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As part of its continuing effort to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region, is proposing to expand the acquisition boundaries of Chickasaw and Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuges. This expansion, if approved, would allow the purchase of lands, only from willing sellers, within an expanded area stretching from Hatchie NWR on the east to Lower Hatchie NWR on the southwest, and north to Chickasaw NWR. The majority of lands within the proposed expansion consist of seasonally flooded bottomlands, as well as important habitats along 49 miles of the Mississippi River and 106 miles of the Hatchie River. If approved, the expanded acquisition boundary would add a total of 120,078 acres to the acquisition boundaries of all three refuges.
The goals of this proposal are to protect and enhance the natural function of the un-leveed bottomlands along the Hatchie and Mississippi Rivers in western Tennessee, to provide high quality wildlife habitat, clean water, and public wildlife-dependent recreation opportunities, to improve aquatic habitats important for game fish as well as aquatic species of conservation concern, to protect and restore unfragmented bottomland hardwood forest as part of a region-wide effort to rebuild the bottomlands of the Lower Mississippi Valley, and to enhance and restore biological diversity, watershed health, and ecosystem function at a landscape scale.
If the proposal is approved, the Service would be working with partners, including the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Tennessee Department of Agriculture, multiple conservation organizations (NGOs), and private landowners to protect and enhance fish and wildlife habitats which would ultimately connect Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge with John Tully Wildlife Management Area (WMA), Cold Creek WMA, Fort Pillow State Park, John Tully State Forest, and Lower Hatchie and Hatchie National Wildlife Refuges.
The Service has been working with partners for nearly 50 years to protect and enhance wildlife habitat in bottomlands along the Mississippi and Hatchie Rivers in western Tennessee. These lands, which make up the Chickasaw, Hatchie, and Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuges, provide high quality habitat for waterfowl, deer, turkey, and many nongame species, as well as places where the public can go to hunt, fish, and observe wildlife. Expanding this acquisition boundary would enhance the Service's ability to provide habitat for migratory birds, fisheries, resident game and nongame animals, and rare, threatened, and endangered species by helping protect habitat corridors along major wildlife travel routes. The re-establishment of wildlife corridors will restore natural patterns of wildlife movement and increase the size and health of wildlife populations, especially those of wide-ranging and migratory species.
Bottomland hardwood forests of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley serve as important habitat for breeding landbirds and migratory birds in the spring and fall, and the Lower Mississippi Valley serves as the primary wintering ground for mid-continental waterfowl populations.
Together, Chickasaw, Lower Hatchie, and Hatchie NWRs support more than 300,000 dabbling ducks each winter. Acquisition of lands in the proposed acquisition boundary could provide up to 56,000 acres of restored bottomland and upland forest, protect an additional 27,000 acres of existing forest within the proposed expansion boundary, and, when combined with existing Federal and State lands, provide approximately 190,000 acres of contiguous forest habitat to support objectives outlined in other National and State plans for waterfowl, priority landbirds, waterbirds, upland wildlife, reptiles, amphibians, and fish.
Three federally listed wildlife species occur in the region: the interior least tern, the pallid sturgeon, and the wood stork. In addition, other rare or imperiled species present or potentially present in the proposed acquisition boundary include Mississippi kite, Rafinesque's big-eared bat,Indiana bat, fish including the blue sucker, firebelly darter, sturgeon chub, and sicklefin chub, southern hickorynut (mussel), Hatchie burrowing crayfish, and several plants of conservation concern.
Completion of the final plan, and submission for approval to the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is anticipated to take place in summer, 2013. Acquisition could begin after approval, but the rate at which lands were purchased would depend on funding and availability of suitable lands for sale. Land purchases would be funded through the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund and the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which are funded by user fees, federal duck stamps, revenue from leasing offshore oil drilling rights, and other, non-tax sources.
Opportunities for the public to comment on the proposed expansion include two public scoping meetings; the first to be held at 6:00 pm on December 11, 2012, at the Tennessee Technology Center in Ripley, Tennessee, with the second meeting taking place at 6:00 pm on December 12, 2012, at the Brownsville Chamber of Commerce in Brownsville, Tennessee. After this initial public review and comment period, a yet-to-be determined number of public meetings will be held in March, 2013, for additional public review and comments on the Draft Land Protection Plan and Environmental Assessment.
More information is at: http://www.fws.gov/westtnrefuges/
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A Night at the Opera
In partnership with Essential Opera
Sunday, April 22, 2018 - 3:00pm
Pre-concert chat at 2:15 with Kevin Mallon
For our spring season concert, Orchestra Toronto will partner with the stupendous singers of Essential Opera to present a concert performance of Puccini's one-act comic opera, Gianni Schicchi. Prepare yourself for comic hi-jinks, soaring melodies, and lush operatic composition in this rare collaboration.
Kevin Mallon – Conductor
Gianni Schicchi – Jon-Paul Décosse, bass-baritone
Lauretta – Maureen Batt, soprano
Zita – Catharin Carew, mezzo
Rinuccio – Jean-Philippe Lazure, tenor
Gherardo – Fabián Arciniegas, tenor
Nella – Erin Bardua, soprano
Gherardina – Emma Waller, soprano
Betto – Jesse Clark, baritone
Simone – Joel Allison, bass-baritone
Marco – Bradley Christensen, baritone
Ciesca – Beth Hagerman, soprano
Maestra Spinelloccio & Ser Amantio di Nicolao – Laura McAlpine, mezzo
On the Program
Rossini – Overture to William Tell
Puccini – Gianni Schicchi
George Weston Recital Hall
Toronto Centre for the Arts
5040 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON M2N 6R8
Meet Our Opera Partners
Essential Opera began in 2010 with an idea for a single concert, and is now an ever-evolving and growing venture. The company's mission is to give both audiences and artists opportunities to experience opera at its most essential, and they are dedicated to producing excellent performances of all the works they explore. These have spanned a musical history of nearly 300 years.
In past seasons, Essential Opera has gone from presenting world premières of new works by Canadian composers, to rare outings of beautiful classical pieces, to introducing fans of traditional opera to its Spanish cousin the zarzuela.
In the future, Essential Opera will continue to present accessible, entertaining concerts of great operatic works both familiar and unfamiliar to audiences in Ontario and farther afield.
Essential Opera is thrilled to join Orchestra Toronto in this terrific venue to present Puccini's hilarious classic. Its stunning music takes our breath away!

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text: Letters Letters to the Editor See allHide authors and affiliations Science 23 Sep 1960:Vol. 132, Issue 3430, pp. 848DOI: 10.1126/science.132.3430.848-b H. Robert DurschFind this author on Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for this author on this site Article Info & Metrics eLetters PDF This is a PDF-only article. The first page of the PDF of this article appears below.


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"Title" field issue with Document Information Panel
Title field is set as required in one of the Content Types used in a doc lib. However, when you open the document in Office and save it without providing any value for Title field, the document is saved, then Office will ask if you want to "check in" the doc, you will say Yes and select Major Version: At this point you receive an error message saying:
"Cannot perform this opertation. The file is no longer checked out or has been deleted."
"This file could not be checked in because the original version of the file on the server was moved or deleted. A new version of this file has been saved to the server, but your check-in comments were not saved………To save comments with the new version of this file on the server, you must delete the local copy of this file, check out the file from the server again, and then check in the file with any comments you want to add."
You will try many things but fail. Moreover, you will find no logical explanation. Finally you will google the crap thing and may reach this post…..
Not me but Microsoft seems to be the saviour:
Here is the known issue and the hotfix:
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Hope this helps…..
January 25, 2011 at 4:50 pm
I know this is an old post, but what if this is happening on an OOB configuration? (Title is set to Optional by default, no custom columns added.)
I'm assuming here that the hot-fix was rolled into a later update as well.
March 17, 2011 at 1:45 pm
Another reason you may see this error is if you are password protecting office documents.
March 11, 2013 at 4:32 pm
Is this still an issue on SharePoint 2010 as I am having the same problem?
July 17, 2013 at 10:01 am
I'm also having the same problem in 2010 SP1 (14.0.6029.1000). How was it resolved in 2010?
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Posted by David Leslie on May 5, 2004
Last blog entry of the night.. Really.
After 6 weeks slaving in the class with the homework assignments from Hell, I thought my stress level would go down just a wee bit… So I thought wrong. John picked up an ear infection a day after his trip to the ER after he fell and whacked his mouth on Grandma Willamson's door. Kid turns one and falls apart on us. Dr. Sara hooked him up with the antis to cover the ear and to prevent something from forming in the mouth.
Also I found out my brother-in-law got popped from his gig out in MD. They had been talking about maybe heading back to Cleveland but Bob had both the gig and strong ties to the DC area which had kept them there. But with another little one on the way and no gig, it's going to be tough since his family is 3 hours away, Virginia's family is almost 8 and the cost of living sucks. Hope his passes his cert test since that will give him some marketability.
As for me, the class with the homework from Hell is over and I'm looking forward to my graphical communication class this summer which should be cake given I know at least one of the programs (preventing) that we're covering. I was going to treat myself for getting an A even while going out of town 2 of the six weeks to getting the DVD's from season 1 of "The Protectors" but the biding got too high and I while I was in a position to pull the trigger, I just couldn't given our budget is tight and Mother's Day is coming up. So while Jean went to put John down for bed, I ran up to ComicTown at Easton to pick up my monthly haul of comics. The results were grim:
Previews catalog of upcoming comics: OUT
Powers – Law and Order except the Cops investigate superhero on super villain crime: OUT
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang – 1/3 James Bond 1/3 Advengers 1/3 Austin Powers: OUT
Bite Club – Vampires who run the Miami mob: Last copy. But the good news is that it came with a free poly bag and board
I was going to run to the library and pick up a book on teaching John sign language to help him communicate before he can talk but I got yipping with the manager at ComicTown about Bendis moving to Marvel's new creator owned line this summer.
I had a creepy dream on Sunday night. The thing that might have set it off was watching a special on child actors and how in many cases their parents spent all of their money. One guy's folks put his sister thru college yet it was his money. Jean asked if this felt like my family. So that night I dreamed that I had thrown a big party at the Ohio Theater with food and an open bar. My parents along with my sister Ann and her Husband Doug came and invited all of their friend despite this being just for family. My Dad wasn't feeling good and left (kinda like at my rehearsal dinner) and my Mom was about to leave when I got the check for $28K. Now I knew I had $10K in the bank (how I got these numbers I don't know) but my Mom started telling me things like 'Well, you should take care of this" and "You should have not invited so many people" I couldn't say what I was feeling.. Like "I didn't invite them, you did" I woke up midway thru drinking a martini that tasted like GatorAid (remember I have a tiki bar but don't drink). Quick someone go get Sigund!
Last but no least work. My plan to use Wiki died a quick death. First was the harsh assestment from the Doco folks who of course saw it as a threat to all they hold near and dear. My boss liked the idea but since throwing it into our doc control system kills about, oh say, 99% of Wiki's strengths, she couldn't see upper management wanting to look at it. The Excel spreadsheet is looking most promising but I'm not holding my breath on this. No wonder I feel like my career is at a dead end.


