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Paws for thought: dogs sniff out Parkinson's disease with 90% hit rate
Author: Almaz OhenePublished: 27 October 2016
Dogs involved in a groundbreaking pilot study have detected Parkinson's disease on sample clothing with a successful hit rate of up to 90% – no we're not barking mad
Sniffer dogs are being trained to see whether they can detect Parkinson's disease by smell, using the same techniques used to odour-identify illegal drugs, bombs and cancer.
Based in San Juan Island, US, the project's founders are Lisa Holt, a dog trainer certified by the US-based National Association of Canine Scent Work, and Nancy Jones, whose husband has Parkinson's. In 2015 Nancy heard about Joy Milne, the lady who, in a pilot study at University of Edinburgh, could detect Parkinson's just by her sense of smell.
Lisa said: "It stood to reason that if a human could detect Parkinson's, then certainly dogs would be able to do the same, and more importantly, at a much earlier onset of the disease."
Together Lisa and Nancy decided to round up some dogs – and their handlers – who had some detection experience, contact donors and find a facility to begin a small pilot study of their own.
"What started as a grass roots effort has bloomed into a large community effort, and the dogs are now showing signs of positive indication," Lisa continued.
They have now completed a pilot study with six dogs, teaching them to associate the particular smell of a shirt from a person living with Parkinson's with a 'primary reinforcer' – a tasty bite of turkey.
Of the six dogs that took part in the study, five performed at an 80% or higher level of correct response to a T-shirt with a scent sample from someone with Parkinson's and three of the dogs gave a 90% or higher level of correct response.
Lisa said that canine detection of Parkinson's could be life-changing for Parkinson's patients in two ways. Firstly, the dogs can help with early detection, quite possibly earlier than the first signs of symptoms, which can lead to patients receiving earlier vital treatment. Canine detection could also lead to a more definitive understanding of a biomarker that indicates the presence, or early onset, of Parkinson's disease.
The team hope that, once trained, the dogs can provide valuable research information with regards to how, where and when a biomarker can present itself.
"A better understanding of a disease marker can lead research to better ways to manage, fight and even defeat the disease," Lisa added.
This pilot study was a combined effort of many volunteers including; T-shirt sample donors – from both people with Parkinson's disease and people without – scribes for documentation, and the dog handlers themselves who brought their dogs to the facility four days a week over more than 50 days.
Lisa and her team are now in the process of setting up a non-profit corporation for the project, but funding is needed for them to continue their work by increasing the number of sniffer dogs, acquiring more donor samples, facility rental and providing sample materials.
They are also now seeking funding from the Michael J Fox Foundation. They have passed the initial administrative screening process and are now awaiting a decision on the second step of the application process.
Lisa is hopeful for the study's future: "We are keeping our fingers – and paws – crossed!"
L-R: Nancy Jones and Linda, a volunteer scribe
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America's Issues Were Engineered By The Left In Order To Bring In A One-World Government.
October 26, 2021/Bryce Abbott/No Comments
The manufactured crises such as the plandemic, border crisis, inflated currency, social unrest, etc. Have led to the convenient "solution" of a "soft" one world governing organization. So the question remains, are they going to be there for the people, or will they be there for their own personal interests? I hope you know enough about human nature to discern the answer for yourself.
The UN's Agenda 2030 calls for a new world government to execute its goals, a report says.
According to the American Thinker, whose analysis was published by Life Site News, the Biden administration's early policy failings may be attributed to the impending arrival of a new government. The report asserted that there was deliberate sabotage, not a human mistake, used to weaken the country and erode support for national sovereignty in order to gain public acceptance for global rule.
The author explains that the origins of Agenda 2030 may be seen in President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points after the conclusion of World War I. As the First World War demonstrated, a group of countries may place pressure for global peace in ways that treaties or alliances cannot. While this concept gained support in Europe and elsewhere, it stalled in the United States due to Republican opposition in the Senate, which argued that it would dilute American sovereignty.
After World War II, the United Nations was seen as having responsibilities and capabilities that the League lacked. With the creation of the International Monetary Fund to stabilize economies throughout the globe and the World Bank to finance and authorize massive building projects, the United Nations was deemed as a needed international body to sustain the world.
The report acknowledged that America and other leftist countries in Western Europe and elsewhere have once subscribed into Marxist theory that conflicts occurred due to vigorous competition for limited resources.
As early as the 1950s, the eminent Harvard economist Walt Rostow predicted that global financial firms, backed by the United Nations, would lift the world's poorest nations out of poverty. Despite Prof. Rostow's well studied and theoretically sound concept, there was just one flaw: take-off never took place as planned. Wealth inequalities remained between wealthy nations and the rest of the globe, including less developed countries (LDCs) and emerging countries that are still in the development stages.
The American Thinker observed that people's views on the connections between civilizations of different wealth levels have shifted due to the impression of global disparity. In the minds of some liberals, poverty and suffering in the world's poorest countries would no longer be excused as the result of inefficient or corrupt governments if the world were unified.
"That brings us to Agenda 2030," the report says. "This Agenda puts forward a plan for a new soft world government by the year 2030. It was a plan adopted unanimously by the U.N. on September 25, 2015 and has 91 sections. The Agenda covers every aspect of human experience and thus is a government without using the word government."
Notably absent from the Agenda is the term "rights," which appears just once, in Section 19. In the Agenda, "needs" and "sustainability" typically replace rights, so goes the Marxist axiom: "from everyone according to his capacity; to each according to his needs."
Consequently, less wealthy countries will feel more constrained to contribute considerably to the needs of its compatriots as the global model evolves. Universal needs outweigh differences in this new global picture.
Furthermore, "sustainability" is seen as a force that unifies rather than divides society. It asserts, for example, that water contamination in the nearby area may have an adverse impact on the quality of the air in the area. While some nations have more access to natural resources than others, all countries share these resources. As a result, a superstate will be needed to address the issue of sustainability.
In light of the foregoing, The American Thinker poses the following critical questions:
"With this evolution of the U.N. before us, are we not better able to understand why the left is so comfortable with the collapse of our borders? With the capture and availability of so much U.S. military equipment in Afghanistan? With the overthrow of law and order in our cities so we look more and more like an unruly third-world country with each passing year? With our budgets so inflated that currency inflation and collapse are almost a certainty?"
So sit back, no need to purchase a ticket. We've been gifted front row tickets to our own persecution. Watch as America collapses and the dust settles on the patriots and God fearing men. Lets make this clear, America once provided us our GOD given rights. That is why this place was amazing, people used to dream of a place like this. Now, God is being pushed out of the education system, & he's being pushed out of the hearts and minds of the politicians.
I'd say it's safe to assume that the common man has nobody to confide in aside from his brothers and sisters in Christ. Society is moving on without us, it's a waste of time and energy to try to pretend this isn't the case. Now is the time for acceptance and prayer. This is all foretold in the word of God, Daniel chapter 11 details the rise and fall of the Anti-Christ. We need to study the word in depth to come to a deeper understanding and level of acceptance for what is to come. We have a home, it's not here. Matthew 7:14 says "Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." Stay inquisitive in the word of God, and the world around you.
Source: ChristianityDaily
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Donna Ragno (Spider-Woman), Spider-Woman nella seconda edizione italiana, è una serie animata prodotta dalla DePatie-Freleng Enterprises e dalla Marvel Animation Comics (entrambe di proprietà della Marvel Entertainment) del 1979-1980, composta da sedici episodi. La serie è liberamente tratta dal fumetto della Marvel Comics dedicato alla Donna Ragno.

