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For those who weren't able to travel all the way to Israel for the University of Haifa's recent international class action conference, you're in luck. Videos of all of the panel presentations are now available on YouTube. To access them, go to the conference website at https://lawers.club/ and scroll to the bottom of the page and you'll see links for both photos and videos from the conference. You can also visit the YouTube channel directly by clicking here. I'm still working on my commentaries from the conference and will link to each presentation individually in those commentaries.
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Videos from Haifa Class Action Conference Now Available on YouTube!
Posted in Class Action News, Class Action Trends, CLE Programs, International Class Action Law, tagged class action conference, collective redress, haifa, International Class Action Law, university of Haifa on May 8, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Don't Miss the 5th Annual ABA Western Regional CLE on Class Actions and Mass Torts, Friday, June 22, 2018 in San Francisco
Posted in Class Action News, CLE Programs, tagged ABA, cads, class action, class action ethics, ethics, regional program, san francisco on June 15, 2018| Leave a Comment »
I'm proud to announce that I'll be chairing the 5th Annual ABA Western Regional CLE on Class Actions and Mass Torts, scheduled for next Friday, June 22, 2018 at the offices of Clyde & Co. in San Francisco. The program is co-sponsored by the Class Actions and Derivative Suits, Mass Torts, Consumer Litigation, Antitrust Litigation, and Securities Litigation Committees of the ABA Section of Litigation. This year's program covers a variety of timely class action-related topics, including ethics for those of you needing to fulfill your ethics CLE obligation. For more information and to register, see the link below. Hope to see you there!
Update on Proposed Rule 23 Changes
Posted in Class Action News, class action reform, tagged advisory committee on civil rules, class action, rule 23, rule 23 subcommittee on November 10, 2015| Leave a Comment »
In September, I reported on the Rule 23 Miniconference that I attended in Dallas to discuss the proposed changes being considered by the Rule 23 Subcommittee to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules. The Subcommittee recently issued its updated report after incorporating the comments and suggestions received during the Miniconference, and it pared down considerably the changes under consideration. For an excellent report on the revised report, see Andrew Trask's post on his blog, Class Action Countermeasures.
ClassActionBlawg's Top 10 Most Significant Class Action Developments in 2014
Posted in Class Action News, class action reform, Class Action Settlements, Class Action Trends, tagged american pipe, au optronics, austria, basic presumption, CAFA, class action, class action settlement, class certification, dart cherokee, data breach, duran, facebook, france, halliburton, halliburton II, home depot, indymac, issue certification, issue class, parens patriae, pella, posner, removal, scotus, sears, sony, statistical evidence, statistics, Supreme Court, target, whirlpool on January 5, 2015| Leave a Comment »
In keeping with the time-honored tradition of end-of-the-year top 10 lists, I've assembled my annual list of the top 10 most significant class action developments below. Whether these are actually the top 10 most significant decisions over the past year may be subject to reasonable debate, so please feel free to add your own favorites in the comments section.
1. Certiorari denied in "moldy washer" cases – In my view, the single biggest development impacting class action practice over the past year was the Court's decision not to take on the question of "issue certification" presented in the Sears and Whirlpool "moldy washer" cases. This non-decision opens the door for significant litigation over whether isolated issues should be certified for class treatment even where significant individual litigation would be necessary following resolution of the class wide issues.
2. Judge Posner's class action settlement decisions – Judge Posner wins the award for the jurist having the single biggest impact on class action practice in 2014. In addition to the Supreme Court declining to take on review of his decision in one of the "moldy washer" cases, Butler v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., Judge Posner authored two significant (and harshly worded) decisions discussing the standards for evaluating the fairness of class action settlements, including Eubank v. Pella Corp., Nos. 13-2091, -2133, 2136, -2162, 2202 (7th Cir., June 2, 2014), and Redman v. RadioShack Corp., case number 14‐1470, 14‐1471 and 14‐1658 (7th Cir., Sept. 19, 2014). These decisions are emblematic of a more general trend in the courts of subjecting class action settlements, especially coupon settlements, to ever-greater scrutiny.
3. Basic framework remains largely unchanged after Halliburton II – One of only three Supreme Court decisions of significance on class action issues this past year, the Court largely maintained the status quo in declining to overrule the framework for evaluating "fraud on the market" theory of reliance in securities class actions.
4. Whirlpool trial ends with victory for the defendant – Not long after the Supreme Court declined review, the first of the "issue" class cases went to trial against Whirlpool. The trial ended in a defense verdict, although as I wrote in October, I'm not sure that's necessarily a good thing for defendants in the long-term.
5. Court clarifies removal pleading standards in Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Co. v. Owens – In one of the Roberts Court's most helpful class-action-related decisions, at least from a practical standpoint, the majority removed barriers to corporate defendants' ability to remove cases under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), clarifying that jurisdictional facts need only be pled, not supported by evidence, in the notice of removal.
6. California Supreme Court issues significant decision on the use of statistical evidence to support class certification – An individual state court decision has to be pretty significant to make my annual top 10 list, but I think Duran v. U.S. Bank National Association fits the bill. The decision is one of the most comprehensive to date in addressing the potential pitfalls of reliance on statistics as a proxy for common, class wide proof.
7. Supreme Court holds in AU Optronics that consumer actions brought by state attorneys general are not "mass actions" subject to the Class Action Fairness Act – It's probably a misnomer to call AU Optronics a "class action" case, since the issue presented was whether actions brought by state AGs on behalf of consumers were "mass actions." But because the case involved interpretation of CAFA, it makes this year's list.
8. International class and collective action litigation continues to expand – Class, collective, and multi-party actions continue to expand outside of the United States and Canada. Examples included France joining the list of Civil Law jurisdictions in Europe to enact a "class action" law, and a group action in Austria, joined by more than 25,000 litigants, challenging Facebook privacy policies.
9. Data breach class actions proliferate – High profile data breaches and hacking incidents made news, and resulted in class actions, in 2014. From a rash of payment card breaches impacting customers of large retailers like Target and Home Depot to the more recent Sony hacking incident, data breach class action litigation shows no signs of slowing down any time soon.
10. Supreme Court grants, then dismisses, certiorari in Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi, v. IndyMac MBS, avoiding a high court ruling on the question of whether statute of repose can be tolled for absent class members under the American Pipe tolling doctrine. In what has become a trend of the past year, this is yet another missed opportunity for the Supreme Court to address a class action issues of significance.
Basically the Same Story after Halliburton II?
Posted in Class Action Decisions, Class Action News, Securities Class Actions, Supreme Court Decisions, tagged basic, basic v. levinson, class certification, erica p. john fund, fraud on the market, halliburton, halliburton I, halliburton II, merits, predominance, presumption, price inflation, rebut on June 23, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision earlier today in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., No. 13-317 (Halliburton II), its most highly-anticipated class-action-related decision of the October 2013 term. Those who were hoping for a sea-change in securities class action jurisprudence were left disappointed, as the Court, in an opinion authored by Chief Justice Roberts, declined to overrule its 25-year-old decision in Basic Inc. v. Levinson, 485 U.S. 224 (1988). Rather than abolish the framework established in Basic, which provides a means for securities fraud plaintiffs to satisfy the elements of class certification through a class-wide presumption of reliance on material misrepresentations, the Court instead held that a defendant can rebut the presumption by demonstrating, at the class certification stage, that the alleged misrepresentations did not actually have any impact on the stock price. In doing so, the Court reversed the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision barring the defendant from offering evidence of non-impact on stock price at the class certification stage.
The Court distinguished its earlier decision in the same case, Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co., 563 U.S. ___ (2011) (Halliburton I), in which it held that a plaintiff should not be required to prove materiality of the alleged misrepresentation at the class certification stage. The distinction between the issue of materiality of a misrepresentation (a merits issue not appropriate for the class certification phase according to Halliburton I), and the issue of whether a misrepresentation actually had a common price impact on the stock (a proper class certification question according to Halliburton II) is the key to making sense of the Court's decision today. As Justice Roberts stated:
[P]rice impact differs from materiality in a crucial respect. Given that the other Basic prerequisites must still be proved at the class certification stage, the common issue of materiality can be left to the merits stage without risking the certification of classes in which individual issues will end up overwhelming common ones. And because materiality is a discrete issue that can be resolved in isolation from the other prerequisites, it can be wholly confined to the merits stage.
Price impact is different. The fact that a misrepresentation "was reflected in the market price at the time of [the]transaction"—that it had price impact—is "Basic's fundamental premise." Halliburton I, 563 U. S., at ___ (slip op., at 7). It thus has everything to do with the issue of predominance at the class certification stage. That is why, if reliance is to be shown through the Basic presumption,the publicity and market efficiency prerequisites must be proved before class certification. Without proof of those prerequisites, the fraud-on-the-market theory underlying the presumption completely collapses, rendering class certification inappropriate.
Halliburton II, slip op., at 21-22. In other words, a merits question that is indisputedly common to the class should not be considered prior to class certification, but a merits question that also bears on whether the issues to be resolved at trial are truly common or individualized in the first place must be considered as part of the class certification decision.
Quel Horreur! La France a Adopté une Loi d'Action du Groupe?
Posted in Class Action News, class action reform, International Class Action Law, tagged action du groupe, class action, class action reform, collective action, français, france, french, french class action, french collective action, loi on May 8, 2014| Leave a Comment »
After years of debate, France has finally passed its first "class action" law. Act No. 2014-344 of 17 March 2014 (relatif à la Consommation) went into effect on March 18. Chapter One of the new law introduces a new collective action procedure to adjudicate claims arising out of anti-competitive behavior and certain other consumer protection claims. Like the group action laws of many other civil law countries in Europe, the new procedure is very different from consumer class actions as they are known in the United States and other common law countries. The law creates a simplified opt-in collective action procedure that can only be enforced by an approved consumer association, not by individual litigants. However, it is a significant development for a jurisdiction that has long resisted implementing collective action procedures of any kind.
Here is a link to the google translation of the Act in English.
Thanks to friend of ClassActionBlawg Larissa Clare Pochmann da Silva for tipping us off to this new development.
For a more detailed summary of the various aspects of the new law, see this Lexology article authored by Jérôme Philippe, Maria Trabucchi, Stephane Benouville, Dimitri Lecat and Alexandra Szekely of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.
U.S. Supreme Court to Address CAFA Removal Pleading Standard
Posted in CAFA Requirements, Class Action Decisions, Class Action News, Supreme Court Decisions, tagged au optronics, CAFA, CAFA removal, class action, Class Action Fairness Act, dart cherokee, diversity, federal jurisdiction, iqbal, knowles, owens, parens patriae, pleading standard, removal, scotus, standard fire, standard of review, Supreme Court, twombly on April 7, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Earlier today, the Supreme Court granted cert in Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Company, LLC v. Owens, No. 13-719, in which it will take up the contours of the standard for providing factual support in a notice of removal under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA). Specifically, the issue presented is as follows:
Whether a defendant seeking removal to federal court is required to include evidence supporting federal jurisdiction in the notice of removal, or is alleging the required "short and plain statement of the grounds for removal" enough?
This is the third CAFA removal case that the Court has accepted in as many years. During the October 2012 term, the Court decided Standard Fire Ins. Co. v Knowles, 133 S. Ct. 1345 (2013), in which it held that a class representative may not avoid CAFA jurisdiction by stipulating to a recovery of damages of less than $5,000,000 on behalf of members of the proposed class. Earlier in the current term, the Court decided Mississippi ex rel. Jim Hood v. AU Optronics Corp., Case No. 12-1036 (U.S. Jan. 14, 2014), holding that a parens patriae action brought by a state attorney general on behalf of Mississippi residents was not a "mass action" subject to CAFA.


