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Holes in pavement
Reported in the Pavements category anonymously at 13:27, Friday 4 January 2019
Sent to Oxfordshire County Council 3 minutes later
Some pavement driveways in Worton Road, Middle Barton have recently been very poorly re-surfaced. Outside jas services are 2 quite deep holes which are a hazard to the elderly, pram users etc. There is lots of loose tarmac which will only get worse as the bad weather hits, probably creating even more holes!
Council ref: ENQ19822753
Thank you for your enquiry. This issue has been passed onto the relevant team for investigation.
State changed to: Investigating
Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 13:30, Friday 4 January 2019
Thank you for your report. I have met with Counsellor Jackson at the location regarding this issue and agreed to pass this on to our repairs team for any further works required.
State changed to: Investigation complete
Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 14:44, Monday 4 February 2019
This report is now closed to updates. You can make a new report in the same location.


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Richmond Country Stations Swap Morning Hosts
A pair of morning shows have swapped stations in Richmond.
Former "K95" 95.3 WKHK Colonial Heights morning co-host Bill Drake debuted last monday on Entercom's "Big 98.5" W253BI/WRXL-HD2 to replace the Bobby Bones Show.
In return, the Bobby Bones Show debuted this morning on SummitMedia's WKHK replacing Drake and Lori Kelly. Kelly remains with the station in middays, while Jason Paige returns to the station for nights. Paige most recently hosted mornings at former Alpha Media 1980s Hits 107.3 WBBT. Program Director Garret Doll remains in afternoons.
New Line-up on K95 goes like this:
6a-10a Bobby Bones Show
10a-3p Lori Kelly
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You all are like family to us. We know change is sometimes hard, but appreciate you listening!!!
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[deleted post]This is Apples true face
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AnonD-8044, 29 Aug 2011Will ios5 cure this lot??
No Flash support in the web browser
No true multitasking for a... moreThe hype is over.
None whtsever file browser and no freedom at all regarding transfering files to or from your other devices. It is like a prison.
Can´t switch battery when it is running out of power.
It is very strange that people buy this especially all people that even got a data plan.
Toy that the glance now fading away.
Death is certain life is not
Thank you brynn for bringing up a list of problems of iphone4 and has helped me to appreciate my HTC Incredible S more as I have been persuaded to give up my HTC for iphone4.
I am not an iphone or android fan but do have a chance to use both types. Different types of phone software and functions suit different types of people depending on individual's uses and preference.
I would like to add 3 more items to brynn's list.
(1) too high price of iphone 4
(2) poor signal strength when holding the iphone4 in one's left hand (based on internet review)
(3) unable to download app or other stuffs exceeding the data memory on iphone4 or data memory of data plan offered by the network operator
iphone4 is not superior to android smartphones contrary to popular belief. It's a make belief that iphone is far more superior than other phones due to marketing strategy of the marketer. In fact, android smartphones have many pluses over iphone.
AnonD-19735, 28 Aug 2011Hello Friends..
friends can anyone tell me which phone is better..
Apple iphone 4 or Sony Er... moreGot it yesterday iphone4 in Qata.......Seems cool
123vel, 30 Aug 2011When is the iphone 5 getting released i wish to know please tell me or help me with some web s... moreWithin next 8 weeks i will take a stab at and cant wait..It could finally be the phone i need it to be..Just had a play in O2 shop here in UK its very nice to touch and very,very responsive.I do have to admit the screen is pixelless..
When is the iphone 5 getting released i wish to know please tell me or help me with some web site related to the same
Can anyone point me to a website or a bit of help to answer my questions..My main gripe is bluetooth transfer ,file manager ,my own ringtone.If you think these questions have been answered,ok, i will start searching..
My other thing is apple have so much money and that profit is gained from overpriced products,,why dont they lower the price or here in UK make the contracts more appealing..I know you folks in USA get long contracts and big upfront fees but us UK folk get the fone free on contract but not the i-phone..
If they bring out an 8GB model then i wonder how much cheaper it will be?? Memory cards at 8GB are under 10GBP and 16GB cards under 20GBP...I bet the 8GB version is not 10GBP cheaper than 16GB version tho...Unless apple is using ultra fast special class 10 storage units then thats a different matter and may explain some of the i-phones high cost..If the 8GB version come out on prepay at 300GBP i would love to see how the market changes i really would..
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I'm on the verge of getting an iphone4 or Samsung Galaxy S2 but I'm still undecided. Which one is the best? Can anyone help me?? Thanks
I had use diffrent types of touch screen phones for exmpls galaxytab, nokia N8,blackberry torch.But trust me IPHONE is damm good awsome,we find every feature which u looking in screen touch phone
samsungmanica, 29 Aug 2011Well if u guys hate the iphone so much why not switch , bbecause frankly i feel apple is far b... more"good updates"? I updated my iphone4 and it didn't help, it only got slower
In my opinion this is a good phone but not that good for its price this is the phone for you if u are not IT savvy.I prefer android but that is just my opinion
When u look at the ios and android you have the same product but with a different blend. They both belong to the unix like family however the difference is in how the code is written and implemented. Overall the ios is superior to android because of its perfect blend of software and hardware. It is absolutely the most efficient and effective device when it comes to user-friendlies. Dose that mean that android is of poorer quality? Absolutely not however its less efficient because of the vast ocean of devices it goes on and less focus for user-friendliness. Overall id recommend the iphone over any device because it is of the highest quality hardware and software, if u don't have money to get one then android and its armada of devices is truly your best bet.
Well if u guys hate the iphone so much why not switch , bbecause frankly i feel apple is far better than samsung products as i've owned the galaxys s 2 and i can say this Android dont update there systems enough to keep me interested : ) where as apple do release good updates here and there and fix security holes which is good. Also i feel iphones are better because we dont have malaware nonsense whereas practically 1 in 10 apps u see probably do have malware in it . just saying both phones have there goods and bads even if one isn't as powerful it still does a pretty good job.
Will ios5 cure this lot??
No Flash support in the web browser
No true multitasking for all applications
No quick switches for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or 3G on the homescreen
No social networking integration in the contact list
No lockscreen or homescreen info widgets or plugins
No new ringtones or SMS tones
SMS,,email, and calendar tones are still not customizable
No proper file browser or access to the file system
No USB mass storage mode
Screen has no vibrating haptic feedback
No Bluetooth file transfers to other mobile phones
Contacts lack a swipe-to-delete or mass delete feature
No SMS/MMS delivery notifications
No smart dialing (but Spotlight is a somewhat of a substitute)
No DivX or XviD video support and no official third-party application to play that
The whole iPhone is too iTunes dependent and youre also limited to syncing particular types of content only with ONE computer..


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The push for national gun laws is now centered around the South. Be prepared for Obama's last year to be a living hell with gun control on the front burner.
The latest onslaught started Monday with Governor Andrew Cuomo talking about the need for national gun laws and then blaming the gun violence in New York on the southern states. Later in the day, Andrea Mitchell decided to repeat the same nonsensical statement.
New York violence is because of the people we have here in New York, not because of anything the south is doing. Maybe he meant the South Bronx or South Chicago.
Cuomo said:
"I don't know frankly that a state by state response is going to work. I have the toughest guns laws in the country. And I have guns coming in every day from the southern states. You know, it doesn't stop someone from getting in a car and driving a few hours and filling up the trunk full of guns, it actually makes the guns more valuable when they bring them in."