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WebsiteBiz Renews Partnership with ExactTarget
Online PR News – 08-August-2013 – Charlotte, NC – Digital marketing agency, WebsiteBiz (www.WebsiteBiz.com), has renewed its partnership with ExactTarget for the tenth year to help its clients leverage the capabilities of their technology marketing platform. As an ExactTarget partner, WebsiteBiz is uniquely positioned to drive strong value and deliver client success with the expertise of our team.
"We are pleased to continue our technology platform partnership with ExactTarget," says Eric Dudley, President of WebsiteBiz. "As email marketing continues to be an effective channel for our clients to achieve their nurturing and acquisition goals, it's essential for WebsiteBiz to utilize leading technology platforms that give our clients a competitive advantage."
About WebsiteBiz
WebsiteBiz is a results-driven digital marketing agency that translates clients' objectives into successful online strategies that create engagement and drive ROI. The company delivers unmatched results through digital marketing services that include digital marketing strategy, paid search marketing, search engine optimization, display advertising, permission-based email marketing, social media marketing, mobile marketing, optimization and testing, and web analytics.
Founded in 1997, WebsiteBiz has made the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies for four consecutive years and was ranked #52 in the advertising and marketing category. WebsiteBiz was also named to the Charlotte Business Journal Fast 50, and is the only exclusive digital marketing agency ranked as one of that publication's Top 25 Advertising and Marketing Agencies.
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Thanksgiving is a holiday many Coloradans cherish for a variety of reasons. Whether you look forward to spending quality time with your family, cheering on your favorite football team, watching the floats on display during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, or enjoying a home-cooked meal, everyone has a reason for celebrating Thanksgiving. This time of year, the Colorado Egg Producers (CEP) Association encourages everyone to take a moment and reflect on the good fortune in their lives. A loving family, great friends, memorable experiences, and, in CEP's opinion, delicious food, are all reasons to be grateful.
CEP, a membership organization representing seven farms, recognizes that not all members of our Colorado family will have enough to eat during this holiday season. CEP is committed to doing what's right for the Colorado community, as illustrated by their regular donation of thousands of eggs to food banks throughout the state. Egg farmers throughout Colorado have an unwavering mission to provide high-quality eggs to Coloradans.
"Thanksgiving is the season of giving. As local farmers, we dedicate ourselves to helping those in need, especially our neighbors who don't know where their next meal will come from," said Jerry Wilkins, CEP president. "That's why we've donated more than a million eggs to food banks across Colorado every year, with even more donations to come. Eggs are one of the best foods for meals or snacks – they have 13 essential vitamins and nutrients and they keep us full for longer than many other options."
CEP will provide a special donation of eggs this season so that no one will have to go hungry this Thanksgiving. For every "like" CEP receives on its Facebook page in month of November, Colorado egg farmers will donate one egg to the Food Bank of the Rockies. Here are some ideas for you to help those in need this holiday season, as well:
• Volunteer at a soup kitchen or food pantry. Establishments that accept volunteers include the Denver Rescue Mission, SAME Café, Denver Catholic Worker Soup Kitchen, Native American Nutri Aid, Inc., Metro Food Bank and Helping Hands for the Homeless Food Bank.
• Donate food to local charities and food banks. If you're strapped for time this holiday season there are still ways to give back. Simply drop off non-perishable items at local food drives, food banks and charities.
• Involve the kids. Volunteering is a great way to teach your children the value of giving back and helping them realize that some people live in circumstances very different from your own. Some places don't allow children to volunteer so ask in advance if they allow kids to help out.
• Visit people in need. Thanksgiving is a time to spend with close family and friends, yet many will be unable to see their loved ones this year. Make someone's holiday truly special by stopping by a hospital or nursing home to see if anyone staying there could use some company.
While Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate family coming together to share a wonderful meal, it is also important to remember that not everyone has that opportunity. Take some time during this holiday season to reach out to those less fortunate in Colorado. You will likely improve someone else's holiday season as you make yours more meaningful.
Find locally produced, fresh, wholesome and safe eggs in the dairy case of your favorite Colorado supermarkets. For a list of where to buy Colorado eggs visit coloradoeggproducers.com.
You can also like us at facebook.com/coeggproducers and follow us at www.twitter.com/coeggproducers for recipes, agriculture news and interesting egg facts.


text: 2010 Ravens Gameday Gallery: Week 12 November 29, 2010 Sunday, Nov. 28: Ravens 17, Bucs 10 "You read the defense and you go from there," Mason said. "We've got so many guys who can catch the football that defenses just have to try and pick and choose what they're going to stop. And they were playing me one-on-one or either off-coverage a lot, so Joe looked my way today." (Sabina Moran/PressBox) Previous < 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 > Next Related: More Ravens Galleries The 15: Best Ray Lewis Moments June 20 by Luke Jackson Former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Aug. 4. Which moments stand out the most during Lewis' 17-year career? Add to Readlist Share Tweet Kordell Stewart: Ravens' Lamar Jackson Should Get Immersed In Playbook As QB May 25 by Luke Jackson Former NFL quarterback Kordell Stewart, who was a versatile offensive weapon with the Steelers, believes the Ravens should develop Lamar Jackson strictly as a quarterback unless the rookie asks to play a different role. Add to Readlist Share Tweet


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The release of the list coincides by a published report suggesting that Travis County was targeted for heightened ICE action in retaliation for Sheriff Sally Hernandez's more nuanced approach to immigration policy locally, reserving ICE detainer requests for undocumented felons rather than misdemeanants.
Trump has vowed to crack down on local law enforcement agencies that fail to comply by withholding federal funding.
Travis County was far and away the Texas leader in declining ICE detainers, according to the report, which mentioned only two other Texas counties. It says Hennepin County failed to honor two requests to detain individuals from Mexico for ICE. Still, she has insisted she does honor ICE requests when accompanied by a court order or judicial warrant, an assertion backed by her own regularly compiled lists of detainer statuses found on the Travis County Sheriff's Office website.
He noted that more than half of the unidentified immigrants listed in the report were not yet convicted of a crime.
Other counties in California listed in the report are Los Angeles, Alameda, Madera, Orange and Sacramento.
ICE detainers have always been opposed by immigrant and civil rights advocates, who argue that, in the absence of a warrant from a judge, they amount to unconstitutional demands by the federal government for local authorities to detain people without probable cause.
President Trump in January ordered Homeland Security to issue a weekly list of crimes committed by noncitizen immigrants and to identify agencies that refused to hold those people in jail on civil immigration-violation charges until federal agents could pick them up.
US Magistrate Judge Andrew Austin made the statements during a hearing for a man who was arrested by Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agents in a courthouse.
"This unsubstantiated claim is offensive to me and the communities that I and the men and women of the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office proudly serve", he said. Washington County, like every other county in OR, does not honor U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement detainer requests.
The group's executive director, Tom Cochran, said in the statement that ICE's report "promotes the false narrative that immigrants are criminals" and "ignores due process" and provisions of the Fourth Amendment "that there be a warrant for a jurisdiction to hold someone who would otherwise be released".
During the week covered in the first report, ICE nationally issued more than 3,000 "detainers", or requests to hold inmates for immigration agents.
After The World-Herald called Sampson, the sheriff contacted ICE.
ICE detainers have been a controversial issue for years, as several federal courts have ruled that local authorities are under no legal obligation to honor them.
Monday's report covers the period of time from January 28 to February 3. "You don't release a person from your custody if ICE is looking for them". Other jurisdictions have passed local ordinances barring cooperation with ICE.
We should all be disturbed by ICE's use of propaganda to try and coerce communities into doing something that they believe makes them less safe. More broadly, immigrants have begun to retreat from courthouses to avoid being detained and deported by ICE. Rumors and reports that recent ICE operations are specifically targeting Travis County (Texas), apart from normal operations, are inaccurate.


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Rough few days. I never knew gas would be the most painful thing ever. Pretty hard to get rid of, and depending on nurse, might not be takes to seriously. Pain meds were switched so a lot more pain is present but they are trying to ween me off the dialauded (sp) since a lot of people go through actual withdrawls getting off that or morphine. Also lost my demerol shot to percocet and that stuff doesn't touch this pain. Also have a pain patch of some optiate but again think it is pointless. Went from thinking I was doing better to extremely bad pain and almost asking to just put me back in OR and give me a ileostomy.
I just have to know this gas gets better. I can't imagine living with this pain.


