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Misconduct Hearings and Special Case Hearings are public unless the person chairing the hearing decides to exclude the public from part or all of a sitting.
Purpose of Public Misconduct Hearing
Misconduct Hearings are held to present the facts of a case and allow officers the opportunity to explain their conduct and the circumstances surrounding an allegation. Witnesses may also be called to give evidence. The purpose of a Public Hearing is to show that the Police disciplinary system is open and transparent and holds officers in breach of acceptable Standards of Professional Behaviour, or those that found guilty of misconduct, accountable for their actions.
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Special Case Misconduct Hearings are designed to demonstrate that officers are held to account for their actions. However, they are 'fast track' procedures, where there is incontrovertible evidence to establish, on the balance of probabilities, the conduct of the officer constitutes gross misconduct and the officer concerned should cease to be a police officer, without delay. For this reason there will be no witness testimony other than from the officer concerned, if they choose to give evidence.
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Officer's name: An officer
Date of the hearing: 8 and 9 February 2022
Time of the hearing: 10am
The place at which the hearing will take place: The Professional Standards Department, Sheffield.
A description of the alleged conduct:
On 21 August 2020, an officer sent an email to a member of staff at South Yorkshire Police, in which the officer stated that they had an appointment on the morning of the 25th August 2020, which was untrue and which they knew to be untrue.
On or around the 22 August 2020, whilst off sick from work, the officer travelled to Greece without notifying a supervisor and/or seeking authorisation or leave.
On 25 August 2020, while off sick from work and on holiday in Greece, during a phone call with the Occupational Health Unit, an officer informed the Occupational Health Unit that they were at a funeral in Belgium, which was untrue and which they knew to be untrue.
The above conduct breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour relating to Honesty and Integrity and Duties and Responsibilities and individually or cumulatively amounts to gross misconduct.
The officer has a number of health problems, which will be discussed throughout the course of the hearing. The Legally Qualified Chair has decided that the health of the officer and the allegations are inextricably linked to the allegations and therefore a part public hearing could not be practicable. A decision has therefore been made that the hearing will be in private and the officer will not be named.
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A schematic showing the many scales of imagery, leaf-level physiological and functional traits, and canopy processes.
Phenology is the annual development of life-history stages and leaf development, and the concurrent physiological processes. Many studies have observed earlier start dates of spring leaf-out in deciduous systems that is associated with warmer climate conditions. As seasons shift with environmental change, it is crucial to understand how carbon cycling in these ecosystems will also vary.
Our research looks at leaf-level fluorescence and fluxes of respiration in the light and dark, and photosynthesis, as well as canopy-level fluxes of carbon and canopy fluorescence response across the growing season. We also aim to link these variables through multiple imaging technologies at the canopy-scale, including repeat digital camera. imagery, NDVI cameras, and LiDar, which can be more easily scaled to satellite measurements of leaf area index, gross primary productivity and NDVI.
tracked by ground based NDVI imagery in a temperate forest. Scientific Reports. 7: 1267.
From May 2015 onward, we have been monitoring the canopy below the Hardwood Walkup Tower at Harvard Forest. This monitoring will allow us to better characterize how individual trees and the whole canopy cycle and store carbon through the growing season from May-October. Sometimes you take bike to get samples, sometimes you take a canopy lift called "Bucky". Hualei Yang, a PhD student, is pictured helping in the canopy lift, and Jonathan Michelsen, an undergraduate from University of Chicago, is manning the leaf-level fluorometer.


