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Patient advocacy requires nurses to support and protect their patients. Nurses often find themselves in ethically questionable situations that conflict with their personal and professional morals. Sometimes, speaking out for the patient requires them to demonstrate moral courage—for instance, in the face of conflicting loyalties, in highly charged conflict situations, or when the patient's rights are being violated.
This article provides an overview of moral courage, defines important terms, examines barriers to moral courage, discusses strategies for developing moral courage, reviews peer support and organizational cultures that support moral courage, and discusses whistleblowing. Defining key terms Moral courage is the willingness to stand up for and act according to one's ethical beliefs when moral principles are threatened, regardless of the perceived or actual risks (such as stress, anxiety, isolation from colleagues, or threats to employment).
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Moral distress occurs when nurses feel powerless to act after witnessing improper behavior, if organizational constraints make doing the right thing difficult or impossible. Ultimately, these situations challenge one's sense of virtue, which involves acting in accordance with one's moral and ethical principles. Moral courage is a virtue and needs to be developed (as does emotional intelligence) to determine when action is required. Thus, moral courage is linked to virtue ethics, which emphasizes the role of character rather than doing one's duty to bring about good consequences.
Virtue ethics appreciates that conflicts occur and that more than just moral wisdom is needed to ensure a moral outcome. Case scenario: Susan's dilemma The following scenario illustrates the moral distress a nurse may experience when her patient advocacy meets resistance or her moral courage is challenged. It also describes effective management strategies to help nurses resolve these problems. Julie, age 45, works in a telemetry unit at a university medical center. A registered nurse (RN) for 20 years, she is now a charge nurse on the 7 A. M. -to-7 P. M. shift.
She has an in-depth understanding of the goings-on at her hospital and is highly respected by her peers. This weekend, Julie is busy as usual when Dr. Shoen, an attending physician, tells her she's unhappy with Susan, a staff nurse. According to Dr. Shoen, Susan seems to question everything Dr. Shoen does for Mr. Yarrow, her agitated semicomatose patient. Susan, in the meantime, speaks to Brenda, a new nurse graduate, about Mr. Yarrow's apparent need for more sedation. She says she hesitates to ask Dr. Shoen for a sedative order because of her experiences with retaliation in similar circumstances.
Brenda, who has studied moral courage at nursing school, finds it disheartening that an experienced nurse like Susan seems to lack the courage to speak her mind about a patient's care because she fears negative consequences. She recognizes that Susan's concern over her patient needs to be elevated, and finds Julie to tell her Susan might need help. After Brenda speaks with Julie, Julie enters Mr. Yarrow's room, assesses him, speaks with Susan and Brenda, and validates their concerns about his care. With Brenda present, Julie talks with Susan about options for speaking up for what she believes is in the patient's best interest.
Julie presents the option of using objective data—namely, the SBAR (Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation) technique—to help resolve the situation. She role-plays with Susan how to approach team members when she has a concern about patient care, and suggests she use the technique with Dr. Shoen. Taking Julie's advice, Susan speaks to Dr. Shoen. An hour later, she tells Julie, "It's always been hard for me to step forward and say something when I know a patient should be getting better care. But the technique you showed me helped me present the facts to Dr.
Shoen in a professional way without making her feel threatened. Now she understands the need for medication, and the patient is comfortable. " Later, Brenda tells Julie she's grateful she had the opportunity to witness moral courage in action. Barriers to showing moral courage All healthcare organizations and professionals have a responsibility to uphold high ethical standards. But not all situations in which nurses advocate for patients turn out the way Susan's did. Sometimes nurses face obstacles when advocating for patients, and some nurses may try to circumvent morally courageous behavior.
Ethics experts have identified several barriers to morally courageous behavior: organizational culture, which sets the stage for how individuals respond to unethical behavior. In an organizational culture that eschews the interdisciplinary dialogue crucial to resolving unethical behavior or that disregards unethical actions, staff may shy away from morally courageous behavior. Also, some nurses may be willing to compromise their personal and professional standards if their organization tolerates unethical situations, preferring to avoid the risks of displaying moral courage.
What's more, some nurses may grow more reluctant to face the difficult challenge of confronting unethical behaviors. lack of concern by colleagues who don't have the moral courage to take action groupthink, in which individuals collectively decide to look the other way when unethical behaviors occur, with subsequent loss of independent thinking preference for redefining unethical actions as acceptable. For example, a nurse observes, but pretends not to see, two nurses repeatedly documenting narcotic wastage by cosigning each other's name. CODE: An aid to demonstrating moral courage
Remembering what actions to take when you face a moral dilemma can be emotionally and cognitively difficult. Vicki Lachman, a coauthor of this article, developed the mnemonic CODE to help nurses recall the steps to take. (See CODE: The key to taking action in a dilemma by clicking the PDF icon above. ) C: Courage The first step is to critically evaluate the situation to determine whether moral courage is needed to address it. Morally courageous people know how to use affective and objective information to determine whether a situation warrants further exploration.
O: Obligations to honor The "O" in CODE stands for the nurse's ethical obligation, as outlined in the Code of Ethics for Nurses from the American Nurses Association (ANA). When caught in a moral dilemma, you should self-impose a purposeful time-out for reflection to help determine what moral values and ethical principles are at risk or are being compromised. Suppose, for example, that Wendy, RN, interprets Dr. Colton's avoidance of a dying patient's family as a lack of compassion. During a time-out, she comes to see that by avoiding delivering bad news to the family, Dr.
