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__label__wiki	0.945986	0.945986	In effort to reduce teen vaping, Kaine pushes bill raising federal smoking age by: Gretchen Ross, WRIC Newsroom HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Starting next week, people under the age of 21 will be prohibited from purchasing all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and vaping devices, in Virginia. U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) spoke during a roundtable Monday about his bipartisan effort to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products nationwide. In an effort to tackle the youth vaping epidemic and allow states to enforce stricter restrictions, Sen. Kaine and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) introduced the Tobacco-Free Youth Act in May. Sen. Kaine met with healthcare leaders as well as youth advocates in Henrico County to discuss the bill. The goal of the proposed legislation applies not only to cigarettes but also works to break the habit of younger people using electronic cigarettes and vaping. “Really put the enforcement burden more on the retailer than the young person getting tobacco whose underage,” Sen. Kaine said. 8News spoke with a local business owner about the impact the legislation banning people under 21 from buying tobacco in Virginia will have on their business. “It’s going to be tough, it’s going to be scary,” Kishan Devani. Devani has run The Cigarette Store on Forest Hill Avenue for the last 15 years. He says the store’s customer base will shrink next week. “People will come and now I’m going to say I’m sorry I can’t sell you any cigarettes or vape or tobacco,” Devani told 8News. “Yes, we’re going to lose business. We’re going to lose that market between 18-21. But like I said what can we do.” The bill introduced by Sens. Kaine and McConnell differs from Virginia’s new law. The Tobacco-Free Youth Act does not include a military exemption and offers incentives for states through substance abuse funding. Sen. Kaine hopes the legislation would motivate teens to stop buying electronic cigarette products like JUUL. A spokesperson for the company said in a statement to 8News that JUUL supports raising the federal smoking age to 21. “JUUL Labs, Inc exists to help adult smokers switch from combustible cigarettes, which remain the leading cause of preventable death around the world. JUUL is an alternative that can help the 34 million adults in this country who still smoke. We do not want non-nicotine users to buy JUUL products, and are committed to preventing underage access to our products. We strongly support raising the national minimum purchasing age for all tobacco and vapor products to 21, and have implemented a comprehensive action plan to combat underage access, appeal, and use of JUUL products,” the statement read. “We stopped the sale of non-tobacco and non-menthol based flavored JUULpods to our traditional retail store partners over six months ago, enhanced our online age-verification, strengthened our retailer compliance and shut down our Facebook and Instagram accounts while working constantly to remove inappropriate social media content generated by others. We also continue to develop technologies to further restrict underage access with our distributors, at retail establishments and as features of potential new products.” Sen. Kaine said the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee will discuss the Tobacco-Free Youth Act this Wednesday. “I didn’t know Medicaid expansion will cover smoking cessation for those who are part of that. But base Medicaid program does not include that as a mandated benefit. There ought to be an even-handedness there,” Kaine told 8News. “And this would require legislation and could we do that with the base Medicaid program that smoking cessation be required?” Historical marker unveiled for John Henry James, Charlottesville lynching victim Capitol Connection / 4 days ago Experts say avoid the panic, prepare for hurricane season early Virginia News / 5 days ago More Capitol Connection Decades after service, 100K Vietnam veterans will get benefits they’ve been fighting for Washington-DC / 21 hours ago What’s the cost of higher minimum wage? Washington-DC / 5 days ago More Washington-DC Chesterfield County / 1 min ago A look at the ‘squad’ that Trump targeted in racist tweets WASHINGTON (AP) — They’re all women of color. Every one of them is an American citizen. And of the four members of the self-styled “squad” duly elected to the House of Representatives, only one was born outside the U.S. In racist tweets over the weekend, President Donald Trump almost certainly was referring to this group of liberal House freshmen whose elections in 2018 helped return the chamber to Democratic control. Among Trump’s tweets: “Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.” WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said efforts to deport families with orders to leave the country will continue after an upcoming national sweep that President Donald Trump said would start Sunday. Matthew Albence, the agency’s acting director, said targets were on an “accelerated docket” of immigration court cases for predominantly Central Americans who recently arrived at the U.S. border in unprecedented numbers. Similar operations occurred in 2016 under President Barack Obama and in 2017 under Trump.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11122
__label__cc	0.575544	0.424456	› Southwest Southwest Washington Travel Alerts View All Alerts For Area (Printer friendly version) SR 506 Both Directions - Beginning at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, June 18, until further notice: Both directions of SR 506, between Telegraph Road and the end of the Lacamas Creek Bridge, will be fully closed, for bridge replacement work. Note: During construction, travelers will follow a signed detour using South Military Road and SR 505. The bridge closure and detour will remain in place until construction of the new bridge is complete. From milepost 8 to milepost 8 More MODERATE IMPACT SR 14 Both Directions - Construction on SR 14 both directions from milepost 48 near Carson Depot Road to milepost 47 near Wind River Road / Carson Junction. The crew will be alternating traffic through the work zone beginning at 7:33 am on July 16, 2019 until further notice. Last Updated: 7/16/2019 7:44 AM From milepost 48 to milepost 47 More I-5 Northbound - Tuesday, July 16 to the morning of Wednesday, July 17: A single-lane of northbound I-5, between Park Road at milepost 67.15 and SR 508 at milepost 70.90, will close overnight, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., for breakaway cable replacement work. Last Updated: 7/15/2019 10:47 AM SR 14 Both Directions - Monday, July 15 to Friday, July 19: Travelers on both directions of SR 14, near Wind River Road, will be alternated through a single-lane, intermittently, with flaggers, daily, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., throughout the work zone, for roundabout construction work. SR 433 Both Directions - Sunday, July 14: SR 432/SR 433 in Longview at the Lewis and Clark Bridge (WSP, flaggers and motorcycle escort). Note: Drivers on SR 432 can expect delays of up to 20 minutes from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Sunday, July 14. WSP and flaggers will stop southbound drivers on SR 433 so STP riders can cross the Lewis and Clark Bridge, escorted by Gold Wing motorcycle club members. Riders crossing the bridge on Saturday will not have a bridge escort and are expected to ride with traffic. SR 411 Both Directions - Sunday, July 14: SR 411/Castle Rock area (flagger directing traffic at SR 411/ PH 10). SR 411 between Castle Rock and Longview (roving WSP trooper). SR 411/Lexington/Riverside County Park area (police officers directing traffic at SR 411 and Riverside County Park). SR 432/SR 433 in Longview at the Lewis and Clark Bridge (WSP, flaggers and motorcycle escort). From milepost 13 to milepost 0 More SR 507 Both Directions - Saturday, July 13: Bicyclists will be on SR 7 in Pierce County, traveling on to SR 507 in Thurston and Lewis counties, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. SR 507 between Roy and Yelm (roving Washington State Patrol trooper). SR 507/Third Street in Yelm (police officers directing traffic). SR 507/Mosman Avenue in Yelm (police officer directing traffic). SR 507/Tenino Trail crossing (police officers or certified flaggers directing traffic). I-5 Southbound - Beginning Monday, July 15 until further notice: A single lane on southbound I-5 between mileposts 51.43 and 52.79 will be closed around-the-clock until construction on the bridge is complete. Overnight double-lane closures will be in place from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. nightly Monday through Friday. Note: The speed limit has been reduced to 55 mph throughout the length of the work zone for the duration of construction. Last Updated: 7/5/2019 5:45 PM Zoom Out [ 1 ] 2 [ 3 ] Zoom In SR 4 SR 6 SR 14 SR 409 SR 411 SR 433 SR 503 SR 506 SR 507	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11124
__label__cc	0.650794	0.349206	Providing everyone on the planet with an Emotional Health Assistant Youper was born from the idea that everyone can become the best version of themselves, like being a super you. In fact, Youper comes from the combination of the words You + Super! 🤩 Everyone faces emotional challenges, and sometimes they can get really heavy. One in four people in the world faces disabling emotional health issues, like anxiety and depression. Whether someone is dealing with anxiety or depression, or just hoping to become the best version of him or herself, we created Youper to provide extra support for each person’s journey towards happiness. Youper’s concept came from the mind of a psychiatrist, a software engineer and a designer, who co-founded the company with the mission that everyone should have access to the help they need to overcome emotional challenges. Youper was created to be a self-care tool that can be used every day by anyone. Now, with millions of users, Youper became a personal assistant that users love and feel compelled to share with people they care about. Jose Hamilton Vargas, MD Jose Hamilton is a clinical psychiatrist, author, and entrepreneur on a mission to change how people take care of their minds. Diego Dotta Couto Co-founder & CPO Diego is a mix of designer, software engineer, and behavioral scientist, passionate about understanding users’ needs and creating amazing experiences for them. Thiago Marafon Thiago Marafon is a computer scientist that cares most about leading people to use technology to solve challenging problems. Andrea Niles, PhD Clinical Product & Research Lead Andrea Niles is a clinical psychological scientist. Her passion is harnessing data to improve mental health treatments and using technology to disseminate them broadly. Fabio Berger Fabio Berger is a full stack developer, passionate about technology and always aimed to create custom solutions for user needs. Youper, Inc. © 2019 Youper. All rights reserved. © Copyright 2019 Youper We use cookies on our website for various purposes. By continuing on our website, you consent to our use of cookies. You can learn about our practices by reading our Privacy policy	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11129
__label__wiki	0.593601	0.593601	Uckfield Parking Information about Parking in Uckfield Choose your Uckfield Station parking space from our range of options. For stress-free parking, park with us! Uckfield is a railway station in East Sussex serving the Southern line. The station is popular with city commuters taking advantage of a service to Victoria Station, which runs every 30 minutes during peak hours. Do you travel to work from Uckfield station? With YourParkingSpace the dreaded daily commute can be made easy. YourParkingSpace provides a simple online platform for reserving a parking space in advance. Long-term and short-term off-street parking options include driveways and lock-up garages, all within easy reach of Uckfield Station Download our free app for iOS and Apple, and get parking in your pocket! Earn money from your parking space in or near Uckfield List your space for free within 2 minutes Join 137 other space owners in this area Rent out your driveway, parking space or garage Your first £1,000 each year is tax-free You choose when your space is available Receive automatic monthly payouts It’s free to join and only takes 2-3 minutes to register. List your space and start earning today! Uckfield Parking Statistics Average parking rating for Uckfield By YourParkingSpace drivers for Uckfield spaces Available for drivers visiting Uckfield Parking in Uckfield Station There are only 7 parking spaces at Uckfield railway station, which are free of charge. Parking near Uckfield station is available. Across the road from the station, there is a Pay and Display carpark with 171 spaces. Street parking around Uckfield city centre is normally free but limited to 2 hours. Do you commute from Uckfield station? YourParkingSpace can help. Pre-book a parking space with us and don’t be late for work again! Disabled Parking in Uckfield Station Disabled parking is available at Uckfield station free of charge. Make sure you display your Blue Badge. In Uckfield city centre you will find restaurants, cafes and a range of shops. Picture House Cinema is a small and friendly independent cinema, which is popular with the locals. Uckfield hospital is a 13-minute walk from Uckfield station. Getting to Uckfield Station On foot or by car Uckfield Station is located at High Street, Uckfield, TN22 5AD. Uckfield station offers bicycle parking monitored by CCTV. Southern trains are in operation at this station. There are no charging stations at Uckfield station or in the City Centre. The nearest charging point is at the Wowo Campsite, approximately 7 miles away. Book in advance with YourParkingSpace and remove the stress of finding that elusive charging station. A network of all electric vehicle charging points in the UK can be found on the government's Go Ultra low website. Late evening and Weekends During peak hours, trains leave Uckfield station every 30 minutes. The typical off-peak service is one train per hour to London Bridge. On Sundays, regular train services are reduced to an hourly service throughout the day. Uckfield station also serves late evening services. The last service leaving Uckfield to Victoria Station is at about 11pm. Travellers can also access service to Uckfield from the city centre leaving just before midnight. A complete schedule can be found at the Southern line’s website. Catching a late evening train? Don’t stress about finding a car park in the dark. Let us meet all of your Uckfield Railway Station parking needs. YourParkingSpace is available day and night. Do you own an empty parking space near Uckfield station?. List your space for free and make easy money with YourParkingSpace. What is the Uckfield Station car park location code? The Uckfield station car park postcode is TN22 5AD, UK What are the Uckfield station car park charges? Parking at the station is free of charge, but there are only 7 parking spaces What are the stops of a regular service to London Bridge from Uckfield Station? The typical off-peak service is one train per hour to London Bridge, stopping at Buxted, Crowborough, Eridge, Ashurst, Cowden, Hever, Edenbridge Town, Hurst Green, Oxted and East Croydon. Where can I get a map of the Southern rail stops and connections? You can download a map from the Southern line website. American Express Stadium 10.8 miles away Brighton Centre 14.7 miles away Broadfield Stadium 15.7 miles away Selhurst Park 30.7 miles away Afc Wimbledon 34.4 miles away Oh no! We're currently having difficulties loading events near Uckfield, please check back later. Nearby Transport Haywards Heath Station 9.1 miles away Falmer Station 10.9 miles away Moulescoombe Station 12.6 miles away Bishopstone Station 13.0 miles away Seaford Station 13.5 miles away Latest Uckfield parking reviews Parking on Queens Road, RH16 Great location and easy to find. Just a short walk to the station so will definitely be using this space again. Parking on Glenfergus, RH16 Parking on Syresham Gardens, RH16 Very convenient for central Hayward’s Heath. Parking on Princess Court, RH16 Really easy to find the space, only 6 minutes from the station which was perfect for me. Would recommend to others Garage on Sharrow Close, RH16 Parking on White House, RH16 Convenient parking for station- will use it again Great parking space, easy to find very close to the station. I believe that this parking was very decent and the space owner was extremely accommodating which really helped me and my hectic circumstances. I wanted to thank him for helping out and giving me adequate notice when the parking space wasn't available. Parking there was always a challenge because of the confined space but it was very secure and extremely close to where I'm working. So thank you all. Will be using your services again in the near future. Takura Matthew Parking on Birchwood Grove Road, RH15 All good, I think I was their first customer! They were friendly and even offered me a lift to Burgess Hill Railway Station. It was a large drive and it would have been helpful if there was a sign to indicate where they would like us to park. Thanks, Steve. Great space 5 minutes at most from the station. Easy to find, easy to access. An excellent way to ensure you have guaranteed parking for the station.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11133
__label__cc	0.711756	0.288244	#islamic finance\|16 June, 2019 Saudi Zain inks $613mln Islamic credit facility The two-year facility could be extended for one year at Zain’s request Image used for illustrative purpose. By Staff Writer, Mubasher Riyadh – Mobile Telecommunication Company Saudi Arabia (Zain) has signed a new Islamic Murabaha facility valued at SAR 2.25 billion to refinance its existing $599.808 million (SAR 2.250 billion) commercial loan with better terms. The facility will be used to repay the existing facility with Commercial and Industrial Bank of China indicated in the company’s announcement on Tadawul website dated 16 August 2016, with better terms and reduced cost Islamic Murabaha facility. Zain said the step reflects the improvement in the company’s performances and the continuous trust and support of the core banking group participating in the transaction, according to a statement to the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) on Sunday. The facility creditors consist of a consortium including Al Rajhi Banking and Investment Corporation, Arab National Bank, Banque Saudi Fransi, First Abu Dhabi Bank (Saudi Branch), and Samba Financial Group. The two-year facility could be extended for one year at Zain’s request, according to the statement. The loan is fully secured by a corporate guarantee from Mobile Telecommunications Company (Zain group), the statement added. It is worth noting that the loan has no material financial impact on Zain’s financials. Source: Mubasher All Rights Reserved - Mubasher Info © 2005 - 2019 Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info). Disclaimer: The content of this article is syndicated or provided to this website from an external third party provider. We are not responsible for, and do not control, such external websites, entities, applications or media publishers. The body of the text is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis and has not been edited in any way. Neither we nor our affiliates guarantee the accuracy of or endorse the views or opinions expressed in this article. Read our full disclaimer policy here.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11134
__label__cc	0.64769	0.35231	A painful blow to the tablet market, Morgan Stanley slashes growth estimates It's not surprising. The signs have been there for a while — not least Apple's dismal iPad figures for the second quarter. By Zack Whittaker for Between the Lines \| May 12, 2014 -- 14:00 GMT (07:00 PDT) \| Topic: Tablets Image: CNET/CBS Interactive It's not quite a death sentence for the tablet market, but it's glory days may be over — if the latest research proves true. Apple, Samsung race to put fingerprint tech on tablets, despite market growth worries Aside from being rivals in the smartphone space, the two electronics giants are pushing hard to develop fingerprint technology to cater for their business users. Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty said in a research note on Sunday that the investment giant is lowing its tablet growth forecast by more than half — from 26 percent to 12 percent — for 2014. The reason? Mostly due to the "lack of new, differentiated products," she wrote. Although the slowdown in tablet growth might help the ailing PC market, its global PC market estimates remain unchanged, down by 5 percent this year and the year after. The iPad, back in 2010 when it was first released, didn't just spearhead the design of the slate-like device as we know today. It was the first modern-day tablet that single-handedly carved out the entire tablet market. But four years later, iPads missed Wall Street estimates for the second-quarter by a long shot. Apple was expected to sell 19.2 million iPads, down from 19.4 million on the year-ago quarter, according to average analyst estimates. But Apple pulled through with just 16.35 million iPads sold during the three-month period. iPhones helped to offset any revenue decline during the quarter thanks to shooting off the estimates scale. Apple chief executive Tim Cook explained on the follow-up investors call that it was more a blip than anything too drastic. He said that there were two factors for missing estimates. In the same quarter a year prior, Apple increased iPad channel inventory, whereas in this quarter it was reduced. And secondly, Apple ended the first quarter, its main holiday season, with a backlog of iPad mini, which was subsequently shipped during the second quarter just ended. Whether or not that's an accurate portrayal of Apple's own business, many are looking at Apple's iPad business as an indicator of the overall health of the tablet market. And it's not just Morgan Stanley saying it. Research firm IDC said earlier this month growth in tablet market is declining, with the iPad slowly slipping away from its prime position at the top of the market share table. According to its latest data, over the 12-month period the tablet market grew by 3.9 percent, down from previous expectations. IDC called the slowdown "challenging." Apple saw a 16.1 percent decline year-over-year for the first quarter, dropping from 19.5 million shipments to 16.4 million shipments. That represents a 32.5 percent of the overall share, down from 40.2 percent in the first-quarter of 2013. At this rate, Samsung could become the market leader in the tablet space — albeit with a larger range of devices than Apple — by the middle of next year. And that's even taking into account the slowdown of the tablet market. Mobility Hardware Smartphones Reviews More from Zack Whittaker Online security 101: Tips for protecting your privacy from hackers and spies US government's "do not buy" list shuts out Russia, China New Spectre attack can remotely steal secrets, researchers say Flaw let researchers snoop on Swann smart security cameras Best Amazon Prime Day 2019 deals: Business Bargain Hunter's top picks If you're going to get the most out of this shopping extravaganza, you might as well do it right. Samsung Galaxy Book2: An Arm chip that giveth, and taketh away Ive departs Apple, iPad OS, Chrome OS 75, and T-Mobile 5G (MobileTechRoundup show #473) Matt's back for the most part while Jony Ive leaves Apple. Huawei may be back in business and T-Mobile releases its first 5G phone. These and other topics are covered in the latest Mobile ... RHA T20 Wireless review: 12-hour battery with option for wired or wireless connectivity RHA Audio is well known for its high quality headsets and to give users their choice of connectivity, you can use the new T20 Wireless in either wired or wireless mode. The 12 hour battery ... ZAGG Messenger Folio for Apple iPad Mini 5 review: Affordable keyboard with Pencil holder I recently went back to using an iPad, the small iPad Mini 2019, but to improve my productivity I need a keyboard. ZAGG sent along its Messenger Folio and despite the small size I am still ... Tablet revenue increases in Brazil But the number of units sold saw a reduction in the first quarter of 2019, according to IDC. Connected cruising: Remote work options when you just can't stay away It's always best to disconnect and recharge while on a vacation but sometimes you need to get a bit of work done. There are connectivity options on all major cruise lines with today's ...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11135
__label__wiki	0.522383	0.522383	How not to be seen In a world where the spies have unparalleled access to our everyday lives, there are some simple ways to make them earn their pay By Rupert Goodwins \| February 27, 2004 -- 13:48 GMT (05:48 PST) \| Topic: Tech Industry It's never been easier to be a spy. Students of the spooky arts may think fondly of the first Elizabethan era, when fantastic figures like Sir Francis Walsingham ran rings of agents across Europe and decrypted messages hidden in barrels of beer, but back then it was diabolically easy to keep a secret. You picked your trusted confidant, walked out of earshot of anyone else and plotted away to your black heart's content. Then some blighter discovered electricity and everything changed. For a while, things weren't too bad. You could have a microphone in your suspect's office and run wires to your listening post, or you could try and hide a radio transmitter nearby -- but the combination of huge valves and crude transmitter technology made such exercises easy to detect. Along came the transistor, which shrank bugs to the size of a broad bean, and the spies were very happy. But not as happy as when integrated circuits arrived -- not only could you make surveillance equipment as small as you liked, you could build in masking techniques that rendered them very hard to detect. A basic bug needs but two transistors: with modern chips packing upwards of a billion on each sliver of silicon, the only limit to surveillance technology is the imagination of the spies and their ability to physically place the devices. Even those ideas are out of date. Looking around my desk, I can see five devices that have microphones built in and attached to complex electronic circuitry. Three of them also have radio transmitters -- a mobile phone, a cordless phone, and a Wi-Fi laptop -- while the desktop computer is linked to the Internet via a permanent broadband connection. Any of these could be compromised by the addition of a tiny amount of software and made to relay everything in earshot to anywhere in the world: I even take two of them with me wherever I go. And in fact, there's no need for MI5 to go to even that much bother: like most of us, nearly everything of interest that I do is reflected in some way by my phone calls, emails and online activities. It's here that most espionage takes place, in our day-to-day use of IT equipment. The spies do have the use of tons of special space hardware with codenames like Lacrosse and Crystal, taking pictures and listening to every radio transmission they can, but unless you're using a walkie-talkie in the Hindu Kush, there are much easier ways for what you say and do to reach the eyes and ears of those who care. If you've got something to hide, if you're paranoid or if you're just an old-fashioned stickler for privacy and the basic human right to go about your business unobserved by the unaccountable, there are various ways you can protect yourself and your conversations. For starters, don't rely on any commercial, closed system that may claim to be secure: there is a long and well-documented history of undocumented flaws and deliberate weaknesses in such things. Take the humble mobile phone. The digital encryption in GSM phones was made deliberately weak to give the spooks a chance. It is good enough to stop casual scanners, but the amount of computational grunt needed to crack it has become steadily more affordable at the same time as the techniques available have got more sophisticated. It's not yet at the point where a hacker with a laptop can listen in -- but give it a couple of years. And the security services have always been able to get at mobile-phone conversations through a variety of means. Make your communication tools as simple as possible. Even before my emails leave my computers, they've been through tens or hundreds of installed software components, none of which I fully understand, and spent time in a huge operating system whose details are a carefully guarded secret. If I were keen for this not to happen, I'd use a stripped-down Linux installation on as old a laptop as could run the basic software required. If I was really keen, I'd pick up an old portable device like a Tandy Model 100 or a Z88, something with unchangeable software in ROM that was written decades ago. I'd write a simple encryption program of my own that used random data I'd previously entered to code my messages -- you can do this in ten lines of BASIC -- and hand-deliver a copy of everything to my recipient. It's slow, painful and limited -- but it's spookproof. Unless they get even keener and put video bugs in my front room. In the end, the only safe way to keep a secret is to pick your pal carefully, walk out of earshot of anyone else and plot away. Just make sure you're not carrying anything more modern than Sir Francis might recognise, and you'll be fine -- remember American intelligence shamefacedly admitting that they didn't know much about what the Iraqis had been up to because "these people did most of their work under roofs". But if, like Kofi, you need to use the same telephones and email as the rest of us, assume they know everything -- and keep asking awkward questions. Political accountability is the final safeguard, as I very much hope is becoming painfully apparent to all. 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One in five US tech employees abuse pain relief drugs, reveals study There is nothing wrong with bonding over a beer or two after work, but when it becomes too much, it is important to spot the warning signs of substance abuse and addiction, according ... Western tech brands are recognized in China, but their products are rarely used Western tech companies have established themselves in the consciousness of the Chinese public. Their products, not so much! Samsung to prepare contingency plans for Korea-Japan trade scuffle Samsung leader JY Lee has told the company's semiconductor and display businesses to make contingency plans in the event that the trade dispute between South Korea and Japan continues ...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11136
__label__wiki	0.837188	0.837188	Intel slows the rate of major chip upgrades as Moore's Law falters Chip giant Intel has announced a fundamental change to how it manufactures new processors. By Nick Heath \| March 23, 2016 -- 13:03 GMT (06:03 PDT) \| Topic: Hardware A comparison of Intel's old and new approaches to chip manufacturing. Image: Intel For decades the processing power of computers grew steadily, thanks to the number of transistors being packed onto chips doubling roughly every two years. The trend, known as Moore's Law, has been wavering for some time and suffered another blow yesterday after processor giant Intel announced a fundamental change to how it makes computer chips. Intel is to abandon the 'tick-tock' approach to manufacturing chips it has used for several years, in a move seemingly prompted by the increasing difficulty of continuing to shrink transistors and circuits on a chip's surface. The 'tick-tock' model described the approach Intel took to making new chips. Roughly every other year Intel would upgrade its fabs to manufacture chips using smaller transistors and circuits, which in turn increased transistor density and therefore the performance and energy efficiency of these processors. This was known as a 'tick'. In the year between these ticks Intel would release chips with a new microarchitecture -- this was known as a 'tock'. In practice, this resulted in a cycle where Intel released a chip based on a new microarchitecture one year, followed by a new chip based on the same microarchitecture but manufactured using smaller and more densely-packed transistors. This approach will change, as Intel has announced it will slow the rate at which it shrinks transistors for its chips. Rather than using the 'tick-tock' manufacturing approach, Intel will move to what it calls 'process, architecture, optimization'. Intel has already informally adopted this approach with its current crop of processors based on a 14nm manufacturing process. The size 14nm relates to how closely transistors are packed together on the chip's surface. As Intel shrinks chip transistors, so this nm figure reduces in size. Intel had planned to release two 14nm chips -- Broadwell and Skylake -- and then release a 10nm chip in 2016 called Cannonlake. However, last year it announced it was delaying the release of the 10nm Cannonlake until 2017 and would instead release another 14nm chip in late 2016, known as Kaby Lake. Rather than being a shrink of Skylake or being based on a new microarchitecture, Kaby Lake is based on the same microarchitecture as Skylake but with performance enhancements and new features compared to its predecessor. Intel has indicated it will continue to follow this more drawn-out approach when releasing chips, at least for the near future, stipulating it will take a similar tack when releasing processors based on a 10nm manufacturing process. "We expect to lengthen the amount of time we will utilize our 14nm and our next-generation 10nm process technologies, further optimizing our products and process technologies while meeting the yearly market cadence for product introductions," the company says in its 10-K filing. It remains to be seen how attractive new Intel chips will be to consumers and businesses without the improvements that come from moving to a smaller manufacturing process or a new microarchitecture. How well Kaby Lake sells will likely depend on how significant the promised performance enhancements over Skylake are. The reasoning behind the manufacturing slowdown isn't identified in the filings but Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has previously discussed the difficulty of manufacturing chips at 10nm and below. "The lithography is continuing to get more difficult as you try and scale, and the number of multi-pattern steps you have to do is increasing," he said in a conference call last year. Chips manufactured at 10nm and below have a tendency to suffer from current leakage due to limitations of traditional photolithographic methods. While a manufacturing process called 'extreme ultraviolet lithography' is being explored by Intel, Samsung, and TSMC as a way of manufacturing chips at this size, it is not yet being used in production. Intel doesn't anticipate this manufacturing slowdown will see it fall behind competitors, given the lead it currently enjoys in its manufacturing process. "We have a market lead in transitioning to the next-generation process technology and bringing products to market using such technology," it says in its filing. Chipmaker TSMC is not expected to start making chips in significant numbers using a 7nm manufacturing process until 2017. One advantage to consumers and businesses of this manufacturing change could be that machines are easier to upgrade, thanks to new Intel CPUs not requiring a new motherboard socket as frequently as in the past. Read more about hardware Microsoft pushes back Windows 7 and 8 on Skylake support cut-off date from 2017 to 2018 No, your next MacBook's storage won't be 1,000x faster Intel reportedly planning augmented reality headset with RealSense 3D Microsoft, Cisco, Intel and others form open IoT standards group Innovation PCs Servers Storage Networking Data Centers More from Nick Heath Could chiplets help fuel the next leap in computer processing power? What are the best Raspberry Pi alternatives? Everything you need to know about Pi rivals	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11137
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__label__wiki	0.808039	0.808039	New Gear & Tech > SWAROVSKI OPTIK have released an updated version of their popular digiscoping adapter for iPhone 8 owners Conservation > Stars speak up for wildlife in new film trailer hitting cinemas this weekend Swifts are in need of our help as numbers halve in just 20 years The Wildlife Trusts condemn HS2 phase 2B draft environmental statement - impact on wild plants and animals will be devastating It could become legal to kill wild barnacle geese in the UK in the near future, if a proposal by Norway to the EU is adopted Major project to safeguard Orkney’s internationally important native wildlife wins National Lottery and LIFE support Kate Humble becomes new President of WWT In Your Garden > 30 Days Wild returns for a fabulous fifth year Proof that feeding garden birds has led to population increases in over 30 species since the 1970's Five of our favourite springtime wildlife sights and sounds Five essential things to look for when choosing a nest box for outside your home or garden Top tips to help your garden birds survive winter Nature Reserves > Start 2019 in style with a trip to one of these famous five nature reserves The annual ‘swanfall’ at WWT Slimbridge has started with a flurry of Bewick’s swans arriving for the winter Where can you watch owls in the UK? 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Shoresearch: new project launches to help count marine life on UK shores Survival & Awareness WOF 2019 Brown hare will be affected by HS2 plans. Image by Andrew Parkinson Today (Friday 21st December 2018) the public consultation into likely environmental impacts of the building and operating of Phase 2b of HS2 closes – it covers Crewe to Manchester and the West Midlands to Leeds. HS2 Ltd’s own figures for the latest phase of the Phase 2b route show it will have a devastating impact on important places for wild plants and animals. 12 highly protected areas for nature conservation known as Sites of Special Scientific Interest, 111 Local Wildlife Sites and 19 ancient woodlands will be seriously damaged. Katherine Hawkins, Senior Living Landscapes Officer at The Wildlife Trusts says: “HS2 Ltd’s work on this latest phase of the HS2 route is derisory in its assessment of the environmental impact. It is incomplete, there isn’t enough detail, there are significant omissions, it lacks sufficient proposals to compensate for nature’s loss, and to make matters even worse, there’s very little information about the impact on species. On the evidence, we have been given, this phase will result in an unacceptable level of damage to wildlife along the route.” Wild and precious landscapes including ancient woods and rare peat bogs are under threat from the latest phase of the high-speed rail link – wildlife such as barn owls, otters, skylarks and endangered water voles will lose their homes as 176 miles of track is constructed. Today The Wildlife Trusts challenge HS2 Ltd to create and restore more wild places than are being destroyed and damaged by the construction of the route, and to save irreplaceable habitats like wetlands, and ancient woodlands from destruction. Katherine Hawkins continues: “Due to the inadequate environmental statement, it’s hard to understand how HS2 Ltd will compensate for the damage that it will cause. Furthermore, it is unacceptable that HS2 Ltd has only committed to ‘no net loss’ for biodiversity. At this rate, there will be a huge loss of wild habitats and species along the entire route of this £56 billion project at a time when HS2 Ltd should be committing to creating a ‘net gain’ for nature. Wildlife is in serious trouble – more than half of the UK's species are in decline. The principle of net gain is recommended by Government planning policy guidance – this means that nature should be left in a better state following a development – and not in a worse condition, otherwise nature’s decline will never be reversed. “We’re urging HS2 to avoid destroying irreplaceable habitats – and we’re calling on them to take more action to help wildlife recover by creating and restoring wild places on a landscape scale. HS2 could do this by establishing a wide ribbon of wild countryside on either side of the line, with new natural places for people to enjoy and for wildlife to thrive in, alongside farming and other land uses. We want to see landscape-scale plans for nature’s recovery, and we’ve shown in our Greener Vision report how this could be achieved for much less than 1% of HS2’s original budget. By taking a more strategic approach to restoring the natural environment, HS2 Ltd could make a real contribution towards securing nature’s recovery.” You can see the examples of wild places under threat and concerns raised by individual Wildlife Trusts along the route of HS2 Phase 2b further below. The Wildlife Trusts’ Greener Vision for HS2 is here. Cheshire Wildlife Trust – more here HS2 Holcroft Moss. Designated as a SSSI, the highest level of UK protection for nature conservation, Holcroft Moss is a favoured breeding site of the beautiful yellowhammer; a Red List bird which is in decline; it’s home to a small population of common lizard, and plants like cranberry, cottongrass and six species of sphagnum moss. Cheshire Wildlife Trust are restoring the bog’s ability to hold water. The route will run very close to this rare lowland bog, plans for an embankment to carry the track will create a barrier for wildlife, severing the nature reserve from surrounding important peatland SSSIs/Local Wildlife Sites. These wild places support wintering birds, breeding birds, such as the yellow wagtail and skylark, common lizard, brown hare, water voles and 14 species of dragonfly. Cheshire Wildlife Trust wants to see a viaduct to stop this fragmentation and allow wildlife to move freely between habitats. 15 Local Wildlife Sites: Cheshire Wildlife Trust is also concerned about at least 15 Local Wildlife Sites and 13 areas identified as potential LWS, which could be affected by the route. What will become of the kingfishers flitting along the River Bollin, tawny owls calling in the woods near Northwich, hare in fields around Whatcroft and grass snakes which live in rushes north of Crewe? The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside – more here HS2 HS2 impact in Greater Manchester Great Manchester Wetlands Living Landscape. HS2 Ltd’s draft Environmental Statement ignores a vitally important landscape-scale nature conservation area. The proposed route through Wigan Borough severs the east from the west of the Great ManchesterWetlands Living Landscape; an essential network of wildlife corridors and stepping stones allowing wetland habitats to thrive and survive. This locally designated Nature Improvement Area is already split north from south by the M62 and the Liverpool to Manchester railway, HS2 will fragment it even further. HS2 will create a barrier isolating populations of willow tits, the UK’s most threatened resident bird. They are very vulnerable to loss and fragmentation of habitat, and numbers have declined by 94% since the 1970s. Large Heath butterflies and white-faced darter dragonflies are to be re-introduced, along with rare mossland plants such as lesser bladderwort and white-beaked sedge. Turbulence from high speed trains could affect reintroduced insect populations. Abram Flash SSSI. Route maps shows a 'satellite construction compound' next to Abram Flash SSSI. The Flash is a shallow expanse of water which supports waders, waterfowl and swans. The proposed compound lies on acid wet grassland important for breeding waders. The effects of turning it into a construction compound would last for several years and, if not restored properly, could be permanent Local Wildlife Site. The route destroys half of the ‘Ponds Near Lightshaw Lane’ Local Wildlife Site, a loss of 9 hectares and divides what remains in two. The site is of regional importance for dragonflies, damselflies, birds and amphibians. Derbyshire Wildlife Trust – more here HS2 and here HS2 26 Local Wildlife Sites will be directly affected with 13 likely to be lost entirely and another 7 with between 10 and 50% loss. The area that will be lost is around 50ha. Key habitats lost include ancient semi-natural woodland, secondary woodland, ponds, reedbed, neutral grassland, open mosaic habitats and hedgerows. Carr Vale Flash nature reserve will be affected, it is one of the most important bird reserves in Derbyshire, with regular sightings of rarities. Around 150 different bird species are recorded on the reserve each year. This wetland site also provides crucial habitat for grass snakes and a number of dragonflies, including county rarities such as red-veined darter and common hawker. The reserve is within the 1km corridor that will be created around the line during construction and so could be temporarily affected while it is being built Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust – more here HS2 Erewash Valley. Habitats including rare floodplain grassland in the Erewash Valley. Rare and flower-rich limestone grassland on the western edge of the county could be lost or severely damaged. Toton. Potential loss of 91% of the Toton Local Wildlife Site as well as loss of 4 hectares of grassland at the Hucknall Airfield Local Wildlife Site - a site already seriously damaged by past housing development. Protected species such as bats, barn owls, great crested newts, water voles and otters will also be affected. Bats and barn owls. Construction of the route would have a regionally significant impact on the East Midlands' bat population and deaths of barn owls due to collision with trains could affect the conservation status of the species, which has only in recent decades been brought back from the brink of extinction in Nottinghamshire. Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust - more here HS2 Local Wildlife Sites. The new line is likely to impact six important Local Wildlife Sites. Nor Wood and Locks - Local Wildlife Site and Ancient Woodland – including the nationally scarce large-leaved lime and true fox-sedge. Nickerwoods and Ponds Local Wildlife Site and Ancient Woodland. King’s Pond Plantation Local Wildlife Site – a mixed woodland and large pond. Firsby Reservoir Local Wildlife Site and Local Nature Reserve – noted for birds, including gadwall and willow tit. Hooton Cliff Local Wildlife Site and Ancient Woodland –nationally scarce Large-leaved Lime. Foers Wood Local Wildlife Site wet woodland noted for its bat species. The Trust is concerned about the potential impact on species in the area, notably bats and a potential negative impact on people’s access to nature and their local landscapes. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust - more here HS2 Water Haigh Woodland Park. 70 % of this nature reserve will be lost to the train route. With inter-connected pockets of broadleaved woodland, pasture, hedgerow and wetland this wildlife haven on the outskirts of Leeds is home to a diverse population of flora and fauna. The former spoil heap is now wildflower meadow; otters enjoy the wetland, spring brings the skylark’s song, and birds such as Long-tailed, Great and Blue tits thrive. Common Buzzards, Red kites, Cormorants and Grey Herons can be seen flying over. A nearby country park reserve at Rothwell Country Park will also be affected. Willow tits are the UK’s most threatened resident bird with a 94% decline since the 1970s. The species has a stronghold in the Dearne Valley which is the focus of a major conservation project led by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and RSPB. The proposed route will result in significant loss of habitat including fragmentation of known territories. It’s highly likely to lead to the extinction of this population and further decline of the species having significant national and potential international impacts. The Dearne Valley Wetlands, within the Valley are under consideration for designation as a SSSI. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is objecting to the loss of habitat along the River Dearne and of the loss of habitat at Howell Wood and Barnburgh Cliff Local Wildlife Sites. HS2 will have direct impacts on 9 of Yorkshire’s Living Landscape (LL) schemes; schemes though loss of habitat and fragmentation; along with further indirect effects as a result of construction and ongoing disturbance. It will also adversely impact a number of Nature Improvement Areas (NIA) and local Wildlife Habitat Networks. The route is highly likely to create irreparable damage to landscape both in Yorkshire and nationwide by fragmenting these networks. Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust River Mease SAC/SSSI is likely to be directly affected by the proposed route. This lowland clay river supports nationally significant populations of Spined Loach and Bullhead, two internationally notable species of native freshwater fish with a restricted distribution in England. Lount Meadows SSSI is likely to be directly affected by the line. This valuable cluster of sites includes some of the best examples of slightly acid neutral grassland in Leicestershire, with species such as the rare Adder's-tongue Fern present. Another 4 SSSI’s and 5 Ancient Woodlands, including the Trust’s Cloud Wood, are likely to be indirectly affected. Over 220 species of ferns and flowering plants have been recorded in Cloud Wood including rarities like herb Paris, violet helleborine, greater butterfly, and bee orchid and broad-leaved helleborine. In the spring the woodland floor is carpeted with wood anemones, bluebells, and primroses. 18 Local Wildlife Sites are likely to be directly affected by the proposed line along with no fewer than 78 Local Wildlife Sites likely to be indirectly affected. Next article: Endangered beetle hides out at WWT Welney Next article: BTO ask British public to participate in a national study of Tawny Owls and their calling behaviour this autumn and winter Next article: Eels are being microchipped to track movements of a species on the brink © 2019 Wildlife24/7 - All Rights Reserved. Made and published with  by ActivelyOutdoors Ltd Privacy Policy / Terms & Conditions / Contact & Brand Promotions	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11140
__label__wiki	0.81635	0.81635	WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION LEGO Juris A/S v. lolimoe Case No. D2011-2044 1. The Parties Complainant is LEGO Juris A/S, Billund, Denmark, represented by Melbourne IT Digital Brand Services AB, Stockholm, Sweden. Respondent is lolimoe, Foshan, China. 2. The Domain Name and Registrar The disputed domain name <ourlego.com> is registered with FastDomain, Inc. 3. Procedural History The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the “Center”) on November 18, 2011. On November 18, 2011, the Center transmitted by email to FastDomain, Inc a request for registrar verification in connection with the disputed domain name. On November 19, 2011, FastDomain, Inc. transmitted by email to the Center a partial verification response, and on November 23, 2011, a further verification response, confirming that Respondent is listed as the registrant and providing Respondent’s contact details. The Center verified that the Complaint satisfied the formal requirements of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the “Policy” or “UDRP”), the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the “Rules”), and the WIPO Supplemental Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the “Supplemental Rules”). In accordance with the Rules, paragraphs 2(a) and 4(a), the Center formally notified Respondent of the Complaint, and the proceedings commenced on November 24, 2011. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5(a), the due date for Response was December 14, 2011. Respondent did not submit any response. Accordingly, the Center notified Respondent’s default on December 23, 2011. On January 6, 2012, the Center reminded the registrar of its obligation under Paragraph 3.7.5.7 of the ICANN Expired Domain Deletion Policy to retain control of the domain name pending the outcome of the UDRP proceeding notwithstanding the domain name’s scheduled February 21, 2012 expiration date. The Registrar responded, on January 11, 2012, confirming its obligation and reporting that the registration had been extended out by one year. The Center appointed Seth M. Reiss as the sole panelist in this matter on January 27, 2012. The Panel finds that it was properly constituted. The Panel has submitted the Statement of Acceptance and Declaration of Impartiality and Independence, as required by the Center to ensure compliance with the Rules, paragraph 7. 4. Factual Background Complainant is LEGO Juris A/S, a limited company incorporated in Denmark with its principal place of business in Billund, Denmark. Complainant claims ownership of the LEGO mark in respect to construction toys and other LEGO branded products. According to Complainant, it first used the LEGO mark in the United States in 1953. Over the years sales of LEGO branded toys have grown remarkably to more than US $2.8 billion in 2009. Complainant has subsidiaries and branches throughout the world and LEGO branded products are sold in more than 130 countries, including in China. Complainant’s LEGO branded products have been sold in China for 15 years and Complainant opened its flagship store in China in September 2007. Complainant has had registrations for its LEGO mark for toys and related products in the United States, since 1975, throughout the European Community since 1996, and in China since 2006. Complainant is also the owner of more than 1000 domain names containing the term LEGO. The LEGO brand was ranked as number eight worldwide among the most famous brands according to the Superbrands UK top 500 Superbrands survey for the years 2009-2010. Respondent is an individual or company going by the name of Iolimoe and having an address in Forshan, China. Respondent registered the disputed name <ourlego.com> on February 21, 2011, for a period of one year. On March 31, 2011, Complainant wrote Respondent a cease and desist letter offering to reimburse Respondent its expenses in exchange for the transfer of the disputed domain name. Respondent responded, on April 4, 2011stating it did not understand English and requesting details regarding the reimbursement on offer. Complainant replied, with a Chinese translation, and also sent a reminder letter on May 13, 2011, but received no further correspondence from Respondent. Appended to the complaint are print outs taken on November 17, 2011 of a Chinese language website pointed to by the <ourlego.com> domain name that exhibits the LEGO mark in a non-authorized logotype, and that contains images of LEGO construction toy figures in the background. The pointed to website, “www.ourlego.com”, contained links to English language sites that offer LEGO products as well as other products, including high end brand watches with descriptions such as “replica watches”, suggesting the products might not be authentic. The disputed domain name continued to point to the same Chinese language website when checked by the Center following the filing of the complaint in this case. By the time this Panel was appointed, the disputed domain name pointed instead to a promotional page for Bluehost, a hosting company affiliated with the FastDomain registrar. 5. Parties’ Contentions A. Complainant Complainant contends that it is the owner of the well known and famous trademark LEGO, that Respondent’s <ourlego.com> domain name is confusingly similar to Complainant’s registered LEGO trademark, and that the prefix “our” and suffix “.com” does not detract from the overall impression or serve to distinguish the domain name from Complainant’s famous LEGO mark. Complainant further contends that Respondent has never been given permission to use Complainant’s LEGO mark in the disputed domain name or otherwise, Respondent is not an authorized licensee of Complainant and there is no other basis by which Respondent might establish some right or legitimate interest in respect of the domain name. Finally, Complainant submits that Respondent is using the disputed domain name in bad faith in that Respondent could not have been unaware of Complainant and its LEGO mark when Respondent registered the <ourlego.com> domain name, and because Respondent was using the disputed domain name to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to Respondent’s website by creating a likelihood of confusion with Complainant’s LEGO mark. By way of remedy, Complainant requests that the disputed domain name be transferred to it. B. Respondent Respondent did not reply to Complainant’s contentions. 6. Discussion and Findings Paragraph 15(a) of the Rules instructs the Panel as to the principles the Panel is to use in determining the dispute: “A Panel shall decide a complaint on the basis of the statements and documents submitted in accordance with the Policy, these Rules and any rules and principles of law that it deems applicable.” Paragraph 4(a) of the Policy directs that the complainant must prove each of the following: 1) the domain name registered by the respondent is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the complainant has rights; and 2) the respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the domain name; and, 3) the domain name has been registered and is being used in bad faith. A. Identical or Confusingly Similar Complainant has provided more than sufficient evidence demonstrating that it holds valuable rights in the LEGO mark and brand. Registrations generally satisfy the requirement of establishing that a complainant has rights in the registered mark, WIPO Overview of WIPO Panel Views on Selected UDRP Questions, Section 21.1, and Complainant has numerous registrations dating back to 1975. In addition, the fame of the LEGO trademark has been commented upon by several previous panels. LEGO Juris A/S v. Rampe Purda, WIPO Case No. D2010-0840; LEGO Juris A/S v. Domain Administrator, WIPO Case No. D2010-1260; LEGO Juris A/S v. Reginald Hastings Jr , WIPO Case No. D2009-0680. The addition of a generic or descriptive term to a trademark is normally insufficient in itself to avoid a finding of confusion. WIPO Overview of WIPO Panel Views on Selected UDRP Questions, Section 1.9. In the context of a famous mark, it is well established that the addition of generic or descriptive terms fail to distinguish the resulting domain name from the mark or dispel the resulting confusion. Sony Kabushiki Kaisha (also trading as Sony Corporation) v. Kil Inja, WIPO Case No. D2000-1409. Panels have long held that the addition of the gTLD suffix is irrelevant in an examination of confusing similarity. Credit Management Solutions, Inc. v. Collex Resource Management, WIPO Case No. D2000-0029. That the LEGO mark is fanciful and highly distinctive renders it even less likely that the addition of words to the term “lego” in the context of a domain name could lessen the likelihood of confusion between the domain name and Complainant’s mark. The Panel finds that the domain name at issue is confusingly similar to the LEGO mark in regard to which Complainant has rights, and that the first element of Paragraph 4(a) of the Policy has been established. B. Rights or Legitimate Interests The consensus view of WIPO panelists concerning the burden of establishing no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the domain name is as follows: While the overall burden of proof rests with the complainant, panels have recognized that this could result in the often impossible task of proving a negative, requiring information that is often primarily within the knowledge of the respondent. Therefore a complainant is required to make out an initial prima facie case that the respondent lacks rights or legitimate interests. Once such prima facie case is made, respondent carries the burden of demonstrating rights or legitimate interests in the domain name. If the respondent fails to do so, a complainant is deemed to have satisfied paragraph 4(a)(ii) of the UDRP. WIPO Overview of WIPO Panel Views on Selected UDRP Questions, Section 2.1. In the present case, Complainant has alleged that Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the domain name at issue. Respondent is not an authorized dealer of Complainant’s products, has never had a business relationship with Complainant, and is not otherwise authorized by Complainant to use Complainant’s LEGO mark. This establishes a prima facie case and shifts the burden to Respondent to demonstrate rights or legitimate interests in the domain name. Sony Kabushiki Kaisha v. Sony.net, WIPO Case No. D2000-1074. By not submitting a response, Respondent has failed to invoke some circumstance that might demonstrate, pursuant to paragraph 4(c) of the Policy, that Respondent holds some right or legitimate interest in the disputed domain name. Ahead Software AG v. Leduc Jean, WIPO Case No. D2004-0323. Respondent was clearly aware of Complainant and its LEGO mark at the time Respondent registered the <ourlego.com> domain name. This is demonstrated by Respondent’s imitation of the LEGO logotype and use of LEGO product images on the “www.ourlego.com” Chinese language website pointed to by the <ourlego.com> domain name. Being aware of Complainant and its famous LEGO mark at the time the disputed domain name was registered renders it that much more unlikely that Respondent would be able to demonstrate some right or legitimate interest in respect of the disputed domain name. Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, Maison Fondée en 1772 v. The Polygenix Group Co., WIPO Case No. D2000-0163; Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft v. New York TV Tickets Inc., WIPO Case No. D2001-1314. The Panel finds that respondent has no right or legitimate interest in respect of the disputed domain name and that the second element of the Policy has been established. C. Registered and Used in Bad Faith Paragraph 4(b)(iv) of the Policy is plainly implicated by the facts of this case. As explained above, Complainant’s mark is very well known internationally. Also as explained above, that Respondent was aware of Complainant and its LEGO mark when it registered the disputed domain name is established by Respondent’s use of a simulated LEGO logotype and LEGO toy figures on its “www.ourlego.com” website homepage. These circumstances demonstrate that Respondent undoubtedly registered the domain name at issue to profit from the recognition value of Complainant’s LEGO mark. Moreover, where a domain name “is so obviously connected with such a well-known product[,] its very use by someone with no connection with the product suggests opportunistic bad faith”. Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, Maison Fondée en 1772 v. The Polygenix Group Co., supra. Respondent’s “www.ourlego.com” website contained prominent links that took the Internet user to websites offering for sale and selling non LEGO products. This demonstrates a clear intention on the part of Respondent to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to its website by creating a likelihood of confusion with Complainant and its LEGO mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation or endorsement of Respondent’s website and/or the products being offered on or through the website. Such conduct establishes both bad faith registration and bad faith use for purposes of the third element, Paragraph 4(a)(iii), of the Policy. Philip Morris Incorporated v. Alex Tsypkin, WIPO Case No. D2002-0946. The same conclusion was reached on similar facts in LEGO Juris A/S v. Song Jiapeng, WIPO Case No. D2011-0788 (<LEGO593.com>). Insofar as the Panel is satisfied that the domain name <ourlego.com> was registered and is being used by Respondent in bad faith, the third and final element of Paragraph 4(a) of the Policy has been established. 7. Decision For the foregoing reasons, in accordance with paragraphs 4(i) of the Policy and 15 of the Rules, the Panel orders that the domain name <ourlego.com> be transferred to Complainant. Seth M. Reiss Sole Panelist Dated: February 7, 2012	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11142
__label__wiki	0.509434	0.509434	Homeless valedictorian earns $3 million in scholarships, awarded free college housing and meal plan by: Rebecca Butcher Newsfeed Now / 5 hours ago Newsfeed Now for July 12: Tracking Barry; Acosta resigns Newsfeed Now / 4 days ago Newsfeed Now for July 11: Tracking Barry; Weddings on a dime Newsfeed Now: Teen injured after Firework explosion; World Cup excitement Newsfeed Now / 2 weeks ago Newsfeed Now for July 2, 2019: Flesh-eating bacteria warning in Florida; Tom Hanks helps 3rd graders Newsfeed Now for June 27, 2019 Newsfeed Now for June 18: Professor’s controversial Facebook post, MS cattle rustling LeMoyne-Owen professor in hot water over social media post Cattle thefts caught on camera in Mississippi More Newsfeed Now MEMPHIS, Tenn. (localmemphis.com) – A Memphis teen is in the national spotlight after earning $3 million in scholarships and becoming valedictorian of Raleigh-Egypt High School, all while facing homelessness “It’s just mind-blowing to me,” said Tupac Shakur Moseley Wednesday at an early birthday celebration at his high school. In those few words the recent graduate, who achieved a 4.3 GPA, tried to describe the whirlwind of attention he’s getting. “We’re just so thrilled that he chose TSU and he’s the epitome of what young men should be,” said Tennessee State University President Dr. Glenda Glover. Dr. Glover traveled to Memphis personally to take Moseley back to Nashville in the summer. There, Glover says she will make sure Moseley will be given free housing and free meal plan. “It’s only HBCU’s that I believe would do something of this caliber to actually for the president herself to drive down to one of the schools to actually assist that student personally,” said Moseley. The road to graduation wasn’t an easy one. After the recent death of his father, Moseley suffered financial struggles and faced homelessness. However, with a strong support system he persevered. “Your location is not a limitation,” said Moseley, his own quote he read from a t-shirt. “It’s extremely important and I would say vital to a student’s success and future when they know they have that teacher in their corner through anything they face in life.” At TSU, the soon-to-be freshman plans to major in electrical engineering, a passion he’s had since he was a kid. “I love the smile I’d see after helping them out,” said Moseley. “So I knew that should be my career, that’s my true passion in life.” Moseley plans to return to Memphis to inspire students back at home. On Newsfeed Now for July 10th, the conversation began in the Gulf. As of Friday at 11 a.m., Tropical Storm Barry continues to gain strength in the Gulf of Mexico. KLFY Meteorologist Chris Cozart shows the latest track. Nashville 2019 / 9 mins ago	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11144
__label__wiki	0.532032	0.532032	Deputies: Man going nearly 100 mph in 50 mph zone Man arrested in Franklin County Updated: 4:04 AM EDT Aug 10, 2018 Franklin County Sheriff's Office SOURCE: Franklin County Sheriff's Office Franklin County sheriff's deputies arrested a man after they said a deputy clocked him going 98 mph in a 50-mph zone.It happened Wednesday night in Salem Township.Investigators said Dakota Deschenaux, 24, tried to turn into a driveway and ended up skidding into some trees.He was arrested on a charge of driving to endanger. SALEM TOWNSHIP, Maine — Franklin County sheriff's deputies arrested a man after they said a deputy clocked him going 98 mph in a 50-mph zone. It happened Wednesday night in Salem Township. Investigators said Dakota Deschenaux, 24, tried to turn into a driveway and ended up skidding into some trees. He was arrested on a charge of driving to endanger.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11145
__label__wiki	0.559096	0.559096	On May 25, 2019 Elaine V. Snyder (nee Bartos) beloved wife of the late Donald J. Snyder; devoted mother of Donna Connors and Ronald Snyder and his wife Alicia; cherished grandmother of Teresa Klier, Dina Rachuba and Caitlin Snyder. Also survived by 8 great-grandchildren. A funeral service will be held at the Connelly Funeral Home of Essex, 300 Mace Avenue on Friday at 1:00 pm. Visiting hours will be held on Thursday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm. Interment at St. Stanislaus... Colt helped our family during the most difficult days. Not only was the service beautiful for our Mo...ther. He was there from the beginning to the end. He is caring, genuine and truly a wonderful person. Thank you for all your care, love & respect during this very difficult time. Connelly funeral home of Dundalk is a class act. Thank you again for all your kindness & care. See More Bolton: Wilbur Ray Simmons, 86 of Bolton died Thursday April 18, 2019 at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice Center in Whiteville, N.C. He was the son of the late John Henry Simmons and Lizzie Wilkins Simmons . and was preceded in death by his wife, Janie McKeithan Simmons, Son, John Samuel Simmons and a Brother, Dawson Simmons. He worked with Federal Paper as a Heavy Equiptment Operator for over 30 years. Survivors include his daughters, Jeannie Carter of Wilmington, N.C. and... As a dedicated funeral establishment our responsibility is to the families we serve. We provide the most elaborate funeral service to the simplest graveside ceremony, the most unusual memorial service, to the most basic direct cremation. Since no two people are alike, neither should their funeral ceremony be alike. We are prepared to assist families from every walk of life to create a unique ceremony that reflects a life well-lived. Popular varying forms of Mckenzie (#156 VIA LATEST LIST) ranked in the Top 2000 are Kenzie (#334), Mackenzie (#85), Makenzie (#244) and Mckenna (#251). Other variants, like Mackenzey, are seldom used. These forms of Mckenzie were popular 2 decades ago (ADOPTION OF 0.9%) and are somewhat less widespread today (ADOPTION 0.6%, DOWN 32%). Kenzie, Mckenna and Mckenzie are three of the more trendy names for newborns in this list. Bolton: Wilbur Ray Simmons, 86 of Bolton died Thursday April 18, 2019 at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice Center in Whiteville, N.C. He was the son of the late John Henry Simmons and Lizzie Wilkins Simmons . and was preceded in death by his wife, Janie McKeithan Simmons, Son, John Samuel Simmons and a Brother, Dawson Simmons. He worked with Federal Paper as a Heavy Equiptment Operator for over 30 years. Survivors include his daughters, Jeannie Carter of Wilmington, N.C. and... Contact them today using the info provided above. The florists near Connelly Funeral Home-Dundalk include a wonderful and diverse number of wreaths, arrangements, and baskets to help share your compassion for the family. If you are considering sending sympathy flowers to a family who may have a loved one here}, you can send out funeral bouquets to Connelly Funeral Home-Dundalk nowadays. Pearl and Andrew were married on August 21, 1971 and celebra...ted 47 years together. Their home was blessed with: three children, Retha Mae (Charles) Bess, Mary Jane McConnell, and Andrew Charlie (Doris) Barrineau; and eight grandchildren, Brandon Pope, Darius Bess, Cheyenne Bess, Sam Pope, Destiny McConnell, Annabelle Barrineau, Karley Barrineau, and Hunter Taylor. For anyone who is interested in preplanning your funeral, you can be sure your legacy will be sheltered and that you may have peace of mind. This location has proudly served the area with exceptional care for years and definitely will help guide your loved ones through burial etiquette, individualize your tribute, funeral costs, directions to cemeteries, guestbook, online obituary creation, and telling your life story. On May 24, 2019 Don B. Brady devoted husband of the late Brenda Brady (nee Burton) for 50 yrs; beloved father of Todd Brady, Steve Brady and his wife Jamie, Kelly Picou and her husband Shawn, and the late Shane Brady; cherished son of Beulah and the late Vernon Deaver; dear brother of Danny Deaver, Vernon Deaver, Jr., Tonya Marceaux and the late Bob Brady; loving grandfather of Nicholas, Colton, Brittany, Carina, Victoria, Noah, Skyla, Jadyn, Caden, Athan, Alec, Ian, Avery and the late...