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Sexual Assault Trials Handbook — Offences
[1-000] Sexual offences involving child victims
[1-010] Sexual offences — other
[1-020] Sexual offences — alternative verdicts
[1-030] Meaning of "sexual intercourse"
[1-040] Meaning of "consent"
Last updated: SAH 22, DEC 18
Table 1 contains both current and historical NSW and Commonwealth sexual offences which refer specifically to children (including, information about the period of operation of each offence).
Table 1 sets out the maximum penalties for offences where the offences are dealt with on indictment according to law.
For those indictable sexual offences in the Crimes Act 1900 which may be dealt summarily under the Criminal Procedure Act 1986, Ch 5, the maximum penalties are set out in the "Specific Penalties and Orders" chapter in the Local Court Bench Book.
Section 15 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, which applies to all offences dealt with on indictment (other than offences for which the penalty that may be imposed includes a fine), provides that a court may impose a fine not exceeding 1,000 penalty units in addition to, or instead of, any other penalty that may be imposed for the offence.
Table 1 also identifies offences which attract a standard non-parole period (SNPP) under the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act, Pt 4, Div 1A.
As to the application of SNPPs, see Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120 and H Donnelly, "The diminished role of standard non-parole periods" (2012) 24(1) JOB 1; RA Hulme, "After Muldrock — sentencing for standard non-parole period offences in NSW" (2012) 24(10) JOB 8.
SNPPs do not apply to offenders who were under the age of 18 years at the time the offence was committed: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act, s 54D(3): Crimes Amendment (Sexual Offences) Act 2008, Sch 2.4[4] (commenced on 1 January 2009).
Table 1 specifies whether a particular offence is a "prescribed sexual offence" for the purposes of the Criminal Procedure Act, s 3. A "prescribed sexual offence" includes nearly all offences found in Pt 3 Div 10 of the Crimes Act 1900. Prescribed sexual offences also attract particular provisions of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act (in relation to victim impact statements); the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 (s 10(3A) in relation to hearings); and multiple provisions in the Criminal Procedure Act 1986. Section 67 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act (intensive correction not available for certain sexual offences), contains its own definition of "prescribed sexual offence" which is different to the definition of that term in the Criminal Procedure Act, s 3.
Table 1 also indicates (by the inclusion of note (a)) which offences (or forms of offences) are a "serious children's indictable offence" for the purposes of the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act, s 3.
The Children's Court has no jurisdiction to hear and determine proceedings in respect of these offences (or forms of offences) and they must be dealt with according to law by higher courts: s 3 definition of "serious children's indictable offence" (a), (b), (c), (c1), (d), (e); Children (Criminal Proceedings) Regulation 2016, cl 4.
For each offence (as available), online access is provided to commentary in the Sentencing Bench Book, suggested directions and commentary in the Criminal Trial Courts Bench Book, and Judicial Commission research publications, including Sentencing Trends & Issues and Research Monographs.
For each offence (as available), online access is also provided for Judicial Information Research System (JIRS) users only to:
point-in-time offences
amending Acts which commence, repeal or amend particular offences — to access these, click on the dates appearing in the columns: "Operation" and "Max penalty and SNPP"
NSW Criminal Court of Appeal case summaries prepared by the Judicial Commission
Advance notes prepared by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW)
NSW Court of Criminal Appeal table of SNPP appeals
sentencing statistics — higher courts (District and Supreme Courts) and Children's Court
relevant articles in other Judicial Commission publications, including the Judicial Officers' Bulletin and The Judicial Review.
Table 1: Sexual offences involving child victims
Prescribed sexual offence
Max penalty
and SNPP
Crimes Act 1900
s 43B Failure to reduce or remove risk of child becoming victim of abuse 31.8.18 – yes 2 yrs [Recent Law]
s 61B(1) (rep)(a)
Maliciously inflict GBH with intent to have sexual intercourse
14.7.1981 –
[CCA summaries]
Maliciously inflict GBH with intent to have sexual intercourse with other
s 61C(1) (rep)
Maliciously inflict or threaten ABH with intent to have sexual intercourse
[Advance notes]
Statistics [District and Supreme Courts]
Maliciously inflict or threaten ABH with intent to have sexual intercourse with other
In company maliciously inflict or threaten ABH with intent to sexual intercourse
In company maliciously inflict or threaten ABH with intent to sexual intercourse with other
s 61D(1) (rep)
Sexual intercourse without consent — person under 16 yrs
[District and Supreme Courts]
[Research Monograph No 25, October 2004] Sentencing offenders convicted of child sexual assault
[Sentencing Trends No 18, August 1998] Common offences in the higher courts 1990–1997
s 61D(1A) (rep)
Sexual intercourse without consent of person under 16 yrs and under authority
s 61D(1B) (rep)
Sexual intercourse without consent and in company — person under 16 yrs
s 61D(1C) (rep)
Sexual intercourse without consent with person under 16 yrs and under authority and in company
s 61E(1) (rep)(b)
Indecent assault — person under 16 yrs
[Sentencing Trends & Issues No 34, June 2005] Trends in the use of s 12 suspended sentences
s 61E(1A) (rep)
Indecent assault — person under 16 yrs and under authority
s 61E(1C) (rep)
Indecent assault — person under 16 yrs and under authority and in company
s 61E(2) (rep)
Act of indecency or incite to an act of indecency with person under 16 yrs
Act of indecency or incite to an act of indecency with person under 16 yrs and under authority
s 61F (rep)
Attempt offence under ss 61B, 61C, 61D or 61E
Same penalty as for principal offence
ss 61J(1), (2)(d)(a)
See also s 61U
Aggravated sexual assault — victim under 16 yrs
SNPP
1.2.2003 –
[Offence package]
[Recent law]
Suggested directions
[4-215] [4-222] [4-227] [4-237] [4-240] [4-232] [5-1550] [5-1566] [5-1570] [5-1590]
[1-342] [4-210] [4-220] [4-225] [4-235] [4-230] [5-1565] [5-1568] [5-1585]
[7-890]ff [17-505] [20-830]
[SNPP appeals]
[Children's Court]
[(2012) 24(10) JOB 81] After Muldrock — sentencing for standard non-parole period offences in NSW (RA Hulme)
[(2012) 24(1) JOB 1] The diminished role of standard non-parole periods (H Donnelly)
[(2008) 20(1) JOB 1] Recent statutory reform of consent in sexual offences (L Wells)
[(2002) 14(2) JOB 9] Aggravated sexual assault in company: A brief overview of the new legislation (R Johns and G Griffith)
[Research Monograph No 33, May 2010] The impact of the standard non-parole period sentencing scheme on sentencing patterns in New South Wales
[Research Monograph No 29, March 2007] Full-time imprisonment in New South Wales and other jurisdictions
[Research Monograph No 27, June 2005] Crown appeals against sentence
[Sentencing Trends & Issues No 41, December 2012] Common offences in the NSW higher courts: 2010
[Sentencing Trends & Issues No 36, November 2007] Trends in the use of full-time imprisonment 2006–2007
[Sentencing Trends & Issues No 30, March 2004] Common offences and the use of imprisonment in the District and Supreme Courts in 2002
ss 61J(1), (2)(e)(a)
Aggravated sexual assault — victim under authority of offender
s 61KC Sexual touching 1.12.2018 – yes 5 yrs [Recent law]
s 61KD Aggravated sexual touching 1.12.2018 yes
s 61KE Sexual act 1.12.2018 yes 18 mths [Recent law]
s 61KF Aggravated sexual act 1.12.2018 yes 3 yrs [Recent law]
ss 61M(1), (3)(c) (rep)
Aggravated indecent assault — victim under authority of offender
[5-660] [5-680] [5-710]
[5-650] [5-670] [5-690] [5-700]
[7-890]ff [17-510]
[(2018) 30(2) JOB 1] A guide to parole including the operating practices of the NSW State Parole Authority — Part 1 (J Wood)
[(2018) 30(4) JOB 33] A guide to parole including the operating practices of the NSW State Parole Authority — Part 2 (J Wood)
[(2015) 27(4) JOB 1] Juvenile sex offenders in the criminal justice system (D Kenny)
[(2017) 29(8) JOB 1] The social dynamics and impacts of institutional child sexual abuse (D Kenny)
[(2016) 28(3) JOB 1] The adolescent brain: implications for understanding young offenders (D Kenny)
s 61M(2) (rep)
Aggravated indecent assault — person under 16 yrs
s 61M(2) (old)
SNPP(c)
1.1.2008 – 31.12.2008
s 61N(1) (rep)
Act of indecency — person under 16 yrs
Act of indecency — person 16 yrs or above
s 61N (old)
Wording amended 3.5.1992
s 61O(1) (rep)
Aggravated act of indecency — person under 16 yrs
Circumstances of aggravation in s 61O(3) amended 1.12.2008
s 61O(1A)
Aggravated act of indecency — person 16 yrs or over
s 61O(2)
Aggravated act of indecency — person under 16 yrs (knowing it to be filmed for producing child abuse material (previously "child pornography")
Wording amended 17.9.2010
s 61P(a)
Attempt to commit offence under ss 61I–61O
Wording amended 1.10.2001
As for substantive offence
s 63 (rep)
Assault with intent to rape
s 65A(2) (rep) Sexual intercourse procured by non-violent threats
yes 6 yrs
[5-1568]
Carnal knowledge by false pretence or representation
s 66A(1)(a)
Sexual intercourse — child under 10 yrs
[(2007) 19(8) JOB 68] Criminal law update 2007 — Child sexual offences (J Howie)
[(2006) 18(2) JOB 9] Multidisciplinary forum on child sexual assault trials (B Knox)
[(2006) 18(2) JOB 12] Minimising the impact of the court process on child victims: learning together (B Debus)
s 66A(1) (rep)(a)
1.1.2009 – 28.6.2015
Aggravated sexual intercourse — child under 10 yrs
Circumstances of aggravation in s 66A(3) amended 19.5.2009
s 66A (rep)(a)
s 66B(a)
Attempting, or assaulting with intent, to have sexual intercourse with child under 10 yrs
s 66C(1)
Sexual intercourse — child between 10 and 14 yrs
s 66C(1) (rep)(b)
Aggravated sexual intercourse — child between 10 and 14 yrs
Circumstances of aggravation in s 66C(5) amended 15.2.2008
Amended 1.12.2008
Amended 1.1.2009
Amended 19.5.2009
Sexual intercourse — child between 10 and 16 yrs by person in authority
s 66D Assault with intent to have sexual intercourse – child between 10 and 16 1.12.2018 – yes same penalty as for s 66C [Recent law]
s 66D(b)
(old)
Attempting, or assaulting with intent, to have sexual intercourse with child between 10 and 16 yrs
Same penalty as for s 66C
s 66DA Sexual touching – child under 10 1.12.2018 – yes
1.12.2018 –
s 66DB Sexual touching – child between 10 and 16 1.12.2018 – yes 10 yrs [Recent law]
s 66DC Sexual act – child under 10 1.12.2018 – yes 7 yrs [Recent law]
s 66DD Sexual act – child between 10 and 6 1.12.2018 – yes 2 yrs [Recent law]
s 66DE Aggravated sexual act – child between 10 and 16 1.12.2018 – yes 5 yrs [Recent law]
s 66DF Sexual act for production of child abuse material – child under 16 1.12.2018 – yes 10 yrs [Recent law]
s 66EA(1) Persistent sexual abuse of a child 1.12.2018 – yes Life imprisonment [Recent law]
s 66EA(1)(a)
Wording of s 66EA(12) amended 1.10.2001
s 66EB(2)(a)
Procuring child for unlawful sexual activity — child under 14 yrs
s 66EB(2)(b)
Procuring a child for unlawful sexual activity — child 14 – 16 yrs
s 66EB(2A)
Meeting child following grooming — child under 14 yrs
