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Hall & Oates visit New-Jersey (1976)
December 11, 1976 - Daryl Hall & John Oates plus Todd Sharp (g), David Kent (kb), Charlie DeChant (s, kb,…
Hall & Oates release their second album : 'Abandoned Luncheonette' featuring 'She's Gone' (1973)
Hall & Oates' 'Abandoned Luncheonette' is their second studio album produced by Arif Mardin and released on…
Larry Carlton meets Bill LaBounty and John Oates (2013)
September 8, 2013 - Larry Carlton Blues is with country artist Bill LaBounty and John Oates, from Hall & Oates…
Hall & Oates release their ninth album : 'Voices' featuring 'Kiss on My List' (1980)
Hall & Oates' 'Voices' feat. 'Kiss on My List' is their ninth studio album released on July 29, 1980 by…
Hall & Oates play for the restoration of the Statue of Liberty (1985)
July 4, 1985 - Daryl Hall & John Oates play an outdoor benefit concert for the restoration of the Statue of…
Daryl Hall & John Oates play their hits (2015)
May 4, 2015 - Daryl Hall & John Oates will revisit their whole catalog at Giant Center in Hershey, PA<img…
Hall & Oates go to Tokyo (1998)
April 22, 1998 - Daryl Hall and John Oates better known as Hall & Oates perform at the Nippon Budokan in…
Hall & Oates Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee (2014)
April 10, 2014 - Philly duo Hall & Oates is among this year "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" inductees at…
Happy Birthday John Oates
April 7, 1948 - John Oates, American singer / guitarist and one half of the Hall & Oates duo is 73. Happy…
Daryl Hall & John Oates are 'Live By Request' (2003)
March 24, 2003 - Daryl Hall & John Oates participate in a "Live By Request" show on the A&E Network at…
Hall & Oates visit Pennsylvania (2016)
February 16, 2016 - Daryl Hall and John Oates will revisit their major hits at Santander Arena in Reading, PA…
On TV today, Hall & Oates at 'NBA All-Star Saturday Night' (2002)
February 9, 2002 - Daryl Hall and John Oates guest at the 'NBA All-Star Saturday Night' held at First Union Center…
Hall & Oates visit Sydney (2012)
February 8, 2012 - Daryl Hall and John Oates will revisit their major hits at Sydney Entertainment Centre in…
John Oates visits Chicago (2018)
February 8, 2018 - John Oates of Hall & Oates performs at Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago<img…
John Oates performs for Paste Magazine (2018)
January 31, 2018 - John Oates of Hall & Oates fame will perform a short acoustic set at Paste Magazine…
John Oates' 'Arkansas'
John Oates' 'Arkansas' is his fifth studio album as a solo artist, dedicated to Mississippi John Hurt, recorded…
Anita O'Day begins the recording of 'Trav'lin' Light' an album for Verve (1961)
Anita O'Day's 'Trav'lin' Light' is an album (tribute to her idol Billie Holiday) recorded on January 18, 19, 1961…
Capitol publish Frank Sinatra's album : 'Come Fly with Me' arranged and conducted by Billy May (1958)
Frank Sinatra's 'Come Fly with Me' is an album (and his first collaboration with arranger/conductor Billy May)…
'L'Amour Toujours' N°82 – Vintage 90s Videos
Luther Vandross, Daryl Hall, Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes, Shai, Peter Andre, Céline Dion, Meat Loaf, Shola…
Artists United Against Apartheid release a collective album 'Sun City' produced by Steven Van Zandt (1985)
Artists United Against Apartheid's 'Sun City' is a collective album featuring Miles Davis, Bono and Bob Dylan among…
'Music For The Dancers' N°282 – Vintage 80s Music Videos
Kool & The Gang, Janet Jackson, Information Society, David Bowie, Ottawan, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Kym…
Frank Sinatra records 'A Swingin' Affair!' an album with Nelson Riddle as arranger and conductor (1956)
Frank Sinatra's 'A Swingin' Affair!' is his twelfth studio album recorded between November 15 and 28, 1956 with…
Columbia publish Johnny Cash's third album : 'The Fabulous Johnny Cash' (1958)
'The Fabulous Johnny Cash' is his third studio album released on November 3, 1958 by Columbia Records?Track…
This week In '70s Throwback' 44/52
Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Daryl Hall, John Oates, Joni Mitchell, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, The Police, Grateful…
This week In Male Balladeers 44/52
George Michael, Elton John, Curtis Mayfield, James Brown, The Famous Flames, George Harrison, Daryl Hall, John…
Colonel Abrams, Ready For The World, Herbie Hancock, Chico DeBarge, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Sabrina, The…
Billy Joel, Art Garfunkel, Jacques Brel, Chris Cornell, Caetano Veloso, Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra, Jackson…
Happy Birthday Daryl Hall
October 11, 1946 - Daryl Hall, American singer, songwriter & musician and co-founder of Hall & Oates is…
Lionel Richie, Chicago, Billy Joel, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Culture Club, Status Quo, Bruce Springsteen,…
We remember Eddie Kendricks. 'Keep On Kendricks'
This day (October 5, 1992), in Birmingham, Alabama, died Eddie Kendricks, an American singer who co-founded The…
OutKast release their sixth (and potentially final) album : 'Idlewild' (2006)
OutKast's 'Idlewild' is their sixth studio album released on August 22, 2006 by LaFace/Jive.Track listing :…
We remember Elvis Presley. 'King Singer'
This day (August 16, 1977), in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., died Elvis Aaron Presley simply known as Elvis Presley and…
Grandmaster Melle Mel, Earlene Bentley, Run~D.M.C., Daryl Hall & John Oates, Fine Young Cannibals, Madonna,…
Kate Bush, Stevie Nicks, Daryl Hall & John Oates, 10 000 Maniacs, Madonna, Madonna, Queen, Earth, Wind &…
The Go Go's, Lisa Stansfield & Barry White, The Jackson 5, Huey Lewis & The News, Foreigner, Julian Cope,…
Rough Trade Records release The Smiths' third album : 'The Queen Is Dead' (1986)
The Smiths' 'The Queen Is Dead' is their third studio album produced by members Morrissey & Johnny Marr and…
Queen release their tenth album : 'Hot Space' featuring 'Under Pressure' with David Bowie (1982)
Queen's 'Hot Space' is their tenth studio album featuring 'Under Pressure' with David Bowie) released on May 21,…
This week In '2000s Throwback' 14/52
Coldplay, Gov't Mule , Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Lou Reed, Hall, Oates, Garbage, Sheryl Crow, N.E.R.D , Jill…
Lenny Kravitz, Joe Cocker, Randy Newman, Van Morrison, Maxwell, Sting, Elvis Presley, Eric Burdon, Dr. John, John…
Gato Barbieri, Santana, Styx, Journey, Daryl Hall, John Oates, Aerosmith, The Clash, ABBA, Wishbone Ash, Yes,…
Daryl Hall & John Oates, Toto, Rick James, Santana, ABBA, Van Morrison, Europe, The Pretenders, The…
Paul Young releases 'The Secret of Association,' his second album that features 'Everytime You Go Away' (1985)
Paul Young's 'The Secret of Association' feat. 'Everytime You Go Away' is his second album produced by Laurie…


