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Valuing Psychotherapy and Mental Health Nursing
Mental health nursing is one of the oldest regulated health professions in the world. It predates the invention of all other allied health professions. At the core of it's history and practice is psychotherapy. Psychotherapy is a transdiciplinary activity. In my country of residence of Australia, neither psychotherapy, nor mental health nursing are treated respectfully or equitably with other health professions or specialties.
Psychotherapy is often conflated with psychology and mental health nurses are viewed as having few skills in either. Psychotherapy is the treatment for most problems of living, and has been for most of the 20th century. This page celebrates and promotes psychotherapy as the only effective treatment for many mental health problems, and also mental health nursing as a specialty which is often excluded from practicing this craft in Australia through programmes such as "Better Access".
What particularly distinguishes mental health nurses from others is their post graduate education and capacity to be with people in extreme states of distress or human experience. Many have specific post graduate qualifications in psychotherapy. Mental health nurses have adapted psychotherapy to work with people with the most complex needs or to very difficult environments and contexts. Sadly they are excluded from working to their potential by current policies. This page highlights the efforts of myself (Richard Lakeman) and many colleagues (particularly Prof John Hurley and Prof Andrew Cashin) in promoting psychotherapy and access to the right treatment, at the right time, by the right person (often Mental Health Nurses), to improve the mental health of Australians.
According to the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia "Psychotherapy is a holistic engagement that focuses on the mental, emotional, relational or spiritual health of a human being. It is useful when psychological, developmental, relationship and wellbeing issues arise in life"...
Publications on Psychotherapy
I and colleagues have written extensively on psychotherapeutic practice. Whilst this site shares some publications on the psychotherapeutic potential of nurses you can read more about psychotherapy below
The Need for Psychotherapy
Now more than perhaps at any other time in modern history we need psychotherapy and the public need and deserve the services which Mental Health Nurse pyschotherapists can provide.
The struggle for recognition
In various programmes the psychotherapeutic skills and potential of mental health nurses has not been recognised. This was true in what was known as the Mental Health Nurse Incentive Programme (now abandoned) and Mental Health Nurses have been excluded from accessing the Medicare Benefit Scheme "Better Access" regardless of experience or qualifications.
Sisyphus and the struggle for recognition of Mental Health Nursing
Albert Camus used the myth of Sisyphus to illustrate his philosophy of the absurd. Having scorned the Gods, Sisyphus was destined to roll or carry a rock up-hill each day, and then watch it roll back down, repeating this struggle each day for eternity. This myth captures the ongoing struggle that mental health nurses (MHNs) have in realising any meaningful recognition of the skills they possess or even that they exist at all. This opinion piece is part reflection on the past year which commenced with catastrophic bushfires which was followed by COVID and an unprecedented need for a psychotherapeutic response from competent practitioners skilled in psychotherapy. MHNs were excluded by the Australian Government from providing subsidised psychotherapeutic services. These challenges facing MHNs are entwined around recognition of the psychotherapeutic capabilities of MHNs, the instrumental relationship of nursing to medicine and the challenges of working in a hierarchical and highly coercive care system, and lastly how entrenched managerialism and the trend towards centralised and protocol driven practices has impacted on professional autonomy. Mental health nursing as a specialty faces an existential crisis which will not be resolved until their psychotherapeutic potential is recognised and MHNs have parity of access to the medicare benefits scheme as often lesser skilled practitioners currently do.
Lakeman, R. (2020). Sisyphus and the struggle for recognition of Mental Health Nursing (Feature Article), Summer News 2020, Year in Review. The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses, p.3-9, Online: https://www.flipsnack.com/acmhn/acmhn-yearinreview.htm
Read Paper
Lakeman, R. (Early View 2020). Mental Health Nurses locked out while Australia locks down. Journal Of Psychiatric And Mental Health Nursing, n/a(n/a). Doi:10.1111/jpm.12638
Hurley, J., Lakeman, R., Cashin, A., Ryan, T., & Muir-Cochrane, E. (2020). We are not quite 'all in this together': Mental Health Nurses struggle for equitable access to the Medicare Benefit Schedule (Letter). International journal of mental health nursing, 29(4), 745-746. Doi:10.1111/inm.12741
Lakeman (25-26 November, 2020). The case for equitable access to mental health nurse psychotherapists: improving access and outcomes across the mental health continuum. Paper Presented at the Informa Connect 'Australian Healthcare Funding Summit. Virtual
The Medicare Benefit Scheme (MBS), 'Better Access' program which focuses on providing subsidized focused psychological strategies is out of reach for large sections of the population due to the overvaluing of this service by eligible providers who charge excessive 'gap fees'. Mental health nurses (whilst eligible through PHN funded programmes to provide services for people with higher level needs or when people can't afford 'gap fees') have been excluded from the MBS. Additionally, eligibility to provide 'Better Access' has become the de-facto benchmark to provide other MBS items (e.g. the recent eating disorder Item Numbers) and a criteria for employment in many services such as headspace.
Mental health nursing is one of the oldest regulated professions, most trusted, and with a strong history and tradition of providing psychotherapy to those with the most complex needs. Surveys of mental health nurse psychotherapists in Australia indicate that they are highly trained (generally with Masters level qualifications specifically in psychotherapy) and often have decades of experience providing psychotherapy to vulnerable groups.
The public have been unfairly excluded from being able to access a subsidized service from Mental Health Nurses who may be the most experienced and able providers; MHNs have been unfairly discriminated against in primary care by being unable to earn a living providing skilled services in competition with often less skilled yet subsidised practitioners.
Granting immediate eligibility to MHNs to claim the MBS will address a serious skills shortage in primary care across the continuum of stepped care without the need for any further investment in training or education of health professionals
Unlocking the potential of Mental Health Nurses by enabling access to the MBS
Credentialed Mental Health Nurses (MHNs) in Australia are highly skilled, and educated Mental Health Professionals. All have postgraduate qualifications and many are experts in the provision of psychotherapy including working with those with the most complex health issues (see: 1, 2, 3). Successive Governments have failed to recognise the expertise or potential of MHNs. What was formerly known as the Mental Health Nurse Incentive Programme (MHNIP) offered some of the most vulnerable in the community access to medium to long term psychotherapy (see: 4,5) despite this not being officially recognised (see: 6). The MHNIP was handed to the Primary Health Care Networks (PHNs) as part of their flexible funding pool and any reference to the therapeutic capability of MHNs removed from the guidance notes on 'Stepped Care' (see: 7). Some PHNs have prevented MHNs from continuing to provide care to those in need. MHNs have been locked out of providing care under the Medicare Benefit Scheme including COVID-19 funding for tele-health measures (see: 8, 9). MHNs should have full access to the MBS, and their therapeutic skills recognised by all funders of mental health services.
Meet some Mental Health Nurse Psychotherapists
What characterises all these talented individuals is vast experience, advanced qualifications and ineligibility for their clients to receive a subsidised service under the Medicare Benefit Scheme, 'Better Access'
Richard Lakeman
Elaine Ford
Dr Richard Lakeman
Richard trained as a nurse when psychotherapy was still the main paradigm of psychiatric treatment in many psychiatric facilities in New Zealand over 30 years ago. He published with Wayne Froggatt one of the first e-therapy resources based on Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy called "Understanding and changing self-defeating beliefs". In 1999 he contributed a chapter on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in a book called "Talking Cures" edited by his mentor, psychotherapist and Professor of Mental Health Nursing, Phil Barker.
Richard completed a Masters in Mental Health (Psychotherapy) at the Univeristy of Queensland. He practiced psychotherapy primarily in the public sector, whilst also working in assertive community treatment. After a few years in Ireland and completing a doctorate focusing on mental health recovery, suicide and vicarious trauma in the homeless sector, he returned to Australia. There as well as academic and clinical jobs (largely with people with complex needs) he practiced psychotherapy under the mental Health Nurse Incentive Programme, ATAPs and entirely privately. He has done further study and supervised practice in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) and has written about adapting psychotherapy to psychosis, working with recalcitrant clients and advanced empathy.
Richard presently coordinates SCU Online Master of Mental Health programmes and teaches psychotherapeutic skills across a range of programmes. You can visit his practice at working4recovery.com.
I am a knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and dedicated mental health Nurse Practitioner with over 40 years of experience in health service delivery, and extensive clinical experience in caring for and optimizing health care delivery for adolescents, adults, and older people with various mental health conditions. I am experienced in providing evidence-based, person-centred care, and working within collaborative frameworks within the National Standards of Mental Health care.