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11150
__label__wiki	0.550009	0.550009	University of Zurich Zoological Museum Museum, general information Review: Special exhibition «Insects - essential to life!» 11 December 2018 - 30 June 2019 Tierparcours (in German) Animal trail - a beastly cool quiz Tuesday - Sunday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday closed. Guided tours can also be booked outside of the opening hours! UZH Links Museums and Collections at the University of Zurich Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies Calendar (in German) Film (in German) 17.7.2019, 11:00: «Saurier - Vielfalt, Angepasstheit, Evolution», Film im Zoologischen Museum Sunday Guided Tours (in German) 21.7.2019, 11:30: «Rückwärtssalto: Wie Wirbeltiere an Land gingen und wieder zurück ins Meer», Führung im Zoologischen Museum (nur für Erwachsene) 28.7.2019, 11:30: «Neozoen - Neue Tierarten erobern die Schweiz», Führung im Zoologischen Museum Family Workshops (in German) 21.7.2019, 14:00: «Reise um die Welt» – Interaktive Einführung zum Thema «Äthiopis», Familienworkshop im Zoologischen Museum Museum, general information Schools (in German) Guided Tours and Events Successfully reaching into its third century The Zoological Museum, established at the same time as the university in 1833, has a rich history and award-winning architecture. A team of about 30 employees ensures that the museum, with its approximately 140,000 visitors per year, is one of the most frequently visited museums in the city of Zurich. Home Sitemap © Zoological Museum of the University of Zurich 10 Dec 2018 Data Protection Statement	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11152
__label__wiki	0.563434	0.563434	Aitken’s Australia in the Round The Glenbrook Experience Jim Aitken’s vision Creating a masterpiece Popular around the world A lifetime of service Glenbrook & Blue Mountains The Jamison Valley The Three Sisters Mitchell Falls Mt Warning The Gold Coast Inhabitants on display Uluru/Ayers Rock is one of Australia’s most recognisable natural icons. The world-renowned sandstone formation stands 348 metres high and 863 metres above sea level (with most of its bulk BELOW the ground) and measures 9.4 kilometres in circumference. Kata Tjuta, also called Mount Olga or The Olgas, is another rock formation about 25 kilometres west of Uluru. Both Uluru and Kata Tjuta have great cultural significance for the Anangu traditional landholders, who conduct walking tours to inform visitors about the local flora and fauna, bush foods and the Aboriginal dreamtime stories of the area. Uluru is notable for appearing to change colour as the different light strikes it at different times of the day and year, with sunset the most popular time of day as The Rock takes on a red glow. Rainfall is uncommon in this semi-arid area but, during wet periods, The Rock acquires a silvery-grey colour – with streaks of black algae forming on the areas that serve as channels for water flow. Ulura and Kata Tjuta are the two major features of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. Uluru is sacred to the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara – the Aboriginal people of the area. Uluru is listed as a World Heritage Site and has many springs, waterholes, rock caves and ancient paintings. Special viewing areas with road access and parking have been constructed to give tourists the best views of both sites at dawn and dusk. GALLERY LOCATION 5 Wascoe Street, Glenbrook, NSW 2773 Australia Opening hours 9am - 5pm, 7 days a week Contact us Phone: +61 2 4739 3833 Fax: +61 2 4739 0688 E-mail: jim@aitkenspanorama.com.au © Aitken's Australia in the Round + Designed by iMedia Corp	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11163
__label__wiki	0.546185	0.546185	Devotional Services, Projects, Uplifting the Needy There are approximately 3.7 crore individuals who are visually challenged across the globe. About 1.5 of them are in India which include students at large. Although they are challenged, students are persistent in order to secure education. Sadguru Shree Aniruddha, thus, undertook the initiative of ‘Aniruddha’s Bank For The Blind’ to provide firm support to their efforts. To his Shraddhavan friends, Sadguru Shree Aniruddha has often said, “We are inadvertently indebted to the society we live in and it cannot be disclaimed. It is only therefore, by lending a helping hand to the needy that, we can repay the debt and perform selfless service for God’s children. The project is an undertaking of a collaboration between ‘Shree Aniruddha Upasana Foundation’ and ‘Aniruddha Samarpan Pathak’. The academic textbooks are recorded in an audio form and distributed to such students through the project. Shree Aniruddha Upasana Foundation has always been empowering such sections of the society, that require support. Avghachi Sansaar Sukhacha Karin \| Anande Bharin Teeni Loke \|\| (I shall fill this world with happiness and abound with joy, all that be) By making the verse his resolve, Sadguru Shree Aniruddha has brightened the lives of the visually challenged. The Sadguru does not require to perform any magic, but in fact, transforms the darkness into light. The Aniruddha’s Bank For The Blind is an representable instance of it. Through the project, the students receive aid for their study courses. The Seva is offered through the organisation located in Mumbai, India. The Scope Of Work: Over the last 10 years, the Bank has expanded its connectivity across 26 states in India. The neighbouring country of Pakistan is also a beneficiary of the project. The Bank records the study material in 12 languages, which include Marathi, Hindi, English, Gujarati, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali, Telugu and Sanskrit. Up until April 1, 2018 a total of 17,419 CDs had been distributed. Moreover, 461 institutions as also 348 students have individually availed from the bank. The Shraddhavans, who perform the Seva with devotion spare their valuable time for it. They are always prepared to participate in it as it is an initiative of Sadguru Shree Aniruddha. It is for this reason that Shraddhavans from across the country participate. Such Shraddhavans, who are adept at their mother tongue, record the audio books for the visually challenged students. The recordings are then diligently checked. It ensures the quality of the books being recorded in the form of audio CDs, is standardised and also maintains the quality of the audio. The volunteers are directed on how to record and which tone is to be maintained while doing so. The requisite syllabus is recorded only after the institution receives a written application with a demand for its CDs. A permission to reproduce the book’s content also needs to be secured from its publisher(s). Only then are the CDs distributed to the beneficiaries. Beneficiaries of the Bank The list of the beneficiaries who avail from the Bank are as follows- Universities (covers syllabus up till graduation) Occupational training – Motor Reminding, Massage, Physiotherapy, etc. Government Civil Service Exams Aniruddha’s Bank For The Blind — 503, Link Apartment, 35th Lane, Old Khar, Khar Road ( West ), Mumbai – 400052. Telephone: 022-2605 4474 / 2605 7054 / 2605 7056 Email : aniruddhazbfb1@gmail.com Tirthkshetra Shree Harigurugram Shree Kshetra Sadguru Nivas – Gurukul, Juinagar Govidyapitham Shree Sadguru Punya Kshetram Sai Niwas Shree Vardhaman Vratadhiraj Hanuman Pournima Distribution of clothes at Nandurbar	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11170
__label__cc	0.587463	0.412537	العربية Arabic ar Fields of Experience Org. Chart Albarak Group BISCAT ABICON ABIAC ABIS ALasmakh ABIS Services Plant Services Manpower Supply Projects Summary Major Recent Facilities & Workshops There Is No Asset Better Than Loyal Employees Education Details : Years Of Experience : “There Is No Asset Better Than Loyal Employees” We take this proud moment to Honor Mr.Mohammad Yaqoob ABE-514 for extending his sincere, dedicated long employment service of 17 years with ABIS group of companies . We honor Mr. Mohammad Yaqoob for the part that he has played in our success growth, maintaining our performance standards and commitment to excellence that made ABIS competent enough in the current market. We do believe that “there is no asset better than loyal employees” we also know that “achievement and success aren’t by accident”. Breakthroughs come after spending what seem like hours and years of hard work and contributing efforts with full willingness. We hope and wish him a great life ahead, the company will always be thankful to him for the efforts and time which he has put here to let us grow . ABIS values good people like him–we genuinely care about him and appreciate his contributions. Download Employee Referral Form Download About SMP Project August 21, 2017 /by Rehan Asad The Annual Iftar Ceremony For Al Barrak Group 2016/1437 AlBarrak Group of companies led by ABIS has thrown the annual ceremony which has been usually hosted at the holy month of Ramadan, so that the management meets with the employees, share Iftar table with them and honor outstanding and hardworking employees. The ceremony began with the recitation of the holy Quran by : Ibraheem AlReshidan, Followed by the Group CEO Mr.Abdullah bin AbdulWahab Al-Barrak directive word which brought many important messages. After welcoming the audience and congratulates them about the presence of the holy month, He noted the importance of cooperation, solidarity and correlation among all the companies within Al-Barrak Group, he motivated the employees and stimulated them to continue their hardworking and offering more in the future. Then the group CFO Mr.Farid Abu Alshaikh has spoken, he talked about the future status of the company where there will be a restructuring and merging for some subordinate companies, Finding more economic solutions, Searching for outstanding creative ideas, Hierarchy Fixing for cash flows, Focusing on the productive departments and make a new strategic alliances on different projects. After that the Finance manager Mr.Sami Almurcy talked about the challenges that faced the company, and the extra effort that was exerted with the help of all departments to overcome these challenges and difficulties. Followed by the word of the HR & Admin Manager Mr. Barjas Abdulaziz Al Nasser, which introduces the vision and the strategy of the company that have been developed to be accomplished by 2017. Which is as Follows: Creating a typical work environment that is suitable for the employee in terms of providing the following: Open and provide more communication channels between the departments and the employees and among deferent departments. Distribution of tasks and authorities appropriately for both managers and employees. Clarify the objectives and the required actions from each section and introducing a specific time frame that is suitable for implementation. Engage the employee in this developments by receiving any suggestions on the below e-mail suggestions@abis.com.sa Improve the mechanism of the employee annual performance evaluation. Informing the employee about all the news and developments in the company regarding its decisions and regulations. Development of resources and human elements: As the company is in the process of creating a training center that offers staff training and development for its employees. Improve and develop the services provided for the employee, Improve the currently used system for better utilize of the services within shorter time. Improve the work mechanism for many departments and facilitate procedures. After that, an introductory film displayed which was about the company and the inauguration of the new website. Then there was honoring for the employees who have completed five years in the company, distinguishing employees, the best company among AlBarrak group and the best department. ABIS has got the prize for the best company among AlBarrak group. The human resources and administration department of ABIS as the best services department, and the plant services department of ABIS as the best operational department. Mr. Ahmed Al-shazly (Sr. site administrator) for the plant services and Mr. Furqan Khan the plant services (acting manager) have awarded for the best ABIS employees (shared). And the Sr. operation manager Mr.Gassan Fakhruldden and human recourses & admin in-charge Ms.Hanouf Alqahtani have awarded for the best BISCAT employees (shared). And the operation manager Eng. Ahmad alghareeb has awarded for the best ABICON employee. At the end of the ceremony, there was a competition and a prizes draw for the audience. In conclusion, ABIS management represented by CEO wish for further successes for their employees and would like to thank all the attendance. Hoping from Allah to accept from all their well doing in this holy month and gather us in the next year ceremony. June 30, 2016 /by pixelweb Integrated Company for Industrial Gases (IIG) is involved in the manufacturing and steel exhibition in the city of Riyadh. (1 May, 2016) Participated one of Al-Barrak Group of Companies (IIG), within the manufacturing and steel exhibition held in Riyadh from 01/05/2016 till 05/04/2016. Mr. / Barjas Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, Director of Administration and Human Resources of the group visited the pavilion and the Department of Industrial Equipment. Mr. Barjas impressed with equipment and the contents of the pavilion and thanked the team on behalf of the CEO and group’s staff wished them success and continuity of the highest level of standard in the future as well. Some souvenir photos of the visit: May 9, 2016 /by pixelweb Honoring Mr. Abdullah Abdulwahab Al-Barrak the CEO of ABIS Group of companies,. The royal prince / Saud Naif Al- Saud the prince of Eastern area honored Mr. AbdullahAbdulwahab Al-Barrak, including Patients Friends Committee on Tuesday 12/04/2016 for his generous support and contribution for patients and those who were in need. We ask Allah Almighty to make it in the balance of his good deeds and that God sustains the health and wellness and to help him further, God willing. Barrak Holding Company signed contract with Marriott international This is to inform you that Barrak Holding Company signed contract with Marriott international in Dubai dated 09/04/2015 to manage the hotel in Jubail city under the name of Courtyard b Marriott and Residence. This project comes within Barrak Holding Company in the field of tourism and real estate investment plan. The hotel has (Courtyard by Marriott) 175 different room (single, Double and Suite) as well as 75 apartments (The Residence) the size of investment up to 150 million Saudi Riyal and the opening date will be on January 2018. Marriott international hotel also praised the sustainable partnership with Barrak holding company to work together in future projects in Yanbu and outside Ksa. Mr. Abdullah Al Barrak, CEO of Al Barrak holding company has said that this project is the flagship of Al Barrak holding company in the field of tourism and real estate investment in Jubail also that this project provides job opportunities for Saudis at a rate of 100 jobs and that there is a plan for more tourism and real estate investment inside and outside the kingdom. Polycarbonate sheet factory in Jubail Al Barrak company established one polycarbonate factory in Jubail and our target is to develop and manufacture the polycarbonate sheets in high quality and profession with good prices and this will positive for the Saudi market now and in the future especially that most of the products now deepened on the polycarbonate. This project is familiar with the environment and one of the most developed projects, knowing that he is depend to recycling the polycarbonate and manufacture it as sheets or boards that used in many divisions. This project will add around 60 opportunity of work for Saudi and will cover around 50% of the local market. First phase of the project will be on the first of April 2016 and the start date will be on October 2016, knowing that this factory located in Jubail. April 2, 2016 /by pixelweb Abdullah A. Al-Barrak & Sons Co. opened its Branch for import & export in Guangzhou city, China Abdullah A. Al-Barrak & Sons Co. opened its Branch for import & export in Guangzhou city, China represented by Mr. Abdulraheem Jelassi. (Mobile No. 008613822240544) (Email: i.store@live.com). Abdullah A. Al-Barrak & Sons Co. opened its Branch for Real Estate and properties in Leicester City, United Kingdom Abdullah A. Al-Barrak & Sons Co. opened its Branch for Real Estate and properties in Leicester City, United Kingdom represented by Mr. Abdu Mansoor. (a.mansoor@abis.com.sa). (Mobile No. 00447579443206) February 29, 2016 /by pixelweb AL ASMAKHApril 25, 2016 - 4:15 pm IIGApril 25, 2016 - 3:45 pm ABIACApril 25, 2016 - 3:33 pm CREApril 25, 2016 - 3:22 pm Best Foreign Wives cbd oilglobal cbd oilmarketplace, inc Chat With Russian Brides chinese mail order brides Essay Writer For Hire Greenshoppers marijuana cards Sexy Brides Online Single Brides Catalog Ukdissertations Why Partner ABIS? “It is easier to maintain your Plants with Us” Dedicated resource strength of more than 2000. Project Management Experts , Certfied Technicians & Facility/Workshops Strength Technical Competency and Competitive Pricing Jubail Industrial City – 31961 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tel: +966 13 3400778 Ext: 414 & 300 © Copyright - Abdullah A.Al-Barrak & Sons co	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11172
__label__wiki	0.500824	0.500824	Journal of Adenocarcinoma & Osteosarcoma [email protected] Submit a Manuscript Focus Scope Ethical MalPractice Information for Editors Dr. Siva Ramakrishna Yadavalli, Instructor UT South Western Medical Center-Dallas,USA Editorial Board Member Geng-Xian Shi, Assistant Researcher (Assistant Professor) at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, USA. Kevin Cassel, Assistant Professor at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center in Honolulu, USA Guoxiang Xie, Assistant Professor in University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, USA. Punita Dhawan, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA. Asuthkar Swapna, Instructor at the University Of Illinois College Of Medicine at Peoria, USA. Saverio Gentile, Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics of Loyola University Chicago, USA. Weisi Yan, Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College Department of Radiation Oncology,USA Amar B. Singh, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UNMC, USA. Yan Ni, Assistant Professor, Cancer Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center,USA. Dianqing Sun, Dianqing Sun is an Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy, University of Hawaii,USA. Peiwen Fei, Associate Professor working at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu,USA. Alireza Heidari, Ph.D., D.Sc. Postdoctoral Research Fellow Faculty of Chemistry, California South University (CSU), Irvine, California, USA Crystal Hann, Radiation Oncologist, SBRT and Neuro Oncology Programs, Jurvanski Cancer Center, Canada. Tweets by adenocarc2 Abstracted/Indexed in Secret Search Engine Labs All Published work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Copyright © 2019 All rights reserved. iMedPub LTD Last revised : July 15, 2019	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11177
__label__wiki	0.67088	0.67088	Phil Hubbard Article Reprinted at Legends of Basketball Legends of Basketball has reprinted my article about Phil Hubbard. Here is the link: Phil Hubbard: Playing Within Limits Lakers Outlast Kings in Overtime, 132-128 Kobe Bryant had 42 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists as the L.A. Lakers beat the Sacramento Kings 132-128 in overtime in the second half of TNT's Thursday night doubleheader. Mike Bibby led the Kings with 38 points, adding seven rebounds and six assists. The TNT telecast had a different flavor because Charles Barkley took over color commentary duties for Steve Kerr, who missed the game due to back spasms. Barkley emphasized two pertinent themes throughout the game: (1) the Kings are too small to match up with the Lakers in the paint and (2) Andrew Bynum needs to be much more aggressive when he catches the ball in the post, particularly against smaller defenders. "Just take him--he can't guard you down there. The game is so simple; these guys make it hard," an exasperated Barkley exclaimed at one point when Bynum did not immediately attack a smaller defender. The fact that Bryant's teammates do not always seize opportunities to be aggressive on offense is important to note. Bynum had a productive first quarter with seven points but Brian Cook stole the show with 13 first quarter points. Cook made his first six shots from the field. Barkley said that players like Cook are "teasers" because they have a good game every two weeks but are not consistent enough to play well every night. The 13 points represented a season-high for Cook for an entire game (he finished with 26). "For this to be his season-high--that's a disgrace," Barkley declared. Bryant had four assists in the first quarter and only one shot attempt, a long three pointer that he missed as the shot clock wound down. The Lakers led 33-18 at the end of the period, shooting 15-24 from the field. Bryant drove to the hoop aggressively several times during the second quarter, scoring 18 points in the period. He also had two assists. Barkley, who has been critical of Bryant's play in the past, said, "I think that Kobe Bryant is the best player in the NBA. He is unstoppable." Barkley liked that Bryant started the game by getting his teammates involved and only later began taking more shots. Bryant picked up his seventh assist early in the third quarter with a sweet feed to Bynum, whose basket put the Lakers up 80-60. A Cook jumper extended the lead to 83-62 and viewers seemed to be in for extended "gar-bage time," as play by play man Marv Albert would put it. Inexplicably, the Lakers then abandoned the inside game and the Kings went on a 21-7 run to close the quarter, pulling to within 90-83. It would have been even closer if not for Bryant's three point play near the end of the period. Those were Bryant's only points in the quarter; he continued to look for his teammates but the Lakers shot just 6-16 from the field. The Kings continued their run early in the fourth quarter when Bryant took his customary rest, trimming the lead to 90-87 when Ron Artest fed a cutting Kevin Martin. Bryant returned to action at the 8:58 mark with the Lakers leading 94-88. In the next 2:40 he made a three pointer, assisted on a Sasha Vujacic jumper, scored on a dunk and drained a jumper. At the end of that flurry, the Lakers led 106-94 and again seemed to have matters well in hand--but the Lakers failed to score for nearly three minutes and the Kings cut the lead to 106-103. Bryant broke the drought with an offensive rebound that he converted with a two handed dunk. The Kings took their first lead of the night on two Martin free throws with 2:14 remaining in the fourth quarter and seemed to be headed to victory after John Salmons' two free throws with six seconds left put the Kings up 116-112. Vladimir Radmanovic nailed a three pointer off of a well executed out of bounds play, Martin split a pair of free throws and the Lakers had one last chance with four seconds left. Of course, Bryant received the inbounds pass. The Kings immediately trapped him and he dished the ball to Smush Parker, whose driving layup tied the score at 117 just before the buzzer. That play is a classic example of how a great player makes other players better in ways that don't appear in the statistics. Bryant did not receive an assist but he made the whole play happen: his ability to hit clutch shots forced the Kings to double team him and his ability to make a good pass out of the double team (not as easy as it sounds) enabled the cutting Parker to catch the ball in a good position to score. Bryant dominated the overtime period, scoring nine of the Lakers' 15 points and making some excellent passes that led to free throw opportunities for his teammates. He clinched the victory by grabbing a defensive rebound and making two free throws with four seconds left and then added two more free throws when the Kings fouled him with .5 seconds remaining. Barkley made an interesting observation in the overtime, asking rhetorically, "What's better than an open shot?" after watching several Lakers not shoot open shots and subsequently turn the ball over or commit a foul. That is a point that I made numerous times last season when critics said that Bryant forced shots or took bad shots: many of the members of his "supporting cast" are reluctant to shoot the ball in critical situations, even if he spoonfeeds them wide open shots. This often leads to Bryant getting the ball back with the shot clock winding down and the defense draped all over him--and that is why he sometimes takes shots early in the shot clock, particularly if he only has one defender on him; those shots are less contested and more easy to convert than the "hand grenades" (as I like to call them) that wind up in his hands as the shot clock is about to "explode." The other Lakers are doing a better job this year of taking those shots, so Bryant is "forcing" fewer shots--but the change is not so much in his "unselfishness" as it is in their approach to the game. Bryant is not receiving as many "hand grenades" this year but he got one with a little over a minute left in the overtime and the Lakers leading 124-121. Bryant had the ball at the top of the key, but the Kings double teamed him and he passed to Maurice Evans on the wing. Evans eyed a wide open jumper--and promptly passed the ball back to Bryant. With the shot clock winding down, Bryant drove to the right baseline, elevated over multiple defenders and cold bloodedly sank a fadeaway jumper. In the box score, that shot looks the same as a fadeaway that is taken with 20 seconds on the shot clock but the difference is that Bryant made the right basketball play: he passed the ball when he was double teamed instead of forcing a shot. When the open man refused to shoot, Bryant created something out of nothing. Earlier in the overtime, Bryant delivered two great passes, one to Cook and one to Bynum, that resulted in three made free throws; no assists are awarded on such plays, but those points were created by Bryant's court vision, an aspect of his game that most critics either ignore or else treat as a recent development that happened as a result of Bryant's offseason knee surgery; supposedly, according to this "logic," Bryant's knee is hampering him to the point that he is forced to pass the ball. I'm still trying to figure out (1) how hampered he can be if he is averaging almost 29 ppg and (2) how a surgical procedure on his knee made him better able to see the floor and deliver passes. Charley Rosen Weighs In On Kobe Bryant Versus Dwyane Wade I already offered my take on the Christmas Day showdown between the Lakers and Heat--better known as Kobe versus D. Wade. Charley Rosen, ex-CBA coach and author of several books about basketball, methodically analyzed the game at FoxSports.com, concluding that Dwyane Wade won this particular battle but that overall he still ranks Kobe Bryant as the better player. Rosen agrees with my main contention about this game: the Lakers' poor screen roll defense was the single biggest factor in Miami's win. He also concurs with me that Bryant deserves credit for guarding Wade, who generally was matched up with Luke Walton, giving Wade plenty of opportunities to roam into the passing lanes. As Rosen put it, "Kobe and Jackson do deserve props, however, for having Bryant try to defend Wade. Although the expenditure of energy here definitely depleted Kobe's chops on the other end of the court, accepting this daunting challenge was a tribute to the competitive nature of both Bryant and his coach." Looking beyond this one skirmish, Rosen gives Bryant the edge in jump shooting, creativity close to the basket, better straight-up defense and size, which enables him to be more versatile; Rosen prefers Wade's strength, energy and passing (but only "slightly") and declares the two superstars to be equal in terms of off-the-ball defense and clutch play. The complete article can be found here. World B. Free Article Reprinted at Legends of Basketball The newest article featured at Legends Spotlight is my recent piece about World B. Free. Here is the link: World B. Free: From Rucker Park to the NBA Finals NBA Leaderboard, Part V Here is the final NBA Leaderboard of 2006. The Mavericks now have the best record in the league, but the Spurs and Suns are not too far behind. The Jazz were the early leaders but are now at fourth and sinking. The Magic started the year quickly but are now just four games above .500. The Pistons are the first Eastern Conference team to make the top five in several weeks. 1) Dallas Mavericks, 23-7 4) Utah Jazz, 22-9 5) Detroit Pistons, 18-10 The Lakers (19-11), last week's fifth place team, are just behind the Pistons, and the Bulls have recovered from their slow start and are on the verge of making the list (19-12). Top Five Scorers (and a few other notables) 3) Gilbert Arenas, WSH 30.7 ppg 11) Vince Carter, NJN 25.8 ppg The top four have stayed the same (of course, Melo's numbers will not change until he comes back from his suspension) but Agent Zero has heated up his hibachi with shouts of "quality shots" and increased his scoring average 1.6 ppg since Leaderboard IV. Top Five Rebounders (and a few other notables) 2) Chris Bosh, TOR 12.2 rpg 3) Kevin Garnett, MIN 12.2 rpg 5) Tyson Chandler, NOK 11.3 rpg 11) Ben Wallace, CHI 10.1 rpg 13) Tim Duncan, SAS 9.9 rpg 16) Yao Ming, HOU 9.4 rpg 21) Rasheed Wallace, DET 8.8 rpg The top five has not changed too much since week one, but Howard's lead keeps getting smaller. My hunch is that he will not succeed this year in supplanting Dolph Schayes as the youngest rebounding champion ever; there must be a reason that record has stood for five decades. Duncan's rebounding average is the lowest of his career by far. As expected, Sheed's rebounding numbers are steadily declining toward his career norms. Top Five Playmakers 2) Jason Kidd, NJN 9.2 apg 3) Andre Miller, PHI 9.0 apg 4) Chris Paul, NOK 9.0 apg Baron Davis edged out Deron Williams for the fifth spot but other than that this list has been remarkably consistent. "Starbury" is up to 24th with an average of 5.2 apg. Maybe the self-proclaimed best point guard in the league will actually crack the top 20 in assists before the season is over. Note: All statistics are from NBA.com Kobe Drops 58, Grizzlies Drop Fratello--and the Clippers Just Drop It's a potpourri edition of 20 Second Timeout, featuring one often discussed subject (Kobe Bryant), and two less frequently mentioned topics (the Grizzlies and the Clippers). * On Friday night, Bryant scored 58 points in a 133-124 triple overtime loss to the Charlotte Bobcats. Bryant and Rick Barry are now tied for fourth on the all-time list with 14 50-point games, trailing only Wilt Chamberlain (118), Michael Jordan (31) and Elgin Baylor (17). That is the third best single-game scoring effort of his career but it was unusual in three respects: (1) It took Bryant three overtimes to reach that total--he had 62 points in three quarters versus Dallas last year and 81 points in regulation versus Toronto; (2) The Lakers lost--the Lakers won Bryant's 81 and 62 point games and have posted a 49-22 record in his 40-point games and a 10-4 record in his 50-point games (those totals reflect the loss in Charlotte); (3) Bryant was completely exhausted by the effort--who knows whether the extra 15 minutes did him in or maybe it was the aftereffects of the flu but I have mentioned before that one of the most amazing things about Bryant is that he seems to be full of energy at the end of his highest scoring games. That was certainly not the case on Friday. Bryant didn't even make it all the way to his locker after the game, stopping in his tracks and answering reporters' questions at the entrance to the locker room. The loss drops the Lakers to 4-5 without Lamar Odom but that is a little deceptive because the Lakers have been playing on the road recently after starting the season with a very favorable home schedule. The Charlotte game concluded a decent 3-3 road trip that would have been very good if the Lakers had pulled out the win to get to 4-2. Bryant started the game shooting 16-27 but shot only 6-18 down the stretch as fatigue set in. The 45 shots are the second most that he has ever attempted in a game, trailing only his 46 attempts in the 81 point game. Bryant's excellent start staked the Lakers to a 30-16 lead but he could neither keep up that pace nor find any teammates who were particularly interested in carrying the load. Coach Phil Jackson singled out Kwame Brown for criticism after the game, citing the numerous passes he dropped and his atrocious pick and roll defense (which I pointed out in my recap of the Christmas Day game between the Heat and Lakers--most headlines will tell you that Wade burned Bryant but if you watched the game you know that Wade burned the Lakers' pick and roll coverage and did not score that much against Bryant in one on one encounters). Here is what Jackson said about Brown's hands: "We're going to feed him Butterfingers on the flight home just so he can feel the effects of it. There was certainly some disappointment in the ability, or non-ability, of Kwame to complete plays that we thought were big plays for us. His teammates are disappointed." As for the pick and roll defense, Jackson explained the breakdowns against Charlotte this way: "Smush (Parker) is getting knocked off his man with screens and we wanted Kwame to come out hard, and Okafor was getting short one-dribble dunk situations. I know Kwame got perplexed out there with the screen-roll and how to play it. He got concerned about some of the things that were happening to him. We tried to help him through that situation." * The Memphis Grizzlies fired Coach Mike Fratello after a 6-24 start. Fratello is the franchise's all-time leader in coaching wins (95) and he guided the team to the playoffs each of the last two seasons. The Grizzlies' fate this season was sealed when All-Star Pau Gasol broke his foot in the FIBA World Championships but the fact that Memphis plummeted from being a playoff team to being the worst team in the league indicates that something more than Gasol's injury is at work here. The players did not like Fratello's slow it down, controlling style and basically quit on him. Team President Jerry West, who pulled the plug on Fratello, said simply, "We didn't compete. The fans deserve better than that." Being undermanned is one thing--and Memphis did have other injury problems besides Gasol--but you can always compete. Fratello has been replaced on an interim basis by Tony Barone, Sr., the team's director of player personnel. The plan is for Barone to spend the season getting an up close and personal view of the players he has acquired and then to return to his front office duties with an even better understanding of exactly what the team's personnel needs are. He will not become the permanent coach. On Saturday, Barone won his coaching debut as the Grizzlies ended their five game losing streak with a 110-104 victory over the Toronto Raptors. Is it fair to fire a successful coach only 30 games into a season when the team's best player has missed most of the games due to injury and is just now rounding into form? Talk about a leading question--of course, it is not fair, but that is not the point. Fratello was at odds with West, who--according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal, urged owner Michael Heisley to fire Fratello before the season started. It will be very interesting to see who gets the full-time coaching job and which players remain on the team. Of course, Memphis' ownership situation is up in the air, too, as Christian Laettner and Brian Davis seek to finalize their deal to buy the team from Heisley, so the Grizzlies could have a completely different look from top to bottom by this time next year. *** Be honest--did you drink the Kool-Aid about the L.A. Clippers being a team on the rise and being the best team in town? It's OK--most people were fooled. However, I saw signs of trouble on the horizon, noting in my Western Conference Preview that, although the team "really seemed to turn the corner" that "the Clippers have no track record for sustaining greatness--or even viable playoff contending status. Cassell is aging and if he gets injured or has trouble accepting that Livingston's playing time is bound to increase then the Clippers boat will be sunk (again). Bottom line: This is a solid playoff team that is not quite good enough to contend for an NBA title." I ranked the Clippers fifth in the West, lower than many other people did--but even I may have at least (unwittingly) sipped the Kool-Aid because the Clippers are currently 11th in the West, which means they are three spots away from even making the playoffs, let alone being a "solid playoff team." They're actually only about four games back with 53 to go, so there is still time for them to improve just enough to match my correctly lowered expectations for them. What's wrong with the Clippers? The numbers of most of their top players have plummeted, they anointed Shaun Livingston as the point guard of the future but he is not ready to handle the job in the present, free agent acquisition Tim Thomas has been a disappointment and second leading scorer Corey Maggette is disgruntled and consequently the frequent subject of trade rumors.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11181
__label__wiki	0.747838	0.747838	Orlando's Words to Live By: "Is Dwight Cool With it?" Orlando Sentinel writer Mike Bianchi points out that several of the "unpopular personnel assessments" made by fired Orlando Magic Coach Brian Hill "are turning out to be frighteningly accurate." For instance, Hill never put J.J. Redick into his playing rotation, did not make Darko Milicic a regular starter and questioned whether Jameer Nelson is truly a championship level point guard; the Redick situation in particular supposedly had a lot to do with Hill being fired but Redick is actually playing even fewer minutes this season than he did as a rookie. Dwight Howard has emerged as a legitimate MVP level player this season but the Magic are not doing much better so far under the direction of Stan Van Gundy than they were last year; the Magic are currently 22-13, just one game better than they were last season after 35 games. Orlando started out 14-5 in 2006-07 but finished with a 40-42 record, while this season's squad started out 15-4 and has been sliding backwards ever since. It remains to be seen if Van Gundy can prevent this team from going into the full fledged free fall that ultimately cost Hill his job. Bianchi says that Hill's departure can be explained by five simple words uttered by Howard. Hill has refused to publicly comment on his dismissal but when Howard was asked about it recently he admitted that Orlando management asked his opinion prior to making the move. What did Howard say? "I was cool with it." Howard may as well have declared, "Off with his head!" It is extremely unlikely that the Magic will fire a coach who Howard likes or hire one he does not like. That is just the way of the world in the NBA. Bianchi quotes a famous line by Chuck Daly, the former Pistons and Magic coach: "It's a player's league. The players allow you to coach them or they don't. Once they stop allowing you to coach, you're on your way out." Here is Howard's take: "You have to like your coach. I think that's very important. It's hard to be around somebody all the time if you don't like them." I don't have a problem with that; it certainly makes sense for a team to try, within reason, to bring in a coach who establishes a good rapport with the franchise player (and, hopefully, with the rest of the roster as well). What I don't get is why some players are considered to be bad guys for greasing the rails for a coach's dismissal while other players get a free pass. Anyone who has followed the NBA closely for the past 25 years or so knows that Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan had a lot to do with the firings of Paul Westhead and Doug Collins respectively. Larry Bird certainly shed no tears about the firing of Bill Fitch. Shaquille O'Neal clearly preferred to be coached by Pat Riley instead of, ironically, Stan Van Gundy. Johnson got a ton of bad press in the wake of Westhead's dismissal, though the negative coverage receded somewhat after Riley replaced Westhead and led the Lakers to titles in 1982, 1985, 1987 and 1988. K.C. Jones guided Bird's Celtics to a pair of titles, while Phil Jackson led Jordan's Chicago Bulls to six titles and Riley's Heat won the 2006 championship. It is possible that Howard's palace coup will escape national attention simply because it took place in Orlando, hardly a media mecca. However, if Howard does receive criticism then his best course of action will be to follow in the footsteps of Johnson, Bird, Jordan and O'Neal by winning at least one title with a new coach running the show. Labels: Brian Hill, Dwight Howard, Orlando Magic, Stan Van Gundy Blazers Outlast Bulls in Double Overtime The surprise team so far this season, the Portland Trail Blazers, earned yet another win on Thursday, outlasting the Chicago Bulls--arguably the most disappointing team this season--115-109 in double overtime. Brandon Roy had 25 points, 11 assists, six rebounds and two steals. A bruised tailbone slowed Roy down in the second overtime but Jarrett Jack (17 points, five assists, four rebounds) then took over, putting Portland ahead for good with a three point play with just :19 remaining in the second overtime. Travis Outlaw added 21 points for the Blazers, who had six players score in double figures. Ben Gordon, thriving in his new sixth man role, had a game-high 32 points, shooting 15-27 from the field, but his late turnover led directly to Jack's game-clinching play. Joe Smith had a season-high 31 points plus 11 rebounds and Ben Wallace contributed 12 points, 14 rebounds and four blocked shots. Kirk Hinrich had 12 points, nine assists and seven rebounds but he shot just 5-18 from the field and his late game efforts to defend the larger Roy reaffirmed Scottie Pippen's assessment that Hinrich should not be guarding the league's top shooting guards because, quite simply, "he's not that talented...Little guards always put you in a vulnerable position. You've got to send help. It puts too much pressure on the defense." The Bulls suffered a damaging blow in the first half when Luol Deng tweaked his left Achilles and was not able to return to the contest. That forced other players to play more extended minutes and also led to stretches during which the Bulls did not have many offensive options on the court. This was the fourth game in five nights for both teams and by the second overtime the game looked like the last round of a heavyweight bout between two out of shape boxers who spend more time clinching each other than throwing punches; neither team scored for the first 1:53 until Jack made a layup. The Bulls' Andres Nocioni answered more than a minute later with a jumper but most of the concluding points down the stretch came from the free throw line. Prior to this loss, the Bulls had won three of their four games since firing Coach Scott Skiles but, as TNT's Doug Collins noted, time is running out for Chicago and the Bulls really needed to win this home game. New Coach Jim Boylan is essentially undergoing an extended job interview, while several Bulls players who think that they are worth large contracts need to step their games up. This team is too talented to have such a bad record. Since Boylan took over, the Bulls seem to be playing with greater energy and purpose, which simply reinforces the perception that the players essentially quit on Skiles. Supposedly Skiles was too tough of a disciplinarian but I think that his real downfall is that he was too soft with several of these players. It is obvious that Gordon should be the sixth man, not a starter, and that young players like Tyrus Thomas need to earn their minutes. Skiles kept giving his players opportunities to get out of their slumps when he should have simply made the correct moves without worrying about upsetting people. As soon as Boylan took over, he removed Gordon from the starting lineup and Gordon is now playing better than he has all season. Gordon is a one dimensional player, a gunner. As a starter, he tended to force things and his liabilities in other areas were very evident, but as a sixth man he gets to play a lot of minutes against either tired starters or against second unit players. Either way, if the team needs offense Gordon will be on the court at the end of the game. Boylan is also emphasizing the importance of pushing the ball up the court and initiating early offense so that the Bulls can get some easy baskets before the defense gets set. Under Skiles, the Bulls were prone to going through long scoring droughts and were putting up some of the worst shooting and scoring numbers in the league. Thomas averaged more than 20 mpg during the first month of the season. His minutes declined in December but they have been slashed since Boylan took the reins; Thomas has not played more than six minutes in a game since Skiles was fired. Collins said that young players have to learn how hard you have to work on a daily basis to be a good pro basketball player and that you earn your minutes by how well you practice. Thomas shoots just .423 from the field, which is inexcusable for an athletic player who gets a lot of dunks and easy baskets; as Pippen rightly noted, Thomas should be a "fetcher," a guy who rebounds and hustles, not someone who takes many shots outside of the paint. Collins and play by play announcer Kevin Harlan talked a little bit about the awkward position that Boylan is in, taking the place of someone who hired him to be an assistant coach, but I would have liked to hear Collins discuss how Skiles must feel. Collins just touched on this briefly, saying that Skiles did a good job building the team up but won't be around to see everything come to fruition, but Collins never mentioned how this mirrors his own experience; two decades ago, Collins--who was an intense, demanding coach much like Skiles is said to be--led the Bulls to a 47-35 record but was replaced by Phil Jackson, who had been an assistant on his staff. Obviously, these Bulls do not have a transcendent player like Michael Jordan but Collins knows exactly what it feels like to be fired after leading a team to the playoffs and then be replaced by a member of your own coaching staff. It would have been interesting to hear Collins' thoughts about this but maybe the issue is too raw and hits too close to home, even after all of these years. Collins' players supposedly grew weary of his demands but Jackson turned out to be no less demanding, instituting a Triangle Offense that was hardly popular with Jordan at first and placing great emphasis on defense. Much like Skiles is perceived to be tough but may not have actually insisted on the right things in the right ways (i.e., failing to make Gordon into the sixth man and not benching players who were not performing up to par), Collins developed a reputation for being difficult but he actually did not confront Jordan and others as much as perhaps he should have. In The Jordan Rules, Sam Smith describes how Collins rued that Jordan took too many bad shots and did not pass to his teammates. Jackson, then an assistant, said that Collins should say this to Jordan directly but Collins felt that it would not make a difference and told Jackson that he was welcome to try communicating these sentiments to Jordan; Jackson did exactly that, telling Jordan about how the Knicks in the early 1970s became champions by playing as a cohesive team. Jordan respected someone who would challenge him and make him play better much more than someone who might yell at him at times but would not really confront him in a meaningful way that would guide him down a different path. I've always thought that this little story goes a long way toward explaining how Jackson has been able to win so many championships with Jordan, Pippen, O'Neal and Bryant--and why those championships were not a sure thing just because those players were on the roster: even the greatest players need to be coached and it takes a deft hand (or, more precisely, a clever, determined mind) to find the right way to help such gifted athletes to maximize their talents within the context of the team being successful. Labels: Ben Gordon, Brandon Roy, Chicago Bulls, Jarrett Jack, Joe Smith, Portland Trail Blazers Mavericks Follow Correct Prescription, Run Warriors off of the Court Anyone who visits this site regularly knows that I have repeatedly insisted (most recently in this post) that teams should not be afraid to run against the Golden State Warriors and that the Dallas Mavericks could have avoided their upset loss to the Warriors in last year's playoffs if the Mavericks had pushed the ball up the court instead of trying to slow the game down. These truths were once against confirmed in Dallas' 121-99 win over Golden State on Wednesday night. Dirk Nowitzki scored a game-high 29 points on 9-16 shooting, adding eight rebounds, six assists and three blocked shots. Nowitzki had a game-high plus/minus rating of +25. Five other Mavericks also scored in double figures, including Josh Howard, who had 19 points and a game-high 13 rebounds as Dallas outrebounded Golden State 50-35. Stephen Jackson led Golden State with 25 points but he shot just 8-21 from the field, including 1-5 from three point range. Baron Davis, who terrorized Dallas during the playoffs, had just 10 points and six assists, shooting 2-14 from the field. The first time these teams played this season, Dallas also won a fast paced game--120-115--but some people tried to diminish the significance of that victory because Jackson did not play due to being suspended by the NBA. During a first quarter timeout, Dallas Coach Avery Johnson told his team, "Keep pushing the ball. Run for layups." The Mavericks followed his advice and led 36-23 after the first 12 minutes. Golden State Coach Don Nelson loves to go after whoever he thinks is the opposing team's worst defender and/or whichever individual matchup he thinks is most in favor of one of his players. His starting lineup did not include a traditional center and it soon became obvious that the Warriors were focused on trying to exploiting the fact that Dallas center Erick Dampier was guarding Al Harrington, who is really a small forward. The Warriors may have won that battle on the surface--Harrington outscored Dampier 14-4 in the first quarter--but the Mavericks won the war and had the lead because they took many of their shots within eight seconds on the shot clock, thereby preventing the Warriors from setting up the zone defenses and gimmicky traps that caused Dallas so much trouble during last year's playoff series between these teams. A major mistake that Dallas made during the playoffs was changing a starting lineup that had gone 67-15 during the regular season. There is no reason that the Mavericks cannot beat the Warriors using their regular lineup. Harrington's early points proved to be fool's gold, while Dampier provided a strong inside presence throughout the game, taking advantage of scoring opportunities in the paint, setting solid screens, getting rebounds and blocking shots. Dampier finished with 13 points on 5-5 shooting, seven rebounds and three blocked shots, while Harrington did not do much after his first quarter outburst and ended up with 21 points. Dirk Nowitzki's fast break layup put the Mavericks up 40-25. It is very important to note that when he took that shot only four seconds had gone off of the shot clock. Having your seven foot tall, MVP player shooting a layup is much better than slowing the game down and having him try to score in the post against a swarming defense. Nowitzki's three pointer at the 3:54 mark put Dallas up 58-40; he took that shot after just six seconds had gone off of the shot clock. As I've been saying for months now, Nowitzki is a face up shooter, so it makes no sense to slow the game down and have him grind it out in the post with defenders trapping him as the shot clock winds down; push the ball up the court, have Nowitzki spot up and then the guards will either score layups or if the defense collapses to stop their drives then Nowitzki can drain open jumpers/three pointers all night long. For some reason, in the closing minutes of the first half Dallas decided to "exploit" the alleged mismatch of Davis guarding Nowitzki or Howard on the post. The Mavericks got nothing out of these possessions; on one occasion, Howard bricked a turn around jumper and five seconds later Davis drove to the hoop and was fouled by Nowitzki. The Warriors will push the ball relentlessly regardless of what their opponents do; slowing the game down only leads to bad shots and turnovers (both of which are caused by defensive pressure and poor decisions made with the shot clock running down) that make it easier for the Warriors to score in the open court. Could there be a worse sequence from Dallas' standpoint than a missed shot that five seconds later leads to a foul being committed by the Mavericks' best player? Davis made both free throws to cut Dallas' lead to 60-50. Dallas missed a shot but retained possession when Golden State knocked the ball out of bounds. Howard received the inbounds pass, went one on one versus Mickael Pietrus and took a tough jumper over Pietrus and Davis, who arrived in time to double-team Howard; Golden State rebounded the miss and three seconds later Jackson scored a fast break layup, cutting Dallas' lead to 60-52 at halftime. Harrington scored 20 points in the first half, while Howard and Devin Harris had 13 points each. Nowitzki contributed 11 points, four rebounds and four assists and Dampier added 10 points, five rebounds and two blocked shots. Nowitzki shot 3-5 from the field and picked apart double teams with good passes that led to scores. NBA TV's Rick Kamla said during the halftime show that Nowitzki had not played well in the first half; I'm not sure what game he was watching, but when someone shoots .600 from the field, his team is up by eight and he is on pace for 22 points, eight rebounds and eight assists I'd call that a pretty good performance. Kamla also said that Dallas needed to slow the game down, apparently not noticing that Dallas was leading and the Mavericks got the lead by playing at a fast tempo. The Mavericks shot 55% from the field, a far cry from how poorly they shot during last year's playoffs when they insisted on slowing down the game. They also held the Warriors to 42% shooting; the Warriors kept the game close by shooting 7-12 (.583) from the three point line and forcing nine turnovers, many of which happened in the half court, not in transition. The Mavericks opened the third quarter by running a screen and roll play with Nowitzki and Harris. Nowitzki caught a pass from Harris, took one dribble and drained a jumper right in Jackson's eye. There is simply no reason for Nowitzki to post up Jackson, which invites double teams and takes Nowitzki out of his comfort zone; whenever Nowitzki faces up Jackson he can simply use his height advantage to shoot over him, either right after the catch or, like in this instance, after using his dribble to get Jackson to backpedal a bit. On the Mavericks' next possession, they inexplicably did not go back to what worked, with Harris instead driving wildly to the hoop and getting his shot blocked. Ironically, Nowitzki recovered the ball at the three point line, set himself and hit another jumper. On Dallas' third possession, Nowitzki posted up Jackson, backed him down and then took an off balance shot in the lane that rolled off of the rim. Meanwhile, Golden State, employing their customary questionable shot selection, bricked shots from all angles. After a Jackson miss, the Mavericks ran out and Eddie Jones hit a jumper after just three seconds had run off of the shot clock, putting Dallas up 67-54. After that, other than one face up jumper by Nowitzki, the Mavericks went away from what had been working and instead slowed the game down and failed to get the ball to Nowitzki in positions where he could face up and go to work. Meanwhile, Jackson exploited smaller defenders in the post, Golden State hit cutters for layups and Dallas often struggled to get off good shots in the half court set. By the 1:30 mark the Warriors had cut the Mavericks' lead to 83-80; Dallas led 89-85 by the end of the quarter. Nowitzki posted up Jackson early in the fourth quarter but instead of taking an off balance shot he launched a smooth turnaround jumper that swished through the net and put Dallas up 91-85. Soon after that, the Mavericks finally went back to the Nowitzki screen and roll play; this time it led to a three point play as Jason Terry made a layup and drew a foul. Then the Mavericks forced a Davis turnover and pushed the ball up the court, with Howard driving to the hoop, scoring on a drive and drawing a foul. His free throw put Dallas up 97-85. After a Warriors' backcourt violation, Nowitzki posted up Davis, drew a double team, passed the ball back out and the Mavericks reversed the ball to the corner for an open Howard three pointer that made the score 100-85. The Warriors never mounted a serious threat after that point, plagued by turnovers and some wild shots that missed badly. In one sequence, Nowitzki blocked two Jackson shot attempts before snaring the defensive rebound. The Mavericks did not push the ball quite as much as they could have and at times they got away from the things that they do best but they took advantage of enough fast break opportunities and Nowitzki face up shots to get the win. If the Mavericks had played this way against Golden State during the playoffs they probably would have swept the series. Labels: Baron Davis, Dallas Mavericks, Dirk Nowitzki, Erick Dampier, Golden State Warriors, Stephen Jackson NBA Leaderboard, Part VIII The Boston Celtics won four straight games since the previous leaderboard and are now on pace to surpass the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls' 72-10 record. I don't expect the Celtics to win 72 games--or even 70--but the way that this team has jelled so quickly, particularly on defense, is very impressive. 1) Boston Celtics, 26-3 2) Detroit Pistons, 24-7 5) Orlando Magic, 22-11 The Detroit Pistons own the longest winning streak in the league (nine games) now that Utah ended Portland's run at 13 games. If the Celtics and Pistons meet in the playoffs we will witness an interesting matchup between Boston's collection of stars who have never won anything and Detroit's group of stars who won one title but act as though it is disrespectful not to consider them the team of the decade. As usual, the Spurs are hiding in the weeds, attracting little attention and biding their time until the playoffs. The Suns have an excellent record but there are signs of discord in the desert. Despite their protestations to the contrary, Phoenix misses Kurt Thomas' low post defense and there seems to be a disconnect within the organization between one camp that believes that the team can win a championship as is and another camp that thinks that changes must be made. Top Ten Scorers (and a few other notables) 5) Richard Jefferson, NJN 24.8 ppg 7) Carlos Boozer, UTA 24.1 ppg 9) Dwight Howard, ORL 22.9 ppg 10) Tracy McGrady, HOU 22.8 ppg 16) Dirk Nowitzki, DAL 21.7 ppg 17) Paul Pierce, BOS 21.6 ppg 26) Kevin Durant, SEA 19.7 ppg 32) Ray Allen, BOS 19.1 ppg 37) Kevin Garnett, BOS 18.8 ppg LeBron James still leads the pack but his scoring average and field goal percentage dropped dramatically in December (25.8 ppg, .457; he scored 32.1 ppg on .496 shooting in November). Kobe Bryant has yet to put together a string of 40 point games and if he does so then he will take over first place. Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony are the league's most explosive scoring duo but the Nuggets are not winning any more frequently with Iverson than they did before acquiring him. If Tracy McGrady's balky knee sidelines him for an extended period of time then he will fall below the minimum required number of games and thus drop off of the list. Richard Jefferson is the only player in the top 10 who has never made the All-Star team. Top Ten Rebounders (and a few other notables) 2) Marcus Camby, DEN 14.2 rpg 3) Chris Kaman, LAC 14.1 rpg 4) Al Jefferson, MIN 12.1 rpg 5) Tyson Chandler, NOH 11.9 rpg 7) Antawn Jamison, WAS 10.8 rpg 8) Emeka Okafor, CHA 10.6 rpg 9) Yao Ming, HOU 10.6 rpg 10) Kevin Garnett, BOS 10.5 rpg 12) Tim Duncan, SAS 10.2 rpg 16) Andrew Bynum, LAL 9.8 rpg 18) Al Horford, ATL 9.5 rpg 24) Dirk Nowitzki, DAL 8.7 rpg 26) Ben Wallace, CHI 8.6 rpg 36) Shaquille O'Neal, MIA 7.8 rpg 48) Kobe Bryant, LAL 6.2 rpg This list is largely unchanged, other than the reappearance of Tim Duncan, who has now played enough games to qualify. It seems virtually certain that Kevin Garnett's four year run as the rebounding champion is over; if Dwight Howard maintains his 15.5 rpg average that would be the best rebounding performance in the NBA since Dennis Rodman averaged 16.1 rpg in 1996-97. Rodman averaged at least 15.5 rpg in five different seasons but the last NBA player other than Rodman who averaged at least 15.5 rpg is Kevin Willis (15.5 rpg, 1991-92)--and the last player who accomplished this prior to Willis is Moses Malone (17.6 rpg, 1978-79). Howard is sometimes compared to Shaquille O'Neal; he does not yet possess the dominating offensive game that O'Neal had during his prime but Howard is emerging as one of the greatest rebounders of the past 30 years. Top Ten Playmakers 2) Jason Kidd, NJN 10.6 apg 3) Chris Paul, NOH 10.2 apg 4) Deron Williams, UTA 8.7 apg 5) Jamaal Tinsley, IND 8.7 apg 6) Jose Calderon, TOR 8.1 apg 8) Chauncey Billups, DET 7.7 apg 9) LeBron James, CLE 7.6 apg 10) Allen Iverson, DEN 7.1 apg The assists leaderboard tends to fluctuate less than the other ones. Mo Williams (7.1 apg) and Dwyane Wade (6.9 apg) are creeping up on the top 10, though, and Tony Parker is averaging a career-high 6.7 apg. Note: All statistics are from ESPN.com Labels: Boston Celtics, Dwight Howard, LeBron James, Steve Nash Scottie Pippen is No Diplomat, but He Knows Basketball Scottie Pippen would like to coach the Chicago Bulls, the team that he helped lead to six NBA titles, and he does not understand "the key to the good 'ol boy system" that he believes is preventing him from getting a coaching job: "What's my disadvantage? No NBA coaching experience? Skiles' record with the Bulls wasn't that great. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to do what you've done your whole life. I've played basketball, run teams and won. They didn't put me at point guard because I could dribble good. They put me there because I could run a team. I wasn't the best dribbler, the best shooter. I wasn't a point guard. But I knew how to run a team." Pippen told the Chicago Tribune's Sam Smith, "What experience do you need? You have assistants who have been there. If I made a mistake, I wouldn't be the first coach to make a mistake. I'd love the opportunity to be part of the organization now that Skiles is gone. I've won championships with this organization and been in the competition when everything was on the line. I was a coach on the floor. Why isn't that experience?" Pippen also offered some blunt assessments of the skills and limitations of some of the current Bulls' players: *Tyrus Thomas "dribbles better with his left hand than his right. He must have broken his arm when he was a kid. He shouldn't be dribbling. He should be a fetcher. Like Ben Wallace, (Joakim) Noah, go get the ball." Ben Wallace "doesn't know the game like Dennis Rodman did. Dennis knew how and why he got rebounds. So you keep on him (Wallace) or he doesn't play." Ben Gordon "(is) out there shooting for a contract...If there's two, three guys running at him, he still wants to make a shot. Those shots are out of position, your teammates don't expect them, you are not in position to rebound and get back. Taking bad shots is a sign of a lack of respect for your teammates. You think I'm going to run back if I know B.J. Armstrong is jacking it up? My shot is just as good as his. That's what players think." Kirk Hinrich "(is) guarding Kobe, Tracy McGrady, the best players. He's not that talented. Let him run the offense. But you can't have midgets running your backcourt. Little guards always put you in a vulnerable position. You've got to send help. It puts too much pressure on the defense." Luol Deng "(is) solid. But he doesn't have enough speed. He plays more upright, so it's tough for him to go out and guard smaller guys. I think Deng is on the verge of being a star. But all that money talk added pressure. Now he's trying to show 28, 29 teams what he's about instead of going out and playing." *Andres Nocioni "(is) turning into Rasheed Wallace with the kinds of things he does on floor. It makes the officials turn on the whole team. And you stop getting calls." Obviously, diplomacy is not Scottie Pippen's strong suit. I stood right next to him during the 2007 All-Star Weekend when he told a group of reporters, "If you ask people who understand the game, the GMs and the coaches, they’d rather have a Scottie than a Michael." As I explained, "there is in fact some truth to what he said--not so much that GMs would prefer Scottie to Michael but that they would prefer the way that Scottie played. Jordan was a more naturally gifted scorer but as a rebounder, playmaker and defender Pippen did not have to take a back seat to any midsized player--even MJ--and he consistently played, as Larry Brown would say, 'the right way,' supporting his teammates and trying to get them involved. He never felt the temptation that MJ often did to try to simply shoot his team out of trouble single-handedly." Someone who hires Scottie Pippen to be a head coach may cringe once in a while at Pippen's blunt, brutally honest way of expressing himself--but isn't that a small price to pay in exchange for the wealth of knowledge and experience that Pippen has? Labels: Andres Nocioni, Ben Gordon, Ben Wallace, Chicago Bulls, Kirk Hinrich, Luol Deng, Scottie Pippen, Tyrus Thomas MVP/RoY Rankings, Part III The third edition of the blogger MVP/RoY rankings was just posted at 3 Shades of Blue. In case you missed the first two editions, here are the links: MVP/RoY rankings, Part I MVP/RoY rankings, Part II Here is my complete ballot exactly as I submitted it (MVP and RoY votes are scored on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 and 5-4-3-2-1 basis respectively, so Bryant is my top MVP pick and Durant is my top RoY pick): 10-Kobe Bryant: Widely acknowledged as the "best" player in the NBA, supposedly the only reason that he has not won the MVP the past two years is his team's record. The Lakers have beaten Phoenix twice and are on pace for more than 50 wins, so if the Lakers keep this up then that excuse will no longer be valid. 9-LeBron James: He is having another great season but even LeBron insists that Kobe is the league's best player, so who are we to argue? 8-Dwight Howard: He's had 21 rebounds in back to back games and the Magic have won three straight after losing seven of their previous nine. 7-Kevin Garnett: He's actually putting up his worst numbers in a decade in most categories but as long as the Celtics keep winning he will always be in the MVP discussion. 6-Tim Duncan: Like Garnett, he is putting up lower numbers than usual but the Spurs were just 2-2 during the four games that he missed due to injury. His performance has been up and down since returning to action. 5-Chris Paul: Hornets have won five straight and six of seven; he has averaged 24.6 ppg and 10.0 apg in December. 4-Steve Nash: Is he finally wearing down? Nash has shot less than .500 from the field in six of his last seven games and the Suns only went 4-3 in those games. 3-Dirk Nowitzki: Mavericks have won six of eight as Nowitzki's numbers move toward their '07 levels. 2-Amare Stoudemire: 24.1 ppg, .629 field goal percentage in December. 1-Tracy McGrady: This year Houston may not be winning much with him but the Rockets literally can't win at all without him. If winning is the ultimate "value," then the Rockets' record with him the past four years versus the Rockets' record without him suggests that his value is very high. Dropped from the list since last time: Yao Ming Added to the list since last time: Amare Stoudemire 5-Kevin Durant: In December, he had two 30 point games--and three 6 point games. He leads rookies in minutes played and shots attempted, so the raw numbers alone basically assure him of winning the RoY award but that does not mean that he has lived up to all of the overblown hype surrounding him. Any other player barely averaging 20 ppg while shooting .400 from the field would not garner as much praise as Durant does. 4-Al Horford: Nearly averaging a double double while shooting better than .500 from the field. 3-Sean Williams: Playing time went back up recently. Shoots well (.551 from the field), blocks shots and gets rebounds. 2-Yi Jianlian: Like all of these rookies, he has had some ups and downs but he has been more consistent than most of the first year players. 1-Luis Scola: Getting steady minutes recently and putting up solid numbers. Dropped from the list since last time: Glen Davis (played 12 minutes in the last four games), Juan Carlos Navarro (played horribly as Memphis lost four straight) Added to the list since last time: Sean Williams, Luis Scola Labels: Dwight Howard, Kevin Durant, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James KG and the Celtics Lock Down Kobe and the Lakers Before the Boston Celtics played the L.A. Lakers on Sunday night, people spoke of how the old rivalry between these teams can be revived now that both franchises have improved so much. It turns out that those people spoke too soon, because the Celtics pushed aside the Lakers as easily as they have pushed aside most of their other opponents this season, winning 110-91. Paul Pierce scored a game-high 33 points, Kevin Garnett produced a very well balanced stat line (22 points, 12 rebounds, six assists and three blocked shots) and Ray Allen added 19 points. Starting point guard Rajon Rondo was a late scratch with a hamstring injury but Tony Allen (16 points, four assists) took his place and Boston did not miss a beat. Ready-made excuses were in place for the Celtics: this was Boston's fourth game in five nights--all on the road--while the rested Lakers had won four in a row and six of their previous seven games. This kind of game is often referred to in NBA circles as a "scheduling loss," a game in which the travel schedule and the opponent form a perfect storm that results in defeat. Instead, the Celtics won in commanding fashion, essentially turning the fourth quarter into garbage time. The Celtics improved to 26-3 and have matched the pace set by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls team that won a record 72 games (though it must be added that the Bulls rang up 41 wins before suffering their fourth loss). I still don't think that this team will break that mark but one by one the Boston Celtics are answering all possible questions and shutting up any remaining doubters. Will they play good defense? Check. Will they get enough production from the starting point guard and starting center? Check. Do they have enough depth? Check. Will the chemistry between stars Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen be good? Check, check, check--and it might be checkmate for the rest of the league; you still have to rate the defending champions San Antonio Spurs ahead of this team, the Detroit Pistons may yet be heard from in the playoffs (though they have departed meekly each year since winning the 2004 title) and I still have faith in the eventual revival of the Cleveland Cavaliers but this Celtics team is no joke and they are making a mockery of their opponents on a nightly basis. Kobe Bryant, who had averaged 36 ppg on .561 field goal shooting in the previous three games, scored 22 points and shot just 6-25 from the field. Bryant said, "I had good looks. I just missed them. You are going to have nights when you can't put the ball in the ocean sitting on a boat. You just move on to the next one." Bryant was hardly the only Laker who struggled. Andrew Bynum, an improving player who has started to receive outlandish praise recently, had eight points and two rebounds before fouling out and was about as invisible as a seven foot tall person can be. The Lakers shot .354 as a team and were outrebounded 49-41. Lamar Odom shot 6-17 from the field, finishing with 14 points and 10 rebounds; he also committed a senseless flagrant foul against Ray Allen with 2:57 left in the game and the Celtics up 103-84. Basically, Odom crosschecked Allen into the Celtics bench. Odom will certainly be fined for this and it would not at all be surprising if he is suspended for a game. Allen received a technical foul, though it is not clear what he did wrong. Fans of Amare Stoudemire, Boris Diaw and Carmelo Anthony who think that their heroes did the right things last year and were victimized when the league suspended them for leaving the area of the bench (Stoudemire and Diaw during the Spurs-Suns series) or escalating an altercation by throwing a sucker punch (Anthony in the infamous Nuggets-Knicks clash at Madison Square Garden) should note that no Celtics threw punches, left the bench area or acted the fool in any manner. In other words, the NBA's rules to prevent the escalation of confrontations do work and it is possible to exercise self control even in heated moments. Play was very chippy throughout the game and in one early sequence it looked at first glance like Garnett simply shoved Fisher to the ground for no reason. Garnett and Lakers forward Trevor Ariza each received technical fouls and a replay revealed what actually happened: Ariza pushed Garnett, who then tumbled into Fisher, knocking him over. Again, nobody lost his cool and did anything rash. Later in the game, during a stoppage of play, Garnett made a point of going up to Fisher, gesturing to where the incident had happened and apparently explaining that Ariza had pushed him. Fisher nodded his head as if he accepted Garnett's explanation. Fisher gave the Lakers a 2-0 lead by nailing a jumper on the opening possession--and it was all downhill for L.A. after that. Less than a minute later, the Celtics took the lead and never trailed again. Bryant struggled with his shot from the outset and never really got into a rhythm. He tried to compensate for this by driving to the hoop and drawing fouls but his 10-11 free throw shooting was not nearly enough to make up for all of the field goals that he and his teammates missed. It seemed like the Lakers had an inordinate number of missed layups but the Celtics lead the league in defensive field goal percentage and point differential for a good reason: they put relentless pressure on shooters and concede nothing. The Celtics led 32-23 by the end of the first quarter and it took a buzzer beating three pointer by Fisher to pull the Lakers to within 53-45 by halftime. The Celtics built double digit leads more than once in the third quarter but when Bryant drove to the hoop and kicked the ball to Fisher for an open three pointer the Lakers only trailed 72-66 and it looked like they had weathered the storm--but that is when the floodgates really opened: Pierce scored 10 straight points in the last 3:17 of the quarter, putting the Celtics up 80-66 heading into the final 12 minutes, and Boston never looked back. Labels: Andrew Bynum, Boston Celtics, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers, Lamar Odom, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen No Holds Barred Practice Sparked Blazers' Winning Streak Many people have tried to figure out how the Portland Trail Blazers suddenly became so good. Jason Quick of The Oregonian offers a good answer: The history books will show that the Trail Blazers' winning streak started on Dec. 3, when Travis Outlaw made a last-second shot at Memphis. But to the Blazers players and coaches, the roots of the streak really started two days earlier, at a community center in San Antonio, where an edgy and downtrodden Blazers team practiced. It was where Martell Webster and Joel Przybilla fought. Where Steve Blake kicked and then threw a chair. Where Brandon Roy exchanged sharp words with teammates. And where Channing Frye spoke up and made a promise. Quick explains that Coach Nate McMillan put in two special practice rules that day: (1) no defensive switching on pick and rolls, forcing defenders to fight aggressively through picks; (2) ballhandlers were only allowed one dribble, thereby encouraging more player and ball movement on offense. McMillan knew exactly what he was doing when he made these changes: "The practice was basically set up for a fight to happen. We were talking about pressuring. We were talking about being physical. We were talking about grabbing. And...we got into a fight, a couple tempers flared and a couple of other things happened." After the Portland players showed such intensity battling against each other, McMillan pointedly implored them to play that way against the rest of the league--and, since that day, they have. Labels: Brandon Roy, Nate McMillan, Portland Trail Blazers	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11182
__label__cc	0.616602	0.383398	Allegories... I am, by nature, a very private and introverted sort of person. A life as a stoic researcher of lost civilizations buried behind books and ancient scrolls, or a life as an monkish icon painter squirreled away painting by candlelight in a crumbling monastery would suit me just fine. In quiet and solitude, I collect and percolate. Ideas germinate and there's much internal activity. It's like my brain becomes a sponge and every little detail of every nuance gets soaked up. Ideas are king here. But that's only one side of the coin. It may be the most natural state, one that left on my own would be the dominate, but there is another... polar aspect. While it is the less "regular" state, it can't be ignored, because it is there and of the two, it is the louder one. This other side is a showman and socialite. Careers as a glittery party promoter, multitasking event organizer, or BOTH at the same time come easily to this more bombastic and fun-loving caricature. In friction and excited stimulus comes rapid growth, fast-firing ideas, and the execution of long-waiting things. In this state, everything is happening on the surface or outside of me. Nothing penetrates deeply and it's all about the general feeling, the movement and zeitgeist. Action trumps all in this state. Somewhere in between is the glue that holds these two facets together. Its role shouldn't be underestimated. The two sides are just crystalline formations of the same material. Neither is dishonest or disingenuous. The coin, whether flipped one way or another, is the same coin. But what does this all have to with anything? While we prepare to open Allegory Gallery, I've been thinking a lot about myself and the events that have led up to this moment. I've been thinking about what it'll take to make everything work. It seems like for a long time, I've been choosing between sides. For the past few years, I've done everything in my power to isolate myself and hide away in my tower. Before that, I did everything I could to put myself out there. I've been cycling through these personas. But now comes a unique challenge, one that can't be faced singularly, but one that requires both sides to work in unison and connect. It's time to move from Analytic Cubism to Synthetic, moving from singularly isolating facets of myself to merging the two, into a single Whole. It's Time to Grow. It's time to embrace the "glue". It's strange really. In this process I never really expected to make such discoveries. When the ball started rolling and the pieces started to fall into place, I never thought that it would form a mirror – a looking glass of revelation, self-realization and internal reflection. I guess it's aptly named. So eloquently written Andrew, you sound like the kind of person who I would like to have a heart to heart with. I used to be much more quiet and not share much of myself but now I find myself open, accepting and loving of all things that are presented to me. Patti Cahill said... Very well put. And you've reached a certain nirvana when you get to use both sides in concert. Kathy Van Kleeck said... How'd you get so wise and eloquent? There's an old soul in that young body. So beautifully said ... Will need to read this a couple more times for it all to soak in. Cindy Cima said... I can definitely relate to this but could not have said it so eloquently. September Reader's Challenge... August Reader's Challenge REVEAL... Weekly Word: Shelter... New Shop Goodies... Desert Splendor... Shadow Box Challenge and Blog Hop... Full-Steam Ahead... BeadFest Philadelphia... Weekly Word: Redeem... Allegory Gallery Giveaway Winner... Barbe Saint John Moving Sale... Amy Wilson Prints at Company... Magical Place... My Day Off... Introducing the Design Team... Consider the Flowers... Mostly Metal Challenge... Anonymous... Reader's Challenge Mystery Component Reveal... Weekly Word: Vigor... The Road to BeadFest SALE... Simple Gratitude... Long Days of Summer Jewelry Challenge... Two Day Only Mixed Lot Sale... Allegory Gallery Giveaway: One... Allegory Gallery Fundraiser... Transformations and Possibilities... What's In A Name... Weekly Word: Voluminous... Little By Little... August Design Kits Sold Out... A Cuddly Kid... Meet Laurie... A Tangle of Butterflies... August Reader's Challenge... July Reader's Challenge REVEAL... Weekly Word: Secret...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11187
__label__cc	0.63674	0.36326	Tag: Satchari National Park Photos 1 - 30 of 219 Go To Page : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Images Per Page : 30 60 100 200 Red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer), Satchari National Park, Habiganj, Bangladesh BPL046586 By: Gallery Administrator Golden-fronted leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons), Satchari National Park, Habiganj, Bangladesh The chestnut-tailed starling or grey-headed myna (Sturnia malabarica), Satchari National Park, Habiganj, Bangladesh Red-whiskered bulbul or crested bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus), Satchari National Park, Habiganj, Bangladesh Pompadour green pigeon, Satchari National Park, Habiganj, Bangladesh Red-breasted parakeet (Psittacula alexandri), Satchari National Park, Habiganj, Bangladesh Blossom-headed parakeet (Psittacula roseata), Satchari National Park, Habiganj, Bangladesh Vernal hanging parrot (Loriculus vernalis), Satchari National Park, Habiganj, Bangladesh Grey-capped pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus canicapillus), Satchari National Park, Habiganj, Bangladesh Oriental white-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus) ta Satchari National Park, Habiganj, Bangladesh Copyright © 2019 Bengal Pix Ltd. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11198
__label__cc	0.671162	0.328838	Quick Guide To The Ultima Thule Flyby During NASA Shutdown Posted on December 31, 2018 January 1, 2019 / astrobob / Asteroids / UPDATED Jan. 1 — Just over 24 hours before its closest approach to Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule, the New Horizons spacecraft has sent back the first images that begin to reveal Ultima’s shape. The raw image is at left but after sharpening we can see the asteroid’s elongated shape (right). NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute UPDATE Jan. 1 — New Horizons successfully flew by Ultima Thule last night on schedule and snapped a ton photos, a sample of which we’ll see live right here starting at 10:30 a.m. Central Time today (Jan. 1). Assuming the U.S. government shutdown continues for the next couple days, rest assured you’ll still be able to get the latest news of the asteroid flyby even with NASA on hiatus. The New Horizons probe, now a billion miles beyond Pluto and 6.1 light hours from Earth, is on target to zing by the asteroid Ultima Thule late tonight Central Time around 11:30 p.m. A timeline follows — all times are Central (add 1 hour for Eastern, subtract 1 hour for Mountain and 2 hours for Pacific Times). You can watch, listen and participate at New Horizons website and at the Johns Hopkins University youtube channel: 2-3 p.m. — Got a question about the flyby? Ask the experts in this live Q&A. Go to twitter.com and type #askNewHorizons in the search field. 7-10 p.m. — Panel discussion on exploration of small worlds (7-8 p.m.); mission and science updates; Ultima Thule flyby countdown event Tuesday, Jan. 1 9:15-9:45 a.m — Live coverage of New Horizons signal-acquisition in the Mission Operations Center, confirming the spacecraft’s status and flyby success 10:30-11:30 a.m. — Latest images, spacecraft status and panel discussion Wednesday, Jan. 2 1-2 p.m. — Press briefing and science results from the mission. Thursday, Jan. 3 1-2 p.m. — Press briefing and more science results. Sayonara, Comet Wirtanen! / Stars, Planets, Moon Parade At Dawn Ultima Thule Looks Like A Frozen Peanut	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11201
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All rights reserved. by Melissa Wilk Extended interview discussing the challenges and successes of 2017-18 With the start of the new academic calendar, the creation of the Long Range Development Plan (LRDP), and the opening of the Learning Commons, Augustana has had a year full of challenges and successes. The Medium sat down with Dean Allen Berger to discuss the past year and what’s to come. Can you discuss your administrative leave and the search for a new dean? The normal term for a dean is five years. My term was renewed a couple years ago, but I told the provost that I was more comfortable with three years over five. I’ll be stepping down as of June 30, 2019. So, at that point I will be going on an administrative leave and that was something I decided with the permission of the provost, and for all intensive purposes, I will still be in faculty. I’ve already been in correspondence with the provost about getting an early start on the search for the next dean. I think that’s hugely important because we want to be at the front of the market, not at the back of the market. I’ve advised that we use an external search firm to identify candidates who aren’t necessarily looking for jobs right now or wouldn’t see an advertisement. We may have an internal candidate, that remains to be seen, but even if we have an internal candidate, that person needs to be tested against the best candidates we can generate externally as well. What will you do after you leave Augustana? I want to do some writing projects and after my administrative leave, I will be retiring. I will have more time with my grandkids. They are in Mexico and the USA, so I want to see more of them. It will be a welcome change of pace. What have been this year’s main successes? Most of our focus has been on the implementation of the First-Year Seminar (FYS) and the new academic calendar. All indicators suggest to me that the FYS program has been a smashing success. There is a lot of research that suggests FYS programs are a high impact practice. In other words, they are investments in student success which means that success is measured by grade point averages, retention in university, and graduation. I think the main reason FYS went well was because we had a cohesive team that was planning together, bouncing ideas off one another, and reaching agreements about a collective approach. I’m also thrilled that we were able to open the learning commons. I hope that we will be developing the kinds of programs that attract students there and shift the daily rhythms of campus so that more students discover that the space belongs to them. It’s an area that was underutilized in the past. Now student services is in a very visible space at the centre of campus. Another success was the lab renovations. If I could be allowed to dream, I’d like to see Augustana get funding for the next stage of renovations in the science extension. I’d love to see that happen in the short-term. We also worked on the LRDP this year, which will go to the board of governors later in the spring and hopefully be done by May. It’s important because it has to do with the future development of Augustana. What have been this year’s main challenges? The biggest challenge is that the university is facing a very difficult budget situation. The province hasn’t made a final commitment, but it’s looking like we will be flat-funded. In addition, there is a tuition and instructional fee freeze. There’s no new revenue coming into the university and costs continue to go up. The faculties, as well as the administrative units have all been asked to cut their budgets by 4 percent. That’s a big ouch. We’ve been attempting to adjust to that and we’ve also been told to anticipate that there will likely be another 2.5 percent next year and another the following year. These are serious challenges. The whole university faces this challenge and Alberta post-secondary. We’re just a small piece of a much larger trend. When I look overall at the calendar, we had some fantastic classes that could only have been taught in a block format. But, to be perfectly honest, the overall implementation was a bit more uneven than I think it was for the FYS. In hindsight, that’s not surprising because individual faculty members were working in isolation rather than as a group in the way that the FYS instructors were. Going into next year, the challenge is, how do we share the pedagogical innovations and ideas that made some of our courses incredibly successful with faculty members? In any ambitious change, you have to be willing to accept that you’re not going to get everything right the first time. We need to learn from the assessments and make needed adjustments. What’s in Augustana’s future? As we think about Augustana’s future and budget cuts, we also need to think about the future in the of context of declining rural demographics. Augustana draws disproportionately from small towns across Alberta. I tease colleagues from North Campus because I look at where undergraduates from North Campus come from and I would call it the University of Edmonton. If you want to see the University of Alberta, come to Augustana, because our students are from across the province and beyond. Augustana in my mind, needs to continue to be a place that is attractive to and serves communities and students from across Alberta and other provinces. Yet, we can’t afford for that to be all we are – we’ve already said that we want to educate substantial numbers of Indigenous students and we want to diversify our campus with international students. We have to ask how Augustana plays a part in the U of A’s national recruitment strategy. I know this risks sounding artificial, but that means we need to think about our branding. How do we describe Augustana? How do we position Augustana in the minds of prospective students parents and policymakers? I think that we have something pretty special here and it’s not offered in a lot of places, especially not in the province of Alberta. If the university recognizes the need to recruit nationally, we need to be a player. What would your ideal hamburger look like? It would have to be something that Fatburger makes, because they were so loyal to us when the ASA did the best burger in town fundraising campaign. A few years ago, they created the Allen Berger Burger. It would have swiss cheese, avocado, mushrooms, tomato, and salsa instead of ketchup. If you could have a superpower, what would it be and why? Time travel. I don’t think I’d want to go forward because I like the mysteriousness of the future. Going forward would rob us of our free will. It would suggest that the future is already determined and I’d like to believe we have the capacity to shape it. I’m an anthropologist and what I do is try to understand the human situation. There would be so much understanding from a capacity to go back in time, and you could converse with all the neat people who are no longer around today. Interview with Steven Page of the Barenaked Ladies 10 unorthodox ways to use the pedway How to make the most of the Alver and Arlene Person Pedway After... Students question ASA election candidates at Candidates Forum by Cameron Raynor Augustana students head to the polls on Wednesday, Sept. 21 for this fall’s... In conversation with Councillor Mario Swampy and the Nipiy Committee Established in 2013... Augustana professors Brandon Alakas and Geoffrey Dipple spearhead Classical History and Literature Tour Learn more about Massive Open Online Courses This fall, there are six new faces joining the Augustana community. 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__label__cc	0.680315	0.319685	CNNC Hua Yuan Titanium Dioxide Co., Ltd plans to purchase 35% shares of Union Energy with RMB 35 million to enter into lithium battery area Biwen Wang From Gasgoo\| October 13 , 2017 Shanghai(Gasgoo)-CNNC Hua Yuan Titanium Dioxide Co., Ltd released an announcement on the night of Oct. 11 that it would sign an equity transfer agreement with Hui Jingyuan and other shareholders of Union Energy to purchase 35% shares with RMB 35 million. After the transfer, CNNC Hua Yuan Titanium Dioxide Co., Ltd will become the biggest shareholder of Union Energy. Union Energy is mainly engaging in the production and sales of liquid phase method lithium iron phosphate and lithium sulfur batteries, with products involving solvothermal lithium iron phosphate battery cathode materials, solvothermal lithium manganese phosphate battery cathode materials and lithium sulfur batteries. CNNC Hua Yuan Titanium Dioxide Co., Ltd mainly operates in titanium pigment, ferrous sulfate, MPAM, cogeneration, sulfur acid residue, as well as the R&D, production and sales of new products. Its operating revenue and net profit attributable to the shareholders reach RMB 1.634 billion and RMB 235 million respectively in the first half of 2017, growing 75% and 2122% year on year. CNNC Hua Yuan Titanium Dioxide Co., Ltd states that it will actively promote strategic development plans based on the previous surveys on alternative energy industry, to select lithium as its new business scope by investing in alternative energy companies. It's also revealed that uncertainties still exist whether the related products could reach mass production since Union Energy has not operated in its main business. Influenced by macroeconomic situation, industry cycle and management on targeted company, the company will also face risks that it could not reach predicted profits.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11205
