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Columbia Gas Ordered to Pay $53 Million Fine For 2018 Natural Gas Explosion
A huge win for the residents of Merrimack Valley occurred through a plea agreement announced in February involving one of the state's leading energy companies. Colombia Gas of Massachusetts was ordered to pay a $53 million criminal fine for violating the Pipeline Safety Act, causing a series of natural gas explosions in the Merrimack Valley including Lawrence, Andover, and North Andover in 2018. After a long wait, residents harmed by the explosions were finally able to hold the utility accountable for its actions.
The explosion's killed 18-year-old Leonel Rondon when a chimney collapsed on his car in a friend's driveway. 2 dozen more were injured requiring hospital care including two firefighters. More than 100 homes caught on fire and over 8,000 people were displaced.
$53 million is the largest fine ever imposed for a violation of the Pipeline Safety Act and is over two times the profits earned by the state's Gas System Enhancement Plan program between 2015 and 2018. The full payment is due by July 23.
The company took full responsibility for the explosions and plead guilty to a federal felony. Its parent company, NiSource Inc., was ordered to sell off its subsidiary. It reached an agreement with Eversource in mere hours to sell the company for $1.1 billion. NiSource agreed to forfeit any profit it earned from the sale and implement safety recommendations from the National Transportation Safety Board. The plea agreement also called for a three-year probation during which the company will be closely monitored for compliance with federal and state safety regulations. The probationary period will end when the sale is complete.
The deal still requires approval of the State Department of Utilities and the U.S. Department of Justice. The Department of Utilities has since opened a separate investigation and could eventually impose its own multi-million-dollar penalty on Columbia Gas.
The cause of the accident was determined to be over-pressurized gas lines, improper monitoring of pressure sensors, and old piping on the company's South Union Project in South Lawrence. As a result, high pressure gas flooded the neighborhoods and caused multiple explosions.
The company knew of the disastrous potential of these gas lines evidenced by an internal memo dating back to 2015. The memo indicated that executives knew of failure to monitor gas lines, saying over-pressurization could lead to a "catastrophic event." Federal authorities posit that Columbia Gas exhibited careless disregard for the community resulting in cutting corners and leading to this disaster.
Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera hopes the money can be used to help families in the affected communities. "It is clear, now more than ever, that the people of Lawrence and North Andover would have more use for this money than the federal government," Rivera said. Most of the money is set to go to the Justice Department's Crime Victims Fund, providing support to victims of many crimes across the country. Continue reading
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Deadline to Apply for $143M Columbia Gas Settlement Extended to April 27th
If you lived, owned property or owned a business in Lawrence, Andover or North Andover, Massachusetts on September 13, 2018, you may be entitled to some of a $143 million settlement between the former Columbia Gas company, which was responsible for a series of explosions that rocked those communities and directly caused one death. If you are interested in applying for settlement money, contact an attorney from Altman & Altman LLP right away.
Columbia Gas pleads guilty, pays historic fine
On September 13, 2018, over-pressured gas lines forced high-pressure gas to flood into the distribution systems of various Columbia Gas customers' neighborhoods, which eventually led to a series of large explosions.
An investigation revealed that the company failed to account for critical pressure sensors while replacing old cast iron pipes in Lawrence. It also showed the company was aware that its lackadaisical actions could potentially cause fires and explosions, but continued to cut corners anyways. They also didn't keep adequate records and hired inexperienced, unfit workers for jobs.
After a series of court proceedings, Columbia Gas has now formally admitted guilt to charges that it violated the federal Pipeline Safety Act, which directly led to a large number of explosions that damaged dozens of homes and businesses and personal property. The company, as a result, will have to pay the largest criminal fine ever imposed for breaking such a law – $53 million.
In total, the class action lawsuit that resulted from the incident amassed to $143 million between Columbia Gas and the thousands of individuals affected by their reckless negligence. Some of that will have to go to court and legal fees ($26.1 million), but a large portion of money is available to those who were directly or indirectly affected.
Columbia Gas, as a result of the penalty, will no longer exist. Their parent company, NiSource Inc., was forced to sell the business, which was bought recently by Eversource. Any profits from the sale went to the federal government. The final result of the process, as proclaimed by U.S. attorneys, was a resounding message to public utilities companies that putting profits over the safety of their customers will result in severe punishments and consequences.
How to access the settlement money
Accessing money from a class action settlement – even when you have a solid claim to receive that money – is anything but a straightforward process. To ensure that you are getting everything that you are entitled to receive, the best course of action is to consult with an experienced attorney well versed in navigating class action settlements.
Attorneys at Altman & Altman LLP will be able to assess how you were affected and figure out how much money you should be entitled to, and then work with you on the process of filing paperwork to obtain the settlement money. Our attorneys will be with you every step of the way to ensure that no step is forgotten and no mistakes are made, which could potentially jeopardize you receiving your settlement money to the degree that you're entitled to or affect the timing in which you receive the money. Continue reading
Aging Pipelines the Root Cause of Andover, Lawrence Gas Explosions?
Multiple natural gas explosions killed a teenager, injured more than two dozen, and set 39 homes ablaze in three Boston-area towns last week. Entire neighborhoods evacuated their homes as officials scrambled to prevent more explosions from occurring. State police urged residents served by Columbia Gas in Andover, North Andover and Lawrence to leave their homes at once.
"It looked like Armageddon, it really did," said Andover Fire Chief, Michael Mansfield. "There were billows of smoke coming from Lawrence behind me. I could see pillars of smoke in front of me from the town of Andover."
A Lawrence man was killed when the chimney of an exploding house landed on his car. Leonel Rondon, 18, was pronounced dead at a Boston hospital that evening.
Approximately 8,600 Columbia gas customers are affected by the gas leak.
The utility company issued a statement early Friday morning, announcing that its crews will visit each and every one of the 8,600 customers to turn off gas meters and perform safety inspections.
"Additional support is being provided by crews from several affiliated Columbia Gas companies and other utilities. We expect this will be an extended restoration effort, and we will work tirelessly to restore service to the affected customers."
Gov. Charlie Baker said it could be weeks or months before the investigation turns up any answers.
"This is still very much an active scene," said Baker. "There will be plenty of time later tonight, tomorrow morning and into the next day to do some of the work around determining exactly what happened and why." A MA personal injury attorney can help you determine how to proceed if you've been injured due to the negligence of another.
What Caused the Explosions?
According to Andover Police Department Lieutenant Eddie Guy, officials think over-pressurized gas lines caused the fatal blasts.
Since 2010, Columbia Gas has had to pay $100,000 due to seven violations, including improper pressure testing, inadequate gas standards, and failure to follow procedures and federal safety regulations for pipelines.
Aging Pipelines
Apparently, Columbia Gas knew about the problems with its gas lines for quite some time. The company filed a petition with the Department of Public Utilities in April to request help with aging infrastructure. The three towns involved in Thursday's explosions were all mentioned in the April petition.
"Replacing leak-prone infrastructure is a leading priority," wrote the utility in April. "However, it will take a number of years to eliminate the aging pipe from the gas distribution system."
Dan Rivera, Lawrence's Mayor, had harsh words for Columbia Gas in a news conference last week, saying the utility company was "last to act." He went on to say that he believed the delayed response was because the company didn't want to "foot the bill."
But Steve Bryant, president of NiSource's Columbia Gas unit, rejected any accusations that the company failed to respond quickly.
"There's no one else who could have acted on this more rapidly than we did," said Bryant.
Massachusetts isn't the only state to experience NiSource explosions. Since 2007, the company has had a minimum of five pipeline explosions, in Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia. Continue reading
Second MA Apartment Fire in Less than One Month Has People Questioning Safety of Wood Construction
A massive fire destroyed a 264-unit luxury apartment complex in Waltham Massachusetts last weekend. The 10-alarm blaze came only weeks after a similar fire destroyed a Dorchester apartment complex that was also under construction. The level of destruction – and the speed with which the fire spread through these buildings – has people questioning the safety of wood construction. Both buildings had wood frames, and both buildings were destroyed within a few hours.
When Waltham Mayor Jeannette McCarthy was asked by a reporter whether she thought wood-frame construction should be permitted in MA, she said, "I really don't believe so when it's that size." McCarthy went on to say that, "Within three hours, the whole building {in Waltham} was down." She says she never supported having such a large complex in such a densely-populated area in the first place. Although wood construction is legal, McCarthy doesn't think it's safe. "It's the cheap way out. And quite frankly, I thank god nobody got killed. They'll say 'oh, we can do this.' Yeah you can, it's whether you should be doing it," she said.
In response to the apartment fires, Waltham city councilor Robert Logan is asking the state to take a closer look at the hazards of wood construction in larger building projects. "I'm not an expert in building, but I do know this. I haven't seen any steel frame and concrete buildings go up in flames like a box of matches," he said. But according to MA fire marshal Peter Ostroskey, wood-frame construction is perfectly safe once the building is completed; it's during the building process – before the complex is fitted with sprinkler systems and smoke alarms – that it's vulnerable to fire hazards. "We believe, ultimately, it is a safe type of construction to house people once it's completed. It's through that construction process these kinds of accidents can happen," said Ostroskey. Further, wood-frame construction is legal in every state.
The Dorchester blaze destroyed a wood-frame complex near the Ashmont MBTA station on June 28. The cause of the Waltham fire remains under investigation. A MA injury lawyer can help you determine how to proceed if another's negligence has caused you harm. Continue reading
Updated: July 28, 2017 10:53 am
The Shocking Frequency of Gas Line Accidents in MA
Every year in Massachusetts, hundreds of gas line accidents are caused by contractors, construction workers, and utility companies. In addition to being extremely dangerous, these accidents are costly and can lead to closed roads and other problems. In 2015, an explosion in Springfield injured 18 people and damaged 42 buildings when a utility worker accidentally hit a high-pressure gas line. Unfortunately, these accidents occur with relative frequency. Although most incidents are contained, larger explosions can result in serious injuries and fatalities.
WWLP 22News launched an investigation into these accidents, reviewing state records and interviewing contractors and utility companies. The findings were shocking – between November 2012 and December 2015, a total of 1,434 gas line accidents were reported. That's an average of more than one accident per day. Outside of Boston, Springfield and Chicopee had the highest reported number of accidents, with Springfield registering 48 and Chicopee registering 50. "There's so many roads in Chicopee that are under construction, and more work being done, there's more of an inherent chance that something might get hit," said Mark Galerneau, Chicopee's Fire Captain, "If the contractor is doing their due diligence and do what they're supposed to do I think they can minimize the problems."
The problem is, employers don't always do their due diligence, and workers can suffer the consequences. If you have been injured due to employer negligence, it is in your best interest to consult with a MA work injury lawyer as soon as possible. You may be entitled to compensation for your injuries.
Hundreds of Violations Discovered
According to state records, adequate precautions were not taken in 522 of the reported gas line accidents, and the lines were incorrectly marked or not properly maintained in 413 of the accidents. And in many cases, Dig Safe was never called. Dig Safe is a communication network that exists to notify utility companies when excavation work will be performed near their installations, and state law requires that individuals and companies performing excavations call Dig Safe prior to beginning work. Although Dig Safe training is not mandatory, following established laws is. Fines for violating these laws include:
First offense: $1,000
Second or subsequent offenses within a 12-month period: $5,000 to $10,000
Follow OSHA Regulations to Avoid Gas Line Explosions
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) has established excavation requirements to protect workers from accidentally causing damage to underground gas lines. Prior to beginning any type of excavation, workers should:
Establish the location of underground gas lines.
Contact appropriate utility companies or property owners to establish exact location of underground gas lines.
If utility companies or property owners do not respond to the request within 24 hours, workers may proceed with caution with the assistance of detection equipment.
Use a safe and acceptable method to determine the exact location of gas lines.
When the gas line is located, it should be protected, supported, or removed as deemed necessary for the protection of workers and the local area.
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Dangers of Fireworks as the Fourth of July Approaches
Many sports fans remember the tragedy shortly after the Fourth of July last year involving Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul. At a holiday cookout in his hometown of Deerfield Beach, Florida, Pierre-Paul and his friends were celebrating the day by setting off $1,100 worth of fireworks for the whole neighborhood. They had passed several hours enjoying the firework show and decided they would call it a night. One friend, however, pointed out that there were only a few fireworks left, so they might as well set off the last few, right? Pierre-Paul grabbed one of the last fireworks and attempted to light the fuse seven times to no avail as the wind kept blowing out his lighter. Pierre-Paul stated in an interview with Sports Illustrated that he remembered thinking Let me try one more time… The firework finally ignited and immediately there was a deafening BOOM and a blinding green light that witnesses say engulfed Pierre-Paul. The firework had exploded in his hand. Pierre-Paul was in shock. He had been setting off his own fireworks for his neighborhood since he was 15 years old, and this kind of accident had never occurred. After this accident, Pierre-Paul had to endure 8 surgeries total and a skin graft in an attempt to make his hand as operational as possible. Several of the bones in his fingers needed to be removed, and his hand is visibly deformed. He has since returned to the sport, but his returning season has been underwhelming when compared to his seasons before his accident.
This is a case in point as to how dangerous lighting fireworks can be, and with the Fourth of July right around the corner, it is essential that we all take precautions to prevent such accidents from occurring. According to the American Pyrotechnics Association (APA), more than 14,000 fireworks displays take place in the U.S. every fourth of the July. The APA also estimates that backyard fireworks have more than doubled between 2000 and 2007, reaching 238 million pounds of fireworks. "Backyard fireworks" are common but are extremely dangerous, even to those who have been setting them off for years. Most people do not completely understand the potential risks they take when using consumer fireworks. According to the National Fire Protection Association, U.S. emergency rooms treated an estimated 11,400 people for firework related injuries in 2013, 55 percent of these injuries being to the extremities and 38 percent to the head. Typically, rates of firework related injuries are highest among infants and teenagers. Males are also more likely to be injured by fireworks than females. However, it is important to remember that anyone can be injured by fireworks, even observers at a town firework show. There are precautions you can take in order to prevent severe injury while using fireworks. These safety tips include:
Make sure fireworks are legal in your area before buying or using them.
Updated: June 20, 2016 3:23 pm
NIOSH Report Shows Contributing Factors to 2014 Back Bay Fire.
In 2014, a deadly blaze in the Back Bay killed two firefighters and injured several others. The house fire, which was unintentionally caused by welders working at an adjacent building, quickly grew out of control due to high winds. Last week, Joseph Finn, Commissioner for the Boston Fire Department, held a press conference to release the results of an investigation conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). According to the NIOSH report, the 2014 accident was a result of a "perfect storm" of problems. Contact a Boston Personal Injury Lawyer Today.
The two firefighters killed in the Back Bay fire were 43-year-old Lt. Edward Walsh and 33-year-old Michael Kennedy. NIOSH's report criticized the fire department for lack of training and inadequate staffing, both of which may have contributed to the accident's devastating outcome. NIOSH also attributed the tragic outcome to high winds and the fact that firefighters were not notified in time. Several windows and doors were open at the time of the blaze, which allowed high winds to blow into the open spaces causing a backdraft. Fire consumes oxygen. If a fire has consumed all oxygen within a space and more oxygen suddenly becomes available (through an open door, window, or other opening), the explosive reaction is called a backdraft.
According to Finn, "People were literally blown off their feet." Adding to the unfortunate events, water was cut off to the house when the fire burned through the hose lines.
The NIOSH report included a review of contributing factors, as well as several proposed fixes to prevent similar catastrophic events in the future. In response to the criticism from NIOSH, Finn said, "I'm OK with the critical part. I don't take offense to it." However, he also said that the department had recognized the need for additional training and had devoted more time to training in the two years preceding the fire than in the previous 10 years.
Not the First Time
Multiple high-profile cases in recent years have brought the Boston Fire Department under fire.
In 2009, a fatal fire truck crash was blamed on inadequate training when a BFD firefighter slammed into a building on Huntington Avenue.
Multiple fire trucks were cited for faulty brakes and other parts in 2009, resulting in several trucks being pulled out of service and the fire safety chief's termination for absenteeism.
The flawed tactical decisions of BFD supervisors were to blame for the death of two firefighters in a 2007 West Roxbury restaurant blaze. Their actions resulted in a backdraft that sent a giant fireball through the building.
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Gas Explosion in Braintree Home Injures One – Investigators Looking For Answers
A gas explosion inside of a New Braintree home has left one man seriously injured and investigators looking for more answers. At approximately 1:10 PM Wednesday afternoon, a fire occurred when a contractor was installing a propane-fueled furnace at a New Braintree residence, according to reports provided by a spokeswoman for the state fire marshal by the name of Jennifer Mieth.
Law enforcement officials responding to the scene have stated the preliminary investigation into the matter has provided them with a probable cause for the explosion. Based on the initial findings, investigators believe the fire was started when leaking propane became ignited by the hot water heater pilot. It was at this time that the explosion occurred, seriously injuring the contractor who had been tending to the furnace at the time. The man, who has yet to be identified by police officials, was airlifted by a medical hospital to a Boston-area hospital to receive treatment for his wounds. The nature and severity of his injuries was not made immediately available. Fire marshal spokeswoman Jennifer Mieth also stated that there was no one else inside the home located on 791 Wine Road in New Braintree at the time of the explosion and that with the unfortunate exception of the contractor, no one else had been injured at the time of the accident. Continue reading
Tragic – Carbon Monoxide Accident Takes Four Lives in Maine
Do you have a carbon monoxide monitor in your home? What about your vacation home? In the wake of a carbon monoxide related accident that has left four young people dead—it might be something you need to consider more seriously.
Four young residents of Massachusetts were staying at a family vacation home in Byron, Maine at the Coos Canyon Campground when they were discovered to be unresponsive on Friday night, July 17th. According to preliminary reports by investigators who arrived on scene, the residents visiting the cabin plugged a refrigerator into a backup generator located in the basement of the home and sometime after that, they all went to sleep. This occurred on Tuesday night—and it is presumed that the four victims passed away sometime during that night due to the poisonous, undetectable gas that escaped from the generator. Police responding to the call said that they could not immediately find a carbon monoxide detector anywhere inside of the cabin. They went on to say that if there had been a monitor located anywhere inside the home, it very likely would have saved their lives.
The four victims have been identified as 21 year old Brooke Wakelin from Attleboro, Massachusetts and her boyfriend, 23 year old Keith Norris also from Attleboro, Massachusetts. As well as 18 year old Matthew Wakelin, brother of victim Brooke Wakelin, and his 22 year old friend Deanna Lee Powers, both of whom are from Mansfield, Massachusetts. The father of Brooke and Matthew Wakelin, whose family owns the cabin, made the heartbreaking discovery on Friday when he made the trip up to Maine to find out why he had not heard from his kids since their arrival on Tuesday. Upon entering the residence, Mr. Wakelin discovered the bodies of his daughter Brooke and her boyfriend Keith in an upstairs bedroom, as well as the body of their pet beagle as well. He searched the downstairs bedrooms of the residence and further discovered the bodies of his son Matthew and his friend Deanna in separate rooms. Since the cabin did not have any electricity (which is what led the four victims to use the backup generator in the first place) Mr. Wakelin jumped onto a four-wheeler vehicle and drove immediately to a nearby cabin where he telephoned local police. Continue reading
Updated: July 22, 2015 1:42 pm
Put a Freeze on Fatal Fires This Winter
The tragic deaths of two young boys from Lawrence several weeks ago, caused by a fast-moving electrical fire in their family's apartment, marked the 47th and 48th fire fatalities in Massachusetts this year. With the first wave of winter weather this weekend, more and more residents are beginning to bundle up and turn on their homes' heat and wood stoves. While residential fires naturally rise during this part of the year, often more common than fire emergencies are non-fire carbon monoxide emergencies. At Altman & Altman, we'd like to send out a reminder to all residents of the steps they can take to prevent such a tragic accident from occurring in their homes.
Currently in Massachusetts the number of deaths caused by fire-related accidents, stands at 48. According to the National Fire Protection Association, the leading causes of residential fires include:
– Appliances and equipment; including those used for cooking and heating, washing machines and dryers, air conditioners and fans, and more.
– Arson and juvenile fire setting; children playing with fire and intentional fires – Candles – Chemicals and gases; natural gas and gases that might cause spontaneous combustion – Faulty electrical wiring – Holiday decorations including Christmas trees and holiday lights – Smoking materials (i.e.; cigarettes, hookah, etc.)
Updated: November 3, 2014 12:36 pm

