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NEWS ST. ELIZABETH
St. Elizabeth principal succeeds – she celebrates being the product of a non-traditional high school
Sep 11, 2020 BB Coke High School, Bethlehem Moravian College, Morningside Primary and Infant School, Nahalia Lynch, principal, St Elizabeth, University of the West Indies, Western Carolina University
Having attended a non-traditional high school, and being appointed a Principal at the age of 32, Nahalia Lynch, who heads the St. Elizabeth-based Morningside Primary and Infant School, believes strongly that students can succeed at all educational institutions.
The young principal obtained her secondary education at the then BB Coke Comprehensive High School (now BB Coke High School) in St. Elizabeth. She later pursued advanced training and degrees at Bethlehem Moravian College, Western Carolina University, and the University of the West Indies.
Those achievements qualify Lynch as a leading advocate for an end to the stigmatization of some schools – especially those considered to be non-traditional.
"The secret to success is not the name of your school; greatness lies within you. Through hard work and determination, you can achieve immense success. Others before me did it, I did it, others right now are doing it, and you can do it too," she advised.
Lynch noted that parents, teachers and the wider community have a duty to make students feel like more than just 'exam grades'.
She reasoned that going to BB Coke in 1995 was a blessing, although the decision was not hers.
"It is not the school; it is you. When children are placed at their first choice [of school], we must celebrate them, because that is an accomplishment, but not everyone will be able to go to a traditional high school. Life has no limitations, except the ones that you make for yourself, so grow where you are planted and bloom," Lynch advised.
She noted that many persons making significant contributions in all areas of society had their educational development at non-traditional high schools.
"Going to a traditional high school is not an automatic ticket for success, while going to a non-traditional high school is not an automatic ticket for failure," the principal argued.
"I want these young ladies and gentlemen to know that, if you work hard and you are dedicated, you can succeed anywhere."
Lynch, who succeeded on her second try at the Common Entrance Examinations, recalled crying when her mother – a domestic worker, decided that she had to attend the non-traditional high school – BB Coke, because she could not afford transportation or boarding costs for the other sought-after high schools in St. Elizabeth and Manchester.
Lynch, looking back, now believes that the choice of school strengthened her resolve to succeed.
"I believe that is where I needed to be, because that was the chapter in my life that contributed to who I am today. I remember my teacher at BB Coke, Miss Denise Baker, telling me: 'Nahalia Lynch, you need to be pregnant with ideas'. As teenagers, sometimes you get distracted by things that happen in the world and are happening around you, so those teachers were so caring, motivating – and literally walked behind us to protect and ensure that students did well at school," she said.
Lynch further stated that her mother was a very strict parent, who never allowed her children to wander in the community. She had to reach home no later than one hour after school dismissed.
The principal also credits her father, step-father and community members, who ensured that she stayed on the right path.
"Who I am today was also shaped by a lot of experiences and what my community would have done," she posited.
The help and care she received from others have influenced the principal to give back through her involvement in charitable causes across St. Elizabeth, and through extra classes.
"When others have poured into you, it is important to pour into others," she noted.
Her school boasts a one hundred percent literacy rate, while numeracy is more than eighty percent.
Since Lynch's appointment five years ago, the school has experienced significant upgrading in infrastructure and expansion of internet service. Stakeholders, including parents and teachers, have also spearheaded development projects at the institution.
Claudette Thomas, who is the Secretary/Treasurer for the Rose Hall Civic Committee, said she continues to be 'impressed' by the principal's work.
"Although she was from a fairly poor background, she was always this little girl who was different. She kept her focus right through, and did well," Thomas added.
Evelyn Smith, who knew the principal from she was about five years old, said the educator has remained a 'nice young lady'. "Young people can take her as an example. I am proud of her, really proud," Smith further said.
A past student of Morningside Primary School, Monique Johnson, who is now studying at the Northern Caribbean University, said her former principal is one of the 'best' persons she has met, noting that she is 'very involved' with the school.
"That makes her a very good role model," Johnson added.
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Q: smtp server requires authentication but I believe it already has it I get a message saying the server requires authentication when i get to the bottom line of the following code block.
MailMessage message = new MailMessage();
message.From = new MailAddress("me@myemail.co.uk");

message.To.Add(new MailAddress("me@myToAddress.co.uk"));

message.Subject = "Message subject";
message.Body = "This is the content";

SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();
client.Send(message);

However, I thought I had already given it the info it requires in webconfig as follows:
<mailSettings>
  <smtp from="me@myemail.co.uk">
    <network host="mySMTPserver" port="25" userName="myEmail" password="myPass" />
  </smtp>
</mailSettings>

Any advice much appreciated, I read many posts on here and they all seem to be providing the login in the same way.

A: Two things to try:
SET
    client.UseDefaultCredentials = false
SET port:
 client.Port = 587

These properties can also be set in the .config file
To understand why 587, see
http://mostlygeek.com/tech/smtp-on-port-587/

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Saint Louis Zoo sees 'banner year' for breeding program as 1,300-plus hellbenders hatch
Sara Karnes | Springfield News-Leader
Hellbender are big salamanders that are losing population and their habitat
Hellbenders are aquatic species and found in cool, highly oxygenated streams. They often use large flat rocks to nest and hide under.
Cecelia Hanley, Springfield News-Leader
Staff members at the Saint Louis Zoo are hustling as they care for the 1,300-plus hellbenders that hatched in the last few months of the year.
From managing diverse diets to aquatic care, it takes about four full-time staff members to care for the unique amphibians, along with the already established adult generations, which brings the total number close to 3,000.
Hellbenders are the largest aquatic salamanders in North America. Missouri is the only state that has both subspecies — the Ozark hellbender and the eastern hellbender. Both are listed as endangered in Missouri, and the Ozark hellbender also is federally endangered.
The number of hellbenders has been in a sharp decline, and conservationists are working to restore and re-introduce the endangered amphibians back into the water systems.
The Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Institute Ron Goellner Center for Hellbender Conservation is a Saint Louis Zoo-based effort aimed at conserving native hellbender populations in Missouri.
The zoo-bred hatchlings are the second generation of several males that were part of the world's first successful zoo-bred hatch a decade ago at the Saint Louis Zoo.
Let's break down the numbers of the newly hatched.
From October to December, 750 Saint Louis Zoo-bred Ozark hellbenders hatched at the Charles H. Hoessle Herpetarium. Missouri Department of Conservation brought eggs to the zoo from Missouri river systems which resulted in 583 Ozark and eastern hellbenders hatching. A total of 1,333 newly hatched baby hellbenders are now being cared for by experienced and dedicated herpetology keepers in a private area at the Herpetarium.
Lauren Augustine, Curator of Herpetology at the Zoo and Director of the Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Institute Ron Goellner Center for Hellbender Conservation, is reveling in the success.
"It's been a banner year, and it just goes to show that being dedicated and persistent with this program is really paying off," Augustine told the News-Leader in a phone interview Tuesday.
The process of the program is rather cyclical, Augustine described. Eggs are either collected from the zoo or from river systems. Then, the eggs are placed on special trays until they hatch. Once hatched, the hellbenders are moved into nurseries where they are closely monitored and fed until it is time to potentially release them back into river systems.
Adult hellbenders are fed crayfish, live fish and more; whereas the babies get a variety, including ghost shrimp, black worms and earthworms.
Come summer, Augustine said the zoo and conservation officials from MDC and U.S. Fish and Wildlife will work to release some of the brood into nature. Each will be tagged, and the survival rate is between 49 and 70 percent.
More than 800 Ozark and eastern hellbenders raised from eggs at the zoo were released into their native Missouri rivers in summer 2021 by MDC, according to the zoo. Since 2008, 9,476 Saint Louis Zoo-raised endangered hellbenders have been reintroduced to the wild in Missouri.
"I like to say that the hellbender is the flagship species for our river ecosystems," Augustine said.
The amphibians and their health are a great indicator to just how well a water system is faring. With their sensitive skin, the hellbenders are quick to respond to changes such as habitat disturbances or degradation.
"They're a species that gives us an indication that the habitat might be in trouble and that other species are likely to follow in terms of population declines," Augustine said. "Hellbenders are really important for water health. And, obviously, as humans we depend on water as well."
Augustine reminded Missourians that their actions can affect waterways, thus impacting the "snot otters" and other creatures.
"Pollution is threatening ecosystems worldwide, so it's always important to keep in mind water conservation," Augustine said.
Actions like not leaving the sink running while you're brushing your teeth, packing in and out your trash while on Missouri rivers and lakes and more are crucial. Another thing to remember is not to stack rocks just willy-nilly.
"These are their homes," Augustine said. "They make their homes under these rocks, and so moving and altering the rocks in the bottom of these rivers can also impact hellbenders."
To learn more about the Saint Louis Zoo and their programs, visit https://www.stlzoo.org/
Sara Karnes is an Outdoors Reporter with the Springfield News-Leader. Follow along with her adventures on Twitter and Instagram @Sara_Karnes. Got a story to tell? Email her at skarnes@springfi.gannett.com.