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Here are the latest posts about Sandra Bullock on Shoppers Shop:
Sandra Bullock Wears The Row Coat on Glamour November 2015 Cover
Sandra Bullock looks fabulous in a coat by The Row on the November 2015 cover of Glamour magazine. (2015-10-06)
Sandra Bullock Walks Red Carpet at 2014 Oscars
Sandra Bullock walks the red carpet at the 2014 Oscars in an Alexandra McQueen gown with a fitted bodice. (2014-03-03)
Report: Sandra Bullock to Make At Least $70 Million From Gravity
The Hollywood Report says Sandra Bullock is set to make at least $70 million from Gravity. (2014-02-27)
Sandra Bullock Walks Red Carpet at 2014 SAG Awards
Sandra Bullock walked the red carpet the the 2014 SAG Awards in a green Lanvin gown. (2014-01-21)
Sandra Bullock Walks Red Carpet at 2014 Golden Globes
Sandra Bullock waled the red carpet in a Prabal Gurung gown at the 2014 Golden Globe Awards. (2014-01-13)
Sandra Bullock Raps to The Sugarhill Gang's Rapper's Delight
Sandra Bullock raps to the Sugarhill Gang's Rapper's Delight on the Jonathan Ross show (2013-10-14)
Sandra Bullock Talks Gravity on The Tonight Show
Actress Sandra Bullock was a guest on The Tonight Show. She talked about Gravity, George Clooney, Louis and her new Vogue magazine cover. (2013-09-29)
Sandra Bullock Covers October 2013 Issue of Vogue
Sandra Bullock covers the October 2013 issue of Vogue magazine. She talks Jesse James and Louis in the interview. (2013-09-17)
Sandra Bullock Walks the Red Carpet at the London Premiere of The Heat
At the London premiere Sandra Bullock and director Paul Feig discuss their buddy cop movie, The Heat, which also stars Melissa McCarthy. (2013-06-14)
Teaser Trailer for Gravity Starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney
In the first teaser trailer for Gravity Sandra Bullock and George Clooney play astronauts stranded on a failing space station after the space shuttle explodes. (2013-05-09)
Sandra Bullock and Neil Patrick Harris Slimed at 2013 Kids' Choice Awards
Neil Patrick Harris and Sandra Bullock were slimed at the 2013 Kids' Choice Awards. (2013-03-24)
Sandra Bullock Walks Red Carpet at 2013 Oscars in Elie Saab Gown
Oscar winner Sandra Bullock was a presenter at the 2013 Academy Awards. She walked the red carpet in an Elie Saab gown. (2013-02-26)
Kristen Stewart Tops Forbes' List of Highest Paid Actresses
Kristen Stewart has topped a Forbes' list of the highest paid actresses. (2012-06-20)
Sandra Bullock Wears Marchesa to 2012 Oscars
2010 Best Actress winner Sandra Bullock wore a black and white gown by Marchesa. (2012-02-26)
Sandra Bullock Talks to Jay Leno About Baby Louis
Sandra Bullock talked to Jay Leno about her adopted baby Louis. (2011-12-20)
Video: Sandra Bullock Attends Premiere of The Change-Up to Support Ryan Reynolds
Sandra Bullock made a surprise appearance at the premiere of The Change-Up to support her good friend Ryan Reynolds. (2011-08-03)
Jesse James Talks Life Since Sandra Bullock
Jesse James cheated on America's sweetheart, Sandra Bullock, last year. (2011-05-08)
Sandra Bullock Donates $1 Million to Help Japanese Tsunami, Earthquake Victims
The American Red Cross announced today that Sandra Bullock donated $1 million to aid Japanese victims of the earthquake and tsunami. (2011-03-17)
Sandra Bullock Walks 2011 Oscars Red Carpet in Red Vera Wang Gown
Sandra Bullock looked fabulous at the 2011 Oscars. She wore a red Vera Wang gown. (2011-02-27)
Sandra Bullock Wears Jenny Packham Gown to 2011 Golden Globes
Sandra Bullock debuted a new hairdo at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards. (2011-01-17)

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Another two application get the round up treatment, but are they any good?
Bounce! Free : 62%
This is a nice application for exploring the Dribbble website images. Making it simple to find some great artwork and images. Tap on an image to get a slightly bigger image and you will be able to see the comments the image and the number of views, likes and rebounds. This is a free version of a paid application, however, the developer has not made it clear the added benefits of the paid version. To be honest the Dribbble website is fairly good to navigate on the Touchpad, so this application does not add much to the experience. However, if you prefer using applications and Dribbble, then this is well worth a look.
InverseKinematics : 58%
This application that allows you to control a puppet with your fingers. It reminded me a lot of Turkey Puppet, another Touchpad app. It is tough to control as all your fingers need to be on screen at once. It took me several minutes to get enough practice to do any real movement that I wanted. I am sure that allowing you to use the limbs and body manually by dragging the part of the body would have been easier and more fun, especially as the abdomen of the character is set in place. You will also find yourself turning down the music fairly rapidly.