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Trump Lost More Than $1 Billion From 1985 to 1994, New York Times Reports
Trump appeared to call massive write-offs "sport" among developers like himself during that period
Published at 8:15 pm on May 7, 2019
President Donald Trump on Wednesday acknowledged taking massive tax write offs for real estate losses topping $1 billion from the mid-1980s to mid-1990s, calling it "sport" among developers like himself during that period.
Trump was reacting to a New York Times report Tuesday that his businesses lost more than $1 billion from 1985 to 1994. The newspaper said its reporting was based on printouts it acquired of Trump's official IRS tax transcripts, including figures from his federal tax form.
Trump reported business losses of $46.1 million in 1985, and a total of $1.17 billion in losses for the 10-year period.
The president appeared to defend his actions in a pair of tweets early Wednesday.
"Real estate developers in the 1980's & 1990's, more than 30 years ago, were entitled to massive write offs and depreciation which would, if one was actively building, show losses and tax losses in almost all cases," Trump tweeted. He contended the reported losses were "non monetary."
"Sometimes considered 'tax shelter,' you would get it by building, or even buying. You always wanted to show losses for tax purposes....almost all real estate developers did - and often re-negotiate with banks, it was sport," Trump said.
He claimed the Times report was a "highly inaccurate Fake News hit job!" based on old information.
After comparing Trump's information with that of other "high-income earners," the Times concluded that Trump "appears to have lost more money than nearly any other individual American taxpayer."
Other findings from the Times' investigation:
Because of his business losses, the newspaper reported, Trump did not pay income taxes for eight of the 10 years.
He made millions as a corporate raider from buying stocks with borrowed money then suggesting that he would take over a company. He would then sell shares at a profit when the target company's stock rose. Most of those gains were reversed, however, when investors eventually stopped believing Trump would take over the companies, the Times reported.
The Times identified what it called a "mystery" $52.9 million income that Trump reported came from interest in 1989.
The House Ways and Means Committee has asked the IRS to provide Trump's personal and business returns for 2013 through 2018. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday refused to do so, saying the panel's request "lacks a legitimate legislative purpose." Mnuchin oversees the IRS.
Mnuchin's move, which had been expected, is likely to set a legal battle into motion. The chief options available to House Democrats are to subpoena the IRS for the returns or to file a lawsuit.
Trump is the first president since Watergate to decline to make his tax returns public.


