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FRSC Targets 15% Reduction of Accidents in Adamawa
By Editor / October 15, 2020
The Federal Road Safety Corps, Adamawa state command has Wednesday flagged off its 2020 ember months awareness campaign with a…
The Federal Road Safety Corps, Adamawa state command has Wednesday flagged off its 2020 ember months awareness campaign with a view to preventing the high rate of accidents and fatalities that has become prevalent in the season.
The sector commander, Ocheja Ameh while addressing stakeholders in the transport industry at the Yola town motor park said the exercise was meant to ensure a considerable reduction of accident and fatalities in the state to its nearest minimum.
With the theme "Drive Safe, Stay Safe" the 2020 exercise is targeting a reduction of up to 15 percent in road accidents and fatalities in the state.
The sector commander noted that significant attention will be paid on overloading, driving with worn out tyres, over speeding, dangerous driving, and usage of phones while driving among other causes of road crashes.
He said the command has concluded arrangements to take the ember campaign to mosques, churches, motor parks and other public spaces to sensitize the populace against the menace of dangerous driving and other harmful practices.
With COVID-19 being an active threat to humanity, Ameh said they will also take awareness campaigns to schools with a view to curtailing the spread of the disease.
He thanked the military, the police and other paramilitary organizations for the support they have been rendering to the corps in pursuit of its constitutional duties.
Ameh also thanked the state government as well as well as the chairmen of the 21 local governments in the state for the support they are according station officers deployed to local governments in order to prevent road crashes.
He also thanked the Corp Marshall of FRSC Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi for the purposeful leadership he is giving which led to the milestones being recorded by the organization
Commenting, governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri said he will continue to collaborate with the corp to prevent road crashes in the state.
The governor who was represented by the commissioner of transportation, Hon Jika Mustapha lauded FRSC for the monumental feats it is recording in the state and vows to maintain the tempo of corporation with the organization.


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I had thought I had mastered my Rachio- but find I have to manually intervene regularly. Grass is looking especially dry this July and I need help.
I live in Colorado Springs, CO (80921).
I've got a "hybrid fescue" grass that's supposed to be especially drought resistant, but still feel like Kentucky Blue Grass.
I've got a total of 11 zones-- mostly flat, but some slopes.
Can you provide a little more detail? Is this a flex daily schedule you are running? If yes couple easy ways to help adjust.
Second, is if you want a little more frequency increase crop coefficient on zones by 5-10% and it will simulate depleting moisture faster.
I always recommend starting with one or two zones (front and back), get those dialed in, then roll out to other zones if it is working well.
Yes-- Its a Flex Daily Schedule. I'll try upping the durations, but wasn't sure what that did when using a flex-- doesn't it rely more on the SOIL MOISTURE percentages?
I'll try upping the durations, but wasn't sure what that did when using a flex-- doesn't it rely more on the SOIL MOISTURE percentages?
You can think of them as working in conjunction. Watering duration will fill the zone "bucket" up, and frequency of watering is how often it gets filled. The recommendations above will help adjust one or the other.


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Xiaogan (孝感 ; pinyin : Xiàogǎn) est une ville de la province du Hubei en Chine. Sa population est de .

Subdivisions administratives
La ville-préfecture de Xiaogan exerce sa juridiction sur sept subdivisions - un district, trois villes-districts et trois xian :
 le district de Xiaonan - 孝南区 Xiàonán Qū ;
 la ville de Yingcheng - 应城市 Yìngchéng Shì ;
 la ville d'Anlu - 安陆市 Ānlù Shì ;
 la ville de Hanchuan - 汉川市 Hànchuān Shì ;
 le xian de Xiaochang - 孝昌县 Xiàochāng Xiàn ;
 le xian de Dawu - 大悟县 Dàwù Xiàn ;
 le xian de Yunmeng - 云梦县 Yúnmèng Xiàn.

Jumelages

Notes et références

Liens externes
  Site officiel de Xiaogan

Ville dans la province du Hubei
Subdivision administrative dans la province du Hubei

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Q: Firefox import bookmarks/settings dialog I've been very unhappy with Chrome off late, and I want to move back to firefox. The only problem is I have a load of bookmarks and saved passwords in Chrome.
I remember firefox showing me a dialog to import bookmarks and passwords from chrome the first time I started it, but I just can't seem to find it anywhere now. I even tried googling for it, but no one seems to address the issue.
I am sure there is something very simple I am missing here.

A: Firefox can import bookmarks from Chrome (but apparently not from Chromium!). To do so, press Alt+B to open the bookmarks window, click on Import and backup, and then on import data from another browser. You should see Chrome listed.

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Have you even felt stuck in your everyday mundane routine? Moses felt that way too, yet one day his world was shaken by a single crazy encounter with God in the middle of the desert. Sometimes God has to do something wild to get our attention and remind us that we don't have to tune out our weaknesses, we can consider them strengths with God!


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Sophronica nigrovittata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1928.

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Q: How to integrate Play Framework 2.0 into Gradle build management using Maven dependencies? Play framework 2.0 is a full-stack standalone framework for creating web applications. Probably, many people need to integrate it into their build management, nevertheless. Unfortunately, I did not find much information about his.
Here is my use case: I want to create a new project, which uses Scala and Play 2.0. I do NOT want to use sbt. I want to use Gradle, and dependency management should be done via Maven repositories.
I have only found this play module: http://www.playframework.org/modules/maven-1.0/home which supports dependency management via Maven.
I am looking for something like these examples in Grails:
https://github.com/grails/grails-gradle-plugin or http://grails.org/doc/latest/guide/commandLine.html#4.5%20Ant%20and%20Maven
Of course, I could write scripts / tasks which call "play console commands". Though, I do not like this solution. Is there a better way to use Gradle / Maven for build management?
If this is the only solution, then I would use Gradle, which then calls Play commands (i.e. sbt internally), right? Does this even work, or will there emerge other problems?

A: Good news, as of Gradle 2.7 there is an official play plugin: https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/play_plugin.html

A: LinkedIn is currently making a Gradle plugin to support this. They are rolling this out in 3 milestones:

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*Using Gradle to build a Play application

*Continuous Mode and Hot-Reload

*Scala interactive REPL

Milestone 1 is already complete. It's available via the Gradle nightly builds. On the above linked blog post, they encourage people to give it a try.

A: This is a very tricky business. SBT in Play is used for fetching dependencies, compiling source and templates, and for the SBT incremental compilation + auto-reloading feature. I have written a build.gradle script to resolve all Play 2.0 dependencies and set-up Eclipse or IntelliJ IDEA classpaths, and made it public here.
I will try to implement the compilation later when I have time, but that would require some research.
Of course, you can add compile and run tasks that just delegate to SBT but that would require describing all your project dependencies in both SBT and Gradle, which will become difficult to manage.
Edit:
I have updated the sample build.gradle file. I have added playCompile and playClean tasks that should help in a CI environment. The playCompile task does the following:

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*Copy all user dependencies (defined in compile configuration) to lib/ folder. This works because Play will kindly pick up all jars from under lib/.

*Execute play compile command to compile all sources, templates and other Play framework stuff.

You can use cleanCopyPlayLibs and playClean to remove the output of the above commands, respectively.
Note that there appears to be a strange problem (bug?) on Windows, which means that even if play compile fails, gradle will tell you it succeeded.
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I think you are simply missing
repositories{
  mavenCentral()
}

in your file. Check this doc out.

A: I designed a simple build script in Gradle for Play Framework 1.2.x which you could also use for Play 2.x
https://github.com/kirang89/play-gradle


