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Voter Registation Weekend Rescheduled to 31 July – 1 August.
Electoral Commission delays voter registration weekend by two weeks
Centurion – The Electoral Commission has postponed the voter registration weekend
by two weeks in the light of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic currently
sweeping the country.
At a special meeting today, the Commission resolved to reschedule the voter
registration weekend from 17-18 July to the weekend of 31 July – 1 August.
The decision was made following a review of the current conditions including rate of
infections and hospitalizations over the past seven days and its impact on preparations
for the registration weekend.
The Commission also considered concerns raised by political parties through the
National Party Liaison Committee of proceeding with voter registration as well as
warnings from health officials and other experts during last week's oral submissions
before the Moseneke Inquiry regarding the risks of proceeding with a voter registration
weekend under the current conditions. Health experts told the Inquiry last week that
the current third wave of infections was likely to persist until at least the end of the
Taking into consideration the various factors including the constitutional timeframe
which requires the elections to be held before 1 November 2021 and the minimum
period required for the election timetable, the Commission resolved to postpone the
voter registration weekend to the latest possible date which is 31 July – 1 August.
The two-week postponement will have a knock-on effect on certain dates and activities
associated with the proclamation and election including delaying proclamation by four
days until 6 August. However, the Commission remains confident that successful
elections can be held within a reduced election timetable of 82 days rather than the
original 86 days.
The Electoral Commission today briefed the National Party Liaison Committee on the
decision and the revised timelines and plans.
The Commission has taken this very difficult decision in the interests of saving lives of
voters, election staff, party representatives and all citizens while still preserving the
Constitutional requirement to hold elections.
While the Commission accepts that two weeks' delay may not be ideal to allow the
third wave to begin to decline in all provinces, the Commission has very limited scope
to move the registration weekend without postponing the elections themselves.
Most party representatives at the meeting welcomed the decision to postpone for two
weeks although parties in favour of a postponement of the elections urged for a longer
postponement.
The Commission is still awaiting the final report of the Moseneke Inquiry into whether
the elections can be free and fair if they proceed as scheduled on 27 October. The
Inquiry is being led by Former Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke who is
scheduled to present his report and its recommendations to the Commission by 21
The Commission will continue to monitor developments regarding the COVID-19
pandemic, the outcome of the Moseneke Inquiry and all other relevant factors over the
coming weeks.
Any further changes to the election plans will be made in consultation with political
parties, government authorities and other key stakeholders and will be communicated
with all stakeholders.
ISSUED BY THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION
Ensuring free and fair elections
July 8, 2021 in last-news, Press Release Archive


Orange Lemon Marmalade can be easily cooked on your stove top in about 15 minutes. It is flavored with vanilla and cinnamon that go very well with all kinds of citrus.
The only work you need to do is to peel the fruit. When you peel oranges and lemons, remove all white parts because they are pretty bitter.
Please do not put orange and lemon rind in your jam unless you can get organically grown ones. Conventional agriculture uses horrible fungicides which penetrate citrus rind and cannot be removed.
Orange Lemon Marmalade is fantastic on croissants or toasts with a bit of butter. Accompanied with a cup of latte, it makes perfect continental breakfast.
Peel 6 oranges and 1 lemon. Remove white skin, chop fruit flesh into small pieces and put in a pot or a large saucepan.
Squeeze the juice from 2 oranges and 1 lemon and add to the pot together with chopped fruit.
Add sugar and vanilla and mix well. Bring to boil, lower the heat and cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes, stirring.
Add cinnamon and cook for another 5 minutes, stirring.
In a small bowl, combine pectin with 2 Tbsp sugar and slowly add to the fruit mixture while stirring constantly. Cook for about 3 more minutes.
Fill clean jars with hot marmalade, seal and turn jars upside down. After 10 minutes turn them back and wait for them to cool.
750 g sugar is 27 oz or 3 3/4 cup.
Isn't the point of marmalade that it includes rind and has some level of bitterness? . This is jam or maybe conserve but certainly not marmalade. Or maybe this is what Americans call jelly?
You can use rind if you have organically grown lemons and oranges.
This looks delicious… however, organic farmers spray pesticides and fungicides, notably copper sulfate, otherwise they wouldn't have a crop. No matter where you get your oranges and lemons, scrub them well.
Thank you very much, Kelli! I apologize for not replying sooner. For some reason my WordPress is sending a lot of regular comments into spam folder so I didn't see you comment until today.
Orange, lemon and strawberry marmalade – wow, that sounds so great! I will have to try it sometime.
WordPress is being strange to me as well! Glad to know it's not just me!


The Dunguaire Castle is a 16th century tower house built near town of Kinvarra in the Galway Bay by Hynes Clan in 1520 and changed of owners during the centuries. In early 20th century the castle was purchased by the poet Oliver Saint John Gogarty who restored and created a meet place. Later the castle was acquired by Shannon Development to be one more monument and historic touristic attraction. In Summer season the Dunguaire Castle is open to the public for a medieval banquet with costumed performance of Irish traditional music and food.


Last year I lived with a big/little pair that got each other Valentine's Day gifts. Now, my little and I have both had boyfriends since we met, but I can think of tons of reasons why she (or my big) would make the perfect valentine!
2. You start conversations with "you'll appreciate this" and she immediately recognizes the context.
3. You had a rush crush on her immediately. And when you met your big, you didn't even know what a "rush crush" was yet.
4. She thinks you're perfect no matter what. Let's be real, no boy will ever think you're perfect.
5. You can drink wine (if you're both over 21, of course), paint your nails, and watch some cheesy rom com like He's Just Not That Into You on v-day.
6. When a sorority song comes on at a restaurant, during a commercial, or whatever, she'll start singing with you instead of looking at you like a crazy person as a guy would.
7. She won't judge you if you just want to order take out, and you won't have to sit thisclose to another couple at a crowded restaurant.
8. You'll always be each other's Woman Crush Wednesday, and the picture on Instagram will always be of your good side.
9. I mean, who else is going to make you a megaphone-shaped pillow (or lips in my big's case)? Not a guy.
10. She's pretty much your soulmate.
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The first visit to the Philippines by a Pope in 20 years-and the fourth in history-is expected to once again draw Filipino faithful by the millions. Going beyond the numbers, INQUIRER.net has gathered these Images of the Faithful, to put a face, a name, a story, to the excited, hopeful multitude filling the visit sites and the streets.
Joey Chavez, 44, claims he has been a Black Nazarene devotee since he was an infant. At the age of one, he suffered a serious illness called TB meningitis which had paralyzed half of his body. His parents who were already devotees of the Black Nazarene did a nine-day novena at the Quiapo Church, and brought him to the annual procession to pray for his cure. Surviving the illness afterward and feeling he owes it to the Black Nazarene, Chavez and his family had never missed attending the Traslacion, constantly wishing for their good health.
"I inherited my devotion from my parents. My wish every year is simple: to always have a happy family."
"Gusto kong ma-bless ang buong pamilya ko at lalo na ang tatay kong may sakit, may prostate cancer siya [...] Baby Uno, gusto mo bang i-kiss ni Pope?"
"Masaya ako nung nakita ko si Pope na bless din ako kasi di ko akalaing makikita ko sa dami ng tao nagwawalis lang ako dito"


The next How to Photograph Jewelry webinar will be held this Sunday, April 15 at 2 pm EST. It's when I take you through the ins and outs of how to photograph your handmade jewelry so that they look as scrumptious as possible with the "buy me" look. The emphasis will be on smartphone photography because the vast majority of you already have one. Many of today's phones have excellent cameras. Why buy a dSLR when you have an easy to use camera on hand?
Please note this webinar is not free - it is $20 ($8 for a repeat). You can read more about it and see the feedback here.
Some readers have asked if this is available on DVD. No, it is not. That is because I update the information frequently, reflecting the rapid changes in technology and new apps available.
This webinar will introduce something new - mirror photography. You've seen many selfie examples including those from celebrities like the above photo of @kyliejenner. I am not sure if it is considered cool to have the camera cover part of one's face all the time or whether they just don't know how to use the camera correctly for mirror selfies.
There is a correct way of doing mirror photography - one where the camera is NOT visible. You can use this method to model your own jewelry. I will be discussing how and showing my own examples.
If you would like to attend, please email ASAP at pearl@beadinggem.com.