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Die Wallfahrtskirche Zu Unserer Lieben Frau vom Kreuzberg ist eine Pfarrkirche auf dem Kreuzberg in Schwandorf (Bayern). Sie ist gleichzeitig Klosterkirche des Karmelitenordens.

Geschichte

Frühere Kirche
Nachdem 1556 die Michaelkapelle abgebrochen wurde, wurde der "Spielberg" als Hinrichtungsstätte genutzt. Anfang des 17. Jh. wurden die Galgen abgerissen und drei Kreuze errichtet (Kreuzberg). 1678 wurde die erste Marienkapelle von Pietro II. Spineta gebaut. Das Maria-Hilf-Bild wurde 1679 gestiftet. Ab 1695 wurde die Wallfahrt von den Kapuzinern betreut, die die Kapelle 1698 zu einer vierjochigen Kirche erweiterten. 1782 wurde die Kirche erneut vergrößert. 1802 wurde das Kapuzinerkloster durch die Säkularisation aufgelöst und ab 1889 von den Karmeliten wieder übernommen, die 1892 das Kloster neben der Kirche neu errichteten.

Das barocke Gotteshaus wurde am 17. April 1945 bei einem Bombenangriff 1945 fast vollständig zerstört. Frater Edmund fiel dem Angriff zum Opfer, während sich die übrigen Patres retten konnten. Das Gnadenbild Mariahilf von Lucas Cranach dem Älteren blieb dabei unversehrt.