In Virginia, a grandparent, relative, or other interested party may seek and receive a court order granting them legal and physical custody of a child in their care. Such an order would give the custodian a feeling of security that the child cannot be taken from them unless a parent seeks to modify the custody order, in which case the custodian would presumably have an opportunity to object and have their day in court. However, under the Virginia Adoption Statute, that may well be a false sense of security. Under that act, parents who have lost custody nevertheless maintain their residual parental rights, including the right to consent to an adoption. The end result, as I will explain in detail below, is that third-party custodians with legal custody may actually lose the children in their care to an adoption without any notice or opportunity to object.
(emphasis added). Therefore, while a third-party custodian may have gained physical and legal custody of the child in their care, the parents still maintain the right to consent to the adoption of that child.
Notably, third-party custodians are not listed as persons whose consent is required. They are also not listed as individuals who must be noticed in an adoption proceeding.
Because custody is subject to the parent's residual parental rights, including their right to consent to an adoption, there do not appear to be adequate protections for third-party custodians in Virginia, even those who have been granted legal custody by a court. As shown above, there is not adequate protection under the Virginia Adoption Statute, and Virginia's appellate courts have not spoken on this matter to offer any protection by way of interpretation of the statute.
All of which raises the question: should custodians be given notice to an adoption consent hearing? And if so, what would that hearing look like? The statutory scheme for parental placement adoptions in Virginia does not seem to anticipate this. In a parental placement adoption, the proceedings begin in the juvenile and domestic relations court to approve the home study and consent. If the home study and other requirements set forth in the statute are met, then the court "shall accept the consent and transfer custody of the child to the prospective adoptive parents." Once the consent is accepted, the adoption petition is filed and the circuit court will enter an interlocutory order granting the adoptive parents all the rights of parents. The final adoption order is then signed once the final statutory requirements are met.
Virginia Supreme Court Rule 3:14 provides that "[a] new party may by leave of court file a pleading to intervene as a plaintiff or defendant to assert any claim or defense germane to the subject matter of the proceeding." This rule applies to all civil cases in Virginia, which would include adoptions. It would thus seem that custodians would have standing to intervene as necessary parties, and a due process right to notice, in adoption proceedings regarding the child in their care. However, the absence of case law on this matter leaves this open for argument.
the effect of a change of physical custody on the child.
In conclusion, Virginia law as it currently stands allows parties to file and process an adoption of a child in the custody of a third party, without any clear requirement for notice to the custodian or an opportunity for the custodian to object. The custodian is left fighting for the right to intervene, and demanding notice under principles of due process. If the custodian is successful on those grounds, there remain the final hurdles—limitations on what role and influence custodians can have in the proceeding, and overcoming the parents' right to consent to the adoption of their child. Until the adoption statute is amended or case law is established to secure protections for third-party custodians and the children being raised by third parties, neither appears to be adequately protected.
If you are a third-party custodian of a child involved in adoption proceedings, be sure to consult with an experienced family law attorney to review your options. The adoption lawyers at Livesay & Myers, P.C. are experienced with adoptions in jurisdictions across Northern Virginia. Contact us to schedule a consultation today.
Anne Prentice is a senior associate attorney at Livesay & Myers, P.C., practicing exclusively family law. Ms. Prentice works in the firm's Leesburg office, and represents clients in Leesburg, Loudoun County and all across Northern Virginia.


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Exclusion and Blacklisting of Economic Operators
Country: Malta
Practice category: Sanction mechanisms
Contact: Department of Contracts, Ministry of Finance
Website: https://contracts.gov.mt/en/Pages/Home-DepartmentOfContracts.aspx
Email:info.contracts@gov.mt
In 2016, the Maltese Government introduced Public Procurement Regulations (PPR) that cover the exclusion, selection and shortlisting stage of public procurement processes undertaken by contracting authorities. This transposed the requirements of the EU Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement into Maltese law. According to Part VI of the PPR, no economic operator or sub-contractor can be awarded a public contract if they are subject to any of the exclusion or blacklisting grounds.
Through the PPR, the Public Contracts Review Board and the Commercial sanctions tribunal were created to oversee the exclusion and blacklisting of economic operators.
Exclusion and blacklisting assists in the curbing of precarious work and also allows for the exclusion of companies or individuals convicted of corruption, fraud, money laundering, tax evasion, evasion of employees' social security contribution, organised crime, employment of minors, unprofessional behaviour and distortion of competition.
The PPR set out grounds for exclusion and blacklisting of economic operators from procurement procedures. No economic operator or sub-contractor shall be given a public contract if they are subject to any reason for exclusion or blacklisting. If a sub-contractor is excluded or blacklisted, the Director of the Department of Contracts or the authority responsible for the tendering process, shall request in writing that the economic operator replaces the sub-contractor within a timeframe, otherwise the economic operator shall be automatically excluded from the award.
The exclusion and blacklisting of economic operators represent two separate procedures.
The implementation of the procedure followed the outlines of the EU Directive 2014/24/EU and was based on meetings with stakeholders incl. ministries, the Public Contracts Review Board (PCRB) and the Attorney General Office.
Exclusion of Economic Operators
The authority responsible for the tendering process must exclude an economic operator from a procurement procedure when they or a member of the administrative, management or supervisory body of the economic operator have been convicted by a final judgment relating to:
participation in a criminal organisation
terrorist offences / financing
child labour and other forms of human trafficking
failure to abide by obligations concerning taxes or social contributions
Concerning the last point, such an exclusion shall no longer apply if economic operators pay or enter into a binding arrangement to pay all their outstanding and future contributions.
The period of exclusion is five years starting from the date when the judgement became final.
A contract shall not be awarded to an economic operator who, during the procurement procedure:
Is bankrupt or subject to insolvency or winding-up proceedings;
Is subject to a conflict of interest;
has been involved in the preparation of the procurement procedure.
The authorities responsible for the tendering process shall exclude economic operators at any time during the procedure if the economic operator is discovered to have committed, either before or during the procedure, one of the activities which are grounds for exclusion. Economic operators shall also be excluded if they omit to disclose their involvement in any of the above-mentioned activities.
Economic operators can be removed from exclusion if they provide evidence that they took sufficient measures that demonstrate their reliability, despite the existence of grounds for exclusion. If such evidence is considered sufficient by the authority responsible for the tendering process, they shall not be excluded. This shall not apply if the exclusion has been established by a final judgment.
Any economic operator who feels aggrieved by a decision may file an objection before the Public Contracts Review Board.
Blacklisting Economic Operators
There are two types of blacklisting:
Blacklisting by the Director of Contracts
The Director of Contracts is empowered to blacklist an economic operator where the economic operator:
has been declared guilty by any court or tribunal of an offence relating to labour law;
has been convicted of an offence concerning professional conduct which renders his/her integrity questionable;
has entered into agreements with other economic operators aimed at distorting competition;
has shown significant or persistent deficiencies in the performance of a substantive requirement in a public contract, or a public concession contract, which led to early termination of that contract, damages or other comparable sanctions;
has provided misleading information that may have a material influence on decisions concerning exclusion, selection or award;
has unduly influenced the decision-making process of the contracting authority in order to obtain confidential information that may have undue advantages in the procurement procedure;
is in violation of applicable obligations in the fields of environmental, social and labour law.
The economic operator is informed of the decision to be blacklisted through a registered letter detailing the appropriate grounds.
If they feel aggrieved by such a decision, they may file an objection before the Commercial Sanctions Tribunal. They must provide evidence that they took sufficient measures to demonstrate their reliability despite the existence of grounds for exclusion. If such evidence is considered sufficient, they shall not be blacklisted. This shall not apply if the exclusion has been established by a final judgment. The blacklisting shall be effective for two years from the date of decision. Once blacklisted, they can no longer argue for a removal from blacklisting.
Blacklisting by the Director of Employment and Industrial Relations
The Director of Employment and Industrial Relations may request the Commercial Sanctions Tribunal to blacklist an economic operator if they:
failed to provide their employees with a written contract of service;
failed to provide their employees with a detailed pay slip;
failed to deposit wages or salaries by direct payment in the employee's bank account;
failed to provide relevant bank statements of wages and salaries' deposit and copies of the detailed payslips, which are to be made available as and when required by the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations;
subcontracted a public contract to another person who employs the same employees of the principal contractor to carry out the same or similar duties for the execution of the said public contract;
The economic operator is informed of the request by registered letter and has twenty days to file a reply.
After evaluating all the evidence and after considering all submissions put forward by the parties, the Commercial Sanctions Tribunal shall decide whether to accede to or reject the request made by the Director of Employment and Industrial Relations for the blacklisting of an economic operator. The period of blacklisting shall be between six months and one year. If the economic operator repeats the misconduct, the blacklisting period shall be between one and three years.
All existing contracts signed by the Central Government Authority, Contracting Authorities and bodies governed by public law with persons who have become blacklisted shall be terminated immediately without any compensation.
Information on exclusion and blacklisting
Final judgements on grounds for exclusion are made public.
The Department of Contracts or the Department for Employment and Industrial Relations may be informed about offences that would constitute grounds for blacklisting. They assess the evidence, after which they may or may not initiate an investigation by the Compliance and Monitoring unit.
If the decision to exclude or blacklist an economic operator has been reached, public contracting authorities are informed by a Contracts circular which is also available on the website of the Department of Contracts. The exclusion or blacklisting expires after the duration defined in the circular.
In addition to this publicly available and shared information, contracting authorities may contact the Department of Contracts to assess whether an economic contractor was excluded or blacklisted.
Any person who enters into a contract with an excluded or blacklisted economic operator shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand Euro (€2,000).
Awarded public contracts below the current national local threshold of €139,000 are published every six months in the Government Gazette and consequently assessed by the Department of Contracts. Contracts above this threshold are awarded with the assistance and under the supervision of the Department of Contracts, which also ensures the compliance with the PPR.
The economic operator may undergo self-cleaning measures throughout the whole exclusion procedure and term. No self-cleaning possibility is available for economic operators blacklisted through the DIER grounds.
Exclusion and blacklisting of economic operators not only for economic offences but also labour law offences
Centralised management of most public procurement awards through the Department of Contracts
Dedicated tribunal (Commercial sanctions tribunal) for appeals in cases of blacklisting
The Public Contracts Review Board, an independent body fully dedicated to Public Procurement remedies, including but not limited to, appeals on Exclusion grounds
One blacklisted company, two excluded individuals
Increased transparency, social benefits due to decreased corruption and higher quality of public contracts
Deterring economic crime through a concrete sanction mechanism and reputational damage through naming & shaming
Impact on better working conditions and basis for further initiatives on minimum requirements for public contracts extending the social procurement role undertaken by the Department of Contracts in its function
Cooperation with different stakeholders
Clear communication to authorities about the exclusion and blacklisting mechanism
Role of the Department of Contracts as a centralised body
Initial resistance from economic operators
Integration of exclusion and blacklisting mechanism into existing legal and institutional structures
Malta is a comparatively small country with few stakeholders
Public procurement is very centralised and standardised
The involved parties are part of a small network and know each other well
Other countries might face higher numbers of exclusion and blacklisting and require a different setup
Exclusion and Blacklisting EN
Il sito è gestito da Direzione generale della Politica regionale e urbana