Questo cartone è stato adattato due volte, con un primo doppiaggio avvenuto negli anni ottanta, e uno successivo negli anni 2000, in occasione della replica Rai. Per l'occasione, l'Uomo Ragno, un altro personaggio Marvel apparso in due episodi, è stato rinominato in Spider-Man, e con esso anche la serie ha abbandonato il nome tradotto e adottato quello originale. Anche la sigla è stata cambiata; inizialmente fu la canzone: Donna Ragno, cantata da Shuki Levy, in seguito una versione tradotta della sigla originale inglese.

Trama
Secondo la sequenza d'apertura, Jessica Drew è stata morsa da un ragno velenoso da bambina; suo padre le salvò la vita iniettandole un "siero di ragno" sperimentale, che le conferì anche poteri sovrumani. Da adulta, Jessica è caporedattore della Justice Magazine, con altri due impiegati in primo piano; il fotografo Jeff Hunt (un vigliacco codardo che si immaginava comunque un astuto e intraprendente criminale) e il nipote adolescente di Jessica, Billy. Quando sorgono problemi, Jessica scivola via per trasformarsi nella sua identità segreta di Spider-Woman.

Aspetti salienti
Il cartone reinventa la storia di Jessica Drew, epurandola dalle sue oscure origini fumettistiche: Jessica è giornalista al Justice Magazine, cosa che le dà il pretesto per recarsi da una parte all'altra del mondo a fare la supereroina, stando sempre attenta a non far scoprire la sua identità segreta; specialmente al giovane e impiccione nipote Billy ed al suo pavido collega Miller, che trovano sempre il modo di accompagnarla.

Personaggi
 Jessica Drew/Donna Ragno – Protagonista della serie.
 Peter Parker/Uomo Ragno
 Billy Drew
 Jeff Hunt
 Det Miller
 Cooper – Il capo della polizia.

Episodi

Sinossi degli episodi
 Episodio 1: Jessica Drew indaga su un'invasione aliena in Egitto guidata dalla mummia Khufu. Alla redazione del Justice Magazine è infatti pervenuta la notizia che Spider-Man è scomparso laggiù e si trova prigioniero nella piramide. Spider-Woman dovrà liberare il suo amico e poi unire con le forze con l'Uomo Ragno per respingere l'invasione aliena che ha già raggiunto New York City.
in questo episodio compare Spider-Man.
 Episodio 2: Il potente demone Dormammu emerge su un'isola del Pacifico, minacciando di schiavizzare l'umanità con i suoi fedeli adepti. Spider-Woman deve intervenire per fermare questa terrificante minaccia che rischia di mettere in pericolo anche l'incolumità del suo amico e collega Jeff Miller e del nipotino Billy.
 Episodio 3: La ricerca di un carico d'oro rubato da Fort Knox conduce la squadra d'assalto del Justice Magazine fino al Rio delle Amazzoni, dove Jessica Drew, Jeff Miller e il piccolo Billy scoprono un complotto ad opera di Shanna, il capo della tribù delle guerriere Amazzoni, per conquistare il mondo.
 Episodio 4: Il fantasma di una nave vichinga emerge al largo della costa norvegese, mentre Jessica, Jeff e Billy si trovano lì per conto del Justice Magazine. Il piano dell'equipaggio della nave è quello di rubare tutte le ricchezze del mondo, prima di tornare al proprio tempo. Spider-Woman viaggia inavvertitamente indietro fino al 952 dC per sconfiggere i vichinghi.
 Episodio 5: Spider-Woman affronta Kingpin e suoi scagnozzi mentre stanno rapinando una banca ma, dopo aver preso due dei suoi uomini, uno dei tirapiedi di Kingpin riesce a ribaltare la situazione e blocca Spider-Woman, permettendo a Kingpin di fuggire con il bottino. Umiliata e sconfitta, Jessica Drew cerca di incastrare Kingpin scrivendo un articolo di notizie calunniose sul suo conto. Irritato dal recente articolo del Justice Magazine, il boss del crimine ruba allora un raggio sperimentale dell'invisibilità e cerca vendetta sull'editor del giornale. Tuttavia, mentre è invisibile, Kingpin è testimone della trasformazione di Jessica in Spider-Woman, e decide quindi di rivelare pubblicamente l'identità segreta della supereroina.
 Episodio 6: Dopo che alcuni aerei dell'American Air Force svaniscono nel Triangolo delle Bermuda, la squadra del Justice Magazine è chiamata ad indagare. Ben presto Jessica, Jeff e Billy si ritrovano catapultati su un'isola in una dimensione nascosta, dove i dinosauri sono ancora esistenti. Spider-Woman scopre che uno scienziato pazzo sta usando onde cerebrali per controllare i giganteschi rettili progettando un'invasione della Terra.
 Episodio 7: Mentre è in Africa per assistere alle riprese di un film, la squadra del Justice Magazine incontra un ragno gigante che minaccia la popolazione. Spider-Woman interviene, ma si tratta solo di una trappola tesagli dal regista del film per poter girare scene d'azione a basso costo grazie alla lotta tra la supereroina e il ragno gigante, che in realtà è un sofisticatissimo robot. Il regista vorrebbe poi anche Spider-Man nella parte del co-protagonista del suo action movie, e decide di far cadere in trappola anche il tessiragnatele.
 Episodio 8: Alcuni tra i più grandi atleti del mondo vengono misteriosamente rapiti mentre stanno prendendo parte ai giochi atletici di Mosca e sostituiti da loro sofisticate e somiglianti copie androide. Jessica Drew inizia allora un'indagine sotto copertura fingendosi un'atleta per poter essere rapita e scoprire dove vengono condotte le vittime e perché. Mentre una robot identico a Jessica prende così il suo posto al Justice Magazine, Spider-Woman indaga.
 Episodio 9: La squadra del Justice Magazine si trova su una navetta spaziale dirottata che si sta dirigendo verso la luna, dove il supercriminale Steeljaw (Mascella di Ferro) e la sua banda intendono schiavizzare l'umanità. Sulla luna, Steeljaw obbliga Jessica, Jeff e gli altri occupanti dello shuttle a scavare gemme preziose in una miniera sotterranea.
 Episodio 10: Due uomini in cerca di ricchezze aprono la tomba del Conte Dracula e liberano accidentalmente il re dei vampiri, scatenando sul mondo la sua maledizione. La popolazione mondiale è a rischio di essere trasformata in vampiri, e Spider-Woman viaggia in Transilvania per fermare Dracula. Per riuscire a liberarsi dell'indesiderata guastafeste, Dracula libera però altre due terrificanti creature dal loro sonno millenario: il lupo mannaro e il mostro di Frankenstein.
 Episodio 11: Jessica affronta un ex assistente di ricerca di suo padre, che si è trasformato in una mosca umanoide dopo un incidente in laboratorio. Per scoprire l'identità segreta di Spider-Woman, che sta intralciando i suoi piani malvagi, la mosca gigante crea una formula che priva Jessica dei suoi poteri di ragno.
 Episodio 12: Un UFO sta cercando di inghiottire la Terra in un buco nero. Spider-Woman interviene e penetra nell'astronave degli alieni che stanno cercando di invadere il pianeta. All'interno scopre il dispositivo che genera il buco nero, ma il macchinario è protetto dal malvagio alieno di nome Graviton, che la imprigiona e tenta di far inghiottire anche lei nel buco.
 Episodio 13: Jessica, Jeff e Billy partecipano ad uno spettacolo di magia, quando il mago protagonista ruba una tela molto preziosa durante lo spettacolo. Jessica si trasforma in Spider-Woman e scopre che il prestigiatore è il ladro Magini capace di creare incredibili illusioni servendosi della sua bacchetta speciale. Il grande Magini tenta poi di rubare i punti di riferimento più famosi del mondo.
 Episodio 14: Il furto di una macchina del tempo sperimentale da parte di un criminale che si fa chiamare Dottor T. scatena un'invasione di creature aliene provenienti dall'anno 3000. Per salvare l'umanità, Jessica è costretta a trasformarsi di fronte a Jeff e Billy, rivelando la sua identità segreta di Spider-Woman, ma poi escogita un trucchetto per fargli dimenticare quanto hanno visto.
 Episodio 15: Mentre sta affrontando Nessie, il mostro del lago di Lochness, Spider-Woman finisce in una caverna sotterranea dove incontra una colonia di ragni umanoidi. Questa razza aliena crede che Jessica sia la loro regina da tempo perduta, ritornata secondo la profezia, e le fanno il lavaggio del cervello per convincerla a riunirsi a loro e a combattere contro gli esseri umani che vivono nel mondo di superficie. Grazie ad un gigantesco carro armato e guidati dall'inconsapevole Donna Ragno, gli alieni ragno iniziano così l'invasione della Terra.
 Episodio 16: Un alieno viene liberato dalla sua prigione di ghiaccio e minaccia il mondo con i suoi poteri che inducono il sonno. Fatti prigionieri gli esseri umani intrappolandoli per sempre nel mondo dei sogni, Spider-Woman si lascia addormentare per penetrare anche lei nella dimensione onirica e cercare di salvare il suo amico Jeff e il nipote Billy.

