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Any world is an illusion, but within illusion, another world, a better world, seems possible. In the material world, the one we think is real, the divide between the 'left' and 'right' is an artificial one. This divide serves to keep us separate from each other and prevents us from seeing clearly that we in fact have shared interests and a common enemy. A better way to approach economy, politics, culture and society would be to take note of the ways in which our societies are divided horizontally: the interests of the few (the parasitic "elite") and the many (ordinary people). The elite wants to oppress and exploit the rest of us. In a material sense, they are our enemy. They are working to establish globally a Talmudic (micro managed) technocracy (aka a New World Order). ■ Another word for this tyranny now apparently is (a) "BioSecurity state." All governments are working in lockstep to implement the global agenda locally. The Covid-19 epidemic essentially has been over since May-June. Masks are useless and the insufficiently tested vaccines could be lethal. They are to be avoided at any cost. The "second wave" does not exist. The PCR test is unreliable and is being used to inflate the number of "cases." Cases used to mean people were sick. It now means they tested "positive." Most "positives" are false positives, meaning these people are neither necessarily sick nor "asymptomatic carriers". The inflated numbers are part of the fearmongering of the MSM, meant to justify the deadly lockdowns and usher in the new dictatorship. ■ World government is the last thing ordinary people need. We need free and open communities with equal rights for everyone and a profound respect for the many differences between us. We want freedom rather than security. We want peace, not war. Above all else, we want truth, dignity and justice. ~ Ed.
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The 9/11 Litmus Test: Everything points in one direction only: Israel. Yes, Israel did it. They did it. - Organized Jewry in the US and Israel, with the active participation of FEMA, the FBI, the CIA and the Secret Service. This is painfully obvious to anyone capable of thinking straight. The US has been taken over by organized Jewry: All levels of government are completely dominated by their operatives & lackeys, from top to bottom. America no longer is free. America is a tragic joke. Growing fatter by the day, its citizens were watching TV shows & movies, getting thoroughly brainwashed over the years. Taking freedom for granted, they stayed away from politics. By being ignorant and passive, they lost their country to wealthy Jews, a tiny minority. To a foreign power. To Israel, Rothschild's pet country. Taking America back would involve being very active, locally and elsewhere, and connecting with ordinary people in political work. It also would mean to start facing the facts and giving up comfort and security - this would entail facing our deepest fears and finding a way to live with them. Above all else, it would mean never forsaking Truth and Freedom for lies and servitude. ― Are Americans up to it? More about 9/11 here, here and here.
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Everything one needs to know about mediocre political elites allegedly representing the "values" of Western civilization has been laid bare by their reaction to the referendums in Donetsk and Lugansk.
The referendums may have been a last-minute affair; organized in a rush; in the middle of a de facto civil war; and on top of it at gunpoint - supplied by the Kiev NATO neo-liberal neo-fascist junta, which even managed to kill some voters in Mariupol. An imperfect process? Yes. But absolutely perfect in terms of graphically depicting a mass movement in favor of self-rule and political independence from Kiev.
This was direct democracy in action; no wonder the US State Department hated it with a vengeance.[1]
Turnout was huge. The landslide victory for independence was out of the question. Same for transparency; a public vote, in glass ballot boxes, with monitoring provided by Western journalists - mostly from major German media but also from the Kyodo News Agency or the Washington Post.
What should come after the Donetsk People's Republic proclaimed itself a sovereign state, and asked Moscow to consider its accession into Russia, is not secession, nor outright civil war, but a negotiation. That's clear by the Kremlin's measured official reaction: "Moscow respects the will of the people in Donetsk and Lugansk and hopes that the practical realization of the outcome of the referendums will be carried out in a civilized manner."
The cautious tone is also reflected by the Kremlin urging the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to help broker the negotiation. Yet once again, there's concrete proof that the NATO neo-liberal neo-fascist junta does not want to negotiate anything. Farcical "acting" President Oleksandr Turchynov labeled the exercise in direct democracy a "farce, which terrorists call the referendum"; and Washington and Brussels branded it "illegal".
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U.S. President Barack Obama, center, listens to Rijksmuseum
director Wim Pijbes, seen from the back, in front of Dutch master
Rembrandt's The Night Watch painting during a visit to the Rijks-
museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday. Obama will attend
the two-day Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague.
Any (bureaucratic) doubts the New Cold War is on have been dispelled by the Group of Seven issuing a pompous, self-described Hague Declaration. Abandon all hope those who expected The Hague to become the seat of a tribunal judging the war crimes of the Cheney regime.
The G-7 also cancelled its upcoming summer summit in Sochi as a means of "punishing" Moscow over Crimea. As if this carried any practical value. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov responded with class; if you don't want us, we have better things to do. [1] Everyone knows the G-7 is an innocuous, self-important talk shop. It's in the G-20 - much more representative of the real world - where crucial geopolitical and geoeconomic issues gain traction.
The Hague Declaration comes complete with the kiss of death, as in, "The International Monetary Fund has a central role leading the international effort to support Ukrainian reform, lessening Ukraine's economic vulnerabilities, and better integrating the country as a market economy in the multilateral system." That's code for "wait till structural adjustment starts biting".
And then there will be "measures to enhance trade and strengthen energy security" - code for "we will destroy your industry" but "are not very keen on paying your humongous Gazprom bill".
All this in the sidelines of a supposed summit on nuclear security in the Netherlands, where US President Barack Obama, at the Rijksmuseum, in front of Rembrandt's The Night Watch, extolled Washington's "support of the Ukrainian government and Ukrainian people". Rembrandt's watchers have never seen anything like it in their glorious lifespan. It pays to be a Nazi after all; you just need to be in the right government, against the right enemy, and fully approved by the hyper-power.
Will NATO annex Ukraine?
Anti-government protesters carry an injured man on a stretcher
in Independence Square in Kiev February 20, 2014.
Anyone who believes Washington is deeply enamored of 'democracy' in Ukraine must hit eBay, where Saddam Hussein's WMDs have been found, and are on sale to the highest bidder.
Or pay attention to the non-denial denials of the Obama administration, which swears on a daily basis there's no 'proxy war' or Cold War redux in Ukraine.
In a nutshell; Washington's bipartisan Ukraine policy has always been anti-Moscow. That implies regime change whenever necessary. As the European Union (EU), geopolitically, is nothing but an annex to NATO, what matters is NATO extending its borders to the Ukraine. Or at least Western Ukraine – which would be a valuable consolation prize.
This is a purely military-centric game – the logic of the whole mechanism ultimately decided in Washington, not in Brussels. It's about NATO expansion, not 'democracy'. When neo-con State Department functionary Victoria Nuland had her 15 seconds of fame recently, what she actually meant was "We're NATO, F**k the EU." No wonder there will be an urgent NATO Defense Ministers meeting in Brussels on Wednesday, centered on Ukraine.
No one will ever read that in US corporate media – or in academia for that matter. Harvard Professor Francis Boyle talking to Voice of Russia, or Princeton's Stephen Cohen in a recent article for the Nation, are glaring exceptions.
Every informed analyst knows the mastermind of this 'policy', since the 1970s, is Zbigniew 'The Grand Chessboard' Brzezinski. Dr. Zbig was US President Barack Obama's mentor at Columbia and is the Talleyrand of the Obama administration's foreign policy machine.
He may have softened up a notch recently, arguing that although the US must remain the supreme power across Eurasia, Russia and Turkey must be seduced by the West. Yet his historic Russophobia was never diluted.
The Wahhabi-Likudnik war of terror
Former Saudi ambassador Prince Turki bin Faisal al Saud
confers with Israeli strategic affairs analyst Yossi Alpher
at the National Iranian American Council conference in
Washington, Oct. 15, 2013. (NIAC) (CCJN)
The double suicide bombing targeting the Iranian embassy in Beirut - with at least 23 people killed and 170 wounded - was a de facto terror attack happening on 11/19. Numerology-wise, naturally 9/11 comes to mind; and so the case of the Washington-declared war on terror metastasizing - largely conducted by oozy forms of Saudi "intelligence".
Yet don't expect the "West" to condemn this as terror. Look at the headlines; it's all normalized as "blasts" - as if children were playing with firecrackers.
Whether carried out by a hazy al-Qaeda-linked brigade or by Saudi spy chief Bandar bin Sultan's (aka Bandar Bush's) goons, the Beirut terror attack is essentially configured as a major, Saudi-enabled provocation. The larger Saudi agenda in Syria implies getting both Hezbollah and Iran to be pinned down inside Lebanon as well. If that happens, Israel also wins. Once again, here's another graphic illustration of the Likudnik House of Saud in action.
Nuance also applies. Bandar Bush's strategy, coordinated with jihadis, was to virtually beg for Hezbollah to fight inside Syria. When Hezbollah obliged, with only a few hundred fighters, the jihadis scurried away from the battlefield to implement plan B: blowing up innocent women and children in the streets of Lebanon.
Netanyahu's UN speech: Sounds like a sociopath?
The temptation for the real "international community" would be to tell Netanyahhu to shut up – and go play with his silly cartoons.
Iranian missiles will hit New York in "three to four years". A nuclear Iran is like "50 North Koreas".
This could be the sound of a deranged, dangerous sociopath, or this could be the sound of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu addressing the UN General Assembly.
Compare for yourself. Last week we had Iranian President Hassan Rouhani calling for the world to surf a WAVE (as in World Against Violence and Extremism).
This week we had Bibi saying that was a "cynical" and "totally hypocritical honey trap".
In the world according to Netanyahu, "Ahmadinejad was a wolf in wolf's clothing. Rouhani is a wolf in sheep's clothing." Rouhani tried to present himself as "pious", but he's always been involved with "the terror state of Iran". He's like "a serial killer going to court dressed in clerical attire and giving testimony to his nature as an 'ethical' and 'religious' man."
Ranting aside, Bibi did change his game. Now it's not silly cartoons and begging the US to bomb Iran virtually on a weekly basis. Now it's Iran's "military nuclear program" that must be shut down – a program, by the way, that the alphabet soup of US intelligence agencies says does not exist.
And this after Netanyahu told US President Barack Obama to forget – forever - UN Security Council resolution 242, which determined total Israeli withdrawal from all lands occupied after the 1967 war.
How the US is enabling Syriastan
A photo of an Islamic Al Qaeda leader fighting inside Syria
against Syrian armed forces. It shows a terrorist leader in
Syria, "Commander" Muhajireen Kavkaz wa Sham, a leader
of an Al-Qaeda linked group, inside a USAID tent.
If any extra evidence was needed to shatter the myth of a "revolution" struggling for a future "democratic" Syria, the big news of the week cleared any remaining doubts.
Eleven, 13 or 14 "rebel" brigades (depending on the source) have ditched the "moderate", US-propped Syrian National Council (SNC) and the not-exactly Free Syrian Army (FSA). The leaders of the bunch are the demented jihadis of Jabhat al-Nusra - but it includes other nasties such as the Tawhid brigades and the Tajammu Fastaqim Kama Ummirat in Aleppo, some of them until recently part of the collapsing FSA.
The jihadis practically ordered the myriad "moderates" to submit, "unify in a clear Islamic frame", and pledge allegiance to a future Syria with Sharia law as "the sole source of legislation".
One Ayman al-Zawahiri must be having a ball in his comfortable, drone-proof hideout somewhere in the Waziristans. Not only because his call for a multinational jihad - a la Afghanistan in the 1980s - is working; but also because the US-run SNC has been exposed for the toothless rodent that it really is.
And facts on the ground keep corroborating it. The al-Qaeda-propped Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant took over a town near the Bab al-Salam border crossing with Turkey that was held by the FSA because the FSA was accused of fighting for "democracy" and close ties with the West. Wrong; the FSA wants those ties but under a Muslim Brotherhood-controlled regime. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - of which Jabhat al-Nusra is the main Syrian component - wants a Talibanized Syriastan.
Rouhani surfs the new WAVE
He came. He listened. And he surfed.
"I listened carefully to the statement made by President Obama today at the General Assembly... [I'm] hoping that they will refrain from following the short-sighted interests of warmongering pressure groups and we can arrive at a framework to managing our differences."
Then he outlined what has always been the official Iranian position: "Talks can happen; equal footing and mutual respect should govern the talks." Then he addressed the expectation (actually, the world's):
"Of course, we expect to hear a consistent voice from Washington. The dominant voice in recent years has been for a military option."
But now he had another idea. So he sets the stage for the punch line: It's WAVE time. WAVE as in World Against Violence and Extremism. Not in Farsi, lost in translation; in English.
"I propose as a starting step... I invite all states... to undertake a new effort to guide the world in this direction ... we should start thinking about a coalition for peace all across the globe instead of the ineffective coalitions for war."
So the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hassan Rouhani, has just invited the whole planet to join the WAVE. How come no "coalition of the willing" leader ever thought about that?
China stitches up (SCO) Silk Rd
While the whole world was terrified by the prospect of the Obama administration bombing Syria, Chinese President Xi Jinping was busy doing the Silk Road.
One has to love that famous Deng Xiaoping dictum; "Always maintain a low profile". This being the second-largest economy in the world, "low profile" always packs a mighty punch. Cue to September 7, in Astana, Kazakhstan's capital, when Xi officially proposed no less than a New Silk Road in co-production with Central Asia.
Xi's official "economic belt along the Silk Road" is a supremely ambitious, Chinese-fueled trans-Eurasian integration mega-project, from the Pacific to the Baltic Sea; a sort of mega free-trade zone. Xi's rationale seems to be unimpeachable; the belt is the home of "close to 3 billion people and represents the biggest market in the world with unparalleled potential".
Talk about a "wow" factor. But does that mean that China is taking over all of the Central Asian "stans"? It's not that simple.
A roomful of mirrors
On Xi's Silk Road trip, the final destination was Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan's capital, for the 13th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). And to cap it all off, nothing less than a graphic reminder of the stakes involved in the New Great Game in Eurasia; a joint meeting on the sidelines of the SCO, featuring Xi, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
This is Rouhani's first foreign trip since he took office on August 4. Not an epic like Xi's; only two days in Bishkek. In a preliminary meeting face-to-face with Xi, Rouhani even started speaking "diplomatic Chinese" - as in the upcoming negotiations over the Iranian nuclear dossier leading, hopefully, to a "win-win" situation. Xi emphatically supported Iran's right to a peaceful nuclear program under the Non-Proliferation Treaty, while Rouhani stressed the Iran-China relationship "bears vital significance for Asia and the sensitive Middle East issue".
Obama set for holy Tomahawk war
The ''responsibility to protect'' (R2P) doctrine invoked to legitimize the 2011 war on Libya has just transmogrified into ''responsibility to attack'' (R2A) Syria. Just because the Obama administration says so.
On Sunday, the White House said it had ''very little doubt'' that the Bashar al-Assad government used chemical weapons against its own citizens. On Monday, Secretary of State John Kerry ramped it up to ''undeniable'' - and accused Assad of ''moral obscenity''.
So when the US bombed Fallujah with white phosphorus in late 2004 it was just taking the moral high ground. And when the US helped Saddam Hussein to gas Iranians in 1988 it was also taking the moral high ground.
The Obama administration has ruled that Assad allowed UN chemical weapons inspectors into Syria, and to celebrate their arrival unleashed a chemical weapons attack mostly against women and children only 15 kilometers away from the inspectors' hotel. If you don't believe it, you subscribe to a conspiracy theory.
Evidence? Who cares about evidence? Assad's offer of access for the inspectors came ''too late''. Anyway, the UN team is only mandated to determine whether chemical weapons were deployed - but not by who, according to UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon's spokesman.
As far as the Obama administration and UK Prime Minister David ''of Arabia'' Cameron are concerned - supported by a barrage of corporate media missiles - that's irrelevant; Obama's ''red line'' has been crossed by Assad, period. Washington and London are in no-holds-barred mode to dismiss any facts contradicting the decision. Newspeak - of the R2A kind - rules. If this all looks like Iraq 2.0 that's because it is. Time to fix the facts around the policy - all over again. Time for weapons of mass deception - all over again.
'War on chemical weapons': Obama traps himself into Syrian combat
A picture downloaded from the US air force website
shows F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 35th and 80th
Fighter Squadrons (AFP Photo/US Air Force)
Only a few days before the 12th anniversary of 9/11, Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama might be fighting side by side with… al-Qaeda, as he was foolish enough to be trapped by his own rhetoric on Syria.
The dogs of war bark and the caravan… is Tomahawked. Amid out-of-control hysteria, the proverbial "unnamed US officials" spin like demented centrifuges.
Obama's "kinetic operation" on Syria will fall out of the sky "in the next few days." It will be "limited," lasting only "three days," or "no more than two days." It will "send a message," a "short, sharp attack" against less than 50 sites on a list of targets.
But then long-range bombers may "possibly" join the Tomahawk barrage, and all bets are off.
A proverbial, anonymous "senior administration official" even stressed the "desire to get it done before the president leaves for Russia next week."
That's it; we bomb a country like dialing a pizza delivery, and then we go to a G20 summit with the world's emerging powers hosted by no less than Russia's president, Vladimir Putin. Just because we need to prove that the president of the United States meant what he said: chemical weapons are a red line. And to hell who's responsible for deploying them.
I'm not making this up. This is the core of White House spokesman Jay Carney's message, when he said, in faultless Newspeak: "The options that are being considered do not contain within them a regime change focus."
So the administration of "constitutional lawyer" Barack Obama is mulling how to attack Syria, bypassing the UN Security Council – which will veto, via Russia and China, the new resolution proposed by the UK; bypassing always-docile NATO; and with 91 percent of Americans against it, just to send an (explosive) political message. And all because a US president was foolish enough to get trapped in his own rhetoric.
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Fishermans Road Markets has been operated and managed for the past 15 years by the Lions Club of Mooloolaba. All Lions Club members are Volunteers who willingly offer their free time for no monetary return, therefore net profits raised from the Markets are channeled back into either the Lions Club Projects or Local Community Organisations.
This differs to privately operated markets where wages are paid and profits are retained by the operator.
By shopping at the Fishermans Road Markets (also known as the Maroochy Sunday Markets) you are helping with the ongoing viability of the stallholders therefore ultimately you are also supporting the many Community Projects. Without the Stall Holders, there would be no markets.