Heutige Kirche
Von 1949 bis 1952 erfolgte der Wiederaufbau unter Prior Pater Alexander Schultes. Der moderne Kirchenbau wurde nach Plänen des Regensburger Regierungsbaumeisters Franz Seraph Günther errichtet. Die künstlerische Leitung übernahm der akademische Maler Blasius Spreng aus München. Am 2. Juli 1960 wurde das Gotteshaus von Weihbischof Josef Hiltl feierlich eingeweiht.

Orgel
Die Orgel wurde in den Jahren 1958–1960 von der Orgelbaufirma Weise (Plattling) erbaut. Eine Besonderheit im Bistum Regensburg ist die Fachberatung und Konzeption durch Rudolf Walter aus Mainz. Das Instrument hat 48 Register (3753 Pfeifen) auf drei Manualen und Pedal. Die Spiel- und Registertrakturen sind elektro-pneumatisch. Eine Generalsanierung ist in Planung.

 Koppeln: II/I, III/I, III/II, I/P, II/P, III/P
 Spielhilfen: Feste Kombinationen (Pleno, Tutti), Freie Kombinationen, Absteller, Crescendowalze

Glocken
Die Kirche hat sechs Glocken, die teilweise zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts, teilweise nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg von unterschiedlichen Glockengießereien gegossen wurden. Das Vollgeläut ist nur ausnahmsweise zu hören.

Anti-WAA-Votivtafel

Eine Anti-WAA-Votivtafel hängt in der Seitenkapelle der Klosterkirche und hat folgende Inschrift:
"In dieser Zeit, in der unsere Umwelt von Vernichtung bedroht ist, durch
Vergiftung von Luft, Wasser und Erde, droht unserer Heimat Oberpfalz
die Gefahr der atomaren Verseuchung für uns und kommende Generationen
durch den Bau einer Wiederaufbereitungsanlage. Maria, Mutter Gottes,
Patronin unserer Heimat, Schutzfrau des Kreuzberges, bitte für uns
bei Deinem Sohn um Schutz für unsere Heimat.
Vor der Vergiftung der Erde verschone uns o Herr!"

Literatur
 Xaver Luderböck: Unsere Liebe Frau vom Kreuzberg Schwandorf (= Kleine Kunstführer Nr. 854). Schnell und Steiner, Regensburg 2018.
 P. Lambert Stein (OCD): 100 Jahre Karmeliten auf dem Kreuzberg zu Schwandorf. 1889–1989. Festschrift anlässlich der 100-Jahrfeier der Karmeliten auf dem Kreuzberg zu Schwandorf. Abensberg 1989.
 Hans J. Utz: Wallfahrten im Bistum Regensburg. Schnell und Steiner, München / Zürich 1981, S. 181.

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Suddenly Stopping Antidepressant Treatment Can Lead to Some Nasty Side Effects
Suddenly stopping antidepressant treatment can produce bad side effects. Read about the withdrawal effects of Prozac, Paxil, and other SSRI drugs.
So you've skipped a couple of doses of your antidepressant ... so what? Or maybe you just decided to stop taking it ... what's the big deal? Researchers asking those very questions have found that suddenly stopping treatment with some antidepressants of the type known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, can cause serious withdrawal effects, both physically and psychologically.
SSRI drugs include those like Prozac, Paxil, and Zoloft. Patients taking these drugs must carefully follow their doctor's instructions about when and how long to take their medication. Failure to do so can lead to unpleasant problems, according to a study in the April issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry -- although some of the SSRI drugs seem to cause worse problems than others.
For those taking Paxil, especially, following the prescribed dosing instructions is important if you want to keep feeling well.
"Compliance with medication regimens as prescribed is important, and new symptoms can occur after missing doses," says the lead author of the study, David Michelson, MD. Michelson adds that in the case of the drug Paxil, negative symptoms can occur as early as the second missed dose.
Side Effect Symptoms From Stopping Antidepressant Medication
"Symptoms related to antidepressant discontinuation [and missed doses] commonly include physical symptoms such as dizziness and gastrointestinal symptoms," he says
Michelson and his colleagues studied 107 patients who had been successfully treated with Prozac, Zoloft, or Paxil. Over the course of 5 days, all of them received an inactive pill as a substitute for their medication, and this was compared with another 5-day period when all they took their regular medication. Patients reported side effects by filling out a questionnaire.
During the time they were taking the inactive tablet, patients treated with Paxil had more unpleasant -- and sometimes severe -- side effects than those who were treated with Zoloft. The most common symptom reported was dizziness. Unusual dreams, nausea, fatigue, and irritability were also common when after stopping Paxil and, to a lesser extent, .
Researchers found that withdrawal from Prozac caused no negative events. They think this is due to the fact that Prozac stays in the body for a long time in comparison to the other SSRIs. If that is the case, withdrawal effects would not have been experienced after only 5 days of taking the inactive tablet.
The short period of the study -- especially given the long time Prozac stays active in the body -- can be thought of as a weakness in comparing the three drugs, says Raymond L. Woosley, PhD, who reviewed the study. Complicating the issue, he says, is the fact that the company that paid for the study -- Eli Lilly and Company -- is the manufacturer of fluoxetine.
Woosley is professor and chairman of pharmacology at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, and a member of WebMD's editorial advisory board.
The bottom line, Michelson says, is that both doctors and patients need to pay more attention to the proper dosing schedules for antidepressants in the SSRI group. Adverse events can occur, but the good news is, they are most likely temporary. If patients experience any of these symptoms, and have not been taking their medicines regularly or as directed by their doctor, they should also know that the symptoms will probably resolve spontaneously once the medication is again taken regularly, he says.
Staff, H. (2022, January 4). Suddenly Stopping Antidepressant Treatment Can Lead to Some Nasty Side Effects, HealthyPlace. Retrieved on 2022, January 28 from https://www.healthyplace.com/depression/antidepressants/suddenly-stopping-antidepressant-treatment-can-lead-to-some-nasty-side-effects
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Q: SQL for spatial view of line start/end points (Oracle ST_GEOMETRY) How do I create a spatial view that generates dynamic point geometry of the start point and end point of a line feature class?
I have successfully made a similar view that is a buffer of a line feature class with this SQL:
SELECT OBJECTID, SDE.ST_BUFFER(SHAPE, 1) AS LINE_BUFFER FROM ENG.ROAD

I thought I'd be able to use similar SQL to generate start points of lines using the PointN  function:
SELECT OBJECTID, SDE.ST_POINTN(SHAPE, 1) AS START_POINT FROM ENG.ROAD

The view creates successfully, however it only creates a tabular view, not a spatial view. What have I done wrong?
I'm also unsure how to get the end point index position, but I'm not even thinking about that yet.

A: As Vince suggested, the query needed to return ST_Geometry, not ST_Point:
SELECT OBJECTID, SDE.ST_GEOMETRY (SDE.ST_ASTEXT (SDE.ST_STARTPOINT (SHAPE)),300049)
    AS START_POINT
FROM ENG.ROAD

I'm surprised how many functions were needed to convert from lines to endpoints. I would have thought there would have been a single function to go from ST_Point to ST_Geometry, but the only way I could find to do it was to throw ST_ASTEXT in the middle. The view is quite slow, probably because of this.
Update:
There's an ESRI/Oracle bug that prevents query layers from successfully using ST_POINT in Arcmap:
Bug: Unable to define a query layer in ArcGIS where the data source uses an st_geometry subtype in Oracle
Get ArcMap to recognize ST_POINT (SDE.ST_GEOMETRY)
The bug explains why I'm having problems. If ArcMap query layers were able to recognize ST_POINT like they're supposed to, then this question would be unnecessary.

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A status referendum was held on the island of Bonaire on 21 October 1994.  Voters were asked to choose between the status quo, autonomy within the Netherlands, integration with the Netherlands or independence.  The vast majority voted for the status quo, but in a referendum in 2004 finally decided on integration into the Netherlands.

