A jewel of the night sky, this globular star cluster in Hercules is known as Messier 13. It hangs, suspended in sparkling stillness, in the darkness of space about 25,000 light years away and is composed of a few hundred thousand stars. Anyone can wear diamonds or rubies...wearing a star cluster is far more interesting.
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'How I Met Your Mother' Star Josh Radnor is joining 'Grey's Anatomy'
Published on October 10th, 2018 | Updated on October 10th, 2018 | By FanFest
Meredith Grey seems to have found herself a man.
In the sneak peek of Thursday's episode, she is all done up and ready to go on a blind date.
Could Ted Mosby be the lucky guy?
How I Met Your Mother's Josh Radnor is confirmed to be joining the show, but it is unclear how many episodes he will be in. Most details are being withheld but Radnor's character will debut in this Thursday's episode.
"Meredith didn't really date originally. She fell in love with McDreamy (Patrick Dempsey). And for a little while there when he turned out to be married to someone else, there was some sleeping around by way of comfort and there was McVet (Chris O'Donnell)," Showrunner Krista Vernoff said. "And then she was with Derek and then she was married and having kids, and then suddenly and painfully, she became a widow. Then, there was a rebound romance or two. Martin Henderson was terrific, but it's hard for me to think of Riggs as anything but a rebound because of how soon he came in after Derek. And then last season, she focused on work and became something of a medical superhero.
"Now, she's really single, she's past the intense, initial grief," Vernoff continued. "Derek will always be with her — in her heart and in the faces and hearts of their kids — but he's gone and she's still here and at the end of the season premiere, she's admitting that she wants more. She's agreeing with Cece [Caroline Clay], the matchmaker, that there is no cap on happiness. That she can be happy with her career and her kids but having someone to share it all with might be really nice. And that means putting herself out there in a whole new way. Actually seeking love. That's brand-new. And Ellen Pompeo is showing colors this season that I've just never seen from her before, which is seriously impressive after 15 seasons of playing the same character!"
Hopefully, Radnor sticks around. Sometimes love is the best medicine.
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Cleveland's Jewish Day Schools offer children and teens outstanding curriculums in both general and Judaic studies.
Fuchs Mizrachi School, established in 1983 is geared towards children ages 18 months - 18 years seeking a quality general and Judaic education.
Fuchs Mizrachi Early Childhood Program is for grades Pre-Nursery through Kindergarten in the Orthodox Jewish/Religious Zionist tradition.
Fuchs Mizrachi Lower School is comprised of Grades 1 - 5 and offers the opportunity for many enriching Torah classes and enrichment opportunities.
Fuchs Mizrachi Junior High School is a dual curriculum program comprised of Grades 6 -8. The program emphasizes developing this age group into young devoted Torah centered teens.
Fuchs Mizrachi High School is comprised of Grades 9 - 12 and follows the State of Ohio graduation requirements.
Gross Schechter Day School is a community built on the foundations of academic excellence, personal development and social responsibility. Our program begins at 6 weeks and runs through 8th grade.
Gross Schechter Day School's preschool program encourages creativity, exploration and self-discovery in a nurturing and caring environment filled with the joy of Jewish learning and living. Our curriculum is designed to foster growth in all areas of your child's development. Gross Schechter currently offers programs for children 18 months and up (without parents) daily with afternoon options.
Gross Schechter's new Infant Care Center delivers a low child-to-teacher ratio in a warm, welcoming environment supervised by Gross Schechter's well-trained and excellent ECC staff. The environment promotes healthy child development and that flexes with each child's needs through careful observation of each child. It fosters growth towards independence, and partners with parents to meet their desires for their children's care and well-being.
Our lower school consists of students in grades Kindergarten through Five. The halls of our Lower School are alive with the sounds of students engaged in meaningful learning activities that provide them with a comprehensive education outstanding in both general and Judaic studies. Our team of dedicated teachers is committed to developing each student's individual strengths and to maximize each child's potential.
Gross Schechter Day School's Middle School program stresses critical thinking and creativity, curiosity and perseverance, and global awareness and personal responsibility in a comprehensive education outstanding in both general and Judaic subjects. Students are given greater independence than in earlier grades and encouraged to set and reach individual goals. Teachers work closely with our students to assist them in reaching their highest potentials.
Established in 1943, the Hebrew Academy is chartered by the State of Ohio and provides an intensive Jewish education from Early Childhood through High School.
A community Jewish day school for Early Childhood - 8th Grade students, Mandel JDS enrolls students from all Jewish denominations, practices, and degrees of observance.
Joseph and Florence Mandel Jewish Day School's Early Childhood Program is committed to a meaningful first school opportunity that encourages emotional and social growth for children ages 18 months through 5 years old.
Mandel JDS's middle school program continues to challenge and stimulate students academically, building upon earlier grades.
The Lower School program at Mandel JDS provides Kindergarten - 5th Grade students with a strong foundation in reading, language arts, social studies, math, science, Hebrew and Judaics.
Telshe Yeshiva is a renowned Orthodox institution for Talmud and Torah study.
The Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program offers classes and programs to enrich and engage participants in lifelong learning.
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Over the past two decades nations of lower-middle income and upper-middle-class consumers have developed. This 'Emerging Middle Class', with an average per capita income of between $1,000 and $12,000, now accounts for an estimated $300 billion pharmaceutical market.i To tap the extensive market opportunities this sector provides, companies need to position their supply chains to gain the best patient access possible.
Developing markets are commanding increasing attention from the life science industry. But successful market access – reaching the right patient, at the right place, at the right time – may be the most difficult challenge. Reach and relevance to these patients can be strengthened through successful partnering and by optimising their supply chains.
Therefore the emerging MINT markets are undoubtedly an opportunity. Nigeria may be one of the best prospects, with its estimated $488 billion GDP iv making it the largest economy in Africa, surpassing South Africa for the first time.