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Pherbellia hackmani är en tvåvingeart som beskrevs av Rudolf Rozkošný 1982.

Pherbellia hackmani ingår i släktet Pherbellia och familjen kärrflugor. Enligt den finländska rödlistan är arten otillräckligt studerad i Finland. Enligt den svenska rödlistan är arten otillräckligt studerad i Sverige. Arten förekommer i Övre Norrland. Artens livsmiljö är våtmarker i fjällen (myrar, stränder, snölegor). Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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You Need these Fortnite Basics!
Fortnite is the name of a hit new game that was released back in September of 2017. When it was first released there was hardly any hype about Indian Harbour Beach Wildlife Removal it and didn't receive much attention at its initial release. Due to this simple fact, the company that created it decided to offer some of the game for free and because the game has become probably the most popular in the world today. There are many aspects which make the game unique.
First off, it's a third person shooter but very animated in its positioning so not very serious in a fashion of terms. Along with being a shooter game you are able to harvest materials such as wood, brick and metal and craft different building structures like ramps, walls, flooring, and really anything imaginable. The point of this game is to be the last player or squad standing. The game starts out with one hundred gamers dropping in from a school bus held in the air by a hot air balloon into a giant island with different small towns and places marked on the map. Each person drops off of the bus and as soon as they land they loot for weapons and shield before somebody else finds the loot first. There are lots of different types of weapons like shotguns, rifles, rocket launchers and many other different weaponry to find. Players open up gold chests that give you multiple items usable in game like potions and weapons as mentioned above. Once a player has the loot they need they need to move in the storm circle since the outside storm closes in slowly and forces players together. The storm will slowly decrease your health if you are caught in it until eventually your health runs out. As soon as your health runs out there's no respawning into the same game as you have to start over from the start.
The ultimate goal is to be the last one standing and achieve a "Victory Royale". It is a tricky feat because there are many highly skilled players out there that play and compete viciously on a regular basis. The key that has been found by the majority of those highly skilled gamers is to have the ability to build more efficiently and quickly from the heat of a gun battle. These builders are often the most skilled of players and tend to acquire more of the games they play. Inexperienced players that are still learning the overall flow of the game do not usually find their first win till many games played. As time has gone on the developers of this game have added special limited time game modes to the mix as well to keep the game interesting and their die-hard gamers amused rather than getting bored after so long. The mode that has become a favorite of many is the high explosive mode which takes away all normal weapons and leaves players wandering around the map finding grenade launchers and rocket launchers and some other specialty weapons to win the match with. These additional modes provide a skill change and enable newer players to become more accustomed to objects that are less prevalent in the standard mode and allows them to experiment more freely so they aren't unprepared in the regular mode.
Overall, the game is fun for all ages and provides a very good challenge for the competitive person in all of us.
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I graduated from Cornell University with a major in Information Science and a minor in Business in May 2015. Technology has been my passion since I was 14, when I began tinkering with Windows XP and various video editing programs.
My proficiency & absorption in technology grew during high school, when I took my first web development & computer science courses. The Motorola Razr spurred my affinity for hardware in general, and mobile phones in particular. When Apple unveiled the first iPhone in 2007, my enthusiasm for technology morphed into the full-blown obsession which continues to the present.
I built my first website in 2008, and my first computer in 2009. During college, I learned that although I like to write the code for websites as well as tinker with hardware, my true fascination is the process of conceiving a product and executing on the idea in order to create an optimal experience for the user. This led to me becoming a Product Manager.
My first experience with a real-world project and product management work began in 2013 with my first startup, daapr. I was co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at daapr. During my tenure, I learned how to write production-quality code as well as recruit and manage an eingeering team. We used Agile Development to build features & fix bugs. Daapr was a true test of dedication & perseverance: pushing to create a great product, while a full-time college student. This experience provided the credentials for my next venture at eBay, inc. You can read about my experience and learnings from daapr in my blog.
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The minimal chemotactic cell
Physical Biology and Molecular Bionics · Giuseppe Battaglia
Directional locomotion or taxis is possibly one of the most important evolutionary milestones, as it has enabled many living organisms to outperform their non-motile competitors[1]. In particular, chemotaxis (i.e. the movement of organisms either toward or away from specific chemicals) is the most common strategy adopted by many unicellular organisms to gather nutrients, escape toxins and help coordinate formation of colonies.
Recently, we demonstrated that chemotaxis can be achieved by creating a nanoscopic vesicle loaded with enzymes, whose membrane have an asymmetric distribution of permeable domains[2]. When placed in the presence of a chemical gradient that act as substrate for the enzyme, the asymmetric distribution of flow across the vesicle membrane create a biased slip velocity around the vesicles and a consequent propulsion. This, in turn, allows the vesicles to move chemotactically toward higher concentration of the substrate allowing long-ranged targeted delivery. Here, we will expand this concept using uniquely biological molecules with the final aim to demonstrate that a minimal organisation of biomolecules can create the conditions for complex behaviour such as chemotaxis.
Fig.1 shows the schematics of the minimal cell, where we propose a simple vesicle formed by natural occurring phospholipids that encapsulate[4] enzymes. This will be then placed in contact with pore forming α-Hemolysin. This protein unimers assemble to form an heptameric pore with a pore-diameter of 1.5 nm[3]. The pore is selective for the passage of any molecules with mass lower than 1kDa as well as several cations including K+ , Na+ and Ca2+. We will encapsulate proteases and use short and long sequences of amino acids as substrate/signalling molecules.
[1] H. C. Berg Random Walks in Biology, Princeton University Press, (1993), NY
[2] A. Joseph, C. Contini, D. Cecchin, S. Nyberg, L. Ruiz-Perez, J. Gaitzsch, G. Fullstone, X. Tian, J. Azizi, J. Preston, G. Volpe, G. Battaglia Chemotactic synthetic vesicles: design and applications in blood brain barrier crossing Science Adv. 2017, 3, 8, e1700362
[3] L. Song, M. R. Hobaugh, C. Shustak, S. Cheley, H. Bayley, and J. E. Gouaux. Structure of staphylococcal alpha-hemolysin, a heptameric transmembrane pore. Science, 274(5294):1859–1866, Dec 1996.
[4] L. Wang, L. Chierico, D. Little, N. Patikarnmonthon, Z. Yang, M. Azzouz, J. Madsen, S. P. Armes, and G. Battaglia. Encapsulation of biomacromolecules within polymersomes by electroporation. Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., 51(44):11122–11125, 2012.
The student will be trained in constructing and characterising the proposed nano-reactor as well as trained to measure anomalous diffusion using in house and commercial nanoparticle tracking systems. The project will involve the synthesis, purification and characterisation of synthetic vesicles. We will employ state-of-the-art flow field fractionation, dynamic and static light scattering as well as cryogenic and liquid state scanning transmission electron microscopy. The project will involve detailed diffusional analysis tracking packages to evaluate any anomalous diffusion pattern. Experience in MatLab or Python packages will be advantageous, however training will be provided.
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Since the 'rents were visiting this weekend, we had a lobster feast on Saturday night. We had local lobster purchased at Harbor Fish Market down on Custom House Wharf, salt potatoes (an upstate New York specialty), and corn from Georgia (via Whole Foods).
This guy was a pound and a quarter soft shell, and he was delish.
The best part, however, was the lobster bisque that M. made the next day. He boiled the shells with celery, onion, and chicken stock to make his own lobster base, and then added lots of dairy and fresh corn cut off the cob.
Here he served it garnished with croutons, paprika, and olive oil.
Season with salt and black pepper to taste. Serve at once, garnished with minced parsley and paprika.
I don't believe I've seen salt potatoes around in the five years I've lived up here... thank you for reminding me of them.
hell yeah lobsta!! You know when I first read the title I thought you were cursing in spanish! (grandma likes to call people (me included) pinchy so or so when they are being bad!) That soup looks amaazing too!
Pinchy was a good lobster - did his job well. And the soup was amazing!