Meeting child following grooming — child 14 – 16 yrs
Grooming a child for unlawful sexual activity — child under 14 yrs
Grooming a child for unlawful sexual activity — child 14 – 16 yrs
s 66EC Grooming a person for unlawful sexual activity with a child under the person's authority 1.12.2018 – yes 6 yrs (child under 14) 5 years (any other case) [Recent law]
s 66F(2) Sexual offences — cognitive impairment Sexual intercourse: person responsible for care
Defence in s 66F(7) amended 24.9.2012
yes 10 yrs
Suggested direction
[5-1700] [5-1705]
s 66F(2) (old) Sexual intercourse with person with intellectual disability
s 66F(3) Sexual offences — cognitive impairment Sexual intercourse: taking advantage of impairment
s 66F(3) (old) Sexual intercourse with person with intellectual disability — taking advantage of the other person's vulnerability to sexual exploitation
s 66F(4) Sexual offences — cognitive impairment Attempts
yes Same penalty as for principal offence
s 66F(4) (old) Sexual intercourse with person with intellectual disability — attempts
Carnally know girl under 10 yrs
Attempt to carnally know girl under 10 yrs
s 71 (rep)(b)
Carnally know girl between 10 and 16 yrs
Attempt, or assault with intent to carnally know girl between 10 and 16 yrs
s 73(1)
Sexual intercourse with child above 16 yrs and under 17 yrs under special care
Wording of s 73(3) amended 24.9.2012
Carnal knowledge by teacher, father, stepfather with girl 10 yrs or over and under 17 yrs who is pupil, daughter, stepdaughter
s 73 (old)
Carnal knowledge by teacher, father, stepfather with girl 16 yrs who is pupil, daughter, stepdaughter
s 73A Sexual touching – young person between 16 and 18 under special care 1.12.2018 – yes
4 yrs (child aged 16)
Attempted carnal knowledge by teacher, father, stepfather with girl 10 yrs or over and under 17 yrs who is pupil, daughter, stepdaughter
Attempted carnal knowledge by teacher, father, stepfather with girl 16 yrs who is pupil, daughter, stepdaughter
Indecent assault — female under 16 yrs
s 76A (rep)
Commit act of indecency — girl under 16 yrs
s 78A(1)
Incest — Sexual intercourse with close family member who is of or above the age of 16 yrs
s 78A (old)
Incest: carnal knowledge by male of mother, sister, daughter or granddaughter.
Incest: carnal knowledge by male of female of or above the age of 16 yrs who is mother, sister, daughter or granddaughter
s 78B Attempt offence under s 78A
Amended 13.6.2003 –
s 78H (rep)(a)(d)
Homosexual intercourse — male under 10 yrs
s 78I (rep)(d)
Attempt or assault with intent to have homosexual intercourse — male under 10 yrs
s 78K (rep)(b)(d)
Homosexual intercourse — male under between 10 and 18 yrs
s 78L (rep)(b)(d)
Attempt, or assault male between 10 and 18 yrs with intention to have homosexual intercourse
s 78N (rep)(d)
Homosexual intercourse by a teacher, father, stepfather, with male between 10 and 18 yrs being pupil, son or stepson
s 78O (rep)(d)
Teacher, father, stepfather attempt, or assault pupil, etc, between 10 and 18 yrs with intention to have homosexual intercourse
s 78Q(1) (rep)(d)
Male commit act of gross indecency with male under 18 yrs
Solicit, procure, incite or advise male under 18 yrs to commit act of gross indecency
Buggery
Attempted buggery
ss 80A(2A), (1)(d)(a)
Aggravated sexual assault by forced self-manipulation — victim under 16 yrs
[15-050] [20-720]
ss 80A(2A), (1)(e)(a)
Aggravated sexual assault by forced self-manipulation — victim under authority of offender
Sexual assault forced self-manipulation victim under 10 yrs
s 80A(2) (rep)
Sexual assault forced self-manipulation victim over 10 yrs
s 80D(2)
Aggravated causing sexual servitude — victim under 18 yrs
s 80E(2)
Aggravated conduct of business involving sexual servitude — victim under 18 yrs
[4-080]ff
s 80G
Incitement to commit sexual offence
Indecent assault upon a male person
Act of indecency by male with male
s 81B(1) (rep)
Solicit or entice offence under ss 79, 81 or 81A
Promoting or engaging in acts of child prostitution — child 14 yrs or over
[17-540] [17-545] [17-570]
Promoting or engaging in acts of child prostitution — child under 14 yrs
Obtaining benefit from child prostitution — child 14 yrs or over
Obtaining benefit from child prostitution — child under 14 yrs
s 91E(1) (old)
Obtaining benefit from child prostitution
s 91F(1)
Premises not to be used for child prostitution
s 91G(1)
Children not to be used for production of child abuse material — child under 14 yrs
[(2006) 18(4) JOB 25] Issues facing judges in sentencing online child pornography offenders
[Research Monograph No 34, September 2010] Sentencing offenders convicted of child pornography and child abuse material offences
s 91G(1) (rep)
Children not to be used for pornographic purposes — child under 14 yrs
Children not to be used for pornographic purposes — child 14 yrs or over
Children not to be used for production of child abuse material — child 14 yrs or over
s 91H(2)
Production, dissemination or possession of child abuse material
s 91H(2) (rep)
Possession, production or dissemination of child pornography
Production, dissemination of child pornography
s 316A(1) Concealing child abuse offence 31.8.18 – no 2 yrs
s 316A(4) Soliciting, accepting, or agreeing to any benefit for person or anyone else to conceal child abuse offence under s 316A(1) 31.8.18 – 5 yrs
Criminal Code (Cth)
Using a postal or similar service for child pornography material
Possessing, controlling, producing, supplying or obtaining child pornography material for use through a postal or similar service
Using a postal or similar service for child abuse material
Possessing, controlling, producing, supplying or obtaining child abuse material for use through a postal or similar service
Aggravated offence—offence involving conduct on 3 or more occasions and 2 or more people
Using a carriage service for child pornography material
Possessing, controlling, producing, supplying or obtaining child pornography material for use through a carriage service
Using a carriage service for child abuse material
Possessing, controlling, producing, supplying or obtaining child abuse material for use through a carriage service
s 474.24A
Customs Act 1901 (Cth)
s 233BAB
Importing or exporting child pornography/child abuse material
10 yrs and/or 2500 pu(e)
Table 2 contains current sexual offences in the Crimes Act 1900 other than those which specifically refer to children (see Table 1 at [1-000]). It sets out the maximum penalties (on indictment) for each of these offences and specifies those which attract a SNPP. It also specifies whether offences are "prescribed sexual offences" and/or "serious children's indictable offences". As with Table 1, links are provided in Table 2 to Judicial Commission resources.
Table 2: Sexual offences — other
s 61I
[1-342] [4-210] [4-220] [4-225] [4-235] [4-230] [5-1565] [5-1568]
[7-890]ff [20-620] [20-640] [20-650]
s 61J(1)(a)
Aggravated sexual assault
Circumstances of aggravation in s 61J(2) amended 15.2.2008
Wording in s 61J(3) amended 22.2.2010
[4-215] [4-222] [4-227] [4-237] [4-240] [4-232] [5-1550] [5-1566] [5-1570] [5-1585] [5-1590]
[1-342] [4-080]ff [4-210] [4-220] [4-225] [4-235] [4-230] [5-1565] [5-1568]
s 61JA(1)(a)
Aggravated sexual assault in company
[4-080]ff [5-1565] [5-1568]
[7-890]ff [17-500] [20-605] [20-610] [20-620] [20-670] [20-830]
s 61K(a)
Assault with intent to have sexual intercourse
s 61L
[5-660] [5-700]
[5-650] [5-670] [5-710] [5-1700]
[17-420] [20-605] [20-690] [20-760] [20-770]
s 61M(1)
Aggravated indecent assault
Circumstances of aggravation in s 61M(3) amended 1.12.2008
s 61N(2)
Sexual intercourse with close family member who is of or above the age of 16 yrs
s 78M (rep) Homosexual intercourse with idiot or imbecile
Sexual assault by forced self-manipulation
s 80A(2A)(a)
Aggravated sexual assault by forced self-manipulation
s 86(1)(f)
Kidnapping — basic offence
Renumbered from s 85A 21.12.2001
[18-700] [18-710] [18-715] [18-740]
[Sentencing Trends No 38, June 2009] Sentencing in complicity cases — Part 1: Joint criminal enterprise
[Sentencing Trends No 17, July 1998] Kidnapping — Section 90A Crimes Act 1900 (NSW)
Kidnapping — aggravated offence
[18-700] [18-710] [18-715] [18-720] [18-730] [18-740]
Kidnapping — specially aggravated offence
s 90A (rep)(f)
(if person liberated without substantial injury: 14 yrs)
[District and Supreme Court]
Table 3 sets out the statutory alternative verdicts available in proceedings for sexual offences.
Table 3: Sexual offences — alternative verdicts
Offence charged
Alternative verdict(s)
Empowering provision
Criminal Procedure Act 1986
Any indictable offence
ss 66C(3) or 66C(4)
s 66F
ss 78A or 78B
s 80AB(2)
s 61J
ss 66A or 66C
s 61JA
ss 61I or 61J
s 80AB(1A)
s 61M
s 61O
s 61N
ss 61O(2) or 61N
s 66A
ss 66B, 66C(1), 66C(2), 66C(3), 66C(4) or 66D
s 66C
s 66D
s 66EA
"sexual" offence as defined in s 66E(12)
s 66EA(10)
s 471.22(1)
ss 471.16, 471.17, 471.19 or 471.20
s 474.24A(1)
s 474.24B
As to the power of the jury to return an alternative verdict to any offence stated in the indictment at common law, see Criminal Trial Courts Bench Book at [2-200] and ff.
Criminal Trial Courts Bench Book at [2-200], [2-210], [2-250], [2-260], [2-270], [5-710], [5-1570].
Prior to 14 July 1981
Prior to 14 May 1981, sexual assault offences were divided into rape offences and related sexual offences and the term "sexual intercourse" was not defined in the Crimes Act 1900. Under the common law, rape required "carnal knowledge": penile penetration of the vagina of a woman who was not the accused's wife without consent: Papadimitropoulos v The Queen (1957) 98 CLR 249 at 261.
Between 14 July 1981 and 30 September 1996
Crimes (Sexual Assault) Amendment Act 1981
The Crimes (Sexual Assault) Amendment Act 1981 commenced operation on 14 July 1981. This Act amended the Crimes Act 1900 by introducing a statutory definition of sexual intercourse:
sexual connection occasioned by the penetration of the vagina of any person or the anus of any person by:
any part of the body of another person, or
an object manipulated by another person,
except where the penetration is carried out for proper medical purposes
sexual connection occasioned by the introduction of any part of the penis of a person into the mouth of another person
cunnilingus, or
the continuation of sexual intercourse as defined in paragraph (a), (b) or (c): s 61A(1) (rep).
The amending Act also:
abolished the common law offences of rape and attempted rape: s 63 (rep)
introduced four categories of sexual assault (according to the degree of seriousness of the offence in terms of the level of violence) with different penalty structures: ss 61B, 61C, 61D and 61E (rep)
removed marital immunity: s 61A(4) (rep)
removed immunity for children aged under 14 years: s 61A(2) (rep)
introduced limitations on the admission of evidence about the complainant's sexual experience and reputation: s 409B (rep).
Crimes (Amendment) Act 1989
The Crimes (Amendment) Act 1989 commenced operation on 17 March 1991. The Act amended the Crimes Act 1900 by replacing the four categories of sexual assault with a new offence structure: three basic and aggravated forms of offences (sexual assault, indecent assault and act of indecency) and an offence of assault with intent to have sexual intercourse: ss 61I—61P.
repealed ss 61A—61G
re-enacted the definition of "sexual intercourse" in s 61H.
Criminal Legislation (Amendment) Act 1992
The Criminal Legislation (Amendment) Act 1992 commenced operation on 3 May 1992. The Act amended the Crimes Act 1900 by amending the definition of sexual intercourse to include "sexual connection occasioned by the sexual penetration to any extent of the genitalia of a female person or the anus of any person …": s 61H [emphasis added].
