41.745, whenever any person shall suffer personal injury by wrongful act, neglect or default of another, the person causing the injury is liable to the person injured for damages; and where the person causing the injury is employed by another person or corporation responsible for the conduct of the person causing the injury, that other person or corporation so responsible is liable to the person injured for damages.
NRS 41.1305 Liability of person who serves, sells or furnishes alcoholic beverages for damages caused as a result of consumption of alcoholic beverage: No liability if person served is 21 years of age or older; liability in certain circumstances if person served is under 21 years of age; exception to liability; damages, attorney’s fees and costs.
1. A person who serves, sells or otherwise furnishes an alcoholic beverage to another person who is 21 years of age or older is not liable in a civil action for any damages caused by the person to whom the alcoholic beverage was served, sold or furnished as a result of the consumption of the alcoholic beverage.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who:
(a) Knowingly serves, sells or otherwise furnishes an alcoholic beverage to an underage person; or
(b) Knowingly allows an underage person to consume an alcoholic beverage on premises or in a conveyance belonging to the person or over which the person has control,
Ê is liable in a civil action for any damages caused by the underage person as a result of the consumption of the alcoholic beverage.
3. The liability created pursuant to subsection 2 does not apply to a person who is licensed to serve, sell or furnish alcoholic beverages or to a person who is an employee or agent of such a person for any act or failure to act that occurs during the course of business or employment and any such act or failure to act may not be used to establish proximate cause in a civil action and does not constitute negligence per se.
4. A person who prevails in an action brought pursuant to subsection 2 may recover the person’s actual damages, attorney’s fees and costs and any punitive damages that the facts may warrant.
5. As used in this section, “underage person” means a person who is less than 21 years of age.
NRS 41.131 Limitation on basis of liability of manufacturers and distributors of firearms and ammunition.
1. No person has a cause of action against the manufacturer or distributor of any firearm or ammunition merely because the firearm or ammunition was capable of causing serious injury, damage or death, was discharged and proximately caused serious injury, damage or death. This subsection is declaratory and not in derogation of the common law.
2. This section does not affect a cause of action based upon a defect in design or production. The capability of a firearm or ammunition to cause serious injury, damage or death when discharged does not make the product defective in design.
NRS 41.1315 Limitation on liability of property owner for injury or damage on sidewalk in public right-of-way. No person who owns property is liable in a civil action for any injury or damage that occurs as a result of the use of a sidewalk in a public right-of-way that abuts the person’s property, unless the person:
1. Failed to comply with an ordinance adopted pursuant to paragraph (d) of subsection 2 of NRS 278.02313; or
2. Created a dangerous condition that caused the injury or damage.
NRS 41.133 Conviction of crime is conclusive evidence of facts necessary to impose civil liability for related injury. If an offender has been convicted of the crime which resulted in the injury to the victim, the judgment of conviction is conclusive evidence of all facts necessary to impose civil liability for the injury.
NRS 41.134 Action for damages for injuries resulting from acts of domestic violence; award of costs and attorney’s fees to injured person. A person who has suffered injury as the proximate result of an act that constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.018 may bring an action to recover for the person’s actual damages, including, without limitation, damage to any real or personal property. If the person who suffered injury prevails in such an action, the court shall award the person costs and reasonable attorney’s fees.
NRS 41.1345 Action for damages for injuries resulting from unlawful use, possession, sale or transfer of personal identifying information; award of costs and attorney’s fees to injured person; punitive damages; limitation on time for commencement of action.
1. A person who has suffered injury as the proximate result of a violation of the provisions of NRS 205.463, 205.464 or 205.465 may commence an action for the recovery of the person’s actual damages, costs and reasonable attorney’s fees and for any punitive damages that the facts may warrant.
2. An action described in subsection 1 must be commenced not later than 2 years after the person who suffered the injury discovers the facts constituting the violation of the provisions of NRS 205.463, 205.464 or 205.465.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1346; A 2007, 48)
NRS 41.135 Limitation on liability of victims of certain crimes for injury or damage sustained by offender. A person who is convicted of committing or attempting to commit:
1. A felony;
2. An act that would have been a felony if committed by an adult; or
3. A misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor that constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.018,
Ê may not bring an action against the victim or the estate of the victim for injuries sustained by the offender or damage to property of the offender that occurred during the course of the crime or delinquent act.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 968; A 1989, 1453; 1997, 2, 1811)
NRS 41.139 Actions by peace officers, firefighters and emergency medical attendants for injury resulting from willful acts or negligent management of property; employer not liable.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a peace officer, firefighter or emergency medical attendant may bring and maintain an action for damages for personal injury caused by the willful act of another person, or by another person’s lack of ordinary care or skill in the management of the person’s property, if the conduct causing the injury:
(a) Occurred after the person who caused the injury knew or should have known of the presence of the peace officer, firefighter or emergency medical attendant;
(b) Was intended to injure the peace officer, firefighter or emergency medical attendant;
(c) Violated a statute, ordinance or regulation:
(1) Intended to protect the peace officer, firefighter or emergency medical attendant; or
(2) Prohibiting resistance to or requiring compliance with an order of a peace officer or firefighter; or
(d) Was arson.
2. This section does not impose liability on the employer of the peace officer, firefighter or emergency medical attendant.
(a) “Emergency medical attendant” means a person licensed as an attendant or certified as an emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic pursuant to chapter 450B of NRS.
(b) “Peace officer” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 169.125.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 151; A 1991, 457; 2005, 317; 2013, 951)
NRS 41.1393 Discharge of duty to warn trespasser against dangerous condition. In any case where there is a duty to warn a trespasser against a dangerous condition of the premises, that duty is discharged by painting, at intervals of not more than 200 feet on each side of the premises, upon or near the boundary, a post, structure or natural object with not less than 50 square inches of fluorescent orange paint or, if the post is a metal fence post, painting the entire post with such paint.
NRS 41.1395 Action for damages for injury or loss suffered by older or vulnerable person from abuse, neglect or exploitation; double damages; attorney’s fees and costs.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if an older person or a vulnerable person suffers a personal injury or death that is caused by abuse or neglect or suffers a loss of money or property caused by exploitation, the person who caused the injury, death or loss is liable to the older person or vulnerable person for two times the actual damages incurred by the older person or vulnerable person.
2. If it is established by a preponderance of the evidence that a person who is liable for damages pursuant to this section acted with recklessness, oppression, fraud or malice, the court shall order the person to pay the attorney’s fees and costs of the person who initiated the lawsuit.
3. The provisions of this section do not apply to a person who caused injury, death or loss to a vulnerable person if the person did not know or have reason to know that the harmed person was a vulnerable person.
4. For the purposes of this section:
(a) “Abuse” means willful and unjustified:
(1) Infliction of pain, injury or mental anguish; or
(2) Deprivation of food, shelter, clothing or services which are necessary to maintain the physical or mental health of an older person or a vulnerable person.
(b) “Exploitation” means any act taken by a person who has the trust and confidence of an older person or a vulnerable person or any use of the power of attorney or guardianship of an older person or a vulnerable person to:
(1) Obtain control, through deception, intimidation or undue influence, over the money, assets or property of the older person or vulnerable person with the intention of permanently depriving the older person or vulnerable person of the ownership, use, benefit or possession of that person’s money, assets or property; or
(2) Convert money, assets or property of the older person with the intention of permanently depriving the older person or vulnerable person of the ownership, use, benefit or possession of that person’s money, assets or property.
Ê As used in this paragraph, “undue influence” does not include the normal influence that one member of a family has over another.
(c) “Neglect” means the failure of a person who has assumed legal responsibility or a contractual obligation for caring for an older person or a vulnerable person, or who has voluntarily assumed responsibility for such a person’s care, to provide food, shelter, clothing or services within the scope of the person’s responsibility or obligation, which are necessary to maintain the physical or mental health of the older person or vulnerable person. For the purposes of this paragraph, a person voluntarily assumes responsibility to provide care for an older or vulnerable person only to the extent that the person has expressly acknowledged the person’s responsibility to provide such care.
(d) “Older person” means a person who is 60 years of age or older.
(e) “Vulnerable person” means a person who:
(1) Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of the person; and
(2) Has a medical or psychological record of the impairment or is otherwise regarded as having the impairment.
Ê The term includes, without limitation, a person who has an intellectual disability, a person who has a severe learning disability, a person who suffers from a severe mental or emotional illness or a person who suffers from a terminal or catastrophic illness or injury.
NRS 41.1396 Action for damages for injury suffered by victim of pornography involving minors; presumed statutory damages; attorney’s fees and costs; protection of victim’s identity; limitation on defenses.
1. Any person who, while under the age of 16 years, appeared in any film, photograph or other visual presentation engaging in sexual conduct and who suffered personal or psychological injury as a result may bring an action against any person who, while over the age of 18 years, knowingly and willfully:
(a) Promoted the film, photograph or other visual presentation;
(b) Possessed the film, photograph or other visual presentation; or
(c) Used the Internet to control the film, photograph or other visual presentation, with the specific intent to view the film, photograph or other visual presentation.
2. A plaintiff who prevails in an action brought pursuant to this section may recover the plaintiff’s actual damages, which shall be deemed to be at least $150,000, plus attorney’s fees and costs.
3. A plaintiff may request to use a pseudonym instead of the plaintiff’s name in all court proceedings and records related to an action brought pursuant to this section. Upon notification that a plaintiff has requested to use a pseudonym, the court shall ensure that the pseudonym is used in all court proceedings and records.
4. It is not a defense to a cause of action under this section that a defendant did not know the plaintiff or did not engage in the sexual conduct with the plaintiff.
(a) “Promote” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 200.700.
(b) “Sexual conduct” means sexual intercourse, fellatio, cunnilingus, bestiality, anal intercourse, excretion, sado-masochistic abuse, masturbation, or the penetration of any object manipulated or inserted by a person into the genital or anal opening of the body of another.
NRS 41.1397 Liability of owner or operator of house of prostitution for employment of prostitute tested positive for exposure to human immunodeficiency virus. An owner of a house of prostitution, the person who operates the house or the agent of either who employs or continues to employ a prostitute after the person knows or should know that the prostitute has tested positive in a test approved by regulation of the State Board of Health for exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus, is liable for any damages caused to a person exposed to the virus as a result of the employment.
NRS 41.1398 Action for damages for unlawful disclosure of certain confidential information relating to victim of sexual assault. A person who has suffered injury as the proximate result of a violation of the provisions of NRS 200.3771 to 200.3774, inclusive, may bring an action for the recovery of the person’s actual damages and any punitive damages which the facts may warrant.
NRS 41.1399 Action by victim of human trafficking; venue; damages and other relief; attorney’s fees and costs; statute of limitations; joinder of parties; limitation on defenses.
1. Any person who is a victim of human trafficking may bring a civil action against any person who caused, was responsible for or profited from the human trafficking.
2. A civil action brought under this section may be instituted in the district court of this State in the county in which the prospective defendant resides or has committed any act which subjects him or her to liability under this section.
3. In an action brought under this section, the court may award such injunctive relief as the court deems appropriate.
4. A plaintiff who prevails in an action brought under this section may recover actual damages, compensatory damages, punitive damages or any other appropriate relief. If a plaintiff recovers actual damages in an action brought under this section and the acts of the defendant were willful and malicious, the court may award treble damages to the plaintiff. If the plaintiff prevails in an action brought under this section, the court may award attorney’s fees and costs to the plaintiff.
5. The statute of limitations for an action brought under this section does not commence until:
(a) The plaintiff discovers or reasonably should have discovered that he or she is a victim of human trafficking and that the defendant caused, was responsible for or profited from the human trafficking;
(b) The plaintiff reaches 18 years of age; or
(c) If the injury to the plaintiff results from two or more acts relating to the human trafficking, the final act in the series of acts has occurred,
Ê whichever is later.
6. The statute of limitations for an action brought under this section is tolled for any period during which the plaintiff was under a disability. For the purposes of this subsection, a plaintiff is under a disability if the plaintiff is insane, a person with an intellectual disability, mentally incompetent or in a medically comatose or vegetative state.
7. A defendant in an action brought under this section is estopped from asserting that the action was not brought within the statute of limitations if the defendant, or any person acting on behalf of the defendant, has induced the plaintiff to delay bringing an action under this section by subjecting the plaintiff to duress, threats, intimidation, manipulation or fraud or any other conduct inducing the plaintiff to delay bringing an action under this section.
8. In the discretion of the court in an action brought under this section:
(a) Two or more persons may join as plaintiffs in one action if the claims of those plaintiffs involve at least one defendant in common.
(b) Two or more persons may be joined in one action as defendants if those persons may be liable to at least one plaintiff in common.
9. The consent of a victim is not a defense to a cause of action brought under this section.
10. For the purposes of this section:
(a) A victim of human trafficking is a person against whom a violation of any provision of NRS 200.463 to 200.468, inclusive, 201.300 or 201.320, or 18 U.S.C. § 1589, 1590 or 1591 has been committed.
(b) It is not necessary that the defendant be investigated, arrested, prosecuted or convicted for a violation of any provision of NRS 200.463 to 200.468, inclusive, 201.300 or 201.320, or 18 U.S.C. § 1589, 1590 or 1591 to be found liable in an action brought under this section.
NRS 41.141 When comparative negligence not bar to recovery; jury instructions; liability of multiple defendants.
1. In any action to recover damages for death or injury to persons or for injury to property in which comparative negligence is asserted as a defense, the comparative negligence of the plaintiff or the plaintiff’s decedent does not bar a recovery if that negligence was not greater than the negligence or gross negligence of the parties to the action against whom recovery is sought.
2. In those cases, the judge shall instruct the jury that:
(a) The plaintiff may not recover if the plaintiff’s comparative negligence or that of the plaintiff’s decedent is greater than the negligence of the defendant or the combined negligence of multiple defendants.
(b) If the jury determines the plaintiff is entitled to recover, it shall return:
(1) By general verdict the total amount of damages the plaintiff would be entitled to recover without regard to the plaintiff’s comparative negligence; and
(2) A special verdict indicating the percentage of negligence attributable to each party remaining in the action.
3. If a defendant in such an action settles with the plaintiff before the entry of judgment, the comparative negligence of that defendant and the amount of the settlement must not thereafter be admitted into evidence nor considered by the jury. The judge shall deduct the amount of the settlement from the net sum otherwise recoverable by the plaintiff pursuant to the general and special verdicts.
4. Where recovery is allowed against more than one defendant in such an action, except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, each defendant is severally liable to the plaintiff only for that portion of the judgment which represents the percentage of negligence attributable to that defendant.
5. This section does not affect the joint and several liability, if any, of the defendants in an action based upon:
(a) Strict liability;
(b) An intentional tort;
(c) The emission, disposal or spillage of a toxic or hazardous substance;
(d) The concerted acts of the defendants; or
(e) An injury to any person or property resulting from a product which is manufactured, distributed, sold or used in this State.
(a) “Concerted acts of the defendants” does not include negligent acts committed by providers of health care while working together to provide treatment to a patient.
(b) “Provider of health care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1722; A 1979, 1356; 1987, 1697; 1989, 72)
NRS 41.191 Declaration of domicile in Nevada.
1. Any person who has established domicile in this state may manifest and evidence his or her domicile by filing in the office of the clerk of the district court for the county in which the person resides, a sworn statement showing that the person resides in and maintains a residence in that county, which the person recognizes and intends to maintain as his or her permanent home.
2. Any person who has established a domicile in this state, but who maintains another residence in some other state, may manifest and evidence his or her domicile in this state by filing in the office of the clerk of the district court for the county in which the person resides, a sworn statement that the person’s residence in Nevada constitutes his or her predominant and principal home, and that the person intends to continue it permanently as his or her predominant and principal home.
3. A sworn statement filed pursuant to this section must contain, in addition to the declaration required in subsection 1 or 2, a declaration that the person making the statement is at the time of making the statement a bona fide resident of the State, and it must set forth the person’s place of residence, the city, county and state in which the person formerly resided, and all other places, if any, in which the person maintains a residence.
NRS 41.193 Declaration of domicile in other state.
(a) Is or was domiciled in a state other than Nevada and who:
(1) Has a residence in Nevada; or
(2) Does or has done acts within Nevada which, independently of his or her actual intention concerning domicile, might be taken to indicate that the person is or intends to be domiciled in Nevada; and
(b) Desires to maintain or continue his or her domicile in a state other than Nevada,
Ê may manifest and evidence his or her permanent domicile in that other state by filing in the office of the clerk of the district court in any county in Nevada in which the person has a residence or in which the person may have performed those acts, a sworn statement that his or her domicile is in a state other than Nevada, naming the state and stating that he or she intends to permanently continue domicile in that state.
2. The sworn statement filed pursuant to this section must contain, in addition to the declaration required in subsection 1, a declaration that the person making the statement is, at the time of making the statement, a resident of a state other than Nevada, and it must set forth the place of residence which the person maintains in the state or the fact that the person does not maintain a residence in Nevada. It must also set forth other facts with reference to any acts done by the person which the person desires not be construed as evidencing an intention to establish his or her domicile in Nevada.
NRS 41.195 Signing and recording of declaration; fee. The sworn statement permitted by NRS 41.191 and 41.193 must be signed under oath before a person authorized to administer oaths. The clerk of a district court in whose office a statement is filed shall record it in a book provided for that purpose, and collect a fee of $5 for performing that duty.
NRS 41.197 Other methods of proving domicile not repealed or abrogated. Nothing contained in NRS 41.191 to 41.197, inclusive, repeals or abrogates any existing method of proving domicile.
NRS 41.200 Compromise by parent or guardian of claim by minor against third person; requirements of court petition; establishment of blocked financial investment for proceeds of compromise; no fees to be charged in proceedings.
1. If an unemancipated minor has a disputed claim for money against a third person, either parent, or if the parents of the minor are living separate and apart, then the custodial parent, or if no custody award has been made, the parent with whom the minor is living, or if a general guardian or guardian of the estate of the minor has been appointed, then that guardian, has the right to compromise the claim. Such a compromise is not effective until it is approved by the district court of the county where the minor resides, or if the minor is not a resident of the State of Nevada, then by the district court of the county where the claim was incurred, upon a verified petition in writing, regularly filed with the court.
2. The petition must set forth:
(a) The name, age and residence of the minor;
(b) The facts which bring the minor within the purview of this section, including:
(1) The circumstances which make it a disputed claim for money;
(2) The name of the third person against whom the claim is made; and
(3) If the claim is the result of an accident or motor vehicle crash, the date, place and facts of the accident or motor vehicle crash;
(c) The names and residence of the parents or the legal guardian of the minor;
(d) The name and residence of the person or persons having physical custody or control of the minor;
(e) The name and residence of the petitioner and the relationship of the petitioner to the minor;
(f) The total amount of the proceeds of the proposed compromise and the apportionment of those proceeds, including the amount to be used for:
(1) Attorney’s fees and whether the attorney’s fees are fixed or contingent fees, and if the attorney’s fees are contingent fees the percentage of the proceeds to be paid as attorney’s fees;
(2) Medical expenses; and
(3) Other expenses,
Ê and whether these fees and expenses are to be deducted before or after the calculation of any contingency fee;
(g) Whether the petitioner believes the acceptance of this compromise is in the best interest of the minor; and
(h) That the petitioner has been advised and understands that acceptance of the compromise will bar the minor from seeking further relief from the third person offering the compromise.
3. If the claim involves a personal injury suffered by the minor, the petitioner must submit all relevant medical and health care records to the court at the compromise hearing. The records must include documentation of:
(a) The injury, prognosis, treatment and progress of recovery of the minor; and
(b) The amount of medical expenses incurred to date, the nature and amount of medical expenses which have been paid and by whom, any amount owing for medical expenses and an estimate of the amount of medical expenses which may be incurred in the future.
4. If the court approves the compromise of the claim of the minor, the court must direct the money to be paid to a parent or guardian of the minor, with or without the filing of any bond, or it must require a general guardian or guardian ad litem to be appointed and the money to be paid to the guardian or guardian ad litem, with or without a bond, as the court, in its discretion, deems to be in the best interests of the minor.
5. Upon receiving the proceeds of the compromise, the parent or guardian to whom the proceeds of the compromise are ordered to be paid, shall establish a blocked financial investment for the benefit of the minor with the proceeds of the compromise. Money may be obtained from the blocked financial investment only pursuant to subsection 6. Within 30 days after receiving the proceeds of the compromise, the parent or guardian shall file with the court proof that the blocked financial investment has been established. If the balance of the investment is more than $10,000, the parent, guardian or person in charge of managing the investment shall annually file with the court a verified report detailing the activities of the investment during the previous 12 months. If the balance of the investment is $10,000 or less, the court may order the parent, guardian or person in charge of managing the investment to file such periodic verified reports as the court deems appropriate. The court may hold a hearing on a verified report only if it deems a hearing necessary to receive an explanation of the activities of the investment.
6. The beneficiary of a block financial investment may obtain control of or money from the investment:
(a) By an order of the court which held the compromise hearing; or
(b) By certification of the court which held the compromise hearing that the beneficiary has reached the age of 18 years, at which time control of the investment must be transferred to the beneficiary or the investment must be closed and the money distributed to the beneficiary.
7. The clerk of the district court shall not charge any fee for filing a petition for leave to compromise or for placing the petition upon the calendar to be heard by the court.
8. As used in this section, the term “blocked financial investment” means a savings account established in a depository institution in this state, a certificate of deposit, a United States savings bond, a fixed or variable annuity contract, or another reliable investment that is approved by the court.
[1:11:1931; A 1953, 65] — (NRS A 1963, 137; 1979, 143; 1987, 1281; 1989, 1571; 2001, 872; 2015, 1657; 2017, 775)
NRS 41.209 Applicability. After the time to bring an action under chapter 126 of NRS has elapsed and if the action is not for the purpose of establishing the responsibility of any person for the support of another, then NRS 41.209 to 41.260, inclusive, apply.
NRS 41.210 District courts empowered to establish date and place of birth and parentage. The district courts are hereby authorized to establish the date of birth, place of birth and parentage of any person and shall, in their orders, so decree and appoint in the manner hereinafter provided.
[1:167:1941; 1931 NCL § 5285.01]
NRS 41.220 Procedure; examination of records by State Registrar of Vital Statistics.
1. Every person desiring to have his or her date of birth, place of birth or parentage established must file a verified petition accompanied by his or her fingerprint chart, with a small recent photograph attached, in the district court of the county in which such person has been a resident for at least 6 months prior thereto, which petition must recite the circumstances involved and the desire of the petitioner in relation thereto.
2. Any action to establish parentage must be entitled “In the Matter of the Parental Relation of ................ and ................” Notice of the bringing of the action must be served, in the manner provided by law and the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure for the service of process, upon each of the following persons, if living:
(a) The person whose parentage it is sought to establish; and
(b) Each known or alleged parent, except a parent who has brought the action.
3. If the court so requests, the State Registrar of Vital Statistics must examine his or her records and provide to the court any data relevant to the action which the State Registrar finds.
[2:167:1941; 1931 NCL § 5285.02] — (NRS A 1979, 1278)
NRS 41.230 Hearing. Upon the hearing of the petition the court may require information appearing to be pertinent to the particular case at hand, and the court may require the presence of any person, or the affidavit of such person if the person be out of the jurisdiction of the court, as to enable the court to be fully advised in the premises.
NRS 41.240 Court order establishing facts as presented to court. After the court deems the evidence presented upon the hearing of the petition sufficient to grant the prayer of the petitioner, it shall make an order establishing the facts of the matter as presented to the court.
NRS 41.250 Recording of decree. Any decree rendered under the provisions of NRS 41.209 to 41.260, inclusive, must be recorded with the Chief Medical Officer and in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the decree was rendered.
NRS 41.260 No fees to be charged by clerk of the court. There shall be no fee charged or collected by the clerk of the court for any proceeding under the provisions of NRS 41.209 to 41.260, inclusive.
NRS 41.270 Verified petition. Any natural person, except an unemancipated minor, desiring to have his or her name changed may file a verified petition with the clerk of the district court of the district in which the person resides. The petition must be addressed to the court and must state the applicant’s present name, the name which the applicant desires to bear in the future, the reason for desiring the change and whether the applicant has been convicted of a felony and include a statement signed under penalty of perjury that the applicant is not changing his or her name for a fraudulent purpose. If the applicant has a criminal record, the petition must be accompanied by a complete set of the applicant’s fingerprints taken in the manner prescribed by the Director of the Department of Public Safety.