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Golf's Guggenheim: When Frank Lloyd Wright Met Marilyn Monroe
By Matt Ginella Photos by Thomas Loof
GOLF'S GUGGENHEIM: Thanks to Frank Lloyd Wright's extraordinary design, this rose-colored retreat in Maui is the coolest clubhouse in the land.
Frank Lloyd Wright was the greatest American architect, most recognized for the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. He wasn't a golfer, but he is responsible for what is perhaps the most awe-inspiring clubhouse in the country today. The design, which he drew up more than 50 years ago, was originally intended to be a house for Marilyn Monroe.
If you fly into Maui, drive west to Ka'anapali or Kapalua. Fifteen minutes into your trip, look to your right and try to pick out King Kamehameha Golf Club. The clubhouse looks like a space station or a cluster of clams, but without a keen eye, you'll drive right by it. Wright's philosophy was that architecture should be inspired by the natural habitat.
"We very carefully made the rose colors consistent with the tone of the West Maui Mountains," says John Rattenbury, 79, who worked for Wright for nine years in the 1950s and still works and lives at Wright's foundation at Taliesin West in Scottsdale. "The golf course has bunkers, rolling greens and fairways. All of those soft curves blend in with the dome roof of the clubhouse—not to mention the curves of Marilyn Monroe."
After Monroe married playwright Arthur Miller, the newlyweds met Wright in New York City in 1957 and hired him to design a house they wanted to build in Roxbury, Conn. Wright offered them a set of unused plans he had designed for a wealthy couple in Texas, later to be a property in Acapulco for a Mexican government official. Monroe and Miller purchased the plans but asked Wright to add servants' quarters, a bigger closet, a pool and a theater. The design doubled in size, to 14,000 square feet. But Wright died in 1959, at 91, and Monroe and Miller divorced in 1961, and the house was never built. The plans sat in a vault in Scottsdale for the next three decades.
In 1988, a group of Japanese investors traveled to Taliesin West to buy a Frank Lloyd Wright plan for a clubhouse they wanted to build in Maui. "They weren't happy to find out there were no specific clubhouse designs available," says Rattenbury. "But I told them I had a design that Mr. Wright did for Marilyn Monroe. That really got their interest."
For $27 million, the group, led by Takeshi Sekiguchi, built the clubhouse. "I kept asking them what their budget was," says Rattenbury. "They kept telling me to quit worrying about the budget and worry about the quality."
Rattenbury preserved the integrity and the look of the original Wright design by putting two-thirds of the clubhouse underground. He added two levels, men's and women's locker rooms, a cart barn and golf shop. One of the memorable design elements is the 4,300-square-foot dining room with a 270-degree bicoastal view (pictured below). On a clear day, the elevation—773 feet—gives you a spectacular vantage point for the dormant volcano Mt. Haleakala, Ho'okipa Bay to the left and the Ma'alaea Bay to the right. (There's a similar story to the Wright-designed clubhouse at Nakoma Golf Resort in California.)
Photo by Thomas Loof
Before it became the King Kamehameha Golf Club, it was the Waikapu Valley Country Club and then briefly the Grand Waikapu Golf Resort and Spa. But the Japanese economy collapsed, and the club closed in 1999. Another Japanese tycoon, Makoto Kaneko, used to fly into Maui over the dormant club. He's a golfer and wanted to leave a legacy to a game and an island he loved. He purchased the club in 2004 for $12.5 million, and it reopened in May 2006 after an additional $40 million in renovations. Ted Robinson Sr. designed the original golf course; before it reopened, changes were made by his son, Ted Robinson Jr. The wind can be a serious factor. The par-5 18th hole offers the best look at Wright's clubhouse. The club has 160 members, the most famous of whom is Clint Eastwood.
"We're a pure golf experience in Maui," says Rick Castillo, director of golf. "For now we're the only 18-hole private club here, we have a Frank Lloyd Wright clubhouse and we honor the Hawaiian tradition, history and culture."
Honoring Hawaiian tradition is an understatement. Kaneko eased some tension with those opposed to using the name of a Hawaiian ancestor for a private golf club with a predominantly white and Japanese membership. He gave every room in the clubhouse a Hawaiian name and hired famous Hawaiian artists, or artists with an appreciation for the Hawaiian culture, to decorate it. It's as much a museum as it is a clubhouse. The only two pieces of art that aren't dedicated to Hawaii are a portrait of Wright that hangs on the stairwell and a rare photograph of Monroe working out, displayed in the women's locker room.
"At one point Mr. Wright interviewed with Marilyn when she came to Scottsdale," says Rattenbury. "She was shorter than I thought she'd be, but she was beautiful. When she arrived, Mr. Wright sent everybody away. None of us know what took place that hour or two that they were together. Obviously nothing happened, but it makes an interesting perk to the story."
This feature originally ran in the November 2008 issue of Golf Digest.

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All On-Line Registrations closes September 30!
On-line Registration will be closed September 30 to allow the Chile Challenge Team to pack up their vehicles & head out to meet our Participants & Volunteers at the Caballo Lake Park Riverside Campground.
Additional 2019 Chile Challenge hats & T-shirts will be available for sale on-site at the Riverside Campground Pavilion.
All Chile Challenge Event vehicles will be inspected. The Vehicle Inspection Form will be used to verify required information & equipment. Based upon the inspection, Inspectors will assign a each vehicle a Trail Rating. Incomplete inspections will be re-inspected after corrections are made. The Trail Boss will resolve any differences between assigned Ratings & driver desired Ratings.
When you register as a Participant or as a Volunteer you then have read, understood & accepted all Event Requirements, Trail Rules & the Hold Harmless Agreement. These documents can be down loaded below.


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Action Hero Biju: Stereotypes and Prejudice
I have been hearing positive response from those who have seen Action Hero Biju, finally I watched it this weekend. I must say that I quite enjoyed it, but somehow I was left wondering why some aspects of the film were not discussed by the reviewers or people who have seen it.
For starters, there is a scene which involves an auto rickshaw driver who is a paramour of a housewife. The scene starts with Biju (Nivin Pauly) asking about the affair, and the camera zooms in to the lady in question and we see a middle aged fat lady with dark complexion. Biju shows contempt and mocks him for falling in love with her, it is as if Biju does not believe middle age woman should not fall in love with people or do not have any emotions.
In another scene, when a lady who has eloped with her lover comes to the police station, Biju asks her why she is leaving her husband when he does not beat her or drinks or is fulfilling his duty as a husband. For Biju things like a woman can fall out of love in a marriage or you can walk out of the marriage despite your partner being good does not fit in to his worldwide view. The thought that a woman should stay in a relationship if her husband is providing for her reeks of chauvinist attitude.
What is it with filmmakers who think all gays are always horny and hitting on men, as if consent is not an issue in world of homosexuals. There is a cringe worthy scene in the film which does not serve any purpose to the story or if the idea was to show Biju was homophobic then the director succeeds.
Biju somehow believes rapes and incest occur due to use of marijuana, a substance which has been legalised and is gaining more acceptance across the world is a villain here. Surprisingly, it is not illegal even in some parts of India and was not illegal till 80's elsewhere in India too. He goes on to say that the Delhi rape happened due to weed, and that the minor was the most brutal among the convicts. First of all the accused were under the influence of alcohol and the minor being the most brutal was a media adopted lie fed by the police which was exposed in courts as police did not give any shred of evidence that supported that he was the most brutal.
There is an interesting scene, where a human rights worker comes to the police station and complains about the excess of his torture in police station. Biju gives a bizarre logic for his extra –constitutional method, that if someone teases a girl when people come to station they expect the offender to be trashed. Sorry that is vengeance and not justice, the duty of the police is to ensure that convict is booked and present the case to the court, so it can give justice. The duty of dispensing justice lies with court and not police, Biju forgets the fact that is why we have independent judiciary.
In another scene, when a crime occurs, the police without even investigating claims that it might be done by migrants (Assamese or Bengalis). World over it is easy to blame poor migrants for the crimes, we have seen how poor migrants are pawns of the system in the brilliant Visaaranai.
The film also supports the use of corporal punishment by teachers and justifies it by saying teachers do to it out of love for their students, as if teachers do not have any other option.
Action Hero Biju at the end of the day is not a bad film, it is a good film despite the prejudice it shows towards women, teens and homosexuals. It is just baffling that nobody discussed this issue when the film was released and also I have no problem with flawed characters. It would have been great if Biju was a flawed character, but then here it clearly takes sides with Biju and that is why the film fails and ends up a film as pro police violence, xenophobic, homophobic as well as stereotyping whole lot of people right from women looking for love to students who smoke hookahs.
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Fz says:
He also challenges the manhood of people without moustaches .. But in another scene his father doesn't have moustache 😉
goutam gokul says:
don't be stupid. the purpose of the film was not to show a hero but to show a police officer realistically. The purpose of which has been fulfilled! And guess what it was the biggest hit of the year so far.
Ashwin Mazdur says:
I thought Sultan was the biggest hit, thanks for the enlightening us.


Cumbia dancer and model Lady Guillen's new ebook makes a powerful statement about domestic violence in Peru.
Guillen was kidnapped and beaten by her ex-boyfriend, cumbia singer Rony Garcia, in 2012. Guillen's nose was broken and she required stitches over both eyes and on her head. Garcia spent three years in Castro Castro prison before being released this year.
Last week Guillen published "No Te Mueras por Mi" (Don't die for me), a collection of messages written to women by their abusive husbands and boyfriends after an assault. The messages begging to be taken back are written in emails, text messages and even on photocopied pieces of paper.
After the letters, the book details what happened to each woman after accepting their violent partners back into their lives. One woman was killed and another is paraplegic. Others suffered broken bones, mutilated face and body, lost mobility in one arm due to gunshot wounds, lost vision in one eye, third-degree burns and more.
"No society where the woman is a second-class citizen and is seen trampled on and abused will be truly free and democratic," writes Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa in the book's prologue.
In the past six years, 680 women have been murdered by their significant others in Peru. A 2005 World Health Organization found that 61% of women had been assaulted by their male partners, giving Peru one of the world's worst rates of domestic violence.
Read the entire book at notemueraspormi.com.
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When thinking about the kind of layout you will use for your garden it's likewise important to choose which type of plants you will grow. The second issue is the garden ought to be beautiful. The first issue is the garden ought to be big. A vertical garden can be readily made out of vertical garden kits that are appropriate for outdoor spaces of all sizes, especially in small garden designs.
With landscape desert garden it is not hard to choose and buy a design to coincide with any home motif or style. If you're not too satisfied with the design of the garden is too much then you're able to use a minimalist design. If you are searching for the top flower garden ideas designs and pictures then you've come to the correct location!
There is nothing more uplifting than a garden full of color and fragrance. Arranging a flower garden is crucial since you need to make sure the colors of plants you opt for will accentuate your house. After all, if you're just learning how to begin a flower garden that you do not need to undertake this DIY project in an extremely large area as it will take a good deal of time and effort to upkeep. Making your own flower garden is a significant means to beautify your outdoor space.
Get some desert park ideas you should try for your home garden.
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Szily Imre Balázs (Pécs, 1943–) építészmérnök.

