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On the night before emergency workers had to evacuate people from a Florida nursing home where eight died, residents suffered in the sweltering heat as staff used fans to cool them, and one woman sat naked in a bed in a hallway, a video obtained by CNN shows.
The 34-second recording shows a couple in a room at The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills in Hollywood, with a fan sitting on a nightstand, blowing air across the room and a window cracked open slightly.
According to the family member who shot the video, those two nursing home residents received medical treatment and are recovering.
City officials said eight others died. A criminal investigation is underway by Hollywood police; officials with the facility said staff members are cooperating with it and other inquiries.
"The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills expresses its deepest sympathy to the family members of the residents who passed away following a prolonged outage of our air conditioning system due to Hurricane Irma," the nursing home said this week.
"We are devastated by these losses. We are fully cooperating with all authorities and regulators to assess what went wrong and to ensure our other residents are cared for."
The video gives a glimpse into some of the conditions inside the facility Tuesday night before a series of 911 calls brought firefighters to the facility, where three people were found dead on the second floor.
In the middle of the video, the camera moves into the hallway where a naked woman is hunched over on what appears to be a hospital bed.
The recording shows the facility had power but workers were using an industrial-size drum fan sitting in front of two closed doors to move air through a hallway.
A spokesman for the nursing home told CNN that officials had not seen the video, and if they had they would be precluded by law from commenting on it.
The spokesman for the facility, Ron Bartlett, said that after the air conditioning stopped, workers continually gave residents water and ice.
During Hurricane Irma on Sunday, a tree fell onto a transformer that powered the nursing home's air conditioning system, Broward County officials said Wednesday.
In all, 141 patients were evacuated from the facility. One resident died at the facility Tuesday but, because the patient had a do-not-resuscitate order, was sent to a funeral home before police asked for the body, according to police.
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Authorities are now questioning how the conditions at the nursing home lasted for so long.
Nursing home administrator Jorge Carballo said this week the center immediately contacted Florida Power & Light and continued to follow up with the utility for status updates on when repairs to the transformer would be made. City and state officials said they were in contact with the nursing home for three days and advised them to call 911 if they believed that the health or safety of patients was at risk.
"When asked if they had any medical needs or emergencies, (the nursing home) did not request assistance or indicate any medical emergency existed," Broward County Mayor Barbara Sharief said in a statement.
The nursing home, in a timeline released this week, said it first called Florida Power & Light on Sunday afternoon about the power being out to the air conditioner and began using 10 portable units that day.
"It's important to note that through Monday, the building was still cool and the spot coolers were in place maintaining required temperatures," the facility said.
The facility said an official with its parent company made calls on Monday and Tuesday to several state agencies to report the problem. It said on Tuesday nursing home workers made repeated calls to FP&L, which had not fixed the transformer. Workers at the facility got more portable air conditioners from a nearby hospital, the facility's timeline says.
A spokesman for Scott's office, John Tupps, said "every call made to the governor from facility management was referred to the Agency for Health Care Administration and the Florida Department of Health and quickly returned."
The Florida Department of Health and the Agency for Health Care Administration addressed the timeline Friday, saying, "It is 100 percent the responsibility of health care professionals to preserve life by acting in the best interest of the health and well-being of their patients."
Richard Beltran, a spokesman for Florida Power & Light, said Wednesday: "What we know now is that a portion of the facility did, in fact, have power, that there was a hospital across the parking lot from this facility and that the nursing home was required to have a permanently installed operational generator."
On Friday, parent company NextEra Energy referred CNN to a statement on its website, that says, in part: "Because of the current investigations associated with these tragic events involving the nursing home, we are limited in what we can say."
The nursing home has a history of safety violations and citations, including two for not following generator regulations in 2014 and 2016. In both instances, the nursing home corrected these deficiencies.
Federal law currently requires that nursing homes be kept between 71 and 81 degrees and have a backup power source in case of emergency. That backup power must be able to keep temperatures in a safe range for nursing home residents and whatever provisions are stored there, according to more recent regulations that must be implemented by November 2017.
Three agencies probing how it happened
The causes of the deaths for the residents, who ranged in ages from 71 to 99, are under investigation to see whether any of them were heat-related, said Raelin Storey, director of public affairs for the City of Hollywood.
"The initial investigation has determined that the facility's air conditioning system was not fully functional," the city of Hollywood, Florida, said in a statement. "Portable A/C units were being used in the facility, but the facility was excessively hot."
The nursing home, which is housed in a two-story building, said it prepped for Hurricane Irma. The power generator was working, and the staff stocked up on seven days' worth of food and water. But they didn't anticipate they would still have to fight the intense heat with fans and portable air conditioner units.
Gov. Rick Scott ordered an emergency moratorium on Wednesday to prevent the facility from admitting new patients.
Three agencies have launched investigations into how this happened, but many questions remain unanswered.
"I am going to aggressively demand answers on how this tragic event took place," Scott said in a statement. "If they find that this facility was not meeting the state's high standards of care, they will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law."
With a moratorium in place and an ongoing criminal investigation, the residents of Hollywood Hills will find new homes at other facilities, said Storey.
"That is a difficult proposition," she said. "There are not as many beds and facilities available as there are people with needs."
'I can't breathe. I can't breathe'
Betty Hibbard, 84, who later died, was alive but extremely uncomfortable on Tuesday when her friend Jean Johnson came to visit.
"We went by to see her the day before she passed away," Johnson told CNN's Chris Cuomo on Thursday. It was "terribly hot," she added, but at least the elevator was working.
"I've been there sometimes when it didn't," she said.
Without central air conditioning, residents were kept in hallways near the cooling units.
"She was sitting in front of a blower, and she almost cried," Johnson said of Hibbard.
"She says, 'Jean, I can't breathe. I can't breathe.' I said, 'Honey, please don't talk.' "
Johnson said the nursing home didn't have any ice to give her friend, who was ignored by the staff.
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Johnson went to visit her friend in the hospital. Hibbard was unresponsive.
"She hadn't really died, but she was gone," said Johnson, who later got the call that her friend had passed away.


