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Thousands of disabled babies are living longer than ever before, says Sarah Barclay. Why don't we pay for them
Sarah Barclay
When Emmy Myerson was born in June 1991, everyone celebrated. Those 'weird, regular kicks', which began when her mother was seven months pregnant, had been brushed off as 'perfectly normal' by the doctors. Even if they had been investigated, there probably wasn't much anyone could have done for the Myerson family.
When Emmy was three months old, she had her first fit. The fits continued, with increasing severity. She spent nine months in hospital, wired up and subjected to every test and medical student in sight.
They still don't know what's wrong with Emmy, but one afternoon, in a tiny cubicle in Great Ormond Street Hospital, with no preamble, her parents were told that she would be profoundly brain-damaged and physically disabled for the rest of her life -which wasn't expected to be long. They took her home. It was where they thought she should be, even though some people advised them to put her into care and wished them better luck next time. That was 11 years ago.
Emmy cannot walk or talk, she has extensive brain damage and severe epilepsy which cannot be controlled by drugs. Everything she eats must be purZed and she frequently needs suctioning to remove mucus from her throat. She is doubly incontinent. She can see and hear, though, and her smile can light up a room. Twenty years ago, like thousands of other children, Emmy would almost certainly have died.
Many more children like her are not only surviving but also living much longer – often into their teens and beyond; a success which owes much to the quality of neonatal care and medical technology, especially ventilation and tube-feeding. A generation ago, it would have been unthinkable for pre-term babies of fewer than 23 weeks to survive. Now the term given to such heroics – 'salvaging' – says much about the potential risks involved. About a quarter of babies born at 25 weeks' gestation have disabilities described as severe. The tough question is this: if doctors try so hard to help sick babies to survive, what support should their parents be offered when they take them home?
It is estimated that there are at least 100,000 children in Britain today with severe disabilities. When I tried to find a more accurate figure, I discovered that no one has attempted to discover the prevalence of severe disability in children since 1989. It is simply accepted that the number of such children has been growing for some years and will continue to grow. Most now live at home, and many of their parents are being denied basic help in the home, let alone access to specialist overnight respite care.
When I first met the Myersons last September, there were, according to their GP, 'significant concerns' about their ability to cope. 'They have reached breaking point,' he said. Until that point, everyone thought that they'd been coping very well. This only goes to show, according to Emmy's mother Tussie, how adept she had been at concealing what was going on behind the scenes.
The irony of their story is that this couple, who were merely asking for regular and reliable help but who were being offered what has often been an unreliable and frequently changing service, are now asking Oxfordshire County Council for one of the most expensive options of all – a place in a local residential school for severely disabled children costing £135,000 a year.
'You reach a point where you physically cannot care for her, when you physically haven't got the ability to get up for the 20th time when it's five o'clock in the morning and you haven't slept, and you start wondering whether you are actually able to give her the care she needs,' said Emmy's father, David. 'We are broken, exhausted.'
To date there have been three high-level meetings of senior health, social-services and education managers to discuss Emmy's case. They have said no twice but are still reviewing the position. The council's case, not an unreasonable one given the financial constraints, is that if they pay for a child such as Emmy to go to residential school, it will mean less help for other children who need cheaper packages of care. This is a council, like so many others, which has significantly overspent the money it has been given by central government to spend on services for children. In Oxfordshire they've had to make cuts of £9 million in the social-services budget for the current financial year.
Given the huge financial constraints facing social-services departments everywhere, increased demand often results in what is now a phenomenon called 'Unmet Need'. It's another word for rationing. It can mean two things: either that you are a person who has a need that has been officially assessed but which cannot be met because of lack of money or staff, or that you are a person whose needs are deemed to be below the qualifying threshold for getting help.
In Oxfordshire the council has recently admitted the extent of its unmet needs for disabled children. A report published last month said, 'All of the services for disabled children are under pressure because of high demand. Most employ some form of eligibility criteria in order to ration the available resources so as to ensure that they can be accessed by children in the greatest need.'
However, it then revealed that even some of the children in greatest need could not be helped either, because of lack of facilities, staff or money. A 'significant minority' of the requests for help which were turned down by Oxfordshire Social Services Priority Panel included 'children who needed large packages of overnight respite care because of sleep disturbance and extremely challenging behaviour'.
'The level of demand for specialist, expensive services is so high that the threshold for eligibility for service is also very high,' the report said. 'Many families say they are deterred from applying for services by being told they will not be eligible.'
The Myersons are a middle-class couple living in rural Oxfordshire. They are not wealthy. However, they are both articulate and determined, and they waited many years before they turned to the state for help because they believed it was their duty to cope. Friends have raised money for adaptations to the house and for a lift which allows Emmy to go upstairs in her wheelchair.
'It's the loneliest journey imaginable,' said Tussie. 'I wouldn't wish a child with profound disability on my worst enemy. I couldn't imagine life without Emmy, but nothing can prepare you for how much you have to fight. We're not the only family to have a child with multiple disability, but there is no structure to support that family. Periodically you do think it would be so much easier if she died.'
These are not the words of a mother with murder in mind. They are the words of a mother who has been worn down by arguments and assessments, and who wonders why, if doctors can do so much to help children like Emmy survive, the state seems not to consider them a priority when they start to grow up.
Sarah Barclay is a reporter for Panorama. 'Survivors' will be broadcast at 10.15 p.m. on Sunday, 26 January.
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India celebrates Nausena (Navy) Day on 4th December to commemorate India's victory in the India-Pakistan war in 1971 when missile boats of the Indian Navy carried out a deadly attack on Karachi Harbour. The mission titled as Operation Trident commenced on the same date.
As India gears up to celebrate Navy Day on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi saluted the bravery of the naval forces. In a tweet, PM Modi said that the country cherishes the role played by the Navy. "Navy Day greetings to all navy personnel & their families. We cherish the vital role of the navy & salute the bravery of our navy personnel."
Navy Day greetings to all navy personnel & their families. We cherish the vital role of the navy & salute the bravery of our navy personnel.
Earlier, thousands of people thronged RK Beach in Visakhapatnam on Friday evening to witness the final dress rehearsal for the operational demonstration to be held on Navy Day.
This year has also been an eventful one for the Indian Navy as the International Fleet Review was held in Vizag in February where more than 50 countries participated.
We bring to you some beautiful photos from Indian Navy on this occasion.
According to the officials, the Easter Naval Command will give an operational demonstration of naval ships and aircraft to showcase the capability and versatility of Naval ships in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh today. The sources say that at least 24 ships and 17 naval aircraft are expected to participate in in 2016 Navy Day demonstration.
Several other leaders apart from the Prime Minister also sent out their greetings to the Navy including Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. "On this Navy Day, my greetings to all officers, sailors & civilians of the Indian Navy. Wishing them continued success," Parrikar wrote in a tweet.