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1943-ban Pécsett született. 1967-ben építészmérnöki diplomát szerzett a Budapesti Műszaki Egyetemen. Diplomadíjat nyert és így felvették a Magyar Építőművészek Szövetségébe. 1971-ben elvégezte az Iparművészeti Főiskola belsőépítész szakát és tagja lett a Művészeti Alapnak. 1981-től tagja a Képző- és Iparművészek Szövetségének is. 1984-ben építészettörténetből és műemlékvédelemből egyetemi doktori címet szerzett. 1971 óta az Ybl Miklós Műszaki Főiskolán oktat. Grafikai munkáiból több kiállítást rendezett Magyarországon és Angliában. Híres alkotásai: elektromodul számítógépközpont 1974. Bartók Béla Emlékház, kerti lámpák, 1980.

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Embankment doubles down on docs
07 Jul Embankment doubles down on docs
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Former Manchester United striker Eric Cantona in The United Way
London-based feature film financer and distributor Embankment Films is pushing further into feature docs with a new slate of titles, following its success with McQueen and Harvey Weinstein exposé Untouchable.
Led by partners Hugo Grumbar and Tim Haslam, Embankment is best known for financing, pre-selling and distributing independent movies, most recently including The Father, starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman; Military Wives, starring Kristin Scott Tomas and Sharon Horgan; and Oscar-nominated Glenn Close drama The Wife.
Following the successful global distribution of both McQueen and Untouchable, the company is now expanding its work on the unscripted side, led by head of sales Calum Gray, who joined the firm in 2017.
Its expanding doc slate already has two sports doc projects in production: Frankie and The United Way.
Frankie is directed by Emmy and Bafta winner Anthony Wonke (Ronaldo, Being AP) and is currently in production in the UK. The film examines the life of jockey Frankie Dettori, winner of more than 3,000 races. It is being produced by Nick Ryle (Being AP, Fighting For A City), Pete Russell and Damien O'Donohoe of Trombone Productions.
The United Way is described as a love letter to English Premier League side Manchester United. Fully endorsed by the club, and featuring some of football's most celebrated players, the film is presented by former United striker Eric Cantona. Embankment has already sealed a deal with Sky in the UK for its new Sky Documentaries channel.
The film is directed by Mat Hodgson and produced by Dan Glynn, the team behind critically acclaimed football feature documentary The Four Year Plan.
Forthcoming feature docs on the Embankment slate include recently completed title Count Me In – director Mark Lo's homage to drumming, featuring exclusive interviews and performances by the world's greatest exponents of the art, including Queen, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pink Floyd and Deep Purple. John Giwa-Amu produces with Lo in association with Split Prism Media Limited and Great Point Media.
Stasi FC is from award-winning directors Daniel Gordon (Hillsborough, The Australian Dream) and Arne Birkenstock (Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery, 12 Tangos, Chandani) and is produced by Corso Film's Erik Winker and Martin Roelly (Searching Eva, A Woman Captured).
Currently in pre-production, the film reveals a true Cold War conspiracy when East Germany designed its soccer league to be an exemplar of Communist superiority, and the infamous and clandestine secret service, the Stasi, infiltrated every aspect of the sport to manipulate, intimidate, coerce and control the public.
The End of the World As We Know It is also in an early stage of production with director John Dower (My Scientology Movie, Thrilla in Manilla). The doc is a big-hearted, playful and candid accompaniment of the three eclectic leaders at the heart of environmental campaign group Extinction Rebellion. Salon Pictures produces.
The Gipsy Kings is due for delivery in the third quarter of 2021. The doc focuses on the band of the same name, beloved by generations of fans, which toured the world over 20 years and sold 25 million albums worldwide.
Also in pre-production, Call Me Papa is an emotional and inspirational revelation of the life of Otto Frank, the father of celebrated diarist Anne Frank, who dedicated the remainder of his life after his family's murder to helping those in need. The film is directed by Shawn Cauthen, director of Netflix Vs the World (Amazon) and The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story.


Nabil Hassein joins the Beyond Prisons podcast to give an update on the campaign to close Rikers Island and the fight to oppose new jail construction in New York City.
Nabil is a technologist, organizer and educator based in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. He has worked professionally as a software developer and a teacher in both public schools and private settings. Nabil also works with grassroots police and prison abolitionist campaigns in NYC including Shut Down Rikers, Abolition Square and No New Jails NYC.
Nabil talks about Mayor Bill de Blasio's efforts to spend tens of billions of dollars on new jails at a time when money is desperately needed for housing, education, health care, food, and more. He talks about what the plan for new so-called "modern" jails will and won't do about gentrification and broken windows policing. And Nabil gives an idea of what it's like inside the various community meetings held by the city to promote the new jails and (allegedly) hear input from the public.
No New Jails NYC is holding its first public event on Sunday, December 2nd at the People's Forum in midtown Manhattan. Click here for more information.
Flyer for No New Jails NYC public forum on December 2.


If the person in question writes a novel every time they text you, take it as a good sign. "People give their time and attention to what they like," says Bennett.
28/03/2009 · I don't see how someone is being disrespectful if I ask for a date on Thursday for the weekend though. Sometimes you find out about an event or get an idea late in the week then think, "Hey, this would be good to take that girl to".
Generally, if you are asking something of someone else, you should offer to call him or her. If you are helping someone else, ask that person to call you to avoid having to chase anyone down. If you are helping someone else, ask that person to call you to avoid having to chase anyone down.
I'll ask someone to step down if there is an ongoing pattern. And that isn't ever a full, final "see you later". Love them. Care for them. And that isn't ever a full, final "see you later".


The Hudson Project – Completed!
Environmental activist Lizzie Carr has become the first person to successfully paddleboard the navigable length of New York's Hudson River - a 275km journey from Albany to the Statue of Liberty. Lizzie, who paddled for up to nine hours a day for eight consecutive days, confronted unpredictable conditions throughout her journey. The incoming Hurricane Florence brought gusts of wind up to 30mph with large swells along the East Coast. This, coupled with intermittent thunderstorms, torrential downpours, strong currents and commercial shipping traffic on a river that spans 3.5 miles at its widest point, makes this feat of endurance all the more impressive.
Lizzie, a passionate environmental advocate who founded the Plastic Patrol initiative in the UK following a cancer diagnosis that prompted her to take up paddle boarding to recover, took on this challenge to bring attention to the issue of plastic pollution, ocean health and, more broadly, climate change.
En route Lizzie conducted a series of citizen science activities to develop a better understanding of water quality on the Hudson River.


SIRCOMM has six simulcast transmit locations located throughout the Magic Valley. These sites allow for the total simultaneous voice radio coverage of the four county region. Agencies served by SIRCOMM are able to communicate outside of the area by the computer controlled radio system.
Four of these six sites are located in very remote areas of our region and require computer link monitoring for maintenance of their proper operation. This monitoring system allows for the constant viewing of all sensors located at these sites to monitor internal climate control as well as security status.
Additionally, the design of this system allows for the manual patching of units from outside jurisdictions to communicate with our agencies without the need for additional radio equipment.


