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Off-payroll working reform to hit private sector from April 2020
IR35 reform to hit private sector from April 2020
Matthew Lewis Senior Tax Adviser
The CBI lobbies to ease the burden on firms; delaying implementation and providing support for business is necessary to ensure the reforms are successful.
11 Jun 2019, 4 min read
The off-payroll working rules – commonly known as IR35 – are intended to ensure that individuals who work like employees pay broadly the same employment taxes as employees, regardless of the structure they work through. The off-payroll working rules apply where an individual (the worker) provides their services through an intermediary to another person or entity (the client).
The government announced at Budget 2018 that to increase compliance with the existing off-payroll working rules in the private sector, businesses will become responsible for assessing the employment status of the off-payroll workers they engage. The business will also be responsible for ensuring that associated employment taxes and National Insurance contributions (NICs) are paid to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). This will bring the private sector in line with the public sector.
Proposed reform
The government is proposing to extend the reform of the off-payroll working (IR35) rules to the private sector from April 2020. A consultation was launched to collect views on whether the proposed processes of the reform are suitable for the large and diverse sectors in which it will apply, as well as views from those in the public sector already applying the rules. The consultation period has now closed and the CBI has submitted its written response.
Experience from the public sector reform - which has been in force since April 2017 – showed the creation of new and difficult problems, adding costs for all parties within the labour supply chain. The reform has resulted in a significant increase in the administrative burden in order to comply with the rules, often requiring changes to systems and processes across multiple functions. Alongside this, the speed of implementation in April 2017 resulted in little time for organisations to understand the legislation, increasing complexity and uncertainty.
When the reform is extended to the private sector, the issues experienced within the public sector reforms will be amplified. This is due to the nuances of different sectors and the vast number of businesses that will be impacted. Many businesses remain unprepared for the changes and are relying on HMRC guidance, but detailed guidance and relevant legislation has not yet been published. For businesses to have the confidence that they are fully compliant with the rules, they will need the legislation at least one year prior to implementation of the reforms.
The CBI therefore recommends that:
There is a delay in implementation of the private sector reform until April 2021. Many businesses remain unprepared for the changes, particularly given the ongoing uncertainty of Brexit, which continues to divert resources and reduces businesses ability to react quickly as and when legislation and guidance is published.
The government undertakes a complete and comprehensive post-implementation review of the public-sector changes.
The government undertakes an implementation impact assessment for the private sector. The reforms are complex and require substantial internal business investment in order to comply with legislation, further increasing the cumulative burden on business.
Prior to implementation of the reforms, there are further issues that must be addressed, including: a suitable appeals process; standardised documents that form part of the determination process; clarity from HMRC as to the obligations of each party within the labour supply chain; and detailed guidance and legislation to the private sector to enable businesses to comply.
The CBI has continued to engage with government to ease the burden on business:
In 2018, the government originally proposed that the reform be carried out in April 2019. The CBI lobbied government for a delay in implementation, and we were successful in deferring the launch until April 2020, which provided businesses much needed time in order to start preparing for the reform. Given the lack of legislation and guidance to date from government, this needs to be pushed back further – the time that was provided has not been utilised sufficiently.
The CBI lobbied HMRC to improve the Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool in order to make it suitable for use in the private sector. At Budget 2018, the government committed to reforming the tool ahead of the April 2020 reform. CBI members have since played a key role in working with HMRC specialists, providing feedback as to required improvements of the functionality of the tool from the early stages of development, through to prototype testing.
The CBI consultation response was submitted on 28 May. The next steps include continued engagement with the HMRC specialist team to further to improve the functionality of the CEST tool. The CBI have roundtables with HMRC to further explain our consultation recommendations and push for reform ahead of implementation.
But there is still more the government needs to do. The CBI will continue to lobby on behalf of business to reduce the cumulative burden and make it easy for firms to understand and comply with legislation.
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Trump pardons 2 military service members and reverses demotion of third
Trump pardons 2 military service members…
November 19, 2019, 10:28 am CST
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President Donald Trump pardoned Friday two military service members and reversed the demotion of a third who was acquitted of murder after dramatic testimony.
Trump granted full pardons to Clint Lorance and Mathew Golsteyn and reversed the demotion of Edward Gallagher. The Washington Post, the New York Times, the San Diego Union-Tribune and Politico have coverage; a White House statement is here.
Gallagher, a former Navy SEAL, was acquitted of murdering an Islamic State prisoner after another SEAL who was offered immunity for his testimony said it was he who killed the detainee, not Gallagher. Gallagher was convicted, however, of posing with the corpse in a photo.
Gallagher was also in the news when his lawyers received an email from military prosecutors containing tracking software, part of an apparent attempt to investigate unauthorized leaks of information.
Lorance, a former Army lieutenant, was convicted for ordering his men to fire on three men in Afghanistan riding a motorcycle, resulting in the deaths of two of them, according to the White House statement. He has served more than six years of a 19-year sentence.
Golsteyn, an Army Special Forces officer, has not yet been tried on murder charges for allegedly killing an unarmed Afghan man he suspected of bomb making. Trump referred to Golsteyn in a tweet in October. "We train our boys to be killing machines, then prosecute them when they kill!" he tweeted.
The press release says Trump is "ultimately responsible" as commander in chief to determine when "mercy is granted." As Trump has said, the press release says, "When our soldiers have to fight for our country, I want to give them the confidence to fight."
According to the New York Times and the Washington Post, top military leaders have reportedly opposed clemency because of fears that it would undermine the military justice system.
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ITLA S.p.A. was established in 1981 as a manufacturer of semi-finished components for producers of articles for the building trade. The company was restructured in 1994 when Alberto Bartalucci became President and Managing Director.
Company strategy also changed by increasing the number of customers in the furnishing, car and motorbike spare parts, hardware and agricolture sectors.
The company structure has been definied and the quality has been achivied the 20th December 2000. Our company offers its capacity of working sheet metal and the like with a thickness ranging from 0.5 to 20 mm
Production is divided into specific processes:
Cutting, Laser cutting, Pressing, Punching, Bending, Robotic Welding
Since January 2009 we have obtained the certification of welding
Numbers of employees 60
Office staff 14
Quality staff 3
Production staff 38
Indirect production staff 5
The company makes use of a method for filling customer orders and specifications and stores technical documentation electronically.
A Member of staff carries out machines manteinance on a full-time basis.
The company makes use of a set of measuring instruments such as rules callipers and templates in every production sector. Their calibration is checked on a yearly basis.
The company plans its production and prepares production control programmes. A member of staff does this on a full-time basis.
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Goods in the warehouse are identified by a special internal card which also contains the drawing of the customer order.
The Company packs its products using pallets, crates, containers and 50x28 cm/micron strips of nylon.
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Design trends change, but the underlying logic behind the user-friendly websites that sell effectively always stays the same. We all want easy navigation, great visual experience, and quick access to the product listings and info we need. But what exactly needs to be fixed first?
Desktop website cramped into a mobile browser is a painful experience, and the longer you miss out on creating a responsive version of your store, the more you lose customers.
The percent of people who buy online using phones grows exponentially every year. And if you look at the mobile eCommerce statistics, 49% of mobile users have made a mobile purchase in the last six months. You simply cannot ignore the extreme power of a well-thought mobile UX.
Nobody likes being pushed to purchase, we know this well. Usually, we try to make sure that each piece of our advertising assets looks balanced, right? But what happens when the user encounters all of them on one page?
Taobao.com – #1 shopping destination in China, a cluttered perfection that can make any westerner crazy.
Unless you run your business in Asia, try to avoid information overload. Instead of optimizing each element, try looking at your UX as a whole. Maybe, your mobile version will do much better without that auto-playing video on the homepage at all.
EBay.com – a good example of a modern eCommerce website with a balanced design approach.
Think how you can communicate your message (what you offer and why it matters) in the most direct yet simple way. And don't forget to let your content flow and breathe – use purposeful storytelling!
Product search that searches for a text and cannot filter through the product features is a broken search. Today, detailed product filtering is the standard eCommerce feature and every online store should have it.
Nordstrom, for example, has one of the most detailed product filtering systems.
How easy is it for your users to find a specific product, size or style? You will win a lot more credibility and sales with a detailed product filtering. It's incredibly useful for users, plus you get to show all of the richness of the choice you provide at one glance.
Even if you have a smaller store, a deep categorization will still help your product listing look more impressive.
Nailing an effective pop-up is the complete opposite of what most stores do. A huge in-your-face pop-up that 'greets you' the very moment you enter a page is annoying, not 'engaging'.
Cute+Broke features a pop-up done right – a nice, unintrusive compliment to the overall excellent UX design.
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1. What was the importance of the watch to the author?
The watch was important to the author as it showed him the correct time thus keeping him punctual. He had it working properly for 18 months until he let it run down. He had staunch faith on its judgement and its prediction. It worked perfectly until then without gaining or losing any part of it.
2. What were the attempts made by the author to get his watch repaired?
3. Why did the author finally give up on his watch?
The author got the watch repaired seven times. By the end, he realised that the watch, with its original cost being two hundred dollars, had cost him two to three thousand on repairs itself. And the watch was still malfunctioning. It was when he reached the seventh watch maker and acknowledged the mechanic to be an old acquaintance, a steam-boat engineer of other days and not a good engineer. He gave his verdict like all other watch makers, the author was not gullible and this time he perceived what his uncle William used to say that a good horse was a good horse until it had run away once, and that a good watch was a good watch until the repairers got a chance at it. So, he finally gave up the repairing and decided to let the watch be.
4. What was Uncle Williams' comment on the 'tinkerers' of the world?
Uncle William is not a character in the story; however, the author gives a glimpse of him. When the author gave the watch for mending the last time, he reckoned that it was costing him more than the original cost. All the attempts so far have been futile and the verdict of the last watch maker made him remember what uncle William used to say that a good horse was a good horse until it had run away once, and that a good watch was a good watch until the repairers got a chance at it. The author perceived what his uncle had known with all his knowledge and experience. All the unsuccessful tinkers in the world are not specialists. They are the 'Jacks' of all trades and masters of none. Uncle William used to wonder what became of all those gunsmiths, shoe-makers, engineers and blacksmiths who never could be successful in their work sphere. It is important to acquire specialisation at least in one particular field, else one is left being a tinker, an apprentice, and not a specialist.
(a) 'I seemed to detect in myself a sort of sneaking fellow-feeling for the mummy in the museum, and a desire to swap news with him.
(b) Within a week it sickened to a raging fever and its pulse went up to a hundred and fifty in the shade.
(c) She makes too much steam–you want to hang the monkey wrench on the safety valve!
(a) After being oiled and cleaned and 'regulated' for the second time, the watch came home to the author after a week. However, the watch was slowed down to such a degree that the author missed all his appointments, his dinner. He felt like he was drifted in the past somewhere. Gradually the watch slowed even more, he felt like he was living in the previous week. The author felt like he missed all that was happening in the world. He was solitary and lingered in the past all because of his watch. The author here compares his situation to that of a mummy, who belongs to bygone ages. He felt it ideal to find a fellowship with the mummy in some museum he probably had been to or an imaginary one. He felt travelling in the past just like the mummy due to the slow time projected by his watch.
(b) When the author let his watch run down after eighteen months, he took it to chief jeweller's to set it by the exact time. The head of the establishment however, despite being stopped by the author, pushed the regulator. This gave the watch, probably, a kick and the watch shot ahead of its time. It gained faster and faster, day by day. Post two months, it appeared to be having some sort of a fever with an extremely high pulse rate. It moved 13 days ahead of the actual date and when the year touched October, the author commented, the watch was enjoying the snow fall of November already. This erratic behaviour annoyed the author a lot and so he decided to get it doctored once again.
(c) The seventh time the author took the watch to a watch maker, he reckoned the apprentice to be an old acquaintance, a steam-boat engineer of other days and not a good engineer. Like all watch makers, he diagnosed and gave his verdict. The author observed keenly and judged him at his very verdict when he said, "She makes too much steam–you want to hang the monkey wrench on the safety valve! The author immediately remembered what his uncle William used to say and perceived that a tinker is a tinker after all, this being an unsuccessful engineer and wondered like his uncle what became of all the unsuccessful tinkers.
1. How is humour employed to comment on the pains that the author took to get his watch set right.
It is funny how the author and his dear watch had to go through all the pain that was delivered by seven watch makers. In the end, it was all futile and no good was done to the watch. The seven episodes with the watch makers are humorous as while all the watch makers tried their hand on the watch, toying it all up and operating and exploring and dissembling and then assembling every inch of it, it all gave sheer pain to the author to whom the watch was so dear. Every time with all the hope and strength he took it to a new watch maker; however, not a single of all the tinkers could put it all back to place to make it function all properly. How strange it is that none of the seven watch makers could mend the watch while they all experimented and did all sorts of research and development on it.
2. 'The author's treatment of the subject matter makes the readers identify themselves with the experience.' Comment on the statement.
Samuel L. Clemens, Mark Twain, had less than ten years of schooling. He worked as a printer's apprentice, a steamboat pilot, a prospector and a journalist. All this gave him varied experiences and a wide knowledge of humanity. In all his works, he brings in elements from his own experiences and his own life creating a replica of his own self. All his stories have a combination of realistic and make believe world. What he presents are the situations that any ordinary human might face in her/his daily life; thus, making them all appear very realistic and hence the readers easily connect to the story and identify themselves with the experiences. For instance, in the story, the author faced a problem that is so ordinary. Any of us might have a watch that malfunctions and has a simple error. However, the problem rather than being mended, aggravates every time we take it to be doctored. This is a typical example of how an ordinary human faces problems with not just gadgets; it might be a medical condition or as simple as an argument with a known face.
3. Identify some of the improbable images the author has used to effect greater humour.
There are instances when the author goes on exaggerating the actual situation to add humour to the story. For example, when the watch is repaired for the second time, it slowed down. The description is a hyperbole of the actual happening. No matter how slow a watch is, it will show the time according to 12 hours, it cannot literally travel in the past. However, the way the author describes its watch enjoying snowfall before the season arrives is humorous. Also, the citation of the mummy is funny, plus it describes the mental state of the poor author.


