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The Grassroots Advocates Behind Wendy Davis' Epic Filibuster
Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis achieved an unexpected victory for the reproductive health movement last Wednesday, but she didn't do it alone.
Cross-posted with permission from Bolder Advocacy.
Read more of Rewire's coverage of the recent fight for reproductive rights in Texas here.
Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis achieved an unexpected victory for the reproductive health movement last Wednesday, but she didn't do it alone.
While we all know about that now-famous back brace, little attention has been paid to the nonprofits that helped shine the spotlight on this amazing moment, and helped gather the stories about why access to reproductive services is so essential to a woman's health and freedom.
"Nonprofits and their supporters put the eyes of the world on Texas," says Austin-based Jason Sabo, a consultant to progressive nonprofits. "From the outset Sen. Wendy Davis recognized the depth of support for her efforts. Nonprofits were a critical part of the infrastructure that spread the word about what was happening at the Texas Capitol."
The Social Media Storm
As the Washington Post reported, Texas advocacy groups were behind the social media campaign that brought Sen. Davis to the attention of national leaders like President Obama and Nancy Pelosi, as well as actors and activists:
"In the days before the filibuster, the pro-choice organization NARAL Texas used Facebook to organize rides for supporters who wanted to witness Davis' speech. Planned Parenthood Texas and a progressive women's group called Annie's List live-tweeted from the gallery…
The hashtag #standwithwendy, which racked up 547,000 tweets during the course of Davis' speech, was actually coined — and promoted — by the Texas branch of the American Civil Liberties Union."
Empowering and Enabling the Community to Tell Their Stories
On deeply personal issues like access to reproductive health-care services, advocates must first help community members understand they have a story worth telling, that their voice will matter to legislators, and help them to tell a story that will resonate. As Andy Goodman notes about using stories for influencing public debate:
"[S]tories aren't about quickly informing. They are about drawing an emotional response from your audience after they have taken the full ride."
Those of you, who, like me, were glued to your computer screen during the most of her debate, will recall that most of Sen. Davis' 12.5 hours were filled primarily with stories from constituents who would be affected by SB 5.
So, How Exactly Did Wendy Davis Have Enough Stories to Tell During the 12.5 Hours She Talked?
Many of these stories were collected on her website. But nonprofits contacted their networks to encourage people to come forward. Heather Busby of NARAL Pro-Choice Texas explains how pro-choice and progressive organizations helped:
"We solicited stories via social media and email and I forwarded them along to Wendy's staff. The progressive nonprofits in the state pushed folks to Wendy's website where they were doing story collection and Progress Texas actually set up a similar page to collect stories — Wendy's site was actually her campaign site, so we wanted to have a nonpartisan alternative for 501(c)(3)s to use."
Nonprofit organizations like Advocates for Youth have been training community members to tell their own stories as a proactive strategy to fight back against anti-abortion bills around the country for a number of years now. As Julia Reticker-Flynn, manager of Advocates for Youth's Youth Activist Network explains in a blog post on their project, called the 1 in 3 Campaign:
"We wanted a new approach to activism on abortion issues that was pro-active and on our own terms…And we wanted to honor the complexity of people's lives. Ultimately, we wanted a new conversation—one that didn't focus on the politicized debate around abortion, but focused on people."
Many studies have found that when a person is connect to the story of another person's struggle, they are much more likely to want to help—either by taking action, donating money, or by telling a friend—than they would if they are just told how big a problem is to society as a whole.
Without the nonprofit community organizers who helped build the community leaders who could tell the types of powerful stories that at times made Sen. Davis break out in tears, I'm certain her filibuster would not have lasted as long as it did, and it would not have resonated with the hundreds of thousands of people who were glued to their computer monitors all night long!
Building Legislative Leaders
Sen. Davis' bravery also reminded me of how essential it is for all nonprofit advocates to cultivate effective legislative leaders who are positioned to be a champion on the organization's issue.
Clearly not every policymaker who is an ally of an organization needs to be a champion for the organization's issues the way Sen. Davis is for women's health, but it is critical for every organization to have at least a select few.
Arabella Advisors has described a champion policymaker as someone who "consistently, aggressively and effectively" advocates for an issue "among fellow policymakers, and they can both help the community be heard in deliberations among policymakers and demonstrate the strong support needed to move policy priorities forward."
Clearly we could all use a few policymakers like Wendy Davis on our side!
What's Next in Texas
This week, individual and nonprofit activists are back at the capitol, protesting Gov. Rick Perry's decision to call a special session during which it is more likely that SB 5 will pass. As the Facebook page of NARAL Pro Choice Texas illustrates, they and their supporters are not backing down. Monday they held a huge rally and they're planning a series of activities, from house parties to phone banks.
As nonprofit consultant Sabo says, thanks to Davis, there's been "a seismic shift" in Texas politics:
"The power of advocacy has been re-awakened under the pink dome."

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Basil leaves: slice them thinly chiffonade style
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Tiny Particles Can Cause Big Problems
What is Airborne Dust?
There are many different types of dust that can cause adverse health effects.
According to the "Glossary of Atmospheric Chemistry Terms" (IUPAC, 1990), "Dust: Small, dry, solid particles projected into the air by natural forces, such as wind, volcanic eruption, and by mechanical or man-made processes such as crushing, grinding, milling, drilling, demolition, shovelling, conveying, screening, bagging, and sweeping. Dust particles are usually in the size range from about 1 to 100 μm in diameter, and they settle slowly under the influence of gravity."
Inhalable dust and respirable dust will be present in most workplaces – particularly in outdoor environments. Exposure to dust of respirable size presents a chronic health risk and can lead to a range of lung diseases.