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2017-08-28, 11:30
Why some countries are red on the page "cover your area" ?
Why some countries are red on the page "cover your area" ?
System Blue Order Status 12. August 2016
2017-09-05, 17:34
Hello all,
I submitted a request for the waiting list on 6/24/2014 shortly before project Blue hardware and received email notice at that time; however, my status upon checking the address on the cover your area page appears to have me newly entered at position 3243! This is quite disheartening as my location in Amarillo, TX is proximal to one of the highest strike density locations in the US southwest with only one other station covering that area at <= 500km. I spotted a very nice commercial detector being operated locally the other day which prompted me to check in again, and I thought better to post on this forum than to bother Egon or the others via email as I am sure they are very busy. It seems based on other responses here that perhaps the early requestors who did not immediately reregister interest on the new queue were not accounted for? What is the likelihood that I will ever be able to participate in this project? Best Regards, John
2017-09-14, 06:14
I have been waiting since well before system red I cannot think how many years ago!
Then details were wiped and I had to re register again. Hmmmm. I check back every few weeks to see but it's a slow process and there are probably other areas that's need covering well before me/us. Yes I have been tempted by other manufacturers but have stuck to this. Be patient! Paul
2017-09-14, 14:30
If any of you that have been waiting a long time have a Boltek system, Microsferics has a TOA system for Bolteks and are in need of participants. I run both myself.
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2017-09-16, 21:55
I originally registered just a system red stopped. I didn't check again until recently only to find that I was 3245 out of 3245! what happened? I'm sure I saw somewhere that you keep systems for areas of 'special interest'. I live on Lesvos which is only a few km from the coast of Turkey. A quick check of stations shows next to nothing close to me. Does that make my location of 'special interest'? Regards Robin
2017-09-17, 11:41
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(2017-09-14, 06:14)Primax98 Wrote: Then details were wiped and I had to re register again. Hmmmm. Same situation here unfortunately. Same response I suppose, be patient, haven't seen a post that their out of stock and hopefully will be able to update my red system with our hemisphere coming into the storm season. I think they have gotten most of the issues under control and whilst the red has been online with faithful service 24/7 for some years, update to the blue seems appropriate Jeff
Stations: 2041
2017-09-25, 16:57
(This post was last modified: 2017-09-25, 21:41 by orion_jb2001.)
So............ where does one find how they have progressed on the blue waiting list? link etc if possible.
Stations: 2041
2017-09-26, 00:42
Enter your email again and you will get you place in queue.
2017-09-27, 07:06
I hope you can post all the priceess for these detectors, so we can have to select our best choice and have the Idea of each amount TY
2017-09-27, 07:07
(This post was last modified: 2017-09-27, 07:08 by pimohdaimaoh.)
If use the lightning maps page and turn on coverage the red circles are the max range of the detectors.
Where there are no circles or only a few, then there is a demand for detectors there. I believe they like to have at least 8 detectors overlapping in an area to get good lightning data. Price for kit and optional aluminum case was €283.40 EUR shipped DHL to the US last year. The price maybe a bit different as the parts have changed a bit and component prices change, and DHL shipping took nearly 5 weeks to ship. I do not know if the normal mail service is any better, but DHL was not fast as I had hoped. Expect to spend more for good power supply (see forum suggestions), cables (1 Coax, 2 x SFTP Cat 7), Antennas (GPS, H-Field, E-Field), optional filters, optional SMA connectors, etc..
2017-10-05, 20:44
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2017-10-10, 18:35
Hi all,
Does anyone have or know of anyone that might have a system blue, constructed or otherwise, for sale?? Jeff
Stations: 2041
2018-02-09, 10:36
(2016-04-11, 08:14)Egon Wrote: This thread gives you information on how to order a detector.
Hi all
Had a system red a few years back, whats the latest on system blue, this thread is pretty confusing. Apparently I've been on the list for a while. "Your request will be treated preferentially, since you have already submitted your email before July 5. 2016." Cheers (2016-04-11, 08:14)Egon Wrote: ... Egon, Whenever you update this document, could you please also put the modification date in it? Without a date, we have to read the entire document to find any changes. Thank you!
2018-03-31, 13:49
I have registered again! Very happy. 3k Something in the waiting list but all good!
2018-04-21, 18:30
(This post was last modified: 2018-04-21, 22:38 by mwaters.
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(2018-03-31, 13:49)tpweather Wrote: I have registered again! Very happy. 3k Something in the waiting list but all good! How does one find out their position in the waiting list for a new system? I have never been able to figure that out. EDIT: I found the answer, per allsorts: Quote:You can also check what your current "rank" is by entering your email into the Cover Your Area page again. Make sure you use the same email... I am in position 3538. Sigh. "Your request is ranked at position 3538 of 3538" EDIT 2: This either means that my request some weeks ago didn't go through, or that no one has ordered one since then. |
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American Association of Critical-Care Nurses awards Impact Research Grant to Detroit palliative care nurse researcher
Meg Campbell, Wayne State University College of Nursing, receives AACN grant to investigate the impact of an algorithmic approach to ventilator withdrawal for patients at the end of life
AACN Impact Research Grants fund studies that address gaps in clinical bedside knowledge to support clinical inquiry and drive change in high acuity and critical care nursing practice
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) recently awarded an AACN Impact Research Grant to Margaret "Meg" Campbell, RN, PhD, FAAN, a nationally known expert in hospital-based palliative care and end-of-life issues.
Campbell and her research team at Wayne State University, Detroit, will investigate the potential for standardizing ventilator withdrawal for patients at the end of life. The study is designed to develop an empirically driven, nurse-led approach to patient comfort during the ventilator withdrawal process, reducing patient suffering and family distress.
Nearly half a million patients undergo ventilator withdrawal each year, but there is little empirical evidence to inform this common procedure. With no accepted evidence-based best practices guiding ventilator withdrawal, clinicians rely on intuition, varying levels of experience or customary local practice.
The researchers will compare outcomes for patients who received a new approach to patients who received usual care. Data from this research will be used to guide additional testing of the algorithm in a future randomized trial.