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If you're fence-sitting about a trip to Europe, here's a suggestion: Stop dithering and start grabbing some of the best fall and winter deals in years. They'll probably disappear as fast as autumn leaves in a rainstorm.
Among recent offers:
* A five-night package to Paris, with hotel and round-trip air from LAX, starting at $599 per person, double occupancy, for September and October. That's $80 less than France Vacations charged last fall and the same price as 10 years ago, said John Biggerstaff, president of the Los Angeles-based discounter.
* Round-trip airfare for $99 for your companion when both of you book a "Winter Breaks" vacation, for travel Nov. 1 through April, with Trafalgar Tours. It's the first time the mass-market tour operator has paired this offer with low-season trips to Europe, said John Severini, president of Trafalgar Tours USA.
* A weeklong fly-drive jaunt in England, with round-trip air to Manchester from LAX, and seven-day car rental in fall, starting at $529 per person, double occupancy, from Virgin Vacations, the vacation arm of Virgin Atlantic. (Lodging is extra.)


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1 定义
1.1 "残疾人"是指在心理、生理、人体结构上,某种组织、功能丧失或者不正常, 全部或者部分丧失以正常方式从事某种活动能力的人。残疾人包括肢体、精神、智力或感官有长期损伤的人,这些损伤与各种障碍相互作用,可能阻碍残疾人在与他人平等的基础上充分和切实地参加社会活动,具体表现为视力残疾、听力残疾、言语残疾、肢体残疾、智力残疾、精神残疾、多重残疾和其他残疾的人。
1.2 "具备乘机条件的残疾人" 是指购买或持有有效客票,为乘坐客票所列航班到达机场,利用承运人、机场和机场地面服务代理人提供的设施和服务,符合适用于所有旅客的、合理的、无歧视运输合同要求的残疾人。
1.3 "医疗证明"是指由县级(含县级)以上医院或二级(含二级)以上医院出具的、说明该残疾人在航空旅行中不需要额外医疗协助能安全完成其旅行的书面证明。
1.4 "残疾人团体"是指统一组织的人数在10 人以上(含10人),航程、乘机日期和航班相同的具备乘机条件的残疾人。
1.5 "服务犬"是指为残疾人生活和工作提供协助的特种犬,包括辅助犬、导听犬、导盲犬。
2 残疾人运输限制
2.1 除另有规定外,华夏航空不得因残疾人的残疾造成其外表或非自愿的举止可能对机组或其他旅客造成冒犯、烦扰或不便为由而拒绝运输具备乘机条件的残疾人。
2.2 对于在运输过程中没有陪伴人员,且在紧急撤离时需要他人协助的残疾人,包括使用轮椅的残疾人、下肢严重残疾但未安装假肢的残疾人、盲人、携带服务犬乘机的残疾人、智力或精神严重受损不能理解机上工作人员指令的残疾人,每个航段运输数量限制如下:
a) CRJ-900NG,不得超过2名(含2名) ;
b) 超过上述a)规定时,应按 1:1 的比例增加陪伴人员,但残疾人数最多不得超过上述规定的一倍;
c) 载运残疾人团体时,在按1:1比例增加陪伴人员的前提下,在公司各运行保障部门采取相应措施保证措施在保证安全的前提下,酌情增加残疾人乘机数量。
2.3 拒绝为具备乘机条件的残疾人提供航空运输时,售票或值机部门应向其说明拒绝的相关依据,并做好拒绝运输后的保障服务。具备乘机条件的残疾人要求提供书面解释的,售票或值机部门应在拒绝运输后10 日内向其提供"关于拒绝运输的说明"(参见附件2)。
2.4 上述2.2 b)款所述的"陪伴人员"应在定座时声明陪伴关系,单独出票,并与具备乘机条件的残疾人同机旅行,且有能力在旅行过程中照料残疾人,并在紧急情况下协助其撤离。 2.5 目前华夏航空未提供残疾人的联程运输服务。
3 定座和购票
3.1 华夏航空售票部门(包括直销机构及销售代理人)应在其售票处、售票网络或电话订票系统中设置相应的程序,便于残疾人说明其残疾情况,以便于航空公司人员在旅行过程中遇到紧急情况下提供相应的协助。
3.2 本文件第2.2款所述的残疾人必须在华夏航空直销机构或特殊授权销售代理人处定座购票,且应当在定座时将残疾情况、所需服务及协助要求等信息告知售票部门,并填写《特殊旅客乘机申请书》。售票部门应在定座时进行特殊服务申请,待华夏航空在定座申请确认同意后方可售票。
3.3 具备乘机条件的残疾人需要华夏航空提供下列设备设施或服务时,应在定座时提出,最迟不能晚于航班离站时间前48 小时:
a) 托运电动轮椅;
b) 提供机上专用窄型轮椅;
c) 为具备乘机条件的残疾人团体提供服务;
d) 携带服务犬进入客舱;
3.4 具备乘机条件的残疾人在订座时提出需要在飞行中使用医用氧气的,华夏航空视为生病旅客进行保障,将按照本手册"特殊旅客乘机保障"文件中第5款规定执行。
3.5 具备乘机条件的残疾人已按要求提出需求,但由于航班取消或不能提供残疾人所要求设备而被迫转到其他承运人的航班时,由该承运人提供残疾人向华夏航空所要求的服务,华夏航空应予以协助。
3.6 当具备乘机条件的残疾人请求了解航空运输中有关设施和服务的信息时,售票部门应及时提供相关信息。
3.7 华夏航空有合理理由认为具备乘机条件的残疾人在飞行过程中没有额外的医疗协助无法安全地完成航空旅行时,具备乘机条件的残疾人应提供航班离站之日前10日内开具的上述1.3款所规定的医疗证明,证明其在航空旅行中不需要额外医疗协助能安全完成其旅行。
4 乘机(在本款中,"具备乘机条件的残疾人"简称"残疾人")
4.1 华夏航空地面服务保障部门或地面服务代理人除应为残疾人提供不低于正常旅客乘机服务标准的服务外,应视残疾人的情况给予适当的乘机协助,并提供以下服务。
4.1.1 免费提供登机、离机所需要的移动辅助设备,包括但不限于航站楼内以及在机场及登机、离机时使用的轮椅、机上专用窄型轮椅。当不能使用廊桥或升降装置时, 应以残疾人同意的可行方式提供登离机协助。
4.1.2 残疾人托运其轮椅的,可使用机场的轮椅。残疾人愿意在机场使用自己轮椅(电动轮椅除外)的,可使用其轮椅至客舱门。
4.1.3 残疾人在地面轮椅、登机轮椅或其他设备上不能独立移动的,不得使其无人照看超过30分钟。
4.1.4 残疾人需要登离机协助的,应在航班乘机手续截止前2小时在机场办理乘机手续。残疾人未按要求提前通知或提前在机场办理乘机手续的,应在不延误航班的情况下尽力提供服务或协助。
4.1.5 除另有规定外,不得禁止残疾人在任何座位就座,或要求其在某一特定座位就座。
4.1.6 航班不正常时,除按相关规定做好服务工作外, 还应对残疾人在以下方面予以特殊协助:
a) 及时主动提供相关信息,包括退票、签转、后续航班的安排等;
b) 指定休息区域,安排住宿时应考虑无障碍设施设备等条件;
c) 主动询问相关需求,并予以协助。
4.1.7 应当为本文第2.2款中所述的残疾人到港提供行李提取、引导等必要的协助和服务。
4.1.8 残疾人提出以下座位需求的,应尽力做出安排:
a) 残疾人使用机上轮椅进入客舱后,无法进入带固定扶手的过道座位的,应为其提供一个带活动扶手的过道座位或方便出入的座位;
b) 除安全理由外,应为陪伴人员安排紧靠残疾人的座位;
c) 当残疾人与其服务犬同机旅行时,应提供相应舱位的第一排座位或其他适合的座位;
d) 对于腿部活动受限制的残疾人,应为其提供相应舱位的第一排座位或腿部活动空间大的过道座位。
4.1.9 通常情况下,应安排残疾人及其陪伴人员优先登机及错峰离机。
4.1.10 因某种原因需减载部分旅客的,应优先保证残疾人及其陪伴人员的运输。
4.2 残疾人及其服务犬应与其他旅客一样接受安全检查。地面服务保障人员应告知残疾人在办理安检前清空随身携带的排泄袋。
5 助残设备存放(在本款中,"具备乘机条件的残疾人"简称"残疾人")
5.1 不得将附件1中规定的、残疾人带进客舱的助残设备作为随身携带物品进行限制。客舱内有存放设施和空间的,按照先到先存放的原则办理。客舱内没有存放设施或空间的,应将助残设备免费托运。助残设备的存放或托运应当符合民航局关于安保、危险品航空运输的相关规定
5.2 残疾人可免费托运一件附件1规定外的助残设备。
5.3 电动轮椅应托运,残疾人托运电动轮椅,应在航班乘机手续截止前2小时交运,并符合危险物品运输相关规定。
5.4 对托运的助残设备应拴挂行李牌, 并将其中的识别联交给残疾人。为防止丢失和损坏,华夏航空地面服务保障部门或地面服务代理人应将助残设备及其拆卸下的部件进行适当包装。
5.5 除另有规定外,华夏航空地面服务保障部门或地面服务代理人应在靠近客舱门的地方接受托运和交回助残设备, 以便残疾人能尽可能使用自己的助残设备。
5.6 华夏航空货运部门或地面服务代理人应保证将托运的助残设备应从货舱中最先取出,并尽快送到客舱门。
5.7 残疾人提出在行李区提取其助残设备的,应满足其要求。
5.8 助残设备的运输优先于其他货物和行李,并确保与残疾人同机到达。
5.9 不得要求残疾人签署免责文件,放弃其对助残设备损坏或丢失进行索赔的权利,收运时已损坏的除外。
6 服务犬(在本款中,"具备乘机条件的残疾人"简称"残疾人")
6.1 华夏航空允许服务犬在航班上陪同残疾人,但是对数量有具体要求,每个航班上只能运输一只服务犬。
6.2 残疾人应向华夏航空地面服务保障部门或地面服务代理人提供服务犬的身份证明(服务证)和检疫证明。
6.3 带进客舱的服务犬,应在登机前为其系上牵引绳索,并不得占用座位和让其任意跑动。
6.4 正常情况下服务犬进入客舱需戴口罩。若残疾人提出为服务犬拆下口罩的要求,需征得服务犬机上活动范围内相关旅客的同意。
6.5 残疾人应负责服务犬在客舱内的排泄,并保证不影响机上的卫生。
6.6 除阻塞紧急撤离的过道或区域外,服务犬应在残疾人的座位处陪伴。残疾人的座位处不能容纳服务犬的,应向残疾人提供一个座位,该座位处可容纳其服务犬。
7 信息传递
7.1 旅客如需要求公司提供航空器上使用的医用氧气及机上专用窄型轮椅,华夏航空销售部门应将该旅客的定座记录登记并于起飞前48小时将《特殊旅客乘机申请书》传真或电子扫面件发地面服务保障部门,地面服务保障部门查阅到此信息后应告知相关部门并记录,以确保旅客所需机上设备提供到位。
7.2 除7.1条中所列的两种特殊服务之外的情况,销售部应于每日16:00将次日残疾人的订座信息通知各运行保障单位,以便查询。
7.3 在航班起飞后,地面服务保障部门门或地面服务代理人应将航班上残疾人人数、残疾情况、助残设备的位置以及需要的特殊协助或服务的信息尽快通知目的地机场。
7.4 华夏航空指定运行标准部负责受理残疾人投诉工作。
7.5 销售部、地面服务保障部门和运行基地应指派专人统计运输的残疾人数量及情况,每年1月10日前编制前一年度的《具备乘机条件的残疾人航空运输情况表》汇总至运行标准部,由运行标准部向民航主管部门报送运输情况。
8 生效日期
9 附件
9.1 可带进客舱的助残设备
9.2 关于拒绝运输的说明(样式)
附件1 可带进客舱的助残设备
附件2 关于拒绝运输的说明
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Guarantee procedures of China Express for transporting the disabled
To standardize air transportation of the disabled and guarantee convenient boarding of the disabled, the chapter is stipulated according to the spirit of MHF [2014] No. 105 Notice about Issuing Regulations on Air Transportation of the Disabled.
1. Definition
1.1 The disabled refer to those with loss or abnormality in certain tissue and function in mentality, physiology or body structure and full or partial loss of ability to execute certain activity in normal method. The disabled include those with long-term damages in limbs, mind, intelligence or sense. These damages interact with various obstacles, which may hinder the disabled in participating in social activities fully and practically on the basis equal to others. The disabled specifically refer to those with disability in vision, hearing, speech, limb, intelligence, mind or multiple disabilities and other disability.
1.2 The eligible disabled refer to the disabled buying or holding valid ticket, arriving at the airport to take the flight listed in the ticket, using facilities and services provided by the carrier, airport or airport ground service agent and conforming to reasonable carriage contract requirements applicable to all passengers without discrimination.
1.3 Medical certificate refers to the written certificate issued by hospital above county level (included) or grade two (included) to explain that the disabled can finish the travel successfully without additional medical assistance during the air travel.
1.4 The disabled group refers to the eligible disabled of more than 10 (included) with the same journey, departure date and flight in unified arrangement.
1.5 Service dog refers to special dogs providing assistance for life and work of the disabled, including assistance dog, listening ear dog and guide dog.
2. Transportation limit for the disabled
2.1 Unless otherwise specified, China Express shall not refuse to carry the eligible disabled because of potential offence, disturbance or inconvenience caused by appearance or involuntary behaviors of the disabled for the screw or other passengers.
2.2 For the disabled without companion during the transportation and with the need of assistance from others in emergency evacuation, including those using wheelchair, those with severe disability in lower limbs and without artificial limbs, the blind, the disabled with service dog, the disabled failing in understanding instructions of the screw due to serious damage in intelligence or mind, the number of them in a journey is limited as follows.
a) CRJ-900NG, not exceeding 2 (included)
b) In case of the disabled exceeding provision a), the companion shall be added in the ratio of 1:1. But the maximum of the disabled shall not exceed twice of the above provision.
c) In case of the disabled group, in the premise that the companion is added in the ratio of 1:1 and operation guarantee departments of the airline take corresponding measures to ensure safety, the number of the disabled may be increased where appropriate.
Except the provision, China Express shall not refuse to carry the eligible disabled due to the number limit for the disabled.
2.3 In case that air transportation is refused to be provided for the eligible disabled, the ticket department or check-in department shall explain relevant basis and ensure guarantee service after refusal. If the eligible disabled ask for written explanation, the ticket department or check-in department shall provide Explanation for Refusal of Transportation (see appendix 2) for them within 10 days after the refusal.
2.4 The companion mentioned in provision 2.2 b shall declare the companion relationship in seat arrangement for independent ticket and travel with the eligible disabled on the same plane. In addition, the companion shall take care of the disabled and help the disabled in emergency evacuation. 2.5 Connecting flight is not provided for the disabled by China Express.
3. Seat reservation and ticket purchase
3.1 Ticket departments (including directing selling institute and sales agent) of China Express shall set corresponding programs in the ticket office, ticket network or telephone booking system for the disabled to explain their conditions so that the screw of the airline may provide corresponding assistance in emergency situations during the travel.
3.2 The disabled mentioned in provision 2.2 must buy ticket in direct selling institute or sales agent with special authorization of China Express and inform the ticket department of information such as the disability, required service and assistance with Application of Special Passenger for Air Transportation completed. The ticket department shall apply for special service in seat arrangement and the ticket can be sold only with approval of China Express.
3.3 With requirements for the following facilities or services provided by China Express, the disabled shall propose them in seat arrangement. It shall not be later than 48 hours before departure time of the flight.
a) Consigned electric wheelchair
b) Special narrow wheelchair on the plane
c) Service for the eligible disabled group
d) Entry of service dog into the passenger cabin
After the requirements are proposed by the eligible disabled, ticket departments of China Express shall record the requirements in seat arrangement system or other methods and convey them to related personnel in time.
Ticket departments of China Express shall answer the eligible disabled within 24 hours whether the requirements of a)-d) can be provided.
3.4 If the eligible disabled ask for utilization of medical oxygen during the journey at the moment of seat arrangement, China Express shall regard them as ailing passengers for guarantee according to provision 5 in Air Transportation Guarantee for Special Passengers of the manual.
