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Finally! Senate passes Whistleblower Protection Bill into law
The Nigerian Senate has passed the Whistleblower Protection Bill into law.
The Bill, which seeks to encourage and facilitate the disclosures of improper conduct by public officers and public bodies was presented by the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, chaired by Senator David Umaru, the member representing Niger East in the 8th National Assembly.
Otherwise known as "An Act to Protect Persons Making Disclosures for the Public Interest and Others from Reprisals, to Provide for the Matters Disclosed to be Properly Investigated and Dealt with and for other Purposes Related Therewith", the Bill also seeks to ensure that persons who make disclosures and persons who may suffer reprisals in relation to such disclosures are protected under the law.
The Bill also specifies who is qualified to make disclosure of improper conduct; the procedure for making disclosures; and the protection due to 'whistleblowers.'
Under the newly passed Bill, a person who makes a disclosure shall not be subject to victimisation by his or her employers or by fellow employees. Additionally, a person who makes a disclosure has the right to take legal action if he or she is victimised, dismissed, suspended, declared redundant, transferred against his or her will, harassed or intimidated in any manner.
The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, said the passage of the bill was "a promise kept".
"Today, we have passed a landmark piece of legislation to fight corruption and protect patriotic Nigerians who are fighting corruption," he said,
"This Bill will protect the lives of those who risk themselves to expose corrupt practices in Nigeria."
With the passage of this Bill, the Senate has concluded work on three anti-corruption Bills. In May 2017, it passed the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Bill, while in June 2017, it passed the Witness Protection Bill.
The Bill to establish Special Anti-Corruption Courts has been sent to the Constitution Amendment Committee. The Proceeds of Crime Bill has been sent to the Senate Joint Committee on Anti-Corruption and Judiciary Punch

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and she's back
Wow, sorry. I didn't mean to be gone for two weeks. After the craziness of Christmas, the littlest got a horrible stomach bug. Then this past week I came down with a crappy case of strep throat. Remind me to be extra nice to my kids when they have a fever, because it is super sucky. I am finally on the mend and I know it's a little late for a 2011 retrospective, but I was sick so indulge me. Here is my favorite project from each month of last year:
1. beach bracelet 2. sledding party 3. balance board 4. the awesome bag 5. crazy pants 6. may day crown 7. flock top 8. wiksten tank 9. toy boxes on wheels 10. giant glittery 6! 11. waxed leaves 12. cloud bed
It's nice to look back and see what I made–see what I liked making. Every January my creative energy goes out the window. All through December when I'm making things for everyone else, part of me is dreaming of January when I can make whatever the hell I want. But then January comes and I'm overwhelmed with all the choices: I could make clothes for me, clothes for my kids, start that huge embroidery project, crochet an afghan, or a hat, or a sweater, tackle the mending pile, the list goes on and on. On top of everything, my studio is a disaster. I hate that feeling when I can't get a project started. Do you know what I mean? What do you do?
Oh and Happy New Year!


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Following my song line
Past bamboo shacks and shops
Behind a jitney packed like sardines,
With bananas piled on top.
I ran away from politics,
It's too bizarre at home.
Away I flew, tuned into Blue
"Maybe Amsterdam or Rome"
Awakened by a stewardess,
With Spain somewhere below.
On the threshold of adventure,
God I do love this job so.
So while I make my move
On the big board game
Up and down a Spanish highway,
Some things remain the same.
Girls meet boys
and the boys tease girls
I'm heading out this morning,
For the Far Side of the World.
Oh I believe in song lines
Obvious and not
I'd ridden them like camels
To some most peculiar spots.
They run across the oceans
Through mountains and saloons
And tonight out to the dessert
Where I sit atop this dune.
I was destined for this vantage point
Which is so far from the Sea
I've lived it in the pages of Saint-Exupery
From Paris to Tunisia
Casablanca to Dakar
I was riding long before I flew
Through the wind and sand and stars.
Ride that hump
And Timbuktu's a jillion bumps
Sleeping bags and battle flags
Are coiled and furled
That's the way you travel
To the far side of the world!
A Sunset framed by lightening bolts
Burns a lasting memory
And a string of tiny twinkling lights
adorn the sausage tree.
While the embers from the log fire
Flicker, fly, and twirl
Then drift off toward the cosmos
From the Far Side of the World.
Well it's Christmas and my birthday
and so to that extent
The Masai not the wise men
Are circling my tent.
I teach them how to play guitar
They show me how to dance
We have rum from the Caribbean
And Burgundy from France.
New Year's Eve in Zanzibar
With Babu and his boys
High up on the rooftop
You can relish all the noise.
They are dancing on the tables
People bouncing like gazelles
Two 0-0-1 is ushered in
With air raid horns and bells.
Time to sing time to dance
Living out my second chance.
Cobras and sleeping bags are coiled and curled
That's the way it happens
On the Far Side of the World.
Back at home, it's afternoon
Six thousand miles away.
I will still be there when I get through
Attending this soiree
There are jobs and chores and questions
And plates I need to twirl,
But tonight I'll take my chances,
On the Far Side of the World.
That's the way it happens
On the Far Side of the World.


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Bid Protests Are Worth Their Costs, Ex-Procurement Chief Says
Dan Gordon's study rebuts critics who say contractors exploit the process.
Contractors on the losing side of a competitive bidding who protest to the Government Accountability Office do not hurt or game the procurement system as some critics allege, says a forthcoming study.
The percentage of contracts that spark protests is also comparatively small, while the overall impact of the protest procedure is healthy, according to Dan Gordon, the former Obama administration head of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy and now associate dean for government procurement law studies at George Washington University Law School.
In an article set for publication this spring in the Public Contract Law Journal, a copy of which was provided to Government Executive, Gordon wrote that "there exist a number of misperceptions concerning bid protest statistics that deserve attention, because these misperceptions can taint judgments about the benefits and costs of protests. In particular, even people quite familiar with the federal acquisition system often believe that protests are more common than they really are, and they believe, inaccurately, that protesters use the protest process as a business tactic to obtain contracts from the government."
Gordon traces the history of bid protests back to the building of the Panama Canal and the use of GAO as an arbiter since the 1920s. The process has also been adapted by governments around the world.
Because of the difficulty of knowing precisely how many contracts the federal government awards each year, the reports of protest to GAO -- which reported 2,353 in fiscal 2011 -- are actually overstated, Gordon says. "Between approximately 99.3 percent and 99.5 percent of procurements were not protested," even though the trend since the 1990s has been upward. That's because of increases in procurement spending, the article says.
"It is, of course, true that very high-dollar procurements are much more likely to be protested: the higher the dollar value, the greater the likelihood of a protest," he said. "For a company that loses the competition for a $100 million contract, with all the bid and proposal costs that competing entails, the additional cost of filing a protest may seem minimal, so that filing a protest can be very tempting."
Of protests making it through the full GAO process in fiscal 2010, only a handful succeeded in winning the contract, according to Gordon's calculations.
Overall, Gordon finds the bid protest process to be positive for the procurement system, citing several advantages:
- Protests introduce a relatively low-cost form of accountability into acquisition systems by providing disgruntled participants a forum for airing their complaints;
- They can increase potential bidders' confidence in the integrity of the procurement process if the GAO is directly responsive to participants' complaints, leading more players to participate;
- Protests can increase the public's confidence in the integrity of the public procurement process; --The known availability of the protest avenue empowers those in contracting agencies who face pressure to act improperly;
- Protest decisions made public provide a high level of transparency into what is happening in the federal procurement system; and
- Protests provide guidance.
