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Sprains and strains are injuries affecting the muscles and ligaments. A sprain is an injury or tear of one or more ligaments that commonly occurs at the wrists, knees, ankles and thumbs. A strain is an injury or tear to the muscle. Strains occur commonly in the back and legs. Sprains and strains occur due to overstretching of the joints during sports activities and accidents such as falls or collisions.
Symptoms of sprains include pain, swelling, tenderness, bruising and joint stiffness. Symptoms of strains include muscle spasm and weakness, pain in the affected area, swelling, redness and bruising.
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- Protection: Protect the injured area with the help of a support.
- Rest: Give rest to the affected area as more damage could result from putting pressure on the injury.
- Ice: Ice should be applied over a towel to the affected area for 15-20 minutes every two to three hours during the day. Never place ice directly over the skin.
- Compression: Wrapping the knee with an elastic bandage or an elasticated tubular bandage can help to minimize the swelling and support to the injured area.
- Elevation: Elevating the injured area above heart level will also help with swelling and pain.
Diagnosis involves a thorough physical examination. Your doctor will inspect the area of injury and joint mobility. X-rays or other tests may be ordered to rule out fractures or other pathology.
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I set up this table near other individuals and organizations tabling for political, religious and other causes. When people approach I offer to talk to them about whatever they would like. If they don't know what they want to talk about I keep a list of questions such as:
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- what are you doing after this?
- how are things?
This formula has lead to conversations with all kinds of strangers on topics from the weather to the Iranian revolution, Native American philosophy, agricultuture, film, etc. The table is very popular.
Of course, you can do this yourself. Here are the instructions on how to talk to anyone. Some guys in Germany did it. And Mitch in Philly. And Samuel Peck changed it up a bit and did it in Australia. Dmitry in Moscow. Jackie Yoo in Korea. Victor sets up in Mexico. And many others.
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If you're thinking about purchasing a home, you'll want to know as much as possible about its insulation and ventilation. Lack of insulation and improper venting can cost you money on your utility bills, cause preventable moisture damage and mold growth in a home, and make your indoor environment unpleasant to say the least.
It's important to understand what the insulation and ventilation portion of a home inspection entails, as well as its limitations. Here's what you can expect from a certified home inspector, such as the professionals at A-Pro Home Inspection Greeley:
Your home inspector will examine and report on insulation and vapor retarders in unfinished spaces, such as attics, crawlspaces, and foundation areas; ventilation of attics and foundation areas; and mechanical exhaust systems in the kitchen, bathroom, and laundry areas.
The home inspection report will describe insulation (type, depth, thickness, and condition) and vapor retarders in unfinished spaces, along with noting where insulation is absent. Your home inspector will record if insulation has been properly installed and if pipes and ducts have been appropriately wrapped.
Since we're talking about visual-only home inspections, the home inspector will not inspect areas that are not readily accessible; disturb insulation; identify R-value or composition of insulation; or report on the adequacy of venting.
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Often during this part of the home inspection, the inspector will find insulation actually blocking attic soffit vents. Aging insulation, whether batt or poured in, will begin to settle and lose its effectiveness over time. Cellulose insulation may show signs of dust, dirt, and rodent damage, which will affect the home's air quality as well as the effectiveness of the insulation. Paper-backed batt insulation can dry up, crack and tear due to normal aging.
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There are thousands of jewelry designers out there, but only a select few can be call the best. In this article you will learn about the best jewelry designers in the world so that you might choose your next jewelry selection from them. Although since they are so excellent, they will cost much more than the less quality jewelry designers, but you will be almost guaranteed to get a quality piece of jewelry that will last you much longer than a lower quality designer's work.
Quality and originality is what this list is based on, style, price and value might sway your decisions about the best jewelry designers, but this list will help you to know which are best for originality, quality and overall greatness.
Harry Winston:
This Fifth Avenue, New York diamond store is one of the most famous and quality jewelry design stores in the world. Even Marilyn Monroe quoted Harry Winston in her famous song called "Diamonds are a girl's best friend". By housing only the best and most valuable gems on earth, Winston has made some of the most luxurious jewelry; even for royalty like the Shah of Persia and Queen Elizabeth II. Some of the most famous diamonds in the world have been worked on by Harry Winston alone. Find their website at www.harrywinston.com.
This luxury, Italian jewelry brand is best known for their brushed-gold and platinum engraved jewelry designs that are accented with gemstones of the highest quality like diamonds, sapphires, emeralds and rubies. You can find the Buccellati website at www.buccellati.com.
Van Cleef & Arpels:
This jewelry designing, world renowned company has been known as the very best in luxury since they first began. They have a very unique and secretive setting technique that no other designer offers, even with a prong setting; they are hidden below the gem so that you get maximum exposure of the diamond without losing its sturdiness. Van Cleef & Arpels have become world famous because of their page-shaped brooch. Visit their website at www.vancleef-arpels.com/.
A London jewelry designer, Graff only works with the rarest and highest quality diamonds. He makes some of the most luxurious jewelry in the world and sells millions of dollars' worth every year. You can find his website at www.graffdiamonds.com where you'll be greeted with relaxing shopping music and beautiful pictures of his work.
Tiffany & Co:
Even made famous in the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's", Tiffany & Co. has been around since 1837 making some of the world's most beautiful and unique jewelry. Every woman's heart skips a beat when they see a box or bag from Tiffany's! Check out their website here www.tiffany.com to find out why they are so popular!
Most popular for their diamond watches, Piaget is growing more and more as the number of people in the US and Europe are purchasing diamond watches and now they even have superstar actress Jessica Alba as their most recent face of their company. They also have a Limelight collection that features pink and purple sapphires and much more! Visit their site to find out why everyone is crazy about their diamond watches at www.piaget.com.
With 100 stores around the world, Chopard is a jewelry designer of the stars. They want to be known as more than just a watch design store and are marketing their other unique jewelry designs all over the world. Find their website at www.chopard.com.
Bulgari, an Italian designer, is one of the biggest jewelry designer names of our time; opening in 1884 his Greek and Roman inspired gold necklaces and bracelets with large jewels are world famous now. Coming out with new collections each year, Bulgari is thought to be a very relevant and exquisite jewelry designer. You can find their website at www.bulgari.com.
