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Jackson Michelson – Billboard EXCLUSIVE for 'Stay Over' Video
Jackson Michelson Struggles to Say Goodbye On Anthemic 'Stay Over': Exclusive
Jackson's distinct brand of country and rock influences are highlighted within the new music video for his latest song, "Stay Over." Directed by PJ Brown, the video serves as an artistic three-minute clip that stars two dancers acting out the lines of "Stay Over" with a metaphorical door in between them as Michelson's song is brought to life.
The Curb recording artist's captivating vocals are at the forefront of "Stay Over" alongside soaring guitars and a pounding drumbeat. All the while, the Portland, Oregon native struggles at the end of a relationship, telling an ex, "we can never stay over."
"People always like to talk about the positive side of relationships, and the highlights, but I've found that highlights are the best when you're committed to something you believe in," Michelson tells Billboard. "'Stay Over' is a song about the passion of love not letting a relationship end. I love this video because it captures the honesty and reality of what it looks like to be in a relationship that can't stay over."
"I loved being able to collaborate with director PJ Brown. His cutting-edge vision and unique storytelling brought out the passion I had when I wrote this song to life," Michelson adds.
Michelson grew up surrounded by music as his stepfather was a high school theater director and his stepbrother was a musician. He and his brother would eventually form a band called Root Down and once the group disbanded, Michelson decided to pursue a solo career. He has spent the better part of the last few years on the road averaging 200 dates a year opening for Lee Brice, Cole Swindell and Frankie Ballard, among others. After releasing his own self-funded debut album, Michelson signed with Curb Records.
Stay Over can be seen here: https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/8530729/jackson-michelson-stay-over
by Annie Reuter
1. Stay Over
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Q: Filter content of inherited param comments I have comments like this:

/// some summary
/// <param name="a">
///     <para id="0">Comment 0</para>
///     <para id="1">Comment 1</para>
///     <para id="2">Comment 2</para>
/// </param>
/// <param name="b">
///     <para id="1">Comment 3</para>
///     <para id="0">Comment 4</para>
/// </param>
void InterfaceMethod(int a, int b);

For the implementing method, I'd like to have the same documentation, but without those paragraphs having id="0", using inheritdoc.
How can I author the inheritdoc element?
The uncommon use of the id attributes in this context shall add the flexibility of not being tied to the order of the paragraphs as they appear in the documentation.

A: I found a solution, but it looks cumbersome.

/// <inheritdoc/>
/// <param name="a"><inheritdoc select="node()[parent::node()[@name='a'] and @id>0]"/></param>
/// <param name="b"><inheritdoc select="node()[parent::node()[@name='b'] and @id>0]"/></param>
public void InterfaceMethod(int a, int b) { }

As it is not possible to use XPath expressions as a filter, the param elements must be repeated.
The expression @id>0 (the > needed to be escaped) now selects the intended paragraphs only.
But what about the other markup?
The nested inheritdoc element will select the content of all param nodes, so we must add a condition on the parent's name attribute.
Finally, the inheritdoc tag within the summary tag will copy the summary. If we placed a inheritdoc on root level, this would again select the param, as described here.

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Die Jupitergigantensäule von Walheim ist ein Weihedenkmal für Jupiter, das im 2./3. Jahrhundert in der Nähe des ehemaligen römischen Kohortenkastells in Walheim errichtet wurde. Bei einer Ausgrabung wurden 1967 die bis auf den Gigantenreiter fast vollzählig erhaltenen Überreste der Säule geborgen, später auch der Gigantenreiter.

Die Überreste werden im Limesmuseum Aalen und im Römischen Lapidarium Stuttgart verwahrt. Nachbildungen der Säule wurden in Aalen, Benningen am Neckar, Bexbach, Hechingen, Köngen, Pforzheim und Walheim aufgestellt.

Titelbild: Nachbildung der Jupitergigantensäule von Walheim vor dem Museum Römerhaus Walheim(→  Bildkommentar).

Beschreibung
Gerhard Bauchhenß führt in seiner Monographie der obergermanischen Jupitergigantensäulen den "in Obergermanien und Gallien so weitverbreiteten Brauch der Jupitergigantensäulen" auf zwei Wurzeln zurück:

 "Die einheimische, weitgehend keltische Bevölkerung brachte die Vorstellung eines in Baumform zu verehrenden Gottes mit."

 "Die Große Mainzer Jupitersäule, die ganz in römischer Tradition steht, gab den Anstoß für eine Übersetzung des Baumkultes in Steindenkmäler."

Die etwa sechs Meter hohe Jupitergigantensäule aus Walheim folgt dieser Tradition. Die Säule aus Stubensandstein besteht aus einem quaderförmigen Viergötterstein, über dem sich ein runder Zwischensockel und der Säulenschaft mit dem Kapitell und der Gigantenreiterskulptur erheben.

Viergötterstein
Der 99 cm hohe Viergötterstein ruhte auf einer teilweise erhaltenen Fundamentplatte. Er hat einen quadratischen Grundriss und schließt mit einer profilierten Basis- und Deckplatte ab. An den Seiten trägt der Viergötterstein vier Reliefs in rechteckigen, gerahmten Nischen mit Doppelbögen.

Zwischensockel
Der 78 cm hohe, runde Zwischensockel schließt mit einer profilierten Basis- und Deckplatte ab. In den Zwischensockel sind acht Nischen  mit Götterreliefs eingelassen. Die Nischen werden von Säulen mit Würfelkapitellen flankiert und schließen mit einfachen oder Doppelbögen und einem Dreiecksgiebel ab. Die Tabelle gibt die Reliefs in rechtsläufiger Folge.

Säulenschaft
Der Säulenschaft ist einschließlich Basis und Kapitell über drei Meter hoch und hat einen Durchmesser von 41 cm über der Basis und von 36 cm unter dem Kapitell. Die attische Säulenbasis besteht aus einer Platte (Plinthe) und zwei kräftigen, von einer Kehle getrennten Wulsten. Der Schaft besteht aus zwei Trommeln, schwillt in der Mitte leicht an und verjüngt sich nach oben. Im unteren Teil trägt er einen Dekor aus hängenden Schuppen, die nach oben von einem umlaufenden, fischgrätenartigen Doppelblattfries begrenzt werden. Der obere Teil des Schafts ist mit Motiven aus dem Weinbau verziert. Aus palmettenartigen Büschen wachsen drei starke, mit übergroßen Trauben behangene Weinstöcke. In den vielfach verästelten Weinranken pflücken Menschen, Eroten und Vögel die Beeren, dazwischen treiben räuberische Schlangen und Füchse (?) ihr Wesen.

Kapitell
Das 51 cm hohe und in der Mitte 68 cm breite Kapitell korinthischer Ordnung wird an der Basis von einem Kranz aus Akanthusblättern umschlossen. Die Seitenflächen tragen zwischen den abgebrochenen Eckvoluten von Blattwerk umgebene Kopfreliefs. Die beiden erhaltenen Reliefs zeigen einen bärtigen langhaarigen Mann und eine Frau mit langen Haaren. Das Kapitell wird von einer eingezogenen Deckplatte (Abakus) bekrönt.

Gigantenreiter
Die Figur des Gigantenreiters stellt eine Allegorie der Gigantomachie dar, des Kampfes der Giganten gegen Jupiter und die olympischen Götter, in dem Jupiter den Sieg davontrug.

Der stark beschädigte Gigantenreiter wurde nach der ursprünglichen Ausgrabung in späterer Zeit aufgefunden. Erhalten sind: Jupiter ohne Kopf, mit teilweise abgebrochenen Gliedmaßen und Mantelansatz, das Pferd mit Rumpf und Kopf, aber ohne Beine, und der Gigant. Wegen der starken Beschädigung des Walheimer Gigantenreiters wurde der Gigantenreiter der Jupitergigantensäule von Hausen an der Zaber als Vorlage zur Rekonstruktion verwendet.

Der Gewittergott Jupiter sprengt auf seinem Pferd mit nacktem Oberkörper und im Wind bauschendem Mantel dahin, die Zügel in der Linken und in der Rechten ein Blitzbündel. Das Pferd bäumt sich im Galopp über einem nackten Giganten, der auf Händen und Schlangenfüßen am Boden vorwärtsrobbt.

Geschichte

Entstehung
Die Jupitergigantensäule von Walheim wurde im 2/3. Jahrhundert als Weihedenkmal für Jupiter errichtet, den höchsten Gott der Römer. Walheim gehörte zur römischen Provinz Obergermanien (Germania superior), in deren Gebiet bisher Überreste von über hundert Jupitergigantensäulen gefunden wurden. Der Fundort befand sich in der Nähe des ehemaligen römischen Kohortenkastells in Walheim.

