It's not easy watching the units with all that festive partying to be done—how many of us have any idea how much we're really drinking?
To try and find out, I went along to Digest Towers and asked 20 willing victims to pour what they thought was a standard 125ml measure of wine—a small glass in a pub. Only two Digesters were spot on, and 55 per cent were over—in some cases way over.
Lots of people blamed the size of the glass but, hey, we all drink from big glasses now—and some bars serve a 250ml glass as standard. That's a third of a bottle, and a full three units at 12%. When you consider that drinking more than two units a day raises your risk of a host of nasties—including liver damage, cancer, obesity, osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease—it's enough to make you cancel Christmas. But if you don't want to do that, try to make sure you alternate your glass of wine with a glass of water—and don't allow people to top up your glass at parties!


Overall growth rate slows as Deloitte announces the 2015 Central Europe Fast 50 ranking.
The average growth rate of CE's Fast 50 technology companies falls to 560% (2011‒2014) from 698% (2009‒2013). This continues the slide from the high point of 1,026% achieved in 2012.
The ranking consists of companies from nine countries. Two companies from Lithuania made the main Fast 50 ranking. For the first time in the history of the project, two Lithuanian companies entered the additional Big 5 and Rising Stars categories.
38 companies are in the ranking for the first time, including those in first and second places; three move up and eight move down.
Software (29) and media (14) companies dominate the ranking.
Nine countries contribute companies to this year's Fast 50 ranking: Poland (12), Romania (10), Croatia (8), the Czech Republic and Slovakia (5 each), Hungary (4) and Bulgaria, Lithuania and Serbia (2 each).
Three out of the top five places in the 2015 Deloitte CE Technology Fast 50 report, which ranks the companies showing the strongest revenue growth rate between 2011 and 2014, are new entries to the listing, including those in the first two places. However, the average growth rate of all companies in the Fast 50 has fallen from 698% to 560% over the last year, continuing the slide since the peak reached in 2012 of 1,026%.
Top place in this year's ranking goes to Czech software company Simplity , with its five-year revenue growth rate of 1971%. Interestingly, Simplity was sixth in last year's Rising Star category (see below), when it was still too young to feature in the Fast 50 ranking itself. Next is secure mobile payments company Skycash Poland with 1,665%, while third place goes to last year's overall leader, Hungarian online real estate business Szallas.hu. Its 2015 growth rate of 1,209%, while still very fast, is substantially down on last year's high point of 2,259%.
Another new entry comes in at number four in the shape of custom-applications and document-management specialist BSP Applications (1,004%), tied with Polish web-development agency Netguru, which has moved up from fifth place from last year despite a reduction in its revenue growth rate from 1,386% to 1,004%.
Two companies from Lithuania made the list this year: Ruptela UAB (36th position) and nSoft UAB (40th position). Telecommunication company Ruptela, providing innovative transport monitoring and management services, has fallen from 7th position to 36th in comparison with the last year's ranking. Although a drop of this company in ranking is obvious, Ruptela remains the sole Lithuanian technology company occupying the top place in this year's ranking with its growth of 342%.
Information technology solutions company nSoft moved up by five positions to the 40th place in the TOP 50 ranking. It represents an increase of 297%.
"While rapidly expanding business, one of the main challenges we have faced in recent years was to maintain and ensure a high level of quality, management and services provided. Of course, the search for skilled, experienced and suitable for the company employees is an ongoing and continuous challenge", says Andrius Rupšys, the Managing Director of Ruptela UAB. "I am convinced that both our employees and creation of high-quality solutions, as well as focusing on customer are the key factors, which contributed to our competitive advantage in the market", adds Mr Rupšys.
"It is gratifying to see that Lithuanian companies successfully retain its positions in the Technology Fast 50 lists for several successive years. This year, according to the Fast 50 corporate rate on a per capita basis, Lithuania is placed in the top three positions, descending only to Croatia and Slovakia," comments Marius Stalenis, Assistant Director of the Business Advisory department at Deloitte. "Moreover, it can be noted that only 12 businesses, among which two companies are from Lithuania, made the list of this technology company ranking for two or more years in a row. It shows that these companies are moving towards a mature business", concludes Mr Stalenis.
For the first time, Lithuanian technology companies made the list of Rising Stars and Big 5 categories in this year's ranking.
The Rising Stars awards go to those companies that are too young to feature in the main Fast 50 report, but have recorded such spectacular growth rates over the last three years that they are almost certain to be included soon. For the first time, Lithuanian technology company INVENTI, which is a cloud solutions creator, made the list of Rising stars category with its growth of 271% (7th position in the Rising Stars category).
The Big Five category rewards those companies that, although fast-growing in their own right, are too large to compete directly on revenue growth terms with smaller businesses in the Fast 50. Lithuanian e-commerce business Pigu, which entered this category for the first time, comes second (235%) and concedes only to Romanian software company Insoft Development & Consulting (577%).
Assistant Director of the Business Advisory department at Deloitte Marius Stalenis says that INVENTI's success is certainly encouraging. "Of course, we look forward to see the aforementioned company, as well as other Lithuanian businesses in the Fast 50 ranking list in 2016", adds Mr Stalenis.
"An achievement of the company Pigu can be described as impressive ‒ in a growing, but highly competitive e-commerce market a large company managed to grow much faster than a majority of competitors. This success proves that even large companies are able to adapt in a flexible way to the market changes and growing needs by gathering a strong management team when implementing a stated strategy and meeting its objectives", commented Mr Stalenis.
The Central Europe Technology Fast 50 ranks the region's fastest-growing tech companies, based on revenue growth over a four-year period. For the 2015 ranking, revenues from 2011 to 2014 were analysed.
Annual revenues of at least €50,000 in each year between 2011 and 2014.
Headquarters in a Central European country (Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia or Slovenia).
Develop or manufacture proprietary technologies or spend a significant amount of capital on R&D.
Winners are then selected by ranking their revenue growth over the five years from 2011 to 2014.
Deloitte ranks companies that show great potential but are too new to meet the minimum of five years in operation criterion for the main category. Companies must have been in operation for between three and five years and to have exceeded €30,000 in each of the last three years (2012 – 2014). Otherwise, the same criteria apply as for the main Fast 50 ranking.
This ranks large companies that have achieved extraordinary growth over the last five years. Eligible companies must meet the same criteria as the main Fast 50 ranking, with the exception that annual revenue in the final measured year (2014) must exceed €25 million.


