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A trial balloon or a bold demonstration? Somewhat knowing one of the politicians in the viper's tangle of "life-loving oppositionists" who raised the twisted NewsOne channel, I'm pretty certain that announcing a telebridge with Moscow willy-nilly was someone's creative outburst. Knowing others, I can assume that this is part of a long game, where a hybrid response has been prepared for every reaction from Kyiv. If we get away with it, let's up the ante. If we don't, we scream about freedom of speech all over Europe and, most importantly, in eastern Ukraine. If the public gets involved, we say fascists are on the rise. There's even a third option: orders from the Kremlin – but I'm not prepared to reconstruct their logic. In any case, the initiative was not on our side – but then we're used to that.
This latest bit of "informational sabotage" forces us to think about what ideological format the next attacks are likely to take. First of all, "dialog" – moreover over the head of the government, directly between two peoples who have been forced by conflict. In fact, every word here can be placed in quotes. Secondly, "peace at any price." Well, peace is not just a daydream, but an object of manipulation whose history goes back well over 100 years.
I grew up with this. Crying "Peace to the world!" "No war!," "Strengthen the world through labor"... Over the radio we heard "May the sun always shine!" "Do Russians want war?" Then, when we bought a television, terrible reports on the cursed Americans, who were bombing peaceful Vietnam, and always a bit about Israel's military. When I was not yet 10 and hadn't learned to listen to the anecdotes of the adults around me, I was certain that I lived in the most just country in the world, surrounded by warlike aggressors. And we were in the right. We were for peace!
Christianity, the late Antiquities, Islam, the Enlightenment, pacifism – humanity has moved steadily towards an understanding that problems are not resolved through war, and that peace is an absolute value. This was the ideological nugget that the communists took up as a reliable weapon on the path to world dominion. The first law of the bolshevik government was a Decree on Peace. The mass of exhausted frontline soldiers took this as permission to empty the front and rush home to rob the rich. The consequences everyone knows: the Red Terror, a bloody civil war, the annexation of independent Ukraine and the restored states of the Southern Caucasus, an attempt to invade Poland, rapid militarization, and the unfolding of World War II... Nor did this get in the way of reviving a hybrid expansion with the help of the entirely USSR-controlled movement for peace and disarmament after the war. Moscow found willing helpers, God forbid, and useful idiots such as the French communist Frédéric Joliot-Curie, holder of both the Nobel Prize for chemistry and Stalin's prize "For strengthening peace among nations."
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Until the very beginning of the 1990s, while the Kremlin was, with one hand, busy churning out nuclear weapons and deploying them wherever it could all over the world and, with the other, financing demonstrations against American imperialism, the slogan "fighting for peace" had a toxic flavor. In soviet kitchens everywhere, badly dressed engineers who built guidance systems for ICBMs during the daytime for 190 rubles a month plus a bonus repeated anecdotes like, "There won't be any war, but there will be such a fight for peace that not a single stone will remain standing."
In time, the USSR found natural allies: the leftist youth of the Paris barricades and Woodstock generation. Cute, shaggy-haired young men wrote "Make love, not war" on banners with the peace symbol... and stopped the war in Vietnam. No, even more, thanks to the mellowness of the "flower children," the Vietnam campaign went down in history as a symbol of disgrace, the unjust and violent intervention of capitalist state #1 in a just people's liberation struggle.
In truth, the American way of making war, with carpet-bombing, using Agent Orange and napalm, did not gain it any friends. What was forgotten, however, was that there were two Vietnams: the communist North and the free, dynamic and civilized, if admittedly a bit corrupt, South. From the north, across the mountains along the famed Ho Chi Minh trail an unceasing line of units of Vietcong guerillas began pouring into the South, sabotaging, terrorizing, destroying local administrations, attacking army units, and carving up entire villages for cooperating with the official government. The Vietcong never felt any shortage of resources, either, because communist China and the Soviet Union were generously helping them. It was the saboteurs that the Americans fought as they could. Had they been able to hold the line of defense, South Vietnam might have become, like South Korea, yet another Asian tiger. Only now, nearly half a century later, is the country slowly recovering from the management of the heirs to Lenin-Stalin-Mao. And the victims of the Red Terror that counted in the millions have largely been forgotten. It's sad to admit that the idols of my youth – the rock musicians, the writers, the filmmakers – were also useful idiots...
What I'm trying to say is that peace in and of itself is neither a goal nor something unambiguous. I remember what a wave of just anger was raised over a comment by Gen. Alexander Haig, Secretary of State in the Reagan Administration: "There are things that are more important than peace." He was right! Everybody understands that you can have peace as a result of capitulation, peace by tolerating evil, peace through indifference, and peace by condoning an aggressor. I don't want to say that St. Augustine, Henry David Thoreau, Leo Tolstoy, Bertrand Russell, and Albert Schweitzer were all wrong and I'm the only wise man here. But calling for peace in Ukraine today is a betrayal, a stupid betrayal without any hashtag, a betrayal of the stolen lands and, most importantly, of the people who have been abandoned to their fate, whether they are aware of this or not.
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The difference is also that the soviet "fight for peace" was very effective in that many people, both within the USSR and beyond the Iron Curtain, genuinely believed in it. Naive pensioners, our grandmothers, gave their kopiykas from the bottom of their hearts to the Peace Fund – which was just another sub-unit of the International Department of the Central Committee – while leftist activists, similarly from the bottom of their hearts, blocked American bases in Germany. Today, no one believes in a bright future any more. The ordinary European simply wants not to be disturbed by bad news, plus low taxes and cheap gasoline. The ordinary Ukrainian whom the war has really not affected basically wants the same. Because enemy propaganda all these five years has bombarded them unhindered about how those in power are responsible for the war, that they are enriching themselves on it, our typical... I won't even say vatnyk [birdbrain] but rather bolotnyk [cottonheaded ninnymuggins] is under the illusion that it all can be brought to an end with the wave of a magic wand.