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This mini series aims to share, discuss and promote midwifery in a global context. Midwifery is a truly global profession and even those of us who work solely in the UK will care for women from many different cultures; these articles reflect the experiences of midwives and students working in both the UK and in Asia, Australasia, Africa and Europe. The first few articles of the series have been developed by students undertaking a global maternity module at the University of Leeds.
In Pakistan, community midwives (CMWs) are educated and deployed in their respective communities to provide maternity services in the form of a business. However, most of the CMWs struggle to initiate businesses and very few are able to maintain their finances, so they cannot sustain their services. Hence, the need to provide business skills training (BST) has been identified. As a result, 14 CMWs from different rural districts of Sindh and Punjab in Pakistan were recruited to a three-day BST programme. After two months, interviews were conducted in order to explore their experiences of putting BST concepts into practice. The CMWs reported that they were able to apply concepts including marketing, budgeting and networking and so sustain their services successfully.
This article discusses the history of midwifery in New Zealand, exploring the initiation of the New Zealand Amendment Act 1990, leading to the renewed autonomy of midwives. It also looks at how the lead maternity carer in New Zealand harnesses partnership, women-centred care and continuity of care within their practice.
This occasional series aims to share, discuss and promote midwifery in a global context. Midwifery is a truly global profession and even those of us who work solely in the UK will care for women from many different cultures; these articles reflect the experiences of midwives and students working in both the UK and in Asia, Australasia, Africa and Europe. The first few articles of the series have been developed by students undertaking a global maternity module at The University of Leeds.
The use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in maternity care has risen over the past two decades. An increasing number of women seek non-pharmacological pain management during labour and birth. The use of hydrotherapy - or water immersion - during labour offers women a naturalistic approach to pain relief, and may prove more beneficial than conventional pharmacological pain management. The practice of midwifery incorporates the promotion of physiological birth, and the use of showers and warm baths or pools provides women with an opportunity to experience the natural process of birth, while providing alternative comfort measures to women who opt for non-pharmacological pain relief during labour and birth.
In Bulgaria, it is very rare for male partners to be involved in the process of childbirth. Making fathers allies with midwives is an enormous asset for the movement for change in maternity services in the country.
This article discusses the value of an elective placement, for finalist student midwives, to a range of health care facilities in Uganda. It uses Race's (2015) 'seven factors to facilitate learning' to analyse the effectiveness of elective placements in promoting deep learning and personal development. It is evident from the student evaluation of the placement that both of these outcomes were achieved. However the learning varied, depending on the individual; hence some students focused more on their personal development whilst others recognised the contributing factors which impact on maternity care. The article also identifies that preparation and managing student expectations were key to facilitating a conducive learning environment. This was enhanced by tutor-led interaction and discussion, thus encouraging deep learning. The students' experience resulted in a greater awareness of the variation in how individuals are valued and of cultural practices.
In response to the Syrian war and other conflicts, a large number of refugees arrived in Germany in summer 2015. Unprepared for the arrivals, many communities had to set up emergency accommodation to bridge the time between their arrival and the allocation of permanent housing. In a remote camp with up to 1,700 residents, Marina Weckend set up a midwifery service to reach out directly to women and their families. The service was facilitated by the German Asylum Seekers' Benefit Act, which states that all maternity care, including referrals and prescriptions have to be accessible and free of charge for asylum seekers. In this article, Marina recounts the stories of three families whose experiences highlight the meaning and importance of health care access, acceptability and equity, particularly for women and families with a background of displacement.
The postnatal period, defined as beginning with birth and ending after six weeks, is a time of major adaptation at all levels - physically, emotionally, socially and psychologically. In the United Kingdom (UK), we put a lot of emphasis on birth preparation and how to look after yourself optimally before the birth, but once the new baby has arrived there is little support or emphasis on self-care. The focus after childbirth is primarily on the baby, with not much thought given to the mother, who is usually discharged from midwifery care on day 10, and whose partner is often back at work after a week or two. In other cultures there is much more emphasis on caring for new mothers, and this article will explore some of the different attitudes and approaches to postnatal care around the world, exploring the postnatal period from an international perspective.
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Midwifery practice in rural central Africa is full of joys (an abundance of twins, births by candlelight and resilience and stoicism that would leave even the very experienced birth practitioner speechless), but also a lot of challenges (every obstetric emergency in your wildest nightmares and worse) that are compounded by a lack of access to a skilled birth attendant. Women here have a strong culture of traditional practices and remedies, and hospital is often not the first port of call. Caring for women who cannot, themselves, consent to emergency life-saving caesarean sections, is a cultural aspect that we accept and respect as medical professionals working in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In a busy maternity ward in a low-resource setting, in a hospital supported by emergency humanitarian medical organisation Médecins sans Frontières (MSF), just how are obstetric emergencies managed - and are the outcomes what you would expect?
The challenges faced by birthing women and maternity healthcare professionals in developing countries cannot not be over estimated. The experience of a midwife in a rural Tanzanian hospital described in this article gives a small insight into these challenges. With intermittent electricity, no running water, three beds, 20 births per day and lack of midwifery or obstetric education, morbidity and mortality rates are high, and teaching is difficult. Conversely, where monitoring is minimalistic and time limits are not applied, 'normal birth' is truly the norm and the trust in women to grow and birth their babies is consistent and commendable. Reflection upon midwifery in developing countries can help inform attitudes and practice in the UK.
Bangladesh is recognised as a resource-poor country that has made some very positive steps to reducing maternal mortality over the last decade. However the death rate of women directly caused by pregnancy and childbirth still remains much higher than countries such as the UK, often due to lack of access to good quality and affordable basic health care. In this article, Anna Kent writes of her experiences teaching obstetric emergency clinical skills to Bangladesh's first ever student midwives. The students were recruited from rural villages to complete a three-year fully funded Midwifery Diploma Programme at one of seven education centres across the country. The goal of the programme is for the students to eventually return and practise as midwives in their home communities, enabling greater access for women to good quality basic health care, directly reducing maternal mortality across Bangladesh.
Women in Australia are offered a variety of options for screening and treatment of group B streptococcus (GBS), depending on which health service they are engaged with, including a risk-based approach or universal screening. The difficulty for midwives when addressing the evidence supporting these differing policies is that there is no unified national policy on GBS screening in Australia. Furthermore, the Australian population is a discerning one, questioning the implications of procedures and exploring all options. This paper discusses the varying evidence and limitations that midwives need to be aware of in order to inform women, empower their decision-making and provide holistic woman-centred care.
This is a short reflection of four wonderful weeks spent in Nepal supporting, advocating and strengthening the existing work of the Midwifery Society of Nepal and the Global Midwifery Twinning Project (GMTP) with the Royal College of Midwives. Although Nepal is on target to achieve reduction in its maternal mortality rate for Millennium Goal 5 there is still no registered protected title of 'midwife'. In order to establish a strong midwifery workforce in Nepal, the three pillars that need to be highlighted are midwifery education, midwifery regulation and professional midwifery association. The four-week programme led by GMTP volunteers helped towards building capacity in leadership, advocacy and campaigning skills in Nepal.
In 2000, Millennium Development Goal 4 called for global deaths in under fives, to be reduced by two thirds by 2015 (United Nations Millennium Declaration (UNMD) 2000). Birth asphyxia - failure to initiate or sustain spontaneous breathing at birth – causes up to one million neonatal deaths per year (Ersdal and Singhal 2013). A high proportion of these are in low-resource countries. In 2009, a group of doctors and academics from hospitals and universities in Norway and the United States wanted to find out if the Helping babies breathe (HBB) simulation-based programme for midwives in low-resource countries helped reduce newborn fatalities in a hospital in Tanzania. I was one of those doctors and our research showed that when teaching switched from a one-day programme to a low-dose, high-frequency model, emphasising immediate basic steps, there was a significant increase in the number of infants stimulated at birth, and a 40 per cent decrease in early neonatal mortality.
The number of mothers and babies from the developing world who die in pregnancy and childbirth remains unacceptably high. However, concerted efforts over the last 20 years to reduce the number of deaths have produced significant results, leading to a steady fall in maternal and neonatal mortality rates since 1990 (Unicef 2014). One initiative that is having an impact is the 'Making it happen' programme funded by the UK government and run by Liverpool's School of Tropical Medicine. A 'skills and drills'-type course covering obstetric and neonatal emergencies is delivered to health professionals across Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. This article describes the volunteer experience of a UK midwife helping to facilitate a course in Kenya, which has some of the world's poorest health outcomes.
Global strategies to reduce maternal mortality include the ambitious goal of achieving universal access to antenatal care by 2015. This target is unlikely to be achieved, especially in developing countries where antenatal coverage is often less than 50 per cent. Although much is known about the types of women who do not engage with antenatal services, there is limited information about their reasons for non-attendance. By summarising a variety of findings from qualitative studies, this article seeks to identify relevant issues. It highlights some of the problems of applying a standardised model of antenatal care in countries where resources are limited and belief systems are at odds with westernised understandings of pregnancy and childbirth.
Incarcerated women are a vulnerable group with complex needs in pregnancy, birth and early parenting; and this is further complicated with a drug and/or alcohol addiction. Prior to the establishment of an antenatal outreach clinic in a Western Australian prison for women, pregnant inmates received fragmented antenatal care. Some of the women did not disclose drug and alcohol issues for fear of involvement of child protection services, and some refused to be transported for care to maternity hospitals for antenatal appointments. This is the first antenatal care clinic for pregnant women to be established within a prison population in Western Australia.
The evidence base supporting the value to be gained by women and babies from receiving continuity of care from a known midwife is growing; it is essential, therefore, that we nurture the future workforce to work within this model of care. The Australian National Midwifery Education Standards mandate that midwifery students provide continuity of care to 20 women as part of their practice requirements. The educational value to students and the degree of preparation this provides for future work patterns is well acknowledged. There is also growing evidence that women, too, benefit from having a student follow them through the pregnancy journey. This paper examines the experience of some students working within this model and comments on the importance of providing a flexible programme delivery model and supportive midwifery educators in order to sustain and develop this innovative approach to completing clinical practice requirements within a midwifery education programme.
Midwives in New Zealand work within a unique cultural context. This calls for an understanding and appreciation of biculturalism and the equal status of Mãori and Europeans as the nation's founding peoples. This paper is the second of two papers that explore the notions of cultural safety and competence. Exploration and discussion take place in the New Zealand context, yet have transferable implications for midwives everywhere. This second paper focuses on midwifery education and practice.
We aimed to gain insight into eight cases of umbilical cord prolapse (UCP) reported by primary care midwives in the Netherlands. Diagnosis-to-delivery interval (DDI) and risk factors were identified. Six cases occurred at home. Risk factors were found in four cases, but only two (unengaged fetal head) were known to the midwife prior to birth. One infant died of severe birth asphyxia; the other infants recovered and were discharged in good condition. The DDI varied from 13 to 72 minutes (median 41 minutes). The shortest DDI was found in the two cases of UCP occurring in hospital and birthing centre. In the six cases of UCP at home, DDI ranged from 31-72 minutes. The DDI is increased when UCP occurs at home, but no association with a less favourable perinatal outcome was found. Continuing multidisciplinary training is encouraged and guidelines should be developed and implemented.
The Virtual International Day of the Midwife (VIDM) (www.vidm.org) is an annual online conference designed to break down traditional barriers to continuing professional development (CPD); provide online opportunities for international midwifery networking; and model open access communication and collaboration practices. Whilst the VIDM is designed to reach midwives all around the world, issues of access to the Internet, language and cultural differences prevent some midwives from attending, especially those who live in resource-poor countries. Nevertheless, the VIDM has successfully demonstrated how CPD can be delivered to midwives in a flexible and cost-effective way, as well as bring them together in a truly global open and collaborative environment.
Midwifery supervision is the 13th series of 'Midwifery basics' targeted at practising midwives. The aim of these articles is to provide information to raise awareness of the impact of the work of midwives on women's experience and encourage midwives to seek further information through a series of activities relating to the topic. In this final article of the series, Susan Calvert uses the New Zealand context as an example for midwives to be able to gain an understanding of practices at an international level.
Evidence suggests that, throughout the world, there is a lack of understanding of the midwife's role. It has previously been found that most pregnant women in Dubai did not understand the role of the midwife and felt safer being cared for by doctors. This paper presents findings from a survey conducted in Abu Dhabi, where midwifery is well established, which sought to explore whether the role of the midwife is generally acknowledged and understood. Overall a lack of knowledge of the role and scope of practice of the midwife was evident amongst a third of respondents. Since midwifery care has been shown to provide high quality maternity care, marketing and promoting the role of the midwife both to service users and to other professionals is crucial.
Midwives in New Zealand work within a unique cultural context. This calls for an understanding and appreciation of biculturalism and the equal status of Mãori and Europeans as the nation's founding peoples. This paper is the first of two papers that explore the notions of cultural safety and competence. Exploration and discussion take place in the New Zealand context, yet have transferable implications for midwives everywhere. This first paper provides a background to practice in a bicultural country where cultural safety strategies were introduced over 20 years ago to help reduce health disparities. The implications of these strategies are examined. The second paper will focus on midwifery education and practice.
This paper describes a workshop which was supported by the Iolanthe Midwifery Trust and facilitated in Nepal. The groups were introduced to the concept of emotion work in maternity care and ways of using reflection to manage it in themselves. A practical element was used, following the belief that engaging the right side of the brain in craft frees the left side to work optimally on logical/rational thinking.