[1:16:1869; B § 4036; BH § 4944; C § 5001; RL § 5835; NCL § 9457] — (NRS A 1989, 488; 2005, 2207; 2017, 257, 607, 733)
NRS 41.280 When publication of notice is required.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, upon the filing of the petition, the applicant shall make out and procure a notice that must:
(a) State the fact of the filing of the petition, its object, the applicant’s present name, the name which the applicant desires to bear in the future and the fact that the applicant submitted a statement signed under penalty of perjury that the applicant is not changing his or her name for a fraudulent purpose; and
(b) Be published in some newspaper of general circulation in the county at least one time.
2. If the applicant submits proof satisfactory to the court that publication of the change of name would place the applicant’s personal safety at risk, the court shall not require the applicant to comply with the provisions of subsection 1 and shall order the records concerning the petition and any proceedings concerning the petition to be sealed and to be opened for inspection only upon an order of the court for good cause shown or upon the request of the applicant.
3. If the petition filed by the applicant states that the reason for desiring the change is to conform the applicant’s name to his or her gender identity, the court shall not require the applicant to comply with the provisions of subsection 1.
[2:16:1869; A 1941, 12; 1943, 87; 1943 NCL § 9458] — (NRS A 2003, 1755; 2017, 472, 607)
NRS 41.290 Order of court; hearing on objections; disposition and rescission of order.
1. If, within 10 days after the publication of the notice, or if, pursuant to subsection 2 or 3 of NRS 41.280, such publication is not required, within 10 days after filing of the petition, no written objection is filed with the clerk, upon proof of the filing of the petition and publication of notice, if required in NRS 41.280, and upon being satisfied by the statements in the petition, or by other evidence, that good reason exists therefor, the court shall make an order changing the name of the applicant as prayed for in the petition. If, within the period an objection is filed, the court shall appoint a day for hearing the proofs, respectively, of the applicant and the objection, upon reasonable notice. Upon that day, the court shall hear the proofs, and grant or refuse the prayer of the petitioner, according to whether the proofs show satisfactory reasons for making the change. Before issuing its order, the court shall specifically take into consideration the applicant’s criminal record, if any, which is stated in the petition.
2. Upon the making of an order either granting or denying the prayer of the applicant, the order must be recorded as a judgment of the court. If the petition is granted, the name of the applicant must thereupon be as stated in the order and the clerk shall transmit a certified copy of the order to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics.
3. If an order grants a change of name to a person who has a criminal record, the clerk shall transmit a certified copy of the order to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for inclusion in that person’s record of criminal history. The order must be accompanied by a complete set of the person’s fingerprints taken in the manner prescribed by the Director of the Department of Public Safety.
4. Upon receiving uncontrovertible proof that an applicant in the petition falsely denied having been convicted of a felony or falsely stated under penalty of perjury that he or she is not changing his or her name for a fraudulent purpose, the court shall rescind its order granting the change of name and the clerk shall transmit a certified copy of the order rescinding the previous order to:
(a) The State Registrar of Vital Statistics for inclusion in the State Registrar’s records.
(b) The Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History, accompanied by a complete set of the applicant’s fingerprints taken in the manner prescribed by the Director of the Department of Public Safety, for inclusion in the applicant’s record of criminal history.
[3:16:1869; A 1943, 87; 1943 NCL § 9459] — (NRS A 1960, 157; 1989, 488; 2017, 257, 472, 608)
NRS 41.291 Definitions. As used in NRS 41.291 to 41.298, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 41.293 and 41.294 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
NRS 41.293 “Other parent” defined. “Other parent” means a person who, in common with a petitioning parent, is the parent of an unemancipated minor under the laws of this State.
NRS 41.294 “Petitioning parent” defined. “Petitioning parent” means a person who is the parent of an unemancipated minor under the laws of this State, desiring to change the name of his or her child.
NRS 41.295 Verified petition.
1. Any parent of an unemancipated minor desiring to have the name of the minor changed may file a verified petition with the clerk of the district court of the district in which the minor resides.
2. The petition shall be addressed to the court and shall state:
(a) The minor’s present name;
(b) The name which the minor will bear in the future;
(c) The reason for desiring the name change;
(d) The consent of the minor, if over the age of 14 years;
(e) The verified consent, if any, of the other parent;
(f) The name and address of the other parent, if known; and
(g) Whether the minor has been convicted of a felony.
NRS 41.296 When notice to nonpetitioning parent is required.
1. Unless the verified consent of the other parent is stated in the petition, and except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, upon the filing of the petition, the petitioning parent shall make out and procure a notice that must:
(a) State the fact of the filing of the petition, its object, the minor’s present name and the name which the minor will bear in the future; and
(b) Be personally served with a copy of the petition upon the other parent.
2. If the petitioning parent submits proof satisfactory to the court that notice cannot be personally served on the other parent, the court may order the petitioning parent to:
(a) Publish notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county once a week for 3 successive weeks; and
(b) Serve notice and a copy of the petition by registered or certified mail to the other parent at his or her last known address.
NRS 41.297 Order of court; hearing on objections; disposition of order.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the court shall make an order changing the name of the minor as prayed for in the petition upon being satisfied by the statements in the petition or other evidence that good reason exists, if:
(a) The verified consent of the other parent is stated in the petition; or
(b) No written objection is filed with the clerk within 10 days after the other parent is personally served or the last day of publication of notice as ordered in NRS 41.296, upon proof of the filing of the petition and evidence of service.
2. If, within the period described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1, an objection is filed, the court shall appoint a day for hearing the proofs, respectively, of the petitioning parent and the objection, upon reasonable notice. Upon that day, the court shall hear the proofs, and grant or refuse the prayer of the petitioning parent, according to whether the proofs show satisfactory reasons for making the change.
3. Upon the making of an order either granting or denying the prayer of the petitioning parent, the order must be recorded as a judgment of the court. If the petition is granted, the name of the minor must thereupon be as stated in the order and the clerk shall transmit a certified copy of the order to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics.
NRS 41.298 Petitions filed under other provisions of law. In addition to a petition to change the name of an unemancipated minor filed pursuant to this chapter, such a petition may be filed in any action brought under the provisions of chapter 122A, 125, 125C, 126, 128 or 129 of NRS. For any petition filed, the notice and service requirements of the chapter under which the applicable action was brought must be met.
NRS 41.300 Insane persons; presumption of legal capacity on discharge. After a person’s insanity has been judicially determined, such person can make no conveyance or other contract, or delegate any power or waive any right until the person’s restoration to presumed legal capacity, or until the person has been judicially declared to be sane. A certificate from the superintendent or resident physician of the insane asylum to which such person may have been committed showing that such person had been discharged therefrom shall establish the presumption of legal capacity in such person from the time of such discharge.
[1:23:1941; 1931 NCL § 3536]
NRS 41.310 Adjudication of sanity. The district courts of the several counties shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the question as to whether or not a person, previously adjudicated to be insane, shall be adjudicated to be sane.
[2:23:1941; 1931 NCL § 3536.01]
NRS 41.320 Petition seeking restoration of status as sane; notice. Any person, on behalf of an alleged insane person, may file a petition in the district court seeking an order restoring the alleged insane person to the status of a sane person. Upon the filing of the petition for that purpose, the clerk shall give such notice of the filing of the same as the court may order.
NRS 41.325 Notice of adjudication of sanity to be given to Administrative Officer and Medical Director of Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services. After any proceeding in which a person, previously adjudicated to be insane, is adjudicated to be sane, the clerk of the district court shall immediately notify the Administrative Officer and the Medical Director of Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services of the adjudication.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 851; A 1973, 92, 1218; 1985, 231; 2001, 1116)
NRS 41.330 Conduct of proceedings by county officers; no fees to be charged. All proceedings under NRS 41.300 to 41.330, inclusive, shall be conducted by the appropriate county officials, including the district attorney, without cost or expense of any kind to the petitioner or alleged insane person.
[3 1/2:23:1941; added 1945, 105; 1943 NCL § 3536.03 1/2] — (NRS A 1959, 851)
NRS 41.331 Definitions. As used in NRS 41.331 to 41.338, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 41.332 to 41.335, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 553; 2001, 27)
NRS 41.332 “Actual malice” defined. “Actual malice” is that state of mind arising from hatred or ill will toward the plaintiff and does not include that state of mind occasioned by a good faith belief in the truth of the publication or broadcast.
NRS 41.333 “Exemplary damages” defined. “Exemplary damages” are damages which may, in the discretion of the court or jury, be recovered in addition to general and special damages for the sake of example and by way of punishing a defendant who has made a publication or broadcast with actual malice.
NRS 41.334 “General damages” defined. “General damages” are damages for loss of reputation, shame, mortification and hurt feelings.
NRS 41.335 “Special damages” defined. “Special damages” are only those damages which a plaintiff alleges and proves that the plaintiff has suffered in respect to the plaintiff’s property, business, trade, profession or occupation, including such amounts of money as the plaintiff alleges and proves that the plaintiff has expended as a result of the alleged libel or slander.
NRS 41.336 Special damages; notice and demand for correction.
1. In any action for damages for the publication of a libel in a newspaper, or of a slander by radio or television broadcast, the plaintiff may recover no more than special damages unless a correction is demanded by the plaintiff and not published or broadcast.
2. A demand for correction shall be in writing and shall be served upon the newspaper or broadcaster at its place of business. Such demand shall specify the statements claimed to be libelous or slanderous and shall demand a correction.
3. Such demand for correction must be served within 90 days after the plaintiff has knowledge of the publication or broadcast of the statements claimed to be libelous or slanderous.
NRS 41.337 General, special and exemplary damages. If a correction is demanded as provided in NRS 41.336 and is not published or broadcast within 20 days in substantially as conspicuous a manner in the newspaper or by the broadcaster as the statements claimed to be libelous or slanderous, the plaintiff may plead and prove such demand and failure to correct and may recover general and special damages. In addition, the plaintiff may recover exemplary damages if the plaintiff can prove that the defendant published or broadcast the statement with actual malice. Actual malice shall not be presumed or inferred from the publication or broadcast.
NRS 41.338 Correction before demand. A correction published or broadcast in substantially as conspicuous a manner by the newspaper or broadcaster as the statements claimed to be libelous or slanderous, prior to the receipt of a demand therefor, shall have the same effect as though the correction had been published or broadcast as required in NRS 41.336.
NRS 41.340 Liability of owners or operators of broadcasting stations for defamation published by another; exercise of due care. The owner, licensee or operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations, and the agents or employees of any such owner, licensee or operator, shall not be liable for any damages for any defamatory statement or matter published or uttered in or as a part of a visual or sound radio broadcast by one other than such owner, licensee or operator, or agent or employee thereof, if it shall be alleged and proved by such owner, licensee or operator, or agent or employee thereof, that such owner, licensee or operator, or such agent or employee, has exercised due care to prevent the publication or utterance of such statement or matter in such broadcast.
[1:230:1951]
NRS 41.350 Liability of owner or operator originating broadcast. If any defamatory statement or matter is published or uttered in or as a part of a broadcast over the facilities of a network of visual or sound radio broadcasting stations, the owner, licensee or operator of any such station, or network of stations, and the agents or employees thereof other than the owner, licensee or operator of the station, or network of stations, originating such broadcast, and the agents or employees thereof, shall in no event be liable for any damages for any such defamatory statement or matter.
NRS 41.360 Liability when broadcast cannot be censored. In no event, however, shall any owner, licensee or operator of such station or network of stations, or the agents or employees thereof, be liable for any damages for any defamatory statement or matter published or uttered by one other than such owner, licensee or operator, or agent or employee thereof, in or as a part of a visual or sound radio broadcast by or on behalf of any candidate for public office, which broadcast cannot be censored by reason of the provisions of federal statute or regulation of the Federal Communications Commission.
NRS 41.365 Action for damages.
1. Subject to the provisions of subsection 2, a person who has suffered injury as the proximate result of perjury or subornation of perjury committed by another may bring an action for the recovery of his or her actual damages and any punitive damages which the facts may warrant.
2. There is no cause of action under subsection 1 unless the defendant has been convicted of the perjury or subornation of perjury which caused the injury.
3. As used in this section, “injury” includes deprivation of liberty as well as other harm to the person or property of the plaintiff.
NRS 41.370 Public policy against causes of action for breach of promise, alienation of affections and criminal conversation. The remedies provided by law for the enforcement of actions based upon alleged alienation of affections and breach of contract to marry before March 5, 1943, and for alleged criminal conversation before July 1, 1979, having been subjected to grave abuses, caused extreme annoyance, embarrassment, humiliation and pecuniary damage to many persons wholly innocent and free of any wrongdoing, who were merely the victims of circumstances, and having been exercised by unscrupulous persons for their unjust enrichment, and having furnished vehicles for the commission or attempted commission of crime and in many cases having resulted in the perpetration of frauds, it is hereby declared as the public policy of the State that the best interests of the people of this state will be served by the abolition thereof. Consequently, in the public interest, the necessity for the enactment of NRS 41.370 to 41.420, inclusive, is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.
[1:53:1943; 1943 NCL § 4071] — (NRS A 1979, 1171)
NRS 41.380 Causes of action abolished. All civil causes of action for breach of promise to marry, alienation of affections, and criminal conversation, are hereby abolished; but this section does not abolish any cause of action for criminal conversation which accrued before July 1, 1979.
[2:53:1943; 1943 NCL § 4071.01] — (NRS A 1979, 1172)
NRS 41.390 Time for commencing accrued causes of action for criminal conversation.
1. All causes of action for criminal conversation which have accrued before July 1, 1979, must be commenced within 60 days after July 1, 1979.
2. All such actions not so commenced are thereafter forever barred.
NRS 41.400 Act or contract gives no right of action. No act done within this state operates to give rise, either within or without this state, to any of the rights of action abolished by NRS 41.370 to 41.420, inclusive. No contract to marry made or entered into in this state operates to give rise, either within or without this state, to any cause or right of action for the breach thereof, and no contract to marry, made in any other state, gives rise to any cause of action within this state for the breach thereof.
NRS 41.410 Unlawful to file actions after July 1, 1979. After July 1, 1979, it is unlawful for any person, either as litigant or attorney, to file, cause to be filed, threaten to file, or threaten to cause to be filed, in any court of this state, any pleading or paper setting forth or seeking to recover upon any cause of action abolished or barred by NRS 41.370 to 41.420, inclusive, whether such cause of action arose within or without this state.
NRS 41.420 Penalty. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of NRS 41.370 to 41.420, inclusive, upon conviction, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
NRS 41.430 Conditions for jurisdiction of State of Nevada.
1. Pursuant to the provisions of section 7, chapter 505, Public Law 280 of the 83d Congress, approved August 15, 1953, and being 67 Stat. 588, and sections 401 to 403, inclusive, of Title IV, Public Law 284 of the 90th Congress, approved April 11, 1968, and being 82 Stat. 78, et seq., the State of Nevada does hereby assume jurisdiction over public offenses committed by or against Indians in the areas of Indian country in Nevada, as well as jurisdiction over civil causes of action between Indians or to which Indians are parties which arise in the areas of Indian country in Nevada, subject only to the conditions of subsections 3 and 4 of this section.
2. Any tribal ordinance or custom adopted by an Indian tribe, band or community in the exercise of any authority possessed by it shall, if not inconsistent with any applicable civil law of this state, be given full force and effect in the determination of civil causes of action pursuant to this section.
3. This section applies to all areas of Indian country within this state wherein the Indian tribe occupying any such area has consented to the continuation of state jurisdiction over such area in the manner provided in sections 6 to 14, inclusive, of chapter 601, Statutes of Nevada 1973, or has consented to the assumption of state jurisdiction over such area in the manner provided by section 406 of Title IV of Public Law 284 of the 90th Congress, approved April 11, 1968, and being 82 Stat. 80.
4. This section does not apply to any area of Indian country within this state wherein the Indian tribe occupying any such area has failed or refused to consent to the continuation of state jurisdiction over such area in the manner provided in sections 6 to 14, inclusive, of chapter 601, Statutes of Nevada 1973; and the State of Nevada hereby recedes from and relinquishes jurisdiction over any such area.
[1:198:1955] + [2:198:1955] + [3:198:1955] — (NRS A 1973, 1051)
NRS 41.440 Imposition of liability. Any liability imposed upon a spouse, son, daughter, parent, brother, sister or other immediate member of a family arising out of his or her driving and operating a motor vehicle with the permission, express or implied, of such owner is hereby imposed upon the owner of the motor vehicle, and such owner shall be jointly and severally liable with his or her spouse, son, daughter, parent, brother, sister or other immediate member of a family for any damages proximately resulting from such negligence or willful misconduct, and such negligent or willful misconduct shall be imputed to the owner of the motor vehicle for all purposes of civil damages.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 60; A 2009, 3104; 2011, 292; 2017, 777)
NRS 41.450 Operator to be made party defendant; recourse on recovery of judgment. In any action against an owner on account of imputed negligence as imposed by NRS 41.440, the operator of the motor vehicle whose negligence is imputed to the owner shall be made a party defendant if service of process can be had upon the operator as provided by law. Upon recovery of judgment, recourse shall first be had against the property of the operator so served.
NRS 41.460 When debtor in possession or long-term lessee deemed owner of motor vehicle.
1. For the purpose of imposing liability pursuant to NRS 41.440 and for no other purpose, where a vehicle is subject to:
(a) A security interest, the debtor in possession shall be deemed to be the owner and the secured party out of possession shall not be deemed to be the owner.
(b) A long-term lease, the long-term lessee shall be deemed to be the owner and the long-term lessor shall not be deemed to be the owner.
(a) “Lease,” “long-term lessee” and “long-term lessor” have the meanings ascribed to them in NRS 482.053.
(b) “Owner” has only the significance attributed to it by NRS 41.440.
(c) “Secured party” and “security interest” have the meanings ascribed to them by chapter 104 of NRS.
NRS 41.470 Imposition of liability for minor’s willful misconduct.
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 424.085, any act of willful misconduct of a minor which results in any injury or death to another person or injury to the private property of another or to public property is imputed to the parents or guardian having custody and control of the minor for all purposes of civil damages, and the parents or guardian having custody or control are jointly and severally liable with the minor for all damages resulting from the willful misconduct.
2. The joint and several liability of one or both parents or guardian having custody or control of a minor under this section must not exceed $10,000 for any such act of willful misconduct of the minor.
3. The liability imposed by this section is in addition to any other liability imposed by law.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 8; A 1967, 419; 1975, 652; 1979, 461; 1999, 897)
NRS 41.472 Imposition of liability for minor’s negligence or willful misconduct regarding firearm.
1. If a parent, guardian or other person legally responsible for a minor under the age of 18 years:
(a) Knows that the minor has previously been adjudicated delinquent or has been convicted of a criminal offense;
(b) Knows that the minor has a propensity to commit violent acts; or
(c) Knows or has reason to know that the minor intends to use the firearm for unlawful purposes,
Ê and permits the minor to use or possess a firearm, any negligence or willful misconduct of the minor in connection with such use or possession is imputed to the person who permits such use or possession for all purposes of civil damages, and, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2 of NRS 41.470, that person is jointly and severally liable with the minor for any and all damages caused by such negligence or willful misconduct.
2. As used in this section, “firearm” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 202.253.
NRS 41.480 Imposition of liability; conditions and limitations on actions based on acts and omissions of officers or directors. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 41.519:
1. A nonprofit corporation, association or organization formed under the laws of this State is not immune from liability for the injury or damage caused any person, firm or corporation as a result of the negligent or wrongful act of the nonprofit corporation, association or organization, or its agents, employees or servants acting within the scope of their agency or employment.
2. No action may be brought against an officer, trustee, director or other possessor of the corporate powers of a nonprofit association or trust formed under the laws of this State based on any act or omission arising from failure in his or her official capacity to exercise due care regarding the management or operation of the entity unless the act or omission involves intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 63; A 1987, 85; 1991, 1309; 2015, 1324)
NRS 41.485 Conditions and limitations on actions: Acts and omissions of volunteers of charitable organizations.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a volunteer of a charitable organization is immune from liability for civil damages as a result of an act or omission:
(a) Of an agent of the charitable organization; or
(b) Concerning services the volunteer performs for the charitable organization that are not supervisory in nature and are not part of any duties or responsibilities the volunteer may have as an officer, director or trustee of the charitable organization, unless the act is intentional, willful, wanton or malicious.
2. This section does not restrict the liability of a charitable organization for the acts or omissions of a volunteer performing services on its behalf.
(a) “Agent” means an officer, director, trustee or employee, whether or not compensated, or a volunteer;
(b) “Charitable organization” means a nonprofit corporation, association or organization, or a licensed medical facility or facility for the dependent, but does not include a fire department, law enforcement agency or auxiliary thereof; and
(c) “Volunteer” means an officer, director, trustee or other person who performs services without compensation, other than reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses on behalf of or to benefit a charitable organization.
NRS 41.491 Limitations on liability.
1. No civil action for an injury or illness which results from the consumption or use of wholesome food or a grocery product that is fit for human use may be brought against:
(a) A person or an employee of a person who, in good faith, donates the food or grocery product to a nonprofit charitable organization for free distribution or to any other person for consumption or use;
(b) A nonprofit charitable organization or an employee of a nonprofit charitable organization which, in good faith, receives or distributes without charge, the food or grocery product;
(c) A person who harvests wholesome food and who, in good faith, donates that food to a nonprofit charitable organization for free distribution or to any other person for consumption; or
(d) A person to whom wholesome food or a grocery product that is fit for human use has been donated without charge who, in good faith, distributes without charge that food or grocery product to a member of the person’s immediate family,
Ê unless the injury or illness directly resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the donor, donee, organization or employee.
2. If an owner or a manager of property allows a person to glean food from that property in order to distribute that food without charge to other persons or donate the food to a nonprofit charitable organization for free distribution, no civil action for an injury or death resulting from that gleaning may be brought against the owner or manager of the property unless the injury or death directly resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the owner or manager.
3. No civil action for an injury or illness which results from the consumption or use of food or a grocery product which does not comply with all of the applicable standards for quality and labeling imposed by federal and state statutes and regulations and local ordinances, may be brought against:
(a) A person or an employee of a person who, in good faith, donates the food or grocery product to a nonprofit charitable organization for free distribution if, before the food or grocery product is donated:
(1) The person or employee fully informs the organization that the food or grocery product does not comply with the applicable standards; and
(2) The organization agrees to recondition the food or grocery product before it is distributed so that it complies with the applicable standards; or
(b) A nonprofit organization which receives and distributes without charge the food or grocery product if the organization, or any officer, employee or volunteer of the organization, reconditions the food or grocery product before it is distributed so that it complies with the applicable standards,
Ê unless the injury or illness directly resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the donor, organization, officer, employee or volunteer.
(a) “Donate” means to:
(1) Give food or a grocery product to another person without requiring anything of monetary value from that person; or
(2) Sell food or a grocery product for a fee that is significantly less than the cost of the item sold.
(b) “Glean” means to gather or collect an agricultural crop which is donated by an owner or manager of property.
(c) “Grocery product that is fit for human use” means a grocery product, other than food, which complies with all the applicable standards for quality and labeling imposed by federal and state statutes and regulations and local ordinances. The term includes:
(1) Products which are not readily marketable because of packaging, appearance, age, surplus, size or other condition; and
(2) Household or industrial cleaning products, personal hygiene products, cleaning equipment and cooking utensils.
(d) “Perishable food” means any food that may spoil or otherwise become unfit for human consumption after a period of time because of its nature, type or physical condition. The term includes, without limitation, fresh or processed meats, poultry, seafood, dairy products, eggs in the shell, fresh fruits or vegetables, and food that has been:
(1) Noncommercially packaged;
(2) Frozen or otherwise requires refrigeration to remain nonperishable for a reasonable length of time; or
(3) Prepared at a public food service establishment.
(e) “Wholesome food” means any raw, cooked, processed or prepared food or beverage which is intended for human consumption and which complies with all the applicable standards for quality and labeling imposed by federal and state statutes and regulations and local ordinances. The term includes, without limitation, perishable food and food which is not readily marketable because of packaging, appearance, age, freshness, grade, surplus, size or other condition.