I suspect many Europeans don't understand that peace with the Russian monster at this stage would be a betrayal of them, as well. Somebody explained things badly. But our folks can and must be constantly and tirelessly reminded, no matter what it takes. The hybrid war goes on.
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Small Global is a multi-screened immersive environment that uses 3D animations of high resolution still photos and simple vector maps of the planet to explore issues of global consumption.
Small Global is a multi-screened immersive environment that uses 3D animations of high resolution still photos and simple vector maps of the planet to explore issues of global consumption.
Storylines: Rio de Janeiro is currently in development. Continuing the processes begun in projects like Pathways: King's Cross and Brief Encounters/By the Meter, D-Fuse are exploring Rio de Janeiro through the way it is imagined on celluloid and through stories collected in transit on street level.
Re-construct [Particle 3.0] is a reworking of one of the main strands of D-Fuse's output from the last few years. Using the three-dimensional space of the CineChamber, Re-construct follows a trajectory from abstraction to reconstruction analogous to the technique of particle synthesis, creating a narrative that plays out as much through immersive spatial experience as it does over time.
Pathways: King's Cross is investigating how we remember and imagine a place and how we document change. The project incorporates films, historic photographs and oral history recordings, and combines these with records of the area as it is now.
A slice of contemporary China that is not seen but heard, in a series of works developed in collaboration with Chinese sound artists.
Static interference from a tunnel of fluorescent tubes is relayed through a sound system of 8 speakers, creating a sensory environment of light, colour and sound.
Undercurrent brings together sound and video art practice from China and the UK in order to explore cultural and social issues connected with the changing nature of urban environments in both countries. The project feeds from a pool of audio, video and photographic material collected by D-Fuse and contributing artists over a period of two years.

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After many speculations about the release of the much-awaited Rajasthani folk from Padmavati—Ghoomar—the song was finally released on Wednesday, much to the delight of the fans.
More than the filmmakers and people associated with the film, members of the Rajput Karni Sena had prepared themselves for the mega event. In an attempt to find mistakes in the song, the community ended up making it the most viewed song within an hour after its release.
Immediately after the launch of the song, members of the community logged in to watch the song in order to find mistakes and stall the release of the film. In the process of doing so, the members watched it several times, which added to the total number of views on the song on YouTube. This did not just result in enormous traffic on YouTube but also helped the song break all records in terms of viewership.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the director of Padmavati was ecstatic on seeing the increasing number of views, and said, "I have figured out the formula to make hit films. After making headlines throughout the shoot of Padmavati, I have decide that all my future films will be based on the Rajput community so that it remains in limelight."
Members of the Rajput Karni Sena, who could not find any errors in the song, were left red-faced after they realised that they made it the most-viewed song on YouTube within an hour after its release. Aggrieved, the members staged protests and vandalised public property in Mumbai to cause harm to Sanjay Leela Bhansali. "Bhansali has used us to get views on Ghoomar. Now, we're offended again and we promise to not let his film release," said an angry member of the Rajput Karni Sena, before torching a BEST bus to take revenge from Sanjay Leela Bhansali.


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DUBAI (Reuters) - Mid-market airlines are the most vulnerable in the current environment as carriers struggle to contain the financial impact of the coronavirus, a senior analyst at aviation data firm OAG said on Thursday.
"There will be casualties ... what I would term the mid-market airlines," John Grant said in an online briefing.
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Why End User Experience Monitoring Is Critical for IT Success
By monitoring the end-to-end user experience, IT professionals gain keen insights into application performance from the customer's perspective.
By monitoring the end-to-end user experience, IT professionals gain keen insights into application performance from the customer's perspective.
"I am going through few videos of [our competitor]…And I must congratulate UI/UX Team of Arcturus Technologies for doing fabulous Applicare dashboards." This feedback from a happy customer encouraged us to write & publish about Applicare's User Experience Monitoring, which is going to be amazingly useful for anyone in the industry.
User experience is the biggest and most important factor in determining the success of Citrix rollout in an organization. When end-users are happy with their virtualized applications and desktops, then everything is hunky dory and Citrix admins can focus on operations and maintenance.
As an IT pro, making sure that the end users have a good experience is one of the most important parts of the job. It's so important in fact, that there are numerous tools available for monitoring the performance of end user sessions. In most cases, such monitoring tools work by examining a series of performance counters in an effort to quantify the end user experience. In reality, however, performance data and what the end users actually experience can be two very different things.
I've seen so many new types of infrastructure technologies impact the performance of the modern data center. All-flash technologies help consolidate systems, virtualization helps to deliver powerful workloads to a variety of users, and even convergence has helped remove legacy from the data center. Most of all, these solutions are all coupled with the cloud to really help an organization become agile and much more efficient.
Without a doubt, the digitization of patient health records and the rapid growth of software applications and systems supporting patient care and administration have changed the way medical care is delivered. As physicians, hospitals, and health systems struggle to see more patients, deliver better care – and comply with an ever-increasing number of other demands of their time – it's critical that the applications and systems they rely on are available and perform as expected.


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So, every day this week, the initial seven episodes of 100VOICES via Podcast will be released — all starting right now!!
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You made the decision to add a Street Team to your marketing mix. You understand that a great Brand Ambassador team activated correctly can grow your brand and drive the buzz you are looking for. The only question is how do you activate it correctly? How do you make sure the money you are spending will be worth it?
Here are the three keys to a successful Street Team.