Ausgrabung
Bei Bauarbeiten wurden 1967 die bis auf den Gigantenreiter fast vollzählig erhaltenen, wenn auch teilweise stark beschädigten Überreste der Säule geborgen. Der stark beschädigte Gigantenreiter wurde später aufgefunden. Erhalten sind: Jupiter ohne Kopf, mit Mantelansatz und teilweise abgebrochenen Gliedmaßen, das Pferd mit Rumpf und Kopf, aber ohne Beine, und der Gigant. Die Fundstücke sind im Besitz des Landesmuseums Stuttgart. Der Torso des Gigantenreiters kann im Römischen Lapidarium in Stuttgart besichtigt werden. An mehreren #Standorten wurden Nachbildungen der Jupitergigantensäule aufgestellt.

Standorte
Die Skulpturenfunde der Jupitergigantensäule von Walheim werden im Römischen Lapidarium Stuttgart verwahrt. Nach den Originalfunden wurde die Jupitergigantensäule in Originalgröße rekonstruiert und in Walheim aufgestellt. Weitere Nachbildungen befinden sich in Aalen, Benningen am Neckar, Bexbach, Hechingen, Köngen und Pforzheim.

Literatur

Allgemein
 Gerhard Bauchhenß: Die Iupitergigantensäulen in der römischen Provinz. Germania superior. In: Gerhard Bauchhenß; Peter Noelke: Die Iupitersäulen in den germanischen Provinzen. Köln 1981, besonders Seite 237–238, Tafel 48.3.
 Philipp Filtzinger: Die Jupitergigantensäule von Walheim. In: Fundberichte Baden-Württemberg, Jahrgang 1, 1974, Seite 437–482, online.
 Philipp Filtzinger: Hic saxa loquuntur : römische Steindenkmäler im Lapidarium Stiftsfruchtkasten und in der Ausstellung "Die Römer in Württemberg" im Alten Schloß = Hier reden die Steine. Aalen 1980, Seite 145–146, Abbildung Seite 143, Nummer 6.

Hilfsliteratur
 Enrico De Gennaro: Römische Steindenkmäler im Güglinger Stadtraum. Güglingen 2013, Seite 3–5.
 Meinrad Schaab, Hansmartin Schwarzmaier (Hrsg.) u. a.: Handbuch der baden-württembergischen Geschichte. Band 1: Allgemeine Geschichte. Teil 1: Von der Urzeit bis zum Ende der Staufer. Hrsg. im Auftrag der Kommission für geschichtliche Landeskunde in Baden-Württemberg. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-608-91465-X, S. 174, online.

Weblinks

 Beschreibung, Literaturliste und viele Fotos auf der Webseite Ubi erat lupa.

Fußnoten

Walheim
Kulturdenkmal im Landkreis Ludwigsburg
Denkmal in Baden-Württemberg
Säule in Deutschland
Rekonstruiertes Bauwerk in Baden-Württemberg
Erbaut im 3. Jahrhundert
Skulptur (3. Jahrhundert)
Landesmuseum Württemberg
Limesmuseum Aalen
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Home Government Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana (and all other states) Abortion Restrictions!
Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana (and all other states) Abortion Restrictions!
Guardian: The US Supreme Court just struck down a major abortion case. The court ruled that a Louisiana law that requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital, severely limiting access to abortion, is unconstitutional.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has struck down a Louisiana law regulating abortion clinics, reasserting a commitment to abortion rights over fierce opposition from dissenting conservative justices in the first big abortion case of the Trump era. https://t.co/rZuB45OErD
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 29, 2020
The US supreme court has upheld a woman's constitutional right to obtain an abortion in the most-watched abortion case in decades.
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1277608762786922501?s=20
In a 5-4 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts sided with liberal judges to rule that Louisiana's efforts to restrict access to abortion were unconstitutional.
JUST IN: Chief Justice John Roberts has sided with the liberal justices on the Supreme Court to block a controversial Louisiana abortion law that critics say would have closed nearly every clinic in the state https://t.co/PdH5uC29uA
The case, June Medical Services v Russo, was a pivotal test of how the court's new conservative majority would rule on efforts to restrict women's right to abortion, after Donald Trump fulfilled his promise to appoint conservative, anti-abortion judges to the bench.
Breaking: In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law forbidding doctors from performing abortions unless they held admitting privileges at a nearby hospital https://t.co/Q1FqCjNiUq
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 29, 2020
The decision comes after a spring in which eight states sought to heavily restrict abortions as "elective" procedures during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
BREAKING: US Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana abortion law. https://t.co/3544CiUNvo
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 29, 2020
In his written opinion accompanying the ruling, Roberts referenced a near identical Texas law, which the court ruled unconstitutional in 2016.
John Roberts is an empty black robe who wants to be loved by liberals who believe in legislating from the bench. Mr. Chief Justice, if you want to be a legislator, resign and run for Congress. But at any rate, just resign! https://t.co/jqrLvfgAZq
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For decades, anti-abortion activists have relentlessly attacked abortion rights in states across the country. Today's decision makes it clear that abortion remains #MyRightMyDecision no matter where you live.https://t.co/SoTs76H1Vo
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Life as we know it from our personal reality, begins at first breath.
This issue was resolved tens of thousands of years ago. Literally.
Something Zuckerberg is never going to say, I have your birthdate, and location, that is all I need to know.

