I don't like commenting on news until it becomes fact, but when I tackled the bumpy road from Dobrinishte town to the Bezbog chair lift on a recent Sunday, it was clear to see work has started in upgrading this road. This is a good thing, and will encourage more people to explore this great section of the Pirin range.
My visit revealed music and dancing on a Sunday afternoon with a large crowd of probably 500 locals mainly families enjoying the fresh mountain air, some camping, many having barbeques. After making a fool of myself queuing up for a kebabche only be told this was the private feast for the family supporters of the motorbike / motocross lads. The short stroll to a commercial cafe saw the £1 including beer meal – and good too.
Well last year I visited Natasha of Bamro to check out the development she was building there. Whilst I haven't had the chance to go and take a look in person since, the pictures on her web site look great, and I also hear her property management services are of the highest quality. Her villas are in a most perfect setting and, with plans already in motion to put in 25km of ski pistes. These are plans.
This is Bulgaria. So I doubt this will happen for ten years, if at all.
Dobrinishte will make for a great year round alternative place to stay from Bansko. In winter you will need to travel the 10 minutes to the Bansko gondola lift, but when new lifts and pistes are in place, Dobrinishte will attract more tourists who may well wish to stay in the apartments and villas being built up close by.
Have you hired a 4×4 before? If not, you will need one in winter to get up the track to the bezbog chair lift. I hear the effort is worth it: note to selk to go ski this piste in December. Check out car hire companies with 4×4 in the getting there post.
From what I could see, and have subsequently been told, is an adrenaline filled mountain bike downhill from the top of the Bezbog chair lift. Keep tuned for my exploits soon, as I hope to check out some routes and maybe compile a rough guide to mountain biking in the Pirin and Rila areas.
Anyhow, my point is that mountain biking in Dobrinishte and Bansko and on the Pirin and Rila mountains is set for a huge growth in popularity. Mountain biking has been on the up everywhere and , like golfers, mountain bikers like to take trips abroad to try new routes and to activity to their vacations.
So, if you are an owner of an apartment in Bansko, you may find that people ask where they can store their mountain bike and, if they do not bring their own, where they can hire quality mountain bikes.
Don't worry however, I'm looking for some help getting a guide together on not just mountain bike hire, but some quality routes with maps progress. If anyone can help with this task, then please let me know. If you have ridden the mountain please can you comment? Any experience, good or bad, on mountain biking in the Pirin. is sought. Thank you.
Finally, for those mountain biking enthusiasts looking to bring their own bike, then secure underground storage is what you will be after. Pleased to say many apartments, like Mountain Residence 3, have an underground garage.
Make sure the garage is secure by, not only a locked automatic gate before the ramp, but also on the actual entrance to the garage.
This year now its all finished – the pool looked fabulous, very warm from Dobrinishte's own hot mineral water. A great place to go and sunbathe, and for children to have a perfect day. If you are over for the Bansko Jazz Festival in 2009, then be sure to take a trip there.


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Nations are overusing natural resources faster than they are meeting basic human needs
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For at least the last 30 years, not a single country has met the basic needs of its residents without overconsuming natural resources, according to new research led by the University of Leeds.
If current trends continue, no country will do so over the next three decades either, perpetuating human deprivation and worsening ecological breakdown.
The study, published in Nature Sustainability, is the first to track nations' progress in terms of both meeting basic needs and respecting environmental limits in 148 countries since 1992, with projections to 2050 based on recent trends.
The country-level findings for social and environmental performance are available through an interactive website built by the researchers involved in the study.
The research team found that without urgent changes, national economies will continue to drive ecological breakdown, while delivering slow and insufficient improvements in living standards.
Wealthy countries like the US, UK, and Canada are transgressing planetary boundaries linked to climate and ecological breakdown, yet achieving minimal social gains. Poorer countries like Bangladesh, Malawi, and Sri Lanka are living within planetary boundaries, but still falling short on meeting many basic human needs.
Ecological breakdown
Lead author, Dr Andrew Fanning, from the Sustainability Research Institute at Leeds and the Doughnut Economics Action Lab in Oxford, said: "Everyone needs a sufficient level of resources to be healthy and to participate in their society with dignity, but we also need to ensure global resource use is not so high that we cause climate and ecological breakdown.
"We examined country trajectories since the early 1990s and found that most countries are closer to providing basic needs for their residents than they were 30 years ago — which is good news — although important shortfalls remain, especially for collective goals such as equality and democratic quality.
"The bad news is that the number of countries that are overconsuming resources is increasing, especially for carbon dioxide emissions and material use.
"Worryingly, we found that countries tend to overshoot fair shares of planetary boundaries faster than they achieve minimum social thresholds."
This analysis of country trends builds on previous research for a single year led by co-author Dr Dan O'Neill, also from the Sustainability Research Institute.
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Dr O'Neill said: "These latest results indicate that an unprecedented transformation is needed in all nations.
"Current trends suggest that richer countries need to dramatically reduce their resource use to avoid critical planetary degradation, while poorer countries need to rapidly accelerate social performance to eliminate critical human deprivation.
"Countries with high levels of social achievement, such as Germany and Norway, are often held up as international role models, but they have levels of resource use that need to be massively reduced to get within fair shares of planetary boundaries.
"This transition is unlikely to be achieved with improvements in resource efficiency alone. Wealthy countries need to move beyond the pursuit of economic growth as a national goal, and instead pursue policies that improve human well-being and reduce resource use directly."
The researchers tracked country performance on 11 social priorities broadly aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which collectively form a social foundation that no one should fall below. The indicators include life expectancy, access to energy, and democratic quality among others.
At the same time, the study distributed six planetary boundaries among nations according to their share of global population, and then compared these boundaries to national resource consumption.
Environmental priorities
The boundaries include environmental priorities such as climate change, excessive fertiliser use, and land-system change, which collectively form an ecological ceiling intended to avoid climate and ecological breakdown.
The study projected historical trends for each social and environmental indicator within each country to 2050, and mapped their performance on a yearly basis.
The mapping showed that no country has achieved a minimum social foundation without overshooting planetary boundaries in recent decades, nor is any on track to do so in the future.
Costa Rica comes closest, consistently transforming resources into social achievement more efficiently than other countries, although it still transgresses half of the planetary boundaries.
Co-author Dr Jason Hickel, from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, said: "Our results suggest that the neoliberal policies that have been imposed on the global South over the past four decades have failed to deliver meaningful outcomes.
"The existing approach mobilises Southern resources to serve the interests of foreign investors, when what is needed is to focus instead on meeting human needs directly.
"Countries in the global South should have the freedom to build sovereign economic capacity, while using social policy and public services to deliver universal healthcare, education, housing, good livelihoods, and food security.
"Our existing economic system uses resources to support elite consumption and corporate interests rather than to meet basic needs. That urgently needs to change."
The 148 countries included in the analysis were restricted to those with a population of at least one million people.
The 11 social indicators and six environmental indicators used for measuring the achievement of basic needs within planetary boundaries are part of a framework put forward by economist Kate Raworth. This doughnut-shaped "safe and just space" framework is described in her best-selling book Doughnut Economics, and is being applied worldwide by a community of practitioners connected to an organisation she co-founded called the Doughnut Economics Action Lab.
The "safe" space refers to the environmental indicators, which are based on the planetary boundaries framework originally published in the journal Nature in 2009 by a group of Earth-system scientists led by Johan Rockström. Planetary boundaries have been proposed for nine Earth-system processes that are linked to maintaining the relatively stable conditions of the past 10,000 years.
The "just" space refers to the social indicators, which are closely aligned with the high-level social objectives in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, to be achieved by 2030.
The paper "The social shortfall and ecological overshoot of nations" is published in Nature Sustainability on 18 November 2021, doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00799-z.
Authors: Andrew Fanning (Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds; Doughnut Economics Action Lab, Oxford); Dan O'Neill (Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds); Jason Hickel (Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Autonomous University of Barcelona; International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science); Nicolas Roux (Institute of Social Ecology, Department of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna).
The interactive data visualisations accompanying the article are available on the website A Good Life For All Within Planetary Boundaries.
Original source: University of Leeds
Image credit: Ivan Bandura, Unsplash
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Al-Qaeda affiliated Nusra Front to establish Islamic "emirate" in Syria
Published July 14th, 2014 - 06:33 GMT
The Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, intends to establish an Islamic "emirate" in the country but is holding off for now, according to statements that emerged over the weekend.
An undated audio recording purported to be by the group's leader Abu Mohammad al-Golani was circulated Saturday, accompanied by doubts about the tape's authenticity. Nusra's media arm issued a "clarification" the following day, however, backing most of the main points raised by Golani during his address to a gathering of Nusra fighters.
In the 12-minute audio tape, Golani says "the time has come to establish an Islamic emirate" in Syria, generating cheers of support from his listeners.
He mentions, as part of the effort, the imminent establishment of Shariah courts and says defiantly that neither ISIS, the powerful Al-Qaeda splinter group, nor other armed political factions will be allowed to "reap the fruits" of three years of conflict.
It restated Nusra's aim to establish Islamic rule, but stresses that the emirate "has not yet been declared."
In the recording, Golani comments that the promised formation of Shariah courts will take place within seven to 10 days. Throughout most of the uprising, Nusra has cooperated with a range of Islamist and nationalist rebel groups in administering Shariah committees for civilian affairs in rebel-held areas, generally refraining from acting alone.
The clarification also states that the emirate will be announced upon securing the "agreement" of Islamist fighters and religious scholars, without going into detail about whether these are outside the ranks of Nusra.
An Aleppo-based anti-regime activist said the recording and the clarification represented a bid to "take the pulse" of both rebel groups and the general public, in the wake of last month's declaration by ISIS – the arch-enemy of Nusra and many rebel groups – of a caliphate in area controlled in Syria and Iraq.
"There are people who think Nusra is going to follow in the steps of ISIS, and people who are against each group declaring its own 'emirate,' while the nationalists are against any reference to an Islamic state," the activist said.
He said Golani is believed to be moving with relative freedom between Aleppo and Idlib provinces.
Nusra and other opponents of ISIS have had only intermittent success against the group since the beginning of the year, when began a campaign against it. ISIS militants were pressing ahead with a concerted offensive against the Kurdish YPG militia in northern Aleppo province Sunday, to link the area to the other territory the group holds along the Euphrates River.
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Players of Kaya Futbol Club, a Filipino association football club, don pink laces on their boots this October, breast cancer awareness month, to support the campaign for early breast cancer detection.
A supporter of ICanServe Foundation since 2011, Kaya FC debuted their pink laces in a match against Manila All-Japan on October 17 in Group B at the United Football League (UFL). They will wear pink laces again on October 23 against Cimarron FC.
On October 26, Loyola Meralco Sparks and Kaya FC hold a joint clinic before an exhibition match against 111 kids at the Emperador Stadium. Children from UFL Club academies, Gawad Kalinga and Payatas FC will participate.
Proceeds of the joint clinic will be donated to ICanServe Foundation. Gawad Kalinga footballers will be sponsored by LBC Foundation, Boys Town players will be sponsored by One Meralco Foundation, and Payatas FC players will be sponsored by Bootcamp, a multi-branded football store.
Kaya FC led the 2011 fund-raiser, "Kick Breast Cancer Goodbye" to encourage women to observe early breast cancer detection guidelines: At age 20, conduct monthly self-breast examination (BSE). At age 30, conduct monthly BSE and undergo a clinical breast examination (CBE) by a trained health worker every year. At age 40, continue monthly BSE, annual CBE and get a baseline mammogram.
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Hot Wings: SpiceJet To Buy Engines, Services Valued At $12.5 Billion
Tomas Kellner
India's SpiceJet may have been just a blip on the radar screen a few years ago, but the budget carrier's profile is swiftly rising. In 2017, Bloomberg Intelligence picked SpiceJet as the world's best performing airline stock. Its price had risen 800 percent from 2014, lifted in part by the carrier's new ownership and plans to add capacity, including an agreement to buy 155 new next-generation jets from Boeing.
On Saturday, SpiceJet said it would power those planes with engines built by CFM International, a 50-50 joint-venture between GE Aviation and France's Safran Aircraft Engines. The deal, valued at a whopping $12.5 billion, includes engines for the new fleet, spare engines, as well as services.
CFM is the sole engine supplier for Boeing's new 737 MAX single-aisle passenger jets, the aircraft SpiceJet ordered for its fleet. Each plane uses a pair of LEAP-1B engines, the first commercial jet engines with 3D-printed fuel nozzles, parts made from light and heat resistant ceramic composites, and fan blades woven in 3D from carbon fibers. These and other technologies help make the LEAP engine more quiet, easier to maintain and 15 percent more fuel efficient than current engines made by CFM.
Other variants of the engine power Airbus A319neo, A320neo and A321neo jets, and also China's Comac C919 jets. CFM received orders for 14,300 LEAP engines valued at $207 billion. "We are looking forward to introducing the new LEAP-1B into our fleet," said Ajay Singh, SpiceJet's chairman and managing director, said in a statement. "From what we have seen so far, the LEAP-1B is living up to its promises for efficiency and reliability," he added. "We hope they provide us unmatched service reliability while keeping our costs in check to ensure profitable operations."
Top image: The SpiceJet deal, valued at a whopping $12.5 billion, includes engines for the new fleet, spare engines, as well as services. Image credit: SpiceJet. Above: SpiceJet plans to buy 155 Boeing 737 MAX jets. Each jet is powered by a pair of LEAP-1B engines. Image credit: Adam Senatori for GE Reports.