1. The board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school that allows or establishes a school-based health center is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission by a person employed by or volunteering for or affiliated with a school-based health center or a sponsoring entity of the school-based health center.
2. As used in this section, “school-based health center” means a health center located on or in school grounds, property, buildings or any other school district facilities for the purpose of rendering care or services to any person.
NRS 41.500 General rule; volunteers; members of search and rescue organization; persons rendering cardiopulmonary resuscitation or using defibrillator; presumptions relating to emergency care rendered on public school grounds or in connection with public school activities; business or organization that has defibrillator for use on premises.
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 41.505, any person in this State who renders emergency care or assistance in an emergency, gratuitously and in good faith, except for a person who is performing community service as a result of disciplinary action pursuant to any provision in title 54 of NRS, is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission, not amounting to gross negligence, by that person in rendering the emergency care or assistance or as a result of any act or failure to act, not amounting to gross negligence, to provide or arrange for further medical treatment for the injured person.
2. Any person in this State who acts as a driver of an ambulance or attendant on an ambulance operated by a volunteer service or as a volunteer driver or attendant on an ambulance operated by a political subdivision of this State, or owned by the Federal Government and operated by a contractor of the Federal Government, and who in good faith renders emergency care or assistance to any injured or ill person, whether at the scene of an emergency or while transporting an injured or ill person to or from any clinic, doctor’s office or other medical facility, is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission, not amounting to gross negligence, by that person in rendering the emergency care or assistance, or as a result of any act or failure to act, not amounting to gross negligence, to provide or arrange for further medical treatment for the injured or ill person.
3. Any person who is an appointed member of a volunteer service operating an ambulance or an appointed volunteer serving on an ambulance operated by a political subdivision of this State, other than a driver or attendant of an ambulance, is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission, not amounting to gross negligence, by that person whenever the person is performing his or her duties in good faith.
4. Any person who is a member of a search and rescue organization in this State under the direct supervision of any county sheriff who in good faith renders care or assistance in an emergency to any injured or ill person, whether at the scene of an emergency or while transporting an injured or ill person to or from any clinic, doctor’s office or other medical facility, is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission, not amounting to gross negligence, by that person in rendering the emergency care or assistance, or as a result of any act or failure to act, not amounting to gross negligence, to provide or arrange for further medical treatment for the injured or ill person.
5. Any person who is employed by or serves as a volunteer for a public fire-fighting agency and who is authorized pursuant to chapter 450B of NRS to render emergency medical care at the scene of an emergency is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission, not amounting to gross negligence, by that person in rendering that care or as a result of any act or failure to act, not amounting to gross negligence, to provide or arrange for further medical treatment for the injured or ill person.
6. Any person who:
(a) Has successfully completed a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation according to the guidelines of the American National Red Cross or American Heart Association;
(b) Has successfully completed the training requirements of a course in basic emergency care of a person in cardiac arrest conducted in accordance with the standards of the American Heart Association; or
(c) Is directed by the instructions of a dispatcher for an ambulance, air ambulance or other agency that provides emergency medical services before its arrival at the scene of the emergency,
Ê and who in good faith renders cardiopulmonary resuscitation in accordance with the person’s training or the direction, other than in the course of the person’s regular employment or profession, is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission, not amounting to gross negligence, by that person in rendering that care.
7. For the purposes of subsection 6, a person who:
(a) Is required to be certified in the administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation pursuant to NRS 391.092; and
(b) In good faith renders cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the property of a public school or in connection with a transportation of pupils to or from a public school or while on activities that are part of the program of a public school,
Ê shall be presumed to have acted other than in the course of the person’s regular employment or profession.
8. Any person who gratuitously and in good faith renders emergency medical care involving the use of an automated external defibrillator is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission, not amounting to gross negligence, by that person in rendering that care.
9. A business or organization that has placed an automated external defibrillator for use on its premises is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission, not amounting to gross negligence, by the person rendering such care or for providing the automated external defibrillator to the person for the purpose of rendering such care if the business or organization:
(a) Complies with all current federal and state regulations governing the use and placement of an automated external defibrillator;
(b) Ensures that the automated external defibrillator is maintained and tested according to the operational guidelines established by the manufacturer; and
(c) Establishes requirements for the notification of emergency medical assistance and guidelines for the maintenance of the equipment.
10. As used in this section, “gratuitously” means that the person receiving care or assistance is not required or expected to pay any compensation or other remuneration for receiving the care or assistance.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 359; A 1965, 674; 1973, 433, 1432; 1975, 403; 1985, 1702, 1753; 1991, 2165; 1997, 1716, 1790; 1999, 484, 934; 2005, 2558; 2009, 871)
NRS 41.503 Hospital care or assistance necessitated by traumatic injury; presumption regarding follow-up care.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 41.504, 41.505 and 41.506:
(a) A hospital which has been designated as a center for the treatment of trauma by the Administrator of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 450B.237 and which is a nonprofit organization;
(b) A hospital other than a hospital described in paragraph (a);
(c) An employee of a hospital described in paragraph (a) or (b) who renders care or assistance to patients;
(d) A physician or dentist licensed under the provisions of chapter 630, 631 or 633 of NRS who renders care or assistance in a hospital described in paragraph (a) or (b), whether or not the care or assistance was rendered gratuitously or for a fee; and
(e) A physician or dentist licensed under the provisions of chapter 630, 631 or 633 of NRS:
(1) Whose liability is not otherwise limited pursuant to NRS 41.032 to 41.0337, inclusive; and
(2) Who renders care or assistance in a hospital of a governmental entity that has been designated as a center for the treatment of trauma by the Administrator of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 450B.237, whether or not the care or assistance was rendered gratuitously or for a fee,
Ê that in good faith renders care or assistance necessitated by a traumatic injury demanding immediate medical attention, for which the patient enters the hospital through its emergency room or trauma center, may not be held liable for more than $50,000 in civil damages, exclusive of interest computed from the date of judgment, to or for the benefit of any claimant arising out of any act or omission in rendering that care or assistance if the care or assistance is rendered in good faith and in a manner not amounting to gross negligence or reckless, willful or wanton conduct.
2. The limitation on liability provided pursuant to this section does not apply to any act or omission in rendering care or assistance:
(a) Which occurs after the patient is stabilized and is capable of receiving medical treatment as a nonemergency patient, unless surgery is required as a result of the emergency within a reasonable time after the patient is stabilized, in which case the limitation on liability provided by subsection 1 applies to any act or omission in rendering care or assistance which occurs before the stabilization of the patient following the surgery; or
(b) Unrelated to the original traumatic injury.
(a) A physician or dentist provides follow-up care to a patient to whom the physician or dentist rendered care or assistance pursuant to subsection 1;
(b) A medical condition arises during the course of the follow-up care that is directly related to the original traumatic injury for which care or assistance was rendered pursuant to subsection 1; and
(c) The patient files an action for malpractice based on the medical condition that arises during the course of the follow-up care,
Ê there is a rebuttable presumption that the medical condition was the result of the original traumatic injury and that the limitation on liability provided by subsection 1 applies with respect to the medical condition that arises during the course of the follow-up care.
(a) “Reckless, willful or wanton conduct,” as it applies to a person to whom subsection 1 applies, shall be deemed to be that conduct which the person knew or should have known at the time the person rendered the care or assistance would be likely to result in injury so as to affect the life or health of another person, taking into consideration to the extent applicable:
(1) The extent or serious nature of the prevailing circumstances;
(2) The lack of time or ability to obtain appropriate consultation;
(3) The lack of a prior medical relationship with the patient;
(4) The inability to obtain an appropriate medical history of the patient; and
(5) The time constraints imposed by coexisting emergencies.
(b) “Traumatic injury” means any acute injury which, according to standardized criteria for triage in the field, involves a significant risk of death or the precipitation of complications or disabilities.
(Added to NRS by 2002 Special Session, 4; A 2007, 31)
NRS 41.504 Physicians, physician assistants and registered nurses who give instruction or provide supervision to emergency medical attendant during emergency; emergency medical attendants, physician assistants and nurses who obey instruction given by physician, physician assistant or nurse during emergency.
1. Any physician, physician assistant or registered nurse who in good faith gives instruction or provides supervision to an emergency medical attendant, physician assistant or registered nurse, at the scene of an emergency or while transporting an ill or injured person from the scene of an emergency, is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission, not amounting to gross negligence, in giving that instruction or providing that supervision.
2. An emergency medical attendant, physician assistant, registered nurse or licensed practical nurse who obeys an instruction given by a physician, physician assistant, registered nurse or licensed practical nurse and thereby renders emergency care, at the scene of an emergency or while transporting an ill or injured person from the scene of an emergency, is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission, not amounting to gross negligence, in rendering that emergency care.
3. As used in this section, “emergency medical attendant” means a person licensed as an attendant or certified as an emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic pursuant to chapter 450B of NRS.
NRS 41.505 Physicians, physician assistants, nurses and dentists.
1. Any person licensed under the provisions of chapter 630, 632 or 633 of NRS and any person who holds an equivalent license issued by another state, who renders emergency care or assistance, including, without limitation, emergency obstetrical care or assistance, in an emergency, gratuitously and in good faith, is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission, not amounting to gross negligence, by that person in rendering the emergency care or assistance or as a result of any failure to act, not amounting to gross negligence, to provide or arrange for further medical treatment for the injured or ill person. This section does not excuse a physician, physician assistant or nurse from liability for damages resulting from that person’s acts or omissions which occur in a licensed medical facility relative to any person with whom there is a preexisting relationship as a patient.
2. Any person licensed under the provisions of chapter 630, 632 or 633 of NRS and any person who holds an equivalent license issued by another state who:
(a) Is retired or otherwise does not practice on a full-time basis; and
(b) Gratuitously and in good faith, renders medical care within the scope of that person’s license to an indigent person,
Ê is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission by that person, not amounting to gross negligence or reckless, willful or wanton conduct, in rendering that care.
3. Any person licensed to practice medicine under the provisions of chapter 630 or 633 of NRS or licensed to practice dentistry under the provisions of chapter 631 of NRS who renders care or assistance to a patient for a governmental entity or a nonprofit organization is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission by that person in rendering that care or assistance if the care or assistance is rendered gratuitously, in good faith and in a manner not amounting to gross negligence or reckless, willful or wanton conduct.
4. As used in this section, “gratuitously” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 41.500.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 610; A 1975, 37, 404, 405; 1985, 1754; 1987, 2217; 1989, 21; 1995, 2641; 1999, 937; 2002 Special Session, 5; 2005, 2517; 2007, 32, 3047)
NRS 41.506 Physicians, physician assistants and nurses who render certain emergency obstetrical care; licensed medical facilities in which certain emergency obstetrical care is rendered.
1. Any person licensed under the provisions of chapter 630, 632 or 633 of NRS and any person who holds an equivalent license issued by another state who renders emergency obstetrical care or assistance to a pregnant woman during labor or the delivery of the child is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission by that person in rendering that care or assistance if:
(a) The care or assistance is rendered in good faith and in a manner not amounting to gross negligence or reckless, willful or wanton conduct;
(b) The person has not previously provided prenatal or obstetrical care to the woman; and
(c) The damages are reasonably related to or primarily caused by a lack of prenatal care received by the woman.
2. A licensed medical facility in which such care or assistance is rendered is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission by the person in rendering that care or assistance if that person is not liable for any civil damages pursuant to subsection 1 and the actions of the medical facility relating to the rendering of that care or assistance do not amount to gross negligence or reckless, willful or wanton conduct.
NRS 41.507 Volunteer emergency medical dispatchers and volunteer medical directors of agencies which employ emergency medical dispatchers.
1. In a county whose population is less than 100,000, a volunteer emergency medical dispatcher is immune from civil liability for damages sustained as a result of any act or omission by the dispatcher in the use of a medical priority dispatch system, if:
(a) The dispatcher has, in good faith, followed the protocols of such a system to establish the priority of calls for medical help or to provide preliminary instructions to a person calling for such help;
(b) The protocols for the system have been approved by the medical director of the local emergency medical service; and
(c) The act or omission of the dispatcher does not amount to gross negligence or willful misconduct.
2. In a county whose population is less than 100,000, a volunteer medical director of a public or private agency, including a health facility, which employs an emergency medical dispatcher is immune from civil liability for damages sustained as a result of any act or omission by the agency if:
(a) The agency uses a medical priority dispatch system;
(b) The agency maintains a quality assurance program for that system; and
(c) The act or omission of the agency does not amount to gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(a) “Emergency medical dispatcher” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 450B.063.
(b) “Health facility” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 439A.015.
NRS 41.508 Civil action brought by public agency; award of costs and attorney’s fees.
1. A public agency may commence an action in the name of the agency to recover the expense of an emergency response by the public agency against any person who knowingly:
(a) Makes a false report to a public agency that a felony or misdemeanor has been committed or that an emergency exists; or
(b) Creates the false appearance that a felony or misdemeanor has been committed or that an emergency exists, and that false appearance causes a false report to be made to a public agency that a felony or misdemeanor has been committed or that an emergency exists.
2. A civil action may be brought pursuant to this section even if there has been no criminal conviction for the false report.
3. If a public agency prevails in an action brought pursuant to this section, the court may award the public agency the costs of the action and reasonable attorney’s fees.
(a) “Expense of an emergency response” includes, without limitation, the reasonable costs incurred by a public agency in making an appropriate response to or investigation of a false report, including, without limitation, the salary or wages of any person responding to or investigating a false report, the deemed wages of any volunteer of a public agency participating in the response or investigation, the costs for use or operation of any equipment and the costs for the use or expenditure of any resources, fuel or other materials.
(b) “Public agency” means an agency, bureau, board, commission, department or division of the State of Nevada or a political subdivision of the State of Nevada that provides police, fire-fighting, rescue or emergency medical services.
NRS 41.509 Action brought by natural parent; recovery; liability not exclusive.
1. A natural parent of an adopted child who has entered into an agreement that provides for postadoptive contact pursuant to NRS 127.187 may bring a civil action against a person if:
(a) The person knowingly provided false information in response to a question asked by a court pursuant to NRS 127.188; and
(b) The provision of false information caused the court not to incorporate the agreement that provides for postadoptive contact in the order or decree of adoption pursuant to NRS 127.188.
2. If a person is liable to a natural parent of an adopted child pursuant to subsection 1, the natural parent may recover his or her actual damages, costs, reasonable attorney’s fees and any punitive damages that the facts may warrant.
NRS 41.510 Limitation of liability; exceptions for malicious acts if consideration is given or other duty exists.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, an owner of any estate or interest in any premises, or a lessee or an occupant of any premises, owes no duty to keep the premises safe for entry or use by others for participating in any recreational activity, or to give warning of any hazardous condition, activity or use of any structure on the premises to persons entering for those purposes.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if an owner, lessee or occupant of premises gives permission to another person to participate in recreational activities upon those premises:
(a) The owner, lessee or occupant does not thereby extend any assurance that the premises are safe for that purpose or assume responsibility for or incur liability for any injury to person or property caused by any act of persons to whom the permission is granted.
(b) That person does not thereby acquire any property rights in or rights of easement to the premises.
(a) Limit the liability which would otherwise exist for:
(1) Willful or malicious failure to guard, or to warn against, a dangerous condition, use, structure or activity.
(2) Injury suffered in any case where permission to participate in recreational activities was granted for a consideration other than the consideration, if any, paid to the landowner by the State or any subdivision thereof. For the purposes of this subparagraph, the price paid for a game tag sold pursuant to NRS 502.145 by an owner, lessee or manager of the premises shall not be deemed consideration given for permission to hunt on the premises.
(3) Injury caused by acts of persons to whom permission to participate in recreational activities was granted, to other persons as to whom the person granting permission, or the owner, lessee or occupant of the premises, owed a duty to keep the premises safe or to warn of danger.
(b) Create a duty of care or ground of liability for injury to person or property.
4. As used in this section, “recreational activity” includes, but is not limited to:
(a) Hunting, fishing or trapping;
(b) Camping, hiking or picnicking;
(c) Sightseeing or viewing or enjoying archaeological, scenic, natural or scientific sites;
(d) Hang gliding or paragliding;
(e) Spelunking;
(f) Collecting rocks;
(g) Participation in winter sports, including cross-country skiing, snowshoeing or riding a snowmobile, or water sports;
(h) Riding animals, riding in vehicles or riding a road or mountain bicycle;
(i) Studying nature;
(j) Gleaning;
(k) Recreational gardening; and
(l) Crossing over to public land or land dedicated for public use.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 799; A 1971, 192; 1973, 898; 1981, 157; 1991, 185, 2156; 1993, 1191; 1995, 54, 790; 2007, 631)
NRS 41.515 Limitations on liability; exceptions; “trespasser” defined.
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, an owner of any estate or interest in any premises, or a lessee or an occupant of any premises, owes no duty of care to a trespasser and is not liable to a trespasser for physical harm caused by the failure to exercise reasonable care to put the premises in a condition that is reasonably safe for the entry or use by a trespasser or to carry on activities on the premises so as not to endanger a trespasser.
2. An owner, lessee or occupant of premises may be subject to liability for harm to a trespasser if:
(a) The owner, lessee or occupant willfully or wantonly causes harm to the trespasser;
(b) The owner, lessee or occupant fails to exercise reasonable care to prevent harm to the trespasser after discovering the trespasser’s presence in a place of danger on the premises; or
(c) The trespasser is a child who is injured by an artificial condition on the premises and:
(1) The place where the condition exists is one on which the owner, lessee or occupant knows or has reason to know that a child is likely to trespass;
(2) The condition is one that the owner, lessee or occupant knows or has reason to know and that the owner, lessee or occupant realizes or should realize involves an unreasonable risk of death or serious bodily harm to a trespassing child;
(3) The trespassing child, because of his or her youth, does not discover the condition or realize the risk involved in the condition or coming within the area made dangerous by it;
(4) The utility to the owner, lessee or occupant of maintaining the condition and the burden of eliminating the danger are slight as compared with the risk to the trespassing child; and
(5) The owner, lessee or occupant fails to exercise reasonable care to eliminate the danger or to otherwise protect the trespassing child from harm.
3. This section does not affect any immunity from or defenses to civil liability established by specific statute or available at common law to which an owner, lessee or occupant may be entitled.
4. As used in this section, “trespasser” means any person who enters or remains upon any premises owned, leased or occupied by another person without the express or implied consent of the owner, lessee or occupant of the premises.
NRS 41.517 Limitations on liability; exception; “public art” defined.
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who creates, sponsors, owns or produces public art, or who owns, leases or occupies any estate or interest in any premises where such art is displayed, is not liable for the death or injury of a person or for damage to property caused or sustained by a person who:
(a) Defaces or destroys, or attempts to deface or destroy, public art;
(b) Uses the public art in an unintended manner; or
(c) Fails to heed posted warnings or instructions concerning the public art if such warnings are posted to warn the public against any foreseeable conditions or any misuse of the public art that may pose an unreasonable risk of death or serious bodily injury.
2. This section does not eliminate a person’s duty to remedy or mitigate a condition that has actually caused two or more instances of serious bodily injury.
3. As used in this section, “public art”:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), means a work of art which:
(1) Is an original painting in oil, mineral, water colors, vitreous enamel, pastel or other medium, an original mosaic, drawing or sketch, an original sculpture of stone, clay, textiles, fiber, wood, metal, plastic, glass or a similar material, an original work of mixed media or a lithograph;
(2) Was purchased in an arm’s length transaction for $25,000 or more, or has an appraised value of $25,000 or more;
(3) Is displayed in a building or indoor or outdoor premises generally open to the public, whether publicly or privately owned; and
(4) Is made available to be viewed by the public without charge; and
(b) Does not include:
(1) Performance art;
(2) Literary works;
(3) Property used in the performing arts, including, without limitation, scenery or props for a stage production;
(4) A product of filmmaking or photography, including, without limitation, motion pictures; or
(5) Property that was created for a functional use other than, or in addition to, its aesthetic qualities, including, without limitation, a classic or custom-built automobile or boat, a sign that advertises a business, and custom or antique furniture, lamps, chandeliers, jewelry, mirrors, doors or windows.
NRS 41.519 Limitations on liability; duties of a participant in an equine activity; exceptions; definitions.
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a sponsor, an equine professional, a veterinarian or any other person is immune from civil liability for an injury to or the death of a participant as a result of an inherent risk of an equine activity.
2. A participant shall:
(a) Act in a safe and responsible manner when engaged in an equine activity; and
(b) Before engaging in an equine activity, know and be aware of the inherent risks of that activity.
3. A person is not immune from civil liability pursuant to this section if the person:
(a) Provided to the participant defective tack or other equipment that caused the injury or death of the participant and the person knew or should have known of the defective condition of the tack or equipment.
(b) Provided to the participant the equine upon or around which the injury or death occurred without making reasonable efforts to determine the ability of the participant to:
(1) Engage in the equine activity safely; and
(2) Control the equine based upon a representation made to the person by the participant concerning the ability of the participant to control that equine.
(c) Owns, leases, rents or is otherwise in lawful possession and control of the property or facility where the injury or death occurred if the injury or death was the result of a dangerous latent condition that was known or should have been known to the person.
(d) Committed an act or omission that:
(1) Was in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of the participant; and
(2) Caused the injury or death of the participant.
(e) Intentionally injured or caused the death of the participant.
(f) Failed to act responsibly while conducting an equine activity or maintaining an equine.
4. A person is not immune from civil liability pursuant to this section in an action for product liability.
(a) “Equine” means a horse, pony, mule, hinny or donkey.
(b) “Equine activity” means an activity in which an equine is ridden, driven or otherwise used. The term includes, without limitation:
(1) Shows, fairs, competitions, performances, parades, rodeos, cutting events, polo matches, steeplechases, endurance rides, trail rides or packing or hunting trips.
(2) Lessons, training or other instructional activities.
(3) Boarding an equine.
(4) Riding, inspecting, evaluating or allowing the use of an equine owned by another person, regardless of whether the owner of the equine receives money or other consideration for the use of the equine.
(5) Providing medical treatment for an equine.
(6) Placing or measuring gear or tack on an equine.
(7) Placing or replacing shoes on an equine.
Ê The term does not include a race for which a license is required pursuant to the provisions of chapter 466 of NRS.
(c) “Equine professional” means a person who, for money or other consideration:
(1) Provides to a participant lessons, training or instruction relating to an equine activity; or
(2) Rents or leases to a participant an equine or tack or other equipment.
(d) “Inherent risk of an equine activity” means a danger or condition that is an essential part of an equine activity, including, without limitation:
(1) The propensity of an equine to behave in a manner that may result in injury or death to a person who is on or near the equine;
(2) The unpredictable reaction of an equine to sounds, sudden movements or unfamiliar objects, persons or other animals;
(3) A hazardous surface or subsurface or other hazardous condition;
(4) A collision with another animal or object; and
(5) The failure of a participant to maintain control of an equine or to engage safely in an equine activity.
(e) “Participant” means a person who engages in an equine activity, regardless of whether a fee is paid to engage in that activity. The term includes, without limitation:
(1) A person who assists a participant in an equine activity; and
(2) A spectator at an equine activity if the spectator is in an unauthorized area that is in the immediate area of the equine activity.
(f) “Product liability” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 695E.090.
(g) “Sponsor” means a person who organizes or provides money or a facility for an equine activity.
NRS 41.520 Contents and verification of complaint; motion to require plaintiff to furnish security; order; recourse of corporation or association to security.
1. As used in this section “corporation” includes an unincorporated association, and “board of directors” includes the managing body of an unincorporated association.
2. In an action brought to enforce a secondary right on the part of one or more shareholders in a corporation or association, incorporated or unincorporated, because the corporation or association refuses to enforce rights which may properly be asserted by it, the complaint must be verified by oath and must aver that the plaintiff was a shareholder at the time of the transaction of which the plaintiff complains or that the plaintiff’s share thereafter devolved on the plaintiff by operation of law. The complaint must also set forth with particularity the efforts of the plaintiff to secure from the board of directors or trustees and, if necessary, from the shareholders such action as the plaintiff desires, and the reasons for the plaintiff’s failure to obtain such action or the reasons for not making such effort.