I have had formal supervised training in a variety of therapies, including CBT, DBT, Existential and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, and EMDR. I particularly like helping people who have experienced trauma, disorders of self, grief and death, emotional distress, and interpersonal conflicts.
I am committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of people with mental health problems and helping them recover from their illness or come to terms with it in order to optimise their life potential.
Adjusting to the challenges of life can impact upon our physical and emotional well-being. Having someone assist in adapting to such challenges can be very beneficial. My style of therapy aims at applying evidence-based practice that helps the person understand their experience and explore avenues to bring about change.
Unfortunately I cannot provide a subsidised service under 'Better Access'. However, please visit my service ESF Therapy Centre - Counselling & Psychotherapy.
Professor John Hurley
John is a Professor of mental health, a credentialed mental health nurse of 20 years and he has worked in the mental health field for nearly forty years. He trained for four years and qualified as an experiential psychotherapist in the 1980's and then in a degree in problem solving counselling in the 1990's. He took these psychological therapy skills and knowledge and used them in daily clinical practice for 16 years, first as a senior clinician and then to lead crisis and home treatment services in Sydney, Cairns and the UK. He worked exclusively with those with the most complex mental health needs, integrating experiential psychotherapy, counselling and psychiatric nursing capability to best meet the high level needs of consumers. He has over subsequent years trained in family systems therapy, behavioural based emotional intelligence and suicide prevention, as well as cognitive behavioural therapy and solutions focused therapy. In addition to his academic role John has for the past decade worked clinically at Headspace where he has been utilised as the clinician to send young people with the most complex needs. John is also a registered general nurse, has three post graduate diplomas, a science master's degree and a PhD. He has well in excess of 100 international peer reviewed publications, has written multi-disciplinary post graduate mental health courses and has been invited to inform the Victorian Royal Commission into improving metal health services. His work has informed practice standards in the EU and here in Australia he is on the national board of directors for the ACMHN.
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Some selected publications on the potential of mental health nurse psychotherapists
For others please visit Richard Lakeman's Professional Pages
The psychotherapeutic practice and potential of mental health nurses
Lakeman, R., Cashin, A., Hurley, J., & Ryan, T. (2020). The psychotherapeutic practice and potential of mental health nurses: an Australian survey. Australian Health Review, 44(6), 916-923, doi.org/10.1071/AH19208
Objective: Mental Health Nurses (MHNs) have an under recognised long history of engaging in psychotherapeutic practice across the spectrum of mental illness and mental health problems, including those with serious mental health problems. There is a need for a psychotherapeutic response for people with complex or serious mental health problems within the stepped care model. This project sought to identify the educational preparation and self-reported competency of MHNs to clinically undertake psychotherapy with people.
Methods: Situated within a larger mixed method study exploring how MHNs practice psychotherapy, adapt it to routine care and envisage the future, this paper reports the findings from survey of MHNs regarding their educational preparation, experience and competence in modalities of psychotherapy and the application of psychotherapy with specific clinical groups.
Results: 153 MHNs responded to a request to participate. In this cohort, eighty-seven per cent of nurses had postgraduate qualifications specific to psychotherapy. Ninety-five per cent had worked for over 10 years in the mental health field and had hundreds of hours of training in psychotherapy. There was a high level of self- reported competence in working with people with serious mental health problems and 'at risk' or vulnerable groups.
Conclusions: Currently, MHNs are not recognised in federal funding arrangements to procure psychotherapeutic intervention for members of the Australian population who require it. MHNs ought to be recognised as independent providers based on both the psychotherapeutic skills that they possess and their specialist clinical skills of working with people across the spectrum of mental health problems. Appropriately qualified MHNs need to be funded to employ their skills in psychotherapy via access to appropriate funding arrangements such as Better Access and the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
The remarkable (Disappearing Act of the) mental health nurse psychotherapist
Hurley, J., Lakeman, R., Cashin, A., & Ryan, T. (2020). The remarkable (Disappearing Act of the) mental health nurse psychotherapist. International journal of mental health nursing, 29(4), 547-750. Doi:10.1111/inm.12698
The aim of this Australian based qualitative study was to better understand key drivers for mental health nurses to undertake training in psychotherapy, and how these capabilities are integrated into their clinical practice. Open ended reposes from a national survey of 153 mental health nurses were supplemented with data from 12 semi‐structured interviews of nurses with rich experience of integrating psychotherapy and mental health nursing capabilities. Key findings emerging from the thematic analysis were that mental health nurses are providing uniquely holistic psychotherapeutic services to consumers with often complex conditions, despite overtly hostile clinical and policy contexts. These often very well qualified mental health nurse psychotherapists are different to the traditional identity of either a nurse or psychotherapist. Recommendations from the findings of this study are that where appropriately qualified, mental health nurses be granted eligible provider status for existing Medicare funding items. Finally, training and building foundational capabilities in psychotherapy is highly recommended for all mental health nurses.
Mental health nurse psychotherapists are well situated to improve service shortfalls in Australia
Hurley, J., Lakeman, R., Cashin, A., & Ryan, T. (2020). Mental health nurse psychotherapists are well situated to improve service shortfalls in Australia: findings from a qualitative study. Australasian Psychiatry, 28(4), 423–425. https://doi.org/10.1177/1039856220924326
This paper reports the capabilities of mental health nurse (MHN) psychotherapists in Australia and their perceptions on how to best utilize their skills.
An MHN is a registered nurse with recognized specialist qualifications in mental health nursing. One hundred and fifty three MHNs completed an online survey; 12 were interviewed.
Three themes were derived from a qualitative analysis of the aggregated data: psychotherapy skills of MHN psychotherapists are under-utilized; these nurses bridge gaps between biomedical and psychosocial service provision; and equitable access to rebates in the primary care sector is an obstacle to enabling access to services.
MHN psychotherapists are a potentially valuable resource to patients in tertiary and primary health care. They offer capacity to increase access to specialist psychotherapy services for complex and high risk groups, while being additionally capable of meeting patients' physical and social needs. Equitable access to current funding streams including Medicare rebates can enable these outcomes.
The Mental Health Nurse Incentive Programme
For mental health nurses this was the first opportunity to branch out and provide what they were good at in primary care. Many nurses did and continue to do some astounding work in this space. However, the programme was flawed in that it did not recognise the psychotherapeutic expertise of nurses.
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Lakeman, R., Cashin, A., & Hurley, J. (2014). Values and valuing mental health nursing in primary care: what is wrong with the 'before and on behalf of' model? Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 21(6), 526-535.
Read: What is wrong with the before and on behalf model?
Some selected publications on the Mental Health Nurse Incentive Programme
Please also visit the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses.
Please click on the PDF icon to view the publication. These and others may be found here.
Lakeman, R. (2013). Mental health nurses in primary care: Qualitative outcomes of the Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 22(5), 391-398
Lakeman, R. & Bradbury, J. (2014). Mental health nurses in primary care: quantitative outcomes of the Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 21(4), 327-335
Hurley, J., Browne, G., Lakeman, R., Angking, D. and Cashin, A. (2014). Released potential: A qualitative study of the Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program in Australia. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 23(1), p. 17-23
Psychotherapy belongs to everyone!
Nurses have no monopoly on psychotherapy. However, they do have a unique skill set which means they have the capacity to develop empathic relationships with people in extreme states of distress and human experience. This capacity to empathise is I believe pivotal in helping people with the most complex needs.
Advanced empathy: A key to supporting people experiencing psychosis or other extreme states
The capacity to be empathic and communicate empathically are foundational skills of counselling and psychotherapy, if not all interpersonal helping endeavours. Empathy requires the capability, inclination and capacity to take the perspective of others, appraise and understand their experience without being overwhelmed, and communicate this understanding in a helpful way to the other person. This paper reviews and highlights the importance of this interpersonal capability and describes a form of 'advanced empathy' characterised by the capacity to take the perspective of others experiencing extreme states, making sense of this experience and conveying an understanding of that experience in a way which is useful to the person. The capacity for 'advanced empathy' is a foundation for any kind of therapeutic work with people who may express delusional or disturbing ideas and will be helpful for anyone needing to develop or maintain a relationship with people in extreme states. These ideas have been tested in practice and with a wide variety of audiences. This synthesis and summary might therefore be useful for training, supervision or reflection by those who hope to build alliances with people who may be in crisis, experience psychosis or are 'out of step' with people around them. This paper argues that empathy is useful in most helping relationships but is essential to effective mental health care.