When measuring hazardous dust, a particle's geometric size does not precisely determine behaviour. The most appropriate form of measurement is in 'particle aerodynamic diameter', as "… it relates closely to the ability of the particle to penetrate and deposit at different sites of the respiratory tract, as well as to particle transport in aerosol sampling and filtration devices" (World Health Organisation).
This is important as hazardous dust reacts in different ways. Hazardous ability can relate to the length of time the dust is airborne, to environmental conditions impacting on the site environment (enclosed spaces, humidity etc.)
The range of dust commonly found on work sites are varied:
- Mineral dust such as cement dust, and Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) are ubiquitous across the globe. RCS is one of the most common minerals (crystalline/quartz) found on the planet. It is classed by IARC as Group 1 Carcinogenic to humans, as exposure to excessive Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) can lead to silicosis (progressive scarring/fibrosis of the lung)
- Coal dust is another form of mineral dust and is generally more of an issue in underground coal mines due to the way they operate in a more restricted space. Exposure to excessive concentrations over a prolonged period of time may lead to occupational illnesses such as Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis (CWP), or "black lung". CWP can develop to Progressive Massive Fibrosis (PMF)
- Metallic dust such as lead, nickel, cadmium, and beryllium dust
- Biohazards such as moulds and spores
- Organic and vegetable dust flour, wood, cotton, pollen, and tea dust
- Other chemical dust including bulk chemicals and pesticides
Implementing Australian standards for sampling airborne and gravimetric determination of inhalable and respirable dust, as well as enacting protective equipment and education practices, allows for greater protection against dust hazards. We work with you to ensure these are addressed and enacted.


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Today, I am pleased to announce that Wendy Meg Siegel has now published her 2nd gratitude book and this time it is for parents. "Parenting the Gratitude Habit is a 365 day gratitude journal for parents with space to record their appreciations and support for fostering gratitude in their children. It is filled with prompts to develop a personal relationship to gratitude, ideas for family activities, and suggestions for making gratitude an everyday part of their family experience. In just minutes a day, a parent can develop a powerful habit and become a grateful role model. Read more about it and order a copy at Amazon."
|Parenting The Gratitude Habit
Check out Wendy's newsletter, The Shared Easel, to read more about her books. Just click on Fall 2015 Newsletter and enjoy her beautiful writing. I especially appreciated the article, Some Thoughts On Goals.
Make an impact on your children's lives by helping them to see life through the eyes of thankfulness and gratitude. It has changed my life for the better and I hope it will change you and your children's lives also. This journal, Parenting the Gratitude Habit, will also make a fabulous gift for parents.
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With the hot weather this weekend, how many of you had your doors and windows open?
Yes, it helps with air circulation… but another kind of circulation as well.
It may serve as a gold plated invitation to your neighborhood criminal.
Crimes of opportunity are those that are 'easy' to accomplish. After all, criminals don't want to work too hard to get their reward.
My friend, the crime prevention practitioner, used to drum home the point about the perils of leaving your garage door or front door standing wide open while you were working out in the yard.
For those of you who grew up in yesteryear, those days are gone. The days when leaving your doors unlocked, windows open, cars unlocked, etc… are a thing of the past.
There still may be pockets in this country where you still live that way, and we would be happy to hear from you.
I grew up in a small town like that, but when the first big murder hit our small community our confidence was quickly shaken.
Life is not about living in fear. Do not be afraid to live in your home in your apartment community.
Be smart. Think first. Plan ahead. Make your safety and security a priority.
Recently, I heard a story about an elderly couple who was sitting in their living room and they had the front door open and unlocked. A couple of people walked into their home, threatened them and tried to rob them. The homeowner said no and pulled out a weapon and shot one of the intruders.
It ended in tragedy and it could have been worse.
My point is that an open door was an open invitation to come in. Your apartment is your sanctuary. People come to visit when you ask them to do so. Don't leave your windows and doors open for strangers.
Another story to close. The weather was hot. The windows were open. After entering her home, a woman left her purse on the counter, as you might have guessed, near the open window.
The ending: a crime of opportunity. Someone comes by, sees an open window, finds the purse. The purse is gone and so are her keys, wallet and her identity… in a flash.
Don't be a victim. Be smart and safe.
If you have any questions, contact your apartment manager for ideas or local law enforcement and their crime prevention division.


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ADOTAS — Ready yourself, it's going to be a thrill-ride – with a week drenched in speed, daring and action. That's right, AdLand has set pulses racing this week, with Volvo Trucks teaming up with an action superstar and rally legend Ken Block back with another installment in his incredible Gymkhana series.
So put on your seatbelt and sit tight – this week is all about the need… the Need For Speed!
5. John St.: ExFEARiential
Being snatched from your bed by real criminals. Having your baby stolen in broad daylight. It may sound like the latest 'prankvertising' stunt, but it's actually John St's hilarious new video.
Nobody makes fun of the absurdities of the advertising business as well as the Toronto creative agency. Previous efforts include "Catvertising" and "Case Studies".
So with 2013 being hijacked by some brand hijinks, thanks to ads such as Pepsi "Test Drive" and LG's "Ultra Reality", it was only really a matter of time before someone decided to spoof this new trend.
Although some ads this year have being particularly brutal, John St feels brands have actually not gone far enough. So they have taken it up a notch in their three-minute clip.
So rather then using actors, they use real criminals. Sending someone to space is great, but to really get emotions really going John St promises to leave them there. The result? According to the ad, a massive increase in lawsuits, but brand recall has gone up.
It's a fantastic video that is definitely worth watching, particularly if you work in the ad business.
So far the ad has been viewed more than 163,000 times and shared 6,750 times.
4. Russian Olympic Committee: Олимпийские перемены
If you thought travelling on the Subway or the Tube was gruelling, you really should spare a thought for the Russians.
