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June 14, 2021 July 13, 2017 by Ireland Before You Die
One of the most enjoyable experiences is driving a car, especially in Ireland when you can see some of the beautiful sights in the world. If you've got a car, jeep or even a bus, why not set aside a few days and take on this 5-day road-trip from our capital city, all the way to the very north of Ireland!
Day 1: Dublin
The National Gallery of Ireland
Open a whopping 361 days of the year, the national gallery was reopened in June of this year. Boasting exhibitions of the work of famous artists from all over of the world, you will be captivated by the collection of artwork housed in these walls. Viewing the permanent collection of the gallery won't cost you a cent.
The Little Museum of Dublin
Do you want to learn the secrets of our capital city? This museum takes visitors on a journey of the history of Dublin city. From U2 displays to exhibitions on the women and writers of this city, you'll see the city in a new light. The Irish Times named this museum "Dublin's best museum experience".
Irish Film Institute
Discover Ireland's rich history in film. The Institute to an archive of Ireland's moving image heritage, with footage dating back to 1897! Catch the acting bug, or gain an appreciation for the talented work of Irish filmmakers, the Institute's core activities are: exhibit, preserve and educate. Audiences are treated to films created within this country and beyond.
Day 2: Meath
Newgrange Passage Tomb
A reminder of the presence of the Celts in this ancient country, Newgrange passage tomb is over 5,000 years old. This is older than the Egyptian pyramids! The Winter Solstice is celebrated here with people from all other the world coming in their droves to catch a glimpse of the light shining through the window box at the front of the tomb.
Trim Castle
This is the largest Ango-Norman castle in the country! The site has had structures built on it from as far back as 1172! Learn about how this castle was used in defence and the importance its building site next to the River Boyne. The castle reopened to the public in 2000, after extensive restoration.
Tayto Park
Created by the founder of the famous Tayto crisp, this adventure park is home to a variety of adventures. Why not pop in to explore the many animal exhibits on site or brave a ride on the famous Cú Chulainn rollercoaster. Learn about the origins of Ireland's most famous crisps!
A ticket here is the perfect gift for a road tripper!
Day 3: Louth
Beaulieu House and Gardens
This stunning mansion house was built in the 1600's and is a rare insight into the architecture of 17th century Ireland. The giant staircase within the house was shipped from Dublin to Louth via the Boyne river in 1723. Visitors will enjoy the unique architecture, inspired by houses in The Netherlands.
Highlanes Gallery
This is situated in the former Drogheda Franciscan Church, known locally as "High Lane Church". The gallery is home to one of the town's most treasured heirlooms, a ceremonial sword that was presented to the town by King William III after the Battle of the Boyne!
Millmount Fort
Said to be the strongest resistance Oliver Cromwell encountered during his 1649 siege of Ireland. The tower is one of the highest points above the River Boyne and previously had a defensive motte and bailey to prevent attacks. There is some dispute over its origin, some believe the tower had its origin as an ancient passage tomb and others believe the Vikings had something to do with its construction. In any case, it boasts expansive views of Drogheda.
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12 Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
University of Southern Denmark, Denmark invites online Application for various Postdoctoral Fellowship in their different Departments. We are providing a list of Postdoc Fellowship positions available at University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.
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Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoc position in computational chemistry for organic solar cells
The Postdoc project is part of the Independent Research Fund Denmark Sapere Aude project "mayoPV Designing intrinsically stable organic semiconductor "mayonnaise" blends for high-performing organic solar cells", which will be done in close collaboration with Prof. Kurt V. Mikkelsen from the University of Copenhagen. The overall project involves collaboration with Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Glasgow, Karlstad University, University of Copenhagen, and Technical University of Denmark. The main goal of the postdoc work will be to apply computational chemistry methods and develop a machine learning model to investigate a large chemical space of synthetically accessible modifications of chosen model molecules and determine their interactions within the active layer blend with other organic molecules.
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Postdoc summary/title: Postdoc Position in Model-Based Reinforcement Learning
The research project aims to develop novel probabilistic approaches to model-based reinforcement learning to improve their sample efficiency. The project will search for major contributions to the field of approximate Bayesian inference of dynamical systems with application to reinforcement learning. The details of the topic scope will be tuned in collaboration with the successful candidate. The project is funded by a prestigious domestic grant.
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Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoc position in microfabrication and functionalization of sensing elements
The Postdoc project is part of the Interreg Deutschland-Danmark project "PRECISE – Intelligent solution for sustainable meat production and consumption", which will be done in close collaboration with project partners from Germany and Denmark, such as AmiNIC ApS, Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon technology, Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, KIN Neumünster and Technische Hochschule Lübeck . The main goal of the postdoc work will be to achieve reproducible, ultra-sensitive and upscalable sensing elements for detection of cadaverine from meat/fish samples.
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Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Post doc position in algae molecular and synthetic biology
The Department of Green Technology (IGT) of the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) in Odense, invites applications for a fully funded post doc position (1 year with extension option for additional 2 years) in algae synthetic biology. This position is funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, to harness nature-inspired solutions and to engineer novel strains of photosynthetic microalgae for sustainable industrial applications.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Researcher: Coordination Chemistry
The Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy at the University of Southern Denmark invites applications for a position as postdoc in inorganic/coordination chemistry. The position is available from the 1 March 2023 for one year with the possibility of extension for up to three years. The position is funded by the Danish council of independent research and concerns coupling C-H and O2 activation using biomimetic transition metal-based catalysts for the purpose of the invention of greener technologies for performing oxidation chemistry.
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Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoc Position in Reinforcement Learning Theory
The research project aims to broaden our theoretical understanding of online algorithms for model-based reinforcement learning. The project will search for major contributions to the field of PAC-Bayesian learning theory provisionally and its implications to theoretically-guided development of sequential decision making algorithms. The details of the topic scope will be tuned in collaboration with the successful candidate. The project is funded by a prestigious domestic grant.
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Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoc in depression and network modelling
The postdoc position is for 2 years, with a possible 3rd year extension, starting on the 15th of March 2023 or soon thereafter. The focus of the position is on developing models that map how everyday psychological distress symptoms interact through time with a person's activities, mental abilities and life events to lead to depression, in both people who have never been depressed before and those currently in recovery from depression. We are looking for a highly motivated and ambitious candidate with an interest in the area of quantitative methods, clinical psychology, and network theory of psychopathology. The candidate should have experience with network modelling and programming. Experience with systematic reviews and meta-analysis is an asset, but not a prerequisite for the position.
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Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: PostDoc position in Trustworthy Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things within I4.0
The Software Engineering Section at the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) invites applications for a one-year full time PostDoc position with the possibility of being extended to two years for the project Trustworthy CPS/IoT within I4.0. Start date is as soon as possible and will be agreed upon with the successful candidate.
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Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoc position(s) in Advanced thin films for high performance and scalable photovoltaics
The postdoc position(s) is a part of the Roll-to-Roll (R2R) activities within the new SDU CAPE research center, which aims to develop new sustainable photovoltaics and energy technologies using scalable and green processing techniques. This includes activities within scalable Sheet-to-Sheet (S2S) and Roll-to-Roll (R2R) coating processes for thin films using both solution as well as vacuum-based coating techniques, to push the limits of photovoltaics performance from industrial compatible techniques. Most of your working time is devoted to your own research studies. As a postdoctoral fellow, you are expected to develop your own research ideas and communicate scientific results in high-ranking journals.
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Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoc Position in Bioinformatics in Cancer Biology
A postdoc position is immediately available in the team of Associate Professor Paolo Ceppi at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark. The research group uses various molecular and cell biology techniques, advanced mouse models, bioinformatics and high-throughput technologies to unravel novel fundamental mechanisms that govern the plasticity of cancer cells in solid tumours, with a special focus on metabolic pathways. The ultimate goal of our projects is to develop innovative anticancer therapies and strategies to combat aggressive cancers. We are a diverse and dynamic international work environment, located in the SDU Main Campus in Odense, Denmark.
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Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Researcher in Urban Resilience – Capacity Building
The PostDoc is a two-years position, with possibility of extension, and opportunities for further career progression, with research and teaching duties. Specifically, we are looking for a highly motivated and qualified candidate that can support our research on capacity building for urban resilience and to contribute to the development and delivery of our training programs for policy-maker and practitioners, in the frame of the International Urban Resilience Academy.
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Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoc in food loss and food waste quantification and sustainability assessment
Food loss and waste plays a significant role in sustainable development. The quantification and reduction of food loss and waste are crucial in a sustainable food system transition. This postdoc position is part of the Horizon Europe project WASTELESS which aims to develop a mix of innovative tools and methodologies for food loss and waste measurement, to recommend a harmonised methodological framework for food loss and waste quantification, and to develop decision support tool targeting all food value chain stakeholders. The position will be partly linked to the biowaste related tasks in another Horizon Europe project TREASOURCE as well (https://treasource.eu/; which aims to initiate systemic change by developing systemic circular economy solutions in cities and regions).
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The university offers a number of joint programmes in co-operation with the University of Flensburg and the University of Kiel. Contacts with regional industries and the international scientific community are strong.
With its 29,674 enrolled students (as of 2016), the university is both the third-largest and, given its roots in Odense University, the third-oldest Danish university (fourth if one includes the Technical University of Denmark). Since the introduction of the ranking systems in 2012, the University of Southern Denmark has consistently been ranked as one of the top 50 young universities in the world by both the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of the Top 100 Universities Under 50 and the QS World University Rankings of the Top 50 Universities Under 50.

