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THE DARKEST PERIOD IN NIGERIA’S FOOTBALL HISTORY!
Solomon Ojeagbase 1 November 23, 2014 2:52 pm
Nigeria are out of AFCON 2015. Surprisingly, the world has not ended!
The way the country has been handling several recent football matters gives an impression that the country will cease to exist, or will suffer some catastrophe should government intervene (as it should, being the only organ with the muscle and resources to do so) and try to fix the present decaying and unproductive system.
Take the recent elections into the Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation for example. Or, the firing and re-instatement of Stephen Keshi. Or, even the money-sharing episode of the players on the eve of Nigeria’s last match at the 2014 World Cup. Or the forced invitation by the public of a player coach Keshi had publicly rejected.
In every one of those instances, a frenzy of faulty reactions was generated and government did not do what it should because of the prediction that a catastrophe looms if government interferes and ensures that the right things are done. The country, therefore, did not handle the issue of the elections correctly and fairly, and fell for players’ blackmail by rewarding them before a match was played. Through some of these actions or inactions, the seeds of failure were planted.
In short, Nigeria would always do anything to avert the threat of a ban by FIFA, or the threat by players not to play a match until pre-rewarded, or any threat from any source. For years, such fear has driven the country to cultivate, nurse and sustain a cancer that has now almost destroyed the fabric of its football as clearly manifested in all but one of the matches of the Super Eagles since the 2014 World Cup!
Nigeria’s football has never been this bad and this poorly advertised. There is crisis everywhere. Nigeria now finds herself struggling to defeat teams she should, under normal circumstances, have had for breakfast.
So, here I am lamenting Nigeria’s loss to South Africa Wednesday night.
On Thursday morning, Nigerians’ worst fears have become reality. I am about to discover the truth about the predicted consequences of that loss.
I wake up early so as not to miss anything.
I open the gates to my little home in Lagos to confront the scenes that I believed would await all Nigerians outside their homes the morning after 35,000 of them, inside the glittering, magnificent, new state-of-the-art stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, and millions around the world, witnessed the dismemberment of their beloved Super Eagles by a bunch of determined, focused and gutsy youngsters from Johannesburg who had come to Nigeria to attempt to re-write the history of the confrontation between the two countries since 1993, when they first met in an international match. So far, South Africa have failed to make a dent on Nigeria’s clean record against them in any competitive match.
Nigeria had sacrificed everything the country stood for in terms of justice, equity, fair play, patriotism, the rule of law and integrity to avoid a FIFA ban and to get to this point.
Everyone embraced the result of a badly arranged election into the board of the NFF; interference in the coach’s invitation of players; an unmotivated coach unwanted by his employers but saddled on the team by higher authorities; ill-motivated players that had not demonstrated patriotism by insisting on being paid before playing a crucial match during the World Cup and losing it!
The result of all this is that Congo Brazzaville defeated Nigeria in Calabar, Nigeria, then Sudan defeated Nigeria on their ground, and South Africa came to the country, played the game of their lives, taught Nigerians a few lessons, and Nigeria will not be in Equatorial Guinea for the 2015 AFCON championship!
On Wednesday, the fear that had haunted Nigeria and influenced its decision-making processes over several crises and issues, became a reality!
Well, Wednesday night’s loss was not a result of a FIFA ban, but of the burden of the actions taken or not as a result of the fear of a ban! The team and their performance reflected the present state of Nigerian football!
So, I open my gates. I look outside expecting to see the promise of an Armageddon should Nigeria do the right things and attract a FIFA ban!!
At the same time, I am expecting to see the result of all the corrupt practices, the manipulations, the ignominious disregard of the rule of law, the glaring injustices, side by side the gloom and doom of the night before.
I ‘shine’ my eyes to see more clearly the unbelievable scene that unfolds before me. Something must be wrong, either with me or with the scene.
Or has the news not broken that the ‘giant’ of Africa, the current champions of Africa, the country whose birthright it is to be at every Championship, the fastest growing economy in Africa, and the country with the highest number of professional footballers from Africa in Europe and around the world, has failed to defeat South Africa and qualify for the next African Cup of Nations?
Has the world not heard all the news yet? Why should things be this way? The street is milling with humanity!
There are cars, buses, people and the usual throng of hawkers, traders, tricycle riders, pedestrians, idlers, all doing their thing, oblivious of any catastrophe.
Unbelievable! Nothing seems to have happened to the world. The sun is still hanging out there in the sky to the east.
It Is Humbling!
Some 12 hours after the people have simply put aside the Eagles and have returned to their normal lives. They have accepted the fact that Bafana Bafana have won and the Super Eagles have lost the AFCON ticket. That’s the bottom line. That’s what matters the most – accepting the inevitability of one team winning and the other losing in football, provided it happens on the altar of fair play, friendship and integrity.
So what happened to the doomsday predicted by a section of the media, should Nigeria lose or fail to attend a championship? Nothing. That’s the reality. Nothing happens. The heavens do not fall. Earthquakes are not generated. Life simply goes on with the country bearing the consequences of its handiwork.
It is the needless fear of FIFA and its threat to ban Nigeria that gives life to the present myriad of internal crisis driven by the greed for power and money by a cabal that will not go away, until and unless government intervenes and cleanses it.
Look at what FIFA have now done as a measure of their culpability in the crisis that the administration of football presently faces around the world. FIFA, Nigerians have been told, forbids the settlement of football matters in ordinary courts.
The same FIFA, only last week, sent a petition to a civil court in Switzerland asking it to intervene in the matter of the report of its private investigation into the controversial bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, an issue that is threatening to consume FIFA at the moment!
So, FIFA recognizes and uses the ordinary courts too?
Finally, it is sad that Nigeria will not be at AFCON 2015. But the greater tragedy would be if the country fails to draw useful lessons from the experiences of the past few months, culminating in the worst period in the history of Nigerian football and act now with or without the fear of a FIFA ban! Either way, the world will not end!
I congratulate Bafana Bafana for their fantastic performance Wednesday night!
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Lough Foyle to host a leg of a Round the World Yacht Race – DERRY will host a prestigious round the world yacht race in two years’ time. Work has already begun on preparing infrastructure to accommodate the race, which will serve as a dry run for Derry’s city of culture in 2013. An additional 140 metre pontoon is being installed, to complement the 400 metre berthing area, funded by the EU Interreg programme through the Loughs Agency.
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About a dozen 68ft clippers are expected in July 2012, having crossed the Atlantic from Cape Breton off the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, which shares close historical links with Derry. The transatlantic-leg finish will make history – running cross-Border between Greencastle, Co Donegal, and Magilligan Point, Co Derry, on the far side of Lough Foyle. It will also serve as start for the race’s next leg, which takes the fleet up to The Netherlands and back to the finish in the British port of Hull.
Kinsale, Co Cork, hosted a clipper race leg in 2010 and its entry had mixed fortunes when it ran aground in the Java Sea in January. The crew were rescued and dispersed among nine other competing yachts, and then rejoined the race with a replacement yacht from Panama.
Capt McCann said Derry would host a round Britain-Ireland yacht challenge next year, which would serve as a “trial run”, and he hopes the port will become a location for many maritime events – including the Volvo Ocean Race, which returns to Galway, also in 2012.
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Latest Appeals Case Update: Thank you, Pillsbury For All Your Help!
DV LEAP is delighted to announce a favorable outcome on appeal in another international parental abduction case in which the mother fled an abusive father. DV LEAP, in partnership with our friends at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, submitted a friend-of-the-court (amicus) brief in support of the mother. The Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals ruled that the district court's order allowing the mother and daughter to remain together in the U.S. was appropriate.
We are grateful for Bruce Ericson, Alton Hare, Michael Heins, Kecia Reynolds, and Matthew Stephens from Pillsbury for their dedicated work over the winter holidays to make our brief a topnotch portrayal of how domestic violence is harmful to children even when they have not been directly abused.
A special congratulations goes to both the mother and her deeply committed counsel, David Yohannen, at Quarles & Brady LLP, for protecting their lower court win in the 9th Circuit!
Background on the case:
The legal issue here was whether Ms. Baffoe, mother of a son and daughter, had wrongfully retrieved her son from the abusive father in Canada and returned with him and her daughter to the U.S. The father sued for return of the boy under the Hague Abduction Convention – the question was what the “habitual residence” was for both children, who had been living separately in the U.S. and Canada, due to the abusive father’s wrongful refusal to return the son after a visit.
Ms. Baffoe had been the victim of extensive DV by the father of her children. Our amicus brief did a great job of explaining why a history of adult DV is relevant to the safety and welfare of children in a custody context, and also demonstrating how the father’s DV had resulted in an illegitimate “habitual residence” for the son.
The father appealed first – and the mother cross-appealed. Her main concern was not to lose her daughter after the District Court had let her keep her.
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By Julian Sonny
It's no secret WWE superstars get caught in compromising positions from time to time.
But that's just the nature of pro wrestling, and I can assure you there's nothing more to it.
Unfortunately, not everyone can see that, and some assh*les on Reddit challenged wrestling fans to make dirty WWE memes by slapping the logo for porn site Brazzers on them.
The results are hilariously inappropriate and definitely NSFW, unless you want your coworkers to think you have some sort of problem.
From the days of Hulk Hogan and Ultimate Warrior...
...to today's matches with Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns...
...wrestling can look a little strange at times.
Ever wonder how Brock Lesnar feels when he steps into the ring?
What exactly has Paul Heyman been advocating?
The PG Era looks like it could be finally coming to an end.
Because this is just not family-friendly at all!
What exactly is The Undertaker really doing on the turnbuckle?
And Randy Orton needs to chill out with those surprise attacks.
Of course, we all know how wrestlers really get down.
Some are just more playful than others.
This isn't going to end very well for anyone.
Don't worry, the Divas have their fun, too.
They're actually the messy ones.
Well, they aren't messier than Zack Ryder. Clean yourself up, man.
We've all seen this one before. Shout out to New Day!
RUSEV CRUSH... that ass.
The Miz and Mizdow are a little closer than your average tag-team partners.
Jesus, it's all dried up already!
There can be only one man behind that.
Nothing's worse than zooming into this guy's face.
And how do people actually eat booty?
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Sex Positive St. Louis: Finding Peace at The Facility
by Johnny Murdoc Published: December 27, 2010
Mike Estes
BDSM is on the menu at this fund-raising event, where awareness is elevated, expectations evolve, inhibitions crumble, and sex positivity reaches a higher plateau.
On first examination, The Facility resembles a warehouse that’s been abandoned for the weekend. It’s easy to imagine that, come Monday, it will be filled with blue-collared men and women doing an honest day’s work—until you look to the left and see two metal shelving units, utilitarian in their Home Depot design, displaying a dozen or so foam mannequin heads modeling assorted gags. This isn’t your typical warehouse, and you can’t buy those at your local DIY superstore.
When we arrive, people are busily preparing for the evening’s party. There’s a DJ station complete with a lighting set up that would make some dance clubs envious. There are tables, chairs, and a buffet area filled with (I’m happy to note) a vegetarian’s dream assortment: chips and hummus, assorted nuts and sweets, and a platter filled with whole tangelos. The first few hours are for socializing.
“With this music,” my partner, Evan, says, “it’s like we’re going to Prom.”
Prom in an abandoned warehouse, sure. It’s here that I should admit that I’m not entirely comfortable. The night’s planned events, Kendra Holliday’s Coming Out Party, intimidate me a little. I’m not a kinkster. I’m not in what insiders know to be “the Scene.”
This may look like an abandoned warehouse, but when we go up to the second story we see two men working to complete a St. Andrew’s Cross, an X-shaped wooden framework for restraining willing victims. Around the room there are various pieces of furniture, each of them designed to facilitate a unique interaction between partners. There are suspension beams, a ladder rack, a whipping post, and a shrink wrapping tool. In one corner, there’s an ordinary bed. We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto.
We are, in fact, in Missouri, located in what feels like a forgotten part of St. Louis. We’re here because tonight is also a fundraiser for Sex Positive St. Louis. Along with Anna Banana, David Wraith, and Kendra, I’m hoping to create an environment in this city where people can talk about sexuality openly and have a little fun with it. Tonight is supposed to be the fun part, and while I’m excited, I’m also intimidated.
All of the guests have been pre-registered and screened to ensure that things will go as smoothly as possible. Everyone is required to show legal identification, make a donation, and fill out paperwork providing information from a list of kinks and emergency contact numbers. They’ve been instructed to bring their own restraints and toys.
My friend Ziztur pulls a vibrator out of her coat. She flicks it on and it lights up, like Doctor Who with his sonic screwdriver. Tucked away in another pocket, like her coat is a Swiss Army Knife of sex toys, is a black and purple flogger that I won’t see until later. Ziztur is only one of many friends to show up. It’s their presence that makes this doable.
At 10 p.m., Kendra prepares for her performance, a BDSM scene with her partner, Beast.
The show is both beautiful and upsetting. It’s like watching a dance where one partner knows all of the moves, and the other has no idea what’s coming. Beast puts her through her paces slowly and intercuts the spanks with tender kisses to an exposed shoulder, to her back, to her lips. Part of me is happy for Kendra. This is exactly what she wants. Another part of me has a visceral reaction to watching a man, especially one as physically intimidating as Beast can be, hit a woman. Kendra puts on a convincing show and I squeeze my partner’s hand every time she squeals.
Afterward, Kendra thanks us all, and urges everyone to enjoy themselves. From downstairs, we hear a loud series of cracks. A crowd gathers around the balcony rail. Below, a man is putting on a show with flaming bullwhip. It’s an impressive sight. Strings of fire dance around him, and when he snaps the tip against the concrete floor, the sound is like a gunshot. Heavy with fuel, the whip leaves trails of flame on the concrete.
A woman’s near-orgasmic cries grab my attention. They belong to Velma, a close friend. She’s being held down playfully by three people as Ziztur uses her sonic screwdriver vibrator against Velma’s demim-covered crotch. Velma’s a screamer. Her girlfriend and Ziztur’s husband stand on the other side of the bed, enjoying the show. This arrangement, or something like it, isn’t new to any of them. We have, by almost anyone’s standards, an incredibly sexually liberated circle of friends.
My partner and I have no intention of having sex, here. A week or two before the party, we discussed everything; set the boundaries we expect from one another. This is new territory for us. We’ve been to a couple of strip clubs together, but this is something entirely different.
Surrounded by our friends and strangers in an elaborate and intimate dance, we can’t help but get into the vibe. At one point, we make our way to the bed where Ziztur went at Velma earlier. Other friends of ours occupy it now. We lay down in the free space, only to have the bed break beneath us. A handful of people rush over to help, while our three friends stay on the mattress, frozen mid-coitus.
The bed repaired, Evan and I try again. I push my luck and slide a hand up Evan’s shirt, and occasionally dip into his waistband. I wouldn’t be entirely disappointed if he felt, in the moment, that we could go further than previously discussed. The environment here is positive, almost magical, and undeniably erotic.
I feel another hand on Evan’s back. It belongs to our friend Charlie. At any other event, Evan and I wouldn’t think twice about cuddling with Charlie, or most of our other friends, but this isn’t any other event and Charlie’s other hand is engaged in teasing a woman’s nipples on the opposite side of the bed. I break my kiss with Evan.
“Are you okay with this?” I ask.
“Yeah,” he says, smiling. “Charlie’s hand is on my back. Are you okay with that?”
“Yeah,” I say.
For the two of us, it doesn’t go any further than kissing. We keep getting distracted by the snapping sounds of a whip. Our friend Reed has been shrink-wrapped to a metal column and Ziztur is whipping his chest. Like a kid in a candy store, Ziztur is in her element. My instincts are torn between experiencing this event, and witnessing it. Even here, I think about the words I will use to describe this situation later.
Despite my timidity, there is a part of me that has never felt so at home as I do here, surrounded by close friends. I can’t help but feed off of their happiness and their pleasure, even though this isn’t the kind of pleasure I’m accustomed to seeing them in. The evening gives way to familiarity, to love—and to lust.
My earlier concern is moot. Nothing feels as right as this party. Even the people here that I don’t know, and there are many of them, are an important part of this mix. Almost everyone makes eye contact as they pass one another. Everyone smiles. There’s a small assortment of men who range from the awkward to the downright uncomfortable, but they are the exception, not the rule.
A huge part of the ambience is made possible by SatansMaster. The Facility is the culmination of years of work, a lifelong dream for this man. His unique name aside, SatansMaster is one of the friendliest, kindest people I’ve ever met. The first time we were introduced, he was wearing a Dr. Suess shirt. Tonight, he’s dressed a little more in character, mostly black, mostly leather. Still, there’s nothing scary about him. He watches over the night’s events with a careful eye, making sure everyone is having fun, but also being safe.
At the end of the evening, I thank him for hosting the party and stick my hand out to shake his. He waves it away.
“We hug here,” he says and leans in. He pauses. “Oh,” he says. “Pardon me.” He looks at Evan, then at me. “Which one of you is the boss? I don’t want to step on any toes.”
“No bosses,” we laugh. SatansMaster hugs both of us, asking if we had a good time.
“We did,” I assure him, certain that I’m not going to be able to express just how much of a good time it was.
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Johnny Murdoc is the author of Blowjob 3, a collection of erotic stories, photography and essays. His interests include porn, comics, and copyright law. Johnny’s own erotic comic, Crash Course, is out now from Class Comics. His work can also be found in the collection Rough Love, and in the anthologies Best Gay Erotica 2011 and Skater Boys from Cleis Press.
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__label__cc | 0.500268 | 0.499732 | Here we list research papers and review articles on education in Sri Lanka, sorted by author. Links to documents are provided where available. Unless specified otherwise, all material posted here are open for free and fair use subject to the condition that the posted works (a) should not be changed from its original form (b) not used for commercial purpose and (c) authorship is properly attributed. If you wish to archive your material under these limited copyright conditions please contact coord@educationforum.lk.
Arseculeratne, SN
Establishing a Tradition of Scientific Research in Sri Lanka. Second Professor ST Fernando Memorial Lecture
Banadaranayake, Senake
Turning the Century: Reflections on University Education and Research in Sri Lanka
Ministry Of Youth Affairs and Skills Development (2014). Youth & Development: Realizing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for Sri Lankan Youth
Fernando, JNO
Whither University Education in Sri lanka?. Sixth Professor Sivapathasunderam Memorial Lecture, 2004.
Gamage, Sujata
Consultancy Reports/Outputs:
Corporate plan, University Grants Commission, 2003-2008
Faculty Quality Report 2004/5 For Faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Public University System of Sri Lanka (2006, March)
Quality through Global Connectedness: Benchmarks and Strategies for Universities in Small Developing Countries,Technical Report of the Project funded by the Research on Knowledge Systems (RoKS) Program at the International Development Research Center (IDRC) of Canada (2006, February)
Universities as Knowledge Institutions in Linking Knowledge to Innovation in the Economy and Society: The Role of Universities in Asia. Proceedings of the seminar on K4D, Colombo, Sri Lanka. January 25, 2007, pages 4-17 (See K2I_Report_Jan2007)
Journal Articles:
From Capacity to Presence: Research on Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure Reform in the Internet Age
Accepted for publication in Information Technology and International Development, MIT Press.
Invited lectures/Articles:
Science & Technology Inputs to Information and Communication Infrastructure Development, NASTEC, 2002 (with Rohan Samarajiva)
Tertiary and Vocational Education-A Fresh Approach, Marie Musaeus Higgins-Peter de Abrew Memorial Lecture, Musaeus College, Colombo, August 1, 2003
From Provider to Facilitator: A New Role for government in Tertiary Education, Public Seminar Series-1, Sri Lanka Economics Association, Colombo, October 10, 2003
Post-graduate Research in the Context of New norms of Scholarship, University Grants Commisison Seminar Series, 2004
Need for a Ranking of Higher Education Programs in Sri Lanka, Student Times, December 2005
Choices and Second Chances: Private IT Education in Sri Lanka, Published in iTIMES, Wijeya Publications, Sri lanka, June 2006 (IT_Degrees_Sri Lanka_2005)
Gunawardena, Chandra
Gunawardene, Nalaka
Joy of Learning, October 2002
Jayaweera, Swarna
Nanayakkara, Thrishantha
Stimulating Technological Innovation in Sri Lanka: A study on Research Culture in Sri Lanka.
Samarajeewa, Upali
Research and Research Training in Sri Lanka, 1991-2000, University Grant Commission, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2003
Usvatta-aratchi, G
Sarasvati Meets Lakshmi: Education meets the market. Fourteenth JE Jayasuriya Memorail Lecture, 13 February 2004
What are Universities for?. Professor Sirisena Tilakaratne Memorial Oration. 2004
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__label__cc | 0.72398 | 0.27602 | How to Paint Sea Foam in Acrylics
C.A. Rubino
C.A. Rubino has spent more than 30 years amassing an unusual educational background including a doctorate in metaphysical science, a Master of Arts in Jungian psychology and certification as a Karuna Ki/Reiki master. Currently, he writes for various publications, specializing in religion and spirituality along with topics on alternative health and computer technology.
The ocean is an awe-inspiring sight with a seemingly endless expanse of rolling water that stretches to the horizon. The ocean can be calm and relaxing, fun and playful, romantic and mysterious, or fierce and powerful. The details of the water -- the constant movement of the ocean and the rhythm of the waves -- can be hard to capture on canvas. A subtle detail like the white foam of a rolling breaker or the spray of a cresting wave, however, can easily add movement and realism to your painting that might otherwise be lacking.
Locate a suitable reference to work from. Sea foam is a rapidly changing and dynamic subject that might be very hard to create convincingly from memory alone. Find multiple photographs of breaking waves that you can refer to. You do not have to copy the details exactly, but you want to observe the way the foam interacts with the waves. If you are painting from real life, study waves at each point in the life cycle. Waves break the same almost every time; the only thing that changes is the scale of the wave.
Paint the seascape and the waves. Work your way from the underlying basic colors to the more specific hues of the water. The ocean is not a single color, so use a mixture of different hues and shades to create a convincing seascape.
Form contours of waves with long smooth brush strokes. Follow the path of the water with your brush. The texture of the paint will help create the illusion of shape and movement. Taller waves will have slightly darker water at the base of the wave, while the top will have more light shining through, creating a lighter hue or even a slight glow.
Add the sea foam with a small brush and short quick brush strokes. You can also use a sponge and gently dab to create foam. Use white paint with just a hint of the primary hue of the sky in it. The ocean in real life reflects the color of the sky and the sea foam often will have a hint of this as well. Avoid creating solid blocks of a single color and let flecks of the water peek through, giving the illusion of spray and foam.
Create depth and detail to the foam by adding shadow and shade. When sea foam rolls into a beach or tops a breaking wave, it's a three-dimensional object. The underside of the foam will often be slightly darker than the foam on top. This is easier to see if you are using a photograph as your source. With a small brush, apply a slightly darker hue to the underside of rolling foam or anywhere the light may not be able to reach as well. Blend the transition from dark to light smoothly for a nice, rounded edge.
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__label__wiki | 0.524173 | 0.524173 | VIDEO: Dog therapy session at Eastbourne's Embrace
Gracie the golden retriever with Rose
Published: 16:57 Monday 04 June 2018
Children at Embrace were delighted to be paid a visit by some cuddly canines.
The very good dogs - eight year-old golden retriever Gracie, and 10-year-old labrador Hardy - took part in a chilled-out therapy session at the charity's headquarters in The Old Print Works.
Hardy the labrador chilling out with children and family at Embrace East Sussex
They are 'the two most laid-back dogs in all of Eastbourne' - according to Gracie's owner Karollyn Gould, who volunteers with Pets as Therapy.
While Sally Attfield, who volunteers alongside her loyal companion Hardy at Eastbourne-based charity Canine Concern, has been doing this for seven years.
She said, "I had been doing volunteering at a hospice and I thought it would be a good thing to do.
"They proved to be really great. We started off going to care homes.
"Then one day we went to a scout camp with 900 children and the dogs suddenly became really alive and interacted so differently, so we decided we have got the time, we can go to schools.
"It's lovely to see the difference they make. We trust the dogs, they are very safe.
"We were at an Eastbourne school for our first visit with special needs children.
"The teachers said 'what a lovely atmosphere, it's so calming'.
"One child said 'it's the best day of my life'. It was so moving.
"We go to stroke patients, or people with dementia. Sometimes it brings back the memories, it's really therapeutic.
"The dogs seem to know how they should be, how they should behave in different situations."
While Leanna Forse, of Embrace, explained why the fortnightly sessions are so important for the children who go there.
She said, "The dog therapy sessions are so good for children, both with special educational needs and disabilities, and those without as well.
"They're very relaxing, the children come in and they get a chance to sit there and stroke the dogs.
"And there are children here who I don't see in a relaxed space until they're sitting in there with the dogs in front of them, it's really really lovely."
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Ericsson Mobility Report: 70 percent of world's population using smartphones by 2020
Press release | Jun 03, 2015 07:30 (GMT +00:00)
Advanced mobile technology will be globally ubiquitous by 2020 with 70 percent of people using smartphones and 90 percent covered by mobile broadband networks
Smartphone subscriptions will more than double by 2020, reaching 6.1 billion. Almost 80% of these new subscriptions will come from Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa
By 2020 80 percent of all mobile data traffic will come from smartphones. North America and Europe will continue to have highest data usage per smartphone
Video traffic to grow 55 percent per year until 2020, driven by video streaming services and increasing prevalence of video in online content
Findings from the latest edition of the Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) Mobility Report, published today, show that by 2020 advanced mobile technology will be commonplace around the globe: smartphone subscriptions will more than double, reaching 6.1 billion, 70% of the world's population will be using smartphones, and 90 percent will be covered by mobile broadband networks.
The report, a comprehensive update on mobile trends, shows that growth in mature markets comes from an increasing number of devices per individual. In developing regions, it comes from a swell of new subscribers as smartphones become more affordable; almost 80% of smartphone subscriptions added by year-end 2020 will be from Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa.
With the continued rise of smartphones comes an accelerated growth in data usage: smartphone data is predicted to increase ten-fold by 2020, when 80 percent of all mobile data traffic will come from smartphones. Average monthly data usage per smartphone in North America will increase from 2.4 GB today to 14 GB by 2020.
Rima Qureshi, Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, Ericsson, says: 'This immense growth in advanced mobile technology and data usage, driven by a surge in mobile connectivity and smartphone uptake, will makes today's big data revolution feel like the arrival of a floppy disk. We see the potential for mass-scale transformation, bringing a wealth of opportunities for telecom operators and others to capture new revenue streams. But it also requires greater focus on cost efficient delivery and openness to new business models to compete and remain effective.'
An expanding range of applications and business models coupled with falling modem costs are key factors driving the growth of connected devices. Added to this, new use cases are emerging for both short and long range applications, leading to even stronger growth of connected devices moving forward. Ericsson's forecast, outlined in the report, points to 26 billion connected devices by 2020, confirming we are well on the way to reaching the vision of 50 billion connected devices.
Each year until 2020, mobile video traffic will grow by a staggering 55 percent per year and will constitute around 60 percent of all mobile data traffic by the end of that period. Growth is largely driven by shifting user preferences towards video streaming services, and the increasing prevalence of video in online content including news, advertisements and social media.
When looking at data consumption in advanced mobile broadband markets, findings show a significant proportion of traffic is generated by a limited number of subscribers. These heavy data users represent 10 percent of total subscribers but generate 55 percent of total data traffic. Video is dominant among heavy users, who typically watch around one hour of video per day, which is 20 times more than the average user.
The Ericsson Mobility Report shares forecast data, analysis and insight into mobile traffic, subscriptions, and consumer behavior to provide insight into current traffic and market trends in today's Networked Society.
Ericsson regularly performs traffic measurements in over 100 live networks in all major regions of the world. Detailed measurements are made in a selected number of commercial WCDMA/HSPA and LTE networks with the purpose of discovering different traffic patterns.
Tool for customizing data
To accompany the Ericsson Mobility Report, Ericsson has created the Traffic Exploration Tool for creating customized graphs and tables using data from the report. The information can be filtered by region, subscription, technology, traffic, and device type.
The full Ericsson Mobility Report findings, Traffic Exploration Tool, and six regional appendices for North America, South East Asia & Oceania, Europe, North East Asia (from June 4th), Middle East & North East Africa (from June 7th), and India (from June 16th) can be found at: www.ericsson.com/mobility-report
Graphs from Ericsson Mobility Report
Short video: Rima Qureshi with Mobility Report highlights
Biography and photos of Rima Qureshi
Download high-resolution photos and broadcast-quality video at www.ericsson.com/press
Ericsson is the driving force behind the Networked Society - a world leader in communications technology and services. Our long-term relationships with every major telecom operator in the world allow people, business and society to fulfill their potential and create a more sustainable future.
Our services, software and infrastructure - especially in mobility, broadband and the cloud - are enabling the telecom industry and other sectors to do better business, increase efficiency, improve the user experience and capture new opportunities.
With approximately 115,000 professionals and customers in 180 countries, we combine global scale with technology and services leadership. We support networks that connect more than 2.5 billion subscribers. Forty percent of the world's mobile traffic is carried over Ericsson networks. And our investments in research and development ensure that our solutions - and our customers - stay in front.
Founded in 1876, Ericsson has its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden. Net sales in 2014 were SEK 228.0 billion (USD 33.1 billion). Ericsson is listed on NASDAQ OMX stock exchange in Stockholm and the NASDAQ in New York.
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__label__cc | 0.655461 | 0.344539 | Girl Dies After Falling Off North West Mountain
September 16, 2019 marizta mountain
A big mass of earth and rock , rising above the common stage of the earth or adjacent land, normally given by geographers as above 1000 feet in height (or 304.8 metres), although such lots may still be described as hills compared with larger mountains. More mischievously, part of me enjoys the idea of breaking the neat row of Dark Mountain anthologies on the bookshelf. Currently, about 39 p.c of the mountain population in creating countries, or 329 million folks, is estimated to be susceptible to food insecurity. As we rejoice the launch of Darkish Mountain: Issue 12 (SANCTUM), now available from our online shop , we’ve asked the team behind this subject to introduce totally different points of the work that went into its making.
The Mountains-to-Sea Path is North Carolina’s state climbing trail. Liminal was a promenade expertise (the primary devised by long-time Dark Mountaineer Dougie Strang , who has since convened outstanding ceremonies, testaments and spectacles in Devon, Glasgow, Edinburgh and, most lately, on an island on the River Thames). Most geologists classify a mountain as a landform that rises no less than 1,000 ft (300 meters) or more above its surrounding area.
In the case of mountains, when the phrase precedes the unique time period, mount is used: Mount Olympus , Mount Everest , Mount Tai ; when the word follows the distinctive term, mountain is used: Crowfoot Mountain , Blue Mountain , Rugged Mountain Usually speaking, such names will likely be adjectives or attributive nouns, but many international placenames fashioned with adjectives—as China’s Huashan —are translated as if they have been correct names: Mount Hua as a substitute of Hua Mountain or Flourishing Mountain.
Naming themselves “Mountain”, after West’s 1969 solo album, West, Pappalardi, Sensible and Knight played shows on the West Coast before attending to play their fourth concert as a working band at the 1969 Woodstock Pageant in Bethel, New York Mountain was acquired enthusiastically by the competition audience but the band didn’t seem in the film of the event , nor was their efficiency included on volume 1 of the pageant’s dwell album Their performances of “Blood of the Solar” (from West’s album) and “Theme for an Imaginary Western” (a tune they planned to record for Climbing and co-written by former Cream bassist Jack Bruce) did seem on the second quantity of Woodstock performances.
As Steve and I hatched the plan for SANCTUM, and started conversations with Thomas and Sylvia concerning the collaborations they went on to develop as lead artist and ‘marginalian’, I realised that this was the first time I’d experienced the making of a Darkish Mountain book as an inventive mission, relatively than an editorial undertaking. Two weeks ago, we launched this year’s autumn special difficulty of Darkish Mountain.
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Miss Helen Alice Wilson was born in Clonberne, Co. Galway, Ireland, around 1879 1 on 12 February.2
She was the daughter of Irish parents Patrick Wilson and Ellenor Feeney who lived and raised their family in Dunmore near Tuam in Co Galway. Her known siblings, all born in Dunmore, were: Mary (b. 1862), Patrick (b. 1866), Bridget (b. 1867), Mathias (b. 1870), Thomas (b. 1873), Ellen (b. 1875), Peter (b. 1877) and Margaret (b. 1882).
Helen had first arrived in the USA sometime between 1904 and 1906; around 1908 she became a maid to the wealthy Frederic Oakley Spedden family of Tuxedo Park, New York and travelled extensively with them, taking in much of Europe and North Africa.3
Following a trip to Egypt Miss Wilson boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg on 10 April 1912, travelling first class with her employers Mr and Mrs Frederic O. Spedden, their young son Douglas and nursemaid Elizabeth Burns (ticket number 16966 which cost £134, 10s); whilst aboard she occupied either cabin E39 or E41.
Miss Wilson survived the sinking, escaping with the rest of her party in lifeboat 3. She later recounted:
It was the most beautiful starlight night that I ever saw when we struck the iceberg. This I noticed especially after the lights of the ship had all sunk below the water...
I shall never forget the cries of anguish that went up from that ship as the life-boats pulled away. While we were being put into the boat there was a mad rush of some foreigners to get in, and two Italian men were shot dead before my eyes. The sight of floating bodies as we rowed away was horrible.
Mr. Spedden was saved by what might be really called a leap for life. He had put his family into the boat which was lowered at once, and there were no more women in the immediate vicinity, so one of the officers seeing room for one more said to Mr. Spedden. 'You may as well jump and save yourself.' He did so and landed in the boat, thus joining his family.
The water was almost to our knees in the boat. We pulled away toward a light which we thought was on a vessel, but after four hours we saw that it was only a star.
We feared when the Carpathia came up that we should be swamped by the waves after all our troubles but we were saved.
I will never forget the awful experiences of that night. I wish I could sleep and wake up to find it was only a dream, but it was too real.
Upon reaching New York Helen stayed with the Speddens at the Hotel Seville and was met there by her brother Peter who had travelled from Plainfield, New Jersey.
Helen left the employment of the Speddens within the next few years and was married to Swedish sea captain Axel Johannes Rosenquist (b. 7 November 1877); with him she had two daughters, Helen (b. 1917) and Esther (1920-1982, later Mrs John F. Heinz, Jr). The 1920 and 1930 censuses show the family living at 311 Plymouth Place, Merchantville, Camden, New Jersey where Helen would spend the rest of her life.
Helen Wilson Rosenquist died following a long illness on 1 December 1939 and was buried in Arlington Cemetery, Camden, New Jersey. Her widower Axel died in 1945.
In 1912 her age was recorded as 35 by the immigration officer; in 1920 her age was given as 42 and in 1930 her age was given as 47. When she died her date of birth was recorded as 12 February 1881 and this year was also given on her headstone.
Both the 1920 and 1930 censuses give her birthplace as England; the 1920 record states that her father was English and her mother Irish; the 1930 record states both her parents were English.
She and the Speddens were passengers aboard Adriatic in April 1910; the skipper was E. J. Smith.
Courier-Post (1939)
HELEN WILSON ROSENQUIST IN LATER YEARS
HELEN WILSON ROSENQUIST WITH HER FAMILY IN 1930
ROSENQUIST / HEINZ MEMORIAL
HELEN ALICE WILSON ROSENQUIST MARKER
Camden Daily Newspaper (1939)
MRS. HELEN ROSENQUIST, TITANIC SURVIVOR, DIES
HELEN ALICE WILSON (DEATH CERTIFICATE)
SISTER OF PLAINFIELD MAN SAVED LITTLE BOY
HUSBAND OF HELEN ALICE WILSON
Name: Miss Helen Alice Wilson
Titanic Survivor
Born: Wednesday 12th February 1879 in Clonberne, County Galway, Ireland
Age: 33 years 2 months and 3 days (Female)
Nationality: Irish
Occupation: Personal Maid to Mrs Margaretta Corning Spedden
First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 16966, £134 10s
Cabin No.: E39 or 41
Rescued (boat 3)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Friday 1st December 1939 aged 60 years
Cause of Death: Cause Not Disclosed
Buried: Arlington Cemetery Merchantville, New Jersey, United States
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Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the United States Immigration Officer At Port of Arrival (Date: 18th-19th June 1912, Ship: Carpathia) - National Archives, NWCTB-85-T715-Vol. 4183.
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Chesapeake Energy's (NYSE: CHK) 100% Green Fracking Fluids
Written by Brianna Panzica
The U.S. shale boom saga continues, and with it the push for legalized fracking in states like New York, fighting against the accusations of danger and environmental destruction.
If you've been following fracking for any length of time, you've undoubtedly heard both sides of the story:
It's an economic boom for our country, creating high-paying jobs and a valuable resource that could be exported, perhaps one day leading us to independence from OPEC.
It's a dangerous, destructive process that will destroy our land and poison our drinking water – Big Oil manipulating American citizens.
Of course, both sides resonate. The drilling process has proved profitable, and it's starting to create new markets for the resource – like natural gas vehicles.
But it hasn't yet been determined whether or not the chemicals injected into the wells can seep into drinking water. Tests that have been performed so far are conflicting; different studies keep yielding different answers.
It's questions like this that are preventing states like New York from lifting bans on fracking and drilling in these profitable deposits.
So some companies have changed their tactics.
Instead of focusing on fighting opposition and attempting to reach an end where one side will never be happy, Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) is revamping its hydraulic fracturing formula.
Chesapeake's new formula will be 100 percent “green”. Rather than incorporating harmful chemicals and running the risk of proving the environmentalists correct, Chesapeake will test a formula that uses only environmentally benign ingredients.
The company's manager of environmental and regulatory affairs, Jody C. Jones, announced this new development on Tuesday.
“It's not quite there yet,” Jones said at the Utica Shale Development & Growth Forum sponsored by IQPC Ltd. “The main concern with testing something like this is you just spent $4 to $6 million to drill a well and taking an untested frack system and shooting it down a well could ruin a reservoir and you'd be throwing away all that money.”
But if it is successful, it would be a huge win for the industry. This sort of technology would have the potential to rapidly move forward fracking operations in areas where drilling opposition is at its highest.
Jones also highlighted the increased safety it would offer for workers, who are exposed to the fracking chemicals on a regular basis. And any spills that might occur would be completely safe for the land and water surrounding it.
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But Chesapeake isn't the first company to move into the greener side of fracking. Already, Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL) released a product called “CleanStim.”
CleanStim prevents the growth of thick, slimy bacteria that can form and stop oil and gas from flowing easily in wells. And it uses entirely food-safe materials to do this.
It's other product, “CleanWave,” is an electrical charge that separates water from waste in fracking fluids. It's used in conjunction with an ultraviolet light that destroys bacteria.
And Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) is fighting the argument that fracking is an enormous waste of water, using millions of gallons per well. It has a product called “VaporFrac,” which is a nitrogen-based foam that can be used in place of almost all fracking water.
These products aren't yet widely known. But it shows that the oil and gas companies are willing to adjust their tactics to ensure they can continue their operations.
And once the companies successfully test and use the products themselves, they will likely take off to further revolutionize fracking.
Fracking is the present and the future for domestic oil and gas production. And the opposition will have a tough time arguing against the oil companies that are taking these revolutionary safety initiatives.
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__label__wiki | 0.633548 | 0.633548 | Signs of change at Ericsson
One of Ericsson’s biggest problems in the past couple of years has been one its smaller rivals would love to have – too many modernization and coverage roll-out projects. While Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia Siemens have been battling to reverse market share declines, and have been, in different ways, reducing their reliance on actual base station sales, Ericsson has appeared to be sticking to a strategy still heavily geared to the RAN – gaining share and waiting for every-one but Huawei to fall by the wayside.
The penalty has been that, in an increasingly commoditized sector, and one where the Chinese vendors have pushed down prices, margins have be-come increasingly squeezed. Earlier this year the firm blamed this pattern for pressure on its profits, notably for driving its gross margins down to their lowest level, 30%, in fiscal 2011.
Now the strategy may start to bear fruit, as the vendor says it is seeing a gradual but encouraging shift towards higher margin LTE capacity projects, even in recession-struck Europe. Expanding coverage with 3G or even LTE, and modernizing existing networks rather than installing new ones, are tasks with high labor costs and low profits. These have been the core of Ericsson’s business recently, especially in its European heartland, as pressurized operators have tried to eke more out of existing spectrum bands and platforms rather than embarking on new architectures.
However, that is starting to change, and at the point where they need to support massive LTE capacity, they will also have to pursue radical rethinking of their networks, with far richer pickings for a broad-based firm like Ericsson. They may adopt new RAN approaches like Cloud-RAN and metro zones, all requiring brand new kit at the back end as well as the cell site; they will need to upgrade transport and core networks with new routers to support all-IP (in the past couple of quarters, routers were a highlight for Ericsson, as they are at ALU); and that will throw up additional revenues for the services and software activities too.
There are some small signs, in Ericsson’s second quarter results, that its patient wait for that tip-ping point, from coverage to capacity, is near, and chief financial officer Jan Frykhammar said the firm has started to benefit from initial upsell opportunities, notably LTE and core contracts, which could justify taking on the modernization schemes which others might have spurned.