"Any corporate counsel who follows GAO bid protest decisions," Gordon said, "knows how strictly the GAO applies the `late is late' rule, so that counsel will ensure that their client appreciates the importance of submitting bids on time."


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Privacy Notice
Who we are
Holland America Line is a trading name of Carnival plc. In the United Kingdom, Carnival plc provides sales and marketing, guest loyalty and customer services functions on behalf of Holland America Line, N.V., in its capacity as general partner of Cruiseport Curacao C.V., a Curacao limited partnership with registered offices at 450 Third Avenue West, Seattle, WA 98119,USA, which operates the cruise ships and associated services. Both Carnival plc and Holland America Line collect and process data about enquirers and guests to promote, deliver and improve Holland America Line services. This Privacy Notice describes what personal data we collect, how we use that data, and how to ensure that our processing meets your expectations.
How to update your communications preferences
To update your communications preferences, including how you receive emails, calls, mailings and brochures, you can:
- Click on the preferences link at the foot of each email
- Log into (or sign up for) My Account to make changes at https://www.hollandamerica.com
- Email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Call us UK 0344 338 8605 or Netherlands 0800 724 5425 or EU markets: 00800 1873 1873
- Write to Customer Services, Holland America Line, Carnival House, 100 Harbour Parade, Southampton, SO15 1ST.
Why we process personal data
We process personal data about enquirers and guests before, during and after their cruises to provide their services and support our business interests, which include:
- Making enquirers and guests aware of news and offers from Carnival plc and our partners;
- Providing services to our guests and recording what services we have provided;
- Managing the health, welfare, safety and security of our guests;
- Handling enquiries, complaints and investigations;
- Operating guest loyalty programmes;
- Monitoring and improving the quality of our services;
- Researching and understanding market needs to improve our marketing effectiveness;
- Working with our partners, such as on-board boutiques and spas, to manage billing and improve the quality of their services.
We also process personal data about job applicants, current and former employees, service providers, travel agents and other groups of individuals in the course of employment and business operations, and this data is subject to our internal privacy policies.
What personal data we collect
Personal data you provide to us
We collect personal data you provide to us when you enquire, book or sail with us, for example:
- Enquiry: Personal details (name, gender, age etc.), contact information (home address, phone number, email address etc.), details of your interests and communications preferences;
- Booking: Personal details, contact information, booking preferences, financial details (credit/debit card, bank details), travel documents (passport number), care needs (medical, dietary, mobility etc.), dining preferences, other travel details (vehicle registration, excursion bookings);
- On-board Activity: Financial details, bookings and billing for on-board services and shore excursions, photographs taken during the cruise;
- Customer Services, Enquiries & Complaints: Personal details, contact information, enquiry or complaint details;
- Loyalty Programme: Personal details, contact information, communications preferences, cruise history;
- Health & Welfare: Medical, dietary and mobility details provided to us before, during or after the cruise;
- Security & Safety: Travel documents, facial photograph, incident reports or witness statements;
- Surveys & Market Research: Responses to post-cruise surveys and market research surveys.
If you purchase services or credits as a gift or surprise booking, we will record your details as needed in relationship to the individual(s) for whom the gift or surprise booking was purchased.
Personal data generated by your interactions with us
Your interactions with us will result in personal data being created and stored by us. Examples include:
- Booking: Booking party details, reference numbers, travel itineraries, flight bookings, manifests, immigration details;
- On-board Activity: On-board spending, boutique spending, casino spending, spa/gym specialist interactions, dining records;
- Enquiries & Complaints: Enquiries or complaints and associated investigation and correspondence before, during or after a cruise;
- Loyalty Programme: Nights on board, cumulative spending;
- Health & Welfare: Medical reports, billing data, welfare reports, correspondence;
- Security & Safety: Accident/incident reports, witness statements, embarkation/disembarkation logs, CCTV recordings, police reports.
Personal data we create
We analyse the personal data we hold in order to improve the effectiveness of our direct marketing communications or to deliver our loyalty programmes. This can, in turn, generate personal data; for example, helping us to decide which marketing communications are likely to be of interest to you, or to determine your loyalty status.
Personal data from other organisations
We receive personal data from other individuals or third party organisations. For example, when making a booking we will receive details of all members of the booking party from the guest making the booking. We may receive personal data from third party organisations including travel agents processing bookings on a guest's behalf, from competitions or promotions where personal data has been provided as part of the competition or promotion, or from social media where personal data has been posted on our social media pages. We use publicly accessible data sources such as data brokers to maintain the accuracy of our enquirer and guest records, and may from time to time use external sources to help us to resolve disputes or recover unpaid accounts.
Sensitive personal data
We do not process sensitive personal data about you except where there is a legal reason to do so. Sensitive personal data can include:
- Health: We collect personal data about guest health as part of the booking and embarkation processes, or where guests use medical services on board ship. This may be retained for subsequent care purposes and to facilitate billing for services provided.
- Biometrics: We use photographs of our guests to maintain security and safety whilst they are on board our ships. These are not retained or used for other purposes.
- Sexual orientation: Enquirers and guests may from time to time choose to provide data to us relating to their sexual orientation or gender identity so that we can maintain their health, welfare and enjoyment of the services we provide (though we will not actively seek to collect such information).
We process personal data about children to provide services when they are guests on our ships, but do not seek to collect personal data from or about children for any other purpose.
We may from time to time be asked to process personal data relating to criminal history of individuals, for example if we receive a request from law enforcement authorities, or when investigating security matters that might involve law enforcement.
How we process personal data
We use personal data with your consent, or where it is necessary in order to:
- Enter into a contract and deliver services for you;
- Comply with a legal duty;
- Protect your vital interests or the vital interests of those around you;
- For our own lawful interests or those of other organisations, provided your rights don't override these.
We will only use personal data about you for the purpose(s) it was collected for or closely related purposes, and will inform you or seek your consent if we need to use it for other purposes.
If you enquire about our services, or engage in competitions or other promotional activities that we or our partners provide, we may ask your consent to provide you with news and offers about our services that you may find of interest. Depending upon your preferences, our communications with you may include:
- Email: We monitor our email communications, including where emails are undelivered and whether or not they appear to have been read. We may cease sending you email communications should we be unable to deliver email to you.
- Post: We may from time to time send postal communications including brochures, newsletters and offers. Where letters are returned to us, or where external data providers notify us of changes, we take steps to update our records. We may cease sending you postal communications if we believe we are no longer able to contact you at the address on file.
- Calls: Calls made to us, and calls received from us, may be recorded for the purposes of audit, training and the monitoring of services provided by us.
- Web: Visitors to our website may be tracked using analytics methods described in our Cookies Policy.
You may withdraw or amend your consent to receive news and offers at any time.
When you make a booking either directly or through a travel agent, we will collect personal data about you and other travellers in your group to effect the booking, including your names, genders, dates of birth, home addresses, phone, email, details of any medical, care or dietary requirements, specific preferences relating to the booking you have selected, and your payment details. We need this data to enter into a contract with you.