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It's that time of the year where Indian Premier League (IPL) would have gotten underway. A first-look of the teams would have come at this time and fan wars would have already begun.
However, IPL 2020 has been postponed due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The T20 league has been suspended until April 15 and a further call on the fate of the tournament is expected to come after the 21-day lockdown in India.
Nonetheless, it is not a bad time to do some number crunching around the IPL. Who is the most successful captain in the IPL? Is it Rohit Sharma or MS Dhoni? Where does Virat Kohli rank as an IPL captain? To know more, read on.
Virat Kohli has been one of the greatest batsmen in modern-day cricket. His ability to set and smash records is next to none. As captain at the international level, Virat Kohli has achieved several memorable victories. However, an IPL title has been eluding the Royal Challengers Bangalore captain.
Since taking over as a full-time captain in IPL 2013, Virat Kohli has often led the team with the bat but his captaincy has been found wanting.
Virat Kohli has a win percentage of 47.16 with 49 wins and 55 losses with the RCB. His win percentage is the least among captains who have led their IPL teams in at least 50 matches.
Notably, Virat Kohli is only the 4th captain after MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir to captain an IPL side more in more than 100 matches.
MS Dhoni vs Rohit Sharma — A close battle
On the other hand, MS Dhoni is the most successful captain when it comes to the number of matches won and the winning percentage. He also holds the IPL record for most matches as captain.
In 174 matches as captain, MS Dhoni has won 104 matches. The Chennai Super Kings captain has a staggering win percentage of 60.11. Notably, no captain who has led an IPL team in more than 30 matches has a win percentage of 60 or above.
Nonetheless, when it comes to the number of titles won, Rohit Sharma is the most successful captain in the history of IPL. Rohit, with 4 titles with Mumbai Indians, has 1 more than MS Dhoni tally of 3 with Chennai Super Kings.
Rohit is not far behind when it comes to winning percentage as well. In 104 matches, Rohit has managed to win 60 as captain with a win percentage of 58.65.
Win percentage of captains with more than 50 matches
Captain Matches Won Win Percentage
MS Dhoni 174 104 60.11
Gautam Gambhir 129 71 55.42
Virat Kohli 110 49 47.16
Rohit Sharma 104 60 58.65
Adam Gilchrist 74 35 47.29
Virender Sehwag 55 30 55.45
Shane Warne 53 28 53.77
Sachin Tendulkar 51 30 58.82
Sachin Tendulkar, who led Mumbai Indians between 2008 and 2012 meanwhile has a fine record when it comes to win percentage. In 51 matches, Tendulkar had led MI to 30 wins and has a win percentage of 58.82. Tendulkar's arch-rival Shane Warne, who led Rajasthan Royals to glory in the inaugural edition, also is among the top captains with a winning percentage of just over 55.
Meanwhile, keep an eye out on Steve Smith, who will be leading Rajasthan Royals if and when the IPL kickstars in 2020. The former Australia captain has a staggering win percentage of 67.85 with 19 wins in 20 matches.
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5-Pack Playtime Outfits for Dolls 10"-12" (Includes Hair Bands and Hats) such as 10-inch Baby Dolls, 12-inch Alive Baby Dolls, and New Born Baby Dolls. We also have 5-pack outfits for boys and girls.
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Table Organizer. This is a lovely way to declutter your desk.
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13-15" tall, composite shoulder head on a fabric stuffed body, blue painted eyes, open mouth with four teeth and felt tongue or closed mouth, molded painted hair, or the 1913 version has a closed mouth, comes with a pacifier, molded hair or wigged. The 1929 Baby Dainty mold has flirtatious eyes and a wigged hairstyle. There are several variations of this doll produced over many years by different manufacturers.
The Effanbee brand was founded in Ireland in 1867. It specialized at first in dolls made of wool and later also of plastic. The company's name is derived from Eibhear, a king of Tara who was said to have been able to speak every language. Today, some of these original dolls can still be found in museum stores all over the world.
Doll makers throughout Europe and America copied what they could get their hands on from Ireland: labor-intensive production methods and cheap materials made European dolls relatively inexpensive. Even so, they lacked the quality of dolls made in Ireland before the famine began to take its toll. By the late 1880s, only two Irish companies were making dolls on any scale and those companies had operations in both Ireland and England. One of them was Effanbee which had factories in Limerick and Rathgar, Dublin.
Effanbee's success can be attributed to its focus on high-quality dolls at affordable prices.
1/6 scale dolls They're usually 20–30 cm tall and look like children. (Volks YoSD is the archetypal example here, but Fairyland LittleFee and Soom Teenie Gem also fall into this category.)
The term "1/6 BJD" or "BJD doll" is used to describe a type of small plastic doll that was popular in Japan during the 1960s. These dolls were available in several different sizes from as small as 35 mm tall up to 150 mm tall. Some had movable arms and legs which could be placed in a "down" position, while others were fully poseable.
There were two main manufacturers of 1/6 BJD's: Kotobukiya and Nihon Nozomi. Both companies produced many variations of these dolls throughout their run, so not all are rare. However, because of the short production runs and lack of availability for some varieties, they do tend to go for more money on eBay and other auction sites.
Some examples of varieties of 1/6 BJD's include: Kabuki actors, schoolchildren, housewives, farmers' daughters, you name it! There were even some action figure-style dolls made by Kotobukiya.
In conclusion, 1/6 BJD's are small plastic dolls that were popular in Japan during the 1960s.
The painting of the seven horses must be maintained in the house's living room. In business places, it must be maintained in the building's or office's reception/waiting room. In addition, the right orientation of the painting must be considered. For example, for spiritual enlightenment purposes, the painting should be kept facing east.
Keeping these factors in mind will ensure that you do not lose sight of the goal of spiritual enlightenment.
15 to 16 inches tall A Bitty Baby is a medium-sized doll, measuring 15 to 16 inches in height. The body type of Bitty Baby dolls is curvy with large breasts and a small waist. They have full hips and a flat stomach.
Bitty Babies were created by Mattel in 1991. Since then, many variations of the character have been released, including boys' versions called Tiny Buddies. In addition, several other brands have also released their own versions of the character.
The first two Bitty Baby dolls were Jennifer and Julie. Since then, several other girls have been added to the lineup, including Tiffany, Melissa, and Ashley. There are also three boy versions called Tiny Buddies who look exactly like their female counterparts but are about one-third the size.
All Bitty Baby dolls share similar features. Their hair is made up of soft plastic fibers that can be styled in different ways. Some examples of hairstyles include braids, pigtails, and ponytails. Their eyes are made of glass and their lips are colored pink.
Each Bitty Baby comes with its own character booklet that contains stories and photos about the girl who lives in it.
Child dolls include Pocket Love (8"), Brother/Sister (10"), Little Love (13"), Honey Doll (16"), and Button Children (16"). They include patterns for children's clothes as well as directions for various big girl and big boy haircuts. The hair styles for the girls include curls, pageboys, and shingles. The boys can have their hair cut into a regular haircut or shaved bald.
The average size of a Waldorf doll is about 15 inches tall. Their arms and legs usually move, but not necessarily freely; some may have plastic limbs that can be locked in position. Some have more detailed clothing than others; some even have real fur coats!
There are two types of Waldorf dolls: vinyl and porcelain. Vinyl dolls can look like real people but they don't feel like flesh and blood; they only come in one shape and size. Porcelain dolls are made to look like beautiful women or children; some are even signed by famous artists who create portraits of them. They tend to be a little larger than vinyl dolls but both types require maintenance if you want them to keep their appearance long-term.
Waldorf dolls were created in Germany around 1870 by August Endter and his son Maximilian.
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Emphysema makes breathing more difficult, and for adult children of seniors with emphysema, this can be scary. To start with, it is recommended to learn as much about emphysema as possible in order to help parents who suffer from the symptoms of this disease.
The reason why people with emphysema have a harder time breathing, according to WebMD.com, is because their muscles have to work harder to get the job done. Even the slightest activity, like walking from the kitchen to the bathroom, can leave an emphysema sufferer short of breath. As the disease progresses, people can experience this shortness of breath even when lying or sitting still.
Wheezing: This is when breathing causes a wheezing or whistling sound, particularly upon exhaling. Wheezing is typically caused by inflammation or a narrowed airway.
Persistent coughing: Emphysema patients sometimes have a cough that just won't go away.
Pain or or tightness in the chest: The disease can cause pain when breathing. The pain in the chest could also be the result of heart disease, according to WebMD.com, since heart disease can result from emphysema.
Loss of appetite: Some people experience a loss of appetite as a result of the disease.
Quitting smoking: To slow down the disease, it's important to stop smoking. Otherwise, the disease could progress rapidly.
Avoiding pollution: Another way to slow down the disease is to avoid pollution, this includes poor indoor air quality as well.
Taking medications: There are many medications on the market that can treat shortness of breath and control other symptoms of emphysema, such as flare-ups.
Staying active: Maintaining an active lifestyle to the best of one's ability is important for keeping the disease from getting worse.
For elderly parents who suffer from emphysema, home care is often the best option for providing quality at home care in the privacy of their own home. While the disease may restrict a loved one's lifestyle, their lifestyle can also be improved at the same time by having a home care professional available to help with caring and compassion.
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Welcome to Essex Live's daily blog on Sunday, December 24.
We'll be here to keep you updated on all the traffic problems around the county on one of the busiest days on the roads in the calendar as people drive home for Christmas.
You will also find all the latest breaking news from around the county right here.
What happens if you get a present you don't like tomorrow?
Presents are one of the most exciting, and stressful, things about Christmas every year.
Family, friends, and Father Christmas almost always put extensive effort and thought into the gifts they get for us and that is always worthy of thanks.
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Billericay Town chairman Dan Groves has paid an emotional tribute to long-term supporter Nigel Harris following the devastating news of his death.
Nigel Harris, who lived in Chelmsford and had rarely missed a Billericay Town game since the 1970s, died on Friday (December 22) evening at the age of 57.
Brentwood resident Dorothy Fletcher has more reason than most to celebrate this holiday season as she will be turning 100 on New Year's Eve.
Dorothy, who lives in Westwood Avenue with her 74-year-old daughter Maureen Poole, was originally from Seaham in County Durham but moved down to Brentwood for work with her family after the Second World War.
Are you cooking the turkey tomorrow?
Christmas Day is upon is and Essex residents will be preparing to cook the biggest and most important meal of the year.
Some people think that preparing and cooking a turkey is a chore - usually because they don't know how long to cook it for to ensure that it's neither under or overcooked.
Today is the last chance to get out and buy any last ditch presents and to get back home for Christmas, hopefully that won't lead to too much traffic on the Essex roads but if it does we will let you know right here.