In MINT markets, a transition is taking place in therapeutic need, away from infectious diseases towards non-communicable diseases and chronic conditions. Approximately 80 per cent of deaths from non-communicable diseases now occur in emerging markets, according to the World Health Organization.
This transition is a 'call to action' for life science companies to bring their innovative non-communicable disease portfolios and differentiated capabilities to collaborate with others to address this rising, yet preventable, epidemic.
To achieve this, they must look to emerging market leaders. These are the ones who have one thing in common that differentiates them from others: a strong access-to-medicine strategy.
Their strategic approach to market access in these regions has been key to growth and survival. Research shows that the top 10-ranked pharmaceutical companies that have improved patient access to medicines have outperformed their peers by 20 percentage points of stock price growth each year. These companies are more organised in their access approach. Their products and pipelines are meeting more needs. Many are using tiered pricing schemes. They are seeing financial returns consistent with their access initiatives.
By focusing on consumers in emerging markets, companies will see these potential patients steadily grow their revenue streams. Establishing a strong patient base will be worth the entry price as these markets continue to grow and consumer purchasing power increases.
Such correlation between access strategy and strong overall financial performance makes access strategy investment pivotal to long-term growth.
Key to successful access is the supply chain. But how do leading companies position their supply chains as competitive differentiators? Which is the best way to reach the right patient, at the right place, at the right time?
Many multinational companies don't understand local patient needs. Patients in different socioeconomic and geographical segments seek care and therapies in vastly different ways, so supply chains must be as agile and diverse as the populations they serve. Understanding patient barriers and access behaviours is critical for building end-to-end supply chain visibility.
Companies should be patient-centered, with a comprehensive understanding of patient needs across the referral and care cycle. New intervention points, such as community health workers, local dispensaries, and health centres, must be taken into account.
Closing gaps in the potential and unmet patient pool can help grow the market, retain existing patients and win new patients. One customer-centric approach might involve having employees spend time in stores to tailor company products and supply processes to the local customer.
In emerging markets, companies must find ways to succeed under volatile market conditions. Embed agile planning to rapidly create actionable business intelligence and insight. Understand the nature of the demand for specific products and devise the supply chain that can best satisfy that demand.
You may want to segment the supply chain to address different types of demand and to optimise the trade-off between speed, cost and product availability. Optimised segmentation can reduce overall supply chain costs by up to 30 per cent and reduce inventory by up to 50 per cent. Companies should have local supply chain talent strategies to ensure they have the right skills in place to support customers.
The important 'last mile' focuses on reaching the end patient. A comprehensive strategy includes establishing demand-driven supply networks, cold chain strategies, integrated work systems, and multi-channel fulfillment and distributor integration platforms.
Market-specific approaches are required, depending on a region's political and economic stability. Leading companies tend to favour regional partnerships with distributors.
In this increasingly connected world, some emerging and developing markets have leapfrogged directly into mobile technology, forgoing landlines. Companies are tapping into mobility to augment traditional supply chains.
In addition, serialisation and security technologies are finding greater use in combatting counterfeiting and theft. Serialisation technology is an extremely effective tool for detecting and eliminating counterfeiting when coupled with a mobile authentication app – a growing trend.
Cross-sector partnering can be a powerful way to build broader access to the low-income and middle class categories. These segments make up the majority of the market, but can be difficult to reach.
In order to connect with them, partnerships with government and civil society are needed to open grassroots channels. Private sector companies and development organisations share a fundamental goal: to increase access to medicines, driving both business growth and global health impact.
In summary, being visible to the local patient is crucial for penetrating worldwide markets and improving shareholder value. An access to medicines strategy makes healthcare products more available, affordable and accessible to developing and emerging world populations. It can drive business performance and growth as well. There are diverse reasons why some partnerships are successful and others are not. A lot of the time it comes down to a specific skill set, so be aware that new ones may be needed and adapt accordingly.
ii Accenture Analysis, IMS Health Market Reports 2012, Life Science Leader 2014.
iii Life Science Leader 2014.
William Kammerer is managing director in Accenture's Life Sciences Supply Chain practice. He has more than 24 years of experience helping clients develop and implement supply chain strategies across retail, consumer products and life science organisations. Prior to joining Accenture, William worked in management consulting and in the transportation and logistics industry. He specialises in logistics management, supply chain network design and integrated planning and fulfillment operations.
Anastasia Thatcher is the global lead for Health within Accenture Development Partnerships, a non-profit business unit dedicated to international development. She has significant experience in partnership strategy, supporting more than 25 cross-sector initiatives across South Asia, Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa. Anastasia helps bring together civil society, United Nations organisations, donors and business to create holistic, integrated solutions for access to health. Outside Accenture, she teaches a graduate course in Private Sector and International Development.
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Joseph Campbell, the Hero of a Thousand Faces and the System.
Joseph Campbell, the American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known as author of 'The Hero with a Thousand Faces', talked about the power of the system. In a video interview I watched while on vacation in Las Vegas, Joseph Campbell said that we all operate in relation to a system that could either eat us up, or help us become more human.
The central theme of Joseph Campbell's work is the omnipresent myth of the hero's journey, with the central theme of departure, transformation through adventure and trials, and finally fulfilment and return. In the video interview, Joseph Campbell said that we all live and operate in relation to a system. However, is this system going to eat you up and release you of your humanity, or are you going to be able to use the system for human purposes?
In asking if the system is going to eat you up, Joseph Campbell is comparing the system to a living creature and makes the connection to the story of Jonah and the whale. While sailing Jonah is believed to be to blame for a great storm. To rid them of this bad luck, the sailors throw Jonah overboard, and a whale swallows him. This is an example of the hero's journey with departure, trial and return, as Jonah stays within the belly of the whale for 3 days and then returns having survived the trial and is transformed.
The whale is the system that we live in; we can all be swallowed up and forced to obey the requirements of the system. Joseph Campbell said the hero could be consumed and devoured, or could learn to live in the system.