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Q: Matlab compatibility? What is wrong? I'm using a Matlab code for data analysis (fitting of scattering data), which is written in 2006. This code works with Matlab 2007 well, but at least it doesn't work in Matlab 2009 and newer versions. Therefore I think it is caused by some changes in the runtime environment concerning how to act with GUIs.
In following I post the error message I always get:
Illegal right hand side in assignment. Too many elements.
Error in Frontend>do_fit (line 749)
                               [handles.fitfunctions{fitfunction_index}.param_vector,
        handles.data_fit, exitflag, output] = ...
Error in Frontend>fit_button_Callback (line 673)
     do_fit(hObject, handles);
Error in gui_mainfcn (line 96)
        feval(varargin{:});
Error in Frontend (line 42)
    gui_mainfcn(gui_State, varargin{:});
Error while evaluating uicontrol Callback
Lines 747 to 750 in my function "do_fit" in frontend.m look like:
fitmethods = Fit();

fitmethod = fitmethods{2}.func;

[handles.fitfunctions{fitfunction_index}.param_vector, handles.data_fit,
exitflag, output] = ...fitmethod((@(A,z)fitfunction(const,A,z)), fitparams, xdata,
ydata, lb_vector, ub_vector, weightdata ,options);

I would be very thankful, if someone has an idea what is wrong in this piece of code!


These two milestones are achieving product-solution fit and product-market fit. A product-solution fit is when your MVP is used by some early adopters to solve a meaningful problem in their lives. They can use it for free; the key part is building something your users genuinely love. A product-market fit is something else, though; it means you found your own niche and you're ready to sell—and that your unit economics make sense.
Before achieving any of these two fits, startups frequently redesign their products—sometimes even from scratch. That often means hundreds of work-hours wasted. Can founders do anything to avoid that?
The traditional way of building products is feature-oriented. The feature-oriented mindset implies that a complete product is a sum of its features. The better the features, the larger the sum. Similarly, the better the features work together, the better the user experience. Seamless integration usually requires a lot of effort in implementation and design; delivery teams have no choice but optimize their processes to hit a sweet spot between feature quality and quick implementation. The feature-oriented mindset clearly revolves around building stuff.
This approach can work well when you work with an established product. With an innovative product, great implementation often turns out to be a waste of resources unless a startup can get meaningful traction.
The alternative approach to building products is to treat features as options.
The first significant difference is that an option isn't a commitment—while talking about features, user stories, product backlogs, versions, milestones, or scope inevitably makes us think about estimates, man-hours, and implementation. An option is just that—an option. You may build it or you may not.
The second significant difference is that planning with options makes you a lot more conservative. Investing little in a feature sounds cheap. Investing little in an option sounds smart; actually, it's investing too much that would look stupid. Taking the options approach means that, in the end, you believe that only the real-world market can verify whether your ideas make sense and that you're willing not to have all the answers right from the start.
While the feature-oriented mindset revolves around building stuff, the option-oriented mindset does the exact opposite. It optimizes for removing stuff easily. If you explore and option and you discover that your customers don't like the functionality you wanted to build, you must be able to abandon it without any hesitation—and every engineer knows that building loosely coupled systems is a different challenge than building tightly coupled monoliths.
So even though some people will argue that calling features options is just a matter of nomenclature, there are some subtle yet meaningful differences. The general rule, I think, is that options are valuable when the level of uncertainty about your requirements is high. The more uncertain you are, the more careful you should be before you commit to spending valuable resources. But when the level of uncertainty is low—for example, you're building a standardized solution or copying some existing product—the options approach would be unnecessary. It's up to you to choose which method will work better in your situation.
I already said that the feature-oriented mindset revolves around building stuff easily. The option-oriented mindset does the exact opposite. It revolves around removing stuff easily. If you really want to treat your features as options, you'd better be able to abandon it early on when you're still not sure whether your customers will like the functionality you built.


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Armenia: Srbuk releases her Eurovision entry "Walking Out"
Armenian national broadcaster MPTV has released Srbuk's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. She will perform "Walking Out" in May, which was composed by Armenian music artists "Lost Capital" and "tokionine" with lyrics penned by Garik Papoyan, who also wrote Aram MP3's "Not Alone" in 2014 for the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen.
Back in November 2018, Armenia was the first out of the 41 participating countries to announce their Eurovision 2019 participant and had announced an open call for song submissions, which concluded on January 10 with around 300 submitted songs from songwriters both from Armenia and other countries. Out of these submitted entries MPTV's Eurovision team chose "Walking Out" as Srbuk's Eurovision entry in Tel Aviv.
Srbuk commented on her Eurovision entry expressing her feelings and enthusiasm:
When I first heard the melody, visions flashed before my eyes. Events that haven't yet become memories… I realized that this fight and the collapse of the emotions inside me have to be reflected in my song. I want to tell myself and everybody else: Don't kill love, but don't let it kill you!
Armenia's representative Srbuk participated in various competitions and reached the final rounds of "The Voice Ukraine". With hit singles like "Yete karogh", which topped the Armenian charts for months in 2016, and "Half a Goddess" she is considered to be Armenia's rising star and among the most influential and popular artists in Armenia these days.
With the exception of 2012, Armenia has competed every year in the contest since its debut at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. In 2008 and 2014 the country achieved its best results at the Eurovision Song Contest when both Sirusho and Aram Mp3 finished 4th in the Grand Final. Different than this year's approach, MPTV organised for the second time the national final "Depi Evratesil" in 2018. "Qami" by Sevak Khanagyan was selected as the winner. It finished 15th in the first semi-final of the Lisbon edition with 79 points and, hence, failed to qualify for the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.
Michael Vollmer