Quarterly ups and downs
Although it reported flat second quarter revenues because of negative currency exchange, the Swedish giant is starting to see the benefits of its cost cutting program and a slight shift away from low margin modernization projects.
However, it suffered from weakness in East Asian markets and the continuing challenge from Huawei everywhere except the US.
Huawei executives spoke last week about the negative impact of effectively being barred from major infrastructure contracts in the US, because of government security restrictions. This is a major boost for Ericsson, which turned North America into its largest market when it acquired many assets of bankrupt Nortel. In the most recent quarter, strong mobile broadband demand in the region, and also in Latin America, was a key highlight.
Ericsson’s sales were unchanged year-on-year at 55.3 billion Krona ($8.4 billion), but would have been up 7% without the effects of foreign exchange rates. Operating profit was up 2.5 billion Krona from 2.1 billion a year earlier, and margins rose from 2.8% to 4.5%. Net profit increased from 1.2 billion Krona to 1.5 billion, even though the year-ago figure was inflated by a one-time gain of 7.7 billion from the sale of the 50% stake in Sony Ericsson.
This time’s result also included 900 million Krona in losses from offloading Applied Communications Sciences, and exiting the power cable business. The company also took a one-time charge of 1.4 billion Krona to eliminate 919 jobs in Sweden, about 5% of its domestic workforce. Operating cashflow was a significant positive, reaching 4.3 billion Krona compared to negative 1.4 billion last year.
Overall, the networks division revenue rose by 1% year-on-year to 28.1 billion Krona.
Regionally, Ericsson saw Northeast Asia being weaker than in recent quarters, with a 34% decline in sales in China, Japan and Korea, but it said business was picking up in China thanks to China Mobile’s TD-LTE plans, and also in another key BRIC market, Russia. Southeast Asia was strong too, up 22%. But in Latin America, sales fell 9%, to 4.4 billion Krona, as operators postponed building new networks amid delays in spectrum auction, though Ericsson said orders were picking up in the region.
Europe was up 6.3% to 11.9 billion, with much of that being down to Russia, but also to the pick up in LTE deals, many following on from earlier modernization engagements.
By contrast, North American sales rose by 23% year-on-year. In the first half of this year, about 30% of Ericsson’s equipment sales have been made to the big four US cellcos, a record even since the Nortel purchase. This shows how important that deal has been to a company which, before that, struggled to make an impact on the US, partly because of its lack of CDMA products.
However, while the quartet of operators have proved a gold mine for Ericsson, and one that cannot be threatened by Huawei, the LTE roll-outs of Verizon and AT&T will slow from next year as they achieve full coverage and there are concerns about Ericsson being over reliant on a few customers.
“The networks division is going in the right direction,” Hakan Wranne, an analyst with Swedbank, told the New York Times. “This is being driven of course very much by the US market, which is basically the four big customers. That is also a risk.”
He also said the markets remained concerned about the price war with Huawei, even though the shift to capacity roll-outs is encouraging. “What we have been seeing for several years now, particularly in Europe with the modernization and huge swap-outs of networks, is that those con-tracts have been taken by Ericsson and Huawei at very low margins,” he said. | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line5646 |
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Real Madrid claimed a third successive global title at UAE 2018 and in doing so, became the first team to claim four FIFA Club World Cup trophies. Just like at Japan 2016 against Kashima Antlers, Los Blancos faced a surprise package in the final – this time host club Al Ain, who shocked the watching world by denying South American giants River Plate in the semi-finals.
Real’s success against the Emirati side in Abu Dhabi marked former coach Santiago Solari’s first – and only – trophy as Los Blancos boss. Toni Kroos, meanwhile, made history by becoming the tournament’s most successful player with five winners’ medals – his first with Bayern in 2013, before the German’s four with Real between 2014 and 2018.
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__label__wiki | 0.80772 | 0.80772 | DORSET COUNCIL has made an Order under Section 14 [1] of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended
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19th September 2019 to 19th October 2019
Temporary Closure of Footpath 23, Swanage
DORSET COUNCIL has made an Order under Section 14 [1] of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended. All pedestrians will be prohibited from proceeding along Footpath No 23, Swanage between grid reference SZ 0209 9340 and grid reference SZ 0164 9445 for a distance of approximately 107 metres. The Notice is needed to comply with Health and Safety Regulations, which require the provision of safe working areas and to minimise the likelihood of danger to Highway Users. It is currently in operation, and will be extended until Friday 20 March 2020, a period of 26 weeks from the end of the existing closure order. The Notice is required to allow the building of the new houses on the Prospect Farm site.
All pedestrians will be prohibited from proceeding along Footpath No 23, Swanage between grid reference SZ 0209 9340 and grid reference SZ 0164 9445 for a distance of approximately 107 metres.
It is currently in operation, and will be extended until Friday 20 March 2020, a period of 26 weeks from the end of the existing closure order. The Notice is required to allow the building of the new houses on the Prospect Farm site.
An alternative route will be signposted around the closure until the works are completed.
For further information about the works please contact Bay View Developments on 07590 411826. For further information about Rights of Way matters in Purbeck, please call the Ranger team on 01929 424443. Dated: 20 September 2019
JOHN SELLGREN, Executive Director of Place, Dorset Council, South Walks House, Dorchester, DT1 1UZ.
Temporary Closure of Footpaths 97 and 98, Swanage
DORSET COUNCIL intend, not less than seven days from the date of this notice, to make an Order under Section 14 [1] of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended. All pedestrians will be prohibited from proceeding along Footpaths Nos 97 and 98, Swanage whoich run from Durlston Road, Swanage south then east to Tilly Whim, for a distance of approximately 1,500 metres. The Order is needed to comply with Health and Safety Regulations, which require the provision of safe working areas and to minimise the likelihood of danger to Highway Users. It will come into operation on Monday 07 October 2019 for a period of 26 weeks. But may be extended by the Secretary of
All pedestrians will be prohibited from proceeding along Footpaths Nos 97 and 98, Swanage whoich run from Durlston Road, Swanage south then east to Tilly Whim, for a distance of approximately 1,500 metres.
It will come into operation on Monday 07 October 2019 for a period of 26 weeks. But may be extended by the Secretary of
State ifrequired.
The Notice is required to allow Durlston Country Park (Dorset Council) to make significant improvements to the accessibility, surfacing and infrastructure along
the paths.
Works will be carried out in stages, and alternative routes will be signposted around the arears of the closures.
For further information about the works and Rights of Way matters in the Purbeck area, please call the Rangerteam on 01929 424443.
Dated: 20 September 2019
JOHN SELLGREN, Executive Director of Place, Dorset Council, South Walks House,
Dorchester,DT1 1UZ.
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__label__cc | 0.699302 | 0.300698 | Ohio Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs
Like with the rest of the country, Ohio has been struggling with a wide variety of substance use disorders. This is in spite of the addiction treatment and rehabilitation programs that exist to help its residents achieve full healing and recovery.
In particular, the opioid crisis has claimed so many lives in the state that local morgues are at full facility. This has led to most of the bodies being stored in cold-storage trailers.
The addiction epidemic that is sweeping across Ohio is best explained through statistics on substance abuse in the state. For instance, SAMHSA - the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - reported that local rehabs enrolled 37024 people in 2014 alone. Of these people, most were addicted to opioids.
The same year, Ohio saw the following admissions into its treatment centers:
Alcohol: 5,026
Cocaine: 2,195
Marijuana: 7,446
Methamphetamines: 468
Opioids: 14,093
Other Substances: 1,728
Statistics on Substance Abuse in Ohio
The NSSATS released by the government in 2010 showed that Ohio had a total of 373 substance abuse and addiction treatment facilities. On the other hand, the Behavioral Health Barometer released by SAMHSA in 2014 showed that close to 683000 people above the age of 12 abused intoxicating and mind altering substances in Ohio in the period running from 2009 to 2013.
CASA Columbia University, on the other hand, reported in 2009 that Ohio was spending a minimum 2 cents per dollar on preventing substance abuse and addiction as well as 90 percent per dollar on the various consequences and adverse effects of drug and alcohol abuse.
Commonly Abused Substances in Ohio
From 2009 to 2013, also, the residents of Ohio above the age of 12 reported that they had abused or were dependent on illicit substances. This figure, however, did not reflect the total number of people who were abusing or dependent on prescription medications.
The same time period showed an increase in the number of fatalities linked to benzodiazepine use - which went from 212 deaths in 2009 to a total of 329 fatalities in 2013.
The Department of Health in the state also reported that 57 percent of all the overdose deaths sustained by the residents of Ohio in 2013 were linked to the abuse of more than one intoxicating and mind altering substance. In 2010, a Supreme Court report showed that the total number of drug courts in the state had grown to 74.
But what are the most commonly abused drugs in Ohio?
1. Alcohol
According to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, 18.4 percent of all adults in Ohio 19 years and older engaged in binge drinking on a regular basis in 2010. This percentage came to an approximate of 1.5 million people.
The Center for Disease Control, on the other hand, reported that the number of deaths linked to drunk driving in the state was way above the total national average for almost all age brackets - except for people under the age of 20. Of this figure, 5.5 percent out of every 100,000 people were male - while the national average was set at 5.2 percent - while 1.6 percent out of every 100,000 people were female - at a time when the national average was set at 1.5 percent.
Similarly, the Office of Criminal Services released a report covering the years running from 2005 to 2009. This report showed that close to 51 percent of all fatal traffic accidents linked to drinking happened between 8 pm and 4 am while over 30 percent of these crashes caused young adults between 21 and 30 years to lose their lives.
2. Cocaine
The 2011 National Drug Threat Survey for Ohio showed that cocaine was the main substance of abuse most often linked to cases of violent crime involving the state's residents.
3. Heroin
From 2012 to 2013, the Department of Health showed that the number of deaths linked to heroin abuse outdid those linked to unintentional deaths involving prescription opiate medications. In 2012, deaths arising from heroin abuse rose were 679 but role to a total of 983 by 2013.
In 2011, a report by the Department of Justice showed that Ohio has been moved from its current classification to a HIDTA - or a high intensity drug trafficking area - particularly for heroin coming in from Mexico.
Most of the increase could be linked to the rising number of admissions into rehab centers involving cases of heroin abuse and addiction - as well as the simultaneous increase in the number of crimes related to this drug.
4. Marijuana
From 1995 to 2009, most of the arrests made for drug possession in Ohio involved marijuana or cannabis. In 2010, for instance, the Office of Criminal Justice showed that the state had seized a total of 351277 lbs. of the drug - which had an estimated value of $1200 for every unit of measure.
5. Prescription Drugs
In 2015, the Substance Abuse Monitoring Network indicated that prescription opioid medications were available in many quantities throughout the entire state. At the time, however, there was no typical profile of individuals who used prescription opioids illicitly - and the typical drug user was just about everyone in Ohio.
That said, most of the people who used prescription opioids in the state tended to combine these drugs with benzodiazepines and alcohol - further increasing their risk of suffering an overdose among other interrelated adverse effects and consequences.
Ohio Statistics on Criminal Justice, Injuries, and Fatalities Linked to Drugs
The Department of Health made a news release reporting that the state had lost 2110 lives to accidental overdoses in 2013. Over 70 percent of these deaths were linked to opiates such as heroin and prescription pain relief medications.
In 2014, the same department released a report of its Violence and Injury Prevention Program indicating that the rates of drug related poisoning rose from 4 for every 100,000 people to 19 for the same demographic in 2012.
Further, data from the Department of Health shows that there was a startling increase in the number of deaths in Ohio arising from accidental drug overdose between 2007 and 2009 - deaths that far outnumbered those caused by motor vehicle accidents.
The Ohio Opioid Crisis
Statistics on the opioid epidemic in this state are also troubling. The Department of Health, for instance, shows that the total number of deaths related to opioid abuse rose from 296 fatalities in 2003 to a total of 2590 by 2015 - accounting for an increase of 775 percent over a period of about 12 years.
On the other hand, NBC News reported that Ohio could potentially lose more than 10,000 lives to an opioid overdose by December 2018. This number is higher than that which was experienced by the entire United States back in 1990. This is primarily because of the increasing availability of a synthetic opioid drug that is 50 times more potent than heroin known as fentanyl.
In fact, fentanyl is increasingly becoming more popular in Ohio. For instance, 6 out of 8 regions saw a simultaneous rise in the access to this drug within the first part of 2017.
While drug dealers are evolving their methods to reflect the increasing demand among their clients, the Substance Abuse Monitoring Network in the state reported that more people are having a hard time distinguishing between heroin and other potent and dangerous substances like carfentanil and fentanyl.
These latter two, however, have been responsible for the rising rates of overdoses in the entire country - and not just in Ohio. In 2017, for instance, the Coroner's Office for Montgomery County discovered fentanyl in 77.4 % of all the 168 deaths related to drugs that it processed from January through to June.
On the other hand, local physicians issued 85.8 prescriptions for opioid medications for every 100 people in the state in 2015. This number equaled about 9.96 million opioid prescription - which is way over the total national averages of 70.6 prescriptions for the same number of people.
In many cases, residents who become dependent on these prescriptions often turn to other cheaper, more available alternatives such as heroin - especially when they are unable to get another prescription. It is, therefore, not entirely surprising that opioid and heroin overdoses are the leading causes of death across the state for residents aged 55 years and under.
The opioid crisis in the state, in particular, shows that more children are getting into the Ohio foster care system as a result of losing their primary care guardians and parents to an opioid addiction or overdose. Between 2014 and 2015, for instance, the total number of children who entered court custody more than tripled - a trend that does not seem to be changing any time soon.
Addiction Treatment in Ohio
If you are addicted to any intoxicating substances, you should know that Ohio has many different treatment and rehabilitation options that can help you overcome your substance use disorder as well as protect you from being numbered among the statistics of people who have lost their life, health, limb, or family to drugs and/or alcohol.
Types of Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities in Ohio
There are 11,326,467 people in Ohio. There are a number of different substances abused in Ohio, but the most common are: meth, cocaine, alcohol, heroin, marijuana, hydrocodone, vicodin, codeine, hallucinogens, ambien, trazodone, and suboxone. There are just over 603 different types of drug and alcohol treatment programs available to addicts in Ohio.
Tragically, drug and alcohol addiction affects many individuals in every state across the country including Ohio, each year. One would wonder, with the addiction treatment facilities that service the Ohio area, why do so many individuals choose to not find treatment. There are substance abuse treatment centers that service the Ohio area, pick up the phone and call an addiction treatment center today and start the journey of recovery.
Alcohol and Drug Treatment Service Settings and Treatment Approaches in Ohio
There are long term drug rehab centers, short term drug rehab centers, outpatient individual counseling, inpatient detoxification centers, inpatient drug rehab centers and other options. These substance abuse treatment facilities in Ohio provide several different types of treatment such as cognitive/behavior therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, rational emotive behavioral therapy, group therapy, trauma-related counseling, individual psychotherapy and others.
Special Programs for Addiction Treatment and Forms of Payment Accepted in Ohio
Because addiction treatment is not a "one size fits all situation", facilities in Ohio offer special programs for suicide prevention services, co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, aftercare/continuing care, persons with post-traumatic stress disorder, housing services, persons with eating disorders, and others. Drug and alcohol treatment can be paid for in several different ways such as private pay, private insurance, medicaid, medicare, sliding fee scale, state corrections or juvenile justice funds, state education funds and other methods of payment in the listings below that service the Ohio area.
If you are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol and live in Ohio, get the help that you need now, it is available to you.
Find Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers in or around the following Ohio cities:
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Ohio Drug and Alcohol Rehabs That Accept Insurance
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Ohio Drug and Alcohol Hospital Services
Ohio Inpatient Hospital Programs Ohio Hospital Inpatient Detoxification Programs Ohio General Hospital (including VA Hospitals) Ohio Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment Programs
Ohio Drug and Alcohol Counseling Services
Ohio Rehab Programs That Offer Group Counseling Ohio Treatment Programs That Offer Individual Counseling Ohio Rehab Centers That Offer Family Counseling Ohio Treatment Centers That Offer Marital/Couples Counseling Ohio Rehab Facilities That Offer Substance Abuse Counseling approach Ohio Treatment Facilities That Offer Trauma-related Counseling Ohio Drug and Alcohol Rehabs That Offer Diet and Exercise Counseling
Ohio Drug and Alcohol Programs By Treatment Of Specific Drugs
Ohio Alcohol Rehab Facilities Ohio Heroin Rehab Centers Ohio Cocaine Treatment Programs Ohio OxyContin Rehab Centers Ohio Meth Rehab Facilities Ohio Crack Treatment Facilities Ohio Adderall Rehabilitation Centers Ohio Benzodiazepines Treatment Programs Ohio Xanax Rehab Centers Ohio Prescription Drug Rehab Facilities Ohio Codeine Treatment Programs Ohio Fentanyl Rehab Facilities Ohio Hydrocodone Treatment Centers Ohio Percocet Rehab Programs Ohio Vicodin Treatment Facilities Ohio Ecstasy Treatment Programs Ohio Valium Rehab Centers Ohio Ritalin Treatment Centers Ohio Morphine Rehab Centers Ohio Roxycodone Treatment Centers Ohio Ambien Treatment Facilities Ohio Opioid Rehab Programs
List of local Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs in Ohio
US Department of Veterans Affairs
10701 East Boulevard
Cleveland, OH. 44106
Inpatient Treatment, Outpatient Treatment
Substance abuse counseling approach, Relapse prevention, and more...
Military Insurance (e.g., Tricare), Cash or Self-Payment, and more...
Consumer-run (peer-support) services, Substance abuse education, and more...
Treatment Duration:
Short Term Treatment, Long Term Treatment
UMADAOP of Mansfield
400 Bowman Street P.O. Box 1316
Mansfield, OH. 44903
Anger management, Relapse prevention, and more...
State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid, Cash or Self-Payment, and more...
Group counseling offered, Aftercare/continuing care, and more...
Short Term Treatment
Turning Point of Paulding County Inc Women Alive
451 McDonald Pike Suite A
Paulding, OH. 45879
Relapse prevention, Substance abuse counseling approach, and more...
Substance abuse education, Persons With HIV Or Aids, and more...
The Recovery Council
15221 St. Rt. 124
Waverly, OH. 45690
Individual Psychotherapy, 12-step facilitation approach, and more...
Case management, Comprehensive substance abuse assessment, and more...
The Recovery Council US 23
12-step facilitation approach, Individual Psychotherapy, and more...
Education services, Adult Women, and more...
The Recovery Council High Str
111 N. High Street
Cognitive/behavior Therapy, Individual Psychotherapy, and more...
Housing services, Individual counseling offered, and more...
Chillicothe, OH. 45601
Relapse prevention, Individual Psychotherapy, and more...
Individual counseling offered, Adult Men, and more...
The Recovery Center
201 S. Columbus St
Lancaster, OH. 43130
Substance abuse counseling approach, Anger management, and more...
Screening for substance abuse, Group counseling offered, and more...
The Good Samaritans Inn
621 S Erie Blvd
Hamilton, OH. 45011
Drug or alcohol urine screening, Substance abuse education, and more...
Long Term Treatment
The Counseling Center Inc Stepping Stone House
Portsmouth, OH. 45662
Relapse prevention, Anger management, and more...
Comprehensive substance abuse assessment, Screening for substance abuse, and more...
The Counseling Center Inc Marsh House II
947 Rapp Montgomery Road
Lucasville, OH. 45648
Clients Referred From The Court/Judicial System (Other Than Dui/Dwi), Screening for substance abuse, and more...
The Counseling Center Inc James K Marsh House
Comprehensive substance abuse assessment, Court-ordered outpatient treatment, and more...
The Counseling Center Inc Adams County Outpatient
West Union, OH. 45693
Substance abuse counseling approach, Individual Psychotherapy, and more...
Cash or Self-Payment, U.S Department of VA Funds, and more...
Screening for substance abuse, Substance abuse education, and more...
The Counseling Center Inc
Court-ordered outpatient treatment, Case management, and more...
The Arthur Schreiber Jewish Education Center
1995 Section Rd
Cincinnati, OH. 45237
Relapse prevention, Cognitive/behavior Therapy, and more...
Social skills development, Drug or alcohol urine screening, and more...
TASC Of Northwest Ohio
701 Jefferson Avenue Suite 101
Toledo, OH. 43604
Discharge Planning, Substance abuse education, and more...
Talbert House Recovery Halfway House
2214 Vine Street,
Anger management, 12-step facilitation approach, and more...
Comprehensive substance abuse assessment, Substance abuse education, and more...
Talbert House Adult Outpatient
Anger management, Cognitive/behavior Therapy, and more...
Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income and Other Factors), State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid, and more...
Drug or alcohol urine screening, Screening for substance abuse, and more...
Summa Health
Akron, OH. 44310
Anger management, Individual Psychotherapy, and more...
Screening for substance abuse, Drug or alcohol urine screening, and more...
STEPS at Liberty Center Inc Wayne County Office
104 Spinks Street
Wooster, OH. 44691
12-step facilitation approach, Group Therapy, and more...
U.S Department of VA Funds, State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid, and more...
Clients Referred From The Court/Judicial System (Other Than Dui/Dwi), Active Duty Military, and more...
Southeast Healthcare Services Franklin Station
524 B W. Broad Street
Columbus, OH. 43215
County or Local Government Funds, Other State Funds, and more...
Federal, or any government funding for substance abuse programs, Comprehensive substance abuse assessment, and more...
Southeast Healthcare Services Carroll County
783 Jones Avenue
Carrollton, OH. 44615
Couple/family Therapy, Relapse prevention, and more...
County or Local Government Funds, Medicaid, and more...
Family counseling offered, Screening for substance abuse, and more...
Southeast Healthcare Services Adult and Family Older Adult and AOD
1455 South Fourth Street
Payment Assistance (Check With Facility For Details), Other State Funds, and more...
Federal, or any government funding for substance abuse programs, Drug or alcohol urine screening, and more...
Sojourner Recovery Services Residential Treatment
515 Dayton Street
Quest Recovery and Prevention Services Wilson Hall
1680 Nave Road SE
Massillon, OH. 44646
Screening for substance abuse, Aftercare/continuing care, and more...
Public Health Dayton and Montgomery County Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Services
1 Elizabeth Place SE 3rd Floor
Dayton, OH. 45408
Comprehensive substance abuse assessment, Drug or alcohol urine screening, and more...
Pickaway Area Recovery Services PARS
110 Highland Ave.
Circleville, OH. 43113
Adult Women, Court-ordered outpatient treatment, and more...
Personal and Family Counseling Services Harbor House
1433 Fifth Street NW
New Philadelphia, OH. 44663
Substance abuse counseling approach, Cognitive/behavior Therapy, and more...
Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income and Other Factors), Cash or Self-Payment, and more...
Case management, Supported housing, and more...
Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse OMHSA J Glen Smith Health Center
Social skills development, Comprehensive substance abuse assessment, and more...
50 West Techne Center Drive Suite B-5
Milford, OH. 45150
Cash or Self-Payment, County or Local Government Funds, and more...
Active Duty Military, Discharge Planning, and more...
Northern Ohio Recovery Association Inc NORA Main Office
Individual Psychotherapy, Cognitive/behavior Therapy, and more...
Substance abuse education, Adult Women, and more...
Northern Ohio Recovery Association Inc NORA East Cleveland
2475 N Taylor Rd
Cleveland Heights, OH. 44118
Aftercare/continuing care, Substance abuse education, and more...
Northern Ohio Recovery Association Inc NORA
420 Superior Street
Sandusky, OH. 44870
Aftercare/continuing care, Drug or alcohol urine screening, and more...
4642 Oberlin Avenue, Suite 102
Lorain, OH. 44053
Individual counseling offered, Adult Women, and more...
Moore Counseling and Mediation Services Inc MCMS
Rocky River, OH. 44116
Drug or alcohol urine screening, Social skills development, and more...
Individual counseling offered, Screening for substance abuse, and more...
1131 East Broad Street
Elyria, OH. 44035
Intensive case management, Breath analyzer or blood alcohol testing, and more...
MercyHealth
667 Eastland Avenue SE
Warren, OH. 44484
Social skills development, Screening for substance abuse, and more...
1320 Mercy Drive NW
Canton, OH. 44708
Comprehensive mental health assessment, Substance abuse education, and more...
McIntyre Center Outpatient Treatment
Parma Heights, OH. 44130
Individual counseling offered, Family counseling offered, and more...
Matt Talbot Inn Residential
2270 Professor Avenue
Phone: (216) 781-0288 ext. 11
Comprehensive substance abuse assessment, Aftercare/continuing care, and more...
LIMA UMADAOP Main Office
809 W. Vine St
Lima, OH. 45804
Anger management, Substance abuse counseling approach, and more...
Transitional Age Young Adults, Discharge Planning, and more...
LIMA UMADAOP
Wauseon, OH. 43567
Aftercare/continuing care, Transitional Age Young Adults, and more...
Kenton, OH. 43326
Case management, Screening for substance abuse, and more...
Lighthouse Counseling Services
2085 Mecca Rd
Dual Diagnosis Drug Rehab, Outreach to persons in the community, and more...
Social skills development, Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders, and more...
Lighthouse Counseling Services Lowell Dr
3220 Lowell Dr.
Substance abuse education, Group counseling offered, and more...
Lake Geauga Recovery Centers Oak House Womens Residential Treatment
Painesville, OH. 44077
12-step facilitation approach, Relapse prevention, and more...
Medicaid, County or Local Government Funds, and more...
Comprehensive substance abuse assessment, Supported housing, and more...
Jefferson Behavioral Health System CARE Network
Steubenville, OH. 43952
Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders, Social skills development, and more...
Jefferson Behavioral Health System Addiction and Recovery Services
Substance abuse education, Social skills development, and more...
Hispanic UMADAOP Casa Alma
Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services GCB Clermont Recovery Center CRC
1088 Wasserman Way Suite C
Batavia, OH. 45103
Military Insurance (e.g., Tricare), Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income and Other Factors), and more...
Court-ordered outpatient treatment, Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, and more...
29 North Road SE
Niles, OH. 44446
Couple/family Therapy, Individual Psychotherapy, and more...
Supported housing, Substance abuse education, and more...
Genesis HealthCare System Good Samaritan Hospital Drug and Alcohol Recovery Program
800 Forest Avenue
Zanesville, OH. 43701
Genesis HealthCare System Bethesda Physicians Pavilion
840 Bethesda Drive Building 3-A
Cognitive/behavior Therapy, Anger management, and more...
Military Insurance (e.g., Tricare), Payment Assistance (Check With Facility For Details), and more...
Drug or alcohol urine screening, Comprehensive substance abuse assessment, and more...
Gateways Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services for Adults
3131 Harvey Avenue Suite 201
Drug or alcohol urine screening, Aftercare/continuing care, and more...
Gateway Rehab
160 Clifton Drive NE Suite A
Substance abuse counseling approach, Group Therapy, and more...
County or Local Government Funds, State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid, and more...
Substance abuse education, Aftercare/continuing care, and more...
Family Recovery Center Oxford House
320 Benton Road
Salem, OH. 44460
Discharge Planning, Group counseling offered, and more...
Embarc
3294 Stones Throw Ave
Youngstown, OH. 44514
Drop Inn Center
Social skills development, Discharge Planning, and more...
55 W. Waterloo
Discharge Planning, Case management, and more...
DayMont Behavioral Health Care Inc Sojourner Program
904 Wilberforce Place
Private Health Insurance, State Welfare or Child And Family Services Funds, and more...
Family psychoeducation, Group counseling offered, and more...
DayMont Behavioral Health Care Inc Focus Care
U.S Department of VA Funds, Military Insurance (e.g., Tricare), and more...
Case management, Individual counseling offered, and more...
Coshocton Behavioral Health Choices CBHC
Coshocton, OH. 43812
Aftercare/continuing care, Screening for substance abuse, and more...
Cornerstone Counseling and Consulting Services LLC
1900 Fairgrove Avenue (Rt. 4)
Relapse prevention, Outreach to persons in the community, and more...
Other State Funds, Cash or Self-Payment, and more...
Self-help groups, Discharge Planning, and more...
Community Health Center Residential Treatment
380 S. Portage Path
Cognitive/behavior Therapy, Relapse prevention, and more...
State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid, Access To Recovery (ATR) Voucher, and more...
Drug or alcohol urine screening, Discharge Planning, and more...
Community Health Center Intensive Outpatient Program
Individual Psychotherapy, Group Therapy, and more...
Cash or Self-Payment, Access To Recovery (ATR) Voucher, and more...
Aftercare/continuing care, Discharge Planning, and more...
Community Assessment and Treatment Services Safenet
5337 Dolloff Road, 2nd Floor
Substance abuse education, Screening for substance abuse, and more...
Community Assessment and Treatment Services Notheast PreRelease
Social skills development, Group counseling offered, and more...
Clean Acres
4055 Executive Park Dr #125
Screening for substance abuse, Comprehensive substance abuse assessment, and more...
City Gospel Mission
Cincinnati, OH.
Activity Therapy, Substance abuse counseling approach, and more...
Other State Funds, Medicaid, and more...
Cincinnati Restoration Church
1101 Harrison Ave
Group counseling offered, Substance abuse education, and more...
Charak Center For Health And Wellness Rakesh Ranjan MD And Associates Inc
801 East Washington Street Suite 150
Medina, OH. 44256
Individual Psychotherapy, Substance abuse counseling approach, and more...
Case management, Active Duty Military, and more...
Charak Center For Health And Wellness Rakesh Ranjan MD And Associates
12395 McCracken Rd. Suite A-Up
Garfield Heights, OH. 44125
County or Local Government Funds, Military Insurance (e.g., Tricare), and more...
Screening for substance abuse, Individual counseling offered, and more...
Changing Lives Now
2122 Springfield
Springfield, OH. 45501
Group counseling offered, Consumer-run (peer-support) services, and more...
Catholic Charities Diocese of Cleveland SAS Cuyahoga County Matt Talbot for Women
7901 Detroit Avenue Suite 200
Comprehensive substance abuse assessment, Consumer-run (peer-support) services, and more...
Buckeye Counseling Services
117 West Main Street, Suite 107
Cognitive/behavior Therapy, Substance abuse counseling approach, and more...
Bayshore Counseling Services
1634 Sycamore Line
Comprehensive substance abuse assessment, Education services, and more...
201 Madison Street, 1st Floor
Port Clinton, OH. 43452
Education services, Drug or alcohol urine screening, and more...
Alcoholism Council of Cincinnati Area Mount Airy Shelter
2660 Diehl Road
Discharge Planning, Social skills development, and more...
Alcohol and Drug Services of Guernsey County
927 Wheeling Avenue Suite 310
Cambridge, OH. 43725
12-step facilitation approach, Cognitive/behavior Therapy, and more...
Cash or Self-Payment, State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid, and more...
Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, Social skills development, and more...
Akron General Edwin Shaw Rehabilitation The Dobkin Recovery Center
405 Tallmadge Road 2nd Floor
Cuyahoga Falls, OH. 44221
Addiction Outreach Clinic Boardman Location
755 Boardman Canfield Road, Suite K1
Case management, Discharge Planning, and more...
Addiction Outreach Clinic
219 W. Emmitt Avenue Suite C
Group Therapy, Individual Psychotherapy, and more...
Comprehensive substance abuse assessment, Group counseling offered, and more...
543 West High Avenue
35110 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1
Willoughby, OH. 44094
5342 Meadow Lane Court
A Renewed Mind School Based Services
1430 Idaho St
Adolescents, Drug or alcohol urine screening, and more...
A Renewed Mind
1624 Tiffin Ave. Suite #D,
Findlay, OH. 45840
Individual counseling offered, Discharge Planning, and more...
1090 W.S. Boundary Suite #600,
Perrysburg, OH. 43551
The Salvation Army Harbor Light Complex
Medicaid, Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income and Other Factors), and more...
Teen Challenge Womens Maternity
Trauma-related counseling, Anger management, and more...
Cash or Self-Payment, Payment Assistance (Check With Facility For Details), and more...
Social skills development, Case management, and more...
Queen Treatment Centers Inc
10 Lady Avenue
Jackson, OH. 45640
Outreach to persons in the community, Substance abuse counseling approach, and more...
Cash or Self-Payment, Medicaid
Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis, Screening for substance abuse, and more...
Community Health Center Womens Recovery Program
Relapse prevention, Brief intervention approach, and more...
Medicaid, Access To Recovery (ATR) Voucher, and more...
Mental health services, Domestic violence services - family or partner, and more...
Connections Health Wellness Advocacy
24200 Chagrin Boulevard
Beachwood, OH. 44122
Contingency management/motivational incentive, Outreach to persons in the community, and more...
Medicaid, Cash or Self-Payment, and more...
Family counseling offered, Transportation assistance, and more...
Foundations Behavioral Health Servs
Celina, OH. 45822
Telemedicine Therapy, Trauma Therapy, and more...
Other State Funds, Community Mental Health Block Grants, and more...
Psychosocial rehabilitation services, Family psychoeducation, and more...
Toledo Hospital Toledo Childrens Hospital Peds Psych
2121 Hughes Drive
Smoking/tobacco cessation counselling, Cognitive/behavior Therapy, and more...
State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid, Military Insurance (e.g., Tricare), and more...
Integrated primary care service, Screening for tobacco use, and more...
MetroHealth Beachwood Health Center
3609 Park East
Trauma Therapy, Cognitive/behavior Therapy, and more...
Payment Assistance (Check With Facility For Details), Private Health Insurance, and more...
Diet and exercise counseling, Screening for tobacco use, and more...
Family Resource Center of NW Ohio Inc
720 Armstrong Street
St. Marys, OH. 45885
Trauma Therapy, Dual Diagnosis Drug Rehab, and more...
Suicide prevention services, Family psychoeducation, and more...
Woodlands Serving Central Ohio Inc
Newark, OH. 43055
Individual Psychotherapy, Couple/family Therapy, and more...
Private Health Insurance, Other State Funds, and more...
Persons Who Have Experienced Trauma, Court-ordered outpatient treatment, and more...
Carrington Youth Academy DBA Carrington Behavioral Health
2114 Noble Road
Group Therapy, Couple/family Therapy, and more...
Medicaid, Medicare, and more...
Persons Who Have Experienced Trauma, Children With Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED), and more...
Community Behavioral Health Inc
820 South Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Relapse prevention, Contingency management/motivational incentive, and more...
Military Insurance (e.g., Tricare), Medicare, and more...
The Joint Commission, Consumer-run (peer-support) services, and more...
Turning Point Counseling Services Struthers Office
420 Youngstown Poland Road
Struthers, OH. 44471
Dual Diagnosis Drug Rehab, Telemedicine Therapy, and more...
Payment Assistance (Check With Facility For Details), State Welfare or Child And Family Services Funds, and more...
Suicide prevention services, Case management, and more...
Hitchcock Center for Women Inc
1227 Ansel Road
Access To Recovery (ATR) Voucher, Payment Assistance (Check With Facility For Details), and more...
Veterans, Case management, and more...
Ohio Mentor Inc Cleveland
6200 Rockside Woods Boulevard North
Independence, OH. 44131
Couple/family Therapy, Activity Therapy, and more...
State Welfare or Child And Family Services Funds, State Corrections Or Juvenile Justice Funds, and more...
Adena Health System Behavioral Health Services
272 Hospital Road
Illness management and recovery, Family psychoeducation, and more...
Worthington Center Management Company Inc
Belpre, OH. 45714
Couple/family Therapy, Cognitive/behavior Therapy, and more...
U.S Department of VA Funds, State Education Funds, and more...
Family psychoeducation, Case management, and more...
Jefferson Behavioral Health System CORE
Military Insurance (e.g., Tricare), Private Health Insurance, and more...
Transitional Age Young Adults, Persons With HIV Or Aids, and more...
Childrens Home of Cincinnati OH
5050 Madison Road
Private Health Insurance, Cash or Self-Payment, and more...
Integrated primary care service, Case management, and more...
Euclid Hospital Older Adult Behavioral Medicine
18901 Lake Shore Boulevard
Cognitive/behavior Therapy, Group Therapy, and more...
Diet and exercise counseling, Persons with Alzheimer's or dementia, and more...
Summit Psychological Associates Inc
6693 North Chestnut Street
Ravenna, OH. 44266
Dual Diagnosis Drug Rehab, Couple/family Therapy, and more...
Medicare, Private Health Insurance, and more...
Education services, Case management, and more...
Comprehensive Psychiatry Group Inc
955 Windham Court
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive/behavior Therapy, and more...
Family psychoeducation, Active Duty Military, and more...
Child and Adol Behavioral Health Shipley
4641 Fulton Drive NW
Cash or Self-Payment, Private Health Insurance, and more...
Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders, Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI), and more...
Key Decisions Positive Choices Inc
3030 Euclid Avenue
Cash or Self-Payment, Medicaid, and more...
Screening for substance abuse, HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support, and more...
Glenbeigh Center of Rocky River Alcohol and Drug Treatment
Brief intervention approach, Rational emotive behavioral therapy, and more...
Medicare, Cash or Self-Payment, and more...
Breath analyzer or blood alcohol testing, The Joint Commission, and more...
Ohio Intervention Center
282 James Bohanan Drive
Vandalia, OH. 45377
Case management, Domestic violence services - family or partner, and more...
Signature Health
4726 Main Avenue
Ashtabula, OH. 44004
Behavior Modification, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and more...
Medicare, Medicaid, and more...
Diet and exercise counseling, Clients Referred From The Court/Judicial System (Other Than Dui/Dwi), and more...
Individual Psychotherapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and more...
Medicaid, Community Service Block Grants, and more...
Case management, Intensive case management, and more...
Darke County Recovery Services
Greenville, OH. 45331
Group Therapy, Trauma Therapy, and more...
Case management, Court-ordered outpatient treatment
University House
Private Health Insurance, Medicare, and more...
Integrated primary care service, Case management
Solutions Community Counseling and Recovery Centers
50 Greenwood Lane
Springboro, OH. 45066
Dual Diagnosis Drug Rehab, Behavior Modification, and more...
Medicare, Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income and Other Factors), and more...
Persons With Serious Mental Illness (SMI), Family psychoeducation, and more...
Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services
State Mental Health Agency Funds, Cash or Self-Payment, and more...
Housing services, Intensive case management, and more...
Alliance Community Hospital
Alliance, OH. 44601
Activity Therapy, Individual Psychotherapy, and more...
Military Insurance (e.g., Tricare), Medicaid, and more...
Persons with Alzheimer's or dementia, Diet and exercise counseling, and more...
3030 West Fork Road
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Individual Psychotherapy, and more...
Medicaid, Cash or Self-Payment
St. Josephs Orphanage Care Case Management
Fairfield, OH. 45014
Behavior Modification, Individual Psychotherapy, and more...
Transitional Age Young Adults, Case management, and more...
Individual Care Center Inc
8833 Chapel Square Drive
Smoking/tobacco cessation counselling, Contingency management/motivational incentive, and more...
Case management, Screening for Hepatitis C, and more...
YWCA of Hamilton
County or Local Government Funds, Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income and Other Factors), and more...
Supported housing, Persons With Serious Mental Illness (SMI), and more...
Step by Step Inc
445 East Dublin Granville Road
Group Therapy, Cognitive/behavior Therapy, and more...
State Corrections Or Juvenile Justice Funds, Military Insurance (e.g., Tricare), and more...
Screening for tobacco use, Case management, and more...
Cleveland Christian Home Residential Treatment Center
Psychosocial rehabilitation services, Diet and exercise counseling, and more...
Sunrise Treatment Center
7597 Bridgetown Road
Brief intervention approach, Motivational interviewing, and more...
HIV testing, STD testing, and more...
National Youth Advocate Program
15 North 3rd Street
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Group Therapy, and more...
State Mental Health Agency Funds, State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid, and more...
Children With Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED), Persons Who Have Experienced Trauma, and more...
Ohio State University Medical Center OSU Harding Hospital
1670 Upham Drive
Individual Psychotherapy, Smoking/tobacco cessation counselling, and more...
State Education Funds, Medicaid, and more...
Nicotine replacement therapy, Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders, and more...
One Eighty Beacon House
732 Spink Street
Substance abuse counseling approach, Outreach to persons in the community, and more...
Private Health Insurance, State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid, and more...
Group counseling offered, Assistance with obtaining social services, and more...
MCBDDS Mental Health Supports and Services
580 Calumet Lane
Cognitive/behavior Therapy, Behavior Modification, and more...
Medicare, State Mental Health Agency Funds, and more...
Education services, Case management
Shelter Care Inc Safe Landing Youth Shelter
587 Seiberling Street
Cognitive/behavior Therapy, Couple/family Therapy, and more...
State Corrections Or Juvenile Justice Funds, Community Mental Health Block Grants, and more...
Suicide prevention services, Education services, and more...
Phoenix Rising Behavioral Healthcare and Recovery Inc
4974 Higbee Avenue NW
Cash or Self-Payment, State Mental Health Agency Funds, and more...
Children With Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED), Court-ordered outpatient treatment, and more...
Tri County Help Center Inc
104 1/2 North Marietta Street
St. Clairsville, OH. 43950
Vocational rehabilitation services, Couple/family Therapy, and more...
State Welfare or Child And Family Services Funds, Cash or Self-Payment, and more...
