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Board index › Coping in life › Love and Dating
My boyfriend's mom is a moron
Joined: 1 Dec 2010
08 Jun 2011, 4:30 am
OK, not quite a moron but it's certainly difficult not to call her one. Months ago she was yelling and screaming at me and asked me if I thought she was stupid and I replied with a very honest YES, basically. She really wanted to hold that against me while she also wants to hold my asperger's against me whilst telling me not to use it as an excuse.
I will LIKELY never have to speak to her again and he's a grown man so he doesn't have any problems with that. He's been writing lately and he showed me some works she made revisions to, and in one bit he said something about people who were incapable of loving and she wrote in parenthesis "for example dating someone with aschbergers"
I wanted to throw up when I read it. She, at once, calls me capable of malice and spite and yet incapable of love.
It's hard not to mention she's a dumbass to him but I obviously won't be doing that... just... had to get this out.
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Buy a pepper spray. Next time you bump into her she's toast.
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Somehow the title of this thread makes me laugh.
meems wrote:
What exactly did you call your mother stupid over and what does any of this have to do with your mother's boyfriend?
superboyian
Joined: 9 Sep 2009
08 Jun 2011, 11:04 am
One of the things you certainly don't want to happen is conflicts when it comes to a relationship and the fact you honestly told her that she is stupid would obviously make her have that anger right there and if anyone was to say that to me, I'd probably most likely feel the same but then again, I can't really say too much about that... It shouldn't matter what she says at the end of the day, if you and your boyfriend are happy with each other then what other people say to you (even about the relationship) shouldn't matter to you.
You could try apologising to her, it might make things easier for you and your boyfriends mum, hopefully that's something?
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superboyian wrote:
...the fact you honestly told her that she is stupid would obviously make her have that anger right there and if anyone was to say that to me, I'd probably most likely feel the same ...
If you don't want to be called stupid, you shouldn't ask people if they think you are.
I would suggest being reasonable if you have to speak with her about this again in the future. Tell her you're sorry for calling her stupid, but that she has judged you unfairly and you don't appreciate being discriminated against. I would not simply apologize and leave it at that--that would make you a pushover and make it seem acceptable for her to mistreat you.
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Location: Beirut, Lebanon.
In general...
Mom > gf.
Just keep that in mind.
Boo-Ho-ho!
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
For an adult? I wouldn't be so sure. I think it can really go either way, depending on the individuals involved.
08 Jun 2011, 12:05 pm
Kaybee wrote:
She reviews his writings. *hint*
Could be a hint, or it could just mean that he doesn't have anyone else to review them or has long been in the habit of her being the one to review them.
Besides, I said gf, not wife, not fianacée, also it depends how long they've been together.
I don't know why you're arguing with me when I'm agreeing that you could be right. Again, it's possible that the mother comes before the girlfriend, and possible that she does not.
Not arguing, just clarifying. Yet I love arguing, want to argue?
I get that impression. But I'm afraid you'd find attempting to argue with me unsatisfying. Unless you get me going on semantics.
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2 killed in Finland stabbings
Posted 2:42 pm, August 18, 2017, by CNN Wire
At least two people have been killed and six others hospitalized in a stabbing attack in the Finnish city of Turku on Friday, police said.
Three people are now undergoing surgery, state broadcaster YLE reports, citing hospital sources.
Police earlier shot and arrested a suspect after the stabbing in the southwestern city and said they were searching for other possible perpetrators.
The suspect was shot in the leg after the attack, said police, who warned the public to move away from the city center.
The attack occurred at two market places close to each other in the city center — Kauppatori, known in English as Central Market Square, as well as the Puutori Market Square, police said.
Police earlier said that it was too early to tell whether the attack was terror-related.
“We have a heightened awareness level of terrorism currently but we did not have any specific threats to act upon,” Turku Superintendent Stephan Sundqvist told CNN.
Sundqvist said that he received reports of the stabbings at 4 p.m. local time and that police were on the scene within a few minutes.
“There was only one shot fired and the aggressor was apprehended and brought to hospital,” he said, confirming that a total of eight people were stabbed.
“(We are) looking into whether there are more perpetrators but no certain information.”
The attack has prompted a boost to police patrols across the country and security has been tightened at the Helsinki-Vantaan airport and train stations.
Turku lies around 140 kilometers (around 85 miles) west of the capital, Helsinki.
‘There was blood everywhere’
Kent Svensson, 44, from Sweden who was in Turku said he witnessed a man with “a huge white knife” running and stabbing people in his path.
“It was really horrible. We were sitting on a terrace just next to the square and this woman just screamed like hell and this guy was standing in front of her with a huge knife just stabbing people,” he said.
“There was blood everywhere,” he said, adding that he saw a victim lying on the ground.
Finnish media published photographs of the attack site, and one showed a body covered with a white sheet. Others showed a small crowd around someone apparently bleeding on a cobblestone road and several ambulances around a cordoned off area.
Police said on Twitter they were also patrolling a shopping mall.
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Reflections on Impact: The Beutel Leadership Seminar in Jerusalem, February 2018
Participants from WUPJ-LA during the Beutel Seminar in Jerusalem 2018
In February, there were 10 intense days of activities, with hands-on classes on the streets of Israel. The 18 participants, representing 13 different countries (Brazil, Australia, Zimbabwe, Belgium, Spain, the United States, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Canada, England and Germany) also had intense debates about topics proposed by the Beutel Seminar for Jewish Reform Leadership’ staff: Rabbi Steve Burnstein and by Professor Paul Liptz. Teachers and guest activists wovened the patchwork vision: the challenges and opportunities that exist in the land of Israel today considering its millennial history.
The streets of Jerusalem were explored by the uneasy steps of participants who also learned about new outcomes, acts of resistance and dialogue in the human rights and advocacy arena led by the IRAC (Israel Religious Action Center) under the direction of Rabbi Noa Sattah. The Jewish People’s Museum; the dialogue led by Rabbi Meir Azaru at Beit Daniel in Tel Aviv; the welcoming class at Sally Katz’s home about ethical and ethnic dilemmas, and meetings with Rabbi Michael Marmur and several leaders of our movement and representatives of the Association Reform Zionist of America (ARZA) were incredible. The conversation with young Bedouins and Jews on their gap-year program of the Jewish-Arab Hagar School in Beer Sheva restored faith in the possibilities of empathic coexistence between the two peoples. The three nights at Kibbutz Lotan made all participants imbued with a deep sense of belonging.
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“The Beutel Leadership was really amazing. Rabbi Steve Burnstein is the living example of ethical and egalitarian Judaism. Professor Paul Liptz was also sensational! All the programming activities were a sum of knowledge… I felt like I was in a movie with a lot of stories to be told! And the protagonists? Surprise! I felt part of that same tribe! I am grateful to WUPJ for the opportunity to learn so much and I have realized I have so much more to learn.”
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Nick is joined by environmental activist Mark Allen to discuss some tensions between animal rights, which values individual animals, and conservation, which values ecosystems and environments as a whole. The segment When Karl Pilkington Makes Sense, this time on interfering in nature. Nick’s talk Cowspiracies about Meat Eating Environmentalists, A Critical Examination of the Environmental Vegan Movement. PowerPoint here:...
Topics: animal rights, conservation, Mark Allen, environmentalism, veganism, Cowspiracy, animals
Programa 346 Misericordia Por Los Animales Un Pequeño Gusanito 2
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Muy buen día tengas y como cada semana nos da mucho gusto saludarte en este nuevo día y les comparto que el cáncer de mama es la principal causa de muerte por tumores malignos en las mujeres y el más diagnosticado en América Latina, con unos 152 mil casos al año. Es por ello que un joven a sus 16 años, y luego que su mamá fuera diagnosticada en dos ocasiones con cancer, Julián Ríos Cantú, creo "EVA" , el brassier inteligente para detectar cáncer de mama , y que...
Topics: mercy for animals, animales de granja, animales, crueldad animal, vegano
The Fables of La Fontaine
by Jean de La Fontaine
LibriVox recording of The Fables of La Fontaine by Jean de La Fontaine. (Translated by Walter Thornbury.) Read in English by RogerMathewson; tovarisch; Sonia; Kalynda; Mary Escano; Pierre Delcourt; PatsyAnn; Brian Naylor; Mayah; AEH; Rebecca Bourque; Kurt; SwapMerl; Eva Davis; Greg Giordano; thestorygirl; Nemo; Jason in Panama; BettyB; Anthony Castellani Jean de la Fontaine's fables were very well-known all over Europe during his life, and are now slowly being rediscovered. This edition...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, poetry, animals, poem, fables, aesop, France, 1886, 2017
Short Story Collection Vol 066
LibriVox recording of Short Story Collection Vol 066 by Various. Read in English by Peter Thomlinson; dg73; JamesOinam; Phil Schempf; Roger Melin; Devorah Allen; Lynne T; VfkaBT A collection of 20 short stories selected and read by Librivox readers in English. For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a...
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Nathan Runkle discusses his book Mercy For Animals at Politics ad Prose in Washington, DC. Runkle founded Mercy for Animals (MFA) in 1999, and the organization is now a leading international force in the prevention of cruelty to farmed animals. His book tells the dual stories of MFA’s growth and the nation’s shift from a network of small farms that involved almost 50% of Americans, to agro-businesses run by just 1% of the population. Runkle details the effects of this change, which have...
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Folkscanomy: Fringe and Off-Center
03 Hanna Jo Stories Episode 11
by Ben McClure
Episode 11 of The Hanna Jo Stories, a children's audio adventure series from the Blue Towel Radio Theatre. In this adventure, Hanna Jo faces the ongoing problem of her memory loss, even while she and her friends encounter the mystery of entire area of space that has apparently only just come into existence. Sound Effects: http://www.freesfx.co.uk https://www.zapsplat.com
Topics: Blue Towel Radio Theatre, Science Fiction, Children, Audio Drama, Animals
Nature and Art, Vol. VIII, No 1, June 1990
LibriVox recording of Nature and Art, Vol. VIII, No 1, June 1990 by Various. Read in English by realisticspeakers; tovarisch; BettyB; Garth Burton; jftocanada; sawasawaya; Larry Wilson "Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was published from 1897-1907 under the various titles,...
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Demolition of New Orleans cranes delayed once more. Halloween parade is back on
Posted 6:37 am, October 20, 2019, by CNN Wire
Threats from a tropical storm have delayed the implosion of the two cranes at the Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans, which partially collapsed during construction, officials said.
(CNN) — The implosion of two cranes at the Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans, which partially collapsed during construction, has been delayed yet again — at least until Sunday, officials said.
Saturday evening’s Krewe of Boo event downtown, the city’s official Halloween parade, had been canceled because of the expected demotion, but now it’s back on.
“After consulting with the explosive experts, we have a shift in our timeline,” New Orleans Fire Chief Tim McConnell told reporters Saturday, adding that the soonest the demolition could take place is about noon Sunday.
“They’re working to get it done,” he said of the engineers. “We’ve told you this is a very dangerous building. The cranes are still in a precarious situation.”
Crews had hoped to bring the cranes down Friday evening but that was delayed because of a tropical storm, officials said.
The demolition appeared to be set for Saturday but the experts discovered the cranes were more damaged than previously thought.
“So they need to do things that are a little bit safer,” McConnell said. “Once again, safety is the No. 1 concern.”
Mayor LaToya Cantrell said she canceled the popular Halloween event but decided to let it happen after the latest briefing from experts.
“This will not change,” she said. “So it is official.”
Heavy winds Friday led to the first delay, the fire chief said.
Tropical Storm Nestor was tracking east and has potential to bring 35 mph winds, said Collin Arnold, director of the city’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. Cantrell had issued a state of emergency.
Arnold said officials will need the public’s cooperation during the demolition because people will want to watch, but he urged against it.
“If you are in line of sight of this, you’re too close,” Arnold said.
Door-knocking and clearing the evacuation area will begin four hours before demolition, McConnell said.
Experts plan to strategically place explosives onto the cranes, hoping the debris lands in a certain area, avoiding major gas and power lines, according to McConnell.
Two bodies remain in the rubble
Portions of the Hard Rock Hotel collapsed last Saturday. More than 100 construction workers were there, according to one of the construction companies.
Video footage showed workers emerging from a giant cloud of dust after the upper floors collapsed and debris filled the street.
At least two people were killed and 30 hospitalized, authorities said. All but one of the injured have been discharged.
Cantrell said Friday she attended the funeral of Anthony Magrette, 49, whose body was removed from the site on Sunday. Cantrell emphasized the importance of finding and removing the two bodies authorities believe are still in the rubble.
Documents and paperwork from the offices of contractors in the hotel have been collected and put in storage as evidence, Cantrell said.
10 injured in the collapse are suing the construction companies
Ten people who were injured sued Thursday.
The lawsuit accuses the construction companies of failing “to take reasonable care in planning, assessing, and monitoring the construction of the collapsed structure.” It also claims that “it was apparent that the structural supports at the building were inadequate to support the weight of the concrete slabs on the upper floors.”
“The primary goal is to get to the bottom of exactly what happened, and make sure that nothing like this ever happens again,” an attorney for the plaintiffs said.
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A second person has died as a result of the Hard Rock building collapse
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Future Cities blog #3 Do you ever stop and listen to the city?
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#3 Do you ever stop and listen to the city?
Do you like what you hear? As cities are growing, the noise exposure increases and quiet areas has become a scarce commodity. This calls for innovation and measures to preserve the spaces that we need for recreation.
More than noise
We encourage the future city to consider the sounds they want to preserve, rather than focusing on noise only. Sounds can play many roles in people’s lives, also positive roles. There’s no way around it, cities have buzz! However, we can take control of the buzz and create a more balanced sound environment. ÅF Sound & Vibration has the competence to explore how sound can be managed when creating human spaces.
The science of sound and its emotional effect is widely explored. We’ve been involved in a broad spectra of projects within infrastructure, community and building acoustics and this know-how can be applied to further applications. To make more efficient use of the physical infrastructure in the future city, sound could support a strong social and cultural development.
Focus on sounds in Helsingborg
When the city of Helsingborg needed support in noise management, we were happy to put our know-how and ambition into practice. The assignment is to conduct a noise mapping study and to present our analysis and vision for noise management. The results will be presented to Helsingborg in December 2018.
On September 18th we conducted sound measurements in four parks areas, including a sleepover in the city park. The purpose of the sleepover was to understand how urban sounds change during day and night. In the daytime many sounds drown in traffic noise, but during nighttime new sounds emerge. It’s our belief that the key to a balanced sound environment is to understand which sounds to preserve and perhaps enhance, as well as reducing the noise.
During this study, the aspect of an inclusive society was also of great importance to us. Parks in an urban environment are used by different people on different terms. it’s important to understand that the urban space is used and owned by everyone. Listening to the citizens was equally important as listening to the city.
The night in the city park was spent in hammocks hanging from the trees. The devoted team of ÅF consultants who listened to the city and its citizens consisted of acoustician Manne Friman, sound designer Martin Hallberg and landscape architect Linn Stevensson.
We look forward to present our study to the city of Helsingborg and hope to see the vision realized. With this assignment we see the need of innovative actions for creating human spaces in the future city.
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Tel Aviv Martial arts Ninjutsu Academy
Tel Aviv Ninjutsu – AKBAN
294 Hayarkon St.
Tichon Ironi He’ High school
Main sports hall
Tuesday 6 PM, Thursday 6 PM
Yossi Sheriff, Instructor
For details and a free trial lessons call us 052-5108747
When – Class schedule in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Ramat Hasharon dojo
A map of the Akban dojo in Tel Aviv
If you are a martial arts practitioner, beginner or veteran, interested in Combat oriented Ninjutsu, Self-defense or traditional Martial arts, Tel Aviv (תל אביב נינג’יטסו) is a wonderful city to be at. The Israeli martial arts scene has developed since the early 1950’s into a bustling, multi disciplinarian scene.
Akban Martial arts and fitness academy was founded in Jerusalem in 1985; the Tel Aviv branch was founded in 1991. A great group of veterans comes to train every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 PM and 7:30 PM. Beginners and veterans alike can enjoy our warm club hospitality; Renzo Gracie, on one of his seminars in Akban summed it up, he said: “I can’t believe it, it seems you guys are Irish…”.
Yossi Sherif, the Akban Academy founder, teaches the Tel Aviv classes. You can contact us by mail ([email protected]) or phone at 052-5108747 (972-52-5108747 if calling from abroad). We speak English, some French, Arabic and of course, Japanese.
We take great pride in our openness and no nonsense attitude: Any martial artist can contribute to our pool and diversity as long as he is willing to work hard and remember our modest motto: “No shortcuts”.
Where in Tel Aviv?
The Akban martial arts academy is located on 294 Hayarkon St., near the Yarkon River, on a major street that overlooks the entrance to the wonderful Tel Aviv Harbor. The Tel Aviv academy is the youngest one in Akban; we have been working and training since 1991.
The Facility in Tel Aviv is spacious with almost 220 square meters of training mattress, showers and rest area. The vicinity of the Tel Aviv sea shore and the jogging paths alongside the river make pre-training runs scenic. Many buses lines converge in Ben Yehuda St. and we even enjoy our own parking – a luxury in Tel Aviv.
Around Tel Aviv Akban Dojo
Tel Aviv harbor is the center of a bustling night scene: Bars, shops, restaurants and famous DJs fill the harbor every evening. The Tel Aviv night scene is one of the busiest urban scenes in the world with many places opening up in 10 PM till morning. Tel Aviv’s energy contributes to the general atmosphere in our dojo and many evenings end in the nearby Japanese restaurants or bars.
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Grow Your Own: New Mexico cultivating new teachers to combat shortages
Two area assistant teachers have received their full teacher certifications through a new state scholarship program
Grow Your Own: New Mexico cultivating new teachers to combat shortages Two area assistant teachers have received their full teacher certifications through a new state scholarship program Check out this story on AlamogordoNews.com: https://www.alamogordonews.com/story/news/2019/10/01/two-area-assistant-teachers-first-certified-new-scholarship/3821236002/
Cristina Carreon, Alamogordo Daily News Published 3:50 a.m. MT Oct. 1, 2019
Angela Cunningham is one of the first educational assistants in Alamogordo to receive teacher certification through the new Grown Your Own Teachers state scholarship program at New Mexico State University - Alamogordo.
Cunningham worked as a substitute teacher for two years and as an educational assistant for eight years. With a decade in education under her belt, Cunningham said she felt like it was time to make it official.
"I just love the kids and this will help with retirement as well," Cunningham said.
In Alamogordo, educational assistants make $10.75 to $16.83 an hour according to Alamogordo Public Schools' 2018-19 salary schedule. This rounds out to approximately $13,771 to $21,559 annually before taxes.
Per the 2018-19 salary schedule, certified teachers in Alamogordo make an annual salary between $36,000 and $36,155 before taxes.
More: APS recruiting and retention update includes 68 new teachers, five more needed
"I wouldn't have been able to do this if I wasn't married and currently employed," Cunningham said.
From left: Cathy Aguilar-Morgan, Joyce Hill, Angela Cunningham and Anne Ricksecker at NMSU-A. Cunningham is one of the first assistant teachers in Alamogordo to receive a teacher certification through a new state scholarship program called "Grown Your Own". (Photo: Cristina Carreon)
Joyce Hill, NMSU-A director of assessment and early childhood and education professor, said the program specifically targets educational assistants.
"This scholarship program is specifically designed for current, working educational assistants," Hill said.
"There is a nationwide teacher shortage and in New Mexico in particular, it is significant. There is an overall shortage of licensed, full-time teachers."
The program at NMSU-A is in its first year and the college has $3,517 to work with so far. Hill said the college is hoping to award four to five total scholarships this year.
Hill said the college is hoping for the reallocation of unused funds at other participating schools and a larger award next year to continue growing the program in Alamogordo.
"So, to get more money this year, another teacher prep program would not use all of their awards," Hill said.
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Cloudcroft native Jaimie Barnett is also among the first Otero County educational assistants to become fully certified utilizing a new scholarship created to combat teacher shortages.
The Grow Your Own Teachers Act was signed into law in the state legislature in July in response to a variety of education issues in New Mexico.
In 2019, New Mexico finished last among the 50 states and the District of Columbia on educational opportunities and performance, with an overall "D" letter grade, according to Education Week.
According to a report from the Southwest Outreach Academic Research Lab at New Mexico State University, the decline in New Mexico was caused by working conditions and expectations as well as salary.
In 2018, there were 1,173 educator vacancies in New Mexico to include 740 teacher vacancies; this is an increase of 300 openings from the 476 vacancies in 2017.
More: Carlsbad faces teaching shortage, vacancies grow through state
The scholarship program aims to provide opportunities for educational assistants to pursue full teacher certification in New Mexico through scholarships. Those who qualify are able to pursue a bachelor's degree in New Mexico.
The scholarship program can apply to New Mexico public schools, tribal schools, state institutions, special schools and state agencies that employ EAs.
The program also provides for professional leave and and offsets the cost of tuition, fees, books and other supplies needed for coursework.
Eligible educational assistants are required to be U.S. citizens and residents of New Mexico who must have worked as an educational assistant for at least two years.
The scholarship award for recipients is up to $6,000 and is based on need.
"NMSU-A is doing everything we can to support the success of future teachers," said Anne Ricksecker, who is vice president of student success and chair of the scholarship review committee.
For more information, contact Joyce Hill at joyhill@nmsu.edu.
Cristina Carreon can be reached at ccarreon@alamogordonews.com, 575-437-7120 or on Twitter @Cris_carreon90.
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Pronouncing Talladega
By Tom Daniel on Apr 10, 2014
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My commute to work was a little bit spirited the other day. First of all, I noticed a newly awakened hornet clinging to the inside of my windshield. Thank goodness it was a cool morning, because he/she never really got enough juices flowing to be active. Secondly, during my hornet-harrowing commute, I got a chance to yell at the radio.
The program to which I was listening was doing a sports feature on the late great Carroll Shelby, the legendary pioneer of the Shelby Cobra, and the customized Shelby Mustang GT 350 and GT 500 (complete with a police interceptor engine). Anyway, during a break in this topic, the two reporters started discussing NASCAR, and one of them said something about Talladega, except he pronounced it TAL-uh-DAY-ga. The other reporter actually had a Southern accent, and he quickly corrected him that it was accurately pronounced as TAL-uh-DIGG-uh. The first reporter incredulously corrected him back and said it really was pronounced TAL-uh-DAY-ga. He said the town’s name may be pronounced TAL-uh-DIGG-uh, but the racetrack is pronounced TAL-uh-DAY-ga.
A lot of my Southern angst can be summed up in that arrogant little mindless exchange. Talladega is, and always has been, located in Alabama. There’s not another one. It was named by Alabamians based on a Creek Indian word that meant “border town,” and has always been pronounced as TAL-uh-DIGG-uh by Alabamians. The town, everything in it, and everything around it is named “Talladega” and is correctly pronounced TAL-uh-DIGG-uh. Talladega County. Talladega National Forest. Talladega Pizza. Talladega Home Center. First National Bank of Talladega. But I’m supposed to believe that it takes an enlightened Yankee to come to my home state and correct me on the pronunciation of my own home state’s racetrack? Seriously?
No, no, and heck no. It’s not Spanish. It’s Creek. And it’s pronounced TAL-uh-DIGG-uh. As in ”The TAL-uh-DIGG-uh Superspeedway.”
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Study unravels Tasmania's historic languages
Monday, 1 October 2012 Darren Osborne
Tasmania is reasonably small, but it is quite rugged, which may explain why Aboriginal tribes had little contact with each other(Source: TimHesterPhotography/iStockphoto)
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Computer unlocks ancient language, Science Online, 30 Sep 2009
Aboriginal language had ice age origins, Science Online, 18 Dec 2006
A technique normally used by biologists is providing new insight into the diversity of Tasmania's Aboriginal population more than 200 years ago.
The findings, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B , has found the island was home to 12 different languages - more than the one or two previous suspected.
Australian researcher Associate Professor Claire Bowern of Yale University says studying Tasmania's Aboriginal language history is difficult because there are no known native speakers and relatively few sources of information.
"We don't have any independent witnesses of the vocabulary, which makes it quite a difficult classification problem," says Bowern.
"Luckily there are tools in biology that have been developed to sort this out."
To determine how many languages may have existed, Bowern analysed 3200 unique words recorded in 44 lists, from between 1777 and 1847.
"The first thing I did was work out which of the word lists belonged to the same language and which of them had words from more than one language in them," says Bowern.
"Because we don't know how many groups there are in the data, we test this iteratively. We start by hypothesising two groups and then see how the data falls out to see how good a fit that model is for the data. We keep doing until the number of groups is 20."
The results suggest 12 languages, clustered into five groups - northeastern, southeastern (Bruny Island), Oyster Bay, northern and western.
Bowern says the result sits well with anthropological studies, which suggest that there was limited contact between Tasmania's Aboriginal tribes.
"The island is reasonably small, but it is quite rugged," she says.
"We're also talking about a small population - the total population of Tasmania before European settlement was around 6000 people."
Bowern admits the use of computational methods in linguistics is still "somewhat controversial".
"There's quite a bit of backlash from some quarters for using these techniques."
Bowern hopes her study will help researchers view Tasmania's Aboriginal population as a diverse range of people, rather than taking a 'one-island' view.
"Tasmanians are sometimes treated as [identical] when it comes to making inferences about the anthropological records. For example, some claim that Tasmanians didn't fire or they all had a simple tool kit," she says.
"There is diversity there if we want to see it."
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Peetz, Dietmar
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Phantom Menace: Role of Pseudo Peers in CEO Compensation
Kalpathy, Swaminathan L.,Nanda, Vikram K.,Zhao, Yabo
We study pay spillovers within the network of peer compensation benchmarking and show that these can reconcile growth differences and convergence in CEO compensation. Specifically, compensation of a small group of prominent, highly-central network firms is shown to have a substantial spillover effect on pay growth at other firms, especially peripheral firms for which the high-centrality firms are seldom compensation peers (hence, “pseudo peersâ€). The pseudo peer effect is prevalent in firms with agency problems and is mitigated by stronger governance. Better governed firms hire reputable compensation consultants that help determine compensation peers, mitigating the pseudo peer effect and enhancing firm performance. Interestingly, pay spillovers from prominent firms with large size and high compensation are displaced by spillovers from pseudo peers, after SEC requires firms to begin disclosing their compensation peers.
Privacy Concerns in Insurance Markets: Implications for Market Equilibria and Social Welfare
Gemmo, Irina,Browne, Mark J.,Gründl, Helmut
Telemonitoring devices can be used to screen consumer characteristics and mitigate information asymmetries that lead to adverse selection in insurance markets. Nevertheless, some consumers value their privacy and dislike sharing private information with insurers. In a second-best efficient Miyazaki-Wilson-Spence (MWS) framework, we allow consumers to reveal their risk type for an individual subjective cost and show analytically how this affects insurance market equilibria as well as social welfare. We find that information disclosure can substitute deductibles for consumers whose transparency aversion is sufficiently low. This can lead to a Pareto improvement of social welfare. Yet, if all consumers are offered cross-subsidizing contracts, the introduction of a screening contract decreases or even eliminates cross-subsidies. Given the prior existence of a cross-subsidizing MWS equilibrium, utility is shifted from individuals who do not reveal their private information to those who choose to reveal. Our analysis informs the discussion on consumer protection in the context of digitalization. It shows that new technologies challenge cross-subsidization in insurance markets, and it stresses the negative externalities that digitalization has on consumers who are unwilling to take part in this development.
Quantization-based Bermudan option pricing in the $FX$ world
Jean-Michel Fayolle,Vincent Lemaire,Thibaut Montes,Gilles Pagès
This paper proposes two numerical solution based on Product Optimal Quantization for the pricing of Foreign Echange (FX) linked long term Bermudan options e.g. Bermudan Power Reverse Dual Currency options, where we take into account stochastic domestic and foreign interest rates on top of stochastic FX rate, hence we consider a 3-factor model. For these two numerical methods, we give an estimation of the $L^2$-error induced by such approximations and we illustrate them with market-based examples that highlight the speed of such methods.
R&D Investments and Forward-Looking Disclosures
Dube, Svenja
Since proprietary costs discourage managers from providing R&D-specific disclosures, I examine whether firms with higher R&D intensity provide more nonproprietary forward-looking disclosures to decrease information asymmetry. To address endogeneity concerns, I use R&D state tax credit rates as instrumental variable for R&D intensity. I find that firms with higher instrumented R&D intensity guide more frequently and provide more forward-looking statements in earnings announcement press releases. Examining guidance horizon, firms provide more quarterly guidance but less annual guidance as R&D intensity increases. Because R&D intensity also increases managers’ uncertainty about future earnings and managers guide less as uncertainty increases, I test whether earnings volatility alters the relation between R&D intensity and guidance. Indeed, firms provide less annual guidance only if they have high earnings volatility while quarterly guidance is unaffected by earnings volatility. To examine whether the findings are consistent with firms guiding more in response to deteriorating information asymmetry, I conduct difference-in differences analyses around unexpected R&D jumps. Consistent with this information asymmetry channel, I find that firms guide significantly more immediately after such R&D jumps.
Recreating Banking Networks under Decreasing Fixed Costs
Maringer, Dietmar G.,Craig, Ben R.,Paterlini, Sandra
Theory emphasizes the central role of the structure of networks in the behavior of financial systems and their response to policy. Real-world networks, however, are rarely directly observable: Banks’ assets and liabilities are typically known, but not who is lending how much and to whom. We first show how to simulate realistic networks that are based on balance-sheet information by minimizing costs where there is a fixed cost to forming a link. Second, we also show how to do this for a model with fixed costs that are decreasing in the number of links. To approach the optimization problem, we develop a new algorithm based on the transportation planning literature. Computational experiments find that the resulting networks are not only consistent with the balance sheets, but also resemble real-world financial networks in their density (which is sparse but not minimally dense) and in their core-periphery and disassortative structure.
Search for the Theological Grounds to Develop Inclusive Islamic Interpretations: Some Insights from Rationalistic Islamic Maturidite Theology
Zhussipbek, Galym,Satershinov, Bakhytzhan
Inclusive religious interpretations accept that a salvation beyond their teachings can be found. Whether Islam accepts inclusive religious interpretations or not, constitutes one of the most debated issues related to Islam in our days. In this paper it is argued that, although al-Maturidi’s views can hardly be described as inclusive, the dynamic rationalistic Maturidite theology (socalled Maturidite “softwareâ€) may help produce inclusive Islamic interpretations. In addition to the key two principles of rationalistic Maturidite theology, especially the Maturidite understanding of the fate of people not exposed to divine mission, may be understood as accepting that the people may reach faith which is similar to valid through their reason, and they may be saved hereafter, although they do not believe in Islamic teachings in a strict sense. This Maturidite position can also be used to justify the inclusive understanding of Quranic verses. By and large, Maturidite theological views analyzed in this article can be seen as factors laying the grounds to develop inclusive Islamic interpretations.
The Dark Side of Digital Financial Transformation: The New Risks of FinTech and the Rise of TechRisk
Buckley, Ross P.,Arner, Douglas W.,Zetzsche, Dirk A.,Selga, Eriks
Over the past decade a long-term process of digitization of finance has increasingly combined with datafication and new technologies including cloud computing, blockchain, big data and artificial intelligence in a new era of FinTech (“financial technologyâ€). This process of digitization and datafication combined with new technologies is taking place in developed global markets and at times even faster in emerging and developing markets. The result: cybersecurity and technological risks are now evolving into major threats to financial stability and national security. In addition, the entry of major technology firms into finance â€" TechFins â€" brings two new issues. The first arises in the context of new forms of potentially systemically important infrastructure (such as data and cloud services providers). The second arises because data â€" like finance â€" benefits from economies of scope and scale and from network effects and â€" even more than finance â€" tends towards monopolistic or oligopolistic outcomes, resulting in the potential for systemic risk from new forms of “Too Big to Fail†and “Too Connected to Fail†phenomena. To conclude, we suggest some basic principles about how such risks can be monitored and addressed, focusing in particular on the role of regulatory technology (“RegTechâ€).
The Macroeconomy and the Cross-Section of International Equity Index Returns: A Machine Learning Approach
Popescu, Andreea Victoria
The paper evaluates the out-of-sample predictive ability of machine learning methods in the cross-section of international equity index returns using both firm fundamentals and macroeconomic predictors. The study performs a horserace between classical forecasting methods and the machine learning repertoire, including principal component analysis, partial least squares, and neural networks. Macroeconomic signals seem to substantially improve out-of-sample performance, especially when non-linear features are incorporated via neural networks.
The Payout Policy of Politically Connected Firms: Tunnelling vs. Reputation
López-Iturriaga, Félix J.,Santanaâ€MartÃn, Domingo J. J.
Using the firms’ directors who have a background in politics as a measure of political connections, we analyze the relationship between political ties and dividend policy in a sample of listed Spanish firms. We find that political connections are positively related with cash dividends. This result is consistent with a concern about the interests of minority shareholders in the politically connected firms or with the less financial constraints of these firms. We also find a positive relationship between political connections and share repurchases, a way of shareholder compensation that is gaining popularity. This result could be related to the valuation of politically connected firms. Our results are robust to alternative empirical specifications such as the propensity score matching procedure, different metrics of payout policy, and different levels of political connections. Interestingly, the recent financial crisis has not changed the preferences of connected firms for shareholders compensation with dividends and share repurchases.
The Swiss National Bank â€" a Central Bank or a Hedge Fund?
Ganchev, Alexander
The paper examines the investment activities of Swiss National Bank during last years and especially what is the nature of these activities, what is their scope, what are their financial grounds, what possible consequences could they lead to, and why are they so disconcerting for the financial world. The study finds that the Swiss National Bank operates as a quasi-government hedge fund following the global macro investment strategy. In fact the SNB is increasing the Swiss francs in circulation in order to make investments in foreign debt instrument and stocks. The study states that such kind of interventions from the leading central banks in the world in the pricing mechanism of global financial markets can reduce the scope of operations of portfolio managers and turn investing into a constant game of guesswork and tracking the behaviour of certain central banks or juggling with investment assets which actual value is unknown and immeasurable and more impornant - to lead to investment bubbles, financial and economic crises.
Underreaction, Overreaction, and Dynamic Autocorrelation of Stock Returns
Hongye, Guo
I document that in the US, the aggregate monthly stock returns correlate positively with past returns 2/3 of the times, and negatively 1/3 of the times. While the two arms of correlation are separately strong, they cancel with each other, leading to an average autocorrelation that is only weakly positive. I argue this pattern of aggregate return predictability will be generated if investors fail to see the time varying autocorrelation structure of earnings news. In this model, investors act as if they have underreacted to past news 2/3 of the time, and overracted to past news 1/3 of the times. I then look out-of-sample and find affirmative evidence in the cross section and the international stock markets. The paper shows that the traditional views on stock return autocorrelation misses important information which is it varies over time.
Unlocking Trapped Foreign Cash, Investor Types, and Firm Payout Policy
Olson, Erik
I study whether trapped foreign cash levels and investor type explain variation in US-based multinationals’ payout policy responses to tax-repatriation-driven cash windfalls. To do so, I use the deemed mandatory repatriation of trapped foreign cash included in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). I find my measure of the level of “unlocked†trapped foreign cash (UTC) is related to increases in repurchases and dividends observed post-TCJA. Motivated by prior research, I examine whether this increase in payout varies with institutional investor type: transient, dedicated, and quasi-indexers (Bushee 2001). I find that firms with high UTC and low (high) dedicated ownership see an increase (no change) in repurchases post-TCJA. I do not observe similar variation with investor type for dividends.
VCRIX - A Volatility Index for Crypto-Currencies
Kim, Alisa,Trimborn, Simon,Härdle, Wolfgang K.
Public interest, explosive returns, and diversification opportunities gave stimulus to the adoption of traditional financial tools to crypto-currencies. While the CRIX index offered the first scientifically-backed proxy to the cryptomarket (analogous to S&P 500), the introduction of Bitcoin futures by Cboe became the milestone in the creation of the derivatives market for cryptocurrencies. Following the intuition of the "fear index" VIX for the American stock market, the VCRIX volatility index was created to capture the investor expectations about the crypto-currency ecosystem. VCRIX is built based on CRIX and offers a forecast for the mean annualized volatility of the next 30 days, re-estimated daily. The model was back-tested for its forecasting power, resulting in low MSE performance and further examined by the simulation of VIX (resulting in a correlation of 78% between the actual VIX and VIX estimated with the VCRIX model). VCRIX provides forecasting functionality and serves as a proxy for the investors’ expectations in the absence of the developed derivatives market. These features provide enhanced decision making capacities for market monitoring, trading strategies, and potentially option pricing.
Working-Capital and Capital Structure
Flannery , Mark J.,Öztekin, Özde
Survey evidence suggests that a firm's operating features affect its financial leverage (Graham and Harvey, 2001). We document the effect on leverage of a company's working capital â€" its inventory, receivables, and payables. Higher inventories and receivables tend to reduce a firm's asset risk, which is conducive to higher leverage, better credit ratings, more long-term debt and fewer equity issuances. Higher payables provide a fixed, senior claim on firm earnings and substitute for interest-bearing debt. Increases in payables reduce leverage, credit ratings, and short-term debt issuances, but increase equity issuances. Our findings imply strong influences of working-capital on corporate capital structures.
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The AHR Expo is the largest event in the HVACR industry, offering educational sessions, award-winning products, and networking opportunities galore. It’s impossible for attendees to see everything, but you can check out some of the highlights in this issue of The NEWS.
The AHR Expo Returns to Atlanta
The largest HVACR industry event takes the city by storm
For the first time since 2001, the International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo) returned to Atlanta.
For 55 Years, ZoneFirst Has Provided the HVAC Industry With ‘Energy Saving Comfort’
The company celebrates another year in the comfort zone
Kyle Gargaro
Dick Foster has been preaching the positives of zoning for years. As the owner of ZoneFirst, he has dedicated his life and career to this technology, and it has been a bit of an uphill battle.
Yellow Jacket Celebrates 70 Years in HVACR
AHR attendees wowed by the company's progress
Angela D. Harris
It was a celebration for Yellow Jacket as the company kicked off its 70th anniversary. In a square booth with a large, lit banner, attendees were invited to explore what the company had produced from 1949 to 2019.
The Whalen Co.’s Business Is Heating ‘Up’ the Vertical Market
The company launched its new Closetline heat pump at AHR
As big cities across the U.S. continue to see a renaissance, The Whalen Co. is seeing tall rewards. As a manufacturer of HVAC vertical stack riser heat-exchanger fan coil units and water-source heat pumps, Whalen usually gets business when construction goes vertical.
WaterFurnace Sees Growth Spurt After Federal Tax Credits Returned
Legislation boosted residential and commercial installations of GHPs
Company displays residential and commercial products at AHR Expo.
Uponor Aims to Save Time and Labor for Hydronics Contractors
Making PEX to copper transitions without a flame
Tools were whirring at the Uponor booth throughout the AHR Expo, as Daniel Worm kept busy demonstrating the company’s new transition fittings. Booth visitors looked on as he expanded a plastic pipe and, using the newly launched Uponor ProPEX LF Brass Copper Press Adapters and the M18 ProPEX Expansion Tool from Milwaukee Tools, created a PEX-to-copper transition — without the use of a flame.
Trane Turns Knowledge Into Power
Products focus on energy efficiency and improved installation
One of Trane’s missions is to reduce the energy intensity of the world, and the company believes that the way to do this is through education. Trane’s theme at this year’s AHR Expo was “Knowledge Becomes Power.” Scattered across the displays were attendees with headsets piped directly in to what the professionals had to teach.
Customers Experience Titus HVAC Products in Augmented Reality
Company highlights air distribution products
Visitors at the Titus booth did more than just look at the products on display; they experienced them. Highlighting its advanced technology applications, the manufacturer took attendees on a trip through its new augmented reality (AR) platform. Built to interact with its virtual reality (VR) platform that was launched a few years ago, the new AR program allows users to experience Titus products by actually putting them in a finished application.
Tecumseh’s on the Front Line, Fighting the War on Refrigerants
Charging some offerings in-factory also reduces stress
Robert Beverly
In Greek mythology, Argus was a son of Zeus. Having the king of the gods up on Mount Olympus for a dad probably raised the bar in terms of expectations. Fortunately, Tecumseh seemed comfortable with that kind of lofty namesake for its biggest launch at this year’s AHR Expo, the ARGUS condensing unit platform.
Sporlan Offers Simplified, Safe Products for Less Experienced Techs
The company brought its ZoomLock Roadshow truck to the expo floor
Nicole Krawcke
The giant clock on top of the Parker Hannifin Corp. — Sporlan Division’s ZoomLock® Roadshow truck counted down during the 2019 AHR Expo, keeping track of the time left until the next live demo. Every 40 minutes, Sporlan would bring attendees up to physically make the connection themselves.
Shurtape Products Help HVAC Contractors Cover Their Bases
Education available at Tape University
Using the wrong tape on a job can leave contractors in a sticky situation when the building inspector comes to pay a call. That’s one reason why Shurtape is seeing an increase in demand for tape that’s UL listed — or “red-letter tape,” as it’s often called.
Samsung Plans North American Growth, Highlights New HVAC Products
Company showcases Wind-Free 4-Way Cassette and other products
At the AHR Expo in Atlanta, Samsung HVAC North America announced it will expand its residential and commercial air conditioning business in North America by building, training, and supporting a network of specifying representatives, distributors, and installers.
Rheem Brands Roll Out the Red Carpet for AHR Booth Visitors
President announces company-wide sustainability initiative
The company kicked off the AHR Expo with a press conference, where Chris Peel, president and CEO of Rheem, announced the company’s commitment to a sustainability platform — A Greater Degree of Good — as well as its 2025 sustainability commitments tied to ‘Designing for Zero Waste’ and its upcoming 100-year anniversary. Manufacturing products that demonstrate sustainability, decreased waste, and increased efficiency will become a stronger focus for Rheem.
RGF Takes Care of Employees, So They Take Care of IAQ
Company works on making products quicker to install, upgrade, and maintain
Amy Al-Katib
It wasn’t too long ago that the only time people thought about the air they were breathing was when they wanted to light up their next cigarette, which they could do anywhere — in hospitals, on planes, at the grocery store. IAQ wasn’t even a thing. But that was then, and this is now.
Regal Beloit Highlights FER Compliance With New Products
Genteq Ensite motor recognized at innovation awards
Regal Beloit Corp. has become an expert in FER compliance by redesigning its products to meet the new standards, including the Genteq® Ensite® motor, DEC Star® blower assemblies, and a new electronically commutated motor (ECM) to provide FER compliance for entry-level fans. These products were on display at the 2019 AHR Expo.
RectorSeal Products Fight Refrigeration Leaks and Corrosion — Inside and Out
Three new products added to the AC Leak Freeze line
At the AHR Expo, RectorSeal LLC highlighted several new products designed to combat leaks and corrosion, both on the inside of the unit and from salty sea breezes on the coast.
Panasonic Prepares nanoeX IAQ Solution to Hit the Market
Product scheduled to launch in early 2020
Judging by the emphasis in the AHR booth, Panasonic is working to differentiate itself by putting considerable emphasis on health and IAQ. Even though it is not scheduled to reach the U.S. market until early 2020, the offering getting the most attention this year was nanoe™X.
Nortek Celebrates 100 Years in HVAC
Its StatePoint technology to be used in Facebook date center
Nortek is celebrating its 100th birthday this year, but judging by the breadth of activity across its various operations, it’s moving like a company half its age. It is also using some perspective in an effort to position itself to make the most of facility trends.
Napoleon Builds Out HVAC Appliance Line
Company seeks to make products stand out by giving them an appliance look
At the AHR Expo, Napoleon displayed a product mix that aimed to illustrate the company’s continued development and expansion into the residential HVAC channel in the U.S., ranging from an expanding line of gas furnaces, to an air conditioner and heat pump line, to a ductless product and vertical PTAC offering. Showcased was a new furnace designed and built for the residential new construction market.
Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC Hunts Little Things for Big Payoffs
An additional side on a heat exchanger, smaller footprints, sharp corners show the way
A tour through METUS’ booth at AHR with Smith included multiple examples of how the company has looked for ways to make small adjustments, accommodations, and improvements through product lines to live up to that mission for contractors and their customers.
LG Electronics Listens to HVAC Contractor Feedback, Delivers Comfort With Multi V 5
Company plans to invest heavily in VRF
The manufacturer’s Multi V™ 5 air-source VRF system and its LGRED° technology were in the spotlight, designed to do away with the occasional perception that VRF is more suited for cooling than heating.
KeepRite Debuts Adaptive Defrost System to AHR Expo Attendees
ESP+ electronic package only defrosts when required
John Murray, corporate sales manager at KeepRite Refrigeration, has a nickname for the new ESP+ Intuitive Evaporator Control Technology that his company rolled out at this year’s expo. He calls it the LED lightbulb of the refrigeration industry.
Johnson Controls Highlights Smart, Integrated HVACR Products at AHR Expo
After a big 2018, the company has a lot to look forward to
Johnson Controls Inc. had a big 2018, with the launch of several new products and the acquisition of Lux Products Corp. For Johnson Controls, the Lux acquisition enhances its commitment to thermostats. The move also enables faster product development cycles, improves customer service capabilities, and supports greater product innovation.
From Its Business Structure to Its Refrigerants, Honeywell Makes Big Changes
Resideo, the spinoff company, was just a few booths over
From spin-offs to new refrigerants, Honeywell has made several changes to its business — some that were reflected at this year’s expo. One of the changes began in August of 2018, as the company announced the spinoff of Honeywell’s Homes and ADI Global Distribution business into Resideo Technologies Inc.
GE Appliances/Haier Turn Easy Ductless Installs Into a Competition
The competition highlighted new features that will be rolled out this year
Exhibitors at the AHR Expo use a variety of enticements and tchotchkes to attract and keep attention, but the GE Appliances/Haier booth might have shown the most insight with what it decided to offer: a competition. The company brought its Haier ductless Easy Install Competition to the expo floor to support its belief that “installation is everything” for its contractor customers.
Fujitsu Completes Its Residential and Commercial Unitary HVAC Lines
More changes expected to come
Fujitsu General America Inc. has gone from 300 to over 3,000 SKUs in its offerings on the unitary product ducted line in approximately one year.
FastPro Technology for Ductless Systems Had People In and Out of Friedrich Booth
The company hosted a live webinar during the expo
Attendees who stopped by the Friedrich Air Conditioning Co. booth this year weren’t there for long, but that’s not because there was nothing to see. In fact, a plethora of new products were on display, and TJ Wheeler, vice president of marketing and product management for the company, was on hand to perform live demos. So why didn’t visitors spend more time in the booth? Well, they simply didn’t need to, thanks to the new FastPro™ system.
Fieldpiece Puts Techs in the Driver’s Seat With Customizable HVACR Tools
New products compatible with Job Link app
The Fieldpiece booth commanded a lot of attention on the show floor at this year’s AHR Expo in Atlanta. Those who didn’t have time to wait in line to find out why may be wondering, “What was all the rage about?”
Emerson Had Its Award-Winning Products on Display at the AHR Expo
New compressor, controls, tools, and thermostats showcased in booth
Joanna R. Turpin
Emerson’s AHR booth showcased its solutions and award-winning products in the areas of human comfort, cold chain, professional tools, and building infrastructure. It also featured the company’s 2019 Innovation Award winning product in the Refrigeration category — the Copeland Scroll™ fractional-horsepower, low-temperature compressor.
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Chemours Promotes R-454B as an R-410A Refrigerant Replacement
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Arkema Supports the Use of R-32 for Air Conditioning Applications
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Best IRON Supplements
September 6, 2019 by Irina Radosevic MD No Comments
(Last Updated On: September 6, 2019)
Is it safe to consume iron supplements? I mean iron is a metal and is it safe to consume metals? It could be also that the human requires iron and needs to produce iron. People with iron deficiencies can suffer some health issues. One serious result of iron deficiency is anemia, which is when the red blood cells cannot produce a substance that allows the red blood cells to carry oxygen. This will cause the person to be sleepy and short of breath.
1 Nature Made 65mg Iron
2 MegaFood, Blood Builder, Daily Iron Supplement and Multivitamin
3 Feosol Ferrous Sulfate Iron, High Potency Iron Supplement
4 Garden of Life Iron Complex – Vitamin Code Raw Iron Whole Food Vitamin
5 Ancestral Supplements Grass Fed Beef Liver (Desiccated) — Natural Iron, Vitamin A, B12 for Energy
Nature Made 65mg Iron
The company says you may receive different packaging because the company is in the process of changing its packaging. You will receive the same great product in either product. According to FDA regulations, you may see a unit of measure or a new daily value for the ingredients in the product. Each bottle contains a 6-month supply of supplements Iron 65 mg (from Ferrous Sulfate) Tablets. Or each bottle contains 180 tablets.
The supplement is vital for proper red blood formation and adults who have an iron deficiency should take 1 tablet daily with water and a meal. This is the recommended dose for those you have an iron deficiency. The product has not been approved by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Feedback: The product has had over 980 reviews written about it which is a solid number. The first reviewer states that she is 36 weeks pregnant and at 20 weeks she was diagnosed with anemia. She started craving ice and she ate it all the time which is not good for her teeth. She started taking these supplements and slowly the ice craving dissipated. But she does say it helped the anemia. We know it helped the anemia. The customer says it is a good product and she highly recommends it. The customer rated the product 5-stars.
The above review does not tackle the heart of the matter and state if the product is beneficial for treating anemia or not. It is supposed to treat anemia but the client does not say if it helped her anemia or not.
The customer says she did not read “other Ingredients” that says the product contains Polysorbate 80 which supposedly causes tumors, heart failure, and stroke…. She says it is causally linked to these health issues. But it has not been proven beyond doubt that it is even remotely related to these health conditions. She is so frustrated she bought the product in haste and she rated the product one-star but this may not be a valid rating. She does not know if the product will cause these serious health issues or not. The review is suggestive at best. Again, there is no concrete evidence to support these observations. She may give the product a try and see if it helps her or not.
The customer took the supplement on an empty stomach and she regretted it. She had an upset stomach, nausea, and she vomited. She says it is a good supplement that helps anemia but she warns to take it while eating a meal. The instructions on the bottle say to eat the supplement with a meal so you do not have the effects this lady had. She rated the product 3-stars which seems unfair because she made the mistake of taking the supplement on an empty stomach. She also says it helps anemia so she could have rated the product higher.
The customer says the product contains a little bit of calcium with the iron. The customer claims there studies that have proven that when calcium and iron are mixed together it is harder for the body to absorb the iron. She wonders why the company would put calcium in the iron supplement because it is harder for the body to absorb the iron. If it is a little bit of calcium it maybe so menial that it will not affect the absorption of the iron into the body. The customer does not give any research data to support her claims.
Why would the company add calcium if it hinders the absorption of iron? The customer rated the product one star which again may not be a fair or realistic review. Why would a company knowingly put an ingredient in its product that would hinder iron to be absorbed into the body?
MegaFood, Blood Builder, Daily Iron Supplement and Multivitamin
The company claims the supplement will help to improve energy levels and it has been proven to do this according to research but there is no data recorded to support these observations made by the company in the product description. The product will not cause constipation, nausea, or vomiting. If it is consumed on an empty stomach. It can also be taken at any time of the day.
It delivers 26mg of FoodState iron and it will help women in their menstrual cycles, pregnant women with anemic conditions. It will help teenagers, vegetarians, and probably anyone can take the supplement safely. The product is made by the company’s SLO-food process includes iron, Includes FoodState BeetRoot and Vitamin C delivered together with organic oranges to support iron absorption. Take one tablet once a day. So follow the dose direction. Made without GMOs, tested for 125+ herbicides and pesticides, Free of gluten, dairy and soy; Certified B Corp; Certified Glyphosate Residue Free; Certified Kosher. The product is made with real food and added nutrients in conjunction with people who share the company’s core values.