3.5 If the eligible disabled have proposed requirements as required but the disabled are forced to take the flight of other carrier since the flight is cancelled or the equipment required by the disabled cannot be provided, the carrier shall provide the services required by the disabled for China Express and China Express shall provide assistance.
3.6 If the eligible disabled ask for information of related facilities and services in air transportation, the ticket department shall provide related information in time.
3.7 If China Express, with reasonable ground, thinks that the eligible disabled cannot complete the air transportation safely without additional medical assistance during the journey, the eligible disabled shall provide the medical certificate required in provision 1.3 within 10 days before departure time of the flight to prove that he/she can complete the air transportation safely without additional medical assistance during the journey.
4. Boarding (the eligible disabled are referred to as the disabled in the clause)
4.1 Ground service assurance department or ground service agent of China Express shall provide the disabled with service not below the boarding service for normal passengers. In addition, assistance shall be provided for the disabled in boarding according to conditions of the disabled and the following services shall be provided.
4.1.1 Mobile auxiliary equipment for boarding and deplaning shall be provided free of charge, including but not limited to wheelchair used in terminal, airport, boarding and deplaning and special narrow wheelchair on the plane. If the gallery bridge or lifting device cannot be used, deplaning assistance shall be provided in feasible methods agreed by the disabled.
4.1.2 If wheelchair of the disables is consigned, the disabled can used the wheelchair at the airport. The disabled can use their own wheelchair (excluding electric wheelchair) to the door of passenger cabin if they want.
4.1.3 If the disabled cannot move independently on ground wheelchair, boarding wheelchair or other equipment, they shall not be unattended for more than 30 minutes.
4.1.4 If the disabled require assistance in boarding and deplaning, they shall finish boarding procedures at the airport 2 hours before end of the boarding. If the disabled do not give notice or finish boarding procedures at the airport in advance, service or assistance shall be provided in the condition that the flight is not delayed.
4.1.5 Unless otherwise specified, the disabled shall not be prohibited for any seat or required to take specific seat.
4.1.6 In case of abnormal flight, special assistance shall be provided for the disabled in the following aspects except services in related regulations.
a) Provide related information actively in time, including refunding, transfer and arrangement of subsequent flights.
b) Assign rest area. Conditions such as accessibility facilities shall be considered in arrangement of accommodation.
c) Inquire related requirements actively and provide assistance.
4.1.7 Necessary assistance and service such as baggage claim and guiding for the disabled mentioned in provision 2.2 at the destination.
4.1.8 The following requirements proposed by the disabled for seat shall be arranged as far as possible.
a) If the disabled cannot enter the aisle seat with fixed armrest after entering the passenger cabin by special wheelchair, an aisle seat with moving armrest or convenient access shall be provided for them.
b) Except reasons for safety, the seat next to the disabled shall be provided for the companion.
c) If the disabled travel with the service dog, the seat of the first row or other appropriate seat in corresponding cabin shall be provided for them.
d) For the disabled with restricted leg activity, the seat of the first row or aisle seat with large activity space in corresponding cabin shall be provided for them.
4.1.9 In general, the disabled and the companion shall be arranged for boarding in advance and not in the peak hour.
4.1.10 If some passengers are required to be discharged due to some reasons, the disabled and the companion shall be guaranteed with priority.
4.2 The disabled and the service dog shall take security check like other passengers. Ground service assurance personnel shall tell the disabled to empty their drainage bag before security check.
5. Storage of the assistive equipment (the eligible disabled are referred to as the disabled in the clause)
5.1 The assistive equipment mentioned in appendix 1 and brought into the passenger cabin by the disabled shall not be restricted as carry-on articles. If there are storage facilities and space in the passenger cabin, the equipment shall be arranged in order. If there are no storage facilities or space in the passenger cabin, the assistive equipment shall be consigned free of charge. The storage and consignment of the assistive equipment shall conform to related regulation of Civil Aviation Administration of China on security and air transportation of dangerous goods.
5.2 The disabled can consign one piece of the assistive equipment excluded in appendix 1 free of charge.
5.3 Electric wheelchair shall be consigned. The disabled shall consign the electric wheelchair 2 hours before end of the boarding procedures and related regulations on transportation of dangerous goods shall be followed.
5.4 Baggage tag shall be fastened on the consigned assistive equipment and the identification tag shall be provided for the disabled. To avoid loss or damage, ground service assurance department or ground service agent of China Express shall pack the assistive equipment and disassembled parts properly.
5.5 Unless otherwise specified, ground service assurance department or ground service agent of China Express shall receive consignment and return the assistive equipment near the door of the passenger cabin so that the disabled can use their own assistive equipment as far as possible.
5.6 Cargo division or ground service agent of China Express shall ensure that the consigned assistive equipment is taken out of the cargo cabin first and sent to the door of the passenger cabin as soon as possible.
5.7 The requirement of the disabled to take their assistive equipment in the baggage area shall be satisfied.
5.8 The assistive equipment shall be transported prior to other cargo and baggage. And the assistive equipment shall be ensured to arrive at the destination on the same plane.
5.9 The disabled shall not be required to sign exemption documents to waive their claims for damaged or lost assistive equipment, except damaged assistive equipment at the time of consignment.
6. Service dog (the eligible disabled are referred to as the disabled in the clause)
6.1 China Express allows the service dog to accompany the disabled on the plane. But with specific requirements for the number, each flight can only carry one service dog.
6.2 The disabled shall provide identity certificate (service certificate) and quarantine certificate of the service dog to the ground service assurance department or ground service agent of China Express.
6.3 The service dog brought into the passenger cabin shall be equipped with a drag rope before boarding. It shall not occupy seat or run arbitrarily.
6.4 Normally, the service dog brought into the passenger cabin shall be equipped with a mouth mask. If the disabled want to remove the mouth mask of the service dog, they shall require the consent of related passengers within activity scope of the service dog on the plane.
6.5 The disabled shall be responsible for excretion of the service dog in the passenger cabin and not affect hygiene of the plane.
6.6 Except the aisle or area blocking emergency evacuation, the service dog shall accompany the disabled near their seat. If the seat of the disabled is not large enough for the service dog, a seat that is large enough for the service dog shall be provided for the disabled.
7. Information transfer
7.1 If passengers require the airline to provide medical oxygen and special narrow wheelchair on the airplane, the sale department of China Express shall record seat arrangement of them and fax or send scanning copy of Application of Special Passenger for Air Transportation to ground service assurance department 48h before departure, which shall inform related departments of the such information to ensure provision of the equipment required by passengers.
7.2 Except two special services listed in provision 7.1, the sale departments shall inform operation guarantee departments of the seat information in the next day at 16:00 every day so that they can inquire the information.
7.3 After departure of the flight, ground service assurance department or ground service agent shall inform the airport of destination of the number, condition, position of the assistive equipment and required special assistance or service of the disabled as soon as possible.
7.4 The operation standard department assigned by China Express shall be responsible for complaints of the disabled.
7.5 The sale department, ground service assurance department and operation base shall assign persons specially for counting the number and condition of the disabled on the plane. The Air Transportation Tabled of the Eligible Disabled of the last year shall be prepared and submitted to the operation standard department before each January 10. The transportation condition shall be submitted to the competent department of civil aviation by operation standard department.
8. Effective date
The document shall be put into force from March 1, 2015.
9. Appendix
9.1 The assistive equipment that can be brought into the passenger cabin
9.2 Explanation for Refusal of Transportation (template)
Appendix 1. The assistive equipment that can be brought into the passenger cabin
|Assistive equipment
|Extremity disability
|Walking aid
|Walking stick
|Folding wheelchair
|Artificial limb
|The deaf
|Hearing aid
|Electrical cochlea
|The blind
|White cane
|Vision aid
|Guide glasses
Appendix 2. Explanation for Refusal of Transportation
Dear (Mr./Ms.),
According to Regulations on Air Transportation of the Disabled issued by Civil Aviation Administration of China, the airline limits the number of the disabled without companion and with the need of assistance in emergency evacuation on each flight. There are seats on your planned flight G5 on year month day with capacity of for the disabled without companion and with the need of assistance in emergency evacuation. With companion added in the ratio of 1:1, the number of the disabled for transportation is . The number of the disabled without companion and with the need of assistance in emergency evacuation has reached the limit up to your ticket purchase or check-in, so we cannot take you on the plane.
We are very sorry for the inconvenience caused.
(Note: the disabled without companion and with the need of assistance in emergency evacuation include those using wheelchair, those with severe disability in lower limbs and without artificial limbs, the blind, the disabled with service dog and the disabled failing in understanding instructions of the screw due to serious damage in intelligence or mind)
China Express Airlines Company Limited