__label__wiki	0.517308	0.517308	10 Regional British Food Favorites From Across the Isles April 23, 2016 February 15, 2017 David James British Food, cuisine, history, tradition There’s much more to British food than fish and chips and bangers and mash. Centuries of invasion and conquest have influenced British cuisine. Ancient Celts cultivated a wide variety of foodstuffs, Anglo-Saxons refined methods for stewing meat with herbs, Normans brought exotic spices, and Britain’s own global explorations introduced South Asian cuisine. Some think the austerity following World War II gave Britain a reputation for bland cuisine. Today, it’s a different story—Britain has gone back to its roots and is winning international acclaim. Here are 10 traditional foods from across the British Isles that have remained firm favorites. 1. Arbroath Smokie – Angus, Scotland Arbroath smokie. Credit Katherine, flickr A type of smoked haddock, the Arbroath smokie originated from a small fishing village near Arbroath in Angus, Scotland. Legend has it that one night a local store caught fire and barrels of haddock preserved in salt were cooked inside the burning wood. When the fire was put out, people discovering the barrels found that the contents were very tasty. A special barrel containing a hardwood fire is still used today—creating a very hot, humid, and smoky fire to cook the fish imbued with the strong, smoky taste that is unique to the Arbroath smokie. 2. Balti Curry – Birmingham, England Chicken Balti. Credit ayes, flickr An area in the Midlands known as the “Balti Triangle” hosts over fifty Balti restaurants of this delicious South Asian cuisine. A consequence of Pakistani and Kashmiri communities who brought Balti curry recipes to Birmingham in the 1970s, it is thought to be named after the metal dish that the curry is cooked in. The word “balde” is Portuguese for bucket or pail and traveled to the Indian subcontinent via the Portuguese traders of the 16th century. Balti curries are cooked quickly over high heat in a method similar to stir-fry. 3. Haggis – Scotland Haggis, neeps (mashed rutabaga (swede)) and tatties (mashed potato). Credit Matt Hamm, flickr When is one of the least appetizing recipe descriptions actually one of the most delicious? Answer: when it’s Haggis. Sheep’s innards (heart, liver, and lungs) wrapped in the casing of a sheep’s stomach does not conjure the most appealing of images, but the results of mincing with onion, spices, suet, and oatmeal makes for what Larousse Gastronomique (a French gastronomy encyclopedia) describes as “an excellent nutty texture and delicious savoury flavour”. 4. Lancashire Hotpot – Lancashire, England Lancashire Hotpot. Credit JJ Hall, flickr Originating from the time of the industrial revolution in North West England, working families needed a convenient way to make a quick hearty meal for sustenance. Essentially a lamb (originally mutton) and vegetable stew topped with sliced potato, the name sounds like it derives from a cooking pot, but actually refers to the “hodge podge” of ingredients that sometimes included lamb kidneys and even oysters. 5. Cornish Pasties – Cornwall Cornish Pastie. Credit Jim Hammer, flickr Pasties are baked pastries filled with meat and vegetables—the Cornish variety using beef, sliced or diced potato, swede (rutabaga), and onion. Popular in many areas of the world due to the spread of Cornish miners, the Cornish pasty began as a snack for royalty but became a staple of the working class in the 17th and 18th centuries. Cornish tin miners found it very convenient as a complete meal that could be eaten without cutlery—and one that tended to stay warm for hours due to the dense folded pastry casing. 6. Yorkshire Pudding – Yorkshire, England Yorshire Puddings. Credit skevbo, flickr Cooks in the north of England devised a way to make a filling first course from low-cost eggs, flour, and milk that could be eaten with gravy to save on the more expensive meat of the main course. Initially called “dripping pudding” because it used the dripping fat from a roast for flavor, it later became known as the Yorkshire Pudding. If you see your baked Yorkshires rising beyond what seems normal, do not fret—the Royal Society of Chemistry says that “a Yorkshire pudding isn’t a Yorkshire pudding if it is less than four inches tall”. 7. Devonshire Tea – Devon, England Devonshire tea. Credit Liyster Devon’s mild climate and fertile grasslands make it ideal for producing high-quality dairy products. Devon clotted cream is made by heating full-cream cow’s milk with steam and is a key ingredient in the Devonshire tea, also known as Devon cream tea. Together with scones (or Devonshire splits as they’re locally called), strawberry preserves and a pot of tea, Devonshire tea forms the basis of the tradition of afternoon tea. 8. Welsh Cakes – Wales Welsh Cakes. Credit zingyyellow, flickr Popular since the late 19th century, Welsh cakes are made from flour, sultanas, raisins, and/or currants and sometimes spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg. In Wales the cakes are known as bakestones because they were traditionally cooked on a thick cast iron griddle placed over a fire or cooker. Served either hot or cold with caster sugar, Welsh cakes are normally eaten plain, but sometimes buttered or split and spread with jam. 9. Cumberland Sausage – Cumbria, England Cumberland sausage. Credit Andrew Fogg A local specialty of Cumbria for the past 500 years, Cumberland Sausage takes its name from the Cumberland Pig—a hardy breed that could withstand the harsh weather of Northern England winters. Rather than divided into links as with most sausage, the Cumberland is a continuous coil of about 50cm (21 in). Traditionally the meat content was very high at 85-98%, but mass production has lowered it to around 45% in some cases. The original version was also mixed with more spices—a consequence of the influx of spices into Britain during the 18th century. 10. Irish Stew – Ireland As with some of the other examples listed here, Irish stew tells a story of hardship, of making the very most of basic local ingredients. Although Irish stew is generally made with lamb, potatoes, carrots, onions and parsley, purists maintain that it should be made with stronger-flavored mutton and only potatoes, onions, and water. Mutton was originally used because sheep wool and milk were both economically important commodities and therefore it made sense to only slaughter older livestock for food. The tougher meat needed hours of slow cooking. But what a result. One of the most delicious stews in the world. The History and Tradition of Social Networking in Britain Medieval Abbeys British Tea Traditions The Yorkshire Dales Thatched Cottages Contains affiliate links Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in the post above are “affiliate links.” This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I may receive an affiliate commission. I only recommend products or services that I believe will add value to my readers. 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__label__cc	0.735736	0.264264	The UK-China Hub for Offshore Wind and Cooper & Turner Meet with Huadong Engineering Corporation On Monday 14 August, the UK-China Hub for Offshore Wind (the Hub) representatives and its member, Cooper & Turner, met with New Energy Institute of Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited (Huadong Engineering). Phil Roebuck, Executive Director of the British Chamber Shanghai, introduced the Chamber as well as the Hub and its members to the Deputy General Manager of Huadong Engineering. David Wilkes, General Manager of Cooper & Turner Asia, introduced the company and its products. At the meeting, both parties discussed and shared new developments in the offshore wind sector, such as operational cost deduction and risk management.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11215
__label__cc	0.67676	0.32324	Demand Equality & Diversity at Cannes & All Film Festivals May 17, 2012 / tedhope Change.org\|The Proven Petition Site To the Jurors of the Cannes Film Festival You will spend the next 11 days watching 22 films that the programmers and leaders of the Cannes Film Festival deemed to be the worthiest of this year's competition. The Cannes Film Festival is one of the most prestigious festivals in the world. Festival Films including last year's Oscar winner The Artist have gone on to have long and successful lives, and filmmakers' careers have been launched on the Croisette. As we all know, the opportunities to have your film seen on a world stage is invaluable. For the 2012 edition, as with the 2010 edition, there are NO FEMALE DIRECTED FILMS in competition, and in the 64 years of the Festival only one woman -- Jane Campion -- has been awarded the Palme D'Or. Festival director Thierry Fremaux responded to the recent manifesto from La Barbe - a French feminist action group - which decried the lack of women by saying: "I select work on the basis of it actual qualities. We would never agree to select a film that doesn’t deserve it on the basis it was made by a woman…There is no doubt that greater space needs to be given to women within cinema. But it’s not at Cannes and in the month of May that this question needs to be raised, but rather all year and everywhere." We call for Cannes, and other film festivals worldwide to commit to transparency and equality in the selection process of these films. We judge films as human beings, shaped by our own perspectives and experiences. It is vital, therefore, that there be equality and diversity at the point of selection. Mr. Fremaux is correct in stating that women's rights must be addressed year round. We, the undersigned, encourage an industry-wide discussion about this issue, and call on the leaders throughout the industry to participate in and contribute to a dialogue about how we can, to quote Mr. Fremaux, "create a greater space for women within cinema." Sign the petition and see all the signatures. https://www.change.org/petitions/cannes-film-festival-where-are-the-women-directors# I have signed. Have you? May 17, 2012 / tedhope/ 1 Comment Cannes, petition, women & hollywood Guest Post: Orly Ravid "Going to Market with Your Film, Cannes 2011" Ah, it's that time of year again. I just booked my travel at Cannes; of course I did it last minute. My love for the market is as great as my dislike, alas. The place is filled equally with hope as despair. The promise of wealth and discovery looms with every glass of Rose and Pernod -- and I am not sure which causes my headaches more. That said, I am packing my bag, glad that once again I have a film playing in the official selection. I wish the first time I went I was armed with all the recommendations that regular contributor Orly Ravid has thought to offer us today. TEN TIPS for FILMMAKERS Going to Market or Seeking Distribution Going to a festival / market such as Cannes is exciting. Wine is often cheaper than water. Almost anything you eat there tastes better than almost anything you'll eat here, even though it is a tourist trap. Somehow, no matter how many carbs one eats, one usually still loses weight either because of the hustling and bustling or the fact that the French make their food lighter even when it's rich and they don't use preservatives when we do.... ahh France. But, I digress. When searching for distribution at or in preparation for, a festival or market, be clear about your goal and the amount of responsibility you have to your investors. You should be conducting a lot of research before you ever hit the market floor to identify which companies will be a good fit for your film. Depending on your knowledge, experience, willingness to take responsibility and the type of film you have, it may be advantageous to sell your film on your own, or it may be better to use a sales agent. Much is entailed with selling a film in different territories and formats and if you do not have experience in doing so, you may be better off working with someone who does. I have some tips for you to follow regardless of how your film will be sold. The Film Collaborative can help filmmakers who have decided to handle their own sales by evaluating contracts and guiding them through the process without taking the filmmakers rights, but it does depend on the filmmaker’s willingness to actively solicit buyers in the first place. Attracting suitable buyers is a time consuming and costly process (travel, marketing, sales skills), so if you have no interest in doing this, it is better to delegate that work (and your rights) to a sales agent. Before signing on the dotted line with ANYONE, (sales agent or distributor) you will need: 1. REFERENCES: Get references, and then call or email the other filmmakers the company has worked with. I am only partly teasing. You should be able to find a list of current clients on their website and you can research contact details for those people. It's great to contact the references actually given, but sometimes it gives a clearer picture to contact a few at random. You'll be shocked by how useful this can be to either comfort you that you are doing the right deal or protect you from being stuck in a deal you should not have done. The Film Collaborative has set up a Distributor ReportCard (a sort of “Yelp of Indie Film Distribution”) to help in the research of this. Check out our Distripedia™ section on our website www.TheFilmCollaborative.org 2. CAP EXPENSES: Define and cap all recoupable expenses and evaluate those based on projections. Spending $30,000 - $50,000 - $75,000 - $250,000 ++ is not inherently bad or good. It depends on the upside and the reasoning. Be clear about what the expenses are for, how much is approved, and if you and 8, 10, or 12 other people are being charged back for the exact same bill. Let's not let that happen. Are you paying for a party in Cannes? Maybe that is what is needed to attract buyers…just make sure that you are choosing to do so and that it makes sense. If the expenses are for distribution, have an idea about P&A budgets for different types of releases, the size of the release, the realistic projection of return and how long that return might take. The bigger the release (theatrical to many cities, large advertising spend, high cost publicists), the more expense is incurred and likely the longer it will take to recoup. And one should have a clear sense of the objectives and projections of the theatrical so one can properly analyze expenses. 3. RIGHTS vs RIGHT TO SELL RIGHTS: Distinguish between the right to represent the rights (example, traditional sales agency could choose to do vs taking all rights) and vs having rights to actually directly distribute (example a sales agency that takes all rights so that it can also then directly do digital distribution or a buyer who buys multi territories but then has other companies do the distribution in most of them, or a company that does not do its own theatrical or its own digital or its own DVD. Extra middlemen mean extra fees means less $$$ to you. You may want a company to have both and take care of it all for you and maybe it’s even the most advantageous deal because of relationships and best terms. Just know what the deal terms will be instead of realizing after the fact. This is especially critical when fees and expenses come into play. You may not want or need your sales agent to directly distribute to digital platforms if you can manage this yourself or they don’t end up even doing that in unsold territories but have your rights anyway, or maybe you do. And that brings me to another point about rights, don’t give any away that won’t be “exploited” as they say in the industry (that’s meant to be a nice thing). I.e. have rights revert back to you that are not properly handled and try to not give them away in the first place without knowing why it makes sense to. And I always like to carve out digital platforms a filmmaker can get onto that a sales agent or distributor does not want or choose to (in collaboration with the distributor or sales agent of course). 4. ACCOUNTING: Make sure you know when Accounting is due and when your corresponding payment is due. Try for QUARTERLY unless you don't like money coming in at least 3 times a year since most will pay no sooner than 30 or 60 days after the end of the quarter. Semi-annual accounting is possibly acceptable later into a term if you have no choice. 5. AUDITING & ARBITRATION: Reasonable Auditing and Arbitration provisions are key so you can have a clear way of investigating. Know where the arbitration will be conducted. “Resolving a matter via arbitration may be less expensive and more expedient than having to sue the distributor, but an arbitration provision may also be less effective at encouraging the parties to compromise prior to invoking arbitration than the threat of a lawsuit,” says TFC's legal counsel Cherie Song, an attorney at McGuireWoods LLP. Also, "a distributor should have an obligation to maintain records of all sales and rentals of the film, and give you the right to inspect such records at reasonable hours with prior notice," she says. "If your audit finds an underpayment, the distributor should pay you the difference within 30 days of demand, and if the difference is more than 5%, the distributor should reimburse you for your auditing costs.” 6. TERMINATION: Also set parameters by which a deal can be terminated. Not suggesting this should be random and exploitive of the sales agents or distributor's efforts, but should they be in breach or become insolvent, one needs a remedy if it’s not cured. “If the distributor fails to fulfill a material obligation (e.g., if the distributor fails to pay the MG or your share of “Gross Receipts”, fails to provide statements or fails to market or distribute the film within a certain time period following complete delivery) or files for bankruptcy, then you should have the right to terminate the agreement with notice, with the rights to the film in unsold territories immediately reverting to you," Cherie recommends. "The distributor should also indemnify you for claims resulting from its breach of the agreement and violation of third party rights. Furthermore, the distributor's payment and indemnity obligations should survive the expiration or earlier termination of the agreement.” And our capitalizing of “Gross Receipts” is on purpose. All terms that have any possible key meaning and affect your deal should be capitalized and DEFINED! Many thanks to Cherie for her impeccable services to our filmmakers overall. 7. MARKETING PLAN: In order to distinguish a knowledgeable and reputable distributor from one who is less so, ask for a detailed marketing plan. For filmmakers to be in the strongest negotiating positions on this, a marketing plan should have already been developed and implemented during production and a fan base already started. The distributor will simply be adding extra muscle to this plan, both in terms of financing and staff. If there is no previous plan, ask to see exact specifics on how the title will be handled in-house and the expenses associated with it before agreeing to a contract. This is of utmost importance as the success of your title depends on these efforts. Without a clear understanding of the strategy, you may find your title simply becomes part of a catalog passed along during markets or part of a library that is rarely exploited. The more effort a filmmaker makes in gathering an identifiable audience for their work, the more leverage he/she has because the film has provable potential. 8. BUILDING AN AUDIENCE YOURSELF: Intentionally putting a fine point on this topic! More and more distributors and sales agents are researching your title just as much as you are researching them. If you haven’t made any effort to build an audience, the perception is maybe there isn’t one. You should be looking at the sales agent/distributor relationship as a partnership not as a savior. This makes your film far more attractive to those companies because they can see the money making potential and their efforts will make the title a much stronger earner. Wouldn't you want to have an edge up on getting a better deal or not even needing one if you had already built an audience around your film well in advance of your first premiere? I know I would. (And thanks to our social network marketing guru / strategist Sheri Candler who contributed to this blog and especially #7 & #8). 9. CARVE OUT SOME DIY: Whenever possible, carve out the ability to sell off your own site and also via your own social networking pages and via other key DIY platforms & solutions. We recently did a blog (April 2011) about these so feel free to check out that info via the TFC site. 10. SPLIT RIGHTS / BE AS DIRECT AS POSSIBLE: If there is one thing I cannot stand is big fees taken out for being in the middle of revenue and not doing much to justify the fee. If a distributor is direct to key retailers and key digital platforms and is doing all or most of the release directly great. But if a distributor is licensing your rights for a not-very-huge-fee and hiring someone else to do the theatrical (and recouping an extra fee expenses) and / or not direct with libraries and institutions (if relevant) and/or not direct with key retailers or digital platforms then why bother? Go direct. Be as direct as possible. Split rights as much as possible especially when there is little investment on the MG side and/or little theatrical P&A side that help justify the rights needed for recoupment. In closing, I will again emphasize research, research, research. Don't be lazy and then regret later. It may have been more difficult to do this as an average filmmaker previously, but it isn’t difficult now. Take responsibility for your work and the business of it. Ask around. Ask other filmmakers, other companies, Ask us. Ask at least 3 people any given question so you can get a sense of the real answer to the extent there is one. -- Orly Ravid Orly Ravid has worked in film acquisitions / sales / direct distribution and festival programming for the last twelve years since moving to Los Angeles from home town Manhattan. In January 2010, Orly founded The Film Collaborative (TFC), the first non-profit devoted to film distribution of independent cinema. Orly runs TFC w/ her business partner, co-exec director Jeffrey Winter. May 06, 2011 / tedhope/ Comment Cannes, Guest Post, Orly Ravid Another Curmudgeon Says Let Indiewood Hurry Up & Die Jim McKay, who once was called by Variety "America's own Ken Loach", responded to my recent email blast and has kindly agreed to go public with it: "even the A-list auteurs' star-filled agency-backed packages are failing to find US buyers at Cannes"??? I don't see this as cause for alarm, I see this as cause for celebration. I mean, look at that sentence. What could be more diametrically opposed to small, independent filmmaking than stars, agencies, and packaging?!? The root of this whole problem goes back to the indie-fication of Hollywood and the fact that small films have found themselves competing with bigger ones for casting, financing, and, worst of all, Oscar recognition. Small films should never have had to compare themselves with these products or compete against them at festivals or in the box office. And yet this is where the "Indie Film" phenomena ultimately landed. We must stop seeing ourselves through the lens of 1) Hollywood and 2) Indiewood. The first is a system completely outside the realm of what small filmmakers create. The second is actually a non-existent planet that for a small time differentiated itself from Hollywood but is now just a sub-folder. Many of the great American filmmaking veterans, the ones who have spent their careers making small films, exist completely outside these worlds. Rob Nilsson, Jon Jost, Nina Menkes, Victor Nunez, Yvonne Rainer.... Let's start looking at how they do it, comparing the state of things for young filmmakers with the state of things for these makers. We'll probably learn a little about how to create and survive and I bet things will also look a lot more rosy in comparison..... Let the Cannes/Sundance/Tribeca house burn down. Or let it just do whatever it's gonna do. But I think we need to stop looking at the bigger system as something that exists in the same universe as films like the ones you listed. The sky is not falling, the sky is opening up. We've spent the last ten years eating filet mignon when rice and beans taste just as good. We've been flying first class instead of driving in the van with the band. No shit - steak and warm mixed nuts are lovely. It was nice while it lasted. But things have changed and we can change with them (for most of us, back to the way we always did it in the first place - much more challenging when you start becoming an old fuck like me) or we can just quit or sell out or buy in. The fact is, now that the economy has crashed people will finally start making films for less money and with less bullshit attached and stop trying to play the Hollywood or, just as bad, Indiewood game. And in the future, just like in the past, really good films will still have a tough time getting made. And getting seen. And making their money back. But there is one maxim that will never cease to apply: great work will ALWAYS, always find its way. It may not make a lot of money, it may call for extreme or inventive means of distribution, it will almost never be seen by the masses. But great work will continue to be seen and appreciated and maybe now more than ever, the means to spread the word about and gain access to this work is on the brink of discovery. I know we're saying pretty much the same thing. And I love how you're actually doing something about it. Providing a space for people to share information, taking part in a community.... all this is great and also pretty much all we can do right now as the system makes its seismic shift. While the glass might be half empty of money, I believe it's half full with creativity. Which strikes me as a pretty ridiculously optimistic thing for a cynical guy who hasn't made a feature in 5 years and is coasting into middle-aged curmudgeonhood. And yet, there it is. keep on keepin' on. May 23, 2009 / tedhope/ 7 Comments Cannes, indie film, Jim McKay, Jon Jost, Nina Menkes, Rob Nilsson, Sundance, Victor Nunez, Yvonne Rainer	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11231
__label__cc	0.702656	0.297344	There's a subtle shift coming Family life and that's certainly in focus right now Career or responsibilities are in for a new start. Add interesting conversation to the recipe and you'll be off to a good start. Starting any new work week calls you to account with the accounts. For the moment though, enjoy life with your loved one, whether it be social, recreational or truly romantic. There may be an occasion or a celebration. There may a new image or a love interest. It's restless on the weekend. Concentrate on a healthy life as Friday turns to Saturday, doing the little jobs and enjoying some vigorous exercise with your loved one. By the weekend, draw yourself back inwards, taking time to rest and reflect. If you have to negotiate over money or conditions, be flexible up to a point then stand your ground. Looking after 'you' is the best way. 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If you have to deal with a fiery female, wear your oven mitts. Exploding Kittens A Card Game About Kittens and Explosions In this highly-strategic, kitty-powered version of Russian Roulette, players draw cards until someone draws an Exploding Kitten, at which point they explode, they are dead, and they are out of the game -- unless that player has a Defuse card, which can defuse the Kitten using things like laser pointers, belly rubs, and catnip sandwiches. All of the other cards in the deck are used to move, mitigate, or avoid the Exploding Kittens. Created by Elan Lee (Xbox, ARGs), Matthew Inman (The Oatmeal), and Shane Small (Xbox, Marvel), Exploding Kittens is the most-backed Kickstarter project ever, and the most-funded game in Kickstarter history I must say, this game is funny and a blast to play. I can see why it has so many positive reviews. We love it, and would give the game five stars except for two issues. The first is that it is simply a card game. 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__label__wiki	0.655624	0.655624	Gali Health Makes Intelligent Personal Health Assistant Available to More Users After Successfully Completing Limited Access Program Patient advocates’ endorsement and over $2 million in seed capital bring the Gali mobile application to more people living with inflammatory bowel diseases SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#ArtificialIntelligence–Gali Health, a health technology company working to advance personalized medicine, today announced that it is making the Gali AI-powered personal health assistant for people with chronic conditions available to a broader initial group of users. The wider release follows successful completion and processing of feedback gathered from inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) patient advocates during the Limited Access Program implemented in spring of 2019. Expanding the user base will allow Gali to continue evolving with help from more members of the IBD community. “Seeing my ideas and feedback come to life within the Gali app is more than rewarding. Each design change leads to further feedback and a better user experience. It’s an honor to help develop a platform built by patients for patients,” says Gali Health Ambassador and IBD patient advocate Molly Dunham-Friel. Gali Health is inviting new users to join the Gali community in stages through a waitlist that can be found on its website. The waitlist is open to anyone who lives with IBD. “Our Ambassadors, who were the first to use Gali regularly, provided us with invaluable insights into their personal health journeys. They helped to validate our approach and bring us to a point where Gali is ready to keep learning,” says Ilya Kupershmidt, CEO and founder of Gali Health. The wider release is enabled by Gali Health having secured over $2 million in seed funding from top investors in biotech, consumer products and genomics. This round is led by Felicis Ventures and includes other prominent institutional investors such as Civilization Ventures and Bold Capital Partners, as well as angel investors Mostafa Ronaghi and Robert Nelsen. The funding enables Gali to accelerate its development and precision medicine-focused R&D efforts. Gali Health plans to release the Gali intelligent health assistant to the general public in the fall of 2019. About Gali Health At Gali Health, we are on a mission to make sure nobody ever feels isolated, lost or powerless in the face of existing or potential disease. We are a San Francisco-based health tech company working to advance precision medicine by crowdsourcing personal health data and medically-validated insights, applying AI to process them and providing highly personalized informational support on the medical, lifestyle and psychological aspects of living with chronic disease. Our mobile personal health assistant named Gali relies on individual health information and collective intelligence to help people with chronic conditions proactively manage their health. For more information, please visit galihealth.com. Anna Arutiunova, Gali Health anna@galihealth.com Previous Cordiaa AI-Powered Team Collaboration for the Non-Technical Workforce is Globally Available from Today Next Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting Experts Highlight Tax Implications of Wayfair Case on the First Anniversary of Historic Decision	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11255
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__label__wiki	0.865761	0.865761	Home>Music> Tekashi 6ix9ine Rolls Up To The Strip Club With Bulked Up Security Team Tekashi 6ix9ine Rolls Up To The Strip Club With Bulked Up Security Team By Aron A. Tekashi 6ix9ine is taking extra precaution after Sunday's robbery. Over the weekend, Tekashi 6ix9ine was robbed and kidnapped but thankfully, nothing happened to him. He previously said that he feels the robbery was an inside job. However, it should be a lesson for the rapper to watch the way he moves on the street and on social media. During his trip to Chicago in June, the rapper was mocked for moving around with security but after the robbery, we would only hope that he bulks up his team. In a recent trip to the strip club, the Brooklyn rapper pulled up with his security team surrounding him. Tekashi 6ix9ine is taking extra precaution after Sunday's robbery. The "FEFE" rapper made his way to Starlet's Gentlemen's Club in Queens last night with a whole gang of security. The rapper was seen throwing bands in the air while his song, "BILLY" played. Interestingly enough, G-Herbo was also spotted at Starlet's last night but it looks like they didn't run into each other. 6ix9ine's previously dissed Herbo on social media in the past. Aside from keeping his security close, the rapper was recently revealed to be one of the openers on Nicki Minaj and Future's joint "NICKIHNDRXX" tour which kicks off this fall. The announcement came only a few days after the release of 6ix9ine's collaboration with Nicki on their track, "FEFE" alongside Murda Beatz. This will be the first major tour that 6ix9ine's been on since coming out the gates with "GUMMO." Music News Tekashi 6ix9ine G Herbo FEFE security starlets gentlemens club strip club queens brooklyn stripper stripper life cashing out Ariana Grande & Machine Gun Kelly Cater To Their Fans By Taking Endless Photos Celtics' Terry Rozier Signs With Puma Basketball: Report MUSIC Tekashi 6ix9ine Rolls Up To The Strip Club With Bulked Up Security Team	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11269
__label__wiki	0.976106	0.976106	Home>Music> Top Tracks: T.I.'s Floyd Mayweather Diss, "Fuk N**," Hits #1 Top Tracks: T.I.'s Floyd Mayweather Diss, "Fuk N**," Hits #1 SHARE PICTURE Phillip Faraone/Getty Images Diss tracks remain king as T.I.'s "Fuck N," aimed at Floyd Mayweather, goes #1 Surprise! Another diss track debuts at #1 this week. This time, it's T.I.'s "Fuck N," a track aimed at multimillionaire pro boxer (and thrice-convicted domestic abuser) Floyd Mayweather Jr. Tip's track arose mostly out of Mayweather's recent decision to don a racist Gucci sweater, but it covers many other topics that have arisen in their long-broiling feud. Though most likely a one-off, "Fuck N" continues a trend that's existed on Top Tracks forever but has seemingly intensified in the wake of streaming services usurping much of Soundcloud and Youtube's numbers. No artist appears more than once in this week's top ten. 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__label__wiki	0.717389	0.717389	Democrats Aren't Losing Faith in Our Constitutional System. They Just Don't Like It By David Harsanyi If the Founding Fathers didn't want Virginia to dictate how people in Delaware lived in 1787, why would they want California to dictate how people in Wyoming live in 2018? In liberals' imaginations, there are only four ways to lose elections — and none has to do with their leftist turn, their hysterics or their one-dimensional identity politics. Democrats say they lose because of gerrymandering, voter suppression (sometimes known as asking for ID), Russian mind-control rays deployed by social media, and our antiquated and unfair Constitution. That last excuse is becoming increasingly popular among pundits who continue to invent new crises to freak out about. Take Vox's Ezra Klein, a longtime champion of direct democracy: "I don't think people are ready for the crisis that will follow if Democrats win the House popular vote but not the majority," he tweeted before the midterms. "After Kavanaugh, Trump, Garland, Citizens United, Bush v. Gore, etc, the party is on the edge of losing faith in the system (and reasonably so)." The "House popular vote" now joins the "national popular vote" and "Senate popular vote" as fictional gauges of governance used by Democrats who aren't brave enough to say they oppose the fundamental anti-majoritarianism that girds the Constitution. Otherwise, why would Democrats lose faith in a "system" that is doing exactly what was intended? The Constitution explicitly protects small states (and individuals) from national majorities. The argument for diffusing democracy and checking a strong federal government is laid out in The Federalist Papers and codified on an array of levels. This was done on purpose. It is the system. I mean, do Democrats really believe that the Electoral College was constructed to always correspond with the national vote? Do they believe that the signers of the Constitution were unaware that some states would be far bigger than others in the future? If the Founding Fathers didn't want Virginia to dictate how people in Delaware lived in 1787, why would they want California to dictate how people in Wyoming live in 2018? If you don't believe that this kind of proportionality is a vital part of American governance, you don't believe in American governance. You can despise Brett Kavanaugh all you like, but why would Democrats lose faith in "the system" that saw Republicans follow directions laid out in the Constitution for confirming a Supreme Court nominee? Why would Democrats lose faith in "the system" that elected Donald Trump using the same Electoral College that every other president used? Why would they lose faith in a system that houses a Supreme Court that stops the other branches from banning political speech? When the Supreme Court affirmed the election of George W. Bush, it turned out to be the right call. It's because they see the system as a way to achieve partisan goals, not as a set of politically neutral idealistic values. It's not a civics problem, either. One hopes that such liberal activists as NBC News' Ken Dilanian, who wonders "how much longer the American majority will tolerate being pushed around by a rural minority," understand sixth-grade civics. New York Times columnist Paul Krugman surely knows that the Constitution doesn't give "disproportionate weight" to smaller states. It intentionally gives all states the same weight in the Senate. Krugman only finds this idea "disproportionate" because it protects millions of Americans from the centralized coercive state that he envisions for them. The disproportionality he sees merely reflects his own concerns. It has nothing to do with the system. Also, rural America doesn't bully people such as Dilanian. The federal government was never supposed to be this powerful. Those in non-"forward-moving" America — those dummies Krugman would like to nanny from Washington — don't very much care how Dilanian lives. He, on the other hand, has big plans for them. It should be noted that these majoritarians throw millions of Americans aside to make this argument. We don't know how a national majority would vote. There are many millions of Republicans in New York and California who don't involve themselves in the futility of state politics. Those who rely on a "Senate popular vote" are being particularly dishonest, considering California didn't have a Republican on the ballot Tuesday. There are more Republicans in California than there are in Wyoming. But as you can see on Election Day, liberals have made "democracy" — a word mentioned zero times in the Constitution and Declaration of Independence — into a sacramental rite. Getting more votes in an election outweighs the inherent rights of liberty that are laid out in our founding documents — unless, of course, a right happens to intersect with some advantageous partisan idea, e.g., birthright citizenship; then Democrats become strict originalists. The only reason these folks who claim to want to save Constitution from Trump see crisis in the system is that it fails to deliver for them politically. They're not losing faith in the system. They just don't like the system. David Harsanyi is a senior editor at The Federalist and the author of the forthcoming book "First Freedom: A Ride Through America's Enduring History With the Gun." » Push-Ups Won't Make the Biden Campaign Strong » Barr Is Right: The Trump-Russia Conspiracy Is 'Bogus' » Democratic Candidates Are Running a Race of Inauthenticity » Anti-Trump Fever Takes Threatening Turn » CFIF Independence Day Quiz » The Problem With Ocasio-Cortez's Shameful Ignorance of History » Dems' Agenda: Kill Jobs; Pander to Freeloaders » Three Reasons Trump-Russia Hasn't Turned Into Watergate » Hey, Joe Biden! 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__label__wiki	0.708955	0.708955	Help Desk Outsourcing Market 2018 Global Share, Trend, Technology, Growth and Forecast to 2025 Wiseguyreports.Com Added New Market Research Report On -“Global Help Desk Outsourcing Market 2018 Top Manufacturers, Production , Growth and Future Demand Forecast to 2025 ”. Pune, India - August 10, 2018 /MarketersMedia/ — Global Help Desk Outsourcing Market WiseGuyRerports.com Presents “Global Help Desk Outsourcing Market Size, Status and Forecast 2025” New Document to its Studies Database. The Report Contain 95 Pages With Detailed Analysis. This report studies the global Help Desk Outsourcing market size, industry status and forecast, competition landscape and growth opportunity. This research report categorizes the global Help Desk Outsourcing market by companies, region, type and end-use industry. Helpdesk outsourcing refers to the process of engaging an external resource or service provider to provide technical support to employees and manage the same. 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Get sample Report @ https://www.wiseguyreports.com/sample-request/3329371-global-help-desk-outsourcing-market-size-status-and-forecast-2025 This report focuses on the global top players, covered Qcom Outsourcing Outsourced Level 1 and Level 2 Support Services Outsourced Technical Helpdesk Support Services Help Desk Outsourcing Manufacturers Help Desk Outsourcing Distributors/Traders/Wholesalers Help Desk Outsourcing Subcomponent Manufacturers Complete Report Details @ https://www.wiseguyreports.com/reports/3329371-global-help-desk-outsourcing-market-size-status-and-forecast-2025 Table of Contents -Major Key Points Global Help Desk Outsourcing Market Size, Status and Forecast 2025 1 Industry Overview of Help Desk Outsourcing 1.1 Help Desk Outsourcing Market Overview 1.1.1 Help Desk Outsourcing Product Scope 1.1.2 Market Status and Outlook 1.2 Global Help Desk Outsourcing Market Size and Analysis by Regions (2013-2018) 1.3 Help Desk Outsourcing Market by Type 1.3.1 Outsourced Level 1 and Level 2 Support Services 1.3.2 Outsourced Technical Helpdesk Support Services 1.4 Help Desk Outsourcing Market by End Users/Application 1.4.1 Large Enterprises 1.4.2 Small and Medium Enterprises 2 Global Help Desk Outsourcing Competition Analysis by Players 2.1 Help Desk Outsourcing Market Size (Value) by Players (2013-2018) 2.2 Competitive Status and Trend 2.2.1 Market Concentration Rate 2.2.2 Product/Service Differences 2.2.3 New Entrants 2.2.4 The Technology Trends in Future 3 Company (Top Players) Profiles 3.1 CSC 3.1.3 Products, Services and Solutions 3.1.4 Help Desk Outsourcing Revenue (Million USD) (2013-2018) 3.2 HCL Technologies 3.3 HP Enterprise Services 3.5 Qcom Outsourcing 3.6 Wipro ……..CONTINUED Name: Norah Trent Organization: WiseguyReports Address: Office No. 528/524, Amanora Chambers, Magarpatta Road, Hadapsar Pune, Maharashtra 411028 Phone: +1 (339) 368 6938 (US) +44 208 133 9349 (UK) Source URL: https://marketersmedia.com/help-desk-outsourcing-market-2018-global-share-trend-technology-growth-and-forecast-to-2025/391716 For more information, please visit http://www.wiseguyreports.com Source: MarketersMedia Release ID: 391716 More News From digitalpressnetwork.com WARSAW, Poland — A Jewish association says some private donors to Poland's renowned Jewish history museum have suspended funding out of concerns about the government's failure to renew the term of its director. 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__label__cc	0.545817	0.454183	Apps & Games Instagram Instagram not working? Here’s how to fix it! Instagram is one of the most popular social media platforms in the world, but when it’s not working it can be a frustrating experience. The servers are generally reliable, but for those unfortunate occurrences when Instagram isn’t working, we put together a list of ways to fix it. Follow the troubleshooting guide below to fix any Instagram problems you might be experiencing. How to download images from Instagram — Android and PC How to unblock someone on Instagram Check if Instagram is down If Instagram isn’t working for you, it could be the case that it isn’t working for anyone. Before you take any more drastic measures check whether or not Instagram’s servers are down. Instagram tips and tricks: Do it for the ‘gram Social media. We all have an account on one platform or another. For many of us, maintaining an online presence is both a chore and a self-indulgent pleasure. 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__label__wiki	0.843417	0.843417	Research and Advanced Study Programs (RASP) - College of Osteopathic Medicine - Michigan State University FIND PEOPLE \| MAPS Departments & Affiliates What is Osteopathic Medicine? Communique Magazine Inclusitivity and Diversity MSUCOM Merchandise Overview of Program Why MSUCOM? Applying to MSUCOM Admitted Applicants Premedical Programs Future DOcs (high school students) OsteoCHAMPS (high school students) Osteopathic Medical Scholars Program (MSU undergraduates) Links and University Resources StuInfo RCPD UPHYS Title IX Reporting Registrar Services Academic Success & Career Planning Counseling & Health Promotion Scheduling & Student Activities D.O. Degree Program AP Faculty and Staff D.O./Ph.D. D.O./M.P.H. 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RASP's responsibility is to develop and/or maintain these initiatives and terminate them when appropriate. RASP provides a single administrator (Associate Dean for Research in COM) to which these initiatives are responsible. The College of Osteopathic Medicine is made up of several clinical departments that are "wholly owned" by the College, two clinical departments that are shared with the College of Human Medicine (Psychiatry and Radiology), and several basic science departments in which a number of individuals hold faculty appointments in COM. Because of the different structure of the various college supported departments, COM has had the need to develop distinctive research initiatives under college auspices. The Research and Advanced Study Programs provides a broad administrative structure that can include various research programs. Some of the entities such as the Carcinogenesis Laboratory and the Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratories have been highly successful receiving substantial external funding and are recruiting new faculty. Some are newly established and the Program provides an incubator in which they can grow. Others have morphed into new entities or were successful for a period and then went out of existence. RASP Research Programs Orthopedic Biomechanics Laboratories (OBL), College of Engineering, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Dept of Manipulative Medicine The Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratories (OBL) produces cutting edge research. Roger Haut, PhD, the Director, has secured funding from the CDC in excess of $2.5 million over the past 10 years to study the mechanics of osteoarthritis. In his research on the biomechanics of skull fracture in children and infants, Haut's collaboration with MSU anthropologists has provided expertise relating to biomechanical and soft tissue injuries. Center for Orthopedic Research MSU Center for Orthopedic Research (MSUCOR) was established in the fall of 2007 with the arrival of Jacek Cholewicki, PhD, MSUCOM Walter F. Patenge Endowed Chair in the Dept of Osteopathic Surgical Specialties. Research projects at MSUCOR involve MSU faculty and graduate students from three MSU Colleges. Venous Thromboembolism Research Unit Paul Stein, MD, directs the Venous Thromboembolism Research Unit. Stein studies deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolisms. He directs NIH-funded multicenter studies that investigate the incidence, methods of diagnosis and therapeutic interventions for these conditions. He has published 574 papers in his professional life, and 82 in the last seven years. https://www.doximity.com/pub/paul-stein-md/3 International Neurologic and Psychiatric Epidemiology Program (INPEP) Utilizes the epidemiologic methods to study neurologic and psychiatric conditions that impact public health in developing regions of the world. Translational Neurobiology Research Unit The Translational Neurobiology Research Unit has obtained extramural funding from the NIH, the US Army, and two NIH pre-doctoral trainee fellowships. This research group is headed by John Goudreau, DO, PhD, who is a specialist in Parkinson's Disease and other gait disorders. He has authored or co-authored numerous publications. Goudreau has mentored over 25 undergraduate, pre-doctoral, medical and post-doctoral trainees, including matriculating 2 PhD students and 2 DO-PhD students. http://research.msu.edu/stories/specific-protein-may-help-neurons-fix-themselves-parkinson%E2%80%99s-patients MSU Center for Vaccine Development and Deployment Andrea Amalfitano, DO, PhD, Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Professor of Pediatrics, and Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics was awarded a major 3-year, $480,000 grant from the MSU Foundation to help establish the MSU Center for Vaccine Development and Deployment. This Center utilizes advanced generation adenovirus-based gene transfer vectors as preventative and/or therapeutic vaccine platforms for malaria and other diseases. The Center will develop new vaccine platforms designed to elicit beneficial immune response against antigens derived from pathogens or cancer cells, so as to facilitate immune response induction to the desired antigen(s). Eventual deployment into the clinical arena is the goal of the Center. http://research.msu.edu/stories/modified-vaccine-shows-promise-preventing-malaria http://spartansagas.msu.edu/spotlight/1032/transcript/ The Institute of International Health has been extensively involved in organizing International Health Elective Clerkship opportunities, which provide an introduction for medical students to the practice of medicine in resource-poor settings. 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__label__wiki	0.645511	0.645511	Jun 1 Peak Performance Under Pressure with Mark Wales Jessica Maguire Mark Wales grew up in the red dirt of West Australian mining towns in the Pilbara. After deciding he wanted to join the SAS in high school, Mark embarked on a career in the Australian military that would eventually lead him to the battlefields of Afghanistan. Mark carries an impeccable military career that took him to Afghanistan on multiple tours, as well as to East Timor, Iraq and the Solomon Islands leading elite teams in the toughest and most stressful environments imaginable. Mark’s role was to lead combat missions against senior enemy commanders, deep behind enemy lines. Through this unique and harsh environment, Mark developed his skills in leadership, teamwork and high performance. Like many in his situation, Mark battled depression and stress disorders after warfighting in Afghanistan. He tackled recovery with the same intensity he applied to Special Ops training. He rigorously researched the fundamentals of neuroscience and the benefit of skill development. This approach underpinned a strong recovery, and drove personal growth far beyond his previous abilities. We discuss how he learnt to understand what had happened to his brain throughout his service and what strategies he used to recover. Beyond his years of service, Mark attended a top business school. He was accepted into an Ivy League college in the U.S.A, and after graduation he joined McKinsey & Company, a respected consulting outfit also known as ‘The Firm’. He founded a fashion startup Kill_Kaptur, a tough-luxury ecommerce brand. Mark now dedicates his life to educating others on leadership, strategy and peak performance while under stress. He says: “I review the importance of strategy, execution and agility in any competitive system, drawing lessons from warfighting in Afghanistan, giving others useable lessons on how to apply this from today." You may also recognise Mark as He was a competitor in Australian Survivor 2017, Mark is now also the CEO of the Younger Heroes. It is a breakthrough program designed by professionals to enhance and strengthen the critical bond between returned servicemen and women and those that have served the nation and their children. You can find all the details at theyoungerheroes.org Throughout this podcast Mark and I discuss the strategies that he uses for himself for peak performance, how past experience should never be a limitation to embarking and excelling in something new, overcoming setbacks, working with the fear of failure and how to deal with overwhelm. Mark also reveals the importance of a growth-mindset to overcoming mental illness and drive success in future endeavours. So without any further ado, I bring you the incredible Mark Wales Sign up with your email address to receive new podcasts. New Workshop: Mindfulness for Managing Fear and Anxiety Sep 2 Overcome Anxiety By Supporting Your Brain with Allison Davies May 7 A Life Lived in Fear is a Life Half Lived - with Fay Jackson	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11301
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__label__wiki	0.98662	0.98662	Halep between Serena and record Slam haul US player Serena Williams returns against Czech Republic’s Barbora Strycova (not pictured) during their Wimbledon women’s singles semi-final at The All England Club in London yesterday. (AFP) Simona Halep is the last woman standing between Serena Williams and achieving her long held ambition of equalling Margaret Court’s Grand Slam title record after both recorded easy victories in their Wimbledon semi-finals yesterday. Seven-time champion Williams made short work of plucky unseeded Czech Barbora Strycova, whose experience of her first ever Grand Slams singles semi-final in her 53rd campaign lasted just under an hour as she lost 6-1, 6-2. Former world number one Halep’s clash with Ukrainian Elina Svitolina lasted a bit longer but the 27-year-old ran out a 6-1, 6-3 victor to become the first Romanian woman to reach the Wimbledon final. Williams has missed the chance to equal Australian Court’s record on two occasions since returning from giving birth — losing last year’s Wimbledon final and then a bad-tempered defeat in the US Open final. “It feels good to be in the final again after the year I have had,” said 37-year-old Williams. “I have just needed matches to feel good and do what I do best and that is play tennis “I love what I do. I have a great job and I am still pretty good at it. I get a remarkable experience every time.” Williams produced a dominant performance yesterday which has not always been the case during the Championships and she said she would not be taking seventh-seeded Halep lightly. “She’s a tough opponent,” said Williams. “We always have great matches. I look forward to it.” Strycova, who never managed to impose her delightful stroke-filled game on her opponent, at least has the consolation of perhaps winning the women’s doubles. Halep, who was French Open champion in 2018, will be playing in her fifth Grand Slam final. “It’s an amazing feeling but I am also excited and nervous. It is one of the best moments of my life,” said Halep. “The match was not easy, the games were long and went deep. “I fought hard to win this match and I was strong mentally and physically and had the right tactics.” Halep, who had knocked out new star, 15-year-old Coco Gauff in the last 16, lost in her previous semi-final appearance at Wimbledon to Eugenie Bouchard in 2014. However, she said she was a different player now and had taken to grass. “I have more experience, I don’t give up anymore,” she said. “I plan to be the best version of myself and fight to the end.” ‘Kicking the ball’ The easy manner in which former world number one Halep wrapped up the match had not looked on the cards at the outset. Svitolina, the first Ukrainian woman to reach a Grand Slam semi-final, and Halep traded shots aplenty and break points in the opening two games which took over 20 minutes to complete but Halep emerged on top with a 2-0 lead. Svitolina, being watched from the players box by her English coach Andy Bettles and French boyfriend and ATP star Gael Monfils, briefly raised her game to break back. However, Halep broke again immediately and 24-year-old Svitolina gave an indication of her increasing frustration when she netted a simple volley and lashed out, kicking the ball into the net. Worse was to come for Svitolina on her next service game wheh Halep produced a stunning shot to go 5-1. The 27-year-old Romanian dashed across court to get to Svitolina’s drop shot and flashed it cross court. Halep, who had not faced a seeded player until Svitolina, faced some resistance as she served for the set eventually taking it on her sixth set point. Although Svitolina stayed with Halep for the first part of the second set, the self-belief and fight had gone and when the Romanian broke for 4-3 it was game over. All that was left was for Halep to blow a kiss skywards in celebration on sealing the match. Coach Xavi oversees Sadd’s first training session in Spain Qatar to host 24th edition of Gulf Cup from November 27 to December 9 Al Duhail confirm Mohanad Ali arrival Barshim returns to Diamond League action on Sunday Pernell Whitaker: Former world champion boxer who won gold at the 1984 Olympics All Blacks favourites but others can spring a surprise Oakland Raiders sign former first-round pick Cooper Dismal fourth inning punctuates Phillies’ 16-2 loss to Dodgers	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11309
__label__cc	0.534607	0.465393	BB&T Charleston Wine + Food Festival® Pays Homage to Chef Frank Stitt With fresh Alabama Gulf Seafood in our backyards and world-class chefs all across the state, it’s easy for Alabamians to get spoiled on great food. But when we say that Alabama is home to some of the best chefs you’ll ever meet, we’re not just patting our own backs. That’s why we were thrilled to see Birmingham chef Frank Stitt receive multiple honors at the recent 2013 BB&T Charleston Wine + Food Festival® in Charleston, S.C. this past weekend. The Festival crafted its first-ever tribute dinner (“Food + Wine With A View: A Tribute to Frank Stitt”) to honor Chef Stitt, a culinary legend who is widely viewed as one of the first chefs to bring the philosophy and panache of French cuisine to the world of Southern cooking. Additionally, the Festival honored Stitt during the Opening Ceremonies by presenting him—who else?—with their first-ever Frank Stitt National Chef Award. A native of Cullman, Ala., Stitt is the proprietor of a handful of upstanding Birmingham restaurants, including Highlands Bar & Grill, Chez Fon Fon, Bottega, and Bottega Café. He’s also a household name at the James Beard Foundation. After winning the Best Chef in the Southeast Award in 2001, Stitt was a finalist for the national Outstanding Chef Award in 2008 and was inducted into the Foundation’s “Who’s Who of Food and Beverage” in 2011. Chef Stitt is a huge proponent of Alabama Gulf Seafood in his fantastic dishes, as you can see from the commercial he filmed with us last year. We’re proud to work with such a well-known culinary icon. Check out the Festival’s Frank Stitt tribute video below.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11317
__label__cc	0.552884	0.447116	Healing the Western Soul Reviews of Healing the Western Soul Reviews of Direct Connection Order a Book Endorsements for Healing the Western Soul: A Spiritual Homecoming for Today’s Seeker As our Western culture embraces globalization and diversity, tensions are pulling people away from their Judeo-Christian sacred roots. The causes go wide and deep. Secularism, Post-Modernism, the declining regard for organized religion, psychiatry’s focus on the brain, the New age movement’s shopping around for Eastern spiritual practices — all have created a split between the seeker and the soul. For many Western seekers, this has created a difficult and challenging spiritual journey. Healing the Western Soul is for the millions of readers from a Judeo-Christian heritage who endure spiritual angst and yearn for something that seems just beyond their reach. It adapts and illuminates a little-known path traveled for centuries by mystics. It is a road-map for modern readers. Healing the Western Soul is now available from Paragon House. Order now from Amazon. review-htws Publisher's Weekly Review Psychologist Miller (Direct Connection) sees a mental health system failing those who have religious visions, especially those with Western spiritual figures such as Jesus or angels. Contemporary psychology and psychotherapy recognize neither… http://drjudithmiller.com/wp-content/uploads/pub-weekly-sq.jpg 441 441 Judith Miller http://drjudithmiller.com/wp-content/uploads/logo-trans2-300x138.png Judith Miller2015-03-09 14:29:502017-01-01 20:59:53Publisher's Weekly Review Praise for Healing the Western Soul “I devoured Miller’s book from start to finish in one setting. I have found an articulate ally in the importance of spiritual experience. But beyond that is the daring counter-cultural revelation that many of our “helpers” neglect and even distain the Judeo-Christian mystical experiences of those who come to them. This is in spite of the fact that many of our authentic mystical experiences in the West are expressed in those very images and language. I found myself wanting to send a copy of this book to every postmodern person I know with a note saying ‘Hey, how about this!’ ” Paul Smithauthor of “Integral Christianity: The Spirit’s Call to Evolve” “Dr. Miller takes us to a fascinating spiritual and intellectual journey as a compassionate guide, a brilliant cartographer, and a kind bridge builder between many valleys and hills of psychology and spirituality….This book is “the must read” for all people from the East and West who want to heal their wounds from their traditional institutionalized religions and to find their spiritual Home in relation to deep insights from psychology. A great achievement!” Dr. Chung Hyun Kyung PhDProfessor of Interfaith Engagement Union Theological Seminary, New York City Buddhist Dharma teacher in Korean Kwan Eum Zen tradition …a pioneering breakthrough for personal and cultural healing in our unprecedented global age. Ashok Gangadean, Ph.D Margaret Gest Professor of Global Philosophy, Haverford College “Dr. Judith Miller has much sage wisdom to share about the spiritual journey and how we can often find in our own backyards what we have set out to discover by pursuing dusty trails leading to exotic places that don’t speak to us nearly as clearly.” David Lukoff Ph.DProfessor of Psychology at Sofia University in Palo Alto, CA and Co-president of Association of Transpersonal Psychology. Miller’s argument that Western traditions have moved away from their spiritual beginnings rings true in today’s civilized and scientific-based, society…. It’s time to explore the more spiritual side of our belief, and “Healing the Western Soul” is a great place to start.” The Rev. Kymberley Clemons-JonesPastor of Valley Stream Presbyterian Church and Author of “Cured But Not Healed: How to Experience Deeper Faith on Your Journey with God. “At a time of global cultural fusion, Judith Miller calls us back to attend to the spiritual forms that we took on consciously and unconsciously in the early years of our development. She insists that our healing has to take place in the tradition we were first at home in, not in traditions and languages that remain exotic to us and consequently lose their power to articulate precisely and to evoke experience with profundity — just as poetry does — in translation.” Dr.Melvyn HillPsychologist in private practice, Manhattan ”In our common work, which is experiential and scientific, she dares more than other psychotherapists and spiritual leaders to help people to heal their deepest wounds and find their authentic spiritual grounding. I appreciate Judith’s scientific competence and reliability. And she has a bigger knowledge which is beyond the brain, unspeakable, comes directly from the heart.” Ingo JahrsetzWittnau, Germany, Dr. Phil. President of European Transpersonal Association 2009-2013; Founder and Director of Institute of Consciousness Exploration and Psychotherapy Throughout the book, the interested reader will find the clarity of a top-class teacher along with the large vision of the mystic and the sound reasoning of the scholar. All of this with the authenticity of Judith Miller’s sharing of her life experience dilemmas, research and breakthroughs in a very positive, loving and constructive way. Vitor RodriguesPhD in Psychology, Psychotherapist was the President of the European Transpersonal Association (2005-2009) and of the Portuguese-Brazilian Transpersonal Association (2003-2009). He is the author of twelve books. “Dr. Judith Miller is uniquely qualified to offer wisdom and guidance to those interested in going beyond the dichotomies that fracture the world and create opposing sides instead of an integrated whole. Her many years of work in spiritual development, clinical psychology, the study of Eastern spiritual traditions as well as her profound understanding of Judeo-Christian spirituality infuses her writings…. Dr. Miller offers the wisdom and the means for reclaiming our Western spiritual heritage. She also points to the universality of true mystical experiences and insights, which when properly understood, unite East and West.” Lawrence Edwards, Ph.D.Founder and Director of Anam Cara, and President of the Kundalini Research Network Loved it!! …it is absolutely crucial to the West to get this message ASAP. And for psychology and religion to stop getting in the way of actual soul experience… Gregg CurryRaised Methodist, retired Minister A great book, a challenging call—if you happen to consider yourself a spiritual softy, don’t touch it. Miller makes it very clear that finding your own spiritual way by acknowledging and opening to your Western mystical roots is a very urgent matter these days. Engaging yourself with the book will leave you, in the end, with the deep and reassuring perspective that, beyond any doubt, you will be guided and carried through the jungle. All you have to do is wholeheartedly get on your way. Rainer Pervoltzco-founder of the Chiron Centre in London and the International Institute for Consciousness Exploration Dr. Judith Miller explored in depth the very root of our Judeo-Christian heritage and modern spiritual crisis. She expressed brilliantly the Zeitgeist of our time: to come fully home to who we are. And the book is an excellent guide to this journey. Vladimir Maykov, Ph.DChair of Transpersonal Psychology, Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis, and Senior Research Associate Miller clearly has a wealth of knowledge and a rich fund of experience with which to guide us towards a spiritual homecoming. Hers is a fierce but loving challenge to face our western divergence from our Judeo-Christian roots. It is a call to look in the mirror: to search honestly and truthfully deep down inside ourselves for what has been lost and to re-connect with this tacit origin within us. An epiphany! Regina U. Hess, Ph.DGerman clinical psychologist, transpersonal psychotherapist, researcher, and faculty at international Judith Miller shows us a positive side of how to bring people around the world closer together. Her important message is ‘To thine own self be true.’ Only by first acknowledging and reconnecting with our own Western sacred ground, will we be able to authentically become One with people worldwide from different traditions, worldviews, and cultures. Miller’s book is indeed a homecoming, a healing, a gift for those of us who are spiritual seekers. Excellent read! Barbara H. Whitfieldauthor of The Natural Soul: Unity With the Spiritual Energy That Connects Us Miller offers a path to help Westerners return to the mystical roots familiar and known to them ‘natively’ from childhood. At some point, all of us need to return to plumb the depths of our childhood moorings in the Sacred no matter how far reaching and extraordinary our learnings from the other great spiritual traditions worldwide. I agree. Rosemarie Anderson Ph.DProfessor Emerita, Sofia University; Founder and Consultant, “Transpersonal Consultancy” …a ‘must read’ for not only clinicians, spiritual counselors and educators in the field, but for anyone yearning for that spiritual connection that is essential in the course of the evolution of consciousness on a personal and collective basis. Finally, and most importantly, it validates the critical need for Westerners to return to their JudeoChristian roots with a new and informed spiritual perspective. John Z. Amoroso, Ph.Dtranspersonal psychotherapist and educator,author of Awakening Past Lives: A Step by Step Guide It is bewildering that while religion and spirituality seem to be playing such a central role in many people’s lives, so little has been done to incorporate this dimension of the human psyche into mainstream psychology. Dr. Judith Miller’s book is making a significant contribution in bridging that gap. Zana Marovic Ph.D clinical psychologist, transpersonal psychotherapist, trainer, and Yoga teacher in private practice ©2018 Dr. Judith Miller	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11320
__label__wiki	0.578672	0.578672	'No bullying at Browns' When Emma Watson took a sabatical from Brown's university in the US to concentrate on her fashion line, rumours abounded that the Harry Potter star had left due to bullying students. Stories swirled that some naughty types had taken compromising pictures of the actress and were emailing them around campus, a move which had forced Watson to leave the college. Well Emma has spoken to Vogue about these pesky snippets of gossip, and says it's all rubbish. Emma told Vogue, 'It made me so sad when all this stuff came out that I left Brown because I was being bullied. It made no sense at all. Brown has been the opposite. I've never even been asked for a single autograph on campus. I threw a party for nearly 100 students and not a single person put a photo on Facebook.' She continued, 'Anyway, even if I was being given a hard time, I wasn't going to wuss out of university because someone said 'Wingardium leviosa' to me in a corridor, or 'Ten points to Gryffindor'. I've been dealing with the media since I was nine. If I can't stand up to a few people giving me a hard time, it's a bit pathetic, really. I've had so much worse.' films, emma watson harry potter, emma watson leaves uni, emma watson fashion, emma watson hogwarts, emma watson film Less Hogwarts, more Hermes See ya, Harry! Watson under her clothes? See the new Harry Potter trailer here 'I'm not father of a secret love child'	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11322
__label__wiki	0.834809	0.834809	Home Event LA Theater Scene April shows & reviews LA Theater Scene April shows & reviews MARGIE BARRON Apr 20th, 2019 0 Comment Los Angeles area theaters have fabulous shows in full bloom this Spring. Review: THE ROOT BEER BANDITS— A Rootin’ Tootin’ Wild West Musicale, at The Garry Marshall Theatre (formally known as The Falcon Theatre) from April 4 through April 28. Yee Haw! Welcome to the Old West where The Root Beer Bandits– A Rootin’ Tootin’ Wild West Musicale has been corralled at the Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank. Y’all have to love a town named Sarsaparilla. That’s where the wonderful Western tale unfolds about a plucky dreamer named Polly (the tremendously talented Grace Yoo), the only gal to ride for the Pony Express in 1860. Delivering a letter to Sarsaparilla’s Sheriff Bailey (the sweetly heroic Clayton Snyder), Polly discovers that a dastardly duo, ornery Copper Penny (the formidable Kelly Brandeburg), and her sidekick-in-crime, Zeke (scene-stealing cowpoke Josey Montana McCoy), are scheming to pilfer all the gold-flecked root beer in town. A trailblazing entrepreneur Sally Sue (first-rate highflautin’ honey Cloie Wayatt Taylor) gets hogtied but finally helps set things right, and rocks the hoop-skirt costume while doing it. There’s no shoot out, instead justice is served with a “sing out.” And the songs throughout are terrific, co-written by director Joseph Leo Bwarie who peppers the production with a super-fun fast-paced vaudeville comedy style. CAST: (l. to r.) CLOIE WYATT TAYLOR, CLAYTON SYNDER, GRACE YOO, JOSEY MONTANA MCCOY, KELLY BRANDEBURG (photo: Aaron Batzdorff) This show has everything—comedic heroes and desperados, second chances, friendship, blossoming love, singing and dancing, a live “cowboy” band on stage, and a hoe-down finale that’s as wild as a bucking bronco with bees in his saddlebag. The behind the scenes buckaroos include book and lyrics by Joseph Leo Bwarie and Lori Marshall with music by Rachel Lawrence; choreography by Christine Larkin; costume designer Jessica Champagne-Hansen, with wigs by Heather Wright; properties designed by Benjamin Warren and Siena LaGambina; lighting by JM Montecalvo showing off the splendid Western scenic design by Tanya Orellana, and perfect casting by Elizabeth Ayoob. So skedaddle to the marshallARTS Family Series presenting The Root Beer Bandits, playing through Sunday, April 28 for all the big and lil’ buckaroos. For tickets call 818.955.8101 or visit www.garrymarshalltheatre.org. The Garry Marshall Theatre located at 4252 W Riverside Dr. in Burbank. Preview: BLACK BEAUTY— from April 26 to May 5, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills. Red Bridge Arts & Traverse Theatre Company’s BLACK BEAUTY gallops into The Wallis’ Lovelace Studio Theater with a story of hope, friendship and courage from Friday, April 26 to Sunday, May 5, 2019. Created by Andy Manley, Andy Cannon and Shona Reppe, this re-telling blends storytelling, music and puppetry, offering fun and adventure for fans of the book, the UK’s classic TV show and those brand new to the tale. From the cozy horsebox they call home, Andy and Andy take the bit firmly between their teeth to weave the classic tale, as it has never been seen before. The production, which includes audience engagement, is recommended for families with kids ages 5 and older. Black Beauty is fun, joyful and touching, and The Wallis’ Artistic Director Paul Crewes said, “We are fortunate to welcome back the talented Black Beauty team that delighted our audiences several years ago with White, their winner of three Edinburgh Fringe Festival awards. They are among Scotland’s most experienced makers of theater for young audiences, having produced highly regarded and internationally renowned work.” Tickets are $25, available at TheWallis.org/Beauty. The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts is located at 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills. For tickets and information call 310-746-4000 or visit TheWallis.org/Beauty. For an up-to-date schedule of upcoming shows and events visit www.TheWallis.org. Preview: TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS at the Pasadena Playhouse, April 10 through May 5. Nia Vardalos reprises the role she originated in her stage adaptation of acclaimed author Cheryl Strayed’s New York Times Bestseller of the same name. Conceived by Vardalos (writer/star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding), Thomas Kail (Director of Hamilton) and Marshall Heyman (Journalist, Wall Street Journal), this uniquely uplifting New York Times Critics’ Pick is about reaching when you’re stuck, healing when you’re broken, and finding the courage to take on the questions which have no answers. The Playhouse brings you The Public Theater’s production of this touching new play. TINY BEAUTIFUL THING starring Nia Vardalos is playing at The Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CA, April 10 through May 5. Go to www.PasadenaPlayhouse.org. Preview: The Amazing Acrocats, Starring the Rock Cats plays April 18 -21 at the historic El Portal Theatre’s Debbie Reynolds MainStage in the NoHo Arts District of North Hollywood. And then some even cooler cats take center stage. The Troubadour Theater Company presents JULIUS WEEZER, from May 4 to 19. Shakespeare’s story of Caesar, with the funk-rock riffs of the resurgent and ubiquitous band, weezer. This 90-minute hard-driving, heart pounding, adrenaline rush of a show will feature the Troubies in all their classical glory – speaking the speech, and strumming the power chords. The production will take advantage of the El Portal’s wonderfully theatricalized confines to create a bloody, bold, and resolute retelling of one of Shakespeare’s great tragedies. The historic El Portal Theatre is located at 5269 Lankershim Blvd. in the heart of North Hollywood’s NoHo Arts District. For tickets and information call (818) 508-4200 or online at ElPortalTheatre.com Preview: Following the classic children’s story CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, at the Pantages Theatre, the beloved Broadway classic FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is presented from April 16 through May 5, at the Pantages Theatre. The heartwarming story of fathers and daughters, husbands and wives, and life, love and laughter, the musical is rich with Broadway hits including “If I Were A Rich Man,” “To Life (L’Chaim!),” “Sunrise Sunset,” “Matchmaker,” and “Tradition.” FIDDLER ON THE ROOF plays April 14 to May 5 at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood & Vine in Hollywood. For tickets go to the box office, phone 800-982-2787, or go to www.hollywoodpantages.com, REVIEW: “Danny Elfman’s Eleven Eleven Concerto for Violin and Orchestra with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra” was presented at The Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, affectionately known as The Soraya, located on the CSUN campus at 18111 Nordhoff St. Northridge, CA 91330. The Los Angeles premiere of the new violin concerto by composer Danny Elfman was magnificent. “Eleven Eleven Concerto for Violin and Orchestra” performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra was ethereal and exciting, weaving a musical spell for the delighted Soraya audience. The program included Sibelius Symphony No. 7, Op. 105, C major Prokofiev Symphony No. 5, Op. 100, B-flat major, conducted by its music director Thomas Søndergård. Electrifying Violinist Sandy Cameron performed the solo, as she did for the world premiere and for its first recording with this orchestra. The album with Sandy Cameron on Sony Classical performed by the Royal Scottish Orchestra and conducted by John Mauceri, is now available. Composer Danny Elfman, violinist Sandy Cameron, conductor Thomas Søndergård. Enjoy the arts! Tags: El Portal Theatre, Garry Marshall Theatre, Pantages Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, The Soraya, The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts LA Theater reviews & previews, from the opulent Phantom of the Opera, to the optimistic HERLAND Mon. Jun 10th, 2019 LA Theater Scene June shows, from the superb Hershey Felder, to the smash Bronco Billy–the Musical Sun. Jun 2nd, 2019 “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” exquisite with Deidrie Henry as Billie Holiday Sat. May 25th, 2019	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11323
__label__wiki	0.636469	0.636469	LIVING CORALS IN TROUBLED WATERS: Hope for Today’s Manila Bay A branching colony of Seriatopora sp. seen in Maragondon, Cavite —Photo by JIM Padin (2018) The modern-day Battle for Manila Bay—now affixed with a hashtag—begun more than a decade ago. The order of the Supreme Court to 13 Mandamus agencies to rehabilitate Manila Bay in 2008 was the first official attempt to save the troubled waters. The high court directed these agencies—with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) at the front line—to revive the bay to the level that is fit for swimming and other forms of contact recreation. But with the threats that kept on draining its remaining life, what hope is left for today’s Manila Bay? The waters of the Manila Bay Area span beyond the seascape of Roxas Boulevard. Its 190-kilometer coastline passes across the inland areas of the National Capital Region, Central Luzon, and CALABARZON, mainly Cavite and Batangas. Underwater life still seen vibrant in the Manila Bay Area (MBA) with these polyps of soft coral Xenia sp. —Photo by JIM Padin (2018) Corals in sight Extended polyps of Turbinaria sp. along the reefs of Corregidor Island in Cavite —Photo by JIM Padin (2018) The Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (ERDB), the research arm of the DENR, is currently gathering data to assess the vulnerability of the bay to climate change impacts. The project is being implemented by a team of science practitioners of various disciplines seeking significant, research-driven information on the factors influencing the present state of the bay and its vulnerability to different hazards. The project components include terrestrial, coastal, freshwater, air and water quality, social, and solid waste management. As part of the coastal component, Jose Isidro Michael T. Padin, Supervising Science Research Specialist at the ERDB, and his team did an inventory of coral communities in the provinces of Bataan and Cavite. “Of the MBA’s total reef area of 293.68 hectares, nearly 72% of the estimated reef area is found in Cavite. The reef sites in Maragondon and few on Corregidor and Caballo Islands had fair to good live coral cover, but these reefs are continually threatened by sedimentation, nutrient contamination, reduced water clarity, and high fishing pressure,” Padin said. Bubble coral Plerogyra sinuosa (Dana, 1846) in Maragondon, Cavite –Photo by JIM Padin (2018) Runoff of sediments and nutrients, for instance, had been documented to cause coral mortality by smothering and burial, low coral recruitment, reduced coral diversity, change in community structure, macro-algal abundance, reduced calcification, and reduced live coral cover in many reef ecosystems around the world. Padin explained that “the remaining reef areas in the bay are located proximate to the mouth of Manila Bay (areas of Corregidor, Bataan, Ternate, and Maragondon), where water circulation is relatively strong. Strong water current can reduce stress on corals by limiting sediment deposition at the bottom and on coral colonies. It can also facilitate transport of fresh supply of plankton and improve water clarity by flushing of land-based materials out of the bay.” Corals filter organisms in the water as they feed on planktons. Corals also need light to support the photosynthetic activity of symbiotic algae living in their tissues. Science and policy convergence Padin and his team learned that in “Corregidor and Caballo Island in Cavite—based on the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA) coastal resource map—the reef area spans to 293.68 hectares. This does not include the reef in Mariveles, Bataan since the NAMRIA map has no record of corals there. However, when we checked two of the purported seagrass sites using SCUBA, we sighted corals instead.” ERDB Director Sofio B. Quintana said the coverage of this research encompasses terrestrial and marine ecosystems. “In the ridge-to-reef research on the Manila Bay Area, we are seeking for a definite connection among risk factors. Right now, we are trying to explore more data on informal settler families, air and water quality, and habitat to make scientific studies relevant for future projects.” According to Director Quintana, the Bureau is trying to come up with a unified framework for these projects. Consolidated properly, these could make an inference on the status of the Manila Bay Area. Part of ERDB’s initiative is to influence policymaking bodies. “We want to provide reference in their decision process backed-up by research. If there are existing policies, maybe we could harmonize and align researches to these policies,” Quintana said. Threats at bay This lettuce coral Pectinia sp. in Maragondon, Cavite makes an underwater architecture with its elongate valleys and thin walls. —Photo by JIM Padin (2018) The Manila Bay Area works like a nature’s septic tank draining 17 major river systems in nearby cities and provinces. Wastes from households and industries from these estuaries pose the most apparent threat to the bay. The DENR data showed that only 15 percent, or an estimate of 2.4 million out of 16.3 million, of the water-served population of the National Capital Region are linked to a sewerage system. Other than the unregulated sanitation and waste disposal, the Manila Bay Area is also vulnerable to the dangers of noise pollution, the presence of invasive species brought by international cargo ships, and illegal fishing activities. “What we only see from above is the surface of another living world underneath us. People should understand that Manila Bay is home to other life forms despite its rapid deterioration. There remains hope in Manila Bay. It is not yet too late to revive the life out of its troubled waters,” said Quintana. The Manila Bay has been a witness to Philippine’s historical narrative and to Filipinos’ rise and fall in our environmental battle within our waters. The Battle for Manila Bay is far from over—but hope is still in sight. —Christele Jao Amoyan A pink anemonefish Amphiprion perideraion (Bleeker, 1855) finds refuge among the tentacles of sea anemone Heteractis sp. in Caballo Island, Cavite. —Photo by JIM Padin (2018)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11327
__label__cc	0.591693	0.408307	Playa Hotels & Resorts voted “Best Hotel Chain: Mexico” Accommodation, Awards, Destination, Press Release & Announcement Playa Hotels & Resorts were honored with “Best Hotel Chain: Mexico” for Hyatt Zilara and Hyatt Ziva all-inclusive resorts at the fourteenth annual Readers Choice Awards last night in New York. The award winners, represent the best of the best of the travel industry. The nominees and award recipients were chosen in two rounds of voting by an audience of travel professionals. These widely recognized and coveted awards are presented annually to the industry suppliers who led the way in product and service during the past year. “We are honored to be recognized by our peers and colleagues and by Travel Weekly for being the top hotel chain in Mexico,” said Kevin Froemming, Chief Marketing Officer of Playa Hotels & Resorts. “The Readers Choice Award is especially sought-after, as it recognizes that Playa Hotels & Resorts are not only resonating with our guests, but has also earned the respect of industry professionals.” “These awards speak to how committed we are to re-imagining the all-inclusive experience. These accolades are proof of the continued success that Playa Hotels & Resorts continues to have in not only creative design and facilities but also in the level of service provided to guests. We continue to evolve and set the standard for all-inclusive resorts for all ages at Hyatt Ziva and for adults at Hyatt Ziva.” Posted by Global Editor Aeromexico introduces its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner 0March 2, 2017 BTS: Total value of North American freight down 3.4 percent in 2016 Hyatt Place Celaya opens in Mexico’s Bajío region Newer PostHong Kong Tourism Board offers live satellite feed of New Year Countdown Celebrations Older PostBrussels Airlines changes country managers World Travel & Tourism Council looks at how tourism Transforms our World to celebrate World Tourism Day Dubai to Lisbon on Emirates Airways now twice a day Vital airport equipment transported from Czech Republic to Libya Comores and Mozambique in dire need of assistance after deadly Cyclone Kenneth New climate-focused Maurice Strong Legacy Scholarships: First 5 for the Caribbean Strong 6.1 earthquake strikes Vanuatu islands Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra surprises Qatar Airways passengers with inflight performance	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11329
__label__cc	0.731933	0.268067	tag 'medical apps' Current selected tag: 'medical apps'. Clear. Bright Futures VisitPlanner iPhone and iPad medical app review From www.imedicalapps.com - January 8, 2015 11:58 AM “Bright Futures” is a national children’s health promotion initiative that has been adopted by the American Academy of Pediatrics for well-child care and is used in most pediatric practices. These guidelines include recommendations in 26 categories covering 32 recommended well-child visits from newborns to 21 year-olds, and keeping track of recommendations at each visit is a challenge. Making these recommendations more accessible is the challenge the Bright Futures VisitPlanner app from the AAP attempts to address. The home screen opens to the “Doctor’s Dashboard,” which may be a bit off-putting to non-physician primary care providers. Users can choose “visits” or “patients.” Choosing visits brings up the “Visit Plan Builder,” where users can select one of the 32 recommended visits or create their own custom visit. The planner can be connected to a specific child or used generically. Users can input recommended immunizations scheduled (if connected to a specific patient) or view generic schedules under the “immunizations” tab. Under the “Anticipatory Guidance” tab, users can input some or all specific recommended anticipatory guidance questions for the patient’s age. Users can also input, under the “notes” tab, information on guidance given, immunizations, and patient info. Selecting “patients” enables users to add new patients with demographic data, photos, records of illnesses, and birth information. The records of illnesses do not come pre-programmed with any list of conditions or ICD-9 codes, so requires all free text. Also, the birth information is limited to time and anthropometric data, without fields for newborn screens (e.g., the congenital heart screen, hearing screen, metabolic screens) or even free text information. Once the build is complete, users can view the “visit plan” which includes recommended screening and physical exam maneuvers under the “perform” tab, immunizations, the selected anticipatory guidance questions, and any inputted notes. Once the visit is selected, users have to return to the visit screen to edit the visit, while users in the “in visit” mode can check off immunizations or anticipatory guidance questions as completed. The header is helpfully different — blue in the “visit plan builder” mode and green in the “in visit” mode. The visit summaries can be emailed or AirPrinted once completed, with the app warning about the data security of email — although there is no mention of data security elsewhere on the app. The app also includes PDFs of the “Bright Future” Previsit questionnaires and parent handouts for each recommended well-child visit, although they are only in English and not available in Spanish. Starting in adolescence with the 11 year-old visit, the app includes separate parent and patient handouts. There is a section for “Tools and Resources”, which has useful information, although mostly via embedded web links to the AAP’s Bright Futures website. There are also BSA and BMI calculators, a PDF of the summary “Bright Futures” schedule, and a useful PDF on “Coding for Pediatric Preventive Care”. None of the PDFs can be opened in any other PDF app. Lastly, the app includes a section on “Doctor’s Contacts” where users can input other providers and their contact information and link those providers to specific patients.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11336
__label__wiki	0.7971	0.7971	answeredquestions.html?_page=0&AnsweringBody.=Ministry%20of%20Defence&_properties=answer.isMinisterialCorrection,legislature,houseId,registeredInterest&_sort=-answer.answeringMemberConstituency To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the actual cost of replacing Trident does not exceed the current estimated cost. <p>As set out in the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, we are taking steps to manage the defence nuclear enterprise and ensure the Successor submarines are delivered to time and budget. As part of this, we have established a new Director-General Nuclear to act as single and accountable focal point within the Ministry of Defence for all aspects of the defence nuclear enterprise. We are also establishing a new submarine delivery body for the procurement and in-service support of all nuclear submarines, including the Successor submarines. We have deliberately moved away from a traditional single 'Main Gate' approach, to a staged investment approach with multiple control points. This will enable us to better regulate and control programme funding and delivery.</p><p>The rollout of the Successor submarines supports the programme to maintain a Continuous at Sea Deterrent.</p> West Worcestershire Harriett Baldwin Biography information for Harriett Baldwin Trident Submarines To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the rollout of the new submarines for the replacement Trident programme does not disrupt the Government's commitment to having a constant at-sea deterrent. Yemen: Military Intervention To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will respond to the findings of the Human Rights Watch report, Saudi Coalition Airstrikes Target Civilian Factories in Yemen, on remnants of UK-manufactured weapons found at three strike sites in that country. East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow Dr Lisa Cameron <p>The Ministry of Defence analyses allegations of International Humanitarian Law violations arising from air strikes in Yemen conducted by the Saudi-led Coalition. Allegations are identified from a range of sources, including reports published by Non-Governmental Organisations such as Human Rights Watch.</p> Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron Hyde Park Barracks To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the sale of Knightsbridge Barracks; and when he expects the site to be put out to tender. <p>The plans to dispose of Hyde Park Barracks are in development and it is too early to say when land may be released for sale.</p> Defence: Satellite Communications To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to upgrade the Skynet A5 satellite system. Kirsten Oswald <p>We currently have no plans to upgrade the specific SKYNET 5A satellite. The Ministry of Defence is currently examining options to sustain the capability currently provided by the Skynet constellation.</p> Biography information for Kirsten Oswald Apache AH-64 Helicopter To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons his Department has not negotiated a workshare component in its contract to buy Apache helicopters off-the-shelf from Boeing in the US. Mark Menzies <p>We are buying our new Apache AH-64E helicopters through a Foreign Military Sale with the United States Government. This approach delivers the best possible value for money for the UK taxpayer, allowing us to take advantage of established production lines and the resulting economies of scale, while ensuring we deliver a world-leading capability to our Armed Forces.</p><p>A number of UK companies have secured work on the global Apache supply chain, delivering products that will be used in our new helicopters and those being delivered to the US Army as well as other international customers. There will also be significant opportunities for UK companies to assist in the provision of support and training services for our new Apache helicopter fleet.</p><p>Separately, as per the announcement at Farnborough Airshow on 11 July 2016, Boeing are investing significantly in the UK creating more than 100 new jobs.</p><p><del class="ministerial">We are buying our new Apache AH-64E helicopters through a Foreign Military Sale with the United States Government. This approach delivers the best possible value for money for the UK taxpayer, allowing us to take advantage of established production lines and the resulting economies of scale, while ensuring we deliver a world-leading capability to our Armed Forces.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">A number of UK companies have secured work on the global Apache supply chain, delivering products that will be used in our new helicopters and those being delivered to the US Army as well as other international customers. There will also be significant opportunities for UK companies to assist in the provision of support and training services for our new Apache helicopter fleet.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Separately, as per the announcement at Farnborough Airshow on 11 July 2016, Boeing are investing significantly in the UK creating more than 100 new jobs.</del></p> Biography information for Mark Menzies To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's planning assumptions are for formulating the in-service date for the first of the Vanguard-successor submarines. <p>As set out in Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015, we expect the first Successor submarine to enter service in the early 2030s. I am witholding details of the planning assumptions for the purpose of safeguarding national security.</p> To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the consequences for the viability of the Successor submarine programme of the conclusions of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority's assessment of that programme. <p>The Infrastructure and Projects Authority's assessment of the Successor submarine programme accords with our own. That is why we have established a new Director General Nuclear sponsor organisation and will set up a new submarine delivery body, as set out in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015. The assessment recognises the complexity and scale of delivering the most advanced submarines ever commissioned by the Royal Navy.</p> To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has of the out-of-service dates for each of the Vanguard-class submarines. <p>The UK's Vanguard Class submarines will begin to leave service by the early 2030s as the Successor submarines are introduced into service. I am withholding their respective planned out-of-service and in-service dates for the purpose of safeguarding national security.</p> Unmanned Air Vehicles To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how he plans to ensure that the Royal Navy maintains its maritime unmanned air system capability from late 2017. <p>The Royal Navy recognises the potential benefits from the use of unmanned vehicles in both air and sea environments and continues to explore how such systems can further augment its capabilities, although no decisions on future systems have yet been taken.</p> # Counting has been applied to this query. PREFIX parl: <http://data.parliament.uk/schema/parl#> SELECT DISTINCT ?item WHERE { ?item a parl:WrittenParliamentaryQuestion ; parl:answer ?ans . ?item parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Defence" . OPTIONAL { ?item parl:answer ?___1 . ?___1 parl:answeringMemberConstituency ?___0 . } } ORDER BY DESC(?___0) ?item OFFSET 0 LIMIT 10	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11339
__label__wiki	0.654688	0.654688	answeredquestions.html?_page=0&tablingMember.label=Biography%20information%20for%20Thelma%20Walker&_properties=tablingMember.label,AnsweringBody,answer.attachment.title Biography information for Thelma Walker Livestock: Exports To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the maintenance of animal welfare standards in relation to live animal exports when the UK leaves the EU. Thelma Walker <p>The Government’s manifesto made it clear that we would take early steps to control the export of live farm animals for slaughter once we leave the European Union. We are considering all of the options in the context of our exit from the EU as part of our broader commitment to further strengthen animal welfare.</p><p>Last year, we launched a Call for Evidence on controlling live exports for slaughter and improving the welfare of all animals during transport. We passed this evidence to the Farm Animal Welfare Committee (FAWC), who recently submitted their advice to Defra and the Devolved Administrations including in relation to live exports. We are considering FAWC’s report and aim to publish it, along with a Government response, in due course. We expect to come forward with proposals for public consultation to improve animal welfare in transport.</p><p>As we move towards a new relationship with Europe and the rest of the world, we have a unique opportunity to shape future animal welfare policy in the UK to ensure the highest standards in every area.</p> To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provisions exist under the one name for all policy for citizens with dual nationality to maintain legal recognition of previous or original names. <p>The intent behind the policy is to have one name for all official purposes. Specific exceptions exist under the one names policy where a dual national cannot meet the requirements of the policy for reasons beyond their control, for example where there are restrictions on their ability to change their name in travel documents of their other nationality.</p> To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average length of time between death and cremation by region in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18 and (c) 2018-19; and what steps he is taking to reduce that time. <p>The information is not held centrally. This is a matter for individual cremation authorities.</p> Edward Argar Biography information for Edward Argar To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether safeguards are in place to ensure that patients' rights to continuity of care with their named GP will be protected in the new Primary Care Network contract, published in March 2019. <p>The new Primary Care Network arrangements will not prevent patients seeing their preferred professional at their practice. The core general practice contract will still include a requirement for each contractor to ensure that for each of its registered patients, there is assigned an accountable general medical practitioner (an ‘accountable GP’).</p> To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the risks of disposable barbecues to wildlife and the natural environment. <p>The Home Office works in close partnership with local fire and rescue authorities to promote a range of fire safety messages through the national Fire Kills campaign. Messages on outdoor fire safety, including the fire risks related to barbecues, are included within the educational materials made available to fire and rescue authorities to support local activity. In addition, the campaign works with the Gas Safe Register to support the promotion of carbon monoxide safety messages associated with barbecues.</p> Bus Services: Disability To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the document entitled, Bus Services Act 2017: accessible information, published by his Department in July 2018, when he plans to publish the steps his Department will take in response to the responses received to that consultation. <p>The Government understands the importance of accessible on-board information in helping bus passengers to travel with confidence, and in Summer 2018 published a public consultation on proposals to require its provision on local bus services throughout Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to analyse responses to the consultation and expect to announce our next steps regarding the making of Regulations and publication of guidance later in the year.</p><p> </p> Religious Buildings: Islam To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allocating funding to mosques for security on a risk-assessed basis. <p>The threat to places of worship from far-right violence is considered independently of government by the police and Joint Terrorism Assessment Centre (JTAC) and the police consider appropriate action to be taken in light of these assessments.</p><p>The Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme is a key Home Office commitment in the Hate Crime Action Plan to respond to concerns about faith-based hate crime. The scheme is open to Christian, Muslim, Sikh and Hindu faiths and provides funding for physical security measures at places which are vulnerable to hate crime.</p><p>Decisions on funding are based on eligibility criteria set out in the Home Office guidance to applicants and the recommendations of the multi-faith independent advisory panel (with security expertise), this process therefore includes an assessment of vulnerability to hate crime. Last month, we announced an uplift of funding for the 2019/20 Places of Worship scheme to £1.6 million. This is double the amount awarded in 2018/19.</p> Religious Buildings: Security To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the level of threat to places of worship by far-right politically motivated violence in the UK; and what plans he has to support those places of worship. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received from community faith groups on the security of places of worship. <p>The Places of Worship Protective Security Fund (POW) is a key commit-ment in the Hate Crime Action Plan published in 2016. The scheme has been running for three years, and we ensure we continuously listen to feedback from faith communities on the scheme, including the independent panel to the scheme made up of representatives across faith groups. This feedback has resulted in improvements being made for each year of the scheme.</p><p><br>In March the Home Secretary announced an increase in the amount of funding for the POW scheme to £1.6m, for 2019-20. We are working urgently to make commercial improvements to the scheme to make it easier for places of worship to apply, reducing the administrative burden and widening the eligibility criteria.</p><p><br>More widely, following the events in Christchurch, the Home Secretary committed to consulting with faith communities to understand what more could and should be done to help protect faith communities at their places of worship. We will be working with groups such as the Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group, Tell Mama and those representing other faiths as part of this consultation. This engagement with communities is starting immediately with opportunities for wider consultation, including from people feeding in on individual basis, following thereafter. We will be outlining how to engage on Gov.UK shortly</p> To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2019 to Question 236388 on Religious Buildings: Security, what plans are in place to enable his Department to consult communities on the security of places of worship. # Counting has been applied to this query. PREFIX dcterms: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> PREFIX parl: <http://data.parliament.uk/schema/parl#> PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> SELECT DISTINCT ?item WHERE { ?item a parl:WrittenParliamentaryQuestion ; parl:answer ?ans . ?___tablingMember_0 rdfs:label "Biography information for Thelma Walker" . ?item parl:tablingMember ?___tablingMember_0 . OPTIONAL { ?item dcterms:date ?___1 . } } ORDER BY DESC(?___1) ?item OFFSET 0 LIMIT 10	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11340
__label__wiki	0.539539	0.539539	answeredquestions.html?_page=0&_properties=tablingMember.label,answeringDeptShortName,hansardHeading,answer.attachment.fileName,answer.groupedQuestionUIN&_sort=questionText Radioisotopes: Imports Her Majesty's Government (1) what assessment they have made of the potential impact of not reaching agreement with the EU by April 2019 on the supply of the radioisotope molybdenum-99 used to produce technetium-99m which is required for over 80 per cent of diagnostic medicine procedures in the UK; (2) what assessment they have made of the potential impact of delays or disruption to the supply of diagnostic medicine procedures that may result; and (3) what contingency plans they have put in place to mitigate such delays or disruption to that supply after Brexit. <p>The Government is fully aware of the importance of molybdenum-99 and the reliance on this medical radioisotope for diagnostic procedures in the National Health Service. The United Kingdom’s ability to import medical isotopes from Europe and the rest of the world will not be affected by withdrawal from Euratom. It is in everyone’s interest to not disrupt the timely access of treatment to patients and to ensure that cross-border trade with the European Union and Euratom is as frictionless as possible.</p> Her Majesty's Government (1) what contact they have had with, and (2) what support they intend to provide to, the Nineveh Reconstruction Committee, regarding (a) the rebuilding of 13,000 homes on the Nineveh Plains, and (b) the need to ensure that those Christians internally displaced from the Plains are provided with adequate food supplies. Lord Alton of Liverpool <p>The UK Government recognises the specific risks such as abduction and murder faced by religious minorities in Iraq and Syria, including those who have suffered so horrifically at the hands of Daesh, and is deeply concerned by reports of human rights abuses motivated by religious or ethnic identity.</p><p>All people in need, from any community, irrespective of religious affiliation, are eligible for humanitarian assistance. DFID’s humanitarian implementing partners, including the UN, consider a wide range of issues when assessing an individual’s vulnerability such as the impact of physical or mental disabilities, income, age, missing family members, and whether individuals are already receiving assistance from other sources.</p><p>The organisations through which we channel our support do not identify or record beneficiaries by their religion. The reason for this is because there is a risk that collecting information about the ethnicity or religion of people receiving aid could be obtained by others, including extremist groups, and used to persecute them.</p><p>We do not therefore hold information on how much UK-funded support is channelled to Yezidis and Christians either inside or outside camps. This year the UK will provide £40 million for urgent humanitarian assistance in Iraq and £4 million for the UN’s Funding Facility for Immediate Stabilisation (FFIS) to help rebuild communities affected by Daesh, including for minority communities in newly liberated areas in Iraq. The UK is also providing £500 million to support people, including refugees and internally displaced Syrians, affected by the Syria crisis in 2017. DFID does not fund the Bishops Emergency Committee.</p><p>The Nineveh Reconstruction Committee comprised of Church representatives has not contacted the UK Government or submitted a proposal for UK support for the construction of homes on the Nineveh Plains.</p><p>The UK is funding the UN’s Funding Facility for Immediate Stabilisation (FFIS), which is supporting 152 projects in mainly Christian communities in the Ninewa Plains and 70 projects in Yezidi communities in Sinjar, Rabia and Sinuni.</p><p>UN agencies are obliged to operate by the humanitarian principles of neutrality and impartiality which aim to ensure that no one is excluded or discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, or religion; and to also ensure that the specific risks facing minorities are addressed and that assistance reaches those who need it most. DFID considers reports from a wide range of sources, including field visits by UK officials where these are possible, to assess the effectiveness of UN operations and their compliance with humanitarian principles. The UN carries out vital work in both Syria and Iraq, and UN staff frequently risk their lives to deliver assistance to people in need, including to areas where Daesh or the Assad regime seek to prevent aid being delivered.</p> Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool Her Majesty's Government (1) which local authority children's services departments have been found by Ofsted since January 2015 to be persistently or systemically failing; (2) which were made subject to the appointment of commissioners; and (3) which are currently run by commissioners. <p>The Department has categorised local authority children’s social care services as ‘systemic’ or ‘persistent’ failures since December 2015 when it introduced a tougher intervention regime. The following authorities have been subject to this new policy:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>LA</p></td><td><p>Systemic/Persistent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklees</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>Persistent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandwell</p></td><td><p>Persistent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torbay</p></td><td><p>Persistent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>Persistent & Systemic</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>All of these authorities have been subject to the appointment of Commissioners, with the exception of Barnet where recruitment for a Commissioner has not yet concluded. These authorities retain accountability for the effective running of their children’s services. Commissioners do not run the services, but do make recommendations to the Secretary of State on whether operational control of services should be removed from the council. Where Ministers accept a recommendation that services should transfer to alternative delivery arrangements, such as a new Children’s Services Trust, Commissioners will oversee this process</p> Lord Nash Biography information for Lord Nash Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood Her Majesty's Government How many EU nationals, other than Irish, Cypriot, Maltese and UK citizens, are on the electoral register in Northern Ireland, broken down by constituency; what is the distinction between the G and K markings placed against EU citizens on the electoral register; and what are the differences in the eligibility to vote between such EU nationals and UK citizens. Lord Laird <p>The G markings placed against EU citizens on the electoral register denotes their eligibility to vote at local and Assembly elections. The K marking denotes an EU citizen who has confirmed that they intend to vote in Northern Ireland, rather than their home state, at a specific European Parliamentary election. The K designation only lasts for one year and consequently there are currently no individuals with a K marking on the Northern Ireland register.</p><p> </p><p>UK, Irish and Commonwealth citizens are eligible to register to vote in UK General Parliamentary Elections. Citizens of EU countries other than the UK, Ireland, Cyprus and Malta (the latter of which are Commonwealth as well as EU countries) cannot vote in UK General Parliamentary Elections, although they can register to vote at local government, and Northern Ireland Assembly elections.</p><p> </p><p>The number of EU nationals, other than Irish, Cypriot, Maltese and UK citizens, on the electoral register are shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Constituency</strong></p></td><td><p>EU nationals on the electoral register (other than Irish, Cypriot, Maltese and UK citizens)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Belfast East</strong></p></td><td><p>1943</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Belfast North</strong></p></td><td><p>1617</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Belfast South</strong></p></td><td><p>2857</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Belfast West</strong></p></td><td><p>462</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East Antrim</strong></p></td><td><p>597</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East Londonderry</strong></p></td><td><p>1044</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Fermanagh & South Tyrone</strong></p></td><td><p>3801</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Foyle</strong></p></td><td><p>636</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lagan Valley</strong></p></td><td><p>1330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mid Ulster</strong></p></td><td><p>1919</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Newry & Armagh</strong></p></td><td><p>3017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North Antrim</strong></p></td><td><p>1928</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North Down</strong></p></td><td><p>708</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South Antrim</strong></p></td><td><p>1233</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South Down</strong></p></td><td><p>1165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Strangford</strong></p></td><td><p>591</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Upper Bann</strong></p></td><td><p>4563</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Tyrone</strong></p></td><td><p>1114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>30,525</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth Biography information for Lord Laird Her Majesty's Government against whom a worker earning £11,500 can claim if they discover that their employer has used a workplace pension scheme operating on a Net Pay basis for auto-enrolment, in order to recover the 25% taxpayer bonus they could have received in a Relief at Source scheme. Baroness Altmann <p>The Government does not collect data on the number of workers earning less than the personal allowance who are also members of pension schemes that operate a net pay system. The Government does not hold employee level data on employees enrolled in net pay pension schemes, as such schemes are not obliged to report pension contributions to HM Revenue and Customs. The Government does not, therefore, hold information on the value of tax reliefs paid out to employees in net pay schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The latest official analysis of the eligibility of workers for automatic enrolment was published on 13 October 2016 in ‘Workplace Pensions: Update of analysis on Automatic Enrolment’. Information on age and earnings breakdowns for all workers can be found in table 3a on page 6.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This guidance covers the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax. Provided an employer has selected a qualifying pension scheme for automatic enrolment, they have complied with their automatic enrolment duties with respect to scheme choice.</p> Biography information for Baroness Altmann Her Majesty's Government during the last 12 months, how many prisoners sentenced to an indeterminate sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection were (1) offered places on a training course which could lead to their release, (2) were released following completion of such training courses, and (3) refused to take up a place or dropped out of such courses; and how those figures compare with those for the preceding 12 month period. <p>The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost as central records are not kept for all aspects of the management of prisoners sentenced to an indeterminate sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP).</p><p> </p><p>HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and the Parole Board will continue to work together to improve the progression of IPP prisoners. This group continue to achieve release in high numbers, with 576 first time IPP releases in 2016, the highest figure since the sentence was introduced.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS will continue to invest in interventions to assist prisoners to both reduce their risk and demonstrate such progression to the Parole Board. However, it is important to remember that it is not mandatory for IPPs to complete accredited offending behaviour programmes in order to achieve release. Completing an accredited offending behaviour programme is one way in which IPP prisoners may demonstrate that they have reduced their risk of harm and reoffending; other options may include work and employment, education and one to one work with psychologists or prison offender supervisors.</p> Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 20 January (HL4582), to what extent the training for foster carers and support workers commissioned from the Refugee Council and End Child Prostitution and Trafficking addresses (1) the indicators of modern slavery, and (2) particular risks and needs of children who are, or might be, victims of human trafficking and exploitation. Lord McColl of Dulwich <p>There are no plans to update the practice guidance ‘Safeguarding children who may have been trafficked’. The revised statutory guidance ‘The care of unaccompanied asylum seeking and trafficked children’ will be published this autumn.</p><p>The training for foster carers and support workers that DfE commissioned from the Refugee Council and ECPAT enables those caring for unaccompanied and trafficked children to understand the challenges and risks facing these children, and equips participants with the knowledge and tools to respond effectively to their needs. Participants were also provided with access to an e-learning course to help recognise the needs of child and adult victims of trafficking and guidance on actions carers and professionals should take to identify and safeguard victims.</p><p>Foster carers and support workers attended training courses located in 48 local authorities (see list below). Training was not limited to carers from those authorities.</p><p>The forthcoming safeguarding strategy for unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children will address the need for any additional training required by foster carers and support workers to care for children who are, or might be, victims of human trafficking and exploitation.</p><p>Further to the training which has recently commissioned, the statutory guidance on ‘The care of unaccompanied asylum seeking and trafficked children’ states that “Everyone involved in the care of unaccompanied and trafficked children should be trained to recognise and understand the particular issues likely to be faced by these children. This includes recognising the indicators of trafficking as a child’s previous history or current experience of being trafficked might not be apparent on entering care."</p><p>List of local authorities where the training by ECPAT and Refugee Council was located:</p><p>Bolton</p><p>Bournemouth</p><p>Bristol</p><p>Bromley</p><p>Cambridgeshire</p><p>Camden</p><p>Cheshire East</p><p>Cornwall</p><p>Coventry</p><p>Croydon</p><p>Derbyshire</p><p>Devon</p><p>Doncaster</p><p>East Riding</p><p>Essex</p><p>Gloucestershire</p><p>Hampshire</p><p>Haringey</p><p>Harrow</p><p>Hertfordshire</p><p>Kent</p><p>Lambeth</p><p>Lancashire</p><p>Leeds</p><p>Leicester City</p><p>Leicestershire</p><p>Liverpool</p><p>Manchester</p><p>Medway</p><p>Merton</p><p>Middlesbrough</p><p>North Somerset</p><p>North Tyneside</p><p>Northumberland</p><p>Nottingham City</p><p>Oldham</p><p>Sheffield</p><p>Shropshire</p><p>Somerset</p><p>Staffordshire</p><p>Suffolk</p><p>Sunderland</p><p>Thurrock</p><p>Walsall</p><p>Warrington</p><p>West Sussex</p><p>Wiltshire</p><p>Worcestershire</p> Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich Her Majesty's Government how any higher education provider that does not obtain a Bronze status or higher in future Teaching Excellence Frameworks will be categorised. <p>All providers who successfully meet the eligibility criteria, including the rigorous quality assessments by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education<strong></strong>, and which have sufficient metrics to be assessed, will achieve a Bronze award, or above, in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). Those providers which have met the eligibility criteria but do not have sufficient metrics will instead receive a provisional award.</p><p>As noted during the Higher Education and Research Bill process some providers do not meet the eligibility requirements noted for TEF. Providers who do not meet the eligibility requirements, or who chose not to participate, will appear without a TEF award on Unistats and on the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.</p> Her Majesty's Government how many (1) legally qualified staff, and (2) staff without legal qualifications, now working in the Department for Exiting the European Union (a) have been transferred from, or (b) are on secondment from, the Ministry of Justice. Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames <p>The Department is recruiting the brightest and the best from across the civil service, the wider public sector and the private sector. The Department for Exiting the European Union now has over 450 staff, and is growing fast. The Department for Exiting the European Union obtains its legal advice from the Government Legal Department. We will not be providing a running commentary on particular groups of staff as recruitment is ongoing and numbers are regularly changing. We will ensure we have the right skills to get the best deal for the UK.</p> Biography information for Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames # Counting has been applied to this query. PREFIX parl: <http://data.parliament.uk/schema/parl#> SELECT DISTINCT ?item WHERE { ?item a parl:WrittenParliamentaryQuestion ; parl:answer ?ans . OPTIONAL { ?item parl:questionText ?___0 . } } ORDER BY ?___0 ?item OFFSET 0 LIMIT 10	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11341
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As part of the digitisation process, we are developing and testing an online application form to replace the current paper form.</p> Healthy Start Scheme: Yorkshire and the Humber To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many families are in receipt of Healthy Start vouchers in (a) Barnsley Central, (b) Sheffield City Region Mayoral Combined Authority and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber region. <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p> Pets: Death To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2019 to Question 259058, how many dead pets were collected from roads and paths, and what proportion of those pets were scanned by the relevant local authority. <p>The Government does not hold central information on the number of dead pets collected from roads and paths or the proportion that were scanned by the relevant local authority. However, Cats Protection provided briefing for the debate on 17 June which shows that according to their freedom of information request to councils in England, 80% of the 274 councils that replied scan cats involved in road accidents for a microchip.</p> Electric Vehicles: Bicycles To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the use of e-bikes. <p>The measures set out in the Government’s statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, as well as the almost £2 billion being invested in cycling and walking over the current Parliament, will help boost the use of e-bikes as well as the use of conventional bikes. The Department has recently published refreshed cycle to work guidance to make it easier for employers to provide employees with cycles, including e-bikes, worth over £1,000. The Government is also encouraging the use of e-cargo bikes through the £2m e-cargo bike grant programme which contributes 20% of the purchase price of a new e-cargo bike up to the first £5,000 of any purchase price.</p> Northampton North Biography information for Michael Ellis To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to conduct an inquiry into the introduction of the 2019 Loan Charge. <p>The Government published a report into disguised remuneration schemes which considered the range of evidence available and can be found online at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-on-time-limits-and-the-disguised-remuneration-loan-charge" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-on-time-limits-and-the-disguised-remuneration-loan-charge</a>. The Government would encourage anyone who is affected by the charge to contact HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and discuss their situation.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have not made anybody bankrupt as a result of the 2019 Loan Charge. The information requested on how many people have declared themselves bankrupt as a result of the 2019 Loan Charge is not available.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will work with individuals to reach sustainable and manageable payment plans wherever possible. Anybody who is worried about being able to pay what they owe should get in touch with HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>The Government estimates that up to 50,000 individuals will be affected by the 2019 loan charge. Since the DR loan charge was announced, HMRC have already agreed around 6,000 settlements with employers and individuals, worth over £1 billion.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of people affected by the 2019 Loan Charge is not held at constituency, borough or regional level. Since November 2017, HMRC have been writing directly to individuals and employers who may be affected by the Disguised Remuneration (DR) loan charge. A breakdown of recipients by UK parliamentary constituency is available on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disguised-remuneration-loan-charge-awareness-letters" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/disguised-remuneration-loan-charge-awareness-letters</a>.</p> To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have declared bankruptcy as a result of the 2019 Loan Charge. Tax Avoidance: Yorkshire and the Humber To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people affected by the 2019 Loan Charge in (a) Barnsley Central, (b) Sheffield City Region Mayoral Combined Authority and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber region. Special Educational Needs: Barnsley To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the number of Education Health and Care Plans required in (a) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and (b) Barnsley Central constituency. <p>There were 2,133 Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans in Barnsley local authority in January 2019, a 15% increase on January 2018. Nationally an 11% increase was seen over the same period.</p><p>The number of EHC plans in Barnsley local authority is published in the Statements of SEN (special educational need) and EHC plans publication, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2019</a>. The latest publication contains the current position at January 2019, and the number of new plans created in the 2018 calendar year. Data on the total number of EHC plans is not available by parliamentary constituency.</p><p>Like most local authorities, Barnsley has seen a significant increase in both the caseload of EHC plans and the number of requests for statutory assessment following the introduction of the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) reforms. 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__label__cc	0.713832	0.286168	Shadowplay: Whispers of the Past Collector's Edition Forum Big Fish Games Forums > All Game Forums > Shadowplay: Whispers of the Past Collector's Edition Please post your REVIEWS for Shadowplay: Whispers of the Past Collector's Edition here. Daxadillion by Daxadillion on Jul 27, 17 12:38 AM A thread for your reviews. Edited on 07/27/2017 at 6:28:59 AM PST BearCreekStables Re:Please post your REVIEWS for Shadowplay: Whispers of the Past Collector's Edition here. by BearCreekStables on Jul 27, 17 3:51 AM I really enjoyed playing the demo of Shadowplay. One reason was because of the game taking place in today's time and you don't get that a lot. I thought the HOS were different and the mini-games which are my favorite part of games had just the right amount of difficulty. There were only 2 reviews posted after I finished my demo and one used the word spoiler and the other did not. So unfortunately I read an event that took away some surprise coming up in the game so I most likely now will wait for SE. I do think it is a good Collector's Edition as well if you don't want to wait. . pennmom36 by pennmom36 on Jul 27, 17 5:41 AM Mad Head games must have some of the brightest, most creative team members available. They don't throw out a game every month with the same boring storyline hashed over and over, they don't throw a pile of junk in the corner to make a Hidden Object Scene, and they certainly don't present the same puzzles we've done a hundred different times in a hundred different ways. These guys pour their heart and soul into each and every game, the quality is 100 % across the board, the sights, the sounds, the story, it's all here folks, everything you could ask for in a game. Alicia Cole is a museum curator who finds herself the victim of a botched robbery, while working late. Her daughter Maya, was in the wrong place at the wrong time, when the thief accidentally drops the Skull of Darkness. The hard shell casing cracks, exposing the dangerous artifact, and Maya is swept away through it's evil portal, to a world beyond light itself, where only the shadows dare to play! Equipped with only a Mystical Lens, Alicia will have to find a way to thwart the thieves, and use the Skull of Darkness to enter a world where K'tal delved further than anyone ever dared, in his relentless pursuit of ultimate power. In this Collector's Edition version, there are 36 Collectible icons, and they are fantastically blended into each scene, unlike some games where you can't help but see them. There are also 17 Morphing Objects within each HOP. The Hidden Object Scenes are by far the most creative and entertaining scenes I've ever seen! Although the concepts are the same, the scenes are not. My favorite's were finding Silhouetted Shapes on three different fossil walls in the museum during an interactive tour, and finding Listed items cleverly blended on three different movie posters. Each HOP has a Morphing Object available in this CE version. The Mini Games are unusual, and very creative. Below are brief descriptions of some of the games you'll encounter during the demo: 1) Move the Knights in an L formation to their color coded spots. 2) Create a platform for the yellow hexagon to exit, by crossing over the exact number of symbols as indicated on the clue. 3) Open the safe using the clue you find. 4) Use the mystical lens to destroy the evil shadows, align the circles over the target and click when the two circles overlap. 5) Lead the glowing orb from point A to B by clicking on points of the path until they create a path. 6) Recreate the picture by swapping tiles using the frame as a clue. 7) Steer the car by clicking on the correct moving directional arrow when it aligns with the arrow in the box. 8) Choose the correct item related to the riddle. 9) Move parts of the picture to match the painting. 10) Select the correct images according to the clue. 11) Move the tiles to the opposite sides of the board, tiles can jump one another. SHADOWPLAY GAMES AVAILABLE Title*Collector's Edition Release DateAverage Rating -Shadowplay: Darkness Incarnate (8-20-16) 4.0 This Collector's Edition has wallpapers, Concept Art pictures, 17 replayable Hidden Object Scenes, 11 Achievements to earn, 6 Music Soundtracks, 17 Morphing Objects within the HOP's, a Showcase, replayable Code Puzzles, 36 Collectible Hidden Icons, a built in Strategy Guide and a built in Strategy Guide and a Bonus Chapter, enjoy! bfgBellerophon by bfgBellerophon on Jul 27, 17 6:29 AM Welcome to the reviews thread! Please feel free to post your thoughts and feedback on Shadowplay: Whispers of the Past Collector's Edition here. We appreciate the time you take to put your reviews together, and I know other gamers and the developers do as well. We just have a few guidelines to keep in mind when posting. Our goal with these is to keep the thread tidy, easy to navigate and helpful. 1) Be sure to keep your reviews on-topic. 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If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to PM one of our Moderators. Micha1234 by Micha1234 on Jul 27, 17 7:32 AM Absolutely nothing new in this game.....was very quickly bored and glad when the demo was over. Too much talk and too many cut scenes and boring mini games. And of course we need a little gimmick to get rid of whatever evil that is...... Maybe I'm just played out with HOPAs.....but I'm not getting this one. salmon28 by salmon28 on Jul 27, 17 8:22 AM Agree with Micha on this one. Another daughter taken by another stranger in a mask and another mother has to save her!!!! Have we seen this a 1000 times before??? The usual suspects giving this 5 stars is sad. nanafraser by nanafraser on Jul 27, 17 1:42 PM I am a Mad Head fan! This game isn't there best, but enjoyable! I'm a fairy tale fish, but this modern kind of game is fantasy enough for me! Lots of different HO scenes! But we all have are our likes & dislikes, but that doesn't mean the games bad just not our style! Some fish praise a certain kind of Dev, & I cant see it! I don't think it fair to criticize someones view of a game they like! nextgengranny by nextgengranny on Jul 27, 17 2:32 PM I'm inclined to agree w/ Micha1234 & salmon28. While this appears to be an average midrange game, in terms of difficulty, I see nothing special about it, & the violence is a turn off. This won't be a buy for me. (Reposting, as I went to edit my earlier review, & somehow bleeped it out of existence.) kgustavson by kgustavson on Jul 28, 17 12:16 AM Seriously? A broken zipper pull?!! That HOPA standard pretty much sums up this ho-hum game. And I really do not understand the "Warning"! Unless fuzzy dark creatures with green eyes happen to freak you out, then this is by no means a "psychological thriller". There is nothing psychological about it; paranormal maybe yes, but a warning is just comical and really only serves to raise the anticipation level - this game just fails to meet it. Maybe less hype would have suited this game much better. ETA: My bad; it's supposed to be an "intense thriller", not a psychological thriller. So, you know, there's that clarification which clears up the mediocre game play. Edited on 07/28/2017 at 12:27:27 AM PST pcpat923 by pcpat923 on Jul 28, 17 6:43 AM Boring and uneventful. Gun violence, yes, but not a thriller by any stretch of the imagination. Another overly used plot of evil rises from the dark depths to attain unlimited power and then chasing whoever or whatever throughout the game. Disappointed but not surprised. Do try the older Echoes of the Past sequels by ORNEON if looking for true gaming excellence as it once was and never will be again obviously. Enjoy! Penguin29 by Penguin29 on Jul 28, 17 10:18 AM I agree with some of you. How many times do we have to fix the broken zipper pull? And, while this game is REALLY good (holy Dinosaur), it is yet another portal and another dark energy force that has kidnapped someone. How about an original story. How about a good old fashion "who dunnit" mystery. I just finished "Tiny Tales" and that was a breath of fresh air. Anyway, not sure if I'll buy or not. angelfish106 Pufferfish by angelfish106 on Jul 28, 17 10:55 AM Very disappointed with this game that gets superlatives on the main page such as 'wonderful', 'game of the year' 'amazing' etc.etc. I found it pretty ordinary and the story was nothing special. This is meant for 'mature audiences'? Why?? I couldn't find anything that warranted that description. Mad Head have a reputation for games that are out of the ordinary but this game is closer to being run-of-the-mill. And just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, there's the good old broken zip(per) pull Seriously, Mad Head?? I thought you were better than that. I bought this without trying the demo, based on the fact that I love the developer and the rave reviews on the main page. I should have saved my money. Mad Head need to be careful they don't end up like the devs starting with an 'E'; repetitive games that all seem the same. Oh and for goodness sake drop the X mark when you click on something wrong; it's outdated and irritating No technical issues with the entire game and bonus. Desktop running Win7 Prof 64-bit. dixiesteve by dixiesteve on Jul 29, 17 10:49 AM I don't normally post reviews but after reading some concerning this game, I was surprised at how harsh some of the reviews were. It's just a game!!!! Is it one of their best? Probably not. But it is fun and who doesn't like a giant t-rex coming alive? Lighten up folks! jennsmom by jennsmom on Jul 29, 17 11:17 AM Thought the story line, even though we've done it before, was interesting. I liked the graphics and the music, and the sounds. I'd like to find out what happens next and who's behind the theft and why the burglar stole the skull and maybe even why the skull casing looked so silly. And, will there be another dinosaur? But, I'll have to wait for the SE to come out, because through no fault of the developers, I can't do the monster killing gimmick after the first one, because I have (blankety blank) arthritic hands. I'll buy it anyway, as an SE, and skip that part, because I do really want to play the game, but don't want to spend money for a CE with a gimmick puzzle I know I won't be able to do. Valdy by Valdy on Jul 30, 17 10:31 AM I am sorry to say that I found what I have played so far lame and boring and tedious. I am so tired of some family member being snatched away and then stays with us ghostlike throughout the game and tells us that we need to rescue them. This game reminded me of one of Eipix's boring games, and I couldn't even bring myself to play anywhere near the end of the game. Some of Madhead Games' games are really interesting and fun to play, although their graphics and colour often leaves a lot room for improvement. But this game isn't one of them. MaryAnn3935 by MaryAnn3935 on Jul 30, 17 4:31 PM I usually don't write reviews about games, but this one is horrible. I played until the last mini-game and I quit. The graphics are okay, but all the mini games. Can't any one write a game any more without all of them--eeek. The story could have been good, but it was boring. I didn't see the need for all the warnings and right now, I don't see a need to buy any more Mad Head game. The same goes for Eipix! terrible game. by MaryAnn3935 on Aug 7, 17 4:43 PM I like Mad Head, but this is the worst game I have seen in years. Old_Man_River by Old_Man_River on Aug 15, 17 2:23 PM I have to agree with Dixie. It's just a game folks. It's free to try. If you don't like the free demo, you probably won't like the game. I enjoyed it. Maybe you will too. If not, maby the next game will be better, I have over 500 games. Some sterling, some lead. Most fall somewhere in between debeleth by debeleth on Aug 18, 17 7:29 AM I agree that the storyline was nothing new but I really liked the difficult HOs -- where solving involves moving up and down or across with constantly shifting options. jillaroogirl by jillaroogirl on Feb 7, 18 2:06 PM I really liked this game. I like the developer too. The graphics were nice and clear, there were many scenes, lots of tasks, a few puzzles - some harder than others (if I played them all and wasn't so inpatient the game would have been longer), the extras were a-plenty. All in all an excellent game for your $$. Big Fish Games Forums > All Game Forums > Shadowplay: Whispers of the Past Collector's Edition	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11345
__label__wiki	0.927876	0.927876	Egypt's Mo Salah superb but five-star Liverpool give Roma lifeline Egypt's Mohamed Salah scores twice to help Liverpool to a 5-2 victory over AS Roma, taking his tally to 10 European Champions League this season Ahram Online , AFP , Tuesday 24 Apr 2018 Liverpool's Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah celebrates scoring their first goal during the UEFA Champions League first leg semi-final football match between Liverpool and Roma at Anfield stadium in Liverpool, north west England on April 24, 2018 AFP PHOTO GALLERY: Two-goal Salah leads Roma to 5-2 Champions League win over Roma RELIVE: Liverpool v AS Roma (UEFA Champions League) Mohamed Salah came back to haunt former club Roma in spectacular style with two goals and two assists as Liverpool stormed towards the Champions League final with a 5-2 semi-final, first-leg win at Anfield on Tuesday. Roberto Firmino also scored twice and Sadio Mane netted Liverpool's other goal to make up for missing a series of gilt-edged chances as the scoreline did anything but flatter the hosts. Roma produced one of the finest comebacks in Champions League history by overturning a 4-1 first-leg deficit against Barcelona in the quarter-finals. They will need to do the same in the return leg on May 2, but the visitors were at least given a lifeline when Edin Dzeko and Diego Perotti grabbed two vital away goals in the final 10 minutes. Liverpool will rue their missed chances and poor late defending, but remain well on course for a first final in 11 years. The hosts' early rhythm was disrupted when Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain was stretchered off with a nasty-looking knee injury, which could threaten his World Cup dreams with England. Moments later, the visitors were inches away from the opener when Aleksandar Kolarov's long-range strike slipped through the grasp of Loris Karius and came back off the crossbar. However, Liverpool soon settled and should have put the tie beyond doubt before half-time. Mane blazed over when clean through on goal and then skewed wide when teed up by Firmino. Salah's first sight of goal then brought a smart save from Alisson before Mane's frustrating night continued as he was flagged offside when he did put the ball in the net from Andrew Robertson's low cross. - Unselfish superstar - Roma have now lost their last four Champions League away games -- shipping 13 goals in the process -- and were punished by the man they sold to Liverpool for what now seems a bargain 42 million euros (£37 million, $52 million) last year. Nine minutes of the first half remained when Salah picked the ball up just inside the Roma area and was given far too much time by Juan Jesus to cut inside onto his favoured left foot and curl the ball with unerring accuracy into the top corner. The chances continued to come for the hosts, but unfortunately for Jurgen Klopp not all of them fell the way of Salah as Dejan Lovren headed a glorious opportunity against the bar before Alisson got down to parry Georginio Wijnaldum's powerful strike. Brazilian number one Alisson has been in stunning form but even he was powerless as Salah struck again in first-half stoppage time with a trademark dinked finish over the advancing 'keeper. Chasing a first ever Champions League hat-trick, Salah would have been forgiven for going for goal as he bore down on Alisson once more 11 minutes into the second period. But he showed why he is considered one of the game's more unselfish superstars by squaring for a relieved Mane to convert from close range. Salah wreaked more havoc five minutes later when he sped past the helpless Jesus and pulled the ball across goal for Firmino to tap home. Firmino then rose highest head home James Milner's corner to take Liverpool's fearsome front three's combined tally for the season to 88. Roma's night seemed to be summed up when midfielder Kevin Strootman and coach Eusebio Di Francesco became engaged in a blazing row after the fifth goal went in. However, Klopp's decision to withdraw Salah 15 minutes from time backfired as the tie swung back Roma's way in the final stages. Firstly, with nine minutes left, Dzeko slotted home his 21st goal of the season as Lovren got caught underneath the ball. Moments later, Anfield was stunned when Milner was punished for handball inside the area and Perotti coolly slotted home the resulting penalty. Egypt's Salah is Liverpool's joint top scorer in a single Champions League season with 10 goals, on level with Firmino. He also became the first African to score 10 goals in one season, overtaking former Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o. The 25-year-old is also Liverpool's second-highest goal scorer in all competitions with 43 goals, just four behind the record tally of Ian Rush which he set in the 1983-84 season. (For more sports news and updates, follow Ahram Online Sports on Twitter at @AO_Sports and on Facebook atAhramOnlineSports.)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11346
__label__cc	0.692258	0.307742	Home Forums > Fulham FC News and Notes > Fulham vs Scum Sunday morning Discussion in 'Fulham FC News and Notes' started by jumpkutz, Mar 1, 2019. The Scott Parker era (if one can call it that) begins with the middle Sunday match, which means all eyes should be on the Cottage with a 7 and 11:15 sandwiched around us. Scum was having issues of late, especially scoring, but coming off a shutout of Spuds WITH Harry Kane, have they righted the ship? A goalkeeper flap and Roman’s patience with Sarri may be about to pay off. They’ve still got formidable offensive weapons, and Higuain’s got to start clicking with them sooner or later. You would fancy your chances against our defense this season, eh? There’s no reason to believe that we can stop them, unless Scott decides to start Fabri and he stands on his head. Not verily likely and I wouldn’t expect it. IF we can frustrate them for a bit and nick an early goal, things might get interesting for a bit, but they’re gonna score, it’s just a matter of how many. If we can get the ball out of the back, or, more likely, win enough long goal kicks and balls into the box, we might score a few. That’s if Scott puts Mitro, Sess, Cairney, McDonald, Babel and Chambers out together in a sensible formation. I think it’s time to try Fabri in goal again. And, can we recall StefJo from West Brom? What have we got to lose? jumpkutz, Mar 1, 2019 tim Active Member I’ll be there in the Haynes Stand, my first time at the Cottage since 2012. At this point, I think the best I can hope for is that the lads show up and demonstrate at least a bit of fight. It would be little consolation in this dumpster fire of a season, but I can hope for a win, right? tim, Mar 1, 2019 SoCalJoe, nevzter, astroevan and 1 other person like this. This just in: I hate the fucking Undead COYW HatterDon, Mar 1, 2019 MicahMan Administrator jumpkutz said: ↑ And, can we recall StefJo from West Brom? What have we got to lose? But will Johansen really want to leave his sweet gig at the Chez Paul? MicahMan, Mar 1, 2019 SoCalJoe, nevzter and encorespanish like this. There’s got to be a second half against Brighton at home performance still lurking back there somewhere, eh gang? Whatever the result, try to enjoy the day, and the experience Tim. If you spot any clearance items from last season in 3XL, I’m good for it! tim likes this. Scott Parker picking his first lineup, be like “what do we have, what do we have?” Not too different from Parker, but I think this starting XI does make sense: Odoi, Nordtveit, Ream, Bryan Chambers, McDonald Babel, Cairney, Sessegnon Subs: Fabri, Le Marchand, Seri, Christie, Anguissa, Vietto, Ayite In Scott Parker's final appearance as a coach for Tottenham's youth squad he led them to a 9-0 victory over Arsenal. Is that a sign of what is to come today? Certainly not. However it is nice to know that if Fulham were capable of putting 9 up against Chelsea, Parker wouldn't stop them due to some misplaced sense of sportsmanship. Deserved something from that!! Best match from Sess (I'm sure that was Scott Parker's first order of business to just sit down and tell him he believes in him) in a long time, and it would've been nice to get a bad call on the offside (it was, but just barely) on the would-be equalizer. Ayite's sweet overhead flick to Mitro HAS to be buried. Played w/pride and fight and at least we were standing on their throat at the end and not giving up that nail in the coffin goal that we've done all season. @tim Great that the you got to see that kind of effort and performance in person. encorespanish, nevzter, tim and 1 other person like this. Not sure we deserved more than what we got, but it WAS encouraging to see more effort and better execution from the vast majority of our players. Also encouraging to see our best players start in a practical, workable formation with a doable tactical plan. But let’s be honest. Scum put in another less than stellar performance, typical of many by them this season that’s put Sarri on the hot seat and Hazard wanting out. As poorly as they played, they should have scored at least 3 more goals in the first half, and could easily have scored 7 or 8. They just “outtalented” us. But...we could just as easily have scored two in the second half and not only nicked a result, but WON! I am glad we played better and not only stayed within striking distance, but gave ourselves a chance to win. Cairney, Sess, Mitro, K-Mac, even Ayite, looked like the players they were last season that we thought could compete at this level. I was holding my breath every time the blue team got into our final third. I’ll feel better if we can replicate today’s effort or, hopefully, improve upon it for the final 9 games, starting at Leicester Saturday. They were less than convincing in Brendan Rogers’ debut at Watford today, losing in injury time. If Scott can shore up the defense more with a full week of practice, I like our chances of getting our first road win next week. We made progress today. I like our chances of making more Saturday. I didn't get a chance to watch the match (I had to go to church, an especially important day to go to church if you are a United Methodist, especially when the church leadership announces the church isn't going to be United Methodist for much longer) however I was heartened to hear that the crowd gave a standing ovation for the effort shown by the team. It seems that Scott Parker got the best he could out of this squad and everyone recognized that. I'm not sure if they showed a clearer replay during the match, but based on the highlight clips it seems like Rudiger's elbow might have pushed that final ball through to Sessegnon. Rudiger's turn velocity matches the speed of the ball better than Vietto's forward momentum, but I never took physics so I can't go on anything more than my gut. Doesn't matter at all now, but drawing even a the death could have been the highlight of the season. Last edited: Mar 3, 2019 THAT was more like it. I expected us to lose and we did. What wzs th difference? We didn't drop our heads either time we went a goal down. We fought like tigers in the midfield. We're still going down, but perhaps the saddest thing about the end of the season would have been the saddest thing if we'd survived: we are going to miss Calum Chambers. What a fucking beast he's been this season. Now for our first 3 on the road at Leicester Cityf. encorespanish, SoCalJoe and MicahMan like this. Upon further review, I agree with Joe. We DID deserve something from this one. The undead didn’t play that poorly and we played much better for the full 90 plus than I originally thought. Mitro was incredibly unlucky not to score. He just put Sess’s deflected cross that popped right up for him in the 27th minute and Ayite’s brilliant aerial flick on in the 88th too close to Kepa. The Spanish kid is a pretty darn good keeper, lost in a thicket of them behind David de Gea. It warmed the cockles of my heart to see number 11 back out there. Floyd was kind of the odd man out, along with Kebano and Piazon, by the time we got to Wembley last season. We don’t get that far without them, in my humble opinion. The shot Mitro took in the 60th minute didn’t miss by much, but he really, REALLY should have slipped Sess in, who was, in the immortal words of Billy Tubbs, wide-ass open at the dead center top of the 18. And I mean WIDE-ASS OPEN. A miss from there would have constituted a felony. After watching the replay multiple times, it sure looks like Sess is onside for what should have been the equalizer. But, does it get reversed even if VAR is in play now instead of next season? For me, it’s a 50-50 and, thus, probably not. Here’s hoping our luck changes to coincide with our form at Leicester and beyond. Yes, they lost as expected, but that was the most entertaining Fulham match in quite a while. The team looked engaged and energetic. Hopefully they continue to (at worst) entertain me for the rest of the season. astroevan, Mar 4, 2019 nevzter likes this. @tim Any thoughts on the match with Chelsea since you were an eye-witness? MicahMan said: ↑ Yep, was planning on posting today... The guys showed up. After several performances that could generously be described as listless, there was a real fight in the squad. It really starts making me ask the annoying "What if" questions....replicate the performance from Sunday for this whole season, and we wouldn't be looking at relegation. As for specific players: Cairney is a beast. Not only was he all over the field...what really impressed me was his skill on the ball. He did very well in traffic and (almost) always made the correct pass. I really hope we can hang on to him. He certainly has Premier League quality, so I'm not super optimistic. Sessegnon is legit. He will develop into a reliable top-flight player, so I would expect a mid-table club to buy him this summer. As has been mentioned above, Chambers impressed, as well. Of the three, I think we have the best shot at keeping him around, but won't hold my breath. The back line actually played a pretty good game. A team with Chelsea's quality can easily put two on the board against just about anybody on the right day, so no blame to the defense for the loss. Both keepers had great matches, each with a number of really quality saves. I was inching off my seat a couple times thinking we for sure would score, only to see Kepa make a save. Anguissa was less than helpful, coming off the bench. Almost invariably, his first instinct was to go backwards. I don't have a ton to compare it to, as this was only my third Premier League match, but the atmosphere was excellent. Lively, energetic, and very savvy. Applause for every good play/pass/tackle. Lots of appreciation shown to the players at the match's conclusion, and they responded in kind to the crowd. It goes without saying that I highly recommend the Cottage experience to anyone who is able to make it there. I was in the upper half of the Haynes stand a bit to the Hammy end of midfield and it was a fantastic vantage point. astroevan, encorespanish and MicahMan like this. Similar Threads: Fulham Scum Fulham FC News and Notes Fulham v. Scum 12/28/08 Jul 10, 2009 Fulham FC News and Notes FULHAM fight 'scum [R] Dec 22, 2008 Fulham FC News and Notes Fulham 2019-2020 fixtures Jun 21, 2019 Fulham FC News and Notes Keeping the Lights on at FulhamUSA.com Jun 10, 2019 Fulham FC News and Notes Fulham Peerless in PL Top Goals for 2018-19 Jun 4, 2019	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11347
__label__wiki	0.770991	0.770991	LCA Investigation Reveals Cruelty at Crimson Lane Farms Expert Statement CLF Christensen CEO Response Expert Statement About LCA Christensen 360 Video Help End Factory Farm Cruelty Get the Free Guide LCA’s Investigative Findings In the spring of 2015, LCA conducted a four month investigation into a Christensen Farms facility in Minnesota. The facility is a “breed-to-wean” factory farm where 2,500 mother pigs, producing over 1,300 piglets each week, are confined to small metal crates for their entire lives. The investigation uncovered multiple incidents of systematic neglect and cruelty, including: Pigs with large vaginal and anal prolapses and other severe injuries being forced to walk or drag themselves before being shot. Workers slapping, kicking and stabbing downed sows with pens. Workers dragging pigs by their snouts and ears. Workers failing to promptly euthanize piglets in critical condition. Company protocols that result in piglets being left in carbon dioxide inhalation chambers overnight and not being confirmed dead until the next morning. Pigs with debilitating illness and injuries left to suffer for prolonged periods, sometimes as long as ten weeks. Many of these grossly neglected sows became too weak to access feed and water, quickly becoming emaciated and later found dead. Five Christensen Farms employees were fired as a result of LCA’s investigation. Download B-Roll of Investigation Footage Read Press Release Here The number of pigs produced by Christensen Farms each year. Christensen Farms is the fourth largest pork producer in the United States, as well as the largest shareholder of Triumph Foods, a pork processing company. Christensen Farms supplies major retailers like Walmart and sells their products under the PrairieFresh Premium Pork label. “As much abuse as is depicted bespeaks very poor, unconcerned management. The managers are as guilty as the workers if they allow the animals to suffer as long as they do. Any legal action brought against the facility should also include the supervisory personnel who allow this sort of behavior to proceed uncorrected. …I urge that this facility be prosecuted for animal cruelty to the fullest extant permitted by law.” Bernard E. Rollin University Distinguished Professor, Professor of Animal Sciences and Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University. Investigation Updates Rock County Attorney Declines to Press Charges after Ignoring Key Evidence in Case October 7, 2015; Minneapolis, MN – The Rock County Attorney’s office declined to charge Christensen Farms management and employees with cruelty to animals following LCA’s undercover investigation. The investigation documented workers dragging, slapping, kicking, and stabbing downed sows with pens; workers improperly euthanizing injured sows and piglets; and management neglecting pigs suffering from debilitating illness and injuries for periods as long as ten weeks. Christensen Farms is the fourth largest pork producer in the nation and major retailers, including Walmart, sell its products across the U.S. Rock County Assistant Prosecutor Jeffrey Haubrich’s decision was made after failing to review the full unedited video evidence that LCA made available to his office. LCA is pressuring for completion of the review of all of the evidence and the subsequent filing of charges. Read more Christensen Farms Caught Illegally Dumping Mercury After LCA Complaint September, 2015 – LCA has learned that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) issued a Letter of Warning to Christensen Farms following LCA’s complaint for enforcement of mercury dumping prohibitions. During LCA’s investigation, the LCA witness documented the illegal dumping of hundreds of mercury-containing compact fluorescent lights (CFLs), in direct violation of Minnesota law. Improper disposal of CFL bulbs known to contain mercury poses serious risks to humans, wildlife and the natural environment. LCA’s findings were not an isolated incident. On August 17 the MPCA investigated LCA’s complaint and documented Christensen Farms illegally dumping half a trash bag of mercury-containing CFLs into a solid waste dumpster. In their letter, The MPCA directed the company to immediately cease disposing spent CFLs into the solid waste system and to submit a plan within 10 days to comply with the law. LCA releases never-before-seen Christensen Farms immersive 360 video at Minnesota State Fair August 27, 2015 – LCA releases new 360-degree video footage at the Minnesota State Fair, taken during their Spring 2015 investigation of Christensen Farms. LCA is greeting fairgoers with a mobile display van outfitted with Oculus glasses, which respond to the wearer’s head movement, displaying a fully immersive 360 degree view of what life is like for pigs confined at Christensen Farms facilities. UFC Heavyweight Mark Hunt Sees LCA Video, Goes Vegan August 14th, 2015 – just three days after the release of LCA’s investigation into Christensen Farms, Mark Hunt, a globally popular UFC heavyweight champion fighter known as “The Super Samoan,” shared LCA’s undercover video on his Facebook page and announced to the world “I’m going vegan…hate this.” Hunt’s declaration to switch to a vegan diet immediately received worldwide press. The 41-year-old New Zealand native now joins other heavyweight champions like Mac Danzig and Mike Tyson in a vegan lifestyle. LCA’s open letter to MN Rep. Rod Hamilton August 14, 2015 – LCA invites Rep. Rod Hamilton, R-Mountain Lake, who works for Christensen Farms and was the author of Minnesota’s ag-gag bill, to sponsor legislation that would make farm animal cruelty a felony in the state. Rep. Hamilton’s legislation would have not only made conducting investigations illegal but the penalties for violating the proposed law would be higher than those for acts of animal cruelty. The investigation into the treatment of pigs at Christensen Farms highlights the need for Minnesota’s felony animal cruelty provisions to extend to all animals and not just companion and service animals. Read the letter here. LCA Files Criminal Complaint On August 5, 2015, LCA submitted a criminal complaint to the Rock County Sheriff’s Office requesting that Christensen Farms be investigated for multiple violations of Minnesota’s Cruelty to Animals Act. The complaint detailed 36 incidents which included 18 incidents of animal cruelty, 17 incidents of animal mistreatment by neglect and 1 incident of animal mistreatment by deprivation. Law enforcement has initiated their investigation into the matter. About Last Chance for Animals Last Chance for Animals (LCA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating animal exploitation through education, investigations, legislation, and public awareness campaigns. Since its formation in 1984, LCA has succeeded as one of the nation’s pioneer animal advocacy groups. LCA’s educational and public outreach programs have empowered the public to make positive changes for animals in their communities. For more information, please visit: http://www.lcanimal.org Copyright © 2016 Last Chance for Animals. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11351
__label__wiki	0.649997	0.649997	U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel: “We Are Seeing A New World Order Being Built” Big Brother Government Has the Gov’t Lied on NSA Snooping? Is the NSA Blackmailing Obama? Liberty Alert! Congress Just “Legalized... Justin Amash on NSA Amendment Cop Shoots Unarmed Motorist During Traffic St... Beckel: Scrap the Patriot Act The NSA Tyranny: Where’s the Outrage? Americans Sign Petition to Support “Nazi-St... Lindsey Graham: Washington’s #1 Neocon Court: NSA Broke the Law Why are IRS Agents Training with AR-15 Rifles... Judge Napolitano: Why The Patriot Act is Unco... Police Brutality in California NSA Whistleblower on FoxNews Judge Napolitano: Stop the NSA AREA 51: DECLASSIFIED Edward Snowden’s Alternative Christmas Mess... A 12 Minute History of U.S. Police Militariza... Greenwald: UK will be ‘sorry’ for... Wag The Dog: An NSA Production Related Video Tags : big brother government CHRIS UHLMANN: Finally, you have a unique seat in the world, a great place to see the world from and you’ve got a unique history; you’re a soldier, you’re a senator, now you’re a secretary of Defence. What is the thing that concerns you most about what you see in the world at the moment? CHUCK HAGEL: Well, I think it’s the dangerous unpredictability of a world that is I think trying to define a new world order. We’ve never seen such diffusion of economic power; more people have more say, as it should be, and after all, isn’t that why we fought a couple of wars?: to give more people more opportunities to be unleashed from dictatorship and authoritarian governments? We are seeing a new world order being built in the early 21st Century. The United States of America has some responsibility to help lead that. We can’t dictate that order; nor can any country. But we can help shape it, as other countries – I was just in India; look at what’s happened in India, Indonesia. All of the – your neighbours in this area have a tremendous say in the outcome of world affairs and that’s, quite frankly, as it should be, but that also complicates outcomes. Full interview here >> http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2014/s4065265.htm A 12 Minute History of U.S. Police Militarization Americans Sign Petition to Support “Nazi-Style O... Judge Napolitano: Why The Patriot Act is Unconstit... Cop Shoots Unarmed Motorist During Traffic Stop (G...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11359
__label__cc	0.721566	0.278434	Annie Alice Parker[1, 2] Johnathan Parker - Yes, date unknown Birth Duplin County Family Allice Park, b. Duplin County 1. Annie Alice Parker, b. 14 Jun 1871, Hawesville, Sampson, North Carolina, United States Allice Park Family Johnathan Parker, b. Duplin County William James Rooks Birth 3 Jul 1868 Sampson, North Carolina, United States Died 28 Aug 1957 Buried 30 Aug 1957 Wallace, Duplin, North Carolina, United States Father James Rooks, b. 23 Jul 1813, New Hanover, North Carolina, United States Mother Martha Ann Bland, b. 15 Nov 1829, Sampson Co., N.C. Family Annie Alice Parker, b. 14 Jun 1871, Hawesville, Sampson, North Carolina, United States Married 15 Oct 1890 Sampson, North Carolina, United States 1. Estelle Rooks, b. 4 Sep 1891, Wallace, Duplin, North Carolina, United States 2. Mabel Rooks, b. 20 Jul 1893, Duplin, North Carolina, United States 3. Annie J Rooks, b. 1 Aug 1895, Rockfish, Duplin, North Carolina, United States 4. Annie Iola Rooks, b. 1 Aug 1895, Sampson, North Carolina, United States 5. Thomas Paul Rooks, b. 28 Aug 1896, Sampson, North Carolina, United States 6. Eunice Mildred Rooks, b. 9 Jan 1900, Sampson, North Carolina, United States 7. William Raymond Rooks, b. 25 Dec 1902, Sampson, North Carolina, United States 8. Lila Selma Rooks, b. 18 Apr 1905, Sampson, North Carolina, United States 9. James Kenneth Rooks, b. 26 Jul 1907, Duplin, North Carolina, United States 10. Ruby Ruth Rooks, b. 26 Feb 1910, Duplin, North Carolina, United States Estelle Rooks Birth 4 Sep 1891 Wallace, Duplin, North Carolina, United States Died 16 May 1984 Rocky Point, Pender, North Carolina, United States Buried 18 May 1984 Rocky Point, Pender, North Carolina, United States Father William James Rooks, b. 3 Jul 1868, Sampson, North Carolina, United States Mother Annie Alice Parker, b. 14 Jun 1871, Hawesville, Sampson, North Carolina, United States Mabel Rooks Birth 20 Jul 1893 Duplin, North Carolina, United States Died 29 Jan 1978 Rose Hill, Duplin, North Carolina, United States Buried 31 Jan 1978 Rose Hill, Duplin, North Carolina, United States Annie J Rooks Birth 1 Aug 1895 Rockfish, Duplin, North Carolina, United States Buried Wells Chapel Cemetery, Sampson, North Carolina Family Repton Amariah Bland (maid. name senior), b. 13 Sep 1881, Duplin, North Carolina, United States Married 13 Feb 1916 Duplin, North Carolina, United States 1. Repton Amariah Bland (maid. name junior), b. 21 Sep 1921, Sampson, North Carolina, United States Annie Iola Rooks Birth 1 Aug 1895 Sampson, North Carolina, United States Thomas Paul Rooks Birth 28 Aug 1896 Sampson, North Carolina, United States Died 23 Oct 1983 Rocky Mount, Nash, North Carolina Buried 25 Oct 1983 Rocky Mount Memorial Park Cemetery, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe, North Carolina Family Lina Moore Rooks Eunice Mildred Rooks Birth 9 Jan 1900 Sampson, North Carolina, United States Buried Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States William Raymond Rooks Birth 25 Dec 1902 Sampson, North Carolina, United States Died 2 Apr 1966 Buried 4 Apr 1966 Wallace, Duplin, North Carolina, United States Lila Selma Rooks 1905 - 2005 (100 years) Birth 18 Apr 1905 Sampson, North Carolina, United States Died 18 Apr 2005 Pitt, North Carolina, United States James Kenneth Rooks Died 26 May 1997 Buried 1997 Walnut Grove Church, Hanover, Virginia, United States Ruby Ruth Rooks Birth 26 Feb 1910 Duplin, North Carolina, United States Died 20 Sep 1985 Buried 1985 Harrells, Sampson, North Carolina, United States Name Annie Alice Parker Born 14 Jun 1871 Hawesville, Sampson, North Carolina, United States Miejsce zamieszkania 1930 Rockfish Township, Duplin, North Carolina, United States Died 10 Oct 1938 Rockfish, Duplin, North Carolina Age 67 years Buried 10 Oct 1938 Wells Chapel Person ID I530866 Tuszynski Father Johnathan Parker, b. Duplin County , d. Yes, date unknown Mother Allice Park, b. Duplin County , d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F523284 Group Sheet \| Family Chart Family William James Rooks, b. 3 Jul 1868, Sampson, North Carolina, United States , d. 28 Aug 1957 (Age 89 years) Numer ID zapisu MH:F520761 1. Estelle Rooks, b. 4 Sep 1891, Wallace, Duplin, North Carolina, United States , d. 16 May 1984, Rocky Point, Pender, North Carolina, United States (Age 92 years) 2. Mabel Rooks, b. 20 Jul 1893, Duplin, North Carolina, United States , d. 29 Jan 1978, Rose Hill, Duplin, North Carolina, United States (Age 84 years) 3. Annie J Rooks, b. 1 Aug 1895, Rockfish, Duplin, North Carolina, United States , d. 23 Feb 1993 (Age 97 years) 4. Annie Iola Rooks, b. 1 Aug 1895, Sampson, North Carolina, United States , d. 23 Feb 1993 (Age 97 years) 5. Thomas Paul Rooks, b. 28 Aug 1896, Sampson, North Carolina, United States , d. 23 Oct 1983, Rocky Mount, Nash, North Carolina (Age 87 years) 6. Eunice Mildred Rooks, b. 9 Jan 1900, Sampson, North Carolina, United States , d. 16 Feb 1994 (Age 94 years) 7. William Raymond Rooks, b. 25 Dec 1902, Sampson, North Carolina, United States , d. 2 Apr 1966 (Age 63 years) 8. Lila Selma Rooks, b. 18 Apr 1905, Sampson, North Carolina, United States , d. 18 Apr 2005, Pitt, North Carolina, United States (Age 100 years) 9. James Kenneth Rooks, b. 26 Jul 1907, Duplin, North Carolina, United States , d. 26 May 1997 (Age 89 years) 10. Ruby Ruth Rooks, b. 26 Feb 1910, Duplin, North Carolina, United States , d. 20 Sep 1985 (Age 75 years) [S500003] North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994, (MyHeritage), https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-30144-2202279/annie-rooks-in-north-carolina-deaths (Reliability: 4), 20 Jan 2018. Annie RooksGender: FemaleBirth: June 14 1871 - Duplin CountyMarital status: MarriedResidence: Oct 10 1938 - Wallace, North CarolinaDeath: Oct 10 1938 - Rockfish, Duplin, North CarolinaBurial: Oct 10 1938 - Wells ChapelAge: 67 years, 3 months, 26 daysRace: WhiteFather: Johnathan Parker  Birth: Duplin CountyMother: Allice Park  Birth: Duplin CountyHusband: W. J. RooksBirth Year: 1871Address: R-1Additional Relatives: XReference ID: fn 2060 cn 22GS Film number: 1943158 [S500003] North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994, (MyHeritage), https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-30144-1596735/thomas-paul-rooks-in-north-carolina-deaths (Reliability: 4). Annie Parker<br>Gender: Male<br>Marital status: Married<br>Age: 87<br>Occupation: Carpenter-Construction<br>Race: White<br>Birth Year: 1896<br>Address: Box 781 Goldrock Road<br>Reference ID: v 40A cn 40348<br>GS Film number: 1984994	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11360
__label__cc	0.653784	0.346216	The GypsyNesters On GypsyNesting Media/Contact ORDER NOW - Wherever Books Are Sold! #1 Amazon Best Seller Going Gypsy: One Couple's Adventure From Empty Nest to No Nest at All "If you are tempted by the awakening of your own long-dormant wanderlust, Going Gypsy can serve as a primer. . . . The questions [Veronica] poses about 'what next' are relatable ones for all empty nesters." —PBS's Next Avenue Boomer Travel. Food. Laughter. Breaking the Empty Nest Rules! Getting Gilded in St. Augustine Irony. Sometimes people say it is impossible to define, but we think this comes pretty close: The Fountain of Youth is in America’s oldest city. Hmmm, on second thought, maybe that makes perfect sense, perhaps it is the secret to St. Augustine’s longevity. Ponce de León roamed these parts way back in 1513 searching for the mythical spring of eternal vitality. We find it highly doubtful that he found it here, since he died eight years later at only forty-seven. The fact that he wasn’t even said to have been looking for it at all – until years after his death – casts further doubt on the tall tale. Neither of these facts stopped Luella Day McConnell from creating a tourist trap with a scientific sounding name, the Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park. Luella, known as Diamond Lil, was famous for fabricating fictitious accounts, but the legend stuck and people have come to St. Augustine to drink from Lil’s fountain since 1904. Surprisingly, reports of miraculous longevity seem to be in short supply. St. Augustine is the oldest non-native city in the United States, formally founded in 1565 by Spanish explorer Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. For the next couple hundred years – give or take – the settlement was under near constant attack from the British colonies to the north. To protect themselves from this onslaught, the Spanish settlers built wooden forts -ten of them – before finally deciding to go bold and use several-feet-thick stones to build the impressive Castillo de San Marcos. The Castillo is a big old sucker – no figure of speech, it truly is large, covering over half a million square feet – and elderly, dating back to 1672. Wait, one figure of speech, it doesn’t suck. Ambling along the sea walls and then down in the moats, we got a feel for the oldest stone fortress in America. On the seaward side, we came upon the most interesting of artifacts, a furnace where cannonballs were superheated till they glowed red hot. These molten missiles were then fired at ships, setting them ablaze. Ingenious. No wonder the Brits could never take Florida by force. A bargain was finally struck in 1763 with the Treaty of Paris, the British relinquished control of Havana in exchange for Florida. By then the Spanish must have figured they were never going to find the Fountain of Youth. We weren’t naive enough to believe that some font of magic elixir was hiding around St. Augustine either, so we went in search of some other source of sustenance. Just a stone’s throw from the fort we found Casa Maya, a wonderful little cafe that features fresh local and organic ingredients and, what’s this… Hibiscus Flower Sangria? Ohhhhhh. Delicious and satisfying – perhaps we found the fabled fountain of invigoration after all. Speaking of invigorating, a dash of Casa Maya’s delicious homemade habanero sauce on the Aztec Pork and Ranch Eggs with Mole sauce really put a spring in our step. Both dishes were prepared to perfection, presented with panache, and priced properly. We were fired up – literally – and ready to take in the landmarks of St. Augustine’s Gilded Age. Henry Flagler had a big idea. St. Augustine should be the new winter playground for the filthy rich, a “Winter Newport.” Flagler certainly had the connections to pull this off. He was John D. Rockefeller’s partner in, and by most accounts (including Rockefeller’s) the brains behind, Standard Oil. So Flagler came down to Florida in the 1880s and started buying up everything in sight. No other person had anywhere near the influence on making the state the tourist destination it is today as Henry Flagler. He was truly visionary in that manner. His conquest began here in St. Augustine, with The Ponce de León Hotel and The Hotel Alcazar, that stand right across the street from each other in the center of town. Neither serves as a hotel anymore, The Ponce de León is now Flagler College and The Hotel Alcazar is The Lightner Museum, but they can be viewed by the public. Seeing as how we are part of the public, we headed in, beginning with the good ol’ Ponce. The Spanish Renaissance style of the former Ponce de León Hotel harkens back to the beginnings of St. Augustine and blends in beautifully with the semi-tropical surroundings. An impressive structure both inside and out, the construction is entirely poured concrete – quite an experiment for those days – and, thanks to Flagler’s friend Thomas Edison (apparently this guy knew EVERYONE), one of the first buildings ever to be wired for electricity. The interior has been restored from floor to ceiling, and we must say, the ceilings are works of art in their own right. The Ponce de León Hotel made it through the depression, then served as a Coast Guard training center during World War II and ended up playing a role during the civil rights movement of the early sixties as the site of a student sit in when Dr. Martin Luther King came to town. In 1968, the hotel had become the centerpiece of the newly-established Flagler College. We have to say, as college facilities go, it’s pretty amazing. The ornate ballroom now serves as a cafeteria and the old guest rooms as dorms. We spoke to one of the students about her housing and she gushed over how great her digs are. Good to see she understood just how cool her rooming situation is – you never know with the young whippersnappers these days! Wandering across the street and through the gardens of The Lightner Museum we entered the huge courtyard of what once was The Hotel Alcazar. A truly a grand resort in its day, Captains of Industry could throw a bash in the three-story high ballroom or enjoy the spa, complete with a steam room, massage parlor, gymnasium, Turkish bath and the world’s largest indoor swimming pool. Sadly the pool is no more, the space has been transformed into an exhibition area and a restaurant. But we did find the very spot where a turn of the century post card captured the record holding cement pond and snapped our own modern, less liquid version. St. Augustine’s third hotel jewel from that era is the only one still operating as an inn. The Casa Monica Hotel was opened by Franklin W. Smith in 1888 to compete with Flagler’s twins next door. Smith’s plan failed rather miserably and Casa Monica was bought and renamed The Cordova Hotel by Flagler the following year. Still, Smith was instrumental in Flagler’s reconstruction of St. Augustine. It was Smith who first brought St. Augustine to Flagler’s attention and also Smith who championed the poured concrete architectural style that became Flagler’s trademark building method. Smith had experimented with the construction when he built his home, the quirky Villa Zorayda, a few years earlier. Even with the grandiose hotels surrounding it, this was the first building we noticed when coming into town. The eccentric mansion, based on the 12th-century Moorish Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain, is impossible to miss. A sore thumb blends in quite nicely by comparison. Flagler also employed Smith’s poured concrete style in several stunning churches that he built throughout the city, perhaps the most impressive being the Memorial Presbyterian Church. With a dome inspired by St Mark’s Basilica in Venice, this church is so rockin’ that Flagler chose it as his final resting place. As sensational as all of Flagler’s creations in St. Augustine are, he had even bigger fish to fry. To see his most opulent efforts we’d have to go further south, all the way to Palm Beach. We know where we’ll be headed. David & Veronica, GypsyNester.com Delve Deeper: Tags Americana, big ideas, cheesy tourist diversions, churches, college, Florida, food, ginormous stuff, irony bus, museum, old stuff, semifictitious characters, travel, wine Did you enjoy what you just read? Then you'll LOVE our book! Going Gypsy One Couple's Adventure from Empty Nest to No Nest at All GoingGypsyBook.com - See how it all began! Amazon - Barnes & Noble - IndieBound - Books-a-Million Also available as an audiobook from Audible.com 4 thoughts on “Getting Gilded in St. Augustine” Carolann & Macrae - says: Looks amazing and such great information! We’re sad now that we didn’t explore St. Augustine when we were in Florida (we stayed on the opposite coast and bee-lined it to the Keys). We’ll have to make sure to get there next time though. Too bad about the fictitious fountain of youth too but we can always try! 😉 The GypsyNesters says: It is a beautiful city. Like good ole Ponce de Leon we can keep looking. Your posts are delightful, not to mention informative. It’s great to learn so much about the cities I’ve visited and the ones I hope to visit some day. BTW, loved your sky diving experience; mine was pretty memorable as well – back in the ’60’s you didn’t jump with an instructor, and the old military-issue ‘chutes had more holes than swiss cheese – I landed in a cow pasture! Thanks Louise. 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__label__cc	0.708456	0.291544	.ar 6. Amy takes a picture of the little red suitcase Zoe uses to run away from home. Read this in Albanian, Polish, Russian and/or Spanish Amy takes a picture of the little red suitcase Zoe uses to run away from home. Zoe runs away from home once or twice a week. She takes the dog and goes and sits beneath the pear tree that every year at the tail end of summer produces inedible pears that their dad picks up and throws away. The pear tree is in between the front yard and the backyard, a no man’s land, where Zoe believes that no one will think to look for her. She whiles away the fifteen to twenty minutes it always takes her to run away from home playing with the plastic animal figurines she has packed and distributing provisions evenly between her and the dog. To the dog she gives the brown treats, which are flavored like lamb and vegetable. For herself she reserves the green treats, which are chicken. The peanut butters they share. On the side of the suitcase containing the figurines and the Milk-Bones is a little picture of a girl in front of a white picket fence. Above her float the words Going to Grandma’s. But the picture Amy takes does not show this, because what interests Amy is the things the suitcase contains. So while Zoe is in the bathroom she snaps it open and lays it splayed atop their rumpled constellation-print sheets. She points her Polaroid down but can’t fit it, so she gets on the bed and stands over it, points, and pulls the shutter swiftly with her forefinger. Of the numerous plastic animal figurines in her collection, Zoe has chosen one elephant and a family of giraffes. Then, in addition to the small box of Milk-Bones, there is a toothbrush, one sock with a friendly-looking shark that prowls the ankle, and a framed five-by-seven photograph, black and white, of Dorothy holding Toto up to her cheek, the two of them gazing off into the distance. The photograph takes up a massive percentage of the space inside the little red suitcase, and Amy wonders why her sister takes it when she runs away from home, since it is just a piece of someone else’s junk they got at a garage sale. Then Zoe comes back and catches her red-handed, still standing over her stuff, and she screams and hollers like a wild banshee until Amy offers her a piece of tropical fruit punch gum.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11387
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Policies instructing doctors on how much sedative to give a patient vary greatly - some units keep people in as light a sleep as possible, other units keep people much deeper. Here men and women talk about their experiences of sleep, dreams and hallucinations while they were in the intensive care unit. While some people said they 'drifted on and off', many others found it difficult to sleep well in intensive care. Being attached to lots of equipment and being unable to move often caused discomfort. The ICU environment itself - the lighting, frequent medical interventions, visitors and noise - prevented sleep in some. Others found the environment frightening, hot or busy. Audio onlyText only She slept very little in intensive care because of the lighting, medications and visits from family and medical staff. Show Text Version Print transcript Age at interview: Occupation: nurse. Marital status: married. Number of children: 2. Ethnic background: British-African. Throughout the Thursday I had so many people come in and out, while I was in ITU on the Wednesday when I just come round I didn't get any sleep at all because of, I don't know why, because the light was on I just didn't get any sleep. The Thursday I didn't get any sleep, when they took me into that room because the fluorescent light was on ahead, on top of me, adjacent to me where the sluice room was, a fluorescent light was on. On the left hand side of me there was a door with a light shining right through and also I think with the effect of the morphine I wasn't getting any sleep; I couldn't like, you know, settle at all. I was awake all throughout the day because I had so many people in and out, and also because I had my own visitors come in and out and they had to come in because they had to help me with my son. And the nurse, midwives come in and out so I didn't get any sleep throughout the day and I didn't get any sleep throughout the night and this was going on til Friday. So she said, "what I want to do is I want to give you some sleeping tablets, and you can at least just have half an hour's sleep because you haven't slept and you're snappy at everybody and you're very anxious at everything." So I said, "ok". So she gave me a sleeping tablet. And throughout that night a midwife, I think it was about three or four o'clock in the morning, one midwife walked in, and stood right up next to me and woke me up, said, "Hello, hello my name is [midwife's name] and I'm the midwife looking after you." So I opened my eyes and she was right in my face and she wore glasses, and I think my head was spinning because I had actually got a bit of sleep I think, but she woke me up before I had got enough and my head was very spinning. And she was right in front of me so I said to her, "Can you just go and stand over there and put the light on?" I said to her, she might have thought I was a bit strange, but I couldn't focus on her cos she was very close to me. And she said, "Oh, I'm the midwife that's looking after you, she said, "it's three o'clock in the morning and I may be popping in and out." And I said, "Look I haven't had any sleep at all, and I just managed to get off and you've just woken me up so I don't need anything, if you could just let me sleep and then maybe in the morning you could talk to me." So she said to me "Um, well I do need to pop in and out." I said, "Ok, whatever." Some ICUs have no windows and, along with disrupted sleep patterns, this can cause loss of normal day / night pattern of wakefulness and sleep. One man said the nurses made him stay awake all day so that he would gradually adopt a normal pattern. Some people were afraid to sleep in case they pulled out breathing tubes. Others were put off sleeping by nightmares. She felt disorientated and lay awake all night because of the medications and her own fears. She stayed awake for four nights because she hallucinated whenever she tried to sleep, and felt isolated. Occupation: TV producer, on maternity leave at time of interview. Marital status: married. Number of children: 2. Ethnic background: White British. The strongest kind of impression I had having been woken up was that I then couldn't go back to sleep. And part of that was I couldn't go back to sleep because you know, obviously I was just kind of pumped full of drugs and totally disorientated. And I had no idea whether it was morning or night or, you know, it was like kind of an extreme form of jetlag. But also I was utterly terrified to go back to sleep because I understood enough that there was a problem with my breathing. And I was convinced if I let myself fall asleep I'd stop breathing or I'd choke on all this gunk in my throat. And that went on for days. And so I'd have a kind of day pattern of people visiting me. And then they'd all go away and it would be night time and I would just stare at the clock and stare at the machines. And not, you know, not be able to sleep at all. And after a few days of that they started to give me some sleeping pills which didn't really work either. You kind of take this medication and expect to kind of just conk out within twenty minutes and it didn't really work like that. Occupation: bank officer. Marital status: married. Number of children: 3. Ethnic background: White British. But one of the strangest things that happens to you physically and mentally, which apparently happens because of the sedation, and the type of drug that they use, I've been told subsequently it's a known effect, and that is hallucinations. And it's a common thing but until you've actually been through it you do not really realise the intensity of the experience. My particular hallucination was that every time I closed my eyes they would say, "You should go to sleep". Every time I closed my eyes something descended over my face. And the best way that I could describe it, initially I thought it was like a very soft kite shape, soft leather, that flaps, that flapped. That was my initial thought, and then after that I thought it was more like a bat, you know, like a bat flying with these, again a sort of triangular shape. And in the middle of this triangular shape was something moving, pulsing, which made me think that it was alive, that therefore it was a bat. And it came over my face very slowly, very gently. And like when you put anything over your face, your eyes can still see. And I would be looking madly, intensely to see if there was any hole in this thing. Because if there was no hole in it, then I wouldn't be able to breathe through it. And because of that I didn't sleep for four nights. I decided that, for two reasons. One, because particularly at night there was nobody there, or nobody I could see, you know. So I felt uncared for. So therefore I decided that I would therefore have to care for myself. And the only way that I could care for myself was by being awake and knowing what was happening. The second reason was that every time I closed my eyes I had this hallucination of this coming up, which was just too real. Sleeping tablets helped some people to get some sleep while they were in ICU. One woman praised a nurse who gave her a lavender wash especially to help her sleep. Dreams and hallucinations Serious illness may cause problems with a person's ability to stay conscious and cause hallucinations. People in intensive care also receive many medicines and some of these can cause nightmares and auditory or visual hallucinations (e.g. opiates and less commonly benzodiazepines). A few people experienced no nightmares or hallucinations while they were in intensive care. Others remembered nothing of their entire time in ICU, including any dreams and hallucinations. He had one nightmare but this was no worse than any other he might have had outside the hospital. Occupation: retired NATO international staff. Marital status: married. Number of children: 2. Ethnic background: White British. In Intensive Care, did you have any dreams that you remember or...? Interestingly, that was a question that was asked by the lady who came to see me from post-Intensive Care, from the post-Intensive Care team, fairly soon after I'd gone back down to the general ward. My answer then and now is I remember one appalling nightmare. I still remember it very vividly. But no more appalling than the nightmares that one can have, you know, off morphine or at any time, so I wouldn't say that that nightmare, which does not recur, was particularly linked to Intensive Care. I suppose it must trigger it to a certain extent but, no, I didn't have a lot of nightmares there. Although some people had no dreams or hallucinations, for others these were an important part of their whole experience. Sometimes dreams and hallucinations caused anxiety, confusion or disorientation and some people found it difficult to distinguish between dreams, nightmares and hallucinations, particularly when they first came round (see 'Coming round and regaining consciousness'). Dreams could be unpleasant, pleasant or just strange - experiences vary greatly. He dreamt he was a washing machine and slept poorly because of the noise of equipment. Occupation: retired electrical inspector. Marital status: single. Number of children: no children. Ethnic background: White British. Oh I dreamt and the dreams were as real as being awake and in the dreams I felt like I was something like a washing machine built into a shop or something. And I was just one plugged into the system and people every now and again came and twiddled my, made adjustments here and there and perhaps I was seeing something in my dream I don't know. But I didn't sleep very well the whole time I was there. Because I was on the life support system you had lines going into your arms which monitored your heart and there was one particular one that goes into your arm, or your finger, or your wrist and if your arm is lying in a certain way it blocks it. And then it sets off the, ding dong, ding dong, ding dong, and these kept on going off. And every time I went to sleep I moved and of course I moved in such a way that it set it off and woke me up. And I found that very annoying and I thought to myself well there's no real reason, they don't need to monitor my heart like that, you know I'm perfectly healthy [laughs]. Obviously I wasn't but I thought I was. That was something I had to put up with and I was woken up several times because every time, you know, these things went off as soon as I went to sleep. And you can't really lie asleep and stay in a certain position I don't, you know, care what anybody says you can't, you're bound to move. And anyway I had to put up with being woken up a few times. Some people reported vivid and powerful dreams in which they were given a choice between living and dying, or encountered situations in which they fought fiercely to stay alive. For some, these dreams profoundly affected how they now perceived their lives. One man went to see a spirtual medium to help him make sense of his dreams. Because of his near-death experience he now wants to help others who've been in intensive care. In his near-death experiences a sedate scene was always followed by a fight. He dreamt that he had to prove himself through games if he really wanted to survive. Occupation: retired nurse. Marital status: separated. Number of children: no children. Ethnic background: White British. And one of the times when I was sort of very, very semi-conscious I could hear Perry Como singing and he was singing, you see here we go again, the emotions come in and it's very difficult. He was singing 'Catch a Falling Star'. And as he was singing this, I had this vision, like in a tunnel of seeing people and people came into the tunnel, they went past holding a star, and it was all the different people in my life. And it was though I was on the brink of either coming back to the real world or going somewhere else. But there was no fear of it, there was a very deep cosiness and very deep sense of satisfaction, a very deep sense of well-being. And eventually I went through all this and the time came when I was going to move again and it's very, very difficult to look at the, how can I put it? The sort of sequence of events. But I was eventually told that I was going to move to an ordinary ward and I thought this was a wonderful thing to happen because it meant that I was getting better. And by now one of the things that I'd realised is that I'd had a near death experience and because of that I had a very strong will or a very, very strong feeling that I had to try to remember what was happening because when I got better, by hook or by crook I was gonna get and do something about this, something for people who are patients in Intensive Care. Occupation: none at time of interview. Marital status: married. Number of children: 2. White British. One of the journeys was, I was on a boat. We'd sold up our houses, or our house, I wish we did have houses, we'd sold up our house. We were on board a boat with some of the nurses, and it was, I think it was Malay nurses. And we were on this, and it was like a ferry type thing. So it wasn't just one boat, there was various boats all together. And I was going up this nice little sedate river and we were travelling along. And then I had a problem with one of the Malayan guys and we ended up in a struggle and a fight. And my wife intervened and then one of the other girls intervened. And then I was starting to sort of say, "No, no, no, no, no" and I started to actually throw up all over my wife, regurgitate. And I said, "No, no, no, no." And I remember that vividly. And that was, so it was very serene and then it was a fight. And I know what the fight was. It wasn't anything against the people that were there. It was a fight to say, "No, you're not having me." And then the next time it was the Kylie Minogue syndrome which, I'd actually managed to catch her. And we won't go into the state of dress and the state of, how can we say, whatever, attitudes. But there was a sense there, because of the state, and again it was a very serene build-up to it, very, very serene. And it was a chase, and it was a chase into a building. And she was dressed in, excuse the term, stockings, suspenders and not a lot else. And her boyfriend, husband, whatever he was, that's the vague area, stepped in front of me and said like, "Sorry". And, and I said, "No, no". And that's where we went into the, "No, no" and the fight back again. And there were some other things that I won't talk on about video, because it's a bit rude, but before, you know. But that was the other time. But it was very serene, a fight, and then back to serenity, normality. Occupation: mechanic. Marital status: single. Number of children: no children. Ethnic background: White British. I had dreams, not nightmares. I had dreams, loads of dreams, all the time. I've since gone to a medium to find out what they meant. And the way I looked at them at the time is, it's a case of fighting and not dying. Willing to fight, willing to live. That's how I perceived it. Your dreams were about being willing to live? Yes, all the time. I tell you one of them was, you know like these video games you get where you've got to get, like kids have in a game station, you've got to get up to higher levels. There's one I had to get from A to B to C to D before I could get out and carry on. And every time I was just getting A and B. But it was a race, a racetrack. And I had two mechanics. One was Michael J Fox and the other was Sylvester Stallone. No word of a lie, it's true. I tell people this and they think, "Yes, he's lost it." No, but it's true. I had these two all the time. They kept on saying, "You've got to keep going, you've got to keep going." So that to me was a way of fighting, you know. I've had another one where I've been underwater all the time. I'm not drowning, I can see people and I'm trying to get up to the top. You know the people? I know the people, yes. And I'm trying to get out of the water and get to the top to see them. But I'm not drowning. There's lots of other little ones which are a little bit vague. I can't recall them too much. But those are the two main ones I can recall. Some people were very frightened in intensive care because their dreams merged with their hallucinations, and were so intense and real that it became difficult to distinguish between dreams and hallucinations, and work out what had really happened. Some of these people hallucinated that they'd been kidnapped, imprisoned or that people were trying to kill them. He couldn't move or communicate his fears of a nurse trying to shoot him. She was hallucinating that one of the doctors hated her and planned to kill her. Occupation: steel shutter fitter. Marital status: married. Number of children: 4. Ethnic Background: White British. I'm hallucinating then. I think people's trying to break in the ward to kill me, I don't know why and the nurse, she was a Thai woman, she's got a gun to my head trying to kill me and I'm saying to [my wife] and the daughter hit her, hit her but like they can't tell what I'm saying because I've got a tube in [makes noise] and I'm frightened because I think people are trying to kill me and then I think I'm in 1902 in Australia, watching WG Grace play cricket and I've put one old penny on it - weird. Thinking all these things and then and I and the nurse who's looking after me, I've one to one in intensive care, I'm telling [my wife] get up hit her, hit her but whether she can understand me I don't know. I think this nurse is trying to kill me, I'm hallucinating. I don't know at the time but they put that many drugs in to me that I'm tripping, like hallucinating things and I don't know what's what. So for a few days I don't remember. The days I can't remember how many days it were, the Mrs will probably know and the nurses, anyway, whether the drugs were wearing off I don't, I could like not talk but communicate you know they had books there and she's telling me I'm in intensive care, you nearly died twice. Well I've gone "what?" But like not talking [makes noise] like that and I just didn't believe I said no but I realise I can't move. I've got tubes in me leg, mouth, head wherever there's anywhere to put tubes, there's tubes. I can't go toilet, I've a catheter, whatever. And then I'm frightened, thinking oh what's happening here am I going to be alright? Occupation: social worker. Marital status: married. Number of children: 4. Ethnic background: White British. After that I had a lot of hallucinations, with the drugs really. I remember one of the doctors that was on Intensive Care, who I really thought was trying to kill me. I don't think he actually did any treatment on me, but every time I saw him I was terrified. I remember him taking me up on the ceiling and whirling around like a Catherine wheel. We were holding hands like skydivers do and whirling round. There were bright colours, loud music, he was laughing, and I knew he was going to kill me. And every time I sort of came round when I was in Intensive Care, if he came anywhere near me, I thought he was trying to switch the tubes off that were feeding me or helping me to breathe or whatever. And I couldn't make anybody understand. I couldn't make my family understand. I tried to tell them. I couldn't talk. And I tried to explain to them as best I could. I had a tracheotomy and so I couldn't speak. And I couldn't move because they'd paralysed my muscles. So it was really difficult to communicate. And my husband was there and he kept saying to me, "Don't try and talk." And I sort of tried to make him see that this was really important. And what I was trying to say to him was, "Will you please apologise to this doctor so that he will not kill me." And I thought, "If he goes and apologises, it will be okay." Because I thought I'd said something to him about, "I don't want to be in this hospital. This is not a good hospital". I don't whether I really said that, but I thought I had and that's why he hated me so much. Many said they felt 'lucid' (clear) and then disorientated. It was a few days after coming round, when the medications were wearing off, that they started feeling clearer. She sometimes feared she'd been kidnapped and needed to escape because she drifted between clarity and hallucinations. Occupation: nurse. Marital status: married. Number of children: 1. Ethnic background: White British. And then, from then on I was convinced that I'd been abducted by aliens and I was in some kind of spaceship and it wasn't really my Mum and my husband and my friends and colleagues that were with me. They were aliens and they were impersonating people that I knew. And all I could think of was that I had to go along with it and make them believe that I thought they were those people so that eventually when I was able to escape I could do that. And I think I must have been thinking that for days, but because I was trying to be nice to them they thought that I was just coming round in a normal way and was just a bit subdued, and a bit quiet, and a bit withdrawn. But I was watching everything they did, everybody that came near with a syringe or a drip, or anything, I was convinced that they were going to harm me, or they were going to try and kill me. And it was just very, very strange, I mean I'd worked in Intensive Care for thirteen years and you'd think you have an idea of how patients feel, but really when I look back now you have no idea that patients went through this kind of experience really. So this must have gone on for about three or four days that I was in this kind of twilight zone, and then gradually things would happen. The nurses would come and take bloods from the drips and things and say, "We're just doing, taking this blood to check your drug levels." Or, "We're just taking this blood to check your oxygen levels and then I'd think, "Well why would aliens want to check my oxygen levels? And why would aliens want to check my drug levels?" And I think I then started, that must have been at a time when I was becoming more orientated myself, when all the drugs were wearing out of my system and everything else. So then I started to think, "Well maybe it's not aliens, maybe I really am in the Intensive Care Unit". And the other thing that was strange was one minute I would remember what had happened and why I was in there, I'd remember about the baby and I'd remember about everything that had happened leading up to me being poorly, but then the next minute I'd be back to thinking that I was in this spaceship, so they were very contradicting thoughts. Some found it important to discuss their dreams and hallucinations while they were in intensive care to clarify what was really happening. One man was hallucinating and thought he was on a boat. He insisted on talking to his wife, who confirmed that he was in hospital. A woman wondered if police had taken her son, and her sister assured her that this wasn't true. Others believed they were on planes, in other countries or in the jungle. A few people, who watched television while they were in intensive care, said their dreams and hallucinations merged with what they'd been watching earlier. One woman remembered waking up every morning after a nightmare and feeling distressed to find she'd removed her gown. Some said they spoke out loud to other people, only to realise moments later that no one was actually there. This man from north Wales recalled speaking to everybody in Welsh. He felt stronger after having heart surgery but was tired and hallucinating when he first came round. Occupation: social worker. Marital status: married. Number of children: 3. Ethnic background: Welsh. I vaguely remember my wife coming, well you know being with me. I remember a nurse giving me a bed wash, which was brilliant because I felt like I was sweating. And then I remember being tired. We've got to remember everybody was speaking English around me, and I was speaking Welsh to my wife. But every time I closed my eyes, everybody was speaking English, then turned to speaking Welsh, which they didn't but it was just the anaesthetic or whatever. Then once I opened my eyes, they reverted back to English and when I closed my eyes, they reverted back to Welsh, which I couldn't understand. I remember telling my wife, they're playing a joke on me because everybody here speaks Welsh but they're refusing to speak Welsh to me. Because of its hallucinogenic side effects some people who were receiving morphine (not commonly used now), a potent painkiller, chose to be weaned off it (see 'Intensive care treatments'). Some people wanted to discuss dreams, nightmares and hallucinations after leaving hospital because it was when they were back home that they wanted to make sense of all that had happened to them (see 'Making sense of what happened'). They recommended talking with nurses, family or friends. They stressed the need to find out what was real, what had actually been happening and of getting the vivid, intense dreams and hallucinations 'off your chest.' He recommended discussing dreams with family rather than nurses, and appreciated family members who were willing to listen. And if anybody experiences something [dreams and hallucinations] and they say, "God knows where that's come from" then just talk to someone about it, your wife, your kids, doesn't matter, just talk to someone. I wouldn't say talk to the nurses and the doctors, because they say, "Oh, yes, that's natural." The people that you're talking to say, "You're having a laugh." And the thing is you're not having a laugh, but you are having a laugh. And they take it on board and say, "Cor, blimey, what sort of life have you lived to coming to that sort of dream?" And you say, "Well, that's just it. I'm just a normal person." Who on earth would dream that somebody's going to be a fish and be closed down and be released? You know, I had a dream where I was on the Richard and Judy show, but I was an undercover party to that. And it's just absolutely surreal. And there's no rhyme or reason to any of it. So you need to get it all off your chest. If you've got a really, really good wife that listens or a good husband that listens, take them for a lovely meal afterwards, [laughs] because like they're going to, bend their ears first, but then take them out and like treat them like they are God's gift. Because if they've stood by you for all of that, they are. "Patients who have been admitted to critical care should be given a health check, called a short clinical assessment, to identify: Any physical or psychological problems The likelihood of any problems developing in the future, and Their current rehabilitation needs If the health check shows that a patient could benefit from more structured support, he or she should be given a more detailed health check (called a comprehensive clinical assessment) to identify their rehabilitation needs. 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__label__cc	0.635963	0.364037	Sunday Snapshot–Sunday Sunny Sunday Sunday Snapshot gives me something to write about when I can't think of anything else. Let me know how your week went in the comments! Cowabunga squirrel is going for the gold. What I'm reading right this very moment: The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook: I ordered this at the library because it sounded pretty darn awesome. See Beth Fish's and Wordsmithonia's reviews if you don't believe me. Anyway, I didn't have a chance to read it and then NATURALLY someone put a hold on it so I had to return it to the library. This book wouldn't even BE at the library if it wasn't for me! Long story short: I gave in and bought a copy. Hearts of Fire by LH Cosway: I almost DNF'd this, tbh. But now that I'm about 1/3rd in it's getting a lot more interesting. Movies watched this past week: Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation, directed by Laura Archibald I loves me some folk music, and I thought my mom deserved a break after I forced her to watch all those art documentaries last week. This one was really good. I miiiiight have fallen asleep during on the last half hour, but still. Very interesting. Love all vintage footage of Joni Mitchell and Mama Cass. San Andreas, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Carla Gugino, and Alexandra Daddario (as well as Ioan Gruffudd with a very dodgy American accent) The story of two English tourists who experience the worst America has to offer and resolve to return to the UK–where there are no earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, or wildfires–poste-haste. Disaster movies aren't really my jam. This one wasn't too bad, however. Sure, it was completely predictable and there was every stock character known to man aside from the old drunk who DGAF, but the special effects were good and I think the script was better than average by disaster movie standards. Reviews posted: No reviews. I did write an introduction for Armchair BEA, but that's about it. Subscription boxes received this week: Another Rocks Box. That was a quick turnover, eh? I'm a little confused as to why they keep sending me stud earrings (these are super super tiny, like the size I wore when I was eight) and gold jewelry instead of silver, but whatever. I do like the bracelet/ring thing (here's a pic of what it looks like when you wear it), but the chain catches on Sofie's fur, which is kind of a deal breaker. I also signed up for a new subscription service. I'm pretty durned excited about this one! Stay tuned next week to find out what it is. Theme of the week: It seemed like this week went by really fast. I don't take holidays because I'm a freelancer, but the three-day weekend still threw me off. I kept thinking it was June because Memorial Day is usually the last weekend of May, and then Armchair BEA completely snuck up on me because it felt like it was Tuesday instead of Wednesday. All the books I got rid of. Probably only about 1/3rd of what I owned. Anyway, not a lot of writing done this week, but I did gird my loins and go through my books in step two of the Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up process. I kept the majority of my books and now I feel like I should have gotten rid of more of them (?). I guess I can always do that if I need to. Next up are papers! Papers, papers, everywhere, and not a pen to use. I also ran into a MAJOR snafu on the website I've been building for the gun store for the past five months. I think/hope it's been smoothed out, but Thursday did not make me happy. Remember when I had that giveaway for Gone Reading last year? If you'd still like a $25 giftcard to try the site out, I'm running another giveaway for it over at Book Bloggers International as part of Armchair BEA. The winner will be chosen on Friday, June 5th. They do ship internationally to select countries. Have a great week, everyone! Tagged: snapshot Armchair BEA Introduction Questions Welcome, Armchair BEA-ers! While Book Expo America takes place in NYC, those of us who can't travel enjoy BEA in the comfort of our own homes with ABEA. So let's get this party started with a few introductions. 1. Tell us a bit about yourself: How long have you been blogging? Where are you from? How did you get into blogging? Hi there, I'm Tasha, sometimes known as heidenkind. I began blogging on Xanga, which doesn't exist anymore (I don't think?), in 2006. It was mainly a personal blog, with some book/movie/art reviews thrown in. I started this blog in 2008 because I wanted to write more about books and get involved in the book blogging community. Today, I manage this blog, a blog dedicated to classics called The Project Gutenberg Project, and I co-manage Book Bloggers International with three other amazing bloggers: Rebecca from Lost In Books, Tif from Tif Talks Books, and Carolina from A Girl That Likes Books. I'm also a contributor to Book Riot, a reviewer for Bookspan, and a blogger for Quirk Books. I live in Colorado, USA. 2. What is your theme song? I like this question! I always thought of "Coming Up" by Paul McCartney as my theme song. I think it matches my hopeful outlook on life. 3. What is your favorite genre and why? This is a weirdly difficult question for me to answer. A few years ago I would have immediately said romance novels, but I'm not as obsessed with them as I used to be. I've branched out into mystery, fantasy, and spy thrillers as long as they're not misogynist and/or boring, but I wouldn't call any of them my favorites. I suppose you could say I'm in between genres at the moment. I do love books set in Japan, Venice, or France, if that counts as a genre. 4. What book are you reading right now? Right at this very moment I'm reading Hearts of Fire by LH Cosway and The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook. 5. Take a picture of your bookshelf and share it with us! :) (#ABEAShelfie) Here's one of my five bookshelves, newly reorganized after a book purge this weekend: Tagged: armchair bea Sunday Snapshot–Just Another Weekend of Binge Watching Art Documentaries In Sunday Snapshot, I procrastinate on doing stuff of actual import. Yay! Thor's going in the corner to be with his books now. What I'm reading this very moment: Oblivion by Kelly Creagh: While writing about the upcoming releases I am super excited about this week, I ran across Oblivion on Edelweiss. Naturally I downloaded the ARC immediately. The Monet Murders by Terry Mort: This is a historical mystery set in 1930s Hollywood. It's really good, but not grabbing me. I might just leave it and move on to something else. Movies watched: I went on a bit of an art docs binge this week. The Art of the Steal, directed by Don Argott This documentary follows the move of The Barnes Foundation, the home of arguably the greatest private collection of modern art in the world, to downtown Philadelphia in direct violation of the Foundation's charter. Effectively, the Philadelphia Museum of Art "stole" the paintings in the Barnes. Whatever you think of why and how this happened, the movie is a fascinating glimpse into the power politics of cultural institutions and how they maintain the status quo. Recommended! Exit Through the Gift Shop, directed by Banksy Thierry Guetta, a French immigrant living in Los Angeles, decides to make a movie about street artists after meeting up with his cousin, who just so happens to be Space Invader. Over the course of many years, Thierry travels the world hanging out with famous street artists like Shepard Fairey and Banksy, filming their barely legal escapades. There's just one problem: Thierry has no idea how to make a movie. This film is very well-made, somewhat enigmatic and self-consciously ironic, with a strange twist at the end. Duchamp would have loved it. The Rape of Europa, directed by Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen, and Nicole Newnham Did you ever watch that movie with George Clooney, Monuments Men? Well I did, because art. That movie is really long and boring. The Rape of Europa is about the exact same subject, and also really long, but super interesting. Unlike Monuments Men, it shows why art–and material culture in general–matters to people beyond its dollar sign. The film seems a little overly simplified at times (all Nazis are "savage" and "inhuman"; no mention is ever made that Allied museums like the Louvre were likewise populated with art taken from other countries after military campaigns), but the subject itself is just fascinating and complex. Well worth the watch. Mary and Max, starring Toni Collette and Philip Seymour Hoffman (not an art documentary) I heard about this movie from Anachronist at Portable Pieces of Thought. It's about a little girl in Australia with no friends, who picks a random name out of a NYC telephone book and starts writing to Max, an overweight middle-aged man with Asperger's who also has no friends. It's a good movie, but it absolutely gutted me. I cried so much my mom asked me if I was okay. Soooooo... if that's your idea of a good time, go for it. Reviews in the queue: I might write a review of Capture, the third installment in the Elements of Chemistry series by Penny Reid. It was much better than the previous two books. You could really just read that one and call it good. It seemed like this week went by really fast! I had a ton of deadlines, which kept me busy. Busy means I don't have time to spiral. I'm still waiting on summer. At least the sun came out for the first time today in forever, that was nice. Annnnnd I made clear ice! If you've ever tried to do this, you know how difficult it is (and okay, the ice isn't 100% clear, there are some bubbles in it). It took four days, two tries, a cooler, and a rolling pin, but I did it! These are, like, the most badass ice cubes I've ever had in my life. Is this the true face of Shakespeare? As you may know, up until now, Shakespeare was like Jesus: no portrait made during his lifetime was known to exist. Recently, however, historical botanist Mark Griffiths says he decoded an Elizabethan (or Tudor? Seem to be some confusion on this) cipher that revealed this engraving in 400-year-old botany book to be a portrait of The Bard. I really don't care if this is true or not, it sounds like a great set-up for a novel. Jennifer Lee Carrell needs to get on this and put it in a book, stat. Upcoming Releases I Am Actually Super Excited About Once upon a time, I kept a very detailed spreadsheet of upcoming releases, which I updated on a weekly basis. Nowadays, I'm the complete opposite–unless I happen to see a new release announcement on Facebook or Twitter, I exist in a fog where book releases do not register on my radar at all. As I've said before, there aren't a lot of authors on my auto-buy list anymore. Even for authors I do consider "auto-buy," by the time I figure out they have a new release out it's usually at the library (unless they self-publish of course), so I borrow it there. If I love it, then I can buy it to add to my collection. If not, no loss on my end. But! There are a couple of books I'm super excited about coming out later this year. What are they? drumroll The English Spy by Daniel Silva (June 30th)–Silva's one of my auto-buy authors. I loved The English Girl, and The English Spy's title suggests this book will focus more on Christopher, one of the secondary characters populating the world of super agent Gabriel Allon. That's a good thing, because the book after The English Girl, The Heist, languished a bit. In other news, I really hope Gabriel destroys Isis. Oblivion by Kelly Creagh (July 28)–I read Nevermore, the first book in this trilogy, wayyyyyyyy back in 2010 and loved it. It was like if Snape and Lily actually hooked up at Hogwarts. The second book, Enshadowed, was meh and skimmable. But! I love Creagh's writing style and I want to find out what happens with Varen and Isobel next, and I've waited far too long for this book to get it from the library. Cold-Hearted Rake by Lisa Kleypas (October 27)–A new historical novel by Lisa Kleypas! Dreams really do come true! I've been kinda off historical romance for a while, but Kleypas still has my loyalty. Perhaps because she hasn't published a historical since 2010, when I was still reading them, but anyway. Excitement! (And thanks to Colette from A Buckeye Girl Reads for giving me the heads up about this one.) Okay, so I know that's only three books, but for me it's a lot. What are some upcoming releases that are on your radar? Tagged: books, daniel silva, kelly creagh, lisa kleypas Sunday Snapshot Is Ready For Summer Already, Sheesh In Sunday Snapshot I catch you up on all my weekly thingamadoings. Who watches the Watchmen? Not this dog. A Case of Possession by KJ Charles–I like this book more than its predecessor, The Magpie Lord, which is saying a lot. Almost done! The Melody Lingers On by Mary Higgins Clark–I'm reading this for a report for Bookspan. I don't know, the last time I read a MHC book was in middle school, so I'm not familiar with her work at all, but the writing's pretty bad, guys. Now I know why I only ever read one of her books. Stolen Idols by E. Phillips Oppenheim–Who would have guessed Oppenheim would be so against the destruction of China's cultural heritage? Or, alternately, use an evil statue to justify bad behavior? THE STATUE DIDN'T MAKE IT YOU DO IT, DUDE. Movies watched this week: Fifty Shades of Grey, starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan The long and disturbing story of how a woman is gradually brainwashed into submitting to the goddamn patriarchy. Really this movie is just dumb and turrible and I've already forgot everything that happened in it even though I only just watched it. No surprises there, of course. I have to review that MHC book this week. Positively-ish. Books I haz reviewed: I wrote a post on why I love KJ Charles' novels here, and I reviewed the very first mystery (supposedly) over at The Project Gutenberg Project. This week's subscription boxes: I got May's Ipsy Glam Bag on Thursday. Not too bad. The lipstick primer seems to work okay, and I always like getting makeup brushes. The sunscreen was awful, though, it was just a bunch of grease! I can't wear eyeliner, so I've no use for that item. I also got another Rocks Box on Saturday, which was kind of a pleasant surprise, as I was expecting to get it on Monday. The bracelet and necklace grew on me as I wore them, but the earrings... They're really too heavy for me, and a bit gaudy. I have a feeling this is going to be one of those boxes I send back quickly. But the great thing about Rocks Box: I can send it back and get new stuff! Still had the Spring blahs this week (Ella Fitzgerald was right; Spring really does hang you up the most), but at least I got some posts written. I tend to get upset when I feel dismissed or unappreciated, but some(or all)times you just have to let it go and move on without ruminating on hurt feelings or pride. I swear the guy who writes xkcd is a freaking genius. Here's his Emojic 8 Ball that answers all your questions–with emojis. I asked it if my dog was smart and it said :grenade: :temple rub: which I think means yes? New Author Crush: KJ Charles Last year, I totally fell in love with Laura Florand's novels. This year, I think KJ Charles is going to be my new book crush. I first heard about KJ Charles at Portable Pieces of Thought. I bought The Magpie Lord a short time after reading rameau's review, then promptly forgot about it, even after Anachronist offered to loan me the second book in the series. The Magpie Lord would probably still be sitting unread on my Kindle if it hadn't been for a listicle on m/m romance writers I agreed to write for Book Riot. I found myself racking my brain for a scifi-fantasy m/m title, scrolling through my endless list of ebooks, when I happened across The Magpie Lord and remembered how much Anachronist enjoyed it. Basically, The Magpie Lord is like Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, only sexy, entertaining, NOT 600 pages too long, and with a romantic subplot that didn't make me want to shoot someone. The novella is set in an alternate-universe Victorian England, where magic exists, albeit not in the open. While cleaning out his family estate, the newly anointed Lord Crane, Lucien Vaudrey, falls under a vicious curse, and the only person who can help him is "practitioner" (read: magician) Stephen Day. Once Day cures Lucien, however, the nature of the curse leads him to suspect it was meant not just for Lucien, but his entire family. Meaning his father and brother might have been the victims of a magical killer. The Magpie Lord was a really fun, fast, and delightful read. I loved Lucien and his bestie, Merrick, and the fact that they had an extensive and very exotic backstory set in China. Lucien is your basic rake, but he's a rake whose actions are grounded in a personal history and are more about independence than rebellion. Stephen was also a great character, with a complex history involving Lucien's family. I loved that his sense of justice was more important to him than personal grudges. Not to mention that his historical crush on the first Lord Crane (aka the eponymous Magpie Lord) was kind of adorkable. The ending felt rushed and too conveniently resolved, but for the most part The Magpie Lord was a really good book. I bought the second book in the series as soon as I finished it! (Kindle's really kind of evil when it comes to that.) After I completed The Magpie Lord, I was going through Charles' Amazon page and ran across Think of England. Unlike Charles' Charm of Magpies series, this is a historical novella set in Edwardian England. Former army captain Archie Curtis gets himself invited to a house party at a remote country estate, all so he can poke into the affairs of the house's owner, whom he suspects sold defective weapons to the army. While at the house party, he meets Daniel da Silva, an effeminate poet who is clearly Up To Something. COUNTRY HOUSE MYSTERY YOU GUYYYYYS. I was in the mood for a nice historical romp so I immediately downloaded Think of England, and I'm super glad I did. Despite containing the most awkward felattio scene I've ever come across, this book is absolutely fantastic. Again, I loved the characters. Daniel reminded me of a cross between Oscar Wilde and Ambrose from I've Come to Stay, both of whom I adore, needless to say. The female characters were also really sharp and completely awesome. But my favorite thing about this book is how Charles references and roots Think of England in Edwardian adventure novels. Both H. Rider Haggard and E. Phillips Oppenheim are mentioned by the characters. Archie's uncle was the inspiration for Haggard's Allan Quatermain, and Archie finds himself thinking that if this was an Oppenheim novel, Daniel would be the villain. And he's totally right–in fact, the set-up for the book (obscure country house, no good being done there) was reminiscent of Oppenheim's The Great Impersonation. I love it when books are in conversation with other books, and Think of England definitely is. For a history and book geek, it was a definite bonus. After I finished Think of England, Anachronist told me I should read Non-Stop Till Tokyo, because she knows I can't resist books set in Japan. Non-Stop Till Tokyo is very different from the previous books by Charles listed here. For one, it's a contemporary thriller. For another, I would never describe it as "fun, fast, and delightful" like I would the previous two books. Not that it isn't good, but it is different in tone and pace. Kerry Ekdahl's life is spent in the shadows: she lives and works in Tokyo illegally as a "hostess" (kind of a low-rent geisha, providing company to lonely, workaholic salarymen at a bar), and as far as family and roots go, she has none besides her friends. In a single night, Kerry's precariously peaceful existence is torn apart when her least-favorite co-worker sets her up to take the blame for the murder of a yakuza boss. Now Kerry has to find his briefcase to save herself and her friends. My favorite thing about Non-Stop Till Tokyo were the descriptions of Japan. They were highly detailed and, as in Ink by Amanda Sun, it's clear Charles has spent extensive time in Japan and is very familiar with its language and culture. The picture she painted of Japan here was probably the best I've ever come across in a novel. That said, while I enjoyed the book, there were times when it felt like it would never end. There were always things happening, and maybe that was the problem–too many challenges, not enough down time? In any case, the pacing was a little off. The tone is also much darker and more cynical than Think of England or The Magpie Lord. Kerry's involvement with the Yakuza has some very real, very nasty consequences for herself and her friends. Even with a "happy ending," this isn't the type of book where the protagonists skip into the sunset scott free. The other thing that really hooked me when Anachronist told me about Non-Stop Till Tokyo was that the hero was a former sumo wrestler! Fun fact: sumo wrestling is one of the few sports I will watch on TV. While I liked Chanko and thought his and Kerry's interactions were fun, but to be honest I didn't feel any romantic chemistry between them at all. That part of the book felt a bit forced, perhaps because Chanko's personality wasn't very detailed. He was basically a fat, grumpy bastard with a short temper who beat people up. He had the whole knight-in-shining-armor thing going on, but it seemed like Kerry won his trust over too quickly. (It would have actually been fun if he'd double-crossed her later in novel, but I'm not the one writing the book here, so.) It was also kind of hard to picture Non-Stop Till Tokyo set in 2014–who puts information on a CD anymore? It felt like Charles had written this in the 1990s when people were still confused over what the Internet could do. Although I certainly wouldn't say no to a sequel of Non-Stop Till Tokyo–the possibility of which Charles left wide open–it's probably my least-favorite of the KJ Charles books I've read so far. I'd definitely recommend Think of England if you're considering trying one of Charles' books, or The Magpie Lord if you're in the mood for some historical fantasy. Non-Stop Till Tokyo is also good, and a must-read if you're a sucker for books set in Japan like I am, but it's probably skippable if romantic suspense isn't your jam. Do you have any new author crushes you'd recommend? Tagged: fantasy, historical, japan, kj charles, m/m, romance, suspense Sunday Snapshot and Happy Mother's Day In Sunday Snapshot, you get to see exactly how boring my life is. w00t! Calypso says she hopes you're all having a good day! Hope you're all having a happy–or at the very least, not miserable–Mother's Day. Our family is doing a lot! (Kidding, we're not doing anything, per usual.) What I'm reading right now: I started As the Crow Flies by Craig Johnson last night, but I might switch it out for Black Run later today, as I barely made it past the first page and haven't really committed to reading it yet. I also started The Girl at Central by Geraldine Bonner on audio yesterday. Not too sure about this one yet, the narration is a bit annoying. I plan to write a group review of all the KJ Charles books I've read so far, and I need to write a review of The Notting Hill Mystery by Charles Warren Adams for The Project Gutenberg Project. New haircut I got a haircut this week. It's quite a bit shorter than I was intending when I went in for a "trim," but whatever. It looks nice and it'll grow out. I also went to the third local writers' meeting this week, and even though I didn't want to go (I never want to go to meetings, even voluntary ones) it was actually really fun. Two authors came to talk to us. They mostly write non-fiction local history books–i.e., not bestsellers–but they had a lot of good advice and great stories about their writing process. On a personal note, I think I was a bit depressed this week. At the very least I have a major attack of the blahs going on. I didn't write anything–that's usually a bad sign–and I went through two nights of insomnia, which always puts me in a good mood. /sarcasm This is kinda cool. It's the oldest known song in the world, from 100 BCE. Sunday Snapshot Wishes She Hadn't Cleaned Quite So Much Sunday Snapshot is where I give bites of weekly goodness. Let me know how your week went in the comments! Sofie's starting to look like a roly-poly bear. Can you believe it's May already? I kind of can, but keep forgetting. Time, it's a killer! Almost finished with The Ladies' Paradise. Finished Heat by Penny Reid last night (technically this morning–5 am) and started Non-Stop Till Tokyo by KJ Charles this afternoon. Reviews posted this week: I didn't write any reviews, but Anachronist did, of The Imitation Game! Plus, my list of 5 great m/m romance novelists was posted this week over at Book Riot. Check it out! I got another Rocks Box this week and I love it! The necklace is super-delicate and pretty. In other news, the jeans I got from Stitch Fix had some weird sticky residue in the back pockets, which I didn't realize until I stuck my phone in my pocket, as you do. The screen got covered in sticky glue, and there's still a bunch of it in there, which means I can't put my phone in my pocket. How convenient. I was super-irritated, to say the least. This week was pretty blah. I pet-sat for a night, but otherwise I didn't do anything of interest or import. Other than purge all my clothes. I've been reading The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo, and this weekend I finally got my druthers together to initiate step one: clothing. Why did I want to do this, you ask. I'm asking myself the same thing right now, but it needs to be done occasionally I suppose. I got rid of a ton of stuff–like 75% of my wardrobe–and the process was interesting. Kondo wants you to take all your clothes out and dump them on the floor and sort through them by category. I found this to be very effective for reasons Kondo doesn't enumerate on: one, I tend to prioritize clothes based on where I put them. "Nice" clothes go in the closet while casual or worn clothes get put in the dresser. Dumping them all on the floor democratized the whole process and made me more willing to get rid of clothes that are nice. Secondly, if you've ever moved you've probably observed that your stuff seems to triple in volume as soon as it's out of its drawers/closet/whatever. That's exactly what happens when you dump it all on the floor; you get a really good idea of how much stuff you've got. The after picture. No clothes! That said, I'm not sure the process was as awesome as Kondo claims, or maybe it's just not for me. I wanted to clean and organize my room so that I could relax in it (I also have my office in my bedroom, which makes it difficult to just chill in here sometimes). But instead of making me more relaxed, when I was done I started getting incredibly tense as soon as I walked into my room! I could barely sleep last night, it was horrible, and the feeling persisted this morning. So I pulled some stuff out of the Goodwill bags and piled it all messy on my bed, and now I actually feel better. Maybe I should just embrace my inner pack rat. Will I move on to step two: books? Probably. I mean, the bookshelves are in need of their semi-decadal purging. But I think I will get rid of them with more caution than I practiced with my clothing. Becca is hosting "Juneterviews" this June at Book Bloggers International! Interview a blogger you don't know and make a new friend! Click on the link to sign up. Sunday Snapshot–Just Another Weekend of Binge Watc... Upcoming Releases I Am Actually Super Excited Abou... Sunday Snapshot Is Ready For Summer Already, Shees... Sunday Snapshot Wishes She Hadn't Cleaned Quite So...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11401