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Alabama Appellate Court Finds Photos Merely Incidental to Nontaxable Photography Services
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USA May 6 2016
Last Friday, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals handed the Department of Revenue (Department) a significant loss in their continued attempt to tax non-enumerated services and tangible property provided in conjunction with those services under the sales tax. See State Dep't of Revenue v. Omni Studio, LLC, No. 2140889 (Ala. Civ. App. Apr. 29, 2016). Specifically, the appellate court affirmed the taxpayer's motion for summary judgment granted by the trial court, which set aside the Department's assessment on the basis that photographs provided by a photography studio are merely incidental to the nontaxable photography services provided by the studio. While the prospective effect of the holding in the photography context is unclear due to recent amendments to the photography regulation (effective January 4, 2016), the case is significant in that it strengthens the "incidental to service" (or "true object") precedent in Alabama and should be seen as a rebuke to the Department for ignoring judicial precedent in favor of their own administrative practices and guidance.
This decision is important in analyzing the taxability of mixed/bundled sales to Alabamans (i.e., where services and some degree of tangible personal property are provided as part of the same transaction). As with any decision, taxpayers should consider potential refund claims.
Omni Studio, LLC (Omni) is a photography studio in Birmingham, Alabama that provides photography services to a variety of customers ranging from advertising and marketing firms to wedding parties. During the audit period, Omni had not remitted any sales tax on the photographs and services provided as part of its business and charged clients based on the time and resources spent to provide the services offered (as opposed to the number, size or type of photo produced). In June 2013, the Department audited Omni for a six-year period from 2007-2013. At the conclusion of the audit, the Department determined that Omni owed sales tax for "headshots, flat-rate photography sessions, digital studio photography, portraits, weddings and reception events" and issued a final assessment to the tune of over $27,000—which included interest and penalties. Omni appealed the final assessment to the Jefferson County Circuit Court and the parties each filed motions for summary judgment. The trial court denied the Department's motion and granted Omni's—setting aside the Department's final assessment. The Department appealed.
Taxpayer's Argument
Omni cited a number of Alabama cases standing for the notion that some transfers of tangible personal property are merely incidental to the nontaxable sale of services and, therefore, are not themselves taxable under a true object analysis. For example, they highlighted an Alabama Supreme Court decision finding that the transfer of dentures and other prosthetic devices from a dentist to patient is not a sale, but a mere incident to the professional treatment rendered by dentists. See Haden v. McCarty, 275 Ala. 76, 78, 152 So.2d 141, 142 (1963). Omni noted that the court has expanded this notion beyond the "learned professional" context and directed the court to two decisions finding catalogues and brochures provided by an advertising agency and portraits provided by an artist to be merely incidental to the sale of the services provided. See State v. Harrison, 386 So.2d 460, 461 (Ala. Civ. App. 1980) (public relations services); see also State v. Kennington, 679 So.2d 1059 (Ala. Civ. App. 1995) (artistic services). Omni argued that there is no meaningful distinction between the services and personal property Harrison and Kennington provided to their clients and the services and property Omni provides.
While the taxpayer initially argued at the trial court level that the license to use the images it provides is not a transfer of ownership (and not a sale), it backed away from this argument during the appellate court proceedings and the issue was not addressed.
Department's Argument
The Department asserted that Alabama has long rejected the argument that a photographer renders a nontaxable professional service and took the position that the sale of photographs are taxable retail sales under Alabama law. In making this argument, they did not point to any decisions of the Court of Civil Appeals or Alabama Supreme Court, but instead relied on three administrative law division decisions.
The appellate court affirmed the trial court decision granting Omni's motion for summary judgment, agreeing with Omni that there is no meaningful distinction between the photos provided by Omni and the various items of tangible personal property provided in Harrison and Kennington. The court pointed out that at least one of the administrative law division decisions relies on the administrative decision in Kennington, which has since been abrogated. The court found that although the interpretation of the statute by an administrative agency charged with its enforcement is persuasive, that interpretation is not binding on the court. Citing stare decisis, the court concluded that they were not asked to revisit their various holdings finding transfers of tangible personal property to be merely incidental to nontaxable services, and refused to overrule the controlling precedent cited by the taxpayer.
This decision transcends the photography context and may provide a basis for refund claims for providers of other services that collect on the tangible personal property they provide in Alabama. Photography businesses should be careful not to overlook the Department's amended photography regulation. However, this regulation is not applicable to other service-based taxpayers and photographers doing business in Alabama before this year. At a minimum, this case provides a reminder of the binding "incidental to service" test and the persuasive effect of any Department guidance to the contrary.
It should be noted that this Department loss comes just a month after the Department made an unsuccessful push to legislatively expand the definition of tangible personal property to include "digital goods." See our prior coverage on the rejection of this proposal by the Alabama Legislature. The competing exemption bill on the topic (House Bill 349) has yet to advance in the Senate after being passed in the House on April 12, 2016. Last week, Commissioner Julie Magee circulated a letter to state legislators opposing the bill and restating the position of the Department that there is no difference between digital and non-digital transactions. Similar to the Department's position on photography services in Omni, the basis for this position is tied to administrative decisions and practices—which the Court of Appeals emphasized is not binding. In light of the lack of a legislative solution this year, the Commissioner's letter indicated that the Department will not initiate any new audits on the issue and will hold in suspense any preliminary assessments of taxpayers interpreting digital transactions as nontaxable.
The Commissioner's letter and Omni signify additional ammunition in the ongoing battle over the taxation of digital goods and services in Alabama—a battle that is likely to continue into 2017 with a legislative solution looking unlikely this year.
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Status review report for black abalone
Butler, John L. (John Lawton), 1944-	; De Vogelaere, Andrew	; Gustafson, Richard G.	; Mobley, Chris	; Neuman, Melissa	; ... More ▼
Butler, John L. (John Lawton), 1944-	; De Vogelaere, Andrew	; Gustafson, Richard G.	; Mobley, Chris	; Neuman, Melissa	; Richards, Dan	; Rumsey, Scott	; Taylor, Barbara Louise, 1954-	; VanBlaricom, Glenn	Less ▲
United States, National Marine Fisheries Service., Southwest Region,
"Black abalone (Haliotis cracherodii Leach, 1814) was added to the Candidate Species list of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on 23 June 1999 (64 FR 33466), transferred to the NMFS Species of Concern list on 15 April 2004 (69 FR 19975), and has since been considered for addition to the List of Endangered and Threatened Species as created by the Endangered Species Act of 1973 as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The species is currently listed on the World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species (Smith et al. 2003). NMFS initiated an informal ESA status review of black abalone on 15 July 2003, and conducted biological scoping workshops on 29-30 January 2004 and 31 July-1 August 2006. NMFS formally announced initiation of a black abalone status review on 17 October 2006 (71 FR 61021), and solicited information from the public regarding: life history and current status of the species, historic and current distribution and abundance patterns, potential factors for the species= decline (e.g., overharvesting, natural predation, disease, habitat loss, etc.), and ongoing conservation measures being taken to protect the species"--Introduction.
Black Abalone
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Black Abalone Five-Year Status Review: Summary and Evaluation
This five-year review was led by the NMFS West Coast Region. Much of the updated information on the species' biology and habitat was compiled by two student interns in the summer of 2016: Alyssa Braciszewski and Lara Slatoff. The primary sources of...
Final Designation of Critical Habitat for Black Abalone Final Biological Report
Section 4 of the Federal Endangered Species Act requires the designation of critical habitat for threatened and endangered species. This report contains a biological assessment in support of a final critical habitat designation for the endangered bla...
Designation of Critical Habitat for the Endangered Black Abalone Final ESA Section 4(b)(2) Report
This report contains the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Southwest Region's recommendations for the final designation of critical habitat under section 4 of the Endangered Species Ac...
Status review of white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) throughout its range in California and Mexico
Hobday, Alistair James, 1970-; Tegner, Mia J.;
United States, National Marine Fisheries Service., Southwest Region.
NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-SWR ; 035
Marine Protected Resources on the U.S. West Coast: Current Management and Opportunities for Applying Economic Analysis
Fonner, Robert; Warlick, Amanda;
United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Northwest Fisheries Science Center (U.S.).
NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-NWFSC ; 144
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), also called NOAA Fisheries, manages both the listing and recovery of marine species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the protection of marine mammals under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA...