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Sauron of the Ainur. A lesser singer in the music of creation. Entered into Ea as a Maiar of Aule, of an order just below the Vala – far more potent than lesser Maiar who would one day become the Wizards of Middle-Earth. Corrupted into the service of Melkor- Morgoth during the first age to become his second in command. An out-of-control reformer who fell into the folly of placing his plans above the welfare of those he was supposedly planning for. A bodiless immortal spirit capable of assuming physical forms to suit his purpose. Artificer-Sage. Manipulator. Illusionist, Necromancer, Firemaster, and Mentalist. Lord of Vampires and Werewolves.
Perhaps foolishly, Sauron eventually placed a great deal of his own power into the One Ring, in order to make it powerful enough to dominate the other great rings and their wearers. To him, the risk appeared small to non-existent. The ring was almost indestructible, as long as it existed he would not be diminished, while he wore it his power was increased, few indeed were those who would be able to even contemplate destroying it once it was in their hands, and it would corrupt anyone else who tried to use or keep it so as to eventually return to him.
That "almost indestructible" part would eventually return to haunt him, but so it is with villains. If they were worried about consequences, or ultimate failure, they would not be villains to begin with.
That's quite a role to fall into. Perhaps fortunately, while the nature of the Manifold is to make the dreams and tales of men into realities, they remain dreams and tales. True omnipotence – and the creation or destruction of souls – lies beyond any known mortal power. Even more limitingly, the strength of a Role is limited by the power of the individual who takes it on and by their ability to serve as a focus of a tales power – in game terms, by their charisma and related abilities. The laws of a realm can push those limits a bit – by up to three ranks beyond what an individual could normally sustain – but there is generally a price for that power. Most commonly, that price lies in finding that such an enhanced role is most reluctant to relinquish it's grip – and tends to drag the host into many local problems.
Tolkien, of course, portrayed Sauron, Melkor-Morgoth, and evil in general, as ultimately futile and decaying. Noble and valorous foes could inflict unhealing wounds on evil spirits, and – over the ages – their limited power was gradually expended upon their dark works and dissipated into the background evil of the world at large. That's a bit awkward simply because role playing games in general, and d20 games in particular, generally don't work that way; characters tend to grow and improve over time rather than slowly decaying. Fortunately, however, roles are inherently short-term (rather than lasting for many ages), and so we don't need to worry about that aspect of the setting.
So abilities does Sauron display?
Chief Lieutenant of Melkor-Morgoth. (Major Privilege, 6 CP): Sauron may command the lesser creatures of darkness across Middle-Earth and strongly influence (+6 to any required rolls or -6 to their chances to resist) greater creatures of darkness (other fallen Maiar, dragons, and similar entities) and any creature that has turned to evil without being born to it. Sauron is the Dark Lord of Middle-Earth in the later ages and stands just below Melkor-Morgoth, the Creator of Evil, in the early ones.
Legendary Mage-Smith. Create Artifact and Create Relic (12 CP): Well, most prominently, Sauron is remembered for the One Ring. Sauron is one of the great magical artificers of middle-earth, capable of teaching, assisting, and subtly manipulating, the great elven-smiths as well as of mighty works of his own.
Master of Lore and Craft. Augmented Bonus/Adds Int Mod to Cha based skills and Cha Mod to Int Based Skills (12 CP): Sauron has delved deeply into the nature of the world, can draw on the power of Melkor-Morgoth which is infused into it to aid him, and has cozened many secrets from the Vala and other Maiar in the youth of the world.
Shapes of Darkness. Shapeshifting with the Beasts, Dire, Shape of Death, Enchanted, Growth, and Variants abilities (30 CP). Sauron can take many forms, shaping the stuff of the world around his imperishable spirit – although colossal forms such as dragons are beyond his power to sustain.
Nightmare Legions. Leadership (6 CP): Sauron commands creatures of his own type – dark spirits. Originally those took the form of the (non-shapeshifting) sapient wolf-beasts called Werewolves and of batlike horrors called Vampires. Later, he would command the Ringwraiths and – as the Necromancer – a selection of minor wraiths and lesser evils. The armies of orcs and such fall under his Privilege, given above.
Treachery and Subtle Malice. Mystic Artist/Diplomacy with the Composition, Influence, and Mass Influence (Path of Artistic Mastery), Subliminal and Conditioning (Path of Whispers), and the Hidden Way and Spellweaver (Art of the Occult), special abilities (48 CP). His basic talents include: Fascinate, Hold Audience, Emotional Auras, Freedom, and Mass Suggestion (from the Manipulation list), and Block, Group Focus, Harmonize, Serenity, and Rule the Horde (from the Synergy list). (use of all of these will require a skill of 24+, which Marty will indeed have). Sauron is the greatest master of deception and manipulation on Middle-Earth, and – given time – has overthrown great nations with his words alone, easily advancing from prisoner to councillor to power behind the throne over time.
Fallen Spirit of Iluvater. Channeling (Negative Energy) with +12 Bonus Uses, Specialized in Conversion Only (12 CP), and Conversion to a single seventh level spell effect (Greater Invocation, to produce any Arcane spell effect of level four or less), Specialized/can only produce illusion, necromancy, and flame effects (9 CP). Sauron was a master of the forge and fire, and noted as a necromancer – powers over the physical and spirit world that he was originally granted by Eru-Iluvater when he was called into being.
The Will to Dominion. Witchcraft III (18 CP) with access to Advanced Glamour, Advanced Shadowweave, and The Sight (18 CP) as well as 10 levels of the Wilder Spell Progression with no Caster Levels (Corrupted, no psionic disciplines, 20 CP). Of course, he was also subject to several Pacts – Vampirism, Gateway, Corruption, and Hunted (-24 CP). Sauron possessed a powerful mental influence, and could easily dominate the mind, and probe the thoughts, of mortals who were foolish enough to open up a link between them. He could also scry in search of his ring, and could often learn anything that was of interest to him.
Well, that covers most of Sauron's demonstrated powers. Still, he was a Corrupted Maiar, and a very powerful one. How about some generic bonuses to represent his spiritual nature?
Inherent Magic: Innate Enchantment, all abilities unlimited use-activated, personal-only (x.7 cost) where applicable. Normally Spell Level Zero (½) or One x Caster Level One x 2000 GP for Unlimited-Use Use-Activated. 15,000 GP base value (16 CP).
+2 Enhancement Bonus to Each Attribute (8400 GP).
Skill Mastery/+3 to Intelligence-Based skills (1400 GP).
Resist Energy (resistance 10 to all energy forms) (1400 GP).
Immunity to Dispelling and Antimagic (Common, Minor, Legendary, Specialized and Corrupted, only covers inherent magic, and only those "racial" powers given above, 8 CP).
The "real" Sauron would also have high-level Returning. Like any spirit, he was truly immortal, and could not be destroyed – and, as one of the Ainur, he possessed the power to create a body when he needed one, at least until the destruction of the One Ring stripped him of most of his power – although even that could not kill him. Roles, however, don't need Returning; roles are a part of the structure of the worlds in which they apply, and – when abandoned – will simply continue in the plot of that world until they're temporarily claimed by another visitor.
That comes to a total of 206 CP. Fortunately, Marty already has Basic Witchcraft I, II, and II, which reduces the cost to a mere 188 CP since he doesn't have to pay for it again.
A powerful urge to dominate and possess – and, if possible, to corrupt – things of beauty, noble individuals, and the entire world.
Random adventurers – as well as Wizards, supernatural champions, armies of Elves, Men, and Dwarves, and the occasional Host of the Vala – who turn up at inconvenient moments to try to put an end to his vile evil.
A vulnerability to beauty and purity of heart. He must make a will check (at a DC set by the GM) to avoid allowing such individuals to affect or manipulate him.
An inability to repeat himself. If Sauron sends forth massive waves of flame to sweep over a battlefield, and successfully eliminates half the opposition, he cannot use that tactic again. He'll just have to come up with a new one. Similarly, if one of his forms is truly destroyed, he can never take that particular form again. (This seems to be a common limitation on most of the inhabitants of Middle-Earth by the way).
Being an Outsider. Even in Middle-Earth Sauron is vulnerable to relevant channeling powers, mystic bindings, and banishment.
Sauron is easily detectable, scares normal animals, and tends to corrupt the physical world by his very presence. Mordor is not inherently a bad place; it's a mess BECAUSE Sauron is ruling it.
It's addictive. It will be quite difficult to give up this identity – and even after you someone does, it will tend to echo in their lives later on.
Large numbers of corruptible men, orcs, goblins, and other foul creatures tend to show up looking for you, often at the most inconvenient times.
Being subject to occasional strokes of really bad luck – such as the One Ring falling into the hands of first Smeagol and then Bilbo, some of the few creatures in the world that could more or less withstand it for decades or centuries.
His powers are significantly weakened without his Ring – although he's not so dependent on it in the earlier years as later on. Without it, he'll probably have to drop about 36 CP worth of his powers. theoretically, those powers can be used by anyone who picks up the ring – which is why it grants power according to it's user's own stature.
That's probably enough to make the whole thing Specialized and Corrupted, at least as a short-term identity. That brings the cost to Marty down to a mere 63 CP. Can he afford that?
Marty, with a 19 Charisma can normally adopt a role of up to level five. Middle-Earth, with it's potent archetypes and roles, increases that by +3 levels, to level eight. A level eight role is worth up to sixty-four character points – so yes, he can. Besides… Marty already uses a Ring of Power and possesses some oratorical talents. Still, he's primarily a physical combatant – and thus may be a rude surprise to some of the local residents of Middle-Earth.
Now, as an independent character, Sauron could be expected to have quite a lot of the standard base abilities – hit dice, saving throws, skill points, base attack bonus, proficiencies, and so on. I could probably build most of that on another one hundred to one hundred and fifty character points – making him somewhere around level twelve or thirteen or so. That's powerful enough to deal with Gandalf (level eight), or even the massed Council of the Wise (five level seven or eight characters), with difficulty. He can be expected to defeat the most powerful elven lords (level six or so) after a brief fight and to overwhelm masses of normal opponents. Given time, he can weave magical effects augmented with plenty of metamagic – but his base, immediate, magics are not especially overwhelming. Fortunately, Middle-Earth is relatively magic-poor, so the books never really called for massive displays of raw magical power.
Reading this, and the following post about the identity of Melkor-Morgoth, got me thinking about another pair of villainous identities (warning: fanwankery ahead) that'd be interesting to write under these rules: Jenova and Sephiroth, both from the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII.
The relationship between the two is comparable to that of Melkor and Sauron (in that one is an ancient evil, with the second inheriting the first's power and position), and like Tolkien's creations, have fairly nebulous suites of powers spread across the various games and other related media.
What would those two roles look like?
Well, I've now had the time to take a look at your links and do a little research – but I'm afraid that I can't help much on this one; I haven't played – or even seen – the games these characters have appeared in, or watched the movie, and there isn't enough information in the wiki entries to let me really gauge what they're supposed to be able to do.
That makes converting things awkward to say the least. With Melkor and Sauron, I'd read the various books, all the material is from a single author, there's only one final version of each of the characters, and there are small mountains of scholarly analysis to refer to sort out any unclear points. That doesn't seem to be the case here.
Unfortunately, that's still not really enough to work with; I could easily make a character with massive combat skills, near-indestructibility, and vast energy-blasting powers – but it would be a generic creation, not Sephiroth.
Sadly; questions about specific characters are much better answered by people who are actually familiar with said characters – even if that does (unfortunately) reveal that there are things that I don't know.
Oh well. I suspect that won't really be a big surprise to anyone anyway.
Another quick follow-up; I notice that Major Privilege has specific numeric modifiers, which aren't found under the ability's listing in Eclipse (p. 40). Can you speak more to how those numbers were determined, and if they're a good baseline for other uses of the ability (e.g. is Major Privilege always a +/-6? Is normal Privilege a +/-3)?
I fear those are completely arbitrary. Privilege usually covers things like being a member of a particular kingdoms nobility – and so getting a free pass on minor misbehavior there, having the right to trial by combat or appealing directly to the king, being allowed to carry military weapons in the streets and ride horses in town, and being entitled to command a body of troops in time of war.
In this case, we basically have Privilege: "Chief Lieutenant of The Powers of Darkness". That wouldn't fit in as a social privilege in most settings – it's a bit widespread – but in the Manifold setting, where each of the myriad dimensions has it's own powers, a single non-core dimension IS a very small and specific area.
It got to be a +6 (rather than command by right) against the other major dark forces of the Middle-Earth setting because most of them are well aware that the people dropping in to play the roles of Sauron and Melkor aren't "really" the "originals".