Distribuzione in Home media
Nel 2008 questa serie animata è stata programmata per il rilascio in DVD nel Regno Unito da parte di Liberation Entertainment come parte di un programma di rilascio delle serie Marvel Animated. Tuttavia, il rilascio non è mai stato dovuto al fallimento della Liberazione. La serie completa Donna Ragno è stata finalmente rilasciata in formato Région 2 DVD il 20 luglio 2009. La serie è rilasciata in una versione 2 dischi da Clear Vision Ltd.

La serie è stata resa disponibile sul servizio di streaming Disney+ al suo lancio negli Stati Uniti il 12 novembre 2019.

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Collegamenti esterni

Serie televisive d'animazione basate su fumetti Marvel Comics

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Talk show host Joan Rivers lashed out at poker pro Annie Duke during the most recent installment of NBC's Celebrity Apprentice, calling her an "idiot."
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Dynamic Events >>> Rift and many other mmo's are doing the same thing. Nothing new.
Personal Story >>> Will only go so far. This feature has probably been hyped, and by hyped I mean that it isn't as mind-blowing as they say it to be. Possibly more meaningful for roleplayers/casuals.
Developer Philosophy >>> Dunno about this so no comment.
Art Style >>> Also part of the hype. Aion also had great artstyle so you can't objectively say one's better than the other.
Leveling Curve >>> This is where GW2 hits a home run. Leveling curve for anyone who can play 1 hour or 100 hours a week.
B2P >>> Aion is free-to-play.
I can honestly say GW2 is what AION should have turned out to be, but they're dumping this game entirely for the subscription pool to purchase GW2.
Clones—Clones are illusions that look just like the caster, have the caster's name, and have basic behaviors. Clones have low health and tend to do little damage. For example, a mesmer equipped with a sword has two clone-summoning skills: Leap, which launches him forward, leaving a clone at his location, and Illusionary Leap, which summons a clone at his location that then jumps forward.
Mantras—Mantras are a category of skill that have two phases. The mesmer first activates the mantra, which has a long cast time and replaces that skill slot with an instant-casting skill that the mesmer can then use. Mantras are powerful because many can be charged up before battle and then used in the middle of another spell, without interrupting that spell. For example, Mantra of Pain can charge up into an instant-damage power spike that can be used during a channeled spell, such as the greatsword skill.
Blizzard official's the latest release:The 12-year wait for Diablo III is finally coming to an end tonight at 12:00 a.m. PDT. If you're still unsure whether the game is worth your hard-earned money or not, the Diablo III Starter Edition might just be for you.
Today announced that the Brazilian Portuguese-language version of its critically acclaimed massively multiplayer online role-playing game, World of Warcraft®, which includes the content of the game'sfirst expansion, The Burning Crusade®, is now available in stores throughout Brazil at a suggested retail price of BRL 29.90. Fully localized versions of the second and third expansions, Wrath of the Lich King® and Cataclysm™, are also available today at a suggested retail price of BRL 99.90 each.World of Warcraftand both expansions come packaged in a DVD case and include the game media and documentation in Brazilian Portuguese. Subscription plans are available at an expected price of BRL 15 (30 days), BRL 42 (90 days), and BRL 78 (180 days).
World of Warcraft players interested in getting Diablo III free are encouraged to join the more than 1 million players who have already signed up for the World of Warcraft Annual Pass.* Through this promotion, with a 1-year commitment to World of Warcraft, players will receive a free digital copy of Diablo III — which they'll be able to start playing immediately on May 15 — as well as an exclusive World of Warcraft in-game mount and access to the World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandariaâ"¢ beta test. This offer will no longer be available as of 12:01 a.m. PDT on May 1.
Blizzard Entertainment's two-day gaming festival begins this Friday, at the Anaheim Convention Center. The sold-out show features developer discussion panels, top-tier tournament competition, the popular costume and dance contests hosted by Jay Mohr, an epic closing concert featuring Foo Fighters, and much more.
The Halloween season has finally arrived, and we're ready to cut straight to the heart of the holiday. If you're dying to pick up a knife and hack, gash, slash, and jab at something, then you might be excited to hear that as of October 11, Blizzard's 2011 Halloween Pumpkin Carving Contest has officially begun! Unleash your magical axes, psi blades, chitinous claws, and other creative cutlery to carve up Blizzard-themed jack-o'-lanterns of epic awesomeness. If you're unclear as to what epic awesomeness looks like in the flesh, you can check out last year's for some inspiration.