Feedback: The product has received over 2400 reviews which is a very good number. The customer usually does not write reviews but she was compelled to write this review. The customer originally purchases the product after reading a review. The customer has been feeling tired–anemic– for the last several years and she accepted as being normal. She was 45-years-old but she admired her friends who were full of energy and did the laundry and all types of chores.
She started taking this product and it changed her life. She says it increased her energy levels as her red blood cells started producing the substance that allowed the red blood cells to carry oxygen. She just wanted to sleep all the time before taking this supplement. Now, she has so much energy she runs circles around her apartment keeping it clean and she is producing so much more at work now.
She says she would rate the product 10 stars if she could because the product works so well. She rated the product 5-stars and she says it is a wonder drug and she cannot thank the company enough for making the product. The only problem is she may have become addicted to the product and she may have a deeper-lying health issue that she needs to have checked out.
The wife’s husband was admitted to ICU–at Christmas–which was at the time of this writing. He had to be taken ICU because he was bleeding profusely and he had to have 4 blood transfusions and he had to take many iron supplements. He went to the doctor who prescribed some iron tablets that were 65mg and he had to take them 3 times a day. They made his stomach hurt and he was constipated. The wife said this is too much. She told him to stop taking the supplements and her husband take these supplements.
The supplements built up his blood and iron levels and he went back to the doctor. The doctor said he did not have to take any medication anymore. They did not tell the doctor that he was not taking the medication she prescribed or that he was taking this supplement. Now he will eat foods with plenty of iron and he will see how he does. The husband should have told the doctor he stopped taking the medication she prescribed and why he stopped taking it. He should have told her what he was taking. His blood issue may be a serious health condition that should be researched by his doctor to find the root cause. The customer’s wife rated the product 5-stars.
Feosol Ferrous Sulfate Iron, High Potency Iron Supplement
The bottle contains 120 capsules of Feosol Ferrous Sulfate Iron pills. High potency Feosol original contains ferrous sulfate which is supposedly a time-tested sulfate. But the company does not say how it was time-tested. Each capsule contains 360 mg of iron which is 60% of the RDA daily requirement. It is a high potency iron supplement which is safe for seniors, athletes, pregnant women, and just about anyone. Check with your physician to see if the supplement is safe for you to take. The company says seniors may at risk for low iron levels. Poor dietary intake may lead to iron deficiency anemia, fatigue & low energy. As of 2000, iron deficiency anemia affects 2-8% of males aged 12 to 15, 1-3% of males aged 16 to 69, 10-14% of females aged 12 to 49, and 5-12% of females aged 50 to 69.
The company says the supplement can help you if you need to increase their iron levels and the company says the product may help the body absorb the iron. The company says the product is the number#1 pharmacist recommended iron supplement. The product will help your body to stay healthy and it will maintain the body’s iron levels. Only take the recommended dose because if you do not you make suffer from nausea, vomiting, and an upset stomach.
Feedback: The customer writes a helpful review for people who are trying to decide whether to buy the product or not. The consumer bought a 4 month supply of product for $10.00 which is a very good price. The customer says they have only been taking the supplement for 2 days but it caught them off guard. The supplement kick started their energy the second day they took the product.
They were expecting it to take a little bit of time for the supplement to work. The second day it increased their energy levels and they are excited about how the supplement will help them in the future. The customer suffered no side effects from consuming the supplement and the client rated the product 5-stars.
The customer says they were diagnosed with anemia. The person was taking the iron twice daily and the doctor suggested the client do this for a few months. The client said they took the supplements before on an empty stomach they became very ill. They always take the supplement with food but it always makes them sick to their stomach. They have a sensitive stomach and they are trying to return the supplement before it is too late. The customer rated the product 3-stars but the consumer did not consult their doctor about not taking the pills anymore.
Does the customer have ulcers or something because they have a very weak stomach that is sensitive? They may also be suffering from serious stomach issues they do not know they have. It is time for the doctor to check for reasons for the customer’s weak stomach.
Garden of Life Iron Complex – Vitamin Code Raw Iron Whole Food Vitamin
The product helps with iron absorption and it contains raw iron. It also contains 22mg of gentle whole food iron and whole food vitamins C, B 12, and folate to support iron absorption and utilization. The supplement will act like enzymes and probiotics work as it will help with the digestive function. It supports support blood & heart health, immune health, reproductive health, eye health, and mental & physical energy.
It is made with 23 raw fruits and vegetables and it contains natural cofactors.–Cofactors are inorganic species or at least non-protein compounds that aid enzyme function by increasing the rate of catalysis. Typically cofactors are metal ions.–.these elements will help to keep your body healthy. The product is free of gluten, dairy free, and it has no fillers or binders.
Feedback: This review is very sensationalistic in nature. The customer says more of a garden of lies but the customer does not say what the lies are. The customer says the company has been owned by Nestle since 2017. Is this bad that the company is owned by Nestle? Who cares if they own this company it will not affect the quality of the product. The customer says they stopped taking the product and their low level of anxiety stopped but what do iron pills have to do with causing anxiety?
The customer says they had constant pain in my ULQ–upper left quadrant of the mouth– liver/pancreas which seems unlikely an iron supplement would cause pain in these areas of the body. The customer rated the product one star which is meaningless in light of the context of the review. The customer complains he trusted the company blindly.
One customer rated the product 5-stars and gave a very lengthy review about iron and healthy blood but it was way too lengthy to write here. In essence, the customer says you need to take iron supplements to keep the blood rich and healthy. This customer is into holistic foods and the customer was diagnosed with anemia. But could it be that the holistic medications are causing the customer to have anemia?. The customer says the supplements will slowly kill you. I really do not think these supplements will kill a person. The customer rated the product 1-star. The customer may also be suffering from a deeper health issue than what appears at the surface.
Ancestral Supplements Grass Fed Beef Liver (Desiccated) — Natural Iron, Vitamin A, B12 for Energy
This is a beef-sourced supplement which may some people uncomfortable because it was taken from the animal. The animals were raised on grass in New Zealand and what is the significance of this is unknown. The product contains natural ingredients and vitamins. THE company says the product will help hair, teeth, and skin. Again, the supplement seems to be taken from animal parts.
Feedback: The product has had over 1600 reviews written about so it is a popular product. The one customer says he really likes these beef liver supplements and he contacted the company and they gave him a lot of helpful information. The customer has rated the product 5-stars.
The article has covered some high-quality iron pills that have helped some customers who wrote reviews saying they benefited greatly from the product. One customer said the product was slowly killing him and causing him pain in certain areas of his body which seems highly unlikely. There was another supplement that was made from the beef liver which may cause some customers discomfort. The animals were raised on grass in New Zealand.
The cattle were fed all organic food sources so they were fed a healthy diet. But still, the fact that the company used their liver to produce the supplements could pose a problem for some customers.
Written by Irina Radosevic MD
Irina graduated from the University of Belgrade, School of Medicine as a Doctor of Medicine (MD) and spent over 3 years working in the Clinical Hospital Center Zvezdara, in the Department of Emergency Medicine. She also undertook a postgraduate in Cardiology from the same University and had previously worked for over a year as a Physician and Nutritionist Dietitian for the Fitness club Green Zone. She eventually left her chaotic but fulfilling job in the ER to pursue her passion of writing, travelling and mountain climbing which has included writing a first aid course for the alpine club of Belgrade. Irina currently works as a VA for PintMedia focusing on medical and travel writing. Feel free to connect with Irina on LinkedIn and FaceBook. Her CV can be seen here.
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Spey Bench for COLLECT 2019
Angus Ross is exhibiting with Craft Scotland
at Gallery 3.3, Saatchi Gallery, London SW3
Thursday 28 February – Sunday 3 March
Angus make things because he finds the process immensely satisfying.
However when making a speculative one off piece for Collect it is special as there is a much more freedom and a looser process than with the commissioned work. Angus calls this “sketching with wood”.
For Collect 2019 he has made the Spey Bench – his third bench based on Scottish rivers (see Tay Bench and Forth Bench .
Our workshop and woodland are on the banks of the River Tay and rivers are a great source of inspiration. Historically and psychologically rivers connect rural places to the wider world and they have a unique energy, movement and light. For this bench Angus turned his thoughts to the River Spey – famous across the globe for whisky and salmon fishing.
Over half the distilleries in Scotland are in Speyside in the north east of the country. The river and it’s tributaries provide plentiful water required for whisky (both for the drink and for the cooling required in the process) and the surrounding fertile plains produce the barley. Speyside was also a remote area with easy access to the sea which will have made it attractive to the illicit distillers and smugglers in past centuries.
The Spey is the fastest flowing river in Scotland but is also shallow with a gravel river bed that makes it perfect for wild salmon and it is widely considered to be the best salmon fishing river in the world. The Spey cast is a particular technique used in fly fishing to allow a fly to be cast a long distance onto fast flowing water.
The Spey Bench started with the physical process of steam-bending – literally coaxing and pushing planks of steamed wood over formers to create the desired line. The elements were then traditionally jointed but this process was quite complex due to the angles involved. The form of the bench evokes the flowing river, the angle of the rod and the loops of line formed during fly casting.
Angus is interested in dynamic flowing lines and the interface between a person and a piece of furniture. When nestled on this bench the interface is keenly felt. It is also a lovely place to savour a glass of whisky.
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Modern Alchemists at Collect 2019
“The makers in the Craft Scotland showcase at Collect 2019 are the alchemists of our time; carving, casting and creating new traditions, ideas of value and material possibilities across all disciplines. This showcase is craft and design at the boundaries and should not be missed!
Drawing on a range of different influences and fusing together very different techniques, all 15 makers represented are working to create striking new forms and materialities which deliberately defy definition, including furniture maker Angus Ross and his super-natural use of folding and steam bending……”
Local ash (Fraxinus excelsior) was used for the bench. Angus likes to use ash as it is usually disregarded for fine furniture making – but considered an excellent firewood- hence its name. Ash is considered a plain wood aesthetically but our Scottish wood often includes a deep pinky tone referred to as olive ash. Angus finds ash to be the best wood for steam-bending.
Ash is an important woodland and non-woodland tree with an important ecological niche which is currently threatened by a fungal disease, “ash die back”, causing the loss of many trees. In a week, when the potential catastrophic loss of insects is being considered, it may be worth a moment to pause and reflect on the complexity of tree habitats.
“Ash has a unique position as it creates a nutrient-rich, rapidly degradable litter …which contributes to the high pH of the soil compared to that typical of other UK tree species. Furthermore, the ash canopy has high light penetration. Such ecological functions create ash-specific assemblages of species, both above- and below-ground, thus contributing to, and enhancing, UK biodiversity.
1,058 species are associated with ash trees: (from smallest to largest numerically): birds, mammals, bryophytes (mosses, liverworts and hornworts), fungi, vascular plants, invertebrates and lichens. These species may utilise the ash trees themselves, and/or the surrounding habitat created by ash trees. Out of the 1,058 species, 44 were ‘obligate’ ash-associated species, in that they have only been found on living or dead ash trees. These obligate species include fungi, invertebrates and lichens. Sixty-two further species were highly associated with ash, and include fungi, lichen, bryophyte and invertebrate species. The dependence of at least 106 species on the ash tree and the habitat these trees create, demonstrates the importance of the ash trees’ contribution to UK biodiversity.”
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Lawrence, R. & Cheffings, C.M. (Editors) 2014. A summary of the impacts of ash dieback on UK biodiversity, including the potential for long-term monitoring and further research on management scenarios. JNCC Report No.501
What this means is that if we lose all ash trees we will lose 44 species and 62 more will be threatened. Some trees are proving resistant to disease so we are unlikely to lose all ash however they provide a similar niche to elm which was almost been wiped out. Therefore it is easy to see how insects and other species can be dramatically reduced – almost without most people noticing.
Research is in progress to understand tree diseases and how to best support small mixed woodlands and large scale forestry. In general the tree environment is improved by reducing over-crowding – this is what we do in our woodland.
Modern forestry with mixed species and mixed age of trees is more likely to increase resilience than our traditional monoculture forestry in the UK.
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Take A Break from City Life at Storm Farms and Pastured Steps
I’m always amazed by how many hidden opportunities there are in and around Arlington to enjoy nature, like at River Legacy or the Southwest Nature Preserve. It’s hard to believe that these green spaces are located just minutes from places where the Rangers play and rollercoasters dot the sky, but it’s true. When you just need a break on a weekend to stop and breathe in some outdoor air, there are options all around that make it possible! Take a look at these two destinations and add them to your outdoor fun to-do list.
Storm Farms
3010 S. Bowen Road
Storm Farms is located in Dalworthington Gardens, a pretty and pastoral section of Arlington that is one of those “best kept secret” areas known mostly to super-savvy locals or “old-timers.”
In addition to enjoying the fresh air, you can pick your own strawberries (Storm Farm’s most famous crop) or purchase pre-picked produce, fresh salsa, herbs, and honey, depending on what’s available and in season. Everything is organic, fresh from the ground or vine, and bursting with color and flavor. It’s a chef’s and fruit and veggie lover’s paradise! I mean, seriously, there is nothing like a tomato that actually tastes like a tomato, freshly picked, a little warm from the sun, with just a hint of sweetness and dripping in goodness to pair with some mozzarella, oil and a balsamic fig vinegar. (By the way, if you need some of the best oils and vinegars ever, visit Bella Vita Gourmet Olive Oil and Balsamic located in Gracie Lane. The way you cook will change forever! YUM!)
Love cooking with farm-fresh produce? Load up your basket with colorful goodness from Storm Farms! Storm Farms is best known for its pick-your-own strawberry crop, available in the spring and early summer. (Image from Storm Farms Facebook)
There’s some cool historical backstory on Storm Farms: It’s owned by Johanna Storm, a horticulturist and former Dallas Arboretum employee who only began farming a few years ago. Johanna’s farm is located on the site of the former Gnismer Farms, a long-time Dalworthington Gardens staple that was famous for its fruit and vegetable crops for the better part of two decades. When I first heard that Gnismer Farms was leaving, I was so disappointed. There were times on a lunch break, I would go pick strawberries – that’s how much I loved that place! So, when I heard it was brought back to life by Johanna, there was a happy dance!
Like Gnismer, Storm Farms is modern-day representation of the history of Dalworthington Gardens, which the Texas State Historical Association calls “one of the most unusual communities in Texas.” Not many people know this, but this tiny community was established during the Depression as part of President Roosevelt’s National Industrial Recovery Act. From The Handbook of Texas: “The idea was to locate homestead projects near large industrial centers where city workers could live, grow gardens, and raise farm animals to supplement their regular food supplies. Dalworthington Gardens was one of five such projects located in Texas and the only one still in existence today.”
(Image from Storm Farms Facebook)
While strawberries are gone for the season, fall is right around the corner. We all know what that means! PUMPKIN season. In the fall, Storm Farms transforms itself into a photo-worthy pumpkin patch, where you can also pick and take home for all of your fall pumpkin needs.
Find out more about Storm Farms
Pastured Steps Family Farm
Midlothian, TX
After finding out about it on a local neighborhood app and making an appointment online, my husband and I visited this wonderful farm, located about 30 minutes southeast of Arlington in Ellis County, and haven’t stopped talking about it since.
At Pastured Steps you can pick all kinds of fruits right off the plant, bush, vine or tree—blackberries, strawberries, peaches, apricots, pears and more, depending on the season. The farm also specializes in grass-fed beef and pastured, fresh poultry and eggs. During our visit, in addition to picking peaches and berries, we also purchased farm fresh eggs and chicken that had been processed less than 12 hours earlier. And can I just tell you, after slow roasting the chicken in a Dutch oven pot, the difference in taste from store bought was so obvious we have made it a mission to try to buy local every chance we get!
Learn more about Pastured Steps “U-Pick Fruit”: www.pasturedsteps.com/u-pick-fruit
Pastured Steps is farmed by Dan Walter, a former engineer who explained on our visit that he and his wife Stacey decided to open up Pastured Steps after many years of working stressful jobs. They are so passionate about what they were doing, and you can tell the love they have for sustainable farming.
“As an engineer, I've always enjoyed building, refining, and learning new designing systems,” Dan says. “About seven years ago, I stumbled upon the concept of permaculture, which is a design philosophy that ties together all the components of food, soil, health, and growing systems in an environmental and ecologically responsible way. This ultimately led to me selling my previous company and working towards the goal of starting a sustainable farming operation.”
Pastured Steps also offers farm tours where you can learn more about the approach to “regenerative agriculture,” a farming technique that promotes soil health, animal health, and other environmentally friendly practices that result in higher quality, more nutritious food products. “It's not just about raising chickens, feeding cows, and growing trees, but really the interactions between these different components,” Dan explains. “Nature is all about the diversity of organisms and interrelationships between them, not a monoculture of one.”
One of Pastured Steps’ most popular products is their farm fresh eggs. “Store eggs can't compete in freshness,” says Dan. “In fact, store eggs can be up to 60 days old by the time you buy them. Then you have another 30 days to eat them, so you are potentially eating a 90-day old egg.”
“Pastured Steps hens…’live on pasture, eat grass and bugs, take dust baths in the sun, and have ample room to roam.” (Image from the Pastured Farms Facebook page)
Other Pastured Steps favorites include the farm’s pasture-raised beef and the pick-your-own-blackberry experience (called “U-Pick”), available mid-May through mid-June.
You can order online for pick up or delivery, but I really encourage you to visit the website to make an appointment and go for a visit. Even if you’re not much of an organic foodie type, Pastured Steps offers a nice day of just going slow and really enjoying the outdoors, which is something we all need to do now and again.
Find out more about Pastured Steps
Author: Decima Mullen
Decima is our Senior Director of Marketing & PR who loves being able to create and share the Arlington experience! She's also a fan of a random sense of humor, really good coffee, problem solving and people who sneeze funny. She truly believes singing in the car at the top of your lungs makes you live longer, and is fascinated by the human psyche. Opinions expressed in her writing are her own, and in no way represent the opinion of her employer or the Queen of England.
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Appropriation Art Rallies the Big Guns in Prince-Cariou Case
October 25, 2013 by Marion Maneker
AIA’s Brian Boucher reports on the amicus brief the Warhol and Rauschenberg foundations want to file in the appeal of Cariou v. Prince, the case concerning a photographer’s work that was used by Richard Prince to make paintings:
“The notion that context informs meaning isn’t a radical one, and certainly not to people in the art world,” New York attorney Virginia Rutledge, counsel for the Warhol Foundation, who co-authored the brief, told A.i.A. by phone. “And from a copyright perspective, that notion is perfectly compatible with the concept of transformative fair use. What may seem novel here is the assertion that the visual alone is an inadequate measure of new meaning, and thus whether an infringement has taken place.”
Signatories to a supporting letter include museums such as the Art Institute of Chicago, the Dia Art Foundation, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and New York’s Museum of Modern Art.
“I think the museums correctly see this case as putting at risk all appropriation art and they want to undo the damage,” New York art lawyer Donn Zaretsky told A.i.A. by e-mail.
Warhol and Rauschenberg Foundations Ask to Weigh in on Cariou v. Prince (Art In America)
Ryman Donates to Dia
Prince Stuck to His Guns; His Collectors May Too.
When You Don't Get the Joke
Joan Mitchell: The Gift that Keeps on Giving
Do Wesselmann’s Nudes Keep His Prices Down?
The Warhol Foundations Tricks
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The new vulnerability for humanity (John Shanahan) USofA
Different views on fossil fuels, man-made global warming and nuclear energy (John Shanahan) USofA
Le nucléaire cœur de la transition énergétique (Michel Gay) France French Français
Geoffrey Rothwell (economist, bio) France, USofA
Stubborn allure of socialism despite its abject failures (Temba Nolutshungu, Free Market Foundation, FMF) South Africa
Gary Young - Life-long interest in science, energy and water resources USofA
Unstoppable Solar Cycles, Rethinking Global Warming (David Legates, Willie Soon) USofA
Earth's climate history - some examples (John Eidson) USofA
Denver Post promotes false science about man-made carbon dioxide from fossil fuels (USofA)
All About Energy Newsletter, Issue 2019 7 (John Shanahan) USofA
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John Shanahan, Civil Engineer, Editor of allaboutenergy.net and efn-usa.org: Individuals with science degrees (John Holdren, Tom Cochran, Michael Mann, Jim Hansen, etc.), organizations with science in their name (national academies of science), universities, organizations with misleading names (Natural Resources Defense Council), actors, main stream media, and politicians have been working since the 1970s to have the world stop using fossil fuels. This would set humanity back to lifestyles and life expectancies of the Middle Ages or at least back to the 1800s when there was much slavery and horse manure.
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John Shanahan, Civil Engineer, Editor of allaboutenergy.net and efn-usa.org: Many people say that we must get rid of meats, modern agriculture and fossil fuels because they produce "a pollutant," carbon dioxide. This idea is abhorrent to many. It will kill billions of people and stop modern civilization dead in its tracks. Carbon dioxide is non-toxic at any historic atmospheric level. It is an essential molecule of life. At allaboutenergy.net, we want to keep using fossil fuels, modern agriculture, etc. We want clean water, air and land. We want to preserve wilderness, wildlife habitat and biodiversity. We don’t need cities and farms everywhere, killing off most wildlife, having only mono-culture farms across the planet. We want nuclear energy as soon as possible for everyone qualified to use it.
Energy / Climate Change Challenge (John Holdren) USofA
John Holdren, Science Advior to President Barack Obama: For Holdren, the two toughest problems are 1) transportation with less oil. 2) economic aspirations with less CO2.
The role of nuclear energy: Holdren is a life-long Ivory Tower academic completely against breeder uranium technology. He doesn't consider thorium nuclear technology. These two technologies can power all the world's energy needs for as long as the sun heats the Earth and makes it habitable, Physics Professor Bernard Cohen. John Holdren sticks with today's nuclear technology that uses about 1% of the potential energy. He prohibits spent fuel reprocessing, thus keeping a requirement for very long term storage of LWR use fuel. See slides 45 to 58. He claims that his support for existing LWR nuclear technology IS support for nuclear. In reality he is blocking 99% of the potential energy in uranium and all of the nuclear energy in thorium. That is more like anti-nuclear than being pro-nuclear.
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Greenpeace's business model and philosophy (M, R, and I Connolly, W Soon, and P Moore) Canada, Ireland, USofA
Michael Connolly, Ronan Connolly, Imelda Connolly, Willie Soon, Patrick Moore - Patrick has been a leader in the international environmental field for more than 30 years. He was a founding member of Greenpeace. In 1989, Michael and Imelda set up and ran the Republic of Ireland’s National Aquarium to promote awareness and interest in both the beauty and fragility of the ocean’s ecosystems. Michael and Ronan have both been actively involved in the research and development of ethical, sustainable and commercially viable methods for a) fish farming, b) reducing water pollution and c) energy conservation. Willie has dedicated his career to scientific research and has published peer-reviewed scientific papers in the fields of astronomy, astrophysics, climate science and environmentalism.
Greenpeace have successfully created a public perception that they are fighting to protect humanity, nature and the environment from the evils of corrupt industries and vested interests. As we will discuss in this report, the reality is almost exactly the opposite...
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Spirits Rejoice! Jazz and American Religion
By JASON BIVINS
Spirits Rejoice! (Oxford University Press, 2015) presents a critical study on jazz and American religion from the 1940's to the present, and engages the religiosity and spirituality of America's foremost jazz musicians. The book features over 200 jazz musicians and is the first book solely dedicated to unpacking the history of jazz and religion in America. The author is Dr. Jason Bivins, a well-respected professor of philosophy and religion at North Carolina State University. This excerpt is from chapter five of Spirits Rejoice! and it is entitled, "The Magic of Juju: Improvising Ritual." The chapter explores "the ritual and the performative in jazz in order to give shape to the immediacy of musical experience in jazz traditions, to see in ritualized jazz a resonance with ritual improvisations in American religion, and to think about sound as the ritual medium of religious transformation." —K. Shackelford
Here's the excerpt:
Two ends of the line and the same song between us. I was on the horn with the righteous Cuban drummer Francisco Mela, and in our long conversation about ritual and pulse we were trading shared loves. Mela loves Roy Haynes this much, as do I, and we were singing Ornette Coleman's "Law Years" together. "Jason!" he exclaimed. "In Cuba we call the drum the kitchen, because that's where everything is cooking!" Nearly a century before we spoke, Baby Dodds said, "You see a band dead: a drummer can liven up everybody, make everybody have a different spirit." So how does one make this spirit, and for what reasons? Alto saxophonist Bobby Zankel once responded, with some skepticism, to an interviewer's question about jazz music inducing states of "calm." He noted, however, jazz's links to mental and physical transformation through "dance and the African line of spirituality involving trance-like states, where you're connecting with elemental forces." By example, Zankel noted Coltrane's fascination with meditation and pianist Cecil Taylor's observation that "you play for a long time until you reach a kind of state of possession by Spirit." Musicians seek these states through pre-performance ablutions or physical regimens, circular breathing on horns to induce trance states, preceding and punctuating performances with recitations, or even coordinating the circulation of blood itself with sound production.
This chapter concerns the ritualization of jazz, and the use of jazz in ritual. Having complicated some of the more obvious articulations of "religion," with this focus on ritual we begin to see an experiential/perceptual expansion of what counts as religious. While ritual can certainly be mapped anthropologically and historically, and signifies in some expected ways, this chapter marks a transition from the first three cases to a more phenomenological or experiential focus in the book's second part. Crafting from the unknowable openness of improvisation a housing for what is construed as sacred is at the heart of much improvisation; but spirits also improvise joyfully on ritual beyond the confines of genre, plunging into open sound as a confrontation between form and formlessness, as a search for the self's limits and powers at once. Below I explore the ritual and the performative in jazz in order to give shape to the immediacy of musical experience in jazz traditions, to see in ritualized jazz a resonance with ritual improvisations in American religion, and to think about sound as the ritual medium of religious transformation. We find among the music's practitioners an awareness of otherness, of extra-physical presence in sound, and of consecration in performance.
There is no thinking of religions without their sonic properties, and bodies in ritual make plenty of sound. They move, feet dragging across floors or stamping out rhythm on them. Joints crack, hands clap. Small moans escape the throat unconsciously, and vocalisms consciously. A floor-board creaks, a microphone feeds back. The intentionality of such actions in the ritual space is motivated and accompanied by the sense that by undertaking them one enters the presence of the sacred. Sound is a producer of or vehicle for these heightened moments, and a mode of response to them. In the felt, embodied, immersive sounds of religions, sound is no mere vehicle but instead is experienced as the constitutive element of ritual in motion, and its expressive sacrality.
This is not the place for a comprehensive survey of ritual experimentation and sound in American religions. But a brief overview of these expressions situates spirits rejoicing in the broad range of American religious experimentation. Ritual is, as Catherine Albanese writes, "the site for embodied spirituality." It is thus nearly ubiquitous in American religion, in the dances, offerings, and dream reenactments of Native Americans; the displays of Puritan "visible saints"; the improvised enthusiasms of the early revivals; the ritual dramas of emergent "civil religion" in the mid-nineteenth century; the expressive cultures of African American Protestantism; the liturgical reconfigurations of nineteenth-century Catholicism and Judaism; in abstentions and indulgences, altar calls and astral travel, parades and faith healing, direct action and therapeutics. Religious rituals dramatize and commemorate. They reinforce or sometimes suspend the lessons of authority. They discipline the body or deliver it into new states of ecstasy or transformed consciousness. They establish settings and sounds enabling performers to become "mediums of the gods" or to undergo "ceremonial possession" for a time. They are the vector and the substance of improvisations on identity and community.
Music's role in religious ritual lies beyond the mere sonic articulation of creeds and scriptures. Sound is experienced in bodily registers, and has contributed to the transformation of ritual, in various traditions. But there is the perceptual immediacy and strange fluidity of jazz to consider. If we emphasize ritual's similarity to drama, we find that jazz tears up the script. If we draw on standard analyses of embodiment, we risk getting sucked into well-worn arguments about discourse and representation, losing not just the sound but the situated meanings of jazz's rituals. Clearly there are significant epistemological, phenomenological challenges in thinking through these subjects. At the heart of these considerations is the obviously intersubjective quality of performance, the meanings and directions of embodiment therein, and the problem of attributing meanings or aspirations to music that is not only often devoid of lyrical content but even resistant to other forms of signification. Religious studies has since the 1970s engaged the difficulties of such analysis by paying "more attention to the actual 'doing' of religion." Yet even with the phenomenological focus on intentionality in action, it is tempting to retextualize religious experience by generating from practices a narrative or lexicon we fool ourselves into thinking is "religion." Agents must certainly reckon with extant social scripts. But as Marshall Sahlins, Sherrie Ortner, and others have written about the textualization of "social drama," ritual manifests significantly in "open-ended forms of communal performance" and change across time.
The very inscrutability of sound, perhaps especially jazz, seems to express such orientations. If the multi-sensory, dynamic qualities of music "produce a culturally meaningful environment as opposed to simply communicating ideas," then music is not just a form of meaningful action but also helps make such action possible. Its realization in real time—through senses, motility, and interaction—shows the tenuousness of form and the power of formlessness. The setting and occasion for performance may con-strain, but performance is also a resource of practical knowledge and relationships that make a virtue out of necessity, transforming the bent note of endless time into a moment marked, an error converted to beauty. It becomes ritual not, then, through the regurgitation of regularity but in the focus and clarification of the moment where sound is produced and understood as sacred. For as Jonathan Z. Smith wrote, "Ritual is, first and foremost, a mode of paying attention. It is a process of marking interest."
Absent an interpretive frame or narrative structure in which gestures and various signs identify the religious, we must attend to occasion, expectation, and post hoc descriptions if we want to hear the jazz religious in ritual. Musicians certainly pray and dance and recite on stage, and they regularly tell us what they mean. But the very ungraspability of improvisation's sensualism, emotionality, and immediacy is what often leads to the conclusion that one is co-participating in the production of a sacred world that takes shape and then dissolves in sound. For all we might look to structural parameters and audience expectations, the spontaneity and un-predictability so central to jazz suggest that rupture, flouting expectations, and subversion, rather than drab "liminality," may be ritual's salient characteristics. We focus on the moment when the breath is about to be exhaled, the suspended pulse about to beat again; we dwell amid rests, pauses, fractures. If ritual is Baby Dodds's drum, then to experience it is to be behind the beat, that always urgent expectation in which the ear awakens to the intensity of time marked, time gone.
In other words, improvised musical performance facilitates becoming religious, just as religious self-understandings can facilitate becoming musically fluent. This twinned experience is captured in Judith Butler's observation that "identity is performatively constituted by the very 'expressions' that are said to be its results." Open-ended, subject to contingency and revision, something about improvised music gets to the very staged, unstable qualities of religion as it structures and eludes identity. The musicians below seek to create the conditions for spirits to manifest: in music written specifically for institutional rituals, in appropriations of Yoruban ritual in jazz, in ritualized theatricality as audience confrontation, or as healing practice. They are played and experienced as distinct (in occasion, intent, or theatricality) from other human actions. Trombonist Bob Brookmeyer once supposed that jazz is "ritual gone mad." Mad or not, below we see ritual as a kind of actualized living for sound. If Taylor is right to note that "practice is preparation for the celebration of the en-trance into the temple of invention," then performance itself creates this temple improvisationally.
Section 2:Hidden in His Music: Duke Ellington
Ritual happens in church, though, and jazz sometimes does too. Richard Brent Turner shows how integral some of the musical practices of New Orleans are to that city's religions. Jazz funerals, for example, feature the tradition of "cut[ting] the body loose," where the band playing a dirge aside the hearse lines both sides of a street to "start playing joyful music," marking life's transition with jazz. But thinking of ritual in the above sense of focused attention on the sacred in musical time, what happens when jazz music is written for a specific ritual setting? James Reese Europe used "religious music alongside the proto jazz he performed." Subsequent efforts included Ian Douglas Mitchell's "American Folk Song Mass," the 1962 Episcopal National Council of Churches' use of a jazz quintet, Don Ellis's Frontiers in Worship, and Yale Divinity student Tom Vaughan, who "created a jazz liturgy with drummer Charlie Smith entitled 'A Musical Offering to God.' " In 1959, clarinetist Ed Summerlin wrote "a jazz setting for Methodist founder John Wesley's liturgy." In the years leading up to the Second Vatican Council, experiments with popular music and liturgy became more commonplace, as with Anglican Geoffrey Beaumont's "Twentieth-Century Folk Mass" and James Tatum's mass for Detroit's parish of Saint Cecilia. George Lewis wrote Jazz at Vespers; Lalo Schifrin and Paul Horn co-wrote Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts; David Amram and Langston Hughes wrote a "Jewish cantata," "Let Us Remember"; and Vince Guaraldi wrote music for the Episcopalian Eucharist at San Francisco's Grace Cathedral. And in certain institutions, jazz became integrated into services: the famous "jazz priest," Father Norman O'Connor, was most visible, but similar integrations were shepherded by Episcopalian Father Tom Vaughan, Father John Gensel of New York's Advent Lutheran, New York's Church of the Ascension, Newark's Bethany Baptist Church, and New York's famous Saint Peter's Lutheran, the "jazz church."
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Research Article - Biomedical Research (2018) Volume 29, Issue 10
Comparative analysis of intrauterine device placement or estrogen therapy to patients after hysteroscopic uterine septum resection
Jing Xue, Hui Zhang, Min Cui, Na Li, Ming Liu and Yulan Mu*
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, PR China
Yulan Mu
Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, PR China
Accepted date: April 03, 2018
DOI: 10.4066/biomedicalresearch.29-17-1460
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Whether the implement of Intrauterine Device (IUD) and/or Estrogen Replacement Therapy (ERT) is required for preventing intrauterine adhesion after transcervical hysteroscopic resection of uterine septum (TCRS) remains unclear, here, we report a retrospective cohort analysis of the outcomes of patients who had received different treatments after TCRS. Among the 223 cases received TCRS and/or postoperative treatments, the group A, B and C received TCRS at periods 2002-2007, 2007-2009 and 2009-2011 respectively. The group A of 74 patients was placed IUD for 2~3 months after operation. Group B of 63 patients was given ERT treatment for 2~3 cycles. Group C of 86 patients received neither IUD nor ERT. All of the patients were checked hysteroscopically for uterine cavity adhesions during the period of the third to the seventh days after the second menstruation. All pregnancies occurring during the observation period were recorded. The TCRS succeeded for all patients. None of them needed a twostage operation. Cavity membrane adhesion of uterine cavity formed in 3 cases, 2 cases and 2 cases in the groups A, B, C respectively. 194 of 223 patients got pregnant within one year after TCRS. 160 children had been delivered successfully. The live birth rate was 71.7% (160/223). The abortion rates after operation were 10 cases, 7 cases and 9 cases in A, B, C group respectively. Statistical analysis showed no significant differences in uterine adhesion, pregnancy rate, abortion frequency, live birth rate and the rate of cesarean section among the three groups. However, the postoperational cost of group C was significantly lower than that of groups A and B. In short, neither postoperational IUD placement, nor estrogen therapy, nor the combination of IUD and ERT demonstrated any discernible clinical benefits to the patients in preventing intrauterine adhesions and facilitating pregnancy after TCRS.
Uterine septum, Intrauterine adhesion, Transcervical hysteroscopic resection, Intrauterine device, Estrogen therapy
Uterine malformations are the most common defects of the female reproductive system, occurring with the incidence of about 4% in the general population of women [1]. It is reported that uterine septum, an important type of uterus defects, occurred with the incidence of 24% and constituted a risk of infertility, miscarriage and complications of pregnancy as well as childbirth [2,3]. Abortion rate in patients with uterine septum is as high as 77.4% with only 6-28% of the live birth rate [4,5]. Therefore, more than 50% patients need uterine septum resection before pregnancy. The incidence of septate uterus, type V of female genital tract malformation, is about 0.73-12% and accounts up to 80-90% of uterine malformation, caused by the absorption disorder after the fusion of bilateral accessory of embryonic nephridium [6,7]. Being less invasive, the hysteroscopy uterine septum resection (TCRS) is currently considered as an ideal and standard operation to resect uterine septum. Pregnancy can be expected as early as 2-3 months after operation, and the baby can be delivered vaginally [8].
Intrauterine adhesion, one of the hysteroscopic complications, often occurs after hysteroscopic adhesion resection (TCRA), endometrial resection (TCRE) and electric multiple submucous leiomyoma resection (TCRM). Only 2-5.3% of patients received TCRS suffer from intrauterine adhesion [9]. In order to prevent the occurrence of intrauterine adhesions, postoperational placement of IUD and/or estrogen therapy is widely used in patients received TCRS. However, the benefit of IUD and/or estrogen therapy in preventing uterine adhesion and facilitating pregnancy is not yet fully evaluated.
In the current study, our retrospective cohort analysis of the outcomes of 264 patients who had received different treatments after TCRS showed that IUD placement and/or estrogen treatment don’t show any discernible clinical benefits in preventing intrauterine adhesions and facilitating pregnancy post TCRS.
This study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board of Shandong Provincial Hospital. Informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to operation. Each author will agree to submit a statement from our Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board indicating the approval of the research. The written informed consent was given by participants for the clinical records to be used in this study.
The retrospective cohort study covers the patients admitted to Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University during 2002 to 2012. When TCRS was first introduced to treat uterine septum, IUD was used to prevent uterine adhesion. 4 years later, IUD placement was replaced by estrogen therapy as a postoperational approach to prevent uterine adhesion. Informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to operation, which was approved by the institutional review board of Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University.
All enrolled patients with uterine septum were acknowledged by detailed information about the TCRS and IUD/estrogen therapy and gave written consent to choose postoperational approaches. All patients with uterine septum also received routine preoperative examinations, including gynaecological endocrine, thyroid function, anti-cardiolipin antibodies, and antinuclear antibody; meanwhile those with recurrent spontaneous abortion were also examined for chromosomerelated disorders [10,11]. From 2002 to 2012, 264 patients received TCRS in Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University were enrolled in this study and 262 patients had completely follow-up information. Patients aging from 23-37 y old with an average age of 27.8 y old. And 223 of 262 patients had spontaneous abortion history, in which 198 cases had spontaneous abortion for 2-7 times with gestational age of 10 to 20 weeks. Thirty-seven patients have complete septate uterus and 157 patients have incomplete uterine septum. Twenty-nine patients have both complete septate uterus and vagina mediastinum.
The operations were performed within 3-10 d after menstruation under intravenous anaesthesia and B ultrasound monitoring. The operation of early cases and complicated cases were conducted under laparoscopic exploration. Patients received TCRS were divided into 3 groups according to the postoperative therapy for preventing intrauterine adhesions formation. The group A of 74 patients received TCRS and placement of IUD for 2-3 months after operation. Group B of 63 patients was given estrogen therapy (Climen, 1 tablet/d, Bayer Healthcare Company Limited, Guangzhou, China) for 2-3 cycles post operation. Climen was given according to the menstrual cycle, that is, a 28-d sequential therapy combing estradiol valerate 2 mg/d (white tablets) from day 1 to day 11, and estradiol valerate 2 mg/d plus cyroterone acetate 1 mg/d (pink tablets) from day 12 to day 21, followed by a 7-d treatment-free interval. Group C of 86 patients received only TCRS neither IUD nor estrogen therapy was given after operation.
OLYMPUS bipolar plasma kinetic resection: Electric coagulation power 280 W, power 80 W; the distending liquid applied is 0.9% NaCl and the distending pressure is 100 mmHg. Firstly, remove mediastinal tissue from the turn to the end of palace with diathermy loop electrical excision, then put the needle electrode into smooth mediastinal tissue at the end of the palace to obtain neat, symmetrical shape, and the bilateral tubal openings lying at the same level. During operation, B ultrasound monitoring was used to make sure the distance between the bottom of mediastinal margin and the fundal serosal layer was 1 cm, and to make sure the distance between mediastinal tangent and the front wall serosa layer as close as possible. Oxytocin was used when necessary if more intraoperative bleeding occurred.
Perioperational treatment and management
The group A of 74 patients received TCRS and placement of IUD for 2-3 months after operation. Group B of 63 patients was given Estrogen therapy (Climen) treatment for 2-3 cycles post operation. Group C of 86 patients received TSCR alone, neither IUD nor Estrogen therapy was given after operation. For patients receive complete mediastinum resect and with wider (>2.0 cm) cutting edge, 12 Foley catheter with 4-6 mL of saline was placed temporarily, which was removed 48 h after operation.
All patients received antibiotics 30 min before and 24 h after operation or 48 h if necessary. To soften cervix, 400 μg misoprostol was placed in posterior fornix of vagina 12 h before operation and 200 μg misoprostol was taken orally 2 h before operation. Medicine for promoting uterine contraction and hemostatic drugs may be used post operation. Climen was given for 1 cycle. For patients received complete uterine septate resect or with mediastinal margin bottom opening wider than 2.0 cm, or combined with vagina mediastinum resect, Climen was given 3 cycles. Patients with polycystic ovary syndrome, hyperprolactinemia, thyroid disease, inadequate luteal function, cervix relaxation, anticardiolipin antibody syndrome were treated accordingly. Patients with unknown reasons of recurrent spontaneous abortion were given Philharmonic dimension (1 tablet/d), dydrogesterone (20 mg/d) and aspirin (25 mg/d) for 1 month before pregnancy and 3 months after pregnancy.
Patients follow-up
Follow-up was obtained by telephone, mail and electronic-mail from the first month post-operation to the first pregnancy or the delivery of the first child after surgery. The follow-up time is 15-21 months with an average of 14 ± 3 months. Follow-up information includes menstrual quality, dysmenorrhea, menstrual cycle, pregnancy, abortion, premature delivery, childbirth complication, delivery path, weight and Apgar score of child. The first outpatient examination was performed on the third day of the menstrual cycle. The second outpatient examination was performed on the third day after the second menstruation using ultrasonography and hysteroscopy. 2 or 3 months after TCRS, removal of IUDs depends on the recovery of endometrium examined by hysteroscopy. Patients were recommended to be pregnant at least 2-3 months after surgery.
Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 17. Values are expressed as mean ± SD. Differences between two and multiple groups were determined by analysis of student t-test and Χ2 test. A p-value<0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Comparison of the operation time, the amounts of bleeding and perfusion during operation in three groups of patients
The general information, including operation time, the amounts of perfusion and bleeding during operation, are shown in Table 1. There is no significant difference in operation times between group A and group B, however, the operation time of group C is significantly shorter than that in group A and B (p<0.05). As shown in Table 1, the amounts of perfusion and bleeding in group C are obviously less than that in group A and B (p<0.05). However, no significant difference exists between group A and B (p>0.05).
Duration (min)
Perfusion (ml)
Bleeding (ml)
A 74 27.7 32 ± 6.4 1310 ± 147.7 30 ± 4.8
B 63 27.2 25 ± 4.3 920 ± 128.5 27 ± 4.4
C 86 26.8 17 ± 3.1a 730 ± 117.9* 13 ± 2.6*
*p<0.05 vs. group A.
Table1. Parameters of TCRS.
Comparison of the effects of postoperational therapies on intrauterine adhesion formation, pregnancy, abortion and live birth
264 patients received TCRS are followed by different postoperational therapies, in which 41 cases are excluded for incomplete clinical information. In hysteroscopy examination, intrauterine cavity adhesion formation is developed in 3 (4.1%, 3/74), 2 (3.2%, 2/63) and 2 (2.3%, 2/86) cases in group A, B and C, respectively, which is consistent with the results reported by Tonguc et al. (Table 2) [12]. In group B, introduction of IUD results in minor vaginal bleeding and abdominal discomfort. Patients in group C receiving neither IUD nor estrogen therapy do not show severe complications.
This study
Tonguc et al.’s study
IUD 3/74 (4.1%) 2/19 (10.5%)
Estrogen therapy 2/63 (3.2%) None
No treatment 2/86 (2.3%) 1/19 (5.3%)
IUD plus estrogen therapy None 3/25 (12%)
Table 2. Comparison of adhesion rate with Tonguc et al.’s study [12].
To date, 194 of 223 (87%) patients get pregnancy within 1 y after surgery, in which 160 (71.7%) patients have delivered healthy children. As shown in Table 3, successful pregnancy in groups A, B and C are 53, 45 and 62 cases, respectively. No significant difference is found between the 3 groups. Abortion in groups A, B and C are 10, 7 and 9 cases, respectively. Premature pregnancy in three groups is 2, 1 and 1 cases, with all infants have survived. Cesarean section cases in three groups are 26, 21 and 28 cases.
Anti-adhesion
Cost (US$)
Adhesion formation (%)
Pregnancy (%)
A 74 IUD 68 3 (4.1%) 65 (87.8%) 53 (81.5%) 26 (49.1%) 10 (15.4%)
B 63 Climen 30 2 (3.2%) 55 (87.3%) 45 (81.8%) 21 (46.7%) 7 (12.7%)
C 86 None or Foley 2.2*# 2 (2.3%) 74 (86.0%) 62 (83.8%) 27 (43.5%) 9 (12.2%)
*p<0.05 vs. group A; #p<0.05 vs. group B.
Table 3. Patient follow-up.
Statistical analysis shows that there are no statistical differences in postoperational adhesion, pregnancy rate, abortion rate, live birth rate and the rate of cesarean section (p>0.05). However, the cost of group C is significantly lower than that in group A and group B.
Nowadays, the hysteroscopic resection has been widely used in the treatment of uterine abnormalities, especially for uterine mediastinum. Compared with the traditional abdominal surgeries, hysteroscopic surgery possesses series of advantages including minor trauma, quick recovery, and less pregnancyrelated uterine rupture [13-15].
Commonly intrauterine adhesion is due to uterine trauma and infection. Intrauterine adhesion after TCRS is of particular concern, with the incidence of 2-5.3% in patients suffering TCRS. Several postoperational treatments have been applied as prophylactic approaches to prevent intrauterine adhesion, including placement of IUD and/or estrogen therapy.
However, the clinical efficacies of the post-TCRS IUD placement and estrogen therapy are controversial. Early in 1996, Dabirashrafi et al. questioned the value of estrogen therapy after hysteroscopic resection [16]. However, estrogen is still widely used to prevent uterine adhesion.
Theoretically, estrogen can accelerate the epithelialization of the exposed area after TCRS [17]. However, the probability of TCRS-related uterine cavity adhesion is very low due to the strong regeneration of the surrounding normal endometrial epithelium, where epithelial cells cover the exposed surgery area within 4-5 weeks after surgery. Thus, pregnancy can be expected in 6-8 weeks after surgery [5,13].
Niknejadi et al. showed that intrauterine adhesions occur in 5% of patients with primary infertility, which is even higher than that in this study [4]. The postoperational intrauterine adhesion in this study reflects the normal reaction after surgery. The postoperational therapy used to prevent intrauterine adhesions does not decrease the occurrence of intrauterine adhesion formation. Proficient operation skills and avoiding unnecessary intrauterine operation may benefit patients rather than the postoperational therapy including IUD and/or ERT [13,16].
In this study, the TCRS operation time is extended from 3-7 d to 3-10 d after menstruation. At this time, the endometrium gets slightly thinner and becomes moderately thick, but not too thick that may cause poor visibility. The endometrium at fundus uteri and opening of bilateral fallopian tubes are at the vigorous growth stage, which avoiding the occurrence of intrauterine adhesion. And then, the endometrium can cover the surgery area quickly after the operation. In addition, the patients have more time to make decision regarding the TCRS.
In this study, we utilize bipolar plasma kinetic system which causes relatively limited heating effect, less tissue damage and operation complications. Thus consequently, the postoperational scar becomes much smaller compared with the single-stage operation system. Postoperational hysteroscopic examination was usually conducted after the second menstruation following TCRS. Since no significant differences were observed in groups A, B and C, ultrasound examination can be performed on the first menstrual cycle or the third day of the second menstrual cycles and secretory phase to judge the effectiveness of the TCRS and hematomata rather than hysteroscopic examination. At present, we are conducting Transvaginal Ultrasonography (TVS) instead of Hystero- Salpingography (H/S). If the postoperational TVS examination showed that mediastinal residues are greater than 1 cm or no pregnancy over one year after TCRS, H/S will be applied. The vast majority of patients received TCRS due to natural abortion or recurrent abortion. However, the recurrent spontaneous abortion may also be caused by polycystic ovary syndrome, hyperprolactinemia, inadequate luteal function, cervix relaxation, anti-cardiolipin antibody syndrome.
Even increasing amount of evidence indicates that vaginal delivery after TCRS is safe; most women with recurrent abortion are concerned about the risks the fatal may encounter during vaginal delivery. Thus they preferred to have cesarean section. This may explain the high cesarean section rates in Table 3, but the high cesarean section rate is due to "social factors", rather than "medical factors". Even with the placenta praevia combined with placenta implantation, complications are still comparable with normal pregnancy.
In short, neither postoperational IUD placement, nor estrogen therapy, demonstrated any discernible clinical benefits to the patients in preventing intrauterine adhesions and facilitating pregnancy after TCRS.
We thank Dr. Jifeng Bian (Colorado State University, USA) for the great help in the edit of the manuscript.
The research was supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81270661).
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NJ marijuana: How Middletown's Beth Stavola plans to take cannabis mainstream
Beth Stavola and her sister Julie Winter left successful Wall Street careers to become marijuana moguls.
NJ marijuana: How Middletown's Beth Stavola plans to take cannabis mainstream Beth Stavola and her sister Julie Winter left successful Wall Street careers to become marijuana moguls. Check out this story on app.com: https://www.app.com/story/money/business/main-street/2019/07/29/nj-marijuanabeth-stavola-julie-winter-ianthus-cbd-for-life/1713767001/
Michael L. Diamond, Asbury Park Press Published 5:00 a.m. ET July 29, 2019 | Updated 10:18 a.m. ET July 30, 2019
RED BANK - Beth Stavola had retired from Wall Street to focus on raising her six children in 2012 when she got an offer to invest $1 million in an Arizona marijuana business.
It was a lot of money. It was in an industry that was still illegal in most of the country. But what really concerned her was ... what would she tell her parents?
"We were kind of saying, 'Oh, we’re just buying commercial real estate,'" Stavola said. "That was true. We were buying commercial real estate. But it was actually to grow marijuana plants in. I don’t know that my parents were thrilled about it initially."
Seven years later, Stavola is a powerhouse in the cannabis industry, her fingerprints on everything from legal weed in Nevada to a medical marijuana dispensary in Atlantic City set to open by the end of the year.
And her initial investment has a chance to pay off big. A cannabidiol company she started was sold last month for $10.4 million in stock and moved into a spiffy new office in Red Bank.
CBD For Life owner Beth Stavola smiles as she holds one of the cards given to her employees during an interview in her office at the the Galleria in Red Bank Monday, July 15, 2019. The company was recently acquired by a New York City cannabis company for $10.4 million. (Photo: Thomas P. Costello)
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Stavola is trying to reinvent the cannabis industry, taking it from an outcast that couldn't attract banks to a sophisticated operation that is no different than any other health or beauty product.
It is a painstaking process. Stavola convinced her sister, Julie Winter, to leave her own Wall Street career to join her. Their parents eventually came around.
It turned out to be good practice: With the campaign for legal weed stalled in the New Jersey Legislature and her company's stock depressed, it looks like voters will ultimately decide the fate of legal weed in the Garden State.
Stavola and Winter "are part of the reason cannabis is ceasing to be considered a dirty word, ceasing to be viewed as an underground, hippy-dippy kind of thing," said Hugh O'Beirne, president of the New Jersey Cannabis Industry Association, a trade group whose board includes the sisters.