"This is going to have to be a national response. And I think it's only a matter of time. I don't think the NRA represents the people of this country. I don't think the NRA represents the gun owners of this country. And the Second Amendment argument we all understand, but we also understand the limitations of the Second Amendment argument."
Then along came Andrea Mitchell to blame it on the south as well because she doesn't have an original thought in her head.
During a segment on her Monday MSNBC show using the third anniversary of the Newtown school shooting to demand gun control, host Andrea Mitchell pleaded for national legislation: "Andrew Cuomo, the governor who passed really tough gun legislation in New York….Yet he has said that it is impossible task because you can't do it state by state."
She claimed states that support gun rights were to blame: "It has to be a national conversation because those guns just come in, in people's trunks from the south and they are actually more valuable because they get sold on the black market in New York City…"
Fellow MSNBC anchor Kate Snow agreed: "Right, one state's law doesn't stop the next state – someone in the next state from having a gun."
That's going to be the latest anti-gun, national gun law mantra – the South did it.
These two don't know the first thing about guns but they will pretend they are experts. They are cooperating with Obama's agenda and whatever works.


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15 Minute Movement for Stress Relief
Stress sucks. It really does. Yet, our society is rampant with it. An episode of acute stress sends the body into 'fight or flight' mode, increasing your heart rate and filling your body with adrenaline. This is beneficial in a dangerous situation, such as running away from a predator. However, the crazy stressors we face in our day to day can make your body think you need to run away from a predator ALL THE TIME, whether you actually need to, or you just need to get a project submitted on time. This is chronic stress, and it can f*ck you up.
Thankfully, one thing that can help combat an in-the-moment stress response is movement! Completing the exercises below will take 15 minutes max, and help rid your body of adrenaline so you can relax, focus, and get sh*t done.
Warmup (30s each)
Jog In Place (low impact - step side to side)
Butt Kickers (low impact - no jumping)
Toe Touches (feet together, touch your toes, straighten and stretch up, repeat)
Jumping Jacks (Low Impact - same arm movement, but step feet out side to side)
Sweat Fest (30s each, 2x through)
High Knees (Low Impact - standing pull knees into your chest one at a time)
Squat Jumps (Low Impact - Regular Squats)
Butt Kickers (Low impact - same as in warmup)
'Jump Rope' (Pretend you're jumping rope. Low impact - step side to side)
Burpees (Low impact - step to a plank and back up instead of jump)
Cool Down (30s each)
Left Runners Lunge with Overhead Reach
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting nominations for voting members to serve on the Device Good Manufacturing Practice Advisory Committee, certain device panels of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee, the National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee, and the Technical Electronic Products Radiation Safety Standards Committee in the Center for Devices and Radiological Health. Nominations will be accepted for current vacancies and those that will or may occur through August 31, 2008.
FDA has a special interest in ensuring that women, minority groups, and individuals with disabilities are adequately represented on advisory committees and, therefore, encourages nominations of qualified candidates from these groups.
Because scheduled vacancies occur on various dates throughout each year, no cutoff date is established for the receipt of nominations. However, when Start Printed Page 36459possible, nominations should be received at least 6 months before the date of scheduled vacancies for each year, as indicated in this notice.
Send all nominations and curricula vitae to the following contact persons listed in table 1 of this document:
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FDA is requesting nominations of voting members for vacancies listed as follows:
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|Anesthesiology and Respiratory Therapy Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee—anesthesiologists, pulmonary medicine specialists, or other experts who have specialized interests in ventilator support, pharmacology, physiology, or the effects and complications of anesthesia
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|Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee—interventional cardiologists, electrophysiologists, invasive (vascular) radiologists, vascular and cardiothoracic surgeons, and cardiologists with special interest in congestive heart failure
|July 1, 2008
|Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Toxicology Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee—doctors of medicine or philosophy with experience in clinical chemistry, clinical toxicology, clinical pathology, clinical laboratory medicine, endocrinology, and diabetes
|March 1, 2008
|Dental Products Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee—dentists, engineers and scientists who have expertise in the areas of dental implants, dental materials, periodontology, tissue engineering, and dental anatomy
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|Immunology Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee—persons with experience in medical, surgical, or clinical oncology, internal medicine, clinical immunology, allergy, molecular diagnostics, or clinical laboratory medicine
|March 1, 2008
|Microbiology Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee—infectious disease clinicians, e.g., pulmonary disease specialists, sexually transmitted disease specialists, pediatric infectious disease specialists, experts in tropical medicine and emerging infectious diseases, mycologists; clinical microbiologists and virologists; clinical virology and microbiology laboratory directors, with expertise in clinical diagnosis and in vitro diagnostic assays, e.g., hepatologists; molecular biologists
|Molecular and Clinical Genetics Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee—experts in human genetics and in the clinical management of patients with genetic disorders, e.g., pediatricians, obstetricians, neonatologists. Individuals with training in inborn errors of metabolism, biochemical and/or molecular genetics, population genetics, epidemiology and related statistical training. Individuals with experience in genetic counseling, medical ethics as well as ancillary fields of study will be considered
|4 3
|Immediately June 1, 2008
|Neurological Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee—neurosurgeons (cerebrovascular and pediatric), neurologists (stroke, pediatric, pain management, and movement disorders), interventional neuroradiologists, psychiatrists, and biostatisticians
|December 1, 2007
|Obstetrics and Gynecology Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee—experts in perinatology, embryology, reproductive endocrinology, pediatric gynecology, gynecological oncology, operative hysteroscopy, pelviscopy, electrosurgery, laser surgery, assisted reproductive technologies, contraception, postoperative adhesions, and cervical cancer and colposcopy; biostatisticians and engineers with experience in obstetrics/gynecology devices; urogynecologists; experts in breast care; experts in gynecology in the older patient; experts in diagnostic (optical) spectroscopy; experts in midwifery; labor and delivery nursing
|February 1, 2008
|Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee—orthopedic surgeons (joint, spine, trauma, and pediatric); rheumatologists; engineers (biomedical, biomaterials, and biomechanical); experts in rehabilitation medicine, sports medicine, and connective tissue engineering; and biostatisticians
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|Immediately September 1, 2008
|Radiological Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee—physicians with experience in general radiology, mammography, ultrasound, magnetic resonance, computed tomography, other radiological subspecialties and radiation oncology; scientists with experience in diagnostic devices, radiation physics, statistical analysis, digital imaging and image analysis
|February 1, 2008
|National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee—physician, practitioner, or other health professional whose clinical practice, research specialization, or professional expertise includes a significant focus on mammography
|February 1, 2008
|Device Good Manufacturing Practice Advisory Committee: Nine vacancies occurring immediately; three government representatives, two industry representatives, two public representatives and two health professionals
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|Technical Electronic Product Radiation Safety Standards Committee—15 vacancies occurring immediately, five government representatives, five industry representative and five general public representatives
II. Functions
A. Medical Devices Advisory Committee
The committee reviews and evaluates data on the safety and effectiveness of marketed and investigational devices and makes recommendations for their regulation. The panels engage in a number of activities to fulfill the functions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act) envisions for device advisory panels. With the exception of the Medical Devices Dispute Resolution Panel, each panel, according to its specialty area performs the following duties: (1) Advises the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (the Commissioner) regarding recommended classification or reclassification of devices into one of three regulatory categories, (2) advises on any possible risks to health associated with the use of devices, (3) advises on formulation of product development protocols, (4) reviews premarket approval applications for medical devices, (5) reviews guidelines and guidance documents,(6) recommends exemption of certain devices from the application of portions of the act, (7) advises on the necessity to ban a device, and (8) responds to requests from the agency to review and make recommendations on specific issues or problems concerning the safety and effectiveness of devices. With the exception of the Medical Devices Dispute Resolution Panel, each panel, according to its specialty area, may also make appropriate recommendations to the Commissioner on issues relating to the design of clinical studies regarding the safety and effectiveness of marketed and investigational devices.