Getting generally buffeted around or crushed is one thing, but imagine having to perform 30 squats before you even get on the train.
That's the idea behind a new health-conscious stunt designed to promote the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, which kicks off in February. Moscow officials and the Russian Olympic Committee have installed a number of vending machines which asks commuters to do 30 squats. In return they get a free ticket. A train in Moscow costs 30 rubles, so it's essentially a ruble for every squat completed.
Sounds easy enough, right? Only problem is the machine can tell if you are cheating.
According to the video's text, the Russian Olympic Committee is trying to encourage a "healthy passion for sport" and "joy from being active". And to be honest, looking on the faces of the people doing it, it doesn't seem to be that gruelling at all.
The ad is also showing its physical prowess on the Unruly Viral Video Chart, with more than 60,000 shares since its launch, making the spot the ninth most shared ad of the week.
3. Degage Ministries: Homeless Veteran Timelapse Transformation
Maybe sometimes what's on the outside does matter. A new haircut and some nice new clothes may seem superficial, but – according to a new charity video – for U.S. veteran Jim Wolf, it is just what he needed to get his life back on track.
The ex-military man has battled alcoholism, poverty and homelessness since leaving the Army decades ago. But he agreed to take part in a new video campaign organized by veterans charity Degage Ministries and has since started to turn his life around.
Inspired by Dove's Evolution ad, the powerful three-minute video shows Wolf getting a haircut, a shave and a nice new suit. It may seem like a small thing, but the clip says that since filming, the 54-year-old has been attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and is also due to receive his own accommodation.
The video has also been a huge hit on the web. Since its launch on November 6, the video has attracted more than 222,000 shares, making it the fifth biggest branded video of the last seven days.
But not everyone is happy, with some claiming the issue of homelessness shouldn't be used "to make art". Speaking to UK newspaper Metro, Patrick Cameron, one of the producers of the film, said: "This doesn't show that he is fixed, that he is in recovery, that he is going to stay cleaned up," he said.
"But he was for a moment and that could lead to something else."
2. Volvo Trucks: The Epic Split feat. Van Damme
There is nothing Jean Claude Van Damme cannot do. For years, 'The Muscles From Brussels' has shown the world how to rock a mullet hairstyle and denim on denim ensemble.
And now at the 53, the ageing action star has managed to pull off possibly the most impressive stunt of his life – performing the splits in between two moving vehicles.
In the latest stunt-based ad from Volvo, the Belgian star folds his arms and then balances perfectly between the two reversing trucks with his legs in a horizontal position.
It's a truly wonderful experience, aided by a superb voiceover by the man himself. He says, "I've had my ups and downs. My fair share of bumpy roads and heavy winds. That's what made me what I am today.
"Now I stand here before you. What you see is a body crafted to perfection. A pair of legs engineered to defy the laws of physics and a mindset to master the most epic of splits."
It's a fantastic piece of creative, which has been performing some heroics of its own on the Unruly Viral Video Chart, amassing more than 350,000 shares in just 24 hours.
But the question everyone wants to know is: did he actually do the stunt, or was it just computer trickery? Well, according to Volvo, although some safety equipment was digitally removed, no computer trickery was involved on camera and the stunt is genuine.
Good enough for us!!
1. Need For Speed: Ken Block's Gymkhana SIX
One of the biggest names in social video advertising made his long-awaited return this week.
That's right, Ken Block – the star of DC Shoes' Gymkhana, the most successful branded web series of all time – is back in the driving seat, and he's even more of a tyre-squealing hooligan than last time.
Fresh from his GRC 2013 win in Las Vegas, the motor-racing star takes to the tarmac like a duck to water in the 6th part of the popular web series.
However, for the first time, it's not DC Shoes the racing star is promoting. Instead, it's the latest instalment in the popular EA videogame franchise "Need for Speed". Block was the game's official 'Racing Advisor'.
Fans of his loud, drifty smoking style will not be disappointed. There's more slow motion action, guys on Segways, Go Pros getting annihilated and a wrecking ball, without Miley Cyrus clinging to it, chucked in for good measure. If you don't consider yourself a petrolhead, you might want to lower the volume as this one may drive you up the wall.
However, the one question on everyone's lips is will this new ad outstrip the enormous success of its predecessors. Well, only time will tell, but one thing is for sure: it's got a lot of ground to cover – fast.
For example, based on the top 100 most shared ads of all time, the Gymkhana web series has made DC Shoes the most shared brand of all time, with 10.73 million shares in total. It's also worth noting that four of the five Gymkhana ads appear in the top 40 most shared ads of all time, including three in the top 10.
It's certainly a tough act to follow, so fasten your seatbelts!


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Where possible, I like the locos on Foundry Lane to represent ones which are likely to have been seen on the West Midlands during the early 70s. The latest of these is a class 25 which will be subject of another blog post, which needed to be renumbered. The excellent Derby Sulzers site was my starting point, which provided me with a short list of potential candidates, but I had a few gaps in depot allocations. After a bit of Googling I stumbled upon the BR Database website – which looks like a really useful resource. With the Class 25 identified (it'll be Bescot's 25038, since you ask), I started digging further into the database.
Looking up a couple of the New Haden locos, my EE type 1 (D8000) was new to 1D (Devons Road) in June 1957, but moved to Crewe South in October '58, where she stayed for a couple of years before moving to 1B (Camden). My Sulzer type 2 (D5030) is more of a problem though. Built in June '59 she was new to 31B (March), so not exactly local! Being built at Crewe, suppose the excuse that she was on a test run will have to stand as her Crewe allocated classmates had details differences which rule out a simple renumbering.