Mikimoto is mostly aimed at pearl jewelry; with the best quality pearls in the world, Mikimoto is far above any other pearl jewelry designer in the world. Check out their website to see some amazing pearl jewelry at www.mikimotoamerica.com.
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2011 Classification of Manufacturing | 2011 |
Food & drink | 8,422 |
Textiles & clothing | 811 |
Wood & paper | 929 |
Chemicals | 2,240 |
Low tech | 4,516 |
High tech. | 4,208 |
Other | 6,710 |
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After spending more than 50 years in foreign hands, Germany's gold is finally going home.
In a recent watershed decision the Bundesbank, Germany's central bank, has decided at least half of its gold should be held in its own vaults.
Since the Bundesbank is the second-largest gold holder in the world, that's going to mean moving 54,000 bars of the shiny metal.
So why does Germany want its gold back, and why now?
Part of it has to do with pressure from a grassroots group led by a group of economists, business executives, and lawyers, along with the German Precious Metals Association, who have put together a "Repatriate our Gold!" campaign.
But that's only part of the story…
Official pressure began last October when the German Federal Court of Auditors requested an inspection of the gold Germany stores in foreign central banks.
That sparked something of a political controversy since these gold reserves have never been thoroughly inspected and audited.
What's more, the U.S. Federal Reserve had already refused to allow the Germans to verify their gold despite several attempts.
According to Der Spiegel:
"Finally, in 2007, "following numerous enquiries," Bundesbank staff members were allowed to see the facility, but they reportedly only made it to the anteroom of the German reserves.
In fact, auditors from the Bundesbank made a second visit in May 2011. This time one of the nine compartments was also opened, in which the German gold bars are densely stacked. A few were pulled out and weighed. But this part of the report has been blacked out – out of consideration for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
So why would the Federal Reserve deny the Bundesbank a full inspection and audit?
That question has been rich feed for the rumor mills ever since the news broke.
So let's have a closer look at the surrounding facts…
The Significance of the German Gold Repatriation
According to the plan, Germany's gold repatriation will take seven years to complete and by 2020, Germany will store 50% of its gold in Frankfurt. Several analysts consider that, since the gold will only be moving from one vault to another, this transfer will have no measurable market effect.
But I think it's a mistake to make that assumption. Instead, this news could have a significant psychological impact.
Here's why…
Others will follow Germany's lead. The Dutch are already making similar noises, asking for an audit and full transparency. The Netherlands also only has 10% of their gold reserves at home, with the rest in New York, Ottawa, and London. Now it's only a matter of time before others start to ask the same kinds of questions. In a recent tweet, Bill Gross said what many are probably already thinking: central banks just don't trust each other anymore.
Growing concerns about the euro. There are suggestions Germany wants its gold because it's worried its loans to less fiscally responsible sovereigns won't be repaid. But I believe Germany is preparing in case the Euro were to eventually dissolve, so it wants its gold to potentially back a new Deutsche Mark. Perhaps they, too, recognize gold's return to its role as money.
A list of unanswered questions. The first is obvious: Is the gold really there? If so, why would it take seven years for Germany to get its gold back? Would you take the risk of collecting it slowly, or would you want it much faster? Some say the gold's there, yet others disagree. Steve Scacalossi, vice president and director, global precious metals at TD Securities, says Germany's gold is allocated, and therefore can't be lent out, so it will not affect gold lease rates.
Meanwhile, Keith Barron, a geologist and consultant responsible for one of the largest gold discoveries in 25 years, recently told King World News:
"I believe that most of the Western world's gold, which is supposed to be in central bank vaults, has been leased out. Much of it is now in private hands in India, and what remains continues going East to China and other Asian vaults. So most of the Western gold has vanished from the vaults and it's now just a book entry. These various Western countries and bullion banks simply roll these leases over when they come due, and the gold never gets returned back to the countries. So it's very interesting to see what's going on. Obviously the trust is breaking down in the system."
While some could easily dismiss Germany's behavior as that of a distrustful state, there's precedent for Barron's claims.
The Story Behind Portugal's Lost Gold
In 1990 Drexel Burnham Lambert, one of America's largest investment banks, filed for bankruptcy. Drexel's failure is famously blamed on junk bond trader Michael Milken.
But few know that the central bank of Portugal had loaned 17 tons of gold to Drexel. When the firm failed, Portugal's claim on its gold simply evaporated.
That was more than two decades ago at a time when almost no one was interested in gold, which then traded at $380.
Today, gold sells for $1,660 per ounce, and now a lot more people are paying attention.
The fact is, if Germany's gold is really sitting in the vaults of the New York Fed and the Banque de France, it shouldn't take until 2020 for it to make its way back home.
Seven months — maybe. Seven years means something else is up, and that raises suspicion.
Such a delay makes you wonder if these central banks aren't being forced to "buy back" the gold they may have leased out.
Anthem Blanchard, CEO of Nevada-based Blanchard Vault, a precious metals storage company, appears to agree with PIMCO's Bill Gross.
Mr. Blanchard recently told Canada's Globe and Mail, "most importantly, the action of repatriation signifies the acknowledgement of credit risk and the Bund's [Bundesbank's] concern of any possibility that gold held at the Fed may be over-pledged in some manner."
Meanwhile, the physical gold market is one that many already consider to be rather tight.
If Germany calling in its gold unleashes a run by other nations on central-bank-stored gold, the physical market could react with a massive squeeze.
That's in addition to the fact central banks are stepping up their gold acquisitions. As a group, they bought more gold in 2012 than at any time in almost 50 years.
Now it's entirely possible that fear's been struck in the hearts of central bankers around the world.
That means the price of gold could skyrocket.
For investors, the lesson is simple: Learn from Portugal's failure.
Be like Germany, and get yourself some physical gold.
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A man with a history of drunken driving, has been charged with murder after police say he barreled a car through the crowded sidewalks in Manhattan's Time Square, leaving one person dead and injuring 22.
The deadly rampage on Thursday started after the driver allegedly made a U-turn, then steered the car into the packed sidewalk where it rammed dozens of pedestrians for a three block stretch.
One surveillance video showed the maroon car jump the curb and slam into a group of people, sending bodies tumbling over the hood of the speeding Honda Accord.