The Dental Products Panel also functions at times as a dental drug panel. The functions of the dental drug panel are to evaluate and recommend whether various prescription drug products should be changed to over-the-counter status and to evaluate data and make recommendations concerning the approval of new dental drug products for human use.
The Medical Devices Dispute Resolution Panel provides advice to the Commissioner on complex or contested scientific issues between FDA and medical device sponsors, applicants, or manufacturers relating to specific products, marketing applications, regulatory decisions and actions by FDA, and agency guidance and policies. The panel makes recommendations on issues that are lacking resolution, are highly complex in nature, or result from challenges to regular advisory panel proceedings or agency decisions or actions.
B. National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee
The functions of the committee are to advise FDA on the following topics: (1) Developing appropriate quality standards and regulations for mammography facilities, (2) developing appropriate standards and regulations for bodies accrediting mammography facilities under this program, (3) developing regulations with respect to sanctions, (4) developing procedures for monitoring compliance with standards, (5) establishing a mechanism to investigate consumer complaints, (6) reporting new developments concerning breast imaging which should be considered in the oversight of mammography facilities, (7) determining whether there exists a shortage of mammography facilities in rural and health professional shortage areas and determining the effects of personnel on access to the services of such facilities in such areas, (8) determining whether there will exist a sufficient number of medical physicists after October 1, 1999, and (9) determining the costs and benefits of compliance with these requirements.
C. Device Good Manufacturing Practice Advisory Committee
The functions of the committee are to review proposed regulations issuance regarding good manufacturing practices governing the methods used in, and the facilities and controls used for manufacture, packaging, storage, installation, and servicing of devices, and make recommendations regarding the feasibility and reasonableness of those proposed regulations. The committee also reviews and makes recommendations on proposed guidelines developed to assist the medical device industry in meeting the good manufacturing practice requirements, and provides advice with regard to any petition submitted by a manufacturer for an exemption or variance from good manufacturing practice regulations.
Section 520 of the act (21 U.S.C. 360(j)), as amended, provides that the Device Good Manufacturing Practice Advisory Committee shall be composed of nine members as follows: (1) Three of the members shall be appointed from persons who are officers or employees of any Federal, State, or local government; (2) two shall be representatives of interests of the device manufacturing industry; (3) two shall be representatives of the interests of physicians and other health professionals; and (4) two shall be representatives of the interests of the general public.
D. Technical Electronic Product Radiation Safety Standards Committee
The function of the committee is to provide advice and consultation on the technical feasibility, reasonableness, and practicability of performance standards for electronic products to control the emission of radiation from such products. The committee may recommend electronic product radiation safety standards for consideration.
Section 534(f) of the act (21 U.S.C. 360kk(f)), as amended by the Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990, provides that the Technical Electronic Product Radiation Safety Standards Committee include five members from governmental agencies, including State or Federal Governments, five members from the affected industries, and five members from the general public, of which at least one shall be a representative of organized labor.
III. Qualifications
A. Panels of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee
Persons nominated for membership on the panels should have adequately diversified experience appropriate to the work of the panel in such fields as clinical and administrative medicine, engineering, biological and physical sciences, statistics, and other related professions. The nature of specialized training and experience necessary to qualify the nominee as an expert Start Printed Page 36462suitable for appointment may include experience in medical practice, teaching, and/or research relevant to the field of activity of the panel. The particular needs at this time for each panel are listed in section I of this document. The term of office is up to 4 years, depending on the appointment date.
B. National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee
Persons nominated for membership should be physicians, practitioners, and other health professionals, whose clinical practice, research specialization, or professional expertise include a significant focus on mammography and individuals identified with consumer interests. Prior experience on Federal public advisory committees in the same or similar subject areas will also be considered relevant professional expertise.
The particular needs at this time for this committee are listed in section I of this document. The term of office is up to 4 years, depending on the appointment date.
C. Device Good Manufacturing Practice Advisory Committee
Persons nominated for membership as a health professional or officer or employee of any Federal, State, or local government should have knowledge of or expertise in any one or more of the following areas: Quality assurance concerning the design, manufacture, and use of medical devices. To be eligible for selection as a representative of the general public or industry, nominees should possess appropriate qualifications to understand and contribute to the committee's work. The particular needs at this time for this committee are listed in section I of this document. The term of office is up to 4 years, depending on the appointment date.
D. Technical Electronic Product Radiation Safety Standards Committee
Persons nominated should be technically qualified by training and experience in one or more fields of science or engineering applicable to electronic product radiation safety. The particular needs at this time for this committee are listed in section I of this document. The term of office is up to 4 years, depending on the appointment date.
IV. Nomination Procedures
Any interested person may nominate one or more qualified persons for membership on one or more of the advisory panels or advisory committees. Self-nominations are also accepted. Nominations will include complete curriculum vitae of each nominee, current business address and telephone number. Nominations will specify the advisory panel(s) or advisory committee(s) for which the nominee is recommended. Nominations will include confirmation that the nominee is aware of the nomination, is willing to serve as a member of the advisory committee if selected, and appears to have no conflict of interest that would preclude membership. Potential candidates will be required to provide detailed information concerning such matters as financial holdings, employment, and research grants and/or contracts to permit evaluation of possible sources of conflict of interest.
This notice is issued under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2) and 21 CFR part 14 relating to advisory committees.Start Signature
Dated: June 26, 2007.
Randall W. Lutter
Deputy Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. E7-12799 Filed 7-2-07; 8:45 am]


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Though social media has evolved, offering us new opportunities for deep and meaningful connection with others, we as brands and businesses have deeply failed our audiences.
Trust in social media was shaken to the core in 2018. From the scandal where Facebook allowed an outside agency to access users' personal information, to the proliferation of fake accounts on Twitter that led to an enormous purge, it's no wonder that confidence is waning. Additionally, users are more socially conscious than ever before, and increasingly hold brands accountable for the content they share, the people they follow, and the comments they make. Interestingly (bizarrely?), consumers will also blame a brand for content posted by others, when that content appears in close proximity to the brand's posts or promotions.
Whether or not we personally feel responsible for these misunderstanding and breaches of privacy, we must still take responsibility to rebuild the trust. The good news is… it can be done. But the more important news? We need to start doing this right now.
Embrace the trend of Rebuilding Trust.
How to Strengthen Trust Among Your Audience
How can we take the necessary steps to ensure that our audiences believe in us, respect our value, and understand that we truly appreciate their loyalty?
Open the door for community conversation.
When you encourage open, honest conversation among your clients, prospects, and followers, you increase faith in your authenticity, leading to trust and loyalty. So how do you do that?