It covers those steam things too; for example Geoff's Fairburn (42234) was at Stoke from 1952 to 1957, then moving to Rugby until withdrawal in 1964.
Worth a look if you are about to do some renumbering – I'll add a link to our "blogroll".


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This week I focused on Module 9, and, specifically, looked at Ayurvedic medicine and doshas. I completed a quiz that asked questions about my physical and emotional attributes, and I got a score that 'ranked' my doshas. First was Pitta, then a close second was Vata, and then Kapha. From the scores, I don't have one dominant dosha, but Pitta and Vata were very, very close, so perhaps this equates to a mixed dosha?
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EU Environmental Directives And UK Flooding – Feb 2014
Christopher Booker and Richard North (eureferendum.com) have been chasing the link between flooding in Somerset and EU's Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC and Water Framework Directive (WFD) 2000/60/EC. So far they seem to have missed the earlier Birds Directive. The Birds Directive … Continue reading
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By Debby Dahl Edwardson, 178 pages Grades 6-9
The mysterious blue bead in her grandmother's sewing basket and the stories of her Inupiaq ancestors provide the grounding Blessing needs when she is forced to live with her grandmother in a remote village in northern Alaska while her alcoholic mother is in treatment. This novel, in two parts, starts in 1917 with the story of Blessing's great-grandmother's experiences with the arrival of Siberian traders and survival of the Spanish influenza epidemic.
Connections: Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George is another story of a girl caught between worlds in Alaska. For a story that focuses on the effect of influenza on a small Alaskan village, read The Great Death byJohn Smelcer.


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Roland Lee and Jin Ong receiving the award. Photo credit: HAF/Fox Chinese Film Development Award
Malaysian production studio, More Entertainment bagged a cash prize of HKD100,000 apart from landing a development contract with Fox, for their upcoming film Brothers as it was announced the winner for HAF/Fox Chinese Film Development Award at the Hong Kong FILMART 2016.
Inspired by a real incident, Brothers tells the story of a mentally disabled kid who was kidnapped by his own sibling who has been missing for years. The film explores the different perspectives of society as its main theme.
"Although the story revolves around the kidnapping, the theme that we are trying to convey to the audience is truth and misjudgment; a theme that happens a lot in society nowadays. We hope that Brothers will be able to inspire our audience to look into things first before jumping into conclusions," said Roland Lee, Producer of Brothers.
The drama that defeated two other finalists; Hong Kong film Coarse Tea, Plain Rice by Ceung Suk-yee and Man-Made Citizen directed by Li Yang, will be directed by Jong Yu, a well-known director of music videos, visual advertisements and TV drama series in Taiwan.
"We hope the film will start with production by the end of this year. As of now, we are planning to shoot the film in Malaysia. However, we may need to discuss this with Fox as we are now under contract with them," Lee continued.
Jin Ong, Founder of More Entertainmet also voiced out his confidence in the film, "We hope that our local film lovers will anticipate this film. The script was written by the same scriptwriter who wrote Malaysia's box offices such as Ola Bola and The Journey, so I am confident that Brothers will be a good film."
The HAF/Fox Chinese Film Development Award was established in 2012 and is a collaboration between Fox International Productions (Greater China) and the Hong Kong - Asia Film Financing Forum. The Award aims to nurture promising Chinese projects that shows regional appeal.
Roland Lee and Jin Ong posing with the HAF/Fox Chinese Development Award


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*** Stats has since reopened it's doors in October 2016 ***
After more than fifty years of supplying holiday decorations, patio furniture and fake flowers to Southern California, Stats Floral Supply will be closing it's doors.
With their massive selection of lights, trees, wreaths, garlands, ornaments, wrapping paper, candles and so much more they have been a staple in Pasadena for everything Christmassy. On a positive note, according to the Kevin Smith of the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, owner Damon Stathatos plans to reopen Stats as a smaller boutique shop some time in the future.
Unfortunately, with Stats closing up shop for the time being we will all have to find new spots to swing by as we look for those perfect pieces.
Aldik Home
When it comes to fake flowers and Christmas decorations you can't go wrong with Aldik Home. Located in Van Nuys it is filled with wreaths, Christmas trees (with the lights) and all manner of silk and plastic flowers.
Need arts and craft supplies as well as a large selection of party decorations? Located near S San Pedro St and 7th St, Los Angeles' Moskatel's is the perfect stop for everything from hobby supplies to event decorations.
I would be remiss by not mentioning one of the best chains that offer a wide variety of items similar to Stats. Michael's (with locations all over including Pasadena and Burbank) has all the spray paint, posterboard, holiday decorations, and glitter you could probably need (you never know though, sometimes you need a LOT of glitter).
Hopefully these other options can hold us all over until the smaller Stats finally reemerges filling the holiday and craft supply void their absence will certainly create.


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Donna Daly is a neurophysiologist and pharmacologist. Her research aims to understand how the sensory nerves innervating the urinary bladder detect normal bladder filling and how these signals are altered in diseases such as overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) and bladder pain syndrome (BPS). Her previous work has investigated the role of TRP channels and neurotransmitters such as ATP and NO in bladder sensation and her current research is now focussed on the effect on natural ageing on bladder function.
Donna is a member of the British physiological society since 2011 and International continence society.