Selectively promote individual Southwestern Bell products and services with broad-based media and up-sell to packages through direct response marketing.
Reposition caller ID in Southwestern Bell territory as busy household management tool.
Launch caller ID with name and number in Pacific Bell territory in 1998 featuring "Sir Answerlot" TV campaign.
Competitive landscape for telecommunications is still evolving and marketing communications will continue to play an important cumulative role in consumer brand preferences.


Special effects have their roots in history before the advent of papered surfaces. There would have been murals, or marbling effects for example. the great prehistoric Minoan palace of Knossos (in Crete) for example shows the artistic flair in those times for interior design, likewise in ancient Egypt. Later throughout the Greek, Macedonian, and Roman world artistic effects on walls developed even further- not only in palaces and temples but in homes also. .
These techniques can create a very subtle effects bringing a classic elegeance to walls by adding delicate shades of the same colour, or even of different colours quite remarkable effects can be achieved.
So called because the paint is applied with a natural or marine sponge in such a way that a regular pattern is not revealed but an overal texture attained which gives the impression of it being part of the plaster. Sponging can be of one colour, or 2 or 3 colours or shades of one colour, lighter on darker or darker on lighter, achieving various results.
This is exactly as it sounds- a rag or cloth is carefully rolled or folded and dipped and soaked in paint and then applied to the surface in a rolling motion. Bolder and more striking than sponging, rag rolling can attain quite dramatic effects.
Rather like a fine wash of a water colour painting, the paint is applied in bold large brush strokes in alternate directions giving a lively finish. Bold and lively for bigger spaces.A soft uneven distribution of colour. Classically used to give a country, faded old cottage look to walls in earthy or clay colours. Brush marks can be left to show or clouded out, as desired. Vibrant colours can be used, perhaps allowing a softer, lighter base coat to predominate.
Is the effect achieved when a brush or a wooden comb is dragged through the still wet paint creating a fasle grained effect. The goal is not necesarilly to emulate or create a wood grain but to mock in a rougher way the subtleties of actual wood grain.
Another traditional method of treating the wet painted surface to eliminate brush stroke marks and allow the complementary colour of the base coat to show through. Different colours can be stippled together to give blended colours or colour variation across a wall by using a translucent scumble glaze and your choice of multiple pigments. Stronger colour(s) stippled over a lightly coloured background produces the best effect- as with sponging etc.
The strength of colour can be gradually faded out.
Spraying or flicking with a stiff brush fine droplets of diluted emulsion on to a painted surface by flicking the bristles of the brush, which creates a speckled granite-style finish, more modern-looking that most paint effects. Again several colours can be used depending on the intensity of effect and stregnth of color required.
Achieved by dragging or dabbling a dry mottling brush through the wet glaze.
A paint effect producing fine stripes in the surface, created by dragging a dry brush or stiff comb through the glaze. Dragging produces grain like lines in a colour. Walls dragged vertically give an informal elegance. An ordinary door can be brought to life by dragging along both the horizontal and vertical timbers.
From the very earliest times art expressed the highest aspirations of mankind in his temples and palaces- and the ordinary home also. From the magnificence of the Palace of Knossos, the palaces and tombs of Egypt and the villas and temples of Greece and rome, the artists' craft was employed to express purpose, joy, splendour, harnonry and comfort.