If you provide us with personal data about any other individuals included in a booking, you must have the authority of those individuals to provide their personal data to us for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice, and will remain accountable for the information provided. It is the responsibility of the booking leader to ensure that personal data about the group members is accurate and up to date.
If you commence a booking through our website and provide your contact details as part of the booking process, but do not complete that booking, we may send you up to three reminder emails to help you to complete the booking. You may receive a single telephone call from our team to enquire whether you need assistance to complete your booking if you have already consented to receive calls from us. This will not affect any preferences you have registered with us.
Managing your booking
After you book a cruise, you will be invited by email to access our online My Account service where you will need to provide additional personal data about you and your travel party. This additional mandatory personal data including passport, insurance and emergency contact details for you and your booking group is necessary to complete your booking.
You may optionally book or purchase on-board products and services, excursions and other activities, which may require you to provide further personal data. We may have to share your personal data with other companies such as spa operators or travel operators in order to provide these to you.
Within My Account, data about a group of individuals in a booking, including personal data, bookings and purchases, loyalty number and status will be visible to all members of that booking group.
Before your cruise, you will receive information about your booking by post or email, including details of events, excursions and offers that are directly related to the booking. This is a limited package of communications that is separate from your marketing communications and is necessary to ensure that you are aware of the services associated with your booking. You may ask us to cease sending these communications, but doing so may affect your enjoyment of your cruise: for example, excursions and events may be fully booked before you embark, or you may not be able to benefit from pre-booked discounts.
On board our ships
Your security and safety
We will use personal data about you for the purposes of carrying out security checks. Personal data about you may be shared with recognised law enforcement agencies prior to boarding, during your cruise, or after disembarkation, for security and immigration purposes. Personal data may also be shared with these agencies in order to prevent and detect crime as well as to safeguard children and vulnerable adults. These checks may involve sending personal data between different countries, including countries outside the European Union where controls on data protection may not be as strong as the legal requirements within the European Union.
For the safety and security of each ship and its passengers, and to maintain health and safety, we operate closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras on board our ships, including at all access points and throughout the public areas. These are recording continually with footage being retained and stored for a set period. Images taken from these cameras may be used internally for identification purposes and to assist with investigation of safety or security related matters. Images may also be shared with law enforcement agencies (in any jurisdiction) in order to detect or prevent criminal activity or to assist in the apprehension and prosecution of offenders.
Enjoyment of your cruise
Please be aware that there are photographers and camera crew on board the ship taking photographs and making films for passengers to purchase at the end of your cruise or for our own promotional use. They are happy to take reasonable steps to avoid filming or photographing you where you indicate that this is your preference, but you may be included unless you tell us otherwise and we are unable to guarantee that you will not be included on an incidental basis.
Some on-board products and services, excursions and other activities, are provided by other companies. We may share sufficient personal data with these partners before, during and after your cruise to provide a seamless service to our passengers, such as the ability to charge purchases to passengers' onboard accounts.
Casinos on our ships are operated by Carnival Cruise Lines. If you use the casino then your personal data may be transferred to the USA for the purposes of monitoring and improving quality of services, and preventing and detecting fraud. Our legal and technical controls are described in 'Transferring personal data to third countries.'
Your health and welfare
In the unlikely event that you are involved in an accident or require medical treatment on our ships, we may use personal data already provided to us, or obtained from you, to deliver your treatment. We may share that personal data with third party healthcare providers with your consent or where it is in your vital interests or the public interest to do so, and retain a record of treatment provided for billing and obligatory record-keeping purposes.
After your cruise
Upon completion of your cruise, we will contact you to seek feedback on your experience to understand your satisfaction level so that we can improve the quality of services we offer, and to assess the performance of our on-board staff and their associated rewards. For UK guests, we may provide your email address to third party review services such as Feefo for the purpose of managing your feedback.
Loyalty programmes
We operate a loyalty programme that allows you to benefit from your time spent on our ships, through future offers that may include discounts, upgrades, early booking, competitions, gifts and other rewards. For this reason, we retain a basic record of cruises you have taken including your name, contact details, cruise numbers and dates, and any loyalty offers that you have redeemed with us. If you believe we hold incorrect historical cruise details, you can contact us with evidence of those cruises to correct your record.
We will contact you with details of our loyalty programme when you book your first cruise, and if you join you will receive further communications thereafter including details of your loyalty status and subsequent benefits. In order to calculate these benefits we need to profile the time and money you spend with us. You may opt out of the loyalty programme and programme-related communications at any time. We use data from third party providers to help us to maintain the accuracy of your loyalty programme contact data.
Future cruise credits
When you are on board our ships, you may have the opportunity to purchase future cruise credits. If you hold any future cruise credits, we will contact you with offers related to the use of those credits up to their expiry date. If you booked your cruise through a travel agency partner, then we will inform the travel agency of your future cruise credits and they may contact you with offers to ensure the timely use of those credits.
Should you have queries before, during or after your cruise, then we will use information related to your cruise such as travel details, billing, on-board communications and other information we may have on record or which you or third parties may provide to us, to resolve your query.
We may also contact you with information regarding your query following the cruise you have taken, or if there are queries relating to your payment or the services you have received.
Understanding your needs
The personal data you provide to us or which we obtain through your dealings with us may be analysed for the following purposes:
- To personalise our news, offers and services to your interests;
- To track the response to our marketing communication;
- To review, develop and improve the services we offer (including market research);
- For statistical analysis.
We also conduct identifiable and anonymous market research to provide longer-term insight into the effectiveness of our services and marketing, and to support our service planning and delivery.
Sharing personal data
We process personal data about enquirers and guests in the European Union (EU) and USA and on board our ships worldwide. Enquiries and bookings are processed in the EU, where our systems may be accessed by Carnival group staff and suppliers from outside of the EU subject to strict security controls.
We contract other companies and individuals to perform certain activities on our behalf. Examples include:
- Fulfilling requests for brochures and promotional materials: printers, fulfilment service providers;
- Processing payments: banks, payment service providers;
- Sending postal mail and e-mail communications: postal services, couriers, e-mail service providers;
- Maintaining guest records and analysing data: customer insight agencies, credit agencies;
- Providing port services and excursions:
- Providing travel services: airlines, coach operators, travel agents.
- These contractors have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but are not permitted to use it for other purposes.
If you make a booking we may pass your personal information on to other relevant suppliers of your travel arrangements such as airlines, hotels and transport companies. Your personal information may also be passed to travel agents, security and credit checking companies, credit and charge card companies. We are required to co-operate with government and law enforcement agencies and the public authorities of any country in your itinerary, including customs and immigration authorities.
Transferring personal data to third countries
We collect and process personal data in the EU and USA. We may need to process your personal data worldwide, including on board our ships, depending upon the destinations you travel to with us, for example if we have to provide personal data to immigration authorities, port agents or excursion operators in destination countries. This may involve sending your personal information between different countries, including countries outside the EU where controls on data protection may not be as strong as the legal requirements in the EU.
Holland America Line's ships are operated by Holland America Line,N.V., in its capacity as general partner of Cruiseport Curacao C.V., a Curacao limited partnership with registered offices in Washington, USA.