Donna completed her PhD at the University of Sheffield in 2007 under the supervision of Professor David Grundy, Professor Chess-Williams and Professor Christopher Chapple where she developed and validated an in vitro model for studying bladder sensory nerves. Following this she did a post-doc at Queens University, Canada with Dr Michael Beyak looking at the effects of long term diet-induced obesity on gut sensitivity. In 2010 Donna was awarded a 12 month European fellowship to study the role of proteases in colonic inflammation after which she continued her previous work on the lower urinary tract. She has since conducted a number of studies looking at the effect botulinum toxin on bladder function and the impact of ageing on the sensitivity of bladder nerves. She is also currently working with some mathematical modellers to try and build a physiologically relevant model of bladder filling. In 2012 Donna was awarded the ICS Ferring-Water prize for new investigators for her work on the ageing bladder, in 2013 she was awarded the ICS best scientific abstract prize for her work on urothelial cells and in 2015 she was awarded the john Blandy Prize for best scientific paper 2015 (awarded by British Journal of Urology International).
1. Yu Y, Daly DM, Adam I, Kitsanta P, Hill C, Wild J, Shorthouse A, Grundy D and Jiang W. Interplay between mast cells, enterochromaffin cells and sensory signaling in the ageing human bowel- Accepted for publication in Feb 2016. Neurogastroenterology and motility.
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2. Nocchi L, Daly DM, Chapple C and Grundy D. Age related oxidative stress causes functional alterations in the mouse bladder by a TRPM8 mediated mechanism Ageing cell Mar 5, 2014
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3. Daly DM, Nocchi L, M, McKay NG, Chapple C and Grundy D. Age-related changes in afferent pathways and urothelial function in the mouse bladder Journal of Physiology, 2013
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4. Collins VM. Daly DM, Liaskos M,. McKay NG, Sellers D, Chapple C and Grundy D. OnabotulinumtoxinA (OnaBotA) significantly attenuates bladder afferent nerve firing and inhibits ATP release from the urothelium- (joint 1st authorship) BJUI 181, 82-83.
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When he is not preparing for EuroSkills Budapest where he will lend his expertise in restaurant service to one of the competitors from the Latvian team, Martins Kukojs works as assistant manager of Vincents, one of the most highly regarded restaurants in Northern Europe.
A veteran of skills competitions, Martins participated in many local, national, and international competitions before taking on his current job. And of all the competitions he has been involved in, he says, those organised by WorldSkills Europe and WorldSkills International have been the most rewarding. "WorldSkills and EuroSkills are always going to be the most memorable experiences given how well organised everything was despite the competitions being huge and involving lots of people."
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- Victoria Park Loop - starting and finishing at the Eco Centre.
- Marine Way Bridge and Marine Drive Loop - starting and finishing at the Eco Centre.
The first passengers, two couples on holiday from Derbyshire, set the wheels in motion at 10.30am, a constant stream of eager passengers remained throughout the day.
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The event was delivered as a taster event in order to gauge public reaction to the idea of utilising Rickshaws on a more regular basis within Southport.
Each Rickshaw had been issued with a questionnaire, requesting information from the passengers about the experience and their views on hosting the event on a more regular basis.
The written comments were extremely positive but the smiles, laughter and waving from both passengers and passers by spoke volumes, the day had been a resounding success.


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Monday, June 1, 2015
June giveaway: Seagull Pewter teapot pin and teacup earrings
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Piping songs of pleasant glee,
On a cloud I saw a child,
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So I piped with merry cheer.
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£40m Deal- Arsenal Eager To Announce Star Signing Of Sensational Winger
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Arsenal have reportedly stated £40m as the asking price for winger Alexis Sanchez as Manchester City step up their efforts to sign the Chilean this month.
The Evening Standard reports that Pep Guardiola is concerned with his attacking options after Gabriel Jesus sustained knee ligament damage and will be sidelined for around six weeks.
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QuoteGary Gutting: A recent survey by PhilPapers, the online philosophy index, says that 62 percent of philosophers are atheists (with another 11 percent "inclined†to the view). Do you think the philosophical literature provides critiques of theism strong enough to warrant their views? Or do you think philosophers' atheism is due to factors other than rational analysis?
Alvin Plantinga: If 62 percent of philosophers are atheists, then the proportion of atheists among philosophers is much greater than (indeed, is nearly twice as great as) the proportion of atheists among academics generally. (I take atheism to be the belief that there is no such person as the God of the theistic religions.) Do philosophers know something here that these other academics don't know? What could it be? Philosophers, as opposed to other academics, are often professionally concerned with the theistic arguments — arguments for the existence of God. My guess is that a considerable majority of philosophers, both believers and unbelievers, reject these arguments as unsound.
Still, that's not nearly sufficient for atheism. In the British newspaper The Independent, the scientist Richard Dawkins was recently asked the following question: "If you died and arrived at the gates of heaven, what would you say to God to justify your lifelong atheism?†His response: "I'd quote Bertrand Russell: 'Not enough evidence, God! Not enough evidence!'†But lack of evidence, if indeed evidence is lacking, is no grounds for atheism. No one thinks there is good evidence for the proposition that there are an even number of stars; but also, no one thinks the right conclusion to draw is that there are an uneven number of stars. The right conclusion would instead be agnosticism.
In the same way, the failure of the theistic arguments, if indeed they do fail, might conceivably be good grounds for agnosticism, but not for atheism. Atheism, like even-star-ism, would presumably be the sort of belief you can hold rationally only if you have strong arguments or evidence.
The failure of arguments for God would be good grounds for agnosticism, but not for atheism.
G.G.: You say atheism requires evidence to support it. Many atheists deny this, saying that all they need to do is point out the lack of any good evidence for theism. You compare atheism to the denial that there are an even number of stars, which obviously would need evidence. But atheists say (using an example from Bertrand Russell) that you should rather compare atheism to the denial that there's a teapot in orbit around the sun. Why prefer your comparison to Russell's?
A.P.: Russell's idea, I take it, is we don't really have any evidence against teapotism, but we don't need any; the absence of evidence is evidence of absence, and is enough to support a-teapotism. We don't need any positive evidence against it to be justified in a-teapotism; and perhaps the same is true of theism.