CBD For Life owner Beth Stavola (left) is shown with her sister and co-founder Julie Winter during an interview in their office at the the Galleria in Red Bank Monday, July 15, 2019. The company was recently acquired by a New York City cannabis company for $10.4 million. (Photo: Thomas P. Costello)
"And it’s because of the fact they operate so well and with such attention to consumers and to the integrity of the process,” he said.
You can do anything, but does it have to be marijuana?
Stavola, 49, lives in Middletown with her husband, Jack. She has six children, ages 11 to 23, the two oldest of which are from a previous marriage.
Stavola grew up in Ocean Township, the oldest of seven children, and credited her mother, Kathie Beggans, with raising her to believe she could do whatever she wanted, although it sounded like Deggans didn't have the marijuana business in mind.
After Stavola graduated from Monmouth University in West Long Branch, she went to Wall Street, eventually landing at Jefferies and Co. and selling stocks to institutional investors.
She left Jefferies after a decade to raise her children. She kept a toe in the business world by managing her family's investments. She said she wasn't a marijuana user herself, but when a broker approached her to see if she wanted to invest in a cannabis operation in Arizona, she jumped.
CBD For Life co-founder and COO Julie WInter is shown during an interview in her office at the the Galleria in Red Bank Monday, July 15, 2019. The company was recently acquired by a New York City cannabis company for $10.4 million. (Photo: Thomas P. Costello)
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What started as an investment turned into a passion. Stavola opened four medical marijuana dispensaries in Arizona called Health For Life, and she said she saw the benefit weed had on children suffering from seizures and veterans addicted to opioids.
She just needed to convince her parents it was a legitimate business.
"When Beth first got into the business, my parents would call me and would whisper on the phone that Beth was selling marijuana, she was selling weed," Winter said. "And I’m like, yes, legally she is, but they couldn’t quite wrap their heads around it."
Beggns said: "We were a little concerned. What are you are getting into? It really was not acceptable everywhere and maybe this is not a good path to go down. But (Beth) said, 'No, this is the wave of the future.'"
CBD: What is it & why are people using it?
Exterior of Wake Wellness, a health shop in Asbury Park that sells CBD oils and creams and recently added a juice and smoothie bar called Pulp, which includes the oils in its drinks, on Bangs Avenue in Asbury Park, NJ Thursday June 6, 2019. Tanya Breen
Michael Majeski, owner of Wake Wellness, a health shop in Asbury that sells CBD oils and creams and recently added a juice and smoothie bar called Pulp, which includes the oils in its drinks, talks about his business on Bangs Avenue in Asbury Park, NJ Thursday June 6, 2019. Tanya Breen
Risé Kimbrough of Asbury Park, partner in Pulp, of prepares a juice with CBD oil for a customer at Wake Wellness, a health shop in Asbury that sells CBD oils and creams and recently added a juice and smoothie bar called Pulp, which includes the oils in its drinks, on Bangs Avenue in Asbury Park, NJ Thursday June 6, 2019. Tanya Breen
“Jacked Up†juice with CBD oil at Wake Wellness, a health shop in Asbury that sells CBD oils and creams and recently added a juice and smoothie bar called Pulp, which includes the oils in its drinks, on Bangs Avenue in Asbury Park, NJ Thursday June 6, 2019. Tanya Breen
Examples of CBD products available at Wake Wellness, a health shop in Asbury that sells CBD oils and creams and recently added a juice and smoothie bar called Pulp, which includes the oils in its drinks, on Bangs Avenue in Asbury Park, NJ Thursday June 6, 2019. Tanya Breen
Juice menu at Wake Wellness, a health shop in Asbury that sells CBD oils and creams and recently added a juice and smoothie bar called Pulp, which includes the oils in its drinks, on Bangs Avenue in Asbury Park, NJ Thursday June 6, 2019. Tanya Breen
Smoothie menu at Wake Wellness, a health shop in Asbury that sells CBD oils and creams and recently added a juice and smoothie bar called Pulp, which includes the oils in its drinks, on Bangs Avenue in Asbury Park, NJ Thursday June 6, 2019. Tanya Breen
Stavola designed the dispensaries to look no different than, say, an Apple store.
And she began making connections and expanding, both beyond Arizona and beyond dispensaries. She and business partner Jason Gully in 2014 created Melting Point Extracts, called MPX, to sell cannabis oils and concentrates, according to a profile in Cannabis Business Executive.
As states inched ahead on legalizing forms of marijuana, she applied for and won licenses in Maryland, Nevada, California, Massachusetts and New Jersey, eventually taking the marijuana company public, trading on the stock exchange in Canada, where weed is legal.
Meanwhile, she convinced Winter to leave her Wall Street job in 2015 to operate CBD For Life, selling creams and tinctures that were made from hemp but didn't include the THC ingredient that produces marijuana's high.
"I was inspired by what she was doing," said Winter, 34, of Little Silver.
More big-money deals were to come. iAnthus, a New York-based company that owns cannabis processing operations and dispensaries nationwide, bought MPX earlier this year for stock that at the time was valued at $845 million. It then acquired CBD For Life in June for $10.4 million in stock.
Stavola's official title is chief strategy officer and director of iAnthus. Winter is chief operating officer of CBD For Life.
If anyone could use a stress reliever, it's weed operators
Stavola and Winter met with the Asbury Park Press recently at CBD For Life's new office in Red Bank, juggling an interview with talking to banks on the phone, visiting with consultants from their Arizona dispensaries, welcoming two new employees and eating lunch.
They are faced with the question: Will marijuana go mainstream, following the path in New Jersey of craft breweries and sports betting?
Not long ago, the answer looked like a yes. Both New Jersey and New York were on a path to legal marijuana, giving iAnthus a giant new market. And Congress voted to change the federal law and legalize hemp.
For its part, CBD For Life took advantage. It sells its CBD products not only to pharmacies and health food stores, but also to old-school retailers like Dillard's department stores.
Consumers have been giving CBD a try to help with sleep, anxiety and pain, said Robert Cioffi, a pharmacist at Colts Neck Pharmacy, which carries CBD For Life and other brands.
"I would say about seven out of 10 people say it does work for them, and they keep coming back for it," Cioffi said.
CBD For Life owner Beth Stavola holds a shirt given to her employees during an interview in her office at the the Galleria in Red Bank Monday, July 15, 2019. The company was recently acquired by a New York City cannabis company for $10.4 million. (Photo: Thomas P. Costello)
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The truth is, it isn't easy to operate a business that the federal government says is illegal.
Stavola said one bank wouldn't keep her money for her daughter's communion because she was listed as the trustee. She said landlords drive up the rent. And she said she recently had trouble getting a vendor to make polo shirts for her staff.
New Jersey and New York didn't legalize recreational marijuana. iAnthus' stock price, at $6 a share in February, now trades below half that.
Stavola thinks New Jersey at least will wind up putting the issue to voters in 2020.
It leaves Stavola and Winter to continue their campaign to bring cannabis mainstream. They organized a trip by New Jersey lawmakers to Nevada in 2018 for a tour. The lobbying effort ultimately fell short.
But since then, CBD is sold at Dillard's and new retailers are lining up. New Jersey expanded its medical marijuana program. And their mother is fully supportive.
"It was disappointing we didn’t get there, but two years from now it will be a totally different landscape," Stavola said. "But you’ve got to be ready to move. You’ve got to be ready to change gears."
Michael L. Diamond is a business reporter who has been writing about the New Jersey economy for 20 years. He can be reached at 732-643-4038; mdiamond@gannettnj.com; and on Twitter @mdiamondapp.
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Colebrook Murder Victims Memorial
Memorial dedicated to four citizens killed during a shooting spree prompted by a routine traffic stop.
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The town of Colebrook has a total population of under 2,500 people and is just 10 miles from the Canadian border. In August of 1997, a man named Carl Drega, who was from the nearby town of Bow, was visiting Colebrook when he was pulled over by state police at a supermarket and cited for driving a rusted-through pick-up truck. Drega shot and killed both officers, whose names were Les Lord and Scott Phillips.
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Already in deep, Drega decided he might as well keep going, and headed downtown to shoot a judge named Vickie Bunnell whom he’d had a minor grudge against. His final murder victim was local newspaper editor Dennis Joos, who had rushed out on hearing the shots that killed Vickie Bunnell and attempted to wrestle Drega to the ground, getting himself shot in the process.
From there, after shooting and wounding another police officer, Drega took off for his house, burned it to the ground, and then fled to Vermont, where he died in a police shoot-out. On his property were found the remnants of various assault rifles, a large cache of home-made bomb parts, and surveillance equipment.
The violent deaths of these four prominent citizens have been memorialized in a small park just outside the News and Sentinel offices of which Joos had been the editor and near the spot where he was killed. Set prominently in that park is a black stone rectangle with the portraits of all four victims etched into its polished surface. At the bottom of the stone it reads, “Their deeds are their memorials.”
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Truth in Lending Act Disclosure: Down payment will vary with APR and credit. For example, 0.9% APR with $2,500 down payment provides for 36 monthly payments of $28.16 per $1000 financed for qualified buyers. 0.9% APR for a term of 24 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $42.06 per $1000 financed. 1.9% APR for a term of 39 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $26.46 per $1000 financed. 1.9% APR for a term of 42 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $24.63 per $1000 financed. 1.9% APR for a term of 48 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $21.65 per $1000 financed. 1.9% APR for a term of 60 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $17.48 per $1000 financed. 3.9% APR for a term of 84 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $13.62 per $1000 financed. The rates described are for estimation purposes only; you may not be able to finance at this rate. (See Trims)
Truth in Lending Act Disclosure: Down payment will vary with APR and credit. For example, 2.9% APR with $2,500 down payment provides for 72 monthly payments of $15.15 per $1000 financed for qualified buyers. The rates described are for estimation purposes only; you may not be able to finance at this rate. (See Trims)
Truth in Lending Act Disclosure: Down payment will vary with APR and credit. For example, 0.0% APR with $2,500 down payment provides for 36 monthly payments of $27.78 per $1000 financed for qualified buyers. 0.0% APR for a term of 24 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $41.67 per $1000 financed. 0.9% APR for a term of 39 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $26.03 per $1000 financed. 0.9% APR for a term of 42 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $24.2 per $1000 financed. 0.9% APR for a term of 48 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $21.22 per $1000 financed. 0.9% APR for a term of 60 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $17.05 per $1000 financed. 3.9% APR for a term of 84 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $13.62 per $1000 financed. The rates described are for estimation purposes only; you may not be able to finance at this rate. (See Trims)
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Truth in Lending Act Disclosure: Down payment will vary with APR and credit. For example, 0.9% APR with $2,500 down payment provides for 36 monthly payments of $28.16 per $1000 financed for qualified buyers. 0.9% APR for a term of 24 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $42.06 per $1000 financed. 1.9% APR for a term of 39 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $26.46 per $1000 financed. 1.9% APR for a term of 42 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $24.63 per $1000 financed. 1.9% APR for a term of 48 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $21.65 per $1000 financed. 1.9% APR for a term of 60 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $17.48 per $1000 financed. 3.9% APR for a term of 72 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $15.6 per $1000 financed. The rates described are for estimation purposes only; you may not be able to finance at this rate. (See Trims)
Kicks SUV (14)
Applies to select new 2020 Nissan Kicks.
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Applies to select new 2019 Nissan LEAF.
A select group of targeted consumers will be given Customer Loyalty offer towards the Purchase or Lease of an eligible vehicle. The offer is valid for a customer who has previously owned and registered a LEAF. It is transferable within the same household, and the person must provide proof of residency. It is non-transferable to other family members or friends outside the household. (See Trims)
Maxima Sedan (12)
Applies to select new 2020 Nissan Maxima.
Truth in Lending Act Disclosure: Down payment will vary with APR and credit. For example, 0.0% APR with $2,500 down payment provides for 36 monthly payments of $27.78 per $1000 financed for qualified buyers. 0.0% APR for a term of 24 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $41.67 per $1000 financed. 1.9% APR for a term of 39 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $26.46 per $1000 financed. 1.9% APR for a term of 42 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $24.63 per $1000 financed. 1.9% APR for a term of 48 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $21.65 per $1000 financed. 1.9% APR for a term of 60 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $17.48 per $1000 financed. The rates described are for estimation purposes only; you may not be able to finance at this rate. (See Trims)
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Applies to select new 2020 Nissan Murano.
Truth in Lending Act Disclosure: Down payment will vary with APR and credit. For example, 0.0% APR with $2,500 down payment provides for 36 monthly payments of $27.78 per $1000 financed for qualified buyers. 0.0% APR for a term of 24 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $41.67 per $1000 financed. 0.9% APR for a term of 39 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $26.03 per $1000 financed. 0.9% APR for a term of 42 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $24.2 per $1000 financed. 0.9% APR for a term of 48 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $21.22 per $1000 financed. 0.9% APR for a term of 60 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $17.05 per $1000 financed. The rates described are for estimation purposes only; you may not be able to finance at this rate. (See Trims)
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Applies to select new 2020 Nissan Pathfinder.
Rogue SUV (11)
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Media »Capitol Media: AZ Clean Elections Opponents Give Up Fight
Capitol Media: AZ Clean Elections Opponents Give Up Fight
By Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services
A major business group has given up on its perennial, and largely unsuccessful to date, effort to kill public financing of elections.
Compromise legislation worked out earlier this month would curb some of the activities of the Citizens Clean Elections Commission in promoting the organization. The new measure also would end the ability of taxpayers to get a dollar-for-dollar tax credit for donations to help candidates run for office.
In exchange, foes of public financing have agreed to scrap plans to ask voters to kill the system outright, a ballot fight that likely would be expensive.
Glenn Hamer, president of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, acknowledged that his organization's opposition goes back to 1998, before he even arrived in Arizona, when the business group fought unsuccessfully against the voter-approved law. Several court battles to overturn the law championed by the chamber also faltered.
But Hamer said there was one notable exception: The U.S. Supreme Court last year voided one provision that provided publicly funded candidates a dollar-for-dollar match every time their privately financed foes spent more.
"That was the big issue for us," Hamer said.
He said that match effectively undermined chamber-backed candidates because the business funding automatically resulted in more cash for the people the chamber wanted defeated.
Hamer said that, with this deal, his organization is now willing to co-exist with the law.
That 1998 voter-approved law allows but does not require candidates for statewide and legislative office to get public dollars for their campaigns if they agree not to take other outside cash. The amount is based on the office being sought.
A majority of the cash comes from a surcharge on civil, criminal and traffic fines. But nearly half comes from a state income-tax credit available to donors, a system that takes money out of the General Fund.
Last year, business interests and other foes of public financing persuaded lawmakers to approve a ballot measure asking voters to constitutionally ban any public dollars from being used by candidates.
That language was declared illegal by a judge. Foes of public financing had recast it to comply with the court ruling and were prepared to send it to the ballot.
But that led to another fight: whether the commission was trying to stack the deck.
State law does allow the commission to use 10 percent of what it collects for voter education.
Those trying to kill public financing, led by former state Sen. Jonathan Paton, R-Tucson, argued that much of that cash was designed to oppose the referendum.
A state judge disagreed. But the issue was headed to an appellate court.
The deal between supporters and foes of public financing resolves all that. The law is being amended to specifically prohibit the use of voter-education funds to promote the benefits of the Clean Elections Act.
"In other words, no billboards at the hockey game, no TV ads saying, 'Clean Elections is a wonderful thing,' " said state Sen. John McComish, R-Phoenix, who helped broker the deal.
Exactly where that line is, however, may be subject to interpretation.
"In my view, we do exactly what we've always done," said Todd Lang, the commission's executive director.
He said the commission will still be able to use the money it gets to publicize why people should choose to run with public financing and how they can make that happen. And he said the billboards and ads on websites will remain.
"They're very effective," Lang said.
But where some have statements now like "Good politics" and how Clean Elections is "Good for Arizona," the new message instead will urge people to get involved in politics and run for office, and that public funding is available.
The other part of the deal relates to the source of the money.
Lang said about $6 million a year comes from those dollar-for-dollar tax credits.
He said eliminating those credits will not hurt the system, adding that the commission has been giving an extra $10 million a year in surplus money to the state General Fund.
That still leaves the commission able to collect the surcharges on fines that Todd said brings in about $15 million a year.
Lang said he believes that, had the repeal of public financing been put on the ballot, voters would have rejected it. "Ultimately, we thought discretion was the better part of valor."
McComish said he sees a negotiated deal as preferable to another ballot fight. He also said he agrees with Hamer that, at least from his perspective, efforts to kill public financing are now dead.
He said this deal restricting how the commission can spend its money is not part of some plan to undermine its public perception and then spring a new renewal effort for the 2014 ballot.
The original article can be viewed here.
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Best ways to enjoy winter break in Azerbaijan [PHOTO]
On New Year's Eve, Azerbaijan turns into a winter wonderland with endless opportunities for entertainment and recreation.
Azerbaijan reduces multiple-entry visa fees for US, Korean citizens
The fee for multiple entry visas for US and Korean citizens has been reduced by the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers in Azerbaijan, Trend reports referring to the cabinet.
Tourism investment program developed in country
Azerbaijan is developing a program of investments in the tourism sector. The program is ready and is under consideration at the Economy Ministry, CEO of the Azerbaijan Tourism Board Florian Sengstschmid said in an interview to the Russian media.
Azerbaijan Airlines talks its work during New Year holidays
Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC (AZAL) will operate in an intensive mode during the upcoming New Year and the International Solidarity Day of Azerbaijanis (Dec. 31), AZAL spokesman Pasha Kesamanski told Trend Dec. 25.
Tourist arrivals reach 3 million in Azerbaijan
The number of tourists visiting Azerbaijan from 192 countries increased by 11 percent year-on-year in the period of January-November, reaching 2.9 million, local media reported.
IrAero to launch Samara-Baku direct flights
Russia's IrAero Airlines will launch direct flights from Samara to Baku from January 15, 2020.
Fabulous reasons to spend winter in Azerbaijan [PHOTO]
When it comes to embracing the holiday spirit, there is nothing more magical than spending your winter vacation in Azerbaijan.
Growth in number of arrivals from India to Azerbaijan exceeds 75 pct
In November of 2019, the number of foreign citizens traveling to Azerbaijan compared with the same month of 2018, increased by 13.3 percent and reached 241,000 people, Trend reports referring to Azerbaijan Tourism Board (ATB).
Does an apple a day keep the doctor away?
Most people know the age-old health aphorism: "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." As it turns out, an apple a day really may keep you healthy and energized.
State Tourism Agency: Azerbaijan’s travel companies must create new products
Travel companies in Azerbaijan sometimes try to denigrate their competitors, but this is not a way for development, Head of the Office of Azerbaijan’s State Tourism Agency Kanan Gasimov said, Trend reports Dec. 18.
Azerbaijan becomes member of international tourism organization
Azerbaijan’s State Tourism Agency has been admitted to membership in the Asia-Pacific Tourism Association (PATA), local media reported.
Designing of railway to Shahdag ski resort begins in Azerbaijan
The designing of railway to Shahdag ski resort has started in Azerbaijan, Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC Javid Gurbanov said at a press conference held in the headquarters of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (YAP), Trend reports Dec. 17.
AZAL to significantly expand capabilities of its Flight Training Centre [PHOTO]
“Azerbaijan Airlines” acquires the next generation flight simulator for Embraer E-190 aircraft from FlightSafety International.
Volume of incoming tourists surge by 11 percent
The number of tourists visiting Azerbaijan increased by 11.1 percent year-on-year in the period of January to November reaching 2.9 million, Azerbaijani State Tourism Agency has reported.
Shahdag resort opens winter season
On December 14, the winter season opened in the Shahdag Tourism Center, one of the most popular tourist attractions of the country.
Baku ranks second among most popular flight-related queries in UK
Azerbaijan’s capital Baku ranks second among the most popular flight-related queries in the UK according to Google company, Trend reports referring to the foreign media outlets.
Baku-Mashhad direct flights to be launched
Starting from Dec. 16, direct flights between Iran’s Mashhad and Azerbaijan’s Baku cities will be launched, a source in the Iranian Embassy in Azerbaijan told Trend.
Azerbaijan receives another tourism award
Azerbaijan has been awarded with the prize for the first place in the category of "Potential tourist destination" at the Voyage Night 2019 event, hosted by the popular “Voyage” magazine in Beijing, China. This award, among many others, once again proves the effectiveness of tourism development in the country.
Tourism Alliance to be created in Azerbaijan
Tourism Alliance will be created in Azerbaijan through the cooperation of business councils between Russia and Azerbaijan, Board Chairman of the Azerbaijan-Russian Business Council Samad Gurbanov said.
Heydar Aliyev İnternational Airport expands geography of flights, attracts new airlines
To develop the route network and increase passenger traffic, Heydar Aliyev International Airport is carrying out large-scale work on attracting large passenger airlines and opening new destinations, as reported at the airport.
Russia sees increase in number of Azerbaijani tourists
The number of Azerbaijanis visiting Russia increased by 19,000 persons to reach 684,000 in the period of January-September 2019, Russian-based, Turstat analytical agency has reported.
Groundbreaking ceremony for Helicopter Service and Repair Center held in Azerbaijan [PHOTO]
On December 9, a ceremony of laying a foundation stone for a Helicopter Service and Repair Center was held at Zabrat airport.
Azerbaijan to open representative tourism offices in South Korea, Ukraine [PHOTO]
Azerbaijan’s State Tourism Agency will open representative offices in the South Korea and Ukraine in 2020 as these countries have certain tourism potential for Azerbaijan.
Number of tourists to Azerbaijan to reach 3 million [PHOTO]
The number of tourists visiting Azerbaijan will reach three million by the end of 2019, the head of Azerbaijan Tourism Bureau, Florian Sengstschmid, said during the Azerbaijan Tourism Summit 2019 held in Baku recently.
Azerbaijan to give tax benefits to tourism service providers
Those providing travel services in tourism sector are expected to receive tax benefits in Azerbaijan, the CEO of Azerbaijan Tourism Board (ATB), Florian Sengstschmid, has said.
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#21 Mackus
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The Mariners can fight, but much like Angelos did they only get 1 out of 30 votes when it comes down to it. And while I'm sure MLB would like this to be unanimous, I think they only need a minimum of 75% of franchises (23) to vote in favor. And given that John Stanton has only owned them for a little over a year, he may not have built enough alliances yet to form a voting bloc.
As for Portland being too small, it is currently the 4th largest metro area without an MLB team in its market, behind Charlotte, Orlando and San Antonio. However, the difference between the largest of those (Charlotte) and Portland is less than 50,000 people. Not really that big a difference.
MLB gave away the farm to Angelos to get him to not fight the Nats moving in. Of course they are now using the courts to try to get out of the shitty deal they agreed to. Without knowing any of the details at all about Seattle's market rights in the area, my guess would be that their owners will be able to drive a pretty hard bargain with MLB as well.
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Any US city that currently doesn't have a MLB team sits in the territory of at least one existing team. So good luck expanding without pissing someone off, unless you go outside the borders.
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Seattle is what? Three hours from Portland? In a three hour or so radius from Baltimore there are five other MLB teams. More people, sure, but Seattle wouldn’t have a real complaint IMO
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#24 mweb08
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LocationRidgely's Delight
I'd be happy with adding two great cities into the MLB for travel purposes. Plus, we haven't gotten the chance to have the fun of arguing over which players to protect in an expansion draft.
I don't want more playoff teams, though.
And yes to the shorter season.
And that's in good traffic....so if the Mariners hold off until 10pm to have first pitch, someone in Portland can make it in time.
Just for sake of comparison, the other similar-sized markets to Portland aren't much different as far as closest MLB city. It's about the same from San Antonio to Houston. About an hour more between Charlotte and Atlanta, and an hour less between Orlando and St Pete.
#26 bnickle
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Need a shake up. I'm good with this proposal. Hope we would be designated an East team and not North. Avoid the NY, Bos, Phi markets. That's the key to any realignment. Would prefer playoffs not expand but Im ok with it. Makes sense that the divisional winners get a bye and you could then expand the WC round to best of 3.
Here is a question. Does the divisional series need to be expanded to best of 7?? I know some people believe it does. I could take it or leave it
#28 Russ
LocationNaughtyham
Portland's AAA team left because the city gave their stadium to the new MLS franchise. That doesn't scream baseball hotbed to me.
The Rays should move to Montreal.
They were all set to build them a new stadium where the Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Blazers old home) is. Then a bunch of loudmouth preservationists pressured city hall because they thought the coliseum had too much history. Anecdotal evidence suggested most of the population thought it was silly not to tear it down....but city hall caved, the vocal minority prevailed, and the Beavers were sold and moved.
#30 MDtransplant757
MDtransplant757
LocationVirginia Beach
San Antoino should get one next. Orlando will look like Miami and Tampa, and charlotte won't happen due to Braves, O's and Nats broadcasting rights and territories.
And unlike the Mariners, you think the Astros and Rangers will be fine with a team in San Antonio?
San Antonio is a bigger TV market. The Rangers are blacked out for the most part in San Antonio, so it would be the Astros who would hypothetically block it. Cowboys and Texans have had the same problem for ages because teams will relocated to San Antonio because of the TV Market size. This is why Angelos owns the Nats' TV rights, because he could have sued MLB from putting a team in DC by the leagues own bylaws. This is also why good ol' Jerry Jones helped Kronkie, Davis and Spanos move their teams to LA and Vegas. That and with MLB, I think broadcast range is for exclusivity is around 100-150 miles, maybe? I can't remember, I'll ask dad tonight.
Dallas is 5 1/2 hours away from San Antonio with 274 miles in between the two, with Houston being about an hour less away with 197 miles between the two. Portland is about 3 hours away, with seattle 173.0 miles away. The TV markets are what honestly will decide who gets a team. The Rangers and Astros can't put up a fight like the O's did years ago due to distance and market size. Dallas and Houston are the 5th and 10th biggest markets in the US, so losing San Antonio isn't that big of a deal. San Antonio's is 37th nationally, and the team would hypothetically have exclusive rights to Austin as well, the 49th largest market. Portland is 25th by itself, but the two markets merged together would have greater pull than Portland. Seattle is the only team in the pacific northwest, and I have no idea how desperate the Mariners would be hypotheically to defend this market.
Honestly, it could happen, and I could be wrong, but I just see San Antonio getting a team because of TV money in its market and having exclusive rights over Austin.
It appears you contradicted yourself by saying "S.A. is a bigger TV market," then mentioning that it's smaller than Portland (which it is, though S.A. is higher than 37th).
Also Rangers games, via Fox Sports Southwest, ARE carried in San Antonio. Though given the business model in which MLB teams generate local TV revenue, as long as FSSW would still be carried on S.A. cable systems with a team there (and these things are contractually negotiated over a course of years) then the losses aren't as big because the revenues are baked-in to every customers' cable bill. Same goes for Astros games in San Antonio, and Mariners games in Portland.
I agree that Baltimore and Washington really aren't a good comparison due to their proximity to each other compared to the above examples. While expansion may lead to some compensation for an owner whose territory is infringed upon by a new team, I'd almost guarantee it won't be on a level near what Angelos got....MLB doesn't want to make that mistake again.
Back to my main point, I can honestly think of several reasons why Portland is probably not the best candidate for MLB expansion, but you haven't brought up any of them. It has nothing to do with the TV market or metro area being significantly smaller than the other cities, or being too close to Seattle, or that the Mariners would be able to successfully form a bloc if MLB deemed Portland it's best option.
I should have sourced that, but I'm arguing the side that I know for the most part due to personal experience. Why do you think portland is not the best canidate for an MLB team? Weather? No public funding for a stadium (not like there should be any in general for anywhere)? I'm a bit lost.
Definitely the stadium funding. There's a $150 million commitment from the state that was made about 15 years ago that is still good today, but I don't get the sense that there is any appetite from the public to chip in the hundreds of millions more that would be needed.
Weather isn't really an issue if you build a retractable roof, but then that drives up the costs, which goes right back to the first point.
I also don't get the feeling that Portland is a baseball market. The area is growing rapidly, so maybe there is a nascent market that could be tapped, but I haven't sensed it. If anything I think an NHL team could do well here. It helps greatly that an arena already exists, but there is also plenty of loyal support for their WCHL team and hockey in general here. Whereas with the PCL Beavers there really wasn't much uproar when they left. The last couple games they ever played here drew well (they played a lot of their final season as lame ducks) but for the most part they were lucky to get 3,000-4,000 people. I usually only went on the nights they let you bring your dog, about twice a season.
Of course I would absolutely love it if Portland got a team simply because I could see the O's in person more often. I've been here over 10 years and have only gone up to Seattle to see them twice. The problem is the O's almost always seem to go through there on weekdays, which makes it tougher. And when I have made it up it was only for one game. If they came to Portland I'd be there for every game no matter what day it was. So I hope there's a fire somewhere near all this smoke about Portland being a leading contender for expansion. But I'll remain skeptical right up until the first pitch.
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#36 BSLMikeRandall
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Nashville or Memphis would be ideal for a team. (I think rhey're similar in population to Baltimore). San Antonio was in the running when talks started about the Saints needing a new city after Katrina.
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Thank you for elaborating. I think an NHL team would be a smashing idea, but one more team is going to be in the East, and you guys lost out to Vegas. Maybe when the coyotes pack up and move, they'll go to Portland.
Nashville would be my other guess for a team. I don't think memphis would get a team due to it being so close to Saint Louis, and Nashville is the bigger TV market. San Antonio made sense due to the Saints owner having a ton of businesses out there along with NO.
#39 DJ MC
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LocationBeautiful Bel Air, MD
Nashville, maybe. But Memphis, despite the civic population, is small. There's no way they could support a team. I mean, there's a reason why the Titans only stayed there two years in between Houston and Nashville.
Nashville has a lot of the same things going for it as Charlotte, and it doesn't have the same TV market issues.
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#40 BSLChrisStoner
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Posted 11 March, 2013
The Brief – Content marketing and AFL Media
This week The Brief travels to Content Marketing World Sydney where Jessica Kennedy caught up with the AFL Media’s head of content, Matt Pinkney.
Here Pinkney discusses the challenges facing content marketers as well as the internal and external battles AFL Media must win and the division’s plans to monetize its content.
In 2013 content marketers face an uphill battle to convince consumers that the information and content they consume is “not a Trojan horse” for making a sale, according to Pinkney.
Externally the AFL Media faces a similar challenge as its competitors, News and Fairfax, attempt to discredit its objectivity.
Meanwhile, Pinkney says the division must stand-up against internal pressures to act as brand protector.
“It is a long battle to convince people that we are not about sanitizing or protecting but we are about an objective take on what is happening in the world of football.”
Pinkeny also discusses plans to monetize AFL Media’s content, leaning away from paywalls he instead believes the site could one day be a digital broadcaster of games.
Externally the AFL Media faces a similar challenge as its competitors, News and Fairfax, attempt to discredit AFL Media’s objectivity.
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Does Vaping Affect Singing
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Touched In The Head (15*)
After the Wave: Young French Cinema in the 1970s
Thu 18 Jul 2019, 18:45 ,Barbican Cinema 3
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This hugely charming film follows the fortunes of a young baker’s apprentice as he navigates a bitter work dispute and an awkward ménage-à-trois.
Chris is fired by the boulangerie where he works when he turns up late one morning. He loses not just his job but also his home, since the flat he lives in is provided by his employer. Angry at not receiving his back-pay, Chris is advised by his union to barricade himself in his room, which he does.
There he is joined by his best friend, his girlfriend, and a free-wheeling Swedish girl who has been crashing with him temporarily and to whom he is strongly attracted. In the confines of the room, the self-styled rebels bounce off the walls and each other in a perfect, talky, post-68 confection.
Tagged with: Cinema After the Wave
France 1974 Dir Jacques Doillon 104 min Digital presentation
* Locally classified by the City of London Corporation
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Judges 21Ruth 2
Ruth 1 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
Elimelech’s Family Goes to Moab
1 In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he and his wife and two sons. 2 The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion; they were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there. 3 But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. 4 These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. When they had lived there about ten years, 5 both Mahlon and Chilion also died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.
Naomi and Her Moabite Daughters-in-Law
6 Then she started to return with her daughters-in-law from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the country of Moab that the Lord had considered his people and given them food. 7 So she set out from the place where she had been living, she and her two daughters-in-law, and they went on their way to go back to the land of Judah. 8 But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back each of you to your mother’s house. May the Lord deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me. 9 The Lord grant that you may find security, each of you in the house of your husband.” Then she kissed them, and they wept aloud. 10 They said to her, “No, we will return with you to your people.” 11 But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters, why will you go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb that they may become your husbands? 12 Turn back, my daughters, go your way, for I am too old to have a husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me, even if I should have a husband tonight and bear sons, 13 would you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain from marrying? No, my daughters, it has been far more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of the Lord has turned against me.” 14 Then they wept aloud again. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.
15 So she said, “See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.” 16 But Ruth said,
“Do not press me to leave you
or to turn back from following you!
Where you go, I will go;
where you lodge, I will lodge;
your people shall be my people,
and your God my God.
17 Where you die, I will die—
there will I be buried.
May the Lord do thus and so to me,
and more as well,
if even death parts me from you!”
18 When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more to her.
19 So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them; and the women said, “Is this Naomi?” 20 She said to them,
“Call me no longer Naomi,[a]
call me Mara,[b]
for the Almighty[c] has dealt bitterly with me.
21 I went away full,
but the Lord has brought me back empty;
why call me Naomi
when the Lord has dealt harshly with[d] me,
and the Almighty[e] has brought calamity upon me?”
22 So Naomi returned together with Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, who came back with her from the country of Moab. They came to Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
Ruth 1:20 That is Pleasant
Ruth 1:20 That is Bitter
Ruth 1:20 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Ruth 1:21 Or has testified against
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KJ21
Keep back Thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me. Then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent of the great transgression.
Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; Let them not have dominion over me: Then shall I be upright, And I shall be clear from great transgression.
Also keep back Your servant from presumptuous (deliberate, willful) sins; Let them not rule and have control over me. Then I will be blameless (complete), And I shall be acquitted of great transgression.
Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then shall I be blameless, and I shall be innocent and clear of great transgression.
Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
Moreover, keep your servant from willful sins; do not let them rule me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed from blatant rebellion.
and save your servant from willful sins. Don’t let them rule me. Then I’ll be completely blameless; I’ll be innocent of great wrongdoing.
Who can discern unintentional sins? Cleanse me from hidden faults.
Don’t let me do wrong on purpose, Lord, or let sin have control over my life. Then I will be innocent, and not guilty of some terrible fault.
Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous [sins]; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be perfect, and I shall be innocent from great transgression.
Don’t let me do what I know is wrong. Don’t let sin control me. If you help me, I can be pure and free from sin.
Restrain your servant also from deliberate sins. Do not let them rule over me. Then I will be blameless. Then I will be innocent of great rebellion.
Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression.
ESVUK
·Keep me [L Restrain your servant] from ·the sins of pride [proud thoughts]; don’t let them ·rule [dominate] me. Then I can be pure and innocent of the greatest of sins.
Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins: let them not reign over me: so shall I be upright, and made clean from much wickedness.
Keep me from sinning. Do not let anyone gain control over me. Then I will be blameless, and I will be free from any great offense.
Keep me safe, also, from willful sins; don't let them rule over me. Then I shall be perfect and free from the evil of sin.
HCSB
Moreover, keep Your servant from willful sins; do not let them rule over me. Then I will be innocent and cleansed from blatant rebellion.
Keep me from the sins that I want to do. Don’t let them rule me. Then I can be pure and free from the greatest of sins.
Preserve your servant from arrogant people; do not let them rule over me. Then I will be upright and acquitted of great wickedness.
JUB
Keep back thy slave also from pride and arrogance; let them not have dominion over me; then I shall be perfect, and I shall be innocent of the great rebellion.
AKJV
Also, keep back your servant from arrogant sins; let them not rule over me. Then I shall be blameless, and I shall be innocent of great transgression.
And keep me from deliberate wrongs; help me to stop doing them. Only then can I be free of guilt and innocent of some great crime.
There’s more: God’s Word warns us of danger and directs us to hidden treasure. Otherwise how will we find our way? Or know when we play the fool? Clean the slate, God, so we can start the day fresh! Keep me from stupid sins, from thinking I can take over your work; Then I can start this day sun-washed, scrubbed clean of the grime of sin. These are the words in my mouth; these are what I chew on and pray. Accept them when I place them on the morning altar, O God, my Altar-Rock, God, Priest-of-My-Altar.
Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be upright and innocent from great transgression.
NABRE
Who can detect trespasses? Cleanse me from my inadvertent sins.
Also keep back Your servant from presumptuous sins; Let them not rule over me; Then I will be blameless, And I shall be acquitted of great transgression.
Keep me from the sins of pride; don’t let them rule me. Then I can be pure and innocent of the greatest of sins.
Moreover, keep me from committing flagrant sins; do not allow such sins to control me. Then I will be blameless, and innocent of blatant rebellion.
Also keep me from the sins I want to commit. May they not be my master. Then I will be without blame. I will not be guilty of any great sin against your law.
Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression.
NIVUK
Keep your servant also from wilful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression.
Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; Let them not have dominion over me. Then I shall be blameless, And I shall be innocent of great transgression.
NLV
And keep Your servant from sinning by going my own way. Do not let these sins rule over me. Then I will be without blame. And I will not be found guilty of big sins.
Keep your servant from deliberate sins! Don’t let them control me. Then I will be free of guilt and innocent of great sin.
Keep back your servant also from the insolent; do not let them have dominion over me. Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression.
NRSVA
NRSVACE
NRSVCE
OJB
Keep back Thy eved also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me; then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the peysha rav (great transgression).
Keep cleansing me, God, and keep me from my secret, selfish sins; may they never rule over me! For only then will I be free from fault and remain innocent of rebellion.
Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression.
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Who can discern his errors? Cleanse me of hidden faults.
As I am Your servant, protect me from my bent toward pride, and keep sin from ruling my life. If You do this, I will be without blame, innocent of the great breach.
Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins. Let them not have dominion over me. Then I will be upright. I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression.
WYC
and of alien sins spare thy servant. If those have not lordship of me, then I shall be undefouled of alien sins, or without wem; and I shall be cleansed of the most sin. (and spare thy servant from willful sins. For if they have no rule, or lordship, over me, then I shall be undefiled, or without blemish, or without fault; and I shall be cleansed from all great sin.)
Also -- from presumptuous ones keep back Thy servant, Let them not rule over me, Then am I perfect, And declared innocent of much transgression,
Psalm 19:12Psalm 19:14
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Belgrade initiative 4 Digital and Public Diplomacy
Šta je digitalna diplomatija i kako se može primeniti u Srbiji
Who is who in Digital and Public Diplomacy
Digital Diplomacy
Kosovo: What Everyone Really Needs To Know
Diplomacy dies in darkness: Europe and information manipulation
“Information manipulation” or just plain “fake news”? How France is grappling with a very modern threat
Whether it is the refugee crisis, Catalonia, or last year’s French and German elections, most European leaders have had to confront the manipulation of information that is central to the post-truth world we now inhabit.
France has been especially active on this front, from Emmanuel Macron branding RT and Sputnik “lying propaganda organs” in the very presence of Vladimir Putin to a bill aiming to repress disinformation (later rebranded as “information manipulation”) which proved so controversial and ambiguous that the Senate has blocked it. Government ministries have also stepped in: in April the foreign ministry organised a big conference which the foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian himself addressed (and this was itself a thematic follow-up to the recent French strategy on digital). Now, the foreign ministry’s policy planning, CAPS, and the in-house defence ministry think-tank, IRSEM, have jointly authored an analytical report which they informally released at the French ambassadors’ conference, and then publicly launched at a conference opened by defence minister Florence Parly.
All this would not be so bad if European societies did not provide a fertile ground, in particular due to a crisis of trust in elites, political communication, media, and experts
The report defines the problem of information manipulation as “the intentional and massive dissemination of false or biased news for hostile political purposes” (stressing that parts of this are nothing new). It focuses on manipulation that is both external interference and state-led (it does not cover domestic manipulation). The report dismisses the vague and controversial notion of “fake news” in favour of the more precise term “information manipulation”. It defines this as the newest dimension of an existing phenomenon, noting that “the unprecedented capacity of the internet and social networks to diffuse information and render it viral threatens democracies and the sovereignty of their institutions”.
The report issues no fewer than 50 recommendations for states, private businesses (including media and digital platforms), and civil society. But its seven overarching recommendations are as follows:
Define and clearly distinguish the terminology
Do not underestimate the threat
See beyond the short term
Strengthen the resilience of our societies
Do not surrender the internet to extremists
Do not yield to the temptation of counter-propaganda
Do not rely on “technological solutionism” because the response to a multidimensional issue can only be a multidimensional solution
One of the most interesting parts of the report is the final, look-ahead, section, which points to four trends:
Kinetisation: communications infrastructure will be physically targeted more often (such as cables to Crimea cut during the military phase of the annexation), especially underwater and in space
Personalisation: at a massive scale (such as text messages sent via mobile phones to adversaries in Ukraine; targeting via social networks; false information introduced into real and legitimate campaigns such as the Panama Papers or the #MeToo campaign)
Mainstreamisation: relying less exclusively on obvious agents such as RT and Sputnik, and more actively on less obvious ones
Proxy-isation: targeting easier-to-penetrate areas such as Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East and north Africa, which then become proxies with a view to targeting Europe and America (including via migrant communities)
Surprisingly enough, RT and Sputnik have given considerable coverage to the release and content of the report. But other newspapers, such as Le Monde and Libération, have also covered the report, and criticised its almost exclusive focus on Russian activities.
Manipulation is not merely the dissemination of false information. Its objective is to create confusion, to delegitimise possible actions by challenging data, and to divide by complicating both diplomacy and action at a national level. But the issue is not just about fighting against manipulation and manipulators. How to fight gullibility and relativism also deserves attention, especially on foreign policy which has for too long remained an elite game. Of course, all this would not be so bad if European societies did not provide a fertile ground, in particular due to a crisis of trust in elites, political communication, media, and experts. This report recognises this, and consequently insists on increasing “resilience” as a solution.
The battle against information manipulation will continue to be a priority for the foreign policy of many European states. In its upcoming presidency of the G7 in 2019, France currently plans to emphasise journalist protection, engagement with civil society, and getting platforms such as Facebook and Twitter to cooperate with states. Both Macron and Theresa May committed to a similar type of cooperation last year with a view to developing tools with tech companies to stop online extremism.
Eventually, information manipulation could become a topic for the group of “goodwill powers”, which should support international cooperation more actively, as suggested by Le Drian in a recent interview. His German counterpart, Heiko Maas, also suggested an alliance of multilateralist powers last summer, and made exposing fake news a prerequisite for such an alliance. Maas rather pointed to disinformation coming from the other side of the Atlantic, whether on trade or on the Iran deal. But both agree that it is possible to pursue the right policy – and to establish it at the multilateral level – only if we agree on the facts rather than manipulate them in the first place.
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Living in the EU: an update on your rights as a UK national 22nd January 2020
Skip to content Christopher Pincher Minister of State (Minister for Europe and the Americas) Part of Brexit 22nd January 2020 London Living in the EU: an update on your rights as a UK national An outreach event in Aarhus for UK nationals in Denmark, hosted by the British Embassy in Copenhagen.At the end of January, […]
From Digital Diplomacy to Data Diplomacy 21st January 2020
The digital revolution arrived late at the heart of ministries of foreign affairs across the Western world. Ministries latched on to social media around the time of Tahrir Square and Iran’s 2009 Green Revolution, beguiled by a vision of the technology engendering a networked evolution toward more liberal societies. The post From Digital Diplomacy to […]
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Séminaire sur la Politique agricole commune (22 janvier 2020) 22nd January 2020
Présentation des enjeux passés et à venir de la Politique agricole commune de l'Union européenne par l'Ambassade de France et la délégation de l'Union européenne - Intégration européenne / Source : La France en Serbie (https://rs.ambafrance.org) The post Séminaire sur la Politique agricole commune (22 janvier 2020) appeared first on Diplomatic portal.
Church Cancels Protest Walk in Montenegro’s Old Capital 22nd January 2020
Original Article The post Church Cancels Protest Walk in Montenegro’s Old Capital appeared first on Diplomatic portal.
Catalog of Destroyed and Desecrated Churches in Kosovo ( VIDEO )
How Belgrade based diplomats use Digital Diplomacy and Internet 2016
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“The Interview” – Digital Diplomacy, a Battlefield or Marketplace of Ideas?
" Just Oppinion ", Digital Diplomacy, Public diplomacy, Who is who in Digital and Public Diplomacy, World
In defending our right to consume film, music, art and culture as free citizens, the danger is converting the internet from a thriving marketplace of ideas to a barricaded fortress. “The Interview,” regardless of whether you perceive this film as funny or in bad taste has now also risen to the level of precedent-setting event
The Power of the Arts in Public Diplomacy
John Brown's Public Diplomacy Press and Blog Review, Public diplomacy
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During his musical performance, American classical pianist John Robilette will share insights about his time as a cultural ambassador during the Cold War.
The Power of the Arts in Public Diplomacy [JB emphasis]
Lecture and Musical Performance / Free admission
American classical pianist John Robilette created and directed the Artistic Ambassador Program for the American government in the 1980s. This cultural exchange program sent unrecognized American classical musicians on concert tours throughout 63 countries overseas to support U.S. American public diplomacy. During his musical performance, he will share insights about being a cultural ambassador during the Cold War.
John Robilette has performed throughout the world on four continents and in 25 countries to critical acclaim. He has been honored in the White House and also gave a recital as part of the inaugural festivities for President..
Uspon i pad američke meke moći u Jugoslaviji i Srbiji
Public diplomacy, Tekstovi na srpskom
Amerika, kao vodeća sila 20. veka, sticala je svoju premoć na različite načine – dominirala je svetom vojno, ekonomski i tehnološki, a svoj uticaj je ostvarivala i kroz meku moć.
The revival of realist thinking in international relations
Tarık Oğuzlu, dailysabah.com, 31.05.2019
While realist power politics take precedence over liberalist opportunism, the great powers are both shaping and confronting this new reality
[T]he world has recently witnessed a strong comeback of realist thinking in international relations. As nationalism and geopolitics have seen a strong revival, we are no longer on the verge of transcending into a borderless world in which universalism overshadows particularism. …
The evolution of Chinese foreign policy over the last decades does also suggest that a realist turn has become more noticeable in recent years. The more powerful China has become in terms of material power capabilities, the more assertively it has begun to question the decades-old American hegemony in East and Southeast Asia, as well as promote its political-economy model beyond its borders through such initiatives as Belt and Road. China's efforts to entice its neighbors through lucrative free trade agreements and..
Project: Nordic Design Diplomacy in New York
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[JB note “public diplomacy” — as a term — is cited below: “About the Consulate General of Finland in New York The Consulate General of Finland in New York promotes Finland’s commercial interests, works on improving the operational conditions for the Finnish cultural agents and strengthens Finland’s national brand through the means of public diplomacy [JB emphasis] .
Design Diplomacy, a concept created by Helsinki Design Week, opens doors to the prestigious consular residences in a series of exclusive talks. Each Nordic Consul General from Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden will host a talk with designers discussing life and work from questions structured around a deck of cards. Design Diplomacy in New York is presented in collaboration with WantedDesign. In addition to the conversation, you will learn details about the unique residences and enjoy refreshments.Presented in collaboration with WantedDesign. The events are free, but registration is required.
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About BIDD
Belgrade Initiative for Public and Digital Diplomacy leads, researches and implements the best examples of public and digital diplomacy that exist in SEE region and globally. BIDD network is supporting online activism in region and mapping out the inter-cultural values and vivid digital inter-discussion. Digital as the medium that is bridging public opinion with foreign policy, guide colleagues in digital diplomacy of the neighboring countries through regional perspective without fragments. BIDD gathers different generations of university researchers, industry specialists, public policy officials and experienced diplomats who got educated and worked in Serbia, Germany, The United Kingdom, France, Italy, Russia, PR of China, Middle East, USA, Brazil and s.o. BIDD network grows daily and its actively seeks partnerships.
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Friday's school closing and delay
Marshall Public Schools under a two-hour delay
Friday's school closing and delay Marshall Public Schools under a two-hour delay Check out this story on battlecreekenquirer.com: http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/2018/03/02/fridays-school-closing-and-delay/388071002/
Noe Hernandez, Battle Creek Enquirer Published 7:15 a.m. ET March 2, 2018 | Updated 9:36 a.m. ET March 2, 2018
As more inches hit us in the months to come, shoveling our driveways and sidewalks is going to once again find its way on our to-do lists. If done improperly, shoveling can result in serious injury.(Photo: zest_marina, Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Marshall Public Schools are under a two-hour delay and Marshall Academy is closed today due to weather conditions.
Marshall Academy conferences will be held as scheduled.
MPS Superintendent Randy Davis said roads were icy and parking lots were iced at nine district facilities.
"Best to take a delay for salting and daylight," Davis said this morning in an email to the Enquirer.
The Battle Creek area received about an inch of rain and 2.3 inches of snow Thursday, according to the National Weather Service station in Grand Rapids.
"It's going to be mostly sunny today and over the weekend," said Cort Scholten, a National Weather Service meterologist.
The high temperature today will be around 40 degrees.
Scholten said the temperatures will dip to around 20 degrees tonight and rise into the mid-40s on Saturday and Sunday.
Here is a listing of this morning's school closings, as reported by schools on their websites and to WWMT-TV 3 and WOOD-TV 8:
Marshall Public Schools: two-hour delay
Marshall Academy: closed; conferences at scheduled times
Contact Battle Creek Enquirer reporter Noe Hernandez at 269-966-0684 or nhernandez@battlecreekenquirer.com.
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During the event, over 25,000 African American men were screened and educated about preventable diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure.
LOS ANGELES -- A luncheon was just held for those attending the African American Men's Health Empowerment Summit at the downtown convention center, featuring two specialists on federal health care policy from the Obama administration.
The event, which was part of the African American Men's Health and Empowerment Summit, was free to the public. The pair of speakers provided an update on the landmark health care law, as well as described what reform means, in particular, for California residents.
"We are excited that our efforts have resonated with the Obama administration," said Dr. Bill J. Releford, a foot surgeon who founded the summit and is an assistant professor at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science. "Our community organizing strategies have allowed us to screen and educate over 25,000 African American men about preventable diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure around the country."
The speakers included: Michael Alexander Blake, associate director, White House Office of Public Engagement & deputy associate director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. He was joined by Dr. Garth Graham, M.D., deputy assistant secretary for minority health, who shapes federal health policies that affect minority health.
The summit drew attention to health disparities in black men, and featured a day of live entertainment, seminars, and free screenings, including diabetes, high blood pressure, and HIV. Qualigen, a partnering company of the black barbershop program, employed rapid prostate tests, providing results within 10 minutes. Others included: the Prostate Cancer Foundation, Novartis, Eli Lilly, County of Los Angeles, Cardiocheck, LifeClinic, Qualigen, PhRMA, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, and Dada Shoes.
In addition to hosting the successful summit, Dr. Releford was also one of 100 guests that were recently invited to the White House to watch the Super Bowl. Others in attendance included activist Rev. Al Sharpton, actress Jennifer Lopez and her husband, Marc Anthony, as well as Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to Obama.
About Michael Blake:
A native of the Bronx, New York, Michael Blake nationally directs outreach to the African-American community, to county officials, state attorneys general and state financial officers. Blake worked on the Obama for America campaign, first as Iowa's Deputy Political Director and Constituency Outreach Director and concluded as the Michigan State Deputy Director and Political Director.