A man desperately tries to get home to his family before the world ends.
Cheers guys. Really appreciate your feedback.
I thought about more build up, with traffic, him running etc but then thought about logistics. More chance of this getting made the simpler this is. Getting a gridlocked situation on a highway or something like that will be pretty difficult, and with him running I was just aware of time/page restriction but it could be something to add.
In my mind when we meet him he's gone through this stuff already. Somehow managed to get home amongst the madness. So I guess that'd be down to performance to get that across.
I couldn't stop reading, the pace was great.
Powerful, heartwarming. Life finds a way, even if it is just for a few brief moments. It is important and it matters. A great script.
Wow! This made a few tears fall! How heartbreaking. I don't think it needs any tragic back story - this is tragic enough. I do agree with Mark about the traffic though, and maybe have it more obvious why he's rushing home in the first place - could you have him travelling home already when he hears the news?
Hi Michael - I like this one! Very moving. My only thought is driving home - I can imagine the roads would be jammed in such an event and he would struggle to drive - so whether there is more tension to build with him abandoning his car and running home. Think it works regardless, so this is just a thought - tricky with just two pages, and I think you've done a great job anyway!
I agree with both comments above! I love the simplicity and purity of this script - man racing home. WHY? To see his baby being born. Baby is born. Wonderful - it can't help but be amazing and powerful as *then* the impact comes.
For example, why haven't they thought of a name yet? Most couples do.
Why Bao? Does it mean something special? Does it mean something to them?
Is he rushing home because he knows she's in labour or because of the terrible news? Is it a surprise to him when he gets home and works out that she is in labour and about to give birth? Is he happy about this or concerned? Is the baby early? Does he know what to do? How come??
Why is she alone? Is she upset that he's only just come home?
I love that the baby's room is ready - I love that they've been awaiting this baby apparently so lovingly and for so long. Maybe a hint of a backstory - as suggested above - is what is needed... She's come just in time.
It's interesting that the mother says they will love the baby 'forever'. In context, this is poignant and could be pointed up more. What does 'forever' mean in this moment?
They both seem relatively happy and calm about the impact. Why? Is having this baby all they wanted? Do they feel ready to die now, having achieved this?
Just musings - please feel free to ignore!
I thought about adding more to the beginning myself but the first page for me was really about the mystery of where he was going/who was in the house. To me milking that first bit, adding injury or what not felt cliché/something you'd see in a zombie movie. Plus i was always thinking about the logistics of making this.
For me it's the simplicity of bao that is endearing. I read some previous efforts to impact where there's a A LOT going on. For a 2 pager I was happy with bao's pace, and authenticity. If they recieve 50 bonkers stories I can't see them splicing together well.
Adding a back story for the family never even occurred to me because of page restriction but I also couldn't and can't now think of an organic way to slip in a past tragedy without it feeling like clunky exposition.
The world is ending while giving birth to new life, it was as simple and devastating as that when coming up with the idea.
Thanks for the feedback, Paul. I'm still open of ways to improve.
I feel this needs a bit more substance to it. Something to make it more powerful.
Maybe he has to ditch the car because the road is blocked, and runs the rest of the way, ripping his suit on a hedge, twisting his ankle etc.
Is it their first child? Maybe she was pregnant before but miscarried. That kind of thing.
Up the stakes, make us feel more for them.


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Examining specialty cookware sales is another good way of tracking male dollars spent in the marketplace, Mr. Rushing said. "Men tend to have no problem buying a special pan for paella, if the recipe calls for it," he said, "whereas women will make do with a regular skillet or pan." Specialty cookware sales are up 17 percent since 2000, he added.
"It's only since men have been cooking that you can justify the $275 knife," Dr. Koppel said. All of which has led, in some homes, to the replacement of trophy heads on the walls of the den with glistening granite trophy kitchens packed tight with All-Clad pans and stainless-steel professional-style appliances.