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Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman
All right people, let's start at the beginning.
His name is Peter Parker. He saved the city, fell in love, and saved the city again, and again, and again. I'm pretty sure you know the rest.
Seriously, we've already seen two origin stories of "Spider-Man" and three different Peter Parkers in the last two decades, that I no longer tear up whenever I'm reminded of Uncle Ben's tragic death. If anything, at least 2017's "Spider-Man: Homecoming" is a breath of fresh air, taking us to a universe where Peter is an Avenger in training. I can't blame you though if you're already starting to feel Spidey fatigue. We've seen him save the city, fall in love, and saved the city again countless times that yes, it really does feel like we already know the rest.
Except, we don't.
Enter the Spider-Verse. A much-needed remedy to the fatigue that gives us several Spider-Beings with equally interesting origin stories. "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" features the cinematic debut of Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), a teenager who discovers that he has acquired the same powers as Spider-Man. Just when he thought that he has no one to help him learn the rop–ermm–webs, the Kingpin (Liev Schreiber) opens up a portal to other dimensions, bringing in different Spider-Beings from other universes.
Miles Morales might be new to casual moviegoers, but he has actually been alluded to in "Spider-Man: Homecoming", confirming that he does exist within the MCU. Remember when Spider-Man did an awful job interrogating Donald Glover's Aaron Davis? Aaron mentions that he has a nephew, and in a deleted scene, he actually calls his nephew "Miles". In "Spider-Verse", Miles and Aaron still has a connection, but in more ways than one.
"Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" is a refreshing treat, not only because it gives us a new webslinger to root for; it also offers a modern, eye-gasmic animation like we've never seen before. The best way to describe it is like seeing a graphic novel come to life – complete with motion lines, speech bubbles, and quirky onomatopoeia. The best part is that the characters from other dimensions also have their unique animation styles – the Japanese schoolgirl Peni Parker (Kimiko Glenn) keeps the anime-ish visuals of the futuristic Japan where she's from. Spider-Noir (Nicolas Cage) comes from the 1930's, and has a bleak, black-and-white animation. Peter Porker aka Spider-Ham (John Mulaney) is a cartoonish creature with loony-toony superpowers. All these colliding visuals feel so weird yet so right, and together with the faced-paced action and unique storytelling method, it's one helluva spectacle.
The animation is great, but it's the film's self-aware humor that leaves us gagging. It's brave enough to make fun of its predecessors, and smart enough to use Spider-Man memes. "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" is a film made by fans for fans. Be sure to stay for the post-credits for the ultimate gag.
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"Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" is a film made by fans for fans. Not only does it give us a new webslinger to root for; it also offers a modern, eye-gasmic animation like we've never seen before.
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A wrap of the week's health news.
Jan 30, 2017 · 05:45 am
Kerala hospitals to register live donor transplants
The Kerala state government has decided to implement stricter monitoring criteria for organ transplants after several concerns were raised about the possible exploitation of donors. A senior state health official told The Hindu that all private hospitals will not have to inform the Kerala Network of Organ Sharing about every live donor transplant performed. Hospitals that fail to comply stand in danger of losing their transplant licences.
The new rule will help the network maintain a central registry of all live and cadaver organ donations in the state, including details of donors and recipients.
While the deceased donor organ donation programme is coordinated by the government through Kerala Network for Organ Sharing, the government has no data on the number of living donor organ transplants performed. Rough estimates show that approximately 1,000–1,200 live kidney donations and close to 500 live liver donations are performed in the state every year. Since there is no data on the number of live donations, it follows that there is no recorded information of the health and survival of donors.
The government is also amending a clause of the Organ Transplant Rules that currently allows a hospital to prioritise transplants of organs except kidneys of an in-patient, who has suffered brain death, among it other patients awaiting organs. Suspecting that the practice allows hospitals to make between Rs 1.5 crore-Rs 2 crore from every brain-dead patient the government has decided to drop this provision.
Nurses strike in Hyderabad hospital
More than 200 contract nurses at Hyderabad's state-run Gandhi hospital went on strike on Saturday, demanding that their jobs be regularised to make them permanent workers and that their salaries be increased from Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000 per month. Some 20 nurses climbed to the 8th floor of the hospital building and threatened to jump if their demands were not met, although none of the nurses did so.
Trade union leaders told the Times of India that this was the fourth time that the outsourced nursing staff of the hospital had gone on strike for the same reason but the government has been unable to resolve the issue. Attempts at negotiation and finding a solution on Saturday too were unsuccessful. Late in the evening, the police took the nurses into preventive custody.
Newspapers reported that the strike severely hit services at the hospital with only 180 permanent nurses, who were not part of the strike, left to attend to patients in the 1,200-bed hospital. The authorities had to call in nursing students and junior doctors from other medical college to help.
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It's not immigration at all. That's complete nonsense. There's plenty of space for all. It's really about changing people's ie. the vast indigenous populations heads about consuming, sensible family sizes and all the rest. It could be done, but that's the exact opposite of what is desired by the System. Unhindered Population Growth = Spending = Economic Growth = More Filtered To The Top Few as the Countryside and any true Society is royally fucked as a means to achieve this.
Thanks for responding sensibly and whilst I agree that consumption habits need changing. Im my opinion the chances of that happening are zero, because of the reasons you stated. One thing that can be done, which the govt have promised to do and which the vast majority of the public want them to do is to reduce immigration levels.
I don't know how you can say immigration is nothing to do with it. Surely that's your political beliefs clouding the reality which is obvious to others. Surely it's the most relevant issue of all? More people = more houses needed = threat to our spaces where no houses currently exist.
It really boils down to that basic fact and denying that seems to be denying the obvious cause. The 'indigenous' population you refer to (what ever that is) aren't producing large families, I thought that was known by everyone c1.6 children per couple, not even replacement levels for those dying.
It is families from abroad who are migrating and have large families so that is another point chalked up against immigration. You didn't really think British people are having large families surely?