The rampage killed Alyssa Elsman, an 18-year-old resident of Portage, Michigan, who had been visiting the city, and left four people in critical condition, officials said.
The suspect, Richard Rojas, of the Bronx, tested positive for PCP and told police that God made him do it, a law enforcement source told CNN.
Rojas, 26, who suffered from "psychological issues," told police he expected officers to shoot him, according to the source.
In addition to the murder charge, Rojas also faces 20 counts of attempted murder and five counts of aggravated vehicular homicide, according to a press release from the New York City Police Department. The five counts of aggravated vehicular homicide is for the death of Elsman and four injured people who were in critical condition.
They are expected to survive, officials said.
NYC Health + Hospitals Bellevue said it was treating four patients in critical condition and two in serious condition Thursday night.
Rojas has been arrested twice in New York -- in 2015 and 2008 -- for drunken driving, New York Police Commissioner James O'Neill said. In 2013, Rojas while in the Navy, pleaded guilty to drunken driving, failure to pay a just debt, drunk and disorderly conduct and communicating a threat. A military judge sentenced him to three months confinement.
There is no indication the incident, which unfolded just before noon, was an act of terrorism, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and other officials said. It is being investigated as an accident, a police official said.
Harrowing scene in popular tourist area
Before striking pedestrians, the 2009 Honda Accord was "out of control," an emergency management official said.
The speeding car jumped the sidewalk on the west side of 7th Avenue at 42nd Street and struck several pedestrians before crashing at the northwest corner of 45th Street, police said.
Witnesses described a harrowing scene that started with screeching tires and ended with screams, chaos and a fiery crash at one of the world's most visited sites.
Elizabeth Long, of Dayton, Ohio, was walking to the Hard Rock Cafe when she saw a maroon car heading toward her on the sidewalk. Hearing screams and fearing that the car would hit her, she ran to a nearby building's revolving door.
"I wasn't even all the way in when the car sped by," perhaps 10 feet behind her, said Long, a 54-year-old who was in town to see a musical.
When Long went outside, she saw at least six people lying on the ground, including a woman lying face-down with blood pouring from her head.
"I'm shaken," said Long, who wasn't injured. "Two of the people I saw that were really hurt, people were beside them ... we were trying to tell (police) they were hurt."
"I felt so bad ... standing there," not being able to do anything more to help, she said.
A tourist from Argentina told CNN affiliate WABC that he was shocked to see the car that "was like bowling, hitting people."
Witness: Driver was screaming and flailing his arms
Annette Proehl of Pennsylvania, was in Times Square with children on a field trip when she heard the screeching tires of the vehicle and people screaming. She watched the car slam into a steel divider and catch fire, she said.
"It was more of a surreal thing," she said. "We initially thought they were filming something."
The car was lodged on a steel bollard -- of which there are more than 200 on Times Square sidewalks to stop vehicles from coming through.
The car's windshield was shattered and flames billowed from the hood.
That's when Planet Hollywood employee Kenya Brandix spotted the driver fleeing from the car.
"He ran out of the car," Brandix told CNN affiliate WPIX. "He was screaming at the top of his lungs and he was flailing his arms in all directions."
Brandix has since been hailed a hero for helping to restrain the driver.


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We continue to get questions about the ability of employees to withdraw from 401(k) plans while still working. The tax code includes certain restrictions on these in-service withdrawals. Plans must follow these rules or they risk losing their tax-qualified status.
But plans are also free to impose even more restrictive rules than required by the tax code. So, you'll need to check your plan summary or ask your plan administrator or HR rep for the particular withdrawal rules that apply to your plan.
Here's a summary of the various withdrawal restrictions:
Pre-tax deferrals and Roth contributions
Your plan cannot allow in-service withdrawals of pre-tax deferrals and Roth contributions (if offered), plus associated earnings, before age 59 ½ (except for hardship or disability).
After-tax contributions
If your plan offers non-Roth after-tax contributions, the plan can allow those contributions and their earnings to be withdrawn at any time, even before age 59 ½. This allows employees in some plans to use the "Mega Backdoor Roth" strategy to convert after-tax contributions to Roth IRAs.
Employer contributions
The IRS rules are very flexible in permitting in-service withdrawals of vested company contributions, such as matching or profit sharing contributions, and their earnings. Plans can allow withdrawals at a specified age (even earlier than 59 ½), after at least five years of plan participation or after the contribution has been in the plan for at least two years. But most plans that allow in-service withdrawals of these funds don't permit them until age 59 ½ (as with pre-tax deferrals and Roth contributions). This simplifies plan administration and prevents employees from getting hit with the 10% early distribution penalty.
Safe harbor contributions
Your employer may make "safe harbor" employer contributions to allow the plan to automatically satisfy certain IRS limits on contributions by highly-paid employees. There is no flexibility under the rules here. These safe harbor contributions, and associated earnings, aren't eligible for in-service withdrawal before age 59 ½.
Rollover contributions
Some 401(k) plans allow employees to roll over pre-tax retirement accounts, including IRAs, into the plan. Plans can allow in-service withdrawals of rollover contributions and their earnings at any time, regardless of age or service. But this is not mandatory and once again, many plans set age 59 ½ as the cutoff point to make administration easier.
The new SECURE 2.0 law includes several new in-service withdrawal opportunities. These include withdrawals for federally-declared disaster expenses (retroactively effective to January 26, 2021); for terminal illness (effective in 2023); for victims of domestic abuse and for emergency expenses (both effective in 2024); and for long-term care premiums (effective December 29, 2025)
Your employer isn't required to offer withdrawals for any of these reasons. But if offered, you'd be able to access your accounts even before age 59 ½ without paying the 10% penalty (except possibly for terminal illness where the law is unclear).
In-service withdrawals of pre-tax 401(k) funds are taxable and, if made before 59 ½, may be subject to penalty. Roth accounts and after-tax contribution accounts are handled separately. A Roth 401(k) withdrawal that is a "qualified distribution" comes out completely tax-free. If not qualified, the earnings part of the Roth withdrawal is taxable. The earnings portion of each withdrawal of after-tax contributions is also taxable.


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Make Sure Your Pets Wear Their Tags This Summer–Please.