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Dr. Khaled al-Asaad, a Syrian archaeologist and the head of antiquities for the ancient city of Palmyra was publicly beheaded by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in 2015. This 2002 picture shows al-Asaad in front of a first century sarcophagus from Palmyra. Photograph: Marc Deville/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images.
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Moved by the international outcry over ISIS destruction in Iraq and Syria, and with the Syrian state in disarray, the Congress in 2016 enacted emergency legislation to block the importation of illegally acquired Syrian antiquities to the United States. The State Department also began to take a serious interest in the relationship between terrorism and the destruction and trafficking of antiquities.
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Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu holds meetings with Russian Ministers at Vladivostok
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New Delhi: Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, had a meeting with Dmitry Kobylkin, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Russian Federation. Both sides discussed issues of mutual cooperation in areas of common concern like conservation of environment, saving the tiger, water cooperation and environmental sustainability. Suresh Prabhu is in Vladivostok, Russia, to attend the Far Eastern Economic Forum being held from 11th – 13th September 2018.
During the meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Yury Trutnev, the Commerce Minister discussed issues of mutual cooperation in sectors like mining and geological exploration in gold and diamond, water cooperation, forestry, timber and agriculture.
Suresh Prabhu met with the Governors, Vice Governors and representatives of regions of the Far-East: Primorye, Yakutia, Sakhalin, Amur, Magadan, Kamchatka, and Khabarovsk. Discussions were held on possibilities of mutual co-operation in sectors like mining, agriculture and tourism. Possibilities of co-operation between India's states and Russia's regions were also discussed. The Commerce Minister invited Regional Governors of the Far East to visit India with business delegations in order to explore areas of co-operation.
The Commerce Minister also participated in a session on "Timber in the Far East-Increasing Industry's Economic Return". He spoke about strengthening economic ties and forging new partnerships between India and Russia at a reception organized by "Delovaya Russia" (Business Russia).
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CBBC's Danny, Mick and Clive to bring comedy circus to North East
Roll up, roll up, CBBC stars are heading home to showcase their Big Top comedy skills.
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Danny Adams, Mick Potts and their dad Clive Webb have built up a loyal following with their annual pantomime appearances at Theatre Royal, Newcastle, which led to their own spin-off show, CBBC's Danny and Mick.
Now they are excited to bring their comedy circus, Cirque Du Hilarious, to three North East venues on a Midsummer Madness Tour, during the school summer holidays.
Danny said: "It was an absolute dream for us to play on our home soil last year, and we loved every single second of it.
"We perform pantomime at the Theatre Royal every year, but being able to put on our own show in our own big top was so special, and the feedback we had from audiences was amazing.
"That's why we wanted to come back and perform again in 2019, and we are so happy to be visiting three fantastic venues over summer.
"Audiences can expect the silly humour and circus tricks that we are known for. There is something for everyone whether you're young, or old … like dad.
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This review is intended to assist the VA in making policy decision regarding the relationship between drinking water exposures to chemicals at Camp Lejeune and various health effects. The results of this review represent ATSDR's assessment of the state of evidence at this time and we recognize that classifications used and the strength of evidence are subject to differing opinions and interpretations.
The drinking water serving the main portion of the base at Camp Lejeune was contaminated with measured levels of trichloroethylene (TCE) as high as 1,400 ppb as well as contaminants such as tetrachloroethylene (also known as perchloroethylene or PCE), vinyl chloride and benzene. Another drinking water supply serving the Tarawa Terrace housing area at Camp Lejeune was contaminated with measured PCE levels as 215 ppb. ATSDR has been tasked to provide the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) with an assessment of the strength of the evidence for causal links between these contaminants and specific diseases. This report summarizes the evidence for 18 diseases for which there is at least some epidemiological evidence for an association with one or more of these contaminants.
ATSDR has developed tables for each disease that list the results from any meta-analyses that have been performed as well as epidemiological studies that were not included in meta-analyses because they appeared after the meta-analyses were conducted. These studies are mostly of workers exposed to these chemicals as well as the few drinking water studies that evaluated exposures to these chemicals. In addition, studies that have information on exposure duration, exposure intensity and/or cumulative exposure are included even if they were evaluated in a meta-analysis. Following each table, ATSDR provides its assessment of the evidence provided in the tables as well as assessments made by other agencies mandated to evaluate the health effects of these chemicals: EPA, NCI, NTP and IARC. Although the evidence from epidemiological studies is emphasized, the findings from animal studies, mechanistic studies, and other toxicological information is mentioned if necessary to support our conclusions.
The report provides a summary table listing each disease and ATSDR's conclusion concerning the evidence in bold type. Our conclusions are heavily influenced by the recent meta-analyses and/or the reviews conducted by IARC (100F, 2012; 106, 2014; Vlaanderen et al 2014), EPA (2011, Scott et al 2011), NCI (Karami et al 2012, 2013, ) and NTP (2015).
Our assessment of the evidence for each disease uses the following classifications: "Sufficient evidence for causation", "Modest evidence for causation", "Sufficient evidence of an association", and "Limited/Suggestive evidence of an association".
Our classification of "sufficient evidence for causation" is similar to the IARC Group 1 classification: (1) there is sufficient evidence from human studies in which chance and biases (including confounding) can be ruled out with reasonable confidence, or (2) there is less than sufficient evidence from human studies but sufficient evidence in animal studies and strong evidence that the agent acts through a relevant mechanism in humans. Sufficient evidence from human studies can be provided by a meta-analysis or by several well-conducted studies in which biases can be ruled out with reasonable confidence.
Our classification of "modest evidence for causation" is when the degree of evidence from human studies is less than sufficient but there is supplementary evidence from animal studies and/or mechanistic studies that support causality. Modest evidence for causation could also occur if a meta-analysis does not provide convincing evidence (e.g., the summary risk estimate is close to the null value of 1.0, or if the meta-analysis finds no exposure-response relationship) but there are additional well-conducted epidemiological studies (for which biases can be reasonably ruled out), possibly occurring after the meta-analysis has been conducted, that provide supporting evidence for causality.
Our classification of "sufficient evidence of an association" occurs when a positive association has been observed in several epidemiological studies but biases (including confounding) that could explain all or most of the associations cannot be reasonably ruled out. This is similar to the NTP classification of "reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen" in which the evidence from human studies "indicates that causal interpretation is credible but that alternative explanations, such as chance, bias or confounding factors, could not adequately be excluded."
Our classification of "Limited/Suggestive evidence of an association" is when the evidence from epidemiological studies is weak. This could occur if there are conflicting findings among well-conducted studies; or the studies that have positive findings have serious limitations; or the number of studies are too few to support a stronger classification.
Literature Search Methods
Reviews of epidemiological studies involving TCE and PCE exposure have been conducted by EPA (2011), IARC (2014) and NTP (2015). In addition, meta-analyses have recently been conducted by NCI (Karami et al 2012, Karami et al 2013), EPA (Scott 2011), and IARC researchers (Vlaanderen et al 2014) for TCE and kidney cancer, hematopoietic cancers and liver cancer, and PCE and bladder cancer. ATSDR utilized these reviews and meta-analyses to identify relevant epidemiological studies for TCE and PCE. Meta-analyses of benzene and hematopoietic cancers (Khalade et al 2010, Vlaanderen et al 2011, 2012) were used to identify relevant epidemiological studies for benzene. In addition, literature searches using PubMed were conducted to identify epidemiological studies conducted after the meta-analyses and reviews were completed, using the following keywords: trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, perchloroethylene, and benzene. For vinyl chloride, we reviewed the IARC monograph 100F (2012) that evaluated vinyl chloride and conducted a literature search using PubMed with the key word, vinyl chloride.
Assessment of the Evidence