I've recently returned from a vacation in the USA; flying into Las Vegas for a few days and then travelling to some of the nearby national parks. On this, my third visit to Las Vegas, I was taken by the juxtaposition of the glitz and glamour with the dark side of the city. On the same opulent streets, with the brightly-lit casinos and the magnificent musical fountains of the Bellagio hotel, sat people begging for money. These 'down and outs', some appearing half conscious due to alcohol or drugs, sat with signs around their necks asking for money. This was in stark contrast to the people wearing designer clothes walking past them.
The 'down and out' people were in the belly of the whale. The system had consumed them. In terms of the hero's journey, they had departed but not yet returned, they had been devoured and were still experiencing their trial.
It was the dramatic contrasts of Las Vegas that made this so evident. But I would suggest that in every city, in every town, in every organisation, in every team, and maybe in every family, there are people experiencing their own trials. They have been swallowed and are being consumed by the system. They may not be sitting on the streets with signs hanging around their necks, but their trial is evident to them.
Joseph Campbell, and the mono-myth of the hero's journey, would suggest that the cycle is inevitable. Departure, trial and return, is an unbreakable pattern that has been seen in diverse cultures around the world for thousands of years. But the myth also talks about the role of a guide. The guide has already completed their own hero's journey, and is able to support the new hero on their journey.
Let's hope that for everyone who has been swallowed by the system, there is a guide ready to help them with their trial. The 'down and outs' in Las Vegas and wherever else, may not be out of the belly of the whale yet, but it is a matter of time. A guide will help them return and become more human. In turn they can guide the next hero, and work to change the system.
We are all heroes and guides.


It's been some fifteen years since the original edition of Christianity in Crisis was released. Hank Hanegraaff has presented an updated edition in Christianity in Crisis 21st Century.
Hanegraaff does an excellent job of identifying the heresy of the faith and wealth teachers. He draws attention to the similarities between their teaching and that of New Thought. New Thought teachers claim that mental confession can control physical conditions. The faith teachers claim people can create their own reality through the creative power of their words and visualization.
The faith teachers are not deterred when accused of following mind science. They say there are laws in the universe and it is not their fault if others have discovered them too.
Hanegraaff give many examples of the hurt and pain the faith teachers cause. Many have died waiting for the healing they have been taught to believe was their right. Others are weighed down with guilt, being taught that the reason they are not healed is their own lack of faith.
The author does a great job showing orthodox Christianity: a sovereign God (instead of man telling God what to do) and a yielded Christian (not telling God what is his "right").
Unfortunately, most of the material in this book is a repeat of the 1993 edition. Hanegraaff has added some material on Osteen. Meyer, Bynum, Bently and White but the vast majority of the material is old and older. He has included a great index so if you have read the earlier edition, just look up the newer teachers. Hanegraaff has added material on Rhonda Byrne's The Secret which helps the modern reader understand the similarities between the teachings in that book and that of the faith teachers.
Hanegraaff has the bad habit of repeating much of the material in his book, sometimes several times over. I read the book in a two day setting and was dismayed by the times I ended up reading the same quote from Copeland or Hagin again and again.
It is amazing that Hanegraaff stands pretty much alone in pointing out the errors of the faith teachers. In another time, there would have been an identification of heresy by theologians and denomination leaders. It's hard, however, to call a faith teacher a heretic when he or she has thousands and thousands of supported. Hanegraaff is a lone but very necessary voice.


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Police hunt suspect after Hackney Wick train attack
Mike Brooke
Published: 10:27 AM October 5, 2012 Updated: 10:33 AM October 14, 2020
Detectives are appealing for public help in their hunt for a suspect after an unprovoked attack on a train in east London left a student with a damaged jaw.
British Transport Police have today released CCTV images of the man they want to question about the incident at Hackney Wick station on Sunday, September 9.
A 20-year-old Indian student was on a train travelling towards Stratford at 8.30pm when he was approached by a man on the train as it pulled into Hackney Wick.
"The man suddenly punched him in the face," said Det Sgt Alan Bardsley. "The student was left with damage to his jaw and needed hospital treatment.
"This was a violent, unprovoked attack on an innocent young man who was simply minding his own business."
The attacker got off at Hackney Wick and ran along the railway track, causing a delay to trains.
Police have since obtained CCTV images of the man they want to speak to and believe he may have been travelling from either Tottenham or Walthamstow towards Hackney Wick.
Detectives are appealing for anyone who recognises him to contact Transport police on 0800-405040, or anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800-555111, quoting reference reference B8/LNA of 04/10/12.


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Winter Lecture Series: Don Fisher
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Hallockville Museum Farm presents, "Winter Lecture Series: Exploring Land, History and Traditions". This three-part series is sponsored by Hampton Coffee Company and explores important facets at the core of the Museum Farm's mission: honoring the land, celebrating history, and sharing traditions. Hampton Coffee Company, a local café and roaster, will begin each lecture with a presentation about their coffee philosophy and with samples.
February 2nd (1pm to 3pm): "With a North Fork perspective, what reason the Long Island Rail Road?" Presenter, Don Fisher – President of the Railroad Museum of Long Island.
We will explore the 19th Century reasons for creating the Long Island Rail Road, why it bisected our North Fork to terminate in Greenport. We'll enjoy some early "not in my back yard" stories from Riverhead and Southold Towns and see that over time, the railroad came to be accepted and benefit the inhabitants of the East End.
Reservations are requested. Tickets may be purchased in advanced by calling Hallockville Museum Farm at 631.298.5292 or online. Advanced tickets are $10. Tickets at the door may be purchased on a first-come first-served basis for $15 each or two tickets for $25. Space is limited.
Don Fischer Bio: In 1995, with twenty-three years of audio-visual and technical theater experience, Mr. Donald Fisher joined the all-volunteer Railroad Museum of Long Island to serve as an electrician and exhibit designer. By 1998, Mr. Fisher had been appointed Assistant Site Manager for the Museum's Greenport, Long Island property and a major rehabilitation of the exhibit hall was underway. In 2001, an opening occurred on the museum's Board of Trustees and Don was asked to fill that position, serving on the buildings and grounds committee and the events committee. In 2007 he was appointed to the position of Vice President and became Co-chair of the Steam Locomotive #39 Restoration Committee. Since October 2008, Don Fisher has served as President of the Railroad Museum of Long Island and continues to lead the restoration process on Locomotive #39.
