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Council - Wednesday, 10th November, 2021 1.00 pm
(b) The Lord Mayor also welcomed Students from Leeds Beckett University who were observing the meeting and 2 students shadowing Councillor Cohen
(c) The Lord Mayor informed Council of the risk management work that had been undertaken to ensure the safety of the Chamber and that the ventilation system was working well and both he and whips would be kept informed of the CO2 levels within the Chamber.
(d) The Lord Mayor also congratulated Councillor Smart and her husband on the birth of their son Oscar.
(e) The Lord Mayor also reminded Members that there would be a short service at the war memorial on the 11th November for Armistice Day and a larger parade on Sunday for Remembrance Sunday.
(f) The Lord Mayor informed Council of the recent death of Honorary Alderman Lorna Cohen, Former Lady Mayoress Marjorie Rushworth and the tragic death of Sir David Amess MP.
To approve the minutes of the Council Meeting held on 14th September 2021.
RESOLVED – That the minutes of the meeting held on 14th September 2021 be approved.
The Chief Executive informed Council that a response to a Council resolution had been received from Will Quince MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families in respect of the White Paper considered by Council in September 2021 on the Ofsted visit to Children's Services.
The response had previously been circulated to all Members of Council.
Four deputations were admitted to the meeting and addressed Council, as follows:-
1) Leeds Childrens Mayor
2) GALBA
3) Students at Abbey Grange Academy
4) 'A Place to Sit'
RESOLVED – That the subject matter in respect of deputation 1 and 3 be referred to the Director of Children and Families for consideration in consultation with the relevant Executive Member, that the subject matter in respect of deputation 2 be referred to the Director of Resources and City Development for consideration in consultation with the relevant Executive Member and that the subject matter in respect of deputation 4 be referred to the Director of City Development for consideration in consultation with the relevant Executive Member.
Recommendations of the Executive Board - Gambling Act 2005 Statement of Licensing Policy PDF 421 KB
To consider the report of the Director of Communities, Housing and Environment setting out recommendations from the Executive Board on 20 October 2021 to Full Council to consider approving the Gambling Act 2005 Statement of Licensing Policy 2022-2024 to have effect from 31st January 2022.
2 C211110 App 1 Statement of Licensing Policy 2022-24 , item 45. PDF 1 MB
3 C211110 App 2 GA05 Statement of Licensing Policy ECDI Screening , item 45. PDF 202 KB
The report of the Director of Communities, Housing and Environment seeking Council approval of the Gambling Act 2005 Statement of Licensing Policy 2022-2024 to have effect from 31st January 2022 was moved by Councillor Coupar, seconded by Councillor Wray and
RESOLVED - That the Gambling Act 2005 Statement of Licensing Policy 2022-2024 be approved to have effect from 31st January 2022.
Recommendations of the General Purposes Committee - Amendments to Constitution - Best City Ambition PDF 421 KB
To consider the report of the Chief Officer Strategy and Improvement setting out recommendations from the General Purposes Committee on 25 October 2021 to Full Council to make amendments to the Constitution as set out in Appendix 1 to the Budget and Policy Framework in Part 2, Article 4.1 (ii) of the council's constitution and to receive a further report in February 2022 detailing the full proposals for the adoption of the Best City Ambition.
2 211110 Council - Appendix 1 - amendments to the constitution (003) , item 46. PDF 88 KB
The report of the Chief Officer Strategy and Improvement setting out recommendations of General Purposes Committee in relation to proposed amendments to Part 2, Article 4.1 (ii) of the council's constitution to specify the Best City Ambition as part of the Budget and Policy Framework was moved by Councillor Lewis, seconded by Councillor Coupar and
a) That the recommendations of General Purposes Committee to make the amendments set out in Appendix 1 to the Budget and Policy Framework in Part 2, Article 4.1 (ii) of the council's constitution be accepted.
b) To agree that a further report be received in February 2022 detailing the full proposals for the adoption of the Best City Ambition.
It was moved by Councillor Lennox, seconded by Councillor Coupar that the report of the City Solicitor on appointments be approved as follows;
RESOLVED – That in accordance with Community Committee Procedure Rule 2.4 the Members of the Inner East Community Committee appointed Councillor Arif Hussain as Chair of the Inner East Community Committee.
Executive Arrangements PDF 404 KB
To consider the report of the City Solicitor setting out that amendments had been made to Part Section 3B(c) Deputy Support to Executive Members at the Leader's discretion.
2 4 Pt3s3B(c) Deputy Support to Executive Members , item 48. PDF 7 KB
It was moved by Councillor Lewis seconded by Councillor Lennox that the report of the City Solicitor setting out the amendments the Leader has made to the Executive arrangements and presenting them to Council in accordance with Rule 1.3 of the Executive and Decision Making Procedure Rules be noted.
RESOLVED – To note that an amendment to Part 3 Section3B(c) Deputy Support to Executive Members has been made with effect from the 2nd November 2021.
Report on Plans Panel and Development Plan Panel Annual Report 2020-21 PDF 202 KB
To consider the report of the Chief Planning Officer presenting to Council the 2020-21 Plans Panel annual report.
2 Plans Panel Annual report (002) , item 49. PDF 706 KB
It was moved by Councillor Hayden, seconded by Councillor Walshaw and
RESOLVED – That the report of the Chief Planning Officer presenting to Council the 2020-21 Plans Panel and Development Plan Panel Annual Report be received and noted.
Report on the Annual Report of the Corporate Governance and Audit Committee PDF 407 KB
To consider the report of the Chief Officer Financial Services presenting to Council the Annual Report of Corporate Governance and Audit Committee which demonstrates how the committee has discharged its responsibilities in accordance with best practice.
2 Final Approved Annual Report of Corporate Governance and Audit Committee 2021 , item 50. PDF 517 KB
It was moved by Councillor Maqsood, seconded by Councillor Truswell and
RESOLVED - That the report of the Chief Officer Financial Services be received and the matters set out in the annual report reflecting the work of the Corporate Governance and Audit Committee in the 2020-21 municipal year be noted.
Q1 Councillor Amanda Carter to the Executive Member (Resources):-
Would the Executive Member for community safety explain why the Council feels it is acceptable to lease a shop unit that is used to sell, among other items, machetes, swords, and tomahawks?
The Executive Member (Resources) replied.
Q2 Councillor Golton to the Executive Member (Environment and Housing)
Given the fact that Wakefield has suffered no 'Covid-related' disruption to waste collections this year, and the city recently announced an extension of citywide garden waste collection, can the Executive Member for Environment and Housing please confirm whether he is willing to consult his equivalent in Wakefield to better understand how to improve waste collection performance?
Q3 Councillor Ragan to the Executive Member (Public Health and Active Lifestyles):-
Please could the Executive Member with responsibility for sport comment on the city's relationship with Yorkshire County Cricket Club?
Q4 Councillor Gabriel to the Executive Member (Communities):-
Could the Executive Member please update Council on the impact of the Government's Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 on Leeds' low-paid and vulnerable residents?
Would the Executive Member for Environment and Housing please provide a full breakdown of the projected £5.1m overspend in the refuse department for the current year, with particular reference to the amounts spent on staff overtime and on agency workers.
Q6 Councillor Golton to the Leader of Council:-
Can the Leader of Council confirm that his front bench provide oversight of the written responses to Elected Members' questions made at Full Council to ensure that what is received is both truthful and timely?
Q7 Councillor Marshall-Katung to the Executive Member (Economy, Culture and Education):-
Can the Executive Member update Council on school funding?
The Executive Member (Economy, Culture and Education) replied.
Q9 Councillor B Anderson to the Executive Member (Infrastructure & Climate).
Q10 Councillor Bentley to the Leader of Council
Q11 Councillor Jenkins to the Executive Member (Adult & Children's Social Care & Health Partnerships).
Q12 Councillor Flynn to the Executive Member (Resources).
Q13 Councillor Campbell to the Executive Member (Public Health and Active Lifestyles).
Q14 Councillor Firth to the Executive Member (Infrastructure & Climate).
Q15 Councillor Hart-Brooke to the Executive Member (Public Health and Active Lifestyles).
Q16 Councillor D Seary to the Executive Member (Resources).
Q17 Councillor Campbell to the Leader of Council.
Q18 Councillor B Anderson to the Executive Member (Infrastructure & Climate).
Q19 Councillor Golton to the Executive Member (Economy, Culture and Education).
Q20 Councillor B Anderson to the ... view the full minutes text for item 51.
RESOLVED - That Council Procedure Rule (CPR) 22.1 (Suspension of CPRs), that CPR 12.2 (motions and amendments) be suspended to allow the introduction of an additional White Paper which would be heard first.
White Paper Motion (in the name of Councillor Golton) - Housing PDF 180 KB
This Council regrets that the current Administration's delivery of affordable housing for the people of Leeds has been sub-optimal, and in particular has led to a worsening shortage of affordable homes to rent and buy:
The Council's mismanagement of the much-vaunted Council Housing Growth program has delivered considerably less than the promised 300 homes per year; The Housing Company promised to help deliver affordable homes has been abandoned before even being constituted; the tendency to accept commuted sums, and the Council's reliance on city centre schemes to achieve its citywide housing targets has allowed the lowest percentage of affordable homes built through private development for years.
Council therefore calls on the Administration to review its current Council Housing Growth Strategy to:
Vary the housing delivery options allowed within the business model; constitute a housing company to enable council housing growth opportunities in communities with little council owned land; commit to refurbishing properties to create new council housing; ensure that policy compliant affordable housing is built within and reflects the needs of individual local communities; commit to delivery of new Council housing in every Leeds City Council ward within the next five years.
It was moved by Councillor Golton, seconded by Councillor Campbell that this Council regrets that the current Administration's delivery of affordable housing for the people of Leeds has been sub-optimal, and in particular has led to a worsening shortage of affordable homes to rent and buy:
An amendment was moved by Councillor B Anderson, seconded by Councillor Collins
Delete all after 'homes to rent and buy'.
And replace with:
Council recognises the use of innovative measures such as commuted sums, which can enable funding to be prioritised to sites and areas that need affordable housing the most and also notes that City Centre and Inner Area development has, following the regrettable involvement of the High Court, led to reduced development on Greenfield and Greenbelt sites in the city. However, Council is concerned that the Council Housing Growth programme has delivered considerably less than the promised 300 homes per year and is disappointed by the failure to constitute a housing company after finally appearing to agree with opposition groups that have been proposing one for years.
Council notes the lack of attendance at the recent SAP remittal public inquiry, which confirmed the removal of Greenbelt sites from the Site Allocations Plan, from both the Administration and Liberal Democrat Group.
Council calls on the Administration to review its current Council Housing Growth Strategy to:
Vary the housing delivery options allowed within the business model; constitute a housing company to enable council housing growth opportunities in communities with little council owned land; commit to refurbishing properties to create new council housing; ensure that policy compliant affordable housing is built within and reflects the needs of individual local communities; commit to the delivery of the right homes in the right places in every ward in the city.'
Motion will read:
'This Council regrets that the current Administration's delivery of affordable housing for the people of Leeds has been sub-optimal, and in particular has led to a worsening shortage of affordable homes to rent and buy.
Council recognises the use of innovative measures such as commuted sums, which ... view the full minutes text for item 54.
White Paper Motion (in the name of Councillor Andrew Carter) - Community Safety PDF 181 KB
This Council calls on the administration to make community safety and the prevention of crime and disorder a priority for funding and resources.
Council remains concerned about the administration's February budget decision to cut funding for Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs). At a time when residents are concerned about crime and disorder, and when central government is providing substantial funds to recruit more police officers, the local Leeds decision to cut community safety funding will seem inexplicable to many communities, and risks undermining wider efforts to build back better after the pandemic.
Whilst supporting the right to peaceful protest, Council also notes events in other parts of the country which have highlighted concerns about some protest groups, whose extreme actions threaten to damage the economy and cause an unacceptable level of disruption to the public.
Council also notes recent tragic events which have highlighted the specific threats posed to elected representatives carrying out their duties on behalf of the public.
Council calls on the administration to work with the West Yorkshire Mayor and other partners to urgently action the following:
1. Reverse the budget cut to PCSOs and uphold the long-standing Leeds commitment to financially support PCSO deployment across the city to boost community safety for residents;
2. Put in place local measures and allocate sufficient resources to ensure Leeds is prepared to respond effectively if disruptive protests of the type seen elsewhere come to the streets of Leeds and threaten to damage the city's post-pandemic recovery;
3. Ensure the appropriate level of resources are provided for the safety and protection of council officers in front-line roles and elected members carrying out their responsibilities.
It was moved by Councillor Andrew Carter, seconded by Councillor Lamb that this Council calls on the administration to make community safety and the prevention of crime and disorder a priority for funding and resources.
An amendment was moved by Councillor D Blackburn, seconded by Councillor A Blackburn;
Delete the whole of Paragraph 3 and the whole of the second bullet point. The amended White Paper would then read:
2. Ensure the appropriate level of resources are provided for the safety and protection of ... view the full minutes text for item 55.
White Paper Motion (in the name of Councillor Forsaith) - COP26 PDF 184 KB
This Council notes the crucial UN Climate Change Conference summit (COP26) currently underway in Glasgow aimed at limiting global temperature rise to 1.50C. Leeds City Council declared a climate emergency in March 2019, with the target of 2030 for achieving carbon neutrality, recognising the part Leeds has to play in this global challenge.
Council recognises that some communities in Leeds have far larger carbon footprints than others. Climate change is already affecting most those who are least able to pay, whilst those with higher incomes add proportionally more to carbon emissions in the City. Council therefore understands that positive actions by more affluent communities and sectors to reduce their carbon emissions can contribute most effectively to ensuring our City reaches net zero carbon by 2030.
Whilst supporting the current work of Leeds City Council on a range of issues that includes fuel poverty reduction and home insulation, Council resolves to focus Leeds City Council carbon reduction plans, and any related policies, on those sectors and those communities that through reducing their high carbon footprints will contribute most to reaching our carbon neutral target. In this way, Council's response can aim to deliver climate and social justice together with carbon neutrality by 2030.
It was moved by Councillor Forsaith, seconded by Councillor A Blackburn that this Council notes the crucial UN Climate Change Conference summit (COP26) currently underway in Glasgow aimed at limiting global temperature rise to 1.50C. Leeds City Council declared a climate emergency in March 2019, with the target of 2030 for achieving carbon neutrality, recognising the part Leeds has to play in this global challenge.
An amendment was moved by Councillor Hart-Brooke, seconded by Councillor Howley
Remove all after the first paragraph and insert:
Council recognises that all residents and communities have a part to play in effectively ensuring our City reaches net zero by 2030. Those who pollute most have the most change to make. The city has a vital role in providing residents the systems and infrastructure to enable a greener more pleasant environment for all.
Council therefore calls on the administration to:
· Take clear steps to reverse the cities decline in recycling by introducing city wide glass and food waste collections.
· Roll out Hubbub style yellow and orange recycling bins to all community centres to establish habits in readiness for Deposit Return Scheme introduction.
· Work with Universities and businesses to develop our own infrastructure for biogas generation and renewable energy production using council land.
· Introduce a clean air zone that would see heavily polluting commercial vehicles charged to go through the city centre.
The amended White Paper would then read as follows:
Council therefore calls on ... view the full minutes text for item 56.
White Paper Motion (in the name of Councillor Coupar) - Funding PDF 180 KB
This Council regrets the additional funding identified by the cross-party Local Government Association as essential to help councils maintain services just at 2019/20 levels wasn't in the Chancellor's budget. Council is very concerned by the effect this will have on services for the people of Leeds and calls on the Government to rethink.
It was moved by Councillor Coupar, seconded by Councillor Lewis that this Council regrets the additional funding identified by the cross-party Local Government Association as essential to help councils maintain services just at 2019/20 levels wasn't in the Chancellor's budget. Council is very concerned by the effect this will have on services for the people of Leeds and calls on the Government to rethink.
An amendment was moved by Councillor Andrew Carter, seconded by Councillor Flynn
"welcomes the new government grant funding of £4.8bn for councils over the next three years to support vital local services, and the £2.6 billion for school places for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
"Council also welcomes other funding announcements in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement that will benefit Leeds and the wider region, as part of the government's support for levelling up across the UK. This includes:
· £20m from the Levelling Up Fund to deliver improved transport connections across West Leeds;
· £830 million for West Yorkshire as part of the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement;
· £16 million for the Northern Forest to support new woodland creation;
· £77 million for the redevelopment of the British Library Boston Spa.
"Leeds will also benefit from its share of national programmes, including over £2.6 billion for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, focused on helping people into jobs, including giving adults the opportunity to develop their numeracy skills through the Adult Numeracy Programme 'Multiply'.
"Council further notes the huge amount of Covid-related financial support provided by the government, amounting to £618.81m in grants to the Leeds City Region, helping to support the Council, external bodies, businesses, and other programmes, including:
· £7.6m Council Tax Support hardship funding;
· £79.5m in Business Rate grants;
· £99.63m to support additional expenditure and loss of income incurred by the Council due to Covid;
· £283.26m in grants for businesses.
The amendment in the name of Councillor Andrew Carter was declared lost and upon being put to the vote it was
RESOLVED – That this Council regrets the additional funding identified by the cross-party Local Government Association as essential to help councils maintain services just at 2019/20 levels wasn't in the Chancellor's budget. Council is very concerned by the effect this will have on services for the people of Leeds and calls on the Government to rethink.
On the requisition of Councillors Lennox and Coupar the voting on the motion in the name of Councillor Coupar was recorded as follows;
Akhtar, Arif, A Blackburn, D Blackburn, Brooks, Burke, Carlill, Charlwood, Coupar, Cunningham, Dowson, Dye, Flint, Forsaith, Gabriel, Garthwaite, Gibson, Goddard, P Grahame, Groves, C Gruen, Hamilton, Harland, Hayden, Heselwood, A Hussain, Z Hussain, Illingworth, Iqbal, Jenkins, Lennox, Lewis, Maqsood, Marshall-Katung, Martin, McKenna, Midgley, Mulherin, Nash, Pryor, Rafique, Ragan, Renshaw, Ritchie, Scopes, Shahzad, Sharpe, E Taylor, Truswell, Venner, Walshaw and Wray.
NO - 20
Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Buckley, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Collins, Firth, Flynn, Harrington, Lamb, G Latty, Robinson, D ... view the full minutes text for item 57.