From time to time personal data may need to be shared with other Carnival companies outside of the EU, or accessed by Carnival companies from outside of the EU, in order to provide the services you request from us. We use legal mechanisms ('standard contractual clauses') and technical and procedural controls to safeguard personal data.
Your rights concerning your personal data
You have rights over how we use personal data about you, and can exercise those rights by contacting our Data Protection Officer, Privacy & Data Protection Team, Carnival House, 100 Harbour Parade, Southampton, SO15 1ST, or call 0344 338 8650, or email email@example.com. In some cases our ability to uphold these rights for you may depend upon our obligations to process personal data for security, safety, fraud prevention reasons, or because processing is necessary to deliver the services you have requested. Where this is the case, we will inform you of specific details in response to your request.
Withdrawing consent to processing
Where we have obtained your consent for processing of personal data about you, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Where we process personal data about you in ways for which your consent is not required, for example to record your cruise history, you may ask us to cease processing, or restrict the nature of the processing, if you wish.
Accessing the personal data we hold about you
You may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you. This includes obtaining personal data about you in electronic form to provide to a third party should you wish to do so.
Ensuring the accuracy of personal data we hold about you
We will update or amend personal data we hold about you if you inform us of inaccuracies. We use publicly accessible data sources such as data brokers to maintain the accuracy of our enquirer and guest records.
Deleting personal data we hold about you
We retain personal data for the period required for processing, and where we are under an obligation to do so, for example billing data is retained in accordance with anti-money laundering and financial records keeping requirements.
We hold a basic record of guests' cruise history (name and contact details, booking/cruise number, nights on board, class of travel) indefinitely for the purpose of maintaining our loyalty scheme.
We will delete personal data we hold about you if you ask us to do so, except where certain exemptions apply.
How to complain about our processing of personal data
If you have a concern or complaint about our processing of personal data, please contact our Data Protection Officer in our Privacy & Data Protection Team at Carnival House, 100 Harbour Parade, Southampton, SO15 1ST, or call 0344 338 8650, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
If you are not satisfied with our processing of personal data, how we have responded to your complaint about the processing of personal data, or you believe our processing of personal data is not in accordance with the law, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) by calling +44 (0)303 123 1113, or visiting https://ico.org.uk/concerns/
Securing your personal data
We take the security of your personal data seriously, and use security policies, standards, technologies and ongoing training to safeguard the personal data we process from improper access, use, alteration, destruction and loss.
Where we share your personal data with other companies as described above, we require those companies to process your personal data to an equivalent level of security.
Promotions, Contests and Sweepstakes
From time to time we may offer promotions, contests, or sweepstakes on our Sites. If you choose to participate, we will collect information including your name, address, age, date of birth, telephone number and e-mail address. We may also request other information from time to time. We use the information you provide for purposes of conducting the promotion and for other purposes described in this Privacy Notice. A promotion may be sponsored by Holland America Line alone, with another sponsor or by a third party. Information you provide may be shared with the sponsor or third parties in accordance with additional terms and conditions which will be disclosed in the promotion.
Websites and Cookies
This website and any mobile applications linked to it are owned, managed and operated by Carnival plc. Holland America Line is a trading name of Carnival plc. When you use our websites, we may collect, use and store personal data about you.
Information We Collect or Store Automatically as You Access and Use Our Sites
We automatically collect certain type of usage information when you visit our sites, receive Holland America Line's emails, or otherwise engage with us. For example, we use cookies, log file information, clear gifs or beacons, device recognition technologies and other similar tracking technology to better understand our site usage information and to improve our Site and our user experience. We may use these technologies to collect the type of device you use to access our sites, your device identifier, IP address or mobile operating system. If you use our website, we may collect information about the browser you are using. We might look at what site you came from, or what site you visit when you leave us. If you use our mobile application, we might look at how often you use the app and where you downloaded it. We may collect this information over time and across different websites, apps and devices. Third parties may also collect your personal information this way when you use the sites. Some methods we use to collect this usage information is explained below.
We use cookies and similar tools on our website to improve its performance and enhance your user experience.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files which a website may put on your computer or mobile device when you first visit a site or page. The cookie will help the website, or another website, to recognise your device the next time you visit. There are other ways to do the same thing. We use the term "cookies" in this policy to refer to all files that collect information in this way.
There are many functions cookies serve. For example, they can help us to remember your username and preferences, analyse how well our website is performing, or even allow us to recommend content we believe will be most relevant to you.
Certain cookies contain personal data – for example, if you click to "remember me" when logging in, a cookie may store your username. Most cookies won't collect information that identifies you, and will instead collect more general information such as how users arrive at and use our website, or a user's general location.
You can find out more about cookies at http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
What sort of cookies does Holland America Line use?
Generally, our cookies perform up to four different functions:
- Essential cookies: Some cookies are essential for the operation of our website. These cookies enable services you have specifically asked for.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect anonymous information on the pages visited. For example, we might use performance cookies to keep track of which pages are most popular, which method of linking between pages is most effective, and to determine why some pages are receiving error messages.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies remember choices you make to improve your experience. For example, cookies are used to enable you to save a cruise into a wish list.
- Behaviourally Targeted Advertising Cookies: These cookies collect information about your browsing habits in order to make advertising relevant to you and your interests. Visit http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/ for more information on this type of cookie.
We also use or allow third parties to serve cookies that fall into the four categories above. For example, like many companies, we use Google Analytics to help us monitor our website traffic. We may also use third party cookies to help us with market research, revenue tracking, improving site functionality and monitoring compliance with our terms and conditions and copyright policy.
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The Maryland Court of Special Appeals overturned a multimillion-dollar judgment against Johns Hopkins Hospital in a case that accused its doctors of causing severe and irreversible brain damage to a baby born at the hospital.
The judges ordered the case sent back to a lower court for retrial. They ruled that Hopkins should have been allowed to give more testimony about the role a midwife might have played in the baby's injuries.
Attorneys for the baby's family said Wednesday that they will appeal the decision to the Court of Appeals, the state's highest court.
Hopkins spokeswoman Kim Hoppe would not discuss the verdict because the litigation is still pending, but said the institution was "pleased" with the recent decision.
The case stems from February 2011, when Rebecca Fielding and Enso Martinez sued Hopkins, alleging that their son, Enzo, was deprived of oxygen to the brain the previous March as the mother waited for a cesarean section at the hospital. He was diagnosed after birth with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, a disease that causes permanent and severe cognitive delays.
The case gained attention around the state for its $55 million judgment, one of the largest malpractice awards in Maryland history. A trial court later reduced that judgment to $28.3 million, in part because of a state cap on damages.
The latest ruling breaks ground once again because it is the first time a state court has addressed whether the negligence of a person not directly involved in a case can be used at trial. The appeals court cited cases from several other states in reaching its decision.
Baltimore malpractice attorney Andrew G. Slutkin, who was not involved in the case, said the Court of Special Appeals ruling could create a precedent in Maryland.
"This is something that Maryland courts have never decided," he said. "It will be interesting to see what happens at the Court of Appeals. The final chapter of this story hasn't been written."
Hopkins has contended that the baby's injuries were caused by procedures performed by midwife Evelyn Muhlhan, who tried to deliver the baby before sending the mother to Hopkins by ambulance.