Schedule 1(16) of the amending Act inserted Sch 11, Pt 2 into the Crimes Act 1900. The savings and transitional provisions purported to give retrospective operation to the amended meaning of "sexual intercourse" in s 61H from 14 July 1981:
It is declared that, from 14 July 1981 (being the date of commencement of the amendments made by the Crimes (Sexual Assault) Amendment Act 1981) [the date upon which the definition of sexual intercourse in s 61A came into force] until the commencement of the amendment made by the Criminal Legislation (Amendment) Act 1992 to section, 61H, an act has been an act of sexual intercourse within the meaning of this Act at the relevant time if the act has comprised sexual intercourse within the meaning of section 61H, as amended by the Criminal Legislation (Amendment) Act 1992.
As to the retrospective operation of this provision: see comments by Sully J (Newman AJ agreeing) in R v MJR (2002) 54 NSWLR 368 at [97]:
As her Honour explains, correctly, in her remarks on sentence, that amending legislation "retrospectively converted what was at the time of the commission of the offences indecent assault to the significantly more serious offence of sexual intercourse".
From 1 October 1996
The Transgender (Anti-Discrimination and Other Acts Amendment) Act 1996, Sch 3[1] commenced operation on 1 October 1996. The Act amended the Crimes Act 1900 by amending the definition of sexual intercourse to include "sexual connection occasioned by the sexual penetration to any extent of the genitalia (including a surgically constructed vagina) of a female person or the anus of a person …": s 61H [emphasis added].
From 1 December 2008
The Crimes Amendment (Cognitive Impairment — Sexual Offences) Act 2008 commenced operation on 1 December 2008. The Act amended the Crimes Act 1900 by inserting a new section defining the term "cognitive impairment": s 61H.
The Criminal Legislation Amendment (Child Sexual Abuse) Act 2018 (relevant provisions commenced 1 December 2018) restructures and modernises the language used to describe the sexual offences in Pt 3, Div 10 of the Crimes Act. "Sexual touching" and "sexual act" are defined in the new ss 61HB and 61HC respectively. The definition of "sexual intercourse", previously in s 61H(1), was inserted into s 61HA.
Meaning of "Sexual touching"
A new offence of "sexual touching" was inserted into the Crimes Act 1900 by the Criminal Legislation Amendment (Child Sexual Abuse) Act 2018 (commenced 1 December 2018). Sexual touching is defined in s 61HB as follows:
(1) For the purposes of this Division, sexual touching means a person touching another person:
(a) with any part of the body or with anything else, or
(b) through anything, including anything worn by the person doing the touching or by the person being touched, in circumstances where a reasonable person would consider the touching to be sexual.
(2) The matters to be taken into account in deciding whether a reasonable person would consider touching to be sexual include:
(a) whether the area of the body touched or doing the touching is the person's genital area or anal area or (in the case of a female person, or transgender or intersex person identifying as female) the person's breasts, whether or not the breasts are sexually developed, or
(b) whether the person doing the touching does so for the purpose of obtaining sexual arousal or sexual gratification, or
(c) whether any other aspect of the touching (including the circumstances in which it is done) makes it sexual.
(3) Touching done for genuine medical or hygienic purposes is not sexual touching. Transitional provisions state that references in any Act or law to indecent assault are taken to include references to sexual touching, and to acts of indecency are taken to include references to sexual touching and sexual act, within their meanings in Pt 3, Div 10: Sch 1[62].
New s 73A creates a new offence of sexually touching a young person between 16 and 18 under special care: Sch 1[34].
Section 61R was inserted into the Crimes Act 1900 by the Crimes Amendment Act 1989 (commenced 17/3/1991), and read:
61R Consent
(1) For the purposes of sections 61I and 61J, a person who has sexual intercourse with another person without the consent of the other person and who is reckless as to whether the other person consents to the sexual intercourse is to be taken to know that the other person does not consent to the sexual intercourse.
(2) For the purposes of sections 61I and 61J and without limiting the grounds on which it may be established that consent to sexual intercourse is vitiated:
(a) a person who consents to sexual intercourse with another person:
(i) under a mistaken belief as to the identity of the other person, or
(ii) under a mistaken belief that the other person is married to the person, is to be taken not to consent to the sexual intercourse, and
(b) a person who knows that another person consents to sexual intercourse under a mistaken belief referred to in paragraph (a) is to be taken to know that the other person does not consent to the sexual intercourse, and
(c) a person who submits to sexual intercourse with another person as a result of threats or terror, whether the threats are against, or the terror is instilled in, the person who submits to the sexual intercourse or any other person, is to be regarded as not consenting to the sexual intercourse, and
(d) a person who does not offer actual physical resistance to sexual intercourse is not, by reason only of that fact, to be regarded as consenting to the sexual intercourse.
Section 61R(2)(a1) was inserted in 1992 (by the Criminal Legislation (Amendment) Act 1992, commenced 3.5.1992) as a result of the decision in R v Mobilio [I991] 1 VR 339. The new subsection provided that "a person who consents to sexual intercourse with another person under the mistaken belief that the sexual intercourse is for medical or hygienic purposes is taken not to have consented to the sexual intercourse". In 2003, the words "(or any other mistaken belief about the nature of the act induced by fraudulent means" were inserted in 61R (2)(a1) (by the Crimes Amendment (Sexual Offences) Act 2003, commenced 13.6.2003).
Section 61R was repealed by the Crimes Amendment (Consent—Sexual Assault Offences) Act 2007, Sch 1[1], commenced 1 January 2008.
From 1 January 2008
Section 61HA was inserted into the Crimes Act 1900 by the Crimes Amendment (Consent – Sexual Assault Offences) Act 2007 (the Act), which commenced 1 January 2008. The amendment followed an extensive review of sexual assault in NSW and the adequacy of existing law. The Criminal Justice Sexual Offences Taskforce Report, published in 2006, contained 70 recommendations. A broad range of government and non-government agencies were represented on the Taskforce including those representing women's and victims' interests such as the NSW Rape Crisis Centre and the Women's Legal Service NSW; judicial officers and the Judicial Commission; the legal profession including members of the Bar Association, the Law Society, NSW Public Defenders Office, the Director of Public Prosecutions; the courts; NSW Police, NSW Health, Department of Community Services and academics. See L Wells, "Recent statutory reform of consent in sexual offences" (2008) 20 JOB 1.
The object of the Act was to amend the Crimes Act 1900 to:
create a statutory definition of "consent" as being a free and voluntary agreement to sexual intercourse
expand the circumstances when consent to sexual intercourse is negated (vitiated)
provide circumstances when consent to sexual intercourse may be negated
expand the element of knowledge of consent to also provide an objective fault test that a person commits sexual assault if the person has no reasonable grounds for believing that the other person consents to the sexual intercourse.
From 23 October 2014
The Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2014 amended s 61HA (commenced 23 October 2014) to apply the statutory definition of consent to attempts to commit sexual assault offences and also negated consent to sexual intercourse in circumstances where consent has been given under a mistaken belief that the sexual intercourse is for health purposes. This expanded the circumstances in section 61HA(5)(c) in which consent is negated, which were then limited to medical or hygienic purposes.
The Criminal Legislation Amendment (Child Sexual Abuse) Act 2018 (relevant sections commenced 1 December 2018), substituted the former s 61HA with new s 61HA which defines "sexual intercourse" for the purpose of Pt 3, Div 10. New s 61HE, inserts and expands the definition of consent to "sexual activity" in the Crimes Act 1900 to include sexual intercourse, sexual touching or a sexual act (s 61HE(11)). Section 61HE and applies to offences under ss 61I, 61J, 61JA, 61KC, 61KD, 61KE and 61KF: s 61HE(1) and is no longer limited, as previously, to "sexual intercourse". The existing consent provision, s 61HA, was repealed.
Subs 61HE(3) has also expanded "knowledge of consent" to include the incitement of the alleged victim or inciting a third person to engage in sexual activity with or towards the alleged victim.
The Criminal Legislation Amendment (Child Sexual Abuse) Act 2018 amends a number of Acts to implement recommendations made by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and the Child Sexual Offences Review Team. The Second Reading Speech stated that the amendments aim to "rationalise and consolidate our offence framework and improve the chances of successful prosecution of child sexual offences" (Legislative Assembly, 6 June 2018).
(a)Offence (or form of offence) defined as "serious children's indictable offence" for the purposes of the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987, s 3. An offence arising under s 80A in which the victim of the offence was under the age of 10 years when the offence occurred is a "serious children's indictable offence": Children (Criminal Proceedings) Regulation 2011, cl 32.
(b)Note s 78 (repealed by the Criminal Legislation (Amendment) Act 1992, Sch 1[5]: effective 2.5.92) which provided that no prosecution for an offence under ss 61E(1), 66C(1), 66D, 71, 72 or 76 could be commenced after the expiration of 12 months from the time of the alleged offence if the girl was at the time of the offence was over the age of 14 yrs and under the age of 16 yrs; and s 78T(1) (also repealed effective 2.5.92) which provided that no prosecution for an offence under ss 78K or 78L could be commenced after the expiration of 12 months from the time of the alleged offence if the girl was at the time of the offence over the age of 16 yrs and under the age of 18 yrs. As to the whether the amending Act ought to be given retrospective operation: see Rodway v The Queen (1990) 169 CLR 515.
(c)As to the application of the amended SNPP see GSH v R [2009] NSWCCA 214 at [46]–[47]; R v Lane [2011] NSWSC 289 at [60]–[61].
(d)No prosecution for an offence under ss 78H, 78I, 78K, 78L, 78M, 78N, 78O or 78Q (all repealed) or for an offence of attempting, or of conspiracy or incitement, to commit an offence under any of those sections shall, if the accused was at the time of the alleged offence under the age of 18 years, be commenced without the sanction of the Attorney General (NSW): Crimes Act 1900, Sch 1, Pt 19[55].
(e)Prior to 10.10.2002 fine expressed in dollars ($250,000).
(f)Although detain for advantage is not technically a sexual offence, it has been included in Table 2 because an intention to have sexual intercourse is an "advantage": see R v Rowe (1996) 89 A Crim R 467 .