I now understand why Karen (the former owner of the bird shop where I volunteer) told me to keep my budgies in separate cages where they can't hear each other.
Flock Mentality: It's A Thing.
Qtip (our cockatiel) came to us knowing the "Imperial March" and "Zippity Doo Da". Sure, he'd get stuck on the four march notes like a scratched record we couldn't quite shut off, and he definitely only really liked the high part of Doo Da and would repeat it infinitely, but hey. It was cute.
Maybe he's an improv artist…?
Before he came to us, Qtip lived for a time with a lovebird (not necessarily a good pairing, for those of you wondering–love birds are frequently mean to birds of other species), so he adores other birds.
Thus, simply being surrounded by two other budgies (that he can hear) has worked as a memory charm for Qtip, and he has forgotten his tunes.
I know why the caged bird sings, and it's often because he's lonely.
Many birds mimic the songs and sounds of humans for one of two reasons: 1. They imprinted on humans and thus think they are one (like in Louie's case), or 2. They are lonely for the company of ANY other creature (in lieu of another bird) and pick up songs to attempt to communicate.
Hence, the minute Qtip heard other birds singing and chattering, the Obliviate curse was cast, and the more he forgot.
Training your Parrot to Whistle in a Multiple-Bird Household: Isolate them.
Now, this isn't true of all birds, but if you're absolutely bent on having a young bird imitate you (and you have more than one), you definitely want to keep them both in separate cages, and where they can't hear each other during the day.
They can come out for playdates together, but it's important to spend one-on-one time with each bird and keep them where they can't hear each other–limit the pull of other parrots.
Personally, we'd rather have Qtip around his friends, so we're okay with him forgetting what he once knew.
Next PostNext The Pampered Flock is going to get a little larger and a little less pampered.