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Attention, college shoppers. These schools are slashing their prices.
January 24, 2019 By Keith Wren Leave a Comment
As soaring tuition scares off many families, a growing number of private colleges have embraced a marketing tactic associated more with selling airline tickets or flat-screen televisions than higher education: a price cut.
St. John's College slashed tuition from $52,734 in this school year to $35,000 in the next.
The liberal arts school, with campuses in Maryland and New Mexico, joined more than 20 others nationwide that have reduced prices in the past three years.
The movement exposes a reality of higher education long hidden in plain sight: The difference between sticker prices and what the average student actually pays is often vast.
St. John's started pondering a shift in 2017, as its total charge for tuition, fees and room and board neared $70,000 a year. Few would ever pay that much at the school, which provides financial aid or merit scholarships to almost all of its students. Still, the college worried about the optics of a $70,000 sticker price.
"Is that tenable? Is that right? Is that who we are?" asked Panayiotis Kanelos, president of the campus in Annapolis, Md. "Is it right for us to expect families to bear that burden?"
The answer, he said, was no. The new price, counting fees and room and board, will be about $49,300. The average financial-aid award would reduce the bill to less than $25,000.
Twenty-three private institutions have reduced tuition since 2016, according to the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. "The trend is beginning to pick up," said David L. Warren, the association's president. These schools view cuts as "an important tool," he said, to help them stand out in a crowded market.
Their reasons vary. Some need to bolster recruiting in the face of major financial challenges. Others want to escape a pricing formula that assumes prospective students view high tuition as a mark of educational quality even though they simultaneously seek significant discounts or financial aid.
The average sticker price for private colleges is about $48,500 for tuition, fees and room and board, according to the College Board, a nonprofit organization representing thousands of educational institutions. However, sticker prices above $60,000 a year have become commonplace, and a growing number top $70,000.
The most prestigious schools enroll large numbers of students willing and able to pay full price. Federal data show the share of full-paying undergraduates in 2016-2017 — those who received no grants — was 42 percent at Princeton University, 50 percent at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, and 57 percent at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn. A similar pattern held at numerous other colleges.
Revenue from such students, plus philanthropy and endowment payouts, helps schools recruit from a broad spectrum of economic backgrounds and award adequate aid to those in need.
But many schools have few full-pay students. The Washington Post found more than 310 colleges and universities in 2016-2017 where at least 95 percent of undergraduates received grants or scholarships. (For St. John's, the share was 97 percent on its Annapolis campus, 99 percent in Santa Fe, N.M.)
At such schools, sticker price may be more of an aspirational statement than a revenue generator.
Even so, sticker prices usually go up faster than inflation. Knowing this, students and bill-paying parents hope the increases remain manageable. Their best-case scenario would be an occasional price freeze.
Debate over tuition at public colleges and universities is perennial. Political pressure has grown in recent years to limit increases or even make public college free.
Now, price cuts among private colleges could be signaling a pivot point in that sector.
Sweet Briar College in Virginia, which nearly closed in 2015 amid financial difficulties, cut its price 32 percent for the current school year, to $34,000 for tuition, fees and room and board. The women's college, which had 337 students in the fall, aims to boost enrollment and compete with public universities. "We are very serious about being excellent, relevant and affordable at the same time," Sweet Briar President Meredith Woo said.
Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania will cut tuition 32 percent in the coming year, to $32,000 (not counting fees and room and board). The echo on 32 is not accidental. Carl J. Strikwerda, president of the 1,700-student college, said he wants to grab the attention of middle-class families.
"What we've found with them is, more and more, that higher tuition is just a turnoff." Those families might know in theory that the sticker price is just a starting point, he said, but "they just can't believe that colleges give enough financial aid to make it work."
Colleges are required to post calculators online to enable families to get a quick estimate of potential financial aid. But it's not clear how much help these "net-price calculators" provide to families with modest resources and little experience in college finance.
Price cuts are risky. If they are not deep enough, they won't get noticed. If they are too deep, colleges could lose substantial revenue. "This is not for the faint of heart," Strikwerda said. To succeed, he said, a college must convince prospective students of the quality of the education it offers regardless of price.
Colleen Hanycz, president of La Salle University, said the 5,700-student school in Philadelphia has thrived since cutting tuition 29 percent in 2017. "We had a sticker price at that time, close to $41,000, that almost nobody was paying," she said. Hanycz said transparency matters to consumers fed up with the vagaries of college pricing.
Too often, she said, families must endure "Wizard of Oz nonsense" as they seek to learn the bottom line. Hanycz described the mixed messages they hear: "Well, there's that price, but if you knock on Door No. 3 you might get a discount."
Parents of first-generation college students "don't even know how the game is played," Hanycz said. "I really couldn't stand the inequity in that."
Under the new pricing, the university's net revenue per student has risen, Hanycz said, but she declined to say how much.
At St. John's, with about 900 students in Annapolis and Santa Fe, the price cut coincides with a fundraising campaign to support what the college calls "an honest education at an honest price." The rollback pegged tuition to a level not seen for more than a decade.
The college's distinctive model, based on close reading and discussion of great works of Western civilization, is labor-intensive and expensive.
There are no lecture courses, no adjunct faculty and no majors. The Johnnies, as students are known, excel in croquet and have a rivalry in that pastime with their Annapolis neighbors at the U.S. Naval Academy. They address each other and tutors (the faculty) during class by the honorifics Mr. and Ms. (Some prefer the gender-neutral M. or Mx.)
They read a common list of great books over four years, starting with Homer's "Iliad" and ending with Simone de Beauvoir's "The Second Sex" and works by the philosophers Ludwig Wittgenstein, Martin Heidegger and Plato. Each semester, tutors meet in groups with individual students to evaluate their performance orally in a ritual called a "don rag."
Now, its recruiters have another talking point — an eye-catching sticker price.
"We are out there pushing this in every way we can," said Benjamin Baum, vice president of enrollment. "We are talking about cost in the same breath that we are talking about Jane Austen."
St. John's would like to grow a bit in Santa Fe but is not seeking to expand in Annapolis. Officials say finances are in solid shape. The price cut, they contend, will simply remove a perceived barrier for families otherwise drawn to a one-of-a-kind liberal arts experience.
"Every time you raise the tuition, the screw gets tighter and tighter on families in the middle," Kanelos said. "Something is broken in tuition pricing. We want to fix it now."
By Nick Anderson
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Sometimes your passions choose you. When Stephanie Arndt began planning for her future, being a lawyer was not "the plan". It was not until her final year of college that she discovered the law and her passion for it. After experiencing great success in law school, Stephanie knew that she was destined to be a litigator. She was inspired and driven by the challenges of effective, successful advocacy.
Through the years, Stephanie developed a practice that focuses on helping people injured in group homes, nursing homes, and other assisted living facilities. Stephanie understands the trust that her clients put in these facilities. She also understands the betrayal that they experience when someone's negligence causes a loved one to be injured. With her years of experience, Stephanie zealously represents families in all of Michigan's courts, including the Michigan Supreme Court and the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Aside from serving clients at Fieger Law, Stephanie is also committed to improving the practice of law in her community. She frequently works as a case evaluator for Oakland County and works with organizations who are devoted to refining the legal profession.