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In one way it does feel like seven years but in another way it doesn't. In that time I've posted 5,280 posts, created 182 pages, and replied to 9,782 comments. Over that time, the blog's had 473,146 visits so hopefully we'll hit the half a million mark this year. I currently tend to post the writing prompts and reblog others' posts but I do plan to be more creative and post new content. I'm not sure what yet but it'll certainly be useful to anyone interested in writing, so watch this space…
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Author Spotlight no.415 – Miriam A Averna
Complementing my interviews, today's Author Spotlight, the four hundred and fifteenth, is of Miriam A Averna. If you would like to take part in an author spotlight, take a look at author-spotlights.
Miriam A. Averna writes horror, dark, mystery, twisted or just plain weird stories. She lives in Milton Keynes with her two cats and partner, but is originally from the South of England and was born in sunny Sicily. She enjoys writing flash fiction, short stories and has just completed her medical mystery novel- No Cure for Fear.
She began writing when she was a kid and is an avid reader of fiction. Her stories have featured in a number of publications.
Her horror story Run, Scream, Eat, REPEAT featured in the first ever edition of Canadian magazine Devolution Z in August 2015 http://www.devolutionz.com/previous-issues.html.
Another horror story, End Trails, is available for free download on www.pennyshorts.com. It tells of a girl who is persuaded to run a 5k zombie race by her friend… but is it all it seems? Click here to read that story.
In the Autumn issue of Kishboo e-magazine, she won the runner-up prize for her short quirky story I didn't like those shoes anyway. Ever wondered how shoes end up on the side of roads? Then read this story to find out!
She is also Assistant Editor for Horror Scribes which publishes flash fiction stories and regularly hosts competitions, their most recent one was based on Dante's Inferno. https://horrorscribes.wordpress.com/fright-cards
When not writing she is mostly eating, thinking about eating or cataloguing ales and craft beers in her head.
And now from the author herself:
Author Spotlight no.414 – Yani
Complementing my interviews, today's Author Spotlight, the four hundred and fourteenth, is of Yani. If you would like to take part in an author spotlight, take a look at author-spotlights.
Yani is an Amazon Best Selling Author of five 5-star novels hailing from the North Philly and Germantown sections of Philadelphia.
She's been in the top 20 of African American Fiction-Urban Life for her A Thug's Redemption series and debuted at number 12 in Romance and Erotica for Obsessive Intimacies.
Yani has a unique way of bringing stories to life, giving her readers the feeling that they are watching a movie with every page that is turned.
Her characters are real, raw and easy to relate to while her story lines are original, and having the ability to evoke emotions in the readers from start to finish.
She has been featured in Yo! Raps magazine for 'A Thug's Redemption' and was also a featured author at the 2013 Houston Black Book festival.
Yani first got her start writing for her school paper at University City. Her popular poems granted her an invitation to the Tri-State area's number 1 Hip-Hop and R&B radio station, where she recited one of her most memorable pieces, "Why Tyrone Can't Read".
She then moved on to performing at various open mic nights in Philadelphia before landing a publishing deal with Publish America.
With the desire to self-publish and develop her own production company, Yani bought back the rights to A Thug's Redemption and re-released it under her own publishing company "Anitbeet Productions".
She then followed up with two sequels and penned her first erotic novel in 2014.
She is currently in the process of turning A Thug's Redemption into an independent film and working on her sixth novel which will be released summer of 2016.
To learn more about this remarkable author and her incredible body of work, visit www.theauthoryani.com.
And now from the author herself:
Jim Webster's cunning (marketing) plan
Every writer has a problem. It's not writing books or even publishing books. It's getting the books seen. I have thought about this a lot. Some people crave 'reviews' on Amazon. They're nice, I'm always grateful if people leave a review. But to see the review the potential purchaser has to find the Amazon page. How do you get people talking about you and get them to look at the page in the first place?
Frankly I don't know. So I decided to try something. One day, when thinking about it, it struck me that my genres of choice, Sci-Fi and Fantasy, are the ones which exploded in the days of pulp fiction. Published in magazines so cheap the paper never even had its edges trimmed. Sold for pennies in the midst of the Great Depression, they were here today and gone tomorrow. A lot of what they published was rubbish, a lot they never paid for, but out of that system emerged some of the greats.
I've also noticed that when I release a new book, I often get a boost in the sales of other books. So the more releases, the more boosts? So rather than just releasing something every year, how about releasing something more often, but on a regular schedule so that people are waiting for the next one? That too harkened back to the magazine model. It also set a size limit on the 'book' because there is a limit to how much I could write in that period.
Another way I'd go back to the 'pulp model' was to keep the price low. In Sterling terms I wanted to hit that 99p price tag. Again this limited the size of the book I was willing to sell for 99p.
Now I had my idea, but how to develop it? One successful model from the past was the serial. Each episode ended with a cliff-hanger. The cinema used that for many years with children's cinema clubs. Yet reading discussions on Goodreads and elsewhere I don't think that is a model that works now. I've known people give 1 star reviews to books, purely because they end in a cliff-hanger and you have to buy the next book to find out what happens next. I suspect that in the world of the boxed set where you no longer need to wait for next weeks exciting episode, the day of that sort of serial has passed.
I also felt the more conventional series wasn't for me. Listen to the comments made about Game of Thrones where the author is chastised for not extracting the digit and getting the work finished. Again I've come across a lot of people saying that they'll never buy a book in a series until the entire series is published. They don't want to commit to reading a series that might never end.
So I looked backwards once more and borrowed the model used in the Sherlock Holmes stories. These stories were written and published in a certain order, but you as a reader can read them in any order without losing anything.
So there was the plan. Now for the execution, I had to write them. Eventually I wrote six stories. I had them edited and proofread and they were all ready to go. Next I made arrangements for them to be released at four monthly intervals. That was the next two years organised. I'll fit in the releases of anything else I write around them and hopefully this will build interest and even better sales.
Oh, and the stories themselves? Each is a 'detective' investigation set in the city of Port Naain. Yes there are fantasy elements but the stories do not need magic to prop up the plot.
So far so good, but then the project grew beyond my control. The first story in this project has been published. 'Flotsam or Jetsam', it is available from Amazon (the second of the stories will be out on the 1st December). But one of the characters in the book, Tallis Steelyard, is a poet. Being a poet he is prone to dropping lines of verse into his conversation. My editor, Mike Rose-Steel, is also a poet and emailed me asking if he could borrow Tallis and proceeded to write ten poems.
I then had one character write the background to these poems, and Mike had another character write a literary criticism of the work. We looked at it and published it as Lambent Dreams.
Well, once you've got a published poet, he needs a blog. So Tallis Steelyard now writes a blog at https://tallissteelyard.wordpress.com. There's even a Facebook page!
So will the project work? I don't know. I've tried to provide it with depth, enough room for people to 'lose themselves' in it and still want to spread out to trying my other books. These you can find on my Amazon page.
If that's not enough Tallis has even produced more of his poetry…
The bottles sprawl unheeded
The discarded valiant dead
Their sacrifice accepted
Sobriety has fled
The truth it surfaced briefly
But shrugged and went to bed.
Will you walk again beside me?
Will you tread the path I tread?
The wine it made me wordy
The truth when poured was red
I didn't mean to speak them
But I meant the words I said.
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Author Spotlight no.413 – cross-genre author Robert Eggleton
Complementing my interviews, today's Author Spotlight, the four hundred and thirteenth, is of cross-genre author Robert Eggleton. If you would like to take part in an author spotlight, take a look at author-spotlights.
Robert Eggleton was born into an impoverished family in 1951, the oldest of four children. He grew up in low income neighborhoods surrounding Charleston, West Virginian, U.S. His alcoholic and occasionally abusive father suffered from PTSD, called "shell shock" back then – night terrors caused by WWII traumas – and had difficulty holding onto a job. Robert's mother did the best she could, but Robert had to begin working himself as a child to feed his family. He started paying into America's Social Security fund at age 12, dreamed of a brighter future, and has worked at various jobs for the next fifty-two years.
In the eighth grade, Robert won the school's short story contest. The award made his dreams concrete – A Writer. As it often does, life got in the way of his dream. The Vietnam War motivated him to go to college to avoid the draft. As covered by local press, Robert organized antiwar protests while attending college. Except for a poem published in the state's student anthology and another poem published in a local alternative newspaper, his creative juices were spent writing handouts for antiwar activities and on class assignments. He graduated in 1973 with a degree in social work and with no student loan debt.
Robert worked in the field of adolescent substance abuse treatment as he attended graduate school at West Virginia University. His dream, creative writing, continued to be "on hold." After earning an MSW in 1977, he focused on children's advocacy. He helped establish a shelter for runaways, a community-based residential program for high risk youth as an alternative to putting kids in huge institutions, and a state-wide network of family-like emergency children's shelters. His heartfelt need to write fiction was dissipated somewhat by the publication of nationally distributed social service models, grants, and research on children's issues.
Robert's dream of becoming a creative writer continued to take a back seat to nonfiction when he accepted a job as a juvenile investigator for the West Virginia Supreme Court. He worked in this role from 1984 until mid 1997. During this period he was the primary author of dozens or investigative reports on children's institutions, and statistical reports on child abuse and delinquency published by the Court, and now archived by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History.
After running a small nonprofit agency that served people with developmental disabilities, Robert went back home to direct services. He accepted a position as a Therapist in an intensive outpatient children's mental health program. Most of the kids, like Robert, had been traumatized, some having experienced extreme sexual abuse. One day at work in 2006 it all clicked together and the Lacy Dawn Adventures project was born – an empowered female protagonist beating the evil forces that victimize and exploit others to get anything and everything that they want.
Robert soon found out that it takes much more than good creative writing to become an author. It wasn't like in the 8th grade when his hand-printed story had won the school's contest. He was naive about the protocols within the marketplace. Technology was in a period of rapid advancement with publishers presenting a mixture of electronic and traditional submission guidelines and publication formats. Robert was lost. A day after he registered for his first ever science fiction forum experience, he was banned for life due to what the moderator said was self-promotion of his debut novel.
The next day at work, Robert reassessed his life-long dream of becoming a creative writer. During a group therapy session, he looked into the kids' faces as they disclosed the horrors that they had experienced. It fueled his determination to make his own dream come true and he dedicated half of any author proceeds to a child abuse prevention program.
Subsequently, three short Lacy Dawn Adventures were published in magazines. Robert then found a publisher for his debut novel, Rarity from the Hollow – a traditional, small press located in Leeds. Since the publisher was willing to bear all upfront costs, Robert signed the contract and Rarity from the Hollow was released in 2012 as a paperback and an eBook by Dog Horn Publishing.
Robert then learned that release of his novel was the beginning of a long journey called marketing. His novel has received glowing reviews, most notably by long-time book critic Barry Hunter and by the Missouri Review, award winning authors Darrell Bain, and Piers Anthony, and others, Robert's writing was compared to that of Vonnegut by the editor of the Electric Review, A Universe on the Edge. A retired editor of Reader's Digest published that Rarity from the Hollow was the best science fiction that he had read in several years.
Four months ago, Robert retired from this job as a children's psychotherapist for the local mental health center so that he could concentrate on writing and promoting Rarity from the Hollow. He is holding off on the release of the next Lacy Dawn Adventure, Ivy, until he achieves greater name recognition. Shorter works are pending consideration – two poems and a short story have been submitted to magazines. Another very short story has been entered into a contest. Robert is finally pursuing his life-long dream of becoming a full-time creative writer, but he may need to get at least a part-time job in order to pay his bills in the meantime.
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It is actually calculated that anywhere from 70 to 85 of consumers are experiencing some degree of back discomfort at some point in their daily life. Back pain can be a result of health concerns, personal injuries, or perhaps poor posture. This selection of tips and tricks will enable you to more efficiently control your lower back pain. To aid stop or alleviate back pain, consider walking daily. Reports have revealed that walking aids reduce lower back pain, whereas doing certain exercises supposed to alleviate lower back pain may actually make your ache more serious.
Even though your rear may injured, it is very important go walking briskly for 3 time a week to acquire comfort. Use your thighs when you lift up something. You have to have a strong bottom together with your thighs and your body needs to get even. Retain the item you might be raising up near you while you raise from the hip and legs. This helps stop any back trauma that may happen. As a way to minimize lower back pain lead to by hurt or strained muscle tissues, utilize ice cubes to the harmed region.
Even though heat can experience better on the epidermis, it can do nothing to minimize the soreness, which happens to be what is causing the rear soreness. Ice-cubes, nevertheless, can help minimize the swelling and soreness. Reducing the soreness alleviates back pain. You should hear your body and never overdo it when you find yourself encountering back problems. Should your back again previously hurts so you pressure you to ultimately take steps you most likely should never do, you will only make it even worse.
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The OP5 Monitor backend is called Merlin (Module for Effortless Redundancy and Load balancing In Nagios). It was initially created to provide an easy way to set up distributed Nagios installations, allowing Nagios processes to exchange information directly as an alternative to the standard Nagios way using NSCA.
When we started making our own GUI for OP5 Monitor, called Ninja, we realized that we could continue the work on Merlin and adopt the project to function as backend for the new GUI by adding support for storing the status information in a database, fault tolerance and some other things.