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The first thing you must do is understand what kind of results you want. Are you interested in driving as much awareness as possible? If so, then you will want to make sure you are visiting larger events where you can interact with the greatest amount of people in one location. Is your goal all about product demo and trials? Make sure your Street Teams are armed with the correct tools to ensure your product is getting demonstrated correctly (proper temperature, in the right environment, etc.). Are you trying to generate buzz and word of mouth? Make sure your Street Team is utilizing social media correctly and you are integrating an experience worth talking about. Are you trying to drive sales at retail? Your Street Team should be armed with coupons that drive consumers to retail and that can also be tracked for measurement and realize, the closer you are to retail (the aisle inside the store, in the parking lot of the store, or at a fair or festival) the more product you will actually sell on that day.
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Once you have your goals and have developed a plan around those goals, you need to focus on the "who". Do not underestimate how important the Brand Ambassadors are to the success of your program. They will be the face of your brand. Decide what characteristics are important to you. Do not just settle for the typical fun, energetic, good looking brand ambassador. Make sure they are driven and passionate about your brand. Make sure they are capable of learning your brand inside and out. Make sure they are the right fit for your culture and your brand. They will determine how successful your program is and basically, they should be like you, act like you and be informed like you.
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This word dates to the late 12th century from Anglo-French oreison, which is related to Old French oraison ("oration"). The French words derive from Latin orationem ("speech, oration"), but the modern meaning is provided by the Church Latin definition of orationem: "prayer, appeal to God". Both Latin words are forms of orare, which derives from the Proto-Indo-European base *or- ("to pronounce a ritual formula"). Oration has the same etymology as orison, but it isn't attested until the mid-1400's.
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The protection of senior investors continues to be a priority for FINRA, from both an examination and enforcement perspective. In fact, FINRA detailed how seniors are one of its major areas of concern in the last three editions of its Annual Regulatory and Examination Priorities Letter.
Certain rules changes that took effect February 5, 2018 have equipped FINRA members with new tools to protect senior and other vulnerable investors from financial exploitation. First, members may now place temporary holds on disbursements from accounts when they reasonably believe that financial exploitation has occurred, is occurring, or has been, or will be, attempted. Second, members must now solicit a trusted contact person for each retail customer account, and they may contact that person to address possible financial exploitation.
This article discusses the new rules and provides insight on how members might expect the rules to impact examinations, enforcement actions, and customer claims.
FINRA's Role in Protecting Senior Investors
Many constituencies play a role in protecting senior investors, including: investors' relatives, friends, and advisors; members and their associated persons; law enforcement; federal and state regulatory agencies; and FINRA. As detailed below, FINRA's role in detecting and preventing the exploitation of senior investors has three principal components.
First, FINRA detects and deters bad actors in the securities industry through: review of customer complaints, tips, and trade data; routine and cause examinations; and enforcement of its rules and certain federal securities laws. FINRA's use of enforcement actions to protect senior investors has focused, in large part, on the suitability of recommended investment products, particularly, complex and high-yield products. These matters have focused on whether investment recommendations were suitable given a senior investor's financial profile, including his or her age, other investments, financial situation and needs, tax status, investment objectives, investment experience, investment time horizon, liquidity needs, and risk tolerance. The poor judgment of one registered representative becomes a significant problem for the firm when FINRA inquires into the rep's recommendations, and the firm's supervision and training to detect and prevent the rep's improper sales practices.
Second, FINRA gathers and publicizes information on senior investors, both to protect them, and to educate its members and their associated persons. Its Securities Helpline for Seniors is a powerful resource for senior investors and their advocates. The Helpline allows FINRA to collect information on potential issues with members and registered representatives, as well as industry trends, and then raise awareness about particular issues and schemes, including through Investor Alerts and other publications. These have included, in the last two years, those schemes that have targeted senior and other vulnerable investors with speculative energy-based investments, non-traded REITs, and, most recently, cryptocurrency stock scams.
Third, FINRA has encouraged and, with the new rules, empowered members to act to protect their senior and other vulnerable customers from financial exploitation. Consider a registered representative who suspects that a senior investor has fallen under the improper influence of a long-lost niece or a new accountant and who has now requested an outbound transfer of funds or securities to the suspected exploiter. The new rules concern this third role for FINRA, and the rules encourage – if not conscript – members to detect and prevent financial exploitation in real time.
Temporary Holds on Disbursements: New FINRA Rule 2165
FINRA Rule 2165 applies to "Specified Adult(s)," which is defined as both "a natural person age 65 and older," and an adult of any age "who the member reasonably believes has a mental or physical impairment that renders the individual unable to protect his or her own interests." R. 2165(a)(1). This definition follows the definition of similar terms in financial elder abuse in many state codes, in that it includes not just investors of a certain age (here, 65), but also adults of any age with a particular impairment. The Rule does not take the further restrictive step that some states have enacted in limiting elder abuse to instances where the victim is over a statutory age and is actually suffering from infirmities of aging, such as demonstrated mental dysfunction.
The Rule permits – but does not require – members to place a temporary hold on disbursement of funds or securities from the account of a Specified Adult if the member "reasonably believes that financial exploitation of the Specified Adult has occurred, is occurring, has been attempted, or will be attempted." R. 2165(b)(1)(A). The Rule does not permit members to place a temporary hold on the purchase or sale of securities in an account; it only covers disbursements.
To place a hold on disbursements, members must take two further steps: (i) within two business days after placing the hold, notify all authorized parties to the account and the Trusted Contact Person (explained below), unless the member reasonably believes one of those persons has engaged in the exploitation; and (ii) "immediately initiate[] an internal review of the facts and circumstances" of the suspected financial exploitation. R. 2165(b)(1)(B) & (C).
Time frames on the hold are tight. The hold expires "not later than 15 business days" after first being placed, unless the "internal review" supports an additional extension of no longer than 10 business days. R. 2165(b)(2) & (3). The hold may be extended by a state regulator or agency, as well as a court. R. 2165(b)((2) & (3). Although the terms "state regulator or agency" are undefined, they presumably include state law enforcement and adult protective services, as these agencies are often the first responders in cases of suspected financial elder abuse.