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BY: Starr Bowenbank
Lady Gaga is set to make her follow-up to 2018's A Star Is Born with House of Gucci's arrival on Nov. 26. With just one month left before the star-studded film premieres, a new teaser released Wednesday (Oct. 27) shows the "Rain on Me" singer as Patrizia Reggiani having her first encounter with fashion house mogul Maurizio Gucci.
In the sneak peek, Gaga wears a red gown, black gloves and diamonds as she introduces herself to Gucci (Adam Driver) at a party. The pair dances the night away, before the trailer progresses to scenes that establish the Gucci family's wealth: Italian ski trips, waterfront vacation homes and luxurious fashion.
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U.S. missile strike kills at least 5 people
Feb 22, 2011 at 12:01 AM Feb 22, 2011 at 11:44 AM
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN -- Pakistani intelligence officials said a suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least five people in a tribal region near the Afghan border.
It was the second missile strike in roughly 24 hours. The first killed seven alleged militants.
The two officials said four missiles hit a house late yesterday in the North Waziristan tribal region.
The strikes were the first since the arrest of a U.S. citizen who killed two Pakistanis in late January.


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News travels fast among friends.
And so it was that news spread about Mustafa, a civil servant who had been picked up by Algeria's security forces and tortured.
Mustafa was well-educated, had a good job, and his friends were among Algeria's largely secular, upper-middle class. He seemed like the last person to be suspected of dealing with Islamic extremists, who have waged one of the most brutal insurgencies in the world.
But such is the nature of this conflict - which has left 60,000 dead since 1992 - that Algeria's security forces have fought back just as hard, often with little respect for human rights.
Disappearances are legion, and the state of emergency, decreed in 1992 when the military-backed government cancelled elections that Islamists were set to win, gives the ubiquitous security forces a free hand.
"I know that the antiterrorism policy is not perfect," says an Algerian journalist at a popular newspaper. "Many innocents have been killed by security. I know they've been able to torture people, and those who did it have not been pursued."
Mustafa - picked up one day by several plainclothes policemen and forced into a waiting car - was missing for two days, then reappeared in a hospital bed.
Remarkably, his family was able to visit, but they have been in a state of shock since hearing him describe his own torture. He died the next day, but police would not release his body.
"Can you imagine? They do this because they have only suspicion, without any proof that he was dealing with terrorists," says a source with firsthand knowledge of the case. "This happens very, very often."
A policeman within the ranks who says he knew of Mustafa's innocence has vowed to kill the one responsible - a move that, if even an occasional occurrence, points to the degree that such violence fractures the security forces.
"Since independence [when 1 million Algerians died in an eight-year war against French colonial rulers before Algeria declared independence in 1962], Algeria never went through so visible, so systematic, such widespread human rights violations," says a lawyer. "There isn't a single village ... in Algeria where you don't have someone who has been tortured." The Paris-based International Federation of Human Rights said in June that at least 2,000 people had disappeared at the hands of the security forces.
The hard line taken against Islamic militants began in 1992, when more than 9,000 suspected sympathizers were rounded up and held in makeshift detention centers in the Sahara Desert.
Leaders of the Islamic Salvation Front - the party that was on the verge of victory and had tapped into widespread antigovernment sentiment - are still imprisoned.
The most charismatic of them, Ali BenHadj, had been engaged in a secret dialogue with the regime of President Liamine Zeroual in 1995, but the government engineered a smear campaign and sent him to an especially tough incarceration in a roofless cell in Tamanrasset, Algeria's southern outpost deep in the Sahara.
Interior Minister Mustafa Benmansour, in an April interview with Human Rights Watch, denied that authorities were responsible for any abuses.
"There are no violations, except for some excesses that take place in the framework of operations, such as insults or beatings - these are subject to prosecution," he says.
Observers say that "quite a few" people were released in 1996, and a State Department report notes that the government-affiliated human rights group reported 50 cases of disappearances in 1996, down from 115 in 1995.
Still, Human Rights Watch concludes that security force "abuses" such as arbitrary detention, disappearance, extrajudicial killing and torture "are presently practiced with virtual impunity." But if Mustafa's death is among those "excesses," then they are the type that keep Algerians worrying that their nation's recovery from violence could be long and painful.


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Lawmakers will appeal court ruling denying access to child protection records
Randy Billings, Portland Press Herald, Maine
Jan. 13—The Legislature's powerful Government Oversight Committee voted Friday to press forward with its effort to gain access to confidential child protective records amid an inquiry into the state's child protection services triggered by a series of deaths in 2021.
Committee members voted 6-4, mostly along party lines, to appeal a superior court ruling supporting the Mills administration's position that lawmakers are barred from looking at those records. The court agreed that those records can only be provided to the state's watchdog agency, the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability, which then reports its findings to lawmakers.
The appeal will place the dispute in the hands of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. It comes as pressure continues to build on both the Legislature and the Mills administration to respond to a spike in the number of children who have died after contact with the state protection system or as a result of abuse.
Most Democrats on the oversight committee said time would be better spent drafting a bill to expressly allow lawmakers to view those records as the committee continues its investigation into the Office of Child and Family Services. But Republicans argued that no one could guarantee that such a law would pass.
"I want to show the public how seriously we take this and that sense of urgency that we have," said Rep. Amy Arata, R-New Gloucester, arguing for the appeal. "I want to be very clear in that respect."
Sen. Craig Hickman, D-Winthrop, who co-chairs the committee, joined Republicans in supporting the appeal, saying he disagreed with the ruling and couldn't see why legislators who wrote existing state law would have prohibited themselves from being able to review confidential records when conducting oversight of state agencies. "I'm inclined to support the motion to appeal because the ruling suggests that this is a matter of interpretation," Hickman said.
