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By / October 17, 2013
The European arrest warrant: a success story that needs to be revisited
Hurriedly adopted inter alia as a response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the European Arrest Warrant Framework Decision (EAWFD) is…
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Hurriedly adopted inter alia as a response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the European Arrest Warrant Framework Decision (EAWFD) is the flagship initiative of the EU judicial cooperation in criminal matters. Its cornerstone is the principle of mutual recognition. Applied to judicial decisions, the mutual recognition principle implies that a decision taken by a judicial authority in one EU Member State (MS) is recognised, and where necessary, enforced by other MS. Therefore, this principle is based on the assumption that although the national criminal systems feature considerable differences, they are equivalent.
The European Arrest Warrant (EAW) has reduced the duration of surrender procedures between MS, facilitated the free movement of persons within the EU and contributed in fighting cross-border crime. However, the automatic mutual recognition underlining the European Area of Justice, Freedom and Security is currently being questioned by concerns about the differences in fundamental rights protection between MS. For instance, studies have shown that there is a different level of protection of procedural rights among the MS and that some judicial authorities do not apply any proportionality test before issuing an EAW, which leads to EAWs being issued for minor offences.
As a consequence, the EAWFD has been implemented in diverse ways by the MS. Several initiatives at EU level are designed to ensure a more homogenous execution across the EU. Some legislative measures have been taken in order to reinforce mutual trust between MS. In this vein, three Directives (see below) aiming at protecting the suspects' procedural rights have been adopted. The new legal framework set by the Lisbon Treaty, namely the Court's extended jurisdiction which will apply to the former third pillar instruments starting in December 2014, is also likely to contribute towards evening out EAWFD implementation among the MS.
Nevertheless, these initiatives need to be complemented by a reform of the EAW system. This reform would need to address the EAW's operational flaws without undermining its efficiency. To this end, MEP Sarah Ludford (ALDE, UK) has been appointed Rapporteur for a report on the review of the EAW.
European arrest warrants: ensuring an effective defence / Justice – UK, 2012, 182p.
This study considers the EAW from the perspective of the requested person and looks at the best practices in terms of effective defence in EAW cases. It also includes country reports focused on Denmark, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, and United Kingdom.
Europe's most wanted? Recalibrating trust in the European arrest warrant system / Sergio Carrera, Elspeth Guild, Nicholas Hernanz, Centre for European Policy Studies, March 2013.
While evaluating the misapplications of the EAWFD, this CEPS special report suggests that the mutual trust hypothesis on which the EU criminal justice cooperation is based can no longer apply as there are doubts about the functioning of some parts of national criminal justice systems. The authors insist on the need to improve the system of statistical collection and to ensure an independent and accurate assessment of the EAWFD implementation. To this end, several methodological deficiencies in the way MS report their data have to be dealt with: incompleteness, inaccuracy and inconsistency.
The EAW and its achievements
Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation, since 2007 of the Council Framework Decision on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States / European Commission, 2011.
Just like the two previous ones (published in 2005 and 2006), this European Commission report underlines how the EAWFD has facilitated surrender procedures between MS and ensured that open borders are not exploited by those seeking to flee justice. Indeed, from 2005 to 2009, between 51 % and 62 % of requested persons consented to their surrender, on average within 14 to 17 days. Furthermore, the average surrender time for those who did not consent was 48 days compared to the one-year average for extradition procedures. The surrender procedure developed in this instrument which abolished the dual criminality requirement for 32 crimes is now basically judicial. Also, as the Commission points out, the EAWFD has reinforced the free movement of persons within the EU.
The European arrest warrant – a victim of its own success / Karen Weis, in New Journal of European Criminal Law, vol. 2, no. 2, 2011, pp. 124-132.
The scholar dedicates a few pages of her article to the role of the EAWFD in fighting cross border crime. She mentions that among those surrendered, thanks to the EAW, were a failed London bomber caught in Italy, a German serial killer tracked down in Spain, a suspected drug smuggler from Malta extradited from the UK.
Shortcomings revealed by the practical application of the EAW
Fundamental rights safeguards in EAW procedures
The EAW Framework Decision (EAWFD) has often been criticised (Smith, 2013) for its insufficient consideration for fundamental rights. Although recitals 12, 13 and 14 of the EAW framework decision refer indeed to the fundamental rights of the person subject to an EAW, the main body of this legal instrument does not include the risk of fundamental rights violations among the grounds for non-execution of an EAW. However, some MS have chosen to introduce a fundamental rights exception in their implementing legislation which has led to a heterogeneous regime considered as inefficient in ensuring the protection of suspected persons. An important aspect the EU had to tackle in order to ensure mutual trust, and, therefore, the recognition of judicial decisions is the protection of procedural rights. In a Roadmap on procedural rights in criminal proceedings adopted in 2009 the Council proposes a step-by-step approach:
Directive 2010/64/EU on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings / adopted on 20 October 2010 (transposition deadline 27/10/2013)
Directive on the right to information in criminal proceedings / adopted on 22 May 2012 (transposition deadline 2 June 2014)
Directive on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and on the right to communicate upon arrest / adopted on 7 October 2013 (transposition deadline )
the right to protection for vulnerable persons
Green paper on the application of EU criminal justice legislation in the field of detention / June 2011
Safeguarding suspects' rights in Europe: a comparative perspective / Jacqueline Hodgson, in New Criminal Law Review, vol. 14, no. 4, 2011, 56p. You have to log in – for free – to read the full article.
This research paper emphasises the uneven protection of procedural rights across the EU and, as a consequence, the need to ensure the respect of uniform safeguards at EU level. All in all, the author explains the compulsory nature of such a protection regime and its role in fostering mutual trust.
The European arrest warrant and defence rights / Daniel Mansell, in European Criminal Law Review, vol. 2, no. 1, 2012, pp. 36-46.
Written by a Fair Trials International policy officer, this article includes a series of FTI case studies which highlight some of the problems engendered by the fast-track extradition system developed in the EAWFD. More importantly, it contains FTI suggestions meant to reduce the human cost of the EAW system such as: including the necessary fundamental rights safeguards in the EAWFD – so that requested persons benefit from adequate protection during EAW proceedings – or passing strong measures at EU level in order to raise protection standards across the EU.
The European arrest warrant: the role of judges when human rights are at risk / Catherine Heard, Daniel Mansell, in New Journal of European Criminal Law, vol. 2, no. 2, 2011.
Based on the ECtHR's decision in the MSS v. Belgium and Greece case (30696/09), this article suggests that MS cannot have blind faith in each others' systems as guarantors of fundamental rights. More recent developments, in the EU case-law this time (N.S. and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department C-411/10), confirm this ruling. This case concerns the European asylum system which is also based on mutual trust. The EUCJ explains that the presumption of compliance by all MS with fundamental rights provisions, should be regarded as rebuttable. As the authors of this article found that between 2007 and 2010 EU MS had violated the Article 3 ECHR (prohibition on torture and inhuman or degrading treatment) in 181 cases and Article 6 ECHR (the right to a fair trial) in 1.696 cases, they suggest that there is scope for extending the N.S. case law to the EAW system.
The reference in Case C-396/11 Radu: when does the protection of fundamental rights require non execution of a European arrest warrant? / Alex Tinsley, in European Criminal Law Review, vol. 2, no. 3, 2012, pp. 338-352.
Tinsley highlights the diversity of practices between MS – those with no human rights protection available in the implementing legislation: Czech Republic, Hungary and Spain; the French model which includes a ground for refusal where it is "established" that the person is prosecuted for discriminatory reasons and those which have included human rights refusal grounds but with different thresholds. The author also discusses the applicability of the N.S. principle (see above) to the EAW regime. Even though the Radu case C-396/11 was seen by many commentators as an opportunity for the EUCJ to clarify the complex relationship between the execution of an EAW and the respect of the requested person's fundamental rights, the EU Court limited its judgment to a less far reaching question, namely if before issuing an EAW, the authorities of a MS are obliged to give the suspect the opportunity to be heard.
The limitations of the mutual recognition regime
The articles presented in the previous section lead to the conclusion that fundamental rights considerations are not sufficiently reflected in the EAWFD. The heterogeneous practices applied by MS and the lack of an EU standard in the field lead to infringements of suspects' fundamental rights. It is clear that this state of affairs is inconsistent with the principle of mutual recognition based on the assumption that domestic fundamental rights protection regimes are equivalent, constituting a serious gap in the EU criminal area.
From mutual trust to the full effectiveness of EU law: 10 years of the European arrest warrant / Ester Herlin Karnell, in European Law Review, vol. 38, no. 1, 2013, pp. 79-91. Click on "skip" when you are asked to log in.
Focusing his analysis on the recent EAW judgements of the EUCJ, João Pedro Lopes Da Silva Jorge C-42/11 and Melvin West C-192/12, Karnell notes the Court's intention to ensure the full effectiveness of the EAWFD. According to the scholar, while moving away from the debate on the limits of the mutual trust approach, the EU judges anticipate the "communitarisation" of the old third pillar instruments which is established in the Transitional protocol for 2014.
The principle of mutual recognition – success or failure? / Sir Thomas John, in Era Forum, vol. 13, no. 4, 2013, pp. 585-588. Click on "IP authentication" when you are asked to log in
Sir Thomas John explains that there is a need for much more effective judicial cooperation in the implementation of the EAW system in order to ensure that those who are surrendered are dealt with speedily and justly.
Running before we can walk? Mutual recognition at the expense of fair trials in Europe's area of freedom, justice and security / Emily Smith, in New Journal of European Criminal Law, no. 1, 2013, pp. 82-98.
The author of this paper asserts that mutual recognition should not be seen as an end in itself but as a means to combat transnational crime. Based on several case studies, this piece explains how the procedural rights directives would have influenced the outcome of several trials that took place before their adoption. Furthermore, Smith analyses the Commission's proposal for a Directive on the right of access to a lawyer and on the right to communicate upon arrest and the Council's position weakening the protection offered to suspects.
More about mutual trust in the field of EU judicial cooperation in criminal matters:
Towards a common evaluation framework to assess mutual trust in the field of EU judicial cooperation in criminal matters / Pim Albers, Pascal Beauvais, Jean-François Bohnert, Martin Böse, Philip Langbroek, Alain Renier and Thomas Wahl, 2013, 390p.
Proportionality principle
Another issue that has arisen during the implementation of the EAWFD is the lack of consideration of the issuing authorities concerning the nature of the crime or other circumstances related to the suspect's situation. Nevertheless, the EAW procedures not only have a human impact, but they also represent a burden on the resources of the executing MS.
The principle of proportionality and the European arrest warrant / Sarah Haggenmüller, in Oñati Socio-Legal Series, vol. 3, no. 1, 2013, 12p. You have to log in – for free – to read the full article.
The researcher distinguishes between prospective and retrospective disproportionality. If the first case refers to situations when the human and financial costs related to the extradition are disproportionate to the offence, the second consists of cases in which the executing authority deems the sentence imposed by the issuing state to be disproportionate in relation to the offence. The author claims that current debates only focus on the introduction of a binding proportionality test, without envisaging alternative solutions for the alleviation of disproportionate warrants.
The EAW and the non-discrimination principle
European arrest warrant cases and the principles of non-discrimination and EU citizenship / Ester Herlin-Karnell, in The Modern Law Review, vol. 73, no. 5, 2010, pp. 824-835.
This case comment focuses on the analysis of the Wolzenburg C‑123/08 case and tackles the application of the non-discrimination principle and the concept of EU citizenship to the EAW disputes.
Uneven implementation
Initial views of the Court of Justice on the European arrest warrant: towards a uniform pan-European interpretation? / Gaetano de Amicis, in European Criminal Law Review, vol. 2, no. 1, 2012, pp. 36-46.
The weaknesses discussed above show the uneven implementation of the EAWFD among MS. To tackle this aspect, Gaetano de Amicis insists on the new competences conferred to the EUCJ by the Lisbon Treaty. If during the first five years after the introduction of the Lisbon Treaty, the Court's jurisdiction was limited to the preliminary ruling procedure (only if the MS agreed to it), starting in December 2014, the EUCJ will have full jurisdiction on EU criminal law instruments, including the EAWFD. This extended competence will allow the EUCJ to rule in infringement procedures which, according to the scholar, will contribute to the homogenisation of EAW implementation.
The execution of an EAW and risks of fundamental rights' violations
In order to enhance mutual trust between MS, the Court has repeatedly underlined their obligation to comply with fundamental rights even in situations that fall outside the scope of EU law (ex: Jeremy F. v Premier Ministre C-168/13). In the Radu case C‑396/11 the EUCJ noted that obliging MS to give suspects the opportunity to be heard before issuing an EAW would slow down and reduce the efficacy of the entire mechanism. The EUCJ maintained the same line of thought in its Melloni (C-399/11) ruling. Once again, the grounds for refusal of an EAW listed in the FD were regarded as exhaustive. Furthermore, the Court stressed that a MS cannot avail itself of Article 53 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and refuse the surrender of a person on the basis that the standard of protection of the right to a fair trail in its national constitution is higher than the one established in the national legislation of the issuing MS.
The execution of an EAW against nationals and residents
Article 4 of the EAWFD lists a number of optional grounds for refusing to execute an EAW. Among these exists the possibility of the executing MS to decline execution when the requested person is staying in, or is a national or a resident of that State and the execution of the sentence or detention will be done in accordance with its domestic law. In the Kolowski C-66/08 judgment the Court interprets the words "residing" and "staying" in order to clarify Article 4(6) of the EAWFD. Therefore, EU judges explain that a person is 'resident' in the executing MS when he has established his actual place of residence there and he is 'staying' there when, following a stable period of presence in that State, he has acquired connections with that State which are of a similar degree to those resulting from residence. Furthermore, in its Wolzenburg C‑123/08 judgement, the EUCJ stated that the Dutch legislation according to which foreign nationals can benefit from this disposition only once they have entered in possession of a residence permit of indefinite duration (i.e. after five years of continuous lawful residence in the Netherlands) is compatible with EU law. More recently, (João Pedro Lopes Da Silva Jorge C-42/11), the EU judges held that the French implementing law limiting this exception only to French nationals while completely excluding nationals of other MS regardless of their degree of integration in the French society is contrary to the principle of non-discrimination on the basis of nationality.
EAW issued for purposes of executing a sentence or a detention vs. EAW issued for purposes of prosecution
In its I.B. C-306/09 ruling the EUCJ explains that that the situation of a person who was sentenced in absentia and who can still challenge this decision, is comparable to that of a person who is the subject of a EAW for the purposes of prosecution. The surrender can, according to Article 5(3) of the EAWFD, be subject to the condition that the person concerned – who is a national or resident of the executing MS – is returned to the executing MS in order, as the case may be, to serve there the sentence passed against him.
The EAW and the ne bis in idem principle
The ne bis in idem principle is a fundamental principle of law which restricts the possibility of a person being prosecuted several times for the same acts and it represents one of the mandatory grounds for non-execution of the EAW. A famous ruling related to this aspect was issued in the Mantello C-261/09 case. The Court chose to play the mutual trust card again and insisted on the fact that when the issuing authority confirms there is no violation of the ne bis in idem principle, the executing authority has no reasons to apply this mandatory ground for non-execution provided for in Article 3(2) of the EAWFD.
For more information on the ne bis in idem principle in European law:
« Ne bis in idem » en droit européen : un principe à plusieurs variantes / Peter Oliver, Thomas Bombois, in Journal de droit européen, no. 9, 2012, pp. 266-272.
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[…] These problems arose in large part because the EAW Framework Decision, adopted when the European Parliament did not have a direct say in the legislative process, did not include appropriate safeguards. As a result, the system provided minimal protection for individual rights. Extradition courts of the Member States, and the Court of Justice of the European Union, have been unwilling to interfere and the need for reform has become clear. […]
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Junctional wounds are those wounds of the neck, axilla (armpit), and groin, where they are not amenable to tourniquet application but are frequent sources of massive hemorrhage. There are many different ways to manage these wounds, this is one technique using a Foley Catheter (designed for urine drainage) to tamponade bleeding. It is best studied in neck wounds. This includes both an excerpt from the lecture section and skills station in the Advanced & Complete TC2 online courses.
This section includes additional informational topics relevant to TECC and TCCC concepts.
The more tightly and compressed you pack your gear, the easier it is to carry and store. Unfortunately, you need to uncompress it to use it. Tightly sealed and compressed gloves seem like an awesome idea until you see how long they take to put on.
The safety pin is a versatile and useful piece of equipment that has been around for over 150 years. Each military cravat comes with two and this video demonstrates ways to use safety pins that you may not have thought of.
Carrying people is hard work. Carrying them with a litter makes the task easier. Non-Rigid litters are lighter and easier to store than their rigid counterparts, but they are harder to use. See a discussion of non-rigid litters, understand the assets and liabilities, and consider some improvised alternatives in case you need to move a casualty unexpectedly.
The North American Rescue Tracheostomy airway with bougie introducer is demonstrated in a surgical airway.
Teaching wound packing has always been challenging as there are few good wound packing models. The Phokus wound cube has 4 different wound profiles and has a realistic texture. In this short video, see the wound cube packed with Combat Gauze, Kerlix Gauze, the XStat 12, and a Foley Catheter.
Moving casualties is always hard. Use a tool whenever possible. Even a folding chair makes it easier to carry casualties quickly and over distance.
Though we can't replicate the pandemonium of a live class, we can teach you all the same skills online, at home, in your bunny slippers.
In A Book of Five Rings, Miyamoto Musashi says, "Make your combat stance, your everyday stance and your everyday stance your combat stance." Walking backwards is not combat effective.
It's challenging to creatively free think under stress. Plan on using chairs to evacuate casualties. With rolling chairs, you can really move out. See more improvised techniques on the website and on the blog.
Clamshell pressure to stop arterial flow.
You can eliminate arterial flow in nearly any limb you can get your fingers and hands wrapped around. Teaching the technique in our Advanced Tactical Casualty Care course.
Dragging a casualty with a slung weapon presents a safety problem. Learn what it is & how to deal with it.
Pretty cool using the X-Stat 30 trainer in class on a TrueClot wound model. The sponges immediately expand in the wound and rapidly exert pressure you can feel under your hand.
Used the X-Stat trainers in class today on a hog thigh with a simulated femoral artery laceration. This narrow wound track is a challenge to pack with Kerlix Gauze, the X-Stat 12 applicator worked awesomely.
Single vs Double Eyelet Routing on a CAT Tourniquet.
In the 7th generation CAT tourniquet, the double eyelet was removed in favor of a perceived quicker single eyelet. Using the single routed eyelet for leg application requires reliance on only the velcro of the tourniquet band to hold pressure. If the Velcro fails or releases, the entire tourniquet would disengage with catastrophic results. More info on the blog.
In our race to use tourniquets for controlling hemorrhage, we often lose sight of the value of good direct pressure as a hemorrhage control technique.
Proven commercially available tourniquets are almost always going to be better options for controlling significant extremity hemorrhage than direct pressure because tourniquets can be made "hands-free" once secured in place. Additionally, you can carry many more tourniquets than you have hands. However, dedicated medical equipment may not always be available and even when present, takes time to put into action. More on the blog.
Improvised Pediatric Pantleg Tourniquet (with doppler).
Our first plan is to use a proven commercially available tourniquet. Barring that, an improvised tourniquet using a cravat, or a strip of fabric, with a windlass for leverage. Given no other choices, you can may be able to use the casualty's clothing with a rigid windlass, such as a metal pen, kitchen utensil, small tool, etc, to make a wearable improvised tourniquet. This is verified effective with doppler ultrasound. For more information on pediatric tourniquets generally, see the blog.
Having proven the improvised pant-leg tourniquet works on children via doppler ultrasound, Dr. Shertz demonstrates the technique on an adult. If no commercially available tourniquet is available, a successful tourniquet can be made using the casualty's own clothing: Cut up the pants line including the seams, wrap the fabric around the limb, tie a square knot, and tighten with a windlass. *Ideally, the windlass should be secured with another strip of fabric. This video demonstrates an easy way to hold the windlass in place without an additional tie, but it could come loose during casualty movement.
For more information, see the blog. For proof of concept using pants as a pelvic binder.
Thanks to Full Spectrum for coming up with a novel concept to deal with junctional hemorrhage using two CAT tourniquets and a helmet. We proved the concept today with doppler ultrasound. A creative solution to a difficult problem.