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Ant & Dec 'Could Be Banned From NTAs'
Awards organisers reported to be asking Geordie duo to step aside...
Saturday, March 10, 2012 - 13:06
Ant & Dec could be sidelined from the National Television Awards under a plan that is reportedly being hatched by ceremony producers Indigo Television.
The Geordie duo have won the "Entertainment Presenter" category in the public-voted awards for the last 11 years in a row, and The Sun newspaper claims the organisers now want to give somebody else a chance.
The paper claims that the plan is to name the award in honour of Ant & Dec as they step aside.
A source said: "Ant & Dec have taken more awards than any other show or star in the ceremony's 17-year history.
"So now there's talk they will step out of the competition to give others a chance and organisers will rebrand the category 'The Ant & Dec Entertainment Presenter Award'.
"It will be news to them and the idea will depend on whether they want to go along with it. They might just say 'No', in which case the organisers can't not let them enter."
There has been no public comment from Ant & Dec themselves.
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U.S.|Man in the News; A Cheery Herald of Fear: Brian Geoffrey Marsden
Man in the News; A Cheery Herald of Fear: Brian Geoffrey Marsden
By Carey Goldberg
March 13, 1998, Section A, Page 1Buy Reprints
If Earth must have an astronomical bugler, a herald for the trackers of comets and asteroids who sounds the alarm when one might hit, it helps if it can be a scientist so sanguine, so droll that he can make possible global catastrophe sound like good news.
It was just such cheery aplomb that Dr. Brian Geoffrey Marsden, the director of the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams, demonstrated today as he performed the modern-media equivalent of patting the planetary population on the head and saying, with his British lilt: ''Now, now. Not to worry.''
True, his announcement on Wednesday that there was a chance that in 2028 an asteroid could crash into Earth, wreaking tremendous damage, did not exactly convey a sense that all is right with the world.
But today the likelihood of apocalypse seemed to shrink when two planetary astronomers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., contended that the chance of an impact was zero, and Dr. Marsden said that based on additional calculations, the chances were smaller than he had thought. [Page A16.]
And he offered further reassurances before camera after camera today, standing next to a noble old telescope perhaps five times his height up in the 19th-century dome of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory here.
Yes, he said, when the computer running the calculations of the asteroid's course on Wednesday suddenly stopped short, and its startling figures showed the great rock would pass just 30,000 miles from the center of the Earth, that ''made us poke our ears up.''
''But what delighted me was that it's 30 years from now -- not next week or next year,'' he said happily. ''That would be totally hopeless; that would be terrifying, in fact.''
Rather, ''time is on our side in this one -- that's why it's such a wonderful illustration of the process,'' he said, referring to the benefits of keeping a good eye on the sky.
If further observations and calculations show that the asteroid will indeed hit Earth, then something can be done about it, Dr. Marsden said, though the theoretical techniques of diverting asteroid and comets are too new to say exactly what.
''I say 30 years is a good long time to do something about it if it is a problem,'' he said. ''We should be thankful we have this kind of notice.''
If that sounds like a plug for the astronomers who perform the usually thankless task of tracking asteroids and comets, well perhaps it is, Dr. Marsden acknowledged. Such efforts have often had trouble attracting sources of financing; they hit a nadir in 1995, when most of the handful of programs under way around the world had closed down.
And the possible vindication of their work does carry a side-message of ''Send money!' Dr. Marsden allowed, because ''this is all very much done on a shoestring.''
But ''we didn't make it up -- it is real!'' he added, smiling. ''Other astronomers have verified it!''
Dr. Marsden, 60, who says he is an optimist by nature, is also a longtime veteran of the disconcerting process of making announcements of planetary import.
Born in Cambridge, England, and educated at Oxford and Yale, he is the associate director for planetary sciences at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and is known as an expert on deriving useful orbital calculations from limited information. He is renowned for predicting the return of lost comets and asteroids, in particular, the 1992 appearance of Comet Swift-Tuttle.
But even more relevant here is his 30-year tenure as director of the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams of the International Astronomical Union. An archaic-sounding body housed in modest offices at Harvard University, the bureau is the world's central source of the latest astronomical discoveries.
Daniel W. E. Green, the bureau's associate director, said: ''Fifteen years ago, when a comet came really close, we were the only source of information. We're the ones who told the world that a comet would hit Jupiter, that Hale-Bopp would become bright. We're like the news service of astronomy.''
Like Dr. Marsden, Mr. Green showed not a hint of fight-or-flight adrenaline today.
''This is the kind of work where things come in every day and we deal with it,'' Mr. Green said.
And the asteroid's proximity is not such a surprise, he said, adding, ''To say what the chances are that something this big would come this close in our lifetimes, we would have said 50-50.''
Indeed, Dr. Marsden and his staff of two perform calculations daily on the observation reports they receive from their astronomical colleagues and issue special bulletins when discoveries are made. They have identified 108 ''potentially hazardous objects'' in the astronomical neighborhood, but this one appeared to be coming exceptionally close.
The threat from the asteroid, though small, did not leave Dr. Marsden completely unfazed, for all his good cheer.
''I have a son and a daughter and two grandsons, so I am concerned,'' he said emphatically, though his vehemence carried no defensiveness, only a further desire to reassure. ''But I think the problem can be solved.''