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Rights of Conscience - Exactly Whose Conscience Wins?
Christian Medical and Dental Associations (USA)
Reproduced with permission
Bradley G. Beck, MD, MS
If you were to listen to the liberal establishment, you would think there was a terrible abuse of human rights happening here in the US.
In fact, in April of last year, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich implemented an emergency rule. For what dire emergency you might ask? He ordered all Illinois pharmacies that carry contraception to have all pharmacists provide it to all patients presenting prescriptions, including the emergency contraction (the so-called "morning after" pill). Many pharmacists refused to fill these prescriptions because they believe that many oral contraceptives (in particular the "morning after" pill) are an abortifacient, and instead of preventing conception, these hormonal treatments can actually cause an early abortion after a woman is pregnant.
"Planned Parenthood is proud to stand along side the Governor…and thank him for his leadership in Illinois and in the United States to safeguard reproductive rights and to protect women's health," said Karen Pearl, national president of Planned Parenthood.
There are many recognized rights of conscience within the realms of the medical field. For example, the right of a patient to decide what treatment is ethical and appropriate for themselves has long been recognized. And there has been a general understanding that a healthcare facility such as a hospital may determine what procedures and polices which will be implemented and encouraged, such as the case of Catholic hospitals refusing to do abortions. Also, there has been a general consensus recognizing the right of physicians to limit the treatments and procedures they provide by their training or their moral conscience. Until recently, all healthcare professionals have had the right to refuse to participate in situations or procedures that they believe to be morally wrong or harmful to the patient or others.
But no longer. Our friendly ACLU, the defender of "civil liberties," and Planned Parenthood will stomp on your rights if they think you happen to deny someone else of what they perceive is their rights.
The ACLU apparently considers contraception a "human right." They declare on their web site, "If you are denied EC (emergency contraception), know that legal action is possible. EC is a legal form of contraception and you have every right to obtain it."
Teresa Stanton Collett, JD, a professor of law at University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis writes, "When understood in this manner, the question becomes that of whose freedom should trump the other. Should the doctor remain free to act in accordance with her conscience, or should the patient be free to obtain a legally permissible service from each and every doctor? Either way, someone's liberty will be restricted."
Collette goes on to say, "If the law compels physicians to provide treatments in conflict with their conscience, the freedom of a physician to practice medicine in accordance with his conscience is diminished."
In spite of this, there was a concerted effort a few years to ago to make abortion training mandatory within all physician obstetrical-gynecological training programs. The reason? The number of physicians willing to do abortions has been dropping dramatically over the past 10 years. This was a thinly veiled attempt to prop up the number of Planned Parenthood clinics who do abortions with a fresh crop of newly abortion-trained physicians. Who cared what the doctors in training really thought or felt about the procedure? So, let's make it mandatory.
Then the mayor of New York City got in on the action a few years ago. In 2002, Mayor Michael Bloomberg made abortion training mandatory in all NYC OB-GYN medical training programs. There was a conscience clause written into the program, so that those who opposed it could opt out, but the assumption made by the program was that all residents would train unless the residents actively chose to opt out of the training.6
If there is a common theme running through these situations, it is the insistence by some politicians in particular that health care providers simply comply with patient demands, regardless of any conflicting demands or issues of the health care providers' consciences.
Why isn't the ACLU fighting for the rights of the healthcare professional? Here the ACLU is showing its true colors. They believe the right of woman to access "reproductive health care" trumps all other rights, obviously including the rights of the conscience of the healthcare provider, and the right to life for the unborn child.
The movement is snowballing. In November 2005, Walgreens placed four Illinois pharmacists on unpaid leave after they refused to fill prescriptions for all contraceptives. This was because Walgreens believed the pharmacists were violating Governor Rod Blagojevich's emergency ruling that pharmacist had to prescribe EC if asked to do so. The American Center for Law and Justice filed a suit against the chain on behalf of the pharmacists in January.
Illinois state lawmakers responded to Governor Blagojevich in January with three proposed bills that would allow pharmacists to refuse to fill EC prescriptions that violate their personal or religious beliefs. "We're not saying take it off the market," said Rep. Ron Stephens, R-Greenville, a pharmacist himself. "We're just saying for those pharmacists who have a religious problem with it, don't make us fill it."
What was Governor Blagojevich's reply to this challenge? "Now, I understand that several bills have been introduced that would overturn my executive order to protect women's reproductive freedoms," Blagojevich said in his State of the State address. "So let me make something else very clear -- if any of those bills reach my desk, they are dead on arrival." Blagojevich again conveniently ignores the freedoms for the pharmacists in his state.
Even more recently in Massachusetts the state Board of Pharmacy jumped into action, ordering Wal-Mart to stock the morning after pill. Wal-Mart had previously refused to stock this medication nationally since 1999 as a company policy.
One of the successful plaintiffs in the Massachusetts suit, Dr. Rebekah Gee, summed up her case by asserting, "My patients should not have to shop around." As Jonathan Imbody of the Christian Medical Association writes, "Abortion advocates have found yet another new right in the Constitution--the right not to have to shop around."
There has been another switch in tactics that the "women's rights" advocates are now using. There is also a concerted push for over the counter (OTC) status for EC. It is an additional end-around to the tactic of forcing pharmacists or doctors to prescribe the medication, or to make it available. Although "Plan B" (the most popular form of EC) is a larger dose of a progesterone-like hormone (levonorgestrel) that is in all other prescribing circumstances considered a prescription medication. It seems to be of no concern to them that OTC hormonal medications are potentially dangerous, have otherwise only been prescribed by licensed physicians, and have not been used or even studied extensively for minors.
Can you see how the ACLU has a very selective filter regarding rights? Obviously this is done at the expense of the rights of the poor physician or pharmacist or physician who believes they are ending a human life.
The real question is just whose human rights are being stomped on here?
Rights of Conscience
Church Report, September 2005
Dave Stevens, MD
Have you noticed the progression of demands from groups that society accept morally objectionable practices? Whether it is abortion on demand or the church allowing homosexual marriage, first there is a demand for tolerance. Once a practice is tolerated, the next demand is for acceptance without reservation. Those that fail to do this are criticized and considered bigoted. That quickly progresses to a demand for endorsement. The bad practice is not just tolerated or neutrally accepted, but now each individual must see it as a good.
The last step is to demand that there is active participation in the practice once seen as objectionable. Varied tactics are used to accomplish this goal. In the workplace, everyone is expected to display a ribbon or other symbol to show their support for gay pride day, for example. Coercion in Christian circles is less subtle. In Canada, a Christian radio station can lose its license if it broadcasts a scripture verse criticizing homosexuality.
The abortion battle is well into this fourth stage, as advocates demand that pharmacists dispense abortifacient morning after pills over their conscientious objection. And they are making progress. Governor Rod Blagojevich of Illinois recently issued an executive order requiring pharmacists to dispense all "legally prescribed medicines." The governor of Wisconsin vetoed a bill that would have protected pharmacists. In New York City, obstetrical residents are required to learn abortions. In Alaska, Catholic hospitals are required by law to dispense birth control methods that they oppose.
As I recently prepared for a CNN debate on this issue, I was reminded that our country was founded by conscientious objectors who built right of conscience protection into the first amendment of the Bill of Rights. It states, "Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…" One of the foundations for the establishment of the United States was the freedom of each citizen to live according to their moral and religious precepts. Our founding fathers further explained their desire on this issue. John Madison stated, "Conscience is the most sacred of all property." Thomas Jefferson added, when speaking on the rights of government, "The rights of conscience we never submitted, we could not submit. We are answerable for them to our God."
If we don't protect the right of conscience of those in medicine, we head down a dangerous path. Do we want our schools to strip our future healthcare professionals of all ethical convictions that have not been approved by government? You do not give up your personal morality when you earn a professional license.
Ironically, boldly written on the morning after pill package is the statement, "Not an Abortifacient", though an American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) article revealed that 38 percent of the time these pills caused death by preventing the implantation of the developing embryonic human being. A little verbal gerrymandering by ACOG solved that problem. They issued an edict that pregnancy didn't start until the embryo implanted. If you are not pregnant, you cannot abort, can you? They simply ignored the principle of informed consent, which states that every woman needs to know all the consequences of taking a medication.
Pro-life pharmacists are seen as an embarrassment to the cover-up when they don't want to dispense the morning after pill for the same reason they won't drive drunk--they are unwilling to risk killing another human being.
In all the debate, everyone has failed to notice that there is not one documented case of a woman not getting her morning after pills. The woman simply got it from another pharmacist. Ominously, this battle is between a woman's trivial right of convenience and the fundamental right of conscience.
Why should you be concerned? Coercing individuals to ignore their conscience ultimately will impact you and me. First it is the pharmacist, then it's the doctors and nurses. Then it will be pastors and churches, but the issue might not be birth control. Instead, it will be your hiring policies. The Christian Medical Association is already under attack on medical and dental school campuses, where pro-choice students and faculty are demanding that our student chapter leadership be open to all interested, whether they are Christians or not. Student chapters are being banned from campuses because they are "discriminatory", since they won't allow practicing homosexuals into leadership positions.
I'm reminded of the Martin Niemoller quote, about opposing the Nazis: "First they came for the Jews. I was silent. I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists. I was silent. I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists. I was silent. I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me. There was no one left to speak for me."
Now is the time to speak up.
MD News, July/August, 2005
Dave Stevens, MD, MA (Ethics)
Some pharmacists in Illinois may soon have to decide between their job and their conscience. Recently, Governor Rod Blagojevich issued an executive order requiring pharmacists to dispense all legally written prescriptions, including those for the morning-after pill. Some pro-life pharmacists had referred those prescriptions to another pharmacist or pharmacy after an American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology journal article revealed that 38% of the time the pills acted by preventing implantation of the developing embryo. They don't want to dispense the morning-after pill for the same reason they won't drive drunk. They don't want to take the risk of killing another human being.
The right of conscience issue is not limited to pharmacists. Medical and physician assistant students are taught in some schools that they must refer patients who want an abortion to other doctors. Some have declined to participate in executions by lethal injection or refused to prescribe a lethal dose of barbiturates to a patient requesting assisted suicide. Faith-based hospitals in Alaska have been told they must do abortions or they will lose state funds.
Do healthcare providers have a right to follow their conscience? The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights directly addresses this issue when it says, "Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…" One of the foundations for the establishment of the United States was the freedom to live according to each individual's moral and religious precepts. Our founding fathers further explained their desire on this issue. John Madison stated, "Conscience is the most sacred of all property." Thomas Jefferson added when speaking on the rights of government: "The rights of conscience we never submitted, we could not submit. We are answerable for them to our God."
If we don't protect the right of conscience of those in medicine, we head down a dangerous path. Do we want professional schools to strip our future doctors of all ethical convictions that have not even been approved by government? You do not give up your personal morality when you earn a professional license and denying the constitutional freedom of health professionals ultimately threatens the constitutional rights of everyone.
In response to this issue, Congress passed the Weldon Amendment last year guaranteeing right of conscience protection--but only to physicians. Pro-abortion groups are now challenging that law in court. It is ironic that some are willing to trample on the individual liberties of others while marching under the banner of choice.
Doctors must be in the forefront of defending the right of conscience of all healthcare professionals. If we are silent now, there will soon be no one left to stand with us when our right is threatened.
