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Mrs. Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton): I welcome you to the Chair, Mr. Conway. Like others, this is the first time that I have served in Committee under your chairmanship, and I look forward to the experience.
I want to discuss the Bill's use of the word ``immaterial'' and amendment No. 1, which would remove it, because the issue is central. Clause 1 encapsulates the criticisms of those in this House and outside who feel that the Bill is draconian. As has been noted, by inserting in the 1981 Act the phrase
the Bill will grant the Minister the power to do what he thinks should be done in terms of slaughter. Astonishingly, however, subsection (3)(1A) states that it is immaterial whether animals
``have been treated with vaccine against foot-and-mouth disease.''
Amendment No. 1, which would replace the word ``immaterial'' with ``material'', is tiny but it is perhaps one of the most important that we are considering. As we have heard, under the Bill as drafted the Minister can think and carry out action that can affect any animal, regardless of any recognisable condition that would justify its being slaughtered.
Mr. Morley indicated dissent.
Mrs. Browning: The Minister shakes his head, but much of today's debate has been based on the premise that a risk assessment will be made, and that when push comes to shove and the Minister has to seek guidance, it will be based on veterinary advice. By excluding those conditions and making them ``of no importance'', the Minister has made it difficult for anybody else to measure the transparency of a given risk assessment. I hope he agrees that it is essential to the wider public, especially those who own the animals, that a risk assessment and its formulation be transparent. If those conditions are excluded as ``immaterial'', one wonders what will be left that is material on which a judgment could be made.
As with many other Bills that have passed through the House in the past four years, we are being asked to enact legislation on the basis that important decision making will be at the discretion of Ministers. We are being asked to trust them to do the right thing and show fairness and proportionality. A little earlier, the Minister prayed in aid the fact that he would not advocate unnecessary slaughter. I want to remind him, however, of his track record on mass slaughter. In March 1996, the Animal Protesters' Bulletin published an article about BSE by the Minister, who was then Opposition spokesman on agriculture and rural affairs, in which he concluded:
Mr. Morley: Will the hon. Lady give way?
Mrs. Browning: I shall in a moment.
The Minister did not hesitate to recommend the slaughter of the whole national herd based on a presumption about a matter that was subject to scientific research and properly controlled experimentation. There was no question of confusing cows and calves with sheep and lambs in the research that was being conducted then by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. When we are asked to put into legislation and support powers whereby he and other Ministers will exercise judgment and power during a future foot and mouth crisis, we are reticent about doing so.
Mr. Morley: The Animal Protesters' Bulletin is not one of the most reliable sources of quotes. I am willing to engage with any organisation or group, and I have on occasion contacted them to point out that they are mistaken in what they have said. I do not recall having made those comments. However, if we ever found ourselves in a doomsday scenario in which BSE was rife in the UK herd and being passed on maternally so that it was constantly present, that would be a severe problem. I am glad to say that we are not in that position.
Mrs. Browning: If the Minister would like a copy of issue number 47 of the Animal Protesters' Bulletin, which carries the article in his name from which I quoted, I shall make it available to him. However, he knows only too well that a few years ago our roles were reversed: I was the Minister and he was the animal rights campaigner constantly banging on my door about animal welfare issues. What goes around comes around. My memory is long, as are my archives.
I hope that he will take my point that such an important matter should not rest merely on personal intuition on the part of a Minister. Safeguards should be built into the Bill, but that is far from being the case and clause 1 epitomises that. The Bill is not proportionate, as my hon. Friend the Member for South Norfolk (Mr. Bacon) said. It is not even reasonable in the sense of natural justice. It is draconian, and nowhere more so than in this clause.
Mr. Breed: I am following what the hon. Lady says with great interest and look forward to any other pieces of archive material that may turn up in the course of our deliberations. Perhaps the real reason for the provision is so that the Government can defend themselves in any judicial review, but how can anyone defend himself by saying, ``Basically, I can do anything I like''?
Mrs. Browning: The hon. Gentleman is right. One of the first things I said in the debate on the programme resolution was that the Bill is fundamentally flawed in terms of its legal powers, and I am sure that it will be challenged legally. We have already discovered that the Government are not amenable to perfectly reasonable amendments that are intended to help them to improve the Bill. It falls foul of the European convention on human rights, and the courts will find that any powers that the Minister needs to deal with emergency situations caused by animal diseases are already enshrined in the Animal Health Act 1981, and that these provisions are disproportionate.
Mr. Bill Wiggin (Leominster): I welcome you to the Chair, Mr. Conway.
I want to discuss the keeping of animals inside. The Minister will have read in Farmers' Weekly about the activities of a company called Cogent, which locked up its bulls in an airtight shed, along with two members of staff[Interruption.] It was airtightor sufficiently airtight to prevent the virus from gaining access. Perhaps hon. Members are more expert on the airtightness of sheds than on the transmission of the virus. My point is that the Bill does not give people the opportunity to help themselves. If a company can go to those lengths to ensure the survival of its livestockthe genetic information stored in those bulls was so vital that it was prepared to take the financial steps necessary to safeguard themwe must consider an amendment of this nature.
Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): I should have thought that the genetic material from bulls could easily be stored in their semen.
Mr. Wiggin: The company in question produces semen. I think that it was looking to keep more than just one or two straws.
We shall go on to discuss biosecurity and continue to lament the fact that it was possible for the disease to spread as it did. The amendment would give people a chance to help themselves to combat it. I hope that Labour Members will consider that carefully before voting against it.
Mr. Morley: That is precisely the situation now. If farmers can demonstrate good biosecurity, exemptions can be made. The amendment is therefore unnecessary. The company in the hon. Gentleman's example demonstrated extremely good biosecuritynaturally, as it did not want to jeopardise very valuable animals.
Mr. Bacon: When the Minister says that exemptions can be made, does he mean, ``If I, the Minister, feel that exemptions should be made, I shall do so''? I return to the example of the Norfolk farmer whose pigs did not get classical swine fever, although it was all around, and who, like others in Norfolk, was not affected by foot and mouth. Under the Bill, could the Minister, if he so chose, go to that farm and kill those pigs?
Mr. Morley: I should put it this way. A decision has to be made on the ground in relation to the appropriate measures to contain disease spread. That is what the Bill is all about. Opposition Members seem to be trying to put as many obstructions as possible in the way of our vets, saying what they can and cannot do.
It comes down to the issue of proportionality, which the hon. Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Mrs. Browning) mentioned. She must bear it in mind that the slaughter powers in the Bill are no different from any other measure that the Government have to put in place. They are obliged to demonstrate that any measures that they implement are proportionate. One of the tests of proportionality is satisfied if a fair balance is struck between the rights of individuals and the public interest. The means by which that is achieved is no more restrictive than necessary. Those are the kinds of tests that are applied.
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Favorite Moments of Blaxploitation, according to Lord Lee
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1 – Lucius Fox doesn't work for you, Clark!
<1>2 – Too hot to hold..I love how Bobby has a look on his face as if to say -" I'm sorry to bother you, Mr. Zeddmore."
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Disturbing Video Of TSA Agent Patting Down Boy With Disability Flagged By Trump. Here's The Story.
On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump flagged a disturbing video of a TSA agent aggressively and excessively patting down a young boy with a disability at the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport.
"Not a good situation!" wrote the president, reacting to the video posted by comedian Larry The Cable Guy, whose real name is Daniel Lawrence Whitley
Not a good situation! https://t.co/uaMcSrX4yM
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 20, 2019
Whitley posted the video with the caption: "Absolutely ridiculous! How many times do you have to feel a kid up to figure out he's not a threat? This is infuriating and hard to watch." The video the comedian posted came from an account called "@DeepStateExpose."