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Bale Elementary was first occupied on March 18, 1959; its official dedication was May 7 of the same year. Additions to the school took place in 1962, 1968 and 2002. It was named for Hardin Bale, a member of the LRSD Board of Directors from 1932 to 1941. The school was referred to as "Broadmoor" while under construction; the School Board voted to name the school after Hardin Bale at a special meeting in November 1958.
Hardin Bale was a prominent Little Rock businessman in addition to being active on the LRSD Board of Directors. In 1912 he formed the Shoemaker-Bale Company, a Ford auto dealership, which later evolved into Bale Chevrolet.
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Facebook reveals how it uses artificial intelligence to tackle extremist content
Facebook has revealed how it uses artificial intelligence to remove extremist content from its platforms.
The announcement comes as tech companies face mounting pressure over their handling of terrorist propaganda.
In a series of blog posts, senior executives at Facebook explained their attempts to remove extremist content before users see it.
"Already, the majority of accounts we remove for terrorism we find ourselves," wrote Facebook policy chief Monika Bickert and policy manager Brian Fishman.
"But we know we can do better at using technology — and specifically artificial intelligence — to stop the spread of terrorist content on Facebook."
Theresa May announced earlier this week that the government is drawing up proposals to fine sites that fail to swiftly remove extremist content.
Facebook revealed a number of strategies for targeting terrorist propaganda using artificial intelligence.
The first is image matching, which lets Facebook flag images or video when they are uploaded if they have previously been identified as extreme.
In December last year, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft launched a share database to crack down on the sharing of extremist content.
It lists extremist content which each site has removed, letting others swiftly identify and remove the same content on their platforms.
Facebook announced that it was also starting to experiment with using artificial intelligence to analyse text that may advocate terrorism.
"That analysis goes into an algorithm that is in the early stages of learning how to detect similar posts," wrote Ms Bickert and Mr Fishman. "The machine learning algorithms work on a feedback loop and get better over time."
The policy managers said artificial intelligence also analyses material related to accounts that have been identified as supporting terrorism, and locks down fake accounts created by repeat offenders.
Last month, the social media site vowed to hire 3,000 more staff to tackle extreme and distressing content, particularly in videos.
The site is facing pressure over its handling of violent videos, as well as extremist content.
In May, footage of a Thai man hanging his 11-month-old daughter before killing himself was broadcast on the site, and remained online for about 24 hours before Facebook's moderators removed it.
A Facebook spokesperson said at the time: "This is an appalling incident and our hearts go out to the family of the victim. There is absolutely no place for acts of this kind of Facebook and the footage has now been removed."
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The host is turning her focus to upcoming elections.
More than three years after Chelsea Handler and Netflix teamed up to "revolutionize the talk show" their quest is coming to an end. Handler tweeted that she has decided not to return after the second season of Chelsea wraps up (later this year), instead focusing on "becoming a more knowledgeable and engaged citizen" ahead of upcoming elections. That doesn't mean she's through with Netflix however, as she says the two will release a documentary where she engages with "people of different ethnicities, religions and political philosophies."
Netflix hasn't backed off of plans for original content and plans on spending more money than ever next year. Still, the attempt at diving into late night-style talk with Handler -- who launched Chelsea as a worldwide show after ending her Chelsea Lately show on E! in 2015 -- hasn't generated as much discussion as other high-profile originals like Stranger Things. In its second season, the show switched from posting three new episodes every week to weekly hour-long episodes.


Tonight, The Voice UK is bringing you yet another group of blind auditions, and we're here to discuss the majority of them!
Related The Voice UK video! – Check out some more news when it comes to the series at the bottom of this article! Also, be sure to subscribe to CarterMatt on YouTube for more updates, and remember to check out our official playlist.
Of course, be sure to refresh this article throughout for more updates as the night goes on!
Nyema Kalfon – Our first contestant tonight, and someone with a lot of soul and just the right amount of grit. Will turned around so fast for her that it was almost hard for her to pick anyone else even if she had wanted to. He made his claim in a big way.
Gabriel Dryss – Potential for days and then some! He's a great performer — he needs to do more work on stabilizing his voice, but part of his issue tonight was that he moved around the stage as much as he did! He was a great dancer and he's still really young at 16. Will turned for him and he's going to be a great mentor for him.
Clair McCulloch – Our first no-chair turn of the night and this is one that was sadly easy to predict. She performed a rather-dated song from Otis Redding, for starters, and it was hard to really see her find a way to recover from that.
Gisela Green – She's got a lot of untapped potential! She's got a voice that can do a lot of different things, and this is the case of her getting someone in Jennifer Hudson who really will push her. A lot of contestants tend to over-sing on this show early on, but she was right to hold back.
Stephanie Hill – Given that she has been heavily involved in the pageant circuit, she is in theory the sort of headline-making contestant you would think that the show would want. Yet, the coaches don't get a tip ahead of time as to who these people are! No chair-turns here.
Georgia Bray – Despite being fairly small, she has a big voice and this was a great cover of Katy Perry's "Firework." With a mentor now in Olly Murs who understands pop music better than anyone, she's set up now for a rather-nice run on this show as we continue to move forward.
Jack Hawitt and Kenza Blanka – How did these two not get a chair turn? Kenza, in particular, was all sorts of outstanding. She's one of the more unique contestants we've seen and typically, having a unique voice like hers means you're pretty set for a chair turn.
Deana – She closed off the show with a performance that had some real swagger and style to it! This was next-level fun — she's totally unique and different from anyone this season. She's even got a fun boyfriend! She chose tom in the end, which is not what we thought she would do in the slightest.
Related News – Be sure to get some more news regarding The Voice UK right now, including more episode highlights!