E-Mini Player: EMini S&P 500 Futures Trading Education and Analysis: So, you want to become a trader?
So, you want to become a trader?
OMG this is hilariously painful!
Hilarious! Yes! We traders deserves to be shown that we are so greedy and bad!!


The recent government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has dominated the news recently. Everyone has their opinions as to how the real estate and mortgage industries will be affected. Phoenix area real estate broker/blogger posted an excellent compendium of links to the opinions about the Fannie/Freddie situation across the blogosphere. There is certainly no shortage of analysis and interesting insights out there.


Chinese C20th jade carving of a fish, 14cm Long, & a soap stone carving of 2 geese on stand, & a soap stone carving of 3 geese on stand (3)Provenance of lots 1 to 26: Local Vendor – items have been stored in an attic since the 1950s - she inherited the Chinese items from her late Father and Grandfather. Grandfather Frank Miles was a Major in the Royal Army Medical Corp. who was Posted to Hong Kong as Chief Hospital Administrator in 1945. Father was RAF, posted to Singapore in 1959.


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  private OrderDetails details;

  public CreateOrderEvent(OrderDetails details) {
    this.details = details;
  }

  public OrderDetails getDetails() {
    return details;
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In order for your audience to interact with your social media posts including Facebook, posts should reach them first. And, you have to take into consideration that boosting your posts isn't always the very best solution to do that. This is the main reason why "carefully curating" your Facebook posts is always a mandatory step to reach them.
The "Impressions metric" is the number of times a particular post appears to users, while the "Natural Reach metric" is the number of impressions to new unique users.
For example, when you post an image: User X saw this image twice and User Y saw it only once. Then the impressions will be: 3 while the Organic Reach will be: 2.
How can you improve this metric?
Partnering with other pages: If you manage sport shoes brand's page, why don't you cooperate with another page that is talking/selling socks? Why don't you find people who talk about running and walking to collaborate with. You have mutual Audience but not competing, perfect mix isn't?
Your Facebook page has the ability to drive and direct a large number of traffic to your site. Almost third of website visits come primarily through social networks. According to statistics, Facebook alone contributes to bringing more vistors than google do for news and content websites.
Re-targeted ads: You can easily drive visitors back to your website through re-marketing campaigns.
Use Facebook groups: Facebook is not just about pages. I am sure you'll find tons of groups who are interested in what you offer either it is product or content.
Another metric that marketers do not really care about, although it tells a lot in one figure! You can use services like Klout to know about your influence score.
This metric refers to conversions you get from paid ads, a key metric in determining the quality and effectiveness of your Facebook advertising campaigns. You can calculate this metric by dividing the number of conversions you have received through your ad by the number of people who have already seen this ad.


Yoshihiko Hatada, Masahiro Furukawa, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda; An investigation of the relationship between apparent motion velocity and illusion of agency. Journal of Vision 2015;15(12):970. doi: 10.1167/15.12.970.
"The illusion of agency" arises when individuals look at own and other's hand motions alternately from a first person perspective (Takumi Yokosaka, 2014). Here, agency is a kind of cognition whereby people perceive both congruent movement (CM) and incongruent movement (IM) as a united, single, and continuous motion of one's own hand. The report says apparent motion (AM) perceived between CM and IM. Then, we consider there are two directional AM repeatedly (from own hand toward other's one and vice versa) and integration between the two occurs. So, to make AM occurrence denser despite, a CM-IM sequence lasts 250ms despite the former 500ms. And to prevent from interaction between the lasting time ratio of CM:IM and the two AM velocity difference, we used 1:1 despite the former 1:2. IM is a recorded movement of a gloved hand. We asked subject to keep his hand close to the IM. We experimented under three conditions below: (#1) CM lasts 125ms and IM does 125ms without black frame, (#2) 83ms black frame inserted after the sequence of 83ms CM and 83ms IM, (#3) after 83ms CM, two split 41ms-black frames were inserted before and after 83ms IM. As a result, the three in four subjects told the recorded movement is observed in each trial under the condition #1 and #3 while hardly did under #2. "The illusion of agency" was relatively observed under all condition. The fact that the CM and IM were not integrated as a single movement under #1 and #3 indicates the illusion was weaker than #2. Supposing the inserted black frame makes the AM slower, the two-AM-velocity difference is dominant. Therefore, the integrated difference yields the polarity of direction towards the other's hand. This seems to induce own hand's predicted position closer to the other's hand unconsciously.


On 10 February 2014, the Financial Supervisory Authority (FIN-FSA) issued Regulations and guidelines 2/2014 which transposed into national law the European Banking Authority's (EBA) Guidelines on retail deposits subject to different outflows for purposes of liquidity reporting (EBA/GL/2013/01) published on 6 December 2013.
The EBA formally repealed the above-mentioned Guidelines on 27 November 2017. As a result, the FIN-FSA has repealed its Regulations and guidelines 2/2014 transposing into national law the EBA Guidelines.
The EBA Guidelines were repealed because they were superseded by the European Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/322 of 10 February 2016 concerning the reporting of the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR). Therefore, the EBA Guidelines are no longer applicable for liquidity reporting purposes.


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Regional Chief Welcomes Cabinet Shuffle
In Letters
Ontario Regional Chief RoseAnne Archibald welcomes the new Minister responsible for Indigenous Services Canada and those other impacted by the cabinet shuffle that included key changes to the Treasury Board, Justice, Indigenous Services and Veteran's Affairs portfolios. "On behalf of the Chiefs of Ontario, I'd like to welcome and offer my congratulations. I look forward
Ontario Regional Chief RoseAnne Archibald welcomes the new Minister responsible for Indigenous Services Canada and those other impacted by the cabinet shuffle that included key changes to the Treasury Board, Justice, Indigenous Services and Veteran's Affairs portfolios.
"On behalf of the Chiefs of Ontario, I'd like to welcome and offer my congratulations. I look forward to working with those Ministers involved in today's cabinet shuffle in their new assignments," said Regional Chief Archibald. "Of note though, I would like to acknowledge Minister Jane Philpott who displayed such strong and dedicated leadership qualities during her time as the Minister of Indigenous Services. With her progress on First Nations issues such as working on health transformation, and child well-being. I am disappointed that she will be leaving these files at such a time, however we would like to thank her for her hard work and I believe that her promotion to the Treasury Board will be beneficial for First Nations with her recent expertise on the file."
"In her place, we welcome the appointment of Minister Seamus O'Regan of Newfoundland. I was happy to meet him at the AFN MOU Joint Priorities meeting today and have begun already to build a positive relationship in order to keep moving forward in such a manner that we established with Minister Philpott. We hope to do this immediately and begin collaborating on ways to progress First Nations in Ontario and ensure our priorities will continue to be met."
Other cabinet moves included Jody Wilson-Raybould, who will replace Seamus O'Regan as the Minister of Veteran's Affairs and MP David Lametti of Montreal, former professor of Law at McGill who became the new Minister of Justice.
"I would like to also acknowledge the work Minister Wilson-Raybould had done for First Nations during her time as the Justice Minister. She not only made history as the First Indigenous woman to hold the post but had worked closely with First Nations and contributed to renewing the relationship between Canada and First Nations. We would like to wish her well on her next endeavour as Minister of Veteran's Affairs and welcome MP David Lametti as the new Minister of Justice." said Regional Chief Archibald. "We particularly look forward to working closely with Minister Lametti to ensure First Nations needs are recognized and actively met and we hope Canada will continue to collaborate and work together to ensure justice and equality for First Nations across Canada."
The Chiefs of Ontario look forward to working with all the new Ministers and returning Ministers in today's shuffle. We hope to that with today's shuffle, that Canada will continue to be responsive to First Nations issues and move forward on our shared priorities.
Ontario Regional Chief RoseAnne Archibald
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Q: The autoreleasepool with ARC in iOS In iOS, when the autoreleasepool create and be destroyed?
When a touch event created, the runloop create an autoreleasepool.
When the touch event ends, the autoreleasepool will be destroyed.
Is my understand of the autoreleasepool right?
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import "AppDelegate.h"

int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
    @autoreleasepool {
        return UIApplicationMain(argc, argv, nil, NSStringFromClass([AppDelegate class]));
    }
}

how can I understand the autoreleasepool in main method?