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Alan Walker Tyson (* 27. Oktober 1926 in Glasgow; † 10. November 2000) war ein englischer Musikwissenschaftler, der sich speziell mit Mozart und Beethoven beschäftigte.

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Tyson studierte von 1953 bis 1957 am Institut für Psychoanalyse in London und war an der Gesamtausgabe der Werke von Sigmund Freud (24 Bände, 1953–1974) beteiligt. Von 1960 bis 1967 studierte er Medizin an der University College Hospital Medical School. Von 1968 bis 1970 war er in Oxford Dozent für Psychopathologie und Psychologie.

Später wurde Tyson Musikwissenschaftler und wurde Senior Research Fellow des All Souls College in Oxford und Fellow der British Academy. Er machte sich insbesondere mit seinen Studien zur Überlieferung der Werke Haydns, Mozarts und Beethovens einen Namen.

In einer Studie über die Autographen Mozarts untersuchte er detailliert die Wasserzeichen in den von Mozart verwendeten Papieren und konnte dadurch genaue Datierungen einiger Werke erschließen. Das Buch enthält auch einige andere von Tysons Entdeckungen, darunter den authentischen Schluss des A-Dur-Rondos für Klavier und Orchester KV 386, der zuvor nur in einer vervollständigten Fassung für Klavier solo von Cipriani Potter bekannt war und 1837 im Druck erschien. Durch Tyson wurde auch bekannt, dass die übliche Version des zweiten Satzes von Mozarts Horn-Konzert in D-Dur KV 412/514 erst nach Mozarts Tod durch seinen Schüler Franz Xaver Süßmayr vollendet wurde.

Zusammen mit H. C. Robbins Landon wies er 1964 nach, dass die sechs als Haydns Opus 3 gedruckten Streichquartette diesem nur untergeschoben wurden, und machte für zwei der Quartette die Autorschaft von Roman Hofstetter wahrscheinlich. (Einzelheiten siehe in der Liste der Streichquartette Haydns.)

Ferner gab Tyson eine Serie mit dem Titel Beethoven Studies heraus. Ähnlich wie bei Mozart galt sein Hauptinteresse den Wasserzeichen und der Untersuchung des Papiers von Beethovens Autographen. Von großer Bedeutung sind auch seine Skizzen-Forschungen.

1978 wurde er zum Mitglied der British Academy gewählt. 1989 wurde er Commander des Order of the British Empire und Ehrendoktor der University of St Andrews.

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 The Authentic English Editions of Beethoven. London 1963.
 Thematic Catalogue of the Works of Muzio Clementi. Verleger Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1967.
 Beethoven Studies. London 1973ff.
 Mozart: Studies of the Autograph Scores. Cambridge 1987.
 Wasserzeichen-Katalog. 2 Bde. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1992 (Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Ser. 10, Werkgruppe 33, Abt. 2).

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With a little time and enough effort, learning English can be made easier. Rather than depend on traditional language education, employing technology is a desirable option. In particular, using eLearning, which is a method of learning that focuses on technology tools, offers promise for companies seeking to teach English to employees. While there is much support for English as a second language learning via technology, there are four main benefits--high flexibility, autonomous learning, learning content interaction, and great motivation.
From confusing homophones to nonsensical idioms, English can be a notoriously difficult language to learn, especially for younger students. But thanks to modern technology and the Internet, language educators now have the tools to offer students a more immersive, multimedia learning environment that can help to bridge the gap between cultures.
Are Chinese-English Bilingual Schools the Future of Primary Education?
Globalization continues to gather pace despite resistance in some parts of the world. Unfortunately, the educational institutions in developed countries have struggled to keep pace with the changing face of 21st-century life. The challenges now facing young people in developed nations are unprecedented, which is why school children need a well-rounded education that has real-world relevance. To that point, there is an upsurge of popularity for bilingual education in the United States and Europe.
Simply put, "diversity" refers to the fact that everyone in a classroom is unique. Students may come from different cultural backgrounds, their families may face varying economic circumstances, or they may have different religious beliefs. Even with similar backgrounds, however, individual students may read at different levels or be more athletic than others. No matter how much common ground students share, each one has a unique personality. The challenge for the classroom teacher: Recognize these differences and create an environment where everyone has the opportunity to learn while also respecting one another.
Elementary school teachers are often concerned that their young students are entering the classroom without enough of an understanding, respect, and tolerance for cultural differences. Many people believe that lessons taught on the importance of diversity at the primary grade level in America will create awareness, and help foster a lasting respect for multiculturalism. Respect and knowledge of others' diversity lends itself to a well-rounded education, and eventually, to more well-rounded people.
When it is time to plan for parent-teacher conferences, you may have concerns regarding how well you'll be able to communicate with the parents of your ESL students. The following are five important steps to follow for holding effective parent-teacher conferences with bilingual families.
The United States is a global leader in education, as evidenced by the steady increase in international applications to American colleges and universities. Research from the Institute of International Education shows a 10 percent increase of international students studying in the U.S. during the 2014/2015 school year for a total of nearly 1 million scholars. Chinese students make up the largest group of international students, though there is a growing number coming from India.
With nearly 975,000 international undergraduates enrolling each year in American universities alone, it's worth getting familiar with those universities seeking international students around the globe– and learning just how they go about it. Here are 8 universities across the globe that are taking a proactive stance on reaching out to prospective international students.
English is often considered a difficult language to learn. Even bright students can struggle to master concepts and retain new ways to process language. There are several ways to help struggling English language learners.Here are 5 tips for teachers to help them out in a culturally diverse classroom.
As the 2016-2017 school year goes into full swing, many teachers are faced with the challenge of discovering ways to connect with culturally diverse students and their families to ensure scholastic success. There are many factors at school that affect the success of culturally diverse students – the school's atmosphere and overall attitudes toward diversity, involvement and support of the community, and a culturally responsive curriculum, to name a few. Of all of these factors, the personal and academic relationships between teachers and their students may be the most influential. As a result, teachers from across the nation have shared insight on what has helped foster their relationships with a culturally diverse classroom.