Absolutely ridiculous! How many times do you have to feel a kid up to figure out he's not a threat? This is infuriating and hard to watch. RT @RealJamesWoods: Uh… pic.twitter.com/UK7RNGKU02
— Larry The Cable Guy (@GitRDoneLarry) March 19, 2019
The video first surfaced online in 2017. The boy's mother, Jennifer Williamson, explained on public radio that her family was traveling from Texas to San Diego on a family vacation when her 13-year-old son Aaron, who suffers from Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), was pulled aside for the invasive search by TSA.
According to radio station WIBX 950, Williamson posted the disturbing video to Facebook, where it quickly went viral, garnering tens of thousands of messages from social media users upset over the "creepy" interaction.
"We were told in no uncertain terms that either we comply immediately without question or we be escorted from the airport," Williamson explained during an appearance on "First News with Keeler in the Morning" in the wake of the ordeal.
The mother agreed with the host that her son was "groped" by the agent. "There was no question it was excessive and way beyond what needs to be necessary," she said.
"There was no place for him to hide anything," she noted. "If you watch the video, this man actually put both hands around my son's bare arms, also. What was hiding under his skin?"
Aaron "already has experienced bullying for being a ballet dancer and advocates for that so he is really a unique and thoughtful kid," said Williamson, according to WIBX 950. "I was appalled at how many times this man went over my son and how the back of his waistband was opened, his shirt was pulled up the back," she added.
The mother revealed that her son might have been targeted by the agents because she spoke up to another agent prior to him being pulled aside.
"To be perfectly honest, in my opinion, the reason that they picked him is because I had already spoken up to this TSA officer who was being so disrespectful to us. There was quite a delay," she said. Williamson said the female agent was "on her phone, texting," when she told her "perhaps she should engage" to figure out "what the hold up was."
Williamson said she posted the video to social media with the intention to "initiate change."
WIBX 950 reports that TSA reached out to Williamson and asked for her guidance in dealing with children who suffer from disabilities like her son's. "[TSA] have asked if I would be willing to join their Disabilities and Medical Condition Coalition. This will provide me with the opportunity to engage in regular dialogue to influence and inform the TSA on minor modifications that may help certain passengers," she said.
Why can't we have this kind of search at the boarder? It was pretty obvious that what this agent did was unnecessary. I absolutely believe that there has to be a better way to treat OUR AMERICAN CITIZENS. Put those agents at the boarder.
So true. I bet they would never do this to a foreign child or even an adult.
My son has Dpwn Syndrome and he gets patted down at every Seahawk game., I don't think I would care for a overly long pat down. I get patted down also. My daughter has been patted down on flights as has her husband. So it is not unusual but not for prolong amount of time. If they did that to illegals the liberals would have big fits.
that agent needs fired..he is obviously a pedophile..if i watched my son being patted down in this manner for that amount of time i would have knocked the bastard out
the kid is wearing a T-shirt and shorts no shoes..i understand the need for security at all transportation venues but this is molestation
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It's been three years since Nickelodeon purchased the rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, with plans to create yet another television series that features the titular martial arts trained reptiles in animated form - not to be confused with Platinum Dune's live-action TMNT reboot.
The Nickelodeon series isn't due out until next year, but there's now an official preview which offers a very brief glimpse at the new-and-improved mutant warriors that are named after Renaissance artists and have a fondness for pizza (how often do you get to write those words together?).
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be a computer-animated series, and according to executive producer Ciro Nieli, each of the turtles (Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael) will possess "more individual attributes." The theme song for the original 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles show did actually distinguish the characters by means other than their mask color and weapon of choice, but it wouldn't hurt to give each of the turtles a bit more personality, all the same.
Entertainment Weekly has the exclusive first look at the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV show, which can be viewed HERE.
The first still image from the series has also been released, and can be seen below:
While each of the Turtles still possess their trademark weaponry (though Donatello's bo staff has now been upgraded with a blade at the end), the animators are clearly aiming to give each of the characters a more fearsome makeover. The glinting white slits for eyes and blocky appendages are slight exaggerations of the Turtles' design in the 2007 TMNT movie, but these new CGI Teenage Mutants Ninja Turtles are noticeably more stylized than their predecessors.
While the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movies released during the 1990s were more light-hearted and humorous than the original comic book series, recent film and TV versions alike have sought to return the characters to their darker roots. Obviously, given the nature of the franchise, these mutated masked vigilantes won't ever be taken quite as seriously as their peers - and, in all honesty, that's probably for the best.
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India has joined a growing number of countries looking to the skies to improve their safety, after the country's train operator used satellite technology to alert road users of trains approaching trains at crossings. Indian Railways is undergoing a trial with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to use satellites outside of the earth's atmosphere to sound horns at unmanned crossings.
ISRO and Indian Railways have been working on India's project since June 2017, which involves the installation of a microchip into trains, enabling remote operation of its hooter.
Satellites are well-suited for use as a method of controlling rail infrastructure as they can deliver the necessary commands at a lower cost than if relying on a terrestrial communications network, such as GSM-R. The technology has also been used in a similar fashion on rail infrastructure in Europe.
India's latest foray into satellite-controlled rail no doubt forms part of an attempt to lower the high numbers of people who die on the country's tracks. In the city of Mumbai alone, in 2016 3,202 passengers were killed by trains, an average of eight people a day, according to figures obtained from the government.
As reported in the Times of India, Tapan Misra, director of Ahmedabad-based Space Applications Centre, a division of the ISRO, said that once India's project is completed successfully it will be installed in phases on trains across the country. "Under the pilot project, IC chips have been installed on five engines of trains on different routes. The testing on the satellite-based hooter system has been going on since June to check if it is reliable and can function under different climatic conditions."
India's trials come after a test of similar technology in Italy, where Ansaldo STS and the state-owned company that manages its rail infrastructure, RFI, worked on a system designed to help with the operation of the signalling system, European European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS).
Originally tested over a three-year period on one operational train that travelled more than 90,000 miles without incident, it was then rolled out on a 30-mile section of track on the island of Sardinia between Cagliari and San Gavino. Francesco Rispoli, manager of satellite technology at Ansaldo STS, said that the trial, which was the first large-scale roll-out test in Europe, has successfully completed another 6,200 miles.
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Black Day: Pakistan Defence Minister blames PM Modi for violence in Kashmir Valley: On Friday, Khawaja Mohammed Asif who is Defence Minister of Pakistan put the blame directly on PM Modi's shoulder for violence in the Kashmir valley. He also said that an ethnic cleansing initiated by Modi in Kashmir.
He tweeted that Massacre and genocide in Kashmir valley is extension & re-enactment of ethnic cleansing started by Modi in Gujarat. On Friday PM of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif announced that Pakistan will observe a Black Day on 19th July 2016 because pakistani express solidarity with Kashmiris over the violence in the valley . Nawaz also explained slain Hizbul commander terrorist Burhan Wani as a martyr.
The spokesperson of MEA of India said that Pakistan had no locus standi in what was essentially a domestic issue. Continued glorification of terrorists belonging to proscribed terrorist organisations makes it clear where Pakistan's sympathies continue to lie. On Friday Khawaja Mohammed Asif, Defence Minister of Pakistan put the blame for violence in Kashmir on PM Modi's shoulders.
Observing the Black Day on 19th July was made by the Pakistan on Friday in meeting which is held by Federal cabinet chaired by Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif.
The federal cabinet of Pakistan condemned India on calling Burhan Wani a terrorist. Sharif expressed deep shock on the killing of terrorist Burhan Wani and many others civilians by the Indian military and paramilitary forces.
