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Inviters Not Judges
It was narrated to Imam Mohammad Ibn Ali Ibn Al-Hussain (Abu Ja'far Al-Baqer) (RAA) that he met a group of scholars from Iraq and asked them: "Is it true that you relate the most hope-based verse in the Quran is in chapter 39 verse 53, where Allah (SW) says: {O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful.}?"
They replied in the affirmative.
Imam Abu Ja'far then said: "To us…" (meaning family of the prophet SAAW), "the most hope-based verse in the Quran is in chapter 93 (Surat Al-Duha) verse 5, where Allah (SW) says: {And your Lord is going to give you, and you will be satisfied.}"
Imam Abu Ja'far meant prophet Mohammad (SAAW) will not be satisfied until all his Ummah enter Heaven.
We are living at a time where so many trials and temptations are surrounding us, leaving many people doubtful of their faith and Deen, dropping many of its practices, and deviating away by following their whims and desires. I do not see that bringing people back to the path of righteousness is to focus mainly or solely on threatening them with punishment and Hellfire, as in many cases it has proven to have the opposite effect that it kept people distant and unable to connect with Islam.
We need to use the approach of trust and spreading hope in the Mercy of Allah (SW) to win as many hearts and minds as we can. We can hope that such an approach will make people see the beauty of Islam and keep them steadfast on their faith, and stronger and prouder of their identity. We also need to be examples of mercy and compassion with people in our lives because actions speak louder than words.
That does not mean to hide or ignore the general rulings in Islam about matters of life, but we need to avoid applying rulings on individuals, for that is only up to God at the Day of Judgment.
It was narrated that Imam Ahmad (RAA) said: "All Muslims will (eventually) enter Heaven. His students said: How is that O Imam? He said: Did you not hear the verse where Allah (SW) says: {Do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful.}?"
They said: "Yes, but we read also that Allah (SW) said: {Those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, only [committing] slight ones. Indeed, your Lord is vast in forgiveness.} These slight sins are forgiven indeed but what about the major ones?"
Imam Ahmad said: "The prophet (SAAW) said, 'I have saved my (special Dua request) as an intercession for people of major sins at the Day of Judgment.' So, between the Mercy of Allah and the intercession of the prophet (SAAW), why would any of the followers of the prophet be outside Heaven?"
Scholars divided the attributes of Allah (SW) into attributes of Beauty and attributes of Might. Attributes of Might are like Al-Jabbar, Al-Qahhar and Al-A'theem. Attributes of Beauty are like Al-Rahman, Al-Raheem, and Al-Haleem. And of course, all attributes of Allah (SW) are of perfection.
But you can see that Allah (SW) introduced Himself in the opening chapter of the Quran (Al-Fatihah) by the attributes of Beauty (Al-Rahman & Al-Raheem).
So, you believers, you people of Islam, have mercy on people so Allah will have mercy on you. Instead of busying yourselves deciding who goes to Hell and who goes to Heaven, let us produce ideas of how to invite people to Heaven rather than condemning them to Hell. Let us renew our own paths to Heaven by focusing on our continuous repentance and self-improvement, and let us banish this arrogance of self-righteousness and judgment of others.
One person came to the late Imam Mohammad Al-Ghazali and said: "What is the ruling on someone who does not pray?" (He meant is he a kafir or not?) Imam Ghazali said: "The ruling is to take his hand and walk with him to the masjid."
What a beautiful answer to help us understand that we owe people ways and methods to help them enter Heaven instead of perfecting the art of sending them to Hell!
May Allah shower His Mercy and Forgiveness on us and guide us to be reflections of His Mercy. Ameen.
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Children's Endocrine Specialist Juan Mejia-Otero Joins ACNW, UAMS
Arkansas Children's Northwest (ACNW) has added a full-time pediatric endocrine specialist to its team, delivering more specialty care tailored directly to children in the region who have diabetes and hormone disorders. Juan Mejia-Otero, MD, is an assistant professor of Pediatrics in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine who will begin seeing patients at ACNW in Springdale on July 15.
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SPRINGDALE, AR. (July 15, 2019) – Arkansas Children's Northwest (ACNW) has added a full-time pediatric endocrine specialist to its team, delivering more specialty care tailored directly to children in the region who have diabetes and hormone disorders.
Juan Mejia-Otero, MD, is an assistant professor of Pediatrics in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine who will begin seeing patients at ACNW in Springdale on July 15.
"The demand for additional pediatric endocrine care in Northwest Arkansas has been obvious in our clinic for months," said Trisha Montague, senior vice president and chief administrator of Arkansas Children's Northwest. "We are thrilled to offer children with endocrine disorders Dr. Mejia-Otero's expertise and even better access to care tailored to their unique needs."
Dr. Mejia-Otero joins ACNW and UAMS after finishing a fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at the University of Texas Southwestern-Children's Medical Center Dallas, and he is board-certified in pediatric endocrinology. A member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Endocrine Society and Pediatric Endocrine Society, Dr. Mejia-Otero received his medical degree from Universidad Libre, in Cali, Colombia and has also worked at Miami Children's Hospital.
ACNW's Pediatric Endocrine Clinic has met four days a week drawing on the expertise of a full-time, on-site APN and physician specialists based at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock who commute to Springdale. The addition of Dr. Mejia-Otero will make it easier for children to receive highly specialized endocrine care in Northwest Arkansas more quickly.
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UAMS is the state's only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and seven institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute and Institute for Digital Health & Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS' clinical enterprise including its hospital, regional clinics and clinics it operates or staffs in cooperation with other providers. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. U.S. News & World Report named UAMS Medical Center the state's Best Hospital; ranked its ear, nose and throat program among the top 50 nationwide; and named six areas as high performing — cancer, colon cancer surgery, heart failure, hip replacement, knee replacement and lung cancer surgery. UAMS has 2,727 students, 870 medical residents and five dental residents. It is the state's largest public employer with more than 10,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children's Hospital, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or www.uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or Instagram.

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Issue 6 – October 2011
Melbourne Law School would like to congratulate the following alumni on their success.
Judicial appointment
His Hon. Judge John Carmody (LLB 1979) – appointed to the County Court of Victoria
Andrew Grech (LLB 1987), Slater & Gordon - Managing Partner of the Year, 2011 Lawyers Weekly Awards
Jacqueline Muna Musiitwa (JD 2005) – World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders 2011
Najwa Shihab (LLM 2009) – World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders 2011
Victorian Bar Pro Bono Awards – Fiona McLeod SC (LLB 1987) Ron Merkel QC Award; Emrys Nekvapil (LLB 2002) Ron Castan AM QC Award; Ron Merkel QC (LLB 1963), Kristen Walker (LLB(Hons) 1991), Fiona Forsyth (LLB(Hons) 1997) and Neil McAteer, Public Interest/Justice Innovation Award
Queen's Birthday Honours 2011
Mark Brian OAM (LLB 1966) – Medal of the Order of Australia
Wing Commander Ian Henderson AM (LLM 1998, PhD Law 2008) – Member of the Order of Australia
Richard Kenzie AM QC (LLB(Hons) 1968, LLM 1972) – Member of the Order of Australia
Professor Sally Walker AM (LLB(Hons) 1976, LLM 1980) – Member of the Order of Australia
Dr Sonia Allen (PhD Law 2009) – 2011 Churchill Fellowship
Professor Ross Buckley (LLD 2008) – 2011 Fulbright Senior Scholarship
Magistrate Gregory Levine (LLB 1969) – 2011 Churchill Fellowship
Magistrate Jelena Popovic (LLM 2007) – 2011 Churchill Fellowship
Dr Timothy McEvoy (LLB(Hons) 1993, LLM 1997) – Fulbright Professional Australia-U.S. Alliance Studies Scholarship
Kim Crow (LLB 2010) and Kerry Hore won a silver medal in the women's double scull at the World Rowing Championships in Slovenia in September.