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Very loosely based on the memoir of the same name, The Basketball Diaries transposes the late '60s adolescence of writer/artist Jim Carroll to some unspecified time period at least 15 years later, further confusing the timeframe with three decades of rock music, some by Carroll himself. Jim (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his Catholic school chums are on the hottest basketball team in New York, but their friend Bobby (Michael Imperioli) languishes in the hospital with leukemia. In-between typically boyish adventures, Jim scribbles in his notebook and experiments with sex and drugs. His group of friends begins to disintegrate after coach Swifty (Bruno Kirby) not only makes a pass at Jim, but also catches him and his pals using drugs on the court and kicks them off the team. Out of school and on the streets, Jim turns tricks, betrays friends, robs stores, and deals drugs to feed his heroin addiction. Not even the efforts of former addict Reggie (Ernie Hudson) can cure Jim. Mark Wahlberg appears as one of Jim's basketball and drug buddies, while Carroll himself makes a memorable cameo as an addict who describes the almost Catholic rituals of shooting heroin.
|Run time
|102 min
|Theater Release Date
|April 21, 1995
|DVD and Blu-ray Release Date
|June 30, 1998
|Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Lorraine Bracco, James Madio, Patrick McGaw, Marilyn Sokol, Vincent Pastore, Juliette Lewis, Bruno Kirby, Josh Mostel
|Directed by
|Scott Kalvert
|Brian Goluboff
|PolyGram Video
|R (Rated R for graphic depiction of drug addiction with related strong violence,sexuality and language)
|Crime, Drama, Sports
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Couple who got knocked out doing Dirty Dancing lift finally manage to pull it off
They say the perfect place to practice a lift is in the water but for one couple it seems that live TV works just as well.
Andy 51, and Sharon Price, 52, hit the headlines after they knocked themselves out trying to re-enact the famous ending to 80s classic Dirty Dancing and had to be taken to A&E.Woman claims drinking her dog's urine has helped cure her acne
They had hoped to perfect the routine, originally performed by Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, for their wedding next year as they celebrated the time of their lives.
Now viewers of ITV's This Morning were able to join voices, hearts and hands with the couple as they proved nothing could keep them in the corner.
Presenter Holly Willoughby gave a hopeful 'good luck both of you' as Andy and Simon got up from the sofa and into position.
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A pair of helpers drafted in were teased by fellow host Phillip Schofield, saying: 'I can't believe anyone would trust these two'.
But as the movie's signature tune started, it was clear they were in it to win it. Sharon set off across the floor, leaping into the arms of her future husband where she was held aloft perfectly still (with the aid of two others, so not quite to Swayze's standards) to cheers from the studio.
Schofield described the moment as 'beautiful'.
It marked a stark change in fortune from their earlier ill-fated attempt which ended up with the pair lying prone on the floor with Sharon winded and Andy knocked out.
The Dirty Dancing fans have watched the movie more than 30 times together.


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I am writing with a worried heart today. My new grandson has been moved to NICU at St. Vincents Hospital in Portland, Oregon. He was delivered by c-section yesterday morning and has developed breathing problems. Text messaging has been our link to our son and his wife. Talking is just too hard…I am sure you all understand.
It rained this morning and the skies are gray but the moisture will make the dessert spring to life. I prefer to think of those things that will grow as a result of a dark cloud and rain from above.
We will endure…as we always have. Love is our life boat. Thoughts fly across the miles as though we were in the same room. I breath for a beautiful baby that needs our help.
Stay with me please…Brycen we love you.


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"Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
With your one wild and precious life?"
― Mary Oliver
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Josie B.
how many shifts has it been
how many married ketchups and quiet moments of sadness
how many big trays
how many tickets stabbed
how many laughs that we drank down like water
to sustain us
how many slights
how many sweetnesses
have we shared
in the last five years
This past Sunday,
you folded your apron neatly
rolled it up
and slid it across the table.
i'll take it for now,
i said
but someday i'm gonna follow you out
Out into the uncertain world of
the Good Work
we went to school for
you are setting out to do art
with people who have been discarded
people who struggle to make peace with their own minds
people who battle addiction and incredible pain
you are frightened, and justifiably so,
and you are brilliant, and ready
and so very loved.