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DP World at Dominican Republic
In DP World, we reinvented trade and logistics in the Dominican Republic. We ceased being just a port terminal, to transform ourselves into a provider of integrated logistics solutions, covering the supply chain from end to end, increasing the country´s connectivity, reducing trade-related costs and facilitating a more efficient trade.
We´ve cultivated lasting relationships with governments, shipping companies, importers, exporters, communities, and other important players in the global supply chain, to add value and offer efficient services.
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We focus on helping our clients manage their cargo from production points to sales points, in the most efficient way possible.
The DP World Economic Zones Dominican Republic offers an all-in-one service, which allows us to provide clients with greater efficiency and global conductivity, as well as greater production and movement of their cargo with traceability and a high degree of reliability.
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DP World Increases Operating Capacity With Expansion of Main Berth
Investment of US$114 million in berth construction and sophisticated equipment.
Terminal will more than double capacity from 1.2 million TEUs to 2.5 million TEUs a year.
Increase in the terminal´s capacity is the start of a project to develop Punta Caucedo into a Logistics Hub for the Americas.
Dubai, 11 November 2020: DP World, the global logistics solutions provider, inaugurated the expansion of the main berth at the DP World Caucedo port terminal. The project is part of the company´s plan for growth in the Dominican Republic, with the objective of directly contributing to the transformation of the country into the principal logistics hub of the Americas.
The inauguration ceremony was held at DP World Caucedo and was led by the President of the Dominican Republic, Mr. Luis Abinader, and the Group Chairman and CEO of DP World, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem. The event was also attended by other representatives of the Dominican Government including Victor "Ito" Bisonó, Minister of Industry and Commerce, José Ignacio Paliza, Administrative Minister of the Presidency, Carlos L. Díaz Morfa, Minister of Defense, Eduardo Sanz Lovatón, General Director of Customs, and Jean Luis Rodríguez, Director of the Dominican Port Authority, as well as local executives of DP World.
The expansion adds 450 meters of berth. Three Super Post Panamax and 5 RTG cranes have already been installed, the most sophisticated and robust equipment on the market. Next month a further Super Post Panamax crane and 5 additional RTG cranes will be added. The expansion more than doubles the port capacity from 1.2 million TEUs per year to 2.5 million TEUs per year.
DP World Caucedo has invested US$114 million in the project. By improving the country's connectivity and competitiveness the port expansion will directly support the objective of the Government of President Luis Abinader to boost the country´s economy through nearshoring production for companies based in the United States. In the next phase of the expansion DP World plans to build a 3 million square metre economic zone for manufacturing at Caucedo to attract investment by foreign companies.
"Together with DP World, we want Punta Caucedo to become the logistics hub of the Americas. We know that it is an ambitious project, but it is an opportunity that will relaunch the economy and generate quality jobs. Only with this expansion and the integration of the land, DP World will generate more than 4,500 direct jobs", said the President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader in his speech.
"DP World is one of the most relevant companies in the sector, a provider of intelligent logistics solutions, which offers a great advantage for our country. Its growth plan, which begins with the inauguration of this expansion, consolidates the Dominican Republic as an attractive destination that adds value to the entire region. In the same way, it favours nearshoring investments, job creation and modernity".
During his speech, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, CEO and Chairman of DP World, reaffirmed the company´s commitment to a long-term strategic alliance with the Dominican Government and to contributing to the creation of new opportunities for growth and development.
"For a long time in DP World we have recognised the great potential of the Dominican Republic. We´re pleased that our plans to develop our business perfectly complement the vision of President Luis Abinader. We have already invested more 600 million dollars in Punta Caucedo, and we are committed to continuing to make long-term investments. This expansion will help to transform the Dominican Republic into the logistics hub of the Americas," Bin Sulayem stated.
Morten Johansen, CEO of DP World Caucedo said, "The Dominican Republic becoming the main logistics hub of the region is not a dream, it is becoming a reality. At DP World we combine the infrastructure, logistics services, and the expertise learned in our global operations. With each of these projects we are creating job opportunities for Dominicans and improving the quality of life for communities. We are connecting the Dominican Republic with the entire world."
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Throughout time, story has been the most powerful force in the direction of mankind. Stories told and shared have and will forever define and validate our lives. Thank you for entrusting me with what I consider this most sacred of tasks.
Please accept my sincerest apology for the time it has taken to complete the stories of our time together. Yearbook designs must start the first week of school, not the last. With my other Singing Stones commitments during our years together, and professional obligations after departing the school, the final design work had to be deferred until these past couple months.
As the Singing Stones Community scatters to the wind and pollinates anew, my family remains in gratitude to the school founders, faculty and everyone in the Community who made our three years at Singing Stones a magical time. The relationships, and the irrevocable path to parenting we discovered there, will forever be a part of our lives.
I trust we will all find our way, stay connected and gather often to continue our shared story of raising children into freedom of their own lives.
Please present the book(s) to your child at a time when they can cuddle up and enjoy them fully.
Special thanks for the additional photography provided by the Community, most especially, Gardening Teacher, Cari Bream for her photography and the previous years' yearbooks which were the creative light that inspired these books.
As always, every effort was made to capture and place a photo of each child. It's a daunting task considering the number of children in attendance through 2015-2017.
As it became clear that the 2016-2017 book would be the last yearbook created for Singing Stones, I made the conscious choice to let the book be the most comprehensive story it could be. Consequently, the 2016-2017 book is quite large and beyond the cost that seems prudent for a school yearbook, $140. I think when you see the story of our time together, you'll agree it was worth sharing in its fullest form. It is a testament to the simplest of ideas. When all members of a Community truly place the needs of children first, the unity, purpose and dedication within a Community can be extraordinary.
To accommodate everyone's budgetary needs, we're providing the books in two versions. One as a fully printed book. Two, as a free, digital download you can view on a computer or mobile device. The printed book is being provided at cost with no additional markup. We did look into alternative printing, self-binding methods, etc. With so many pages and the nature of double-sided printing, the need for self-service purchasing, we found no other viable approach.
Book orders are being managed directly from the printer's website, blurb.com. Blurb is a well-established, consumer dedicated, photo-book printing service. There is no mark-up on either book. The books will remain available for purchase until December 31, 2018. Click on the book(s) to be taken to the purchase page.
Blurb.com offers a variety of discounts from first-time purchases offers and other monthly flash sales. These are typically 25% - 35% your purchase. Sign up for their newsletter to stay informed in their sales.
As an alternative, or in addition to your printed book, the book is available for download as .jpeg images of each spread (two pages open together). The image resolution is sized for mobile devices.
There are a variety of different ways to upload images to your mobile device. The easiest solution I can offer is a photo app called "photo moments." It's a bit buggy, but since you're going to use it only once or twice, I think the issues with the app shouldn't be a problem. Be sure to create a dedicated folder on your device's photo gallery for the yearbook and move the photos to that folder after you download so the book doesn't get mixed up in your daily photos.


I find that I'm struggling to write this review, because I went into Caroline: Little House Revisted fully expecting to love it and honestly, I'm left feeling empty. Its not that Ms Miller isn't a good writer or that I wasn't engaged…its just that I felt like there wasn't really anything new or groundbreaking that was added in the alternate POV telling of Little House. Now admittedly, I probably re-read Little House on the Prairie every couple of years (in fact, probably the whole series), so I'm well versed with the story and maybe that is why I am kind of disappointed. So much of the story was retelling of the same events that occurred in Little House on the Prairie from Caroline's point of view, but I never really felt like I got to know her, more than who she was beyond Ma (athough I'm sure other readers will disagree with me).
Caroline starts off as Ma, Pa, Mary and Laura are getting ready to leave Wisconsin (Little House in the Big Woods) for Indian territory (aka Kansas). There are a few deviations from the story that many of us have read previously that bring it in line with what really happened to the family, vs. what Laura wrote about it her books – however, for the most part Caroline followed the events in LHotP from beginning to end. I don't know if it was a lack of historical information available on the family – but I felt like more primary sources needed to be incorporated into the story (in her authors note, Ms Miller addresses some of the historical deviations, but also states that she kept significantly to LHotP as her authoritative source).
Anyways, overall, I found Caroline to be a good read, but I think my pre-read expectations were just a tad too high and I didn't get what I wanted. 3 stars overall.