Lakeman, R. (2020). Advanced empathy: A key to supporting people experiencing psychosis or other extreme states. The Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia. 8(1), Available: http://pacja.org.au/?p=5394
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ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The man who allegedly assaulted two police officers in Road Town on March 24, 2017 has been slapped with several charges.
This news site had first and accurately reported that the two police officers were sent to Peebles Hospital following the alleged run-in with a civilian.
In a press release today, March 28, 2017 Commissioner of Police Michael Matthews condemned the assault on the two traffic officers by a scooter rider last Friday on Waterfront Drive.
"Violent acts against any of my officers are never acceptable. However, I am particularly disturbed by the level of this assault on Friday on my Road Policing officers who were simply carrying their duties to keep road users and riders safe. I have giveninstructions for the full force of the law to be exacted on anyone who decides to attack any officer while he or she is carrying out duties.
The alleged offender, Mervin Flaherty Jr, 18, of McNamara, has since been charged with two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, two counts of criminal damage, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. He will also face several traffic related offences.
The two officers received treatment at Peebles Hospital, were discharged and are now at home recuperating.
Commissioner Matthews noted that over the same week, scooter riders had been involved in three accidents, two of which involved pedestrians while on pedestrian crosswalks. Both riders fled the scene before Police arrived.
Pedestrians, in each case, were treated and discharged.
"While there are scooter riders who follow the law, we do have many more who arrogantly violate the law and put pedestrians, other road users and themselves at risk. Beware that my officers will be targeting unlawful scooter riders and enforcing the law. We ask for the encouragement, support and cooperation of the public as we ensure that all operators of motor scooters follow the law and practice safety.
It was about 8:50 AM today March 24, 2017 in the parking lot near the traffic lights in Road Town that there was a confrontation between a man and two police officers on police motor bikes.
It appears that one of the bikes was damaged, while the two police officers ended up at Peebles Hospital with minor cuts and bruises.
It is believed that the man was eventually arrested after police backup came to the scene.
No more details have been obtained by our newsroom on the incident.
@Fish, fighting for there rights? I never knew that you can disobey the law and want to fight for your rights at the same time. Those scoter riders are rude, disrespectful and have no regard for the public or the public safety. They act like they own the road and when the police intervene, the police is wrong. I am on the police side.
WHERE IN THE WORLD DO YOU SEE POLICE HAVE THE SAME SPEED OR LESS THAN THE CIVILIAN ON MOTORBIKES, WHY IN THIS COUNTRY THE BVI LANDERS ALWAYS AGAINST THE COPS WITH NEGATIVE TALK, IT LOOK LIKE THE POLICE SHOULD ALWAYS TURN A BLIND EYE TO THE LAW BREAKERS.
Guns are also illegal but the police have them. Do you think that the police can catch these retards without having equal or more advantage? People seem to forget the overall duty is to protect and serve but please also remember that above all, the police are humans too. They don't have super powers, they can't read minds and they need us to help them just as much as we need them to protect us.
Educate yourself, you are not helping save lives and protesting f our young men.
Bring those bike riders into conformity with the law. That is where the law and order starts. No helmets, no bikes. Hold their bikes.
I support the cops. We need a return to law and order.
On second thought I don't think any of them are that intelligent.
This is what we get with the $800,000 and John Duncan.
Not a bad days work.
@wize up...change your name to shut up. What police state do we have? Criminals are running wild in the place and we need a stronger police force to catch all of these criminals. Our families are being destroyed with all of the murders and avoidable traffic accidents. Police state my behind!
@wize up - the police are not the problem. You are and people like you who are withholding information and protecting criminals whilst at the same time complaining police can't solve crimes. Be the change you want to see!
Thank you NezRez, and the thing that really bothers me is that guy Wize up always say he was a police. I really hate to believe that. I am convinced, that whoever he is, he don't really have much sense.
This is--to put it mildly--ridiculous.
I can't believe what I am here reading. Come on, the police have to do their job. People it's time to abide by the law and respect the police officers them. Police officers you all are doing a great job and keep it up!
i used to say is we tola people just dumb but it seem like all over the world that people think the police came about in order to fight crime. No the F they didnt, its all yall lazy backside who know somebody that know somebody that know somebody with a problem child and or law breaker but turn a blind eye and say that ain my business. then when its not someone of ur own u come on here to blog. in my generation we said F the police because they too scared to tell their superiors wa time it is and dont tell the public the truth about how ineffective they are with handling problems that started in the home. so yea its the low hangin fruit they always pickin on. Tortola gon wake up when they realise that the soldiers/warriors of the tribe all in jail or gunned down in the streets because the so called powerful ones that "made" it have failed to make a difference and direct the potential of our men.
MALICIOUS is the only word I can come up with for this act.
It's funny how police departments all over the world are all talking about using excessive force when officers are assaulted. The police are already telling who their targets are. I'm not defending those who ride scooters recklessly but I'm bothered by them as well. Police will target all scooters and motorcycle operators. You'll see more and more of this violence and they will tell you they have all the rights. Be foolish BVI and think because RVIPF says they're doing all in good that they will do everything on the right side of the law. They won't! You'll see! Be careful that some of you innocent citizens get caught up in BS! Be careful! You see what's happening against blacks in America. You see it's a white man in charge of the RVIPF! You already see what's happening around you in your territory! Can't say nobody didn't warn you!
The COP said the RVIPF is targeting UNLAWFUL scooter riders not All!! What a sad thing when you cannot read.
Mervin??! No surprise there. Been headed down this road with his type of behaviour. 'Nuff said.
Real Leaders, Our Country Needs You!
I will not write here and romanticize the Leadership of Lavity Stoutt and Cryril Romney, because they were not all perfect; but if there was anything they possessed - was vision and leadership qualities to take control of situations.
What a true leader does in cases where our youths on scooters are becoming more and more out of control?
Call an island-wide meeting with all the scooter riders to air out the issues. Not with the opinionated public, but just among a few leaders- political and otherwise.
If one of our credible leaders do not step up and do this, it will only get worse.
The objective and goals of the meeting are to assist these groups in forming a scooter riders' association of their own and to agree on some membership codes of the road in which they all can agree - on how they conduct themselves while utilizing the public roads.
In this way, they will be given the benefit of the doubt to hold each other accountable for their agreed upon codes/rules of the road. Moreover, they should be also encouraged and given some support on creating activities around their scooter riding interests.
Banning scooters and exerting to police possible force, will only channel their misguided energy elsewhere.
As a leader, one should learn how to direct misguided energy. Our youths are exhibiting excessive burst of misguided energy. Let's help them to direct all that energy into constructive developments.
Cryril had to squash misguided youths' energy and gang violence back in the days, and that is how he did it. He knew that if he, as a leader, allowed misguided energy to fester that, that energy can spill over, negatively, into the wider population and the tourist sector, and hence, affect our economy. Most of the youths he volunteered his time, energy, and attention, to back in the days, are now grown people with families and productive work and businesses.
I am making this my last post because we are presenting too many complaints and criticisms and too little solutions towards our growing problems. We are blaming everyone else but ourselves and that type of energy only produce more of the same.
Watch the video its gone viral.. the cops need to be charged.. We saw that knee to the head!
He is trouble and troubled.
Two officers were treated for injuries caused by one teenager?
Something is wrong with this picture. Maybe, seeing is believing.
Riding a Scooter is not wrong, the law permits it. The law permits, and has not changed, the registration, insurance and licensing of a 125cc motor scooter and provides stipulations for its safe, legal and proper riding as well as penalties for the illegal and careless riding. the same principles and law that governs a motor vehicle driven on the road governs a scooter, -- mechanically propelled.
what seem to be getting out of hand is the total disregard of the law and what has been provided. The assault did not happen because of the scooter, it happened because this guy had absolutely no home supervision and guidance (someone correct me if I am wrong). It happened because this guy thinks that he is the law and can disrespect any part when it suits hi.
Its amazing how people can support such behavior, which simply indicates that their state of mind is somewhat similar. I have seen Officers stopped scooter and motor cycle riders and even vehicles, and the meeting did not end up like this one. It is fortunate that Flerharty is still walking straight, still talking good, and even worst, out on the streets.