Members that implement a temporary hold must have written supervisory procedures ("WSPs") reasonably designed to achieve compliance with the Rule, including procedures related to the identification, escalation, and reporting of matters related to the financial exploitation of Specified Adults. The WSPs also must identify the title of each person authorized to place, terminate, or extend a temporary hold. The Rule further requires that such persons be associated persons of the member who serve in a supervisory, compliance, or legal capacity. Members that use the Rule also must develop and document training policies and programs reasonably designed to ensure compliance with the Rule.
The Rule also imposes recordkeeping requirements on members who implement it, including the maintenance of records regarding: (i) the subject disbursement requests; (ii) the finding of a reasonable belief of financial exploitation underlying the decision to place the temporary hold; (iii) the name and title of the person who authorized the hold; (iv) evidence of notification of the hold to the requisite persons; and (v) the aforementioned internal review.
Apart from its direct authorization for such a hold, the Rule provides members and their associated persons who follow it with a "safe harbor" from other FINRA rules, specifically, Rule 2010 (the "catch all" provision for unethical conduct); Rule 2150 (barring "improper use" of customer's securities or funds); and, perhaps most importantly, Rule 11870 (requiring members to "expedite" certain customer requests to transfer securities).
Trusted Contact Person: Amendments to FINRA Rule 4512
FINRA Rule 4512 specifies what customer account information members must maintain for each account. The amendment to Rule 4512 adds section (a)(1)(F), requiring, for non-institutional accounts, the maintenance of information of "a trusted contact person age 18 or older who may be contacted about the customer's account." By its terms, this amendment is not limited to aged or otherwise impaired customers. If the customer or prospective customer fails to identify such a contact person, members may still open the account if they have made "reasonable efforts to obtain the name of and contact information for a trusted contact person." R. 4512.06
Members are required to disclose, in writing at the time of account opening, that they may contact the trusted person if they suspect financial exploitation:
[T]he member or an associated person of the member is authorized to contact the trusted contact person and disclose information about the customer's account to address possible financial exploitation, to confirm the specifics of the customer's current contact information, health status, or the identity of any legal guardian, executor, trustee or holder of a power of attorney, or as otherwise permitted by Rule 2165. Supp. Mat. 4512.06.
Members need not seek to obtain trusted-contact information for existing accounts until they update the information for the accounts, either in the course of their routine business or as otherwise required by applicable laws and rules. The innovation of this Rule is that members now have an avenue to discuss account information with a customer's trusted third party without violating any privacy laws.
Examination and Enforcement of the Rule Changes
Sophisticated members have been focused on protecting senior investors for some time. Some larger members even have units dedicated to handling seniors issues. But even for them, these rules changes require new infrastructure, policies, procedures, and training. Members have for the last year or so – since at least the SEC's approvals of the rules changes in February 2017 – been developing these procedures and processes, and further educating employees and partners on elder abuse and how to implement the new requirements.
The near-term focus of examinations will likely be on members' development of WSPs to achieve compliance with the temporary-hold rule, and on whether members have established recordkeeping procedures and training programs reasonably designed to ensure that associated persons comply with both rules changes.
On January 8, 2018, FINRA pushed its Annual Regulatory and Examination Priorities Letter. Like last year, FINRA focused its discussion of elder abuse on enforcement against intentional bad actors in the industry rather than on firms that fail to implement or properly empower registered representatives to detect third-party fraud. Accordingly, enforcement for "missed opportunities" to detect third-party fraud may be the subject of examinations for the near to medium-term. The Letter notes new Rule 2165 and the amendment to Rule 4512, describing them as "tools to protect senior investors from these types of schemes." Further, FINRA "remind[ed] firms of their obligation to file a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) for illicit activity involving the exploitation of senior investors."
These temporary holds and the ability to call a trusted contact person are significant additional tools that FINRA likely is expecting members to actually use. Members should think carefully about potential liability in enforcement actions and customer arbitrations for financial exploitation that reasonably could and should have been detected and prevented using these new tools or otherwise. In this respect, note that while Supplemental Material 2165.01 clarifies that the Rule "does not require members to place temporary holds on disbursement of funds or securities . . . ." (emphasis added), members will, in essence, be required to implement such holds. That is, if there are warning signs of financial exploitation, members need to take action. There is no safe harbor from customers' lawyers asserting claims that members failed to place a temporary hold, as they were permitted to do and should have done.
There likewise is no safe harbor from customers' lawyers asserting claims that members wrongfully placed a temporary hold. Therefore, members should follow the Rule, and follow it carefully. Documentation of the implementation of the new Rules will be important to defend against customer objections and complaints to a hold. As noted above, record retention is specified in the Rule. Further, because the hold will be at the direction of an associated person who "serves in a supervisor, compliance or legal capacity for the member," 2165(c)(2), standardization of records practices should be easier than if the hold could be initiated at the level of customer interaction only.
Members may also want to reexamine whether and how to investigate, verify, and then document suspicions of abuse of senior investors. "Reasonable belief" to support such a hold may be based on "the facts and circumstances observed in the member's business relationship with the natural person." Supplementary Material 2165.03. While the Rule contemplates that this "reasonable belief" can be documented at the time of the decision to initiate the hold (see R. 2165(d)), often suspicion arises outside the context of a request for disbursement of funds or securities. This could include the addition of an authorized person to an account, or comments from, or abnormal behavior by, a senior during a regular phone call or meeting. How to capture this information, and what to do about it then, rather than just when a disbursement has been requested, should be a part of the planning.
It is expected that elder abuse will continue to grow as both an unfortunate practice and as an enforcement priority, as the number and percentage of investors continue to age, particularly, with the ongoing retirements of the "Baby Boomer" generation. How much action FINRA and other regulators will require to detect and prevent financial exploitation of senior and other vulnerable investors remains to be seen. Benjamin Franklin's famous quote that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" rings true in addressing matters of possible financial exploitation.