Campbell has nearly 40 years of nursing experience, with 28 years of clinical and administrative work in hospice and palliative care nursing. She is an associate professor in the Office of Health Research at Wayne State University College of Nursing. She previously served as director of nursing research, palliative care and advanced practice nursing at Detroit Receiving Hospital, where she managed palliative care practice for nearly 25 years.
Campbell received the prestigious AACN Flame of Excellence Award during the 2012 National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition for her sustained contributions to acute and critical care nursing at a high level and with broad reach.
She was one of the earliest clinicians to measure and disseminate positive financial outcomes from palliative care consultation and published some of the earliest work about palliative care in the ICU. A frequent contributor to critical care periodical literature, including AACN's American Journal of Critical Care, she also authored a book titled "Forgoing Life-Sustaining Therapy: How to Care for the Patient Who Is Near Death."
AACN Impact Research Grants support clinical inquiry that drives change in high acuity and critical care nursing practice. Priority projects address gaps in clinical research at the organization or system level and translation of these findings to bedside clinicians. Projects include use of technology to assess patients and manage outcomes; ways to create a healing and humane environment; and processes and systems to optimize high acuity and critical care nursing.
Three Impact Research Grants are available annually to established researchers and beginning researchers with mentors. Applicants may request up to $50,000 in total costs for a maximum of three years. This year, AACN awarded two grants.
A research team at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, led by Penn Nursing's Martha A.Q. Curley, RN, PhD, FAAN, also received an Impact Research Grant this year. Via a multicenter study, the team will expand Curley's work with the Braden Q Scale, which has become a widely used tool to predict pediatric pressure ulcer risk. The researchers will further assess the predictive validity of the Braden Q Scale for the development of immobility-related pressure ulcers as well as test a new element, referred to as the Braden Q+D, to describe patient risk for medical device-related pressure ulcers.
Other 2013 grants from AACN support a variety of projects ranging from research related to reducing the burden of cardiac monitor alarms in neurological intensive care units, to understanding the psychological processes of surrogates making end-of-life decisions for patients to examining the relationship between nursing care and outcomes for patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest. Recipients are as follows:
- James Dionne-Odom, RN, MSN, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, N.H. (AACN-Sigma Theta Tau Critical Care Grant)
- Monica Rochman, RN, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (AACN-Philips Medical Systems Clinical Outcomes Grant)
- Tina Mammone, RN, MS, NE-BC, CENP, University of California San Francisco Medical Center (AACN-Philips Medical Systems Clinical Outcomes Grant)
The association continues to award annually the AACN-Sigma Theta Tau Critical Care Grant for up to $10,000 and as many as three AACN-Philips Medical Systems Clinical Outcomes Grants, up to $10,000 each.
Principal investigators for all grants must be current AACN members. Grant applications must be submitted online by Nov. 1, 2013. For more information, including award criteria and supporting documents, visit www.aacn.org/grants.
About the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses: Founded in 1969 and based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) is the largest specialty nursing organization in the world. AACN joins together the interests of more than 500,000 acute and critical care nurses and claims more than 235 chapters worldwide. The organization's vision is to create a healthcare system driven by the needs of patients and their families in which acute and critical care nurses make their optimal contribution.
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, 101 Columbia, Aliso Viejo, Calif. 92656-4109;
Phone: (949) 362-2000; Fax: (949) 362-2020; www.aacn.org; facebook.com/aacnface; twitter.com/aacnme
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What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling of some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him.
– Victor E. Frankl
Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.
– Victor E. Frankl
The most beautiful people we have known are those who have know defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
When we love, we strive to be better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.
– Paulo Coelho
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes, on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.
– John Lubbock
I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
– Henry David Thoreau
We will find that kindness is a way of making less effort. It is the most economic attitude there is, because it saves us much energy that we might otherwise waste in suspicion, worry, resentment, manipulation, or unnecessary defense. It is an attitude that, by eliminating the inessential, brings us back to the simplicity of being.
– Piero Ferrucci
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? … Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do… And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
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President Trump addressed the graduating class of the U.S. Military Academy on Saturday as the nation continues to grapple with a public health crisis and unrest following the police killing of George Floyd.
The president delivered his remarks at West Point to an audience of more than 1,000 graduating cadets. The in-person speech was a break from the video addresses that have been ubiquitous this graduation season.
During his address, Trump praised the graduating class, highlighting the military academy's legacy and the work of individual cadets. He invoked the names of famous graduates, such as Generals Douglas MacArthur and George S. Patton, and celebrated the academy's role in shaping America's military.
"No force on earth can match the noble power and righteous glory of the American warrior," Trump said.
The president told cadets that the moment they entered the academy's grounds, they "became brothers and sisters pledging allegiance to the same timeless principles."
"You come from the farms and the cities, from states big and small and from every race, religion, color and creed. But when you entered these grounds you became part of one team one family proudly serving one great nation," the president said.
For most of his remarks, Trump hewed closely to the themes of the commencement ceremony, extrapolating on the school's motto, "Duty. Honor. Country." He did not directly address the ongoing nationwide protests against police violence, but did use his remarks to thank the U.S. National Guard in responding to "recent challenges" among them, "ensuring peace, safety and the constitutional rule of law on our streets."
The remarks came against a backdrop of tensions between the president and current and former military leaders over Trump's response to nationwide protests over police violence.
Earlier this month, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said hedisagreed with President Trump's threatened use of the 1807 Insurrection Act to quell the protests.
On Thursday, Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he regretted appearing with the president during a photo op that followed the forceful dispersal of peaceful protesters near the White House. The incident prompted a stinging rebuke from the president's first Secretary of Defense, retired Marine Gen. Jim Mattis, who called it "an abuse of executive authority."
The president has also said he opposes renaming military bases named for confederate generals despite bipartisan support in Congress.
During his remarks, the president also mentioned the COVID-19 pandemic referring to the disease as "an invisible enemy" from a "distant land called China."
"We will vanquish the virus," Trump said. "We will extinguish this plague."