Court-ordered outpatient treatment, Suicide prevention services, and more...
Chillicothe VA Medical Center Lancaster CBOC
1703 North Memorial Drive
Housing services, Suicide prevention services, and more...
Maryhaven Inc Womens Extended Care Program
100 Noe Bixby Road
Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income and Other Factors), Medicaid, and more...
HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support, Aftercare/continuing care, and more...
Syntero Inc Dublin Counseling Center
299 Cramer Creek Court
Dublin, OH. 43017
Medicaid, Payment Assistance (Check With Facility For Details), and more...
Consumer-run (peer-support) services, Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, and more...
Fulcare Behavioral Health Partial Hospitalization Program
725 South Shoop Avenue
Private Health Insurance, Medicaid, and more...
Suicide prevention services
Blick Clinic
Trauma Therapy, Behavior Modification, and more...
Glenbeigh Outpatient Ctr of Beachwood Beachwood
3789 South Green Road
Rational emotive behavioral therapy, Anger management, and more...
Access To Recovery (ATR) Voucher, Medicaid, and more...
Family counseling offered, Aftercare/continuing care, and more...
Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio Hamilton Service Center
1910 Fairgrove Avenue
Medicaid, Private Health Insurance, and more...
Case management, Court-ordered outpatient treatment, and more...
East Liverpool City Hospital
East Liverpool, OH. 43920
Dual Diagnosis Drug Rehab, Activity Therapy, and more...
Private Health Insurance, Military Insurance (e.g., Tricare), and more...
Suicide prevention services, Screening for tobacco use, and more...
Townhall II
Kent, OH. 44240
12-step facilitation approach, Substance abuse counseling approach, and more...
State mental health department, Screening for substance abuse, and more...
Equitas Health
Education services, Integrated primary care service, and more...
Cleveland Christian Home Inc
Group Therapy, Behavior Modification, and more...
Medicaid, State Corrections Or Juvenile Justice Funds, and more...
MH Services for Clark and Madison Cnty Youth Challenges Partial Hospital Prog
924 East Home Road
Couple/family Therapy, Group Therapy, and more...
Children With Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED), Suicide prevention services
Crisis Intervention and Recovery Ctr Crisis Center
Community Mental Health Block Grants, Cash or Self-Payment, and more...
Education services, Consumer-run (peer-support) services, and more...
Rosary Hall St. Vincent Charity Medical Center
Phone: 216-363-2580 x4
Outreach to persons in the community, 12-step facilitation approach, and more...
Medicare, State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid, and more...
Hospital licensing authority, State department of health, and more...
Blanchard Valley Hospital
Smoking/tobacco cessation counselling, Behavior Modification, and more...
State Mental Health Agency Funds, Medicare, and more...
Diet and exercise counseling, Legal advocacy, and more...
Manifesting Excellence Comm Trt Center Manifesting Excellence Counseling LLC
6100 Channingway Boulevard
Cognitive/behavior Therapy, Rational emotive behavioral therapy, and more...
HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support, Adult Men, and more...
Columbus Area Integrated Health Services Inc/Bell Center
813 Bryden Road
Comprehensive substance abuse assessment, Hepatitis education, counseling, or support, and more...
Oriana House ADM Crisis Center Inc
State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid, Medicaid
Hepatitis education, counseling, or support, Accepts clients on opioid medication, and more...
Near West Side Multi Serv Corporation DBA May Dugan Center
4115 Bridge Avenue
Seniors Or Older Adults, Persons Who Have Experienced Trauma, and more...
Central Clinic Behavioral Health
2825 Burnet Avenue
Trauma Therapy, Couple/family Therapy, and more...
Intensive case management, Transitional Age Young Adults, and more...
Ravenwood Mental Health Center Outpatient Clinic
Chardon, OH. 44024
Individual Psychotherapy, Trauma Therapy, and more...
Court-ordered outpatient treatment, Persons With Serious Mental Illness (SMI), and more...
Ten Lakes Center
Dennison, OH. 44621
Dual Diagnosis Drug Rehab, Smoking/tobacco cessation counselling, and more...
Private Health Insurance, U.S Department of VA Funds, and more...
Illness management and recovery, Nicotine replacement therapy, and more...
CommQuest Services Inc Smith House
811 Faircrest Street SW
Contingency management/motivational incentive, Trauma-related counseling, and more...
Access To Recovery (ATR) Voucher, Medicare, and more...
Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders, Treatment for gambling disorder, and more...
Marietta Memorial Hospital Senior Psychiatric Services
401 Matthew Street
Marietta, OH. 45750
Seniors Or Older Adults, Integrated primary care service, and more...
Southeastern Ohio Counseling Ctr LLC
239A Old National Road
Old Washington, OH. 43768
Beech Acres Parenting Center
6881 Beechmont Avenue
Couple/family Therapy, Behavior Modification, and more...
Other State Funds, State Education Funds, and more...
Case management, Family psychoeducation, and more...
Foundation for Living
1451 Lucas Road
Matrix Model, 12-step facilitation approach, and more...
Assistance with obtaining social services, Drug or alcohol urine screening, and more...
511 Perry Street
Defiance, OH. 43512
Cognitive/behavior Therapy, Trauma Therapy, and more...
Payment Assistance (Check With Facility For Details), State Mental Health Agency Funds, and more...
Screening for tobacco use, Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders, and more...
Community Behavioral Health Center
Telemedicine Therapy, Individual Psychotherapy, and more...
Psychosocial rehabilitation services, Case management, and more...
Western Reserve Counseling Service Inc
1 Victoria Place
Behavior Modification, Cognitive/behavior Therapy, and more...
State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid, Medicare, and more...
Military Families, Active Duty Military, and more...
Shepherd Hill
200 Messimer Drive
Brief intervention approach, Smoking/tobacco cessation counselling, and more...
Comprehensive substance abuse assessment, TB screening, and more...
Catholic Charities Services Matt Talbot for Recovery Men
Motivational interviewing, 12-step facilitation approach, and more...
Murtis Taylor Human Services System Adult Behavioral Healthcare Center
3010 Project Avenue
State Corrections Or Juvenile Justice Funds, County or Local Government Funds, and more...
Clients Referred From The Court/Judicial System (Other Than Dui/Dwi), Persons With Serious Mental Illness (SMI), and more...
Firelands Regional Health System
Intensive case management, Family psychoeducation, and more...
Pathways Counseling Center Inc
835 North Locust Street
Ottawa, OH. 45875
Substance abuse counseling approach, Trauma-related counseling, and more...
Employment counseling or training, Comprehensive mental health assessment, and more...
Columbus Public Health Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program
240 Parsons Avenue
Medicaid, State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid, and more...
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Or Transgender (LGBT) Clients, Local, county, or community government, and more...
TASC Prog Meridian Community Care
64 Ridge Avenue
State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid, Medicaid, and more...
Comprehensive mental health assessment, Drug or alcohol urine screening, and more...
Dublin Springs Hospital
Social skills development, Accepts clients on opioid medication, and more...
Pomegranate Health Systems Inc Columbus Office
765 Pierce Drive
Diet and exercise counseling, Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications, and more...
Kettering Behavioral Medicine Center
5350 Lamme Road
Group Therapy, Activity Therapy
LHS Family and Youth Services Inc
2411 Seaman Street
Trauma Therapy, Group Therapy, and more...
State Welfare or Child And Family Services Funds, Military Insurance (e.g., Tricare), and more...
Family psychoeducation, Persons With Serious Mental Illness (SMI), and more...
Lutheran Social Services Northern Region Office
2149 Collingwood Boulevard
Individual Psychotherapy, Dual Diagnosis Drug Rehab, and more...
Clients Referred From The Court/Judicial System (Other Than Dui/Dwi), Court-ordered outpatient treatment, and more...
Columbus Care Management Office
Medicaid, State Welfare or Child And Family Services Funds, and more...
LCADA Way
Anger management, Matrix Model, and more...
State mental health department, Family counseling offered, and more...
New Direction Treatment Services
1612 Chase Avenue
12-step facilitation approach, Trauma-related counseling, and more...
Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income and Other Factors), Cash or Self-Payment
Group counseling offered, Individual counseling offered, and more...
Free Med Clinic of Greater Cleveland Behavioral Health Department
Private Health Insurance, Community Service Block Grants, and more...
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Or Transgender (LGBT) Clients, Persons With HIV Or Aids, and more...
Trinity Medical Center East Behavioral Health Services
Dual Diagnosis Drug Rehab, Group Therapy, and more...
820 South Martin Luthur King Boulevard
Nicotine replacement therapy, Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications, and more...
TCN Behavioral Health Services Inc
600 East Dayton Yellow Springs Road
Fairborn, OH. 45324
Military Insurance (e.g., Tricare), County or Local Government Funds, and more...
Clients Referred From The Court/Judicial System (Other Than Dui/Dwi), Diet and exercise counseling, and more...
Firelands Counseling and Recovery Services
554 North Leavitt Road
Amherst, OH. 44001
Drug or alcohol urine screening, State substance abuse agency, and more...
Churchill Counseling Services Inc
Court-ordered outpatient treatment, Family psychoeducation
927 Wheeling Avenue
Anger management, Motivational interviewing, and more...
Assistance with obtaining social services, Accepts clients on opioid medication, and more...
Dayton Regional Office
4130 Linden Avenue
Medicaid, Military Insurance (e.g., Tricare), and more...
Psychosocial rehabilitation services, Court-ordered outpatient treatment, and more...
Addiction Recovery Services Univ Hosp of Cleveland/Dept of Psych
Motivational interviewing, Substance abuse counseling approach, and more...
Consumer-run (peer-support) services, Marital/couples counseling offered, and more...
Children With Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED), Transitional Age Young Adults, and more...
Pressley Ridge Hamilton County Program
Cash or Self-Payment, Community Mental Health Block Grants, and more...
Intensive case management, Persons With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and more...
Camp Challenge
939 Wilkinson Avenue
Medicaid, County or Local Government Funds
Children With Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED), Case management, and more...
BrightView
Contingency management/motivational incentive, Substance abuse counseling approach, and more...
Assistance with obtaining social services, Relapse prevention from naltrxone, and more...
St. Vincent Charity Medical Center
Smoking/tobacco cessation counselling, Individual Psychotherapy, and more...
County or Local Government Funds, Private Health Insurance, and more...
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Steve Vickers email Re: Japan (recordings?)
Northern Thunder replied to JimF-LowBari's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
Here you go, Jim: Dear Reader, It has come to our attention that there are broken video links in the article “Drum Corps Japan Championship showcases 22 corps in three divisions” that begins on page 8 of the January 2020, Volume 48, Number 15, issue transmitted on Friday, December 20. Please be advised that you can view the entire performances of each of the 22 competitors and several guest corps directly at http://bit.ly/2EGiIr8, courtesy of "Drum Corps Fun” (#drumcorpsfun). The photos within the article are also attlributed to #drumcorpsfun. Many thanks to Mr. Hiroshi Ozawa with Drum Corps Fun for his permission to include the photos in the article. The video linked from the article does not include short clips of the corps, but note that the title and full description shows the links to all of the full corps performances at #drumcorpsfun. For your convenience, you can use the list below to go directly to a performance you may wish to see at #drumcorpsfun. Performer /// Link to Official Drum Corps Japan Championship Videos Division III performances Kamakura Women's Univ HS Marching Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cM0Wtjd5wY SATSUKI DREAMERS Marching Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49dpxqhcFU4 Legend of ANGELS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8L5fGZ3rUg SONIC LANCERS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL1L-KX8-dI Tokyo Phoenix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cfbgaTLeBw PHOENIX REGIMENT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3IdxW95zvo Imperial Sound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n43V4JPxjkw Zama City Girl Marching Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b4y4vvy5yI Tsutsujigaoka Junior Marching Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEAe3RcPWW8 The Garnet Nagasaki Marching Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blAqdapXsd8 Division II performances FUKUOKA Dream Scouts Performance Corps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL1L-KX8-dI GENESIS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P_fiJbOAtY THE FOCUS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIWq_uTF_UM White Galaxy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63hmUbn7Beo 2019 JOKERS Drum & Bugle Corps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8BbRCmbOwA (Note: Jokers AJC performance recording is not available.) SENDAI Verdures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4UN2glFSBE Shonan Dolphins Marching Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGMVbU1YVWg Division I performances Yokohama INSPIRES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P_fiJbOAtY THE YOKOHAMA SCOUTS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxy8s1EH19U Shonandai HS Brass Club White Shooting Stars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKhF0zabOaI Alumni performance Yokohama INSPIRES Alumni https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blAqdapXsd8 Guest performances Yokohama Heian Elementary School Marching Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Yqg-KXqlwE Yokohama Shioda Junior HS Pacific Winds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iUFGrzks5o Marching Kids Saitama Elementary School https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InGcd4f-43A Kanto Gakuin Marching Band http://bit.ly/2ECr5Uz My apologies for the incomplete links contained in Gary Dickelman’s excellent article on the Drum Corps Japan Championships! He will have a third report in the February 2020 edition, released on Friday, January 31, covering the mid-December Japanese Marching Band Association Championship that includes some of the drum and bugle corps and like groups that appeared at earlier events he included in the November and December on-line magazines. Go here to view those earlier issues — https://www.drumcorpsworld.com/pdf-issues/. The new year and a new schedule of events are getting underway and no doubt every organization in the worldwide activity is preparing for what they hope will be their best and most successful season of competition. What most fans are always waiting for is news of tour stops for their favorite corps and what programs and repertoire will be included to entertain audiences all around the world. Because of copyright permission and video synchronization rights, announcements of specific plans have become delayed, in many cases, into the late spring or early summer. DCI has announced their tentative line-up of competitions across the country (see DCI.org) and ticket sales for some events have recently been put on sale. As the months roll by, additional seating will be available for you to decide where and when to get a good look at costumes and the musical selections the corps will be presenting for judges. We will continue to monitor news and provide a wide array of content as the 2020 season moves closer to reality! Steve Vickers Publisher Drum Corps World
1970's and 1982 Recordings!
Northern Thunder replied to KeithHall's topic in Historical Junior Corps Discussions
If you look at the last few pages of the monthly Drum Corps World online issues, you'll see they have a cd with the Royal Coachmen from the 1973 U. S. Open.
Time to Say Goodbye, after 15 years
Northern Thunder replied to Ray Kimber's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
I sat next to Tom Root 50 years ago at the Minnesota All-State Band Camp. He played tuba, and was fresh out of the University of Minnesota as a student clinician. I was a trombone player, a few years younger than Tom. You can always appreciate the good memories you had when you enjoyed drum corps some years back.
another crazy idea
In The News – Vose Inducted Into World Drum Corps Hall Of Fame
Northern Thunder replied to DCP NewsFeed's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin from Cheers) IS in the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-bf6lvxUQ8 And the corps he marched with were CT Royal Lancers and St. Ann's Loyalairs.
Why would a corps ever find it "Justify"-able to use an overaged member?
Northern Thunder replied to N.E. Brigand's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
And then there were the 1977 Bengal Lancers...... they won the DCI Class 'A' Championship on August 17. On August 27, at the UOEC Championship, they were found to have marched overage members during the year. The corps director immediately pulled them out of the Garden State Championship, which was held the very next day. DCI never did anything to punish them, despite the fact they won the DCI title. I guess all their attention was on the Bridgemen that year.
Former Buccaneers Member Dies In Tragic Accident
Northern Thunder posted a topic in DCA - All-Age Corps Discussions
Michael Trump was a member back in 1990. https://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/end-of-summer-scuba-diving-trip-to-niagara-ends-in-tragedy-for-family-with-reading-ties
Troopers 2019 >"<
Northern Thunder replied to 2muchcoffeeman's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
bluecoats88 is correct. Troopers also beat Madison during the 2007, 2008 & 2009 seasons.
Mankato, MN - Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Northern Thunder replied to tedrick's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
Blakeslee is a FANTASTIC drum corps venue! The very last time I ever spoke to Gail Royer, was in the end zone at Blakeslee on July 5, 1992. Had a great talk with him in his final year with SCV. Sadly, just 11 months later, he passed away. He told me he had no idea what he was going to do after he left the corps.
DCI Minneapolis
Northern Thunder replied to BlueStarsDad's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
Twice we had some extremely dangerous weather conditions get in the way at TCF. The first one (2010) was serious enough to keep a number of people completely away from the show in later years.
I think DCI wants an indoor facility. The sound in the great outdoors was GREAT at TCF Bank, but it seems the days of major outdoor drum corps shows are gone.
DCI Minnesota may move into US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis in the future.
Drum Corps Membership Changes
Northern Thunder replied to gregory11's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
And their fine 1973 hornline (one of the best in DCI) had 23 females, out of 6o total.
DeLasalle Oaklands
They sure did, Fran! When they tore off the line playing Miserlou, they had the crowd begging for more. Along with Blue Rock, Del was the most impressive corps at that show.
I think George Hopkins is innocent
Northern Thunder replied to GlassmenBtone's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
Is that you, George??
Northern Thunder replied to KeithHall's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
Hi Mike! I used to do an annual active North American junior corps census for Drum Corps World....probably did them for 20 years. The index of corps that appears in the Drum Corps World book A History of Drum & Bugle Corps, was done by me. It turns out that with more digital sources available today there were MANY more active junior corps than were ever published. I have recently found corps that literally nobody ever heard of, that did parades, exhibitions, etc. I meticulously researched the corps that were performing. In that final pre-DCI season of 1971, the numbers would have been close to 1,000 in the U.S. and Canada.
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Notable Harvest Delays for Northern Corn Belt
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9/20/2018 | 12:24 PM CDT
Kossuth County, Iowa, is part of the extensive Upper Midwest area that will have extensive harvest delays after heavy rain and high winds Sept. 18-20. (Photo courtesy of Tim Kohlhaas)
Forecasts for heavy rain in the Upper Midwest for the final days of the official 2018 summer season have been verified -- and the result is not favorable for harvest.
From eastern South Dakota to across northern Iowa, southern Minnesota and into southern Wisconsin, rainfall of 2 to 5 inches has flooded fields, delayed harvest and leads to potential for crop loss. About 10% of total U.S. corn and soybean production is in the area hit by the storms.
The heavy rain is the product of three large-scale atmospheric features that all played a part, according to DTN Senior Ag Meteorologist Mike Palmerino.
"You have a hot, powerful high-pressure ridge over the Alabama-Tennessee border. Then, there's a moderate trough in the interior West to send short waves of energy eastward. And, finally, cool-to-cold air in Canada leads to instability and the potential for thunderstorms," Palmerino said. "But the big player in all this is that southeastern high. It blocks the movement of the other features. Also, that southeastern ridge means that there is a lot of Gulf of Mexico moisture available to move northward into the Upper Midwest for those heavy rains to develop."
Market reaction to this heavy rain, however, is likely to be muted, simply due to record production expectations.
"The market may not care yet because of the expectations for a large corn crop," said DTN Cash Grains Analyst Mary Kennedy. "However, these heavy rains will affect the condition of the corn, especially if any of it sits in water. Mold could set in, and on top of the rain, high winds could push the plants over."
Forecasts through the rest of September show a cooler but drier pattern for the Upper Midwest. The drier trend will no doubt be welcome in an area that has had its share of rain, and then some, throughout this crop year.
-- Bryce Anderson
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Unintended pregnancies, those that are unwanted or mistimed, represent a major public health challenge. Across the US, approximately 45% of all pregnancies are unintended.1 In the southeastern region of the US, over 50% of all pregnancies are unintended.2 Unintended pregnancies occur more frequently in young, low-income, and minority women, and are generally associated with poorer health and economic outcomes for the child, the mother, and their families. In South Carolina, the Choose Well initiative (www.choosewellsc.org) is a state-wide collaboration that seeks to reduce the rate of unintended pregnancy through a range of collaborative efforts with health care systems, providers, non-profit organizations, professional associations, policy systems, and community members.
A team of researchers at ETSU has been selected to conduct an independent, external evaluation of the Choose Well initiative. The evaluation research is informed by the RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance) framework, and uses a mixed-methods approach to data collection and analysis. This evaluation includes sub-projects that focus on the specific impact of Choose Well on:
Women seeking reproductive health care,
Primary care providers including physicians and advanced practice nurses,
Health system capacity and scope of services,
Implementing agencies and health policies, and
Population-based outcomes
The results of this evaluation will help to elucidate the impact of the Choose Well initiative on unintended pregnancy and its determinants; the sustainability of the initiative and its components; and the essential elements that would be necessary to launch similar initiatives elsewhere. The results will also provide important insight into how individuals and families make reproductive health decisions and how providers can more effectively counsel their patients around family planning.
For questions or additional information about this evaluation, please contact Dr. Mike Smith at 423-439-4443 or smithmg1@etsu.edu.
Finer, L. B. & Zolna, M. R. Declines in Unintended Pregnancy in the United States, 2008–2011. N. Engl. J. Med. 374, 843–852 (2016).
Kost, K. Unintended pregnancy rates at the state level: estimates for 2010 and trends since 2002. (Guttmacher Institute, 2015).
Evaluation Team
Amal Khoury
Joel Hillhouse
Kate Beatty
Debbi Slawson
Shimin Zheng
Kelly Foster
Leigh Johnson
AnnMarie Hash
Edward Leinaar
104 Lamb Hall | Box 70623
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Purdue team finds convection could produce Pluto's polygons
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- On Pluto, icebergs floating in a sea of nitrogen ice are key to a possible explanation of the quilted appearance of the Sputnik Planum region of the dwarf planet's surface.
Data reported by NASA's New Horizons New Horizons mission to the Pluto system shows unusual terrain in this region, which features a large deposit of nitrogen ice with a pattern of polygons that are thickest at their centers and dip at their edges. Purdue University researchers have proposed that the polygons seen in the images could be individual Rayleigh-Bénard convection cells. A paper detailing the work will be published in the journal Nature online on Thursday (June 2).
Purdue graduate student Alex Trowbridge, under the guidance of Jay Melosh, a distinguished professor of earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences, and professor of physics and aerospace engineering, led the research.
"Evidence suggests this could be a roiling sea of volatile nitrogen ice," Melosh said. "Imagine oatmeal boiling on the stove; it doesn't produce one bubble for the entire pot as the heated oatmeal rises to the surface and the cooler oatmeal is pushed down into the depths, this happens in small sections across the pot, creating a quilted pattern on the surface similar to what we see on Pluto. Of course, on Pluto this is not a fast process; the overturn within each unit happens at a rate of maybe 2 centimeters per year."
The surface of Pluto appears to be primarily very cold water ice. However, within the Sputnik Planum region the icy surface drops into a basin that holds a pool of nitrogen ice. Both water and nitrogen are solids at Pluto's temperatures, but the nitrogen ice is structurally weak and has a low viscosity that allows it to deform and flow like a fluid, while the water ice has a very high viscosity and can form tall, hard mountains, Trowbridge said.
"Within this pool of nitrogen ice, there are mountains of water ice that have collected at the edges of the polygons," he said. "The way they have collected suggests they have moved or floated like icebergs with the convection current. If this is true, we can calculate how deep the pool would need to be for the icebergs to float freely without catching on the bottom."
The polygons also can provide information about the depth of the pool of nitrogen through known ratios of width to depth for individual cells of convection, he said.
Data show the polygons are 20 to 30 kilometers in diameter. Only the tips of the water icebergs can be seen, and the team performed calculations as if they were spheres, a regular shape that requires the shallowest volume of liquid to float, to create conservative depth estimates, Trowbridge said.
The team's calculations based on the water icebergs suggest the pool must be at least 5 kilometers deep, and the calculations based on the width-to-depth ratio of the nitrogen convection cells suggest it is 10 kilometers deep. The results of both calculations suggest a far deeper layer of nitrogen ice than the minimum 500 meters needed for convection to occur, he said.
The spectroscopic data from the New Horizons mission only provides information about a surface layer not thicker than a sheet of paper. However, convection would also explain how the surface of this area of Pluto is so young, Melosh said.
Overturn from convection would erase impact craters and renew this section of the dwarf planet's surface, which fits with the data New Horizons provided. From this data the surface of Pluto's Sputnik Planum is estimated to be less than 10 million years old, which is considered very young and suggests significant activity on the surface. However, the Purdue team's convection model suggests that the age of the surface of the nitrogen ice fields of the Sputnik Planum region is even younger, around one million years old, he said.
"Many people expected Pluto to be a cold, dead world," Melosh said. "What we've discovered through this mission is that cold worlds like Pluto have a different kind of activity that involves materials we think of as gases. This understanding offers a new perspective that cold worlds can be just as active and interesting as our own."
In addition to Trowbridge and Melosh, the research team includes Jordan Steckloff, who was a graduate student at Purdue the time of the research, and Andy Freed, a Purdue professor of earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences.
The team computed the Rayleigh number for the nitrogen ice layer, a mathematical term associated with the level of buoyancy-driven flow, or convection, and found it to be more than 10,000 times greater than the critical value needed for the onset of convection. This means convection could easily occur, even at the extremely low temperatures of Pluto, which average more than 300 degrees Fahrenheit below zero.
A team led by William McKinnon, deputy lead of the New Horizons Geology, Geophysics and Imaging team, also concluded convection is the most viable explanation for the polygons. A paper detailing their work is published in the same issue of Nature.
"Pluto has surprised us, but you never know what you will see until you get there," said Steckloff, who performed analysis of the annual thermal changes on Pluto and evaluated alternative explanations for the polygon terrain. "This underscores the importance of these missions, which provide rich data, but also reveal new questions and how much we don't know. We look forward to the complete analysis of the surface composition and how it affects our model. However, definitive confirmation of our model would require another mission to probe below the surface."
The Fredrick N. Andrews Fellowship and a NASA geology and geophysics grant funded the research.
Writer: Elizabeth K. Gardner, 765-494-2081, ekgardner@purdue.edu
Sources: Jay Melosh, 765-494-3290, jmelosh@purdue.edu
Alexander Trowbridge, atrowbr@purdue.edu
Jordan Steckloff, jstecklo@purdue.edu
Andy Freed 765-496-3738, freed@purdue.edu
Vigorous Convection Underlies Pluto's Polygonal Terrain
A. J. Trowbridge, H. J. Melosh, J. K. Steckloff, and A. M. Freed
Pluto's surface is surprisingly young and geologically active. One of Pluto's youngest terrains is the equatorial region, informally named Sputnik Planum, which is a topographic basin filled by N2 ice mixed with minor amounts of CH4 and CO ices. Nearly the entire surface of the region is divided into irregular polygons ~20-30 km in diameter, whose centers rise tens of meters above their sides. The edges of this region exhibit bulk flow features without polygons. While both thermal contraction and convection have been proposed to explain this terrain, polygons formed from thermal contraction (analogous to ice-wedges or mud-crack networks) of N2 are inconsistent with observations of non- brittle deformation within the N2 ice sheet. Here we employ a parameterized convection model to compute the Rayleigh number of the N2 ice and show that it is vigorously convecting, making Rayleigh-Bénard convection the most viable explanation for these polygons. The diameter of Sputnik Planum's polygons and dimensions of its "floating mountains" of water ice suggest that its N2 ice is ~10 km thick. The estimated convection velocity of 1.5 cm/year indicates a surface age of only ~1 Myr. The surprising presence of active convection on Pluto's surface indicates that even very cold (dwarf) planets far from the Sun may possess geologically active surfaces.
Elizabeth Garnder
ekgardner@purdue.edu
@PurdueUnivNews
http://www.purdue.edu/
Fredrick N. Andrews Fellowship, NASA geology and geophysics
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SPACE/PLANETARY SCIENCE
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The Global Scholars Program offers support for faculty engaged in scholarship or curriculum development that helps prepare our students and community for global leadership, citizenry, and success. The program is supported and administered by the Center for Innovation & Change and is made possible by the John H. Schroeder Global Scholar Endowed Fund.
Although any global topic will be considered, priority will be given to proposals related to:
Social Innovation or Changemaking
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Encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration (joint proposals are welcome)
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Past Global Scholars
The selection committee is composed of the deans of UE’s colleges, the executive vice president of academic affairs, the executive director of international programs, and the executive director of the Center for Innovation & Change. Prospective applicants are encouraged to discuss their ideas with the executive director of the Center for Innovation & Change and their academic dean to ensure a final proposal is aligned with the selection criteria.
Current funding will support 3-4 awards of up to $4,000 each. Awards may be used for travel, research materials, conference fees, and/or other related expenses. Award does not include a course release.
Global Scholar Requirements and Timeline
The term for Global Scholars is one academic year (June 1, 2020 – May 31, 2021).
February 20, 2020: Application deadline.
Late March 2020: Announcement of Global Scholar awards.
June 1, 2020 – May 31, 2021: Global Scholars conduct work.
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relates to social innovation or changemaking (if applicable)
addresses the UN Sustainable Development Goals (if applicable)
enhances global experiential education (if applicable)
encourages cross-disciplinary collaboration (if applicable)
will impact our campus and broader community upon your return.
Proposed budget:
travel costs and timing
costs for materials, conference fees, and/or other related expenses
description of any other funding you have applied for or intend to apply for to support this work
Please submit your proposal electronically by 5:00 p.m. on February 20 to Cindy Kelley at ck116@evansville.edu.
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__label__wiki | 0.712866 | 0.712866 | Hamilton apologises after late clash denies Albon first podium finish
November 17, 2019, 9:06 pm Updated: November 17, 2019, 9:28 pm
Lewis Hamilton apologised to Alex Albon for causing their late collision in Brazil (PA)
Lewis Hamilton apologised to Alex Albon after the world champion accepted full responsibility for their late crash in Brazil.
Hamilton, running behind Albon after he stopped for a third time under a late safety car, attempted to pass the London-born Red Bull driver for second place with just two laps to run.
But the Mercedes driver smashed into the side of the rookie, spinning the Red Bull man around. Hamilton limped to the flag with damage to the front of his car but later received a five-second penalty, demoting him from third to seventh.
A first podium was in sight for Alex Albon, until this 😱
Lewis Hamilton received a post-race penalty, dropping him from third to seventh#BrazilGP 🇧🇷 #F1 pic.twitter.com/s3tkcHVL7C
Hamilton’s late lunge denied Albon, 23, a first career podium. He finished outside the points in 14th.
“I apologise to Alex, and I hold my hands up for the accident,” said Hamilton, who was also hit with two penalty points on his drivers’ licence.
“I totally accept the blame. It was not my intention and you hardly ever see me collide with anyone. In hindsight I could have waited to make the move, but hindsight is a wonderful thing.
“An opportunity arose and I was in shooting distance. I gave it a shot because in my mind I was trying to catch Max [Verstappen] for the win.
Absolutely gutted for @Alex_Albon! 😫 In P2 and the 1-2 just a few corners away until… #BrazilGP pic.twitter.com/nuCPIv8hvN
— Aston Martin Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) November 17, 2019
“That won’t be the last time Alex is in position for a podium. He will have many more great races so, as hard a pill as it is for him to swallow, I hope he can learn from the experience.”
A statement from the stewards read: “Albon was on his normal race line. Hamilton attempted to pass on the inside, but he was unable to get far enough inside to accomplish the overtake.
“By the time he realised there would not be sufficient room he was unable to back out of the situation and the collision followed. The stewards determined that Hamilton was predominantly at fault.”
Albon, who was recently rewarded for his fine start to life at Red Bull with a new deal for 2020, said: “I’m not angry at Lewis. I feel like it’s one of those things.
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__label__wiki | 0.980295 | 0.980295 | Ross reunited with assistant Potter at Hibernian
Hibernian manager Jack Ross has been reunited with assistant John Potter (Adam Davy/PA)
New Hibernian boss Jack Ross has been reunited with assistant John Potter after he was given permission by Sunderland to make his own Easter Road switch.
Ross took his former St Mirren captain with him when he made his move to the Stadium of Light 18 months ago.
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__label__cc | 0.591942 | 0.408058 | Fort Lauderdale Divorce Lawyer Blog
Published By Sandy T. Fox, P.A.
Do You Get 50% Of The Assets When You File For Divorce In Broward County?
Published on: April 1, 2009 | by Sandy T. Fox
When you file for a divorce in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the trial court is required to equitably divide the marital assets. The divorce court in Broward County, Florida should begin the equitable distribution of the marital assets with the assumption of equally dividing what has been acquired during the marriage amongst the Husband Wife. Absent substantial competent evidence to support the unequal distribution or written findings of fact, the Court will be reversed on appeal and remanded with instructions to make the appropriate findings of fact.
In Jalileyan v Jalileyan, a decision released on April 1, 2009 by the Fourth District Court of Appeal, the Final Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage was reversed because the trial court made an unequal distribution of marital assets by awarding the Former Wife an unequal distribution of the marital assets without any factual findings to explain or justify the award. Additionally, there was no competent substantial evidence to support the unequal distribution of marital assets.
In Broward County and in the State of Florida, in order to award the Husband or Wife an equal distribution of the marital assets, the Court must consider the following and make written findings to support its award as set forth in Florida Statute § 61.075:
(a) The contribution to the marriage by each spouse, including contributions to the care and education of the children and services as homemaker.
(b) The economic circumstances of the parties.
(c) The duration of the marriage.
(d) Any interruption of personal careers or educational opportunities of either party.
(e) The contribution of one spouse to the personal career or educational opportunity of the other spouse.
(f) The desirability of retaining any asset, including an interest in a business, corporation, or professional practice, intact and free from any claim or interference by the other party.
(g) The contribution of each spouse to the acquisition, enhancement, and production of income or the improvement of, or the incurring of liabilities to, both the marital assets and the nonmarital assets of the parties.
(h) The desirability of retaining the marital home as a residence for any dependent child of the marriage, or any other party, when it would be equitable to do so, it is in the best interest of the child or that party, and it is financially feasible for the parties to maintain the residence until the child is emancipated or until exclusive possession is otherwise terminated by a court of competent jurisdiction. In making this determination, the court shall first determine if it would be in the best interest of the dependent child to remain in the marital home; and, if not, whether other equities would be served by giving any other party exclusive use and possession of the marital home.
(i) The intentional dissipation, waste, depletion, or destruction of marital assets after the filing of the petition or within 2 years prior to the filing of the petition.
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__label__wiki | 0.800432 | 0.800432 | Ballet instructor convicted for molesting male student in Chester County
Alexander Boitsov was convicted Friday of molesting a male student.
WEST CHESTER, Pa. - A former dance instructor was convicted of molesting a male student at a school in Pennsylvania after pleading guilty to similar charges in Delaware in 2018.
The jury in Judge David Bortner’s courtroom delivered its guilty verdict to Alexander Boitsov, of Hockessin, on Friday, the Daily Local News reported.
The Ukrainian native was found guilty on 11 counts of indecent assault as well as charges of unlawful contact with a minor, corruption of minors, and endangering the welfare of children for his behavior while teaching at a Chester County ballet studio.
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The judge ordered Boitsov to surrender his passport but allowed him to remain free on bail pending sentencing. He faces possible minimum prison terms of between three and 12 months.
Boitsov pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact with a minor at a dance studio in Dover, Delaware, in May 2018.
He is now a registered sex offender in Delaware.
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__label__cc | 0.630437 | 0.369563 | Let Them Fail
By Glenn Beck, | Fox News
You know, Thomas Edison said, "I have not failed 10,000 times. I have successfully found 10,000 ways that will not work."
Without failure you cannot have success.
General Motors will not succeed in the future if it is rewarded for its failures with government funds. And it certainly will not succeed being run by the federal government.
States and towns will not succeed if we reward their failed policies by electing the same tired representatives who tackle every problem with tax and spend policies.
Activist judges ruling on empathy rather than law won't help people; it will just teach them that there is an excuse for everything they do.
Let them fail.
It's better to learn from failure and unleash the entrepreneurial spirit that made America great, instead of killing it off to save those who refuse or can't change with the times.
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MLL in a nutshell
The goal of The Mannerheim League for Child Welfare was to create a digital platform from where the main target groups can get the help and support they need regardless of time, place or device.
We created an easy-to-use service that also makes it effortless for the MLL experts to produce content or build new fundraising campaigns to. Simple participation and donating to MLL operations were the basis of our design.
A target group test by the client found the website to be clear, easy and approachable. The most important trackers, goals and dashboards have been built, so the future development will be based on data.
Support no matter where and when
The goal of The Mannerheim League for Child Welfare, or MLL, was to create a digital tray for the main target groups, from where they find the help they need regardless of time, location or device. At the same time, MLL wanted to develop their ability to provide help and support online, to better reach a larger part of families and even the differences of supply and demand in different areas.
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Co-design and co-production were base principals in ensuring a relevant and solution-focused service. This meant having workshops with MLL’s broad group of experts and working closely in the customer’s facilities during both design and production phase.
We approached the needs of different target groups with a user path model and took note of different activation elements and conversion points from the get-go. Because MLL.fi serves a variety of people, a target group-oriented approach suited best considering the site structure and content.
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The MLL.fi website was planned and built from elements in a way that makes it possible to build Nuortennetti.fi service soon after launching MLL.fi, using the same elements with only a few visual changes.
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Barra touts investment by SoftBank and says GM has "a strong core business" in a time of transformation.
GM plans expanded Bolt production, 20 new electric vehicles by 2023 Barra touts investment by SoftBank and says GM has "a strong core business" in a time of transformation. Check out this story on Freep.com: https://on.freep.com/2sRtwgN
Jamie L. LaReau, Detroit Free Press Published 9:26 a.m. ET June 12, 2018 | Updated 5:06 p.m. ET June 12, 2018
Mary Barra, chairman and CEO of General Motors speaks before the General Motors shareholder's meeting at the Renaissance Center in Detroit on Tuesday, June 12, 2018.(Photo: Kimberly P. Mitchell, Detroit Free Press)
General Motors reiterated Tuesday that it is committed to an all-electric future and said it will increase production of its Bolt hatchback in the fourth quarter to meet worldwide demand.
The company's sustainability report, presented in conjunction with its annual shareholder meeting Tuesday, said it will launch more than 20 new zero-emissions vehicles in global markets by 2023.
GM has been aggressive this year in its push for electric and autonomous vehicle development, Chairman and CEO Mary Barra noted in meeting with reporters.
"We are committed to an all-EV future and continue to work in that direction," she said. "Just 10 days ago we had an important announcement of a partnership with SoftBank. So if you look at where we are, it’s a very exciting time.”
GM is not saying by how much it will ratchet up production of the Bolt, which it presently builds at its Orion Assembly plant in suburban Detroit. But GM is "taking a percentage of that production and sending it overseas for example to South Korea," said GM spokesman Tony Cervone. "We're trying to fill the pipeline in some of the international countries."
Cervone said demand for the Bolt is strong and the U.S. will get more of the cars toward the end of the year.
GM launched the Bolt near the end of 2016. Last year, GM sold 26,005 Bolt EVs, it said. About 94 percent of those are retail sales, with the balance going to fleet such as governments, municipalities and higher education institutions, GM said.
But some shareholders at the meeting reminded the automaker to stay focused on its primary business model of making gasoline-powered cars. Some analysts agree.
“Mary Barra and GM are reinforcing their message and strategy to lead in electric and autonomous vehicles,” said Michelle Krebs, executive analyst for AutoTrader in Detroit. “Yet GM’s most important launch comes this fall when it goes to market with the redesigned Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks. Those trucks and the beefy profits they produce are the fuel to finance the high-tech future.”
In remarks to shareholders, Barra said GM recognizes the importance of a flawless launch of its new pickups this fall, adding, “These trucks will accelerate our profitability in the coming years.”
The company is on good footing, Barra said.
“We have a strong core business and are in a transformative era. We’re working to address the issues of crash-free and give people the choices of mobility. I couldn’t be more excited about the future of the company and our direction,” Barra said.
The sustainability report said GM now has 180 autonomous vehicles in test fleets in San Francisco, Phoenix and Detroit.
Late last month, GM announced a partnership with technology investment firm SoftBank to bring self-driving technology in the form of ride sharing to consumers by next year. SoftBank, which has stakes in such companies as Uber, will invest $2.25 billion in GM Cruise Holdings, and GM will invest $1.1 billion in GM Cruise, its self-driving arm, when the transaction closes at the end of this month.
GM says consumers can do ride sharing next year in self-driving cars
To be a leader in the electric vehicle market, GM said it has been partnering with utility companies, government agencies and other entities that help create the infrastructure to prepare U.S. and Chinese markets.
GM continues to push for increased fuel economy among its standard vehicles through engineering innovations and removing weight from cars. Since 2016, GM said it has taken more than 5,000 pounds from 14 new vehicle models, saving 35 million gallons of gasoline used, it said in its report.
“We would like to see one national program," Barra said of U.S. fuel economy standards, pointing to differences between California regulators, who want to maintain higher standards and have an exemption to do so under the Clean Air Act, and the administration, which is rolling back federal standards.
"We’ve communicated that, and we are committed to an all-EV future," Barra stressed.
GM will also put its Super Cruise technology on all Cadillac vehicles starting in 2020.
Super Cruise, a hands-free driver assistance feature for the freeway, will go on other GM vehicles after 2020, it said.
The 2018 CT6 luxury sedan is currently the only Cadillac to offer Super Cruise.
GM to put Super Cruise hands-free driving in all Cadillacs
Cadillac will also offer “vehicle-to-everything” (V2X) communications in "a high-volume crossover by 2023."