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Quiz On Ethics And Values
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Our family, friends, community and the experiences we have had all contribute to our sense of who we are and how we view the world. The modules instruct through video, gaming, and self-guided learning. Identify your professionalism strengths and areas for growth based on the APTA Core Values Self-Assessment, then access links to those core values and related APTA guidelines, courses, and more to help you improve your professionalism. A question of ethics In December 2011 ACCA introduces the first exam papers for the new Foundations in Accountancy Suite of qualifications. Check out this ethics-assessment for organizations For a Professional Ethics-Assessment or Coaching on Organizational Integrity. True False. When categorizing people into classifications of values, humanists are Likely to place the highest value on tangible accomplishments. Chapter 22: Ethics and Values. A 77-year-old woman with an inoperable brain tumor has been hospitalized for the past 5 days. Find moral values lesson plans and teaching resources. In general, a person's ethics and values help her make decisions and form opinions about various topics. more ethical questions. Personal values, belief and attitudes. As a new social worker or a social work student, you may have questions about the Code. For example, in economics values means price. Moral philosophy has three branches. The moral values in life hold great importance from the point of personal, social and spiritual development. Microsoft Word - LCSW Quiz Values & Ethics. If a question is inapplicable to you, please mark the inapplicable box if it is available or just leave it blank and move on. Includes images, quotations, presentation task and more. human values and professional ethics sample questions with solutions. The Life Values Self-Assessment Test (LVAT) works by asking you to compare each of 11 life values to each other value and to indicate which of the two is more important to work on in order for you to achieve a satisfying and well balanced life. This is one reason why they can be popular and why they make an important contribution to our understanding of morality. Once you have answered the questions, click on Submit Answers for Grading to get your results. importance of values in individual and group decision-making. Values clarification for nurses can help nurses strengthen their ability to advocate for a client because nurses are better able to identify personal values and accurately to identify the values of the client. u Michelle E. As a leader, choose the values and the ethics that are most important to you, the values and ethics that you believe in and that define your character. The purpose of this worksheet and quiz is to test your knowledge of ethics, morals and values in business. GVV Pillar 1: Values introduces the first principle of Giving Voice to Values (GVV). Professional values and ethics Values and ethics. Take a quiz to test just how ethical you actually are. When studied as a scholarly pursuit, this is the study of not. 2 An analysis of work ethics in traditional African society becomes possible only if one examines their religion and traditional values. Morality means usually a more practical approach to ethics, for example questions about the right and wrong in actions. Keller, Ph. com community of teachers, mentors and students just like you that can answer any question you might have on Business Ethics. Ann Skeet is the Senior Director of Leadership Ethics at the Markkula Center of Applied Ethics. There is a high risk in verbal agreements and should always be avoided. Interview questions. Morality means usually a more practical approach to ethics, for example questions about the right and wrong in actions. insert into SALES (id, idCustomer, idStock, idService) values (1, 4. Each and every ethics quiz that we have is made up of well-researched and interesting quiz questions. If we look to the world for our moral values, we will be confused by self-interest, social conditioning and situational ethics. And when working with other cultures, it is important to recognize differences in values. The nurse is preparing to administer a medication ordered by the surgeon in a dose much higher than is recommended. 12 In this way,. Macro-ethics: Deals with all the societal problems which are unknown and suddenly burst out on a regional or national level. This Code includes four sections. Ethics Webinar Check out "Ethical Public Relations: Everyday Expectations" Available On Demand │ Free to PRSA and PRSSA members. Navy and the U. Ethics Questions? Contact [email protected] Graduated from NIT Nagpur in 2008. when there are no rules or when facing an ethical dilemma. This barrier between 'fact' and 'value' implies it is impossible to derive ethical claims from factual arguments, or to defend the former using the latter. Have them place the ethical values on the left and the non ethical values on the right. The Code summarizes broad ethical principles that reflect the profession's core values and establishes a set of specific ethical standards that should be used to guide social work practice. Students are asked to link outcomes important to them with values they may hold. Some argue or at least seem to assume, that sexual activity must carry consequences, one of which may be pregnancy. Each and every ethics quiz that we have is made up of well-researched and interesting quiz questions. Got the offer letter from most of the Maharatna and Navratna Companies. Which ethical principle is most compromised when only one nurse. Gentile; December 23, 2016 we are very happy to have you here and we are happy to listen to what you have to say about ethics and values in the. This is one reason why they can be popular and why they make an important contribution to our understanding of morality. As in our past, we are dedicated to the Core Values of Honor, Courage, and Commitment to build the foundation of trust and leadership upon which our strength is based and victory is achieved. This made thinkers look again at second order questions about ethics. Ethics, on the other hand, are how we actually do behave in the face of difficult situations that test our moral fiber. Org You may view this survey, but only registered users can receive results. The field of ethics is the study of how people try to live their lives according to a standard of "right" behavior. The Georgia Ethics assessments are offered at two levels: Program Entry and Program Exit. Catherine, St. These two words are specifically emphasized in organizational settings. What one is taught to value growing up will carry over in the professional world. Morality quiz. Owing to the brevity of the test, the results should not be taken too seriously. Take a few minutes to find out what you value most. If we look to the world for our moral values, we will be confused by self-interest, social conditioning and situational ethics. Willingness to help. com community of teachers, mentors and students just like you that can answer any question you might have on Business Ethics. Ethics usually refers to personal or communal standards of right and wrong. This Code includes four sections. Our family, friends, community and the experiences we have had all contribute to our sense of who we are and how we view the world. Our actions affect the lives of those around us, so if we don't act ethically and morally, we will inevitably cause distress to others. Values Survey. PO 1: Demonstrate the application of professional ethics, values and judgment. The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns matters of value, and thus comprises the branch of philosophy called axiology. One of the principles contained in social ethics is. Morality is the behavior of making value judgments, for example, deciding an action is right and another wrong, or saying one person is good and another bad. Moral philosophy has three branches. and answers. Please mark only one answer for each question. Learn how the Code of Ethics has evolved over time. INAPPLICABLE QUESTIONS. So what? Understand the differences between the values, morals. "A corporate ethics program is made up of values, policies and activities which impact the propriety of organization behaviors. VALUES, ETHICS, AND ADVOCACY Values Values - something of worth; enduring beliefs or attitudes about the worth of a person, object, idea, or action. The nurse is preparing to administer a medication ordered by the surgeon in a dose much higher than is recommended. Leadership and Management Questions & Answers : What are the most important values and ethics you demonstrate as a leader? Give me an example of these in practice. Questions On Ethics And Values; Questions On Ethics And Values. Start studying Ethics and Values. The Life Values Self-Assessment Test (LVAT) works by asking you to compare each of 11 life values to each other value and to indicate which of the two is more important to work on in order for you to achieve a satisfying and well balanced life. Values and Ethics The Value base of Social Work and the Development of my own Values. Wilshere, LSW When one enters the profession of social work, there are many values to learn. Today, let us consider the types of moral questions we might ask. Once you have answered the questions, click on Submit Answers for Grading to get your results. Thereafter, ACCA will offer the Accountant in Business exam as the Paper F1 and FAB components of the ACCA Fundamentals Knowledge module and the Diploma in Business respectively. Keller, Ph. multiple choice style questions as you can. Morality is the behavior of making value judgments, for example, deciding an action is right and another wrong, or saying one person is good and another bad. They are important because they influence decisions, actions, even nurse's ethical decision making. org, where you can learn about your own morality, ethics, and/or values, while also contributing to scientific research. what are examples of ethics virtues values and moral concepts. British society is founded on fundamental values and principles which all those living in the UK should respect and support. Leadership and Management Questions & Answers : What are the most important values and ethics you demonstrate as a leader? Give me an example of these in practice. Our actions affect the lives of those around us, so if we don't act ethically and morally, we will inevitably cause distress to others. [email protected] Exodus 20:1-17 shows us the clearest summary of God's values for his people:. Business Ethics Questions and Answers - Discover the eNotes. In business, core values reflect a company's mission and long-term objectives. The Foundations of African Ethics (Afriethics) and the Professional Practice of Journalism: The Case for Society-Centred Media Morality By Francis P. We are a group of professors and graduate students in social psychology at the University of Virginia, The University of California (Irvine), and the University of Southern California. This Code of Ethics is built upon the five roles of the physical therapist (management of patients/clients, consultation, education, research, and administration), the core values of the profession, and the multiple realms of ethical action (individual, organizational, and societal). You may have to explain what is meant by ethical and non-ethical values. PMI's Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct applies those values to the real-life practice of project management, where the best outcome is the most ethical one. Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct. Each and every ethics quiz that we have is made up of well-researched and interesting quiz questions. Train international employees to ask questions that will help them make business decisions that are both culturally sensitive and flexible within the context of those core values. Values form the basis for our understanding of ethics. These values are reflected in the responsibilities, rights and privileges of being a British citizen or permanent resident of the UK. These two words are specifically emphasized in organizational settings. Four patients in labor all request epidural analgesia to manage their pain at the same time. Views are her own. Four patients in labor all request epidural analgesia to manage their pain. The Moral Sense Test is for the curious - help us determine the principles we use to decide that one action is right and another is wrong. 2 World Bank Group of Ethics and Business conduct (EBC) or contact questions about how the policy applies to. Metaethics or analytical ethics studies the meaning of ethical. Take this free work values test online right now and find out what truly motivates you. Morals are formed from the inborn values. True False. Gentile; December 23, 2016 we are very happy to have you here and we are happy to listen to what you have to say about ethics and values in the.