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Giovanni Bononcini was born in Modena on 18 July 1670, the eldest and best-known son of the composer, violinist and theoretician Giovanni Maria (1642-1678), one of the main exponents of the musical school of Modena in the second half of the seventeenth century. His talent was extremely precocious: in 1685 he published Trattenimenti da camera op. 1, Concerti da camera op. 2 and Sinfonie op. 3. Giovanni Bononcini is known above all for his dramatic and vocal chamber music, whose simple, refined intensity of expression was acknowledged by his contemporaries. The cantatas are formed of the prescribed succession of arias (or duets) and recitativos, and show Bononcini's outstanding expressive skill and his ability in finely crafting the close relationship between words and music that was required by this genre of chamber music because of the need to "further the feeling of that divine poetry by means of the expression of the harmonious melodies" (as he wrote in a letter to Benedetto Marcello from London on 6 April 1725). This ability of his made it possible for him, through his perfect knowledge of counterpoint, to tastefully adjust "the exact observation of the different moods produced in the soul by the different modulations of the sound, so as to be able to adapt them suitably to the needs of the words". Within this world premiere recording the Aurata Fonte ensemble is performing the manuscripts of a composer whose talent was recognized and affirmed by a great career throughout Europe.
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Despite extra police resources, drug related activity continued in our road. Some residents had provided excellent photo evidence of the people and vehicles involved. Drug users were gathering in groups locally and leaving used syringes and drug wraps in public areas.
A neighbour and I decided it was time to raise the issue again with Chelmsford Police. The response from the Chief Inspector stated that the Police were acting on information provided by our residents to tackle drug use and supply. Police officers had been deployed to our area to carry out stop and search and further intelligence gathering was underway. However, I still felt that residents needed to know that 'something is being done and that the information they provide is valuable'. After all, we had been recording and sharing incidents using a community WhatsApp group. Using WhatsApp proved invaluable as supporting evidence for the police to act upon.
Then something unusual happened….the Chief Inspector asked me to call him in order to discuss the situation. I wasn't given the 'lack of resources' story. Instead, he listened and responded to my thoughts. I was reassured by him that the police were very active in our area, some undercover surveillance was being carried out, all information supplied by residents was extremely useful, some of the police operations could not be disclosed for obvious reasons but arrests were being made! Of course that was all excellent news but I made the point that the residents needed to know that the police were active in combatting these crimes and beginning to see results. I felt that the drug dealers/users also need to know something - that their activities would not be tolerated either on our streets or the City of Chelmsford!
Around this time, neighbours were beginning to report via WhatsApp that community police were seen in the area, stop and searches were being witnessed.
One of my neighbours shared this information with the residents and finally, they felt that their efforts had not been in vain. They were delighted that our neighbourhood was beginning to be an area that wasn't quite so ideal for the individuals who want to sell and use drugs. Thanks for the determination and hard work of the residents, Vicky Ford and Chelmsford Police we now feel safer in our neighbourhood.
One of our members describes how neighbours got together with the police to beat drug dealers active along their street in Chelsmford.