Colton is dishonoring the patient's autonomy. She decides to approach the situation from an ethical stance and avoid a judgmental communication. She considers: What's the right thing to do? What principles need to be expressed and defended in this situation? D: Danger management The "D" in CODE stands for danger: What do you need to do to manage your fear of being morally courageous? This step requires the use of cognitive approaches for emotional control and risk-aversion management. During this step, explore possible actions and consider adverse consequences associated with those actions.
To avoid becoming overwhelmed when deciding how to act, focus on one or two critical values. In Wendy's case, she focused on the values of autonomy and nonmaleficence. The cognitive reframing method helps a person learn to stop negative thought processes that interfere with effective analysis of a situation. By replacing negative thoughts with positive self-talk, you can focus on viewing the situation clearly. Equally important, strive to avoid stumbling blocks that might impede moral courage, such as apprehension or overreflection; these responses might make you "reason" yourself out of the risk of taking morally courageous action.
If Wendy uses positive self-talk ("I can approach Dr. Colton and support the family by discussing with him how to deliver the bad news"), she's more likely to take morally courageous action than she would if she used negative self-talk ("He'll never listen to me"). Self-soothing is another way to promote risk taking. Risk-avoidant nurses tend to overvalue uncertainties and undervalue the chance of reaching a desired outcome. Risk-preference nurses do the opposite. To self-soothe, use deep-breathing and other techniques that reduce physiologic arousal of fear.
E: Expression The "E" in CODE denotes expression and action through assertiveness and negotiation skills. Knowing one's obligations and demonstrating specific behaviors can enable you to move past your fear and serve as an effective patient advocate, as Susan did in our case scenario. To avoid blocks to exercising moral courage, nurses need to develop moral courage through education and practice, and to use the tools they learn in making everyday decisions. This helps them develop morally courageous behaviors even before an ethical dilemma occurs.
The negative assertion technique is one example of a tool that nurses can use. If Dr. Colton responds defensively when Wendy approaches him ("The family has been hostile to me since I started treating the patient"), she should first state which part of his response she agrees with, and then tell him which part she disagrees with. So she might say, "You're right. The family has been hostile to you in the past. But we still have the ethical obligation to keep communicating about their mother's deteriorating condition. "
Organizational cultures that support moral courage In an organization whose culture supports moral courage, communication is open at all levels, policies and procedures support ethical practice, and leaders practice staff empowerment. Empowerment creates a positive work environment through such structures as professional practice models and shared governance, as well as participation in ethics committees. Leaders must ensure these structures are used to make individual and organizational accountability expected behaviors.
In organizations that advocate accountability, managers must have the moral courage to generate crucial conversations with all healthcare team members. A crucial conversation is a discussion between two or more people where the stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong. For example, Julie, the charge nurse in our case scenario, role-modeled the needed communication to resolve Susan's conflict with Dr. Shoen, demonstrating the crucial conversation Susan needed to initiate with Dr. Shoen to make Mr. Yarrow more comfortable. Peer support
Nurses can increase their effectiveness as change agents by using peer support when they need to exercise moral courage for patient advocacy. Interventions to protect patient safety and improve the quality of care and health outcomes are enhanced when morally courageous nurses elicit peer support for advocacy endeavors. This helps combat the groupthink effect of putting direct pressure on dissenters not to oppose the group's views. Peer support helps leaders understand that more than one staff member supports morally courageous action.
Even when other colleagues may disagree with a courageous nurse who speaks up for a cause, nurses should be expected to support their peers' right to address tough issues and problematic clinical situations. In our case scenario, Brenda sought peer support from Julie in handling the conflict and offered Susan her unsolicited support. Suppose, for example, a nurse is asked to get a signed consent form from a patient who's about to undergo a nonurgent but essential operation (such as open reduction or internal fixation of the femur).
But based on her assessment, the nurse determines the patient is cognitively impaired (which is an acute change) and has no family members who could care for her postoperatively. She calls the surgeon and expresses reluctance to get consent in this circumstance; the surgeon becomes angry and tells her to "get the consent anyway. " The operating-room nurse also is bothered by this interruption in the schedule, but chooses to support her peer's courage in advocating for her patient. This additional peer support helps reassure the courageous nurse to continue to "do the right thing" despite clear opposition.
In this way, peer support for nurses' efforts to exhibit moral courage can improve the effectiveness of individual attempts. Nursing environments that foster peer support are highly desirable. When is whistleblowing necessary? If a healthcare organization fails to put in place the necessary mechanisms for internal resolution of patient safety and quality concerns, whistleblowing may be necessary for patient advocacy. Demonstrating moral courage means taking personal and professional risks; every nurse should understand this.
But nurses also need to recognize their responsibility to uphold the ethical principles that guide nurses' professional behavior, as outlined in the ANA Code of Ethics. Nursing's Social Policy Statement from ANA provides additional direction on how nurses should conduct themselves in an ethical and responsible manner toward those they care for. Nurses have a responsibility to report unsafe, unethical, or illegal behaviors to individuals within an organization who are in a position to stop these behaviors.
In Susan's case, she was able to obtain the help she needed from a manager (Julie) to address her patient's pain management with Dr. Schoen. However, in situations where internal resources have been exhausted (as when complaints to a compliance hotline and senior administrators go unheeded), whistleblowing becomes a nurse's ethical obligation. When the organization fails to address unethical conduct, the nurse must go outside the organization for help. Susan collected all the facts and used her internal resources effectively. However, if Dr.