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Don't Weep a Gold Chain
Observations on Primary and Secondary Systems in Russian Classical and Romantic Art and Literature
von Paul M. Waszink (Autor:in)
©2003 Monographie 309 Seiten
Reihe: Slavistische Beiträge, Band 426
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In this work I have endeavoured to apply the theory of primary and secondary systems as defined by D.S. Likhachev to Russian literary texts. Likhachev's idea amounts to the fact that those systems reoccur alternately. Thus, a primary system evolves into a so-called elliptic stage which enables a succeeding, secondary system to develop itself. Conversely, when the latter has become the standard norm it gradually evolves, in turn, into a similar elliptic stage. This, in turn, gradually develops into a primary system too. As far as the fluent succession of systems is concerned, Likhachev's theory differs from a similar theory developed by E.R. Curtius. The latter assumes that literary works should be divided into works with a Classicistic and a Manneristic character. The first develop into the latter which show a frozen character with no original qualities. In the end works with a new Classicistic character develop themselves. These, in turn, have a vital character again. In other words, in Curtius' scheme there is no place for a fluent alternation of systems the way there is in Likhachev's.
2003 (Januar)
Mannerisms in Verbal and Pictorial Texts russian Romanticism Derzhavin's Poetry russian Realism Gogol
München, 2003. 309 S., m. Literatuerverz. u. Abb.
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District Councillor Report February 2022Sat, 28th January 2023
District Councillor Report February 2022
Sam Casey-Rerhaye
2022/23 South Oxfordshire District Council Budget
The 2022/23 budget will go to Council for debate on 17th February.
I am pleased to report that, thanks to bringing the Finance function back in-house from Capita, we have much better processes for budget-setting, scrutiny and approval. This has helped us to identify savings in our base budget while not compromising on the services we offer to residents. As a result of this, our update Medium Term Financial Plan which takes us through to 2026/27 shows a much healthier reserves balance of £21m, whereas previously it was projected to be only £11.4m and falling. Better accounting systems, our decision to create our new Local Plan jointly with the Vale, and savings in rent paid to Milton Park after the Council moves into the new office we are building in Didcot have all contributed to this. It undoubtedly helps that at least three of the members of the Cabinet of the Council are qualified Accountants and are therefore able to provide a professional approach to the Councils finances.
Our current projections indicate that we have been successful in closing the gap between revenue and expenditure since being elected in 2019 (one of our Corporate Plan priorities) and that Council reserves are in a much stronger position than the predictions we inherited. As a result, we have been able to put aside £500k for this year to further accelerate actions in our Climate Action Plan, nature recovery and community well-being projects – some of which are 'invest to save' for the future.
Unfortunately, we still only have a one-year financial settlement from the Government, which does pose challenges with long term planning for revenue spending. We are proposing raising Council Tax by the maximum allowed, which is £5 per annum for a Band D home. It was the decision in the past to freeze Council tax, while losing control of the finances by outsourcing so much to Capita, that gave rise to the previous alarming forecast. However, despite the improving position, the Councils finances are not yet sufficiently robust to prevent an increase in Council Tax. There is no point in making a political gesture by freezing council tax if the Council ends up, like Northamptonshire or Slough, completely bankrupt.
Infrastructure Funding Statements
SODC has published its Infrastructure Funding Statements for 2020/21 to provide an annual summary of developer contributions. Through Community Infrastructure Levy and Section 106, we have secured just over £20.5m from local developments, which will go towards local infrastructure to support the building growth in our district. We publish it on the website: https://www.southoxon.gov.uk/south-oxfordshire-district-council/community-support/infrastructure-to-support-communities/
As part of the budget-setting process for 2022/23, a prioritised list of projects which will use the SODC portion of these funds has been created; this new approach will ensure that 3rd party funds are used wherever possible for major projects, thus reducing the demand on the Council's reserves. The majority of these projects relate to the District's leisure centres, the Riverside pool, campsite and other facilities in Wallingford, tree planting projects and to the purchase of housing for properly affordable rent
Covid Support continues with the Community Hub
The Household Support Fund has vouchers available for fuel, food and other necessities if people are struggling. You do not need to be claiming benefit to be eligible. People who are struggling to pay for food, energy, water bills and other related expenses can contact Citizens Advice on 0808 278 7907 / hsf@osavcab.org.uk to apply for support. They will refer all successful applicants to receive vouchers from the councils' Community Hub. <ore details here:http://www.southoxon.gov.uk/south-oxfordshire-district-council/coronavirus-community-support/household-support-fund/
Covid-19 Grants available for businesses in South Oxfordshire
Businesses based in South Oxfordshire in the hospitality, leisure and accommodation sectors are being urged to apply for support from the Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant fund. The government has given just over £1.4m to South Oxfordshire to help support local businesses that have been struggling financially due to the recent Covid-19 Omicron variant. The criteria of the grant is set by the government and rules of how the money is distributed cannot be changed by the council. Successful applicants could receive between £2,667 and £6,000 depending on the rateable value of the property. Complete an online application form via the district councils' South and Vale Business Support website – https://svbs.co.uk up until midday on 18 February.
Community hub team support
On top of managing the household support fund above, our Community Hub team remains very busy supporting for residents who are self-isolating. In January the Hub made 502 phone calls to people who've asked for help whilst self-isolating, contacted 105 residents who've received the £500 test and trace payment to offer them support, delivered 11 food parcels and handled 436 enquiries from residents, mostly on financial help.
Climate Action Plan for the District Council
We have approved our 4-year Climate Action Plan this month. Each and every action is costed, budgeted and in each department's work plan. This means we are not making lofty statements but have worked through a series of 74 actions, big and small, over the next 4 years. It is also a working document that will be updated if and when legislation changes and if the performance monitoring of the Plan requires change. We will produce quarterly monitoring reports on the Plan which will go to the Climate & Ecological Crises Advisory Committee (CEEAC) for comment and feedback and be part of the wider Corporate Plan we created in 2020. A lot of work on climate action and nature recovery is already ongoing in the Council, and this outlines our next steps. It covers 7 areas of actions: Our Ways of Working, Our Service Delivery, Our People, Our Land, Our Buildings, Our Communities, Our Partners. I am very pleased with the Plan, and as Chair of the CEEAC, will be part of the monitoring of its implementation. I also think it will help give momentum to other people and organisations around the District in changing how we live and work to reduce carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions substantially – this cannot be achieved without commitment to change from all of us. The Plan will soon be put up on our Climate pages:
Action on climate and nature - South Oxfordshire District Council (southoxon.gov.uk)
Design Guide Consultation
We have published a draft document known as a Design Guide that provides guidance on how new developments can be designed and constructed to the highest levels of quality and sustainability – and we want to hear what people think. I am really pleased with it, it is as sustainable as we could make it within the law and is incredibly detailed, whilst being easy to understand. It's a joint South and Vale guide, and it sets out a series of steps and design principles that will be considered when deciding on all future planning applications – whether it's a resident looking to build an extension or a developer building a large housing site.
To help make the draft Joint Design Guide easier to understand, we've created an interactive website: https://data.southoxon.gov.uk/JDG/Guide.html - please have a look and then head to: https://www.southoxon.gov.uk/south-oxfordshire-district-council/planning-and-development/urban-design/joint-design-guide-consultation/ to give your comments.
We've just extended the deadline for comments by two weeks, as one or two people had some technical difficulties accessing the interactive website when it was launched – the new deadline for comments is 11.59pm on Tuesday 15 March.
Joint Oxfordshire Councils Letter to Minister on the '5 Year Housing Land Supply' Rule.
The six council leaders in Oxfordshire have written to Michael Gove MP highlighting our severe concerns with the national 5 Year Housing Land Supply rules. You can read the letter at: https://www.southandvale.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Oxfordshire-Leaders-5-year-land-supply-letter-.pdf
Sessions to help hair and beauty staff support victims of domestic abuse
The South and Vale Community Safety Partnership and Oxfordshire charity Reducing the Risk of Domestic Abuse are running a series of free online training sessions for people in the hair and beauty industry to help them understand domestic abuse. The events entitled 'Transformations - changing our response to domestic abuse' will highlight what staff should do if they suspect that a client or colleague is at risk or suffering from domestic abuse.
The sessions are available for anyone working in South or Vale in hair and beauty, including, nail bars, tattooists and ear-piercing establishments.
Domestic abuse affects 1 in 3 women and 1 in 6 men in their lifetime, so it's very important that people know how they can support and signpost those affected.
If you know anyone working in the hair and beauty industry in our districts, please encourage them to sign up – more information is available on our Eventbrite page: southandvale.gov.uk/youcanhelp
Sam.casey-rerhaye@southoxon.gov.uk