Muhlhan's license was suspended by the Maryland Board of Nursing because of her alleged actions during the delivery of Enzo as well as four other home deliveries over three years. Online records show that her license remains suspended.
A man who answered the phone at Muhlhan's home said the midwife would not make a comment regarding the case.
Hopkins argued in its appeal to the Court of Special Appeals that it was only allowed to give limited evidence about Muhlhan's work during the jury trial.
"In the judge's eyes, she was not a defendant," Slutkin said. "Whether she was negligent was not before the jury."
The hospital's lawyers could tell jurors about procedures Muhlhan performed when trying to deliver young Enzo, but couldn't present expert testimony or other evidence to show that she was negligent.
Jurors heard that she performed fundal pressure, or pushing on the upper part of the uterus to encourage delivery, a procedure that Hopkins doctors said is no longer standard practice. A Hopkins doctor also told jurors that Muhlhan gave Fielding injections of the labor-inducing drug Pitocin, which prevented relaxation between contractions, making it harder for the baby to get sufficient oxygen. Muhlhan also administered the drug through intramuscular shots rather than slowly through an intravenous drip, which is standard practice.
Gary Wais, a lawyer for the family, said what Hopkins was able to present should have been enough for a jury to make a judgment.
"We believe Hopkins was absolutely able to get a fair trial and argue that the sole cause of Enzo's deficiencies was because of what was done by the midwife before the mom got to the hospital," Wais said. "The jury heard everything except that the conduct was negligent."
In siding with Hopkins, the court said the family's lawyers were able to say how Muhlhan's treatment was appropriate, but Hopkins couldn't say how it was negligent.
"The only evidence of negligence before the jury was the negligence of the hospital," the court wrote in its opinion. "Consequently, the only evidence of negligence before the jury was the alleged negligence of the hospital."
Wais argued in court that Hopkins doctors waited too long to perform a C-section after Fielding arrived at the hospital. The couple's lawyers also argued that doctors ignored signs of fetal distress and should have done an emergency C-section.
Hopkins doctors countered that they needed to do blood tests to determine if Fielding could receive an epidural painkiller before delivery. They also gave her penicillin to prevent a bacterial infection from spreading to the baby and performed other pre-delivery procedures. A fetal heart monitor showed that the baby was not in distress, the doctors also argued.
Enzo was born in poor condition and now suffers from cerebral palsy, retardation and other disorders, according to court records.
Supporters of home birth said the Hopkins case shows how midwives are often treated unfairly. Jeremy Galvan, a Hagerstown paramedic and president of Maryland Families for Safe Birth, said the majority of home births happen with no complications. Those that end up in the hospital are usually for nonemergency reasons.
"I think what this highlights is that even at the best hospital we have in the state, the tension between midwives and obstetricians is extremely high," he said. "Sometimes emergencies have to happen and midwives get blamed."


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Standing in the tunnel, just off of the Crisler Center floor outside the locker rooms, Greg Byrne was fulfilling the responsibilities of the coolest job in the world. Glad-handing friends of the program and telling people he didn't remember that he most certainly remembered them, he stank of charm and victory. When it was my turn to shake the Athletic Director's hand, I said, "Greg, I really like the sports." He chuckled and told me he shared those sentiments and carried on through the crowd.
I most certainly do enjoy the sports, I confirmed as much by flying to Ann Arbor for 40 hours of collegiate fun. I also confirmed with the wait staff at Ashley's on State Street that their establishment was indeed not named for Brandon Ashley who had just scored 18 non-Wolverine points that afternoon. I'm not sure I'm welcome back.
What was further confirmed in Michigan was that these 'Cats are deserving of their number one ranking. That they're equal parts balanced, talented, tough, and fortunate. A special combination that suggests North Texas. They took every possible blow from a talented albeit youthful Wolverine squad and responded. As I've noted many times on PacHoops, it isn't necessarily what you do but how you respond. As Arizona needed a moment – a stop, a basket, a something – they got it. I'll note my two favorites:
- Cuffed by foul trouble and general bouts of ineffectiveness, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson was not enjoying his time in Crisler. The new rules were being called to the T and RHJ had tapped a few too many players. Four to be exact. But with Arizona down a deuce and everyone beginning to recognize that the Wolverines might really knock #1 off, Nick Johnson found a streaking Hollis-Jefferson who found his way by a Wolverine, absorbed the harm, and finished. Perhaps it was the two points and/or extra point Brady Hoke couldn't find but Hollis-Jefferson scored one basket on Saturday and it gave Arizona their first lead since early in the first half.
- I was tempted to tell someone – twitter or text or the guys next to me – but I thought the better. I wanted to see things play out, see the mettle of these Wildcats, before I started looking for pieces that might not be so obviously there. Because a season ago it Mark Lyons' ball. Now I say that knowing it didn't matter if there were 15 seconds or 15 minutes remaining but for better or worse, Mark and everyone else knew that he was going to be making the play in the moment. We loved him for it. We hated him for it. For my money Lyons was our guy and I liked it. Alas, I refrained from putting my thoughts into the public space. What I was thinking was that Arizona could really use a Lyons-type in these final two minutes. Where was the ball going to go? The Wolverines twice had gone to Nik Stauskas and that makes good sense because he's good. I suggested Arizona try and steal him back to Tucson. They did not. But with the score standing about equal and the clock sprinting for zeros, where was the ball going to hang out? Arizona had run its offense deliberately for 38 minutes and with sound effectiveness. But could that work in the hectic moments of a monster game? Well what came to be didn't necessarily surprise but rather should scare the hell out of the rest of everyone. Brandon Ashley took the ball at McGary feigned his way to the right, muscled McGary off, and banked in the Wildcats' 64th and 65th points. Needing a basket, Arizona went to Brandon Ashley and he made a professional grade basketball play. I said that to the strangers next to me and was later informed by friends that they too immediately called it an NBA move. Now that's coming from the kid that I've long thought whatever you get from him is icing on the cake. That's not necessarily a knock on Ashley, but more a recognition of the consistent and solid output of Johnson and Gordon. Arizona's third option became its go to option and he made a play that no other player on the roster could make.
It was a wonderful display of competition performed by the maize and red teams. John Beilein is a fantastic coach and Stauskas can play. I tend to take anything a fan base says about their own with a grain of salt but all of the "Glenn Robinson III is as talented as anyone" talk wasn't hyperbole. UM fans are right that he could take games over – and he did such in the first half – with a more assertive mentality. McGary isn't an All-American but Caris LeVert sure could be. The Crisler Center was beautiful and a great place to take in a ball game. It wasn't the rowdiest place I've been but we were there for the wrong sport. I walked away understanding very clearly that we were at a football school. Had the game been next door and played by 11 players a side, 110,000 people would've showed up to watch outside through a miserable snow storm. Six total inches of snow fell during my stay. I asked countless locals how we could sneak into that stadium but eventually succumbed to the cold and liquor. We had a town to paint red.