Schoen had continued to resist and discount her opinions and the hospital had refused to address the potentially ineffective pain management, Susan would have been obligated to complain to the medical board and possibly consider resigning and seeking employment elsewhere. Nurses must play a pivotal role in promoting ethical environments—those where they and their colleagues believe they can be morally courageous and come forward with their concerns. In ethical workplaces with protection policies and a clear means for addressing concerns, where colleagues support whistleblowers, staff members who otherwise might be reluctant to be morally ourageous feel more empowered to speak up. Recommendations for practice, education, research, and policy Nurses need to identify scenarios where they should demonstrate moral courage. Depending on the individual nurse's role, these may include clinical, education, research, or policy scenarios. (See Wanted: More research on moral courage by clicking the PDF icon above. ) To develop moral sensitivity, nurses must take the time to reflect not only on their personal and professional values but on their moral obligations.
They need to become more "present" in the situation to better understand their own perspective and their patients' situations. Administrators must create and support a culture that fosters moral courage—one with clear policies on conscientious objection, acknowledging and addressing a staff members' moral distress, and encouraging peer support for the courageous nurse. Furthermore, bedside nurses and nursing administrators should use ethical decision-making practices to resolve value-based conflicts that lead to moral distress. (See Conscientious objection by clicking the PDF icon above. Education on moral courage All healthcare professionals should be educated in demonstrating moral courage in the face of ethical challenges. Although much has been written on nursing intuitiveness, knowing how to demonstrate moral courage and create an organizational culture that fosters empowerment may not be so intuitive. For this reason, educational strategies should be used both in nursing care settings and academia. Nurses must learn the language of ethics, moral reasoning, and moral courage—and how to approach the moral dilemmas they may encounter.
Role-playing is one strategy for learning new behaviors in difficult situations. This technique places nurses in dialogue pairs where they play out a scenario they're given—for instance, a difficult but necessary conversation about maintaining standards rather than cutting corners, or how to approach senior personnel or physicians when concerned about a patient's plan of care. This can make nurses better equipped to demonstrate moral courage when difficult situations arise.
In both the workplace and academia, strategies exist to help nurses gain knowledge about ethics—for instance, discussion of a case and application of Code of Ethics provisions to the case; also, use of simulation with a standardized patient experiencing a violation of privacy or autonomy. Nursing educational curricula include ethics in both baccalaureate and graduate programs. Many schools have in-depth courses that give students time to learn the language of ethics and ethical reasoning, which helps in day-to-day practice.
Nurses who think they lack the tools to handle difficult situations in daily practice can tap into webinars, nursing literature, and other continuing-education offerings. Also, most hospitals have ethics committees that offer consultation and can be called on to provide education. Workshops can be given on specific ethical subjects or case presentations. Nurse managers should play a role in requesting or promoting ethics educational opportunities in the workplace. (See Online resources on moral courage by clicking the PDF icon above. ) Policies related to moral courage
Healthcare organizations need to create policies that support nurses in demonstrating moral courage without fear of reprisal. Policy is imperative to enhancing healthcare workers' ability to respond appropriately to unethical behaviors. All nurses should become staunch advocates of creating and implementing such policies. Leaders must recognize the importance of moral courage. Support moral courage The dynamic changes in health care over the past few decades have created increasingly complex moral and ethical dilemmas, some of which call on nurses to demonstrate moral courage.
Addressing such dilemmas and acting appropriately are never easy. But nurses are accountable for providing the best possible patient care. Advocating for a patient's best interest can pose challenges and risks, but nurses must resolve to uphold their ethical obligations. The increasing number of publications on moral courage underscores the need for an ongoing conversation among nurses in all roles and across all settings to commit to working toward creating environments that value and support moral courage. Selected references American Nurses Association. Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements.
Author: Silver Spring, Maryland; 2001. http://nursingworld. org/MainMenuCategories/EthicsStandards/CodeofEthicsforNurses/Code-of-Ethics. pdf. Accessed March 27. 2012. American Nurses Association. Nursing's Social Policy Statement: The Essence of the Profession. (3rd ed. ) Author; Silver Spring, Maryland; 2010. Lachman VD, ed. Applied Ethics in Nursing. New York, NY: Springer; 2006. Lachman VD. Moral courage: a virtue in need of development? Medsurg Nurs. 2007 Apr;16(2):131-3. Murray JS. Moral courage in healthcare: acting ethically even in the presence of risk. OJIN. 2010;15(3):Manuscript 2.


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CHRISTMAS PLATE 1979 by Royal Copenhagen – beautiful Danish vintage porcelain plate with winter scenery in excellent vintage condition.
This hand painted Christmas plate from 1979 is tilted Choosing The Christmas Tree and designed by Kaj Lange. It portraits a family choosing their Christmas Tree, and have brought a sled for carrying it home. The backside has two holes in the base rim enabling it for wall hanging and marked with green Royal Copenhagen stamp, title, artist signature and three blue wave lines.
Gorgeous deep blue glazing and charming winter motif – this plate would be a beautiful addition to any collection, either on display in a cupboard, or hung on the wall among other plates in an abstract pattern. You could also use this plate as a lunch plate or a serving plate to add color to the dining table setting.