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NASCAR Star Stenhouse Joins Field as BC39 Entry List Surges Past 60 Cars
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series veteran Ricky Stenhouse Jr. headlines the latest group of drivers assigned to entries for the Driven2SaveLives BC39 Powered by NOS Energy Drink on Sept. 4-5 at The Dirt Track at IMS.
Sixty-two cars have been entered for the second running of the USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget Series event, contested on the quarter-mile clay oval inside Turn 3 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Two-time NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Stenhouse has an extensive background in USAC National Midget racing, earning five wins and Rookie of the Year honors in 2007. He will attempt to make his second start in the BC39 feature, as he started 11th and finished 11th in last year's BC39 for Clauson/Marshall Racing, for which he'll also drive this year.
Mississippi native Stenhouse joins a powerful CMR full-time team of series point leader and six-time winner Tyler Courtney of Indianapolis, two-time winners Chris Windom and 16-year-old Zeb Wise, along with leading series Rookie Andrew Layser.
Stenhouse is the third prominent NASCAR driver with USAC background to join the BC39 entry list this week, joining fellow Cup Series star Kyle Larson and Xfinity Series title contender Christopher Bell. Larson and Stenhouse also will race in the Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard Powered by Florida Georgia Line on Sunday, Sept. 8 on the 2.5-mile oval at IMS, while Bell will be among the favorites to win the Indiana 250 on Saturday, Sept. 7 at IMS.
Also joining the list of BC39 entries is 2005 and 2006 Indiana Midget Week champion Shane Cottle for car owner Bill Ecker. Cottle is a multi-time winner in all three of USAC's National divisions in his career and owns three career USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget feature wins.
Other new drivers include Critter Malone, a two-time USAC National Midget feature winner aiming to make his first BC39 main event start in his Seven LLC car. He's joined by SFH Racing Development's two-car lineup of Chase Jones, from Greenwood, Indiana, and Kyle O'Gara, from Beech Grove, Indiana, brother-in-law of nine-time Indianapolis 500 starter Sarah Fisher.
These drivers join a lineup boosted this week by the addition of five USAC National Midget champions: Bell, Jerry Coons Jr., Dave Darland, Logan Seavey and Tanner Thorson.
Another prominent recent entry is defending BC39 winner Brady Bacon, who will drive the No. 76E car fielded by FMR Racing. Two-time USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car champion Bacon led the final nine laps to capture the inaugural event last September.
Other top drivers previously entered include 2017 USAC National Midget champion Spencer Bayston, Michael Pickens of New Zealand, Thomas Meseraull, David Prickett, Tyler Thomas, Brent Beauchamp, Matt Westfall, Shannon McQueen and many others.
On-track action begins Wednesday, Sept. 4 at the quarter-mile Dirt Track at IMS. Public gates open at 3 p.m., with cars on track for practice at 4 p.m., followed by opening ceremonies at 7 p.m. Heat races and the Stoops Pursuit race will conclude the night's racing action.
Public gates will open at 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5 for the second and final night of action. Cars will be on track for practice at 4 p.m., with qualifying races at 5 p.m. Opening ceremonies are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. and followed by the main feature events, starting with multiple D-Mains and C-Mains, the semi-feature and the 39-lap main event.
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AskCyber Home » VPN » Best VPN for Streaming » TikTok VPN
Best VPN for TikTok to use where it is banned so you can see all the videos
A TikTok VPN Is useful if you want to use the TikTok mobile app at school, from your workplace, or in a geographical region where TikTok is banned. TikTok has a lot of fun content on it and you certainly don't want to miss out on any of the creativity – dancing, recipes, comedy, animals, or other content that the platform is known for. Using a VPN for TikTok can help you get bypass government censorship, firewalls, and other ways of blocking content that prevent you from using the app.
Even if you have TikTok downloaded to your phone right now, it may be removed from app stores if it becomes illegal to use. You won't be able to update it with new features. To keep your TikTok app updated, you'll need to VPN outside your country to get the latest updates.
TikTok has over 650 million downloads. It has apps for both Android and iPhone users. The app is produced by a company called ByteDance which is based in China. Because ByteDance Is a Chinese company there's a lot of controversy over whether TikTok is being used to surveil users and send data back to the Chinese government.
A Virtual Private Network (VPN) app is the best way to access blocked TikTok content.
Why is TikTok Banned?
TikTok is censored by several countries but for different reasons. For example – no one can use TikTok in China because the Chinese government feels that content on the platform is immoral. In addition, some users posted anti-Chinese videos that the government took offense to and forbids. ByteDance produces a version of TikTok – called Douyin – that's for use within China. Douyin has modesty filters and can shut down a creator mid-stream if it detects content that does not comply with policies.
India bans the use of TikTok for soldiers and citizens because of a border skirmish with China.
The United States plans on sanctioning ByteDance and barring the use of the app for companies and solutions due to unsubstantiated privacy concerns.
READ: Trump Bans TikTok and WeChat
How to Unblock TikTok at School
If you want to watch TikTok at school, you'll need to get past your campus firewall. Many schools simply have a list of apps that are blocked as part of their firewall rules. If you can change the IP address that your device is using, you'll be able to fool the firewall and use TikTok at school when your VPN is activated. TunnelBear has a free VPN service that you can download to any phone. Free VPN services always have data limits. Since TikTok is all video content, you will probably run out of data too soon each month. If that's the case, then you can buy a subscription for only a few dollars a month with TunnelBear.
We tested TikTok to work with IPVanish, NordVPN, and TunnelBear. TunnelBeat is cute and easy to use. But IPVanish and NordVPN have a much larger selection of servers to choose from. So, you'll be able to watch TikTok with a VPN wherever you go.
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If you need a streaming VPN to use so you can unblock TikTok at work, and you might want to invest in IPVanish or NordVPN. TunnelBear is a really good free service that also has paid subscriptions to remove the data limits.
IPVanish is a more robust service with more servers. I tested IPVanish, TunnelBear, and NordVPN for unblocking TikTok at work and at school. All three worked well.
If you're going to use your VPN for things other than watching TikTok videos, you probably would be better off downloading IPVanish or NordVPN. That way you can use it when you are working from a coffee shop , hotel , or airport.
IPVanish is a high-quality VPN service, but it's not the cheapest service. IPVanish works well and can unblock TikTok as well as a variety of streaming services. I am an IPVanish paying subscriber for the past two years. It has worked well for me in many countries, at hotels, in busy airports. The app is easy to set up and use. Read our full review and see how it stacks up against the lower cost NordVPN.
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How Does a VPN Let Me Watch Blocked Content?
A VPN, short or virtual private network is software that allows a device to reroute its Internet traffic to make it look like it originates from a different computer and location. VPNs, sometimes referred to as secure tunnels, use servers located around the world to disguise and encrypt their Internet communications and protect the device and all of its communications.
Although VPNs were originally designed for employees to connect to corporate servers securely, they have many uses. A VPN is used to encrypt data. It also secures all communications coming from a device and therefore is useful for online shopping. A VPN can protect your sensitive photos, videos, and payment information when using public WiFi connections like those found in coffee shops and other public spaces. If you are concerned about government censorship or surveillance, look for a VPN with a no-log policy. Try NordVPN or IPVanish.
Where is TikTok Banned?
There is a lot of controversy over data privacy and security concerns because ByteDance is a Chinese company. in June 2020 the government of India banned the use of TikTok for their soldiers. A few days after that the Indian government banned TikTok for the entire country.
The United States military also does not allow US Army soldiers and Navy personnel to use TikTok on government owned phones. However, service personnel are allowed to use it on their personal devices. The United States is also planning to prohibit the use of TIkTok by its citizens. An executive order was signed to ban any US company from doing business with ByteDance.
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How to Use a VPN for TikTok
If you're able to use TikTok freely without fear of censorship or persecution, then you can simply download the app from the Google Play Store or the Apple Store. TikTok is a mobile only application. If you are in a region where TikTok is banned or blocked by a firewall – for example you want to watch TikTok at work or want to watch TikTok at school – you'll need to use a virtual private network (VPN).
We created a video for TikTok VPNS – one for IPVanish and one for TunnelBear
Download TikTok to your phone
Create an account on TikTok or log in to your existing account
Download a VPN application I recommend IPVanish VPN, ExpressVPN, or TunnelBear VPN
Create an account with the VPN application You'll need to do this even if you're using a free VPN service like TunnelBear
Open your VPN app and connect to a server. The VPN does not work unless you turn it on! If you are in a region where TikTok is banned by the government, then you'll need to tunnel to another country where TikTok is unblocked. for example, TikTok is now banned in India so you if you are in India then you will need to VPN to Pakistan
Open TikTok up on your device and you are ready to go
NOTE: Remember when you are choosing a server you need to pack a country or region where TikTok is not blocked. Currently, China and India prohibit the use of TikTok. United States will ban the app by mid-September.
Douyin, known as TikTok everywhere else but in China, is a video-sharing social networking app that is owned by ByteDance. The company is based in Beijing, China, and was founded in 2012 by Zhang Yiming. The app lets users post short-form video content which is anywhere from 3 seconds to 60 seconds in length with looping.