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Homeopathy and Master Prover Jason-Aeric Huenecke (RSHom, ) is interviewed by Linda V. Nurra Ph.D.
Jason-Aeric Huenecke, RSHom (NA), CCH, is the Principal Researcher at the Northwestern Academy of Homeopathy (Minneapolis, USA), a role that has earned him international recognition for his proving efforts in North America. He has studied Classical Homeopathy with Eric Sommermann, Valerie Ohanian, Laurie Dack, and Karim Adal, as well as Jeremy Sherr, Jayesh Shah, Rajan Sankaran and other major international teachers. He is certified in Transpersonal Psychology from the Psychosynthesis Institute of Minnesota and trained as a Chemical Dependency & Family Treatment Counselor, finding his homeopathy practice enhanced by this knowledge. His provings are published in The American Homeopath and are available for free on the Northwestern Academy of Homeopathy website. In his practice he has found that the new provings bring forward substances that are especially powerful in healing the illnesses of the modern world.
Jason-Aeric's provings include Gavia immer (common loon), Acer saccharum (sugar maple), Cygnus X-1 (black hole, an imponderable), Lepidolite (a lithium-containing mineral), Didelphis virginiana (North American opossum), Samarium cobaltum magneticum, Lanthanum metallicum, and Promethium muriaticum (rare earth minerals), Odocoileus virginiana borealis sanguis (white-tailed deer's blood), and Ixodes dammini (deer tick, the carrier of Lyme disease agents), and most recently Technetium (a medical imaging substance).
Can you begin by telling us about yourself and how you envision your work as a homeopath?
I love homeopathy. My whole life is about homeopathy and helping others through homeopathic medicine. I see homeopathy as a spiritual medicine. A lot of people want homeopathy to be accepted like "regular" allopathic medicine but I personally don't work toward that aim. Of course homeopathy can work as well or better than allopathic medicine for physical pathologies, yet homeopathy is so much more.
Most of the people who come to me don't particularly know why they're coming – and these individuals are some of the best patients to work with. They have physical symptoms and illnesses, of course, but there is some deeper healing they're looking for that they can't exactly put into words. This allows for a greater freedom in the exploration of the constitutional homeopathic remedy and a wider definition of what healing means beyond what allopathic medicine can offer.
Nowadays, each of us is going to run into people as patients who are suffering from adrenal fatigue, sugar intolerance, gluten intolerance, and so on. But all that, while it's helpful, is less interesting than what I think we are really doing within homeopathy. It doesn't mean that those experiences aren't true. It just means that you are limited if you are staying on that bio-chemical level of why someone is suffering.
I think there are different levels of homeopathic practice. Some homeopathic practitioners mostly aim to cure acute illnesses; others want to specialize in specific things like autism or female issues. For me, if our true task is to heal the sick, this means helping people to be fully on their path of individuation, not ever aiming to cure a specific disease or correct a certain pathology. It means helping them wake up to what is happening with their life in the largest sense of the word, with a true aliveness, and helping them to recognize what their part is in that awakening. I help them to shed any false selves and step into their true self.
What does that mean – shedding false selves and stepping into your true self –from the homeopathic perspective?
One of my spiritual guides, Atisha, a great Buddhist saint-philosopher of 10th-11thcentury, in his Lojong (mind training slogans), reminds us to "regard all life as a dream, "meaning that whatever you experience in your life—sadness, joy, pain, grief, heat, cold or anything else—is like something happening in a dream. This is like the concept of maya or illusion in Vedic philosophy. Although you might think things are very solid, they are truly like passing memories.
I like to think that the whole experience of homeopathy is about waking up from the Dream. When you are living in the Dream, you are suffering; you are not seeing what is possible, you have very few choices, or an inability to make a choice. Your life is full of delusions. So many people are living in a repeating nightmare. In Classical Homeopathic practice, we call the repeating experiences" delusions". A delusion is what we believe despite evidence to the contrary, and it keeps us in our patterns and stuck in a dream world. We have many layers of delusions, many layers of patterns. What I think we're doing with homeopathy is helping people release those patterns and become lucid dreamers in life, waking up and living a lucid, individuated life. The suffering person is then able to make conscious choices and live a wider, more authentic life, which eventually eliminates the emotional and energetic sources of their suffering.
I see my role as helping people let their inner light and love shine through them and eliminate any obstacles or blocks that keep them small, held back, and in a state of confusion.
You've contributed a number of excellent provings to homeopathy, and provings seem to be central in your mission as a homeopath. What draws you to this work?
I am dedicated to helping eliminate suffering in the world. Provings are an excellent vehicle for this purpose. They help to advance homeopathy by increasing the knowledge of how substances can be used to heal. One of my teachers taught that you can only go as deep into someone else as you can go within yourself. You have to learn how to dive deep. I believe that provings are one way to learn how to dive deeply into yourself. Homeopathy is a deeply spiritual practice for me. I feel that participating in a proving is a way to deepen your awareness about yourself and the world in which you live.
A proving is a kind of trust fall. A trust fall is a trust-building experience often conducted as a group exercise in which people deliberately allow themselves to fall backwards, relying on the other members of the group to catch them. In a proving you are asked to take a substance that stimulates your energy field to manifest symptoms (this is like the fall) and then to carefully record your experiences, symptoms, and sensations both subjectively and objectively. The Master Prover and your personal Proving Supervisor are your spotters, who catch you as you fall. We are most interested in how you experience the fall, the length of the fall, and your experience in as much detail as possible. Therefore, in a homeopathic proving, you're opening yourself up, albeit temporarily, to suffering for the benefit of others. The proving symptoms generally appear and disappear over time, with a typical proving lasting 30 to 60 days.
The Way of the Bodhisattva inspires the way I practice homeopathy: we are doing our inner work and these proving experiments to heal all beings without exception. In this way a proving is a noble act. Allowing yourself to suffer temporarily in a proving helps to potentially free humanity from its suffering in a greater way.
For those homeopaths and students who are willing to open up and try, what are the benefits of doing a proving?
Technically, we do not promise a particular benefit to doing a proving. However, many people have reported that the process is what really helped them learn how to take a case and also how to be a better patient.You learn how to observe and articulate what is happening to you in a very precise way, with modalities, sidedness, and a clearer body consciousness. You may achieve a deeper awareness of your sensations and emotions.
It's one thing to have book knowledge; it's another thing to actually have an experience. You start to understand the essence of the substance without knowing what it is (in a proper blinded proving). The knowledge of the substance comes through all these different provers' voices that eventually become one voice, as Jeremy Sherr puts it. I've participated in several provings and it's always remarkable. You're always uncertain about what is going to happen next and this helps you maintain a kind of open-hearted curiosity.
Once you open your door, you begin to see yourself in 10,000 ways, in a much larger context. You begin to learn what your true prejudices are. You get to learn what you are tolerant of, what you are intolerant of, what you enjoy. You learn about power and powerlessness. You begin to come to understand the universality of human suffering. It's a very exciting and beautiful process.
Would you say then that doing provings is a way to expand our capacity for empathy?
What's nice about doing a proving is that you get a retreat from your everyday chronic lifetime suffering and you get to temporarily join in the suffering of another. What I observe is you can take a prover who is somewhat aware, who has had a good homeopathic journey prior to coming into a proving, and they will begin to understand more deeply the difference between I, me, and mine – my symptoms, my expression, my way of being – and the Other, which is the proving substance. There is a moment in a proving when someone realizes, "Oh, I'm acting, I'm expressing in a way that my typical I-me-mine is not usually interested in." The genus of the substance is then speaking through them. They begin to have a greater awareness, an experience of the Other. So, yes! Participating in proving may increase one's mindful empathy. This is priceless.
Let's go back to the beginning of this work for you. How did the Northwestern Academy proving program get started and how did you become involved?
Our proving program started with one of the co-founders of the Northwestern Academy of Homeopathy (which opened its doors to training non-physician Classical Homeopaths in 1995), Eric Sommermann, who did the first three provings: Branta canadensis (Canada goose) in 1998, Lac ovinum (sheep's milk) in 2002, and Chelydra serpentina (snapping turtle) in 2004. Under his guidance I led the proving of Gaviaimmer (common loon) 2006. When Eric died, I organized and wrote articles on each of his provings to get the materials out into the world so that they can be used for what they were intended for: to heal the sick.
Are there any provings you've done that really stand out to you?