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In days gone by it looked, and in days to come it will look, as though things momentarily slipped out of God's control. Cain killed Abel. Pharaoh placed all of Jacob's offspring in abject slavery. The Jews killed God's only begotten Son. And pretty soon the antichrist will wreak havoc upon the church of Christ.
Absolutely everything that happens praises God, for it all is exactly as He eternally planned it. That cruel and arrogant death of Christ was not due to a momentary loss of control by God. He planned it, as we read in Luke 22:22. He went as God had determined. And therefore God was praised in it as His work of blotting out our sins.
What will not serve God's church will never, no never, happen. Nothing in the future, no matter how terrible the church is persecuted, will not serve the elect children of God to bring them to heavenly glory.
Nothing in your life, no matter how painful and what a loss it may be for the flesh, will to any degree keep you from reaching the exact place in glory that God eternally planned and promised in His word.
The devil, the fallen angels, and all the unbelievers that ever lived on this earth are all tools in God's hand to bring us exactly what we need to be polished, so that we, in the day of Christ, may shine, brightly with the glory of God.
All is well. And we do well to praise God for His constant care and loving kindness which He shows unto us.
"First, the Levitical priesthood was inadequate, incapable of producing 'perfection'. Second, therefore it was but a temporary institution, and the whole economy connected with it must be set aside. In other words, Judaism as such, was now defunct. Thus 'a change of the law' means a change of dispensation, a change of Divine administration. This at once fixes the meaning of 'law' in the parenthetic clause of the previous verse. The reference is not to the ten commandments, but to the Mosaic system" Arthur W. Pink (Exposition of Hebrews, p. 385).


The Business Administration course is designed in such a way in order to provide the necessary theoretical basis and practice to people who intend to pursue a professional career in a modern Greek and European Business environment.
Graduates of this course can work in a large number of professional sectors related to business administration, international trade, and business finance and funding.
Moreover, good command of the English language as well as specialization in Information Technology enlarge their professional scope even more, not only in Greece but also in the EU and Europe, in general.
Apart from the theoretical work students are required to do the necessary laboratory work, in order to familiarize themselves with computers and use them in specific business applications.
The programme of the last two years is planned to be amended so as to lead to three separate awards: Business Management, Business Marketing, Business Accounting.