Letter to the Editor, The Globe and Mail
RE: Heather Mallick's article in the Globe and Mail April 30th issue "Why do we have to see a pharmacist the morning after". As a pharmacist who refuses to dispence so-called emergency contraception, I ask myself this: Why should I be forced to give a woman an overdose of birthcontrol pills, when all my studies in pharmacology, physiology, and anatomy show that this could be harmful not only to herself, but also to a newly conceived embryo should fertilization take place? Ms Mallick's depiction of what she calls an ethical pharmacist refusing to provide a woman with a treatment for yeast infection is utterly ridiculous! Is she insinuating that a pharmacist cannot tell the difference between a parasite and a newly conceived human being?
While Ms Mallick's worldview may be one that includes abortion (be it surgical or chemical) on demand, there are those of us who affirm that human life in all its stages is sacred. In a democratic society where freedom of conscience and religion is upheld as a fundamental human right, I fail to understand why all citizens should abide by Ms Mallik's worldview. Frankly, I think she will find plenty of pharmacists who will agree with her views and provide her with the services she seeks. However, she must acknowledge that her view is not the only valid one, and that pharmacists like myself have a right to think differently and to practice according to our deeply held moral and ethical beliefs.
Cristina Alarcon, pharmacist
Vancouver, B.C.
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USA Today, 4 April, 2005
Steven Aden
Counsel to the Health Care Right of Conscience Project
Center for Law & Religious Freedom.
Public policy debates ignited by special interest groups often lend more heat than light to issues. So it is with "Pharmacists vs. the Pill," a battle started by abortion-rights advocates.
The truth is pro-life pharmacists always have had the right to conscientiously object to providing drug therapies that violate their religious or ethical consciences. Like doctors and nurses, pharmacists are highly trained health care workers who serve the public under a canon of medical ethics.
The American Pharmacists Association "recognizes the individual pharmacist's right to exercise conscientious refusal and supports the establishment of systems to ensure patient's access to legally prescribed therapy without compromising" that right. The profession believes, and properly so, that the right of conscience and the right of patient access stand on equal footing. A pharmacist is not required to compromise his or her conscience to ensure that a patient obtains her medication when there are other options.
When there are pharmacies in almost every supermarket and big box retailer, a woman who encounters an objecting pharmacist usually needs only to go across the street to find one willing to serve her. Those who believe that a woman's right to access birth control pills whenever and wherever she wishes should trump a pharmacist's ethical standards are really arguing for a rule of convenience.
This is not a battle of two conflicting "rights" at all, but an attempt to strip health care professionals of a right as old as the Hippocratic Oath - to exercise professional judgment to decide how to heal without doing harm.
State laws are needed to protect pro-life pharmacists from politically motivated state regulators. Although 47 states have legislated some form of "conscience protection" for health care workers, only a few states make it expressly available to pharmacists. Already, pharmacists have been driven out of practice in states hostile to their conscience.
Forcing pharmacists to function like supermarket cashiers will not guarantee women easy access to the pill. It will result only in fewer pharmacists for everyone, as bright and talented young people decide against entering a profession that treats them like automated medicine dispensers.
Establishment Bioethics
Service or Servitude
The Silence of Good People and Non-cooperation with Evil
Letter to the Editor,Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal
December 2004/January 2005, Vol. 137, No. 10
In your editorial [...] you write that tolerance is a bedrock value of our democracy and that it goes both ways; yet in the next paragraph you contradict yourself by stating that the onus is on the health professional to respect the religious beliefs of the patient, and not the other way around. I believe that tolerance either goes both ways, or else it is not true tolerance. Your editorial in fact shows great intolerance towards those of your colleagues who wish to practice according to the traditional Hippocratic tradition of "you shall do no harm." This tradition is not based on religious fundamentalism, but on a great respect for the dignity of each person, including the unborn. Your criticism of a Jehovah's Witness who would withhold blood from your ailing child is unsubstantiated, as such a paramedic, if he were upright, would simply step aside and allow someone else to take over and do what he himself could not.
Similarly, pharmacists who object to the provision of morning-after pills are not denying access, as the patient is free to go to the pharmacy of her choice. Such pharmacists are also not disrespecting the religious beliefs of their patients. As far as I know, there is no religion that requires a woman to take MAP after sex. As for the example of your husband encountering a preaching health professional in the ER, this is also not realistic. He has greater chances of encountering such a person on the street corner. A better example would be that of your elderly mother encountering a physician in the ER who objects to a policy that would call for euthanizing the helpless, or a pharmacist refusing to participate in China's forced sterilization program.
Finally, in view of today's recent findings on the dangers of synthetic hormones, there are plenty of women around who believe that taking hormonal contraception is not in their best interests. Why not allow such women the option of shopping at the Calgary pharmacist's shop, while those who embrace contraception can all come running to yours?
Pharmacists are people too. They have varying opinions on moral, ethical, and health issues. The fact that they do not all practice alike should not be such a cause for concern. All lawyers do not practice alike either.
Cristina Alarcon, BSc(Pharm)
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Bizeki Letter to CPJ
The editorial written in October's issue was an excellent demonstration of the discriminatory harassment to which conscientious objectors are subjected. It is clear that Ms. Thompson and people like her feel their morality is superior and are prepared to impose it on anyone disagreeing with them. She reduces the debate to pro-life agendas, religious rights, and tolerance, disregarding the health and informed consent of women and children in the process. This is the only recourse such people have when their ideology is threatened, as it was in my radio interview.
The basis for my refusal to participate or refer is rooted in scientific fact, not in the "norms" that people like Ms. Thompson subjectively develop. My reasons are also essentially humanistic, shared by many number of individuals regardless of their religious convictions. I refuse to participate with products that interfere with the ability of a human embryo to implant itself in the endometrium. Contra-implantation mechanisms are described as abortifacients by Canadian embryologists Moore and Persaud. It is no secret that birth control pills and "morning after pills" have this capability, as documented in drug monographs, and medical textbooks. Furthermore, the international scientific community (embryologists, geneticists, biologists, etc.), rejects the propaganda of gynecologists and pharmacists, that conception and pregnancy begins at implantation. However, science is often blindsided when pro-abortion advocates mislead the media and the public into thinking they are strictly ovulation inhibitors.
Regarding morally controversial products and services, the interests of the health care worker and the patient are different. The patient may believe that she is being deprived of something to which she has a right, but in no sense is she made to do something she believes is wrong. If my colleagues want to participate in these situations, I won't stand in their way - they too are entitled to make a choice. Patients are also free to choose another pharmacist or pharmacy. As for those in rural areas, Iam unaware of a situation where there is only a single health care provider available. Surely, a small degree of inconvenience or thinking proactively is worth preserving freedom for all Canadian citizens.
My faith has never been discussed with a patient at the pharmacy counter. Ms. Thompson's accusation that objectors try to scare patients with misinformation or impose their morality is nothing more than a recycled urban legend. In fact, when the Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons were asked to substantiate this claim, they admitted in 2002 that it was polemical hearsay from groups who provide birth control and family counseling to women.
Contrary to Ms. Thompson's article, pharmacist regulators already have decided that rights of the patient do not supercede those of the pharmacist. The Alberta College of Pharmacists is fully aware that I do not participate or refer for morally controversial products. Manitoba has developed a conscience clause whereby a pharmacist may refuse to participate or refer. It is much easier to steamroller freedom of conscience, as she has demonstrated so well, rather than develop policies that protect everyone. All we need is the political will.
As birth control products constitute only a small fraction of products available, my conscientious objections were considered reasonable according to Alberta Human Rights Law. Freedom does not mean license, which is why human rights laws do not protect those who wish to harm others. Can Ms. Thompson name a Jehovah's Witness who is employed as a paramedic, where providing blood products is a majority of the job description?
Sadly, to people like Ms. Thompson, the "bedrock value" of religious tolerance goes "both ways" only if one agrees with her ideology. Freedom of conscience and religion is for everyone, even those with "fringe concerns." Should such pharmacists be treated as second class citizens because they choose to protect the lives of all their patients?
Where is the author's proof that the patient's rights come first? Her claim is not grounded in law or ethics, as any constitutional lawyer will tell you. Dr. John R. Williams, former Director of Ethics for the Canadian Medical Association in 2000, stated that the CMA's policy of mandatory referral for abortion was dropped because there was no ethical consensus to support it. The claim, that the fiduciary duties of physicians require them to subordinate their conscientious convictions to those of their patients, rests upon a more recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling that fiduciary relationships and obligations are "shaped by the demands of the situation"; they are not governed by a "fixed set of rules and principles."
I demand that Ms. Thompson show me how her morality is superior before she forces me to live by it or leave my profession. Name the pharmacists who have tried to impose their morality on patients. If she can't, she must retract her accusations and apologize.
People know they can trust me to protect them in a life or death scenario. It is my dignity as a human being, not a dehumanized pharmaceutical robot, that rejects the social and verbal engineering presented in this so-called professional and scientific forum.
Maria Bizecki, BSP
Alarcon Letter to CPJ
People without Conscience
Richard M. Doerflinger
Deputy Director, Pro-Life Activities
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Secretariat
One apparent result of the November elections is that, even before the end of Congress's 2004 session, long-awaited federal protection for pro-life health professionals was enacted into law. The Hyde-Weldon Conscience Protection Amendment was approved as part of Congress's final omnibus funding bill. It forbids federal agencies, and state and local governments receiving federal funds, to discriminate against health care providers who choose not to participate in abortions.
You might think its approval would be a "no-brainer." After all, there are two sides in the abortion debate. One side opposes abortion. The other side wants to let everyone have a "free choice" on abortion. So this passed without a dissenting vote, right?
Well, no. The movement that once boasted of being "pro-choice" has acquired a new watch word, "access." It demands that government has an affirmative obligation to promote and provide abortion - and to enlist the aid of even conscientiously opposed health professionals in fulfilling that mandate. This coercive campaign has actually scored victories with the help of government officials and courts in some states, which is why the corrective offered by the Hyde-Weldon amendment is needed. The abortion lobby's allies in Congress opposed the amendment bitterly, and say they will try to rescind it when Congress reconvenes in 2005.
That is not soon enough for the pro-abortion group with the euphemistic name "National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA)." On Dec. 13, days after President Bush signed the law, NFPRHA filed suit in federal court to have it declared unconstitutional.
In case the prospect of the "pro-choice" movement declaring free choice unconstitutional is not bizarre enough, I invite readers to wade through the twisted logic of NFPRHA's complaint.
A central charge is that the amendment "impedes the rights of Title X clinics and their physicians to provide referral services." This is, of course, the exact opposite of the truth. The amendment forbids the government to punish these clinics and physicians for making their own judgment on whether to provide such referrals.
But wait, there's more: "Physicians who intend that a patient receive a referral for an abortion as part of the patient's health care will have their First Amendment rights to speech impaired by an individual who refuses to provide such a referral." The complaint explains that physicians sometimes provide these referrals by telling a nurse or other employee to do them.
Set aside, for a moment, the obvious fact that a physician is not a government, and so his actions toward his employees (no matter how insensitive) are not covered by a law forbidding discrimination on the part of federally funded government bodies. Also set aside the inherent elitism of what is assumed here about a nurse's status vis-a-vis a doctor. Ask yourself: How could my freedom of speech demand forcing someone else to violate his or her own freedom of speech and freedom of conscience?
The only possible answer is: Because only people who agree with me have rights worth protecting.
If you thought the abortion lobby shows disrespect only for the unborn, watch this lawsuit and learn an important lesson.
Abortion Non-Discrimination Act
Attack on freedom of conscience in US House of Representatives
Pro-choice' groups attack freedom to choose