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Equality – why our movements aren't enough
By Prachi Beniwal, Nossal High School
Bra burning, man hating, feminazi, curry muncher, brownie, towelhead and so many more that I can't say for civility's sake.
For a society that collectively agrees that equality is an urgent goal, we're not actually very good at representation or equality in general. It's so evident, not just in the statistics, but in our language, you'd be hard-pressed to find a minority that hasn't heard their fair share of slurs or women that haven't been catcalled. You'd also struggle to find a word in the English language that is female in its normative form, that is, words that are transformed from female to male, rather than the other way around, there's only really only two, widow and bride, which become widower and bridegroom. Others either denote an association to men, like daughter or are simply male to begin with and transformed to be female, like actor to actress. Our plain English intrinsically shows that women are adjuncts to others. The message from all of this is tragic but simpl:, discrimination is ingrained, in our behaviour, language, mindset.
And despite the fact that in a 2019 survey by the Australian Human Rights Commission, over 85 percent of people reported they believe in 'equality for women', women of colour only make up 17% of entry-level management roles, and the numbers only get bleaker as we rise in rank, they only make up a mere 4% of C-suite management positions according to Forbes.
We march with women and pride yearly, we say racism ends with us, we hashtag metoo, we believe survivors. We reclaim the night, we pin the old faithful purple, white and green ribbon on our lapel every 8th of March and we shout that black lives matter. So why then according to an ANU study in 2018, do 40% of primary school students of colour still report experiencing racial discrimination by their peers? Why was I told as a five-year-old that science says boys are always smarter than girls, and according to Forbes, why do 70% of young boys believe this to be true? Why aren't our marches and tweets and likes and movements making an impact?
I'd like to take a moment here for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and David Dungay. Among the names that we should not have known today, but names that we should never forget.
The recent protests, 50 states, 19 nations, people from every race, culture and creed coming together, for justice. But that's the problem. It wasn't for change. It wasn't a radical attempt at equality. It was what we needed to do for justice, something that George Floyd should have gotten without a world of protest. The discrimination runs rampant through our systems, because of years of built-up implicit bias, the bias that leads everything from the shooting of the innocent to a resume with an ethnic name having half the chance of a call back compared to a Western name.
This protest ensured justice for one man; we are nowhere near the end. These protests were incredibly necessary, but we must ask ourselves why it ever came to this.
Close to 20% of students from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background reported experiences of racial discrimination from their teachers, according to the same study from ANU. We're raising children that truly believe that they are inferior, children that when criticised, can't distinguish why, and so, like anybody would, blame themselves. We're crafting the mindset that enables a sickening cycle of inequality.
Racism today, in our multicultural society, takes a much more insidious shape than what we would expect. It isn't simply harassment and violence, though that is still well and truly alive, but it is constant dismissal, denied opportunities. It's what benefits the majority, what holds down the minority.
Now we often attribute this to apparent implicit biases, but how do we know implicit biases exist? In a number of Stanford's classic studies, research subjects are asked to complete a seemingly simple task, such as watching words pop up on a screen and quickly categorising those words as either positive, like 'happy', or negative, like 'fear'. But right before the word appears, a face, either black or white, flashes on the screen. What they repeatedly found 'is that if a black person's face was shown really quickly, then people are quicker at categorizing negative words than positive words that follow it. Versus if a white face was shown quickly, people are usually quicker to categorize the positive words, compared with the negative words.'
These types of biases are quite prevalent. According to a research summary by Stanford University's Recruitment to Expand Diversity and Excellence program, 'about 75% of people demonstrated an implicit bias in favour of Caucasian people compared to POC'. Unfortunately, similar unconscious biases have been documented in people's views of those of different genders, the elderly, and other minorities.
These biases are developed because, in a fast-paced world, we are reliant on our capacity to categorise people and things, a skill we build especially as children.
But we know this, we know our biases are the reason for discrimination and most adults actively try to fight these biases and aspire for equality. We try as hard as we can so, what are we getting wrong?
The first time I heard the word 'racism' was in 2013, at the age of 12, in Year 5. I still remember it, in the wake of Adam Goodes being called a racial slur by a 13-year-old. We did acrostic poems about racism, but really it was too little too late, that much is evident by the fact that this behaviour was from another child.
You see, the part of the brain responsible for these unconscious biases and decisions, the amygdala, is almost completely matured by age 15, and wholly done by 18. At which stage it's essentially impossible to change the biases we've spent a few years often unknowingly building. But once again we aren't at the root of the problem.
And though we have justice for George. We don't have justice for children experiencing discrimination in their homes and at school. The protests have not made it any safer for the average Black man on the street and no immediate chance can fix that.
The clearest answer is the youth, those that still can change. Those that are in every sense of the word, the future of our nation. And though we try to raise them in absence of these biases, that isn't working either. We have this belief that by preventing exposure to stereotypes and discrimination, we'll be raising children free of these biases but take a look, we still have plenty to fight. Whether we want to or not, we expose children to discrimination daily, through stereotype TV characters to the behaviour of an aunt, uncle or even someone on the street. We've tried shelter; it doesn't show the change we desperately need. The real answer is hard: exposure. We have to force the future of our nation to not only be aware of issues such as racism, sexism and homophobia, but to also be aware of the ways they manifest and the impact they have. The answer is a state-wide education program that educated our youth on discrimination in a safe, educational space, so that we may raise a generation of capable, educated Australians.
The closest we have to this is the newly introduced respectful relationships, a state-wide education program focused on biases, gender and, primarily, domestic violence. The issue here is that it still shelters students from the horrific reality of racism in their formative years when we truly have the capacity to mould those that will lead to a better future for us all. It's easy to argue that they shouldn't be exposed to this at a young age, that it is a traumatic experience, but even this neglects the fact that the luxury of this willing ignorance isn't afforded to all. For children of minorities, this is an unfortunate, unrelenting reality.
The system at the moment is failing us all and if we want to ever see a change, we have to make one first. For George Floyd, for Breonna Taylor, for the 432 recorded Indigenous individuals that have died in custody. The adults of today started the movements that have brought us into an age of awareness; the youth can take us into an age of equality.


How to tune into kids as a radio audience?
DR has great offers for children, with lots of high quality TV and online platforms. Now DR Ultra was about to launch a new online radio channel for children, but needed insights into how to connect with kids through radio, and clear recommendations on how to design the new channel.
We began to explore kids' radio usage, until we ran into a bit of a problem… kids don't listen to the radio. We zoomed out and investigated their general media habits instead, in order to understand the wider context and once again bring relevance to the radio.
We pivoted DR's focus, and created a refreshing new concept for them. It focused on curating context-flexible universes of content, clustered by theme of interest, independent of the conventional sorting of platform categories into 'radio' and 'television'.
How can we make radio relevant for kids?
DR contacted us because they were looking to launch a new online radio for kids, and wanted to know their target group better. Traditionally, DR categorizes their content either as TV, radio or web. So naturally they asked us to look into the radio-habits of kids. However, as we started talking with the 10-12 year olds, we realised the kids just couldn't relate to the radio because it is not a part of their lives.
So, instead of focusing on radio habits, we broadened our scope to look at how the kids use media generally in their everyday lives.
"The radio is for the Queen, or the Prime Minister to listen to.
We conducted a number of ethnographic interviews by pairing up good friends, participating in school days and evenings at home with the family. Through the combination of in-depth knowledge gained from the interviews, and the observations in 'real life', we began to see a clear picture of a different way of engaging with media and content.
"My mom listens to it in the morning.
Based on our analysis, we provided a number of recommendations on how DR could adjust and fine tune its perspective, and create new media content that kids would actually be drawn to.
We envisioned the new product as a multitude of universes, each based on a theme of content. Instead of separating visuals, sound and social content by platform, we mixed them all together and presented the kids with a complete landscape from which they could curate and remix their own customized experience. This gives them the opportunity to adapt the content to the context they are in, and create a platform that supports their own way of learning and teaching within their group of peers. We sorted the specific recommendations across three main categories; approach, format and content, to make it actionable for the designers at DR to work with.
That's how we flipped the initial problem: kids don't relate to radio, into the solution: stop thinking in platform categories, and start thinking in flexible universes of content.