The next two sets of baubles in my mosaic decoration range have been added to my shop. The first ones are using the colours I've used before, and I call the pallete Fiesta. The colours are all handpainted onto the tiles using combinations of magenta, red, orange, and gold.
The second set I've called Peacock, because the palette I've used remind me of the colours you'd find in a peacock feather - blue, green, turquoise, aqua, and copper. Some of the tiles are handpainted to give me the shades that I wanted.
Both of the sets of baubles are finished in grey grout. and both sets are suitable for interior or exterior use. In fact, they don't have to just be used for the festive season. These baubles would look great in the garden all year round. Either hanging up, or as a collection in a bowl on a table.


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El queso del Valle del Narcea es un queso elaborado en la comunidad autónoma del Principado de Asturias, en España.

Elaboración

Este queso está elaborado con leche de vaca si bien en primavera se hace con mezcla de cabra y vaca y cuajo de cabrito.
Se coge leche de vaca pasteurizada, se le añaden fermentos y se sube la temperatura a 32 °C. Una vez llegados a esta temperatura se le añade el cuajo. Tras media hora se sala la cuajada, se corta en pequeños trozos y se revuelve para que empiece a perder el suero. El siguiente paso es su introducción en moldes en los que se deja reposar la mezcla media hora para completar el desuerado. Una vez completado este proceso se prensa durante unas horas y se deja madurar durante 2 meses.

Características

Es un queso de forma circular de medio kilogramo de peso. El interior es de color crema y la corteza, del mismo color, es fina.
Se comercializa también una variedad con nueces.

Zona de elaboración
Este queso se fabrica en el pueblo de Arcellana o Aciana, concejo de Salas, una única quesería propiedad de María Josefa García.

Véase también
Queso de Asturias

Referencias

Valle del Narcea
Salas
Valle del Narcea

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Fortunately, CHIC was involved in assisting with a major procurement of their repairs, voids and planned works services so we were able to support in considering options widely. Accent did not want to move to an in-house delivery model so CHIC presented a few different options and purchasing their own materials was a good fit in helping control material selection, material quality, cost and also offered an insight as to whether the planned programme was on schedule as they can see whether materials have been ordered and received by the contractor.
Accent have standardised their materials across all planned works to ensure components fulfil their lifecycles and their customers benefit from good quality materials, procured at a reasonable price, due to the economies of scale CHIC is able to achieve due to the purchasing scale / power. Accent achieved their cost saving goal of 10%. Staff at Accent feel more in control of materials selection and are able to influence CHIC and the materials suppliers in ensuring the materials supply service is delivered smoothly.
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Q: How can I calculate number of consecutive values in a column within a group in a pandas dataframe? I have a dataframe with all of a fighter's fights, the fight number (i.e. if it is their first, second, etc.), and whether or not they won the fight. I would like to calculate the number of consecutive wins a fighter had gotten before their current fight (i.e. not including if they won the current fight). I am currently working with Python 3.7 in Spyder.
Suppose we have the following dataframe, where win = 1 if the fighter won the fight:
df = pd.DataFrame({'fighter' : ['A', 'A', 'A', 'A', 'B', 'B', 'B', 'C', 'C'],
                  'fight_number' :  ['1', '2', '3', '4', '1', '2', '3', '1', '2'],
                  'win' : [0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1]})

  fighter  fight_number  win
0       A             1     0
1       A             2     0
2       A             3     1
3       A             4     1
4       B             1     1
5       B             2     1
6       B             3     0
7       C             1     1
8       C             2     1

I know that to calculate win streaks across all rows, I can implement the solution proposed here with:
grouper = (df.win != df.win.shift()).cumsum()
df['streak'] = df.groupby(grouper).cumsum()

which produces:
  fighter fight_number  win  streak
0       A            1    0       0
1       A            2    0       0
2       A            3    1       1
3       A            4    1       2
4       B            1    1       3
5       B            2    1       4
6       B            3    0       0
7       C            1    1       1
8       C            2    1       2

But what I need is to apply this approach to subgroups of the dataframe (i.e. to each fighter) and to not include the outcome of the current fight in the count of the streak. So, I am basically trying to have the current win streak of the fighter when they enter the fight.
The target output in this example would therefore be:
  fighter fight_number  win  streak
0       A            1    0       0
1       A            2    0       0
2       A            3    1       0
3       A            4    1       1
4       B            1    1       0
5       B            2    1       1
6       B            3    0       2
7       C            1    1       0
8       C            2    1       1

I appreciate any advice I can get on this, as I am pretty new to Python.