Anna Funder (LLB(Hons) 1991) has published her new book All that I am (Penguin 2011), a fictionalised account of a group of Germans who flee to London in the 1930s and become anti-Hitler activists.
Joshua Puls (LLB(Hons) 1996) has been seconded to the Royal Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall as Assistant Private Secretary (Commonwealth).
This article originally appeared in MLS News, Issue 6, October 2011.


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November 12, 2015 January 24, 2016 Chuck Penn Columbus, TheatreANDY BAKER, BLAKE EDWARDS, columbus, ECONOMY, ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, ETHICS, HENRIK IBSEN, JOSHUA QUINLAN, LESLEY FERRIS, MONEY, Ohio state university, POLLUTION, REBECCA LENKIEWICZ, SPA, theatre, ZACK MEYER
We all like to think we'd do what is right when faced with a situation involving safety, but Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People puts forth a situation that has dire consequences no matter the decision. Though first performed in 1882 and set in a coastal Norwegian town, this story about a doctor standing up to show that the lucrative tourist-heavy town baths are cesspools of disease has a lot to say about commerce and health even today in the fine production being performed by the Department of Theatre at The Ohio State University.
Photo: Matt Hazard – Zack Meyer (Dr. Stockmann)
Zach Meyer plays Dr. Thomas Stockmann, the man who has proof that the town baths are toxic, with a kind of verve that is admirable. Mr. Meyer is jovial and likable at the beginning, and he is terrific at expressing confusion that others don't see the correct course of action to take – or even that there is an option. His Dr. Stockmann isn't afraid to stand alone, even when his wife and some friends have their doubts. Mr. Meyer doesn't fall into coming off like a sanctimonious martyr, a danger in this material; he's a doctor and a man of science and wealth – but he's also quite human and sensitive to the health of the community.
Photo: Matt Hazard – Blake Edwards (Peter)
Mr. Meyer is paired against Blake Edwards as Peter Stockmann, the brother who wants to silence Dr. Stockmann's report as closing the baths would mean financial ruin for the town. Mr. Edwards has some of the best lines in the piece, and so many are delivered with fire and conviction. "The world doesn't revolve around your science," he snarls to his brother, "It's about money!" Mr. Edwards ostensibly plays the villain of the piece, but he isn't all bad, really. He makes plenty of good points, even though they are morally and ethically questionable. What he says isn't far off from what I have heard during some of our presidential debates. Mr. Edwards walks and talks with real authority, and one can understand why he tends to get his way. When his brother asks him how he expects the public to respond if he recants his statements as requested, Mr. Edwards responds simply, "The public is like a woman: fickle." The audience groans, but don't we all know people similarly sexist?
Photo: Matt Hazard
Aside from the excellent performances by Mr. Meyer and Mr. Edwards, the impressive set by Joshua Quinlan is reason enough to see the show. Constructed of high panels that zigzag across the stage to represent doorways and walls within the Stockmann home, the set is a real beauty, the panels translucent depending on the lighting to allow us to see action going on in other rooms. Lighting designer Andy Baker is also to be commended for illuminating just the rights spots to direct our attention to important action happening in other areas of the sprawling stage.
Director Lesley Ferris does a marvelous job of taking a play written over a hundred years ago and making it feel relevant in today's world (in no small part aided in this adaptation by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, with dialogue that sounds current but not out of character with the setting). Ms. Ferris ingeniously even transports the audience at the beginning of the second act into being a part of the action as part of the stage descends and the audience is plunged into a town hall meeting. Planted actors in the audience stand up and shout as part of the play, and it's a thrilling moment that serves to engage spectators environmentally in an unexpected way.
The only part of this production that rubbed me the wrong way was the use of a chorus of women that often appear in shadow around the set or dimly lit behind scrims. All they do is stand and stare clad in rags, and their presence is not acknowledged. It feels too "arty" to me to have this chorus of women (that's how they are billed in the program) hiding under chairs and standing in corners, especially during the final scene. Perhaps they are representing the oppressed workers that are being made to suffer by working at the town baths, or do they represent the poverty of the past and the impending future? None of it was clear, and perhaps it shouldn't be – but in a play with so many strengths and impassioned scenes, this kind of interpretive element I found distracting.
An Enemy of the People is the kind of play – and this the kind of production – that inspires debate and discussion. So much of it is relevant today, and we can see techniques of public discourse and the twisting of facts demonstrated here going on in our current political battles. That such a talented group of students are a part of such a thought provoking production – one that doesn't attempt to update the source with cell phones and other anachronisms – gives me hope for the future of theatre.
***/ out of ****
An Enemy of the People continues through to November 15th in the Thurber Theatre at the Drake Performance and Event Center on the Ohio State University campus at 1849 Cannon Drive in Columbus, and more information can be found at http://theatre.osu.edu/events/enemy-people
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E. Coli: the source of the 'next biofuel'
Scientists have genetically engineered E. coli that is highly efficient in producing butanol, a promising new type of biofuel.
This new technology could speed up the development of butanol biofuels into a cost-effective alternative to ethanol.
Butanol - many attractive properties
"It [butanol] has many attractive properties," says Jim McMillan, manager of biorefining process R&D at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's National Bioenergy Center, in Golden, CO. Because butanol packs more energy per gallon than ethanol does, cars running on butanol get better mileage. And, unlike ethanol, it doesn't mix with water, so it can be shipped in existing petroleum pipelines without causing problems.
Several research groups are engineering microbes that can convert sugar from various feedstocks into butanol. Most of these groups rely on the bacterium Clostridium acetobutylicum, which naturally makes a form of butanol called 1-butanol. However, this bacterium grows slowly and is not easy to genetically manipulate.
Manipulating E. Coli bacterium
James Liao, a chemical engineer at the University of California, and his colleagues are looking into using E. coli. Although the bacterium does not produce butanol naturally, it is easy to modify and grows fast. Liao says that he can program E. coli to produce small amounts of butanol by diverting some of the microorganism's metabolites into alcohol production. With further genetic modifications, Liao was able to dramatically increase the efficiency of the process. With further manipulation, the engineered microbes achieved efficiency high enough for industrial use.
Gevo, a biofuels startup based in Pasadena, CA, has acquired an exclusive license to commercialise Liao's technology. "It's a real breakthrough…We believe isobutanol is a superior fuel," says Mathew Peters, Gevo's chief scientific officer.