__label__cc	0.512038	0.487962	Work on 150 Room OZO Colombo Hotel Begins. Singapore-Sri Lanka Joint Investment Mid Market Hotel to be Managed by Thailand's Onyx Group 24th February 2012, www.lankabusinessonline.com A joint venture between Singaporean and Sri Lankan investors has begun work on a hotel in the island's capital Colombo with plans for up to six hotels with initial investments of 4.5 billion rupees. The 150-roomed OZO Colombo hotel is located on the corner of Clifford Road and Marine Drive, a road along the coast in the capital Colombo. The 3.5 star hotel will not have spas or up-market restaurant, catering to a mid-market, adventurous type of traveller, and will under the OZO brand, managed by Thailand's Onyx group, officials said. Onyx is a Thai hotel brand that is venturing out overseas. "We see the OZO brand as an ideal platform for bringing style and innovation to the mid-market sector," said Bob Kundanmal, chairman of Sino Lanka Hotels Holdings, the joint venture. Onyx is privately held by the Charanachitta family and is an Italian-Thai public company. "Sri Lanka is one of the most vibrant destinations in the Asia-Pacific and one that is experiencing dynamic growth in tourism. We plan to make it a key hub for Onyx going forward," said Peter Henley, chief executive of Onyx Hospitality group. The Sino-Lanka joint venture is going to invest 4.5 billion rupees in three hotels over the next two years. This includes the one in Colombo started Friday as well as a hotel in southern Galle and another in Kandy in the central hills with 120 rooms. Ground breaking work on the 140-roomed Galle hotel is expected to start in next two months. The group aims to have 410 rooms initially with investments of 4.5 billion rupees. The first hotel is set to open for the 2013 tourism season. The group is also looking at building three more hotels later on. "We will eventually invest 100 million US dollars for all six hotels," said Stefan Furkhan, a director of Sino Lanka Hotels Holdings. Furkhan said over 50 percent of the joint venture is held by Sri Lankan shareholders. The other three hotels will be under different brands. Other brands of the Onyx group include Saffron, Amari, Shama Shama is a serviced apartment brand in China. Labels: Colombo, hotels, Onyx, OZO, Sino Lanka	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11408
__label__cc	0.559895	0.440105	5 Ways Etailers Can Fight Chargeback Fraud This holiday selling season may have been a good one for retailers, but every silver lining has a cloud. In this case, one shadow will be cast by chargeback fraud, which can occur when shoppers make purchases with a credit card and then request chargebacks from the issuing bank instead of from the merchant. “Merchants bleed (US)$227 for every dollar lost to e-commerce fraud,” said Robert Capps, authentication strategist at NuData Security, citing data from Kount, a fraud and risk management solutions provider. Etailers are “more susceptible to chargebacks, as they deal in card-not-present transactions,” observed Monica Eaton-Cardone, COO of Chargebacks911. “Deliberate chargeback fraud is predicated on the idea that the cardholder didn’t approve the transaction,” Eaton-Cardone told the E-Commerce Times. “The more distance between a cardholder and the merchant, the harder it is to verity the customer’s identity, and the greater the risk that the transaction will turn into a chargeback.” Opening up to more remote channels “will make the need for chargeback mitigation greater than ever,” she said. Chargeback911 projects chargeback costs will total about $25 billion by 2020, and “many of those” will be fraudulent. The Pain of Etailers Online fraud has increased dramatically, going up 33 percent in 2016. The success of chip-enabled cards “has greatly reduced the volume of counterfeit card fraud,” NuData’s Capps told the E-Commerce Times, driving criminals online. Generally, brick-and-mortar stores have “sub-1.0 percent” chargeback rates and retailers about 0.5 percent, noted Kevin Lee, trust and safety architect at Sift Science. Digital goods sold online have the highest chargeback rates, “often above 1 percent,” he told the E-Commerce Times. That’s partly because online fraudsters can be anywhere and transact any time, and partly because the laws for online crimes are more difficult to enforce. “Stealing a $4,000 TV from bestbuy.com has a much lower penalty than stealing $400 from a 7/11,” Lee pointed out. However, there are actions etailers can take to mitigate the risk. 1. Beef Up Website Security The merchant’s website “is primarily where the most fraud occurs in regard to the merchant’s responsibility,” Capps remarked. “Direct Web access to the merchant site is probably the best attack point for a fraudster, since that merchant is alone and often doesn’t have the protection in place to stop abuse on their site,” Sift’s Lee said. 2. Use Tools to Verify Customers’ Identities “You need to employ tools to verify customers’ identities — like address verification and CVV alongside fraud filters,” Chargebacks911’s Eaton-Cardone recommended. Additional tools, like delivery confirmation, are valuable as evidence if a transaction evolves into a chargeback, she said. Simility earlier this year introduced 3-D Secure, a protocol designed to be an additional security layer for online credit and debit card transactions. 3-D Secure uses advanced machine learning combined with rules to evaluate each transaction in real time across attributes including device fingerprinting, in-session behavioral analytics, proxy filtering and geolocation. NuData Security’s flagship product, NuDetect, helps companies identify users based on their natural behaviors online. 3. Turn to the Experts SMB retailers “should implement third-party transaction risk systems to reduce exposure to fraudulent transactions,” Capps suggested. They should look at solutions that shift the responsibility for verifying transactions back to the card issuer or a third party that will guarantee the transaction. The cost of such services often is less than the cost of the fraud they could incur, Capps pointed out. “The best approach to deal with chargebacks is to outsource them to a firm with the necessary expertise,” Eaton-Cardone said. “If fraud prevention isn’t viewed as a core competitive advantage, partner with an external company like Sift Science that specializes in [combating] this type of abuse,” Lee said. 4. Change Your Approach to Suit the Times Don’t rely on traditional approaches, Lee cautioned. “The traditional way is to create rules on what types of transactions a merchant wants to accept or decline,” he said. Such rules might include requiring presentation of a driver’s license to verify identity, and declining transactions where billing and shipping addresses don’t match, for example. These rules do curtail fraud, but also might turn away potential customers. “Consumers tend to have even less patience in this on-demand, instant gratification economy,” Lee noted. “The only sustainable way to keep fraud under control is a combination of several factors,” he said, including the following: Machine learning models that analyze user behavior in real time and can predict the probability of fraud; Manual review of cases that fall into grey areas, as “the human ability to understand context is invaluable and cannot be replaced,” according to Lee; and, Rules, because “some things just can’t be allowed to happen.” 5. Be Aware of Outside Events The recent Equifax breach, which may have compromised the personal information of 143 million people, is going to make things more dangerous for retailers, Eaton-Cardone warned, as it may lead to an increase in chargeback fraud. “Thanks to the EMV liability shift, the cost of the Equifax incident will overwhelmingly impact online retailers,” she said. “We just don’t know how much it will cost yet.”	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11409
__label__wiki	0.555619	0.555619	Ethical considerations in the use of GPS-based movement tracking in health research – lessons from a care-seeking study in rural west India Aditi Apte, Vijendra Ingole, Pallavi Lele, Andrew Marsh, Tathagata Bhattacharjee, Siddhivinayak Hirve, Harry Campbell, Harish Nair, Sarah Chan, and Sanjay Juvekar Geospatial technologies (GSTs) refer to a range of modern tools used for geographical mapping and analysis of earth’s features, which include Global Positioning System (GPS), Geographical Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing [1]. Miniaturization of GPS devices has enabled their integration into mobile phones, wearables and vehicles and thus their use as part of “mHealth” [2]. The GPS is a versatile technology that can be used essentially to monitor any outdoor activity, and is currently used for a wide range of purposes including transport, navigation, law enforcement, scientific research and leisure activities [3]. GSTs have been used in the surveillance and monitoring of infectious diseases, assessments of environmental health risk, and the analysis of disease policy and planning. GSTs help health programmes to map geographical access to public health resources, community transport services, or association of health events with their environment [4-6]. GST has been used in Peru to track mobility patterns related to the risk of transmission of Dengue [7]; in South Africa to trace patients receiving treatment for tuberculosis [8]; and for mapping of Kala Azar, lymphatic filariasis and Kyasanur forest disease in coastal regions of India [9,10]. GSTs have been used to monitor movement patterns of humans related to their health behaviour. GPS devices have been used to track movement of cognitively impaired individuals such as elderly people suffering from dementia or Alzheimer disease in order to prevent wandering [11]. They are used to measure outdoor walking capacity of patients suffering from peripheral artery disease, which can help to determine severity of disease in these patients [12]. Health researchers have combined GPS with activity monitoring to measure exercise or sedentary behaviour of people [13]. Ascertainment of care-seeking is important in public health management in order to plan national health programs and assessing quality of health care. Nguyen et al. demonstrated use of GPS-based devices for ascertainment of hospitalisations [14]. Paz-Soldan et al. compared use of GPS-based devices to obtain fine-scale human mobility data and compared it with semi-structured interviews [15]. GSTs have provided health administrators and researchers with unprecedented access to personal information regarding an individual’s activities, movements at home and in the community. This enables health information to be linked to spatio-temporal data in new ways and in much greater detail, opening up possibilities for innovative research and insights into health-related behavior. At the same time, however, this new capacity for surveillance has raised issues related to privacy, confidentiality, access to information, and the possibility of misuse of location data in health research. These and other issues manifest in particular ways when these technologies are applied for research in the context of developing countries [16,17]. While there is an emerging body of literature exploring the ethical considerations of location tracking, few studies address these through the lens of scientific research and fewer still do so in the context of low- and middle-income countries [2,4-6,14]. This commentary aims to discuss ethical issues related to the use of GPS-based movement tracking during a care-seeking study in rural India. INVESTIGATING CARE-SEEKING FOR CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES USING LOCATION DATA: A CASE STUDY TrackCare, a location-aware smartphone application, was used to track care-seeking behaviour of mothers of under-five children for common childhood illnesses in a study conducted in 22 villages of Vadu HDSS, Pune, Maharashtra [18]. The study consisted of phone groups and non-phone groups and compared the potential care-seeking events identified through TrackCare, a smartphone application with care-seeking events identified through participant interviews. Consenting mothers in the phone group were given a dual SIM phone which they were asked to carry with them whenever any care-seeking event took place. They were followed up monthly for a period of six months. TrackCare was an Android-based application designed for this study to track the phone’s location each minute and transfer these data to a central server each hour [19]. This information was transmitted hourly to a central study server after which the stored data from the device were deleted. When hourly transfer was not possible due to poor connectivity, cumulated data were transferred during the next scheduled transfer. TrackCare was designed to function continuously and automatically once the device was turned on and was password-protected from uninstallation preventing its removal except by study staff. The movement data generated by phones were stored on secured servers in University of Edinburgh and Vadu HDSS. The study was reviewed and approved by institutional ethics committees of KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune and the Centre for Population Health Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. All the study participants were administered a written informed consent in local language (Marathi) after explaining the nature of the study procedures along with risks and benefits associated with study participation. The informed consent document was designed using simple language and covered different aspects of the study including purpose of the study, voluntary nature of participation, type of data shared, confidentiality of the data, risks and benefits of the study. The participants who received a phone could use it for their personal use as well using a second SIM card. There was no compensation paid for participation in this study, however the participants in the phone group could retain the smartphones at the end of the study. The consent form had a pictorial depiction of the geospatial data archival process explaining that only data for care-seeking visits were retained during archival and all other location data were deleted (Figure 1). Figure 1. Pictorial depiction of data collection and data storage in informed consent of care-seeking study. Left – geospatial data collected in GPS devices during the study. Right – Data that were archived after the study completion. POTENTIAL ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN USING GPS IN HEALTH AND RESEARCH: LEARNINGS FROM CARE-SEEKING STUDY The ability to use GPS to trace the movements of people raises important ethical issues [3]. Geospatial technology for personal location tracking presents a global concern and there is geo-location privacy legislation in place in some countries which prohibits use of this technology for routine surveillance activities [20]. In India, the Geospatial Information Regulation Bill (GIRB) has been drafted by Government and is under review, which mandates prior permission to use geospatial data from government licensing authority [21]. As our experiences during the present care-seeking study illustrate, these issues also present challenges for the use of GPS as a health research tool in ways that must be taken into account when designing and conducting research, especially in low and middle-income countries. The primary concern in relation to the use of GPS is the amount of information that can be deduced from the person’s movements and how that information may be used [16]. In the first place, continuous monitoring of one’s activity by a researcher, even where consent is initially given, poses the threat of invasion of privacy and may lead to psychological implications from the feeling of being “watched” [17]. Bearing in mind the privacy implications, only movement data for visiting health facilities from the care-seeking study were archived, avoiding archival of other movement data as agreed during the consent. The location data available to researchers were de-identified and included geo-coordinates of households and health facilities only. Any data that included personal identifiers were first transferred to electronic database stored under high security. The data were then de-identified before analysis. The phone data were identified by numeric ID assigned to each phone and the participant was identified by study ID; identifiable data were encrypted before storage on servers. This strategy prevented access to unnecessary movement data by researchers as this may have ethical implications. Field research assistants were trained to maintain necessary confidentiality while handling probable visit data. . Photo: GPS navigation (from: https://pixabay.com/illustrations/navigation-gps-location-google-2049643/) While conducting the care-seeking study, we found that the overall awareness regarding the nature of GPS technology was low amongst the rural population. However, concerns over confidentiality were raised by several study participants some even asking whether the device could record conversations or videos of their activities. There was one refusal to consent based on the issue of confidentiality. Spatial re-identification risk and negligence in publication Based on the location history of the device, it is possible to identify the location of a particular individual and trace his or her movement with reasonable accuracy. From the observed movements, these data may then be associated with a specific individual, meaning that de-identification is effectively impossible [10]. The limited scope for anonymisation of movement data is a big challenge in global health research for sharing of data. Accidental self-disclosure leading to breaches of locational privacy is a possibility: if participants are given access to GST-enabled smart phones with which they are unfamiliar, their incidental use of the devices may result in inadvertently revealing information about themselves. In care-seeking study, first, the electronic data were anonymised to protect identity of an individual; second, geospatial coordinates of only health facilities were enabled avoiding revealing of other movement data. There are examples in literature where the exact location data for research participants were published in academic journals and newspapers, leading to a breach of spatial confidentiality due to scientists’ or publishers’ negligence [22,23]. To some extent, published maps with masked confidential locations could also be reengineered to reveal the exact location of an individual [22]. Availability of this information in the public domain may increase the risk of identification for the participants. While this is especially pertinent for vulnerable populations, such as people living with HIV, protecting spatial confidentiality and participant identity should be a consideration for GST research in general. Challenges in obtaining informed consent Due to the complex nature of the risks involved in the use of geo-location devices, it may be difficult to ensure that participants are properly informed regarding the possible implications of its use. The problem is likely to be exacerbated in low- and middle-income countries due to lower levels of education and lower availability of GSTs, leading to lack of awareness. In the care-seeking study, more technical issues such as data encryption and storage and third-party transfer were very difficult to communicate with participants despite good translations of informed consent documents. This was again primarily due to low levels of technology-related awareness among this study population. To overcome these issues, participant information and consent documents for the study were drafted in simple language to explain the maintenance of confidentiality of the study data but did not include complex technical details about data storage and transfer. Social and relational dimensions of monitoring Our experiences in the care-seeking study also emphasize the importance of taking account of the social context in which GPS monitoring interventions are deployed, and the potential impact on social relations, particularly with close family members, of participating in a study involving GST location tracking and unfamiliar devices. In the case of a few study participants, the smartphones given to the mothers were used by their husbands during their work hours, switching off the GPS tracking facility. Based on feedback from the field research assistants, this was partly due to the husbands’ concern for the safety and confidentiality of their wives, but also due to the fact that they could now get access to a smart phone (which many of them did not have earlier) for their personal use. In fact, it could be argued that availability of smart-phones encouraged participation in the study – though, it should be noted, not in such a way as ought to raise the additional ethical concerns that sometimes arise with respect to incentives and “undue inducements”. There was one reported case of marital dispute during the study period due to the presence of location tracking device with the wife, which led to that family’s non-participation in the study. Our experience is similar to the one reported by Paz-Soldan et al in their study on acceptability of GPS units in Peru [7]. Concerns reported in this study included fears that the device might record their conversations, privacy and confidentiality concerns and safety concerns. The problem of jealousy from partners was also reported in Peru study by some women, as some men might not trust that their wives had been asked to participate in a study and might not believe that the device was for the stated purpose; some suggested that the research team should provide participants with evidence that the GPS unit was part of the study. These experiences suggest a need for better involvement of close family members of the study participants during the consent process and educating them about the use of location tracking technologies in research, as well as caveats. Accuracy of data Geospatial data methods may not always yield accurate information about location. When GST is used in the course of service provision, this leads to questions about liability and responsibility, for example if misleading information leads to financial losses (through relying on incorrect information) or even physical harm (such as in cases where emergency services may be directed to the wrong location). In the context of research, one concern is that inaccuracy can lead to misinterpretation: for example, a person visiting a shop near a health facility may not be distinguishable from a person sitting inside a health centre. Likewise, a person passing by a health centre or whose place of residence is near a health facility may be inaccurately recorded in the system as having visited the health centre. These events were commonly encountered during the care-seeking study by the field research assistants, but as the timing of each visit was also recorded in the device, this helped the researchers to a large extent to ‘clean’ the captured data. This is one of the limitations of GST that may pose an ethical challenge, but has not been associated with any ethical issue in the context of this care-seeking study. With advances in technology, the accuracy of spatial data continues to improve and hence this problem may be minimized in future [24]. Unauthorised access to data Another danger in using GST for research is the possibility of misuse of data through third-party access, for example by internet or Bluetooth hackers, commercial telecommunication agencies or commercial cloud storage providers [2]. There have been documented instances where agencies have gained access to personal data despite data encryption [25]. There is also the potential danger that computer malware or viruses can utilize vulnerabilities of data encryption to gain access to data for commercial or criminal purpose, as for example occurred with the Ransomware scam [26]. Furthermore, security breaches aside, there is a theoretical possibility that the information may be subpoenaed as a part of legal proceedings, in which case the researchers cannot guarantee protection of participants’ privacy [2]. These are some of the loopholes at present as regards data accessibility. In order to minimize this risk during the care-seeking study, strict implementation of data safety system was observed. This included provision of secured server space, data anonymisation, data encryption, restricted access to collection and storage of care-seeking study movement data generated by smart phones. Nonetheless, these measures have inherent limitations with respect to guarding against potential security breaches or other means by which data may be accessed. The need to address ethical issues posed by the risk of data security breach or misuse, however, goes well beyond the sphere of research; rather than being a matter for the governance of individual research projects, it will require broader societal consideration as to the possible harms of data misuse and how, when absolute security cannot be guaranteed, these harms should be compensated or protected against. GPS-based movement tracking presents a classic example of the ‘double-edged sword’ with respect to its use in health research, given that the detailed information it can reveal is the source of both its value for research and the ethical concerns it presents. The ultimate challenge lies in permitting legitimate use without allowing misuses. Anonymisation of study participants, de-identification of unnecessary location data, explanation of possible ethical issues and available solutions in simple language during informed consent, selective archival of study-related geospatial data and secure storage of data are specific measures that were taken during care-seeking study in order to address potential ethical concerns. Difficulty in explaining the complex nature of ethical implications to participants in rural areas, and the potential danger of security breaches remain as limitations. We would like to thank all the study participants who, very willingly allowed keeping track of their mobility during the course of the study. We thank the study team from KEMHRC, Vadu who very meticulously used the technology and documented the challenges that helped us in better understanding issues around ethics of using technology in the field conditions. [1] Funding: The study was funded by a prime award by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Grant No. OPP1084442) made to the Johns Hopkins University of which University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK and KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, India were sub-grantees. [2] Authorship contributions: AA, VI conceptualized the idea under the guidance of SJ and HC. The data acquisition for the care-seeking study was done by PL and AM. Data analysis and interpretation for the care-seeking study was done by TB, AM, PL and SH. Acquisition of data for field related experiences was collected by AA and VI with help from PL through focused group discussions. AA drafted the manuscript with help from VI under the guidance of SJ. SC, SJ, AM and SH helped in critically revising the text. Final approval was granted by SJ, HC, HN, SC and SH. 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Patrick Adu Background: People with primary invasive breast cancer receive both local (surgery and radiation therapy) and systemic treatment (chemotherapy and hormonal therapy). However, there are substantial short-and long-term side effects from chemotherapy as documented in several studies. This study assessed the effects of chemotherapy on clinical, haematological and biochemical profile of breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy in the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital. Methods: This longitudinal study was conducted in the female surgical ward of the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH). We randomly sampled 51 patients diagnosed with breast cancer and scheduled to start chemotherapy and recorded their demographic, clinical and therapeutic data. Blood was collected for haematological profiles [haemoglobin (Hb), white blood cell (WBC) count, platelets (PLT) and biochemical analysis (lipid profile, uric acid and creatinine) for day 1, day 21 and day 42 of their chemotherapy cycles. Results: Majority of the participants were within 46-60 years, married, overweight and had informal employment. Throughout chemotherapy cycles, systolic blood pressure (SBP) significantly decreased till after the third cycle (P=0.026), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) significantly decreased after second cycle but increased slightly after the third cycle (P=0.029). Hemoglobin though insignificant, decreased after the second cycle but increased sharply after the third cycle (P=0.281). White blood cells (WBC) significantly decreased throughout cycles (P=0.008) whereas high density lipoprotein (P=0.014) increased throughout cycles- Uric acid (P=0.852) and creatinine (P=1.000). were maintained throughout cycles Conclusion: Throughout cycles, chemotherapy had significant adverse effect on the clinical profile (systolic and diastolic blood pressure), white blood cells (WBC) and high density lipoprotein (HDL) in patients undergoing treatment. 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__label__cc	0.630186	0.369814	"The K1AC Best Film Festival" After our visit to the Big Eyes, Big Minds Singapore International Children's Film Festival, we because very interested in films! We talked a lot about our experiences back at school and had some questions: Is a film a story or just a film? (Lucy) How do you make a film? (Lea) How do stories become films? (Denzil) We sent our questions to Ms. Mabel who is in charge of the film festival and she sent us some answers! When we read her answers we became even more excited about films and wanted to make our own! Ms. Mabel was excited about our work too. On May 30, she wrote a post about us on the film festival's Facebook page! First, we created plans for our films by drawing our ideas in small groups. Then we created scenes for our films with different objects in the classroom. When these were ready it was time to get the iPads. We took photographs on the app 'Smoovie' which turned them into stop motion animation films! When we replayed our films though we noticed that something was missing...sound! So we composed our own music in the app 'Garage Band' to match the feelings we wanted our films to have. When the films and sounds were all done, Ms. Alison helped us put it all together on her laptop using iMovie. We chose our own backgrounds, colours and fonts to complete the title and credits screens. When we watched our films, we were so excited about them that we said we wanted to have our own film festival. So Ms. Alison asked us a question: What do we need for a film festival? We independently collected all of our ideas in drawings. One of the things we said that we needed for a film festival were invitations. So we wrote invitations for all of the people we wanted to invite: Finally it was time for the film festival! The first show was for our mums and dads. We also did shows for K1KB, our Grade 3SS buddies, and Ms. Alden and Ms. Jan. Here are our films! We hope you like them! Star Name: Pigs For the last two weeks, our Star Name has been PIGS! This name helped us to consider two letters we find challenging: P & G. Obviously we don't have any pigs in our class though, so how were we going to do the Star Name interview? Right away we made the connection to the story of The Three Little Pigs, which some of us have been exploring and retelling during our free time. We decided to write a letter to the little pigs, inviting them to come to our classroom. We put the letter in our class mailbox and waited. And waited.... Finally we got a reply! One of the three little pigs would be coming to visit us! In our excitement, we started to discuss what it would look like to have a little pig visit our classroom. Some children thought it would be impossible for a pig to leave the farm, but others thought that if the farmer drove the pig he could get to ISS. Some of us said that we didn't want a pig in our classroom because it would be too dirty. We decided to document our thinking using a compass points chart with a space for our Needs, what we're Excited about, what we're Worried about, and what we Suggest: Finally it was the day of the pigs visit! We could hardly contain our excitement! We asked the pig our prepared interview questions and he told us all about his experiences with building houses and the big bad wolf! Very quickly we started to notice something a little bit funny about this pig. It didn't look like what we had expected. It had people hands and people shoes! And only a mask, not a real pig face. But who was the pig? Watch the video to see if you can figure it out! Telling Stories with Music Yesterday we tried telling stories in a different way...through music! We each got an instrument and decided as a group to work on retelling The Gingerbread Man. We had a chance to play our instruments and listen carefully to them and decide what kind of sound they made and which characters and events in the story they could represent. As Ms. Alison read The Gingerbread Man, we added our sound effects to tell the story: listen to ‘The Gingerbread Man’ on Audioboo Then we recorded ourselves retelling The Three Little Pigs through music...this time with no words. What do you think? If you didn't see the pictures and only heard our instruments playing would you know the story? When it was time to "wake up" we each silently created watercolour paintings of our dreams. Then we had a class discussion about what dreams are and how they are connected to stories. When we first read Where the Wild Things Are, we discussed the difference between what is real and what is imaginary. At the part of the story where Max sailed away in his private boat, Daniel wondered "Is that a dream?" This immediately started lively discussions and debates between the children about whether Max was dreaming and what dreams actually are. A few weeks later, we returned to the idea of dreams by recalling a dream we once had. We read the story Sleep Like a Tiger, which is about a little girl trying to fall asleep, and pretended to fall asleep ourselves. While we were "sleeping" we each put a picture of a dream we'd once had in our heads. Big Eyes, Big Minds Film Festival On Monday, we visited the'Big Eyes, Big Minds' Singapore International Children's Film Festival as part of our current unit of inquiry about storytelling. We viewed the programme 'Magic Symphony' which had 12 short films. We loved the films and were able to retell them, describe our favourite parts and explain how they made us feel. We documented the story of our visit using the new Adobe Voice app: The films also inspired us to ask some questions about films and their connections to stories. We weren't sure how to answer our questions, so we collected ideas about some experts we could ask. Since Ms. Mabel was the host of the film festival we thought she would be our best option. We prepared this AudioBoo recording for her and emailed it. Hopefully we are able to get some answers to our inquiries soon! listen to ‘Questions for Ms. Mabel’ on Audioboo Retelling More Stories for our Buddies & Ms. Alden This week we continued exploring how to retell stories in different ways. We are particularly passionate about retelling through drama because it allows us to pretend we are the different characters and act out scenes with our friends. On Monday, Wilma suggested that we perform our Rapunzel show for Ms. Alden. We invited her to come and she also stayed to watch us retell Where the Wild Things Are. On Thursday, our buddies came to visit to see our shows. At the last minute, we decided that we wanted to show them some new stories, so a few of us quickly created and practiced retells of Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs. What do you think of our retells? Can you recognize the stories and characters? Retelling Stories This week we've been practicing retelling stories. To practice, we focused in on two of our favourite stories: Rapunzel and Where the Wild Things Are. We started out by re-reading the stories and analyzing what the important parts were. We all had ideas and through a class discussion, we figured out that there are three really important things in stories: people, a place and things that happen (characters, setting, events). Then we chose our favourite of the two stories and drew pictures of the main characters, settings and main event (from our own perspective) using retell flip-books that we cut out by ourselves. Finally, it was time for us to retell the stories in small groups in two different ways: acting and the iPad app Puppet Pals. Our retells are not perfect, but they did show us how stories can be told and retold in different ways. During the drama retells the audience also had a lot of fun making suggestions about what should come next when our actors couldn't remember. Here are some examples of our work. The rest of our retells are available on our personal portfolio pages. We hope you enjoy them! What Shall We Do When We All Go Out? Today in music with Ms. Stacey, students created their own actions and lyrics for a musical story today. This was a continuation activity after reading and singing the musical story book "What shall we do when we all go out?" Here is our song! Comparing Versions of Rapunzel Following one of our lines of inquiry, 'Different ways of telling stories', we have been exploring different versions of the fairy tale Rapunzel. Last week we visited the theatre to see a stage show version. This week we have been studying a book version and clips from the Disney film adaptation 'Tangled' -- a version that many of us already know. We were very skilled at describing what we noticed about the different versions. As we started to make connections to what was the same and different about the stories, we created a chart to document our ideas: In our journals, we each drew and wrote about what our favourite version of the story was: As a whole class we discussed why one particular version was our favourite: Stage Show (theatre): She sung the songs to get out of the castle and she had her friends help her remember what to do to get out of the castle. (Violett) The boy was wearing pyjamas. (Aziz) The witch talked to Rapunzel about what she was doing in the tower. (Olivia) I like when she lets down her hair. (Axel) The witch had Rapunzel lettuce in her garden. (Johnny) I love the castle of Rapunzel. (Ayesha) Movie: 'Tangled': There's so many songs and talking. The magic hair was only in this story. (Wilma) I liked Maximus the horse because he's very funny. (Lucy) I liked when the witch was saying 'Rapunzel, Rapunzel let down your hair', but Rapunzel was not there. (Lea) The thief was lying to the big guys. (Cameron) Rapunzel: A Musical Play Today we attended a musical theatre performance of Rapunzel. Some of us already know this story well and we have all been explored it with Ms. Caz in one of our Art classes. What an exciting opportunity for us to visit the theatre. For some of us, it was our very first time! We talked about what it means to be a good audience and how the actors organize themselves to present the story. Next week we will talk more about the show and the creative and original version of the story that was told.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11441
__label__cc	0.731472	0.268528	Left of the line This is my truth. Now tell me yours. Brexit: voters deserve honesty Young men and their bullshit BenS on I was a teenage communist Louis Smyth on Understanding the ‘ethical split’ Oz on Reform of Labour Students elections is long overdue. It is right to campaign to change it. I’ve seen quite a few friends (and opponents) leaving the party over the last day or so, generally people who have a more anti-Corbyn or party right perspective than me. On a personal level, it’s really sad to see. Their legit complaints about anti-Semitism, majoritarian bullying and so forth should have been listened to long ago. I don’t want anyone to leave, and I think us having developed a traditionalist left which can’t tolerate any level of success for any other part of the Party, but which also effectively has a power monopoly going forward, has made that very difficult. But why be selective? I also want people from a broadly ‘Blairite’ perspective to have a clear understanding that they’ve also contributed to getting us here. Their politics are a form of Labour and deserve some sort of future. However, the folks at Progress alongside their journo and PLP allies gambled very hard and lost. They lost because they mischaracterised the left as invalid, badly organised, and with some irony, as without any social weight. They also lost because they overrated their own public appeal and lacked humbleness. They had gambled over allowing random members of the public to vote for our leaders, and over the 2016 leadership election – a terrible play which dragged other parts of the party in even if they thought it was a crap idea. And it was. If ‘third way politics’ had its day again in public opinion, they still couldn’t get it through the Labour Party firstly because it is now effectively locked, and secondly because there is no bridge between their politics and the rest of social democracy. I can understand why they feel there’s not really any hope here for what they believe. It’s like when they lost, all avenues to ever winning again were shut down. I don’t want the same sort of party that Blairites do, straight up. I identify more with the policies of the left, and I am more happy with a member and union led party even when I disagree with fellow members. But it’s sad to see many of these people leaving, because these people have dedicated big parts of their lives to the party and lost any connection to it, because some bits of sense they have talked have been ignored, and because we do need Nuneaton et al to vote for any type of Labour Party, whoever leads it. Most powerful of all the factors from my point of view is the knowledge that people like me have absolutely no power or influence to fix this. Unless you are an insider who comes from a Momentum or trad left perspective, you’re in a minority that can’t nudge anyone to listen to you. Like Progress, I also can’t make it politically necessary for anyone to give a shit what I think as a member, because I don’t have 70,000 people on a factional mailing list. Given that much of the Momentum left is emotionally motivated by blindly returning the trauma and caprice all of us from the broad left felt in the Blair years, and that nobody has to listen to people from different factions any more, all I can really do is hope that some of those members who do still matter are big enough to rise above the cycle, and listen just for a moment to what I’m saying here. Your voice still counts as a member where mine does not, so please pause for a second. So I guess this feels pathetic as well as sad. How uplifting for us all. Posted on 19/02/2019 20/02/2019 by Tom Miller in Politics Previous postBrexit: voters deserve honesty Proudly powered by WordPress ~ Theme: Scrawl by WordPress.com.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11444
__label__wiki	0.634686	0.634686	Happy new year labbies! May the new DOE chief remember the name of his department! Best wishes for health and prosperity! By scooby at December 31, 2016 No comments: All eyes will be on the new manager of Sandia Labs Thought you might find this editorial bungle of interest. Or, maybe it’s buried in the fine print along with language re taking over NNSS and nobody’s found it yet? The editorial was in the print edition, but apparently has been pulled from the on-line edition. · Albuquerque Journal – Editorial Page · 24 Dec 2016 As of June 1, Sandia National Laboratories — a huge driver of the local and state economies — comes under new management. National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, a subsidiary of Honeywell International, won a $2.6 billion contract to take over management of Sandia, one of the nation’s three nuclear weapons labs. For the past 23 years, Sandia has been operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin company, for the U.S. Department of Energy. Sandia Corp. has been an important community partner, working closely with the University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University and others, as well as Technology Ventures Corp., a nonprofit foundation set up by Lockheed Martin to accelerate efforts to take new lab technologies to market. The vision is that NTESS, which includes major defense contractor Northrop Grumman and the Universities Research Association, will continue and expand these important relationships. Joe Cecchi, dean of UNM’s School of Engineering and associate provost for national laboratory relations, said the university has partnered with Honeywell and Northrop Grumman in the past and expects that cooperation to continue. Both UNM and NMSU are members of the Universities Research Association, a group of 89 universities in the United States and other countries that collaborate on efforts to build and operate laboratory facilities to promote research and education. Sandia’s importance to the economy and national security is hard to overstate. Though Sandia’s main campus is here in Albuquerque, it also operates Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. It primarily designs and maintains nuclear weapons, but it also works on defense systems, energy efficiency, security technology, atomic physics, computational sciences, biological sciences, nanoscience and other areas of national interest. Sandia has an annual budget of $2.9 billion and employs more than 10,500 employees working in 700 buildings across 13,740 acres on Kirtland Air Force Base. Sandia also employs about 1,160 other employees and contractors. New Mexico businesses received $382 million from SNL contracts in 2015 — 39 percent of the labs’ contract payments. It’s likely NTESS will replace Sandia’s leadership team — including lab President and Director Jill Hruby, Deputy Director and Executive Vice President Kim Sawyer and a dozen other vice presidents who head different lab programs and divisions. Albuquerque will wait with great anticipation to see who will succeed these capable leaders. Frank G. Klotz, undersecretary for nuclear security and NNSA administrator, praised the tough competition that led to the contract award. “The Sandia bid generated unprecedented interest from across industry, demonstrating that our improved acquisitions process is attracting high-quality competition and the best talent to serve NNSA’s mission.” Congratulations to NTESS on winning the five-year (renewable for another five years) contract and welcome to the new team J. F By doobydew at December 25, 2016 19 comments: WIPP to open WIPP looks to open The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant has been closed since February 2014 when a radiation release contaminated a significant portion of the repository, where disposal rooms are carved out of a thick salt formation deep underground. The shutdown put shipments from around the country on indefinite hold as the federal government poured hundreds of millions of dollars into recovery efforts and policy overhauls. New Mexico regulators cited the government and the contractor for numerous permit violations related to the radiation release and an unrelated fire involving a mining truck weeks earlier. That resulted in a multimillion-dollar settlement with the state. Los Alamos National Laboratory, in northern New Mexico, also was cited because the breached container of waste from 2014 had been inappropriately packed there before being shipped to the repository. Investigators said the incident could have been avoided had managers not ignored existing policies and procedures for handling and treating the waste, which includes gloves, tools, clothing and other materials from decades of bomb-making and research. Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-12-restart-nuke-dump-years-leak.html#jCp By scooby at December 25, 2016 1 comment: Starting to look like Leidos has won Starting to look like Leidos has won against NNSA for pulling back the NNSS contract. Onto the next phase of hiring employees to run the place as soon as NesTEC gets out of there. http://jobs.leidos.com/ShowJob/Id/1057155/Electronic-Security-Systems-Manager/ By scooby at December 25, 2016 2 comments: New nuclear arms race New nuclear arms race in the cards President-elect Donald Trump on Friday morning escalated his calls for a stronger U.S. nuclear arsenal, saying he was fine with an “arms race” if it puts the U.S. in a stronger position against foreign adversaries. “Let it be an arms race … we will outmatch them at every pass and outlast them all,” Trump told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” during an off-air conversation on Friday. The attempt at a clarification came after Trump alarmed some with a vague tweet on Thursday that said, “The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes.” http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-nuclear-arms-race-russia-232944 By scooby at December 25, 2016 57 comments: Ex-Lawrence Livermore Lab scientist sentenced to prison Ex-Lawrence Livermore Lab scientist sentenced to prison over faking research to get U.S. grants http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2016/12/20/former-lawrence-livermore-lab-research-scientist-sentenced-to-prison/ I'm curious how is it that no managers are involved in this? It is not possible to bring in work-for-others projects without many layers of management approval, once once projects come in they are frequently (e.g. quarterly) reviewed by management. Nuclear pledge President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday pledged his commitment to the U.S. nuclear arsenal, saying the country must “greatly strengthen” its capabilities, at least for now. “The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes,” Trump said in a tweet on Thursday http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-us-nuclear-capability-232920 Word "Limited " removed How much does removing the word "limited" affect LLNL mission and projected funding. See article in LA times. http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-missile-defense-unlimited-20161221-snap-20161221-story.html Nuclear weapons settlements According to this story almost all of the companies that operate one of the nuclear weapons sites have paid large sums to settle federal cases. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/12/21/nuclear-weapon-firms-pay-settle-illegal-lobbying-cases/95609254/ Still NOT prepared to win. Per the last two sentences of Sec J Amd 1, the new SNL manager needs to claim it is ready to assume full responsibility for NNSS before it can also take over SNL. https://nnsa.energy.gov/aboutus/ouroperations/apm/majcontrsolicitation/snlcomp/final-solicitation-document-de-sol-0008470 https://nnsa.energy.gov/sites/default/files/nnsa/multiplefiles/SEC%20J_Appendix%20J%20-%20Transition%20Plan%20Amd%201.pdf Seems a little strange to have such a requirement. Now this is interesting that NNSA just posted a job opening today for the contract administrator in Albuquerque to be in charge of the Sandia M&O effort. https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/460356700/ Why does a contract administrator make as much as an SMTS with a PhD working at SNL?? Drain the swamp. Opinion on Obama I love how Obama has this morally self-righteous high-ground, holier than thou persona, and criticizes Trump for wanting to suppress climate change science, but then he secretly manipulates scientists in just the same slime ball manner. What a joke. So glad to see him out of the WH. When is the announcement? 10:30 AM on December 21 has come. Where is the announcement of the new SNL leadership team that was supposed to happen?? Top scientist fired DOE fires scientist for talking to Congress about research "A top DoE scientist who liaised with Congress on the matter was fired by the Obama administration for being too forthright with lawmakers, according to the report, which provides an in-depth look at the White House’s efforts to ensure senior staffers toe the administration’s line." http://freebeacon.com/politics/congress-obama-admin-fired-top-scientist-advance-climate-change-plans/ Former LANL manager sues lab for wrongful termination Former LANL manager sues lab for wrongful termination: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/former-lanl-manager-sues-lab-for-wrongful-termination/article_55706719-010f-586c-8950-b0d52ee7b6a5.html Swalwell protests transition questions to energy labs https://swalwell.house.gov/sites/swalwell.house.gov/files/wysiwyg_uploaded/Letter%20to%20Trump%20re%20DOE%20Nat%20Labs.pdf News flash for Swalwell: Perry and Trump don't give a rat's behind. New SNL leaders names So when do they disclose the new SNL leadership names? Dec. 21 at 10:30 am. During this new Administration. In retrospect, a majority believes in some type of Climate Change. I am not sure a majority believe it is man made or if it then is mankind has a small, small part in Climate Change. Yes the media and Academia would say they have a majority and also that Hillary was up 10 points! So don't believe them. So again in retrospect Climate Change has been rammed down America's throat (very similar to Obamacare being rammed through) and at the cost of midwest JOBS. So the point is (in retrospect) if there was a softer and more moderate approach to Climate Change and trying to get some agreement then now during another Administration there might be more agreement and more would get done. But no, not only was Climate Change rammed down our throat (America) if anyone disagreed (like on this Blog) "Oh THEY ARE CLIMATE DENIERS" So now people like me are saying it is unproductive to continue a large effort toward this (like Paris Accord). I would not being saying that if Progressives were not forcing me to believe this. Please stop telling me what to think! In all honesty what really didn't help your cause was Democrats making it into a money making machine like Al Gore. I agree President Obama was more sincere. This also all applies to renewable energy. The huge failures of Solyndra and others and standing by and watch President Obama just throwing money in this area and it looked like he was just wasting Billions of dollars (although sincere). A more Moderate effort and a slower Progressive agenda may have brought people like me into the cause but I do not see Progressives and Progressive leaders taking ANY responsibility for failure of any kind. I would add one last point to the above about taking responsibility. Ash Carter sent Classified emails on his phone. The next day he apologized, said he was wrong and would not do it again. It never became an issue. You never heard about it again. So in the future consider not calling me a Climate Denier and I will respect your different belief and try to work with you. I just am not bought into the man made part after seeing how big this Earth is. Am I allowed to think that or does that mean I am a bad person? Democrats miss the point. A majority doesn't give two shakes about climate change, they just want to stop their jobs leaving for Mexico and China. That's why climate change worry is a rich, inner city liberal concern. You have to be able to put food on the table before you worry about 1.0 deg C in 35 years. If the climate change issue is about facts and evidence (from both sides of the argument) then it is science, and like any important scientific question should be pursued vigorously. If it is about belief, it is religion, and like any annoying proselytizing, should be ignored. And someone please inform the politicians and the press that there is no such thing as "settled science." NOT prepared to win! It is mind boggling that KCP gets the top scores every year considering their level of incompetence. They have downsized themselves so much that it would be impossible to make the schedule for one program, yet we are trying to do four at once. They have no control over the quality of their outsourced vendors, and have forgotten how to make anything on their own. They are beholden to an ERP system which no one at the plant understands or can control. It tells people that it should take >1 year to do a group build, when someone can buy and build the parts in 2 months. Guess they weren't prepared to win, ntessllc.com wasn't registered until 12/16/16 and ntessllc.org/.net are still available. ntess.com is available for $3495 and ntess.org/.net are available Why do some lab employees seem to find the SNL decision hard to understand? NNSA brags about how well run the KC plant is, and Honeywell has that contract. So it is no surprise to award more contracts to a company that does a good job with what they already have. For the same reason, NNSA is doubtful to consider any team in the near future that has UC on it. Getting rid of UC was the whole reason for privatizing in the first place. Maybe the DC hacks will finally giterdon. "Why do some lab employees seem to find the SNL decision hard to understand? NNSA brags about how well run the KC plant is, and Honeywell has that contract. So it is no surprise to award more contracts to a company that does a good job with what they already have." This is exactly the point but the KC plant is just that a plant, no science and no cutting edge engineering, I would add that KC plant indeed do a good job and have great people", however it is a totally different beast than Sandia and I just cannot see how how managing the KC plant well gives you any credibility at managing Sandia it just makes no sense. My local McDonalds franchisee does an excellent job managing thousands of employees and many locations. Probably far better than Honeywell. Maybe they should get the contract? NNSA may not have been happy with UC at LANL, but they are very happy with UC at LLNL. Also the office at UCOP responsible for Lab management is headed by a former LLNL employee. While UC may loose involvement in LANL there is no plan for UC to walk away from the LLNL. In fact over the past year UC has been working on stronger ties at LLN, much to the consternation of Bechtel. As anyone that has attended the LANS/LLNS Board of Governor meetings to make presentations of lab business and operations. My local McDonalds franchisee does an excellent job managing thousands of employees and many locations. It is obvious that you do not understand the concept of a "franchise." It is obvious you dont understand the meaning of a "sarcasm". Agreed, UC and Bechtel are running LLNL well in terms of of no nothing happening and keeping under the radar so all is good, no science, no engineering, nothing all is good. LANL needs university The LANL bid team will have to have a university partner in it. This was not necessary for SNL, as it is seen historically as an engineering first lab. Remember this was the whole reason it was spun off (Z Division) from LANL after WWII. Btw, I keep hearing rumors that Bechtel and UC are not playing well together on the LLNL operations. I can see a divorce coming in the future, especially if LANS breaks up. SNL leadership team If the NNSA decision on SNL holds up, and there are lots of reasons why it may not, what does this say about the current SNL leadership team? The first sitting Lab Director to lead a losing M&O contract bid. Wow! Maybe Jill wasn't qualified to be in that chair after all? Universities out The Sandia contract going to Honeywell/Northrup indicates that the incumbent at LANL is unavoidably on a path to losing. UC, Bechtel, AECOM, B&W all will be certain losers at LANL. Who is left? Batelle? Honeywell? Northrop? Universities are only going to be minor league partners in the LLC teams. Lockheed Out at Sandia After the Lockheed scandal on lobbying to extend the contract, it was not likely going to be a Lockheed contract win. http://time.com/3948974/sandia-national-laboratories-lobbying/ Until the winning team members and organization are revealed we can only speculate, but Honeywell winning rather than Batelle likely means that cost, programs, manufacturing and management were more highly valued than discovery science by NNSA. Not very surprising. Lockheed is now only a minor player in the complex and may soon exit. They apparently already sold off the bid for Nevada National Security Site to Leidos and are a smaller player in CNS Pantex and Y12. Batelle is not much of a presence in the complex with only a minor role in LLNL. What all this means for LLNL and LANL is not clear. LLNL will stay with Bechtel and UC, LANL goes to Lockheed, Batelle is completely out as NNSA hates them. I am hearing that the Sandia people are completely stunned by the results of the bid and this is the worse case scenario, some though that Lockheed would be out but that nothing so dumb as Honeywell/Northrup would go through. Crazy stuff. One of the clear messages of the bid announcement is that NNSA does not want to have any University taking part in any kind of management of the NNSA labs. Another rumors is that Bechtel will be putting in a bid for LANL but will dump UC. If the Bechtel-UC team looses the LANL contract, which is virtually a certainty, then I strongly suspect that UC will drop Bechtel as an LLC partner in running LLNL. No one has every shown that Bechtel (or any of the other industrial partners) have added real value to LLNL operations - only optical type changes that dazzle the NNSA non nothings rating Lab performance. Keeping in mind that NNSA has publically stated that it is going to substantially reduce the annual award fee for its M&O contracts, 50%. UC would be better served by creating a wholly UC owned LLC to run LLNL, possible with Battelle as a partner. This would make if 100% non-profit LLC, cutting some cost too. Bechtel could still be involved in LLNL but as a supporting partner with a UC LLC or UC-Battelle LLC that is managing LLNL. Sandia gets NTESS NNSA NEWS: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) announced today it has awarded National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia (NTESS) with the management and operating contract for Sandia National Laboratories (SNL). NTESS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International. Northrup Grumman and Universities Research Association will support NTESS in the performance of this contract. The award is valued at $2.6 billion annually over 10 years, if all options are exercised. I encourage everybody to look up some basic information regarding employee benefits, satisfaction and management quality for Honeywell. https://www.thelayoff.com/honeywell-international What it’s like to work at the US Department of Energy as Donald Trump takes over? http://qz.com/864098/what-its-like-to-work-at-the-us-department-of-energy-as-donald-trump-takes-over/ The Department of Energy is in turmoil as US president-elect Donald Trump’s team moves in to take over. “Our career staff is made up of scientists and engineers who follow the science as part of their daily jobs,” says a senior DoE employee who asked to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of the transition. “And what they see on the horizon here is doing that exact thing, following the science, could lead to repercussions on their livelihood.” Beyond the personal concerns of scientists who don’t want to be punished for doing their jobs, the transition process so far has made clear that major cuts are coming for clean energy programs. The questions asked which programs, jobs, and standards are mandated by law rather than implemented by political appointees. The transition team is also seeking to separate applied research programs, which are intended to lead to clean energy technology, from broader basic science programs. In past budget proposals, Republicans aimed to cut funding for renewable energy programs, but were deterred by the Obama administration. DoE staffers say if such cuts were enacted under the Trump administration, it would mean significant layoffs in agency’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, which researches alternative energy sources like tidal and geothermal power, and saves consumers money by pushing for more energy-efficient vehicles and appliances. President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team on Wednesday disavowed a survey sent to the U.S. Department of Energy that requested the names of people working on climate change in the agency. “The questionnaire was not authorized or part of our standard protocol,” Trump spokesman Sean Spicer said. “The person who sent it has been properly counseled.” Trump and Lab contract change What is the impact of the incoming Administration on the contract change dates for the nuclear weapons labs? Is the current administration setting DOE up for failure in the next administration? WH press secretary cracks joke about Perry's qualifications White House press secretary Josh Earnest expressed concern that the move by Mr. Trump “could have been an attempt to target civil servants, career federal government employees.” “If we had to replace the entire Department of Energy every time a new president was elected, that is certainly going to undermine the ability of those at the most senior levels to implement a coherent and effective energy policy,” he said. The president-elect’s transition officials have not explained the inquiry and did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday. Mr. Earnest seemingly poked fun at the choice of Mr. Perry for Energy secretary, saying the administration’s refusal to turn over a list of agency employees’ names involves defense of the principle that “career civil servants are evaluated based on merit and not on politics.” “And I’m sure that the president-elect used the same kind of criteria when choosing his new Department of Energy secretary as well. Don’t you think?” he asked to laughter from reporters. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/13/energy-dept-rebuffs-donald-trumps-request-list-cli/ Why do employees bother to embrace integrity when our elected leaders don't? DOE refuses Presidential transition request The Department of Energy will not provide the names of staffers who worked on climate issues to President-elect Donald Trump's transition team, a spokesman for the department told POLITICO Tuesday. The Trump transition team submitted 74 questions to DOE last week, including two which asked for identities of staffers who worked on Obama administration climate policy efforts. "We will be forthcoming with all publicly available information with the transition team. We will not be providing any individual names to the transition team," DOE spokesman Eben Burnham-Snyder said in an email. Burnham-Snyder said questions from Trump's team had "left many in our workforce unsettled." http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/energy-department-staffers-names-list-232566 American Physical Society decides it is appropriate to enter the partisan politics arena. Dear APS Member, In the wake of our recent U.S. election, we believe that it is timely for us to reiterate that the American Physical Society remains unwavering in its commitment to full participation by everyone — regardless of age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, or political affiliation — to ensure that our discipline as well as our Society thrives. We believe that the values that advance the physical sciences necessarily include open scientific discourse, free from discrimination and harassment, and a willingness to consider diverse points of view. We also maintain that our meetings, laboratories, and classrooms must be safe, collaborative environments that promote a collegial and inclusive atmosphere. The diversity of backgrounds that exists throughout the APS membership and the open dialogue fostered by APS journals and meetings are among our greatest strengths. The Society has spent decades developing and advancing programs that support these values. APS values are embodied in our Statements and our Code of Conduct. They are evident in our advocacy for robust, diverse research programs within the U.S. and abroad. They are supported by our commitment to STEM education and broad science literacy. APS will work with its members and the international scientific community to ensure that the core values of our Society and our discipline are maintained and advanced, and we will work to transmit to the incoming administration and Congress an understanding of the critical importance these values have for our members and the physics community worldwide. Homer A. Neal 2016 APS President Kate P. Kirby APS Chief Executive Officer All eyes will be on the new manager of Sandia Labs... Ex-Lawrence Livermore Lab scientist sentenced to p... Former LANL manager sues lab for wrongful terminat... Swalwell protests transition questions to energy l... 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__label__wiki	0.618842	0.618842	Dictionary of Cuban Rhythms Conga (Fast) – Afro-Cuban origin, characterized by accentuated beat. The Conga was originally merely a procession or parade. Rumba (Fast) – Of the Son family, but much faster tempo and characterized by brusque breaks. Originally, purely an exhibition dance. Són (Moderato) – Most popular of all Cuban ballroom dances (in the U.S. often erroneously called Rumba). Usually, but not always characterized by the “estribillo” or “montuno”. Són Pregón Afro (Slow) – Cuban Street Vendor Song. Of comparatively recent development musically. Distinguished by solo and choral effects (chiefly voice) against a steady, insistently pulsating, rhythmic background. Bolero (Moderato) – Same as the Són, but more balldy and usually without “estribillo” or “montuno”. (Not to be confused with the Spanish Bolero rhythm, which is completely different.) Guarcha (Bright) – Of the Són family, in between the Son and the Rumba, with or without “estribillo” or “montuno”. Danzon (Leisurely) – Oldest of Cuban popular ballroom dances, combines the stately beauty of the minuet with the fire and sensuousness of the tropics. Exclusively instrumental. Danzonette (Leisurely) – Evolved from the Danzon, but has an added part that is done vocally and a trifle faster. Guajira (Rather Slowly) – Typically Cuban — not Afro-Cuban. Takes its name from the “guajiro” (countryman farmer). Characterized by its plaintive melody and peculiar “carreta” (heavy two-wheeled ox-cart) sort of lazy swing. Estribillo or Montuno – Short musical phrase, at the end of anumber, that is repeated, or improvised upon, ad lib by the voice, or the various musical instruments in turn, especially the trumpet and piano. Tempo of “estribillo” is slightly faster than that of music proceeding it. One typically gets a staff-writing deal by networking, collaborating with staff-writers, and meeting publishers at music industry events. It rarely works to send unsolicited material to companies. Publishers are very selective about who they sign—and seek writers who they believe have exceptional material—“HITS” that are geared to the current market.” March 21, 2016 at 3:15 pm juliadiets.com Reply Share a comment: Add comment Reset The ‘Don’, my uncle ‘Don’ Azpiazú, my uncle, was a leading Cuban bandleader in the 1920s and 30s. His band introduced authentic Cuban dance music and Cuban musical instruments to a wide audience in the USA and recorded one of the biggest hits in Cuban music history, the Peanut Vendor. My mother, the starduster My mother, May McKim, was a performer who shared the bill with the greats of the time including Ethel Merman and Martha Raye. Marion, the canny songwriter My father married former Ziegfeld girl Marion Sunshine. A famous vaudeville actress, singer and composer, together they made musical history. Marion was a canny songwriter who became known as “The Rumba Lady”. Her songwriting credits are vast. My father, the song publisher My father’s band, Antobal’s Cubans, included some of the hottest Latin session men in New York at the time such as Alberto Socarrás. Born in New York City and raised in West Africa, Laura-May Azpiazu has music in her blood. Her uncle, ‘Don’ Azpiazu, was a Cuban orchestra leader credited with the explosive introduction of Latin Music to America and Europe. Her father, Eusebio Azipiazu (aka Mario Antobal) was a music publisher and managed her uncle’s musical career. Her mother, May McKim, was a chanteuse in the supper clubs and society orchestras of the 1930s and her stepmother, Marion Sunshine was a Vaudevillian star, musical comedy actress and well known songwriter. Her Family Heritage Laura-May’s songwriting career was not only written in the stars, but in her DNA. When others were learning how to read and write their ABC’s, she was learning how to read and write music. With her Latin heritage, tangos and salsas call to her but she writes for all styles including jazz, instrumental, country and Christmas. Laura-May’s Songwriting Listen to Laura-May’s Music Listen Laura-May’s Film Noir-The Musical, winner of the 2011 Hawaii Music Awards and access the script. She now resides in Hawaii with her artist husband Hank Taufaasau. They own two evening hot spots in downtown Honolulu; Hanks Cafe and The Dragon Upstairs where jazz and contemporary music are featured in the artistic atmosphere of Chinatown. Living in paradise has inspired her to write world music as well. Hank’s Art Hanks Cafe The Dragon Upstairs I was fortunate to be born into a proud musical heritage: a great grandfather who two centuries ago performed for a Queen; an uncle who is credited in all Latin American history books with the explosive introduction of Cuban music into America and Europe; a cousin, whose career in music has led him to perform at Presidential Inaugurations and command appearances before royalty (as well as composing and recording); my music publisher father who also organized an elite group of musicians whose limited recordings are much sought after by today’s collectors; my stepmother, who enjoyed an extraordinary career in Vaudeville and musical theater (and many silent films with the likes of Mary Pickford), as well as being a most successful and prolific songwriter; my mother, a dazzling chanteuse; and even a brother-in-law who was a renowned symphony conductor. Against this background, I struggle valiantly to “hold my own”, and be deemed a worthy heir to their legacy. (And I’m pretty well satisfied that wherever in the cosmos they may be, they are approving, if not actually pulling strings on my behalf!) I write songs, I’m not a musician or a performer, so I’ve been very lucky to be able to ‘package’ my songs with the talents of wonderful musicians, vocalists, and a really great recording engineer. The results have been well received by reviewers and public alike. Songwriting is a particularly satisfying profession if you love the infinite variety of language, but are not a novelist. And if you’re not a musician? You can always hum or whistle a memorable melody. But, it is a skill, and in a well-crafted song, lyrics and music must be partnered intelligently. The direction of my songwriting has been influenced by my own preferences, not by trends; but I would welcome collaborating on any sort of project, rap included. Listen and Buy Sample LM’s music… Not only is LM a songwriter, but she has authored multiple stories and verse. Enjoy! Random Acts of Composition – Coming in 2018 A unique and unconventional short story and verse collection. Author LM Azpiazu, in her distinctive style, has put together an unorthodox mix that will surely appeal to a variety of readers. The Hawaiian Christmas Mouse The Christmas tree is twinkling, the gingerbread is baking—it’s a perfect time for Christmas coziness. Journey with the Hawaiian Christmas Mouse as he “talks story” with some of the fabled creatures in Hawaii, and shares his Christmas activities in a family sing-a-long. Available in both paperback and hardcover on Amazon. Free song download with purchase of this book. Song sample on Amazon Listen to Song Nanny in the Nursery – Coming Soon Nanny in the Nursery is an eclectic assortment of verse and prose that offers a chance to: play with fairies, laugh at nonsense rhymes, reflect on character and manners, sing some new songs, and even write your own solution to an exciting mystery. Lora Krafty Adventures Calling all storytellers to write along! Join Lora Krafty’s Adventure of the Lava Tube, where she hopes you’ll have fun solving the mystery of that adventure to your own creative satisfaction. (And share it with your friends!) Begin the adventure… These are the “storyboards” for a short animated film wherein LM Azpiazu proves that Ravel’s “Bolero” should have been entitled “Caravan”. Join Laura May on Facebook and Twitter where she talks about what is happening in music today and shares her memories of what it was like growing up around the greats. Talking about all genres of music and the art of songwriting, she also shares songwriting tips, industry news, the latest songwriting contests and more. Let’s get social! Tweets by @lauramayazpiazu I look forward to connecting with you! CDBaby Broadjam Jango Amazon iTunes Don Azpiazu Mario Antobal Marion Sunshine May McKim Raul Azpiazu Jazz Clubs in Honolulu Get A Song	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11453
__label__cc	0.566494	0.433506	Built in 1961, the Bucharest State Circus Building, one of the largest circuses in Europe at that time, still hosts high quality artistic performances following the best Romanian tradition. After its foundation, it experienced a new bloom in the ‘60s not only in Romania but also abroad, exporting to all Europe a tradition of talented acrobats, jugglers, tightrope walkers, spectacular flying and dancing artists as well as magicians and clowns. Declared a historic monument in 2010, the permanent State Circus is today the headquarters of the Globus Circus and hosts excellent performances put on by both local and touring circuses. With a capability of over 3,500 seating, the huge Circus building is located within a small park, close to a small decorative pond, and it is provided with a stable for the animals. As part of a comprehensive renovation and rebranding plan involving the whole structure, a new lighting project was embraced by Globus Circus General Manager, Mr. Victor Coman. The official bidding was won by GRIVEN’s regional partner in Romania, Professional Sound Impact Ltd., represented by their project coordinator, Sorin Stanescu. Due to the perfect symmetry of the construction, a typical architectural layout dating back to the ‘60s, the lighting concept was aimed at enhancing the main elements of the circular structure. The peculiar features of the building had to be revamped by the creation of appealing accents based on a balanced combination of light and shadows. As main distinctive element, the shell-shaped roof required a particular attention in order to revive in a glamorous manner the old-fashioned allure of this attraction. According to the lighting scheme proposed by GRIVEN’s lighting designers on the base of the official requirements, 16 units of Powershine MK2 S in RGBW colour configuration were installed on each of the higher parts of the wavy roof in order to highlight its upper part with brilliant colours. 