But even with regards to that, we didn't last long. Waking up at 830am local time (EST) equates to 530am home time (PST) and there just wasn't enough gas in the tank. Bed was acquired by 11pm and I never made it to the famous Zingerman's. We did make it, however, to Rick's Friday night. The place was a riot. It smelled of college and if you don't know what that means then go buy a 12-pack of cheap beer, cheaper whiskey, and a plastic bottle of vodka. Get some food coloring, seven-up and a colorful looking soda that's definitely off brand. Do not spend more than $20 on these items and pour them all over the ground with remixed hip hop, your best dance moves, a crumpled one dollar bill, a shred of hope, some invincibility, and none of your maturity. If available, include vomit and sweat in this adulteration. For authenticity. Jump up and down on this in your oldest shoes with a hat on backward and that's the smell of college. Rick's was everything I'd been warned of. Who's coming with me next weekend?
Yes we got the full Ann Arbor experience and our team won, too. It was a great weekend and this flight I'm on right now hurts. Most specifically my head but I've got an Arizona shirt on and I couldn't disagree with the man in the bathroom line when he told me "that Sean Miller has got one fine ball club over there." I couldn't disagree with him one bit.
Back to that tunnel. With Byrne all smiles and family members giddy to see their game winning sons, we just sort of hovered. Basking in victory and the excitement of it all, we heard a familiar voice from behind us, "Quite a turn out from you Arizona fans. Well done." Well I like compliments so that's nice. We turned to thank the voice.
"I'll see you all in Dallas," said Jim Nantz.
He might be right. Do they have Rick's there?


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Motorola MVX1000 In-Car Digital Video System
You're parked near an intersection typing a report when a vehicle flashes by trying to make the light. Did the driver run the red light? Should you pull the vehicle over?
As in-car video becomes a necessity in law enforcement, you need a way to capture high-quality video that makes life easier for public safety officers in the field and in the command center.
The MVX1000 In-Car Digital Video System is an in-car and backend video capture and management solution that combines high-quality video, reliable ruggedized construction and an intuitive touch-screen interface with next generation mission-critical functionality to better protect the public and the officer.
Video is one of the police officer's best friends. It helps document incidents ranging from basic traffic stops to the subduing of violent arrestees to the use of firearms. It helps corroborate that offenses have been committed. It helps convict offenders by providing compelling visual evidence. Perhaps most important, it helps protect officers from false charges of excessive force or unprofessional behavior. According to the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), 93 percent of officers accused of misconduct are exonerated by in-car video.
Source: "The Impact of Video Evidence on Modern Policing," International Association of Chiefs of Police
Next-Generation Public Safety Video
The MVX1000 digital video system is part of Motorola's ongoing development of powerful Next Generation Public Safety solutions designed for mission-critical use. The MVX1000 is an efficient in-car and backend video capture and management solution that combines high-quality video, reliable ruggedized construction, an intuitive touch-screen interface and innovative functionalities designed to better protect both the public and the officer.
The MVX1000 Difference
The MVX1000 is a rugged, solid-state and compact in-car video solution designed to make life easier for public safety officers in the field and in the command center. System components include front and rear cameras, a back seat camera with infrared, and wired and wireless microphones. Ruggedized to stringent MIL-STD-810G and IP54 standards and designed for mission-critical work, the system is compact enough to fit easily into the crowded cockpit of a patrol car, and can also be located in the trunk of a vehicle. The MVX1000 also offers maximum flexibility, with multiple upload options, scalability that ranges from a few cars to thousands of vehicles and the ability to upgrade the system to support fixed video surveillance and audio log data.
In The Field
Mounted into a public safety vehicle, the MVX1000 keeps its eyes and ears on the road at all times, front and rear, capturing crucial video and audio with reliability and quality.
Distraction-Free Interface
In periods of maximum stress, the MVX1000 helps reduce officer distraction with an intuitive, ergonomically designed interface with function buttons logically located and easily recognizable. The system also includes an optional separate compact control head with a five-inch LCD touch screen. The smaller unit includes an onscreen virtual keyboard for entering information and an interface with icons, graphics and information flow that mimics the MDT-based interface, allowing officers to use either interface with minimal retraining.
What Just Happened?
With up to three-minutes of video buffer before and after recording, the MVX1000 begins capturing an incident even before you know it needs to be captured. In addition, the MVX1000's exclusive feature lets you see anything you may have just missed. When you hit the Ten Second Rewind button, the system instantly plays back the last ten seconds, ensuring that you get the corroboration you need in time to act on it. Press several times to go back 20 seconds, 30 seconds or more.
Who Has Time To Press "Record"?
Police officers have enough to deal with when responding to a call; they shouldn't have to remember to press the "Record" button on their video unit. The MVX1000 offers a wide range of configurable options for automatically starting the recording process without officers having to interrupt their thoughts and actions. These include tying automatic video recording to activities such as activating the lights or siren, exceeding a set speed, opening the shotgun lock or other agency-defined triggers.
Taking a Wider View
Most in-car video systems follow IACP guidelines that call for a 40-degree field of view from the front video camera. With a stopped vehicle 35 feet away, this allows for recording an area that encompasses 12.5 feet on either side of the center of the vehicle. Recognizing that a great deal of activity often takes place beyond this area, the MVX1000 is designed to use a front camera with a 63.3-degree field of view, capturing activity 21.5 feet on either side of the center of the stopped vehicle. This greatly increases the probability that the MVX1000 will capture critical activities to make the case or refute false accusations.
Quality You Can See
Officers know it, prosecutors know it, and juries know it: not all video is the same. To be truly useful as evidence, video needs to be of high enough quality to clearly identify relevant information such as faces or license plates. The MVX1000 uses the H.264 compression standard, requiring less storage space while retaining high image quality. In addition, front and back cameras include a 27X optical zoom lens that provides greatly magnified views that maintain high resolution. In contrast, many systems offer only an 8X or 10X optical zoom, after which they rely on digital zoom, which reduces image quality. The system also has a discreet backseat camera with infrared capabilities that capture video images even in complete darkness.
Upload Inside and Out
When it comes time to upload video to the command center, it's good to have options. The MVX1000 allows officers to upload data in three different ways. You can literally remove the solid-state drive and take it into the facility with you, or you can plug into a port in the garage to upload over an Ethernet cable. The MVX1000 adds a third, even more convenient option: faster, more reliable wireless uploading. The system offers Motorola's 802.11n technology with 3X3 MIMO antennas that delivers uploads at theoretical speeds of up to 300 Mbps (as opposed to about 54 Mbps for 802.11g systems).
It's a Car Not a Cubicle
Anyone who's ever driven or ridden in a police car knows it's not for the faint of heart, especially during pursuit. Equipment that is at home in the office is not meant for mission-critical fieldwork. The MVX1000 has been developed to the toughest military and industry standards for resistance to extreme temperatures, vibration, shock, humidity, dust and other harsh conditions, offering the reliability all first responders can rely on incident after incident.
Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO)
What is MIMO? It is a method of transmitting data over multiple transmitters to multiple receivers. This helps overcome interference and other challenges: even if one antenna is adversely affected, odds are the other two are not. If interference is not a problem, then each antenna can send a different portion of data – virtually doubling or tripling the throughput.
MVX1000 uses three antennas to send and receive data. When matched with an access point that can also send and receive over three antennas, such as the Motorola AP-7131 or AP 7181 the result is 3x3 MIMO, which lets the officer quickly complete the upload and get back on patrol.
In The Command Center
Capturing video evidence is only the beginning; managing it efficiently and effectively is just as important. In addition to its exceptional performance in the field, the MVX1000 performs equally reliably and intelligently in the back office, allowing for easily added metadata information, comprehensive search capabilities and automatic retention and deletion of captured incidents.