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Hillary Clinton: Bernie Sanders is "reflexively against" any trade deals
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March 14, 2016 / 8:35 PM / CBS News
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has taken heat from the left wing of her party for being slow to express opposition to international trade deals that could hurt American workers. However, Clinton on Monday suggested that her opposition to such deals was more thought out than her opponent's.
Bernie Sanders, she said in a Springfield, Illinois town hall televised by MSNBC, is "reflexively against anything that has any international implication."
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"I know you have to trade with the rest of the world," Clinton said, remarking that the U.S. can't forgo the economic potential of international trade, given that the U.S. is home to only 5 percent of the world's population. Clinton said she isn't sure if Sanders generally supports international trade.
"His position is so anti, he's against things before they're finished, before they're read," she said.
Clinton added that she's "learned some things from the 1990's," when the Bill Clinton administration passed NAFTA, "and I've put that to work." She noted that she voted against the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) as a senator in 2005.
Clinton also explained why it took her a relatively long time to come out against the Trans-Pacific Partnership [TPP], which the Obama administration supports. "I hoped that we could deal with currency manipulation...it turned out when it was all said and done, it didn't meet my standards," she said.
As the primary season has moved to the Midwest -- Illinois and Ohio vote on Tuesday, while Sanders defied expectations and won in Michigan last week -- Sanders has focused a great deal on issues like trade and manufacturing. At a rally in Youngstown, Ohio on Monday, Sanders pointed out to supporters that 31 percent of manufacturing jobs in the state were lost from 1994 through 2015.
At the televised town hall later Monday, Sanders acknowledged that Clinton has adopted some of his viewpoints on issues like trade.
"I think Secretary Clinton is catching on to where the American people are," he said. "She's evolved on the Keystone pipeline. She's evolved on TPP... She's apologized for [her vote for] the war in Iraq."
While there's "some satisfaction" in seeing Clinton take more liberal positions now than she has in the past, Sanders said, "Will she be apologizing 20 years from now for actions she takes today?"
Stephanie Condon
Stephanie Condon is a political reporter for CBSNews.com.


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Pretty vacant: the glory of abandoned spaces
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From sand-filled houses to rusting railway stations and entire ghost towns, abandoned places have a haunting beauty
Fifteen years ago Richard Happer was staying on a small Scottish island and took a boat out to St Kilda. Forty miles west of North Uist, the St Kilda archipelago is the westernmost point of the Hebrides, and perhaps the remotest place in the UK. Until the 1920s it had a small but resolute population of around 80. By 1930, the island was completely evacuated, rendered uninhabitable by a combination of disease and crop failure. Seeing the abandoned husks of homes sitting deserted in the grass, Happer was moved.
"I fell in love," he says. "The outside world caught up with these remote people and it was too hard for them to live there, so the entire population upped and left. Visiting it was quite intoxicating. I realised that there were all these places on our doorstep that people didn't know about."
His love of these abandoned places has grown in the years since. He has now turned it into a book. It features 60 abandoned places from around the world, with short texts explaining what happened. Some are very famous, such as Machu Picchu and Chernobyl. Others were big stories at the time that are now fading from memory, such as Plymouth, the capital of Montserrat, buried by a volcano in 1995, and the Six Flags amusement park in New Orleans submerged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. They tell stories of shifting environments and geopolitics – once-great trading centres that now lie crumbling in the desert, or grand feats of central planning that never fulfilled their ambitions. […]
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EXCLUSIVE: Bolstering security at maritime borders to fight illicit trade
Lee Kok Leong, our special correspondent, talks to Berndt Koerner, deputy executive director of Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, on using satellite images and sharing intelligence to fight cross-border crimes.
There are numerous cross-border maritime criminal activities like drug trafficking, illicit goods hidden in vessels, migrant smuggling, illegal fishing, environmental crimes, and insurance fraud, among others.
Border surveillance of EU external borders is vital for the safety and protection of European citizens. This is why Frontex supports EU Member States in the detection of irregular migration and fighting cross-border crimes.
Analysis from Frontex shows that there is strong evidence that many criminal syndicates engage in poly-criminal activities.
They may also collaborate with other serious organized crime groups.
In some cases, the same routes and modus operandi are used for migrant smuggling and illegal goods trafficking.
According to Europol, the EU law enforcement agency, drug trafficking is big business, bringing in a fifth of all profits from organized crimes.
If left unmitigated, it can ravish communities, endanger businesses, strain government institutions, and drag down the wider economy.
In 2018, 158 tons of illegal drugs were seized in Frontex coordinated operations.
Given the complex character of cross-border crime threats, comprehensive operational responses are required.
Berndt says: "In all cases of smuggling, including drug smuggling, a thorough and updated situation picture is of key importance.
"For example, we have the EU satellite program Copernicus and we have various platforms and channels to work very closely and share intelligence with all EU Member States.
"When it comes to our working relationship with the maritime industry, cooperation is one of the most important pillars.
"We are very open to working with the industry and remain committed to two-way communication.
"This way, together we can stay ahead of all security issues, get to know any new modus operandi of criminal groups and prevent crimes from happening."
Berndt also emphasized that increased situational awareness and timely and accurate data allow an up-to-date, reliable situational picture to be compiled at strategic, operational and tactical levels.
This picture contributes to improved proactive capability in fighting cross-border crimes.
Informed decisions based on increased situational awareness will reduce reaction times and allow for more efficient use of the available assets.
Copernicus in action
Copernicus is the EU's Earth Observation Program, offering information services based on satellite and in situ (non-space) data.
These data from satellites and from ground-based, airborne and seaborne measurement systems are being used to provide information to help fight illicit trade, among others.
This helps the agency and national authorities make sure that no one enters the EU undetected, rescue lives at sea, fight against cross-border crime and improve the internal security of the European Union.
Frontex is one of the institutions entrusted by the European Commission with the implementation of Copernicus.
It is responsible for supporting the EU's external border management and law enforcement authorities in Member States.
Frontex ensures that these Earth Observation data are also fused with complementary data sources to provide a range of services to its stakeholders, including coastal monitoring and surveillance of maritime borders (Fusion Services).
For example, Berndt explains that the vessel tracking and detection service uses satellite radar scans of maritime areas to detect objects on the sea.
It will then correlate the detected data with the ship's reporting data to track unidentified objects, even small boats.
This is effective in tracking vessels smuggling drugs and other illicit goods.
In June 2019, suspicious vessels, people and drug smugglers were arrested as part of Frontex-coordinated operation.
This international operation highlighted the importance of a close working network and real-time information exchange between all participants.
Nine suspicious vessels were seized and eight people smugglers were arrested as part of Joint Action Day (JAD) Adria, coordinated by Frontex and joined by Greece, Croatia, Italy, France and Europol.
Law enforcement authorities also seized 27.4 kg of cannabis and arrested one drug smuggler.
In March 2018, Greek authorities intercepted Daslis, a vessel carrying illicit goods, in the Mediterranean Sea. Using Fusion Services, it was tracked and identified with the support of satellite optical imagery.
The vessel was carrying four containers of cigarettes without adequate accompanying documents worth of €4.7 million.