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- Diameter: 18.5 cm | 7.3 inches
- Height: 2.3 cm | 0.9 inches
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- 1979
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|Computer systems today are no longer monolithic programs; instead they usually comprise multiple interacting programs. With the continuous growth of these systems and with their integration into systems of systems, interoperability becomes a fundamental issue. Integration of systems is more complex and occurs more frequently than ever before. One solution to this problem could be the automated model-based synthesis of mediators at runtime. However, this approach has strong prerequisites. It requires the existence of adequate models of the systems to be connected. Many systems encountered in practice, on the other hand, do not come with models. In such cases models have to be constructed ex post (at runtime). Furthermore, adequate models must capture control as well as data aspects of a system. In most protocols, for instance, data parameters (e.g., session identifiers or sequence numbers) can influence system behavior. Models of such systems can be thought of as interface programs: Rather than covering only the control behavior, they describe explicitly which data values are relevant to the communication and have to be remembered and reused. This thesis addresses the problem of inferring interface programs of systems at runtime using active automata learning techniques. Active automata learning uses a test-based and counterexample-driven approach to inferring models of black-box systems. The method has originally been introduced for finite automata (the popular L* algorithm). Extending active learning to interface programs requires research in three directions: First, the efficiency of active learning algorithms has to be optimized to scale when dealing with data parameters. Second, techniques are needed for finding counterexamples driving the learning process in practice. Third, active learning has to be extended to richer models than Mealy machines or DFAs, capable of expressing interface programs. The work presented in this thesis improves the state of the art in all three directions. More concretely, the contributions of this thesis are the following: first, an efficient active learning algorithm for DFAs and Mealy machines that combines the ideas of several known active learning algorithms in a non-trivial way; second, a framework for finding counterexamples in black-box scenarios, leveraging the incremental and monotonic evolution of hypothetical models characteristic of active automata learning; third, and most importantly, the technically involved extension of the partition/refinement-based approach of active learning to interface programs. The impact of extending active learning to interface programs becomes apparent already for small systems. We inferred a simple data structure (a nested stack of overall capacity 16) as an interface program in no more than 20 seconds, using less than 45,000 tests and only 9 counterexamples. The corresponding Mealy machine model, on the other hand, would have more than 10 to the power of 9 states already in the case of a very small finite data domain of size 4 and require significantly more than 10 to the power of 9 tests when being inferred using the classic L* algorithm.
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Russian Railways' President Oleg Belozerov held a conference call on the Company's performance in October and the 10 months of 2017 to the end of October.
Speaking about the results achieved, Belozerov noted that Russian Railways had successfully placed rouble-denominated bonds on the international capital markets as part of the Company's 2017 debt strategy.
Bonds in the amount of 15 billion roubles with a term of 7 years were placed on 19 October 2017. The final rate was fixed at 7.9%, which is 0.35% lower than the rate on the last loan issued on the Russian domestic market with a comparable maturity.
Foreign investors accounted for 40% of the issue, with the greater part represented by investors from the United Kingdom.
The issue was the Company's second deal this year and the fourth such placement since Russian Railways entered the international markets in 2010.
As a result of the issue, Russian Railways achieved the lowest coupon rate in the Company's history in placing rouble-denominated Eurobonds, as well as the lowest rouble rate among Russian issuers in the international debt market since January 2013.
The total volume of circulating rouble bonds on the international capital market currently stands at 82.5 billion roubles, which makes Russian Railways the largest issuer of obligations in Russian currency abroad.
Analysing the Company's performance indicators, Oleg Belozerov noted that during January-October 2017, tariff freight turnover increased by 6.5%, while tariff freight turnover taking into account empty wagon runs of privately owned wagons was up by 6.2% compared to the previous year.
More than 1,045 billion tons of freight were shipped, 3% more than in the same period last year.
In the 10 months to the end of October 2017, almost 933 million passengers were transported, 8.5% more than during the same period last year.
The labour productivity of the Company's employees actually engaged in transportation increased by 9.5% compared to the same 10 months in 2016 and was 1.8% above the plan.
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It's a comedy show. With good comedians in it.
'Good Comedians' is a one-of-a-kind stand-up comedy show featuring some of Wellington's hottest humorous talent - and it's back with a bangin' new line up.
Our February show stars:
Clarissa Chandrahasen
Johanna Cosgrove
Lucy Roche
Mairanga White
Tui Lou Christie
MC'd by Rosie Howells
and headlined by Tessa Waters!
Future shows:
April 3rd - headlined by Sameena Zehra
June 5th - headlined by Gabby Anderson
July 31st
October 2nd
So head on down to The Fringe Bar to have a good ol' fashioned chuckle with our crack-up cast of funny people.
Tickets are a bargain, starting at $16 online through to $22 on the door.
Sound good? We'll see you there!
Seating is not allocated so make sure to arrive early to nab a good vantage point. Doors open one hour before showtime, latecomers may not be admitted, and door sales are cash only.
♿ The event space is located upstairs with a service elevator available on request, but please get in touch before the gig if you have any accessibility concerns so we can best help you out.
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Here we go again! Hope everyone is ready for the roller coaster ride that is the Six Nations.
Ireland have announced their team with Kidney making a few new tweaks in the form of Wallace at centre. An interesting choice especially against the French – this is no warm up game. Kearney, who has been on crutches this weak after a training incident, should be fit for Saturday taking up his preferred position of full-back.
The team is as follows:
Ireland: R Kearney; T Bowe, B O'Driscoll, capt, P Wallace, L Fitzgerald; R O'Gara, T O'Leary; M Horan, J Flannery, J Hayes, D O'Callaghan, P O'Connell, S Ferris, D Wallace, J Heaslip.
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G major | 63 bpm | PopLicense Song
Verse 1
There's a boy sitting next to me
And he's got no feet on the ground
A chair with wheels supports his broken wings
And he moves on without a sound
Pre Chorus
He said, "Life is what you make of all the time you have
And you can find a way to make it last."
And he told me life rolls on and that all you need to keep you strong
Is everything you thought you had to hide
And I wish that I could be anywhere but here and that I could see
That everything is easy if you try.
But if you can't learn to walk, you learn to fly.
Verse 2
His frame of mind and his certain way of living
Are something I can't understand
But this chair with wheels doesn't stop this boy from flying
Across the waves into the sand
Pre Chorus
The challenges you face will make you who you are
The chances that you take Will fill your heart
Fly high,
Oh fly, fly just spread your wings and fly
But if you can't learn to walk,
Oh if you can't learn to walk
If you can't learn to walk
You learn to fly.