Bright colors and bright florals are a staple for the warmer weather, but I also love muted colors pretty much any time of the year. So it's no surprise that I love this faded lavender floral top. It is a very lightweight sweater – think thin enough to be a little bit see-through – so it is perfect for this time of year where it's a bit chilly in the morning and then mild to warm in the afternoon.
I wore this faded lavender floral top with dark grey pants and my favorite black mules. When I wore this outfit to work a few days ago I wore this with black flats, but went with the mules for photos.
How sweet is this floral print? It's got that vintage look to it. Which reminds me I bought a set of vintage floral prints with frames from Etsy a while back to hang up on some wall space in my bedroom and I still haven't gotten around to that project yet! When I eventually do that I will definitely share on here.
But anyway, this top is so easy to dress up or down. I wore it to work with these dark grey pants, but you can easily wear with jeans or denim shorts in the summer which I can totally see myself doing!


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Ticker Update "NAKD" to "CENN": Centro Electric Group Ltd. (NAKD) Bullish After Market
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On January 13, Centro Electric Group Ltd. (NAKD) announced the change of its NASDAQ trading symbol to "CENN" from "NAKD". Consequent to the news, the stock became bullish in the after hours.
During the regular session, NAKD stock fluctuated between %3.06 and $2.60 at 15.47 million shares. Following the announcement, the stock saw a reversal as it gained 5.36% at $2.75 in the after-hours session.
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Recently, the swimwear and apparel company, Naked Brand Group (NAKD) acquired the outstanding capital stock of three entities comprising Cenntro Automotive Group (CAG). Further, this acquisition was completed after its approval by shareholders at an Extraordinary General Meeting on December 21, and Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Department on December 30.
The now acquired Cenntro Automotive Group is a commercial EV technology company. It has advanced, market-validated commercial electric vehicles. As of November 2021, Cenntro had delivered 3,600 commercial EVs in over 16 countries.
After closing of the acquisition, the company changed its name to "Cenntro Electric Group Limited". Moreover, the combined company is led by Chairman and CEO of CAG, Peter Wang along with his management team. In addition, the board of the combined company includes the former Chairman and CEO of NAKD, Justin Davis-Rice and non-Executive Director Simon Tripp.
Furthermore, the combined company has in excess of $US250 million in cash along with liabilities of less than US$10 million.
Based on the name change following the completion of the acquisition, the company also announced its trading symbol change on Thursday. Hence, the company will trade under the new ticker symbol "CENN" at the opening of the market trading on Friday, January 14, 2022.
Initially, the sudden pivot of the apparel company to EV was taken pretty positively by the investors. The stock saw some good gains when the news was first disclosed. After the initial hype subsided, the investors' actual frights came to light about the merger. Consequently, the stock suffered great losses, losing 51.31% year-to-date. Moreover, another reason for the downtrend in the stock has been the stock lock-up related to the merger. The Hong Kong-based companies Cenntro Enterprise Limited, and Trendway Capital Limited made an agreement with China Leader Group. As per the agreement, the companies locked up their holdings in Cenntro Electric. Additionally, the companies would not sell their shares until 180 days after the completion of the merger.
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Air Mandalay has signed a purchase agreement with Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MAC) for up to 10 MRJ90 aircraft. The deal, which is worth up to $470m, includes a firm order for six of Mitsubishi's regional jet and the purchase rights to an additional four. On delivery Air Mandalay will become the aircraft's launch customer in Asia, outside of Japan. Air Mandalay currently operates three regional turboprops (one ATR42 and two ATR72s), and is looking to grow its route network, particulary to local tourist destinations. The MRJ90s are expected to be delivered at a rate of two aircraft a year from 2018 onwards. To date, MAC has 335 orders for its MRJ90 – 171 firm orders and 164 options; with the highest amount from SkyWest (100 firm and 100 options).