In June 2017, two successful interceptions took place in Greece and in Spain.
In the first case, a vessel named Golendri was tracked by Greek authorities with the support of Fusion Services. The interception occurred in the south of Crete and led to six arrests and the seizure of smuggled cigarettes on board worth €6 million.
The second interception happened in July 2017 when a vessel named Falkvag was tracked and intercepted by Spanish authorities.
As a result, six containers of contraband cigarettes worth €12 million were seized.
In December 2015, Italian authorities used Fusion Services to identify and then intercepted a vessel named Munzur that was smuggling narcotics.
The data helped the authorities to track the ship, resulting in the seizure of 13 tons of drugs that were found onboard.
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Guest Blogger David Schraub: Vermont Environmentalists File FTC Challenge over "Double-Counting" RECs
David Schraub is the Darling Foundation Fellow in Public Law at the University of California Berkeley School of Law.
Represented by Patrick A. Parenteau and Douglas A. Ruley of the Vermont Law School's Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic, four Vermont residents have petitioned the FTC to investigate alleged misleading marketing practices by Green Mountain Power regarding their provision of renewable energy. The petition contends that Green Mountain has engaged in misleading practices by marketing their power to Vermont consumers as "renewable" even while selling the renewable attributes of the power to other utilities (who in turn use them to supplement the amount of their own electricity they can claim as "renewable").
The complaint centers on Green Mountain's use and sale of Renewable Energy Credits (RECs). RECs represent the renewable attributes of renewable energy production, and can be disaggregated and traded separate from their associated electricity. RECs are often purchased by utilities who face state-mandated Renewable Portfolio Standards which require that a certain amount of the electricity they produce or sell be renewable, or by consumers who wish to off-set their "dirty" energy usage. Because the purchaser of a REC is able to claim the power's green attributes, virtually all industry observers agree that selling a REC nullifies the renewable quality of the original electricity. That is to say, if a utility produces one megawatt/hour of renewable electricity which it sells to consumer A, but it sells the associated REC to consumer B, it cannot claim to have provided A with renewable energy. Consequently, many states (but not Vermont) have rules which forbid applying a REC to more than one purpose.
The FTC waded into this debate in 2012 with the release of its non-binding "Green Guides" (published at 16 C.F.R. part 260). While the Commission declined to provide specific guidance on the case of "generation claims by power producers who generate renewable energy as a substantial portion of their business," the final guidelines did state that "[i]f a marketer generates renewable electricity but sells renewable energy certificates for all of that electricity, it would be deceptive for the marketer to represent, directly or by implication, that it uses renewable energy." 16 C.F.R. § 260.15(d). The Commission stated that its focus was on manufacturers who generate their own renewable power (for example, by rooftop solar panels), but the Vermont petition offers the FTC an opportunity to clarify the application of the guides to renewable energy generation by utilities and standardize the already-prevalent norm against "double-counting" a single REC.
While most of the attention on this case has understandably focused on how it will impact renewable energy marketing practices, the petition may also raise a potentially larger issue regarding the federal regulation of retail electricity monopolies. While a minority of states in the 1990s and early 2000s deregulated their retail electricity markets and opened the doors to competition by multiple providers, most states (including Vermont) have retained the traditional model of a single monopoly utility with exclusive rights to serve a particular geographic region. The petition indicates that Green Mountain Power believes it is not subject to the FTC jurisdiction because it does not "market" to its (captive) consumers. After all, Vermont electricity customers have no other choice regarding where to buy electricity, so what exactly could Green Mountain Power be "marketing"? If this argument is accepted, it would sharply constrain the ability of the federal government to regulate misleading claims by electricity providers in the majority of states in which consumers lack retail electricity choice.
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Parents file federal suit over allegation of sexual assault in Charles County school playground
The parents of three girls have filed a civil rights complaint with the Justice Department to investigate Charles County Public Schools in Maryland, saying little has been done following the reported sexual assault of their children. "Our daughters were traumatized," parent Tim Perrier said during a news conference announcing that he is joining two other parents in filing a lawsuit with the DOJ's Office of Civil Rights. (WTOP)
Huguely insurance litigation ends; Love family's suit set for trial
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. has no duty to pay damages in civil court for the man convicted of killing University of Virginia student Yeardley Love, potentially ending more than six years of litigation over the coverage issue. George Huguely V, Love's ex-boyfriend, was convicted of second-degree murder for her 2010 death. The Love family filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Charlottesville Circuit Court in 2012 and later withdrew and refiled the case in 2018. The case is set for trial in November. (Daily Record)
As Howard delegation heads to Annapolis, bills concerning education take center stage
As the Maryland General Assembly convenes in Annapolis on Wednesday, starting its 2020 legislative session, a slew of education bills will be at the forefront of the Howard County delegation's agenda. Of the 15 Howard bills up for debate in the 2020 session, with an additional one in the drafting stages, eight deal with education, according to the delegation's webpage. (Balt Sun)
Letters: Howard redistricting process should have included educators' perspectives; and more from readers
The Howard County redistricting dust has settled into clumps of varied perspectives: redistricted students would suffer educationally and socially, property values would decrease, diversity should be encouraged, equity of educational opportunity should be addressed through redistricting, etc. There is one perspective that was not sufficiently considered though; that of our students' educators. (Balt Sun)
Confusion, 'misinformation' over Montgomery County school boundary analysis
Confusion and "misinformation" may be behind many of the hundreds of comments pouring into Montgomery County Public Schools about a pair of hot-button topics on the district's agenda. One of those issues is a districtwide boundary analysis, in which school officials are gathering detailed information about schools and their geographic boundaries. "The boundary analysis is just that," Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Jack Smith said during a media briefing Tuesday morning. (WTOP)
Maryland weather: Drivers should expect fog and icy conditions Wednesday; some schools delayed
Tuesday afternoon snowfall that totaled nearly 5 inches in some parts of the state prompted some Maryland schools to close early and delay openings Wednesday. Baltimore City Public Schools officials announced Wednesday morning the district would be closed due to the inclement weather. The National Weather Service shared reports that included 4.4 inches in Manchester, 1.5 inches in Columbia, 1 inch in Elkridge and Crofton, and half an inch in Baltimore and Forest Hill. (Balt Sun)
Maryland Winds bringing Wild West themes to South Carroll: 'It's just fun music'
Maryland Winds will bring a Wild West-themed instrumental performance to the South Carroll community with a performance at Liberty High School on Tuesday, Jan. 14. "The imagery of cowboys and the wide expanses of the West have long captured the imagination of our nation, and our composers," the group wrote in a news release. Familiar names like Williams, Copland, Rogers and Hammerstein, and Sousa fill the set list. The performance takes place at 7:30 p.m. at Liberty High School, at 5855 Bartholow Road in Eldersburg. (Balt Sun)
Former United Way exec with ties to Pugh takes on new role at UMMS
Chuck Tildon has taken an executive post at the University of Maryland Medical System after stepping away from his position as vice president of external affairs at United Way of Central Maryland last year. Tildon departed United Way after more than 18 years with the organization, most recently serving as the main point of contact between United Way and state and local government officials. He has now taken on a similar title and role at UMMS. (Balt Bus Journal)
Employee union reaches agreement with Carroll County Public Schools after impasse, mediation
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Q: Python Pandas DataFrame delete rows based on values in multiple previous rows I have a dataframe with dates as index and one column which is instructions to enter and exit trades.  Each row is one of
'short_entry', 'short_exit', 'long_entry', 'long_exit'.