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Living with the problem you choose
I'm 22, and I'm unsingle.
I'm supposed to love me. Check. Love him. Check. Then no more single. It's math math math.
I wasn't always frozen. I used to have more search. I wasn't always "unsingle." I wasn't always a 100 percent undiagnosed Huntington's disease patient.
I wasn't always stuck on the word chance.
Like, what are the chances?
What were the chances that volcano in Iceland, named Eyjafjallajökull, would erupt for the second time the week I was trying to get back to home-base England during my junior spring abroad. From Rome. Ash clouds seeping through the atmosphere across Europe. Planes grounded. People stuck in between.
My junior spring.
I knew my mom was sick but I went anyway. I was 20. My mom had been sick for a long time, but I'd only known about the Huntington's for two-plus years (I hate counting).
Going abroad meant seeing things I'd always heard my mom talk about. Side trips to places like Salzburg.
There was a lot at stake. A lot of crazy dragged overseas. A lot of black-hole feelings.
Genetics isn't about deserving. So those people can stop feeling like they are questioning "God" in the right way, saying, "He works in mysterious ways," when in fact we're staring at a way that he works in exactly proportionate probabilities. In this case, Huntington's disease, we're working with a 50-50 split. The gene that causes HD is dominant. That means that each child my mother has carries a 50 percent chance of also having this incurable thing. In our case there are four candidates: My two brothers. My little sister, Angela. And me. And please, whatever you do, don't give me the "sometimes bad things happen to good people" line. Because we are not "good people." We're just people. It's my mom, me, my sister, my brother, my other brother, my dad (but he isn't at risk here). And "we," the people we're talking about here, don't actually use the word "deserving." I'm not saying there aren't times when my mom hasn't been severely depressed (which happens to be a symptom of Huntington's disease). Like, for instance, the time she asked what she'd done to deserve this thing. But that was around the same time that she stood outside our house in the middle of the double-yellow-lined road, with my brown-haired, freckled, big-hazel-eyed 7-year-old sister watching from the bedroom window before school, and begged for someone to end her life.
Maybe my mom was thinking about "deserving," but she was also doing things like that.
We don't talk much about that time. How she acted was a symptom. It can be treated (luckily) with drugs. Also, we don't talk much about genes. When I have a questions, I email premed kids I knew at school, making sure I understand my chances. My siblings' chances. If you ask the question a different way, maybe you'll get a different answer. Maybe this is my way of extending the conversation, bringing others in, making more people uncomfortable.
Grandma Marcia, my mom's stepmom, always told me that if everyone put their problems in the middle of the table and they each got to choose which ones they would keep for themselves, everyone would end up picking the same ones they started with. So here we are.
I'm a patient for something we don't know. And I don't know if I'm a patient.
Is anyone surprised when I can't stay tied to one thing?
People say, You are what you are.
The cereal box says, You are what you eat. Girl, you're worth it! Worth what? Worth something in life. How can you say what makes a life worth living?
How prepared can you be to find out the $5,000 life you thought you'd been saving up for years, earning interest and thinking, Wall Street better not sear my solid-money-life into something I don't want, actually turns out to be a $3 life that no one wants?
So what is this thing about testing?
It goes one of two places, equal shares likely. It's a fairness game really. In all fairness.
It's a question of how many letters. CAG. On chromosome 4. And 4 has always been my lucky number.
If I get tested, I'll get a number: 0 or 100.
Sometimes the name of a thing is more frightening than the thing itself. Like 9/11. Maybe someday, somebody will find a word for the gaping tear that day left. Numbers aren't exactly names, though. Fifty percent isn't a name, or 0 percent, or 100 percent. When I was four, in preschool, we had to write how old we were in our books About Me. Next to our handprints. I remember wondering why the number 4 said something as important about me as my handprint did.
We made handprints everywhere. Tracing our hands. Painting out palms. Pressing them to paper. So many handprints, smooshed, over and over again in that warm paint.
But really there's just one of me. I'm just one person with too many CAG repeats. Five too many.
I don't have too many repeats. Or maybe I do. I don't know. All I have right now is my handprint.
Take it. (My hand.)
Nope. Give it back.
I need it.
I need it to pick one of those problems sitting in the middle of the table, waiting.
This is the one I drew.
It's genetics. It's time. It's life. It's love. It's a disease in my family. It's mine. Or (maybe) it isn't.
Kelly Cupo '11 is a product manager at a Web-based entertainment startup in Los Angeles. Her essay was adapted by permission of Johns Hopkins University Press from The Story Within: Personal Essays on Genetics and Identity (2013), edited by Amy Boesky. Boesky is a member of the English faculty.


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With the arrival of mid-year school reports, the winter holidays offer students the opportunity for critical reflection; a chance to look back on the first half of the school year. It is a time to celebrate what is going well as well as identify areas where improvements can be made. Reflection is a powerful process for all students to undertake as it helps them to understand their own strengths and weaknesses in order to support their continuous learning and personal development.
Complementary to the process of reflecting is the identification of goals moving forward. As the title suggests, not having goals is like shooting at a target with a blind fold on – worse still, it can be never even taking aim. For our students to make the most of their mid-year report, they should be encouraged to reflect critically on their performance, to consider the accompanying comments and advice provided by teachers, and then spend some time setting goals towards which they will apply themselves in this second semester.
Indeed, this process is something we can all benefit from undertaking. It might be fair to say that we spend more time planning a party, reading the paper or making a Christmas list than we do in planning our lives. So, here are a few tips to assist in goal setting:
1. Goals must be specific. - For students, this may be identifying a specific grade they plan to achieve in their next assessment task. Remember if you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.
2. Don't be afraid to set BIG goals. - Little goals are not motivating, and too often we short change ourselves and look for only what we think we can easily achieve.
3. Write the goals down using the PPP format. - For goal statements to be most effective, they should be Personal (using 'I am' or 'I have'), written in the Present tense (or your mind will keep it in the future) and be Positive (stating what you want, not what you want to avoid). 'I have mastered the 7 times tables.' is a much stronger goal than 'I won't make so many mistakes.'
4. Imagine your success - As you write the goals down, mentally visualise them as already achieved. Your brain prefers to work in pictures so this will give you a mental picture to work with.
5. Short, medium and long term goals - This is just as important for adults as it is for students, as we all benefit from the chance to recognise and celebrate our achievements within a set period of time. However, longer term goals are also important as it reminds of where we are going – in school and in life.
Once goals have been identified and recorded, you may be surprised at the flush of energy that follows. Johann von Goethe (1749-1832) described this eloquently in one of his writings:
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. The moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too.
All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issue from the decision, raising in one's favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.
Whatever you can do or dream you can begin it. Boldness has genius, magic and power in it.
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A sad but inspiring story!
I mentioned the PLACE method in a previous post and I wanted to share a real life story about the power it can have. This is a heart wrending story so if you are a cryer, you may want a box of tissues at hand! =) Real names are not used to protect identity.
Micheal was a foster parent. He took in mostly children from abusive backgrounds who had issues with incontinence, obesity, etc. He related this story about one child of nine years he had in his care who we will call Shawn. One day while he was going through the house collecting laundry from the bed rooms for his trip to the laundromat he walked into Shawns bedroom and was immediately overwhelmed by the smell of urine. Michael felt a little frustrated, it was not the first time he had come into Shawns room to find this smell.
Micheal continued to collect laundry and put his mind to the task of figuring out what exactly was going on that Shawn would feel the need to do this. Was he hiding his underwear that he had an accident in because he was afraid he would get into trouble for the accident? Micheal did not believe this was the case since they had talked about it before and Micheal had assured Shawn that he would not be in trouble but they did need to work on resolving his issues with having accidents. Michael realized what he had to do and resolved to do it that evening.