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747 F. 2d 278 - United States v. Webb
747 F2d 278 United States v. Webb
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
June WEBB, Defendant-Appellant.
Nov. 13, 1984.
Certiorari Denied Feb. 19, 1985.
See 105 S.Ct. 1222.
Raymond Caballero and Barbara Wiederstein, El Paso, Tex. (court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.
Mervyn Hamburg, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Before CLARK, JOHNSON and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
CLARK, Chief Judge:
June Webb appeals from her conviction on two counts of injury to a child in violation of Tex.Penal Code Ann. Sec. 22.04, made applicable to her by the Assimilative Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. Secs. 7 and 13. The alleged acts occurred on a United States military reservation. Consequently, under the Assimilative Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. Secs. 7 and 13, the Texas statute defines the crime, even though this remains a federal criminal prosecution. Webb argues on appeal that her motion for judgment of acquittal should have been granted. She further argues that the indictment and jury instructions were insufficient under Tex.Penal Code Ann. Sec. 6.01 which requires that in order for actions to be criminal they must be voluntary. Finally, Webb argues that the Texas statute is unconstitutional. For the reasons stated below, Webb's two convictions are affirmed.
I. Facts
June Webb was raised in Wilmington, Delaware. At the age of thirteen, June Wilson (who later became known as June Webb) became involved with Keith Webb. Prior to graduating from high school, June Wilson bore two children by Keith Webb: Steve Wilson and Andrea Wilson. Keith Webb had married another woman, Robin Webb, prior to the birth of June Wilson's second child. The record is unclear whether June Wilson knew at that time of Keith Webb's marriage. In early 1980, after graduation from high school, June Wilson began residing with Keith Webb in Wilmington, Delaware.
Between June 1980 and September 1980, Keith Webb frequently physically abused or beat June Wilson. June Wilson reported several of these beatings to the police, but Keith Webb was never prosecuted. In September 1980, June Wilson enlisted in the Army and sent her children to live with her parents. Following basic training, June Wilson served in Germany. In August 1982, she returned to Wilmington before beginning a new assignment at Fort Bliss, Texas. While in Wilmington, June Wilson became reconciled with Keith Webb. In September 1982, Keith Webb accompanied June Wilson to Fort Bliss, Texas. June Wilson married Keith Webb shortly thereafter, although she was not certain whether he had divorced Robin Webb. In fact, he had not.
From October 1982 to January 1983, Keith and June Webb lived together in El Paso, Texas. Keith Webb resumed beating June Webb during that period. In January, Keith Webb sent for his legal wife, Robin Webb, who arrived in El Paso with one of her children shortly thereafter. The three adults and one child shared an apartment. Later, Robin Webb's other two children joined them. In May 1983, Keith Webb travelled to Wilmington, Delaware, and brought June Webb's two children back to El Paso with him. In June, June Webb (who was pregnant), Keith Webb, Robin Webb, Robin's four children, and June's two children moved into a three bedroom house on the military reservation. June Webb was the sole employed and working support for this group.
Keith Webb continued to physically abuse June Webb.1 In addition, he frequently physically abused Steve Wilson, who was 6 years of age at this time. There was testimony at trial that June Webb also physically abused Steve Wilson. In July 1983, because of severe beatings, Steve Wilson developed a soft spot on his skull which caused convulsions. This injury forms the basis for the first count of injury to a child against June Webb. On August 9 or 10, 1983, Keith Webb scalded Steve Wilson by placing him in a bathtub of hot water. The child was severely burned, and his health rapidly deteriorated. Steve Wilson became listless, stayed in bed, ate little, and frequently asked for water. At one point, he collapsed and quit breathing after eating a cookie and drinking juice. Late August 11, 1983, Steve Wilson died. Keith Webb buried Steve's body in the desert. This tragedy forms the basis for the second count of injury to a child against June Webb.
For almost one month, no one made any effort to notify the authorities of Steve Wilson's death. Finally, on September 5, 1983, June Webb persuaded Keith Webb to take her to the Fort Bliss CID office on the pretext that she (June Webb) had been raped by another man. Once separated from Keith Webb at the Fort Bliss CID office, June Webb told authorities of her son's death. Keith Webb, apparently concluding that June Webb had implicated him, fled and was later apprehended.2
June Webb made two statements to the authorities. In both, she accused Keith Webb of causing Steve Wilson's death by placing him in scalding water and by hitting his head against a wall. June Webb stated that she could not report her son's death earlier because Keith Webb had threatened to kill her, her other children, and her family in Wilmington if she reported him.
June Webb was indicted as an accessory after the fact to murder, and on two counts of injury to a child by failing to obtain medical care for the child while under a legal duty to do so. At trial, testimony implicated June Webb in the physical abuse of Steve. Moreover, June Webb's testimony made it clear that she knew that Steve was gravely ill before he died, but that she was afraid to obtain medical care for him because of what Keith Webb would do to her, her other children, and her parents. The jury, which was presented with an instruction on the defense of duress, acquitted June Webb of the accessory after the fact count, but convicted her on two counts of injury to a child by failing to obtain medical care for Steve Wilson. June Webb was sentenced to two ten year prison terms, to run concurrently. She presently appeals these two convictions.
II. The District Court Properly Denied Webb's Motion for Judgment of Acquittal
Webb first argues that her motion for judgment of acquittal should have been granted. She argues that because she was charged with intentionally and knowingly causing severe bodily injury to a child, the Government must demonstrate the greater level of culpability of intentionally causing serious bodily injury to a child.3 This Court disagrees.
As a general rule, when a jury returns a guilty verdict on an indictment charging several acts in the conjunctive, the verdict will stand if the evidence is sufficient with respect to any one of the acts charged. Turner v. United States, 396 U.S. 398, 420, 90 S.Ct. 642, 654, 24 L.Ed.2d 610 (1970). "To sustain a conviction it is not necessary that the accused be shown to have violated the act in all of the ways in which it could be violated." United States v. Rubio-Gonzalez, 674 F.2d 1067, 1073 (5th Cir.1982). The fact that the indictment is worded in the conjunctive does not change the result. A "[c]onviction may nevertheless rest on evidence showing any, though less than all" of the ways of violating a statute. Id. Consequently, even though the instant indictment charged in the conjunctive, the Government needed to show only that Webb intentionally or knowingly caused serious bodily injury to her child by failing to obtain medical care.
The evidence supports the verdict that Webb knowingly failed to obtain medical care for her son. In examining Webb's attack on the sufficiency of the evidence, we must decide whether a "reasonable trier of fact could find that the evidence establishes guilt beyond a reasonable doubt."4 United States v. Bell, 678 F.2d 547, 549 (5th Cir.1982) (en banc), aff'd on other grounds, 462 U.S. 356, 103 S.Ct. 2398, 76 L.Ed.2d 638 (1983) (footnote omitted). In doing so, we must view the evidence and the inferences drawn from it in the light most favorable to the jury verdict. Glasser v. United States, 315 U.S. 60, 80, 62 S.Ct. 457, 469, 86 L.Ed. 680 (1942).
To demonstrate that Webb knowingly caused injury to her child, the Government must show she was "aware that [her] conduct [was] reasonably certain to cause the result." Tex.Penal Code Ann. Sec. 6.03(b). Our review of the record, including Webb's own testimony, demonstrates that the evidence was sufficient to find that Webb was aware of the consequences of her failure to obtain medical care for her son.5 Taking the evidence in the light most favorable to the Government, and given that the jury rejected Webb's duress defense, a reasonable trier of fact could find that the evidence establishes Webb's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
III. The Voluntariness Issue
The thrust of Webb's defense was that she failed to obtain medical care for her son as a direct result of the threats Keith Webb made against her and her family. On appeal, Webb argues that the issue of the voluntariness of her conduct was not properly treated in the indictment or jury instruction. Contrary to Webb's contention, this Court finds that the indictment was sufficient and that the jury charge properly treated the issue of voluntariness by including an instruction on duress.
The Texas injury to a child statute, Tex.Penal Code Ann. Sec. 22.04,6 does not mention a voluntariness requirement. Section 22.04(a) sets forth four culpable mental states: intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence, by act or omission, engaging in conduct that causes injury to a child. Nevertheless, Tex.Penal Code Ann. Sec. 6.01 provides that "[a] person commits an offense only if he voluntarily engages in conduct, including an act, an omission, or possession...."
Webb relies on section 6.01 and several Texas cases for the proposition that voluntariness is an essential element of the crime of injury to a child. Webb argues that because voluntariness is an essential element of the crime, voluntariness should have been alleged in the indictment, and the jury should have been given an instruction on voluntariness. See Dockery v. Texas, 542 S.W.2d 644 (Tex.Crim.App.1976). See also Womble v. Texas, 618 S.W.2d 59, 64 (Tex.Crim.App.1981); and Simpkins v. Texas, 590 S.W.2d 129, 133 (Tex.Crim.App.1979).
In the context of criminal homicide, where the defense presented a theory of accidental homicide, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals addressed the relationship between section 6.01 and the body of the criminal code:
By enacting this section [section 6.01] the Legislature intended to assure that persons not be criminally punished for acts, omissions, and possessions not done voluntarily. Therefore, if a homicide [under section 19.07] is not the result of voluntary conduct, it cannot be criminally punished.
However it is also clear that such a homicide must be accompanied by one of the four culpable mental states. [citation omitted].
We conclude, therefore, that homicide is punishable only where the State proves both voluntary conduct and a culpable mental state.
Dockery, 542 S.W.2d at 649-50. Texas courts have consistently followed this view. See Simpkins, 590 S.W.2d at 133; Womble, 618 S.W.2d at 64.
Texas courts, however, have not treated voluntariness as an essential element of the offense such that it must be charged in the indictment or necessarily instructed upon. Rather, lack of voluntariness is in the nature of a defense and need not be pleaded in the indictment. Bermudez v. Texas, 533 S.W.2d 806 (Tex.Crim.App.1976). See Denison v. Texas, 651 S.W.2d 754, 760 (Tex.Crim.App.1983). Moreover, the Texas courts instruct on voluntariness, not in every case, but only when the issue is raised by the evidence. See Denison, 651 S.W.2d at 760; Williams v. Texas, 630 S.W.2d 640, 644 (Tex.Crim.App.1982); Garcia v. Texas, 605 S.W.2d 565, 566 (Tex.Crim.App.1980).
This Court is mindful that this case is brought under the Assimilative Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. Secs. 7 and 13. Federal law governs the sufficiency of the indictment, McCoy v. Pescor, 145 F.2d 260 (8th Cir.1944), cert. denied, 324 U.S. 868, 65 S.Ct. 911, 89 L.Ed. 1423 (1945), as well as the sufficiency of the jury instructions.7 See Puerto Rico v. Shell Co., 302 U.S. 253, 266, 58 S.Ct. 167, 173, 82 L.Ed. 235 (1937); Johnson v. Yellow Cab Transit Co., 321 U.S. 383, 391, 64 S.Ct. 622, 627, 88 L.Ed. 814 (1944); United States v. Kiliz, 694 F.2d 628 (9th Cir.1982). See also Smayda v. United States, 352 F.2d 251 (9th Cir.1965), cert. denied, 382 U.S. 981, 86 S.Ct. 555, 15 L.Ed.2d 471 (1966). This is so because "[p]rosecutions under that section [the Assimilative Crimes Act] ... are not to enforce the laws of the state, territory, or district, but to enforce the federal law, the details of which, instead of being recited, are adopted by reference." Shell, 302 U.S. at 266, 58 S.Ct. at 173, 82 L.Ed. at 245. Thus, Texas interpretations given to the relationship between section 6.01 and the remainder of the penal code are merely advisory. Kiliz, 694 F.2d at 629. Like the Texas courts, however, this Court views the issue of voluntariness, not as an essential element of the offense which must be charged and instructed upon, but in the nature of a defense. A specific discussion of voluntariness as it relates to the indictment and the jury instructions follows.