About Dr. Garth N. Graham:
Dr. Garth N. Graham helps develop and coordinate federal health policy that addresses minority health concerns and ensures that federal, state and local health programs take into account the needs of disadvantaged, racial and ethnic populations. He was previously appointed a White House Fellow and special assistant to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
About the Black Health Care Outreach Program:
The Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program seeks to reduce health care disparities among African American men through screening, educating and referring men to the doctor. Since its inception, the program has screened over 25,000 men in over 26 cities in 450 black owned barbershops.
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JAMAICA PLAINS DRUG LAB CHEMIST IS ARRESTED FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
by Samuel Goldberg
Welcome to October and, with the new month, we have even more developments in the Commonwealth’s drug lab scandal. Attorney Sam’s Take is happy to tell you that actual law enforcement actions are being taken!
First of all, the former chemist at the center of the controversy, Annie Dookhan (the “Exchemist”) has been arrested on preliminary charges. According to Attorney General Martha Coakley, more charges may well be coming.
Exchemist’s admitted mishandling and falsifying drug samples and testing results prompted the shutdown of the Hinton State Laboratory Institute in Boston last month and resulted in the resignation of three officials, including the state’s public health commissioner.
Oh…and, as discussed all last week, her deeds has also thrown the Massachusetts criminal justice system, at least in terms of drug cases, into crisis.
The extent? So far, the Commonwealth indicates that 34-year-old Exchemist handled more than 60,000 drug samples involving 34,000 defendants during her nine years at the lab.
The lab in which she worked has been closed.
More than a dozen drug defendants are back on the street while defense attorneys challenge the charges based on Exchemist’s alleged misconduct. Authorities say more than 1,100 inmates are currently serving time in cases in which Exchemist was the primary or secondary chemist.
On Friday, Exchemist pleaded not guilty the court set her bail at $10,000. As special bail conditions, she was also ordered to turn over her passport, submit to GPS monitoring, and not have contact with any former or current employees of the lab.
She stands charged with two counts of obstruction of justice and pretending to hold a degree for college or university. As such, she faces more than 20 years in prison if convicted.
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced and explained the charges at a press conference on Friday. She said that the two obstruction charges accuse Exchemist of lying about drug samples she analyzed at the lab in March 2011 for a Suffolk County case, and for testifying under oath in August 2010 that she had a master’s degree in chemistry from the University of Massachusetts.
Wait a minute…obstruction for only one month…over a year ago ???
Attorney Sam’s Take On Sacrificial Defendants
Before you assume that the Attorney General has a problem with her memory, be assured that she has also announced that more charges may well be coming as the investigation continues.
And, as you know, to say that the investigation as to Exchemist is continuing is an understatement.
As far as opining about a motive, the AG explained that the only motivation authorities have found so far for Exchemist is that she wanted to be seen as a good worker. However, as the AG noted, her actions turned the system on its head.
Well, that would be understatement creeping in again.
AG Coakley also declared that “People absolutely deserve a system they can trust. … We have to get to the bottom of this, and we will.”
Will we now?
As she deserves, Exchemist has become the central character in this problem. However, before we roast her on the criminal justice stick and leave it at that…perhaps there are a few things to keep in mind.
You know, in the interests of the cause of Justice, having a system we can trust and all that.
Exchemist’s issues with veracity were neither born nor allowed to exist for many years in a vacuum.
Clearly, the Commonwealth was clumsy enough to hire her despite the falsehood in her résumé. Simply, her stated qualifications were either never checked out or, worse yet, shrugged off as insignificant.
Is there any reason to believe that she was the only such employee who was hired so negligently? What other “experts” upon whose “expert opinion” are serving time behind bars…or worse? You know, it was not so long ago that there was a similar debacle with the Massachusetts Medical Examiner’s Office. You know…the good folks who render similar opinions when it comes to homicides.
By the way, that was during the course of Exchemist’s years at the drug lab.
Turning back to the what we do know about the drug lab, people have already jumped the sinking ship at the first sign of this nightmare. Not everyone, though. Not all of Exchemist’s supervisors. Those supervisors have, however, faced harsh criticism for not removing Exchemist from lab duties after suspicions about her were first raised by her co-workers and for not alerting prosecutors and police.
Nevertheless it is worth remembering that one supervisor did an audit of Exchemist’s paperwork but failed to retest any of her samples. Not surprisingly, the audit found nothing wrong.
The same year, a chemist found seven instances where Exchemist incorrectly identified a drug sample as a certain narcotic when it was something else. He told state police he told himself it was an honest mistake. However, in a recent interview with state police, Exchemist is said to have admitted to faking test results for two to three years. Additionally, she admitted to identifying some drug samples as narcotics simply by looking at them instead of testing them, a process known as “dry labbing.” Finally, she also said she forged the initials of colleagues and deliberately turned a negative sample into a positive for narcotics a few times.
All this apparently treated to the same careful scrutiny as was her initial hiring.
Regardless of what happens with Exchemist herself, what good will it be if such, to be generous, negligence with peoples’ lives is allowed to continue?
One more question…why are he simply accepting her word for the extent of her actions? Have we not reason to doubt her credibility at this point?
Careful…that is a trick question. You see, months ago, when a certain detective was found to have been stealing from various cases in the evidence lockers, we simply let him off the hook so long as he would simply tell us the extent to which such thefts took place. He was not arrested. He was not fired. He was not punished because, after all, he gave a full confession that all they had found him doing…was all that there was and nobody else was involved.
And we believe he was telling truth because…well, he said he was.
You know, you might be surprised at how many of my clients say that they are innocent and yet the Commonwealth does not take their word for it.
Is there really someone out there with a working mind who believes that these are the only two folks so engaged upon who’s word we rely to ruin peoples’ lives? Will it really matter if we simply define the problem as beginning and ending with Exchemist?
Of course, in a system which prizes the speedy and smooth running of the wheels of “justice” over quality, truth and integrity, people like Exchemist is perfect. After all, she was the “productive” chemist in the lab, routinely testing more than 500 samples a month, while others tested between 50 and 150.
If you spend time in the courtroom, you will see a similar attitude often in charge of said wheels.
In the meantime, in dealing with this particular scandal, is there something the system can do to address it?
Come back and read me tomorrow.
For the original story upon which this blog is based, please go to http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/09/27/special-courts-hear-cases-drug-lab-scandal/ye4hm5OJQhC8AiyUm62jCP/story.html?camp=newsletter and http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444712904578024640566890434.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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Lowlands Review
Alex Rosenwald
Review of: Lowlands
Reviewed by: Alex Rosenwald
Last modified:Oct 9, 2018
We review Lowlands, an action selection and resource manamgent board game that will have players raising sheep on the coast of Scotland. Players must not only content with the economy, but with the rising tide.
When looking at the box and reading the copy, you would be tempted to put Lowlands on the “Suffering European Peasants” shelf next to Agricola, or the “Scottish Economy” shelf next to Clans of Caledonia. A game about sheep farming in the Scottish Lowlands, with the ever-present threat of flooding from the rising tide, Lowlands builds an experience where players have to balance the needs of their own farm and flock against the requirements of working towards the greater good of all. Does Lowlands succeed? Spoiler alert: YES.
Lowlands is an action selection and resource management game for 2-4 players, that plays between one and two hours. Lowlands plays well at all player counts.
Lowlands is divided into three stages, each with two alternating sets of work and upkeep phases, followed by a high-tide cleanup phase. During each phase, flood cards will be revealed showing how much the water level rises, represented by wooden flood pieces that get placed and stacked as the stages advance.
Resources can be used to build the dike or to construct features of your farm.
The main action of the game occurs during the work phases, where players use their farmers to pick the actions they want to take. Each farmer has a point value (2, 3 or 4 points respectively) in the resolution of that action. The possible actions are described below:
Gain resources: Cards are drawn for each action point available. There are three types of resources – wood, clay, and stone.
Contribute to the dike: Resources are spent to move up on the construction track and a dike segment is built when progress reaches the end of the track. The higher the dike gets, the smaller the segments become, meaning more contributions are necessary as the game proceeds. You also earn points for contributing to the dike.
Build and/or move fences: Fences are built by spending the same type of resources and action points or moved by spending action points. Fences are used to enclose areas where sheep can be housed.
Buy and sell sheep: The sheep market has a limited capacity for sheep, limiting the number that can be bought and sold per phase. Sheep value fluctuates throughout the game based on the success or failure of dike construction.
Build farm expansions: Buildings and farm features can be selected from a tableau and built by spending resources. Each building or feature has its own unique power, such as immediately gaining money per sheep, being able to store more sheep in a fenced-in area, or scoring bonus points at the end of the game. Each farm can hold four buildings.
The upkeep phase is where all the bookkeeping occurs. As players build fences and buildings, they uncover more income-generating icons which provide them with more resources and money during upkeep. Sheep then breed and the market resets.
During the high-tide phase, the height of the flood tokens is compared to the height of the dam. If the dike holds, then players who contributed to the dike receives bonus money based on their comparative contributions. However, if the flood waters rise above the dike level, the players who contributed the least are punished by losing sheep at the end of play. The value of sheep and dike points then shifts (depending on success or failure) and the next cycle of work/upkeep/high tide begins. After three such cycles, the end of the game is reached. The player with the highest number of points, based on number of sheep, money, bonus points and dike points is declared the winner.
A sheep-heavy strategy at the end of play, with most spaces at capacity.
Lowlands asks quite a bit of people who play – build your flock of sheep, build the dike, and construct the best buildings and features. Did you do the math yet and realize that you need to get all that done by using only 18 actions? Once you get past the first phase or so, the tension that Lowlands generates so expertly begins to set in, and this tension is what drives the game and makes it such an enjoyable (if somewhat exhausting) experience.
Buildings and features available for purchase change from play to play.
While playing, it is easy to get locked in on your own farm, worrying about only your next actions and strategy, because there is no competition with the other players for action spaces (like in Agricola). However, the tension that Lowlands generates is ratcheted up because you have to always be eyeing your opponents’ actions. If you think a player is going to be building the dike, maybe you can get away with taking another action, but it could come back to haunt you later on.
Surprisingly enough, you would think that this is a complicated game to teach and learn. On the contrary, we found that (aside from some technical minutiae about a few buildings) the game is taught in about 15 minutes. Mind you, actual strategy took quite a few plays to figure out, but the fact that such a complicated game can hit the table running like this only adds to its quality.
As keeping with the idea of generating tension, Lowlands is designed cleverly as to not allow you to lock in to one strategy, requiring you to be flexible and adaptive to the actions of your opponents and to the variability of the game. Going all-in on dike building or sheep farming could put you into an early lead, but focusing on only one aspect of gameplay is not the route to victory. Where the tension comes in is deciding when to focus more on farm or dike construction.
The rising tide peeks over the dike. Without more construction, the dike will fail!
One of the best mechanics of the game is during dike construction, when a player is required to ask another player if they want to assist in building. This one moment can potentially lead to a amount of analysis. Do you ask the lead player, giving them the opportunity to earn more points, but knowing that they’ll be able to add to construction, which is what you are hoping? Do you ask a player, knowing that they will refuse? One small and simple mechanic of asking another player for help adds a whole layer of cost/benefit analysis that only adds to the enjoyment of the game.
Most components are not worth mentioning in the game experience, but it is worth noting that the design of the flood and dike tiles are absolutely outstanding and truly add to the game experience. The dread that you get when you see the flood tokens pile up and the satisfaction you get in dropping down dike segments do a great job of immersing you in the theme, and the developers deserve kudos for such an amazing job. Unfortunately, the only negative we could find was that we would have liked a better solution for the farmer meeples than a sticker with the action point value printed on them – it is a bit visually jarring.
A glut of sheep at the sheep market.
While Lowlands has obvious comparisons to Agricola (not surprising considering Uwe Rosenberg assisted in development), the games are not at all alike. Lowlands, arguably, generates even more tension than Agricola does because of its even more limited number of actions and continual need to change strategies. However, it is not surprising that we find both of these titles quite enjoyable.
Lowlands is an outstanding game, with deep layers of strategy and tension that last from start to finish. Excellent components, surprisingly easy rules to learn, and tight gameplay make Lowlands a game that is worthy of adding to your shelf.
Final Score: 5 Stars – Amazing. On my list for Game of the Year, no doubt.
• Deep, analytical gameplay
• Amazing components
• Not multiplayer solitaire – you need to keep tabs on your opponents
• Stickers on worker meeples could have had a better solution
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Alex likes his barbells heavy, his beers hoppy, and his board games thematic and fun to play with two players. When not at the gaming table, you can find him wearing short shorts and carrying a weighted rucksack for miles on end.
Trent Ellingsen Oct 9, 2018 At 4:51 pm
Great review. The more I hear about this game and the intricate decision making, the more I’m interested. The high price is keeping me from getting it right away but I’m hoping for a good sale in the next couple of months to get it! Also, I posted your review on the game’s 5CC page to hopefully get you some more exposure. https://www.5colorcombo.com/search/game/KyiRI2i7Ep Thanks for the in depth review!
Frumblefist Oct 14, 2018 At 3:35 am
Netherlands. Lowlanders who love tulips
Not Scotland. Highlanders who love hagis.
They are both wet and dreary, fine. But geography and socially completely different.
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Jennifer Lawrence fronts Dior's new fragrance, Joy
The brand's first new fragrance in almost 20 years
Text: Meeran Mekkaoui
Dior fashion muse Jennifer Lawrence is now the face of its newest fragrance creation, Joy...
It's a well-known fact that Christian Dior makes beautiful fragrances. Up until now, the brand has released new scents under its two fragrance umbrellas: Miss Dior and J’Adore Dior but overnight, the French fashion house revealed a brand new scent that's unlike any of its predecessors. It's also particularly special given that it is the maison's first new scent in almost 20 years.
Called Joy by Dior, the scent has been brought to life by French perfumer Francois Demachy, who incorporated zested bergamot, mandarin, Grasse rose, jasmine, sandalwood, cedar, white musk and patchouli, into the beautifully-crafted pink packaging that houses the new eau de parfum.
When it came down to who would be front the maison's latest fragrance, Dior tapped a longtime friend of the house, Jennifer Lawrence.
Previously seen fronting the brand's ready-to-wear and handbag campaigns, JLaw's new campaign role sees the award-winning actress sitting poolside and embracing the joy of the new scent. Take a look here...
Dior's new Joy by Dior fragrance will be available at all leading beauty counters, including Sephora Middle East, from September.
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Wine Makes Sperm Stronger, and Other Unexpected Food and Drink Studies This Week
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Hey guys, wine is not just for the ladies! Men may want to guzzle up more reds and whites after hearing this news: Drinking wine makes sperm stronger. According to a new study, the average modern man has some sperm problems, what with the heavy caffeine intake, tight-fitting boxer briefs (bummer), and being stressed out ALL THE TIME like the rest of us. Has your man had a cellphone for more than 10 years? His sperm are probably weaker because of that as well. Great. But never fear, because wine is here! In the study, Polish researchers found that drinking two glasses of wine for three days every week may help men's little swimmers do more laps — so don't go chugging it all right at once.
Making a baby? Well, light some candles and pop open a bottle or two before you do the deed. Show your lady that romantic side, and you might get lucky. Not making a baby? You have my permission to drink wine anyway.
We all love new studies that reveal what we are doing wrong with our lives. And my goodness, there have been some doozies dealing with food and drink studies this week. Check them out:
Does the "Instagram Diet" Really Work?
Do you take photos of your food and then post them to Instagram? I'd normally tell you to stop being a pretentious [insert noun of choice here], but you may get a reprieve if you're looking to shed some pounds. According to a new study from Brigham Young University, looking at photos of food — in this case, salty ones like chips — may actually decrease the likelihood of eating that same food later on. “It can have the impact like they have consumed it already, and it may decrease the excitement of it when they go to eat it,” nutritionist Joan Salge Blake says. Reprieve retracted if you use the Toaster filter though, because that is just inexcusable.
Want to Live Longer? Drink Up.
Studies continue to prove that alcohol — when consumed properly — is actually good for you. Again, everything in moderation: Researchers found that adults who imbibe in one to three drinks per day tend to live longer than those who don't drink at all. And this most recent study was by no means a small undertaking: University of Texas researchers followed nearly 2,000 participants over 20 years. By the time subjects reached their 50s and 60s, 69 percent of the teetotalers had already died, compared to only 41 percent of moderate drinkers.
Are Frozen Veggies Better For You?
Stock up on the Steamfresh. Even though nothing beats crisp, just-picked vegetables, frozen veggies may actually have more vitamins and minerals than store-bought ones. A new study out of the University of Georgia studied nutrient values of eight different types of frozen and fresh veggies that were stored in family homes for five days. The frozen produce retains its vitamins for a longer amount of time, thus making it a healthier alternative.
Like Father, Like Daughter
It's common knowledge that when a woman is pregnant, she's eating for two — she has to monitor what she eats and drinks for the baby's sake. But a new study suggests that dads may have to watch what they eat as well. Researchers at McGill University found that when male mice were fed a diet lacking in folate — which is essential for women during pregnancy — their offspring were born with a higher rate of birth defects.
These findings may ring true for humans as well, warning fathers-to-be to watch their diets and lifestyle. “Despite the fact that folic acid is now added to a variety of foods, fathers who are eating high-fat, fast-food diets or who are obese may not be able to use or metabolize folate in the same way as those with adequate levels of the vitamin,” lead researcher Sarah Kimmins says.
Water Has Drugs. A Lot of Them.
Gulp. Here's a bit of nerve-wracking news. Even though our treated water contains many forms of bacteria, strict water regulations keep Americans safe — for the most part. But now some sobering information has just come up: There are tons of drugs in our water supply, the likes of which surprised many drug companies. The influx of drugs is due to our reliance on prescriptions: People release them after going to the bathroom or flush old drugs down the toilet to dispose of them — but no one seems to be regulating their amounts.
“We’re not trying to scare anyone, but we need to know what these chemical compounds will do to the environment and what are the long-term effects for humans. No one seems to know,” says Nick Schroeck, executive director of the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center in Detroit. The full study is set to be released in January. If you don't have one, maybe now is the time to buy a water filter.
A Warm House Can Burn Calories
Turn up the thermostat, stat! People who live in a comfortable 73 degrees tend to have lower body-mass indexes than those who keep the heat down. While brown fat, which is "fat that burns fat," works its magic in chilly rooms (below 60 degrees), most people don't keep their own homes at that temperature in the winter. People also use more energy and eat less in houses that are set at 73 degrees. The English study surveyed 100,000 people for 13 years. If all else fails, just blame the extra pounds on your (probably) freezing office.
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Avid Motorcyclist Killed by Drunk Driver in Lancaster Motorcycle Accident
April 29, 2015 | by Robert Walch
A Lancaster motorcycle accident on Sunday, April 19, 2015, resulted in the death of Glenn Arnold Grimm. According to the Antelope Valley Times, Mr. Grimm, who was 69 years old, was struck by a drunk driver in a pick up truck. Mr. Grimm was stopped at the intersection of 90th Street East and Avenue K when he was rear ended by the truck.
Sadly, Mr. Grimm, who was involved in another motorcycle accident in 2005, where a vehicle ran a rad light and struck him, causing him to tear ligaments in his ankle, had spent much time searching for the yellow Harley Davidson that he was riding at the time of this accident. Mr. Grimm felt that the yellow color would help avoid a future motorcycle crash.
Mr. Grimm was a very experienced motorcyclist who often participated in motorcycle related charities for good causes. Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA) will be honoring Mr. Grimm and accepting charitable donations for its cause.
The Los Angeles County District Attorneys’ Office said that the man who struck Mr. Grimm, Javier Guzman Pena, was found to be intoxicated at the time of the motorcycle accident. He apparently had a .08 blood alcohol content, has been charged with murder and is being held on one million dollars bail.
Although it is unlikely, we can only hope that Mr. Pena has sufficient automobile liability insurance to pay the significant Lancaster wrongful death damages, which could be in the millions of dollars. The family of Mr. Grimm should hire an experienced Lancaster personal injury lawyer to find out what coverage Mr. Pena had, included if he was driving a work truck, wherein a commercial insurance policy may apply. There may also be uninsured motorist coverage that may apply.
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Voters must decide fate of politicians
PUBLISHED: 10:36 17 March 2006 | UPDATED: 21:46 28 May 2010
Ken Livingstone, mayor of London, made an unwise remark to a reporter and was suspended for four weeks on full pay. In Fenland, Alan Melton, former leader of Fenland District Council, made an unwise remark to a reporter, to reveal, too soon, that he had b
Ken Livingstone, mayor of London, made an unwise remark to a reporter and was suspended for four weeks on full pay.In Fenland, Alan Melton, former leader of Fenland District Council, made an unwise remark to a reporter, to reveal, too soon, that he had been found completely innocent of spurious charges that had been laid against him. For that, he was suspended for four months without pay.Illogical, inconsistent and unfair, certainly, but isn't there a much wider issue?Surely, in a democracy, it is for the voters - or in extreme circumstances, a court of law - to decide whether a politician continues in the job for which he was elected? Not some unelected, unaccountable Labour Government quango?ANDREW VARNEYStation RoadMarch
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Such changes in the body individuals affected in some way on
reproductive elements. The latter, in case of continuous violation
balance in the body, take a special, unusual structure. 3) But
the changes caused in this way in the reproductive elements, not a
kind of like those caused by changes in the functional character;
change, transmitted to posterity, have no relation to those
a variety of changes that occur in the body of parents
a functional way. 4) since the balance of the shipment can not be
restored by inheriting the effects of a breach of shipments
individual organism, then such recovery can be made
only through inheritance of random changes, which may be in
all bodies, without any correlation to changes in shipments, We believe
impossible to take such a number of provisions and, in addition, affirm that
they are unconvincing.
"But where is the direct evidence that changes in the functional
nature is able to be transmitted by inheritance?" that is the question
it is proposed by those who adhere to interpretations of the foregoing, walking -
"Let's say that there are indeed some difficulties; but in any
case before to explain them to resort to the assumption of the transmission
inheritance changes from use and disuse, the necessary true
evidence that indeed the consequences of use and
disuse can be transmitted by inheritance."
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Center for Brain/Mind Medicine
Back to Neuropsychiatry
Recent developments in neuroscience allow for increased understanding of the brain and cognition, emotion, perception and behavior. Experts in the Center for Brain/Mind Medicine are clinicians and researchers trained in a variety of disciplines bridging the mind/brain interface. They utilize this understanding to provide evaluation and treatment to patients with complex clinical pictures that may not be fully understood within the traditional boundaries of neurology and/or psychiatry.
This integrated neuropsychiatric approach is ideal for patients with dementia, multiple sclerosis, movement disorders, epilepsy, tumor, stroke and head trauma who are experiencing difficulties with, or changes in, cognition, emotion, perception or behavior, either as a direct result of the neuropathology or as part of the individual’s response to it. It also allows for a comprehensive evaluation of possible neurologic contributions to an atypical psychiatric condition.
The clinical services of the Center for Brain/Mind Medicine include:
Evaluation by a psychiatrist subspecialist with specialized training in brain-behavior relationships, who assesses psychiatric and behavioral symptoms due to brain injury or dysfunction and then develops psychopharmacological and behavioral intervention strategies.
Behavioral Neurology
Evaluation by a neurologist who assesses and integrates neurologic, medical, and neuropsychological information to formulate a comprehensive treatment plan.
Dually-trained Psychiatrists/Neurologists
Our team has two dually-trained physicians with post-graduate specialization in Neurology and Psychiatry and 12 with subspecialty certification in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry who can provide a comprehensive and integrated evaluation of complex clinical presentations with symptoms lying at the interface between these specialties.
Evaluation by a psychiatrist subspecialist with expertise in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of complex mental disorders occurring in later life.
Evaluation by a social worker who specializes in the psychosocial issues related to neurological conditions and provides patient and family advocacy, appropriates resources and benefits, lifespan-planning, and supportive counseling.
Brigham Psychiatric Specialties
In addition to the interdisciplinary work with the members of the Center for Brain/Mind Medicine, several of the neuropsychiatrists and geriatric psychiatrists are also an integral part of Brigham Psychiatric Specialties - outpatient psychiatry service of BWH - where they work closely with psychiatrists in different sub-specialty areas and clinical psychologists with expertise in the most advanced evidence-based psychotherapies.
Neuropsychiatric Education and Training
The Brigham and Women’s Department of Psychiatry provides education and training in neuropsychiatry for all residents, fellows and medical students on the psychiatry service. In addition, it offers more intensive training in neuropsychiatry for those wishing to specialize in the field.
Didactic Sessions
Medical students completing the principal clinical experience at Brigham and Women’s Hospital participate in the Integrative Mind/Brain Medicine curriculum throughout their rotations on neurology, psychiatry and radiology. This 12-week course, sponsored by the departments/divisions of neurology, psychiatry and neuroradiology, focuses on the integration of information and perspectives from the varied medical specialties devoted to the brain, including neurology, psychiatry, neuroradiology and neurosurgery, with a focus on neuropsychiatry.
A senior medical student elective in neuropsychiatry is offered. For more information, please contact Gaston Baslet, MD at gbaslet@partners.org
Residents participate in numerous didactic sessions devoted to topics in neuropsychiatry. The PGY-2 year features an introduction and overview of clinical neuropsychiatry and neuroscience; the PGY-3 year involves sessions on individual neuropsychiatric topics with particular relevance to medical psychiatry; and the PGY-4 year features a concentrated module on more advanced topics in neuropsychiatry. Fellows in Psychosomatic Medicine and Geriatric Psychiatry also participate in didactic sessions on a variety of neuropsychiatric topics.
Faculty and trainees from a number of brain/mind related fields attend the monthly Center for Brain/Mind Medicine Seminar Series, which hosts speakers from a variety of disciplines relevant to the Cognitive/Affective Neurosciences, providing diverse perspectives on brain/mind function.
Interdisciplinary rounds involving behavioral neurologists, neuropsychiatrists, neuropsychologists and social workers are held weekly the behavioral neurology/neuropsychiatry conference room of the Hale Building of Transformative Medicine.
Psychiatry residents may participate in neuropsychiatric evaluation and treatment while on the psychiatry outpatient service, and those with a particular interest may choose to do a neuropsychiatry chiefship during the PGY-4 year. Fellows in Geriatric Psychiatry receive training on the behavioral neurology/neuropsychiatry outpatient unit, and those in Psychosomatic Medicine may opt to do a selective in outpatient neuropsychiatry. Clinical electives are sometimes available for medical students as well.
Trainees who wish to purse more advanced training in neuropsychiatry can undertake UCNS-accredited fellowship training in neuropsychiatry/behavioral neurology involving intensive experience and supervision in the evaluation and treatment of neuropsychiatric cases in the context of an interdisciplinary team approach, as well as formal didactics and a journal club.
For further information on fellowship training in behavioral neurology/neuropsychiatry please contact Dr. Kirk Daffner or Dr. Gaston Baslet or call (617) 732-8060.
David Silbersweig, MD: Neuropsychiatry, Psychiatry, Neurology, Neuroimaging
Laura Safar, MD*: Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Neurological Illnesses; Multiple Sclerosis and Psychiatric Symptoms
Nancy Donovan, MD: Geriatric Psychiatry
Barry Fogel, MD: Neuropsychiatry, Neurology, Psychiatry
Jessica Harder, MD: Neuropsychiatry
Shreya Raj, MD: Neuropsychiatry
Juan Carlos Urizar, MD: Geriatric Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry
All patients who are scheduled with a fellow are also seen by an attending in the same visit.
* Providers who are fully bilingual in English and Spanish.
Complete Faculty, Staff and Fellows of the Center for Brain/Mind Medicine
For referrals to Neuropsychiatry or Geriatric Psychiatry please contact:
Brigham Psychiatric Specialties triage and mental health resources specialist: (617) 732-6753 or BWHtriage@partners.org
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Keynsham drug dealer must pay back £28k - or face further six months in prison
More than £6,000 was found in cash at Tyrone Royal’s house when it was searched by police
A drug dealer has been ordered to pay back £28,000 - or face going to prison for a further six months.
Tyrone Royal was jailed earlier this year after two blocks of cocaine - weighing nearly 50 grams - were found in his car during a police search in October 2016.
The Class A drugs were found alongside 268.16 grams of Benzocaine - an agent commonly used to mix drugs to dilute their purity.
During the search, officers also discovered more than £6,400 in cash stashed at his home in Charlton Road as well as high-value designer items including baseball caps, sunglasses, bags, clothing and jewellery.
Drug dealer Tyrone Royal was jailed for five a half years in February (Image: Avon and Somerset Police)
The 24-year-old dealer was jailed for five-and-a-half years after being convicted of possessing a controlled drug with intent to supply at Bristol Crown Court in February.
But last week, at a hearing at the court, Judge Euan Ambrose ordered a confiscation against Royal to the value of £28,236 - which included cash and goods seized from him.
Terrified kitten becomes stuck inside cavity wall of Bristol house
The dealer is believed to have made more than £58,000 from his criminal antics, though maintained credits paid to him represented legitimate business payments.
If Royal fails to pay the total confiscation order, he will be sentenced to a further six months behind bars and will still have to repay the remaining sum of the monies owed.
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Dr Kirstie Cogram, manager of Avon and Somerset Police’s complex crime unit said: "We are committed to seizing any assets that criminals have gained as a result of crime.
“It is not acceptable that criminals benefit from illegal activities and we will relentlessly pursue them through the courts to ensure their money is taken.
“By doing this we show criminals that they will not benefit from crime and hopefully deter others from entering a life of crime."
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FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
SUBPART 1801.1 PURPOSE, AUTHORITY, ISSUANCE
1801.104 Applicability.
1801.105 Issuance.
1801.105-1 Publication and code arrangement.
1801.105-2 Arrangement of regulations.
1801.106 OMB approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
SUBPART 1801.2 ADMINISTRATION
1801.270 Amendment of the NFS.
1801.271 NASA procedures for FAR and NFS changes.
1801.272 Procurement Information Circulars.
1801.273 Procurement Class Deviations.
SUBPART 1801.3 AGENCY ACQUISITION REGULATIONS
1801.303 Publication and codification.
SUBPART 1801.4 DEVIATIONS FROM THE FAR
1801.471 Procedure for requesting deviations.
SUBPART 1801.6 CAREER DEVELOPMENT, CONTRACTING
AUTHORITY, AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1801.601 General.
1801.602 Contracting Officer Responsibilities.
1801.602-2 Delegations to Contracting Officer's Representatives (CORs).
1801.602-3 Ratification of unauthorized commitments.
1801.603 Selection, appointment, and termination of appointment.
1801.603-2 Selection.
1801.604 Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR).
1801.604-70 Federal Acquisition Certification for Contracting Officer
Representatives (FAC-COR) Requirements.
SUBPART 1801.7 DETERMINATIONS AND FINDINGS
1801.707 Signatory authority.
1801.770 Legal review.
This part sets forth general information about the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Supplement, also referred to as the NFS.
Subpart 1801.1—Purpose, Authority, Issuance
(a) Under the following authorities, the Administrator has delegated to the Assistant Administrator for Procurement authority to prepare, issue, and maintain the NFS:
(i) The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (Pub. L. 11-314; 51 U.S.C. 20113 et seq.).
(ii) 10 U.S.C. chapter 137.
(iii) Other statutory authority.
(iv) FAR subpart 1.3.
The NFS applies to all acquisitions as defined in FAR Part 2 except those expressly excluded by the FAR or this regulation.
(b)(i) The NFS is an integrated document that contains both acquisition regulations that require public comment and internal Agency guidance and procedures that do not require public comment. NASA personnel must comply with all regulatory and internal guidance and procedures contained in the NFS.
(ii) NFS regulations that require public comment are issued as Chapter 18 of Title 48, CFR.
(iii) The single official NASA-maintained version of the NFS is on the Internet (http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/NFS.pdf).
(b)(1)(A) Numbering of NFS text implementing the FAR shall be the same as that of the related FAR text, except when the NFS coverage exceeds one paragraph. In such case the NFS text is numbered by skipping a unit in the FAR 1.105-2(b)(2) prescribed numbering sequence. For example, two paragraphs implementing FAR 1.105-2(b)(1) are numbered 1801.105-2(b)(1)(A) and (B), rather than (1)(i) and (ii). Further subdivision of the NFS implementing paragraphs would follow the prescribed sequence in FAR 1.105(b)(2).
(B) NFS text that supplements the FAR part is numbered the same as its FAR counterpart with the addition of a number 70 and up. For example, NFS supplement of FAR subsection 1.105-3 is numbered 1801.105-370. Supplemental text exceeding one paragraph is numbered using the FAR 1.105-2(b)(2) prescribed numbering sequence without skipping a unit.
(2) Subdivision numbering below the fourth level repeats the numbering sequence using italicized letters and numbers.
The following OMB control numbers apply:
NFS Segment
OMB Control Number
1852.223-70
NF 533
NF 1018
Subpart 1801.2—Administration
(a) Changes to the NFS require rulemaking and publication in the Federal Register when a change may have an effect on the public. Changes to internal guidance and procedures are controlled, processed, and approved internally and are not required to be published in the Federal Register. All changes are then incorporated into the single, official NASA-maintained Internet version of the NFS through the issuance of Procurement Notices (PNs). PNs are numbered consecutively, prefixed by the last two digits of the calendar year of issuance.
(b) For guidance on application of NFS changes to solicitations and contracts, see FAR 1.108(d).
(a) Recommended administrative changes to the NFS, such as corrections to misspelled words, omitted words or lines, and errors in format or in links to referenced documents shall be emailed to the NFS Manager.
(b) Requests for proposed revisions to the FAR or NFS shall be submitted in writing and shall contain the following information: (i) a description of the issue or concern the suggested revision is designed to correct, (ii) the revision in the form of a marked-up copy of the current FAR or NFS language and/or the text of any proposed language to be added, (iii) a brief explanation of the consequences of not making a change and the benefits to be expected from making a change, and (iv) any other information necessary for a clear understanding of the issue or concern, such as the relationship between the FAR and NFS coverage, legal opinions and/or concurrences, inputs and/or concurrences from other cognizant offices, and any existing agreements. All requests for proposed revisions to the FAR and NFS shall be emailed to the NFS Manager. Requests from Headquarters offices shall originate at the division level or higher, while requests from the centers shall be from the Procurement Officer or a higher level official. The sender’s email address will suffice as the official signature for requests for proposed revisions to the FAR or NFS; the email shall include the supporting information that is emailed to the NFS Manager.
(a) The Procurement Information Circular (PIC) is used for internal dissemination of procurement-related information that clarifies existing policy, is temporary in nature or episodic and generally not suitable for inclusion in the NFS. PICs should be used very carefully and their duration shall not exceed one year, unless a longer period of time is approved by the Director, Headquarters Office of Procurement, Policy, Training, and Pricing Division. Any PIC that has a duration greater than one year shall be reviewed, updated as required, and revalidated, not later than on its anniversary date. The Headquarters Office of Procurement, Policy, Training, and Pricing Division is responsible for the control, processing, vetting, and approval of PICs.
(b) PICs are numbered on a calendar year basis, beginning with number 1, prefixed by the last two digits of the year.
(c) PICs are posted on the online Procurement Library.
(a) The Procurement Class Deviation (PCD) is used to deviate from FAR and/or NFS requirements in cases where the deviation affects more than one contract action and is temporary in nature. Since PCDs are processed and issued without public comment, PCDs shall be used very carefully and with a specified duration that is sufficient to allow for the formal processing of the change to the FAR and/or NFS. The Headquarters Office of Procurement, Policy, Training, and Pricing Division is responsible for the control, processing, and vetting of PCDs. Approval of PCDs are in accordance with FAR 1.404(c).
(b) PCDs are numbered on a calendar year basis, beginning with number 1, prefixed by the last two digits of the year.
(c) PCDs are posted on the online Procurement Library.
Subpart 1801.3—Agency Acquisition Regulations
(a)(2) Heads of NASA field installations may prescribe policies and procedures that do not have a significant effect beyond the internal operating procedures of their installations. All other policies, procedures, and solicitation and contract provisions and clauses must be forwarded to the Headquarters Office of Procurement, Policy, Training, and Pricing Division for approval in accordance with 1801.271.
(b)(i) Title 41 U.S.C. 1707 requires publication of NFS changes for public comment where there will be a significant effect beyond the internal operating procedures of the Agency or a significant cost or administrative impact on contractors or offerors. However, it does not define "significant effect beyond the internal operating procedures" or "significant cost or administrative impact." Examples of policies or procedures that fall in either of these categories are:
(A) A contract clause requiring contractors to take precautions to avoid injury to Florida manatees, which have been designated as an endangered species, has a significant cost impact for contractors who must obtain protective devices for boat propellers and take other safety actions.
(B) A contract clause requiring contractors to follow the Government's holiday schedule, thereby disallowing premium pay for work on contractor-designated holidays, will have an effect outside the internal operating procedures of the agency.
(C) A contract clause requiring contractors to segregate costs by appropriations will affect the contractor's internal accounting system and have a significant impact.
(D) Requiring contractor compliance with NASA's Space Transportation System Personnel Reliability Program will have an effect outside the internal operating procedures of the agency.
(ii) In contrast, the following would not have to be publicized for public comment:
(A) Security procedures for identifying and badging contractor personnel to obtain access at a NASA installation.
(B) A one-time requirement in a construction contract for the contractor to develop a placement plan and for inspection prior to any concrete being placed. (This is part of the specification or statement of work.)
(C) A policy that requires the NASA installation to maintain copies of unsuccessful offers.
(a) Part, subpart, and section numbers 70 through 89 are reserved for NFS supplementary material for which there is no FAR counterpart.
Subpart 1801.4—Deviations from the FAR
This subpart prescribes the policies and procedures for authorizing deviations from the FAR and the NFS.
(a) Requests for authority to deviate from the FAR or the NFS shall be submitted by the Procurement Officer to the Headquarters Office of Procurement, Program Operations Division.
(b) Each request for a deviation shall contain, as a minimum—
(1) Identification of the FAR or the NFS requirement from which a deviation is sought;
(2) A full description of the deviation, the circumstances in which it will be used, and the specific contract action(s) to which it applies;
(3) A description of its intended effect;
(4) A statement as to whether the deviation has been requested previously and, if so, the circumstances of the previous request;
(5) Identification of the contractor(s) and the contract(s) affected, including dollar value(s);
(6) Detailed reasons supporting the request, including any pertinent background information; and
(7) A copy of counsel's concurrence or comments.
(c) In addition to the information required by 1801.471(b), requests for individual deviations from FAR cost principles under FAR 31.101 should include a copy of the contractor's request for cost allowance.
Subpart 1801.6—Career Development, Contracting Authority, and Responsibilities
Pursuant to NPD 5101.32, the authority to enter into and take other actions for FAR-based purchases, contracts, and for financial assistance instruments is delegated to the Assistant Administrator for Procurement, who redelegates this authority to the appropriate contracting activity personnel in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
1801.602 Contracting Officers.
1801.602-2 Responsibilities.
(d)(i) A Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) delegation may be made only by the contracting officer cognizant of that contract at the time the delegation is made. If the cognizant contracting officer is absent, the delegation letter may be signed by a warranted contracting officer at any level above the cognizant contracting officer. An individual COR may have only the duties specifically identified in a written delegation to him or her by name (i.e., COR duties may not be delegated to a position) and has no authority to exceed them. CORs should be informed that they may be personally liable for unauthorized commitments. Contracting officer authority to sign or authorize contractual instruments shall not be delegated through a COR designation or by any means other than a contracting officer warrant.
(ii) The cognizant contracting officer may appoint a qualified Government employee to act as their representative in managing the technical aspects of a particular contract. A COR may be a NASA or Federal agency civil servant or a member of the military. A COR may also be an Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) appointed detailee (5 U.S.C. 3374 authorizes the temporary assignment of employees of universities, state/local/tribal governments, and certain non-profit organizations); but shall not be delegated inherently governmental functions (FAR 7.503). In appointing an IPA as a COR, contracting officers shall seek center counsel for conflict of interest determination related to their duties; confirm completion of Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch training; and ensure the NF 1634 does not delegate inherently governmental functions. Technical organizations are responsible for ensuring that the individual they recommend to the contracting officer possesses training, qualifications and experience commensurate with the duties and responsibilities to be delegated and the nature of the contract.
(iii) The COR may be authorized to provide technical direction in accordance with the Statement of Work and the NF 1634, Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR)/Alternate COR Delegation. Technical direction encompasses written direction from the COR to provide clarification of the contract’s general description of the scope of work to include approaches, solutions, designs, refinements or shifts within tasks, or inquiries related to the general tasks and requirements in the SOW.
(iv) If necessary, the contracting officer may appoint an alternate COR to act during short absences of the COR, such as when the COR is on leave or travel. When approved by the Procurement Officer and in limited circumstances, warranted by contract scope, workload, and the need to provide adequate oversight, the contracting officer may appoint more than one alternate COR on a contract. If more than one alternate COR is appointed, the contracting officer shall provide the COR, the alternate COR (s), and the contractor written guidance specifying how the line of succession works to clearly ensure each party knows who is acting as the COR at any given time.
(v) NASA Form 1634, Contracting Officer Representative’s (COR) Delegation, shall be used to appoint CORs. The contracting officer will modify the form to address the specific contract functions delegated to the COR or retained by the contracting officer. CORs cannot redelegate their duties and responsibilities and the COR may be held personally liable for unauthorized acts. However, this does not prohibit the COR from receiving assistance for the purpose of monitoring contractor progress and gathering information. When one individual is appointed as a COR on more than one contract, separate delegations shall be issued for each contract. A separate NF 1634 shall be used to appoint the alternate COR (s).
(vi) A COR delegation remains in effect throughout the life of the contract unless canceled in writing by the cognizant contracting officer or at any level above that contracting officer. The contracting officer may modify the delegation only by issuance of a new delegation canceling and superseding the existing delegation. The COR and his or her immediate supervisor are responsible for promptly notifying the contracting officer when the COR has a change in station, duty assignment, or leaves Government service.
(vii) With the exception of delegations made to construction contract CORs to issue emergency on-site change orders, NF 1634 shall not be used to authorize a COR to initiate procurement actions or in any way cause a change to the contract or increase the Government's financial obligations. When delegating the COR authority to issue emergency on-site change orders, the contracting officers shall specify in NF 1634 a not to exceed limitation on this authority. In no event shall the limitation exceed $25,000.
(viii) Each COR shall acknowledge receipt and accept the delegation by signing the original delegation letter and returning it to the contracting officer. The contracting officer shall file original of the COTR delegation letter in the applicable contract file. Copies of the signed COR delegation letter shall be distributed to the COR, the contractor, and each cognizant contract administration office. Acknowledgment and distribution for terminations of COR delegations and COR delegations which revise authority, duties and responsibilities shall follow the same rules.
(b) Policy. Individuals making unauthorized commitments may be subject to disciplinary action, and the issue may be referred to the Office of Inspector General.
(c)(7) The authority in FAR 1.602-3 may be exercised only when--
(A) The Government employee who made the unauthorized commitment, or his/her supervisor, if appropriate, initiates a procurement request in accordance with 1804.7301.
(B) The procurement request and/or accompanying documentation identifies the individual who made the unauthorized commitment, and includes a statement signed by the individual that explains why normal acquisition procedures were not followed, explains why the firm was selected, lists other sources considered, describes the work, and estimates or states the agreed price. If the Government representative who made the unauthorized commitment is no longer available, appropriate program personnel shall provide the information described in this paragraph.
(C) The procurement request is submitted through the director of the cognizant program office at the contracting activity, or comparable official. In the procurement request, the director shall describe measures taken to prevent the recurrence of the unauthorized commitment.
Pursuant to NPD 5101.32, the authority to appoint source selection officials, contracting officers, contracting officer representatives, and other procurement officials is delegated to the Assistant Administrator for Procurement, who redelegates this authority to the procurement officer unless otherwise retained by the Head of Contracting Activity. However, for a procurement action that is subject to Master Buy Procedures (see 1807.7101) and the “selection” milestone for the procurement action is selected for headquarters review and approval, the Assistant Administrator for Procurement retains the authority to appoint the source selection official.
Normally, only GS-1102 and GS-1105 personnel with the requisite training and experience may be appointed contracting officers and only when a valid organizational need can be demonstrated.
1801.603-3 Appointment.
(b) Delegations of procurement authority to other than GS-1102 and GS-1105 personnel shall be in accordance with the NASA Procurement Career Development and Training Policy.
1801.604-70 Federal Acquisition Certification for Contracting Officer’s Representatives (FAC-COR) Requirements.
(1) These requirements apply to all individuals appointed as CORs and alternate CORs on NASA contracts, including Phase II and Phase III awards made under NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs. These requirements do not apply to CORs on Phase I SBIR or Phase I STTR awards.
(2) FAC-COR certificates from any civilian agency are equivalent to NASA FAC-COR certificates. The following certificates, from NASA or any civilian agency, are equivalent to a NASA FAC-COR certificate:
(i) Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FAC-C) Level I or above; or
(ii) Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Managers (FAC-P/PM) Mid-Level/Journeyman.
(3) An individual with a FAC-COR certificate does not necessarily meet the requirements for the FAC-C Level I or the FAC-P/PM mid-level/journeyman.
(4) For recordkeeping purposes, individuals with equivalent certificates who will be appointed as CORs must submit a copy of their equivalent certificate to the Acquisition Career Manager (ACM) in the Headquarters Office of Procurement, Program Operations Division to be recorded as meeting NASA FAC-COR requirements.
(5) Basic COR Training. To earn a NASA FAC-COR certificate, individuals must complete 40 hours of basic COR training approved by the ACM. ACM approved training is available under the NASA Shared Service Center’s Agency-wide COR Training Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA).
(6) Continuing Education. CORs must maintain their skills currency through continuing education. To maintain a FAC-COR, CORs are required to earn 40 continuous learning points (CLPs) of skills currency training every two years. The two-year continuous learning cycle is set for all civilian agencies for the following timeframes: October 01, 2011 until September 30, 2013, October 01, 2013 until September 2015, and so forth.
(7) Supervisors remain responsible for working with CORs to identify those activities and opportunities of greatest benefit to the professional development of an individual. The training, professional activities, education and experience that are used to meet the continuing education requirements must be job related.
(i) ACM approved training is available under NASA Shared Service Center’s Agency-wide COR Training BPA.
(ii) The FAI FAC-COR website provides additional guidance on training that will meet CLP training requirements.
(8) A FAC-COR will expire if the continuing education requirements are not met and the individual will no longer be eligible to be a COR.
(9) FAC-COR training, both basic and continuous, will be tracked in SATERN. CORs are responsible for ensuring their SATERN learning history is accurate.
(h) The contracting officer shall verify that the proposed COR has a FAC-COR before signing NF 1634. The Procurement Officer (PO) may defer, for a period not to exceed six months, all or part of the FAC-COR requirements in writing, on a case-by-case basis, if granting the deferment is in the best interest of the Agency. This authority shall be used only when necessary. A written justification shall specify the reasons for and conditions of the deferment. A copy of the justification shall be furnished to the ACM and documented in the contract file(s).
(1) If the proposed COR has not completed basic COR training, the PO shall ensure the proposed COR receives appropriate interim training until the required COR basic training is completed. Interim training is a stop gap measure to ensure the COR understands his or her authority and responsibilities. It may include a briefing or on-line training. Completion of the interim training shall be documented in the applicable contracts file(s).
Subpart 1801.7—Determinations and Findings
Signatory authority for determinations and findings (D&Fs) is specified in the FAR or the NFS text for the associated subject matter. The NASA Administrator may make any of the D&Fs that may be made by the Senior Procurement Executive or by a contracting officer.
Each D&F, including class D&Fs, shall be reviewed by counsel for form and legality before signature by the approving authority.
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3 smokin’ Austin spots land on Southern Living’s top 50 barbecue joints
by Misty David | Aug 30, 2019 | Press
For barbecue enthusiasts, the only thing that comes close to eating barbecue is talking about eating barbecue. Comparing lists of places to visit, arguing about which restaurant serves the best version of this or that meat, listening to podcasts where other people talk about barbecue: these are the experiences around which obsessives share their fandom.
By that standard, Robert Moss, the contributing barbecue editor for Southern Living, might have the best food writing job in the country. He gets to travel the region to assemble his annual list of the South’s top 50 barbecue joints.
“The overall dining experience is important: the physical setting, the aroma from the pits, the sauces and dishes served alongside,” Moss writes to explain his criteria. “Whether it’s a bare-bones take-out stand or a full-service restaurant with a wine list and clean restrooms, each place needs a spirit and flair that’s all its own.”
Texas restaurants take nine of the 50 spots on the list, including four of the top 10 — the most of any state.
Representing Austin are Franklin Barbecue (No. 7), Valentina’s Tex-Mex BBQ (No. 19), and Micklethwait Craft Meats (No. 39). Just an hour drive from the Capital City, Snow’s BBQ in Lexington (No. 2), Louie Mueller Barbecue in Taylor (No. 3), and Kreuz Market in Lockhart (No. 29), also appear on the list.
Other Texas joints include Tejas Chocolates & Barbecue in Tomball (No. 8), Cattleack Barbeque in Dallas (No. 11), Corkscrew BBQ in Spring (No. 32), and Two Bros BBQ Market in San Antonio (No. 48).
Moss has shuffled the Texas restaurants around a bit from last year by adding Two Bros., moving Tejas into the top 10, and ranking Snow’s over Louie Mueller.
Overall, Lewis Barbecue, a Texas-style restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina, from former La Barbecue pitmaster John Lewis, moves from eighth to fifth. North Carolina’s Skylight Inn ranks fourth, and Scott’s Bar-B-Que in Hemingway, South Carolina, repeats at the top.
Naming “snubs” on a list that covers such a broad geographic region probably isn’t fair. Let’s just say Moss might want to consider Truth Barbeque (Brenham and Houston) and 2M Smokehouse BBQ in San Antonio for next year’s edition.
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British aircraft carrier to visit port of Halifax this month
The world's newest and most-advanced aircraft carrier will make a stop in Halifax this month, on its way to visit the United States.
HMS Queen Elizabeth will stop in Canada before heading to United States
Brett Ruskin · CBC News · Posted: Sep 04, 2019 10:00 AM AT | Last Updated: September 4, 2019
HMS Queen Elizabeth is specifically designed to work with the new F-35B aircraft. (Royal Navy)
HMS Queen Elizabeth, the world's newest and most-advanced aircraft carrier, will visit Halifax later this month, according to officials with the British Royal Navy.
The massive vessel will make a stop in the port as it proceeds down the coast to the United States, said Cmdr. Neil Marriott with the Royal Navy.
The ship will easily be the most eye-catching vessel in the harbour. It's as long as 14 Theodore Tugboats and as tall as most cruise ships.
The aircraft carrier is still in its trials and testing phase and is expected to be put into service with the British navy in 2021, according to the Royal Navy's website.
Like most aircraft carriers, the ship will be travelling with a naval entourage including at least one destroyer, one frigate and one support ship.
Once in service, HMS Queen Elizabeth's carrier group could grow to nearly double that size, along with the addition of a nuclear-powered submarine assigned to protect the ships from below.
The aircraft carrier acts as a floating platform for helicopters and specially-designed airplanes. (British Royal Navy)
Canada is hosting a series of military events this month, including one called Cutlass Fury. The exercise brings together ships, aircraft and submarines to practice anti-submarine warfare, according to the Royal Canadian Navy.
Designed to work with new F-35 aircraft
Most aircraft carriers launch planes from the deck using mechanisms powered by steam or electromagnets. The planes rocket to flight velocity in just a few seconds, according to the navy.
HMS Queen Elizabeth is different. There is no launch mechanism hidden beneath the deck. Instead, the end of the launch ramp includes a "ski jump" which helps fixed-wing aircraft take flight, according to the Royal Navy's website.