When Shawn arrived home from school, Micheal stopped him before he walked upstairs. He stood by the counter and had on a sad countenance. " Shawn, I would like to talk to you for a minute please."
Shawns eyes traveled to the laundry bags and he he stiffened. Micheal could see he was obviously scared. Shawn had lived with him for almost half a year at this point and he wondered when that haunted look would ever leave this childs eyes. Micheal turned so he was more facing Shawn and quietly said in a voice that he hoped was soothing," Shawn. I want you to know you are not in trouble. I just need some help."
Shawn was surprised and taken a little off guard by this," Help? With what?"
" I just need to be able to understand it. Can you please help me to understand why? Please, I have to know!"
Shawns lip trembled. This was a child who in the time he had been with Micheal had showed little emotion except for the occasional fear that crossed his countenance when he couldn't stop it. Shawn sat at the bottom of the stairs he had been standing near and his story spilled from his lips. Micheal had heard most of it already from the case workers but this was Shawns moment. His turn to relate his experience as only he could.
" When I lived with my Mom, I had problems making it to the bathroom. I would be afraid and want to hide it but she would know. She would always know and she would make me.." he cleared his throat as tears streamed down his face. " She would take me out in front of the house and make me sit on the little chair there. She would put my wet underwear on my head. I would sit there smelling the smell and hear her calling to people walking by to look at her son. Her little sissy pissy pants! I still have problems making it sometimes. I get this knot in my stomach and I don't know what to do. So I smell the underwear and it makes the knot go away."
Micheal went to the know sobbing Shawn with tears in his own eyes hoping he could make it through the next part without them spilling. This was such a critical moment for the two of them but especially for Shawn. In his hand he had a bag. Just a plain plastic shopping bag which he held out to Shawn. " I want you to take this. I want you to gather up the underwear you have in your room and put it in here." Shawn looked like he might protest but Micheal continued," I want you to to put it in a safe place in your room."
Confused," Wait! I can keep them?"
Micheal nodded. " The only request I make of you is when you feel the need to take out the bag, please come get me. I want to be there with you. Noone should ever have to feel that way especially alone. You don't have to talk to me or anything. I just want to sit with you so you know you aren't alone and if you want, I will hold your hand!"
Shawn did as he was asked. Over the course of the next few months Shawn had fewer and fewer accidents and he started being able to express other emotions. Just through that act of empathy and understanding he recevied he moved down the road to recovery.
There is great power in empathy, compassion and understanding. I hope you came away from this story with the magic of a little hope in your hearts.


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When Wall Street says something is "dead," you know what to do: You check for a pulse – because you never trust Wall Street. In the case of healthcare M&A, the paid pundits have said the market is on ice. But they're wrong: there is a sign of life – which provides a startling and lucrative investment opportunity. I'm going to reveal it today.
When the Street declared the "death" of the big biotech merger after the Feds started cracking down on so-called "tax inversions," I started my "crime scene" investigation.
Here's what I turned up: Global healthcare mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have soared 124% so far this year, to $35.1 billion. That makes this the best start for since 2009.
But let's thank Wall Street for this bit of misdirection – because it gives us a chance to pounce on the ongoing biopharma M&A trend while other Main Street investors are getting bluffed.
Today I want to show you how you can use the little-noticed M&A boom to outperform the wider market – maybe by as much as 95% over the next two years…
Avoidance Strategy
No doubt, some of the economics behind these marriages has eroded now that Washington has cracked down on tax-inversion deals.
These are transactions in which a U.S.-based company attempts to reduce its corporate tax bill by buying a foreign firm where corporate taxes are cheaper and then moving its "official' headquarters there.
You probably remember the $11 billion Burger King Worldwide Inc.-Tim Hortons Inc. merger last year, which created Restaurant Brands International Inc. (NYSE: QSR). That fast food deal ended up with Burger King moving its headquarters to tax-friendlier Canada.
That was the big reason behind these deals.
The U.S. corporate income tax rate stands at 35% – the highest in the developed world, according to the nonpartisan think tank the Tax Foundation. By contrast, the 33 other industrialized countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development have an average rate of 25%.
Big-cap pharmaceutical and biotech firms found these deals alluring for two reasons. First, they could lower overhead quickly at a time of greater concern about rising healthcare costs.
Second, global firms generate a lot of sales offshore. By moving their headquarters overseas, biopharma companies could use the money "back home" without paying high U.S. tax rates.
But all that reasoning basically has gone out the window.
That Burger King-Tim Hortons deal and others received a lot of negative attention last summer – and led to new U.S. Treasury Department regulations that make tax inversions less lucrative.
Then, AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV) backed out of its $54 billion merger with Shire Plc.(Nasdaq: SHPG) in October. And that's when Wall Street told everyone that the number of biopharma industry M&As would plummet in 2015 and beyond.
Since then, however, we've actually seen an increase in healthcare mergers. Just two weeks ago, Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) said it's buying Hospira Inc. (NYSE: HSP) for $17 billion.
And there's plenty more where that came from…
Healthcare M&A Deals Are on the Rise
A new report by Thomson Reuters shows that deal making in the healthcare sector (including the biotech and pharmaceutical firms we look into at Strategic Tech Investor) ranks as the third highest by sector after telecom and financial firms.
But that ranking greatly understates the healthcare industry's feverish activity. Like I said before, global healthcare M&As have soared 124% to $35.1 billion so far this year.
For total U.S. M&A deals, Thomson Reuters found they're up 60% from a year ago, to $101.3 billion. And the Pfizer-Hospira deal is the largest so far in 2015, bigger than the next two combined.
M&A deals will remain a big driver for the whole healthcare industry. The pickup in M&A activity will translate into healthy bonuses for bankers and lawyers, certainly, but it will also continue accelerate stocks in the biotech and pharmaceutical sectors way past the overall market.
Since the start of 2014, the S&P 500 Health Care Index has soared 29.2%, and the Nasdaq Biotech Index has advanced 48.4%. The wider Standard & Poor's 500 Index, meanwhile, has jumped just 14.1%.
Here's one reason why biopharma deals will keep happening. Older patents at several leading firms are expiring, leaving the companies open to new competition.
It can take 10 years and $1 billion to get a new drug to market.
The Way to Play It
That means big players with large cash reserves often find it easier to buy competitors' product lines or those competitors themselves than to launch new drugs from scratch.
So, I want to introduce you to an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that's the best way to profit from healthcare M&A.
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Michael A. Robinson is one of the top financial analysts working today. His book "Overdrawn: The Bailout of American Savings" was a prescient look at the anatomy of the nation's S&L crisis, long before the word "bailout" became part of our daily lexicon. He's a Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer and reporter, lauded by the Columbia Journalism Review for his aggressive style. His 30-year track record as a leading tech analyst has garnered him rave reviews, too. Today he is the editor of the monthly tech investing newsletter Nova-X Report as well as Radical Technology Profits, where he covers truly radical technologies – ones that have the power to sweep across the globe and change the very fabric of our lives – and profit opportunities they give rise to. He also explores "what's next" in the tech investing world at Strategic Tech Investor.


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When you see clowns, what do you think of? Most people think of laughter and silly behavior.
Clowns have been making people laugh in countries all over the world for hundreds of years. Often, to make people laugh, clowns pretend to be dumb, or they say ridiculous things.