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Our Keto Cinnamon Crunch Cereal doesn't go soggy as it's toasted and the fat repels moisture and it's very easy to make. If you miss breakfast cereal, this recipe is the perfect alternative for you, full of healthy ingredients.
We know what it's like to have to drop breakfast cereal. So we spent hours upon hours on testing different recipes to come up with this healthy low-carb cereal that will fit into your keto diet.
Don't miss out: We have lots more keto-friendly cereal alternatives for everyone at the bottom of the page. Once you've made your keto cereal in advance, it's one easy breakfast, because you don't need to get up earlier to cook it.
This keto breakfast recipe is quick and easy and can ease you into your new way of eating. If you're wondering, what are the lowest carb cereals around for your diet is, this keto cereal has to be it!
This keto cereal recipe makes 12 serves. 1 serving is 1/2 cup and has 2g net carbs.
It is best to store it in an airtight container on the counter in cooler climates or in the fridge in warmer climates. If the coconut oil is melting off the nuts and seeds and pooling in the base of your container. Mix it well and store it back in the fridge.
Want to know where we got the bowl and cow pourer. You can get the Cow Bowl here on Amazon and the Cow Pourer here.
Keto Cinnamon Crunch Cereal Ingredients
- 1 cup of Unsweetened Shredded Coconut
- 1 cup of Unsweetened Coconut Flakes
- ½ cup of Flaked Almonds
- ½ cup of Flaxseeds
- 1/3 cup of Pepitas
- 1/3 cup of Chia Seeds
- 1/3 cup of Sunflower Seeds
- 1 tablespoon of Cinnamon, ground
- 1/3 cup of Erythritol
- 1/3 cup of Coconut Oil, melted
- 1 teaspoon of Vanilla Extract
How to Make Keto Cereal
- Preheat oven to 150C/300F.
- In a bowl mix together all ingredients until very well combined.
- Spread evenly over a lined cookie sheet.
- Bake for 25-35 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes to prevent burning. Remove from the oven when the ingredients are golden brown and toasted.
- Allow the cereal to cool completely before storing in an airtight container.
Keto Cinnamon Crunch Breakfast Cereal
- 1 cup Unsweetened Coconut shredded
- 1 cup Unsweetened Shaved Coconut
- 1/2 cup Almonds flaked
- 1/2 cup Flaxseeds
- 1/3 cup Pepitas
- 1/3 cup Chia Seeds
- 1/3 cup Sunflower Seeds
- 1 tablespoon Cinnamon ground
- 1/3 cup Erythritol
- 1/3 cup Coconut Oil melted
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence
- Preheat oven to 150C/300F.
- In a bowl mix together all ingredients until very well combined.
- Spread evenly over a lined cookie sheet.
- Bake for 25-35 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes to prevent burning. Remove from the oven when the ingredients are golden brown and toasted.
- Allow to cool completely before storing in an airtight container.
Is Breakfast Cereal Keto Friendly?
Most breakfast cereals on the supermarket shelf are very high in carbohydrate so they are not Keto friendly.
However, our Keto cereal has only 2g net carbs per serve, 26 grams of fat and 6 grams of protein. Though we urge you to calculate your own nutrition according to the labels on the products that you use.
What other Keto cereal alternatives are there?
Best Keto Cereal Alternatives
- Keto Bread. The most delicious for low-carb "toast".
- Keto Ham & Cheese Omelet. For egg lovers.
- Keto Matcha Powder Pudding. For those who really love a tasty "fat burner".
- Low Carb Frosties. Our "special" keto version of the classic.
- Keto "faux" Granola Bar. No cereal just healthy nuts and seeds.
- Cheddar Cheese and Zucchini Keto Muffins. Bake them and love them.
- Keto Frittata. A mega breakfast in a pan.
- Keto Chai Chia Pudding. Loaded with healthy goodness.
To make this Keto Cereal recipe in a larger batch, simply adjust the serving amounts above.