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Q: How to extract part of Leaflet map as png image? Wondering if it is possible to let user select part of Leaflet map and extract that portion of the map as png image. I have found plugins that can narrow things down to the selected area bounds, but I don't know if there's an API in leaflet that can get to the content out given the bounds.

A: If you know the coords, and are using Mapbox to host your maps, then I would take a look at the Mapbox Static Maps API https://www.mapbox.com/developers/api/static/ which you can easily use to have mapbox create a raster image for you.

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Quick and easy to create and manage invites from mobile devices. Fun animated themes, integrated with Apple & Google calendars and Maps. Ability to add potlucks, polls and event schedules.
Twingle is a great free app without ads that is well worth trying out as an alternative to Evite or Punchbowl next time you are organizing a gathering. It is very easy to use and has enough features you may find yourself not willing to go back to your old invite service.
Twingle Invites & RSVP is a free app and service that allows you to easily create and manage event invites from your smart phone. If you wish to create or manage your invites on your computer you can do so by visiting Twingle.com from your internet browser, but you don't need to, as you can access all features from your phone.
To start creating an event you first need to download the free Twingle app on your phone or tablet. Then in the app you can create a free Twingle account and you can start creating events. The service is free to use and is integrated with the contacts on your phone so that you can easily sent it via text or email to anyone on your contact list, you can also manually add anyone not in your contacts. Recipients of your invites can open them in a browser without a Twingle account of their own, or can view them in the Twingle app if they create their own free account. Whenever you open the app it takes you to the home page where you can toggle between future and past events or create a new event.
From the home page press the big + sign and you will be prompted to pick a theme for your event. The theme page displays invitations according to 6 categories : "featured", Birthdays, Occasions, Weddings, Seasonal Holidays, and Social Events. You can scroll through the invites in each category or enter a search term e.g. "Cinco de Mayo", "Christmas" or "Engagement to pull up invites more specific to the theme you want. There is also an option to create your own theme- which allows you to upload your own photo for a personalized invite.
To select a theme simply tap on the invite and you will see a sample invitation. Some of them have accompanying music or are animated, others are straightforward invitations. If you like what you see them you can enter your event details. This is really simple to do and involves much fewer steps than entering your event details in the Evite app. Instead of having to tap on every part of the invite to edit it you simply tap "enter details" and a screen comes up where you can enter all the event details in one place. You add an event title, start date and time and can optionally add an end date and time (great for invitations for a weekend gathering or a trip.) For entering the date it shows you a calendar so you don't have to remember for instance if the last friday of the month is the 29th or 30th.
The event location is integrated with Apple and Google maps, which has dual advantages- the guests can see the location easily on a map plus it makes it easy for you to check a venue's address. If you don't know the event venue's address you can enter the venue name e.g. "Pump It Up" and it will give you a choice if places with that name, when you pick one it will show on the map so you can check it is the correct location.
Your name (as host) and email address are automatically entered, but you can edit them if you wish.
Once you have entered your details you can see what the finished invite will look like. If you don't like it it is easy to change the theme without starting over. Simply tap "change theme", select a new theme and all the details will be transferred to the new invite. You can do this as often as you like until you are happy with the invite. Once you have settled on a final theme tap "create" and your invite will be saved.
Twingle accesses your contacts making it easy to find contact information for your guests and you can send invitations via email or via text messages to people in your contact list. You can also manually enter names and email addresses if you wish to invite someone not in your contacts. It is also simple to add a co-host to the event you can invite them from the same page that you invite guests from.
If you enable the potluck feature you can add a potluck sign up to the event. To add dishes you simply type them in and they appear in a list with a sign up box. When a guest (or host) has signed up for a dish it is marked as taken and the name of the person supplying the dish is noted. Guests can also add their own dishes. I would like to see an option for guests to add a note when they sign up for a dish, e.g. if the host has "dessert" as an option the guest could write in what dessert they plan to bring to avoid duplication.
This is a feature that I haven't seen in other invite apps and I really like. It is especially useful for multi-day events or events that involve many distinct parts, so your guests know what to expect and when.
Within your event tap on "activities" and it will pull up the scheduler. Here you can create as many events within your main event as you wish. For each part you are prompted to enter a start and end time, title, description and notes. If its a multi-day event you can also pick which date it will be on. For each segment you can also upload a photo to represent that event.
If you need help from your guests in deciding event details the polls section is where you can get it. Maybe you are having a pizza party and want to know whether your guests prefer cheese, Hawaiian, pepperoni or meat lovers ? Or perhaps you are arranging a friends get together and are undecided on which restaurant to go to – let your guests vote between your top picks. You can easily create polls with multiple questions and give a choice of acceptable answers.
The chat feature allows the hosts and guests to talk about details of the event before and after the event and also lets them upload photos of the event to share with other guests. As well as sending typed messages the chat lets you send a wide variety of gifs too.
If you have an event, such as a popup boutique, craft fair or open house, that you want to invite the public or a wide range of friends and to you can opt to make the event public and Twingle will create a custom event link you can then choose to share this via email or Social Media directly from the Twingle app.
Twingle also makes it easy to manage your events. On the homepage of the app you can see past and future events. Tapping on any event brings you to its' dashboard where you can keep track of RSVPs, see the event details and edit them if needed. You can also easily invite additional guests, add potlucks, polls, activity schedules and check the event chat from here.
Twingle will send your guests automatic event reminders and as host you can easily send out custom messages or reminders too. If you have an important message or update for your guests you can send it out to everyone using the Announcement feature.
If you want to plan a similar event to a past event you can simply duplicate it with the touch of a button, you just need to enter the new date and time. You can keep the same invitation theme or switch it out for a fresh look, it also gives the option to duplicate the guest list or invite new guests.
Twingle is an app that is designed to make it easy to create and manage invitations from your smartphone or tablet. It is totally free, with no subscriptions and has no annoying adverts. I love how easy it is to create invites, the fun animated themes and how easily you can duplicate an event or change a theme without having to re-enter details. The integration with Maps and Calendars on both the mobile device and desktop makes it easy for both hosts and guests.
I love that is is very flexible for different types of events- not only does it have standard themes such as birthdays, weddings and Christmas parties, but it also has more causal events such as a guys night out, hang out, date night and soccer game, you can even upload your own image for a personalized invite.
The potlucks, polls, ability to create an event schedule and chat are nice additional features.
Life is complicated, planning an event shouldn't be. Whether planning a large wedding, a surprise birthday party or a simple date night, Twingle is a fun and easy app to help you organize your social.