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Full title:In re Janice ASSALONE
Court:Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Date published: Jul 30, 1986
512 A.2d 1383 (R.I. 1986)
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
No. 85-419-Appeal.
Appeal from the Family Court, Healey, J.
Robert B. Mann, Providence, for plaintiff.
Raymond E. Shawcross, Cranston, for defendant.
KELLEHER, Justice.
This Family Court proceeding was initiated by an adult who, adopted as a child, wished to gain access to the adoption records that contain the identity of her biological parents.
The petitioner, Janice Assalone, was born in October of 1955 and was adopted at the age of 3 1/2 years by a Rhode Island couple. She and her elder brother were raised in Coventry, Rhode Island. The petitioner had been curious about her birth parents' identities since childhood and as the years passed, her curiosity mounted. She began her search for information at an orphanage situated in Providence on Mount Pleasant Avenue, and in due course she was directed to the Diocesan Bureau of Social Services (the bureau), the agency that had handled the adoption. At the age of twenty-one, petitioner was given certain information by the bureau concerning her biological mother. The petitioner was informed that her mother had an Irish name, RH positive blood, no prior illnesses, and had given written consent for the adoption in November of 1958. The petitioner's disappointment with the limited information provided by the bureau prompted this Family Court litigation.
June 30, 1981, petitioner filed a miscellaneous petition, seeking disclosure of the identity of her biological parents and claiming that her right to know was (1) guaranteed by both the Federal and State Constitutions, (2) essential for her physical and mental health, and (3) critical to her due-process rights to inherit from her natural parents. The bureau, which was permitted to intervene in the proceedings, filed an answer denying petitioner's allegations.
The petitioner stated in her brief that she addressed this allegation in a memorandum to the trial justice. Because such a memorandum is not part of the record and the proposition was not briefed or addressed during oral argument, we shall give this contention no consideration on review and consider it waived. Berberian v. New England Telephone Telegraph Co., 117 R.I. 629, 637, 369 A.2d 1109, 1114 (1977); Clarke v. Sullivan, 103 R.I. 177, 235 A.2d 668 (1967). See also Aimone v. Finley, 113 Ill. App.3d 507, 69 Ill.Dec. 433, 447 N.E.2d 868 (1983), dismissed, 465 U.S. 1095, 104 S.Ct. 1583, 80 L.Ed.2d 117 (1984) (where the court held that (1) an adoptee's statutory right to inherit from his/her biological parents is only an expectation of inheritance, and because this right is not vested, the constitutional prohibition against deprivation of property does not attach and (2) the expectation that adoptee may inherit from birth parents does not constitute "good cause" for the release of the sealed records).
After a hearing on the petition, the trial justice filed a written decision in May of 1985 addressing the issue of whether there was "good cause" to grant petitioner access to the records. The trial justice determined that petitioner had carried her "heavy burden" of persuasion and had established a compelling need to know the identity of her biological parents. He held that such need constituted the requisite good cause to lift the statutory cloak of confidentiality. Thus, he directed the clerk of the Family Court, the director of the Diocesan Bureau of Social Services, and the State Registrar of Vital Statistics to make petitioner's records available upon her request. Final judgment was entered on June 5, 1985, and the trial justice at the same time granted the bureau's motion for stay of judgment pending our determination of the bureau's appeal.
In Rhode Island the public is prohibited from inspecting records of an adoption proceeding unless disclosure of the information is granted by an order of the court. General Laws 1956 (1985 Reenactment) §§ 8-10-21 and 23-3-15. The statutory shield benefits all persons in the adoption triangle: the child, the natural parents, and the adoptive parents. In re Christine, 121 R.I. 203, 206, 397 A.2d 511, 512-13 (1979). The Legislature has given the court authority to issue an order providing access to the records, and the discretion conferred by the statute was intended to be exercised upon a showing of good cause. Id. at 207, 397 A.2d at 513; see also In re Roger B., 84 Ill.2d 323, 326-27, 49 Ill.Dec. 731, 418 N.E.2d 751, 752-53 (1981).
The one seeking access to the information — in this case the adoptee — "bears a heavy burden in establishing the requisite `good cause.'" In re Christine, 121 R.I. at 207, 397 A.2d 513. Although the term "good cause admits of no universal, black-letter definition," Linda F.M. v. Dept. of Health of City of New York, 52 N.Y.2d 236, 240, 418 N.E.2d 1302, 1304, 437 N.Y.S.2d 283, 285, dismissed, 454 U.S. 806, 102 S.Ct. 79, 70 L.Ed.2d 76 (1981), in determining whether good cause exists to lift the cloak of confidentiality and the extent of disclosure necessary, courts uniformly balance the following competing interests:
"(1) [T]he nature of the circumstances dictating the need for release of the identity of the birth parents; (2) the circumstances and desires of the adoptive parents; and (3) `the circumstances of the birth parents and their desire or at least the desire of the birth mother not to be identified;' and (4) the interests of the state in maintaining a viable system of adoption by the assurance of confidentiality." In re Application of George, 625 S.W.2d 151, 156 (Mo. Ct. App. 1981).
See also In re Christine, 121 R.I. 203, 397 A.2d 511 (1979); In re Roger B., 84 Ill.2d 323, 49 Ill.Dec. 731, 418 N.E.2d 751 (1981); Matter of Dixon, 116 Mich. App. 763, 323 N.W.2d 549 (1982); Mills v. Atlantic City Department of Vital Statistics, 148 N.J. Super. 302, 372 A.2d 646 (1977); Bradey v. Children's Bureau of South Carolina, 275 S.C. 622, 274 S.E.2d 418 (1981).
In Christine we balanced the interests of the parties to an adoption proceeding and held that a natural mother's desire to contact her child's adoptive parents with the hope of seeing the eleven-year-old child did not outweigh the interests of the other persons in the adoption proceeding and therefore did not constitute good cause to lift the confidentiality curtain. The controversy now before us is a petition by an adult adoptee who, at the suggestion of her adoptive parents, seeks to contact her natural parents. Thus, there is no need to consider the interest of the adoptive parents and risk the disruption of a stable environment in which a child can grow. However, it is still necessary to consider the interests of the state and the potentially strong interests of the natural parents in preserving the confidentiality of the records. Linda F.M., 52 N.Y.2d at 239, 418 N.E.2d at 1303, 437 N.Y.S.2d at 284.
The state's primary concern is to provide an effective adoption procedure, and "[s]ecrecy enables the natural parent to place the child for adoption with a respectable agency with the assurance that his or her identity will not become public knowledge." In re Christine, 121 R.I. at 206, 397 A.2d at 513. The natural parents were promised at the time of the adoption that their identities would remain confidential, and they were "afforded an opportunity to restructure [their lives] after a most traumatic episode." Id. The natural parents have "a right to privacy, a right to be let alone," Mills, 148 N.J. Super. at 311, 372 A.2d at 651, and the expectation of privacy arising from the confidentiality statute is constitutionally protected. Alma Society, Inc. v. Mellon, 459 F. Supp. 912, 915 (S.D.N.Y. 1978), aff'd, 601 F.2d 1225 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 995, 100 S.Ct. 531, 62 L.Ed.2d 426 (1979); Mills, 148 N.J. Super. at 311, 372 A.2d at 651; Bradey, 275 S.C. at 626-27, 274 S.E.2d at 421. Such privacy may not be disturbed unless a compelling need for the identifying information is proven; thus, petitioner must establish good cause. In re Maples, 563 S.W.2d 760, 766 (Mo. 1978); Matter of Adoption of Spinks, 32 N.C. App. 422, 425, 232 S.E.2d 479, 482 (1977).
Both parties recognize that an adopted person's psychological need to know the identity of his/her biological parents may constitute good cause to permit adopted adults access to their birth records but dispute whether the evidence presented rises to such a level. The bureau contends that in order to establish good cause, the petitioner must show a "severe psychological need to know" the information that is so compelling that it overrides the birth parents' privacy rights. The bureau insists that no evidence was presented to support a finding that petitioner had a compelling need to know the identity of her birth parents; thus the conclusion that good cause has been shown was erroneous.
On appeal this court will not weigh testimony, resolve credibility issues, or draw its own factual inferences from the record where the evidence presented is susceptible to more than one interpretation. See Pearl Brewing Co. v. McNaboe, 495 A.2d 238 (R.I. 1985). However, we must determine whether the evidence adduced at trial supports the trial justice's findings, and on the facts presented in the instant case we are unable to conclude that the finding of good cause for full disclosure of the information contained in petitioner's adoption records logically and reasonably flowed from the established facts.
Information concerning the identity and whereabouts of any of the parties to the adoption triangle may be released only under compelling circumstances. In re Maples, 563 S.W.2d at 766. A severe psychological need to know identifying information may present compelling circumstances that constitute good cause to permit adopted adults access to their birth records. Mills v. Atlantic City Department of Vital Statistics, 148 N.J. Super. 302, 372 A.2d 646 (1977); In re Anonymous, 92 Misc.2d 224, 399 N.Y.S.2d 857 (1977); Bradey v. Children's Bureau of South Carolina, 275 S.C. 622, 274 S.E.2d 418 (1981).
However, unless consent of the birth parents is obtained, a thinly supported claim of "psychological need to know" will not support a finding of good cause. In re Maples, 563 S.W.2d at 766. Proof must establish that deep psychological problems stem from the lack of information. Matter of Dixon, 116 Mich. App. at 771, 323 N.W.2d at 552-53. In some states this implies that the adult adoptee must show that he/she is a burden to society due to psychological problems resulting from the lack of identifying information. Maples, 563 S.W.2d at 764; accord Bradey, supra. Although good cause must be determined on a case-by-case basis, most courts require the adoptee who alleges psychological problems as a basis for the petition to prove a "concrete and compelling need" to learn the facts of one's ancestry, Linda F.M., 52 N.Y.2d at 240, 418 N.E.2d at 1304, 437 N.Y.S.2d at 285 (1981), in order to outweigh the birth parents' rights to privacy.
In Application of Hayden, 106 Misc.2d 849, 852, 435 N.Y.S.2d 541, 543 (1981), the court affirmed the finding that the petitioner had alleged compelling reasons "which substantiate that the medical and/or psychological necessity require the opening of an adoption record for the health and well-being" of the petitioner. In Hayden the petitioner alleged that she feared she was a "DES Baby" and such fear resulted in psychological strain and concern for her own medical well-being and that of her children. She supported her allegations with a letter from her personal physician, who noted that "[s]he was apparently born prematurely and may have received the drug DES." Id. Her personal psychologist also submitted a report confirming that she "has felt an enormous void as though a part of her is incomplete." Id. The court held that her allegations, if proven, would entitle her to the identifying information she requested.
However, the requisite connection between the petitioner's alleged problems and the lack of information does not often exist and precludes a finding of good cause even though the petitioner's problems may be genuinely severe. In Matter of Dixon, 116 Mich. App. 763, 323 N.W.2d 549 (1982), the adult adoptee who sought disclosure of the information testified that she suffered from severe depression that was attributable, in part, to her lack of knowledge concerning her birth parents' identities. Her psychiatrist submitted a letter to the court stating that Dixon's condition was guarded and that she was
"`suffering from a severe depressive illness which has manifested itself in several near lethal suicide attempts and has required two hospitalizations. * * * The denial of access to her adoption records will only be experienced as a further deprivation and therefore have a negative impact on her condition.'" Id. at 766 n.2, 323 N.W.2d at 550 n.2.
The trial court found that good cause to open the adoption records was not established. The appellate court upheld the finding and stated that a general desire to know her biological mother and the fact that the information would be helpful to her to complete the total picture of herself and assist in psychiatric treatment did not constitute good cause. The "deep seated" psychiatric illness that was shown was not due to the lack of information about her biological parents; therefore, it did not require release of the identifying information.
The Michigan Supreme Court did not disturb the finding that the petitioner failed to establish good cause but remanded the case, requiring the court to appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the anonymous birth parents' interests in opposing disclosure at a hearing contesting the issue of good cause. Dixon v. Department of Public Health, 417 Mich. 986, 334 N.W.2d 373 (1983).
The Supreme Court of North Carolina considered what facts are necessary in order to support a finding of good cause in Bradey v. Children's Bureau of South Carolina, 275 S.C. 622, 274 S.E.2d 418 (1981). The trial justice found that Bradey's "emotional distress, anxiety and earnest desire for the truth" amounted to good cause for disclosure of the adult adoptee's birth parents' identities. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that although the adoptee was insecure, somewhat distracted, and had a genuine desire to know his identity, it did not amount to compelling reasons to release the confidential information. The court noted that the adoptee did not require medical assistance, enjoyed steady employment, and had a family of his own.
Here the trial justice reviewed the evidence presented and determined that petitioner's longstanding preoccupation with obtaining information concerning the identity of her biological parents had adversely affected her social adjustment and that was "sufficient reason to allow [an] adult adoptee access to birth records." The trial justice stated that many adopted adults "share this same natural desire and are actively trying to learn their true identity." He set forth his belief that there is great merit in the position of those involved in the movement to reform the laws requiring confidentiality and the procedures to lift the cloak and asserted "that the time is ripe for legislatures and appellate courts to rethink the "cloak of confidentiality" that has for the last fifty or so years been the practice in adoption proceedings.
The trial justice cited In re Spinks, 32 N.C. App. 422, 232 S.E.2d 479 (1977), in support of this contention. However, Spinks is distinguishable in that North Carolina law requires the judge to determine if the disclosure of the information would be in the best interest of the child or public; any conflict between the interests is resolved in favor of the best interest of the child.
The trial justice found that the testimony of petitioner and that of her expert witness, Dr. Brandon Qualls (Qualls), were the most persuasive. However, the witnesses' testimony cannot support a finding that petitioner had a compelling need for the identifying information that, when balanced against the potential interests of the natural parents and the state in preserving confidentiality, amounts to good cause that requires full disclosure of the adoption record.
The trial justice stated that no evidence was presented to support the continued nondisclosure of facts based on trauma to the birth parents. However, the biological parents' interests must be considered based upon conjecture as they are not before the court to argue why the information should not be released. Matter of Dixon, 116 Mich. App. 763, 768-69, 323 N.W.2d 549, 551 (1982). His failure to consider the biological parents' potential interests was an error.
The petitioner testified that she had not sought or received professional counseling in relation to her quest to seek out her biological parents and admitted that her curiosity had led her to the courthouse. She stated her belief that knowing her parents' identities would help her to improve herself as she is "a little unsettled not knowing [her] past or anything about [her]self."
In his decision the trial justice analyzed the testimony of Qualls and found that it supported the finding of compelling need, quoting the doctor's statement that petitioner needed "to know from contact or from information from [her biological parents] who she is in the sense of what her roots are and where she comes from." The trial justice also pointed out that Qualls thought the information was important in terms of the sense of a lack of direction petitioner had experienced in her life after leaving school and her adoptive parents' home. Disclosure of her birth parents' identities, the witness said, would help in resolving some of her identity conflicts. Qualls could not say with a reasonable degree of medical certainty that a direct relationship exists between petitioner's lack of information and her alleged problems. The trial justice also noted that neither Qualls nor the psychiatrist who testified on behalf of the bureau suggested that disclosure was essential to her physical health. Indeed, Qualls admitted that petitioner was emotionally healthy and not suffering from any permanent disfunction and has the ability to lead a full and productive life.
The record reveals that this case involves just the type of "root searcher" whose arrival was anticipated. In re Christine, 121 R.I. at 207, 397 A.2d at 513. The deeply imbedded curiosity expressed by petitioner and her "drifting" behavior was characterized by Qualls as symptomatic of "geneological bewilderment" — a condition he described as common in adult adoptees. Although we sympathize with petitioner and the plight of other adoptees similarly situated, the record is devoid of any evidence to support the trial justice's conclusion that petitioner had a compelling need for the information she sought. She is not suffering from any mental or physical ailment due to her lack of knowledge that precipitated this action. On the contrary, it is clear from petitioner's testimony, which was confirmed by both experts, that her need to obtain information contained in the adoption records arose from her curiosity and desire to discover her natural identity. Unlike the facts in Hayden, petitioner's sole purpose in seeing Qualls was to gain support for the allegations of need for the information set forth in her petition. In addition, even Qualls was unable to state that her psychological instability results from her lack of knowledge of her birth parents' identities. Here, where (1) the natural parents have not waived their privacy rights by consenting to the release of the information, (2) petitioner's need for the information is not compelling, and (3) her alleged problems do not stem from the lack of information, petitioner's desire to know cannot prevail over the potential infringement of the birth parents' rights.
Doctor Qualls defined this term as one "used in the literature on adoption to cover the kind of issue that we're talking about with regards to biological parents, knowing medical, some social, ethnic background about the biological parents."
We are aware of the possibility that petitioner's biological parents may in fact be eager to share "information about themselves and to receive reports concerning their [biological] children's welfare." In re Christine, 121 R.I. at 207 n.2, 397 A.2d at 513 n.2. See also In re Anonymous, 92 Misc.2d 224, 399 N.Y.S.2d 857 (1977). If contacted, they may have consented to the release of the information, thus alleviating the need to balance the interests of all the parties. See id. In response to the consent issue, statutes governing adoptions and the disclosure of adoption records have been reformed in an attempt to accommodate the competing needs and interests of all the parties to adoption triangles. E.g., Wis. Stat. Ann. § 48.432-.433 (West 1985). Rhode Island does not have a statutory procedure to contact birth parents confidentially and ascertain whether they consent to disclosure of the information. The Family Court justice suggested the appointment of a guardian ad litem "to search out the father and mother and determine whether or not they would like to meet with Janice, either or both of them, and if they were favorable, for that person to arrange such a meeting." However, the bureau registered an objection to the suggestion because such action would be an intrusion upon and invasion of the privacy of the biological parents.
Without legislative guidance, some courts have adopted procedures similar to the one suggested by the trial justice and employed intermediaries to locate the biological parents confidentially and ascertain whether they object to the release of the information. In re Maples, 563 S.W.2d at 766; Mills v. Atlantic City Department of Vital Statistics, 148 N.J. Super. 302, 372 A.2d 646 (1977). If a waiver of the confidentiality of the records is not obtained,
"such fact should be shown great deference by the court. It is difficult to perceive a case in which circumstances would warrant disclosure of that information unless such waiver is had. The persons whose waiver is sought should, if possible, be fully advised by the court of the pending action and afforded the opportunity to be represented in that proceeding, yet maintain their anonymity." In re Maples, 563 S.W.2d at 766.
However, the trial court in exercising its broad equitable powers "may fashion such relief to the applicant as permits the applicant to receive information or assistance short of full disclosure if that provides a practical solution to the applicant's dilemma." In re Application of George, 625 S.W.2d 151, 160 (Mo. Ct. App. 1981). The New Jersey court, in addition to employing an intermediary, also shifted the burden of proof to the state to demonstrate that good cause is not present where the adoptee seeking disclosure of the records is an adult. Mills, 148 N.J. Super. at 318, 372 A.2d at 654.
A different approach, taken by the Michigan court, assumes the biological parents would oppose disclosure and appoints a guardian ad litem prior to the hearing for the purpose of contesting the issue of good cause. Dixon v. Department of Public Health, 417 Mich. 986, 334 N.W.2d 373 (1983).
The New York courts initially adopted a procedure similar to the one used by the Montana and New Jersey courts that directed the agency that handled the adoption to conduct a search for the biological parents to determine whether there was an objection to the release of the information and advise them of their rights to refuse to waive the privacy and confidentiality of their natural relationship to the adopted petitioner. Matter of Maxtone-Graham, 90 Misc.2d 107, 393 N.Y.S.2d 835 (1975). The court later staged a partial retreat from the procedure previously enunciated when it addressed the issue of whether notice of such a proceeding must be given to the natural parents when notice was not mandated by statute. The court determined that a search for the biological parent and corresponding notice of the proceeding must be given only "if the court finds that the petitioner has made a showing of entitlement and provided that the natural parents can be located with reasonable effort and in a manner that will not be likely to be self-defeating by revealing their identities to the adoptive parents or others." (Emphasis added.) Linda F.M., 52 N.Y.2d at 241, 418 N.E.2d at 1304, 437 N.Y.S.2d at 285. Such "entitlement" has been specifically equated with "good cause." Application of Romano, 109 Misc.2d 99, 105-06, 438 N.Y.S.2d 967, 971-72 (1981). Thus, in New York an adult adoptee petitioner must show good cause for disclosure of the information before a search is conducted in order to ascertain whether the biological parent consents to the release of the information.
We agree with New York's revised approach in that it adheres to the statutory requirement of good cause and provides notice and the opportunity to the biological parents to be heard, where possible, before any identifying information may be released. Judicial interpretation of our laws governing the release of information contained in adoption records requires the one seeking disclosure of the information to establish good cause or compelling reasons to lift the cloak of confidentiality. We believe that the Legislature, as the creator of the adoption process, is the appropriate forum to articulate changes in the procedure for releasing such information in order to reflect changes in societal attitudes. See Adoption Records Reform: Impact on Adoptees, 67 Marquette L.Rev. 110, 137 (1983). The biological parents' constitutionally protected right to privacy was statutorily assured at the time of adoption, and this court cannot condone indiscriminate invasion of their rights. Thus, we will not alter the heavy burden of establishing good cause prior to permitting any attempt to contact the natural parents. However, once compelling reasons for release of identifying information have been proven by the one seeking disclosure, the biological parents, "those who may be vitally affected by disclosure," Linda F.M., 52 N.Y.2d at 241, 418 N.E.2d at 1304, 437 N.Y.S.2d at 285, must be given an opportunity, if practical, to intervene through a representative and defend their interest in retaining anonymity that may not be fully articulated in their absence. Id. In the instant case the initial burden of establishing good cause or compelling need has not been sustained.
The natural parents may, of course, be contacted or their identities released if they have filed written consent permitting such disclosure with the adoption agency.
Despite the petitioner's assertions to the contrary, she does not have a fundamental right under the due-process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution to learn the identity of her biological parents. See Alma Society, Inc. v. Mellon, 601 F.2d 1225, 1231-33 (2d Cir. 1979); In re Roger B., 84 Ill.2d at 329, 49 Ill.Dec. at 733-735, 418 N.E.2d at 753-54; In re Maples, 563 S.W.2d at 762-64; Mills, 148 N.J. Super. at 309-10, 372 A.2d at 650; Application of Romano, 109 Misc.2d 99, 103-04, 438 N.Y.S.2d 967, 971 (1981); Bradey, 275 S.C. at 626-27, 274 S.E.2d at 421; Re Application of Sage, 21 Wn. App. 803, 812-13, 586 P.2d 1201, 1207 (1978).
The bureau's appeal is sustained, the decree appealed from is vacated, and the case is remanded to the Family Court for entry of a decree denying and dismissing Janice's petition.
BEVILACQUA, C.J., participated in the oral argument and in the decision of the court but retired prior to the publication of this opinion.