There are many easily accessible platforms that allow for large groups to interact on social media. For example:
- Facebook groups
- Organized Twitter chats
- Private online collaboration hubs, such as Slack, Asana, and Podio
It's easier than ever to lead your audience and customers to a place where they can interact with each other candidly.
When using any of these communication tools, your job is to act as a facilitator. Get the engagement started and then get out of the way. When you encourage your audience to be honest, YOU appear more honest, and you prove that you value what they have to say.
Embrace livestreaming.
Whether you choose Periscope, Facebook, Snapchat, YouTube, or Instagram, livestreaming allows your audience to see and hear from you directly. When you appear on-camera to engage with your audiences, it humanizes you like nothing else can. You can respond to questions and concerns, share company news, and acknowledge members of your audience by name! Going live shows that you don't need to and don't want to hide anything (instant trust!) and helps you build awareness of your authentic brand quickly.
(Here are some key tips to make sure your livestreaming is the best it can be!)
Consistency is key.
Consistency is not new. But if you want to build and maintain trust, consistency must be king! Inconsistency is a sure way to cause doubt, apprehension, and mistrust.
If you haven't already, make consistency a priority. This may sound simple, but it's a layered issue, and all the moving parts need to be working together to be effective.
Here are the areas where you want to be consistent:
- Frequency: How often do you post? Once a day, eight times a day, three times a week? Guess what! The exact timetable is not as important as being consistent. Sure, you'll get in front of more people if you are more active, but consistency is what establishes reliability and confidence. Choose a schedule and stick to it.
- Branding: Make sure that EVERYTHING you post is in alignment with how you want to be perceived: the core personality and tone of your brand. Each time you post something that contradicts your brand, it confuses your audience, and you need to start building trust from scratch.
- Message: Stay true to your company's philosophy, beliefs, and mission. Be consistent with the type of information you share.
- Engagement: How consistently do you connect? Do you respond to questions in a reliable fashion? Do you thank people whenever they share your information?
- Across Platforms: All of your social media accounts need to have the same photos, logos, and descriptions. Inconsistency causes confusion and distrust. Consistent information across all channels promotes a positive brand experience and allows trust to develop more quickly.
Unfortunately, people are losing faith in social media. But if we take responsibility for the mistakes that have been made this year (by ourselves and others), we can turn things around. We can connect and engage like never before. We can earn back the trust we've lost, and show our audiences that we truly value their loyalty.


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The Reigning Sound
|Memphis, Tennessee, United States
|Garage punk, garage rock
|Merge, In the Red, Norton, Sympathy for the Record Industry
|Compulsive Gamblers, Oblivians, Greg Oblivian & The Tip Tops, 68 Comeback, The Deadly Snakes, Mary Weiss
|Greg Cartwright (guitar/vocals)
Benny Trokan (bass)
Mike Catanese (guitar)
Dave Amels (keys)
Reigning Sound is an American garage punk band originally based in Memphis, Tennessee, now located in Asheville, North Carolina. In 2012 it signed to Merge Records. The band's current lineup includes songwriter Greg Cartwright (lead vocals/guitar), Benny Trokan (bass), Mike Catanese (guitar), Mikey Post (drums) and Dave Amels (organ).
As of 2019, along with fronting Reigning Sound, Cartwright also reformed his past band Greg Oblivian and the Tip Tops.
Reigning Sound was formed in 2001 by Memphis garage punk musician Greg Cartwright (vocals/guitar), who is also known for his bands the Compulsive Gamblers and the Oblivians. Originally the Memphis-based band featured Cartwright, Jeremy Scott (bass), Greg Roberson (drums) and Alex Greene (keyboards and guitar.) However, after Cartwright re-located his family to Asheville, North Carolina in 2004, bassist David Wayne Gay, drummer Lance Wille and keyboardist Dave Amels joined Cartwright until October 2011.[1]
Reigning Sound's debut was "Two Sides to Every Man," a three-song 7", released in May 2001. One month later came their first full-length album "Break Up, Break Down" (Sympathy for the Record Industry.) With its country-folk melodies, the first album was to be an early blueprint of where Cartwright's songwriting was headed.
"Time Bomb High School", (In the Red) was released in August 2002, and is known for its polished sound, pop hooks and delicate balance of classic R&B and rock & roll. Aside from the originals on the album, Cartwright blended in cover songs like "Stormy Weather" and "Brown Paper Sack", producing them in the same, recognizable sound the band had developed.
Reigning Sound's third album "Too Much Guitar," (In the Red) was released in May 2004 with recording help from fellow Memphians Jay Reatard and Alicja Trout from the Lost Sounds; with a noticeably louder and noisier sound than previous recordings. Songs laced with psych-pop, garage, soul, country and (of course) too-much guitar compete with Cartwright's vocals at times in the loud fuzzy mix. An opening slot on a huge American tour with the Swedish garage band The Hives helped to promote the album shortly after its release. A misprint in the album credits gives the impression that founding member Alex Greene appeared on only one song. In fact, he played on half the album: "You Got Me Hummin'", "When You Touch Me," "Get It," "Drowning," "Uptight Tonight," "Let Yourself Go," and "Medication."
"Reigning Sound: Live at Maxwell's" (Telstar/Spoonful) was released in July 2005. The notorious end of the gig features Cartwright (with no back-up set) breaking all but three guitar strings but still finishing the show for the rowdy crowd. This rough-sounding live album is the only record featuring the Sam Cooke cover track "I Need You Now," as a homage by Cartwright to one of his favorite singers.
In September 2005 The Reigning Sound released a rarities comp Home For Orphans (Sympathy for the Record Industry.) The album features slower, moodier alternate versions of tunes from "Too Much Guitar" along with some other unreleased tracks.
Late in January 2006, Memphis based Goner Records released "The Reigning Sound: Live at Goner Records," a daytime in-store performance recorded in June 2005. The album also hosts cover songs like "Black Sheep" by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, "Tennessee" by Carl Perkins and "Do Something" by The Swingin' Yo-Yo's.
After spending a portion of 2005 recording an album for George Soule with Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham, the band once again began recording with Mary Weiss, of the 60s band The Shangri-Las, widely known for their hit "Leader of the Pack." Reigning Sound was the backing band on the first new Mary Weiss album in over three decades. Cartwright also co-produced the album with Billy Miller and wrote nine of the 14 songs featured on the record. Norton Records released "Dangerous Game" in March 2007, receiving favorable reviews from the likes of Rolling Stone Magazine as well as performing with Weiss on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
Reigning Sound released a new full-length album, "Love & Curses," on In the Red Records in August 2009, featuring 14 songs including one cover, "Stick Over Me", originally recorded by a '60s band called The Glass Sun (interpreted on the album as "Stick Up For Me"). In September 2010 Reigning Sound's cover of "Mind Over Matter, '50s R&B cover, for the compilation Daddy Rockin Strong: A Tribute to Nolan Strong & The Diablos, which was an album of current garage-punk bands covering the late Nolan Strong.
In October 2011 Reigning Sound released a digital "mini-LP" called Abdication ... For Your Love on the Scion Audio Visual label. The eight-song collection was released as a free digital download, however some limited edition vinyl and promo CDs were also pressed [2]. Five tracks from this EP was recorded and produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys.. While some of the songs featured Cartwright alongside drummer Lance Willie and bassist David Wayne Gay, this would be the last recordings the two would appear on - Wille and Gay would leave the band just before the release of Abdication.