The pandemic had a marked effect on the ceremony. Cadets who'd been sent home because of the coronavirus were called back for the ceremony.
During the ceremony, graduates were seated six feet away from each other. Cadets also donned masks as they crossed the stage. There was also no handshakes and family had to watch the ceremony remotely.
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Mets acquire outfielder Eric Young Jr.
FLUSHING, N.Y., June 18, 2013 - The New York Mets today announced the club acquired outfielder Eric Young, Jr. from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for righthanded pitcher Collin McHugh. In order to make room on the 40-man roster, outfielder Collin Cowgill was designated for assignment. The Mets also optioned righthanded pitcher Zack Wheeler to Las Vegas (AAA) of the Pacific Coast League.
Young, Jr., 28, hit .242 (40-165) with one home run, six RBI and eight stolen bases in 57 games this season before the Rockies designated him for assignment on June 12. The 5-10, 180-pound native of New Brunswick, NJ is a career .261 (200-766) hitter with 70 stolen bases in 313 major league games, all with Colorado.
McHugh, 25, went 0-1 with a 10.29 ERA (eight earned runs/7.0 innings) in three games, one start, for the Mets this season. The club designated him for assignment on June 15.
Cowgill, 27, hit .180 (11-61) in 23 games for the Mets this season.


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"I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people. The men and women of this country who toil are the ones who bear the cost of the Government. Every dollar that we carelessly waste means that their life will be so much the more meager. Every dollar that we save means that their life will be so much the more abundant. Economy is idealism in its most practical form."
– Calvin Coolidge, Inaugural Address


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To outsiders, liberal San Francisco may seem preoccupied with leftist protesters occupying prime real estate in the Financial District or with debating proper restaurant etiquette for the city's small but flagrant nudist population, oruntil recently, with arguing whether male circumcision should be outlawed. But the prospect of bankruptcy focuses the mind, even in a city so obsessed with leftist causes celebres. When San Franciscans head to the polls on November 8 for a municipal election, the big question facing voters will be how to fix the city's crumbling public-pension program.
The ballot contest centers on competing reform initiatives: Proposition C, the so-called "City Family" measure backed by Democratic Mayor Ed Lee and the city's public-employee unions, versus Proposition D, advanced by San Francisco's pension-reforming public defender, Democrat Jeff Adachi. Adachi's previous pension-reform effort, Proposition B, failed last November. Now Adachi, running for mayor against Lee and nine other candidates, is waging a courageous reform-based campaign. Prop. D requires higher worker contributions than Prop. C and, more significantly, would roll back pension benefits.
Prop. D is clearly the better of the two initiatives, which is why city officials are taking no chances that Adachi's reforms will prevail over the establishment's compromise half-measure. Mayor Lee pulled a sneaky behind-the-scenes stunt to ensure that Adachi's measure would be less effective, even if it wins the most votes. Under a memorandum of understanding Lee negotiated with the police and firefighter unions in July, most of the city's highest-paid workers would be exempt from the provisions of Prop. D that require higher pension-contribution rates. Despite an exposé by the San Francisco Examiner and ensuing controversy, the city's board of supervisors unanimously approved the memorandum.
Adachi rightly was appalled at the anti-democratic nature of a secret deal exempting particular classes of public workers from a ballot measure that the public hasn't even had a chance to consider. He also was angered at the way the city's controller, a Lee ally, skewed a supposedly independent analysis of the two measures to minimize the expected savings from Prop. D. The controller used a 10-year timeframe to analyze savings, rather than the previously used 25-year timeframe, even though the savings would increase dramatically in the "out" years because the reforms would apply mainly to new hires.
San Francisco's business leaders have signed on to the "City Family" measure in the misbegotten belief that the scorpion wouldn't sting the frog this time. No such luck. San Francisco Chamber of Commerce President Steve Falk worked closely with city Labor Council chief Tim Paulson on behalf of Prop. C. The Labor Council repaid the Chamber's ingenuousness by backing a proposed ordinance that would dramatically increase the costs of compliance with the city's health-care mandate. Nevertheless, the Chamber maintains its support for the "City Family."
Naturally, San Francisco's mainstream press fully supports the "City Family" initiative. As the San Francisco Chronicle editorial board explained, "The very fact that business and labor leaders are supporting Prop. C bodes well for its passage and acceptance-and sets the stage for productive, mutually respectful talks on further reforms that will almost certainly be needed to address this pension and health-care shortfall."
In truth, little reform is at work here. Since when have unions participated in "productive, mutually respectful talks" to roll back the pension and health benefits that are bankrupting their communities? Furthermore, the editors try to confuse readers by downplaying the differences between Props. C and D. "San Franciscans should have no illusions about the dueling reform measures on the Nov. 8 ballot: Neither would come close to covering the escalating general-fund obligation to meet promised pensions and health-care coverage for retired city workers," they write. "Propositions C and D offer only modest down payments on the reforms that must be pursued to keep these retirement costs from overwhelming the city's ability to maintain basic services." Most readers, after concluding that neither initiative would solve the problem, would embrace the tougher measure. The Chronicle, however, would rather support the "City Family" over Adachi's stronger reform measure.
San Diego Reform
The landscape is quite a bit different 500 miles down Interstate 5 in San Diego, where voters will consider a pension reform initiative next June. Though "America's Finest City" is more conservative than San Francisco, city leaders until now have been just as irresponsible in handling their public-employee pensions. But faced with a $2.1 billion unfunded liability, reformers brokered a far-reaching compromise in April with Mayor Jerry Sanders and the political establishment that would switch all new city hires-except for police officers-from a defined-benefit pension plan to a 401(k)-style defined-contribution plan. The move, according to a recent analysis, would save taxpayers between $1.2 billion and $2.1 billion after 27 years.
Republican city councilman Carl DeMaio and his supporters last month submitted more than 145,000 signatures to put the April compromise to a vote. The unions strongly oppose DeMaio's measure, which is a good sign it might actually make a difference. Unlike San Francisco's compromise measure, however, the San Diego campaign is shaping up to be a clear-cut battle between reformers and unions.