But GM's earnings in the first quarter did not show gains amid the long-term investment in new technology. GM reported significant declines as it realigned its pickup production to match market demands and completed aggressive restructuring at its operations in South Korea.
GM reported its first-quarter net income plummeted 59.8 percent to $1.05 billion from the year ago period. Its operating profits fell 26.6 percent to $2.6 billion from the same quarter in 2017.
At the time, Barra said the results matched GM's expectations because the company planned for lower pickup production in North America "related to the transition to our all-new Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra,” she said.
“We are on plan to deliver another strong year in 2018,” she said.
While there has been some fluctuation in GM's stock price over the past 12 months, overall it is worth more today that a year earlier. At the close of trading Tuesday, GM was valued at $44.18 per share, compared with $34.68 per share at the close of trading June 12, 2017.
At last year's shareholder meeting, GM shareholders voted down a proposal by billionaire investor David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital's proposal to create to classes of GM shares.
Billionaire investor David Einhorn appears to be alone in GM shareholder battle
Contact Jamie LaReau at jlareau@freepress.com or 313-222-2149.
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Moscow: Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said Sunday that the United States would not carry out a strike on North Korea because it knows Pyongyang has nuclear bombs.
"The Americans won't carry out a strike on (North) Korea because it's not that they suspect, they know for sure that it has nuclear bombs," Lavrov said in an interview with Russia's NTV television aired Sunday.
File image of Kim Jong-Un and Donald Trump. Reuters
"I'm not defending North Korea, I'm just saying that almost everyone agrees with such an analysis," the Russian diplomat said.
North Korea this month carried out an underground test on a hydrogen bomb estimated to be 16 times the size of the US bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in 1945. It was its sixth and largest nuclear test.
Lavrov said the crisis can only be resolved with a softer approach.
"Only with caresses, suggestion and persuasion," Lavrov said, when asked how.
He warned that if US did not take the same approach, "we could drop into a very unpredictable nosedive and tens if not hundreds of thousands of innocent citizens of South Korea but also North Korea, of course, and Japan will suffer - and Russia and China are nearby."
The interview aired after President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow was "deeply concerned" at the escalation of tensions.
Peskov also criticised what he called "an exchange of rather rude statements replete with threats."
Lavrov at the United Nations on Friday described the rhetoric between leaders of the United States and North Korea as a "kindergarden fight between children" and urged calm.
In his first address to the world gathering on Tuesday, US president Donald Trump threatened to "totally destroy North Korea."
North Korean leader Kim Yong-Un shot back at Trump, warning he would "pay dearly" for his threat.
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Bacillus licheniformis M2-7 is a heat-resistant bacterium able to biotransform polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. It can transform a wide range of these compounds as naphthalene, phenanthrene, pyrene and benzo[a]pyrene. Benzo[a]pyrene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon of high molecular weight considered as potentially toxic and carcinogenic for humans. Aiming to discover the genes involved in the biotransformation of benzo[a]pyrene, we made a B. licheniformis M2-7 genomic library in E. coli. We isolated two E. coli strains that were able to grow in minimal salt medium supplemented with benzo[a]pyrene. From the analysis of the DNA fragments in the clones H23 and H38, we identified open reading frames coding for 5 possible genes, among them pobA and fabHB, which products are the enzymes 4-hydroxybenzoate 3-monooxygenase and the ketoacyl-ACP synthase III, respectively. To evaluate the role of these genes in the metabolism of benzo[a]pyrene in B. licheniformis M2-7, we estimated their relative expression through reverse transcription quantitative PCR. Finally, we observed that the genes pobA and fabHB were overexpressed after 3 h under induction with benzo[a]pyrene, suggesting that this strain could use these genes during the metabolism of this PAH, plus it does it in a faster time than that reported for other bacterial genera
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by Martin Brinkmann on March 25, 2016 in Firefox - Last Update: August 13, 2018 - 33 comments
Update: We have published a new NoScript guide for Firefox 57 and newer.
This NoScript Beginner's Guide has been designed to provide new Firefox or NoScript users with information on how the browser add-on works. I have published a guide for regular users in 2014 which you may find useful as well.
NoScript is a long standing security add-on for Firefox that is rated highly on Mozilla AMO and quite popular with more than 2.3 million users.
It is often confused with ad-blockers, and while it does that to, it is much more than that and the ad-blocking is more of a side-effect of the extension's functionality than something it has been designed for.
While there is a lot more to NoScript, its main feature blocks scripts only to run on sites that you allow them to run on.
This eliminates all third-party connections of sites you visit that load active content right away for instance, as they all rely on scripts to function but it may also affect scripts running locally on the site that you have visited in Firefox.
NoScript information can be displayed in several locations in the Firefox interface. I prefer mine to be displayed in a bottom toolbar, but the icon will be displayed by default in the main toolbar at the top.
It indicates whether resources have been blocked from being loaded by a red sign that is attached to the icon.
When you click on it, you see the list of sites the page you are on interacted with, and whether they are allowed to run scripts on the page or not.
Here, the red icon next to sites means that the site has been allowed to run active content which can be confusing at first.
Depending on the site in question, you may need to allow it to run active content on its own domain to work properly as you may experience issues such as broken menus, search, no downloads or other things that prevent you from interacting with it fully.
For each site listed by NoScript, you get the option to allow it temporarily or permanently.
Allow site - whitelists the site so that it is allowed to run scripts locally or as a third-party connection.
Temporarily allow site - whitelists the site for the session only. Close Firefox, and it will be reset to being blocked by default.
Please note that new site connections may become available once you allow sites to run scripts permanently or temporarily. For instance, if you allow googlesyndication.com, you may notice that doubleclick.com appears as a new connection after the automatic reload of the page.
The NoScript menu displays options to change permissions in bulk as well. You can allow or temporarily allow all sites on the page you are on, revoke all temporary permissions, or allow scripts globally which turns off the blocking feature for the time being until you enable it.
It is usually not a good idea to use any of those, not even for sites that don't work after changing some permissions.
The main issue that new NoScript users run into is figuring out which sites they need to allow to access a web page properly.
This can be confusing at times, especially if a site makes heavy use of content distribution networks and other third-party connections that pull libraries or other stuff that it uses to display its content to the user.
Managing the whitelist
NoScript maintains a whitelist that you can manage in the options.
Click on the NoScript icon in Firefox and select options from the menu that opens.
Switch to the whitelist tab.
There you find listed all addresses that are allowed permanently or temporarily. The temporary sites are listed in italics for easier recognition.
Click on any address to remove the selected site from the whitelist. NoScript ships with a list of whitelisted sites, and it is suggested to go through it to remove those that you don't want whitelisted.
There you may also import and export the whitelist, which is useful if you use Firefox on more than one computer as you can distribute it to other machines this way.
The options that NoScript provides are extensive. Here are a couple that you may want to take a look at while the options window is open.
Switch to General in the options window. There you find the reload behavior of the extension. It can be configured to automatically reload all pages open in Firefox when permissions changes, or only the current tab.
Disable both to block automatic reloads.
Switch to the notifications tab. There you find options to change if and how notifications about blocked scripts are displayed to you. I prefer to disable these notifications altogether as they are displayed on the screen, but you can change when, how and for how long these are displayed on the page.
The advanced page holds several interesting options as well. The untrusted and trusted tabs on the page allow you to configure additional restrictions for these site types, for instance that bookmarklets won't run on these pages.
The HTTPS tab allows you to configure sites that you want to use a secure connection all the time, or never.
It is probably a good idea though to leave these settings for the time being until you have used the extension for a while to understand its base mechanics.
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CHEF-KOCH said on March 25, 2016 at 10:13 am
Martin you already wrote an better guide, why not just updated them and bump?
+ NoScript is good but since plugins are dying, I see the future in uMatrix because the most benefits of noScript are the additional protection which secures plugins, cookies and such. But overall I see the future on Umatrix (for normal user).
Thanks anyway to mention this.
bm said on March 25, 2016 at 4:14 pm
Personally, run both NoScript and uMatrix.
NS, because that is what the rest of the family is set up with, as it is “simple” for them to use (along with AdBlock Plus).
uMatrix on my personal computer, as even NS lets too much through, and it has subscriptions to blacklisting sites that automatically block known malicious sites. uMatrix is too complex for the rest of the family – it might work if someone else can import settings for them for the sites they regularly visit. NS wins the trade-off, for now.
Also have AB+ (because family has it), uBlock Origin (rather redundant with uMatrix, but it has that eyedropper selection tool which is nice to kill specific page objects permanently), and HTTPS Everywhere.
peter said on March 25, 2016 at 5:16 pm
>as even NS lets too much through
What do you mean by that? Examples?
Pants said on March 25, 2016 at 6:50 pm
@peter : I think bm means that (via the menu) if you allow for example, google analytics, it’s then allowed to always run regardless of the domain you’re on. That said, even though NS under the hood can be configured to achieve this, bm finds uMatrix’s easier per site click, reload, save and forget.
I too use NS, then uBlock Origin, then uMatrix. Unlike bm, I do not have ABP, but instead use UBO’s third party filters (much smaller footprint). I do not consider UBO as “rather redundant with uMatrix” because of this functionality.
Tom Hawack said on March 25, 2016 at 7:24 pm
@Pants, when you state “NS, then uBlock Origin, then uMatrix.” is this a preference sequence or do you actually run all three, together?!
@Tom Hawack
I run all three. If I do not let an item thru NS, then it will not even show in UBO, so I have to configure NS first. If I do not let an item thru UBO, it will not even show in show in uMatrix, so I need to start allowing domains thru UBO next. There is no other way to do it. Everything is on a default deny for ALL scripts and ALL third party.
@Pants, ok.
uBlock Origin only here,
3rd-party frames, 3rd-part scripts, 3rd-party : blocked by default -> all outgoing is controlled, scripts included
1st-party scripts, in-line scripts : blank by default -> sites domestic data is supervised.
3rd-party filters, My filters, My rules can handle anything, domestic and outgoing.
I must miss something but I don’t see the point of adding any other defensive.
Thanks to Pants’ for his comments.
To add to what Pants had to say…uMatrix shows all the objects behind what would be one line in NS, not all of it is necessary, and there are links to websites (hosts) you wouldn’t think of when authorizing that one line in NS. A good example is YouTube, where a numeric IP address often pops up in uMatrix for authorization, yet that IP doesn’t show up in NS. This also can make using uMatrix a pain when watching YT vids, as those IP addresses are unique.
Another important feature is the subscription filters – on NS you may configure to automatically authorize the base top level domain (website) of the webpage, so you don’t have to repeatedly authorize each page you enter, but with uMatrix subscriptions, you needn’t worry as it will block known malicious sites.
About ABPlus, it is on only because it is installed on all our other family computers. It is redundant with all the rest, but it doesn’t harm anything either (other than some slight, unnoticeable overhead). If it were not for supporting the family systems, would drop NS and ABP at this point, given how robust uMatrix and uBlock O are.
Tip: Had to turn off all the “3rd party filters”, but the uBlock O’s own specific subscriptions, and selected from the uMatrix list (where they are called “host files”) the ones to use, as found issues with running 3rd party filters on both – and confusing to troubleshoot problems, given the significant overlap.
Evan said on March 25, 2016 at 1:09 pm
I actually appreciate having a simple explanation. Whenever anyone uses my computer (although I shudder at the thought) they always come away asking how my browser does what it does. I usually neglect to mention NoScript because its just too complicated for the average user.
With a beginners guide I may be able to offer it as advice!
abcdef said on March 25, 2016 at 1:13 pm
NoScript is a must and nothing compares
oz said on March 25, 2016 at 1:26 pm
Thanks for the detailed guide, Martin!
I remember four or five years back when I first tried NoScript, I couldn’t stick with it for very long, but as websites continued to become more and more convoluted, and I became more concerned with privacy and security, I kept trying NoScript again and again, then finally I came to terms with it and it became my most valued add-on. These days, I use uMatrix along with uBlock-origin, but I still have a copy of NoScript on hand along with my config backups should I want to install NoScript again. In my mind, those are the top 3 add-ons available and I can’t imagine surfing the web without one or more of them in my arsenal.
beerpatzer said on March 25, 2016 at 1:53 pm
I much prefer the YesScript, which works in the opposite. It simply does nothing, until I blacklist a site from running any scripts.
Thrawn said on March 8, 2017 at 2:05 am
You can just run NoScript in ‘Scripts Globally Allowed’ mode, which achieves this while also having filters to protect you from clickjacking, cross-site scripting, cross-zone attacks (on your router), etc…
Jason said on March 25, 2016 at 2:59 pm
I can’t imagine browsing a website without NoScript. It is the ultimate security tool.
But can someone make the ABE feature work for me? I have never had consistent results with it.
The support forums are at https://forums.informaction.com
John Krazinski said on March 25, 2016 at 4:04 pm
I don’t get it. What is the deal about NoScript?
What is the harm for regular users, (not Pants), in running pages scripts?
What is so dangerous that makes someone install NoScript?
Much of websites functionalities rely on javascript.
Unless you are Pants-paranoid, why use NoScript?
Because scripts are powerful, for the best and for the worst. For the best is what makes our pleasure on nicely crafted script-driven pages, the worst is what makes our nightmares if we’ve been driven to hell and/or our blindness if our system has been infected (via a javascript’s zeal to open the way for incoming bad guys) without us even being aware of it.
This said I believe to have a sufficiently protected browser with uBlock Origin fed by the correct filters together with system-wide soldiers. NoScript has a solid reputation but so does uBlock Origin which handles a user’s script policy rather efficiently. NoScript does more than manage scripts but for me it’s a hassle with new sites. Too heavy.
John Krazinski said on March 25, 2016 at 10:36 pm
noscript is such a useless thing.
I bet pants have 3 of each kind installed on his computer:
– web script blocker
– antivirus
– firewall
– CCleaner-like programs
and yet is careful and supicious. LMAO.
“What is the harm for regular users, (not Pants)” : such sweet sweet sweet validation .. woohooo .. I’m not regular
Pants are a special guy everyone.
“is” or “are” whatever. what a dumb aussie/nz nickname.
Nebulus said on March 25, 2016 at 4:17 pm
I will never again use or trust NoScript, or any software written by Giorgio Maone.
The things he did in 2009 will never be forgotten and never be forgiven.
AdBlock Plus statement:
https://adblockplus.org/blog/attention-noscript-users
Apology:
https://hackademix.net/2009/05/04/dear-adblock-plus-and-noscript-users-dear-mozilla-community/
Seven years already… at the time the story had been a bad buzz for Giorgio. Bah, people forget, for most of them. Just say you’re sorry, cry a little but not too much, beg for pardon and there we go for a brand new crusade. I’m not saying forgiving is absurd but it’s often mistaken with forgetting. When the NS 2009 buzz appeared I had just dropped the add-on (like tobacco, I quit and went back on several times) and perhaps this adventure postponed my enthusiasm to reconsider installing the “marvel” even if, forgetting like many others, I did make several attempts afterwards, never successfully and always for the same reasons : too heavy, too long to check new scripts be they 1st-party or 3rd… maybe worthy if you’re the sort of Web adventurer digging in the toughest zones of the Web but otherwise more of a tank, heavy heavy heavy. Not for me but for those who suffer of the over-protection syndrom, NoScript together with uBlock Origin together with uMatrix together with AdBlock Plus together with 1, 2, 3 anti-virus plus another half-dozen anti-malware should be enough to let them sleep quietly without nightmares. I guess.
You should state that this applies to the icon in the toolbar – NOT the menu (both of which you show in the image) – because in the menu list, its the reverse, as a toggle – that is if it has a “red sign” and says “Forbid ghacks.net”, that indicates that you are currently allowing ghacks.net, and vice versa.
Martin Brinkmann said on March 25, 2016 at 6:08 pm
I thought it was clear that I meant the icon, as I reference it in the paragraph before and after. I have added a new sentence to make that clearer.
gh said on March 25, 2016 at 6:20 pm
“This eliminates all third-party connections of sites you visit right away for instance, as they all rely on scripts to function”
The quoted statement is incorrect.
Consider, for example the decade-long practice of sites embedding trackers ala
img src=”quantserve…..com/spacer.gif”
(tracking identifier is conveyed via Set-Cookie / Get-Cookie HTTP header)
noscript does NOT marshal all 3p connections; it deals only with scripts.
Right, thanks I have edited the sentence to make that clear.
SocialMediaGrandpa said on March 25, 2016 at 8:53 pm
NoScript is always one of the first 2-3 addons I get when reinstalling/testing etc. Couldn’t live without it. I feel naked if I browse the web without it, haha.
When i grow up i want to be like pants.
he is my hero. he knows so much stuff and chat like he is a pro.
go pants! go put some trousers on you dumb.
Conker said on March 26, 2016 at 8:26 am
“I run all three. If I do not let an item thru NS, then it will not even show in UBO” dame straight `pants`
also using ABE is great too if you can get around the learning curve for that then you have a really good adversary too might not even need uMatrix but have uM the constant reload of a site to find out what broke or what you need to make a video API to load is a pain in the dick. Although i still use `uM`
daz said on May 31, 2016 at 12:26 pm
The only reason i choose ublock origin over no script is because ublock has an integrated adblocker where as noscript does not,Using noscript involves installing another adblock extension.
Thrawn said on August 4, 2017 at 7:03 am
I wouldn’t recommend relying entirely on uBlock for security purposes. If you only care about adblocking, then sure, you can install just one extension, but for security purposes there isn’t really anything that matches all of NoScript’s advanced features.
yelpir said on July 7, 2016 at 7:16 am
The embedding tab says “Additional” restrictions for untrusted sites. If I leave all the boxes unchecked then what restrictions am i still left with for untursted sites? thanks! | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line5717 |
__label__wiki | 0.644282 | 0.644282 | Microsoft Edge improves on Windows 10 14901
by Martin Brinkmann on August 14, 2016 in Internet Explorer - Last Update: July 05, 2017 - 12 comments
Microsoft released a new Windows 10 build to the Insider channel a couple of days ago that brings the version of Windows to 14901.
This new build marks the beginning of a new development phase called Redstone 2 internally which prepares Windows 10 for the next big feature update to be released in 2017.
While the build itself does not does not offer anything worth of note, the same cannot be said for the Microsoft Edge update that it ships with.
The version of Microsoft Edge jumps to 39.14901, and along with it come new experimental features that increase the browser's score on HTML5Test to 500 of 555.
To put this into perspective, Google Chrome Canary, the browser that led HTML5Test for the most part ever since the site went online, gets score of 504 of 555 currently. The current stable version of Edge gets a score of 466 of 555.
Microsoft Edge 14901 improvements
This big jump in compatibility is powered by an array of new experimental features that the latest development version of Microsoft Edge ships with.
You may open the experimental flags page by loading about:flags in the browser's address bar. The page is available on stable and development releases of Microsoft Edge, but the most recent additions are currently only available if you run the development version.
Here is a quick list of what is new in Edge 39.14901:
Composition Engine: You may select Stable, Selfhost or Canary, with Selfhost selected by default.
WebRTC: Enable WebRTC 1.0.
Service Workers: Enable service workers, enable push notifications, enable background sync, enable service worker cache storage.
Fetch Networking: Enable Fetch Based Network Stack
When you enable these new features, and some that were available in previous versions already, you will get the 500/555 score on HTML5Test.
While that is great, as it shows that Microsoft is committed to improving HTML5 support in Edge, you may only want to enable these features if you plan on using them.
For instance, if you don't want to use WebRTC or specifically WebRTC 1.0, then leave the feature turned off and it won't be available to services or sites you connect to.
The same is true for other features. If you dislike the idea of push notifications, keep it turned off to avoid websites pestering you to enable them.
It is likely that some of these experimental options will be enabled by default in the future. Microsoft may remove them from the experimental flags page then which in turn means that you cannot turn them on or off anymore individually.
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Aquila said on August 14, 2016 at 10:14 am
I’m not sure where you get the current scores from? Edge 14 currently gets 460, not 466, while Chrome gets 492, not 504: http://html5test.com/results/desktop.html
Martin Brinkmann said on August 14, 2016 at 12:41 pm
You can enable some experimental features on about:flags in Edge Stable. The Chrome version I tested was Chrome Canary as opposed to Chrome Stable.
anon said on August 14, 2016 at 7:15 pm
HTML5test is phony. Use something like caniuse.com for accurate information, as well as each browser vendor’s sites.
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platform/status/
https://platform-status.mozilla.org/
https://www.chromestatus.com/
Kirill Shilov said on August 14, 2016 at 8:57 pm
Caniuse.com doesn’t test the functionality of the browser. Html5test.com actually tests the browser.
HTML5test doesn’t really test the browser at all, it just returns yes or no based on what your browser reports, which might vary if you configure the browser to non-default values. Therefore its score is absolutely meaningless.
Šime Vidas said on August 14, 2016 at 8:02 pm
The Fetch API is already enabled by default in the Anniversary Update :-)
Guest703 said on August 15, 2016 at 10:47 am
I’m using Firefox Aurora as my main browser currently, fresh install of Windows 10. There was a webpage that was not working properly (later found out it was the web page that was down, not Firefox’s fault) and so I loaded up Edge for the first time to try to load the web page.
Turns out Edge is the most garbage, 2nd-tier piece of crap I’ve used in a long time. It felt completely unsecured, I felt completely exposed, a bit like browsing today’s modern web with an Internet Explorer 6 that just happens to be compatible with modern web pages.
Needless to say I bailed very fast (less than 5 minutes) as I could literally smell the viruses incoming, antivirus or not. I downloaded the latest Opera instead, and breathed a sigh of relief.
anon said on August 15, 2016 at 12:45 pm
Talk about paranoia.
Anonymous said on August 16, 2016 at 1:34 pm
Can you qualify those sentiments with some objective facts? Not saying you’re wrong, but when you write that you “felt completely unsecured”, “felt completely exposed” and were “literally smelling the viruses incoming” suggests a somewhat over-emotional response, no? Besides, ~feeling~ secure doesn’t count for a lot, as Bruce Schneier discusses in this talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_schneier.
Greg Zeng said on August 15, 2016 at 12:37 pm
“302 Internet Explorer 11.0 on Windows 10_files” is the result on my Dell XPS-15 notebook.
Running Windows 10 x64, Home Single Language, Build 10586.
Others have similar results to me. I’m in the Australian Capital Territory.
chesscanoe said on August 16, 2016 at 3:10 pm
I wonder if Edge will have F11 function in any future incarnation? Amazing….
marc klink said on August 17, 2016 at 8:38 pm
And still the same stinking interface, looking like the effort of a few high schoolers who never had any classes in design.
Microsoft has serious UI problems these days, and seems determined to take us back to the 1980s, complete with CGA color schemes and angry fruit salad palettes. I know, why not bright green on a black screen, for the ultimate in retro? | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line5718 |
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__label__wiki | 0.943302 | 0.943302 | LSU keeps No. 1 ranking ahead of Ohio State in the final Amway Coaches Poll of regular season
LSU will enter the College Football Playoff at No. 1 in the Amway Coaches Poll. Ohio State, Clemson, Oklahoma and Georgia complete the top five.
LSU keeps No. 1 ranking ahead of Ohio State in the final Amway Coaches Poll of regular season LSU will enter the College Football Playoff at No. 1 in the Amway Coaches Poll. Ohio State, Clemson, Oklahoma and Georgia complete the top five. Check out this story on gosanangelo.com: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2019/12/08/coaches-poll-lsu-leads-ohio-state-no-1-entering-playoff/4372874002/
Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY Published 10:34 a.m. CT Dec. 8, 2019 | Updated 2:11 p.m. CT Dec. 8, 2019
The final Amway Coaches Poll of the regular season will almost certainly be an accurate predictor of the four playoff participants. Whether the order will be the same as the playoff committee’s seeding remains to be seen.
The top three teams are unchanged after last week with all three completing 13-0 regular seasons with league titles over the weekend. SEC champ LSU is No. 1 following a dominant performance against Georgia. The Tigers received 46 of 65 first-place votes.
Ohio State needed a second-half comeback to overtake Wisconsin in the Big Ten finale but remains No. 2 with 14 firsts. Defending national champion Clemson, an easy winner against Virginia in the ACC title game, is third with five No. 1 nods but is definitely the less desirable semifinal opponent for the top two.
LSU players celebrate after beating Georgia in the 2019 SEC championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Photo: Brett Davis, USA TODAY Sports)
Big 12 champ Oklahoma checks in at No. 4. The Sooners had to work overtime to get past Baylor but will likely be the fourth playoff participant. Georgia rounds out the top five despite the loss to LSU, finishing ahead of Pac-12 champ Oregon. Florida, Baylor, Alabama and Utah complete the top ten.
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Memphis, which won a rematch with Cincinnati for the American Athletic Conference crown, is No. 15 and is likely to get the major bowl slot guaranteed to the top rated Group of Five conference champion. The Tigers finish ahead of Mountain West champ Boise State at No. 18 and Sun Belt winner Appalachian State at No. 20.
With the limited championship weekend schedule, no new teams entered the top 25 heading into the bowls. Virginia held on at No. 25 despite becoming Clemson’s latest victim.
Highlights from college football's conference championship games
Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day lifts the Big Ten championship trophy after the victory over the Wisconsin Badgers. Aaron Doster, USA TODAY Sports
Ohio State Buckeyes defensive end Chase Young (2) hits Wisconsin Badgers quarterback Jack Coan (17) during the second half of the Big Ten title game. Aaron Doster, USA TODAY Sports
Ohio State Buckeyes tight end Jeremy Ruckert scores a touchdown against the Wisconsin Badgers during the third quarter of the Big Ten title game. Brian Spurlock, USA TODAY Sports
Ohio State running back J.K. Dobbins scores a touchdown against the Wisconsin Badgers during the first half in the Big Ten title game. Thomas J. Russo, USA TODAY Sports
Clemson Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney reacts after winning the ACC championship. Joshua S. Kelly, USA TODAY Sports
Clemson Tigers wide receiver Tee Higgins (5) celebrates after scoring during the ACC championship game. Joshua S. Kelly, USA TODAY Sports
Clemson Tigers safety K'Von Wallace (12) breaks up a pass intended for Virginia Cavaliers wide receiver Terrell Jana (13) in third quarter of the ACC championship game. Bob Donnan, USA TODAY Sports
Wisconsin Badgers wide receiver Quintez Cephus (87) makes a catch against the Ohio State Buckeyes during the first half of the Big Ten title game. Aaron Doster, USA TODAY Sports
Wisconsin Badgers cornerback Faion Hicks (1) and cornerback Semar Melvin (20) react to a play against the Ohio State Buckeyes during the first half. Aaron Doster, USA TODAY Sports
Wisconsin Badgers quarterback Jack Coan (17) is congratulated after scoring a touchdown against the Ohio State Buckeyes during the second quarter of the Big Ten title game. Brian Spurlock, USA TODAY Sports
Clemson Tigers quarterback Trevor Lawrence is tackled by Virginia Cavaliers safety Chris Moore in second quarter of the ACC championship game. Bob Donnan, USA TODAY Sports
Clemson Tigers running back Travis Etienne (9) runs for a touchdown against the Virginia Cavaliers in the second quarter of the ACC championship game. Bob Donnan, USA TODAY Sports
Clemson Tigers defensive end Justin Foster (35) pulls down Virginia Cavaliers running back Billy Kemp IV in the second quarter of the ACC championship game. Jim Dedmon, USA TODAY Sports
Clemson Tigers safety Peter Cote (47) breaks up a pass intended for Virginia Cavaliers wide receiver Terrell Chatman (9) in first quarter of the ACC championship game. Bob Donnan, USA TODAY Sports
Clemson Tigers wide receiver Justyn Ross (8) scores a touchdown in the first quarter of the ACC championship game. Bob Donnan, USA TODAY Sports
The LSU Tigers hoist the SEC championship trophy after their 37-10 victory over the Georgia Bulldogs. John David Mercer, USA TODAY Sports
LSU wide receiver Justin Jefferson scores a touchdown against the Georgia during the third quarter of the SEC championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Brett Davis, USA TODAY Sports
Boise State Broncos nose tackle Sonatane Lui (98) celebrates after being named defensive MVP of the Mountain West championship. Brian Losness, USA TODAY Sports
Boise State Broncos head coach Bryan Harsin reacts to a Gatorade bath at the conclusion of the Mountain West championship at Albertsons Stadium. Brian Losness, USA TODAY Sports
Memphis Tigers head coach Mike Norvell celebrates after the game against the Cincinnati Bearcats at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. Justin Ford, USA TODAY Sports
Memphis Tigers wide receiver Antonio Gibson (14) carries the ball against the Cincinnati Bearcats during the second half at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. Justin Ford, USA TODAY Sports
Cincinnati Bearcats running back Michael Warren II (3) carries the ball during the second half against the Memphis Tigers at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. Justin Ford, USA TODAY Sports
LSU Tigers running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire stiff-arms Georgia Bulldogs defensive back J.R. Reed (20) during the second half of the SEC championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Dale Zanine, USA TODAY Sports
Hawaii running back Miles Reed (26) is tackled by Boise State Broncos linebacker Riley Whimpey (44) during the first half of the Mountain West championship at Albertsons Stadium. Brian Losness, USA TODAY Sports
LSU cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. (24) intercepts a pass against Georgia during the second half of the SEC championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Dale Zanine, USA TODAY Sports
Hawaii wide receiver Jonah Panoke (15) makes a reception against the Boise State Broncos during the first half of the Mountain West conference championship game at Albertsons Stadium. Brian Losness, USA TODAY Sports
LSU Tigers quarterback Joe Burrow celebrates a touchdown in the third quarter against Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Jason Getz, USA TODAY Sports
LSU Tigers defenders tackle Georgia Bulldogs running back Zamir White (3) during the first half of the SEC championship game. Dale Zanine, USA TODAY Sports
Appalachian State Mountaineers offensive lineman Victor Johnson (75) holds up the trophy after the team's win over the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin Cajuns at Kidd Brewer Stadium. Jeremy Brevard, USA TODAY Sports
Georgia Bulldogs defensive back Eric Stokes (27) breaks up a pass intended for LSU Tigers wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase (1) during the first quarter of the SEC championship game. John David Mercer, USA TODAY Sports
LSU Tigers wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase celebrates his against the Georgia Bulldogs during the first quarter of the the SEC championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. John David Mercer, USA TODAY Sports
Oklahoma Sooner head coach Lincoln Riley hoist the Big 12 Conference championship trophy after a victory over the Baylor Bears. Matthew Emmons, USA TODAY Sports
Baylor Bears offensive lineman Xavier Newman (55) reacts after the loss to the Oklahoma Sooners in the Big 12 Conference championship game. Kevin Jairaj, USA TODAY Sports
Appalachian State running back Daetrich Harrington holds up a Sun Belt champions poster after defeating Louisiana-Lafayette at Kidd Brewer Stadium. Jeremy Brevard, USA TODAY Sports
Georgia wide receiver Matt Landers catches a pass against LSU cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. but lands out of bounds during the first quarter in the 2019 SEC championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Dale Zanine, USA TODAY Sports
Georgia defensive back Eric Stokes and LSU wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase fight for a pass during the first quarter in the 2019 SEC championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Dale Zanine, USA TODAY Sports
Miami (Ohio) place kicker Sam Sloman is given the special teams player of the game award after winning the MAC championship game against Central Michigan at Ford Field. Raj Mehta, USA TODAY Sports
Oklahoma wide receiver Charleston Rambo tries to make a the catch in the end zone while being defended by Baylor cornerback Raleigh Texada during the first quarter in the 2019 Big 12 Championship Game at AT&T Stadium. Tim Heitman, USA TODAY Sports
Appalachian State tight end Henry Pearson (88) attempts to catch a pass against the Louisiana-Lafayette during the first quarter of the Conference USA title game at Kidd Brewer Stadium. Jeremy Brevard, USA TODAY Sports
Central Michigan running back Kobe Lewis carries the ball while Miami (Ohio) defensive back Bart Baratti tries to make a tackle during the second quarter in the MAC Championship game at Ford Field. Raj Mehta, USA TODAY Sports
Baylor quarterback Gerry Bohanon throws a pass against the Oklahoma defense during the second quarter in the 2019 Big 12 championship game at AT&T Stadium. Tim Heitman, USA TODAY Sports
Appalachian State running back Daetrich Harrington carries the ball against Louisiana-Lafayette during the second quarter of the Conference USA championship game at Kidd Brewer Stadium. Jeremy Brevard, USA TODAY Sports
Oregon Ducks quarterback Justin Herbert (left) and linebacker La'Mar Winston Jr. (right) pose for a photo after the game against the Utah Utes at Levi's Stadium. Kyle Terada, USA TODAY Sports
Oregon Ducks head coach Mario Cristobal hoists the Pac-12 Conference championship trophy after the game against the Utah Utes at Levi's Stadium. Kyle Terada, USA TODAY Sports
Oregon Ducks head coach Mario Cristobal celebrates during the second half of the Pac-12 Conference championship game against the Utah Utes at Levi's Stadium. Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports
The Oregon Ducks celebrate during the second half of the Pac-12 Conference championship game against the Utah Utes at Levi's Stadium. Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports
Oregon Ducks wide receiver Johnny Johnson III (3) catches a pass against Utah Utes defensive back Josh Nurse (14) during the first half of the Pac-12 Conference championship game at Levi's Stadium. Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports
Oregon Ducks wide receiver Johnny Johnson III (3) reacts after a touchdown during the first half of the Pac-12 Conference championship game against the Utah Utes at Levi's Stadium. Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports
Oregon Ducks wide receiver Jaylon Redd cannot make the catch during the second half of the Pac-12 Conference championship game at Levi's Stadium. Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports
Utah Utes quarterback Tyler Huntley (1) is pressured by Oregon Ducks defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux (5) during the second quarter at Levi's Stadium. Kyle Terada, USA TODAY Sports
Oregon Ducks safety Jevon Holland (8) deflects the football intended for Utah Utes wide receiver Jaylen Dixon (25) during the second quarter at Levi's Stadium. Kyle Terada, USA TODAY Sports
Oregon Ducks safety Jevon Holland (8) breaks up a pass intended for Utah Utes wide receiver Jaylen Dixon (25) during the first half of the Pac-12 Conference championship game at Levi's Stadium. Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports
Oregon Ducks offensive lineman Penei Sewell (58) is upended in the first quarter during the Pac-12 Conference championship game at Levi's Stadium. Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports
Oregon Ducks safety Brady Breeze (25) intercepts a pass intended for Utah Utes wide receiver Demari Simpkins (3) during the first half of the Pac-12 Conference championship game at Levi's Stadium. Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports
Utah Utes tight end Brant Kuithe cannot stay in bounds during the first half of the Pac-12 Conference championship game at Levi's Stadium. Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports
Oregon Ducks running back Cyrus Habibi-Likio rushes against the Utah Utes during the first half of the Pac-12 Conference championship game at Levi's Stadium. Kirby Lee,USA TODAY Sports
Oregon Ducks wide receiver Juwan Johnson (6) is tackled by Utah Utes defensive back Jaylon Johnson (1) during the first quarter at Levi's Stadium. Kyle Terada, USA TODAY Sports
Utah Utes quarterback Tyler Huntley (1) passes against the Oregon Ducks during the first half of the Pac-12 Conference championship game at Levi's Stadium. Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line5722 |
__label__cc | 0.713178 | 0.286822 | John Gottman and Brené Brown on Running Headlong Into Heartbreak
Kerry Lusignan, MA, LMHC // July 29, 2019
The Gottmans and Brené Brown give us a map—a macro perspective of the wilderness of our hearts, and the wildness of love.
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To a seasoned couples therapist, the telltale signs of a relationship in crisis are universal. While every marriage is unique, with distinct memories and stories that capture its essence, how it looks at its core, the anatomy so-to-speak, adheres to certain truths. The bones of love, what builds trust (and breaks it), what fosters connection (and disconnection) we have widely come to understand through the work of Dr. John Gottman.
Gottman, renowned for his research on marital stability and demise, and recognized as one of the ten most influential psychotherapists of the past quarter-century, has at this stage of his career amassed over 40 years of research with 3,000 participants. The quality and breadth of his studies are recognized as some of the finest and most exemplary data we have to date, and serve as an underpinning for how we understand what makes love work.
Enter Brené Brown, a self-described researcher, storyteller, and Texan. She’s gritty and funny, and like Gottman, a formidable researcher. Over the past two decades, Brown has studied shame, vulnerability, courage, and empathy. She’s published five New York Times #1 bestsellers, and over 40 million people have viewed her TED Talk on vulnerability. Her passion for living a wholehearted life is contagious and convincing. Her research has confirmed a core human need to belong and connect, and at a time when many of us are feeling the absence of such, she’s tapping a deep well—inspiring a tribe of the wholehearted, people committed to practicing shame-resilience, Daring Greatly, and embracing vulnerability.
Gottman coined the term “Masters of marriage” to describe the couples in his research whose relationships not only endure, but thrive. These are people who cultivate trust, commitment, responsiveness, and an ability to cherish their partner’s feelings throughout a lifetime. Brown speaks of the “wholehearted” individuals who engage their lives from a place of worthiness. They cultivate courage, compassion, and connection. Both groups, the masters of marriage and the wholehearted, display a host of traits that we now know are associated with health and thriving.
Having had the good fortune to train in both the Gottman Method and The Daring Way® (an experiential methodology based on the research of Brené Brown), I cannot help but wonder, what life would be like if we could take our cues from the masters of marriage and the wholehearted? How might this shape who we are as individuals in a partnership? What might the ripple effects be to our children and society at large if we aspire to love as Gottman and Brown are suggesting?
The implications of following in the footsteps of the masters and the wholehearted are huge. The Harvard Study of Adult Development, the most extensive study of its kind, has taught us three things. First, that loneliness can kill as surely as smoking or alcoholism, and that when we are connected, we live longer and healthier lives. Second, the quality of our relationships matter. It’s not the number of friends we have, or whether or not we are in a committed relationship that predicts thriving. Being in a high-conflict marriage is bad for one’s health. It is worse than divorce. Third, good relationships don’t just protect our health. They protect our mind. Memory loss and cognitive decline are more prevalent in lives permeated by conflict and disconnection.
And if that is not compelling enough, Brown’s research on the implications of shame paints a similarly grim picture, depicting shame as correlated with loneliness, depression, suicidality, abuse, trauma, bullying, addiction, and anxiety.
So while love may not heal all wounds, it is undoubtedly a panacea for preventing them.
Gottman and Brown give us a map—a macro perspective of the wilderness of our hearts, and the wildness of love. It’s a rocky path, fraught with challenges and risk. But vulnerability is inherent in any stance that places courage above comfort. And should we decide to follow it, the destination it promises to take us to is nothing short of awe-inspiring.
The paradox of trust
Gottman, in his book The Science of Trust, astutely asserts that loneliness is (in part) the inability to trust. And sadly, the failure to trust tends to perpetuate itself. For when we don’t trust, over time, we become less able to read other people and deficient in empathy. He states, “Lonely people are caught in a spiral that keeps them away from others, partly because they withdraw to avoid the potential hurt that could occur from trusting the wrong person. So they trust nobody, even the trustworthy.”
According to both researchers, it’s the small interactions rather than grand gestures that build trust and break it. “Sliding door moments,” as Gottman calls them, are the seemingly inconsequential day-to-day interactions we have over breakfast, while riding in the car, or standing in the kitchen at 9 p.m. Within each act of communication, there is an opportunity to build a connection. And when we don’t seize it, an insidious erosion of trust ensues, slowly overtime.
Our relationships do not die from one swift blow. They die from the thousand tiny cuts that precede it.
But choosing to trust is all about tolerance for risk, and our histories (both in childhood and with our partners) can inform how much we are willing to gamble. Brown speaks to the paradox of trust: we must risk vulnerability in order to build trust, and simultaneously, it is the building of trust that inspires vulnerability. And she recommends cultivating a delicate balance, one where we are generous in our assumptions of others and simultaneously able to set firm boundaries as a means to afford such generosity—being soft and tough at the same time, no small feat.
When our stories write us
According to Gottman, the final harbinger of a relationship ending is in how couples recall memories and the stories they tell. Memories, it turns out, are not static. They evolve, change, and are a living work-in-progress. When a relationship is nearing its end, at least one person is likely to carry a story inside themselves that no longer recollects the warm feelings they once had for their partner.
Instead, a new narrative evolves, maximizing their partner’s negative traits, and quite likely, minimizing their own. “Self-righteous indignation” as Gottman aptly refers to it is a subtle form of contempt and is sulfuric acid for love. This story, laced with blame and bad memories, is the strongest indicator of an impending breakup or divorce.
But, as Brown cautions, “We are meaning-making machines wired for survival. Anytime something bad happens, we scramble to make up a story, and our brain does not care if the story is right or wrong, and most likely, it is wrong.” She points out that in research when a story has limited data points, it is a conspiracy, and a lie told honestly is a confabulation.
In social psychology, this pre-wired bias is referred to as the fundamental attribution error (FAE). The FAE speaks to our tendency to believe that others do bad things because they are bad people, and to ignore evidence to the contrary while simultaneously having a blind spot that allows us to minimize or overlook what our behaviors say about our character. In short, we are partial to giving ourselves a pass while not extending the same generosity to others.