Redesign: a major and ongoing challenge.
We have been seeing an increase in the frequency of website and mobile app redesign each year. This is mainly due to increased competitive pressures and business challenges in the digital world, which today drives more than 50% of retail sales (IDC Futurescape Study, 2016).
A major redesign project introduces significant upheavals on the part of teams in charge of optimizing digital interfaces. It's a considerable investment in terms of time, effort, and budget.
Unfortunately, after the redesign, it happens all too often that the site or application's conversion rates decrease, or even plummet to the level of a company disaster. To avoid this, teams in charge of redesign projects often rely on testing.
Testing during the redesign... when and how?
What to test? The current website, the mock-ups, the formula, the site after the redesign?
Which type of test? A/B testing, user testing, functional testing?
How to test? Internally or with suppliers?
This is why we regularly write about testing methodologies and client case studies, in order to shed light on this subject.
A/B Testing or User Testing? This is exactly the question our client, La Grande Récré, was pondering. Here is an excerpt from our interview with Aurore Dayan, Web Project Manager for the e-commerce website, La Grande Récré.
Hello, Aurore. Can you describe the dilemma that you were facing when you first contacted Ferpection?
"We had a project to update our conversion funnel. Following some benchmarking, two wireframe models were proposed: one version that was all on one page, and another version that was more traditional, involving three steps.
Each checkout option had its advantages and disadvantages. The team could not decide, even though the majority were in favor of the one-page checkout.
We first thought about developing two versions of the checkout, in order to do the A/B testing. But that meant going through all the steps: mock-ups, development, integration, and finally A/B testing. This translated into a lot of work, a lot of additional budget, and two to three months of extra time overall.
That's when I first met Ferpection. We had not yet done user testing, but the thought of testing in advance got everyone on the same page. In addition, we heard great feedback from Ferpection's other clients."
So how did the user testing project end up going?
"The solution turned out to be clear and easy to use. The implementation was faster than expected, and the remote testing even more so. The study took ten days, including the analysis.
Ferpection guided us through every step, particularly in the choice of testing protocol. We decided to test from the (animated) mock-up step, and to submit variant A, followed by variant B to half the sample, and variant B, followed by variant A to the other half. At the end of the test, each sample was asked to compare the two versions."
"The results were very much in favor of a three-step checkout, even though the team was initially more in favor of the other scenario. Without this user test, we would not have made the right decision. In the end, users said they saw all the information without having to scroll.
Beyond this core finding, curiosity compelled us to go through all the feedback, beyond the synthesis performed by our Ferpection analyst. This has deepened the learning from this study and has helped identify new avenues for redesign optimization, as well as fuel our post-redesign A/B testing roadmap."
"In the end, it was good to be able to test the animated mock-ups. In the future, I think starting even earlier and testing the current site to better guide the specs of a future redesign would be a great idea. Another important point: I would advise your readers to plan time for analysis and, above all, to implement the improvements identified by the testers. This is why I advised starting them as early as possible in the process."
How do you see things in the future?
"As with the A/B testing that we are continuing to use, we are planning to systematize the use of remote test users to optimize the UX of all our major projects. We hadn't thought of it in 2017... but we've already allocated budget for it in 2018! "
La Grande Récré has clearly moved into agile, user-centric mode!
Towards continuous optimization of digital interfaces!
Their case illustrates the story of user testing. It's all about testing early in order to learn and correct early, if necessary.
As is often the case, American companies are far more advanced in this area. Three-fourths of them say they do user testing to evaluate their current websites and/or mock-ups in the upstream phase of their redesign processes.
Click here to see more client testimonials and use cases.