Many kings and queens had clowns to make their friends laugh. Since clowns were thought of as stupid, they were often able to say things that other people would have been punished for saying. So, even though they weren't treated very well, they were able to speak the truth when other people could not. Maybe that's why most clowns are shown wearing a big, red smile underneath their big, red nose. (Kayleen Hartman, staff writer)
許多國王皇后雇用小丑來讓朋友開懷大笑。由於人們認為小丑很笨,小丑往往可以講些別人說了可能會被處罰的事。所以,雖然他們沒有受到良好待遇,卻可以講出別人不能說出口的真相。也許,這就是多數小丑為何在斗大的紅鼻子底下,可以帶著燦爛又火紅的笑容見人的緣故。 (翻譯:賴美君)
1. To make people laugh, clowns sometimes act ...
a. mean.
b. dumb.
c. angry.
d. loud.
2. What could clowns do in front of queens and kings that other people couldn't?
a. Laugh.
b. Tell jokes.
c. Tell the truth.
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Can you get away with a SIM only contract?
Last updated: 15 March 2016
We know that a savvy lot like you are always looking for ways to save money and yet keep doing the things you love. Which is why Three aims to offer the best SIM only contracts on the market.
Über flexible SIM only plans are not for everyone. Yes, they allow you to refresh your tariff so you get more for your money – but if your handset is on its last legs then it could be cheaper in the long run to upgrade your phone at the same time.
So, how do you know if you can get away with it? Will your iPhone finally give up the ghost if you commit to another 12 months? Should you trade-in your old Samsung Galaxy S5 for the swanky new S7, or can you squeeze some more life out of that bad boy handset?
Here are four rigorous tests to put your phone through and see if a SIM only contract is the right option for you…
Work out how long it takes for the battery to run out.
We don't mean charge it and then sit staring at it for hours until it creeps down to the dreaded 0%.
No, we really want to know how practical that battery is. So, charge it and then spend the day streaming music, watching Netflix via the app and binge-texting your loved ones. Keep the brightness up, of course. And remember to have a two-hour long phone call with your Grandma. If it gets to 6pm and you still have juice, it's a keeper.
If you've noticed the battery is generally OK, but only seems to drain when you're using it pretty heavily, you could consider investing in a battery power pack or taking a look at our battery saving tips. Bear in mind that some Android phones, including the Samsung Galaxy range, have removable batteries that can be replaced, too.
Inspect your hardware.
If you've had a heavy duty phone case on your handset since you got it, you'll probably be in a much better position than most.
If, however, you kept it naked and caseless, it's worth looking a little more closely at its general condition. What are the scratch marks like on the screen, for example? Are there cracks? Have you noticed a decrease in sensitivity? If you peer into the murky depths of the headphone and battery ports, do they look clogged up?
Can you see grime and dirt around the edges of any other buttons or ridges? Is your camera lens perpetually greasy? Small things like this can work together to generally reduce the health of your phone, and another year will take its toll. Maybe stick to a rolling one-month SIM only contract just to be safe…
Ensure it can keep up with the others.
Update your phone to the latest operating system and see whether it can handle working a bit harder to accommodate all the new features.
Sometimes manufacturers will not make software updates friendly for old devices, but you'll need the latest software in order to update your apps and enjoy the same benefits as your mates. Imagine being the only one in your friendship group who can't use Snapchat Lenses. Disaster.
If you know your phone can't handle it and has to use an older OS then, it might worth looking into an upgrade – or coming to terms with the fact that the latest suite of emojis might be out of your grasp.
Take a look at your storage situation.
One of the major problems with mobiles is running out of storage space.
If you've crawled through your photo album countless times (we agree that you absolutely cannot delete those 60 photos you took of that person who was possibly / probably David Beckham in Sainsbury's), and deleted all your fave offline playlists (even your essential 'Calm Commute'), then you need a new solution.
The obvious answer is just to update your handset to something nice and heavy in the storage department. These days some phones have over 100GB storage space to play around with.
However, if your handset really is in top notch condition and the only thing wrong is the fact it's chock-a-block full of selfies then invest in some Cloud storage and get on that cheap and cheerful SIM only contract asap.


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Watch Yo La Tengo Cover The Cure in New Video
Yo La Tengo, the Cure, and total world destruction; these are a few of my favorite things. Which is why this new video from prolific New Jersey rock band Yo La Tengo seems almost too good to be true. The long-time trio of Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley and James McNew are known for their unbelievable ability to play ANY song by request, and their upcoming covers album, Stuff Like That There, tackles classic songs by everyone from Hank Williams to the Lovin' Spoonful and re-works their own tunes, culled from a 30-year career in music.
Set for release at the end of August, the album also features a demure cover of popular '80s hit "Friday I'm in Love" by British new wave icons the Cure. And now, Yo La Tengo present that song's bizarrely hilarious official video. It's a tale of woe, as singer Georgia Hubley wanders the streets collecting nicknacks while an invading force of extra-terrestrial hearts pummel mankind into the stone age. I love it!
Live Review: Bottlerock Day 1, 2, (3)
Friday, May 30: Day One
The weather was the first surprise of the weekend. Friday offered a cool, even breezy afternoon at the Napa Valley Expo that turned to a chilly evening. Five stages, including one for VIP ticket holders only, played to 24 bands throughout the day. It was a relatively calm affair that would see less attendees than following day, but for the most part, the logistical aspects of food and drink lines and bathroom cleanliness was kept in good order. Some festivalgoers themselves, even, helped throw away garbage and just be generally decent—maybe Headliners like the Cure and Sublime with Rome (the guy, not the city) simply brought out equal parts of older and more sedated fans who were content to throw down blankets and relax.
Jewish reggae-rapper Matisyahu delivered an effortless and nicely rocking set of smooth jams and authentic beats, many from his upcoming album, "Akeda," released this week. TV on the Radio wowed me with a continuously intensifying set of eclectic indie rock and soulful electro pop. Gin Blossoms brought the "county fairgrounds" vibe to, well, the county fairgrounds. Overall, crowds seemed to care about the fact that '90s radio rock leftovers filled out the lineup. They sang along with "Follow You Down," and clapped, mostly in time, with the band through their back catalogue of, ahem, lesser-known hits.
The Cure really was the gem of this show. They are one of my longtime favorites, yet I've only been able to see them live twice before, and it's been 7 or 8 years since the last time. They were amazing. No way around it. They sounded perfect, and their set list was a mash of surprises and staples from 30 plus years of new wave, postpunk, emo-goth melodic pop angst. Robert Smith's hair was a glorious tangled web of Aqua Net, and Napa winds and Simon Gallup's tight denim and slicked back hair still make him look like he stepped out of a 1982 Clash video.
The Cure opened with "Shake Dog Shake," a surprise choice off their 1985 album, The Top. They played for two-and-a-half hours with hits old and new, making me realize how much I do, in fact, like their more recent material—pitch-perfect pops songs and raw, soaring rock riffs alike. It was only when the festival had to cut the power at 10pm (the price one pays for hosting an outdoor fest in a Napa neighborhood) that the Cure finally left the stage, and only after the crowd of about 10,000 helped Smith finish singing the band's encore of "Why Can't I Be You?"
Saturday, May 31: Day Two
Smash Mouth rocked the house like I could never have expected. I was having fun, dammit—at a Smash Mouth show! And lead singer Steve Harwell was cursing Third Eye Blind—who was playing at the same time on the main stage—in a fit of '90s Civil War. It felt too weird, and I had to get out of there. But I could barely move, suddenly finding myself in the middle of a horde of festival goers packing tighter and tighter with every song. And then it hit me: there are far more people here today than yesterday.
Estimates on Saturday were that 30,00 people came out to the Napa Expo, about 10,000 more than the most optimistic estimates of the previous day. That wasn't the only difference, though—the whole vibe of Saturday different. This was a younger crowd—beefier, more seasoned for alcohol. Beer and wines lines were a dozen deep by 2pm, twice that by 4pm. Food trucks felt the pinch as wait times for orders hit a half hour. Bathrooms got gritty. The whole thing got gritty. Suddenly, people were competing for space, competing for views. There was a tension in the air.