ATSDR reviewed the journal articles (including meta-analyses) identified through the literature search as well as the overall reviews published by EPA (2011), IARC (2012, 2014) and NTP (2015). Tables for each disease were developed listing the results of: (1) any meta-analysis that was conducted, (2) epidemiological studies not included in a meta-analysis, and (3) epidemiological studies that were included in a meta-analysis that had additional information on exposure duration, exposure intensity, and/or cumulative exposure. After each table, any assessments made by EPA, IARC, or NTP were presented along with ATSDR's assessment of the evidence. Although the evidence from epidemiological studies (in particular meta-analyses, pooled analyses, and those studies considered well-conducted) is emphasized, the findings from animal studies, mechanistic studies, and other toxicological information is mentioned if necessary to support our conclusions. If there is evidence concerning the relationship between risk of the disease and duration or level of exposure, this is presented. Also included is the 5-year survival percent and whether a study evaluated mortality or incidence. For diseases with a high 5-year survival percentage, an incidence study would have a greater capability than a mortality study of evaluating the risk from exposure to these chemicals for several reasons: (1) the exposure may cause a less fatal form of the disease; (2) a cancer that is not an underlying or contributing cause of death will be missed in a mortality study, and in general, there will be many more incident cases than mortality cases so precision should be improved (i.e., width of confidence intervals will be narrower) in an incidence study; and (3) there is greater accuracy of the cancer information provided by cancer registries (e.g., histological information and identification of primary and metastatic sites) compared to the information available from the death certificate, so disease misclassification should be reduced in incidence studies.
In the disease-specific tables, 95% confidence intervals are provided for the key findings in a study to indicate the level of precision or uncertainty in the effect estimates. We discourage the use of confidence intervals as tests of statistical significance. For the information on exposure duration, we generally do not provide the confidence intervals unless the findings are from a meta-analysis or pooled analysis because the focus is on the intervals were risks appear elevated and the concern is not about the precision of the estimates. Similarly for cumulative exposure and exposure intensity, we generally do not provide confidence intervals unless this is the key finding in a study.
Bias Evaluation
The vast majority of the relevant studies are occupational studies. The key limitation of all the studies was exposure misclassification. Most of the occupational studies utilized job-exposure matrices of varying quality. A few studies had information on urinary TCA levels that improved the exposure assessment. The impact of exposure misclassification bias would likely be to bias dichotomous comparisons (e.g., exposed vs unexposed) towards the null if an effect of the exposure is truly present, and to distort exposure-response trends (e.g., the curve may flatten or attenuate at high exposure levels).
Healthy worker/veteran effect bias likely occurred in studies that compared incidence or mortality rates in worker or veteran cohorts with rates in the general population. Such a bias would tend to produce underestimates of the effect of exposure, and in many situations, reduce measures of association (e.g., SIR or SMR) below the null value.
Another issue for most of the studies is confounding due to co-exposures to other workplace chemicals. For example, dry cleaning workers employed before the early 1960s were likely exposed to other solvents besides PCE. Dry cleaning workers also used solvents for spot removal although these exposures would be considerably lower than exposures to the primary solvent. Workers in aircraft manufacturing or maintenance may have been exposed to TCE, PCE and other solvents. In the Camp Lejeune studies and the NJ studies, both TCE and PCE appeared together as drinking water contaminants.
An additional concern raised by IARC and NTP was confounding by other risk factors such as smoking and alcohol consumption. However, for appreciable confounding by smoking or any other risk factor to occur, at least two requirements must be met: (1) the risk factor must have an association with the outcome of interest at least as strong as the exposure of interest, and (2) the risk factor must also have a strong association with the exposure of interest. For the latter requirement to be met, the prevalence of the risk factor must be very different in the compared groups. This might occur for example when a worker (or veteran) cohort is compared to the general population. However, the prevalence of risk factors (other than the exposure of interest) should be similar when comparisons are made either internal to a cohort or between similar cohorts (e.g., similar workforces or similar military personnel), and therefore confounding would be expected to be minimal for these comparisons.
In general, substantial confounding due to smoking or any other risk factor is rare in occupational and environmental epidemiology. Even for studies of an occupational or environmental exposure and lung cancer, a summary measure (e.g., RR, OR) adjusted for smoking rarely differs by more than 20% from the unadjusted summary measure (Blair et al 2007). In any case, the amount of bias due to confounding will not be greater than the weaker of these two associations: (1) between the exposure of interest and the confounder; (2) between the confounder and the disease of interest (Smith and Kriebel 2010).
Many of the studies included in the meta-analyses or listed in the tables did have information on smoking and were able to evaluate whether confounding due to smoking was present and affected the results. Most of the studies that did not have information on smoking were able to indirectly assess whether confounding due to smoking affected the results by evaluating whether a smoking-related disease that was not known to be associated with the exposure of interest was elevated in the study. Another indirect approach to evaluate possible confounding due to smoking would be to evaluate all smoking-related diseases in the study for which the risk from smoking is known (or expected to be) much larger than the risk from the exposure of interest. If appreciable confounding due to smoking were present, one would expect that all these diseases would be elevated.
Many of the studies evaluated, or adjusted for, risk factors in addition to smoking such as alcohol consumption and SES factors. The appendix lists the studies included in the tables, whether or not they evaluate smoking as a possible confounder, and any additional potential confounders. The appendix also provides comments on the quality of many of the studies included in the table from reviews conducted by IARC (2014) and NTP (2015).
Duration of Exposure
There is limited information on the minimum duration of exposure necessary to cause diseases related to the drinking water contaminants at Camp Lejeune. Moreover, even when duration information is provided in a study, it is often categorized into wide ranges (e.g., > 0 to 5 years). An additional difficulty is the possible inverse relationship between duration and exposure intensity, e.g., high exposure intensities may require only a short duration of exposure whereas low exposure intensities may require longer exposure durations. Although cumulative exposure is a useful metric, it obscures this interplay between duration and intensity. Specifying a minimum duration of exposure also presupposes that there is a known threshold amount of exposure below which there is no excess risk. However, there is no compelling evidence that such thresholds exist for these contaminants and specific cancers.
The 2012 Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act established a minimum duration at Camp Lejeune of 30 days in order to be eligible for health benefits under the Act. The evidence from the epidemiological studies included in the tables is not sufficient to contradict this minimum duration. Moreover the evidence from the Camp Lejeune mortality studies tends to support a 30 day minimum duration with elevated risks for many of the diseases occurring for an exposure duration of 1-3 months.
For cardiac defects, it is possible that durations of exposure to the mother as short as 1 day may be sufficient if the exposure occurs during the relevant vulnerability period for cardiac defects, i.e., 3-9 months gestation. Very short in-utero exposures (i.e., less than a month) may also be sufficient to cause childhood leukemia.
Given the insufficient evidence for a threshold level of exposure to these contaminants, it may be helpful to explore how other programs have resolved this issue when information on exposure duration or evidence for a threshold level are lacking. For example, although the exposures are very different from those considered in this document, the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program uses site-specific minimum exposure durations ranging from 4 hours to a maximum of 400 hours.
Given that sufficient evidence for a threshold is lacking, ATSDR recognizes that a decision to establish a specific minimum exposure duration for presumption will primarily be based on social, economic and legal factors. It is ATSDR's position that the minimum exposure duration of one month in the 2012 Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act is an appropriate minimum exposure duration and should be considered by the VA in developing its program for presumption at Camp Lejeune.
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What are the legal elements of sexual assault?Igor Vilkhov2022-06-14T14:22:56+00:00
What are the legal elements of sexual assault?
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Consent needs to be present at the time the sexual activity took place. Consent also needs to be ongoing and can be withdrawn by the complainant at any time. Additionally, if someone consented in the past, that is not sufficient consent for present or future sexual touching.
Under section 273. 1(2) of the Criminal Code, no consent is obtained if:
the agreement for sexual activity was made by anyone other than the complainant;
the complainant is unconscious;
complainant is unable to consent;
the accused abuses their position of trust, power or authority, and induces the complainant into engaging in the sexual activity;
the complainant expressed by their words or conduct a lack of agreement to engage in the sexual activity; and
the complainant having consented, later expresses a lack of agreement to continue to engage in the sexual activity.
What is the age of consent in Canada?Igor Vilkhov2022-06-14T14:24:02+00:00
What is the age of consent in Canada?
Age of consent is the legal age that a person can legally consent to sexual activity. In Canada, the current age of consent for sexual activity is 16 years. Anyone under the age of 18, however, cannot consent to sexual activity with anyone that is in a position of trust or authority over them.
Arrest and bail process for sexual assault charges in TorontoIgor Vilkhov2022-08-25T14:53:15+00:00
Arrest and bail process for sexual assault charges in Toronto
When you are arrested, officers must tell you of your right to counsel. This right allows you to speak to and retain a specialist following arrest. It is always a good idea to exercise this right and obtain legal advice before speaking to police.