(a) The Indictment
To be sufficient, an indictment needs only to allege each essential element of the offense charged so as to enable the accused to prepare his defense and to allow the accused to invoke the double jeopardy clause in any subsequent proceeding. United States v. Oberski, 734 F.2d 1034 (5th Cir.1984); United States v. Greene, 697 F.2d 1229 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 103 S.Ct. 3542, 77 L.Ed.2d 1391 (1983). The test for validity is not whether the indictment could have been framed in a more satisfactory manner, but whether it conforms to minimal constitutional standards. United States v. Haas, 583 F.2d 216 (5th Cir.1978), cert. denied, 440 U.S. 981, 99 S.Ct. 1788, 60 L.Ed.2d 240 (1979). Moreover, although the indictment must allege each and every element of the offense to pass constitutional muster, the law does not compel a ritual of words. Validity is to be governed by practical and not technical considerations. United States v. Varkonyi, 645 F.2d 453 (5th Cir.1981). Furthermore, an indictment is not defective merely because it fails to anticipate and negative a possible defense. Evans v. United States, 153 U.S. 584, 590, 14 S.Ct. 934, 937, 38 L.Ed. 830 (1894); United States v. Mavrick, 601 F.2d 921, 927 (7th Cir.1979).
The instant indictment tracked the language of section 22.04. It alleged each element of the statutory offense that the Government was required to prove. By doing so, the indictment apprised Webb of the charges against her, and it is sufficiently specific for double jeopardy purposes. We decline to find that the indictment must allege voluntariness merely because Webb asserted as a defense that her failure to act was the product of duress and that her actions were therefore involuntary. The instant indictment was sufficient under federal law.
(b) The Jury Instructions
Webb also argues that the jury was not properly instructed that her conduct must be voluntary. This Court finds, however, that the district court properly instructed on the defensive theory of duress. The jury rejected this defense and convicted Webb. Webb was, therefore, not entitled to an instruction regarding the voluntariness of her actions more favorable than the instruction given.
The law excuses criminal conduct in certain instances. For example, necessity or duress may excuse conduct that is otherwise criminal. The defense of duress requires:
[T]hat (1) there was a present and unlawful threat and a well-grounded apprehension of death or serious injury; (2) the defendant did not recklessly or negligently place himself in a situation in which duress could arise; (3) the defendant did not have a reasonable legal alternative to violating the law; and (4) there was a direct causal relationship between the criminal act and avoidance of the threatened harm.
United States v. Mejia, 720 F.2d 1378, 1382 (5th Cir.1983). See also United States v. Bailey, 444 U.S. 394, 410-11, 100 S.Ct. 624, 634-35, 62 L.Ed.2d 575 (1980); United States v. Gant, 691 F.2d 1159, 1162-63 (5th Cir.1982).
The district court gave the jury the following duress instruction:
Duress. Duress may provide a legal excuse for the crime charged in the indictment. Duress is when a person commits an illegal act because she was compelled to do so by the threat of imminent death or serious bodily injury to herself or to another, such as one of her children.
In order for duress to provide a legal excuse for any criminal conduct, the compulsion must be present and immediate, and of such a nature as to induce a well-founded fear of impending death or serious bodily injury; and there must be no reasonable opportunity to escape the compulsion without committing the crime or participating in the commission of the crime. Acts done under such coercion or compulsion are not done willfully.
If the evidence in the case leaves you with a reasonable doubt that the Defendant, at the time and place of the offense alleged in the indictment, acted or failed to act willfully and voluntarily, and not as a result of coercion, compulsion or duress, as just explained, then it is your duty to find the Defendant not guilty.
Record Vol. 5 at 777-78 (emphasis added).
Webb argues that this instruction was insufficient. Webb, in essence, argues that even though the evidence might not demonstrate duress, the evidence demonstrated Webb's omission was involuntary due to her husband's threats; and therefore, because section 6.01 requires criminal conduct to be voluntary, her conviction cannot stand. Webb urges that the jury should have been given a more general voluntariness instruction.
Webb relies on Williams v. Texas, 630 S.W.2d 640, 644 (Tex.Crim.App.1982), for this proposition. In that case, Williams had requested an instruction on the common law defense of accident. The court stated:
The function of the former defense of accident is performed now by the requirement of [section 6.01] that, "A person commits an offense only if he voluntarily engages in conduct...." ... If the issue is raised by the evidence, a jury may be charged that a defendant should be acquitted if there is a reasonable doubt as to whether he voluntarily engaged in the conduct of which he was accused. [citation omitted].
In the next paragraph, the court continued:
Under the former penal code there was a defense of accident, which properly applied to cases in which the defendant's act was not "intentional." [footnote omitted]
This Court finds this last statement instructive. Unlike the defense of accident, the present Texas Penal Code, section 8.058 includes the defense of duress, and requires essentially the same proof as the jury was instructed upon in the instant federal case.
We interpret the Texas Penal Code to require that conduct must be voluntary, as provided in section 6.01. When a defendant raises the defensive theory that the criminal conduct involved was the product of duress or compulsion, we interpret the Texas statute to require that the threats reach the level articulated in the section 8.05 definition of duress before they are legally excused, and hence, involuntary under section 6.01. To require an instruction more favorable to the defendant in a situation analogous to the instant case would render section 8.05 meaningless.
There is a difference between fear of reprisals for carrying out a legal duty, and coercion strong enough to make a criminal act involuntary. See United States v. Housand, 550 F.2d 818 (2d Cir.1977), cert. denied, 431 U.S. 970, 97 S.Ct. 2931, 53 L.Ed.2d 1066 (1977). The law excuses criminal conduct only in the latter instance. The duress instruction in the instant case properly stated the law of duress. Webb was entitled to no more.
III. The Constitutionality of Section 22.04
Webb asserts that section 22.04 is unconstitutionally overbroad and vague.9 Webb presents several hypothetical situations where literal application of the statute might raise constitutional questions. This Court finds that the instant application of the statute to Webb is constitutional and she cannot challenge the statute on the basis of its application to others absent a claim of first amendment overbreadth. See Broderick v. Oklahoma, 413 U.S. 601, 93 S.Ct. 2908, 37 L.Ed.2d 830 (1973). No first amendment right of Webb is implicated by applying this statute to her. New York v. Ferber, 458 U.S. 747, 102 S.Ct. 3348, 73 L.Ed.2d 1113 (1982).
The evidence supports Webb's convictions. Moreover, the indictment is not defective for failing to allege the voluntariness of her conduct. The district court's instruction on duress properly presented Webb's defensive theory. Finally, section 22.04 was constitutionally applied in the instant case. Finding no error, the district court is
June Webb's baby was born prematurely due to these beatings
Keith Webb was convicted of second degree murder and two counts of injury to a child. His case is presently on appeal
In support of this contention, Webb cites Beggs v. Texas, 597 S.W.2d 375 (Tex.Crim.App.1980). In that case, the court found that the injury to a child statute was a result oriented statute. The court stated:
The statutory definitions of culpable mental states distinguish among the nature of conduct, the circumstances surrounding conduct, and the result of conduct.... Because injury to a child focuses on the result of the suspect's conduct, the allegation in the indictment that the appellant did " intentionally and knowingly engage in conduct that caused serious bodily injury" was an allegation (1) that it was her conscious objective or desire to cause serious bodily injury and (2) that she was aware that her conduct was reasonably certain to cause serious bodily injury.
Id. at 377 (emphasis added) (citations and footnote omitted). From this language, Webb argues the Government must show both that Webb desired to cause serious bodily injury to her child as well as her awareness that her conduct would cause serious bodily injury.
Webb misconstrues Beggs. The statutory definition of knowingly states:
A person acts knowingly, or with knowledge, with respect to the nature of his conduct or to circumstances surrounding his conduct when he is aware of the nature of his conduct or that the circumstances exist. A person acts knowingly, or with knowledge, with respect to a result of his conduct when he is aware that his conduct is reasonably certain to cause the result.
Tex.Penal Code Ann. Sec. 6.03(b) (emphasis added). As is plain from the statute, two definitions of knowingly are presented. One definition pertains to conduct oriented statutes, while the second pertains to result oriented statutes. The court in Beggs was merely explaining its choice of the second definition of knowingly. Nothing in Beggs convinces this Court that the injury to a child statute should be treated as an exception to the general rule discussed in the text of this opinion.
In the instant case, the Government was required to prove five elements: (1) that the victim was under the age of 14 years old, (2) that the defendant was the victim's parent, and thus had a duty to provide the victim with medical care, (3) that the defendant engaged in conduct by omission that caused serious bodily injury to the victim by failing to provide medical care for the victim's head injury (count 2) or scalding (count 3), (4) that the conduct occurred within the special territorial jurisdiction of the United States (for purposes of the Assimilative Crimes Act), and (5) that the defendant acted knowingly or intentionally. The trial essentially focused on whether Webb's conduct was the product of duress or whether she acted knowingly or intentionally
Webb admitted to an FBI agent that she had known for a period of time that her son was dying, Record at 163, and that she knew she should have reported his condition. Record at 191. Moreover, Robin Webb testified that June Webb was aware of the severity of Steve Wilson's injuries and did not obtain medical care for him. Record at 146
Tex.Penal Code Ann. Sec. 22.04 provides in pertinent part:
(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence, by act or omission, engages in conduct that causes to a child who is 14 years of age or younger or to an individual who is 65 years of age or older:
(1) serious bodily injury;
(2) serious physical or mental deficiency or impairment;
(3) disfigurement or deformity; or
(4) bodily injury.
(b) An offense under Subsection (a)(1), (2), or (3) of this section is a felony of the first degree when the conduct is committed intentionally or knowingly. When the conduct is engaged in recklessly it shall be a felony of the third degree.
We note, however, that the outcome of this case would be the same under both Texas and Federal law
Tex.Penal Code Sec. 8.05 provides:
(a) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution that the actor engaged in the proscribed conduct because he was compelled to do so by threat of imminent death or serious bodily injury to himself or another.
(b) In a prosecution for an offense that does not constitute a felony, it is an affirmative defense to prosecution that the actor engaged in the proscribed conduct because he was compelled to do so by force or threat of force.
(c) Compulsion within the meaning of this section exists only if the force or threat of force would render a person of reasonable firmness incapable of resisting the pressure.
(d) The defense provided by this section is unavailable if the actor intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly placed himself in a situation in which it was probable that he would be subjected to compulsion.
(e) It is no defense that a person acted at the command or persuasion of his spouse, unless he acted under compulsion that would establish a defense under this section.
Webb also argues that because the element of volition is not required under the injury to a child statute, the statute violates her due process rights. Because we find that the jury found volitional conduct on her part, we need not reach this issue