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It's no exaggeration to say that there's no other hotel on the planet quite like Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi. Better still, this venue's slick, structural form will place you, quite literally, between the famous Yas Marina Circuit, host to the annual Formula 1 Grand Prix, and the glistening Yas Marina. If it sounds exciting, it is. Get past the hotel's ultra-modern exterior – its LED grid shell changes colour and can be seen for miles around the island – and you'll find an equally futuristic feel pervades throughout.
Of its 499 immaculate rooms, the Presidential Suite is the pièce de résistance – overlooking the famous racetrack, it's home to seriously luxe features, from an elevator and private spa treatment room to its very own lap pool – which appears from behind a wall at the touch of a remote control. But you needn't spend all your time track-side; the hotel is home to no less than 12 stellar eateries, serving up chances to savour everything from fresh sushi and sashimi at KAZU to authentic Med and Arabic fare in the scarlethued Atayeb. Make the most of the hotel's location with a trip to the nearby beach; a shopping trip in the capital's world-class malls or a turn in treasure-filled souks. And for those who seek retreat from all that Yas Island excitement, make straight for ESPA at Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi and bask in its sublime treatment rooms and soothing relaxation lounge.


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Seventeen Years' Worth of Accomplishments at Fletcher Jones Imports
Have you ever felt that deep satisfaction of knowing you've accomplished something BIG? The feeling that gets your engine revving?
Perhaps it was finally being able to take home the Mercedes-Benz you've had your eye on for quite some time, or maybe it was getting a promotion at work. For Mel, every day is an accomplishment, and it all began 17 years ago.
Meet Fletcher Jones Import's veteran and Sales Consultant, Melvyn "Mel" Myers.
Mel has witnessed it all; from his daily interactions with his clients to the ongoing growth of Fletcher Jones Imports.
It's the everyday people who step onto our dealership seeking a luxury vehicle like, a Mercedes-Benz, and the gratifying feeling of helping them take it home that Mel finds as his greatest accomplishment. Better yet? Finding a Mercedes-Benz at a price that works for you is what we aim to do. Check out our current offers taking place now.
Mel has proudly shared many years of Mercedes-Benz knowledge to his clients and will continue to do so for many more miles to come. Stop by Fletcher Jones Imports today and congratulate Mel on his 17-year anniversary!


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Wedgwood Royal Mint Coins
With a shared reputation built upon centuries of British craftsmanship and innovation, Wedgwood has collaborated with The Royal Mint for the first time to create a Wedgwood coin collection.
Together with The Royal Mint, we have crafted a selection of coins that commemorate Wedgwood's 260th anniversary, marking an incredible point in British history with two iconic brands collaborating to create an opportunity to own a piece of British design history that can be passed down for generations to come. Crafted with care and centuries of minting excellence, each coin features the intricately designed iconic Portland Vase. Considered one of Josiah Wedgwood's highest achievements, the Portland Vase was first created in 1789 in Jasperware, a proprietary ceramic material for which Wedgwood is world renowned.
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Is Schleswig-Holstein a Germanic term for 'New Jersey?' Both S-H and NJ are facing a jam-packed January at the intersection of gambling and the law. On Jan. 20, New Jersey is supposed to (a) get a new date for oral arguments on the constitutionality of the PASPA sports betting prohibition and (b) learn whether the federal government intends to inject itself into the court case. Gov. Chris Christie may also sign the state's online gambling legislation in January rather than leave it until the Feb. 3 deadline.
In Germany, S-H legislators are scheduled to vote on repealing the previous administration's Gambling Act on Jan. 7, which would pave the way for S-H to join the other German states in signing on to the sportsbetting-only German Interstate Treaty – the legality of which is to be determined by the Federal Court on Jan. 24. But all of the above was dramatically complicated the week before Christmas, when S-H gaming regulators issued online poker and casino licenses to 12 companies including PokerStars, Bwin.party, Bet365 and Ladbrokes.
The operators were obviously ecstatic over the early Christmas present, with PokerStars' head of business development Guy Templar saying S-H had "demonstrated its understanding of German players' needs and the prevailing market reality." But Mybet CEO Mathias Dahms went a little overboard with his enthusiasm, telling local media outlet Kieler Nachrichten it was his company's understanding "that we can use the license immediately for all of Germany." That prompted a swift rebuke from S-H's Ministry of the Interior, which sent Dahms a strongly worded letter clarifying that the license only allowed operators to service players "resident or ordinarily resident" in S-H, and any attempt to offer services to the rest of Germany could result in the license being revoked.
Shortly before these licenses were issued, S-H Prime Minister Torsten Albig told Deutsche Presse-Agentur that he was powerless to intervene. "I would prefer the old law not to apply, but I have to do it because it's there. I cannot just not apply the law because it does not suit me." Interior Minister Andreas Breitner stated that the 12 operators had met the licensing requirements and therefore issuing the licenses "was not subject to discretion," but Breitner also said S-H would proceed with its plan to sign on to the federal treaty.
The competing treaties of S-H and the federal government had already drawn the ire of the European Commission, but the issuing of the licenses has created a legal incoherence within Germany that DLA Piper analysts believe "can't be made compatible." Munich attorney Frieder Backu told GamblingCompliance the "probability that the S-H system can survive now has increased substantially." There are currently 18 more online casino and poker applications sitting on S-H regulators desks awaiting approval.


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Visiting Burj Khalifa is one of the most beautiful experiences i've ever had. That feeling of being on top is so amazing!
Aside from holding the world record for being the tallest building in the world the Burj Khalifa holds six other world records. The Burj Khalifa is also the tallest freestanding structure in the world, has the highest number of storeys in the world, has the highest occupied floor in the world, has the highest outdoor observation deck in the world, has the elevator with the longest travel distance in the world, and has the tallest service elevator in the world. So… more about it you can find on Wikipedia.
The only thing I can tell you more is that if you are in Dubai, visit Burj Khalifa and go #tothetop,even is not cheap is worth every euro!
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You and your family are warmly invited to visit any of our Regents Garden locations. We would be delighted to arrange a tour of the residences, an introduction to our philosophy and services as well as provide an opportunity for you to discuss your needs personally with us.
We offer a range of accommodation options for standard, pensioner or extra services residents.
You will be pleasantly surprised that the choice to make our world-class residences your home costs much less than you may have thought.
Please arrange your appointment to visit Regents Garden now, you are invited!
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Waiting lists for a place at Regents Garden frequently occur, but may we still encourage you to please contact us.
We will make every endeavour to accommodate your needs.
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46 works of contemporary artists
Auction benefiting the Giardino dei Semplici
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Works visible from 10am
Auction 8pm
Auctioneer: Pietro Gaglianò – Art Critic
Todo Modo Library – Cafe – Theater
Via dei Fossi 15 / R, Florence
We can hardly keep up with Pietro Gaglianò, art critic, curator, and SACI instructor. It seems that at any given month, he is involved in several projects at once. For this event, he is the Auctioneer of over 40 artworks available for a charity auction to benefit the revival and restoration of the Giardino dei Semplici, an important botanical garden (begun in 1545 by Cosimo de'Medici) in Florence that has severely suffered damaged in a recent storm last September. Don't miss this chance to acquire artwork from local artists, including some that have shown their work in the SACI Gallery, while benefiting one of the oldest botanical gardens in the world.
Jacopo Addini (Eddie Spanier) ⁄ Fabrizio Ajello ⁄ Stefania Balestri ⁄ Pamela Barberi ⁄ Chiara Bettazzi ⁄ Marina Bolmini ⁄ Luke Cannavicchio / Christiana Caro ⁄ Valentino Carras ⁄ Sara Caselli ⁄ Loris Cecchini ⁄ Marco Crivellin / Gaetano Cunsolo / John de Gara / Alessio De Girolamo / Simone Donati / Elena El Asmar / Orietta Phineus / Serena Fineschi / Cosimo Frezzolini / Giuliani / Schwarzkopf / Federica Gonnelli / Francesco Gnot / Zoe Gruni / Meri Iacchi / Andrea Lunardi / Giovanna Maliconi / Constance Mansueti / Taylor Means / Claudio Maccari / Roberto Magnolfi / Marco Mazzoni / Andrea Mizzau / Massimo Nannucci / Elisa Nesi / Francesca Pagni / Catherine Pecchioli / Pantani / Surace / Giulia Piermartiri / James Sallizoni / Eva Sauer / Kathleen Scully / Alessandro Secci / Stefano Tondo / David Andre Weiss / Virginia Zanetti
In a collaboration with the Xenos Contemporary Art Gallery in Florence, the contemporary Florentine art scene, and more generally, from around Tuscany, artists responded with great enthusiasm and civil duty for this initiative to save a historical, artistic, and scientific place that remains important to the city. The works of 46 artists will be set up and visible from 10am on December 13th at the Todo Modo, in Via dei Fossi 15 / R in Florence, who is hosting the event.
The auction will begin at 8pm that evening, in alphabetical order of the artists. A digital catalog of the works, with information about the artists and indicated the price of starting price of each work is available.
For more information or to submit a proposal for the purchase will make up at midnight on December 12th by sending an email with their personal details and offer to: email@example.com – Vaia Balekis – dir. Xenos Contemporary Art
You can also donate any amount making a bank transfer to IBAN: IT88A0200802837000041126939 with the description "Per Orto Botanico."
In 470 years the garden has never experienced an event so catastrophic: many trees fell or were damaged, as well as damage to historical collections and the structures of the Garden (glass greenhouses in pieces, smashed roofs, doors torn off, etc.). To date, only the damage to the heritage trees amounts to nearly a million euro.
Peter Gaglianò, 1975, art critic and curator, has thorough knowledge of visual contemporary culture and art in all its aspects, tending towards the analysis of individual freedom, the aesthetics of power, and the capacity of subversive critical thinking and artistic work. His main fields of research are theoretical systems of performance art in relation to the aesthetic visual art and theatrical research; the urban context, architectural and social scene as the contemporary artistic experiences; and the application of art focusing on emergency geopolitical issues.
Xenos Contemporary Art is dedicated to promoting national and international artists, providing artistic exchanges and residences for artists and curators, transversal social and anthropological activities, promoting and developing networked projects with cooperation at various levels between cultural groups of national and international stature.
Xenos Contemporary Art
Viale Francesco Petrarca 60 / R, Florence
T. +39 055 9759799 Mob. +39 333 654125
Todo Modo, in Via dei Fossi 15 red, is an independent library, theater, and coffee house, with over 180 square meters of space with a selection of about 15,000 titles.
Via dei Fossi 15 / R, Florence
The Botanical Garden, which began as a garden of medicinal plants in 1545, is among the oldest of its kind the world. It is spread over an area of two hectares, indoors and outdoors. In hot and cold greenhouses built in the nineteenth century — the largest in Italy — the tropical and subtropical plants are kept, including the collection of Cycads, Ficus, Palm, an ancient collection of citrus plants and succulents, as well as a rich collection of traditional ethnobotanical plants. Outdoors, a vast collection of edible plants is particularly important for educational purposes. In addition, the Italian garden includes a very rich collection of old and modern roses, aquatic plants, flower beds of medicinal and poisonous plants, with particular reference to the Tuscan territory, a zen garden, and two acclimatization beds for exotic palms. Also, three display cases with a small educational collection include carnivorous plants, plus a cork tree, gymnosperms, old monumental trees, an evocative collection of ferns, and living fossils. All of these important species are not in danger or surviving.