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Ontario airport lawsuit against Los Angeles to…
Ontario airport lawsuit against Los Angeles to go to trial in August
Attorneys for LA and Ontario discuss the ONT lawsuit in the hallway at Riverside Superior Court Wednesday before heading back into the courtroom. (Liset Marquez/Daily Bulletin)
By The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin | dailybulletin@dfmdev.com |
RIVERSIDE >> Ontario's lawsuit with Los Angeles seeking local control of L.A./Ontario International Airport will go to trial Aug. 17, a judge said Wednesday, but a new motion by the defendants aims to preempt that and get the case dismissed.
Both sides will return to court April 8 to address a new claim filed by attorneys for L.A., arguing that Ontario waited too long to seek any damages on three claims in the suit for breach of fiduciary duty, contract, and covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
The nine-page motion was filed in Riverside Superior Court on Tuesday.
During proceedings Wednesday in Riverside Superior Court, Ontario's attorney, Andre Cronthall, called the motion a legal maneuver to delay the case.
"It had not been mentioned before," he said. "They were never raised in an answer to the claim by the defendants, never raised in subsequent motions filed in the case. My suspicion is that this is an effort to try and delay the case."
Ontario filed a lawsuit in June 2013 against L.A. and Los Angeles World Airports, an agency of that city that operates ONT, Los Angeles International Airport and Van Nuys Airport. The suit seeks to transfer control of the airport to an Inland authority arguing that LAWA has failed to develop air service since 2007. Steven Rosenthal, attorney for L.A., said the new motion – and another motion that will be filed in the coming months – would need to be resolved by the courts before a trial can be held.
The hearing in April asks the court to decide what Rosenthal called the issue of presentment, referring to the timeliness of when Ontario filed its administrative claim.
According to Rosenthal, the L.A. City Charter and Administrative Code require that claims for money against the city of L.A. have to be filed no later than one year from the date when the claim accrued. In this case, Rosenthal said, the date would have been long before April 11, 2012, which is a year before Ontario filed its administrative claim.
"We think the motions will resolve this case without a need for a trial," Rosenthal said.
But the plaintiffs' claims for damages and the types of damages "are improper as a matter of law," he said.
Last month, Ontario officials reported the decline in air service at ONT since 2008 has cost the local economy $3.6 billion. In court documents, Ontario has stated the decline in air service has resulted in nearly $100 million in lost tax revenues.
Cronthall contended the motion should have been and could have been raised many months ago.
"All expert discovery with the exception of one expert has been completed. There is really nothing left to do but have this trial," he said.
After discussing possible trial dates, the new motions and the tentative ruling on two key claims issued last month, Judge Gloria Connor Trask ordered a recess, to give both sides time to come to an agreement on court dates.
Despite meeting for more than 20 minutes, attorneys for L.A. and Ontario only agreed on a hearing date but not a trial start date.
Rosenthal suggested Aug. 17, but Cronthall was adamant about an earlier trial date in May.
Trask told both sides that she would have liked the trial sooner rather than later, but a March date would be unrealistic given pending rulings on other evidence in the case.
Both LA and Ontario are still waiting for a ruling from the Court of Appeals about 399 documents and whether they should be released by LA.
"I think August is realistic. It's only a couple of months and we don't know what the court of appeals is going to do," Trask said.
Alan Wapner, president of the Ontario International Airport Authority, in a written statement, said the city intends to seek an injunction to regain control of ONT during the trial.
"Ontario looks forward to its day in court and for Los Angeles to be held accountable for its inexcusable neglect of its obligations to promote air service development at Ontario," he stated.
Although there was some discussion on Trask's tentative ruling – in which she sided with L.A. on two key claims about rescinding and reforming the joint powers agreements – the judge said she was still going through the objection filed by Cronthall. Once Trask does, she said she'll decide if there needs to be an additional briefing.
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Proposition 1: California abortion rights now…
Proposition 1: California abortion rights now enshrined in state constitution
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 13: Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at a Planned Parenthood clinic in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. Clinton paid a visit to support abortion rights and California Proposition 1. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
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PUBLISHED: November 8, 2022 at 8:11 p.m. | UPDATED: November 9, 2022 at 4:18 a.m.
Californians have approved Proposition 1, which will amend the state constitution to enshrine access to abortion and contraception throughout the state.
Democrats rallied around Prop. 1 to gin up turnout in a midterm election which otherwise may have been defined by troubling economic headwinds. Hillary Clinton even visited the Bay Area last month to rally support.
Prop. 1 backers, including pro-choice groups and the California Democratic party, say that enshrining abortion rights in the state's constitution is essential after the the Supreme court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer, ending national abortion protections.
Groups opposed to Prop. 1, including pro-life groups and the California Republican party, say that the measure is unnecessary given the state's already-existing protections for abortion access. They also claim the proposition is vaguely written and could expand access to late-term abortion treatments, though experts say that is untrue.
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Marlee Silva is a 24 year old Gamilaroi and Dunghutti woman. She is a storyteller, a soon to be published author with her upcoming novel 'My tidda, my sister: stories of Australia's first women' set to be released in July 2020, and the Co-Founder of 'Tiddas 4 Tiddas'.
Tiddas 4 Tiddas is a Indigenous female empowerment movement that started online as an Instagram page in late 2018, inspired by the NAIDOC theme of that year 'Because of her we can!' It sought to be a place where all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women could feel safe and proud to share their stories and be shamelessly brilliant. Since then, it has amassed a following of over twenty thousand, eventuated in a podcast of the same name that captures conversations with brilliant Aboriginal women and see's Marlee and her younger sister Keely make appearances at various corporate, community and education events, where they challenge audiences to feel the same level of pride in Aboriginal culture and excellence, that they do as Aboriginal women.
As to them, in order for us to build a better tomorrow for all Australian's, we need the other 97% of the population who isn't Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, to walk alongside us.


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Our first flexitanks arrived this month in Houston, Texas, marking BeFlexi and SGS' official foothold in the American market.
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Yan Chizhevskiy, Business Development Director, says "It's an exciting time at BeFlexi. Not only are we expanding our reach across the globe, performing installations in new countries every other month; but we're also growing our network with logistics companies. I look forward to further developing relations with this particular freight forwarder and increasing our presence in the US market."
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Home » Blogs » The Score - Anthony Schoettle » Indy Eleven to spill beans about future league, venue
Indy Eleven to spill beans about future league, venue
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Editor's note: Indy Eleven spokesman Steven Krusie told IBJ shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday that the press conference was no longer happening and that the team would "send a media advisory out shortly."
After much conjecture about what the next season will bring, the Indy Eleven pro soccer team will host a 2 p.m. press conference Wednesday to answer questions about its future.
It's looking more like the city's minor-league soccer team will be joining the United Soccer League with each passing day.
The North American Soccer League, in which the Eleven have competed for the past four years, announced on Monday that it will skip its spring league and instead will open its season in August.
Traditionally, the NASL has kicked off its season in April. The postponement is a sign that the NASL is on life support, but there's plenty of other evidence.
Only one of eight teams has a coach, and players are jumping to other leagues, according to multiple reports.
The San Diego expansion franchise likely will delay its debut until 2019.
In September, the NASL was demoted from Division 2 to third-tier status for the 2018 season by the United States Soccer Federation.
Also in September, the NASL sued the U.S. Soccer Federation, claiming that it has illegally protected the monopoly position of its business partner, Major League Soccer. There has been speculation that NASL might fold rather than play with Division 3 status.
Meanwhile, with 30 teams and an affiliation with MLS, the USL seems to be flourishing, at least in relative terms.
Indy Eleven spokesman Steven Krusie told IBJ on Wednesday morning that team owner Ersal Ozdemir and president Jeff Belskus would make an announcement about the team's future at Wednesday's press conference at the team's headquarters downtown.
"They will answer all those questions about the team's future," Krusie said, including in which league the team will play this season.
On Friday it was reported by the website SocTakes that the team would join the United Soccer League for its 2018 season and host its home games in Lucas Oil Stadium, citing "multiple sources."
Krusie confirmed to IBJ over the weekend that the team was in ongoing talks about the possibility of playing future games in the stadium but that no decisions had been made. A source close to the stadium told IBJ the team could play some, but not all, of its future games at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Since its debut in 2014, Indy Eleven has played all of its home games at the Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium on the IUPUI campus. In the 2017 season, it topped all NASL teams in attendance by averaging 8,397 per game for its 16-game home schedule.