A: In xcode 4 we have to create pool and we have release it by using this syntax with NSAutorealeasePool:
{
    NSAutorealeasePool *pool=[[NSAutorealeasePool alloc] init];
    [pool drain];
}

When ever use like this in Xcode 4 memory is initialized for your pool and control enter into your pool deallocate your pool objects by using drain ..if u use drain means u permanently destroy ypur pool objects..if you use release means its not completely destroyed..
In xcode 5 we are using @autoreleasepool syntax like this:
@autoreleasepool
{

}

Here we don't need to create pool and release the objects..every thing done by compiler..once control enters automatically create the pool and release the pool objects means which we want to deallocate

A: The NSAutoreleasePool class is used to support Cocoa's reference-counted memory management system. An autorelease pool stores objects that are sent a release message when the pool itself is drained.
IMPORTANT
If you use Automatic Reference Counting (ARC), you cannot use autorelease pools directly. Instead, you use @autoreleasepool blocks. For example, in place of:
NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
// Code benefitting from a local autorelease pool.
[pool release];

you would write:
@autoreleasepool {
    // Code benefitting from a local autorelease pool.
}

@autoreleasepool blocks are more efficient than using an instance of NSAutoreleasePool directly; you can also use them even if you do not use ARC.
Few things to keep in mind -
Case 1)
@autoreleasepool
{
    MyObject *obj = [[MyObject alloc] init];
    //No need to do anything once the obj variable is out of scope there are no strong pointers so the memory will free
}

case 2)
MyObject *obj //strong pointer from elsewhere in scope

@autoreleasepool
{
    obj = [[MyObject alloc] init];
    //Not freed still has a strong pointer
}


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  appRoot:
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  production: true,
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Sports Media Digest- March 20, 2013
ESPN and Mountain West Conference Announce Right Deal– ESPN has announced it has signed a deal with the Mountain West Conference to telecast of select conference football and basketball games from 2013-14 through the 2019-20 season. As part of the deal, ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC will televise a minimum of three Boise State football home games nationally. For men's basketball, up to 31 conference-controlled games will air on either ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS or ESPN3.
CBS Sports Network Adds Coaches for NCAA Tourney Coverage– The CBS Sports Network has added a roster of current college basketball coaches to its coverage of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Joining the roster throughout the tournament include Connecticut's Kevin Ollie, South Carolina's Frank Martin, Boston College's Steve Donahue and Rutgers' Mike Rice, as well as former players Bobby Hurley (Duke and current Rhode Island assistant), Scoop Jardine (Syracuse) and Marc Jackson(Temple).
ESPN Adds Moreno as Soccer Analyst– ESPN announced today that it has hired Former Major League Soccer and Venezuelan National Team striker Alejandro Moreno as a soccer analyst. Moreno begins his work tonight at 9:30p.m. ET joining Ian Darke (play-by-play) and fellow analyst Taylor Twellman for the World Cup qualifying match between Mexico and the USA. Moreno will also serve as an analyst for Mexican National Team and Liga MX matches on ESPN's English networks, as well as a studio analyst for marquee events such as MLS Cup, Confederations Cup 2013, and other FIFA events.
MLS Coverage Saturday on NBC Sports Network– The NBC Sports Network will continue its coverage of Major League Soccer (MLS) with a match this Saturday. Arlo White, Kyle Martino, and Russ Thaler will have the call as D.C. United hosts the Columbus Crew Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET.
PBA Tour This Weekend on ESPN– ESPN will provide live coverage of the next stop of the Pro Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour and PBA League with coverage of the Earl Anthony PBA Players Championship. Lon McEachern and Randy Pedersen have the call Sunday at 1:00p.m. ET.
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Lee Cox: The making of a long drive coach
Lee Cox is a specialist in helping people hit the ball far. In most cases, really, really, really far... This is how he does it.
There are lots of 'speciality' coaches in golf. Ex-NASA scientist Dave Pelz has carved out a reputation as a short game guru through his work with Phil Mickelson. Southport's Phil Kenyon is a putting maestro, with the likes of Rory and Rose on his books. But if you want to hit the ball a long way – and we mean a really long way – there's only one man to see, and he's a Brit called Lee Cox.
As one of the best coaches on the long drive circuit, Cox counts double world champion Joe Miller and a handful of other bombers as his students. His speciality is helping the likes of 6"4' Miller smash the skin off the ball, while keeping it inside a 55-yard grid. Miller won the 2016 world title with a knock of 423 yards...
What set out as a hobby has turned into a big-hitting business with Cox recalling: "We did a deal – he (Miller) didn't pay me any money for teaching him – stupid deal – until he won the World Championship. So I got paid in the end! We're great mates and obviously I was lucky I was given someone who had amazing skills, but when it comes to the crunch, it's whether you've got the nerves for it. Obviously, Joe has."
Cox also teaches a handful of other promising long drive stars, as well as average golfers at his home club, The Shire in London.
He told us: "I reckon I can get everyone an extra 10mph clubhead speed which can mean 30 yards more distance."
Where did it all start?
I was working on a range near the A1, doing very well teaching. Joe did a bit of work for us and his late father asked if I could help his son to get into long driving. I don't think Joe knew his dad came to see me. That was around 2003 and I said yes.
I got in my car, started driving and suddenly thought 'I know absolutely nothing about long driving!' But the seed was sown. Joe went on to become a fitness instructor and then became obsessed by fitness, body building and strength, while I went on to study ball flight, biomechanics, swing, optimum distance and body movement.
Do you see yourself as a bit of a pioneer when it comes to teaching distance?
When I first started it was quite difficult to find any information on long driving in the UK. Thanks to the internet I've been able to contact experts all over the world including Martin Bruins regarded as the world's No.1 ball flight expert. Over the past 15 years or so I've been able to talk to people who are specialists in this field.
How did Joe hit it when you first started working with him?
In the early days, he was very fast, so we had the raw product. But he couldn't hit it straight at all! We worked on his swing to make him a very good golfer, so underneath all that huge over-swing and all the other bits, there's a very good player. I tried to fill in every single area I could to get into long driving as a hobby. It's a bit more than that now!
Lee Cox with former World long drive champion Joe Miller
Has he still got plenty left in the tank?
Yes. As I see it, long drivers are fast for a relatively short period of time, but Joe incredibly has stayed at a 150mph clubhead speed for 15 years, and relatively uninjured. My plan for the next five years is to get him into contention for another world title and with him being a master at closing out, he's got every chance of being in contention. That'll make me a very happy man.
How does a typical lesson with Joe pan out?
What do we work on? Having a brilliant golf swing, because the boy is a seriously good player – if you can't hit it straight, you're wasting your time. Ball optimisation on his Flightscope, has he got the right speed, the right numbers, and then his long drive swing and we flip between those three areas. He's always looking to swing it over 150mph – you always start with clubhead speed and if you haven't got that, you can't win.
How many power drivers are currently in your stable?
I teach three: Joe, Max Armstrong and James Tait. To be honest, I work at a golf club with a fairly short range so I could actually teach a few more and I get a few online requests from wannabee long drivers from all over the world. But I'm happy as things are while the course owners wouldn't like many more either!
What do you need to become a Joe Miller?
It's another game entirely and at world level I'm seeing one of those players every generation – players who can achieve a 140mph clubhead speed literally at the drop of a hat. You need to be quite a big guy and you need that raw speed. You need to be a good golfer – more than people think – and you need to have the ability to hit the middle of the club a lot, which many can't.
So, you need someone with God-given raw ability to swing it fast, have the physical capabilities to be big and strong and in among all that you need a good golf swing. Also, you need to be positive, work hard at it and be able to deliver the goods come crunch time. You've got to have a lot of balls!
What are the keys to long driving success?
A lot of people just think it's about blasting balls everywhere. But it's a real game of precision. At 400 yards how much can you miss the middle of the face to give you a problem? You ready for this? One to two ball dimples out the middle and you're gone. That's a small margin! Also, you've got to remember that at 250 yards the grid (fairway) is 55 yards wide; at 400 yards the grid is 12.5 yards wide. Throw into the equation the lights, you're on TV and you realise it's a big ask.
Have you seen been big financial benefits from Joe's successes?
Here's the greatest business plan that I never planned at all – be famous for getting people to hit the ball further and it'll fill your lessons diary quicker than you'd believe! We started it off as a bit of fun, a hobby, to see how far we could go with it and look where we are now, though I wouldn't say I've joined golf's millionaires' club.
But you don't just teach long drive stars?
Last week an 88-year-old fellow came to see me with his year's plan to increase his speed. His swing speed is lower than his age now, but how's that for ambition?
How's your own game?
I've gone completely the reverse. As a kid, I did hit the ball quite a long way, but I'm now the world's slowest man! I was never going to be a great player though I had a few wins locally and to be honest I got a bit 'yippy'... yippy short game, yippy putting and never really recovered. Most of my career highlights have been in coaching having got involved full-time in my early 20s and I've loved it ever since.
Have any Tour pros sought your help?
A Ryder Cup player has asked me for a bit of help, while a small group of full-time Challenge Tour players have consulted me about the driving, but only that part of the game. It seems to me that this is the way coaching is going, with specialists in each aspect of the game whether it be driving, short game or putting.
What are the biggest driving misconceptions?
Many golfers are convinced the only way to hit the ball further is to increase their clubhead speed. But in fact most people would benefit by increasing their ball speed, which is a product of hitting the middle of the clubface. The second biggest misconception is that a lot of golfers believe they're born either slow or fast and cannot be trained to be fast. But again that is untrue.
How much extra distance could you squeeze out of an amateur in an hour?
For your average golfer, you'll probably get 10-20 yards from each of them depending on their clubhead speed, but over a good period of time and with the right club in their hands, that could shoot up to three times as much. I'll eliminate what I think they're bad at. I'll find out right away whether they hit out of the middle, what's their clubspeed, what's their ball speed, where's the glancing blow and then I'll prioritise what is missing. I'll always give somebody something. That might come from the club, the set-up or the way they swing it and hit it. If they're an average player, they're leaking something somewhere... it's just a case of finding out where.
Is long driving the be-all-and- end-all?
I love it as a sport, it's great, though I realise it's not everybody's cup of tea. It's been a great journey and it's been great for me to see long driving become a recognised sport in the UK – Joe was instrumental in that and hopefully I've helped a tiny bit myself. My biggest thing now is that somebody in the UK emerges to take over Joe's mantle and keep the sport going. That would be massive for me. With 7,500 yards-plus courses around, Tour players are looking at long drivers to see what they do and take it on board, enabling them to hit it further. Long driving is an eye-opener for the world of golf and if new courses are creeping up to 8,000 yards, the Tour stars want to see what these boys are doing. I believe now it's got a massive relevance.
What driver specs yield the longest shots?
That's a tough question, with about a million answers! Generally the first thing you ask is 'what's your clubhead speed?' From there you get the golfer set- up because if, say a senior or lady swings it at 80mph max, they're not going to benefit from having a one-degree driver! So best to go and see a club fitter who'd bespoke the loft, the shaft flex and length to optimise it for your speed.
Finally, are you really an East End hardman?
I look like a meathead, yeah! Well you've got the first bit right: my family do hail from Bethnal Green in the East End of London, so I can qualify that... but definitely not the hard man bit!
Joe Miller on Lee Cox and his influence
I've been with Lee since I was 16 or 17-years-old, and I will always be thankful to him for taking up the challenge dad asked of him.
Firstly, we're very good friends and that's helped from the start. Secondly, we bounce off each other, we like to challenge one another. We don't just sit back and accept things. He provides me with new information every day but
first things first, whenever we do a lesson we always try and make a good golf swing first.
A lot of people think long driving is just about standing up and smashing the ball as far as you can. To a certain degree that's true, but you'll never get far in the long driving game if you just do that...
NEXT: Lee Cox On The Four Do's and Don'ts of Generating Power In Your Drives