3. In any such action, at any time within 30 days after service of summons upon the corporation or any defendant who is an officer or director of the corporation, or held such office at the time of the acts complained of, the corporation or such defendant may move the court for an order, upon notice and hearing, requiring the plaintiff to furnish security as hereinafter provided. Such motion must be based upon one or more of the following grounds:
(a) That there is no reasonable possibility that the prosecution of the cause of action alleged in the complaint against the moving party will benefit the corporation or its security holders.
(b) That the moving party, if other than the corporation, did not participate in the transaction complained of in any capacity.
Ê The court on application of the corporation or any defendant may, for good cause shown, extend the 30-day period for an additional period or periods not exceeding 60 days.
4. At the hearing upon such motion, the court shall consider such evidence, written or oral, by witnesses or affidavit, as may be material:
(a) To the ground or grounds upon which the motion is based; or
(b) To a determination of the probable reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees, of the corporation and the moving party which will be incurred in the defense of the action. If the court determines, after hearing the evidence adduced by the parties at the hearing, that the moving party has established a probability in support of any of the grounds upon which the motion is based, the court shall fix the nature and amount of security to be furnished by the plaintiff for reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees, which may be incurred by the moving party and the corporation in connection with such action, including expenses which the corporation may incur by reason of any obligation which it may have to indemnify its officers or directors pursuant to NRS 78.7502 or otherwise. A determination by the court that security either must or must not be furnished or must be furnished as to one or more defendants and not as to others shall not be deemed a determination of any one or more issues in the action or of the merits thereof. The corporation and the moving party have recourse to the security in such amount as the court determines upon the termination of the action. The amount of the security may thereafter from time to time be increased or decreased in the discretion of the court upon showing that the security provided has or may become inadequate or is excessive. If the court, upon any such motion, makes a determination that security must be furnished by the plaintiff as to any one or more defendants, the action must be dismissed as to such defendant or defendants, unless the security required by the court is furnished within such reasonable time as may be fixed by the court.
5. If any such motion is filed, no pleadings need be filed by the corporation or any other defendants, and the prosecution of the action must be stayed, until 10 days after the motion has been disposed of.
NRS 41.540 Action may be brought against person causing pollution, impairment or destruction of air, water or other natural resources.
1. Any person who is a resident of this state may commence an action in any district court of this state where any violation is alleged to have occurred, to enforce compliance with any statute, regulation or ordinance for the protection of the air, water and other natural resources from pollution, impairment or destruction, if such person has first given 30 days’ written notice of the person’s intention to file suit.
2. Such action shall be brought against the person, firm, company, corporation, association, county, city or town causing such pollution, impairment or destruction. The State or political subdivision thereof responsible for enforcing such statute, regulation or ordinance shall be named as a necessary party to the action.
NRS 41.550 Security for and apportionment of costs. The court may order the petitioner to post a surety bond or cash in an amount not to exceed $500 to pay any cost or judgment which might be rendered adverse to the petitioner in any action brought under the provisions of NRS 41.540 to 41.570, inclusive. Costs may be apportioned to the parties if the interests of justice require.
NRS 41.560 Relief which may be granted. The court may grant temporary or permanent equitable relief, or may enter such order as may be necessary to enforce compliance with any statute, regulation or ordinance for the protection of the air, water and other natural resources from pollution, impairment or destruction.
NRS 41.570 Provisions supplementary to existing administrative or regulatory provisions. The provisions of NRS 41.540 to 41.570, inclusive, shall be supplementary to existing administrative and regulatory procedures provided by law.
NRS 41.580 Action by owner of property; treble damages. If property has been taken from its owner by larceny, robbery, burglary, embezzlement, theft or any other offense that is a crime against property and another person buys, receives, possesses or withholds the property under circumstances that make such conduct a violation of subsection 1 of NRS 205.275, the owner of the property may bring a civil action against the person who bought, received, possessed or withheld the property and may recover treble the amount of any damage the owner has suffered, together with the owner’s costs in the action and a reasonable attorney’s fee.
NRS 41.590 Lender not liable for defects in property acquired with borrowed money. A lender who makes a loan of money, the proceeds of which are used or may be used by the borrower to finance the design, manufacture, construction, repair, modification or improvement of real or personal property, shall not be held liable to the borrower or to third persons for any loss or damage occasioned by any defect in the real or personal property so designed, manufactured, constructed, repaired, modified or improved or for any loss or damage resulting from the failure of the borrower to use due care in the design, manufacture, construction, repair, modification or improvement of such real or personal property, unless the loss or damage is the result of some other action or activity of the lender than the loan transaction.
NRS 41.600 Actions by victims of fraud.
1. An action may be brought by any person who is a victim of consumer fraud.
2. As used in this section, “consumer fraud” means:
(a) An unlawful act as defined in NRS 119.330;
(b) An unlawful act as defined in NRS 205.2747;
(c) An act prohibited by NRS 482.36655 to 482.36667, inclusive;
(d) An act prohibited by NRS 482.351; or
(e) A deceptive trade practice as defined in NRS 598.0915 to 598.0925, inclusive.
3. If the claimant is the prevailing party, the court shall award the claimant:
(a) Any damages that the claimant has sustained;
(b) Any equitable relief that the court deems appropriate; and
(c) The claimant’s costs in the action and reasonable attorney’s fees.
4. Any action brought pursuant to this section is not an action upon any contract underlying the original transaction.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1177; A 1985, 2261; 1989, 649; 1997, 2216; 2001, 490; 2005, 1425; 2007, 743; 2011, 268; 2013, 1029; 2017, 1537, 4356)
NRS 41.610 Actions against seller or manufacturer of unapproved drug for misrepresentation of its therapeutic effect. The purchaser of a substance which has not been approved as a drug by the Food and Drug Administration but which has been licensed for manufacture in this state has a cause of action against the seller or manufacturer for any misrepresentation of its therapeutic effect made directly to the purchaser or by publication.
NRS 41.620 Liability for issuance on nonexistent account or drawing on insufficient money; liability for use of invalid credit or debit card.
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 604A.490, any person who:
(a) Makes, utters, draws or delivers a check or draft for the payment of money drawn upon any financial institution or other person, when that person has no account with the drawee of the instrument or has insufficient money, property or credit with the drawee to pay; or
(b) Uses a credit card or debit card to obtain money, goods, property, services or anything of value, when that person knows or should have known the credit card or debit card is no longer valid,
Ê and who fails to pay the amount in cash to the payee, issuer or other creditor within 30 days after a demand therefor in writing is mailed to the person by certified mail, is liable to the payee, issuer or other creditor for the amount of the check, draft or extension of credit, and damages equal to three times the amount of the check, draft or extension of credit, but not less than $100 nor more than $500.
2. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) “Credit card” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 205.630;
(b) “Debit card” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 205.635; and
(c) “Issuer” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 205.650.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1021; A 1987, 134, 1191; 1999, 50; 2005, 1710)
1. A sports official who officiates a sporting event at any level of competition in this State is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any unintended act or omission, not amounting to gross negligence, by the sports official in the execution of the officiating duties of the sports official within the facility in which the sporting event takes place.
(a) “Inspector” means an inspector of the Nevada Athletic Commission.
(b) “Sporting event” means any contest, game or other event involving the athletic or physical skills of amateur or professional athletes.
(c) “Sports official” means any person who serves as a referee, umpire, linesman, timekeeper, inspector, judge or in a similar capacity, whether paid or unpaid.
NRS 41.637 “Good faith communication in furtherance of the right to petition or the right to free speech in direct connection with an issue of public concern” defined. “Good faith communication in furtherance of the right to petition or the right to free speech in direct connection with an issue of public concern” means any:
1. Communication that is aimed at procuring any governmental or electoral action, result or outcome;
2. Communication of information or a complaint to a Legislator, officer or employee of the Federal Government, this state or a political subdivision of this state, regarding a matter reasonably of concern to the respective governmental entity;
3. Written or oral statement made in direct connection with an issue under consideration by a legislative, executive or judicial body, or any other official proceeding authorized by law; or
4. Communication made in direct connection with an issue of public interest in a place open to the public or in a public forum,
Ê which is truthful or is made without knowledge of its falsehood.
NRS 41.640 “Political subdivision” defined. “Political subdivision” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 41.0305.
NRS 41.650 Limitation of liability. A person who engages in a good faith communication in furtherance of the right to petition or the right to free speech in direct connection with an issue of public concern is immune from any civil action for claims based upon the communication.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2848; A 1997, 1365, 2593; 2013, 623)
NRS 41.660 Attorney General or chief legal officer of political subdivision may defend or provide support to person sued for engaging in right to petition or free speech in direct connection with an issue of public concern; special counsel; filing special motion to dismiss; stay of discovery; adjudication upon merits.
1. If an action is brought against a person based upon a good faith communication in furtherance of the right to petition or the right to free speech in direct connection with an issue of public concern:
(a) The person against whom the action is brought may file a special motion to dismiss; and
(b) The Attorney General or the chief legal officer or attorney of a political subdivision of this State may defend or otherwise support the person against whom the action is brought. If the Attorney General or the chief legal officer or attorney of a political subdivision has a conflict of interest in, or is otherwise disqualified from, defending or otherwise supporting the person, the Attorney General or the chief legal officer or attorney of a political subdivision may employ special counsel to defend or otherwise support the person.
2. A special motion to dismiss must be filed within 60 days after service of the complaint, which period may be extended by the court for good cause shown.
3. If a special motion to dismiss is filed pursuant to subsection 2, the court shall:
(a) Determine whether the moving party has established, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the claim is based upon a good faith communication in furtherance of the right to petition or the right to free speech in direct connection with an issue of public concern;
(b) If the court determines that the moving party has met the burden pursuant to paragraph (a), determine whether the plaintiff has demonstrated with prima facie evidence a probability of prevailing on the claim;
(c) If the court determines that the plaintiff has established a probability of prevailing on the claim pursuant to paragraph (b), ensure that such determination will not:
(1) Be admitted into evidence at any later stage of the underlying action or subsequent proceeding; or
(2) Affect the burden of proof that is applied in the underlying action or subsequent proceeding;
(d) Consider such evidence, written or oral, by witnesses or affidavits, as may be material in making a determination pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b);
(e) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, stay discovery pending:
(1) A ruling by the court on the motion; and
(2) The disposition of any appeal from the ruling on the motion; and
(f) Rule on the motion within 20 judicial days after the motion is served upon the plaintiff.
4. Upon a showing by a party that information necessary to meet or oppose the burden pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 3 is in the possession of another party or a third party and is not reasonably available without discovery, the court shall allow limited discovery for the purpose of ascertaining such information.
5. If the court dismisses the action pursuant to a special motion to dismiss filed pursuant to subsection 2, the dismissal operates as an adjudication upon the merits.
6. The court shall modify any deadlines pursuant to this section or any other deadlines relating to a complaint filed pursuant to this section if such modification would serve the interests of justice.
(a) “Complaint” means any action brought against a person based upon a good faith communication in furtherance of the right to petition or the right to free speech in direct connection with an issue of public concern, including, without limitation, a counterclaim or cross-claim.
(b) “Plaintiff” means any person asserting a claim, including, without limitation, a counterclaim or cross-claim.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2848; A 1997, 1365, 2593; 2013, 623; 2015, 2455)
NRS 41.665 Legislative findings and declaration regarding plaintiff’s burden of proof under NRS 41.660. The Legislature finds and declares that:
1. NRS 41.660 provides certain protections to a person against whom an action is brought, if the action is based upon a good faith communication in furtherance of the right to petition or the right to free speech in direct connection with an issue of public concern.
2. When a plaintiff must demonstrate a probability of success of prevailing on a claim pursuant to NRS 41.660, the Legislature intends that in determining whether the plaintiff “has demonstrated with prima facie evidence a probability of prevailing on the claim” the plaintiff must meet the same burden of proof that a plaintiff has been required to meet pursuant to California’s anti-Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation law as of June 8, 2015.
NRS 41.670 Award of reasonable costs, attorney’s fees and monetary relief under certain circumstances; separate action for damages; sanctions for frivolous or vexatious special motion to dismiss; interlocutory appeal.
1. If the court grants a special motion to dismiss filed pursuant to NRS 41.660:
(a) The court shall award reasonable costs and attorney’s fees to the person against whom the action was brought, except that the court shall award reasonable costs and attorney’s fees to this State or to the appropriate political subdivision of this State if the Attorney General, the chief legal officer or attorney of the political subdivision or special counsel provided the defense for the person pursuant to NRS 41.660.
(b) The court may award, in addition to reasonable costs and attorney’s fees awarded pursuant to paragraph (a), an amount of up to $10,000 to the person against whom the action was brought.
(c) The person against whom the action is brought may bring a separate action to recover:
(1) Compensatory damages;
(2) Punitive damages; and
(3) Attorney’s fees and costs of bringing the separate action.
2. If the court denies a special motion to dismiss filed pursuant to NRS 41.660 and finds that the motion was frivolous or vexatious, the court shall award to the prevailing party reasonable costs and attorney’s fees incurred in responding to the motion.
3. In addition to reasonable costs and attorney’s fees awarded pursuant to subsection 2, the court may award:
(a) An amount of up to $10,000; and
(b) Any such additional relief as the court deems proper to punish and deter the filing of frivolous or vexatious motions.
4. If the court denies the special motion to dismiss filed pursuant to NRS 41.660, an interlocutory appeal lies to the Supreme Court.
NRS 41.690 Cause of action for damages resulting from criminal violation if perpetrator was motivated by certain characteristics of victim.
1. A person who has suffered injury as the proximate result of the willful violation of the provisions of NRS 200.030, 200.050, 200.280, 200.310, 200.366, 200.380, 200.400, 200.460, 200.463, 200.4631, 200.464, 200.465, 200.467, 200.468, 200.471, 200.481, 200.508, 200.5099, 200.571, 200.575, 203.010, 203.020, 203.030, 203.060, 203.080, 203.090, 203.100, 203.110, 203.119, 205.010 to 205.025, inclusive, 205.060, 205.067, 205.075, 205.0832, 205.220, 205.226, 205.228, 205.240, 205.270, 205.2715, 205.274, 205.2741, 206.010, 206.040, 206.125, 206.140, 206.150, 206.200, 206.310, 206.330, 207.180, 207.190, 207.200 or 207.210 by a perpetrator who was motivated by the injured person’s actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression may bring an action for the recovery of his or her actual damages and any punitive damages which the facts may warrant. If the person who has suffered injury prevails in an action brought pursuant to this subsection, the court shall award the person costs and reasonable attorney’s fees.
3. As used in this section, “gender identity or expression” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 193.0148.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2706; A 2005, 89; 2007, 1269; 2013, 65, 1855)
NRS 41.700 Liability for damages caused by use of controlled substance; damages; attorney’s fees and costs.
(a) Knowingly and unlawfully serves, sells or otherwise furnishes a controlled substance to another person; or
(b) Knowingly allows another person to use a controlled substance in an unlawful manner on premises or in a conveyance belonging to the person allowing the use or over which the person has control,
Ê is liable in a civil action for any damages caused as a result of the person using the controlled substance.
2. A person who prevails in an action brought pursuant to subsection 1 may recover his or her actual damages, attorney’s fees and costs and any punitive damages that the facts may warrant.
NRS 41.710 “Advertisement” defined. “Advertisement” means material that:
1. Advertises for commercial purposes the availability or the quality of real property, goods or services; or
2. Is otherwise designed or intended to solicit a person to purchase real property, goods or services.
NRS 41.715 “Electronic mail” defined. “Electronic mail” means a message, a file or other information that is transmitted through a local, regional or global network, regardless of whether the message, file or other information is:
1. Viewed;
2. Stored for retrieval at a later time;
3. Printed onto paper or other similar material; or
4. Filtered or screened by a computer program that is designed or intended to filter or screen items of electronic mail.
NRS 41.720 “Network” defined. “Network” means a network comprised of one or more computers that may be accessed by a modem, electronic or optical technology, or other similar means.
NRS 41.725 “Recipient” defined. “Recipient” means a person who receives an item of electronic mail.
NRS 41.730 Action for damages; exceptions; injunctive relief.
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 41.735, if a person transmits or causes to be transmitted to a recipient an item of electronic mail that includes an advertisement, the person is liable to the recipient for civil damages unless:
(a) The person has a preexisting business or personal relationship with the recipient;
(b) The recipient has expressly consented to receive the item of electronic mail from the person; or
(c) The advertisement is readily identifiable as promotional, or contains a statement providing that it is an advertisement, and clearly and conspicuously provides:
(1) The legal name, complete street address and electronic mail address of the person transmitting the electronic mail;
(2) A notice that the recipient may decline to receive additional electronic mail that includes an advertisement from the person transmitting the electronic mail and the procedures for declining such electronic mail; and
(3) The abbreviation “ADV” or the word “advertisement” as the first word of the subject line of the electronic mail.
2. Unless a greater amount of damages is provided pursuant to subsection 3, if a person is liable to a recipient pursuant to subsection 1, the recipient may recover from the person:
(a) Actual damages or damages of $50 per item of electronic mail received, whichever is greater; and
(b) Attorney’s fees and costs.
3. If a person is liable to a recipient pursuant to subsection 1 and the person:
(a) Disguised the source of the advertisement;
(b) Used false or misleading information in the subject line of the electronic mail;
(c) Provided a false return address;
(d) Ignored requests made by the recipient to decline receiving additional electronic mail;
(e) Provided a false address for declining additional electronic mail from the person; or
(f) Obtained the electronic mail address of the recipient through a method that was not authorized by the recipient,
Ê the recipient may recover actual damages or damages of $500 per item of electronic mail received, whichever is greater, and attorney’s fees and costs.
4. In addition to any other recovery that is allowed pursuant to subsection 2 or 3, the recipient may apply to the district court of the county in which the recipient resides for an order enjoining the person from transmitting to the recipient any other item of electronic mail that includes an advertisement.
NRS 41.735 Immunity for persons who provide users with access to network; applicability to items of electronic mail obtained voluntarily.
1. If a person provides users with access to a network and, as part of that service, transmits items of electronic mail on behalf of those users, the person is immune from liability for civil damages pursuant to NRS 41.705 to 41.735, inclusive, unless the person transmits an item of electronic mail that includes an advertisement the person prepared or caused to be prepared.
2. The provisions of NRS 41.705 to 41.735, inclusive, do not apply to an item of electronic mail that is obtained by a recipient voluntarily. This subsection includes, but is not limited to, an item of electronic mail that is obtained by a recipient voluntarily from an electronic bulletin board.
NRS 41.740 Damages for which person who kills or injures pet of another person is liable; punitive and noneconomic damages may not be awarded; limitation on amount of damages; exceptions.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if a natural person intentionally, willfully, recklessly or negligently injures or kills the pet of another natural person, the person is liable for the following:
(a) The cost of veterinary care incurred by the owner because of the injury or death of the pet.
(b) If the pet is injured, any reduction in the market value of the pet caused by the injury.
(c) If the pet is killed, the market value of the pet and reasonable burial expenses.
(d) Reasonable attorney’s fees and costs incurred by the owner in bringing an action pursuant to this section.
2. Punitive damages and noneconomic damages may not be awarded in an action brought under this section.
3. In an action brought under this section, the award of damages must not exceed $5,000 for each pet.
4. The provisions of this section do not authorize an award of damages pursuant to subsection 1 if:
(a) A nonprofit organization, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals established pursuant to NRS 574.010 or governmental entity, or an employee or agent thereof, injures or kills a pet while acting in furtherance of public health or animal welfare.
(b) The action is based on the killing of a dog that had been or was killing or causing damage to livestock.
(c) The person reasonably believed that:
(1) The pet presented a risk to the person’s safety or to the safety of another person; and
(2) The action was necessary to protect himself or herself or another person.
(a) “Livestock” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 569.0085.
(b) “Owner” means a natural person who owns, possesses, harbors, keeps or has control or custody of a pet.
(c) “Pet” means any domesticated dog or cat normally maintained in or near the household of its owner.
NRS 41.745 Liability of employer for intentional conduct of employee; limitations.
1. An employer is not liable for harm or injury caused by the intentional conduct of an employee if the conduct of the employee:
(a) Was a truly independent venture of the employee;
(b) Was not committed in the course of the very task assigned to the employee; and
(c) Was not reasonably foreseeable under the facts and circumstances of the case considering the nature and scope of his or her employment.
Ê For the purposes of this subsection, conduct of an employee is reasonably foreseeable if a person of ordinary intelligence and prudence could have reasonably anticipated the conduct and the probability of injury.
2. Nothing in this section imposes strict liability on an employer for any unforeseeable intentional act of an employee.
(a) “Employee” means any person who is employed by an employer, including, without limitation, any present or former officer or employee, immune contractor, an employee of a university school for profoundly gifted pupils described in chapter 388C of NRS or a member of a board or commission or Legislator in this State.
(b) “Employer” means any public or private employer in this State, including, without limitation, the State of Nevada, a university school for profoundly gifted pupils described in chapter 388C of NRS, any agency of this State and any political subdivision of the State.
(c) “Immune contractor” has the meaning ascribed to it in subsection 3 of NRS 41.0307.
(d) “Officer” has the meaning ascribed to it in subsection 4 of NRS 41.0307.
NRS 41.750 Limitations on liability of employer for damages arising from or relating to child care provided to children of employee. If an employer:
1. Pays money directly to an employee for use by the employee to pay all or a portion of the cost of child care and the employee selects the child care facility independent of and without any input from the employer;
2. Provides to an employee one or more vouchers for use by the employee to pay all or a portion of the cost of child care at a child care facility licensed and in good standing pursuant to chapter 432A of NRS;
3. Directs or refers an employee to a child care facility licensed and in good standing pursuant to chapter 432A of NRS; or
4. Negotiates a discount or other benefit for an employee at a child care facility licensed and in good standing pursuant to chapter 432A of NRS,
Ê the employer is immune from civil liability for damages arising from or relating to the child care provided to the children of the employee if the damages are caused by an act or omission that constitutes simple negligence.
NRS 41.755 Limitations on liability of employer who discloses information regarding employee to prospective employer of employee; exceptions.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, an employer who, at the request of an employee, discloses information regarding:
(a) The ability of the employee to perform the employee’s job;
(b) The diligence, skill or reliability with which the employee carried out the duties of the employee’s job; or
(c) An illegal or wrongful act committed by the employee,
Ê to a prospective employer of that employee is immune from civil liability for such disclosure and its consequences.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, an employer who discloses information regarding an employee to a public safety agency pursuant to NRS 239B.020 is immune from civil liability for such disclosure and its consequences.
3. An employer is not immune from civil liability for a disclosure made pursuant to subsection 1 or NRS 239B.020 or for the consequences of a disclosure made pursuant to subsection 1 or NRS 239B.020 if the employer:
(a) Acted with malice or ill will;
(b) Disclosed information that the employer believed was inaccurate;
(c) Disclosed information which the employer had no reasonable grounds for believing was accurate;
(d) Recklessly or intentionally disclosed inaccurate information;
(e) Deliberately disclosed misleading information; or
(f) Disclosed information in violation of a state or federal law or in violation of an agreement with the employee.
(a) “Employee” means a person who currently renders or previously rendered time and services to an employer.
(b) “Employer” includes an employee or agent of an employer who is authorized by the employer to disclose information regarding an employee.
(c) “Public safety agency” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 239B.020.
NRS 41.800 Acts for which person is liable; remedies; no criminal liability for violation of section.
1. A person shall not intentionally obstruct:
(a) The ingress or egress to any public or private property from any other public or private place in such a manner as not to leave a free passageway for persons and vehicles lawfully seeking to enter or leave the property via the public or private place; or
(b) Any public or private roadway, including, without limitation, intersections, so as to prevent the safe passage of vehicles thereon or therethrough.
2. In addition to any other remedy, a person aggrieved by a violation of subsection 1 may bring a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction against any person who commits the violation to seek any or all of the following relief:
(a) Declaratory and injunctive relief, including, without limitation, injunctive relief to enjoin any ongoing activity that violates any provision of subsection 1. For the purposes of injunctive relief, a person who brings an action pursuant to this subsection is entitled to a rebuttable presumption of irreparable harm.
(b) Actual damages.
(c) Reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.
(d) Any other legal or equitable relief that the court deems appropriate.
3. A person who violates the provisions of this section is not subject to criminal liability.
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For American Legion Department of Oklahoma Adjutant Carl Kuykendall, using the GI Bill didn’t just provide an education. It helped him deal with the things he saw during his service in the U.S. Army in Baghdad.
The year before he retired from the military, Kuykendall worked in the emergency room as a practical nurse/medical specialist. He was assigned to the 31st Combat Support Hospital in Iraq from January to September of 2004 “and was exposed to horrific trauma on a daily basis while there,” he said. “The thoughts and memories of those days and nights in our Baghdad E.R. were on constant playback in my brain over the next few years. I knew something wasn't right with my brain. I couldn't seem to climb out of the cloud of darkness I was in. I continued to work and function normally, but avoided hospitals and especially working in hospitals.”
Kuykendall sought help from the Department of Veterans Affairs and was diagnosed with severe depression. “Knowing that the effect of my year in Iraq would stay with me forever, I decided I needed to fix this problem myself,” he said. “I thought long and hard on how to reprogram my brain. I didn't want constant playback of my experiences with horrific trauma to clutter my brain and bring me down all the time.”
Kuykendall turned to the GI Bill – which turns 75 years old on June 22 and was originally drafted by American Legion Past National Commander Harry Colmery – and was able to, in his words, “reprogram my brain. My idea was to return to school and learn the coding language used to allow websites to exist on the internet.
“School lasted for over three years. There were many nights that I worked countless hours with html, CSS, JavaScript and numerous other website languages in order to be prepared for school the next day. I knew that at the same time that I worked with that coding language, I was also repairing my clustered brain. Many nights of homework and many nights helping me reprogram my brain.”
Kuykendall said he was “very fortunate to have the 9/11 GI Bill. The GI Bill made it possible for me to attend college and finish a bachelor's degree in the studies of Media Arts with emphasis on Web Design. Having a degree would soon open many opportunities for me.”
Kuykendall’s story is one of many positive stories that came from using the GI Bill. Here are just a few others.
• Air Force veteran Virginia Russell went to college on the GI Bill and graduated in May 1987 with an accounting degree. A single mother of three, she went to work for the Internal Revenue Service in July of 1987 and worked there for 28 years before retiring in 2015. “I never would have been able to go back to college and support my children without the GI Bill,” said Russell.
• Past Department of Massachusetts Commander and National Executive Committeeman Frank MacDonald retired from a military career that included the Navy, National Guard and Army reserve as a command sergeant major. MacDonald didn’t limit his usage of his GI Bill benefits to an education, though he did get that – one he calls “second to none.” But in addition to that, “my homes have been financed through the VA Home Loan Program, my health care is primarily provided by the local VA outpatient clinic, and I retired from what I consider to be a lucrative career with the federal government – a career that began with an appointment under the Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Act. So I guess all in all the GI Bill has made me the person I am today.”
• U.S. Navy veteran John Thomas served in the Vietnam War and then earned a degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. “If not for the GI Bill, I probably would not have enough funds to accomplish this,” said Thomas.
• Twitter user Cain A (@Nakoaokekai) used the GI Bill to earn associate’s and bachelor’s degrees, which helped him get a “good federal job, as most good federal jobs require a degree nowadays to stay competitive. Once tuition assistance is up every veteran should use and take full advantage of the GI Bill benefits.”
• Facebook user Bill Risener: “I used every bit of mine. It pays off daily. Wouldn't be where I am today without it.”
• Facebook user Bill Howlett: “Thank you FDR! BA in History in 3 yrs after Nam. Couldn’t have done it without the GI Bill!”
• Facebook user Edward Sullivan: “It allowed me to go to Palmer College of Chiropractic and covered my four years of professional training. In August I will be at Palmer in Davenport, Iowa, celebrating my 50th year in practice with my class of 1969!”
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"Capable Guardian" program offers active attacker training to University community
Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - 5:49pm
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The University of Michigan will begin offering optional active attacker training to students, faculty, staff and community members through a program called “Capable Guardian: Instruct, Evacuate, Shelter, Defend.” The training is provided through the safety and security company Threat Suppression Incorporated and will be implemented by the Division of Public Safety and Security.
Melissa Overton, deputy chief of police and public information officer, said Capable Guardian does not yet have an estimated start date. She said the program will work to address the “in-between” area that often occurs as a result of active attacker protocol.
“What we do, or what we’re going to begin doing, is that in-between — what is the role of the staff member at the University, with a classroom of staff?” Overton said. “We started with the areas of concern based on experience and educating the community that require attention.”
According to the Threat Suppression website, the “run, hide, fight” mantra employed by the Department of Homeland Security as active attacker protocol has been found to cause uncertainty that may lead to the spread of inaccurate or vague information. The University utilizes the “run, hide, fight” mantra as active attacker protocol.
After unfounded reports of an active shooter in Mason Hall surfaced on March 16, many community members expressed concern regarding the clarity of the “run, hide, fight” protocol. LSA senior Brad Ebenhoeh, who uses a wheelchair, said he was not previously informed of protocol in an active attacker situation, nor was he informed of how individuals with disabilities should approach the protocol.
“It has been three weeks since the active shooter false claim, and I still don’t know what to do,” Ebenhoeh said. “That is unacceptable in my eyes.”
However, Overton said this situation did not factor into the decision to implement the Capable Guardian program at the University. DPSS Officer Matt Butzky, who brought the program to the attention of DPSS, said he first became aware of Threat Suppression and Mike Clumpner, its president and CEO, after attending a one-day training session on joint public safety response to active shooter events in early 2016.
“Dr. Clumpner was particularly impressive in that session because so much of his information was supported by data and he was on the leading edge of the joint response concept to active shooter incidents,” Butzky said. “Later, I sought him out after we identified a couple areas in which we wanted to provide more specific information on active attacker response, building on the ‘run, hide, fight’ model already in place.”
Overton said DPSS hosted a three-day training by Clumpner March 6-8 of this year, which was planned more than a year prior.
The program will primarily focus on one’s position in an active attacker situation, Overton said. DPSS will also include a new module in the program that focuses specifically on the safety of people with disabilities in the event of an active attacker. This area does not currently exist in the Capable Guardian program.
“Our community members are in a role, either by their job title or personal conviction, where they would be unable to leave a vulnerable population or those which they are charged with leading or protecting, and also community members that have a disability or how to better prepare them within the framework of the ‘run, hide, fight’ model,” Overton said. “So these are both two areas that we’re going to be working on the community with, and it’s basically just training, educating and exercising so that they know what to do and how to respond to an active attacker.”
Threat Suppression defines capable guardians as “people within organizations to which others would immediately look to for guidance during an active shooter event.” According to the Threat Suppression website, the presentation will focus on many important components of the capable guardian concept.
“To understand how to manage people during times of duress, the participants are taught about the concepts of mass hysteria and crowd contagion,” the site reads. “The participants are also taught about research-based findings of human behavior during times of crises. The behavior is often dependent on several factors. One mitigating factor is the presence of a competent, identified, capable guardian.”
Capable Guardian participants will learn about crisis theories that help explain how crisis events follow similar and predictable paths. The program will also include active attacker training and focus on the participant’s role in a situation as a capable guardian.
Butzky said DPSS hopes to incorporate the Capable Guardian concept as a supplemental module to the “run, hide, fight” information already being shared on campus for those who may want more information on what actions they can take.
“It’s important for those that are willing to take on that additional risk to have confidence in their knowledge, ability, and authority,” Butzky said. “The presentation (by Clumpner) was also valuable to DPSS administration as it clarified the role of security personnel in active attacker incidents. Similarly, we hope to build out another module that provides more specific information for those with disabilities.”
According to Overton, students, staff, faculty and community members will be able to sign up for the program through the DPSS website. A community outreach officer will then make contact with the interested individual and set up the training. Overton said she believes offering Capable Guardian is moving the University in the right direction.
Ebenhoeh said he is in support of the implementation of the program. He said he hopes the University will properly address the safety of people with disabilities in the program, as he has still not been informed of protocol following the false reports.
“If people do it, I am for it,” Ebenhoeh said. “I would sincerely hope that the University would handle where a person with a disability is supposed to go in shelter (during an active shooter situation).”
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Press Release Auditor Bump Calls for Better Data Collection to Support Foster Child Success in Higher Education
The audit focuses on the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education’s (DHE) administration of several programs that provide financial assistance to qualifying students.
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Boston — State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump today issued an audit of the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education’s (DHE) administration of several programs that provide financial assistance to qualifying students. She called upon the agency to expand its efforts to track and analyze the educational performance of programs designed to support foster children, and she called out the improper use of funds in the no interest loan (NIL) program.
“The Legislature has recognized that foster children may need special assistance to access higher education and to succeed. In order to know whether the grant and waiver programs are actually helping these students, they should be tracking their educational performance rate. If these students are struggling or dropping out, the schools and policymakers should know and determine if other interventions are required to help these students whose lives often have been marked by trauma and disruption,” Bump said. “As for the administration of the NIL program, the juggling of these funds and their use to pay other costs is improper and should cease.”
Bump’s audit looked at three college financial assistance programs administered by DHE:
The Foster Child Grant Program, which provides annual educational grants to college students that were placed in the care of the Department of Children and Families;
The Foster Child Tuition Waiver and Fee Assistance Program, which provides tuition and fee waivers equal to 100 percent of the resident tuition rate to current or former foster children attending a public college or university in the Commonwealth; and
The No Interest Loan Program, which provides zero-interest loans of up to $4,000 annually to students with financial need that are attending a public or private college or university in the Commonwealth.
The Department of Higher Education serves as the staff to the 13-member Board of Higher Education, which is responsible for defining the mission of the Commonwealth’s system of public higher education and its institutions. It is part of the Executive Office of Education and had 56 staff members at the end of the audit period. In Fiscal Year 2016 it received state appropriations of $143,016,099.
A copy of the Department of Higher Education audit is available here.
The Office of State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump (OSA) conducts audits, investigations, and studies to promote accountability and transparency, improve performance, and make government work better.
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Louis Edwin H MAY
August 29th 1876- February 9th 1950 (81 years)
Joseph T May and Ione MaduroGately married in 18?? at Holly Springs, Miss. Together they had four children including Louis Edwin May, the only child to marry and have children.
Louis was born August 29, 1876 in Fremont and lived to be 74 years old. He married Mary Esther Urtubees in Milwaukee, Wis. They had a daughter, Lois Ione May. Louis outlived both his wife, who died in 1901 at age 54, and his daughter, who died in 1950 at age 38.
Louis May worked in the family grocery business as a young man. He organized the Fremont State Bank (predecessor to the Stephens National Bank). He was instrumental in founding the present Fremont Golf Club and served as its president.
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Thousands of employees & families attend McLaren Employee Motor Show
Over three thousand people turned out for the sixth McLaren Employee Motor Show, proudly hosted by the company at its McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, on Saturday.
Run for current and former employees, their families and invited guests, the event has grown since its inception in 2010 and has become an important fixture in the company’s and town’s calendar.
Over 200 exhibits were showcased – both four-wheeled and two, many of which were volunteered for display by employees themselves – including former racing cars from a wide variety of series, road-going vehicles and kit cars and a number of Surrey Police patrol cars.
In addition to the cars and bikes on display, event goers enjoyed other activities including bicycle stunt displays, a race simulator, a pit stop challenge, helicopter rides, and photo opportunities with McLaren’s Formula 1 and road cars.
As well as providing a fun day out and a rare glimpse for family members inside the world-famous McLaren Technology Centre, the event helped raise vital funds for local good causes. Beneficiaries include The Peter Jordan Fund, which raises money for The Brain Tumour Charity, and SATRO, a charity that encourages young people to take up careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects - an area McLaren supports year-round through its STEM Ambassador network of graduates who talk at schools and colleges. Both good causes will receive proceeds from the purchase of event tickets.
Visitors were also offered the opportunity to meet team members from all McLaren companies, see a Pure McLaren garage set-up in the flesh – an experience usually reserved exclusively for McLaren owners – and see close-up an exclusive historic collection of McLaren’s very own iconic Formula 1 and CanAm cars displayed on the famous Boulevard. Younger visitors were also treated to a bouncy castle, softplay and face painting.
Among invited guests were local dignitaries including the Mayor of Woking Councillor Anne Murray and Woking Borough Council Chief Executive Ray Morgan.
Also in attendance were a small group of lucky Team McLaren fan club members who bought exclusive access to the event.
Simon Wait, from the employee-led McLaren Activities and Charities Group which put together the event, said: “As McLaren has grown, so has the Employee Motor Show, which is a fun opportunity for employees to showcase their passion for all things cars, racing and technology to their fellow colleagues and families.
“There’s been huge support for this year’s event which is run by and for employees, many of whom have moved to or live in the surrounding area. A huge amount of time and hard work has gone in behind the scenes, along with support from the company, to make it such a success – for which we are incredibly grateful to everyone involved.
“It’s a privilege for McLaren to give something back to our employees and an opportunity for them to proudly show their families and friends where they work. Most importantly, we’re proud that through this event we’re able to support two very important charity organisations close to our heart, who will benefit directly from the generosity of our people.”
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EXPERT ANALYSIS FROM ADA 2019
SAN FRANCISCO – Type 2 diabetes is much more aggressive in adolescents than in adults, but how to beat it is uncertain, according to presenters at the annual scientific sessions of the American Diabetes Association.
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Dr. Philip Zeitler
“More research is urgently needed to better understand the reasons for this more serious trajectory,” said Philip Zeitler, MD, PhD, professor of pediatric endocrinology at the University of Colorado and medical director of Children’s Hospital Colorado Clinical & Translational Research Center, Aurora. The hope is to identify children at risk and prevent disease, but at this point “we don’t know the answer,” he added.
In the meantime, “we are getting more aggressive with bariatric surgery at our center because nothing else is working. It would be nice to move away from that, but these kids are dying,” he said.
Dr. Zeitler was the senior author on 2018 updated ADA guidelines for managing youth-onset type 2 diabetes. The recommendations were more aggressive than those previously put forward, suggesting, among other things, hemoglobin A1c targets of 6.5%-7%; earlier treatment with insulin; and stricter management of hypertension, dyslipidemia, and proteinuria (Diabetes Care. 2018;41[12]:2648-68).
A study he presented at the meeting – an 8-year follow-up the Treatment Options for Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Youth (TODAY) trial, dubbed TODAY 2 – illustrates why. Published in 2011, the original trial found benefit for metformin alone or in combination with rosiglitazone.
Overall, 517 participants still are being followed. They’re managed in community practices now, and are in their early 20s, on average.
Less than 10 years down the road from TODAY, “these kids have problems you’d expect in your grandparents. Target-organ damage is already evident, and serious cardiovascular events are occurring” at a time that “should be the most productive period of their lives,” Dr. Zeitler said.
“The disease is much more aggressive in youth than in adults,” said Steven E. Kahn, MB, ChB, an endocrinology professor and director of the Diabetes Research Center at the University of Washington, Seattle, who presented a second study at the meeting – the Restoring Insulin Secretion Study (RISE) – that brought the point home.
Dr. Steven E. Kahn
Among other things, RISE compared 12 months of metformin or insulin glargine followed by metformin in 132 obese adults and 91 obese adolescents with impaired glucose tolerance. Treatments were stopped after 12 months, and the participants were reevaluated at 15 months.
Treatment improved insulin sensitivity and beta-cell response in the adults, and they reverted to baseline at 15 months. There were no improvements in children, however, and they were worse off at 15 months than they had been at baseline. Compliance was not the issue, with more than 80% of both adults and children taking more than 80% of their medications (Diabetes. 2019 Jun 9. doi: 10.2337/db19-0299).
“This was the first ever true comparison of outcomes in youths versus adults,” with the same study design and lab measurements in both arms. The difference in outcomes was “very scary,” Dr. Kahn said.
Perhaps there’s something worse about developing diabetes during puberty, which is already an insulin-resistant state, or maybe something else is going on. Whatever the case, “there’s an urgent need” to better understand the differences between kids and adults, and for better treatments in kids, Dr. Kahn said.
As for weight loss, “it’s not just that these kids can’t discipline themselves. You need to understand that type 2 diabetes in kids occurs in a context of very low socioeconomic status, family dysfunction, and a great deal of stress and [family] illness. It’s complex,” Dr. Zeitler said.
The cardiovascular event rate in TODAY 2 – heart attacks, heart failure, and stroke, among others – is about the same as in older adults with type 1 diabetes. Renal function is declining, and there have been two cases each so far of chronic kidney disease and end stage renal failure.
Women in the cohort, about two-thirds of the study population, have had high rates of maternal and offspring complications.
Serious eye problems are common, and “we’ve had a number of amputations; quite a number of toes are now missing in this group of kids,” Dr. Zeitler said.
There have been five deaths so far: one heart attack, one renal failure, one overwhelming sepsis, one postop cardiac arrest, and a drug overdose.
The National Institutes of Health funded the study. The presenters reported no relevant disclosures or conflicts of interest.
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Crafoord Prize 2008 awarded to Rashid Sunyaev
The Max Planck scientist is awarded the prize for his research into black holes and neutron-stars
The Crafoord Prize for astronomy goes this year to Rashid Sunyaev, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences honours international fundamental research in various disciplines, among others in astronomy. Sunyaev will receive half of the total prize money of 500,000 dollars (342,000 Euros).
Crafoord Prize 2008 has been awarded to the Max Planck Astrophysicist Rashid Sunyaev.
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Rashid Sunyaev, director of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, has been awarded with this year’s Crafoord Prize in Astronomy. The Crafoord Prize is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and is intended to promote international basic research in several disciplines, including astronomy.
The Crafoord Prize 2008 combines abstract mathematics and astrophysics. It is awarded for mathematical discoveries that are significant for the fundamental laws of nature and for research on black holes and the early Universe. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Prize with one half (mathematics) jointly to Maxim Kontsevich, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHÉS), Bures-sur-Yvette, France, and Edward Witten, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, USA, "for their important contributions to mathematics inspired by modern theoretical physics", and the other half (astronomy) to Rashid Alievich Sunyaev, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany, and Space Research Institute (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia "for his decisive contributions to high-energy astrophysics and cosmology, in particular processes and dynamics around black holes and neutron stars and demonstration of the diagnostic power of structures in the background radiation".
The official citation by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences says: "The laureate in astronomy, Rashid Sunyaev, has studied the most extreme processes in the Universe and developed theoretical models of how black holes devour matter and the origin of the structure of the cosmological background radiation. His description of how matter drawn towards a black hole forms a thin, rapidly rotating disc is essential if we are to understand how black holes can be the most powerful sources of radiation in the Universe. Sunyaev´s work with the cosmological background radiation has inspired measurements that provide clues to the creation and structure of the Universe. This radiation derives from a period when the Universe was only a few hundred thousand years old and contains information about what happened during the Big Bang. On its journey to us the radiation has also been influenced by the distribution of matter in clusters of galaxies billions of years later."
Professor Rashid Sunyaev is director at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching. He is actively working in the fields of physical cosmology and high energy astrophysics. The prime focus of his studies today is the cosmological recombination of hydrogen and helium, physics of accretion onto relativistic compact objects and current and future X-ray and gamma-ray space missions.
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How old is Richard Gere?
Richard Gere was born on 31 August 1949.
Richard Gere is 69 years old.
How old is Richard Gere in days now?
Richard Gere is 69 years 10 months 17 days old.
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Zodiac sign of Richard Gere is Virgo.
Richard Gere is an American actor, who is best remembered for his roles as courageous and loving gentlemen. He was born in Philadelphia in 1949, and in his childhood, he dreamed about becoming a musician. He played trumpet, but after the first attempts to find his place in the music world (after finishing university), Gere decided to focus rather on acting. In 1973 he appeared in "Grease" musical in London and starting from 1975 he started receiving small roles in various cinema movies. "Days of Heaven", "American Gigolo", "An Officer And a Gentleman", "Pretty Woman" (with Julia Roberts), "Primal Fear", "Chicago" (with Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renee Zellweger), "Arbitrage" are among the most successful movies of the actor. Richard dated a number of famous actresses, including Kim Basinger, Penelope Milford, and so on. For a few years he was married to a famous model Cindy Crawford, and after divorcing her Gere got married to another model, Carey Lowell, who is the mother of Gere's only son.
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https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Ed-Hardy-s-first-retrospective-paints-him-as-fine-14090229.php
California exhibit paints Ed Hardy as artist, tattoo pioneer
Samantha Maldonado, Associated Press
Updated 11:54 am CDT, Saturday, July 13, 2019
Ed Hardy 'in shock' after seeing new exhibit
Ed Hardy may be most associated with the flashy, tiger-and-skull emblazoned clothing brand worn by notorious reality TV stars of the early 2000s, but a new exhibition at San Francisco’s de Young Museum sheds light on the man as prolific artist and tattoo pioneer. (July 11)
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When people hear the name Ed Hardy, they likely think of the flashy, tiger- and skull-emblazoned clothing that rocketed to popularity in the 2000s, appearing on the likes of Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and cast members from the reality TV show "Jersey Shore."
Others recognize Hardy as a trailblazing tattooer whose unique designs were licensed for use on apparel and merchandise, and whose legacy transcends the brand's current notoriety.
But few know him as a prolific fine artist.
"The clothing was one little blip on his whole career, which was staggering," said Mary Joy Scott, a tattoo artist who apprenticed under Hardy and works at the San Francisco shop he founded, Tattoo City.
In this Wednesday, July 10, 2019 photo, Ed Hardy poses for a photo during a media preview of "Ed Hardy: Deeper than Skin" at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. Hardy may be most associated with his flashy, tiger- and skull-emblazoned clothing brand, which was popular in the early 2000s. But the new exhibition, opening Friday, July 12, sheds light on the man as a prolific artist and tattoo pioneer. Hardy says he hopes the exhibition will push back against any remaining stigma around tattoos. less
In this Wednesday, July 10, 2019 photo, Ed Hardy poses for a photo during a media preview of "Ed Hardy: Deeper than Skin" at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. Hardy may be most associated with his flashy, ... more
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Five miles (8 kilometers) southwest of Tattoo City, a lively exhibition opening Friday at the de Young Museum sheds light on Hardy as wide-ranging artist and tattoo pioneer. Through 300 paintings, prints, drawings and objects, "Ed Hardy: Deeper than Skin" is the first retrospective of his work and shows how Hardy intertwined fine art with tattooing to push both forward.
"Ed Hardy's mission (was) to elevate the tattoo form from its subculture status back in the 1960s at least to a level of a folk art. I think he surpassed that," said curator Karin Breuer. "Here it is in museum culture."
The exhibition, which follows Hardy's donation of 152 prints to the museum, bursts with color as it tracks the 74-year-old artist's evolution.
It features crayon drawings of sample tattoos Hardy made as a 10-year-old, when he set up a tattoo shop for friends in his Southern California neighborhood of Corona del Mar. Prints from his college days at the San Francisco Art Institute are displayed alongside lithographs and etchings by the likes of Rodolphe Bresdin and Gordon Cooke, who inspired Hardy.
"I'm part of a continuum," Hardy said of his art idols. "There's a lot more to my life than tattooing."
One of the first pieces in "Deeper than Skin" is a 1967 print entitled "Future Plans," in which a then-undergraduate Hardy, with only a few tattoos, portrays himself as fully inked. The exhibition comes full circle with its final image, a blown-up 2009 photo of a bare-chested, tattoo-covered Hardy, now a full-fledged artist retired from tattooing thanks to the financial windfall of the clothing brand.
Visitors can get a projected animation of a Hardy tattoo design "applied" to their skin. They can also walk along a snaking, 2,000-square-foot (186-square-meter) scroll suspended from the ceiling on which Hardy painted 2,000 dragons in the year 2000.
"Ed Hardy is the only tattooer in the Western world who could merit a show of this kind," said Matt Lodder, a University of Essex professor who studies the history of tattoo as art. "Tattooers of a particular mode are all working, whether they know it or not, in a kind of pattern Ed Hardy was the first to lay down."
When Hardy began tattooing in 1967 after abandoning plans to attend Yale art school, he was one of the few American tattoo artists with a fine arts background. Hardy was also the first Western tattoo artist to study traditional Japanese tattooing abroad. When he returned stateside, Hardy blended those techniques with the American sailor and military tattoo types to develop his signature style: colorful hearts, clouds, dragons, daggers, roses and ribbons with bold, black outlines.