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See also
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Many people love music. There are no situations where people do not feel music. Some shops, for example, play music to make customers feel comfortable. In the past, people bought or rent CDs from the shops whereas now, it is a mainstream ways that people download music from internet sites like iTunes. Even though prevalent internet allows people to obtain many kinds of mu-sic in the world, the illegal downloading or sharing music from the internet site become the problem. Recently, the number of the people who download or share copyrighted material like music has been increasing, so some people argue that the downloading or sharing copyrighted material from internet should be illegal. However, there are three reasons to support that downloading or sharing copyrighted material from the internet should not be legal.
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First, a caveat. I'm a (lapsed) historian; for me, reading historical fantasies and alternate histories unavoidably sets of alarm bells in the positivist/materialist corners of my brain. That's largely my problem, not the genre's. Mary Robinette Kowal's new novel, Ghost Talkers (Tor, August 2016), her first since wrapping up her five-volume Glamourist Histories, is, like that earlier series, a historical fantasy, and an engaging and readable one at that. But the fact that it's a historical fantasy set during the Great War, which was one of my areas of focus during my studies, means that I brought more than the usual baggage to this book when I read it. My take on it is more complicated than the typical reader's would be.
Ghost Talkers is powered by a clever premise. Spiritualism, the craze that swept the western world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, is real and has been put to use by the British Army on the front lines of the Great War. Their soldiers are conditioned so that when they die, their ghosts report in to teams of mediums, providing valuable intelligence from the front lines. (One imagines suicide missions for intelligence reasons becoming increasingly acceptable.) Ghost Talkers' protagonist is Ginger Stuyvesant, an American medium working for the British Army's Spirit Corps, a secret wing of the army's intelligence services. Her work, and those of the other mediums, is overwhelming: the toll of the dead is relentless, and Ginger, like other mediums, runs the risk of having her soul separated from her body.
Evidence begins to appear that the Germans are aware of the Spirit Corps and are trying to sabotage their work — by blinding wounded soldiers to limit their intelligence-gathering abilities, by overwhelming the Corps with sheer numbers of casualties, and, we soon read, by other measures. After a British officer is murdered, Ginger suspects that a spy is at work. Then her fiancé, Capt. Benjamin Harford, is also murdered, and haunts her until the mystery of his death—and, relatedly, the threat to the Spirit Corps—is solved.
Ginger's grief and loss is personal, individual; the cataclysm that went on to scar an entire continent fades into the background. It's at this point that Ghost Talkers trades the sublimity of war literature for a perfectly entertaining story full of romance, suspense and adventure, conscious of gender and racial bias, with empowered and passionate characters who have great chemistry with one another—everything that fans of Kowal's work have come to expect. But it's also where my experience of the book became increasingly dissonant, and where I bounced off it a bit.
A reader approaches a book with certain expectations. As a historian of modern Europe I am well acquainted with the poetry, literature and visual art of the Great War, which had a transformative impact on European culture and society (for an introduction, read The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell). Because of my background, I found Ghost Talkers … tonally jarring, despite my best efforts. To be fair, if Ghost Talkers fails to scale the lofty heights of the war poets or delve deeply enough into the grief of life in the trenches, that is to a certain extent beside the point. This is a book of a different sort, with a different purpose—yes, written in the shadow of Graves, Remarque, Sassoon and so many others, which problematizes books that are about the War, set during the War but not necessarily of the War.
The problem I had with Ghost Talkers was not that it had insufficient gravitas; the book was, if anything, too heroic—too patriotic—where the literature and poetry of the War was decidedly neither. The real-world experience in the trenches was simply too ghastly for any ghost story. But, a century after the Somme, with all the remaining survivors now gone, the Great War may have finally shed its sacerdotal nature.
I received an electronic review copy from the publisher via NetGalley.