Integrated Reconstruction
The MVX1000 includes the Inform Mobile Digital Video Management System, a powerful, self-contained incident management system developed in conjunction with NICE Systems, Inc. Inform Mobile lets an agency combine and synchronize videos from several vehicles, for multiple views of an incident. It can also integrate with other NICE data management systems that track fixed video surveillance or audio loggers. Now all types of files from an incident — fixed and mobile video, radio communications and even 9-1-1 calls — can be correlated to create comprehensive incident records, synchronized and searchable by time and other variables.
Instant Search
With its powerful digital storage capabilities, the MVX1000 helps eliminate hard-to-manage, space-consuming tape and DVD storage systems that may degrade over time. Digital records in the system are instantly searchable by all metadata fields such as incident classification, making finding relevant data simpler and faster. In addition, digital records are easier and less expensive to back up and restore.
Chain Of Custody
The MVX1000 system includes automatic audit logging to provide verifiable authentication for each archived record. The log enables investigators to instantly see all notable activities for each record during and after recording, and to establish a proven chain of custody for evidentiary purposes.
Automated Retention Compliance
The MVX1000 system is configurable to departmental retention and archival policies and procedures. It also offers the ability to automatically search the system for incidents that have reached their expiration period, and then delete the storage-intensive audio and video files while retaining metadata records for future reference.
Designed For Mission Critical
The Motorola MVX1000 In-Car Video Digital System delivers mission-critical video performance in the field and in the command center. The MVX1000 is a powerful, intuitive video capture and management system that public safety and law enforcement professionals can always depend on. On the street. In the back office. And in front of a judge or jury.
Trusted Solutions
Combining advanced new technological capabilities with the reliability of the industry's most trusted mission-critical solutions, Motorola provides real-time sharing of crucial voice, data and video communications where they're needed most.
MVX1000 Features
- Highly rugged MIL-STD-810G certified, IP54-sealed product
- Limited three-year warranty standard on DVR console and front-facing camera
- Optional integrated 802.11n wireless upload within the DVR, including 3x3 MIMO antenna capability
- Unique one-touch Ten-Second Rewind capability allows the officer to immediately see "what just happened" with a single button press
- Intuitive and friendly touch-screen user interface application for system control via in-vehicle computer
- 27X Optical Zoom camera with wide viewing angle and near-zero LUX operation to capture action outside the vehicle day or night
- H.264 video compression to preserve video quality and integrity while minimizing file size
- Add searchable information about up to three citizens and up to three vehicles per incident
- Officers or administrators can add additional bookmarks or report details after incident upload via the VX1000 Digital Multimedia Management System backend client
- Additional files material to the incident (Word documents, digital camera still images, etc.) may be added to the incident folder for easy access by officers and administrators
- Optional backend capability to construct more complete views of an event by combining fixed video, MVX1000 mobile video and audio, as well as E911 and ASTRO® 25 LMR audio logs in a single incident folder


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Alberta's decision to allow a ski hill in a provincial park to sell water it's not using and have it trucked away sets a bad precedent that could restrict the province's ability to react to climate change, environmentalists say.
"If we're reallocating more and more water for commercial sale, that really ties up our choices and future generation's choices," Carolyn Campbell of the Alberta Wilderness Association said Friday.
In October, Alberta Environment approved an application from Fortress Mountain ski resort in Spray Valley Provincial Park — part of vast and popular mountain playground called Kananaskis Country — to change its water licence.
In the past, the resort was allocated just under 100 million litres of water a year from Galatea Creek for its kitchen and other on-site facilities.
The government agreed to amend that licence Oct. 25 to allow it to sell about half that amount to a third party. The water is to be pumped into trucks and driven away for sale.
Published reports have suggested it will be bottled and marketed as pure, glacier-fed water.
Campbell acknowledges 50 million litres is a small amount of water in the context of the Bow Valley watershed, which cities such as Calgary depend on.
But she's concerned that allowing Fortress to sell water originally intended for local use could open the door for other companies to do the same.
"Now, does everybody who isn't using every drop of their water upstream of Calgary get to sell it?" she asks.
Issuing water sale permits will make it harder for governments to manage water supply, she said — especially as climate change alters the region's hydrology.
The Geological Survey of Canada has already warned that the Rocky Mountain glaciers that keep prairie rivers and streams full during low-snow years are on their way out.
"Every drop counts for the future given even natural variation without climate change," Campbell said. "You layer climate change, it's just a very concerning precedent for our mountain headwaters.
"Mountain ecosystems use every drop of water. It's better to leave it in the stream rather that try to commodify it from a protected area."
Fortress Mountain did not immediately return an emailed request for an interview.
Alberta Environment acknowledged it received concerns about Fortress' application. All were dismissed, said press secretary Jess Sinclair.
"None of those who filed were found to be directly affected," she said in an email. "None of the statements of concern filed were found to be valid."
The department did not provide an interview.
Bob Weber, The Canadian Press


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he looks so much like a gentleman! love his mustache that goes well with his outfit !
i think you wear a suit just as well if not better.
You look better!
you do, only better.
its funny how he looks quite stylish in your picture!
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so classic, it fits him perfectly!
I love this classic suit! He looks so comfortable in it.
You should wear your pants higher then and not wear 3/4 length coats. Just because you aren't as tall as him doesn't mean you should look like it.
That jacket is so well suited to and tailored for him it looks like a sweater worn with style and comfort
He definitely looks comfortable in a suit. For my tastes, the waist of that suit is too high, and makes his torso look disproportionally short. I prefer a more modern cut with a slightly lower waist line. Not talking hip huggers or anything so extreme, but not that high.
He'd look A LOT better without the moustache!
I'm not wild about the mustache, but he looks great in that suit.
Well I LOVED your suit (sans tie) when you were in DC!
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You look fabulous in a suit, Sart. So does this guy. Where are all the guys in suits? I think nothing is sexier.
Absoluto perfecto
He looks like Dr. Phil, but thinner.
looks amazing. i want to be that age so i can look so good in a suit!
love the hanky in the pocket!
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Good combination, especially with the medium-spread collar shirt. Does the tie have a pattern? On my monitor it looks very dark blue or black.
you look better of course
Where is the suit from?
wow, he looks like a trimmer Dr. Phil =)
timeless elegance but I find that you have much more personality and charisma of this gentleman
that's a good lapel width.
Again I ask, where is the female counterpoint to him? Someone this age and equally chic. Would she wear the fetish high heels? I don't think so. Where are the non-fashion career women who could match this sartorially.
That is a classy white shirt. People don't often pay attention to white shirts, but let me tell you, not all white shirts are made the same. This is one is supreme!
classic and clean , definitely , a good suit in a elegant man
Dr. Phil?
scott stop kidding yourself this IS how you look in a suit! After meeting you in SF I realized I didn't even thank you for dealing with that line and making everyone feel like we were friends, if only for a second. You looked AMAZING, and thank you for doing what you do!
Very nice. He looks relaxed and not to stiff in what could be really an uptight look. The moustache adds character.
What is The Standard in Milano?
He does look incredible, but you wear as suit as well, if not better, no?
La bella figura con sprezzatura!
chic Dr. Phil!
you can never go wrong with a navy suit.