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Legislators turn their attention to problems facing student borrowers, backing bills that would keep them from being overwhelmed by loan repayments.
New Jersey lawmakers, who were disturbed in the last legislative session by the practices of the agency that writes student loans, are signaling that they have not forgotten about the problems facing borrowers, moving several bills designed to make it easier to pay off those loans.
At the same time, there is hope that a change of leadership at the New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority will make the agency more sympathetic to the plight of tens of thousands of borrowers trying to pay off loans that averaged almost $16,000 per person in the 2016 fiscal year.
Advocates believe there is reason for hope after HESAA announced on Monday that it has pulled out of the National Council of Higher Education Resources, an organization that has been lobbying Congress and the Trump administration to stop state efforts at regulating federal student loans.
"On behalf of New Jersey's students and families, we are taking a stand against NCHER's efforts to lobby against states' ability to protect student borrowers," said David Socolow, who became HESAA's executive director two months ago.
New Jersey Citizen Action praised the move as an indication that the agency is interested in reform and concerned about student loan debt, which it placed at a combined $33.5 billion for New Jerseyans. The group said the state paid NCHER almost $150,000 in dues between 2010 and 2017.
"New Jersey has the right and the responsibility to hold student loan servicers accountable, and clearly HESAA understands it should not be working against their own state's interests," said Beverly Brown Ruggia, financial justice organizer at Citizen Action.
It called for the passage of S-1149, which would establish a student loan ombudsman within the state Department of Banking and Insurance and provide for the regulation of student loan servicers by the department. That would give the state the power to "prohibit misrepresentations, payment misapplications, and false credit reports," Ruggia said.
The bill, cosponsored by Sens. Sandra Cunningham (D-Hudson) and Chris Brown (R-Atlantic), passed the Senate easily in late February and is awaiting action by the Assembly Higher Education Committee. Both houses had passed this same measure in the waning days of the last legislative session, but it was pocket vetoed when former Gov. Chris Christie did not sign it before leaving office.
This measure was one of a package of measures lawmakers introduced in the summer of 2016 after hearing borrowers and their family members detail practices employed by HESAA in writing and collecting its NJCLASS (New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students) loans that some legislators termed "predatory." Most never made it into law, although Christie did sign one measure capping the amount college students can borrow from HESAA and requiring them to exhaust federal student loan options before taking out an NJCLASS loan.
Reintroduced this session, other measures are again moving through the Legislature.
In addition to the loan ombudsman bill, the Senate has already passed S-1148, another bill co-sponsored by Cunningham and Brown, that would require HESAA to establish an NJCLASS loan-repayment assistance program for borrowers who suffer bankruptcy or other significant loss of income during the repayment period. The bill stipulates that for two years, borrowers would have to pay no more than 10 percent of their disposable income above 150 percent of the federal poverty level and that payment would reduce the loan principal, while HESAA would pay the interest. HESAA would have to tell eligible borrowers about the program. Also pocket vetoed at the end of the last session, the bill passed the full Senate without objection and awaits action by the Assembly Higher Education Committee.
In a fiscal note to the bill, the Office of Legislative Services wrote that it will result in increased costs for HESAA but could not determine the amount. It also would expand to all borrowers a repayment-assistance program the authority put in place last year as a result of the complaints by borrowers and at the prodding of legislators. That program is currently available only to those who applied after May 31, 2017 or who applied earlier but began taking classes last August or later.
The most recent bill to advance is also the most comprehensive. S-766, sponsored by Cunningham, along with Sens. Robert Gordon (D-Bergen) and Robert Singer (R-Ocean), would require HESAA to establish an income-driven repayment plan and a loan rehabilitation option for NJCLASS borrowers. It unanimously passed the Senate Higher Education Committee last week and is now pending before the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee.
One major aspect of the legislation would tie all repayments to income. Borrowers would be required to pay no more than 10 percent of discretionary income each month, with those living at 150 percent of poverty or less eligible to pay nothing. After 20 years, any remaining debt would be discharged.
The other key provision of the bill would require HESAA to establish a loan rehabilitation option to enable borrowers to move out of loan-default status. To be eligible, a borrower would have to make at least nine of 10 payments required under a monthly rehabilitation agreement with HESAA. Any repayment agreement could not require a borrower to pay more than 15 percent of his discretionary income. HESAA would have to tell borrowers about this program.
She said New Jersey needs to put in place repayment options that are more realistic and enable a borrower to succeed in paying off loans, noting that the U.S. Department of Education is beginning to offer a variety of repayment options to individualize plans for diverse financial situations.
This bill passed the Senate last year and made it to the floor of the Assembly, but the lower house did not vote on it. Some worry it may be too ambitious to pass this session either, as it could wind up costing the state money if it is forced to forgive large numbers of loans. Last year, OLS said it could not determine the cost of the measure, but said the income-driven repayment option would lead to some borrowers initially paying less but ultimately paying more than under a fixed-rate repayment, while those who wind up having their loans discharged would pay less.
According to HESAA's 2016 annual report, NJCLASS issued more than 10,000 loans totaling nearly $163 million that fiscal year — an average of $15,863 per student borrower. While the program is administered by a state authority, the money lent comes from private bonds. Students can borrow an amount up to the total for tuition, room, board, fees, books, and other related costs, minus any other financial aid they receive. Last year, HESAA capped the total amount a student could borrow at $150,000.