A: One solution I came up with was inspired by an earlier answer posted (but deleted) by jezrael:
grouper = (df.win != df.win.shift()).cumsum()
df['streak'] = df.groupby(['fighter', grouper]).cumsum()
df['streak'] = df.groupby('fighter')['streak'].shift(1).fillna(0)

which produces the target output:
  fighter fight_number  win  streak
0       A            1    0     0.0
1       A            2    0     0.0
2       A            3    1     0.0
3       A            4    1     1.0
4       B            1    1     0.0
5       B            2    1     1.0
6       B            3    0     2.0
7       C            1    1     0.0
8       C            2    1     1.0

and it also seems to work on other test examples:
df2 = pd.DataFrame({'fighter' : ['A', 'A', 'A', 'A', 'A', 'A', 'B', 'B', 'B', 'C', 'C'],
                  'fight number' :  ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "1", "2", "3", "1", "2"],
                  'win' : [1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1]})

grouper = (df2.win != df2.win.shift()).cumsum()
df2['streak'] = df2.groupby(['fighter', grouper]).cumsum()
df2['streak'] = df2.groupby('fighter')['streak'].shift(1).fillna(0)

   fighter fight number  win  streak
0        A            1    1     0.0
1        A            2    1     1.0
2        A            3    0     2.0
3        A            4    1     0.0
4        A            5    0     1.0
5        A            6    1     0.0
6        B            1    1     0.0
7        B            2    1     1.0
8        B            3    0     2.0
9        C            1    1     0.0
10       C            2    1     1.0

A: For some reason joe's answer didn't quite work, but this did:
df = df.sort_values(['fighter', 'date'])
grouper = (df.win != df.win.shift()).cumsum()
df['streak'] = df.groupby(['fighter', grouper])['win'].cumsum()
df.sort_index(inplace=True)

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It is with some slight sense of hope that I read today of Nicolas Sarkozy's openness to an Olympic boycott. The awarding of the Olympics to Beijing, with China's seriously troubled record on human rights both domestic and internationally, was questionable at the time. With China's recent clamp down on activists in Tibet, military support for the Sudanese government that supplies Chinese weapons to the Janjaweed militias in Darfur, and continued oppression of dissenting voices at home, serious questions need to be asked by any nation before participating in this summer's Olympics.
Yesterday's torch lighting ceremony in Greece was disrupted by a group of activists from Reporters Sans Frontieres, a Paris-based international group promoting global press freedoms. With advocating the right *of* the press to report comes the mandate for the press *to* report, and to call out injustice where it is seen. It was amazing to see a group of Western reporters actually do something because of their principles, as for too long in the West we have grown used to the media being simply an extension of major business interests.
China poses a major problem for the West, as we believe that China is a vast open market for us, and we are unwilling to risk offending the Chinese leadership for fear of loosing access to that market. The US media in particular is reluctant to do anything that jeopardises its parent companies' Chinese business dealings, and this has had a subsequent effect on the population at large, who have forgotten Tiananmen and Tibet in the rush to accept the myth of a new market for good capitalists to exploit. No one is interested in the abuses that take place in that mine.
I say "myth" because this gold mine is an illusion, the West will never be the winner in any competition with this bold, new China. In China there is almost no separation of business, the army and the government, and this unique form of Chinese capitalism means that there is never a level playing field for international business within China. Western companies can never compete in China on price, because with access to a large prison workforce and miniscule pay for a regular workforce, wages are a negligible cost for Chinese businesses. Western groups will never compete on quality, as most of their products are already made in China; almost every Apple product I own is proudly "Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China". Finally at any time a local business doesn't like its international competition, the government can rescind those competitors' right to trade in China.
China joined the WTO in late 2001 to get access to foreign markets more easily, not to encourage external investment in China. In 2005 the Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation made an unsuccessful bid for Unocal, at the time one of the largest oil companies in the US, a bid that was blocked directly by President Bush citing national security concerns (not an unusual move when you consider the joint role that Unocal and the CIA had in facilitating the Taliban take-over of Kabul). This was merely the first toe in the water for Chinese state-owned businesses looking to expand abroad, and it won't be long before familiar brand names become subsidiaries of the Chinese government.
Meanwhile the US media falls over themselves to make concession after concession to China and suppress any coverage of human rights abuses. Fox News' coverage of the recent Tibet protests is fairly typical, repeatedly casting doubts on claims of Tibetan deaths, quoting mainly from Chinese government officials and using phrases like "it is difficult to verify such claims" when quoting non-government sources.
All of this will be swept further under the carpet by the time the Olympics comes around, which is why the work of Reporters Sans Frontieres is so important.
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Welcome home to 317 Leonard St. This 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom home sits on a cute city lot in Eaton Rapids. Walking distance to schools and the river. The living room has plenty of natural light, spacious bedrooms with large closets, newly remodeled bathroom, open kitchen, and amazing dining room. The back yard has a great patio as well. New leaf guard gutters were installed last spring. Don't miss out!


A blockchainbased transaction is verified within ten minutes. It's not verified within ten minutes for a credit card, which is why 5% to 10% of all transactions are rejected on the spot. It's not verified until often days later. Even a check is not verified for days. And that is completely taken out of the system. So on day one, on day one, the retailer's sales go up because they don't have to reject the transaction. And they save on the fees. It doesn't really get much better than that if you're looking for a disruptive innovation in any single industry. It's wonderful.


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Pakistani PM Khan makes first stop at Konya's Mevlana Museum on Turkey visit
by Daily Sabah with AA
ISTANBUL Life
Jan 03, 2019 12:00 am GMT+3
Starting a landmark two-day visit to Turkey, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday visited a museum in central Anatolia dedicated to Mevlana Jalaladdin Rumi, the famed 13th century Sufi Muslim poet and scholar.
Khan's first official visit to Turkey since taking office last August comes after the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Speaking to reporters after his visit to the Mevlana Museum in Konya, which also includes Rumi's mausoleum, Khan said he was a follower of Sufism, the spiritual branch of Islam that Rumi also practiced.
"You know how much Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistan's ideological father, loves his ideological father Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi," said Khan, adding that he has also read Rumi's books.
"Rumi is the greatest representative of Sufism," he said.
Mevlana Jalaluddin Balkhi, who is referred to as "Rumi" for his exodus to Anatolia (then known by Arabs and Turks as the land of the Romans), is widely accepted as a native of Balkh, Afghanistan.
Born in 1207, young Rumi and his family fled to Konya, then the capital of the Anatolian Seljuks, where he spent most of his life and died in 1273. It was there that his son founded the Mevlevi Order, also known as the Order of the Whirling Dervishes famous for the Sufi dance known as the Sama ceremony, to perpetuate his father's teachings.
Rumi's Masnavi poem, with its more than 50,000 verses, is considered the most influential work in Sufism and has been translated into 25 languages. He penned the poem on man's predicament in his search for God after losing his friend, the wandering dervish Shams Tabriz.
Every year, an international commemoration ceremony marking the anniversary of Rumi's union with Allah, known as "Şeb-i Arus" or the night of union, is held in Konya between Dec. 7-Dec. 17, as a reverence to the Muslim scholar.
Allama Muhammad Iqbal, who was a poet, philosopher and politician, is regarded as the spiritual father of Pakistan and officially honored as the national poet of the country although he lived between 1877 and 1938 during the British colonial rule of India.
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"Om" is a sacred and meaningful syllable in the world of Hinduism, but it has gone on to hold significance to many different groups of people and cultures. Defining exactly what this ancient syllable means is not very simple. It's a little vague, and it takes on different meaning for different people. Most people say that the sound represents three things: the start of the universe, the energy of the universe, and transformation. Often said during yoga or meditation, the rhythmic sound of the repetition makes people feel relaxed and linked to those around them.
This hoodie showcases a big, colorful version of the "om" symbol, reminding you and everyone you see to be connected with the universe around you and enjoy what it offers.