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The meaning behind the song "Ave Maria"
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"Ave Maria" means "Hail, Mary," a version of a Latin prayer to the Virgin Mary that is commonly used in the Church of the Roman Catholic. The song "Ave Maria" is a well-known funeral song that was composed in 1825 by Franz Schubert and has long been translated into various languages with different versions. This song is among the composition of the seven songs "The Lady of the Lake" by Walter Scott as his Opus 52, which Schubert later published in 1826. Thus, it forms part of the poem Scott wrote.
In the poem "The Lady of the Lake," Ellen Douglas, a character, goes to exile into a Goblin's cave with her father because he declines to join Roderick Dhu, who was a former host to rebel against James, who was King. Dhu, who is Alpine's clan leader, charges to the mountains prepared for battle with his soldiers, but his mind drifts off and grasps the voice of Ellen, who is singing a prayer accompanied by the harpist Allan-Bane. Ellen was calling the Virgin Mary for help. Dhu briefly hesitates, then moves on to battle.
Ellen is said to be characterized as the lady of the lake because Schubert's first performance at the fortress of Soffie Weissenwolff, who was the wife of an Earl in the tiny town of Austrian in Steyregg, was supposedly devoted to her. The reason for the adaptation of Schubert's melody in the Catholic prayer from Rome, "Ave Maria," as a setting of the full text came from the repeated phrases and lines of Ellen's song "Ave Maria." On the other hand, a misconception that the Latin version of the "Ave Maria" Schubert had written the melody's setting where the "Ave Maria" came from. Moreover, all seven songs are not considered for solo performers.
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The song has been characterized to have a piano accompaniment for the Ellen songs, which are to be sung by a woman. However, for the baritone by Johann Vogl, the songs for Malcolm Graeme and Norman were considered. The remaining songs included one for a female chorus and the other for a male choir. The composition of these songs by Schubert was in German texts, apart from one by Norman Gesang titled 'Night will soon be falling," which was planned to be published in English texts. This brought forth challenges like finding free translations.
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The song brings you a feeling of being closer to God with a feeling of rendition which pays tribute to the classic. As you hear the story behind the famous tune by Schubert, it brings much more relief. The soothing notes are enough to make your heart swell. Throughout the film, death is associated with the song, majorly premeditating the passing away of Mayor Don Mitchell Jr and Thomas Wayne.
It is mostly seen rhyming with the Riddler's character traits and is sung when he wants to do something or plot something. It brings out his character boldly for revenge based on what happened when he was at an orphanage. The despair and wish for safety in Schubert's lyrics are echoed by the Riddler in his description of his childhood, explaining why this melody was chosen to soundtrack his character.
"Ave Maria" is not only a known and beloved piece of Christian Religious music but is also widely sung at Masses in the Catholic church. Picked initially from the New Testament book of Luke, where Archangel Gabriel is sent to deliver a message to the Virgin Mary and his greetings included "Hail Mary" and that she has been blessed to carry the Lord Jesus within her womb. It's simply a glorious tribute to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and she is venerated in the Roman Catholic church. It is full of awe and wonders about how its composition came about.
This song proved to be one of Schubert's most successful works, which spread his name across the literary works, though his short time on earth passed away at the age of thirty-one. Unlike his other work, "Ave Maria" was published before his death, and this gave him a platform for being seen as inspirational, especially by Catholics. Although religious practices were not considered when Schubert's "Ave Maria" was written, it is accepted as a prayer.
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Fairchild steht für:
 Fairchild (Flugzeughersteller), US-amerikanischer Flugzeughersteller
 Fairchild Semiconductor, US-amerikanischer Halbleiterhersteller