I've participated in all sorts of provings and there is always something remarkable in each proving. The genus of the substance speaks through the provers, as seen in Chelydra serpentina (snapping turtle) when the provers became snappish, easily offended, and angered. The provers by and large experienced increased irritability, anger, resentment, and annoyance. They often felt this in response to people not meeting their expectations or being forced to do something they didn't want to do. How do we explain what is happening? It's not easy.Some homeopaths who want us to be like "regular" allopathic medicine might not have interest in this. That's fine. I say let the provings speak for themselves.
Can you give us a sneak preview of your latest proving?
We just completed a proving of Technetium, which is a man-made radioactive substance used in medical imaging. Jan Scholten has written about his idea of the substance based on his logic, but here we've actually done the proving. As I was repertorizing the proving, it was remarkable that I kept seeing the same three remedies popping up: Lac humanum, Plutonium nitricum, and Carcinosin. In a way you could say Technetium is like Lac humanum, or humanity, meeting Plutonium nitricum, or the nuclear age, and the resultant is this chronic condition of cancer. We could say it like this: Lac humanum + Plutonium nitricum + Carcinosin = Technetium; or Lac humanum + Plutonium nitricum = Carcinosin, and this man-made radioactive substance is what can help heal those kinds of conditions. I hope that in clinical practice people can find out something else, but this is what I'm seeing on first diving into the materials we collected.
In 2012, you worked with colleagues Tina Quirk, Todd Rowe and Sally Tamplin to establish a set of proving standards for the profession. Can you tell us about this project?
This initiative came out of a North American Network of Homeopathic Educators meeting that discussed a need to set standards within the schools. Todd Rowe took the lead, along with Tina Quirk (who works with Jeremy Sherr's school), Sally Tamplin (who worked with Misha Norland's school) and I, so all of us have had a long involvement with provings. Together we worked on finding very clear and direct language to describe how to conduct a Hahnemannian proving, which included guidelines for repertorization. I believe the standards we outlined ought to be followed as much as possible.
The highlights include the importance of triple blinding, where no one knows the nature of the proving substance – neither the provers, nor the proving supervisors, nor the Master Prover who collates the information and creates the repertorization. They also include the need for a thorough recording of proving symptoms over a 30- to 60-day period, with the precise timing of the symptoms recorded (for example, a fever that starts at 9 pm and lasts for five days, breaking at 11 pm). Another guideline is the repertorization of the proving symptoms using existing rubrics as much as possible, since new rubrics with only one remedy in them are not useful.
[To view theNorth American Network of Homeopathic Educators proving guidelines, visit http://homeopathictraining.org/nanhe-proving-standards/]
On the topic of standards, do you feel that the use of placebo is necessary in provings?
What we have learned over time in our provings is that the placebo prover often is the clearest channel for some reason. They are clearly and directly telling us what the genus of the substance is about. This is why we need homeopathic philosophers to help us to understand the field of the substances that we are using. According to proving standards of allopathic medicine trials, you are supposed to dismiss those placebo provings from the findings. This is troublesome and unnecessary.
We are in a dramatically changing world. Science has benefited us greatly and yet still does not have all of the answers.There is also a strong movement of science deniers, including climate change deniers and skeptics who are regularly called upon to decry homeopathy. Skeptics frequently claim that there is no research to support homeopathy's efficacy – but they are not willing to look at the hundreds of research studies that do exist.
The recent documentary Just One Drop details the efforts of skeptics working together to discredit homeopathy. These skeptics are not actually testing a hypothesis about homeopathy or seeing if it works. There is little or no funding, or the will to carry out unbiased homeopathic experimentation that is based on the Classical Homeopathic paradigm.The skeptics and allopathic scientists prejudge that homeopathy can't possibly work because it is so far out of their paradigm. They've lost their objectivity.
A scientific mind, by definition, is one that is willing to maintain and develop a curiosity about science and the natural world, develop skills of scientific inquiry and investigate and evaluate each proposition analytically, critically, and creatively, rather than saying from the start, "This is not possible" and ending the discussion there. Apparently this is the attitude of National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). It will not fund research into homeopathy because, it asserts, homeopathy does not have a plausible mechanism of action. But we know that homeopathy does work; therefore it must have a mechanism of action. So why not put research funds into investigating it? Wouldn't that be the true scientific attitude?
Homeopathy requires a paradigm shift and scientists who are unbiased in their exploration and investigation of its principles. Science requires the unbiased investigation of phenomena, not stopping when we reach a so-called limitation to our knowledge, but persevering until we have a deeper knowledge based on honesty and respect.
What are the steps and time frame from an actual proving to getting the material out into the world? I imagine it's quite an onerous process.
A proving process is quite onerous and, surprisingly, there's not a lot of financial support from the homeopathic community for provings, even though the community does benefit from them. Each proving itself takes hundreds of hours of work. There are homeopaths that do provings in 24 or 48 hours but we monitor our provers' symptoms over the course of 30 to 60 days.
At the end of a proving, we compile the proving notes, which run to about 100 pages for a 15- to 20-person group. We organize the entries into date and time order, as if they were one voice, and then the Principal Researcher repertorizes everything, starting at the top. This process takes about 225 hours. I personally use rubrics that are already in Synthesis rather than continuously making new ones, but in some cases where there are no existing rubrics I will suggest a new rubric. I try to create one that expresses the new symptom accurately while also being appropriate for other remedies, since homeopathic practitioners do not want a repertory full of new rubrics with only one remedy in them.
After the repertorization, our proving counselors go through the material and identify recurring themes. These are not based on the nature of the substance (which is still kept secret or blinded at this point) but rather on what is showing up in the proving, what keeps being repeated. In the end, though, it's essential that homeopaths use the remedies with their clients and give feedback about what is valid and true. You might see one thing in the proving and something different in clinical practice. All rubrics are only suggested until they bring about a cure in someone. This is called clinical verification and presently there isn't a clear channel for recording these findings.
Once you've finished your work, how does the proving information reach the homeopathic community?
I have made the decision to not charge for access to our provings, which can be found on the Northwestern Academy of Homeopathy website. I also try to publish my provings immediately in The American Homeopath journal so they can be out there for the benefit of humanity.
Right now Radar Opus is the only homeopathic medical software program that is taking on our provings. It's a long and painstaking process for them to get the provings into the repertory. We did the three Lanthanide provings several years ago and they've just now been integrated into the current Radar Opus release. I am still working toward getting the other provings into Synergy and other programs.
Many homeopaths express a mix of fascination and fear at the prospect of doing a proving, often claiming they need to wait for the "right" time. Do you think there's an ideal time to participate in a proving?
There really is no good time to do a proving because it is a disruption of your life. But most likely you are always going to have some disruption in your life. Wouldn't it be nice to consciously choose when to have a disruption and go on a journey?
Of course if someone is mentally unstable, we would not want them involved in a proving. I also wouldn't recommend it if you're pregnant, postpartum or nursing; if you're recovering from a major surgery or illness; or if you're about to have a major exam.If your homeopathic practitioner has just recently found a remedy simillimum that's really working for you, then probably it's not the best time either.
Some people feel afraid. We reassure them that any changes from the proving are only temporary and the benefits are long lasting. There is no good time. Life interrupts and disrupts us all the time. But who knows who you will help as a result of doing a proving? I think if you really want to be successful as a homeopathic practitioner, you have to have some altruism. You really have to have a desire to help the maximum number of people.
Have you ever decided to stop or antidote a proving?
This is a really good question. Can something that has been set into motion actually be stopped? I'm not sure that's possible. Still, we always assess how people are doing and we have learned in our proving how to use the proving substance itself to bring down symptoms that we feel are going beyond what is safe. We try to keep things within this kind of parameter and we have done a very good job of it.
In the Cygnus X-1 proving, several of the provers felt like they were having symptoms of a panic attack, with one woman going into a complete cold sweat, her heart pounding in her chest. We watched her carefully as the symptoms slowly resolved. She was scared but I reassured her that it was a proving symptom, since we observed that several other provers had already had these sensations and experiences, and she was a young, healthy person with no risk factors for a heart attack. We also told her that she was welcome to go to the hospital for observation if necessary. She is now a major proponent of homeopathic provings and she is encouraging others to participate in them.
How would you respond to someone wondering whether provings can have undesirable long-term consequences?