Wohnkultur 66, which is Anna Martina Münch & Manfred Werner, has specialized in architects furniture of the first half of the 20th century. Since 1993 they sell manufactured pieces from Scandinavian, Austrian and Austro-American architects and designers.
The showroom is located in an historical slaughterhouse in Hamburg Schanzenviertel. 2009 Wohnkultur 66 opened a gallery in Berlin-Mitte.
FINN JUHL (1912–1989) was not only a famous Danish architect, he also created a remarkable number of furniture designs characterized by a very distinctive style – including the Poet Sofa, the Pelican armchair or the chair models 109 and 46. To this day, all pieces are produced exclusively in Denmark and Japan by the best craftsmen under the supervision of the Finn Juhl Foundation & House of Finn Juhl™.
BRDR PETERSEN is a Danish furniture manufacturer based near Aarhus founded in 1973. They are producing furniture after original designs from Nanna Ditzel, Ib Kofod-Larsen, Vilhelm Lauritzen and Tove & Edvard Kindt Larsen. They are well-known for their upholstery work in excellent quality, which can be seen, for example, on the iconic Radiohussofa by Vilhelm Lauritzen.
PP MØBLER is producing furniture designs by Hans J. Wegner (1914–2007) in the third generation. Here his most sophisticated and complicated icons, such as the Teddy Bear Chair or the Peacock Chair are produced exclusively – everything manufactured completely by hand in Denmark.
VIENNA – NEW YORK is the exclusive furniture collection of Wohnkultur 66 including designs by Hugo Gorge (1883–1934), Ernst Schwadron (1896–1979) and others. Furniture from both representatives of the Austrian Werkbund can be found in several design museums, galleries and at international auctions. All pieces are handmade in Germany and Denmark.
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HomeUncategorizedDoctors Prescribing Opioids in Good Faith Should Not Be Prosecuted – Scientific American
Doctors Prescribing Opioids in Good Faith Should Not Be Prosecuted – Scientific American
The Supreme Court will consider a case that has had a chilling effect on medical practice
Maia Szalavitz is the author of, most recently, Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction. She is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times and author or co-author of seven other books. Credit: Nick Higgins
On March 1 the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that could have an enormous impact on American medicine. The case, which involves combined appeals from two doctors, Xiulu Ruan and Shakeel Kahn, is intended to resolve an important question that has had a chilling effect on both pain and addiction care. If the court decides against these defendants, people in the U.S. who are in agony may be unable to get needed relief.
The legal issue is this: Must prosecutors prove that doctors accused of overprescribing controlled substances intended to act as drug dealers? Or can physicians unknowingly violate the standards of care so severely that they cross the line into criminal behavior?
To many, the answer is obvious: if doctors genuinely believe they are performing their duties as physicians and are following the law, they should not be charged with a crime. A surgeon, for instance, might do something that leads to a patient dying on the operating table, but in order for malpractice to be deemed murder, prosecutors must prove that the death was caused by more than a slip of the scalpel.
With controlled substances, however—especially during an overdose crisis that has now taken more than 100,000 lives in a single year—these issues have become more complicated.
In the case before the Supreme Court, the two doctors were charged with distributing drugs for profit after law enforcement became aware that they were writing large numbers of opioid prescriptions. In Ruan's trial, prosecutors presented evidence that the doctor dramatically increased his prescribing of a form of fentanyl after making a $1.6 million-dollar investment in the stock of its manufacturer. Testimony about Kahn showed that many of his patients were selling the drugs he prescribed to them and that he had written prescriptions without performing examinations. Kahn was also charged with causing the overdose death of a patient. Ruan, who practiced in Alabama, was sentenced to 21 years in prison; Kahn, in Wyoming and Arizona, got 25 years.
The Supreme Court will not determine whether the physicians are innocent or guilty; instead it will focus on whether they should have the right to defend their actions as being done in good faith—a right their lawyers claim was infringed on because of improper jury instructions.
The case comes out of the disastrous U.S. policy response to rising rates of prescription opioid overdoses, which more than doubled between 1999 and 2010 as prescribing rates skyrocketed. The ambiguity in the law and the rising death rates made it easy for prosecutors to target physicians—and those prosecutions had the intended effect of scaring many doctors away from prescribing opioids, regardless of their patients' needs.
Unsurprisingly, this has had a harmful effect on pain care. A recent study found that between 2007 and 2017, opioid prescriptions for people with terminal cancer fell by nearly 40 percent, despite the fact that there is little connection between end-of-life care and the overdose crisis, and despite policies and standards that explicitly exempt such patients from opioid cutbacks.
The situation for people with intractable chronic pain is even worse: thousands have had their doses reduced or eliminated by doctors who fear prosecution for accidental drug trafficking. Research has shown that rather than reducing harm to patients, such cuts can dramatically increase their risk for suicide and overdose.
To top it all off, restrictions on prescription opioids have not reduced overdose deaths in general. Instead the number of deaths more than doubled between 2011 and 2020; in that same period opioid prescribing was cut by more than half, and it is now back to precrisis levels.
Addiction care is also undermined by this legal uncertainty. The only two treatments proven to reduce the death rate from opioid use disorder by half or more—methadone and buprenorphine—are themselves controlled substances. During an overdose crisis that is now driven by the illegal manufacturing and sale of fentanyl and other powerful synthetic opioids, experts agree that it is essential to make these medications more easily available.
But the Drug Enforcement Administration tends to see addiction clinics with few restrictions as pill mills. If a person with addiction can visit a doctor and get controlled substances without frequent urine testing, without the requirement of abstinence from other substances and without mandatory counseling, law enforcement may view that physician as a drug dealer, not a doctor.
Research, however, shows that even without these requirements—which often deter people from seeking needed help—the medications themselves save lives. The Supreme Court held over a different doctor's case related to this issue so it can be reconsidered in light of the decision they make on Ruan and Kahn's case.
Sometimes the difference between dealing and doctoring is obvious. If a physician sells controlled drugs for a fee ("doses for dollars") without even the pretense of an examination or consideration of medical issues, or if a doctor trades drugs for sex or controlled substances for illegal drugs, it is clearly a crime.
This distinction is essentially written into the relevant law: for a prescription for a controlled substance to be legal, it "must be issued for a legitimate medical purpose by a practitioner acting in the usual course of professional practice."
But aggressive prosecutions during the overdose crisis have blurred the lines between criminal behavior and malpractice. Courts have convicted physicians—including, their lawyers argue, Ruan and Kahn—for prescribing medication to more patients and in higher doses than other doctors do, not for deliberate dealing.
Prosecutors have based their cases in part on guidelines published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2016, and they have argued successfully that dosing outside the amounts mentioned in the guidelines is "not a legitimate medical purpose."
"We saw prosecutors using the CDC guidelines as evidence for their expert witnesses," says Ronald Chapman, an attorney who specializes in defending physicians accused of improperly prescribing drugs.
"The government would target physicians for prosecution based on the amount of medication they were prescribing—not on patient outcomes or sort of general factors of dangerousness to the patient population," Chapman adds, explaining that by searching through prescription-monitoring databases, law enforcement can simply designate the doctor who prescribed the most opioids to patients in a particular city or state as a criminal. "The doctors who ended up with the largest target on their back were the pain management professionals who were taking the most problematic patients," he says.
Kate Nicholson is an attorney, person with personal experience of chronic pain and founder of the National Pain Advocacy Center, a nonprofit that does not accept industry funding. "The reason we got involved is because we've seen a chilling effect on patient care where doctors are not willing to exercise even their best medical judgment because they fear oversight," says Nicholson, whose group filed an amicus brief in the Ruan case.
"It causes a race to the bottom," Chapman says, explaining how pain specialists have abandoned patients or unilaterally cut their doses in order to avoid legal scrutiny. Nicholson and her fellow advocates say they hear frequently from patients who are in extreme distress because medications they have been prescribed safely for years were suddenly taken away.
In this particular case, the government contends that "a doctor who makes a mistake in construing or applying those standards is not criminally liable so long as he has made an objectively reasonable good-faith effort to learn and comply with medical norms. A doctor who fails to take even that modest step, however, has abandoned the medical profession altogether and cannot seek its shelter." And, it argues, that is what these defendants did.
But the defendants—and amicus briefs from pain patient advocates, such as Nicholson's organization, and others such as the Chamber of Commerce—argue that it is wrong to criminalize merely departing from the standard of care. If doctors believe they are practicing medicine and helping their patients, they should not be accused of being drug dealers subject to decades in prison. If the problem is that they are bad doctors, medical boards and malpractice charges can stop them from doing harm.
Because circuit courts are split on this critical question, the Supreme Court chose to take these two doctors' cases and combine them into one to address it. Ideally, it will decide that convicting doctors for dealing does require mens rea—a guilty mind—and that a good-faith defense must be allowed when these cases are tried.
The CDC is also revising its 2016 guidelines, having recognized that their rigid application by physicians and use by prosecutors to target doctors is harming patients. (Comments on the new guidelines will be open until April 11.)
I hope these actions will begin to put an end to the enormous damage currently being done to people with chronic pain who require opioids.
The conservative majority on the Supreme Court is, unusually, likely to benefit the defendants in this case. Conservative jurisprudence tends to favor mens rea requirements for businesspeople charged with crimes. With the Supreme Court's help, perhaps America can finally find a true balance between restricting the use of potentially dangerous drugs and allowing those who benefit from them to have appropriate access.
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e-Responsibility
Management - operational considerations
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Implementing e-safety across an organisation
On a practical level Management will need to ensure that e-responsibility considerations are integrated into most areas of practice, for example:
1. Management structure
Is there a clear line-management structure with appropriate responsibilities and accountabilities?
Is there regular review and monitoring of the e-responsibility arrangements for the organisation?
There are many models for a management structure incorporating e-safety. A few are detailed below, but implementation will depend on the existing management structure and the needs of the educational community being addressed:
e-safety officer
Cross curricular representatives meeting
In each case the purpose of the structure is to make sure that the policies are regularly reviewed, that the policies are transmitted to all those who need to agree to them, and that the procedures and structures are in place to address the policy issues and the needs of the community. The end result should be that staff and learners know what is and is not acceptable and that both know what they should do or who they should contact when issues arise which may covered by the policy.
2. Dissemination of policies and procedures
What is the process by which the policies and procedures are disseminated? Are learners and staff aware of the policies and procedures relating to e-responsiblity? Are the policies and procedures written in language accessible to learners and staff? Are they available in different styles and formats to accommodate the differing needs of groups of learners, e.g. those with a learning disability?
A variety of sample policies: AUPs, e-safety, social networking, data protection are available from the RSC East Midlands.
3. Learning teaching practice
Lesson planning, schemes of work and observation of lessons.
How is e-responsibliity awareness embedded into practice? How do tutors make students aware of the e-responsibility factors affecting their current academic/practical work?
New versions of Safeguarding in a digital world are available on the excellence gateway. Guidance for learners, technical staff, curriculum managers, teachers and trainers and for Learning Providers.
4. Staffing issues
There are issues relating to staff recruitment - Criminal Records Bureau checks, for example, which need consideration. LSIS on the Excellence Gateway has new information on eSafety within Safeguarding and a page of frequently asked questions relating to CRB and other issues including confidentiality, disclosure and risk assessment. LSIS also have a course on staff recruitment and safeguarding.
Staff development programmes should include e-responsibility issues, both from the point of view of the learners and of the staff as users of technology. The following Moodle courses are available to use, adapt and share.
East Midlands Regional Support Centre have developed a Moodle course covering e-Safety.The course aims to introduce tutors/managers to the issues involved in making information technology safe for learners – whether they are children, young people or adults.
The RSC Scotland South & West have an e-Safety module - Module 9 of the eSkills for eLearning resources licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License.
Formal staff development on e-safety issues leading to a qualification should be considered.
Resources to support and actively promote e-safety skills
What resources do you make available for the use of staff and learners? What time is allowed? Are these resources differentiated? Do they actviely promote e-safety and make learners feel safe?
Resources should raise awareness, offer opportunities for assessment and be adapted to ability to understand, they should be included in formal induction and information literacy, and integrated into the curriculum through schemes of work, pastoral contact, reporting processes and learner consultation and could refer to acceptable learner behaviour and staff classroom management.
A wealth of resources are available to use with students. There is good e-Safety guidance on the Excellence Gateway and links to specific resources on the learning and teaching pages of this wiki.
E-responsbility issues need to be part of the criteria for self assessment. How well is it being dealt with? How well is it being transmitted to staff and learners? What processes are in place to ensure that learners feel safe within the e-environment?
This tool for e-safety Self Assessment (TESSA) on the RSC NorthWest website may be useful and is a practical interactive resource to assist Learning Providers to review their e-safety under the themes of Managment, personnel and Technology. There are three levels from 'not started' to 'embedded' to evaluate against and you are encouraged to make a note of the evidence that supports your assessment as you go through the questions.
to understand why online safety is important and that it should involve everyone;
in creating a safer online environment for their learners;
by providing guidance;
to identify their current position, strengths and weaknesses;
to move from a basic level of online safety to best practice.
E-safety: Quick self assessment tool for OFSTED inspections from September 2009 - Although designed for schools the same framework applies to providers delivering to learners up to the age of 19 years and when working with vulnerable adults.
Reporting process
What processes are in place to report on and monitor breaches of e-safety? For guidance on how best to tackle the issues of reporting and confidentiality see archived Becta Guidance.
This flowchart of incident reporting procedure helps identify good practice and may provide a model which could be adapted for your own organisation.
SMOG Testing Policies
It is a good idea to SMOG (Simple Measure of Gobbledygook) test policies to ensure accessible text. Using Word 2007 you can add a readability test to the spelling and grammar check, you will need to enable this function and can find SMOG testing instructions at the Microsoft Office training site under "test your document's readability". Each readability test bases its rating on the average number of syllables per word and words per sentence. Learners with barriers to learning will need a SMOG test rating appropriate to their cognitive level an example from a specialist college rated 9 can be seen here.
Online Briefing giving an overview of e-Safety and the implications for the post 16 education sector developed by RSC Scotland South & West.
Microsoft Office training site under "test your document's readability" for readability testing.
East Midlands Regional Support Centre Moodle course covering e-safety.
eSkills for eLearning, module 9 an e-safety module to support staff training.
LSIS FAQs on Criminal Reference Bureau, confidentiality, disclosure, risk assessment at http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/page.aspx?o=304096.
LSIS staff recruitment and safeguarding course at http://www.leadershiplearning.org.uk/
Case Studies from the Excellence gateway - Making use of e-safety training
Sample policy documents - e-safety, aup, social networking, data protection
SWGfL has a range of policies and agreements for learners, parents, volunteers and staff that can be downloaded and adapted by any provider.
Northern Grid E-Safety site with specific links and advice for pupils, parents and carers and other useful links.
GetSafeOnline - a joint initiative between government, law enforcement, leading businesses and the public sector, to provide computer users and small businesses with free, independent,user-friendly advice on using the internet safely.
Reporting of e-safety incidents.
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"This season's been interesting. We've developed first team players and gone on a cup run." - Coventry City Under-18s manager Jason Farndon
Farndon believes the league table does not do his squad justice as he reflects on a campaign where the young Sky Blues finished 4th and played Manchester City in the FA Youth Cup…
Coventry City Under-18s manager Jason Farndon believes that the young Sky Blues have had an 'interesting' season, but laments the fact that the squad could not challenge for the Professional Development League Two North title.
Farndon's side finished fourth overall, but went on an FA Youth Cup run that went all the way to the fourth round and an exit by finalists Manchester City.
Watch the full extended interview on Sky Blues Player here...
The manager is happy though with the development of the players in his spell so far in charge, particularly with the likes of George Thomas and James Maddison now featuring regularly in the first team.
"Overall this season has gone reasonably well", he said. "We started off great but petered out towards the end.
"We sort of ran our race at Christmas, the boys played too many games and it caught up on them.
"We had a good cup run, one of the better ones the club has had in recent times, and the production of players into the first team with the likes of Maddison and Thomas is very pleasing.
"If I had to sum it up in one word I would say.. interesting. We had high hopes for the season and I do believe that if the strongest squad would have been available all the time then we would have won the league.
"But I have to be realistic, that my job is to produce players for the first team. With 6 or 7 of them making debuts this season, it has been a great personal achievement.
"I think that the league table doesn't do us justice, our style of football has been excellent at times and there have been games where we have been going into games with ten fit players."
Farndon believes that his side never really got back into the style of play that saw them top the league early on in the season and beat the likes of Championship table-toppers Bournemouth in the FA Youth Cup.
He also feels that the fans are starting to see the best of Maddison in the first, with Farndon having seen the potential of the 18-year old first hand from an early age.
He continued: "We have had lots of exciting players featuring for us this campaign.
"Everything was clicking for us early on and we were brushing teams aside. The Bournemouth win was in my mind the performance of the season.
"We got a lot of plaudits after that game and rightly so. But we could never quite get back to that level.
"With James coming through now fans are starting to see the best of him. Time will tell how good he can be but he is a real talent."
Watch the first two minutes of the interview on CCFC's Youtube channel here...