I was taking a walk. I had my earbuds in but I still felt a presence behind me. I turned around to see a pretty dog, with one blue eye and one brown, ambling close behind. I was initially startled, but then she turned out to be one of the sweetest dogs you'd ever meet.
My house is a bit out of town and there's property between the houses, not to mention a bunch of open road. I was a bit worried about her because it was in the heat of the day and she was clearly thirsty and looked a bit road-weary.
Thankfully she had her tags on so it wasn't too difficult to realize she lived not too far down the road--much to my relief. Akyra was home for dinner.
However, I've met lots of sweet dogs, and cats for that matter, who wander around with no tags whatsoever. I lost a cat who was precious to me two summers ago. He had sadly slipped outside and wasn't wearing his tags. After months of searching I found him and he'd been killed by a car. As you can imagine, I'm very sensitive to this situation.
I know sometimes our pets don't necessarily want to wear their collars. But if they have outside access, it is crucial. Please. Get those tags out of the closet and make sure your pets would be easily identifiable by those who'd like to help get them home to you as soon as possible.
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painted this evening at the LA Figurative Academy, the theme was noir girls (my favorite). Jennifer Fabos-Patton organizes the whole thing and does a great job. i thought this came out a little like Jack Cole, unintentional but i like his work.


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I remember back during the 1997-98 school year when we were all stunned by five school shootings within a period of eight months in places few Americans had heard of: Pearl, Miss., West Paducah, Ky., Jonesboro, Ark., Edinboro, Penn., and Springfield, Ore.
Then there was Columbine the following year, April 20, 1999, at a high school in Littleton, Colo. It became a pivotal event that started a national debate about school security, police tactics in response to a shooting and the shooters themselves — their psychological state, their upbringing, their families and of course, their access to guns.
There was even talk about creating a government agency that would deal with school shootings the same way FEMA responds to natural disasters.
After Columbine, President Bill Clinton convened a "youth violence summit" and commissioned a study by the surgeon general to look at the role of pop culture, violent video games and what the administration called "the roots of youthful angst and alienation." Missing from the agenda: A serious discussion about kids' access to guns.
Ironically, right around that time, the Centers for Disease Control reported that school shootings actually accounted for less than one percent of all the gun-related deaths of young people under 19 years of age. According to the CDC, school-age children at the time were 40 times more likely to be killed outside school than at school.
The age of zero tolerance
Still, not long after Columbine, school districts across the country rushed to adopt "zero tolerance policies" which were devised in the mid-1990s to deal with kids accused of drugs, weapons possession and making threats. But they did little for troubled, depressed, angry students in need of help. Instead, zero tolerance veered off into a discussion about how blacks, Latinos, and kids with disabilities were disproportionately punished, not just for drugs or guns but for violating school codes of conduct and dress.
In other words, zero tolerance policies did little to help schools, law enforcement, and mental health experts identify deeply troubled students who are out there, like ticking time bombs. All that these policies did was create the illusion of school safety.
The public, of course, has demanded tougher school safety policies; more armed school cops, anonymous telephone tip lines, more metal detectors, TV cameras and costly high tech surveillance gadgets, leaving little or no money for school psychologists and counselors who today are far outnumbered by school cops.
Safety drills or "lock-downs" have become routine requiring teachers to turn off the lights, lock their doors, push kids down on the floor, under their desks, away from windows.
By 2016, nearly every school in America had created a plan for responding to a school shooting.
Punishment as a deterrent
If strengthening school security and preparedness didn't deter a potential school shooter, maybe the death penalty for the shooters would send a message.
That was what people wanted for Michael Carneal, the 14-year-old who in December of 1997 killed three fellow students and wounded five others — all members of a student prayer group at Heath High School in West Paducah, Ky. Carneal was a B student. His father was a lawyer, his sister, class valedictorian. Carneal got 25 years without parole.
In many of the school shooting cases that followed, the death penalty was never enacted — though many advocates argued for it. Florida prosecutors will decide soon whether or not they plan to pursue the death penalty in the case of the most recent school shooting in Parkland, Fla.
The federal response
Over the years, the federal government's response to school shootings has been well-intentioned but not very reassuring to school officials. One move that stands out: In the summer of 2002, the U.S. Education Department released a "threat assessment guide" to help identify would-be school shooters.
It provided schools a profile of potential shooters and offered recommendations for countering an intruder who arrived at school with a weapon. Among its findings: Students who are prone to violence tend not to make explicit threats but do communicate their intent for harm to other students. They often keep adults out of the loop.
The guide was controversial because it was based on a five-year study by the U.S. Secret Service that profiled assassins, people who carried out lethal attacks on prominent public figures.
In a previous study of 18 school shootings, the FBI found the shooters to fit the following profile: "male, Caucasian, middle class, lonely, alienated, socially awkward kids with access to guns at home." Personality traits included: poor coping skills, depression, narcissism, obsessed with violence.
Jolted back to reality
Fast forward to December 14, 2012, at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown Conn. That day, Adam Lanza, a former student at the school, killed his mother then shot and killed 20 children, the principal, the school psychologist and four teachers before killing himself.
Months earlier, in a letter to parents, principal Dawn Hochsprung had announced that the school had installed a new security system requiring visitors to ring a doorbell at the main entrance after the doors locked at 9:30 a.m.
There was no metal detector, but the main entrance was monitored by staff on a TV screen. Visitors had to sign in and present a photo I.D. The new security system did not stop Lanza.
After Sandy Hook, as was the case after Columbine, the school safety debate intensified yet again: Should we arm teachers and administrators? What about the high-powered weapons that these shooters have access to? And why are mental health services — that could have flagged these troubled kids — so disconnected from the policies and protocols schools have in place?
After covering many of the school shootings and their aftermath, it's clear to me that students are just as vulnerable today as they were 20-25 years ago.
In large part, because students have access to high-powered weapons, a problem that schools have no say in or control over.
Educators have been put in the impossible position of anticipating and stopping children and teenagers intent on killing. Nobody knows how to end the carnage, the death of innocents. So we are left angry and perplexed.
Given the history of how we've responded in the past, we wonder. Will the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Florida be one more lost opportunity to truly address this crisis?
We should hope not.