<a href="https://twitter.com/HMSQNLZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HMSQnlz</a> has conducted the first ever Shipborne Rolling Vertical Landing (SRVL) with an F-35B Lightning. The <a href="https://twitter.com/RoyalNavy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RoyalNavy</a> is the first to do this and it is a different approach from the Harrier vertical landings, which hovered at the side of the carrier & moved across to land. <a href="https://t.co/H5yFR14ZrU">pic.twitter.com/H5yFR14ZrU</a>
—@HMSKingAlfred
The launch speed is much slower, because the planes deployed on the carrier are F-35B fighters. These high-tech jets can angle their engine blast downwards to create lift.
The F-35B jets can also use that same thrust to slowly descend and land. That means they can arrive on the deck without needing to snag one of the cables typically found on most aircraft carriers, according to the Royal Navy.
The F-35B fighter jet uses the ship's ramp with its own vertical thrust to get airborne. (British Royal Navy)
The visit from HMS Queen Elizabeth marks Halifax's second visit from an aircraft carrier in two years.
In 2017, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower came to Halifax to demonstrate how well the Canadian and United States navies could work together.
HMS Queen Elizabeth is slightly smaller than the Eisenhower, but will still tower over nearly every other ship in Halifax's harbour.
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Island family 'living in chaos' trying to stay positive after Dorian
A Miscouche, P.E.I., family says they are choosing to stay positive, and focus on each other, instead of everything that was taken away by post-tropical storm Dorian.
'It was an instant panic'
Jessica Doria-Brown · CBC News · Posted: Sep 12, 2019 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: September 12, 2019
The restoration company has been by to tarp off the Servos's roof. This picture shows the state it was in before it was covered. (Submitted by Brent and Amanda Servos)
A Miscouche, P.E.I., family says after post-tropical storm Dorian caused extensive damage to their home, they're choosing to stay positive and focus on each other, instead of everything they've lost.
Dorian hit the Servos family hard.
The family of six lost power to their home around 3 p.m. Saturday, which caused the sump pump to switch off. Almost immediately, their basement started to flood.
"It was an instant panic," said Brent Servos. "And so I was dealing with that and my wife was trying to deal with the four kids upstairs, two of which are autistic, and everyone was stressed."
He said that was followed by the flue disconnecting from the furnace and being ripped from the house by the wind. Then shingles from the home's roof started coming off.
Some of the shingles that blew off of the Servos's home during post-tropical storm Dorian over the weekend. (Submitted by Brent and Amanda Servos)
Next, debris from the roof started to damage the swing set, with the set itself being destroyed and lifted by the wind.
"So my wife and I had to run out into the storm and destroy the rest of the swing set before it took off and it damaged other people's property." said Brent.
"And so we were out in the middle of the wind and pouring rain smashing that, while the kids were screaming inside, that their swing set was just destroyed."
The parents pulled the swing set apart during the storm so that it wouldn't blow away and cause damage elsewhere. (Submitted by Brent and Amanda Servos)
He said once they got back into the house, they noticed water coming in through the ceiling and knew it was time to leave.
Camper trailer destroyed
They spent the night with Brent's parents, who still had power, and hoped to move into their camper trailer until their home could be repaired.
Water damage is still being assessed at the Servos home in Miscouche. (Submitted by Brent and Amanda Servos)
"Then we started seeing the reports of the emergency evacuation that took place at Crystal Beach campground," said Brent, which is where his family's camper was parked.
The family monitored closely as the Kensington Fire Department and the RCMP rescued people from their trailers after a storm surge destroyed the campground. At the end of it, the family's trailer had landed in a marsh.
"When I opened the door the whole thing was just mangled and full of seaweed and saltwater and everything within it is damaged," said Brent.
With their home uninhabitable and nowhere else to go the family of six has been living in a hotel room in Summerside since Sunday.
Their trailer was pushed from its pad at Crystal Beach Campground and into the nearby marsh. (Submitted by Brent and Amanda Servos)
"It's been a bit of a nightmare because with all of our kids, especially with the kids with autism, routine is essential," said Amanda Servos.
"When you're living in chaos your life is chaos."
She said sharing one room with just a mini-fridge and a microwave has been hard on everyone — especially when it comes to reassuring the children that everything is going to be OK.
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'Overwhelmed and scared'
"They're just completely overwhelmed and scared and they don't know what insurance is," said Amanda.
"So they think that we don't have a house anymore, we don't have a trailer anymore."
'You hope that maybe something like this is more of an eye-opening experience for how stuff doesn't matter, but family does,' says Brent Servos, pictured here with wife Amanda. (Submitted by Brent and Amanda Servos)
The family said it's been hard to find suitable accommodation while their house is being repaired — which is expected to take months.
But they believe they've finally found an option and hope to move the family out of the hotel as soon as possible.
'A huge relief'
"So much relief to know where we're going to be sleeping each night, to be able to get things structured for the kids again and get them back on routine," said Amanda.
"It's a huge relief that is one less thing to worry about."
The Servos children Kynlee, Kori, Kyden, and KaDee. (Submitted by Brent and Amanda Servos)
Brent said the family is grateful for all the support they've received and believes the hardships will only make his family stronger.
"You hope that maybe something like this is more of an eye-opening experience for how stuff doesn't matter, but family does," said Brent.
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In its party programme for Germany's upcoming federal election, the Greens focus on the country's “ecological modernisation”. In the run-up to September’s vote, the party sets out its aims of reinvigorating renewables development, giving up coal and weaning heating and transportation from fossil fuels. Arguing that ecologic questions are the root of many of society’s current challenges, the programme points to the Greens’ goal of a comprehensive transformation towards a more sustainable economy.
Germany’s Green Party is determined makes climate protection and “ecological modernisation” the central issues of its election campaign. Party frontrunners Katrin Göring-Eckardt and Cem Özdemir said that the Greens’ trademark policy areas will once again be at the core of its campaign.
Despite a recent slump in the polls in the run-up to the election in September, which is likely to be dominated by migration, social justice and security, the party executive committee is foregrounding ecological sustainability. “Ecology is more than environmental protection,” Göring-Eckardt said at a presentation of the party's programme, arguing that issues like migration, public health and job security were directly linked to the impact of human activity on the climate and natural resources.
“Prosperity also concerns the question whether we drink clean water and breathe clean air,” Özdemir added. The programme therefore focused on “making Germany an ecological frontrunner again”, and advancing the energy transition in all sectors, he said.
- The Greens aim for a "social-economic modernisation" that is going to be “demanding for companies” but also “open new possibilities through innovation.” This means to "gear our economy, our transportation system, and our energy and food production towards a green economy and green technology."
- Companies ready to accept this challenge are said to receive all available assistance. On the other hand, the party was going to continue to confront “lobby groups and companies pursuing business interests without regard for the environment,” it adds.
- An “ecologic financial reform” is meant to reduce environmentally harmful subsidies, such as for “heavy company cars, airplane fuels, and diesel” by about 12 billion euros “in a first step." This money should instead be used to support poorer households to optimise their energy and resource consumption.
- The Greens want to push German companies and municipalities to divest from fossil fuels. “Companies need to show the climate risks of their products in annual reports,” the party says, calling for the introduction of “transparent certification” of green investment options.
- Also changes for the public sector are included: The state needed to alter annual reporting to expand evaluation beyond GDP figures, integrating ecological and social indicators, the Greens say. “Criteria such as our ecological footprint, biodiversity, income distribution and an education index are more comprehensive and appropriate to gauge our prosperity.”
- Acknowledging the car industry’s special importance for the country, the Greens say they are intent on ensuring "vehicle production that is fit for the future" in Germany. However, current German transportation policy is “lopsided in favour of the car,” disregarding public transportation, long-distance trains and bicycles, they add.
- A “Green MobilityPassport” should connect Germany’s 130 regional transport associations and allow for nationwiede public transpor with one ticket. At the same time, "airlines should be taxed appropriately” and route fees for trains lowered.
- Air pollution from particulate matter is “responsible for tens of thousands of deaths around the world,” the programme says. The party therefore calls for the swift retrofitting of diesel cars equipped with software to cheat emissions tests, at the manufacturers' expense. It also endorses the introduction of a “blue badge” scheme that allows only low-emission cars access to inner cities.
- “From 2030 on, only emissions-free cars will leave assembly lines” in Germany, the Greens say. “The era of the fossil combustion engine is over.” The shift to electric vehicles must be a key policy target, the Greens argue. They advocate a wave of transformation through subsidies that ensure the car industry in Germany is kept well and fit.
- The party intends to introduce a nationwide “Climate Protection Law” meant to outline in detail how Germany achieves an emissions reduction of at least 80 percent by 2050, compared to 1990 levels, thereby honouring the Paris Climate Agreement. The law is supposed to produce “binding and projectable” goals for all sectors.
- Acording to the Greens, a price tag for CO2-emissions is needed “to tell the ecologic truth”. The party wants to see a reform of the EU’s Emissions Trading System that “permanently deletes excess certificates and puts an end to the practice of issuing certificates for free." Revenues generated from a fixed price on carbon emissions could fund climate protection measures in industrial processes and construction.
- “Without a quick coal exit, all of these efforts will be in vain,” the draft continues. The Greens want to “initiate an irrevocable coal phase-out” in the next legislative period, envisaging an end to coal-fired power production by 2030. The 20 dirtiest coal plants should be closed immediately, the party argues, with remaining facilities’ emissions capped in line with climate protection targets. A “Coal Exit Law” would provide the legal basis for this, and halt the expansion of existing coal mines as well as the export of German coal mining technology. Job losses caused by the coal phase-out should be cushioned by a “Structural Change Fund”, it adds.
- “It is possible to ensure mankind’s energy supply relying solely on sun, wind, water, sustainable bioenergy and thermal heat,” the party says, arguing that “this energy transition has been our aim since day one.” The Greens want to achieve “100 percent green power by 2030” by abolishing limits to renewables expansion.
- The Greens want to reform the Renewable Energy Act by substantially increasing expansion targets and “minimise the current billion-euro power price rebates for industry” unless companies are “actually exposed to international competition.” Households should shoulder less of the burden and benefit from renewables expansion through schemes such as tenant electricity support.
- An “Energy Saving Law” is meant to specify how industry can exploit efficiency potentials. A programme dubbed “Fair Heating”, worth 2 billion euros, is to advance the energy-efficient retrofitting of building stock.
- Regardless of Germany’s secured nuclear exit in 2022, the party intends to sustain its opposition to nuclear power production and extend it to the European level. German component suppliers for the nuclear sector should be closed and the decommissioning of old reactors in neighbouring countries more adamantly pursued within the EU.
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Bansal, who quit Flipkart after Walmart acquired a majority stake in the e-commerce company, has brought in Ankit Agarwal, as a partner and founding employee of his new firm.
Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal is set to establish a new holding company focusing on agri-tech and fintech, people familiar with the development told The Economic Times.
The new company to be launched by Bansal will focus on investing in large minority and majority stakes in the agri-tech and fintech segments, the sources said, as mentioned by ET.
“They are evaluating multiple segments as well as investments in both these areas (agri-tech and fintech) to understand them better. These two focus areas are where Bansal is expected to deploy a large chunk of his capital,” one of the sources told the paper, adding, “The time frame for when the (holding) company will be launched is not clear yet.”
Bansal, who quit Flipkart after Walmart acquired a majority stake in the e-commerce company, has brought in Ankit Agarwal, as a partner and founding employee of his new firm, the report said. Agarwal, until recently, was a director at Bank of America where he worked on interest rate trading.
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Jalen lifted his face into the shower spray, letting the cool water soothe the growing heat within him. This heat wasn't like the fever of sickness. Or even like the feeling of sitting in the sun. It was as if there was a warm glow beneath his skin, but it didn't drain or exhaust him like a fever did. This heat energized him in a sensuous way. He wanted to feel soft materials against his sensitive skin, and he constantly thought of Shane's big hands moving over him, delicately shivering when he pictured his small body tucked beneath Shane's much larger frame.
There was no escaping the fact that he was about to experience something completely alien to him. Two days after the meeting with Director Nelson and the rest of the team, all Jalen wanted to do was hole up in his room, in his bed, with his chosen alpha. With Shane. Unfortunately, he hadn't been able to do that; the recruitment process was still underway and he had to attend the classes and examinations. They'd both been called in for a physical yesterday, to officially document the changes from the Zareen injection.
While there, they'd been given a politely worded order not to share the details discussed in the conference room with anyone else in the program and received notice that he and Shane would be excused during his heat. They simply needed to inform a member of the Beals staff once it began, and the training coordinators would be notified. Of course, they'd have to make up the assessments they missed once it was over. With that in mind, Jalen worked extra hard to make sure his stats didn't fall off too much while he was... incapacitated. He suspected Shane was doing the same.
Over the past two days he and Shane had spent a lot of time together. They were drawn into each other's orbit, standing close when they were in the same class, finding each other immediately after when they weren't. By unspoken mutual agreement they didn't spend time together alone in their rooms. Attraction and arousal still sizzled between them, but for his part, Jalen didn't want to give in to it before they had to. If their new alien DNA was forcing them to be intimate that was one thing and he'd go along with it for the mission. But anything beyond that felt inappropriately out of place to the terms of the friendship he had with Shane. No matter how desperate he was for Shane's touch.
With the water still running and cooling his heated skin, Jalen braced a hand on the shower wall, fingers softly curling against the tile. He brought his other hand up to brush the fingertips over his nipples. They'd become increasingly sensitive during the last twenty-four hours. Now, they were tight and aching. He pinched one, gasping at the powerful surge of arousal that streaked straight to his cock. His bottom lip caught between his teeth, he followed the path with his hand, down his water slick torso until he reached his erection.
An aroused moan echoed in the shower stall as he thumbed the head of his cock, then lightly stroked it. He didn't touch with any real intent, he merely wanted to tease himself while he imagined Shane's muscled chest rubbing against his nipples, setting off even more of those amazing sparks of pleasure. Jalen grew even hotter, the cooling effect of the water losing its potency as his temperature rose. Sensing that he was about to be fully in heat, he realized he needed to go and find Shane.
Taking his hand away from his cock, he twisted the knob to turn off the shower and stepped out to dry off. The habit of a lifetime had him dressing in his uniform, making sure he was neat and presentable before leaving his room.
Not knowing what was going to happen next was unnerving, Jalen thought as he took the elevator down to the skybridge. Tevoris had said they'd want to fuck each other a lot and Jalen was desperate to know exactly what that entailed. Would he be mindless and out of control? STDs had been all but eradicated from humans a few centuries ago, but did Zareenians have them? Would he want to fuck anything that moved, or just Shane?
He had one of his questions answered when he hit the center of the bridge. A male recruit going in the opposite direction stopped in his tracks as Jalen passed, eyeing him with clear sexual interest. He was a beta, so his scent wasn't aggressive enough to make Jalen recoil as he had that day on the track. Regardless, Jalen froze the man with a look of icy rejection and kept walking. He didn't want anyone but Shane and he wanted him now.
Once he reached the end of the skybridge, Jalen went straight to the elevator, taking it down to the third floor. Shane had told him earlier he'd be in the main gym working out this afternoon. Jalen passed a few more people on the way. A female alpha who smiled at him in admiration. Another beta who didn't show any interest. Charlie, the enby omega he'd met in flight sims. And two recruits who had no scent at all.
Jalen briefly wondered what it meant that they didn't have scents. He was also curious if the people who did have them knew their bodies had changed, or if they were still clueless while Jalen was able to read them. Regardless, he ignored them all. He pushed open the door to the big gym and was immediately assaulted by so many smells he couldn't decipher classifications. Not that he cared.
He scanned the room, looking for Shane. When he found him, he stood there for a moment and watched him work out. Muscles bugled in Shane's thighs and biceps as he did squats with a heavy barbell over his shoulders. After a full set of twenty reps, Shane put the weight back on its rack. He lifted the hem of his tank to wipe his forehead, revealing hard abs, and a chest damp with sweat. A bolt of electric lust shot through Jalen and he actually whined. A soft little noise that he'd never made before in his life.
At that exact moment, Shane glanced up and looked directly at him. The breath caught in Jalen's throat as their eyes met and held across the huge room. In the next heartbeat, Shane lowered the hem of his shirt and started purposely striding toward him.
Jalen took a step back. Then another, before he spun on his heel to go back the way he'd come. On his way out, he paused to briefly speak with the clerk manning the desk, letting her know what was happening. It was embarrassing as hell that he had to inform the staff he was about to disappear for however long so that he could have sex with a fellow recruit, but it had to be done. Thankfully the clerk didn't give him a salacious leer or do anything else of that nature. She simply nodded and started typing on her touch screen computer.
Jalen didn't wait for her to finish. Turning away from the desk, he grabbed the door handle and pulled, almost smacking himself in the face with the door in his haste to get it open. He wanted to run, so that Shane could give chase and pursue him, then catch him and claim him for his own.
Shaking his head, Jalen continued down the hallway to the elevator bank, where to his luck one had just returned. He stepped inside and pressed the button to take him up to the skybridge, catching a glimpse of Shane coming after him before the doors closed. This was all so bizarre, he thought as rode up to the connecting walkway. He should stop and wait for Shane to catch up to him so they could walk to his room together. But he didn't. He set off across the skybridge on his own. And when Shane's elevator arrived, Jalen quickened his pace. He didn't look behind him, but he heard Shane moving quickly as well.
He made it to the residence tower's elevators and again dodged riding with Shane, the door easing closed just as the alpha following him reached it. The ride to his floor was quick, and Jalen hopped out before the doors were all the way open. A passing recruit looked at him with curiosity as Jalen hustled to his room. Too agitated to think of the entry code, Jalen yanked off his badge, flashing it at the security pad. The door beeped before smoothly sliding open. His heart pounding, Jalen went in and let the door shut behind him. Shane was just down the hall, so he wouldn't have long to wait.
Not even half a minute later, a chime sounded, announcing he had a visitor. Shane was there.
For one crazy second, Jalen considered refusing to open the door. But if nothing else, they at least needed to talk about what was happening between them. Besides, Shane had the guest code. He could come in if he wanted to. Jalen pressed the glowing red button to open the door and retreated to the center of the room as Shane stepped inside. Jalen didn't know what he expected. Maybe for Shane to be crazed and wild and immediately take him down to the floor like an animal. Instead his friend appeared slightly concerned, forehead creased with a frown.
"Are you okay?" Shane asked.
"Yeah. Just nervous." And horny he thought.
Shane approached slowly. "It's okay. We don't have to do anything you don't want to do. You know that. We're going to get through this together. And if it helps, we can talk about what's happening first."
"Okay." Jalen ran a hand over his hair. "They weren't kidding about the heat part. I've taken about three cold showers today, but I'm still burning up. And I feel like I'm about to crawl out of my skin." Or crawl all over you, Jalen added to himself.
"I've got a lot going on too. It's as if I can feel you in here, in my blood." Shane pressed a hand to his chest. "And I can smell you. Your heat, your arousal." His voice lowered, growing husky. "Is it the same for you?"
Jalen bit his lip and drew in a breath. As he inhaled, he pulled Shane's scent into his lungs, and somehow, he knew it was alpha, and this alpha was in rut for him. And that made every molecule in his body, human and Zareenian, want to rub up against Shane, covering himself in his alpha's scent. Jalen nodded in answer to Shane's question, but hesitated before speaking again. They were supposed to talk, but he trembled with the need to feel Shane's hands on him. He looked at his friend and hoped like hell what he was about to say wouldn't destroy their relationship.
"I changed my mind. I don't want to talk. I need you." He whispered the last sentence, but Shane didn't hesitate. He came forward and gently gripped Jalen's chin, raising his face up.
"I'm here for you," Shane said as he leaned down.
The delicious scent rolling off Shane intensified as their lips met in a soft kiss. Jalen tried to keep it impersonal, but how did one impersonally kiss? Especially when he needed so badly. Still, he did what he could, remaining as quiet and still as possible.
Shane lifted his head. "Is this okay?"
"Yes. It's for the mission, right?"
Shane hesitated a moment before answering. "Yes. For the mission."
"Then it's okay," Jalen said with a determined nod. Shane kissed him again and this time Jalen caved and gave in to one of his urges. He pressed his body close, fingers curling against Shane's broad chest. To his surprise, strong arms went around him as Shane picked him up and carried him over to the bed. Shane set him down gently then kneeled on the floor at his feet.
"What are you doing?" Jalen asked.
"Taking off your shoes for you."
"Oh." He watched as Shane untied his boots and pulled them off one by one. "Thank you." Shane looked up and caught his stunned expression. Shane's changed to one of chagrin.
"I hope that was okay."
"Yes, I just didn't expect it."
"I don't think I did either," Shane said with a soft laugh. "I know this sounds odd. But I just want to take care of you."
Jalen's stomach lifted lightly with joy at Shane's declaration, until he reminded himself this wasn't real, that it was all manufactured by Beals. But he couldn't help but gasp as Shane rose, his broad shoulders looming over Jalen as he guided him to lay back on the bed. Shane kicked off his own shoes off before joining him on the mattress. Without consciously planning to, Jalen parted his legs to allow Shane to settle between them. They kissed again, this time with Shane's tongue teasing at Jalen's lips until he opened them and let Shane slip inside.
He couldn't hold back his moans any longer, not with Shane kissing him so passionately. Shane was obviously embracing the heat, so Jalen did too. He tentatively let go of some of his control, letting his head fall back into the pillows. Shane buried his face in his throat, tongue coming out again to lick at a spot that was suddenly exquisitely sensitive. Jalen shivered in response. He was hard, nearly unbearably so, the heat within him rising and rising.
How was this happening? The sensations flooding through him were stronger than any arousal he'd ever experienced. It was lust, pure and needy, his body begging him to throw away all inhibitions and just revel in getting fucked. It felt as though he was losing himself, and that scared him. He clenched his fists in the sheets, trying to keep his head above water and not drown in the animalistic lust.
"Shane, wait."
Shane immediately stopped and lifted his head. "Yes?"
"From the way things are going, the way I feel, I think we'll have to have some kind of release. But I don't -. I'm not ready for..." He stumbled to a halt, uncharacteristically at a loss for words. How did he say I'm not ready for my friend of nineteen years to fuck me? Thankfully, Shane understood what he was trying to say.
"It's okay. Just tell me what you need. I'll only do what's necessary."
Jalen closed his eyes for a moment, focusing on his body and what it wanted most. His nipples demanded attention. They were so achy and tight Jalen was seconds away from squeezing and tugging at them right in front of Shane. "Touch me, here," he said as he trailed his fingertips over throbbing, pebbled flesh.
Shane nodded. He pushed Jalen's shirt up, palms smoothing over his torso as he did so. Jalen's nipples were so sensitive a moan slipped from his throat as soon as Shane brushed a thumb across one of them.
"Does this help?"
Jalen hesitated before shakily nodding. It helped... but he needed more. And Shane, watching him so attentively, noticed his hesitation.
"Tell me what you need, Jalen."
The commanding tone to Shane's voice made Jalen shiver with a delight he didn't know how to process. "Your mouth. I- I need your mouth on me," he answered with complete honesty.
Shane shifted lower on the bed and brought his head down to Jalen's chest, tongue coming out to lick across one swollen nipple. When he sucked it into his mouth, Jalen sighed with relief. Having Shane's mouth on him soothed his body, cooling him from the flames of his heat. Jalen arched his back, raising his chest high against Shane's mouth, demanding more without saying a word. Shane responded by sucking hard and bringing his hand up to squeeze and play with Jalen's other nipple.
"Ah!" Jalen cried out, sliding his fingers into Shane's hair to keep him close. He'd always enjoyed nipple play, but this was amazing, each suck and lick and squeeze made his cock throb. He thought he might come from this alone and that they wouldn't have to do much else. But all too soon the feeling of satisfaction started to fade, and his arousal kicked up even higher. He needed more. He moaned, his body on fire, hips rolling with increasing frustration. He felt empty, like he desperately needed to be filled with a thick alpha cock.
At that odd thought, Jalen suddenly felt wet in a place he'd never been wet before, and a sweet smell drifted onto the air. A millisecond later, Shane released his nipple with a soft pop and jerked his head up. Nostrils flaring, he drew in a deep breath. When Shane exhaled, a low growl rumbled from his chest.
They both froze. Jalen stared at his friend with wide eyes. That sound wasn't something that came out of humans. Shane had growled, an actual real life fucking growl.
"I'm sorry," Shane quickly apologized as he sat back on his heels. "I hope that didn't freak you out."
Jalen shook his head. "Not too much. But there's something... different going on with me." He shifted uneasily, wondering why he felt like he'd been generously lubed.
Shane lifted a hand and let it hover over the closure of Jalen's pants. "Should I check?"
Slowly, Jalen nodded. Ignoring this new development wouldn't make it go away. Shane unbuttoned his pants and tugged the zipper down. Tucking his fingers into both pants and briefs, he pulled them down and off, Jalen lifting his hips to help. Once the clothes were removed, Shane tossed them over the side of the bed to the floor. Jalen lay there naked and exposed, his cock hard and straining, leaking pre-cum onto his belly. Embarrassed, he held a hand over it, hiding from Shane's hot gaze. Shane rested a warm palm on his thigh.
"Let me see," he said hoarsely.
Hand still protectively cupping his cock, Jalen hesitantly spread his legs wider. He didn't protest when Shane gripped his ankles, pushing his feet up the bed and raising his knees. Shane softly trailed his fingers down Jalen's thighs before cupping his ass and spreading him open. Then he sucked in a breath, a ruddy flush covering his cheeks. He breathed in deeply again, and when he spoke his voice was soft, as though he were in awe at what he saw between Jalen's legs.
"You're slick. Like you've been prepared for m-."
He stopped, but the unfinished me hung in the air between them. Jalen wasn't sure how to read that. Did Shane cut himself off because he knew that all of this wasn't real, but simply the side effect of hormones manufactured in a lab? Or was there another reason? Jalen didn't know. He didn't even know how he felt about this himself. And right now, with lust clouding his brain, he was unlikely to figure it out.
Shane brushed a thumb over his entrance and Jalen had to bite his lip to keep from moaning at the touch. But he couldn't stop his body from becoming even wetter. That sound rolled out of Shane again in response. Softer. Yet still causing a shiver to run down Jalen's spine. Shane raised his head to look at Jalen.
Jalen's lips parted in surprise when their gazes met. "Your eyes."
"They're silver. And glowing."
Shane blinked but his irises didn't change. They remained silver and luminous, as though they were lit from within. Another change to their bodies as a result of the Zareen injection.
"That's weird."
"It's kind of pretty," Jalen shyly offered the compliment.
A small smile curled Shane's lips. "Thank you." He looked back down at Jalen's ass, softly stroking a thumb over his entrance again. With his head still canted low, he looked up at Jalen and licked his tongue over his lower lip.
It was obvious what he wanted. But Jalen couldn't - the thought of Shane tasting him there... Jalen gripped the sheets again. He wouldn't be able to maintain any sense of decorum, any pretense this was only for the mission if Shane were to do... that. It would be far too intimate. To his relief the demands of his body came to his rescue.
"I need something inside me," he said as he clenched down on nothing. He hadn't brought any of his toys with him. This was work, not vacation, and he'd figured for the couple of months he was here he'd be okay with his own hand. He hadn't planned on this.
Shane shifted on his knees. The movement drew Jalen's gaze, where it was caught by the thick erection tenting Shane's shorts.
"Uh..."
"Don't worry about that. Unless you tell me you changed your mind like you did earlier, my dick is staying right where it's at." He pressed down on his cock, but it popped back up like it was trying to escape the confines of its cotton prison.
Jalen had to close his eyes for a second. The sight of Shane kneeling between his naked thighs, with a massive erection that he desperately wanted inside him - even though he wasn't ready to admit it - was too much. He tried to keep still, but the heat licking flames of desire all over his flesh wouldn't let him. He moved restlessly on the bed, his hips rising and seeking against his will, his cock sliding on his belly with the movement. Embarrassed, he threw an arm across his eyes to hide away from his friend.
"I'm so sorry! I can't help it."
Shane soothed him, stroking a palm down his calf. "Ssssh. It's okay. Maybe my fingers will help."
Jalen peeked from beneath his arm and watched as Shane raised a hand to his mouth. He started to lick his fingers, but after a glance between Jalen's legs, he changed direction and lowered his hand. Jalen gasped as he slipped a finger inside. It went in smooth and easy, aided by the slick substance. It wasn't enough. He needed to feel full. That same soft whine he'd made in the gym rose in his throat again.
"I need more."
Shane immediately obliged the desperately greedy plea, adding another finger to join the first. He stopped once to pull his shirt off then immediately resumed fingering Jalen, watching him carefully as he pushed in a third finger. Jalen moaned. It wasn't exactly what he wanted, but he still loved the fullness. Shane kept at it, finger fucking him until Jalen was shaking and moaning. He stared up at his... friend, taking note of the heavy-lidded glowing eyes, chest heaving with deep breaths, and flushed skin damp with sweat. And god, Shane was so hard. His cock strained against the shorts, occasionally jumping slightly. Shane clenched his jaw each time it happened.
It reminded Jalen that he wasn't the only one caught up in this. Shane was experiencing a Zareenian rut for the first time but was selflessly focusing all his energy on taking care of Jalen. That made him want to go up on his knees and offer himself to his alpha, let Shane take him from behind with hard, pounding thrusts that would satisfy them both. Then his alpha would claim him and everyone would know that he was Shane's omega.
A tiny portion of his brain still worried that this wasn't natural or human or him but that thought flew out of his head when Shane pressed on a spot that sent sparkles of pleasure racing over his skin. He cried out, hips thrusting up, swamped by the orgasm that rushed through him. On the next wave, he bit down on his lip so hard he tasted the coppery tang of blood in order to stop himself from calling out his friend's name. To stop himself from begging Shane to fuck him until he came again. Shane suddenly came down on top of him, kissing him through it and unintentionally helping him stay silent.
As they kissed, Shane roughly rutted against him, rubbing his still covered cock over Jalen's body and it felt real, as if Shane truly desired him, and he wanted to sob at the unfairness of it. Jalen had just found the courage to touch Shane again, lightly pressing his fingertips to the warm, sweat-slick muscles of his back, when he went stiff and came with another of those spine-tingling growls. Disappointed, Jalen quickly pulled his hands away.
They rested together for a moment to catch their breath before Shane rolled off him. He reached out, gently stroking a hand down Jalen's bare arm.
"Are you okay?"
Jalen closed his eyes, wanting to curl up against Shane's chest and nuzzle into his warmth. But his friend had been so kind and helpful and Jalen didn't want to take advantage of him anymore than necessary. He resisted the urge to cuddle in close by digging his nails into his palms. As he lay there, he realized he couldn't go through that again. Holding himself back, only allowing what was necessary so he didn't embarrass himself. He hadn't been prepared for the shocking intensity of being in heat and he needed to come to grips with it before he went any further with Shane. "I think that's enough."
"What?" Shane asked with a frown on his brow.
Before answering, Jalen haphazardly scooted off the bed.
Shane sat up on the side of the bed, feet planted on the floor, knees slightly spread. There was a sizeable wet spot on the crotch of his gray shorts. And he was still hard. But even with an erection, he looked calm, his eyes back to their usual green. While Jalen was so flustered he repeatedly tripped trying to step into his pants. Giving up, he left them where they lay.
"I thought I could do this for the mission like we agreed. But I can't. So, I'm calling it off."
"What about the negative effects of withdrawing from each other?"
"I... we'll just have to suffer them. I'm sorry, Shane. But I can't do this again."
"It's okay. There's no need to apologize," Shane said softly. He stood, quickly pulling on his shirt and grabbing up his shoes from the floor. "Please let me know if you need anything. And I don't mean sexually. If something happens I want to help you. Okay?"
Jalen nodded without looking at his friend. He was afraid if he did, he'd beg him to stay. He stayed silent while Shane left, the door sliding shut behind him. Jalen was left alone in a room filled with the delicious scent of their sex, his body already heating up and demanding more of his alpha's touch.
Shane rested his head against the shower tile, letting the cool water fall down his body, trying to ease the arousal pulsing in his blood. It didn't help. His cock still stood up hard and throbbing, completely ignoring the effect cold water was supposed to have on it. Nothing helped. No matter how many times he took his cock in hand, he couldn't find relief.
Most of the time he didn't even manage an orgasm. When he did, it was weak and unsatisfying. His erection and arousal came back even stronger, as though they were furious they'd been denied the real thing. His body simply refused to give him a true release without Jalen. Jalen, who was in his room, in the same boat. Shane knew, because he could feel Jalen under his skin.
Because he's your mate, his mind whispered.
Groaning in frustration, he shut off the water and climbed out of the shower. He dried off but didn't bother putting on underwear or pajamas. Since he'd been excused from all training and tests while Jalen was in heat, he didn't expect to be pulled from the bed in the middle of the night.
Shane flopped down on top of the covers, determined to ignore his throbbing cock. Eventually he fell into a restless sleep. As he drifted off, he hoped he would have some peace from constant thoughts of Jalen and this never-ending urge to fuck his mate...
When Shane blinked to awareness, he knew right off what was happening. "Heat dreams. I forgot about the heat dreams," he said with a defeated sigh. He turned and tried to go back into the darkness. But an invisible, formless barrier blocked the way. Unable to make any progress in that direction, Shane sighed again. There was nothing for it. He would have to go forward until he woke up. It was odd, knowing that he was about to be in Jalen's head.
The first time they'd shared a dream, he'd had to walk forward a few steps before he reached his destination. This time, the second his foot came down he was in Jalen's room. Jalen lay on his back, knees raised and spread wide, one hand on his cock, the other raised to his mouth with a finger between his teeth. Just like before, Shane announced his presence. "Jalen."
Jalen snapped his head to the side. "Shane!" He raised both hands, reaching out. "Please, I need you."
Shane immediately went over to kneel on the bed, that now familiar growl rolling out of his chest. Frantic hands tugged him down until he lay on top of his omega. Once he was settled, he slipped a hand between them and pushed two fingers inside Jalen, shuddering at the feel of that silky, slick liquid. He wondered what it tasted like. Shane went still when Jalen shook his head and whispered.
"That's not enough, Shane. I need you inside me."
He didn't question the fact that in their dream, Jalen wanted to go all the way. He simply removed his fingers and replaced them with the head of his cock. Unfortunately, the second he did, Jalen started to melt into nothing, just like before.
"No!"
Jalen cried out and Shane tried to hold on to him, but it was no use. He disappeared, leaving Shane kneeling on an empty bed. Frustrated, he pounded a fist on his bare thigh. "God damn-"
Shane jerked awake. Every muscle was tense, his body was screaming with the urge to come. And Jalen was suffering too. Determined to help him, Shane picked up his data pad to place a video call. He would take a chance and at least ask if Jalen had changed his mind on going about this alone. When Jalen answered the call, Shane saw that his face was flushed, sweat dotting his hairline, lips red and swollen.
"Shane." He paused to draw in a breath. "Is everything okay?" he asked in a shaky voice.
"I'm fine. I was just checking on you."
"I'm fine."
He clearly wasn't but neither was Shane so he didn't call him on the lie. However, Jalen's arm started to move, his eyes drifting closed. His hand was out of the camera's view, but Shane knew without a doubt what he was doing. Jalen had to be pretty far gone to do this in front of him. As the wet noise of his hand sliding on his cock came over the line, he realized Jalen had to be drenched with pre-cum for that gorgeous sound to reach his ears.
"Baby, I can be to your room in thirty seconds. Just say the word."
Jalen's eyes popped open and his arm stopped moving. They stared at each other through the screens for a long moment. Shane realized he'd called Jalen baby, but he didn't apologize for it or take it back. Jalen was his and he should be there taking care of him. But Jalen determinedly shook his head.
"No. I can get through this on my own."
Before Shane could say anything else his screen went black and the call ended. Shane slapped the data pad down on the bed with another frustrated curse. "Fuck."
Poor Jalen. That must suck trying to play it cool while in the middle of your heat. Ba-dum-chish! (Thanks, I'll be here all week. Be sure to tip your waiter.) Seriously tho, these boys are going to have to talk some things out, yeah? Figure out what they really want and where they truly stand. But that's for next week...
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Sennebogen 840 R-HD Proves Essential to Dock Operation
Thu April 28, 2016 - Southeast Edition
Moving 8 to 10 million bushels of material is a respectable year’s work for any river dock. When the material you’re moving is a seasonal field crop, the challenge moves up to another level.
Moving 8 to 10 million bushels of material is a respectable year's work for any river dock. When the material you're moving is a seasonal field crop, the challenge moves up to another level.
That's the challenge that Gavilon barge facility in Decatur, Ala., was facing when Vaughn Gambrell was named superintendent of the site. Gavilon, a leading global commodity management firm, acquired this dock on the Tennessee River to transload and store 1 million bushels of corn and grain here annually.
To meet this target, Gavilon needed a material handler that could keep pace through seasonal peaks, with as little downtime as possible while vessels were waiting. The chosen solution was a Sennebogen 840 R-HD and, with the facility's first few seasons behind him, Gambrell is sure it was the right choice.
The dependability of the green machine came through recently when a grain shipment was re-routed to the Decatur facility, with an urgent need to offload quickly. Barges ran loads from the vessel non-stop for 30 consecutive days, and the 840 never missed a step.
Purpose-Built
for Grain-Handling
The 840 R-HD is the first purpose-built material handler Gambrell has operated.
“At my previous location, we worked with a converted excavator,” he explained. “This Sennebogen was something new for me.”
Purchased in 2011, the D-Series 840 model is mounted on a crawler undercarriage and equipped with a long reach banana boom, which carries a 5.5 cu. yd. (4.2 cu m) clamshell bucket.
The machine spends most of its time perched on a concrete platform overlooking the river. The 360 degree same lift capacity gives it an extra measure of stability, which operators appreciate when they pull up a full bucket load with the boom fully extended.
“You work more efficiently when you have that feeling of confidence in the machine,” said Gambrell.
He often takes a turn at operating the 840 himself. “I love it!” he said. “It's very easy to handle, and it's easy to train new operators. The joystick controls have a very intuitive feel.”
With the speed and precision of the Sennebogen machine, transloading directly from barges to trucks becomes a smooth, highly efficient process.
“We can plan our logistics to load straight into the outbound trucks,” said Gambrell, “and that lets us save a step in storing the grain in our elevators.”
Elevated Cab
Improves View, Safety
As an experienced operator, Gambrell also appreciates the commanding view provided by the 840's hydraulically elevating maXCab. With the cab fully raised, his eye level is about 19 ft. (5.8 m) above the ground, not including the platform the machine sits on.
“It's helpful when the cab raises up, to see right into the barge, all the corners and where everybody is in it,” he said. “In most machines, even with a fixed hi-rise cab, you can't really see what's around you. But when I'm up on the platform operating the Sennebogen, I can see the guy who's running the skid-steer in the hold. That's important to both of us.”
Crawler Tracks
Increase Utilization
In addition to its day job, the Sennebogen earns its keep moving material within the facility's 40-acre (16 ha) site. Gavilon can store nearly 2 million bushels of grain here, and about half of it stocked in ground piles. The 840's long reach helps to maintain stockpiles up to 40 ft. high (12.2 m). Gambrell also uses it to assist in tarping the piles by supporting most of the tarp's weight and positioning it while crews on the ground secure it.
Until the company added a large concrete pad this year, the ground piles were literally on the ground. Travel on the site could be treacherous after heavy rains. Gambrell noted that his skid-steers and 4x4 trucks often get stuck in the deep mud, but the Sennebogen has no trouble traveling around the work site on its wide crawler tracks.
“We haven't got the Sennebogen stuck yet, but we're trying,” joked Gambrell.
High Throughput
With Low Operating Cost
The dependability of the 840 pays off in cost savings as well as productivity. Gambrell said his maintenance crew finds troubleshooting to be very simple with plain and simple error codes appearing on the machine's diagnostics screen. For an emergency repair, Gambrell can call on his nearby Tractor & Equipment Co. (TEC) branch, Sennebogen's regional distributor. According to Donnie Burgreen, TEC's branch vice president, service response time for the Decatur site is “immediate.”
Fuel efficiency adds to those savings.
“The 840 gets good fuel economy,” Gambrell said. “We can unload almost two barges on one tank of fuel.”
For more information, call 704/347-4910 or visit www.sennebogen-na.com.
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5 secrets of highly effective IoT strategies
Hidden cloud migration gotchas — and how to avoid them
9 forces shaping the future of IT
GovHack a hit in every state and territory
By George Nott
CIO |
Australia’s biggest hackathon event – GovHack – which took place over the weekend, has resulted in the submission of 379 projects from a Facebook bingo game that helps reduce littering to a chat bot that delivers live parliamentary proceedings and allows users to react to vote results.
Around 2,300 participants formed small teams at 27 locations across every state and territory (and New Zealand), to build prototype apps and services based on repositories of open government data.
High school and university students, government, industry and academia representatives, engineers, graphic designers, storytellers, artists and creatives (and at least one dog) were among those that took part in the 48 challenge, choosing from hundreds of open data sources.
The data sets range from spatial data of bikeways in Brisbane to data on young people in detention in the Northern Territory. Among them, Opal tap on tap off data and traffic data from Transport for NSW.
"Open data is a game changer for the way we solve problems, itprovides the intelligence for insight and invention and it allows government and developers to help translate information into more reliable and useful everyday apps and services,” said Transport for NSW deputy secretary customer service Tony Braxton-Smith.
"The amazing thing about events like GovHack is that it opens up the communication line between the software developer community and governments,” he added. “We look forward to seeing whatdevelopers and researchers will be able to come up with from our traffic and Opal tap on and tap off data at GovHack this year, whether it be better management of network capacity, improved traffic flows or more effective disruption management, the possibilities are endless.”
Over the coming months winners will be selected by judging panels in a number of different categories, and for region specific prizes. A national awards event will take place in Brisbane in October.
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The first GovHack took place in 2009 in Canberra.It grew from atwo city event in 2012, toaneight city event in 2013and a national 11 city event with over 1300 participants and observers in 2014. By 2016 events took place across 40 locations in two nations, with some 3,000 participants.
Organisers say it is about “hacking in the positive sense, civic hacking for a better world”.
“GovHack each year shows the nation and the world that our civic hacker community is strong,rapidly growing and able to tackletricky dataproblems in clever ways,” they said in a statement.
“Governments collect and publish enormous amounts of data, but have limited resources to get it into the hands of their citizens in engaging ways. GovHack is about finding new ways to do great things and encouraging open government and open data.”
As well as federal and state government backing, the hackathon is also sponsored by the likes of Accenture, IAG, Amazon Web Services, Uber, RAC, Elastic, TasmaNet and Linux Australia.
Submitted projects this year include web, mobile and augmented reality applications, fresh analysis of data and 3D printed visualisations to better understand data patterns.
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NOVELS in the PARK Trilogy
NOVELS in the Diamond & Stone Series
C. J. Booth
Mystery Writer
I'm the author of OLIVE PARK, CRIMSON PARK, and ANGEL PARK. the complete set of Mystery-Thrillers in the 'Park' Trilogy.
OLIVE PARK follows the detectives in Sacramento's fictional On-Going Investigation Division, and was named one of the Top 5 Mysteries of 2012 by the Reader's Favorite Awards. In addition it not only won the Bronze Medal for Popular Fiction at the 2012 E-Lit awards but was also named the Best Mystery of 2012 by the Global E-Book Awards.
CRIMSON PARK is part riveting police thriller, part spellbinding mystery and continues the intertwining stories of the detectives of the OID with the two near-victims in OLIVE PARK, 14 year old Michael Cooper and his six year old sister, Jessie.
Rife with stolen identities, two-faced witnesses and headless torsos, nothing is as it seems in Book 2 of the Park Trilogy.
ANGEL PARK crackles with insistent, heart-stomping energy as it plummets toward a conclusion that will exact a devastating human toll on one of the three detectives of Sacramento, California’s cold case division. It is Wyld, Steiner and Dimante’s ultimate test, for the depravity of serial killer Ruby Everheart pales against the evil they must now confront. What Wyld, Steiner and Dimante find propels them back into a treacherous and dark past. It shakes what they think they know about who they can trust and who they believe. And it forces them into a lethal showdown, protecting Michael and Jessie Cooper…and themselves, from Ruby Everheart’s terrifying teacher.
"A thriller with an endlessly twisty plot and plenty of lingering questions for a third book to answer." -Kirkus Reviews
" A solid, entertaining, and unnerving series ending.
-Kirkus Reviews
Winner of Best Mystery of the 2012 Global E-book awards, Olive Park is a chilling mystery about a child-murderer on the rampage. In 1997, the bodies of three slain children were found in shallow graves in Olive Park, California; fifteen years later, the cold case is reopened, and the evidence reveals that the monster responsible for Olive Park has continued to kill, and threatens new victims even now. A devious and twisted contemporary novel, Olive Park is gripping and horrific, and will leave the reader with chills to the very end.
(Reviewed by Carl Logan for MBR, Jan 2013)
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Building a Diverse, Inclusive Community
Dear Campus Community,
As we begin our academic year, I want to update you on our efforts to build a community that is more inclusive for all of our students, faculty, and staff. I believe this is the most critical work we are doing to achieve our mission of excellence.
The pain and damage resulting from last year’s anonymous anti-black, racist, trans-antagonistic email made it very clear that we have a lot of work to do to be the community that we aspire to be.
An important step to becoming an anti-racist campus is acknowledging that racism exists right here. We can’t address racism if we don’t talk about it. We can’t be an equitable and inclusive community if we aren’t honest that we are not there yet, and that making progress is an active and ongoing process of engagement.
Over the summer, diversity, inclusion, anti-racism, and bias interrogation work has been in the forefront, and much more is planned for the academic year.
Summer work included:
Education: The CC Board of Trustees, Cabinet, faculty, and staff participated in diversity and inclusion workshops. The board, Student Life and Admission divisions, and invited members of the Colorado Springs Police Department worked with a national expert in diversity and inclusion, and Dr. Paul Buckley, assistant vice president and director of the Butler Center, led multiple workshops for employees all summer. Nearly 200 employees — 150 staff and 44 faculty — attended the new workshops titled “Toward a Daily Anti-Racist Agenda.” Now, 53 percent of faculty and 34 percent of staff have completed the Excel at CC “Good to Great: The Journey to Inclusion” program. Workshop opportunities will continue during the academic year; registration information is forthcoming.
New Student Orientation: The Butler Center and Accessibility Resources provided incoming students with a session, “Sense of Community: Developing Solidarity,” to teach skill building and dialogue practice and share a common vocabulary used in social justice work. The session gave new students the history and context of last spring’s racist email, and informed students of the anti-racist work CC is pursuing. Students were encouraged to engage in teaching and learning opportunities around these issues and pursue social opportunities for intercultural exchange, identity development, and ideology interrogation, and were asked to be responsive when issues arise and seek support when needed.
History: The Butler Center, Communications, and two interns worked this summer to envision and begin a project to give voice and visibility to members of CC’s community of color, telling their stories — the pain and difficulty as well as the strides and achievements. We must acknowledge, listen to, and learn from both positive and negative experiences. These stories will appear on our website and in other communications soon.
Anti-discrimination process: In response to student concerns, a new anti-discrimination process has been adopted. The goal is to provide a consistent process for everyone, and to be as transparent as possible. Our anti-discrimination policy applies to all constituents at the college: faculty, staff, students, and visitors. In the past, student reports regarding any non-gender or sex-based discrimination were made to Student Life, the Butler Center, and other offices, and handled in various ways. Now those seeking informal resolutions and those filing formal complaints alleging discrimination of any form can access the same process.
Dr. Paul Buckley will join the Anti-Discrimination Team (formerly the Title IX Team) to oversee student cases that don’t involve Title IX. That team is comprised of Professor Gail Murphy-Geiss, Title IX coordinator; Rochelle Mason and Barbara Wilson, deputy Title IX coordinators; the sexual assault response coordinator; and Dr. Buckley. The team meets blockly to monitor the policy, process, use, access, problems, etc. and to manage cases together. The same trained investigators will be used for all cases across the college.
Email investigation: We are working with the Denver law firm Davis Graham & Stubbs to investigate the anonymous email that was sent to some members of the campus community in the spring. By issuing a civil warrant to HushMail, we have learned that the email was sent from a public computer in Denver; the firm is working with CSPD to determine if we can identify who was using the computer at the time the email was sent.
We have many more efforts coming this academic year, including:
External review: We will conduct an examination of racism at CC to audit our policies, practices, structures, and communications, as well as our academic and co-curricular programs. I have assembled a steering committee of students, faculty, staff, and alumni to guide this yearlong effort. This group is considering proposals from national firms and planning the work to begin this fall. Thanks to these committed members of our community. They are:
Claire Garcia, professor of English
Neena Grover, professor of biochemistry, Faculty Executive Committee chair
Christina Leza, associate professor of anthropology
Shawn Womack, associate professor and chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance
Mario Montano, associate professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology
Alan Townsend, provost
Paul Buckley, assistant vice president, director of the Butler Center
Mike Edmonds, vice president for student life, dean of students
Felix Sanchez ’93, assistant vice president for communications
Maggie Santos ’86, director of campus safety and emergency management
Precious Cooper ’20
Alexandra Rivas ’19
Cameron Mongoven ’21
Nancy Hernandez ’96, equity specialist coordinator, Western Educational Equity Assistance Center, Metropolitan State University of Denver
Sonlatsa Sunshine Jim-Martin ’94, Native American alumna and activist
Tafari Lumumba ’05, trustee, associate attorney, Gibson, Dunn, and Crutcher LLP
Faculty workshops: The Office of the Dean of the Faculty will provide resources to academic departments and programs to support discipline-specific inclusion workshops for faculty.
Executive-in-residence: Outdoor education and gender identity specialist Britt McClintock will serve as an executive-in-residence in the Office of Outdoor Education through block break 2. McClintock, a queer woman of color and documentarian who co-created the film “Genderations,” will work with Outdoor Education, the Butler Center, and student groups on bringing inclusion into outdoor education. McClintock will advise on CC’s outdoor-education programming and curriculum, and offer workshops for campus leaders working in these areas. She worked with Priddy Trip leaders in preparation for New Student Orientation trips, and will lead block-break trips after Blocks 1 and 2.
We have much more planned for the year ahead. I will keep you updated, and invite your participation in the work of the steering committee and our examination of racism at CC. This work is crucial to our mission, and to building the best CC. I ask that each of you invest the time to engage meaningfully in these efforts.
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Better as the years go by.
The Sound of “Now.”
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Kelly Jackson Higgins
New Free Web Application Firewall 'Lives' In The App
Open-source project aims to put WAF control into application developers' hands
A researcher plans to release a free, software-based Web application firewall (WAF) that resides in the Web application.
The open-source ESAPI WAF is a departure from commercial, network-based firewalls, as well as ModSecurity's free WAF, says Arshan Dabirsiaghi, developer of the ESAPI WAF and director of research for Aspect Security. Dabirsiaghi will roll out the WAF at the OWASP Conference in Washington, D.C., in November.
"WAFs today are deployed as appliances meant to protect a suite of applications. They're kind of part of your network and not part of your application," Dabirsiaghi says. "This is really an application-layer WAF rather than a network or appliance-layer WAF...it lives inside your application so you have a lot more control as an application owner [who's] enforcing rules."
The ESAPI WAF isn't the first open-source (or free) WAF: ModSecurity, which is also a software-based WAF, was one of the first freebies. The ModSecurity WAF, which is an Apache module, runs outside the application on the server.
Dabirsiaghi says the Java-based ESAPI WAF is all about making it easier and cheaper to deploy a WAF, which can cost up to $200,000 to deploy in a commercial product, he says. "The whole point of a WAF is a short- to medium-term patching solution," he says. "Long-term, you want secure code. We want to give you a bridge between that gap when a vulnerability is exploited."