The day started out well enough; Petaluma band Trebuchet played a fun set of indie folk rock with great harmonies and a cute little ukulele. Brooklyn indie duo Matt & Kim were the highlight of the early afternoon, running out to meet the crowd from the main stage and practically beaming throughout their energetic and hip set of synth rock. Drummer Kim Schifino's smile infected the whole crowd; I've rarely witnessed a duo with the ability to get a party going more effectively than these two. Los Angeles noise punks No Age blew out some eardrums, but sounded awesome on the smaller stage, right before Smash Mouth started taking jabs and downing drinks that weren't just Coca-Cola.
After that, the mood seemed to change. Couples were bickering more around me; people were stumbling—either from not eating right or not hydrating enough in the sun after drinking heavy craft beers and Napa wine. I started to watch my step, if you know what I mean.
But, I've totally buried the lead here. The recently reunited hip-hop dream team of Andre 3000 and Big Boi, aka Outkast, was introduced to the crowd in a giant cube, like Magneto at the end of that first X-Men movie. Soon enough, they escaped their confines to perform a blistering, dizzying and all-out electrifying set of hits. Happily, the masses that bottlenecked the fields unified under the banner of songs like "Hey Ya!" and "B.O.B." The duo has been headlining many festivals lately, including Coachella, and the general consensus is that they were the big "get" of Bottlerock (they choose the Napa festival over the larger Outside Lands festival in San Francisco).
The other big evening draw was classic rock sister act Heart. Anne and Nancy Wilson proved that they've still got it. They sounded amazing and looked spectacular—it was a rock and roll show every step of the way. Like the Cure, they were cut off at 10pm, and Outkast has just wrapped minutes prior on the main stage. That's when 30,000 sweaty, tired, dirty, possibly drunk festival goers converged into mass chaos.
Everyone was trying to form one line to get to the shuttles that would take them the three miles to their cars at Napa Pipe. There was no supervision for this. I got the bright idea to leave an hour early, and it still took 45 minutes to go from festival gate to car door. I heard reports of people waiting three hours, and fights breaking out over line cutting.
Sunday, June 1: Day Three
Eric Church, Barenaked Ladies, Spin Doctors: meh. Nothing on this day really caught my attention other than, maybe, Thee Oh Sees or Deerhunter. It would have been awesome to see LL Cool J, if for no other reason than to say I did it, but after two long days of escalating madness it was best I stayed out of Wonderland on Sunday. I must say, though, the festival was much more fun than I had anticipated. Would I try it again next year? Maybe, we'll have to see the lineup—if the Crash Test Dummies are going to be there, I'll buy a ticket right now.
—Charlie Swanson
Bottlerock Lineup Announced—Welcome Back to the '90s!
Welcome to Bottlerock, 1999! The Napa music festival announced the lineup for its second annual concert, and it's full of '90s nostalgia. Weezer? LL Cool J? Outkast? Ok, I get those, but Third Eye Blind? Barenaked Ladies? Smash Mouth? That's where I'm lost. I mean, Smash Mouth actually played at the Sonoma-Marin Fair three times in the past eight years. At least Bottlerock didn't book Tower of Power and Elvin Bishop (nothing against those excellent groups but they play the fair every year, too). Want more '90s? Blues Travelor. De La Soul. Spin Doctors. Gin Blossoms. Camper Van Beethoven. Oh, how I wish I were making this up.
The Cure is also headlining, as is Heart. So there's some '80s love being spread around, too. But these old-school bands are being placed alongside hip, young acts like Robert Delong, Empires and Deerhunter. Shoutout to Moonalice for representing the North Bay, maybe they'll challenge Matisyahu, Sublime with Rome and Tea Leaf Green for the most smoke-filled stage. Oh, and country star Eric Church is the other big name, here. Robert Earl Keen is also playing. Diverse, indeed.
There's still "more to come," but I can't imagine any huge names being announced. Spread out over three days, this will make for an interesting concert. Three-day passes are $249, and will rise to $279 soon. Single-day tickets are not yet on sale, but when they were available last week (at a discounted Napa residents price), they were $129.
As for this little gem, you're welcome.
The full lineup, mostly for SEO purposes:
The Cure
Eric Church
Barenaked Ladies
Ben Sollee
Blues Traveler
Camper Van Beethoven
De La Soul
Delta Rae
Ed Kowalczyk
Gin Blossoms
Howie Day
Hurray For The Riff Raff
James Otto
Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
Keep Shelly In Athens
LL Cool J
Matt and Kim
Moon Taxi
Robert DeLong
Robert Earl Keen
Smash Mouth
Spin Doctors
Sublime with Rome
Tea Leaf Green
The Black Angels
The Fray
The Stone Foxes
Thee Oh Sees
Third Eye Blind
Top 10 Shows of 2008
1. Pinhead Gunpowder at 924 Gilman, Berkeley
2. Tom Waits at the Ratcellar, Dublin
3. Of Montreal at the Grand Ballroom, SF
4. Boredoms at the Fillmore, SF
5. George Michael at the HP Pavilion, San Jose
6. Crooked Fingers at the Great American Music Hall, SF
7. The Cure at the HP Pavilion, San Jose
8. The Crux at the Boogie Room, Santa Rosa
9. Themes at the Church House, Petaluma
10. Bennie Maupin & James Newton at the Raven Theater, Healdsburg
The Cure at the HP Pavilion in San Jose
We started taking bets on what the Cure's opening song would be. "'The Kiss,'" I said, "it's gotta be 'The Kiss.' Can you imagine how awesome that'd be?"
When the lights went down and faint chimes tinkled over the stage, I knew I'd guessed wrong. The bells, the chimes, could it. . . would they. . . oh my God, for real? Like an avalanche, the Cure laid down the opening chords of "Plainsong," the first song off Disintegration, and I squeezed my eyelids shut, balled my fists, and let out an ecstatic cry of release. And I pretty much didn't stop until the end of the night—37 songs later.
Until Wednesday night's show, I was never a total superfreaky Cure fan. Over the past 20 years, I've loved them incrementally—album by album, song by song—but never signed up as one of the fully obsessed. That's all in the past now. Show me where to sign. On Wednesday night, during a staggering three-hour and fifteen-minute set, the Cure was even more than a great band: they were the greatest band in the universe.
Superfreaky fans abounded, that's for sure. Around us, there was The Reciter, who blankly spoke every lyric back to Robert Smith as if it were scripture; The Dancer, who occasionally made his way out into the aisle to do some '80s prom dancing before being shown back to his seat; and The Hoochie, a girl who kept the ticket stub stuffed in her very-exposed cleavage and who at one point stripped down to her bra, singing wildly.
As for me, I stood in awe and sang along to an onslaught of fantastic song after fantastic song—for over three hours! Take that, Bruce Springsteen!


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Every year it seems we go through the same thing with HTC. They announce a new device that has an amazing build quality, Sense has gotten even better, and the tech community has endless praises for the device. But then they fail in getting it to market in a timely fashion and then the marketing of the device. Last year, HTC had issues getting parts to assemble the HTC One which cause delays here in the US and a few other regions. It doesn't appear to be any delays this year, as the device launched the same day at Verizon and Carphone Warehouse. But there's one more piece to a successful flagship, and that's the marketing. Something that Samsung has done perfectly, and it's reflected in their market share and profits each quarter.