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Title: THE SCARS THAT DEFINE US (The Devil's Dust, #2)
Author: M.N Forgy
Genre: MC Romance
Published: October 31, 2014
The Devil's Dust MC has a list of new threats to the club's lifestyle. Dani, to prove her loyalty, is trying to embrace a part of herself that she never knew existed until now. A sinful beast lurking beneath her surface has been awakened and is ready to eliminate anyone that stands in its way. Looking at her stained hands, she rinses the blood from them. She resigns herself to innocence lost and welcomes her thirst for more blood. After a breathtaking turn of events, Shadow is looking at life in a different perspective. Not knowing who he can trust or who he can forgive has left him feeling desolate and alone. As Shadow is laying behind his rifle, he wonders if he can pull the trigger to eliminate the threat. He takes a deep breath and squeezes the trigger, the rifle recoil ignites the fuel that drives him. Retaliations will be required. Boundaries will be shattered. Redemption will be lost. Betrayal so deep, yet they still yearn for one another. Can Shadow overlook Dani's transgressions? Can Dani overlook the mistrust that Shadow has placed upon her?*********
Title: THE FEAR THAT DIVIDES US (The Devil's Dust, #3)
Published: March 8, 2015
Road Captain of the Devil's Dust Motorcycle Club, Bobby has the scars to prove just how dangerous his life is. He gives the world he knows hell and loves every moment of it. Wearing a panty-dropping grin along the way, his fierce life has never been a problem for him, until her. Jessica is the only female who has him distracted in his game. After taking him to bed, she's the only woman to tell him to take a hike. Waking with her gone, he can't resist her pull. He's seen the marks on her body, ones which tell the horrors she's lived through. He's also seen the fear in her eyes when she lets herself become weak to his advances. Bobby has a decision to make. Can he help Jessica, or will it mean giving up his carefree life? Jessica, also known as Doc, lives life in fear. Years back, she ran to the Devil's Dust for protection, seeking the demise of her abusive, dominant husband. Her mind and soul tortured by her past, she can't allow herself to move forward. The only thing in her sight is her daughter's safety. Even if she has the attention of one particular tattooed biker, she can't succumb to his charm and drag her daughter back into a world of danger, no matter how much he thinks he can save her. Mistakes will be made. Fears will be faced. Pain will be remembered. Can Bobby and Jessica survive the dangers they bring upon themselves?The Devil's Dust Series
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The Jewish Labor Committee is calling for a boycott of Agriprocessors, and says the recent federal raid "buttresses the conviction shared by many undocumented workers that our government is not only indifferent to worker abuse, but works in collusion with management to penalize workers who challenge it."
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Jewish Labor Committee Policy Statement:
AgriprocessorsNew York: May 23, 2008
As an organization committed to the defense of human rights, the Jewish Labor Committee has long condemned the abuse of workers by any employer for any reason. For this reason, the JLC has vigorously opposed the employment practices of Agriprocessors, Inc. since we first learned of them two years ago.In reviewing the complaints of Agriprocessors' employees, the JLC learned that there is a clear pattern of employer negligence and even lawlessness. Among the most troubling practices by Agriprocessors are:
· abuse of child labor laws;
· failure to pay workers the full amount of wages they have earned;
· unnecessary exposure of workers to dangerous – even life-threatening – working conditions;
· sexual harassment.The JLC has also learned that Agriprocessors is actively waging a campaign of intimidation and harassment against workers who have expressed an interest in exercising their legal right to union representation.
In this atmosphere, it is clear that the recent ICE raid at Agriprocessors, though apparently legal, only buttresses the conviction shared by many undocumented workers that our government is not only indifferent to worker abuse, but works in collusion with management to penalize workers who challenge it.
While there are many differing perspectives regarding immigration reform, the American Jewish community shares a common conviction that all workers – regardless of their immigration status – must be free to exercise their rights and challenge employer abuses. Our belief is grounded in the collective memory of American Jewry of the gross exploitation of Jewish immigrants by employers who, like Agriprocessors, abused and robbed them of their right to dignity in the workplace.
Judaism is clear on the topic of treating workers with dignity and respect. We understand that we must treat our workers decently and justly, ethically and legally.For this reason we call on Agriprocessors to live up to the responsibilities of corporate citizenship, end its campaign of worker abuse, and respect the rights of its employees including their legal right to union representation. Until Agriprocessors establishes its commitment to these responsibilities, we urge consumers of kosher meat products to seek alternatives to the Rubashkin labels.


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Lynyrd Skynyrd 'Street Survivors' Movie Halted by Judge's Ruling
A judge has issued a permanent injunction against a planned Lynyrd Skynyrd movie which was to have told the story of the band's tragic 1977 plane crash from the perspective – and with the assistance – of Artimus Pyle.
The former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer's participation is the specific reason why New York-based U.S. District Judge Robert W. Sweet issued his ruling against Cleopatra Records' production of Street Survivor: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The families of Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines – two members of Lynyrd Skynyrd who died in the aforementioned accident – joined founding and current Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington in suing Pyle over his plans to participate as a consultant and co-producer of the film in return for a reported five percent cut of the film's net receipts. They argued that Pyle's actions violated a 1987 consent order which prohibited him and his fellow bandmates from undertaking in any band-related project without the participation of at least three surviving members from Lynyrd Skynyrd's pre-crash era.
In recent years, this agreement has not been strictly enforced in regards to the band's touring and recording career. Since the 2009 death of keyboardist Billy Powell, Rossington and guitarist Rickey Medlocke – who briefly played with the group in 1971 before rejoining in 1996 – have served as the only two remaining members of the pre-crash era in the group's touring lineup.
Pyle and Cleopatra's lawyers argued that their clients had "an affirmative constitutional right to engage in the speech for which it is being sued: In producing and releasing the film, Cleopatra is exercising its right to make a film about a newsworthy event from the past, a form of constitutionally protected free speech."
However, the Van Zant and Gaines family lawyers contended that while "Cleopatra is free to make a movie about Lynyrd Skynyrd and/or about the plane crash," what they could not do legally "is to make such a movie in concert and participation with Pyle in violation of the restrictions imposed on him by the consent order."