I disagree: Clearly we have a great deal of evidence against teapotism. For example, as far as we know, the only way a teapot could have gotten into orbit around the sun would be if some country with sufficiently developed space-shot capabilities had shot this pot into orbit. No country with such capabilities is sufficiently frivolous to waste its resources by trying to send a teapot into orbit. Furthermore, if some country had done so, it would have been all over the news; we would certainly have heard about it. But we haven't. And so on. There is plenty of evidence against teapotism. So if, à la Russell, theism is like teapotism, the atheist, to be justified, would (like the a-teapotist) have to have powerful evidence against theism.
G.G.: But isn't there also plenty of evidence against theism — above all, the amount of evil in a world allegedly made by an all-good, all-powerful God?
A.P.: The so-called "problem of evil†would presumably be the strongest (and maybe the only) evidence against theism. It does indeed have some strength; it makes sense to think that the probability of theism, given the existence of all the suffering and evil our world contains, is fairly low. But of course there are also arguments for theism. Indeed, there are at least a couple of dozen good theistic arguments. So the atheist would have to try to synthesize and balance the probabilities. This isn't at all easy to do, but it's pretty obvious that the result wouldn't anywhere nearly support straight-out atheism as opposed to agnosticism.
G.G.: But when you say "good theistic arguments,†you don't mean arguments that are decisive — for example, good enough to convince any rational person who understands them.
A.P.: I should make clear first that I don't think arguments are needed for rational belief in God. In this regard belief in God is like belief in other minds, or belief in the past. Belief in God is grounded in experience, or in the sensus divinitatis, John Calvin's term for an inborn inclination to form beliefs about God in a wide variety of circumstances.
Nevertheless, I think there are a large number — maybe a couple of dozen — of pretty good theistic arguments. None is conclusive, but each, or at any rate the whole bunch taken together, is about as strong as philosophical arguments ordinarily get.
QuoteGG: Especially among today's atheists, materialism seems to be a primary motive. They think there's nothing beyond the material entities open to scientific inquiry, so there there's no place for immaterial beings such as God.
AP: Well, if there are only material entities, then atheism certainly follows. But there is a really serious problem for materialism: It can't be sensibly believed, at least if, like most materialists, you also believe that humans are the product of evolution.
GG: Why is that?
AP: I can't give a complete statement of the argument here — for that see Chapter 10 of "Where the Conflict Really Lies.†But, roughly, here's why. First, if materialism is true, human beings, naturally enough, are material objects. Now what, from this point of view, would a belief be? My belief that Marcel Proust is more subtle that Louis L'Amour, for example? Presumably this belief would have to be a material structure in my brain, say a collection of neurons that sends electrical impulses to other such structures as well as to nerves and muscles, and receives electrical impulses from other structures.
But in addition to such neurophysiological properties, this structure, if it is a belief, would also have to have a content: It would have, say, to be the belief that Proust is more subtle than L'Amour.
GG: So is your suggestion that a neurophysiological structure can't be a belief? That a belief has to be somehow immaterial?
AP: That may be, but it's not my point here. I'm interested in the fact that beliefs cause (or at least partly cause) actions. For example, my belief that there is a beer in the fridge (together with my desire to have a beer) can cause me to heave myself out of my comfortable armchair and lumber over to the fridge.
But here's the important point: It's by virtue of its material, neurophysiological properties that a belief causes the action. It's in virtue of those electrical signals sent via efferent nerves to the relevant muscles, that the belief about the beer in the fridge causes me to go to the fridge. It is not by virtue of the content (there is a beer in the fridge) the belief has.
GG: Why do you say that?
AP: Because if this belief — this structure — had a totally different content (even, say, if it was a belief that there is no beer in the fridge) but had the same neurophysiological properties, it would still have caused that same action of going to the fridge. This means that the content of the belief isn't a cause of the behavior. As far as causing the behavior goes, the content of the belief doesn't matter.
GG: That does seem to be a hard conclusion to accept. But won't evolution get the materialist out of this difficulty? For our species to have survived, presumably many, if not most, of our beliefs must be true — otherwise, we wouldn't be functional in a dangerous world.
AP: Evolution will have resulted in our having beliefs that are adaptive; that is, beliefs that cause adaptive actions. But as we've seen, if materialism is true, the belief does not cause the adaptive action by way of its content: It causes that action by way of its neurophysiological properties. Hence it doesn't matter what the content of the belief is, and it doesn't matter whether that content is true or false. All that's required is that the belief have the right neurophysiological properties. If it's also true, that's fine; but if false, that's equally fine.
Evolution will select for belief-producing processes that produce beliefs with adaptive neurophysiological properties, but not for belief-producing processes that produce true beliefs. Given materialism and evolution, any particular belief is as likely to be false as true.
GG: So your claim is that if materialism is true, evolution doesn't lead to most of our beliefs being true.
AP: Right. In fact, given materialism and evolution, it follows that our belief-producing faculties are not reliable.
Here's why. If a belief is as likely to be false as to be true, we'd have to say the probability that any particular belief is true is about 50 percent. Now suppose we had a total of 100 independent beliefs (of course, we have many more). Remember that the probability that all of a group of beliefs are true is the multiplication of all their individual probabilities. Even if we set a fairly low bar for reliability — say, that at least two-thirds (67 percent) of our beliefs are true — our overall reliability, given materialism and evolution, is exceedingly low: something like .0004. So if you accept both materialism and evolution, you have good reason to believe that your belief-producing faculties are not reliable.