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January 10, 2019 by Dr. Joseph Suglia	- 8 Comments
An Analysis of MAO II (Don DeLillo) by Joseph Suglia
Exactly ten years before the terrorist assaults on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, Don DeLillo's Mao II (1991) compared the act of writing with the act of terrorism. As terrorists, writers once had the power to destabilize perceptions of the world. They unsettled one's customary responses to things and opened up the possibility of new thoughts and impressions. By giving ordinary things extraordinary names, literary language had the power to radically transform one's relationship to the world. Today, however, what could be more harmless than a novel? A novel is insignificant in comparison with the explosive force of terrorist initiatives. Literature is dead, and the news is the new means of perceptual disorganization.
The only way that literature can be effective in a culture of terror is by absorbing the gestures of terror. In DeLillo's novel, literature, quite literally, terrorizes. Legendary novelist Bill Gray is blackmailed by a Maoist Lebanese political organization to act as its spokesperson. Although literature has lost its power to alter human perception, the image of the author exerts a certain authority. For this reason, Gray's simulacrum will be used to promote the causes of Lebanese nationalism. The writer becomes a reporter, a mediator of images that stimulate fear.
As if to acknowledge that literature is absorbed by the culture of the image, Mao II takes the form of a "picture-book." On the one hand, its various scenes have the "feel" of a documentary and resemble the news in printed form; there is, for example, an extraordinary "documentary"-like moment in which Brita and Karen watch Khomeini's funeral on television and witness endless crowds simulating paroxysms of grief. On the other hand, each section of the book is segmented by actual photographs: masses of Chinese citizens gathered before Mao Zedong; a preordained marriage ceremony at Yankee stadium; a crowd of people crushed against a steel fence by the rampaging stampede at the 15 April 1989 soccer game in Sheffield, England; Khomeini's portrait; children in the trenches of war-torn Beirut. All of this serves to reinforce the book's thesis that the book is dead. Dead or swallowed by an infinite swarm of technically reproducible images.
The author of a novel about terrorism, Martin Amis incorrectly categorized Mao II as a "postmodernist" work. Nothing could be further from the truth. If anything, the book traces the limits of postmodernism by opposing the transformation of words into images. The novel links the tyranny of images with the tyranny of terror–hence the title, which is taken from one of Andy Warhol's mass-reproductions of Mao Zedong's portrait. By aligning the order of images with the order of terror, the book condemns both. Of course, one of the characters, George Haddad, representative of the Lebanese terrorist group and Gray's interlocutor, claims that terrorism has not been incorporated and subsumed by the culture of the image: "Only the terrorist stands outside" [157]. By saying this, Hadded attempts to identify the terrorist with those who are outside of mainstream culture. But the exact opposite is the case–just because Haddad makes this claim does not mean that "DeLillo" agrees with him. Terrorists need technically reproducible images in order to terrorize. Without television and the massive circulation of sound-bytes and images that it empowers, the efforts of terrorism would be ineffective. By contrast, literature is, strictly speaking, invisible: it is constituted by hints, clues, gestures, and ambiguities. In a culture in which terror is spread through images, literature is doomed to failure: "What terrorists gain, novelists lose. The degree to which they influence mass consciousness is the extent of our decline as shapers of sensibility and thought. The danger they represent equals our own failure to be dangerous" [157]. American culture is a culture that valorizes the obvious–and for this reason, terrorism, which exploits the obvious, has a firm hold on the American sensibility. Everything must be visualized, everything must be known, everything must be self-evident, everything must be confessed. There is no place for literary opacity in a culture that values transparency above all else: "Years ago I used to think it was possible for a novelist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunmen have taken that territory. They make raids on human consciousness. What writers used to do before we were all incorporated" [41].
And yet terrorists are also incorporated. One must no longer imagine that terrorists are "Others" who infiltrate a domestic territory. Terrorists do not attack "us" by way of an intervention or an incursion from the outside. Terrorism, according to the logic of Mao II, inhabits the very culture that it pretends to assail. All writers are terrorists and "half murderers" [158]–and Gray is no exception. As the other "dictators" mentioned in the novel–Khomeini, Mao, and Moon–Bill recedes into an exile that would precede his accession to power and intensify his influence. He disguises his past and changes his name (from "Willard Skansey, Jr.") in order to de-expose himself. His openness–the media exposure to which he "submits"–is the most devious form of concealment.
How else can an author survive in a culture of terror except by immersing him-/herself in an ever-proliferating sea of images? Even before his "proselytization," Gray allows himself to be photographed by the enigmatic Brita. As the subject of a photograph, he yearns to obtain power through inaccessibility: "The deeper I pass into death, the more powerful my picture becomes" [42]. By retreating into the illuminated darkness of the image (like Pynchon, like Blanchot, like Salinger), the writer occupies a sacred space once reserved solely for godhood. Only when the subject is dead can his or her image have any meaning. Authors kill themselves by permitting themselves to be visualized. The photograph is the death mask of the author.