Jackie Farwell, spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services, responded to the committee vote by saying "we again look forward to the court's resolution of this issue so we can advance our vital work with partners throughout the state to protect Maine children from abuse and neglect."
The vote came about a week after the latest scathing report by the state's independent child welfare ombudsman, who annually reviews a small percentage of child protective cases based on complaints from parents, family members, and members of the public.
Despite years of focus on the issue and assurances from state officials that new training and programs were being rolled out to address issues, Ombudsman Christine Alberi reported a "downward trend in child welfare practices" that continue to put children at risk.
MILLS GETTING INVOLVED
It also comes as Gov. Janet Mills has signaled her intent to become more directly involved in the issue.
Mills said in a recent interview on Maine Public's "Maine Calling" program that she would like to discuss the ombudsman report with Alberi and child welfare caseworkers who are on the front lines before offering any critiques of the current system or comments on the report.
"I want to get on the ground and find out what's going on," Mills said.
Maine reported that more children died in 2021 from abuse, neglect, or in households that had prior involvement with the child protective system than in any year on record.
In all, the state has reported that 30 children died in Maine in 2021 after having contact with the state's child protective system or as a result of homicide, abuse, or neglect. Four more children who died in 2021 are expected to be added to that count after the courts resolve ongoing criminal cases. At least 27 of the children had some sort of child protective history before their deaths, according to state data.
OPEGA Director Peter Schleck said his staff has reviewed over 22,000 confidential documents relating to four child deaths in 2021 — Jaden Harden, Hailey Goding, Maddox Williams, and Sylus Melvin — that occurred in a short period and prompted the ongoing investigation. Schleck said he's planning to present a full report to the oversight committee next month about the death of Goding, whose mother, Hillary Goding, was sentenced to 19 years in jail after pleading guilty in September to manslaughter.
In her supplemental budget adopted last year, Mills made an $8 million investment in child protective services, strengthening the ombudsman's office and increasing the number of caseworkers to help reduce caseloads and the reliance on mandatory overtime to handle cases on weekends and holidays. She said this week that about 60 caseworker positions remain open.
The governor's new budget proposal for the next two years includes $15 million in new funding for rate increases for foster and adoptive families.
Lawmakers also are submitting their own bills to address the issue. Sen. Joe Baldacci, D-Bangor, is looking to create an office of inspector general for the child welfare division, while Sen. Jeff Timberlake, R-Turner, has submitted a bill that would remove the Office of Child and Family Services from the massive Department of Health and Human Services.
SYSTEMIC REFORMS PROPOSED
And placeholder bills for systemic reforms also have been submitted by Rep. Michele Meyer, D-Eliot, and Senate Minority Leader Trey Stewart, R-Presque Isle.
Alberi said her office found "significant issues" with more than half of the 83 cases, involving 162 children, that it reviewed last year. She found that 46 cases were handled in a way that negatively impacted the safety and interests of the children or rights of the parents.
Her report included summaries for 17 different instances in which child welfare supervisors and caseworkers, who together decide whether a child should be removed from a home, failed to fully investigate a complaint of abuse or neglect, or failed to remove a child from clearly dangerous homes.
Those summaries include:
— An infant who was left in a home after the state received reports of one parent committing domestic violence against the other parent, including strangulation, reported spanking of the infant, and untreated mental health issues. The investigation was closed as unsubstantiated, but another case was opened only months later after additional domestic violence in the presence of the infant was reported.
"The infant was then left in the custody of the parents for a further eight months, despite multiple safety plans being violated, and no evidence that the parents had engaged in treatment, acknowledged the issues, or made behavior changes," Alberi found. "The child entered state custody."
— In another case, two children who experienced "serious neglect" were held in state custody for nearly two years without a petition to terminate parental rights. They entered custody after an infant was "found to have serious, inflicted head injuries." Additional safety concerns were reported during unsupervised visits with the parents, who were allowed to see the children even though the abuser was never identified.
— And two children who suffered years of severe neglect were reunited with their parents even though the parents "showed no remorse and did not accept any responsibility for the serious harm done to the children." After custody was restored, additional evidence of abuse and neglect emerged, but the case was dismissed and closed without further court action.
PARENTAL OBSTRUCTION CITED
The Office of Child and Family Services said in its response to the ombudsman that investigations are hampered by parents who refuse to cooperate with investigations, saying court orders need supporting evidence that is difficult to gather without parental consent.
The office also said it was working on a plan to provide better training and support for supervisors — an issue that was flagged by both Alberi and in internal reviews by the department.
Farwell, the DHHS spokesperson, said the department also is submitting legislation to explicitly allow hospitals and medical providers to share information with law enforcement during child abuse investigations.
Both the department and the ombudsman acknowledge that common threads throughout child abuse and neglect cases are poverty, substance misuse, and untreated mental health issues. Rep. Maggie O'Neil, D-Saco, voted against appealing the lawsuit over records, saying the committee should instead focus on the underlying factors of child abuse and neglect.
"We have spent a lot of time discussing downstream issues," O'Neil said. "I think that it would be more valuable for our committee to also — as we conduct oversight about these downstream issues — move upstream and begin to discuss prevention because what I want to see is families not getting in this position in the first place."
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Archaeologists find remains of the Roman invasion of Ayrshire
By Jody Harrison @jodeharrisonHT Reporter
The remains were uncovered during building work
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered fresh evidence of a Roman invasion of Scotland under an Ayrshire playing field.
A marching camp used by the Legions as they made their way along the coast was found by a team carrying out work prior to the building of the new Ayr Academy.
It is thought to date back to the first century AD, when an army under Agricola, the Roman Governor of Britain, fought its way up to Aberdeenshire and defeated an army of Caledonians at the battle of Mons Grampius.
It was previously thought the only two known routes for the Roman invasion were further to the east; the present-day M74 and A68 roads follow these same courses.