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Iraq – 1989
Sharp questioning. Disbelief. Officials are puzzled by my arrival in Chebayish.
Why are you here?
"To see the marshes …"
Eventually, I was allowed to stay overnight.
But the only place in town was a large scruffy dormitory full of single men. Guys came and went at all hours and then woke early with the dawn call to prayer.
For over 2000 years, an ancient, even Biblical way of life has thrived in southern Iraq.
Amid islands and wetlands fed by the mighty Tigris and Euphrates rivers, today's inhabitants – the "Marsh Arabs", continue an ancient lifestyle dependent on the waters of these biblical rivers.
(This is the land of Babylon and ancient Mesopotamia, where the ziggurat of Abraham's Ur and other stepped, mud-brick pyramids still stand today).
Away from surrounding desert, a world carpeted by greenery, flowing with fish and fresh water. Flocks of migratory birds nesting. Horizons of date palms and marsh reeds. Elements for life like canoes, housing and animal feed provided by the marsh vegetation.
For centuries, it had been a simple way of life, sustained by the waters, and largely forgotten by time.
Yet in the modern era, this marshland and its culture were nearly-destroyed by Saddam Hussein.
Following the unsuccessful Shia rebellion against Saddam's rule (after the first Gulf War in 1991), the Iraqi dictator began systematically draining the marshes to punish the Marsh Arabs.
Severe environmental damage was done.
But I believe in recent years, this has been reversed and the marshes are recovering again.
The afternoon saw an invitation to drink – Arabic-style sweet black – tea with men in robes and head-dress, seated on carpets around the edge of a small hall made entirely of reeds in the traditional arched roof style.
Later around dusk, walking along the waterfront, we get bewildered looks. Some smiles; but some young kids threw stones.
The plan the following day had been to walk many kilometers along the dirt embankment road that cuts across the vast marshlands. But soldiers wouldn't allow this.
And there were plenty of them to deter this adventure. Checkpoints every 5 km or so along the only road out of town.
The marshes had been a favored hiding place for army deserters seeking refuge from the brutality of the long Iran-Iraq War (which had just finished 6 months earlier).
That next morning walking past an army truck, and in the back two soldiers guarded 4 men in ragged uniforms. Deserters ??? All of them stared at this stranger. I waved. Smiled, yelled. "Hi guys! How are ya?" At that passing moment, all six faces lit up in warm unison.
Some time into the shared taxi ride from Chebayish, I got the driver to let me out. Well away from army checkpoints I wandered along the quiet embankment road.
And took these photos of locals working amid the marshes.


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Keith McVeigh to head company's yacht sales division
Keith McVeigh has joined Navigare Yachting USA as head of its yacht sales division. His efforts will channel growth through Navigare's existing network of partner dealers as well as direct sales to individual investors in the US and Canada.
"The addition of Keith McVeigh to our team is a perfect fit," says CEO Jesper Rönngard, "not only from the standpoint of his remarkable sales career, but also within our company culture. Navigare is first and foremost committed to outstanding customer care. And Keith's excellent track record and passion are so evident, we can be certain he will excel at serving our clients."
Navigare Yachting is a leading charter operator of sailing yachts, with over 300 yachts worldwide. Headquartered in Malmö, Sweden, the company also provides yacht ownership programs through dealers.
A native of South Africa, McVeigh grew up waterskiing and sailing, mainly on small sailboats and windsurfers. After owning and operating a catamaran building factory in South Africa for many years, McVeigh and his family moved to Florida where he started selling new catamarans.
"Since my family and I have owned and chartered boats for over a decade, my love for catamarans and yachting shows in my passion for selling yachts. I enjoy helping clients pursue their dreams, and I am excited to show them how Navigare Yachting can help make it happen," he says.
The appointment of McVeigh just ahead of the Miami boat show will ensure Navigare meets its ambitious goals. With eight catamarans sold in its charter program in the BVIs last year, the 2019 sales forecast is to more than double that figure to 20 new yacht sales, the company says.


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Malta has developed into an international banking centre, and accounts for a significant share of global banking activity with more than 25 credit institutions having a presence on the island.
International and regional players have established operations in the country, offering a full set of banking services that range from retail and investment banking to trade finance and custody services, and prospects for future growth are high. Rated repeatedly as the 10th soundest banking system in the world by the World Economic Forum's Competitiveness Index 2014-2015, Malta's banking sector is thriving. The sector's continued robustness is based on conservative investment policies and a stable deposit base. The island's constantly expanding international finance sector offers plenty of growth opportunities in areas such as ship finance, investment banking, and custody services.
The information included in this publication is for information purposes only and is subject to change.
Malta has emerged as one of Europe's top domiciles for investment funds and asset management, hosting more than 580 investment funds.
Malta has long been an established jurisdiction for alternative funds, and its new fund regime has all bases covered, as managers are allowed to run funds under the island's PIF regime, outside the scope of the directive, or Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) under the AIFMD, as well as EU-compliant and globally recognised UCITS schemes. In 2016, Malta introduced the Notified AIF (NAIF) regime. The sector gained momentum due to increased asset management and fund servicing activity, with Malta's flexible and pro-business attitude helping to consolidate the island's claim for prominence as a fund jurisdiction. In fact, fund service providers recently voted the island as their favoured European fund domicile. As more offshore funds choose to move into regulated onshore jurisdictions, Malta is poised to win a significant share of the business seeking an EU location.