Really, I haven't seen any major cases where people have had symptoms that have not resolved within the context of the proving. I think that's partially because we do a really excellent job of containing, resolving, and then dissolving the field at the end of each proving. We contain the proving by carefully monitoring the provers. Each prover has a supervisor, plus there are two Proving Counselors, master supervisors, and myself as the Master Prover. We have each person or prover record whatever arises throughout the proving and then wrap it up to dissolve the field.
Sometimes we see people make major changes in their lives as an unexpected coincident of the proving. Stagnant relationships break up or people decide they don't want to be in their job. Something breaks that needed to break. We've had people who have undergone a coming out during a proving, realizing their deeper sexuality. Doing a proving teaches you about fearlessness – how to be courageous and how to be present with whatever arises. We can say that in some cases the proving hastens the individual's karma – all these words that allopathic people and skeptics don't want to hear.
It's like this karma that ripens. In every life journey there is this process called dulshukin Tibetan Buddhism. It refers to a "critical eruption," where you really begin to move through an obstacle and you experience a breakthrough. This critical eruption happens within every proving for some of the provers. There is this tension, then something breaks, and then there is the other side that happens. The benefits of it far outweigh the temporary suffering.
Very often, for whatever reason, the substance being proven is the simillimum for one of the provers, which is really an odd side benefit of doing a proving. This is just remarkable. There was an office mate of one of our students who said, "I would like to be part of the proving." Wouldn't you know, the substance resonated with him. He was not a homeopath; he didn't get homeopathic treatments; but it remarkably transformed him over the course of 60 days. His life was forever altered in a positive manner because of his willingness to participate in the proving process.
Are you currently looking for provers?
Yes. We now have 13 triple blinded substances that we are looking to prove. This means that a homeopathic pharmacy has 13 new remedy substances ready for proving, whose identity would be unknown to the provers, proving supervisors and even the Master Prover. We've had a dearth of provers and we welcome volunteers.
Our provers don't all have to be homeopaths. Sometimes the people who aren't homeopaths give us the best symptoms because they speak the language of the 21stcentury, whereas homeopaths tend to use homeopathic jargon or repertory language. Another thing to keep in mind is that a proving can be done at a distance. If you decided to participate, we would send you the substance and connect you with a supervisor, someone from our community who would meet with you via electronic media.
I'm also available to travel. If there is a group of at least ten people who would like to do a proving, we can explore the possibility of doing something near them. There would need to be enough skilled supervisors available, each willing to take on two people. There are different ways to do this.
Is there anything you require of provers in terms of "hygienic living"?
We want provers to be in their regular lives as much as possible. Some homeopathic practitioners have laid out very strict ways to do provings, suggesting that people should refrain from certain foods, stimulants, and stressful interactions, but I think it's good to see how people respond in modern life, not in an ideal realm.
What does your proving process typically look like, from the perspective of the prover?
Our provings last about a month, even though some people continue to take notes after that if they've had a really good experience. The most important period in the proving, however, is the first ten days. After that, your supervisor connects with the prover each day for the first ten days and then once or twice a week until the end of the proving.
All our substances are triple-blinded and we typically use a 30Cpotency. When we do provings at the Northwestern Academy of Homeopathy, we ask the prover to take one dose while sitting with their supervisor, who records their symptoms for the first hour or two – without interrupting, without guiding, just letting the person be completely immersed in the state. I modified this method after studying with Dr. Jayesh Shah of Mumbai, India, who takes people on remarkable trance journeys, the journey within. Sometimes the prover will go into a trance-like state after taking the substance. During this time, the provers allow themselves to go into a free flow of consciousness, or whatever it is that happens, allowing their body to move and express itself dynamically, and they begin speaking about their inner experience, thoughts, feeling, and sensations – whatever arises.
We instruct people to take one dose once a day until they have symptoms, but lately, as we have been doing this trance work, people take one dose and they pretty much go directly into the field of the substance. My understanding of the field of the substance is akin to Rupert Sheldrake's morphogenic field concept.
You seem to speak of homeopathic provings and practice as two faces of one process, or one movement towards greater healing and awareness.
The whole of homeopathy for me is a journey into Oneness, into Wholeness. I could even say that it's a series of journeys, not just one journey – like a pilgrimage, taking a great trip from one continent to another, through some portal through time and space. This is what's so wonderful and perplexing about provings and homeopathic practice alike. Something happens that is remarkable, profound, and very meaningful.
If you are interested in participating in a proving with Jason-Aeric Huenecke, CCH, RSHom (NA) and his team, please contact him at [email protected]
Jason-Aeric would like to extend special thanks to Begabati Lennihan, Lori Foley, Desiree Brazelton, and Jennifer Rose Holterhaus, who have remained stalwart supporters of his proving efforts over the years, not to mention the 380 provers and supervisors who made the provings possible!
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Linda Nurra
Linda V. Nurra, Ph.D. is an independent scholar and homeopath-in-training with the School of Homeopathy (UK). She has a background in humanities, with a focus on linguistics and semiotics. Her past work includes university teaching, corporate training and management, and higher education administration. She has translated, edited, authored and co-authored publications in semiotics and homeopathy.
drcsgupta says:
DEAR DR,
IT IS MENTIONED IN THE ARTICLE THAT ONCE THE REMEDY STARTS GIVING SYMPTOMS, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ANTIDOTE THEM EVEN IF THE PROVER IS NOT ABLE TO WITHSTAND THESE SYMPTOMS. I WANT TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIOUS REMEDIES AS ANTIDOTS BY SEVERAL MASTERS OF HOMEOPATHY, ARE FALSE?
Martin Earl says:
Thank you Linda Nurra for such an informative interview. Few of us think about provings anymore, yet they are the basis of our practice. Jason-Aeric is clearly a master and one of very few.
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When you mostly are cooking for two, it's important to learn how to creatively use leftovers.
Whatever I make seems to result in enough leftovers for another meal or two.
I'm not complaining. I love the whole cook once, eat two or three times concept. It makes life easier and I'm all about making things as easy as possible.
Leftovers ready and waiting in the kitchen for when I want a nourishing lunch in minutes—with minimal—effort are always a good thing.
Talk about healthy fast food. This fried rice with vegetables and ham is a perfect example.
I had a container of leftover basmati rice and peas in the fridge that need to be revitalized, reformatted some how.
So, I pulled out Mark Bittman's recipe in How to Cook Everything: 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food (affiliate link) to use as a guide.
The great thing about fried rice is that it is perfect for using up all kinds of leftovers and doesn't require precision at all.
According to Mr. Bittman, fried rice is better when made with long-grain rice that has had the chance to chill for a few hours—or even a few days—so it dries out and separates into individual grains.
After digging around the fridge and pantry, I decided on fried rice with vegetables (peas, onion, carrot, and red bell pepper) and ham.
His version called for raw shrimp and cooked pork roast.
I used ham instead. And I didn't have scallions or dark sesame oil, so I skipped them altogether.
Both Rod and I rated this quick and easy supper highly tasty and satisfying.
According to my calculations each serving of this fried rice with vegetables and ham has 310 calories and *8 Weight Watchers PointsPlus, *6 SmartPoints, *5 WW Freestyle SmartPoints.
Do you have a favorite way to use up leftover rice?
The variations with fried rice are endless.
vegetarian – skip the ham. Substitute tofu if you like.
If you've made this healthy fried rice, please give the recipe a star rating below and leave a comment letting me know how you liked it.
This fried rice with vegetables and ham is a delicious tasty way to use up leftover long grain rice, turning it into a tasty side dish or light lunch or dinner.
If the peas are frozen, soak them in cold water to defrost them while you begin cooking.
Put 2 teaspoons of the oil in a large skillet set over high hear. When hot, add the onion, carrot and bell pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until they soften and begin to brown, 5 to 10 minutes. Lower the heat if the mixture begins to scorch. Transfer the vegetables to a bowl and toss in the ham.
Put the remaining 2 teaspoons oil in the skillet and then the garlic and ginger. Stir once or twice and after about 20 seconds, begin to add the rice a little at a time, breaking up any clumps with your fingers and stirring well to combine everything. Add the peas and cook for 1 - 2 minutes, stirring often.
Make a well in the center and more the lightly beaten eggs into it. Scramble them a little, then when they are almost done, incorporate them into the rice.
Add the vegetables back into the pan and stir to combine well. Add the rice wine and cook, stirring continuously, for about a minute. Add the soy sauce and sesam oil (if using). Taste and add the salt and pepper if necessary.
Turn off the heat and stir in the scallions.
Martha, thanks so much for including my recipe, Skinnylightful Chicken Fried Rice in your post.
Your rice dish looks really yummy!
This was DELICIOUS!! Thank you so much for your wonderful website and the super recipes!
Some might be confused about when to add ham. Maybe I just missed it.
Hi Toni, I've updated the recipe to make it more clear. Thanks!