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Q: Custom relation names in models generated from DB I'm generating my models from database and I get something like this:
public function setUp()
{
    parent::setUp();
    $this->hasOne('Articles', array(
         'local' => 'article_id',
         'foreign' => 'id'));

    $this->hasOne('Users', array(
         'local' => 'voter_id',
         'foreign' => 'id'));

    $this->hasOne('Users as Users_4', array(
         'local' => 'author_id',
         'foreign' => 'id'));
}

Is there any way to tell doctrine, what should be the names of relationships. For example to get something like this:
public function setUp()
{
    $this->hasOne('Articles', array(
         'local' => 'article_id',
         'foreign' => 'id'));

    $this->hasOne('Users as Voter', array(
         'local' => 'voter_id',
         'foreign' => 'id'));

    $this->hasOne('Users as Author', array(
         'local' => 'author_id',
         'foreign' => 'id'));
}

I know it is possible when you generate models from YAML files or write them from scratch, but is it possible when you generate models from DB?

A: There's no way to do what you are asking.  As an alternative, you could generate a YAML file from the db, add the relation names there, and then generate your models from the YAML file.

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Q: Error when setting reusable header : 'Could not load NIB in bundle I am trying to change my code to use a reusable header and it is crashing in the viewForHeaderInSection
Here is my code:
class CaptionHeaderCell: UITableViewHeaderFooterView {
    override func awakeFromNib() {
        super.awakeFromNib()
    }
}

override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
self.tableView.register(UINib(nibName:"CaptionHeaderCell", bundle: nil), forHeaderFooterViewReuseIdentifier: "CaptionHeaderCell")
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, viewForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> UIView? {
        let header = tableView.dequeueReusableHeaderFooterView(withIdentifier: "CaptionHeaderCell") as! CaptionHeaderCell

        header.contentView.backgroundColor = "c0efff".hexColor
        return header
    }

The error is happening on
let header = tableView.dequeueReusableHeaderFooterView(withIdentifier: "CaptionHeaderCell") as! CaptionHeaderCell
And the error message is:
: 'NSBundle  (loaded)' with name 'CaptionHeaderCell''

A: register needs to change to:
self.tableView.register(CaptionHeaderCell.self, forHeaderFooterViewReuseIdentifier: "CaptionHeaderCell")


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Captioning accuracy
By TABan, June 16 in Let's talk about pics
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Location: Oak Park, IL USA
Not my photo, but this is definitely not what the caption says it is: https://www.alamy.com/stock-image-whitetail-deer-fawn-still-in-spots-on-a-grassy-field-167128602.html
Since whitetails are as common as squirrels in my neck of the woods, I know them when I see them and adult bucks never have spots. This looks like an axis deer or chital, native to the Indian subcontinent. Evidently there are several introduced herds in Texas, which is what may have led to the confusion, if that's where the photo was taken.
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TeeCee 1,116
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Send a note to contributors, and they'll contact the photographer concerned to get it changed.
10 hours ago, TABan said:
Evidently there are several introduced herds in Texas, which is what may have led to the confusion, if that's where the photo was taken.
I doubt it. The images in that portfolio that have a location in the caption are from the Ukraine.
1 minute ago, wiskerke said:
Interesting. According to Wikipedia, the whitetail has been introduced to several countries in Europe. Ukraine isn't mentioned, but that doesn't mean they're not there. So I had it flipped.
They're beautiful animals, but some in my area consider them big rats. Lately the Des Plaines River, which runs about 3km to the west of me has flooded several times. The local population has sought dryer ground and has been seen foraging within blocks of our house. They have a taste for many garden plants.
2 hours ago, TABan said:
They're beautiful animals, but some in my area consider them big rats. Lately the Des Plaines River, which runs about 3km to the west of me has flooded several times. The local population has sought dryer ground and has been seen foraging within blocks of our house. They have a taste for many garden plants.
Haha whitetail deer in all those posh Frank Lloyd Wright buildings.
That doesn't make the animal in the image whitetail deer though. However it's not my department. At first sight I thought fallow deer, Dama dama, which are abundant near here and a pest on the local golf links. They are native to the Ukraine and anywhere in between here and there. The ones we eat are usually from Poland, which is a few miles from Lviv, the location given in the portfolio. They come from farms. The animal in the images (there are quite a few) doesn't look like it's in the wild. Nor do all these lions and tigers.
However the antlers don't look like fallow deer either, but maybe that's not what makes the difference. So you may well have been right with the Indian species. Indian is in the keywords btw.
4 minutes ago, wiskerke said:
Yes, it is amusing to see them in those environs. We get the local coyotes too.
I also thought fallow deer at first, but then saw their antlers when I looked them up and they're quite different. Interestingly, there is a small herd of fallow deer on the grounds of Argonne National Laboratory southwest of here.
Betty LaRue 1,797
Joined Alamy:22 Aug 2006
White tails definitely like to munch on your garden plants. When I go to the nursery in the spring to choose bedding plants, I often see "deer resistant " on the tags.
I don't know I'd this means deer won't eat them, or if they do, they get a sour stomach! 🤪
MizBrown 96
Looks like the photographer has fixed it now.


Hi Susan, and welcome to the Disney Parks Moms Panel!
While using MagicBands to access your Walt Disney World Theme Park tickets, FastPasses, and Disney PhotoPass while touring the Walt Disney World Theme Parks is not mandatory, it is definitely a handy, convenient and fun way to do so.
Susan, I am happy to confirm that provided your MagicBands are less than two years old, you should still be able to use them on an upcoming trip. Once a MagicBand is associated with your My Disney Experience account, it will remain active and can be used to retrieve any future Theme Park Ticket media you linked to your account. Therefore, once you receive your new Walt Disney World Tickets in the mail, simply enter the barcode on the back of the ticket into each guest's My Disney Experience account, thereby linking the ticket to the account. At that point, any MagicBands associated with the account will be able to access the new ticket media.
Susan, I hope this information is helpful. Should you have any other questions regarding your tickets, MagicBands, or anything else, please let us know. We are here to help and want you to have the best possible upcoming Disney vacation!


Before Christmas, I vividly recall sitting on the steps of a shop in Drury Street talking to an incredible person about being a woman, the worlds of graphic design, fashion, music and the challenges of being a Canadian living in Ireland.
Since then, Sarah has gained citizenship and is quickly becoming one of the most incredible graphic designers Dublin has to offer – an unbelievable feat having spent the first half of her life touring the country as JJ72's bass player.
This week's Extraordinary Women interviewee is Sarah June Fox; an amazingly talented individual who will have you wanting to achieve and learn just as much as she does.
Even on a business card, what would your write about yourself?
Hmm. Well, my Twitter line – which you can only have a few characters in – says Sarah June Fox, designer, print-maker, dislodged Canuck and noise-maker.
From making noise to designing, your career seems to have been quite diverse. Where did it all begin?
Since I was four, I played music and that was all I did until I was about thirty. Back in Canada, I trained as a musician in a very specific music high-school, it was an arts school of sorts. I then pursued music in University and then played music for approximately ten years as my career. I didn't know anything else, I didn't do anything else and when that didn't work out, it was devastating. In retrospect though, it was amazing – I went back to college when I was 31 or 32.
Scary! Being a student is grand when you're 21 or 22 but being a broke student when you're in your thirties is a different kind of thing. I took to it really well, though. Being in college as a mature student was amazing though, I really wanted to be there and it didn't feel like a chore. I think when you move straight from secondary to school to college, it's your first bit of freedom and perhaps you don't go to class as much as you should. I was like that in my first degree, I scraped through – I loved it but I needed a little break after high school.
When I was in college, we had several mature students in our year. Some of them had families and studying primary school teaching, that was both an advantage and a disadvantage to them. Instantaneously, they knew what children would enjoy or appreciate but they also had a much bigger personal workload than any of us younger students. How did you find working with students of different ages, when you returned to college?
It's an interesting balance. The course that I did was hugely demanding and if you didn't work hard, you failed – regardless of your age. However, people brought such different experiences to the table and that was a real pleasure to see and work with. Graphic design is a technical skill but it's also hugely creative and imaginative, you get to bring a lot of your personality and personal interests to your work and specific projects. I do think though, that both I and the other mature students really benefited from having a wider range of experience.
What made you choose graphic design after music?
My boyfriend at the time was doing design and it's kind of as simple as that. I saw what he was doing and I think I had known about design for quite some time but didn't really know what it was called and didn't think of it as a 'thing'. So, when I finally saw that this was something you could pursue and making posters wasn't just for fun, I began to see it as a career for myself.
Sometimes, the creative individuals are often looked at as having this innate skillset. Beginning a career in graphic design in your thirties, was it something you took to easily or was it an initial challenge for you?
You hadn't really linked them all to the career of design.
Yes, exactly. I almost fell upon this career that encompassed all of my interests.
You currently work in Atelier David Smith, did you gain that position straight after college?
Managing relationships is a huge part of your work too, I guess.
Yes, exactly and that was one of the great things about my course – we were constantly presenting our work, which at the time was terrible because I'm quite bad at public speaking and I'm quite shy but it really prepared me for talking about my work and explaining my creative processes – which is amazing.
I imagine that every day for you is different, but what would your average schedule look like?
At the minute, I'm essentially working two different jobs: I'm based in Atelier, three days a week and I work freelance four days a week. I'm often trying to juggle both of them. A day in Atelier, we will often have several projects on, some of them will be coming to a close and you're dealing with printers and then other jobs are just beginning and they may require research or mock-ups.
How does that compare to working freelance?
I really enjoy the balance of the two. Atelier is amazing and I would definitely work there full-time if I could but the portfolio of work that I do for freelance is very different. However, I do think that I would find permanently working freelance extremely difficult.
Because of the constant demand to pitch ideas to new clients?
Yes, that and also because I'm not a very good time-manager – Work wise, I'm good at scheduling that but I find it very difficult to tell myself to stop working or knowing how much work to take on, that's one of the things that I'm currently working on.
Whereas when you're working in an office, when the lights are turned off – it's a sign for you to go home.
Yes, it's nice to go to a place of work and come home from work. When I'm freelancing, I could be replying to emails in bed when I wake up and before I go asleep – I find it difficult to just 'turn off'.
Which is problematic for your mental health, almost?
You really need a different space for working, otherwise you just can't decipher between work and home. Today, between email and mobiles phones, we're all available twenty four hours a day, people expect you to be available at all-hours and it takes a really strong person to 'turn off'.
Particularly with social media, we're only every 140 characters away from a reply.
You've worked on some incredible design projects but what ones are you particularly proud of?
One that I particularly love is the Lennon Courtney project, which are a client of Atelier but it's my favourite website that I've worked on. They're amazing clients and they always look for a beautiful aesthetic – it's a dream job! You get to work with amazing clothes and images and our ambition is just to accent that. It was also our first time to work with e-commerce and 'Shopify' and that was hugely interesting as I got to learn a new form of code – that's the nerd in me!
Professionally, you've accomplished an incredible amount. First, you had a hugely successful music career with JJ72 and now you're dominating the domain of graphic design but what remains on your bucket-list for the next ten years?
I'm really not sure. I mean, I'm working my dream job at the minute so I'm happy career-wise but I want to learn more and that's why I keep taking on new and interesting projects. For example, I'm currently working on a programme for TV3 at the moment and I've never worked in the medium of television before and whilst there are huge similarities with other projects, I'm really enjoying the challenge of it and the opportunity to learn from it. My aim for the next decade is really to continue to educate myself and to upgrade my skillset.
That's really inspiring and something, as a teacher, I would be a huge advocate of. At 'Offset' a couple of months ago, I was quite surprised to see how many women were involved and hugely successful in the domain of graphic design. My assumption was that it was a dominantly-male career. Was it that way when you were training?
In colleges across the country, the number of females studying graphic design greatly trumps the number of male students and whether or not they continue on to careers in graphic design is different but in terms of the workplace, I've never met any misogyny or nobody has ever discriminated against me, in getting a job, because I am a woman. The only thing that I have ever seen is that clients are sometimes surprised that I'm interested in coding and the technology side of the career but it's nice to surprise people sometimes!
When I was scribing a list of people who inspire me for this interview series – it was quite long, to say the least but who are the people who impact upon you?
Oran Day in Atelier is a brilliant designer and the way that he thinks and talks about his love for design is extraordinary. When I watch him interact with clients or other professionals, I always learn something new and I'm regularly inspired to do better in my own work.
Finally, earlier this year you took part in The Science Gallery's 'Fail Better' exhibition, what was that experience like?
It was really nerve-wracking. We had to talk for five minutes about failure and when I said that I would do it, I explained my transition from music to graphic design and then I felt a bit like a chancer – I mean, I had quite an enviable music career, on paper but I wasn't making any money from it and it just didn't work out but I played some amazing shows and met some incredible people. Was it a failure because it wasn't profitable? It was an amazing experience and the reaction from it was really lovely – I bared my soul and some may find that embarrassing but I'm really glad that I did it.
Thank you so much to Sarah for participating in the Extraordinary Women series. Following Sarah on Twitter is something I would wholly recommend – tell her I sent you!