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Trump Allegedly Chatting with Mark Burnett About The Apprentice: White House
He was never going to just quietly retire.
By Luke Darby
Win McNamee
Between the impeachment inquiry and the looming 2020 election, there's a lot of speculation about what Trump will do when (and if) he exits the White House. According to a federal court, he could be prosecuted as soon as he leaves office. But Trump reportedly has much more optimistic plans. According to the Daily Beast, Trump has been speaking with producer Mark Burnett about a return to TV once this whole politics thing is finally over. Per the Beast:
One of the ideas kicked around by Burnett and the president was shooting a new version of the Trump-branded Apprentice, tentatively titled The Apprentice: White House, and to produce it shortly after the president leaves office. This time, however, the TV program would be explicitly politics-themed and take full advantage of Trump's status as a former president of the United States and a newfound Republican kingmaker. "There have been several discussions between Burnett and Trump about The Apprentice: White House," a person with knowledge of the situation told The Daily Beast. "It is something Burnett thinks could be a money-spinner and Trump is very keen on doing."
Another person with knowledge of the talks confirms that the president and Burnett discussed the idea but added, "as far as I know, the discussion did not go far."
That Trump would want to work with Burnett is no surprise. As Patrick Radden Keefe wrote in The New Yorker early this year, Burnett is perhaps more responsible than any one person for selling to the public the image of Trump as a savvy businessman, instead of the bankruptcy-prone, tax-avoidant, contractor-stiffing son of an already-successful real-estate mogul. Through the reality shows The Apprentice and The Celebrity Apprentice, Burnett helped make Trump presentable and famous to large swaths of the country, and Trump rode that fame to the White House.
Burnett also reportedly helped cover up Trump's misbehavior on the show. Omarosa Manigault Newman, a former Apprentice contestant and member of the Trump administration, claimed that Trump often used racial slurs on set, and that Burnett was sitting on tapes that showed Trump using the n-word. There's also reportedly footage of Trump covering up sexual assault on set by actor Gary Busey, and of him calling deaf actress Marlee Matlin "retarded." Trump tweeted that Burnett "called to say that there are NO TAPES of the Apprentice where I used such a terrible and disgusting word as attributed by Wacky and Deranged Omarosa. I don't have that word in my vocabulary, and never have."
It's never been completely clear that Donald Trump wanted to be president. Before he won, there was even speculation that the whole campaign was a stunt to gin up publicity for him to launch his own network after his expected loss to Hillary Clinton. Regardless, he seems to dislike everything about the job except the campaigning, which he's kept up consistently since winning the 2016 election. A White House version of The Apprentice would certainly marry two of his comfort zones: reality TV and milking his presidency for whatever personal profit he can get out of it.
"He Thought He Was Going to Lose": Inside Donald Trump's Election Night War Room
As told by Kellyanne Conway, Sean Spicer, Steve Bannon, and everyone else at the center of it all.
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BHW Advises on Sale of Tech Start-up Behind Wireless Smart Meat Thermometers
Leicester-based, Apption Labs, has been acquired by US barbeque maker, Traeger Grills. Apption Labs is the company behind the award winning wireless smart meat thermometers, MEATER.
MEATER was awarded two 2021 Queen's Awards for Enterprise for Innovation and International Trade, as well as having recently won the 2019 LeicestershireLive Innovation Award. The smart thermometer links wirelessly to a phone or smart watch and shows how long your chicken or roast joint needs to cook.
Apption Labs was launched in 2015 by Teemu Nivala, Joseph Cruz, and Dauson Chang raising £3 million from crowdfunding campaigns. It is headquartered in Leicester, with offices in Los Angeles, CA, USA and Hsinchu, Taiwan.
MEATER will continue to operate as a standalone company within Traeger Grills and its current management team of Teemu Nivala, Joseph Cruz and Wen Nivala will all continue in their current posts.
Joseph said: "Our product complements and enhances Traeger's connected grilling experience and joining forces with a market leader in outdoor cooking was something we're extremely excited about.
"Together with Traeger, we believe there is much yet to be explored in the realm of connected cooking, and we're thrilled by the notion of pushing forward to discover and develop new innovations."
The principal shareholders of Apption Labs were advised on the deal by BHW Solicitors, led by Corporate Partner Matt Worsnop.
Matt said: "BHW has been lucky enough to work with the Apption Labs since their early days. The MEATER product is at the cutting-edge of smart cooking technology and Teemu, Joseph, Wen and the team at Apption Labs are at the forefront of innovation in the smart-tech industry. It is no surprise a global player like Traeger has sought to acquire them."
Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, Traeger specialises in outdoor cooking technology and the acquisition of Apption Labs' MEATER product, expands its portfolio of home cooking devices. The $550 million turnover business recently filed for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.
Discussing BHW, Teemu said: "It has been of huge benefit to have Matt and the legal team at BHW supporting us on this deal. It is obvious that Matt has a superb understanding of the tech industry and the unique consideration that brings in a deal like this. Coupled with his commercial knowhow, we have been able to conduct a deal that will allow the MEATER product to flourish and give us an unrivalled base for future innovation."
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Tags: Business Sale, Mergers and Acquisitions


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3 booked after 7-Eleven robberies in Waterford
Daniel Bethencourt
Waterford Police arrested three people in connection with two convenience store armed robberies within the last month -- and caught two of the suspects as they were fleeing the scene of the crime.
The most recent robbery took place at around 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, while police were watching over the 7-Eleven at 1009 Crescent Lake Road, said Chief Deputy Jeff James in a news release. Officers watched two people run out of the store, and as they drove after them, the officers heard the store call in a robbery.
Eventually the officers caught up to 22-year-old E'ron Harrell, of Detroit, and 22-year-old Teanna Daniels, of Pontiac. Harrell admitted that he was responsible for a different 7-Eleven robbery on May 9 -- this one at 1795 Scott Lake Road. In that robbery, two men were seen nabbing more than $500 in cash, cigarettes and lottery tickets from the register. Harrell admitted to carrying out the act with an accomplice, named Cantrell Garner -- who was arrested later on Tuesday without incident, James said.
Police ultimately booked all three suspects, with Harrell being the only one suspected in both robberies. He was charged with two counts of armed robbery, while Daniels and Garner are being charged with one count each of armed robbery as well.


What are the skills that every young person needs?
How can adults (parents, teachers, mentors, etc.) help young people to learn the necessary skills for success in life? While it's true that young people need the care and support from the adults in their life, adults sometimes tend to over-protect their children, to the extent that there is now a meme known as "helicopter parents", which is related to tiger moms, or soccer dads, who are afraid of letting their kids make mistakes.
This parenting style, characterized by a helicopter-like tendency to hover over children (and even teenagers) and swoop in to rescue them at the first sign of trouble, exploded into mainstream consciousness in the early 2000s, just as the oldest millennials were entering young adulthood. This was a time in the culture that was fraught with peril, after events like Sept. 11 and the two economic crashes of 2000 and 2008, where parents had cause for concern over their children's futures.
The worst examples of helicopter parenting include previously unheard-of behaviors like parents attending their adult children's job interviews or calling college professors to argue over a grade. Meanwhile kids emerge from childhood without basic survival skills like how to cook, or clean, or do their own laundry.
While it's true that these parental characteristics generally come from the highly educated middle class or wealthier families with social and financial resources to share with adult children, it's also true that this is an ongoing set of circumstances that may come from many different economic and social backgrounds and that may need to be examined in more detail, if adults are to understand that their over-protectiveness may be stunting the development of young people as they grow into adulthood.


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It's 50 years since Allan Caswell and his family arrived in Australia from England. In that time Caswell has established a huge reputation as a singer/songwriter and almost legendary status in Country Music.
He is one of Australia's most recorded songwriters with well over 600 of his songs being released around the world by artists of the calibre of Cilla Black, Patti Page, The Irish Rovers, The Living End, Slim Dusty, Barry Humphries, Ricki May, James Blundell, Jasmine Rae, McAlister Kemp, Graeme Connors, The Wolfe Brothers, Anne Kirkpatrick, Chad Morgan, Lynne Hamilton, The Delltones, Jade Hurley, Ella Hooper among dozens of others.
Caswell has also built a big reputation as a writer of children's songs as, among other projects, the cowriter and co-producer of the hugely successful Don Spencer albums.
In 1979 Caswell wrote the theme for the Australian television series "Prisoner" (Cell Block H in England) … "On The Inside" was a number 1 hit in Australia and New Zealand in 1979 and later reached number 3 in the UK and the Patti Page version made the country charts in the USA. After the success of "On The Inside" he went fulltime and has made a living writing and performing ever since. Recently rising star Seleen McAlister took the song to Number 1 on the Australian Country charts.
The plan is for Caswell to go back to as many of the places he has played over the last 50 years as he can. This is no easy task given that Caswell's performing career has taken him to virtually every town in NSW to every state of Australia, New Zealand, LA, New York, Nashville, East Timor, Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan.
A glittering career in Country Music in Australia has netted Caswell 7 Golden Guitars (Country Music Awards Of Australia) from 31 finalist nominations … he has also been awarded 10 songwriting Awards from the Tamworth Songwriters Association, including The Songmaker Award … a virtual Hall Of Fame for country songwriters. He has won 9 Awards at the Independent Country Music Awards (Southern Stars) including Album Of The Year for his last 3 albums. For the last 3 years there has been hardly a week when there hasn't been at least one song (often 2 or 3) on the Australian Country charts. He is the go to cowriter for many of Australia's top country artists.
2016 is off to a flying start with 2 nominations for the Golden Guitars and winning the coveted Golden Guitar for "Bush Ballad Of The Year" with good friend Manfred Vijars. He also scored Top 10 records with "Shelly's Song" "Until The Hurtin' Starts" "Back When I Was Older" (with Michael Carpenter) and a number 1 hit with "Nothing Left For Them"
At the recent Southern Star Awards, Caswell won an unprecedented 5 Awards … Heritage, Single, Male Artist and Album of the Year … and the coveted Australian Independent Artist Of The Year.
At the recent Tasmanian Independent Country Music Awards Allan won the National Legend Award and was named a 3 time finalist in the 2017 Golden Guitars (including Male Artist Of The Year.