The two new FINRA rules changes encourage well-meaning members and their associated persons to take proactive steps to protect their senior and other vulnerable customers from financial exploitation. FINRA's examination and enforcement likely will focus on the procedural, training, compliance, and recordkeeping requirements attendant to the new rules.
John E. Clabby, a former federal prosecutor, leads Carlton Fields' Securities & Derivative Litigation Practice Group from the firm's Tampa, Florida, office. Michael A. Gross, a former senior attorney at FINRA, represents broker-dealers, investment advisors, and registered persons as a partner at Ulmer & Berne LLP's Boca Raton, Florida, office. This article was drafted in conjunction with an ABA Regional CLE Workshop, "Current Issues in FINRA Arbitration and Enforcement," held February 9, 2018, in Tampa, Florida. The workshop was co-sponsored by the Securities Litigation Committee and the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the Section of Litigation.
Originally published in the American Bar Association's Securities Litigation Journal. Republished with permission from the American Bar Association.
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»Monte do Gozo. Anticipation is in the air as I reach the ›Mountain of Joy‹. Rain clouds are hanging low and conceal the mysterious pilgrimage site of Catholic Christians. It is still pouring. The small chapel on the hill invites visitors to linger on. Only a few more kilometers to go and I will reach my final destination. Today I will take all the time I need. Anticipation is spreading. Now and then life's loneliness comes up — and retreats understandingly, doesn't want to scare me.
Surrounded by an unspectacular suburbia atmosphere I feel like sipping a coffee at one of the meaningless bars before exposing myself to the hustle of downtown. Arriving takes time. It can't be done by flipping a switch.
Entering through the Porta do Camiño I dive into the historic center of Santiago, strolling through its narrow streets. Old buildings so tall that I almost lose my way. Where exactly am I? Where is the cathedral — the destination I have been longing to reach?
The traffic noise does not manage to drown the peaceful sounds of a bagpipe. With each step they become more discernible. The tension grows. Finally I reach the small Jet Bead Square north of the cathedral like all pilgrims do. Covered by the plain north gate passage I walk down the stairs and pass the bagpiper, whose welcoming sounds give me goose bumps.
It's a Friday sometime in June. It has stopped raining. The uneven, partly ancient stone slabs on the huge cathedral forecourt Praza do Obradoiro have been polished by thousands upon thousands of pilgrim steps. I keep going to the center of the square, before I finally turn around marveling at the considerably high front façade of the cathedral with its Western portal. It is literally getting old. The front looks quite sad. It got marked by heavy weather, dirt and corrosion. Moss and weeds grew wild while the iron gate rusted. And yet there it is. Irrefutable. It symbolizes a place of confidence and acceptance for those who are longing for it. The site of pilgrimage as well as the entire journey reflects ones life. A life full of effort, expectation, disappointment, joy, and hope.
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Losing her dad was hard enough. He had always been the rock of their family, and as an only child, Candace Delis said she and her mom "felt lost" without him. But it wasn't just his unexpected passing that made things difficult – it was how he died.
As a veteran suffering the often inevitable long-term effects of PTSD, his family had called the VA hospital when it looked like symptoms were arising again. The hospital said to bring him in for immediate care. After the hour-and-a-half drive to the hospital, he was left waiting another two-and-a-half hours before being sent away to a civilian hospital. The teams there did all they could to save him, but it was too late. He had suffered two stokes, and the VA team had already wasted too much precious time. He died two days later.
Mourning his loss was now complicated by months of negligent care legal proceedings, federal hearings and media interviews (national media picked up the story, with Candace being interviewed on everything from FOX News to MSNBC).
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The unraveling of Israeli democracy
A vicious campaign has been launched against the president of Israel, accusing him of collaborating with his country's critics. An ugly video depicting human rights activists as foreign moles promoting the latest wave of terrorism is going viral. New legislation has been introduced to constrain and defame civil society organizations. Elected Arab officials are being accused, once again, of disloyalty. And key government officials — first and foremost the prime minister himself — are standing by, their uncharacteristic silence giving license to further assaults on Israel's essential human diversity and pluralist character.
There is really nothing new in the ultra-nationalist surge of the past week. It is part of a systematic process of democratic regression that has been brewing for quite some time, focusing on any divergence from what is fast emerging as a dominant, ethnically-driven, exclusivist, monolithic worldview bent on rearranging priorities and redefining Israeli identity. It follows a pattern reminiscent of historical precedents of the most terrifying sort and contains whiffs of similar efforts taking place elsewhere. It can only be countered by a consolidated, broad, vocal and unerringly committed reaffirmation of the centrality of the principles of tolerance, justice and equality for Israel's fundamental durability.
The unabashed purpose of the new nationalism in Israel is to redefine the nature of the state, confining it to the latter-day expression of the historic link between Jews and the land of Israel. By conflating the state with the (Jewish) "people," no room remains for citizens and their rights. Anybody who does not fit into this mold or questions its premises is automatically suspect and potentially harmful to the state and its interests. Disagreements over substance are dismissed as acts of betrayal. Insularity is glorified as the ultimate defense against external criticism. Intolerance and bigotry are condoned in the name of security. The world — outside Israel and within its boundaries — is thus divided neatly into "us" and "them": supporters and detractors, friends and enemies, those who are with us and those who are against us.
The purveyors of this new nationalism (divested of essential democratic trappings) originated in the right margins of Israeli society — deeply embedded in those national-religious circles which provided the backbone for the settlement enterprise. During the past decade, however, they have extended well beyond this initial base to also incorporate young, secular, educated, urban followers brought together by such groups as Im Tirzu and My Israel (Israel Sheli). They have been propped up by sympathetic journalists and frequently heralded by established think tanks (the Institute for Zionist Strategy, for one). They enjoy the backing of self-appointed overseers of progressive activities (NGO Monitor or Israel Academic Monitor). The consolidation of the Israel Home Party (Habayit Hayehudi) under the leadership of Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked has endowed them with a partisan base, increasingly replicated by Avigdor Liberman's Israel Beyteinu. Adherents now constitute a majority of Likud parliamentarians and are heavily represented in the corridors of power.