The new, current line-up includes Benny Trokan (bass), Mike Catanese (guitar), and Mikey Post (drums) - Dave Amels (keyboardist) also remains in the current line-up. The band signed to Merge Records in September 2012.
track: As Long As You Come Home
track: Straight Shooter
track: Medication
track: I'll Cry
track: Drowning
track: Mind Over Matter
Interview with Greg Cartwright: http://turnit-down.blogspot.com/2009/07/greg-cartwright-interview-reigning.html
Source for discography: http://www.grunnenrocks.nl/bands/r/reigningsound.htm
Interview with The Hives: http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/september_2004/hives.html
Free Abdication ... For Your Love download: http://www.scionav.com/collection/852


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Ghana and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are experiencing an epidemic of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) propelled by rapidly increasing rates of hypertension. Socioeconomic barriers, lack of insurance coverage, and shortage of physicians limit the capacity of SSA countries to implement CVD prevention. Task shifting of primary care duties from physicians to non-physician health care providers is a potentially cost-effective strategy for mitigating systems-level barriers to optimal hypertension control in SSA. In this regard, the WHO developed and successfully evaluated the effectiveness of a WHO Package targeted at CV risk assessment and hypertension control, delivered by community health nurses (CHNs) in low resource settings. However widespread implementation of the WHO Package has not been evaluated in SSA. The availability in Ghana, of national health insurance scheme for uninsured patients, and widespread implementation of Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) program that uses CHNs, for delivery of primary care services, presents a unique opportunity to evaluate the impact of both strategies on hypertension control. Thus, we propose a cluster randomized trial to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of the WHO CVD risk management package for hypertension control delivered by CHNs as part of Ghana's CHPS program plus provision of health insurance coverage (Intervention Group;IG), versus provision of health insurance coverage alone (Control Group;CG), on BP reduction among 640 patients with uncontrolled hypertension. Thirty-two community health centers (CHCs) in Ghana will be randomly assigned to either the IG (N=16) or the CG (N=16). The intervention includes CV risk assessment using the WHO risk chart, initiation and titration of protocolized antihypertensive medications, counseling on lifestyle modification, self- management skills and medication adherence. The intervention will occur every 3 months for 12 months during scheduled study visits at baseline, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. The primary outcome is the mean change in systolic BP from baseline to 12 months. The secondary outcomes are proportion of patients with adequate BP control at 12 months; levels of physical activity, percent change in weight, and dietary intake of fruits and vegetables at 12 months;and sustainability of intervention effects at 24 months. BP control is defined as BP<140/90 mm Hg following JNC-7 guidelines. BP readings will be assessed with a validated automated BP device. Physical activity will be assessed with the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire and dietary intake will be assessed with 24-hour food recall. All outcomes will be assessed at baseline, 6 months and 12 months. This proposal is a collaboration between the WHO (technical partners responsible for training the CHNs in delivery of the WHO Package), Ghana Regional Health Care Services (will assure enrollment of the CHCs), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (provide local oversight of the program), Loyola Medical Center and NYU School of Medicine (provide oversight, data management, and program evaluation).
Interventions targeted at blood pressure control are urgently needed to address the CVD epidemic in and its associated morbidity, mortality, and societal costs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using a cluster randomized trial design among 640 hypertensive patients followed in 32 Community Health Centers in Ghana, the goal of the proposed study is to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of the WHO Package targeted at CV risk assessment and hypertension control, delivered by CHNs as part of Ghana's Community based Health Planning and Services program, versus provision of health insurance coverage, on BP reduction. Findings from this study will provide policy makers and other stakeholders needed information to recommend efficient cost-effective policy with regards to comprehensive CV risk reduction in patients with hypertension in low resource settings.
|Iwelunmor, Juliet; Gyamfi, Joyce; Plange-Rhule, Jacob et al. (2017) Exploring stakeholders' perceptions of a task-shifting strategy for hypertension control in Ghana: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health 17:216
|Blackstone, Sarah; Iwelunmor, Juliet; Plange-Rhule, Jacob et al. (2017) 'I believe high blood pressure can kill me:' using the PEN-3 Cultural Model to understand patients' perceptions of an intervention to control hypertension in Ghana. Ethn Health :1-14
|Gyamfi, Joyce; Plange-Rhule, Jacob; Iwelunmor, Juliet et al. (2017) Training nurses in task-shifting strategies for the management and control of hypertension in Ghana: a mixed-methods study. BMC Health Serv Res 17:104
|Blackstone, Sarah; Iwelunmor, Juliet; Plange-Rhule, Jacob et al. (2017) Sustaining Nurse-Led Task-Shifting Strategies for Hypertension Control: A Concept Mapping Study to Inform Evidence-Based Practice. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs 14:350-357
|Airhihenbuwa, Collins O; Ogedegbe, Gbenga (2016) Noncommunicable Diseases in Africa and the Global South. Health Educ Behav 43:5S-6S
|Airhihenbuwa, Collins O; Ogedegbe, Gbenga; Iwelunmor, Juliet et al. (2016) Claim Your Space: Leadership Development as a Research Capacity Building Goal in Global Health. Health Educ Behav 43:17S-24S
|Williams, Stephen K; Ravenell, Joseph; Seyedali, Sara et al. (2016) Hypertension Treatment in Blacks: Discussion of the U.S. Clinical Practice Guidelines. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 59:282-288
|Iwelunmor, Juliet; Plange-Rhule, Jacob; Airhihenbuwa, Collins O et al. (2015) A Narrative Synthesis of the Health Systems Factors Influencing Optimal Hypertension Control in Sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS One 10:e0130193
|Iwelunmor, Juliet; Blackstone, Sarah; Gyamfi, Joyce et al. (2015) A Concept Mapping Study of Physicians' Perceptions of Factors Influencing Management and Control of Hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa. Int J Hypertens 2015:412804
|Ogedegbe, Gbenga; Plange-Rhule, Jacob; Gyamfi, Joyce et al. (2014) A cluster-randomized trial of task shifting and blood pressure control in Ghana: study protocol. Implement Sci 9:73
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Tilting, Sliding Router Table w/ Sliding Fence
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Use as a "regular" vertical or horizontal router table...or open up your options.
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|July 16, 2017 01:00 PM EDT
In the No-Code corner are the 'citizen developers' - business users who can build functional but generally limited apps without having to write a line of code. The Low-Code corner, in contrast, centers on professional developers, streamlining and simplifying their work - delivering enterprise-class applications with little or no hand-coding.
At Intellyx we gravitate toward disruption, and the burgeoning Low-Code/No-Code space has sucked us in like a black hole.
We've spoken with numerous vendors in this multifaceted market, and we work with several of them - and yet, every one has a different value proposition.
The big analyst firms can't make heads or tails of this mess. Gartner has concocted the High-Productivity Application Platform-as-a-Service mouthful, or what hapless vendors call HPaPaaS - as though anyone would want to buy the low-productivity alternative.
Forrester divides the world into Low-Code Development and Mobile Low-Code Development, missing the entire No-Code part of the story, and failing to recognize that every vendor has a mobile angle to their offering.
But even the Low-Code and No-Code terminology is itself misleading, as the distinction isn't about whether people need to code or not. The distinction is more about the types of people using these platforms to build applications.