I was speaking with a friend about the financial markets' moves in 2016. As is usually the case, the market didn't go quite as most thought it would.
We started off the roller-coaster year with a big China-inspired sell-off that lasted through mid-February. Then we rebounded robustly from mid-February though late June.
That late-June swoon came courtesy of the surprise U.K. "Brexit" vote to leave the European Union. That vote marked the first of the outlier populist rebellions that occurred during this most-unusual political year.
Yet despite the immediate selling reaction to the U.K. vote, markets recovered quickly after Brexit on the notion that global central banks would keep the money spigot wide open as far as the eye could see. That thought helped fuel the rally through the summer.
As Election Day here at home drew closer, stocks started to sell off, as the smart money went into defense mode. Then we had the U.S. presidential election vote that shocked the world, and the financial markets.
The election of Donald J. Trump as the 45th president of the United States was perhaps the greatest political upset in history.
Yet far from causing stocks to crater (as so many so-called experts had predicted), stocks soared on renewed optimism.
That optimism fueled equities to multiple all-time highs in December. Though the Dow fell short of that psychologically significant 20,000 mark this year, the post-election move on the "Trump bump" gives me a lot of hope for the markets in 2017.
Of course, the hope that President Trump and a Republican Congress will be able to implement a pro-growth, lower-tax, reduced-regulation and fiscal stimulus agenda will have to be met with some actual progress on this front. And, we won't really start seeing that until the first couple of months of the administration at the earliest.
Still, Wall Street is optimistic about a return of American economic strength, and that renewed optimism is something that is likely to keep driving stocks higher in the year ahead.
Of course, we've seen this year that the market likes to prove even the best analysis wrong.
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It is the holiday season, and I hope your celebration is replete with the joy of giving and receiving gifts to and from friends and family. Now, I'm big on giving gifts that keep on giving, meaning I like giving and receiving gifts of knowledge.
This year, I have a few holiday presents that you can give yourself and your loved ones that you may not have thought about, but that are sure to serve you well in the year ahead.
The gifts I'm talking about today are the gifts of financial preparedness in 2017.
The way I see it, there are several presents you can give yourself right now that can help you become financially prepared for the year ahead. These presents are the best kind because they A) don't cost you any money, and B) they each represent tools in your investment arsenal that you can use for years and years.
Here are three great holiday presents you can give yourself right now.
1) Cultivate a positive and winning attitude.
By far the biggest present you can give yourself and your friends and family this year is to approach all aspects of your life with a positive attitude.
While this may sound simple, it's far from easy, especially when it comes to your approach to investing. What you must remember is that there will be ups and downs in markets, bullish periods and bearish periods for stocks, and bullish and bearish periods for different market sectors and various asset classes.
Yet, thanks to the tremendous growth of exchange-traded fund (ETFs) over the past several years, it's easy to get invested in the segments and asset classes that are outpacing their peers. Having a positive and winning attitude means you are willing to accept the opportunities the market gives you, and that you are willing to embrace those opportunities via targeted ETFs.
In 2017, that's what subscribers to the Successful ETF Investing newsletter will be doing, so if you want to see how we go about employing a positive and winning attitude in this service, I invite you to get on board today.
2) Conduct an asset inventory roundup.
The second present you can give yourself this holiday season is to do a little financial summary of all of your assets, accounts and financial relationships. This means knowing what assets you own (real estate, stocks, bonds, annuities, mutual funds, 401(k), IRAs, pension plans, etc.), and especially where those assets are held.
This may sound like basic information, but you would be very surprised at how many people I speak with who aren't sure about where their money is, how it is invested and especially how it should be invested to meet their needs.
This present to yourself requires a little bit of time, but I guarantee that will be time well spent — as knowing where your money is and where it is invested is the first necessary step toward allowing yourself the third holiday present on your Christmas list.
3) Make your life easier by consolidating your accounts.
Your asset inventory roundup will let you know how many different accounts you have, and how many different financial institutions have portions of your money. Once you do this, you'll need to start giving yourself the present of making your life easier by consolidating your assets into one or two financial relationships.
That means rolling over any former-employer 401(k) accounts into IRAs, or getting out of an old mutual fund company in favor of a discount broker such as Fidelity or Schwab. There is just no good reason to have four, five or more different account statements, or several different brokers, or multiple IRAs or multiple mutual funds at a variety of companies.
Consolidating your investment accounts into one, or at most two, companies will simplify your life immensely, and it also will allow you to make smart changes to your holdings that will enhance your chances of success in 2017.
So, do yourself a favor this Christmas and start giving yourself these three holiday presents. Doing so will be like having Santa coming in for a visit on a regular basis.
If you'd like to find out how you take advantage of the optimism reigning supreme in the markets, check out Successful ETF Investing right now!
I'm big on goal setting, as it's the best way to get your mind oriented toward what you want to accomplish. And what better time than the beginning of a new year to make sure your life is on track to get you where you want to be? So, write your own book, and start this new chapter with some concrete goal setting. I guarantee it will help you find a sense of achievement in 2017.
Wisdom about money, investing and life can be found anywhere. If you have a good quote you'd like me to share with your fellow readers, send it to me, along with any comments, questions and suggestions you have about my audio podcast, newsletters, seminars or anything else. Click here to ask Doug.
In case you missed it, I encourage you to read my e-letter article from last week about how you can give the gift of financial preparedness this year.


December 13th / 14th, 1998: The WWF gives us a lousy pay-per-view followed by an awesome episode of "Raw," and Sal from WrestleMania SalVation is joining the Podcast to break it all down!
D-Generation-X opens the show by parodying The Corporation, which leads to Commissioner Shawn Michaels scheduling two title matches tonight: The Rock defending his WWF Championship against Triple-H, and The New Age Outlaws putting their Tag Titles on the line against Ken Shamrock & The Big Boss Man in a rematch from "Rock Bottom."
Vince and Shane McMahon reveal "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's number for the Royal Rumble match, and then we get the surprising announcement of who the second participant in the match will be.
Also, because Mankind and Kane pissed off Vince last night, The Chairman schedules them to fight each other in a No Holds Barred Match tonight on "Raw."
Goldust goes one-on-one with The Blue Blazer, but Steve Blackman ends up getting the last laugh after the match when he finally manages to unmask The Blazer!
Later on, Blackman faces Jeff Jarrett in a Guitar-on-a-Pole Match because..... Vince Russo.
J.O.B. Squad members Scorpio & Bob Holly go up against Mark Henry & D'Lo Brown, with the highlight being a pre-match promo where "Sexual Chocolate" tells us what happened on the night of his date with Chyna.
Val Venis & The Godfather step into the ring with two men who are teaming up for the very first time: Edge & Christian!
Plus, a debuting superstar joins The Corporation, The Brood vow to give someone a "bloodbath," and The Rock hilariously mocks the catchphrases of WCW wrestlers!