Dr. Panda Plus: Home Designer is a physical toy which includes cards as well as the ability to take a photograph of them and display them on your device. Inside the box are 51 flashcards, 12 non-toxic erasable markers and a QR code which activates the app. Cards inside the box include everything you would find in a home ranging from bathroom items (sink, tub, toilet, towel rack); bedroom (crib, loft bed, bunk beds, lights, flooring, characters, clothing for the characters,rocking chair, bookshelf, ); kitchen (table, counters, plant, laundry basket, stove, cabinets and living room (couch, stereo system, chair.) Note these are not all of the items – they are selected ones that I picked out.
Super fun app which brings Dr. Panda to life in physical play. It can be played for long or short periods of time or longer periods of time. Dr. Panda Plus Home Designer provides a fun augmented-reality like experience which helps kids be creative with art and design while helping to familiarize letters and words.
To play, first you launch load the app on your device. Next you scan the QR code which is located inside the Dr. Panda Plus box to activate the app. Then you can take out the cards and start creating. When playing with Dr. Panda Plus: Home Designer with my kids – I usually separated the cards into categories like bedroom, characters, clothing and then also by room to make it easier for my toddler to follow along. Each card is double sided – one that kids can color in using the included dry erase markers and the other is already colored in. Once the card is done, you simply hold it up and take a photo of it using the camera on your device. The object is rendered into 3D and then you can place it within the home. My younger son loved taking photos of all of the objects to make his dream house – there were lots of flooring changes along with multiple beds in the bedroom, With my older son – he's a third grader he picked out specific cards he wanted to color prior to even launching the app. He then colored them in using the included markers and making his own designs. He was a bit more thoughtful in how he organized the house making a kitchen, bathroom, living room and bedroom as well as designing all the clothes for the various characters. To wipe off the cards we used a baby wipe although any soft cloth will work. A few times, my older son didn't want to erase his creation so it did take a bit more "scrubbing" to get it off. Each house has four rooms – and you can choose where you want the rooms to be placed. When you take a photo the image can be lined up and then it "pops" into 3D mode for placing. When you take the photo it also brings out letters which encourage kids to spell the name of the object they are creating – kids can choose to bypass this. If you accidentally take a photo of an item or too many you can simply place it in the recycle bin.
I loved how easy this app and game were to use. No rules no fuss! I could play one way with my younger son and then with my older son he could be independent and color in his own cards to create the room and design it as he wished. We could use the pre-designed cards or use the cards that we colored on/decorated and play. I found it was easiest to scan things in bunches to complete one room at a time just to make it more fun. My kids also enjoyed making multiple houses – they made one for Dr. Panda, another for Tao and a third for Meimi junior. The also created a bunch of cute clothes for each character to wear. In addition – my older son had a larger set of dry erase markers that he was able to use with the cards so he had more color choices. The box holds the game and markers making it easy to keep everything together. The cards are made of a sturdy cardboard that has stood up to repeated uses and did not bend despite the best efforts of my younger son. The game can be used across multiple devices which was great as it meant my older son could play on his own iPad while my younger son and I could use a different iPad.
In terms of improvements – it would be neat if you could go from house to house within the app rather than having to open each house separately. In addition, it would be nice if there were a "holding area" for you to scan your cards and that way you could wipe them off and make a different design without losing the first design. We tried a few different ways to do this without success. It would also be nice if there were a way to "back up" the QR code just in case something happened to the box. It might also be fun to include mini games within the app from the various Dr. Panda titles to provide different activities for kids to do.
Dr. Panda Plus Home Designer provides a fun augmented-reality like experience which helps kids be creative with art and design while helping to familiarize letters and words. My kids have spent hours playing with the app and each time they create a new house or go into play it's a fun new experience. I encourage them to narrate and tell me what they are doing and making during the process which also helps familiarize them with various names of objects.
Dr. Panda Plus Home Designer is available on Amazon for $39.99.
Cerritos, CA (September 1, 2017) –Tek4Kidz.com, an online educational tech company, is offering a trial version of their kid-tested, mom-approved coding course as a free giveaway. For one day only – September 4, 2017 – you can sign-up to receive unlimited access to one of their online coding courses. Regularly priced at $149 US, this is an incredible offer. . Through their innovative approach to teaching coding, Tek4Kidz is revolutionizing the industry in their quest to make coding easily accessible to all kids. Within a safe and unintimidating interface, kids can work at their own pace as they gain confidence and familiarity with the programming environment. Geared toward the 7 to 12 age range, the lessons are bite-sized, fun and highly interactive, implementing the apprenticeship approach, where kids learn how to code from the outside in.
From the very first lesson, kids will be coding, creating apps and fostering their natural excitement for the world of computer programming. Best of all, when their projects are finished, they can run their creations on any Apple or Android device with the free Tek4Kidz App Launcher, available on iTunes or Google Play!
For one day only, you can get the trial version of their coding course absolutely free. This includes unlimited online access allowing kids to tinker and play to their heart's content. The regular version is valued at $149, so this free giveaway is something you don't want to miss out on. But hurry, the free giveaway is only available on September 4, 2017.
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MightySat™ Fingertip Pulse Oximeter by Masimo Corporation is an easy to use pulse oximeter that allows you access to a variety of measures which help to ensure you are on track with your breathing before going out and being active. The MightySat™ in conjunction with a wearable fitness tracker can help you understand where your breathing is and track trend over time.
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Below is a description MightySat™ Fingertip Pulse Oximeter by Masimo Corporation about each of the types of measurements done by the device which are obtained in moments after placing it on your finger. You can pair your smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth so you can track trend over time, or you can simply use the MightySat™ Fingertip Pulse Oximeter by Masimo Corporation standalone. There is no setup other than downloading the app to your device. It also supports multiple profiles and can be used on those that weigh over 66 lbs.
Respiration Rate (RRp) – the number of breaths you are taking each minute to indicate how well your heart and lungs are functioning as well as how quickly you can recover after exercise.
One of my favorite features of the MightySat™ Fingertip Pulse Oximeter is the ability to pair it with your device and see trend over time. It's important for me to make sure I take my medications before exercising and to stay on point without overdoing it. I am also admittedly a data person and I enjoy looking at my trend over time when exercising to see how my numbers compare from the Pulse Ox to my level of activity and performance. It helps me know when I can push harder, or when I might need to take a break from exercise. Combined with a wearable fitness tracker, MightySat™ Fingertip Pulse Oximeter provides a more comprehensive overview of you in the moment as well as helping make decisions on how hard you can push your body.
RRP is $299 USD and it is available from Apple and others.
UPDATE: March 2018 – over a year later I still use my MightySat™ Fingertip Pulse Oximeter regularly and now have a number of data points to track against.
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The last thing new parents want to hear is that there's something wrong with their child, but one of the rare complications that could affect a child's life far into the future is brachial plexus injury or Erb's palsy. If you've received news that your child has this condition soon after birth, you may be able to seek compensation with the help of knowledgeable and experienced birth injury attorneys at Bohrer Brady LLC.