As you read this, the Primary School Leaving Examinations (PSLE) IS OVER!!!!
Finally, I can breathe a sigh of relief because personally, examinations are nothing but this.
I am not going to get started on the need for PSLE because, you know, the system is there but it is up to us parents on how to approach it with our kids in the least stressful way possible. And if you have been following me on either Facebook or Instagram in the past 2 weeks leading up to PSLE, you would have read some of my tongue-in-cheek #cheekiemonkiePSLE quotes.
All done in good fun, because there is nothing like injecting a little humour to relieve some stress, no? Especially since there is so much revision to complete with Ash over the past few weeks.
And if you read my previous post on Ash's journey with The Learning Lab, you would also have known that both the wifey and I are utterly clueless when it comes to coaching him on essay writing. There is no doubt that English has always been Ash's weaker subject so The Learning Lab's 10-week P6 English Composition Excellence Workshop helped him tremendously. Which is a good thing, since that means no more puking sessions for me!
But jokes aside, I feel English as a subject is so difficult to teach. So for the teaching to be effective, a well-planned curriculum with skilled guidance is a must as this allows kids feel more confident in their abilities, and helps them make the most of what they are already learning at school.
And if your kid is short on time for revision, The Learning Lab's Intensive Revision Series is great for equipping the child with the best PSLE ammunition in the shortest possible time. Ash attended the P6 English Intensive Revision Series during the September School Holidays and at the end of the 2 days, he remarked that he had learnt new techniques when it comes to answering questions in the English Paper 2!
Subject mastery is important in building a strong foundation for academic success. Hence, the programme is made up of a series of workshops based on key examinable components such as composition writing and comprehension. In addition, extra emphasis is placed on other exam components such as grammar as well as synthesis and transformation - areas which Ash is particularly weak in!
Through all of this, Ash learnt more about question-answering techniques, how to identify and manage question types and learnt how to avoid making common mistakes.
I flipped through the worksheets that Ash completed over the 2 days, and realised there is indeed a systematic way to answering the various English questions competently. The handouts were clear, concise and comprehensive. In fact, Ash only focused on revising the notes and worksheets from The Learning Lab in the lead-up to the PSLE English Paper!
Another aspect of The Learning Lab that I found to be particularly helpful was the updates I had from Ash's teacher. I received a phone call from the teacher, who provided useful updates about Ash. She pointed out his areas of weakness, and suggested ways we could reinforce certain teaching concepts at home.
In any case, I am so glad it is all over... for this year at least. Until the same 'here-we-go-again' thing repeats next year for Ayd. And if there is one important thing that I learnt as a PSLE parent this year, it is the importance of having a good revision plan for your child and starting revision early.
Before all the revision, schedules and tuition come in, have a good chat with your child first. Hear out his/her thoughts about the exam, and discuss on the targets and whether they are realistic. Take the chance to find out any fears and doubts that the child may have and let him/her know that the PSLE is a team effort, and that the family will be there for him/her, showing support every step of the way.
Solutions can come in many forms, and do not necessarily solely refer to extra tuition. It can be setting aside 30 minutes for solid revision work every weekday night or joining study groups. But if your child does receive tuition, it is important to zoom in on the specific areas of weakness so that the solution is targeted and more effective. In the case of Ash, his main weakness in English is in essay writing so that made The Learning Lab's P6 English Composition Excellence workshop a perfect fit.
This is a year of discipline so coming up with a study schedule is key because it keeps the child focused and maps out the revision plan in a clear manner. This will also allow you to allocate more hours to your child's weaker areas where necessary.
Some may advocate a complete ban on playing computer games and going on family holidays during PSLE year but as with everything, moderation is key. Don't further stress the child by imposing on additional constraints - Ash still played on the iPad during the school holidays and we went for a Campervan holiday in Perth in June. But at the end of the day, you need to know what works best for your child so do factor in his/her feelings when cutting back on leisure time.
Do you have other pointers to share with parents of Primary 6 children? I would love to hear them!
Registration for Term 1 – 2018, which commences on Wednesday, 6 December is now open. Find out more about The Learning Lab programmes at www.thelearninglab.com.sg.
The Preparation should start as early as P3 or earlier, just a year of preparation will make the kid extra stress during exam. What I meant of the preparation is not about going tuition classes but to clear the doubt. Asking questions in class and knowing what you don't know.
Maths and Science are about Grabbing concepts. I don't agree to just remember the work for the few days of exam. I will ask my older child to teach the younger one to polish their skill.
Language built by reading interest. There are people who are more structured and they will have no problem with creative writing. For those who are not I think creative writing classes helps.
By end of P5 the kid should be able to auto pilot, LIY (Learn it yourself) and we only step in when they need help. As we also need to prepare them to a more challenging stage in Secondary school.


Travelling is a passion with many of us and people who love adventure can't get enough of the challenges. Adventure is all about exploring new terrains and novel challenges. If you are an adventure addict and are always in search of adventure destinations, we bring for you three adventure destinations around the world that you should explore.
Carpathian Mountains is stretched across in an arc shape in Central Europe. It is a lengthy track of forests that has the largest population of brown bears in Europe. It has a vast expanse of forests where you can engage in adventurous activities like rafting, mountain biking, horseback riding or caving. Since the forest is eye catching you can opt for photo safari or wildlife watching.
Along with a breath-taking experience due to the adventurous activities you can also enjoy varied cultures and traditional lifestyles missing in other parts of Europe.
Yangshuo is in the northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Named as the adventure capital of China, Yongshou is a delight for rock climbers as it has many limestone karst peaks. These peaks rise from lush dense green emerald vegetation. Rock climbers from all over the world visit Yangshou, to enjoy the picturesque village formerly known for fishing. Yongshou has one of the best collection of peaks in Asia, which can be reached by a bike or bus ride from downtown. Though the routes up the peak are well bolted, even the boldest of climbers will find the journey challenging.
The Sporades is placed off the eastern coast of Greece and has 24 islands, but only four of them are always inhabited; Skiathos, Skopelos, Skyros, and Alonissos. The best part of being on these islands is that they flaunt a rare combination of picturesque nature with rugged terrain. So they are a perfect destination for nature lovers and adventure seekers.
Skiathos is the most explored island due to the international airport and it's known for its expanse of lovely beaches. There are daily flights from Athens to Skiathos. Alternatively, you can take a ferry from Volos and Agios Constantinos.
But what is worth exploring for the adventure seekers are isolated hiking trails and a Byzantine monastery. Along the trail you can discover the hidden beauties with dense forests and olive groves.
Skopelos is a comparatively less visited island but is larger than Skiathos. Skopelos has no airport. So you have to go by ferry from either of the ports; Skopelos Town or Loutraki. If you want to have an adventurous travel you can opt for a Kayak.
Skopelos has hill top heights and empty serene beaches that you would love to explore. Unlike the overcrowded beaches and themed bars, Skopelos has preserved its nascent nature and authenticity. It has pure island life, simple unpretentious food and long walking trail. This relieves you from stressful modern life. It is a hillside that sprawls with white walls made up of terracotta tiles, with a collection of chapels and church bells that give a musical welcome to you.
It hosts wonderful atmosphere that blends with traditional Greek village life and a trendy vibe. You can ride inside the heart of the pine-tree forest on a cute pony. Or alternatively go on a yoga retreat at the "Skyros Institute of Holistic Studies" that hosts many alternative therapy programs, while adventure enthusiasts can try windsurfing. You can reach Skyros by flight from Athens.
At Alonissos you would be delighted to be welcomed by Mediterranean Monk Seal at the National Marine Park. It houses rare seabirds and dolphins too. You will experience a bliss as you witness the colours of the sea, olive trees and pine reflecting on the waters. When you enter the naturally protected harbor you will see stone and clay cliffs netted with green pine trees lined along the emerald waters. You can take a flight to Athens from Skiathos from there further you can take a ferry or catamaran to Alonissos.
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Resolution 17/02 Working Party On The Implementation Of Conservation And Management Measures (WPICMM)
iotc_cmm_1702.pdf
Active & supersedes
RECALLING that the objective of the Agreement (Article V) is 'to adopt, in accordance with Article IX and on the basis of scientific evidence, Conservation and Management Measures, to ensure the conservation of the stocks covered by this Agreement and to promote the objective of their optimum utilisation throughout the Area";
RECOGNISING the annual level of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the IOTC area of competence is estimated to be in the order of many hundreds of dollars and the urgent need to better manage the tuna and tuna-like species under the IOTC mandate;
ALSO RECOGNISING the decision of the Commission to establish the necessary subsidiary bodies to monitor the implementation by CPCs with the Agreement and the Commission's Conservation and Management Measures, assist CPCs to enhance their compliance capacity and conserve the harvesting levels of tuna and tuna-like species and their associated ecosystems at sustainable levels;
CONSIDERING the fact that the work of the Compliance Committee has increased to a level which can no longer be adequately addressed during its annual session, specifically the technical evaluation and planning elements for supporting CPC implementation of CMMs;
ADOPTS in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article IX of the IOTC Agreement, that:
Pursuant to Article XII.5 of the Agreement, the Commission establishes a permanent Working Party on the Implementation of Conservation and Management Measures (WPICMM) which shall act as an advisory body to the Commission via the Compliance Committee.
The terms of reference for the WPICMM are those specified in Annex I.
This Resolution shall be incorporated within the IOTC Rules of Procedure as its next revision.
This Resolution supersedes IOTC Resolution 16/12 Working Party on the Implementation of Conservation and Management Measures (WPICMM).
ANNEX I TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR A WORKING PARTY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT MEASURES (WPICMM)
1. The procedures of the Working Party on the Implementation of Conservation and Management Measures (WPICMM) shall be governed mutatis mutandis by the Rules of Procedure of the Commission.
2. The objective of the (WPICMM) is to:
a) Alleviate the technical discussions, workload and time pressures on the Compliance Committee, and permit it to focus on higher level compliance implementation strategies in its work for the Commission;
b) Enhance the technical capacity of Contracting Party (Member) and Cooperating Non-Contracting Party (CNCP) (collectively termed CPCs) to understand and implement IOTC Conservation and Management Measures (CMMs);
c) Prioritise implementation issues and develop operational standards for use by CPCs.
3. The WPICMM shall be composed by fisheries compliance officers (or other relevant officer) of the CPCs, scientists, fishers managers, fishing industry representatives, administrators and other interested stakeholders, in accordance with the IOTC Rules of Procedure.
Mandate:
4. Examine all aspects of CPCs technical implementation of CMMs and recommending ways to enhance the level of implementation;
5. Examine Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) technical matters in order to provide the Compliance Committee with options for strengthening MCS;
6. Review the reporting requirements contained within CMMs in order to harmonize and streamline;
7. Develop a methodology for the assessment of implementation by CPCs, for producing the Country Compliance Reports provided annually to the Compliance Committee and flag States;
8. Review and assess the effectiveness and practical aspects of implementation of CMMs adopted by the Commission in order to identify deficiencies and implementation constraints faced by CPCs, and to recommend options for amendments;
9. Propose actions to address deficiencies in implementation;
10. Development of minimum regional standards for implementation of CMMs;
11. Develop a harmonized assessment criteria to identify vessels presumed to have engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities;
12. Monitor the development of, and recommend further actions for the IOTC list of vessels presumed to have engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities, including where requested by the Compliance Committee or involved CPCs, a review of the evidence to be presented, where such evidence can be made available to the WPICMM;
13. Monitor the development of, and recommend actions for the list of Large Scale Tuna Longline Vessels (LSTLVs)/carrier vessels presumed to have committed infractions of IOTC CMMs, as recorded by observers deployed under the at-sea transhipment programme;
14. Provide recommendations to the Compliance Committee to assist CPCs in the design and implementation of national MCS systems;
15. Provide recommendations to the Compliance Committee to assist CPCs in the design and implementation of enforcement actions to ensure compliance with IOTC CMMs;
16. Development of regional capacity building mechanisms to assist CPCs to meet the regional minimum terms and conditions or standards for implementation of the CMMs;
17. Provide recommendations for the strengthening of the implementation of CMMs and capacity building activities, including compliance support missions, regional/national training courses and workshops, to be funded under the special fund for capacity building or extra budgetary contributions;
18. Develop recommendations and guidelines for a schedule of sanctions for non-compliance with IOTC CMMs for consideration by the CPCs and the Commission.
19. Review compliance with data reporting obligations by CPCs and recommend actions for implementation.
20. Other tasks as assigned by the Compliance Committee or Commission.
21. The WPICMM would meet once a year, back to back with the meeting of the Compliance Committee, and shall report on its work to the Compliance Committee at its annual session.