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REDUCED PRICE! WAS $43,950, NOW $38,500.
For sale is a 2018 BMW M240i xDrive. This highly-impressive car is in exceptional condition both the interior and exterior, and runs and drives like brand new.
This premium one-owner car has only 3,408 miles and has been thoroughly well cared for and maintained. The Mineral Metallic White car is outfitted with the upgraded Black Dakota leather seats, and features the Premium Package, including a heated 3-spoke leather-wrapped multi-function M sport steering wheel, heated front seats, navigation system, advanced real-time traffic information, and remote services. The front seats offer 14-way power front sports seats including 4-way lumbar support and driver's seat memory. The audio system includes an AM/FM/CD player Hi-Fi sound system with HD radio, SiriusXM Satellite Radio, USB audio connection, and hands-free Bluetooth. The infotainment system features the iDrive 6.0 interface with an on-board computer, 6.5" center touchscreen, controller, and 8 programmable memory buttons. Additional comfort and convenience items include rain-sensing windshield wipers with adjustable speed and automatic headlight control, 2-way power glass moonroof, comfort access keyless entry, universal garage-door opener, rear-view camera, ambient lighting, automatic-dimming interior rear-view mirror and driver-side exterior mirror, and automatic climate control. Safety features include front and rear Head Protection System, driver and passenger side front airbag supplemental restraint system with advanced technology, and seat-mounted front side-impact airbags.
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The car is in the Seattle area and offers someone a chance to experience one of the most acclaimed sports driving machines that has a reputation for technology, performance, design, and style. This award-winning car redefines driving pleasure and proudly carries on the 2002's sporting legacy. The car has a clean Title. Asking price is $38,500.
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Two of the brightest minds in grime, Elijah & Skilliam are here to deliver a genre masterclass on their Hong Kong debut With Skepta winning the Mercury Music Prize and the likes of Kano and Wiley gaining ever-wider recognition, 2016 is a good time to be a grime artist. And the latest golden boys of the London grime scene, Elijah & Skilliam, are out to show Clockenflap just how good as they arrive to make their Hong Kong debut. Founders and head honchos of the Butterz label, and hosts of the weekly grime show on Rinse FM, you can bet on the dynamic duo delivering a genre masterclass for Hong Kong's grime-heads.


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Desire Street Ministries Project Wins Award from ENR Texas & Louisiana
The Desire Street Ministries project has been selected for an Award of Merit by ENR Texas & Louisiana in the Small Projects category of the 2017 Best Projects Awards.
Desire Street Ministries is a non-profit which revitalizes impoverished urban neighborhoods into flourishing, healthy communities. Desire Street partners with local leaders to encourage and equip them to thrive for the long-run. Desire Community Square is a project built in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans at the site of the original Desire Street Ministries headquarters, which was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina in August of 2005. The project is comprised of three buildings totaling nearly 32,000 square feet.
The first building, Kids of Excellence early childhood learning center, is a 6,000 square foot stick-framed, pile-supported structure with a plaster exterior. The building features a full commercial kitchen, padded play surfaces, along with six daycare classrooms which have multi-shaped windows to add fun to the learning environment.
The second building is a 5,000 square foot full service medical clinic operated by Daughters of Charity. The building was also constructed with wood framing and a plaster exterior. The building features storefront windows and doors complete with full card access, seven exam rooms, a nurses' station, a treatment room and a full-scale pharmacy.
The final building is the Abundance of Desire Community Center, a 21,000 square foot half stick-framed, half pre-engineered metal building design. The building houses a massive 10,000 square foot multi-purpose room equipped with sports flooring, a large gathering space, large meeting rooms and a commercial kitchen.
The original project totaled $8,000,000, which was roughly $800,000 over the client's budget. DonahueFavret Contractors and its team worked together to close this gap and make the project happen under the client's original budget. The total construction value was $7,522,619.
The project was originally slated for 13 months. Through careful planning and fast track measures, DonahueFavret Contractors completed the project in only 11 months.
https://www.enr.com/articles/42993-small-project-award-of-merit-desire-street-ministries


A mysterious death in Victorian London, an attempt to storm the palace, a plot to kill the Queen, what do they all have in common? It all happens in "Death Calls at the Palace". Charlotte and Daniel Edgerton have just returned to England after years in the U.S. Daniel has accepted a job with a local newspaper and Charlotte is busy setting up their new household and getting reacquainted with her brother and his bride. Charlotte is a teacher and when she learns that her brother and sister-in-law can't read she begins to teach them. Soon there are several young women coming to her for class. One of them is a kitchen maid in the Singh household. They are in London from India to try to meet with the Queen. There is much political unrest in London and many bad feelings against the Indians. When the Singh's kitchen maid is found dead on the kitchen floor and Mrs. Singh and her maid are kidnapped, Charlotte and Daniel find themselves becoming detectives.
I found this to be a very enjoyable mystery. The Edgerton's are very engaging characters, however, I would have liked to see a little more of their backstory since this is not the first book in the series. The story has a nice, twisty storyline that kept me glued to the pages. It is obvious that the author did a lot of research for this book, and her descriptions of the political scene at the time are very realistic.