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History of Huronia Stallions Football Club
1993 UNDEFEATED GREAT LAKES CHAMPIONS
Stallions undefeated in first year. The Stallions 19 and under program began in the summer of 1993. With the Mississauga Warriors and the Oshawa Hawkeys formed the Great Lakes Football League. The Stallions ran up a 6-0 regular season record and registered a 16-14 championship victory over the Mississauga Warriors to finish a perfect 7-0. The Stallions produced the league MVP (Rob Garland). That same year the Stallions defeated the Myers Riders (Ottawa) and the Mississauga Wolverines of the Major Midget Football League. The second year the Stallions returned to the championship to face once again the Mississauga Warriors. The Warriors defeated the Stallions 37- 27 to capture the championship.
In 2000 the Stallions began their development House league program in Barrie and Orillia. This Program has grown each year , it has greatly contributed to the success of the Stallions travel teams.
Throughout the years the Stallions have produced some fine football players that have gone on to play university football. Rob Garland, League MVP 1993 (York University), Chris Faetze, League MVP 1994, (St Mary's University), Kevin Taylor, League MVP 1995 (Laurier University), Clint Uttley 1993. Current Defensive Coordinator for the Stallions (Acadia University). Over 30 players are currently in University programs. The Stallions would like to thank all those that were involved in the beginning and those involved today in shaping our team and league. THANK YOU!!
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LIBA Falafel, one of the Bay Area's longest-established "new school" gourmet food trucks, has announced that it will open its first brick-and-mortar restaurant location in Uptown Oakland, at 380 17th Street. Owner Gail Lillian, who founded the business four years ago, said she's in the process of raising funds for the Uptown project but expects the restaurant to open by the summer of 2014.
The LIBA food truck will also continue to operate.
Lillian told What the Fork that the restaurant will have the same basic setup, but with a bigger emphasis on seasonal fruits and vegetables. Lillian's also not finished expanding her business: Once the Oakland shop is up and running, she plans to start scouting locations for her next restaurant, this time in San Francisco.


First things first: as a lifelong Gillette razor user, as the son of a former Gillette employee, and as the father of a young boy, I fully commend the company's most recent ad campaign, "The Best Men Can Be." I'm not the only one.
However, as with any marketing that discusses more than a product these days, it has stirred up some controversy. While clearly meant as a call-to-action for concerned consumers everywhere – as noted by the end of the piece – some have taken the ad as a slight against men in general. There have been threats of boycotts and calls to switch to competing brands.
There has also been some hand-wringing in the marketing community. How could Gillette, a company that has for decades promoted itself as a brand that can help you "get the girl," suddenly do such a 180° and cite the learnings of the #metoo movement? How can a brand that has signed sponsorships with professional football players suddenly condemn a little "roughhousing" between boys?
I've heard people remark that the PR machines over at Gillette and P&G must be going out of their minds, stomping out fires, and holding emergency meetings. Personally, I doubt it. Cool as cucumbers over there, I say. I promise you: all this "controversy" is a feature, not a bug.
It's important to remember that Gillette – and by extension, P&G – isn't a small, altruistic, mom-and-pop operation. They're a global company. They don't make a single move without doing research, looking at the numbers, and focus-grouping everything. After that whole process, their conclusion must have been this: the consumers "outraged" by the ad's message – the suggestion that men can do more in their daily lives to promote equality and civility – will be far outnumbered by the consumers who support the message.
Also, market research tells us that 70-80 percent of consumer purchasing is in the hands of women, with many of those female consumers shopping for their entire households. There's a financial benefit in making the brand more emotionally appealing to them, especially when you're selling men's grooming products at a premium price. I'm sure the quants over in Cincinnati factored this into their campaign reasoning.
Put simply, the PR strategy here is to stay on-message. Sure, there might be some negative press, and even some scrambling in the media to manufacture a narrative (for example, this BBC take cites some curiously uninfluential Twitter users as sources). However, when asked for comment, the Comms team need only point out that this is meant to be a call to action, not a condemnation. At the end of the day, it's meant to get consumers thinking, which it clearly has.
About the Author: With over 20 years of diverse communications and marketing experience, Heath Fradkoff is Founder & Principal for Ward 6 Marketing. Much of his work has been in technology and B2B practices, along with consumer media and product brands like PBS, Associated Press, About.com, Conde Nast, Hitachi, and Mitsubishi. His written pieces on behalf of clients have appeared in Advertising Age, Fortune, Forbes, Financial Times, VentureBeat, and TechCrunch as well as numerous industry trade publications.