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Chao-Wen Cheng
Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine
International Master/Ph.D. Program in Medicine
Emailccheng@tmu.edu.tw
2005 Ph.D.(Life Sciences), National Defense Medical Center
2000 M.S.(Pathology), National Defense Medical Center
1998 B.S. (Biology), Tunghai University
2013 Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University
2010 Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University
2007 Research Associate, Taipei Medical University
Molecular Pathology
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Polymorphism Chemical Compounds
Kupffer Cells Medicine & Life Sciences
Autoimmune Diseases Medicine & Life Sciences
Thyroid Diseases Medicine & Life Sciences
Autoantibodies Medicine & Life Sciences
Genes Chemical Compounds
ferulic acid Medicine & Life Sciences
Graves Disease Medicine & Life Sciences
細胞外基質蛋白Nephronectin在腎小管細胞形成緊密連結的功能角色探討(2/2)
Cheng, C.
Investigation the Functional Role of Extracellular Matrix Protein, Nephronectin, in the Renal Proximal Tubular Cell Tight Junction Formation
The impact of iodine on a human thyroglobulin induced Hastimoto's thyroidits animal model
Project: C - Project of Alliance › t - Taipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Nicotine and Nitrosamines Promote Tumorigenic Behaviors in Renal Cell Carcinoma (II)
Associations of secreted phosphoprotein 1 and B lymphocyte kinase gene polymorphisms with autoimmune thyroid disease
Cheng, C. W., Yang, S. F., Wang, Y. H., Fang, W. F., Lin, Y. C., Tang, K. T. & Lin, J. D., Mar 1 2019, In : European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 49, 3, e13065.
Hashimoto Disease
Corrigendum to "Comparative analysis of novel autoantibody isotypes against citrullinatedinter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor heavy chain 3 (ITIH3) 542–556 peptide in serum from Taiwanese females with rheumatoid arthritis, primary Sjögren's syndrome and secondary Sjögren's syndrome in rheumatoid arthritis" [J Proteomics 141: (2016) 1–11](S1874391916300860)(10.1016/j.jprot.2016.03.031)
Liao, C. C., Chou, P. L., Cheng, C. W., Chang, Y. S., Chi, W. M., Tsai, K. L., Chen, W. J., Kung, T. S., Tai, C. C., Lee, K. W., Chen, Y. C. & Lin, C. Y., Mar 1 2019, In : Journal of Proteomics. 194, p. 227 1 p.
Trypsin Inhibitors
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Pollute, poach, dewater: Legacies of illicit cannabis grows
While the legality of California's medical marijuana dispensaries is being debated in courtrooms, a UC Cooperative Extension forestry and wildlands ecology advisor says there are a number of issues related to the unregulated land-use practices of illicit cannabis growing that have not been addressed.
Greg Giusti
"As a forest ecologist, I spend a lot of time outdoors, and I talk to thousands of people every year about forest-related subject matter," says Greg Giusti. "And you can't talk to anybody today on the North Coast without the topic of cannabis growing and cannabis impacts on land coming up."
In Lake and Mendocino counties, Giusti performs research and shares information with public agencies and private landowners in relation to forest management and freshwater ecology on behalf of UC Cooperative Extension. Marijuana farming is not a topic that Giusti ever intended to address.
Illegal water diversion is common among many illicit cannabis plots in wildlands. (Photo from Giusti's presentation, courtesy of Lake County Sheriff's Office)
Effects on natural resources
Most of the data available about illicit cannabis grows is based on drug enforcement actions, specifically how many sites were busted and how many plants or pounds of plant material were seized. Giusti has gathered photographs and anecdotal evidence of the effects on natural resources of commercial-scale marijuana grows operated illicitly on public and private lands.
Some of the effects he has documented:
illegal water controls (including dams, stream diversion and water storage)
water pollution from petroleum, pesticide and fertilizer products
pesticides applied without permits
pesticides, fertilizers and other chemicals left behind
indiscriminate fish and wildlife killing (including poisoning, trapping and poaching for food)
human trash and waste left after camping
"It's not this green industry that people talk about," Giusti says. "They're diverting water, they're polluting streams, and there's a portion who are poaching. We're also seeing all of the negative effects of unregulated road building, unregulated construction and unregulated human inhabitation for months and months out in the woods."
Giusti explained that some cannabis growers divert water from streams to store in large water bladders, prematurely lowering stream levels during critical times in the year.
"It's illegal to do, but at the same time you can drive up and down Highway 101 and easily buy these huge bladders," he said.
He notes that local businesses are selling compost by the ton, rodenticide by the pallet, thousands of pairs of clippers and turkey bags in lots of 100.
"Mainstream businesses are supporting this underground industry," Giusti said. "You don't have to be growing cannabis to be making money off of it."
In 2010, Giusti organized two community workshops in Lake County to address the impacts of illicit cannabis land-use on forest resources, for a combined attendance of nearly 400 community members. Giusti has shared his results with the board of supervisors for Lake and Mendocino counties, local news media, local foresters and the staff of the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board.
"My intention was to initiate a communitywide discussion to ask, 'Is this what you want to happen to your forests?'" Giusti said. "Up until now it's been talked about in hushed tones, and I wanted to initiate a dialogue out loud. Everybody has been whispering about it."
The presentation he developed for those meetings continues to generate discussion. Most recently, he has presented to the North Coast Water Quality Control Board staff and other agencies. He has shared photos collected for his presentation with Congressman Mike Thompson's office as well.
"With the water quality control board, I had the opportunity to engage people whose job it is to protect the beneficial uses of water — and hopefully stimulate an internal dialogue so that they can continue the discussion after I leave their office," he said. "There are other resource agencies that need to be involved, and county planning departments too. This is an unregulated land-use practice."
This month, the Lake County Record-Bee ran an article by reporter Linda Williams with the headline "Thirsty marijuana grows suck Eel River dry," which included some information presented at Giusti's meetings.
"My efforts seem to be improving people's awareness," he says. "The very thing I wanted to accomplish — creating broader dialogues — is happening."
View Giusti's presentation: Illicit Cannabis Production on Forest and Wildland Resources
Posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 12:37 PM
Author: Brenda Dawson
Tags: forest (12), Greg Giusti (6), land use (4), marijuana (5), natural resources (3), pollution (1), water (19)
Time to plan your yellow starthistle weed attack
Weeds, weeds, weeds! Have you noticed? This has been a banner year for weeds. Puncturevine where I've never seen it before. Garden soil covered with common purslane (at least it's good in salads). And solid stands of yellow starthistle everywhere!
Mature yellow starthistle, Centaurea solstitialis
Our cool late spring and repeated late rains created multiple germination periods; weed seeds in the soil had many opportunities to sprout. And sprout they did! With the heat of summer, weeds flowered and became noticeable. Now, weeds have set seed and dried along roadsides, in fields, and landscapes. All those weed seeds will require diligent effort next spring! It's time to plan your weed attack to prevent next year's seedlings.
What can be done? First of all, identify your weeds. Different weeds require different treatments. Is it an annual or perennial? Does it propagate by wind-blown seeds or by runners? The University of California Integrated Pest Management website, has weed-identification guides that are fun and easy to use. The website also offers treatment guidelines.
In the California foothills, yellow starthistle (YST) is perhaps the most common weed of concern. It impacts much of our open space - agricultural and rangeland - and intrudes into our neighborhood landscapes. Yellow starthistle currently infests more than 15 million acres of land in California. Not only does it prevent recreational use, like walking or hiking, but it chokes out native grasses and wildflowers. It is also poisonous to horses, causing a neurological disorder called "chewing disease" which can be fatal once symptoms develop.
More and more, individual homeowners are becoming the key to containing and eliminating this invasive plant, wherever it exists. The goal in treating yellow starthistle is to prevent seed formation. Unfortunately, this year's YST has already bloomed, set seed, and dried. Planning is essential to prevent another banner crop next year.
That said, yellow starthistle can be hand-pulled at any time in its lifespan. In its present dry and spiny stage, pulling the weeds can inflict pain, so be sure to wear gloves. Double-bag the plants and burn them later in the fall.
There is a fairly new herbicide (2009) on the market from Monterey Chemical called Star Thistle Killer.
Star Thistle Killer Half Pint Bottle
It is available at home centers and nurseries and can be purchased without a permit. The active ingredient, clopyralid, is the same active ingredient in Transline and should not be used on lawns. However, one spray application on small parcels of less than two acres during the late fall, winter, or early spring rainy season will be effective in preventing yellow starthistle seedling germination next spring.
Local pest control companies are also available to provide a one-time herbicide application for yellow starthistle. For more information, go to the Central Sierra Cooperative Extension website or call the Yellow Starthistle Leading Edge Project in the UC Cooperative Extension office at (530) 621-5533 or (209) 533-6993.
Information adapted from the University of California Integrated Pest Management Program and from "Yellow Starthistle: Brief Homeowner Information Sheet" by John E. Otto, Amador County Master Gardener.
Also see the following video on yellow starthistle control.
YST Homeowner Handout
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Posted on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 8:33 AM
Author: Rebecca Miller-Cripps
Tags: invasive species (15), weeds (11), yellow starthistle (2), Yellow Starthistle Leading Edge Project (1)
Building a better water trough
UC Cooperative Extension rangeland farm advisor Royce Larsen, left, discusses the ground-level water trough with inventor George Work.
"Water is the driver of nature." - Leonardo da Vinci
California's vast dry rangelands are dotted with water troughs ideal for quenching cattle's thirst. But in most cases, the troughs' designs are a torment to wildlife drawn for a drink.
Monterey County rancher George Work observed how traditional water troughs frustrated the wildlife on his family's 12,000-acre cattle ranch. Small birds couldn't reach water two or three inches below the top edge. Coyotes, bobcats and cottontails weren't tall enough to reach over the rim. Work set to making a water trough that would meet the needs of all animals on the range – from cattle, hunting dogs and horses to deer and rabbits.
While raising cattle remains the primary function of the Work Ranch, in order to generate more income from the scenic open space the ranch opens its doors to hunting wild boar, quail and Tule elk. The visitors enjoy seeing a diversity of wildlife.
"One-third of our business comes from wildlife," Work said.
In 1998, Work drew from decades of first-hand experience to design a better water trough. With a grant from USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service, he constructed a prototype. The concrete trough is sunk into the ground under an elderberry tree. Work modified a float like those used in toilet tanks to keep the water within centimeters of the rim.
That first man-made watering hole was an improvement for many species, but it also revealed some problems. Birds needed an escape ramp to climb out of the water should they fall in while drinking; the ramp should be shallow enough to allow the birds to bathe. Larger animals had to be kept from using the trough for a cooling dip. Work found that sloping the sides to a sharp V at the bottom of the trough made it unappealing for a soak.
Years of experimentation and innovation resulted in the development of pre-manufactured concrete water troughs, which are now commercially available. The next challenge is selling the idea to ranchers.
Enter UC Cooperative Extension. On an unrelated visit to the Work Ranch, UC Berkeley wildlife biologist Reg Barrett was impressed by Work's invention and encouraged UC Cooperative Extension rangeland advisor Royce Larsen and NRCS rangeland conservationist Karl Striby to help spread the word.
Larsen and Stirby are now completing the first step, adding the ground-level water trough specifications to NRCS's published Technical Notes. The publication will provide ranchers and other land owners with the information they need to install the wildlife-friendly troughs.
"If you're thinking of installing a basic, traditional trough for cattle, it may or may not be the best idea," Larsen said. "But you're thinking about supporting both cattle and wildlife, it's great."