Judge Sweet sided with the argument from the Van Zant and Gaines families, declaring that "Cleopatra's consultations with Pyle were important because the film incorporates, in substantive part, the depictions of Van Zant, Gaines, and the rest of the Lynyrd Skynyrd band, as well as major bits of their history."
In his 64-page ruling, Sweet went on to say "Cleopatra argues that their film is Pyle's story, as no part of the film depicts the history of Lynyrd Skynyrd without Pyle and which is permitted under the terms of the consent order. To an extent, this is true: There is no doubt that Pyle plays a central role in the film. However, the inverse of Cleopatra's claim is true too: No part of the film depicts Pyle outside his time with Lynyrd Skynyrd. As such, there is also no doubt that the film is a film about the Lynyrd Skynyrd band. As the facts have demonstrated, none of the defendants received the requisite authorization under the terms of the consent order in depiction of Van Zant or Gaines or in the use of the Lynyrd Skynyrd name – and therefore all have violated the consent order."
Judge Sweet was apparently unable to resist using a Skynyrd-related pun while explaining that Cleopatra could theoretically go forward with their plans for the film if they scrapped the script they made with Pyle's participation and severed all other ties with him. "Cleopatra is prohibited from making its movie about Lynyrd Skynyrd when its partner substantively contributes to the project in a way that, in the past, he willingly bargained away the very right to do just that; in any other circumstance, Cleopatra would be as 'free as a bird' to make and distribute its work."
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USDA announces $1 billion debt relief for 36,000 farmers
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The federal government announced Tuesday a program that will provide $1.3 billion in debt relief for about 36,000 farmers who have fallen behind on loan payments or face foreclosure.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the farm loan relief program funded from $3.1 billion set aside in the Inflation Reduction Act allocated toward assisting distressed borrowers of direct or guaranteed loans administered by USDA. The law was passed by Congress and signed by President Joe Biden in August.
The USDA provides loans to about 115,000 farmers and livestock producers who cannot obtain commercial credit. Those who have missed payments, are in foreclosure or are heading toward default will get help from the USDA. Financial difficulties for farmers may be caused by a variety of issues including drought and transportation bottlenecks.
"Through no fault of their own, our nation's farmers and ranchers have faced incredibly tough circumstances over the last few years," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. "The funding included in today's announcement helps keep our farmers farming and provides a fresh start for producers in challenging positions."
About 11,000 farm borrowers delinquent on direct or guaranteed loan payments for 60 days or longer are receiving automatic electronic payments to get them current on their loans. Each farmer with a direct loan received about $52,000 and those with guaranteed loans received about $172,000. The total cost for this group is nearly $600 million. Farmers who received this help will get a letter informing them that their payments have been made and they will remain current until their next annual payment is due in 2023, Vilsack said.
Another $200 million has been used to immediately help 2,100 farm borrowers after their loans had been foreclosed but who still owed money and had their tax refunds and other resources taken by the U.S. Treasury. The money will be used to pay the money these farmers owe to give them a fresh start, Vilsack said. The USDA said farmers in this category received an average of $101,000.
Another $571 million will be used help several additional groups including:
—7,000 farmers who during the COVID pandemic delayed loan payments to the end of their loans. This will cost $66 million.
—1,600 farmers that face bankruptcy or foreclosure will get help on a case-by-case basis with individual meetings to assess their problem and find solutions at a cost of $330 million.
—14,000 financially distressed farm borrowers facing cash flow problems who ask for help to avoid missing a loan payment will receive additional assistance. Vilsack said these issues could be brought on by drought or by low levels on the Mississippi River that is slowing barge traffic causing grain transportation issues. Up to $175 million will be available for this program.
The money announced Tuesday is the first round of payments designed to help insure the farmers stay in business or re-enter farming.
The remainder of the $3.1 billion will be used to help relax unnecessary loan restrictions and provide further assistance to be announced later, the USDA said.
Farmers assisted by the program have been found by the USDA to be distressed borrowers hard hit by pandemic-induced market disruptions exacerbated by more frequent, more intense, climate-driven natural disasters, the USDA said.
President Joe Biden and his administration continue to endure criticism for enacting a program to forgive some college loans but some of the Republican politicians who have criticized that program did not respond to questions about whether they support the farm loan help.
The USDA also provided $31 billion to help nearly a million farmers offset lower sales, prices and other losses due to the coronavirus pandemic in 2021 and 2022, the U.S. Government Accountability Office has said.


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The deal just taking shape between Iraq's Oil Ministry and four Western oil companies raises critical questions about the nature of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq — questions that should certainly be addressed by presidential candidates and seriously discussed in the United States, and of course in occupied Iraq, where it appears that the population has little if any role in determining the future of their country.
Negotiations are under way for Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP — the original partners decades ago in the Iraq Petroleum Company, now joined by Chevron and other smaller oil companies — to renew the oil concession they lost to nationalisation during the years when the oil producers took over their own resources. The no-bid contracts, apparently written by the oil corporations with the help of U.S. officials, prevailed over offers from more than 40 other companies, including companies in China, India and Russia.
"There was suspicion among many in the Arab world and among parts of the American public that the United States had gone to war in Iraq precisely to secure the oil wealth these contracts seek to extract," Andrew E. Kramer wrote in The New York Times.
Kramer's reference to "suspicion" is an understatement. Furthermore, it is highly likely that the military occupation has taken the initiative in restoring the hated Iraq Petroleum Company, which, as Seamus Milne writes in the London Guardian, was imposed under British rule to "dine off Iraq's wealth in a famously exploitative deal."
Later reports speak of delays in the bidding. Much is happening in secrecy, and it would be no surprise if new scandals emerge.
The demand could hardly be more intense. Iraq contains perhaps the second largest oil reserves in the world, which are, furthermore, very cheap to extract: no permafrost or tar sands or deep sea drilling. For US planners, it is imperative that Iraq remain under U.S. control, to the extent possible, as an obedient client state that will also house major U.S. military bases, right at the heart of the world's major energy reserves.
That these were the primary goals of the invasion was always clear enough through the haze of successive pretexts: weapons of mass destruction, Saddam's links with Al-Qaeda, democracy promotion and the war against terrorism, which, as predicted, sharply increased as a result of the invasion.
Last November, the guiding concerns were made explicit when President Bush and Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki signed a "Declaration of Principles," ignoring the U.S. Congress and Iraqi parliament, and the populations of the two countries.