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Ocean Pines Public Works will not operate its leaf vacuum truck today, Monday, Dec. 9 due to inclement weather. The truck was scheduled to start at the corner of Nottingham Lane and Poplar Trail.
The vacuum truck will continue collection through the community, and news updates as to the truck's location will be posted on OceanPines.org. Residents are reminded that only ditch leaves will be vacuumed. Yard leaves should either be placed in bags for collection or brought to the Public Works Yard. Residents should refrain from blowing leaves directly into the ditches, as this can lead to clogging of pipes as well as difficulty in water flow.
Public Works will collect yard leaves and other yard debris through Dec. 20, on opposite days from Republic Services collection days. The department will only pick up leaves placed in paper bags that residents place curbside. Thirty-gallon paper bags are available at Public Works in bundles of five for $10.
Republic Services will pick up paper and plastic bags out on scheduled pick-up days, with a limit of four bags of leaves per scheduled pick up. Republic Services will also accept branches tied in bundles no longer than four feet.
Additionally, Ocean Pines residents may bring leaves and yard debris in bulk or paper bags to the Public Works yard at 1 Firehouse Lane, near the south Fire Department. The yard will be open through Dec. 20, Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 3 p.m., and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For more information, contact Public Works at 410-641-7425.


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27-1-714. Limits on liability for emergency care rendered at scene of accident or emergency.
(1) Any person licensed as a physician and surgeon under the laws of the state of Montana, any volunteer firefighter or officer of any nonprofit volunteer fire company, or any other person who in good faith renders emergency care or assistance without compensation except as provided in subsection (2) at the scene of an emergency or accident is not liable for any civil damages for acts or omissions other than damages occasioned by gross negligence or by willful or wanton acts or omissions by the person in rendering the emergency care or assistance.
(2) Subsection (1) includes a person properly trained under the laws of this state who operates an ambulance to and from the scene of an emergency or renders emergency medical treatment on a volunteer basis so long as the total reimbursement received for the volunteer services does not exceed 25% of the person's gross annual income or $3,000 a calendar year, whichever is greater.
(3) If a nonprofit subscription fire company refuses to fight a fire on nonsubscriber property, the refusal does not constitute gross negligence or a willful or wanton act or omission.
Automatic External Defibrillator:
House Bill 126 (1999)
In order for an entity to use or allow the use of an automated external defibrillator, the entity shall:
- Establish a program for the use of an AED that includes a written plan and rules adopted by the department. The plan must specify:
- Where the AED will be placed;
- The individuals who are authorized to operate the AED;
- How AED use will be coordinated with an emergency medical service providing services in the area where the AED is located;
- The medical supervision that will be provided;
- The maintenance that will be performed on the AED;
- Records that will be kept by the program;
- Reports that will be made of AED use;
- The name, location, and telephone number of a physician, or other individual designated by the physician, designated to provide medical supervision of the AED program; and
- Other matters as specified by the department
- Ensure that before using the AED, an individual authorized to operate the AED receives appropriate training approved by the department in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the proper use of an AED.
- Maintain, test, and operate the AED according to the manufacturer's guidelines and maintain written records of all maintenance and testing performed on the AED.
- Each time an AED is used for an individual in cardiac arrest, require that an emergency medical service is summoned to provide assistance as soon as possible and that the AED use is reported to the supervising physician or the person designated by the physician and to the department as required by the written plan;
- Before allowing any use of an AED, provide the following to all licensed emergency medical services and any public safety answering point or emergency dispatch center providing services to the area where the AED is located:
- A copy of the plan prepared pursuant to this section; and
- Written notice, in a format prescribed by department rules, stating that an AED program is established by the entity, where the AED is located, and how the use of the AED is to be coordinated with the local emergency medical service system.
An individual who provides emergency care or treatment by using an AED in compliance with [sections 2 through 7] and an individual providing CPR to an individual upon whom an AED is or may be used are immune from civil liability for a personal injury that results from that care or treatment or from civil liability as a result of any act or failure to act in providing or arranging further medical treatment for the individual upon whom the AED was used unless the individual using the AED or the person providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, as applicable, acts with gross negligence or with willful or with wanton disregard for the care of the person upon whom the AED is or may be used.
The following individuals or entities are immune from civil liability for any personal injury that results from an act or omission that does not amount to willful or wanton misconduct or gross negligence if applicable provisions of [sections 2 through 7] have been met by the individual or entity.
- The physician supervising the AED program or the person designated by a physician to supervise the program.
- The entity responsible for the AED program.
- An individual providing training to others on the use of an AED.


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News, views and inspiring picks from the Nice World
Spy is the first Nice travelling motor for garage doors automation, with separate control unit. Handy and well-designed, it stands out for its innovative project concept and design.
Nice extends its range of control systems with bidirectional versions: with the Era One BD transmitter and OXI BD receiver, you can now receive feedback on reception of the command and on the status of the gate and garage door automations.
Nice launches Era Inn: a complete, advanced and versatile system for the automation of interior blinds, boosting energy efficiency in homes and buildings.
Agio is Nice control device offering total management and integration of the artificial and natural light sources in a building.
The Italian Pavilion, entitled "Arcipelago Italia. Projects for the future of the Country's interior territories", wants to bring focus to a lesser-known Italy and reveal its wealth and potential.
Respect for the environment and improvement of the quality of life are two of the main concepts driving Nice in its activity. Following this philosophy, an important step is the creative reuse of some furniture realized for the Nice stand at the R+T 2018 in Stuttgart.