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We Went to the Microzoo
The biggest attraction at the microzoo was, of course, the tardigrade. Guests would come from all over the world to be shrunken down to size, their hands now small against the metal poles that separated the micro-animals from their guests, and marvel at this strange, slow creature, its body like a wormy cloud. They would throw miniaturized peanuts into its pen, whistle at it, call for it by name—Piglet—as if it were a lion, or giraffe, or wild coyote at the local zoo. And the tardigrade would ignore them, moving as if it were submerged in water, its body coming so close to the poles you could almost touch it—but always your hand would retreat before doing so, as if repelled by something on the tardigrade's skin.
Edward Corden took his family, little Doe and Scottie and his wife Carmela, to the microzoo 18 months after it opened. It was officially called something else, its name meaningful in Chinese, but all the Americans and Australians and Britons that visited the place called it the microzoo.
"Daddy, can I have another cotton candy?" Doe was pulling at Edward's sleeve, her small hand grubby and sticky and leaving little pink marks on his white button-down. "Scottie got another one."
"No, he didn't," Carmela cut in. "He got exactly one, just as you did."
"Your mother is right," Edward replied. He wanted to add 'like she always is' but did not want another fight just yet, after the fights that had occurred on the plane, in the lab as they had been shrunken down and in line to buy tickets. He would save this fight for later, when he was not so chilly from the cold lab air or full of greasy food.
Edward had his eye fixed on an aquatic exhibit, several copepods and cladocera flitting through the darkened water, their bodies—to his eyes—as big as killer whales. It reminded him of the first time he'd seen those black and white creatures, their bodies too big for their tanks. He had gone with his own mother and father and brother, and he marveled at that—how it seemed like a lifetime ago. It even—
"Edward," Carmela said, her voice snapping him back, away from the memory and the smell of the whale tank. "Doe just slapped Scottie's cotton candy out of his hand. Is there something you're going to do about it?"
"What would you like me to do about it?"
"Well, jeez," Carmela said, her hands crossing over her chest, a position they seemed to be fixed at permanently nowadays. "Gosh, I don't know. How about be a parent?"
"Doe, apologize to Scottie," Edward said. The cry of his youngest son did not faze him. His eyes were back on the exhibit, on the translucent and hot pink bodies of the copepods.
"No," said Doe, and Carmela let out a long and breathy sigh. Edward said nothing more, but began walking to the next exhibit, where large dust and spider mites prowled the grounds, their bodies thundering against the earth—or, rather, against the linoleum of the laboratory's counter—as they pounded their way across the exhibit.
"Isn't this amazing?" he said, and looked at his family. They were not looking at the dust mite or spider mite, or even at the cornucopia of theme park food and fare: cotton candy machines blasting out pink and blue clouds, the Ferris wheel up and blinking and going round and round, the sheer number of people all speaking different languages and looking at each other with shared, childlike excitement. No, they were turned to the fallen cotton candy, and Scottie was still crying and now Doe was, too, and even Carmela looked like tears could fall from her eyes at any moment.
And it was as Carmela started to cry that Edward Corden ran into the crowd before his family could even react to what had happened.
The loricifera tank was the one that took Edward's breath away. There was something about the creature, its body like a chamber of the heart wearing a crown, that made Edward stand still, his eyes fixed on the behemoth as it crossed its tank. He couldn't help but place his hand on the glass, couldn't help but nearly press his nose to it. It was so beautiful, so complex, that he wondered how it had been unseen for so long.
Edward did not worry about his family looking for him, or finding him. They were not the type to give chase. At home he had spent hours alone in his study, or sitting outside on the veranda, without anyone calling to him, or looking for him. Often he had poked his head inside the living room, expecting for someone to say something, but only then did it ever seem like his family was getting along—his wife sitting on her large rocking chair, the children sharing the family tablet. All of them smiling. This had caused a strange sensation in Edward: The reason that his family did not get along was due to him. It was almost, in some weird way, a relief to know that.
The next exhibit held the rotifers, their bodies like top-down views of sea slugs stretched out ever so slightly. They were not as impressive as the loricifera, but Edward spent a long time staring out at their exhibit nonetheless. It was as he reached out to grab a pamphlet from outside their cage, which bore the words A MACRO GUIDE TO MICROANIMALS, that the first screams sounded. He had not even flipped to the second page before people came thundering past him, their feet echoing against the linoleum desk.
"What's going on?" Edward shouted to no one in particular—just the moving, pulsing crowd.
Someone, a middle-aged woman, took pity on him, pointed back the way she'd come, and shouted, her accent tinged with Mother Russia: "Get the hell out of here!"
Edward joined the crowd, his body merging in with them as if it were an open lane of traffic. As he ran, he looked around for his family, shouting 'Carmela,' 'Scottie' and 'Doe' half-heartedly. He did not see them, and it was a relief.
"It's getting closer!" someone in the crowd shouted, their voice so high-pitched that Edward could not tell if it had even been said by a human at all. He smelled it then—something sweet and burnt.
"What the hell is it?" Edward asked, and no one answered. He pulled away from the crowd, running back towards the mite pen, and started calling out for his family in earnest. He ran towards the sickly sweet smell, thinking of the way the trio crowded around the fallen cotton candy.
He saw Carmela near the tardigrade exhibit, kneeling down, her knees all bloodied, and Scottie and Doe screaming. And in the distance, Edward could still see the cotton candy upturned on the linoleum.
"Carmela! What happened?" Edward asked, rushing over to her. She was crying, too, although she did not look sad.
"I heard the screaming. I fell." She looked up at him, a glazed look in her eyes. "Edward? You ran away," she said, her mouth slightly open. Her speech was slow.
"I know. I'm sorry. We all have to run now, okay?"
"Okay," Carmela said. She allowed Edward to help her up, and they scooped up the kids, their legs carrying them as fast as they could. They could see the crowd running together, just in the distance, and the smell, that sweet burning smell, hung heavy in the air.
"Why aren't they making us bigger?" Carmela shouted.
"We're too close together, and they don't have room for all of us," Edward said, avoiding an overturned picnic table.
"Can't they just grab us? Pick us up with their hands?"
"No way they'll do that. They might crush us. They might not even know what's going on."
"How could they not?" Carmela half-asked, half-shouted. "My god, what is that smell?"
"Oh, shit!" Wei shouted, watching as his soda spilled all over the table, the liquid running faster than he could reach for a towel. "Oh, seriously? Goddamnit. Throw me that paper towel roll."
Min had his headphones on and did not hear him. Wei tried to wave him over, but it was no use. He ran to the little kitchenette that adjoined the lab and came back with several white paper towels. Min was standing over the microzoo, staring down at the flood of soda, when he returned. It had reached the microscope and some of it had splashed across the sides of the table and onto the floor.
"What the hell did you do?" Min chided as Wei tried desperately to mop it up. "Don't crush them with that. We have to make them big again."
Min walked back to the computer and began typing in the commands, Wei still looking down at the telescope, the soaked towel in his hand dripping down onto the floor. "I'm fired, aren't I?" he sighed.
But Min just laughed, his fingers flying over the keyboard, and shrugged. "Hey, they're the ones that sign the waiver. You know exactly what you get when you go to the microzoo."
Edward turned, and just around the corner saw a thick, fizzing brown liquid coming towards them, the flood filling the air with the burnt candy smell. He did not answer Carmela, but pushed her forward, running as fast as he could, his legs pounding against the linoleum so hard he almost felt as if they were vibrating.
Scottie was still in his arms, and he felt the boy cling to him in a way he hadn't done since he was small. "You're okay," Edward said, but he knew the boy was watching the flood, could smell its odor hanging in the air.
As they rounded a turn, Edward could see the rest of the crowd stopping, as if they were waiting for something. He could see a behemoth figure towering above them, just large sheaths of white and blue and tan, too big to piece together into an actual image. And as he focused on this behemoth, its body shifting and moving, he fell.
Scottie leapt from his arms and landed on his knees, crying out. Carmela stopped, Doe screaming in her arms, and looked back—first at Edward and then at Scottie and then at the flood.
The last thing Edward remembered was this, his eyes locking with his wife's, and the thought that at least he was not alone. And then, at the last second, wishing he had been.
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London Hoxton Bar And Grill – 31st March 2008
Posted on 31st March 2008 Posted in Live Performance
Bubbles / 72 / Oh My Heart / Boom Boom / Hey Ma / Destiny Calling / PS / Junkie / Semaphore / Of Monsters And Heroes And Men / Senorita / Waterfall / Waltzing Along / Whiteboy / Sometimes / I Wanna Go Home / Upside / Sound
Intimate tour warm-up and album preview show.
Review by OneOfTheThree.com
Following the public pre-recording rehearsals of last September, this low-key return to the band's new favourite haunt of the Hoxton Bar And Kitchen was the public unveiling of the eleven tracks filtered out from the nineteen that had been previewed in 2007 to make the Hey Ma album, due out next Monday.
It was clear most of the crowd had come to hear what had morphed from those two glorious nights in September, and there were no complaints (apart from the odd dick that couldn't keep his mouth shut) when the band opened with five tracks from the album – Bubbles, 72, Oh My Heart, Boom Boom and Hey Ma. Bubbles was simply stunning, the band's ability to take a song and raise it a notch shone through as the song exploded into life half way through. 72 is a more intriguing proposition live than on record, it has a harder edge and a rockier beat and with additional backing vocals, the chorus of "war" is more emphatic. Oh My Heart remains fairly faithful to the album version, which demonstrates that the band appear to have come closer with this record than any before to capturing the excitement and power of their live show on record. Boom Boom benefits from an extended outro which kicks back in after violin and trumpet bring the song down. Hey Ma is singalong, it shouldn't be despite the subject matter, but people can't help hollering the chorus back at Tim and clapping their hands in time to Larry's acoustic.
Moving onto more familiar pastures, the band knock out a spirited version of Destiny Calling with Tim augmenting the lyrics to "come back now we've gotten old" and "frame us in your mobile phone". Fortunately, there's not too much of the "let's take some shit pictures on my crappy 2 megapixel phone rather than listening and watching the band" going on tonight. P.S, which Tim says he claimed was written about Patti Smith but really about him, is resurrected and is simply magnificent, with Larry back on slide guitar, Saul making use of his violin (far more frequently tonight than before, which is a good thing) and Andy playing trumpet. A sign of how Laid might have sounded had Andy not departed post-Seven. Another track resurrected from the archives, Junkie, follows on, and whilst it might be seen as putting down the efforts of Michael and Adrian rather than being down to the strength of the rediscovered working relationship, it's a world apart from the odd showing it received post the release of Pleased To Meet You. Tim and Saul laugh as Tim holds his nose for vocal effect on the first verse.
Semaphore is marked throughout by Larry's guitar work, particularly in the closing section. It feels a little looser than the album version, and of the new songs, is probably the one that translated least well to the live environment from the album. No such worries for Of Monsters And Heroes And Men. Tim, carrying an injury so he couldn't dance (not that you can dance to the new material according to Saul's quip), appears to live and breath every word of this song, based around a poem. It doesn't build at the end in the way the album version does, but it works extremely well and there's nothing wrong with changing arrangements and playing songs differently.