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Resolution in Support of Organized Labor in North Carolina
North Carolina Council of Churches · March 2, 2004 · 2 Comments
Adopted by the Executive Board of the North Carolina Council of Churches, March 2, 2004
O Lord Jesus Christ, here are men in their coffins, blood of my blood, bone of my bone.
I trust, O God, that these friends will go to a better place than this mill village or any other place in Carolina.
O God, we know that we are not in high society, but we know Jesus Christ loves us.
The poor people have their rights, too.
For the work we do in this world, is this what we get if we demand our rights?
Jesus Christ, your son, O God, was a working man.
If He were here to pass under these trees to-day, He would see these cold bodies lying here before us.
O God, mend the broken hearts of these loved ones left behind. Dear God, do feed their children.
Drive selfishness and cruelty out of your world.
May these weeping wives and little children have a strong arm to lean on.
Dear God—what would Jesus do if He were to come to Carolina?
These heart-rending words were delivered by Cicero Queens, an "old mountain preacher, moved by sorrow"[1] at the gravesite of the six cotton mill workers killed while peacefully picketing at a Marion, NC, strike on October 21, 1929. None of the locally prominent ministers were present. The main voice of the church condemning how these unionists were shot in the back by seven local sheriff's deputies who never were charged was a "Yankee," James Myers of the Federal Council of Churches.
The Marion Massacre followed similar, violently suppressed textile strikes in nearby Elizabethton, TN, and Gastonia, NC–a series of uprisings that brought the world's attention to working conditions in Southern manufacturing. Sinclair Lewis put the spotlight on these workers in a Scripps-Howard newspaper series, captured in a document now out of print called "Cheap and Contented Labor."[2] A 1980 reprint of this series was sponsored by labor leaders, a life insurance company representative, some academics, and two North Carolina clergy: Rabbi Arnold Task of Temple Emanuel in Greensboro, and the Rev. W.W. Finlator of Pullen Baptist Church in Raleigh.
While particular religious leaders have stepped into the fray of company/union conflicts in our state, the church as a whole has remained distant from the controversy of collective bargaining and unionizing. Often, mainline churches are host to corporate executives who may be community leaders and major donors, whom clergy are loathe to offend. Some churches remain aloof from so-called worldly or political concerns, imagining workplace struggles as beyond the domain of the spiritual.
Most major religious denominations, however, do have official policies and stands in favor of the right of labor to organize and bargain collectively. In this vein, the NC Council of Churches has also held a pro-labor stance over the years. "A Christian Perspective on Organized Labor in North Carolina," our last official policy statement on labor, was endorsed by the Executive Board on May 7, 1980. The Council's Annual Assembly also specifically supported government and municipal workers in their right to form a union in a statement dated April 28, 1970. These two statements are attached.
The Council's Executive Board on June 17, 1997, endorsed the efforts of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) in its long drive to represent the interests of eastern North Carolina farm laborers, although the House of Delegates later declined to endorse (or to oppose) the Farmworker Ministry Committee's support of FLOC's boycott of Mt. Olive Pickle Company. As the farmworker struggle is under the auspices of that committee, this statement will not concern farm labor organizing, but rather the manufacturing, trade, and service organizing now taking place inNorth Carolina.
A Current Picture of Labor
Unions bring higher wages and benefits, especially for minorities and women
In 2001, average weekly earnings for all unionized workers in North Carolina were $782, versus $601 for non-unionized workers.[3] Nationally, workers in "right-to-work"[4] states have average yearly earnings 15% less than do workers where unions are strong.[5]
Union women earn 31% more than nonunion women. African-American union members earn 29% more than their nonunion counterparts, and for Latino workers, the union advantage totals 53%.[6]
In 1999, 73% of union workers in private industry participated in medical care benefits, as compared with 51% of nonunion workers. Union workers are also more likely to have pension and retirement benefits.[7]
Labor unions nationally are at a low ebb
National unionization rates have fallen from about 35 percent in the 1950's to 14 percent of the workforce today. Problems of globalization, the transformation of the economy, government policies that are hostile toward unions, and corporate dominance threaten the future of American unions.[8]
Despite public opinion in favor of worker rights, companies often fight union drives
A Cornell University study updated in 2002[9] reveals that nationally, among companies where there are union drives: 90% hire consultants ("union busters") to fight the organizing effort; and 51% threaten to close the plant if the union wins the election, while 1% actually do close after a union win. The study found that 71% of the public says that laws protecting the freedom to join unions are important, but that only 35% of the public knows what happens in American workplaces when workers try to form a union.
North Carolina has lower union membership than any other state
In 2002, 3.4% of all North Carolina wage and salary workers were members of unions, though 4.0% were covered by union contracts (that means, non-unionized workers who work in companies where unions have won wage hikes and benefit improvements gain those same rewards even if they are not in the union. See "right to work" definition in footnote #4.). The 3.4% figure is the lowest of the 50 states. Only 2.3% of private sector workers were union members in 2002.[10]
The right to organize into labor unions remains under threat in North Carolina
Public employees in North Carolina do not have the same legal right to bargain collectively as do unionized workers in the private sector. NC General Statute 95-98 (1959) prohibits public employees from bargaining collectively for enforceable agreements that govern the conditions of their employment.
While always denying that they violate the law protecting the right to organize, some companies routinely discourage union organizing through a variety of subtle or blatant means. As one example, Human Rights Watch has documented a range of abuses at the Wilson and Tar Heel, NC, plants of Smithfield Packing, the world's largest pork producer. During the 1990's, "Smithfield management opposed workers' efforts to solicit union card signatures with interference, intimidation, coercion, threats, and discrimination."[11] The National Labor Relations Board found meritorious a long list of specific worker complaints along these lines. The Council's Executive Board passed a resolution in support of the Witness: Justice at Smithfield campaign, on September 2, 2003.
Smithfield-style management suppression of the legally guaranteed right to sign union cards and organize into labor unions follows a long North Carolina tradition. During the 1970's, the struggle by the J. P. Stevens textile workers in Roanoke Rapids led to a national boycott of that company's products. Scores of religious groups from across the nation supported the boycott, as did the Commission on Social Ministries of the NC Council of Churches. (The Council has two copies of a now out-of-print examination of this struggle and of the history of southern textile organizing, called "Fabric of Injustice.")
Worker interests are overshadowed by business influence in the NC General Assembly
Business owners and management interests hold vastly more political clout in North Carolina than do workers. Bob Hall of Democracy-NC provided a January 2004 study of lobbyists registered for the 2003 NC General Assembly session.[12] The business-to-labor ratio for lobbyists was 14.8 to 1. Only 38 lobbyists represented labor/employee interests. (Of the 38, 22 represented not those working for private companies, but public workers: NC Association of Educators, State Employees Association of NC, NC Retired Governmental Employees Association.) However, the number of lobbyists for business interests was 562.
The same power imbalance holds for contributions to all NC General Assembly candidates. Hall's data for the 2000 and 2002 elections show that labor/employee political action committees (PACs) gave a total of $364,000, of which $220,000 came from the NC Association of Educators. In contrast, contributions from business-related PACS were $7,081,000. The ratio of business-to-labor contributions was 19.5 to 1. For every $100 contributed by a labor-related PAC to candidates running for the NC General Assembly, pro-business PACs contributed nearly $2,000 to the same group of candidates.
This disproportionate influence in our lawmaking body shows up in everyday lives of workers:
Since 1947, NC has been a "right-to-work" state. (See footnote #4.)
Bills introduced each session to raise our minimum wage from $5.15 to $8.50/hour, which is still less than the statewide average Living Income Standard of $10.60/hour, are never even assigned for a committee hearing. NC Citizens for Business and Industry and similar business lobbying groups always oppose wage hikes.
Labor unions brought Americans the weekend (the 40-hour work week), health insurance as an employment benefit, workplace safety regulation, paid sick leave, and many more protections for workers that we find commonplace. Labor unions consistently champion the causes of health care for all, living wages, unemployment benefits and workers compensation, investment in training, and other family friendly policies. The lack of union strength in North Carolina weakens efforts for the many kinds of policies and programs that help poor and average working families.
How labor unions operate in North Carolina
North Carolina has approximately 260 local unions affiliated with the NC American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).[13]
Chartered in 1957, the North Carolina AFL-CIO oversees seven Central Labor Councils, each of which coordinates activities between local unions in a geographic area. It has several purposes, including legislative and political activity, union coordinating, organizing support, and affiliate education and service. The NC AFL-CIO now has its own workplace-giving charity, called the NC Union Community Fund. The economic justice program of the Council received one of their first grant awards.
In addition to AFL-CIO-affiliated unions, Black Workers for Justice and United Electrical Workers #150 organize in the state, primarily with local government employees and state university and hospital workers who are among the lowest paid state employees. Black Workers for Justice has a statewide campaign asking legislators and faith and community groups to sign on to Workers Fairness Principles. (The Executive Board of the Council signed a resolution supporting these Principles in 2003.) And there are unions not affiliated with the AFL-CIO, and emerging groups such as a new union for employees of nonprofit organizations.
Hear Our Public Employees (HOPE) is a new collaboration comprised of state employees, fire fighters, police, service workers, teamsters, AFL-CIO, and the American Federation of Teachers. The goal of HOPE is to repeal NC General Statute 95-98 and give public employees the same legal right to organize and collectively bargain that private sector workers have.
Unions do win elections and make progress in our state. As one example, The United Steel Workers Union has signed on the requisite majority of workers at Goodyear plants in Asheboro and Statesville this year, and is proceeding through the steps to attain collective bargaining status.[14]
The Pendulum has Swung Away from Worker Rights
The context for organized labor has swung back and forth from oppression to free expression over the past 150 years in America. We are now in a time of extreme corporate dominance, effectively squelching the voice of workers through a variety of means. First, a short history.
In America, worker exploitation in the early Industrial Revolution led to a movement to protect workers rights, health, and safety. In 1913 the Department of Labor was elevated to cabinet status with the mandate to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of wage earners. Congress in 1916 exempted unions from antitrust laws. In 1932 Congress outlawed in the use of injunctions in labor disputes, although in 1947 the law changed to allow employers to use them to forbid union members to strike.
Popular agitation about massive poverty during the Great Depression led to a series of landmark labor laws. The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (the Wagner Act) established the right of workers to organize and required employers to accept collective bargaining as a ruling principle in industry.
Strong anti-labor sentiment after World War II resulted in the Taft-Hartley Labor Act, which was passed over the veto of President Truman in 1947. It made secondary boycott and closed shops illegal and gave the President the power to secure an injunction to postpone for 80 days any strike that might affect the national security. Under the act, officers of unions were required to file affidavits that they were not members of the Communist party. It was part of the red-baiting that painted unionists as somehow un-American.
The union movement saw legislative support in 1959 with the Landrum-Griffin Act, which among other things guaranteed freedom of speech and of assembly for union members.