Fairchild ist der Name folgender Orte:
 Fairchild (Wisconsin) im Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, Vereinigte Staaten
 Fairchild (Town), Verwaltungseinheit in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, Vereinigte Staaten
 Fairchild Beach, Strand auf der Insel Heard im südlichen Indischen Ozean
 Fairchild Peak, Berg in der antarktischen Ross Dependency

Fairchild ist der Familienname folgender Personen:

 B. H. Fairchild (* 1942), US-amerikanischer Dichter
 Benjamin L. Fairchild (1863–1946), US-amerikanischer Jurist und Politiker
 Barbara Fairchild (* 1950), US-amerikanische Country-Sängerin und Songwriterin
 Charles S. Fairchild (1842–1924), US-amerikanischer Geschäftsmann und Politiker
 David Fairchild (1869–1954), US-amerikanischer Botaniker
 Edward T. Fairchild (1872–1965), US-amerikanischer Jurist und Politiker
 Fred Rogers Fairchild (1877–1966), US-amerikanischer Ökonom und Hochschullehrer
 George Winthrop Fairchild (1854–1924), US-amerikanischer Politiker (New York)
 Henry Pratt Fairchild (1880–1956), US-amerikanischer Soziologe
 Herman LeRoy Fairchild (1850–1943), US-amerikanischer Geologe
 John Fairchild († 2015), US-amerikanischer Herausgeber und Verleger
 June Fairchild († 2015), US-amerikanische Schauspielerin
 Kelly Fairchild (* 1973), US-amerikanischer Eishockeyspieler
 Krisha Fairchild, US-amerikanische Schauspielerin
 Lydia Fairchild, US-amerikanische Chimäre
 Lucius Fairchild (1831–1896), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Mary Fairchild Low (1858–1946), amerikanische Malerin
 Mary Salome Cutler Fairchild (1855–1921), amerikanische Bibliothekarin
 Morgan Fairchild (* 1950), US-amerikanische Schauspielerin
 Muir S. Fairchild (1894–1950), US-amerikanischer General der Air Force
 Shelly Fairchild, US-amerikanische Countrysängerin
 Sherman Mills Fairchild (1896–1971), US-amerikanischer Flugzeugkonstrukteur und Industrieller
 Thomas Fairchild (1667–1729), englischer Botaniker und Gärtner
 Thomas E. Fairchild (1912–2007), US-amerikanischer Jurist und Politiker
 William Fairchild (1918–2000), britischer Schriftsteller und Drehbuchautor

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Lamponia is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species
Recognised species in the genus Lamponia include:
 Lamponia lamponia (Hewitson, 1876)
 Lamponia ploetzii (Capronnier, 1874)