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April is Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month and in recognition of this, the newly established Elite Training Systems (ETS Windsor) is opening its doors to local individuals who are fighting back against their Parkinson's diagnosis as members of Rock Steady Boxing Windsor-Essex.
Rock Steady Boxing is a local boxing program normally run out of Border City Boxing Club, but this Thursday, April 11th at 4pm, Rock Steady boxers are invited to train with newly-signed NFL Oakland Raiders #82 and LaSalle native, Luke Willson, in the state-of-the-art elite training facility in Kennedy Collegiate's former pool area (245 Tecumseh Road East).
Border City Boxing Club owner and Rock Steady Boxing Coach Josh Canty is thrilled to give his Rock Steady boxers a chance to train at ETS Windsor because "it is a chance to engage in rigorous exercise, the only proven way to improve Parkinson's symptoms." Various studies in the 1980s and 1990s supported the notion that rigorous exercise, emphasizing gross motor movement, balance, core strength, and rhythm, could favorably impact range of motion, flexibility, posture, gait, and activities of daily living. More recent studies, most notably at Cleveland Clinic, focus on the concept of intense "forced" exercise, and have begun to suggest that certain kinds of exercise may be neuro-protective, i.e., actually slowing disease progression.
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Q: Restrictions on a Function If $f(x) =$
\begin{cases}
x^2-4 &\quad \text{if } x \ge -4, \\
x + 3 &\quad \text{otherwise},
\end{cases}
then for how many values of $x$ is $f(f(x)) = 5$?
I'm not sure how to really start from this question other than bashing values. I need some help on a start, thanks!