This puts the WAF in the hands of the application team rather than the network or security team. "I think it's better to decentralize that and have everyone maintain their own WAF," Dabirsiaghi says. "Application owners are hopefully discovering their own vulnerabilities, so the time to protection should be much shorter [for patching them]."
There are advantages and trade-offs with both the network and application-based WAF approaches, however. "From an operational perspective, a network device can be deployed without changing a standard system configuration. On the other hand, you have another physical device to manage -- and possibly fail, unlike software on the Web server," says Jeremiah Grossman, CTO of WhiteHat Security. "Also, network devices have to terminate SSL if the site uses SSL, while software WAFs do not."
Dabirsiaghi maintains that the application-resident WAF makes it easier to fix and stop nagging Web application security problems, such as business logic flaws. "If you have a WAF appliance that sits in front of a few different applications, there's a distance between you and the apps," Dabirsiaghi says. "Because the ESAPI WAF lives inside the app, it's easier to stop those types of flaws."
Among some of the features in the new WAF are egress/outbound filtering to help stop information-leakages vulnerabilities and cross-site scripting, he says.
Dabirsiaghi says the WAF simplifies things, such as adding an Internet Explorer 8 header for preventing clickjacking. "With a WAF in place, you open up a text file, add one line, and you're done. It's all configuration-driven versus code driven," he says.
But the ESAPI WAF doesn't detect new vulnerabilities. "This is not about preventing unknown vulnerabilities," he says.
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DAVO Featured On Finovate
DAVO’s New Sales Apps Bring Savings Technology to Small Businesses
By Julie Muhn. This article originally appeared on Finovate. You can read it here.
DAVO Sweep & Save and Savings Club
Small business tools company DAVO launched two new apps to help small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with their cash management needs. DAVO Sweep & Save and DAVO Savings Club are the two new apps available to SMBs today.
Both apps are automated savings tools that use fractional daily funding technology, which connects to a merchant’s Point of Sale (POS) platform or accounting software to set aside cash to save for a future use. This automated savings technology is a similar concept to the consumer-facing apps Dyme and Digit, which move money from a user’s checking account into a separate savings account. Check out our overview of those platforms from last year.
How Sweep & Save and Savings Club works
DAVO Sweep & Save returns the saved amount to the merchant on a monthly basis to go toward expenses such as rent, business loans, or equipment leases, while DAVO Savings Club sets aside the cash on an annual basis. DAVO notes that the annual funds are intended for “an ongoing cookie jar or Christmas Club like savings.” With both Sweep & Save and Savings Club, merchants opt to either set aside a fixed dollar amount or percentage of daily sales to go toward the savings. “For example,” DAVO co-founder David Joseph explained, “using DAVO Savings Club a merchant can put aside $20 a day and at the end of a year have over $7,000 to use as they see fit. They won’t feel the $20/day but they will love having $7000.”
In a press release, Joseph said, “SMBs are passionate about their businesses and are very good at generating revenue but very often they are far less skilled at cash management. DAVO was originally started to solve the challenges of sales tax for SMBs, but has evolved into a powerful cash management tool.”
About DAVO Technologies
Founded in 2011, DAVO demoed its flagship product at FinovateFall 2015. During the demo, the company’s CEO Owen Brown showed how DAVO Sales Tax automatically and passively collects, files, and pays sales tax on a merchant’s behalf. Similar to the two savings apps launched today, the Sales Tax app integrates with a merchant’s POS and backend accounting platforms to set aside the sales tax collected each day. Last October, DAVO made the Sales Tax app available in the Square Marketplace. The company has raised $4 million. And with 1,800 clients, DAVO has grown its customer base by more than 12X since 2015.
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Find out where we’ll be, and what we’ve been up to! Workshops, product-release info and more.
DawnSignPress Confirmed to Exhibit at 2019 CAL-ED Conference
March 29, 2019, San Diego, CA - Media and Publishing House, DawnSignPress will exhibit at the 2019 California Educators of the Deaf (CAL-ED) Conference April 5-7 in Riverside, CA. CAL-ED caters to teachers, parents, and professionals dedicated to the pursuit of educational excellence for Deaf children.
With the study of American Sign Language (ASL) growing as a foreign language, DawnSignPress is considered one of the stalwart publishers and distributors of quality educational materials in ASL.
With key publications like the flagship Signing Naturally series, which is the authority when it comes to learning ASL, The Effective Interpreting Series, down to their ASL Babies board books and Once Upon a Sign, a children’s video series, DawnSignPress is a standout among the Deaf and hearing communities.
President of DawnSignPress, Joe Dannis, said in a recent statement, “We are celebrating our 40th year in publishing and have had the privilege of working with quality writers and authors of educational materials in ASL from around the globe. This will be our 17th time exhibiting at the CAL-ED Conference and we are proud to participate in this valuable and noteworthy gathering of educators.”
About DawnSignPress: DawnSignPress is a media and publishing house that creates, develops, produces, publishes and distributes quality American Sign Language (ASL) and Deaf culture-related materials. DawnSignPress is on the cutting edge of the educational, cultural, and social trends in the Deaf world. Deaf-owned and operated, DawnSignPress produces materials that raise standards in ASL education, break new ground in ASL literature and the arts, and preserve the unique and rich contributions of Deaf people.
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Sports Football 18 Aug 2019 Bale to stay after h ...
Sports, Football
Bale to stay after helping Madrid to win at Celta - Zidane
Published Aug 18, 2019, 8:30 pm IST
Updated Aug 18, 2019, 8:30 pm IST
Bale created Madrid’s opening goal, which was scored by Karim Benzema, with a superb change of pace down the left-wing.
Coach Zinedine Zidane said Gareth Bale will remain at Real Madrid this season. (Photo: AFP)
Vigo: Coach Zinedine Zidane said Gareth Bale will remain at Real Madrid this season after the Wales forward produced an inspiring performance in a 3-1 win at Celta Vigo on Saturday after a summer of uncertainty.
Bale created Madrid’s opening goal, which was scored by Karim Benzema, with a superb change of pace down the left-wing and was a constant threat to Celta while he also contributed to Madrid’s defensive work.
Toni Kroos later stretched the visitors’ lead with a superb strike after Luka Modric had been sent off for Madrid, while Lucas Vazquez added a third later on.
Bale was not expected to stay in the Spanish capital this season after a tense stand-off with Zidane during pre-season, with the coach openly stating Bale was set to leave and even remarking: “If he leaves tomorrow, all the better.”
He was reported to be on the verge of signing for Chinese club Jiangsu Suning in July but the move was called off and his chances of holding down a place in the team increased after fellow forward Marco Asensio sustained a serious knee injury.
When new arrival Eden Hazard was ruled out for three weeks after picking up a muscle problem on Friday, it again boosted Bale’s chances of playing.
However, Zidane said he had always intended to pick Bale against Celta and added the forward would not leave the club any time soon.
“He’s going to stay and we all have to think of that as a positive thing,” Zidane told a news conference.
“We have to focus on this season and nothing else. The injury to Hazard was bad luck for us but it didn’t change the plans we had for Bale in this game. Gareth and everyone else here is going to show this shirt the respect it deserves.”
Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois also praised Bale’s performance and credited his side for making such a strong start to the campaign after a worrying run of results in pre-season.
“We weren’t surprised at all when Bale was named in the team because the boss counts on every single player and then decides the starting 11. Gareth played an outstanding game,” he said.
“We worked hard in pre-season but results didn’t go our way for different reasons, but the season starts with the first game, not before.
“We played very well in the first half than in the second we fought hard together with a man down.”
Tags: gareth bale, zinedine zidane, real madrid cf
Location: Spain, Galicia, Vigo
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An unsurprising disappointment?
cjm 77: Exploring penal reform
Helen Mills assesses the Community Order and Suspended Sentence Order.
The introduction of the Community Order (CO) and Suspended Sentence Order (SSO) in the 2003 Criminal Justice Act, on paper at least, radically reconfigured community sentences in England and Wales. The CO replaced the range of community sentences previously available with a single sentence. The SSO brought in a custodial sentence to be served in the community unless breached. Both orders were to be made up of one or more requirements from a possible of 12 (including unpaid work, supervision, accredited programmes, curfew and drug treatment).
Since the orders were implemented in 2005, the Community sentences project at the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies has been monitoring the use and impact of these two new orders through analysing official data and engaging with sentencers, probation staff and those subject to the orders. This has been the first consideration of how those affected by the orders perceived and use them and what difference these new arrangements have made. Overall, although well-received by sentencers and probation staff the project has found the orders have failed to achieve their intended aims, namely to:
• reduce the use of short-term custody;
• tackle uptariffing;
• tailor community sentences to individual offender need.
Having recently completed the seventh and final publication in this series, this article highlights some of the key findings of the most recent research report, before questioning whether the ambitious intended aims outlined above require more radical changes than those introduced in the 2003 Criminal Justice Act.
The orders’ impact on short-term custody
It is impossible to say with certainty how far diversion from custody has been achieved by the CO and SSO, but all the evidence suggests that it is very little. The orders’ impact would, one expects, be most discernable between 2006 and 2007. In these years, despite some reduction in the use of custodial sentences of six months or less, there was no overall change in the use of custodial sentences of 12 months or less in either the magistrates’ or Crown Courts.
The SSO has been a far more popular sentence than the Home Office expected and throughout this project there has been criticism about its use. Sentencers, particularly magistrates, are considered to be very keen on the SSO. It is considered to be used as an alternative to custody, more so than the community order, but not always. Given that the overall rate of short-term custody has not reduced the popularity of the SSO has led to concerns, including from the Ministry of Justice, that rather than tackle uptariffing, the SSO may be exacerbating uptariffing, with some who would have previously received a CO now subject to a SSO (Ministry of Justice, 2008a; Ministry of Justice, 2008b; House of Commons Justice Committee, 2008).
The limited use of requirements
The notion of tailoring orders to individual offenders that the menu of 12 requirements proposed is wellliked by probation officers and sentencers. However, in practice the orders continue to look very much like their predecessors, relying on three requirements: unpaid work, supervision and accredited programmes. Half the requirements are rarely used. There are several reasons why this is the case; some theoretically available requirements are still not able to be imposed in some areas due to limited resources (the alcohol treatment requirement is a particular area of perceived unmet need in this regard), some are difficult to impose (the mental health treatment requirement), and there are reservations about what some requirements can meaningfully deliver (for example, how will prohibited activities or exclusion requirements be effectively monitored?).
Probation practice
I think we're definitely steering away from the old kind of welfare-based supervision, we're almost like a little business organisation I think now… [those on orders] go off and do unpaid work or go and do a programme and as Offender Managers or probation officers we kind of oversee it. We're almost signposting I suppose and…sometimes it's nice to get a supervision because it doesn't happen hugely anymore and it's nice to sort of do that.
(Probation officer quoted in Mair and Mills, 2009)
Managing orders through the processes of partnership working, brokering service and commissioning, was, for those more experienced probation officers, a shift from their undertaking one-to-one contact with those subject to order. Such changes for the probation service are not simply the result of the introduction of the orders. The past few years have undoubtedly been a time of great change for the probation service overall – not least the introduction of NOMS, probation trusts and contestability. The division of activity through requirements supports a framework where probation officers are the overseers rather than necessarily the delivers, of community-based sentences.
Such a change not only has consequences for the probation service, but also for those subject to orders. Those undertaking COs or SSOs we interviewed suggested the individual probation officer and the relationship between probationer and probation officer makes a substantial difference to how helpful the order is. Several interviewees said they chose to take part in this research because of a sense of personal obligation to their probation officer. Probation officers considered less contact between themselves and those on orders could have significant implications in terms of building trust and effectively encouraging compliance – if as one probation officer said, the first time an offender hears from them is their signature at the end of a breach warning letter.
Yes, but are they tough enough?
Much of the media coverage of Three years on focused on a quote from one probation officer – used as evidence community sentences are a soft option (see below).
The Daily Mail, p.19, March 3rd 2009
Such coverage – readers will not be surprised to hear – does not reflect the findings or conclusion of our research. Perhaps some readers would dismiss such headlines with a sigh about tabloid-media sensationalism. However, it is not simply the media who frame community sentences as fundamentally delivering punishment. Take this recent quote from the Secretary of State for Justice:
Gone are the days when the main duty of probation officers was to ‘advise, assist and befriend’ offenders. ‘The reform and rehabilitation of offenders’ remains one of the purposes of sentencing under section 142 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, but it is only one of a number, first among which is ‘the punishment of offenders’.
(Jack Straw, February 2009, speech to trainee probation officers)
During this project the terms of the debate about community sentences have been largely situated in the extent to which they are onerous, ever more robust and rigorous enforced. This narrow focus on punishment continues to overshadow the potential for a more informed public dialogue about what we think community sentences can realistically achieve.
A false dawn?
In everyday practice there's not a lot of change between how it was [before the orders] and how it is now.
(Probation officer, quoted in Mair and Mills, 2009)
Reflecting on the findings of the Community sentences project overall, we do not think the orders’ failure to meet their hoped-for aims is fundamentally due to those working within the criminal justice system not taking advantage of the opportunity the introduction of the CO and SSO provided. The provisions in the 2003 Act streamlined the available community sentences. On their own it is unsurprising the orders have led to relatively little change in the use of short-term custody, uptariffing or tailoring community sentences to individual offender needs. Rather, these aims were always far more ambitious than a modest reconfiguration of community sentences could reasonably be expected to deliver.
To download this report or for more details about previous publications in the Community Sentences series visit: www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/sentenceshreeyearson.html.
The Community Sentences Project was funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.
House of Commons Justice Committee 2008 Towards Effective Sentencing. First report of session, 2007–08 1 , London : The Stationary Office.
Mair, G. and Mills, H. 2009. The Community Order and Suspended Sentence Order Three Years on: The Views and Experiences of Probation Officers and Offenders, London: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.
Ministry of Justice 2008a Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2007, London: Ministry of Justice.
Ministry of Justice 2008b Sentencing Statistics 2007, England and Wales London: Ministry of Justice.
Straw, Jack 2009 Transcript of speech by Jack Straw to trainee probation officers at the Probation Study School, University of Portsmouth, 4th February. Probation and Community Punishment. Available at www.justice.gov.uk/news/sp040209.htm (accessed 3 June 2009).
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The chairman of Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission, Carlson Tong Ka-shing has said that there is no plan to ban digital currencies in the country.
Chairman Ka-shing stated that the country is planning a regulatory framework to ensure investors are protected.
Speaking to the Hong Kong based South China Morning Post, he said that he didn’t believe that the ban approach was in the interest of the industry.
“It will not work in today’s internet world when trading can cross national boundaries. Even if we were to ban them, transactions can still be easily conducted via platforms in overseas markets.”
He continued by saying that a proper legal framework is to be put in place to ensure that the steps taken at regulation was the appropriate one. The chairman deviated with the norm of many regulators by saying that as a new technology, digital tokens cannot be considered securities.
He rather thinks a proposition is necessary to evolve appropriate means of classifying tokens. He suggested creating platforms meant for “new technology”.
“We need to see if and how these platforms can be regulated to a standard that is comparable to that of a licensed trading venue, while at the same time ensuring investors interest are being protected.”
Reports from the country say that crypto exchanges are enthusiastic over the development as they see the SFC move as a policy in the right direction.
Speaking about the policy, the chief operating officer of BitMex Angelina Kwan told the media that the policy would help the industry.
Jeremy Allaire of Circle said that his firm is willing to work with the government to advance the policy and see that the industry regulatory framework becomes a reality.
Since last year, SFC had announced that it was keeping a close eye on the digital currency industry. Sequel to the announcement, were warnings of the hazards associated with crypto investment which the agency said may be securities.
It is now apparent that the regulators have come to terms with the fact that the industry has come to stay. The best option now is to ensure that it is regulated to ensure that it operated with the ambit of relevant financial laws.
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The Advanced Study of Khmer (ASK) program is an intensive eight-week training in Khmer language and culture held in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, Cambodia every summer. The program is administered by the Khmer Language Program at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM) under the direction of Dr. Chhany Sak-Humphry, and in collaborations with the Center for Khmer Studies (CKS) in Cambodia and the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL) at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP), Cambodia. The program includes homestays in Siem Reap, Cambodia, that provide students with a “one-of-a-kind” opportunity to acquire the linguistic foundation necessary to engage in academic research, professional discourse, and cultural immersion with all segments of Khmer society.
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The program application deadline is February 28, 2020.
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Students from ASK and KLCP visit the US Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Summer 2019.
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« Les établissements CUNIN » (instigator and spearhead of the JULES CUNIN Group) find their origins in a family business created in 1906 by Jules CUNIN.
Jules CUNIN, native to the village of Grandvillers in the french department of Vosges, first came to the region of Vittel Contrexéville to install the water pipe of the salty fountain (known today as HEPAR). That pipe then stretched from the farm of Grésille on the road to Valleroy (where the catchment point was installed) until the bottling plant located at that time in the building of the present PALMARIUM (in the middle of the spa park near to the thermal pool).
Jules, then a hired artisan, was working for the « Grés de Grandvillers » and was known as a fast worker beyond the boundaries of the region.
After he had spent a couple of months in the Vittel region he appreciated, he decided to settle in Vittel, where the COMAUX company hired him as a plumber and a fountain-worker.
When the World War I broke out, like all the young men of that period, Jules CUNIN was called up to serve. As the father of a large family, he was demobilized in 1915 (5 children were born to the family ; Georges, Gaston, Roger, Marcel and Madeleine). Following this, he started up as a Fountain/Sheet-metal/Plumber craftman and established his workshop in the basement of the « Eaux de Vittel » Company (Vittel Waters, known today as the PALMARIUM), one of his major clients which he was working for as a maintenance worker. He did so until 1919.
Pivotal years of JULES CUNIN Group's components
The COMAUX Company restarted its business and Jules CUNIN ceased own his business to work again as an employee of COMAUX.
COMAUX shut down for lack of successor. Jules CUNIN got back to Vittel (Vosges) with his three sons, Georges, Gaston and Roger. At that period, hotel business was flourishing, and sanitary equipments in the rooms and the buildings of new hotel complexes were in high demand. The tourism, which mainly affected people working in the French Colonies, was of paramount importance and the two stations around, Vittel et Contrexéville, were fashionable destinations. Gaston CUNIN took care of construction projects, meanwhile Georges and Roger were responsible for the area of Vittel.
Roger CUNIN also settled in Remoncourt (Vosges) ; as his company grew up, he finally moved to Mirecourt (Vosges) in 1960 where he employed up to 25 persons. He had three children : Monique, Michel and Jean-Claude. After having twice experienced difficulties, the company definitely shut down in 1984.
Gaston CUNIN decided to set up his own company. He settled in Vittel, Place du Général de Gaulle, then Rue du Petit Ban and finally Place des Vieilles Halles in 1943. He employed up to 5 persons. He had 6 children : Madeleine, born in 1927, Marcel born in 1929, Maurice born in 1930, Georges born in 1932, Bernard born in 1950 and René in 1954. All his sons would be trained to the trade. He shut down in 1979.
Marcel (current CEO's father), graduated from the École Supérieure de Couverture d'Angers (Higher School of Roofing in Angers), settled as a plumber in Contrexéville, Rue de Metz, and then Rue Division Leclerc in 1962 : the small business will count up to 8 employees.
The small business was renamed « les Ets CUNIN » in 1982.
Marcel, associated with his brother René and his son Serge, created the company Ets CUNIN SARL (CUNIN Ltd.) with capital of 15 244,90 €. The company then had 15 employees with a revenue of 686 020,58 €.
At that period, the company had four client segments :
Private individuals – Administrations – Industry – Trading (plumbing fitting)
The company was awarded a 609 796,07-euro contract with the OPAC (Public Housing Agency) for equipping 141 accomodations with heating, fitting and Controlled Mechanical Ventilation (CMV) in the town of Epinal.
After having carried out this project, The « Ets CUNIN » opened a branch in Epinal. At first, it was located in the Rue Aristide Briand and then in the renovated premises in Saint-Laurent. It was directed by René CUNIN until 1994 and today by Daniel CUNIN (second son born to Marcel).
The company extended its business to 2 departments with distinctive activities : Roofing and Fluids. Besides the « Ets CUNIN » in Contrexéville, Serge CUNIN founded The CUNIN Sarl. In Mattaincourt (Vosges). This new company took over the market that was vacated after the closure of Roger CUNIN's business in the region of Mirecourt.
Marcel and Serge bought the FLORENTIN company (carpentry) in Mirecourt, which would become the CHARPENTE COUVERTURE MIRECURTIENNE (CCM) – CARPENTRY ROOFING OF MIRECOURT.
At that date, all the companies and branches of JULES CUNIN Group are administrated at the head office in Contrexéville.
The Group's international trade experienced a significant increase after the projects on the PULMAN hotel complex in Moscow, on the High School of Rivière Salée in Martinique and on the Nouakchott's Airport in Mauritania had been signed off.
After the Lycée of Rivière Salée was built, a new branch was created in Fort-de-France in Martinique and a partnership was established with the ADDIP company represented by Franck ROSALIE.
Shortly before Marcel CUNIN, the founding leader, retired, the Company as well as its branches and subsidiaries had a total revenue of 6.097.960,69 €, 35% of which came from exportation, and employed 65 persons.
As the « JULES CUNIN SA financière » was created, the « Ets CUNIN » was converted from Sarl (Limited Liabitlity Company) into Société Anonyme (Limited Company) with capital of 304.898,03 €.
The CUNIN Sarl (Limited Liability) was created in Algiers and integrated into the JULES CUNIN Group.
The SA BROCARD in Saint-Dié (Vosges) joined the JULES CUNIN Group.
The JULES CUNIN Group employed 300 employees, 100 of which worked in France and 200 abroad, and generated a revenue of 22 million €.
The JULES CUNIN Group celebrated its 100th anniversary.
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We need insiders and outsiders in Congress
Outsiders in Congress behave very differently than insiders, but both are needed
We need insiders and outsiders in Congress Outsiders in Congress behave very differently than insiders, but both are needed Check out this story on detroitnews.com: http://detne.ws/1IiXn3M
DetroitNews Published 12:27 a.m. ET June 27, 2015 | Updated 12:27 a.m. ET June 27, 2015
As Lee notes, congressional insiders, such as Sen. Carl Levin, focus on making Congress work.(Photo: John L. Russell / AP)
Members of Congress get categorized in all sorts of ways. They’re liberal or conservative; Republican or Democrat; interested in domestic affairs or specialists in foreign policy.
There’s one important category that I never hear discussed: whether a member wants to be an inside player or an outside player. Yet where members fall on the continuum helps to shape the institution of Congress.
Insiders focus on making the institution work. They give fewer speeches on the floor, issue fewer press releases and spend less time considering how to play the public relations game or how to raise money. Instead, they put in long, tedious hours developing legislation, attending hearings, listening to experts, exploring policy options and working on building consensus. They’re the ones who do the necessary work of legislating.
Outsiders pass through the institution of Congress, but many of them are using Congress — and especially the House of Representatives — as a stepping-stone to another office: the Senate, a governorship, the presidency.
On Capitol Hill, these people behave very differently from insiders.
They raise money aggressively, put a lot of effort into developing a public persona and are consumed with public relations. They travel a lot. They churn out press releases and speak on the floor on every topic they can find something to deliver an opinion about. They miss votes more frequently than insiders, and often do not attend committee hearings. They’re often impatient with House and Senate traditions, and are impatient with the democratic process.
I want to be clear that I’m not judging which kind of member is more valuable.
I may prefer to spend my time with insiders, but both are needed to make the system work. You have to have members reaching out to the broader public, talking about the big issues and engaging Americans in the issues of the day. And you need people on the inside who are dedicated to resolving those issues by attending to the legislation that will make this possible.
The truth is, Congress wouldn’t work if everyone were an outside player.
The process is tedious, and outsiders have little patience for it.
But if everyone were an insider, the country would be deprived of the dialogue, debate and sheer spectacle that give Americans a sense of stake and participation in the policymaking process.
Lee Hamilton is director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University and was a congressman for 34 years.
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Middletown woman charged with faking her own kidnapping
The 40-year-old Middletown woman told her boyfriend she had been kidnapped in Delaware City. Now she's being charged with faking her own kidnapping.
Middletown woman charged with faking her own kidnapping The 40-year-old Middletown woman told her boyfriend she had been kidnapped in Delaware City. Now she's being charged with faking her own kidnapping. Check out this story on delawareonline.com: https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2019/03/18/middletown-woman-charged-faking-her-own-kidnapping/3201895002/
Jessica Bies, Delaware News Journal Published 12:09 p.m. ET March 18, 2019 | Updated 12:14 p.m. ET March 18, 2019
A 40-year-old Middletown woman has been arrested and charged with faking her own kidnapping, police said, leading multiple law enforcement agencies on a futile search for the person responsible.
Danette Hurtt told her boyfriend March 9 that she had been kidnapped about 6 p.m. while getting in her vehicle in Delaware City, which was parked on Clinton Street near Battery Park, police said.
Her boyfriend immediately called 911.
Danette M. Hurtt, 40, of Middletown (Photo: Delaware City Police)
Police from Delaware City, New Castle County and Middletown mounted a search for Hurrt, who was found about 90 minutes later behind the Appoquinimink High School on Bunker Hill Road
Hurtt told officers she had been taken against her will, in her own vehicle, after she left a Delaware City restaurant, according to a press release.
But as the investigation unfolded, it became apparent Hurtt was lying, police said. The truth came out as multiple policies agencies were searching for suspects, the press release said.
Hurtt was arrested and charged with faking the kidnapping, Delaware City Police said.
She is now facing one count of providing a false statement to law enforcement with the intent to delay/hinder a felony investigation.
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Cloud computing is the practice of using servers hosted on the internet to store, manage and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer.
Cloud computing can bring many economic and efficiency benefits for organisations. It also brings cyber security benefits and cyber security issues.
Cloud computing is a very broad term. It can refer to lots of different ways of organising computers on the internet to do work.
Three broad service types for cloud computing are:
software as a service (SaaS).
More information on cloud computing, including more details on these service types, can be found at the following location: Cloud computing on Wikipedia
Cyber security in the cloud
Cloud computing offers organisations the opportunity to access scales of economy and efficiency that they cannot reach themselves. For cyber security this can mean that issues are managed more effectively than any single organisation can on their own.
For example, a public cloud service providing:
email will have more information about legitimate email flows, and using this data they can do a better job of filtering spam and malicious attachments
SaaS applications (such as Salesforce or Google Docs) will take responsibility for patching their own servers and applications, helping them stay on top of vulnerabilities in that software
data storage will have more comprehensive disaster recovery arrangements than a single organisation could hope to match
a content distribution network will be more likely to withstand a distributed denial of service attack because of larger available bandwidth and its ability to automatically scale capacity when needed.
But there are new challenges too.
Understanding shared responsibility
It is a common misconception that cloud providers manage all aspects of cyber security for their service. However, much of the responsibility falls on the organisation using the service. For example, if you are using:
virtual machines in an IaaS model, then these servers are basically yours to look after - you need to keep them patched, review logs, restrict and manage access, etc
SaaS, then your cloud provider will give you access to controls to manage who can access your information - if you don’t spend the time to correctly configure and monitor these, then the service may give more access to your information than you wanted.
Make sure you review and understand the provider’s shared responsibility model so you can identify the cyber security gaps which your organisation will need to address.
Some cloud providers will also publish their own technical guidelines on how to securely use their service. Make sure you read and follow their advice.
Cloud systems are exposed to the internet, so strong authentication is particularly important. While cloud providers can implement sophisticated mechanisms to detect unauthorised access, there is still a critical role to be played through good cyber hygiene.
Strong authentication mechanisms, including strong passwords and two-factor authentication, should be used where available. Privileged users in particular (such as systems administrators) should use two-factor authentication.
Communications to and from the cloud
Information being transmitted to and from your cloud service should be encrypted. By default most cloud services make use of acceptable commercial-grade encryption, such as TLS. Ensure this encryption is enabled. The Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM) provides guidance on specific cryptographic algorithms if you want to delve further into the details and are looking for a credible source for this information.
Always be skeptical of claims of proprietary or unique data encryption approaches. Your cloud provider should make use of widely-available and credible encryption algorithms and protocols. Remember that for many IaaS situations you will be entirely responsible for correctly configuring encryption on cloud resources.
Data sovereignty
Data sovereignty refers to the country in which data is stored and the issues that can flow from that.
Data stored in non-Australian jurisdictions will be subject to the laws of the other country. Offshore storage may limit the ability of Australian authorities to help if there are issues.
If the cloud service has the option, often storing your information in Australia is a straight-forward and reliable choice. If you must choose between other jurisdictions, you should first consider those with strong rule of law, good cultural ties and similarities to Australia.
For some services you can’t choose where your data will be stored. If the nation where the data is being stored doesn’t seem appropriate then it might be worth considering competitors’ services, where data may be stored in locations you find more acceptable.
The Privacy Act (1988) does allow organisations to store personal information with a cloud provider in another nation provided certain requirements are met.
Two parts of the Australian Privacy Principles (APP) apply:
APP 8: Cross-border disclosure of personal information
APP 11: Security of personal information.
APP 8 mostly relates to intentional and accidental disclosure of personal information to overseas parties. It is likely to apply where an overseas party performs a business process for you (such as an overseas call centre). However, if you use a public cloud service to store, process and retrieve information, such as an online office or email tool, you are unlikely to be affected. Seek advice if you are unsure.
APP 11 relates to taking ‘reasonable steps’ to protect personal information. Guidance on ‘reasonable steps’ is available in the APP guide, but it does vary based on certain factors. For these purposes, using the cloud service providers’ security configuration guide, and aiming to achieve security at least equivalent to any local systems you have, is a good start. If you hold significant amounts of personal information, you may need to seek advice.
Backups and access to data
Cloud services usually provide reliable data storage—in fact this reliability is often one of the benefits that makes cloud attractive.
But you may still need to do your own backups:
Ransomware attacks may affect your online file storage. Backups may still be required to restore data which is maliciously deleted.
The cloud provider may offer backup facilities, but you could need to explicitly activate them (potentially with additional charges).
You might lose access to your cloud service for some reason, in which case having your own copy of your information will be important.
Understand your cloud provider’s shared responsibility model, so you know when, and to what extent, you still need to manage data backups.
Choosing a cloud service provider
Cloud service providers can become an integral part of business processes. Choosing providers who will be reliable, long-term partners is critical, as is ensuring that they implement adequate cyber security.
In the first instance, the ACSC’s Certified Cloud Services List (CCSL) identifies cloud services who have been assessed against the Australian Government Information Security Manual.
Due to the size of the cloud segment, many cloud service providers are unlikely to ever appear on the CCSL. In these cases, you should consider the reputation of the cloud provider, data sovereignty and industry cyber security certifications, such as Cloud Security Alliance STAR, as well as other industry certifications such as SOC2 and ISO27000.
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Need help? Think you might be the victim of a scam, cyber crime or identity theft? Report an issue
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Daniel Armanios
Assistant Professor, Engineering and Public Policy
Daniel Armanios is an assistant professor in Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Engineering and Public Policy. Armanios’ research lies at the intersection between entrepreneurship, institutions, and public policy. More specifically, he focuses on the local public institutions and infrastructure necessary to support high-tech innovation, sustainable development, and energy systems, with an emphasis on emerging and post-conflict countries such as China, Egypt, and Tunisia.
126 B-2 Baker/Porter Hall
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Improving the Productivity of Infrastructure Systems
2015 Ph.D., Management Science & Engineering, Stanford University
2009 MS, Water Science, Policy and Management, University of Oxford
2008 MS, Management Research, Said Business School, University of Oxford
2007 BA, Political Science (Economics Minor), University of Pittsburgh
2007 BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
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Raffaella Fico enjoys some family time in Italy as former flame Mario Balotelli parties in Ibiza
By Sarah Bull and Nick Pisa for MailOnline
She has had a difficult few months and is in the middle of a paternity battle with her ex-boyfriend Mario Balotelli.
But Raffaella Fico put the drama of the past days behind her as she stepped out with her family in Venice, Italy.
The 27-year-old model spent time with her mother and brother in the Italian city.
Family time: Raffaella Fico is currently in Italy where she is spending time with her mother and brother
The group were seen doing some window shopping, as well as taking a gondola ride through the city.
The TV showgirl's outing came after she penned an emotional letter to 21-year-old Balotelli via an Italian magazine.
In the emotionally-charged letter, Raffaella hit out at Balotelli for accusing her of 'cashing in' on the pregnancy, denying that she has accepted payment for interviews or photos.
Comforting; The pregnant model is enjoying Venice after penning a heartfelt open letter to ex-boyfriend Balotelli
Scoring: Meanwhile Mario has been partying with some good-looking ladies in Ibiza
The couple split in April after a tempestuous year-long relationship ended with a doorstep row.
Then, two weeks ago, Raffaella revealed she was almost four months pregnant and the baby was his.
Happier times: Mario and Raffaella split in April after a year of dating
Initially it was reported that Balotelli was 'delighted' with the news but then the footballer issued a strongly worded statement in which he said he would 'accept his full responsibilities once a paternity test' had been taken to establish if he really was the father.
Raffaella's romantically passionate letter, which was published in the latest edition of glossy Italian weekly Chi, spoke in loving terms of Balotelli and made it clear that she still has feelings for him - even though he has insisted there is no chance of a reconciliation.
She wrote:'This child I desire with all my heart and I want it because it is not a child that arrived by chance but instead it is the fruit of love between two people and you know well what I am talking about.
'This letter was the only way I could speak to you. I am happy to take the DNA test but I still have the text messages you sent me from Krakow (during Euro 2012) in which you said you were happy with the news I had given you.
'Even if the events of life have separated us you will be a present and responsible father, as well as one being full of love for his child. You know full well where to find me and I will always be ready to speak with you about the future of your child. Of our child.'
She added:'I'm writing this letter because I was left deeply hurt as a woman but also as a mother by what you said in your cold statement. I find it unfair on your part that you wrote (if you indeed did write it) the insinuation that I was cashing in on the birth of our child.
'Dear Mario, and allow me to call you that, I have not been paid for any interview in which I spoke highly of you and of the life together I wanted and where I confirmed rumours that I was pregnant - my tummy is getting bigger all the time and it's not easy to hide.'
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Befriend butterflies at fifth annual festival
By Madeline Monroe
A monarch butterfly feeds on a visitor's nectar stick. (Courtesy of Barbara Houston)
Skipper butterflies may be the most common sight at the Williamsburg Botanical Garden right now, but on Saturday and Sunday they’ll be joined by painted ladies, monarchs, swallowtails and more at the fifth annual Butterfly Festival.
During its four years, the annual Butterfly Festival at Williamsburg Botanical Garden has released 1,000 butterflies into the garden. This year, the festival could add anywhere from 250 to 300 native butterflies to that number, according to Virginia Master Naturalist Judy Jones.
“One of the importances of the Butterfly Festival is to make people aware of how they can create safe habitats for butterflies in their neighborhoods, near their homes and their backyards,” Jones said. “What we’re trying to do is say, ‘Not only is this beautiful but it is also fairly easy to do.’”
The butterflies are supplied by Catherine Short, who lives in West Point and purchases the butterflies from farms to bring to the festival.
Two tents will house the butterflies, most of which will be painted ladies due to their inexpensive price. Painted ladies are also more friendly than other butterflies at the festival, Jones said; they will come up to visitors in search of salt.
All visitors will be given nectar sticks to coax butterflies, such as the more reclusive eastern tiger swallowtail, to feed.
A monarch feeds on a flower. (Courtesy of Judy Jones)
At 4 p.m. Sunday, the butterflies will start to trickle out of the tents’ mesh netting, freed of their festival obligations. Whether or not they stick around at the garden to gather nectar or lay eggs depends on them finding the right plants, said Adrienne Frank, president of the Historic Rivers Chapter of Virginia Master Naturalists.
“I would guess that if they found the right plants, they’d be able to do that,” she said. “So in that way, that would be a good thing.”
While some butterflies can live for as little as three days and others for as long as a few months, their presence is critical to the environment as they help pollinate plants and serve as a food source for other animals.
“Butterflies are indicators of a healthy and diverse environment,” Frank said in an email. “Many butterflies are specialists and need very specific plants for their caterpillars to feed and grow.”
Painted lady butterflies will be the most common sight at the festival. (Courtesy of David Colberg)
The Williamsburg Botanical Garden will host five presentations during the festival to discuss the perils butterflies face and how to help them, while the Butterfly Society of Virginia will have its members show caterpillars to children and teach them about host plants.
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Last year, turnout was close to 5,000, Jones estimates. She expects attendance to be close to that number or more if the weather is decent.
The festival, along with its plant sale, encourages people to take what they have learned from the festival and use it to better their backyards for butterflies, Frank said.
“[The festival is] about learning to love and appreciate the butterflies, to know what you need to have [the butterflies] be out there in the natural setting,” she said.
Want to go?
The Butterfly Festival runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Williamsburg Botanical Garden, 5537 Centerville Road. The festival is free and open to the public. You can volunteer to help with crafts, selling plants and more at the festival by going to bit.ly/wbgbfly19vol. Call 561-9444 or visit williamsburgbotanicalgarden.org for more information.
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DANA BERMAN DUFF
RECENT AND UPCOMING
CV & DETAILS
What Does She See When She Shuts Her Eyes Sabina Ott and Dana Berman Duff
Aspect/Ratio, Chicago, 11 January – 16 February, 2019
Alchemy Film Festival, Hawick, Scotland, 2 – 6 May, 2019 Please click on arrows and scroll down for more images
"What Does She See When She Shuts Her Eyes" installation at Aspect/Ratio in Chicago
"The World Is Round" detail
From "What Does She See When She Shuts Her Eyes" installation at Aspect/Ratio in Chicago
Main Lava Tube
What Does She See When She Shuts Her Eyes
Sabina Ott and Dana Berman Duff, 2019
2-channel video installation, 08:31; sound design by A.J. McClenon, texts by Stephanie Barber
Link to 2-screen installation full 8-minute simulation here: https://vimeo.com/304837423
Sabina knew she was dying when she asked me to collaborate on her last project in December, 2017. The show was already scheduled at Aspect/Ratio for January 2019. Even so, it was a surprise when she died at the end of June, 2018 and left me to finish what we started six months before: a collaboration between best friends, with Sabina more or less in charge of the grand vision and with me more or less in charge of navigating, as was often the case with us.
She died before shaping most of the details, so it was up to me to fill in the gaps. I knew only a few things about what she wanted: video of Icelandic lava tubes, some as yet unchosen haiku by Stephanie Barber, sound commissioned from A.J. McClenon. In the studio, her assistant Kate Anderson was building a growing pile of clay balls that Sabina told me she wanted finished in raku black. She told a friend that she wanted a hundred of them. She talked about overlapping videos, but I objected that it would turn the videos into pictures, not spaces. We quickly bumped into the first place of difference in our practices—Sabina was first and foremost a painter, and I’m a space- and time-maker.
A crazy combination: we were opposite in sensibilities as artists: Sabina’s work is bright and colorful and baroque, full-volume pleasure and play. My work is often black-and-white silent film in which nothing really happens other than a structuralist-Calvinist style of bare attention. Sabina believed in constructing images; I believe that images are already constructed; I avoid using metaphor, while she could build a world on an allegorical mountain. I borrowed the title What Does She See When She Shuts Her Eyes from Gertrude Stein, as Sabina did with most of her titles.
The extent of her expressed wishes for this exhibition was limited—a stroke made it impossible for her to tell me more.
What I knew of Sabina’s vision for this exhibition began with the dark lava tubes of Iceland. We booked a trip, which would have been one more of the many that we took together. Unfortunately, the appearance of a couple of dozen little brain tumors meant I had to take the trip alone, so I reported back to Sabina daily via email as she became my virtual co-pilot. It was also in Iceland where I saw crystal-clear ice caves inside of a glacier. My vision pushed her original theme, starting with lava rock-tumors barreling through deep-earth body tubes, but then passing upward toward water and light in an attempt to invoke the idea of Sabina’s transition to the beyond. I imagined this as up, but in truth I prefer the idea of expanding in all directions, as in Buddhism: make me one with everything. The final sequence is an image of the sea taken from a drone over a beach in Baja, Mexico, near the house that we co-owned there in the mid-2000s.
The gallery had to become the lava tube, not just show a picture of it. Stephanie’s haiku spiral through, leading us to the ice and the water. A.J.’s sound makes us feel the volume of the tunnel air and the water in the distance, behind us or up ahead. Sabina’s body is both the vessel and the subject: the one who moves through.
The earth. The tunnel. Dark as a dungeon, a brothel, a haunted house. Clogs and boulders. Brain aneurism, heart valve, lungs and bones and brain tumors, spinal insults, broken hand hangs dangling on its stem. Rumble underground through the tunnels, the canals, the vessels, the guts, the electrical synapses, the branching arteries and capillaries and nerves, the gushing rivers of water and of lava and steam, clear through to the surface and up, up, up to the sky the big beyond.
Come from water—return to water.
In her Ethical Will Sabina said that she thinks we all come from water and when we die, we return to water. In both the large video installation and the smaller cluster of video monitors that's my intent: to attempt to return her to water.
The World Is Round: Re-membering Sabina
Dana Berman Duff, 2019
6-channel videos on monitors and goose-neck stands. Audio compositions by Karen Finley, A.J. McClenon, John Cage (“Living Room Music” 1940; words from Gertrude Stein’s The World Is Round, performed by Gert Sorensen and Ars Nova Copenhagen, directed by Tamás Vetö), and audio commentary by Dana from 2005 road trip with Sabina to Baja Mexico.
Video below is a simulation of a composition of 6 videos on monitors of various sizes on goose-neck stands of different heights, face-up, so viewer looks down on the screens—resembling lily pads or pools. The audio can be controlled by the viewer in order to hear each video more clearly at different times.
Videos shot by Dana from 2004 to 2018; includes 2 video works by Sabina Ott and a film sequence by Daniel Marlos from 1994. Audio compositions by Karen Finley, A.J. McClenon, John Cage (“Living Room Music” 1940; words from Gertrude Stein’s The World Is Round), audio commentary by Dana Berman Duff.
Link to audio balanced for Karen Finley poem and A.J. McClenon sound: https://vimeo.com/312842990
Link to audio balanced for A.J. McClenon and Baja road trip: https://vimeo.com/312841787
I imagined the video monitors as a series of pools. I saw Sabina floating spread-eagle in the water. Many times in the past four years I’ve imagined Sabina floating overhead in the sky where I beamed her with “healing rays.” The blue water and the blue sky.
I shot dozens of videos out of the windows of airplanes over the landscapes between L.A. and Chicago, between New York and L.A., L.A. and New Delhi, Chicago and Spain, Italy, Iceland. I shot video of Sabina on the Ganges River steps, where the faithful bathe in sacred water and bring their dead to the pyres. Some of the videos are sections of the long drive from San Francisco to Baja Mexico where we bought a house, and others are of canoeing on a Wisconsin lake during a visit to my parents’ cabin. Our connection is represented in the geography between us—we lived only a few years of our 35-year friendship in the same city, so travel was always an aspect of how we related.
The construction strategy for the six video screens was to make a collage inspired by Sabina’s method borrowed from Gertrude Stein: take the familiar and throw it up in the air and let it land with new syntax. In this case, it’s a syntax blending six different simultaneous narratives. The six videos have soundtracks that interact with each other much as the images do. The sound will be muted for the Aspect/Ratio gallery installation but can, I hope, be experienced another time. The audio tracks include a poem, “We R Here All Together,” written and recited by Karen Finley for this piece; another video has a soundtrack specifically designed by A.J. McClenon. One of the videos contains a live monologue, recorded as I watched Sabina pace in a parking lot on our way to Mexico, which ponders how as professional women we cope with power.
The driving rhythm of the entire 6-channel video work is a recording of John Cage’s setting of Gertrude Stein’s The World Is Round, called “Living Room Music” from 1940, performed by Gert Sorensen and Ars Nova Copenhagen.
Once upon a time, a, once upon a time, the world was round, the world was round, was round, and you could walk upon on it…
In Gertrude Stein’s children’s book The World Is Round, which Sabina used as the inspiration for her Hyde Park Art Center “mountain,” the little girl, Rose, climbs up a mountain dragging a chair to sit on, so she can see the world from above. In this new work Sabina is Rose, and I think I’m the chair. My work is full of chairs; her paintings are all about the view from the mountain: topologies with lines for rivers and roads overlay all and letters cut lose from sentences hover and flutter across the surface: A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE. She’s looking down on it all now: yes, the world is round.
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Article précédentWho’s going to survive in the enterprise social networks jungle ?
Article suivantDigital Workplace and Intranet : the 2013 trends (part #2)
On HR, Big data, Analytics and Moneyball
DataHuman resources
Par Bertrand DUPERRIN
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In brief : HR Analytics will change turn talent and competences management upside down. But not everything should be put into the hands of technology to reduce people to a couple of numbers. On the contrary the power of technology should be used to analyze jointly factual data and subjective feelings to objectivize things and make more informed decisions
Many things are said on the need to reinvent HR, most of all regarding the social and 2.0 paradigm. Spending hours discussing the interest of being able to identify talents, expectations, wishes, potentials and hidden qualities as well inconscious needs is useless. But the way theory will be put at work often leaves HR managers doubtful.
Data is good. Drawning into isn’t.
When HR people come and ask “now, so what ? What do I do I ?”, nobody seriously think of saying “read employee’s blogs, tweets, what’s said on your enterprise social network then use your intuition, instinct and try to make a synthesis”. As I wrote about cognitive computing : having data is nothing if one’s not able to extract those that matter, make sense of them and use it for decision-making.
What leads us to analytics : what should we look for, how to find and quantify it, make sense of it. That’s a challenge that’s anything but simple for HR. If, on the customer side, sentiment analysis is improving everyday and businesses are getter better at correlating these trends with tangible data, it won’t be that easy on the HR side. If the “sentiment and concern” side is pretty well tooled and becomes more and more relevant, what’s about competences ? Competences is much more than the ability to write a lot on a matter, that’s also being relevant and thinking and putting knowledge at work. Social analytics will have to be used jointly and correlated with other systems that measures levels of mastering and accomplishment : performance reviews, peer reviews, social performance management etc.
There’s no doubt we’ll quickly find things to rely on, that will be good enough for a first sept. But it won’t come without questions, mainly on the difference between a talent and his competences. As a matter of fact we’ve always linked competences to their owner and considered that people were the sum of all their competences. But what would happen if we start thinking in terms of team competences rather than in terms of people ? That’s called Moneyball.
HR the moneyball way ?
I think everyone has seen or heard about the Moneyball movie and what it was about. Quickly put, it’s about having a more analytic than human vision of talent and consider that a team should not be built on additionning the needed talent but on the cumulative capacity of its members to reach given numbers in key statistic fields. Why hire this talented player while we only need the team to do xxxx, y times a game ?
It brings two reflections. The first is that competence is nothing without tangible results, hence the need to correlate many sources. Second one is that individuals can be dissected into a sum of key performance indicators.
What’s the interest ?
According to the movie (based on a true story) it allows smarter recruitment, most of all when budgets are low, and be able to compete with wealthy teams able to hire the best players when you have only a quarter of their budget by recruiting average but very complementary players. What matters is to know the right criteria. No matter a player is not good at everything, provided the sum of all players allows to meet the target from a collective standpoint.
It’s no use saying that such principles look like Heaven for lots of businesses who try to apply it in HR. What inspires a very controversial post on the Wall Street Journal last year. In the same way Ford used to say “when I need a pair of arms why do I have to deal with the brain that comes with”, now it’s “since I need a team capable of doing….why should I pay for an individual that comes with supernumerary competences I don’t need”.
The approach actually looks nice. Since HR mission is to put the right competences in front of the right needs, why not have the more granular possible approach and look for “the capability to deliver a quantifiable result” instead of individual competences. The “competence mix” becomes the role of HR and management, not a matter of people anymore.
When work is collective, people can’t be reduced to statistics
The problem is that a business is not a baseball team. Let me elaborate (I hope purists will forgive my shortcuts) : baseball is a sequential game that cumulates individual plays. Collective can only be found in the addition of individual results. There’s no interaction between players in the game. In my opinion the Moneyball approach would be doomed to fail in more collective sports like basketball. In a sequential sport, 1+2 will always equal 2, in sports with collective actions 1+1 could be 3 or even 0 depending on the capacity of the group to play together.
But there are a couple of things HR could draw from moneyball :
• Production is the only criteria that matters. Whatever a sales director’s competences are “on the paper”, what matters is sales numbers.
• The importance of the “mix”, but not in the Moneyball way. I’m talking of the mix managers make by helping their team playing a better collectively. Better results will be achieved this way than by summing individual results. That’s what makes “1+1>2” possible.
Individual competence weight very little in the collective mix
•The need to reinvent indicators and measure what really matters regarding people’s jobs and activities and have a dynamic view of these indicators that could change during a project, over time etc.
• To have an objective knowledge of people, the Sabermetrics Method used in Moneyball requires sentiment and subjective matters to be taken into account.
• It’s interesting, for any given individual, regarding his characteristics, to guess the way he’ll evolve in the future, based on what people with the same mix have done in the past. But it depends on so many contextual factors that this point leaves me quite skeptical.
For another point of view, please read this.
The power of analytics to represent the human diversity
Soo what’s the value of analytics in all that ? It’s obvious that they will change the face of HR, most of all in terms of talent allocation, provided they won’t be used to do things they’re not designed for. Technology is here to serve a vision and if the vision does not hold the road the collective intelligence machine becomes an industrial accidents one.
I can see two majors ways for analytics to contribute to HR.
First one about mass identification and processing of unstructured data. Second one if about correlating objective and subjective data, bring sentiments, feelings and a bit of that subtlety that’s the proper of humans in data processing. The ability to create synergies between data computing and social computing. Who said cognitive computing ? Achieving this complex challenge will help businesses to take the human complexity into account, what both people and machines have been failing at for years. The first because they lack objectivity, the second because of too much rationality.
The challenge is as big as it’s promising. Let’s be careful of what we do and don’t give the keys of HR to a modern Frankenstein. Moneyball HR are both illusory and dangerous. Talent management relying on a deep and comprehensive understanding, objectivized and informed decision are essential.
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Will & Grace stars in reported feud
Will & Grace stars Debra Messing and Megan Mullally have unfollowed one another on Instagram. Picture: Instagram
by Staff writers
15th Aug 2019 6:42 AM
Will & Grace stars Debra Messing and Megan Mullally have unfollowed each other on Instagram and left cryptic messages suggesting they are no longer friends.
The stars, who play Grace Adler and Karen Walker on the hit sitcom, have sparked speculation that a falling out was the reason behind the shock cancellation of the show.
Debra Messing as Grace Adler and Megan Mullally as Karen Walker. Picture: Stan
Mullally, 60, also posted a cryptic message in a since-deleted Instagram post, hinting at the issues between the pair.
"One of the best feelings is finally losing your attachment to somebody who isn't good for you!" she wrote.
sometimes i fix the grammar first 😬 #repost @jayshetty
A post shared by Megan Mullally (@meganomullally) on Aug 10, 2019 at 7:58pm PDT
Mullally also posted, "Don't ask people for directions if they've never been where you're going!"
Messing meanwhile uploaded a post calling for fans to vote for Will & Grace for the Emmys but failed to tag Mullally.
(L-R) Actors Sean Hayes, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, and Eric McCormack announce the Will & Grace reboot in 2017. Picture: Getty
Their co-stars Eric McCormack and Sean Hayes still follow both women and they follow them back.