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

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Certified Nursing Assistants work under the supervision of other health care professionals including Physicians and Registered Nurses. CNAs perform their assigned duties in accordance with polices and procedures established by the facility where they work. Certified Nursing Assistants are responsible for a variety of tasks including assisting patients with daily living activities such as eating, hygiene, and walking or moving. CNAs also take the vital signs of patients and perform routine care such as changing bed linens that increases the patient's comfort level. The exact duties will vary depending on the specific location where a CNA works, but some of the general responsibilities are described below.
The CNA must have a certification from the state in which they work. This can be earned through completion of a college level program or earned by on the job experience at certain facilities.
A Certified Nursing Assistant must be able to do basic math to calculate information necessary for recording on the patient's chart.
Strong communication and people skills are a requirement for CNAs. The Certified Nursing Assistant must develop and maintain good relationships with patients, family members, staff, and visitors to the facility.
The Certified Nursing Assistant must be able to read and write in English. The ability to communicate in other languages is strongly desirable.
Certified Nursing Assistants should participate in continuing education that will help them enhance their nursing abilities.
Following the directions given by the Registered Nurse, the Certified Nursing Assistant is responsible for providing basic care to patients as well as education to family members. The Certified Nursing Assistant will be responsible for assisting patients with bathing, positioning patients in bed, completing oral care, changing bed linen and clothing, helping patients to walk, assisting with feeding, taking and recording vital signs, collecting specimens, determining and recording intake and output of fluids, weighing patients, transporting patients via wheelchair or other method, and ensuring the safety of patients. The Certified Nursing Assistant will help the nurse determine patient care needs and report changes in the health or condition of the patient.
One of the most important functions of the Certified Nursing Assistant is to communicate information about the patient and his or her needs to other health care professionals including doctors, nurses, and other CNAs. This can be done verbally, through reports, or by documenting observations in the patient's chart. The Certified Nursing Assistant will help the patient learn self care skills as often as possible, and may help the patient's family to learn ways to care for the patient. As part of the CNAs duties, he or she will provide the patient and his or her family with emotional support.
The Certified Nursing Assistant will often be asked to help new staff members learn their responsibilities. As part of his or her daily responsibilities, the CNA will need to make sure that all areas of the patient unit are clean and safe. The Certified Nursing Assistant will also be responsible for stocking supplies, cleaning and caring for equipment, and retrieving supplies as requested by other health care team members.
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Click Here to Download a Copt of this Article: FEHB Reimbursement vs. Attorney's Fees
Federal Employee Health Benefit ("FEHB") plans have grown bolder in their attempts to collect since the U.S. Supreme Court decision inCoventry Health Care of Mo. v. Nevils, 137 S.Ct. 1190 (2017). See our past post on that case here. In some cases, these plans have claimed that their reimbursement rights are superior, even to the attorney's fee. If you find yourself in this situation, keep on reading.
The Federal Employee Health Benefits Act expressly provides that any provisions in a FEHB plan that "relate to the nature, provision, or extent of coverage or benefits" preempt state law which relates to health insurance or plans. 5 U.S.C. §8902(m)(1).
The Federal Government began taking action to amend its regulations to combat a number of cases throughout the country which held that subrogation and reimbursement provisions in a FEHB contract do not "relate to the nature, provision, or extent of coverage or benefits," and therefore state anti-subrogation laws survived and prevailed. Ultimately, pressure by FEHB insurance carriers prevailed, and in 2015 the Office of Personnel Management (the federal agency which regulates FEHB plans) declared that FEHB subrogation and reimbursement contract provisions were in fact "related to issues of coverage or benefits." The revised regulation at 5 CFR §890.106 states in part as follows:
(f) Pursuant to a subrogation or reimbursement clause, the FEHB carrier may recover directly from any party that may be liable, or from the covered individual, or from any applicable insurance policy, or a workers' compensation program or insurance policy, all amounts available to or received by or on behalf of the covered individual by judgment, settlement, or other recovery, to the extent of the amount of benefits that have been paid or provided by the carrier.
(g) Any [FEHB] contract must contain a provision incorporating the carrier's subrogation and reimbursement rights as a condition of and a limitation on the nature of benefits or benefit payments and on the provision of benefits under the plan's coverage. . .
(h) A carrier's rights and responsibilities pertaining to subrogation and reimbursement under any FEHB contract relate to the nature, provision, and extent of coverage or benefits (including payments with respect to benefits) within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 8902(m)(1). These rights and responsibilities are therefore effective notwithstanding any state or local law, or any regulation issued thereunder, which relates to health insurance or plans.
5 CFR §890.106(f)-(h).
Equipped with these amendments, the Supreme Court held in Nevils that the FEHB plan's subrogation and reimbursement provisions did relate to "the nature, provision, or extent of coverage or benefits" under 5 U.S.C. 8902(m)(1). Nevils, 137 S.Ct. at 1197. Therefore, a FEHB plan's subrogation and reimbursement provisions preempt state anti-subrogation laws, which relate to health insurance or plans.
The FEHB regulation at 5 CFR §890.106(e) establishes the priority of a FEHB reimbursement claim. Subsection (e) provides as follows:
Any subrogation or reimbursement recovery on the part of a FEHB carrier shall be effectuated against the recovery first (before any of the rights of any other parties are effectuated) and is not impacted by how the judgment, settlement, or other recovery is characterized, designated, or apportioned.
5 CFR §890.106(e). Likely emboldened by the regulation, many FEHB plans have language that assert much stronger and broader "first priority" rights, and take the position that they are entitled to be reimbursed even before an attorney takes a contingent fee.
But can a FEHB reimbursement claim really take precedence over an attorney's fee?
Remember that only state law which "relates to health insurance or plans" is preempted pursuant to 5 U.S.C. §8902 (m)(1). A FEHB carrier would be hard-pressed to make a legitimate argument that the New York Judiciary Law relates to health insurance or plans. It obviously does not. Therefore, it is our position that the attorney's lien in New York falls outside of the preemptive scope of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act.
In New York, the Judiciary Law grants attorneys a charging lien over a cause of action, claim or counterclaim – from the very beginning of the action – and the lien attaches to the settlement as well as its proceeds, and cannot be compromised by any agreements made between the parties before or after the determination. The statute provides in relevant part:
From the commencement of an action, special or other proceeding in any court or before any state, municipal or federal department, except a department of labor, or the service of an answer containing a counterclaim, or the initiation of any means of alternative dispute resolution including, but not limited to, mediation or arbitration, or the provision of services in a settlement negotiation at any stage of the dispute, the attorney who appears for a party has a lien upon his or her client's cause of action, claim or counterclaim, which attaches to a verdict, report, determination, decision, award, settlement, judgment or final order in his or her client's favor, and the proceeds thereof in whatever hands they may come; and the lien cannot be affected by any settlement between the parties before or after judgment, final order or determination. The court upon the petition of the client or attorney may determine and enforce the lien.
N.Y. Jud. Law §475 (emphasis added).
The next question becomes: whose right takes priority?
In New York, it is our position that the attorney's lien is superior. First, it is a lien; while FEHB claims are not liens, they are rights of reimbursement. Second, the attorney's lien attaches immediately to the verdict, settlement, or judgment. The FEHB reimbursement claim is "effectuated against the recovery" pursuant to the regulation. Likewise, the FEHB regulations define reimbursement as "a carrier's pursuit of a recovery . . . and has received. . . a payment from any party that may be liable." 5 CFR §890.101."Recovery" and/or "receipt of payment" occurs after a verdict, settlement, or judgment. Therefore, a FEHB plan's rights accrue after an attorney's lien attaches.
Therefore, in states with similar statutes protecting attorney's liens, a FEHB plan's reimbursement rights would appear to be inferior to an attorney's lien for their fees.
Importantly, even where state statutes do not specifically provide a rule on attorney's fees, the common law embraces similar principles. In Barnes v. Alexander, 232 U.S. 117 (1914), Barnes was an attorney and was retained on a matter. He needed help, so he sought the assistance of another attorney. He made an oral promise to pay the other attorney for his assistance and said "if you will attend to this case I will give you one third of the fee which I have coming to me on a contingent fee." Id. at 120. The Supreme Court of the United States held that there was a contract for a contingent fee out of a fund; and, the contract constituted a lien upon the fund. Furthermore, the attorney lien attached the moment that the fund was received: "At the latest, the moment the fund was received the contract attached to it as if made at that moment. It is an ancient principle even of the common law that words of covenant may be construed as a grant when they concern a present right." Id. The Court looked at the intent of the parties and said that the scope of the contract depended on the terms of the contract. Since Barnes did not promise to give the other attorney anything out of his own property, only from the fund recovered, it was an identified fund from which one-third was due to the other attorney.
In Elam v. Monarch Life Ins. Co., 598 A.2d 1167 (D.C. 1991), the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia held that the attorney's lien is an equitable lien. Elam filed a personal injury lawsuit in a motor vehicle case and agreed to pay her attorney out of any recovery. The fee agreement provided that the attorney would get "a sum equal to 33 1/3% (1/3) of any sum I shall recover as the result of this accident." As her settlement was being consummated, Monarch Life Insurance Company filed an action to enforce a judgment it had previously secured against Elam. The court issued a writ of attachment in judgment. Monarch served this writ on the defendant insurance company in the personal injury action, with whom Elam was in the process of settling. The District of Columbia Court of Appeals considered under what circumstances an attorney charging lien is created and when the lien attaches. As to the former, the court held that the contingency fee agreement here created an attorney charging lien. All that was necessary to show an attorney charging lien was that from the contract, one could reasonably conclude that the parties intended that the judgment would pay for the attorney's services, as opposed to the attorney relying on the client's personal obligation or resources to pay for the attorney's services. Any other view, the court reasoned, would be inconsistent with general contract principles and the modern trend in case law towards protecting an attorney's right to compensation. The court also held that this was an equitable lien, not just a right to bring an action in contract for recovery of attorney's fees.
As to the second issue of when an attorney charging lien attaches to the proceeds, the court held that the lien attached to the settlement proceeds at the very latest, the moment a settlement was made between the plaintiff and defendant. Monarch had argued that it should attach to only a judgment. However, the court said that if it required the lien to attach to a judgment, it would violate public policy because it encouraged lawyers to take cases for indigent clients all the way to trial in the hopes of getting a judgment, when the proper thing to do was to settle the case.
In conclusion, look closely at your state's statutory law and common law. If your state has a statute similar to New York's, then we would take the position is that an attorney's lien is superior to any FEHB lien. If on the other hand, where there is no statute, then the common law also can help establish that the attorney fee lien takes priority over FEHB reimbursement.


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The generation being silenced by cancel culture
Protestors In New York Rally For Black Lives After Kenosha Shooting
by Clarissa Bye
Cancel culture is increasingly silencing the views of ordinary Aussies in everyday conversations, new research shows.
And younger generations are falling victim to self-censorship more than older Australians, a new report, Australians Together, from social demographer Mark McCrindle and Mainstreet Insights shows.
On the other hand, the national survey of 1000 Australians found people are generally optimistic that the country will be more united in the next few years, particularly compared to overseas.
Overall more than three in five Australians - 65 per cent - believe that cancel culture has affected when and with whom they can share their opinions.
The subjects that we now feel we have to hide our true opinions on include "hot topics" - controversial issues featured in the news - as well as political views and religious beliefs.
Some of the hot topics from 2020 coming under self-censorship include racial equality, BLM protests, social issues, gay conversion therapy and ethics around embryonic stem cell research relating to COVID vaccines.
People aged under 25, or Gen Z, were 77 per cent likely to self-censor their opinions "due to the rise of cancel culture".
And 79 per cent say they have "struggled to be their authentic self" for fear of judgment or exclusion.
That compares with older Australians - the so-called "Builders" born before 1946 - who were 50 per cent likely to censor themselves and 32 per cent likely to have struggled to be "authentic".
Social demographer Mark McCrindle. Picture: Jordan Shields
"The majority of Australians are saying they struggle to be authentic," Mr McCrindle said.
"They've self-censored, we live in an era of judgment and cancel culture and it's having an impact on speech and how freely they're engaging.
"We don't have the freedom to be who we truly are and express what we want due to the angst on social media or the judgmentalism that exists in the broader society."
Overall, 54 per cent of respondents, quizzed during the last week of November, agreed with the statement "I have hidden my perspective on topical issues because I'm afraid of how people will respond".
Sixty six per cent of cent Gen Ys (born 1980-1994) say they've previously hidden their perspective on topic issues because they're afraid of how people will respond, compared with 55 per cent of Gen Xs (born 1965-1979), 35 per cent Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964) and 33 per cent of the Builders generation.
"More than a quarter say they do hide their opinion - there used to be the old thing about avoiding religion and politics - but there's one above that now, hot topics," Mr McCrindle said.
"It can be very visceral in arguments and people are trying to steer clear."
The report did uncover high levels of optimism among Australians that the nation will become more "united" in the next three years, with 59 per cent of Australians believing that will be the case. However 52 per cent said they believed the US will become more divided.
Originally published as The generation being silenced by cancel culture
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Q: Work on single cells of a given range Google App Scripts So, I've been trying to figure out a way to work on an individual cell of a given range, but I can't see how I can do this.
For instance, if I have set a variable to the range "A5:H25" and I want to change the values of one (or more) cells withing this range, how can one do this, keeping the other cell's values?
I know we can use an array of arrays to change multiple values, but what about the other values I want to keep untouched?
In my specific example, I have a range set this way:
var date = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(), "GMT+1", "dd/MM/yyyy");
var sprdsht = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var shtSessions = sprdsht.getSheets()[3];
var shtSessionslastRow = shtSessions.getLastRow();
var shtSessionslastCol = shtSessions.getLastColumn();