You may be released directly by police, or you could be held for a bail hearing, depending on the circumstances of the assault as well as your own personal circumstances (e.g. if you have a criminal record). The police have a few mechanisms for release, which all require you to attend court as specified with your sexual assault lawyer in Toronto. If you are released by police, there are likely to be conditions attached to it through what is known as an undertaking. These conditions can be, for example, prohibitions against contacting the victim or not attending a certain location.
Although sexualt assault is a hybrid offence (i.e. the Crown has the ability to choose whether to proceed summarily or by indictment), all hybrid offences are considered indictable until the Crown elects. As such, you will be asked to attend a police detachment for fingerprinting ahead of your first court appearance.
If you are held for bail, you will be brought in front of a judicial official within 24 hours of your arrest. Not only will a sexual assault lawyer tell you what to do and what not to do when interacting with police, they can also start working on your release if you are being held in custody.
If you are brought to court for bail, a sexual assault lawyer in Toronto can speak to the Crown about what is required to secure your release and can propose a bail plan. The plan often involves one or more people called "sureties." A surety is someone you know who agrees to take responsibility for your release into the community. They pledge to pay a certain amount of money if you do not follow your conditions of release. Being a surety is a huge responsibility, and a sexual assault defence lawyer can explain their role and adequately prepare them for court.
The Crown may consent to your release based on the plan. If they have concerns about the plan, the circumstances of assault, your chance of reoffending, your ability to follow conditions (especially if you have breached bail before), et cetera, they may contest your bail. A contested bail results in a bail hearing (also known as a "show cause" hearing). In line with the principles of reasonable bail, the Crown must "show cause" as to why it is in society's best interest for you to be detained—although there are certain circumstances that require the accused to demonstrate why their detention is not justified.
The court will look at factors, such as your ties to the community, your personal circumstances, the presence of a criminal record, the offence itself, and the strength of a proposed bail plan and adequacy of sureties, when considering these grounds.
No contact with certain individuals, such as the victim; and/or
When making this consideration, the Crown and the court are bound by the "ladder principle." This principle means that when it comes to imposing conditions, the least restrictive conditions must be imposed unless the Crown can show that the less restrictive conditions are not appropriate in your case. The Supreme Court of Canada's 2017 decision in R. v. Antic reinforced this principle. A number of courts, however, seem to have forgotten this obligation. A lawyer can help the court recognize that your detention is not necessary and can remind the court why less strict bail conditions are appropriate.
If you are denied bail, you will remain in custody until your trial or resolution, although it is possible to ask for a bail review at the Superior Court. Obtaining bail can be an uphill battle. Hiring a sexual assault lawyer Toronto maximizes your chances of being released.
Awaiting trialIgor Vilkhov2022-06-14T14:27:10+00:00
Once you are released by police or a bail hearing is conducted, a legal specialist can start preparing a successful defence for your case.
A lawyer for sexual assault cases will ask the Crown for the disclosure of all relevant evidence against you. The Crown is obligated to disclose evidence about your case to your legal representative, regardless of whether or not that evidence will be used by the Crown in court. This disclosure is a fundamental feature of our criminal justice system. It helps to ensure that you have a fair trial and that you have the information needed to provide a full answer and defence. Having a sexual assault defence lawyer by your side can be an advantage, as there are certain items of disclosure that the Crown will only release to counsel. If you do not have a lawyer, you may have to make arrangements with the Crown to review this evidence, which can be extremely time-consuming.
In some cases, disclosure can include hundreds (and sometimes thousands) of pages of documents, as well as hours of police interviews and surveillance footage. Our specialist will review these documents and can use them to effectively advocate for you.
A legal representative will then take steps to move the case along. Once disclosure is reviewed, a Crown pre-trial (CPT) is typically scheduled. The CPT allows the defence and the Crown to discuss issues in the case, as well as the Crown's position. The CPT can be a springboard for further discussions and negotiations with the Crown. Depending on the case and how it proceeds, a judicial pre-trial (JPT) may also take place. The JPT allows a judge to weigh in and provide guidance in a more informal setting.
If the Crown chooses to proceed by indictment, and the case goes to trial, there will come a time when you will be asked to make an election regarding your mode of trial. You will have the option of being tried by a provincial court judge, a judge alone in the Superior Court, or a judge and jury in the Superior Court. Since sexual assault against a person under 16 carries with it a possible sentence of 14 years in prison, you will also be entitled to a preliminary inquiry for that offence, which is a sort of mini-trial that determines whether there is sufficient evidence to even hold a trial on the charges. If the judge finds that there is not sufficient evidence, then you will be discharged. Making your election and having a preliminary inquiry are strategic decisions. You will no doubt benefit from the support of legal professionals advising and guiding you through this lengthy and complicated process.
Consequences if found guiltyIgor Vilkhov2022-06-14T14:28:15+00:00
Sexual assault is treated very seriously, and that seriousness is reflected in the possible sentences for a sexual assault conviction.
If the Crown chooses to proceed summarily:
If you are convicted of sexually assaulting someone over the age of 16, you can face a maximum sentence of 18 months.
If you are convicted of sexually assaulting someone under the age of 16 , you can face a maximum sentence of 2 years less a day.
If the Crown chooses to proceed by indictment
If you are convicted of sexually assaulting someone over the age of 16, you can face a maximum sentence of 10 years.
If you are convicted of sexually assaulting someone under the age of 16 , you can face a maximum sentence of 14 years and a minimum of 1 year.
There are also certain orders that accompany a sexual assault conviction, such as a DNA order, a section 161 order (if the complainant is under 16) and a SOIRA order (which involves the Sex Offender Registry). These orders can have a far-reaching effect on your life long after you are sentenced. Depending on the seriousness of the assault, alternative, more lenient sentences and resolution mechanisms are available. A legal representative is in the best position to explain the possible consequences to you and to work tirelessly to obtain the best outcome in the circumstances.
What are common defences against sexual assault charges in Toronto?Igor Vilkhov2022-06-21T12:43:35+00:00
What are common defences against sexual assault charges in Toronto?
There are a few common defences against sexual assault charges in Canada that are typically used in most situations. All of these defences are most effective when they are backed up by witness testimony, or other hard facts that can prove that the charges are false or incorrectly levelled at the wrong person.
When the case comes down to the two parties providing statements against one another, it can be hard for a judge to get an accurate picture of the events of the assault.
1. Error of Identity
The identity of the person that committed the sexual assault must be correct. Forensic tools might have to be used in order to establish the identity of the person who committed the crime. This can be one of the areas where it is easiest to disprove false charges against someone. DNA and fingerprints can tell the real story and help to identify the attacker, instead of someone incorrectly charged with sexual assault.
2. The Sexual Act Did Not Take Place
The accused person can claim that there was no sexual activity that took place between the parties. This can be a tough road to travel down, as this can become a case of one person's words against another. Credibility battles are often hard to resolve, but interviews related to the facts of the event, as well as proof from DNA and other hard facts, can help to support this defence.
3. There Was Consent
This is almost always the central factor that demands attention in a sexual assault case. The entire premise of a sexual assault is that there was no consent provided for the sexual act. If there was consent given prior to the sexual act, then this is not a case of sexual assault. This defence can again lead to a credibility battle between the two parties.
This can also be a complex argument to make due to the circumstances associated with the situation. If the person involved was too intoxicated to consent, or if the complainant does not have the mental capacity to consent, then this is not a valid defence. In cases where the complainant is under the age of 16 or withdrew their consent during the act, this also invalidates the argument that there was consent.
4. There Was an Honest Mistaken Belief That Consent Was Given
Another defence that can be used for this kind of situation is the statement that the accused did not know that there was no consent for the sexual act. This is a hard case to make for most sexual assault cases, but there are instances where the behaviour of the complainant can lead to mistaken consent.
How much does it cost to get off sexual assault charges?Igor Vilkhov2022-06-21T12:44:36+00:00
How much does it cost to get off sexual assault charges?
The circumstances of your trial and the amount of work that is needed to collect evidence and prepare a case can greatly impact the cost of your legal defence. The average cost for a single hour of a lawyer's time in Canada is $75. You might be able to access pro-bono representation from some lawyers, but this is not common for criminal cases when you are the accused.
Make sure that you discuss the cost of your defence with your sexual assault lawyer in advance. If you are not able to pay for your defence upfront, there might be options available for you to access public defence support or to pay using a payment plan of some kind.