In the 1980s the pendulum swung back again, producing laws and legal decisions that limited labor and the power of labor unions. Cutbacks in federal agencies reduced federal enforcement of many work safety rules; officials appointed by the Reagan and Bush administrations attempted to reduce labor regulations, arguing that they made US industry less competitive in the world market.[15]
Now, the most powerful undercurrent in the American public discussion about jobs is that worker needs are secondary to competitiveness in a global marketplace. When you read your newspaper you see a Business section, not a Labor section. Children are taught little if any labor history in the schools. TV business news is exclusively brought from the corporate executive and Wall Street financier's point of view. The massive job loss from trade agreements is treated as a minor blip in the transition from an industrial and farm economy to an information and service economy inAmerica. The "experts" are those who describe the flow of international capital, speculators and investors, not the workers who generate the products and services at low wages, and who are crying out, unheard, about their lives.
Corporate campaign contributions are the lifeblood of political campaigns. Politicians must seek this largesse, until we have a publicly financed elections system. When our elected officials at all levels are beholden to the wealthy and to major corporations for their very existence, the views of these purchasers of influence become normative.
When we add to this the increasing concentration of media in the hands of a few giants, all of whom paint a skewed picture of American triumphalism, the actual world of suffering working families is virtually erased from public view.
Finally, we are now in a closed loop of government-big business collusion, where our war incursions enrich corporate profiteers, and drain the budget of funds to enforce labor laws. Transnational corporations violate with impunity the hard-won right to organize, and union demands that workers be free to exercise their rights get caught in long legal loops of company appeals.
Where is the voice of the wage worker? Where is her power? Only in respected, empowered, organized labor.
Christianity and Organized Labor
Scripture shows us that Jesus aligned with the least, the last. He held the privileged to account for how they treated the poor. James reflected this Jesus ethic when he warned profiteers how God hears how they do harm. "Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts." (James 5:4). As he entered public life, Jesus chose in his debut message to recall the Torah's jubilee ethic of fair distribution of wealth. "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release of the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." (Luke 4:18-19) Who are the oppressed in today's workplace? Who are the working poor who deserve good news? Who are the ones enriched by the work of others, the blind ones who need recovery of sight to see the damage done by allegiance to greed over dignity for the working man?
Standing on scripture, Christian denominations as a whole have joined with the call of unionists for justice.
The Council's 1980 policy statement on organized labor provides excerpts from several Christian denominations' proclamations in support of workers' rights to form labor unions and bargain collectively with management. These positions remain constant. A flyer called "What Faith Groups Say About the Right to Organize"[16] gives current labor statements from a range of religious faiths and denominations. Two excerpts below exemplify the position of many Council member bodies:
The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (CME)
"Free collective bargaining has proved its values in our free society whenever the parties engaged in collective bargaining have acted in good faith to reach equitable and moral solutions of problems dealing with wages and working conditions. We do not support the opinion voiced in some quarrels that strikes should be made illegal. To declare strikes illegal would be to deprive workers of their right to collective action and, even more seriously, would place in the hands of government the power to force workers to remain on the job." (Discipline of the CME Church, 1982)
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA)
"[The ELCA] commits itself to advocacy with corporations, businesses, congregations, and church-related institutions to protect the rights of workers, support the collective bargaining process, and protect the right to strike." (Resolution of the ELCA Church-wide Assembly, 1991)
Similar statements abound in the Roman Catholic body of social teaching. American Baptists, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), the Episcopal Church, the Presbyterian Church (U. S. A.), the United Church of Christ, and the United Methodist Church are among other Christian denominations that urge members to learn more about labor unions and support workers' rights to organize and bargain with management. Most of these denominations have educational materials to help members of congregations understand how scripture calls us to support dignity for all working people. Faith groups other than Christians also stand with organized labor; the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, The Central Conference of American Rabbis, and Muslims are among others that hold positions in favor of unions and worker rights.
The National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice serves as a clearinghouse for information, resources, and liturgical materials that help religious communities become more knowledgeable about worker concerns and to engage in pro-labor action.
The call is clear. The need is here. At this time, the Council again speaks out for labor in North Carolina.
Whereas the message of Jesus Christ is that all humans have worth as children of God; and
Whereas North Carolina is now suffering tremendously from job loss due to globalization and trade agreements that favor international investors over the workers who produce the goods we buy and sell; and
Whereas decisions by political leaders at state and national level are guided by the campaign contributions of wealthy individuals and corporations, drowning out concerns of employees; and
Whereas corporate management has many forms of associations for collective action in service of their goals (Chambers of Commerce, NC Citizens for Business and Industry, trade associations and the like); and
Whereas the only collective voice of wage workers is a labor association or union with enforced legal rights:
The Executive Board of the NC Council of Churches hereby reaffirms our historic support of organized labor in North Carolina.
We call on our member judicatories and congregations to become more aware about unions in our state, and to heed the requests of workers and union members for increased public support for their efforts from the religious community.
[1] "When Southern Labor Stirs, Part IV, The Strike at Marion," by Tom Tippett, Appalachian Movement Press, Huntington, W VA, April 1972. Reprint of 1931 edition by Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, NY. Out of print.
[2] "Cheap and Contented Labor," Sinclair Lewis, reprinted by the Marion Tragedy Memorial fund, Asheville, NC, Merkle Press, Glenn Dale, MD, 1980.
[3] Data provided by NCSU Professor of Sociology, Dr. Jeff Leiter, a specialist in work, industry, organizations, and labor unions.
[4] A right-to-work law is a state law that prevents labor-management agreements from requiring a person to join a union as a condition of employment. This kind of law greatly reduces the ability of labor unions to attract members. In 1980, there were 11 right-to-work states and now there are 21; this anti-union trend is growing.
[5] Bureau of Labor Statistics news release, September 24, 2002.
[6] US Department of Labor, Employment and Earnings, January 2003.
[7] Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employee Benefits in Private Industry, 1999; USDL 01-473, Dec. 19, 2001.
[8] Daily Bruin Online, www.dailybruin.ucla.edu.
[9] Kate Bronfenbrenner, "Uneasy Terrain: The Impact of Global Mobility on Workers, Wages, and Union Organizing," Cornell University, September 6, 2000, and Institute for Southern Studies, Facing South e-mail report, Issue 72, February 17, 2004.
[10] Bureau of Labor Statistics website.
[11] "Unfair Advantage, Workers Freedom of Association in the United States Under International Human Rights Standards," Human Rights Watch, 2000.
[12] Bob Hall, Democracy-NC, Carrboro, NC, January 2004.
[13] American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE); American Flint Glass Workers Union (AFGWU); American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME); American Federation of Teachers (AFT); Aluminum Workers (Aluminum); American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM); American Postal Workers Union (APWU); Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU); Association of Flight Attendants (AFA); Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM); Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees (BMWE); International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and helpers (IBB); Communication Workers of America (CWA/IUE); Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC); International Union of Graphic Communications (GCIU); International Union of Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics & Allied Workers (GMP); Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union (HERE) International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF); International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM); International Alliance of Theatrical, Stage Employees and Moving Picture Technicians And Allied Crafts of the United States and Canada (IATSE); International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW); International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT); International Longshoremen's Association (ILA); International Association of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers (Iron Workers); International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine & Furniture Workers (IUE); International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC); International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE); International Association of Police Associations (IUPA); Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA); National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC); National Football League Players Association (NFLPA); Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU); International Brotherhood of Painters & Allied Trades of the US and Canada (Painters); United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada (Plumbers); Sheet Metal Workers International Association (SMWIA); Transport Workers Union of American (TWU); United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW); United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW); Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE); PACE International Union (PACE); United Steelworkers of America (USWA).
[14] Asheboro Courier-Tribune, February 10, 2004.
15 Historical summary gleaned from www.669roaddogs.org/files/20thcent_laborlaw.htm.
[16] National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice, Chicago, IL, www.nicwj.org.
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Alfre Woodard needs some love. The veteran, Oscar-nominated actress hasn't always gotten the respect she deserves, and in her new film "Juanita," she's off to find some much-needed me time and maybe do a little fantasizing about Blair Underwood in the process.
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Taleb Rifai tells aviation and tourism sectors to work together to ensure future growth.
The UNWTO has urged countries to remove restrictions on travel, to enable the tourism industry to reach its full potential.
Addressing the Royal Aeronautical Society at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) headquarters in Canada this month, UNWTO secretary-general Taleb Rifai called for increased visa facilitation and the liberalisation of the air transport industry.
Achieving greater collaboration between the tourism and aviation sectors, he said, would help stimulate the global economy and create more opportunities for employment and entrepreneurship.
"If we are to achieve the forecast rise in international tourist arrivals from one billion in 2012 to 1.8 billion in 2030… we must work as one," Rifai said. "Increased coordination among airlines, tourism destinations and airport authorities at national level, and the joint work of UNWTO and ICAO at the global level, will help position travel and tourism as a strategic sector with air transport at its core," he added.
Rifai emphasised market liberalisation as a key factor in the development of civil aviation and tourism, citing World Trade Organization (WTO) estimates showing that replacing the most restrictive bilateral air agreements by most liberal ones could increase air traffic by over 75%.
On the issue of visa facilitation, Rifai stressed that restrictive visa policies and complicated entry formalities are still stifling travel and tourism growth, particularly from emerging economies, which are some of the fastest-growing tourism source markets.
According to joint research from the UNWTO and World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), increased visa facilitation could add as many as 5.1 million additional jobs in the G20 economies by 2015, and 2.6 million new jobs in Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies by 2016.
Other key issues addressed were consumer protection in the tourism industry, taxation, and the promotion of sustainable development.