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Government health policy must change.
It would appear to me from the news today, that the UK Health Secretary, Matt Hancock has lost 2 stone on a Low Carb High Fat diet but falls short of telling everyone else to go Low Carb High Fat… Why?
UK Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, lost two stone (28 pounds) by cutting out carbs like bread, potatoes and rice. Today he announced that people must take greater responsibility for their own health to tackle the rising toll of illness from diseases such as cancer and obesity. If you've been looking at Simple as Fat recently, you'll know we generally agree with this.
However, if he really wants to tackle the obesity and diabetes epidemics that are crippling not just the UK but the whole of the world, he should have the courage of his convictions and tell people in need to go Low Carb High (healthy) Fat.
Instead, he waters down his message and says people should make "better choices by limiting alcohol, sugar, salt and fat."
He seems to have forgotten, or been got at, to mention that he lost his weight by cutting carbs?
We agree that you should cut unhealthy Trans-Fats, but not healthy natural fats like those from nutrient dense foods like Salmon, Lamb or Olive oil.
His initiative is all about people being more informed and about them making better choices. I agree with him but he should therefore stop the demonization of LCHF diets and plans and start positively encouraging them.
If it's about making informed choices, then let people know that Low-Carb diets are reversing the symptoms of Type 2 diabetes all over the world.
Doctor David Unwin has led the way showing how by using lifestyle interventions and Low Carb High Fat eating methods he can not only put Type 2 Diabetes in to remission but he can also save the NHS tons of money on pills and Meds.
Professor Tim Noakes in South Africa believes that with the adoption of a Low Carb High Fat dietary policy we could literally save the NHS. Yes, that sentence is correct not just save the NHS money but actually save the Institution itself.
It is estimated that the NHS spent £6.1 billion on overweight and obesity-related ill-health in 2014 to 2015.
And did you know that the annual spend on the treatment of obesity and diabetes is greater than the amount spent on the police, the fire service and the judicial system combined?
The obesity and diabetes epidemic are not only a personal tragedy they are a public tragedy that affects all of us.
At least 30,000 people a year die of complications from obesity and Type 2 and Public Health England estimate that in general it deprives an individual of at least 9 extra years of life.
The Public tragedy is that these twin epidemics are going to bankrupt the NHS and perhaps even the Country.
The evidence is mounting all around the Globe that Low Carb High Fat diets can intervene and put Type 2 into remission as well as save billions of pounds – but still those in power and in Governments treat it as a fad diet or as 'extreme'.
You have got to ask the question, why?
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Amersfoort 2020 digital commemoration event
On Sunday, 19 April 2020, an entirely virtual commemoration event took place in the Netherlands for the very first time. The event marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Kamp Amersfoort. Since hosting an event with thousands of attendees was no longer possible due to the coronavirus, an hour-long program was offered on television, newspapers' live streams and social media instead. The responses of those that attended the digital commemoration, both in the Netherlands and abroad, were overwhelmingly positive: many claimed that the virtual event was even more affecting than an in-person commemoration.
The victims of Kamp Amersfoort
Kamp Amersfoort, which was known as "das Hungerlager", or the hunger camp, was operational from August 1941 to April 1945. An estimated 40,000 prisoners found themelves subjected to its inhumane regime, including Jews, resistance fighters, evaders of the so-called "Arbeitseinsatz", or Nazi forced labor system, hostages, criminals, Soviet prisoners of war, Jehovah's witnesses and many more. Many of Kamp Amersfoort's prisoners would only experience it as a transit camp, and were transferred to other concentration camps like Dachau, Natzweiler and Neuengamme. Roughly 600 people were murdered in the camp, however, including 354 people that were shot in its vicinity, making Kamp Amersfoort the largest execution site in the Netherlands.
Digital commemoration of the 75th anniversary of liberation
19 April 1945 marks the date of the camp's liberation, when its administration was transferred to the Red Cross. To commemorate the 75th anniversary of liberation amid the COVID-19 pandemic, however, organizers had to think outside the box. Taking coronavirus measures into account, director Dennis Brussaard and the remembrance center's staff compiled pre-existing recordings, historical footage, drone images, individual contributions and new material to form one complete program. This also meant finding a way to recreate the planned performance of the 130-person choir and orchestra of relatives: each member recorded their part individually at home using their mobile phone, and the contributions were then spliced together to make up an impressive and moving "live" performance.
The commemoration program also included speeches by State Secretary Paul Blokhuis (Ministry of Health and Welfare), a former prisoner, relatives of former prisoners and the director of the National Monument Camp Amersfoort.
View the entire program on the National Monument Camp Amersfoort website.
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Comics A.M.| New motion in Superman legal feud; a case for optimism
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Legal | In a motion for summary judgment filed Monday in the long-running legal battle for the rights to Superman, attorneys for Warner Bros. are revisiting their 2009 argument that the estate of Joe Shuster has no grounds to reclaim the artist's share of the copyright to the Man of Steel. They point to a 1992 agreement in which the estate relinquished all claims in exchange for "more than $600,000 and other benefits," which included DC Comics paying Shuster's remaining debts follow his death earlier that year, and providing his sister Jean Seavy with a $25,000 annual pension. Daniel Best has the documents, while Jeff Trexler provides context, noting that the new filing "filing wasn't a Perry Mason-esque unveiling of surprising new facts. Rather, it was a routine motion for summary judgment." A hearing is scheduled for Aug. 20. [20th Century Danny Boy, The Beat]
Publishing | Surveying the landscape of the comics market, John Jackson Miller makes a case for optimism, pointing to increases in digital and print sales, and the health of comics in relation to the rest of the magazine business: "I do try very hard to avoid being Pangloss or Pollyana; for years when I was the editor of Comics Retailer in the 1990s, the rap on me from publishers was that I was overly downbeat (when I really felt like I was just reporting what was going on). I've tried hard not to overreact in the opposite direction, and to take a skeptical eye to both the apparent upticks and downdrafts. There are shifts that appear less than positive, and one can easily imagine ways to construct a similar case for pessimism. Comics unit sales still continue to decline on most titles as their issue numbers increase; periodicals' aggregate improvements have still generally come from the offering of an ever larger number of titles and the constant replacement of gray series with new ones, rather than increases within most series. The single greatest factor influencing comics sales volume is still the number of comics shops, and there are still too many markets under-served (though Diamond announced at San Diego a new push to help open new stores)." [The Comichron]
Conventions | David Glanzer, director of marketing and public relations for Comic-Con International, talks with ICV2 about attendance for this year's event -- he guesses somewhere between 126,000 and 130,000 -- perennial complaints that the convention is no longer about comics, and the uncertainty about the location of WonderCon 2013. On a related note, the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System reports 192,597 took the trolley to Comic-Con, a nearly 4-percent increase from last year. [ICV2.com, NBC San Diego]
Conventions | Organizers of last month's inaugural Denver Comic-Con, which drew an impressive 27,700 attendees -- by way of comparison, the first New York Comic Con brought in 32,000 -- are already planning next year's event, which will be headlined by Stan Lee. [Denver Post]
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When a new provocation is created in the system, the frontpage will give an overview of times for additional provocation. The app will give a notification 5 min before the next dosis is to be administered.
During the provocation, symptoms and values such as blood pressure, peak-flow, spirometer and stetoskopi is registered directly in the app. When the test is concluded the patient's status is registered. It is also registered if the patient needed to be treated further after the test, either with admission to the hospital, or with medicine. The app will display an overview of the entire provocation test.
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The Lymphoma app is developed in a cooperation with the Department of Rehabilitation in The Region of Southern Denmark. The measurements of the patients lymphoma was previously written on a piece of paper and scanned to the Electronic Patient Record.
With the app, all data can be registered directly in the app, while the personnel is taking the measurements. All relevant extremities can be measured, and an overview of all recorded data will be visible either as a graph or in a table. Because of this, it is possible to see the development over time. In corporation with the patient, the personnel can fill out a discomfort document and a preliminary examination. All data is transferred automatically to the Electronic Patient Record.
Since introducing the app at the department, it has become easier to treat lymphoma patients. All data is collected in the app, which makes it easier to get a collected overview of the treatment and the process. Work processes have been optimized, as there is no longer a need to scan documents after recording the data on paper.


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Lepechinia — рід від багаторічних трав до чагарників, часто ароматичних, що населяють Америку від Каліфорнії до Чилі; зростають часто в горах.

Біоморфологічна характеристика
Листки від цілісних до зубчастих, часто зморшкуваті. Суцвіття кінцеві й часто пахвові волотистий складний зонтик нещільних (1)3 до багатоквіткових щитків. Квітки від великих до дуже дрібних. Чашечка від ± актиноморфної до слабко 2-губої, 5-лопатевої (3/2). Віночок слабо 2-губий, 5-лопатевий (2/3), білий, жовтуватий, від пурпуруватого до червоного або синій, частки часто майже рівні або передня частка більша, трубка від циліндричної до дзвінчастої, іноді коротша за чашечку. Тичинок 4. 2n = 32, 66.