In the video below, rancher George Work shows the ground-level water trough prototype and the second-generation, pre-manufactured version.
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Posted on Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 8:47 AM
Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Tags: ecosystem services (5), rangeland (15), Royce Larsen (2), wildlife (24)
Diverse groups work together to enhance ecosystem services
Organizers were impressed with the large and diverse group of people who gathered for the "Managing Rangeland for Ecosystem Services Workshop. Photo by Leonard Jolley
Ecosystem services is a new term I've been hearing. Naturally I wondered, what are these services and is the ecosystem serving me? Ecosystem services are benefits we receive from the environment, such as clean water, open space, beautiful scenery, food production, wildlife habitat and diversity of plants and animals.
Not surprisingly, ecosystem services appeal to a broad audience. However, in the past, many people advocated for a single favored service and would fight with those who were partial to a different service. Now there is a strong trend toward partnerships.
"There's been sea change on the topic of livestock management and rangeland ecosystem services," said Ken Tate, UC Cooperative Extension watershed specialist based at UC Davis.
In a scenario 20 years ago, many ranchers would have focused solely on livestock production and ranch profit, while some environmental groups would have voiced concerns solely about wildlife habitat, and a government regulatory agency may have considered water quality the most important service. All parties have begun to recognize the connections among these important services and the need to work together to enhance all of them.
"If a ranch is not economically viable, then there is risk that land could become a shopping mall or some other development," Tate explained. "A working ranch provides more ecosystem services than developments such as malls or suburban sprawl."
A UC study published in the current issue of California Agriculture journal found that rangeland owners valued their land for its natural amenities as well as a financial investment.
Recently more than 120 people representing new and long-time ranchers, conservation groups, federal and state natural resources agencies, UC scientists and others gathered for the "Managing Rangeland for Ecosystem Services Workshop and Field Day" to discuss their common goals.
"Interest in this event reflects the growing interest in ecosystem services in a growing number of people," said Tate, who organized the Oct. 18 event at UC's Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center, located 60 miles northeast of Sacramento. "Some people drove four or five hours to attend."
At the workshop, Tate introduced the Prescribed Grazing for Ecosystem Service Project.
Ken Tate describes a project that studies managing grazing for ecosystem services on rangelands. Photo by Leonard Jolley.
Despite their different backgrounds and ecosystem service priorities, there was no adversarial discussion among the attendees, observed participant Morgan Doran, UC Cooperative Extension livestock & natural resources advisor for Solano County.
"Everyone seemed to be in agreement that livestock are a useful tool in sustaining a healthy rangeland ecosystem," Doran said. "And all seemed to acknowledge a need to better understand the balance of provisioning goods and services from rangeland systems."
"We used to talk about one service at a time," Tate said. "Now we talk about tradeoffs and synergies involved in managing for many services simultaneously. Optimizing water quality might take away from profitability. Talking about tradeoffs used to be confrontational. Now if we can understand the costs of these tradeoffs, there may be an individual or organization willing to pay for that difference. Basically, purchasing ecosystem services."
Tate credits the workshop cosponsor California Rangeland Conservation Coalition for fostering the collaborative attitude. UC is among the more than 100 agricultural organizations, environmental interest groups, and state and federal agencies that have signed the California Rangeland Resolution, which recognizes that rangelands and the diversity of species they support largely exist due to grazing and other stewardship practices of the ranchers who own and manage the land.
"New people have come to the table who might not have gotten involved in a negative process," Tate said. "The coalition is a positive approach to the conservation of rangelands, that makes it attractive to people. They are working together to achieve common goals."
Tate is excited about Cooperative Extension's role of trying to identify the information needs and conducting the research to supply this information.
Leslie Roche, a UC Davis postdoctoral researcher and presenter, remarked on the interest and enthusiasm in collaborative research and management demonstrated among the diverse group of attendees.
"Everyone is genuinely motivated to work together in bridging the gap between research and management communities on this topic, and that is really exciting," Roche said.
A list of speakers and their presentations for the workshop and field day are posted on the California Rangeland Watershed Laboratory website.
Although the term ecosystem service was unfamiliar to me, it's not new. In 2000, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan called for the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. The objective of the project was, "to assess the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being and the scientific basis for action needed to enhance the conservation and sustainable use of those systems and their contribution to human well-being."
Posted on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 3:44 PM
Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Tags: ecosystem services (5), Ken Tate (4), Morgan Doran (1)
The body of CT research knowledge continues to grow
UC scientists presented recent additions to the growing body of research on conservation tillage in California at the second annual Twilight Conservation Tillage and Cropping Systems field day last month, demonstrating progress in agricultural systems that will help farmers cut production costs, reduce soil disturbance and save water.
UC scientists and their partner farmers are conducting research that addresses the current needs of the San Joaquin Valley agricultural industry and research that is looking to the future by anticipating changes that may need to be negotiated in coming decades.
During the field day at UC's West Side Research and Extension Center in Five Points, Calif., participants visited two primary research areas. The first is the longest-standing conservation ag system study in California, where a cotton/tomato rotation has been farmed for 12 years running. The plots include standard tillage with and without cover crops and conservation tillage with and without cover crops.
"This might be the most-visited research field in California," said Jeff Mitchell, UC Cooperative Extension vegetable crops specialist and chair of the CT workgroup. "Many students and scientists have conducted research here."
For example, scientists have been able to quantify significant improvements in soil quality with the use of cover crops and conservation tillage. UC Davis soil biochemist Will Horwath reported that conservation tillage combined with an off-season cover crop has increased the soil carbon content close to five tons per hectare.
"Is that significant?" Horwath asks. "Yes. In 10 years, we have almost doubled the soil carbon content."
Because of the valley's dry, hot climate, the native soils are typically very low in carbon, which is a characteristic of low soil quality. Carbon in the soil acts as a glue, helping reduce wind erosion.
Jeff Mitchell presents research updates on a broccoli field with overhead irrigation.
At the second research field, conservation tillage research is being combined with overhead and subsurface drip irrigation. Coupling overhead irrigation with conservation tillage is common in other regions of the U.S., but is just beginning to get attention in California.
"There are more than 17,000 center pivots in the state of Nebraska, and it is estimated that there are somewhere between 300 and 500 pivots currently in use in California, the No. 1 ag state in the nation," Mitchell said. "This situation is changing rapidly."
Overhead irrigation is efficient, automated, allows for diverse cropping and, with soil residues from conservation tillage, permits uniform infiltration.
Four users of overhead irrigation shared their experiences with the irrigation system at the field day. West side farmer John Deiner said mechanized irrigation has significantly reduced labor input in his agronomic crops while boosting crop yields.
"Our corn grew two to three feet taller under the pivot," he said.
Will Taylor of King City grows potatoes for In and Out Burger under center pivots. He said his yields are 20 percent higher when using the overhead irrigation system.
"Once you overcome challenges," Taylor said, "they're awesome."
He demonstrated their ease of use by bringing along his 9-year-old son Liam, whom he said can already manage the machine.
Darryl Cordova of Denair uses overhead irrigation in a hilly area on the east side of the valley.
"What used to take three guys six hours of moving pipe is now done with a push of a button on my cell phone," Cordova said.
Scott Schmidt, who farms across the street from the West Side Research and Extension Center, said he has learned how to successfully use overhead irrigation and conservation tillage from the "school of hard knocks."
"Most of the problems have been self-inflicted wounds," Schmidt said. But now, he calls the system "flawless." "We have seven pivots that I operate remotely from my phone."
Left to right, Scott Schmidt, Darryl Cordova, Liam Taylor, Will Taylor and John Deiner.
Posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 8:24 AM
Tags: Conservation Agriculture Systems Innovation (5), Jeff Mitchell (18), overhead irrigation (1)
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Like so many of us do, I used to get angry and bitter about my failures. When I finally made it to the big leagues with the New York Yankees, to me, it was inexcusable to give up any runs. Anger turned into bitterness, which turned into self-pity. I constantly struggled, and I was moved between the minor league team and the major league team quite a bit.
I thought I needed to be perfect in every game I pitched; especially because I wanted to prove that I was a great pitcher, despite my club foot. But the reality is that you are a superstar if you give up 3 runs per game. That is FAR from perfection.
Instead of realizing that failure comes with the territory, and accepting and even expecting failure, I carried those failures with me from game to game. The voice in my head would start saying, "You sucked last time. I hope you have better stuff today." Or, "If you give up more runs you will probably be sent back to the minors." Far from inspiring me to be better, those thoughts hindered my abilities on the mound and usually led to a bad performance.
Then I was picked up by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. That team propelled me to success. The biggest reason was that the manager of the Rays told me that I made the team before spring training even started. He created what is known as "psychological safety" (explained in last month's article) for me. I knew I was part of the team no matter what, so I could take risks and step out of my comfort zone of my usual rotation of pitches. It was at that point, I finally realized what I needed to do to become a better pitcher.
Short Term Memories Are Better Than Long!
I looked back at my time with the Yankees, and I realized that my inability to forget my failures and move forward hindered my performance. I was too afraid of failing and losing my spot on the team.
Here is how I adapted to what I like to call "Short-Term Memory," which changed my outlook of success.
I learned to concentrate on every pitch and forget about the preceding one. When the next batter stepped up to the plate, the slate was clean.
If I had a bad outing I would take time after the game to figure out what went wrong and correct it for the next outing.
Then I let it go and didn't give it another thought.
I also knew the coach was supporting me and seeing that, although the risks I was taking sometimes led to failure, overall, I was becoming a better pitcher.
To be successful in any endeavor, you need to do the work without bringing along all of your previous failures. If you have planned, practiced and prepared, the only thing standing in your way is you.
He Says: Anytime you have an important meeting, presentation or event, stop bringing your past failures along with three simple steps. I call them the ABC's of confidence.
C – Clear Your Mind Focus on the task at hand and nothing else. Don't bring the negative voice or your past failures along with you. You've already planned, practiced and prepared so trust yourself and focus with a clean slate!
I finally realized that I had it all wrong. It wasn't about ME looking good or ME being the best in a scene. The absolute opposite is what makes an ensemble successful. Thanks to my teachers, I started pushing aside that negative voice. They helped me understand that voice was just trying to stop me from taking risks and looking stupid. That if I could ignore that voice and step out of my comfort zone, magic starts to happen!
I started really listening to my scene partners so that I could try to make THEM look brilliant and set THEM up to be the star of the scene. Suddenly, I became a better improviser!