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Hospital tightens drug access, rules after excessive dosages
By KANTELE FRANKOFebruary 12, 2019 GMT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio hospital system that found a doctor ordered possibly fatal doses of powerful painkillers for dozens of patients has tightened policies and drug access to address problems in pharmaceutical services that jeopardized Medicare participation for two hospitals, according to corrective plans submitted to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The changes outlined for Mount Carmel West hospital in Columbus and Mount Carmel St. Ann's in suburban Westerville included further limiting when and how such medication can be accessed from an automated dispensing system using emergency orders outside of the usual protocols.
The federal agency on Tuesday released the plans submitted by Mount Carmel Health System after deeming them acceptable. It said the hospitals still would have to pass an unannounced check-up on the changes.
They were instituted in the wake of Mount Carmel's finding that intensive care doctor William Husel ordered excessive doses for 34 patients over several years, mostly at Mount Carmel West.
Husel was fired in December. His lawyers have declined to comment about the allegations.
Mount Carmel initially said affected patients were near death, but subsequently said it's investigating whether some received possibly lethal doses when there still might have been an opportunity to improve their conditions with treatment.
Local authorities are investigating. No charges have been announced.
Meanwhile, Husel and Mount Carmel face at least 16 wrongful-death lawsuits as families question whether hospital staff improperly ordered and administered drugs to hasten patients' deaths without their knowledge.
Attorneys said the latest lawsuit was filed Tuesday over the July 25, 2016, death of 67-year-old Sanders Young Jr. It alleges he received a lethal dose of fentanyl ordered by Husel and administered by a nurse.
Another case filed earlier alleges Mount Carmel West's chief pharmacy officer, Janet Whittey, knew about employees prescribing, approving and administering excessive painkiller doses but didn't stop it from recurring.
One of Whittey's attorneys, Justin Morocco, declined to comment Tuesday.
Whittey left the job on Feb. 5. Mount Carmel won't say whether her departure was voluntary or forced, and her email notification to the Board of Pharmacy gave no explanation.
Mount Carmel has publicly apologized and said after firing Husel that it put 23 more employees on leave pending further investigation, including 14 nurses, six pharmacists and managers. It hasn't named them or disclosed further details about them.
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LAS VEGAS – After nearly a year of stealth mode buildup, the Canadian chapter of SYNNEX's Varnex community went very public Monday at the distributor's Varnex Fall Conference at the Venetian here.
Sixteen inaugural members were on hand for the kickoff of the Varnex conference here, along with eight Varnex Canada sponsors.
ChannelBuzz.ca sat down with Bob Stegner, senior vice president of marketing for North America at SYNNEX and one of the architects of the Varnex program, to discuss the group's expansion to Canada. This is the second time Stegner has played an important role in a distribution reseller community coming to Canada. He previously was heavily involved in the Canadian launch of VentureTech Network in Canada in a previous life.
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Presidential Snapshot in Time (October 2, 2020)
by Bradley Wascher October 2, 2020 · 10:15 AM EDT
In light of last night's news about President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump testing positive for the coronavirus, there's no doubt that this election has already received an October surprise. Pair this development with Tuesday night's rowdy presidential debate, and it's easy to conjure up the narrative of a campaign turned on its head literally overnight.
But remember, this has been among the most stable presidential elections in recent history, despite occurring in a year of extraordinary circumstances. As a result, it's practically impossible to know right now how these events will affect the polls. Here's what we do know: Joe Biden enters this chaotic home stretch as the frontrunner.
In an average of 31 polls conducted over the past two weeks, the former vice president led President Trump by 7.5 points (49.8 percent to 42.2 percent). The margin between both candidates has stayed near 7 points throughout September and into October, following a slight convention bounce for the president.
As mentioned in the previous Snapshot, though, this bump for Trump is still small by historical standards. While the average convention bounce since 2000 has been worth approximately 2 points, the president's gain this year was only half as much.
Likewise, history also suggests that the race might be largely unaltered as a result of the theatrics on Tuesday. Just like the dampened convention bounces, debate-related shifts this year could be similarly muted because of the coronavirus.
In an analysis for FiveThirtyEight conducted before the initial debate between Trump and Hillary Clinton in 2016, Harry Enten observed that first debates typically tend to have a minimal effect on the polls, moving the overall margin by an average of 1.8 points. Newer research earlier this week from G. Elliott Morris at The Economist suggested the same, concluding, "only rarely have the polls moved rapidly during the debate season."
My own number crunching confirms this. Combining Snapshot averages with FiveThirtyEight's historical polling averages dating back to 1976, I looked at every first debate's short-term impact on the polls: from one day before the debate to seven days after the debate, how did the margin change?
Again, my results unsurprisingly fell in step with those from Enten and Morris — across the past eleven elections, polls moved by an average of 2.1 points in the week following the first presidential debate.
The findings from individual elections demonstrate how fickle these bounces can be.
On one end of the extreme, Gerald Ford cut into Jimmy Carter's lead by 4 points in 1976, but it still wasn't enough to secure Ford a full term in office; on the other end, George H.W. Bush's advantage over Michael Dukakis remained virtually unchanged after the initial debate in 1988.
In fact, only once did the first presidential debate cause the polling leader to swap altogether: George W. Bush briefly overtook Al Gore thanks to a 2-point swing after the first debate in 2000, although Bush ultimately lost the popular vote just one month later.
Bearing this in mind, if the debate alone were to affect the polls, that potential movement is likely to be minimal, and it's not guaranteed to be permanent. Any other details, including which candidate fared better — or if the president testing positive for coronavirus overshadows all else — will be difficult to pin down until fresh polling comes in. The one certainty is that the week following this year's first debate will be unlike any other before it.
The stream of high-quality data from potential battlegrounds continues to flow, picking up by the day. Indeed, of the new surveys being released, state polls now outnumber national polls by a three-to-one margin — an encouraging pattern given that the Electoral College is obviously won at the state level. Together, these toplines show a consistent lead for the former vice president, albeit a bit smaller than where he found himself two months ago.
Out of the major battlegrounds with frequent polling, the race for Arizona's 11 electoral votes has been among the most stable this cycle. ABC News/The Washington Post placed Trump ahead by 1 point among likely voters, one of his better recent polls in the state. A Snapshot of the 18 latest surveys showed Biden leading by 3.6 points (48.4 percent to 44.8 percent). The average four weeks ago saw Biden +3.9, whereas eight weeks ago had Biden +3.7 and 12 weeks ago found Biden +2.6. Rating: Tilt Democratic.
Florida, on the other hand, has become increasingly competitive in recent weeks. A likely voter poll from ABC News/The Washington Post found Trump leading by 4 points. But the average still finds the president trailing overall: across 17 polls, Biden led by an average of 1.8 points (48.1 percent to 46.4 percent). Four weeks ago, Biden was up by 3.4 points, compared to Biden +5.7 eight weeks ago and Biden +6.4 twelve weeks ago. Tilt Democratic.
In Michigan, fresh polling reaffirms how this has been among Biden's best-performing battlegrounds, even if it has received comparatively little attention from live-caller pollsters. Bucking that drought, Marist College found the former vice president leading by 8 points among likely voters. More broadly, an average of 20 polls over the past month placed Biden ahead by 6.8 points (50 percent to 43.2 percent). Four weeks ago, he was up by 6.2 points; eight weeks ago, Biden's lead was 8.2 points; 12 weeks ago, his lead was 9.5 points. Lean Democratic.
The margin in North Carolina has also slightly slimmed as of late, but that shouldn't come as a surprise: polls have long painted a tight race here. In the latest Snapshot, Biden led by an average of 1 point across the 19 newest surveys (47.4 percent to 46.4 percent). For context, his advantage was 0.6 points four weeks ago, 3 points eight weeks ago, and 2.7 points 12 weeks ago. Toss Up.
Pennsylvania received a flurry of new surveys over the past two weeks, all showing strong advantages for Biden. Among likely voters, ABC News/The Washington Post and Siena College/NYT both found Biden +9, whereas Fox News saw Biden +8. An aggregate of 22 polls had him up by 5.5 points (49.9 percent to 44.4 percent). Four weeks ago, the gap was Biden +5.5; eight weeks ago, Biden +5.8; twelve weeks ago, Biden +6.3. Lean Democratic.
Wisconsin is another state where Biden's lead has remained steady overall. Marist College found the former vice president up by 10 points among likely voters. The latest Snapshot average across 21 surveys found Biden +6.4 (50.2 percent to 43.9 percent). That margin was Biden +6.6 four weeks ago, Biden +8 eight weeks ago, and Biden +7.1 twelve weeks ago. Tilt Democratic.
A number of live-caller polls were released in other potentially close states as well, together showing the broad scope of the electoral map.
In Ohio, rated Tilt Republican, Fox News found Biden +5, whereas Quinnipiac University saw Biden +1. An average of the six latest polls saw both candidates tied at 47 percent.
In Texas, also rated Tilt Republican, Siena College/NYT saw Trump +3 and Quinnipiac University recorded Trump +5. A Snapshot of seven polls conducted over the last month showed Trump +2.1 (47.7 percent to 45.6 percent).
And in Georgia, Quinnipiac University found Biden +3, Siena College/NYT saw both candidates tied at 45 percent, and Monmouth University placed Trump +2 in their higher-turnout likely voter model. The latest Snapshot of 12 polls found Biden +0.5 (47 percent to 46.5 percent). These surveys help to underscore why Georgia has emerged as a top battleground this year. Toss Up.
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This story first appeared in InsideElections.com on October 2, 2020.
© 2020, InsideElections.com, — All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.