Last year, HTC stepped up their marketing game a bit, but not nearly enough. While HTC did say that the HTC One M7 was their most successful smartphone ever, it did not sell nearly as well as it should have. It was a great device, but without the marketing support, not everyone knows about it. Or why they should buy it over another device like the Galaxy S4, or Optimus G – at the time the M7 was launched. Sure HTC was putting out all kinds of stuff on social media and a few commercials, but they need to do even more than that. We need more commercials, we need more banners everywhere. Whenever I walk into a Walmart or go on the highway, I'm seeing billboards for Samsung Mobile products. That's where HTC, and others, need to be marketing their devices. Then when someone – like my parents – walk into a Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T or Verizon store to pick out a device, they will have actually heard of the HTC One.
HTC America President, Jason Mackenzie was interviewed this week about their marketing strategy for the HTC One this year, and it was full of good and bad. There were also some stabs at Samsung – as expected – as well. Mackenzie stated that the HTC One M8 will be available in a ton of retail stores, which is something we didn't see much of last year. But they also worked with their supply chain so that they didn't see the same issues manufacturing the HTC One M8 that they had with the M7 last year. They will also be spending a lot of advertising money in Times Square in NYC which is where Samsung spends a ton of money each year. Mackenzie also stated that they are going in with a new attitude this year, that HTC isn't for everyone, which admittedly isn't the best attitude to have. However it is an interesting one to have. HTC is for those that demand more, according to HTC America's President Jason Mackenzie, most likely pointing to the build quality of their devices.
HTC made some big strides last year in marketing and even device support, and I'm interested to see what they do this year. I really like HTC and want to see them succeed but to do so they need to spend a lot more in marketing this year. I understand that they can't spend the half a billion that Samsung spends, but they can definitely spend more than they have in the past. Hopefully this new strategy pays off for them, but we'll have to wait til Q2 or Q3 results are in to really see how it's working out for them.


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Nowadays, running any business includes intensive usage of information systems; for example ERP, CRM, security system, fire alarm system, e-shop, probably also a separate economic system, CCTV system, various legendary and proprietary systems etc. Although there is a lot of information in these systems that reflect the real-time state of the enterprise; it is not possible to get true idea of how the business stands not only from the economic point of view but also from the view of how agreements are observed, such as SLAs, internal standards, processes, occupational safety, environmental care, access to customers and employees, etc. This is due to the fact that systems are not interconnected.
Business Continuity is able to merge the inputs of many information systems and provide a clear picture of the business condition in real time. In addition, the responsible people will be informed in real-time about selected incidents that have a negative business impact. In case that incidents happen simultaneously, it can determine which incident has higer negative business impact and inform stakeholders to focus their full attention on the most crucial tasks.
Business Continuity will not shower you with the large amount of data that it actually measured with sensors, but will offer you a consise picture describing the state of the business, of course, also with the click-through function to the detailed underlying data. This is how Business Continuity provides a real-time business management cockpit.
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Tiberius Julius Rhescuporis IV
Tiberius Julius Rhescuporis IV, also known as Rhescuporis IV (Greek: Τιβέριος Ἰούλιος Ῥησκούπορις Δ', flourished 3rd century – died 235) was a prince and Roman Client King of the Bosporan Kingdom.
Rhescuporis IV was the second born son to the Bosporan King Cotys III and his mother was an unnamed Sarmatian noble woman. He was of Greek, Iranian and Roman ancestry. He had two brothers: one oldest called Sauromates III and a younger called Ininthimeus. Rhescuporis IV was named in honor of his paternal uncle previous Bosporan King Rhescuporis II and his paternal cousin, previous Bosporan King Rhescuporis III, who co-ruled with his father, Rhescuporis II.
Rhescuporis IV in 233 succeeded Sauromates III after his death. His first brother was first co-ruler in the reign of their father Cotys III. Rhescuporis IV was co-ruler with Cotys III, until he died in 235. His royal title on coins is in Greek: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΡΗΣΚΟΥΠΟΡΙΔΟΣ or of King Rhescuporis. Rhescuporis IV was a contemporary to the rule of the Roman Emperor Alexander Severus. Little is known of the life and reign of Rhescuporis IV. In 235, Rhescuporis IV was succeeded by his brother Ininthimeus.
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Our first Designing the Dream session ("meet the architects") with Olson Kundig was a rousing success!
Opening with a prayer by Pastoral Care Director Diane Robertson, we then had an introduction and brief history by Scott Caldwell, of the process by which we came to be designing a new church home. Following that, our chosen architects from Olson Kundig introduced themselves (there's a whole team there for us!).
Mr. Kundig spoke of how honored the team was – that to create sacred space is the highest calling an architect can dream of.
We then broke us out into table discussions. Topics for the various tables were: Sacred Spaces, Community, Light + Sound, Expression, Image + Identity, Site, Materials + Sustainability, and Current Facilities.
Each participant (there were about 100) got to take part in 3 table sessions on their favorite 3 topics.
We deeply appreciate the excellent leadership and scribe services from our table leaders: Desi Bailey, Scott Caldwell, Louise Carnachan, Dahlia Cohen, Dayna Cole, Jim Fotter, Nancy Glaser, Faith Ireland, Heidi Nathe, and Gerry Schley.
Discussions were robust, and detailed. Notes were taken at all tables, and these were summarized at the end of the meeting, and were passed on to the architects.
For those unable to attend this session, this meeting will be repeated on Thursday September 29th from 7 to 9 pm.
Here's a slideshow of the meeting.
Thanks, Jeffry and Annie, for the pictures! As you can see, we did a LOT of talking – and a lot of listening.


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The 3F Conservation Society recently held its annual Christmas party at the Swann Road clubhouse. A very popular event, each year the 3F party sees Santa Claus visiting with gifts for every boy and girl who attends.
In the photo, three generations of the Coffee family attended. From left, grandfather Dennis Coffee Sr., little Dillion clinging on to his gift and father, Dennis Coffee Jr. The big guy is Santa Shank, youth director. (photo by Mark Daul)


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Friday, 19 April 2013
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Morning crafty friends and followers! This week I found myself in need of a congratulations card in a bit of a hurry. So, thinking about what I could do on my way home from work I decided that a card created largely in Serif Craft Artist Professional using the gorgeous Party Paws digi kits could be my answer! So here it is! I created a topper simply using one image from the digi kit and adding the text "Congratulations!" After printing, I cut it out and stuck it to a layer of pink Core'Dinations card - and hey presto one very quick card!
I'll take a few words to say how sad some of the events of this week have been - thinking in particular of the awful end to the Boston Marathon - and want to say keep safe and healthy to you.
Until next time.
Mandy x
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aww its so cute and love the CAS designReplyDelete
sorry for not being around much this week
Lisa x
OMG, how CUTE is that???? I totally LOVE it.ReplyDelete
This is gorgeous Mandy, love the cute panda :)ReplyDelete
Linda xxx
Brilliant card Mandy. I so like this kind of card, so why dont I ever make them myself! Linda xReplyDelete
So glad I stopped by after seeing your card on MIM. This is an adorable image. It's perfect for the sentiment. Wonderful CAS design.ReplyDelete
I saw your beautiful creation on Make It Monday and had to visit and take a closer look. Gorgeous! TFS!ReplyDelete
My entries are #9, #18, #234, #235, and #243.
I would love to have you visit my blogs: Paper and Scraps Creations by Julia, Me and Myself on the Dark… and My Art... Healing The Soul and become a follower.
This is such a cute card! Love the adorable panda image you used. Thank you for sharing with us at Make It Monday..... ^_^ReplyDelete
Lovely card, Mandy. I must have missed this digi kit, will have to have a look later. Love the image. Wendy xxReplyDelete
What a clever and gorgeous card, Mandy! I love it!ReplyDelete
I have been wanting to visit your blog and am your newest follower! You are a talented Lady, for sure!