Part Three: Building Community Trust in Urban Schools is Hard Work by me.
The prevailing model have done nothing in the form of increase students achievement or decreasing drop out rates. For 21st Century parent have to more than basic skills. These Skills and Standards will empower parents in API 1-3 schooling.
•	Parents becoming empowered to investigate and document conditions in their schools by becoming researchers in their own communities.
•	Parent access to information about the resources, and rights to support their children.
In Epstein's Six Keys Steps she does not mention anything regarding data collection. We now live in a data driven society and failure to acknowledge this places parents of color at a disad-vantage. Type 1 involvement in our model is also aligned with the intention of No Child Left Be-hind (NCLB), section 1118, and the California School Accountability Report Card (SARC). This element is also driven by the principle that an informed parent is a powerful parent for social change.
•	Parents need to know what children need, how to access resources and how to implement a plan of action.
•	Parents need to understand a power map detailing the functions and structures of the sys-tem.
•	Parents need to understand and be able to communicate in an educational setting, using terms spoken by educational professionals.
Our Type 3 of parent involvement is often not addressed in other parent involvement models, Epstein, Comer, etc. We argue that parents from working class communities need to know how to engage professional educators if they are going to be public participants in their chil-dren's education. Only when parents know the rules of engagement, particularly the language of education, can they hold the system accountable.
In our effort to support working class parents and increase their understanding of the pub-lic school system, PUT published The Parent Survival Guide in 2005. Its goal was to assist parents in navigating the school system from grades K-16. The Parent Survival Guide, sponsored by Congress-woman Linda Sanchez and written by urban parents who have struggled themselves in navigating the school system, is a map which parents of color can use to understand the ins and outs of the public school structure. For example, it breaks down the different offices at the school and their individual responsibilities. This is because most parents complain about how schools frequently send them from one office to another.
This guide also covers such topics as college preparation, scholarships and grants available for undocumented immigrants and African -American students, the ABC's for student success, spe-cial education, and information about how to work within the school structure. The guide also as-sists immigrant families and parents of color in finding support for their college-bound children with scholarship information (name of organization, requirements, contact information, etc.).
And finally, a very important feature about this guide is its accessibility to working class parents of color. The Parent Survival Guide is published in both English and Spanish and is written in a manner that avoids jargon and inaccessible educational terminology.
Parents need opportunities to build leadership and advocacy skills to enhance student-parent-community partnerships. Schools will serve the family and community needs for health and social service and provide resources and information for accessing those services.
•	Parents will learn intergenerational and cross-cultural communication strategies, with a special emphasis for immigrant families.
•	Parents will understand the college requirement and financial aid process.
•	Communications training for parents will be more effective in navigating their children through K-12 to college.
•	Parents receive on-going support and technical assistance to equip them for effective par-ticipation.
Epstein does discuss parent roles, but it is limited in content and context. In our summa-tion, there is no room in Epstein's model to broaden the content to go beyond homework to ad-dress urban parents' needs. Parents in urban schools, however, need equal resources in the area of gang influences, drug problems, and criminal activities that go beyond basic parenting skills.
Communication in multicultural and multilingual communities must be translated in languages that parents speak in their home. Communication between home and school must not only be a regular, two-way occurrence, it also has to be relevant and meaningful. These multicultural and multilingual ways of communicating with parents must include, but not be limited to, the comput-erized machines, newsletters, personal contact, letters/flyers, and the school marquee. Parent Liai-son roles in multicultural school must also help bridge open communication between school and home and help create effective home /school relationships. This includes the cultural awareness to ably work with parents of diverse cultural, linguistic, and economic backgrounds and experiences. In many urban and multicultural communities, the Parent Liaison role is the key to fostering rela-tionships with parents and open communication between schools and communities. There is, however, no relationship more important than that between parents and teachers and that is the idea behind The Urban Parent Teacher Education Collaborative.
The Urban Parent Teacher Education Collaborative is a pioneering model for others universi-ties. By creating a space for a university professor and a grass-roots parent organizer to team-teach a class for pre-service teachers, Pepperdine University has recognized parents as experts in the area of how and what is needed to educate children in urban schools. This new model allows future teach-ers to have contact with urban parents before they come into our school communities. In work-shops, pre-service teachers are given strategies for interacting with parents in order to learn how to build a working relationship with them. PUT members and teachers, for example, practice role re-versals that allow both teachers and parents to acquire a better understanding and respect for the importance of each other's roles.
•	To increase and sustain teacher's knowledge, skills and positive attitudes toward families through their participation in a community-dialogue forum with urban parents.
•	To move beyond classroom-based teaching methods by offering teachers direct field experiences working with families.
•	To enable pre-service teachers to develop effective practices to prepare their work with families and communities.
•	To establish a context for pre-service teachers to learn about urban communities.
•	To increase working relationships between novice-residence teachers with families and students which break down perceptions of stereotypes and improves student achievement.
•	Provide parents with training and capacity building opportunities to effectively engage in school reform at the local and district level.
•	Provide parents with information and resources to meet the needs of the whole child.
•	Enable parents to support students and schools programs.
We acknowledge that in Epstein's six types of parent involvement does engage the issue of parent participation at the district level, including the establishment of "independent advocacy groups" that will serve to lobby for school reform and improvements (National Network for Partnership in Schools, 2006). Our type 6 aligns loosely with Epstein's type 5 of parental involvement.
Schools will post welcome signs throughout the school in many languages including Eng-lish. The staff of each school will provide mandatory customer service every year for the entire school. Parents will be asked to fill out a survey on services render.
A friendly school atmosphere was also left out of Epstein's six keys that were adopted by the State of California. The number one complaint in urban schools from parents is that the school staff is rude and unfriendly. This is the major reason parents give for not participating or volunteering at local schools.