But to believe that is to fall into a total skepticism, which leaves you with no reason to accept any of your beliefs (including your beliefs in materialism and evolution!). The only sensible course is to give up the claim leading to this conclusion: that both materialism and evolution are true. Maybe you can hold one or the other, but not both.
So if you're an atheist simply because you accept materialism, maintaining your atheism means you have to give up your belief that evolution is true. Another way to put it: The belief that both materialism and evolution are true is self-refuting. It shoots itself in the foot. Therefore it can't rationally be held.
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About the Museum of American Glass
The Museum of American Glass, celebrating the creativity and craftsmanship of American glass, is at the core of WheatonArts. One of only 8 museums in the state of New Jersey to be accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, it offers over 18,000 square feet of exhibition space, a collection over 20,000 pieces strong, as well as a research library and archives.
The building currently housing the museum opened in December of 1973, representative of the era in which it was made when bicentennial fever fueled an interest in faux-historical settings. The collection was originally interpreted through a chronological history of the American glass industry, the rooms in the museum designed to display the pieces in period style.
Evolving with the changes in audiences and their interests over the past 40 years, Wheaton Village became WheatonArts, broadening the mission beyond its historical emphasis to focus on engaging artists and audiences in an exploration of creativity. Now a leading resource on the art and history of glass made in America, WheatonArts provides stewardship over one of the most comprehensive collections of American glass in the world. The changes you see in the Museum of American Glass are intended to keep the museum relevant to our community and reflective of the creative atmosphere of WheatonArts as a whole while continuing our commitment to preserve Southern New Jersey's glassmaking heritage, and its relationship to the history of glass made in America.
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People, Place, Process: 50 Years of Glassmaking at WheatonArts
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Tonight begins the
True American Republican National Convention. And it is fitting that on this momentous occasion that we give a salute to those men and women who have jumped from the Moonbat Express Democratic Party and are joining with the Republicans in Minneapolis, Minnesota. These men and women of conscience see their country becoming less than what it should be. They feel abused, neglected and unloved. Tonight they will feel the love of Americans. That I can assure you.
You will not hear the refrain of Yes We Can, nor the mantra of Change or Hope. What you will hear is the truth. The truth about America. The way the nation will change for the better and the hope for those yet born.
There are many of you who are blue-collar workers, struggling to make ends meet. You feel the pinch every time oil prices rise, yet the Democrats leading Congress have gone on vacation. They care not that you spend 3x what you did only 2 years ago to put gas in your car. They care not that your jobs are going overseas at an alarming rate. They care not that your neighborhoods are becoming unsafe due to the influx of criminals illegally in this nation. They care not that American Values and American Ideals are being destroyed by the nefarious liberals in Hollywood.
Tonight we start the last, but longest leg of a remarkable journey. A journey that started over a year ago and has traveled to every corner of the nation. A journey that when completed will end (with G-d's help) at the White House in Washington, D.C.
This journey was started alone by one man, John McCain, when all the so-called experts said he doesn't have a chance, when one after another member of his support team left him, John McCain stayed in the race. He beat the odds and won the nomination. That was the first leg.
The second leg was the lull of the summer. While Barack Hussein Obama went on his world-wide tour, John McCain was visiting Americans. While Obama refused to visit with wounded soldiers, John McCain went to VA Hospitals. While Obama showed disrespect to Hillary Clinton and her supporters, John McCain reached out at them. The media said that there was no way that John McCain could ever beat Barack Hussein Obama, the polls were against him. But by the Moonbat Express, they were neck and neck. Then Obama did the worst thing in American Politics. He showed off his ego. The bounce he got from his jump into the air, was very small. And he landed on his face. For the very next day, John McCain did something different . He chose a wonderful running partner. A woman who had more experience than Obama. A woman with good American Values and a beautiful family to boot. A woman who respected our military men and women, the children of this nation born and unborn, and has led a great state. He choose Sarah Palin, the Governor of Alaska.
On Friday the last leg will begin. It will not be an easy race, for the Democrats are good runners, but it will be a clean one, using all the means necessary to see victory in November.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A JPMorgan economist said on Thursday he expected the U.S. Federal Reserve to start paring the size of its $4.5 trillion (3.6 trillion pounds) balance sheet in early 2018 with a focus on ending its reinvestment in mortgage-backed securities.
There has been growing speculation as to whether the U.S. central bank would soon consider reducing its bond holdings following three rounds of large-scale bond purchases or quantitative easing, one of the unconventional measures it used to combat the last recession.
"In our baseline projection, the Fed slowly phases out MBS reinvestments beginning in the spring of next year, never halts reinvestments of Treasuries, never sells MBS, and reaches its new optimal size of the balance sheet in early 2024, with excess reserves in the banking system of $500 billion," JPMorgan economist Michael Feroli wrote in a research note.
On March 22, the Fed had $2.46 trillion in Treasuries and $1.78 trillion in MBS.
Several policymakers have raised concerns about the risks of the Fed maintaining the current level of its Treasuries and MBS holdings as it has remained on track to further increase short-term interest rates in the coming months.
"While we see reinvestments phasing out early next year, we believe the Committee will want to formally agree on and communicate the plan sometime this year, perhaps by the summer or fall," wrote Feroli, referring to the central bank's Federal Open Market Committee, its policy-setting group.
Fed's balance sheet is equivalent to 23 percent of the size of the U.S. economy compared with 6 percent prior to the global financial crisis more than eight years ago.
Earlier Thursday, Goldman Sachs analysts said the Fed would shrink its balance sheet to 11 percent of U.S. gross domestic product or equivalent to $2 trillion, which could be achieved in late 2022.
The FOMC will next meet on May 2-3.