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Natasha Vlassenko was born in Moscow and graduated from the Central Music School (under Eleonore Musaelian) and Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory where she studied under Professor Jacob Flier and later pursued her postgraduate studies with her father Professor Lev Vlassenko.
Natasha has won prizes in several international piano competitions including the Beethoven International Piano Competition in Vienna and Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano, Italy. She has given recitals in many countries and has played under the baton of Rozhdestvensky, Pletnev, Osterriher, Martin, Chivjel, Hickox, Verbitsky and many others. Natasha has recorded for Moscow Radio and TV as well as ABC and 4MBS Radio stations, and she has released a number of CDs in Russia, Germany and Australia. She is currently Head of Keyboard Studies at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. In 1999 Natasha Vlassenko and Oleg Stepanov became the founders and artistic directors of the Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition & Festival.
Highlights of recent years include a concerto performance with the Russian National Orchestra under Michail Pletnev (as part of a 2014 International Piano Festival in memory of Lev Vlassenko in Moscow), performance and release of a live CD at the Beethoven International Piano Festival in Boeblingen (Germany), and recording of a new CD "Liszt 200 years", with Oleg Stepanov on the Master Performers Label.
In 2014 Natasha was invited to perform and give masterclasses at Hamamatsu International Piano Academy (Japan) and in recent years she served as Jury member at Beethoven International Piano Competition in Vienna (Austria) Chopin International Piano Competition in Canberra (Australia) and Kerikeri International Piano Competition (New Zealand.)


Big N for pre-plant nitrogen boosted rice yield by 1 t/ha over urea. Big N offers greater opportunity to apply nitrogen 3-4 weeks before flooding. Big N and urea have similar effects on Microbes. Studies reported by Heenan and Bacon (NSW Agriculture) in 1989 showed that urea nitrogen applied two weeks or more before permanent flooding of aerial sown rice significantly decreased the grain yields, which may be due to loss of nitrogen through volatilisation and denitrification, depending on soil type, soil moisture and weather conditions.


To celebrate twenty-five years of marriage, our beloved long time customers came to us to create a special ring. She said "marriage isn't about me but about our whole family". Of course, I am paraphrasing it, but it was lovely. We used four diamonds to symbolize the four members of their family: mom, dad, and their twin daughters. Hand engraving was added to make it all the more special.


Dr. RIchard Kimble (David Janssen) and his wife Helen (Diane Brewster) are having an argument over whether or not to adopt a child. (Kimble is in favor) Kimble storms out of the house. Helen invites her neighbor Lloyd Chandler (J.D.Cannon) over to discuss the situation.
Enter the one-armed man. He bashes Helen over the head and seeing the cowardly Lloyd, dashes out of the house. Kimble returns home and sees this man in his headlights. Lloyd is embarrassed about his failure to help Helen and so denies having seen the one-armed man.
Kimble is convicted of Helen's murder but as he is being transported to death row, a train wreck allows his escape.
Richard Kimble dyes his hair and begins the quest to find the one-armed man, becoming a fugitive. He is relentlessly pursued by Lt. Philip Gerard (Barry Morse).
Unique for its time, the Fugitive resolved their storyline at the conclusion of the series. The two parter called "Judgement" (see box below, right) was the highest rated television show until 1967 and captured a whopping 72% audience share.
The Fugitive is one of the few classic TV shows successfully translated to the movie screen. In 1993 Harrison Ford played Dr. Richard Kimble to Tommy Lee Jones' Lt. Gerard.
An attempt was made to revive the series in 2000 with Timothy Daly as Kimble but it met with little success.
David Janssen died in 1980 of a heart attack, Bill Raisch in 1984 of lung cancer, Diane Brewster in 1991 of heart failure, and William Conrad in 1994 of a heart attack. Barry Morse died in 2008.
Kimble has been captured by Gerard but they learn that Johnson is blackmailing Chandler for his cowardice for which Chandler plans to kill him. Kimble and Gerard rush to an empty amusement park where the killer and blackmailer are to meet.
Gerard tells Chandler to drop his gun, but gets shot in the leg by Johnson. So Gerard gives his gun to Kimble and tells him to pursue Johnson.
Kimble has Johnson cornered atop a water tower and finally Johnson confesses. Johnson gets control of the gun and just as he is about to throw Kimble off the tower, Gerard shoots him as he finally believes Kimble.
Then at long last, Chandler tells the truth about the night of Helen's murder.
Richard Kimble is standing in front of the courthouse, a free man, and he and Gerard shake hands. End of running. End of story.


Steve Jobs, the co-founder and late CEO of Apple, was known for wearing the same outfit. Do a quick google search, and you'll find him making appearance after appearance in a black turtleneck, jeans and comfortable shoes. I don't know if he ever changed up his brands at all, but I'm almost positive you could go to his closet and find a collection of turtlenecks and jeans. Now, imagine for a moment that Steve Jobs woke up one morning, got dressed and came out to make a presentation for Apple wearing something completely different, an orange polo and khakis perhaps? People would have been shocked! They would have said, "What is going on here? This isn't the Steve Jobs that we know!"
In chapter 3 of Colossians, Paul begins to switch gears. He's developed a wonderful theological understanding of Christ and the gospel, imploring the church in Colossae to rest their faith solidly on that truth, at which point he uses the transition, "If, then" to indicate that those beliefs should mean something for their actions. Because of who they already are in Christ, their identity, they should be putting on behaviors and actions that reflect their new heart, putting sinful earthly practices to death.
What Paul is saying is much like Steve Jobs and his closet. Steve Jobs had a wardrobe filled with black turtlenecks and jeans, and this is what he put on each day. He dressed in a way that reflected what was already in his closet. If he had changed and decided to buy something completely different, people would have noticed and shockingly accused him of not being true to his identity.
1. We go dig clothes out of an old closet. I don't know about you, but I have a second closet. It's not in our bedroom, but in another room across the hall, hiding things that don't really fit my 'new' mom body anymore (but I just can't bear to give up). These are clothes that I look at over and over, wondering if I should finally throw them out once and for all, never being able to let go completely. And sometimes, I even put on those clothes and wear them out in public...knowing that I'm a bit uncomfortable and probably not wearing something that fits my new figure. We can do the same thing in our hearts. Instead of putting on our new qualities given to us in the person and work of Christ, we can run to our old ways and clothe ourselves in ill-fitting acts of unrighteousness like sexual immorality, impurity, covetousness, idolatry, gossip and anger.
2. We ignore the clothes we have and shop for new ones. The other thing I often do is grow bored and discontent with the clothes I already have. It seems too easy to just pull something out of my own closet, so I determine I can come up with something better at the store. There, I try to purchase things that I want to reflect my identity and my style. This is also like our hearts. Instead of resting on the free grace and identity we have already been given, living that out, we want to add to our salvation through good works. We think, "These garments Christ has given me are good, but I can do something better." Thus in this scenario we are also failing to live according to our new heart, and instead we adopt a works-based mentality.
Live according to who you are in Christ. Put on your new self, hidden in Christ with God and put to death your old self.
Why should we live according to our new identity?
Here is the foundation of Paul's argument. It's not that we should live this way so we can obtain heaven, please a God who is angry with us or look like good people on the outside only. We should live according to our true nature because of what Christ has ALREADY obtained on our behalf and it's who we ALREADY are. Our closets are already full of these Christlike garments.
We have been raised with Christ in new life, who has been seated in a place of honor at the right hand of God. Our old selves have died, and our new lives are hidden with Christ in God. When Christ appears, we will also appear with Him in a glorified body. This promise is already ours! Our minds are being renewed after the image of our creator, and we are completely free in Christ who is our all in all. We are God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, and God has forgiven us in Christ. Finally, we were called to the peace of Christ, and to do all things in His name.
And in Ephesians 4:1, "Walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called."
Let's go back to the closet metaphor. How often do you find yourself pulling garments out of an old closet or working your way to a different wardrobe? Could this be playing itself out in your life?
There is no lasting hope to be patient with my children unless I'm humbled by the vast patience God has undeservedly shown me. As I dwell on God's patience in my shortcomings, I can forgive the shortcomings of others and display patience.
Can you relate to this example?
Feel free to insert any one of the positive or negative qualities Paul described, and think about what causes you to live that way.
Do you struggle to live with a thankful or peaceful heart?
Do you often find yourself in contentious situations with your husband?
Do you have a bitter or hardened heart against family or friends?
Do you regularly experience bouts of anger or use your words for gossip and slander?
Do you find yourself passionately pursuing worldly things, while avoiding the 'things above' where Christ is seated?
The answer to these struggles isn't try harder to change, but run to Jesus, behold Him and live according to your true identity. This type of outflow not only gives glory to God, but can give you real joy.