By Vibhuti Patel, Deputy Editor.
The 17th Latin-American Symposium on Biotechnology, Biomedical, Biopharmaceutical and Industrial Applications of Capillary Electrophoresis and Microchip Technology takes place 2-6 December in Hollywood, Florida.
This is the first time that LACE 2011, as it's more conveniently known, is taking place in the USA. Analytical Methods is delighted to be able to support the meeting, and Professor Susan Lunte, Associate Editor for the Americas, will be attending.
If you are attending, please do pick up complimentary copies of Analytical Methods and Analyst and speak to Prof. Lunte with your comments and queries about publishing with us.


In a local bar watching the opening game between Russia and Saudi Arabia and it's a unique experience.
We're definitely the only English fans and the rest are Russian. And none of the bar staff speaks any English. So we are trying our best to blend in and cheer when they score!
My prediction before the game was 2-0 to Russia but now I'm saying 4-0 after watching the first half.
We have already tried the local beer and it's a bit different and we've also had our first jäger shot of the trip. No Vodka yet though!
Who will win the Fifa World Cup 2018?!


Many laptops overheat in part because not enough air flows underneath the laptop's base. When a laptop is too close to a desk or other surface, it cuts off air flow, and makes cooling more difficult.
The first, and most obvious step, is to be sure that you always use the laptop on a hard surface that allows at least the level of air circulation that the laptop designers planned for. Never place your notebook computer on a blanket or comforter, for example, as these will scrunch up against the laptop base, preventing air from passing through. If you use your laptop in bed, you need to place it on a hard surface, such as a large coffee table book or a laptop desk.
Even on a hard surface, however, many laptops overheat because they do not get enough air circulating under their base. The legs of the laptop may be too short to allow the elevation and the volume of air modern laptops require, and overheating may result.
To avoid this, simply elevate the back of the laptop. You can use any of a variety of household items to achieve this – screw on bottle tops from large soda bottles, square rubber erasers, extra batteries for the laptop, post it pads, or books. You can also use a hot glue gun to create custom, longer legs for your laptop.
In case you do not fancy propping your flashy $2000 laptop on old bottle tops at a high powered business meeting, there are commercial solutions that provide a bit more style and still travel easily. At least two companies offer collapsible, folding stands that fold out under your overheating notebook in an x shape, allowing airflow. One company offers fold down legs that attach to the back corners of your overheated notebook, elevating it an inch to nearly two inches, allowing more airflow.
Another option are laptop desks, most of which are also usable on desk surfaces to provide extra ventilation. In our experience, these provide less ventilation in a desktop setting than other options, but do provide a hard surface in bed. They also separate your overheating laptop from your lap, thereby avoiding the kinds of heat related injuries to one's groin that have been reported in various medical journals.


The Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) challenge for the NHS is to improve quality of care in the most efficient way possible while delivering the best possible outcomes for patients.
highlight areas of potential disinvestment from NICE guidance and Cochrane reviews.
In the changing NHS, GP consortia will be focusing their attention strategically to where real improvements to care and cost savings can be made—this is where the QIPP collection can help.
This gate addresses the level of costs and amounts and types of savings involved in the initiative. Organisations are requested to provide information on any costs relating to making the change (such as investment in new computer software or additional staff training). It is not always necessary for an initiative to deliver significant cost savings to be considered for inclusion in the QIPP collection; for example, a GP surgery might implement a training initiative locally—this would not necessarily make direct cost savings, but productivity could benefit through increased levels of staff confidence.
Information that describes the evidence base for the initiative and evidence of the outcome or results delivered by implementing the initiative is assessed by this criterion. If the initiative is underpinned by NHS Evidence-accredited guidance such as NICE or SIGN, a higher score will be awarded. In some cases, the initiative may be based on local opinion—a theoretical improvement that has yet to be tested in an organisation. While this commands a lower score, it may still be a valid reason for implementation.
any organisational or financial barriers to implementation that were addressed.
The time taken to implement initiatives can vary; so far, most initiatives delivered have taken between 3 months and 1 year to implement; others have been put into practice in just 6 weeks. Initiatives delivered in social care or mental healthcare may take up to 3 years to implement.
Prior to appearing on the QIPP collection, all submissions are reviewed by at least two external advisers with a specialist interest in the respective clinical area to validate the assessment of the submission.
For example, an initiative on renal health in primary care may be reviewed by Dr Donal O'Donoghue, National Clinical Director for Kidney Care and Dr David Colin-Thome, National Clinical Director for Primary Care.
A combined overall score is used to identify the top 10% of case study examples—these are denoted as 'recommended' and can be found on the NHS Evidence—QIPP homepage (www.library.nhs.uk/qipp/).
After appearing on the collection for 12 months, organisations are contacted to provide any additional information about how their respective initiative has changed since the submission was first assessed. This helps to ensure that case study examples remain relevant and fit for purpose in case there are other organisations that want to implement them.
Around 100 best practice examples currently appear in the QIPP collection some of which have been delivered in primary care. The examples have been evaluated and range from one-off studies in single organisations to large-scale changes that have been replicated in multiple organisations, with the outcomes published in academic journals.
environmental benefits through a reduction in unnecessary hospital visits.
Evaluation of the initial pilot demonstrated that GPs referred 16% fewer patients to accident and emergency and 7% of admissions were avoided. This amounted to a saving of approximately £4000 per GP practice, which when extrapolated across the NHS, has the potential to save £46 million a year.3 Since this initiative was piloted, 130,000 ECGs have been successfully interpreted.
In addition to showcasing positive changes that can be made, the QIPP collection highlights potential areas for disinvestment. Each month, the UK Cochrane Centre provides NICE with details of newly published systematic reviews that indicate if an intervention is harmful, ineffective, or not supported by sufficient good-quality evidence and therefore should not be used outside of research.
The Cochrane topics on NHS Evidence come from the 'implications for practice', which are written by healthcare professionals working internationally, and can be found in all Cochrane systematic reviews. These topics may inform local initiatives and address the quality and productivity challenge by indicating areas of care that commissioners may wish to consider when making local disinvestment decisions, thus reducing patients' exposure to treatments of unproven benefit.
The NICE 'do not do' database can be viewed via a link on the QIPP page.7 During the process of guidance development, NICE's independent advisory bodies often identify examples of routine clinical practice that they recommend should be discontinued completely or not used routinely.
oral antibiotics should not be prescribed to children with fever without apparent source.
The NICE referral advice recommendations database contains current primary-to-secondary referral advice from NICE clinical guidelines, cancer service guidance, and public health guidance. It highlights recommendations that clearly identify where patients might benefit from secondary care or specialist services (and, by implication, those where patients would not benefit from these services). Apart from ensuring value for money, the NHS, by following the recommendations in this database, will help to improve clinical outcomes and patient experience.
Inappropriate referral to secondary care places a large financial burden on the NHS. Implementing NICE guidance can provide a way for GPs and commissioners to ensure that patients receive treatment that is proven to be both clinically and cost effective including appropriate referral of a patient to hospital.
If you have good examples that have been shown to work and which can help the NHS nationally meet its challenge, NHS Evidence wants to hear from you. Your organisation could become a beacon of best practice in primary care for others to learn from.
user guide9 outlining what types of supporting information the assessment team is looking for.
I would strongly encourage you to access the QIPP collection on NHS Evidence to find out how your colleagues are contributing to the quality and productivity challenge. As a primary care professional, you know that delivering efficiencies is not something that can 'wait until tomorrow'—it requires focus, drive, and innovation now.
Notifications of the latest significant research in speciality areas.
Further information on the changes to NHS Evidence will be included in the May issue of Guidelines in Practice.
Department of Health. Equality and excellence: liberating the NHS. London: DH, 2010.
electronic consultation. Available at: www.library.nhs.uk/qipp/ViewResource.aspx?resID=406809&tabID=289 (accessed 29 March 2011).
NHS Improvement. Telemedicine for primary care ECG (electrocardiogram) interpretation. Available at: www.library.nhs.uk/qipp/ViewResource.aspx?resID=330720&tabID=289 (accessed 29 March 2011).
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Price joined United Press in 1912 and the Associated Press (AP) soon after, where he stayed for 29 years except for two years in the United States Army during World War I. Price served as the AP's Washington bureau chief and, in 1937, became executive news editor of the organization.
After the Office closed in November 1945, Price did not return to the AP. Instead he became a vice-president of the Motion Picture Association of America, then an Assistant Secretary General at the United Nations until retiring in 1954. During the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 Price reluctantly agreed to resume direction of censorship if war broke out with the Soviet Union. The Byron Price papers are located at the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison, WI.


Certificates issued by a US depository bank, representing foreign shares held by the bank, usually by a branch or correspondent in the country of issue. One ADR may represent a portion of a foreign share, one share or a bundle of shares of a foreign corporation. If the ADR's are "sponsored," the corporation provides financial information and other assistance to the bank and may subsidize the administration of the ADR. "Unsponsored" ADRs do not receive such assistance. ADRs are subject to the same currency, political, and economic risks as the underlying foreign share. Arbitrage keeps the prices of ADRs and underlying foreign shares, adjusted for the SDR/ordinary ratio essentially equal. American depository shares (ADS) are a similar form of certification.
A certificate issued by an American bank representing a share of a foreign stock that the bank holds in trust but that is traded on an American stock exchange. An American depository receipt is dollar-denominated and entitles the bearer to any dividends and other benefits associated with the stock underlying it. ADRs can be traded like any other security. ADRs shield investors from foreign exchange risk and any applicable tariffs they would have had to pay if they had bought the stock outright. They also exempt the investor from any other requirements the foreign exchange authority might have levied. See also: International Depository Receipt.
The physical certificate for an American Depositary Share. American Depositary Shares trade electronically, but only American Depositary Receipts can be delivered to an investor. American Depositary Shares and their companion American Depositary Receipts always exchange on a one-for-one basis. Although American Depositary Receipts and American Depositary Shares are different, the terms are frequently used interchangeably. See also sponsored American Depositary Receipt, unsponsored American Depositary Receipt.
Are foreign securities traded in U.S. markets?
Stocks of some, especially large, foreign companies traded in the U.S. markets are traded as American Depositary Receipts (ADRs). ADRs are receipts for the shares of a foreign corporation held by a U.S. depositary bank. The receipts are traded openly on the U.S. markets, and the owner (shareholder) is entitled to all dividends and capital gains. Each ADR represents a determined ratio of the foreign stock, and the price of the ADR corresponds to the price of the stock in the home market adjusted for this ratio.
ADRs traded in the U.S. markets will clear and settle in U.S. dollars. The depositary bank will also convert, for a small fee, any dividends to U.S. dollars.
Shares of hundreds of major overseas-based companies, including names such as British Petroleum, Sony, and Toyota, are traded as ADRs on US stock markets in US dollars.
ADRs are actually receipts issued by US banks that hold actual shares of the companies' stocks. They let you diversify into international markets without having to purchase shares on overseas exchanges or through mutual funds.
Under the ADR program, each O2Micro International American depositary receipt (ADR) represents fifty (50) ordinary shares after the fifty for one (50 for 1) share split, as described in the press release dated November 14, 2005.
NYSE:VDM) (Amsterdam:VDMN) announced today that VDM and Van der Moolen Specialists USA, LLC ("VDMS"), a 75% owned subsidiary of VDM, have agreed to settle for $8 million a securities class action lawsuit in the United States brought under US securities laws by plaintiffs who were holders of VDM Holding's American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") traded on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE").
NEW YORK -- The Bank of New York has launched a new index which comprises a select group of American depositary receipts (ADRs) from Brazil, Russia, India and China.