Is the Best Defense Always a Good Offense?
It's an old sports cliché: the best defense is a good offense. In claims litigation, this strategy has been in evidence for years. For instance, if a design professional brings a collection action for a fee it is allegedly owed, the automatic response will be a counterclaim for breach of contract and professional malpractice. A recent case, however, illustrated a pitfall to this aggressive response.
The engineering services agreement said that in the event of a dispute, the losing party would pay the winning party's attorney fees. The project owner, unhappy with the design prepared by the engineer, refused to pay the fee. The engineer sued to collect approximately $50,000 in compensation. The project owner counterclaimed for malpractice, alleging $1.5 million in damages.
The engineer prevailed on the counterclaim, incurring attorney fees in excess of $300,000 in the process. The engineer recovered not only its compensation but also its attorney fees from the project owner. The owner's aggressive response proved very costly.
Everyone in the industry has seen examples of aggressive counter-punching. A relatively modest claim prompts a far more serious counterclaim. Matters escalate. What is your opinion of this practice? Is it effective? Is it ethical? Or does it primarily benefit the attorneys representing the parties? I welcome your comments.
In my opinion it primarily benefit the attorneys representing the parties. Agressive counter-punching should be avoided if possible.
In my experience representing design professionals, their insurance carriers generally advise them not to sue for unpaid fees, because they assume a massive malpractice counterclaim will follow--which the carrier would have to defend and cover. It's a no-win situation for the design professional.
Avoiding litigation in the first place generally benefits both the owner and the design professional in the long run.
I agree, avoiding litigation in the first place is best for both parties, once things escalate, both are in a no win situation. However, I do believe the design professionals should be compensated for their work, but the parties would have to meet to determine the root cause for withholding payment. Is it a case where the design was deficient in meeting design criteria or industry standards or the owner "just didn't like it" where the design fulfilled all requirements, just aesthetically not appealing to the owner? The professional should be allowed to cure issues in dispute and a determination made between the parties whether such cure is compensable (aesthetically) or non-compensable for the additional work.
I've recently been through the counter-claim process. My former client refused to pay $141,000 in fees for additional services that had been negotiated, covered under their contract. We had a couple of unique circumstances in that we had developed a unique system approach. Our client's breach of contract occurred prior to project completion and their attorney had inserted language in our contract that required us to suspend services beyond a certain date until a contract extension was "negotiated." In addition, we have a unique design that we are the only firm in the world can provide. As a result of our leaving the project, as required by the Agreement, the failed to completed the installation in accordance with the plans and specifications.
Negotiations failed because the client's attorney was prematurely claiming design error. During the 6-year mediation effort, we recovered most of the disputed payment, but the client remained in default. We successfully proved contractor error without "fixing" the system. As a result, this former client refused to move forward with arbitration. Because the client continued to refuse to meet their obligations, we declined to provide further services, a stipulated right under the original agreement.
This left our former client with a large, expensive and dysfunctional building. They were forced to turn to their outside "expert" whom we completely discredited during mediation. Having no experience with either the advanced system strategy or the basic technologies on which it was based, this "expert" has been systematically destroying the performance advantages our design provides. This, in turn, is causing increasingly serious problems for the client.
We estimate that the ultimate costs this former client will incur as a result of their counter claim strategy will be somewhere on the order of $15 million dollars for system replacement and another $45-$85 million dollars in increased operating energy costs over the next 20 years.
Due to an open ended tolling agreement, the case is still open. In addition to the remaining unpaid balance on the original invoices and interest earned, my firm is due consequential damages and damages for defamation of our intellectual property.
Counter claims can be a very poor strategy when A/E's are in the right and stand their ground.
After having very negative experiences with attorneys in New York and Florida; I would recommend that both parties seek the assistance of a Mediator and settle the case. As some wise litigans say "a bad settlement is better than a good litigation"
Any chance you can name the cases in your articles?
Doesn't it tell you something when a client sues (and wins) a $50,000 claim and the attorney's fees is $300,000?
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The Station | Xbox One | Review
Upon discovering a planet with a biome conducive to habitation, Axiom Space Agency deploy a probe to scan the new world. They find intelligent life and decide it's prudent to observe this species before making first contact.
by Chris
Brand
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Developer: The Station Game
Publisher: The Station Game
Platforms: Xbox One, PS4, PC
The advanced Espial Space Station and its three-person crew have been orbiting the planet, designated Psy Prime, collecting data whilst hidden from the population. Something has caused the eponymous station to lose power and the stealth systems keeping the ship concealed are no longer operational. After failing to contact the crew, a recon specialist is sent in. Enter, player one.
Following a rather lengthy load time, the game starts with you stepping aboard the Espial and you're tasked with locating each member of its crew. As you may expect from a 'walking simulator', you aren't given much in the way of clues and must unravel the mystery using whatever intelligence you can glean from the ship and its barely functional systems.
You're aided in doing so by a continually updating map complete with a, somewhat superfluous, inventory and a list of tasks which are revised as you progress. The map is projected as a floating hologram in front of you and remains stationary until you call it back; it's a neat little mechanic, though it does have its drawbacks. You'll require some space to deploy it and you then can't walk whilst checking your position, which is slightly inconvenient.
Right from the off you'll find an audio log left by one of the crew. These are the meat of the story and detail the mission and various thoughts of the team, each one adding another piece to the puzzle. You'll also learn more about the crew via their email terminals and notes that they leave lying around. Cabin fever has definitely set in, with their petty squabbles and jokes exuding an endearing charm.
The messages are prominent enough to easily draw the eye, ensuring you won't miss a single one, whilst fitting in nicely with the game's futuristic aesthetic. Visually it evokes a certain familiarity, contrasting dark blues and greys with stark, gleaming whites. Further accentuating this with bright neon hues makes the Espial feel like any of the other spacecraft we've served on throughout our gaming career, though a pervasively uneasy atmosphere does serve to set it apart.
The Station's narrative is masterfully weaved, giving hints throughout to those with a keen eye.
Which brings us to the real draw: the plot. The Station's narrative is masterfully weaved, giving hints throughout to those with a keen eye, but ultimately keeping you in the dark until it reaches its climax. Everything comes together right at the very end, which left us mentally replaying key moments and realising their significance as the credits rolled.
The accompanying musical score is barely noticeable at first, allowing you to fully concentrate on the audio messages and sounds coming from elsewhere on the ship, before building to a shattering crescendo as you approach the finish line, adding more than a note of tension.
You can expect the whole experience to last an hour or two, depending on how diligently you explore. Repeated playthroughs will cut that time drastically, though there's relatively little to draw you in for a second round.
Some slight control niggles, a somewhat awkward map and limited gameplay interactions don't necessarily make The Station a great videogame. Its story, however, makes it a fantastic experience that couldn't be conveyed with as much impact in any other medium.
First rate story
Suitably tense atmosphere
Excellent sound design
Limited control schemes
Brief & not hugely replayable
The Fall Part 2: Unbound | Xbox One | Review
Artificial Intelligence is undoubtedly a hot topic these days. Everything from the cheerful Alexa and Google Assistant to the constant, nameless analysis of personal data across the internet aim to make people's lives easier. As a game which explores these themes head on, The Fall Part 2: Unbound is perhaps more relevant now than ever. This sequel delves deeper into the rules and logic which make constructed intelligence work, and how the smallest actions can push the boundaries of what programming can do.
by James Michael Parry
@james_parry
Developer: Over The Moon
Publisher: Over The Moon
Platforms: Xbox One, PS4, Switch, PC
Let's take a step back, though: what is The Fall? Released in 2014 on PC before jumping to consoles by 2015, Over the Moon's puzzler with combat elements had a good reception, and all the strengths of the original take a strong step forward in this sequel, or, more accurately, the second of three planned parts.
You play as an AI called ARID (Autonomous Robotic Interface Device, if you're wondering) in an involved story which examines what it means to be an AI and how the character defines itself through its interactions with its surroundings.
In terms of gameplay, the mix of puzzle and action is maintained from the game's predecessor, with the option to tone down the combat if you'd rather focus on the story. For our money, this is arguably the better experience, as switching to this mode doesn't tone down the complexity of the puzzles you'll face, it just makes the combat a little easier to digest.
Some of the game takes place in the digital realm, as ARID travels between different nodes and areas within the system to discover more about her situation, other sections see you inhabit more traditional robots and mechanised combat suits to explore the real world and research the Domesticon Corporation, the classically faceless company from whence you came.
The sections where you inhabit robots, such as a simple robot butler in a stately home, going about his routine, are the most enriching. Not only are you greeted with well-constructed dialogue between the benevolent (but nonetheless invading) ARID and her robot host, but on-screen contextual prompts read in the tone of the character you're inhabiting, meaning you sometimes need to shake their intelligence to find out more.
Sections within the digital landscape, while visually distinct and just as beautifully constructed as the rest of the game, consist of fairly basic platforming and exploration, paired with a handful of encounters with troublesome, formless black entities attempting to protect the system.
One of the biggest potential pitfalls in the game is that the very nature of the puzzles may go over many people's heads and demand more patience than the fraught nature of modern life traditionally allows. For example, in order to convince the robot butler to investigate a certain area of the house you need to gradually create the environment necessary for the butler to come to the conclusion that taking a look is a logical plan, and something which falls within its given parameters.
We spent a while walking around trying to make sense of what to do with a certain item before finally finding the (or, possibly a) solution. Perhaps to others it may be more obvious, but it definitely requires a certain way of thinking. The game does very little hand-holding either, which is admirable in pushing the player to find the solution, but at times it might be nice to have a tiny clue to save going around in circles.
The player is rewarded for examining each nook and cranny carefully - in fact, often, puzzle-solving elements require it.
The story is the real star of the show, and something which the game clearly prides itself on. It's unusual to see as deep a characterisation in an AI, certainly it's the first instance since the Mass Effect series to really delve into the motivations of an artificial being, and to an extent humanise them with the unfettered determination with which they insist on surviving.
More than that, the game manages to tell a lot of its story very visually, not least through some stunning visual presentation of its world, rather than relying on tons of exposition. The player is rewarded for taking the time to examine each nook and cranny carefully - in fact, often, the puzzle-solving elements require it.
All too often when a game has something to say it can hit you over the head with it, but Over The Moon have done an outstanding job balancing the parallels to our world while examining the contradictory nature of imperfect beings striving for perfection through technology.
This cerebral experience is not a popcorn, throwaway title. To crack its tough, mind-bending exterior you'll need to adopt a certain way of thinking, but once you do, there's nothing more satisfying than feasting on its gooey centre.
Some of the most intriguing passive storytelling since BioShock
Visuals ooze style and create levels perfect for its world
Finding the answer is extremely satisfying
Often you'll find yourself wandering about not sure where to go
Combat sections add variety, but could almost be done without
'Part 2' sounds a bit intimidating for newcomers (consider picking up the bundle with Part 1 for £14 at time of writing)
9/10
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Aperion Cyberstorm | Wii U | Review
Yes, you read that right, folks: Aperion Cyberstorm is a brand new twin-stick shooter for the dusty, clapped-out Wii U (it's also available on the Switch and PC, plus it's on the way to Xbox One, if you're suitably modern). We enjoyed our brief hands-on preview with the game at last year's Rezzed, but has that early glimpse of glitter faded, or blossomed into something altogether more splendid?
by Rob
Holt
@acousticmagic
Developer: aPriori Digital
Publisher: aPriori Digital
Platforms: Wii U, Switch, Steam, Xbox One
Players: 1 - 5
From bullet one, Bristolian developer aPriori Digital ladles on the neon colours and hammering techno beats and synthesisers, bombarding the senses across all three main game modes. Something that sets the game apart from the opening salvo of mayhem onward is the option to play any mode with four fellow humans, which is an enticing addition for those of you with multi-chums.
Cyberstorm's gameplay is pleasingly simple: blow everything up, look for collectibles and survive - not necessarily in that order. Left stick moves your ship, right stick fires the guns, the bumpers provide a welcome speed boost, and the triggers utilise two special abilities, chosen from a selection including rapid fire, spread shot, shield, shotgun and more. Combining these abilities with the right ship - some crafts trading manoeuvrability for firepower, and vice versa - will aid in meeting your personal playstyle.
The enemies you engage get progressively more difficult, graduating from teeny-tiny buggers during the infancy of your quest(s), to truly dangerous foes with brutal, express bullet patterns. The power-ups you gather from the fallen (freeze bullets, fire shots, etc.) will, in turn, assist you in destroying the next batch of baddies - trust us when we say, you're going to need 'em!
Campaign mode takes you on a tour of four worlds, each consisting of several branching levels in which you endeavour to uncover the mysteries surrounding a faceless organisation, your lost crew, and a bunch of dudes called the Paladins. The levels are largely made up of quiet, empty corridors and loud, enemy-filled arenas, but the balance never quite strikes it right.
Cyberstorm's gameplay is pleasingly simple: blow everything up, look for collectibles and survive - not necessarily in that order.
We would've loved to have seen more emphasis on the calmer, explorative sections, as, although the arena and boss encounters are regularly thrilling, juxtaposing moments serve to make them all the more special. A stronger story and deeper exploration would've elevated the campaign on the whole, though that doesn't do too much to detract from the fabulous, frenetic combat and boss designs that are on display and can be tweaked to your liking with a well-balanced array of difficulty settings.
Versus mode brings the party to your front room, in a way only a handful of titles do these days. Get four friends over and you really are in for a treat; you'll fight each other in a variety of arenas, across nine different match types, in a sea of retina-obliterating colours and patterns.
There's good ol' fashioned arena fragfest, a heart-limited survival mode, the you-only-live-once anarchy of Last Stand, timed matches, standard King and Control match types, and even more. This Doctor recommends a prescription of pop and pizza to perfectly compliment the glorious, is-it-skill-or-luck fracas on offer in Versus. If you do happen to be a William-no-associates, fear not, as aPriori have been decent enough to include an option to add bots instead of flesh and blood players.
Onslaught mode is the tenser, Gears-esque Horde mode, where you smash endless waves of radiant rascals, achieving a star rating based on your lasting power. These stars then unlock new, trickier Onslaught maps to weather.
Versus mode brings the party to your front room... Get four friends over and you really are in for a treat!
It's hard to deny the sheer amount of content on offer here, both in single and multiplayer, but there are a few areas that could've done with an extra bit of chim-cheroo. Aside from the Campaign mode misfires, the chief culprit here is the music, which just doesn't quite achieve true synergy with the game's visuals. Fights generally develop into bullet hell madness, so it's strange that the techno doesn't follow suit and amp up the rhythmic intensity.
So, in spite of its limitations, it's hard not to recommend Aperion Cyberstorm. The music might be a bit of a letdown, the campaign might be a tad corpulent, and the gameplay might not be particularly innovative, but what is here is just ruddy good fun. Get some friends round, bust out those Wiimotes (or Joy-Cons) and enjoy £10.99 well spent.
Huge amount of content
Fantastically fun multiplayer
Intuitive controls
Music doesn't quite match the action
Campaign lacks variety
Low on originality
Shu | Nintendo Switch | Review
Platformers can be tricky. The art of a great platformer is to pose a challenge without being frustrating to the point that players are tempted to throw their controller across the room. Somewhat like fighting games, not everyone is gifted when it comes to tackling the genre (*raises hand*), and so there's equally a challenge in making a game feel accessible to that demographic too. Shu, a delightful indie offering from Coatsink, happily toes that line and - more often than not - passes with flying colours.
by James
Parry
@james_parry
Developers: Coatsink, Secret Lunch
Publisher: Coatsink
Platforms: Switch, PS4, PS Vita, Steam
Players: 1
From the introduction, presented in the game's impeccable 2D art style, it's clear that your village is in a spot of bother. Townsfolk of all shapes and sizes have gathered as a wise old elder shares a vision of the coming rains that threaten the area with destruction. The titular Shu, a small, bird-like creature, must set off on her own to find a tower which may be their only hope. What follows is a series of levels spanning vibrant locations, in which you gradually push back the darkness from the land.
Sounds easy enough, right? While the levels begin slowly, letting you get your bearings and learn the controls, at a certain point the screen dims to black and you are told to RUN! It's these sections, as you attempt to outrun an apocalyptic storm that chomps at you from the left side of the screen, where the difficulty can spike and your careful control of the game's characters can quickly give way to panicked button-mashing.
There are ten characters in the game, each of whom have a specific ability. Shu alone can glide, not unlike Knuckles of Sonic fame, but as soon as you bring other characters into the party - who join hands to form an adorable chain - you'll suddenly be able to bash through obstacles, wall jump and even walk on water for a limited time.
Controls are kept very simple, so a single button press, if needed, will activate a power, and the game's 21 levels, split across six varied worlds, each have different paths to work your way through by making good use of them. Checkpoints are plentiful too, each one resetting your lives to five and making it possible to turn a performance around following a tricky section.
If you're in need of a traditional platformer with some fresh ideas, Shu won't disappoint.
The musical score really helps to bring the game's world to life, and while not quite as memorable as the recent instalments of Rayman, which are arguably the gold standard for 2D platformers overall, it brings the kind of gravitas you'd expect from a AAA release to the carefully crafted package of an independent one.
Shu has been available on Steam and PS4 from back in 2016, and since then a few new levels have been added in. On the Switch, which is perhaps the best-suited platform to its pick up/put down gameplay, the Caverns of the Nightjars add-on is bundled for players to enjoy once they've polished off the main storyline.
While, at times, frustration can still build and you'll need to step away (thanks to those race-against-the-end-of-the-world sections), there's an excellent time to be had here on the whole. If you find yourself on the opposite end of the spectrum and things are feeling a bit easy, you can always try again with a mind to gathering all of the collectables or setting a new best time, so there's some replay value too.
Great value for money at only £7.69
Beautiful score is cherry on top of a wonderful world
Short, challenging levels ideal for gaming on the go
Difficulty spike in timed sections can be extreme
Some levels are less inspired than others
Why do you keep taking my friends away at the end of the level?!
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MI5 або Військова розвідка, Секція №5 — державне відомство британської контррозвідки, що здійснює свою діяльність відповідно до повноважень, наданих «Законом про службу безпеки 1989 року». Не входить в структуру МВС. З 1995 року розташовано в Темз Хаус в Лондоні.