Absolutely perfect. The length of his sleaves, the cut of the suit, the color of both suit, shirt, tie. Pulls it off flawlessly.
Only his head is interesting, the rest is as usual very boring.
Haha... He does look like Dr. Phil
But.... don't you??
you look better I'm sure
1. The sleeves look uncomfortably tight.
2. The jacket looks as if he couldn't possibly button it.
I'd like to see some cuff. Other than that, though - sweet suit, nice shirt collar.
I have got a doubt in the design
this is how any men ought to look in a suit!
you do
yes, he looks really sharp
Very good classic look.
He is really stylish, but so are you Scott!
First word that came to mind was, "dapper." How dapper:)
Thank God I'm not the only one who thought he looked like a young Dr. Phil! Love the suit.
I would love to see the hems--I am not loving the highwater lenths and rolled pant--to break the long, clean line seems counterintuitive to me. I am hoping he has a normal hem.
Handsome... this is TODAY'S MOUSTACHE, not Dr. Phil's 1970s porn 'stache. And he's WAY more attractive.
I do have to say the pants are a bit high and Scott looks better in a suit!
standar? ¡¡NO!! ¡oh my God Scott!
He and his suit is wonderfull.
Elegant natural, clasic wear forever.
You can dress this suit
You and me both, my friend.
Looks like a younger, better dressed Dr. Phil.
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i would like to see some cuff, otherwise, nicely cut pinstripe suit. can't tell if he's wearing a belt or not. my guess is not, since the waist is high enough where a belt is not necessary if the pants actually fit. and i like his 'stach!
i love the color of his suit.
you do look like that
that's the difference between a man that appreciates the art of wearing a suit as opposed to another who wears one because he has to. we are accustomed to seeing business men in ill-fitting suits who can't wait to get home and jump into a pair of board shorts. The Milanese instead appreciates the art of wearing one and the love that goes behind making a well-cut suit.
The only thing I would ditch is the newspaper.
That's how we all want to look in a suit.
the high waist pants are beautiful! Especially for this winter, expect to see them more and more...
No cuff and too much pocket square--very close, but not perfect.
If you notice the front shirt collar and the profile of the shoulder to neck line on the suit flow perfectly. Its really unusual and makes it look really clean. w/o that Ikea thing. I really like it but can only assume it was a coincidence that a fashionable man has happen to him. Well done!
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You look great in a suit if not better too! Great picture love your blog!
I just have to say this... he looks like a well dressed Dr. Phil...lmao!!!
The top of his necktie looks scrappy to me, but love the high waist...
Wow, those are big-ass lapels, but he makes them work. Normally not a fan of the stache, but it complements his look so well that I can't deride him for it.
his face looks as if it is just filled with so much character. and the suit fits him so well.
a very good one sart.
does anyone else think his lapels are too big? and his collar isn't the right shape for his face/neck... also loose, asymmetrical ties bug me. i know that's picky, he totally looks awesome.
Surprisingly wide lapel...
This is also how I want to look in a suit - and I'm a girl.
neat and clean! I wish there were more blue business suits!
1. Is his shirt truly white? It looks less bright than his pocket square, which is defintiely white and defintiely a ncie touch.
2. The jacket fits very nicely across the shoulders. He should be flashing a bit of shirt cuff.
3. A rolled Italian newspaper makes a great accessory.
h my gosh, as I scrolled down I just saw his face first and I thought "Wow, Dr. Phil , really?" and then I saw it was skinny Dr.Phil. So funny! I am glad others posted the same!
What simple is elegance!!!
Absolutly perfect.
A black tie really? It works but I would think this guy can do better. And he better have some black monk-strap shoes on!
I love it though, you can tell he is very comfortable in a suit. That is what is all about, being comfortable in the clothes you wear! (and looking good of course!)
I would make the sleeves a bit shorter about 2cm , in order to show the cuffs
"This is how I want to look in a suit." Me too! And you do look good in a suit. I only wish, in the last couple of pictures I've seen of you in a suit, that you'd worn it with a tie.
I once got a complement by a lady when trying on a suit. If felt very good (the complement, and the suit). If more ladies told their men that they look good in a suit, you'd see a lot more suit wearing men these days.
this is the epitome of a stylish gentleman! so perfect. and so italian!
you do look like this in a suit, no doubt about it.
This suit fits him perfectly and the proportions are wonderful, but he's got nothing on you, Scott. Seriously.
Ok, I've been thinking about this some more (probably way too much). The reason in my previous comment I wish you'd worn a tie in your pictures, besides the general excellence and coolness of neckties, is that it completes a suit and gives it a more polished and finished look. I'm not against wearing suits and jackets with open necked shirts. That look has its place and it often looks very good, but I think ties are underrated. I think a tie elevates a man's outfit the way adding certain ingredients elevate a dish. Even in the current trendy style of ties worn straightened or loosely with jeans ( and I really like that style, long may it last) it adds another dimension (a "dressy" element with virile undertones) to a casual or semi-casual look, plus all the other benefits a tie gives to a man's outfit (framing the face, adding a strong vertical line, etc.) whether the outfit is dressy or casual.
I think the tie is a key reason the gentleman in the picture looks so good. Its simplicity conveys confidence and its solid color bespeaks strength. It enhances his shirt, complements and mirrors the pinstripes, the silhouette of the jacket and folds of its fabric. It unifies his clothing, drawing all the elements together (including the watch, the pocket square, even the folded newspaper) to the center. It then draws the eyes up to his face, with the knot as an exclamation point. It tells the onlooker "Here I am. I am a Man".
It's the prevailing joy of spirit that you capture with the lens that I so enjoy. This, yet another example that brings me to a smile of my own. Thx!
Lapels are getting bigger - the pendulum swings quickly!
"This is how I want to look in a suit."
Like Dr. Phil slimmed down? Really?
I'm getting more of a G. Gordon Liddy look than Dr. Phil.
He is DREAMY!
Hot, sexy, hot!
you look better. I think the tie is a key reason the gentleman in the picture looks so good. Good combination, especially with the medium-spread collar shirt.
I agree with anonymous above~~the tie is a must to accomplish the "Well Dressed Man". Look at James Bond, he ALWAYS wears a tie! :)
You'll have to add a tie to your ensemble when you visit Boston...
What shoes was here wearing - ?
A great photography. He(she) still has the suit perfect, narrow and exact, the length of the tie and the neck of the shirt are perfect.
In all the photographies that this gentleman goes out, the look is always perfect.
An italian classic style: CLASS!
he looks like a hot doctor phil
If you love this image, maybe you love it because it's a classic look. Wide lapels, high waisted trousers, slim sleeves - it's the Hollywood golden age of Cary Grant, Gary Cooper and Bogart.I hope every year that this look is on the way back in, for good.
He looks great. Would love a bit of cuff to top it off.
??? Doctor Phil"ish" looks, but a sharp dresser.
hey man ! nice photo ! this is great ! I think you maybe get the nice again ok? add more photos, add more article, add more all... that's great
ahhhh: hot suittt.
you do look more conservative,
the mustache and bald head made him look less formal.
but I love you both.
I think he is wearing Boggi :)
I was scrolling very quickly and mistook this man for Dr. Phil. Anyway, great


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