Використання
Деякі види використовуються в лікарських цілях або як декоративні рослини.

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  Epling
  Epling
  (Lam.) Epling
  (Kunth) Epling
  (Benth.) Epling
  Epling
  (Ortega) Epling
  (Molina) R.Morales
  J.R.I.Wood
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  (Benth.) Epling
  J.A.Hart
  Mart.Gord. & Lozada-Pérez
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  (Greene) Epling
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  (Regel) Epling
  (A.Gray) Epling
  (Briq.) Epling
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 (Rusby) Epling
 (Ramamoorthy, Hiriart & Medrano) B.T.Drew, Cacho & Sytsma
 Epling & Mathias
 Lepechinia mecistandrum(Donn.Sm.) H.K.Moon
 (S.Schauer) Epling
 (Walp.) Epling
 (Epling) Epling
 (Benth.) Epling
 (Fernald) Epling
 J.R.I.Wood & J.M.Mercado
 (Kunth) Epling
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 S.Boyd & Mistretta
 Epling & Mathias
 (Lindl.) Epling
 (Kunth) Epling
 (Schltdl.) Vatke
 Epling
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 J.R.I.Wood
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Ministry of Finance and Economic Development of Ethiopia. Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development of Ethiopia via Facebook.
The 2015 Addis Ababa Action Agenda on Financing for Development emphasized that the "mobilization and effective use of domestic resources are central to our common pursuit of sustainable development." Enhancing domestic resource mobilization in Africa is critical for state-building and government accountability. It is widely accepted that external sources like aid will be insufficient to meet the Millennium Development Goals and sustain progress beyond the 2015 target date. Moreover, the success stories of East Asia and more recently China and India show the value of a growth path underpinned by high levels of domestic savings and investment. Increased DRM makes huge sense in the current global economic context. Donor countries' aid budgets are an easy target when, as now, austerity is a priority, and experience has shown that aid levels often do not return to pre-crisis levels. As well, many donor countries feel an increasing sense of aid fatigue. Therefore, enhancing domestic resource mobilization in Africa is not just necessary, but desirable.
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This quote from Mia Couto's famous 2000 book, The Last Flight of the Flamingo, remains a pertinent reminder of the many challenges faced by Mozambique's peacebuilding process.
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Battle in Seattle ist ein US-amerikanisch-kanadisch-deutsches Filmdrama aus dem Jahr 2007. Regie führte Stuart Townsend, der auch das Drehbuch schrieb.

Handlung
Der Film erzählt die als Battle of Seattle bekannt gewordenen Ereignisse, die im Dezember 1999 stattgefunden haben. Die Welthandelsorganisation WTO organisiert in Seattle ein Treffen, während Globalisierungskritiker friedliche Demonstrationen organisieren. Die Lage eskaliert und es kommt zu Ausschreitungen, sodass die Beratungen am Ende scheitern. Dabei ergreift der Film Partei für die Anliegen der Demonstranten und WTO-Gegner. Am Beispiel einiger Personen und ihrer Beziehungen werden die Ereignisse dieser fünf Tage dargestellt.

Eine Gruppe von WTO-Gegnern rund um Django, Lou, Sam und Jay entern am 29. November einen Baukran, um an diesem ein WTO-kritisches Plakat aufzuhängen. Für die nächsten Tage planen sie die Besetzung der wichtigsten Straßenkreuzungen der Innenstadt von Seattle. Der Bürgermeister sorgt sich um das Image seiner Stadt; er geht von friedlichen und passiven Aktionen der Demonstranten aus und setzt deshalb zusammen mit seinem Polizeichef auf Deeskalation.

Die Verkäuferin Ella ist im fünften Monat schwanger. Ihr Mann Dale ist während der Demonstrationen als Polizist im Einsatz. Als die Blockadeaktionen der Demonstranten am 30. November viele Teilnehmer der Konferenz daran hindern können, das Tagungsgebäude zu erreichen, soll Dale mit seiner Einheit die Demonstranten vertreiben, ohne Verhaftungen vorzunehmen. Doch trotz der friedlichen Proteste droht der Secret Service dem Bürgermeister mit dem Einsatz der Nationalgarde. Als die Blockierer einen Gewerkschaftsprotestzug überreden konnten, sich ihnen anzuschließen, und einige Maskierte damit beginnen, die Scheiben von Geschäften einzuschlagen, eskaliert die Lage. Der Bürgermeister sieht sich so unter politischen Druck gesetzt, dass er die Nationalgarde ruft und eine Ausgangssperre verhängt. In dieser Situation wittert die Journalistin Jean eine gute Story und hängt sich an die Gruppe um Jay, statt von einer Pressekonferenz des US-Präsidenten zu berichten. Vor laufender Kamera wird sie schließlich selbst verhaftet. Der Arzt Dr. Maric ist als Delegierter der Organisation "Ärzte ohne Grenzen" auf der WTO-Konferenz enttäuscht, dass die Meetings, auf denen er seine Positionen darlegen wollte, wegen der Blockaden nicht stattfinden können.

Ella versucht, ihren Arbeitsplatz, eine Modeboutique in der Innenstadt, zu verlassen; doch auf dem Weg nach Hause gerät sie zwischen die Fronten von Demonstranten und Polizei und wird von einem Polizisten verletzt. Jean bringt sie ins Krankenhaus, doch Ella verliert ihr Kind. Als Dale, noch im Kampfanzug, sie im Krankenhaus besucht, weist sie ihn zurück und lässt sich auch später am Telefon verleugnen.

Am 1. Dezember kann Dr. Maric seinen Vortrag schließlich halten, doch sein Plädoyer gegen das TRIPS-Abkommen der WTO und für günstige Medikamente zugunsten armer Staaten wird mit dem Hinweis auf Patentansprüche von einem Lobbyisten der Pharmaindustrie abgewiesen. Auch die Vertreter afrikanischer Staaten erleben einen Affront, als die Organisatoren der Veranstaltung ihrer Versammlung auf der Konferenz plötzlich die Dolmetscher entziehen. Auf der Straße ändert sich die Polizeitaktik; es wird mit großer Härte, verschwenderischem Einsatz von Tränengas und massenhaften Verhaftungen vorgegangen. Auch Django, Lou und Jean gehören zu den Verhafteten. Dale lässt seine Trauer und Wut an dem Demonstranten Jay aus, als er diesen vor dessen Verhaftung verprügelt.

Als es weitere Demonstrationen zur Freilassung der illegal Inhaftierten gibt und die Konferenz sich ihrem Ende zuneigt, gelingt es der Juristin Sam, beim Bürgermeister die bedingungslose Freilassung der Gefangenen zu erwirken. Dale entschuldigt sich bei Jay und versöhnt sich mit seiner Frau Ella. Die Vertreter der armen Länder sehen schließlich auch in dieser Konferenz, wie schon bei den vorherigen, eine Ausgrenzung der Dritten Welt und eine Art von Kolonialismus. Sie nehmen sich den Mut der Demonstranten zum Vorbild und lassen die Konferenz scheitern.

Kritiken
Kirk Honeycutt schrieb in der Zeitschrift The Hollywood Reporter vom 14. September 2007, der Film sei eine Rarität unter den amerikanischen politischen Filmen, weil er mit einer "aufrichtigen Begeisterung" beide Konfliktseiten zeige. Er verwende "reibungslos" Archivmaterial und sei "größtenteils gelungen".

Die Redaktion von Movieset schrieb, der Film erzähle über eine der am meisten erschütternden politischen Ausschreitungen innerhalb des Lebens einer Generation und biete einen "tief gehenden" Einblick. Die Ereignisse seien aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven erzählt, aus der Sicht der Demonstranten wie auch aus jener der Ordnungskräfte.

Noah Cowan lobte auf einer Webseite des Toronto International Film Festivals das "wundervolle" Schauspielerensemble, darunter die "herzzerreißend" spielende Charlize Theron und Rade Šerbedžija.