Генеральний директор Служби з квітня 2013 року — Ендрю Паркер.

Сфера повноважень
У обов'язки МІ5 входить захист національної безпеки Об'єднаного Королівства від внутрішніх загроз. Такі загрози включають: тероризм, шпигунство та поширення зброї масового знищення. Крім того, МІ5 надає консультації у сфері безпеки цілому ряду інших організацій та допомагає їм понизити вразливість для можливих загроз.

Історія
У жовтні 1909 року, згідно з рекомендацією Комітету імперської безпеки, в якій вказувалося на небезпеку німецького шпигунства для британських портів ВМФ, капітан Вернон Келл Південностаффордширського полку та капітан Менсфілд Каммінг з Королівського флоту разом створили бюро Секретної служби.

Отримавши додатковий запит від Адміралтейства інформації про нові німецькі кораблі, Келл та Каммінг вирішили розділити їх роботу. В результаті Келл став відповідати за контррозвідку (майбутню MI5), а Каммінг — за шпигунство (MI6).

З 1909 року до початку Першої світової війни бюро Секретної служби виявило більш ніж 30 шпигунів, що входили в мережу німецької розвідслужби. Тоді бюро складалося лише з 10 чоловік, включаючи Келла. На початку війни бюро перепідпорядкували військовому кабінету. У січні 1916 року бюро стало частиною нового Управління військової розвідки та отримало назву MI5.

Під час війни функції MI5 були розширені, і тепер вони включали координацію політики уряду відносно союзників, питання безпеки та інше. MI5 також почало займатися контррозвідкою по всій Європі. До кінця війни штат MI5 складався вже приблизно з 850 співробітників.