Rules:
1 - You cannot exit a short (short_exit) position if you don't already hold a short position (short_entry). Likewise for long positions.
2 - You can only enter another short posn, if the previous short_entry has been closed with a corresponding short_exit.  Likewise with long entry and exits.

Based on the rules the first four rows would be deleted and the first trade entered would be on 2008-02-28 followed by short_exit on 2008-03-27.  The rest of the df would be updated accordingly.
I have read pretty much everything I can find in pandas docs and online helps.  There are answers to delete rows based on values on a single row above (use .shift()), or use if-statements inside .loc().  But I just cannot get my head around how to put all these together to delete a row based on values of multiple previous rows.  I can do it easily using for loops and df.itertuples().
Is there a pandas pythonic way of doing this?  Any help and hints would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

A: Your rules imply a state machine, which should result in marking the row index to delete.
I do not think there is one single function in pandas, that picks these rules as arguements.

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Colorado bill vows education overhaul, but will voters raise taxes to fund it?
Colorado votes Tuesday on a ballot initiative to raise $1 billion to revolutionize education in the state. Outside backers have poured funding into the campaign, but raising taxes is a hard sell.
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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock drops off his ballot in advance of Tuesday's vote, in Denver, Friday, Nov. 1, 2013. On Nov. 5, Colorado voters are to decide whether to approve a watershed change for how public schools are funded and could be the largest voter-approved tax hike in state history.
By Amanda Paulson Staff writer
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Boulder, Colo.
On Tuesday, Coloradans will decide a ballot initiative that could fundamentally change how education is funded in the state.
Voters are being asked to approve a nearly $1 billion income tax increase that would fund a sweeping overhaul of public education in the state. Among other things, it would raise the per-pupil spending in the state, direct more money to districts with more at-risk students, expand preschool for at-risk kids and full-day kindergarten, give funding equity to charter schools, set aside $100 million for an innovation fund, and establish more transparency and accountability for how education dollars are spent.
It has attracted national attention and support from teachers unions, the US education secretary, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, as well as vocal opposition from Colorado Republicans and some groups who see it as an unnecessary and expensive new tax that won't necessarily improve education.
"This represents an entirely new way of thinking about how we fund schools, and how we manage the public investment in education around the country," says Mike Johnston, a Colorado state senator who is the chief architect of the plan.
Generally, says Senator Johnston, taxpayers have just been asked to trust the state on education matters. "What we've said is, we ought to expect something dramatically different. … This represents not just a change in how we fund schools, but what we expect from the way we fund schools."
One challenge for proponents of Amendment 66: It's incredibly complex. The Colorado bill that it funds has actually already been passed by both houses of the Colorado legislature, and Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) has signed it, but the law will only take effect if voters also approve the ballot initiative on Tuesday. It would replace the state's current flat-rate income tax with a new two-tiered system: The flat rate on taxable income below $75,000 would increase from 4.6 percent to 5 percent, and to 5.9 percent for taxable income above $75,000.
"The heart of it is that voters are agreeing to commit more of their income toward education," says Dan Thatcher, senior policy specialist at the National Conference of State Legislatures in Denver. "But they're also agreeing to this 141-page piece of legislation that enacts new school funding formulas. [Those formulas] have never had life breathed into them in this way…. This is unique that voters are voting statewide on what's one of the most complicated components of state law."
In most states, Mr. Thatcher notes, any school funding reform is usually accompanied by an infusion of new money, so that no districts lose money as a result of the new formula. But in Colorado, the state has to get voter approval, because of the restrictions that the state's unusual Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) imposes on the legislature's ability to raise revenue.
"Economically, this is devastating," says Jon Caldara, president of the Independence Institute, a libertarian group that is a major opponent of the proposal. In Colorado, 95 percent of businesses run themselves through personal income taxes, Mr. Caldara notes. He calls the measure a tax increase on family businesses as well as families with jobs. "After dealing with the worst floods in Colorado history, the last thing we need is to knock the legs out from an unstable economy."
He also dislikes the shift away from a flat tax, saying it puts Colorado at a disadvantage to its neighbors. The Wall Street Journal has similar concerns. It came out against the measure in an editorial headlined "Rocky Mountain High Taxes," criticizing the graduated tax, and saying it would be a 26.6 percent increase on anyone making more than $75,000 a year.
"If it does pass, we'll also know that millions of Coloradans have taken to smoking that marijuana they legalized last year," the Journal wrote.
But Caldara and other critics also say that the measure doesn't really deliver on the reforms it claims to promise, and say they aren't convinced that the extra money will really go toward restoring art or gym classes rather than just backfilling the pension system.
"There's nothing here that's truly a reform," says Caldara. "It's just a billion-dollar tax increase every year, which is largely unaccountable."
Proponents of Amendment 66 say that objection leaves them baffled, since the new law would give taxpayers more transparency, and assurances that money would actually go to education, than they've ever had before.
"If that's their concern, they should be the strongest advocates for Amendment 66," says Johnston. "If they defeat it, we go back to the old system that has no transparency, or accountability, or requirement that dollars be spent on education."
Under the new law there are much stricter controls that ensure that dollars follow students to the classroom and not just fill holes elsewhere in the budget.
Johnston says it's easy to see the need for more money in the state's education system, such as the district in Southern Colorado where some students take classes in an old bus barn, with nothing but a plastic sheet separating them from diesel fumes; or the many 1st and 2nd grade classes with 36 kids in a class; or the kids who are forced to pay fees in order to take a bus, to get books, or to take art or music. It would provide full-day kindergarten for families who want it and would fund preschool for about 20,000 at-risk children.
But Johnston is most excited about the reforms the overhaul would implement. The state could invest in a longer school day or year through the new innovation fund, and money would be used to attract and retain the best teachers and principals through a career-ladder system. Principals would have more autonomy in spending, and Johnson hopes that not only would the state invest more in the public charter sector, but would also learn from any successes there. And some of the money would help fund implementation of reforms that have already been passed, such as new teacher evaluations, standards, and tests.
"It would fund what is a transformative modernization of Colorado's education system," says Curtis Hubbard, spokesperson for the Yes on 66 campaign.
Mr. Hubbard notes that $1 billion has been cut from the state's K-12 system in the past five years, and says he thinks most voters have seen the effects of those cuts. Even if the ballot measure is passed, Colorado would still rank in the bottom half of states in terms of what it spends on K-12 education. And while the details of how money will be spent will still be left up to districts, Hubbard says that "rather than ask voters for a blank check," the measure that Amendment 66 would fund, "for the first time in any state's history, laid out a detailed plan for how that money would be spent, ensuring it could only be spent on education."
While most educators in Colorado have supported the amendment, some local districts have come out in opposition, with certain school board members noting that the new funding measures mean that more new money will be raised by their district than will come into it.