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Academic journal article Population
Malthus and Three Approaches to Solving the Population Problem
By Rutherford, Donald
In the first edition of his Essay on Population in 1798 (afterwards Essay 1798) the Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus stated his population principle:
"Population, when unchecked increases in geometrical ratio. Subsistence only in an arithmetical ratio" (Malthus 1966 [1798], p. 14),
thus inaugurating a debate on population questions. Was there a fundamental divergence between the growth of population and the subsistence needed to sustain it? Was there a way of averting the disaster of widespread starvation?
In this re-examination of Malthus, a hunt in the primary and secondary literature is conducted to provide a new conceptual framework which will both show the possible solutions to the population problem and determine whether he accepted them. The original texts and commentaries over two hundred years explain this difference in growth rates largely in terms of a shortfall in subsistence through land scarcity and diminishing returns in agriculture. They then note that the introduction of "moral restraint" from the second edition, Essay 1803, as a voluntary check to population growth, provided an apparent solution to this population problem. However these analyses need heavy qualification, and may have to be abandoned.
His expression of the population principle immediately gives rise to two possible solutions. There can be a change in human behaviour to affect the birth rate, and hence population growth, or there can be a change in the production of subsistence. A further, more fundamental, solution can be sought by regarding such a divergence in growth paths as a consequence of the nature of the economy as a whole. For this third option, national income accounting relationships, of which a population function is only a part, have to be described.
These three approaches are not necessarily different possibilities realizable in the same time period. In the case of changing human behaviour, new habits can be adopted in a short time and persist for a long period, even for the foreseeable future, as is the case for new styles of life or new methods of contraception for example. The second approach, i.e. increasing the rate of production of subsistence, is difficult to assign to periods, but an increase in agricultural productivity and food supplies can be introduced in the short run and sustained for long periods. Finally, the balance achieved can be temporary, no more than a transient equilibrium. In the case of Malthus' description of the economy, the balances recommended are perhaps too numerous to be maintained for more than short periods.
Given the interest Malthus arouses in so many different academic fields, summarizing the parallels between this article and contemporary writings is an unending task. Also, the agenda used in this article, taken from Malthus himself, departs from many modern concerns. The first approach, concerning human behaviour, receives less attention today. As there is now little condemnation of unmarried couples having children, Malthus' advocacy of moral restraint in the form of late marriages has little force, though another aspect of conduct, that of consumption, is still investigated. Winch laments (1996, p. 379):
"... it would have been better if Malthus had spoken of "voluntary restraint" based on foresight and the desire to achieve the comforts and luxuries that make up man's indefinitely and expanding 'secondary' or 'artificial' wants",
but Fiaschi and Signorino (2003, p. 17) find in Malthus' Principles an awareness of the significance of consumption.
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Christense Sorensen  (1885–1958) was an Australian hospital matron and army nurse. She served during the First World War and later became a civilian matron. She held positions in the Australian Army Nursing Service, Brisbane General Hospital, and Rosemount Repatriation Hospital. Upon her retirement she had treated more than a million patients.