15 жовтня 1931 року формальну відповідальність за попередження загроз національній безпеці Великої Британії щодо боротьби з ірландськими терористами й анархістами також було покладено на MI5. Ця дата вважається днем створення «Секретної служби». Ця назва замінила «MI5».

Після приходу Гітлера до влади нова служба мала боротися з новою загрозою — нацизмом. На початку 1939 року Служба налічувала лише 30 офіцерів, її відділ спостереження налічував лише 6 осіб. Незабаром, після початку Другої світової війни, Секретна служба переїхала в будівлю тюрми «Вормурд Скрабс», проте наприкінці 1940 року велику частину апарату Служби було евакуйована в Бленхейм Пелас. У вересні 1940 року велика частина архівів Служби згоріла внаслідок німецьких бомбардувань. На початку 1941 року Девіда Петрі було призначено першим генеральним директором Секретної служби. Новий начальник ініціював докорінну перебудову всієї організації Служби.

Після початку Холодної війни увага Служби перемкнулася на боротьбу з радянською загрозою. Служба концентрувалася на діяльності комуністичної партії Великої Британії, яка на початку 1940-х налічувала 55 тисяч членів.

У 1952 році прем'єр-міністр Вінстон Черчилль передав персональний контроль над Секретною Службою Секретареві по внутрішніх справах, який випустив директиву, що визначила структуру та завдання Служби аж до 1989 року. На початку 1950-х штат Служби знову зріс — до 850 осіб, разом із 40 офіцерами зв'язку по всьому світу.

Наприкінці 1970-х ресурси Служби було частково перенаправлено на боротьбу з міжнародним та ірландським тероризмом. Перші антитерористичні підрозділи з'явилися у службі наприкінці 1960-х.

Примітки

Література
 Andrew, Christopher (2009). The Defence of the Realm: The Authorised History of MI5. Allen Lane. ISBN 1-84614-284-9

Посилання
 Офіційний сайт агентства

Контррозвідка
Спецслужби Великої Британії

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3 September 2021 • High Performance
False start heartbreak for Anna Steven in the 100m T64 heats
TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 02: Anna Steven of Team New Zealand reacts after receiving a disqualification on a false start in the Women's 100m - T64 heats on day 9 of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at Olympic Stadium on September 02, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images)
Anna Steven knew immediately that she had false started in the 100m heats (Photo: Getty Images)
Kiwi Anna Steven suffered a heart-breaking conclusion to her debut Paralympic Games after she was disqualified from the heats of the women's 100m T64 for committing a false start.
The 21-year-old Aucklander – who opts for a standing start – marginally jumped the gun and immediately knew her fate as her hands covered her mouth in shock.
It brought an abrupt end to her 100m ambitions on a rain-sodden evening inside the Tokyo Stadium, but the North Harbour Bays athlete, who is coached by Hamish Meacheam, can take enormous pride in her efforts in Tokyo.
Earlier in the week she set an Oceania record of 28.60 in the heats of the women's 200m T64 to advance to the final – where she placed eighth in 28.88.
Anna said of her false start: "I'm devastated. I've been practising my starts quite a lot, especially the stability aspect and unfortunately it just didn't come together."
Nonetheless, her overall Tokyo 2020 experience was memorable. "I'm going to take away so much. It is a big milestone in my career so far. I'm really stoked with how I did in the 200m, so I'm trying to take out the positives."
New Zealand is set for one of its biggest days of action inside the Tokyo Stadium on Friday as a couple of heavyweight performers enter the fray. Dunedin's Anna Grimaldi will hope to mount a successful defence of her Paralympic women's long jump T47 title at 12.35pm. Anna has enjoyed an outstanding year – and leads the world rankings courtesy of her national record of 5.91m set in February.
Also in action is Holly Robinson, who leads the world rankings with a best of 44.26m in the women's javelin F46. The 26-year-old Dunedin-based and Hokitika-raised athlete won the 2016 Paralympic silver medal and will be seeking an upgrade on Friday from 10.28pm.


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The one good thing about the foul Fair Elections Act is the way it has transformed Pierre Poilievre into a parliamentary punching bag.
Because it seems that every day somebody is taking a shot at him and his bill.
And today it was the election expert Harry Neufeld's turn to tell Poilievre to amend the bill or KILL IT.
Harry Neufeld, the author of the report often cited by government officials to support its proposed changes to Canadian election laws, says the government has to amend its election reform bill or kill it.
The elections expert also fears half a million people could be disenfranchised based on changes included in the Conservative government's Bill C-23, he told reporters following his appearance before the procedure and House affairs committee Thursday.
Which of course must have been particularly painful or embarrassing for poor Pierre, since he has been quoting Neufeld's report to claim that vouching and voter information cards are responsible for widespread voter fraud.
Only to have Neufeld accuse Poilievre of misrepresenting his words, tell him there is no evidence of widespread fraud.
And warn that eliminating voter information would prevent hundreds of thousands of Canadians, the kind who don't usually vote for the Cons, from proving where they live.
Elections Canada piloted a program in 2011 that saw 400,000 people use their voter information cards as proof of residence. The agency allowed students, on-reserve First Nations voters and people in long-term care facilities — many of whom don't have a driver's licence or other proof of residence — to use the cards to prove their addresses.
"If those 400,000 people cannot use the [voter information] card to prove their address, what's their option to be? There's no ability to vouch, according to C-23, so they're disenfranchised," Neufeld told reporters following the committee, calling the voter information card "a valid piece of ID."
Because you can see the problem here.
If you choose option 2, these are the only original documents with a name AND an address . . .
And many people just don't have them.
And this theatrical attempt by one of the Cons on the committee to prove the contrary, couldn't have been more embarrassing.
During the committee meeting, Conservative MP Erin O'Toole pulled out his wallet and rifled through his identification, repeating "Acceptable" after every piece on the list of 39 forms of identification Elections Canada accepts.
"Which one's got your address?" Neufeld asked him. O'Toole didn't answer.
Or more DELICIOUS.
But then Poilievre knows exactly what this bill is all about.
It's a foul scheme to suppress the vote, just like his fellow Republicans are always trying to do in the United States.
It's an attempt to make it easier to steal the next election, and by not giving Elections Canada the powers it requested, make it almost impossible to prosecute the Con criminals who tried to steal the last one.
And all you have to do is watch Poilievre's interview with Evan Solomon to see the depth of his discomfort…
For it couldn't be clearer. There is no way to defend that bill, it's simply INDEFENSIBLE.
And because it's indefensible it's bringing more and more ordinary Canadians into the streets all over the country to demand that it be killed.
For they understand what is at stake. And that if you don't fight for a democracy you lose it . . .
Which of course is bad news for the Cons and their depraved leader Stephen Harper. For it appears that their attempt to suppress the vote is backfiring and is actually going to BOOST IT.
By motivating Canadians more than any other issue has done in recent times, to defeat the ghastly Harper regime.
How ironic eh?
Poilievre set out to become a Con star by pounding the daylights out of our democracy.
Only to end up as a human punching bag.
And seeing stars.
Exactly where he belongs…
Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: "Fair Elections Act", Bill C-23, Canada, Canadian Parliament, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Elections Canada, Erin O'Toole, Evan Solomon, First Nations, Pierre Poilievre, Stephen Harper