Another surprise resurrection into the set is Senorita. Pleased To Meet You has fared quite well in the reunion, somewhat surprisingly given that Larry and Andy didn't play on it, but perhaps it's making up for the fact it didn't really feature at all in the farewell tour in 2001 other than Getting Away With It. Again, the new found harmony and the addition of Larry and Andy, propel the song forward to a new level. More of this resurrection of old material please. Maybe we can even get Millionaires tracks sounding the way they should have sounded.
Waterfall is the highlight of the set hands down. Tim tells us it's going to be the second single after the one that's out now. It's great on record, it's equally great live, it's faster, it's more frenetic, but it keeps to true to the original in its spirit. The intro and outro demonstrate the quality of musicianship in the band. The crowd start to dance. The chatterers shut up.
Waltzing Along comes next and features Andy's stage debut on guitar. Tim threatens that he'll be next to do it. I thought he had some nifty work on the e-drums (someone called them that elsewhere so I'm nicking the name) earlier, but I'm not sure a Tom Chaplin style resurrection as an acoustic troubadour would be entirely convincing. Anyway Waltzing Along does what it says on the tin, the crowd continue to dance and sing along.
Whiteboy, the focus track, works so much better live than on record, even though it seems to be played too fast tonight with Tim having to keep up with the speed of the song. Tim teases the audience with a wagging finger during the "ah ah ah ah ah ah ah" section, the song has the "all mashed section" at the start as well. The cheers of recognition mean at least the song has got through to the James myspace generation.
Sometimes is a treat to close the main set. It starts off with just Larry and Tim, accompanied by a room full of singers, before crashing into the second verse with the full band. The end sees Larry continue to play and sing and encourage the crowd to sing louder and louder. It's fresh, it seemed spontaneous and everyone loved it. And off they went.
I Wanna Go Home started off the encore. It's a gorgeous number on record, a fitting album closer in the mode of Top Of The World and Alaskan Pipeline. Live it grows and grows and becomes faster and more energetic and frayed at the edges. It just about stops itself from falling over at the end, but there's still some work to be done on this and it could be the absolute showstopper.
Which brings us on to Upside. Which is full-on seven musicians at the top of their game. The acoustic settings on the verses on the record are ditched in favour of a more direct all-in approach, but still the chorus is the key, the emotion, the heartfelt passion of the subject matter blasts through in a way James' contemporaries can generally only hope to match. There's a moment before the song crashes into the final chorus when it stops for what seems like an age before bursting back to life.
Sound closes the set. It doesn't take on the twelve minute madness of its prior incarnations, but it's a fitting end to the set, old James at their peak, the centrepiece of the Seven album being played by the original band.
Talking to Saul before the gig, he felt the band had got to a point where they knew the songs well enough to be able to play them without being over-rehearsed and going through the motions. One dark night in Glasgow aside, new James has never been about that. Mark, Jim and Dave haven't been mentioned before, but they, as ever, hold the songs together, they're as vital to what is going on up on stage as Tim, Saul, Larry and Andy who play the more showmen role in the band.
Can't wait for the tour. It's going to be special. If you haven't got tickets, beg, steal and borrow.
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"CareFusion Corp agreed to pay $40.1 million to settle a federal government lawsuit accusing it of paying kickbacks to boost sales of a pre-surgical skin treatment, and marketing the product for unapproved uses.
resolves allegations that CareFusion violated the federal False Claims Act by paying $11.6 million to a doctor to promote its ChloraPrep product to healthcare providers.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration had approved ChloraPrep to prepare patients' skin for surgery or injections. CareFusion said on Thursday that it set aside funds for the settlement in the first quarter of 2013.
I spoke to Chuck a few minutes ago and he is working on a response statement based on the original legal document. The document is quite large so he will address each point carefully and with complete respect. That is all I can say right now about the article in Reuters.
I can tell you what I know about Charles Denham. He is a tireless advocate for patient safety. He hosts regular patient safety calls on Saturday mornings with patients and has done so for years. He films hour upon hour of patient safety video for his Discovery Channel documentaries in the hope that those films will reach the general public and alert them to the dangers of infection. He drives his creative team team at TMIT (Texas Medical Institute of Technology) ever forward to more and more campaigns that address patient safety. He helped create Speakerlink.org so patients would have some kind of platform to spread awareness of the power of patient speakers.
I was honored to work with the TMIT group as a paid fellow in 2011-2012. That helped me pay my rent, support my family and my advocacy mission. In the years hence I have participated in numerous unpaid webinars and conference calls in my support of the valid patient safety work of Chuck and his team at TMIT.
In the fall of 2012, I organized a conference called Partnership with Patients in Kansas City. It was a great meeting of patients and partners from around the country focused on patient safety and data access. I paid for that event through crowdfunding and my own personal income.
So to all of my dear patients friends and fellow advocates who attended that event and received travel scholarships, were we taking 'kickbacks' from Carefusion for our noble work? I ask everyone in the patient safety movement to pause and consider Chuck's stellar work within the movement.
In the meantime, I will be praying for Chuck Denham.
Today is January 7 and this day is known as Distaff day. Other than my friend Julia Cooper, I doubt very many of you will celebrate this day in its traditional way. Today is the day we leave the Christmas holiday behind us and pick up our work tasks again.
Imagine a world where people carry devices wherever they go. Whether you are a pauper or princess, this is a world where people rarely go out socially without their technology close at hand. The line between work and personal life is hopelessly blurred. You cannot even take your kids to the park without pulling out your device and following the most recent thread. Does this sound like our wired society?
I thought so last January when I first wrote about Distaff Day. Well, I am actually describing the world of the average woman in the Middle Ages. Back then every woman, regardless of age or rank, was expected to fill their day with meaningful work. So each woman would carry their spindle and distaff (also called a rock) with them to social occasions. Sometimes they would even gather for this purpose and it was called "a rocking" I guess the modern equivalent of that would be a "tweet-up." It was a constant frenzy of thread creation.
In this painting the sky is blue and the ground consists of an overwhelming mass of green cables and threads. Blue and Green are the corporate colors of health care and they provide the foundation to the piece. Like the ever-changing technology of our times, this foundation seems to writhe and pulse; almost washing away the characters within the painting.
To the far left, I painted a mother at her spinning wheel. Here thread leaves the distaff and flows to a large loom at the center of the painting. The large wooden loom is braced above with a vintage phone receiver. To the lower left a telephone switchboard operator moves cable after cable connecting calls. This represents the work Eliza does to connect with patients on the telephone.
A row of patients and their caregivers stand within the flowing cables. They stand as though on the assembly line, they are placing their needed medication in pillboxes. The system at Eliza is trying to help them remember this process in health.
To the right and left of the large loom stand two versions of Eliza Doolittle from "My Fair Lady." This character is the namesake of the company. The Eliza on the left is a beautiful maiden holding the coiled phone line in her hands as though spinning at the distaff. The Eliza on the right is the crone. Her face is haggard and her basket empty. At the center of the loom a mother figure weaves. A mother is supposed to run the loom and control the weft and warp of time and technology. So deeply meshed within this painting is the role of women in care giving that the symbols of this role take up 80% of the painting.
To the lower right a male technician hauls a circuit board across the frame. Upon its circuits the word Eliza is written in Morse code.
Beside him and behind him a film reel unspools representing the media Eliza creates to help patient populations. The word Eliza is also written in a swirling font among the cables in the lower center panel. In this area of the painting, children stare upon the viewer.
The youngest holds out a smart phone with the word "Eliza."
These are children are the future beneficiaries of the great work of this company.
In the center behind the loom, the mother figure is time and space itself. This was not always the case. In my original attempt at completing this masterpiece, I painted Alex Drane into the composition. I knew that she was a strong mother in her own family but she was also the public face of Eliza. She taught me the importance of their work. She showed me their data sets and thoughtful campaigns to help people attain better health outcomes.
When Alex saw my center panel she felt that I definitely had been inspired by Distaff day. That would be pronounced Dis-the–Staff. She was troubled that she took such a prominent place as Eliza Corporation was a team environment. So I did something a rarely do, I repainted the center figure.
This time I painted Demeter as a mother goddess. Painting over your own work can be a painful thing, but I said good-bye to Alex. The new figure was fuller of face with a quiet countenance. Her hair was the color of straw and bedecked with grains of wheat. I finished the painting and mailed it to Eliza in May of 2013.
In June at Health Datapalooza, Alex took me quietly aside and told me the she still had trouble with the painting. She thought the Goddess looked too much like her. I think I blinked then. The Goddess was a good 50 pounds heavier than Alex with a completely different nose.
Alex asked if I would fly to Boston and fix the painting one last time. On August 2, 2013 I did exactly that. I walked into the offices of Eliza. I began to paint while my face felt flushed like that of a child asked to redo a math problem in front of the entire class. Throughout the day people would stop and talk to me and their energy and warmth came to be the center of the painting.
The lady in black is crowned with the time the staff of Eliza gave me. The sun and all the planets of our solar system make her face. Her hair swirls into a symbolic yin and yang and the mythos of the painting changes. Both male and female must be in balance to do great work in care giving. Both leaders and staff must feel part of the whole.
I am glad I was able to fly to Boston and complete the painting. I was able to present it before Alex and the staff and acknowledge their concerns. I told them Alex was the public face of Eliza. So she greatly inspired the piece. But nothing should stop them from being part of the worldwide conversation in health care. They should blog, facebook and tweet. They should become a public face of this amazing organization.
They should join the Walking Gallery and tell the world their stories.
Thank you Suzanne, Alex and all the staff of Eliza for being part of my celebration of Distaff Day. I look forward to seeing the new threads we create in 2014.
My dear friend Ted Eytan once asked me, "When are you going to name names? When are you going to tell people the names of the hospitals?" I responded that I already did that as it was happening. Everything was posted in real time with a timestamp.
I was very thankful when Facebook came out with its timeline; now you could see everything that happened without endlessly scrolling through page after page. Today I compiled the most pertinent status lines of the last year of Frederick Holliday's life.
You can see interesting patterns when you scroll the days of a life.
The first person Fred ever spoke to on Facebook was Christofer.
The last person Fred ever spoke to on Facebook was Christofer.
They were the best of friends, but so were the many other friends that graced Fred's comment field.
You can see Fred and I loved our boys; you can see we loved each other. You can see what death looks like in the world of social media.