The targets of these ultra-nationalists have expanded over the years. Less concerned with the legality of the groups they decry (since these are legal entities subject to constant oversight) than with their public legitimacy (which they seek to undermine), they constantly prey on those who do not conform to their definition of membership in the community — especially Arab citizens of Israel. They hound those who dare to question their precepts, notably civil society organizations which have increasingly given voice to a wide variety of individuals who criticize government policies and dissent from official actions (these include peace groups, human and civil rights associations and even social justice initiatives). Intellectuals, academics, performers and writers have been the butt of numerous campaigns. And public institutions which uphold civil liberties and minority rights — particularly Israel's High Court of Justice and now the presidency — have not been spared.
For students of ultra-nationalist movements, there is nothing random or particularly innovative about the methods employed by Israel's contemporary brand of patriotic zealots. Each campaign — whether repeatedly against the New Israel Fund, the Department of Political Science at Ben-Gurion University, Breaking the Silence, B'Tselem, The Public Committee against Torture or Reuven Rivlin today — is composed of three interactive elements. The first consists of the compilation — often by dubious means — of purportedly damning (and frequently slanted or fabricated) materials against potential targets. The second involves carefully planned and exceedingly well-funded public campaigns designed to debunk and delegitimize these organizations and their supporters and to impose a uniform discourse in the public sphere (the mastermind behind the most virulent attacks, Moshe Klughaft, is a close advisor of Minister of Education Bennett). And the third wraps the neo-national message in a cloak of official respectability through policy overtures backed by legislative initiatives (dozens of proposed bills aimed at discrediting, denouncing and/or defunding pluralist activities have been tabled in the last year alone).
The roots of what is now a systemic offensive against anyone or anything different is deeply rooted in diverging approaches to Israel's ongoing conflict with the Palestinians, recently intensified by the country's growing international isolation, which has highlighted the sense of vulnerability of many Israelis and accentuated a siege mentality. It has been facilitated by the palpable ineffectiveness of opposition parties and by the proliferation of progressive civil society activism in their stead. Above all, however, the continuous assault on the pluralism of the public domain reflects the insecurity of those in office and directly serves their interests by allowing the present leadership to shirk responsibility for Israel's precarious situation and, by shifting the burden to those who disapprove of its course, entrench its hold on the reins of power.
Nothing emasculates alternative voices more than diverting legitimate debates over substance to emotional clashes over identity and hence loyalty. In today's Israel, those who equate patriotism with an unwavering commitment to a communal-based, narrowly Jewish, interpretation of what is Israel possess an asymmetric advantage over those who insist on abiding by a broad, culturally-rooted yet universally-propelled, civic meaning.
At risk are key aspects of Israel's already fragile democratic fabric: its protection of civil liberties (especially freedom of speech and association); its preservation of minority rights; its capacity to foster a broad and constructive public discourse; its support for independent associational life; and its ability to ensure adherence to the rule of law. Indeed, the meaning of democracy has been downsized to its formalistic shell which, stripped of its liberal content, increasingly confuses democracy with majority rule.
An Israel devoid of its deep democratic bearings, however, is at grave risk both domestically and internationally. It is more vulnerable to opprobrium from veteran democracies; it is more exposed to internal implosion and, most profoundly, it is decidedly more uncertain of who it is, what values lie at its core, and where it is going.
For far too long, the orchestrated assault on inclusive concepts of Israeli society has been ignored and its consequences sadly neglected. The latest attempts at discrediting democratic voices across the political spectrum have made it abundantly evident that dark winds symptomatic of proto-fascism are sweeping the country. These can no longer be swept aside or safely overlooked. If Israel is to survive, this trend must be combatted vigorously and decisively.
Those who care about a democratic Israel, one that holds true to the values of tolerance and freedom for all citizens and insists on seeking peace despite constant setbacks, should now awaken from their slumber and finally truly break their silence. They can resist purposeful muzzling by proclaiming their democratic vision on every social network, on every street corner, and from every balcony. They must speak truth to power by calling for a just society that even in troubled times fosters discussion and invites debate. This is what loving Israel means today; this is what true patriotism is all about; and this is what will ensure the country's decency, humanity and safety into the future.


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The winners of the competition were Kanani & Craig who won an amazing prize of a £6000 wedding package here at Ramsdale Park including not only our Photobooth experience but our friends Austin and Paul plus many other amazing wedding suppliers. Congratulations!!!
We managed to speak to Kanani and Craig who said they never expected to win the compeition, (as you can see from the photos they really didn't expect this at all) Kanani was over joyed with tears as the announcement was made in front of everyone who entered.