It follows the surprising news that the rebooted Will & Grace would not be returning for another season despite decent ratings.
ANNOUNCEMENT~ to the best fans IN THE WORLD, W&G fans, we wanted to tell you that this will be the last season of the Reboot. The creative team (pictured) got together and we decided it was the right time. We were so lucky to have the opportunity to reunite and do the show AGAIN. It was only supposed to be 10 episodes, but because of you, the fans, it has turned into 3 YEARS. What a miracle. We are all committed to making this season the best ever, and to wrap up the story of Will, Grace, Jack and Karen in a way that feels meaningful and right. THANK YOU @nbc and @bobgreenblattpics for bringing us all back together. We have been spoiled,once again, by brilliant writers and producers, and the best crew in town. I love you all. ❤️
A post shared by Debra Messing (@therealdebramessing) on Jul 25, 2019 at 1:11pm PDT
Messing was cast as interior designer Grace Adler when they show began in 2006.
She lived with her gay best friend, Will Truman, with Mullally playing her alcoholic assistant, Karen Walker.
Megan Mullally, Sean Hayes, Debra Messing and Eric McCormack when Will & Grace first aired. Picture: Supplied
The show ran for eight seasons before being rebooted in 2017.
Fans were left devastated that Messing and Mullally may longer be friends.
what do you think about the whole debra messing/megan mullally situation??? — I’m honestly really sad about it. I love them a whole lot and it’s kinda breaking my heart a lil bit https://t.co/ZqB21FDiAY
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debra messing and megan mullally are no longer friends my life is falling apart
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Megan Mullally and Debra Messing unfollowing each other... I finally know what it feels like to be a child of divorce
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okay so do we know what happened with debra messing and megan mullally or no??
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so people are saying that megan mullally and debra messing aren't friends anymore and ive never been sadder in my whole life
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Americans Are Calling for Climate Action, and the New House Leadership Is Listening
Feb. 07, 2019 09:08AM EST Insights + Opinion
Governor Roy Cooper of North Carolina and Governor Charlie Baker of Massachusetts appear before the House Natural Resources Committee on Feb. 6. C-SPAN
By Rhea Suh
Wednesday marked a watershed moment in the national fight against the growing dangers of climate change, with two governors—a southern Democrat and a northeastern Republican—kicking off the first of a raft of hearings on the central environmental challenge of our time.
Appearing before the House Natural Resources Committee, Governor Roy Cooper of North Carolina and Governor Charlie Baker of Massachusetts laid out the stakes, for the people of their states and for the country, in standing up to this global scourge, in a hearing aptly titled "Climate Change: Impacts and the Need to Act."
The same morning, the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change hosted its first climate hearing in six years, focusing on the environmental and economic effects of our warming planet.
You read that right: The Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change hadn't held a climate hearing in six years. That's an appalling abdication of responsibility by Republican leaders in Congress and their banner carrier, President Trump, who delivered another disappointing State of the Union address last night without once mentioning the mounting perils of climate change.
No one is surprised, but let's be clear. A president who ignores threats that gather before our very eyes is failing at job one for any leader: to prepare our people for a brighter, more hopeful, and more secure tomorrow.
A great tide, though, is turning. In the House, where Trump delivered his speech, new leadership is listening to the American people, about seven in ten of whom understand the growing dangers of climate change and expect national action to fight it.
Wednesday's climate hearings are the first of nearly a dozen already scheduled in the House or expected in the weeks ahead. The link between climate change and ocean health is the focus of a hearing Thursday afternoon before the Committee on Natural Resources' Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife. And climate change will be very much on the agenda when the Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development holds a hearing Thursday morning on "Energy Trends and Outlook." Among the witnesses: Amy Myers Jaffe, program director for energy security and climate change with the Council on Foreign Relations, and Ethan Zindler, head of Americas and policy analysis for Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
The House Natural Resources Committee is making a major push to frame up the environmental justice aspects of the climate debate, with a stress on whose stories are being heard, whose are being ignored, and how all voices might be raised. With that approach being emphasized at the level of the full committee, the subcommittees—Federal Lands; Energy and Mineral Resources; Indian, Insular, and Alaska Native Affairs; Oversight and Investigations; and Water, Power, and Oceans—are each planning climate hearings to address areas of their specific jurisdiction.
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Cost-utility of denosumab for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis in Spain
Authors Darbà J, Kaskens L, Vilela FS, Lothgren M
Received 29 November 2014
Accepted for publication 13 January 2015
Published 9 February 2015 Volume 2015:7 Pages 105—117
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/CEOR.S78349
Editor who approved publication: Dr Giorgio Lorenzo Colombo
Josep Darbà,1 Lisette Kaskens,2 Francesc Sorio Vilela,3 Mickael Lothgren4
1Department of Economics, Universitat de Barcelona, 2BCN Health Economics and Outcomes Research SL, 3Amgen SA, Barcelona, Spain; 4Amgen (Europe) GmbH, Zug, Switzerland
Background: The objective of this study was to estimate the cost-effectiveness of denosumab for fracture prevention compared with no treatment, generic bisphosphonates, and strontium ranelate in a cohort of osteoporotic postmenopausal women in Spain.
Methods: A Markov model represented the possible health state transitions of Spanish postmenopausal women from initiation of fracture prevention treatment until age 100 years or death. The perspective was that of the Spanish National Health System. Fracture efficacy data for denosumab were taken from a randomized controlled trial. Fracture efficacy data for alendronate, ibandronate, risedronate, and strontium ranelate were taken from an independent meta-analysis. Data on the incidence of fractures in Spain were either taken from the published literature or derived from Swedish data after applying a correction factor based on the reported incidence from each country. Resource use in each health state was obtained from the literature, or where no data had been published, conservative assumptions were made. Utility values for the various fracture health states were taken from published sources. The primary endpoints of the model were life-years gained, quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs), and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios for denosumab against the comparators.
Results: Denosumab reduced the risk of fractures compared with either no treatment or the other active interventions, and produced the greatest gains in life-years and QALYs. With an annual acquisition cost of €417.34 for denosumab, the incremental cost-effectiveness ratios for denosumab versus no treatment, alendronate, risedronate, and ibandronate were estimated at €6,823, €16,294, €4,895, and €2,205 per QALY gained, respectively. Denosumab dominated strontium ranelate. Sensitivity analyses confirmed the robustness of these findings.
Conclusion: Our analyses show that denosumab is a cost-effective intervention for fracture prevention in osteoporotic postmenopausal women in Spain compared with alendronate and risedronate, and is a dominant treatment option compared with strontium ranelate.
Keywords: osteoporosis, post-menopausal, cost-utility, denosumab, Spain
Osteoporosis is a progressive skeletal disease that commonly occurs in women as they age, leading to a reduction in bone mass and quality,1–3 and ultimately increased susceptibility to bone fractures. It is a disorder associated with significant fracture-related morbidity in elderly postmenopausal women, including negative effects on quality of life because of chronic pain, depression, and limitations on social activity,4–7 as well as increased mortality.8 Estrogen deficiency is one of the main determinants of osteoporosis in women after menopause.9 Epidemiology data from Spain suggest a prevalence rate of postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO) of approximately 25% for women aged 60–69 years and 40% for those aged 70–79 years.10 As such, PMO places a significant burden on health care resources, particularly owing to the increased risk of fractures.11–13 In 2009, it was estimated that the costs of osteoporosis in Europe would double from €40 billion in 2000 to almost €80 billion in 2050.14 The cost related to hospitalizations due to osteoporotic vertebral fractures in Spain was estimated to be €41 million in 2007.15 A more recent estimate for osteoporotic hip fractures in Catalonia put the direct costs in this region alone at €50 million.16
Pharmacological treatment options for PMO can generally be classified by their action on bone remodeling as either antiresorptive or anabolic agents, with the primary goal of treatment being a reduction in fracture risk.17 Antiresorptive drugs generally act to reduce bone remodeling, and lower fracture risk by preserving the microarchitecture of the skeleton and increasing bone mass.18 Antiresorptive drugs such as bisphosphonates are established therapies for PMO.8,12,19 Denosumab is a relatively new antiresorptive agent that targets the cytokine system involved in bone turnover regulation (RANKL, a cytokine that is an essential mediator for osteoclast formation, function, and survival).20 Denosumab is a human monoclonal antibody with high affinity and specificity for RANKL.21 By binding to and inhibiting RANKL, denosumab prevents its interaction with its receptor, RANK, on osteoclasts and their precursors, thus inhibiting bone resorption. Anabolic treatments, such as teriparatide, have been used more recently to stimulate bone formation.11,18,20,22 In addition, drugs such as strontium ranelate, which work by inhibiting the osteoclast and stimulating the osteoblast, have been approved for the treatment of PMO in Europe over the last few years.20,23
Oral bisphosphonates are well established as effective first-line therapies for the management of PMO. However, some forms of bisphosphonate therapy can involve potentially inconvenient dosing regimens, including daily/weekly administration, which may have implications for adherence.8,24–28 They may also have adverse effects, such as gastrointestinal irritation29 or nephrotoxicity.30,31 These and other well-known potential adverse effects may limit bisphosphonate use in some women with PMO. Moreover, consideration of these adverse events and lack of adherence may influence their overall cost-effectiveness relative to other guideline-recommended PMO treatments. The Spanish treatment guidelines, issued by the Spanish Society of Rheumatology, have recently been updated to reflect new developments in the management of PMO, and include two new antiresorptive drugs, bazedoxifene and denosumab.32 However, there is a lack of information comparing the cost-effectiveness of these newly recommended treatments with relevant alternative options that would help better inform clinical decision-making in Spain.
The objective of this study was to estimate the cost-effectiveness of denosumab for osteoporotic fracture prevention compared with generic bisphosphonates (alendronate, ibandronate, risedronate), strontium ranelate, and no treatment in a cohort of postmenopausal Spanish women.
Model structure
A Markov model (Figure 1) was created to represent the possible health state transitions of Spanish postmenopausal women from initiation of treatment for fracture prevention until age 100 years or death. The model was developed from a previously published model used to assess the cost-effectiveness of denosumab for the treatment of PMO in different countries.33 The current analyses were conducted from the perspective of the Spanish National Health System.
Figure 1 Markov model used to represent the possible health state transitions of Spanish women with postmenopausal osteoporosis.
Notes: The analysis time began from the initiation of fracture prevention treatment until age 100 years or death. This model was developed from Jonssen et al33 with the analyses conducted from the perspective of the Spanish National Health Service. Springer and the original publisher, Osteoporosis International, volume 22, 2010, page 968, Cost-effectiveness of Denosumab for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis, B. Jönsson, O. Ström, J. A. Eisman, A. Papaioannou, E. S. Siris, A. Tosteson, J. A. Kanis, Figure 1. © International Osteoporosis Foundation and National Osteoporosis Foundation 2010. With kind permission from Springer Science and Business Media.
The model covered a total of eight health states: “well”, “wrist fracture”, “vertebral fracture”, “hip fracture”, “other osteoporotic fracture”, “post-vertebral fracture”, “post-hip fracture”, and “dead”. The cycle length for transition between the various health states was 6 months. All patients began in the “well” health state. In each cycle, patients could experience a fracture, remain healthy, or die, and could transition between health states.
If the patient died, they moved to the “dead” health state and remained there for the rest of the simulation. If the patient incurred a fracture, they moved, depending on fracture type, to either the “hip fracture”, “vertebral fracture”, “wrist fracture”, or “other osteoporotic fracture” health states. After 1 year in one of these health states, the patient could experience a new fracture, or move to the “post-hip fracture”, “post-vertebral fracture”, or “dead” health states. Those with wrist fractures and other osteoporotic fractures were assumed to have had an impact on costs and morbidity in the first year after the fracture only, and therefore, after 1 year in these health states, these patients moved (assuming no new fracture had occurred) back to the “well” health state.
Patients in the post-vertebral fracture state could stay in this state, have a vertebral fracture or hip fracture, or die. Those in the “post-hip fracture” health state could only stay in this health state, have another hip fracture, or die. Consequently, patients who had a hip fracture could not experience any future wrist, vertebral, or other osteoporotic fractures, and patients in the vertebral and post-vertebral health states could not have a wrist fracture, which highlights a limitation of the model. Patients who sustained fractures incurred fracture-specific costs and reductions in health utilities.
The risk of sustaining a fracture in the model depends on three elements: the risk for an individual in the general population of incurring a fracture (specific input by age and fracture location based on epidemiology data); the increased fracture risk associated with osteoporosis (relative risk [RR]); and a risk reduction, if any, attributed to a treatment.
The RR of fracture in patient groups compared with the general population risk was calculated from age, bone mineral density (BMD), and the prevalence of vertebral fractures using previously described methods.34–36 The risk contribution from prior vertebral fracture was re-estimated for each cycle to account for age-dependent changes in the prevalence of vertebral fracture in the general population. The RR of hip fractures was also adjusted over time to accommodate the decreasing gradient of fracture risk per standard deviation of BMD with age.37 RRs at or below a certain femoral neck T-score were calculated by dividing the distribution below a given T-score into 0.1 standard deviation wide slices, and summarizing the RR. This method was applied because RR increases exponentially with decreasing BMD.
Note that the model estimates consequences of vertebral fractures that come to clinical attention whilst the baseline risk of the patient population also is based on the prevalence of morphometric fractures. This method was used conservatively because morphometric vertebral fractures contribute to fracture risk,38 but have unclear consequences for costs and quality of life.33
Efficacy and safety
The fracture efficacy data for denosumab were derived from FREEDOM (Fracture REduction Evaluation with Denosumab in Osteoporosis every 6 Months), the pivotal trial that constituted the basis for approval of denosumab in the USA and European Union.39,40 The FREEDOM trial consisted of 7,868 women with a mean age of 72 years. The mean BMD T-scores were −2.8 at the lumbar spine, −1.9 at the total hip, and −2.2 at the femoral neck. Approximately one quarter (24%) of the women had a vertebral fracture at baseline. Denosumab reduced the fracture risk by 68% (95% confidence interval [CI] 59–74), 40% (95% CI 3–63), 20% (95% CI 5–33), and 16% (95% CI −11, 37) for new vertebral, hip, non-vertebral, and wrist fractures, respectively.39,40 The risk reductions for non-vertebral fractures were used as the efficacy values for “other” fractures.
The efficacy data for the other active treatment comparators were taken from a meta-analysis conducted by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.41 The efficacy rates for all the comparators included can be seen in Table 1.
Table 1 Input parameters: efficacy rate (relative risk reduction) relative to placebo
Notes: #T-score ≤2.5 or less in the femoral neck; *where specific values for wrist are not available, the value for other has been assumed.
The FREEDOM study also included prespecified subgroup analyses of patients at higher risk of fracture, including those with a baseline femoral neck BMD T-score −2.5 or less.39,42,43 We used the efficacy data in this subpopulation of high-risk patients in FREEDOM for sensitivity analyses. As no other product had reported data in a similar subpopulation, a conservative approach was taken by not varying the efficacy rates for the comparators in sensitivity analyses. For the multivariate sensitivity analysis, specific efficacy data for denosumab were used for patients older than 75 years. This was not done for comparators, again following a conservative approach, since risk reductions for this specific population were either not reported or lower than that in the overall population (Table 1).
Adverse events associated with osteoporosis medications, including denosumab, are usually mild and transient.40,44,45 The cost and quality of life impact of adverse events would be minor and they were not included in the analysis as in other studies.46
Fracture incidence and mortality
Data on the incidence of fractures in Spain were taken from either the published literature (in the case of hip fractures)47 or derived from Swedish data after applying a reduction factor based on the reported incidence from both countries (Spain compared with Sweden).48–51 These were then linearly extrapolated and interpolated with the midpoint values for a range of ages used (eg, age 52 years in the 50–54-year age group). Patients with hip or vertebral fractures have an increased mortality risk compared with the general population.52,53 Wrist fractures are not associated with increased mortality at any age. Increased mortality risks due to hip or vertebral fracture were applied, from published sources,52,53 to the Spanish mortality rate for women based on 2009 data.54 The RR of death, in the case of hip and vertebral fractures, declines with age, and this was factored into the model. A study on the RR of death from “other fractures” showed that the variation in fracture risk did not vary greatly by age,55 so the RR of death remained as a constant for all ages in our model. Evidence suggests that much of the excess mortality associated with osteoporosis is not actually a function of the fracture,53,56 but perhaps of the generally more frail condition of patients with osteoporosis. As such, the RRs of death after fracture were adjusted for comorbidities, and the duration of the increased mortality used in the model was 8 years, which was the follow-up period of the two studies used here to estimate comorbidity.48,51
The population incidence and risk of fractures by type and age, and the RR of mortality linked to the different fracture types and age, can be seen in Table 2. The RRs resulting from the model for sustaining a fracture at the hip, spine, wrist, or “other sites” for the base-case population (T-score ≤2.5 or less, started treatment at age 65 years, and 28% prevalence of osteoporotic fracture) compared with the overall population were 4.36, 3.20, 1.68, and 2.00, respectively. This confirms the higher risk of fracture of the base-case population compared with the overall population.
Table 2 Fracture incidence and mortality at selected ages
Resource use and costs
Resource use and resource unit cost were collected separately. The resource use in each health state was obtained from the literature where possible, and, for those where no data had been published, conservative assumptions were made as to the probable level of resource consumption. Data obtained from the literature included hospital admissions, nursing home costs, and drug treatments for osteoporosis. The costs of resources used were taken from published sources, individual hospitals, or nationally available data sources such as eSalud57 and BOT Plus (Portalfarma, Consejo Oficial de Colegios Oficiales de Farmacéuticos),58 and were inflated to 2013 prices using the Spanish Consumer Price Index where appropriate (not for drug costs). Certain assumptions were also made in the absence of published information: all interventions were associated with a single physician visit per year, as part of the standard monitoring of treatment. In addition, denosumab was associated with the cost of one nurse visit per year due to its 6-month subcutaneous injection cycle (assuming that 50% of all doses in a year were either self-administered, administered by a relative, or administered during annual physician visits) and there were no differences in tests or analyses due to the treatment administered.
In the base-case analysis, it was assumed that only hip fractures would potentially incur long-term care costs (associated with residence in nursing homes). The probability of requiring a nursing home was conservatively assumed to be 15% based on two previously published Spanish studies.59,60
The other types of fractures (wrist, vertebral, and others) were associated only with costs at the time of the event. Both costs and benefits were discounted at 3% in the base case in line with current best practice in Spain.61 The costs included in the analyses are reported in Table 3. The retail price of denosumab and the comparator treatments were used, including a mandatory 7.5% reduction in the cases of strontium ranelate and denosumab, as mandated for branded drugs in Spain.58
Table 3 Costs (2013 prices)
Abbreviation: IV, intravenous.
Utility values, which represent the reduction in quality of life, for the various fracture health states were taken from published sources.62,63 The five-dimension European quality of life questionnaire values for the general population in Spain were taken from a recent publication.38 These values are shown in Table 4. It was assumed that only hip and vertebral fractures would have associated disutility beyond the first year post-fracture.
Table 4 Utility values and treatment persistence
Abbreviation: EQ-5D, five-dimension European quality of life questionnaire.
Several economic analyses previously undertaken have failed to consider persistence with treatment, which reduces their usefulness to decision-makers.64 The presented model analyses explicitly included treatment persistence and its impact on predicted treatment costs and health outcomes. In the model, persistence was defined as the length of time that the medication was taken by the patient. Persistence rates for denosumab treatment were based on the DAPS (Denosumab Adherence Preference Satisfaction) study,62 a randomized crossover study that compared the persistence on denosumab with that of weekly alendronate in a cohort of 250 patients observed for 24 months. This study showed that non-persistence in the first year (before crossover) was 9.5% for denosumab and 20.2% for alendronate, which represents a 50% RR reduction in non-persistence with denosumab.65 Persistence rates for the bisphosphonates and strontium ranelate were taken from the Swedish Adherence Register Analysis study, which included data on over 56,000 patients treated for osteoporosis between 2005 and 2009.66 For the comparators, a composite estimate was used rather than the persistence rates for individual treatments because it was felt that comparator persistence would appear to be too low as many patients may simply have switched to an alternative treatment. Persistence for denosumab was obtained applying the RR reduction obtained in DAPS to the composite estimate for comparators. The persistence rates used in the model are also presented in Table 4.
In the base-case population, it was assumed that patients were at risk of discontinuing treatment during the first 3 years only, after which they would remain adherent to their treatment until termination or death.
It has been recognized that treatment effects in osteoporosis persist for a length of time even after the treatment has stopped (defined as the offset time),67,68 and that this can impact cost-effectiveness.69–72 There have been very few studies that evaluate offset time. The findings also seem inconsistent. For all treatments, the offset time could not be determined precisely for fractures. When making assumptions for an economic model, differential effects for treatments should be based on solid evidence. At this time, there is not robust evidence to support differential offsets, so we assume that they are equal for all treatments. In the absence of more conclusive evidence for differential offset time, the offset time used in the base-case analysis was assumed to be equivalent to the time spent on treatment up to a maximum of 2 years; this was shorter for patients who discontinued treatment earlier. Additionally, the treatment effect decreased linearly during the offset time. The model assumed that the maximum duration of treatment for a fully persistent patient would be 5 years; therefore, the maximum treatment effect time would be 7 years (comprising 5 years of full persistence and 2 years of offset time).
The primary endpoints of the model were life-years gained, quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs), and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) for denosumab against the comparators. Univariate sensitivity analyses were performed using efficacy data from the denosumab FREEDOM study for a subpopulation of patients with T-scores of –2.5 or less at the femoral neck, and by extrapolating the treatment duration to 10 years. Multivariate analyses were performed using several variables simultaneously: age at treatment initiation, T-score, and fracture prevalence, comparing denosumab with either no treatment or alendronate (as these were seen as the most likely alternative options).
Using the base-case model, probabilistic sensitivity analyses were conducted using 5,000 simulations. The variables selected and included in this analysis were: denosumab effects, comparator effects, difference in persistence between denosumab and other treatments (DAPS results), and age-dependent costs and utilities for the first year (for hip, vertebral, wrist, and others), age-independent costs, and utilities for the second and subsequent years (hip and vertebral fractures only). Estimates for costs and utilities were sampled from a normal distribution and estimates of hazard ratios for treatment efficacy and the probability of discontinuing treatment were sampled from a log-normal distribution.
Input data for the probabilistic sensitivity analyses were taken from the relevant input data sources where possible (Table 5). Denosumab and comparator effect confidence intervals (CIs) were taken from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence appraisal.41 The RR for non-persistence with denosumab versus other treatments was 0.5 (95% CI 0.30–1.00).65 In the absence of specific data for Spain, standard error proportions of the mean for fracture costs were derived from data from Sweden and were based on the CIs of the whole samples for the respective fracture types.73 The standard error proportions of the mean for hip, vertebral, and wrist fractures were 5%, 13%, and 7%, respectively. The value for “other” fractures was assumed to be the same as for vertebral fractures, so it was the type with the greatest uncertainty.
Table 5 Input distributions for probabilistic sensitivity analysis
Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.
Utility multiplier CIs from the study by Peasgood et al63 were used to calculate the standard error of the mean (SEM) percentage where applicable. The CIs for hip, vertebral, and wrist fractures were 0.64–0.77, 0.46–0.83, and 0.86–1.00, respectively, and 0.68–0.96 for year 2 and onwards for hip fractures. The standard error proportions of the mean for hip, vertebral, and wrist fractures were thus 3%, 6%, and 4%, respectively, and 7% for year 2 and onwards for hip fractures. “Other” fractures were assumed to have the same SEM percentage as vertebral fractures, and the SEM percentage for vertebral fractures in year 2 and onwards were assumed to be the same as for vertebral fractures in year 1. Lastly, in the absence of Spanish data, the SEM percentage for patients with hip fractures going into long-term care was derived from the study by Zethraeus et al74 and was 5% (Table 5).
The base case in the model assumed patients had been diagnosed with osteoporosis (T-score –2.5 at any site), had a 28% prevalence of osteoporotic fracture (reported fracture prevalence for patients with T-score ≤2.5 or less in Spain),75 and had started treatment at the age of 65 years. The comparison between denosumab, bisphosphonates, strontium ranelate, and no treatment in the base-case analysis is presented in Table 6.
Table 6 Results of base case and sensitivity analyses
Abbreviations: ICER, incremental cost-effectiveness ratio; QALY, quality-adjusted life-year.
Denosumab reduced the risk of fractures compared with either no treatment or the other active interventions, and produced the greatest gains in life-years and QALYs. The total cost for denosumab was, however, higher compared with the other treatment options, with the exception of strontium ranelate. Denosumab dominated strontium ranelate because it was both more effective and less costly. With an annual acquisition cost of €417.34 for denosumab,58 the ICERs for denosumab versus no treatment, alendronate, risedronate, and ibandronate were estimated at €6,823, €16,294, €4,895, and €2,205 per QALY gained, respectively.
The first sensitivity analysis assessed the impact of using efficacy data from the FREEDOM study for the population of patients with a T-score of −2.5 or less at the femoral neck (ie, those with a high risk of fracture, Table 6). This sensitivity analysis showed that, compared with the base case, the ICER estimates improved as denosumab reduced the fracture risk further. Estimated ICERs for denosumab compared with no treatment, alendronate, and risedronate were €3,311, €9,492, and €132 per QALY gained, respectively. As in the base-case analysis, denosumab was a dominant treatment alternative to strontium ranelate. It was also shown to be a dominant option compared with ibandronate.
The second sensitivity analysis, in which the treatment duration was extended to 10 years, showed that denosumab was the dominant treatment option compared with ibandronate or strontium ranelate. The cost per QALY gained was €3,817, €11,573, and €2,077 compared with no treatment, alendronate, or risedronate, respectively.
The multivariate sensitivity analysis, which simultaneously varied previous fracture status, age, and T-score, showed that, compared with no treatment, denosumab was cost-saving in most cases (Table 7).
Table 7 Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios produced in multivariate sensitivity analysis
For the results comparing denosumab with alendronate, three key variables were identified: age older than 70 years, a T-score of -3.5 or less, and previous fracture. Hence, denosumab appears as dominant for patients fulfilling at least two of these criteria and dominant or cost-effective for most patients fulfilling one of these criteria. Denosumab was probably not cost-effective for patients aged 60 years without a previous fracture and a T-score −3.0 or more (Table 7).
Results of the probabilistic sensitivity analyses using 5,000 simulations on the base case but simultaneously varying the three key variables (age, T-score, and previous fracture status) showed that denosumab had a 57% probability of being cost-effective compared with alendronate or no treatment at a willingness-to-pay threshold of €20,000 per QALY gained. This probability was even greater (74%) if the willingness-to-pay threshold was increased to €30,000 per QALY gained (Figure 2).
Figure 2 Results of the probabilistic sensitivity analysis showing willingness to pay per quality-adjusted life-year.
Considerable uncertainty exists around the relative cost-effectiveness of treatments in osteoporosis. In Spain, there is no explicitly stated threshold that defines a point at which a treatment is deemed to be cost-effective. However, De Cock et al76 suggest that a value between €30,000 and €45,000 per QALY gained is reasonable. As with all such thresholds, there are some examples of technologies with costs exceeding €30,000 per QALY gained that have achieved reimbursement.76,77 Nonetheless, using this generally accepted threshold, this study shows that denosumab is a cost-effective treatment option for the prevention of osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women in Spain compared with alendronate, risedronate, ibandronate, or no treatment. Denosumab was the dominant treatment option compared with strontium ranelate. These results were demonstrated to be robust in the sensitivity analyses undertaken.
A review of 18 previous studies of bisphosphonate use concluded that these agents were generally cost-effective options for the treatment of PMO, but it was difficult to determine if any one agent was conclusively economically superior to any other.78 A study of oral bisphosphonates in Switzerland concluded that they were likely to be cost-saving relative to no treatment,79 while a study of tertiary plus secondary prevention measures found bisphosphonates to be cost-effective compared with secondary prevention alone, according to the perspective of the statutory health insurance system in Germany.80
One of the most important challenges for decision-makers in the treatment of PMO is identifying the population of patients for whom the treatment is most cost-effective. Based on the results of the multivariate and probabilistic sensitivity analyses conducted in our study, denosumab appears to be cost-effective or cost-saving in most of the scenarios in which it was compared with either alendronate or no treatment. Furthermore, for patients at high risk of fractures (aged over 75 years, with a previous fracture, or a T-score of -3.5 or less), denosumab was cost-saving against both alternatives in most of the scenarios. In additional analyses (results not shown in the paper), where we assumed that there was 100% persistence with the treatments, an identical pattern was observed compared with no treatment, and denosumab was cost-saving in almost all cases. However, the results for denosumab compared with alendronate differed, with ICERs ranging from €25,046 to €98,776 for patients younger than 75 years and with no previous fracture, and from €6,918 to €35,427 for patients younger than 75 years with a previous fracture. It is noteworthy that for patients older than 75 years, denosumab still appears to be cost-saving compared with alendronate, both in patients with and without previous fracture. However, such complete persistence, as assumed in our model, is rarely seen, so these higher figures should be treated with caution.
Generally, previously published studies have tended to focus on only one or two active comparators per study. For example, a Markov model of the cost utility of risedronate in the UK suggested a cost per QALY gained of £8,625 per treated woman over a 3-year time period relative to no treatment. In this case, risedronate was found to be cost-saving over an expected lifetime.81 Risedronate was also cost-saving compared with ibandronate in Italy.82 Unfortunately, these approaches are of limited utility to decision-makers, who are generally faced with a much wider range of treatment options to choose from.
There have also been relatively few attempts to examine the cost-effectiveness of osteoporosis treatment in a Spanish setting. A study in Spain showed that the incremental cost per QALY gained for risedronate compared with no treatment in a 70-year-old woman at the “threshold of osteoporosis” (defined as a T-score of -2.5) was €32,515.83 A similar analysis of similar patients using the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX®) reported an ICER of €105,450 with bazedoxifene compared with placebo,84 and found bazedoxifene to be dominant compared with raloxifene.85 A comparison of risedronate with alendronate in Spain produced estimates of €43,601 to €61,064 per QALY gained for risedronate, and €49,483 to €88,634 for alendronate in patients with and without vertebral fractures, respectively.86 The authors concluded that risedronate was more cost-effective than alendronate. A large-scale, nine-country study published by Strom et al using 2004 costs showed that, compared with no treatment, the cost-effectiveness of alendronate in Spanish patients with at least one previous vertebral fracture was €13,193 per QALY gained, and €32,943 per QALY gained in patients with no previous fracture history.34 The results from our analysis show considerably lower cost per QALY estimates for denosumab, which reflects the effect of the superior efficacy and persistence relative to other treatments, although the results of the studies discussed could have been influenced by the use and cost of the branded formulations of bisphosphonates rather than the generic versions which are now available.
The results of our analysis are broadly consistent with other similar attempts to establish the cost-effectiveness of denosumab in various countries. A previous cost-effectiveness analysis of denosumab in Greece showed that the incremental cost per QALY gained ranged between €11,114 and €24,784 compared with no treatment, alendronate, ibandronate, risedronate, or strontium ranelate.87 A study in Portugal found denosumab to be cost-effective compared with alendronate-cholecalciferol, with an ICER of €14,487.88 In the USA, the ICER for denosumab was $28,300 per QALY gained compared with generic alendronate, and dominated the other treatment options (risedronate and ibandronate),89 depending on the populations considered in the analyses. Similar results have been shown in Belgium,46 Canada,90 and Sweden33 and confirmed by a recent review.45 While such similarities in outcomes are not surprising, given the same basic modeling approach in each case, it is notable that the cost-effectiveness estimates, which might be expected to be influenced by local pricing and differences in health care systems, are within the range of values for the ICERs in Spain.
The presented model analyses incorporated persistence with treatment as crucial input for the prediction of cost and outcomes. This is often missing in osteoporosis models and cost-effectiveness models in general.64 The base case also included a population with a relatively low fracture risk, rather than patients with established osteoporosis, which was modeled more closely in the sensitivity analysis. Therefore, it is likely that our estimates of the potential benefits and cost-effectiveness of denosumab are conservative. There are also some limitations to our approach. In the absence of Spanish-specific data, we relied on estimates and data from other countries to provide some of the inputs into the model. In light of differences in cultures and health care systems, this undoubtedly increases the uncertainty in our results. However, rigorous testing in the sensitivity analyses of these assumptions confirmed the robustness of the base-case data. The results of the analyses improve with increased treatment duration, with the results from the 10-year treatment duration better than those from 5 years. This could be relevant as the long-term efficacy and safety of denosumab has been confirmed in a recent review91 and safety data from 8 years of denosumab use in the extension to the FREEDOM study have recently been presented.92
To our knowledge, this is the first comprehensive attempt to model the cost-effectiveness of the most widely used agents for PMO in Spain. This is an area of increasing interest to both physicians and health care decision-makers, who are seeking to determine the best available treatment options from a large range of available therapies. Previous modeling attempts in Spain have tended to focus on only one or two drugs and as such, have only provided limited guidance for clinical decision-making. The results of our analyses show that denosumab is a cost-effective intervention for fracture prevention in postmenopausal women in Spain compared with alendronate, risedronate, ibandronate, or no treatment, and is a dominant treatment option compared with strontium ranelate. Additionally, for those patients at the highest risk of fractures (aged over 75 years, with a previous fracture, or a T-score of -3.5 or less), denosumab was generally cost-saving compared with either alendronate or no treatment in most of the scenarios.
The authors sincerely appreciate the work done by i3 Innovus on developing the original model.
The preliminary results of this study were presented at the International Society of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 14th Annual European Congress, November 5–8, 2011, Madrid, Spain. This work was funded by Amgen SA Barcelona, Spain, and GSK. JD and LK received funding for their involvement in this study. FSV and ML are employees of and have stock ownership in Amgen Inc. Writing assistance was provided by Keith Evans of InScience Communications, Springer Healthcare, and Oxford PharmaGenesis™, which was funded by Amgen SA and GSK. The authors report no other conflicts of interest in this work.
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Toward a systematic approach to opioid rotation
Authors Smith HS, Peppin JF
Received 11 October 2013
Accepted for publication 14 December 2013
Published 17 October 2014 Volume 2014:7 Pages 589—608
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S55782
Howard S Smith,1,† John F Peppin2,3
1Department of Anesthesiology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA; 2Global Scientific Affairs, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, St Louis, MO, USA; 3Center for Bioethics, Pain Management and Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
†Author deceased May 18, 2013
Abstract: Patients requiring chronic opioid therapy may not respond to or tolerate the first opioid prescribed to them, necessitating rotation to another opioid. They may also require dose increases for a number of reasons, including worsening disease and increased pain. Dose escalation to restore analgesia using the primary opioid may lead to increased adverse events. In these patients, rotation to a different opioid at a lower-than-equivalent dose may be sufficient to maintain adequate tolerability and analgesia. In published trials and case series, opioid rotation is performed either using a predetermined substitute opioid with fixed conversion methods, or in a manner that appears to be no more systematic than trial and error. In clinical practice, opioid rotation must be performed with consideration of individual patient characteristics, comorbidities (eg, concurrent psychiatric, pulmonary, renal, or hepatic illness), and concurrent medications, using flexible dosing protocols that take into account incomplete opioid cross-tolerance. References cited in this review were identified via a search of PubMed covering all English language publications up to May 21, 2013 pertaining to opioid rotation, excluding narrative reviews, letters, and expert opinion. The search yielded a total of 129 articles, 92 of which were judged to provide relevant information and subsequently included in this review. Through a review of this literature and from the authors' empiric experience, this review provides practical information on performing opioid rotation in clinical practice.
Keywords: chronic pain, opioid rotation, opioid analgesics
Pain affects millions of individuals in the United States and in fact is more prevalent than either heart disease or cancer. In 2010, back pain was reported by an estimated 28% of adults in the United States, neck pain by 15%, and joint pain by 33%. Some level of functional impairment was reported by approximately 50% of patients with back or joint pain. By comparison, heart disease and cancer were prevalent in 12% and 6% of US adults, respectively.1
Successful pain management rests on a full patient evaluation followed by implementation of a multidisciplinary and multimodal program of treatment that includes nonpharmacologic therapy (eg, diet, exercise, physical therapy, psychological therapy), nonopioid analgesics (eg, acetaminophen, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), and adjuvants such as anticonvulsants and antidepressants.2 Opioid agents play an important role in the management of pain arising in a diverse set of clinical settings, including chronic pain of cancer origin,3 postoperative pain,4 and chronic pain of noncancer origin.5,6 However, their use must be selected on the basis of a careful balance of potential risks and benefits.7 Guidelines for the responsible use of opioids recommend careful patient assessment to establish a legitimate diagnosis of pain and to identify factors that may predispose a patient to misuse a prescribed opioid.7–9 Once treatment commences, vigilant monitoring in all opioid-treated patients is essential to ensure compliance with prescribed therapies and to allow for prompt response to misuse.7–9
In some patients, this balance may be optimized by careful dose adjustment or through implementation of other strategies, such as use of a bowel regimen to alleviate constipation or an antiemetic for nausea. Nonetheless, the selection of an appropriate opioid dose and treatment regimen that provides improved function and quality of life with acceptable tolerability is complicated by several factors that may not be amenable to these corrective measures. These factors include differences between opioids (eg, receptor binding, metabolism), efficacy and tolerability differences between patient subgroups (sex, ethnicity, age), interindividual variability of response, and the specific opioid used; patient factors of importance include comorbidities, concurrent medications, personal history (eg, substance abuse, psychiatric illness), and genetic makeup.10–12 Attempting to downplay these complexities does not improve patient care and, at worst, may contribute to some of the serious psychosocial costs associated with available analgesics. In some cases, the aggregate of factors limiting response to a given opioid will best be addressed by rotation to a substitute opioid that better aligns with the individual patient’s needs.
Guidelines for the safe and effective use of opioids have been proposed by several professional organizations (eg, American Pain Society, American Academy of Pain Medicine) and expert panels.7,8,13–15 However, the clinical practice of opioid rotation is predominantly guided by arbitrary routine, clinician preference, or formulary limitations. Expert opinion and consensus statements concur that there is generally a lack of high-quality evidence to support the practice of opioid rotation or to guide the selection of a new opioid when dose adjustments with the present opioid regimen cannot resolve increasing adverse effects or waning efficacy.13,14,16–18
The objectives of this review are to provide steps toward a systematic approach to opioid rotation with which clinicians can choose the new opioid based on a thoughtful assessment of the likely causes of the adverse effects or poor efficacy with the present therapy. This discussion is limited to opioids appropriate for long-term therapy for chronic pain.
Search methodology
References cited in this review were identified via a search of PubMed covering all English language publications up to May 21, 2013; the search included clinical trials, guidelines, meta-analyses, systematic reviews, and case reports but excluded narrative reviews, letters, and expert opinion. Using the search string “(opioid OR buprenorphine OR codeine OR fentanyl OR hydrocodone OR hydromorphone OR methadone OR meperidine OR morphine OR oxycodone OR oxymorphone) AND (switching OR rotation OR conversion) AND chronic”; the search yielded a total of 129 articles, 92 of which were judged to provide relevant information and were included in this review. Of these, 50 were clinical trials or case reports, and the remaining 42 pertained to the scientific rationale for various aspects of opioid rotation. Treatment guidelines and references identified via this strategy were reviewed for additional articles of interest.
Opioid rotation: published literature
Expert opinion, through a review of this literature, suggests that nearly all opioids may be effective for the relief of pain and that there is insufficient clinical evidence to support the selection of one opioid over another for the initiation of treatment or to systematically guide the selection of a new opioid when the need for opioid rotation arises.18–20 Such guidance is necessary because specific patient subgroups may be more or less susceptible to analgesic or specific side effects of a given opioid, whereas individuals within those subgroups also show variability of clinical response and ability to tolerate specific opioids.
Factors contributing to this variability include demographic differences that affect susceptibility to analgesic and adverse effects,10,21,22 the presence of comorbidities,23 and genetic factors that influence opioid metabolism24 and analgesic response.11 Of these, genetic factors are least clearly understood and are not routinely tested before initiating opioid therapy. To some extent, successful rotation is a process of trial and error. However, as discussed below, this process can be conducted more methodically to maximize the likelihood of a good clinical outcome with each trial.
Reasons for opioid rotation mentioned in the literature include the following: intolerable adverse events during dose titration, lack of analgesic efficacy despite optimal dose titration, occurrence of problematic drug–drug interactions (DDIs), change in clinical status (eg, risk for drug abuse), and practical issues (eg, cost, availability of drug).14 Clinical trials and case series examined for this article are summarized in Table 1.
Table 1 Characteristics of clinical trials/case series describing opioid rotation
Note: aCodeine Contin is not available in the United States.
Abbreviations: AE, adverse event; BPI, Brief Pain Inventory; BTP, breakthrough pain; CR, controlled release; d, days; DDOM, daily dose of oral morphine; DDOMET, daily dose of oral methadone; ER, extended release; ESAS, Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale; h, hours; IR, immediate release; IV, intravenous; LAO, long-acting opioid; MDAS, Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale; MED, morphine equivalent dose; MEDD, morphine equivalent daily dose; MMEDR, morphine/methadone dose ratio; MMSQ, Mini-Mental Status Questionnaire; n, number of patients; NHL, non-Hodgkin lymphoma; NP, neuropathic pain; NRS, Numerical Rating Scale; NVRS, Numerical Verbal Rating Score; PCA, patient-controlled analgesia; PGIC, patient’s global impression of change; PO, by mouth; PRN, as needed; QOL, quality of life; SAO, short-acting opioid; SC, subcutaneous; SR, slow release; STAS, Schedule for Team Assessment Scale; VAS, Visual Analog Scale; q7d, every 7 days; q3h, every 3 hours; q4h, every 4 hours; q8h, every 8 hours.
We cited all of the clinical trials that described a rotation, and there was no selection process. All of the clinical trials evaluating opioid rotation identified in our search have inclusion and exclusion criteria for trial participants that may result in a rarefied study population. The goal of trial design was to reduce the potential impact of trial confounders through inclusion and exclusion criteria. Some of the populations presented in clinical trials are rotated either to a preselected opioid without regard to individual patient characteristics that might influence opioid choice or dose, or to a different opioid without any clearly stated criteria for choosing one agent over another.12,25–57
Examination of a 2010 study illustrates the shortcomings of clinical trial data for guiding opioid prescribing practices.40 In this open-label, prospective study, patients with chronic pain of cancer or noncancer origin (n=326), which was not controlled by a long-acting opioid, were rotated to morphine immediate release (IR) 5 or 10 mg every 4 hours until adequate pain relief was achieved; they were then switched to a long-acting opioid different from baseline. The choice of the long-acting opioid used for rotation was left to the discretion of the investigator. In all, 70% of patients achieved adequate pain control after switching to morphine IR; after the subsequent rotation to a substitute long-acting opioid, the mean proportion of patients reporting breakthrough pain decreased from 73%–93% to 29%–49%, depending on the long-acting opioid. However, patients were excluded if they were on high doses of opioids, had a history of substance abuse, or had psychiatric, pulmonary, renal, and/or hepatic comorbidities.
Upon consideration, it becomes apparent that data from studies such as this, while of value, may be difficult to extrapolate to clinical practice. In a chronic pain practice most physicians, either knowingly or unknowingly, will approach a patient’s treatment individually, using an “n of 1” approach.58 When prescribing opioids, this approach may start with an opioid that the physician is familiar and comfortable with and that has shown efficacy in the past; however, tailoring therapy will ultimately require consideration of the individual patient in ways that are not sufficiently addressed by clinical trials. Since clinical trials deal with distributions of a large number of patients whereas individual practitioners deal with individual patients, the “n of 1 trial” is a more empiric and common approach to treatment.
Case series have described a process wherein patients are prescribed sequential trials of up to five individual opioids in search of an agent that is effective and sufficiently well tolerated.55 However, the selection of agents and the sequence in which they are prescribed were not defined, leaving the reader without clear guidance.55 In addition, published case series typically do not provide specific information about patients’ health status, making it difficult to estimate how certain patient characteristics may have influenced the outcomes observed following rotation. In short, rotation methodology presented in published studies or case series appears to be fixed or random rather than patient-specific.
Selecting an opioid for rotation: patient characteristics
Chronic pain care must begin with a careful patient assessment that includes a complete history and physical examination to establish a clear pain diagnosis to support a rational multimodal treatment program that might include opioids. Before initiating treatment, clinicians should assess the risk of opioid abuse and the potential for idiosyncratic reactions to opioids by inquiring about previous therapeutic experience with opioids, previous use of sedating prescription or over-the-counter medications, and any previous substance abuse by the patient or family members.7–9
A thorough patient history may also include very simple information indicating the presence or absence of genetic anomalies that might influence response and tolerability. For example, about 10% of the white population have impaired function of the cytochrome (CYP) P450 2D6 enzyme and consequently cannot efficiently metabolize codeine to its active metabolite, morphine. Patients with a history of inadequate response to codeine should be switched with great caution from codeine to a substitute opioid that is not metabolized by CYP2D6 (eg, morphine, fentanyl, oxymorphone) because these patients may not have developed opioid tolerance during previous treatment.8,59
When assessing patients, it is important to remember that most patients with chronic pain have more than three specific and individual pain problems at their first visit, making careful assessment a significant challenge.60,61 Factors to be considered when selecting a substitute opioid include patient characteristics, comorbidities, concurrent medications, and adverse effects of the opioid being replaced, as summarized in Table 2.
Table 2 Selected patient factors influencing opioid efficacy and/or tolerability
Note: Adapted from Mayo Clin Proc, 84/7, Smith HS, Opioid metabolism, 613–624, Copyright © 2009, with permission from Elsevier.24
Abbreviations: AUC0–24, area under the concentration versus time curve from time 0 to 24 hours; Cmax, maximum plasma concentration; TRF, tamper-resistant formulation.
Demographic factors
Successful pain management may require an understanding of demographic characteristics (eg, age, sex, race) that influence the effectiveness or tolerability of opioid therapy. Clinicians contemplating implementation of opioid rotation should consider the following: 1) potential reduction in clearance of morphine, oxycodone, fentanyl, and oxymorphone has been reported in elderly patients; 2) aging is associated with higher steady-state concentrations of water-soluble drugs and increased half-life of fat-soluble drugs; and 3) potential for higher steady-state concentration of drugs may necessitate dose adjustments (eg, lower doses; longer interval between doses) to maintain an appropriate balance between long-term analgesia and the risk for adverse events.2 As a result, older patients may experience similar analgesia at a lower opioid dose22 and have a greater risk for respiratory depression.10
Women are more sensitive to the effects of κ agonists21 and are generally more likely than men to experience nausea and vomiting from opioids.10 Clearance of oxycodone62 and hydromorphone63 may be reduced in women, making dosage adjustments necessary. Patients of Chinese origin have increased clearance of morphine compared with white patients. Clearance of hydrocodone may be altered in Asian or black patients.24
Cardiovascular comorbidities
In patients with heart failure, particular care must be taken with methadone and caution should be used with morphine, oxycodone, and oxymorphone.23 Some patients who are placed on chronic methadone therapy for pain management may be at increased risk for development of a prolonged QT interval or may already have a congenital QT prolongation.64 This could influence rotation to methadone as an alternative. The Cardiac Expert Panel of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) recommends the following: 1) informing patients of the arrhythmia risk associated with methadone; 2) asking about any history of structural heart disease, arrhythmia, and syncope; 3) obtaining a pretreatment electrocardiogram (ECG) for all patients to measure the QT interval and a follow-up ECG within 30 days and annually; 4) avoiding interactions between methadone and other drugs that possess QT interval–prolonging properties or slow the elimination of methadone; and 5) reducing or discontinuing methadone if the QT interval exceeds 500 milliseconds.64 Similar but less detailed precautions to avoid arrhythmias with methadone are recommended in the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) and American Pain Society (APS)/American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) chronic noncancer pain guidelines.7,9
Tramadol has been recommended ahead of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for patients with significant cardiovascular risk65 and a similar case might be argued for tapentadol. Clinicians may also consider fentanyl, morphine, or oxycodone for these patients because none of these opioids is a significant cause of QT prolongation.66–68
Hepatic and renal impairment
Additional considerations for opioid rotation include the effects of hepatic and renal impairment on opioid dosing recommendations (Table 2). The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends assessment of hepatic function based on Child-Pugh ratings (mild, moderate, severe)69 and defines moderate and severe renal impairment as a creatinine clearance of 30–50 mL/minute and <30 mL/minute, respectively.70 Many opioid drugs undergo hepatic phase I metabolism mediated by the CYP mono-oxygenases (primarily CYP3A4 and CYP2D6),71 enzymes that produce both active and inactive metabolites that vary among commonly used opioid agents (Table 3). Moreover, metabolism of opioids by CYP3A4 produces major metabolites of certain opioids that exhibit >30-fold higher (eg, hydrocodone produces norhydrocodone) and lower (eg, buprenorphine produces norbuprenorphine) affinity for the μ-opioid receptor.71 Thus, for patients with hepatic or renal impairment undergoing pain management with opioid A, clinicians may consider the following guidance: 1) dose adjustments are required or recommended with a number of opioids, including morphine, oxycodone, oxymorphone, and hydromorphone in patients with renal impairment;23,72 2) patients with renal impairment may be rotated to fentanyl or buprenorphine, which are less affected by renal impairment;72,73 3) tapentadol, tramadol, and methadone should be administered with great caution in patients with severe hepatic or renal impairment;23,62 and 4) consider rotation to fentanyl in patients with hepatic impairment, which appear not to alter levels of this opioid.74
Table 3 Characteristics of commonly used opioids
Abbreviations: 5-HT, serotonin; CYP, cytochrome P450; d, day; ER, extended release; IR, immediate release; N/A, not applicable; NE, norepinephrine; NMDA, N-methyl-D-aspartate.
Risk of opioid abuse
Patients prescribed opioids may exhibit inappropriate behaviors during treatment that warrant rotation to an alternate opioid. However, it is critical for practitioners to understand that treating a patient with an active addictive disorder (without treating this disorder) with scheduled medications is a federal felony.75 Therefore, patients with inappropriate behaviors must be evaluated for substance abuse. If substance abuse is found and the patient has serious pain and scheduled medications are considered an appropriate treatment, cotreatment with a substance use disorder specialist is essential.