San Francisco and San Diego show how the pension-reform battleground has shifted from union-dominated Sacramento to the localities. Public opinion is shifting, too. Last November, voters passed eight out of nine pension-reform measures at the local level, including in some communities that are anything but conservative. It's no wonder, then, that the unions and their Democratic allies tried repeatedly in the last legislative session to impose significant restrictions on the use of the initiative. Reformers can succeed, but they need to remember that the "Family" won't surrender without a fight.
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People who give positive encouragement and constructive criticism could be wasting their breath according to the latest research from a psychology expert at School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London.
The study, published in the journal Frontiers in Neuroscience, found that when people received either positive or negative feedback about their performance on complex decision-making tasks, it made their decision making worse.
Study author Dr Magda Osman explained: "The kind of task people had to perform was difficult and demanding. So, when people received positive or negative feedback, it overloaded them with too much information and distracted them from making a good decision.
"We found that people's performance got worse when they had to make sense of the feedback they were given while also performing the main task.
"The role of feedback is overemphasised. People typically think that any form of feedback should improve performance in many tasks, and the more frequently it is given the better performance will be.
"However what needs to be considered is how complex the task is in the first place, because this will determine how much feedback will actually interfere with rather than facilitate performance."
The study involved about 100 people who were given the task of choosing how best to either predict or control the state of health of a baby, revealing that feedback can play a negative role in a particularly complex decision-making scenario.
However Dr Osman said this type of finding can be generalised and applied to a variety of other complex situations.
"The introduction of smart energy meters into the home to monitor the amount of energy you're consuming seems like a nice 'green' idea to help you consume less energy, but the complexity of the feedback people receive may not necessarily help them to reduce their energy consumption," she said.
"If the energy meter keeps changing and people are unable to track what appliances are on, how could they possibly learn how to lower their energy consumption?
"People are already being bombarded with high levels of complex information with the influx of new technology into our lives and the increasing reliance on information from the smorgasbord of apps we have at our fingertips. It is bound to take its toll on our ability to make good choices in difficult decision-making situations."
Dr Osman warns that people in management positions need to be aware of the type of feedback they are providing to their staff.
"We have shown that feedback really doesn't help people who are making complex decisions. People in management positions need to give their staff more time to analyse and evaluate things in detail when dealing with difficult situations so they can come up with solutions without any distractions in order to get the best out of them."
Dr Osman added that her findings disagree with Nobel prize winner Daniel Kahneman who writes in his popular book 'Thinking, Fast and Slow' that feedback is good, and is also at odds with the authors Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein whose book 'Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth and Happiness' was named Best Book of the Year by The Economist.
"My work shows that feedback alone is not enough to ensure success in decision making. I may not be popular for my research into the role of feedback in complex decision-making tasks but I hope it will make some people think twice about whether they could potentially hinder people's performance with the feedback they provide," she said.
The story has been reported on PsychCentral.com.


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"I shouldn't be down here at all, really. Driver, I am. See?" Yes, perhaps it would be better if you were absent, Evans. You certainly drive everyone up the wall. But the Welsh wimp is not the only peril in the London Underground in 1968's The Web of Fear. The slimmer-line Yeti now sling more web than Spidey, Professor Travers is now an old duffer cum Yeti whisperer, Harold Chorley is the obsequious and unacceptable face of the gutter press and somewhere a filthy traitor is at work... Luckily, Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart is at hand, with his ever-shrinking batallion, while Ann Travers proves adept at rebuffing both amorous advances and unwelcome interviews and, somehow, finds time to smile at a rampaging Yeti. Meanwhile, the Doctor is delighted by one of his balls, Jamie hides in a bin and Victoria drops an unidentified lanyarded object. So is the return of this once-lost story a cause for celebration or should it have been left in the cobwebs? Listen here to find out what Jim and Martin think.


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It has been seven years and two months since I woke from my coma. My eyelids were taped shut and my arms were cuffed to some unknown object. The first sense that came back was sound. I could hear the voices of doctors and nurses chatting about the weather.
I distinctly remember a doctor poking my bare feet with a scalpel. "Vegetable," I heard him say. Everything was blackness. "God, help me, what have I done?" I thought. I'm in hell, and I put myself here.
My demon was methadone. A difficult pregnancy and cesarean section had caused nerve damage, and the Vicodin and Percocet weren't cutting it anymore. Postpartum depression, exhaustion and an unhappy marriage compounded the pain.
Doctors sent me to specialists, whose cures were backed with commercials, free pens and a 30-day supply free from the sample drawer.
The doctor at the chronic pain clinic assured my mom that I'd be closely monitored and that pharmaceutical use was documented and safe. "Methadone is for heroin addicts," she said. I left with a month's worth of pills that day.
Soon, I was under the care of a psychiatrist, pain specialists and family practice doctors. I was getting up to 14 different meds. I couldn't tell where my pain came from anymore. Side effects led to new drugs, and more side effects.
My husband — once friend and partner — was now my jailer, controlling access to my pills he kept locked in a safe. A single Xanax turned into five if I could sneak them. And the methadone went from one, to two, to four until I drifted off into a drooling heap at Quiznos.
I became too medicated to parent my son, so he moved in with my parents. Motherhood became a burden I despised. My husband and I spent our time quarreling, drinking and sleeping. Friends disappeared. Finances were obliterated by medical bills and time off work.
My addiction owned me. Once a girl obsessed with my appearance, I was now a greasy, slovenly woman who could no longer perform even the most basic hygiene. Although a die-hard atheist, I begged God to make me die. Of all things, Carrie Underwood's "Jesus Take the Wheel" came on one day, and I broke down sobbing.
What happened next is family lore, as I have no memory of it. My husband found me passed out on the bathroom floor and put me to bed. The next day, he called my mom and asked her to check on me. I was blue. By the time we got to the ER, I had stopped breathing. The medics revived my heart twice. With two collapsed lungs and failing kidneys, my prognosis for survival was less than 10 percent.
I was informed of this after waking up two weeks later. When the ventilator was removed, a nurse asked me why I did it.
"Did what?" I said.