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Ann-Margret (born Ann-Margret Olsson; April 28, 1941) is a Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer. As an actress, she is best known for her roles in Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Viva Las Vegas (1964), The Cincinnati Kid (1965), Carnal Knowledge (1971), Tommy (1975), Grumpy Old Men (1993), and Grumpier Old Men (1995). She has won five Golden Globe Awards and been nominated for two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and six Emmy Awards.


Teaching students with disabilities can be an adventure of its own kind. In classrooms, not only do we teach students, but we learn a lot from them, too. Teaching students with audio and visual disabilities, I have found, can be a brand new world of experiences we have never had before–especially when the teacher is not deaf, or blind.
But, there are those days where you overhear conversations between your students and wonder why you got two degrees to do this. One teacher shared that very moment on Imgur recently when she realized that her deaf student made a miraculous discovery, thanks to another student in her class.
Anna Trupiano shared that in her 1st-grade class, her deaf student realized that everyone can hear farts–even if he's deaf and cannot himself. The 15-minute conversation that occurred after he let one rip made Trupiano realize that, along with the rest of the world, she had wasted her life preparing for a career that consists of fart conversations.
While it may seem like a useless conversation for two 1st-graders to have in class, at the end of the day, Kid 1 helped out Kid 2 more than they'll ever know–like, now Kid 2 will know that any girl he likes can hear his farts, and he'll have to hold them in.