How long does a sexual assault investigation take in Ontario?Igor Vilkhov2022-06-21T12:46:02+00:00
How long does a sexual assault investigation take in Ontario?
The investigation process related to your sexual assault case can take longer than you might think. The samples and evidence that are related to the investigation will likely all be collected within 72 hours of charges being levelled against you. Processing all the evidence, collecting witness and expert testimony, and getting statements from both of the parties involved can take some weeks.
Once the investigation is done, a trial date will have to be set as well. You could be forced to wait for months for your actual trial, despite the evidence being collected and available to the parties involved in the sexual assault case. This is not the kind of charge that goes away overnight, and you will need to make sure that you have the right legal support to ensure that your case can be presented correctly when you are able to go to court.
What is the sex offender registry?Igor Vilkhov2022-06-14T14:33:12+00:00
What is the sex offender registry?
Registry on the Sex Offenders Registry is part of the sentencing process for most sexual assault charges. If you are found guilty of this crime, you will almost always have to be registered as a sex offender in your province. This registry lasts for 10 years, and it can impact your ability to find work and the places that you can live. This is a matter of public record, so even if you think that an employer will not know this information about you, they will be able to look up the information.
You will also be required to disclose this fact when you are involved in certain industries. Registry as a sex offender can have a lasting impact on your financial and personal well-being for years after your conviction.
Examining What Constitutes Consent and Mistaken BeliefIgor Vilkhov2022-09-28T18:34:48+00:00
Examining What Constitutes Consent and Mistaken Belief
One important issue that arises during trials is not whether the sexual conduct occurred, but whether the sexual conduct was consented to by both parties. A possible defence is that the complainant is not being honest about there being no consensual sexual conduct. Another defence is that the complainant did not provide consent, but the accused has an honest but mistaken belief of consent.
The defence of mistaken belief in consent is available where the complainant denied there was consent, or there was an incapacity of consent which was interpreted by the accused as consent. The accused must also show that there was evidence of ambiguity or equivocality showing the possibility of mistaken belief. However, this only applies if the accused was not willfully blind or reckless regarding consent.
The defence of mistaken belief features the following elements:
The accused mistakenly believed the complainant consented to sexual activity
The victim was incapable of providing consent, did not provide consent, or refused to provide consent
Evidence which describes how a lack of consent could have been construed by the accused as consent, and that the accused was not reckless or willfully blind as to whether the victim provided consent
What must the prosecutor prove in a sexual assault case?Igor Vilkhov2022-09-28T18:35:41+00:00
What must the prosecutor prove in a sexual assault case?
Following elements that a prosecutor must prove include:
The accused had requisite intent and applied force to the victim
The victim did not consent to the application of force
The accused knew the victim was not consenting
The physical touching was sexual in nature
These elements are complex, but if a reasonable doubt is raised regarding any single element, it is possible to be acquitted under the law. These individual elements must be proven together, and if the Crown cannot prove a single element, you cannot be convicted of sexual assault.
What Are the Distinguishing Features between Indictable and Summary Conviction Offences?Igor Vilkhov2022-09-28T18:36:47+00:00
What Are the Distinguishing Features between Indictable and Summary Conviction Offences?
The following categories of offences exist in the Criminal Code of Canada:
Indictable offences
Summary conviction offences
Offences in which the Crown Attorney may choose either indictment or summary conviction
Indictable offences are some of the most serious offences under Canadian law. Indictable offences include the following:
Trafficking in drugs
Organized crime offences
Summary conviction offences are less serious crimes under Canadian law. Summary conviction offences include the following:
Defacing currency
Trespassing after dark
Creating a disturbance
Hybrid offences are those in which the Crown Attorney has the discretion to choose between indictment and summary conviction. Examples of hybrid offences include the following:
Simple possession
Assault with a weapon
One of the most distinguishing features between indictable and summary conviction offences is the period of time an individual must wait after they have fulfilled a sentence before they can seek a record suspension, or pardon. The waiting period is ten years for indictable offences, and five years for summary conviction offences.
Criminal Penalties for Being Found Guilty of Sexual AssaultIgor Vilkhov2022-09-28T18:37:41+00:00
Criminal Penalties for Being Found Guilty of Sexual Assault
A mandatory minimum sentence exists for sexual assault if the sexual assault victim is younger than sixteen years old. The minimum sentence is one year in prison, and the maximum sentence is fourteen years of incarceration.
If the victim is more than sixteen years of age, there is no required minimum sentence for sexual assault. If the sexual assault case is indictable, then the maximum sentence is ten years. If an individual is found guilty of an offence but is acquitted, then a discharge is the minimum sentence.
Absolute discharges do not leave you with a criminal record. The discharge itself will be expunged one year after the discharge date. Conditional discharges require the accused to complete a period of probation. The accused is often ordered not to contact the victim.
An accused facing charges of sexual assault causing bodily harm may face up to fourteen years of imprisonment. If an individual uses a prohibited or restricted gun during an assault, the minimum required sentence is five years of imprisonment.
A victim who suffers serious bodily injury may be charged with aggravated sexual assault. The maximum sentence for aggravated sexual assault is life imprisonment.
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'The Lion King' celebrates 25th anniversary on Broadway as original cast member breaks down its legacy
By Peter Sblendorio
Twenty-five years after "The Lion King" roared onto Broadway, its final original cast member feels nothing but pride.
Ensemble actor Lindiwe Dlamini believes the Disney musical about a lion cub's coming-of-age journey continues to connect with audiences because it's a human story at its core.
"You have all these things about loss," Dlamini told the Daily News. "You have the death of the king. You have a young man trying to find himself. ... Sometimes the audience tells us when they watch the show, 'I just lost my dad' or 'I just lost my loved one, and when I went to the show, it just made me feel better.' "
Sunday marks the 25th anniversary of "The Lion King" on Broadway, a prolific reign that's included more than 9,000 performances. Now playing at the Minskoff Theatre, the show opened three years after 1994′s animated "The Lion King" movie introduced classic songs such as "Hakuna Matata" and Elton John's "I Just Can't Wait to be King" and "Can You Feel the Love Tonight."
Lindiwe Dlamini has performed in Broadway's "The Lion King" since the show opened 25 years ago. (Eric Emch)
Those hits and more are featured throughout the stage musical, which uses intricate costumes and comprehensive set designs to depict South Africa's Pride Lands and animals including giraffes, hyenas, elephants and zebras.
The South African-born Dlamini, 54, has been with the show since its inception. She vividly recalls performing the opening number during the company's first tryout performance in Minneapolis.
"The audience went crazy," Dlamini said. "I remember coming backstage when we finished 'Circle of Life' and me and a few girls in the show started crying because it was so overwhelming. ... I knew then in my heart, 'OK, we have something amazing here.' "
When "The Lion King" opened in Manhattan a few months later, the crowd's reception was even more effusive, according to Dlamini, who says the show has hardly changed in the 2½ decades since.
Dlamini got her start performing with her family's singing group in South Africa and moved to the United States as a teenager to join the Broadway show "Sarafina!" about apartheid and racism in her home country.
"The Circle of Life" in Broadway's "The Lion King." (Matthew Murphy)
She remained in New York after that musical closed in 1989 and jumped at the chance to join "The Lion King," which she loved thanks to the South African music written by Lebo M. for the movie.
"I just didn't get how we were going to play these cartoon characters, animals, on stage," Dlamini said. "Then, surprise, surprise, [director] Julie Taymor came in with those designs, those costumes, that told the story of 'The Lion King.' It's just amazing."
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Dlamini is one of many South African actors in "The Lion King," which she believes adds cultural richness to the production. She met her husband through the show, and her sister, who was also part of the original cast, recently returned after exiting years earlier.
Appearing in the ensemble means frequent character changes for Dlamini, who also played Shenzi the hyena as an understudy.
"I come in as a bird lady coming down the aisles, and then I come back as a lioness, and I come back as a hyena, and we wear these big pieces that imitate grass," Dlamini said. "In the second act, you have banana leaves. We keep wearing these costumes throughout the show."
Animals including cheetahs, zebras, hyenas and giraffes are depicted in "The Lion King." (Joan Marcus)
"The Lion King" is the third-longest-running show ever on Broadway, behind "Phantom of the Opera" and "Chicago." Dlamini doesn't expect the musical to leave any time soon — and she doesn't plan to, either.
"When my mom passed away, my father passed away, my sister passed away, people did not understand why I came to work," Dlamini said. "I came to work because ... my family is in South Africa, so when I come here, I feel a sense of family. I feel a sense of community.
"They still want me here, so I'm still going to be here as long as they want me," she said. "I'm really enjoying it."


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