The Declaration left open the possibility of an indefinite long-term U.S. military presence in Iraq that would presumably include the huge air bases now being built around the country, and the "embassy" in Baghdad, a city within a city, unlike any embassy in the world. These are not being constructed to be abandoned.
The Declaration also had a remarkably brazen statement about exploiting the resources of Iraq. It said that the economy of Iraq, which means its oil resources, must be open to foreign investment, "especially American investments." That comes close to a pronouncement that we invaded you so that we can control your country and have privileged access to your resources.
The seriousness of this commitment was underscored in January, when President Bush issued a "signing statement" declaring that he would reject any congressional legislation that restricted funding "to establish any military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq" or "to exercise United States control of the oil resources of Iraq."
Extensive resort to "signing statements" to expand executive power is yet another Bush innovation, condemned by the American Bar Association as "contrary to the rule of law and our constitutional separation of powers." To no avail.
Not surprisingly, the Declaration aroused immediate objections in Iraq, among others from Iraqi unions, which survive even under the harsh anti-labour laws that Saddam instituted and the occupation preserves.
In Washington propaganda, the spoiler to US domination in Iraq is Iran. U.S. problems in Iraq are blamed on Iran. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sees a simple solution: "foreign forces" and "foreign arms" should be withdrawn from Iraq — Iran's, not ours.
The confrontation over Iran's nuclear programme heightens the tensions. The Bush administration's "regime change" policy toward Iran comes with ominous threats of force (there Bush is joined by both US presidential candidates). The policy also is reported to include terrorism within Iran — again legitimate, for the world rulers. A majority of the American people favours diplomacy and oppose the use of force. But public opinion is largely irrelevant to policy formation, not just in this case.
An irony is that Iraq is turning into a US-Iranian condominium. The Maliki government is the sector of Iraqi society most supported by Iran. The so-called Iraqi army — just another militia — is largely based on the Badr brigade, which was trained in Iran, and fought on the Iranian side during the Iran-Iraq war.
Nir Rosen, one of the most astute and knowledgeable correspondents in the region, observes that the main target of the US-Maliki military operations, Moktada Al Sadr, is disliked by Iran as well: He's independent and has popular support, therefore dangerous.
Iran "clearly supported Prime Minister Maliki and the Iraqi government against what they described as 'illegal armed groups' (of Moktada's Mahdi army) in the recent conflict in Basra," Rosen writes, "which is not surprising given that their main proxy in Iraq, the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council dominates the Iraqi state and is Maliki's main backer."
"There is no proxy war in Iraq," Rosen concludes, "because the U.S. and Iran share the same proxy."
Teheran is presumably pleased to see the United States institute and sustain a government in Iraq that's receptive to their influence. For the Iraqi people, however, that government continues to be a disaster, very likely with worse to come.
In Foreign Affairs, Steven Simon points out that current US counterinsurgency strategy is "stoking the three forces that have traditionally threatened the stability of Middle Eastern states: tribalism, warlordism and sectarianism." The outcome might be "a strong, centralised state ruled by a military junta that would resemble" Saddam's regime.
If Washington achieves its goals, then its actions are justified. Reactions are quite different when Vladimir Putin succeeds in pacifying Chechnya, to an extent well beyond what Gen. David Petraeus has achieved in Iraq. But that is THEM, and this is US. Criteria are therefore entirely different.
In the US, the Democrats are silenced now because of the supposed success of the US military surge in Iraq. Their silence reflects the fact that there are no principled criticisms of the war. In this way of regarding the world, if you're achieving your goals, the war and occupation are justified. The sweetheart oil deals come with the territory.
In fact, the whole invasion is a war crime — indeed the supreme international crime, differing from other war crimes in that it encompasses all the evil that follows, in the terms of the Nuremberg judgment. This is among the topics that can't be discussed, in the presidential campaign or elsewhere. Why are we in Iraq? What do we owe Iraqis for destroying their country? The majority of the American people favour US withdrawal from Iraq. Do their voices matter?


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Software systems undergo versioning when changes are made to them. E.g.: "Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows RT etc. are some popular versions of the Windows Operating System."
Similarly, some software also comes in different flavours. E.g.: "BOSS, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mint are some popular flavours of Linux."
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Folder 1314. Scripps Post Graduate Courses: "Cardiology 1967" Post Graduate Course Booklet, 1967 December 5-8
Scope and Contents
The Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation section contains Dimond's office files--primarily business and professional correspondence from his position as director of the Institute of Cardiopulmonary Diseases. Very detailed paperwork and research for various grants and research projects is included. During his tenure at SCRF, Dimond contributed to the growth of postgraduate seminars, Cardiology Courses for the Consultant, which were held in conjunction with the American College of Cardiology. The courses from 1960-1967 are included in the SCRF series, and the courses he continued to organize from 1968-1982 can be found in the ACC series. Many photos from Dimond's La Jolla years are located in the photograph collection.
- 1967 December 5-8
- From the Series: Dimond, E. Grey (Edmunds Grey) (1918-2013) (Person)
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Materials in this record group (series) are stored onsite and offsite. Items stored onsite require a minimum of 1 business day to retrieve them for use. Any items stored offsite will list a Location number and will require a minimum of 2 business days to retrieve them for use. Researchers interested in consulting any of the materials are advised to contact UMKC University Archives.
From the Series: 84 Linear Feet (84 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Series: English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Missouri-Kansas City University Archives Repository
UMKC University Archives
UMKC University Libraries
800 E 51st Street
Kansas City MO 64110 United States


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Planning your 2017 HR strategy: GDPR Compliance
By Catherine-Ellen O' Keeffe
24 February, 2017
The General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR" or "Regulation") will come into force on 25th May 2018. As part of our HR strategy for 2017, I have been asked to start assessing our company's compliance with the Regulation from a HR perspective. How do we handle it?
Today Catherine-Ellen O'Keeffe, (Ex) Senior Associate from RDJ considers this question:
The GDPR will not generally require transposition into Irish law so if your business is involved in data processing of any sort, the Regulation will impact you directly from that date forward. Breach of the Regulation could cost your business dearly, including significant fines of up to €20m (or 4% of total annual global turnover, whichever is greater) for serious infringements so early planning is essential. The following list identifies some key steps which might form part of your HR strategy for 2017.