In 1974, Hardy moved away from offering pre-designed "flash" tattoos toward made-to-order work, an approach that's now the norm. Before Hardy, no other tattoo shop operated that way. The exhibition displays Hardy's custom pencil sketches and watercolors beneath photographs of the works inked on human bodies.
"It's rather shocking to some people that we can jump from an exhibition of Monet paintings to an exhibition of a tattoo artist," Breuer said.
The de Young offers discounts for tattooed visitors in an attempt to attract a wider demographic. The retrospective, which runs through Oct. 6, marks changing sensibilities in the art world as museums embrace tattoo as fine art.
An overlapping exhibition at San Francisco's Asian Art Museum showcases tattoos in Japanese prints.
"It's a terrific affirmation, not only for myself, but for a lot of the old bandits and pirates that helped me in the business," Hardy said. "They operated outside polite society, outside of the structure that controls what people think of as art."
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NFL: Park offers to sell 49ers land | Modesto Bee
NFL: Park offers to sell 49ers land
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SAN JOSE -- The owners of the Great America theme park in Santa Clara confirmed Wednesday they're willing to sell the site to the San Francisco 49ers instead of waging a fight over parking for the team's proposed stadium.
Cedar Fair Entertainment Co., the Sandusky, Ohio-based owner and operator of Great America and more than a dozen other amusement and water parks, said it offered to sell the park to the 49ers after deciding that traffic congestion and parking headaches from the new arena would harm Great America's business and threaten its ability to stay open.
The 49ers don't have enough parking for their proposed $854 million stadium on 20 acres next to the Great America site. The team has been negotiating with Cedar Fair to use some parking spaces surrounding Great America, but the talks have been rocky.
The announcement by Cedar Fair was not a surprise. The 49ers went public Tuesday night with word that Cedar Fair had approached the team with an offer to sell Great America, and that the 49ers would entertain the idea as a way to secure more parking for the stadium.
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Fresno State senior Jared Rice from Central Catholic-Modesto is one of four tight ends selected to the 50-man watch list for the Biletnikoff Award, presented to the outstanding pass receiver in college football.
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Chiropractic Myths
Over the years a number of myths pertaining to chiropractic have been created, mostly by economic competitors and those with differing philosophies. While the majority of myths have no basis, they do exist and cause some confusion to individuals unfamiliar with chiropractic care.
Spinal Adjustments Hurt
Spinal Adjustments Are Dangerous
Chiropractic Doctors Lack Education Compared With Medical Doctors
Chiropractic Is Not Scientific
Chiropractic Care Is Expensive
You'll Have To Continue Chiropractic Care For The Rest Of Your Life
Chiropractors Only Treat Back Pain
Quite the contrary. Many patients feel instant relief immediately after their treatments. In fact, most look forward to their chiropractic treatments. In patients suffering from severe bouts of back or neck pain, some discomfort may be experienced for obvious reasons, however, for most patients this is not the case.
Chiropractic spinal adjustments are extremely safe when performed by chiropractors. In fact, chiropractic adjustments are among the safest treatments for most back and neck problems. According to a 1993 Ontario Ministry of Health commissioned study,
"There is no clinical or case-control study that demonstrates or even implies that chiropractic spinal manipulation is unsafe in the treatment of low-back pain. Some medical treatments are equally safe, but others are unsafe and generate iatrogenic (doctor-induced) complications for low-back pain patients. Our reading of the literature suggests that chiropractic manipulation is safer than medical management of low-back pain."
Lead investigator of the study, Pran Manga, Ph.D., however, did warn that spinal adjustments performed by health care professionals other than qualified doctors of chiropractic were potentially harmful and less effective:
"Indeed, several existing medical therapies of low-back pain are generally contraindicated on the basis of the existing clinical trials. There is also some evidence in the literature to suggest that spinal manipulations are less safe and less effective when performed by nonchiropractic professionals."
On December 8, 1994, the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) of the US Department of Health and Human Services released clinical practice guidelines for the management of acute low back pain. Their guidelines were developed after extensive study of the diagnostic and treatment methods used for acute low back pain. Their findings included:
The risk of serious complications from lumbar spinal manipulation is rare;
Conservative treatment such as spinal manipulation should be pursued in most cases before considering surgical intervention;
Prescription drugs such as oral steroids, antidepressant medications and colchicine are not recommended for acute low back problems.
The training and education endured by chiropractors is extremely thorough and demanding, similar to that of medical doctors with the exception of pharmacology and surgery.
Prior to entering chiropractic college, the aspiring chiropractor requires 2-4 years (depending on the college attended and the state one wishes to practice in) of premed undergraduate studies. Once completed, the student must next complete 4-5 academic years of studies at a chiropractic college. This includes extensive training in anatomy, physiology, pathology, neurology, radiology, differential diagnosis, chiropractic adjustive techniques, biomechanics , and other health-related studies.
In addition, prior to graduation each student must successfully complete several hundred clinical hours of "real" patient management in a clinical setting under professional supervision. Most chiropractic colleges also require students to partake in clinical externship programs which place them in actual chiropractic offices, further enhancing their clinical practice skills.
Near or soon after graduation, the new doctors of chiropractic must successfully complete rigorous National and State Board examinations prior to obtaining a license to practice chiropractic. Once licensed, most states require that chiropractors receive annual continuing education to ensure that a high level of competency is maintained.
Chiropractors have always sought to provide the safest and most effective healing methods for their patients. In order to achieve this, the chiropractic profession has been dedicated to conducting scientific studies to improve their diagnostic methods and treatment techniques. In the last 20 years chiropractic health care has established an impressive array of scientific research that demonstrates the efficacy, safety and cost effectiveness of chiropractic care. There are many further studies currently underway, and several have been performed by medical doctors and government researchers in both the U.S. and a number of other countries.
In fact, the chiropractic profession has accumulated a greater number of scientific trials on chiropractic than the medical profession has accumulated for many of the treatments rendered by medical doctors. According to David M. Edy, M.D., Ph.D., professor of health policy and management with Duke University, North Carolina, only 15 percent of all medical interventions are supported by solid scientific evidence. Paul G. Shekelle, M.D., M.P.H., of the RAND Corporation made the following statement on ABC's 20/20:
"There are considerably more randomized controlled trials which show benefit of this (chiropractic care) than there are for many, many other things which physicians and neurosurgeons do all the time."
Research clearly disproves this myth. Chiropractic care has been consistently shown to be cost effective in a number of government and workers' compensation board studies.
According to The Manga Report, a 1993 Canadian government commissioned study,
"There would be highly significant cost savings if more management of low-back pain was transferred from physicians to chiropractors... Users of chiropractic care have substantially lower health care costs, especially inpatient costs, than those who use medical care only."
According to an economic analysis conducted in Richmond, Virginia,
"By every test of cost and effectiveness, the general weight of evidence shows chiropractic to provide important therapeutic benefits, at economical costs. Additionally, these benefits are achieved with apparently minimal, even negligible, impacts on the costs of health insurance."
When the State of Florida's Workers' Compensation Board conducted research in 1988 on treatment costs associated with injured workers who received care from either chiropractic doctors or medical doctors, they found chiropractic treatment costs were 58.8 percent of the treatments costs rendered by medical doctors ($558 vs. $1,100 per case).
Most doctors of chiropractic promote a preventative type of lifestyle which has been construed by adversaries to mean that chiropractic care requires a lifetime of commitment. Actually, recommending that patients return for periodic spinal care is no different that what dentists recommend to their patients in order to prevent cavities and gum disease.
Just as it would be ludicrous to believe that visiting a dentist once per lifetime would ensure permanently healthy teeth and gums it's equally as silly to think that visiting a chiropractor a few times will ensure a lifelong healthy spine. Our spinal tissues undergo daily bombardment of stresses originating from bad postural habits, suboptimal work environments, psychological stress, and hectic lifestyles just to name a few.
For these reasons, after the resolution of acute problems patients are given the option to receive periodic spinal checkups which acts to minimize the likelihood of future recurrences or development of new problems. The preventative approach in health care has been gaining much recognition as of late and there has been a large push in the medical community and health insurance industry to incorporate preventative programs into mainstream medicine.
It's really that simple. Periodic care to prevent future problems - safe, natural, convenient care now to avoid nasty and complex problems later.
Chiropractors provide effective treatment for all types of soft tissue disorders and not just back and neck ailments. This includes conditions of the joints of the extremities like the ankle, knee and shoulder.
What you may not be aware of is chiropractic's success in treating a number of non-soft tissue conditions like dysmenorrhea (painful menses), ulcers, migraine headaches, and ear infections in children. While we cannot claim to cure these conditions, we believe that many of these problems can be mimicked, aggravated and some times caused by disruptions in the nervous system as a result of spinal abnormalities. By correcting these spinal abnormalities like the vertebral subluxation, chiropractic has helped thousands of individuals overcome these conditions and regain control of their lives.
A number of studies have also supported these findings. In one such study, spinal manipulative therapy was compared with standard medical treatments in the treatment of duodenal ulcers. The researchers Pikalov, MD, and Kharin, MD, found those subjects receiving spinal manipulations took an average of 16 days to heal vs. 26 days to heal in the standard medical treatment group.
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U.S. military knew the flood risks at Nebraska's Offutt Air Force Base, but didn't act in time
Extreme weather is threatening bases across the nation, but preparations for the changing future have often been too slow.
One of many areas near the southeast side of Offutt Air Force Base affected by flood waters is seen in Nebraska on March 16, 2019.Rachelle Blake / U.S. Air Force via Reuters
March 21, 2019, 5:30 PM UTC
By David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News
This article has been jointly published by NBCNews.com and InsideClimate News, a nonprofit, independent news outlet that covers climate, energy and the environment.
For several years, the United States military and federal and local officials knew that Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska lay exposed to the threat of catastrophic flooding. But a key federal agency moved too slowly to approve plans to protect the base from last weekend’s deluge, which continues to cripple operations, a top local official said.
The flooding submerged part of the airstrip and inundated dozens of buildings at one of the nation’s most important air bases. The calamity likely will cost many times more to repair than it would have cost to prevent, said the official, John Winkler, district general manager of the Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District, the local government agency responsible for managing the section of the river nearest Offutt and Omaha.
The damage has crippled the capabilities at an Air Force base that is home to the U.S. Strategic Command, which oversees the Pentagon's nuclear deterrence and global strike capabilities.
The risks were long known, and were laid bare in 2011, when floodwaters crept to within 50 feet of the base’s runway.
But while military officials in Washington and across the country have increasingly realized that their defense infrastructure is vulnerable to extreme weather that can be worsened by climate change, the response to protect Offutt and Omaha after the 2011 flood was agonizingly slow, Winkler said.
Crucially, construction was never approved to begin reinforcing an earthwork levee system to protect the vital base from the Missouri River the next time it raged over its banks. Winkler said approval for the levee construction was complicated by myriad requirements from the Army Corps of Engineers that took six years to navigate.
Approval from the Corps finally came last year. The district then approved construction bids earlier this year for work that will begin as soon as the floodwaters recede and the grounds dry, probably in May or June.
Several communities west of Omaha (between the Elkhorn and Platte Rivers) either flooded or temporarily became islands as floodwaters encroached from both sides. One third of Offutt Air Force Base was inundated and 30 buildings were damaged, according to news reports. Rising flood waters forced people in dozens of communities to evacuate.Joshua Stevens / NASA Earth Observatory
Mike Glasch, deputy director of public affairs for the Corps’ Omaha District, said the agency could not talk about the permitting process because of litigation involving the levee project.
Without the higher levees, Offutt lay vulnerable to the flooding that began late last week after an unusually intense cyclonic blizzard lashed the nation’s midsection. Heavy rain hit thick snowpack upstream from Offutt, which lies near the confluence of the Platte and Missouri rivers, sending a wave of water over the existing levees.
The flooding submerged as much as a third of the base, closing down the runway and halting flight operations. “It’s going to be a long recovery,” the base commander, Col. Michael Manion, said Tuesday, speaking on video with floodwaters still surrounding the buildings behind him.
All of the 10,000 base personnel have returned, though 3,000 have been assigned temporary quarters because their workplaces remain inaccessible. Water no longer covers the runway, but its return to operation is pending inspections, said Drew Nystrom, a base public affairs spokesman. The base has set up an emergency assistance center to help any Offutt personnel or families affected by the flood. So far, about 30 families have asked for help.
It will be months, at least, before the base recovers fully and returns to normal operations, Nystrom said. He said key components of the fighter operations have been dispersed to other bases, where they remain ready to deploy if necessary.
“Our ability to project air power has not diminished,” Nystrom said.
A call for higher levees
It’s too soon for scientists to assess the role of climate change in the latest storm and flooding. After the 2011 flood, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration study said the storm probably fell within the range of natural variability. But the science of attributing natural events to climate change has advanced since then, and this flood was worse — the most catastrophic in a half century, according to Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts, a Republican.
“The devastating flooding at Offutt Air Force Base demonstrates once again how critical it is to understand the climate vulnerabilities of our installations.”
John Conger
“The devastating flooding at Offutt Air Force Base demonstrates once again how critical it is to understand the climate vulnerabilities of our installations,” said John Conger, former assistant secretary of defense for energy, installations and environment under President Barack Obama and now director of the Center for Climate and Security, which studies the risks posed by climate change.
“This disaster illustrates the fact that each base has its own localized risks and that one size does not fit all,” he said. “Our bases need to be building up resilience and readiness in the face of these risks.”
At Offutt, the risks exposed by the 2011 flood were formally recognized in 2015. A land use management plan — carried out by officials representing the base, the city of Omaha, the natural resources district and various cities and counties protected by the levee — warned that the levee needed to be built up, and cautioned that climate change might make matters worse.
Offutt Air Force Base and the surrounding areas affected by flood waters are seen in this aerial photo taken in Nebraska on March 16, 2019.Rachelle Blake / U.S. Air Force via Reuters
Under the heading “Climate Adaptation,” the report cited the 147 acres of wetlands on the base and the Platte and Missouri rivers just outside the fence, and said:
“During heavy rainfall, this area is prone to flooding, and flooding onto Offutt AFB may cause delays to missions and operations.”
It went on: “Due to changes in the base flood elevation of the Missouri River, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has identified the need to raise the levee between two inches to several feet for it to be capable of protecting the installation.”
In particular, FEMA had ordered 19 miles of levees along the Missouri to be raised by 2 feet to protect Offutt and portions of Omaha, including one of the city’s wastewater treatment facilities.
Officials responsible for flood preparedness at and around Offutt moved to address the risks, taking preliminary steps such as environmental assessments for raising the levee, but the process moved slowly.
“We didn’t have our head in the sand,” Winkler, the manager of the local natural resources district, said.
“There is no arguing with the science. We could see the dramatic changes in the weather we were experiencing,” he said. “We knew we had to react, and we are in the process of preparing for the new future.”
But the levee improvements didn’t come in time for this month’s flood.
‘A window into the future’
Military experts say climate-related disasters — such as the flooding of the Missouri River, wildfires that have interrupted military training across the country and punishing heat that is sickening thousands of military personnel a year — must be taken into account as part of training and missions.
“For the Department of Defense, the takeaway from this event has to be what lessons have been learned,” said retired Army Lt. Col. Frank Galgano, an associate professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment at Villanova University.
A hangar at Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, Nebraska, is flooded by waters from the Missouri River on March 17, 2019.Nati Harnik / AP
“You can’t say it was an act of God and hope it doesn’t happen again. You have to look at the frequency of these events and plan for the future.”
The flood should be seen as a “window into the future,” when the potential loss of strategic bases such as Offutt and the Norfork Naval Station in Virginia to flooding would have consequences for the nation’s military preparedness, he said.
“If this pattern persists, it may signal a larger problem,” Galgano said.
As the floodwaters pushed onto Offutt over the weekend, Air Force personnel worked round-the-clock to shore up facilities, including the base headquarters building and its maintenance facility. They put in place 235,000 sandbags and 460 flood barriers, but ultimately had to surrender.
“It was a lost cause,” a base spokeswoman, Tech. Sgt. Rachelle Blake, told the Omaha World-Herald. “We gave up.”
Outside the gates of Offutt, flooding prompted evacuations in at least 23 of the state’s counties, according to Nebraska Emergency Management Agency officials.
Across 14 states bordering the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, more than 10 million people were under flood warnings at one point.
New military building standards for floodplains
This is the second time in six months that an Air Force base has sustained ruinous damage from a natural disaster. Hurricane Michael ripped apart Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida last October, causing so much damage that its long-term recovery is in question.
The disaster at Offutt amplifies national concerns that flooding poses significant threats to military installations. Last year, federal legislation requiring flood mitigation on military bases was signed into law.
The John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act, signed by President Donald Trump, directed the Department of Defense to assess which facilities are located in flood-prone areas and require those facilities to create plans to mitigate the risk.
At a minimum, new buildings that are not mission-critical must be built 2 feet above the 100-year floodplain and new mission-critical facilities must be 3 feet above it.
Planning for a changing future, but not fast enough
Even before that directive, officials at Offutt were looking to the future.
A $1.3 billion STRATCOM headquarters that opened on the base earlier this year was built on higher land and wasn't directly affected by the flooding. The building’s design, including being surrounded by a barrier to reduce flood risk, also recognized the urgency to prepare for climate-related natural disasters.
In 2018, the Defense Department released a survey that highlighted the security risks climate change posed to more than 3,500 military installations. Non-storm surge flooding ranked third on the list of the most reported severe climate-related events.
In 2018, the Defense Department released a survey that highlighted the security risks climate change posed to more than 3,500 military installations.
A Pentagon report released to Congress earlier this year warned that climate change threatened key bases. “The effects of a changing climate are a national security issue with potential impacts to Department of Defense missions, operational plans, and installations,” the report said.
However, in a table in the report listing the risks faced by each of the dozens of bases, Offutt did not report intermittent flooding as a risk. Critics in Congress said the report was inadequate.
Meanwhile, in its formal national security outlook released in December 2017, the Trump administration did not mention the risks of climate change.
At Offutt, the focus now is on assessing the flood’s damage and ensuring the base is more prepared for the next big storm.
Winkler said there is no question the $22.7 million fortification of the levees would have saved Offutt from much of the damage that likely will cost far more.
“Should we have built it faster? Yes,” Winkler said. “But that’s easy to say now.”
David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News
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China's Growing Role in World Trade
Robert C. Feenstra and Shang-Jin Wei, editors
Conference held August 3-4, 2007
Published in March 2010 by University of Chicago Press
NBER Program(s):ITI
More information on purchasing this book
Front matter, table of contents: Robert C. Feenstra, Shang-Jin Wei (bibliographic info) (download)
Introduction: Robert C. Feenstra, Shang-Jin Wei (p. 1 - 31) (bibliographic info) (download) (Working Paper version)
1. The Anatomy of China's Export Growth: Mary Amiti, Caroline Freund (p. 35 - 56) (bibliographic info) (download)
Comment: Bin Xu (p. 56 - 61) (bibliographic info) (download)
2. What Accounts for the Rising Sophistication of China's Exports?: Zhi Wang, Shang-Jin Wei (p. 63 - 104) (bibliographic info) (download) (Working Paper version)
Comment: Galina Hale (p. 104 - 107) (bibliographic info) (download)
3. China's Local Comparative Advantage: James Harrigan, Haiyan Deng (p. 109 - 133) (bibliographic info) (download) (Working Paper version)
Comment: Chong Xiang (p. 133 - 135) (bibliographic info) (download)
4. China and the Manufacturing Exports of Other Developing Countries: Gordon H. Hanson, Raymond Robertson (p. 137 - 159) (bibliographic info) (download) (Working Paper version)
Comment: Irene Brambilla (p. 159 - 163) (bibliographic info) (download)
5. China's Exports and Employment: Robert C. Feenstra, Chang Hong (p. 167 - 199) (bibliographic info) (download) (Working Paper version)
Comment: Michael Dooley (p. 199 - 201) (bibliographic info) (download)
6. Exporting Deflation? Chinese Exports and Japanese Prices: Christian Broda, David E. Weinstein (p. 203 - 227) (bibliographic info) (download) (Working Paper version)
Comment: Joshua Aizenman (p. 227 - 230) (bibliographic info) (download)
7. China's Current Account and Exchange Rate: Yin-Wong Cheung, Menzie D. Chinn, Eiji Fujii (p. 231 - 271) (bibliographic info) (download) (Working Paper version)
Comment: Jeffrey Frankel (p. 271 - 277) (bibliographic info) (download)
8. China's WTO Entry: Antidumping, Safeguards, and Dispute Settlement: Chad P. Bown (p. 281 - 337) (bibliographic info) (download) (Working Paper version)
Comment: Thomas J. Prusa (p. 338 - 343) (bibliographic info) (download)
9. China's Experience under the Multi-Fiber Arrangement (MFA) and the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC): Irene Brambilla, Amit K. Khandelwal, Peter K. Schott (p. 345 - 387) (bibliographic info) (download)
Comment: Joseph Francois (p. 387 - 395) (bibliographic info) (download)
10. Agricultural Trade Reform and Rural Prosperity: Lessons from China: Jikun Huang, Yu Liu, Will Martin, Scott Rozelle (p. 397 - 423) (bibliographic info) (download) (Working Paper version)
Comment: Kym Anderson (p. 424 - 427) (bibliographic info) (download)
11. Trade Growth, Production Fragmentation, and China's Environment: Judith M. Dean, Mary E. Lovely (p. 429 - 469) (bibliographic info) (download) (Working Paper version)
Comment: Arik Levinson (p. 469 - 472) (bibliographic info) (download)
12. Please Pass the Catch-Up: The Relative Performance of Chinese and Foreign Firms in Chinese Exports: Bruce A. Blonigen, Alyson C. Ma (p. 475 - 509) (bibliographic info) (download) (Working Paper version)
Comment: Raymond Robertson (p. 509 - 512) (bibliographic info) (download)
13. Facts and Fallacies about U.S. FDI in China: Lee Branstetter, C. Fritz Foley (p. 513 - 539) (bibliographic info) (download) (Working Paper version)
Comment: Stephen Yeaple (p. 539 - 543) (bibliographic info) (download)
14. China's Outward Foreign Direct Investment: Leonard K. Cheng, Zihui Ma (p. 545 - 578) (bibliographic info) (download)
Comment: Nicholas Lardy (p. 578 - 580) (bibliographic info) (download)
List of Contributors, Indexes: Robert C. Feenstra, Shang-Jin Wei (p. 581 - 591) (bibliographic info) (download)
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Visit of the Portuguese CHOD to the NATO CIS School
Portugal’s highest ranking officer, Admiral António Silva Ribeiro, the Portuguese Chief of Defence (PRT CHOD) paid the NCISS a visit on 11 March on his way to JFC Naples. In light of the NCISS’s imminent move to Oeiras, Portugal this summer, the PRT CHOD took this opportunity to gather more information about the School’s current activities and to gain a deeper understanding about its future challenges. Admiral Silva Ribeiro was hosted by the Chief of Staff (CoS) of the Agency, RAdm Dr. Thomas Daum (DEU), who came from Brussels specifically for this purpose. On this occasion the new CoS of the Agency, MGen Goksel Sevindik (TUR) was also introduced to the Portuguese CHOD and to the School. After a short welcome, together with the Air Force Base Commander, BGen Vincenzo Falzarano, Admiral Silva Ribeiro was briefed by the NCISS Commandant, Colonel Paulo Nunes on the history of the NCISS, its achievements and how the transformation to the Academy in Oeiras is envisaged. Afterwards, the classrooms and some of the most technically advanced technical laboratories of the School were presented. Special attention was also given to the students’ quarters which will not be available in Oeiras at the Academy inauguration. At the end of his visit, the PRT CHOD highlighted the successful cooperation between Portugal and the Agency and offered his support to enable a good start of the Academy in its new location Oeiras.
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Scientista Foundation
http://www.scientistafoundation.com
The Scientista Foundation is a national organization that empowers pre-professional women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) through content, communities, and conferences. Currently the largest network of campus women across STEM disciplines, Scientista serves to connect all communities of women in STEM at campuses across the nation, giving such important organizations more visibility and resources, and building a strong, cohesive network of women in science that can act as one voice.