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I Children's Well-Being
There was a time not so long ago when young people, particularly boys of an ethnic group, hated to be told that they had mental health problems. School leaders and teachers fuelled this loathing when they (the youngsters) behaved badly with remarks such as: "You are crazy and mad!"
The pendulum has now swung the other way. It is now quite "cool" for a young person to aver that s/he has mental difficulties. And it is not just the "snowflake" generation.
This apocryphal story epitomises this splendidly. One man, in a conversation with his friend, said: "My health is being ruined because of worry."
"What are you worrying about?" asked his friend.
"I am worrying about my health!" came the riposte.
Notwithstanding, research reveals that mental ill-health is on the rise. People (especially in the West) live longer than ever and cures have been found for an increasing number of maladies. But the Cinderella of the Health Service is mental health. It is, therefore, unsurprising that children's suicide rates are up 67% since 2010. A quarter of those referred for help were denied treatment. Despite the need, according to the Care Quality Commission, 23% of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) were rated "inadequate" or "required improvement".
Of all the causes of young people's mental ill-health two stand out.
Categories Issue 73-Summer 2019, Mental Health and Well-Being, Pupils
Teach children to fail well and fast
Summer is a time of tests and examinations and autumn of league tables. Throughout the year we have inspections. All three have one thing in common. Achievement. God help children if they fail and thus threaten their schools/academies with a lower rank on the national league table. God help schools/academies if they fail their Ofsted inspections. The education culture in our country appears to be obsessed with success and terrified of failure. I question whether this is the culture we should be promoting.
Education is sometimes compared to a three-legged stool. The first leg constitutes the disciplines/subjects that are taught, often, discretely, subjects such as mathematics, history, geography and music. The second leg is each of the cross-curricular themes that help develop children in a rounded manner – such as expression/language and the ability to think. The third leg is the way education is promoted, e.g. how teachers teach (e.g. telling and teamwork) and enabling children to learn (e.g. discovery, imitation and observation). The late Professor Ted Wragg of Exeter University ascribed a different metaphor to this calling it the cuboid curriculum.
But there is a fourth leg (going by my analogy) or dimension (going by Professor Wragg's one) – i.e. the qualities that we wish to promote within our children, a key one being resilience. Intrinsic within resilience is managing and coping with failure. Because every school/academy wishes to be at the top of its league table, governors, headteachers and staff do everything it takes to succeed. This desire is both, intrinsically and extrinsically, passed on to the pupils. And when they fail, their skies come tumbling down on them – as it did with chicken-licken in the toddler's story.
Categories Assessment, Issue 71-Autumn 2018, Pupils, School Improvement, Tests and Examinations
New Opportunity Fund to boost provision for bright, disadvantaged children
It is now official. Bright children from disadvantaged backgrounds are underachieving. Some time ago, the Sutton Trust were banging the drum for them. Rebecca Allen, Director of Datalab who carried out the research for the Trust, revealed that a much higher proportion of children on free school meals or from disadvantaged backgrounds were unable to go on from primary SATs to secondary GCSEs and achieve similar results – even for those in the highest 10% of results at state primary school level in England.
The Social Mobility Commission had pointed out in the past that disadvantaged children of all ages underperform. Allen's research specifically compared the results of most able disadvantaged children at the primary stage with their later results in GCSEs. She discovered that one of three boys eligible for free school meals – where households earned £16,000 or less annually or on benefits – who attained top marks at the end of Key Stage2 failed to feature among the top 25% of those at GCSE level. Meanwhile, a quarter of disadvantaged girls who attained top Key Stage 2 results, failed to feature in the highest quarter of GCSE grades.
Allen wondered: "The highly able Pupil Premium children had the school and home support to do really well at primary school, so why do things go so wrong for some of them at secondary school?
"Nobody's looked at how this happens; what sort of qualifications highly able Pupil Premium children take, or where this missing talent is in the country. Obviously, it is in areas that are underperforming generally, but there are also areas with good schools that nevertheless do poorly for highly able children."
Categories Achievement and Standards, Issue 71-Autumn 2018, Pupil Premium, Pupils, School Improvement, Teaching and Learning
Proposal to add VAT to private school fees – a knee-jerk notion
Two politicians at the opposite ends of the spectrum of thinking – Michael Gove, former Education Secretary, and Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour Party – have come together on a plan to "soak the rich".
Writing in The Times (Put VAT on school fees and soak the rich) on 24 February 2017 Gove pointed to "group of highly successful enterprises that is pretty much insulated from the present row about business rates" – private schools – because they are charities. Because private schools are VAT-exempt, writes Gove, "the wealthiest in this country" are able "to buy a prestige service that secures their children a permanent, positional edge in society at an effective 20% discount".
Turning to the knotty issue of the number of scholarships and bursaries these schools provide, he criticises (with a rhetorical question) the small number of students given educational opportunities from depressed areas of the country such as Knowsley, Sunderland, Merthyr Tydfil and Blyth Valley.
Two months later, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour's leader, and the Shadow Education Secretary, Angela Rayner, came up with a not dissimilar proposal to charge parents VAT on the fees they pay to private schools, with a view to using the income to offer free meals to all children in primary schools.
Rayner told the BBC: "There are many private businesses that are paying VAT that are struggling. I don't see why the state school system should subsidise the private sector."
She added: "The evidence from the National Centre for Social Research (NCSR) and the IFS (the Institute of Fiscal Studies) have both been quite clear that actually providing universal school meals at primary level will raise attainment."
She was backed by Labour's headquarters which claimed that research had shown that access to free school meals improved educational attainment by two months.
Categories Finance, Issue 67-Summer 2017, Pupils, Uncategorized
Mental Health: a case for placing it centre-stage
I The Health and Education Select Committee
In the last week of March 2017, MPs on the Health and Education Select Committee received oral evidence from experts in the final session of their joint inquiry into the role of education in preventing mental health problems in children and young people.
Baroness Tyler of Enfield, the chair of the values-based child and adolescent mental-health system commission, Lord Layard, director of the Well-Being Programme at the London School of Economics, and Natasha Devon, a former government mental health champion, among others, presented evidence.
The main points raised during the session included the following.
Embedding well-being and mental health awareness across the whole school was very important. Baroness Tyler explained that well-being in the school context includes parents and teachers. She welcomed the move to place Sex and Relationships education (SRE) on a statutory footing and called for compulsory personal, social, economic and health education (PSHE) in all schools.
Senior leaders should be encouraged to measure how schools were influencing the well-being of children through surveys, and their integration into school improvement plans. Lord Layard asked the committee to run a pilot with volunteer schools to re-balance the present focus on measuring academic performance only.
The impact of school funding pressures on mental health should be measured. Natasha Devon highlighted the effect of cuts on access to school support services including counsellors, to the enrichment curriculum and to subjects like sports, drama and music which support positive mental health.
The cross-party group of MPs on the Committee questioned ministers on their record on education and children's mental health. Edward Timpson MP, Minister of State for Vulnerable Children and Families, said: "There was still much to be done" to address patchy and variable access to mental health services for young people across the country.
The MPs involved recognised that governing boards are responsible for promoting the well-being of children and young people and required to ensure that they set a supportive ethos and culture.
Categories Issue 67-Summer 2017, Mental Health and Well-Being, Pupils, Staff, Uncategorized
Supreme Court rules against term-time holidays for pupils
Jon Platt, a parent living in the Isle of Wight, lost his long-running battle in the Supreme Court on 6 April 2017 with the Council to take his daughter on a seven-day trip to Disney-land in Florida, USA. He had contested the Council's £60-fine imposed following her absence. He had argued that his daughter had had a good attendance record leaving parents such as he free to take their children on term-time holidays.
The High Court had backed his case but referred the matter to the Supreme Court. The Government fought him in that arena, fearing that if he won it would open the floodgates for other parents/carers to make mayhem of their children's school attendance.
Categories Holidays in Term Time, Issue 67-Summer 2017, Legislation, Parents, Pupils
Unpacking the dilemmas of promoting British Values
Are we losing our way in promoting British values? Take two recent test cases.
I A tale of two incidents
(a) In early November 2016, British Gymnastics suspended Louis Smith, the UK Olympian, after he appeared in an online video in October 2016 with his friend and former gymnast, Luke Carson. The video shows him pretending to pray to Allah while laughing. British Gymnastics issued a statement: "Louis Smith admitted his behaviour was in breach of the Standards of Conduct. The panel upheld the allegation and, taking into account a previous breach of the Standards of Conduct heard in June this year (where it also was made clear to Louis the consequences of any further breach), the panel determine a cumulative penalty was appropriate and order a two-month period of suspension……"
Twenty-seven-year-old Smith accepted offers to learn more about the Muslim faith after admitting he had been "ignorant to people's religion".
(b) Later in November 2016, a row broke out over free speech following a government ban on 32-year-old Milo Yiannopoulos, a right-wing journalist, after an invitation extended to him by sixth former pupils at his former secondary school, i.e. Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys in Canterbury, Kent. Yiannopoulos is the editor of the far-right news website, Breitbart. The Department for Education's Counter Extremism Unit cancelled the arrangement over safety concerns and the "threat of demonstrations at the school".
Yiannopoulos, labelled by Claire Fox, Director of the Institute of Ideas, a "notorious troll and Donald Trump supporter", is a colourful character, to say the least, who has described feminism as a cancer, called Islam the real culprit of race culture and said women who are offended online should just "log off".
However, the decision to cancel the journalist's talk caused a major row over free speech. More than 200 – 220 to be precise – sixth form students had signed up for the event – with parental permission.
Yiannopoulos wrote: "My old high school has been bullied into cancelling my talk …. by the 'counter-extremism' unit at the UK Department of Education. Who even knew the DoE (sic) had a counter-extremism unit? And that it wasn't set up to combat terrorism but rather to punish gays with the wrong opinions. Perhaps if I'd called the speech 'Muslims are awesome' they'd have left us alone. Disgusted."
A Simon Langton student encapsulated the feelings and thoughts of many of his peers when he said, despite disagreeing with Yiannopoulos's opinions, he felt the decision to ban his talk was "wrong". He observed: "I feel the old adage applies: 'I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.'"
The school, which expelled Yiannopoulos when he was a student, stated that objections to his talk had come almost "entirely from people with no direct connection to Langton".
"The staff and students of the school were overwhelmingly in favour," said Dr Matthew Baxter, the Headteacher. "While disappointed that both, the pastoral care and intellectual preparation we offer to our students, have been called into question, we, at Langton, remain committed to the principle of free speech and open debate, and will resist, where possible, all forms of censorship."
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Gang on Pizza Hut Site
By Mark Boyer Aug 10, 2011, 6:20pm CDT
Jeanne Gang, whose firm, Studio Gang Architects, has its office near the Polish Triangle, weighed in today on the future of the development site at Division and Ashland. "This site deserves a high-density and mixed-use occupation, one that takes full advantage of the dual opportunity to further define the Polish Triangle with great urban architecture and create a greener city," Gang writes in a letter to Ald. Moreno. [East Village Association]