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For the river in Asturias, see Turía (river). For the river in Ukraine, see Turija River.
The Turia River near its source in the Montes Universales in the stretch known as Guadalaviar River until Teruel city.
A view of the river as it passes through the Albarracín Mountains.
The Turia or Túria (Valencian: Riu Túria [ˈriw ˈtuɾia]; Spanish: Río Turia [ˈri.o ˈtuɾja]; Latin: Turia) is a Spanish river which has its source in the Montes Universales in the mountain ranges of the northwesternmost end of the Sistema Ibérico, Teruel province. From its source to roughly the city of Teruel, it is called Guadalaviar river. It runs through the provinces of Teruel, Cuenca and Valencia, and discharges into the Mediterranean sea near the city of Valencia.
The river is notorious for its floods. The flood which occurred on 14 October 1957, known as the Great Flood of Valencia, flooded large part of the city of Valencia, and produced a great deal of damage to both life and property. To prevent this from happening in the future, a diversion project was devised (Plan Sur de Valencia), completed in 1969, and the river was divided in two at the western city limits. During floods, most of the water is diverted southwards along a new course that skirts the city, until it meets the Mediterranean. The old course of the river has been turned into a central green-space for the city, a cultural attraction known as the garden of the Turia.
Not unlike the LA River man-made diversion channel south of the city is often found dry, since water primarily flows during periods of flooding. Under ordinary flow rates the waters are directed through irrigation channels to help cultivate the fertile plain of Valencia. Throughout history the water of the River Turia has been used to irrigate the region. In modern times, a complex network of irrigation has been created, with the main axis centred on the diversion project. Beyond irrigation, these channels also take runoff and surplus waters from the Turia to the wetlands and marshes around Valencia.
The old riverbed is now a verdant sunken park that allows cyclists and pedestrians to traverse much of the city without the use of roads. The park, called the 'Garden of the Turia' (Jardí del Túria/Jardín del Turia) boasts numerous ponds, paths, fountains, flowers, football pitches, cafés, artworks, climbing walls, an athletics track, a zen garden and more. The many bridges overhead carry traffic across the park.
Parc Gulliver at flickr. Playground laid out as a giant Gulliver with visitors as Lilliputians.
Towards the park's eastern end is the Gulliver Park (Parc Gulliver/Parque Gulliver) (39°27′46″N 0°21′33″W / 39.46278°N 0.35917°W / 39.46278; -0.35917), a children's adventure playground featuring a huge fibreglass model of Lemuel Gulliver tied to the ground with ropes. The model is constructed such that the ropes are climbable. In addition, Gulliver's clothes form slides and ladders on which to play. Also towards the eastern end of the river course is the Valencian Music Palace (el Palau de la Música Valenciana). Marking the park's eastern extreme is Valencia's new City of Arts and Sciences.
Two Metrovalencia stations lie beneath the riverbed, with entrances on either bank: Túria and Alameda.
^ Claudio Gómez Perretta (12 October 2007). "La importancia hidráulica y urbanística del Plan Sur". www.levante-emv.com. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
^ Miquel Montañana Palacios y Santiago Tormo Esteve (2002). Grupo Español del IIC (ed.). LOS AZUDES DEL TURIA EN LA VEGA DE VALENCIA. ASPECTOS FUNCIONALES, CONSTRUCTIVOS Y MORFOLÓGICOS DEL SISTEMA DE MESTALLA Y SU CONSERVACIÓN COMPATIBLE CON LOS USOS ACTUALES (PDF). Actas del I Congreso del GEIIC. Conservación del Patrimonio: evolución y nuevas perspectivas. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
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When You're Injured On The Job
What every lawyer needs to know when an employee suffers or claims a work-related injury
Malecki
By William E. Malecki
Most lawyers do not represent injured workers, their employers or their insurers, but every lawyer is either an employee, eligible to receive benefits should he or she become injured, or an employer responsible for providing workers' compensation benefits to an employee should an injury occur.
Workers' compensation law sets forth very specifically the rights and responsibilities of both the injured employee and his employer and what each needs to do, before and immediately following the occurrence or claim of an injury.
This article is for the information and education of members of the State Bar of California and is not intended to create an attorney-client relationship nor to provide legal advice to any reader of this article.
Overview of workers' compensation
When a person is injured at work, or suffers an injury or illness which is deemed to be work-related, in most cases, the employee's sole remedy will be recovery of workers' compensation benefits (Labor Code §3600). All references are to the Labor Code unless otherwise indicated.
Because workers' compensation has been established by the California Constitution and Labor Code to be the exclusive remedy, the employee will have no action at law for damages, with very narrow exceptions. Article XIV, §4 of the California Constitution gives the legislature plenary power ". . . to create, and enforce a complete system of workers' compensation. . . and enforce a liability on. . . all persons to compensate. . . their workers for injury or disability. . . in the course of their employment, irrespective of the fault of any party."
Generally, for a person's injury or illness to come under the provisions of workers' compensation law, the injury must both aris[e] out of and occur in the course of employment ("AOE/COE"), that is, the employee must be "performing service growing out of and incidental to his or her employment and [be] acting within the course of his or her employment," (§3600(2)) and the injury must be proximately caused by the employment (§3600(3)).
The benefits payable due to an injury or illness include both compensation and medical benefits. Compensation benefits include temporary disability indemnity (§4650(a)), permanent disability indemnity (§4650(a)) and vocational rehabilitation benefits (§4538).
Medical benefits consist of "medical, surgical, chiropractic, acupuncture and hospital treatment" (§4600).
Temporary disability indemnity is paid when an employee is unable to work due to the work-related injury or illness, is paid at a rate of two-thirds of the average weekly earnings during the period of such disability (§4653), and is subject to a statutory maximum, currently $602 per week, which varies according to the date of injury (§4453).
Permanent disability indemnity is paid when the injury "impairs a workers' earning capacity, or a workers' bodily function, or . . . creates a handicap in the open labor market" (Hanna, Calif. Law of Emp. Inj. §8.01, Rev. Ed. 1999). It may either be "total" or "partial" and is assessed according to a schedule which takes into account the nature of the injury and the employee's occupation and age. The indemnity also is subject to a statutory maximum, which varies according to the date of injury and the percentage of disability; it is currently as high as $230 per week (§4659).
Vocational rehabilitation benefits are provided when the employee is determined to be incapable of "engaging in his or her usual and customary occupation or the position he or she was engaged in at the time of injury" (§4638(a)(1)) and when "the employee can be reasonably expected to return to suitable gainful employment through the provision of vocational rehabilitation services" (§4638(a)(2)).
Benefits include a weekly maintenance allowance, necessary additional living expenses and costs of the program itself, including counseling fees, training costs, tuition, etc., up to a maximum of $16,000 total (§139.5(c)). If the injury causes death, benefits (§4700) may be recoverable by the deceased employee's dependents (§3501).
Who must provide benefits
Every "employer," except the state itself, is required to either be insured for their workers' compensation liability or secure a certificate of consent to self-insure from the Department of Industrial Relations (§3700). The Labor Code broadly defines who is deemed to be an "employer" and includes any person, association, organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability company or corporation which has any natural person in service (§18; §3300). Thus, whether an attorney is a sole practitioner, a partnership of any kind or a corporation, professional or otherwise, there will be liability for workers' compensation benefits to any employee.
Who may receive benefits
The person seeking compensation must be an "employee" (§3351) of the person or entity from whom compensation is sought. The Labor Code defines an employee to mean every person in the service of an employer (§3351). Any person rendering service for another is presumed to be an employee unless he is an independent contractor (§3357).
An independent contractor is defined as any person who: 1) renders service for a specified recompense for a specified result, and 2) is under the control of his principal as to the result of his work only and not as to the means by which such result is accomplished (§3353).
Lawyers and law firms will often hire another lawyer to provide services on a limited or temporary basis. Whether such a lawyer so employed is considered an employee or an independent contractor is a matter of law, and not necessarily dependent on the parties' intentions, although the intentions are a relevant factor.
Where there is proof that a worker was performing services for a principal at time of injury, the burden rests on the principal to establish that an injured worker was an independent contractor or otherwise excluded (Durae v. Industrial Accident Comm. (1962) 206 Cal. App. 2d 691).
In workers' compensation proceedings, establishing the status of a person as an independent contractor is an affirmative defense (Greenaway v. Workmen's Comp. Appeals Bd. (1969) 269 Cal. App. 2d 49).
The primary factors are set forth in S. G. Borello & Sons Inc. v. Department of Industrial Relations (1989) 48 Cal.3d 341. A well-articulated list of relevant factors is contained in Pergvica v. Industrial Accident Comm. ((1947) 29 Cal.2d 857).
They are: 1) whether or not the one performing services is engaged in a distinct occupation or business, 2) the kind of occupation, with reference to whether, in the locality, the work is usually done under the direction of a principal or by a specialist, 3) the skill required in the particular occupation, 4) whether the principal or the worker supplies instrumentalities, tools and the place of work, 5) the length of time services are to be performed, 6) method of payment, whether by time or by the job, 7) whether or not the work done is the regular business of the principal, and 8) whether the parties believe they are creating an employment relationship.
What the employer must do before an injury occurs
The employer has a variety of duties with regards to workers' compensation, beyond the previously noted obligation to be insured (§3700). These include, but are not limited to the following:
Posting, in a conspicuous location frequented by employees, the name of its insurer and information about workers' compensation benefits (§3550);
Notifying all new employees, either at the time of hire or by the end of the first pay period, of their right to workers' compensation benefits, including the employee's right to designate the name of their "personal physician" (§3551);
Providing a safe and healthy work environment by establishing, implementing and maintaining an effective injury prevention program, including provisions designed to encourage employees to inform the employer of hazards at the worksite, without fear of reprisal (§6401.7).
What the employee must do when an injury occurs
The obligations of the injured employee when a work-related injury occurs include, but are not limited to, the following:
Providing written notice to the employer, within 30 days, of the injury (§5400). This requirement is only effective when there is prejudice to the employer (§5404), which is difficult to prove, so the provision is not, as a practical matter, enforceable;
Completing the claim form provided by the employer, and returning it to the employer (§5401(c));
Reporting for examination and treatment, if needed, to their pre-selected personal physician (§3551) or the physician selected by the employer (§4600) if the employee has not pre-designated and it is within the first 30 days after the injury.
What the employer must do when an injury occurs
The obligations of the employer when a work-related injury occurs or is claimed include, but are not limited to, the following:
Providing first aid (§2440; 8 CCR §9780.2) and medical treatment (§4600; 8 CCR §9784);
Providing the employee with an "Employee's Claim for Workers' Compensation Benefits & Notice of Potential Eligibility for Benefits" form within one working day of learning of an injury which results in lost time beyond the employee's work shift or medical treatment beyond first aid (§5401(a)); the definition of "first aid" is "any one-time treatment and any follow-up visit for the purpose of observation of minor scratches, cuts, burns, splinters or other minor industrial injury" (§5401(a)).
Completing and sending an "Employer's Report of Occupational Injury or Illness" to the insurer within five days of learning of an occupational injury, even if you feel the claim is not valid (§6409.1; 8 CCR §14001 et seq). Filing the form is not an admission of liability (Cf. §4909; §6409.1).
Immediate notice to Cal-OSHA is required in cases involving "serious injury or death" (§6409.1(b)). The employer, usually through its insurance carrier, has 90 days within which to accept or reject liability. If liability is not rejected within the 90-day period, the injury is presumed compensable (§5402).
Because California's workers' compensation system is a complex, multi-layered statutory scheme for the provision of benefits to California employees, an enormous amount of statutory, regulatory and case law has arisen around it.
A California lawyer has many resources available to assist in navigating the maze of workers' compensation law.
The Workers' Compensation Section of the State Bar of California, through standing committees, seeks to promote better legal practice, education and legislation affecting workers' compensation.
The section publishes the Workers' Compensation Quarterly newsletter and offers many informative classes at its own educational conferences as well as at the State Bar Annual Meeting and the State Bar Section Education Institute. The section's web page may be accessed at www.calbar.ca.gov/state/archive/calbar/sections.
Other excellent resources include the California Applicants' Attorneys Association (CAAA) and the California Workers' Compensation Defense Attorneys' Association. They can be accessed at www.caaa.org and www.cwcdaa.org.
On the publication side, Hanna, Calif. Law of Emp. Inj. 8.01, Rev. Ed. 1999; Herlick, California Workers' Compensation Law; Herlick, California Workers' Compensation Handbook; and CEB, California Workers' Compensation Practice are very informative resources.
• William E. Malecki, a member of the State Bar Workers' Compensation Section, is an attorney with the State Compensation Insurance Fund and a certified specialist in workers' compensation law.
This self-study activity has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of California in the amount of one hour.
The State Bar of California certifies that this activity conforms to the standards for approved education activities prescribed by the rules and regulations of the State Bar of California governing minimum continuing legal education.
Self-assessment test
Answer the following questions after reading the MCLE article on commercial letters of credit. Use the answer form provided to send the test, along with a $20 processing fee, to the State Bar. If you do not receive your certificate within four weeks, call 415-538-2504.
The United States Constitution gives the legislature plenary power ". . . to create, and enforce a complete system of workers' compensation. . . ."
For a person's injury to come under the provisions of workers' compensation law, the injury must be proximately caused by the employment.
Medical benefits include medical and surgical treatment, but other treatments such as chiropractic and acupuncture are not included.
Temporary disability indemnity is subject to a statutory maximum, currently $602 per week, which varies according to the date of injury.
Vocational rehabilitation benefits include a weekly maintenance allowance, necessary additional living expenses and costs of the program itself, including counseling fees, training costs and tuition.
The Labor Code broadly defines who is deemed to be an "employer" and includes any person, association, organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability company or corporation which has any natural person in service.
Any person rendering service for another is presumed to be an independent contractor unless he demonstrates by a preponderance of the evidence that he is an employee.
Whether such a lawyer is considered an employee or an independent contractor is determined solely on the parties' intentions when there is a written contract.
A relevant factor in finding a person to have independent contractor status includes whether the kind of occupation is usually done under the direction of a principal or by a specialist and whether the principal or the worker supplies instrumentalities, tools and the place of work.
The employer's duties with regard to workers' compensation include but are not limited to notifying all new employees, either at the time of hire or by the end of the first pay period, of their right to designate the name of his or her "personal physician."
The employer is required to maintain an effective injury prevention program including provisions designed to encourage employees to inform the employer of hazards at the work site, without fear of reprisal.
If the injured employee fails to provide written notice to the employer within 30 days of the injury his right to compensation will be barred.
The obligations of the injured employee when a work-related injury occurs include completion of the claim form provided by the employer and returning it to the employer.
The obligations of the employer when a work-related injury occurs or is claimed include providing first aid.
The employer must provide the employee with an "Employee's Claim for Workers' Compensation Benefits & Notice of Potential Eligibility for Benefits" form within 10 working days of learning of an injury which results in lost time beyond the employee's work shift or medical treatment beyond first aid.
The definition of "first aid" is "any one-time treatment and any follow-up visit for the purpose of observation of minor scratches, cuts, burns, splinters or other minor industrial injury."
The employer is required also to complete and send an "Employ-er's Report of Occupational Injury or Illness" to the insurer within five days of learning of an occupational injury, even if it feels the claim is not valid.
Immediate notice to Cal-OSHA is required only when the injury results in death.
The employer, usually through its insurance carrier, has 100 days within which to accept or reject liability.
The Workers' Compensation Quarterly is published by the California Applicants' Attorneys Association.