Accounts can't be removed and some other bugs.
aMSN Forums > aMSN Support > General > Accounts can't be removed and some other bugs.
First I wanna say that I love aMSN and i think it's better than MSN.
I'm using the SVN version and I'm loving this new features and updates.
So, I've found some bugs.
1 - Accounts can't be removed even in the preferences window.
When you get to the "preferences > other" and click "delete user", it shows a window confirming the exclusion but the user keeps appearing in the users list in the login screen.
2 - Smileys can't be removed.
When you right-click the smiley in the chat window and click delete button, it disappears. But when you close the aMSN program and open it again, the smileys are (surprisely) there again.
When i'm sending some types of files, aMSN halts (the chat window halts too) until the file transfer is complete. Even halted, i can send and receive messages, but the chat window is only refreshed when I receive a message or when I send one. But i can't see while I'm typing it.


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Q: Listing all files available in Spark cluster stored on Hadoop HDFS using Scala or Python? What is the most efficient way to list all the files names that are locally available in Spark? I'm using Scala API, however, Python should also be fine.

A: import org.apache.hadoop.fs.{FileSystem, FileUtil, Path}
import scala.collection.mutable.Stack

 val fs = FileSystem.get( sc.hadoopConfiguration )
 var dirs = Stack[String]()
 val files = scala.collection.mutable.ListBuffer.empty[String]
 val fs = FileSystem.get(sc.hadoopConfiguration)
 dirs.push("/user/username/")

 while(!dirs.isEmpty){
     val status = fs.listStatus(new Path(dirs.pop()))
     status.foreach(x=> if(x.isDirectory) dirs.push(x.getPath.toString) else
     files+= x.getPath.toString)
 }

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FLACO's latest project Not Alive is finally here, and it's his best work yet.
Clocking in at 41 minutes over the course of 15 songs, FLACO moves like a man possessed on Not Alive. Early singles "So What!" and "Neon Yellow" are here, and the rest of the project never grows stale. FLACO's ever-changing flow is on full display as he spits like he's got more than just a chip on his shoulder.
"Lept off (Vassup)" is an immediate standout, and "Indifferent" is going to need a few plays while driving late at night. And maybe you're in the need for a quick punk break? Well "Paternity Clothes" is for you. There's still a lot to unpack on Not Alive, and I'll gladly spend the weekend listening and trying to figure it all out.
Listen to Not Alive below and continue on for FLACO's SXSW 2016 Freestyle.