All right. So, I had this black strapless dress that I've always loved—it's taffeta—and it had been spending way too much time in my closet. I threw it on and I still love the fit, but it needed something—after all, I was going to dinner at his house! That's when I may have gone a bit overboard. I have this wonderful crinoline in black taffeta with a tulle ruffle, so I put it on, but the dress still looked bare so then I tried black lace stockings. I loved those but the outfit seemed a bit too "girly" (nothing wrong with that but not for this dinner) so then I put on some black short pleather boots. Still liking the look but it seemed a bit off balance, so I added this sheer, dotted net ruffled blouse. I looked in the mirror and thought I had just overdone it. So, I did what I normally do and added more! I put on my faux pearl necklace and wrapped the whole look up in a black velvet bow at my waist. And that was it. I was ready to go.


Over the last days, we've learnt of at least 15 cases where people were not allowed to enter Poland for the period of UNFCCC conference. All of them were contributing to voicing civil society concerns, their demands, their solutions. Yet they were denied the possibility to come and speak.
We're calling the Polish government and the COP24 presidency to immediately stop policing to silence civil society voices and creating this atmosphere of intimidation. We're asking the government to state clearly that they're not going to arbitrarily arrest nor deport anyone coming to COP24 anymore.
We're also urging the UNFCCC to have clear and strict guidelines for the host country: It is unacceptable that this COP is being used as an opportunity for any government to shrink civil liberties and fundamental rights or threaten human rights of people, especially those who are already facing threats as human and environment right defenders.
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Over the last days, we've learnt of at least 15 cases where people were not allowed to enter Poland for the period of UNFCCC conference. They were intending to join the COP - some of them were accredited by the UN, others were planning to organise registered events outside of the official UN negotiations around climate and grassroots action. All of them were contributing to voicing civil society concerns, their demands, their solutions. Yet they were denied the possibility to come and speak.
This Saturday, two members of an Ukrainian group were arrested at their hotel, by the Polish police, and were detained for more than 10 hours for no reason. Later, three peaceful Polish protestors were detained after being arrested during the march.
We're calling the Polish government and the COP24 presidency to stop immediately policing to silence civil society voices, and creating this atmosphere of intimidation. We're asking the government to state clearly that they're not going to arbitrarily arrest nor deport anyone coming to attend COP24 anymore.
We're also urging the UNFCCC to have clear and strict guidelines to country-host: It is unacceptable that this COP is being used as an opportunity for any government to shrink civil liberties and fundamental rights or threaten human rights of people, especially those who are already facing threats as human and environment right defenders.
We won't let any government silence us.
Thank you for adding your voice!
Over the last days, we've learnt of at least 15 cases where people were not allowed to enter Poland for the period of UNFCCC conference. All of them were contributing to voicing civil society concerns, their demands, their solutions. Yet they were denied the possibility to come and speak. We're calling the Polish government and the COP24 presidency to immediately stop policing to silence civil society voices and creating this atmosphere of intimidation.


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Amos Elon (Hebrew: עמוס אילון, July 4, 1926 – May 25, 2009) was an Israeli journalist and author.
Amos (Sternbach) Elon was born in Vienna. He immigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1933. He studied law and history in Israel and England. He was married to Beth Elon, a New York-born literary agent, with whom he had one daughter, Danae. In the 1990s, Elon began to spend much of his time in Italy. In 2004 he moved there permanently, citing disillusionment with developments in Israel since 1967. Elon died on May 25, 2009 in Tuscany, Italy, aged 82.
Beginning in the 1950s, Elon served as a correspondent on European and American affairs for the newspaper Haaretz. He took a leave of absence from Haaretz in 1971 and resumed in 1978. Amos retired from Haaretz in 2001. Amos Elon was an early advocate for the creation of a Palestinian state and withdrawal from the territories occupied by Israel in 1967. He was a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books and The New York Times Magazine. For many years, he was widely regarded as one of Israel's leading journalists.
In 2007-2008, Amos Elon was a fellow at the Center for Law and Security at New York University School of Law.


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An adjunct is given by precomposition with a unit or postcomposition with a counit.
Every adjunction (L⊣R)(L \dashv R) gives rise to a monad T≔R∘LT \coloneqq R \circ L. The unit of this monad id→Tid \to T is the unit of the adjunction, id→R∘Lid \to R \circ L.
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The mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto credited with the invention of the blockchain technology behind cryptocurrencies and which is responsible for the boom of decentralization. But even before Nakamoto published his article, the chief technology officer of Ripple's David Schwartz have developed a concept similar to the work of Nakamoto.
30 years ago August 25, 1988, Schwartz filed a patent for "multi-level distributed computer system", which could work on "personal computers". The technology was developed to combine the computing power of many devices that would work to accomplish one task.
In ' 91 Schwartz received a patent for his idea. However, despite this, Swarco failed to implement his idea. But today we look at how the CEO sees a distributed system and how his vision looks at the background of the current technology of the blockchain.
One of the problems that Schwartz engaged in cryptography, intends to solve was the distribution of a single task that requires a load that exceeds the capacity of one machine, between the network devices.
– A distributed computer system is several computers, each one independent from each other, but working together on one goal. Such a computer system may be created through the use of many small computers, like a PC for performing simple tasks and one main computer to perform more complex tasks. Such a device reduces the load on the Central computer, along with a reduction in the volume and cost of data transfer is stated in the patent documentation.
– I investigated the problem of rendering graphics that require huge CPU power, – said Schwartz in an interview. Ironically, the idea was destroyed, so it appeared.
– Manufacturers of processors have improved performance much earlier than my idea could become a reality, and later there was little need for the dynamic allocation of tasks to multiple processors, explained Schwartz.
But even before the idea was shelved, Swartz, together with his team, managed to conduct some tests of this technology.
– We had a working version that simulated fractals – continued Schwartz, – Adding to the cluster more processors, workloads are dynamically distributed between them.
Despite this, the system Schwartz was far from ideal. First, the connection between several different computers is much more difficult than it is now. Another problem was the breaking of the given task into smaller, which are easier to handle and transfer from one computer to another.
Although the invention of the Internet has helped to solve a problem with the connection, some of the challenges Swartz faced in the 1990-ies, an inconvenience today. The problem of the breakdown of larger components into smaller pieces still trying to decide Ethereum.
As for memories Schwarz about the events of thirty years ago, he said that this experience is still essential in his work even today.
– It seems to me that something I've worked in the past in my work now. And I think this is due to the fact that most of my work is with the technology of the blockchain and cryptocurrency – added Schwartz.
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Q: rails, alternative to .group into the same model Given an Invoice model based on an underlying table defined by the following (piece of) migration:
  t.date :date
  t.string :customer_name
  t.string :payment_type
  t.decimal :amount

After having implemented a software that manages the invoices entry, i finally want to do some report on them.
I want to group invoices by different fields. Grouping by the date and calling(SQL) SUM(amount) as total_amount i will get the daily sales figure and so on.
How to implement this?
I've learned from the official guide of active record query interface that a way is something like so:
r = Invoice.select("date, sum(amount) as sum_amount").group(:date)

Well this works, but puzzles me with some questions.
Despite the fact that r is an instance of Invoice, it doesn't even have Invoice's fields, as an obvious consequence of the SQL that has generated it.
So I end up with a class full of logic that references fields that don't exist, that handles persistence when these are summary data and it doesn't make sense to think of persisting them.
And despite the fact that it could work, it doesn't seem to be a best practice.
So which could be instead a best practice to manage such situations with active record query interface?