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October 27, 2009 07:00 ET
FaceTime Communications Integrates Sophos's Anti-Virus Engine With New Unified Security Gateway 3.0
Industry Recognized Virus Scanning Now Part of FaceTime's Comprehensive Web 2.0 Security Appliance for Enterprise Networks
BELMONT, CA--(Marketwire - October 27, 2009) - FaceTime Communications (www.facetime.com), the leading provider of solutions enabling the safe use of Web 2.0 and Unified Communications in the enterprise, today announced that the company has licensed a world-class Web 2.0 virus detection engine from IT security and data protection firm Sophos. Sophos's anti-virus technology has been integrated with FaceTime's Unified Security Gateway (USG) 3.0, the first secure Web gateway to combine the content monitoring, management and securing of Web 2.0 applications, such as social networks, instant messaging and unified communications with URL filtering, malware and Web anti-virus protection.
"Web 2.0 applications are making their way into enterprise networks, and the proliferation of viruses and malware propagated through the Internet and increasingly, popular social media sites presents a huge security concern for IT managers," said Nishant Jadhav, Director, Business Development. "By licensing the best Web 2.0 anti-virus solution on the market, we now add HTTP/HTTPS antivirus support to our URL filtering, anti-malware, content monitoring, scanning, and recording for Web traffic and applications such as instant messaging, unified communications, and social networks."
"For the first six months of this year, SophosLabs detected 23,500 new infected Web pages* -- that's one every 3.6 seconds. This statistic underscores the necessity of ensuring safe Web browsing, which includes virus and other malware protection," said Michael Rogers, Vice President of Global Alliances & OEM at Sophos. "We are pleased that FaceTime's Unified Security Gateway 3.0 customers will now benefit from Sophos's proactive anti-virus detection technology."
FaceTime's USG 3.0 is an enterprise appliance that gives granular control of not just Websites and applications but also of the content being posted to blogs, wikis, webmail and social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Such content can be monitored, secured and recorded -- reducing outbound data leakage and enabling compliance with industry regulations and legal discovery requirements.
By filtering all Web 2.0 traffic and stopping viruses at the USG gateway, Sophos's proactive detection technology offers an extra layer of protection for FaceTime's Unified Security Gateway (USG) 3.0 customers. In addition to real-time scanning, virus updates are automatically delivered via the same engine, ensuring that all customers are protected against the latest threats.
Sophos's global network of threat analysis centers, SophosLabs, analyzes over 40,000 new suspicious files everyday and consistently creates and delivers threat protection updates around the clock. Sophos uses unique technologies, such as Behavioral Genotype® Protection, that expedite detection and block unknown malware without waiting for specific detection to be made available.
*Sophos Security Threat Report, July 2009
The latest release of the Unified Security Gateway featuring Sophos antivirus engine is available immediately through FaceTime authorized partners from $9,200. Please call -- (888) 349-FACE (3223) for pricing, or logon to www.facetime.com.
About Sophos
More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, and network access control solutions backed by SophosLabs -- a global network of threat intelligence centers. With more than two decades of experience, Sophos is regarded as a leader in security and data protection by top analyst firms and has received many industry awards. Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.
About FaceTime Communications
FaceTime Communications enables the safe and productive use of Web 2.0 -- including social networks, blogs, instant messaging -- and Unified Communications platforms. Ranked number one by IDC for five consecutive years, FaceTime's award-winning solutions are used by more than 1,500 customers for the security, management and compliance of real-time communications. FaceTime supports or has strategic partnerships with all leading public and IM network and unified communications providers, including AOL, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Skype, IBM and Cisco. FaceTime is headquartered in Belmont, California. For more information, visit http://www.facetime.com.
Contact Information: Media Contact: Sarah Carter FaceTime Communications 650-631-6452 scarter@facetime.com Tom Woolf Woolf Media & Marketing 415-259-5638 tomw@woolfmedia.com


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Kąty  is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dziadkowice, within Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately  east of Dziadkowice,  north of Siemiatycze, and  south of the regional capital Białystok.

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Professor Carney is one of Australia's leading Academic ENT Surgeons. He graduated from Edinburgh University Medical School in 1989 with distinction in Surgery. He trained as a registrar in ENT Surgery in Nottingham and undertook Fellowships in both Head & Neck Surgery and Rhinology in Adelaide and New York.
In 1998, he was awarded the Gold Medal by The Royal Society of Medicine for the top candidate in the UK final ENT Fellowship examination.
He is Professor of ENT Surgery at Flinders University and was awarded his Doctorate for pioneering research into molecular changes in the nasal mucosa that precede the development of "hay-fever". Between 2007 and 2011 he chaired the Flinders Clinical Research Ethics Committee and from 2005 to 2013 he was Head of the ENT Unit at FMC.
He has written over 150 book chapters and publications in scientific journals and has been a faculty member at over 100 national and international meetings. His biography has been published in "Who's Who in the World" since 2001. In 2007, he was awarded one of 10 "Star Reviewer" ribbons by the American Academy of Otolaryngology. He is an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy and was the Editor of The Australian Journal of Otolaryngology from 2008-2013. In 2008, he received a ministerial invitation to join the Clinical Senate of South Australia, a "think tank" of 40 leaders from all branches of health care. In 2009 he was appointed as Visiting Professor at the University of Khon Kaen, in northern Thailand. In 2010 he received a citation from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council for his outstanding contribution to student learning.
He has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows, speaking on ENT issues and is highly regarded as a world expert in his field.
He has a special interest in diseases of the nose and sinuses, sleep surgery and Paediatric ENT and regularly teaches on these topics at surgical courses throughout Australia, Asia and in the UK. He is the current President of the Australia and New Zealand Rhinologic Society and is on the Board of the International Symposium of Infection and Allergy of the Nose, also chairing their Education and Training sub-committee. He has performed over 20,000 surgical procedures and has pioneered several new operative techniques and instrument designs for ENT equipment manufacturers. He is a Consultant for several pharmaceutical and medical technology companies.
Prof Carney believes in conservative management ahead of surgery and in formulating unique treatment plans for every patient based on both the disease itself and individual wishes & circumstances.
His recreational interests include sailing, cycling and photography. He is married with three children.