According to Caldara, wealthier school districts like Douglas County or Boulder County will get back less than 60 cents for every dollar they pay into the tax increase.
"They'd be better off raising their own money through local taxes," says Caldara. "If there is one word to describe 66, it's 'unfair.' "
"That is a concern," agrees Hubbard. "That is also how taxation at the state level works. It's not a vending machine where you should put something in and expect to get something out. There are districts across the state that have fewer resources and lower property taxes, and as Coloradans, we should be concerned with ensuring that all children have access to a quality education."
All districts in Colorado, he notes, would receive increased funding under the amendment, but more money would go to certain districts that have more low-income students, English language learners, or special-education students.
Proponents of the bill are vastly better funded, with some $10 million in donations so far, including major gifts from Mr. Bloomberg and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The main group opposing it, Coloradans for Real Education Reform, has raised about $25,000. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has come out in favor of it, saying that if it's passed, "Colorado will become the educational model for every other state to follow." And Governor Hickenlooper is a big backer.
But getting voters to approve a tax increase, especially in a depressed economy, is a tough goal, and despite the lopsided funding advantage for supporters of the bill, most observers expect the vote to be very close, whatever the result. In a review of past Colorado ballot measures, Education News Colorado found that since the early 1990s, voters have approved only two measures that affected education funding, neither of which included a general tax increase, while defeating six.
"The tax increases that have a shot at winning have a lot of bipartisan support," says Caldara of the Independence Institute. "Not a single elected Republican supports this tax increase."
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Is North West `obsessed` with cute bro Saint?
Washington, D.C. Jan. 14 (ANI): Khloe Kardashian just can't help gushing over her family, revealing that her two-old year-old niece North West is obsessed with her baby brother Saint.
During her appearance on the 'Good Morning America' television show, the 31-year-old reality star revealed that both kids don't do much at this age, Us magazine reports.
The 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' star also said, her niece has adjusted well to her big sis role, adding that, "North will say, 'My name is Saint!' She wants her name to be Saint now."
Khloe's sis Kim Kardashian has welcomed her newborn son in early December with husband Kanye West. (ANI)
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The statistic displays LinkedIn's monthly social media market share in Poland from January 2018 to January 2019. As of January 2019, the social network market share of LinkedIn reached a low of 0.3 percent. It had decreased from 0.54 percent in January 2018. LinkedIn's highest share of the social network market was reached in February 2018 with 0.85 percent.
* Share of LinkedIn in the desktop, tablet, mobile or console social media market.
The source adds the following information: "Stats are based on aggregate data collected by StatCounter on a sample exceeding 10 billion page views per month collected from across the StatCounter network of more than 2 million websites."


Marking the Columbus quincentennial, this catalog of a traveling exhibition explores the common threads in fourteen pre-Columbian cultures, from the Olmec, Maya, and Aztec of Mexico and Guatemala through the Chavin culture (900–200 B.C.) of the Andes to the Moche, Chimu, and the Inca empire. The book contains essays from 26 scholars examining sacred geographies, myths, and ancient beliefs as they are transmitted through visual arts and architecture.
The concept of "the Olmec" emerged with the discovery and comparison of monumental and small-scale sculptures whose forms showed similarities, and even identical characteristics, that were different from those of sculptures from other ancient Mexican cultures known at the time. This surprising and novel artistic style was an indication of the first, firm imprints of high civilization in the Mesoamerican region.
Townsend, Richard F. The Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred Landscapes. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2016. Web. 19 Apr. 2019. <https://www.aaeportal.com?id=-14425CITANCHOR>.
Townsend, Richard F. The Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred Landscapes. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2016. Accessed April 19, 2019. https://www.aaeportal.com/?id=-14425CITANCHOR.


An electromagnetic-based tracking and navigation system was evaluated for interventional radiology. The electromagnetic tracking system (CAPPA IRAD EMT, CASinnovations, Erlangen, Germany) was used for real-time monitoring of punctures of the lumbar facet joints and intervertebral disks in a spine phantom, three pig cadavers and three anaesthesized pigs. Therefore, pre-interventional computed tomography (CT) datasets were transferred to the navigation system and puncture trajectories were planned. A coaxial needle was advanced along the trajectories while the position of the needle tip was monitored in real time. After puncture tracts were marked with pieces of wire another CT examination was performed and distances between wires and anatomical targets were measured. Performing punctures of the facet joints mean needle positioning errors were 0.4 ± 0.8 mm in the spine phantom, 2.8 ± 2.1 mm ex vivo and 3.0 ± 2.0 mm in vivo with mean length of the puncture tract of 54.0 ± 10.4 mm (phantom), 51.6 ± 12.6 mm (ex vivo) and 50.9 ± 17.6 mm (in vivo). At first attempt, intervertebral discs were successfully punctured in 15/15 in the phantom study, in 12/15 in the ex-vivo study and 14/15 in the in-vivo study, respectively. Immobilization of the patient and optimal positioning of the field generator are essential to achieve a high accuracy of needle placement in a clinical CT setting.
This work has been funded in part by the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) in the framework of the OrthoMIT project under grant no. 01EQ0402.


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SmartCatalonia Challenge with Cos d'Agents Rurals
To participate in the Challenge you must:
Register on the platform (first time only).
Enroll to the Challenge/s you are interested in by clicking on the "ENROLL" button. The enrollments done in advance will enjoy of personal advising benefits.
Present your proposal when it is done by clicking on the call and filling the form.
The SmartCatalonia Challenge with Cos d'Agents Rurals sets out 4 calls related with the Catalan natural environment management ecosystem which are susceptible to be solved by innovative solutions based on ICT. We make an special encouragement to those start-ups, SMEs and entrepreneurs capable of offering an innovative, viable and adapted solution to one (or more) of the proposed calls.
Join the Challenge, win your reward, improve our territory with your solutions!
Best solution award: 15.000 € + Pilot of the solution with Cos d'Agents Rurals + To present the proposed solution in the Smart City Expo World Congress 2021
Second prize: 3.000 € + To present the proposed solution in the Smart City Expo World Congress 2021
Third prize: 2.000 € + To present the proposed solution in the Smart City Expo World Congress 2021
What should I submit to participate?
To participate you must present a file in ppt or pdf format (about 10 slides), in which the proposal is clearly stated (technical aspects, usability, implementation, etc.) and where it is carefully described how this proposal responds to the call the participant has been worked on.
Optionally, participants may add other value points they consider appropriate for the jury evaluation (for example, a link to a video presentation or a brief summary of the business plan).
It should be remembered that the elements that are most valued in this competition are: degree of viability (it is advisable that the proposal contains elements that show the tangibility of the idea, for example a pilot), degree of innovation (creativity and originality) and degree of adaptability to the call (it is imperative that the document details how the call was approached in a personalized manner).
Call 1: Improving wildlife monitoring
How to improve wildlife monitoring and monitoring systems?
Systems for monitoring the positioning of wildlife specimens for study are already being used. In Catalonia, emitting collars are the most used systems, which have a limited use as they depend on batteries. These, on average, have a lifespan of approximately 2-3 years and once exhausted it is needed to recapture the specimen in order to place a new collar.