"Try to kill yourself."
A relative cleaning the house had found my empty bottle of methadone. I had taken a month's worth in the 48 hours after filling the prescription.
During my coma, I experienced a phenomenon that brings skeptics out of the woodwork and of which I have no proof. But I recall being lifted into the most beautiful white light, and looking down from the sky at Earth, amazed at its perfection. I watched a droplet of water fall from the sky into the forest. The images were vivid and perfect. I had lost it all by not recognizing the beauty of what it means to be alive.
Today, I am a 33-year-old mother of two. My husband and I divorced. I got remarried to a man I met in recovery. We have a son as well as my first son who has no memory of me as an addict. If you passed me on the street, you'd never suspect my junkie past.
I feel no shame when I say I'm a recovering addict. The battle has made me a warrior. As someone lucky to have survived, I want to tell others not to give up. Life can be pain and suffering, but numbing that pain also numbs the love that heals it.
Ward lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and two children.
This occasional series is imagined and edited by NPR editor Laurel Dalrymple. You can follow her on Facebook at facebook.com/laurelmdalrymple
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Inflammation is one of the most important processes to consider in aging. Put simply, inflammation is your immune system's response to any problematic substance that has entered your body. How do things enter? You can ingest them, breathe them, or you can absorb them through your skin.
When your immune system perceives that a threatening substance is in your diet, for example, it mounts a powerful and multi-pronged attack on the "invader". Part of that response is to create inflammation, which we recognize as heat, swelling and redness. This occurs wherever the immune system is engaged in a battle — in the tissues of your face, in your arteries, and/or in your vital organs, for example. Inflammation is essential to keeping us alive, but it also causes collateral damage, such as scarring and wrinkling. The more pollutants we are exposed to, the more inflammation our body experiences, and the more rapidly we age.
One of the best ways to naturally dampen down inflammation is to ensure your diet is high in vitamin C – lots of fresh vegetables, citrus fruits and berries. Or alternatively consider using a high quality, preferably buffered vitamin C supplement. Vitamin C does wonderful things for for skin texture and luminosity and is critical for the synthesis of collagen, an important structural protein of our skin.
Oxidation is another way we age. It has significant inner and outer health consequences. Oxidative damage is done by substances known as free radicals, which are single oxygen molecules that can hurt your tissues and other vital substances in your body.
We stay alive through a process called respiration, a process by which we breathe in oxygen, and we exhale carbon dioxide. When we breathe, oxygen splits apart, forming two single oxygen molecules — free radicals and they are angry little critters, as they have lost their buddy and are now able to damage your tissues. Free radicals do have minimal benefit within the body, which includes assisting white blood cells to reduce infection. However, the number of free radicals within the blood is greatly increased by stress, high-intensity exercise, cigarette smoke, and pollutants such as pesticides and heavy metals. You can see how modern-day living can mean that the number of free radicals in the body becomes high and stops serving our health, and begins to cause harm.
Your immune system is designed to protect you from infection and to play a role in dampening down inflammation. Immune cells will attack any substance that shows up in your body that they decide is foreign or poisonous, or that they believe you are better off without. These substances may appear in your food, water, or as viruses or bacteria that you ingest, which then generate free radicals (also known as oxidants). Free radicals are highly reactive molecules, and they destroy cells and tissues by causing them to age, form scar tissue, and die. Free radicals cause all living things to age and decay. They are the reason a cut apple left on your bench turns brown and shrivels up. In your skin, free radicals cause the moist collagen fibres that form its super-structure to become dry and shrivelled. When the foundation of your skin shrinks, the surface folds over on itself, forming wrinkles. The more free radicals in your system, the more your collagen shrinks, and the more wrinkles appear on your skin.
One of the major ways the body defends itself from free radical damage is through the consumption of antioxidants. Antioxidant-rich foods are our coloured plant foods. If you could imagine a large platter covered in beautiful, brightly coloured fresh produce, that platter would pack a massive antioxidant punch! The way it works is that the antioxidant donates one of its oxygen molecules back to the single guy (free radical) and they pair up. As a result the oxygen will no longer damage your tissues.
Another factor in aging is glycation. This occurs when glucose (sugar) from what we eat binds to some of our DNA, proteins, and lipids, leaving them unable to do their jobs. If we have a diet high in processed foods, the problem becomes worse as we get older, since the cumulative sugar intake for most just keeps growing. This can cause cells and tissues to malfunction, resulting in aging, or in some cases disease.
Not that long ago in human evolution, processed, high-sugar foods didn't exist. Then, in the not-too-distant past, they were eaten only on special occasions, like birthday parties, but now they have become part of every day for too many people. I cannot say this enough: it is what you do every day that impacts on your health, not what you do sometimes. However it is important to remember that the aging process will potentially be slowed if you consume less refined sugar.
Getting Your Beauty Sleep:
Rest must follow action for us to have optimal health, the ability to remain calm, and all those "non-vital" processes, such as our skin, hair, and nails getting all the nourishment they need. And very few of us these days truly rest or live a calm state, where productivity, patience, and kindness tend to easily flow.
The parasympathetic nervous system (PNS), is active when we truly rest. This is also called the "rest, digest, repair, reproduce" (and I've added "radiance") arm of our nervous system. I also refer to it as the "green zone". The challenge is that it can be dominated by the opposite arm of the nervous system, the sympathetic nervous system (SNS), which I refer to as the "red zone".
Appropriate activation of the PNS is essential not only to feeling centred, calm, and lovely – but also for skin, hair and nail regeneration. Prioritizing your sleep assists in slowing the aging process as the body can get to work on repairing damaged cells.
Food To Support Aging:
When it comes to real food, for me they are all super foods. Each food has its own unique combination of nutritional value to offer you and your glow. Here is a number of foods that you can incorporate into your diet to help supply nutrients and slow the effects of the aging process.
A good source of vitamin E, copper, magnesium, manganese, potassium, and calcium, all of which are essential to skin oxygenation and function.
Apple cider vinegar.