Home » Blog » What's the Difference Between Silver and White Fillings?
Posted April 11, 2016 by Dr. William Myers & filed under General Dental Articles.
If you're like the majority of Americans, chances are you've needed to have a cavity filled at least once in your life, and that's ok. There are several options for filling a cavity, and they're all successful at helping to keep your teeth healthy. But while all types of fillings are super strong and can withstand a lot, unfortunately, they don't last forever. At my Warsaw dental office, we know the anticipated lifespan of a filling depends on what it's made out of, so let's look at the top two types of fillings and examine the pros and cons of each.
If you're in need of a dentist, or believe you may have a cavity, give my Warsaw dental office a call. We'll be happy to perform an in-depth exam and diagnose exactly what's going on in your mouth, if anything. And if we find a cavity, we'll discuss which filling is most appropriate for you. Schedule your appointment today!
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Vuse: A cartridge maker in the making
VUSE is one of the biggest cartridge makers in the world.
But the company has long struggled with an underutilized market.
Its cartridges have largely been made for the pet food and pet food products market.
It's one of several companies competing with Vuse for that market, which has been largely ignored by other cartridge makers.
VUSE chief executive Jim Meehan said he expects the company to win the pet product market.
The company started in 2003 as a distributor of the popular PetSafe line of pet food.
It now has more than 100 distributors worldwide, and it is now making a wide range of pet foods.
Vuse is one small player in the pet-food industry, which includes several other companies.
The top-selling pet food brands are Nestle Pet Nutrition and Kellogg's.
VSU's competitors are already doing well in the retail market.
Many consumers buy pet food at the grocery store and are willing to pay more for it, but consumers don't buy it in the home, said Vuse chief executive J.R. Hensley.
Hires are hard to come by.
It has been hard for many companies to raise money for their own expansion into pet food because the pet foods market is dominated by the large grocery chains, which are much larger and more established.
The big companies also have a vested interest in making sure the pet products they sell are safe and nutritious, Henslay said.
"You can't take this risk on your children if you don't know what you're doing," Hensdale said.
VUEP's competitors include Vuse, whose pet food has been the top seller in the U.S. since 2003, with nearly two billion cartons of its product sold last year.
It is now the top-seller in China.
Other pet food companies have also made major acquisitions in recent years, including Kelloggs, which bought a major competitor in PetSafe in 2004 for $8.8 billion.
The companies that have not done so are struggling to get off the ground.
Vuzemasters PetSafe, which is based in New Jersey, has grown into one of Vuse's biggest markets, but it's struggled to grow fast enough to compete with rival companies, including Nestle and Kellogs.
VZ Food, which sells pet food in China and India, has been trying to grow quickly and is expected to begin a third year of sales this year.
But there are signs that its pet food is not helping it in China, where the pet market has been steadily growing.
China's pet food industry is growing more slowly than the U, U.K., and other Western countries, but pet food manufacturers are making progress in China despite that.
Petfood companies are competing to create the best food for the most diverse species, said Gary Evers, vice president of research and development for Vuzes PetSafe.
"The fact is, there are a lot of different species in China," he said.
HENSHELTON, the pet owner The owner of a three-year-old dog who lives in a trailer in Henshell, Texas, said that when she first started seeing the commercials for the Vuzems pet food, she thought she might have an allergy.
The vet in charge of her dog's medication was skeptical about the product, she said.
The problem was the price.
The pet food sold at the PetSafe store was about $3 a pound, which was far cheaper than the PetSmart brand of pet-friendly pet foods, which cost $5 a pound.
The store's food, which came in three sizes, came in a tub with a plastic seal on the bottom that she couldn't open.
Hentsley said that her vet, a veterinarian, said the product was safe for dogs, but he didn't recommend it because of concerns about how the product could be used by dogs.
He recommended that she see her doctor about the medication and then take it, she recalled.
Hennesley is one example of a veterinarian who has been skeptical about pet food that is not made by a pet food company, he said, and he and his wife, Melissa, have been trying for years to find alternative pet foods that were better for their dog, Chico, and their cat, Rosie.
Chico was diagnosed with a food allergy two years ago.
Melissa said Chico still hasn't been able to eat any of the petfood she bought.
Melissa is also battling another issue with Vuzestars PetSafe: It doesn't have a proper container.
She uses her old plastic milk crate, which she had filled with the pet milk formula and had used it as a freezer for months.
Heningley, the owner, had been buying pet food from PetSafe for several years and he had gotten so used to having a box of pet products that he never thought he'd ever use one again.
He said he's been trying in vain to find a pet
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Down to the First Final Table at the WSOP
By Ryan McLane
Three World Series of Poker events (WSOP) will run simultaneously today, a sign that the momentum is building here at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino as players gear towards the Main Event and poker immortality.
The final table for Event # 2, the 3-day $1,500 No Limit Hold'Em tournament that began on Tuesday, will be the main draw for the rail birds.
Former Main Event winner (2001) Carlos Mortensen will vie for his third bracelet from the sixth chip position. The Spaniard, who is nicknamed "El Matador" was the chip leader after day one, but suffered consecutive devastating hands to lower his position late on day two.
Mortensen has 337,000 chips going into the final table. The buzz around the gallery is that Mortensen's big tournament experience makes him a viable candidate to take home the bracelet. He also has one World Poker Tour (WPT) title on his mantle.
Professional poker player Ron Stanley, in 8th position with $283k also has a WSOP bracelet, winning his first piece of hardware in 1991. The long-time pro has multiple final table appearances in WSOP Circuit Events and WPT tournaments.
Don Zewin, in 6th place with $342,000 chips also has some big-time final table experience, placing 4th at the WPT Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship in 2005.
The final table looks like this:
1.) Brandon Cantu $753k
2.) Lee Padilla $753k
3.) Drew Rubin $573k
4.) Mark Ly $516k
5.) Mark Swatz $359
6.) Don Zewin $342k
7.) Carlos Motensen $337k
8.) Ron Stanley $283k
9.) Brent Roberts $260k
WSOP Event # 3, a $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'Em affair, is also scheduled to start today at 2 p.m. PST with 71 players to battle all day until only nine player remain for tomorrow's final table.
John Juanda and Victor Ramdin sit near the top of the leader board in 3rd and 6th place respectively. Juanda is the owner of three WSOP bracelets and is currently one of the top ranked players in the world on most media outlet polls.
Ramdin is having a life-changing year, winning $1.3 million at the 2006 WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic and finishing 11th this spring at the Bellagio in the WPT World Championship.
The final major tournament of the day is Event # 4, a $1500 Limit Hold'Em Tournament. Play began today at noon and will continue until there are less than 100 players. It will conclude sometime this evening. The tournament is a three-day event.
WSOP NOTES:
Tuesday's Event # 2 No Limit Hold'Em tournament was the second largest live poker tournament in history. With 2,776 participants, only the 2005 WSOP Main Event, which had 5,619 players was bigger, according to WSOP Official Nolan Dalla.
Still no word on Phil Hellmuth's "Most Cashes at WSOP Events" record. As reported yesterday, WSOP officials are still checking the books to see if Hellmuth is at 49 or 50 cashes. With 49 cashes, Hellmuth would be tied with Men "The Master" Nguyen for the most ever. At 50, Hellmuth would stand alone, just the way he likes it. As soon as the WSOP confirms the record, Casino City will report the news.
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Security Council Again Fails to Take Action on Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Following the recent incursions and reoccupation by the Israeli occupying forces of parts of six Palestinian cities in areas under full Palestinian control, the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) requested a formal meeting of the Security Council on 22 October. These incursions were viewed very seriously because of their political, practical and legal ramifications. The meeting was requested for the purpose of taking action to address this dangerous deterioration of the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, in addition to the ongoing violations being committed by Israel, the occupying Power, including the closures and the continuing practice of extra-judicial killings of Palestinians.
On the same day, the delegation of Palestine presented a draft resolution based on agreed language that had been negotiated within the NAM caucus of the Security Council and with other Council members earlier in the year in March. The Palestinian delegation, however, conveyed its insistence that no meeting of the Council should take place for the sake of discussion only, and that any meeting of the Council to convene should take action on the draft resolution.
At a later stage, upon the advice of some members, a shorter draft resolution was introduced, focusing on the specific issue of the reoccupation of parts of Palestinian cities. Nevertheless, the U.S. delegation continued to indicate that it would not accept any resolution. Yet, the Americans did express readiness to work on a presidential statement on the matter. The Palestinian side, however, opposed the idea of a presidential statement because of the different stature of such a statement in comparison with a resolution and because of the dynamics of negotiations for such an instrument, which would almost ensure even greater U.S. influence on the text to be adopted.
A few days later, the five permanent members of the Council held initial consultations with France taking the initiative on a presidential statement. Some language was produced, but without final agreement, proving that Palestinian concerns in this respect were indeed justified. For example, the text, upon the insistence of the U.S., did not contain any reference to the existence of foreign occupation and misrepresented the facts about the situation on the ground.
After seeing the draft texts produced, the Arab Group strongly rejected the idea of a presidential statement and insisted on the need for a resolution by the Security Council. However, the U.S. reiterated its opposition to the draft resolution and the Council took no further action.
In sum, what does this mean? These developments are both disappointing and quite worrisome. The entire episode of Israeli reoccupation of Palestinian areas occurred without the Security Council being able to pronounce itself regarding such dramatic developments, a failure with deep political significance. Since the adoption of Security Council resolution 1322 (2000), the Council has failed to take any concrete action, even in follow up of resolution 1322, regarding the dangerous situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which has lasted for over a year now and which has posed a serious threat to peace and security in the region and beyond. All of this comes while the Council continues to be much more active in other spheres and while promises continue to be made for better positions on this matter in the future.


Solitude clamps us softly in its warm hand.
A single, questioning frog voice.
With almost imperceptible sparkles of gold.
Your eyes open, your head turns.
Your lips nibble at my shoulder.
I feel a languid shudder run over your body.
And plunge into the water.


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La politique de sanctions menée par l'Union européenne à l'égard de la Birmanie, puis la levée progressive de celles-ci au fur et à mesure que le régime déserrait l'étau sur les opposants et autorisait des élections partiellement libres, est un succès de la diplomatie commune. Mais l'UE est incapable dans tirer béénfice, regrette Charles Grant, directeur du Centre for Eurtopean Reform de Londres.
Disunity is bad but pluralism is good. The story of EU policy on Burma illustrates this point. Disunity is normal : sovereign states with varied histories and traditions might be expected to disagree. The remarkable thing is that in the end, on Burma as on much else, the EU manages to achieve a common policy. The policy may even be better for being the product of disagreement and debate. Unfortunately the EU tends to do its disagreeing in public but when it reaches a sensible consensus often conceals the fact.
On Burma the disagreements start with the name. EU documents refer to Burma/Myanmar. Can one really have a policy on a country when one cannot agree on the name ?
This disagreement is in fact not so unreasonable. On one side is the argument that if the UN, its neighbours and some people in the country call it Myanmar, the EU should follow suit. But the argument on the other side is also strong : an early act of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), one of the nastier manifestations of the military in its 50-year term of office, was to change the official name in English to Myanmar. The SLORC claimed that this name had the advantage of including minorities not from the predominant Bamar (or Burman) ethnic group. But this argument is largely false since 'Burma' is in fact a colloquial form of 'Myanmar' and the one the British rulers opted for. Furthermore, Aung San Suu Kyi and her supporters gave the name political significance by refusing to follow the SLORC's decree. The lady now uses Myanmar when speaking the Burmese (or Myanmar) language, thereby offending some of her supporters, but insists on using Burma in English, thereby offending some generals. Too much energy has been wasted on this rather unimportant issue.
On the more critical issue of sanctions there are respectable cases to be made both for and against. Let us leave aside the EU's visa bans and asset freezes on members of the regime, which have certainly discomforted those targeted. The arguments against broad sanctions are that they corrupt and distort an economy ; they impoverish people ; they often create illegal trade from which the primary beneficiaries are those in power ; and they provide a convenient alibi for the government's own economic mismanagement. If sanctions bite, the intention is that they will hurt people and thus encourage them to overthrow the government through elections or revolution. That makes them particularly ineffective when dealing with military regimes. Besides, it is contact, not isolation that brings about change. Trade leads to more extensive relations with other countries ; it opens countries up, eventually creating the middle class that is essential for democracy.
Perhaps change would have happened without sanctions. But if so it would have happened differently. It is hard to imagine that representatives of the National League for Democracy (the NLD, the party led by Aung San Suu Kyi) would have spent hours in the Ministry of the Interior going through lists of political prisoners if their release had not been one of the conditions for suspending sanctions. And would the NLD have even been there at all ? It was always an EU demand that all political forces should participate in the political process. That was code for Aung San Suu Kyi and the NLD, as well as Burma's too-often forgotten ethnic minorities.
On certain points, such as corruption and the fair conduct of elections, Aung San Suu Kyi remains immovable. This should be welcome ; too many countries in Asia have become accustomed to a kind of semi-democracy, in which elections are held but are not particularly fair, in which the rule of law functions but not in quite the same way if you have friends in high places, and in which corruption is a part of the system. It is good that for once that a senior political figure in Asia is supporting high standards. If the Burmese are lucky, eventually she will prevail – and hopefully set an example to other Asian countries.
This year the EU has, to its credit, stepped up aid and opened an office in Rangoon. Its policy on Burma has looked a bit messy : in the past, pursuing sanctions but not across the board, and giving aid but not working with the government ; and now, suspending rather than lifting sanctions while not insisting that every single political prisoner should first be released – while continuing to press the case of those who remain. Messy is what you expect when 27 countries debate and compromise. But the common line forged by the EU has helped to change Burma for the better.