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Job Title: Water sector customer director
Company: Costain
Colin is the Customer director for water within the Natural Resources Division, responsible for ensuring Costain's water strategy and development is focused on the needs of its water industry customers. Colin began his career with Biwater in the early 1990's, before joining Southern Water in the late 1990's. Following the establishment of 4D in 2005 Colin worked both United Utilities and Veolia Water within the 4D consortium, undertaking the Head of design for the £300m Cleaner Seas for Sussex scheme, and General manager for the completion of the programme of works.
Speaking at the following:
• Why early engagement creates effective collaboration • How culture, behaviour and habits shape sustainable outcomes • Collaboration to better connect people, processes, assets and technology


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With a consistent football program that's always hanging around the Missouri state playoffs, Pleasant Hill coach Kyle Roach knows this team wants to accomplish many of the same goals as last year's squad.
After finishing last season with an 11-1 record — the only loss to Bolivar — Roach excepts similar results from his players this time around.
"It's kind of hard in high school when you're losing seniors all the time," Roach said. "We're just working to try to be consistent every day."
Working through the Missouri River Valley Conference will be the team's first goal, but with some experienced players the Roosters might make another deep run.
Roach mentioned Cameron Gray, a second team all-state linebacker, as one of the cornerstones for the season. Senior Kolin Rogers will also be instrumental at running back and linebacker.
Junior Levi Hays looks to grow in his role on the team as a running back and defensive back. When the Roosters pass the ball, Cole Miller will also help the skill positions as a starting receiver and defensive back.
With a winning tradition, Roach does not have much of problem motivating his players. He just points to past success.
"The kids understand what's expected of them and what it's going to take to win again," Roach said. "They understand because of the continuity of the program that they understand expectations."


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Diplomacy has evolved a lot in the 20th century, from being exclusive and secret to inclusive and open. What we call the New diplomacy has many important dimensions, one of the most important is the rise of non-state actors in diplomacy. There is no doubt that non-state actors with independent means and personal agendas can affect the public discourse. People and non-state organisations can shape perceptions and even move governments to action. However theres a few big questions raised over this matter, such as, where do these non-state actors obtain the legitimacy in the eyes of the people and how do they change outcomes? The legitimacy question is one that is raised many times with this matter in particular, sometimes non-state actors take on diplomatic missions without the states approval something that would be unthinkable in the old diplomacy.
The reason this dimension of new diplomacy is so important is due to the fact that it is something that has very rarely been seen before in the realm of diplomacy. Many non-state actors explain that their legitimacy comes from the support of the general public whether or not the government agrees. The best example of this would be the international campaign in the 90's to put a ban on landmines. The campaign was led by non-governmental organisations with the participation of Princess Diana. Despite the opposition of many strong states the goal was still met in most countries.
The use of NGO's to influence the outcome or to start diplomatic missions is an efficient strategy, in the case of the ban on landmines this strategy was highly successful. With the inclusion of non-state actors comes new elaborate strategies such as the inclusion of celebrities (Diana, Bono,Leonardo dicaprio and many more). Politics and diplomacy sometimes seems like something far from the grip of the general public and so to include non-state actors the rest of the people feel a little more represented and interested which as we have seen works quite well.
The involvement of non-state actors opens the door to more diplomatic participation and more pressure for governments to keep their promises and meet their goals. If it wasn't for the fact that non-state actors have such influence, issues such as coming up with a solution for global warming wouldn't have the same urgency they have today. However many people dispute that what these non-state actors are doing is not actually diplomacy although they do achieve diplomatic ends. NGO's are a great example of a non-state actors achieving diplomatic ends such as reducing the Green house gas emissions, feeding the poor and giving medical attention to people during conflicts.
The definition of diplomacy is not so clear however if we take the conventional definition, whereby diplomacy is something only states can do then by definition NGO's don't actually have any diplomatic power but they do have the tools to influence people which then affects the government in such a way that they can get their way. This dimension of new diplomacy is incredibly important, other dimensions such as the technological advances or public diplomacy ('nation branding') do have their importance in helping to achieve diplomatic ends however the inclusion of non-state actors doesn't only help in achieving the goals but they help create diplomatic missions and move millions like we have seen in Global warming marches and treaties and to help shift public opinion of conflicts between countries.
Carlson, Bryan (2014) 'Non-state actors'. Publidiplomacycouncil.org. Available at: http://www.publicdiplomacycouncil.org/commentaries/01-25-15/non-state-actors (Accessed the 18 of march 2017)
Dodds, Felix. 'NGO Diplomacy'(2007). mitpress.mit.edu. Available at: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/ngo-diplomacy (Accessed the 18 of march 2017)
Geraud, Andre. 'Diplomacy, old and new'. Foreignaffairs.com. Available at: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/1945-01-01/diplomacy-old-and-new(Accessed the 18 of march 2017)
Pachios, Harold C.(2002) 'The new diplomacy'. State.gov. Available at:https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/adcompd/rls/15804.htm (Accessed the 18 of march 2017)
Unknown. 'Treaty status'. icbl.org. Available at: http://www.icbl.org/en-gb/the-treaty/treaty-status.aspx (Accessed the 18 of march 2017)


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Yorkshire Dales Self Catering cottage, Stonebower Cottage, Burton-in-Lonsdale, sleeps 3
Areas: Yorkshire Dales
Booking through:
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Sleeps a maximum of: 3
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This stone built terraced cottage is in the village of Burton-in-Lonsdale, close to the Yorkshire Dales and can sleep three people in two bedrooms.
Stonebower Cottage is a stone built terraced cottage located in Burton-in-Lonsdale, five miles from Kirby Lonsdale. Consisting of one double bedroom and one single bedroom, the cottage sleeps three people. This cottage also has a family bathroom, kitchen, dining room and a sitting room with a woodburner. Outside, the cottage has a small yard and roadside parking. Near to the Yorkshire Dales and Lake District National Parks, and with many walks from the village, Stonebower Cottage is an ideal cottage for any time of year.
Pet Friendly
Lovely cottage
We visited in June for a short break with our two poodles, the cottage was clean and had everything in it we needed and more. The decoration is modern throughout and I liked the attention to detail. We had never visited Yorkshire before so we were unsure on what area to book. We found the location of the cottage perfect, set in a quiet village but close to other towns and villages all been a short drive away. The owner was helpful and I felt there for further advice if we needed it. On road parking but we always got a space. So no problems there. We would most definitely return. We thought it was very well priced.
The house was very clean and comfortable. It was also very well placed in relation to the local amenities. We would definitely stay here again.
Mr Maxwell
Very well located cottage with beautiful scenic places. Loads of wonderful places to visit with a rich history.
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A Charming village terraced cottage.
A very welcoming cottage which was well furnished and equipped with two bedrooms and a spacious bathroom, situated on the main road running through Burton -in- Lonsdale. A delightful Pub with good food and dog friendly. Also a General provisions shop close by. The Landlady made us very welcome with cakes and biscuits and could not do enough for us. We would have liked to have re-visited this year but at the time of booking it was not available.
The cottage had a lovely sitting room which was a joy to relax in. The kitchen was comfortable and we enjoyed having breakfast in the sun on the tiny patio by the back door. We were made to feel very welcome by the owners. The cottage is in an excellent location for visiting both lakes and moors. The village is lovely to wander around and we found excellent shop and pubs.
Miss Coghlan
Linen provided
Towels provided
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Single Beds
Double Beds
Gas central heating with woodburning stove
Electric oven, gas hob, microwave, fridge (no ice box), washing machine, TV with Freeview, DVD, CD/radio, selection of books and games
Fuel, power and starter pack for stove included in rent
Bed linen and towels included in rent
Roadside parking for 1 car on first come, first served basis
Two well-behaved dogs welcome
Sorry, no smoking
Shop and pub 2 mins walk
Changeover Day
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Nearest AttractionsHeritage Rated from 1- 5 (low-exceptional) on historic interest
Ingleton, St Mary's Church - 2.8 miles (Historic Church)
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Warton Old Rectory - 9.5 miles (Historic Building)
Leighton Hall - 9.8 miles (Historic House)
Halton, St Wilfrid's Church - 10.5 miles (Historic Church)
Lancaster, St John's Church - 12.5 miles (Historic Church)
Levens Hall - 12.6 miles (Historic House)
Sedbergh, St Gregory's Chapel - 12.6 miles (Historic Church)
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Harlow's Monkeys
(Tokoni 05/27/2009)
A comment received caused me to pause and reflect on the psychological behaviors indicated in my story "Marrying the Girl Next Door".
The comment put me into a 'thinking mode' because I realize my answer was insufficient to explain the behaviors illustrated in the story. A picture came to mind regarding Harry Harlow's experiments of emotionally deprived monkeys. The best thing I can do is refer you to this site describing Harlow's experiments – Written by Harlow himself: The Nature of Love.
One thing to bear in mind is that this girl and I weren't "making out", but were instead hugging — and yes, kissing. We kissed because we had been told to do this by our authority figure (the teenager), and we stayed because we had been told to stay. Read the article in the site above, this story, and reflect on the way we'd been raised, read "My Child Bride", and you may see how this all interrelates from a psychological viewpoint. Personally, it was a moment of comfort and love, and was not about 'sex' — for those who can't seem to see beyond that (and if you can't, then perhaps you have some internal problems which you need to address with a counselor or psychologist).
Looking back at my own childhood and other behaviors I engaged in, and comparing it with some of the information gleaned by Dr. Harlow in his experiments (search the web for: The Science of Love: Harry Harlow & the Nature of Affection), I can see where my brother and I were trotted down roughly the same path in some ways that Dr. Harlow's monkeys were. I also have to bear in mind my own mother's aversion to babies and extrapolate that behavior back into my own childhood, and examine where her aversion began.
If you have read "The Tools They Were Given" and "Tales Momma Tells" you know that my mother, entering a mentally and physically abusive environment, was put in charge of raising babies when she was seven. I think this may of given rise to the behavior described in "Put A Rag In It". I do know that when my daughter was born my mother was quite adamant that she would NOT hold a baby until "it quits leaking at both ends". I can only assume that this aversion goes back to my infancy, and that my brother and I were not held or touched unless it was required. My father, an extremely staunch male chauvinist, would doubtlessly also be adverse to holding / cradling or taking care of babies in any fashion, since he sees that as "the woman's job." I do recall the few times he was presented with my infant daughter, and he was very uncomfortable about it. My mom was also very quick to give the daughter back, especially should the child begin to cry or fuss in any form.
Now, going to the results of Dr. Harlow's experiments, we find these quotes from his book "The Science of Love":
"In Harlow's initial experiments, infant monkeys were separated from their mothers at six to twelve hours after birth and were raised instead with substitute or "surrogate" mothers made either of heavy wire mesh or of wood covered with cloth." (Note that these surrogate mothers were incapable of displaying affection.)
". . . These monkeys raised by the dummy mothers engaged in strange behavioral patterns later in their adult life. Some sat clutching themselves, rocking constantly back and forth; a stereotypical behavior pattern for excessive and misdirected aggression. Normal sexual behaviors were replaced my misdirected and atypical patterns: isolate females ignored approaching normal males, while isolate males made inaccurate attempts to copulate with normal females."
". . . As parents, these isolate female monkeys (the "motherless mothers" as Harlow called them) were either negligent or abusive. Negligent mothers did not nurse, comfort, or protect their young, nor did they harm them. The abusive mothers violently bit or otherwise injured their babies, to the point that many of them died. Deprivation of emotional bonds to live mother monkeys (as infant monkeys) these (now adult) monkeys were unable to create a secure attachment with their own offspring."
"Harlow's research suggested the importance of mother/child bonding. Not only does the child look to his/her mother for basic needs such as food, safety, and warmth, but he also needs to feel love, acceptance, and affection from the caregiver. His findings show some long-term psychological physical effects of delinquent or inadequate attentiveness to child needs."
Now I know this much: I was born dying in a German hospital, immediately separated from my parents, and 'disappeared' (my parents could no longer find me, the hospital had 'lost' me) for at least three days (if not more) – and was kept there for thirty.
I doubt these German doctors and nurses (World War Two having not been far behind) were inclined to be real kind to an American baby being born to them. Especially one that was sick and therefore 'weak and needy' (a sin in the German mind).
I rather imagine I was treated like one of Harlow's monkeys: shoved in an incubator (cage) and left there to either live or die – given the minimal treatment and care.
Add to this my mother has said that they did not SHOW us love (eg hugs, kisses, or the words "I love you"), and instead relied on us knowing through simply providing our "basic needs" (food, shelter, medical care), you can see where this would lead to the same results that Harlow obtained. In short, we became "Harlow's Monkeys". And since we could not obtain what a child also "needs to feel love, acceptance, and affection from the caregiver", we sought those things from each other, and from our "other" caregivers, one of whom turned out to be a teenager with a taste for smaller children.
We learned to love the feel of skin upon skin; craving those intimate moments when we could curl and huddle against someone – not the sex, but the feeling of not being alone.
Of being loved, held, and accepted by someone. Anyone at all.
Even (if like Harlow's monkeys) – it was a 'rag-doll' sometimes – not real love at all – but merely the facsimile of love – a fake, a betrayal of our own wants and needs.
We were one of Harlow's monkeys . . . the experiment continued as a small child. No wonder we've become what we've become . . .
End of line. (story).
From: I guess – one of Harlow's monkeys: still in recovery, LOL!
Further Reading:
And some Links On Harlow, His Experiments …. and his poor, poor Monkeys.
PS: It occurs to me that this is one of the reasons I am posting many of the stories, both good and bad, from an abusive childhood that some can not bear to see, much less understand — because here, at least, I begin to draw correlations between the stories; seeing how one event affected or set into motion the next event and so on. With any luck, this will not only help me (us) in our goals of 'healing', but will help others – and most importantly, help 'new' parents understand how a child can be driven into the arms of a sexual predator – and hopefully help them realize what they need to do to keep that from happening – eg. Giving that child plenty of love, affection, and acceptance from the beginning, and NOT letting what happened to me/us happen to your own child.
Thank you for your time
M – the clinical side.