Malta has made significant strides to the international insurance market in attracting world-class companies to its shores. EU passporting rights and competitive operating costs are key attractions of locating in Malta. The country also championed the introduction of innovative structures such as Protected and Incorporated Cell Companies. Both structures allow firms to write risks through cells within a core company and provide businesses with a cost-effective alternative to setting up a stand-alone insurance company. The cell model is also applicable to insurance managers and brokers. Some 60 insurance companies are today registered in Malta, with the large majority being international players and only a handful of companies being active in the local market. International insurance business now accounts for more than 80 per cent of the total gross written premiums. With new legislation on reinsurance special purpose vehicles, Malta is positioning itself to tap new markets. The island has recognised the growing importance of insurance linked securities and catastrophe bonds, as well as the convergence of reinsurance and capital markets.
Offering a new breed of retirement products, Malta has become a key centre for pension transfers.
The island provides the ideal solution for high-net-worth individuals looking for an investment vehicle, international workers planning for retirement and global corporations seeking pension schemes for their staff. Malta is one of the jurisdictions that meet the requirements set out by the UK tax authorities for Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes (QROPS). A retirement scheme licensed in Malta is also eligible as a Qualifying Non-UK Pension Scheme (QNUPS), providing it satisfies the requirements specified in the UK Inheritance Tax Law. While Malta has seen the breakthrough in the international pension sector due to its attractiveness for QROPS and QNUPS, it is now aiming to come to similar agreements with other countries and the island sees an opportunity to cater for the pension needs of companies and individuals from EU markets.
Malta's strengths as a wealth management centre lie in its holistic offering that caters for a wide spectrum of needs, including succession planning, investment advisory, corporate structuring, investment banking and even lifestyle administration.
The Malta trust, combining all the features of the Anglo-Saxon trust concept within a civil law framework, has quickly become the preferred vehicle for professionals and high-net-worth individuals seeking an effective and trustworthy solution to wealth management issues. Trusts have been set up in Malta to safeguard everything from heirlooms to stocks, bonds, art and real estate. Recently, the island modernised its trust law to bring it in line with international trends and rival trust jurisdictions, ensuring that Malta remains one of the 'go-to' names for those in search of wealth management solutions. Private bankers and asset managers cater to all levels of wealth from the mass affluent to the ultra-high-net-worth individual. A wide range of investment vehicles is available – from simple trusts and company structures for families, to high value and more complex set-ups involving trusts, companies, investment funds and foundations for affluent clients.
Malta offers a highly efficient fiscal regime which avoids double taxation on taxed company profits distributed as dividends.
Companies are taxed at a rate of 35 per cent. However, a full imputation system applies to the taxation of dividends, whereby the tax paid by the company is imputed as a credit to the shareholder receiving the dividend. Following the distribution of a dividend, shareholders are also entitled to claim a tax refund of six-sevenths of the relevant tax paid in respect of trading income and five-sevenths of the relevant tax paid in the case of passive interest and royalties. The refund is reduced to two-thirds where the distributing company claims double-taxation relief. Malta's tax system has been deemed by the European Commission to be compliant with EU non-discrimination principles and has also gained approval from the OECD.
Malta is increasingly being perceived as a gateway for Islamic finance.
The island believes that its finance linkages and close association with traditional markets for Shariah-compliant finance could be a catalyst for Malta to emerge as a new Islamic financial services hub. Located strategically at the centre of the Mediterranean, Malta offers access to 230 million Muslims in Europe and North Africa, providing a massive client base for Islamic finance practitioners.
Malta's strategy of winning a share of the Islamic finance pie centres on investment funds, banking and the capital markets. The growth of Islamic finance globally also means there is an increasing demand for new Shariah-compliant business activities. In this climate, Malta is seeking to develop a framework for Islamic banking in Malta while the island's government is also studying the possibility of following in the footsteps of London and Dubai by issuing a Sukuk, an Islamic finance bond.
With a market capitalisation of €10.3 billion and a turnover of €940 million in 2014, the Malta Stock Exchange is presenting itself as an ideal place to accommodate specialist services, providing small and medium cap companies (SMEs) a step towards eventual listing on the main European exchanges. The island's strategic position in the Mediterranean also lends itself to Malta becoming a gateway to European investors by using the EU Prospectus Directive to tap into the wider EU capital market. Despite being equipped with and connected to the latest technology, what differentiates the Malta Stock Exchange is its very high standard of personal service. In Malta it is possible to go through the preparation for an initial public offering (IPO) with a lot more support than on a larger exchange. In addition to this, costs and fees remain competitive while those making primary and secondary applications can expect a swift, well-organised process. Local as well as foreign companies can also benefit from ancillary services that range from admission and trading to depository and custodial services.
"The European Union should maintain the sense of urgency, but aim at a permanent multilateral solution." This was stated by Minister for Finance Edward Scicluna, during the Informal Economy and Finance (Ecofin) Ministers meeting, organised by the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, in Sofia, on 27-28 April 2018. The meeting enabled the Ministers to exchange views on a number of salient issues that Europe is currently facing, with special reference to the Commission's proposal for a temporary digital tax on global digital companies like Google and Amazon.
Minister Scicluna stated that while he recognised that there is a common interest in agreeing a new set of international tax rules in the digital economy, and therefore he is ready to engage in the discussions at an EU level, his country prefers a global solution.
The Minister acknowledged that he fails to see any difference between the short- and long-term solutions proposed by the EU Commission, since both involve action affecting third countries, and involve the re-allocation of taxing rights.