The aim of this call is to find an innovative solution that allows to achieve a long durability of these systems, while allowing to obtain data with a much higher frequency, ideally including the possibility of real-time monitoring, it is also desirable to have the capacity to remotely modify the programming so you can filter the information recieved, in real time as well.
Call 2: Automated predator expulsion systems for extensive livestock
How can we ensure the safety of large herds (especially bovine and equine cattles) against the possible attack of a predator?
The recovery of populations of predatory mammals such as bears or wolves in Catalonia represents an improvement in the biodiversity of our ecosystems, however, at the same time, it implies a bigger problem for the country's extensive livestock.
Nowadays, some aversive animal conditioning procedures have already been tested against these predators (continuous and persistent direct deterrence techniques). The purpose of these systems is to eliminate or reduce the frequency of these problematic behaviors through teams of specialized and trained people. There has also been some testing with the use of repellents. However, the application of these techniques requires a thorough manual monitoring of the situation of the animals and the permanent presence of speciallized aversive conditioning teams in grazing areas, with all the difficulties that this entails (unpredictability of the place where damage will occur, nightfall, etc.). In the case of sheep herds, the grouping of cattle, the presence of shepherds, night fences and the use of protective dogs are showing good results. But for cows and horses these solutions are not working with the same level of efficiency, that means that we require new and innovative measures able to mitigate this problem.
The aim of this challenge is to develop an automated system for expelling predators from extensive livestock (mainly brown bear and wolf).
Call 3: Control of access to natural spaces
How to optimize and automate the process of access control in natural spaces?
Ensuring a proper compliance and control of access to natural spaces through conventional surveillance points is complicated. During the last decades, different environmental protection levels have been implemented in a third of the Catalan territory, thus it is convenient to have systems that facilitate, automate and improve access control in these spaces.
For example, having a vehicle detection system with a license plate reader, capable of sending real-time data and alerts to the communications rooms of the Agents Rurals would facilitate this function. However, such a solution would require being able to do the installation on the ground in a simple and discreet way, with an alternative power supply system.
The aim of this call is to develop an innovative solution capable of optimizing and automating the process of access control to certain natural spaces.
Call 4: Use of drones or other technologies to control and capture ungulates
How to optimize the control and capture processes of wild boars and other ungulates?
The increase in wild boar populations and, to a lesser extent, other ungulate species is causing losses in the yield of some agricultural crops, as well as a significant increase in the number of traffic accidents due to collisions with specimens of these species.
To this problem is added the growing concern about the dispersal effect that would occur in the case of a possible outbreak of African swine fever, as a result of the high densities of wild boar in the territory.
To facilitate the management of this problem, it would be necessary to develop a system for locating and identifying specimens of these species, georeferencing their location in relation to terrestrial capture units. This solution should allow real-time monitoring, preferably with the use of drones. These operations must be able to be carried out at night.
Thus, the aim of this call lies in the development of a system to improve the processes of monitoring, control and capture of these animal populations. Although the challenge makes a special appeal to those drone-based solutions, proposals capable of tackling the challenge with other techniques and technologies are also accepted.
We remind you that the participation in different calls is not incompatible, so the same participant can provide solutions to all the calls in which they are interested as long as they offer innovative and adapted solutions to the proposed calls.
Want to know more about the calls? You can rewatch the Calls Presentation Act or send us a message.
For further information please visit the rules of the contest.
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End date 31/05/2021
Awards delivery 16/06/2021
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Favourites of the week: 5 – 11 Dec
December 12, 2016 heroonthebeach
There's so much going on in the series I watch each week that often I find myself having thoughts that linger even after I write my reviews. Often time the thoughts that linger are due to great lines, great moments and great performances and I wanted to use a post like this to capture some of each week's greatness.
The categories will differ from week to week, depending on what's on offer, but this week's post will look at my favourite line, favourite funny scene and favourite moving scene of the week.
Favourite Moving Scene – Goblin Episode 4 "Physics of Love" sequence, 57:07 till end
It's been a few days since the episode, but the whole sequence still lingers in my mind. Director Lee Eung-Bok certainly knows how to create the most poetic, stunning sequences and this has to be one of his best. I loved the soundtrack which really immersed us in the dreamy wistfulness of that scene. The lines of the poem were so meaningful and apt, and Gong Yoo's reading of the lines is both melancholic and blissful, capturing perfectly the conflicting emotions he feels at finding the Goblin's wife. The final line where he says she was his first love, while looking into her eyes, is such a wonderful mix of pathos and joy. After 900 years, his heart has been awakened, yet finding his love also means his mortality is finally coming to an end. Gong Yoo conveys so much through his eyes in this sequence, looking at her from afar then looking into her eyes. Goblin's stoic, restrained expressions are such a contrast to Eun Tak's child-like excitement and cheer, bouncing and running all around. Everything about that sequence is so perfect – I've watched it at least three times without it losing its emotional impact on me.
Favourite Funny Scene – Legend of the Blue Sea Episode 7, Jeong Hoon and Sim Chung make Joon Jae jealous, 47:48 to 49:43
There's a lot of competition this week for this since RDTK, LOBS and Goblin all had their own laugh-out-loud moments, but for me, the scene that had me in stitches was the scene where Jeong Hoon and Shim Chung conspire to make Joon Jae jealous in episode 7.
The scene had me from the start when I saw Shim Chung's over the top outfit and just got funnier from that point as Shim Chung and Jeong Hoon really overplay their flirting to an extreme, with Shim Chung seductively pulling her hair behind her neck and both of them going "click, click, click" to capture the memories while Shim Chung moves her large glasses up and down. Joon Jae's reaction is hilarious too he literally wears his jealousy and surprise on his face, but he responds with frustration and irritation at them, looking upon it with disbelief. The whole situation was well crafted, building on an already very funny earlier sequence where Jeong Hoon and Shim Chung cry to collect pearls, but kudos to Jo Jung Suk, Jun Ji-hyun and Lee Min-ho for their perfect comedic expressions and timing. The wacky sound effects certainly helped too.
Favourite Line of the Week – Goblin Episode 4
We have two shows – RDTK and Goblin – both exploring very meaningful and complex issues pertaining to death. RDTK explores it from the more human, ethical dimensions and they did very well in Episode 8 by exploring the DNR issue through the elderly couple. Goblin looks at it from a more 'afterlife', eternity perspective, which I find meaningful due to my own beliefs.
My favourite line of the week comes Goblin again, when he meets the old man whom he saved when he was young. At the moment of his death, Goblin tells the man:
"I handed the sandwich to thousands of people. But it's rare to see someone who progresses like you. Most people just stay in that moment of miracle and ask for one more. They say they know I'm there. It's as if I owe them miracles. But you changed your life. That's why I've always been rooting for you."
I keep sensing that the show has some religious, and even Christian, overtones as many of the things mentioned about sin, miracles and protection somehow connect with sermons I've heard. However, that connection has not been overtly made, so I won't draw too concrete a connection. Nonetheless, the line above resonated with me because it spoke to me about how many just rely on their gods and religion for miracles, for things to fall from the sky whereas what's ultimately important is how we respond to the miracle and change our character and lives from that.