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To The Ohio State Medical Board,
It has come to our attention that the Board is proposing some very significant changes on the requirements for Buprenorphine prescribing. The intent of this letter is for us to review some of the concerns we have and how we believe they will harm patient care, reduce access to treatment and lead to more deaths from the true problem, Heroin and prescription opioid addiction.
First and foremost the premise that these dramatic recommendations are based on, which is that the Board contends there is a serious problem of medication diversion is not supported by the facts. However most importantly it is the end result where we take issue. No one would deny that diversion of this medication takes place. However, research has demonstrated that almost all diverted Buprenorphine regardless of formulation is used on the street by persons already addicted to a mu opioid to self-treat withdrawal and as a substitute for more dangerous opioids such as Heroin. (1)(2) Low levels of abuse have been detected since the medications' introduction, with buprenorphine and buprenorphine/naloxone generally ranked as the least-abused or misused opioid among those studied (examples of other opioids with higher rates of abuse in the U.S. include heroin, oxycodone, hydrocodone, methadone, morphine, and fentanyl) [3,4]. Buprenorphine/naloxone diversion has been limited and illicit buprenorphine/naloxone—which is frequently acquired from individuals with prescriptions—is commonly used in a therapeutic, non-medically supervised manner.
We are not saying that Buprenorphine has no potential for diversion or misuse. What we are saying is the facts support that the State Board is placing too much emphasis on the problems associated with Buprenorphine use while the real problem rages on and worsens in the state of Ohio. In every community the death rates from opioid OD both prescription and non-prescription are skyrocketing. The benefits of medically assisted treatment with Buprenorphine are well established.
We ask the Board and its experts, where are all the dead bodies from Buprenorphine diversion and abuse? Since its introduction in the US somewhere around 420 deaths related to Buprenorphine have occurred according to the F.D.A. The F.D.A. information does show that more than half the American buprenorphine deaths involved other substances and that only two of 224 cases specifying "route of administration" indicated injection — the primary concern of regulators.
Fifty deaths are listed as suicides, and 69 involve unintentional overdoses, drug abuse or drug misuse. Data compiled by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has linked as many as 980 deaths in a year to drugs containing acetaminophen.
To clarify, twice as many people die each year from Tylenol than have been linked to Buprenorphine over 10 years of use in the United States. Given the far greater morbidity and mortality related to Tylenol it would seem in some respects Tylenol would be a better choice for the Medical Board to have concerns over than Buprenorphine.
IMS HealthTM National Prescription Audit Plus indicates that 9.3 million Buprenorphine prescriptions were dispensed in the U.S. in 2012'. More than 300,000 people died from drug poisoning in the U.S. between 1999 and 2009. That first year, opioid analgesics—drugs like methadone, oxycodone, and hydrocodone—were responsible for 21 percent of drug poisoning deaths. By 2009, that number had increased to 42 percent, or 15,597 dead, making prescription painkillers the leading cause of drug-poisoning deaths. Again we remind you although there may be problems with diversion and occasional misuse of Buprenorphine, it is not what is killing people in our communities!
More recently the actual benefit of Naloxone as a deterrent to IV use has been called into question. (5) Generic buprenorphine provides considerable cost savings over brand name Suboxone and generic as well. Some prescribers are reluctant to prescribe the generic, however, out of fear that the patient will dissolve and inject the buprenorphine. This is unlikely for a number of reasons.
First, the large majority of opioid addicts ingest substances by insufflations. It is unlikely that addicts who avoided needles when using oxycodone or heroin would cross that barrier and take up injecting for the sake of using buprenorphine, an opioid with a far-lesser reward than that of other mu agonists.
Second, buprenorphine injected intravenously would precipitate withdrawal in anyone using more than 60 mg of oxycodone per day.
Third, again studies of diversion demonstrate that most cases consist of self- medication by addicts attempting to treat their own opioid dependence, to break free of their addictions.
Heroin is much more plentiful, and much less expensive, than diverted generic buprenorphine. If an addict is looking for a high, he/she will unfortunately have less trouble finding an agonist such as Heroin than finding Buprenorphine.
For many individuals who are 100% self pay generic Subutex, as replacement therapy is the difference between treatment and no treatment. We know that without substitution therapy and with only traditional psychosocial treatment over 90% of opioid addicts relapse within the first 6 months after such treatment. (6) We feel it would be a grave error to restrict self-pay patients from the use of generic Subutex nor are such restrictions supported by medical science.
Other proposals by the Board, which lack scientific support, include the demand that all patients take part in routine behavioral therapy. Repeated studies have not consistently shown that such TX improves outcomes. (7,8) It is not at all our position that none of our patients need or benefit from such treatment. It is our position that it is neither beneficial nor morally correct to coerce all patients into such treatment irrespective of their wishes or individual needs. We ask The Medical Board; in what other chronic disease with such high morbidity and mortality do we withhold lifesaving medication unless the patient attends our recommended counseling? If we were to withhold insulin from a diabetic who refused to see our dietician on a regular basis it is likely we would have our medical license revoked. The current rules are quite appropriate in that they encourage the physician to act as primary lead in educating the patient on behavioral interventions and to refer those who are in need of more intensive treatment to a qualified therapist.
The same goes for demanding individuals attend AA as an alternative. According to The Cochrane Review published in 2009' "No experimental studies unequivocally demonstrated the effectiveness of AA or TSF approaches for reducing alcohol dependence or problems." Why would we assume it to be more effective for opioid addicts? In addition courts have repeatedly ruled that compelling individuals to attend AA is a violation of their First Amendment rights. (9) It is certainly not our position that AA is unhelpful to all. However, all one need do is go to a meeting to see how many are there simply to get a signature and have zero interest in actually taking part in the process of AA. Patients often remark that the meetings are not consistent with their personal beliefs and do little more than increase cravings for them and expose them to unstable addicts. All they want is to reintegrate into the mainstream of life. Not to go on forever in the role of chronic addict. Not all can do this and need the chronic support of a program. However, many are successful in this process and their prior failures are driven purely by attempts to relieve prolonged sickness from opioid withdrawal. Not a spiritual or psychological deficit. Many patients can neither afford weekly psychotherapy nor do they have the ability to attend AA three times a week. Such demands may make it easier for them to stay addicted to street drugs rather than seek treatment that could ultimately result in taper and discontinuation of all medications.
We talk at great lengths about respecting patient rights and autonomy. Do these people who suffer from opioid addiction have no right whatsoever to hear the facts about all forms of treatment from their doctor and then make a choice themselves as to which treatment they will participate in? These rules would appear to single out the opioid addict and deprive them of such rights.
Some of your recommendations such as monthly OARRS reports, all observed urine tox screens, mandatory lab work and a physical exams should be discussed at great length one by one to determine some middle ground between improving care or if they simply drive up cost. We as a program are already doing regular OARRS reports and observed urines as well as random saliva testing. Random pill counts are also an important approach to maintaining compliance. Our patients are made aware of this at the start of treatment and remain compliant with that knowledge.
That being said we humbly ask the Board to be very careful and considerate, as we believe some of these recommendations will be overly demanding for those practitioners who do not specialize in the care of opioid addicts alone. For most doctors there is already low motivation to care for this group of individuals. This will undoubtedly drive some good doctors out of the practice of providing care to opioid addicts meaning death tolls from opioid use will increase. According to authors at the National Institutes of Health in a 2011' review paper on use and diversion of Buprenorphine (10), "Tighter controls on buprenorphine will likely increase barriers encountered by opioid-dependent individuals as they seek treatment, may force "black market" sales of Buprenorphine into more reclusive and dangerous settings, and may result in the sale of tainted or counterfeit medications to individuals who are seeking illicit Buprenorphine for therapeutic purposes. Thus, any increases in control or monitoring should be considered in parallel with efforts to increase access to affordable and sustainable opioid substitution therapy for dependent individuals."
In conclusion, we do not feel the Boards recommendations fully take into account take the grave risk of reducing access to treatment compared to the reasonable desire to reduce illegal diversion. Regardless of what decisions are made by the Board they should be made with great care one recommendation at a time and only after full hearings and testimony by numerous patients and providers. One need only look at the recent KORTOS Report released by the state of Kentucky to see the overwhelming benefits to both patients health and emotional well-being and the huge amount of cost savings to the state reaped by providing opioid replacement therapy to those in need. I would also refer you to the timely editorial in JAMA calling for wider access to medically assisted treatment of opioid addiction and an end to the stigma of treatment. I have included copies of both.
We applaud the Boards desire to address the unscrupulous use of any medication but ask that we refocus on the real problem in the state of Ohio, Heroin and prescription opioid abuse. The facts do not support that Buprenorphine diversion is part of this problem.
We look forward to the Boards response and our ability to exercise our right to discuss these issues with the Board before any such important rules are passed. It is critical for the welfare of the people of this state and not just our patients that we act not based on hysteria or preconception about addiction but scientific and statistical facts.
John Sorboro MD ABPN
Medical Director Addiction Outreach Clinics.
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5)Buprenorphine: Effective Treatment of Opioid Addiction Starts in the Office
DAVID A. FIELLIN, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven,
ConnecticutAm Fam Physician. 2006 May 1;73(9):1513-1514
6)Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2009 Oct;10(15):2537-44. doi:
10.1517/14656560903213405.The clinical efficacy and abuse potential of
combination buprenorphine-naloxone in the treatment of opioid
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10)Curr Drug Abuse Rev. Mar 1, 2011; 4(1): 28–41.
Buprenorphine and Buprenorphine/Naloxone Diversion, Misuse, and Illicit Use: An
International Review
Michael A. Yokell,1,2 Nickolas D. Zaller,*,1,2,3 Traci C. Green,2,3,4 and Josiah D. Rich1,2,3