Our festival does not only present Jewish music from abroad to our festival audiences, but also promotes Jewish music created nowadays in Poland by young independent artists. We did it in a series of concerts under the name MuLaKuŻ, which stand for Musical Laboratory of Jewish Culture in Polish. This is also a name of first CD published by the festival.
We are proud of our first CD, that presents music recorded during concerts that were held in festival Cheder Cafe between 2009 and 2011.
This is a compilation of Jewish music created nowadays in Poland, by young independent artists. The ancient Jewish tradition is now told with the musical language of contemporary avant-garde of Polish musicians and filtered through their sensitivity. Very personal, modern and not stereotypical approach to the Jewish heritage has become their distinctive sign.
The CD consists of music played by following Polish bands and musicians: Daktari, Cukunft, Drom, Sztetl Quartet, Wojtek Mazolewski Bund Band, Gaamera, Mikołaj Trzaska Ircha Quartet, Plazmatikon, Maćko Korba.
The CD was published in order to promote music, it was not sold but distributed for free. This is why the first, as well as the second edition of the CD are now out of stock and the CD is no longer available, but you can still enjoy it on festival Bandcamp.
CD was published by the Jewish Culture Festival Society in Krakow. Concept and supervision over the entire MuLaKuŻ project: Kornelia Binicewicz; mastering: Sebastian Caputa; design: Tomasz Jurecki.
Partners and sponsors of the CD: Małopolska Region, New Jewish Music Festival in Warsaw, Jewish Community in Krakow. Thank you!
Have a joyous and kosher Pesach!
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What's on program of 29th Jewish Culture Festival?
The Earth is the main theme of the upcoming edition of the Jewish Culture Festival.
Thursday, May 30th, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.


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ICI Global's Continued Commitment to Asia
By Matthew Mohlenkamp
The Investment Company Institute (ICI) has spent the last year reimagining and refashioning ICI Global, but our mission remains the same: to strengthen the foundation of the global asset management industry for the benefit of long-term, individual investors.
For the asset management industry, there may be no greater growth opportunity than in Asia. The region has been leading the way in adopting new technologies to reach and serve entirely new groups of retail investors. Asset managers and policymakers in Asia are also responding in an agile and pragmatic fashion to growing investor demand for sustainable and transition finance. And the diversity of circumstances and approaches among jurisdictions across Asia provide valuable opportunities for innovation and knowledge sharing, further strengthening the industry to meet the needs of the full range of individual investors.
At ICI Global, we are sharpening our focus on key cross-border issues affecting our members and the industry, connecting the dots between developments and challenges across jurisdictions, and offering policymakers a global perspective on the intersection of regulation in Asia, the United States, and Europe.
That's why last month, ICI Global was thrilled to host our first major in-person event in Asia since the pandemic, the Asset Management Asia Forum (AMAF). The AMAF brought together senior industry leaders and regulators from a range of jurisdictions for in-depth discussions on the key trends shaping the future of the asset management industry in the region.
The day was headlined by Commissioner Mark Uyeda of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), who offered his perspective on the links shared by capital markets in the United States and in Asia. He also stressed the ways in which asset management differs from banking, and cautioned regulators and standard setters, including at the Financial Stability Board, against the imposition of bank-like regulations on non-bank entities.
We also were pleased to be joined by Dan Watkins, CEO of Asia Pacific, J.P. Morgan Asset Management for a fireside chat with Eric Pan, ICI's President & CEO. The AMAF panels on sustainable finance and on opportunities from digitalization included representatives from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC).
As we work steadfastly at ICI Global to carry out ICI's mission, I am excited to take forward our engagements in Asia.
Please explore our AMAF speakers and take a look at some of the photos from the event.
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Q: Finite abelian group has a subgroup $H$ with cyclic quotient that "preserves" the order in the quotient.
Theorem. Let $G$ be a finite abelian group and $g \in G$. Then $G$ contains a subgroup $H$ such that $G/H$ is cyclic and the order of $gH$ in $G/H$ is the same as the order of $g$ in $G$.

Sketch of the proof. Write $G \simeq \oplus_p G_p$ where $G_p$ is a $p$-Sylow of $G$ and write $G_p \simeq \oplus_r \mathbb{Z}/p^{i_r}\mathbb{Z}$. So, define $H_p \leq G_p$ as direct sum of some $\mathbb{Z}/p^{i_r}\mathbb{Z}$ (there is some important details to do that) and take $H = \oplus_p H_p$.

That is the idea of the book "Class Field Theory" by Nancy Childress. I don't know if it is possible, but I would like to know if there is some different proof. Maybe it is not the best way to describe, but I would like to see a "less constructive" proof. Anyway, I appreciate any references.

A: Here's an inductive proof.
It suffices to prove this for abelian $p$-groups (do each $p$-part separately, then take their direct sums).
Let $G$ be abelian of order $p^n$, $g\in G$, and assume the result holds for any abelian groups of order $p^k$, $k\lt n$. If $G$ is cyclic, take $H=\{e\}$ and we are done.
If $G$ is not cyclic, then it has more than one subgroup of order $p$. As $\langle g\rangle$ contains at most one subgroup of order $p$, let $H$ be a subgroup of order $p$ with $H\cap\langle g\rangle = \{e\}$. Then $gH$ has the same order in $G/H$ as $g$ has in $G$, and $|G/H|\lt |G|$. Inductively, $G/H$ has a subgroup $M/H$ such that $G/M \cong (G/H)/(M/H)$ is cyclic, and the order of $(gH)M = gM$ in $G/M$ is the same as the order of $gH$ in $G/H$, which is the same as the order of $g\in G$. $\Box$

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Abdus Salam Murshedy is a Bangladeshi politician, entrepreneur and former national team football player. Aligned with the Bangladesh Awami League, he is elected uncontested as member of the Jatiya Sangsad for Khulna-4 since September 2018. He is the managing director of Envoy Group, senior vice president of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), President of Exporters Association of Bangladesh (EAB) and former president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters' Association (BGMEA). He is the candidate nominated by the Awami League nominated by the Khulna-4 constituency by-election. He has been elected as a  Commercially Important Person (CIP) by the Government of Bangladesh in 2014.

Biography

Early life and education
Murshedy was born in Rupsa Upazila, Khulna district. His father Mohammad Israel and mother Rizia Khatun.

Salam came from a Khulna family with a very strong connection with sports. His eldest brother Jamal Haider represented East Pakistan in Volleyball before 1971. Abul Kalam Azad, the 3rd brother was for a long time the body building champion of Bangladesh in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Domestic football
Salam was a highly successful center forward in football. In the '70s, he started his journey with football by playing for Young Boys Club of Khulna. He came to Dhaka from Khulna in the late seventies. At that time, he started playing in Dhaka League for Azad Sporting Club. In 1979 he played for BJMC and helped them win the league title.

He joined the Mohammedan Sporting Club, Dhaka in 1980. With them he won league titles in 1980 and 1982 and 4 successive Federation Cup title starting from 1980. In 1981 he scored 4 goals in the Super League match against Wari Club. Skipper Badal Roy scored the other two goals as MSC won 6–0.

1982 saw Salam reach the pick of his career. He contributed to MSC's first title win in foreign soil, scoring 10 goals during the Ashish Jabbar football tournament in Durgapur, India. Then in the Dhaka League he created a new record scoring 27 goals in a season. The record still exists. Throughout the season he had a wonderful understanding with No.10 Badal Roy.

In 1982, with goals in the Dhaka League, Federation Cup and in India, Salam scored 40 goals throughout the year. During his seven years at MSC, Salam scored a total of 74 league goals.

But he suffered a bad hand injury in 1983, and although he returned to football within a few months, he was never the same player again.

International football
In December 1980, Salam played for the Bangladesh U-19 team in Dacca. He partnered Aslam of BJMC in the forward line. Bangladesh finished runners up behind Qatar and thus qualified for the main event.

In early 1981, the youth team, now called the Bangladesh (Red) team reached the finals of the first Preseident's Cup in Dacca. But they lost the final to a South Korean team. During the 1982 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament, Salam scored for Bangladesh against Pakistan Youth team in an embarrassing 1–2 loss.
Salam suffered a serious hand injury while playing against Malaysia for the Bangladesh (Green) team in 1983, and this badly affected his prospects in international football.

Business
Murshedy is the managing director of Envoy Group. Besides, he is the director of Premier Bank. He started Envoy Garment's journey in 1984. Later he made 15 more ready-made garment companies. He is currently the president of Bangladesh Exporters Association (EAB), senior vice president of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), member of the board of directors of Bangladesh University of Fashion and Technology (BUFT). Earlier, he was appointed as the president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and director of Bangladesh Mohammedan Sporting Club.

Personal life
Murshedy is married to Sharmin Salam. They have two sons and one daughter.

Awards
 National Sports Awards, 2013
 Kar Bahadur Paribar, 2017

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Living people
People from Khulna District
Bangladeshi businesspeople
Awami League politicians
10th Jatiya Sangsad members
11th Jatiya Sangsad members
Recipients of the Bangladesh National Sports Award
Bangladeshi footballers
Bangladesh international footballers
Bangladesh youth international footballers
1980 AFC Asian Cup players
Asian Games competitors for Bangladesh
Footballers at the 1982 Asian Games
Mohammedan SC (Dhaka) players
Team BJMC players
1963 births
Association football forwards

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Das Highlands County ist ein County im Bundesstaat Florida der Vereinigten Staaten. Der Verwaltungssitz (County Seat) ist Sebring.

Geographie
Das County hat eine Fläche von 2865 Quadratkilometern, wovon 202 Quadratkilometer Wasserfläche sind. Es grenzt im Uhrzeigersinn an folgende Countys: Okeechobee County, Glades County, Charlotte County, DeSoto County, Hardee County und Polk County. Im Gebiet liegt der Lake Istokpoga.