Minister Scicluna explained that the EU should be more concerned with whether it wants to risk a unilateral approach or take the more sensible multilateral approach. Referring to the ASEM Finance Ministers meeting held on 26 April, he observed that the Asian partners expressed certain dismay at the EU opting for a unilateral approach at a time where countries world-wide are frowning upon such an approach in the trade field.
Earlier in the day the meeting discussed the European Monetary Union was with a special focus on the Roadmap agreed in 2016 on completing the Banking Union. Ministers also deliberated on the reform of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) that is currently underway, exploring the best way to transform the ESM into a common backstop of the Single Resolution Fund (SRF). Ministers reiterated the need to accelerate the completion of the Capital Markets Union through a targeted priority list focusing on Pan European Pension Plans (PEPPs), business insolvency and strengthening the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).
A Eurogroup meeting was held prior to the Ecofin meeting. Among various issues it also discussed wages in the context of their relevance on the macro-economic adjustment in a currency union. Ministers were also informed of the state of play of Greece.
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I love: my sister12:03 PM
I was almost six when Danielle was born. And it was a great day! I always feel like I have an advantage over her because I can remember her whole life. She missed a good ten years of mine since she probably can't remember anything before she was four. So, I feel like I know her pretty darn well! Let me tell you she's a pretty great girl. She may be 6 years younger than me (and six inches shorter), but I definitely look up to her.
Here's why Danielle rocks my world:
- She's got awesome hair.
- She's got the hugest wardrobe of anyone I know, and she's always willing to try new styles. She looks great in everything.
- She's super good runner.
- She's crazy funny.
- She's short and left handed. Which I think is cool. It makes her unique.
- She's the girl in High School that everyone liked because she was cute and nice and fun. She was Homecoming Court twice.
- She's an awesome dancer. She can do the splits.
- She eats weird food.
- She was a super cute, round little girl.
- When she was little she used to run around the house singing and dancing all day long. My daughter does the same thing and it always reminds me of Danielle.
- She's an awesome aunt.
- She's really, really smart.
- She's fun to talk to. We talk on the phone almost every day.
- She has a firm belief in God and tries to follow him in everything she does.
- She's a great writer!
- She's my second best friend (my hubs is my first :)
I'm so glad God gave me a cool little sister! And I'm glad that she's grown up to be my best friend, cause for a while there, I'll be honest, she was a little bit of a pest :)
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Tiny particle reveals clues about comet's birth
A single glassy particle, plucked from a comet by a spacecraft six years ago, has revealed a fresh story of the comet's origins, dating back to when our solar system itself was forming 4.5 billion years ago.
Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have studied the tiny particle and concluded, from its age and the mix of chemicals inside it, that it must have acquired some of its compounds nearly 2 million years after that period of formation.
The NASA spacecraft called Stardust traveled nearly 3 billion miles to scoop up cosmic particles from a cloud of dust and ice surrounding the comet named Wild 2 (pronounced Vilt 2) and returned the material to Earth by parachute in 2007. Since then, scientists worldwide have been analyzing Stardust's harvest of microscopic dust.
Earlier findings showed that the comet's cloud unexpectedly contains the same rocky materials as the asteroids that orbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter, as well as molecules of glycine, an organic compound essential for life.
Now Jennifer P. Matzel, a geologist at the Livermore lab, and her colleagues report today in the online journal Science Express that they have determined a timetable of events that shaped the material in the comet's coma - the cloud that surrounds its nucleus of rock and ice.
"The more we look at this comet and its history," Matzel said in an interview, "the more it looks as though the material must have been heated to the melting point and then frozen and refrozen after it was first formed in the inner solar system."
The particle she and her colleagues analyzed was small - its diameter a thousand times thinner than the width of a human hair, Matzel said. The scientists examined even thinner slices in an electron microscope.
The particle contains many compounds, including two fascinating ones:
One is anorthite, the same rocky material that was dubbed the "Genesis Rock" when a sample was returned from the moon by the astronauts of Apollo 15 and found to be about 4.5 billion years old - the time of the solar system's formation.
Another was pyroxene, a silicate material abundant on Earth and in the viscous mantle beneath the Earth's crust.
Matzel, who specializes in using the decay rates of radioactive chemical elements to assess ancient dates, determined that the Stardust particle must have crystallized just 1.7 million years after the oldest solid rocks in the solar system were forming.
Soon after that, she said, the cometary material must have somehow been propelled out of the solar system to join the Kuyper Belt, a far-off region of icy comets circling the sun as much as 5 billion miles away - more than 50 times farther than Earth is from the sun.
Other scientists have already proposed how that material might have rocketed out of the solar system: A "wind" of X-rays from the infant sun could have carried it, suggested a team of astronomers headed by Frank H. Shu of UC Berkeley.
Another proposal from Fred J. Ciesla of the Carnegie Institution of Washington is that turbulence in the hot, new-forming solar system as it spun around the sun billions of years ago could have swung the crystalline material out into the Kuyper Belt.


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The 11th time we meet Madison and her crazy band of friends and family who take us on yet another rip roaring adventure through Florida Keys. This book can easily be read on its own as the author gives us the resume of the other adventures and describes the characters to a tee.
The writer pulls it out of the bag again, and engaging story with innovate ideas and plots, with lots of humour and emotions thrown in. The characters become more endearing and the story is fast paced and by the time you get to the end you are wanting more. You just lose yourself in the descriptive writing and imagine yourself being right alongside our heroines.
The real gem of these books is the fact that to do what is right sometimes you have to step over the boundaries of law enforcement and you are kept on tender hooks wondering whether they will get away with it or will be caught in the act.
I love this series of books as the characters grow from strength to strength and gain a place in your heart. Roll on the next adventure!