today announced that the Police Department is launching a pilot program using two types of body worn cameras. The cameras will record audio and video as an event unfolds in front of the officer.
Officers on third watch in the 14th police district who are participating in the pilot will be equipped with Body Worn Cameras (BWC) and Point of View Cameras (POV). BWCs are clipped to an officer's outer garment while POVs are clipped to the officer's glasses, goggles or head gear.
Officers will activate the system to record all routine calls of service, investigatory stops, traffic stops, foot and vehicle pursuits, emergency driving situations and high-risk situations. They will inform any individuals they come into contact with that they are being recorded. Thirty cameras will be tested during the initial pilot program.
The pilot program is expected to last 45-60 days, and next steps will be determined based on evaluations by the CPD.
The equipment for the pilot program is being provided by TASER International, Inc. CPD will incur no cost for the pilot program. The same cameras are being tested in New York and are used by the Los Angeles Police Department and additional major jurisdictions around the United States.


The first of many new kits using in-studio high-resolution 3D printing, this carefully crafted polyurethane resin kit includes all components required to build the pictured Interitus Mk.5A Missile Launcher.
The kit includes your choice of missile loadout; Incendiary, High Explosive, Armour Piercing, or Fragmentation. Small and large mounting plates are provided to accommodate a range of vehicle kits. Magnets for swapping and/or posing the kit are also included.
Basic difficulty level kit: Simply clean and assemble the parts into the pictured model and attach it to vehicle model of your choosing.
The kit is supplied unassembled and unpainted; as seen in image five.
This resin kit is completely unofficial and in no way endorsed by Games Workshop Ltd.
Any Games Workshop components pictured are for demonstration only, and not included.


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package dev.rug.shyhi.test;

import java.util.ArrayList;

import dev.rug.shyhi.ConversationsActivity;
import dev.rug.shyhi.Convo;
import dev.rug.shyhi.CustomConvoAdapter;
import dev.rug.shyhi.Message;
import dev.rug.shyhi.R;
import dev.rug.shyhi.convoAdapter;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.test.ActivityUnitTestCase;
import android.test.AndroidTestCase;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class ConversationsActivityTest extends ActivityUnitTestCase<ConversationsActivity> {
	 private CustomConvoAdapter mAdapter;

	    private Convo convo;
	    private Convo convo2;
	    private Message msg1;
	    private Message msg2;
	    private Message msg3;
	    private Message msg4;

	    public ConversationsActivityTest() {
	        super(ConversationsActivity.class);
	    }

	    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
	        super.setUp();
	        ArrayList<Message> msgs1 = new ArrayList<Message>();
	        ArrayList<Message> msgs2 = new ArrayList<Message>();
	        ArrayList<Convo> convos = new ArrayList<Convo>();

	        msg1 = new Message("Test1", "Test2", "Message Content","Time");
	        msg2 = new Message("Test2", "Test1", "Message 2 Content","Time");
	        msg3 = new Message("Test3", "Test4", "Message 3 Content","Time");
	        msg4 = new Message("Test4", "Test3", "Message 4 Content","Time");
	        msgs1.add(msg1);
	        msgs1.add(msg2);
	        msgs2.add(msg3);
	        msgs2.add(msg4);
	        convo = new Convo("testConvo" , "testUser1", "testUser2", msgs1);
	        convo2 = new Convo("testConvo2" , "testUser1", "testUser2", msgs2);
	        mAdapter = new CustomConvoAdapter(convos);
	    }

	    public void testGetConvo1() {
	        assertEquals("Test1", convo.getId(),
	                ((Convo) mAdapter.getItem(0)).getId());
	    }
	    public void testGetConvo2() {
	        assertEquals("Test2", convo2.getId(),
	                ((Convo) mAdapter.getItem(1)).getId());
	    }
	    public void testGetCount() {
	        assertEquals("Messages amount incorrect.", 2, mAdapter.getCount());
	    }

	    public void testGetView() {
	        View view = mAdapter.getView(0, null, null);

	        TextView shyView = (TextView) view
	                .findViewById(R.id.textView3);

	        assertNotNull("View is null. ", view);
	        assertNotNull("Message TextView is null. ", shyView);

	        assertEquals("Convo 1 recent message is incorrect", convo.getMostRecentMessage(), shyView.getText());
	        assertEquals("Convo 2 recent message is incorrect", convo2.getMostRecentMessage(), shyView.getText());

	    }
	}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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EU Retailers Listing Resident Evil 8, But Don't Get Too Excited
In amongst rumors, leaks, and speculation — some evidence may have surfaced. While the general consensus has been that Resident Evil 8's reveal is imminent, there has yet to be actual, concrete evidence outside of the aforementioned leaks and rumors, along with objectively circumstantial evidence. However, that might've just changed, as an Austrian retailer has just put Resident Evil 8… up for preorder. That said — don't get too excited yet, because there's more to this story than just the listing.
GamesOnly.at has thrown up preorder pages for what's listed as Resident Evil 8: Village [Uncut Edition] for PS4 and Xbox One. The cover art shown isn't real, labeled "non-official artwork" (not to mention it's depicting Resident Evil 4's village), and it appears to have been available on their site since May 22nd at a minimum. Along with that, the description reads: "It should be by far the darkest and cruelest part of the Resident Evil series… stay tuned…"
Now a couple of things about that quote — it's almost 1:1 with a quote from Resident Evil leaker AestheticGamer, who described the game as "By far the darkest & most gruesome RE yet". I'm getting the vibe that, even if this listing is real, the content of the page itself is not. The one part that feels the most legit is the inclusion of 'Uncut Edition', although there aren't any listings for standard editions either. It'd be super sketchy if this retailer was taking money for a listing that they made up just in case Resident Evil 8 was announced, although there is actually precedent for that with a different EU retailer.
Last month fans noticed a listing for Resident Evil 8 on PS4 and Xbox One on the Swedish website Webhallen, and a lot of them got super excited. Looking into it, I discovered that the listings had been on the site for about two years, and chose not to report on it as it was clearly fraudulent. Even though this listing on GamesOnly was put up closer to when the game is suspected to have been officially revealed before delays, I feel no more certain of it. Take both of these sites and their listings with a massive grain of salt, and I implore you not to go spending your money on one of these preorders until we have 100% confirmation that the game is real and the pages both use official artwork and descriptions.
We'll keep you posted on details that we find reputable, so stay tuned. Odds are very much in favor of Resident Evil 8 being revealed, and being put up for sale on official channels, sooner rather than later.


Home CMS Hold it, Doctor! Don't Hit the Send Button!
The Joint Commission made a big splash when it issued its "Update: Texting Orders" back in the spring. That Update rescinded the accrediting organization's long-standing prohibition on sending physician orders via text messaging. Practitioners were now free, the Update said, to send orders by text, subject to prescribed security measures.
But almost before the ink was dry on the Update, the organization announced, with somewhat less fanfare, a rescission of its earlier rescission—or at least a delay of the rescission. The June 8 issue of Joint Commission Online announced that "additional guidance is required" and that The Joint Commission and CMS will collaborate to develop that additional guidance, with the hope of issuing it by late September, 2016.
So, if you're a doctor about to text an order, don't hit the send button.