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An introduction to the role of immunology in medical anthropology and molecular epidemiology
Ahmadi, Seyyed Amir Yasin and Shahsavar, Farhad and Anbari, Khatereh and Rezaian, Jafar (2018) An introduction to the role of immunology in medical anthropology and molecular epidemiology. Biomed Pharmacother..
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Medical anthropology is a multi-disciplinary approach to the medical sciences and humanities. Immunology is of the basic medical sciences dealing with anthropology as a science which involves in recognition of self and non-self. We performed this review paper to introduce the role of immunology in medical anthropology and molecular epidemiology. This narrative review was based on the authors' original experience and current literature. We discussed about human leukocyte antigens (HLA) and killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) and their disease associations. Bioinformatics and biostatistics help us to use this topic in evidence-based medicine. Immunogenetics is an important part of the molecular anthropology being a part of medical anthropology in turn. There were different notions of the integration of immunology and medical anthropology including environmental, ecological and cultural effects, historical and philosophical approaches, immunological biomarkers in different patients, and immunogenetics. Such studies can be used in pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine especially for immunotherapy.
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For those of us who regularly boat with family members aboard, we're missing a golden opportunity if we don't involve each of our family passengers in some sort of duty aboard the boat. Not only does it become a process that is fun and educational, but it also makes every trip from the pier or launch ramp a chance to strengthen family ties through teamwork and shared responsibility.
I've always carried a "boat book" aboard my boat. The book, really a loose leaf binder, contains the specs on the boat, copies of the manufacturers booklets and brochures, some charts I constructed on fuel usage and range, speed versus rpm, a compass deviation table, a pre-underway checklist, important phone numbers, and some other sundry information. When my daughter was growing up, we assigned her a title (Cabin Girl) and some shipboard responsibilities, and even had them included as part of the "boat book." There also was a sheet for me (the Captain, of course), and my wife, the First Mate. The fun part was the formulation of the job descriptions. The educational part was actually doing the tasks. For my daughter, participating in the duties and responsibilities laid the foundation for her to view the boat and the outing as something far more than just another place to listen to her music.
And she coils the dock lines, too.
Cause sometimes it's a zoo.
That was only a few lines of a much longer ditty, but it will give you an idea of the magnificent quality of the composition.
The point is, I know families who just drag their kids out on the boat because they have to bring them along and it's enough that they sit down in the back of the boat and stay out of the way. Show me that, and I'll show you kids that won't take part in family outings for too much longer. And when they start making excuses for not going with Mom and Dad in the boat, it's just one more slice out of the family pie.
Review the pre-underway checklist with the rest of the crew. This gives everybody on board a sense for what safety equipment is on board, and where the equipment can be located quickly in an emergency.
Tend the dock lines and fenders, and stow them properly.
Raise and lower the flag, ensign or burgee that you display aboard your boat.
Be a lookout or watchstander.
Maintain the log books records.
Act as radio operator (with proper instruction on procedures and etiquette).
Write a family sea chantey.
I'm sure you'll be able to think of lots more duties that apply to your own boat and way of boating. And af few other suggestions. Don't assign too much to any one individual. Too much is just as bad as none at all when it comes to assignments. Make sure the crew understands that the Captain will always be available for support and assistance with their assigned tasks when needed. But be careful about butting in at the first sign of trouble. Unless there's a potentially dangerous situation brewing, let them work it out.
So, on your next boat outing, whether its a two-week ocean cruise or a day on the lake or river, get everybody involved. You'll be pleasantly surprised by your crew's prowess, and you'll find out that boating can be more fun than ever as a family affair!