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Financial crimes, also known as white-collar crimes, are nonviolent crimes committed for financial gain. The FBI and Homeland Security are examples of two agencies that investigate these types of crimes. Examples of white-collar crimes include money laundering, securities fraud, embezzlement, mortgage fraud, and corporate fraud. Other entities that investigate white-collar crime include the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), and state authorities.
Important Agencies
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is a government bureau whose goal is to prevent and punish criminals and criminal networks that participate in money laundering schemes and other financial crimes. FinCEN, operates both domestically and internationally and is administered by the United States Department of the Treasury.
By way of background, FinCEN was created in 1990 to support federal, state, local, and international law enforcement by analyzing the information required under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), one of the nation's most important tools in the fight against money laundering. The BSA's record keeping and reporting requirements establish a financial trail for investigators to follow as they track criminals, their activities, and their assets. FinCen is said to be the first regulator to address the issue of virtual currency."
FINRA is a government-authorized not-for-profit organization that works under the supervision of the SEC. The primary purpose of FINRA is to ensure fair financial markets. FINRA helps dealers, brokers and currency traders stay up and also makes regulatory compliance easier.
FINRA also assists small firms in fulfilling their responsibilities to establish Anti-Money Laundering compliance programs required by the Bank Secrecy Act.
https://www.finra.org/rules-guidance/key-topics/aml
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is an independent agency created by the Congress to maintain stability and public confidence in the nation's financial system. The FDIC insures deposits; examines and supervises financial institutions for consumer protection; makes large and complex financial institutions resolvable; and manages receiverships.
https://www.fdic.gov/regulations/examinations/bsa/
Bank Secrecy Act ("BSA")
The Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 requires financial institutions in the United States to assist the United States government in detecting and preventing money laundering. Among other regulations, it established program, record keeping and reporting requirements for depository institutions. The BSA is also one of the first laws used to fight money laundering in the United States. One common example is the requirement that financial institutions such as banks report suspicious cash transactions over $10,000.
https://www.occ.treas.gov/topics/supervision-and-examination/bsa/index-bsa.html
Common Financial Crimes
Common individual mortgage fraud scams are identity theft and falsifying income/asset documentation, appraisal fraud and predatory lending. Generally speaking, there are two distinct areas of mortgage fraud, fraud for profit and fraud for housing.
Example of Fraud for Housing: A borrower may misrepresent income and asset information on a loan application or entice an appraiser to manipulate a property's appraisal value
Money laundering involves changing the form or the source of criminally derived proceeds so that the proceeds appear legitimate. More broadly, money laundering also encompasses transactions that are designed to promote or facilitate criminal activities, or transactions knowingly made with the proceeds of criminal activity. Money laundering generally involves three steps: placing illicit proceeds into the financial system; layering, or the separation of the criminal proceeds from their origin; and integration, or the use of apparently legitimate transactions to disguise the illicit proceeds.
Questionable proceeds can move through banks, check cashers, money transmitters, businesses, casinos, and even be sent overseas to become clean, laundered money. The tools of the money launderer can range from complicated financial transactions, carried out through webs of wire transfers and networks of shell companies, to old-fashioned currency smuggling.
https://codes.findlaw.com/us/title-18-crimes-and-criminal-procedure/18-usc-sect-1956.html
Forms of Money laundering
Illicit Cash: Cash transactions are particularly vulnerable to money laundering due to its anonymous and portable nature. Drug trafficking is probably the most significant source of illicit cash.
Trade-Based Money Laundering: By definition, TBML is the process by which criminals use a legitimate trade to disguise their criminal proceeds from their unscrupulous sources. The crime involves one of many different schemes to complicate the documentation of legitimate trade transactions. This may include moving illicit goods, falsifying documents, misrepresenting financial transactions, and under- or over-invoicing the value of goods. Once individuals exchange illicit cash for trade goods, it is difficult for law enforcement to trace the source of the illicit funds. Drug trafficking organizations often use money brokers to facilitate TBML. Recently, apparel or clothing manufacturers have been targeted by the government
Misuse of Banks: Individuals may structure cash deposits to avoid threshold reporting requirements or seek out complicit merchants who will accept their illicit proceeds without reporting the transactions.
Merchant Services Businesses ("MSB") While many MSB's such as check cashing services engage in legitimate business activities, they, too, can serve as a means for criminals to move money.
Virtual Currency:Virtual currencies offer yet another alternative to cash. Cryptocurrency is often associated with illicit transactions and money laundering because these currencies offer potential anonymity.
Anti-Money Laundering Policies ("AML")
Financial firms must comply with the Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering rules. This includes banks, cash currency traders, check cashers and cryptocurrency traders. The purpose of the AML rules is to help detect and report suspicious activity.
FINRA Rule 3310 provides minimum standards for a firm's written AML compliance program. The basic tenets of an AML compliance program under FINRA 3310 include the following.
The program must be approved in writing by a senior manager.
The program must be reasonably designed to ensure the firm detects and reports suspicious activity.
It must be reasonably designed to achieve compliance with the AML Rules, including, among others, having a risk-based customer identification program (CIP) that enables the firm to form a reasonable belief that it knows the true identity of its customers.
It must be independently tested to ensure proper implementation of the program.
A firm must submit contact information for its AML Compliance Officer through the FINRA Contact System (FSC).
Ongoing training must be provided to appropriate personnel.
What are the penalties for money laundering?
For a first-time offender, each transaction involving money laundering, is punishable by imprisonment for up to a year or a fine up to $250,000 or twice the value of the transaction, whichever is greater, or a combination of imprisonment and a fine. However, a second or subsequent money laundering conviction carries harsher penalties. Rather than a $250,000 maximum fine, a fine of $500,000 may imposed or five times the value of the property transacted, whichever is greater. Also, depending on the value of the transaction, the offender may be sentenced to a longer term of imprisonment.
If between $50,000-$150,000, then a court may impose 1 additional year;
If between $150,00-$1,000,000, then a court may impose 2 additional years;
If between $1,000,000-$2,500,000, then a court may impose 3 additional years;
If more than $2,500,000, then a court may impose 4 additional years.
Further, beyond the sentencing penalties a court may order. The government will seize anything remotely suspected to be involved with the unlawful transactions, including bank accounts, virtual wallets, and other personal property.
In simple terms, cryptocurrency is a type of digital or virtual money. Although it serves as ordinary money, such as dollars, pounds, euros and yen, it has no physical counterparts. Cryptocurrency exists only in electronic form and ownership records are stored in a digital ledger or computerized database using strong cryptography to secure transaction record entries. Blockchain is one example of a digital ledger.
a. Blockchain
Blockchain emerged in 2016 and was purportedly invented by a person (or group of people) using the pseudonym name Satoshi Nakamoto. In the most basic terms, it is said to serve as the public transaction ledger of the cryptocurrency bitcoin. It is a distributed ledger technology (DLT) that allows data to be stored globally on thousands of servers while letting anyone on the network to see everyone else's entries in near real-time. In theory, this is supposed to make it difficult for one user to gain control or manipulate the network.
Given blockchain's decentralized nature, law enforcement agencies can often bypass a lengthy process and trace a crypto transaction straight to its source. Blockchain has the potential to make law enforcement's job much easier by offering a way around the current subpoena system.
Prohibition of Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business
A "money transmitting" business refers to the transferring of funds on behalf of the public by any and all means, including transfers within the country or to locations abroad by wire, check, draft, facsimiles, or courier. This includes currency exchanges, as well as cryptocurrency exchanges, standard ATMs and cryptocurrency ATMs, such as Bitcoin ATMs, and online websites that transfer or exchange currencies or cryptocurrencies. Under 18 U.S.C. § 1960, those who control, manage, supervise, direct, or owns any such money transmitting businesses must register and obtain a license to operate. A failure to register puts the entire business at risk and violators may be fined and/or imprisoned for up to 5 years. All machines, accounts, currencies, and other personal assets suspected to be involved with the money transmitting business in question may be seized by the government.
If you are under investigation or have been arrested for money laundering, cryptocurrency fraud or another financial crime, you should contact an experience federal financial crimes lawyer. You can call our offices and schedule an appointment.
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In a narrow tunnel under the fortress-city of Dura (now Dura-Europos) in the eastern Syrian desert, 20 Roman soldiers met their fate defending the city from the Sasanian Empire. The archaeologists who found them in the 1930s assumed they had died in a tunnel collapse, but University of Leicester archaeologist Simon James thinks they met a more unusual demise--as victims of chemical warfare.
Sometime around A.D. 256, forces of the powerful, expanding Sasanian Empire laid siege to the Roman fortress. They dug tunnels to undermine the city's outer wall, while the Romans excavated countermines to intercept them. Reexamining the site as if it were a crime scene, James noted that the bodies of the soldiers had been deliberately stacked where the Roman and Sasanian tunnels met. The Sasanians had apparently used their enemies' bodies as a barricade, behind which they could light a fire to collapse the tunnels and bring down the wall. But how had the Persians killed so many Roman soldiers in such a dark, confined space? "The Persians would have heard the Roman counterminers and, I believe, prepared a deadly surprise for them," says James.
Based on chemical residues and sulfur crystals in the tunnel, he concluded that the Sasanians readied braziers of pitch and sulfur, and lit them as the Romans broke through. The resulting cloud of sulfur dioxide, rising into the higher Roman tunnel, could have knocked the soldiers out in seconds, with their only escape from the dark, narrow space blocked by their comrades behind them. There was also a single Sasanian soldier in the tunnel (right). "I believe he was the man who started the fire," says James. "Lingering too long to ensure it was properly alight, he was himself overcome by the fumes."
Though the defensive wall did not fall, eventually the Sasanians broke through, killed or deported everyone in Dura, and left the city to fall into ruin. "The bodies probably constitute the earliest archaeological evidence, albeit circumstantial, of gas warfare," says James.