A: First find the values such that $f(x) = 5$:
$x^2-4=5\iff x^2=9 \iff x=\pm 3$ (both are greater than or equal to $-4$)
$x+3=5\iff x = 2$ (but this value is not less than $-4$).
Hence we must have $f(x) = \pm 3$
So now we find the values such that $f(x) = 3$
$x^2-4=3\iff x^2=7 \iff x=\pm \sqrt{7}$ (both are greater than or equal to $-4$)
$x+3=3\iff x = 0$ (but this value is not less than $-4$).
We now find the values such that $f(x) =-3$
$x^2-4=-3\iff x^2=1 \iff x=\pm 1$ (both are greater than or equal to $-4$)
$x+3=-3\iff x = -6$ (this value is less than $-4$).

Hence the values are $\pm\sqrt{7},\pm1$ and $-6$

A: Just do it in cases:
Case 1:  $f(x) < -4$ then $f(f(x)) = 5$ means
$f(x) + 3 = 5$ so $f(x) =2$ and that's a contradiction.
So it must be that:
Case 2: $f(x) \ge -4$ so $f(f(x)) = 5$ means
$f(x)^2 -4 = 5$
$f(x)^2 = 9$
$f(x) = \pm 3$.
Case 3:  $x < -4$ so $f(x) = \pm 3$ means $x+3\pm 3$ meas $x=-6, 0$ but only $-6< -4$ so $x = -6$.
Case 4: $x \ge -4$ so $f(x) = \pm 3$ means $x^2 -4 =\pm 3$ so $x^2 = 1, 7$.
So $x = \pm 1, \pm \sqrt 7$.  All of those are acceptable as the are all $< -4$
So there are five solutions.
a) $x=-6$ and $f(f(-6)) = f(-6+3) = f(-3)= (-3)^2-4 = 9-4=5$.
b)c) $x =\pm 1$ and $f(f(\pm 1))= f((\pm 1)^2-4)=f(-3)= 5$.
d)e) $x =\pm \sqrt7$ and $f(f(\pm \sqrt 7)) = f((\pm \sqrt 7)^2-4)=f(7-4)=f(3)=3^2-4 = 9-4 = 5$.

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Q: ${\bf F}=m{\bf a}$ versus ${\bf F}=\frac{\mathrm d{\bf p}}{\mathrm dt}$ alternate expressions (differential) I am currently collecting research about theories to do with accelerated motion, and scientists who were involved in the development of such theories.
Intrinsically, Newton's Second Law came up. While this has most of time appeared in the form of $F=ma$, Wikipedia gave two forms, first in terms of differential terms:
$$F=\frac{\mathrm dp}{\mathrm dt}\text{ and then }F=m\frac{\mathrm dv}{\mathrm dt.}$$
I was wondering if these different forms change the meaning of the equation somehow, as I have read that the differential form is "more accurate". However, mathematically, $\mathrm dv/\mathrm dt$ is the same as acceleration and hence $F=m\,\mathrm dv/\mathrm dt$ should be the same as $F=ma$ (I think).
Could someone explain if these different forms actually make a difference?

A: Newton's second law is only valid for constant-mass systems, so
$$
{\bf F}=\frac{\rm d {\bf p}}{{\rm d}t}\equiv\frac{\rm d}{{\rm d}t}\left(m{\bf v}\right)\equiv m\frac{\rm d {\bf v}}{{\rm d}t}\equiv m{\bf a}
$$
That is, they are all equivalent definitions for Newtonian mechanics.

A: As you state in your question, they are exactly the same: take into account that $p = m·v$, and therefore, $$F = \frac{dp}{dt} = \frac{d(m·v)}{dt} = m· \frac{dv}{dt} = m·a$$
, as m should be independent of $t$ to use the second Newton law.
There is no difference between the different forms you show in the question, but the differential forms are always more accurate than those that are not so: if you want to compute the acceleration of a car, you could either compute its velocity at instants 0s and 10s or do the same between 0 and 1s. The first number would be more like an average for those first ten seconds and the second an average for the first second. Therefore, if you want to know the acceleration of the car at the instant 0s, probably the second approach is far better than the first. The differential form assumes that the $\Delta t $ is practically 0, so the answer is going to be the best.

A: Newton's law is $F=\frac{dp}{dt}$. This is more complete than $$F=ma$$ or the equivalent: $$F=m\frac{dv}{dt}$$ because it allows $m$ to vary with time, not just $v$. $F=ma$ is an approximation that assumes $m$ is constant. To see this, consider: $$F=\frac{dp}{dt}=\frac{d(mv)}{dt}=v\frac{dm}{dt}+\frac{m·dv}{dt}$$
where we have used $p=mv$. We can see that if we assume that the $dm/dt$ on the RHS is $0$, then we have $$\frac{dp}{dt}=m\frac{dv}{dt}$$
To answer your question about formatting: to get displayed equations, put them in double $ signs. I find this reference helpful.