The Graceland University Communications Office is getting a new look. Shane Adams, an 18-year marketing and communications veteran, has been named director of communications. Brooke Sutherland will take on the role of associate director of communications, where she will continue to support the university's social media presence and work closely with Adams. Sutherland has served as communications specialist for Graceland since 2013.
Two Graceland University community outreach programs have new leadership. Cyndi Smith is the new director of Graceland's AmeriCorps Youth Launch effort, and Lisa Kolb has taken over as director of the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP). Both Graceland partner programs are components of the Volunteer Iowa effort to encourage Iowans to give time to promote community programs.
Iowa State Representative Scott Ourth, Ackworth, has accepted appointment to a three-year term on the Graceland University Board of Trustees. He will serve on the 27-member governing board of the university until 2021.
Graceland alumnus Peter Hamann '78 is a professional ceramic artist who now lives in Japan and recently realized a lifelong dream to achieve a solo show in New York. Hamann learned from Graceland faculty such as Les Wight(Graceland faculty from 1961-87), Mel Clark (Graceland faculty from 1971-84) and Dan Keegan (Graceland faculty from 1974-76 and 1980-90), and you may have seen some of his work around Graceland's Lamoni campus.
Graceland University Vice President for Enrollment Management Scott Briell is pleased to announce the recent hiring of Emily Munter as the Community of Christ Outreach Specialist. Munter will begin her new role Oct. 1.
Graceland University welcomes new faculty to both the Independence and Lamoni campuses for the 2018-19 school year.
Graceland University and the City of Lamoni mourn the passing of a longtime supporter of the community. The Honorable Leonard L. Boswell passed away at the age of 84 on Aug. 17 in a Des Moines, Iowa, hospital.
Graceland University has been designated a Top 10 Military Friendly School for the 2018-19 school year.
Graceland University awarded $122,000 in prestigious scholarships to Spectacular campers last week. Spectacular, or Spec, is the largest annual gathering of youth in Community of Christ, Graceland's sponsoring church. Over 1,000 campers and their leaders gather at Graceland University, where they have opportunities to participate in leadership and discipleship development, diverse worship, and expression of arts, music and sports. The scholarships awarded at Spec are announced at the end of the week-long camp and are available to students entering their senior year of high school and participating in the camp.
This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity presented itself to Franklin, so she went for it. Along with four other recipients, Franklin beat out 325 other applicants to receive the award for the 2019 Artist Fellowship fiscal year presented through the Iowa Arts Council.
Dennis McElroy was recognized with the President's Volunteer Service Award at the 2018 International Society for Technology in a Education (ISTE) conference in Chicago last month. This is the second year in a row McElroy has received the honor and was recognized along with approximately 20 others at the silver level designated for volunteers who volunteered 250-499 hours during the past year.
Graceland Executive Council today approved the addition of esports for the Lamoni, Iowa, campus for the 2018-19 school year. Graceland's esports program will be housed under Student Life and will share space with Graceland Enactus in the Memorial Student Center as the effort gets up and going.
A consistent theme has emerged from the stories coming out of the Graceland University community over the past years: Gracelanders are making the world a better place. Students, faculty, alumni… the actions they are taking and the impact they are making provide strong evidence that Graceland values – learning, wholeness and community for the enrichment of lives and the betterment of the world – are taking hold in them and the parts of the world they touch. While this practice is strong in individuals around the world, one place in which a large-scale impact is made by a growing group of people connected to the university is at Camp Moja, a summer camp sponsored by Graceland's sponsoring church, Community of Christ, for people with intellectual disabilities. The camp takes place for one week each summer and is made possible entirely by volunteers.
This fall, many of the resources Graceland already provides will be consolidated into a student success center in the F.M. Smith Library in order to provide a one-stop location for a variety of services. The center will be a collaborative effort of several departments and will include tutoring, the Writing Center, peer mentors, disability services, career services and more. Consolidating these services into one location will provide Lamoni-campus students the convenience of a centralized location and will include "hang out" space to study or just be with friends.
"Take me out to the ballgame, take me out to the crowd. Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks. I don't care if I never get back." The song that has become a staple at every baseball game across North America since its introduction at Major League Baseball games during the 1934 World Series.
With an audience made up of friends, family and supporters, Graceland Enactus delivered their final competition presentation of the 2017-18 school year to a panel of judges who would ultimately decide their fate. In a league of three other schools – Canisius College, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Utah Valley University – those judges placed Graceland in the number-four spot. This placement places Graceland University Enactus as one of the top 16 Enactus teams in the country, and their placement means a $1,500 award for the program.
Graceland University Enactus will advance to the second round of competition after making their way into the top 16 teams in the country Monday. The decision was announced to a crowd of students and supporters anticipating the results after a day of competition at the Kansas City Convention Center. Graceland's presentation team – made up of students Alyssa Dockins, Melissa Sherer, Regan Jackson, Robbie Turk, Sydney Dorrance and Zack Ferrara – out-presented the four other universities in their league – Southern Adventist University, Cornerstone University, Southwestern College–Kansas and Penn State University Park – and answered all questions from the judges in a way that enhanced their presentation even further as they delivered the same passion in their words as they feel for the projects they were there to represent.
Graceland Enactus is inspired by the entrepreneurial spirit to make a difference; and they do just that in both local and global communities. After winning the regional competition in Chicago last month, this week, the team's project work has brought them to Kansas City, Missouri, for the annual Enactus U.S. National Exposition, where they will compete against student teams from universities across the country. On 1,600 university campuses worldwide, Enactus provides students the opportunity to channel their unique talents, passions and ideas to create projects that empower others. This year, though they have many to choose from, Graceland Enactus will showcase three key projects: Kids Bank, Right 2 Fresh and Brain Breaks.
In an effort to better understand millennials, Principal, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, developed the Voice of the Young Consumer Business Challenge in 2012. Their goal: to learn college students' thoughts and ideas on how to engage millennials with Principal's products.
Graceland University Assistant Professor of Allied Health James Geiselman, DC, MS, EMT-P, initiated a conversation with his alma mater, Logan University, that has led to a partnership between the two universities in which students are the winners. Combined with his passion for educating the next generation of health care providers, it was the similarities Geiselman saw in the two universities – a conservative health care model, an interdisciplinary team approach, and a commitment to whole patient care – that prompted his passion to connect them. The 3+3 articulation program will allow students to complete their first three years of undergraduate study at Graceland, then transfer to Logan University to start the Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) program there.
The graduating class of 2018 will matriculate Sunday, April 29, at 10 a.m. in Closson Center on the Lamoni, Iowa, campus. The commencement address will be given by Graceland alumnus Matthew Bolton, PhD, `01, director of the International Disarmament Institute and professor of political science at Pace University in New York City, and his spouse, Emily Welty, PhD, director of Peace and Justice Studies at Pace University, ecumenist and artist. Bolton and Welty are part of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), winner of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize, and will be presented with honorary doctorates during the commencement ceremony.


Togara Muzanenhamo was born to Zimbabwean parents in Lusaka, Zambia in 1975. He was brought up in Zimbabwe, and then went on to study in The Hague and Paris. He became a journalist in Harare and worked for a film script production company. His work has appeared in magazines in Europe, South Africa and Zimbabwe, and was included in Carcanet's anthology New Poetries in 2002.