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Author: Lisa Jackson
Title: Malice
Genre: Suspense
Publication Date: March 2009
Number of Pages: 480/ Number of Compact Discs: 13 unabridged
Geographical Setting: Southern California
Time Period: Present
Series: Bentz/Montoya, New Orleans Series
Plot Summary:
Malice is a suspenseful, fast-paced story that takes a straight-shooting police officer and places him in an impossible situation. Upon awakening from a coma, Rick Bentz is haunted by sightings of his ex-wife Jennifer. The same woman whose body he identified in a fatal car crash 12 years earlier. When he receives a package with fresh pictures of Jennifer and a copy of her birth certificate with a question mark written on it, Bentz journeys back to California and a sorrowful past he left behind there. His presence sets off a string of murders, menacing phone calls, and more sightings of his dead ex-wife.
Malice is an action-oriented story that pulls the reader along thanks to Jackson's concise writing and knack for creating intrigue. The reader is implicitly invited to try and put the pieces of the puzzle together, gaining access to other perspectives besides the main protagonist. Jackson combines multiple plot threads and threats in short, sparse chapters that keep the material from being confusing or complex. This is the sixth book in a series, and offers a more in-depth look at a popular character's past, which in turn makes it a touch more psychological than other bestseller of the week suspense tales. It is moody and serious. The plot is sprinkled with romance as it explores both Rick's marriage to his current wife Olivia, but the book is focused on suspense and intrigue as Rick races to solve the mystery of why he was led to southern California.
Readers who enjoy clear-cut characters and closed-endings will be happy to know characters are generally familiar and recognizable as good or bad. The ending is definitively closed and ties up all the plot threads neatly.
Subject Headings: Detectives, Serial murders, Husband and wife, Widowers, Secrets, Murder suspects, Serial murderers
Appeal: suspenseful, plot oriented, concise, familiar characters, closed ending, menacing, mysterious, puzzling, thrilling, action filled, multiple plot threads, different POVs (including serial killer), haunting, psychological
3 appeal terms that best describe this book: fast-paced, menacing, thrilling
Relevant Nonfiction Works and Authors:
Dangerous Women: why mothers, daughters, and sisters become stalkers, molesters, and murderers, by Larry A. Morris – Jennifer is a compulsive cheater who propels Rick Bentz to return to Southern California and find out if she is still alive and plotting revenge against him for her death 12 years earlier. Readers may enjoy this exploration of what causes women to behave psychotically.
Mistaken identity: two families, one survivor, unwavering hope, by Don Van Ryn – Rick spends nearly the entire book second-guessing his identification of Jennifer's body at the scene of her car accident. Ryn's book follows a true case of mistaken identity thanks to a car accident.
In the Still of the Night, by Ann Rule – It is revealed in the prologue that Jennifer did not kill herself but was instead being stalked by someone who may have murdered her. Rule's true crime story follows the investigation of a death ruled as a suicide but may have been a murder.
Relevant Fiction Works and Authors:
The Drop, by Michael Connelly – Los Angeles detective Harry Bosch investigates a serial killer and deals with office politics and corruption in this fast-paced but more character-driven mystery story also set in California and focusing on a long-unsolved mystery.
Cold Vengeance, by Doug Preston and Lincoln Child – FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast tries to figure out the details of his wife's bizarre death 12 years ago and begins to believe it may have been a part of a greater conspiracy in this plot-driven, suspenseful tale that delves into ideas of the occult. (Note: this is a part of a sequence in a larger series; readers may want to at least start with the preceding book, Fever Dream).
Stealing Shadows, by Kay Hooper – Readers who enjoy the psychic yet realistic character of Olivia Bentz may also like Hooper's protagonist Cassie Neill. Neill is a member of the LAPD who has used her telepathic powers to try and stop serial killers in this fast-paced romantic suspense tale.


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Blogging in the U.S is a 2.7 Billion dollar industry .. yes i said a billion dollars. Why aren't we embarking on that here in Jamaica? How come there is not support for the "Creative Arts" ? Anyway , i want to take my Blog to the level of some of these International Bloggers.. I'm just as good . There are certain things i need to reach that level . Such as:
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In Jamaica , we have a culture where we think once people do something like this .. they are flat on their faces and are in "need" of help. The thing is .. i did all the start up by myself ...and we all need a little "push" , in some aspect of our lives . That push is in the form of a donation . Donations start at $1 Usd and the maximum goes up to $500 . If you donate $5 , you will receive a special mention on this Blog and Social Media ( if you wish) You don't have to live in Jamaica or the States to donate .. you just have to believe in the dream .. my dream :-) I will post regular updates once i reach a certain amount and so on . This Fundraiser is of course ongoing ..


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- House purchase lending reaches 11-month peak
House purchase lending reaches 11-month peak
Published: 5 February 2013 | Author: Bernard Clarke
Lending for house purchase pushed mortgage approvals to an 11-month peak, according to Bank of England data for December, published last week.
The figures showed that mortgage approvals totalled £12.6 billion in December, the highest since January, when approvals amounted to £13.2 billion but were boosted by first-time buyers seeking to rush through transactions in the last few weeks of a stamp duty holiday.
Aside from that temporary spike, mortgage approvals in December were at their highest since the onset of the financial crisis in 2008. Lenders approved almost 56,000 loans for house purchase in December, the fifth month in a row in which the number increased.
The Bank data showed that gross lending has continued to grow since last summer. Seasonally-adjusted gross lending was up for the fourth month in a row, and 5% higher than in November. At £12.4 billion, gross lending in December was at a level last seen in the early months of 2012.
However, much of the current resilience in the mortgage market is driven by lending for house purchase. Of the approvals total of £12.6 billion in December, £8.3 billion was for house purchase and £3.9 billion for remortgaging.
As the chart shows, remortgaging last year has been trending a little lower than in 2011. In December, the seasonally-adjusted number of loans approved for remortgaging dipped modestly for the second month. Broadly, however, recent levels of remortgaging activity have appeared fairly stable, although a little lower than in the preceding year.
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Nocturnal migrants are on the move tonight. An epic wave of birds is currently crossing the FL Straits. Easterlies will push these birds west out over the Gulf. When morning comes they will have to either turn back to land or continue on a trans-gulf flight. If they decided to turn back and fly west they most likely be exhausted and have to land as soon as they see land. Fort D fallout? If not get ready panhandle birders! We will have to wait till morning to find out.
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my rug's been delayed, don't worry i'll show you when it arrives. i'm so excited.
i've been thinking about what other touches in my place i need to work on. recently i posted about my love of living things. i would adore to have a puppy but with 12 hour shifts in the hospital i would consider it animal cruelty. i usually leave for work at 6:15-6:30 and return home around 8-8:30 sometimes later.
i'm sticking with plants. which hasn't been quite easy for me. i would love to tell you that i haven't killed most of my plants, but that simply isn't true. i think i need to figure out how often each of my plants needs to be watered and i'll be set. i have some plants throughout my condo, but i want to have a little garden of herbs, plants, etc. unfortunately my unit is one of few in my building that has neither patio nor balcony. so i'm looking to find a table for my plants...that at some point in time i will have.
i want to put said table underneath my large living room window. it will be behind the short section of my sectional sofa. basically a console table. i have a few ideas, but not quite settled on what to do.
1. purchase an unfinished wood console table, paint it, and add tile or mirror to the top. i invision it coming out something like this only taller and with tile on top:
2. find some columns, tree stumps, table legs, etc and purchase a piece of glass table top. somewhat like this, but rectangular and with two stumps (like in second picture) on either end
3. purchase a console aka sofa table- taking creativity out of the mix, and be careful of it if it's wood. a few options:
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Top tourist attractions in Syria
Here is a list of top tourist attractions in Syria. Only the topmost tourist destinations are presented here. To see other destinations, please check the images from Syria section.
Curious if any of these place from Syria made it our best tourist attractions in the world list? Read the aformentioned article in order to find out.
You can also view all tourist attractions in Syria and other countries on our tourist attractions map.
Umayyad Mosque
Islamic Place of Worship
The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus or formerly the Basilica of Saint John the Baptist, located in the old city of Damascus, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. It is considered by some Muslims to be the fourth-holiest place in Islam. After the Arab conquest of Damascus in 634, the mosque was built on the site of a Christian basilica dedicated to John the Baptist. The mosque holds a shrine which today may still contain the head of John the Baptist, honored as a prophet by both Christians and Muslims alike, and is believed to be the place where Isa will return at the End of Days. The tomb of Saladin stands in a small garden adjoining the north wall of the mosque.
Azm Palace
Ottoman Turkish Structure
Azm Palace is a palace in Damascus, Syria which was originally built in 1750 as a residence for the Ottoman governor of Damascus As'ad Pasha al-Azm. The palace now houses the Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions.
Temple of Bel
Roman temple
The Temple of Bel is an ancient stone ruin located in Palmyra, Syria. The temple, consecrated to the Semitic god Bel, worshipped at Palmyra in triad with the lunar god Aglibol and the sun god Yarhibol, formed the center of religious life in Palmyra and was dedicated in 32 CE. Aedeen Cremin considers its ruins the "best preserved" at Palmyra.
National Museum of Damascus
The National Museum of Damascus is a large museum in the heart of Damascus, Syria. The most popular part of the museum is the reconstruction of the 2nd century AD Dura-Europos synagogue.
Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque
Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque is a shrine located in Damascus, Syria, that contains the grave of Sukayna, the infant daughter of Husayn ibn 'Alī. After enduring the advent of Karbalā and the torturous journey to Damascus that followed it, Sukayna died at the age of four in Yazid's prison, where she was originally buried. Years later however, upon the flooding of her gravesite, her grave was reopened and she was moved to the site where the Mosque now stands. The mosque was built around the mausoleum in 1985 and exhibits the modern style of Iranian architecture, with a tremendous amount of mirror and gold work. There is a small mosque area adjoining the shrine room, along with a small courtyard in front. This mosque is found a short distance from the Umayyad Mosque and the Al-Hamidiyah Souq in central Damascus.