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Prince William and Kate Middleton's Christmas travel plans change as Queen cancels Sandringham
The Queen confirmed the Royal Family's Christmas celebrations at Sandringham had been canceled on Monday
By Emma Dooney published 21 December 21
The Queen's decision to cancel the Royal Family's Christmas at Sandringham will have a major impact on Prince William and Kate Middleton's travel plans this weekend.
The Queen has officially called off the Royal Family's Christmas celebrations at Sandringham House, citing a surge in Covid-19 cases as the reason behind the last-minute decision.
Her Majesty is now expected to be joined by Prince William and Kate Middleton at Windsor Castle—a change of plans that's likely to alter the couple's travel arrangements.
In other royal news, Kate Middleton granted major honor by the Queen and Royal Family ahead of iconic festive appearance.
The Queen has officially canceled Christmas at Sandringham House, as surging Covid rates in the UK cast doubt over the safety of indoor socializing.
The 95-year-old monarch had hoped to host multiple members of the Royal Family, including the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at her Norfolk estate this weekend, for what will be her first festive holiday since Prince Philip died.
However, all hopes of a traditional Christmas were dashed on Monday evening, after Buckingham Palace confirmed that the Queen would be remaining at Windsor Castle for the wintery season. The disappointing news comes just a few days after the Queen canceled her Christmas lunch due to the rise of the Omicron variant.
The Queen will now celebrate Christmas at Windsor Castle
Don't panic though—Her Majesty won't be alone for the chilly holiday. Her younger relatives, most of whom live in the UK, intend to join her at Windsor Castle and are prepared to follow "all appropriate guidelines" to ensure the special occasion can go ahead safely.
The switch from Sandringham House to Windsor Castle also means major changes for the family's holiday travel plans. With Christmas now being held in Berkshire, the royals' commute to visit the Queen is likely to be a lot less stressful than in previous years.
While Sandringham is about a three-hour drive from Prince William and Kate Middleton's London residence at Kensington Palace, Windsor Castle is a mere 50 minutes away.
(Image credit: Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
This reduction in traveling will give the Cambridges extra time to prepare for the exciting break—as well as a lower risk of car tantrums from their three young children. It's no secret that Prince George isn't exactly the biggest fan of traveling long distances, having previously shown frustration during an official royal tour to Germany.
The move to Windsor will also benefit Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla, who live nearby the Cambridges at Clarence House.
Emma Dooney
Emma is a news writer for woman&home and My Imperfect Life. She covers the Royal Family and the entertainment world, as well as the occasional health or lifestyle story. When she's not reporting on the British monarchy and A-list celebs, you can find her whipping up vegan treats and running the roads to cheesy '90s pop music...but not at the same time, obviously.