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PCH
PotlatchDeltic Corporation (PCH)
NASDAQ: PCH · IEX Real-Time Price · USD
Dividend $5.67 (10.89%)
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 21, 2021
Earnings Date Jan 31, 2022
About PCH
PotlatchDeltic (NASDAQ:PCH) is a leading Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) that owns 1.8 million acres of timberlands in Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Louisiana, Minnesota and Mississippi. Through its taxable REIT subsidiary, the company also operates six sawmills, an industrial-grade plywood mill, a residential and commercial real estate development business and a rural timberland sales program. PotlatchDeltic, a leader in sustainable forest management, is committed to environmental and social responsibility and to responsible governance. [Read more...]
IndustryEquity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
CEOMichael Covey
Ticker SymbolPCH
According to 6 analysts, the average rating for PotlatchDeltic stock is "Buy." The 12-month stock price forecast is 65.50, which is an increase of 25.84% from the latest price.
PotlatchDeltic Announces Tax Treatment for 2021 Dividend Distributions
SPOKANE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PotlatchDeltic Corporation (Nasdaq: PCH) announced today the tax treatment for its dividend distributions made in 2021 on the company's Common Stock (CUSIP# 737630103). ...
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PotlatchDeltic Scheduled to Release Fourth Quarter 2021 Earnings on January 31, 2022
SPOKANE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PotlatchDeltic Corporation (Nasdaq: PCH) will release fourth quarter earnings on Monday, January 31, after the market closes. The company will hold a live conference cal...
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PotlatchDeltic Acquires Timberlands in Southern Arkansas and Northern Louisiana
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PotlatchDeltic Board Declares $4 Special Dividend and Increases Regular Distribution 7.3%
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PotlatchDeltic Corporation Elects Anne L. Alonzo to Board of Directors
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Other symbols:CTVA
Potlatch (PCH) Q3 Earnings and Revenues Top Estimates
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PotlatchDeltic Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2021 Results
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PotlatchDeltic Announces Lift of Recreational Vehicle Ban in Idaho Public Access
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RIYADH: Inclement weather affecting parts of Saudi Arabia have caused flooding in some areas, prompting rescue operations by the Directorate for Civil Defense, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said on Saturday.
In Riyadh province, several roads were rendered inaccessible to vehicular traffic and authorities were working around the clock to get them cleared.
Rain showers with hail led to flooding in some valleys, roads and neighborhoods, particularly in the governorates of Qawaiya, Al-Kharj, Al-Dulm and Shaqra.
Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Al-Hammadi, Riyadh Civil Defense media spokesman, said a number of people trapped in several areas had to be rescued.
He urged the public to remain careful and to observe instructions and safety guidelines that had been issued.
He also called upon people to stay away from water-logged areas, electricity sources, valleys and flood waters, as well as to avoid open spaces near trees during lightning. Objects moving during strong winds also posed a risk, he added.
Civil Defense in Riyadh had taken all precautions and was ready to deal with heavy rains and floods, the SPA reported him as saying.
Heavy rain also fell in the western mountain region of Asir region, the General Authority for Meteorology and Environmental Protection said on Saturday.
The weather agency warned of thunderstorms actively associated with dust storms in Najran region, particularly in the governorates of Sharurah and Habuna and nearby places.