When our minds trick us into believing we know what our partner’s intentions, feelings, and motives are we enter a very dark wood—one where we truly can no longer see the forest for the trees. The ramifications of this are significant because the stories we tell ourselves dictate how we treat people.
In portraying ourselves as a hero or victim, we no longer ally with the relationship, but rather, armor up and see our partner as the enemy. And if memory is malleable, and we’re prone to spinning conspiracies and confabulations, there is a strong likelihood that we run the risk of hurting ourselves and those we love in assuming this stance.
Acknowledging our tendencies towards mishaps and misperceptions is not easy. It requires a certain humility, grace, and intentionality. But as Stan Tatkin points out in his TED talk, Relationships are Hard, “We are mostly misunderstanding each other much of the time, and if we assume our communication, memory, and perception is the real truth, that is hubris.”
The wholehearted and masters of marriage bypass such hubris and navigate the terrain of relationships differently than those who get lost in the wood. If we want our relationships and quality of life to thrive, it’s essential we take our cues from them and cultivate new habits.
Embracing emotions (and the suck)
To do so, we must first expand our emotional repertoire to include a wide range of feelings, not just our go-to ones. “Emotion-embracing,” as Gottman calls it, is a central building block for healthy relationships. We are aiming for what Pixar’s Inside Out so brilliantly depicts: inviting sadness, joy, anger, disgust, and fear all to the table.
Put simply, Brown suggests we “embrace the suck,” stating that the wholehearted demonstrate a capacity to recognize when they’re emotionally ensnared and get curious about their feelings and perceptions.
Both Gottman and Brown draw on the Stone Center’s Strategies of Disconnection, which propose that people respond in one of three ways when hurt: by moving away, moving toward, or moving against that which feels painful. And what I find interesting is that while Gottman advocates for turning toward your partner when injured, and Brown speaks more to leaning into (and getting curious about) our own uncomfortable emotions, both are emotion-embracing and courageous stances that emphasize mutuality over individualism.
Unfortunately, most of us are not taught as children to embrace painful feelings. It’s counterintuitive and goes against our neurobiological wiring. If we have a traumatic history, all the more so. And our society by-and-large is an emotion-dismissing culture. But as Brown cautions, there’s a price to pay when we selectively numb emotions: when we numb our painful feelings, we also numb our positive ones. So, if we want the good things in life (and I think most of us want the good things), then it’s a package deal.
Running toward heartbreak
If the most significant indicator that a relationship has reached a tipping point is a rewritten story devoid of fond memories, then it stands to reason that a narrative free from blame, interwoven with curiosity and even goodwill is indicative of love that will last. Therefore, one of the central tasks of any healthy relationship is to co-create stories from a lens of “we” versus “me.”
It involves little (and big) reckonings as Brown calls them, sliding door moments where we pause long enough to reflect and ask ourselves (and each other), “What is going on right now?” Together, we cultivate a broader understanding of a disagreement or hurt feelings, one not possible when left alone in our heads to spin narratives that defend our most vulnerable parts and simultaneously ensure that we will go to our grave more swiftly, lonely, and armored.
When I reflect on the lessons of Gottman and Brown, one concept stands out: we must run headlong into heartbreak because there are things far worse than having our hearts broken. Such as the harm we inflict on our loved ones when we disown pain and transmit it onto them. And the legacy of trauma that ripples into our children’s hearts and the generations to come—veiling us in a seemingly impermeable barrier to vulnerability and all the fruits that go with it.
And let us not forget the Harvard Study of Adult Development and the toll that a conflict-laden life combined with emotion-dismissing has on our health.
Yes, running headlong into heartbreak is running directly into vulnerability. It involves uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure. But, as Brown reminds us, vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity.
Should we choose this path, there will be moments (likely many) where we find ourselves facedown in the dirt because the road to wholeheartedness guarantees we will get our hearts broken—again and again. But, in choosing to embrace heartbreak, we empower ourselves to experience the myriad of ways love manifests itself and the beauty life affords us. In the end, it’s not a question of if we will experience heartbreak but of how.
What will you choose?
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2,000-year-old Life-size Camel Art Found in Heart of Saudi Arabian Desert
Why would anybody go to the trouble of carving camels into the rock in the middle of nowhere? Theories include veneration, boundary marker or perhaps, a very long tradition of camel appreciation
About a dozen life-sized stone sculptures and reliefs of camels have been found in a markedly inhospitable site in northern Saudi Arabia. While camelid art has existed in the region going back millennia, nothing quite like this has been found before.
The somewhat eroded statues are tentatively dated at around 2,000 years old, give or take a century or more, according to a collaboration between the French National Center for Scientific Research and the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage reported this week in the Cambridge journal of Antiquity.
The archaeologists studying the weather-beaten "Camel Site" in Al Jawf, a province in northwest Saudi Arabia near Jordan, suggest the sculptures are a facet of a broader Arabian tradition that was probably influenced by the Parthians (ancient Iranians) and nomadic Nabateans from preceding centuries.
Why the artists chose to carve dromedaries in stone in such a remote, hostile environment is debatable.
Sculpture (probably not completed) of two dromedaries in single file on Spur C at Camel Site, Al Jawf, Saudi Arabia CNRS / MADAJ / R. Schwerdtner
Ancient rock reliefs are not rare in the Near East, from Turkey to Mesopotamia. Israel's Negev Desert has thousands of them, which remain undated. But they are rare in Arabia. What rock-cut sites the peninsula does sport usually show scenes of war and hunting, geometric forms – and animals, too. There are no other whole life-size statues of camels comparable with these Saudi ones, though.
The scarcity of ancient Arabian rock reliefs has impeded the understanding of the function and socio-cultural context of the art, stress the archaeologists, led by Dr. Guillaume Charloux of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), with Hussain al-Khalifah, Thamer al-Malki, and Romain Mensan.
No associated artifacts were found at Camel Site that could give clues about origin – no hammers, picks or anything else. (Around 50 flakes of flint tools were found, but there are no grounds to associate them necessarily with the camel art).
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Further complicating the dating effort: Al Jawf's Camel Site is in a privately owned property and has been damaged by modern construction works, the researchers note. Also, the surrounding area has yet to be properly explored.
A man cheers as he rides a camel that hadn't been doctored by botox and kicked out, at the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival, January 19, 2018. Faisal al Nasser, Reuters
For all the art, Camel Site seems not to have been inhabited. As the authors write, it "does not seem propitious for permanent human settlement." However, they point out, the fact that "this isolated and seemingly uninhabitable site attracted highly skilled rock-carvers is striking testimony to its importance for surrounding populations."
For instance, it might have been a place of veneration going back generations (for what it's worth, the camel was one of the animals supposed to be sacred to Al-Lat, a goddess worshiped in the pre-Islamic pagan era through the Arabian peninsula and beyond). Or the site could have been a boundary marker. Or a rest stop for caravans.
Relief of two dromedaries: calf following adult (legs alone visible). Al Jawf, Saudi Arabia. CNRS / MADAJ, G / Charloux
Or perhaps, the art represents something the maker found beautiful. Camels made headlines just this January, when 12 contenders were kicked out of the annual King Abdulaziz Camel Festival beauty contest because, among other things, the owners had injected their faces with Botox to make their pouty lips more alluring. Perhaps camel appreciation goes back longer than we realize.
Camels conquer Arabia
The camelide and the other sculptures were carved on three rocky spurs. What the 12 panels and reliefs show takes some interpretation, as erosion partly destroyed some of the depictions, as well as any traces of tool-work.
Yet despite the wearing by time and modern vandalism, the researchers could identify at least 11 camels. Some are shown alone, some in trains and some meeting other animals. Two equids of indeterminate species are also shown.
One distinctive scene shows a dromedary meeting what seems to be a donkey, an animal the ancients of the Middle East did not normally celebrate in art.
Bas-relief of dromedary head, among the roughly 12 life-size depictions of camels found at Al Jawf, Saudi Arabia, which seem to date to about 2,000 years ago. Antiquity - CNRS / MADAJ / C. Poliakoff / Drawing by Dr. Guillaume Charloux
In any case, say the researchers, the artists were faithful to their source and had a well-developed aesthetic sense. The camels were carved in proportion. Muscles and heads, particularly the muzzles and eyes, and the thickness of the legs were individual. These were lovingly depicted camels.
Arabia is where camels are thought to have first been domesticated. Yet the animals carved at Camel Site seem to be shown behaving as they would have naturally, without harnessing. That said, the archaeologists think one or two of the camel carvings may have shown rope.
Camels originated about 45 million years ago in North America, whence they spread to South America, Africa and Asia. Camels in the snowy desert at Mingsha Shan, Gansu province, China \ CHINA STRINGER NETWORK/ REUTER
Lastly, some of the sculptures are high enough to have required scaffolding ("or at the very least, a system of ropes," observe the scientists). Great effort went into these things. But how did the archaeologists reach the conclusion that they had been carved around 2,000 years ago, very roughly speaking?
Camel train in Petra
In contrast to popular wisdom, the camel did not originate in the Sahel or Levant. They apparently evolved in North America around 45 million years ago. From there they spread to South America (becoming alpacas, llamas and so on), Asia, and Africa some time in the Pleistocene, say the archaeologists. That isn't saying much, as the Pleistocene spans about 2.5 million years to 11,000 years ago.
Anyway, based on camel remains, it seems the splay-footed quadrupeds reached Arabia in the Holocene, at least 7,000 years ago. (Camels are believed to have reached ancient Israel only about 3,000 years ago.)
Spur with rock reliefs of dromedaries (left and center). CNRS / MADAJ, Dr. Guillaume Charloux
A 2013 paper by Richard Jennings et al, also published in Cambridge's Antiquity journal, argues that Arabian rock art from the Neolithic onward was typically found by paleo-lakes. There is plenty of evidence, including cores from the nearby Dead Sea, that the prehistoric Saudi Arabian environment of around 10,000 years ago was more humid (now Camel Site is hyper-arid). Rock art drawings of animals indicate that they probably abounded in the area then.
However, these paleo-lakes and the Saudi rock art depicting ibexes and even leashed dogs apparently predated the camel art by thousands of years.
In contrast to other sites of rock art in the Saudi desert, no artifacts were found here that could help date Camel Site, which was explored in 2016 and 2017. Also, patination (formation of a mineral film) and erosion have almost entirely destroyed the tool marks. The authors acknowledge that absent associated artifacts, dating was tricky, and suggest that validating their tentative dating may require micro-erosion analysis, which hasn't been done yet.
What they could do meanwhile is compare the stone camels with stylistic and iconographic parallels in the region.
One snag is that the Camel Site beasts are depicted in a unique style, from head to hoof. But they do bear some similarities to Mesopotamian representatives of animals created in the early centuries C.E., write the archaeologists.
Relief depicting recumbent dromedary raising head towards an equid, possibly a donkey or mule. Al Jawf, Saudi Arabia, tentatively dated about 2,000 years ago. Antiquity - CNRS / MADAJ, G. Charloux
Palmyra for instance had been famed for camelids in its gorgeous reliefs, at least until ISIS destroyed the Iraqi city's pagan treasures in late 2016-early 2017. Another example is naturalistic camels depicted in Hatra, Mesopotamia. A sculpted deer head found at the same site looks a lot like the Camel Site animal the researchers think is a donkey, they explain.
The remains of the Temple of Bel in Palmyra, Homs, Syria, April 1, 2016. Omar Sanadik, Reuters
The answer may lie in Nabatean art. The desert nomads were masters at making rock-cut monuments, including large-scale animals, in the very sort of low and high relief found at Al Jawf. Examples of their art exist at Petra, Jordan, where the Nabatean residents carved a host of beasts including, markedly, the camel. The Camel Site images are too eroded to be technically compared, they admit, but both sites feature a procession of camels.
Finally, the researchers note that the region has a history of life-size camel engravings, if not as elaborate as these. Naturally-positioned camelids appear in northwest Arabia, and in Wadi Rum in Jordan, for example. Again, dating these artifacts is a problem.
In short, the researchers found a bunch of stone camels so eroded that the tool-marks are gone, any tools that had been used are long gone too, they can't tell why anybody would want to carve them in the middle of particularly onerous desert conditions in Saudi Arabia, their age is uncertain – and camel art seems to have been around since almost as long as the camel itself. They think these images may be about 2,000 years old, with a wide margin of error.
Ultimately, these are magnificent depictions of camels made in the dim reaches of history and we can but admire the skill of the long-dead artists, and hope that more exploration in this now-desolate area uncovers fresh clues.
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9 Health Benefits of a Vegetarian Diet
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Adopting a vegetarian diet can be a fantastic entry into experiencing better health. A vegetarian diet is associated with a higher consumption of fiber, folic acid, vitamins C and E, magnesium, unsaturated fat, and countless phytochemicals. This often results in vegetarians having lower cholesterol, being thinner, having lower blood pressure, and reduced risk of heart disease. Let's explore some of the other benefits of adopting a vegetarian (or vegan) lifestyle.
Vegetarian Diet: What are the Benefits?
1. May Improve Mood
Arachidonic acid is a substance that usually comes from dietary animal sources and, no surprise, vegetarian diets are not high in arachidonic acid. This can be beneficial, as research has shown a link between arachidonic acid and mood disturbances. Researchers at Benedictine University performed a study to investigate the impact of restricting animal products and mood and confirmed that mood improvements do happen when eating meat, fish, and poultry are restricted. [1]
Additionally, Croatia's Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health conducted mental health surveys amongst vegetarians and found them to have lower levels of neuroticism. [2]
2. May Improve Symptoms of Psoriasis
Psoriasis is a skin disease that causes skin redness and irritation and can be debilitating for those who suffer from it. However, according to research published by Brazil's Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, a vegetarian diet may positively improve symptoms. [3]
3. May Reduce Incidence of Diabetes
According to Loma Linda University School of Public Health, vegetarian diets are associated with a significant reduction in the incidence of diabetes. [4] Information published by George Washington University School of Medicine has also confirmed that vegetarian diets offer an important benefit for the management of diabetes and can even reduce the likelihood of development by one half. [5]
4. Reduces Risk of Cataract Development
Oddly enough, research released by the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine at the University of Oxford has shown a strong relation between the risk of developing cataracts and diet; with a higher risk falling on meat eaters and the lowest risk groups being vegetarians and vegans. [6]
5. Reduces Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
According to the JCU University Skin Cancer Research Clinic, there is a relationship between a vegetarian diet and decreased risk of cardiovascular disease. Why? Most vegetarian diets are full of antioxidant rich foods. Antioxidants are molecules that can reduce the damage caused by oxidative stress, including atherosclerosis. [7]
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6. Vegetarians Usually Have Low Cholesterol
There's no health benefit, at all, to eating animal fat. It should come as no surprise that when you remove it from your diet, you will also remove the detrimental effects it has on your health life. After examining the long term effects of following a vegetarian diet, Korean researchers very comfortably concluded that body fat, and cholesterol levels were lower in vegetarians than omnivores. [8]
7. Less Risk of Stroke and Obesity
There are always exceptions but, in general, vegetarians and vegans tend to be much more deliberate in their food choices and far less likely to binge eat or choose foods based on emotions- two habits that greatly contribute to obesity. According to the University Hospital Ghent Department of Paediatrics in Belgium, following a vegetarian diet is a good way to reduce your chance at having a stroke or being obese. [9]
8. Less Chance of Developing Kidney Stones
New York University Langone Medical Center reports that eliminating animal protein consumption in favor of vegetables will result in a higher urine pH; whereas low urine pH has been associated with stone formation. [10]
9. It Can Satisfy All Your Nutritional Requirements
If you think vegetarians and vegans are nutritionally deficient or always hungry, think again! The official position of The American Dietetic Association is that a comprehensive and well designed vegetarian, or vegan, diet can be nutritionally sound and appropriate for all ages and stages of life, including infants, the elderly, and even athletes. Good health, reduced incidence of disease, and better management of existing health concerns are all associated with following a vegetarian diet. [11]
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Appleby PN, Allen NE, Key TJ. Diet, vegetarianism, and cataract risk. Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 May;93(5):1128-35. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.110.004028.
Trapp D, Knez W, Sinclair W. Could a vegetarian diet reduce exercise-induced oxidative stress? A review of the literature. J Sports Sci. 2010 Oct;28(12):1261-8. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2010.507676. Review.
Kim MK, Cho SW, Park YK. Long-term vegetarians have low oxidative stress, body fat, and cholesterol levels. Nutr Res Pract. 2012 Apr;6(2):155-61. doi: 10.4162/nrp.2012.6.2.155. Epub 2012 Apr 30.
Van Winckel M, Vande Velde S, De Bruyne R, Van Biervliet S. Clinical practice: vegetarian infant and child nutrition. Eur J Pediatr. 2011 Dec;170(12):1489-94. doi: 10.1007/s00431-011-1547-x. Epub 2011 Sep 13. Review.
Heilberg IP, Goldfarb DS. Optimum nutrition for kidney stone disease. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2013 Mar;20(2):165-74. doi: 10.1053/j.ackd.2012.12.001.
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__label__wiki | 0.570003 | 0.570003 | Disappointing performance from Verheugen leaves many questions unanswered
EMIS hearing
On 30 August, the EMIS committee heard from one of the key players in the control of car emissions, the former European Commissioner for Industry, Günter Verheugen, who finally accepted to speak to the committee after several refusals to take part.
Hearings of former EU-Commissioners Günter Verheugen and Antonio Tajani (30 August/5 September)
EMIS hearings
Former EU-Commissioners Günter Verheugen and Antonio Tajani will speak at the next EMIS hearings. As Commissioner for industry and entrepreneurship from 2004 to 2010 Günter Verheugen was in charge of the legislation on controversially discussed Regulation (EC) No. 715/2007 on typ...
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Dr Ulrich Eichhorn, Chief Technology Officer, Volkswagen Group
EMIS hearing 13 July 2016
The representative of Volkswagen made very clear, just like the Renault representative before him, that the industry interpretation of the Euro 5/6 regulation is that the limit values for NOx emissions only have to be met during the type approval test in the laboratory.
EMIS hearing 4 July 2016
Mr Jos Dings, Executive Director of NGO Transport & Environment
On the 4th of July, the Committee of inquiry into Emission Measurements in the Automotive Sector (EMIS) invited Mr Jos Dings for a hearing.
Deal on draft EU law a blow for public health
An agreement between the European Parliament and Council revising EU air quality legislation, setting out national limits on a range of air pollutants, was today confirmed (1). The Greens condemned the final agreement, which significantly weakens the draft legislation proposed by the European Commis...
Revision of type approval legislation
Ensuring this proposal is fit for purpose in the aftermath of the Volkswagen scandal
This conference will deal with the independence and proper functioning of type-approval authorities and technical services; the market surveillance and withdrawal of cars and also about making data and decisions more transparent
EMIS hearing 20 June 2016
Nick Molden, Emission analytics “People preferred not to know there was a problem.”
Latest speaker of the day in the Committee of inquiry into Emission Measurements in the Automotive Sector (EMIS) was Nick Molden from Emission analytics.
Representatives of the European Commission “No investigation was set up as there was no evidence”
The first hearing of the Committee of inquiry into Emission Measurements in the Automotive Sector (EMIS) with representatives of the European Commission was held on 21st of June with representatives of the Technical Committee of Motor Vehicles (TCMV) and the Type-Approval Authorities Expert Group (TAAEG), who coordinate the work on RDE-LDV expert group on real driving emissions and light-duty vehicles).
Daniel Lange, software firm Faster IT “Management of car industry knew quite well about shortcomings”
The second part of the afternoon session of the Committee of inquiry into Emission Measurements in the Automotive Sector (EMIS) saw Mr Daniel Lange, a long time veteran of the software side of the car industry who at the moment is working for software firm Faster IT as a consultant.
Pascoe Sabido and Olivier Hoedeman, Corporate Europe Observatory 66% of expert groups involved in European Commission´s legislative process are industry representatives
The Committee of inquiry into Emission Measurements in the Automotive Sector (EMIS) heard Pascoe Sabido and Olivier Hoedeman as witnesses.
Prof Dr-Ing Kai Borgeest, Aschaffenburg University of Applied Science
In the afternoon of the same day, Prof Dr-Ing Kai Borgeest followed his invitation to the Committee of inquiry into Emission Measurements in the Automotive Sector (EMIS).
Car pollution scandal
EU Parliament dieselgate inquiry finally up and running
The European Parliament's inquiry committee, set up to investigate the car pollution scandal, today met for the first time. The committee elected its chair and vice chair and is now set to deliberate for 12 months, holding hearings with key representatives from the European Commission and nation... | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line5749 |
__label__wiki | 0.900761 | 0.900761 | Michelle Dockery makes the perfect English rose at Venice Film Festival
August 30, 2013 - 14:26 BST hellomagazine.com Michelle Dockery is an English rose dressed in Miu Miu at Venice Film Festival
Michelle Dockery looked the epitome of an English rose in a beautiful red mini dress at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday.
The Downton Abbey actress, famously known for her role as Lady Mary Crawley in the hit ITV period drama, had her dark brunette locks styled into a sleek bob to contrast against the striking number.
Her darker-than-usual tresses contrasted against her pretty pale complexion and matched her black clutch bag and sky high heels.
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She also showed off her natural beauty with minimal make-up as she walked out on to the red carpet at the Miu Miu party.
A far cry from the period costumes she dons to play Lady Mary, the 31-year-old was striking as she was dressed head to toe in Italian fashion house Miu Miu.
But she will soon be back in dresses dating back to Britain in the 1920s when the doors of the award-winning Downton open for a fourth series in September.
Set six months after Lady Mary's loss of Matthew Crawley, a change of pace will see potential suitors come flooding in for the new widow.
The London-born star, whose character gave birth to baby George only to tragically lose her husband Matthew in a road accident, recently spoke of the various love interests to come in the surprising turn of events.
She told a Television Critics Association panel at the Beverly Hilton Hotel: "The fourth [season] is about recovery. She's starting a new life."
New love interests include Charles Blake, played by Foyle's War star Julian Ovenden, 36, and Lord Anthony Gillingham – "an old family friend… since the girls were little", played by Welsh actor Tom Cullen.
Another handsome gentleman to cross the threshold is Evelyn Napier, played by Brendan Patricks. He was seen in season one when he introduced Mary to her first lover, Turkish diplomat Mr Pamuk, who died alongside Mary in her bed.
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__label__cc | 0.603489 | 0.396511 | Henry Moore Institute Visiting Research Fellowships
Each year we offer a number of Fellowships to enable artists and researchers to develop their work.
Visiting Research Fellowships are intended for academics and curators working on historic and contemporary sculpture who can make particular use of the Institute’s resources: our Research Library, Archive of Sculptors’ Papers and the Leeds Sculpture Collections.
Artist Research Fellowships are intended for artists to develop their practice through research, using the Institute’s resources. The Fellowships will support a range of visual arts practices and outcomes generated through research into sculpture and its histories.
Research Fellows will be given the opportunity to spend a month in Leeds. In addition we will support up to two six-week Senior Fellowships, which are intended to give established scholars time and space to develop a research project free from usual work commitments.
Fellowships include accommodation, travel expenses and a per diem.
To apply for either Fellowship please forward a letter of application, a 750-word research proposal, that also indicates how you will use our resources, and a CV to Kirstie Gregory, Research Coordinator, by Monday 27 January 2020.
Post-doctoral Research Fellowships
The Henry Moore Foundation’s Grants Programme supports a small number of two-year Post-doctoral Research Fellowships in the field of sculpture studies. Managed by the Henry Moore Institute, a centre for the study and enjoyment of sculpture based in Leeds, the Fellowships assist scholars who have recently completed doctoral studies to prepare a substantial publication or similar research output. The Foundation awards a grant of up to £21,000 per annum towards the Fellowship.
Applicants must have an affiliation with a British university department, that will act as host to the Fellow from September 2019. Fellows will be expected to present the development of their work quarterly to the Henry Moore Institute. Previous post-doctoral fellows have gained international recognition for their publications, with many now holding senior posts in academia and the arts more widely.
Details for applicants can be found in the 'Downloadable resources' section on this page.
The deadline to apply for our 2019 Post-doctoral Research Fellowships has now passed.
Henry Moore Institute Internships
Each year we invite applications for our funded ten day internships. These are open to candidates from any discipline who are studying at MA level in UK universities, or who have gained equivalent experience through employment or voluntary work. The internships are intended to provide practical experience of the working environment in a museum, and an interest in sculpture is advantageous. Internships involve shadowing members of our curatorial team. The internships should be completed between January and July 2020. A contribution towards travel expenses will be provided, and an award of £250 will be given at the end of the internship. The frequency and duration are flexible, depending on availability of interns and staff.
The deadline to apply for our 2019-20 Internships has now passed.
Henry Moore Institute Dissertation Prize
As part of the Institute's research programme, in 2019 two prizes will be awarded for extended pieces of writing on contemporary, modern or historical sculpture. At the Institute we understand the study of sculpture to encompass a wide range of approaches, mediums, disciplines and theories and we are open to receiving submissions relating to sculpture in the broadest possible sense. The Henry Moore Institute Dissertation Prizes are open to BA and MA students of all disciplines.
BA Dissertation: £200 cash prize
MA Dissertation: £300 cash prize
In addition both will receive:
Henry Moore Institute selected publications to the cover price value of £50.
Free entry to all Henry Moore Institute conferences for one year.
Publication of dissertation abstracts in the Henry Moore Institute newsletter.
Bound copies of dissertations published and entered into the Henry Moore Institute Research Library.
This Prize is for a dissertation, submitted as part of course work within the past academic year at a UK university. Dissertations should not have previously been published or be in publication.
Applicants should include a letter from their academic organisation to indicate their course and place of study as well as a letter of support from an academic tutor or supervisor.
The deadline to apply for our 2019 prize has now passed.
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__label__wiki | 0.763015 | 0.763015 | LONDON 2015 – Truth (2015)
By Katie Smith-Wong Last updated Oct 16, 2015
In 2004, US news programme 60 Minutes broadcast a report casting doubt about George W. Bush’s career in the Air National Guard during the 1970s. What followed was a stirring controversy not of the then-President’s military career, but of the documents that supposedly proved that he avoided training and active duty. Known as the Killian documents controversy or ‘Rathergate’, it led to the firing of CBS producer Mary Mapes and, later, became the focus of her book, Truth and Duty. Ten years after its publication, Zodiac screenwriter James Vanderbilt has adapted it for his directorial début.
Truth takes place several months before the 2004 US Presidential election, when the report on Bush initially broadcasted. The film follows Mapes (Cate Blanchett), news anchor Dan Rather (Robert Redford) and several CBS staff, as they try to unravel the truth behind the documents that threaten their credibility.
The film starts off well as the story forms a crusade of sorts for Mapes; finding out about the then-President, while confronting obstacles and dismissive sources. But when the controversy breaks out, the pacing feels faltered and the focus of the report – Bush’s involvement in the National Guard – is essentially lost in the chaos as characters go back and forth over superscript.
Truth highlights the initiative and perseverance of journalists, especially when it comes to key stories and following leads. However, it feels like the characters are thinking more of the outcome and possible influence on the forthcoming election that in the end, they forget to solidify their story. To add to this, there is a lack of positive closure; the controversy had severe repercussions to CBS and ended many careers, but the fact that the controversy remains unsettled to this date reiterates that the ordeal feels unfinished. The last five minutes or so tries to uplift this downbeat mood but it instead comes across as over-sentimental.
However, Vanderbilt directs the feature with class and a keen eye for detail, while his screenplay is excellent and consistent throughout. It is sharp and well-delivered by his cast, who give brilliant performances. Blanchett, in particular, is on top-form as the tenacious Mapes and Redford looks comfortable as the veteran journalist Rather. The chemistry between the two characters is reflected well as a mentor/protege and father/daughter relationship, and both Blanchett and Redford effortlessly steal the limelight away from their notable, yet underused, supporting cast, including Elisabeth Moss, Topher Grace and Dennis Quaid.
Overall, Truth is a strong début for Vanderbilt and features great performances from Blanchett and Redford, but its one-sided and incomplete narrative is unsettling.
Truth is out in UK cinemas on 16 October.
Director: James Vanderbilt
Stars: Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Bruce Greenwood, Elisabeth Moss, Topher Grace, Dennis Quaid
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__label__wiki | 0.579516 | 0.579516 | Peruvian Pipit (Anthus peruvianus) videos, photos and sound recordings | the Internet Bird Collection
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__label__wiki | 0.533222 | 0.533222 | MHS Home > News > Articles > Navy nurse earns recognition for Nurses Week 2019
Navy nurse earns recognition for Nurses Week 2019
Navy Capt. Andrea Petrovanie (left), Naval Medical Center San Diego, Senior Nurse Officer, Directorate for Branch Clinics, goes over the day's orders with members of her nursing staff at NMCSD Naval Training Center branch clinic. Petrovanie was recently recognized for outstanding leadership by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and the Defense Health Agency. (U.S. Navy photo)
5/10/2019 By: Suzanna Brugler
Military Hospitals and Clinics
SAN DIEGO — A Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) nurse earned special recognition for exceptional leadership from two distinct organizations: the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) on March 19, and the Defense Health Agency for Nurses Week, May 6-12.
Navy Capt. Andrea Petrovanie, NMCSD Senior Nurse Officer, Directorate for Branch Clinics, was awarded the 2019 ANCC Certified Nurse Award in the Ambulatory Care Nursing category.
The award recognized her work toward establishing the first Specialty Leader in Ambulatory Care Nursing by the Director of the Navy Nurse Corps, resulting in a centralized voice for ambulatory care nurses across Navy Medicine.
Her work implemented several standardized initiatives that contributed to streamlined processes throughout ten branch clinics, resulting in improved care and safety promotion for NMCSD’s patient population.
“It is a privilege to serve our military population, and I can't think of anything else I would rather be doing,” said Petrovanie. “Each day brings an opportunity to touch lives and make a difference.”
In addition, the Defense Health Agency recognized Petrovanie for superior leadership in an online profile honoring Nurses Week 2019. She is one of only 10 military nurses who are profiled for the occasion on the Military Health System website.
Navy Capt. Jeff Bledsoe, NMCSD Director for Nursing Services, agrees with the accolades Petrovanie is receiving.
“Capt. Petrovanie has spent her life dedicated to helping others. She does so with compassion but also with intellect, as she is always striving to build a better mouse trap,” said Bledsoe.
“I often tell people that none of us is as smart as all of us, but it helps to have someone like Capt. Petrovanie as a part of your ‘all,’” said Bledsoe.
A Wagner College graduate who is board certified for more than 20 years, Petrovanie joined the Navy in 1991. Dedicated to her profession, she is a member of the Nominating Committee of the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing.
Petrovanie’s proud husband, also of NMCSD, Navy Cmdr. Darryl Green, Director of Healthcare Business, knows first-hand what a consummate nursing professional she is.
“The decision to become a nurse is not a decision to be taken lightly, and its nurses like Andrea who provide the stability our complex healthcare system has come to depend on,” said Green.
“To be recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as the 2019 Certified Nurse of the Year for Ambulatory Nursing is a testament to the time and effort Andrea puts into her profession each and every day,” said Green.
“I have the awesome opportunity to be a change agent in our journey to a high-reliability organization. I am honored to work with an amazing team that is committed to providing safe, high quality patient-centered care,” said Petrovanie.
“I love what I do and I know for sure nursing is my calling.”
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People are deleting their Facebook profiles after this data scandal
The social media giant is in trouble after a major data breach, causing many users to delete their accounts.
Facebook's stock prices have crashed after it has emerged that the social media channel has been using data from over 50 million users, which influenced the likes of Brexit and the US presidential election in 2016.
Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, is being accused of failing to properly inform users that parts of their profile could have been used by Cambridge Analytica - a huge data firm that's known to aid Donald Trump in his election campaign.
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Cambridge Analytica was reportedly disguised as a personality quiz app, which is how it gained access to so many profiles.
With millions of people outraged about the data breach, many are taking to deleting their accounts - but you might want to check you've got everything saved first.
All you have to do is click the account menu in the top right corner of the Facebook homepage.
Then select 'download a copy of your Facebook data' at the bottom in General Account Settings.
Finally, select 'Start My Archive'.
Just be careful where you save this data, as it will contain all of your personal profile information.
The latest voice to speak out about the boycotting of Facebook is the co-founder of WhatsApp, Brian Acton, who tweeted a short but powerful statement in the wake of the scandal.
It is time. #deletefacebook
— Brian Acton (@brianacton) March 20, 2018
Despite selling WhatsApp to Facebook and pocketing billions in the process, the tech expert has sided with the public and expressed his opinion on the drama.
The data harvesting, which violates Facebook's own data policy, was reportedly known about by the company back in 2015, but they failed to act accordingly.
Mark Zuckerberg is yet to address the situation.
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2/2/2018 Lauren George
Hilton Grand Vacations announces its real estate purchase from Hilton including existing buildings and land for development within the Hilton Odawara Resort & Spa, located in the Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
The purchase marks Hilton Grand Vacations’ second announced project in Japan and will be the first resort to open in the country. Adding to the existing properties, HGV plans to create timeshare units with ocean views on the purchased land.
“We are pleased to announce our first resort to open in Japan, in collaboration with our esteemed partner Hilton, in this scenic location close to Tokyo, which has consistently been a top choice for vacations by our owners and guests,” says Mark Wang, president and CEO, Hilton Grand Vacations. “We look forward to working with the city of Odawara to promote tourism and contribute to the vibrant local economy,” he adds...
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Secretary of the Navy John D. Long to Commander Horace Elmer, 3/23/1898
Secretary of the Navy John D. Long to Commander Horace Elmer
[Washington, D.C.] March 23, 1898.
Sir: You are hereby directed to prepare, with all possible dispatch, a scheme for utilizing the available resources of our Atlantic ports in the formation of a mosquito flotilla in general accordance with the methods proposed by the Naval War College.
You will suggest for each important locality the names of suitable vessels, in such numbers as you may think proper, and fitted as improvised gun vessels, rams, or torpedo boats, their armament, if any, how and where obtained and mounted, how their captains and crews may be secured from the merchant service or Naval Militia, the proposed appointments as volunteer officers, or ratings as enlisted men, and you will prepare an organization for the whole coast, and rules for the government of each local division.
The Department confines itself to indicating the outlines of what it desires, leaving the details to your discretion. It reminds you that promptness, efficiency, and economy are necessary.
You will submit, as soon as possible, a résumé of your scheme, which must be so perfected that it can be put into instant execution on the issuing of orders from the Department.
You are authorized to perform such travel as may be needed, and directed to report from time to time your movements.
It is suggested that you make New York your headquarters. In that event, the commandant of the navy-yard at that place will give you such clerical aid as you may require. The demand for officers is so great that it is impossible to assign you other assistants. You are hereby detached from present duties.1
John D. Long, Secretary.
Source Note Print: Annual Report of the Navy Department, 1898, p. 125. Appendix A was part of the “Report of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy.” Addressed below close: “Commander Horace Elmer, U.S.N.,/Cramp’s Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pa.” Cmdr. Horace Elmer was ordered to organize and command the Mosquito Fleet and the coastal defense of the Atlantic and Gulf seaboards, but died of pneumonia in April, 1898.
Footnote 1: A letter from Capt. Henry C. Taylor to John D. Long dated 21 March 1898, corroborated the interconnection between the Naval War College plans and the use of a mosquito fleet as part of the general mobilization: “Bureau Ordnance letter #2355, received and I have sent it to the War College, asking Captain [Caspar] Goodrich if the plans mentioned are not in the files there, to send over to the Torpedo Station and if Commander Converse left them there. About two years ago Commander Converse informed me, that if the general plan of any naval campaign demanded a large mosquito fleet quickly, that the mechanical work could on Narragansett bay would be able to provide them....” DLC-MSS, HTP, Box 1. Capt. George A. Converse was then commander of the Naval Torpedo Station.
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With its overall history spanning more than 200 years, Indianapolis has a lot of long-established venues, with restaurants, bars, and pubs being at the very top of that list.
We’ve decided to help our Hotel’s guest, who may be visiting the city for the first time in the intricate process of choosing where to eat and drink.
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This contender, located at the city’s airport offers a wide choice of organic dishes, with a big emphasis put on vegetarian and gluten free meals…
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Being one of the oldest bars & restaurants in the city and serving as a main bootlegging venue during the Prohibition era, this one has a lot of beverages and burgers to offer!
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A traditionally Italian deli place, also serving some Jewish desserts as well, Shapiro’s is by far the Indy’s top rated bakery of them all!
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The Hate Trap - The Anatomy of a Forgotten Assassination
The Hate Trap - The Anatomy of a Forgotten Assassination (9786052984888)
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The first bullets of a bloody campaign of terror
Two Turkish diplomats were killed by an elderly Armenian-American on January 27th 1973 in Santa Barbara, California. What appeared to be a freak crime committed by a “maniac” later proved to be the opening shots of a campaign of terror against Turkish diplomats and officials that lasted two decades, taking the lives of dozens of Turkish diplomats along with more than 60 others in nearly 600 terrorist attacks around the world.
This book focuses on the first “forgotten assassination” and presents shocking new information derived from the recently declassified FBI documents, court transcripts and the findings of historians. How did the murderer, Gourgen Yanikian, set his trap? What did he really want to achieve? Why was the trial of Soghomon Tehlirian , the Armenian hit man who killed Talat Pasha in Berlin in 1921, so important for him? What were the human and historical ramifications of this double assassination? How is it linked to the murder of Hrant Dink, the Turkish-Armenian journalist, in 2007?
The author was a friend of one of the slain diplomats and journalist Dink. Yet, his book is an objective account of one of the most consequential political crimes of the 20th Century. It covers much new ground and reads like a detective story. Its powerful message against racial hatred and violence is perhaps more important today than ever.
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__label__wiki | 0.730437 | 0.730437 | Home search for extraterrestrial intelligence The search for extraterrestrial civilizations gains an important new tool
The search for extraterrestrial civilizations gains an important new tool
The VERITAS array is a collection of four 12-meter Cherenkov telescopes used to detect astrophysical sources of very-high-energy gamma rays. (Photo credit: Steve Criswell, SAO)
SCIPP physicist David Williams will help lead effort using four 12-meter telescopes to search for nanosecond flashes of light from extraterrestrial civilizations
The Breakthrough Listen initiative to find signs of intelligent life in the universe will collaborate with the VERITAS Collaboration in the search for technosignatures, signs of technology developed by intelligent life beyond the Earth.
Joining the Breakthrough Listen initiative’s ongoing radio frequency survey and spectroscopic optical laser survey, VERITAS (the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System) will search for pulsed optical beacons with its array of four 12-meter telescopes at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory in Amado, Arizona.
VERITAS is the world’s most powerful telescope array for studying high-energy astrophysics with gamma rays. It detects gamma rays coming from space by looking for the extremely brief flashes of blue “Cherenkov” light they create when they hit the top of the Earth’s atmosphere.
VERITAS will look for pulsed optical beacons with durations as short as several nanoseconds. Over such timescales, artificial beacons could easily outshine any stars that lie in the same direction on the sky. The use of all four telescopes simultaneously allows for very effective discrimination against false positive detections. The VERITAS Collaboration has previously published observations of the mysteriously dimming Boyajian’s Star in search of such optical pulses. The new program of VERITAS observations will provide complementary searches for optical pulse signatures of many more stars from the primary Breakthrough Listen star list.
“It is impressive how well-suited the VERITAS telescopes are for this project, since they were built only with the purpose of studying very-high-energy gamma rays in mind,” said David Williams, adjunct professor of physics at UC Santa Cruz and the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP) and a member of the VERITAS collaboration.
Breakthrough Listen’s search for optical technosignatures with VERITAS will be led by Williams at UCSC and Jamie Holder of the University of Delaware, in collaboration with the Listen team at UC Berkeley’s SETI Research Center led by Andrew Siemion.
“When it comes to intelligent life beyond Earth, we don’t know where it exists or how it communicates,” said Yuri Milner, founder of the Breakthrough Initiatives. “So our philosophy is to look in as many places, and in as many ways, as we can. VERITAS expands our range of observation even further.”
“Breakthrough Listen is already the most powerful, comprehensive, and intensive search yet undertaken for signs of intelligent life beyond Earth,” Siemion said. “Now, with the addition of VERITAS, we’re sensitive to an important new class of signals: fast optical pulses. Optical communication has already been used by NASA to transmit high definition images to Earth from the moon, so there’s reason to believe that an advanced civilization might use a scaled-up version of this technology for interstellar communication.”
If a laser comparable to the most powerful lasers on Earth (delivering about 500 terawatts in a pulse lasting a few nanoseconds) were situated at the distance of Boyajian’s Star and pointed in our direction, VERITAS could detect it. But most of the stars in the Listen target list are 10 to 100 times closer than Boyajian’s Star, meaning that the new search will be sensitive to pulses a factor 100 to 10,000 times fainter still.
“Using the huge mirror area of the four VERITAS telescopes will allow us to search for these extremely faint optical flashes in the night sky, which could correspond to signals from an extraterrestrial civilization,” said Holder.