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Keston Cobblers Club
Friday 19th June 2020 at 8:00 pm
We regret that this and all our other 2020 Festival Events and Festival Warm-up events have now been cancelled due to Covid 19.
However, we currently hope that our 2020 Autumn Events will go ahead as scheduled.
Our 2021 Season Programming is now underway and we expect to reschedule a number of our cancelled 2020 events for 2021. Please watch this space!
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"Crossover potential written all over it" 4 Stars – MOJO
"Rambunctious folk and joyous elemental pop" The Guardian
"Furiously contagious….uniquely, charmingly British" Clash
"Ear-worm melodies" 4 Stars – Financial Times
"Wondrous….hugely accomplished" fRoots
"Could this 5-piece be your new favourite folk-pop group?" Digital Spy
There's something simply unmistakable about Keston Cobblers Club. When the band plays, it's a captivating and engaging experience. Whether the band are performing unplugged from the floor surrounded by the audience or whipping the crowd into a dancing frenzy; visiting far-flung venues at their fans' request; assembling a 60-strong amateur 'Cobblers orchestra' with total strangers; chartering an old Routemaster bus to launch an EP; or organising their very own Camp Wildfire festival; all of this is to say: you don't just listen to Keston Cobblers Club. You're involved.
The folk-pop 5-piece have been steadily building a name for themselves and winning over an army of loyal fans around the UK and beyond. They've played some of the UK's biggest festivals, including Glastonbury, Bestival, Cambridge Folk Festival, Wilderness and Green Man; sold out their own headline tours including dates at London's Scala and Union Chapel; been playlisted by 6Music; and been invited to perform live on BBC Radio by the likes of Dermot O'Leary, Steve Lamacq and Bob Harris.
Their album releases have won them huge praise everywhere from MOJO Magazine, The Guardian, The Independentand the Financial Times to Songlines, fRoots and Clash. Burberry asked the band to perform at their Menswear launch event in front of a VIP audience. The band have also opened for Bellowhead on their farewell tour, as well as Stornoway, John Smith and Leisure Society.
As fans will know, the Cobblers' music isn't just uplifting; it's often a full-on celebration. Their live shows are displays of genuine warmth and dazzling musicianship and the band continues to delight audiences across the country.
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There will be a licensed bar or bars for this event (no spirits or shots) under the auspices of a TEN licence from Bromley Council. Refreshments may be purchased before and during the performance and during the interval. The usual alcohol licensing law applies including as to age and serving etc. We reserve the right to refuse to sell, serve or otherwise supply alcohol to any person for whatever reason and more specifically we reserve the right to request satisfactory proof of age before selling, serving or supplying alcohol to any person. Audience members are not permitted to:-
Bring alcohol into the buildings.
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Airline begins transition to all-Bombardier fleet; C Series aircraft is an excellent companion to existing 12 Bombardier Q400 aircraft.
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft today congratulated launch operator airBaltic on the superb execution of the CS300 aircraft's first commercial flight. With 120 passengers aboard, including local media, the flight departed Riga and landed in Amsterdam. airBaltic is operating the CS300 aircraft in a 145-seat, two-class configuration. The airline has ordered a total of 20 CS300 aircraft.
Since entering revenue service with SWISS, the CS100 aircraft has completed more than 1,600 flights -- carrying over 156,560 passengers, covering over 1,181 500 km and serving 18 destinations.


Turkey's president on Saturday visited the scene of the apartment building collapse in Istanbul for the first time, saying there were "many lessons to learn" as the death toll increased to 17.
Earlier, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca increased the death toll to 17. Erdogan was also visiting a hospital where more than a dozen people are being treated. Seven of them are in serious condition.


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M23 to withdraw from key occupied position in NE DR Congo
By New York Parrot Last updated Dec 24, 2022
The M23 rebel group, who have seized swaths of territory in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, have pledged to retreat from a strategic front-line position.
In a statement on Friday, the rebels announced that it would withdraw from its position in the town of Kibumba – about 20 kilometres (12 miles) from Goma, a commercial hub of over one million people, which the M23 briefly overran during their first big insurrection in 2012..
Kibumba lies on the current front line between the M23 and Congolese troops, on a key highway leading to the city.
The M23 stated it was handing Kibumba over to the East African Community's military force as a "goodwill gesture" in line with recent peace talks in Angola's capital Luanda. It urged the authorities in Kinshasa to "grab this opportunity with both hands".
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A Tutsi-led group, the M23 rebel group re-emerged from dormancy late last year and has since advanced across the country's troubled North Kivu province, and caused hundreds of thousands of people to flee in fear.
The DRC has accused its smaller central African neighbour Rwanda of backing the group, something which Kigali denies.
But the United States and France, among other Western countries as well as United Nations experts, agree with the DRC's assessment.
Rwanda has also been excluded from a regional peacekeeping contingent, to which Burundi and Kenya have already sent troops.
Talks between the DRC and Rwanda in the Angolan capital Luanda unlocked a truce agreement on November 23.
Under the deal, the M23 was meant to lay down arms, and then pull back from occupied territories. The rebels remained in their positions, however.
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Home > Mazda 5
Mazda 5 is a compact class minivan, or compact van, designated in the Asian market as Mazda Premacy, from the Japanese manufacturer Mazda Motor Corporation. The first generation machines, produced since 1999, have been exported to Europe and Asia. The 2nd generation has been produced since 2006, and the 3rd was produced from 2010 to 2015. In the first 5 years of production, more than 200 thousand cars were purchased in the world. In Russia, the compact minivan is sold in the Family, Touring Plus, Touring and Active trim levels.
Engine Mazda L8-DE
The 1.8-liter Mazda L8-DE gasoline engine was produced by the company from 2002 to 2018 and was installed on the European versions of the 5, 6 and MX-5 models, as well as Ford cars under the QQDB index. There was a version of this unit with an inlet phase regulator with its own index L8‑VE. Continue reading Engine Mazda L8-DE
Engine Mazda LF-DE
The 2.0-liter Mazda LF-DE gasoline engine was produced by the company from 2002 to 2015 and was installed on the Asian versions of the 3, 5, 6 and MX-5 models, as well as on Ford cars under the CJBA index. In a number of markets, the LF-VE power unit is found, which is distinguished by a phase regulator at the inlet. Continue reading Engine Mazda LF-DE
Engine Mazda LF-VD
The 2.0-liter Mazda LF-VD or MZR 2.0 DISI engine was assembled by the company from 2010 to 2018 and installed on European and Japanese versions of such models as 3, 5, 6 and Biante minivan. In some markets, there is a modification of such a motor with a slightly different LF-VDS index. Continue reading Engine Mazda LF-VD
Engine Mazda LFF7
The 2.0-liter Mazda LFF7 gasoline engine was produced by the company from 2004 to 2011 and was installed on the first generation of the Mazda 6 model after restyling and Mazda 5. This power unit was already installed on Ford cars with its own SYDA index. Continue reading Engine Mazda LFF7
Engine Mazda L3-VE
The 2.3-liter Mazda L3-VE gasoline engine was produced by the company from 2002 to 2018 and was installed on many popular models, including Ford cars under the SEWA index. The second-generation Mazda MPV minivan was equipped with the L3-DE version without a phase shifter. Continue reading Engine Mazda L3-VE
The 2.5-liter Mazda L5-VE (MZR L5-VE 2.5) gasoline engine was produced by the company from 2008 to 2015 and was installed on the most popular models of the third, fifth, sixth series, as well as the CX-7 crossover. A similar power unit was installed on the Ford Kuga under its own YTMA index. Continue reading Engine Mazda L5-VE
Engine Mazda RF7J
The 2.0-liter Mazda RF7J diesel engine was produced by the company from 2005 to 2010 and was installed on the European versions of the popular models of the third, fifth or sixth series. This power unit was essentially a modernized version of the well-known RF5C diesel engine. Continue reading Engine Mazda RF7J
Engine Mazda Y6 1.6 CiTD
The 1.6-liter Mazda Y6 or 1.6 CiTD engine was produced from 2004 to 2015 in two versions: the first generation units with the Y406, Y601, Y642 and Y646 indices were equipped with a 16-valve cylinder head, and the second generation engines with the Y650, Y655, Y661 and Y6Y1 indices equipped with an 8-valve cylinder head. Continue reading Engine Mazda Y6 1.6 CiTD