Julia Tartaglia
She Geeks Out
http://www.shegeeksout.com
She Geeks Out fosters diversity and inclusion through events, networking and education. Our mission is to create an inclusive culture that values and upholds diversity. We connect passionate individuals from all walks of life. We provide the guidance necessary to help develop talents and skills in order to enact organizational transformations. She Geeks Out supports a welcoming network, enables mentorship, supports girls, advances women, and encourages every woman to proudly fly their geek flag.
Felicia Jadczak
SHE++
http://www.sheplusplus.com
SHE++, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, works to empower underrepresented groups in technology by dismantling negative stereotypes surrounding technical careers. We aim to dispel the misconception that computer science is not a career for women and minorities by rebranding what it means to be a technologist.
Terra Terwilliger
SIM Women
http://www.simnet.org/default.asp?page=SIM_Women
SIM is an association of over 3500 senior IT executives, prominent academicians, selected consultants, and other IT thought leaders built on the foundation of local chapters, who come together to share and enhance their rich intellectual capital for the benefit of its members and their organizations. They strongly believe in: the alignment of IT and business as a valued partnership, the creation and sharing of best practices, IT management and leadership skills development that enables their members growth at each stage of their career, the replenishment and education of future IT leaders including a strong role in influencing university curriculums and continuing education, working with the IT industry to shape its direction, policies and legislation that stimulate innovation, economic development, healthy competition and IT job creation and serving each community and the industry through giving and outreach.
Deborah DeCorrevont, Nanci Schimizzi, Kristen Lamoreaux
Society for Information Management
http://www.simnet.org
SIM brings together IT leaders to share, network and give back to their communities through the collaboration of local chapters. SIM members strongly believe in and champion:
The alignment of IT and business as a valued partnership;
The creation and sharing of best practices;
The effective, efficient and innovative business use of information technology to continuously bring to market valuable products and services;
IT management and leadership skills development that enables our members growth at each stage of their career;
The replenishment and education of future IT leaders including a strong role in influencing university curricula and continuing education;
Working with the IT industry to shape its direction;
Policies and legislation that stimulate innovation, economic development, healthy competition and IT job creation;
Serving our communities and the industry through giving and outreach
Deborah H. DeCorrevont, Nanci Schimizzi
http://www.swe.org
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is a non-profit educational and service organization that gives women the tools they need to succeed and advance in the field of engineering, and to be recognized for their contributions as engineers and leaders. SWE provides an array of training and development programs, networking opportunities, scholarships, and outreach and advocacy activities that help make engineering a desirable career choice for women.
Betty Shanahan, Randy Freedman
STEM for Her
http://www.stemforher.org
STEM for Her, formerly known as Women in Technology Education Foundation, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation, based in the Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. area that promotes education to create awareness, excitement, and opportunities among girls and young women to pursue successful STEM-related careers.
STEM for Her is focused on championing programs and initiatives that foster enthusiasm and empower girls and young women to pursue a career in science, technology, engineering and math fields of study. The Foundation offers financial support in a variety of ways as it works towards its vision of empowering women to change the world by excelling in STEM-related careers.
Diane Griffin
Strong Ties
http://azstrongties.businesscatalyst.com/
Strong TIES is a non-profit grassroots organization who work with community-building partners for increasing K-12 student interest in STEM careers. Strong TIES was founded in 2014 with a concept for impacting STEM through project-based and hands-on camps and working with a small team. This concept is now an annual city-wide program coined “Turn Up for STEAM” and an urban-centric STEM educational infrastructure to address the need for sustainable Out of School Time (OST) programs. As our program has grown, we have learned about the barriers that disadvantaged students face, from basic competency in core subjects to exposure to real-world needs, particularly where science and technology may assist. Many under-represented and under-served students lack the confidence, relationship building skills, and training they need to recognize the value of their ideas and potentials for STEM careers. That is why in 2017 we will launch theUrban STEM Thrive Program to support the empowerment of disadvantaged students with limited access and opportunities.
Loretta Cheeks
http://www.studentveterans.org/
Student Veterans of America envisions a nation where all student veterans succeed in post-secondary programs and contribute to civilian society in meaningful ways. SVA provides the resources and support to do so through six major initiatives. We maintain a commitment to Support Chapters through leadership training, grants, and networking opportunities that facilitate the development of successful student-run organizations. An essential component of chapter work is advocating for supportive campus services and programs. At the national level, SVA’s Advocacy efforts ensure policies are not only supportive for veterans in their transition to school and employment, like In-State Tuition, but also for the entire military community.
Jared Lyon, D. Wayne Robinson, Walter Tillman
Tech Savvy Women
http://www.techsavvywomen.net
Tech Savvy Women is an organization that brings Technology focused Women across various industries and disciplines together to create and foster relationships while enhancing their knowledge of technology.
JJ DiGeronimo
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Randy C. Wells, 59, of Herrin, passed away Saturday, December 8, 2018 at the Herrin Hospital.
Randy formerly worked for the City of Herrin, working seven years for the Sanitation Department, Street and Alley Department and also worked at the City Landfill.
Randy was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council # 2164 in Herrin and for many years was the Sound and Lights coordinator for the local band, "Shaky Jake"
Randy was born December 28, 1958 in Chicago, IL to Charles D. “Bud” and Anna Mae (Garnati) Wells.
Randy was united in marriage with Jaclyn Rae (Obert) on July 1, 1978 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Herrin.
Surviving are his wife of 40 years, Jaclyn Wells of Herrin; daughter, Christina Wells Smith Rossin of Herrin; four grandchildren; brother, Robert Wells of Herrin; uncle, Sam Garnati of Herrin; several sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his father, mother-in-law and step father-in-law, Joyce and Fred Alexander and his father-in-law, Bob Patterson.
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NASA Orion crew exploration vehicle (updates)
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By DocM, June 26, 2014 in Science Discussion & News
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It can go beyond Earth orbit, which Dragon 2 will be able to do with a Service Module, but Dream Chased and CST-100 are not up to it. Their thermal protection systems aren't up to 25,000-30,000 mph re-entries and their power systems aren't up to free flights longer than a few days.
NASA advertises Orion as a Mars spacecraft, but it couldn't really do that alone. Such an architecture would need to include a transfer vehicle with a habitat, a logistics module ("pantry"), a departure & return propulsion module/stage, a lander/return vehicle etc. The capsules job would be to taxi the crew to the transfer stack, return them to Earth, and act as a command module between.
Without those it would be limited to short missions in the space around the Earth-Moon system (cislunar space) and near-Earth asteroid missions.
Dragon 2 could do cislunar missions as well, but SpaceX's plan for far BEO is the MCT spacecraft. All indications are it's to be a beast.
Not even going to fly until 2021? SpaceX will likely be doing Lunar Checkouts/Testing on Dragon V2+ by then.
And yes, that's Dragon V2 PLUS -- with all the goodies, addons and (most likely) platform upgrades by then. Big, BIG stuff in the works from SpaceX around that timeframe that we'll be sure to hear about way before then.
Sad, isn't it? Orion and SLS are both circling the drain, and not just because of Falcon Heavy. It's very likely Blue Origin's own launcher (not the ULA Atlas V replacement) will be a heavy or super-heavy and capable of major campaigns. 2 of either BO's launcher or FH could likely put up an SLS level mission at a fraction of the cost.
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Boeing is supplying the SLS core stages under a six-and-a-half-year, $2.8 billion contract that was finalized in July. The deal runs through 2021 and calls for the company to deliver two SLS cores, including hydrogen and oxygen tanks, and avionics.
$2.8 billion for 2 cores, seems like a good deal. Better than the $1b a year they get now for maintaining.
$1.4B per launcher without a payload. Actual missions could run $2-5B according to govt. reports.
Two disposable (full payload mass) Falcon Heavy's would lift more than a $1.4B SLS Block-1 by a lot (~100 tonnes vs. 70 tonnes) and cost about $250M.
Now consider the fully developed SLS with a 130 tonne payload mass. It's anticipated SpaceX's BFR will also be much cheaper, but have a payload mass of 200-300 tonnes.
This because SpaceX is targeting a higher thrust level (15 million lbf) with a more advanced engine (full flow staged combustion) and using a more efficient fuel (methane) than SLS will use in its first stage. Those advanced FFSC engines started tests over a year ago at NASA Stennis.
Yep. NASA needs to stick to what they are good at -- Science Missions of the Unmanned Kind. They usually get that stuff off the ground on time.
When we don't include the James Webb Space Telescope. That's another one that has circled the drain for too many years, blown way past budget and generally has proven the theories of NASA's bureaucracy and internal culture to be completely true. Much like the abomination that Orion and SLS is now.
It's a shame, really. Both programs had such potential.
Here's a thought -- hand the JWST over to SpaceX, with full Technical Specs and Diagrams/Schematics. They'll have that piece of equipment in space within two years, fully upgraded and uprated with modern tech and ready to do it's job.
Then give them the keys to Orion and SLS. Likely 85% of that technology will be immediately be scrapped (and thusly recycled), and the remaining 15% (the useful bits) will then be upgraded (since it will likely be out of date) for use in the Dragon V2+ gear.
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Here's a thought -- hand the JWST over to SpaceX...
Bold suggestion, would be interesting to see what would happen, though I'm sure it will never go through the political system, also not sure SpaceX would even want this.
True, but if anyone could get it finished up and into space in the next three years, they could.
[EDIT] Of course, they'll check the optics and mirror(s) before launch to make sure there isn't a repeat of the HST debacle. SpaceX is thorough like that.
JWST's capabilities may be outdated by new techs by the time it flies.
At the rate that Adaptive Optics technologies are improving/evolving for ground-based systems, we might not need the space-based Observatories. Once the major Observatories are outfitted with the Generation 4 upgrades sometime over the next few years we'll have a better idea where things stand.
Of course, the specialized systems like Kepler and the like will always be needed.
Hey DocM, you're at 19,999 posts ... Congrats!
/sigh....
http://spaceksc.blogspot.com/2015/03/orions-slip-is-showing-part-2.html?m=1
Orion's Slip is Showing, Part 2
On March 5, I posted a blog article titled,
- Orion is too far into development to cancel, so they might as well finish it. Adapters can be made to fit it to Commercial vehicles, such as Falcon 9 Heavy and so on, as we saw with the test flight using the Delta 4 Heavy. Since the Falcon 9 Heavy won't be ready for active service until 2016 or 2017 (at the earliest), this fits nicely into NASA's schedule.
- SLS, however, is not far enough along (aside from construction facilities which are in-progress). That large, upright welder that has given them trouble lately has not actually built anything yet, correct? If they were to cancel the SLS program right now, that will reduce a huge financial, oversight, and operational headache and eliminate the other infrastructure upgrades and changes they apparently are required to perform to Complex 39B; and in fact they would then be in a position to lease that area to Commercial Interests like SpaceX, Orbital, and others.
So, in my view, cancelling SLS (and its' massive construction & infrastructure needs) would not only free up NASA to finish Orion ahead of the current schedule, but allow them to lease 39B and recoup some money for the Government. Even if it does not necessarily serve NASA, it's good business practice and will attract Commercial customers to the Cape.
Thanks for the article, Doc. You're on top of things us usual.
Adapting Orion to Falcon Heavy is very do-able. FH has more than enough capacity and other mission Lee n nets could be launched ahead of it on other FH's.
OTOH: BFR could easily replace SLS and then some.
Something I was thinking about (and it's really a shame) is that for all of the fantastic work that NASA has done in the past and continues to do (to some degree) in the present, and with all of the incredible science going on in partnership with all of the various Universities, Agencies, and other Government programs around the world, NASA seems incapable of managing its' own affairs in a common-sense fashion. I'm not kidding ... it's almost as if there is some kind of purposeful incentive to do things as inefficiently and wastefully as possible.
During my Military days it was like that as well, to some degree. Not nearly as blatant, but anyone who has served in the U.S. Military will know exactly what I'm talking about -- that mind-numbing "hurry up and wait" thing that drove each and every one of us completely batty. Nothing got done expeditiously.
It's sad, and shouldn't be like that. NASA used to be the pinnacle of what human beings could accomplish when we worked together toward common goals. Once we got our heads out of the sand and began working with other Governments (like Russia), there was no limit to what we could accomplish. I think our best days of Space Exploration are still ahead of us, but we need to clean house. NASA, as it currently exists, has to go.
In both cases part of it is institutional, but even more it's micromanagement induced paralysis from Congress and the Administrative branch.
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WE need to clean house the next couple elections or nothing is ever going to change. That will fix more than just problems with NASA. It should solve a lot of other problems.
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So that would just change the focus from democrat proc to republican proc...
Not sure which one is worse, to be honest. Two sides of the same coin. Both sides of the aisle are responsible for creating the current state of affairs, and they both have a responsibility to fix it if they are tasked to do so. Generally it turns out worse than before.
I think one of the problems is that the entrenched elements in NASA and other organizations (and this also goes for the Corporations whom rely on the large Government contracts such as ULA) are resistant to change and in many cases do everything they can to prevent it.
Sad, really, when there's no accountability for poor performance in a system organized like NASA is.
Both sides are bad. Some new members make it in and aren't so bad, but even they slowly start caring more about their wallet instead of what's right or what's more efficient. There needs to be accountability and not a bunch of things snuck into bills just to get votes. Not easy to change or fix it anymore I'm afraid.
Yep, that's why I'm of the opinion that NASA in it's current form needs to end. I know that I'm over-simplifying it, but a short-list breakdown includes:
- The current unmanned missions (Voyager, New Horizons, Dawn, etc) are mostly run by JPL in California.
- The US Operations to the ISS are conducted from the JSC in Texas.
- Primary launch facilities, vehicle assembly and coordination from KSC in Florida.
- Research and Development for NASA is conducted all over the United States and Canada.
- Science and Climatology Programs are worldwide, but many fall under the auspices and direction of NASA.
- Dedicated Recovery and Rehabilitation assets , much of which was left over from the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs that were never fully decommissioned or recycled.
- Administration and Training Facilities, many of which are no longer used.
This is probably 60% of what NASA is.
So, what needs to be done? What can be done? What should be done? These are the real questions, and there are no easy answers other than 'it cannot be allowed to continue like this'.
Orion's heat shield post-flight.
I think simply put...funding and a clear direction to head. It is hard to head in a direction when the "next" administration changes what the previous one set. It is hard to head in any direction without funding.
Funding...funding...funding. Give NASA a direction and the money to create technology and they will achieve the goal (or try).
Obviously not doable now but leading up to the moon landings NASA received between 2-4.5% of the budget (varied every year). With funding the US put its first man in space in 1961 and then just 8 years later they put man on another celestial body. Just 8 years...to me that is fascinating...going from barely getting off the ground to the moon in just 8 years.
Today, they only receive about .5% with a budget of $18B in 2015. To put that into perspective....
- You could barely buy 9 B-2 bombers
- The F-35 program has cost around $400B to date (or around $21B per year since 1996).
--Neither one of those can go to space and/or perform scientific research which reveals the unknown for the benefit of all humans.
Hmm. Not quite what they had in mind at 80%(?) of the stated reentry speed for a manned mission ...
Either the seawater or the reentry itself did that. It that's indeed reentry damage, they're going to have to re-think that whole Heat Shield.
Video of the reentry itself didn't show any of the characteristics of the Heat Shield "burning up", as it would be quite noticeable in the plume as embers or trailing sparks.
This is something the Orion people will have to examine (and simulate in controlled conditions) to get a better idea of what's going on.
@ jjkusaf: Funding is not so much the issue as it is a problem with NASA Management. I will be the first one to state that the job of NASA Administrator is not an easy task even in the best of times. Nor is the task of any of the other Administrative personnel responsible for the other aspects of NASA's operation. They serve many masters -- The President, Congress, the Military Detachment specifically assigned to NASA's activities, the myriad of Companies with whom NASA does business, the Scientific Community, even the Public to some degree.
What I am saying is that it has become too convoluted. Too many masters. Too many different interests at work.
I suppose that what I am saying, if there's anything meaningful in my long-winded, convoluted diatribe, is that NASA needs to either reinvent itself or needs to be reinvented. The NASA of old simply does not function properly anymore.
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Wales captain signs new long-term deal
London - Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones will continue to play his club rugby on home soil after announcing a contract extension until 2021 with the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) and the Ospreys on Tuesday.
The 33-year-old is the leading appearance holder for the Ospreys with 238 matches and has 125 caps for his country.
"After serious consideration and taking stock of all options, it is the right decision for my career at this point in time, along with my personal ambitions on and off the field, my welfare and needs of my family," Wyn Jones said in an online announcement.
Wyn Jones is preparing to head to Switzerland as Wales ramp up their training programme for the World Cup and having his future sorted ahead of the showpiece in Japan is a huge boost for the WRU.
"Alun Wyn is hugely respected across the game and I'm delighted he has committed his future here in Wales and that he will be continuing to play for his hometown region," said Martyn Phillips, Group Chief Executive of the WRU.
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Memphis civic leader gunned down
Posted: 8:07 PM, Sep 28, 2018
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From Greater Memphis Chamber
<p>Phil Trenary, the CEO and president of the Greater Memphis Chamber, was killed in a shooting in the city's downtown district.</p>
Phil Trenary, the CEO and president of the Greater Memphis Chamber, was killed in a shooting in the downtown district.
Trenary was shot Thursday night on a street just a few blocks from the National Civil Rights Museum, CNN affiliate WMC reported. He had just left a chamber event at a downtown restaurant when he was shot.
The suspect is described by Memphis police as a man with dreadlocks in a blue shirt, driving a white truck.
"We have lost our leader and friend," a tweet from the Greater Memphis Chamber reads. "This is obviously a difficult situation. We appreciate your patience and respect during this challenging time. We will provide more details as they are available."
Trenary's death sent shock waves through Memphis, which has struggled with a high crime rate for years.
Mayor Jim Strickland called the fatal shooting a "senseless loss." Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam described Trenary as "a wonderful friend" and "a great advocate for Memphis." Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander said he was " a good friend and a strong voice for Memphis and Tennessee."
Memphis, located along the banks of the Mississippi River, has one of the highest crime rates in the nation. The city, with a population of 652,000 residents, had 181 murders in 2017, according to the latest crime statistics from the FBI . That puts Memphis's murder rate -- 16.3 murders for every 100,000 residents -- in the top 10 in the nation in many rankings of US city crime. Its overall violent crime rate is also high: 1,168 violent crimes for every 100,000 residents
Trenary had been the chamber's leader since 2014, according to his profile on LinkedIn. Before leading the chamber, Trenary served as the CEO of Pinnacle Airlines for more than a decade and worked as a consultant for the airline industry.
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Mom throws kids from third story of building to save them from fire
Mom tosses her kids from burning building - caught on camera
March 20, 2019 at 8:32 AM CDT - Updated March 20 at 9:29 AM
DES MOINES, IA (WHO-DT/CNN) - An incredible rescue was caught on video by police officers’ body cameras in Iowa.
They responded to a devastating apartment fire and helped save a mother and her three young children.
Trapped inside on the burning third story was O'Sheana Harrison and her kids, all under the age of 3. Four officers are being hailed as heroes for their efforts to save the family.
"When I opened the door, it was like a wall of thick smoke," Harrison said.
Desperate to save her kids, Harrison made the only choice she had. Officer Cole Johnson was quick to act, telling the family to take a leap of faith.
"He was like, 'You've got to trust me,'" Harrison said. "And I don't trust (anyone) with my kids, but at that point in time all I thought was I had to get them out."
Trapped inside on the burning third story was O'Sheana Harrison and her kids, all under the age of 3. Four Des Moines officers are being hailed as heroes for their efforts to save the family. (Source: Des Moines PD/WHO-DT/CNN)
The officers tried to comfort the kids until they could rescue their mom.
"You guys want to go sit in the car and stay warm?" says one officer in the video. "Hi, honey, how are you? I will keep you warm. Let's turn the heat on, alright? Your mommy is going to be OK."
Officials say the fire remains under investigation.
"I can't say thank you enough to them," Harrison said. "I owe them the world, because they saved my world."
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O’Connor said “This Old House” had recently launched a spinoff show called “Ask This Old House,” which filmed episodes based on questions from homeowners. He had written to the “This Old House” magazine with a question about his renovation and his question was selected for the show.
“They came out and filmed a segment and Tom Silva came,” O’Connor said. “Three weeks later they called and asked if I wanted to host both shows.”
Even though it would mean filling the massive shoes of previous hosts Bob Vila and Steve Thomas, O’Connor said there was no hesitation in saying yes.
“I grew up a huge fan of the show, but no interest in being on television,” he said. “With any other show, no. But to get to hang out with Tom Silva and Norm and the boys? Yes. I figured I could always go back to banking if it didn’t work out.”
O’Connor wears a tool belt on the show and does a little work as needed, but his main job is to act as a stand-in for the homeowner, or viewer.
“I throw in to help sometimes, but I’m there as a proxy for the homeowner,” he said. “If you have Tom in your house and you want to ask him questions about what he’s doing, that’s my job. Even when I’m wearing a tool belt, my job is to extract information from the professional.”
When O’Connor visits Raleigh this weekend, his Home Show program will include discussion of two projects “This Old House” is working on this season: a 100-year-old cottage in Jamestown, Rhode Island, that they’re making a “net-zero” energy efficient home; and “modernizing” a 1957 mid-century modern home in Brookline, Mass.
O’Connor has advice for those considering buying an old house: “Go into it with your eyes open.”
“Renovation is difficult and there are a lot of unknowns. The work always takes longer and costs more than you anticipate. There are a lot of pitfalls. You can’t see behind walls, so there are things you or your contractor can’t know until you open things up.”
But there are definite pluses to buying older homes, he said.
“One of the benefits of older homes is that they are the survivors,” he said. “The ones still standing 100, 150 years later, those were built better or in are in a premiere location ... They’re the ones where you get a good bang for your buck.”
Visit the Downtown Raleigh Home Show
Where: Raleigh Convention Center, 500 S. Salisbury St., Raleigh
When: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday
Cost: $10 for adults and free for kids 12 and under. $8 when purchased in advance at raleighspringshow.com
See Kevin O’Connor: Fresh Ideas Stage at 3 p.m. Friday and noon and 3 p.m. Saturday
Brooke Cain
Brooke Cain is a North Carolina native who has worked at The News & Observer for more than 20 years. She writes about TV and local media for the Happiness is a Warm TV blog, and answers CuriousNC questions for readers.
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Puppy reunited with family after Crewe street theft
2019-01-12 10:55:22 UTC (about 11 hours later)
A seven-year-old boy has been reunited with his stolen puppy after a video of her being snatched was widely shared. A seven-year-old boy has been reunited with his stolen puppy after a video of her being snatched was widely shared.
The footage shows Oliwier Pater chasing an older boy who ran off with 13-week-old Jack Russell Mela after grabbing her. The footage shows Oliwier Pater chasing an older boy who ran off with 13-week-old Jack Russell Mela after grabbing her a week ago.
His father, Adrian, said his son was distraught and "blamed himself" for the loss of his beloved pooch. His father, Adrian, said his son was distraught and "blamed himself" for the loss of his beloved pooch.
After the family launched a campaign to find Mela, they were reunited thanks to an anonymous tip-off. After the family launched a campaign to find Mela, they were reunited on Friday thanks to an anonymous tip-off.
Oliwier was playing with the puppy near his home in Crewe on 4 January when he was approached by the other boy. Oliwier was playing with the puppy near his home in Crewe on 4 January when he was approached by the other boy.
According to his father, the boy told Oliwier he was taking Mela to a playground before disappearing with her. According to his father, the boy told Oliwier he was taking Mela to a playground before disappearing with her.
Mr Pater, 34, and his wife Aleksandra, 36, both warehouse workers, launched their campaign to find Mela immediately after she disappeared. Mr Pater, 34, and his wife Aleksandra, 36, both warehouse workers, launched their campaign to find Mela immediately after she disappeared.
They eventually received a phone call which led them to their missing pet. They eventually received a phone call which led them to their missing pet.
"We put in a lot of effort with posters, knocking on doors and the community helped us set up a social media page," he said. "We put in a lot of effort with posters, knocking on doors and the community helped us set up a social media page," he said.