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Home Research > Constituencies > 1660-1690 > East grinstead
See East Grinstead in
in the burgage-holders 1660-78, 1685-9; in the burgage-holders and inhabitants paying scot and lot 1679-81
under 100 in 1679-81; 48 in 16831
c. Apr. 1660 MARMADUKE GRESHAM
GEORGE COURTHOPE
28 Mar. 1661 CHARLES SACKVILLE, Lord Buckhurst
21 Apr. 1675 HON. EDWARD SACKVILLE vice Buckhurst, called to the Upper House
25 Oct. 1678 THOMAS PELHAM vice Sackville, deceased
14 Feb. 1679 THOMAS PELHAM
EDWARD SACKVILLE 18
Henry Powle
William Scroggs
POWLE vice Sackville, on petition, 7 Apr. 1679
19 Apr. 1679 SIR THOMAS LITTLETON, 2nd Bt. vice Powle, chose to sit for Cirencester
19 Aug. 1679 HON. GOODWIN WHARTON 64
WILLIAM JEPHSON 52
John Packer 50
Henry Powle 282
11 Feb. 1681 SIR CYRIL WYCHE
19 Mar. 1685 SIMON SMITH
17 Jan. 1689 SIR THOMAS DYKE, Bt.
THOMAS SACKVILLE
In East Grinstead, a borough by prescription, the franchise was in dispute between the burgage-holders and the scot and lot payers. A rental of 1683 enumerates 48 burgages in the borough, held by 32 tenants. The returning officer was nominated by the Earl of Dorset as lord of the borough, who easily controlled the narrower franchise, especially since the establishment of a magnificent set of alms-houses under the 2nd Earl's will; but the town valued its position as seat of the Sussex assizes, which gave the judges on the home circuit an interest. The 4th Earl of Dorset had attended Charles I at Oxford during the Civil War, and no Sackville apparently felt free to stand in 1660. The family interest went to Marmaduke Gresham, while George Courthope, who despite strong royalist sympathies had avoided involvement in the Civil War, took the other seat. He was re-elected in 1661 with the 5th Earl's heir, Lord Buckhurst. When Buckhurst was created Earl of Middlesex in 1675, his father was abroad, but the voters obediently elected his next younger brother, Edward. On Edward Sackville's death in 1678, the 6th Earl considered nominating another brother, Richard, but eventually gave his interest to Thomas Pelham, a cautious opponent of the Court. Ralph Montagu, desperate for parliamentary immunity, tried to assert an interest in the borough as step-father to the Earl of Northumberland's heir, but met with no response. Sir John Pelham gave his son £20 before the election, and spent £3 11s. on the day itself, which seems to have sufficed.3
Both elections of 1679 were contested. There was no opposition in February to Pelham, whose election cost his father no more than in the previous year, but three candidates stood for the junior seat. The Sackville interest split, owing to a dispute between Dorset and his mother. Dorset nominated his cousin Edward Sackville, an army officer, but the dowager countess recommended to the inhabitants Henry Powle, a leader of the country party whom she was to marry a few months later. The fourth candidate was the son of Lord Chief Justice Scroggs, at this date still in the good graces of the Opposition for his handling of the Popish Plot trials. Sackville was returned with Pelham on the votes of the 36 burgage-holders, but expelled the House for publicly expressing disbelief in the Plot. Although he blamed Scroggs for his expulsion, Powle, who had produced a single indenture in the name of the inhabitants, was the beneficiary. With about 60 votes to 18 on this franchise, he was declared elected, the House refusing to hear Scroggs, because he had not petitioned against Pelham. When Powle chose to sit for Cirencester, Sir Thomas Littleton, his political ally, was returned in his stead.4
By August Dorset and his mother had patched up their differences, and the Sackville interest united behind Powle, who had voted against the exclusion bill, and William Jephson, a strong exclusionist and Dorset's confidant in his amorous exploits. The widening of the franchise permitted the reassertion of the Goodwin interest, which had returned one Member from 1626 to the Restoration. Robert Goodwin was now in his late seventies and long retired from Parliament, but through his sister-in-law's second husband, John Clayton, he (or rather his daughter) promised Jephson their interest. Jephson was also a close friend of the Hon. Thomas Wharton, who shared his political views, and may have been the means of introducing to the borough Goodwin Wharton, who, despite his name, does not seem to have been related to the Sussex Goodwins. John Packer of Groombridge, whose motto was 'For king and country', probably stood as a court supporter. Plans were laid carefully to prevent the bailiff from conducting a poll confined to the burgage-holders, and, with the assistance of Titus Oates, the exclusionists triumphed, though Jephson defeated Packer by only two votes. Powle finished a bad fourth, but the electors apologized to his wife and assured her that they would accept her nomination next time. A protest from the burgage-holders did not emerge from the elections committee. In 1681 Powle was duly returned with Sir Cyril Wyche, one of Dorset's more respectable friends and a firm believer in 'moderate counsels' and a 'perfect understanding between the King and his Parliament'.5
Dorset's candidates in 1685 were Simon Smith, a placeman of a family long dependent on the Sackvilles, and Thomas Jones, another judge's son. They were opposed by John Conyers, a Tory lawyer, who had acquired property in the town by marrying Goodwin's granddaughter. It was later said that Jones bought up votes promised to Conyers at 20 guineas a head, but the defeated candidate's petition was never reported. The King's electoral agents wrote in 1688 that Dorset would bring in Sir Thomas Dyke, while Conyers, 'of whom we can give no good account', would stand on the Goodwin interest. A newspaper report in September complained of very unfair practices at East Grinstead 'to lessen the reputation of such gentlemen as in probability may be put up, if but suspected of moderation, or to be any ways favourably inclined towards dissenters, although otherwise of known loyalty, and constant Churchmen'. At the general election of 1689 the bailiff returned Dyke and Thomas Sackville as 'duly elected by such persons as according to the ancient laws and customs of the borough aforesaid ought to choose Members for Parliament', and rejected a second indenture in favour of Conyers and Sackville which had been signed by 42 out of the 60 inhabitants paying scot and lot. John Birch reported from the elections committee in favour of Conyers's petition and the wide franchise, but the House rejected the report without a division, and the period closed with the Sackville interest for the first time in control of both seats.6
Author: B. M. Crook
1. W. H. Hills, Hist. East Grinstead, 38-39.
2. Kent AO, U269/E178.
3. Kent AO, U269/C38/3, 4; C118/2,33; Browning, Danby, ii. 376; Add. 33148, f. 201.
4. Add. 33148, f. 204; C. J. Phillips, Hist. Sackville Fam. i. 423-4, 427; Kent AO, U269/C98/17; CJ, ix. 587-8.
5. Savile Corresp. (Cam. Soc. lxxi), 130, 221; Bodl. Carte 130, ff. 221-2; Thorpe, Reg. Roff, 810; Kent AO, U269/C98/17; CJ, ix. 645; HMC Ormonde, n.s. v. 604; State Trials, x. 136.
6. Memorials. in the Church (Walthamstow Antiq. Soc. xxvii), 18: Kent AO, U269/C133/65; CJ, ix. 717; x. 67; Duckett, Penal Laws (1882), 441; Pub. Occurrences, 11 Sept. 1688.


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After Apple and Google, Facebook is now planning to develop custom chipset designs that would enhance the viewing experience of live and recorded videos on its smartphone application.
By Dipayan Mitra
According to recent reports, it is rumored that Facebook is developing new machine learning chips. The primary functionality of the chip will be to provide recommendation services to its users.
The information regarding the chip was revealed by two undisclosed individuals claiming to be closely associated with the project. Facebook is also developing a chipset solely for video transcoding.
The chip will enhance the watching experience of record and live videos of its smartphone application. Experts believe that this development comes after other industry leaders like Google, Apple, and Amazon started to develop their own chipsets in order to provide uncompromised top-notch performance to their customers. This will also help Facebook to reduce buying costs of chips from third-party manufacturers.
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A Facebook spokesperson said, "Facebook is always exploring ways to drive greater levels of compute performance and power efficiency with our silicon partners and through our own internal efforts."
He further mentioned that the company doesn't have anything new to share about their future plans and endeavors at that moment. Earlier in 2019, Facebook said that it was developing a custom microchip designed for artificial intelligence processing that would deliver greater power at minimum power consumption.
Facebook mentioned that it is willing to collaborate with other players like Qualcomm, Intel, and Marvell Technology for developing these custom microchips as they don't know enough infrastructure to manage the entire manufacturing process effectively.
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Rudolf Stahl (11 de febrero de 1912 - 7 de junio de 1984) fue un jugador de balonmano alemán. Fue un componente de la Selección de balonmano de Alemania.

Con la selección logró la medalla de oro en los Juegos Olímpicos de Berlín 1936, los primeros con el balonmano como deporte olímpico.

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Balonmanistas de Alemania


The Dynamic Analyzer is a performance monitoring and analysis tool for your native and Web applications on a Tizen device or the emulator. The main focus of the Dynamic Analyzer is to analyze your application for potential performance issues, such as high usage of CPU, memory, file, or network operations.
Develop your application with the Tizen Studio.
Compile and install the application to an emulator or Tizen device target.
Verify the application on the target and fix any functional issues to fulfill the requirements.
Profile the application with the Dynamic Analyzer.
Study the tracing result and fix any performance issues.
Using the various profiling features of the Dynamic Analyzer, you can determine where your application can be optimized further.
When the Dynamic Analyzer is launched, a feature selection dialog opens. You can select the available features for your profiling based on the selected target profile.
The following table lists the supported features on the Dynamic Analyzer. Every feature is placed onto a specific group (CPU, Memory, File System, Graphics, Network, UI, Synchronization, or Energy) to help you understand the profiling category.


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Q: Oracle DB occasionally slows down when "Setting Resource Manager plan DEFAULT_MAINTENANCE_PLAN" After midnight Oracle Database 12c turned to "slow mode". DML statements became about 10 times slower, though "selects" feel good. CPU load as usual, disk I/O is perfect (tested by copying 500m file), there are lots of free RAM and free disk space.
Restart of Oracle didn't help. All of the user sessions were killed if there were any.
In about one hour "slow mode" went away. Everything became as fast as before.
I've seen similar behavior on 11g as well.
Logs show:

    Thu Aug 07 00:38:13 2014
    Setting Resource Manager plan SCHEDULER[0x420E]:DEFAULT_MAINTENANCE_PLAN via scheduler window
    Setting Resource Manager plan DEFAULT_MAINTENANCE_PLAN via parameter

and when it's gone I see:

    Thu Aug 07 02:00:03 2014
    Closing scheduler window
    Closing Resource Manager plan via scheduler window
    Clearing Resource Manager plan via parameter

Nothing else that can be related to the above bug/feature I can see in the logs.
This trouble happens time after time.
How to avoid this?