Helps stimulate digestion and may improve extraction of minerals and vitamins from your diet. It may also be a helpful natural remedy for dandruff, because the acids in the vinegar can help stop the fungus-causing chemical imbalances in the skin of the scalp.
Regular consumption of these woody, fibrous vegetables is linked to healthier skin, and, in particular, improved skin luminosity.
A good source of biotin and monounsaturated fats, avocados help to prevent dry skin and brittle hair and nails; when applied topically, they help to hydrate dry skin. For me, they are a super special beauty food.
Beetroot contains nitrates, which produce a gas called nitric oxide in the blood, which widens blood vessels and lowers blood pressure; it is also important for blood flow to skin.
One of the richest sources of antioxidants, these beautiful and delicious berries counteract premature aging.
Brazil Nuts.
These are a good source of the antioxidant selenium, which helps increase the number of infection- fighting white blood cells in the body, as well as protect against cellular damage. For skin care, selenium's antioxidant properties regenerate vitamins E and C, thereby decreasing the aging of skin. A truly amazing nut!
Brassica Vegetables.
Vegetables worthy of their superstar accolades, they are potent sources of antioxidants, as well as many vitamins and minerals, which help aid cellular repair. Vegetables in the Brassica family contain indoles, substances that help the liver detoxify hormones, which can help with sex hormone balance, which is critical for clear skin.
Coconuts are great for your skin and body, inside and out. Containing vitamins A and C, calcium, iron, and natural proteins, coconuts also contain medium-chain triglycerides, which are a wonderful fuel for the body, and also possess antibacterial properties. Lauric acid, for example, has been scientifically shown to have a stronger action against the bacteria often involved with acne than benzoyl peroxide, an ingredient in many medicated skin washes and some prescription acne medications. Topically, coconut oil is a great way to moisturize and cleanse your skin naturally.
The high water content means it is a very hydrating choice and is a wonderful way to reduce swelling or puffiness around eyes.
Eggs are a complete source of protein. They contain biotin, an essential vitamin that protects against dry skin, and is also helpful for nail and hair health. Eggs also contain iron, which is vital for oxygenation of the entire body, including the skin.
Fresh, Sustainable Oily Fish.
This is a wonderful source of omega-3, which dampens down inflammation in the body and also helps keep skin moisturised. Fresh salmon also contains astaxanthin, a carotenoid that improves skin elasticity.
Green Tea.
This wonderful skin-friendly beverage is packed full of antioxidants that are protective against cellular damage throughout the body, including the aging process of the skin.
Kale is an excellent source of the beauty vitamins A, C, and E, which have potent anti-aging properties and help promote healthy new cell growth. It is also loaded with minerals, such as magnesium and calcium, which healthy skin needs; these minerals are also critical to our ability to relax and are highly alkaline.
Kiwifruit is a rich source of vitamin C and antioxidants, which help keep skin firm and slow down the formation of wrinkles, and are also great for healthy teeth and bones. The antioxidants in kiwifruit have also been shown to help protect against cancer and heart disease.
Rich in vitamin C, lemons are great for the skin and also stimulate digestion — starting your day with lemon in warm water is a wonderful way to kick-start your digestion. The goodies in lemons are crucial for all aspects of beauty, obtaining the maximum nutrition from your diet and helping to supply your skin, hair and nails with nutrients.
Thoughts And Perceptions:
It's equally important to consider how you feel about ageing. Are you fearful of it? Do you feel you're less attractive because you now have lines or wrinkles? In today's society we place so much emphasis on youth being attractive, but there is nothing more attractive than a woman or man that is comfortable in his or her own skin regardless of their age.
Aging is a natural part of life that you don't need to fear; we will all go through it. Your changing lines, hair colour or body in no way detract from who you really are and the goodness in your heart. The passing years also bring wisdom and that has a radiance all of its own."
Above words from article by Dr. Libby Weaver Ph.D - she is one of Australasia's leading nutrition specialists and weight loss experts based in Auckland, New Zealand. See here


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This policy was updated on 08 May 2018.
Our websites are designed to comply with the following legislation with regards to data protection and user Privacy:
EU General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR)
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These Bolands dealerships own the following websites to which this policy relates:
Bolands Waterford Registered Address:
Butlerstown Roundabout, Cork Road
Waterford City, X91 XA02
Phone: 051 872122 Email: [email protected]
What Bolands Waterford Do.
Bolands BMW, MINI, Hyundai and Citroen are authorised BMW, MINI Sales, Service, Parts & Bodyshop franchises in Waterford and transact the following businesses:
- Sells BMW, MINI Used and New Motor cars
- Provides Parts, Repairs, Bodyshop, Servicing of all BMW, MINI cars
- Provides customers with finance options to cover vehicle purchase via third party companies including the Banks of each respective brand (e.g. BMW Bank)
- Delivers high quality customer service in respect of car sales, aftersales, repairs and services
Data Protection/Controller Officer:
Bolands Waterford Data Controller
Bolands Waterford City
Butlerstown Roundabout, Cork Road,
Waterford City, X91 XA02
Email: [email protected]
We may modify or update this privacy policy from time to time. This policy was last updated 08 May 2018.
If we change this privacy policy, we will notify you of the changes, where changes to the policy will have a fundamental impact on the nature of the processing or otherwise have a substantial impact on you, we will give you sufficient advance notice so that you have the opportunity to exercise any rights you may have under local law (e.g. to object to the processing).
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy should be addressed to:
The Data Controller,
Bolands Waterford
Butlerstown Roundabout, Cork Road,
Waterford City, X91 XA02
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +353 (0) 51872122.
If you are dissatisfied with this policy or our use of your personal information, you have the right to complain to The Data Protection Commissioner [email protected]
This following outline our use of your personal information:
We will use your information which you have provided to us directly and via reputable third parties for the following uses:
Customer Support, Enquiries, Feedback and Experience
Vehicle Sales & Service
When you purchase, service or repair a vehicle, the information generally which we will collect includes: Contact details, Vehicle Configuration details, Vehicle Technical Information and Sales and Services Information.