In the No-Code corner are the 'citizen developers' - business users who can build functional but generally limited apps without having to write a line of code. The Low-Code corner, in contrast, centers on professional developers, streamlining and simplifying their work - delivering enterprise-class applications with little or no hand-coding.
So far so good. Confusing, yes - but focusing on personas rather than coding provides a useful frame of reference.
Only one problem: even this emerging model of the Low-Code/No-Code marketplace is itself ripe for its own disruption. And you ain't seen nothing yet.
Taking Low-Code/No-Code to the Next Level
In fact, there are two fundamental trends that are both bringing new disruption to the already disruptive Low-Code/No-Code story.
First, continued innovations with the model-driven, declarative approach at the core of Software-Defined Everything (SDX) are bringing unprecedented levels of usability and power to these platforms. (See part one of this article for the background).
Today, vendors are implementing such capabilities piecemeal across a variety of disparate products - but the trend is clear: before we know it, the distinction between tools simple enough for citizen developers and powerful enough for professional development teams will disappear.
At that point, Low-Code and No-Code will merge into a single market segment - both 'enterprise-class' powerful and 'citizen developer' easy to use, at the same time.
The second trend is even more disruptive: artificial intelligence (AI). Some vendors are already incorporating AI into their Low-Code/No-Code platforms for a variety of purposes. For example, AI can help with the knottier challenges of integrating with semi-structured and unstructured data sources.
AI can also provide 'next best action' advice for various workflow scenarios, essentially giving application creators an autocomplete-like capability for building quite complex process logic.
Some vendors even build out branching conditions, exception handling, and many other situations that have heretofore required seasoned professionals to hand-code.
And we've only scratched the surface of how AI can help enterprises build great software quickly.
Market Forces Impeding Disruptive Innovation
You might be wondering at this point why we haven't already seen more innovation in this market. After all, declarative and model-driven approaches aren't new, and AI is moving forward at an increasingly rapid pace. So, what's keeping the vendors from innovating more quickly?
The answer: such innovations are too disruptive - so disruptive, in fact, that many different constituencies are resisting, each one sticking its thumb in the dike, hoping to hold back the ocean.
Who, then, is threatened by giving every knowledge worker in every organization the ability to create powerful enterprise applications?
If we take a traditional enterprise app that might require, say, six months, a dozen people, and two million dollars to build and deploy, and reduce those figures to two weeks, three people, and fifty thousand dollars - and end up with a faster, higher quality, more flexible app to boot - then who suffers?
Consultants, to be sure - especially the big system integrators, whose business model depends upon keeping throngs of junior developers busy and billable. Low-Code/No-Code is poised to completely disrupt this 'school bus' business model.
IT departments are also pushing back, often with a vengeance. Not only do the various denizens in IT fear for their jobs, but Low-Code/No-Code also threatens their credibility.
After all, IT has been telling business stakeholders for years that the six month/million dollar plan is the only way to build enterprise software. Now it turns out they aren't just wrong, but not even in the right ballpark.
The third group is the most surprising of all: enterprise DevOps teams. You would think that because DevOps is all about delivering quality software rapidly that DevOps folks would be all over Low-Code/No-Code.
On the contrary: peel back the layers of any DevOps effort and at the center you'll find software. Hand-coded software. And yet, the more mature Low-Code/No-Code becomes, the less hand-coding will ever be necessary.
Sure, building software will be faster and easier than ever before, but coders want to code.
As today's enterprises undergo digital transformation, they become software-driven organizations - and thus having developers on staff who can hand-code software has become an increasingly strategic necessity. After all, this need has been driving the rise of enterprise DevOps across all industries.
Low-Code/No-Code will disrupt this entire pattern, as enterprises realize they can be even more successful with their digital transformations if they do away with hand-coding altogether, adopting Low-Code/No-Code across their organizations instead.
The Intellyx Take
If you're a coder who loves to code, all is not lost - but as this trend takes hold, there is less likely to be a place for you on an enterprise development team. Instead, you are more likely to find a home at a vendor.
There will always be a need for hand coding after all - since someone has to create the Low-Code/No-Code platforms and tools. Over time, therefore, enterprise software development will focus almost exclusively on AI-supported, model-driven, declarative application construction, while vendors will remain relevant by focusing on underlying platforms and tools that maximize affordances.
Enterprises can expect ongoing disruption as well, because Low-Code/No-Code doesn't simply enable enterprises to build applications faster, better, and less expensively. It empowers them to build more applications, and to make them more dynamic than they could have any other way, even with a finely tuned DevOps culture in place.
The long-term result: enterprise software efforts that focus increasingly on strategic priorities as opposed to tactical ones, thus breaking out of the 'IT Doesn't Matter' conundrum that has dogged the industry since its inception - a trend that I discussed recently in my last Cortex newsletter.
Remember, no application will give you a strategic advantage for long, and the timeframes are growing ever shorter. The secret to strategic advantage - the key to innovation in the digital age more broadly - is the ability to support changing application capabilities that keep you one step ahead of your competition.
On a final note: will enterprise DevOps efforts diminish as the need for hand-coding goes away?
Absolutely not - but DevOps will complete its transformation into an enterprisewide cultural shift, bringing greater collaboration, self-organization, and business agility to the organization as a whole, software-empowered throughout, but laser-focused on ever-changing customer needs and desires.
Welcome to the digital enterprise.
Copyright © Intellyx LLC. Intellyx publishes the Agile Digital Transformation Roadmap poster, advises companies on their digital transformation initiatives, and helps vendors communicate their agility stories. As of the time of writing, none of the organizations mentioned in this article are Intellyx customers.
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For me, the worst part about pulling an all-nighter in college was feeling alone. While all of my roommates slept (or were out partying) I was in my apartment studying away in silence. At times it felt like I was the only person in the world, awake at that very moment. Not sure if you feel the same way in the dark hours of the night, but if you do, remember this, most likely A) your neighbor is up watching reruns of his favorite show or B) you're in the company of a giraffe, horse, sheep or cow that is wide awake somewhere.
Why? The giraffe only gets about 2 hours of sleep per day. And the horse? 3 hours. Actually, the animal that requires the most sleep is a brown bat (it sleeps for about 20 hours per day…even more than your roommate!). So, next time you're up all night just know you're in good company– somewhere.


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People of La Grande; you live in an amazing community.
Our funding for the Double Up Food Program was done last year, and we were looking at having to stop matching your SNAP dollars spent at the market. However, I am very happy to report, local funders have stepped up to the plate, and we will be continuing with this incredible program!!
We have received funding from LCAC, the Local Community Advisory Council, Wildhorse Casino, and Imbler High School!!
Once again, we will be able to match the first $10 you spend of SNAP at the market EVERY TIME YOU VISIT! So while you take $10 off your EBT card, you'll get $20 to spend on the best local produce our farmers have to offer.
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Justice for the Justice: or, Law vs. Mobs
On Monday, October 8, 2018, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh was formally sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. The event marked the official "end" of a rancorous three months that was undoubtedly the most contentious judicial nomination process in American history.
But another victory, more sweeping and fundamental in its consequences, was also achieved: the sacred presumption of innocence was defended against an ideological lynch mob who sought to destroy it.
We will never know with certainty what allegedly happened on a summer evening in 1982. There are only two people who claim "100%" certainty: Dr. Christine Ford, and now Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Dr. Ford claims certainty about what occurred to her, and Justice Kavanaugh claims certainty about what he did not do.