Behaviors that are concerning and could suggest a substance use disorder include obtaining opioids from sources other than the prescribing physician, using more opioid than prescribed, drug seeking (reporting lost pills, requesting higher doses), and tampering with medications by either crushing them for inhalation or attempting to dissolve them in fluids for intravenous use or to swallow as a solution. Using less opioid than prescribed may also suggest misuse because the patient may be selling or otherwise misdirecting his supply. Previous abuse of other substances is a clear warning that the patient may also abuse any opioids prescribed.15
If tampering is a concern, and because all opioids have the potential for abuse, clinicians may consider rotation to a formulation that resists crushing or extraction in fluids. This consideration should be done concurrently with psychological and psychiatric counseling. Oxycodone controlled release (CR), oxymorphone extended release (ER), and tapentadol ER are each available in formulations that resist crushing and dissolution in fluids.76 Numerous other products that have various approaches to abuse deterrence and tamper resistance are in current production and study. The FDA is encouraging opioid manufacturers to develop formulations with features resistant to abuse.77
Strategies for addressing misuse or addiction may include structured opioid therapy with heightened monitoring, more frequent dispensing of small quantities of opioid, and witnessed administration.78 A structured trial of methadone or buprenorphine may be indicated if structured therapy with other opioids is associated with continued misuse.78 Methadone has demonstrated efficacy in patients with chronic pain;39 however, its use for opioid maintenance in substance use disorders is falling out of favor.79 Methadone, with its complicated metabolism and potential cardiotoxic effects, has an increased propensity for overdose death.80 This makes methadone a less preferred first choice for patients requiring opioid rotation as part of long-term opioid therapy. Moreover, patients may believe that methadone is reserved for addicts and may resist taking it for fear of the stigma associated with its use.81
However, in a responsible and reliable patient who is known to the practitioner, and in the hands of a clinician who is knowledgeable and experienced with the drug, methadone can be an option. In a retrospective observational study, there was no excess mortality observed in nearly 30,000 Veterans Administration (VA) patients treated with methadone compared with nearly 80,000 VA patients treated with long-acting morphine.82 However, because this study was not randomized, the populations treated with methadone and with morphine may not have been equivalent, and because these patients were treated within the VA system, the training of prescribers and quality of monitoring may not have been representative of the standard of care received by patients in the general population.82
As an alternative to methadone, buprenorphine has shown analgesic efficacy, either singly83 or in formulations combining buprenorphine with naloxone (to discourage intravenous abuse). The use of buprenorphine appears not to be accompanied by the stigma associated with methadone and may therefore be more acceptable to patients.84 Although there are data suggesting that buprenorphine may be less attractive for abuse compared with methadone85 and that buprenorphine/naloxone is less attractive for abuse compared with buprenorphine alone,86 there is also more recent evidence showing that buprenorphine/naloxone is being diverted in record numbers.87,88 This suggests that any assumption that buprenorphine or buprenorphine/naloxone is less likely than methadone to be abused remains to be proven; it also suggests that abuse liability is a product of multiple factors (eg, availability, cost, street reputation) that includes factors that cannot be easily measured in controlled experiments.89
Selecting an opioid for rotation: opioid characteristics
Receptor binding profile
Opioid receptors are widely distributed throughout the central nervous system and include μ-receptors, located mainly in the brainstem and medial thalamus; δ-receptors in limbic areas, brainstem, and spinal cord; and κ-receptors, found predominantly in the brain.90 Each of these opioid receptors modulates pain through a similar molecular mechanism that involves a G protein–coupled signal transduction pathway that causes a block in calcium channel conductance and the release of pain mediators (eg, glutamate, substance P, calcitonin gene-related peptide).90,91 At usual doses, some opioid agents exhibit selectivity for μ-receptors; the relative effects of differences among μ-receptors may result in different mechanisms of response.92 However, other opioid agents exhibit mixed μ/κ-agonist (eg, morphine), μ/κ/δ-agonist (eg, hydromorphone, levorphanol, methadone), or mixed agonist/antagonist activity (eg, buprenorphine) (Table 3). If a patient does not respond to or tolerate an opioid, clinicians may consider rotation to a substitute opioid with a different binding profile.
Tapentadol and tramadol target the opioid receptors to a lesser extent than pure opioids, exerting some of their analgesic effects through serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibition.62,93 Patients experiencing pain with a neuropathic component or who have difficulty tolerating a pure opioid agonist may experience adequate analgesia with improved tolerability with one of these agents. However, mixed targeting of opioid and serotonergic receptors (ie, 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors) and adrenergic receptors (ie, norepinephrine receptors) may increase the risk for serotonin syndrome in a patient taking other serotonergic medications.94,95
Several opioids function as mixed opioid agonists-antagonists (oxycodone-naloxone, buprenorphine), with the antagonist component blunting adverse events or offering less reinforcement of the positive subjective effects associated with abuse. Although there is no physiologic ceiling dose for most opioids (eg, morphine, hydromorphone, oxymorphone, fentanyl, methadone), there is some evidence that opioid efficacy for mixed agonists-antagonists may be blunted above a certain dose.96
The availability of different formulations provides alternate routes of administration (eg, transdermal or transmucosal and oral) and may facilitate opioid rotation. For example, in patients with chronic pain of cancer origin, morphine is the most often considered opioid for pain relief.97 However, a patient may have problems that may complicate oral administration (eg, dysphagia, aspiration, oral cancers). In this setting, clinicians may consider rotation to a transdermal patch (Table 1) that can be administered despite swallowing difficulties. A transdermal patch may also be appropriate, in a monitored setting, for a patient who has a reduction in cognition and chronic pain. If the patient experiences sweating or skin irritation that causes a problem with a transdermal patch, subcutaneous, intramuscular, intravenous, transmucosal, or rectal administration can be used if the patient is at the end of life.
Metabolic pathway and DDIs
Opioid agents undergo phase II metabolism through the formation of active and inactive glucuronide conjugates, mediated primarily by the membrane-bound enzyme uridine 5′-diphospho-glucuronosyltransferase-2B7.98 When a patient requires opioid rotation, clinicians may consider the following: 1) severe renal impairment may increase the plasma concentration of active metabolites of morphine (eg, morphine-6-glucuronide) and the potentially neuroexcitatory 3-glucuronide metabolite of morphine;99 2) consider rotation to other opioids (eg, fentanyl, hydromorphone) that are little affected by renal impairment;100 and 3) consider the need for opioid dose adjustments in elderly patients to accommodate declining renal function and prevent the occurrences of adverse events.
Patients seeking treatment for relief of chronic pain often present with comorbidities and may require coadministration of opioids with other systemically-acting drugs, resulting in unwanted DDIs.23 In these patients, clinicians may consider the following: 1) opioids metabolized by CYP450 enzymes (eg, CYP2D6, CYP3A4) are associated with the potential for numerous DDIs (eg, reduced or enhanced opioid effects) (Table 4); 2) the prevalence of opioid-related DDIs was greater in women (approximately 31% versus 22%) but similar across all age groups (range, 18–34 to ≥65 years); and 3) the majority of DDIs (approximately 68%–71%) were associated with coadministration of drugs that inhibited CYP2D6 rather than drugs that inhibited CYP3A4 (approximately 28%–29%).101 Thus, patients using hydrocodone should be monitored for potentially increased or decreased opioid effects when coadministered inducers or inhibitors, respectively, of CYP3A4.102 Alternatively, if effective management of medically complicated patients requires coadministration of drugs that inhibit CYP2D6, clinicians may consider opioids that are not substrates for this enzyme (eg, fentanyl, oxymorphone).
Table 4 Potential for DDIs associated with disruption of key cytochrome P450 enzymes
Notes: aDrugs metabolized primarily by UGT2B7 (Phase II) and not likely to be associated with significant DDIs caused by alterations to CYP3A4 and CYP2D6. For more information on Buprenorphine see McCance-Katz et al.146 Copyright © 2011. Adapted from The American Journal of Managed Care. Overholser BR, Foster DR. Opioid pharmacokinetic drug-drug interactions. Am J Manag Care. 2011;17(suppl 11):S276–S287.147
Abbreviations: CYP, cytochrome P450; DDIs, drug–drug interactions; N/A, not applicable.
In addition to CYP450-mediated DDIs, clinicians considering rotation to certain opioids (eg, fentanyl, tapentadol) should instruct patients regarding the following: 1) additive effects of central nervous system depressants (eg, fentanyl in combination with alcohol, sedatives);103 2) constipating effects of tricyclic antidepressants;104 3) increased risk for seizures with tramadol or tapentadol in combination with a monoamine oxidase inhibitor antidepressant; 4) increased risk for serotonin syndrome with tapentadol or tramadol in combination with serotonin reuptake inhibitors; and 5) risks of central nervous system depressant effects associated with the addition of benzodiazepines.62,80,93,105,106
Discussion of the many adverse events and side effects from the use of opioids is beyond the scope of this article. However, a few will be discussed to give examples of why opioid rotation may be helpful when these issues present themselves.
Clinical results indicate that inadequately controlled constipation occurs in approximately 10%–60% of patients undergoing opioid treatment for chronic pain of cancer and noncancer origin.107,108 For patients on an opioid who complain of constipation, the following guidance may be useful: 1) prescribing a bowel regimen is a necessity with every opioid; however, an effective bowel regimen may or may not overcome the relative propensity of the specific opioid to cause constipation;107,109 2) if constipation continues to limit quality of life, opioid antagonists (eg, methylnaltrexone, lubiprostone) and upcoming combination products, such as prolonged-release oxycodone plus prolonged-release naloxone (a μ-receptor opioid with limited systemic bioavailability), may improve bowel function;110 3) transdermal fentanyl has been associated with a significantly lower rate of constipation compared with oral morphine,111,112 making it a potential option for opioid-experienced patients with a history of constipation during opioid therapy; and 4) tapentadol IR exhibits weaker μ-receptor activity compared with pure opioid agonists and may be associated with a lower incidence of constipation than oxycodone.46,94,110
Inadequately controlled nausea and vomiting is frequently reported in patients receiving opioids for pain management.107 For example, tapentadol has displayed effective analgesia with a decreased risk for nausea and vomiting compared with oxycodone.113,114 Clinicians may therefore consider rotation to tapentadol in patients who complain of nausea and vomiting after initiation/rotation to other opioids.
Equianalgesic dose conversion
There are two general approaches to opioid conversion for clinicians conducting opioid rotation. Some clinicians may prefer to calculate dose conversions themselves using package inserts and/or with reference to the published literature.115 Second, clinicians can use an online dose calculator. These include the Johns Hopkins Opioid Conversion Program calculator, sponsored by the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins;116 the GlobalRPH calculator, sponsored by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Basel, Switzerland);117 and the Practical Pain Management Opioid calculator, sponsored by Vertical Health Media, LLC (Montclair, NJ, USA).118 The authors recommend use of the Practical Pain Management Opioid calculator as being the most inclusive of available opioids but advise that any table or calculator be used with caution because recommended equianalgesic doses as shown in dose conversion tables may vary (eg, conversion ratios of oral to parenteral morphine range from 3.1 to 2:1 to 6:1).119 Further, it is the experience of the authors that this conversion table reflects how they apply dose conversion in their own practices. In addition, conversion tables do not fully consider the contributions that individual patient characteristics, comorbidities, and concurrent medications may have on opioid dose. In the opinion of the authors and other authorities on pain management, these tables and converters are not based on good science and research, being derived mainly from expert opinion or single-dose studies in patients with acute pain of noncancer origin.115
To account for potential variability of response, clinicians may convert patients from one opioid to another using a two-step guideline developed by an expert panel and presented by Fine and Portenoy.14 For step one, the clinician calculates the equianalgesic dose using an online dosage calculator as suggested (eg, Practical Pain Management Opioid calculator).116–118 However, no system of dose conversion is perfect, and the difference between package inserts (which may not be based upon the most current or extensive evidence) and other conversion tables may be significant. The initial dose administered, however, should be 25%–50% lower than the calculated equianalgesic dose. The reduction should be closer to 50% of the calculated dose if the patient is receiving a high dose of the opioid being discontinued or if they are elderly, medically frail, or not white. The reduction should be closer to 25% in patients without these attributes or if they are switching to a different route of administration of the same opioid. Fine and Portenoy recommend that patients switched to methadone should receive an initial methadone dose 75%–90% lower than the original opioid because higher-than-anticipated potency has been observed in the clinical setting.14 The safe use of methadone can be challenging for reasons outlined in Tables 2 and 4.
For step two, clinicians should assess and reassess the patient as appropriate for individual circumstances; this should be done after initiating the substitute opioid to gauge the extent of analgesia on the new opioid, adverse events, and other medical and psychosocial factors that might guide dose adjustments. After this assessment, the dose should be increased 15%–30% if additional analgesia is required or to minimize the risk of withdrawal or other adverse events.14 Rescue medication, if provided during titration, should be administered at 5%–15% of the total daily dose of the substitute opioid.14
This two-step method may greatly increase the safety of opioid rotation. However, clinicians still need to understand the potential contribution of basic clinical factors when selecting a substitute opioid for rotation and deciding how much to reduce the equianalgesic dose when making the switch. Clinicians who are unclear of the appropriate conversion method for a particular patient should consult a pain specialist, oncologist, or other reliable mentor.
Whenever an opioid is prescribed, an exit strategy should always be considered and discussed with the patient.120 Opioid tapering may be undertaken owing to inadequate response or if the patient is suspected of using his opioid inappropriately.7,8 As noted in Canadian guidelines,8 tapering of an opioid may be accompanied by a reduction in pain and improvements in mood owing, perhaps, to the reduction or elimination of hyperalgesia and withdrawal symptoms; the alleviation of adverse effects, such as sedation or dysphoria; or the psychological interventions that may be implemented in conjunction with the decision to taper.8 US guidelines state that an opioid may be tapered using a schedule ranging from a 10% dose reduction each week to a 25%–50% dose reduction every few days. If possible, patients who abuse their opioid or otherwise have difficulty tapering on their own should be referred to a facility allowing for a structured, supervised approach.7
Genetic research may one day simplify the selection of initial and substitute opioids for individual patients. Recent studies have identified functional single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes encoding receptors (eg, OPRM1 that encodes the μ-1 opioid receptor), transporter proteins (eg, ABCB1 [MDR1] that encodes p-glycoprotein), CYP (eg, CYP2D6) Phase II (eg, UGT2B7) enzymes involved in opioid metabolism, and other genetic changes.121–124 Recent studies suggest an association between the presence of these SNPs and altered responsiveness to opioids; although the identification of SNPs presents intriguing possibilities for guiding opioid treatment, a recent genotyping analysis in more than 2,000 patients with cancer who were undergoing opioid treatment of moderate to severe pain found no association between the presence of SNPs (eg, OPRM1, ABCB1, COMT) and opioid dose in patients administered morphine, oxycodone, or fentanyl alone.125 Moreover, screening for the presence of SNPs of interest may not be available outside major medical centers and is not currently economically feasible in individual clinical practices.
Further, the role of glial cells in the generation of pain and opioid function has become a recent focus.126 The effects of glial activation and potential targets to reduce this activation is an exciting new area of pain research.
Our review of the literature has identified many factors that can be considered when planning an opioid rotation, in the hope of selecting an opioid less likely to perpetuate the tolerability problems observed with the first opioid. We have compiled these factors into an algorithm to guide the selection of the new opioid for rotation (Figure 1). The authors caution that there are no data to support our proposition that a patient may be more likely to find the new opioid tolerable and effective when it has been selected using a systematic approach to rotation, and it should be noted that nonclinical factors, such as formulary restrictions, may greatly complicate efforts to take such an approach.
Figure 1 Algorithm for initial patient assessment and initiation and rotation of opioid therapy.
Abbreviation: CYP, cytochrome P450.
Clinically, however, factors such as patient demographics, opioid receptor affinity, and opioid metabolism and so on, should be considered when the new opioid is selected instead of relying on a set protocol or the clinician’s standard routine. Moreover, it is important to note that many adverse events associated with opioids are dose related. Consequently, if one rotates a patient from one opioid to another, following the advice to reduce the starting dose of the new opioid by 25%–50% of the calculated equianalgesic dose of the first opioid, this reduction in dose may result in improved tolerability while incomplete cross-tolerance may result in equivalent efficacy.127 There is a need for clinical trials to test the value of selecting the opioid for rotation on a systematic basis versus random or arbitrary selection.
This manuscript is dedicated to Dr Howard S Smith, who passed away suddenly before its publication. The profession has lost a gifted clinician and teacher, whose originality, dedication, and kindness were appreciated by his colleagues, students, and patients. His passing is a great loss to the profession of pain and palliative medicine as well as to his friends and acquaintances personally.
The authors contributed to the literature search design; the analysis and interpretation of the literature reviewed in this manuscript, and to the preparation, review, and final approval to submit the manuscript; independent of the funding organization (Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., Malvern, PA, USA).
Editorial support for this manuscript was provided by Robert Gatley, MD, Craig D Albright, PhD, and Jeffrey Coleman, MA, of Complete Healthcare Communications, Inc. (Chadds Ford, PA, USA), with funding from Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Malvern, PA, USA).
Drs Smith and Peppin have served as advisors and consultants for Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., and Dr Smith has presented research at scientific meetings with reimbursement of associated expenses from Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Dr Peppin is an employee of Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals (St Louis, MO, USA). Editorial support for this review was provided by Complete Healthcare Communications, Inc. (Chadds Ford, PA, USA), with funding from Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Malvern, PA, USA). However, neither Drs Smith nor Peppin, who had complete control over the content of this paper, received any remuneration for developing and writing this review.
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Managing Health in the Genomic Era
A Guide to Family Health History and Disease Risk
Authors: Vincent Henrich Lori Orlando Brian Shirts
Published Date: 1st July 2020
Expected Release date: July 1, 2020
In recent years genomic medicine has grown from a new medical science to an implementable set of clinical methods and technologies whose concrete applications are revolutionizing the health sector. However, most primary care and family health practitioners still have limited experience employing genetic and genomic approaches effectively in their daily practice.
In Managing Patient Health in the Genomic Era: Family Health History and Chronic Disease Risk, Drs. Vincent Henrich, Lori Orlando, and Brian Shirts discuss the practical considerations surrounding the use of genomic and genetic tests to manage patient health, provide adult disease risk assessment, improve diagnosis, and support effective interventions and treatment. In ten chapters, evidence-based information and case studies are described and examine the central place of family health history (FHH) in genomic medicine, tools and strategies for compiling and analysing family health history, how to identify existing and novel genetic markers, how to identify lineage specific (or rare) variants within families, and how to find effective interventions based on genetic testing results and FHH. Factors which influence clinical practice, including gene-environment interactions, FHH social networking, direct to consumer (DTC) genetic testing and data sharing, algorithms for analyzing genetic data, and patient counseling are discussed from the standpoint of clinical practice.
Here frontline healthcare providers will discover succinct commentary and key examples to assist with their local needs. Relevant principles of genetic biology and inheritance are explored and guidance on available support networks and online resources is also provided.
Presents a practical, accessible resource for primary care providers, allied health professionals, pharmacologists, public health professionals, students and clinical researchers
Addresses genetic and genomic approaches in managing patient health, conducting and analyzing family health histories, and assessing adult disease risk
Features an expert author team with direct experience integrating genetics and genomics in primary care and family medicine settings
Examines the attributes and limitations of family health history, genetic testing, and genomic testing in clinical practice
Includes detailed explanations following practice-based examples
Clinical and translational researchers; non-geneticist physicians, in particular pediatricians, primary care providers, family medicine doctors, internists, general practitioners, obstetricians and gynecologists, oncologists; pharmacists; pharmacologists; medical students and residents in various specialties; healthcare administrators and affiliates; genetic counselors
1. Genomic Medicine Overview
Part I. FHH, Genomics, and Disease Risk
2. Family Health History’s Place in Genomic Medicine
3. FHH as a driver of genetic testing
4. FHH contextualizes genetic test results
5. FHH help to identify existing and new genetic markers
6. Lineage specific variants: principles and detection (Brian Shirts)
7. FHH, gene-environment interactions
8. Finding Effective Interventions in the Genomic era
9. Tools for FHH collection and Analysis
10. Applying algorithms, Epidemiology, Evidence-based intervention (Beth Hauser)
11. Genetic counseling: description and purpose (Adam Buchanan)
12. Closing the loop: patient followup
Part III. Primary Care in the Genomic Era
13. Prognosis for FHH-social networking for extended families, consent issues
14. Conclusion: The future: Whole genome sequencing, familial variant database, gene editing
Vincent Henrich
Dr. Vincent Henrich is Professor Emeritus of Biology and former Director of the Center for Biotechnology, Genomics, and Health Research at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His research interests include gene-environment interactions affecting conditions and nuclear receptor biology. Additionally, he has conducted extensive research related to the connection between family health history and genomic and genetic diagnostics, as a basis for assessing an individual’s vulnerability to serious medical conditions and diseases. Dr. Henrich and Dr. Lori Orlando collaborate on the Guilford Genomic Medicine Initiative, a project funded by the Department of Defense to implement family health history usage and appropriate genetic testing into primary care settings. His main responsibility for this project is overseeing genetic counseling and education programs for physicians and patients.
Professor Emeritus, Former Director of the Center for Biotechnology, Genomics, and Health Research, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA
Lori Orlando
Dr. Lori Orlando is Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the Precision Medicine Program in the Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine at Duke University. Her major research interests are decision making and patient preferences, implementation research, risk stratification for preventive health services, and decision modeling. In her work at the Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine, Dr. Orlando leads the development and implementation of MeTree, a patient-facing family health history based risk assessment and clinical decision support initiative. Dr. Orlando collaborates and has published papers with Dr. Henrich related to the Guilford Genomic Medicine Initiative, where she leads the development of clinical protocols to obtain and assess family health history, implement evidence-based medical recommendations to reduce disease risk, and develop follow-up procedures that maintain patient flow.
Director, Program in Precision Medicine, Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine, Duke University, USA
Brian Shirts
Brian Shirts, M.D., is an Associate Professor and Associate Director of the University of Washington, Department of Laboratory Medicine's Genetics and Solid Tumor Laboratory. Dr. Shirts’ specialty is genetic testing for hereditary cancer risk and other complex hereditary traits. His goal is to create systems that allow the highest quality genetic testing possible for all patients. Dr. Shirts earned his M.D. and Ph.D. at the University of Pittsburgh. He is board certified in both Clinical Pathology and Molecular Genetic Pathology. His clinical interests include improving strategies for detection and classification of rare mutations, as well as the clinical classification of rare genetic variants of uncertain significance. Dr. Shirts' research interests include developing communication strategies to help physicians and families learn about complex genetic information. A special interest is in family-centric personalized healthcare using genetic information.
Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, USA
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Ochratoxin A - CAS 303-47-9 - Calbiochem
494128 Sigma-AldrichOchratoxin A - CAS 303-47-9 - Calbiochem
Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin that acts through mechanisms such as the inhibition of protein synthesis, and may also be mediated by organic anion transporters (OATs).
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Ochratoxin A - CAS 303-47-9 - Calbiochem MSDS (material safety data sheet) or SDS, CoA and CoQ, dossiers, brochures and other available documents.
Synonyms: Ochratoxin A, Aspergillus ochraceus, OTA
C₂₀H₁₈ClNO₆ 303-47-9
Overview Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin that acts through mechanisms such as the inhibition of protein synthesis, and may also be mediated by organic anion transporters (OATs). OTA is indicated to play a role in down-regulating the expression of protective enzymes against oxidative stress. It is known to accumulate in several tissues of the body but is primarily localized in the kidney where it impairs proximal tubular functions, and thereby causes nephrotoxicity, glucosuria, enzymuria, and a decrease in the transport of para-aminohippuric acid (PAH). It also acts as an immunosuppressant and as a potent teratogen and carcinogen.
Synonyms Ochratoxin A, Aspergillus ochraceus, OTA
References Anzai, N., et al. 2010. Toxins 2, 1381.
Chopra, M., et al. 2010. Cell Biol. Toxicol. 26, 239.
Luhe, A., et al. 2002. Tox. Sci. 73, 315.
Dirheimer, G., et al. 1991. IARC Swci Publ. 115, 171.
CAS number 303-47-9
Form Off-white powder
Hill Formula C₂₀H₁₈ClNO₆
Chemical formula C₂₀H₁₈ClNO₆
Structure formula Image
R Phrase R: 28-38-60-61
Very toxic if swallowed.
Irritating to skin.
May impair fertility.
May cause harm to the unborn child.
S Phrase S: 24/25-36/37/39-45
Avoid contact with skin and eyes.
Wear suitable protective clothing, gloves and eye/face protection.
In case of accident or if you feel unwell, seek medical advice immediately (show the label where possible).
Ship Code Ambient Temperature Only
Toxicity Highly Toxic & Carcinogenic / Teratogenic
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Ochratoxin A - CAS 303-47-9 - Calbiochem SDS
Ochratoxin A - CAS 303-47-9 - Calbiochem Certificates of Analysis
Anzai, N., et al. 2010. Toxins 2, 1381.
Revision 11-October-2016 JSW
Description Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin that acts through mechanisms such as the inhibition of protein synthesis, and may also be mediated by organic anion transporters (OATs). OTA is indicated to play a role in down-regulating the expression of protective enzymes against oxidative stress. It is known to accumulate in several tissues of the body but is primarily localized in the kidney where it impairs proximal tubular functions, and thereby causes nephrotoxicity, glucosuria, enzymuria, and a decrease in the transport of para-aminohippuric acid (PAH). It also acts as an immunosuppressant and as a potent teratogen and carcinogen.
Structure formula
Solubility DMSO (50 mg/ml; nearly colorless solution)
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The gay lifestyle ‐ spaces for a subculture of consumption
Craig Haslop (Marketing Executive, Wyvern Direct Response, Cambridge, UK)
Helene Hill (Lecturer, Department of Retailing and Marketing, The Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK)
Ruth A. Schmidt (Acting Head of Department, Department of Retailing and Marketing, The Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK)
Marketing Intelligence & Planning
Publication date: 1 September 1998
Presents a study of designated gay service environments. Conceptually, the study draws together ideas and frameworks from the consumption literature and from the study of service environments. Analyses issues surrounding gay cultural socialization and its effect on consumption patterns and expression through service environments. The study of the interplay between gay subculture and servicescapes is grounded in qualitative and observational data through field work conducted in the Manchester “gay village”. Findings indicate that communitas, individualism and diversity are key facets of the subculture, with bars being used as individual expressions of identity, moods and emotions. Other influences on consumption patterns include interpersonal interaction with friends, the hetero‐ and homosexual cultural interface, and the ambience of the service environment. Discusses implications for the service marketer, such as the application of marketing models to the creation of servicescapes which reflect and suit the subcultures they are designed for; and raises issues for marketing methodology by noting the value of consumption‐based research in creating a picture of the “gay” lifestyle.
Haslop, C., Hill, H. and Schmidt, R. (1998), "The gay lifestyle ‐ spaces for a subculture of consumption", Marketing Intelligence & Planning, Vol. 16 No. 5, pp. 318-326. https://doi.org/10.1108/02634509810229937
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Edward Hospital
Patients and visitors Visiting Edward Hospital During your stay Wings of Hope Angel Garden Share
Wings of Hope Angel Garden
Edward Hospital's Wings of Hope Angel Garden is a special place where parents who have lost a baby can honor their child’s life.
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Inspiration for the garden, which opened in 2010, came from four SHARE moms, in partnership with the Edward Foundation. SHARE is a national support network for anyone whose life has been touched by the tragic loss of a child through miscarriage, stillbirth or early infant death. Find a SHARE support group.
The four moms, Carrie Wrona of Plainfield, Laura Morgan of Naperville, Stephanie Fiore of Lisle and Amanda Albaugh of Oswego, had all participated in SHARE groups following their own losses in 2004 and 2005. They promoted the idea of the new garden, offered input into the design, and provided funds raised through A Walk to Remember, an annual event since 2005.
"It's important that grieving parents have a place to go to seek peace and comfort," says Wrona. "I lost my son, Jacob, in 2004. You never completely get over this kind of loss, but helping make the new garden a reality has let us put our grief into something positive that can help other families."
The Wings of Hope Angel Garden is located close to Edward Hospital’s South entrance. Visitors to the garden will find a soothing and serene environment, featuring brick walls (including a butterfly wall where parents can memorialize their baby), benches, a fountain and lovely plants that attract butterflies.
"The wings of the angel and of the butterflies gave us the idea for the name of the garden," says Wrona. "The wings of hope for a better tomorrow help carry us through the difficult times."
Parents can use the garden to start a family tradition of visiting their baby’s memorial, especially if there wasn’t a formal funeral service or a gravesite. Many families attend the Wings of Hope Angel Garden Annual Blessing, which includes a butterfly release, held in the garden in June.
Families are invited to purchase a memorial feature for the garden, such as an etched brick paver, etched butterfly or garden element. For more information, contact 630-527-3263.
Edward SHARE is grateful to the donors who helped make this garden possible, including a number of medical staff members and Edward employees, and DuPage Valley Anesthesiologists for donating the fountain. The following companies also donated a portion of their services in order to make this Garden a reality: Clarence David and Company, Hitchcock Design, and Power Construction.
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Darcey Bussell says she'll still be watching Strictly following departure
She quit the role in April
By Entertainment Daily
11 Jun 2019, 15:02 Updated: 11 Jun 2019, 15:03
Dame Darcey Bussell will be tuning in with the rest of the UK to watch Strictly Come Dancing now she has quit her role as a judge on the BBC One ballroom show.
The 50-year-old retired ballerina shocked bosses and fans in April when she announced she was departing the series after seven years.
However, when the programme starts again later this year she won't be turning her back on it and will instead tune in to see how the class of 2019 copes with the cha-cha-cha and all the other dances.
Darcey was on the show for seven series (Credit: BBC)
Revealing her future Saturday night plans, she said: "I coach dancers at the Royal Ballet so I'll be watching their shows but otherwise I'll probably be with my family watching Strictly!"
Adding that she plans to drop in on her former friends on the show, she continued: "I'll feel very odd. It's such a wonderful show and such a great team and I will miss all of them dreadfully, though I'll be visiting without fail. I've got a lot of friends."
Darcey knows that when the show starts again she will miss not being part of it and accepts it will feel strange to see someone else in her chair next to the other judges; Craig Revel Horwood, Bruno Tonioli and Shirley Ballas.
Darcey will be watching the show (Credit: BBC)
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But the 50-year-old TV star has no regrets about her decision and is grateful to have had so many wonderful years on the panel.
I coach dancers at the Royal Ballet so I'll be watching their shows but otherwise I'll probably be with my family watching Strictly!
In an interview with the Metro newspaper, she said: "Of course I'll miss it. You don't take a decision like that lightly but it was right for me to leave. I've been very lucky to do seven good years and I've enjoyed every minute of it but I have no regrets."
Darcey has no regrets about her decision (Credit: BBC)
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Craig recently spilled that he has been told the new Strictly Come Dancing judge is "someone that can actually dance".
However, he said bosses won't share the person's identity with him as he can't be trusted to keep a secret.
In an interview on ITV daytime show This Morning, he said: "They did say it's someone that can actually dance, it's got to be someone opinionated...
"But they won't tell me, apparently I can't be trusted!"
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Entrepreneurs, fasten your seat belts. Whether you’re starting up your dream business this year or managing your established small company, 2016 will be a rollercoaster ride of potential opportunity — and pitfalls. Here are five trends to watch closely so you can jump on or off at the right time for your business:
1. The online lending market will grow – but unwary borrowers beware!
The online lending sector of the financial technology (fintech) industry exploded in 2015 and shows no signs of slowing down this year. These lenders attract entrepreneurs by offering faster, more streamlined application processes than traditional banks. They are a true market disruptor: who doesn’t want to fill out an online form and get loan approval mere hours later?
But be careful. These online lenders aren’t regulated the same way as banks, and you need to read the fine print carefully. Generally, these lenders focus on merchant cash advances (with a payment arrangement that takes weekly or even daily dips from your incoming cash) or working capital loans with repayment front loaded into the first few months of the loan term. Their terms may be unclearly stated, and unsophisticated borrowers can find themselves on the hook for as much as 30 to 80 percent in rates and fees.
Online lenders have a place in the business landscape: they pressure traditional banks to pay more attention to small businesses and startups, and they can help you kick start your new business or put operational upgrades in place. There is already a movement afoot for lending organizations and financial service firms to support a Small Business Borrowers’ Bill of Rights. But until standards are in place, make sure you’re crystal clear on the APR and cash flow implications of any loan you take out online.
Related: Seeking Capital Online Instead of From a Bank May Be Your Startup's Best Option
2. Banks will edge back into the (small) lending business
And it’s about time. Lower-dollar business loans have dwindled in the last ten years, even as Small Business Association funding caps have risen. In 2015, 79 percent of SBA loans were greater than $350,000, and most big banks would only consider applications from businesses with a minimum two-year financial track record. That left a lot of entrepreneurs out in the cold.
In 2016, thanks in part to the market threat presented by the booming fintech industry, traditional banks will ease back into lower-dollar lending and will explore alternative funding options. Karen Mills, former SBA chief, expects banks to move towards greater online automation themselves, and perhaps even partner with online lenders.
Since the SBA only guarantees loans through traditional banks, anything those banks do to open up to smaller businesses is good news for everyone.
Related: The Real Reason Banks Deny Loans to Many Small-Business Owners
3. The SBA has plenty of money to fund your business in 2016, but watch those rates.
SBA approved $23.6 billion in business funding in 2015, and the 7(a) funding cap for fiscal year 2016 is currently set at $26.5 billion. SBA loans are still the resource of choice for many entrepreneurs (my company, Guidant Financial, saw a 200 percent increase in SBA lending services last year). SBA is out in front of most traditional banks with its online application process and continues to streamline their processes.
But do your math, and keep a close eye on the Fed. SBA loans are variable and reset quarterly: with a volatile worldwide stock market and potentially rising interest rates in 2016, these loans will become more expensive than in the past 5–7 years.
Related: When Seeking an SBA Loan, Remember the 5 C's
4. Boomer entrepreneurs’ usage of 401(k) business financing will continue to climb.
Baby boomers continue to surge as a percentage of entrepreneurs. The 2015 Kaufmann Index found that people age 55-64 make up a quarter of all new entrepreneurs.
These owners are often in the enviable position of having ample retirement savings that they can use to fund a new business without tax penalties. The Rollover as Business Startup (ROBS) strategy can fully fund their business, or work as an equity injection in conjunction with a traditional SBA loan. This strategy has been in use for over a decade and has become increasingly popular since 2008. With rising interest rates, this popularity will only increase as ROBS does not have traditional loan fees associated with it, nor is it affected by the stock market.
The advantages of ROBS? Avoiding the higher costs of alternative lending or traditional loans, and providing the equity reassurance to loan underwriters, even in the absence of a two-year track record of business. But as with any investment, ROBS can be a risk. Canny entrepreneurs will make sure their business plans are rock-solid, and then put their retirement funds back to work.
Related: This Alternative Financing Avenue Allows You to Tap Into Retirement Funds
5. Get ready for business to hit the brakes in August through early November.
It’s common for presidential elections to derail the momentum of the economy as candidates make undeliverable promises or dire threats, and Congress freezes like a deer in headlights. Already, small business owners’ confidence is wobbling and may result in self-imposed delays in startups or acquisitions.
We’ll know more about the potential benefits or challenges for small business when clear candidates emerge and take specific positions on issues like tax changes, industry regulation and health care.
There’s a lot to keep your eye on in 2016. But for entrepreneurs who build and execute solid financial and operational plans, and keep a clear eye on their funding options, 2016 can be a banner year. Remember that opportunity always feels like a rollercoaster. Buckle up and enjoy the ride!
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FIFA 10: Ultimate Team
You can't win anything with cards.
Review by Nick Cowen, Contributor
Updated on 3 March 2010
FIFA 09's Ultimate Team downloadable expansion was something of a surprise hit last year. According to EA, downloads numbered in six figures and there were reportedly around 35 million in-game card packs purchased, either with real money or in-game coins earned by playing the mode. This means that not only did those hundreds of thousands of players invest £7.99 in Ultimate Team, but a large portion of them either sunk a ton of playing time into it or opened their wallets and spent.
Once these figures came in, it was a pretty safe bet that FIFA 10 would include an Ultimate Team mode - and, now that it's finally here, it's likely to be an ever bigger success than last year's DLC. Why? Firstly, it offers a far faster, deeper and altogether better package than the FIFA 09 equivalent. Secondly, it's being sold at the cheaper price of £3.99 (or 400 Microsoft Points).
If you're new to the concept of the Ultimate Team mode, then imagine the FIFA manager mode played as a hybrid of FIFA, speed chess and top trumps. Players start the game with a randomly selected set of playing cards which include players, a stadium and handy items such as player contracts, training cards and staff cards. They then select a squad and a formation and can begin to build their teams.
The Magic: The Gathering it's OK to like.
The objective is to build up the best side possible by swapping cards and buying booster decks. Players can buy these cards using either real-world cash or in-game coins that they earn through playing games against online opponents or the local AI. Anyone who played this mode last year gets a couple of perks going in: the new DLC imports the name of their club (although you can feel free to rename it) and tags it with last year's date, to advertise the fact that they've already put in a season. More importantly, they get two free gold booster packs.
The number of players available for use this year has been widened to include around 7500 from 29 leagues. Cards can be acquired from other players in the trade section of the game, if you're prepared to do a bit of haggling. Player cards can also be bought at auction; a new aspect of the mode allows players to monitor ongoing auctions and swoop in with a bid at the last minute. The in-game Coins are the only type of currency that can be used at auctions, so players will need to have logged a decent amount of playing time to have any chance of outbidding the opposition.
Those who can't be bothered with this sort of horse-trading have the option to buy player cards in booster packs which are available from the store. The booster decks come in three tiers: Bronze, Silver and Gold. However, those have now been broken into a further two categories, standard and premium packs, which guarantee players a higher return on their investment. They're priced accordingly; the decks start at 500 Coins for a Bronze pack. At Silver level players can start spending real-world money; the cost of the decks starts at 45p for a Silver and ends at 7500 Coins (or around £1.19) for a Premium Gold pack. This of course, means that players with deeper pockets have something of an advantage to begin with.
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Jurassic World and Mercedes' Compelling Social Content.
How Mercedes and Jurassic World teamed up on social content and used a cool Twitter feature to build buzz before their big premieres.
Matthew Klein
July 3, 2015 - 3 min. read
Jurassic World was one of this year’s most anticipated screen releases. That was as true on social media as anywhere else, where franchise fans were eating up any new information on the first installment in fourteen years.
Adding significantly to the eagerness was the fact that Mercedes Benz partnered with Universal for the movie and was debuting a brand new model of Mercedes in the film.
Taking advantage of Twitter’s features
But, instead of giving the first glimpse of the GLE Coupé during the movie, they took advantage of a cool, somewhat underused Twitter feature to unleash the first image of the new model on the network, engaging their audience and creating buzz in a way that worked well with the studio’s pre-release campaigns.
The feature is known as Flock to Unlock. It’s simple, but it’s a good way to build not only engagement but repeat engagement with your content. It’s something that people have been doing informally since Twitter’s early days—once a certain number of retweets was reached, something cool happens—often exclusive content gets released.
Recently Twitter made it an official feature for advertisers. Brands no longer have to count the number of engagements themselves and tweet out the “prize” separately. Content can be automatically revealed once a certain number of engagements has been attained.
Mercedes’ social media teams had fans tweet with the hashtag #unlockalphacar. Once a tweet threshold had been reached, they finally sent out the first image of the GLE Coupé into the world. It was met with major excitement from their fans.
In fact it was a double reveal, since the pic also gave a first peek at one of the most mysterious characters in the new flick—the Indominus Rex, which had before only been seen in part, in the image below. Jurassic fans were so excited about the dinosaur debut that it got a good amount of earned media coverage as well.
“How can we stand in the light of discovery and not act?” pic.twitter.com/JBssyMijhC
— Colin Trevorrow (@colintrevorrow) 17 Avril 2015
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And after the image was unlocked, they posted a video of the new auto in action, which Universal also released on its own channels.
The new GLE Coupé is set to rock your #JurassicWorld on June 12th. See it in action here: https://t.co/xepjMgEved
— Mercedes-Benz (@MercedesBenz) 18 Mai 2015
Mercedes’ campaigns for the movie went beyond Twitter engagement. They also released a high-quality video with shots of the car on set and in the film, which racked up 100k+ views. It didn’t hurt that the film’s stars, Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt, talked up the new GLE in the short. The video racked up a lot of coverage, not least among the automotive press.
So what can be learned here? Mercedes’ content worked particularly well here because it “fit” with the studio’s campaigns and even with the film itself. The video of the GLE they released was more like a movie trailer than a traditional car video. And their Flock to Unlock—appropriately for such a suspenseful film—counted on the audience’s anticipation and engagement, rather than just releasing content out of the blue. And, when partnering, a little cross promotion goes a long way.
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Harry Cline Farm Press Editorial Staff | Jul 21, 2001
This is not your typical farm publication article. No revolutionary innovation here, unless survival qualifies as something out of the ordinary.
No segment of California and Arizona agriculture today is free of serious financial struggles, except maybe dairymen. A bookie could do well making the rounds of coffee shops taking bets on who will be the first to go down and the last operation standing when 2001 is over.
Travel the Far West and ask farmers how they are faring and they'll say not well. More than likely you also will hear the name of a Kings County, Calif., farm mentioned with a sense of admiration as farmers talk about their plights. Westlake is its name and besides being one of the largest farms in California, the Howe family made a decision early last spring that continues to reverberate through the West.
Westlake decided NOT to grow one acre of cotton this season. The Stratford, Calif., farm went from 15,000 acres of cotton averaging the highest yield in the farm's history last season to zero — nada — zilch — not one acre of cotton and people continue to talk about it.
More than a few other cotton producers wish they had made the same decision — and rice growers, and corn growers, and sugar beet growers, and tomato growers — and —.
No one forced Westlake to mothball its gin and stop growing cotton. There was no government bailout, no flood, no looming insect horde — just no profit in cotton.
It has proven to be a profoundly prophetic decision.
Westlake's managing partner Ceil Howe Jr. has become the Smith-Barney of California cotton farmers — all row crop farmers for that matter.
The Howe family decision spoke volumes early last spring when the expansive Kings County, Calif., operation went from being one of the state's largest cotton producers to a non-cotton farmer.
Ceil; brother David; son Ceil Howe III; cousin John felt anything but wise late on a Monday afternoon last February when they stood before the family farm's 80 employees — some with three decades of employment at Westlake — and told them 65 would be picking up their last paychecks the following Wednesday because Westlake was ending a cotton-growing tradition dating back a half century.
It was a decision that tore at the hearts of the family farming operation. “I could not sleep before that meeting, and I still can't sleep now when I get to thinking about it,” admits Ceil Jr.
The Howes' decision roared through the Western cotton industry like a prairie wildfire. It was a blast furnace of reality most everyone was facing. Westlake was one of the first and few to face it head-on by dropping cotton completely as a summer crop. Most others planted hoping for a profit.
Curious decision
It also was admittedly a curious decision. After all cotton was 50 cents a pound then. Planting season was a month away and everyone knows a wet spring could reduce acreage and bolster price.
Experts were predicting a cotton price rally, and a government emergency bailout was almost certain.
“It makes better sense than to plant cotton in a 40-cent market and hope it will get to 65 so you can break even.”
Regardless, Howe said there was too much uncertainty ahead. Energy prices were very high, and no one knew which way they'd go from there. Westlands Water District was being promised only 15 percent of its allocated water supply; the state water project only 30 percent. Westlake was faced with running wells all summer, and no clue what the energy costs would be to do it.
Howe said the numbers for 2001 cotton were all red, and the bankers were not happy about cotton. It took the Howes three days to decide not to grow cotton, something that has not happened at Westlake in more than five decades.
Grow to lose?
“What made it even worse was that we were coming off our best crop ever — a 1,344-pound average yield on 15,000 acres,” said Howe.
“We might have found financing elsewhere…we might have been able to grow a little cotton and go somewhere else to gin it.
“But, why grow it to lose money,” he said. “It makes more sense to buy cotton futures and options than to produce it — buy a call at 40 and run it to 65, sell it and make 15 cents per pound.
“It makes better sense than to plant cotton in a 40-cent market and hope it will get to 65 so you can break even,” said Howe.
“We got out of the cotton business because it does not make sense to grow something to lose money,” said Howe Jr., the third generation of the Howe family to farm on the West Side of the San Joaquin Valley.
Fast forward to July. Cotton prices since February dipped below 40 cents per pound on New York Futures. They've rebounded, but are still below February levels. California's energy crisis has become a full-blown nightmare. Water allocations were only imperceptibly bumped up since February.
And the Howe family has become the smartest cotton farmers in California. The 56-year-old Ceil is the most visible of the Howe family and is constantly reminded of his family's reputation when he is around his peers. When a fellow producer shakes hands with Ceil these days, it's almost always accompanied with a smile of envy.
Howe doesn't profess to the gift of prophecy. “It was dumb luck. If cotton had gone to 80 cents, we would have been the dumbest cotton farmers in California.”
Others are trying to figure how to get out of their 2001 Acala or upland cotton crop without seeing their farms sold on the courthouse steps. They can only wish they were in Ceil's boots.
Farming is like any business. There are successful producers and there are those who go broke. And usually both happen with little fanfare or notice.
Westlake is not your run-of-the mill farm — even by California standards. The Howe family farms more than 60,000 acres in the Tulare Lake Basin. Westlake has grown as much as 25,000 acres of cotton and is one of Calcot's largest growers. One year Westlake delivered 57,000 bales of cotton to the cooperative.
Westlake has been an innovator for decades. It developed its own varieties; was an early day adapter of 30-inch cotton and harvested it with a stripper; was one of the first to grow Pima cotton in the San Joaquin Valley; successfully implemented wetlands programs to mitigate the impact of drainage water on waterfowl; quadrupled cotton yields on some of the toughest, saline SJV farmland through drainage and reclamation, and operated one of the most modern gins on the West Coast.
And, Westlake was the 1995 Far West Cotton Foundation/Western Farm Press High Cotton Award winner for its leadership and stewardship.
Wheat and alfalfa
“This year we are farming only 11,000 acres of winter wheat and 2,000 acres of alfalfa hay,” said Howe.
Most of the remainder is fallow, although, Westlake has leased a small acreage to others to produce cotton and is working with a Lemoore food processor to dispose of processing tomato waste-water, using it to grow silage corn.
“We also are working on selling some water and are looking at selling some land to southern California municipalities for composting biosolids and green waste and spreading it on our land,” Howe added.
Westlake is also working on placing dairies on its land or getting into the dairy business itself and growing silage corn. Howe's also dealing to sell land and lease it back.
“I have not quit. When you quit, you die. There are ways to survive, and we are identifying them — it is just a matter of going forward.”
His goal is to reduce debt incurred by Westlake in the 1980s followed by several low-yielding years. “You can survive if you can reduce debt, and that is what we are trying to do right now. It is no secret that debt is what will bring you down today.”
In the meantime, the “For Sale” sign continues to be on Westlake where it has been for four years, admits Howe.
“We have just quit farming cotton and I don't see us getting back into cotton next year either. It is going to be tough for cotton to survive here. Row crop farming in California is going to change dramatically over the next five years,” said Howe. Go down the list of row crops and none offers a profit today.
It will take a 70-cent cotton futures market in January to get an appointment with a banker to talk about financing in 2002. And, Howe says the banker will only see the smaller grower not faced with severe government payment limitations or without a heavy debt load.
“You can survive on 2.75-ton wheat at the ugly price of $120 per ton. But, you are going to have to keep your input costs real low and not carry much debt,” he said.
Of course, alfalfa hay can be profitable as it is right now and as long as dairymen remain profitable.
However, for cotton Howe said it would take either a change in the U.S. monetary policy or some heavyweight government support without payments limitations for it to survive on the vast West Side of the San Joaquin Valley.
America's strong dollar has shut the export door for American cotton, and he does not expect that to change. “The administration is committed to the strong dollar, which is Bush's veiled way of subsidizing foreign governments,” Howe said.
Dollar most hurtful
American agriculture has been hurt most by the strong dollar. Unlike American manufacturers who can go overseas to make products, U.S. farmers cannot move their operations.
“However, from what I have been reading, a lot of American businesses are starting to realize what farmers have for several years — you cannot sell overseas with a strong dollar,” he said.
Howe is as candid about the plight of Westlake as he is with most subjects. Howe believes unless the federal government realizes that American agriculture is a matter of national security, farmers will continue go to out of business.
He is puzzled why the government allows banks, food companies and just about any business other than farming to grow by mergers.
“Why does a farmer have to remain small in the government's eyes? Farmers should be allowed to become national and international like other businesses,” he said. Government payment limitations are only making farmers struggle.
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by Joe Fontenot
This is an adaptation from my new book, Minimalist Marketing: How Entrepreneurs and Nonprofits are Reaching Their Audience Without a Marketing Budget.
Are you familiar with gamification? It’s what makes Facebook so addictive and why credit card points are so popular.
Formally speaking, gamification is moving your audience to engage (or continue engaging) with your product or service through the elements of game. But, unlike its name may imply, gamification is not about games. It’s about the elements that makes games successful.
Here are five elements of gamification that you can build into your product or service to make it harder for your audience to resist.
1. Points
Points are the smallest way of showing progress. And showing progress is what motivates your users to stay connected.
As Zichermann and Linder write in The Gamification Revolution, points “track behavior, keep score, and provide feedback.”Points in a business environment usually look like some form of currency. I get points on my Amazon Visa card. Some purchases get me more points than others, and all of them can be used as cash on Amazon (or just cashed out).
But points also define how your users interact with you.
Kevin Werbach and Dan Hunter note in For the Win points can be used to define competition, they can be used for the “dopamine drip of constant feedback,” or they can be used to show progression without being promoting competition.
But points are a bit limited by themselves, and so they are often used with badges.
2. Badges
Badges are a form of identity.
When I completed a certification as a copywriter, the certifying agency send me a digital badge I could put on my website or in my email signature. Badges are a way of quantifying points.
Badges, write Zichermann and Linder, generate “a touch point for the gamified system to communicate with the users, bringing them back into the experience.”
Because badges show accomplishment, they use the persuasive force of consistency (from chapter four) to move their holders to re-engage. After all, they’ve put this much in, they may as well continue.
And so badges have the dual ability to show the outside world what a certain amount of points gets, while also working to keep the badge holder engaged.
3. Levels
Like badges, levels communicate identity, but they do it though community. While an individual gets a badge to stand out from the crowd, being at a certain level signifies camaraderie with others at that same level.
Academic degrees, staff titles (like “pastor” or “executive director”), and customer labels (such as “preferred status” or “beta testers”) all act as level designators. Levels indicate hierarchy and “provide users with a sense of progress and accomplishment”
This comes in handy when you need to mobilize your audience to act on your behalf, such as with influencers or brand ambassadors.
By providing a certain level of accomplishment, those lower on the hierarchy look to higher levels as authorities within your brand.
4. Letterboards
Letterboards are a public display of status. But unlike badges and levels, letterboards are reserved for the high scores. By getting to a letterboard status, a person (or group) has signified that they are elite.
But letterboards can backfire. If they are the only element in your gamification, they can be demoralizing, acting as a display announcing everyone who’s not a winner.
“Several studies have shown that introducing a letterboard alone in a business environment will usually reduce performance rather than enhance it,” write Werbach and Hunter.
One way to build a good letterboard is to emphasize several factors to compete on. Doing this allows people with different strengths to excel.
But it also removes the focus of a singular competitive point. If, say, three to five competitive factors are registering, it’s easier to show multiple legitimate winners who would not otherwise be listed. Doing this increases morale by communicating that different strengths are valued.
5. Rewards
Everything to this point has been peer-focused. Rewards, on the other hand, are primarily user-focused. It’s the benefit of playing.
“The goal of a good gamified system,” writes Zichermann and Linder, “is to offer a set of rewards that activates the users’ intrinsic desires, while leveraging external incentives and pressure where appropriate.”
This is important, because it will ultimately be the intrinsic—or internal—motivations that drive your audience. (This is similar to the StoryBrand notion of the internal problem.)
However, it will be the external elements that others see, and that in turn motivate others to join in. Zichermann and Linder conclude: “Gamified systems lean heavily on psychological and virtual rewards for driving meaningful behavior.”
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Ex-school aide expected to plead guilty in child porn case
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) -- A former elementary school volunteer in Prince George's County charged with more than a dozen federal counts of sexual exploitation of a minor is expected to enter a guilty plea in the case.
Court records show 23-year-old Deonte Carraway of Glenarden is scheduled to enter a plea at a hearing Monday in federal court in Greenbelt.
Carraway was charged with 15 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor to produce child pornography. Prosecutors say Carraway abused or recorded children performing sexual acts at Judge Sylvania W. Woods Elementary School or at the Glenarden Community Center where he ran a youth choir. According to indictments, Carraway also recorded children performing sexual acts inside their homes.
Carraway also faces some 270 state charges.
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