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Scaling a website to serve thousands or even tens of thousands of users simultaneously is a challenge often best tackled by horizontal scaling – distributing workloads across dozens or even hundreds of servers. As a tool for preparing servers for that task, Puppet offers low deployment costs, ease of use, and automated configuration management.
After a successful deployment of a new hardware farm, how can you assure a static configuration across your entire environment? Puppet addresses that problem. Let's see how to install Puppet and use it to deploy, as an example, an Apache web server virtual host on CentOS 6. This tutorial shows how to deploy virtual hosts on only one server, but the same steps can be replicated to manage many servers. I'll assume you're familiar with the Linux command line, basic networking concepts, and using Apache.


Bali is known for its idyllic beaches and surf breaks, but a more relaxed and verdant beauty awaits travelers willing to traverse the land to the more pristine jungle and rice paddy landscapes surrounding Ubud. The UNESCO designated water canals and sacred flowing rivers dominate the scenery which is a welcome respite from the cacophonous and chaotic streets of Kuta, Seminyak and beyond. Ubud town is a lively, yet more relaxed, mix of locals and artistic-leaning ex-patriots which means there is a nice balance of the quiet nature one desires and high quality amenities. Traditional Balinese culture and design is a focus with hotels like COMO Uma Ubud offering unique experiences to guests to delve into the essence of what makes the island such a unique and wonderful place to visit.
Ni Made Rentini is a jewelry artisan employed at John Hardy, a luxury jewelry brand established in Bali, Indonesia in 1975. John Hardy is known for its dedication to preserving the traditional arts of the Balinese culture through its hand-crafted jewelry made exclusively from ethically sourced gemstones and reclaimed silver and gold. Rentini has mastered the craft of chain weaving over the twenty years she has spent working at the company. She likens her work process, although more complicated in the nature of its design and materials, to that of the weaving skills passed down from generation to generation and used in the communities to fashion the offerings for daily temple rituals.


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Q: MFC App hangs after CSingleLock Lock() void CADAPBatchView::AddMsgToStatusWindow(const CString& strMsg)
{
    CString strTemp;
    CString strEngineStatusEntry;
    int nLinesToScrollPast = 0;
    int nTrimPos = 0;
    strEngineStatusEntry.Format(_T("%s %s\n"), CTime::GetCurrentTime().Format( _T( "%H:%M:%S" )), strMsg);

    CSingleLock singleLock( &m_csStatusMsg );
    singleLock.Lock();

    if (m_wndEngineStatusMsgs.GetLineCount() > 200)
    {
        m_wndEngineStatusMsgs.SetReadOnly(FALSE);   //remove readonly so SetSel will work
        m_wndEngineStatusMsgs.SetSel(0, m_wndEngineStatusMsgs.LineIndex(100));
        m_wndEngineStatusMsgs.Clear();
        m_wndEngineStatusMsgs.SetReadOnly(TRUE);    //put back readonly
    }

    int nBegin;
    nBegin = m_wndEngineStatusMsgs.GetTextLength();
    m_wndEngineStatusMsgs.SetSel(nBegin, nBegin);   // Select last character
    m_wndEngineStatusMsgs.ReplaceSel(strEngineStatusEntry);          // Append, move cursor to end of text
    //m_wndEngineStatusMsgs.SetSel(-1,0);             // Remove Black selection bars
    //nBegin = m_wndEngineStatusMsgs.GetTextLength(); // Get New Length
    //m_wndEngineStatusMsgs.SetSel(nBegin,nBegin);    // Cursor to End of new text

    nLinesToScrollPast = m_wndEngineStatusMsgs.GetLineCount() - 9 - m_wndEngineStatusMsgs.GetFirstVisibleLine();
    m_wndEngineStatusMsgs.LineScroll( nLinesToScrollPast );

    if (m_wndChkStatusMsgLog.GetCheck() == 1)
    {
        WriteToLogFile(strEngineStatusEntry);
    }

    return;
}

I have attached the code showing the two threads. At the time of the crash from the dump files I see that The main thread is at the line just after the singlelock.Lock(). The second thread is at the line starting with nLinesToScrollPast. I'm thinking a deadlock situation has occurred but don't know how. Any help is appreciated, thanks.

A: The problem is that you are trying to make method AddMsToStatusWindow thread-safe in order to call it from other threads. Your problem is that only the main application thread is allowed to interact with the GUI otherwise you'll end up having problems with your message pump (because you do lock SendMessage). So your design is wrong. You should create guarded message queue based on CCriticalSection. So the thread would put the message to a queue and then call PostMessage to notify the main thread that data/message has been put to a queue. The main thread will populate the data from this queue in message handler.


text: Q: Frenet frame and tangent space. Let $\gamma(s) \subset \Sigma \subset \mathbb{R}^3$ a parametrized curve by arc lenght. Let suppose that $\gamma$ is on an oriented surface $\Sigma \subset \mathbb{R}^3$. We can consider the Frenet frame of the curve. Let $N: \Sigma \rightarrow S^2 $ the Gauss map and $J: T \Sigma \rightarrow T \Sigma$ the endomorphism of tangent bundle such that $v \wedge Jv =N$ for all tangent unitary vector $v$. In my notation $J$ is the $2 \times 2$ symplettic matrix. I have to find conditions on Frenet frame such that it concides with the tern $\{\gamma', J\gamma ',N \}$. Some ideas? Thank you.