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Home > Pig control program improving the health of Moreton Bay's Ramsar wetlands and Quandamooka Country
Pig control program improving the health of Moreton Bay's Ramsar wetlands and Quandamooka Country
Posted on February 26, 2021 (May 19, 2021) by Isobel Gordon
Honeymoon Bay – Moreton Island, a feeder, and a pig identified by a camera
Invasive animal and plant species have had a significant impact on the Australian environment, damaging landscapes and supressing native species with widespread negative economic and cultural consequences.
Moreton Bay's Ramsar Wetland
Covering more than 120,000 hectares, the Moreton Bay Ramsar site includes many different coastal habitats and environments from freshwater wetlands, beaches, mud flats, saltmarsh, mangroves, coral reefs and seagrass beds. It supports more than 50,000 wetland birds, including 28 species of migratory birds that travel from around the world to feed and roost.
The Bay's diversity of wetlands provides habitat for more than 750 species of fish, and the marine environment supports a high diversity of marine mammals including eight species of dolphin, five species of whale, and the dugong. All six marine turtle species known to exist in Australia are also found in Moreton Bay.
Feral pigs are a major pest that continue to cause serious damage to our biodiversity and ecosystems. Feral pigs also have a tremendous impact upon Australia's biodiversity by spreading weeds and disease.
The problem is extensive even in high-value conservation areas like Mulgumpin (Moreton Island), in South East Queensland, located within the internationally recognised Moreton Bay Ramsar Wetland.
Pigs impact on delicate coastal ecosystems and cultural landscapes within the Moreton Bay Ramsar Wetland by trampling, disturbing and compacting vegetation and soils.
Collectively, the ecosystems of the Ramsar area support a diverse array of wildlife, including several threatened species such as the Water Mouse (Xeromys myoides), shorebirds, and acid frogs.
Pigs were originally brought to Australia as livestock but as they escaped captivity, they rapidly established wild populations and spread out of control. Pigs are now one of Australia's most widespread pests.
First recorded in Queensland in around 1865, feral pigs have been present on Mulgumpin for over 100 years.
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service has been conducting pig control activities on Mulgumpin since 2000. But more recently QPWS rangers have been utilising a range of techniques to reduce the pig population including remotely controlled traps, live cameras and automated feeders.
Quandamooka Traditional Owners – through the Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee Aboriginal Corporation (QYAC) – in partnership with the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) have been delivering the Pig Control on Quandamooka Country Program.
The program is being rolled out across more than 600 hectares of Quandamooka Country to reduce and manage Mulgumpin's feral pig population.
The program has been carefully monitored by capturing pig movement using wildlife cameras at three key feeding site locations on the island. The cameras provide real time monitoring of wildlife and are powered by solar panels, allowing for long term deployment of stations, and resulting in lower maintenance requirements.
Rangers have been utilising computer deep learning to identify feral animals on camera, images below show this technology in action.
Once pigs are detected at the feed stations, management actions can be developed and implemented.
A pig identified at the Tailor Bight site
A ranger identified at the Heath Island site
Advancements in methodology have accelerated the decline of Mulgumpin's feral pig population. From the data and information collected by QPWS, it has been revealed the population of pigs on the island has significantly reduced since 2014.
It is estimated today's pig population to be around 20 – 40 individuals. See figure 1 below which illustrates the reduction of the population.
Figure 1: Total number of pigs eradicated each year from 2000 until 2021
Collaboration between QYAC and QPWS
Healthy Land and Water is providing support to enable QYAC to lead Pig Control activities on Mulgumpin while considering cultural landscape values and Traditional Owner aspirations for Country.
The resulting collaboration between QYAC and QPWS has provided Quandamooka rangers with the opportunity to grow the knowledge and learnings around pig control techniques and technologies being used to implement the program. It has also created an environment where QPWS Rangers learn from the QYAC Rangers about sites of significance and Traditional lifeways.
Native Title and Indigenous joint management
The program is being guided and lead by Traditional Owners, the Quandamooka People, via the registered Native Title and Cultural Heritage Body, the Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee Aboriginal Corporation.
The Quandamooka People were formally recognised as Mulgumpin's Traditional Owners with a Native Title consent ruling through the Federal Court in 2019. It was determined that rights and interests, such as Quandamooka People's ability to conduct ceremonies, share traditional natural resources, practice culture and maintain places of importance were never seceded, but that these rights and interests in country were always present.
QPWS and QYAC work in collaboration to manage protected areas on Mulgumpin through transitional joint management arrangements.
QYAC and Healthy Land and Water are also working in partnership with other key stakeholders such as Biosecurity Queensland, and community groups.
The future of the program
Due to the distance of islands from the mainland, control programs like this have a greater chance of significantly reducing the pig population with a high possibility of eradication.
If pigs are successfully eradicated from Mulgumpin, this will result in a significant land mass within the Moreton Bay Ramsar site (approximately 18,600 hectares) being effectively free of feral pigs.
As part of broader biosecurity activities, QYAC and QPWS plan to implement a range of other feral animal control activities on Mulgumpin in the near future.
This program is supported by Healthy Land and Water, through funding from the Australian Government's National Landcare Program.
National Feral Pig Action Plan
In December 2019, the Australian Government provided $1.4 million over 3.5 years to Australian Pork Limited (APL) to establish a National Feral Pig Management Coordinator to facilitate the delivery of feral pig management approaches on a national, regional and local scale, undertake stakeholder engagement, drive effective investment and raise awareness of feral pig issues.
This work will help to ensure that the most effective feral pig control methods are understood, used and applied according to national Model Codes of Practice and Standard Operating Procedures that have been developed to provide guidance on best practice; strengthening the on-ground work carried out by state and territory governments and landholders.
The National Feral Pig Action Plan will set out a range of actions to improve feral pig management in Australia and will provide sustained action, investment, capacity and capability over the long-term.
The National Feral Pig Action Plan Steering Group is currently preparing to deliver the National Feral Pig Action Plan to the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment.
More information: https://feralpigs.com.au/


5 Essentials for your classic vintage motorcycle apparel.
Vintage motorcycle apparel is fun to own and wear. If you are a motorcycle enthusiast, having vintage apparel to wear on your rides, can make you look unique and stylish.
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A must have vintage jacket, which can be either bought from a shop or you have been passed by an older uncle or grandparents.
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These helmets just not for protecting your head but also to give you that intimate feel of driving your vintage motorcycle.
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#LightTheWorld coloring page and printables to put in your scriptures or scripture journal.
I am so looking forward to joining in with Light the World this year. This year the format is a little different than it's been in years past. Rather than daily themes there is a video and a challenge for each week leading up to Christmas.
The videos are beautifully done and work for all ages. We plan to watch one each week for Family Home Evening and the discuss how our family can implement the ideas from the video into our lives that week. Click the links below to to straight to that week's video.
I created two printables for you. The first is a watercolor scripture journaling kit. I painted a few illustrations that go along with the theme for you to use in your scripture journal or wide margin scriptures.
The illustrations include: hand lettering for light and light the world; a light bulb, stars, night sky, the world, hearts. You can use them in any combination to illustrate this challenge in your journal. Download the printables below.
I also created a Light the World Coloring Page for you. This is a pretty intricate page, and I'm delighted with how it turned out. The coloring page comes in 3 sizes (Full sheet, half sheet and quarter sheet). I used the half-sheet to create a tip-in in my scriptures.
There are so many amazing resources out there to inspire our children and families to become involved in Light the World! Here are a few of the things my fellow Latter-Day Saint blogging friends put together.
You might also like my #LightTheWorld journaling cards from last year.