Early life
Christense Sorensen was born on 5 September 1885 in Sandgate, Queensland. Her father was Conrad Emanuel Sorensen, a drayman and veterinarian from Denmark, and her mother was Hannah Maria Antonetta, originally from Norway. Christense was the youngest of two daughters and was educated at Sandgate State School. When her mother became blind after the birth of her eleventh child, Christense took over looking after the household.

Sorensen decided that she would become a nurse when she was 10 years old after seeing a person with polio.

Career

Early career
Sorensen began training at the Brisbane General Hospital in September 1910. She continued her training until 1913 after which she was placed in charge of the infectious diseases branch of the hospital. She became a registered nurse on 8 January 1914 and was subsequently was promoted to sister.

First World War
Sorensen was appointed to the Australian Army Nursing Service on 10 November 1914 as a staff nurse. She was posted to No.1 Australian General Hospital in Cairo and then seconded to the Middle East Staff in July 1915. She also served on the British hospital ship Guildford Castle. Sorensen was promoted to sister in December 1915 and was sent to the British Stationary Hospital in Poona, India, in October 1916. She tended to sick soldiers in Poona until January 1917 when she returned to Egypt.

In February 1917, Sorensen was forced to return to Australia due to poor health. In August that year, she returned to duty at No.60 British General Hospital in Salonika. Sorensen was made head nurse and then temporary matron in August 1918. The hospital, which was entirely under canvas, contained 2,000 patients with malaria, dysentery, and blackwater fever.

Sorensen was sent to No.3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital in Dartford in February 1919 and took a massage course at Guy's Hospital. She finally returned to Australia in January 1920 and her A.I.F. appointment ended in March that year.

Sorensen's experiences during the First World War were reported to have given her knowledge which she would not have otherwise received for her profession. Her service was praised by Major (Dr) Lee Abbott who said "Quite a number of cases she absolutely dragged out of the grave by her assiduous care and resource."

Civilian nursing
Sorensen returned to civilian nursing in April 1921 as matron of Rosemount Repatriation Hospital. It was reported that while she worked in the hospital, she was held in high esteem by the patients and medical staff. She remained there until March 1922, when she became matron of the Brisbane Children's Hospital. After undertaking her midwifery certificate at Queen Alexandra Hospital for Women, Hobart, Sorensen was appointed deputy general matron.

In 1928, she was appointed matron of Brisbane General Hospital, succeeding Miss E. J. Bourne. At this time, the hospital was the largest in the southern hemisphere. In her position Sorensen took control of all the hospitals that came under the Brisbane and South Coast Hospitals Board's jurisdiction. While in the Brisbane General Hospital, she appealed to volunteers to nurse patients with polio and was appointed to a professional committee to address a shortage of nurses. She remained in this post until her retirement on 31 December 1951. Upon her retirement, it was reported that she had nursed more than a million patients over her career. She was highly regarded by "senior medical men to the most junior nurse". When asked for her reflections on nursing, she remarked "I'd have it all over again if I could."

Honours

 Royal Red Cross (1st class) (1919)
 Médaille des Epidémies (1919)
M.B.E. (1952)

Personal life
Sorensen was respected as a matron for her dedication to the profession, although she was renowned and feared for her strictness. She was a member of nursing organisations including the Nurses' Advisory Sub-Committee of Queensland, and the Australian Trained Nurses' Association. She was also a founding member and fellow of The College of Nursing, Australia. She was awarded an M.B.E. for her services to nursing in 1952. In her retirement, Sorensen lived with two of her sisters in Taringa, Queensland.

Sorensen was a keen reader, an admirer of art, and a keen golfer. She was a Baptist and regularly attended Sandgate Baptist Church.

Death and legacy
Sorensen had a stroke in 1956 and died on 2 January 1958 in the Repatriation Hospital, Greenslopes, Queensland. After her death, some of Sorensen's former colleagues set up the Christense Sorensen Memorial Fund to provide assistance to student nurses. In 1976, a ward for sick nurses was unveiled at Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital named in Sorensen's honour.