Improving the lives of women in Himalayan Bhutan through the support of the Pema Choling Institute and Shedra (college)in the Tang valley of central Bhutan.
Basic secular education is provided for girls and women in this remote area, who otherwise, would not have such an opportunity.
A traditional Buddhist education, spanning a nine year curriculum, is available for women and girls for the FIRST TIME in the history of the country. Graduates will become tomorrow's first female Khenpos (professors), instructors and spiritual leaders.
Traditional Bhutanese arts and crafts will help preserve their unique and ancient culture as well as providing a means for women to support themselves and their families.
Hygiene and Sanitation instruction will improve the lives of the students, their families and their communities.
Destitute elderly women who do not wish to study, but choose to live a simple monastic style life are supported.
There is a great need and demand for traditional Buddhist education programmes in other parts of Bhutan and in other Himalayan countries (Tibet, Sikkim, Nepal, Ladakh). Eventually, other Institutions will be established in these places according to specific needs and feasibility.
Bhutan has a unique identity as the last sovereign, independent Buddhist kingdom in the Himalayas. Despite its tiny size and its small population, and despite its powerful neighbors- Tibet and China to the north and India to the south, Bhutan has never been occupied by invading forces. This means it has retained a very ancient and vibrant culture that is deeply Buddhist in all its aspects. Most of the population are subsistence farmers and herders barely making a living on difficult, remote and road-less mountainous terrain. Per capita annual income is one of the world's lowest. But compassion, harmony, environmental protection and cultural preservation are traditional and key values in this country.
As the country carefully integrates into the modern 21st century, it is more important than ever to establish mature and well educated women throughout the country - grounded in their culture and free to express their compassionate action both in their own country and abroad.


Apple Valley, MN, April 4, 2016 - Tony Radcliff, former vice president of Marketing, Offerings and Engineering for Uponor North America (UNA), was recently promoted to vice president of Group Technology for Uponor Corporation, UNA's parent company, headquartered in Vantaa, Finland. The corporation oversees business in 30 countries and is looking to Radcliff to lead Group Technology across multiple segments.
"This is not only a new position for me, but a new direction for Uponor to align and globalize research, new-product developments and other innovations," says Radcliff. "From Germany to Finland to Spain to the United States, we want to develop platforms to support all our locations, not just the ones we office at every day."
Uponor Corporation saw that innovation talent was being used at various locations for only regional impact and determined it should leverage all talent globally for all its global locations.
"We are confident that Radcliff is the person who can bring strategic insight to guide Uponor to that place of alignment with people, planet and profit in mind, while at the same time enhancing current work flow and successes," says Fernando Roses, executive vice president, Group Technology and Corporate Development, Uponor Corporation.
This new position will allow for both sides of the Atlantic Ocean to benefit from some of the most talented engineers in the industry. Radcliff's team members could be managing a project from Apple Valley, Minn., with engineers in Sweden while gaining customer feedback in Canada and Estonia or vice-versa. The idea is to take the best existing competencies, behaviors, and processes, from wherever they currently exist and bring them together to create a formidable global research, technology and new-product development capability to benefit Uponor's customers globally in all locations where Uponor products and services are offered.
"This opportunity for me is a credit to all of the people who have worked so hard to generate the success recently achieved by UNA," says Radcliff. "UNA has enjoyed the success it has because of our strong culture of collaboration, commitment to the brand values and always keeping our customers in mind, and we will continue to ensure this doesn't waver as we move forward."
From both a local and global perspective, this new position will not only bring strong unification to Uponor's business, but it will bring a more stimulating user experience to Uponor's current and future customers, because they will see even greater levels of innovation happening throughout their country and the world.
"There will be a period of challenging discovery and collaboration when it comes to culture, time zones and differing processes, but what will come out of it is a more focused direction and an unmatched expertise," says Radcliff. "Uponor installs more water systems globally than any other competitor, and we intend to deliver more innovations in that space than any other company's resources can muster."
Uponor, Inc. encompasses business in the United States for Uponor North America. The company is an award-winning provider of plumbing, fire safety, radiant heating/cooling, hydronic piping and pre-insulated piping systems for residential and commercial applications. Uponor, Inc. has received recognition for best-in-class manufacturing, sustainability, energy efficiency, safety, business growth, economic development, workplace giving and being a top workplace. The company employs about 500 people at its North American headquarters in Apple Valley, Minn.
Tony Radcliff is the new vice president of Group Technology for Uponor Corporation.


Use our owl pellets with gopher remains to create an exciting lesson for your students. Each owl pellet is inspected to ensure that the remains of either Thomomys talpoides, the Northern Pocket Gopher, or Thomomys mazama, the Western Pocket Gopher are within the pellet. Teach students firsthand about the roles different animals play in a diverse food chain or ecosystem.


Cookie cutter or generic weddings are out, and distinctive and meaningful weddings are in. Just as couples attempt to make their wedding unique through deciding on non-traditional bouquets, custom bridal gowns and bridal jewelry, unexpected music, and clever food, so should the wedding vows be just as carefully chosen. My favorite (also probably the cheapest and easiest) is to place the whole thing on one sheet, have it printed on normal paper in 1 of your wedding colors, roll it up, tie it in a bow with some ribbon or twine and spot them in a basket at the front of the church by the guest book.
This act was to symbolize his dominance over her, and the rather barbaric sentiment probably has a lot to do with why this distinct bit of wedding tradition has long because been abandoned. Indeed, the Celtic Knots that embellish wedding rings herald the tips of spring, fertility, and the eternal reawakening of the life force – all of which bode well for a fruitful life partnership. When the guests are finished consuming, have your servers reduce the cakes for your guests (you can make them all different flavors so your guests will be shocked!) and now your cake- excuse me, your cakes- have completed a lot more than decorate your tables, they've fed your guests and saved you cash! Can not don't forget any specific songs, but more than the years have heard Dolly Parton sing a lot of enjoy songs with partners – she can convince you she's in enjoy with Anybody with whom she sings. Always liked the songs and the style but listening to a few has begun to have an effect on me.