Auszeichnungen
Stuart Townsend war für sein Drehbuch im Jahr 2008 für einen "Irish Film and Television Award" nominiert. Die Kostüme, das Produktionsdesign und der Produzent Kirk Shaw waren im selben Jahr jeweils für einen Leo Award nominiert.

Hintergründe
Stuart Townsend debütierte mit diesem Film als Regisseur, Drehbuchautor und Produzent. Der Film wurde im November/Dezember 2006 in Seattle und in Vancouver gedreht. Er hatte am 8. September 2007 auf dem 32. Toronto International Film Festival Weltpremiere. In den französischen Kinos lief er ab dem 7. Mai 2008, in ausgewählten Kinos der USA ab dem 19. September 2008.

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US-amerikanischer Film
Kanadischer Film
Deutscher Film
Filmdrama
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From time to time outside folks may catch a whiff of the Classical Dark Arts cologne. When that happens we compile their reactions here, for better or worse, for posterity.
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"Hip hop shows stodgy classical music how to win back its audience," Medium, July 1, 2014.
"A guide to breathing fresh air into the world of classical music," Telegraph Herald, May 28, 2014.
Guest on Carl Sondrol's Timeboxing podcast.
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Oil Blocks to be Auctioned Under Hydrocarbon Exploration Licensing Policy (HELP)
Auction of new blocks will enhance the drilling and production activities leading to increase in business of oilfield service in India
India: The government of India has planned to auction new oil fields under the new Hydrocarbon Exploration Licensing Policy (HELP) by start of year 2017, as a part of strategy to ensure energy security for India and to improve domestic production. HELP has replaced NELP (New Exploration Licensing Policy), and is an innovative Policy which provides a uniform licensing system to cover all hydrocarbons such as oil, gas, coal bed methane etc. under a single licensing framework. It also allows pricing and marketing freedom for all forms of hydrocarbons to be produced from a field.
TechSci Research depicts that the new Hydrocarbon Exploration Licensing Policy (HELP) will have a major impact on investments into the Indian oil & gas sector for increasing domestic production. India meets around 80% of its crude oil demand through imports leading to huge import bills. The increase in domestic production will help in to reduce the budget deficit. Moreover, it will also lead to increase in investment by private sector in India's oil & gas exploration sector. The award of new blocks would surge ongoing Exploration & Production (E&P) activities resulting in a major boost to India Oil Field Services market.
According to a released report of TechSci Research, "India Oilfield Services Market Forecast & Opportunities, 2020", the country's oilfield services market is projected to surpass USD7.8 billion by 2020, on account of anticipated increase in oil and gas E&P activities. Government's decision of auctioning new fields based on new revenue sharing model is expected to boost oil and gas E&P activities over the next five years, which in turn would fuel growth in the country's oilfield services market through 2020.
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Posts by Paul Gomme
55 posts • joined 17 Apr 2008
Autogyro legend Ken Wallis hangs up wings at 97
Thursday 5th September 2013 11:39 GMT Paul Gomme
Will be very sadly missed
I had the pleasure of speaking to him once - completely engaging character who took plenty of time to talk. One of the proper "old school" characters. RIP.
NY Museum of Modern Art embraces 14 video games
Saturday 1st December 2012 09:11 GMT Paul Gomme
Re: Eve Online but not Elite
As you say... Historians: Those that like to selectively recall their favourite bits of the past, rather than contributing to it.
To wit, if you don't understand something, better to keep your mouth closed, rather than open it and remove all doubt.
Schoolkids learn coding at GCSE level in curriculum trial
Friday 16th September 2011 18:31 GMT Paul Gomme
You'll like this one...
I left school at age 16 in 1990 to take a BTEC ND in Computing at the local college. The careers teacher at my school informed me and my best friend (who also left), that "there's no future in software".
Said teacher went to the same school, did their teaching qualification, then returned to the same school and gave careers advice. Go figure.
Last I heard, he was in charge of IT there. Still, I'm sure everything that he uses was developed before 1990... (eh, Jim...?)
WikiLeaks boss labels UK extradition order a 'rubber stamping process'
Thursday 24th February 2011 15:53 GMT Paul Gomme
Good luck with getting the UK to withold extradition to the US...
Just look at Gary McKinnon's case to see how easily UK.gov give in to any US requests...
The repeal bill: what's left in, what's left out
Friday 11th February 2011 19:28 GMT Paul Gomme
Quite frankly...
...what did you expect?
ICO drops BT, ACS Law probe
Wednesday 2nd February 2011 15:31 GMT Paul Gomme
Fix the deficit...
Close the ICO. I've yet to see them address any issue they've been presented with.
Every little helps...
ARM Holdings eager for PC and server expansion
Tuesday 1st February 2011 19:36 GMT Paul Gomme
ARM going back into a desktop machine - that's how it all started with Acorn's Archimedes...
Met re-opens NoTW phone hack probe
Thursday 27th January 2011 11:11 GMT Paul Gomme
Hacking?
Guessing a 4-digit PIN gives real hackers a bad name...
Interesting how a few celebs and MPs can get this investigated, but ten thousand BT Openworld accounts intercepted by Phorm and BT get completely ignored...
Stuxnet code leak to cause CYBER-APOCALYPSE NOW!
Friday 26th November 2010 10:55 GMT Paul Gomme
I did want to post a comment
I did want to post a comment on the Sky News website, but where do you start...?
Twitter joke martyr loses appeal
Thursday 11th November 2010 23:29 GMT Paul Gomme
Any semblance of free speech in this country just died.
Energy-saving LEDs 'will not save energy', say boffins
Wednesday 25th August 2010 11:54 GMT Paul Gomme
That'd be...
"Enlightened policy decisions may be necessary to partner with the technologies to have big impacts."
That would be tax increases then, wouldn't it...?
CEOP claims success for Facebook 'panic button'
Thursday 12th August 2010 23:22 GMT Paul Gomme
Anyone got a calendar...?
...I just need to check when the next Honours List comes out...
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Phorm issues shares to raise cash
Wednesday 7th July 2010 23:42 GMT Paul Gomme
The internet is a global community...
And was set up for the free exchange of information...
The current usage may not meet those aims, but neither does it give anyone a license to mine it for commercial purposes.
If you wish to allow your personal details to be sent to a third party, that's fine. But that should be YOUR choice. An ISP that automatically opts you in, simply cannot be trusted..
Phorm's losses top $100m
Wednesday 30th June 2010 12:01 GMT Paul Gomme
Hoping the next Phorm headline
Here's hoping that the next Phorm headline we see in The Reg will be the news that they've gone titsup. Although a couple of prosecutions along the way would also be nice...
Google's Wi-Fi snoop nabbed passwords and emails
Saturday 19th June 2010 16:53 GMT Paul Gomme
The point being made...
The reason people are upset is that a large corporation with a vested interest in processing personal data has been gaining it against local laws. The offence is not "failing to secure a wi-fi point" - it's "capturing data without consent".
The debate about securing your access point is not the issue. The issue is "did you capture personal data without consent?"
If you leave your bank statement by a window, I read it and then drain your account or commit identity fraud, am I blameless, because you left your details available for anyone to read...?
Google's Wi-Fi sniff probe reveals 'criminal intent' - PI
Wednesday 9th June 2010 18:00 GMT Paul Gomme
Take some responsibility
This code didn't write itself; someone actively coded it, so they should take some responsibility for it. And whoever was in charge of them should have been aware of what they were doing. Even if Google do allow engineers time to work on their own pet projects, if that project is then used in a company project, then it should be subject to appropriate reviews. If basic code review and legal compliance is not part of Google's product lifecycle, then this excuse will be used by companies as a reason for non-compliance with data protection and privacy laws for years to come.
Halting McKinnon extradition not in our power, says Clegg
Wednesday 26th May 2010 09:11 GMT Paul Gomme
Yellow through and through...
Well, what else would you expect from someone who heads a political party that chooses yellow as their colour...?
Omegle invites you to show world+Facebook your bewbs
Monday 19th April 2010 09:30 GMT Paul Gomme
If CEOP are so concerned about the protection of kids, why don't they start their own service, complete with a 7000-page vetting questionnaire before allowing people to join?
Guy Kewney, pioneer, guru, friend - RIP
Friday 9th April 2010 15:32 GMT Paul Gomme
Will be missed
I remember reading his stuff as a kid in the early 1980s - probably responsible for my choice of career. He'll be sorely missed.
Computer pioneer and Gates mentor Ed Roberts dies
Saturday 3rd April 2010 00:00 GMT Paul Gomme
Paul Gomme
To Ed Roberts,
For those about to code,
We salute you.
Rest in peace,
The Modern Personal Computer Industry.
El Reg April Fools 2010
Oh you lot are such a tease...
Next thing you know, Lester Haines will be running the country, Chris Williams will be defending our cyber-shores..
And Sara Bee...? She'll have never had it so good...
Hull Daily Mail pulls porncoder comments
Monday 8th March 2010 12:47 GMT Paul Gomme
They have form for trying to stifle competition
They clearly feel threatened by the HU.17 website. A BBC report from a few years ago shows how strongly they wanted to be sole media provider in the area:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/reports/pdf/local_tv_news_laughton.html
Pages 37 and 38 refer to HDM's declining market share and are likely to be the cause of their personal attack on Mr Smith.
Aussie hoaxer strikes again
Friday 5th March 2010 16:28 GMT Paul Gomme
Just wondering...
How long before this sort of thing starts happening regularly here in the UK?
File-sharing Bill could give Government control of the internet
Friday 18th December 2009 11:48 GMT Paul Gomme
EU law does NOT protect us...
I seem to recall this government disregard any European legislation they don't like. Remember their response about privacy over Phorm, their stance on DNA retention by the police...
Nation's moral guardians snap over 'shag bands'
Tuesday 29th September 2009 14:11 GMT Paul Gomme
Smoking causes paedophilia, heroin addiction and suicide bombing...
Just ask the Rockall newsdesk... ( sadly missed :-( )
Government swiftly backpedals on vetting scheme
Sign the petition - it's at...
http://www.petitiononline.com/vetting2/petition.html
Naturally, in doing so, you may notice increased incidents of black helicopters flying over your house...