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Several issues are recognized as contentious, and some have been considered "don't touch" at some point in time during the NHLA's existence. Abortion is currently the only such issue. See the history section below for background.
The Board recognizes that there are two conflicting pro-liberty arguments on this issue.
Women own their own bodies and have the fundamental right to make decisions about them; any attempt to prohibit that freedom is anti-liberty.
A developing human in the womb is an individual with the same rights as its mother that may not be infringed without due process of law or in self-defense.
Accordingly, the NHLA will not take an official position on proposed legislation that would:
Prohibit, limit, expand or increase a woman's ability to have an abortion.
Establish rights for developing humans in the womb.
However, legislation tangential to these two positions, including changes to the amount of government regulations on abortion, further licensing, fees, etc. on clinics that provide abortions, or the use of government funds (taxpayer money) to pay for abortions, may be supported or opposed depending on how they advance or reduce liberty.
Contentious Issues
The following issues are recognized as being polarizing, and may have been considered "don't touch" in the past, but are now considered just like any other issue. See the "History" section below for more detail.
The Board recognizes that adults have the free, inalienable right to contract with one another without government interference and any attempt from the state to further regulate, limit, or prohibit this fundamental right is anti-liberty. Therefore, it is the NHLA's position on the subject of marriage to remove all government regulations, licensing, fees, etc. from the institution of marriage and leave it to the discretion of individuals, their families, and faiths.
The Board has concluded that bills affecting this issue will be treated just like any other bill. See Death Penalty History below.
The Board recognizes that adults have the fundamental right to make decisions regarding their own bodies whether it be smoking, drinking alcohol, eating trans fats, buckling a seatbelt, wearing a helmet, or choosing to end their pain and suffering from a terminal condition by the request of medication that would enable them to control the time, place, and manner of their inevitable death.
Therefore, it is the NHLA's position on this issue to continue supporting proposed legislation that protects individuals' rights based on the core principle of self-ownership.
Illegal Immigration and Right To Work
The Board has concluded that bills containing these issues will be treated just like any other bill.
In May 2010, the NHLA Board of Directors met with members at an open forum in Manchester to hear thoughts and concerns regarding our organization's informal "Don't Touch Issues" policy. There were over 30 people in attendance, with many having traveled great distances to be heard. The level of respect and professionalism displayed was impressive.
Feedback on this matter was also solicited via email input from the membership for 2½ months. Over 35 members wrote in expressing their thoughts, all of which were reviewed by the Board. Many of those who were unable to attend the meeting had their comments read aloud by a Board member. The Board would like to thank all of the members who took time to provide input on this matter.
After reviewing all of the comments offered by members and spending a great deal of time deliberating, the Board has come to the conclusion that taking the pro-liberty position on pending legislation where a controversial topic might be involved is in line with our mission statement of "A non-partisan coalition working to increase individual freedom in New Hampshire." By stating the pro-liberty position clearly and consistently, even on issues that may be uncomfortable to some (as demonstrated with medical marijuana), the NHLA will stand as a beacon for the principled reduction of government and for the growth of freedom in New Hampshire.
We certainly understand the emotion and contentiousness of certain issues and will continue to use discretion when considering public comment thereon. Our support or opposition on future bills will continue to be based on a number of factors, including the impact on liberty, the cost of the legislation to taxpayers, and the clarity of the liberty principle involved. The Board feels that no issue involving the restriction or regulation of New Hampshire citizens' liberties is inherently a "Don't Touch" issue. However, in some cases, where the principle of liberty can be argued for or against the legislative proposal, the Board will remain neutral.
It is on these case-by-case circumstances that the decision to take a position is to be entrusted to the discretion of the Board. Therefore, the Board has decided, by unanimous vote, to not have a formal "Don't Touch Issues" policy at that time.
As for the issues discussed at the DTI summit, the Board reached the following conclusions:
Abortion: The only remaining "don't touch" issue – see above.
Marriage: See above.
Death Penalty: No longer considered a "don't touch" issue. See below for the history.
Assisted Suicide: See above.
Illegal Immigration and Right To Work: See above.
Death Penalty History
The board's original position on the death penalty was the following:
The Board recognizes that there are two, conflicting pro-liberty arguments on this issue.
People have the right to be secure in their community from extremely violent, duly convicted persons of heinous crimes and the death penalty could be considered an extension of self-defense.
The state has no right to take a life.
Repeal the death penalty.
Focus almost exclusively on expanding the death penalty.
However, legislation tangential to these two positions, such as a larger crime bill in which the death penalty is just a small part of the underlying legislation, or expansion of the number and types of crimes punishable by the death penalty, may be supported or opposed depending on how they advance or reduce liberty.
In late 2015 / early 2016, some NHLA members felt the question of the death penalty was due for reexamination. Not only had the composition of the NHLA membership changed over the previous five years, but attitudes regarding the death penalty in general had also been shifting.
At this time, New Hampshire has one convict on death row, but had no existing facilities to execute him. Some felt construction of such a facility would be cost prohibitive. Questions also remained about the availability of lethal injection drugs, making death by hanging the only other option for execution in New Hampshire.
In 2014 a state-wide discussion took place on the topic of eliminating the death penalty, during which the NHLA remained silent. The state legislature came within one vote in the Senate of abolishing executions, replacing it with death in prison (life without parole).
In 2016 the question of expanding the death penalty was raised in HB1552. In Dec. 2015 and Jan. 2016, the NHLA surveyed its membership via our monthly newsletter, social media, and an email survey that was sent to all current members, soliciting members' input on this issue. Based on our members' feedback, and after extensive discussion at multiple Board meetings, the Board voted at its Jan. 9th monthly meeting to remove the death penalty from this list of "don't touch" issues. After this date, the Gold Standard team would review current and future legislation on death penalty-related issues and might issue a formal position.


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I can't pinpoint when exactly I fell in love with basketball, but I remember when I fell in love with my favorite NBA team.
It was the 1997-98 season, and I was in the sixth grade. As a young, impressionable sports fan in a small New York town, I could have easily adopted the Knicks as my favorite team. Yet I was drawn to the out-of-town underdogs — an upstart Minnesota Timberwolves team featuring 21-year-old Kevin Garnett, 20-year-old Stephon Marbury and third-year head coach Flip Saunders.
That Timberwolves team went on to reach the playoffs and push the No. 2-seeded — and heavily-favored — Seattle SuperSonics to a deciding fifth game in the first round. Minnesota lost, but I was hooked. I've been a Timberwolves fan ever since, through ups and (mostly) downs.
With increased player movement in professional sports, it's become easier for fans to detach themselves from players and other franchise figures. Why buy a player's jersey if he's going to leave as a free agent in a year or two? I try not to think like that. As someone who has worked in the world of sports media and met athletes from all walks of life, here's something to remember — they're just people, too. And as such, I am really going to miss Flip Saunders.
I didn't know him personally, though I did see him around on the ESPN campus occasionally. And yet, I feel like I lost a friend. I've heard multiple times this week that the NBA is a close-knit fraternity. A family, even. Does that family simply consist of players, coaches and executives, or can it include fans? I believe it can.
Even though I'm 18 years removed from that Sonics-Timberwolves series, the memories won't soon fade. Another NBA season kicked off this week, and Flip Saunders didn't get to see it. That, for him and his family, is a tragedy. But his extended family of NBA players, coaches and fans can continue to honor his memory with basketball — playing it, watching it, loving it.
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EASTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS
East finals – Cavaliers over Wizards; West finals– Clippers over Thunder
NBA Finals – Cavaliers over Clippers
MVP – LeBron James, Cavaliers
Defensive Player of the Year – Anthony Davis, Pelicans
Rookie of the Year – Jahlil Okafor, 76ers
Sixth Man of the Year – Isaiah Thomas, Celtics
Most Improved – Bradley Beal, Wizards
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