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2 thoughts on "Favourites of the week: 5 – 11 Dec"
Sara December 12, 2016 / 5:37 pm
Hi! I like your blog!
1.Yesss that final scene in Goblin ep 4 was amazing. His acting is just overwhelming while he reads the poem. The whole show is a delight to watch so far.
2.Legend of the blue sea hasn't impressed me yet, I think it has to do with the main couple, I dont feel the emotions yet… Although that scene you review was hillarious and the previous one crying in the plastic bags had me roaring ;)))
3. Goblin's conversation with the boy from Paris seems very important to the narrative. Shin emphasizes that the boy sticking to writing the wrong answer in the exam (even though he knew it was wrong) was what gave meaning to his life because he exercised his free will and made his own choice out of honesty. Later that night he tells ET that she is his last bride bc he chooses it to be that way..
heroonthebeach December 14, 2016 / 3:51 pm
Thanks Sara for your dropping by and for your comments. You pointed out something interesting about point 3 too that I didn't think about about choice! Thanks 🙂


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Jose Mourinho press conference: Tottenham boss on Harry Kane and Tanguy Ndombele injuries and transfer window plans, including Paulo Dybala
By Jackson Cole
3rd January 2020, 4:06 pm
Jose Mourinho is not sure how long Harry Kane will be out for but is not optimistic about the severity of his injury.
The Tottenham frontman limped off the pitch during the second half of their New Year's Day defeat to Southampton.
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It doesn't look good for Kane who suffered an injury playing against Southampton
Kane left St Mary's on crutches with the hamstring injury but it's not clear how long he will be sidelined for.
And Mourinho admits it's probably not good news for Spurs as Kane 'didn't think twice' over his decision to leave the pitch.
The Lilywhites boss was speaking to the media ahead of their FA Cup tie at Championship club Middlesbrough on Sunday.
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Mourinho also took the opportunity to address what Spurs may do in the transfer market this month, as well as discussing rumours about Paulo Dybala, who the club almost signed on deadline day in the summer.
You can read the best bits from his press conference below…
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On Harry Kane's fitness
"I don't know yet [how long Kane will be out for]. Maybe later today we have news, but if you ask me my feeling good news or bad news, I am more on bad news than good news.
"Kane leaving a match the way he did it, he didn't think twice, it took him two seconds to realise the severity of his situation."
On going into the transfer market to replace Kane
"We have what we have. That's the squad that started pre-season, that's the squad we have for the season.
"Again everybody knows again the importance of Harry in the squad. I think irreplaceable, if you think about one player by one player, I think he's irreplaceable.
"But we have to try solutions with the players we have."
On Tanguy Ndombele's fitness
Ndombele has had a stop-start first season in English football
"Since the beginning of the season he is having problems.
"When I arrived he was injured and now six or seven weeks after I arrived he is injured again. So no continuity in his development, the talent is obviously there but no consistency.
"When a player comes from another country until he adapts to what the Premier League is he needs consistency, he needs minutes, he needs to be playing. Unfortunately he is not being able to do that."
On Paulo Dybala
"I cannot tell you anything about Dybala. I just can't. If something happened, is to happen or why it didn't happen I don't know."
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Spurs almost signed Dybala on deadline day last summer
On going for the FA Cup and Middlesbrough
"We have to try again. I repeat: the FA Cup for me is very important.
"Of course we are miles away from the Wembley semi-finals or final, but we go to this first match and we have to go with everything we have.
"When I look to the Championship in this moment I don't see the Championship of 2004 when I came to England for the first time. The difference between Championship teams and Premier League teams are very, very short.
"For me to go to Norwich, Southampton or Middlesbrough, I don't feel any difference on that. They are in a very good run – four wins in a row, one goal conceded – I think it will obviously be a very difficult match."
Tanguy N'Dombele


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Stress Induced Heart Attacks Linked to PTSD
New research from Emory University is shedding light on a potential link between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia in patients with stable coronary artery disease. The study, led by Viola Vaccarino, MD, PhD, of the department of epidemiology at Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, found that patients with stable coronary artery disease who survived a recent myocardial infarction (MI) and had PTSD were at a greater risk of developing myocardial ischemia than those who did not have PTSD.
The article "PTSD Associated With Increase of Mental Stress Induced Myocardial Infarction," originally appeared on our partner site HCPLive.
New research from Emory University is shedding light on a potential link between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia in patients with stable coronary artery disease.
The study, led by Viola Vaccarino, MD, PhD, of the department of epidemiology at Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, found that patients with stable coronary artery disease who survived a recent myocardial infarction (MI) and had PTSD were at a greater risk of developing myocardial ischemia than those who did not have PTSD.
In an effort to explore potential mechanisms through which PTSD may increase risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in patients with a recent MI, Vaccarino and colleagues designed a cross-sectional study of patients from the Myocardial infarction and Mental Stress Study. In total, the investigators' analysis included 303 patients from an Emory University-affiliated hospital in Atlanta with a documented MI in the previous 8 months.
The mean age of this cohort was 51 (7) years, 48.8% were women, 65.3% were African American and 44 patients (14.5%) had PTSD. Investigators assessed PTSD through a villain version of the PTSD Symptom Checklist, which is a 17-item scale that evaluates PTSD symptoms from within the past month.
Mental stress was evaluated through a standardized published speaking task in a controlled room after a 12-hour fast. Conventional stress testing was performed on a separate day but within a week of the mental stress evaluation-conventional stress was measured using the Bruce protocol or, when contraindicated, pharmacologic testing with regadenoson.
Additionally, vascular testing was performed before and after the mental stress test using Endo-PAT 2000 and endothelium-dependent brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation. Investigators also noted myocardial perfusion imaging was performed at rest, after mental stress, and after conventional stress. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein levels were measured using serum samples collected prestress.
Patients with PTSD had greater rates of ischemia with mental stress than those without PTSD (27.3% vs. 14.7%; P=.04) and more than twice the mean number of ischemic segments (1.2 [95% CI, 0.5-1.8] vs. 0.5 [95% CI, 0.3-0.7]; P <.001). Conversely, there was no difference between the groups in regards to conventional stress ischemia (22.7% vs. 23.2%; P=.91).
Analysis revealed increasing levels of PTSD symptoms were associated with greater odds of ischemia with mental stress (adjusted Odds Ratio [aOR] per 5-point score increase, 1.18; 95% CI, 1.04-1.35; P=.01), but not with conventional stress (aOR per 5-point score increase, 1.05; 95% CI, 0.92-1.21; P=.47). When examining symptoms, reexperiencing trauma was most robustly associated with presence of ischemia with mental stress-other symptoms associated with presence of ischemia with mental stress were avoidance and numbing (aOR per 5-point score increase, 1.51; 95% CI, 1.07-2.14; P=.02).
Vaccarino and colleagues noted there were multiple limitations within their study. Limitations specially mentioned by investigators included lack of outcome data, being conducted at a single institution, and limited sensitivity and specificity from the mental stress test among others.
This study, "Association of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder With Mental Stress–Induced Myocardial Ischemia in Adults After Myocardial Infarction," was published in JAMA Network Open.