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When listing items for sale on eBay, there is one characteristic shared by most successful sellers - they have taken good-quality photographs of their items for sale. Although eBay is a virtual marketplace, buyers still like to see what they're buying. Auction listings that include quality photographs assure the buyer that they are making a good purchase. With so many auctions going on at the same time, why not give yourself an advantage over the majority of sellers? Here are a few tips that should help you to make the most of your item photographs. First, make sure that your item is in good shape before photographing it. If your item is dusty or stained, buyers won't want to buy it from you. Before you take the picture, make sure that you wipe your item and wash clothing or other soft items. It is important to have your item looking its best. If a product is worn or has a few scratches on the surface, document these through your item description and photographs. It may appear counter-productive to point out flaws in the item you're selling, but it pays off in the long run. Minimal damage rarely puts eBay buyers off as they're generally looking for a good deal. If the product is in good order, a little wear and tear is often deemed acceptable. When selling on eBay, reputation is everything. The last thing you want is a reputation for being dishonest. When taking a picture of your item, try to make use of any natural light you have. Take pictures near a window when the sun is shining. Avoid using a flash if you can - flash photographs often turn out too bright. For best results, light products should be photographed on dark backgrounds, and vice versa. Take care when selecting a surface and background on which to display your item. Reflective surfaces can reveal the photographer's image, and messy or busy backgrounds can detract from the item's detail. It's always best to use a simple surface and background that show off the item well. Ensure the item is displayed by itself, unless it's part of a lot. Take pictures from two or three different viewpoints, and when you take the picture get as close as you can without distorting the image. Make sure that the item fills the camera screen. Many eBay sellers use Photoshop, or a similar graphics program, to clean up their photographs before they list the item for sale. This is fine, as long as the resulting picture is still representative of the item. Try to keep colors and hues as close to the original as possible. A graphics program can be used to lighten up dark pictures or sharpen images for more clarity. Save the image as 400 x 300 pixel JPEGs. This way eBay won't reduce the photograph's resolution too much when it resizes the uploaded images. You should consider using eBay's built-in image hosting service. It's cheap. reliable and subject to eBay's technical support. They let you list your first image for free and charge a few cents for every further image you use. This convenient service is worth investigating to see if it's right for you. A picture is worth a thousand words, as the saying goes. On eBay, if you do it right, a picture can bring you potential buyers, increase the price of your item and make your whole eBay business much more profitable. As a final thought, it's always best to continue your education by reading as much information as you can find. There are many other ways to increase your profits when selling on eBay, such as tweaking your item title or description. Many people make a full- or part-time income from eBay and there is no reason why you can't be one of them.
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Glomerulonephritis means there is inflammation on glomeruli. Without good control, it can cause nephrosis. How can glomerulonephritis develop to nephrosis? Read on to learn more information.
Glomerulonephritis is usually associated with immune complexes. When there is abnormal immune reaction in body, for example, infections, massive immune complexes will be produced. With blood circulation, they are carried into kidneys and deposit on kidneys. In order to clear them, immune reaction will be launched. In short-term, it is helpful, but in the long run, inflammatory reaction in kidneys can cause kidney fibrosis and then sclerosis so as to impair renal function, leading to nephrosis.
How to prevent glomerulonephritis from developing to nephrosis?
The root cause of chronic renal inflammation is the accumulation of excess substances in the body. These excess substances have two sources. One is the excess nutrients that you ingest in the daily diet, and the other one is the harmful substances that are not excreted from the body. Conventional treatment such as steroids and immunosuppressants are only to suppress renal inflammation rather than cleanse the excess substances. That is why you can hardly get a complete remission and the disease gets relapse easily.
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Biathlon at the Olympics-2018: Online broadcast of the women's mass start 12.5 km
Today in South Korea's Pyeongchang will host the women's mass start at 12.5 km competition starts at 13:15, Kyiv time.
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This race is one of the last at the Olympics, where Ukraine hopes for medals. Before the fight for the podium was for the Ukrainian sportsmen and sportswomen unsuccessful.
From Ukraine in the race will involve two women,
12. Vita Semerenko
15. Valya Semerenko
The race is also planned participation of Yulia Jima, at least with certainty about this stated the head of the biathlon Federation Vladimir Brynzak, but in the end Jim was not qualified for the mass start. More detail about this situation here.
In the overall world Cup standings in this discipline Valya Semerenko is a 12-th position, Vita Semerenko is on the 16th place.
The race starts on 17 February at 13:15 in Kiev. To watch biathlon at the Olympics-2018 on channel NTU.


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The Goonies (グーニーズ Gūnīzu) is a 1986 platform game based on the film of the same name produced by Konami for the Nintendo Family Computer in Japan. It was later ported to the Disk System in 1988. While the game was never officially sold in North America, arcade ports were released there for both the PlayChoice-10 and the Vs. System (coin-operated arcade machines which played NES games). A sequel was released titled The Goonies II and it was later released overseas, outside Japan.
The main theme for most of the game is a chiptune rendition of Cyndi Lauper's "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough".


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Marvel Entertainment has released a new TV spot for the highly-anticipated superhero sequel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, which kicks off the summer movie season in theaters on May 5. This 30-second spot features bits and pieces of new footage showing this beloved superhero team getting back together to save the galaxy once again, since no one else seems to be up to the task at hand. It remains to be seen whether or not another full trailer will debut between now and the May 5 release date.
This TV spot, which comes courtesy of Marvel Entertainment, comes just days after reports surfaced that this superhero sequel scored a rare and possibly unprecedented perfect score of 100 during a recent test screening. Marvel holds what they call "friends and family screenings." While the testing pool is said to be "larger than one might think," it is also done this way to prevent any spoilers or footage from the screening from leaking. Marvel has employed this process since the first Iron Man back in 2008.
Last week, Vin Diesel teased that he has had discussions with director James Gunn for a Groot spin-off movie, which he claims is "inevitable." These comments came just a month after another interview he gave, where he claimed that, "if it's up to James Gunn, you are going to see a Groot/Rocket movie after [Avengers] Infinity War." He added that it's "highly possible" this will happen, while adding that, somewhere in the Marvel universe, fans will also see Groot fighting Hulk. It's possible this may happen in Avengers: Infinity War, but no story details about that film have been confirmed yet, with production starting last week.
Director James Gunn recently teased in an interview that neither the original Guardians of the Galaxy movie nor this sequel have been beholden to any part of the MCU continuity, since these adventures take place in the cosmos, far beyond the reach of the Earth-bound Avengers. It has been confirmed, however, that the Guardians will be featured in Avengers: Infinity War, with cast members such as Dave Bautista and Sean Gunn revealing through social media that they started filming on the superhero ensemble last week. Very little is known about the plot of that movie as well, but hopefully an official plot synopsis will be released for both movies. When the first Guardians 2 trailer debuted in December, it set a new Marvel record for teaser trailer views, amassing 81 million views in the first 24 hours. The new Super Bowl trailer that debuted during the big game last week was voted the most popular by fans.