That makes the case a classic "he said, she said."
In America, we know in our bones that, whether in a court or not, this means one thing: both sides get to make their case, present evidence, and an arbiter decides as to their validity. We know in our DNA that until an accusation is proven, the presumption of innocence remains with the accused. Such are the dictates of plain reason and common sense—let alone the fact that such a presumption had been defended and articulated for millennia, and a touchstone of western civilization.
Those who argue this is a strictly legal standard overlook its basis in plain reason—even kindergartners on a playground, if they get into an argument, would understand that if they were accused, but didn't do anything wrong, they'd have the chance to explain themselves to their teacher. The presumption of innocence may have its technical legal context, but it is also a dictate of morality and ethics.
In this case, the arbiter between the accuser and the accused was the United States Senate, and the American people.
The Mitchell Report
By now, most know the basic sequence of events, and it need not be repeated here. However, we should briefly take note of the findings of Rachel Mitchell, a lawyer hired by the Senate Judiciary Committee to question Dr. Ford who has spent her career prosecuting sex crimes. She issued a devastating five-page report on the validity of Dr. Ford's claims in light of her own testimony and evidence. Her summary was as follows:
In the legal context, here is my bottom line: A "he said, she said" case is incredibly difficult to prove. But this case is even weaker than that. Dr. Ford identified other witnesses to the event, and those witnesses either refuted her allegations or failed to corroborate them. For the reasons discussed below, I do not think that a reasonable prosecutor would bring this case based on the evidence before the Committee. Nor do I believe that this evidence is sufficient to satisfy the preponderance-of-the-evidence standard.
Her memo went on to identify nine reasons Dr. Ford's testimony did not add up. She expanded on each point in detail, with numerous references to both Dr. Ford's testimony, and all the available evidence. From her report:
(1) Dr. Ford has not offered a consistent account of when the alleged assault happened.
(2) Dr. Ford has struggled to identify Judge Kavanaugh as the assailant by name.
(3) When speaking with her husband, Dr. Ford changed her description of the indecent to become less specific.
(4) Dr. Ford has no memory of key details of the night in question—details that could help corroborate her account.
(5) Dr. Ford's account of the alleged assault has not been corroborated by anyone she identified as having attended—including her lifelong friend.
(6) Dr. Ford has not offered a consistent account of the alleged assault.
(7) Dr. Ford has struggled to recall important recent events relating to her allegations, and her testimony regarding recent events raises further questions about her memory.
(8) Dr. Ford's description of the psychological impact of the event raises questions.
(9) The activities of congressional Democrats and Dr. Fords attorneys likely affected Dr. Ford's account.
Legal Minutiae, or Fundamental Rights?
So why does all this minutiae matter?
Because it isn't mere minutiae—it represents the very substance of why accusations alone must never be allowed upend lives and careers, why they must never be allowed to trump the presumption of innocence, especially when the mob yells "crucify him!"
Dr. Ford's claims didn't add up, and Rachel Mitchell proved it. One need not even dig into all the political chicanery that took place behind the scenes. Whatever you believe about what the Democrats did, or the Republicans did, the fact remains that the accuser's accusations did not add up. Their substance had changed multiple times; they were internally inconsistent; they referred to events supposedly nearly 40 years prior (with all the problems associated with human memory exacerbated accordingly); and not even one of the witnesses cited by Dr. Ford could corroborate her account. Some even refuted it.
On the other side, the accused, Justice Kavanaugh, produced documentary evidence of his whereabouts in the summer of 1982 (his now famous calendars); he cited the statements of the very witnesses Dr. Ford had called to corroborate her claims, as well as numerous witnesses who could speak to his character; and, given his decades in public service, including at the George W. Bush White House, where he had access to the nuclear codes, he himself had already been intensely investigated by the FBI six previous times, which included the questioning of approximately 150 friends and acquaintances, where questions about excessive drinking, etc. are standard.
To any fair-minded person, it was clear that Justice Kavanaugh was, if not innocent, at least in a far better position to substantiate his claim of innocence against Dr. Ford's claim of guilt. That does not de-legitimize Dr. Ford's pain, nor do I question her sincerity. But it does mean that her claims, on their face, were not anywhere strong enough to override Kavanaugh's presumption of innocence. Recalling the Golden Rule, that we should do to others as we would have done to us, should have solved the case instantly for the American people—no one in their right mind would want the standard being applied by some to Kavanaugh to be applied to themselves.
Rachel Mitchell did an invaluable service to the country, and history, with her report. She fulfilled the role a lawyer should have in a free society, one aptly described by Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville in his 1830's classic, Democracy in America, where he described American lawyers as "naturally opposed to the revolutionary turn of mind and the ill-considered passions of democracy…they arbitrate between citizens and the habit of guiding the blind passions of litigants toward an outcome gives them a certain scorn for the judgment of the crowd."[1]
"When the American people become intoxicated by their enthusiasms or carried away by their ideas," Tocqueville observed, "lawyers apply an almost invisible brake to slow down and halt them."[2]
Because they are bad people? No. Because of the presumption of innocence. Too often taken for granted, unnoticed and unseen amid the processes and tribulations of the law, is this sacred principle that underlies all of it. Accusations are not evidence, but themselves require evidence. To forget this is to subvert the rule of law, and with it civilization.
John Adams, the "Boston Massacre," and Hated British Soldiers
Mobs are not courts. Indeed, they stand on completely opposite principles—mobs on the passions of the crowd; courts on the sober reasoning of the law.
Over the years, I have had to write several columns on the importance of the presumption of innocence. Those columns were in the context of police shootings of minorities, and were directed either at Leftists who always presumed the cops were guilty, or Conservatives who always presumed those who were killed were guilty.
In each of those columns, I used a famous story from American history to illustrate the vital importance of the presumption of innocence: the story of the Boston Massacre, and the legal defense of the despised British soldiers by none other than the anti-British Founding Father, and future President, John Adams.
In short, Adams had every reason not to take the case. He had been involved in anti-British efforts for years, and such a course would no doubt lower his reputation in Boston. Nonetheless, he knew that in a free country, accused persons were entitled to the presumption of innocence—a presumption that could only be overcome by facts and evidence. Instructively, he showed how this fundamental right was rooted in the broader English and western tradition of law. He ultimately won the case—not even one of the soldiers was convicted of murder. The evidence in fact appeared to go the other way—they had been physically threatened, and they had reacted in rational self-defense. Indeed, the whole framing of the incident as the "Boston Massacre" was one of the earliest examples of ideological propaganda in American history.
In the speech he delivered in defense of the British soldiers, John Adams coined a now famous phrase:
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
Throughout his case, Adams stressed the importance of the presumption of innocence, pointing out that it was an established principle in both English and civil law that it was better to acquit a guilty man than to convict an innocent one. Quoting John Fortescue, "a very ancient writer on the English law" who had authored In Praise of the Laws of England in the 15th century, Adams declared:
Indeed one would rather, much rather, that twenty guilty persons escape the punishment of death, than one innocent person be condemned, and suffer capitally.
He then cited another great English jurist, Lord Chief Justice Matthew Hale, this time from the 17th century:
Lord Chief Justice Hale, says, it is better five guilty persons escape, than one innocent person suffer.