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TODAY'S FAYRE – Wednesday, 22nd July 2015
"War was return of earth to ugly earth,
War was foundering of sublimities,
Extinction of each happy art and faith
By which the world has still kept head in air,
Protesting logic or protesting love,
Until the unendurable moment struck – The inward scream, the duty to run mad.
And we recall the merry ways of guns –
Nibbling the walls of factory and church
Like a child, piecrust; felling groves of trees
Like a child, dandelions with a switch.
Machine-guns rattle toy-like from a hill,
Down in a row the brave tin-soldiers fall:
A sight to be recalled in elder days
When learnedly the future we devote
To yet more boastful visions of despair.
Robert Graves – poet – 1895-1985
As we entered the foyer of the Old Vic last night to see their production of 'High Society', my wife made the most salient of comments – 'Attempting to replicate this most iconic of musicals, which starred Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong, could end up being a regrettable occupational hazard!' How right she was! Though this production was well staged with enthusiastic dancing, it was cheesy with an embarrassingly poor script. I must dust down the original film and soundtrack to remind myself how wonderful the 1956 original was!
Are the cracks in earnings starting to appear, endorsing an underlying feeling that growth may not be there to the degree that many of the pundits thought? Tech results on the Street of Dreams after hours, following in the wake of marginally disappointing efforts from Intel and IBM, ventures to suggest it is a possibility. Expectations for Apple's results were at fever-pitch. Superficially they were very good and beat expectations, but the outlook for revenues in the 4th quarter did not pass muster with the market's butchers, whose knives were at the ready! Profits for the quarter were up 38%. The sale of iPhones were up 35%. Apple sold 47.5m iPhones, Mac sales were up 9%, iPads sales were down 18%. A profit for the quarter came in at $10.7 billion on revenues of $49.6 billion. After hours investors were merciless about the future and took the share price at the knee-caps, taking it down 6.8% wiping $50 billion off the value of the stock – the greatest pullback seen since 21st January 2013 when $59 billion was wiped off. Has the market become too reliant on Apple? The iWatch did not seem to have made much of an impression. Unfortunately NASDAQ/DOW geeks were in the mood to mood to meet out rough treatment on Microsoft, which posted its biggest ever net loss of $3.2 billion – much of it down to writing down the acquisition of Nokia by $7.5 billion. The shares were taken down by 4%. Against that background Yahoo! lost 1.6% thanks to a moderate showing, again after hours, and despite its holding in Alibaba. IBM had been struggling since the day before from poor sales and eased by another 5.9%. So all in all it was a 'Bad Day at Black Rock' for the technology industry! So perhaps Goldman's prognosis that US stocks may have run their race for the time being and that EU stocks are the way forward may be sound advice.
Wall Street had enjoyed a fairly lack lustre session prior to all this news with the DOW easing by 1% and the S&P by 0.43% and the NASDAQ hovering nervously below the Plimsoll line – down 0.21%. Asia took little comfort from New York's performance and most of the bourses lowered their flags exacerbated by Apple's/Microsoft's results – ASX closed down 1%. The Nikkei was easier by 1.19% towards the close, with the Shanghai Composite down 0.95% and the Hang Seng down by 1% heading to lunch. It was interesting to note that the resignation of Tanaka-san and 7 other executives from Toshiba for over stating profits for 6 years to the tune of circa £780 million saw the share price ease by only 1.6%. Olympus's antics from 4 years ago when Michael Woodford turned whistle blower cost the company plenty!
ARM Holdings posted a 32% increase in profits this morning from revenues totalling £228 million – £94.7 million with a 25% increase in dividend. However will CEO Simon Segars's outfit be affected by the Apple syndrome since it gleans so much revenue from that company? Falling sales of personal computers is a worry. easyJet's numbers were marginally better than expected. Revenues per seat were down by 2.8% but passenger numbers were up 6.2%. Revenues for the quarter were down 1% at £1.23 billion, but that number was encouraging.
Though tax revenues in the UK have been quite buoyant recently spending is starting to get out of hand. So the £12 billion cuts announced in the Budget may now be nearer £20 billion. So those government departments not ring fenced may be forced to make cuts of up to 40%. That will test the resolve of many – very painful, but necessary to keep the cost of UK 'borrowing' down.
UK companies posting results this week – Wednesday – FENNER, JOHNSON MATTHEY, MARSTON'S, PAYPOINT, SAGE, LAND SECURITIES, SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS, EASYJET, ARM HOLDINGS, Thursday – DMGT, UNILEVER, DE LA RUE, PREMIER FOODS, BRITVIC, SAB MILLER, KINGFISHER, ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, HALMA, Friday – ANGLO-AMERICAN, AG BARR, LONMIN, VOADFONE, CLOSE BROTHERS
US Companies posting interim results this week – Wednesday – WHIRLPOOL, COCA-COLA, BOEING, ABBOTT LABS, XILINX, AMERICAN EXPRESS, Thursday – GENERAL MOTORS, RAYTHEON, BOSTON SCIENTIFIC, BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB, MCDONALD'S, PULTE, KKR, COMCAST, AT&T, BJ RESTAURANTS, CHUBB, AMAZON, VISA, STARBUCKS, Friday – ABBVIE, BIOGEN.
Economic data – Monday – UK bank lending, UK Public Sector Finances, Wednesday – BOE Minutes, Thursday – UK Retail Sales
David Buik – market commentator
Panmure Gordon & Co


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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 131390
crond core when selinux not enabled and crontab has no jobs
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:48 EST
From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040510
Description of problem:
crond can get a SIGSEGV and generate core (or die silently) if
selinux is not enabled (is_selinux_enabled()==0) and a crontab
file contains no valid jobs (eg. is empty or contains only comments).
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
How reproducible:
Steps to Reproduce:
1. install FC3 with selinux disabled
2. create crontab with no jobs - just a commented line
Actual Results: crond gets SIGSEGV and is not running
Expected Results: crond should continue running
Additional info:
This was caused by most recent selinux patch in user.c:
in load_user(), if is_selinux_enabled() was false, the user->scontext
pointer was not assigned or initialized (could contain garbage)
which was then always free'd in free_user with freecon() - the
core always happened in freecon with u->context being "address out of
If is_selinux_enabled is false, then u->scontext is initialized
to NULL, and free_user will now only free it if it is non-null.