The appeal was shared more than 15,000 times, Mr Pater said, and found the CCTV footage from nearby Underwood Lane Social Club. The appeal was shared more than 15,000 times, Mr Pater said, and found the CCTV footage from nearby Underwood Lane Social Club.
"When we found her, Mela recognised us straight away, when we picked her up she licked our faces", Mr Pater said. "When we found her, Mela recognised us straight away, when we picked her up she licked our faces", Mr Pater said.
"I think everything is going to be a lot better now", Mr Pater said. "I think everything is going to be a lot better now", Mr Pater said.
He said Oliwier, who had his eighth birthday four days after Mela went missing, was ecstatic when they were reunited. He said Oliwier, who had his eighth birthday four days after Mela went missing, was ecstatic when they were reunited.
"When we brought her home, he couldn't believe it, he was in heaven." "When we brought her home, he couldn't believe it, he was in heaven."
Inquiries into the theft are continuing and no arrests have been made, Cheshire Police said. Inquiries into the theft are continuing and no arrests have been made, Cheshire Police said.
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'Yesterday': 10 Other Great Beatles Songs That Have Been Forgotten
With new movie "Yesterday" imagining a world where The Beatles never existed, here are 10 superb songs by the Fab Four that have already been forgotten.
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Business Analytics Program Ranked Third in the Country
Business school at Rensselaer ranks among the best for graduate programs in business analytics
3-Nov-2017 1:05 PM EDT
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
The Rensselaer M.S. in Business Analytics program is offered by the Lally School of Management.
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Newswise — Troy, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has been recognized as having one of the top three Master of Business Analytics programs in the United States by the TFE Times (formerly The Financial Engineer) 2018 Master of Business Analytics Rankings. The Rensselaer M.S. in Business Analytics program is offered by the Lally School of Management, one of the five schools at the world-class technological research university located in Troy, New York. The TFE Times Master of Business Analytics (MSBA) Rankings are the most comprehensive rankings for graduate business analytics programs in the United States.
“The Rensselaer Master’s of Science in Business Analytics program prepares students to meet the biggest demands of 21st century business,” said Thomas Begley, dean of the Lally School. “Businesses that know how to analyze and apply data (big or small) have a significant advantage over their competitors, and our program helps students think critically about data and prepares them to excel in jobs that are in high demand from employers.”
About 86 percent of Lally 2016-2017 graduates had jobs within three months of graduation, with an average salary of $73,856. Lally graduates have gone on to transformative careers as data scientists, quantitative consultants, market and consumer analysts, or any of the large and rapidly growing data-driven positions within industry. Some of the companies that have hired Lally graduates include: IBM, Research Now, Dentsu Aegis Network, Cisco Systems, The Comcast Corporation, Facts & Measures, Accenture, Dish Network, Walmart, QueBIT, LL Bean, and CDPHP.
According to IBM, the “annual demand for the fast-growing new roles of data scientist, data developers, and data engineer will reach nearly 700,000 openings by 2020.” (Source: https://www.ibm.com/analytics/us/en/technology/data-science/quant-crunch.html)
“Our business analytics students come from the U.S., China, and India, as well as other countries. Students’ backgrounds range from business, to sciences, to engineering,” said Dorit Nevo, associate professor and academic director of the M.S. Business Analytics Program at Lally. “Lally students learn how to obtain data and draw business inferences from data by asking the right questions and using leading-edge software and tools.”
The Lally business analytics curriculum infuses foundational business concepts with data management and statistical modeling, along with electives such as natural language processing, machine learning, marketing, and supply chain analytics. Students have access to diverse data sets, powerful computing and visualization resources, real-world applications, hands-on experience through class projects, and a capstone course with industry partners. The experience at Lally also includes mentoring from a highly engaged advisory board of executives in the business analytics profession.
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The extraordinary quality and recognition of the Rensselaer business analytics program exemplifies The New Polytechnic, an emerging paradigm for teaching, learning, and research at Rensselaer. The New Polytechnic emphasizes and supports collaboration across disciplines, sectors, and regions to address the great global challenges of our day, using the most advanced tools and technologies, many of which are developed at Rensselaer. Research at Rensselaer addresses some of the world’s most pressing technological challenges—from energy security and sustainable development to biotechnology and human health. The New Polytechnic is transformative in the global impact of research, in its innovative pedagogy, and in the lives of students at Rensselaer.
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Letter from Crawford
October 13, 2008 Issue
George W. Bush’s weary neighbors.
By Pamela Colloff
Of the seven gift shops in town that once hawked Bush souvenirs, three have gone broke, and only two still keep regular hours.
Photograph by Mandel Ngan / Afp / Getty Images
Keith Lynch lives three miles down the road from President Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas, and, like many of his neighbors, he comes from a family that has worked cattle on this land for more than a century. His great-grandfather Will Simpson came to McLennan County in 1857, forty years before Crawford was incorporated as a town, and the hand-tooled saddle he rode on during sixteen cattle drives up the Chisholm Trail to Kansas sits in Lynch’s living room beside a reliquary of Simpson’s keepsakes (a pair of reading glasses, a wide-brimmed Western hat, a threadbare illustrated King James Bible). Lynch, who used to rope calves at local rodeos for prize money, is sun-weathered, soft-bellied, and partial to a white straw cowboy hat that he removes for Sunday-morning worship. At seventy, he still raises cattle on his family’s ranch, nearly a thousand acres of blackland prairie that is Simpson’s hard-won, if modest, legacy.
The prairie here, west of Waco, is flat and monotonous. Temperatures routinely break a hundred degrees in the summertime, and drought and grass fires are common. Wealthy Texans like to have their retreats elsewhere: in the wide-open, rugged grandeur of West Texas, near the Chinati Mountains; on South Texas’s lush coastal plain, where Dick Cheney once famously went quail hunting; or in the bucolic Hill Country outside Austin, where Lyndon Johnson was born and grew up, and where, on visits home from Washington, he pioneered the role of Rancher-in-Chief. Until Bush’s arrival, Crawford was not a desirable place to have a weekend home, or a town that most Texans could have located on a map. Cheap land and remoteness seem to have been its selling points. And, for the son of a President eager to reinvent himself as an outsider, there was no better place to manufacture a new persona. The plainspoken Dubya—who cleared brush, drove a pickup, and, by implication, was rooted in rural America and red-state values—deflected attention from a patrician life story that had been shaped as much by boarding school and the Ivy League as by his early years in Midland. Crawford gave him home-town credentials. In the summer of 1999, Bush, who was governor of Texas at the time—and a Republican front-runner for President—bought fifteen hundred and eighty-three acres of riverfront property for an estimated $1.2 million.
Not long afterward, real-estate speculators and Republican high rollers began asking Lynch how much he wanted for his land. Only two other properties separated him from Bush, and neither of them was as expansive or as scenic as Lynch’s. Strangers from Dallas and Houston who had pored over surveys of the area at the county courthouse (“land buzzards,” a neighbor called them) pulled into his driveway unannounced, offering as much as five thousand dollars an acre, more than twice what Lynch figured its market value was. “They wanted to be near Bush and they wouldn’t take no for an answer,” Lynch said. “You’d better not open your mouth or you’d have sold your land.” Though he and his wife of fifty-two years, Billy Lu, stood to become millionaires, he refused to entertain any offers. Lynch’s intransigence was mistaken for driving a hard bargain. “One guy told me to name my price and said, ‘ There isn’t nothing in this world that’s not for sale, nothing in this world.’ ”
From the start of Bush’s first term, tourists with hand-drawn maps inched along Prairie Chapel Road in search of the Western White House. The single-story limestone ranch house is set back about a mile from the road, beyond a hill and a stand of hackberry trees, and is impossible to make out from the road. (“See that cedar post?” Jerry Walters, a Baptist preacher who had worked as a rural letter carrier on Prairie Chapel Road, asked me, the first time I went in search of the house, as I craned for a better view from his car. “See over the post, over yonder? How there’s something shiny? In the trees, down low?”) Sightseers stopped to snap photographs anyway. After the attacks of September 11, 2001, when Bush’s approval rating rose to ninety per cent, Winnebagos chugged past Lynch’s ranch, and people stopped to rubberneck at the checkpoint that the Secret Service had erected near the entrance to the President’s property. When Bush stayed in Crawford, heads of state came to visit, and F-16 fighter jets and helicopters, which spooked Lynch’s livestock, roared overhead. Once, the motorcade of a Middle Eastern dignitary had to make an unexpected stop when it came upon Lynch and his two border collies moving cattle across the road from one pasture to another. “On the weekends, it was bumper to bumper,” Lynch told me. “You couldn’t hardly get down the road.”
But, as Bush’s popularity waned, fewer people came to Crawford. By July, when I visited Lynch, he had spotted only a few groups of sightseers on Prairie Chapel Road all year. No one had made an offer on his ranch since Bush’s first term. A tractor lurched by as we talked, but Prairie Chapel Road was deserted. Several of his goats, which had taken refuge under a shade tree, blinked dully in the heat. “Things have been dwindling away for a while,” he told me. “Everybody’s upset at the price of gas and the war dragging on. A lot of people around here don’t think we ought to be over in Iraq, me being one of them.” Like a number of farmers and ranchers I met, Lynch was a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat whose hardscrabble upbringing had been steeped in New Deal populism. He had always voted a straight ticket, he told me, and had never cast a ballot for Bush. “There’s a lot of Democrats I know that turned Republican just because Bush was from Texas,” he said. “I can’t say for sure, but I think most of them would vote Democrat if they had to vote tomorrow.”
Lynch supported Hillary Clinton in the primary, and had since warmed to Barack Obama. Not all of his Democratic friends were comfortable voting for a black man, he told me, but they were eager to put the Bush years behind them. “It’s just like I was telling someone the other day,” Lynch said. “You’ve got to drive a long ways to find a Republican now.”
Downtown Crawford, as locals refer to Main Street, is about eight miles from the ranch. It does not amount to much—a two-block-long business district, with several gift shops, a bank, two gas stations, a café, a granary, a video store, a custom-sign shop, and the Great Shapes beauty parlor. A blinking red stoplight on Main Street is the town’s only traffic signal. East of the railroad tracks are the sagging frame houses and hard-packed dirt yards that belong to Crawford’s few, mostly elderly, black residents. (The town is eighty-eight per cent white.) Rusted grain silos and a water tower make up the town’s meagre skyline. Neighboring Coryell County is home to a training range for Fort Hood, the largest armored Army post in the nation, and what sounds like thunder is often the shudder of ordnance exploding across the plains.
The storefronts along Main Street, a sunburned, treeless stretch of State Highway 317 that runs along the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway line, were mostly vacant when I came to Crawford this spring. Of the seven gift shops that once hawked “Mission Accomplished” coffee mugs and “This Is Bush Country” refrigerator magnets and “Lovya Dubya” bumper stickers, three had gone broke. Only two, the Red Bull and the Crawford General Store, still kept regular hours. The Red Bull’s manager, a sturdy woman named Jamie Burgess, sat on a bench outside the store. “They’re closed, but we’re open!” she shouted down the street one afternoon as I peered in a rival store’s window.
Bush’s approval rating had stalled at just under thirty per cent, and in Crawford it was no longer impolitic to criticize the President; over a game of dominoes at the Masonic Lodge, I heard a John McCain supporter named Booger DeChaume argue that it was Bush, with his ties to big oil companies, who was to blame for the rising price of gasoline. “What happened when Jimmy Carter was President?” DeChaume asked the group of farmers and ranchers who sat around the battered card table. “The price of peanuts went up!” Across the street, at the Crawford General Store, the clerk behind the counter, Carla Drake, told me that she had voted for the first time in 2000, for Bush. The second time was in March, when she had cast her ballot in the Democratic primary for Barack Obama. “I’m tired of hearing that this is his home town, because it ain’t,” she said, referring to Bush.
I saw that the lights were on one afternoon at Di-An-Tiques & Things, and, when I stopped in, the owner, Diane Binnion, told me that I was her first customer of the day. She had moved her souvenirs—which included a Bush nesting doll and a talking Bill Clinton action figure that said, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman”—to the back of her store, and had tried to fill in the shelves with bric-a-brac. She planned to close the store after Bush left office. “I used to sell a lot of these,” she said, gesturing toward a display of “Bush Country” coffee mugs, when I asked what her most popular item had been. “Now, this was not a good seller,” she said, walking over to a pile of tan T-shirts emblazoned with the words “Operation Iraqi Freedom.” “You see how many I got? I’m going to have to run a special.”
In Crawford, people speak unselfconsciously about their Saviour and about their lives as being blessed. On my first visit to the Coffee Station, one family joined hands to say grace before their meal, and a boy at the table next to mine asked his father, “Was Jesus alive when Noah’s ark was built?” The town has seven hundred and five residents, and there are seven churches in the area, three of them Baptist. (Bush has apparently gone to church in Crawford three times in eight years, once at the Methodist church and twice at Canaan Baptist.) Revivals on the high-school football field were discontinued in the nineteen-eighties, but a local ordinance still forbids the sale of alcohol. Gambling is sufficiently frowned upon that even penny-ante rounds of dominoes are not played at the Masonic Lodge. Crawford has two full-time police officers, and the most pressing issue for them, Chief Eddie McCoy told me, was loose livestock in the road. Across the street from McCoy’s office, I spotted a granite marker commemorating the Crawford Pirates’ 2004 high-school division championship in football. Engraved on the back was the coach’s maxim, “Nobody big. Nobody small. Everybody the same.”
During the 2000 campaign and his first term, Bush used to make regular, if highly choreographed, trips into town. Crawford was a backdrop ready-made for Karl Rove stagecraft. The President shook hands at the Coffee Station; signed legislation, flanked by hay bales; and chopped cedar in the height of summer as a White House photographer captured the look of steely resolve under his sweat-stained cowboy hat. The White House press corps broadcast standup TV reports in front of a pasture, dotted with bales of hay, that was not outside the ranch but in town, next to the high-school running track.
“I hope Pandora doesn’t already have a box of mankind’s evils.”
Residents gave effusive interviews and threw their own inaugural ball at the community center. “Everyone hoped he would breathe some life back into this little town,” a rancher, Clark Weber, told me. During Bush’s first term, a group calling itself Keep Crawford Beautiful organized fireworks displays and an annual homecoming festival; volunteers decorated downtown at Christmastime and put planters on Main Street. “We thought, We need to do something—the whole world is going to be looking at us,” Shirley Westerfield, a charter member, told me. A two-story mural of Crawford, depicting an American flag as it unfurled above the words “Home of President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush,” was painted on canvas and hung on an old brick wall on the side of the Masonic Lodge. (This spring, the Masons asked that the painting be taken down.) When an upstart local newspaper, the Lone Star Iconoclast, published an editorial endorsing John Kerry, in 2004, many people in town cancelled their subscriptions and voted for Bush a second time.
Enthusiasm began to ebb in August of 2005, when Cindy Sheehan camped outside the President’s ranch to protest the war in Iraq. Bush refused to meet with her during the twenty-six-day vigil, which drew thousands of people to Prairie Chapel Road and media attention from around the world. Residents told me that they had been pushed to the limit by the antiwar activists who descended on their town, blocking roadways and pulling Crawford into the national debate over the war. “A lot of people started wishing to hell that Bush never would have showed up,” one rancher told me. At the end of August, as the protests continued, Hurricane Katrina made landfall. Bush was in Crawford at the time. Two days after New Orleans’s levees were breached, he returned to Washington, by way of California. “Things never quite went back to the way they were,” Westerfield said.
Tourism picked up this year when Jenna Bush married Henry Hager at the ranch on May 10th. The Coffee Station was packed that day with out-of-towners hoping to catch a glimpse of the First Family, and the Red Bull did a brisk trade in Jenna-and-Henry-themed coasters, mousepads, and Christmas ornaments. The bride wore Oscar de la Renta and danced with the President to “You Are So Beautiful” while guests ate fried oysters and lump-crab parfait. But no one from Crawford was invited, and by sundown Main Street was empty. At Crawford High School’s graduation, which I attended several weeks later, there was no mention of the President, who had delivered the commencement address eight years earlier. When Kevin Noack, the superintendent, spoke to the audience about how this fall would mark “the end of an era for Crawford,” he was referring to the retirement of Mary Keltner, the school’s longtime custodian.
Nearly everyone I met offered to show me where the ranch was—no one seemed to think that an outsider could find it. One of my guides was Clark Weber, a jovial, ruddy-cheeked McCain supporter who took a detour on the way which brought us through one of his own pastures. “We’re going to check cattle, so you can see what a real rancher does,” he told me before making the obligatory pass by Bush’s property. The president of the chamber of commerce, an upbeat woman named Marilyn Judy, also took me by the ranch. “You can’t see anything out here,” she said with a good-natured laugh as we neared the Secret Service checkpoint. “In the classroom, I just show it to my kids on Google Earth.”
Judy teaches special-education students at Crawford High School, and is the Sunday-school superintendent at First Baptist Church, where she was the pianist for years. (“I’ve done everything in church but preach,” she told me.) She also was on call twenty-four hours a day as a volunteer for the local E.M.S. “This past week, we had a guy gored by a bull,” she said. “We’ve even had a seventy-six-year-old gentleman who lost two fingers calf-roping. We get the occasional car wreck, or kids who jump off a cliff into Tonk Creek and break a leg, but mostly we respond to calls from our older population.” After a spate of snake bites two summers ago, she started carrying a garden hoe in her ambulance. “Stuff like that doesn’t bother me,” she said. “I was raised around cattle—and castrating and dehorning—so killing a snake really is no biggie.” As we talked, she pulled out her scrapbook of Bush memorabilia, which included a photograph of her seated beside Vladimir Putin’s wife and Laura Bush in the school gymnasium during a 2001 visit by Putin, who was then the President of Russia. When Judy reached the end of the album, she closed it and sighed. “I feel like Crawford put its best foot forward and rose to the occasion as well as a little town could, and now it’s over,” she said. “It’s been a fun ride.”
Another afternoon, I stopped in to see a rancher named Larry Mattlage, who lives about four miles from the President. We talked in his pickup as we made our way along Prairie Chapel Road. Mattlage had come of age in Crawford in the nineteen-fifties. His family had grown their own food and made their own clothes, and he had lived without running water until he was eight years old. He had played football and picked cotton and gone swimming in Tonk Creek—and he was nostalgic, he told me, for the isolation that the town had enjoyed back then. His family had lived in Crawford since the eighteen-eighties, so he had watched with bemusement as Bush cast himself as both a rancher and a native son. “No one who has any sense cuts cedar in the summer,” Mattlage told me. “Only winter-cut cedar can be used for fence posts. Besides, it’s hot, hard work. It was always kind of a joke to us who knew the country that he was out clearing brush in the middle of August.” The President’s ranch had not always been a cattle ranch; under a previous owner, it had once been a hog farm. “You could smell it for miles,” Mattlage said with a grin, spitting tobacco into an empty Shiner beer bottle.
Mattlage drove past the President’s property and on toward his church, St. John’s Lutheran, which he wanted me to see. “Everyone is ready for ol’ George to leave us alone and let Crawford go back to the way it was,” he said. “Most people around here want to get this whole thing over with, kind of like a bad marriage.”
Ahead of us, Mattlage spotted a pickup in the opposite lane. He cracked open his window and waved. “What you say, Michael Bohne?” he said, coming to a stop in the middle of the road.
The farmer rolled down his window. “I think I’m going to quit for the day,” he said, killing his engine. The two men sat in silence.
“It’s been hot, ain’t it?” Mattlage offered.
“Yeah,” Bohne said, staring out at the prairie. “Wasn’t so bad today.”
“You get a good rain like I got?”
“No,” Bohne said. “What’d you get—two inches?”
Mattlage nodded. “Two inches.”
“You must be doing something right over there. Every time it rains, you get two inches.”
“Just lucky,” Mattlage said.
We continued on until we reached a white clapboard church that sat on top of a windswept rise. “Before this was grazing land, the prairie grass used to grow so tall that it touched your stirrups,” Mattlage said. He showed me where his grandparents were buried, behind a wrought-iron fence in the church’s plain but well-tended cemetery, and he removed his hat as we stood by their markers. Before we turned to go, he walked over to a granite monument that listed the names of local men who had died in past wars. “Out here, you walk past these names every Sunday,” he told me. “So you never forget.” Squinting in the summer glare, he studied the list before him. “See, there’s Charles Jageler,” Mattlage said. “Killed in action. He and I went to church together. And here’s another one I grew up with, Tommie Lee Symank. Killed in action. Just twenty-seven years old.”
Mattlage pointed to the word “Iraq,” etched beneath the roster of Vietnam’s dead. There were no casualties listed yet, only polished granite where names could be inscribed in the future. “I guess that’s his legacy right there,” Mattlage said, putting on his hat. “That’s what ol’ George has left us.”
The President’s summer sojourn in Crawford this year lasted less than two weeks, a departure from other years, when he stayed for almost a month. Bush’s primary home, once he leaves office, will be in Dallas, a hundred and twenty miles away. His Presidential library will be there, at Southern Methodist University, not at Baylor University, in nearby Waco, as locals had initially hoped. (Waco, a city eager to rebrand itself after the 1993 Branch Davidian standoff, had posted a sign in its visitors’ center that boasted, “How do you spell Waco? Well, it starts with a Dubya.” It was later taken down.)
In July, at a closed-door Republican fund-raiser in Houston, Bush was caught in a video, taken by a guest, talking about the economic downturn. “Wall Street got drunk . . . and now it’s got a hangover,” Bush said. “We’ve got a housing issue,” he went on, and then added, in a tone of mock gravity, “Not in Houston, evidently not in Dallas, because Laura’s over there trying to buy a house today.”
The crowd erupted in laughter. “What about Crawford?” someone shouted.
“I like Crawford,” Bush said. Then, with the helplessness of a husband who, having put his wife through a hardship assignment, now has to make it up to her, he went on, “Unfortunately, after eight years of asking her to sacrifice, I’m now no longer the decision-maker.” The laughter grew louder as he continued, “She’ll be deciding—thanks for the suggestion. I suggest you don’t yell it out when she’s here.”
During the President’s stay in Crawford this August, only a dozen or so reporters were stationed in town; most of the national press corps was on the campaign trail. Even the Peace House—a run-down bungalow east of the railroad tracks that had served as base for peace activists since 2003—was deserted, its shutters drawn behind a sign that said “No Preemptive Armageddon.” “Joe said this morning when I walked into the coffee shop, ‘It sure is quiet in town,’ ” Clark Weber told me, referring to one of his neighbors. “There was nobody on the streets. Everybody’s pickup was in front of the right house. Nobody had run off with nobody’s wife. Joe and I sat there and looked at one another and drank coffee, and we couldn’t even think of anything to talk about.”
The first game of the high-school football season fell two days after Bush returned to Washington. Obama had given his acceptance speech the night before at the Democratic National Convention, and, earlier that day, McCain had announced that Sarah Palin would be his running mate. But the talk in the stands that night was about the merits of the Pirates’ defensive strategy, and whether Franklin Industrial Minerals, the rock quarry that is the town’s largest private employer, was going to shift to a four-day workweek because of the rising cost of fuel. The stadium was crowded, and under the electric lights the air was warm and humid. “Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar!” Crawford’s cheerleaders cried between cartwheels. “All for the Pirates, stand up and holler!” Little girls in miniature cheerleader uniforms studied them from the sidelines. Boys chased one another under the bleachers. Behind me, a chorus of directives was shouted at the players by their fathers. (“Come on, now!” “Rough him up!” “Get him!” “Pick it up, boys!”) When one of the Pirates suffered an injury and lay on the ground grimacing, his teammates knelt on one knee until he stood up and limped off the field to a roar of applause. Crawford trounced the Jarrell Cougars, 20–3, and at the end of the game everyone rose to their feet to sing the school song. Afterward, the players repaired to First Baptist Church for Kool-Aid and Frito pie.
By the time I left town, the sky was moonless and dark. A freight train cast the only bright light for miles as it hurtled across the prairie. On Main Street, a “Bush Country” banner that had decorated one of the grain silos was missing. The wind had knocked it down a while ago, and no one had bothered to hang it up again. ♦
This article appears in the print edition of the October 13, 2008, issue.
George W. (Pres.) (43rd)
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