Abigail's Windows 7 Party
Monday 14th September 2009 11:27 GMT Paul Gomme
Oh yes...
She's back... :-)
IWF chief: We don't need crusaders
Tuesday 8th September 2009 13:04 GMT Paul Gomme
The fact that so many commentators feel the need to post under the 'AC' label should tell you something about how people are scared about voicing criticism of the government here in the UK.
Privacy watchdog bashes UK.gov net snoop plan
Wednesday 29th July 2009 15:51 GMT Paul Gomme
Why are the gov doing all this?
After all, didn't they say that terrorism would never be allowed to affect our way of life and freedoms...? Or did I imagine that bit...?
Cops and ISP in paedophile data mix up
Friday 24th July 2009 08:36 GMT Paul Gomme
Colour me shocked!
I could understand plod and government not understanding technology, but it's now quite clear that they really don't even know the time of day.
Gotta go, as there's a bunch of goons in riot jackets at my door...
NotW bosses fight back over hacking claims
Tuesday 21st July 2009 16:01 GMT Paul Gomme
The Reg says it best:
"Integrity - we've heard of it"
Just a pity more of the public don't read it...
Ministry of Justice issues digital preservation code
Good luck with that
"The introduction of the Freedom of Information Act has significantly increased transparency in public life and the right to access information has become a cornerstone of our democracy," said Wills.
Have you ever tried applying for anything of use under the Freedom of Information Act? Good luck...
UK tabloid in phone hacking probe
Thursday 9th July 2009 14:05 GMT Paul Gomme
Can someone tell me why...
Could someone please explain why the police want to get involved in this, when they wouldn't lift a finger about BT and Phorm's illegal interception of people's web browsing?
Apple punts Safari update
This worked for me...
I was having huge problems after updating to Safari 4 with it continually crashing. A look at the crash dump logs pointed to the Shockwave plugin. I updated that to the latest, and it's been fine ever since. I'm not saying that's what's causing all the problems, but worth checking.
Manchester council caned over school data breach
Tuesday 23rd June 2009 09:41 GMT Paul Gomme
When will someone take responsibility for these breaches?
"...data privacy watchdogs at the Information Commissioner's Office criticised the council for carelessness with personal data, and for clear violations of the Data Protection Act. Any future transgressions by the council could result in enforcement action by the ICO."
So why aren't they being prosecuted? Surely if you violate the law, you should be punished?
And the use of the word "could" seems to suggest that even if they breach the regulations AGAIN, there is no guarantee action will be taken against them.
Just because people are (perhaps naively) willing to expose their personal information on places like social networking sites, this should not be used as an excuse by either public or private bodies to avoid their obligations to protect people's personal data.
In this case, as in many others, much is made of "actions put in place to ensure it will never happen again." But what about the potential (and maybe real) consequences of such a breach?
Gordon 'to sacky' Wacky Jacqui
Tuesday 2nd June 2009 20:53 GMT Paul Gomme
No flowers...
...and no loss, either...
Post your happy comments here...
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=46271966027&ref=ts
Apple power brick sparks lawsuit
Wednesday 6th May 2009 03:32 GMT Paul Gomme
What on earth are these people doing to induce "dangerously frays, sparks, and prematurely fails to work." failures?
Yes, the cable frays if you run over it with a vacuum cleaner or any other physically-hostile device.
Sparks? What, between the connector on the device and the adaptor end? I assume the plantiff is referring to that very odd natural behaviour of electricity to flow to earth via the path of least resistance - and any video evidence would involve teasing the adaptor towards the unit...
If an adaptor becomes seriously hot enough to induce melting of its component parts without shutting down, that indicates that something is drawing too much current into the device itself, and therefore not tripping any fuses within the device. Have you perhaps tried lifting it off the bed and unblocking the ventilation?
Of course, Apple have many billions of dollars. How many users have common sense?
Wacky Jacqui spanked by husband
Monday 30th March 2009 10:38 GMT Paul Gomme
I declare Wacky Jacqui Open Season now OPEN!!
...join up and and comment / poke fun / start a discussion at:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=46271966027
Everyone welcome!!
LibDems want gov action on killer lorries of death
Tuesday 24th March 2009 21:25 GMT Paul Gomme
Should be banned or taxed, or restricted to the military...
Because before the widespread availability of satellite navigation devices, there were absolutely ZERO instances of drivers getting lost, women driving into lakes, hitting bridges or attempting to navigate vehicles down roads that were too narrow for them...
Perhaps we should also mandate cartographers to provide road widths on their maps?
Quite what the government is supposed to do about this, I'm not quite sure... Perhaps signpost narrow lanes in Polish, Estonian, Hungarian, French, etc, etc...? A few years ago when I was working for a GPS semiconductor company, I was sitting outside a pub in the countryside (and this *WAS* miles from anywhere), when an HGV pulled up outside and the driver came in to ask the way to a particular town. Having been advised that the way he was going would not be wide enough to get his lorry through, he insisted on carrying on with his journey because his sat-nav had told him that was the way. I wasn't around to witness the point where our advice and reality crossed...
Of course, naturally someone from the UK government will undoubtedly pop-up in the press over the next few days telling us that the billions of pounds of taxpayer's money being invested in Gallileo will fix this.
If any politician can really solve this, they've undoubtedly also solved NP-complete mathematical problems as well... I'll keep an eye out for that...
Police ad urges: 'Trust no one'
I am just so utterly lost for words...
...so can someone please say some on all our behalfs at:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=46271966027&ref=ts
Industry ponders fate of Wacky Jacqui's überdatabase
Come on people, put your voice to it...
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=46271966027&ref=share
People seem to be *SLOWLY* waking up to what's going on. Will you all *PLEASE* join the group and get some discussions going...
DNA database includes nipper and nonagenarian
More signups please
As you probably know, here's one Facebook group for it. But don't just signup, please take the time to post on the walls and join in or start a discussion.
Jacqui's jihad on web extremism flops
Once again - the link is here...
I've had enough of this.
No, I'm not scared, but I am nervous. I've been taking a stand against this stuff for several years now, and if you want to, now is the time to act.
I have set up a Facebook group - "How mad is Wacky Jacqui?"
You don't have to join it. You don't have to flame it, either. But please look at what's been happening in this country, and make a considered decision. Some of my best friends haven't joined it because they fear it could attract attention to themselves.
I'll be at the "photo shooting" event in London on Monday 16th February 2009. Some people have said that making a protest on Facebook doesn't achieve anything, and that you should "march" to make your voice heard. Well, go for it...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/09/liberty-central-stop-and-search-police
This is about a single issue, but ultimately, all these issues terminate at a single one: Our Civil Liberties.
If you are going, print the above card.
I guess this post will be moderated - and if you're there, Sarah Bee, I'm the 5' 6" nerd with the short hair, long coat, glasses, and an attitude on YOUR side...
Photography rights: Snappers to descend on Scotland Yard
Hope to see you all there...
Yes, I'm nervous about going. Yes, I expect to be stopped by the police and possibly arrested. But rights are like muscles: if you don't exercise them from time to time, they'll wither up and die.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=46271966027
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=47417324089
Wacky Jacqui Smith says whole country crusading against CCTV
Tuesday 10th February 2009 23:38 GMT Paul Gomme
I'd like to thank everyone who has signed up to the Facebook group so far. I have seen a couple of less-than-supportive comments from people, so I'd just like to mention a couple of things:
This group is for an expression of public feeling regarding the curtailment of civil liberties by the current UK government, and one minister in particular.
Time and time again, writing to your MP simply doesn't achieve results; it merely results a polite letter thanking for your time (and if you're lucky, a couple of prints of existing departmental webpages restating their position).
Calling on people to march and protest in person is all very well, but it negates to mention:
1)	People may not have the time to join a formal organised protest, due to family commitments, work, etc
2)	People are actually scared of protesting in public, because of EXACT REMOVAL OF THOSE LIBERTIES that this group has been established to discuss.
The "Comments" pages of The Register are not the place to get into a discussion about how to protest about a situation you don't like. Please have a look at the Facebook group, read it and if you wish to be part of the debate, either positively or negatively, then please contribute.
Join the campaign!!
I've been so inspired by her apparent insanity, we now have a Facebook group dedicated to Wacky Jacqui. Please join up at:
April 1st should definitely be designated "Wacky Jacqui Day", so please join up and submit your ideas. Serious discussions on our continued erosion of civil liberties are very welcome.
UK cybercrime unit to meet IT leaders
Does their remit...
...include investigating breaches of Data Protection Law and unauthorised wiretaps of internet connections by major telecomms providers? Just wondered, as no other police department have taken the complaints seriously...
Jacqui Smith cracks down on gangs via computers, closets
Thursday 5th February 2009 16:10 GMT Paul Gomme
There are several Facebook groups for her insanity
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=46271966027
"How mad is Wacky Jacqui?"
Please feel free to join up!!
Recession prompts job cuts at PC World call centres
Another reason would be...
Because you can get more useful information by talking to a tree...
Extreme pron vigilantes are after you
Mainstream media are starting to notice this
http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/3300776/could-you-get-arrested-for-owning-a-graphic-novel.thtml
Pity how the media are only picking up on this AFTER the laws are introduced... Still, maybe it will make people pay a bit more attention to what's going on...