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text: WHO Must Reform Emergency Response, Adopt Unified Mechanism, Advisory Group Says 28/01/2016 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)A report by an advisory group tasked with helping with the reform of the World Health Organization's response to outbreaks and emergency situations calls for a unified response from all geographical levels of the organisation. The recommendations raised concern from some, but the WHO director general said she sees consensus. During the first day of the WHO Executive Board meeting, taking place from 25-30 January, the Advisory Group on Reform of WHO's Work in Outbreaks and Emergencies with Health and Humanitarian Consequences presented its second report [pdf], with recommendations. The advisory group, which was established by WHO Director General Margaret Chan in July 2015, produced a first report [pdf] in November. According to David Nabarro, chair of the advisory group, and United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Ebola, presenting the report, WHO needs to be able to offer the best expertise in the world. He underlined the importance of work at the local level. The report, he said, suggests establishing an organisation-wide programme on outbreaks and health emergencies, ensuring best practice across the organisation. It would have one line of accountability, one system for financing with the same budget everywhere, with adequate financing, and a completely new set of business processes. And it would involve staff with skills tailored to local situations and shown to be the best in the world, and one set of benchmarks, so that anywhere in the organisation the standards are the same. However, he said, making one organisation-wide programme calls for a "profound transformation," adding: "The world wants a new programme that is predictable and dependable." Nbarro stressed that the suggested change is not about centralisation, but decentralisation done in a way that it is entirely predictable and standardised across the organisation. There is the need to have an "absolute clarity on who is responsible for what," he said, otherwise it is very difficult for governments and WHO partners to know where to get advice and work out what needs to be done. "It is the fundamental challenge that WHO has been facing in emergencies and outbreak operations for years," he said. It is the uncertainty about where the authority lies and who is responsible for decision-making "that makes WHO, the world's premium health organisation, difficult to work with in outbreaks and emergencies," he added. Anxiety from Member States, in Organisation The set of recommendations provided by the advisory group has provoked anxiety among some member states, and among some people in the organisation, he said. However, as a personal note, he said WHO is absolutely essential in outbreaks and emergencies. "There is no other organisation than can do the job that WHO does," said Nabarro, adding member states "have a really key role to play now to make sure that we get it right as the reform is taken forward by the director general." "Please have the courage to make this one come out right," he pleaded. He called for WHO members to focus on what needs to be done "rather than being distracted by what this might mean for the responsibilities and authorities of different individuals within the organisation." Regional Offices Call for Resources, Underline Role Kuwait, for the Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO), said it is important to have the resources to ensure that WHO will operate in unison. The delegate underlined the importance of the link between the functionality of regional and country offices to avoid duplication and a clash of responsibility. Liberia, for the Regional Office for Africa (AFRO), said the role of WHO headquarters and the regional and national offices should be clearly defined in case of severe emergencies. South Africa underlined the need for countries to have a strong and resilient health system. Jordan stressed the fact that regional offices are well placed to respond to emergencies and crisis and that a bottom-up approach is desirable. The representative warned against possible duplication brought on by the new mechanism. Zimbabwe said there is a need to understand the role for regional offices and understand how to get from the present organisation to the unified programme. India remarked that WHO can supplement but not supplant national efforts, and work already done at the three levels of the organisation should not be duplicated. The Indian representative said a clear hierarchy should be established between regional directors and the director general. He also stressed the importance of the timely access to drugs and vaccines at the country level. Thailand asked that the director general further develop a blueprint to improve research and development preparedness for major infectious disease threats. The Thai representative remarked that Ebola had been around for 40 years but the international community and vaccine industry had failed to provide an effective vaccine, "because affected countries are too poor to purchase vaccines." Malta, for the European Union, expressed concern that the report [pdf] by the director general on the issue does not contain a clear enough programme with a unified budget. Neither does it give an "ambitious timeline, more emphasis on strong partnerships, importance of independent risk assessment, accountability, and clear lines of authority." The EU called for the director general to follow the lines of authority as recommended by the advisory group, according to its statement. The United States underlined the importance of a single, unified emergency programme and chain of accountability. In this unified programme, the US sees an essential role of regional and country offices, the representative said. Switzerland advocated for the unified programme, underlining the fact that this would not bypass regional and national directors. On 26 January, Nabarro said the problem is: "Should there be a single organisational-wide programme with a single authority, and a single set of procedures, and a single dedicated workforce, with predictable benchmarks that can be tested, or is the problem just the shortage of funds? And should there be more resources put into the countries, strengthening of the regional offices with decentralisation increased with the fundamental action at the regional level with each region with its own strong emergency programme with headquarters providing bits of support when requested? Which way? And frankly, there is a split and this was identified." However, he warned that if WHO members come up with something that does not pass the test of political leaders and experts in disaster management, "the money won't come." Director General Confident, Sees Consensus In response to the countries criticising her report, Chan said the report of the advisory group was received in the days before the EB and her own report should be seen as work in progress, referring to her report to the EB on the follow-up to the Special Session of the Executive Board on the Ebola Emergency (resolution EBSS3.R1) and the Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly (decision WHA68(10)). Speaking on behalf of the regional directors, she said, "We welcome the Advisory Group's concrete recommendations and will take prompt action to implement them." "We hear more consensus than you think," she added. "You want a strong WHO," particularly in emergency response to health crises? Chan asked. "We will do that." She added that the WHO fully agrees on a single response programme, rather than seven (six regional offices and headquarters). "You want us to provide clarity and responsibilities" for the three levels of WHO and avoid duplication and delay in the response? "We will do that," she asserted. A clear line of responsibility and authority with the director general in charge? "We will do that," she said. The WHO will develop a roadmap and prioritise action and timeline. The secretariat is fully committed to transform the organisation to lead in health crisis for the interest of the people, said Chan. The report by the Advisory Group was noted by the EB. 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