Das County wird vom Office of Management and Budget zu statistischen Zwecken unter dem Namen Sebring–Avon Park, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area geführt.

Geschichte
Das Highlands County wurde am 23. April 1921 aus Teilen des DeSoto County gebildet und nach der leicht erhöhten Lage benannt. Dieses County ist noch heute eine beliebte Touristengegend.

Demografische Daten

Nach der Volkszählung im Jahr 2010 lebten im Highlands County 98.786 Menschen in 55.363 Haushalten. Die Bevölkerungsdichte betrug 37,1 Einwohner pro Quadratkilometer. Ethnisch betrachtet setzte sich die Bevölkerung zusammen aus 81,0 % Weißen, 9,4 % Afroamerikanern, 0,5 % Indianern und 1,5 % Asian Americans. 5,5 % waren Angehörige anderer Ethnien und 2,2 % verschiedener Ethnien. 17,4 % der Bevölkerung bestand aus Hispanics oder Latinos.

Im Jahr 2010 lebten in 22,0 % aller Haushalte Kinder unter 18 Jahren sowie 50,1 % aller Haushalte Personen mit mindestens 65 Jahren. 65,8 % der Haushalte waren Familienhaushalte (bestehend aus verheirateten Paaren mit oder ohne Nachkommen bzw. einem Elternteil mit Nachkomme). Die durchschnittliche Größe eines Haushalts lag bei 2,28 Personen und die durchschnittliche Familiengröße bei 2,74 Personen.

20,2 % der Bevölkerung waren jünger als 20 Jahre, 17,5 % waren 20 bis 39 Jahre alt, 22,7 % waren 40 bis 59 Jahre alt und 39,6 % waren mindestens 60 Jahre alt. Das mittlere Alter betrug 52 Jahre. 48,9 % der Bevölkerung waren männlich und 51,1 % weiblich.

Das jährliche Durchschnittseinkommen eines Haushalts betrug 35.350 USD, dabei lebten 19,0 % der Bevölkerung unter der Armutsgrenze.

Im Jahr 2010 war englisch die Muttersprache von 82,09 % der Bevölkerung, spanisch sprachen 14,55 % und 3,36 % hatten eine andere Muttersprache.

Kultur und Sehenswürdigkeiten

17 Bauwerke, Stätten und Historic Districts ("historische Bezirke") im Highlands County sind im National Register of Historic Places ("Nationales Verzeichnis historischer Orte"; NRHP) eingetragen (Stand 20. Januar 2023), darunter das Gerichts- und Verwaltungsgebäude des County, drei Bahnhöfe und zwei Hotels.

Weiterführende Bildungseinrichtungen
 South Florida Community College in Avon Park

Orte im Highlands County
Orte im Highlands County mit Einwohnerzahlen der Volkszählung von 2010:

Cities:
 Avon Park – 8.836 Einwohner
 Sebring (County Seat) – 10.491 Einwohner

Town:
 Lake Placid – 2.223 Einwohner

Weblinks

 Highlands County Board of County Commissioners (engl.)

Einzelnachweise

Sebring–Avon Park
Gegründet 1921


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HomeNewsJSHRNJSHRN briefingsInvestigatory Powers Bill
Investigatory Powers Bill
The Draft Investigatory Powers Bill was published on 4 November 2015 for consultation. A Joint Committee appointed to report on the Draft Bill published its report on 11 February 2016.
The Investigatory Powers Bill was published on 4 March 2016 and will have its Second Reading on 15 March 2016.
In 2011, JUSTICE recommended that the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 ('RIPA') be repealed and replaced by a modern legal framework for surveillance more suited to a digital age. Reconciling the right to respect for privacy and the security interests of the wider community requires careful consideration, but the public interests in privacy and security are not mutually exclusive. Surveillance is a necessary activity in the fight against serious crime. When targeted, it can play a vital part in our national security.
Building a legal framework for surveillance in the digital age is now a priority. However, JUSTICE remains concerned that the Draft Bill, like the Draft Communications Data Bill before it, includes broad provision for untargeted and bulk powers of surveillance, and makes limited provision for effective oversight and accountability.
The Joint Committee on the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill Report reflects many of our concerns. The Committee identified 86 separate areas for work and made significant criticism of the Government's proposals.
This echoed the crucial conclusions of the Intelligence and Security Committee, chaired by former Attorney General, Dominic Grieve QC, that the Draft Bill is in parts "inconsistent and largely incomprehensible" and generally presents a "missed opportunity" to provide "the clarity and assurance which is badly needed".
The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee agreed, criticising its "poorly defined" and "broad and ambiguous" provisions.
JUSTICE remains concerned about the compatibility of the powers proposed in the Bill with the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. While others will be better placed to advise the Committee on the practical impact of these powers or the operational case to support them, JUSTICE now hopes that Parliament will subject the Bill to close scrutiny.
JUSTICE has a number of detailed concerns about the Bill's provisions:
Authorising Surveillance
(i) The Bill should be amended to provide for judicial authorisation of warrants throughout as a default, subject to a limited exception for certification by the Secretary of State in some cases involving defence and foreign policy matters. Certification should be subject to judicial review by Judicial Commissioners.
(ii) If a review is conducted, it should be clear on the face of the Bill that Judicial Commissioners are required to conduct a full merits review of the necessity and proportionality of a Secretary of State's decision on surveillance.
(iii) The urgent procedure in the Bill should be amended to restrict the capacity for its arbitrary application.
(iv) All substantive modifications of warrants should be made by a Judicial Commissioner.
(v) Judicial Commissioners considering applications should have access to security vetted Special Advocates to help represent the interests of the subject and the wider public interest in protecting privacy.
The Investigatory Powers Commissioner
vi) The Bill should be amended to provide a clear statutory basis for a new Investigatory Powers Commission. The independence of the Commission and its Judicial Commissioners will be paramount to its effectiveness.
vii) The judicial functions of the Judicial Commissioners and the wider investigatory and audit functions of the Commission should remain operationally distinct. While it would, in our view, be beneficial for the Commissioners to be able to draw upon the wider expertise provided by the staff of the Commission, there should be no doubt about their capacity to take independent decisions on individual warrants.
(viiI) The Secretary of State should not have any involvement in the management of resources for the new Investigatory Powers Commissioner.
(ix) Any drain on the High Court when judges take up appointments as Judicial Commissioners should be offset by the Treasury.
(x) The Appointment of Judicial Commissioners by the Prime Minister should not be allowed to undermine their independence.
(xi) The Secretary of State should not be able to modify the functions of the Commissioners by secondary legislation.
(xii) The Bill's provision for the reporting of errors should be substantially amended. At a minimum, it should be accompanied by a mandatory disclosure requirement for individuals targeted for surveillance to be provided with information after-the-event.
(xiii) JUSTICE is concerned that the Bill does not yet provide a clear safe-route to the IPC, as it fails to make clear that communications from officials or Communications Service Providers will not be treated as a criminal offence for any purpose, including when making voluntary disclosures.
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal
(xiv) The new right of appeal from decisions of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal is welcome. Members may wish to consider whether the test for appeal is unduly restrictive. The Bill should make clear beyond doubt that an appeal at any stage of proceedings against any determination on the law by the IPT remains possible.
(xv) JUSTICE considers that the Bill should be amended to modernise the procedures of the IPT. This should include an amendment to provide for the IPT to be able to make declarations of incompatibility pursuant to Section 4, Human Rights Act 1998, for example.
(xvi) JUSTICE is encouraged that Ministers accept that Legal Professional Privilege must be addressed on the face of the Bill and subject to debate in Parliament. However, we regret that the provision in the Bill provides for the authorisation of the interference with legally privileged materials in circumstances which are considered 'exceptional and compelling'. The safeguards proposed in the Bill are insubstantial and may pose a significant risk to individual confidence in the ability to secure confidential legal advice and assistance if implemented.
(xvii) The ban on the use of intercepted material in court proceedings should be removed.
(xvii) JUSTICE considers that the Bill should come with true sunset clause. Given the breadth of the intrusive powers in the Bill, and the uncertainty over their legality, Parliament should bear regular responsibility for the scrutiny of the operational need for such measures and their renewal or amendment if necessary.
Like the Armed Forces Bill, the Investigatory Powers Bill should be renewed on a regular basis, prompting an automatic Parliamentary consideration of effectiveness and necessity of the existing powers, any new capacities, and any concerns about the lawfulness of the underlying framework.
Follow this link to read JUSTICE's further briefing for the House of Lords Committee Stage.
Follow this link to read our joint briefing on Legal Professional Privilege.
Follow this link to read JUSTICE's briefing on Parts 1 and 2 for House of Lords Committee Stage.
Follow this link to read JUSTICE's briefing on Part 8 for House of Commons Committee Stage.
Follow this link to read JUSTICE's briefing on Parts 3 and 4 for House of Commons Committee Stage.
Follow this link to read JUSTICE's full briefing on the Bill.
Also available: JUSTICE's response to the draft Investigatory Powers Bill.