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Astronaut Bluford Guion Jr. (second from left) applaused at the Mann Center, before Philadelphia Orchestra musicians, at the debut of “Hold Fast to Dreams” by Nolan Williams Jr. (left).
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From Richard Strauss to Haydn, John Williams to Puccini, and with a stop at a lovely new commission, Tuesday night's Philadelphia Orchestra concert moved fast. But then again, space travel is like that.
The concert, dubbed A Space Odyssey, was this summer's centerpiece artistic statement at the Mann Center. Composer Nolan Williams Jr. was commissioned by the Mann to write a new piece honoring astronaut Guion Bluford Jr. — Philadelphia-born and the first African American in space.
Bluford took the stage briefly, telling the Mann crowd that "it was an honor to be back, and I take a great deal of pride in being a Philadelphian." More moving perhaps were the moments of localized spontaneous applause at intermission as the astronaut walked up the aisle through the house.
If the Mann and Williams succeeded in anything Tuesday night, it was in creating a vibe of warmth and quiet awe. Something about the vastness of space brings people close — perhaps a visceral sense of existential perspective. Footage from Bluford's Space Shuttle missions reminded us of the feats of science and technology in space, while the music, at various points, made hearts leap at the more poetic implications of humans' moving through the cosmos. Williams, who's also the Mann's festival artistic director, surrounded his new song cycle with orchestral works — all led by conductor Cristian Macelaru — that referenced, to one extent or another, some celestial element.
Musically, it was a bit of a jumble. The move from "Dawn," from Strauss' Also sprach Zarathustra (known to many for its use in 2001: A Space Odyssey), to Haydn's "The Heavens Are Telling" from The Creation might have made sense on paper, but in practice, it was jarring. Works did sometimes speak to one another in unexpected ways, though. Would we have noticed the sly Strauss references in "Adventures on Earth," an astonishingly colorful swath from John Williams' score to E.T., had the concert not begun with Strauss' famously bright sun rays of brass?
You didn't need to understand the text about the "silvery moon in the velvet night" in Dvorak's "Song to the Moon" from Rusalka: It was all right there in the silvery orchestrations, and in the velvet soprano voice of Elena Perroni. She was joined by the light tenor of Marco Cammarota in the "Balcony Scene" duet from Bernstein's West Side Story.
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Less subtle were the images of planets, moons, and solar flares projected on the big screen as the orchestra played the "Jupiter" movement from Holst's The Planets. It was all too literal, and distracting.
The evening's best moments were the ones that got at some emotion, and there were several that went right to the heart. Even now, 35 years later, John Williams' music from E.T. startles with its beauty and directness. It brings propulsive energy and sparkly space dust, with stretches of tenderness and deep humanity. The orchestra played with a great polish that journeyed from heroic to introspective and back again.
Nolan Williams Jr. had big forces at his disposal for Hold Fast to Dreams: the Mann Festival Choir drawn from local groups, two excellent soloists — soprano Leah Hawkins and bass-baritone Frank B. Mitchell 3d — plus the clarion narration of Franklin Institute astronomer Derrick Pitts. With various texts, including some from Bluford, the piece's four movements mixed and matched forces in canny ways to explore dreams — dreams stirred and realized, and dreams dashed.
Williams has a musical language all his own. It brims with vernacular American optimism, but is always in service to the text. Pitts' narration over a jazz band cool breeze in the second movement caught Langston Hughes' sense of language perfectly, with Williams' giving a "broken-winged bird" more hope than the poetry itself by assigning the image an oboe figure that persisted in trying to take flight.
Williams' gift for warmth glowed in the last song. In "Hope Renewed: Child of the Universe," Hawkins took on the tone of maternal authority, assuring, with Max Ehrmann's words, that the "world is beautiful still." Williams' dreamily upbeat piece left no other choice than to believe it so.
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by Paul Nussbaum, Inquirer Staff Writer, Posted: September 26, 2012
HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania Turnpike officials are using "flimflam finance" to cover increasing debt and the toll road could be bankrupt in "a couple of years," state Auditor General Jack Wagner told legislators Tuesday.
But turnpike chief executive Roger Nutt said toll increases on motorists and truckers every year will provide enough money to prevent financial calamity.
For whom does turnpike toll?
State lawmakers are considering whether to rewrite a 2007 law called Act 44, which that requires the turnpike to provide $450 million a year for public transit and road and bridge projects around Pennsylvania until 2057 in addition to paying for the costs of operating the 545-mile turnpike system.
To meet that obligation, the turnpike has borrowed billions and boosted cash tolls by 48 percent. Tolls will rise again in January and every year as the turnpike tries to raise enough money to pay its debt.
The turnpike is more than $7 billion in debt, up from $2 billion in 2002 and $4 billion in 2009. The burden continues to grow, with the turnpike required to make payments for statewide projects until 2057.
"You can't just keep borrowing to get out of debt," said State Sen. John Rafferty Jr. (R., Montgomery), chairman of the Transportation Committee, which held Tuesday's hearing with the similar committee from the House.
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"All of us are concerned about the debt. ... The red flags were raised."
Wagner, who has been warning about turnpike finances for months, told lawmakers they should repeal Act 44 and find other ways to pay for the state's transportation needs.
But many lawmakers and Gov. Corbett are reluctant to raise gas taxes or other fees to pay for roads and bridges and mass transit.
SEPTA receives about $162 million of its $616 million annual state subsidy from the turnpike funds, and without that money, would face a 25 percent budget cut that could require fare hikes and service cuts for local bus and train riders.
The turnpike has borrowed about $3.3 billion since 2008 to pay for its statewide obligations and plans to borrow an additional $4.3 billion in the next decade to make those payments, according to the Turnpike Commission's financial plan presented in June to state Budget Secretary Charles Zogby.
Wagner said the turnpike's borrowing to pay for other transportation obligations "is the very definition of robbing Peter to pay Paul ... and it is saddling the Pennsylvania Turnpike with crushing debt that may ultimately fall on the shoulders of Pennsylvania taxpayers."
Turnpike Commission chief executive Roger Nutt said "there is no disagreement with the auditor general about the debt. But we believe there is not an immediate financial crisis."
Nutt and state Transportation Secretary Barry Schoch said cost-cutting and annual toll increases of about 3 percent will allow the turnpike to raise enough money to make debt payments without prompting motorists and truckers to find cheaper routes across Pennsylvania.
Turnpike officials believe "there is no tipping point" at which drivers would divert to other roads because of high toll costs, Nutt said.
Wagner said the turnpike's financing plan was analogous to a homeowner paying his own mortgage and his neighbor's, borrowing constantly to do so.
"The turnpike isn't going to survive if this continues," Wagner said.
Schoch, defending the financing model, used a different analogy: He likened it to the owner of a $1 million house taking out a $100,000 home-equity loan every year and using his rising salary to cover the payments.
He predicted that with rising tolls, turnpike revenues would eventually exceed debt costs and allow the Turnpike Commission to begin reducing its debt. Nutt noted that financial rating agencies continued to assign high ratings to turnpike bonds.
Rafferty said lawmakers were convinced additional transportation funding needs to be raised, but that Corbett has not agreed. A commission appointed by Corbett recommended last year raising fees and taxes, including a portion of the gas tax, to provide $2.5 billion a year more for transportation projects.
Corbett spokeswoman Kelli Roberts said Tuesday, "The governor will not increase taxes."
Rep. Richard Geist, (R., Blair), chairman of the House Transportation Committee, reminded turnpike officials Tuesday that they had advocated for creation of Act 44 five years ago expecting to win federal approval to place tolls on I-80.
The federal government rejected the state's request to toll I-80, leaving the turnpike to bear the costs.
"I agree Act 44 needs to be rewritten," Geist said. "But this is a tough business, and we're broke."
Contact Paul Nussbaum at 215-854-4587, or pnussbaum@phillynews.com.
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In an era where the song-writer/producer has all but become king, LA-based artist AFSHeeN finds himself well on his way to holding court.
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Vicky Verma
For a successful space journey and colonization of another planet, we need only 98 people. This figure is taken from a study by French astronomers and physicists. Meanwhile, a Harvard physicist has a better idea: instead of transporting people to a new planet, it would make more sense to transfer their DNA drawings and reconstruct them there.
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Many scientists believe that we should look for a new planet for relocation. Whether due to climate change, overpopulation, or perhaps an asteroid, they claim that the Earth, as we know it, will not be eternal. So, we’d better start looking for a new place to live.
Space journey to Proxima Centauri. Image source: M. Kornmesser / ESO
One of the most suitable planets for this is considered to be Proxima Centauri b, an exoplanet in the Alpha Centauri galaxy. The planet is in the “Goldilocks zone” of its star, which means that it is not too hot and not too cold. At this temperature, liquid water can exist on it, which means that there can be life there. This means that people are more likely to move to a new planet and populate it.
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A plan has already been developed worth $100 million to send a probe there to find out if there is Proxima Centauri life in any of its manifestations.
Scientists from France Frédéric Marin and C. Belaffi conducted research to calculate how many people we will need to be sent to Proxima Centauri b in order to survive the journey of six millennia? Taking into account life expectancy, birth rate and much more, they came to the conclusion that only 98 people would be needed to compose a team – 49 men and 49 women.
“In accordance with a set of parameters, only a minimum crew of 98 people is required to ensure a 100% success rate for the more than 6,000 years space flight in the direction of the nearest known exoplanet to date,”, according to the researchers.
But Dr. Avi Loeb, head of the Harvard Department of Astronomy, head of the project, explained that there are many technical problems associated with space travel of several generations of people. It’s premature to present these problems, not knowing which specific power plant will be used on this trip, as this will determine its risks and duration. The human body is not built to survive the harsh environment of space.
Later he said: “My own prediction is that we are more likely to send robots equipped with artificial intelligence and 3D printers rather than people for these long journeys to exoplanets.”
Loeb is sure that this is a reliable method so that people on the long space journey do not get lost in space. This way, we can keep the duplicates we need on Earth in case something happens along the way.
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A block party with The Eric Scott Band on Nov. 12 will benefit Townville.
Townville block party with Eric Scott A block party with The Eric Scott Band on Nov. 12 will benefit Townville. Check out this story on independentmail.com: https://www.independentmail.com/story/news/local/south-carolina/2016/10/27/townville-block-party-eric-scott/92828688/
Mike Ellis, mike.ellis@independentmail.com Published 11:42 a.m. ET Oct. 27, 2016 | Updated 5:29 p.m. ET Oct. 27, 2016
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A block party with The Eric Scott Band on Nov. 12 will benefit Townville, said one of the organizers, Dwayne Johnson.
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PASSION, PRECISION AND PURPOSE HAVE MADE HENRIK KRISTOFFERSEN A WORLD CHAMPION SKIER. HE FINDS THE SAME QUALITIES IN HIS HUSQVARNA MOTORCYCLES
“I want to do my own thing and not what everyone else does. Moderation is for cowards.” So says Henrik Kristoffersen; professional skier, Olympic slalom medallist and Husqvarna ambassador. It’s a single-minded sentiment but compromise doesn’t create champions. His words could be a mantra for every dedicated motorcyclist too.
Henrik’s singularity of purpose and focus on his chosen sport made him the youngest male medallist in Olympic Alpine skiing history. Aged just 19 he took bronze in the Slalom at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. He followed that with silver in the Giant Slalom at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics. Earlier this year he became Giant Slalom world champion. At 25 years old, Henrik’s winning ways aren’t over yet.
Henrik’s passion for motorcycling is an obsession that long predates his Alpine achievements. As it turns out, Henrik’s association with Husqvarna started way before he became a brand ambassador in 2017. “When I was a little boy there was this ‘thing’ hidden under a tarp in the garage; my dad’s Husqvarna motocross bike. That’s what started it all. I watched VHS videos my dad had like Crusty Demons of Dirt until they wore out. Shortly before I turned 6, I got my first Husqvarna 50cc MX bike and I have been riding ever since.”
"I want to do my own thing and not what everyone else does"
Not only still riding but riding Husqvarna – a FC 250 motocrosser offroad and a VITPILEN 701 on the street and roads around his adopted hometown of Salzburg. A Norwegian rider on Swedish bikes in Austria. Henrik is an international sportsman and world citizen.
Henrik’s riding doesn’t only deliver fun, it has serious benefits too. “Motocross is one of the most physically demanding sports. It’s great cardio and muscle training, especially for the core muscles, and trains balance as well as coordination – basically everything I need for skiing.”
Motocross is a challenging discipline and you want the right bike for the job, whatever level you ride at. Henrik is particularly taken with his Husqvarna FC 250. So enamoured is he of the crosser, Henrik can’t wait to get on board to ride for the camera, despite wilting 35°C temperatures on the day these pictures were taken. There are many reasons why Henrik finds the FC 250 the perfect package.
Combining feedback from world-class riders and extensive testing, Husqvarna set the benchmarks for handling, performance, weight and aesthetics. A machine built to these parameters allows Henrik to get the most from his time on the bike. “The best thing about it is that it combines training with a lot of adrenaline and fun. I have huge respect for the professional MX riders, as I can barely even imagine how hard it must be to train and race all the time, given their schedule.”
Henrik doesn’t need to know the specification of his favourite offroader by heart to know what he likes. “I love it! The Husqvarna FC 250 is super lightweight, agile, powerful and the handling is awesome. Especially for me, since in winter I have to take a break from riding motocross. It’s perfect because I hop on it in spring and ride away without having to get too much used to it again. The WP suspension is awesome and easy to adjust for my needs, and I love the electric starter as it comes in handy sometimes, especially when I haven’t ridden for a little while (laughs).”
As an elite athlete and one with good MX skills, would Henrik ever fancy a career change? “I doubt that I will tire of skiing and I am nowhere close to doing what the Husqvarna factory guys are able to do. But, theoretically, if I had the chance and would be able to get somewhere near to the performance required, I would love to be a part of the team. But that would be a long, long way for me. So, I’ll stay on skis for now.”
Resident in Salzburg for the last couple of years, Henrik’s move from Norway to Austria was initially for practical reasons but other benefits have followed. “During the season, I used to spend a lot of time in hotels, which I felt was not the ideal situation. Living in Salzburg is much more convenient for training at Reiteralm and I don’t have to drag my stuff back and forth from Norway. Plus, I have my own space to relax, which is of course much better than living out of a suitcase for 200 days or more each year. Emotionally I moved to Salzburg because it’s a beautiful city with a very open-minded and international crowd.”
Not only space to relax but places to ride as well, from the city and beyond to twisting roads carving through striking mountain landscapes. Places to leave the everyday behind on a bike built to perform with nimble handling and the power to thrill.
“I grew up riding Husqvarnas. I really enjoy seeing how the brand has evolved in recent years, I think that it is more ‘swedish’ now than ever”
After two decades of offroad riding, Henrik has now taken to the road too – on a Husqvarna VITPILEN 701. As soon as Henrik got his road licence, he jumped on his VITPILEN 701 and rode to the gym. “I love the bike, its design and feeling that I get while riding. I immediately felt very comfortable and confident on the street bike. The VITPILEN is light, agile and perfect for city rides and beyond. I don’t think I’ll be using my car anymore...”
Henrik’s Husqvarna passion has a whole new direction now he has one for the road too. Maybe Henrik’s dad can get the road bike his own father banned him from owning as a kid. For Henrik it has to be Husqvarna. “Well, Husqvarna is a Swedish brand with a huge heritage. I grew up riding Husqvarnas and saw my dad on them back then and today, so I basically think I got ‘programmed’ during my youth. I really enjoy seeing how the brand has evolved in recent years, I think that it is more ‘Swedish’ now than ever. The colours, the whole appearance is appealing, and the quality is awesome. It’s funny how my dad and I are still riding Husqvarnas on the tracks and in the wilderness like we did back when I was very young. Now I’m a Husqvarna road rider too. I am very happy to do both on motorcycles of a brand I can identify with.”
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Maintain the health budget at per capita levels. We will not cut the health budget.
Reform the DHB system, reducing the number of health districts from 20 down to 5, and ensure that Board Members are appointed for their expertise and experience, rather than elected to make political points.
Raise awareness of mental health services.
Allow more innovation in health, by getting government out of the way. This will enable more New Zealanders to access new treatments from overseas, sooner.
Read more here and here.
The Green Party acknowledges te Tiriti o Waitangi and the status of health as a taonga.
The health care system must be publicly funded to ensure everyone can access healthcare services, regardless of their ability to pay. Health care must be available at the earliest stage possible to optimise treatment outcome, quality of life and cost effectiveness.
Other social factors and policies, and the environment, have a greater impact on overall health status than direct health services; health in turn shapes capacity to participate in all other aspects of life.
In general, health services should be planned and funded to achieve the greatest good for the greatest number of people, and to ensure further health gains for those with the highest health needs. In practice, this means a high priority on preventative care, children's health, and people with high health needs. Children must be considered within the context of their family.
To be effective for all members in society, publicly-funded health services must be flexible and diverse to meet the different needs of people of different ages, cultures, financial & social resources, and stages of physical and mental health.
Reverse National’s health cuts and begin the process of making up for the years of underfunding that have occurred.
This extra funding will allow us to invest in mental health services, reduce the cost of going to the doctor, carry out more operations, provide the latest medicines, invest in Māori health initiatives including supporting Whānau Ora, and start the rebuild of Dunedin Hospital.
By the end of the four year forecast period, Labour will invest $8 billion more in health than was proposed in PREFU 2017.
Commit to beginning construction of the new Dunedin Hospital within our first term.
Read more here, here, and here.
Establish a Māori/Pasifika Health Commissioning Unit to identify health needs, evidence based interventions and approaches, and then prioritise funding to any organisation that can deliver the best contribution to outcomes.
Establish a new Māori and Pacific social investment fund managed by the Māori Pasifika Health Commissioning Unit, funded through a mix of Government direct investment, reprioritisation of poor existing expenditure within Ministry of Health.
Direct Pharmac to explicitly seek to address the disparity in health outcomes for Māori and Pasifika when funding decisions are made.
Ensure Māori and Pasifika are actively positioned to take advantage of industry advances in health and social sector technologies, through the Equity Accord not just as end users - but as developers also.
Secure the status of rongoā and other natural health products.
Make it easier for 600,000 low-income New Zealanders to visit their GP before a condition deteriorates by offering Community Services Card holders cheap GP visits capped at $18.
Thousands more New Zealanders with lower incomes and high housing costs will also receive the other benefits of the Community Services Card, which includes cheap prescriptions, free emergency dental care and free glasses for children.
Invest in hospital infrastructure.
Establish a School of Rural Medicine to support rural New Zealand.
Implement our new mental health and addiction plan.
Establish a public health compact stipulating the guaranteed minimum services the public can expect from the public health system and its overlap with the private sector.
Use a range of measures to ensure the adequate recruitment and retention of health professionals in rural areas.
Require consistency in the provision of emergency health services such as ambulance and helicopter services and ensure the adequate funding of a core of fulltime employees and support for volunteers.
Explore options associated with boosting uptake of private health insurance, including the provision of tax rebates for those with private health insurance.
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Make foreign patients within our public health system pay their fair share.
UnitedFuture believes that maintaining wellbeing is fundamental to the quality of life of all individuals and families;
Health policy should be as focused on prevention as much as cure – UnitedFuture therefore encourages healthy lifestyle choices;
Encouraging personal responsibility without impinging access to quality healthcare
Access to treatment should happen in a timely manner and include access to all health facilities and services across New Zealand.
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is saddened and outraged to hear this news and has urged police to conduct a thorough investigation to reprimand those responsible for the death..
IFJ Asia-Pacific director Jacqueline Park said “We offer our deepest condolences to Azar Abbaz Haidri’s family and colleagues and demand that journalists safety remain a high priority for authorities”.
Several reports containing contradictory information have created confusion around the motives for Haidri’s murder.
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__label__wiki | 0.598568 | 0.598568 | Emi-no-Mise's choju-zen (longevity dish) | STEPHEN MANSFIELD
Food for thought: A traditional Okinawan diet may help prolong life
by Stephen Mansfield
Special To The Japan Times
The view that, if there is a Garden of Eternal Life, it is likely located in Okinawa, may be a touch exaggerated but few places offer better models for the correlation between food, health and longevity than Japan’s southern islands.
“Being Okinawan, being different,” Donald Richie wrote, “makes for vitality.” Part of that vitality comes from elements found in its indigenous cuisine. Deriving from the Chinese notion that the same principals apply to both medical treatment and daily diet, Okinawans use the term “nuchi gusui” to define their traditional cuisine, “nuchi” denoting life, “gusui,” medicine.
The Okinawan diet stems in part from an inherent resourcefulness developed in periods of extreme poverty. During shortages, Okinawans resorted to famine foods such as cycad nuts and the pineapple-like fruit of the panadanus, or adan tree. Both required toxins to be carefully leached out before they could be consumed. The resilient sweet potato was brought to Okinawa after a tributary mission to China in 1605. The humble tuber, rich in flavonoids, fiber, lycopene, carotenoids and vitamin E, saved many Okinawans from malnutrition.
A food stall at a market in Ishigaki Island’s Shiraho district. | STEPHEN MANSFIELD
The legacy of frugality is evident in the handling of the humble pig, an object lesson in an economy of nonwastage. Swine were introduced to Okinawa from China in the 14th century. Okinawans, practicing a more indigenous animistic faith revolving around complex rituals conducted by priestesses known as noro and kaminchu, were little affected by the Buddhist prohibition on eating meat.
The fruit of the pandanus tree dry out on a road side. | STEPHEN MANSFIELD
Rich in vitamin B and animal protein, pork contains less cholesterol than meat such as beef and chicken. Excess fat is removed during preparation, the meat boiled and simmered to tenderize it. In the past, what was not consumed immediately was salted, wrapped in straw and stored in ceramic jars and crocks, or hung from kitchen rafters. The fatty parts of the flesh were turned into lard and stored in oil vessels known as anda-chibu, while the crispier residues were roasted, combined with vegetables and used for miso soup or in a pork miso dish known as anda-insu. Mixed with starch and salt, the blood made a tasty seasoning.
The beast is still consumed in its entirety, from the ears, which are boiled, sliced and mixed with vinegar and soy sauce, or peanut butter, to form mimibichi, to the trotters, which are cooked in a slow, simmering soup. Less common but firmly on the Okinawan menu is chimu shinji (pork-liver soup). The intestines are not overlooked, finding their way into a soup featured on New Year’s Eve and wedding reception menus. A local saying holds that, “Every part of the animal is used — except the oink!”
An ember parrotfish chills out at Makishi Public Market. | STEPHEN MANSFIELD
The correlation between health and specific dishes is apparent in squid-ink soup, which is believed to lower blood pressure, promote fluid urination, clear toxins from the body and relieve fever. Squid and octopus are known to be rich in taurine, which lowers blood pressure and cholesterol. When Okinawans fry fish, their oil of choice is canola, which is said to be even healthier than olive oil. The plentiful consumption of fish explains why the elders have unusually strong bones.
Okinawa has the longest daylight hours in Japan, which may explain the concentrated richness of its vegetables and tropical fruit, the stronger fragrance and taste of its herbs. Okinawa’s best-known vegetable is goya (bitter melon), a knobbly green vegetable that is a member of the gourd family. Bitter melon acts as an antioxidant, partly because of its phytonutrient content — a compound that can help to reduce sugar levels in blood and forestall diabetes.
Rich in protein, tofu is a daily food among Okinawans, who value its isoflavone content, which helps to prevent prostate and breast cancer, bone loss and, in some instances, can relieve certain menopausal symptoms. The consumption of quality protein rejuvenates blood vessels and helps to reduce the incidence of stroke, hypertension and cognitive impairment.
Jars of high-quality, mineral rich salt on Ishigaki island. | STEPHEN MANSFIELD
For those who pay attention to health matters, the negative correlation between salt intake and life expectancy will know that Okinawa has the lowest salt intake in Japan, reflected in the far lower incidence of stomach cancer. But as Kiyoshi Okuhara, the leader of a food safety team at a refinery on Aguni Island, tells me, “good quality salt contains several types of minerals, like chromium, which promotes muscular contraction, and selenium, a powerful antioxidant. Salt can promote good health.”
His factory produces handmade steamed and sun-dried salt that has become an international brand.
Elderly Okinawans enjoy far lower risks of arteriosclerosis than other Japanese, the lower level of heart and blood-related diseases often linked to water and soil quality.
Both are rich in alkaline, magnesium, potassium and calcium. Unlike mainland Japan, whose acidic water is soft, Okinawa’s underground and tap water is hard, a characteristic believed to have a softening effect on blood vessels. Local fragrant teas such as sanpin-cha and yanbaru-cha, which are similar to jasmine tea and are often drunk by the elderly, are made from this water. Calcium properties in the soil also differ; Okinawan soil contains a higher lime content derived from its coral reefs.
It’s not only what the elders eat, but what they choose not to consume that determines good health. Older Okinawans practice a healthy abstinence that is embodied in the expression “hara hachi-bu,” which means “eat until you are 80 percent full.”
A fisherman poses for a photo on Iejima. | STEPHEN MANSFIELD
Being circumspect about the amount of food you eat is clearly not a virtue of younger Okinawans, who have embraced the sugar and salt-rich American fast food diet with glee. In an island with the largest consumption of junk food in Japan, the rates of obesity, heart-related diseases and premature death among those under 50 are the highest in the country. Lung cancer and cerebral hemorrhage are also on the rise.
The benefits derived from the combination of a vital, unique culture, warm climate and the special features of its cuisine are well documented. The authors of the best-selling book, “The Okinawa Program,” gerontologists Bradley Willcox and Makoto Suzuki, and medical anthropologist Craig Willcox, based their study of the link between diet and longevity on 25 years of research. Nowhere is that connection more evident than in the village of Ogimi, in the far north of mainland Okinawa.
This village of some 3,500 people boasts around 100 residents over the age of 90. Those of advanced age tend to be physically active, many taking part in village events, volunteer activities and senior citizen’s clubs. Many continue working or tending their kitchen gardens until the end of their lives. Interestingly, there is no word in the Okinawan language for “retirement.”
Adhering to a diet that is high in nutrition and antioxidants, but low in calories, Ogimi’s elders appear to suffer a far lower incidence of lifestyle diseases such as myocardial infarction and stroke. Some ascribe Ogimi’s disproportionate longevity figures to the quality of its shikuwasa (shequasar). Rich in vitamin C, it has a notably higher concentration of citric acid, carotene and mineral content than other citrus fruit. Another important element in the fruit is nobiletin, which is said to aid in the prevention of cancer. Added to food, it can act as a preservative.
For the past 26 years, Emiko Kinjo has been running what appears to be the only restaurant in the village, the organic eatery Emi-no-Mise.
Emiko Kinjo has been running a restaurant in Ogimi for 26 years. | STEPHEN MANSFIELD
Using the generic term, dento-ryori (traditional cuisine), Kinjo has created a menu featuring medicinal herbs based on ancient Chinese methods of food preparation, in which great heed is paid to the principle of yin and yang, the balancing of opposing yet complimentary forces in nature. The set I sampled, a dish called choju-zen (longevity dish), had distinct smells, texture, stickiness and astringency.
Kinjo was eager to point out that there are two interpretations of Okinawan food, both of which she tries to combine in her menu: ujini-mun, or food with nutritional value, and kusui-mun, or food with medicinal benefits.
The expression, “ishoku dogen,” means that you can obviate visits to the doctor by eating healthy, fresh food. Happily converted to the spirit of edible health after lunch at Emi-no-Mise, we leave with a departing nuchi gusui naibitan, an expression of gratitude that means, “This food has been medicine for my life.”
Okinawan soba, with local ingredients such as mozuku seaweed, served at a restaurant on Kuro Island. | STEPHEN MANSFIELD
It is interesting that the authors of “The Okinawan Program” conclude that the islanders have no particular genetic predisposition to longevity. Okinawan migrants to places such as Brazil and Hawaii have developed identical arterial and other health problems to those found in their new home. Conversely, it means the benefits of the diet are accessible to all of us.
As I leave the village, a stone monument placed along Route 58 catches my eye. Its message, tinged with a touch of forgivable bravura, reads: “At 80, we remain children.”
If death visits us at 90, we should say, “Wait until we are 100, then we might consider it.”
The wisdom of herbs
As the urban shredding at the edges of Naha and Yonabaru recedes, fields of sugar cane, vinyl greenhouses, private orchards and kitchen gardens appear. The world seems a little fresher, a touch more natural and renewed for it.
It’s an effortless 30-minute motorcycle ride from Naha to Sashiki on the Chinen Coast, but it’s a little difficult negotiating the lanes looking for the address I have scribbled in my notebook.
When I stop a local farmer in his truck, however, he immediately recognizes the name Paul Lorimer. Hailing from New Zealand, Lorimer, with several exhibitions to his name and a supportive client base, is a well-known potter, but it is his long, empirically tested interest in herbs that has brought me to his door.
Paul Lorimer prepares herbs in his kitchen. | STEPHEN MANSFIELD
At first glance, Lorimer’s plot of land resembles nothing so much as a wilderness — an unkempt allotment, overrun with a riot of invasive plant life. A closer inspection reveals an emerging order in patches of greenery too delineated in their positioning to be weeds.
Lorimer talks me through the pharmacopeia of his garden, identifying chomeiso (long-life plant); Okinawan sansho pepper; the spinach-like handama (two-colored gynura), which, being high in iron, reduces anemia; Ryukyu yomogi (Okinawan mugwort); fuchiba (felon herb); and nigana, effective for settling the stomach and intestinal disorders, as well as for countering heart disease, boosting blood supply and controlling body temperature.
There is also botanbofu (Japanese peucedanum), which addresses high blood pressure, alleviates rheumatism, acts as an anti-sclerotic agent and can work as a cough medicine. Lorimer directs my attention to a sprig of gekitsu (orange jasmine or cosmetic bark tree), noting its usefulness as an instant cure for diarrhea. It soon becomes clear that we are not walking through a theoretical terrain, but a tried and tested one, as Lorimer points out a herb known as seronbenkei (air plant), which he has crushed, removed the juices, made into a poultice and used to great effect on his son’s bruised arm after complaints he couldn’t sleep.
Lorimer uses herbs in two ways. First, he uses herbs as cures for specific ailments and as preventative medicine. Since living in Okinawa, he has never felt the need, or desire, to resort to Western medicine.
The second usage of herbs, connected to the maintenance of good health and the enhancing of culinary flavors, is for everyday consumption in the dishes he prepares. Lorimer also makes his own herbal brews — turmeric tea and mixtures of hibiscus flowers, mint, lemon grass, guava leaves and getto seeds — and even mixes his own potions for treating minor ailments such as colds. He makes habu oil, derived from the venomous snake of the same name, as a balm for grazes, cuts and burns.
Taro stalks with a vinegar-miso mix, a similar plate with the addition of tofu, and sashimi served with handama, chomeiso and wasabi. | STEPHEN MANSFIELD
Today, Lorimer has made three dishes for me to sample: taro stalks with sumiso (a vinegar-miso mix); a similar plate with the addition of tofu; and slices of sashimi supplemented with handama, chopped chomeiso and wasabi. Cognizant that much of the wisdom associated with the knowledge of herbs and their use is vanishing with the passing of the elderly, Lorimer has translated a book by Masako Ota titled “Okinawa Yakuso Hyakuka” (“An Okinawan Natural Medicine Dictionary”).
Lorimer’s early lessons in plants and herbs came some 35 years ago, when he was employed to cut the undergrowth in the hills of Ishigaki Island.
“My co-workers,” Lorimer explains, “were mostly older men who taught me which trees and seedlings to leave and which to cut out. I also observed several of them collecting different plants to take home.”
These were natural medicines, and his co-workers pointed out what they were used for. This led to Lorimer’s interest in the subject and to questioning elderly Okinawan people about the way they used medicinal plants.
The Japanese call Okinawa “the healing islands” — a forgivable exaggeration — but Lorimer’s experience appears to endorse the concept of nuchi gusui: the healing power of food.
Indeed, it’s an experience that chimes with the words of Tokashiki Tsuka, a physician to the king of the Ryukyus. In his 1832 “Textbook of Herbal Medicine,” the good doctor wrote that “if we nourish the spirit through proper food and drink, illness will cure itself.”
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__label__wiki | 0.619849 | 0.619849 | More from EFG Jazz Festival 2017
ABDULLAH IBRAHIM AND EKAYA
Royal Festival Hall; Tuesday 14 November 2017
Abdullah Ibrahim - Piano; Lance Bryant - Tenor sax; Andrae Murchison - Trombone; Marshall McDonald - Baritone sax; Will Terrill - Drums; Noah Jackson - Bass / cello; Cleave E. Guyton - Alto sax / flute / clarinet
There was a sincere welcome from the audience at a jam-packed Festival Hall for Abdullah Ibrahim. It was a prelude to probably the strangest and most unsatisfactory concert of the whole festival.
In the early part of his career Abdullah Ibrahim was a frequent visitor to the UK and evenings when his unique rhythms were embedded in the consciousness of many are well remembered. Many savoured being reacquainted with the almost religious fervour that Abdullah Ibrahim can create.
His walk to the piano was slow and deliberate. The opening piece was reflective, almost meditative, but nothing like the music of Abdullah Ibrahim. Gradually, there was an awareness that others had arrived on stage. The musicians: drummer, bass player, alto, tenor, baritone and trombone stood silently at the side until Ibrahim signalled them to enter.
The music that followed was mainstream. The South African influence that people had come to hear was largely absent. There were no announcements, no name checks for the soloists. Abdullah exhibited a proprietorial attitude to the musicians. He was treating them as though they had never stood on a stage before. They all moved obediently to do his bidding. At the end of the concert they were all brought to the front of the stage and Ibrahim tapped the sleeve of each musician to encourage them to bow. It did look very controlled, over controlled
The band played well. Cleave Guyton blew fluently on alto piccolo and flute. Andrae Murchison had a full rich tone with depth and fluidity. The baritone player Marshall McDonald had a deep dark tone. They were all professional but the music had an anonymous feel: South Africa felt very remote.
Remote was how Abdullah Ibrahim appeared. He sat for long periods just listening and not playing. Obviously, the non-appearance of Hugh Masekela caused real problems.
Unfortunately, by the end of the evening, it seemed as though the absence of Masekela had torn the heart out of the concert, leaving Abdullah Ibrahim looking and playing like a shadow of his former self.
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__label__cc | 0.73261 | 0.26739 | Intellectual Property, Patents
Expired Patents
April 3, 2010 Greg Salyards
Updated: June 28, 2010. See THIS. Federal Circuit held that Solo Cup did not have the “intent to deceive the public” required for false marking liability. The court created a high bar for plaintiffs to overcome and the decision will put a damper on the false-marking claims. However, some defendants may not have the same advice-of-counsel excuse that Solo Cup was able to rely upon. The case below is still highly pertinent to businesses with patents.
Recently, hundreds of companies have been sued for false patent marking. Federal statute creates a cause of action against a manufacturer who, with intent to deceive the public, mark unpatented products as patented. Any person may sue to collect the damages, however, half of the award goes to the Federal Government. Damage awards may be awarded up to $500 per falsely marked article.
One of the largest of such cases is Pequignot v. Solo Cup Co. where Solo Cup Co. is being sued by a patent attorney claiming the company is misleading consumers by marking its products with expired patent numbers. To save money on retooling and other costs, Solo Cup had continued to mark its products with patent numbers even though those patents had expired. Pequignot sought a damage total exceeding $10 trillion based on the $500 per falsely marked article standard.
The judge ruled in Solo Cup’s favor, but the case is on appeal. What happens on appeal will likely have great ramifications for other manufacturers. This case is one in a series of recent cases raising false marking claims, and it highlights the potentially high stakes from falsely marking products — the maximum potential damage award against Solo was enormous. However, the court’s decision creates a high bar for plaintiffs seeking to obtain a favorable decision in such cases, at least when the defendant has acted in good faith.
This unusual case raises the question of how businesses can protect themselves from patent-marking bounty hunters. Since federal law allows individuals to sue for false marking and reap monetary benefits, it is imperative that companies learn how to avoid false-marking liability.
First: Pay attention to the details of your patent. When does it expire? Stop marking the product once it does expire.
Second: Take steps to build your market base by developing a strong trademark while you have patent protection. This will help your market dominance even after your competitors can enter your market and produce “copies” of your product.
Third: Patent your ongoing innovations. Patent your new and improved changes to your product. This will give you protections that will extend beyond the length of your original patent protection.
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__label__cc | 0.540204 | 0.459796 | Minerva Clark Gets a Clue: A Minerva Clark Mystery
Series: Minerva Clark, Book 1
Minerva Clark is a typical thirteen-year-old girl: she hates her hair, she hates her legs (which somehow manage to look both too fat and too skinny at the same time), and don't get her started on her gigantor bootie. On top of all this puberty, she's being raised by three older brothers, none of whom really get her.
But when a fateful encounter with a lightning storm rewires her sense of self, Minerva Clark becomes anything but a typical teen.
With a brazen new attitude and a nose for trouble, Minerva soon finds herself drawn inexplicably to the scene of a murder and determined to track down the killer. If only all the clues weren't pointing so close to someone she knows...
Minerva Clark Goes to the Dogs: A Minerva Clark Mystery
Minerva Clark has never liked popular, bratty Chelsea de Guzman. But when Chelsea pleads with Minerva to help her locate a missing diamond, the prospect of a new mystery is just too irresistible to pass up, especially after Minerva learns that it’s a red diamond and potentially worth millions. Before long Minerva is doing what she does best: getting into trouble while getting to the bottom of things. And whether that includes digging through a day’s worth of trash, tangling with some crooked animal shelter workers, dodging three mischievous corgis, or tracking a carrier pigeon with intestinal problems, Minerva is determined to get her man—or his best friend…
Minerva Clark Gives Up The Ghost: A Minerva Clark Mystery
Minerva Clark’s yoga-instructor mom has returned—with a new husband in tow. As if that isn’t a big enough shock, there’s a surprise of the supernatural sort in store for the self-made teen sleuth. It seems the owners of a haunted grocery store are missing their ghost, and they need Minerva’s help in finding it. But before she can come up with the ghost, Minerva will need to find the arsonist who burned the grocery store to the ground—claiming an innocent life in the process. Danger, laughs, and a touch of freezer burn await readers in this newest adventure from the big-haired case-cracker. | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line5850 |
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#JeSuisCharlie: Challenges after the Charlie Hebdo shootings
Title: #JeSuisCharlie: Challenges after the Charlie Hebdo shootings
Author: Carlos Sanvee, General Secretary, AAYMCA (Kenya)
Voices from the South E-Newsletter: January 2015
Following the gruesome and unjustifiable violence that rocked Paris earlier this month by Islamic extremists, global media attention and discourse quickly focused on the challenges related to extremism, freedom of expression, and the use of violence. Around the world, the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie (“I am Charlie”) become a visible symbol of solidarity with the victims of the attack, a phrase in support for free speech, and a rallying cry for freedom of self-expression in areas rocked by heartbreaking violence.
In response to the attacks in Paris, and without down playing the unacceptable crimes they were, two of our partners have chosen to reflect on some of the challenges the global community now faces. First, Carlos Sanvee of the African Alliance of YMCAs (Kenya), challenges the global community to also remember the gruesome acts of extremist groups outside of the Global North, challenging us in this case to also be in solidarity with the victims of the Nigerian village of Baga. Second, Ranjan Solomon of Badayl Alternatives (India) asks the question of the limits of freedom of expression: are we free to say whatever we want about the “other,” even if it is offensive and cruel intentioned? Their thoughts push us to more closely consider how we respond to injustices worldwide.
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__label__cc | 0.640109 | 0.359891 | Large clifftop swimming pool
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Swimming pool (usually in use May-Sep, daytime only), lounge
The main restaurant is where your buffet breakfast will be served, and if you choose to upgrade to half board dinner. The food here is a mix of traditional Sicilian and international cuisine and those with a sweet tooth should definitely try one of the homemade desserts. The summertime gala dinners, which are held by the swimming pool, are a great opportunity to get to know your fellow guests and listen to live music while you dine.
Hotel Villa Diodoro 4
Perched high on the hillside with sweeping views over the Bay of Naxos to Mount Etna, Villa Diodoro is a real gem. The vibrant heart of Taormina is just moments away but inside the beautifully maintained and fragrant Mediterranean gardens, it feels like a private oasis. You’ll also have the use of the Hotel Caparena – the Villa Diodoro’s seafront sister property – and shuttle buses take you between the hotels with ease. You’ll find some of the best views from the poolside terrace; it’s also a great spot for a casual lunch, with wonderful rainbow-coloured salads on the menu. Dining here is focused on fresh, locally inspired Mediterranean cuisine, with a smattering of international favourites and the occasional buffet. Large French windows at the Diodoro Restaurant offer up stunning views. For drinks, Il Vecchio Carrubo serves fine wines and classic cocktails alongside an extensive tea menu. Taking its name from the age-old carob trees that line the terrace, it’s perfect for an early evening aperitivo accompanied by the soothing sounds of the piano. Standard Rooms have a classic villa style and views over the Mediterranean gardens. Alternatively, choose a Superior Side Seaview Room and enjoy views over the hotel’s gardens and side sea views from the small balcony. A Superior Seaview Room allows you to enjoy the beautiful ocean vista. The larger Deluxe Rooms have a spectacular view over Mount Etna and the southern Sicily coast.