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Brazzaville /Lilongwe, 3 March 2015 – The WHO Regional Office for Africa is intensifying country support to prevent cholera from reaching internally displaced person (IDP) camps along the border of Malawi and Mozambique. Since January 2015, extensive flooding has caused 230 000 IDPs to live in opportune refugee camps and temporary shelters.
mobilizing communities to prevent transmission.
Primary prevention is possible by observing a few simple rules of good hygiene and safe water and food preparation. These rules include thorough washing of hands with safe water and soap, especially before food preparation and eating, thorough cooking of food, and consumption while hot ("boil it, peel it or leave it"), boiling or treatment of drinking water, and use of sanitary facilities. Safe water is water that has been boiled, treated with a chlorine product, or is bottled with an unbroken seal.


Winter coat in essence, the fur coat dream women around the world for centuries. Good news, fake fur now rivals the real, at all prices and all styles. Overview of a fur coat with well chosen Biba!
Real fur is warm, sustainable and quality. It is also very expensive and out of step with the current concerns of animal rights. Good news, fake fur is fashionable! If you are sensitive to animal rights, choose it without hesitation. There are now excellent imitations, almost indistinguishable from real fur. Even better, choose a coat faux fur offers the possibility of various and varied treatments, displaying a wide range of colors, styles and qualities.
Each coat morphology ! Fur or fake fur, if you dream of a coat that refines you , avoid the volume. Prefer short hair or short, and models covering hips. Similarly, if you are small and you want to grow you at the station mantle length ! Rely on jackets short or mid-long fur.
Once the form and type of fur coat of your choice, find the style that you want. You chose fake fur? Opt either for the trompe l'oeil effect, imitating as close to real fur or for playful effect of the assumed fake fur.
If you are looking for a stylish coat to wear in any occasion, choose united and neutral colors: gray, beige, black, brown, or even white and fawn. For those considering their playful side of the mantle, however, dare the color coats or motives. Many faux fur offer leopard prints, stripes or degraded.
How to wear a fur coat?
Shifted! To avoid the effect "too much", master the accessories prefer a discreet makeup, avoid imposing too outlandish jewelry and shoes. Unless perfect control fashion, also leave the catwalks the look of fur coat belted particularly complex to assume. Incidentally, resolutely away your evening dresses fur coat, too literally.
Best friend fur? Jeans, simply. Black and slim with boots for a feminine style, faded with sneakers for a relaxed style. In the evening, marry without complex your little black dresswith your fur coat. As for daring silhouette 1970 touted by parades, add a slim velvet leather boots with your fur!
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Wash the stain, let dry and brush it regularly. Do clean your faux fur coat as directed, hook it carefully and do not overfill the bags. The real fur, however, generally bear to be too wet, does not clean himself and does not tolerate perfume. If problems occur, consult a dry cleaner or a reseller to find an appropriate solution.
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Continuing Education and Professional Development offer a path to a life of success and achievement. This is a direct result of utilizing the power of thinking, positive thinking. The most important asset you have in your quest to live your dream is YOUR MIND.
Your thoughts affect you in ways you never imagined possible. The truth is, whether you know it or not, your thoughts are responsible for whatever place or situation you are in right now.
I am not the first one to say this and I bet I won't be the last either. YOU ARE WHAT YOU THINK.
Continuing Education and Professional Development will cause thinking in a new direction. A garden if planted with beautiful plants, carefully nurtured will yield beautiful flowers; if neglected, weeds will destroy the beauty and yield thorns, destruction and harshness. It is the same with the mind. If you plant beautiful, healthy thoughts into your mind you will reap a beautiful, healthy life. If you plant negative thoughts you will reap destruction and despair in your life. If you neglect to feed your mind healthy thoughts and to protect it from negative thoughts, the weeds of destruction will creep in and choke your mind. Seedtime and harvest are the laws we live by. You reap what you sow. You live what you think. You live what you say.
Any self-improvement program or journey of personal development starts with your thoughts. Master your thoughts and then you can master your environment and circumstances.
Realize that your destiny is under your control. Realize what the power of education, exposing your mind to the right things and broader thinking can do to change your life and give you a brighter future. That means YOU are in control. Not fate. Not lady luck. YOU. Success is a lifelong process. It only ends when you die. Persevere.


Collette, R., Douglas, J., Patterson, L., Bahun, G., King, J., Keiser, D., and Schulthess, J.. Benefits of utilizing CellProfiler as a characterization tool for U-10Mo nuclear fuel. United States: N. p., Web. doi:10.1016/j.matchar.2015.03.034.
Collette, R., Douglas, J., Patterson, L., Bahun, G., King, J., Keiser, D., & Schulthess, J.. Benefits of utilizing CellProfiler as a characterization tool for U-10Mo nuclear fuel. United States. doi:10.1016/j.matchar.2015.03.034.
Collette, R., Douglas, J., Patterson, L., Bahun, G., King, J., Keiser, D., and Schulthess, J.. 2015. "Benefits of utilizing CellProfiler as a characterization tool for U-10Mo nuclear fuel". United States. doi:10.1016/j.matchar.2015.03.034. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1184724.
A simple, repeatable method for characterization of fission gas bubbles in irradiated U-Mo fuels has been developed. This method involves mechanical potting and polishing of samples along with examination with a scanning electron microscope located outside of a hot cell. The commercially available software packages CellProfiler, MATLAB, and Mathematica are used to segment and analyze the captured images. The results are compared and contrasted. Finally, baseline methods for fission gas bubble characterization are suggested for consideration and further development.
Irradiated U-10Mo fuel samples were prepared with traditional mechanical potting and polishing methods with in a hot cell. They were then removed and imaged with an SEM located outside of a hot cell. The images were then processed with basic imaging techniques from 3 separate software packages. The results were compared and a baseline method for characterization of fission gas bubbles in the samples is proposed. It is hoped that through adoption of or comparison to this baseline method that sample characterization can be somewhat standardized across the field of post irradiated examination of metal fuels.


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Von Neumann entropy in a Rashba-Dresselhaus nanodot; dynamical electronic spin-orbit entanglement
Rosa Safaiee1a and Mohammad Mehdi Golshan2
1 Faculty of Advanced Technologies, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
2 Physics Department, College of Sciences, Shiraz University, 71454 Shiraz, Iran
a e-mail: safaiee@shirazu.ac.ir
Received in final form: 21 April 2017
The main purpose of the present article is to report the characteristics of von Neumann entropy, thereby, the electronic hybrid entanglement, in the heterojunction of two semiconductors, with due attention to the Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit interactions. To this end, we cast the von Neumann entropy in terms of spin polarization and compute its time evolution; with a vast span of applications. It is assumed that gate potentials are applied to the heterojunction, providing a two dimensional parabolic confining potential (forming an isotropic nanodot at the junction), as well as means of controlling the spin-orbit couplings. The spin degeneracy is also removed, even at electronic zero momentum, by the presence of an external magnetic field which, in turn, leads to the appearance of Landau states. We then proceed by computing the time evolution of the corresponding von Neumann entropy from a separable (spin-polarized) initial state. The von Neumann entropy, as we show, indicates that electronic hybrid entanglement does occur between spin and two-dimensional Landau levels. Our results also show that von Neumann entropy, as well as the degree of spin-orbit entanglement, periodically collapses and revives. The characteristics of such behavior; period, amplitude, etc., are shown to be determined from the controllable external agents. Moreover, it is demonstrated that the phenomenon of collapse-revivals' in the behavior of von Neumann entropy, equivalently, electronic hybrid entanglement, is accompanied by plateaus (of great importance in quantum computation schemes) whose durations are, again, controlled by the external elements. Along these lines, we also make a comparison between effects of the two spin-orbit couplings on the entanglement (von Neumann entropy) characteristics. The finer details of the electronic hybrid entanglement, which may be easily verified through spin polarization measurements, are also accreted and discussed. The novel results of the present article, with potent applications in the field of quantum information processing, provide a deeper understanding of the electronic von Neumann entropy and hybrid entanglement that occurs in two-dimensional nanodots.
Entanglement of electronic subbands and coherent superposition of spin states in a Rashba nanoloop
Zitterbewegung of a heavy hole in presence of spin-orbit interactions
Gauge transformations of spin-orbit interactions in graphene
Third harmonic generation in quantum dot with Rashba spin orbit interaction
Spin-polarized transport through a time-periodic non-magnetic semiconductor heterostructure