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The message that will turn the way of doing church culture: Should the God of the universe have peasants under Him who can note how they feel and spit out any free will as if it is from Yahweh's way? Does anyone have the authority to make a world-level King move in how they would want? That's how they move with sharing His way.
My ruling is greater than any world-level leader. My house governs over all the levels of old and young. No one carries the weight of power greater than Yahweh. No pawn, no speck, no mortal can bring down a world-level way that can bring Yahweh's way to bend to their way.
To bend is to submit. Should Yahweh have a plan that would make Him, the God of the universe, bend? Yet many are commanding, decreeing, and declaring, giving Yahweh orders, saying that they must have their own way. How can this continue to go on? How can Yahweh ignore the constant begging to change the world yet give the faith declarer what they should receive?
What is the way of the faith healer? Not being able to push Me. See it; the people have adopted a practice of how a real covenant-linked prophet would benefit from being within My official way. The old way under the ways of giving into the earth what Yahweh gives: this is now the faith declarer moving. See it. Break down a giving of a message.
Yahweh says to His prophet, "Say this message/word/plan to ______."
The prophet says, "Yes" and delivers (speaks) what Yahweh says.
If the message cannot be delivered due to the person/church/group not wanting to hear it, the prophet waits on Yahweh as to what plan to do next. Never should a prophet keep attempting to speak to the intended hearer when they reject the message. If they say, "I don't want to hear it," or they hear it and reject it, Yahweh will let the prophet know what to do with the message.
After the message is delivered, Yahweh looks at the covenant and brings backing to the active message when the time is at hand. The message is pushed forward with power over natural time.
YAHWEH CONTINUES:
A message is given out into the earth based on a declaration of a prophet, or one Yahweh gives to share His message in that moment. Sometimes, Yahweh will not give a prophet-only-based plan. This means that there may be situations where a prophet is not available, and Yahweh will give a real plan He intends to push forward to a vessel (human) yielded to serving and will obey. Here is a Scripture reference:
(10) Now there was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias." And he said, "Here I am, Lord." (11) And the Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying, (12) and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him, so that he might regain his sight." (13) But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he did to Your saints in Jerusalem; (14) and here he has authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name." (15) But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel; (16) for I will show him how much he must suffer in behalf of My name." (17) So Ananias departed and entered the house, and after laying his hands on him said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit." (18) And immediately something like fish scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight, and he got up and was baptized; (19) and he took food and was strengthened. Now for several days he was with the disciples who were in Damascus, (20) and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "He is the Son of God."
—Acts 9:10-20 NASB
The message was a sign. In this case, Yahweh chose a regular lay member, not that he was not important in general terms, but that he didn't have an office gift. And this non-office member delivered a very powerful message, laying on his hands and bringing a healing sign gift and declaration of what Paul experienced would happen in a vision.
So, would this one time of delivering a major sign of healing and declaration automatically mean that there is a power that places the lay member in the office of Yahweh's power gift? No. Yahweh flowed through a willing vessel, knowing that there would be complete obedience in how the servant followed Yahweh's will. And today, what is a misquoted Scripture?
(4) John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before His throne, (5) and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood— (6) and He made us into a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
—Revelation 1:4-6 NASB
See how there is great power in actually reading what Scripture says? Are you a king or queen in the verses mentioned? Are you going to rule now or currently, or in the future? It doesn't say here, but does it matter if all in My Body are just in the body and I am still God, your Mediator?
Looking at Revelation 5 also shows that similar way, but it doesn't note a current ruling of the people of Yahweh. And here, the church people are saying they are kings and queens, rightfully given power to be like Yahweh. There is no Scripture stating that way.
And the closest to any power way is seen with an office prophet, given governing spheres to speak Yahweh's will, but there is a covenant that enables a working agreement. Yahweh speaks a plan into the servant. The servant speaks what Yahweh gives. And then Yahweh backs it up.
Yahweh can communicate with the intended audience directly, but there is a purpose in moving forward in Kingdom order: the church Body has a plan set up by Yahweh. Unfortunately, many people do not understand that the plan that covers or governs a family house order is an actual Kingdom order.
And that would be clearly understood if there is a seeing that governing a nation is similar to how Kingdom order governs all. That is the reason Deborah ruled as a judge, but I hear many say that governing a civil plan is different than governing the Church.
But take a deep look. My Church is not a husband-and-wife structure. That's why I call it a Kingdom. And within the King's will is a covering having various persons say My will. But never is My prayer plan to turn and take on commanding Me what plan you feel is better.
The prayer way is never given to order Me to do any will. Prayer is to be a humbling will, where you seek Me, bend to the Mediator, and bring your begging of requests to Me. Prayer is a petitioning way. Pray back My will. Pray back My Word in context and know that no one can make Me bend and obey.
Yahweh is the God of the Christians, those who have turned and asked King Jesus for the forgiveness of sin. Those who serve the One True God are in the Kingdom but are not given to be royalty, living as a king, queen, or a lowercase little god.
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The Lone Ranger (2013)
August 14, 2013 at 8:21 am · Filed under Film & DVD Reviews ·Tagged Lone Ranger
149 min – Action | Adventure | Western | Rated 12A – 9 August 2013 (UK)
Music composed by: Jack White
Screenplay: Ted Elliott, Justin Haythe, Terry Rossio
Story by: Ted Elliott, Justin Haythe, Terry Rossio, George W. Trendle
The Lone Ranger is probably unknown to most folk under thirty-five. It was a staple of your reviewer's boyhood. The Masked Man and his trusty Redskin companion, Tonto, roamed the old Wild Weston his white horse, seeing off villains and setting wrongs to right. It began as a radio serial in the 1930s and was a popular TV series in the 1960s.
It was a brave – possibly foolhardy – decision to do a reboot of the Lone Ranger given that its target audience is likely to be older than most regular picture-goers in that crucial 18-30 age group because the Disney version of the Lone Ranger is a world away from the lame scripts and creaky sets of the old TV show.
Much of it was shot on location and it shows in the breathtaking cinematography and the director's attention to detail in which he seems to channel the ghosts of John Ford and Sergei Leone. It's difficult to understand why the movie performed so badly on its US release last month. Perhaps it was influenced by hostile reviews in the American press or the younger audience has no appetite for westerns. Perhaps many Americans perceived it's message as anti-American.
Who knows? It's their loss.
This is a wonderful mess of a movie. The script is fast moving and witty. Johnny Depp's Tonto is no servile sidekick. He steers the bookish, naive and impetuous attorney John Reid (Armie Hammer) – shortly to become the 'Lone Ranger' – in the often vain hope that he won't come to too much grief. In this fast-paced romp, the Masked Man runs into a deep-dyed bad-as-can-be spaghetti western villain, a dirty traitor who leaves him for dead, a virtuous woman in need of protection, a really crooked railway tycoon and a feisty one-legged brothel keeper played with great gusto by Helena Bonham Carter. And look out for those rabbits and his white 'Spirit Horse'.
Give it a chance. Hi Ho, Silver! Away and enjoy it, Kemosabe.
Larry D said
Great movie. Yes, the so-called "reviewers" were able to influence the sheeple to ignore it. I would like to have a copy of the script – can any direct me to a possible source?
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Q: Eigenvalues of anti-circulant matrices using 1-circulant matrices Is there any theorem to find the eigenvalues of any anti-circulant matrix using the equivalent (with the same first row) circulant matrix. I found out that,
for any anti-circulant matrix, the eigenvalues (taken as $\mu$) of the anti-circulant matrix can be written as,
\begin{equation}
\mu = \pm \mid{\lambda_j}\mid
\label{mu_alpha}
\end{equation}
where $\lambda_j$ is an eigenvalue of 1-circulant matrix with the same first row. This seems valid since any anti-circulant matrix should be symmetric resulting in real eigenvalues.
Can anyone send me a link to any reference which has this proof..? or can you please comment if you think that this should not be correct ?

A: Edit. Presumably the matrix is real, otherwise the claim is false and it is easy to generate a counterexample by computer.
Let $A$ be a circulant matrix and $B$ be the anticirculant matrix such that $A$ and $B$ have identical first rows. Then $B=PA$ for some permutation matrix $P$ (more specifically, $P=1\oplus J_{n-1}$, where $J_{n-1}$ is the reversal matrix obtained by flipping $I_{n-1}$ from left to right). Hence $A$ and $B$ have identical singular values. However, circulant matrices and real anticirculant matrices (which are also real symmetric) are normal matrices, so they can be unitarily diagonalized and their singular values are the moduli of their eigenvalues. Therefore, the eigenvalues $A$ and $B$ have identical moduli. Finally, as real anticirculant matrices are real symmetric, $B$ has real eigenvalues. Hence the assertion.

A: Let $C$ be the circulant matrix whose first row is $(c_0,c_1,,\ldots,c_{n-1})$ and let $P(x)=\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}c_kx^k$. For each $n$-th root of unity $\omega$, let $e_{\omega}=(1, \omega, \ldots, \omega^{n-1})^\top$. Then $Ce_{\omega}=P(\omega)e_{\omega}$ and hence the eigenvalues of $C$ are $P(\omega)$.
For the anti-circulant matrix $A$ with the same first row, we have $Ae_{\omega}=P(\omega)e_{\bar\omega}$. Therefore, for each $\omega\ne\pm1$, the restriction of $A$ to the invariant subspace with ordered basis $\{e_{\omega}, e_{\bar\omega}\}$ has the matrix representation
$$A\begin{bmatrix}e_\omega&e_\bar\omega\end{bmatrix}=
\begin{bmatrix}e_\omega&e_\bar\omega\end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix}0&P(\omega)\\P(\bar\omega)&0\end{bmatrix},
$$
then
$$A^2\begin{bmatrix}e_\omega&e_\bar\omega\end{bmatrix}=
\begin{bmatrix}e_\omega&e_\bar\omega\end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix}P(\omega)P(\bar\omega)&0\\0&P(\omega)P(\bar\omega)\end{bmatrix}.
$$
Thus the eigenvalues of $A$ are $P(1),\,\pm \sqrt{P(\omega)P(\bar\omega)}$ for each $\omega\neq\pm1$, and when $n$ is even, also $P(-1)$.
When $A$ is real, so are the coefficients of $P$. Therefore $\pm\sqrt{P(\omega)P(\bar\omega)}=\pm|P(\omega)|$ for each $\omega\ne\pm1$ and $P(1),P(-1)$ are also real.