William Blackstone, who was widely read by the Founders, and considered the premier 18th century commentator on English law, observed the same principle in his magisterial Commentaries on the Laws of England:
[A]ll presumptive evidence of felony should be admitted cautiously, for the law holds that it is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.
But, Adams emphasized, this principle was not unique to English law:
Indeed this rule is not peculiar to the English law, there never was a system of laws in the world, in which this rule did not prevail; it prevailed in the ancient Roman law, and which is more remarkable, it prevails in the modern Roman law, even the judges in the Courts of Inquisition, who with racks, burnings and scourges, examine criminals, even there, they preserve it as a maxim, that it is better the guilty should escape punishment, than the innocent suffer. Satius esse nocentem absolvi quam insentem damnari [roughly "It is preferable that the guilty be acquitted than that the innocent be condemned"], this is the temper we ought to set out with; and these the rules we are to be governed by.
One of the legal maxims of the Justinian Code of the 6th century (the "Roman law" referred to by Adams) was Affirmanti, non neganti, incumbit probatio, meaning "The proof is incumbent on the one who affirms, not on the one who denies."[3] Indeed, the presumption of innocence continues to be a fundamental right in all civilized nations. Article 11 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has enshrined it in international law.
Adams' conclusion was masterful and passionate, citing yet another 17th century English patriot, Algernon Sidney, to make the point that the law was blind—both to the accused, and the accuser:
The law, in all vicissitudes of government, fluctuations of the passions, or flights of enthusiasm, will preserve a steady undeviating course; it will not bend to the uncertain wishes, imaginations, and wanton tempers of men. To use the words of a great and worthy man, a patriot, and a hero, and enlightened friend of mankind, and a martyr to liberty; I mean Algernon Sidney, who from his earliest infancy sought a tranquil retirement under the shadow of the tree of liberty, with his tongue, his pen, and his sword, "The law, (says he) no passion can disturb. Tis void of desire and fear, lust and anger. 'Tis menc sine affectu; written reason; retaining some measure of the divine perfection. It does not enjoin that which pleases a weak, frail man, but without any regard to persons, commands that which is good, and punishes evil in all, whether rich, or poor, high or low—Tis deaf, inexorable, inflexible." On the one hand it is inexorable to the cries and lamentations of the prisoners; on the other it is deaf, deaf as an adder [Ps. 58:4] to the clamors of the populace.
Adams remembered a truth most of his countrymen had forgotten in the heat of the moment: to deny the presumption of innocence to anyone, even the despised British soldiers, especially when the facts and evidence pointed the other way, would be an act of arbitrary power—very much like those of King and Parliament the colonists themselves were protesting. What was at stake was not some abstract legal principle found in dusty legal documents. It was a vital principle of fairness, of liberty, the Golden Rule itself, to render unto others what we would have done to us.
While his reputation may have suffered in the short term, just a few short years later, the citizens of Massachusetts knew who they wanted to send to the Continental Congress that would go on to secure the rights of all Americans: John Adams.
The Presumption of Innocence Protects Everyone—Especially the Most Vulnerable
As I wrote in a past column on the presumption of innocence:
The lesson is that in all matters of justice, and particularly in times when so many have made ideological narratives and political gamesmanship the standard of their actions rather than truth and justice, it is essential that we judge by facts and evidence. This is especially true when we are dealing with the fates of men who retain the presumption of innocence.
To this day, it remains false to say that what happened in Boston on March 5, 1770 was a "massacre." The name itself is a vestige of a false narrative—a narrative perpetrated by men who, while deserving of our respect and honor for their services to our country, were temporarily overcome by their own passions; men who, if not restrained by the integrity of others, would easily have ended up throwing their own integrity away…
We owe it to those men [who had been shot], but also to ourselves, to our society, and especially to those who have been denied justice because of assumptions, narratives and prejudices leveled at their own skin color, to ensure that the presumption of innocence remains intact and inviolate.
In other words, to abandon the presumption of innocence not only tends toward the ideological perversion of civil society and discourse, but toward injustice—particularly for the most vulnerable. In a social media age, where virtual and ephemeral mobs can be formed on almost any topic with ominous haste, the facts and evidence be damned, the presumption of innocence is more important than ever. This principle is one of the great bridles on human passions—passions which more often than not distort rather than enlighten our judgments. As Senator Susan Collins reminded the nation in a riveting speech explaining her support of Kavanaugh, "We must always remember that it is when passions are most inflamed that fairness is most in jeopardy."
Another Tocquevillian reminder would seem to be in order:
I am aware of the inherent defects in the attitude of lawyers. Nevertheless, without this combination of the legal with the democratic mind, I doubt whether democracy could govern society for long, and I hardly believe that nowadays a republic could hope to survive if the influence of lawyers in its affairs did not grow in proportion to the power of the people.[4]
That is why the Kavanaugh moment was a seminal event in American history. It was a test of whether a politically powerful, tech-savvy, media-backed ideological lynch mob could succeed in undermining the nomination of a man against whom there was no evidence, and whose very office requires, indeed assumes, the very presumption of innocence they themselves insisted must be annulled.
Justice was done for the Justice—and thus for all of us.


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Making Videos with an iPhone? (Here's what I learned..)
I'll speak plainly. You just saw me in a mankini, so at this stage of our relationship, there's no reason to tiptoe around the truth: I absolutely LOATHED the idea of shooting Video Genesis Part 2 on an iPhone. Then, I saw the images. Especially how it treats skin, and the rich colors it captures. Plus, ya know – all […]Read More


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DENIM on DENIM
Denim! A classic that will always stand the test of time. We've seen Britney and Justin rocking the Canadian Tux and honestly it never gets old! Love the combination of dark and light was denim with distressed details throughout. Simple natural accessories finish off this look.
Top: Boohoo
Jeans: Zara
Boots: Zara
Hoops: Asos
Bag: Louis Vuitton


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Equalizer International are manufacturers of innovative flange maintenance & precision lifting tools for the oil industry. Managing Director, Ian McCormick shares his perspective on working with 4c Design as design partners. We have been working with Equalizer for many years now and a broad range of products that we are proud to say are on… Read more »
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Red Bull's Baumgartner!
A big 4c congratulations to Felix Baumgartner for breaking the sound barrier yesterday, as he plummeted to earth from 125,000 feet, 23 miles up (European translation = 38 kilometres). Felix Baumgartner is a 43 year old Austrian skydiver that can easily be described as being part of the elite of adrenalin junkies. Apart from this… Read more »
Presenting at CIBSE Conference
Building Services 2012 – the official CIBSE Conference and exhibition will attract building services professionals from across the globe and provide a superior platform for suppliers to showcase their existing products, launch new technological innovations and network with senior delegates and speakers. Welcoming a wide variety of professionals from consultant engineers, architects and property managers… Read more »
The MAKLAB!
Last Friday the 4c Design crew crammed into the fun bus and descended upon the city centre on an intrepid adventure… Destination – the MAKLAB! Located just off Buchanan Street in The Lighthouse, MAKLAB is an open workshop that offers designers the chance to use the latest digital toys in a creative environment to help… Read more »
Forestry Engineering Group Presentation
4c Design were down at Newton Rigg today to present the Egger Big Bag project to the FEG (Forestry Engineering Group) for there "Innovation for Survival" symposium. The day proved to be an excellent networking opportunity and a fantastic forum to share ideas and inventions within forestry. We shared the design process behind our designs… Read more »