The statute of limitations for brachial plexus cases is one year from the date of the child's birth, so do NOT delay. While you may consider waiting for several months for the child's condition to improve, you still need to call a lawyer as soon as possible to determine if you have a case and to start preparing for a time when you may need to take action.
To discuss your situation, contact us online or call us toll-free at 1-800-876-3911.
How a Medical Malpractice Attorney Can Help
Although video evidence may help prove that a doctor committed negligence when delivering a child, many people don't film the birth process, which can make it difficult to build a case. Even without this evidence, a Baton Rouge Erb's palsy attorney at Bohrer Brady can help prove the extent of the injuries and determine if they resulted from a doctor's breach of duty.
Our attorneys work with a network of the top researchers and experts on brachial plexus injuries in the country to help build cases for our clients. We have access to medical professionals of all types including pediatric neurologists, pediatric orthopedists, maternal fetal specialists, neonatologists, and OBGYNs, all of whom can help prove negligence. Our team of specialists will be able to help prove that if anywhere from four to six nerve roots sustained damage during delivery, this indicates that the doctor failed to perform his duty in some manner.
Justice is important to us. Our legal team has recovered millions in settlements and judgments for our clients and take pride in being able to ensure our clients receive the compensation they deserve for pain and suffering, disability damages, and cost of future medical treatments. We diligently fight for our clients so that they can be compensated for damage that has been done to the children that they love and care for.
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What is Erb's Palsy (Brachial Plexus)?
brachial plexus injury involves injury at birth to the nerves in the body that control the arm and hand that causes weakness and loss of feeling and movement in the shoulder, arm or hand.
An injury to the brachial plexus, also known as Erb's palsy, is when the clusters of nerves that control the arm and hand are damaged during birth and cause weakness and loss of feeling/movement in the shoulder, arm, or hand. In some cases, the injury results from the child's shoulder getting trapped in the mother's pelvis during childbirth, in which the doctor is supposed to perform certain maneuvers to safely remove the child. However, this removal can sometimes cause harm to the child resulting in stretching, tearing, or ripping of the six nerves in the brachial plexus.
Doctors have a duty to maintain the health of both the infant and mother during childbirth, and any negligence or other breach of that duty can cause Erb's palsy along with other potentially life-altering or life-threatening injuries. Erb's palsy is particularly harmful because it can result in debilitating disability later in the child's life.
Pursuing Compensation For A Brachial Plexus Injury
Signs of Erb's palsy may not be immediately apparent following the child's birth, and the injury can range from mild to severe in nature, depending on how many nerves sustained damage. The injury often results in immobility or weakness in the upper arm or in both the lower and upper arm. However, the entire arm all the way down to the hand may be affected in extreme cases.
If a doctor diagnoses the child with Erb's palsy, you can request an MRI, but you won't be able to determine the exact extent of the damage until a surgical procedure is performed.
Regardless of the circumstances, call the medical malpractice attorneys in Baton Rouge at Bohrer Brady LLC as soon as possible to build a case and seek compensation. Our attorneys can help parents of children with Erb's palsy recover compensation for:
Disability damages
Cost of future medical treatments, therapy, and other resultant expenses
Long-Term Impact of Brachial Plexus
Erb's palsy injuries are temporary in some cases and can heal over time, but others are severe and could cause a permanent disability. If the nerves are damaged and the roots are torn, it will likely cause disability in the long term, even with surgery. Some of the specific long-term consequences of this can include:
Complete paralysis of the arm down to the hand
Poor movement
A sensation of loss throughout the arm
Many victims of Erb's palsy require a lifetime of disability benefits, along with therapy, medical treatment, and other assistance. They will be at a disadvantage in the workforce and may struggle socially along with other problems extending from the injury.
Take Action With A Brachial Plexus Attorney
If your child has sustained brachial plexus injuries and has been diagnosed with Erb's palsy or another birth injury and you suspect a doctor's negligence was the cause, contact the medical malpractice lawyers in Baton Rouge at Bohrer Brady LLC today for a free consultation.
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There is no precedent for the abhorrent evil created by ISIL
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Daesh, the Arabic name for the group known as ISIL, not only refers to this takfirist movement but signifies an ideology of distorted ideas and actions. The actions of ISIL have religious, political, societal and economic consequences that extend far beyond the atrocities that it commits.
The repugnant manner in which ISIL applies Sharia not only shatters the sanctity Muslim populations feel for sacred law, but distorts the true understanding of the law itself. Hardline secularists take advantage to malign Sharia, while more sections of society begin to agree with their assertions.
ISIL's actions also amplify divisions across sectarian, ethnic and ideological lines. We are threatened with devastation should the cries for division and revenge continue to be heard.
Just as unbridled capitalism undermines the middle class in favour of the extremes of abject poverty and obscene wealth, ISIL corrodes the intellectual middle class to the benefit of both religious and secular fundamentalism.
The extremists have also had a profound effect on black market economics. They squander Arab natural resources and leak oil to the black market at very low prices. Furthermore, its actions drive the black market for stolen goods.
It has also promoted the illegal arms trade in the region. All of this has a negative impact on local economies.
ISIL has managed to shift large numbers of western public intellectuals, commentators, analysts and opinion makers towards the melting pot of anti-Islamic discourse. Beforehand, there was a receptivity towards Muslim issues of justice, persecution and the legitimate grievances that exist in the region.
Similarly, in the face of demonisation and fearmongering, Muslims citizens in the West have had to move from a position of claiming their rights as citizens to a position of defending their right to exist alongside their fellow citizens. Islamophobia is on the increase.
ISIL has also harmed the public image of Islam in the world. The natural spread of Islam has been negatively affected. Many Muslims have left their religion altogether while a greater number have left religious practice.
It has irretrievably damaged the Palestinian cause and guaranteed protection for Israel's oppressive policies against the Palestinian people. ISIL has ensured that the Israeli state emerges from these events as the chief beneficiary.
Although these are all outcomes of ISIL's actions, the prospect for more is possible as long as it and other takfirist movements remain.
The case will become graver yet after ISIL ceases to exist. The fallout from the group's inevitable demise will see thousands of former members and hundreds of thousands of sympathisers in despair from their delusion that ISIL had reestablished the caliphate system. The deaths, injuries and destruction that will ensue as a result of fighting ISIL will add even more consequences to our list. We must reflect upon this.
Knowing this, is there still room for anyone to remain silent over addressing the danger of takfirist ideology? If we maintain silence today is it akin to complicity in the crimes of takfiri movements? Do religious leaders have any doubt that the offence of remaining silent renders them as being among those who conceal knowledge and testimony, and those who are on a path to losing the reality of faith?
Can we continue to allow impressionable young men and women to hurry off and join these groups or defend and justify their crimes?
We are at a very critical juncture in the history of Islam. There is no precedent for the spectacle that is created around the atrocious crimes, killings and murders of takfirist movements. The perpetration of their crimes in the name of religion and the potential to publicise them far and wide through media and online social networking sites is unprecedented.
An acute necessity exists for the creation of a collective front composed of religious leaders, state institutions, mass intelligentsia, media and business people to face this imminent danger immediately.
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