The FIA GT Championship was a sports car racing series organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) at the behest of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship was mostly concentrated in Europe, but throughout the years has visited other continents including Asia and South America. At the end of 2009, the championship was replaced by the FIA GT1 World Championship, which morphed into the FIA GT Series for 2013.
FIA currently defines several categories of GT cars with the top two specifications being GT1, or Grand Touring Cars, and GT2, or Series Grand Touring Cars. Each category has an annual driver champion, team champion, and manufacturer champion. Both categories are based on production road car designs, which must be produced in a minimum quantity of 25 examples to qualify. Both types may undergo significant modifications from the road car they are based on, but GT1 allows the use of exotic materials, better aerodynamics, larger brakes, wider tires and larger engine admission restrictors.
For the 2006 season, the FIA created a new class called GT3. GT3 cars are even closer to their production counterparts and are very simply racetrack prepared with the essentials (rollcages for safety, stripped interiors, race spec fuel tanks, etc.). All cars are performance balanced together via different weights, restrictors, tyre pressures etc. Prestigious motorsports makes such as Aston Martin, Chevrolet, Dodge, Lamborghini, Ascari and Maserati take part in FIA GT3 European Championship, a support series in some rounds of the main championship.
All races in the FIA GT Championship were of endurance type, a full race distance lasting a minimum of 500 km or a maximum of three hours, with the exception of the Spa 24 Hours, Istanbul 2 hours and the exhibition Mil Milhas Brasileiras, which is run over a thousand miles (1609 km) and was planned to be a round of the championship in 2007. However, with the release of the 2007 FIA GT Championship schedule and rules, the FIA GT series becomes more of a sprint race event, with all races being a maximum of 2 hours with the exception of the Spa 24 Hours.
For information on the earlier series, see BPR Global GT Series.
In 1997, due to increasing interest from manufacturers such as Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Panoz, the FIA took over control of the expanding BPR Global GT Series, standardizing the race-length at 500 km instead of the usual four hours, liberalizing the technical regulations and leaving commercial exploitation in the hands of one of BPR's founders, Stéphane Ratel, who managed to get TV support from the pan-European TV station Eurosport. The new manufacturers built "homologation specials", racing-bred cars that took full advantage of the new rules, to build quasi-prototypes with very limited production runs of 25 cars. Chrysler, Lister and Marcos, not wanting to accompany the cost escalation, moved down to the GT2 class.
This proved to be the wisest move,[according to whom?] as Mercedes completely dominated the new category and the other manufacturers pulled out after the end of the 1998 season. This left Chrysler's Viper to become the dominating car in the series, with the aging Porsche 993 GT2 and the Lister Storm providing a certain degree of competition.
However, there was no lower inexpensive category for amateur drivers, and this led to the creation of the N-GT class in 2000. While the manufacturer field in the main class blossomed, the new category became swamped with Porsches and Ferraris, but lower running costs meant both classes enjoyed a balanced number of entries. In order to boost the championship's status, the SRO added the 24 Hours of Spa, previously a touring car race, to the calendar, where it became the series' most important race. The FIA also banned official manufacturer involvement, although certain teams had preferential treatment, with Porsche establishing a "round robin" system.
After the end of the 2004 season, the FIA renamed the classes GT1 and GT2, and somewhat liberalized the GT1 regulations, allowing "supercars". While this was made to accommodate the Saleen S7, the biggest beneficiary was the purpose-built Maserati MC12, which lead the FIA to impose aerodynamic limitations on the Italian car. However, thanks to a weight penalty system, the fight for the championship is protected from more domineering cars. The level of competition remains tight, with gentlemen drivers managing to fight for the wins with professional drivers, some of them with Formula One experience.
Following the 2009 season, the SRO announced that the FIA GT Championship's two categories, GT1 and GT2, would break off into separate series. The GT1 category became a world championship with rounds across the world. Cars which fit the GT1 class were eligible to race only in the FIA GT1 World Championship, as the ACO (organizer of the Le Mans 24 Hours) banned the cars from the event and all of its associated series. This meant that the category that once was eligible to race not only in the FIA GT, Le Mans Series and numerous national championships, was now only able to run in the new World Championship. A few GT1 were entered in the LMGT1 class at the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The GT1 cars continued to race in the World Championship in 2010 and 2011, but in 2012 the series switched exclusively to GT3 machinery due to shrinking car counts and the fact that most of the cars were ageing and no one was willing to build new models. This meant that the San Luis round of the 2011 season was the last ever time GT1 cars contested in international motorsport. The 2012 FIA GT1 season was contested with GT3 cars (yet retaining GT1 in series' title), but the series was finally cancelled after the year had concluded, being replaced by the FIA GT Series.
In 2010 the GT2 class was planned to have a separate championship having rounds held only in Europe, known as the FIA GT2 European Championship, but this series was cancelled. A lone GT2 event was held in 2010 at the Spa 24 Hours with the winners being awarded the FIA GT2 European Cup. This was the last ever time GT2-spec cars contested in SRO-sanctioned series.
A new Blancpain Endurance Series was announced for 2011 which will re-establish some of the endurance format of the former FIA GT Championship, although this series will only utilize the FIA's GT3, GT4, and Supersports categories (GT2 was also planned to be in the series, but this was quickly folded as the interest level wasn't high). However, this series will not be an FIA-sanctioned championship. In 2012 the series abandoned the GT4 class and moved to GT3 exclusively.
As of the end of the 2009 season, Vitaphone Racing Team have won their fifth consecutive Teams' Championship in the GT1 category, while AF Corse earned their fourth consecutive title. Michael Bartels and Andrea Bertolini, both driving for Vitaphone, earned their third Drivers' Championship titles in the past four seasons. Richard Westbrook of Prospeed Competition won the GT2 Drivers' Championship. Chris Niarchos won the Citation Cup while Ferrari won the returning Manufacturers' Championship for the GT2 category.
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From left, Charlie Buchanan, Shane Warner, Luke Buchanan and Pearce Edwards prepare a load of hay to help struggling Queensland farmers. Colac and district people have shown generosity donating hay, services and money for the cause.
Mr Buchanan has been gathering hay, straw and money to go towards two struggling families in Queensland since February.
Colac region farmers donated almost 700 bales of hay to help the Queensland farmers who were still feeling the effects of the drought.
Mr Buchanan said David Mortimer from Mortimer Petroleum donated one of his fuel tankers to fuel the road trains, relieving a large price burden.
He said he'd like to thank Baronga Motor Inn's Trevor Uwland for offering free accommodation and providing breakfast for the road train drivers.
Mr Buchanan said Greg Allen took the team out for dinner on Thursday night to welcome the Queenslanders to town and thank them for their efforts.
"I'd like to thank all the people who have generously donated hay and money, other people who donated cash to Charles Stewart we turned into fuel vouchers, so a lot of people have been helping out," he said.
Mr Buchanan said straw would also go to help farmers in Gippsland.


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Every little helps
By Iris Cepero on 28 January 2020
We are in a climate crisis; it is the clear and final message we have got now. Under that frightening premise we start a new year and a new decade.
At the time of writing these pages, and as we watch live reports of Australia, the worst bushfire season yet, we cannot but think about similar news of eco disasters in every corner of the planet and even in our daily lives when we realise how warm this very winter has been or how polluted the air we breathe in our cities is.
We now know that despite the growing conscientisation about a more rational use of plastic products and the many initiatives to reduce its consumption, including the forthcoming EU directive that will forbid the use of single-use plastic next year, plastic production increased globally last year, and it's forecasted to continue to rise during the next decade.
We also know that the amount of waste we recycle has plateaued in the UK during the past four years, while illegal dumping has surged by 50 per cent since 2012, and fly-tipping has increased by 50 per cent in the past six years. A recent report by Unearthed and the Financial Times says that the UK is to miss its reduction of PM2.5 targets set for this year and the decade, being one of the reasons for poor air quality.
A satellite image of Batemans Bay, Australia, showing smoke and fire from wild bushfires in December 2019
The list is endless; although not all news is as catastrophic. On the positive side, after six years of legal battle, the Netherland supreme court ruled that the Dutch government had explicit duties to protect its citizens' human rights in the face of climate change and must reduce emissions by at least 25 per cent compared with 1990 levels by the end of 2020.
At home, the UK trend to phase out carbon-generated power continues: in 2019, for the first time, renewable energy beat fossil fuels on 137 days, in the greenest year for UK energy. A Carbon Brief report backs up this rapid gain in decarbonising the power sector, and shows that energy from wind, solar, hydro and biomass projects grew by 9 per cent last year and was the UK's largest electricity source in March, August, September and December. We can clearly remember reporting on these same pages Britain's first ever working day without coal power since the Industrial Revolution not long ago. That was on Friday 21 April 2017, less than three years ago.
We all tend to think big and we should, and expect the government, big polluters and other stakeholders to do their part, but as small organisations and as individuals there is a lot we can do without effort or investment.
Working in an office environment with lower levels of energy consumption does not exonerate us from doing our bit. Every day we see the needless printing, the lights, heat and air conditioners unnecessarily on in empty offices, the poor recycling, the lack of planning in corporate transport that see people going individually or by private transport when a simple arrangement would have put them together in the same vehicle and save money to the company.
It is true that sometimes the amount of information about the degradation of the environment, together with the series of small and big initiatives to reduce the human impact on the planet, make it difficult to put data into perspective and draw a clear picture about how slow or fast we are progressing and how little or much governments, businesses and individuals are doing.
That is why during 2020, Safety Management will focus on reporting and analysing how business in the UK are dealing with the environmental challenges we face. We will report on the use of renewables versus carbon- generated energy, we will revisit the eight Millennium Development Goals and the target of ensuring environmental sustainability.
During the coming months we will check on the action taken by the UK and other governments to meet the Paris Climate Change Agreement targets, we will write again about recycling in the UK and we will report the steps organisations and other stakeholders must take towards climate change adaptation, that is the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate and its effects.
We are calling on our readers to let us know the main issues and challenges in their industry, share news and reports and initiatives with us and let us know how their organisations are taking – or not– steps to reduce their environmental impact.
Britain has set the target to create a carbon-neutral economy by cutting emissions to net zero by 2050. We all need to act quickly and responsibly because no organisation or individual can find him or herself alien to climate change effects problems or can claim that it is entirely, somebody else's.
If you have a story to share with us about your work to tackle any of these issues we'd love to hear from you! Contact us at: https://www.britsafe.org/publications/safety-management-magazine/contact-us/
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Minutes away! We're in a movie theater in swish Roppongi Hills, waiting for the Metal Gear Solid 4 press conference, marking the official completion of the title. Hideo Kojima will be on hand to talk about the game as well as Sony's Kaz Hirai. Kojima will be playing through MGS4 as well. For forty minutes. On a giant movie screen. Wowzers.
Check out the liveblog for all the action!


To Coach or Not to Coach? | Roselle Leadership Strategies, Inc.
aggressive with others on the team.
questions. However, I noted that he would probably never be strong at this if she had not seen it so far.
coaching, and it would likely shore up this weak area enough that it was no longer problematic.
him. (For complete perspective on this topic, see my 2006 book, Fearless Leadership).
to me that he would take personal responsibility and be amenable to coaching.
individual. The loss of productivity and motivation on the team can be quite costly, but hard to measure.
the front end and includes regular feedback to the organization during the engagement.
in feedback points to help create a successful outcome.


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