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Tommy Lee & Pam Anderson Married 20 Years Ago Today
By Joe Lynch
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Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas Grand Opening Party on March 10, 1995.
Twenty years ago today, on Feb. 19, 1995, Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee and Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson got married in Cancun, Mexico after a four-day courtship period.
While naysayers predicted almost immediate doom for the relationship, the Tommy Lee/Pam Anderson romance actually lasted three years and produced many fruits: Two children, the so-bad-it's-good cult movie Barb Wire, and yes, that graphic honeymoon sex tape.
They divorced in 1998, but unlike most celebrity splits, Lee and Anderson have remained on good terms, reportedly rekindling their romance twice since then.
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On the anniversary of one of the most infamous elopements in rock history, we're looking at the story of their surprise marriage using a variety of media reports published at the time.
Associated Press, Feb. 21 1995:
The bride and groom wore white, but just barely.
Baywatch star Pamela Anderson walked down the aisle in a skimpy white bikini for her wedding Sunday to Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee in Cancun, Mexico. Lee wore white Bermuda shorts and no shirt or shoes.
"The bride wore a very tiny - an extremely tiny - white bikini," Judge Pedro Solis told the Daily News.
St. Petersburg Times, Feb. 22 1995:
After the nuptials, the newlyweds walked to the end of a pier, where Lee, 32, pushed her in the water. He dived in after her.
USA Today, Feb. 22 1995:
Both Lee and Anderson camps were surprised by the wedding. But, says publicist Michelle Bega: "They are thrilled and very happy."
Anderson's parents didn't hear about the marriage till Monday. Carole Anderson told Tuesday's A Current Affair she was "heartbroken" at the elopement... I don't even know Tommy Lee."
Newsday, Feb. 21 1995:
Producer Jon Peters - still a big name with Columbia / Sony - is said to be "slightly stunned" by the sudden marriage of Baywatch beach queen Pamela Anderson and Motley Crue rocker Tommy Lee, ex of Heather Locklear. (Hordes of paparazzi are descending on Cancun, Mexico, where the happy couple got hitched.) Jon Peters thought he and Anderson had a good thing going, but little did he know that she had long hungered for the thin, heavily tattooed Tommy.
My goodness, don't people believe in true love - even when it slaps them right in the face? Already "they" are saying that Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee regret their quickie fresh-air marriage on the beach at Cancun, Mexico, and that annulment is in the air.
What cynicism. I mean, did you all see the photos and video footage of Pam and Tommy exchanging vows? Their expressions said it all. In fact, one of the impromptu witnesses to the wedding told us, "If there is one word I can use to describe the atmosphere that day, it's - ecstasy!"
People, Feb. 26 1995:
Newlyweds Pamela Anderson, star of TV's Baywatch, and Tommy Lee, drummer for the rock band Motley Crue, have found an unusual way to cement their wedding vows. After a visit to a Hollywood tattoo parlor last Friday night, the couple emerged sporting matching wedding band tattoos on their ring fingers. The move was probably no big deal to Lee, whose body is amply decorated with tattoo art. Anderson's tattoo history is unknown, although there are none readily visible and her Baywatch wardrobe generally leaves little to the imagination. The couple's colorful display of devotion came just five days after their impromptu nuptials last weekend in Cancun, Mexico.
Philadelphia Enquirer, Feb. 26 1995:
Sure, they just got married, what, 10 minutes ago? But that hasn't stopped Baywatch beauty Pamela Anderson and her hard-rockin' husband, Motley Crue's Tommy Lee, from talking about getting in that family way. "But first we want to get to know each other," Lee said. Good move, since the pair knew each other only a few weeks before tying the knot in a ceremony in Cancun, Mexico. Added Anderson: "We're already enjoying the practicing."
New York Daily News, March 3:
[The Grammys] show was the most predictable three hours on TV and, besides, it's what occurs backstage and at the post-awards parties that counts. Take, for instance, unkempt rocker Tommy Lee dragging out the old ball-and-chain Pamela Anderson to the bash that Warner Records threw. She wore a sheer, low-cut gown, and he came in cut-off jeans and a sleeveless shirt. Every other word out of Tommy's mouth was F-this and F-that. Other women there were busting out of their gowns, a la Anderson.
Newsweek, March 6
The blitzkrieg bond had even intimates shaking their heads.
Miami Herald, March 4:
Pamela Anderson and Motley Crue rocker Tommy Lee just wed after a whole week of dating. There they are in People magazine -- lusty, busty and deeply smitten with the urgency of it all.
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