4.0 out of 5 starsEntertaining movie, I laughed out loud a few times literally!
When I saw the preview for this movie I thought it looked entertaining but didn't think it was something I would go see in a theater. A few months passed and I forgot about it until it happen to flash across my amazon prime screen. I feel this movie was slept on as it was funnier than I expected it to be. I would watch it again, and I am definitely going to recommend it to other people.
Not exactly sure why anyone would give it bad reviews but in this new world of short attention spans maybe that's what happened. I can't even say I felt like the movie dragged at anytime. I thought the pacing was good, and there was a good mix of action and humor to keep you glued to the screen.
Was it the best movie ever? No, I wouldn't say that. But it is definitely worth watching!
Gringo is about a good man trying to become successful and maintain his morals and ethics. But in the world Harold finds himself in, he is surrounded by people with selfish greed as their motivation. There are a number of characters in this film but it never becomes confusing or slow the pace of the movie at all. Harold never strays form his morals and all of the 'bad guys' get what they deserve for sticking to their lack of morals. There are several twists to keep it interesting. The acting and directing were very good and there is plenty of humor to move things along. In the end I was comfortable rating 'Gringo', four stars and recommendation to view it, you won't waste your time.
4.0 out of 5 starsIt's karma dude!
It was funny with a number of twists that kept it interesting. The actors really did a great job. Not sure why it did not stay in the theaters.
If you are a fan of the underdog, this film is for you. Good hearted, hard-working immigrant gets played and learns how to do life on his own terms. He struggles with some moral situations but always goes back to the lesson his father taught him. Not a super serious film but worth the investment in the main character. Good film.
4.0 out of 5 starsFun Movie!!!!!
I knew that it was going to be a good movie the minute that it started -cause it had that great movie atmosphere and energy where you want to sit down with something good to eat and a fluffy blanket and watch it!
David Oyelowo is always great no matter what he plays in - that dude is very talented and Charlize Theron's character was a trip! I loved it - I couldn't wait to hear what was going to come out of her mouth next!!!!
A slightly above average dark comedy, starts off less than great but finds it's groove before too long. A tad predictable, but overall I enjoyed it. Even the worst Amazon Original it still better than 95% of the crap that 'other streaming services' cram down our throat.
This is an entertaining movie with action, a thriller of sorts, Cartels, many twists and turns and some really funny stuff. A cast of fine actors doesn't always make a fine movie but in this case fine actors and directing, the right amount of humor and even with a sometimes wacky plot makes for enjoyable watching. How can you go wrong with Joel Edgerton who does everything right in his movies and Charlize Theron who besides her outstanding acting talents (Oscars, etc.) at age 43 is the epitome of the red wine metaphor of getting better with age. And then there is David Oyelowo some might say, 'steals the show' and adds the humor. Can you say Oscar nomination?
Glad that I watched it and can give it a 4-star rating.
I guess it's ok to see people being nasty towards each other & swearing, because that's acceptable & mildly funny nowadays. But I don't need to see a man's big toe cut off with big clippers, up close & bloody, by a drug dealer just because he is employed by someone who wants to stop selling to the drug dealer. I stopped watching then.


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Ideratus nactus är en skalbaggsart som först beskrevs av Lane 1970.  Ideratus nactus ingår i släktet Ideratus och familjen långhorningar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Freepsum est un quartier de la commune allemande de Krummhörn, dans l'arrondissement d'Aurich, Land de Basse-Saxe.

Géographie

Freepsum est à environ trois kilomètres au sud-est de Pewsum, le plus grand quartier de Krummhörn. Le village sur un terp au-dessus d'un marécage argileux. Immédiatement au sud-est du village se trouve un lac asséché. Le point le plus profond de la dépression qui résulte de l'assèchement est longtemps le point le plus bas d'Allemagne, à  en-dessous du niveau de la mer, mais depuis 1988 on considère qu'il se trouve à Neuendorf-Sachsenbande, à .

Histoire
Freepsum est mentionné pour la première fois au  sous le nom de Fresbrahtteshem.

En juin 1972, Freepsum est incorporé à Krummhörn.

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Localité en Basse-Saxe
Ancienne commune en Basse-Saxe


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"Due diligence and good faith inquiries are no longer sufficient"
An extract of James Cuno's new book, Who Owns Antiquity? [Princeton UP, 2008] [WorldCat]) has appeared in the Wall Street Journal (April 26, 2008).
I am waiting to read the whole volume but I would like to comment on a few of points.
Language is important. Christopher Chippindale and I have long argued that the word "provenance" (and with it "unprovenanced") is confusing. We have tended to use the terms "history" and "archaeology". The first maps the collecting history and documentation (e.g. "from the Thomas Brand collection" or "given by Giacomo Medici"). The second provides information on where it left the ground (e.g. "excavated from tomb 42 at Abydos" or "said to be from Cerveteri"). Cuno comments:
Archaeologists argue that unprovenanced antiquities are almost always looted from archaeological sites or from what would become archaeological sites. But strictly speaking, since provenance is a matter of ownership and not archaeological status, and as some countries allow for the ownership of antiquities but not their export, it is possible to illegally export a legally owned, unprovenanced antiquity.
He generalises. But what we have shown is that antiquities with histories only after 1970—and 1983 is a distraction—have been included in the returns to Italy: this is particularly true for our comments on the Fleischman collection, and the Shelby White / Leon Levy collection.
Cuno again generalises when he talks about the debate looking at "the legal aspect of their ownership". This would ignore the material and intellectual consequences of looting (and subsequent collecting). But no doubt he will address this in the full volume.
He poses the question:
Is there convincing evidence that the unprovenanced antiquity was removed from its country of origin in violation of that country's laws?
He cites the example of a Roman object that could have been found anywhere across the empire. Need it have been found in Italy? But a more interesting example for him to have discussed would have been the quantities of Apulian pots that are being given back to Italy. (Or for Greece, how about Cycladic figures?)
Cuno is clearly critical of the way that the media has been used to reclaim antiquities for Italy. He does not comment in this extract on the use of Polaroids and documentation in the Italian public courts of law. If an image used in a trial is identified in a public collection, have the media a right to comment? And should a museum (or private collector) elaborate on the "history" of the piece in question? The reporting has been "sensational" because the revelations have been jaw-droppingly shocking.
Cuno now accepts "due diligence and good faith inquiries are no longer sufficient". He is right to recommend that "U.S. art museums have to be much more careful"—and Francesco Rutelli's successful reclamation programme has brought this painfully home.
Cuno grumbles that the recently surfaced antiquities—he uses the term "undocumented"—are going to public collections in other parts of the world.
Keeping them from U.S. art museums is not a solution, only a diversion.
The Italian authorities have said that they intend to pursue further antiquities in Denmark and Japan.
The issue to address is this: how can we work together to reduce the damage to our shared cultural heritage?
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