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Wetherspoons pub in Sussex bars customer - and he wants to know why
A man who has been barred from a Wetherspoons pub in Sussex wants to know why he is banned from his favourite watering hole.
Kevin Long said he went to The Three Fishes pub in Chapel Road, Worthing, on October 19 after returning from a holiday in Benalmádena on the Costa del Sol in Spain and had a pint of his favourite ale, Ruddles County, at around 10.30am with his wife of two years, Sarah.
Kevin Long, 55, from Markwick Mews, Worthing, outside The Three Fishes pub in Chapel Road, Worthing
He went home, and returned at about 2pm for some more liquid refreshment. Then, he said he was approached by a female member of management who told him he had been barred 'for the forseeable future' - and did not give him a reason why.
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The Markwick Mews resident said: "I was a bit peeved off really, to be honest. I had been a regular there for years, especially since The Sir Timothy Shelley [now Aqua in Chapel Road] shut down.
"They wouldn't give me an explanation as to why, which I think is totally wrong."
Kevin thought the reason why he could have been barred was because of what he considered to be friendly jokes to staff. He said: "I'd say things like 'try not to drop anything or clap your hands' when they were carrying plates.
"It's my sense of humour, and they seem to have taken it in a derogatory way.
"In my eyes, I was just having a joke. I think it's crazy really, myself."
Since he was barred, Kevin said he has been forced to take his custom to The Warwick and Thieves Kitchen in Warwick Street, Worthing - but he misses his friends who drink at the Wetherspoons pub.
He was inspired to go public after reading an article about a man who claimed to have been barred from The Three Fishes after having an epileptic fit.
The unemployed man, who is on income support, said his ban was also putting a strain on his purse strings.
He said: "It is more expensive drinking elsewhere. Ruddles was £1.89 in The Three Fishes, and for a pint of IPA in Thieves it is £3.20. And then, in The Warwick it is £2.90 on weekdays, and on the weekends it goes up to £3.60, so it is quite a jump."
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He said he had 'considered writing a letter to Wetherspoons' about being barred, and thought he had been treated harshly: "They didn't even give me a warning. No member of staff said to me when I was joking that I couldn't say that.
"It would be nice to know what the reason was."
A spokesman for Wetherspoons said: "The gentleman has been barred permanently for rude and abusive behaviour towards staff."
In response, Kevin said: "I don't think it was rude or abusive, let's put it that way. I have been doing this for quite a number of years, and basically no-one has ever made any comment or said anything about it before."

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ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY :
ASU's Emerge to showcase vibrant fusion of arts, technology, visionary thinking
Engineers, dancers, scientists, actors, futurists and poets will combine creative forces over three days to present Arizona State University's "Emerge 2013: The Future of Truth," capped off free day-and-night public festival of performances, exhibits and interactive demonstrations at ASU's Tempe campus on Saturday, March 2.
Feb. 28- March 2
ASU Tempe campus (with some related events at the ASU Polytechnic Campus in Mesa and in downtown Phoenix)
The March 2nd Emerge public festival Saturday evening will feature Twitterverse, a theatrical social-media narrative played out in flesh and chalk, along with rock and roll bands from the Tohono O'odham Nation, a light show, a truth serum cocktail lounge, theatrical atmospheric performance works, and award-winning songwriter, bluesman, and flamenco guitarist James O'Halloran – all in or near the Neeb Plaza on campus.
Also the Arts, Media and Engineering Digital Culture Showcase and experimental sonic art performances by the Laptop Orchestra of Arizona State and the Genesis dance project. Genesis will blend art with technology, presenting a dancer covered with sensors that detect her movements and muscle activity, resulting in music synthesized in real-time, with the sensors controlling aspects of the sound.
Emerge will also present public events during the late afternoon and evening of Thursday, Feb. 28 and Friday, March 1, including a play at ASU Lyceum Theatre that examines what separates – or doesn't separate – humankind from the animal world, along with the Digital Culture Showcase and a Twitter Verses presentation in Phoenix's "The Lot: What Should Go Here?" on the northeast corner of Second and Roosevelt, two blocks east of the Arts District light rail station.
As a prelude to the public events, a series of Emerge Workshops revolving around the theme "The Future of Truth" will be conducted Feb. 28 and March 1 on ASU's Tempe campus. For details, visit http://emerge2013.asu.edu/workshops/
Emerge workshops are the only part of Emerge that is by invitation only. To be considered for an invitation, visit http://emerge2013.asu.edu/workshops/apply-for-a-workshop-invitation/
For more information on Emerge 2013, visit http://emerge2013.asu.edu/ or e-mail questions to emerge@asu.edu
Along with the Emerge festival, the ASU Tempe campus will be the site of two additional free public events on March 2, showcasing the sciences, engineering, technology, the arts and humanities. Night of the Open Door will be presented by ASU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences with partners including ASU's Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, the Center for Science and the Imagination, and the Biodesign Institute. The Engineering Open House will be presented by ASU's Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.
For more information on these events, visit http://opendoor.asu.edu/ and http://more.engineering.asu.edu/openhouse/
ASU MEDIA CONTACT:
Joe Kullman, joe.kullman@asu.edu
Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
Tempe, Arizona USA
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Issue 1319: August 9, 2017
Ask the Experts—Question of the Week: What is the schedule for hepatitis B vaccine administration for infants who . . . read more
National Immunization Awareness Month is here, with the second week focusing on vaccinations for pregnant women
Hepatitis A outbreak claims eighth life in southern California
Hilleman: A Perilous Quest to Save the World's Children documentary now available to purchase
AAP publishes information about coding for influenza vaccination during 2017–18 season
Study of audio recordings of pediatrician-parent conversations reveals how providers' use of presumptive statements in recommending HPV vaccination can improve uptake of same-day vaccination for patients
Voices for Vaccines plans four new podcasts, one for each week of National Immunization Awareness Month
Chicago Tribune publishes article about new measures to limit vaccination exemptions in Illinois and across U.S.
IAC Spotlight: Check out the "Ask the Experts" online archive for answers to immunization questions
IAC posts Hepatitis B, HPV, and MenB VIS translations in Hindi, Punjabi, and Thai
IAC posts Multi-vaccine VIS in Farsi
IAC posts Adenovirus VIS translation in Turkish
OFFICIAL RELEASES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
NACCHO releases statement about the President's proposed budget
WHO issues updated position paper on diphtheria vaccination
CDC reports on meningitis outbreak caused by vaccine-preventable bacteria in Ghana
Hepatitis B Foundation and the ShotByShot project release new video about raising adopted daughters who are chronically infected with hepatitis B
New edition of The Vaccine Handbook: A Practical Guide for Clinicians, a.k.a. "The Purple Book," by Dr. Gary Marshall available for purchase from IAC; free app for iPhones and iPads available from IAC
Still available! IAC's sturdy laminated versions of the 2017 U.S. child/teen immunization schedule and the 2017 U.S. adult immunization schedule—order a supply for your healthcare setting today!
NFID to offer webinar on maternal immunization Thursday, August 10 (tomorrow)
ACOG to present webinar about communicating with adult patients about vaccination on August 17
CDC to offer webinar about proven practices for increasing immunization rates in adults on August 24
CDC webinar on positive vaccine conversations with parents set for August 25
CDC's Medscape Expert Commentary series now includes guidance from Dr. Nancy Messonnier about working with vaccine-hesitant parents
AAP's archived 1-hour webinar on HPV vaccination now offers free CME/CNE credit
AHEC to offer HPV quality improvement webinar on August 24
Reminder: Weekly CDC webinar series on "The Pink Book" chapter topics runs through October 11; register now
Video presentations from the June 2017 ACIP meeting are now available online
Every year in August, National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) provides an opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of immunization and the need for improving national vaccination coverage levels. NIAM is sponsored by the National Public Health Information Coalition (NPHIC). The second week, August 7–August 13, focuses on vaccinations for pregnant women.
From CDC:
The theme for the week is "Protect yourself and pass protection on to your baby." The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) encourages all partners to help observe NIAM and offers resources to help you highlight the importance of vaccination for people of all ages.
CDC has developed immunization tools you can use in your local outreach and education efforts. Below are the links to tools to use during NIAM and throughout the year:
Talking to Your Pregnant Patients about Vaccines website
Healthy Pregnancy Tips from the CDC motion graphic
Vaccines & Pregnancy: Top 7 Things You Need To Know listicle
NIAM Pregnant Women Toolkit
The 2017 edition of the NIAM communications toolkit, put out by NPHIC in collaboration with CDC, contains key messages, vaccine information, sample news releases and articles, sample social media messages, links to web resources from CDC and other organizations, and logos, web banners, posters, and graphics to use with social media. The website also includes a place for you to share your NIAM activities and view what others are doing for NIAM, using the hashtag #NIAM17.
The first week of NIAM focused on babies and young children. The remaining weeks of August will focus on the following groups:
August 14–20—Adults: Vaccines are not just for kids
August 21–27—Preteens/teens: Ensure a healthy future with vaccines
NPHIC's National Immunization Awareness Month Communication Toolkit
CDC's NIAM website
NPHIC website
IAC's Vaccinations for Pregnant Women (Spanish-language version)
The recent hepatitis A outbreak in San Diego County has resulted in eight deaths, according to the County of San Diego communications office. A selection from the county's July 28 news release is reprinted below.
Eight people have now died as a result of the hepatitis A outbreak in San Diego the County Health and Human Services Agency announced today. All eight people had underlying medical conditions at the time of their death.
There have been 275 cases identified during the local outbreak, including 194 people who have been hospitalized. People who are either homeless or using illicit drugs account for at least seven in ten of the illnesses, and just over one in five also have hepatitis C.
"We continue to stress that people who are at risk should get vaccinated and people need to be vigilant about washing their hands after going to the bathroom," said Wilma Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., County public health officer. "We are continuing to evaluate cases, but so far public health investigators have not identified any common food, drink or drug source as the contributing cause to this outbreak."
County press release: More Hepatitis A Outbreak Deaths Reported
The Vaccine Education Center (VEC) at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has worked with Medical History Pictures to produce the documentary Hilleman: A Perilous Quest to Save the World's Children. You can now order this film to view and/or share to help promote vaccination. A synopsis of the film is reprinted below.
The 20th century was a dangerous time to be young: a multitude of diseases too often kept children from reaching even their teenage years. Millions suffered and died. From that environment one man would emerge to lead a revolution in vaccine innovation that would save many millions of young lives every year; the greatest scientist of the 20th century, and no one knows his name.
Maurice Hilleman had a singular, unwavering focus: to eliminate the diseases of children. From his poverty-stricken youth on the plains of Montana, Hilleman came to prevent pandemic flu, invent the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, and develop the first-ever vaccine against human cancer.
Responsible for more than half of the vaccines children receive today, he is credited with saving more than eight million lives every year. Now through exclusive interviews with Dr. Hilleman and his peers, rare archival footage, and 3-D animation, this new documentary puts a human face to vaccine science, revealing the character that drove this bold, complex, and heroic man.
When parents began choosing not to vaccinate their children in the 1990s, a cruel irony became clear; Hilleman's unprecedented successes have allowed us to forget just how devastating childhood diseases can be.
The film is part of the Vaccine Makers Project which also includes free educational materials.
Watch the trailer for Hilleman: A Perilous Quest to Save the World's Children.
The film is being distributed by First Run Features (FRF), and can be ordered in three different formats—DVD, Blu-Ray, and streaming.
FRF will also work with organizations interested in hosting screenings. If you are interested in hosting a screening, email gonglewska@email.chop.edu.
Vaccine Education Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia home page
Vaccine Education Center's Vaccine Resources web section
On August 1, the American Academy of Pediatrics' AAP News published an article titled How to code for influenza vaccine in the 2017–18 season. Healthcare professionals who provide vaccination services may find this information helpful for the upcoming 2017–18 influenza season.
National Adult and Influenza Immunization Summit's Coding and Billing for Adult Vaccinations web page
The August issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health includes an article by L. Sturm et al. titled Pediatrician-Parent Conversations About Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: An Analysis of Audio Recordings. The article reports that presumptive communication, featuring a matter-of-fact statement that a child is due for an HPV vaccine, is critical for motivating same-day HPV vaccination. A selection of the abstract is reprinted below.
We sought to establish which human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine communication approaches by pediatricians were associated with same-day HPV vaccination of 11- to 12-year-olds by evaluating audio recordings of visits.
Same-day agreement to HPV vaccination occurred in 29% of encounters. Pediatricians in the sample often provided parents with inconsistent, mixed messages and sometimes offered information about HPV or HPV vaccination that was inaccurate. Pediatricians used presumptive language in only 11 of 75 encounters; when used, presumptive language was associated with higher odds of accepting HPV vaccine (73% vs. 22%; odds ratio = 8.96; 95% confidence interval = 2.32–34.70). Pediatricians offered or recommended delay in most encounters (65%). HPV vaccine acceptance occurred far more often when pediatricians did not mention delaying vaccination (82% vs. 6%; odds ratio = 80.84; 95% confidence interval = 15.72–415.67). Same-day vaccination was not associated with strength of recommendation or pediatrician reference to vaccinating their own children.
Our findings highlight the need to develop and evaluate physician-focused trainings on using presumptive language for same-day HPV vaccination.
Access the abstract.
Access the complete article: Pediatrician-Parent Conversations About Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: An Analysis of Audio Recordings.
This month, instead of one podcast, Voices for Vaccines (VFV) is producing four podcasts—one for each week of National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM). The first podcast—Baby!—discusses how anyone can advocate during the month of August, and the importance of infant immunizations. Check back each week of NIAM for additional releases.
Visit the VFV website podcast page
Subscribe to Vax Talk via iTunes or Google Play
Voices for Vaccines is a national organization of parents and others who are dedicated to raising the level of the voices of immunization supporters. VFV invites everyone who values vaccines to become a member. Please spread the word to your friends and colleagues to join VFV!
Visit the Voices for Vaccines website
Join Voices for Vaccines
Follow Voices for Vaccines on Facebook
On July 30, the Chicago Tribune published an article titled New measures add pressure to anti-vaccine parents in Illinois and across U.S. A summary of the newspaper article from the National Public Health Information Coalition is reprinted below.
Supporters of childhood vaccines are turning to an array of relatively restrained measures that create pressure—legal, medical, and even social—on parents who don't want to vaccinate their school-age children. While California vaccine advocates made headlines in 2015 when they helped pass a law wiping out the state's nonmedical exemption entirely, advocates have more commonly settled for modest gains in recent years: closing loopholes, limiting eligibility and adding requirements. Since 2011, nine states have limited exemptions or added new requirements, such as parent education and more frequent renewals, according to data from the pro-vaccine Immunization Action Coalition. The CDC is encouraging states to disclose school-level immunization rates online, a practice that puts pressure on schools with low vaccination rates, and, in turn, on parents who send their children to them. And pediatricians have upped their game, with the American Academy of Pediatrics recommending the elimination of all nonmedical exemptions, as well as softening its position on pediatricians who decline to see patients if parents refuse vaccines.
Chicago Tribune: New measures add pressure to anti-vaccine parents in Illinois and across U.S.
National Public Health Information Coalition website
IAC's Ask the Experts web section is a compilation of common as well as challenging questions and answers (Q&As) about vaccines and their administration. The experts are Andrew T. Kroger, MD, MPH; Candice L. Robinson, MD, MPH; Raymond A. Strikas, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA; Donna L. Weaver, RN, MN; and Jessie Wing, MD, MPH, all from the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC. The Q&As archived here have been featured in previous issues of IAC Express, Needle Tips, or Vaccinate Adults.
The main "Ask the Experts" index page can be found at www.immunize.org/askexperts.
Sub-sections of "Ask the Experts" include:
Vaccine Index where you can view Q&As organized by vaccine
Topic Index, which includes such topics as administering vaccines, billing and reimbursement, documenting vaccination, precautions and contraindications, scheduling vaccines, storage and handling, travel vaccines, vaccine recommendations, and vaccine safety
Question of the Week (Q&As featured each week in IAC Express)
IAC recently posted Hindi, Punjabi, and Thai translations of the Hepatitis B, HPV (human papillomavirus), and Meningococcal Serogroup B (MenB) VISs. IAC thanks the California Department of Public Health for the translations.
Hepatitis B VIS
Hindi-language version
Punjabi-language version
Thai-language version
HPV VIS
MenB VIS
Access all Hindi-language VISs
Access all Punjabi-language VISs
Access all Thai-language VISs
Access all Hepatitis B VIS translations, as well as the English version
Access all HPV VIS translations, as well as the English version
Access all MenB VIS translations, as well as the English version
Visit IAC's VIS web section for VISs in more than 35 languages
IAC recently posted a Farsi translation of the Multi-vaccine VIS. IAC thanks the Minnesota Department of Public Health for the translation.
Farsi-language version of the Multi-Vaccine VIS
Access all Farsi-language VISs
Access all Multi-vaccine VIS translations, as well as the English version
IAC recently posted a Turkish translation of the Adenovirus VIS. IAC thanks Betül Polatdemir, MD, Lokman Hekim Hospital Group, Ankara, and Sibel Bostancıoğlu, MD, Ankara Occupational and Environmental Diseases Hospital, Ankara, Turkey for the translation.
Turkish-language version of the Adenovirus VIS
Access all Turkish-language VISs
Access the Adenovirus VIS in English
On July 19, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) posted a press release on their website titled NACCHO Expresses Concern Over House Committee Cuts to Immunization Funding and Other Critical Public Health Services. The beginning of this statement is reprinted below.
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) representing the nation's nearly 3,000 local governmental health departments, today expressed concern that the House Appropriations Committee is proposing to cut discretionary funding for immunization and other programs that are key to preventing disease outbreaks. It is the role of local health departments to monitor, prevent, and control disease to reduce health risks through vaccine awareness and immunization programs. The funding levels for the bill are drastically low because of artificial budget caps. The FY2018 House Labor-HHS-Education bill cuts $50 million in funding to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) immunization program. The program supports the purchase of vaccines, as well as immunization operations, at the local, state, and national levels.
Read the complete press release: NACCHO Expresses Concern Over House Committee Cuts to Immunization Funding and Other Critical Public Health Services.
NACCHO website
WHO published Diphtheria vaccine: WHO position paper—August 2017 in the August 4 issue of its Weekly Epidemiological Record. This is the most recent addition to a WHO-issued series of regularly updated position papers on vaccines that have an international public health impact. These papers are concerned primarily with the use of vaccines in large-scale immunization programs.
WHO Position Papers in chronological order on IAC's website
WHO Vaccine Position Papers in order of vaccine on WHO's website
Current issue and archives of the Weekly Epidemiological Record
CDC published Meningitis Outbreak Caused by Vaccine-Preventable Bacterial Pathogens—Northern Ghana, 2016 in the August 4 issue of MMWR (pages 806–10). A summary made available to the press is reprinted below.
Bacterial meningitis can lead to death and serious disabilities such as deafness, nervous system problems, and brain damage. Countries in the meningitis belt of sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana, have the highest incidence of bacterial meningitis and experience seasonal epidemics. During 2015–2016, Ghana experienced an increase in pneumococcal meningitis followed by a large outbreak of N. meningitidis serogroup W meningitis. Based on laboratory and epidemiologic data, more than 130,000 doses of meningococcal serogroup W containing vaccine were administered to the most affected districts. Rapid identification of the bacterium causing meningitis outbreaks is critical for directing targeted public health interventions, including vaccination.
MMWR main page provides access to MMWR Weekly, MMWR Recommendations and Reports, MMWR Surveillance Summaries, and MMWR Supplements
Free MMWR electronic subscription
The Hepatitis B Foundation and the ShotByShot project have jointly released a video titled Maureen K's Story: #justB Assertive. Maureen K, the American mother of two Chinese adopted daughters, shares her experience of the stigma associated with having children who are chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus.
When Maureen learned that her young daughter had hepatitis B, she knew she would need to fight for her daughter's health. What she did not anticipate was the reaction from family and others who learned of the diagnosis. In this video, Maureen talks about navigating issues of disclosure and stigma with her daughter.
This video is part of the storytelling campaign: #justB: Real People Sharing their Stories of Hepatitis B. The volunteers sharing their stories do so to put a human face on this serious disease, decrease stigma and discrimination, and promote the importance of testing and treatment for hepatitis B.
#justB: Real People Sharing their Stories of Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B Foundation website
ShotByShot website
The 6th edition of The Vaccine Handbook: A Practical Guide for Clinicians ("The Purple Book") is considered a vital source of practical, up-to-date information for vaccine providers and educators. Now printed in color and updated with the latest vaccine information through early 2017, "The Purple Book" draws together the latest vaccine science and guidance into a concise, user-friendly, practical resource for the private office, public health clinic, academic medical center, and hospital.
The sixth edition of this valuable guide (592 pages) is available on IAC's website at www.immunize.org/vaccine-handbook. The price of the handbook is $34.95 per copy, plus shipping charges. Order copies for your staff or for distribution at an upcoming conference.
Discount pricing is available for more than 10 copies. For quotes on larger quantities, email admininfo@immunize.org.
Order your copy today! Click on the image below to visit the "Shop IAC: The Vaccine Handbook" web page.
The Vaccine Handbook App for Apple iPhones and iPads is available free from IAC. Sorry, the app is not available for android devices. Book purchase is not necessary but registration to obtain the app is required.
The app is fully searchable, allows for bookmarking, highlighting and annotation, and contains hyperlinks to valuable content from nonprofit and governmental sources.
Click on the image below to visit the The Vaccine Handbook App page in the iTunes store.
Gary S. Marshall, MD, is professor of pediatrics at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Kentucky, where he serves as chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and director of the Pediatric Clinical Trials Unit. In addition to being a busy clinician, he is nationally known for his work in the areas of vaccine research, advocacy, and education.
The Vaccine Handbook ordering page
The Vaccine Handbook App in the iTunes store
Promotional leaflet about The Vaccine Handbook
IAC's laminated versions of the 2017 U.S. child/teen immunization schedule and the 2017 U.S. adult immunization schedule are covered with a tough, washable coating; they will stand up to a year's worth of use in every area of your healthcare setting where immunizations are given. Both schedules are eight pages (i.e., four double-sided pages) and are folded to measure 8.5" x 11".
Child and Adolescent Laminated Immunization Schedule (0–18 years)
Adult Laminated Immunization Schedule
Laminated schedules are printed in color for easy reading, come complete with essential tables and footnotes, and include contraindications and precautions—a feature that will help you make an on-the-spot determination about the safety of vaccinating patients of any age.
1–4 copies: $7.50 each
5–19 copies: $5.50 each
20–99 copies: $4.50 each
100–499 copies: $4.00 each
For quotes on customizing or placing orders for 1,000 copies or more, call (651) 647-9009 or email admininfo@immunize.org.
You can access specific information on both schedules, view images of both, order online, or download an order form at the Shop IAC: Laminated Schedules web page.
The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) will present a webinar titled "Maternal Immunization: Protecting Mother and Baby" on August 10 at 12:00 p.m. (ET). Maternal immunization is recommended to protect both mothers and young infants from vaccine-preventable diseases. C. Mary Healy, MD, associate professor of pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, will discuss the rationale and evidence for maternal vaccination recommendations, and strategies to improve vaccination rates in pregnant women.
Access registration information.
NFID's Online Education web page
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) will present a webinar titled "Don't Wait, Vaccinate! Tips and Resources for Communicating with Adult Patients about Vaccination" on August 17 at 12:00 p.m. (ET). Upon completion of the webinar, participants will be able to:
Understand and describe the research on how adults make vaccination decisions.
Incorporate a strong recommendation for vaccination into routine practice.
Utilize effective strategies to address common questions about adult vaccines.
Identify and locate immunization resources for patient education and implementation of practice standards.
This session is free and open to all; ACOG membership not required. CME credit is available.
Following the live presentation, the webinar will be archived on ACOG's Immunization for Women website for convenient viewing, but the recording will not provide CME credit.
CDC is offering a webinar on August 24 at 12:30 p.m. (ET) titled "Peer to Peer: Proven Practices for Increasing Vaccination Rates in Adults and Pregnant Women." During this session, nurse practitioner Maria Lanzi will moderate a panel with primary care physician Dr. Marie Brown and nurse-midwife Ginny Wurttemberg, who will share their top tips for having positive and productive vaccine conversations with adult patients.
CDC will be sponsoring a webinar on August 25 at 12:00 p.m. (ET) titled "Getting Parents to Yes! Vaccine Conversations That Work for Providers & Parents." With parents consuming so much conflicting health information about their babies and children, providing an effective vaccination recommendation can be harder than ever. Fortunately, there are strategies for discussing immunization with parents that can help them feel comfortable protecting their their babies and children with on-time immunization.
During this session, pediatrician Dr. Sharon Humiston will moderate a panel with pediatrician Dr. Nathan Boonstra and family physician Dr. Margot Savoy, who will share suggestions for having positive and productive vaccine conversations with parents.
CDC has posted a new "Expert Commentary" column on Medscape titled Vaccine Communication With Parents: Best Practices. This commentary features Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease, discussing five research-based strategies that can help providers have positive vaccine conversations with parents.
There is no cost to view this commentary on Medscape, but you must register and log in first.
CDC Expert Commentary series on Medscape
In March, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) sponsored "2017 HPV Vaccination Update," a 1-hour webinar that featured discussion of the diseases and cancers caused by HPV, the safety and effectiveness of HPV vaccination, rationale for the 2-dose schedule, and effectiveness of early vaccination, as well as evidence-based recommendations for improving HPV vaccination rates. The overall goal was to improve knowledge about HPV and HPV vaccination and to give providers tools and motivation to make effective recommendations to their patients.
Free continuing education credit for watching this archived webinar is now available through the Boston University School of Medicine.
Access the webinar: HPV Vaccination is Cancer Prevention.
The National AHEC Organization will present a webinar titled "HPV Quality Improvement: Small-Scale Efforts for Practice Transformation" on August 24 at 3:00 p.m. (ET).
The National AHEC Organization supports and advances the Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Network to improve health by leading the nation in recruitment, training, and retention of a diverse health work force for underserved communities.
CDC is presenting a 15-part webinar series to provide a chapter-by-chapter overview of the 13th edition of Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (also known as "The Pink Book"). This is a live series of weekly 1-hour webinars that started June 14 and will run through October 11. Recordings of sessions will be available online within 2 weeks after each webinar. All sessions begin at 12:00 p.m. (ET). Continuing education will be available for each event.
The webinar series will provide an overview of vaccines and the diseases they prevent, general recommendations for vaccines, vaccination principles, and immunization strategies for providers.
Registration and more information is available on CDC's Pink Book Webinar Series web page.
All the sections of "The Pink Book" (i.e., chapters, appendices, 2017 supplement) are available to download at no charge at www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/index.html.
You can also order this resource from the Public Health Foundation for $40 plus shipping and handling. This print version does not include the 2017 supplement.
ACIP recently posted the video presentations from the ACIP meeting held June 20–21. The presentation slides from the meeting were previously posted.
ACIP will hold its next meeting on October 25–26 in Atlanta. To attend the meeting, ACIP attendees (participants and visitors) must register online. The registration deadline for non-U.S. citizens is September 25; for U.S. citizens, it's October 5. Registration is not required to watch the meeting via webcast or listen to the proceedings via phone.
ACIP Meeting Information web page
October meeting registration information
What is the schedule for hepatitis B vaccine administration for infants who weigh less than 2000 grams? I read that the birth dose should still be given in the hospital, but what would the schedule be after that?
Decreased seroconversion rates might occur among certain preterm infants (i.e., with low birth weights [less than 2,000 grams]) after administration of hepatitis B vaccine at birth. However, by the chronological age of 1 month, all preterm infants, regardless of initial birth weight, are likely to respond as adequately as larger infants. Preterm infants born to HBsAg-positive women and women with unknown HBsAg status must receive immunoprophylaxis with hepatitis B vaccine and hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG) within 12 hours of birth. The initial vaccine dose should not be counted toward completion of the hepatitis B series, and 3 additional doses of hepatitis B vaccine should be administered, beginning when the infant is age 1 month. Infants weighing less than 2,000 g born to HBsAg-negative mothers should receive the first dose of the hepatitis B series at chronological age 1 month or at hospital discharge, whichever comes first.
About IAC's Question of the Week
Each week, IAC Express highlights a new, topical, or important-to-reiterate Q&A. This feature is a cooperative venture between IAC and CDC. William L. Atkinson, MD, MPH, IAC's associate director for immunization education, chooses a new Q&A to feature every week from a set of Q&As prepared by experts at CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.
We hope you enjoy this feature and find it helpful when dealing with difficult real-life scenarios in your vaccination practice. Please encourage your healthcare professional colleagues to sign up to receive IAC Express at www.immunize.org/subscribe.
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Battlespace Tech
Marines to get 'ground-breaking' radar under $376M deal
By Kevin McCaney
The Marine Corps has awarded Northrop Grumman a four-year, $376 million contract for a first-of-its-kind ground-based radar system that combines the functions of five previous systems, increasing capabilities while cutting costs.
The contract calls for nine low-rate initial productions units of the Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) system, which is designed to provide a range of detection and tracking capabilities against a variety of threats—such as manned aircraft, drones or munitions—while also providing air traffic control in support of Marine operations around the world.
Earlier this year, John Karlovich, program manager of the Marines' G/ATOR program, said the system is a "ground-breaking capability and a significant enhancement over the existing legacy systems. In the last 30 to 40 years since those came out, we've gotten a lot smarter in terms of advancements in the digital electronics and active radio frequency capability that are folded into this system."
In addition to combining radar functions and adding capabilities, G/ATOR is expected to save more than $334 million over using separate systems, according to Defense Secretary Ash Carter. Karlovich and Carter were speaking at a February event at Marine Corps Base Quantico during which the G/ATOR team was honored with DOD's David Packard Award in Acquisition Excellence.
One source of the savings is the switch from using Gallium Arsenide to the less expensive Gallium Nitride to power the radar's transmit/receive modules, which would save about $2 million per units while also requiring less power and producing less heat.
The system, officially the AN/TPS-80 G/ATOR, uses Northrop's Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA), which enables it to perform multiple mission tasks at operational and maintenance costs lower than those of current systems, according to the company.
Another feature is the air cooling system, which is lighter and more mobile than the liquid system used by other ground radars. G/ATOR is the first ground-based, air cooled, mobile AESA system in the Marines' inventory.
G/ATOR also has an open architecture that should make it compatible with DOD command and control systems.
The system has been tested by has been tested by Marines in a number of exercises and training events, and received good feedback, the Marines said. "My team's focus is to get through the acquisition process as expediently as possible and put this capability into the hands of Marines," Karlovich said during the February event.
Work on the contract is expected to be completed by September 2020.
Kevin McCaney is a former editor of Defense Systems and GCN.


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Home Labour
Ministry of Labour Submits Child Labour Law For Enactment
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The Ministry of Labour has summated Two Drafts of the "Child Labour law and amended Decent Work Act of 2015" to the National Legislature for amendment and enactment.
The amendment to the "Decent Act of 2015" will provide separation of benefits for workers who have completed twenty consecutive years of faithful service and have not yet reach retirement age.
The Act will ensure payment of retirement packages for Certain Categories of employees, including compensation for non-occupational disability and endowment for vulnerable workers notwithstanding NASSCORP enrolment.
It will also provide protection for the rights and interest of workers in Liberia in keeping with international Labour obligation and national regulations and labour Practices.
The Ministry has also summited the drift of "Child Labour Law" to the Legislature for enactment.
The Law which was recently validated by the stakeholders is gear towards protecting children from force Labour and is in compliance with the International Labour Organization (ILO), Convention #138 and laws.
Prior to the submission of the drift, the Ministry of Labour in collaboration with Winrock International ATLAS Project, held two days symposium to review and validate the drift Child Labour Law as well to ensure that ILO Convention #138 is fully domesticated in local law.
The symposium which was held at the Royal Ambassador Hotel in Margibi County, brought together members of the Labour and Justice, Gender Committees of both Houses of the Legislature, National Commission on Child Labour, representatives of civil society and children advocacy groups, stakeholders in the fight against child Labour in Liberia including local and International partners.
The Act which is to be known as "The ACT To Establish Child Labour Law in Liberia" was on Tuesday July 19, 2022, presented for Legislative Consideration by Maryland County District #1 Representative Hon. P. Mike Jurry, Chairman on Labour Committee, House of Representatives.
It can be recalled that the government of Liberia ratified two ILO Conventions which had been outstanding since 1954 and 1973, including Convention #100 which calls for "Equal Pay for Equal Work", and Convention #138 that talks about "Minimum Age for admission to Work".
The two ratified Conventions were officially presented to the Governing body of the International Labour Organization at the 110th International Labour Conference held in Geneva June of this year and are now being deposited.
Labour Minister Cllr. Charles H. Gibson has expressed delight over the cordial working relationship between his office and the National Legislators, especially Labour committee of both Houses.
He said, it is his hope that they all will continue to work together in the interest of protecting children from force Labour in compliance with international obligation and national regulations norms and practices.
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Exploring North Wales
Join us as we explore some of North Wales' hidden gems. We will be walking some of the most beautiful trails in the country and reporting on news, events and activities; both weird and wonderful. We will be trying and testing activities you might not have known North Wales has to offer, some within our comfort zone and others which are very far out!
Fearless Duathlon photos now up
Duathlons are similar to Triathlons, but lack a swimming leg - so it's running and biking. The 2013 event took place on Sunday the 17th of February and the photos can be seen here.
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Walkers are Welcome
You may have noticed these signs on B&Bs and other accommodation in Wales.
The Walkers are Welcome logo is an initiative by Visit Wales, the official tourist authority for Wales, to indicate which properties are particularly suitable as bases for walking holidays. Properties are assessed by VW grading officials, who ensure that the owners are welcoming to walkers, and have made provision for their needs, such as installing a drying room or area for wet and muddy boots and clothes. Walkers are welcome properties often also have maps and guide books available for guest to borrow.
If you would like to find out more about this grading scheme, or own accommodation yourself that you would like to be certified, you can go to The Welsh Government's website - http://wales.gov.uk/topics/tourism/gradingl1/schemes/awards/?lang=en
Walk on Wales
Fundraisers are calling on walkers to join in a mass charity ramble along the Wales Coast Path on the 25th of August in aid of Welsh War Veterans.
The "Walk on Wales" will cover the entire 870 miles of the route, divided between 11 relay teams who'll pass on a silver baton inscribed with the names of the 50 Welsh Guardsmen who've died in action since the end of the Second World War.
The aim is to raise one million pounds for the Welsh Guards Afganistan appeal to support soldiers suffering from combat stress and bereaved families.
To find out how you can join one of the teams, go to www.walkonwales.org or telephone 0808 1295444.
Fighting Ash Dieback
Tree dying back from the branch tips.
With the trees being bare over winter, the problem of chalara, better known as ash die back, has slipped out of the new s recently, but it still threatens our beloved native ash trees. Ash is the third most common species of tree in the British Isles, and losing them would be even more devastating to our landscape than the Dutch Elm disease of the 1970s.
An infected young sapling
You can help to prevent the spread of the disease by reporting infected trees to the authorities. Symptoms of infection include dieback of shoots and twigs at the periphery of the crowns. Dense clumps of foliage often appear further back on affected branches as the tree tries to compensate for the loss of its leaves. Bark lesions can often be seen at the bases of infected branches.
Bark lesion
For more information on ash dieback, visit www.forestry.gov.uk/chalara. To find out how you can help stop the disease, tel: 01476 581111 or visit www.treedisease.co.uk. You can report the location of infected trees by visiting www.ashtag.org, or telephoning 08459 33 55 77.
Mystery Walkers
The Ramblers Association have a new initiative for people interested in maintaining a good environment for walkers.
The "Mystery Walker" project (see http://ramblers.org.uk/support-us/volunteer/ways-to-get-involved/mystery-walker.aspx) allows people to adopt a grid square and check it for path obstructions and other problems. These can then be reported to the Rambler's database to help build a picture of which areas are best for walkers, and which areas require help.
You can submit your details on the Ramblers website who will be in touch when they have allocated an area for you.
Peter has volunteered to do this for an area near Aberdaron, and he'll be making regular progress reports to let you know how he's getting on.
Green Bench Event...
... at the Ugly House, Saturday 23rd February. How to construct natural wooden benches from lying timber.
Come and watch a local craftsman at work – on Saturday 23rd February there will be a demonstration in the woodland at the Ugly House, of how to construct 'natural' wooden bench seats using lying and standing timber from the trees in the woodland.
Bob Cole will start the demonstration, which will continue throughout the day, at 10am. The nature of the demonstration will be that you can watch all day or come and go as you wish but you will get the most from it if you can arrive for the start at 10am.
The tea room will be open and as usual there will be plenty of work throughout the woodland and grounds for keen and active volunteers. Bring warm clothing and suitable footwear. Booking not necessary but it will be helpful to know if you will be attending so that we have an idea of numbers. Please email info@snowdonia-society.org.uk
The Bala Challenge: 11th May 2013
The Bala Challenge is the premier walking event of Southern Snowdonia. The event is a Charity Walk, organised by the Bala & Penllyn Rotary Club, which raises funds for beneficiaries such as the North Wales Air Ambulance, Mountain Rescue Service & local good causes. Participants can raise funds for their own good cause or just enjoy the walk.
The first event was held in 2005 and the number of participants has increased each year to over 250. The event has raised over £14,000 directly and taking into account participants own sponsorship it is estimated that some £50,000 has been raised.
Features of the event are:
Marvellous scenery of southern Snowdonia
Choice of route of various distances
A serious walk of 20 miles, over 4,000 ft
Family walk with return by steam railway
Feeding station & refreshments at the finish
Circular walk or transport provided
The 9th Bala Challenge Charity Walk will be held on Saturday, 11th May 2013
This will be an opportunity to experience the outstanding scenery of southern Snowdonia, North Wales, with views of the largest natural lake in Wales, surrounded by three mountain ranges (Berwyn, Aran, Arenig) and a possibility to observe the natural wildlife including Buzzards and Red Kites. The route has been chosen to maximise the views over a variety of terrain including farmland, moorland and forest.
Individual walkers or groups representing societies or clubs may also seek sponsorship to raise funds for a good cause of their own choice.
There is a choice of walks:
The Bala Challenge is a strenuous circular walk Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid), including part of the Aran ridge, starting and finishing at the Penllyn Leisure Centre, in Bala. The walk is 20 miles (32 km) long with a total ascent of 4,100ft (1,250m).
The Bala Lake Circuit is a circular walk around Bala Lake starting and finishing at the Penllyn Leisure Centre, in Bala. The walk is 14 miles (23km) long with a total ascent of 2,700ft (800m).
Bala Lake Walk: suitable for family groups, is a linear walk along the south-east side of Bala Lake starting at the Penllyn Leisure Centre in Bala and finishing in Llanuwchllyn. The walk is 8 miles (13km) long with a total ascent of 1,700ft (510m). Return to the start may be by steam railway or provided by the organisers.
Guided Walk circular of 2 hours with a local expert who will provide information on wildlife.
There will be an opportunity to take a break en-route at the Eagles' Inn, Llanuwchllyn. Light refreshments are also available at the Bala Lake Railway Café, Llanuwchllyn.
Further information: Gwybodaeth bellach:
Peter Cottee Tel: 01678-521782 Cyswllt Cymraeg:
E-mail: petercottee@hotmail.com Gareth Griffiths 01678 521855
Web: www.abercelyn.co.uk
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Mimi Lauter, Untitled, 2018, soft pastel and oil pastel on paper, 20 1/2 x 12".
Mimi Lauter
Seeing Mimi Lauter's work for the first time brought home to me how rare it is to see contemporary painting whose substance is rich and full-bodied but possibly inchoate, rather than style, topicality, or an arm's-length commentary on art history. Lauter's work is clearly imbued with historical self-consciousness—the press release rightly cites "Redon, Vuillard, Bonnard, as well as other members of the Nabis and Post-Impressionists" among the Los Angeles–based artist's precursors, to which list I would add Blaue Reiter–period Kandinsky and maybe a few more recent explorers of the cusp between evocation and abstraction, among them Howard Hodgkin and Thomas Nozkowski. But one didn't get the feeling that clever stylistic triangulation—deriving a familiar-yet-fresh signature style from a chosen set of progenitors—is the point of her work. Rather, any such synthesis is the result of a more personal attempt to distill an evocation of lived and remembered experience from visual and tactile sensation.
This show, "Devotional Flowers," was Lauter's first in New York. All the works, most of which were Untitled and dated 2018, were in her preferred medium, pastel on paper. Using both traditional soft pastels and oil pastels, which have a heavier, less powdery consistency, the artist layers her densely packed and interfusing marks to build elaborate surfaces, sometimes achieving a delicious funkiness; among the work's strengths is how its color feels so inextricable from its facture. Lauter makes matter indistinguishable from radiance, or radiance from matter—here, I couldn't tell which should come first. In any case, she steers far from the delicacy one stereotypically associates with pastels; color gets zingy, at times overripe. Several of the works were unusually large in scale for the medium, measuring up to fifty-five by seventy-two inches. Her compositions are built of shifting accumulations of intense color— tones that echo and respond to each other, like a chorus of murmurs that adds up to a roar—rather than anchored by distinct shapes or forms. These innumerable, intricately patterned gestures nod toward the ornamental, yet their massed effect was visceral and rather heavy—monumental, even in the smallest of the pieces, yet also intangible. It was as if the air inside these paintings had been suffused by the pungent aroma of exotic flowers, making it hard to breathe—an experience both heady and slightly alarming.
It was the heavily scented hothouse atmosphere, rather than the floral forms that recurred in many of the works, that the exhibition's title referred to. These were mostly not, in the end, abstracted still lifes, and one could find any number of figurative allusions throughout: bodies, heads, hands, of which one caught glimpses without quite being able to focus on them. Several of the works were diptychs, with a small horizontal sheet floating above a larger vertical or squarish one. One might have thought of a transom window over a doorway, or perhaps a predella incongruously placed above rather than below the main panel of an altarpiece. This unusual configuration suggested an underlying architectural structure that one would not otherwise have expected inside this profusion.
But what about the evocation of religious art in the title's first word, "Devotional"? That could have been misleading, given the show's unabashedly voluptuous sensuality. And yet Lauter's paintings evince a keen, almost obsessive concentration on the possibility of touching, or being touched by, something inherently indefinable—a sense of yearning not unlike an aspiration toward the transcendent.
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January 23, 2023 January 22, 2023 Sophril Reads
It's the start of another week. It's Monday! What are you Reading is hosted by Kathryn from Book Date, this is a weekly event to share what we've read in the past week and what we hope to read, plus whatever else comes to mind.
This was a really weird week for reading for me, I ended up DNF'ing multiple books each for different reasons. None of those will be making an appearance here today. I have decided to leave DNF's off of my weekly updates because I technically didn't finish them and I will not be continuing them so they really don't fit. However, if I decide to do monthly wrap-ups again I will include them there. I am just not sure what you guys would be interested in seeing so some things are up in the air still.
Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco | Silver Under Nightfall #1 | Fantasy, LGBT, Romance | Add to Goodreads
Remy Pendergast is many things: the only son of the Duke of Valenbonne (though his father might wish otherwise), an elite bounty hunter of rogue vampires, and an outcast among his fellow Reapers. His mother was the subject of gossip even before she eloped with a vampire, giving rise to the rumors that Remy is half-vampire himself. Though the kingdom of Aluria barely tolerates him, Remy's father has been shaping him into a weapon to fight for the kingdom at any cost.
When a terrifying new breed of vampire is sighted outside of the city, Remy prepares to investigate alone. But then he encounters the shockingly warmhearted vampire heiress Xiaodan Song and her infuriatingly arrogant fiancé, vampire lord Zidan Malekh, who may hold the key to defeating the creatures—though he knows associating with them won't do his reputation any favors. When he's offered a spot alongside them to find the truth about the mutating virus Rot that's plaguing the kingdom, Remy faces a choice.
It's one he's certain he'll regret.
But as the three face dangerous hardships during their journey, Remy develops fond and complicated feelings for the couple. He begins to question what he holds true about vampires, as well as the story behind his own family legacy. As the Rot continues to spread across the kingdom, Remy must decide where his loyalties lie: with his father and the kingdom he's been trained all his life to defend or the vampires who might just be the death of him.
Masked by Moonlight by L.G. Rollins | Steam and Shadow #0.5 | Fantasy, Steampunk | Add to Goodreads
When it comes to defending her family, Adaleigh Dubois backs down from no one.
Not from a competitor caught cheating—
Not from fear while stranded in a barn during a full moon—
Not even from a crazed werewolf—
Because no matter what,
Family takes care of family.
(A novella.)
I Say Your Name in the Dark Nights: A Story of Kagen the Damned by Jonathan Maberry | Kagen the Damned #1.5 | Fantasy | Add to Goodreads
I Say Your Name in the Dark Nights is a never-before published adventure that blends swordplay, action, adventure and horror.
Kagen Vale – disgraced former palace guard, damned by his own gods, on the run from bounty hunters and assassins— discovers that no matter where you try to hide, evil can find you. In this standalone short story, Kagen the Damned squares off against a clan of ferocious supernatural predators in service to the Witch-king.
Maid-sama! (2-in-1 Edition), Vol. 5: Includes Vols. 9&10 by Hiro Fujiwara | Maid Sama! #9 & 10 | Manga, Shojo | Add to Goodreads
A 2-in-1 edition of the romantic-comedy series where a student council president secretly works at a maid café!
As if being student council president of a predominantly male high school isn't hard enough, Misaki Ayuzawa has a major secret—she works at a maid café after school! How is she supposed to keep her image of being ultrasmart, strong and overachieving intact once school heartthrob Takumi Usui discovers her double life?!
Misaki tries to get reelected as student council president, and it becomes an all-out showdown between her and Soutaro Kanou! She wants to win the spot fair and square without Usui's help, so she distances herself from him… But in the meantime, is she finally realizing her true feelings for Usui?
So here are all the books that I have already started, and to be honest most of there I am probably only one chapter in/ So my goal this week is to see bow many of these I can finish this week.
A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Mark Dawidziak | Nonfiction, Historical, Mystery | Add to Goodreads
A Mystery of Mysteries is a brilliant biography of Edgar Allan Poe that examines the renowned author's life through the prism of his mysterious death and its many possible causes.
It is a moment shrouded in horror and mystery. Edgar Allan Poe died on October 7, 1849, at just forty, in a painful, utterly bizarre manner that would not have been out of place in one of his own tales of terror. What was the cause of his untimely death, and what happened to him during the three missing days before he was found, delirious and "in great distress" on the streets of Baltimore, wearing ill-fitting clothes that were not his own?
Mystery and horror. Poe, who remains one of the most iconic of American writers, died under haunting circumstances that reflect the two literary genres he took to new heights. Over the years, there has been a staggering amount of speculation about the cause of death, from rabies and syphilis to suicide, alcoholism, and even murder. But many of these theories are formed on the basis of the caricature we have come to associate with Poe: the gloomy-eyed grandfather of Goth, hunched over a writing desk with a raven perched on one shoulder, drunkenly scribbling his chilling masterpieces. By debunking the myths of how he lived, we come closer to understanding the real Poe—and uncovering the truth behind his mysterious death, as a new theory emerges that could prove the cause of Poe's death was haunting him all his life.
In a compelling dual-timeline narrative alternating between Poe's increasingly desperate last months and his brief but impactful life, Mark Dawidziak sheds new light on the enigmatic master of macabre.
Birthright by Kathryn Amurra | Soothsayer's Path Book #3 | Historical Romance | Add to Goodreads
The daughter of a patrician woman who chose to marry beneath her class, Nerilla has witnessed firsthand the detrimental effects of following your heart. Determined to correct her mother's mistakes, she has carefully selected the perfect patrician man to wed. The fact that the man is only marrying her to obtain her father's legendary sword Ceres, which is to serve as her dowry, is of no consequence–that is, until that very sword is stolen right out from under her nose by a handsome thief with a charming smile and innocent eyes.
As an orphan with no memory of his birth parents, Jovian has been searching for the truth about his parentage for as long as he can remember. When a soothsayer tells him that to uncover the key to his past he must seek out the sword called Ceres, he can hardly believe his luck, for he has already stolen that sword from its owner. Unfortunately, he has also already sold it to a man bound for Neapolis.
A chance meeting between Nerilla and Jovian results in what they both know is an ill-advised arrangement. As they work together to find the sword, they discover secrets from their pasts that make them question everything they thought they knew. And they find themselves having to choose between pursuing the perfect plans they've laid or risking failure for the chance of achieving their true birthright.
Saint's Blood by Sebastien de Castell | Greatcoats #3 | Fantasy | Add to Goodreads
How do you kill a Saint?
Falcio, Kest, and Brasti are about to find out, because someone has figured out a way to do it and they've started with a friend.
The Dukes were already looking for ways out of their agreement to put Aline on the throne, but with the Saints turning up dead, rumours are spreading that the Gods themselves oppose her ascension. Now churches are looking to protect themselves by bringing back the military orders of religious soldiers, assassins, and (especially) Inquisitors – a move that could turn the country into a theocracy. The only way Falcio can put a stop to it is by finding the murderer. He has only one clue: a terrifying iron mask which makes the Saints vulnerable by driving them mad. But even if he can find the killer, he'll still have to face him in battle.
And that may be a duel that no swordsman, no matter how skilled, can hope to win.
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Year in Review: So, How Was Your 2020, Earthgang?
Atlanta hip-hop duo celebrate the most inspiring people, records, and TV shows of their year — from The Last Dance and Jay-Z's Blueprint to Stacey Abrams and Chadwick Boseman
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So, How Was Your 2020? is a series in which our favorite entertainers answer our questionnaire about the music, culture, and memorable moments that shaped their year. We'll be rolling these pieces out throughout December.
Olu and WowGr8, the two rappers who make up Earthgang, spent much of this year hunkered down in West Atlanta recording Spilligion, their excellent debut album with Spillage Village — the hip-hop collective whose other key members include J.I.D, Mereba, 6lack, Hollywood JB, Benji, and Jurdan Bryant. (For much more on how that album came to be, see our recent Spillage Village feature.) The LP ended up becoming one of this year's most unusual and rewarding listens, with elements of classic ATL rap, neo-soul, gospel, folk/Americana, and more all coming through the mix on standout songs like "Baptize," "Mecca," and "Hapi." Earthgang also turned in an eloquent remix of Brittany Howard's "Goat Head" and appeared on one of the best songs from Gorillaz' Song Machine: Season One this year — and next month, they'll be up for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for "Collide," their song with Tiana Major9 from the Queen & Slim soundtrack.
The duo strike a positive note when they call from Atlanta to talk about their experiences in 2020. "I just pray that this year, we all found a way to give back whatever we got — whether that means helping somebody out in your community, helping somebody out in your family, or helping a stranger out on the street," Olu says. "We may not have a lot, but whatever we've got, it's enough, and if we find a way to give it back then we'll be all right."
The album I listened to the most in 2020 was:
WowGr8: More than anything this year, I've been listening to Yes Lawd!, the Anderson Paak and Knxwledge project [from 2016]. It's a very soulful project.
Olu: For me it's The Blueprint by Jay-Z. I love the production on the project, I love the stories on the project, I love the energy. It speaks to the hustler's mindset: Anybody who wants to make it happen for themselves, for their family, for their community, that album is for you. I feel like that's needed in this time. Everybody's taking things so hard. It's not easy for people right now, and you've got to feel good on the inside before you're able to actualize. That album is for all Americans right now.
My favorite TV show to stream during quarantine was:
Olu: For me it was the Michael Jordan documentary [The Last Dance] and the barbershop talks that LeBron did with Maverick Carter [The Shop]. You've got to understand the story of greatness in order to achieve it. You've got to see what these people went through — the work ethic, the determination, the people that they put around them in their lives, the things that they overcame. I identified so much with both of their stories. Those shows kept me focused during quarantine and after quarantine, just seeing two black men defy the odds.
WowGr8: The Last Dance, The Masked Singer.
The song that will define "2020" for me is:
WowGr8: "Optimistic" by Sounds of Blackness.
Olu: "Thick" by DJ Chose.
I'd define my current state of mind as:
WowGr8: Determined. I feel more balanced than I've felt in a long time.
Olu: I'm in the clearest space I've ever been in my life. I'm focused. I know what I want. I wake up every morning and think about it, dream about it, find ways to get it. I'm thankful and blessed. I'm just super-open to all the greatness that's coming my way.
The old-favorite movie I returned to for comfort this year was:
WowGr8: A couple days ago I restarted Star Wars in the order of the storyline. It's so epic. I tried to look at it from a grown-man perspective. When I first saw Star Wars, I was probably seven or eight years old, and I took it at face value. Watching it again and seeing how deep the story is — like, Anakin was born a slave. I was like, "Wow, this is a really powerful tale."
Olu: That's fire. I definitely know Mandalorian, so I gotta start over. For me, it was ATL, Soul Food, Belly, Remember the Titans — those four movies right there, for sure. We've been traveling so much and we've been immersed in so many beautiful cultures; now that I'm home, I wanted to dive back into the culture that I grew up in. You see the parallels that connect us all. We as African-Americans are going through so many things. We have so many different styles of life, and so many things that we can be proud of, and so many stories. I was like, "I'm going to watch these movies again and enjoy these moments."
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A new hobby I picked up in quarantine was:
WowGr8: I started going to the gun range more than I ever have before in my life. I've been taking a kick-boxing class. I bought a bow and arrow the first week of quarantine; I've got a couple of foam animals that I placed in my backyard, and I hit them with the arrows. All that apocalypse talk didn't scare me, but I was like, "Hmm, what could I do in an apocalypse?" I already owned guns, but I didn't shoot them like that. So I've been practicing marksmanship and that kind of stuff.
Olu: Definitely went to the gun range. I've been working out more. I've been doing yoga a lot more. Stock market. And I've been doing a lot more reading and planning. I've just been doubling down and elevating it up.
The celebrity I'd most want to quarantine with is:
WowGr8: Pharrell. I feel like we'd make a lot of music, be creative, [feel] a lot of peace, and wash our faces. And Dave Chappelle! Me, Pharrell, and Dave Chappelle — that wouldn't even feel like quarantine. These are two guys I respect, and we'd be creating a lot.
Olu: Jay-Z. I feel like we'd then have everybody on speed dial and we'd be FaceTiming everyone.
The most interesting thing I learned to cook during quarantine was:
WowGr8: At the very beginning of quarantine, I made a vegan pasta dish that was pretty good. I used a vegan version of a pesto sauce, with some vegan parmesan and some vegan chicken. I was like, "This is pretty good, I would serve this to other people!" It was palatable.
Olu: For me it was a spicy fusilli pasta, with the garlic, the tomato paste, the shallots. I put the coconut milk on there as a twist. A whole lot of spices. Roasting the tomatoes. That was cool for me. I don't cook that much; I used to cook a whole lot, but since we've been on the road, it died down. Since I'm back here, my sisters come through and take care of me, and I'm super-thankful for them. But when I do it myself… I cook a little pasta. My French toast is banging. I ain't gonna hold you, my French toast goes stupid, bro.
The best book I read in quarantine was:
Olu: I read The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday all the time, that's one of my favorite books. I just read The Circle of Fire by Don Miguel Ruiz. The Best of Simple by Langston Hughes. Sacred Woman. The Hero and the Outlaw. The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates was definitely one of my favorites. Some of them are stories, some of them are books on branding, some are just about health and wellness and getting your life together. Embracing the stories of mankind and womankind.
Something positive that happened to me that nobody noticed was:
WowGr8: Being at home and being connected with my family and working to strengthen our family ties.
Olu: Same as WowGr8. Strengthening our family ties.
The biggest hero of 2020 was:
WowGr8: My biggest hero of this year was my mother. As soon as the pandemic started, my mama went down to her sewing machine and started sewing masks for everybody that she knew. She made a bunch of masks by hand. I was very proud that she did that. My other hero is Stacey Abrams. Georgia went blue this year. I never thought I'd see the day. It's incredible to me, all the people she's been able to inspire and convince that they are part of a process that they thought they weren't part of. I've got to give a big shout-out to her.
Olu: For sure. She's definitely on my list. I have three heroes, and Stacey Abrams is one of them. After what people perceived as a loss for the governor's race, to come back and stay so focused with the tenacity, like, "That's just one move. We got many more moves to make"…She's one of my heroes for sure.
So is Chadwick Boseman. It brings tears to my eyes to see that man's dedication, and the things that he was able to do in such a short amount of time, and the humility. The power that he was able to wield, and to do it with such grace and such poise, and to represent what he did to the highest point, I really appreciate him. I'm so thankful for him.
And lastly, myself. I ain't gonna hold you, straight up, myself. I say that with as much humility as possible. It's a lot of things that I had to take a look at and I overcame. Lot of places where I'm still growing and still learning. Every day I take it upon myself: "This is where I can grow, this is where I can change and be better."
A word or phrase I never want to hear again is:
WowGr8: "President Trump," "fake news," and "quarantine."
Olu: "President Trump."
The thing I'm most looking forward to doing when the pandemic is over is:
WowGr8: Going to a concert. Performing in one for sure, but also just going to one. Seeing people enjoy themselves in a public space and not feeling weird about it.
Olu: Partying. I want to party, man. One of the things that I learned this year was, celebrate life! Celebrate the fact that you're alive, especially because times are rough. We're going to celebrate and give thanks at all times. Every small thing, every large thing, we're going to rejoice and be thankful for this existence. And on top of that, I want to travel. Go to the hood, go to L.A., go to Texas, go to New York, go to Detroit, go to Memphis. I want to go there and celebrate life.
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Boosie BadAzz Starts Crying When Webbie Surprises Him for Birthday Party
Boosie BadAzz celebrated his 34th birthday last week (Nov. 14). As a result, close friend and collaborator Webbie threw him a surprise birthday party.
You can view the surprise above via Webbie's official Instagram account. In the brief clip, Boosie walks into a dark room, which suddenly erupts with noise as the lights come on, revealing a bunch of family and friends. Boosie gets emotional and immediately starts crying, while Webbie walks up to him and gives him a hug. You can hear somebody explain, "He ain't never had no party like that." Additionally, Webbie captioned the video, "Surprised my brother yesterday we came a long way ! If you love yo nigga hug yo nigga #DaDumbway."
Obviously, Lil Boosie and Webbie have a long and storied history together. In July 2003, the Baton Rouge artists dropped their first collaboration album, Ghetto Stories. They followed that up with a second joint album called Gangsta Musik, which released in December 2003. Gangsta Musik contains classic records including "Swerve" and "Give Me That" featuring Bun B.
Boosie and Webbie have also worked together more recently. When the former got out of jail in 2014, they got to work, releasing the collaboration "Wartime." There was talk of them releasing Gangsta Musik 2, but that project never officially dropped. In other news, Boosie BadAzz recently appeared on fellow Baton Rouge MC NBA YoungBoy's new mixtape 38 Baby. Boosie Boo delivers a guest verse on track No. 7, "Up In Blood."
Prior to that, Boosie was having some financial issues, and as a result, he went off on Capital One. "Capital One bank has still refuse to give my muthafuckin money back that THEY let someone steal out my account," Boosie wrote on Instagram. "I've done everything. I have even met with Secret service to no avail.So they sayin I'm jacked . Where is Obama for shit like this . This want us to make our money legal n when u do just that u take it from them n refuse to return it . Fuck the banks I'm advising all my fans do not bank at capital One. Hide your money do not bank at all fuck that if u a hood nigga they go find a way to take it."
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Location: Worcester & Birmingham Canal
Meet Edward
At this time of year people start thinking about booking their canal boating holidays, so it's my busiest time! I'm the Managing Director of ABC Leisure Group which is the biggest operator on the UK canal network.
The business has 50 years' experience building and operating canal boats, and I took over in 1993. At that time we already had three hireboat start locations, but I thought I might be able to grow the business. I think I just spotted an opportunity and started following it to see how far I could take it. I'd set up other businesses in the past, but knew that leisure was the way forward and it's been a journey of interesting growth and expansion ever since!
We now have 16 hireboat start bases and around 200 hire boats. We also operate over 100 boats on behalf of a number of companies and syndicates. We own ten marinas and sell over 100 boats a year. I don't know if there have been any specific high moments for me in this business, I think it's just been all good and almost every time we move forward it's an achievement.
Probably the simplest key to success in business is talking to people and using common sense. Our team here talk and explore what options we can see in the growth of our business. We didn't start big, and I think anyone can do what we achieved with a strong business model. The message I try to send out to customers is that we are big enough to trust, and small enough to care.
Our customers rely on Canal & River Trust to keep navigation routes safe and enjoyable, so I'm happy to give up some of my time to help the Trust. I sit on the South Wales and Severn Waterways Partnership meetings, and pass on comments from our customers' real experiences navigating the waterways. Talking about this research can help the Trust when they're making their decisions about spending and planning maintenance works.
As well as being able to give feedback on navigation issues to Canal & River Trust from our customers' comments, we've learned as a business from people who have booked with us too. We try to make it easy for feedback and it's one of the reasons we get a lot of repeat business.
Over my years of operating hire boats, I've seen changes in what holidaymakers want – people expect more. Life moves forward and we've introduced Wi-Fi. Teenagers want it, and they're watching TV on their tablets too now. And it's not just that customers expect more, they're also getting bigger and so we've increased the size of the showers and have bed extenders to offer to anyone wanting extra space. If I go back 18 years to when I first started looking at the hireboat business, a lot of companies didn't even supply bedding or towels. These days, people don't want to take wet towels home, and if our boats have two couples on board they expect two en-suite bathrooms. After all, no one shares a bathroom in a land B&B these days!
When my children were younger we used to go away as a family on the canals. My daughter works in Brazil now she's grown up, and my son is a musician and spends his life trawling around places. They were both home for Christmas with their partners and they said "We want to go on a canal boat again!" That's their happy memory of their childhood. For me, boats are always here every day in my life, yet I don't get out on the water very often! I live on the canalside and cycle to work along the canal, but I only seem to go out in a boat when I'm taking the Tourist Board or Canal & River Trust. Whenever I do, I feel instantly relaxed and always think, 'Why don't I go boating more?'
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Pat Callaghan
Pat began his career in his home state of Massachusetts where he obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from Stonehill College and a Master of Business Administration degree from Suffolk University. His first job in the industry was in Sales for Nabisco where he spent his days taking orders and stocking shelves in the Boston area. In 1979, Pat joined Pepperidge Farm, a major manufacturer of cookies, crackers, and baked goods.
During his 30+ years at Pepperidge Farm, he worked his way up the ranks from Account Manager to President. He led the firm in one of its strongest growth periods, with seven consecutive years of top line, bottom line, and share growth in a challenging industry. Pat's tenure at Pepperidge Farm is remembered as one of consumer-focused product innovation, and thus it was only fitting that in 2012, upon his retirement, the new $30 Million Innovation Center was named in his honor as the Patrick J. Callaghan Innovation Center.
While leading the firm, Pepperidge Farm won Best Company to Work For in CT, which can be attributed to his "people come first" leadership style as well as his mantra, taught by his father, of always making sure he shares his success with others. Pat's tenure as president is remembered as one of hard work, tenacity, and respect for others and he is admired for his passion, authenticity, and good humor. Pat was often known to sit down in the cafeteria and grab lunch with any one of his 5000 employees from intern to VP and honestly probably preferred the former – as he felt everyone's contribution was equally important. His mix of strong business sense and thoughtful leadership style left Pepperidge Farm in the top 2% of brand equities worldwide upon his retirement in 2012.
Pat's work within the baking industry is extensive – he has mentored countless individuals in the industry and has served as chair of the American Baking Association and on the Board of Trustees of the American Insitute of Baking and on the Board of Directors of the Biscuit & Cracker Manufacturing Association. He also helped create Grain Foods Foundation, an organization formed to educate consumers about the importance of grains in their diet.
He values his roots, recently receiving Man of the Year honors from both his high school and college, and is thankful for the constant support of his family including his wife, Gretchen, and daughters Meghan and Caitlin.


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Getting the facts right on air: The TV producers fast guide to fact checking
30 Nov 2015 9:07 am by Megan Burnside
TV Production Industry Evolving
With the increasing popularity of TV streaming services like Netflix and Amazon, the UK TV production industries continues to grow. The Guardian reports that inward production investment has grown nearly two-fold in the past three years, reaching a record £500m last year. What's more, the UK is exporting programming more than ever, with £1.3bn in sales in 2016. Add in an ever-widening range of digital channels for distributing video and live content, and it's clear that the industry is just getting started.