***I left a post on Penny's Admin blog regarding tomorrows challenge if you would please go and read it. So sorry for the late notice. I couldn't find an email address for you.
Yes, a sad sad week for the USA with Boston and the Texas explosion. You stay safe and warm too, Mandy. Lots of hugs.


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ORIGIN, EARLY YEARS Expanded in DETECTIVE, DARK KNIGHT #0's
Detective Comics #0Among the most anticipated issues from DC Comics in September's "Zero Month" are the books that will pull back the curtain to reveal Bruce Wayne's past in the New 52.
We've already talked with Scott Snyder about what he'll be exploring in Batman #0, but two other comics in September will be tied to that issue as Gregg Hurwitz writes Detective Comics #0 and Batman: The Dark Knight #0.
DC is obviously impressed enough with the work that Hurwitz is doing on Batman: The Dark Knight to hand over two important parts of Bruce Wayne's history to the writer: the murder of his parents at the hands of Joe Chill, and his subsequent travels as he honed his fighting skills before becoming Batman.
What's so special about Joe Chill in the New 52 universe? And what does Bruce Wayne discover during his travels that helps define his role in the relaunched universe?
In part two of our interview with the new writer of The Dark Knight, Newsarama talked to Hurwitz to find out.
Newsarama: Gregg, how did it come about that you were writing an issue of Detective Comics for September?
Gregg Hurwitz: I've long wanted to work with Tony Daniel, and he's had his hands full with a bunch of different projects, and he's writing and drawing. I have no idea how he does that. I'm sort of in awe of that. And I had handed in an issue #0 for Batman: The Dark Knight, and it was a lot of fun for me. I mean, it was one of my favorite comics I've ever written. And Tony was so busy on so many different fronts that we thought it could be really fun for us to collaborate, with him handling the art and me handling the story on this one. And so we just jumped in.
And what I wrote in Detective #0 ended up being influenced by what I'd written in The Dark Knight #0.
Nrama: Then let's start by talking about that story for The Dark Knight #0. We've already heard from Batman writer Scott Snyder about his #0 issue, and what era it covers in Bruce Wayne's history. What does Batman: The Dark Knight cover?
Hurwitz: For The Dark Knight, I wanted to write and show, finally, the story that's beneath the story to what happened in that alley outside the movie theater.
I wanted to show, finally, who Joe Chill is. What is the mystery that's behind him? And how did that comprehensively redefine Bruce Wayne's worldview?
It's a young man who is scarred and defined by this enormous childhood loss and is obsessed with finding the answers that are beneath it.
And what those answers are will prove completely defining for him and his mission and world view for the rest of his life.
Nrama: And you're covering all that in one issue?
Hurwitz: Yeah, because these #0 issues are these encapsulations of these key moments in Bruce Wayne's life.
So what that story is, and the outcome of it... I mean, I don't then take it through his whole life. I don't show him in all these different phases of his life. But I show him through discovering that answer.
And what that answer is, we will be able to project forward to the future and everything that we know about him.
Nrama: When you were exploring this story, were you able to change a little bit of what had been told before about Joe Chill and the events surrounding his parents' murder, since this is the New 52?
Hurwitz: Yeah. Absolutely. It's a new Joe Chill. There's new information that's discovered. There are new types of encounters and questions that are raised. And there's a new outcome.
Nrama: And you're working with David on that issue, right?
Hurwitz: Oh yeah. It's been a dream working with David. He's going to design these characters and everything. You know, it's not just his pencils and his art that blow me away. His design capability is jaw-dropping. And he's got such directorial savvy. He's just got a perfect sense of where to put the camera. It's things like that that make working with him such a pleasure as a collaborator and as a fellow storyteller.
Nrama: Let's talk about Detective #0. What story will you be telling in that issue?
Hurwitz: I wanted to do something in that story that focuses on Bruce during his period of traveling to Tibet and around the world.
The Joe Chill story I'm telling in Dark Knight hooks into Batman's psychological underpinnings around loss and grief. But I wanted to tell a story in Detective that's a very action-geared, thriller-geared story that solidifies his views on intimacy and relationship. That's one of the things that I think is so defining of Bruce Wayne. He's kind of in a castle on a hill, you know? No one can touch him. He stands alone.I wanted to show a story about how, at the hands of a former master, and a former Buddhist warrior, he took in some lessons while he was traveling, becoming who we know as Bruce Wayne. But what are some of those other lessons that he might have learned about what human closeness means?
And it has to be overlaid on top of what he's already learned human closeness means from his parents and what he also learned the cost of that can be outside that movie theater on the fateful day.
Nrama: So it all kind of connects, as you move from the Joe Chill story in The Dark Knight to the story in Detective?
Hurwitz: Yes.
Nrama: It's probably a little early to have seen any of Tony Daniel's art, but I assume you're talking with him about the story already?
Hurwitz: Yeah, Tony and I have talked about the broad strokes of the approach. But he's finished something up before he jumps into doing the art.
Nrama: We're seeing several other DC titles in September that are telling Bruce Wayne-before-Batman stories. Are you guys all coordinating these #0 issues to make sure the timeline works?
Hurwitz: Absolutely. I'm on the phone with [Batman and Robin writer Peter] Tomasi. I'm on the phone with Scott Snyder. And we're figuring out how to make these stories fit together, and who has what piece in the order, and what things that we might be writing that could step on something else, and what thing we might do instead that might enhance another story. And so we've been in close touch in terms of having this be an organized narrative that is set forth by DC.
Now, that said, each of these are distinct stories; each of these can stand on their own two legs.
But they're coordinated. They're sort of a series of essential hits that fill in aspects of the back-story of Bruce Wayne's life.
And I've looked at the other ones too, and they're fantastic. I read Snyder's and I can tell you that it's going to be a really exciting month.
The Dark Knight #0 ends right before the story in Detective #0, which comes before the story in Batman #0.
Nrama: They don't come out in that order, but you're saying that they tell a non-linear story? That in these three issues, you get a picture of how Batman's origin defined him as this character we're seeing in the new DCU?
Hurwitz: Yeah, and each one of these is uncovering this idea of showing these new pearls from that biography. And Scott is playing with this as well.
Nrama: What do you mean by a new pearls?
Hurwitz: Well, for example, everybody knows that Bruce had to grapple with the death of his parents when he was a kid. But I have the actual scene in The Dark Knight where he's coming home from the funeral for the first time. That's what I mean. We have these new "pearls" from all these times in his life that are set around these key elements and events.Everybody knows that he went off and traveled, and we've seen some stories about it. Well, this is a really key story that defined his worldview and defined who he is, and defined his views on human closeness.
And so we're choosing these things that people are familiar with, but we're rounding them out into definable stories that are really important. They're sort of the stories in between the stories you know, but they're not throwaway moments. These are key moments, and the themes and ideas you'll see us playing with in these #0 issues are important to not only Bruce's history, but they play into who this Bruce Wayne is that you'll be reading about in our ongoing stories.
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A couple years ago I posted about artist John Franzen's "Each Line One Breath" – morphogenetic freehand drawings. In the years since he has begun drawing into 2mm black coated copper and brass plates with a needle, creating gorgeous etchings, from which he produces a small series of discharge prints.
His meditative drawing process starts a single straight line from the top of the plate to the bottom, which is followed by an attempt to copy that line as precisely as possible. Each subsequent line results in a slight straying from the original line, exaggerating the original imperfections. His breathing controls the line, and the line also controls his breathing, it is incredible to watch. See the videos below.


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