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Here is the full citation—>Sci Transl Med. 2013 May 22;5(186):186ra67. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3005765.
(ORMDL3), a member of the ORM gene family, to nonallergic childhood-onset asthma.


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Die Franziskanerkirche ist die ehemalige Klosterkirche eines Franziskanerklosters und heutige christkatholische Kirche der Stadt Solothurn, Schweiz.

Die Franziskaner liessen sich in Solothurn im Jahre 1280 nieder, und ihre erste Kirche wurde 1299 geweiht. Nach einem Brand 1426 erfolgte bis 1436 ein Wiederaufbau als spätgotische Bettelordenskirche. Zur Zeit  der Reformation war das Kloster unbewohnt, und in der Kirche predigte der Berner Reformator Berchtold Haller.

Ab 1546 gab es im Kloster wieder Ordensbrüder, und als Solothurn danach bis zum Ende des Ancien Régime Sitz ausländischer Ambassadoren war, wurde die Franziskanerkirche zur "Hofkirche" des französischen Gesandten. Damals erhielt der Hochaltar ein die Himmelfahrt Mariens darstellendes Altarbild, das vom französischen König Ludwig XIV. gestiftet wurde.

Das heutige Aussehen der Kirche ist durch einen 1823 bis 1825 erfolgten Umbau im klassizistischen Stil geprägt. Während des Kulturkampfs wurde das Kloster aufgehoben und nachdem in der Kirche 1876 unter der Leitung von Joseph Meier der erste christkatholische Gottesdienst in Solothurn gefeiert worden war, wurde sie nach langen Verhandlungen 1896 von der christkatholischen Kirchgemeinde erworben.

Literatur
 Samuel Rutishauser, Stefan Blank: Christkatholische Kirche zu Franziskanern, Solothurn. (Schweizerische Kunstführer, Band 630). Hrsg. Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte GSK. Bern 1998, ISBN 3-85782-630-4.

Siehe auch
 Liste der Kulturgüter in Solothurn

Weblinks

 Infos zur Franziskanerkirche auf der Website der Christkatholischen Kirchgemeinde Solothurn

Bauwerk in Solothurn
Kirchengebäude im Kanton Solothurn
Solothurn
Solothurn
Kulturgut von regionaler Bedeutung im Kanton Solothurn
Kultur (Solothurn)
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An SADF Conscript Remembers the Early Seventies – Part Two
By Phillip Vietri on 2011/01/22 11:55 PM
The exact terminology of the Seventies I no longer remember, but the Infantry Basics was effectively about three months long. The first six weeks of this I have described in Part One. The next six weeks passed relatively quickly and uneventfully, except for the time my wax ear-plug popped just as I fired. I ascribe the tinnitus from which I suffer today to that single shot. Ironic, isn't it; they wanted to G5 me because of the right eye, and yet it was with a damaged right ear that I came away, my vision intact. The hardest for me during this second period was Buddy PT, especially skaapdra, which isn't really saying much for most guys. But it all did come to an end. I had survived the G1 training. Just. But I had survived. I was fitter and healthier than I had ever been, feeling really good. And my Afrikaans was already beautifully fluent. It was clear that I would never be great infanteris, that my left-eyed shooting was probably more of a danger to the SADF than it would ever be to the enemy....


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Only about 1 in 10 of women attending the clinic will need a biopsy sample from the breast. If it is required, we try to do it immediately so that there are no delays in getting the results to you. We know that waiting for these results is always a worrying time and almost always we can get the results within 10 working days and often sooner.
Needle aspiration: Occasionally it is necessary to remove the fluid from a troublesome cyst or for confirmation that the lump is only a cyst. This is done quickly and easily just like having an ordinary blood test with a similar sized needle. Although fine needle aspiration of lumps used to be done for diagnosis (by cytology), it is rarely used in our clinic as the results are less reliable than core needle biopsy (see below).
Core needle biopsy: This is the commonest and easiest way to confirm what has caused the area of concern. It takes about 3 minutes to do under local anaesthetic and most people find it painless. It is suitable for all lumps that can be felt or seen on ultrasound. The doctor doing the procedure will use the ultrasound to make sure that the sample is being taken from exactly the right place and will wish to take several samples in quick succession. Taking several specimens from different parts of the lump make it more likely that a clear diagnosis can be made.
Sometimes an area of concern can only be seen on the mammogram. If this is the case then we will need to take the sample under the X-ray guidance. The Peony Breast Care Unit is equipped with the latest and easiest mammography system to do this (Vacuum assisted digital breast tomosynthesis guided Affirm system by Hologic). This allows us to mammogram the breast and a computer then works out exactly where to sample. A needle is then inserted under local anaesthetic and several samples are removed from the area without needing to remove the needle each time. These samples are then X-rayed separately to confirm the correct place has been sampled. Usually a small bead of metal is left at the site of the biopsy so that it can easily be identified on and subsequent mammograms.The procedure takes about 20 minutes but most of that time is spent correctly finding the abnormality and the sampling part usually takes only 2 minutes in the middle. Most women find this procedure painless and it is usual to be able to go home about half an hour later.
Only rarely is it now necessary to remove a lump from the breast purely for diagnosis. However, if core needle and/or vacuum assisted biopsy fails to provide a clear answer then open biopsy will be needed. This is done as a day case under general anaesthetic (asleep) and requires a cut and consequent scar on the breast. If the area of concern cannot be felt easily then a fine wire may need to be placed into the breast using local anaesthetic and under either ultrasound or mammographic guidance shortly before the surgery. This allows the surgeon to trace the wire down into the breast to quickly and accurately find the area of concern.
MRI of the breast is a very reliable way of excluding cancer in the breast but it is not a simple procedure and takes about 40 minutes to complete. For this reason it is not routinely used in our breast clinic. However, it is available and particularly helpful for women with very dense breast tissue that is difficult to examine, mammogram and ultrasound. It is most often used in young women with a strong family history of breast cancer and who are know to carry a breast cancer gene.