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Pennsylvania Passes Conservatorship Act for Blighted Property
On behalf of Dornish Law Offices, PC | Dec 1, 2008 | All, Real Estate Practice
By Bradley S. Dornish, Esq.
At law, a conservator is usually the officer appointed by a court to preserve, maintain or repair the property of a minor, or of one who is incompetent. A guardian of a child who has lost his parents is a conservator. Conservators can also be appointed by the courts to protect and manage the disposition of the property of businesses which can no longer handle their own business. Receivers are conservators of the businesses they control.
On November 26, 2008, Governor Rendell signed into law a brand new type of conservatorship aimed particularly at residential, commercial and industrial buildings in the Commonwealth which do not meet municipal code requirements. The law is called "The Abandoned and Blighted Property Conservatorship Act," and is Act 135 of 2008, viewable online at www.legis.state.pa.us as House Bill No. 2188, Printer's Number 4521. The law goes into effect 90 days from its approval.
The Conservatorship act allows any "Party In Interest" to file a petition for appointment of a conservator in a court in the county where the property is located. The Act defines Court as the Court of Common Pleas in the county, but since the petition is considered an in rem action against the property, only the Court of Common Pleas in each county should have jurisdiction to hear the cases, regardless of definition. In rem actions involving title to real estate are generally beyond the authority of Magisterial District Courts, and outside the authority of Arbitrators.
The Act defines Parties in Interest to include Owners, lienholders and other secured creditors of the owner, though I can't imagine why an owner or lender would want to use the conservatorship process to rehabilitate a building, when other, more flexible and less intrusive mechanisms are available to these parties. Other Parties in Interest under the Act, the ones likely to file a petition, include residents (who could be owners or tenants) who live within 500 feet of the building, or business owners of businesses within 500 feet of the building. The municipality and school district in which the property is located, and Nonprofit Corporations, including Redevelopment Authorities, which are located in the municipality where the building is located, and whose purposes include community development activities, economic development, historic preservation, promotion or enhancement of affordable housing opportunities, are also Parties in Interest, though in Philadelphia, the nonprofit must also have "participated in a project within a one mile radius of the building" to qualify.
The ramifications of these definitions are broad and somewhat scary as to who has the right to petition the court. Not only nearby property owners and business owners, but individual residential tenants, even someone on a month to month lease, has the right to petition for a conservator. And since it only takes a registered address within the municipality, a filing fee of $125 and a few hundred dollars in other costs to form a Pennsylvania Corporation Not For Profit, pretty much anyone with a motivation and a few hundred dollars could qualify to petition under the Act.
However, not everyone will want to be a petitioner, because filing a petition isn't as easy as writing a letter. The petition has to include a sworn statement that to the best of the petitioner's knowledge, the property meets the conditions set forth in the act for conservatorship. The Act requires that the property meet ALL of the first four conditions and three of the last nine conditions for the court to appoint a conservator. Since this is a long article already, I won't comment further on how the four plus three of nine structure makes a simple determination more complex.
The first condition is that the property has not been legally occupied for twelve months. While this condition is apparently intended to include abandoned, vacant properties, the choice of the words "legally occupied" means occupancy in accordance with a valid, properly issued occupancy permit, where one is required. Pennsylvania zoning law is clear that a building physically occupied inconsistently with its occupancy permit is illegally occupied, so it is possible that a building with a two unit occupancy permit occupied for more than a year as a three unit building, or a single family home occupied for more than a year by five students when local law allows a maximum of three unrelated occupants, or prevents student tenants unless a home has been registered as student housing, could both meet the condition of not being legally occupied for at least twelve months. Vacant property clearly meets the condition.
The second condition is that the building has not been "Actively Marketed" during the 60 days prior to the date of the petition. The Act defines Actively Marketed to require that a For Sale sign with accurate contact information be placed on the property, and that the owner must have either engaged a licensed real estate agent to list or market the property, or place at least weekly print or electronic ads, or distribute printed advertisements. These provisions should be cut and dry, except in municipalities which prohibit for sale signs. If you own a vacant building which might otherwise be subject to a petition for a conservator being filed against it, you should at least take the precaution of immediately and continuously "Actively Marketing" the property to prevent this condition from being satisfied. The Act does not specify the price at which the property must be listed, and since this is one of the four mandatory conditions for a petition to be granted, a listing at a price for which you would be willing to sell the property should avoid a conservatorship being entered against you.
The third mandatory condition is that the building is not subject to an existing foreclosure action. I guess the legislature figured that if a bank wants to take and resell the property, they will wait for that to happen. This is also a cut and dry condition, and nothing more needs to be commented on it.
The final mandatory condition for conservatorship is that the owner must have owned the property for more than six months, and it is phrased in terms that the owner must submit proof to rebut an assumption he has held the property longer. For those thinking of transferring properties back and forth from spouse to spouse or parent to child or from entity to entity to avoid this condition, forget those notions. The Act doesn't count those transfers unless they result from death of the owner.
Once you get past the mandatory conditions, the nine other conditions are more discretionary and subject to influence by local authorities. These conditions, only three of which must be met to appoint a conservator, include in abbreviated form:
The building is a public nuisance.
The building is in need of substantial rehabilitation, and none has taken place in a year.
The building is unfit for human habitation, occupancy or use.
The condition and vacancy of the building materially increase the risk of fire.
The building is subject to unauthorized entry and the owner hasn't secured it OR the municipality has secured it.
The building is an attractive nuisance to children.
Vermin, debris, uncut weeds or physical deterioration of the building not removed by the owner present safety hazards.
The un-remediated dilapidation or other condition of the building hurts property values or nearby businesses.
The property is an attractive nuisance for drugs, prostitution, vagrancy or other illicit purposes.
The petition is also supposed to include, to the extent available to the petitioner after reasonable efforts to obtain them, copies of any citations charging the owner with violations of municipal codes or declaring the building a public nuisance, a recommendation for a person or entity to be appointed conservator, and a preliminary plan with initial cost estimates for rehabilitation of the building to bring it into compliance with all municipal codes and plans for the area, with anticipated funding sources. This last requirement for a rehab plan with cost estimates and funding sources, if required by the courts, will truly eliminate all but the most serious petitioners, and may make it difficult to use this procedure at all.
Once a petition is filed, the petitioner is to notice the petition by filing a Lis Pendens in the Recorder of Deeds office to give notice to anyone searching the title that a petition for a conservator is pending in court. The petitioner is also to serve notice of the petition on the owner, lienholders and political subdivisions in which the property is located, by registered or certified mail and posting on the building. If certified mail or registered mail are refused, the notice can be sent by regular mail and will be presumed complete if not returned in 30 days. If registered or certified mail is returned unclaimed, then the notice must be personally served. However, this Act does not specify personal service by the Sheriff, and provides that after two attempts at personal service fail, notice can be sent to the same address by regular mail and deemed served. This service mechanism can deprive the owner of constitutionally protected property rights without due process of law, since a conservator can sell the property under certain provisions of the Act, and it is entirely possible that the owner would not have actual notice of the conservatorship.
The court is to hold a hearing within 120 days of the filing of the petition to consider the appointment of a conservator, and if the conditions are satisfied, appoint the first lienholder, a nonprofit entity or governmental unit in preference over an individual, as conservator. If the court finds the conditions are met, but the owner promises to cure the violations in a reasonable period, the court can stall the conservatorship, allow the owner to perform the rehabilitation of the property, and may require the owner to post a bond in the amount of estimated repairs to keep possession of his own property. Otherwise, the conservator is appointed and immediately takes possession of the property from the owner, including personal property of the owner used with respect to the building, like appliances, lawnmowers, etc., and any bank operating accounts for the building.
The conservator is allowed to collect money due the owner regarding the building, pursue any lawsuits or similar claims the owner has with respect to the building, contract for repairs or improvements to the building, borrow money for the repairs and improvements which can be a first lien bumping any existing financing to second lien position if the existing lienholder won't finance the improvements. For purposes of this Act, the conservator gets deemed to have an ownership interest and legal control of the property during the conservatorship, but the real owner continues to be liable for civil and criminal liabilities as owner, taxes, mortgage payments and other similar charges even though the owner is not in possession of the building, and the conservator does not have any of those liabilities.
If the conservator has been in possession of the property for more than six months, and the owner has not successfully petitioned to end the conservatorship and take back the building, the conservator can petition to sell the property free and clear of all liens, subject to payment of the proceeds to cover all costs of the conservatorship, government liens, liens like existing mortgages, and even the costs of the original petitioner in requesting the conservatorship. The owner would only get leftover proceeds of the sale, if any.
While the act does not apply while an owner has vacated the property on military service, or to land owned by or held in trust for the Federal Government, the rest of property owners in Pennsylvania are subject to this new law. The advantage of the law to real estate investors can be that we may have a mechanism to force the repair of the blighted property next door to ours by petitioning under the Act for a conservator to be appointed for that property. Further, owners of vacant property who have been reluctant to sell to us for redevelopment may be more inclined to sell, once they face the threat of conservatorship being imposed on their property.
I am forming a Pennsylvania Non-Profit corporation in the municipality where I am engaging in redevelopment activities, and will explore filing one or more petitions under this act to clean up neighborhood properties. I will also explore using that entity as a conservator, to manage getting the work done on those properties.
I am also looking at properties I hold for speculative future development, and advising my clients to do the same. If listing those properties or otherwise putting up for sale signs and marketing them weekly or Craigslist or other electronic media can prevent our properties from being among the first to test the limits of the conservatorship law, it only makes sense to put that marketing effort in place.
(Created December 2008)
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