But the new marching camp at Ayr reveals another route down the west coast towards the south-west tip of Scotland, from where Ireland is readily visible.
The discovery was made during archaeological excavations undertaken by GUARD Archaeology, but only became apparent upon post-excavation analyses and radiocarbon dating.
Iraia Arabaolaza, who directed the excavation, said: 'There was a ford across the river Ayr just below the Roman marching camp while ships may have been beached on the nearby shoreline.
"The Ayr marching camp is 20 miles from the nearest Roman camp to the south at Girvan, which corresponds to a day's march for a Roman soldier.
"There is a little more distance to other Roman camps to the north-east near Strathaven. Altogether this suggests that this site was chosen as a strategic location for the Roman conquest of Ayrshire."
READ MORE: Rome's war on Scotlsand revealed
Roman marching camps have been described as the temporary bases of a tented army on campaign. While most Roman camps are usually recognised by the regular linear ditches which enclose them, landscaping or ploughing at the Ayr Academy site appears to have destroyed any such remains.
The camp at Ayr Academy, however, shares other similarities with Roman camps in Scotland, which have also revealed similar formations of fire-pits or camp-ovens.
Ms Arabaolaza said: "The Roman features comprised 26 large, often double, fire-pits that were distributed evenly in two parallel rows 30m apart. The arrangement and uniformity of these features implies an organised layout and the evidence suggests that they were all used for baking bread.
"The location of the oven was recognised by the scorching of the subsoil base, stone slabs and burnt clay fragments, some with wood imprints and with dome moulding. Ash pits were identified at the opposite end to the ovens within these figure-of-eight features, filled with burnt and charcoal-rich soil comprising the raked-out material from the clay-domed ovens."
It is also possible that the archaeological remains only represent a portion of the camp, which may have extended into the flat land to the north, where the modern racecourse is situated.
READ MORE: What did the Romans ever do for us? And who were they anyway?
Archaeologists said that the Romans were not the first people to occupy the site. Traces of the local Iron Age population were recovered during the excavation, including a fragment of a shale bracelet, along with pits and post-holes that date to much earlier times.
Evidence of Bronze Age ritual activity from the late third and second millennium BC, a Neolithic settlement from the fourth millennium BC and a Mesolithic hunter/gatherer camp from the sixth millennium BC was also discovered, revealing the area to be one of the earliest and most complex prehistoric sites in this part of the west coast of Scotland.
This indicates the earliest occupation of the Ayr Academy site goes back to around 5200 BC, roughly twice as old as the Roman Marching Camp.
After defeating the Caledonians, Agricola returned south. Scotland would be invaded by the Romans again a century later when the Emperor Septimus Severus ventured north to put down raiding tribes.
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Ms Arabaolaza will present her findings at the Archaeological Research in Progress 2019 Conference in Edinburgh on Saturday.


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Biography – SKANUDHAROUA, Geneviève-Agnes, de Tous-les-Saints – Volume I (1000-1700) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography
SKANUDHAROUA (Skannud-Haroï), Geneviève-Agnes, dite de Tous-les-Saints, Hospitaller, first Indian girl to enter the religious life; b. 1642; d. 3 Nov. 1657 at Quebec.
Skanudharoua was born at the Huron village of Ossossanë, or La Conception, a daughter of a leading Huron chief, Pierre Ondakion, whose family had been the first of that nation to embrace Christianity, and his wife Jeanne Asenregéhaon. Their marriage was the first Christian union in the Huron country. At first, Skanudharoua lived with the Ursuline nuns at Quebec. In 1650, when the Ursulines' house burned, she was thought for some time to have been lost.
In May 1650 she was taken to the Hôtel-Dieu in Quebec where she learned the French language perfectly in less than a year and quickly mastered the art of reading and writing, surpassing her French companions. She acted as interpreter for the sick Hurons at the Hôtel-Dieu. In order "that she might always be kept in a spirit of submission," she was engaged in kitchen work, yet never was heard to complain. She was firm in her desire to remain with the nuns in the face of her parents frequent attempts to compel her to leave. When "tried" before the whole community, she preferred harsh discipline to returning to her people. She overcame the native's natural impulse for freedom and was much loved by all for her humility, sincerity, and sweetness. Her godmother in Paris, Mme Bodeau, paid for her upkeep.
Geneviève-Agnès had an ardent desire to become a nun and was admitted to the noviciate on 25 March 1657. She suffered a lingering disease of the lungs and was moved to the hospital infirmary on 15 August. She continued to discharge her religious duties as long as her strength would allow "with as much exactness as an old professed nun." On 1 November she was given the holy garb and, at her own request, the name "Tous-les-Saints." A few hours before her death on 3 Nov. 1657, she took the final vows, the first Indian girl to enter the religious life. She was buried at the Hôtel-Dieu in Quebec with other nuns.
Mother Saint-Bonaventure-de-Jésus [see Forestier], superior of the Hôtel-Dieu, wrote after her death, "She had a very fine form and an exceedingly pleasing countenance . . . an intelligence above the average, not only of the Savages, but also of the French."
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Elsie McLeod Jury, "SKANUDHAROUA, Geneviève-Agnes, de Tous-les-Saints," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed January 27, 2023, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/skanudharoua_1E.html.
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In 1926, Alan Cobham surveyed a flight route from the UK to Cape Town, South Africa, following this up with another proving flight to Melbourne, Australia. Other routes to British India and the Far East were also charted and demonstrated at this time. Regular services to Cairo and Basra began in 1927 and were extended to Karachi in 1929. The London-Australia service was inaugurated in 1932 with the Handley Page HP 42 airliners. Further services were opened up to Calcutta, Rangoon, Singapore, Brisbane and Hong Kong passengers departed London on 14 March 1936 following the establishment of a branch from Penang to Hong Kong.