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Friday, October 08, 2021 1:00 am
Man accused of shooting trooper
FINDLAY, Ohio – A driver who struggled with a state trooper during a traffic stop, causing the trooper to be shot and seriously injured with his own gun, was captured Thursday after a resident spotted him, authorities said.
The shooting occurred shortly after 11 p.m. Wednesday on Interstate 75 near Findlay. The trooper, Josef Brobst, stopped Robert Tramaine Hathorn, 42, of Michigan for speeding, but soon asked him to exit the vehicle because he smelled marijuana, authorities said.
The two men were standing behind the patrol cruiser when the struggle occurred, authorities said. It wasn't immediately clear how the gun was fired or if Brobst had drawn the weapon or if it was still in his holster.
Hathorn drove off, and his car was found early Thursday behind a business. An intense manhunt ensued, and Hathorn was captured about 1:30 p.m.
Brobst, who was shot in the lower body, was being treated for injuries that were not considered life-threatening. Hathorn was taken to a hospital for an evaluation, and authorities have not said if he was injured.
Police: Wanted man dead after shooting involving officers
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We Are All Cats Now
January 29, 2016 January 30, 2016 Samuel Hooper
No, you are not a cat simply because you "identify" as one. And we should all be wary of where the rise of the Politics of Identity is leading us
When future aliens discover the ruins of human civilisation and wonder what set our demise in motion, they will likely identify the period through which we are now living – the time where we finally became so arrogant that we believed we could bend objective reality to our will, physically becoming something simply because we mentally "identified" as that particular object or state of being. They will say that we sowed the seeds of our destruction when we abandoned reason and put our faith in verbal alchemy.
A story is going viral today (see video above) which would be hilarious if it wasn't so terrifying. It involves Nano, a twenty year-old woman from Norway who identifies as a cat, having come to this "realisation" when she was sixteen and apparently indulged in her belief by friends, family and psychologists alike.
The Telegraph reports, totally deadpan:
The young woman shows off her cat characteristics by wearing fake ears and an artificial tail. She communicates by meowing.
"I realised I was a cat when I was 16 when doctors and psychologists found out what was "the thing" with me. Under my birth there was a genetic defect," she explains in the video.
[..] The cat woman wears a pair of pink fluffy paws with which to groom herself, and feels especially like doing so when she is in contact with water.
When asked if she was born as the wrong species, she said: "Yes, born in the wrong species."
But terrifying it is, because stories like this are no longer so far-fetched, and Nano's claims are not so unreasonable – at least not according to the insistent logic of modern day identity culture, which makes each one of us the little tin-pot god of our own reality, able to pick up and discard identities as core as gender or even species, in some cases on a whim.
And this is not the first such case. Just last month in Canada, a 52 year old formerly married father of seven revealed to the world that he no longer identified as a man, but rather as a six year old girl called Stefonknee.
The Daily Mail reported at the time:
Stefonknee (pronounced 'Stef-on-knee') Wolscht, 52, of Toronto, says she realized she was transgender – rather that simply a cross-dresser – at age 46, and split from her wife, Maria, after she told her husband to 'stop being trans or leave'.
Now, Stefonknee lives with friends who she calls her 'adoptive mommy and daddy' as a six-year-old girl, dressing in children's clothing and spending her time playing and coloring with her adoptive parents' grandchildren.
Stefonknee says her 'adoptive' family, which consists of an older couple and their children and young grandchildren, are completely accepting of her identifying as a little girl.
She says she's living as a six-year-old girl because it's something she could never do when was in grade school.
'I can't deny I was married. I can't deny I have children,' she says in the video. 'But I've moved forward now and I've gone back to being a child. I don't want to be an adult right now.'
She's moved forward, so that's fine, then. Good for Stefonknee. Never mind her abandoned wife or seven young children who are doubtless hurt, confused and humiliated by what their father is doing. Stefonknee just doesn't have time for all of that adult stuff right now, so she is going to put on a gingham dress and regress to a pre-pubescent age, until she gets tired of that and wants to try something different.
This is pure narcissism, plain and simple. He didn't want to be an adult anymore, so he clicked his fingers and became a six year old girl instead? How are we to unpack this? Are we to accept his Wolscht's statement that she is now female, since transgender acceptance is now (rightly, I believe) much more widely accepted and tolerated?
But if we do so – if we accept Wolscht's statement that she is now female – do we not also then have to accept her insistence that she has also turned the clock back and become six years old again?
The ludicrous thing here is that Wolscht's own identity is floating, as she freely admits later in the article:
She says she previously lived as an eight-year-old girl, until the couple's granddaughter asked her to be the younger sister instead.
'A year ago I was eight and she was seven. And she said to me: "I want you to be the little sister, so I'll be nine." I said: "Well, I don't mind going to six." So I've been six ever since.'
So according to this jaw-dropping reasoning, our identity is not even fixed and core to ourselves (if unmoored from reality). Now, our identity is a commodity which can be haggled over and traded. And if winning the friendship of a young girl means that a formerly 52 year old man has to downgrade from being an 8 year old to a 6 year old girl, that's absolutely fine, apparently. Who are we to judge in any of this?
Never mind the callousness of a father of seven doing such a thing to his own children, putting them through this ordeal in pursuit of an identity which he openly admits is free-floating and liable to change again in future anyway. That's bad enough. But how are we all – individuals, employers (the six year old girl apparently has a job driving a slow plough in winter) or government agencies – supposed to relate to somebody who decides that they "identify" as a different age and gender?
If Stefonknee is really six years old she should be in school, and the local authority should by current laws be hounding her adoptive "parents" to ensure that she is receiving a proper education. But would the identity culture cheerleaders seriously propose sending what was once a 52-year-old man to primary school with young children? Surely, under today's logic they have to?
Stefonknee has identified as a young girl, and therefore she must be treated like one in every way. Anything less – such as homeschooling – would be discrimination against 6-year-old girls who happen to have the bodies of 52-year-old men. The kind of women who are harmed by a performance of the Vagina Monologues.
Meanwhile, Stefonknee's employer when she drives the snow plough in winter will need to be hauled before the court and prosecuted for infringing on child labour laws. The courts would probably take a very dim view indeed of any business hiring a young girl to operate heavy machinery, and since justice must be blind, Stefonknee's carefree decision to become a little girl should put her employer's livelihood and liberty in grave jeopardy.
It's easy to laugh at these scenarios, but they are going to come up more and more frequently if – as will inevitably happen when stories like this gain traction – more people are tempted to follow in the dangerous footsteps of Wolscht, or the somewhat less threatening (but no less absurd) paw prints of Nano the Norwegian cat woman.
For what is to say that Nano and Wolscht are not the "new normal"? The people being hounded and "No Platformed" for their old-fashioned views on transgender issues are guilty only of holding thoughts which were incredibly mainstream just a couple of decades ago, yet in that short space of time they have been completely overtaken by received wisdom and the new orthodoxy of intolerant tolerance. What is to say that in thirty years' time, those who question a person's ability to discard their entire life and "become" a cat or a young child are considered as bigoted as today's "transphobic" holdouts?
Nobody can say that this is unlikely to happen. The world has changed so much in just a few decades, and promises to change even more in the coming years. Social attitudes have changed enormously in this time – what is to say that the warm, fuzzy embrace of unquestioning tolerance and affirmation will not expand to embrace people like Nano and Wolscht by 2050?
In 2050, maybe the future version of Eddie Redmayne will be starring in a movie, not just playing a male-to-female transsexual person (how boring that will be by then) but turning in another Oscar-winning performance for his sensitive portrayal of the pioneering early 21st century woman who identified as a cat, or the brave Canadian man who threw away his family in pursuit of his new identity as a pre-pubescent girl.
But that's fine. Since we seem intent on burying our heads in the sand and denying that there is anything wrong with our new Politics of Identity, by that time our Prime Minister will probably identify as a Beagle, the Home Secretary will be a barn owl except on Tuesdays, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer will be a goldfish who looks suspiciously like George Osborne's grown-up kid wearing a wetsuit, Number 11 Downing Street having been converted into a walk-in aquarium in deference to their "mental safety".
And Nona the Norwegian cat woman will be the very least of our problems.
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The Sparrow January 29, 2016 / 1:01 PM
I'm in contact with a lot of feminists who are outraged by the IOC ruling and looking for ways to protest, as it effectively signals the end of women's athletics. One of the things that comes up consistently is a fear of speaking out in public. People are saying 'I'm furious, but I can't say anything publicly because I work for [insert institution that supports identity politics] and would lose my job if accused of saying something transphobic'.
It would be easy to say 'well then, it serves those feminists right for silencing voices they find offensive, let's see how they like it now'. But that would be to prioritise point-scoring over the realisation that something absolutely chilling is going on: namely that some strands of identity politics have gained so much traction that people fear dismissal from their jobs for pointing out observable facts, such as that the physiology of male and female bodies is different. To put it more plainly, in some sectors people risk being sacked for refusing to tell lies to make someone feel good. We are seeing the development of a new and frankly insane orthodoxy that privileges individuals' unverifiable inner experience over anything observable, and enacts fanatically over-the-top punishments on anyone who dares to dissent.
This has to stop. Making people feel accepted and validated does not have primacy over observable reality. And warm-and-fuzzy ideas of inclusivity often obscure under a haze of censorious virtue-signalling the truth that competing rights groups often have conflicting aims and interests. (The cover-up of the Cologne assaults springs to mind here.) The Left has been devoured by this madness, and has become anything but the 'progressive' movement it still claims to be.
Samuel Hooper January 29, 2016 / 1:16 PM
Beautifully put. This is a deadly serious issue which is going to require serious, sustained and thoughtful resistance.
I'm going to continue making the case on this blog, but could do with educating myself better on the rise of identity politics a little more. Do you know any good suggested readings / books that I should particularly focus on? Cheers.
I found this useful as a primer on the philosophical origins of identity politics: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-politics/ It has a good bibliography as well.
If you cross-reference that with the work of Jonathan Haidt and others on the new ego fragility in modern students…
(I'm sure you've seen this already: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind/399356/ and this is good too, on moral cultures and microaggressions: http://www.academia.edu/10541921/Microaggression_and_Moral_Cultures and lots on on Heterodox Academy – http://heterodoxacademy.org/2015/09/23/how-marcuse-made-todays-students-less-tolerant-than-their-parents/)
…and amplify it all through the way internet simultaneously gives individuals a sense of having found 'people like me', while also isolating them in their own little bubble, then I think the picture starts to emerge.
By way of light relief, have a look at the YouTube series on Tumblrisms and especially this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y1GbBhu9hA
…but don't watch too long or you will be forced to gouge your own eyes out.
Always enjoy your blog, many thanks and keep writing 🙂
Brilliant, many thanks for this. Some of the sources (such as "the coddling of the American mind") I am familiar with, but others that you have mentioned here I am not. I shall read and learn with interest!
The Sparrow January 29, 2016 / 12:17 PM
Just the other day it was announced that the IOC were updating their rules on transgender athletes so that MTF trans athletes could compete against natal women without a sex change operation and with only a year's hormone treatment. The maximum permitted blood testosterone level for trans athletes is also set considerably higher than the normal range for a women.
Male bodied people are generally taller, have higher muscle mass, greater cardiovascular capacity and numerous other differences. Female athletic world records are consistently 90% of male records. A year's hormone treatment will not offset the effects of 20-odd years growing up as male-bodied. And yet, permission to join a *physical* competition will henceforth be allocated not on the basis of an athlete's physicality but on the basis of how the athletes feel inside.
It's a pure Alice In Wonderland moment, and the whole world is just nodding and smiling and saying 'oh how nice, some equality for those nice transwomen'.
Samuel Hooper January 29, 2016 / 12:30 PM
I agree wholeheartedly. I'm all for inclusivity so far as it means respect, politeness and non-discrimination in terms of civil rights. But when we start allowing male-born athletes to compete in female competitive sports, I genuinely don't know what we are trying to achieve any more. Clearly any idea of Olympic sports as an athletic competition to identify and celebrate the "best" performance has been subordinated by the far more important need to make people feel accepted and validated at all times, and to hell with everything else.
I have every respect for transgender people and every sympathy for the mental anguish and hostility that many of them sometimes face. But does that mean that we should start bending the rules of athletics, of reality itself, to prove our tolerance? No, absolutely not.
Thanks as always for reading, and for your forceful comment.
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