A: Seems like there are some Database Resource Manager (DRM) constraints put on user sessions when the database switches to maintenance plan via Scheduler window each night (as evident by your log portion).
There are at least two predefined DRM plans when a database is created.

*

*DEFAULT_PLAN

*DEFAULT_MAINTENANCE_PLAN
(See the complete list.)
When a window activates, it can switch the current resource plan to one specified in the window. You can query ALL_SCHEDULER_WINDOWS view to see which plan each window is assigned.
You can also switch between plans in Enterprise Manager or manually changing RESOURCE_MANAGER_PLAN initialization parameter value.
You can use Enterprise Manager or DBA_RSRC_* views to see

*

*which plans are active in database – DBA_RSRC_PLANS

*which resource consumer groups are defined – DBA_RSRC_CONSUMER_GROUPS

*which group mappings are defined – DBA_RSRC_GROUP_MAPPINGS

*which resource plan directives are defined – DBA_RSRC_PLAN_DIRECTIVES

*and so on

Resource plan directives is what defines resource usage by the database sessions. The sessions map to consumer groups via group mappings.
When your database switches to another plan (using window or manually), the different set of directives is enabled which controls the resource usage by sessions. Thus when your database switches from DEFAULT_PLAN to DEFAULT_MAINTENANCE_PLAN and vice versa, your user sessions notice the difference – their performance dynamically changes according to the resource directives defined in the enabled plan.
For more details on implementing and using resource plans in DRM, consult the Managing Resources with Oracle Database Resource Manager chapter in Database Administrator's Guide.
UPDATE
You can check which directives are defined for plans in your database.
select plan, group_or_subplan, mgmt_p1, mgmt_p2, mgmt_p3
from DBA_RSRC_PLAN_DIRECTIVES
where plan like ('DEFAULT_%')
order by plan, mgmt_p1 desc, mgmt_p2 desc, mgmt_p3 desc;

PLAN                        GROUP_OR_SUBPLAN    MGMT_P1 MGMT_P2 MGMT_P3
------------------------    ----------------    ------- ------- -------
DEFAULT_MAINTENANCE_PLAN    SYS_GROUP                75       0       0
DEFAULT_MAINTENANCE_PLAN    OTHER_GROUPS              0      70       0
DEFAULT_MAINTENANCE_PLAN    ORA$AUTOTASK_SUB_PLAN     0      25       0
DEFAULT_MAINTENANCE_PLAN    ORA$DIAGNOSTICS           0       5       0
DEFAULT_PLAN                SYS_GROUP                75       0       0
DEFAULT_PLAN                OTHER_GROUPS              0      90       0
DEFAULT_PLAN                ORA$AUTOTASK_SUB_PLAN     0       5       0
DEFAULT_PLAN                ORA$DIAGNOSTICS           0       5       0

Notice how resources are allocated between different consumer groups. Here OTHER_GROUPS and ORA$AUTOTASK_SUB_PLAN are allowed to use 70% and 25% of CPU respectively in DEFAULT_MAINTENANCE_PLAN plan, while in DEFAULT_PLAN they are allowed 90% and 5% respectively.
It means that these directives might be one of the reasons your users' sessions run slower when maintenance windows are open, because users are allocated less resources than what they are during work hours.


How will a thigh compression sleeve aid in the prevention or management of a thigh injury?
While an obsolete hamstring support brace or traditional neoprene sleeve will slip down the thigh during strenuous activity, the sweat-activated fabric of a Body Helix compression wrap ensures our thigh wrap is always in position. Our thigh brace increases blood flow to the hamstring, quadriceps and groin muscles, supporting the healing process while providing support and protection to injured thigh muscles. The hamstring, thigh and groin muscles (and scar tissue from old injuries) become heated while wearing a thigh compression wrap, in turn relieving strain to the tendons, healing hamstring strains and hamstring sprains.
Will a thigh wrap be comfortable to wear while I exercise?
Yes, our thigh compression sleeves are designed with our super stretch material and are guaranteed not to slip. Those desiring to wear a leg compression garment under active wear while cycling, running, walking, or going for a hike will enjoy firm leg muscle support when wearing a Helix compression thigh wrap. Tennis or volleyball players will notice increased blood flow to leg muscles and fatigue can be delayed. As part of the RICE treatment method, effective compression treatment is achieved on strained quad and hamstring muscles when wearing a thigh brace like a Thigh Helix.


I'll return to your regularly scheduled chocolate myth debunkery soon, I promise. But in the meantime, I wanted to post a brief interlude about the world's most amazing cabbage rolls.
Last night, I lined up for an hour at a secret location, only to be told that supplies were running low. Rations were set at one dozen perogies and one dozen vegetarian cabbage rolls. Things were looking dire. There were, however, ample supplies of the world's hugest Ukrainian sausage. We took what we could get and booked it home, we were so excited to eat.
Well, it was worth the wait. The perogies were soft pillows of filling that actually tasted like potato, nestled inside the thinnest possible pastry. They were unctuous and tasty, and it was remarkable how much flavour an actual perogy has. I've been wasting away in frozen perogy land for far too long.
But the cabbage rolls! My god, the cabbage rolls. My previous experiences with cabbage rolls have been with oversized cabbage wrapped around mushy rice, the whole thing doused in sauce in a poor attempt to hide the lack of flavour and texture. These cabbage rolls were the complete opposite. They were dainty and delicate: a thin cabbage leaf hugging a flavourful mixture of perfectly al dente rice cooked with spices.
The ultimate bite: one part cabbage roll, one part perogy, one part pan-fried sausage, one part caramelized onion, one part sour cream. I dare you to find anything more perfect on a cold Friday night.
haha, secret location 🙂 i know where you're talking about…i just wish i went there more often!
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Remote Work Is Causing A Mass Exodus From Cities, Survey Says
Parker Diakite • Nov 9, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many people to work from home, bringing a new work revelation for employees that there's some flexibility in where they work.
As some cities began easing up on restrictions, working from home is likely here to stay.
RELATED: Here's Why Digital Nomads Are The New Travel Winners Amid COVID Pandemic
A new study released by Upwork, a freelancing platform, surveyed more than 20,000 Americans and found that between 14 and 23 million people plan to relocate to a different city due to remote work. Combined with those who are moving regardless of remote work, near-term migration rates maybe three to four times what they normally are, according to the "Remote Workers on the Move" survey.
"As our survey shows, many people see remote work as an opportunity to relocate to where they want and where they can afford to live," said Adam Ozimek, the chief economist at Upwork. "This is an early indicator of the much larger impacts that remote work could have in increasing economic efficiency and spreading opportunity."
RELATED: Bermuda Is Inviting Foreigners To Work Remotely For One Year
According to the survey, 20 percent of respondents that are planning to move live in a major city. Roughly 12 percent live in the suburbs.
One motivator for respondents is cheaper housing. More than 50 percent are planning to move to cheaper accommodation than their current place of residence.
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Healthy diets are complicated, especially, when everyone around you is singing a different tune. To start with, there are no rules. Then, sugar was bad and now, fat is good. Dietary guidelines evolve all the time and nutritional myths crumble. As we find ourselves in the middle of a flurry, the easiest way to weight loss is something that you've always known.
A group of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Medical School suggest a simple change in your diet is all you need to lose weight and get healthier. The f-word is back in vogue. If you have to believe them, there is just one rule - focus on fibre. They had enough reason to think it may work as previous studies indicate that it keeps you full for longer and controls metabolic markers like blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar.
Fibre is a complex carbohydrate derived from fruits, vegetables and grains. The two forms, soluble and insoluble, offer a bouquet of benefits. Soluble fibre is broken down by the body and it reduce levels of 'bad' cholesterol, and insoluble, which is not broken down, is a natural laxative and helps in removal of wastes.
The team randomly assigned 240 obese people with metabolic syndrome to two different groups. One that followed the American Heart Association (AHA) diet and the other that only focused on fibre. Those following the AHA diet decreased their daily calorie intake and also had to limit saturated fat to lose weight. The other group was simply asked to increase their fibre intake to as much as 30 grams per day. No other change was made to their lifestyle and exercise habits.
Most people were able to stick to these diets for a year with only 10% dropouts in the fibre group and 13% of those in the AHA diet group. Both groups lost about the same amount of weight. They also showed similar drops in cholesterol levels, blood pressure, blood sugar and inflammation. "By changing one thing, people in the fibre group were able to improve their diet and lose weight and improve their overall markers for metabolic syndrome," says study author Dr. Yunsheng Ma.
Certain diets are restrictive in nature. Following the 'eat this, not that' approach is just too hard to do. Research shows it can actually lower willpower. Asking them to focus on a certain food, rather than what to avoid and limit, may make their goals more achievable. Adding fibre can be the first step and when followed faithfully it may make the diet more effective.
High fibre foods make you feel full on fewer calories. They take longer to digest, so psychologically, it may also be more satisfying than other foods. They require more chewing that promotes saliva and the production of stomach juices which fill you up.
"Basically soluble fibre present in foods like oats, barley, nuts, beans and in some fruits and vegetables absorbs water and forms a gel like mass during digestion. This slows down the process and helps you to feel full for longer and prevents binging on other foods," adds Weight Management Expert, Gargi Sharma.
How much fibre do I need? "As per Recommended Dietary Allowance by Institute of Medicines, per day fibre requirement for males is 38 grams and for females is 25 grams. But be careful as excessive intake of fibre can cause gas, bloating, cramps and mineral deficiency. Try to increase your daily intake of fibre gradually and drink plenty of water along with it." says Gargi.
Researchers conclude in favour of a simpler approach to weight loss that emphasizes only on an increase in fibre. According to them, it's a reasonable alternative for those who do not want or are unable to make many dietary changes.