She has such an interesting face! Love her!
And I want her Prada brogues!!!
absolutely great! she is wonderful and the pics also !!
mhm, nice stuff she wears, but she is really waaay too skinny. The anorexic look with the fragile body and the much too huge and heavy looking head. not for me.
love these photos! she's great.
love her! she´s so full of life, and her style is great and inspiring.
she's been a busy girl.
Hanne Gaby is so nice.
I also met her and she looks like the girl you would hang out with.
I love your pictures, really good job. I bet you used an analog camera?
i'm so in love with her now!
Your blog is one of my new obsessions..
like seriously! I check everyday..
LOVE IT, LOVE YOU ahhaa!!
Just saw u on onstyle Fashion week 2011 programme. Ur so hansome!!! Gnna become ur big fan!!! Love ur blog. Photos r amazing.
She has different facades i like her. Having everything in one wrap much more like a surprise thats what she is. Nice photos!
We love her too, her look is amazing! She has a total 'I-don't-care-what-people-think' attitude and looks so cool at that!
and you're right to be! she's got a great style and personality from what i can see!
stuff she's wearing seems OK but she's so ugly, i mean her face is too big. on first picture she looks like an alien.
She has soo much style it is crazy.
Love these photos! Amazing blog.
She is just so gorgeous and fun! I am in love with thos Prada Loafers and super jealous of how she look in them!!
Love your blog honey, you have a new follower!!
She is so pretty! Lucky you; got to photograph her at so many differnt occasions! You seem to be having lots of fun at fashion week! Cant wait for more amazing post here!
her face is really interesting. love how different it can look.
She makes fantastic shapes! I can see why you love her.
*.* SIMPLY GORGEOUS!!! Her syle is drop-dead stylish!!!
Your photos are great, so interesting and fun!
I love how natural these shots are! And of course I'm in love with those Prada shoes!
love YOUR eye, and love HER dressing!
부러워요. 저는 뉴욕에서 만났지만, 그쪽은 많은곳에서 많아서 좋겠어요. She's such a funny girl.
I love your blog. Keep posting your amazing photos!
Interesting is a polite way to say ugly. And she is very interesting.
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It is one thing for a car brand to have one superior model, and it is another for the entire brand to stand superior to its competition, and when it comes to Subaru it is the latter. Here at Royal Subaru, we maintain a well-stocked inventory of Subaru cars and SUVs from which to choose in a variety of different trim levels, but we also want to help make sure that you are given a car-search experience that is as easy and stress-free as possible. So, to help save you time, and prove our Subaru superiority, we have gone ahead and compared our 2018 Subaru Lineup to each vehicle's competing Ford model in matters like cost, performance, comfort, and safety.
Both vehicles come with a five-speed manual transmission and feature a 2.0-liter I4 engine, but unlike the 2018 Ford Focus, the 2018 Subaru Impreza comes standard with Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive which provides a far better handle on the road.
Inside, the 2018 Subaru Impreza offers a far more spacious interior for its five passengers than the 2018 Ford Focus.
Technology-wise, the 2018 Subaru Impreza stands out with its Subaru STARLINK(™) Multimedia System.
The 2018 Subaru Impreza also stands out in matters of safety thanks to the Subaru-exclusive EyeSight® Driver-Assist Technology Suite.
Both vehicles are also available as both four-door sedan models and five-door hatchbacks.
The 2018 Subaru Legacy also breaks away from the 2018 Ford Fusion in matters of performance thanks to the better level of control and handling it gets from its standard Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel-Drive System.
The 2018 Subaru Legacy 2.5-liter I4 SUBARU BOXER® engine delivers better basic fuel economy than the 2018 Ford Fusion and its 2.5-liter I4 engine.
Regarding interior space, the 2018 Subaru Legacy offers a more spacious cabin for its five passengers than the 2018 Ford Fusion.
Safety-wise, the 2018 Subaru Legacy stands out thanks to Subaru STARLINK® Safety and Security, as well as the available Subaru EyeSight® Driver-Assist Technology Suite.
Entertainment-wise, the 2018 Subaru Legacy features a Subaru STARLINK® Multimedia System.
Under the hood, the 2018 Subaru Crosstrek packs a larger engine than the 2018 Ford EcoSport-a 2.0-liter SUBARU BOXER® I4 Engine compared to a 1.0-liter I3 Turbo EcoBoost engine-and delivers more basic horsepower and more basic torque than the 2018 Ford EcoSport.
Unlike the 2018 Ford EcoSport, the 2018 Subaru Crosstrek is available with a six-speed manual transmission, and that level of sport is also met with a higher level of stability and control with the 2018 Subaru Crosstrek's standard Subaru's Symmetrical All-Wheel-Drive System.
The 2018 Subaru Crosstrek offers a more spacious cabin for its five passengers than the 2018 Ford EcoSport, and the 2018 Subaru Crosstrek offers a greater basic towing capacity than the 2018 Ford EcoSport.
Technology-wise, the 2018 Subaru Crosstrek has the upper hand with its Subaru STARLINK(™) Multimedia System with STARLINK(™) Safety and Security.
Safety-wise, the 2018 Subaru Crosstrek is also available with the Subaru EyeSight® Driver-Assist Technology Suite.
Starting with cost, the 2018 Subaru Forester boasts a lower starting price than the 2018 Ford Escape.
The 2018 Subaru Forester packs a 2.5-liter I4 SUBARU BOXER engine that unleashes more horsepower and more torque than the 2018 Ford Escape's 2.5-liter I4 while also matching it in fuel economy.
Unlike the 2018 Ford Escape, the 2018 Subaru Forester comes standard with Subaru's Symmetrical All-Wheel-Drive System.
The 2018 Subaru Forester also stands out with an extra level of sport manifested in its available six-speed manual transmission.
Safety-wise, the 2018 Subaru Forester earns a 2018 IIHS Top Safety Pick when it includes EyeSight® and Steering Responsive Headlights.
Cost-wise, the 2018 Subaru Outback boasts a far lower starting price than the 2018 Ford Explorer.
The 2018 Subaru Outback boasts a smaller engine-a 2.5-liter I4 SUBARU BOXER engine compared to the 2018 Ford Explorer's 3.5-liter V6-but the 2018 Subaru Outback boasts a better fuel economy.
The 2018 Subaru Outback also stands out from its competition with better balance on the road and control of its power thanks to its standard Symmetrical All-Wheel-Drive.
Technology-wise, the 2018 Subaru Outback features a Subaru STARLINK(™) Infotainment system while the 2018 Ford Explorer features a Sync®-backed infotainment system.
The 2018 Subaru Outback stands out in matters of safety with its available EyeSight® Driver-Assist Technology Suite.
Starting with performance, the 2018 Subaru WRX's 2.0-liter I4 Turbo SUBARU BOXER engine packs more horsepower than the 2018 Ford Focus Hatchback ST's 2.0-liter EcoBoost I4 Turbo engine.
While the 2018 Ford Focus Hatchback ST comes with front-wheel drive, the 2018 Subaru WRX comes standard with Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive and offers a higher level of stability, balance and control to go with its high level of power.
Inside, the 2018 Subaru WRX offers a much more spacious interior for its five passengers than the 2018 Ford Focus Hatchback ST.
In matters of entertainment, the 2018 Subaru WRX stands out with its Subaru STARLINK(™) Infotainment System.
Regarding safety, the 2018 Subaru WRX stands out once again with its available EyeSight® Driver-Assist Technology Suite.
While it is easy to distinguish each Subaru model's superiority over its Ford competition, the only way you can experience the superior driving experience iconic of every Subaru model and therefore truly knowing if it is the best possible vehicle for your lifestyle is by getting behind the wheel yourself. So, visit our dealership and take a test drive today. We proudly serve the drivers of Bloomington, as well as the drivers of Indianapolis, Columbus, IN; Greenwood, iN; and Martinsville, IN. If you have any questions regarding our current inventory of new or used Subaru vehicles, please feel free to contact us directly either by email or over the phone for more information.