Belmond Villa Sant’Andrea 5
Located in peaceful parkland, this hotel started life as a stunning private villa in the late 1800s and still holds all the charm of its aristocratic origins. The service you will receive is at the level you would expect from a Belmond property and the views are just as spectacular as you can imagine from a coastal setting. Dining here is a pleasure with regional cuisine being served at Oliviero Restaurant; the top table here is out on the terrace which overlooks the bay and sea. Featuring its own stretch of private beach, it’s no surprise that water-based activities feature heavily on the agenda here. During the summer months (mid-May to mid-September) soak up the sun on the free daily boat rides around the stunning east coast and the Ionian Sea. You’ll be able to discover the coast aboard a traditional boat, setting sail to the Blue Grotto, Isola Bella, the Gulf of Giardini Naxos, the Fortune Cave and the Siren’s Bay. Away from the beach, you’ll find spectacular panoramic views from the beautiful infinity pool, and there’s a host of Mediterranean-inspired treatments at the wellness centre. The rooms and suites overlook the courtyard or the Bay of Mazzarò and have calm Mediterranean colours, often with a splash of colour. Classic Rooms overlook the pretty gardens or courtyard, some with a French balcony or terrace. Superior Rooms have fabulous views of Mazzaró Bay, again some with a French balcony. Deluxe Rooms have bay views, with some featuring a terrace or balcony. For a guaranteed balcony with sea views, opt for a Superior or Deluxe Junior Suite.
Verdura Resort, a Rocco Forte hotel 5
You’ll love this award-winning resort, set deep in 570 acres of olive groves and countryside on Sicily’s south-west coast which has been sensitively created using local materials and influenced by traditional architecture. There’s over a mile of private coastline to enjoy but the distance is no problem – just hop on one of the many bikes you’ll spot around the complex. Golfers are spoilt for choice; there are three championship 18-hole golf courses, a 9-hole course, putting greens and a driving range to keep you busy, plus a Clubhouse with a golf shop and restaurant. Off the green, brush up on your serve at the tennis academy or have a game on the six clay courts. There are four restaurants and five bars to keep the dining options varied. At Zagara, celebrity chef Fulvio Pierangelini showcases the best of Mediterranean cuisine, while at beachfront Amare, the chefs barbecue the freshest fish, seafood and meats right in front of you. Rooms are designed in fresh Sicilian style, feature a four-poster bed and you’ll always have an unrestricted sea view. Deluxe Rooms are on the first floor and have a balcony you can sit out on to take in the sea views. The Superior Deluxe Rooms are on the ground floor, while the Superior Deluxe Seafront Rooms are closer to the sea and feature a terrace. For more space, opt for a Junior Suite with sitting area or a Classic Suite with plenty of outdoor space. Or splash out on a Grand Suite for the luxury of a courtyard, living room and kitchenette.
The Ashbee Hotel 5
Sicilian architecture meets English Arts and Crafts style in this historic villa, built in 1908 by the British architect Robert Charles Ashbee. Small but perfectly formed, this member of the Leading Hotels of the World group has been lovingly restored with meticulous attention to detail. The décor features delicate antiques complemented by bold statement wallpapers and opulent textures. There are some stunning views from here as citrus groves cascade down towards the clear blue waters that stretch out towards the Italian mainland, which is visible on a clear day. In keeping with the hotel’s British history, the generous breakfast spread includes an elegant take on a cooked breakfast with eggs, crispy bacon and little pots of baked beans. During the day the poolside snack bar serves fabulous cocktails and snacks, while dinner is served in the St George restaurant. Depending on the season, you can choose a table inside or sit out on the terrace among gentle breezes and fragrant lavender. It’s also the perfect spot for a sunset mojito made with fresh mint picked from the hotel’s own gardens. As you would expect from a hotel of this calibre, the rooms and suites are a beautiful fusion of original features and modern furnishings with quality linens. Classic Rooms feature a colour scheme that blends chocolate and cream with a hit of magenta. Superior Rooms have a little more space with some featuring an outside terrace. For guaranteed outdoor space, opt for a Deluxe Room or upgrade to one of the spacious and individually designed Suites. These are available with a sea view for a supplement.
La Plage Resort 5
Set in a picturesque cove, the vibe at La Plage is very much one of laid-back luxury, Sicilian-style. This informal beachfront retreat feels wonderfully peaceful, yet you will be just a short walk to the cable car which will take you to the boutiques and bars of lively Taormina in just a few minutes. Back at the hotel you can while away blissful hours at the tranquil Expure Spa, choosing from an extensive menu of wellness and beauty treatments as well as a variety of rejuvenating massages. The stunning views that accompany breakfast on the terrace make for a wonderful start to the day, whether you are planning to spend it exploring the island or just relaxing at the hotel. At the waterside Beach Club (open April to October), which has a fantastic setting on a natural bay, there are sun beds and beach umbrellas, as well as attendants who will serve you delicious drinks, gelatos and light dishes. From here you can also enjoy the breathtaking views of Isola Bella and the Mediterranean Sea. By night, the popular Fusion Restaurant is an upmarket take on street food, creatively combining the culinary traditions of Sicily with rich Mediterranean flavours. The style of the rooms and bungalows is very modern with light tones and a splash of colour. Superior Garden View Rooms have a small outdoor terrace while Deluxe Sea View Rooms have a balcony with sea views. For more privacy and space, choose one of the bungalows nestled beneath a fragrant pine forest. Garden View Bungalows have views of a terrace while Seaside Bungalows are closer to the beach.
Grand Hotel Miramare 4
Imagine living in an opulent villa like Sicilian nobility in the 1920s, and you’ve pretty much cracked the vibe at Grand Hotel Miramare. This imposing coral-pink mansion started its life back in 1922 as the home of an aristocratic Taormina family, who then transformed it into an elegant hotel four years later – and it’s been a romantic retreat ever since. It’s all refined Italian glamour with an eclectic twist here: acres of glossy stone, mid-century-style furniture in bold blues and ambers, a smattering of statement artwork. Peeking out from a lush Mediterranean grove of cypress and olive trees, the hillside villa looks out over the bay of Isola Bella and, beyond, the Strait of Messina. These breathtaking vistas also take centre stage in the bedrooms – framed by the windows in the Classic Rooms, or tantalisingly close from the balconies of Superior Rooms. However, the cream of the crop is the view from Junior Suites: an azure sweep of Mazzarò Bay best taken in from the wrought-iron terrace – the perfect spot to sip fresh coffee first thing in the morning. Sleekly understated interiors in warm colour palettes let the views do the talking, while richly textured Italian furnishings and gleaming wood finishes channel that effortless style that Italians do best. Wake in time for a leisurely breakfast on the terrace – grab a seat by the edge for the best views – before staking a claim on a sun lounger beneath the orange trees bordering the outdoor pool. When the midday sun starts to scorch, escape the heat on a shady patio of traditional trattorias lining Taormina’s pretty piazzas, feasting on Sicilian favourites such as spaghetti alla Norma and pasta con le sarde. But be sure to save room for dinner back at the hotel – the seafood dishes and catch of the day are worth it.
UNAHOTELS Hotel Capotaormina 4.5
With sheer cliffs plunging to deep blue coves and a sprawl of pastel-hued buildings clinging to hillsides, Taormina is a postcard-pretty spot on the eastern coast of Sicily. UNAHOTELS Hotel Capotaormina sits on a peninsula just underneath the town and features an extraordinary design – the main building is perched atop the headland; the seawater pool and outdoor terraces are carved into the rock face; and there’s a secluded private beach tucked into the foot of the cliff (with a lift to whisk you down). Bordered on all sides by the Ionian Sea, this charming bolthole looks out over Naxos Bay – all set against a dramatic backdrop of the smouldering Mount Etna. And the best place to take in this unique location: the 14-person Jacuzzi at the tip of the promontory, which faces the hilltop town of Taormina – the forested speck of Isola Bella to one side, and Naxos and the volcano on the other. There’s also a wellness centre with a sauna and gym, plus a treatment menu of massages and beauty therapies. A trio of restaurants shines a spotlight on the flavours of Sicily and further afield, from al fresco breakfasts overlooking Mount Etna at Alcantara Restaurant, to regional dishes facing the gulf at Naxos Restaurant and catch of the day from La Scogliera Restaurant’s sea-view terrace. There are also three bars, including a poolside option and a terrace spot – perfect for catching a fiery sunset. Rooms are warm and welcoming, with wooden and wicker headboards, classic Sicilian paintings and a furnished balcony – with garden views from Classic Rooms and sea views from the Superior Rooms. | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line5852 |
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Hospital’s Failure To Diagnose Aneurysm Leads To Death Of 66-Year-Old Man
Medical negligence experts at Irwin Mitchell have recovered a significant settlement for the family of a man who tragically died after a hospital’s failure to diagnose an aneurysm.
Our client, Mr O, attended A&E at Maidstone Hospital on 11 June 2009 complaining of abdominal and testicular pain. He had developed lower abdominal pain the previous evening which had persisted and increased. He also felt pain in his right testicle but it wasn’t swollen.
He’d felt no pain on passing urine and had had no bowel symptoms, but he had noticed an increased urinary frequency during the previous three months. He felt nauseated but hadn’t vomited.
The senior house officer (SHO) noted that Mr O looked well and had stable observations. However, on abdominal examination, he found that he had an expansible mass in his upper abdomen which he diagnosed as an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) but considered this an incidental finding.
The SHO thought that Mr O might be suffering from prostatitis or epididymo-orchitis. He also thought that the AAA required follow-up by a vascular surgeon.
The SHO discussed the case with the urology registrar on call, though it isn’t clear whether he mentioned the AAA to him. The urology registrar advised that prostatitis was an unlikely diagnosis "as patient is so well clinically". He also said that a bladder scan should be done to rule out urinary retention and that (if it did) a urine specimen should be sent for culture and Mr O should be treated for urinary tract infection (UTI) with trimethoprim.
Discharge From A&E
Hospital staff discharged Mr O with advice to see his GP if his symptoms persisted after he had completed the course of antibiotics or to return to the A&E department if his symptoms worsened.
On the evening of the same day, Mr O collapsed at home and an ambulance was called. The ambulance crew found him to be deeply comatose with absent pulse and breathing. They attempted resuscitation but were unsuccessful. A coroner’s post mortem examination was subsequently carried out and the cause of death was given as rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Expert Evidence From A Vascular Surgeon
We obtained positive medico legal expert evidence from a vascular surgeon. This evidence concluded that the urology registrar made the improbable diagnosis of UTI without bothering to come and see the patient.
In addition, it was negligent of the casualty officer to assume that the AAA was an incidental finding and culpable of the urology registrar to ignore it if he’d been told about it. A vascular surgeon would in the circumstances have been under a duty to see Mr O promptly.
It is likely that Mr O would have been offered a conventional emergency aneurysm repair and that he would (on a balance of probabilities) have survived emergency repair of his ruptured aneurysm.
After contacting Irwin Mitchell, Mr O’s spouse and son-in-law accepted a settlement of £60,000.
Clinical negligence expert Kate Major represented them. She said: "This is a tragic case which should have never happened. With assistance of our investigations the family has been able to obtain answers as to what happened and can now move forward with their lives. Hopefully lessons will be learnt."
If somebody close to you has died because of negligent medical care, our medical negligence solicitors could help you to claim the compensation you deserve. Visit our Fatal Medical Negligence Claims & Inquests page for more information.
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by Lori Wallach; Mary Bottari
This report describes how Canadian cattle producers are using NAFTA to demand $300 million in compensation from U.S. taxpayer funds, claiming that the Canadian cattle import ban instituted after mad cow disease was found in Canada violates their NAFTA rights. In addition, a Canadian tobacco company is using the private NAFTA tribunals to attack the U.S.tobacco settlements. These claims are among the 42 cases filed thus far by corporate interests and investors under NAFTA's "Chapter 11" investor provisions, which grant foreign interests more expansive legal rights and privileges than those enjoyed by U.S. citizens or corporations. With only 11 of the 42 cases finalized, some $35 million in taxpayer funds have been granted to five corporations that have succeeded with their claims. An additional $28 billion has been claimed from investors in all three NAFTA nations. The U.S. government's legal costs for the defense of just one recent case topped $3 million. Seven cases against the United States are currently in active arbitration. The report documents how "fixes" to the NAFTA investor protection model required by Congress in the 2002 "Fast Track" legislation were not included in the proposed CAFTA. CAFTA's investment provisions include several cosmetic, ineffective tweaks to the NAFTA investor protection language, but otherwise expand the system of new privileges and private enforcement to investors in six additional nations. These rights include the ability to demand compensation when public health and environmental policies -- even when applied equally to domestic and foreign firms -- might undermine a foreign firm's profitability. On this ground and others, CAFTA fails to meet Congress' most significant Fast Track requirement regarding investment rules in future pacts by granting foreign firms greater rights when operating within the United States than U.S. firms or residents enjoy under constitutional property rights interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court. CAFTA was signed in 2004 but has not yet been brought up for congressional consideration; support for the deal is limited, in part because of its investment provisions. The United States has not yet lost a case, thanks to an array of lucky technical breaks -- such as an investor relocating into the United States and thus losing foreign investor standing under NAFTA. However, with the overall win-loss ratio of NAFTA investor-state cases running around 50-50, it is just a matter of time before a NAFTA claimant is successful against the United States.
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Title: NAFTA Chapter 11 Investor-State Cases: Lessons for the Central America Free Trade Agreement
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By Sascha Segan 2013-11-04T15:30:00.307Z
Impressively slim and light
Top notch app selection
Relatively expensive
Slimmer, lighter, and faster than last year's model, Apple's iPad Air (which starts from £399) is the best tablet for the most people. It's a fully-fledged computer which is now so thin and light that you won't even notice it's in your bag. Like every iPad before it, the Air is striving to become the magic book with eternally rewritten pages that seers and science fiction writers have predicted for millennia.
The iPad Air isn't a radical break from the iPads before it. It doesn't watch your gestures or read your fingerprint. However, its slimmer build gets it that much closer to the dream of the sheet-of-paper-thin form factor where the hardware disappears, and all that's left is magic. The Air isn't magic, of course, but when it’s loaded up with some of the many spectacular third-party apps available for iOS, it's certainly a step on the path.
Considerably smaller and lighter than any previous iPad, the Air measures 169.5 x 7.5 x 240mm (WxDxH), with a much slimmer bezel on the sides of the screen. (That doesn't affect usage, either – the iPad's touchscreen still has excellent thumb rejection.) Tuck the Air into the corner of last year's model, for instance, and the fourth-generation iPad shows 20mm of bezel off the right side. This iPad also has a flat back, not a convex one like previous models. It comes in Silver (with a white front) or Space Grey (with a black front).
At 469 grams (478 grams for the Cellular model), the Air is considerably lighter than the iPad 4, but it isn't feather-light. There are lighter large tablets – the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 weighs almost 100 grams less, for instance. But Apple’s slate is airy enough that throwing it into your bag and carrying it around all day won't faze you, when it might have with older iPads.
Otherwise, this tablet looks a lot like an iPad. Pretty much all the buttons and features are in the same place as on last year's model, although the volume rocker has been cracked into separate up and down buttons. I have mixed feelings about the bottom-ported stereo speakers. If you're listening to music with the iPad flat on a table, it's much louder than competing tablets with back-ported speakers. But if you're playing a game or video while holding the tablet in landscape mode, all of the sound pumps out of one side.
The 9.7in 2,048 x 1,536 IPS LCD touchscreen is bright, but rather reflective. At 264 ppi, it's at the limit of my ability to visually distinguish the pixels. It doesn't quite match 2,560 x 1,600 super-sharp tablets like the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, but I don't think anyone will be dissatisfied with the sharpness here.
The new MIMO antenna improves Wi-Fi reception with the right router (and yes, Apple's Airport Extreme fills the bill). With an 802.11n Meraki MR16 router connected to our corporate line, I was able to get 30-33Mbps down on the iPad Air versus only 17-18Mbps down on last year's iPad. That will make a big difference when downloading movies or large files; many high-end games are now over a gigabyte.
Both the Wi-Fi and cellular iPads pack Bluetooth 4.0, but only the cellular model includes a GPS radio.
Apple says that the iPad Air should last up to 10 hours on Wi-Fi. That's on a 32.4 Watt-hour battery compared to the previous iPad's 42 Watt-hour cell. We're currently testing battery life, and will add the results to this review when we have them.
Apple's A7 processor, running at 1.4GHz here, is the most efficient on the market, although it isn't quite the fastest. If you want a true deep dive into Apple's unique chip architecture, which ARM has said is at least six months ahead of its competitors, check out AnandTech's review of the A7. I'm going to focus more on real-life performance.
And that performance is excellent. On the iPad 2 and 3, iMovie in iOS 7 feels genuinely gummy. On the Air, it feels effortless. High-end games like Asphalt 8 and Infinity Blade III render beautifully. Augmented-reality apps update their screens in real-time. Yes, there's only 1GB of RAM on board here, but iOS doesn't tend to need a lot of RAM because it doesn't do a lot of multitasking.
We ran a range of cross-platform benchmarks and some iOS apps to illustrate how the Air compares with other top tablets. For web browsing, the combination of the A7 and Apple's Safari browser is killer: The iPad outmatched every other tablet we've tested on the Browsermark web browsing benchmark. When I say that, I'm also including the Intel Bay Trail-based Asus Transformer Book T100 – it, too, fell short of the Air.
On the GFXMark benchmark, which gauges gaming performance, the A7 pulled 49 frames per second onscreen, which competes well with, but doesn't top Nvidia Tegra 4 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 800-based tablets. On the Geekbench processor benchmark, quad-core processors like Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800 beat the dual-core A7, but that's to be expected. Geekbench scales more smoothly with more cores.
If you're just comparing the Air with other iPads, of course, there's no contest. I got 13 per cent higher Browsermark results than the fourth-generation iPad, and 35 per cent better than both the iPad 2 and 3. Graphics frame rates were more than double the iPad 2 and 3. A short 720p movie exported from iMovie in 41 seconds, which is 50 per cent faster than the fourth-gen iPad and three times as fast as earlier models.
iOS is still a simple grid of icons that is passionately focused on touch. Read our in-depth iOS 7 review if you want the full details on Apple’s OS.
Apple's obsession with touch has resulted in some amazing apps and new ways of doing things, including the likes of interactive textbooks. It falls flat for me in only one area, but it’s an important one – that of traditional productivity. Apple's Pages and Numbers, while now free with new Apple hardware, are just too visually oriented for a procedural thinker like me, and none of the third-party alternatives measure up to Microsoft Office on Windows tablets.
Cameras and multimedia
As you may know, I am no fan of people who take snapshots with their tablets. I think they look like idiots – but as Apple reminded me, that doesn't mean there are no good uses for tablet cameras. The iPad's 1.2-megapixel 720p front camera works well for video calls, and the 5-megapixel 1080p rear camera plays a role in scanning, shopping, and augmented reality apps. The Camera app is notoriously simple, with your options limited to HDR, Panorama, Square, or Standard. Samsung's Galaxy-device kitchen-sink camera this most certainly isn’t.
The main camera is quite sharp, with a super-quick shutter and good low light performance. It blows out bright skies, which the HDR mode didn't fix, and shutter speeds flirted with blurring moving objects on a cloudy day in my tests. But take it out of the realm of snapshots and into computer vision, and it'll be able to recognise things well, especially with an excellent, fast-focusing macro mode that excels at reading text. Video shot in 1080p ratcheted its frame rates down a bit in lower light, from 30 frames per second (fps) outdoors to 27 fps inside.
The front camera takes 1.2-megapixel still shots and records 720p video at 30 fps in good light, and a very grainy 24 fps in low light. Most notably, like all iPad cameras (but unlike, say, the Kindle Fire’s) it's designed to work with the iPad in portrait mode, and the angle and focal length are perfect for video calling in that orientation. If you hold your iPad in landscape mode, you have to angle it oddly to get your face in the picture.
The iPad Air is available in 16, 32, 64, and 128GB models, starting at £399 (for the 16GB Wi-Fi model) and adding £80 each time the storage is doubled up. The 128GB tablet has 115GB free for your files. Multimedia playback is the same here as with other Apple mobile devices. Natively, the tablet plays anything you sync over from iTunes, whether via USB cable or Wi-Fi; there are (paid) third-party apps to handle music and video formats that the integrated players don't support. You can throw your video over to a TV using a Lightning to HDMI adapter cable, or wirelessly with Apple TV.
The cellular iPad costs £100 more than the Wi-Fi model (so it starts at £499), as usual, and allows for mobile surfing along with 4G LTE support. In our LTE tests, performance was fine, although the Air didn't quite match the speeds we saw on the Samsung Galaxy S4 phone. Using the Ookla Speedtest.net app, we consistently pulled faster speeds on the S4 in both weak and strong signal areas. However, it has to be noted that in testing, signal strength mattered much more than the device used.
The iPad Air versus iPad mini
So how does the Air stack up to the refreshed iPad mini Apple launched alongside it? (The two are pictured above and below, side by side).
AOL exec Ryan Block tweeted: "Impressively light, but still very much a full-sized iPad. I think I'm sticking with the iPad Mini."
To which I tweeted back: "Y'see, I'd say, ‘impressively light, and a full-sized iPad. A lot less reason to go with the Mini.’"
The iPad Air and the new Retina iPad mini look identical in many ways. They use the same processor, the same screen resolution, the same networking options, and the same camera (although we haven't tested them side-by-side since the Retina mini doesn't come out until later this month).
This means that the decision between the two comes down to form-factor preference and your budget (the iPad mini will cost you £80 less). I think the 10in form-factor is better for general purpose computing – it gives you enough room to move. I've also never loved the width of the iPad mini when held in one hand; I feel like it's weighted a little too far towards the outside, especially compared with narrower 7in tablets like the Google Nexus 7.
I think the full-size iPad is a better platform for gorgeous high-end games and HD video, and it makes Apple's productivity software more usable. But I won't disagree too vehemently if you feel otherwise – it's purely a matter of taste. (Incidentally, for a full breakdown of their respective specs, see our iPad Air versus iPad mini Retina spec comparison).
The iPad Air versus other tablets
Because of Apple's simple interface and Cupertino’s devotion to its developer community, the iPad does most of the things most people want.
That said, there are three big niches, and a few small ones, and if you fall into one of them, you might want a different tablet. Windows Bay Trail tablets like the Asus T100 will serve you better for getting work done in Microsoft Office and other PC apps. But you pay a real price in complexity, stability, and speed over the iPad. Just now, I had to shepherd my T100 through the Windows Wi-Fi troubleshooter.
If you want some assistance, Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX should be your choice. The HDX’s Mayday feature gives you live 24-hour on-demand tech support from an endless array of chipper, patient people. It's also excellent for handling media from Amazon, of course.
The iPad is also expensive, which leaves room for much less pricey tablets. The 9in Barnes & Noble Nook HD+ can get you online, surfing the web, reading books, and playing games for £129 right now. But it's nowhere near as smooth or speedy an experience as the iPad Air.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (see our spec comparison of this slate with the iPad Air here) may recruit a cult following of artists and architects who like to draw with its pressure-sensitive pen, and the Sony Xperia Tablet Z's IR blaster lets it function as a universal remote for your HDTV and Blu-ray player.
See what's happening here? Every other tablet has a specific place. The iPad is everywhere else. (For more on other slates, have a look at our best alternatives to the iPad Air article).
So, should you upgrade?
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If you have an iPad 1 or 2, then yes, definitely go out and get a shiny new iPad Air. The Retina display makes the original iPads' screens look leaden, heavy-handed, and grainy. The iPad 3, meanwhile, was underpowered for its screen, and apps can really drag, plus it's still got the old 30-pin connector. The Air is a lighter experience in every way, not just physically – things finally zip around in a way they don't on the iPad 3.
If you have the last-gen iPad, then it's a tougher call. Yes, this iPad is lighter, thinner (see the above image which shows the Air stacked on top of the iPad 4), and up to twice as fast as last year’s model. But it's not like the iPad 4 is a bad tablet by any stretch – it probably does whatever you need it to do. We haven't seen any apps that really require the A7 processor yet, and iOS 7 doesn't drag on the iPad 4 like it does on earlier models. (Fourth-gen iPad owners might also want to see our spec comparison of the iPad Air versus iPad 4).
The long and short of it all is: Only buy the Air if you feel like your existing iPad is weighing you down. In any case, be sure to sell your current iPad for the best price you can get before you buy the new one.
The iPad Air isn't going to please everyone, but it'll please most people. Just as there's more than one great computer, there can be more than one great tablet: The slender iPad Air lifting its touch-centric apps up on a pedestal, the simple Kindle Fire helping everyone along, and the business-like Windows tablets shuttling their Office documents and Photoshop files.
As with the iPhone 5S, Apple is trying to make both the hardware and the OS step into the background here, so you can better enjoy the apps. The best iPad, Apple implies, is one that disappears.
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CEOs are leaning on CIOs to do a lot more, says new report, but few CIOs are following through
Alex Coop
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A new survey from Oxford Economics reaffirms the notion that business skills, not technology skills, are becoming more important for a chief information officer (CIO), but few CIOs have positioned themselves as business visionaries.
The survey, commissioned by ServiceNow Inc., collected answers from 516 CIOs from 12 countries – Canada wasn’t included – and 24 industries. But only 20 per cent of those CIOs fall under the top-performing category, identified by the survey as Level 3 CIOs.
Level 3 CIOs report the highest levels of success across their business in large part because of the following:
Their role is to educate other members of the C-Suite on digital technologies
They’re increasingly focused on strategy rather than operations
They partner with the CEO to set organization roadmaps
They believe leadership skills are more important than technology expertise
They work closely with the chief human resource officer to set HR and talent strategies
But reaching Level 3 status means CIOs not only have to cozy up to other C-Suite executives, they have to convince the mid-level IT and operational managers to be more aware of the business challenges the organization is trying to overcome. It’s easier said than done, according to Robert Osborn, federal chief technology officer at ServiceNow.
“[Managers] get comfortable with the technology they’ve mastered. The thought of change becomes very uncomfortable and they begin to worry about getting replaced,” Osborn told IT World Canada during last month’s Gartner Symposium in Toronto.
Digital transformation, a concept that became popular buzzword in 2017 and among many IT vendors, can be broadly defined as the process of taking a business from a legacy model of conducting operations to one that is digital-first.
One of the biggest challenges with the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data is figuring out which parts of the business humans should continue to support, and which ones to lift out of the legacy model and automate with the help of AI, indicated Osborn. Having a presence across the entire organization makes answering this question a lot easier, he added.
“Senior members of an organization can say they want AI all day, but you have to ask, are you looking for a one-off solution, or a machine learning engine that delivers higher confidence results and learns over time with the help of data?” he said, while suggesting major financial decisions and safety protocols are in no place to be automated yet.
The survey also made it clear that CIOs are struggling to find new talent. Twenty per cent of Level 1 CIOs in the survey said that they would be Level 2 if they were “somewhat effective” at recruitment and training.
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HOLMES Chapel Hurricanes under 12s football team has received a donation of £750 from Bloor Homes North West.
The developer provided the donation to help the club buy new mid-layer track tops.
Simon Lincoln, coach of the under 12s team, said: “We are hugely grateful to Bloor Homes for their very kind donation which has helped us buy new track tops for our team.
“One of the largest expenses that a team faces each year is the hire of appropriate match day and mid-week training pitch facilities. Along with the high costs of match kit, training kits, coats, tracksuits and more.
“Sponsorship from local companies really does benefit grassroots football, as the club is a non-for-profit organisation relying purely on good-will sponsorships like Bloor Homes’ kind sponsorship.”
Hurricanes are an FA Charter Standard youth football club, which was founded in 2000. It currently operates 24 age group teams from the ages of eight to open age, with over 300 subscribed players.
The teams compete in the Mid Cheshire Youth League, in various local cup competitions and youth football festivals throughout the year.
James Clark, Regional Sales Director at Bloor Homes North West, said: “We are very proud to be supporting Holmes Chapel Hurricanes FC. As a responsible housebuilder, we are committed to working with the communities where we develop.
“When we found out about the team’s need for new football tops, we were keen to help out as participating in sport has such a positive influence on young people. We wish Holmes Chapel Hurricanes FC the best of luck for their matches in the upcoming season.”
Bluebell Green is a beautiful collection of three, four and five-bedroom homes near the small town of Holmes Chapel.
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For more information about the collection of homes at Bluebell Green, call 01477518604 or visit www.bloorhomes.com.
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Avengers: Endgame Co-Director Joe Russo Says That Robert Downey Jr Deserves An Oscar!
Joe Russo stated that Robert Downey Jr deserves an Oscar for his portrayal of Tony Stark (Iron Man) in the movie.
Avengers: Endgame took the entire world by storm upon its release and in its second phase of release, the movie managed to dethrone James Cameron’s Avatar to rake in all-time highest business across the worldwide box office. Now, contrary to the movie’s commercial success director Joe Russo stated that Robert Downey Jr deserves an Oscar for his portrayal of Tony Stark (Iron Man) in the movie.
While speaking to The Daily Beast, Joe Russo said, “We don’t make movies for awards. Yes, making this was exceedingly difficult. We made the two most expensive movies ever back-to-back. But I just want to stump for one thing, and that’s Robert Downey.”
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“I don’t know if I have ever seen—in movie history—a global audience react to a performance the way they did to Robert Downey in that movie. There were people bawling in movie theaters, hyperventilating. I mean, that is a profound performance, when you can touch audiences all over the world to that degree. We’ve never seen anything like that, and if that doesn’t deserve an Oscar, I don’t know what does,” he further adds.
Speaking about its commercial success, just within 11 days of its first phase global release, Avengers: Endgame became the second highest grossing movie of all time by surpassing James Cameron Titanic. It eventually toppled record-smasher Avatar in July 2019.
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By Kieran Simpson
Fifty-eight people have been hospitalised and 102 are infected with E.Coli after eating lettuce.
Twenty-three US states have been affected by the outbreak, which started at a plant in Salinas, California.
The Centers for Disease Control has issued a recall and advised consumers not to eat any romaine lettuce grown in the region.
“If romaine lettuce does not have labelling information for its growing area or the source cannot be confirmed, consumers should not eat or use the romaine,” said Frank Yiannas, deputy commissioner for food policy and response at the US Food and Drug Administration.
“Restaurants and retailers should not serve or sell romaine lettuce if they cannot confirm it is from outside Salinas.”
Most people who swallow this strain experience possible bloody diarrhoea, severe stomach cramps and vomiting, the CDC says.
Recovery usually takes about a week, but the CDC says the strain can lead to longer and more severe illness.
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AirAsia Bhd attracted the attention of the people recently when it launched a verbal attack on Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) over the new budget terminal in Sepang (klia2) and the latest hike in airport tax.
In an ironic twist, new documents released by the airport operator over the weekend revealed that the budget carrier which had questioned MAHB’s move to build a bigger klia2 at nearly twice its original cost and the delay in its completion, showed AirAsia was the main cause.
According to the documents, AirAsia had requested MAHB to increase the new terminal’s capacity by 50% from the initial 30 million to 45 million passengers a year, and for a fully-automated baggage handling system and a third runway – things AirAsia had blamed MAHB for, accusing it of misusing billions of ringgit in public funds.
Meanwhile, AirAsia, while laudable in its efforts to make air travel more accessible and affordable for the masses, may find its campaign against the latest hike in airport tax on international flights at the current budget terminal unnecessary as a RM7 hike (from RM25 to RM32) would not deter people from flying.
Still, the blame game raises the question over the government’s silence in the affair. Is the government trying to keep a low profile in the hope that the issue will go away on its own?
Already industry players are saying the spat between AirAsia and MAHB will only get worse, and make Malaysia’s aviation industry an object of mockery and ridicule.
"Before the situation turns ugly, it is time to stop this search for people to blame and being divided and separated, and instead focus on how to stay ahead while Malaysia is still number one in low-cost travel in Asia," said a senior aviation executive.
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Kelowna thieves strike again, stealing car from garage
‘Unfortunately, it is everywhere. It’s just really sad to feel so invaded’
A family in the Sol Terra Ranch neighbourhood woke up to find their car and several tools missing from their garage on Monday morning.
Jennifer Wood said her husband received a text from a neighbour notifying him their garage door was open. Upon going to close it, he noticed several items, including a 2006 Ford Focus, were missing.
“They came in, stole our car and a bunch of my husband’s tools,” she said, adding the garage door had been closed the night previous.
Most worrisome, Wood said, were the house keys and garage door opener that were in the car when it was stolen. Luckily, the door in the garage to the house’s interior was locked and it didn’t appear as though anybody tried to enter.
“I would hope they wouldn’t come inside but you never know people’s determination on what they’re going to do,” she said.
Wood said the incident happened about 4 a.m. when everybody in the house was asleep and they heard “absolutely nothing”.
“It’s a complete violation of your property and it doesn’t make you feel safe to even go in your own home anymore,” she said.
While disconcerted by the incident, Wood said she still believes she lives in a safe neighbourhood.
“With this happening all over, it’s not just us. Unfortunately, it is everywhere. It’s just really sad to feel so invaded,” she said.
According to police the investigation into the incident is ongoing.
This adds to a string of property crimes reported in the past couple of weeks in the Kelowna area.
A Glenmore couple is still recovering after their home was broken into on Jan. 8. Ben Gorodetsky said his wife was putting their baby to back to bed about 4:30 a.m. when she saw a hand reach into the room to try and turn the light on, however the hand didn’t belong to her husband.
The suspect fled the home but not without stealing several items, including a lap top.
In the last two weeks, multiple break-ins have been reported along Enterprise Way.
On Jan. 4, RCMP responded to a luxury hotel after receiving a report of a fraudulently obtained hotel room. Officers seized items related to at least eight commercial break and enters as well as a substantial amount of evidence related to identity theft and two stolen vehicles. On Jan. 10, a second search warrant was executed on another location associated to the individuals, where RCMP found more stolen property and further evidence of identity theft.
In a separate incident on Jan. 10, officers executed a warrant at a property located in the 400-block of Francis Avenue, where they seized suspected stolen property along with several forms of illicit drugs.
The Capital News has reached out to RCMP for a statement on the increase in property crime but has not yet received a response.
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The Lotus Elan was the third series-production car made by Lotus. It was a large step ahead of
the first two series cars made by Lotus in passenger comfort. With its backbone tubular chassis and fiberglass body, the street car only weighed about 1500 lbs. For Lotus, it was a big step forward in road cars because of the added features (like a heater and good ventilation) to improve occupants’ comfort. Despite these added features, the Elan was still a very lightweight car. This immediately caught the eye of racers who were always looking for a good street car that could be turned into a race car. Along with its light weight, the Elan was quite powerful and had 4-wheel disc brakes.
With excellent feedback and feel, the Elan was also famous for its very accurate steering – so famous that when Gordon Murray designed the McLaren F1, he wanted the steering feel to be as good as the vintage Lotus Elan he owned.
This particular car was built in 2012 by Bob Criss, a longtime sports car racer who won the 1982 FP SCCA national championship. With the interior removed and other modifications, a 200 HP vintage Lotus Elan is a very fast 1300 lb. race car!
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General planning advice (complaints about)
This fact sheet is aimed mainly at people who have received advice from the council about planning matters and may be considering making a complaint to the Ombudsman.
I asked the council if I could object to the works happening across the road. The council said the works didn’t need planning permission. I don’t think this is right. Can the Ombudsman help me?
Yes, in certain circumstances. If the advice was wrong and it led to you being caused significant problems then you can complain to us.
But we are unlikely to investigate your complaint if it relates solely to private matters between you and your neighbour like a dispute about land ownership. Similarly, the council normally has to treat discussions with applicants before an application is submitted as confidential.
We cannot usually consider a complaint which involves a planning application unless the Local Planning Authority has decided the application. This is because until then, even if a council has done something wrong, we do not know how it will affect you.
You should normally complain to the council first. Councils often have more than one stage in their complaints procedure and you will usually have to complete all stages before we will look at your complaint.
Then, if you are unhappy with the outcome, or the council is taking too long to look into the matter – we think 12 weeks is reasonable – you can complain to us.
You should normally make your complaint to us within 12 months of realising that the council has done something wrong.
For more information on how to complain, visit our contact page or complete an online complaint form.
If you can consider my complaint what will the Ombudsman look for?
We look to see what effect following the advice has had on you and what would have been the outcome if the council had given you the right information in the first place. Some of the faults we might find are the council:
did not ask you for information which would have ensured you got a more accurate answer
did not have a system in place for ensuring it properly recorded the advice it gave
failed to make it clear its advice was informal, ie that it did not bind the council to make any particular decision in the future, or
wrongly told you that your neighbour did not need planning permission so you lost your opportunity to object to a planning application.
What happens if the Ombudsman finds the council was at fault?
Where it was at fault and you have suffered as a result, we can recommend that the council takes action to put the matter right. Depending on what the complaint is about, we may ask the council to:
ensure proper procedures are in place to provide advice to the public. For example, we might ask the council to introduce a written checklist or form which ensures it addresses all the right questions at the outset
ensure there is an agreed interpretation of the law so the council gives the same advice whichever member of staff answers the question
pay for the remedial works you had to take to reduce harm to you which arose because your neighbour was given the wrong advice, or
pay a financial remedy for your time and trouble in making the complaint.
Examples of complaints we have considered
Mr R complained the council told his neighbours that they didn’t need planning permission for their conservatory which overlooked his property. The council accepted that it was in error and that permission was needed but said, if an application had been made, permission would have been granted with a condition requiring obscure glazing to protect Mr R’s amenity. There were two possible ways of putting right the situation. Either the wall between the two properties could be raised or obscure glazing could be fitted in the overlooking windows. The neighbours agreed to insert obscure glazing in the windows which overlooked Mr R’s; this was paid for by the council. The council also paid Mr R £250 for his time and trouble in making the complaint.
Mr B complained that pre-application planning advice given to a developer did not mention his property, which was adjacent to the access drive to the potential development. The Ombudsman chose not to investigate, because there is no significant injustice caused to Mr B. Should the developer put in a planning application, Mr B’s amenity would be considered as part of that application. Mr B would have a chance to comment on the proposals and the Council would consider his comments before deciding whether to grant planning permission to the developer
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Lighting the Way Forward: Lightspeed Goes Public
by Dax Dasilva
Updated on : 2019-03-08
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Your all-in-one retail and restaurant technology solution is now trading.
Lightspeed was founded on our belief in the independent, entrepreneurial spirit of small and medium-sized businesses. Our logo, the flame, represents the fire and passion of the retailers, restaurateurs, and other businesses that bring our cities and communities to life with local flavor and cultural character. At Lightspeed, we create the software, solutions and support systems that help SMBs power their dreams and ambitions. We are their technology, and we are their partner.
The first product we developed to support our mission of empowering SMBs was a point-of-sale system called Lightspeed. Meticulously crafted with a user interface that combined deft design with deep utility, we made managing a complex retail store as easy to manage as a playlist. Freeing our customers from expensive, proprietary black plastic POS systems began Lightspeed’s journey of democratizing technology to give our customers the advantage: to operate and differentiate, to scale, innovate and thrive. Since our founding in 2005 in a studio apartment in Montreal, we have witnessed consumer behavior change rapidly and radically. We have remained true to our philosophy and have become a company of reinvention in the service of SMBs.
Lightspeed has reinvented cloud, mobile, eCommerce, omnichannel, hospitality, analytics, loyalty, supply-chain and payments into a rich commerce-enabling platform and ecosystem that grows as our customers succeed. We have never stopped listening to what our customers need to be their best, and we have never rested in our goal of being ahead of the market in evolving to support their growth.
It has never been more complex to be a small or medium-sized business owner. Consumers today require a great in-store or in-restaurant experience. Products and services must be discoverable online for ordering and reservations. Social media and loyalty engagement have become table stakes. An SMB must have the right product for the right consumer at the right time. This is what it takes to succeed in the modern age of commerce. This is what it takes to compete with big-box chains and eCommerce giants. There are approximately 226 million SMBs around the world, including 47 million retailers and restaurants. They all have the same need – powerful and easy-to-use systems that can help them manage and grow their business. Lightspeed is that platform for the small and medium-sized business owner.
It is our belief that SMBs don’t have the time, resources, or in many cases, the capabilities to stitch together multiple point solutions to accomplish their goals. Our leading platform solves the many business complexities these business owners face. We are the trusted partner and network for businesses that are local yet data-driven and purposefully connected to the online and mobile worlds, where one must be omnichannel in order to maximize one’s success.
Lightspeed is a company built on culture just as much as code. Our social mission is to bring the streets of our cities and communities to life by powering SMBs with technology. Our company is designed to support SMBs through every stage of their growth. We are also international, selling our product in approximately 100 countries today, through our teams in nine cities and through partners around the world.