32 Zaphir RGW were used to enhance from both sides the semicircular protruding parts of the shell roof. 16 units of Jade 16 RGBW with spot optics were installed head down to give light to the walls recurring between the glass windows. Owing to the harsh weather conditions in winter and the severe project requirements, all the installed units had to guarantee the capability of withstanding very low temperatures. The Polar Edition, available for a great number of GRIVEN’s luminaires, features an integrated de-icing system with electrically heated glass, which assures a comfortable functioning even in the utmost severe cold weather conditions. The fine-tuning and light programming of the installation were supervised by Mirel Petcu, an experienced partner of Professional Sound Impact Ltd. for this kind of jobs. Sorin Stanescu, project supervisor and coordinator at Professional Sound Impact Ltd., who had previously achieved important successes with GRIVEN in Romania, asserts: “This was more than a challenging project as we were working on a historical monument, a very important testament of Bucharest culture and tradition. Unfortunately, the architectural peculiarity of the construction has generated many technical limitations, which did not allow us the utmost design freedom. Moreover, the installation schedule was very tight, living no room for mistakes. But in the end, nothing matters except the final result, and I think that what we have achieved, in spite of the many obstacles, repay us for the hard job we did.” With this project, the most complex in this moment in Romania, GRIVEN becomes the leader in Romanian architectural lighting projects, along with the successful and impressive installations at Ramada Hotel Pitesti and Sheraton Hotel Bucharest, which were conceived, developed, and very professionally coordinated, as usual, by Sorin Stanescu and Professional Sound Impact Ltd.. Project coordinator: Sorin Stanescu, Professional Sound Impact Ltd. Photos & filming: courtesy of Mr. Daniel Sbarcea 16x AL3700A PE Powershine MK2 S RGBW Spot Polar Edition 32x AL2350A PE Zaphir RGBW Spot Polar Edition 16x AL4050 NARWPE Jade16 RGBW Narrow Polar Edition 1x AL1424 Wall-TSC 1x AL1321 Infrared Remote Control	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11457
__label__wiki	0.553462	0.553462	MNA Sanctuaries Find A Sanctuary Sanctuary Visitation Rules Donate Property Welsch Environmental Education Room MNA Events Race for Michigan Nature - 2019 Schedule Walking Paths 3rd Edition Working Together to Protect Michigan's Species Getting Real Results Michigan Nature Magazine DNR moose survey results estimate a population increase (Upper Peninsula DNR News): Michigan Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologists estimate the number of moose in the western Upper Peninsula core population area at 378 animals, up from 285 in 2015. Help continue to protect moose throughout Northern Michigan by participating in MNA's Moose on the Loose Family Fun Run & 5K on Saturday, August 26 at Presque Isle Park in Marquette! Studying Michigan's massasaugas, the state's poisonous rattlesnakes (Showcasing the DNR bulletin): Michigan has become an important laboratory for the study and preservation of the eastern massasauga rattlesnake, the only venomous viper that inhabits the state. Massasauga rattlesnakes were listed as a federally threatened species under the Endangered Species Act in 2016 and are thereby protected animals. Help protect habitat for the threatened massasauga at the Rattlesnake Family Fun Run & 5K on September 17 on the Paint Creek Trail in Rochester! Climb aboard as the DNR surveys lake sturgeon (Showcasing the DNR bulletin): The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has been monitoring sturgeon populations on the St. Clair River for the last 25 years with a technique that is as old as fishing itself. DNR crews use set lines that are anchored to the bottom of the river channel and sport numerous hooks to catch and tag the mysterious prehistoric fish. Learn more about lake sturgeon on October 8 at the Sturgeon Sprint Family Fun Run & 5K on Belle Isle in Detroit! E-mail> 2310 Science Parkway, Suite 100 © Copyright 2019 by IES. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11469
__label__wiki	0.55708	0.55708	Do you remember this block of Westport Road from Broadway to Central? Dec 21st, 2016 – by midtownkcposter3 The bank at the corner of Westport Road and Broadway looks much the same today as it did in this 1940 photo. The block it occupies looks much the same as well. Although businesses have come and gone, the block hasn’t changed much since the early 1900s when most of its structures were built. Although Westport is best known for its role as a frontier trading outpost, few remnants of that pioneer past remain standing. The Westport we know today, including this block from Westport Road to Archibald and from Broadway to Central, was mostly built in the early years of the 20th This map of old Westport shows the main cluster of businesses at Westport Avenue and Pennsylvania. The only building shown in this week’s featured block was the home of physician Joel Morris. century, with Westport Road making the transition from an important trail leading west to a commercial shopping area for surrounding neighbors. As part of our Uncovering History Project, the Midtown KC Post is taking a look at each block in Midtown, including a set of 1940 tax assessment photos which is available for many blocks. (Many people seem confused by the tax assessment photos, which all include a man holding a sign. Here’s the story behind them). As the 1920s began, the block along Westport Road began to take on a more commercial face. While Archibald remained a residential street, businesses along Westport Road became more densely-packed as the surrounding neighborhood was built up and streetcars made the block as easy-to-reach destination. In this 1895-1907 map, the same block contained scattered brick buildings (in pink) as well as frame business and residential structures. Like much of Midtown, the rising popularity of automobiles led to major alterations in business areas. By 1940, a gas station had replaced older frame residences at the corner of Broadway and Archibald. The Westport Avenue Bank, which moved to the corner of Westport and Broadway in 1920, in 1942 bought neighboring Weatherproof Products Company, which sold linoleum, in order to expand bank parking. The slideshow below shows the businesses and homes on the block in 1940. A recent aerial photo of the block with its remaining buildings and parking lots. 11-298-15a December 21, 2016 at 11:26 AM / Reply I would be interested to learn how the streets in one section of Westport became angled. midtownkcposter says: December 27, 2016 at 2:04 PM / Reply Elaine: Westport and Kansas City were originally two separate towns. Westport was laid out on a different grid than Kansas City. When Westport was annexed into the large Kansas City, its streets did not fit neatly into the east-west grid, but went off at an angle. Luann Heshion says: January 27, 2017 at 4:46 PM / Reply My father, Wyatt Jenkins and Merle Fowler owned and operated the Westport Printing Co at 411 Westport Rd from about 1942 to 1950. I, and my brothers and sisters, worked there part time while attending school., as did the Fowler children. Dad banked at the Westport Bank. My husband-to-be, unbeknowns to me, worked part time at the Westport Hardware – East of the Westport Bank – during the same time-frame. We all have many fond memories of that area known as “Westport”.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11470
__label__cc	0.527989	0.472011	Mueller Speaks: Trump Weeps: Impeachment Hearings Are Called For May 30, 2019 Uncategorizedmtc9393 Mueller spoke out about his investigation. Trump’s weak weeping response was: “Nothing changes from the Mueller Report. There was insufficient evidence and therefore, in our Country, a person is innocent. The case is closed! Thank you.” There was that statement by Mueller that “there was insufficient evidence to charge a broader conspiracy” between the Trump campaign’s response to Russian attempts to interfere with the election. But that was only part of the story because the insufficiency of the evidence came about because of the evidence that Trump obstructed the investigation. Trump suggests that makes him innocent. I suppose that’s like Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) saying he is innocent of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi because there is insufficient evidence. Of course there was because MBS made sure those who could give the evidence were unable to do so. Trump’s innocence is equivalent to Khashoggi’s. Mueller though said much more. Let’s see how he ended: “And I will close by reiterating the central allegation of our indictments, that there were multiple, systematic efforts to interfere in our election. And that allegation deserves the attention of every American. . . .” That brought us back to the first part of his statement where he spelled out how it was “alleged by the grand jury in an indictment, Russian intelligence officers who are part of the Russian military, launched a concerted attack on our political system . . . .a private Russian entity engaged in a social media operation, where Russian citizens posed as Americans in order to influence an election.” I seems to me Trump has no intention of doing anything about this. He is leaving America open to further attacks. It is hard to understand why his supporters think this is all right. Trump still denies there was Russian interference. The only reason he does I assume is he wants to pretend that Russia played no role in his election. Any fair-minded person knows that it did. The most important thing about Mueller’s statement was his talking about obstruction of justice. In telling us this he points out how Attorney General Barr was lying about his actions. Barr has said in speaking of the Mueller report and defending his action in saying there was no obstruction of justice that: “Federal prosecutors work with grand juries to collect evidence to determine whether a crime has been committed. Once a prosecutor has exhausted his investigation into the facts of a case, he or she faces a binary choice: either to commence or to decline prosecution. . . . But at the end of the day, the federal prosecutor must decide yes or no.” Barr knew that was not true in the case of a special prosecutor investigating a president. When investigating a president he does so because “it is important to preserve evidence while memories are fresh and documents available.” Once that is done, Mueller faced a binary choice but not the one Barr suggested a prosecutor would face. He could decline prosecution or he could make the evidence available to others. Mueller said the Constitution and Justice Department rules prevented him commencing a prosecution. We do know he did not decline prosecution. He said: “if we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so.” He lacked that confidence so he could not decline prosecution. Therefore what is left is that he believes there is enough evidence for someone to consider a prosecution but as a member of the Justice Department he cannot bring the prosecution. Unlike what Trump said in saying the case is closed, Mueller said, “the Constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing.” No wonder Trump is weeping. Mueller has called upon Congress to act on his report by conducting a hearing into whether Trump should be impeached. There is no choice now. Multiple instances of possible obstruction of justice are set out in Mueller’s report. Mueller can’t indict; but Congress can impeach. It is its duty to do so. ← Trouble Afoot! A Long Term District Attorney Precedent Broken DA O’Keefe’s Wrong Perspective: Differences Between City and Country → 20 thoughts on “Mueller Speaks: Trump Weeps: Impeachment Hearings Are Called For” william m. connolly says: Initiating impeachment proceedings against whom no conclusion of wrongdoing was found after forty million dollars and two years of intensive investigation is a WASTE OF TIME, and will only be fodder for the leftist media in America to continue its debacle of reportage fraught with biases and hatred. THE CASE IS OVER. STOP WASTING THE TAXPAYERS TIME AND MONEY THERE ARE BETTER WAYS TO EDUCATE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND BETTER THINGS TO EDUCATE THEM ABOUT HOW ABOUT CONGRESS CONVENE MORE HEARINGS ON THE DRUG ABUSE EPIDEMIC IN AMERICA, ON SUICIDE PREVENTION, ON IMPROVING HEALTH, LESSENING CANCER, IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE, AVOIDING WAR, KEEPING CLEAN THE M STREET BEACH, PRESERVING THE CAPE COD DUNES THERE’S WORK TO BE DONE IN AMERICA, SOCIALLY, ENVIRONMENTALLY, MEDICALLY, PUBLIC HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT, ARTISTICALLY, MUSICALLY, COMMUNALLY, NEIGHBORLY, WITH IMMIGRANTS, ALONG THE BORDER, preventing wars stop wasting time, you Jihadi Javerts of the world, who think you’re on some sort of Crusade Honest Abe says: Just thought I would interject something here. Its nice to see President Bonespurs’ friend in North Korea runs his country like The Apprentice. But instead of firing people that don’t perform well he fires at them. The creodont in The White House takes him at his word. You can’t make this shit up. President Trump is trying to assuage and massage the President of North Korea into giving up his nuclear weapons. Others, Clinton, Obama, have tried and failed to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula. It is tough, a hard war with millions of deaths, over 50,000 Americans, was fought there, don’t forget . . . .you got an easy answer? How about honesty? Two other things, Savin Hill Billy. One; There is no war in the Korean peninsula. Two; Assuaging and massaging the President of North Korea on any level for any reason is absolute cowardice. Standing up for our American beliefs is not saying, “Kim said he didn’t know that the American student Otto Warmbier was in custody in his country. I totally believe him. He is quite honest with me.” Kim murdered an American. A healthy, young, intelligent American student. “The buck stops here!” Remember? Apparently you support Bonespurs no matter what. You don’t bother to think. You just follow and let logic wander out of your thought process. Our country’s biggest failure is that it allowed so many people to think like you and follow The Pied Piper into the river. hutch says: What a never never land Americans live in. Did we “collude” against Allende (there’s a euphemism for you)? Did we collude against Hawk in Australia, Ortega in Nicaragua etc? Hutch, Individual Americans, American businessmen, American businesses and American Government Employees (Defense, State, CIA, Armed Services) never collude with, conspire with foreigners, nor attack, invade, occupy foreign countries, nor ever attempt to influence foreign elections nor others’ foreign policies. It’s a Mortal Sin only when foreign countries or foreign individuals attempt to influence what we do, and some American politician, left or right, squawks: Off with their heads! We Americans who became teenagers in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, or 1990s, know these things for a fact. I’m not so sure the Millennials are so sure, or even care. Bill, Americans believe that when the US invades another country, a piece of Wyoming drops into Hanoi. No Americans are involved. A piece of the West now inhabits VietNam. Look it up. Brian R. Merrick says: Mueller, like his pal Comey, is that type of Federal prosecutor who try to convey that they are above politics. Did you ever work for a prosecutor whose standard for declining prosecution was “confidence that the (person) did not commit a crime?” Brian. Never heard of it. And to put the frosting on the cake: “Who else of the hundreds of persons that Mueller investigated did he write, “We are confident Mr. X did not commit a crime?” And how many times did he write it? Let’s get the MULE-headed Mueller on the stand and ask how often he has read an investigator’s or prosecutor’s report which stated, “We are confident Mr. X did not commit a crime?” Is that how American Justice Works? Prosecutors/Investigators are to ABSOLVE, declare INNOCENCE . . . .I thought only Juries declared Guilty or Not Guilty . . . .and with Congress, Congress decides to Impeach or decides not to impeach. Even Congress doesn’t declare persons innocent in America. Muellar and Comey put themselves above the law, above the Constitution, above politics, above the Amrican Way . . .they are power abusers. And I’ve heard lawyers credibly allege Muellar withheld exculpatory evidence (Fitzie’s testimony) in the John Connolly case. Muellar, the biased team he assembled, his reliance on liberal media, his past greenlighting of abuses of power, his likely withholding of exculpatory evidence, his clear usurpation of power and authority in writing a letter after the fact to Barr (a letter he knew would be leaked) substituting his unofficial judgement for that of the Attorney General (as Comey unlawfully assumed the role of AG), his invention of a new standard of guilt and innocence in America, (a declaration of innocence “we cannot with certainty declare the accused has committed no crime”etc, etc, all prove he is a FED POWER ABUSER. Muellar is so full of MALARKEY. YES, CONGRESS IS THE ENTITY THAT “INDICTS” IMPEACHES A PRESIDENT. But there was no rule that prevented him from writing that he found sufficient evidence to support a charge of COLLUSION with the RUSSIANS (THAT IS WHAT HE WAS HIRED TO DO) and no rule that prevented him from writing that he found sufficient evidence to support a charge of collusion/ Again, MUELLAR wants us to believe that he is constrained from saying the President LIKELY committed a crime, but not constrained from insinuating in writing and verbally the President MAY HAVE committed a crime. Muellar is talking out of both sides of his mouth . . . .the fact is, He did his job with his highly biased team and he came to two conclusions: NO COLLUSION, and NO CONCLUSION on obstruction. His report comes to NO CONCLUSION on obstruction, when IN FACT nothing constrained him from concluding in writing that obstruction likely did occur. Muellar had his shot . . .he should have shut up afterwards . . . .he should not have written that 4 page letter to BARR . . .that LETTER was an abuse of power . . . .it was an attempt to substitute his INTERPRETATION for the sitting ATTORNEY GENERALS . . .it was an attempt to USURP the role of the ATTORNEY GENERAL Now, Muellar is apparently trying to AMPLIFY or REWRITE his report . . . .another abuse of power Muellar’s job was over when his Report was submitted . . . .the Muellar report did indeed EXONERATE the PRESIDENT Muellar has his shot to accuse . . . .and he failed to do so THINK ONE MORE TIME . . . .IF MUELLAR HAD FOUND THE PRESIDENT COLLUDED, CONSPIRED CRIMINALLY WITH THE RUSSIANS, DO YOU THINK HE WOULD STAND AT A PODIUM AND SAY A DOJ RULE PREVENTS ME FROM ACCUSING A SITTING PRESIDENT? IT WAS HIS JOB TO ACCUSE, IF HE FOUND EVIDENCE, OF COURSE, THE DEVIOUSNESS RESIDES IN HIS CLAIM THAT HE COULDN’T CHARGE . . . .CONGRESS CHARGES . . .OF COURSE CONGRESS IMPEACHES . . . .BUT IT WAS HIS JOB TO ACCUSE, AND HE FAILED TO DO SO mtc9393 says: Sadly it appears you did not read the report. Why don’t you do it. Why don’t you see that in it he does not exonerate Trump. Pat Ambrose says: I didn’t realize it was the job of the prosecutor to exonerate. I thought the prosecutor just made a call on whether or not to charge. SADLY, MATT, it is you who should re-read the Constitution and Founding Fathers . . . innocent until proven guilty . . .in AMERICA . . . President Trump speaks in the language of a businessman, an ordinary salt of the earth man, not A LAWYER. TRUMP speaks like TRUMAN. Lawyers try to trip him up. Like Comey who changed his underlings’ report finding Hillary of GROSS NEGLIGENCE ( a clear statutory crime) Comey changed it to its synonym EXTREMELY CARELESS and the corruptly assuming the role of prosecutor, ATTORNEY GENERAL, declared HE would not prosecute Hillary, rather than referring his FINDINGS/RECOMMENDATIONS/CONCLUSIONS to THE A.G. for a decision whether to prosecute or not. Muellar’s report in laymen’s terms did exonerate Trump. No Collusion. No conclusion on obstruction. Sadly MATT, you do not apprehend the U.S. Consitution . . . .INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY IN A COURT OF LAW ….as for Congress, INNOCENT UNTIL IMPEACHED…..and it takes the House and Senate to Impeach a President NO PROSECUTOR/INVESTIGATOR “EXONERATES” Judges and juries find a person GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY …..that is it Congress IMPEACHES or does not impeach . . . .that is it PUBLIC SERVANTS (JUDGES, CONGRESSMEN, PROSECUTORS) are constitutionally bound as are ALL AMERICANS to recognize an American Citizen is INNOCENT until PROVEN GUILTY . . . THE BIASED, MULE-HEADED MUELLAR’S “REPORT” CONCLUDED (1) NO COLLUSION (2) NO CONCLUSION ON OBSTRUCTION . . . NO CONCLUSION ON OBSTRUCTION ends the case!!!!!!! P.S. CONGRESS CAN DO WHAT IT WANTS VIS A VIS PRESIDENT TRUMP . . . CONGRESS DOES NOT NEED MUELLAR’S REPORT TO BEGIN AN IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDING . . . .MANY IN CONGRESS, AND YOU MATT AS I RECALL, WERE CALLING FOR THE IMPEACHMENT AND REMOVAL OF PRESIDENT TRUMP long ago, long before any Muellar Report was issued. A SUGGESTION: WHY NOT READ THE WRITINGS OF THOMAS SOWELL, PAT BUCHANAN, THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY, the late great BILL BUCKLEY, THOMAS PAINE, JEFFERSON, ADAMS AND THE FRAMERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION I read the biased NYT and Globe and W. Post . . .I regard lightly most of what I read there, recognizing the leftist biases. But why not open your mind to all the great Conservative writers, scholars, at the Conservative Think Tanks, and great conservative columnists, who do not share your liberal views? I don’t particularly like to use caps as a form of emphasis…..but this IS the funniest thing you have EVER typed on this blog. Matt’s illogic is colossally towering: Matt writes, ” insufficiency of the evidence came about because of the evidence that Trump obstructed the investigation.” NO ONE ON PLANET EARTH alleges that the insufficiency of evidence on ANY CHARGE (RUSSIAN COLLUSION, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE) was due to TRUMP’S obstruction of justice. Muellar’s report referencing nine areas where obstruction may have occurred. The AG and Rosenstein determined that evidence was weak, insufficient to bring any charge. Muellar says he was constrained from bringing an obstruction of justice charge because of an existing DOJ rule that a president cannot be criminally charged. So, we are to believe that rule does not hamper someone from alleging a president MAY HAVE committed a crime, but prevents someone from saying a president did commit or there was sufficient evidence he did commit a crime. Here’s where Muellar true B.S. shows . . .he was hired to determine whether the President criminally conspired, colluded, with the Russians to fix the campaing. Now, he claims even if he found that, he would have been constrained by that DOJ rule that says a sitting president cannot be charged with a crime. Muellar, a liberal Republican in the Bill Weld, Mitt Romney mold, assembled an all-liberal pro-Dem, pro-Hillary team of biased Investigators (not one republican, not one conservative) to investigate Trump and in Muellar’s report he cites the highly biased and disreputable and Trump-hating CNN, NYT, Wash Post 200 times. Muellar’s biases are glaring from the get go and still he finds nothing. Barr issues his summary of the report. Muellar writes a 4 page rebuttal, knowing that would be released (LEAKED) to his pals in the LEFTIST MEDIA. IT IS ALL FARCICAL. lOOK AT THE ALLEGATIONS OF OBSTRUCTION . . .THEY ARE LAUGHABLE . . . .AND, of course, Trump denies the underlying facts and allegations of some . . . Clinton didn’t deny anything . . .Clinton was caught red handed Trump is an innocent man, railroaded by the leftists in media and Congress. The TRUE VILLAINY HERE WAS THE GOVERNMENT, FBI, INTEL AGENCIES, ATTEMPT TO OVERTURN THE RESULTS OF AN AMERICAN ELECTION. WHO TRULY COLLUDED WITH THE RUSSIANS. HILLARY, WHO PAID FOR THE STEELE DOSSIER. HOW MUCH $$ DID BILL AND HILLARY GET FROM THE RUSKIES AND THEIR ALLIES . . . .URANIUM . . . . Finally, consider this. I SAW A REPORT, on tv and in the printed press, that said the entire amount of money spent by RUSSIANS on advertisements (neutral ads critical of domestic issues basically) was $160,000 . . . .compare that paltry sum to the Hillary Clinton campaign which spent $2,000,000,000 . . .that’s right, two billion Did some Russians try to interfere in our election? Yes/ and their impact was virtually NIL. Did the US spent 5 billion dollars to “re-orient” the Ukrainians to US and NATO positions, ideologies? Yes! Did the British spend money and send persons to the US to help the HIllary Clinton campaign? Yes. Simple question: What was Trump obstructing? The Daytona 500? The NCAA playoffs? Or was it Mueller’s Russian investigation. Trump was not obstructing anything Muellar offered evidence of obstruction, most of it really weak, and Muellar concluded based on his own intensive two years of investigation that he could not come to any CONCLUSION on obstruction. what President Trump, a layman, not a lawyer, was doing was reacting as any layman would to what he perceived were GROSS MISCARRIAGES OF JUST, GROSS ABUSES OF POWER, AN UNFAIR, HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED, TARGET ATTACK AGAINST HIMSELF . . In his layman’s mind, President Trump was trying to OBSTRUCT INJUSTICES EVERY AMERICAN, WHEN CONFRONTED WITH POWER ABUSING FEDS, FED PROSECUTORS, FED BLACK ROBES, FED LEAKERS, AND POWER ABUSING STATE PROSECUTORS, POWER ABUSING STATE JUDGES, POWER ABUSING STATE CLERKS, should stand up and freely without fear of hesitation do everything within their power to OBSTRUCT THE INJUSTICE, SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE POWER ABUSING OBSTRUCTERS OF JUSTICE, the three-piece suited and black-robed wolves in sheep’s clothing, the public servants who abuse power, like Comey and Muellar and the Jihadi Javerts in the Federal Prosecutors Office in Boston these last several decades, and their aiders and abettors in the Federal Judiciary and Federal Clerks’ Offices . . . To learn more, read mine and Walkowski’s six or seven books in toto, on the state of the law in the Boston area and beyond since forced busing (Paul Walkowski’s brilliant Affirmative Action/Affirmative Discrimination, Paul and mine From Trial Court on the St Pat’s Parade case, and start with mine The Fix, the Corruption of Massachusetts Courts and Agencies As Danny Ryan, Redskin, from Savin Hill, often said in Poker to his fellow players, laying down a game winning hand, a straight flush, “Read em and weep.” GOK says: Thanks, Matt. When Congress performs “its duty [to impeach]…,” then what? Maybe this: https://legalinsurrection.com/2019/05/mueller-breathed-life-into-democrat-impeachment-push-and-may-have-just-reelected-trump/ GOK:. It’s the Constitution. Win or lose given the Mueller findings Confess really had no choice. Starting an impeachment is a way to gather evidence and educate Americans .	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11472
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__label__wiki	0.671372	0.671372	Home Youth Courts in our communities: Systems change via the work of EDGAR CAHN & the CAHN COLLABORATIVE Youth Courts in our communities: Systems change via the work of EDGAR CAHN & the CAHN COLLABORATIVE Edgar Cahn discussed "true peer justice" and Youth Courts as part of a 4-hour CLE/Act 48 training at the Delaware County Bar Association on May 7, 2019. The 84-year-old founder of TimeBanking has devoted decades of his career to educational and juvenile justice reform. Recounting how the day before, he'd asked fourth grade students: "'Have you ever been subjected to something unfair?', over and over, they said, 'I've been bullied'" but didn't speak to an adult about it. The students "understand the basic concepts of justice" even at that young age, Cahn noted. Southeastern PA school districts with Youth Courts in place include Chester city, Upper Darby, Norristown, Cheltenham, Philadelphia and Methacton, primarily at the high school and middle school levels. Students are trained to serve as jurors, to ask questions of the student offender (respondent) about why s/he made the infraction, and how it affected the school, other students, etc. before determining a restorative punishment such as an apology to those affected, community service, and/or later service on a Youth Court jury. Interested in youth courts but missed the CLE at Delco Bar? On Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, the PA Council for the Social Studies (https://pcssonline.org) will hold a 6-hour Youth Courts session for both CLE and Act 48 credits. William L. Baldwin (at left), Executive Director of the Delaware County Bar Association & LASP Board of Directors; Shawn Boehringer, LASP Executive Director; Gregory L. Volz, Esq., member of the Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission Youth Court Advisory Committee; Brian Foster, Youth Court Trainer; Hon. Nathaniel C. Nichols, retired Court of Common Pleas judge, and primary judge for both Juvenile Dependency Court and Juvenile Delinquency Court in Delaware County from his election in 2011 to his retirement in 2018; Leslie Faith Jones, Esq., Policy & Advocacy Director, Montgomery County Public Defender's Office; Edgar Cahn, Esq., Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of District Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, TimeBanking creator and Youth Courts advocate; Kathy Smith, Harcum College Law & Justice Program Director & Visiting Scholar at Rendell Center for Civics & Civic Engagement; Dr. Christine K. Gray, Ph.D., TimeBanks USA board member who, together with her husband, Edgar Cahn, teaches courses and workshops on Co-Production, TimeBanking, and systems change at community, professional, and graduate schools; and David Keller Trevaskis, PA Bar Association Pro Bono Coordinator. Laurel House & LASP: Montgomery County partners on domestic violence & PFAs Shawn Boehringer, new Executive Director, brings a long career in civil legal services to Legal Aid of Southeastern PA Offering automatic record-sealing for many nonviolent misdemeanors, Clean Slate legislation becomes law in Pennsylvania VOCA grant to increase LASP assistance in PFA orders & other civil legal issues related to domestic violence 2018 Legal Aid Golf Classic 14th Annual TRIAL RUN 5K raises $16,825 for LASP Chester County legal services	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11479
__label__wiki	0.56484	0.56484	Search and create Best Practices, Resources, and Peer Reviews Home / Knowledge Base / Resources / State of Australia's Birds State of Australia's Birds By Christina Supples 14 January, 2016 - 20:43 The State of Australia’s Birds report series is one of Australia’s most comprehensive series tracking trends in bird populations and their health. First produced in 2003, the Reports are a go-to guide on the status of Australia’s bird populations, designed to inform decision making on land management, and direct conservation and policy that affects Australia’s birds and biodiversity. Thousands of volunteer citizen scientists around Australia make these reports possible, collecting and tracking the data that is used to identify threats and solutions. Launched in July 2015, this report marks the beginning of a new era in the series, introducing the ground-breaking Australian Bird Index. To download the publication, access the following link: http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/userfiles/file/sowb/countries/Australia... NBSAP Theme: Species and extinctions Was this article helpful? Please rate: Christina Supples Global Sixth National Report Technical Project Advisor, NBSAP Forum Manager Metadata For SDG 4_Metadata for the Proposed Global Indicators for the Review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development FAQs: Introduction À La Résilience Pour Le Développement \| 31 Octobre Au 27 Novembre 2017 Map the interactions between Sustainable Development Goals Equator Initiative Case Study - Couro Vegetal da Amazônia Essential Biodiversity Variables	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11483
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Publication rights licensed to ACM. $15.00. with more reflection, the value became more apparent and with the final challenge I really realized what I can take away from it—much more than I thought. (Final reflections, translated) Another goal of the course was to help students in understanding the rationale for our curriculum. Ways of Thinking in Informatics is part of an introductory/orientation phase of the program. By offering apriori meaning for many of the courses they visit later, we supply an opportunity to see purpose in the curriculum. We ran this course in its entirety for the first time during winter semester 2017. With over 800 registered students, it has been a tremendous challenge, not only to design the content and the pedagogical approach, but also to find innovative solutions to the logistics of teaching such large numbers of students. We can confidently say this experiment has been a success as evidenced by the largely positive feedback we received from students. What the longer-term impact is—that is, the ways in which we enabled students to think differently about what they will learn in the remainder of their studies—remains to be seen, but we are inspired by the students’ engagement with this course, and are hopeful that it has created a new quality of foundations to their studies. As computer scientists and educators, we also are humbled to be given the opportunity to plant this seed in so many students at a crucial juncture of their development—at the start of their studies. While the task to teach a new introductory course in informatics to hundreds of students hardly ever draws many volunteers among a faculty, our experience was that it results in no small gratification to have made a, maybe small, but significant difference in shaping what so many future technologists see as their role in the world. We invite everyone to leave inline comments on any part of the full syllabus at http://wot.pubpub.org References 1. Biggs, J. Enhancing teaching through constructive alignment. Higher Education 32, 3 (1996), 347–364. 2. Buxton, B. Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design. Morgan Kaufmann, 2007, ISBN 978-0123740373. We believe that is to a great extent determined by the diverse and holistic ways you are enabled a subject matter.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11486
__label__cc	0.712204	0.287796	RTC:Rural The University of Montana Rural Institute The University of Montana Page Accessibility Montana Disability & Health Community Planning Group Disability Advisors MT Department of Public Health & Human Services Research & Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities National Center on Birth Defects & Developmental Disabilities Amputee Coalition of America Special Olympics, Inc. The Arc \| HealthMeet The National Center on Physical Activity & Disability (NCHPAD) Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Living Well With a Disability Resources for Montanans with Disabilities Resources for Professionals & Service Providers Disability & Health Data Resources on Demographics & Statistics Montana Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Montana Office of Public Instruction (OPI) U.S. DHHS Health System Management Project All of Us Research Project The Wellness Club An Intervention to Promote the Health and Wellness of Adults with Developmental Disabilities Living in Supported Arrangements “The environment where [individuals with mental retardation] live, work, learn, and socialize should offer opportunities to support and reinforce healthy lifestyles.” (U.S. Surgeon General, 2002) There has been an explosion of interest in the health and wellness of people with disabilities. Recently, this interest has extended to those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The national agenda for the health of Americans has established objectives for improving the health of this population. Researchers at The University of Montana have been conducting research into the prevention of secondary conditions experienced by people with disabilities since 1988. The GOAL of this project was to develop, demonstrate, and evaluate the effectiveness of The Wellness Club, a new program designed to promote the health and wellness of adults with developmental disabilities living in supported living arrangements through the prevention and management of secondary conditions. The Wellness Club was a model program for organizing in-home services and supports to prevent and manage secondary conditions. It was designed to establish and maintain healthy lifestyles using behavioral methods appropriate to the population of adults with developmental disabilities served in supported living arrangements. The Wellness Club consisted of general health education and materials for providers and consumers, global assessment procedures for individual planning, functional assessments for individual treatment plan design, standard mechanisms for prompting and reinforcing healthy life-style behavior, self-monitoring, and evaluation measures and procedures. We designed the Wellness Club to fit seamlessly into community programs providing supported living services. This research produced a how-to procedures manual for use by staff operating supported living programs and a manual for use by supervisory staff on how to organize the environment to promote healthy behavior, how to orient new staff, and how to evaluate the effectiveness of their efforts. The Wellness Club included Computer Assisted Continuous Individual Treatment and Evaluation (CACITE) as an optional program component. This system allowed staff and consumers to review health education information updated on CDs. It also permitted consumers to use the computer to self-monitor their individualized Wellness Club plan We developed a surveillance and program planning model Behavioral Health Monitoring and Promotion System (BHMPS). In this model, The Wellness Club was embedded into the surveillance system and was the intervention component of the BHMPS. At the local level, service providers conducted health education, screened individuals for areas of concern, assessed health status to determine needs, developed treatment plans, implemented plans, maintained gains, and evaluated progress. The loop was closed when annual surveillance was again conducted. Designing for Dissemination The Wellness Club was designed for dissemination to the national network of supported living programs. As such, it was designed to be cost-effective and to fit into the system of rules and regulations regarding treatment and services of adults with developmental disabilities. It was based on behavior modification techniques and procedures that have consistently been shown to be effective and that are widely used as the basis of treatment services in the national network of supported living programs. Further, The Wellness Club relied on resources readily available at the local level and emphasizes structuring the treatment and service environment with minimal emphasis on staff training; thus addressing the staff turn-over problem. Finally, it provided for individual service planning and evaluation. Detailed Description of the Intervention “Johnson lost 50 pounds when he moved in. ‘He’s got more activities going (now) than you or I do,’ said his brother. ‘They’re so busy. He just loves that, to get out and about.’” (Ginny Merriam, Missoulian, p. E1, May 4, 2003). Recently, applied behavior analysis has been shown as an effective strategy for establishing and maintaining healthy behavioral repertoires among the general population (e.g., Green & Kreuter, 1991). Few, if any studies, however, have reported combining behavioral techniques to promoting health, or preventing and managing secondary conditions among adults with developmental disabilities. The Wellness Club provided a system based on behavioral procedures to help adults with developmental disabilities living in supported arrangements prevent and manage secondary conditions. The Wellness Club was an organized program that engaged consumers of supported living arrangements in a process of managing their health to prevent secondary conditions and maximize their abilities. It was offered in the context of the residence and with the support of personal assistants, direct service staff, and case managers. Consumers who enrolled in The Wellness Club program agreed to work on two or more health objectives and to participate in the structured activities of The Wellness Club, including setting personal goals, providing data, self-monitoring, receiving feedback, and participating in social support meetings Residential service providers assisted consumers in determining relevant personal goals, developing a program with specific short-term objectives, and support activities designed to achieve the objectives. They provided prompts and reinforcement for targeted health behaviors. Research staff provided orientation to The Wellness Club in both the pilot and study sites, utilizing The Wellness Club Handbook as the text for these instructional sessions. Research staff also provided technical assistance in program development, where appropriate. Finally, research staff also collected data needed for research purposes. At the local program level, direct service staff screened consumers for important risk factors. This screening led to the development of Individual Health Plan objectives as part of the formal individual plan (IP) of service. Staff designed behavioral programs to achieve consumers’ health objectives. These programs were implemented and evaluated as other such programs in the IP. Finally, the loop was closed when surveillance system data were again collected for the population. This allowed for evaluation of the impact of The Wellness Club and the establishment of new systems priorities. The Wellness Club was a system designed to increase the probability of healthy behavior through a structured system of reinforcement. The intervention consisted of seven major programmatic components, including: (1) promoting health awareness among consumers and staff, (2) screening for areas of potential health concerns, (3) evaluating individual health status and need, (4) developing individualized Wellness Club plans, (5) implementing individual health plans through programs of prompting and reinforcement for healthy behavior, (6) monitoring health behavior and improvements, and (7) maintaining and evaluating gains. As such, The Wellness Club constituted an evidence-based, health behavior approach to prevent and manage secondary conditions that is compatible with the national system of supported living programs. Experimental Design and Evaluation We evaluated The Wellness Club at three levels. First, we evaluated the effectiveness of the specific intervention procedures in establishing and maintaining healthy behavioral repertoires specifically designed to change lifestyle. These included, for example, reinforcement procedures individually tailored to increase levels of physical activity, improve nutritional habits (e.g., achieve and maintain desired weight), improve oral health and personal hygiene, and address emotional health. These evaluations involved single-subject research designs. Second, we evaluated the effectiveness of life-style changes on health status using three global measures of health. Third, we assessed the social validity of the program through qualitative interviews with participants. Collaborators and Partners Researchers from the University of Montana and the University of Kansas worked with two local community service organizations in their communities, Opportunity Resources of Missoula, Montana and Community Living Opportunities of Lawrence, Kansas. In addition, researchers worked with Health Risk Appraisal, Inc to explore the application of HRA within this context. Finally, the project had several advisors in each state, as well as national experts, who provided advice and guidance throughout the course of the project. Accessibility Ambassadors Accessible Health Care Visit-ability Making Materials Accessible Disability and Health Updates Public Health Competencies for Inclusion Health & Intellectual Disability Living Well & Working Well with a Disability 52 Corbin Hall meg.traci@mso.umt.edu UM Rural Institute The University of MT © copyrighted by the Montana Disability and Health Program Montana Disability and Health Program Living Well and Working Well with A Disability New Directions Wellness Center MTDH	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11488
__label__wiki	0.902275	0.902275	Add to queue and play Clean queue and play Be My Lover Frenchie Davis An American Idol - Best Of Sweet Dreams Frenchie Davis An American Idol - Best Of You Are Frenchie Davis Sugarhouse Divas Love's Got a Hold On Me - Main Frenchie Davis Love's Got a Hold On Me Hot Stuff Frenchie Davis An American Idol - Best Of Cash For Your Trash (2009 Album Version) Frenchie Davis Ain't Misbehavin': The 30th Anniversary Cast Recording Stand (By Me) - Original Mix Frenchie Davis Stand (By Me) When Love Takes Over - The Voice Performance Frenchie Davis When Love Takes Over (The Voice Performance) Million Dollar Bill Frenchie Davis An American Idol - Best Of Stand (By Me) - Vocal Intro Frenchie Davis Stand (By Me) Aly & AJ Meav Meav Ni Mhaolchatha Rebekah Samarin Marcia Griffiths & Bounty Killer Sahara Smith Serena Lauren Deb Talan Deb Callahan Wendy Rene Donna Lynn Niamh Kavanagh & Gerry Carney Pia Toscano Lisa Hannigan Tamyra Gray Clair Marlo Patsy Moore Megan Joy Beryl Davis Linda Eder Filippa Giordano The story of Frenchie Davis is one of greatness threaded with many details. Though hard to summarize, the short version would be... Songbird Frenchie Davis was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Los Angeles, CA where she started her musical journey performing in plays throughout her school years, eventually deciding to audition for the second season of the groundbreaking FOX show American Idol. Her success on the show launched the Howard University alum's rise to fame rather quickly and she has been progressing ever since. Frenchie moved on to join the Broadway cast of the hit show Rent and played the role of Effie White in Dream Girls, leading to four wonderful years on Broadway, eventually becoming a Grammy nominated artist for her involvement in the revival of Ain't Misbehavin. Recently, the singing starlet joined Team Christina on NBC's hit show The Voice, becoming one of the Top Four Finalists. Her cover of "When Love Takes Over" landed at #3 on the iTunes Dance Chart, launching her undeniable talent into the national spotlight yet again. Frenchie has now ventured out and established her own label, FDMG (Frenchie Davis Music Group), building a team of professionals to hit the road at high speed. She teamed up with international singer/songwriter Janice Robinson (Ashley Tisdale, Deborah Cox) to record her first smash single "Love's Got A Hold of Me," produced by rising star Marco Borrero. The song will be featured on Frenchie's upcoming debut "dance pop" EP. An epic Mad Max style video directed by Ch'an Andre and Brian Friedman (Britney Spears) will accompany the incredible single that will drop in September. The songbird also plans to release a solo Christmas album and is in talks to develop a plus-size lingerie line. With a career most people only dream about, a loyal fan base that increases every day, and a passionate love for life, Frenchie is a beacon of positivity wherever she goes."I want to live my life to inspire people to be brave and courageous," says Frenchie, "to believe in themselves and never take no for answer." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11490
__label__cc	0.546109	0.453891	Tag: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Jen Cloher, Amy Shark, Gang of Youths & more up for APRA Song of the Year January 12, 2018 / Sosefina Fuamoli The APRA Song of the Year nominees have been revealed this week, with 20 tunes penned by Australian songwriters up for the main title. With the results being announced in Sydney in April, the APRA Song of the Year has been decided upon by a panel of industry judges, whose task it is to now whittle… The 20 Best Australian Albums of 2017! December 21, 2017 / Sosefina Fuamoli There’s no mistaking it, 2017 has been a stellar year for Australian music. We’ve seen Aussies surge forward internationally, while the term ‘household name’ has never been truer for some as this year has rolled out. As we approach the end of 2017, we’ve put together our annual End Of list, representing the 20 Best Australian… Jen Cloher, Alex Lahey, Gang of Youths & more make the longlist for the Australian Music Prize December 6, 2017 / Sosefina Fuamoli The longlist for the 13th Australian Music Prize has been unveiled, following an official event in Melbourne overnight that saw three of the nominees perform, and a selection of the longlist announced by a line up of special guests. At The National Hotel in Richmond, RocKwiz’s Brian Nankervis and The Jezabels‘ Sam Lockwood hosted the AMP event, that saw Jen… Paul Kelly & Gang of Youths lead 2017 ARIA Award nominations Aaaand the countdown to the 2017 ARIA Awards is officially on, with not only the full list of nominees announced in Sydney today, but also the winners of the Fine Arts, Artisan and Comedy categories revealed too. Statistically speaking, 2017 is Paul Kelly and Gang of Youths‘ year, with both artists striking out against the pack with Kelly… 13 non-headliners that are going to absolutely slay at Splendour ’17 July 20, 2017 / Chris Singh Got your Splendour schedule locked in? You might want to leave a few spots open. One of Australia’s biggest and best music festivals is a gold mine when it comes to discovering new music or watching that mid-card act completely own the entire festival and make you wonder why they weren’t top-billed in the first… The 20 Best Albums of 2017 (So Far) from Australia and Around the World July 4, 2017 / Sosefina Fuamoli Shockingly, we find ourselves in the second half of 2017 already. In terms of new music, we’ve been hit with some heavy releases from some of pop music’s biggest names, while some of our favourite Australian artists have come out swinging with impressive album and EP releases all their own. As the first week of… Photo Gallery: St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival – Harts Mill, Port Adelaide (03.02.17) February 4, 2017 / Lauren Connelly The St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival pulled up into Harts Mill in Port Adelaide yesterday, the first stop of the epic three-day run of events to see out the 2017 tour. The sun beat down strongly on the riverside location, with artists including Julia Jacklin, Camp Cope and Car Seat Headrest facing the rays like champions. With the evening program consisting… NGAIIRE, Camp Cope, Tash Sultana take multiple nominations in this year’s AU Awards! With just a few weeks left in 2016, the Australian music industry is by no means slowing down and heading into any type of hibernation for the holidays. With our summer festival season just ramping up, the last few months seem to have been all about celebrating some amazing talent doing amazing things both in the studio… Album News Weekly: 24th November 2016 November 25, 2016 / Lucy Regter This week in album news, we hear the first hypnotic/insane offering from one of the four King Gizzard & The Wizard Lizard albums we’re expecting next year, Iranianian-born Dutch songwriter Sevdaliza haunts us with her minimalist electronic-pop and LA dream Molly Burch gives us a classic 70’s throwback with her charming indie-pop, plus more… LOYLE CARNER This… Summer is well on its way in Australia and what better way to celebrate the best season of the year than attending the Fairgrounds Festival in Berry? The festival is held on the first weekend of summer across two days, hosting 18 musical artists who will showcase some of their best music. If you’re off… D.D Dumbo’s Utopia Defeated named Australian Album of the Year at 2016 J Awards November 17, 2016 / Sosefina Fuamoli As part of triple j’s Ausmusic Month, the annual J Awards were announced in Melbourne this afternoon, with D.D Dumbo emerging supreme as winner of Australian Album of the Year for his acclaimed 2016 release Utopia Defeated. Also crowned winners at the ceremony today were Tash Sultana (Unearthed Artist of the Year) and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, who nabbed both the… Album Review: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard “Nonagon Infinity” (2016 LP) May 16, 2016 / Thomas Flynn Melbourne seven-piece outfit King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have just released their eighth full-length release, Nonagon Infinity, and it is nothing short of pure madness. Although typically referred to as a psychedelic rock group, the septet have been here, there and everywhere over the course of their relatively short musical career (for a group with… Splendour line up drops; The Strokes, The Cure & The Avalanches lead 2016 bill! April 13, 2016 / Sosefina Fuamoli Well, god damn. After weeks of speculation, triple j today announced the line up for the 2016 Splendour in the Grass festival and it is huge. Headlining the Byron Bay event this July 22nd – July 24th at The Strokes, while rumoured headliners The Cure have also been confirmed. The Avalanches, who sparked excitement yesterday with updates to their social media channels,… Photo Gallery: Falls Festival – Marion Bay, Tasmania (29.12.15 – 01.01.16) January 5, 2016 / Belinda Dipalo Down in the picturesque surrounds of Marion Bay, an hour or so out of Hobart, the Falls Festival was held for another year; idyllic, entertaining as hell and encompassing a great festival atmosphere, the artists and crowd alike were guaranteed a surefire success of a New Year’s Eve roll over. Belinda Dipalo headed down to… Photo Gallery: Falls Festival (Day Two) – North Byron Parklands, Byron Bay (01.01.16) January 4, 2016 / Kerrie Geier New Year’s Day in Byron Bay had a diverse line up in store for Falls Festival punters, with the likes of Paul Kelly and the Merri Soul Sessions, Meg Mac, Courtney Barnett, Bloc Party and more smashing out some killer sets! Kerrie brings us photos from across the day and night music program, taking in…	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11491
__label__wiki	0.787143	0.787143	Home News Top PlayStation announcements from The Game Awards 2018 Top PlayStation announcements from The Game Awards 2018 Hit after hit after hit. This week, The Game Awards 2018 took place in California. The evening was filled with news, first looks, and plenty of surprises. Obsidian Entertainment revealed The Outer Worlds and God of War took home the award for Game of the Year. You can read about all of the PlayStation-related announcements at the celebration below. Journey to the Savage Planet Journey to the Savage Planet is an adventure game which should launch on PlayStation 4 and other platforms. The Stanley Parable is coming to consoles with new endings in 2019. Rocket League just got McLaren cars. Far Cry: New Dawn launches on February 15, 2019. Hades is from the makers of Bastion and Transistor. It’s coming to the Epic Games Store today in early access. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey launches in 2019 and is all about playing as the distant genetic relatives of humans. You explore the world and survive. Scavengers is an adventure game from Josh Holmes, the former creative lead for Halo. It focuses on surviving in a winter wasteland. Shadow of the Tomb Raider has a free trial on PlayStation 4 and other platforms now. There’s a new chapter coming to Dead by Daylight alongside dedicated servers. Anthem is coming out in February 2019, and BioWare released a new trailer focusing on the story. Crash Team Racing remaster was announced for PlayStation 4 and other platforms. It’s going to launch on June 21, 2019. The Outer Worlds is a first-person role-playing game from Obsidian Entertainment. It’s coming to PlayStation 4 and other platforms in 2019. Dauntless is getting cross-play between Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 other platforms in 2019. The Last Campfire The Last Campfire looks like an experience along the lines of The Flame in the Flood. It’s made by No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games. The Pathless A new game from the creators of Abzu was announced. A new snow map is coming to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds on PlayStation 4 in January 2019. Atlas is an open-world survival game which combines a lot of genres. It’s coming to PC on December 13, 2018. Dragon Age 4 was teased with a cryptic "The Dread Wolf Rises" trailer. We know absolutely nothing about the game. Stranger Things is still getting a game, which will land on PlayStation 4. Mortal Kombat 11 launches on April 23, 2019. It’s going to be as gory as ever. Psychonauts 2 is coming in 2019. Devil May Cry 5 is launching a demof first on Xbox One tomorrow and PlayStation 4 at a later date. Fortnite: Season 7 is now available across all platforms. Fortnite: The Block was also teased during the event. The area features the best content from creators. Rage 2 got a new trailer at the event and will be releasing on May 14, 2019. PlayStation 4 games won a lot of awards at The Game Awards 2018 too. You can see a list of them all below. Game of the Year: God of War Best Action Game: Dead Cells Best Role-Playing Game: Monster Hunter World Best Esports Game: Overwatch Best Narrative: Red Dead Redemption 2 Best Performance: Roger Clark for Red Dead Redemption 2 Best Score: Red Dead Redemption 2 Best Audio Design: Red Dead Redemption 2 Best Fighting Game: Dragon Ball FighterZ Best Family Game: Overcooked 2 Best Independent Game: Celeste Games for Impact Award: Celeste Best Action/Adventure Game: God of War Best Ongoing Game: Fortnite Best Multiplayer Game: Fortnite These were all of the PlayStation-related game announcements from The Game Awards 2018. A lot of great experiences are coming to Sony’s platforms in the coming months from various developers, and hopefully, you’re as excited as we are for titles like Anthem and Rage 2 like we are! PS4 vs. PS4 Slim vs. PS4 Pro: Which should you buy? PlayStation VR Review Playing PS4 games through your phone is awesome December 6, 2018 at 07:41PM Previous articleVerizon has launched RCS Chat on the Pixel 3 series Next articlePandora Podcasts now available, with focus on Discovery Google brings Ramadan-related features to Search, other apps nxupdate - May 16, 2018 Meizu ZERO button smartphone doesn’t have any button or port Germany bans smartwatches targeted towards kids over privacy concerns Oppo R17 Pro brings its insanely fast charging and triple camera to India nxupdate - December 5, 2018 HTC U12 render shows off display with hardly any bezels nxupdate - January 3, 2018 Bluetooth headphones or wired headphones with a dongle? (Poll of the Week) This week in Android: It’s weird phone week Xiaomi Mi 8 is official: Everything you need to know	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11500
__label__wiki	0.610095	0.610095	MML#1: Officials Learn Basics of Being a Good Public Servant (Crystal A. Proxmire, March 6, 2018) Frankenmuth, MI – For Bob Slattery, former Mayor of Mt. Morris, a life of public service is “the perfect life.” And as a past President of Michigan Municipal League and an ongoing educator for elected officials, he’s been able to share his passion for local governance. On Feb. 23 he helped inspire officials from across the state who gathered in Frankenmuth for MML’s Elected Officials Academy weekend training. Among those in the audience were several from Oakland County, including officials from Oak Park, Pontiac, Village of Holly, Hazel Park, Madison Heights, Troy, Rochester, Rochester Hills, Walled Lake, Royal Oak and Orchard Lake. Socrates touted two key components to the perfect life which Slattery used as the basis for his own: “You get involved with your community, and you lead a contemplative life,” he said. Representing residents in local government is a way to do both. Throughout the presentation Slattery reminded officials that their job is to serve people. “Don’t be a politician, be a statesman,” he said. “You should go in the background. It’s not about you it’s about the community.” However, elected officials do need to be aware that they represent the community. He quoted former Mayor of Dearborn Mike Guido who said “The Mayor is the head cheerleader of the city, and this is the most important role…Help residents feel good about where they invested their lives.” There are many responsibilities of officials, which Slattery broke down into seven points: Act legally, act ethically Know the laws and know your role Know your authority, and it’s sources Know and observe sunshine laws (FOIA, Open Meetings Act) Use resources available to you Be the leader you were elected to be Raise the bar (for everyone) Civility and ethics are important for both practical reasons and legal ones. Slattery suggested that officials learn how to “disagree without being disagreeable,” to treat everybody with respect and make sure everyone is heard. The concept of compromise is also important. “Concensus means that something may not be my first choice, but it will work and I can live with it.” Other sage advice: “Listen to people. Consider all viewpoints, especially those you disagree with, because you may learn something.” He also recommended that officials never criticize each other in public. From a legal perspective, knowing about “conflict of interest,” is a fundamental must. PA 317 or 1968 and PA 196 of 1973 deal with conflict of interest. PA 317 calls upon officials to recluse themselves if votes involve a personal interest. For example if someone works for a company that the city makes purchases from, that official should not vote on that contract. PS 196 means that officials cannot accept gifts or benefit personally from votes. Sunshine laws are also a basic component of local governance. The public has a right to access public documents and to be present at meetings. “Deliberations and discussions must be made in public,” he said. “There are few exceptions.” Exceptions include discussions with attorneys regarding litigation, discussions about property purchases and sales when public discussion could hinder negotiations, and discussions about personnel unless the employee wishes the discussion to be done in public. Even when closed session is applicable, any final discussion and decision must be made in public. These laws apply to all public bodies, for example the planning commission and housing commission, as well as other entities like school boards, library boards, DDA boards etc. A common question is if officials can meet outside of meetings. Slattery said that social gatherings and attendance at other meetings is permissible as long as they are not “deliberating to a decision” of public policy. He also said that meetings must be posted and that minutes taken must be available to the board and the public at the next meeting. The three hour session also covered more of the basics of local governance such as understanding a Charter and what rights municipalities have versus what laws are made at the state level. He also talked about the value of having goals, setting the budget and understanding taxes. The Michigan Municipal League offers many resources for elected officials, including the Elected Officials Academy where Slatttery spoke. This article is the first in a series of articles about the MML weekend training. If you aren’t already on our list for Daily Headlines, please sign up HERE so you won’t miss any of this exciting and informative series! For more on Michigan Municipal League, check out their website at http://www.mml.org.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11501
__label__cc	0.579264	0.420736	Selection before backcross during exotic germplasm introgression Ochanda, N and Yua, J and Bramel, P J and Menkir, A and Tuinstra, M R and Witt, M D (2009) Selection before backcross during exotic germplasm introgression. Field Crops Research, 112 (1). pp. 37-42. ISSN 0378-4290 Restricted to ICRISAT users only Introgression of genes from exotic germplasm into breeding populations can broaden the genetic base of crop improvement. Only a very small percentage of genetic variability has been used in crop breeding programs. Traditionally, F1 plants are used to backcross to the adapted lines or populations. An alternative approach is to backcross the F2 individuals selected for agronomic acceptability. Our objective was to determine whether selection before backcross would lead to more progenies with both high yield and acceptable levels of agronomic performance than direct backcross without selection. To test the feasibility of the proposed approach, we conducted parallel experiments in which two exotic sorghum accessions were crossed to two adapted sorghum parents and further backcrossing was conducted with either F1 or selected F2 plants. Fifty random S1 families were evaluated in three test environments. Although selection before backcross resulted in a higher frequency of families with maturity equal to or earlier than those of the adapted parents, no consistent changes in grain yield and plant height were observed between populations with and without selection. Similar results were found with either an inbred or a population as the recurrent parents. Given these findings and the extra generation required, we do not recommend selection before backcross in the process of introgression of exotic germplasm. CRP: Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics Library ICRISAT http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/401 Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2009.01.012 Acknowledgement: OAR@ICRISAT is powered by EPrints 3 which is developed by the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. More information and software credits.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11502
__label__cc	0.625559	0.374441	NFL Talk » Free Agency (Moderator: LMG) » TT doesn't sign free agents Author Topic: TT doesn't sign free agents (Read 17310 times) Antonio Andolini It has been shouted from the rooftops by Packer fans for years, "TT doesn't sign free agents". The biggest problem I have with this is that it is actually not true. TT signs free agents all the time, they just happen to be our own players. Why doesn't this count? Maybe because it isn't a change from what we had in the previous year. Change for the sake of change is not a recipe for success and there is something to be said for consistency and stability. Besides, the Packers under TT guidance haven't been cheap, we usually spend right up to the cap just like most everyone else. TT has a proven track record of drafting really well, arguably better than any other GM in the league. Our coaching staff has done a great job of coaching those players and putting them in a position to succeed. When these players have played out their rookie contracts, TT has shown a commitment to signing them to well paying veteran contracts. This is an important part of developing the young talent, they have to know that they will be valued and rewarded for their hard work. If TT had a lower success rate of acquiring talented players through the draft, he would be forced to fix that problem by signing free agents out on the open market. This is actually what most other teams are doing, trying to fix draft mistakes and fill the holes those mistakes have created. There is greater risk in doing it that way, the biggest being, will those highly paid players be as successful in their new environment, in a new scheme, with new coaches and teammates? TT has done a great job of balancing out the roster with talented young players and highly paid veterans that have a proven track record of production. When he arrived in Green Bay, he inherited an aging roster that was up against the cap with very few young ascending players to point to. He kept important veterans like Clifton, Tauscher, Kampman, Harris, and Driver and also added FREE AGENTS Woodson and Pickett. He then started filling the roster with talented draft picks. When those young players had proven themselves he extended them. He has also gotten players to accept slightly less than they could get on the open market(Jennings, Nelson, Sitton, T. Williams) by extending them before they reach free agency, something you can only do with your own players. Yes no one is perfect and most would agree that Hawk is over paid for what he brings to the table. Everybody would like to have their team add elite play makers in the off season but we are all under the same salary cap restrictions. Spending your allocated money wisely is extremely important for every team. TT and his staff have done a masterful job of this and have kept us out of "cap hell". His job in this area is going to get more difficult in the coming years as several more of our own very good players are going to be looking to get big raises. A lot of team's fans get extremely excited about their team signing a marquee/Pro Bowl player in the off season. It energizes what is otherwise a dull part of the football year, giving everyone months of thinking about how great this new expensive player is going to be. It doesn't always work out that way. There is a long list of high priced free agent busts. So far TT's success rate at signing our own players has been very good. We also haven't been forced to let any of our own young talented players leave in free agency because we couldn't fit them under the cap. TT does sign free agents, its just that not many of them come from other team's rosters. JimATX Re: TT doesn't sign free agents We like 'em shiny, new, and improved. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. Pugger TT doesn't sign many name FAs but he isn't opposed to signing UDFAs. We've found a couple of gems this way (Sheilds and Barclay e.g.). AldenRoche Quote from: Pugger on January 27, 2013, 09:53:46 AM TT has not signed any NAME free agents since 2006 (unless you count an obviously over-the-hill Saturday or past his prime Benson, both of who had NAMES but came on the cheap). TT also has not traded for a single NFL veteran player since 2007 (when he got Ryan Grant for a 7th round pick). The record reveals TT has an aversion to adding NFL VETERAN talent to the team. I certainly agree that he does, however, seem to relish signing undrafted/street free agents like Shields, T. Williams, D. Harris, D. Barclay and E. Walden. realitybytes Quote from: Antonio Andolini on January 26, 2013, 03:11:47 PM TT has a proven track record of drafting really well, arguably better than any other GM in the league. ... yeah, i would definitely argue with that. ted has a less than stellar success rate in rounds 1-3 where expectations are high, and does a pretty decent job of finding players in rounds 4-7, where less is expected. but these are not blue-chip players. these are guys who make the roster and oftentimes end up starting because we have no other choice. Quote from: AldenRoche on January 27, 2013, 11:20:55 AM this is much closer to the truth. the only time thompson dabbles in free agency or a trade is when he is absolutely certain he is getting a blue-light special. it has to be a downright steal before he will take the deal. "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Quote from: realitybytes on January 27, 2013, 12:05:48 PM AJ Hawk Greg Jennings James Jones Jermichael Finley BJ Raji Brian Bulaga Mike Neal Morgan Burnett Derek Sherrod Randal Cobb Nick Perry Jerel Worthy Casey Hayward Not exactly "less than stellar", the draft is an inexact science and nobody bats a 1.000. Yes he has missed on a few but that list looks like the core of our team to me. Considering that we are usually drafting toward the end of each round, TT has done a masterful job of selecting players with talent, that fit our scheme, have a strong work ethic, and are good team mates. Not an easy thing to do. Josh Sitton, TJ Lang, and Desmond Bishop are also really good later rd picks. You can also include Sam Shields to this list since acquiring UDFAs falls under the draft evaluation process. « Last Edit: January 27, 2013, 01:52:44 PM by Antonio Andolini » i'll start with the obvious: justin harrell brian brohm pat lee terrence murphy aaron rouse abdul hodge jason spitz brandon jackson now, let's look at your list of guys that you think have lived up to round 1-3 status: Aaron Rodgers - best in the biz. no argument. Nick Collins - blue chip for sure. tragic loss. AJ Hawk - not even close to living up to a top ten draft pick. not a playmaker. a good low 2nd/high 3rd third round talent. Greg Jennings - i'm very borderline on this, but i'll give it to you. James Jones - great value for a third round pick. Jordy Nelson - i like him. he's turned out better than many thought he would. Jermichael Finley - vastly overrated and not even close to living up to the hype. BJ Raji - he had a couple good years, but i'm beginning to have doubts. Clay Matthews - blue chip for sure. Brian Bulaga - good, but has durability issues (missed nearly 25% of possible games). Mike Neal - really??? a guy who has played in 20 out of a possible 48 regular season games? Morgan Burnett - another guy that i'm on the fence about. he looked good when he was playing with collins, but since then ? out of these next five guys, only one has played two full seasons. three of them haven't even made it through one full season. how can you even judge them? Derek Sherrod - really? ? based on what? Randal Cobb - appears to be a good value pick. Nick Perry - haven't seen anything that makes me believe this was a good pick yet. Jerel Worthy - worthy of a 2nd round pick? maybe. tough to tell. 14 tackles in 14 games. Casey Hayward - based on what we saw this season, this looks like a good value pick. the only other round 1-3 picks were alex green and darren colledge. i don't think either one has lived up to their draft status, but that is debatable. in my opinion, and i want to stress the word "opinion", these are very mediocre results for the 27 picks that ted thompson has had to work with in rounds 1-3. « Last Edit: January 27, 2013, 02:36:17 PM by realitybytes » You are entitled to your opinion and I have agreed with a lot of what you have posted in the past, but we clearly disagree on this subject. The 1st list of busts I'll give you. 8 busts out of 27 picks in the top 3 rds still rates TT in the elite GM category just on that batting average alone. Most GMs would love to have that success rate. The great draft guru Bill Belichik has a much higher strikeout rate in the first 3 rds (thanks for CMIII and Casey Hayward Bill!) I will say that J Spitz and B Jackson were both productive players for us, yes more was hoped for but they weren't complete busts. Hawk-no he is not elite, but when he was drafted he was considered one of the safest, most NFL ready players in the draft. I have always contended that if he was a 2nd rd pick he would be a fan favorite, much like Demeco Ryans and D'Qwell Jackson are for their respective teams. Hawk has never missed a game due to injury and he is one of few LBs who have successfully made the transition from the 4/3 to the 3/4. Jennings-our best receiver for the last 5 yrs, actually deserved to go to the Pro Bowls he went to, and is generally considered to be one of the top 5 WRs in the league and he was taken in the 2nd rd. If that draft were redone not only would he be taken ahead of every WR taken ahead of him, I guarantee he would be a top 10 pick. But you're "borderline" on him as a good pick. WOW! What does it take to impress you? Would we have had anywhere close to the success that we have had without him on our team the last 7 yrs? Finley-"vastly overrated and not even close to living up to the hype" would be a fair assessment if he was a top 10 pick. He has produced better than any 3rd rd TE in a long time. Yes he is our head case player but he also just set a team record for TE production in a season. I'll take this type of talent from TT in the 3rd rd all day long. I agree that it is too early to accurately evaluate the last 2 drafts but: Cobb-"a good value pick" Truly high praise from you. An electrifying young slot receiver that has most analysts and fans excited about what is to come. Would he get out of the 1st rd if there was a do over? Not bad for the last pick in the 2nd rd. Hayward-"a good value pick" again I think he rates higher than that faint praise. 5th in INTs in the league, didn't give up a TD pass, and held QBs to one of the leagues lowest rating when throwing at the WR he is covering. His stats rate him as one of the top shut down corners in the league, so does the eye test. TT moved up to get him when most "experts" had a lower rating on him. vegas492 Careful on Finley. Plenty of stud TE's go in the third round or later. Top of my head... Jimmy Graham, third round. Aaron Hernandez, third round. Jason Witten, third round. Antonio Gates, undrafted. Jared Cook, third round. Dennis Pitta, fourth round. Owen Daniels, fourth round. Finley was a stud before the injury. Not so much afterwards. Terranimal terrence murphy-was looking good until the injury and forced to retire like Collins jason spitz- Another player that was making the turn, until back surgery Greg Jennings - i'm very borderline on this, but i'll give it to you. How can you be borderline on Jennings? ?? He's been a top 10 NFL WR. Colledge was always under-rated by Pack fans. He got big money from the Cards and is one of or their best OL currently. IMO, Thompson has done better in the first 3 rounds then Wolf did when RW was here. Really the one pick questioned from the start and was sadly proven right on was Justin Harrell. Hawk's draft was different. There wasn't much for choices when we picked, though really like Veron Davis, but it took him a few years to catch on. How does that compare to other GMs? If you were to take who you would consider the best drafting GMs in the business (say Ozzie Newsome, or someone else who's done it for a while) and did the same excercize, would it look a lot better, I wonder? I honestly don't know. I want to say half of the players picked in the top 10 of drafts are busts or close to busts. So it's probably crazy to expect that kind of success rate for the top 3 ROUNDS. But maybe you can show me a GM who does hit on that many. I also think that in comparing TT's hits and misses on his draft choices, you have to factor in his disdain for acquiring veteran talent through free agency or trades the past 6 years. Whatever Ozzie Newsome's record as a drafter, the Ravens free agent acquisitions of Jacoby Jones (who caught the Hail Mary TD against the Broncos), Bernard Pollard (who literally knocked out the Patriots last hope with his crushing blow on Ridley), McKinnie and Birk (who gave Flacco so much time to throw in these playofffs), Corey Graham (a starting CB who held up pretty well against both Manning and Brady), and trade for Anquan Boldin (he of the 2 TDs in the AFC Championship game) would seem to add to his stature as a GM. By comparison, when looking at the current roster TT acquired Pickett and Woodson back in 2006 (both critical to the Pack's Super Bowl win), traded for Grant in 2007 and signed Benson and Saturday (the former for the veteran minimum and the latter when most teams thought he was already done). Saturday has now said he will retire. There is an excellent chance that Grant and Benson will not be back and it would not be a surprise if (and I'd personally love to see) Woodson was cut given his salary. Only Pickett looks to be back for 1 or 2 more years. I do not believe you can measure a GM based solely on his drafting and a comparison of Ozzie Newsome and TT's roster explains why. Hawk - There were few who didn't think Hawk was the right pick at that time. The problem with AJ is that he hasn't improved one iota since his rookie year. Finley - 3rd rounder and he's {mostly} played like a 3rd rounder. Neal - Injuries truly hurt him early, but this past year he has again shown us why he was picked in the 2nd. I can;t call that a failed pick at this point. Once you've played in college it does not matter where you played HS ball. Once you played in the NFL it does not matter how you got there. The fans and media may disagree with this, but GMs/Personnel guys don't. Well, the discussion was specifically rounds 1-3, but I agree. But despite Ozzie's success in free agency and trades, he hasn't outshone Ted Thompson. Even now after injuries and the salary cap realities have eroded the Packers, I think we're at least as good as the Ravens. Granted, they're in the Superbowl and we're not, but the AFC isn't as deep as the NFC. Had we prevailed and gotten to the SB, I think we'd be a slight favorite. And of course the Packers have won a SB under Thompson, and the Ravens haven't yet. The problem with free agency is that you usually have to pay top dollar, and there's usually a reason that team doesn't want that player anymore. If you draft well, you can get a player like Hayward or Matthews very cheap for 3 or 4 years. As Andrew Brandt says, "free agency is the price you pay for not drafting well". So ideally, you'd like to get as much accomplished through the draft as you can. Quote from: Jeremy on January 29, 2013, 11:09:58 AM I don't know that Ozzie Newsome has "outshone" Ted Thompson. I also agree that NFC is currently more competitive than the AFC. However, the Ravens have had a serious contender in their own division Pittsburgh -- a team that has gotten to 3 Super Bowls and lost only one since Newsome took over as GM. We get the bumbling Bears (who to be fair have made it to one Super Bowl), the enigmatic Vikings, and the mostly hapless Lions every year. I take issue that in free agency you "usually have to pay top dollar" for free agents. For the big-time players, probably. For a Jacoby Jones or a Corey Graham, not so much. Many teams supplement their roster with lower-priced free agents and some like NE and the Giants have had considerable success using this method to stock their rosters for years. Moreover, a team can just as easily overpay its own players -- I submit TT has overpaid Hawk throughout his time in GB but especially on the second (inexplicable) contract. Finally, if free agency is just the price you pay for NOT DRAFTING WELL, how do you explain the 49ers? Have the Niners not drafted well in selecting the likes of Gore, Kaepernick, James, Crabtree, V. Davis, Iupati, Davis, Staley, A. Smith, P. Willis, I. Sopoaga, N. Bowman, C. Culliver, T. Brown, D. Goldson? I submit they have drafted very well, but they have also done very well in free agency -- Justin Smith, Donte Whitner, Carlos Rogers, Randy Moss, Mario Manningham, Jonathan Goodwin.