What's most stunning in Bali — dazzling beaches like Nusa Dua, Seminyak and Jimbaran Bay? Ubud's terraced rice fields, sacred forest and ancient monuments? Or the island's 10,000 intricate temples, including Pura Empul (the one you bathe in) and Uluwatu sea temple? Experience all of the above and decide for yourself. The Land of the Gods also boasts a loveliness that is more than skin-deep, thanks to its warm people and ubiquitous, inclusive spirituality.
Travel here is now easier than ever thanks to recent renovations at both international airports. One of Grand Cayman's first hotel openings in years, Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa opened in November, with 266 design-centric guest rooms along a 500-foot coral sand stretch of Seven Mile Beach. At the grass-and-teak filled, flip-flop friendly Margaritaville Beach Resort, which will open in early 2017 with 286 guest rooms, kids can cruise down the two-story waterslide and you've got a License to Chill at the bar with the same name.
Located on the eastern coast of Malaysia, the Perhentians consist of two islands. Both are stunningly covered with a lot of palm trees, wide beaches, and crystal blue water. There's not much to do here, and visitors typically lay on the beach all day, resting from last night's drinking. It's the perfect place to put up a hammock. A strong monsoon season limits when to go to between March and October. During the other times, it's best to head to Thailand, where the weather is nicer.
A group of 27 coral islands that form two atolls in the Indian Ocean, the Cocos Keeling Islands were virtually unheard of until beach activists Brad Farmer and Andrew Short named Cocos Keeling's Cossies Beach as the best in Australia for 2017. Called the continent's last unspoiled paradise, the remote destination is as special for what's not there (high-rise resorts, chain restaurants, crowds, traffic) as what is — pristine white sand and a turquoise lagoon that's home to 30,000 sea turtles.
There are many picturesque villages to explore, and the beaches are always far from crowded. If you like walking, the lush vegetation and cliffs are ideal, while if you like to do some underwater exploration, there are many scuba diving and fishing opportunities, too. Additionally, Dugi Otok is home to one of Croatia's best sandy beaches, Sakarun, which some compare to the beaches of the Caribbean, making it a great family spot.
In the Soviet Union, the Chief Administration of the Civil Air Fleet was established in 1921. One of its first acts was to help found Deutsch-Russische Luftverkehrs A.G. (Deruluft), a German-Russian joint venture to provide air transport from Russia to the West. Domestic air service began around the same time, when Dobrolyot started operations on 15 July 1923 between Moscow and Nizhni Novgorod. Since 1932 all operations had been carried under the name Aeroflot.[13]
Blaca Hermitage in the south of the island is a must-visit, as well as Vidova Gora Mountain, which is the highest peak on the island, offering you stunning views across the Adriatic and to neighboring islands on a clear day. Brač is also where you'll find the famous Zlatni Rat Beach, one of the absolute best Croatia beaches (and even in all of Europe) and a wonderful place to spend a day. This all makes Brač one of the best islands near Split, a perfect day trip from Croatia's second-largest city.
You seem to have your heart set on Zakynthos but I have to say it's not a good use of time for a sort-of overrated payoff. Your time is much better spent (in my opinion) seeing another Greek island in the cyclades (maybe taking a ferry to Naxos or Paros sitting outside on the deck drinking a bottle of wine) rather than taking a bus and connecting flights. Zakynthos and Santorini/Mykonos are on opposite sides of the country and the only way from one to the other is by flying (or some combination of bus and ferry). So, my recommendation is to consider spending those Zakynthos days in Naxos, Paros, Milos, or some other Cycladic island.
By the early 1920s, small airlines were struggling to compete, and there was a movement towards increased rationalization and consolidation. In 1924, Imperial Airways was formed from the merger of Instone Air Line Company, British Marine Air Navigation, Daimler Airway and Handley Page Transport Co Ltd., to allow British airlines to compete with stiff competition from French and German airlines that were enjoying heavy government subsidies. The airline was a pioneer in surveying and opening up air routes across the world to serve far-flung parts of the British Empire and to enhance trade and integration.[14]
Located 15 minutes' walk from the Las Vegas Strip, this non-gaming and nonsmoking hotel offers air-conditioned rooms with free WiFi for all devices. Facilities include an outdoor swimming pool. Location was great. Near to everything but not directly in the strip which can be very noisy. Great services such as shuttle buses. Super comfy beds. Great to have your own cooking facilities.
Crete, Santorini, and Naxos look quite doable within the 12-day block, but Crete's beaches are scattered throughout a very LARGE island, Santorini really only has Kamari and Perissá (and some southern coast bays) and Naxos does have nice places to swim. If you choose only to visit those three islands in your relatively short time, you will do well.
Kate Hudson, Goldie Hawn and Amy Schumer were among the first guests at Four Seasons Resort Oahu at Ko Olina, a 642-acre that opened in May 2016 on the island's west coast 17 miles from Honolulu. Closer to the action of Waikiki, the Surfjack Hotel opened in May with a dose of vintage 1960s Hawaii, down to its painted murals and birds of paradise wallpaper by local artists that are just begging to be Instagramed. Pacific Beach Hotel re-emerges in the fall as Alohilani Resort Waikiki Beach, whose $115 million upgrades include two new restaurants by celebrity chef Masaharu Morimoto.
Christened the Garden Island, Kauai's splendor extends from its vermillion Waimea Canyon, plunging down 3,600 feet, to its rugged Napali Cliffs, stretching up 4,000 feet. Often dotted with dozing monk seals, Kauai's Poipu Beach has appeared on Dr. Beach's esteemed list of America's Best Beaches. Rivers, rainforests and waterfalls garnish the interior; don't miss a photo op of Wailua Falls, famously featured in the opening credits of Fantasy Island, which aired from 1977 to 1984.