//Get table Ranges from the 4 sheets
var tblPushRange = shtPush.getRange(1, 1, shtPushlastRow, shtPushlastCol);
var tblSessionsRange = tblPushRange;

if (tblSessionsRange(1,1).getValue() == ""){ //<--- Check if 1st cell of the given range is empty
    tblSessionsRange.setValues([[date]]) //<-- Set that 1st cell value to date
}else{
    tblSessionsRange.offset(tblPushRange.getLastRow() + 1,1).setValue(date);
    Logger.log(tblPushRange.getLastRow() + 1)
}

So, how can I change values in individual cells and keep all the other values untouched, within this range I set?
Note: I think the code in the else block isn't correct either, but I'll address it later!
Thanks
Psy

A: Solution:
You can use getCell(row,column) on a range to get a specific single cell. Note that the first cell in the range is designated as (1,1).
Sample:
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var range = sheet.getRange("A5:H25");

// set value of cell B7 to "A"
range.getCell(3,2).setValue("A");

Reference:
Class Range | getCell()

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Understanding interrelationships and keeping an eye on the bigger picture: The Exploded View in use in three sectors
Christian Wymann | 23. December 2022
The Exploded View in different contexts and manifestations.
Three graduates of the blended learning training report how they use the Exploded View model from foryouandyourcustomers for their work — for organisational consulting, internal IT projects of a professional association, or the digitalisation of an industrial company.
Creating clarity more quickly
"I hope to be able to make this famous picture comparison much faster and clearer," says Markus Müller. With Involved GmbH, the organisational consultant and coach supports companies in transformation topics, among other things. Shortly after completing the Exploded View training, the consultant had the opportunity to try out the method with two clients.
By image comparison, Müller means that he helps an SME to clarify what the current and target state looks like for the different people involved in the topic of sustainability. The comparison for the specific topic is intended to highlight difficulties and ultimately contribute to the CEO and the department heads concerned gaining a common understanding. Working out different points of view with the help of the Exploded View opens up new possibilities for him in consulting. "For clarifying the assignment, I used to resort to solution-oriented questions and systemic methods based on text," Müller explains and adds, "but models and visualisations usually came later in the process." With the Exploded View, he now has a visual method that he can use from the beginning. "The method allows me to represent and simplify the relationships early in the process," says Müller, describing the potential he sees for his work.
"The method allows me to present and simplify the circumstances early in the process."
– Markus Müller, organisational consultant and coach at Involved GmbH
However, supporting his other client with the Exploded View presents Markus Müller with his first challenges. In the key project with three organisational units that have not yet been able to agree on an organisational model, the Exploded View is supposed to clarify the problem situation and lead to an initial agreement. "For this initial situation, I have to find out at what flight altitude I should prepare the model for the first workshop," says Müller. There are a number of use cases and entanglements that make the preparatory work challenging because he could basically depict everything with the model. Müller is looking forward to the experiences he will have with this customer and the method. He is curious to see how the discussion and finding a solution will turn out. In the long run, Müller sees an advantage for himself if the Exploded View enables him to create clarity as quickly as possible.
IT is more than just IT
"Personally, I need the Exploded View to better understand interrelationships". Julia Bachofner is an IT project manager at a trade association. In internal projects, Bachofner works with different stakeholder groups that need to be taken into account in the planning process and involved from a technical point of view. She hopes that the use of the Exploded View Model will lead to better cooperation between subject matter experts and departments involved. The six layers of the model give her a clearer picture of the circumstances.
Bachofner likes to work with visual methods like the Exploded View "because it allows me to show non-trivial processes and connections and I don't lose sight of the bigger picture". The bigger picture plays a role when the project manager wants to explain to the management, for example, that IT means more than just IT. Bachofner will continue to work with other methods in the future, but finds the Exploded View more suitable for depicting complicated issues.
"Even if I use the model just for myself, fewer mistakes will happen in projects."
– Julia Bachofner, IT project manager of a professional association
Even though it will probably take some time before more people in her organisation know and use the Exploded View model, her new methodological knowledge supports her in her work. "Even if I only use the model for myself, fewer mistakes will happen in projects," says Bachofner. Representing her own ideas about a project in a model will help her to better identify challenges and benefits and to keep track during implementation.
Sharpening the affinity for data
As Digital Transformation Director, Mischa Hollenstein takes care of the digital transformation at Geobrugg AG, which develops and produces specific protection systems. The globally active industrial company is not an IT service provider, Hollenstein emphasises. Although the SME mainly deals with tangible things such as safety nets against rockfall and avalanches or protective measures in mountain and tunnel construction, digitalisation still plays a role for the company. Hollenstein's responsibility is to drive the digitalisation of the business and, as he says, "sharpen the affinity for data".
"The Exploded View allows me to focus more on both customer needs and data, which is central for a manufacturing company in the course of digitalisation."
– Mischa Hollenstein, Digital Transformation Director, Geobrugg AG
In the future, Hollenstein wants to draw on the Exploded View to show precisely this connection to data and all other aspects of a project or product. For him, the strength of the method also lies in showing the bigger picture. Especially for manufacturing companies like Geobrugg AG, both the customer orientation and the dependencies on data need to become clearer. Hollenstein will consult the model in its generic form to communicate rough correlations and dependencies in an understandable way across several departments. As a conceptual tool, he can imagine a role- and project-specific use.
Even though Mischa Hollenstein is only just beginning to use his new methodological skills, he sees the potential of the Exploded View to drive digitalisation forward in the company. For him, there is no doubt that other industrial companies could benefit from it.
We empower people in different roles and industries to use the Exploded View. You can sign up for a training on our Exploded View Platform. In a blended learning format, you will learn about and apply the Exploded View model with the help of videos, quizzes, live sessions with a trainer, and practically oriented assignments.
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Matthew Burton is an ophthalmologist. He qualified in medicine from Cambridge University in 1994. His post-graduate training was in Oxford and at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. From 2001 to 2004 he worked as a clinical research fellow at the LSHTM on a Wellcome Trust funded trachoma research programme based at the MRC Laboratories in The Gambia. He was subsequently based at the Department of Ophthalmology, KCMC Hospital, Moshi, Tanzania from 2008 to 2012.
Matthew's main research focus is on trachoma. This has involved a range of projects on the control and pathogenesis of this blinding infectious disease. Studies have included several clinical trials on the management of trichiasis, longitudinal studies on the impact of mass azithromycin treatment and a range of studies investigating the immunopathogenic response that leads to the scarring complications of this infection.
Matthew is also involved in research into fungal and bacterial corneal infections in India, conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma in Kenya and the development of smartphone based applications for eye care.
Matthew holds a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship in Clinical Science which supports research on the control and pathogenesis of blinding trachoma in Ethiopia and Tanzania.
He is a Professor within the International Centre for Eye Health at the LSHTM and an Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital.