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Q: how to check if email address exists. validation I can't seem to work out how to check if an email exists in my database. Currently users use their email address to login to my site with a password but currently a user can register more than once with the same email address which is cause big issues on my site. Have done some research but can't seem to work it out.
Can anybody help me?
<?php

if(isset($_POST['add']))
{
$dbhost = 'localhost';
$dbuser = 'user';
$dbpass = 'pass';
$db = "db";
$conn = mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass);
if(! $conn )
{
  die('Could not send your enquiry at this time please try again later.');
}

$phone = mysql_real_escape_string((string)$_POST['phone']);
$email = mysql_real_escape_string((string)$_POST['email']);
$password = mysql_real_escape_string((string)$_POST['password']);
$firstname = mysql_real_escape_string((string)$_POST['firstname']);
$surname = mysql_real_escape_string((string)$_POST['surname']);
$country = mysql_real_escape_string((string)$_POST['country']);
$nationality = mysql_real_escape_string((string)$_POST['nationality']);
$yearofbirth = mysql_real_escape_string((string)$_POST['yearofbirth']);
$profession = mysql_real_escape_string((string)$_POST['profession']);
$status = mysql_real_escape_string((string)$_POST['status']);
$membertype = 'Registered';
$dateregistered = mysql_real_escape_string((string)$_POST['dateregistered']);
$agreedtoterms = mysql_real_escape_string((string)$_POST['agreedtoterms']);

$sql = "INSERT INTO members
       (phone, email, password, firstname, surname, country, nationality, yearofbirth, profession, uniquepin, status, membertype, dateregistered, agreedtoterms)
       VALUES('$phone', '$email', '$password', '$firstname','$surname','$country','$nationality','$yearofbirth','$profession','$uniquepin','$status','$membertype','$dateregistered', '$agreedtoterms')";

mysql_select_db($db);
$retval = mysql_query( $sql, $conn )or die(mysql_error());

?>

A: You could make the email column have the unique constraint - then the query would fail when attempting to insert.
You could also just query it....
SELECT `email`
  FROM `members`
 WHERE `email` = '$email'
 LIMIT 1

If you get a result, the email exists.

A: Prior to adding the unique constraint on the login table, he needs to consolidate the duplicate email records (the constraint will fail otherwise) into a single record and inform affected users.
With emails unique at data level, he can then add the constraint.  Finally, before creating any new login record, he runs a query to see if email-to-add exists.
Should be an SO thread for this: email-based-logins 101 ;--)

A: Simply make a database question to see if the email address already exists.
$query_ch_email = mysql_query("SELECT email FROM members WHERE email = '$email' LIMIT 1") or die(mysql_error());

    if (mysql_num_rows($query_ch_email) > 0)
    {
        $notices['register'][] = 'Your e-mail already exist';
    }

    if (!count($notices['register']))
    {
        $sql_insert = "INSERT INTO members (

          phone
        , email
        , password
        , firstname
        , surname
        , country
        , nationality
        , yearofbirth
        , profession
        , uniquepin
        , status
        , membertype
        , dateregistered
        , agreedtoterms

        ) VALUES (

          '".mysql_real_escape_string($phone)."'
        , '".mysql_real_escape_string($email)."'
        , '".mysql_real_escape_string($password)."'
        , '".mysql_real_escape_string($firstname)."'
        , '".mysql_real_escape_string($surname)."'
        , '".mysql_real_escape_string($country)."'
        , '".mysql_real_escape_string($nationality)."'
        , '".mysql_real_escape_string($yearofbirth)."'
        , '".mysql_real_escape_string($profession)."'
        , '".mysql_real_escape_string($uniquepin)."'
        , '".mysql_real_escape_string($status)."'
        , '".mysql_real_escape_string($membertype)."'
        , '".mysql_real_escape_string($dateregistered)."'
        , '".mysql_real_escape_string($agreedtoterms)."'

        )";

        mysql_query($sql_insert) or die(mysql_error());
    }


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"Tiger Temple Report" to the Forestry Department, Department of National Parks, Wildlife Crime Unit, and other authorities in Thailand in December 2015.
Public Release of the Tiger Temple report has been delayed until January 2016 due to "timing" issues.
This report is dedicated to every single Tiger and other animal that was illegally procured via the illegal international wildlife trade, breaching multiple Thai wildlife laws and the CITES agreement, and for the Tigers that have died in the black of night due to those reasons. It is dedicated to those Tigers and other animals that were abused for such a prolonged amount of time, some died, some didnt. The abuse was consistently denied and some classed it as "old news"…. Sybelle Foxcroft, the founder and moving spirit behind Cee4Life says she dares anyone to walk in those animals paws and see if they think.
De-sensitization of the public caused decline in interest of this case at times, but never for Cee4Life.
Cee4Life has thank all the brave souls that stepped forward to help provide evidence that has been included in this report.
For every negative and obstacle that has been thrown at, Cee4life talks of the unstoppable fire that was lit so many years ago in a dark forest watching and listening to screaming tigers doomed to their deaths.
Thanks to Sybelle Foxcroft for this. Keep going Cee4life!


For one bright evening every week they come together and dance.When John and Ella meet It is a dance that will change two lives forever.
This novel is set in the heatwave of 1911 at the end of the Edwardian period. Over this time frame home secretary Winston Churchhill was in favor of mandatory Sterilization for the feeble minded. This gives you an idea and sets the scene for the novel.
The novel is narrated by 3 very individual voices so you had Ella, John and Charles. Ella is narrated from the female side of the asylum, John the male side and Charles one of the doctors.
Above all this is a love story told in the most horrendous of places. I loved the letters between John and Ella and looked forward to the chapters they were featured.
The Ballroom completely plunged me into its grip from page one until the end. Hope left no stone un- turned so I was left with no questions on the last page.


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Series | International | International | International | Apr 20, 2020
Comparing Nations' Responses to COVID-19
Series of Essays
Leading scholars from around the world discuss the administrative law and regulatory dimensions to the global response to COVID-19.
The world has been consumed by COVID-19, with the disease's contagion spreading to every corner of the globe. National governments and international organizations have responded to the coronavirus pandemic with varying speeds and policies, including shelter-in-place orders and economic stimulus packages, each with important administrative law components. In many countries, public officials have taken unprecedented regulatory actions, at times perhaps even pushing the limits of their legal authority.
To offer our readers insight into the administrative law and regulatory dimensions of the global response to COVID-19, The Regulatory Review has launched this special series. The series owes its intellectual inspiration and leadership to Neysun Mahboubi, a Research Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for the Study of Contemporary China and a Lecturer at Penn Law. Mahboubi recruited most of the contributors to this series, and The Regulatory Review is grateful to work with him and the series's many contributors to feature this diverse collection of legal and regulatory analyses on the planet's most pressing crisis.
Over the coming months, The Regulatory Review will publish essays covering the regulatory and administrative law aspects of the pandemic by contributors from more than twenty jurisdictions around the world. Six initial essays offer scholarly perspectives on developments in the United States, China, Italy, France, the World Health Organization, and Australia. Throughout the spring, we will continually add new essays from our array of invited contributors.
This series launch features initial contributions from a diverse set of international scholars, including: Cary Coglianese, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School; Andrew Edgar, an associate professor at the University of Sydney Law School; Oswald Jansen, a guest senior lecturer at Tilburg University; Shen Kui, a professor at Peking University Law School; Fernanda Nicola, a professor at American University Washington College of Law; and Thomas Perroud, a professor at University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas.
Obligation Alleviation During the COVID-19 Crisis
April 20, 2020 | Cary Coglianese, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Even though the most salient regulatory aspect of the COVID-19 crisis in the United States revolves around state-level orders shutting down most business and social activity, the crisis also reveals the vital role in a regulatory system for decisions over when, how, and for whom to alleviate obligations.
The Delayed Response in Wuhan Reveals Legal Holes
April 20, 2020 | Shen Kui, Peking University Law School
Information is starting to emerge about why the Wuhan government delayed its response to the coronavirus. Although fragmented, the picture that is emerging can help explain how the legal system in China failed to propel local governments to act quickly to handle the contagious virus.
France's Health Crisis is a Democracy Crisis, Too
April 21, 2020 | Thomas Perroud, University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas, and Emma Guernaoui, University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
Scientific prescriptions cannot remedy the deficit of political decision-making that has left the French government underprepared to address this crisis. When evaluating the government's response, we must observe and investigate France's rhetoric of exceptionalism and how it serves to dilute responsibility.
Increasing the Legitimacy of the World Health Organization
April 22, 2020 | Oswald Jansen, American University Washington College of Law
If an international regulatory body is displacing national governments as decision-makers during public health emergencies, then procedural and substantive principles must govern that authority to compensate for the states' yielding of control. Such principles would bolster the legitimacy of WHO's authority to take administrative action.
Exporting the Italian Model to Fight COVID-19
April 23, 2020 | Fernanda Nicola, American University Washington College of Law
The Italian model for fighting COVID-19 has become a blueprint for many European nations and the United States. Italy transformed conflicts between its central and regional governments into enhanced cooperation.
Disrupting Administrative Law in a Public Health Crisis
April 24, 2020 | Andrew Edgar, University of Sydney Law School
The main disruption to administrative law in Australia during the coronavirus pandemic has been the disabling of parliamentary review and legislative disallowance. With no public participation to ensure the legitimacy of these actions, the courts may be the only check on the Australian government's use of public health regulation during this crisis.
Regulatory Cooperation to Combat Public Health Crises
April 27, 2020 | Elizabeth Golberg, former Director of the European Commission's Better Regulation Directorate
In today's globalized world, it is difficult to imagine any workable, sustainable solution to a public health issue that does not involve some form of international regulatory cooperation. Such cooperation rests on a foundation of trust, transparency, and adaptability.
Israel Pushes Its Emergency Powers to Their Limits
April 28, 2020 | Elena Chachko, University of Pennsylvania, and Adam Shinar, Harry Radzyner Law School at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya in Israel
The Israeli government's response to the COVID-19 crisis, including suspension of most judicial work, electronic surveillance, and the stonewalling of Parliament, reveals potential abuses by the executive of the emergency regulatory regime without proper oversight.
Regulatory Justification and Coordination in South Africa
April 29, 2020 | Geo Quinot, Stellenbosch University
The regulatory response to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa is noteworthy because of how the government has justified sweeping restrictions with scientific expertise and because of the challenges the government faces due to the lack of horizontal regulatory coordination.
The U.K. Races to Catch Up on COVID-19
April 30, 2020 | Duncan Fairgreive, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
The U.K. government may have been slow to react in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis, but since then it has moved swiftly to implement expansive lockdown restrictions. These restrictions push the limits of their statutory authority.
India's Executive Response to COVID-19
May 4, 2020 | Gautam Bhatia, University of Oxford
The regulation of pandemic response measures has emerged as a web of intersecting administrative orders at the central and the state level. India's deliberative and representative bodies are prevented from exercising scrutiny or oversight of executive actions.
Rethinking Judicial Oversight in a Time of Crisis
May 5, 2020 | Cristie Ford, Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia
Around the world, governments need to redesign and reinvigorate their judicial systems, and may do so by renewing a commitment to the rule of law, independent of the place-based, in-person rituals that have so long characterized courtroom practices.
Regulating in Times of Tragic Choices
May 6, 2020 | Maria De Benedetto, Roma Tre University
Italy's response to the COVID-19 outbreak has consisted of people, together with their multi-level governments, experimenting with a regulatory balance among competing values. Trust is crucial for ensuring effective and high quality regulation during this time where the government is forced to make tragic choices.
Rescuing the European Economy from COVID-19
May 7, 2020 | Joana Mendes, University of Luxembourg
The COVID-19 pandemic began as a threat to public health, but has since produced a fundamental challenge to Europe's Economic and Monetary Union. This crisis is likely to exacerbate the deep divisions within the eurozone and lead to unpredictable political consequences.
Continuous Judicial Review in Coronavirus Times
May 11, 2020 | Yoav Dotan, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The judiciary's supervision over executive policymaking did not come to a halt during the crisis—but rather, through judicial review, the judiciary exercised significant influence on the government's policies and on Israeli society during this tumultuous period.
COVID-19 and Cooperative Administrative Federalism in Germany
May 13, 2020 | Johannes Saurer, University of Tuebingen
The central role of federal and state governments in both guideline-setting and implementation reflects two traditional patterns of federal governance in Germany: administrative federalism and cooperative federalism.
South Korea's Success Against COVID-19
May 14, 2020 | Seung-Youn Oh, Bryn Mawr College
What kind of institutional and legal changes did South Korea adopt to transform itself from a "super spreader" of MERS to a "super stopper" of COVID-19? Examining these changes reveals several lessons from South Korea that other countries should heed in their COVID-19 responses.
The Disjointed Dutch Policies to Fight COVID-19
May 18, 2020 | Anne Meuwese, Tilburg University
The conventional wisdom in the Netherlands is that the Dutch do not like to bow to authority. In mid-March the Prime Minister called for an "intelligent lockdown." It is not always clear, however, whether the Prime Minister's strategy is to do everything reasonably possible to fight the spread of the virus or to "flatten the curve but not too much."
The Trump Administration's Pandemic Response Is Structured to Fail
May 19, 2020 | Alejandro E. Camacho, University of California-Irvine, and Robert L. Glicksman, George Washington University
The Trump Administration's bungled response was made immeasurably worse by the Administration's confused and confusing allocation of authority to perform or supervise tasks essential to reducing the virus's damaging effects.
Old Norms and New Challenges in Spain's Response to COVID-19
May 20, 2020 | Susana de la Sierra, University of Castilla-La Mancha
From a legal perspective, in Spain, the lack of updated and appropriate legislation to deal with a global public health crisis is a major issue. Transparency, legal certainty, and coordination are three key concepts that require attention during the COVID-19 crisis and in crisis response thereafter.
COVID-19 and Access to Medical Care in the United States
May 26, 2020 | Allison K. Hoffman and Simone Hussussian, University of Pennsylvania Law School
The federal government has largely punted to the states the challenge of expanding access to COVID-19 medical care. States are not especially well positioned to address a pandemic, yet they have shown great adeptness at using the tools that are in their control.
Mexico's Untimely Fight Against Coronavirus
May 27, 2020 | Mauricio A. Guim, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
In responding to the COVID-19 crisis, effective governments distinguish themselves from ineffective ones by the capacity of their political leaders, as well as the capacity of governing institutions, to process information and harness expert advice and evidence in a timely way.
Regulatory Delivery Lessons From COVID-19
May 28, 2020 | Florentin Blanc, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
The pandemic has demonstrated the importance of focusing on risk assessment, integrating and managing information, ensuring that regulatory requirements do not create unnecessary barriers, avoiding procedural "heaviness" that hinders responsiveness, and communicating effectively with the public.
Regulatory Uncertainty Over Emergency Powers in Switzerland
May 29, 2020 | Odile Ammann, Law Institute of the University of Zurich
The executive use of emergency powers in Switzerland during the pandemic is complicated by the federal parliament's supreme authority under the Constitution, the centrality of direct democratic rights, and Switzerland's federalist system of governance.
Brazil's COVID-19 Response is Caught Between Denialism and Technocratic Hubris
June 1, 2020 | Bruno Cunha, research affiliate with the Penn Program on Regulation
Brazil's COVID-19 policies have at best inconsistently enacted its administrative apparatuses, particularly at the ministerial level, where a prevailing dogmatic anti-state narrative stands in the way of pragmatic and effective decision-making.
Responding to COVID-19 Without Public Trust
June 2, 2020 | Jorge Contesse, Rutgers University
The political context surrounding the Chilean government's COVID-19 response—where lack of government trust has become pervasive—is crucial for understanding the government's failure to address and contain the virus.
Coordinating Colombia's Pandemic Response
June 3, 2020 | Juan Carlos Covilla Martínez, Externado University Law School, Colombia
Colombia's response to the pandemic and to future emergencies should involve a better coordinated system, and coordination measures should include consultation with local governments and specific procedures to address emergencies in a better manner.
Vietnam's Astonishing Success at Curbing COVID-19 Outbreaks
June 4, 2020 | Trang (Mae) Nguyen, New York University School of Law
Commentators have attributed Vietnam's effective response to a host of recent executive actions. Giving credit mainly to Vietnam's authoritarian toolkit, however, risks missing a more salient narrative about Vietnam's decades-long effort to improve governance and responsiveness at local levels.
Italy's Complex Legislative Framework Impairs Its COVID-19 Response
June 8, 2020 | Nicoletta Rangone, LUMSA University
The Italian response to the COVID-19 has been one of exceptions to the norm. Despite policymakers' good intentions, the measures they have put in place have often clashed with the country's complex legislative framework, including its traditions of baroque legal drafting, legislative inflation, red tape, and the neglect of previous assessments.
Lessons From New Zealand's COVID-19 Success
June 9, 2020 | Richard Parker, University of Connecticut School of Law
Key elements of New Zealand's successful COVID-19 strategy contrasted with the familiar and less successful response of the United States. New Zealand's battle to contain the virus followed the classic pattern ordained by the science of virus transmission.
Did Japan's Lenient Lockdown Conquer the Coronavirus?
June 10, 2020 | Eric Feldman, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Although Japan is commonly perceived as a nation where a strong state leads a pliable public that is deferential to authority, the most notable aspect of Japan's coronavirus policy is the priority placed on individual rights over the protection of public health, resulting in a limited lockdown and spotty compliance with requests to stay home and close businesses.
Soft Regulation and Hard Compliance in Taiwan
June 11, 2020 | Cheng-Yi Huang, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Taiwan has adopted a relatively less-intensive regulatory framework and still has managed to secure a low mortality rate during the global crisis. The efficacy of soft regulation depends on proactive compliance from members of society.
Singapore's Regulatory Response to COVID-19
June 15, 2020 | Kevin Y.L. Tan, National University of Singapore
The COVID-19 crisis was tailor-made for Singapore's executive, top-down, interventionist, and managerial style of governance. For the most part, the government has acted sensibly and responsibly, and was therefore able to secure widespread cooperation from the people.
Why Brazil's COVID-19 Response is Failing
June 22, 2020 | Mariana Urban and Eduardo Saad-Diniz, Ribeirão Preto Law School at the University of São Paulo
The Brazilian government is sending mixed signals about the severity of the outbreak in Brazil and turning a pandemic into a political debate. This posture has led to some resistance by state governments to comply fully with federal guidelines.
Chile's Political and Institutional Response to COVID-19
June 24, 2020 | Josefina Court and José Tomás Correa, FerradaNehme
The health crisis has forced the state to take radical action to contain and manage the emergency. Chile has witnessed the strengthening of the public apparatus and restriction of constitutional rights, mainly through administrative decisions.
China's Administrative State Is Both a Blessing and a Curse
June 30, 2020 | Jacques deLisle, University of Pennsylvania Law School
China's response to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus reflects characteristic weaknesses—as well as strengths—of the Chinese administrative state. A more ambitious law to address the sources of COVID-19 would have faced challenges endemic to regulation in China.
Portugal's Response to COVID-19
July 1, 2020 | Ana Santos Rutschman, St. Louis University School of Law
Portugal so far has been able contain the virus relatively well. By adopting a wide-reaching package of initial measures and only gradually lifting restrictions, the Portuguese response confirms the need for early interventions matched by phased, closely monitored, reopening strategies.
Comparative Administrative Law Matters in the Fight Against COVID-19
July 2, 2020 | Neysun A. Mahboubi, University of Pennsylvania
The essays in this series may not resolve debates over the relative merits and efficacies of regime type in times of crisis. However, in the impressive range of the collection—and the granularity of each contribution—there is much to be gleaned about state regulatory capacity overall.
Tracking Legal Responses to COVID-19
July 2, 2020 | Cary Coglianese and Larissa Morgan, University of Pennsylvania Law School
In a recent podcast, Larissa Morgan, the Editor-in-Chief of The Regulatory Review, and Cary Coglianese, the Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and faculty advisor to The Review, discussed this series of essays.
Law, Leadership, and Legitimacy in a Time of Disease
July 6, 2020 | Cary Coglianese, University of Pennsylvania Law School
It is The Review's hope that lawyers, leaders, and citizens everywhere, by learning how different nations have responded to the COVID-19 crisis, will gain a better understanding of law's potential as an instrument for protecting public health, promoting economic welfare, and securing justice for all.
Tagged: Administrative Law, COVID-19, Health Regulation, International law
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Americans Need a Stronger Safety Net, Not Just Stimulus Checks
Ariel Jurow Kleiman, Gabriel Scheffler, and Andrew Hammond
COVID-19 reveals the need for sweeping U.S. welfare reform to help low-income and struggling individuals.
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A federal agency resolves religious discrimination complaints about restrictions on clergy hospital visits.
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Aggravating the U.S. Physician Shortage
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Immigration law exacerbates the growing need for physicians in the United States.

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Mika Miha v. Equatorial Guinea
Communication No. 414/1990
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Judgment Details
Decision and Reasoning
Country: Equatorial Guinea
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Health Topics: Prisons
Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Right to due process/fair trial
Tags: Abuse, Cruel and unusual punishment, Cruel treatment, Custody, Degrading treatment, Detainee, Detention, Imprisonment, Incarceration, Inhuman treatment, Inmate, Jail, Prison conditions, Torture
Mika Miha (M), having twice previously left Equatorial Guinea for asylum abroad, had returned in 1988 to support the activities of an opposition party to which he belonged. Shortly afterwards, he was arrested by members of the security forces. The only explanation given was that his detention had been ordered by the president.
For the first week, M was allegedly denied drink and food and then, having been tortured for two days, denied medical assistance for his injuries for over a month. He also alleged that the conditions of detention were deplorable, with detainees hardly receiving any food unless it was brought to them by relatives and having to sleep on the floor. During his detention, M underwent surgery for a serious infection and tumor allegedly linked to his previous ill-treatment. He contended that the trial against him was unfair but did not provide information about its date, venue or circumstance.
M was released in 1990 without any explanation and without all his personal belongings being returned. M complained about breached of Articles 7,9,10,12,14 and 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ("ICCPR").
[Adapted from INTERIGHTS summary, with permission]
The Committee held that:
(1) the torture was a violation of Article 7 and the deprivation of drink and food and the denial of medical attention after his ill-treatment were cruel and inhuman treatment in violation of Articles 7 and 10(1);
(2) the absence of any explanation for M's arrest, the failure to bring him promptly before a judge, and the inability to seek a judicial determination of the lawfulness of his detention were violations of Articles 9(1),(2) & (4);
(3) there was no violation of Article 9(5) as M did not appear to have claimed compensation for unlawful arrest or detention; and
(4) the arrest and detention of M solely or primarily because of his membership in, and activities for, an opposition political party was a violation of Article 19(1) & (2).
The Committee rejected M's additional claims, holding that it was not possible to make any finding in respect of Article 9(3) as it remained unclear whether M was in fact detained on specific criminal charges and there was no indication that M had been deprived of his passport, been restricted in his freedom of movement or denied the right to leave the country and there was, therefore, no violation of Article 12. The Committee also found that the information provided was insufficient to substantiate any claim under Article 14.
"The author has claimed, and the State party has not refuted, that he was deprived of food and water for several days after his arrest on 16 August 1988, tortured during two days after his transfer to the prison of Bata, and left without medical assistance for several weeks thereafter. The author has given a detailed account of the treatment he was subjected to and submitted copies of medical reports that support his conclusion. On the basis of this information, the Committee concludes that he was subjected to torture at the prison of Bata, in violation of article 7; it further observes that the deprivation of food and water after 16 August 1988, as well as the denial of medical attention after the ill-treatment in the, or outside the, prison of Bata, amounts to cruel and inhuman treatment within the meaning of article 7, as well as to a violation of article 10, paragraph 1." Para. 6.4
"As to the author's allegation that he was arbitrarily arrested and detained between 16 August 1988 and 1 March 1990, the Committee notes that the State party has not contested this claim. It further notes that the author was not given any explanations for the reasons of his arrest and detention, except that the President of the Republic had ordered both, that he was not brought promptly before a judge or other officer authorized by law to exercise judicial power, and that he was unable to seek the judicial determination, without delay, of the lawfulness of his detention. On the basis of the information before it, the Committee finds a violation of article 9, paragraphs 1, 2 and 4." Para. 6.5
INTERIGHTS Comment: M's change of nationality was clearly irrelevant to the actual exercise of jurisdiction over him through his detention and Equatorial Guinea's assertion that the examination was an interference in its domestic affairs betrayed a misunderstanding of the obligation undertaken by accepting the OP. There was, however, no cooperation in the consideration of the communication's merits but the claim of torture was supported by medical reports regarding M's injuries. While most of the Committee's findings with respect to Art 9 are self-evident, its hesitation as regards Art 9(3) is surprising in view of the lack of cooperation, the apparent Presidential order for M's arrest and its own ruling that he was not brought promptly before a judge. Indeed the reference to the uncertain existence of charges in this finding seems more relevant to Art 9(1) but might also be regarded as inconsistent with the finding that M's arrest was ordered solely or primarily because of his political activities. As M was able to leave the country and there was no evidence of other restrictions as to his movements, there could be no finding that Art 12 was violated. Moreover while there were grounds for doubting the independence of the judiciary generally, that was not enough to sustain a claim that M's trial was unfair.
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I was asked recently from a friend who owns a marketing agency 'What keeps you focused with your business?' I ended up pondering on this question for a while, dissecting it in a few forms and seriously thinking deep about this – would you expect anything less from me??
Firstly I thought 'focus' and me in the same sentence? If anything, throughout my multiple business endeavours and careers, my work life has been anything but focused. In fact, I don't think it's a word many of my friends would typically associate with me.
However when I thought about this a little deeper, I realise that since overcoming PTSD I do have focus. It was actually something I crafted in the mist of trauma recovery to pull me out of such emotional turmoil. Back then my focus was to get back to my fearless, nomadic lifestyle. Recently I feel like I got that back – WIN – and proof that you can do anything you put your mind to.
One of the things that constantly beat me with a stick to stay focused and keep on moving was my tendency to think with foresight and compare it with what was happening in the present. I've been told that this can be a negative trait because 'you're not living in the present blah blah blah…' but when living in the present means reliving trauma, well of course sometimes I didn't want to live in it, I'm only human!
When I was able to project in the future that my current actions were not going to get me to where I wanted to be, it alerted me to change my focus. Sometimes this meant reassessing things in my life, questioning how I'd ended up so far away from my focus (usually fear and self-sabotage) and then I would make the relevant adjustments to get me back on track.
Having known what living such a fearless and adventurous nomadic lifestyle felt like, I focused on what those feelings felt like whenever I felt low.
I focused on the time that I arrived at the café in Indonesia, built by my future-to-be-boss and told him that he needed to hire me for his construction project. Back then, I had unchallengeable confidence in my ability.
I focused on the time I helped sail a boat across the Bay of Biscay in a force 9 with a crew of 3 men I'd never met before. Back then, I trusted that I was always safe and protected in life.
I focused on all the times that I went out dancing with travel buddies in Bangkok and Malaysia. When I danced on tables with yacht crew in Sardinia, singing our hearts out. When I laughed wholeheartedly across the streets of Monaco with my friend until my stomach ached so much I had to lie down!
Focusing in to these feelings made me realise that I could get back to them. All I needed to do was focus on unpicking the thought patterns that kept me living such a fear-driven restricted life. Obviously I had some short and sharp situations that drastically changed my life and created contrast. In a moment I went from living fearlessly to living fear driven. For most of us, I know that this isn't the case. Some of us have picked up picked up negative thought patterns gradually throughout life and sometimes we aren't even aware that we're living in the restriction of them. However, the method for unpicking and releasing them is always the same and it's empowering. If anything going through this process has taught me that we can all break free from these unconscious fears and live out our dreams. In fact, this is our birth right to do this, and the challenge of life is to figure out how.
With that, my question to you is – What are you focusing on this year?
For 2019 I'm focusing on inspiring you to be the best version of yourself, so you can move towards the life you've always dream of. To do the work necessary to break free from what unconsciously holds you back, so you can feel happier for longer and together we can create a more compassionate and connected society!
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Researchers have identified a physical connection to marital spats.
Arguments are a natural part of marriage. Spouses are inevitably going to disagree and those points of contention need to be properly hashed out. The keyword is properly, because often arguments cease to be opportunities to understand one another better and instead become ugly quarrels marked by bitterness and aggression. This type of argument is devastating to a marriage and, as scientists at Ohio State University recently discovered, it's even detrimental to a person's physical health.
This fascinating discovery was made at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, where researchers took blood samples from 43 couples. The pairs were then "encouraged … to discuss and try to resolve a conflict likely to provoke strong disagreement," EurekAlert! Science News explains. "Touchy topics included money and in-laws." The discussions were recorded and researchers then watched and assessed them for hostility, paying close attention for things like criticism or nonverbal reactions such as eye-rolling. Lastly, blood samples were taken again post argument.
More than anything, the discovery emphasizes the importance of learning to address disagreements with openness, mercy and patience, not sinking to levels of condescension and criticism or assuming the worst of one another. After all, we did vow to honor each other all the days of our lives, right?


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The banner figure of "one abortion every 20 seconds" which we use for this website is not intended to be a precise figure. Certainly, there are some minutes of the day when more than three abortions are performed, and some when less are carried out. This figure is intended to be an average. It is, however, a relatively accurate average. It is based on the following figures for number of abortions carried out in the United States - which form part of our collected statistics relevant to the abortion industry.
Accurate figures for numbers of abortions are surprisingly hard to come by - mainly because the only figures available are those for surgical abortions (chemical abortions and those carried out by implanted devices such as the IUD are, for obvious reasons, not recorded as in the vast majority of cases no pregnancy was known about before the abortion occured). Nevertheless, figures for surgical abortions are readilly available. There are two main sources for these - the Alan Guttmacher Institute and the Center for Disease Control.
This page provides information on both of these sets of statistics (Live HTML version on external site) (MHT HTML snapshot archive taken May 2008)
Information on the Alan Guttmacher Institute figures (Live HTML version on external site) (PDF version)
Information on the CDC figures (Live HTML version on external site) (PDF version)
(Note that these articles present a decrease in the number of abortions - but this refers to surgical abortions, and masks the increase in chemical and implanted device abortions; a trend which is, ironically enough, behind the falling numbers of surgical abortions.)
Simple mathematical calculations based on the recent abortion figures will show that, in the United States, a surgical abortion is carried out, on average, once every 20 to 30 seconds (depending on which year's figures are used). No figure is available for the number of chemical or IUD abortions, but this would certainly push the figure to three abortions a minute.
To make absolutely clear - the figure of "one every 20 seconds" is not intended to be a hard, solid fact; it is a shocking, banner figure designed to contextualize the horror (in the same way the various economic comparisions are). The hard solid fact is not "one every 20 seconds" but "over one point two million every year". That's a figure provided by the abortion industry itself and it is not in dispute.


I bow to Vajra Dakini.
For instance, consider space: what depends on what?
Likewise, mahamudra: it doesn't depend on anything.
Don't control. Let go and rest naturally.
Let what binds you let go and freedom is not in doubt.
When you look into space, seeing stops.
and you come to the deepest awakening.
Whenever you see your mind, the clouds of thinking clear.
Likewise, your mind, in essence, is beyond color or shape.
It does not change because you do good or evil.
You can't say that space is "like this".
There is nothing there: you can't say "it's like this".
Vinaya, sutras or other collections.
Ambition clouds sheer clarity and you don't see it.
Thinking about precepts undermines the point of commitment.
Do not think about anything; let all ambition drop.
Let what arises settle by itself, like patterns in water.
Do not break this commitment: it is the light in the dark.
This is called "The Light of the Teaching".
The foolish are not interested in this.
The currents of samsara constantly carry them away.
Oh, how pitiable, the foolish — their struggles never end.
Don't accept these struggles, long for freedom, and rely on a skilled teacher.
When his (her) energy enters your heart, your mind is freed.
Samsaric ways are senseless: they are the seeds of suffering.
Conventional ways are pointless. Focus on what is sound and true.
Majestic outlook is beyond all fixation.
Majestic practice is no distraction.
Majestic behavior is no action or effort.
The fruition is there when you are free from hope and fear.
Beyond any frame of reference mind is naturally clear.
Where there is no path you begin the path of awakening.
Where there is nothing to work on you come to the deepest awakening.
Alas! Look carefully at this experience of the world.
Nothing lasts. It's like a dream, like magic.
The dream, the magic, makes no sense.
Experience this grief and forget the affairs of the world.
Practice alone in forest or mountain retreats.
When you come to nothing to come to, you come to mahamudra.
A tree spreads its branches and leaves.
Cut the root and ten thousand branches wither.
Likewise, cut the root of mind and the leaves of samsara wither.
A single light dispels it all.
Dispels the ignorance, evil and confusion of a thousand eons.
With the ways of the intellect you won't see beyond intellect.
With the ways of action you won't know non-action.
Cut your mind at its root and rest in naked awareness.
Let the cloudy waters of thinking settle and clear.
Let appearances come and go on their own.
With nothing to change, the world you experience becomes mahamudra.
patterns and distortions fall away.
Rest in no beginning, with no self-interest or expectation.
Let what appears appear on its own and let conceptual ways subside.
The most majestic of outlooks is free of all reference.
The most majestic of practices is vast and deep without limit.
The most majestic of behaviors is open-minded and impartial.
The most majestic of fruitions is natural being, free of concern.
At first, practice is a river rushing through a gorge.
In the middle, it's the river Ganges, smooth and flowing.
In the end, it's where all rivers meet, mother and child.
Work the essentials of energy and bring out the vitality of awareness.
Train awareness until it does truly rest.
When you practice with a sexual partner, empty bliss awareness arises.
The balancing of method and wisdom transforms energy.
Return it to its place, and let it saturate your body.
When you are free from longing and desire, empty bliss awareness arises.
You will have a long life, you will not gray, and you will shine like the moon.
You will radiate health and well-being and be as strong as a lion.
You will quickly attain the ordinary abilities and open to the supreme one.
Abide in the hearts of all worthy beings.
These are the great Tilopa's oral instructions. On the completion of the twelve hardships, Tilopa taught these on the banks of the river Ganges to the Kashmiri pandit, the wise and learned Naropa. Naropa taught The Twenty-Eight Vajra Verses to the great interpreter, the king of translators, Marpa Chökyi Lodrö. Marpa finalized his translation at Pulahari in the north of India. Ken McLeod translated this into English in Los Angeles in the southwest of the United States, working from the efforts of previous translators and various commentaries.


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Harry Potter: Dimensional Wizard – Chapter 6: The Interview (5) Bahasa Indonesia
Harry Potter: Dimensional Wizard Bahasa Indonesia Chapter 6 • January 1, 2023
"How is that possible? If the muggles won the war, they would kill all of us wizards!" exclaimed one of the portraits.
"No, you are wrong. After winning the war, the muggles will become curious about us, they would lust and envy our powers. Although this war would have proven that science and technology are no worse or even better than magic, their desires to become special or unique will get the best of them.
"As such, they will study wizards thoroughly. For a long period of time, I imagine that wizards will become nothing but experimental subjects, little lab rats in a laboratory. The muggles will try to find the source of the power of our magical powers.
"I believe that they will succeed. It may take him some time, but they will eventually succeed. After that, they will want to grant such power to muggles. And I also believe that they will succeed in that endeavor.
"Then, a brand new group of wizards will rise from muggle society. Let's call them Neo Muggle Wizards. These individuals will start to combine magic with technology, thus creating a brand new magical civilization. And with the large population of muggles, even if only 1% of them can actually turn into Neo Muggle Wizard, the number of wizards then will still be exponentially more than the current time.
"After that, the Neo Muggle Wizards–with their advanced thinking from science and technology–will also explore the universe and countless dimensions, thus creating a prosperous age or civilization of wizards."
"Preposterous! Absurd! The very notion of your words is ludicrous!" yelled Phineas Black, who seemed very agitated. All the other portraits had similar ideas as him, but they tried to remain calm.
"Calm down, Phineas," said Dumbledore–who was not as calmed as he appeared on the surface. "This is just a hypothetical future. There is no need to become so riled up."
Phineas Black then looked at Edward with a fierce look, then closed his eyes and shut off his senses. Or at the very least, it appeared to be doing so.
As for Dumbledore, he was a little shaken as this was the second time in his life that a powerful wizard warned him of the future danger of the Wizarding World.
His old friend had tried to use radical methods to deal with the problem, while the one in front of him seemed rather indifferent.
"Edward, you mentioned that this was one of the reasons that you gave up your ambitions, what is the other reason?"
Edward pondered for a few seconds before answering.
"It was because of my parents. After their deaths, I came to a realization: Voldemort did not kill them, but the Wizard World did. Voldemort is a result of all the things wrong with our society.
"Whether it is the wanton discrimination or racism of those pureblood theorists, the social inequality between muggle-born wizards, half-bloods and purebloods, the backwards mindset of wizards for millennia, or the superiority complex of most wizards towards other races–both magical and non-magical. All these problems resulted in the creation of Voldemort, thus leading to the death of my parents. In my mind, the Dark Lord was not the only person that killed them, but the wizarding world.
"Why would I lead this kind of people to create such a prosperous civilization? Are they worthy?"
The room became quiet again. Many of the portraits had a complex look on their faces as they looked at Edward, and they sighed to themselves.
As for Dumbledore, he also sighed before saying. "I'm sorry Edward about your parents, however, I do not think you should judge the entire wizard world because of a minority few. There are plenty of good-hearted people in the wizarding world willing to do good things. A perfect example is your parents. When Voldemort was in power, they rose to the occasion and fought for what is right."
"You may be right, professor. But do not forget that the 'minority few' that you talked about are actually the ones with all the power and influence in the wizarding world."
The room once again entered a brief period of silence.
As a matter of fact, Edward did not tell the whole truth. One of the main reasons that he did continue with his ambitions was because he realized that he did not really need the help of the wizarding world to accomplish his goals/
With his talent and relentless pursuit of magic, he strongly believes that he will one day discover the way to travel through dimensions and other universes. After that, his journey through the sea of stars and dimensions will begin.
He will pursue the path of magic until he becomes one of the most powerful wizards in countless dimensions and universes. His legend will spread throughout many realities, and he will be able to control his own fate.
And the first step of his grand plan will begin after he acquires the Philosopher's Stone. This is one of the reasons that he decided to come to teach at Hogwarts.
"Well Mr Bones, let's get back to the interview. So, for what reason you decided to come to teach here at Hogwarts."
"I have had many great memories in this castle. In many ways, it is a second home to me, so I thought of coming back. Furthermore, I have been lusting after the books in the Restricted Area, unfortunately, you always prevented me from entering there."
Dumbledore just smiled before asking a few other questions for the interview, then Edward left.
Dumbledore was left alone in the room with his thoughts, then Phineas Black said, "What a scary guy!"
"What do you mean?" asked one of the portraits.
"I do not believe for once that a person who can come up with such a goal and ideal to just give up like that. In most likelihood, he discovered a way to accomplish these things on his own," replied Phineas with a sneer on his face.
Then, the portrait of Dilys Derwent asked, "So, what are you going to do, Dumbledore? Are you going to hire him?"


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Anthony Vauss beat out a crowded field of seven other candidates, including three-time incumbent Wayne Smith, in Irvington's contest for mayor.
IRVINGTON — Mayor Wayne Smith was roundly beaten in his bid for a fourth consecutive term, losing to Anthony Vauss, the township board of education's president, by about a 2-to-1 ratio, according to early results tonight.
Vauss, 43, beat out a competitive field of seven other candidates in his first bid for mayor, turning back challenges from several veteran campaigners, including Smith, a perennial political presence in the township.
With one district's 139 votes not yet counted because of a malfunctioning printer and with provisional and mail-in ballots still to be totaled, Vauss tallied 2,331 votes to Smith's 1,183. Jean Lamothe was third, with 1,153 votes, and former township council president John Sowell had 1,018 votes.
Paul Inman, a former school board president, (270 votes); David Lyons, a sitting council member (522); Gene Etchinson (312); and, Jameson Vincent (145) followed.
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OPINION CARTOON JOHN SPOONER
John Spooner: Sceptics weather the storm to put their case on climate
Saturday, December 29th 2012, 7:00 AM EST
WELL, so much for the 2012 apocalypse. If the ancient Mayans ever knew anything about the future, they made a serious miscalculation. The same fate has befallen the international climate change emergency brigade. About $1 billion and 18 "Kyoto" meetings later, the world has agreed to do nothing much more than meet again.
How did this frightening climate threat dissolve into scientific uncertainty and political confusion? What of the many billions of dollars of wasted public resources? Some might blame the "sceptics", the "merchants of doubt" or the "deniers". Others point to the global financial crisis.
We can say for certain that many hesitant individuals overcame the pressures of group-think, intimidation and tribal disapproval to have a closer look at the relationship between real science, politics and business.
Source Link: theage.com.au/opinion
Growing evidence turning media against global warming myth by Cal Thomas
Sunday, June 6th 2010, 1:20 AM EDT
Three modern myths have been sold to the American people: the promise of a transparent administration (President Obama); the promise of a more ethical Congress (Speaker Pelosi); and the myth of "global warming," or climate change.
The first two are daily proving suspect and now the third is sinking with greater force than melting icebergs, if they were melting, which many believe they are not.
After spending years promoting "global warming," the media are beginning to turn in the face of growing evidence that they have been wrong. The London Times recently reported: "Britain's premier scientific institution is being forced to review its statements on climate change after a rebellion by members who question mankind's contribution to rising temperatures."
It gets worse, or better, depending on your perspective. Newsweek magazine, which more than 30 years ago promoted global cooling and a new ice age — and more recently has been drinking the global warming Kool-Aid — headlined a story, "Uncertain Science: Bickering and Defensive, Climate Researchers Have Lost the Public's Trust." Newsweek does its best to cling to its increasingly discredited doctrine, but the growing body of contrary evidence only adds to the public's disbelief.
In Canada, the polar bear — which has been used by global warming promoters to put a cuddly face on the issue — is in danger of not being endangered any longer. CBC News reported that the polar bear's designation as a "species of special concern" has been suspended "while the government reviews the polar bear's status and decides whether to renew the classification or change it."
Source Link: news-press.com
OPINION TONY ELLIOTT
GLOBAL WARMING IS ALL ABOUT POLITICS AND NOTHING TO DO WITH CLIMATE by Tony Elliott
Wednesday, December 29th 2010, 2:02 PM EST
We are bombarded on a daily basis in the mainstream media of stories warning us of the dire necessity to accept the concept of a warming world. We are told of rising sea levels, melting polar and glacial ice in both hemispheres, methane escaping from tundra because of thin ice and warm conditions along with claims of the last decade existing as the warmest on record.
To those who work jobs, busy raising families, or otherwise preoccupied with duties required of a modern society, these claims seem legitimate and cause concern about the world's climate situation. However, for some who analyze these articles and claims for accuracy and truth, find that what we are told simply doesn't add up. With a little detective work, one will find these claims misleading and false with absolutely no real science backing them up.
The claim that the world has experienced it's warmest decade since 2000 is absolutely false. Real recorded temperature data during this time from various weather stations around the globe actually shows a cooling trend. NASA and the World Meteorological Organization both say the Earth has experienced massive warming during this time. The bottom line is both can not be correct. The main reason NASA and the WMO have data showing a warming trend during this time is because they are not recording actual temperatures taken, but are presenting the public with overall temperature projections from computer generated models.
Source Link: thecypresstimes.com
ENVIROCLOWNS MASQUERADING AS CLIMATE SCIENTISTS by Tony Elliott
Tuesday, February 8th 2011, 5:51 PM EST
Anyone who thinks Al Gore is not to blame for the Global Warming/Climate craze because it is the climate scientists who direct this maniacal Political Scheme is totally out of their minds. Al Gore is the individual who gathered these people together for the perpetuation of his dream scheme in the first place.
For those who believe the people who call themselves Climate Scientists in the IPCC and WMO, nothing could be further from the truth. Most of the members of these and other such "so called climate organizations" are not meteorologists or climate experts at all, but individuals with Doctorates in fields other than weather and climate. What all of them do have in common is the fact that they are all environmentalists. Yes, hardly a climate or weather expert exists in these groups, and most are nothing more than educated individuals who would have no notice at all from the field of their expertise from anyone anywhere if Gore had not personally selected them to further his climate brainchild.
Most of these people come from foreign countries such as North Korea, India, Iran, China, and Cuba, countries not friendly to the United States and welcome the chance to be part of a scheme to reduce America's industry. This is what the Global Warming/Climate Change socialist agenda aims to do in the form of Cap and Trade, which will cripple our ability to remain a key industrial nation.
WINDFARMS OPINION
Opinion: Are Wind Farms Bad For Your Health? by Joanna Della-Ragione
Tuesday, August 21st 2012, 11:50 AM EDT
LIKE creatures from The War Of The Worlds they frantically wave their arms across the scenery as if semaphoring to some distant ally. Not only is it impossible to avoid them, placed as they are but their ceaseless movement draws the eye from wherever else it may rest. Nobody with an ounce of respect for the countryside could have permitted their erection.
These were the words as long ago as 1995 of Sir Simon Jenkins, now chairman of the National Trust. He was describing a wind farm perched on the Cemmaes mountain ridge in mid-Wales. Once an "unsullied panorama of British landscape" it had been "defaced" by the construction of 24 giant wind turbines.
Since then great swathes of the UK's greenest pastures have been ravaged, the landscapes not only assaulted by the alien structures but also by the access roads dug to build and service them.
Rare Red Kites from the Brechfa Forest play Russian roulette flying among the turbines of the Altwallis wind farm north of Carmarthen in Wales. Retired pilot Terry Neil and wife Kathryn live on Lan Farm two thirds of a mile away.
Source Link: express.co.uk
OPINION KESTEN C. GREEN
Kesten Green: Global warming alarmism
Wednesday, June 29th 2011, 6:35 AM EDT
Roughly one person in two is concerned about man-made global warming. Why? Because vivid, alarming forecasts are persuasive only for a time. We've seen it all before. Take the alarm over mercury in fish.
In 2004, a United States Environmental Protection Agency employee warned that each year 630,000 babies were born at risk of brain and nervous system damage due to ''unsafe'' levels of mercury in their mothers' blood.
It turns out that ''at risk'' meant having concentrations of mercury in the blood that were higher than unjustifiably low levels.
The Japanese consume a lot of fish and those ''at risk'' levels are exceeded by 74 per cent of Japanese women of childbearing age and by centuries-old mummified remains.
Yet, there is no evidence that Japanese are mentally deficient, and only benefits have been reported from high levels of fish consumption, including good brain function and improved intelligence at age four.
Source Link: stuff.co.nz
Jim Lacey: Stop the Lying
Thursday, June 30th 2011, 6:19 AM EDT
Whether it's energy policy, global warming, or nuclear waste, if our regulators get the wrong answer, they make one up.
Effective policy cannot be built on lies and myths. But when it comes to energy policy that seems to be all we have to go on. A report recently released by the EPA, for instance, claims that by 2020 regulations enacted under the Clean Air Act will provide an annual benefit of $2 trillion for a cost of $66 billion, a 30-to-1 return on investment. And that is the EPA's low estimate. In a best-case scenario, the benefits could reach as high as $5.5 trillion, a 90-to-1 return, or $48,000 for every American household. Where do I go for my check?
Unfortunately, the EPA is lying. Not about everything: The $66 billion cost is real, though probably low-balled. EPA regulations will most definitely remove that $66 billion from the economy, making it unavailable for job-creating investment. But what of the $2 trillion in benefits? According to analysis by economists W. David Montgomery and Anne E. Smith, these gains are an illusion. The $2 trillion figure was based on nothing more than a survey asking Americans how much they would pay to live an extra few weeks or months, or to have a little extra visibility on a clear day.
The EPA estimate, therefore, has nothing to do with job creation, economic growth, or real economic output. It has everything to do with hiding the fact that EPA regulations will place a crushing burden on the economy. The EPA knows this. In fact, in the same report that purports to prove that we all gain from more regulations, there is a real macroeconomic study, one done by EPA economists rather than policy officials. They find that past EPA rules slowed the economy by $79 billion in 2010, and will slow it by $110 billion in 2020.
Source Link: nationalreview.com
Opinion: Wind farms...it will all end in tears
Saturday, May 21st 2011, 2:03 AM EDT
IT is an incontrovertible fact that the Highland Council area has one of the most beautiful and dramatic landscapes on Planet Earth.The cathedral-like skies of Caithness, and mountains and moorlands, lochs and rivers of Sutherland, Ross and Inverness-shire attract visitors from around the world. Many come to find their ancestral beginnings amongst our Highland clans, some to explore the region's astonishing archaeological heritage, others to wonder at our wild flora and fauna, or simply to enjoy our ancient cliff-top castles and near-deserted beaches.
The value that these visitors bring to our local economy is substantial; to hotels, guest-houses, and B&B establishments, caravan parks, self-catering cottages, shops and other businesses. Their monetary input is vital to the continued economic health of the region and to maintaining and strengthening sustainable employment opportunities where often few other viable alternatives exist.
Therefore, it is fair to say that it is a primary duty of the Highland Council to rigorously protect an environment that brings us such health and prosperity.
Source Link: johnogroat-journal.co.uk
Were those huskies hugged in vain?
Sunday, March 4th 2012, 10:15 AM EST
When did David Cameron betray the green cause? This might be an A-level politics question in years to come. Was it when the departure from Downing Street of Steve Hilton, the Prime Minister's strategy adviser who devised "vote blue, go green", was announced last week? Was it when Chris Huhne stood down as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change last month? Or was it when George Osborne, the Chancellor, said, "We're going to cut our carbon emissions no slower, but also no faster, than our fellow countries in Europe", in his party conference speech last October?
In his first interview as Mr Huhne's replacement, Ed Davey tells us today: "Let no one be under any illusion, I am completely committed to the ambition for this to be the greenest government ever." Well, the new Climate Change Secretary must forgive us for wondering what is illusion and what reality.
We do not doubt his sincerity or his ability, but, under the British constitution, a coalition is an imperfect constraint on prime ministerial power. Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, discovered the truth of this in its most stark form in the early hours of a morning in December, when he was telephoned to be told that Mr Cameron had said "no" to the European fiscal union. Mr Davey must know that his ambition to "transform the energy and climate change position of the country" will count for nothing if the Prime Minister has lost interest, or if the Prime Minister's interest is intermittent and headline-driven. As Mr Davey tells us today, in relation to balancing energy costs against conservation: "It's easy to say but difficult to do." And impossible to do without sustained prime ministerial support.
Source Link: independent.co.uk/opinion
OPINION STEVE MCINTYRE
Revenge of the Climate Laymen by Anne Jolis, Wall Street Journal
Global warming's most dangerous apostate speaks out about the state of climate change science
Barack Obama conceded over the weekend that no successor to the Kyoto Protocol would be signed in Copenhagen next month. With that out of the way, it may be too much to hope that the climate change movement take a moment to reflect on the state of the science that is supposedly driving us toward a carbon-neutral future.
But should a moment for self-reflection arise, campaigners against climate change could do worse than take a look at the work of Stephen McIntyre, who has emerged as one of the climate change gang's Most Dangerous Apostates. The reason for this distinction? He checked the facts.
The retired Canadian businessman, whose self-described "auditing" a few years ago prompted a Congressional review of climate science, has once again thrown EnviroLand into a tailspin. In September, he revealed that a famous graph using tree rings to show unprecedented 20th century warming relies on thin data. Since its publication in 2000, University of East Anglia professor Keith Briffa's much-celebrated image has made star appearances everywhere from U.N. policy papers to activists' posters. Like other so-called "hockey stick" temperature graphs, it's an easy sell—one look and it seems Gadzooks! We're burning ourselves up!
Source Link: online.wsj.com
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Pharmacists Can Now Prescribe Birth Control, But Few Do
By Fran Kritz • Feb 15, 2019
A California law that went into effect in 2016 allows pharmacists to prescribe, not just dispense, many forms of birth control. But three years in, only fifteen percent of pharmacies offer the option and too few women know about it.
Starting April 1, Medi-Cal will reimburse for the counseling fee that pharmacists typically charge, which is usually in the range of $45, for women who use the insurance plan for low-income people. Women's health advocates are hopeful that will increase the number of pharmacists prescribing and the number of women who find and make use of the option.
"Absolutely many women don't know this is possible," said Sally Rafie, a pharmacist at UC San Diego Health and an assistant clinical professor at Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at UC San Diego.
"The state approved the expansion of the scope of practice for pharmacists but offered no help on expanding awareness among consumers," Rafie said.
While the law allows pharmacists to prescribe birth control, it doesn't require them to do it.
Unless they are currently enrolled in pharmacy school, where prescribing birth control is now taught, they must take an online or in person course at their own (or their employer's) expense before they can begin prescribing contraceptives. Courses can cost several hundreds dollars.
Expanding access to birth control is critical, say advocates. A 2017 study commissioned by Planned Parenthood estimates that only about half of sexually active women between ages 15 to 39 received family-planning services in the year before the study. Improving the opportunity for women to learn about their birth control options could reduce unintended pregnancies by 64 percent.
"Reductions in unintended pregnancies and births mean fewer children born into poverty and fewer with negative birth outcomes such as low birthweight," according to the report.
While there will never be just one solution to birth control access, Rafie said, pharmacies are often far more accessible than doctors' offices or health clinics. "Barriers such as transportation, childcare and time off from work can make it hard for women to access clinics and doctors' offices," said Erin-Garner Ford, executive director of ACT for Women and Girls, a reproductive justice organization in the Central Valley. Garner-Ford will be working with Sally Rafie on a survey about access to pharmacies for birth control in the Central Valley this summer.
"These barriers most affect women who are already socioeconomically disadvantaged, making their lives even more difficult," said Rafie.
Undocumented immigrants may also find pharmacies more accessible and less threatening than health clinics, Garner-Ford said.
According to Rafie, research shows that ninety percent of people in the U.S. live within five miles, or closer, to a pharmacy. Also, pharmacies are often open during the evening and on weekends, when women may have more time for a birth control appointment but clinics and doctors' office may be closed.
In California, neither pharmacies nor the state have done much to advertise that pharmacists can now prescribe birth control. Rafie and some colleagues decided to raise that awareness themselves, creating a website called Birth Control Pharmacies that uses a map to mark pharmacies offering birth control in the six U.S. states where it is currently permitted. (Besides California, pharmacist prescribing of birth control is allowed by law in Oregon, Colorado, Hawaii, Maryland and New Mexico.)
Social media linked to the site keeps up the message that birth control prescriptions and counseling are available at pharmacies.
Ariel Genovese, 33, wishes she'd had access to the website a year after the law was implemented when she was an independent contractor with no health insurance. She called several pharmacies to find one near her that prescribed birth control, to no avail.
Genovese took a full time job in part because her health insurance would cover doctor's visits for birth control prescriptions.
One reason the uptake has been slow is that pharmacies who decide to add the service must carve out time for the pharmacist to conduct a brief annual health check—required in the state law—with a woman who wants birth control.
Women fill out a health questionnaire to help determine their safest birth control option. A history of breast cancer, high blood pressure or migraine with aura, for example, rule out estrogen-based birth control, and women are then advised to choose a progestin based birth control which does not have the same health risks.
Pharmacists in the state can prescribe birth control pills, a patch, a shot and the vaginal ring.
Anu Gomez, director of the sexual health and reproductive equity program at UC Berkeley, is tracking the number of pharmacists who offer birth control prescribing. In 2017, she published a paper in JAMA, which found that of 1008 pharmacies surveyed, 11 percent had pharmacists who were prescribing birth control. That went up by four percentage points last year, said Gomez, who will soon publish that data.
California Health Report contacted several large chains who operate pharmacies in California, including Costco, Walgreens, CVS and Vons, all of whom had at least some pharmacists who can prescribe birth control.
Rafie advised using the Birth Control Pharmacies map and calling ahead, not just to ask if the option is available, but what days and what time the prescribing pharmacist is available.
The visit should take ten to thirty minutes and the prescription is good for a year. In addition, by law pharmacists can prescribe a year's worth of birth control though some may only dispense smaller amounts. Health insurance will cover the cost of the birth control, but not necessarily the counselling fee.
To help increase pharmacist birth control prescribing, Rafie, together with Sheila Mody, the director of the Division of Family Planning in the obstetrics and gynecology department at UC San Diego, are about to start a study with forty pharmacists looking at different education modules to see which would give pharmacists the knowledge and comfort level to feel confident about prescribing birth control.
They hope to have results this spring and plan to share the results with the California Pharmacists Association, pharmacies and policy makers.
"Having pharmacists prescribe birth control can be particularly beneficial in rural areas," said Rafie. For example, there are many migrant workers in rural areas who may be hesitant to go to a health clinic or may feel a stigma about going to a family planning clinic.
Jon Roth, the CEO of the California Pharmacists Association noted that a key obstacle to more pharmacists participating has been reimbursement. "The association supported the legislation because we see pharmacists as the face of neighborhood health care," Roth said.
The primary objective of the legislation was to provide more options to underserved communities, Roth said. Once MediCal reimbursement starts, commercial insurance coverage for counselling will follow.
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AFHs biggest acquisition ever
We are delighted to announce our latest acquisition - and it's our biggest ever.
AFHs first deal of the new financial year adds half a century of experience
AFH kicks off 2019 with major Midlands deal
On 5 December, we announced our largest-ever acquisition – a £10m deal that takes the group's funds under management to more than £5 billion.
Joining forces with Hull-based CTL Three group also gives us 4 new offices in Yorkshire and takes our adviser team to around 250.
CTL Three trades as the Insurance Partnership Financial Services, Kirk Ella Investments, PCWM, IFA Professional Planning and Hallgarth Wealth Planning and has offices in Hull, York and Scunthorpe.
CTL Three boss Paul Hodgson, who joined the financial services industry from university in 1992, said:
"The decision to join forces with AFH does not indicate the end of our ambitions - quite the opposite. We've grown to a size where the move to the next level would require significant investment. That left us either having to raise new funding or find the right business to join.
"Having looked at the market and spoken with several potential consolidators, it was very evident that AFH was the standout option given both their commitment to the client at the centre of their business, and their overall culture which aligns with ours. This, combined with the group's growth aspirations, made it a very straightforward decision.
"We look forward to working with Alan and the team at AFH. Our clients will still be dealt with by the same advisers and administration team, but will now have access to AFH's unique service proposition, including zero platform fees and low-cost delegated authority funds."
AFH Chief Executive Alan Hudson said:
"This is a historic deal for AFH. With £5 billion now under management we have met one of our group 3-5-year objectives after just 2 years. We are now established as one of the largest financial advisers in Yorkshire and the North East."


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Alastair Campbell: "There's a campaign in there. So get out and do it!"
The former New Labour spin doctor on winning elections, embracing a second referendum and his recent expulsion from the party.
By Anoosh Chakelian
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On Thursday 23 May 2019, Alastair Campbell was sitting in his kitchen in London, pen poised over a ballot paper for the European elections. Ever since the 1997 general election – when he spent polling day in Tony Blair's constituency of Sedgefield, on the eve of his first term as the New Labour government's spin doctor – Campbell has received a postal vote. Yet that morning, he couldn't put a cross in the box for Labour. He voted Liberal Democrat instead.
"It was literally one of those things where the pen kept hovering. I thought, 'I can't do this.' I didn't finally decide until the morning, and it took me ages," he explains when we meet in his family's north London townhouse.
Revealing how he voted on TV afterwards, Campbell was promptly expelled from the Labour Party. He'd been a member for 40 years, having joined at the age of 22 because his partner, Fiona, was a member "and couldn't really understand why I wasn't".
Credited with helping Labour win three consecutive majority governments, he is now out in the cold. But he doesn't believe he is in exile.
"This auto-exclusion thing, it's bollocks," he says. "How many times have people openly voted tactically? Lots of people were doing as I was doing."
Others who openly voted for rival parties include Cherie Blair and Charles Clarke, a former home secretary under Blair. "And yet, bang, like that [he was out] – whereas all these anti-Semitism cases have dragged on and on; it gives a very odd sense to the public."
Campbell wants Labour to embrace a second European referendum, and fast: "I don't think they're going to get the political credit they should when it happens because people will feel they've been dragged kicking and screaming. I think the Labour campaign's been shit, I think it's just a total mess." He said the same to Laura Parker, head of Momentum, before European election day.
With the Tory leadership election under way, Campbell is frustrated at Labour's response to it. "They're just taking their foot off the gas all the time – 0.2 per cent of the electorate are choosing the prime minister, right? And meanwhile a People's Vote is 'undemocratic'? There's a campaign in there! So fucking get out and do it!"
Having experienced depression, alcoholism and a breakdown when he was much younger, in the mid-Eighties, Campbell has long been a mental health advocate and believes "these very, very strange times" are unhealthy. "We talk about the body politic… if you imagine a mind within the body politic, I don't think it's in very good shape."
Although he is "never bothered" when attacked on social media, he says, "A lot of MPs get a lot of abuse, and it's not very healthy. The language of 'treachery' and 'betrayal' is dangerous."
Yet, he adds, "the politicians don't help themselves. I will freely acknowledge I sometimes go over the top [on Twitter], but generally I've been able to maintain friendships across the political spectrum… But there's something unpleasant about a lot of the debate now. There's a danger that politicians prefer sometimes to exploit a problem rather than address it, and I feel that's where we are in the nature of the debate."
As he speaks, sitting back on a deep velvety purple sofa in his front room, his excitable King Charles spaniel, Skye, the newest member of the household, takes an interest in my notebook.
For Campbell, Brexit has been a mental boon. His People's Vote and mental health campaigns provide the "purpose" he needs. "So I would say that's net good for prrrrp" – he blows a raspberry and jabs his finger at his head – "what goes on up here".
The People's Vote rally in March has been described as the biggest public demonstration since the march against the Iraq War in 2003 – a demonstration Blair's government ignored, ploughing ahead with the ill-judged invasion.
"I understand why people say, 'What are you doing on a march?'" Campbell laughs. "I just think they're very different issues – whether you agreed with it or not, parliament backed the war, the government had a clear plan, it had a difficult choice and made the choice.
"I do get the parallel. The Iraq march, I can remember it vividly. It was the middle of our second term, Tony was going to go for another one, you look out your own window and you see that many people, like that – that's why I think Labour and the Tories should not be ignoring, you know, but we did win again [in 2005]…" he says, interrupting his own thread.
"I think over time people understand leadership is not easy, and one of the massive frustrations the country feels at the moment is just that there's no leadership." But should that leadership be coming from Campbell and his fellow anti-Brexit grandees, such as Blair?
"Have you ever seen Nigel Farage stop campaigning because he's hated by a lot of people? Has Boris Johnson ever stopped campaigning, even though he's hated by a lot of people? I honestly wish I'd got more involved."
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