Yet even with positive growth projections, TV producers have some worries—most notably the lack of trust in TV programmes, broadcast news brands and journalists, despite Ofcom regulations on presenting unbiased news stories. Countries like the UK or U.S.— which boast vigorous tabloid press and entertainment-focused 'news' programming—tend to have lower trust levels. But scandals related to invasions of privacy, a marked rise in satire-based media outlets, and the current 'alternative facts' atmosphere have led to further declines in trust. According to the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2016, 42 percent of UK adults surveyed trust news organizations and even fewer—29 percent—trust journalists. And social media is adding fuel to the fire.
Social Media Expands Audiences & Reputational Risk
As social media has become one of the primary means to communicate, so called "second screen" behaviours have developed. Encouraged by the programmes themselves, people have been turning to social media to share views and interact on the small screen whilst watching TV on a bigger screen. In 2016, for example, saw nearly 100 million tweets related to UK TV programmes. Sport ran ahead of all other categories, garnering 57.3 million tweets and eclipsing the second and third place finishers—entertainment at 19.3 million tweets and current affairs—thanks, in part to Brexit and the U.S. presidential campaign—at 9.3 million tweets.
This huge increase in audience size and engagement brings into sharp focus production companies' responsibility to ensure accuracy and fairness in the programmes they create. Fact checking has always been critically important before something airs on TV. In the digital world, however, mistakes can go viral in a moment. With the rise of social media—coupled with the decline in trust in the media fueled by the current 'fake news' versus 'alternative facts' debate—the importance of fact checking has grown.
Facebook, in fact, acknowledged inaccurate reporting—whether distributed on purpose by biased media outlets or shared by mistake by traditional TV news programmes—can have far-reaching repercussions. Prior to the recent UK general election, the social media giant took out ads in British newspapers offering tips on spotting misinformation—a reaction in response to criticism of the amount of fake news spread via the social network in the run-up to the U.S. presidential election. Several TV news outlets have been forced to issue retractions after reporting on a viral story that turned out to be false, and all suffered damage to their reputations as a result.
Swimming against the tide
For independent production companies, maintaining exacting standards when it comes to presenting facts are critical. Simply to do business with the BBC, independents need to become an approved supplier and each is re-checked every three years for compliance. Furthermore every programme created for the BBC requires the completion of a comprehensive compliance declaration, the first point of which relates to potential legal risks. Independents that are unable to complete this satisfactorily are unlikely to be commissioned or see their work on air. After all, it's not just the independents' reputations that are on the line.
This is not the only risk. OFCOM regularly fines and reprimands companies over factual issues, dealing with around 300 breaches of its guidelines per year. In an industry with a large number of suppliers to a small number of commissioners, it is vital to gain and maintain a reputation for accuracy.
Fact checking checklist
How do independent production companies manage the process of ensuring that on air content is factually accurate? Here is our five-point guide:
1. Ensure that everyone within the organisation knows the importance of fact checking
No TV production company goes out of its way to get something wrong—errors are the cause of most issues. It is therefore critical that everyone involved in a production is aware of risks.
2. Manage risk effectively
Clearly accusations against people or organisations carry the largest risk of factual errors. However it is important not to assume facts are facts. Critical to this is reliable sources of information. When your source is a person, ask "How do you know that?" Then assess any possible bias and vet disclosures by a secondary source.
3. Do not rely on public search engines or user generated sites
Journalists used to insist on having two independent sources for any information to be treated as legitimate. In the digital age it is much harder to ensure two sources are independent because of how information is referenced and linked on the web. Reliable sources of public information do not include Wikipedia!
4. Review content independently
A powerful tool to deploy is using a third party to review fact checking. This ensures that those closest to the story are not both judge and jury
5. Ensure an audit trail of fact checking
If something does go wrong, being able to demonstrate how records were kept and efforts to fact check were made can be a powerful mitigating tool. Keep accurate records including notes, snapshots of web pages and articles used as sources, a list of databases searched and search results used, a list of all sources, and a list of statistics used and where you found them.
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Factual mistakes in TV programming can lead to fines and viewer complaints that can leave long lasting reputational damage. Read the TV producers fast guide to fact checking here.
Top 3 Tips for Communicating Competitive Intelligence to the C-Suite
25 Feb 2019 7:00 am by Megan Burnside
Executives need up-to-date competitive insights to make informed business decisions. To best equip their C-suite with this valuable data, researchers can follow these tips for communicating competitive intelligence efficiently and effectively
How to fact check like a pro
03 Jul 2019 12:00 am by Megan Burnside
There are a host of simple things one can do to help determine the source credibility of online content.


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A child rapist has failed in a bid to stop his sentencing going ahead until after his appeal against eight convictions is heard. John Paul Garay, who is aged in his 60s, stood trial in the ACT Supreme Court in June after pleading not guilty to 18 child sex charges. In late August, Justice Chrissa Loukas-Karlsson acquitted him on 10 counts but found him guilty of the rest. Among the charges on which Garay was convicted were two counts of sexual intercourse with a child, who was aged between 10 and 16 at the relevant times. The historical offences, which all involved the same boy, occurred at Garay's home in Wanniassa in the 1980s. The vulnerable victim used to stay there during school holidays, having been desperate for a male role model at that point of his life. Following the return of Justice Loukas-Karlsson's verdicts, Garay's lawyers filed an appeal against his convictions. They also sought a stay of his sentence proceedings, listed to commence this Friday, pending the outcome of the challenge. Making the stay application in the ACT Court of Appeal on Wednesday, Legal Aid lawyer Sam McLaughlin argued the appeal had overwhelming prospects of success. Garay's appeal lists numerous grounds, including that three of the charges should have been disposed of on a "no case to answer" basis. Among other things, it also complains that Justice Loukas-Karlsson did not adequately explain the guilty verdicts. MORE COURT AND CRIME NEWS: While Justice Loukas-Karlsson's judgment was 838 paragraphs long, Mr McLaughlin submitted that it was "devoid of the demonstration of reasoning and analysis required" by law. He said Garay had "a significant chance of being acquitted" of all charges, but would probably spend months in custody before the appeal could be heard if the sentencing went ahead as planned. Crown prosecutor Anthony Williamson suggested the appeal would probably be heard earlier than May 2022, when Mr McLaughlin believed it was most likely to go ahead. He accepted that "the nub" of Justice Loukas-Karlsson's reasons were contained in just four paragraphs of the trial judgment, but submitted that what led up to it was "extensive, expansive and essentially a foundation to the ultimate conclusions". Justice Michael Elkaim, who heard the stay application, dismissed it. He said he was not satisfied there were exceptional circumstances that would justify a stay, nor would the appeal be "rendered nugatory" if he did not grant the application. Justice Elkaim added that there would be nothing to stop Garay applying for his bail to continue, pending the outcome of the appeal, once Justice Loukas-Karlsson had sentenced him. He noted this would probably not happen for a while yet, with the sentence proceedings in the Supreme Court likely to stretch beyond Friday. Garay's victim is also suing him in a civil case in that court. Our journalists work hard to provide local, up-to-date news to the community. This is how you can continue to access our trusted content:
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Child rapist John Paul Garay fails in bid to stave off sentencing
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John Paul Garay leaves court in August after being found guilty of eight charges. Picture: Blake Foden
A child rapist has failed in a bid to stop his sentencing going ahead until after his appeal against eight convictions is heard.
John Paul Garay, who is aged in his 60s, stood trial in the ACT Supreme Court in June after pleading not guilty to 18 child sex charges.
In late August, Justice Chrissa Loukas-Karlsson acquitted him on 10 counts but found him guilty of the rest.
Among the charges on which Garay was convicted were two counts of sexual intercourse with a child, who was aged between 10 and 16 at the relevant times.
The historical offences, which all involved the same boy, occurred at Garay's home in Wanniassa in the 1980s.
The vulnerable victim used to stay there during school holidays, having been desperate for a male role model at that point of his life.
Following the return of Justice Loukas-Karlsson's verdicts, Garay's lawyers filed an appeal against his convictions.
They also sought a stay of his sentence proceedings, listed to commence this Friday, pending the outcome of the challenge.
Making the stay application in the ACT Court of Appeal on Wednesday, Legal Aid lawyer Sam McLaughlin argued the appeal had overwhelming prospects of success.
Garay's appeal lists numerous grounds, including that three of the charges should have been disposed of on a "no case to answer" basis.
Among other things, it also complains that Justice Loukas-Karlsson did not adequately explain the guilty verdicts.
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While Justice Loukas-Karlsson's judgment was 838 paragraphs long, Mr McLaughlin submitted that it was "devoid of the demonstration of reasoning and analysis required" by law.
He said Garay had "a significant chance of being acquitted" of all charges, but would probably spend months in custody before the appeal could be heard if the sentencing went ahead as planned.
Crown prosecutor Anthony Williamson suggested the appeal would probably be heard earlier than May 2022, when Mr McLaughlin believed it was most likely to go ahead.
He accepted that "the nub" of Justice Loukas-Karlsson's reasons were contained in just four paragraphs of the trial judgment, but submitted that what led up to it was "extensive, expansive and essentially a foundation to the ultimate conclusions".
Justice Michael Elkaim, who heard the stay application, dismissed it.
He said he was not satisfied there were exceptional circumstances that would justify a stay, nor would the appeal be "rendered nugatory" if he did not grant the application.
Justice Elkaim added that there would be nothing to stop Garay applying for his bail to continue, pending the outcome of the appeal, once Justice Loukas-Karlsson had sentenced him.
He noted this would probably not happen for a while yet, with the sentence proceedings in the Supreme Court likely to stretch beyond Friday.
Garay's victim is also suing him in a civil case in that court.
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