I know is it's time to hop on a bus and kick the season off. I am not chomping at the bit saying, time to go hit another color jersey, as lots of my fellow coaches are probably saying. I jumped that shark ten years ago. A scrimmage, to me, is about evaluating and being smart. It's not a time to go crazy and get all jacked up. In fact, I don't like scrimmages. Period. The. End.
I spend more time worrying about scrimmages and its format and our player rotation than I do enjoying seeing us back on the field. It's a scrimmage. Nobody wins. And if you do keep score, you are missing the point. Scrimmages are just a tool to evaluate. Nothing more, nothing less.
So, no. I'm not sitting here all crazed ready to go scrimmage. I am measured, which I think best fits the way you need to approach phony games in mid-August. There is more to lose in a scrimmage than there is to gain. That's my opinion, my belief. I'm not speaking for other coaches. This is just me. I do not sugarcoat and I sure as hell will not throw out cliches.
I'm ready. We are ready. It's been a good two weeks. Tomorrow we get to go against someone else. We will come home, watch film and get ready for another scrimmage next week. That's it. There is nothing to be excited about. We have a lot of things to do and get done leading up to when it counts on Sept. 1.
attitude. We will play the game the right away. Then we will go home and get back to work on Saturday morning. That's what we do. That's what we will always do.
After our least impressive performance of the young season on Tuesday, we came back and had a good one one Wednesday. Why? Because that's what needed to happen. The kids responded. They always do. This group of kids is great. They are fun to be around. They have the right attitude. I didn't panic and in time they didn't panic. Bad days happen. Yes, even in football. People have bad days, that is life. That is football. We survived. Now we are moving on.
The clock is ticking. Tomorrow night around 9:00 p.m. you are guaranteed no more than 11 weeks left of the football season. It's goes by in a blink. We talked about this today. It's go time. There is no next season for you. It has to happen now.
Make this a great one! FIO!
-The Jags ran a fade on 4th & G from the 1 yard line.
-Yankees are 10 games over .500.
-Can't wait for hockey season.
-Thought of the day: don't waste other people's time. Good grief. Common sense?
-Big Ten football will be the best in the country again this year.
coaches all over the United States.
-My bulldog just burped and walked away from me. Time to close this blog out.
Until after the Sweetwater scrimmage…FIO.
Lubbock head coach Jason Strunk celebrates after Lake View win in 2016 with quarterback Kwami Wilborn. Photo courtesy of Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.


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Home Press Releases #sgCarMart and Ocean Protocol partner to build Singapore's first Know-Your-Vehicle secure data...
sgCarMart wants to help consumers make better and safer buying decisions with the secure data marketplace on Ocean Protocol
#sgCarMart and Ocean Protocol partner to build Singapore's first Know-Your-Vehicle secure data marketplace
SINGAPORE, July 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — sgCarMart is launching Singapore's first Know-Your-Vehicle used car data marketplace to support better decision making for consumers. Leveraging Ocean Protocol's breakthrough data sharing blockchain technology, comprehensive information about a used car can now be securely shared and accessed to help consumers make more objective and accurate buying decisions.
"Currently, customers wanting to buy a used car will need to rely on information provided by the current owner or used car dealer. There will be a natural tendency to understate or not reveal defects of the vehicle," said Glenn Ong, General Manager of sgCarMart Quotz. "Buyers can rely on 3rd party inspection centres to do a check but matters like odometer tampering can still go undetected."
Buying a used car is common in Singapore as it is expensive to own a car. According to LTA 2018 figures, nearly 9,000 cars changed ownerships per month in Singapore. In addition, since there are significant environmental costs to both manufacturing a new automobile and scrapping an old car, a thriving used-car market can reduce vehicles' carbon impact on our environment. In fact, manufacturing makes up as much as 35 percent of a vehicle's lifetime carbon emissions. This means that every buyer who selects a used vehicle over a new one is helping to slow the build-up of greenhouse gases. However, it is important for consumers to choose used cars with good gas-mileage and lower emissions.
Another very important factor to get to "know your vehicle" is safety. Buyers should confirm details such as engine and chassis number, safety rating, past accident records, number of owners the car had, etc. before purchasing a used car. Unfortunately, the sources of these data are not always reliable.
By using Ocean Protocol, the origin of data and its trail can be established, recorded, and traced. Hence, sgCarMart's used car data marketplace can not only ensure buyers get up-to-date information about the used cars available in the market, but accurate and reliable ones. All in all, the Know-Your-Vehicle Data Marketplace can promote road safety for all by making sure that consumers purchase cars that are fit for the road; and in the long run, encourage car owners to better maintain their cars to maximize resale value thereby enforcing a virtuous cycle.
"Data is everywhere but a vast amount of it is currently locked up due to friction surrounding data sharing. Ocean Protocol provides companies with a platform to share and monetize data in a secure, traceable, and privacy-preserving manner. It allows data owners to retain control of data access and offers an incentive mechanism for companies to deploy, to collect quality data from their stakeholders," said Daryl Arnold, founder of Ocean Protocol.
Ocean Protocol uses blockchain technology, smart contracts, and tokens to enable safe and secure sharing of data, guaranteeing control and auditability while protecting privacy. The technology allows organizations to set pricing and trade data without losing control of their data assets. Smart contracts allow data owners to program the conditions of access, which are then executed with precision. This gives data owners and buyers transparency, security and guarantees of payment and use.
Ocean also enables algorithms and models to travel to the data, get trained and then leave without exposing the data or taking a copy, thereby retaining privacy, ensuring regulatory compliance. This can ultimately free up data to advance problem-solving AI.
"We are pleased to unlock used car data so that consumers can make better and safer buying decisions. In future, we hope to leverage these data further to help industries and the government to advance products and services as well as a greener and more efficient future for the people in Singapore," Glenn Ong added.
About sgCarMart
sgCarMart.com is Singapore's Number 1 car site. sgCarMart.com attracts more than 2 million visitors every month and as a testament to its popularity, it has been awarded the Most Popular Automotive Site in its category for six years running by Hitwise.
About Ocean Protocol
Ocean Protocol is a decentralized data exchange protocol to unlock data for AI. Through blockchain technology, Ocean Protocol connects data providers and consumers, allowing data to be shared while guaranteeing traceability, transparency, and trust for all stakeholders involved. It allows data owners to give value to and have control over their data assets without being locked-in to any single marketplace. By bringing together decentralized blockchain technology, a data sharing framework, and an ecosystem for data and related services, Ocean Protocol is committed to kick-starting a new Data Economy that touches every single person, company and device, giving power back to data owners, enabling people to reap value from data to better our world.
Visit oceanprotocol.com to find out more.
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'For over fifteen years, Allura Design has produced high quality cross-stitch kits to delight Australian needle-workers. Here is a collection of the best of those designs - a wonderful survey of the flowers, animals, buildings and scenes that sum up Australia. Included among many favourites is the immensely popular Allura Alphabet. There are also more than ten new designs for Allura enthusiasts.
Over 65 colour photographs portray the patterns clearly to help you interpret the charts. For those new to cross-stitch, there is a chapter on the basics of the craft. There are also full instructions for making up small gifts and decorative items.


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Hier und Jetzt, Verlag für Kultur und Geschichte GmbH (früher mit der Schreibweise hier + jetzt) ist ein Schweizer Buchverlag mit Sitz in Zürich (bis Mai 2020 in Baden).

Verlagsprogramm
Gegründet 1998 von Urs Bernet, Bruno Meier und Andreas Steigmeier, sieht sich der Verlag als einer der führenden Verlage für Sachbücher zur Schweizer Geschichte. Im Zentrum stehen Überblicke zur nationalen sowie Exemplarisches zur regionalen Geschichte. Diese umfasst im Verständnis des Verlags auch den Alltag, die Wirtschaft und die Kultur. Dabei wird bewusst der Bezug zur Gegenwart gesucht. Darüber hinaus führt der Verlag ein Fachbuchprogramm für Kulturprofis in den Bereichen Museologie, Kulturmanagement und Archivwissenschaft.

Weblinks
 Website der Hier und Jetzt, Verlag für Kultur und Geschichte GmbH

Einzelnachweise

Buchverlag (Schweiz)
Unternehmen (Baden AG)
Medien (Kanton Aargau)
Gegründet 1998


ringwurm the tabbycat. scratch's bro. Wallpaper and background images in the sonic bases club tagged: wc some1's base.
"I like it- you did good for the coloring. Is that a jewel on his chest by chance?"
yeah but I dont know what for yet.
"Maybe to summon a spout of flame? BLOODY flame?!"
that would be cool! yes i think i will use that!


The 2019 MBA Parade of Homes, presented by Nonn's, runs Saturday, August 10 through Labor Day, Monday, September 2, 2019.
Visitors will be able to walk through brand new homes built by MBA Members - Southeastern Wisconsin's top home builders.
Each Parade subdivision will feature the latest in interior and exterior design, decorating trends, new and sustainable building techniques, and cutting-edge technologies.
The Parade of Homes is a nationally-recognized local event that began in the 1940s and features premier subdivisions and model homes in our region. The 2019 Parade of Homes will feature brand new must-see model homes built by southeastern Wisconsin's most experienced home builders.
Hillcrest Builders & Construction, Inc.
Victory Homes of WI, Inc.
Woodhaven Homes & Realty, Inc.
The MBA Parade of Homes presented by Nonn's, is a nationally recognized event that started locally in the 1940s and features the premier subdivisions and model homes of our region. This year's Parade of Homes will feature 22 must-see model homes built by 20 of southeastern Wisconsin's most experienced home builders.