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Road Show Series
Contact Info:
If your club is interested in sending a representative to a roadshow seminar, contact Piret Elmassian, Marketing Manager at [email protected], or call Ph: 9505 9105.
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Each August and September, the Golf NSW team embarks on a Road Show tour of the State, meeting with clubs and Districts face-to-face.
In an effort to reach as many people as possible, Golf NSW holds the seminars at Locations from Ballina in the North to Thurgoona in the south.
Topics covered include:
…and much more.
The sessions are free to attend and are a wonderful opportunity to meet and share ideas with your colleagues. We encourage all individuals involved in the leadership of their Clubs to attend these important meetings.
2019 Seminar Dates and Venues
Monday, August 5th – Ballina Golf Club
Tuesday, August 6th – Bonville Golf Resort
Thursday, August 8th Gunnedah Golf Club
Tuesday, August 13th – Bathurst Golf Club
Tuesday, August 20th – Narooma Golf Club
Thursday, August 22nd – Federal Golf Club
Tuesday, August 27th – Hunter Valley Golf Club
Friday, August 30th – Wollongong Golf Club
Tuesday, September 3rd – Rich River Golf Club
Wednesday, 4th September – Howlong Golf Resort
Friday, September 6th – Stonecutters Ridge Golf Club
Monday, September 9th – Pymble Golf Cluib
Thursday, September 12th – Concord Golf Club
Contact Info:
If your club is interested in sending a representative to a roadshow seminar, contact Piret Elmassian, Marketing Manager at [email protected] or call Ph: 9505 9105.


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The kitchen is right in the centre of the home – the heartbeat of the house!
When the owners of this house park their car they can see inside the house and the beautiful kitchen from the garage.
There is plenter of space in the high cabbinets and the 178 cooler and fridge to easily place groceries. There is an AEG steam oven in combination withe the sous vide draw for great tasting food delivered with superior design. Pitt-cooking and Wave design are one of the eye catchers of this design. We used black ultra mat on the island with a fineer wood door. Detail is the fine wood panel under the worktop that's made of ceramic. I made the worktop a little less wide as the wood panel as a nice design twist stands out this way.


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Town Polka
In the late 19th and early 20th century, Lwow was a hub of rich Polish and Ukrainian cultures and colorful urban folklore. From the outskirts of this city, inhabited predominantly by the working class, comes this lively and humorous dance. Town Polka reflects the joyful atmosphere of the Saturday dance parties with the young cocky men vying for the attention of the flirtatious girls.


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CHIPLEY - This week Washington County Sheriff's Office promoted eight WCSO members to the rank of sergeant.
According to Sheriff Kevin Crews, these men have shown their commitment to the service of others and have earned this rank.
"I am proud to serve the citizens of Washington County alongside the men and women of this agency," Crews said. "True service is a sacrifice of one's self and these men do it, relentlessly, with honor."
Please join WCSO in congratulating the following:
– Sergeant Sam Taylor
– Sergeant Duran Harrison
– Sergeant Scott Marshall
– Sergeant Tyler Brannon
– Sergeant Justin Jenkins
– Sergeant John Pettis
– Sergeant John Weeks
– Sergeant Daryl White


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Located in the city centre of Halle (Saale), it is considered one of the most modern event locations in central Germany.
The Georg-Friedrich-Händel Hall is a concert hall and multifunctional venue in one, stylishly engineered from glass, concrete and natural stone. The concert hall, which is built mainly from timber and designed for exceptional acoustics, can hold a maximum of 1,500 visitors. Its main focal point is the epic organ case.
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Online Patient Education Library
We strive to improve the overall health of our patients by focusing on preventing, diagnosing and treating conditions associated with your teeth and gums. Please use our online Patient Education library to learn more about dental problems and treatments available.
If you have questions or need to schedule an appointment, contact us online, or call our office at 239-417-6453 (239-41-SMILE) during office hours, and one of our friendly team members will be happy to assist you.
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Facts on Fluoridation
Most of the time, root canal therapy is effective at permanently relieving tooth pain and halting infection of the soft tissues deep inside the teeth and gums. But occasionally, as in any medical procedure, the body may not heal as we expect it to. After a period of time, you may experience pain in the affected tooth again — or, even if you have no symptoms, x-rays may reveal that infection is still present near the tooth's roots. In that case, you may need root canal retreatment.
There are several reasons why your root canal treatment may not have succeeded at first. The "canals" themselves are slender, forking passageways deep inside the tooth that enclose nerves and blood vessels: the tooth's soft "pulp." They can be so narrow and intricate that some may have gone undetected, or failed to respond to treatment the first time. Or, the canals might have become recontaminated via a number of routes: a delayed or ineffective crown restoration, new tooth decay, advancing gum disease, or a cracked or fractured tooth. Any of these conditions could result in reinfection.
If initial root canal (endodontic) therapy has failed, the first thing to do is evaluate your options. Besides retreatment, the alternatives may include endodontic surgery or extraction (removal) of the tooth. However, a missing tooth should be replaced by a dental implant, a bridge or a partial denture as soon as possible — and none of these are simple or inexpensive options. That's part of the reason we prefer to help you retain your natural teeth whenever possible.
The Retreatment Procedure
If endodontic retreatment is appropriate for you, the procedure is similar to a routine root canal, with a few added measures. After you are anesthetized (usually with a numbing shot), any restorations presently on your tooth — crowns, for example — will be altered to provide access to the root canal filling material. This is usually accomplished by making a small opening into the inner part of the tooth, removing filling material or obstructions, and cleaning the pulp chambers with tiny instruments.
A microscope and light are used to search carefully for additional canals or unusual structures. If the treatment process becomes extremely complex, it may be finished in a subsequent visit. Finally, when all the canals have been cleaned and disinfected, they will be filled with inert material and sealed. Then a temporary filling will be placed in the tooth. A permanent restoration will need to be placed at a later time.
Is Root Canal Retreatment My Best Option?
Medicine and dentistry are as much art as science, and neither one can guarantee that any procedure will be 100% successful. While endodontic retreatment can be more complex than initial root canal therapy, it offers a good chance of success in many instances. And, since the field of endodontics is constantly evolving, it may be possible to use new techniques that weren't available when your first root canal procedure was done.
Dentists take seriously our responsibility to help you understand the risks, benefits and alternatives for treating root canal problems. When we recommend retreatment, it's because we feel it is the best way for you to preserve your natural teeth — and we want you to be able to enjoy them for many years to come.
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After nearly three years of starts and stops, substantial EB-5 program reform now seems imminent. As noted by attorney David Hirson in our featured article two weeks ago, legislative reform will almost certainly bring an increase in the minimum investment amounts required to access program benefits, as well as a change in how targeted employment areas (TEAs) are designated.
This week, in an article titled "Reflections on EB-5 Reform — Fall 2017," economist and EB-5 industry veteran Jeff Carr offers his analysis of the potential reforms currently on the table.
In addition to TEA and minimum investment amount changes, Carr describes the approaches under consideration to properly incentivize development in rural and economically distressed urban areas, noting that progress toward one potential solution — visa limit relief — appears to have stalled for the time being.
He also explains that security and compliance requirements are likely to become much more stringent under a reformed EB-5 program, potentially driving regional center operating costs higher (and strengthening the case for third-party fund administration, such as that offered by NES Financial).
Furthermore, Carr notes that the first wave of reform may not be legislative: The Department of Homeland Security proposed updated EB-5 regulations in January of this year — including huge increases in investment minimums, as discussed by Scott Barnhart in last week's article. Such regulations, though they would likely eventually be superseded by actual legislation, could be brought into effect at any time, given a 30-day notice period.
On this, Carr has an interesting perspective: "While such a prospective period of EB-5 program volatility, should that occur, would be less than desirable," he writes, "a long-term program reauthorization — or perhaps even a permanent EB-5 program … would likely in the long run be worth any short-term setback.
Read the article: "Reflections on EB-5 Reform — Fall 2017"
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