Tony Jannus conducted the United States' first scheduled commercial airline flight on 1 January 1914 for the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line.[23] The 23-minute flight traveled between St. Petersburg, Florida and Tampa, Florida, passing some 50 feet (15 m) above Tampa Bay in Jannus' Benoist XIV wood and muslin biplane flying boat. His passenger was a former mayor of St. Petersburg, who paid $400 for the privilege of sitting on a wooden bench in the open cockpit. The Airboat line operated for about four months, carrying more than 1,200 passengers who paid $5 each.[24] Chalk's International Airlines began service between Miami and Bimini in the Bahamas in February 1919. Based in Ft. Lauderdale, Chalk's claimed to be the oldest continuously operating airline in the United States until its closure in 2008.[25]
Airlines often have a strong seasonality, with traffic low in Winter and peaking in Summer. In Europe the most extreme market are the Greek islands with July/August having more than ten times the winter traffic, as Jet2 is the most seasonal among low-cost carriers with July having seven times the January traffic, whereas legacy carriers are much less with only 85/115% variability.[73]
Lefkada is an island, but is connected to the mainland by a causeway at the northern tip and its access airport is on the mainland at Aktio (Preveza). It is an island popular with Greeks and mainly European visitors. Italians and Brits predominate. It is green, verdant, has good beaches and facilities and is compact enough to get around easily. Tourism is centred on the east coast around the port village of Nydri. It is low-key accommodation with villas and small family-run hotels predominating. Off-shore from Nydri are a couple of islands worth visiting on excursions: the sizeable Meganisi (car ferries run to and fro') and the private Skorpios Island which belong to the Onassis family. On your own hired motor boat, you can heave-to on just one private beach on the north side of the island and swim and claim boasting rights to having swum on Aristotle Onassis' private piece of Greece.
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We're on a budget (think €50 per person per day) and would like to go someplace warm and sunny where there's also a combination of culture and nature. So we can explore in the mornings and relax at the beach in the afternoon. Preferably a sandy beach. We don't need a lot of nightlife but it would be nice if not the whole island is closing down already. Do you have a suggestion?
We are having trouble deciding on another island to go to besides Santorini (we both want to go there). I was hoping you might be able to make a suggestion. We are not really into late night partying/night life. We LOVE good food..quite possibly the most important item on our list. We also like to hike, my husband is very into history, we love beer/wine, we could definitely be into in a less populated/touristy type spot. Gorgeous beaches and great views are also a plus.
It's best to visit Greek islands within the same group. For example, I wouldn't recommend visiting Corfu and Santorini on the same trip as they're on opposite sides of the country. Instead, visit islands in the same island group: the Cyclades, the Sporades, the Dodecanese, the Ionian, the Saronic, and the Northeastern Aegean. For one, they're close to each other. And two, they have frequent ferry connections with each other. For first time visitors to Greece, the Cyclades make the most natural and convenient introduction.
The busiest and hottest months. If you like beach parties and packed clubs then Mykonos is the place to be. The less-busy islands (Antiparos, Sifnos, Ikaria, Folegandros, Milos) have short tourists seasons and this is when they're fully open and running. Santorini, Crete, Rhodes, and Corfu are in peak-season but all are large enough to retain their charm.
You'd have to check the schedule for your specific dates but I think Santorini then Milos then Paros then Naxos and Athens would probably be the best order. 3 days in each sounds great. Or a small tweak: 2 days in Milos and then 4 days in Santorini (splitting time between 2 of the 4 caldera towns) or even 4 days in Paros (splitting time between Naousa and Parikia).
Drop-dead gorgeous Fiji is a filmmaker's dream. Spy its Mamanuca island chain in Cast Away and Survivor; ogle its Yasawa archipelago in the 1980 version of Blue Lagoon. A dizzying amount of natural beauty — from mountains and mangroves to rivers and reefs — swathes Fiji's 333 islands, and awe-inspiring wildlife (whales, sea turtles, dolphins, parrots) is the icing on the cake. For scenery with a side of luxury and exclusivity, reserve a bure (villa) at one of Fiji's numerous private-island resorts.
The intense nature of airfare pricing has led to the term "fare war" to describe efforts by airlines to undercut other airlines on competitive routes. Through computers, new airfares can be published quickly and efficiently to the airlines' sales channels. For this purpose the airlines use the Airline Tariff Publishing Company (ATPCO), who distribute latest fares for more than 500 airlines to Computer Reservation Systems across the world.
Hi Dave, going to Greece in September from the 3rd to 18th. Paros and Milos are pretty much decided but we are not sure about adding a 3rd island. We arrive in Athens early in the day from an overnight flight so will be jetlagged. My husband is staying on for an additional week near Thessaloniki. We have already visited Athens, Aegina, Crete, Santorini, Mykonos, Paros, and Rhodes. My husband isn't really a beach person and I love the beach so we do need a mix of things to do. We are pretty fit and enjoy being Active. Great restaurants are a must. Any suggestions?
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Transport between them can be patchy, but a new service linking Zakynthos with Corfu which started this year now brings all the islands (bar Kythira) together. Zakynthos is otherwise linked to Kefallonia with an old-style open deck 'slipper' ferry; Kefallonia includes Ithaki on its local small ferry route to Nydri on Lefkada. There is no link (except for the new service) from Lefkada to Paxi/Corfu. Corfu has links to Paxi and its little know satellite islands just to the north. Kythira has an airport with flights to Athens and ferries to Crete (Kissamos) and the Peloponnese (Gythio, Kalamata, and Neapoli).
On July 31, 1946, a chartered Philippine Airlines (PAL) DC-4 ferried 40 American servicemen to Oakland, California, from Nielson Airport in Makati City with stops in Guam, Wake Island, Johnston Atoll and Honolulu, Hawaii, making PAL the first Asian airline to cross the Pacific Ocean. A regular service between Manila and San Francisco was started in December. It was during this year that the airline was designated as the flag carrier of Philippines.
Hi Dave. Thank you for your amazing website! We (30's / 40's couple – no kids) used your recommendations last year in September and visited Santorini (7days), Milos (3days) and Crete (12days) before spending 3 days in Athens. The trip was amazing and Greece is calling us to go back again this year! We have a conundrum which we are hoping you can assist (well, many of them really!)


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