1. Become GDPR Aware
The GDPR will be more relevant to some areas of your business than others. For that reason, any move towards compliance with the Regulation should be done in consultation with key senior personnel in your company. Areas that may cause serious compliance problems should be identified from an early stage.
2. Establish a framework for accountability
The GDPR requires organisations to be in a position to demonstrate and document how it complies with the Regulation. To do this, an important first step for the HR team would be to make an inventory of all personal data it holds (of all workers, including agency workers and contractors) and to look at it under various headings, such as:
a) What personal data is held by your business?
b) Why are you holding it?
c) Where is it located?
d) Where is it transferred from and to (including to third parties and cross-border)?
e) How is it secured throughout its lifecycle?
f) How long will you retain it?
This HR inventory tool should allow the team to update it for new hires and leavers as appropriate and to be reviewed on an ongoing basis.
3. Check your privacy notices and policies
Review all privacy notices as they relate to staff. In carrying out this review, identify gaps that exist between the level of data collection and data processing your business engages in, and how aware you have made staff (or customers or any service users), of this fact.
Under the GDPR, businesses will be required to give more information than what is currently required, such as stating the legal basis for processing the data, retention periods, the data subject's right of complaint, and providing information about individual rights under the GDPR.
4. Check your current procedures to ensure they cover all the rights individuals have
It is important that your procedures in place are well equipped to deal with requests from staff. From an operational standpoint, you should pre-empt the impact that this will have on your organisation and should ask yourself:
a) How long would it take to locate the personal data from various locations where it might be stored?
b) Are you in a position to correct and delete the data if requested?
c) Who in your organisation will make these decisions?
d) Can you respond to a data portability request, for example if someone asks for his personal data to be given to him electronically?
It is important to be aware that the GDPR will make it considerably easier for individuals to bring private claims against data controllers when their data privacy has been infringed, and allows data subjects who have suffered non-material damage as a result of an infringement to sue for compensation.
5. Plan how you will deal with data access requests
The logistical implications of having to deal with requests in a shorter timeframe (that is, reduced from 40 days to one month) and to provide additional information to the data subject will need to be factored into future planning for your organisation. Review how you currently deal with data access requests and amend the procedure so that it encompasses the additional information set out in the Regulation.
6. Review the legal bases relied upon for processing personal data
Consider what data processing you undertake and whether it is done by the consent of the data subject or due to a legitimate interest.
If you do rely on obtaining consent, review whether your documents and forms of consent are adequate and check that consents are freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous. Where consent is given "in the context of a written declaration which also concerns other matters, the request for consent must be presented in a manner which is clearly distinguishable from other matters, in an intelligible and easily accessible form, using clear and plain language". Also, employees must be informed in advance of providing their consent that they can withdraw their consent at any time. Check that you have a system in place to deal with this possibility.
7. Put a Data Breach Response Plan in place
Clear policies and procedures should be put in place to ensure that you can react quickly to any data breach and notify the relevant parties in time where required. Consider implementing a system to mitigate the damage that might result from a data breach and what measures your business will put in place to ensure it does not happen again. A robust plan will be crucial to ensuring the company does not receive a significant fine following a data breach. Ensure personnel are properly trained on how to implement the plan.
8. Integrate Data Protection Impact Assessments ("DPIA") in your risk management processes
A DPIA is the process of systematically considering the potential that a project or initiative might have on the privacy of individuals. It will allow your business to identify potential privacy issues before they arise and come up with ways to mitigate them. They will be mandatory for some organisations and recommended as best practice for others.
9. Embrace Privacy by Design
Ensure that privacy is embedded into any new processing or product that is deployed by your HR team (and indeed across all business functions). This needs to be thought about early in the process to enable a structured assessment and systematic validation.
10. Consider hiring a Data Protection Officer ("DPO")
Consider whether you will be required to designate a DPO. Even if you are not, depending on the scale and type of data processing engaged in by your company, it may be recommended as best practice. It will be important that the DPO is sufficiently independent from the business and is in a position to properly advise the company on its compliance with the GDPR.
Before Christmas, the Article 29 Working Party published a document "Guidelines on DPO's" to assist organisations in understanding the function and role of a DPO. See links below.
11. Review your relationships with data processors
Consider whether your HR contractual documentation is adequate and addresses all the areas required under the GDPR.
12. Review the security of all personal data
A review of how all personal data is stored should be undertaken. Any measures that can be implemented to bolster the security of data should be completed. For example, you should review how employees' personnel files are currently stored both electronically and in hard copy.
13. Cross-border transfers
With any international data transfers, including intra-group transfers, it will be important to ensure that you have a legitimate basis for transferring personal data to jurisdictions that are not recognised as having adequate data protection regulation. You may want to consider adopting binding corporate rules to facilitate intra-group transfers of data.
14. Identify your Lead Supervisory Authority
Map out where your organisation makes its most significant decisions about data processing. This will help identify your lead supervisory authority.
Lastly, the GDPR allows countries to provide for more specific rules in respect of the processing of employees' personal data in the employment context. To date, the Government has indicated its intention to publish heads of bill in the coming weeks relating to the GDPR and for that reason we should keep this area of law under constant review.
There is some guidance already available for companies. Our own Data Protection Commissioner ("ODPC") has published a document "The GDPR and You" recognising as the document states that the "the increased obligations that the GDPR…might cause some anxieties for business planners" (see link below to document).
She intends to publish more documents in the coming months. In addition to guidance on the hiring of DPO's, the Article 29 Working Party has published a document on "Guidelines on the right to data portability" (see link below to document) and "Guidelines for identifying a controller or processor's lead supervisory authority" (see link below to document) and it too has indicated its intention to publish further documents in the coming months.
Useful guidance can be found at the following links:
For more information on the content of this Insight, please contact:
Catherine-Ellen O' Keeffe, Solicitor, Cyber and Data Protection Group: email@example.com


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Click the actors below for interviews with members of the cast of The Taming of the Shrew from our Adopt an Actor interview series.
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I am away from my blog for a couple of weeks. This is an experiment in posting some conversation topics while I am gone.
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