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There are millions of songs released every year, and compiling a list of our favorite 20 was no easy task. With some rock, pop, hip hop, country, metal, R&B, dance and (hell yeah!) K-pop, however, we've tried to compile a collection of songs that represent the very best of what popular and unpopular music had to offer in 2015.
Check out the Fuse staff's picks for the 20 best songs of 2015, from Adele to BIGBANG, from "512" to "679."
Words from Jeff Benjamin, Maria Sherman, Zach Dionne, Jason Lipshutz and Mark Sundstrom
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Thanksgiving is our favourite holiday as it's about food. Thanksgiving presents great opportunities to dress up for the holiday, and you don't need to choose from hundreds of potential costumes like you've got to on Halloween, but searching for a turkey, Pilgrim or Indian costume is all you will need to make it an amazing celebration which everyone will enjoy. Thanksgiving is in a couple weeks so I wished to help you and provide you some advises about fashion and clothing on this distinctive day. Bridal makeup in Bangladesh is quite elaborate. 1 popular trend at the moment is the bridal katan, which is an incredibly traditional wedding saree. Essentially, you can do whatever you would like with this fashion statement.
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During the 2010-11 school year, two alums, Jesse Medalia Strauss and Julian Cohen-Serrins approached our Head of School, Dr. Siebert and expressed their interest in producing a few short movies to share with the community and beyond to teach people about learning disabilities and The Churchill experience. Before heading back to school in fall 2011 they left us with four short movies. Click here to watch.
Before watching, learn more about Jesse and Julian.
Jesse Medalia Strauss
Jesse Medalia Strauss graduated Churchill in 2009, ten years after he first enrolled in 3rd grade. After a whole decade at Churchill, the school has played a vital and integral role in helping Jesse grow to work with his learning disability and become the person he is today. Churchill is very much a part of his family and always will be. During his time at the school, Jesse developed a keen interest in film-making and photography. He went on to develop the 2009 Senior Class Video.
Now Jesse is a film and media major at American University and produces web videos for talkingscience.org. But every break he always takes care to visit his old school and hang out with the teachers and friends who he grew up with and helped define who he is. Churchill will always hold an important part in Jesse's heart. If you are interested in seeing more of his work or would like to get in touch with him you can always visit his website jessemedaliastrauss.com.
Julian Cohen-Serrins
Julian Cohen-Serrins entered his first year at Churchill in 2005, as a High School freshman. Within his first few months Julian quickly understood that his learning disability was not going to hold him back from anything he wanted to do. As the years went on Julian began to realize a passion for academics and with the steadfast support of the Churchill community Julian was able to make a confident transition into college.
Today, Julian is beginning his junior year at Dickinson College with a major in Psychology and a minor in Political Science. While Julian is certainly enjoying college he will always know and be grateful for the support, confidence and passion that Churchill instilled in him. Julian will always continue to visit Churchill and keep in touch with all of his peers and teachers he befriended along the way.
A Tribute to Meryl
Our beloved Elementary school principal Meryl Schwartz passed away on the 20thof January after a long battle with cancer. Many of you have asked what you can do to honor her memory. During her long tenure at Churchill Meryl initiated many activities for the students which have become part of the Churchill culture.
In order to continue Meryl's legacy we are establishing a special fund in Meryl's memory to support student activities throughout the school. Donations can be sent directly to the school. Checks should be made out to The Churchill School and Center. Please indicate "Meryl Schwartz Fund" in the memo line. You may also make a donation on-line by clicking here.
Thank you for your support to ensure that Meryl's spirit will live on.
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The survival and the struggle of a young mother during the Khmer Rouge revolution, to find her 4-year-old son, torn from his family by the regime.
Greg founded a company called Alibi.com that creates any type of alibi. With his associate, Augustin, and Medhi his new employee, they devise unstoppable stratagems and stagings to cover their…
Ismael's Ghosts
Based on a True Story
Delphine is the author of an autobiographical novel that has become a bestseller. Exhausted by the promotional tour, just when she feels out of place, paralyzed by the idea of…
Back to Burgundy
Mrs. Hyde
Return of the Hero
City Hunter
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Zombi Child
The Heiresses
Bacurau, a small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their community has vanished…
Let's Dance
Playmobil: The Movie
I Lost My Body
Gaston Lagaffe
I Am Not an Easy Man
The chauvinist Damien wakes up in a world where women and men have their roles reversed in society, and everything is dominated by women.
Love at Second Sight
Ailo's Journey
Ailo's Journey narrates the struggle of a little wild reindeer to survive its first migration. Throughout his journey, the frail and vulnerable wild reindeer will have to overcome the ordeals…
The Shiny Shrimps
Matthias Le Goff, an Olympic champion at the end of his career, makes a homophobic statement on TV. His punishment: coach the Shiny Shrimps, a flamboyant and amateur gay water-polo…
Paradise Beach
Who You Think I Am
Claire, a 50-year-old divorced teacher, creates a fake Facebook profile of a 24-year-old woman. She finds a photo of a pretty young brunette and uses it. She has created an…
Ramen Shop
The Influence
Lucky Day
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Looking for Oum Kulthum
A film within a film, "Looking for Oum Kulthum" is the plight of an Iranian woman artist/filmmaker living in exile, as she embarks on capturing the life and art of…
Manta Ray
Good Manners
Child's Play
Those Who Work
Frank, a man of action who worked his way up all by himself, dedicates his life to work. No matter the place or the circumstances, be it day or night,…
The Traitor
Biopic of Tommaso Buscetta, whose testimony about heroin smuggling during the 1980s "pizza connection" with the Cosa Nostra allowed him to obtain US citizenship and access to the witness protection…