Today, Lightspeed begins trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
We believe the opportunity to transform commerce and create opportunity for all, with technology that is available to all, is enormous. This is an opportunity where we are a leader, and we are just getting started. We are driven to be the global technology provider that is synonymous with the future of connected, omnichannel commerce – innovating new ways of connecting merchants, vendors, and consumers in a digital economy that is continuously being refined, and where the world transacts in ways yet to be seen. We aim to ignite the ambitions of SMBs everywhere, to level the playing field, and to light the journey forward. We invite you to join us on this journey, where commerce is ever-changing and Lightspeed is ready to lead.
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China — The headquarters for Transcend Information, Inc. in Taipei, Taiwan, was recently given a new radiance with the installation of GE Lighting’s energy-efficient indoor and outdoor solutions. Transcend Information is a leading world-class company in the field of memory and consumer electronics. For Transcend Information’s headquarters, GE’s lighting design team proposed a green solution that is in line with its client’s eco-friendly image and commitment to conserving resources.
Remarked GE project sales manager Edward Liao, “We specified a lighting solution that took into consideration the requirements of the various users of the indoor and outdoor spaces. Through simulated calculations, we achieved high quality lighting for these areas. At GE, we believe in understanding our customer’s needs and helping to provide them with solutions that would work to make the world work better.”
Enhanced illumination for Outdoor Compound
Transcend Information’s headquarters in Taipei is located on an expansive 66,000-square-metre site. The quality of illumination, security and energy savings were top priorities when considering new lighting.
Transcend Information selected GE’s LED Tetra System for its signage illumination. The Tetra system provides for miniature channel letter lighting for logo letters and are also ideal for cove lighting, accent or border lighting for commercial buildings. The OptiLens maximizes the area of light coverage to produce outstanding uniformity. It comes with easy mounting and an over-molded design which protects the components from moisture. Users have a choice of a full range of colors including white, warm white, red, blue and green.
For the external surrounding environment for the headquarters, GE specified the Iberia LED fixtures to replace the existing high-pressure sodium lamps. The Iberia LED is a part of GE’s commitment to provide lighting products that are both energy efficient and effective. With a stylish design and a wide range of different options, Iberia LED is a versatile luminaire suitable for architectural and urban environments, amenity lighting, pedestrian areas as well as roadway lighting. It offers better quality of light in terms of reduced contrast and improved pedestrian recognition, as well as greater visual comfort. The Iberia LED has a long 50,000 hours rated lifetime, which translates to reduced maintenance costs.
Optimized Indoor Illumination
Moving to the eight levels of interiors at Transcend Information’s headquarters, the key consideration for the GE design team was to provide quality illumination to create a comfortable working environment for the staff. To this end, GE utilized 4,000 sets of the 30,000~36,000 hours Starcoat T5 with fixtures for the office areas. The elegant, slim Starcoat T5 fluorescent lamps are environmentally friendly with only 3mg of mercury; have an extra long life of 36,000 hours; and offers a high energy efficiency of up to 104 lumens per watt for ongoing cost savings.
For the elevator lobbies and hallways, GE also specified 300 sets of LED PAR38. The new 20 Watt LED PAR38 lamp is ideal for indoor/outdoor applications, in areas which need high flux intensity. It enjoys a 25,000 hours rated lifetime and reduced energy consumption of up to 80%.
Positive Environmental Impact and Returns
With GE Lighting’s new installations, visibility in the building interiors and its surrounding environment has been heightened and energy efficiency improved. On an operating level, Transcend Information will enjoy estimated savings of US$30,120 per annum in terms of energy usage (~30% reduction) and maintenance (~25% fewer lamps replaced). This translates to a payback period of 3 years. From an environmental perspective, the energy savings is equivalent to eliminating approximately 395,000 lbs of carbon dioxide car emissions per year, or creating 48.9 acres of new trees.
Chung-Cheng Shu, General Manager of Transcend Information Inc. added: “Transcend Information is committed to being a responsible global citizen with a focus on conserving scarce natural resources. For our headquarters, we sought a lighting solution that would give us high-quality lighting while meeting our corporate philosophy of reducing environmental impact. To this end, we preferred GE Lighting’s solution offered the best eco-products and solutions for us, with its exceptional output and energy efficiency. With the new lighting, we have seen an overall improvement in the quality of the working environment and a reduction in operating expenses. GE lightings solution will be Transcend’s choice going forward.”
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By Grania Langdon-Down15 June 2015
Grania Langdon-Down reports on reforming routes to qualification and the role of the regulator.
The recruitment round for the 2017 trainee intake is in full swing – and successful candidates will be qualifying on the cusp of potentially huge changes in the qualification process.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority wants to have a new training assessment framework in place for the 2018/19 academic year and has begun ‘focused work’ on one of its proposed options – a ‘centralised assessment of competence’ for all candidates – to see whether it is workable.
It also plans to issue guidance this summer on possible transitional arrangements to clarify the extent to which the authority will recognise people’s learning at the point any new system is introduced.
However, the guidance will only be high-level principles, the SRA’s director of education and training Julie Brannan stresses, because ‘we won’t know what we are transitioning to until the consultation on the assessment framework is completed, probably in 2016’.
In the meantime, taking that final step to qualification remains tough. The continuing mismatch between LPC graduate numbers and the number of trainee places on offer sees thousands of aspiring solicitors chasing fewer opportunities, with leading City firms among those taking fewer on.
This has focused attention on alternative routes, including the new paralegal route opened last year by the 2014 Training Regulations. This replaced the heavily prescribed training contract with the more flexible ‘period of recognised training’ (see case study).
The less prescriptive approach is part of a wider move by the SRA – alongside its withdrawal from the voluntary code on trainee recruitment and its abolition of the minimum trainee salary – to step back from regulating the relationship between trainees and their employers.
While the authority argues it is not part of its regulatory function to be closely involved in what is a private law relationship, junior lawyers fear it could leave trainees more vulnerable than before.
The SRA has proposed three options which it plans to evaluate against criteria of consistency and flexibility, with the aim of issuing a consultation by the end of this year.
continuing to prescribe specific pathways – which could be the current route of QLD/CPE + LPC + recognised period of training, subject to them aligning with the competence statement – and authorising providers to deliver them;
authorising any training pathway proposed by a training provider which enables a candidate to demonstrate they can meet the required standards; and
developing a centralised assessment of competence for all candidates, which could include prerequisites such as an authorised pathway or practical experience.
In its policy statement on the assessment options, the Law Society welcomed multiple pathways to qualification as a ‘positive step’ for opening up the profession. But it made it clear that the third option would be ‘absolutely unthinkable’ without the prerequisites of a level 6 qualification and a period of work-based learning.
While US attorneys qualify immediately on graduating from law school, John Wotton, chair of the society’s education and training committee, says: ‘We see a substantial period of work-based training prior to qualification and supervised practice post-qualification as essential.’
Fierce competition in the legal education and training market is driving law schools to add value by enhancing the opportunities for practical experience.
The University of Law is the first to be granted an alternative business structure licence so its Legal Advice Centre’s litigation clinic is authorised to undertake reserved legal activities.
Emma Douglas, the centre’s supervising solicitor, says the university needed the licence because it is run by non-legal managers. The move will help trainees in firms or in-house who would not otherwise get contentious experience to take part in ‘real life cases rather than textbook simulations’.
Nottingham Law School has applied for an ABS licence so it can turn its legal advice centre into a teaching law firm. Students will be able to experience professional practice, including fee-earning, in the same way medical students do hands-on work at teaching hospitals.
‘These sorts of innovation in learning opportunities are just what we want to see happen,’ says Julie Brannan, the SRA’s director of education and training.
Brannan stresses it is very early days but reflects: ‘If we are thinking of the third option, we would need to have a model we can test to see how it would work, and what the cost issues would be; and whether it would produce consistency and test competencies appropriately.’
The next question, she says, would be whether there should be prerequisites such as a degree – ‘but we don’t require legal executives to have a degree and the solicitors’ profession has never been graduate-only’ – or a practical element.
She says a pilot would use volunteers, such as a group of law students or trainees to make sure the assessments were at the right level. ‘But that is a fair bit down the line,’ Brannan stresses. ‘At the moment we are just testing whether it could be a workable option that could be ready for 2018/19.’
The authority has been working with the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and a group of employers from the legal sector devising an assessment for apprentice solicitors to qualify at the end of their six-year apprenticeships. It hopes this will receive government approval this summer.
The first apprenticeship assessment will not be available before 2018. But could it or the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme be a prototype for a common centralised assessment?
‘It is still open whether we would keep different assessments for different pathways to qualification,’ says Brannan. ‘But if we were to go for a common professional assessment, the logic is to merge everything into one. Having one assessment gives us the advantage that everyone demonstrates they have met the required standards regardless of how they got there.’
Alternative paths – equivalent means
Three law graduates who have taken very different routes to qualification share one characteristic – an absolute determination to achieve their ambition of becoming a solicitor.
For Robert Houchill, it was the paralegal route, for Helen Kanczes it was becoming a chartered legal executive and cross-qualifying as a solicitor, while Rebecca Haworth plans to become dual-qualified after taking the New York Bar exam to qualify as a US attorney.
In April Robert, 30, became the first paralegal to be admitted as a solicitor without doing a training contract – under the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s new ‘equivalent means’ system.
He began working as a paralegal in 2010 while studying part-time for the LPC. He felt he was on course for a training contract with previous employers but moved on because of concerns about pay and work/life balance. When he heard about the new route, he decided to use his paralegal experience to qualify.
By then he had been working for a year at Bates Wells Braithwaite in its immigration department. That, coupled with previous experience in family and children law, meant he had covered the SRA’s requirements for evidence of three distinct areas of law and both contentious and non-contentious work. It is hard to evidence work retrospectively, so he advises: ‘If you are starting your legal career as a paralegal, immediately consider how you can clock up time in different areas of law. Keep records, appraisal forms, job descriptions and evidence of what you have been doing, so if you don’t get a trainee position you have a contingency plan.’
He submitted his application last October. The SRA approved it in January and Robert was admitted after he had done the Professional Skills Course and had a criminal records check.
He notes that the application mirrors a trainee record. ‘I had good exposure to varied and demanding work,’ he says. ‘Other paralegals may not but some trainees only do mainly low-level or administrative work, so any questions about standards should be to do with training requirements generally, not just with the exemption.’
There are still ‘doubters’, he acknowledges. ‘But have I done as much as a trainee? Absolutely. The test will be whether law firms respond enthusiastically to those qualifying this way and support their paralegals through the process.’
Max Harris, chair of the Law Society’s Junior Lawyers Division, says members are not, in theory, opposed to the qualification assessment changing. But he adds: ‘The ultimate question will be – does it deliver a better way of universally assessing competence than the current route?’
More immediately, the JLD has flagged concerns about the new training regulations. Harris says there are ‘substantial’ differences. For instance, graduates no longer have to complete the LPC before beginning their training. ‘This hasn’t really been picked up on by firms yet, but if it is, the potential for change is drastic,’ he notes.
‘However, more concerning for us is the SRA’s shift away from prescribing rules which were designed to protect trainees. The JLD has received an increasing number of calls from trainees who are having disputes with their training provider, where the SRA is refusing to advise or intervene – particularly trainees who work for in-house legal departments.’
This can be ‘incredibly stressful’ for the trainees, he says. ‘Ultimately, this is harmful to the profession as some of these individuals are not being trained properly. The regulator must be there to protect not only the consumer, but also those who form part of the profession.’
Brannan defends the changes, which she says are not intended to make a ‘substantive difference’ to the training provided. ‘The main difference,’ she says, ‘is we no longer specify the terms of the training contract – we used to specify details such as how much annual leave a trainee could take, which was really none of our business.’
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Helen Kanczes, now an associate specialising in catastrophic injury litigation with Clyde & Co, was knocked back at the final round for a trainee position after three years as a paralegal.
‘The feedback was I was a very good candidate but I was in a sea of very good candidates with similarly strong academics and glowing CVs,’ she recalls. ‘The process was soul-destroying. I didn’t want to be a career paralegal and, after funding my law degree and LPC myself, I had put too much into reaching this point to change path.’
After learning that chartered legal executives (CLEs) are exempt from the training contract, she became a graduate member of CILEx in 2012. ‘Nothing was guaranteed,’ she says. ‘It was a risk as I had always done litigation and didn’t have non-contentious experience. There is also no guarantee that you will get a newly qualified job at the end of it but being a legal executive is a good way to climb the ranks.’
A combination of previous experience and a workbook showing she had met the required competencies meant she became a CLE two years later. ‘There are over 36 competencies, some of which have to be evidenced three times, which is very difficult to do retrospectively,’ she says.
‘My work book ran to more than 800 pages and it was finally signed off in December 2014. I still needed to do the core modules of the Professional Skills Course but, by that time, I was working for Clyde & Co and they funded it for me.’
Once she had met the SRA’s requirements, she was admitted in February. Now 27, it took 10 years from starting her degree to becoming a solicitor. But, ironically, she actually qualified quicker than if she had been given that training contract in 2012.
She adds: ‘If I had been rejected because my academics weren’t good enough or I didn’t have the right skillset, then this wouldn’t have been the right way to go. But that wasn’t the case and I didn’t want my career to be capped in terms of pay and career progression. So I have been shouting about this from the rooftops.’
The regulations also remove the specific distinction between contentious and non-contentious work. But this will not make a practical difference, she says, because the professional skills standards still require trainees to develop skills which they can only do through contentious work.
But, Brannan stresses: ‘We still have a regime for monitoring trainees and I have a very important message for them – if you have any concerns come and talk to us.’
For Wotton, the SRA’s changes will ‘doubtless cause concern among the profession and those seeking to enter it, and we are looking at the best way in which to support our members through this’.
But what do training providers think of the new regulations? The SRA’s guidance says the new periods of recognised training are viewed as apprenticeships in the eyes of the law, and firms should provide trainees with a statement of the terms and conditions of employment when they start work, or shortly afterwards.
It was the cost of the LPC that made Rebecca Haworth, now 25 and an associate working in London for a US law firm’s global insurance practice, look at alternative options. She learnt about the New York Bar exam during her exchange year in the US as part of her law degree at Exeter University.
When she graduated in 2013, she did not have the money to fund the LPC and did not want to borrow it without having secured a training contract. Instead, she decided to qualify as a US attorney, studying at BARBRI International in London, alongside a temporary job to help fund it. ‘This isn’t something to go into lightly because it is not an easy route,’ she advises.
‘But the rewards are enormous. It is half the cost of the LPC at £5,000. You still have to find a job at the end of it but it gives you an unusual skill set which makes you stand out in a saturated market. I was scouted by my firm while friends from my course still haven’t secured legal jobs.’ However, she still wants to achieve her original ambition to be a solicitor, so her firm is sponsoring her through the Qualified Lawyer Transfer Scheme.
Julie Culham is human resources manager at Withersworldwide, which has 25 trainees in London, four in Hong Kong and nine in Italy.
She highlights two changes. Previously, firms or trainees wanting to terminate a training contract had to apply for the SRA’s permission. ‘This provision has been removed,’ she says, ‘but firms will still need to terminate in line with employment law on apprenticeships.’
Second, students no longer need to enrol with the SRA when they start the LPC. But she says: ‘Students should familiarise themselves with the SRA’s character and suitability test before committing to the LPC as they will need to make a declaration of their character and suitability at the point of qualification, including criminal convictions and cautions. Best practice for law firms, and what we have adopted at Withers, is to incorporate this into the employment contract and familiarise trainees with this prior to them joining or committing to the LPC.’
Staffordshire solicitors Ansons is a full-service law firm with 25 fee-earners offering commercial and private client legal services. It has two trainees, a third starting shortly and a fourth in September. It also offers a secondment facility for trainees from other firms who would not otherwise get the required contentious experience.
Managing partner Andrew Johnson says the firm has always preferred to recruit and retain trainees rather than take on paralegals. He welcomes the regulations’ less prescriptive approach which, he says, will allow firms to be more flexible in how they structure their training programmes.
The new ‘equivalent means’ provision, which allows individuals to be exempt from all or part of the academic or vocational stages if they have done other assessed or work-based learning, is ‘key’, he says: ‘It allows employers flexibility in taking on board candidates who may have more hands-on experience and are therefore able to contribute more positively from an earlier stage. The ability to have sandwich placement trainees with relevant experience will also be an advantage.’
It is this provision which will help LPC graduates unable to find a trainee position, using their paralegal experience to qualify. The SRA is currently considering 34 applications – one applicant has qualified, while others have been approved but still need to complete all the requirements of the admissions process.
‘I can see merit for a “star” paralegal a firm is keen to support,’ Culham says. ‘But the process is far from straightforward and paralegals will need to be able to demonstrate experience in three distinct areas of law which is not always that easy. There would also need to be a strong business case, as employing an individual as a newly qualified solicitor (versus a paralegal) has a big difference in cost base for firms.’
David Carr, an associate with Manchester-based legal recruiters Chadwick Nott, actively encourages candidates to consider alternative routes to qualification, including the legal executive route. He argues that paralegals with three to four years’ specialist experience are often better able to do the job than a newly qualified solicitor.
‘It will be interesting to see how employers deal with the change,’ he says. ‘The problem for law firms is that they have structures that require paralegals and solicitors. How is it going to impact them if half their paralegals now want to qualify?’
Another possibility is to qualify as a US attorney, which does not require a training contract. There is then the option of going on to take the QLTS, which costs about £3,500 plus the cost of any preparatory courses, to be admitted as a solicitor. UK law graduates with a three- or four-year common law degree are usually immediately eligible to apply to sit the New York Bar exam. Qualified lawyers who do not possess a common law degree can apply to take the California Bar exam.
Sarah Hutchinson is managing director of BARBRI International, which offers a part-time five-month Bar Review programme in London, Dublin and Edinburgh for about £5,000. She says all the students are law graduates, with the majority working in a mix of roles in the legal, financial or banking sectors. A few have taken the LPC, ‘but increasingly they are coming straight from university’.
In a nod to the old articled clerkships, global giant Mayer Brown is the first firm in the City to offer a six- year articled apprenticeship programme, run with the University of Law, which will take an 18-year-old post-A-level school-leaver through to qualification.
Earlier this year, the SRA withdrew from the voluntary code which sets recruitment responsibilities for employers and trainees, saying it was not the role of a regulator to be involved in recruitment decisions.
Wotton says the SRA had never had anyone referred to it under the code ‘nor would they have taken any action as it is a voluntary code, not a regulatory matter. This was the thinking behind their exit. It has been suggested that earlier trainee recruitment could raise barriers for those who decide later on to pursue a legal career, and also reduce social mobility by disadvantaging those who have less access to the best career advice early on.
‘However, having spoken to City of London Law Society, they say earlier recruitment is unlikely to happen as there would be no competitive advantage.’
So would Withersworldwide like to recruit sooner? ‘Not at the moment,’ Culham says. ‘We think applicants should be focusing on their studies and researching careers options at the start of their degree. We also recruit a diverse trainee population and so we actively encourage applicants post-university who may have had another career, as we value the different skills and experience they can bring to the trainee role.’
With so much at stake, Brannan says, the really important message is that all of the changes and reviews have at their core the need to assure standards more rigorously. But, with the regulator in the process of throwing up in the air all the cards that make up solicitor training, the profession will be watching closely to see how they land.
Grania Langdon-Down is a freelance journalist
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The master of the rolls Lord Dyson gave a tear-jerker of a send-off to Lord Judge last month, in a valedictory speech ahead of his retirement as lord chief justice in September. Dyson said he had quizzed colleagues, friends and family of the highly personable and dedicated Judge, in search of some peccadillo or minor indiscretion to slip into his speech – but to no avail.
The judge recounted an anecdote of his own, from 1992, giving an insight into the LCJ’s true character. Dyson and Judge, with their respective wives, happened to be on the same walking holiday in Italy (Obiter is somewhat intrigued by this coincidence). During one long, hot walk, the exhausted group came upon a fig tree laden with fruit. It stood alone in a field, but fairly close to a house, and it was unclear whether or not it was on private land.
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Linux Image: Red Hat 3.0.3 (Picasso)
Kernel: 1.2.13 (Stable)
Feature: First version to release multiple architecture (x86/ELF, Alpha/a.out) at the same time. The Metro-X server, glint graphical management tool for RPM, and graphical printer configuration.
After looking at Red Hat Linux 3.0.3, I’m in awe of how quickly the Linux operating system is moving forward. This summer we predicted that Linux, an already popular implementation of old Unix, would infiltrate mainstream corporate America, Europe, Russia, and Asia. If Red Hat Software continue advancing Linux at the present rate, such widespread adoption is guaranteed.
Simply put, Red Hat is easily the best Linux version released to date. It’s a must-try for users new to Linux and a must-have for veterans.
Up, up, and away …
Red Hat’s installation program makes it far easier to install than any other version of Linux I’ve tried, including prior versions of Red Hat. It shields you from enough complexity to keep it simple, yet it provides enough options to satisfy Linux geeks.
Red Hat comes with the Apache Web server, one of the most popular servers on the Internet. The server can be installed, configured, and set to run automatically with no more than a click on a single check box during system installation. Setup of FTP (File Transfer Protocol) services is equally easy.
It’s just as simple to add Web and FTP services after installation. That’s thanks to Red Hat’s now famous — among Linux users, at least — installation and removal utility called Red Hat Package Manager.
The OS can be a network file system (NFS) server to Unix clients, and it can provide native file and print services to any 16-bit or 32-bit Windows client and AppleTalk services to Macintosh clients. Red Hat can also be used as a client to NFS and NetWare.
Red Hat licenses and includes Metro Link Inc.’s accelerated X engine, Metro-X, which supports a long list of display adapters. A number of video cards we had problems in the past with in Windows (including the Elsa Winner 2000 Pro and Matrox Millenium MGA) have enjoyed good support by Metro-X for some time.
The Metro-X driver absolutely blazes on our Matrox Millennium MGA card in the lab. In addition, Metro Link offers OpenGL for Linux separately if you want to build 3-D graphics applications.
A pretty face and more …
This version of Red Hat introduces a new version of FVWM, now called The Next Level. FVWM is a window manager that is configured to look and feel something like Windows, with cascading start menus, a task bar, and a pager that lets you switch among a set of virtual desktops. Switching between desktops on my machine is instantaneous, faster than anything I’ve seen on Windows or OS/2.
The Linux kernel used in this release of Red Hat supports symmetric multiprocessing, a feature that brings Linux into the scalability big league.
It also supports dynamic loading of support modules. That means you can set up the system to load certain features, such as the capability to read OS/2 High Performance File System (HPFS)-formatted drives, only when needed.
Linux can read and write to a long list of file systems, including DOS File Allocation Table (FAT), Virtual FAT (Windows long file names), and HPFS. Free NT File System drivers are also available from a variety of FTP sites.
One of the most important enhancements to this version of Red Hat is support for pluggable authentication modules (PAM). PAM is a tremendously flexible means of letting you choose the levels of security you want to attach to any service your server provides — from simple log-in to remote access of applications and FTP services. Essentially, PAM paves the way to soothe fears about Unix security.
Red Hat implementation of Linux, is the best Linux so far. Big-league features such as broad device support and symmetric multiprocessing make it a powerful yet inexpensive Internet and intranet server that is remarkably easy to install, configure, and maintain.
Pros: Broad device support and symmetric multiprocessing; vastly improved installation process; expanded documentation; better window manager; refined security features; inexpensive price.
Cons: Too difficult to configure the window managers.
Platforms: Intel, Alpha, and Sparc.
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PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO CONDUCT LIMITED DISCOVERY REGARDING DEFENDANT’S ARBITRATION PROVISION AND SUPPORTING MEMORANDUM OF LAW
COMES NOW, the Plaintiff Juan Alcalde, and files his Motion to Conduct Limited Discovery regarding Defendant’s Motion to Compel Arbitration, and for good cause relies on the following memorandum of law.
MEMORANDUM OF LAW
This Motion to Conduct Limited Discovery in regards to Defendant’s Motion to Compel Arbitration [D.E. 6] is filed contemporaneously with Plaintiff’s Preliminary Response without the benefit of discovery in opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Compel Arbitration and Motion to Defer Ruling until the completion of such limited discovery.
To briefly recapitulate, this matter involves a Jones Act seafarer’s claims against a Defendant shipowner for Negligence, Unseaworthiness, failure to pay maintenance and cure and failure to treat. Defendant removed this action and filed its Motion to Compel Arbitration. In response, among other things, Plaintiff has argued that the Motion to Compel should be denied because under binding Eleventh Circuit precedent in Thomas v. Carnival, the subject arbitral provision is null and void as against public policy because: 1) the choice of law provision mandating Panamanian law as the exclusive law of the arbitration, deprives Plaintiff of bringing causes of action under his U.S. law, barring him from relying on his U.S. statutory rights; and 2) deprives Plaintiff of his statutory right to a jury trial.
As the following memorandum makes clear, Plaintiff requires limited discovery in regards to Defendant’s Motion to Compel Arbitration in order to show this Honorable Court that this arbitration is nothing more than a means to deprive Jones Act seafarers of access to U.S. courts. Further, Plaintiff requires limited discovery to show that the costs of arbitration are prohibitive and therefore, pursuant to Article II, §3 of the New York Convention, the arbitral agreement is incapable of being performed.
First, it is well within this Honorable Court’s discretion to allow such discovery. The discovery provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure apply to actions under the Federal Arbitration Act [“FAA”], including actions to compel. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 allows discovery of matters relevant to the controversy, and in a Title 9 Arbitration action (including under the Convention Title 9 USC §2 et. seq.), the issue of arbitrability is a relevant and proper matter for discovery. Moore’s Federal Practice (2d ed.) §81.05[7]; see also Moore’s Federal Practice (3d ed.) §81.08[1] (“ The federal rules apply only to judicial proceedings under the FAA, such as actions brought in district court to compel arbitration.”) Furthermore, Fed. R. Civ. P. 81(a)(6)(b) authorizes a district court, in analyzing a motion to compel arbitration, to order discovery pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 on matters relevant to the existence of an arbitration agreement. See Deiulemar Compagnia di Navigazione S.P.A. v. M/V Allegra, 198 F.3d 473, 481-2 (4th Cir. 1999), cert. denied, 529 U.S. 1109 (2000).
Second, in effect, Defendant is asking the Court for a de facto summary judgment ruling. This is because an order granting Defendant’s Motion to Compel Arbitration implicitly must find that it is an undisputed material fact that a valid arbitration agreement was entered into and thus as a matter of law, Defendant is entitled to have arbitration compelled. Plaintiff has raised numerous defenses to enforcement of this arbitration provision, yet Plaintiff has had no opportunity to conduct any discovery into such defenses. To this point, the Eleventh Circuit makes clear, “summary judgment should not be granted until the party opposing the motion has had an adequate opportunity for discovery.” Snook v. Trust Co. of Georgia Bank of Savannah, N.A., 859 F. 2d 865, 870 (11th Cir. 1988). As the Eleventh Circuit further stated, “[i]f the documents or other discovery sought would be relevant to the issue presented by the motion for summary judgment, the opposing party should be allowed the opportunity to utilize the discovery process to gain access to the requested materials.” Id. at 870.
Herein, the discovery sought by the Plaintiff is entirely relevant to the issues before this Honorable Court. Plaintiff seeks to propound written discovery and take a Corporate Representative deposition in regards to, including, but not limited to the following areas: (1) other arbitrations conducted and completed pursuant to Carnival’s employment contract (if any); (2) the costs and fees associated with arbitration as required by Carnival’s employment contract; (3) the circumstances surrounding the formation of the subject contract and the conveyance to the crewmember of the actual terms and conditions; (4) the intent behind the relevant arbitration clause / contract language; (5) the decision to choose Bahamian or Panamanian law and/or any other foreign law; (6) the decision to designate venues such as Monaco as the forum for poor destitute seafarers from developing nations (i.e. Peru) to arbitrate. See Proposed Interrogatories and Requests for Production, attached hereto as Exhibits “A” and “B” respectively.
Each of these areas is relevant to the issue(s) before this Honorable Court regarding Defendant’s Motion to Compel Arbitration. However, Plaintiff has had no opportunity to conduct discovery in order to answer these questions and thereby properly defend against Carnival’s Motion to Compel Arbitration. Accordingly, Plaintiff respectfully requests this Honorable Court enter an Order allowing limited discovery; establishing a timeframe within which to conduct such discovery (Plaintiff suggests 90 days), allowing for supplemental briefing at the conclusion of limited discovery. Once this limited discovery has completed, then this Honorable Court will be able to analyze the issues in their entirety.
Finally, in accord with Local Rule 7.1, counsel for Plaintiff has made reasonable efforts to confer with all parties who may be affected by the relief sought in this Motion, but has been unable to do so.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff respectfully requests that this Court enter an Order granting the relief requested herein and any other relief this Honorable Court deems necessary and proper.
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Cheese Polenta
Polenta Alla Lombarda
(Makes 12 squares)
The variations for polenta are too many to list. It can top a meat casserole or sit underneath a fish stew. Use a packaged mix for this recipe if you like.
1 lb. stone ground cornmeal
2 qt. boiling water
1 C butter (melted)
3/4 lb.Italian Fontina, Asiago, or Gruyere cheese (slices)
1/2 C Parmesan cheese (freshly grated)
Polenta: in a large saucepan, bring water and salt to a boil and add cornmeal in a slow stream (make sure the water continues to boil). Continue pouring and stirring for about 30 minutes. When done, the cornmeal will be thick and pull away from the sides of the pot, the consistency of firm mashed potatoes.
Assembly: preheat the oven to 350. Spread 1/2 of the mixture into a 9" x 12" buttered casserole. Layer the sliced cheese on top,* then spread the remaining 1/2 of the polenta and top with grated Parmesan.
Bake for 35 minutes till top is golden brown. Let rest for 5-10 minutes before slicing into 3" squares.*
* Try this variation—Polenta Alla Lodigiana: add prosciutto to the layer of cheese. Cut into squares but, instead of baking, dip squares into egg, flour, and breadcrumbs. Fry the squares in melted butter to make fritters.
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Tips & Glossary
Arborio Rice: a medium-grained rice. Its high starch content yields a creamy texture and is the basis for risotto.
Balsamic Vinegar: dark, thick vinegar with a sweet pungent flavor. Fermented, concentrated, and aged in wooden casks, sometimes up to 12 years. Can be pricey.
Caper: salty, pickled bud of spiny shrub native to the Mediterranean region. Most prized is the non-pareil, the smallest (approx. 1/8”), though other sizes are tasty and less expensive.
Formaggio: Cheese! Like France, Italy is a land of sublime cheeses, some 400 varieties. Here are some of the most widely sold in the U.S.
• Asiago (Alpine region; smooth or crumbly, great for grating.)
• Fontina (Alpine region; a Gruyere- or Swiss-type cheese with nutty flavor.)
• Mascarpone (southwest of
Milan; triple-cream, smooth and easily spread; used in Tiramisu.)
• Mozzarella (generic term for semi-soft cheese; “fresh” is eaten the day it is made; “buffalo” is from water buffalo. Used in lasagna and pizza when dried slightly.)
• Parmigiano Reggiano (Parma area; the true Parmesan, whose designation is strictly controlled in Italy.)
• Pecorino Romano (made of sheep’s milk; mostly from Sardinia. A hard, salty cheese used for grating.)
• Provolone (mostly from northern Italy; semi-hard, varying from mild to sharp flavor.)
• Ricotta (made of whey, a by-product of making other cheese; soft and creamy like cottage cheese. Used in lasagna.)
• Romano (an American term for Pecorino Romano and other cheeses.)
Italian Seasoning: blend of dried herbs used in Italian cooking—marjoram, thyme, rosemary, savory, sage, oregano, and basil. Packaged commercially and found in most food stores. You can also make your own.
Olive Oil: There's much more to know than is room for here. To learn all you need to know about the different grades of oil, and much, much more, head to Tanbourit.
Pine Nuts: pinoli or pignoli; edible seeds of pine trees used in pesto sauce. Before cooking, release flavor by lightly browning in a heated skillet.
Plum Tomatoes: aka Italian tomatoes; oval-shaped. Used in sauces because they are meatier with fewer seeds than standard tomatoes.
Roasted peppers: buy or make your own: place under a broiler, or hold over a gas flame, till skin chars and blisters. Place in a closed paper bag for 15-20 minutes (to steam them). When cool, the skins slip off under water.
Prosciutto: especially Prosciutto di Parma, dry-cured ham from Parma. The real deal! Cured up to 2 years, is almost sweet and very expensive. You can substitute with capicola, a delicious, light peppery ham. | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line5904 |
__label__wiki | 0.828301 | 0.828301 | ‘My God. These Are Children’: Twitter Responds to Video of Philly Cop ‘Intimidating’ Shirtless Teen at Bus Stop
A Black Philadelphia student is calling out four police officers after she took video of them detaining a shirtless black teen waiting at a bus stop.
The girl, identified as 16-year-old Asia on social media, said the incident happened Sept. 12 and some of the officer’s words to the detained teen were:
“Don’t forget to tell your friends you were shaking in a cop’s car.”
Asia described how the incident started in the caption of a video she posted on Instagram Sept. 13
“Now Philly this was exactly after school at the bus stop [there was a group of us],” she said in the caption. “One cop car passed us and stared, 3 minutes later 2 cars came in front of us and 4 officers jumped out.”
In the video, a white police officer can be seen escorting the shirtless teen into the back of a police SUV.
“Have a seat, all the way in,” the cop said.
At that point, another Black boy walked up and said “excuse me,” and a female officer on the scene told the boy to “back up.”
Meanwhile, the other officer can be heard asking the boy in the police SUV if he had identification.
“You’re in the back of my car. Are you shaking?” the cop asked.
Moments later, the teen can be heard saying, “I didn’t ask nothing. I’m just sitting right here.”
“Sit in my car,” the officer responded.
The video showed the child was already sitting in the SUV, but his feet were hanging just outside the vehicle, facing the officer who held the nearest door open.
At the officer’s request, the child had started to move one of his legs farther inside the car when the officer can be seen grabbing the other, throwing it inside the car and shutting the door before turning his attention to other children waiting at the bus stop, the video showed.
“Where are you guys going?” the officer asked.
“Home,” someone off-camera can be heard saying.
“Oh, you’re going home,” the officer said. “Start walking.”
At least two people can be heard explaining that they were waiting for the bus.
“Well, something’s obviously going on out here, all right,” the officer said.
At that point, the student recording pointed out the officer’s badge number.
“Didn’t do anything wrong right?” the officer asked rhetorically.
He paced as three other officers on the scene were shown watching.
“Look at her badge number too,” the student recording said. “Aw, y’all so cute.”
She later said in the caption of her Instagram post that of the four officers on the scene, “none could tell us what the boy did besides the fact of wait for the bus along with the rest of the group.”
Asia said the officer eventually released the teen without explaining why he had been detained, and she added that the cop circled back after the boy was released and asked him, “Are you good? You’re still shaking.”
The Philadelphia Police Department responded to Asia’s tweets by asking her to open a formal complaint.
“Please visit this link to file an Official Complaint Against Police,” a police official said in the tweet. “Please provide as much detail as possible on the form.”
Philadelphia police have not yet responded to an Atlanta Black Star request for comment.
Video of the incident had been viewed more than 270,000 times on Twitter by Monday morning.
“@PhillyPolice I honestly want to (hear) the body camera’s audio for this day AND you owe the young gentlemen an apology for harassment,” Asia said in another Twitter post.
“@PhillyPolice this is an abuse of power. The egotistical officer is deliberately intimidating this young boy. Why is this allowed,” one Twitter user asked.
“‘Remember you were shaking in the police car,'” another Twitter user said. “My god. These are children.”
Instagram is helping this get out, but it needs more attraction. This Happened in Philadelphia,Pa on Thursday. A group of school kids and I were waiting for the bus at the bus stop when a cop car came to us, slowed down and stared at us then kept going down the street. pic.twitter.com/OrvOvWf3Oh
— Asia 👑💕 (@Asiaaaaaaaaaaa_) September 14, 2019
Do anything. I was with him the ENTIRE time, then the cop pulls up on us. Now out of the 800 people that has watched both videos and most have tagged @PhillyPolice we still have received a response from them. I am 16 and quick to pull out a camera when the police came around. | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line5907 |
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Monday, 11 Feb 2019 06:26 PM MYT
By Emmanuel Santa Maria Chin
MCA president Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong speaks during a press conference at the party headquarters in Kuala Lumpur August 10, 2018. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — Despite acknowledging Lim Guan Eng’s academic certificates, MCA president Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong still questioned the finance minister’s eligibility in handling the nation’s coffers.
Wee today pointed out that Lim’s certificate of membership into the Australian Society of Accountants was for a provisional membership.
Wee explained the provisional membership was one of the first steps needed to be taken before attending several tiers of examinations in order to qualify for a full membership.
“Therefore, a provisional membership is far from being a fully certified chartered accountant or even an accountant.
“You cannot call yourself using either designation,” Wee said in a statement.
Earlier today, Tony Pua, Lim’s political secretary, held a press conference at the DAP headquarters where he explained the qualifications and academic achievements of the finance minister.
Pua had also warned against future defamatory remarks being made against the minister, threatening possible legal action.
The Damansara MP’s statement itself was in response to doubts raised by the MCA president on Sunday, as to whether Lim was adequately qualified to hold his position as finance minister.
Wee’s statement today then drew reference towards what Lim himself said back in 2012, where the latter labeled himself a “failed accountant” after he was sacked from a job as an auditor upon graduating.
“Since then, there is no evidence that he has ever worked in any other accounting firm nor of him ever having taken the compulsory modules or professional exams needed for him to qualify as a duly certified accountant or chartered accountant,” Wee claimed.
The Ayer Hitam MP also claimed Lim was not listed as an accountant on the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and warned him that misrepresentation as an accountant itself was a criminal offence.
Wee however doused the flames of the ongoing argument, saying neither he nor MCA were interested in pursuing the matter any further as the economy was a more pressing issue.
On Lim mulling legal action, Wee said he would leave it to the rakyat and DAP to judge if there was any legal offences committed by him.
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Why Trump’s Threat to Withdraw from NAFTA Would Be the True Disaster
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Aboard Air Force One on his way back from the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires this weekend, President Trump renewed his threat to withdraw the United States from the almost 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico. It’s a threat the president would be wise to reconsider.
President Trump has long been a critic of NAFTA. This fall his administration succeeded in renegotiating the agreement with Canada and Mexico, and last week he signed the re-named “US-Mexico-Canada Agreement” (USMCA) with his counterparts at the beginning of the G-20 meeting.
In an effort to prod Congress to approve the revised agreement, President Trump told reporters, “I will be formally terminating NAFTA shortly. …We (will) get rid of NAFTA. It’s been a disaster for the United States.” When Congress votes on USMCA (likely in early 2019, Trump said) it “will have a choice of the USMCA or pre-NAFTA, which worked very well.”
Far from being a “disaster,” NAFTA has been good for the US economy and good for American relations with our two closest neighbors. The massive job losses and outsourcing that the critics predicted never occurred. Some US industries contracted, such as textiles and apparel, but overall US manufacturing and total employment have continued to expand in the NAFTA era.
Since the agreement went into effect in 1994, the number of jobs in America has increased by a healthy 36 million, and the average real compensation per hour earned by US workers (wages and benefits adjusted for inflation) is up 28 percent. The number of manufacturing jobs has indeed fallen since NAFTA, but that trend began decades before the agreement went into effect. Real manufacturing output, meanwhile, is up 44 percent in the last 25 years. The strong economy today that President Trump claims credit for is strong in part because of NAFTA and other trade-expanding agreements.
Reverting to a “pre-NAFTA” state would be an odd preference for a president who has complained about what he calls unfairly high foreign trade barriers. Before NAFTA, Mexico’s average tariffs on imports from the United States were 12 percent, much higher than the five percent average US tariffs on imports from Mexico. Under NAFTA, duties in all three countries are zero on all non-agricultural products and zero on more than 97 percent of agricultural products.
If the United States were to simply withdraw from NAFTA, with no replacement agreement, the result would be higher duties all around, but the duties would be highest on US exports to Canada and Mexico. Without NAFTA, US duties on imports from our two neighbors would jump from virtually zero to an average of 2.3 percent on non-farm products and 3.8 percent on farm products. But duties imposed by Canada would jump to 2.3 percent and 12.4 percent, respectively, and those imposed by Mexico to 3.5 percent and 20.1 percent, respectively. Does President Trump really think it would be better if Mexican tariffs on US farm exports were 20 percent rather than zero percent under the current NAFTA? Try explaining that to American farmers.
Along with the economic harm a NAFTA withdrawal would impose, the president’s threat would be legally and constitutionally dubious. Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution gives Congress exclusive authority to impose duties and to “regulate commerce with foreign nations.” NAFTA came into force not through an executive order or a negotiated treaty, but only after Congress passed final implementing legislation in December 1993. Any effort by the administration to terminate the agreement without the consent of Congress would be quickly challenged in the courts.
The North American Free Trade Agreement stands as a major bipartisan achievement of US trade policy. It was the Republican administration of George H. W. Bush that negotiated and then signed the agreement with Canada and Mexico in December 1992. And it was the Democratic administration of Bill Clinton that worked with a majority of Republicans and a minority of Democrats in Congress one year later to successfully pass the implementing legislation.
The real disaster is not NAFTA, but the misguided threat from the current administration to undo all the good it has achieved.
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