The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 cast is lead by Chris Pratt as Star-Lord, Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon and Vin Diesel as Groot. New cast members include Kurt Russell as Ego the Living Planet, Star-Lord's father, Elizabeth Debicki as Ayesha, Pom Klementieff as Mantis, Chris Sullivan as Taserface and Tommy Flanagan as Tullk. Marvel Studios will release Guardians 2 on May 5, which kicks off the summer movie season. The film doesn't have any direct competition, but it will face Warner Bros. KIng Arthur: Legend of the Sword, 20th Century Fox's Snatched and High Top Releasing's Lowriders on May 12. Take a look at this new video that offers a sneak peek at the recording of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 chorus.


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I am home (as already planned by God's mercy)
Sunday, December 04, 2011
My Beloved Oma: Memory Eternal!
I am home (as already planned by God's mercy)
18 comments:
- Sarah in Indiana said...
May her memory be eternal! I'm so glad you had the opportunity to spend family time with your Oma this week, and that you are now with your family and not alone. God is good and merciful.
- 8:27 am, December 04, 2011
- Peacocks and Sunflowers said...
Very sad news. I'm so glad you have so many wonderful memories of your Oma. Memory eternal!
- 8:42 am, December 04, 2011
- . said...
Memory eternal! Glad you are with your family right now! Love to you
- 9:50 am, December 04, 2011
- TeresaAngelina said...
Memory Eternal! I shall keep your Oma, Grace by name, in my prayers. Good that you are home.
- 10:01 am, December 04, 2011
- Matushka Anna said...
Oh, Elizabeth, I'm so sorry. May her memory be eternal! I hope that the memories of the time you spent with her so recently will be a comfort to you in your grief. (((hugs)))
- 10:14 am, December 04, 2011
- Michelle M. said...
I am so very sorry for your loss. What a blessing to be in MI with your family during this time. Prayers for you all. May her memory be eternal!
- 10:32 am, December 04, 2011
- Elizabeth @ The Garden Window said...
Memory Eternal.....
I am keeping you all in my prayers, and will be praying the Psalter for your dear Oma.
Sending hugs from us in Wales, dear Elizabeth.
- 10:41 am, December 04, 2011
- Janelle thegeekywife said...
Memory Eternal.
During church today I "accidentally" prayed for her while praying for others who have reposed. Her name, Grace, just popped up in my mind.
Praying for y'all.
- 5:32 pm, December 04, 2011
- Joanna said...
Memory eternal. Love you, Elizabeth.
Babushka Joanna
- 5:57 pm, December 04, 2011
- DebD said...
Sorry to read this. May her memory be eternal!
- 6:13 pm, December 04, 2011
- GretchenJoanna said...
It is a great loss -- no one can take her place on the earth, and in your life. May her memory be eternal! (My grandmother's name was Grace.)
- 6:40 pm, December 04, 2011
- Xen Xen said...
Hugs and love! Memory Eternal, Oma Grace.
- 7:53 pm, December 04, 2011
- mamajuliana said...
Memory Eternal...I am glad you are home with family.
- 8:39 pm, December 04, 2011
- Anastasia Theodoridis said...
Oh, my, just as we were all rejoicing she seemed to be doing so well.
God was so merciful in allowing you all to be with her so recently, and in the fact that you're home now.
Memory eternal!
- 8:54 pm, December 04, 2011
- Unknown said...
I am so sorry for your loss Elizabeth! May her memory be eternal! May the Lord comfort you and your family! What a wonderful gift and blessing though it was for all the family to gather together these previous days and spend them with her! Sending you my love and hugs!
- 2:02 am, December 05, 2011
- Maria said...
May God grant rest to her soul!
- 10:40 am, December 05, 2011
- Mimi said...
While in no way do I minimize your loss, and grieve with you my dear friend, I am so thankful that she went so peacefully and quietly. That's truly a good death.
Love to you during this difficult time. May her Memory be Eternal, I lit a candle for her soul yesterday at Liturgy.
- 6:11 pm, December 05, 2011
- tamie marie said...
I'm so glad you are there with your family, and that your Oma had such a rich and full and good life. But this is hard and a very real loss. Many blessings on your whole family during this time.
- 10:16 pm, December 05, 2011


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As part of Korea's strategy for the transfer of agricultural technology to developing countries, the Rural Development Administration (RDA) has been building agricultural R&D partnerships over the past two decades with counterparts from developing countries in Asia, including Vietnam.
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HOURS Gaming App is a personal project by our artist, Radek Skrzypczak. He is an avid PS3/PS4 player and has wanted to view his game play statistics. However, it was not possible on PS4, so he got inspired in making the App through an existing platform for PC. Let's check it out!
App counts the time we spent on playing games on Playstation 3/4. We have access to a whole range of hourly stats etc, app is based primarily on statistics.
– Radek Skrzypczak
I don't know exactly how much time it took me to finish it, but about 3 weeks, in the meantime other projects. I used Photoshop and After Effects for animations.
– Radek Skrzypczak
From time to time I play on my PS4/3 and I miss the ability to view various stats, so I decided to create a concept like HOURS Gaming App. You know, I like much video games and view various statistics, such as how many hours I played the game x in the last week etc. There is a site – Xfire – unfortunately only for the PC gamers, so I decided to create my concept for PS4.
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Radek Skrzypczak is a self-taught, freelance mobile UI/UX/animation designer from Poland. He loves design, good design of everything. Also, he's an amateur photographer for some time, you can see some of his photos here. He is an enthusiast of gaming, carting and billiards.