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11509
__label__wiki	0.997857	0.997857	Kerala Best Actor and Actress goes to Prithviraj , Kallimgal Published on: 23 Feb, 2013 Published under: Entertainment, General Kerala News, Kerala TV Updates, Thiruvananthapuram District News Prithviraj and Rima Kallingal bagged the best actor and actress awards, respectively, at the Kerala State Film Awards 2012 announced here yesterday.While Prithviraj won the award for his performances in Celluloid and Ayalum Njanum Thammil, Rima got the best actress award for her performance in the film 22 Female Kottayam and Nidra. Vijay Yesudas, son of veteran singer K J Yesudas won the best male singer award, while new singer Sithara got the best female playback singer award.Madhu Neelakantan got the best cameraman award for the film Annayum Rasoolum while Anjali Menon took the award for her script in the film Manjadikuru, which she had also directed. M. Jayachandran won the award for best music director for Celluloid. Manoj K Jayan and Sajitha Madathil bagged the best supporting actor and best supporting actress awards respectively. The awards were announced by state Cinema Minister K B Ganesh Kumar. Source – http://www.gulf-times.com/india/185/details/343142/prithviraj,-kallingal-bag-kerala-film-awards Celluloid won the Best Film Award in Kerala Kamal Haasan’s Vishwaroopam Released in Kerala Mehta’s “Midnight’s Children” in Controversy Actor Jagannathan who wasa 74 years old Died IIFK a great Experience – Debut Directors Prabhudeva to Do Film With Salman Khan J Sasikumar Film Actor Won highest film honor Found Useful? Do Share: Kerala Best Actor and Actress goes to Prithviraj , Kallimgal: Time limit is exhausted. Please reload the CAPTCHA. six + nine =	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11514
__label__wiki	0.655168	0.655168	Thiruvananthapuram to host global biotechnology conference Published on: 23 Nov, 2015 Published under: General Kerala News Nov 21 Around 600 delegates from various foreign countries are expected to participate in a four-day international biotechnology conference beginning here tomorrow. CSIRs National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) here, in association with The Biotech Research Society (BRSI), India, is organising the global meet New Horizons in Bio-Technology (NHBT) 2015. The conference cover latest developments in the frontier areas of biotechnology including industrial biotechnology and bio-fuels and bio-energy, a release said here today. Prof Asis Datta of National Institute for Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, will inaugurate the conference. The conference would bring together leading scientists and technologists from industry and academics in the area of biotechnology and allied subjects to share their thoughts and views on various topics and to develop possible collaborative linkages in cutting edge areas of biotechnology. The highlight of the conference would be two major symposia ?one on biomass and biorefineries, and the second on mycobacterium and infectious diseases, it said. The lineup of speakers consist of international experts like Patrick Hallenbeck from University of Montreal, Canada, Robin Anderson from US Department of Agriculture, Mohamed Taherzadeh from University of Boras, Sweden, GR Castro from University of La-Plata, Argentina, Claude Gilles Dussap from University Blaise Pascal, France and Michael Bott from Institute of Bio and Geo Sciences, Germany. The conference is being participated and supported by International forum for industrial bioprocesses (IFIBIOP), International Organization for Bioprocess and Bioengineering (IOBB) and the world?s leading scientific publishing house ? Elsevier, UK, the release added. Kerala govt announces support for women entrepreneurs Found Useful? Do Share: Thiruvananthapuram to host global biotechnology conference: Time limit is exhausted. Please reload the CAPTCHA. − 7 = two	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11515
__label__wiki	0.52243	0.52243	Accused Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein May Be The Most Mysterious of Bill Clinton’s Friends. Here’s What We Know – Part One Elder Patriot – Yesterday, while departing the White House for Wisconsin, President Trump held an impromptu presser where he was asked about the resignation of Labor Secretary Alex Acosta. For the umpteenth time, the Democrat media did their best to tie President Trump to accused pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, this time through a member of his cabinet. Acosta, the U.S. Attorney assigned to clean up the mess created by Democrat politicians and under orders from high-level DOJ officials who wanted Epstein to walk with a single misdemeanor complaint and no jail time, did his best under difficult circumstances. NEW – We have ID'd 4 Main Justice / DC DOJ Officials involved in the Epstein investigation/plea deal. High levels of the DC DOJ Criminal Division involved. [Happy to assist in the research of this piece]https://t.co/QSaf6w1zU2 — Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) July 11, 2019 Conchita Sarnoff has spent more than decade hunting evidence against Epstein. She knows this case as well as anyone: Ms. Sarnoff was straightforward that Acosta was being made a fall guy: In spite of the influence peddling at the highest levels of government and the lax Non Prosecution Agreement, Mr. Acosta and his team should remain clear of any false misrepresentations. While at USAO, Acosta and his team accomplished three important goals — registration, restitution and jail time — when prosecuting the real criminal in this case, Jeffrey E. Epstein. Although the penalties were not sufficiently lengthy given his alleged crimes or even federal in nature, the minimum mandatory guidelines under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA)—Epstein’s case remained a State case—Mr. Acosta [a federal prosecutor] succeeded in penalizing Epstein and gave many victims the opportunity of civil restitution and therefore, emotional healing, two important elements in any prosecution. During the presser President Trump addressed the political nature of Acosta’s resignation: “He made a deal that people were happy with, and then, 12 years later, they’re not happy with it. You’ll have to figure all of that out.” “You’ll have to figure all of that out.” Sounds like we should expect some news that will once again expose the mainstream media as a lying sack of anti-truth verbiage. Here’s what we already know. Despite Bill Clinton’s denials, his name appears on the flight logs of Epstein’s lavish private jet, nicknamed the “Lolita Express,” 27 times. When asked about Bill Clinton’s claim that he only traveled with Mr. Epstein four times, Mrs. Sarnoff flat-out calls Clinton a liar based on known documentary evidence, flight logs and witness accounts. Here’s a picture of Ghislaine Maxwell, the woman who procured many of the underage girls that Epstein and his cronies sexually abused, at Chelsea Clinton’s wedding: Why no questions for the former president?	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11518
__label__cc	0.719125	0.280875	Zone Professionnels Information Pectus Up Retrait de la plaque Traitement chirurgical Publication multimédia VENTURA MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES PARTICIPATES AS A MEMBER OF AN INNOVATION NETWORK PARTNER IN MEDICAL AND HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES – ITEMAS NETWORK- ITEMAS Network and Ventura Medical Technologies have reached an agreement with the aim that the company becomes a member of this network, in order to develop research and innovation projects in collaboration and to facilitate the transfer of scientific medical and care knowledge in the field of innovation in medical and health technologies arising from the bonded centers. ITEMAS Network arises from the initiative of Carlos III Health Institute and aims to encourage innovation in medical and health technology as a basic tool for a more sustainable National Health System, supporting the development of innovative culture, necessary to facilitate the integration of the science and industry system in the field of medical technology. With this purpose, ITEMAS Network aims to strengthen and formalize mechanisms for communication and collaboration between the different actors in the innovation process (Hospitals, Schools and Industry), collaborating in establishing contacts and partnerships with other relevant institutions in the field of innovation public and private medical and health technologies, and providing the possibility to join ITEMAS Network as collaborators. ITEMAS Network currently is made up of the Innovation Support Units of 14 major hospitals of the Spanish National Health System. © 2016 Ventura Medical Technologies Tous droits réservés Mentions légales - Privacy Police - Plan du site	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11521
__label__cc	0.555538	0.444462	REHABILITACIÓN DE LA SEDE DE LA CONFEDERACIÓN HIDROGÁFICA DEL JÚCAR Avda Blasco Ibáñez 48, Valencia Alberto Peñín Complexion date 2011 861.560€ tax free The Headquarters of the Hydrographic Confederation of the river Júcar is located in a Miguel Colomina and Juanjo Estellés 1965’s building, a protected and emblematic example of modernistic style in the city and integrated in the first part of the alley from Valencia to the see that includes other interesting pieces from the same period. The intervention has a double aim, the adaptation to the different new regulations, regarding both fire protection and climatic efficiency, and the refurbishing of the ground floor and its common spaces seeking a new institutional visibility and a functional improvement. While the first challenge is reached by the careful insertion of an interior fire-protected staircase and the renovation of the window frames, started in the ground floor, the second one is achieved by a new conception of all common spaces. On the basis of respect to the architectonic language and constructive rigor of the original building, a fluid sequence of spaces is conceived following the rhythm given by the original structure, integrating the auditorium and the hall through big doors and answering to a sober election of materials and textures in accordance with the beautiful original marble shown by the architects in their solid and noble interpretation of the modernistic period. The intervention reaches the equipment through a sober choice of the furniture, including a reuse of the original seats of the auditorium, and ends with the proposal of a new corporative image or logo of the institution made from the abstraction and the description of the landscape where its activity is deployed.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11523
__label__cc	0.682557	0.317443	Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Eyes on the Prize: Markel Randle and Raven Little Loribelle Lapaix // May 1, 2019 Loribelle Lapaix May 1st, 2019 The 2019 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards recently recognized 16 high school seniors who received the program’s highest national honor, the Gold Medal Portfolio, which includes a $10,000 scholarship. Throughout April and May, the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to identify students with exceptional artistic and literary talent and present their remarkable work to the world through the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, will highlight two Gold Medal Portfolio recipients on their blog. This week, they are celebrating the work of Markel Randle (Wichita, KS) and Raven Little (New Orleans, LA). Markel Randle “The main inspiration for my work is from movies made in the mid-to-late 1900s. If I see a visually appealing scene in a movie I will often watch the specific scene multiple times to determine exactly what about the scene is appealing. It typically will differentiate between the visual effect and the word choice that draws my attention. This inspired me to strengthen my writing abilities, so I began taking AP English classes, taking other art classes like drawing so I could learn about shadows, and I also took a video/audio class to learn about camera angles and such. All of these minor things I did to improve my images eventually led to me incorporating subtitles into my creative process. Subtitles sometimes strengthen a scene tremendously and I wanted to bring that same impact to my photographs. The word choice can also present the photo exactly how I want it to be interpreted which allows the viewer to be a part of the environment instead of just viewing the image. My main focus is to allow someone to see an image and relate that experience to something in their life.” Raven Little “My short stories have been inspired by events that are familiar to me and many other teenage girls. The woes of growing up, being abused, misunderstood, and heartbroken are commonplaces for many people my age. Although difficult to discuss sometimes, the subject matter is very important, and writing allows me the opportunity to address these themes in a fictional world.” Eleventh Grade English by Raven Little (Poetry) This is American Literature so we write about the ‘negroes’ a lot. Because it is considered domestic policy, the country sympathizes with supposedly existing issues. So, we write about the ‘negroes’ a lot because we’re sorry? The country sympathizes with supposedly existing issues because slavery is over and someone has to apologize. Because we’re sorry, we try to teach white kids not to say negro. Because slavery is over and someone has to apologize, there is a newfound importance in being politically correct. We try to teach white kids not to say negro — replace it with American, black, friend. This newfound importance in being politically correct proves to be a forced culture. Replace it with American, black, friend — it’ll feel like a warm hug to their identity. Proven to be a forced culture, America has failed at teaching me the value of correctness. It’ll feel like a warm hug to their identity because it is considered domestic policy. This is American Literature. To see more Gold Medal Portfolio recipients, past and present, visit the Eyes on the Prize series on the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers blog. Cover photo: MARKEL RANDLE, Everyone Needs Something Sweet, Photography.Photo in body: MARKEL RANDLE, Coin-Operated Amusement, Photography.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11528
__label__cc	0.627975	0.372025	All Events in Lauderdale House, Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill, London (5) October 24Friday Richard Digby Day: In Conversation with Claire Bloom October 24, 2014 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm – Lauderdale House, Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill, London Join Richard Digby-Day for a fascinating evening with actress Claire Bloom, CBE, followed by drinks and canapes. Claire is famous for leading theatre roles that included Streetcar Named Desire, A Dol… Organized by Lauderdale House \| Type: fundraiser, talk, with, actress, claire, bloom November 1Saturday Spooky Magic Show November 1, 2014 from 10am to 10:30am – Lauderdale House, Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill, London Reginald, the bravest piece of rope in show business is a bit scared. And Rupert, the extraordinary teddy-rabbit escapologist is nervous. After all, it's Halloween, and strange, magical things are ha… Organized by Lauderdale House \| Type: children's, show Old Macdonald and the Three Pigs Kid's Show November 8, 2014 from 10am to 10:30am – Lauderdale House, Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill, London This is a comical show weaving the song ‘Old McDonald’ with the story of the Three Pigs. The pigs get fed up singing ‘eieio’ and move out of the barn to the other side of the farm. They build their o… Organized by Lauderdale House \| Type: children's, show November 15Saturday Mrs H and the Singalong Band November 15, 2014 from 10pm to 10:30pm – Lauderdale House, Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill, London For ages 2-7 10am & 11.30am \| £4.50 per person (£3 Concs) \| Under 2’s are free Sing-along’ with the Sing-Along Band is an interactive music and movement performance designed especially for chil… Organized by Lauderdale House \| Type: children's, show, sing-along Further Fables By Finger and Thumb Theatre November 22, 2014 from 10am to 10:30am – Lauderdale House, Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill, London By Finger and Thumb Theatre For ages 3-7 10am & 11.30am \| £4.50 per person (£3 Concs) \| Under 2’s are free A magical performance focusing on small encounters between many hand shadow animals an… Organized by Lauderdale House \| Type: children's, show	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11529
__label__cc	0.724439	0.275561	Rants of a Bitter Northerner KT Opening Night So it all happened last night. The big wait over. The Goddess of British music, female song writing and vocal genius, ended her live silence, and boy did she do it in style. Understated as ever, her name doesn't even appear on the front of the former Hammersmith Apollo, now Eventim Apollo. Instead the subtle KT Fellowship (the K and T combined to form a symbol reminiscent of her old KT Bush Band logo) was used, and Before the Dawn, the title of her showcase work was centre and huge, putting parcel once again to the fact that for Kate it is all about the story, not about her. She is simply the vessel the stories flow through and come from. Though telling that to the thousands of fans would be like telling superhero fans that Lycra was obsolete. The buzz was immense. You really felt a part of something. Camera crews, journalists, giddy fans and people who were clearly just getting in on the experience, crowded every inch of the Apollo. The merchandise stand was about fifteen people deep and twelve people across, and I heard from the guys sitting next to us - who had incidentally travelled all the way from San Francisco - that they queued forty minutes for their merchandise and then the woman serving didn't know anything by name, she asked them to point at stuff. Come on people. It's not hard to learn the names of ten things. Anyhoo, they luckily scanned the tickets and didn't rip off stubs, as those of us fortunate enough to buy from eventim, received the beautiful art work tickets and I don't know about anyone else but I didn't want them to be damaged in any way shape or form. So that was nice. Two intact tickets and they had my name on too. For anyone reading this who has yet to see the mighty Bush, there may be a few spoilers but I will try not to give too much away, especially as I think I'll blog after each show, and I have three more to go. What I will say is this: on the tickets it says show starts at 7.45pm. It does! Be there on time, or you will miss it. There is no support, not that anyone could possibly herald the stage before her. No one is worthy enough for that, but it's not like one of those gigs where you know they're only coming on at 9pm, so you just rock up at 8.30pm. Not this lady. She's giving you a full show, plus interval, and you don't want to miss a thing! The atmosphere was almost a combination of wonder, doubt and hysteria. I don't mean doubt at her abilities, just a sort of doubt that this was even happening, like somehow we were all encased in a beautifully surreal dream, with Katie as the protagonist. Always the 'enigma', it was no wonder the hype surrounding this opening gig. No one knew quite what to expect - in true Kate Bush fashion - except those who read their programmes before it started. I would vote against this. Just let yourself be blown away. And so, at a little after 7.45pm, with the band already on and playing, here marcheth on stage a mature, confident, Kate, to a standing ovation, which continued after the first few songs and various other points in the show. She wore all the hallmarks of mother and wife - incidentally her son and husband were on stage with her throughout - but also that spark of years gone by, never lost. All that energy and creativity that set her apart from so many others. The innovation she pushed through her work but that also allowed her work to progress, came to a culmination here, as finally it seemed technology had caught up with the mind of Kate Bush, allowing her to bring her thoughts, ideas and imaginings of the past thirty years to life. You could see her, almost desperate to break into a full Kate Bush dance routine, but she suppressed it, yet still couldn't keep still. Movement for Kate will always be part and parcel of her music. There isn't one without the other, they simply exist together, along with visual representation, lyric and melody. They are several worlds colliding and overlapping, all encased within a beautiful presentation box: Ms Bush herself. Costumes complimented not only her characters, but also the mood, and her need for movement and visual representation. Whether it was a swinging tassel, or a fixed on wing, she was something else, someone else, she was one with the music and it with her. Whether it was bird calls, or melodious laughter, screams, whispers or gut wrenching cries, her voice was phenomenal! Thirty years away from live performing has done absolutely nothing to harm her confidence, vocal beauty and strength, or her sheer bravery to do anything and everything to get across her story. No one could ever conceive something like Before the Dawn. No one. Because if they could, she wouldn't be The Kate Bush. The pioneer - and somewhat understated pioneer - of British music, female song writing, combiner of dance, mime and theatre, vocal acrobat and visual genius. Yes I am biased, as a huge fan, but this was not a greatest hits night. Far from it. Bush performed not a single work from her first four albums, concentrating on Hounds of Love onwards, her more mature works and probably ones now that she most identifies with. Besides she had already toured the first two albums in mucho Lycra in the late seventies. Those were done. 2014 was about show casing her works that never made it to the stage, works that she had clearly been imagining for up to thirty years. I wrote my BA (hons) dissertation on Kate Bush and the way narrative infused her seminal album Hounds of Love. I unfortunately did not have the word count to also explore her concept side of the album: The Ninth Wave, something which has weighed on my mind ever since. But not as much as her need to see the concept visualised and on stage, must have weighed on hers. See it how Kate sees it, if you're lucky enough to have tickets. And if not, then buy the live DVD, it's gonna be mega! Well, I think that's all I'll say for now. It was a very personal experience for me, just to be in the same room as her was enough, but to see and hear and experience Before the Dawn was actually something I'm still processing. Let's see how showing number two will fare in six days. "I'm coming, coming, coming honey." Always nice to end with a lyric quote. (Kate Bush, The Wedding List from the album Never for Ever 1980) Not even remotely a rant, but a very honoured bitter northerner, to have been in the presence of such a legend. Roll on number two, three and four. Katie you rock! Posted by Helen Richards at 4:33 AM 1 comment: LIES, ALL LIES! So today was the day after a successful night. I catered a dinner party for seven (including me), which for anyone that knows me, will realise what a huge thing that is. I cooked three courses, didn't poison anyone (that I've heard) and I kept all the mess contained to the kitchen. I even stopped drinking around 10pm so that I could rehydrate enough to attend my ninth parkrun at Hampstead Heath this morning. With one charity run left in September, I really needed to be back on course with the training. So, I got up early, did the washing up, checked emails and left for the run. Thankfully temperatures were much lower than two weeks ago when I went, and I was thinking maybe I could start creeping back towards the 29.40 times I was sporting a few months ago. Amazingly when I got there they said new for this week they had a 30 minute pacer. Awesome. I thought I would keep her in my sights and try and get as close to that 30 minute mark that had been alluding me for weeks. So the whole of the race she's behind me, and I'm thinking I'm on fire. Boo ya! And other self congratulatory things. I quite happily followed 'grey t-shirt guy' for about 4.5kms then ambled up the hill to the finish, which I must point out is an evil uphill, followed by a final killer incline and then finally a downhill to the finish. And I'm over the moon because I'm thinking I'm under 30 minutes. Whoop! So as I struggle up the final killer incline, right on my shoulder is 30 minute lady. I turned to her and screamed, NO! And she encouraged me past her. I somehow found the strength to sprint to the finish, out of breath, beetroot red, but finishing before the 30 minute lady. Well chuffed! I even had a conversation with 'grey t-shirt guy', which is good for me. The social side of the event doesn't come naturally to me. But I set off home wearing a chufty badge and thinking I'd done my fastest time since they changed the course from route A to route B. Well, imagine my surprise an hour and a half later, when my result says 30.28. Say what? I finished in front of the frickin' pacer and by a good few seconds. So it seems they hired a pacer, who not only can't pace, but also can't time herself. And so many people will think they did better than they actually did because of that. I just don't understand. Either the timers are wrong, or the pacer is wrong, or the 30 minute mark is feckin' laughing at me, pulling it's tongue out saying I'll never re-claim it. I think from now on, I'm going to ignore anyone who says pacer, and time myself on my Ipod, or get a new watch or something, because that today was bloody bullshit. Not happy. LIES. ALL LIES! Little addition: Annoyingly, I would have been well happy with 30.28 if you'd told me I would run that this morning, but when you're given the illusion that you've run over 30 seconds faster, that time is a smack in the face. Posted by Helen Richards at 8:13 AM No comments: Things You Find Under the Couch...... Things you find under the couch, versus things you wish you'd find under the couch. This week has been a discovery week at Flat 19. All sorts of things have been showing up underneath the couch; things lost for a while, things trying to escape, things you never even realised were there. Baking Beads. For those of you that don't know, baking beads are used in the making of pastry and pies. They are ceramic balls that stop the pastry rising. Yesterday A found two under the couch. I can't even remember the last time I used them, so I haven't a clue how long they've been festering in the darkness. Poor things. At least the oven has a light, if somewhat large temperatures. The Apple TV Remote. Anyone with an Apple TV will know just how thin and tiny the remote is. It can slip down the crack of a sofa with ease and can disappear for weeks at a time. We have a sofa bed but leave the bed bit out most of the time. It's only usually when we close it that these things appear, like a shiny silver treat. Loose Change. Yes, this one's a given, but when you have a boyfriend like A who literally sheds coins, loose change is everywhere. And it's not always pence, it could be euro cents, dimes and nickels or whatever other currency has been changing hands. Escapeas. Ah, the rogue pea. A staple of couch dinners. The inevitability of that green ball running off your plate and anywhere it can get. But finding the dried crusty ones god knows how long afterwards, goes to show they really do try to escape. It is not just your inability to get them in your mouth without dropping them, they have an ulterior motive. Okay, so those are what we did find. Know here is what I wish we'd found: More than loose change. Okay, again, obvious. But a few quid, or the odd fifty pound note wouldn't go amiss. Come on magic sofa. Produce. Produce. A doorway to Narnia/ Back entrance to Hogwarts. I can dream. I can dream. Why should it always be a mirror, or a wardrobe, or a train platform? Climbing under a sofa would be completely uncomfortable and slightly claustrophobic, but it wouldn't last long because then you'd be in the fantasy world of your choice. I can dream! A first edition Jane Austen. Or something else of extreme value. I mean anything trumps a dried up old pea, but you get where I'm going with this. That thing you lost and never found. The black hole you always think you have in your house, the place where all the lost things go, it could be under your couch, like it has it's own magnetic field or something. All the misplaced items end up there and then eventually you strike gold and find them, along with a few dried vegetables and a dime. What would you like to find under your couch? And what crazy things have you found under your couch? Helen Richards I write YA novels and am seeking representation for my debut submission. I rant in my personal blog: rantsofabitternortherner. And I blog about travel in thesarkytraveller. I live in London but am a proud northerner so expect some Lancashire charm. I am an expert in speed tourism and am working on my debut picture book too. (Writing not illustrating.) I read obsessively and just about find the time to teach Early Years Music Classes and bake! Oh and I love to name inanimate objects and gaze at the clouds.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0014.json.gz/line11545
__label__cc	0.718435	0.281565	Where The Problem Is Frequent commenter Nick asks: "Aesop, you know I'm with you on this topic, and I've been adding to my long term bulk food storage every two weeks... But, the MSF guys are all volunteers, and they not only go to work, but do so at a loss financially. Most africans are not particularly diligent or methodical but they seem to manage the deconn, donning and doffing reasonably well. Given the conditions on the ground in this and the last outbreak, how can we reconcile what you (and I for that matter) expect, with the lived experience of the medical teams in africa? After all, there are LOTS of Drs and staff involved, and no or few reported deaths among staff, and none among the Drs. I don't think the vaccine is the difference because we didn't have widespread losses among the foreign Drs and staff last time around either. (the one nurse iirc, and that from a social engagement not work) I agree that it's the knock on effects that would be so devastating here or other first world countries due to the dependence on infrastructure and Just In Time delivery. We also have the experience in Dallas of the guys POWER WASHING the index patient's effluvia off the walk, and the patient's own family who were closeted with him in the apartment, yet none of them got sick. Is it possible that it's harder to spread this than we think? It can't be luck every time...." Serious questions deserve thoughtful answers. 1) They manage donning and doffing pretty well, because they have five times the staff we'll allocate, because none of them are drawing paychecks. From 2014: The Ebola epidemic caused an increasing demand for protective clothing. A full set of protective clothing includes a suit, goggles, a mask, socks and boots, and an apron. Boots and aprons can be disinfected and reused, but everything else must be destroyed after use. Health workers change garments frequently, discarding gear that has barely been used. This not only takes a great deal of time but also exposes them to the virus because, for those wearing protective clothing, one of the most dangerous moments for contracting Ebola is while suits are being removed. The protective clothing sets that MSF uses cost about $75 apiece. Staff who have returned from deployments to Western Africa say the clothing is so heavy that it can be worn for only about 40 minutes at a stretch. A physician working in Sierra Leone has said: "After about 30 or 40 minutes, your goggles have fogged up; your socks are completely drenched in sweat. You're just walking in water in your boots. And at that point, you have to exit for your own safety ... Here it takes 20–25 minutes to take off a protective suit and must be done with two trained supervisors who watch every step in a military manner to ensure no mistakes are made, because a slip up can easily occur and of course can be fatal." Link Do that math: $75 x 24 hrs/day, x 30 days, per patient. Times 6-10 staff members. At minimums, that's $324,000 per Ebola patient, just for the protective ensemble. and that's 4320 protective gear ensembles. For each patient. 25-75% of whom will die anyways. Generating, if each suit only weighs 2 pounds, some eight tons of highly infectious medical waste, which no one in this country wants or knows how to handle, short of open pit gasoline fires. Asking for a friend: Which way do the prevailing winds blow from the nearest hospital? How are the people living downwind in the Ash Zone going to feel about that? 2) "Pretty well" is a relative term: In August 2014 (two years before the outbreak was over!), healthcare workers represented nearly 10 percent of cases and fatalities—significantly impairing the capacity to respond to an outbreak in an area already facing severe shortages. By 1 July 2015, the WHO reported that a total of 874 health workers had been infected, of which 509 had died. Link As of 30 April 2019, there have been 92 health care workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo infected with EVD, of which 33 have died. Link And MSF's precautions are done in a no-sht Hot Zone. An unknown number of those helping are "survivors" of the current outbreak, each time, with obvious immunity going forward (with all the caveats about EVSyndrome for such "survivors"). We are not being trained in their MSF protocols here, we're trained to CDC protocols. You know, the ones that got two nurses here infected within 21 days, despite doing everything the CDC thought was sufficient. Which is exactly how well Ebola spreads in the wild, with zero precautions. BLUF: The CDC guidelines are the same as slam-dancing naked with Ebola-riddled corpses. The same CDC that gave an infectious nurse permission (WTF?) to take commercial air home, knowing someone with a fever (which she had) was infectious to everyone at the airport and flight she came into contact with, including the guys that handled her baggage. ( "Hey, we're the Government, rules of Nature, like physics and epidemiology, don't apply to us, Because we say so.") It isn't that Ebola is less effective at transmission than we thought, it's that early, before you're literally coughing out your lungs, vomiting out your esophageal tract, and shtting your intestinal walls out, it's a somewhat (but unknown amount) less infectious than the final stages. That's a pretty fine razor to skate on barefoot. That was the luck we were living on with Duncan, with both nurses he infected, with Dr. Dumbass in NYFC, and with exposed-but-not-infected-roommate-of-Ebola-victim Nurse Mimi Crybabypants. [The later two, failing actual 40-day-lockdown-hard-isolation quarantine, should by rights have been shot on sight for breaking quarantine, gross professional negligence, and 20,000 counts of attempted murder.(I.e., if you point a gun at someone and pull the trigger because you thought it might be loaded, but it wasn't, you're still fully legally culpable in 50 states and 7 territories for the attempt.) If somebody capped them both tomorrow, on their own, it would still be justifiable homicide IMHO.] And if/when this gets here, some medical professionals will decide they're Special Snowflakes, and don't need to follow all the rules, and don't have to be quarantined, because it violates their rights or harshes their mellow, and exactly like the family from DRC that sneaked into Uganda, they'll transplant the outbreak to others. And we won't find out for another 3-21 days, on average, and some not for longer, by which point it's already an epidemic shitshow here. That should be a shoot-on-sight situation, followed by burning the corpses immediately, after obtaining a blood sample under BL-IV precautions. But this is America, and we're too squeamish to do that, and we'll end up killing people with kindness by not doing it. (Like letting infectious nurses travel commercial air, rather than sending a BL-IV jet to whisk her and her stuff into full containment. Like your government did in 2014.) Also, the people working with Ebola in Africa for MSF are only providing palliative care, i.e. assistance for the 80-90% who're going to die, to do so less uncomfortably than they would in a rut by a dirt road. They aren't taking blood samples, starting IVs, or 57 other things. Their height of care is a cool cloth for the forehead, a cup of water (which becomes the next bout of projectile vomitus), and trying to contain the piles of bloody diarrhea being launched into bedding and over at the patient on either side. And they burn the entire treatment center when they're done, down to the concrete pad (unless, like in DRC, the locals don't wait until its over, as they've already done over 40 times during this outbreak, and killing or injuring over 80 health workers there, which is why 25% of the affected areas in DRC have zero MSF or WHO presence). Now, think of your local ghetto 'hood or barrio. Think it will be better here?? It isn't just HIPPA concerns that keep TPTB from showing you that bloody reality in each and every outbreak. People would be at the White House fence line with AR-15s and Molotovs in earnest, clamoring for POTUS to nuke Africa if they knew that and saw it on the Nightly Snooze on the major networks. You're being lied to daily, including by massive omission, and have been since forever. I post what I post because I figure people can handle the reality with the bark on. But in 2014, I had to drop it, because by Presidential Fiat Decree, the news media were told Not To Talk About Ebola Anymore. Leaving us with just the happygas from foreign sources (who largely also complied with the gag order) and the lying African nations' self-serving press releases that under-reported the breadth and depth of things, on purpose, by a minimum of 300%. Even the UN/WHO admitted that, during the outbreak, openly. "It'll be different this time." Sh'yeah, as if. Neither there, nor here. And one of those factoids is that once it's more patients than our BL-IV beds can handle, the care and protocols and training become so sketchy as to constitute gross professional negligence on the part of all hands participating, from POTUS and the CDC director, down to the sloppy housekeeping person with a GED who'll be sent in to mop up after patients #16 to #Infinity, with half-assed don/doff training, protocols, faulty equipment, and insufficient staff. Ebola's always going to find the weak links in any chain of infection. In the West in general, the weak links are the chain itself. Instead of screening this stuff and keeping it at arm's length, because of ignorance, deliberate stupidity, negligence, malpractice, and malign indifference to all of the above, the very people who stay and play with it are going to be the same ones who insure that everyone else gets it, mostly through accidental exposures like the two nurses in Dallas, along with the selfish and stupid infectees who won't seek treatment, and will keep sending sick kids to school and going to work until either one collapses shooting blood out their eyeballs. That's before we even talk about the open borders and lackadaisical attitude towards quarantine that's been rampant non-stop from 2014 until now. This is deliberately engineering Ebola's arrival and release among the population, which we've already seem with measles, TB, Chikungunya virus, West Nile virus, and a witches' brew of other diseases we had formerly whipped here. Verstehen sie? We aren't set up for this, and we're doing nothing to stop it getting here (rather the opposite in fact). And when it does, after those first 15 beds are occupied, we've done nothing anywhere close to adequate to handle things properly and nip it in the bud. But everyone in charge pretends we've done exactly that, when nothing could be further from the truth. Maybe you can bullshit the Low Information Viewers in flyover country, but you can't bullshit me or countless other doctors, nurses, and ancillary staff who'll be on the frontlines (for about 20 seconds, in my case) before we drop our clipboards where we're standing, and head for the parking lot. I may make a bullshit excuse about not feeling well, I may pass off report on my patients to someone else who stays, but go I will, and I mean within minutes. I can't collect paychecks at Forest Lawn, and I won't be helping anyone shitting my intestines into my scrub pants, and both of those are slam-dunk outcomes with the present (and perpetual) half-assed level of preparedness for Ebola or any one of 27 other pandemic-worthy infections at every hospital (but for a small part of a bare few) from Anchorage to Miami, and Maine to Hawaii. Anyone wants to go to medical or nursing school, and go work on the frontlines of Ebola with WHO or the CDC, rolling the dice you'll live to retirement every time you scrub in or out, operators are standing by. (When every hospital has an actual 24/7 BL-IV capability, and staffs and supplies and trains for its use regularly - by which I mean more than once a year or three to salve their own charred consciences and pen-whip JCAHO's lackadaisical clipboard commandos - we can talk. Otherwise: F*K that noise. Sideways, with a rusty chainsaw.) In such an epidemic, there is no such thing as a valiant death. There's just death. I'll do my damnedest to save your life if you come into my ER. But I won't kill myself to do it, and I won't die for you because TPTB at every level are too half-assed and cheapskate to prepare for this as if it was Really A Thing, too stupid to know that, and too evil to care. That ain't in my contract, and unlike joining the Marines, I took no such oath, and it isn't part of the deal. I don't know how many out of 4,000,000 medical practitioners will be that honest and tell you that up front. I just did. Unless you're one of the original few cases in the outbreak, before anyone knew it was here, so you didn't have the sense to self-quarantine while you were uninfected, if you come to the hospital with Ebola, you're de facto part of the problem, not the solution. And you're probably going to die, and there's a better than even chance you had it coming. To All Concerned: Get. Your. Sht. Together. Nobody else is going to save you if this gets here. Save yourself. Don't get it. Because if you catch it, you're getting a Viking funeral, about a minute after you're dead. Just like they do Over There. Labels: Ebola, follow-up story Here's some more local info and reflections from Europe. The Rome hospital with BL-IV beds, Lazzaro Spallanzani, is surrounded by typical European city-scape, nothing but five- or six- story apartment buildings in every direction. There are probably 200,000 people living within a mile of the hospital. It's also adjacent to a much bigger hospital, San Camillo-Forlanini. Those two hospitals accounted for 15% of the hospital visits for the entire province that includes Rome in the most recent information I could find, February 2015. They're probably ~20% of the hospital capacity for Rome proper. http://www.regione.lazio.it/rl_sanita/?vw=ospedaliero-pubblico If the virus were to break out of the BL-IV section of Lazzaro Spallanzani, it would shut down 20% of the hospital capacity of Rome and would probably run rampant through the city anyway. From the capital it would probably spread to most of Italy. I live a mile from Lazzaro Spallanzani. By prevailing winds from March to October, I'm downwind. I can actually see a smokestack from my balcony which I'm pretty sure is the smokestack for the medical complex. I'm suddenly much more interested in verifying that guess. Aesop, sorry to hog your comments box but I'm thinking about this topic a lot at the moment. You've stated repeatedly that self-quarantine is the best (or only) survival option for individuals, whether in one's regular residence or at a rural retreat. You've given advice on how to make self-quarantine possible for those who are not prepared. Some of your readers are prepared and able to do so. It seems it would be very helpful for their odds of surviving for them to have decided in advance exactly when they're going to make the big decision to go into self-quarantine. It's a very tricky practical question. Do it late, and they multiply the chances of self or loved ones getting infected before you act. Do it over a false alarm and they'll have major expenses and career and family repercussions. It would be great to have a post and discussion about the criteria. You've said the ideal time is two weeks before the first case is identified in your area. That's not a clear criterion. Maybe we could think collectively about likely patterns of spread in the case of breakout into urban, industrialized society and produce some suggestions on identifiable criteria for the right moment to initiate the self-quarantine. For example, what are the relative merits of a decision, "I will self-quarantine the moment Ebola is identified: (1) anywhere in the industrialized world. (2) anywhere in my country. (3) anywhere in my city. (4) at my workplace." Or (2.5) "I will self-quarantine the moment the number of identified Ebola cases exceeds the number of BL-IV beds in my country"? My wife is an APRN with more than 32 years practice. She has worked Serge. Med Serge. Wound care. CCU. ICU. NNICU. Trauma, and now works in a high risk pregnancy clinic. She used to "POO-POO" me about prepping UNTILL....She attended a CDC infection control seminar. She came home. Looked me in the eye and said: How long did you say we had to stockpile for?, And what kind of barb wire were you going on about? I said: Why? Did you learn something scary at this seminar? She Said: YES! The CDC are clueless idiots. They couldn't handle a code brown on a non infectious unit. If Ebola gets in to America we are "F"ed, with them in charge. It will be martial law in a week. Even then the only "plan" they have sounds like it was made by a kinder garden class with crayons. At her request I'll leave my name out. She says "Those people are both ruthless and stupid. They scare the crap out of me" For those sheltering in place in the suburbs (like myself - sigh), without the means to buy/build a rural retreat in the next 2 months, the odds don't seem great. I am not particularly worried about getting ebola. I am worried about the knock-on effects of no power, no city water and sewage, marauding bands of what-not. . . time to google urban prepping. I'm a primary care physician with the VA where the middle management bloat of clip-board commandos rules the roost. I saw the kits prepared for the previous E-scare and they met my expectation which was a bar so low that a cockroach couldnt slip under. Fortunately my clinic was about a kilometer from the ER. When I told my friend who was distributing the less than adequate kits that if I heard of a suspected case of Ebola in the ER, I would grab my kit and throw it in the air and try to be in the parking lot before it hit the floor and halfway home before it stopped rolling. He said he wouldnt waste the time throwing it. There's food and water in the garage at my home for my possible 3 week isolation from my family. The woods are 187 yards away where I plan to bleed out if it comes to that. Perhaps I would see the 8 pointer I spied once from deck 187 yards distant during hunting season. On a Sunday. In any event, your assessment of middle management and up, HIPPA hitler's et al who go through motions they know are not only meaningless, but hinder the delivery of routine medical care let alone in a disaster, is spot on. Hey, they got a family to feed. I just have the overwhelming urge to buy a few more cases of answers in 308 and 5.56; much more storable than concertina wire. I'm just left wondering if my dogs would become a vector after they motivated an infectee to get off my lawn. Absent some infected patient from the DRC getting on a plane and flying directly to Chicago, what is the best guess as to timing? If the spread of the virus follows the same path in 2014, I assume it will reach a large African city in the next 4 - 6 weeks, and then a larger African city in 6-8 weeks, and then go international in about 10 weeks. Which means it gets "Spicy" in the U.S. some time in mid-September. Does that seem accurate? Archived Pages said... I appreciate all the hard work you do in getting this Ebola information to us. The links are good. They help us in our own research. Could you also do them as archive.is links so that the information is still available if the pages are removed. jstark said... Gents, honest question. Why isn't it worse yet? Last time, effective action was countered poverty+incompetence+ignorance (like those denying the virus exists). This time, it's all that plus moronic Bad Guys actively killing medical staff. You'd think we'd have cases all over the world by now... Matt Bracken said... Thanks, Aesop. Reposting where I can. HT/WRSA for the linkage. Historian said... re anonymous 6/15/19 at 4:32: With Aesop's points above well in mind, here are my thoughts on what will happen when this disease comes to these presently united States, followed by some timing thoughts. All of this is predicated upon the virus not evolving and becoming fully airborne, and the political situation here in these presently united States as it presently exists continuing. Establishment of serious quarantine measures would change matters for the better, as will triage/separation of ED patients and emergency funding for adequate PPE from the Federal Government. All of this is vanishingly unlikely until it is too late. If Ebola become fully airborne, that would be much worse. It is less than 50/50 that an infected person will be identified as a suspect Ebola case upon arrival, probably much less likely, as bureaucratic inertia means that the list of possible infection source cities will lag the reality. It is more likely that the infected will be able to enter the US without being identified as possibly infected, (per Dallas) and will enter the general population, spreading infection among their families and contacts until they get sick enough that they show fever as well as the other characteristic symptoms. At that point, they will go to their local hospital, likely infecting some of the under-trained and unaware doctors and nurses in the ED. When identified as an Ebola patient, current protocol is supposed to have such cases relocated within 24 hours to one of the designated regional Ebola treatment hospitals. Note that this only works if the person presenting is one of the few early cases. Once we have over 10 cases at such places, they will likely refuse to accept further patients, at which point the local hospital will have the choice of either ejecting the patient or trying to come up with an Ebola ward on the fly. Neither are likely, which means that this patient will stay where they are in a suboptimal containment location until they die or recover. Those healthcare workers left behind at the original hospital will incubate Ebola for 3-40 days, depending on whether they got a large dose of the initial infection, or whether they got just a few virions, (minimum infectious dose is ONE viral particle) and after just a few days, will be spreading it to all those around them whenever they go (work, home, shopping, public events, etc.) every time they cough, or sneeze, or sweat on a common surface (door handles, counter tops, toilet seats, computer terminals, telephones, EMS radios, non-absorbent chair seats, etc.) even before the bleeding, projectile vomiting and diarrhea and other really unpleasant and obvious symptoms start. The other folks they are in contact with who are unlucky enough to ingest at least one viral particle will in turn start to spread this disease among their co-workers, contacts, friends and family, who in turn will take from 3-40 days to show prompt symptoms. Meantime, this will be going on where-ever the other folks that got infected on the ride over have wound up. Now as regards timing, I am not aware of any really good data on this, but based on the 2nd SD being about 21 days, I expect that the median time from infection to prompt symptoms is going to be between 7 and 14 days; much depends on how big an infectious dose is intially absorbed, but the stochastic nature of such an outbreak means that we could see the first case here in the USA, well, NOW. (cont.) I was somewhat surprised that the spread to Uganda happened so quickly; that speaks to the large number of unreported and unknown cases and the inadequacy of current screening measures. With all of that said, the probability of seeing one or more cases in the US grows week by week. I would be surprised to see a case here before the 4th of July, and I would be surprised if we did not see a case by the New Year, but either is possible. My best guess is that we'll probably see a first world case sometime in the 4th quarter and here in the US by the end of the year. What happens after that is anyone's guess, but keep in mind the slow progression and lack of fever of this variety of Ebola, which means it is harder to spot. This in turn means it is more likely to become endemic in North America. Frankly, as much as I hope that Ebola NEVER comes to these presently united States, it might be a wakeup call to have some solo well-to-do person get exposed, slip through CBP, enter the US and then get sick, a la Dallas. That might be enough of a wake-up call to TPTB to break the present denial and actually enact quarantine regulations and get emergency production of PPE started in time to actually do something. That, too, is something of a forlorn hope. The less exposure to the general public and to public areas, the better. I would absolutely avoid any public transportation, especially airliners from now on, and if I did have to use such, I would assume that the entire vehicle was contaminated, and would protect myself accordingly. With regard to all who seek the Light, Isn't it remarkable that the same crowd who enthusiastically support euthanasia and full term abortion will be horrified that we don't spend billions on these terminal walking dead, and further will demand we allow anyone who is in contact with them to walk free. Retired cop said... As I read the comments, the news ticker on tv announces that CBP has quarantined 5,200 illegal immigrants for exposure to mumps and chicken pox. Makes you wonder if that press release was modified by concerns of panic conscious officials. Aesop, Your hard work in keeping the issues in our consciousness is greatly appreciated. I would join others in asking you to post an article about specifically when to self quarantine. I've read your posts about dropping the clipboard and heading out when the first case presents in your ED, and frankly, I think you will have made that decision much earlier than that, based on your remarks about "two weeks before the first case is symptomatic." Any more specific guidance would be appreciated. Aesop, thanks for the answers. I wasn't making the connection between early in the onset and late in the onset. WRT why it's not spreading faster, WHO puts that down to the success of their ring vaccination program. They've vaccinated over 100,000 primary contacts and the vaccine is reported to have some therapeutic value even if you've already been exposed. That said, I'm not taking anything WHO, MSF, or the local health ministers say on face value. The US case in Dallas was only 6 hours by vehicle or 20 minutes by air from me. There is a lot of legitimate air travel between Dallas/Houston and africa due to the Oil and Gas industry. Someone is almost guaranteed to come into DFW or IAH. Dallas in 2014 was when my prepping emphasis shifted from short duration local or regional events like hurricanes, to long term events like self quarantine or social collapse. Much of that change was driven by Aesop's comments and analysis. I'll add that just because 2014 didn't become a brushfire here, doesn't mean this one won't. The illegal immigration angle makes the whole scenario MUCH more likely. After all, if you are here illegally, will you run to the ER with a sniffle? The homeless situation is worse than 2014 too, with ordinary medieval diseases making a comeback. If Ebola gets into that population, we'll have a wildfire... To the commenter above who said "time to google urban prepping" I hope that was dark humor, but if not, YES IT IS TIME AND PAST TIME. There are good sites and money grubbing exploitative sites. Read for tone, with emphasis on practical and affordable advice. There are a lot of con men out there taking advantage of the rise in preparedness. Lots of good archives got lost when certain sites sold out. I've been doing this for a few years now. Prepping doesn't have to be expensive. It doesn't have to entail irrevocable changes to your lifestyle. If you think time is short, you can trade money for time and bulk up quite quickly. But following some online advice you can also bulk up quite well without spending money on a packaged solution. The topic of getting started in prepping is too big for a comments section, and most of the links I'd have given a year ago have vanished, but there is still good info out there. Start with the LDS church guidelines. Substitute flour for wheat. Flour is cheap and will last long enough, and you don't need a grinder. Double or triple the amount of water anyone recommends. Don't just read about it, get started. Prepping is fractal. The closer you get to it the more there is to do. Don't let that discourage you. WRT self quarantine, I'm currently leaning toward when the first case in the US without a known connection to the index patient happens. That would mean it's out in the wild here. It might be too late at that point but there are real world consequences to pulling the trigger too early too. There are absolutely consequences to bailing out, early or late. By the time TPTB in your world are willing to give you a Mulligan for bailing out, because general catastrophe, it's already far too late. As for going too early, that can leave you with bad options as well. But if you aren't prepared to ride something out in the first place, you've already made your choice, and will have to live (and possibly die) from it. No, I probably won't wait until the first case walks into my ER, unless it's the first case period. If there are already cases in my county or the ones next door, it's probably going to be time to start unplugging. Everyone in the country is entitled to 12 weeks of unpaid Family & Medical Leave, for any reason or no reason. Merely stating a "family emergency". Ebola a couple of zip codes away strikes me as the time I'll be taking that leave. If it's better, and not worse, three months later, well and good. If it's going sideways and pear-shaped, even better. YMMV. But if you haven't got the financial and survival resources in place, you don't even have the option except to become a refugee. Do you have water for weeks to months? A porta-john and sawdust to compost waste, or a number of large bags of kitty litter? And enough actual food to avoid going out? And a way to prepare or cook it? Along with whatever $$ you need to mail in checks for rent, power, water, &c.? Can you be your own 9-11, for fire, medical, and police concerns? What about your own water and power company? It's not complicated, but the earlier you start, the less you still have to do. And if you think the government will be there to help you, at any point in the process, I have a bridge for sale, cheap. We were fat, dumb, and happy in August of 2014, and I'd already posted two or three warnings on things in Africa getting out of hand. Come end of September, and it was wild and on the loose in Dallas, and suddenly shit got real. Don't be the last guy to notice this. Like I said a couple of posts back, the preps for this also come in handy for 27 other problems. Aesop, just wanted to say THANK YOU for the continued intel. I love your style of writing, it certainly gets the point across! Keep up the great work, and be sure to let us know when you bug out. My wife works in the local hospital, yay for us. I need to have a very serious conversation with her about when to run for the hills. I am leaning towards right after the 1st case is identified in the US. But bills, right? Exciting times. LM said... Aesop, I totally agree that if Ebola gets loose in the US it will be a real disaster. But the more I think about prepping, the more difficult it appears to me. Ensuring some basic 1800s lifestyle for a year really shouldn't be so very hard assuming one has some surplus time and money. The problem is that if things get out of hand, the food and energy supply of our cities will break down, and they will all come out to the country to take my shit. Let's say I am a good shot with various firearms and have a dog. Do I really like my chances against 15 desperate city dwellers armed with kitchen knives in the middle of the night? Do I have the balls to throw a grenade at a starving family on my driveway? And of course, there is a reasonable chance they all have Ebola! If I hit one with a shotgun from 10 feet and blood gets everywhere, what do I do? God forbid that happens inside my house near my food. And then we have the geopolitical problems. Any country that isn't infected is going to have a huge incentive to take our land once the outbreak dies down if our military is completely vaporized, and that seems fairly likely. Even if we have nuclear weapons remaining and personnel to run them, who would make these decisions? I don't want to seem like too much of a devil's advocate, because I would much rather be the man with the gun and the food and a fighting chance than the city dwellers who will suffer 90% casualties. But it seems extraordinarily difficult to really prepare for this. I wonder if the best strategy might be relocating to someplace more remote, say the Cayman Islands. P.S. have you read Dr Robert Rowen's paper on fighting Ebola with ozone? I encourage Dr. Rowen to go to DRC, contract Ebola, and use ozone on himself, and write back with how that works out for him. Failing that level of absolute confidence in his "cure", and its success, he's full of shit. As a rule, nobody with Ebola is coming to take anything, they're generally collapsing and shtting their guts out in convulsions right where they are. Anybody else is just an opportunist, and should be terminated with extreme prejudice the second they cross the property line. If there are 15 of them, I only hope you're not using a bolt-action. And not trusting to single-pane window glass and honesty locks to stop people. As for "starving families in the driveway" I defer to the wisdom of an instructor in basic training some decades prior: "Some guys see a baby in de trail, dey go over and look, and dey get killed. Fk dat. I see a a baby on de trail, I'ma throw a grenade on dat baby. If de baby blow up twice, da baby wuz booby-trapped." That's a verbatim quote. I have seen nothing in a long life to argue with the wisdom of that course of action. Concertina at the property line, with a skull & crossbones. And a red flag on the flagpole: "no prisoners taken, no quarter given." Do what seems best to you. The Termite said... A ranch in the Andes Mountains in Chile is sounding better and better.... The Gray Man said... Here you go, Aesop. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/african-migrants-pass-through-san-antonio-and-swiftly-fan-out-across-the-country Concertina wire is not expensive. FYI. PS: Sorry if the formatting looks wonky. Ebola in the West (USA and UK) Name Got it here Sent here for treatment • Dr Martin Salia (died) Sierra Leone Ne Omaha UNMC • Mr Thomas Duncan (died) Liberia Tx Dallas THP • Nurse Amber Vinson Tx Dallas THP Ga Atlanta Emory • Nurse Nina Pham Tx Dallas THP Md Bethesda NIH • Dr Kent Brantly Liberia SIM/ELWA Ga Atlanta Emory • Nurse Nancy Writebol Liberia SIM/ELWA* Ga Atlanta Emory • Dr Richard Sacra Liberia SIM/ELWA* Ne Omaha UNMC • Dr Craig Spencer Guinea NY NYC Bellvue • Mr Ashoka Mukpo Liberia Ne Omaha UNMC SIM/ELWA = Serving in Mission, Eternal Love Winning Africa – a religious charity • Nurse Pauline Cafferkey Sierra Leone Ln Royal Free Hosp Breaches of Quarantine or Screening Protocol in the West (USA and UK) • Dr Nancy Snyderman NBC reporter Liberia left self-quarantine in NJ • Nurse Kaci Hickox Nurse in Sierra Leone refused quarantine in NJ and Me • Nurse Pauline Cafferkey Heathrow Arpt lied to leave quarantine • Dr Hannah Ryan Heathrow Arpt lied to help Cafferkey leave quarantine • Nurse Donna Wood Heathrow Arpt lied to help Cafferkey leave quarantine • 1st anon medic Heathrow Arpt lied to help Cafferkey leave quarantine • 2nd anon medic Heathrow Arpt lied to help Cafferkey leave quarantine • There are 16 separate names on this page. • 2 (ie. 12.5% of the 16) were civilians who contracted the disease. • 14 (i.e 87.5% of the 16) were medical professionals who contracted, or were suspected of contracting the disease, or contributed to the risk of spreading it. • 14 were medical professionals who should not have contracted the disease because they should have been protected by their own actions and the protocols in place. • 7 were medical professionals (ie. half of the 14 medical staff) who breached quarantine or screening protocols. • 100% of those who breached rules were medical professionals. • 87.% of cases were contracted in hospitals by staff. • 12.5% were contracted outside a hospital by civilians. My Conclusion If ebola comes to the west it’ll be brought here and spread here by a medical professional in the first instance. My guess is that all the medical professionals got it when they used a toilet facility in the isolation unit while on shift and failed to doff or don their PPE correctly. It would be easy to do that. 100% of the avoidable errors or illegal/stupid actions were made by medical staff. oldanddecrepit said... If one wanted to distribute a bio weapon, one would be hard-pressed to think of a better methodology for minimum cost. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/06/hundreds-of-illegal-aliens-from-ebola-stricken-congo-who-arrived-in-san-antonio-last-week-quickly-fan-out-across-country/ Thanks for the clarification. The only comments i would make are to set up electronic (remote) banking. This lets you pay bills without personal contact. It reduces personal contact and might keep things running longer. That starts with the electronic deposit of your paycheck and setting up your utilities to be paid electronically. I'm thinking that by the time we hear of a U.S. case of Ebola, it will already be in the wild here. With the 2 week asymptomatic infectious period, that makes for very bad news. I'd suggest moving much sooner than waiting for known cases to get within a zip code or two. Part of your decision should depend on whether your employers know you as Aesop. I am much luckier. Already retired, most preps in place. For me it's when do I stop the community activities, (church, volunteer work, card games, etc.) and drag barbed wire across the driveway. Thanks again to Aesop and several clear headed anonymous commenters. I don't see the Vice cameraman who got it showing ABC or CBS around the Ebola zone.... I though they sent him to Nebraska. WRT prepping and surviving being hard, well YES. Most things worth doing are hard. Do it the same way you eat an elephant or start a journey of a thousand miles. Aim for 3 days (the woefully inadequate FEMA disaster prep recommendation) 7 days (FEMAs new reco) 14 days (should cover almost any local or regional disaster) 30 days (big regional disaster, sick spouse, death of a loved one, loss of job) 45 days (same as above, plus self quarantine for flu or ebola) 6 months (economic depression, loss of job, death in the family, ease the long slide toward collapse) 1 year (Venezuela, Argentina, fUSA when the money collapses, ease the long slide) 2 years (F you and this shitty job, long slide, get thru ebola or other SHTF collapse) 5 years (until the rapture, or whatever the LDS church is expecting after SHTF) Realistically, your time goal will probably be shortened by extra people on your doorstep, spoilage, charity, stone soup, etc. Watch out for prepackaged freeze dried "kits". They usually grossly under provide calories for the amount of "days" they provide. Most of the food is pasta, and TVP which some people can't eat. You will be doing a lot more physical activity, you need more calories and water than "survival rations." WAY more water. Food and personal hygiene will require water. You don't want to start shitting yourself from food poisoning while everyone else has ebola. I don't have your email, so I thought I would leave this here. https://www.conservativereview.com/news/550-african-migrants-just-caught-texas-dhs-head-says-arent-screened-ebola/ For those of you anywhere near Virginia, I K Supply has Concertina wire for sale: 20 rolls for $200. They are 50 ft rolls. https://www.ebay.com/itm/BTC-10-Concertina-Razor-Wire-NSN-5660-00-921-5516-20-ROLLS-/163680523600?_trksid=p2385738.m4383.l4275.c10 Thanks for the reply Aesop. I guess I need to get a bit emotionally tougher! I wonder how I would accomplish that. Also, I did not phrase this very well, but ozone has actually cured people of Ebola. Rowen trained some Sierra Leone physicians in ozone. 7 of them contracted Ebola; all four of those who got ozone recovered more or less instantly and all three of those who did not get ozone died, including one who was denied treatment by the government. I wouldn't treat it as gospel, but neither would I instantly write it off. http://www.docrowen.com/ozone-cures-ebola.html Anyway, I appreciate the posts which have definitely ratcheted up my concern several notches. Maybe it works. There was an Australian doctor who was sure ulcers were caused by bacteria. But he had the balls to infect himself, then cure himself, to make his point. Now he has a Nobel Prize in medicine to show for his determination. So absent that level of commitment, you can understand my skepticism of Rowen's claims. All he has to do is get his story published in the NEJM, JAMA, or the Lancet, and I'd give it a look. When anyone can replicate it (the acid test of actual science), even once, I might even believe it. You'd think that wouldn't be hard amidst an outbreak of 2000 and counting, would you? His own word, confirming his own claims, on an unsubstantiated internet blog post is worth absolutely nada. Otherwise that Nigerian gold investment scheme would have made me a gazillionaire, just like Solomon Ondonkoh promised. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QdPW8JrYzQ The fact that he's hawking his cure on the internet from Santa Rosa CA, and not taking it to the Hot Zone to demonstrate its efficacy tells people everything they need to know about the likelihood of veracity. But as P.T. Barnum observed, "There's one born every minute." So, what happened to the Dallas nurses, Amber Vinson and Nina Pham? I thought they tested positive. We're they cured? Are they now carriers? Dead? Makes me wonder if Vinson and Pham actually had the virus. For those that want to prep but are short of disposable income yet believe that time is of the essence go no further than Bison Prepper You want the PDF "The Frugal Survivalist" found at http://www.bisonprepper.com/ His blog https://bisonprepper.blogspot.com/ I just glad to find where all the action is. It is here. I only found Bracken's War room appearance in a YT video uploaded by Baked Blunts. There was only 7 views. There he clearly explained why he believes it is the Iranians. It would be good if Bracken could, if is not already, posting his Infowars appearances here, or on another of his websites. I do my best to hunt him down, but it is not easy, and I'd hate to miss a vid. With Ebola and all the other deadly antibiotic resistant TB, Typhoid etc, it is time to stock up with both hands and prepare to self quarantine for at least 30 days and longer. Prepare a remote location if you do not already live there. I'm in the mountains of Montana. When the country collapses, Cholera, guardia, cryptosporidium, water born diseases will be common as well as Typhoid, and TB. We could also see other deadly disease. I have the gear, but will not use it unless forced,because the decontamination process is too risky for Ebola. Get the book by Dr. Joe Alton, Alton's Antibiotics and Infectious Diseases. The book explains in simple laymen terms where,and what to buy, how to diagnois, and how to use antibiotics. Buy antibiotics a fishfloxfishmox.com without prescription. We need to keep highly motivated patriots alive and well. There are so few. I'm an old broken down man living on nearly nothing for income and I do not accept assistance from the goobermint. If I can do it you can do it, because if there is a will, there is a way. If there is no will, then there is no way. We must also get right with God. Check out Survivalblog.com, run by James Wesley Rawles, author of Patriots, Surviving the Coming Collapse. Tunnel Rabbit @Retired cop, After virtually not a peep on her condition any time in the five years since 2014, there was recently a media story (just a wild coincidence, I'm sure) claiming she's virus-free. Mirabile dictu. Of course, since they probably didn't pull the aqueous humor fluid from her eyeballs, or the CSF her spine and brain float in, where they've found Ebola virus in other formerly infected persons, my skepticism of that claim knows no bounds. So far, for every survivor, per all accounts, when they really look for Ebola in prior victims, they find it. Functionally, forever. The fact that it's five-plus years after her infection and they're only now announcing she's clear of it should give you pause. Notably, they've released no such claim on Amber Vinson, Dallas nurse #2. Draw your own conclusions there as well. Then Google Ebola Virus Syndrome. TL;DR: The best way to survive Ebola is to never get it. Period. Aesop, just FYI: So I went to post the CR link above to Facebook (where I'm not currently on a 30-day ban). “550 African migrants were just caught in Texas. DHS head says they aren’t being screened for Ebola” And immediately, this dire warning popped up on my screen over the story before I could post it. I posted it anyway, despite the warning. https://scontent-mia3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/64543942_2689143911105032_7635719208176713728_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_oc=AQkrmImfU1o3CcGWr7qYCqqRmW0jJYHCBXhVxAW-qsVDHpctrpJZX-PRK9x0-ksd7vQlqh-jFAtSP7gxg5Re_EQP&_nc_ht=scontent-mia3-2.xx&oh=b6cae130bc4dae550bf8a0dccb6d9950&oe=5D9A4ADA The CR story never said "migrants with Ebola are being dumped in San Antonio." The "politifact" re-direct is bogus, based on a lie. But Z-book sure is freaked out about Ebola reporting. NITZAKHON said... For your amusement: https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ou-KgtTkeKg/XMiQyY2M2ZI/AAAAAAAB1f8/KQ98CavNUUsMkZRhP_UpJsUgsrrMgDTVACLcBGAs/s1600/90mimb_pqs22uVbYU1uauof6o1_500.png Aesop, I just started reading the following - Epidemic: Ebola and the Global Scramble to Prevent the Next Killer Outbreak 1st Edition by Reid Wilson - and the opening chapters give a brief history of ebola and the response to 2014 outbreak. All I can say is, if anything, you're UNDERSTATING the cluster fck that was the response by the WHO, MSF, et al...and the depth of ignorance of natives in the region is beyond staggering. When it comes here, and I have no doubts now that it will, we are, simply put, well and truly f*cked. daniel_day said... Here's the Laura Ingraham report on Friday about Congolese "entrants": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJlOmMj21uM @Matt Bracken: How dare you try to post un-pre-digested news where anyone can see it! @NITZAKHON That one made my day. Capitalism FTW. lineman said... You need to be building Community so you will have some help when it goes south...I'm in the Bitterroot if your close coffee is on me... Domo said... "This time, it's all that plus moronic Bad Guys actively killing medical staff." Overseas medical staff being the people with easiest access to trucks, helicopters and jets. was watching this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQsCQQEG-JA) about an ebola patient being delivered to Nebraska containiment unit, it brings home Aesop's point of the amount of effort to properly care for 1 person not to mention a horde. What really caught my attention was at the 15:50 minute mark, it mentions a doctor (Dr Daniel Johnson) newly hired, was suited up (without ever going through the years of training) and put in contact with this first patient 'because he has necessary skills', his quote in the clip - " i was getting put into a suit that I had only seen on the news or in the movies", followed by one of the assistant director saying "I helped him get this gear on, we had a little talk right before he walked into the containment unit, I just said go in there and do what you do every day and just be extra careful ( nervous smile)" Maybe its me but why have a team that has trained together for 10 years and on game day you introduce someone who is being told the rules of the game as he is being shoved onto main stage, sounds like amateur hour multiplied 10^10. From a risk mitigation and potentially screwing up a protocol that has been trained and rehearsed for years -- that sounds like pure madness, have the protocols and entrance criteria been tightened? Hey if you can risk someone else's life because they are the new man well then what do you think the senior guys are going to do... FNG gets point, amirite? Aesop, my wife and my daughter are both nurses at hospitals, one on the east coast the other in the midwest. If this stuff were to appear at your hospital, what would you do? Aesop has been very clear that he'd drop the clipboard and head out the back door... anyone with sense would. The fact that some will try to help and end up like the Dallas nurses, or dead, is amazing, but I think few and far between. Sunday Music: If I Can't Have You Have A Caturday Pin The Tail On The Actual Jackasses Responsible Allow Me To Summarize: Just Another Day On The Job: Reality Edition Smiling Young Lady from Niger Dept. ... 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