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Now, I'm sure I've mentioned it before, but one of the real joys of writing this blog has been getting emails from people – readers, bands, PR people, anyone really. From kind words about the blog to people's own tales (one fella, Scott, emailed me a great story about the Bhundu Boys that I must post one day, if it's ok with him!), to people promoting their music, it's always fun to read them and listen to their songs. I am about a month behind now, but with the Xmas break coming up, I should be able to get through the backlog.
One band who emailed me back in November (see?) are Oscar Charlie from Glasgae (boy, that'll annoy any Scottish readers. I promise not to mention deep-fried Mars Bars. Oops). They originally hailed from the Shetlands but had to move as there weren't any synths on the islands. Which is as good an excuse as any, really.
They liken themselves far more to bands such as Mew than the current crop of Scots indie bands (Twilight Sad and Frightened Rabbit), and to these ancient ears they've also got that innate sense of drama that the late lamented Geneva specialised in. This is, of course, A Good Thing.
I've only really listened to "Vandals" so far, but as it managed to take up earworm residence to the extent that I drifted off in a meeting the other week with it playing merrily in my head, staring happily out of the window until someone asked me a question, I can safely say that it's a great tune. Got to say I'm looking forward to hearing what else this lot come up with (starting with a single on January 12th 2010).
Listen and enjoy, my beloved.
Yes, of course, if it's of interest. Happy holidays!