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Innovative surgical training for non-doctors brings safe surgery to rural Malawi
COST-Africa project developed a BSc course for non-doctors in Malawi. The volume of surgical procedures almost doubled between 2013 and 2015 in participating hospitals.
With a population of 18 million, Malawi has the highest rate of rural dwellers in sub-Saharan Africa (84%). The country has only 42 surgeons, all of whom work in the main city hospitals, leaving more than 15 million people with little or no access to surgical care provided by specialists.
Rural communities have to rely on a network of 50 district hospitals to meet their surgical needs. These understaffed and under-resourced hospitals offer mostly obstetric surgery, but some general surgical procedures are also available. The lack of investment in these hospitals cause infrastructure problems, such as water shortages and supply issues, and due to lack of proper training and financial constraints many staff lack confidence and motivation.
This situation has a strong negative impact on the people living in rural areas. Recent studies shown that almost 30% of the population in Malawi lives with a surgically treatable condition, but access to care is minimal. Delays in surgery for hernias and hydroceles, very common conditions, too often result in increased morbidity, disability and even fatalities. Patients are forced to travel to one of the four central hospitals for any complex surgical cases, often resulting in a financial struggle for many of them.
In this challenging context COST-Africa (Clinical Officer Surgical Training in Africa), developed a Bachelor of Science course accredited by the university of Malawi. Through this course non-doctors, called locally clinical officers, are being trained in general surgery. The training blends central training at the College of Medicine in Blantyre and two years of in-service training in district hospitals with fortnightly visits from surgeons.
"Prior to COST-Africa I was not able to do a number of surgical procedures", explains Maxwell Yambeni, a clinical officer at the Chikwawa District Hospital who was one of the first graduates out of the COST-Africa programme. "COST-Africa came in and beefed my confidence up, my surgical skills, my scientific understanding. It has really helped me a lot"–adds Yambeni.
Hilda Dauti, among the 17 district clinicians who currently hold the BSc in General Surgery, also appreciates the knowledge and experience achieved thanks to the methodology of the training. "We were able to deal with patients rather than just knowing the theory of it", she remarks. The direct exposure to patient management was possible because the surgical teaching was delivered in the hospitals where the students were working. The trainers were visiting them every two weeks to deliver teaching modules and the hands-on surgical training.
An evaluation report published in 2019 in the British Journal of Surgery reveals that the number of general surgery procedures almost doubled in the hospitals that took part in the COST-Africa project, and majority of the procedures were undertaken by the COST-Africa trainees. Outcomes of surgery were also very good when compared with medical doctors who practiced in the intervention facilities and with surgical specialists from central hospitals. No surgical deaths were recorded in the duration of the project.
'We are proud to say, that the project developed a sustainable and safe model of delivering surgical care to rural populations in Malawi. Two more cohorts of non-doctor surgeons have already been trained following the model we developed' –says Dr. Jakub Gajewski, who was the lead researcher on the project.
In many places in the sub-Saharan region of Africa non-doctors are often the main, if not the only, providers of surgical care for rural dwellers. Training of surgical specialists requires longer period of time, and is also more expensive. During the last nine years we have worked to strengthen capacity in sub-Saharan district hospitals to ensure that rural populations have access to safe and quality surgical services. The COST-Africa initiative has shown that surgery can be delivered cost-effectively, safely and bring important health benefits to patients attending district hospitals.