Personal information may be transferred to third parties as outlined below, where you have given your consent or where it is a required part of the process. This is shared in a secure manner, using a consistent security protocol. When we share with other parties we ensure that they only use your personal data for the purpose it was collected and do not allow them to abuse this agreement.
We have access to customer personal information via BMW Customer Systems, which is only accessed by those who need to use it and via secure password and username provided by BMW.
The following is a list of the third parties we may need to share your information:
The Manufacturer of your Vehicle & Their Distributor: We will pass your information onto BMW, the manufacturer of the vehicle you purchase and/or their appointed distributor in Ireland so that we can ensure its warranty, safety, recall and customer satisfaction.
Only if you consent, we will pass on your information to the manufacturer, distributor of the vehicle you purchase or their appointed distributor in Ireland for marketing activities which may include; offers, VIP events, Surveys and feedback.
The manufacturer or BMW, may contact you directly, and separately about their use of your personal information.
If you wish to view our manufacturers, the BMW Privacy Policy, click here
The Revenue Commissioners: We may sometimes share your information where we do the first registration of your motor vehicle or where we apply for exemptions from VRT. VAT and/or motor tax for you.
Third Party Service Providers: We may share your personal information with third-party service providers that perform services and functions at our direction and on our behalf; these may include: our accountants, insurers, IT service providers, printers, lawyers and other business advisors and providers of security and administration services.
Marketing and Communications: We share your information with the following in order to provide you with a quality service and to keep you informed on offers, launches and events:
Potential Sale of the Dealer: We may need to transfer your personal information if we merge or are acquired by another company.
An Gardai, Government Bodies or officials: We may share your personal information with an Gardai or other government bodies or agencies where required to do so by law.
Other instances, where we are obliged to pass on your information to third parties:
Vehicle Finance
To assess your eligibility for finance and administer its repayment with the relevant Financial Service provider (e.g. BMW FS), you must provide required personal information to Bolands Waterford.
The find out how your information will be used by BMW Financial Services click here
Transfers outside of the European Economic Area
We may transfer your personal data outside of the European Economic Area. These countries do not always afford an equivalent level of privacy protection and in such circumstances we will take specific steps, in accordance with data protection law, to protect your personal information. In particular, for transfers of personal data, outside the EEA where there is no adequacy decision by the European Commission, we may rely on contractual protections approved by the European Commission.
We use a variety of security measures, including encryption and authentication tools, to help protect and maintain security, integrity and availability of your personal information.
We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy Policy. Unfortunately, the transmission of personal information via the internet is not completely secure and when you email or enter a website, the security is not guaranteed. However, once we receive your data, we use strict procedures and security features to help protect your data according to Data Protection Laws.
These security features are:
The following are the types of personal information that may be collected:
Contact Details
Consents and Preferred Communication
Repair and Services Information
Credit Information
Fraud Information
Fraud, offences, suspicious transactions, politically exposed person and sanctions lists where your details are included.
We may hold your personal information for a period of 7 years from the date of completion of this contract or from the end date of any warranty period, whichever is the later.
We may hold this data for a longer period if we are legally required to do so. We restrict access to your information to only those persons who need to use it for the relevant purpose.
Our retention periods are based on business needs.
When your information is no longer needed, it is either irreversibly anonymised or destroyed securely.
Use for marketing:
We keep customers updated with discounts, offers, VIP Events, launches and services and repairs. We retain your personal information for as long as is necessary, but only for the relevant purpose that we collected it for. You retain the right to remove this consent at any time. Please e-mail [email protected] if you wish to remove any consent at any stage and we will do so as soon as possible.
Use to perform a contract:
In relation to your information used to perform any contractual obligation with you we may retain that data whilst the contract remains in force plus one year to deal with any queries or claims thereafter.
Use to monitor quality of the service provided
Contact BMW Ireland, BMW Financial Services and BMW AG here to change your consents and use of your personal information.
All our customer data is kept on - CDK Global (Kerridge) an integrated computing solution, which is hosted in a datacentre in UK. They exercise great care to protect your personally identifiable information. This includes, among other things, using industry standard techniques such as firewalls, encryption, intrusion detection and site monitoring. View their privacy policy here
Where Claims are contemplated:
In relation to any information where we reasonably believe it will be necessary to defend or prosecute or make a claim against you, us or a third party, we may retain that data for as long as that claim could be pursued.
You have several rights under data protection law to view the personal information we hold in respect of you.
You have the right to:
Contact Bolands Waterford here to view and or change your consents
Contact Bolands Waterford here to change your personal information
These rights are (in some circumstances) limited by data protection legislation.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights please contact us here.
We will aim to respond to your request within a month. If we are unable to deal with your request within a month we may extend this period by a further two months and we will explain why.
Your exercise of these rights is subject to certain exemptions which safeguard the public interest (e.g. the prevention or detection of crime), our interests (e.g. the maintenance of legal privilege) and the rights of third parties.
If you are dissatisfied with our use of your information or our response to any exercise of these rights you have the right to complain to The Data Protection Commissioner [email protected]
Whenever you browse our website, view products pages, or download information, our computers automatically records certain information about your visit from the computer you used to access our site. This information does not identify you personally. It just tells us how many visitors come to our site and the types of computers they use. With this information, we can improve our site for all our visitors and make it more useful to you.
The information includes the following:
1. The date and time you access our site.
2. How many and which pages you visit during a 'session' on our site and how long you were on the site.
3. Your Internet domain name (this might be your internet service provider such as eircom or your place of work) and the 'IP' address (this is a number assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the web) which allows you to access our website.
4. The Internet browser you use (e.g. Microsoft Explorer or Netscape) and your computer's operating system (e.g. Windows 98).
5. The site you were on before you linked to our site (e.g. Yahoo, google, Bing if you found us from a search engine).
We may use "pixel tags," which are small graphic files that allow us to monitor the use of our websites. A pixel tag can collect information such as the IP (Internet Protocol) address of the computer that downloaded the page on which the tag appears; the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the page on which the pixel tag appears; the time the page containing the pixel tag was viewed; the type of browser that fetched the pixel tag; and the identification number of any cookie on the computer previously placed by that server.
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