New Delhi, February 5Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday condemned the cross-border firing by Pakistan in which four Indian soldiers, including a Captain, were killed, saying he has full faith in the valour of the Indian Army and they shall "give proper reply" to the neighbour."Have full faith in the valour of our soldiers, and they shall give proper reply," Rajnath Singh told reporters.
Earlier, Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir also condemned Sunday's ceasefire violation in Jammu and Kahsmir's Rajouri and Poonch districts saying that it shall "cost Pakistan dearly"."Pakistan has been violating ceasefire along the LoC. And this year the number of ceasefire violations are high," Ahir said."Yesterday (Sunday) also, they again violated ceasefire. We will not forgive Pakistan's actions," the Minister said."The ceasefire violations would prove to be Pakistan's foolishness and will cost them dearly," he added.Union Minister for MSME, Giriraj Singh also slammed Pakistan for the ceasefire violations and said, "Have faith in the Indian Army. When the right time comes they shall give a proper reply to them." Referring to the 2016 surgical strikes, the Minister said, "When the Army carried out surgical strikes it didn't tell the media about it. Similarly, they shall act accordingly at the right time." He said India has been following international laws."There is a Hindi saying in Bihar 'latkhor' (addicted to being beaten), and similarly Pakistan is 'latkhor' and thus proper reply would be given to them," he added.The Minister's remarks came in the wake of the increased cross border firing in the Kashmir Valley.On Sunday, four Indian soldiers were killed and four others were injured in firing in Rajouri and Poonch districts.The killed soldiers included Captain Kapil Kundu, who would have celebrated his 23rd birthday on February 10. Hailing from Haryana's Gurugram, he is survived by his mother Sunita.The others were Riflemen Ramavatar, 27, from Baraka village in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior, besides Subham Singh, 23, from Kathua and Havilder Roshan Lal, 43, from Samba in Jammu and Kashmir.
PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS IS AN OFFENCE SINCE 1960 – WHAT ABOUT CRUELTY TO SOLDIERS ON MILITARY DUTY IN J&K?
President of India as the Supreme Commander & the Armed Forces are under oath of allegiance to the Constitution of India; continue to silently suffer 'cruelty' in J&K, when it is an offence against Animals but for some unknown reasons, Soldiers continue to suffer, not objected by RM or COAS, except their Children or Parents of the Soldiers.
Is RM not responsible to prevent cruelty to Soldiers? Fundamental Duty of all Citizens including Military Officers Article 51A is to bring to the notice of concerned authority, if something is going wrong.
3, Why Rajya Sainik Board of J&K / Kendra Sainik Board of MoD ares keeping quite when Welfare of AFs is on 'concurrent list'?
As a responsible War Veterans request the President of India to protect Soldiers from cruelty of Stone Pelting by issuing Presidential Order please since Political Leaders have failed to en-act Law in this respect.
Brig HS Ghuman, SC, Retd.
# 1043 Sector 71, SAS Nagar.
A shootout with some armed gunmen that began when they stormed an army camp in Jammu's Sunjuwan in a pre-dawn strike on Saturday has left six people—five soldiers and one civilian— as well as three militants dead, a defence spokesperson said.
Defence spokesperson Lt Col Devender Anand confirmed three heavily armed militants—suspected to belong to Jaish-e-Mohammad— had been killed.
All three gunmen were dressed in military fatigues.
There are unconfirmed reports of two more militants being gunned down.
Among the 10 wounded are six women and a 14-year-old boy. The latter was hit in the head with a bullet and is believed to be critical.
Also among the injured is a pregnant woman who later delivered a baby. Both are believed stable.
Search operation at the camp is still ongoing. The defence spokesperson said that security forces found heavy arms and ammunition.
A group of heavily armed gunmen attacked the sprawling camp of the 36 brigade of Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry early on Saturday.
Two Army personnel, including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO), were killed on Saturday.
Lt Col Devender Anand said a number of families were still there and the Army's aim was to ensure their safety.
"There was no firing since last night," the officer said.
Those who were killed have been identified as Subedar Madan Lal Choudhary; Subedar Mohd Ashraf Mir; Ha. Habib-Ullah Qurashi; Naik Manzoor Ahmed; Lance Naik Mohd lqbal . A civilian, Lance Naik Iqbal's father, also died in the operation.
Lt. Col. Rohit Solanki of 6th Mahar; Lance Naik Bahadur Singh of 1st Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry; Hay Abdul Hamid Rashid of 1st Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry; and Subedar Rajinder Singh of 6th Mahar were injured.
Six civilians were also wounded, among them a pregnant woman.
Read: Residents woken up by gunshots, grenade blastsThe latest attack on the camp took place nearly 15 months after the Jammu region was hit by a similar attack. On November 29, 2016, terrorists had stormed the Army's Nagrota camp on the outskirts of Jammu city, killing seven Army personnel, including two officers. Three terrorists were also gunned down.
The terrorists had struck before dawn on Saturday and managed to sneak into the camp from the rear side of the base after a brief exchange of fire with the sentry on its periphery.
"The terrorists entered the family accommodation complex after which quick response teams cordoned off the area and isolated the terrorists, who are holed up in a few houses (inside the camp)," officials said.
While there was no action around the main entrance and vehicles were moving along the Jammu-Lakhanpur bypass in front of the camp, Army personnel in bullet-proof vehicles engaged in the operation to rescue people from the family quarters in the rear side of the base.
Contingents of CRPF and police were posted outside the boundary wall and were keeping curious onlookers at bay to avoid civilian casualties.
Intelligence inputs had warned of an attack on an Army or security establishment by Jaish-e-Mohammed in view of the death anniversary of Afzal Guru who was hanged on February 9, 2013.
An Army Captain and three soldiers were today killed in heavy shelling by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, forcing the Indian troops to retaliate.
The slain soldiers were identified as Captain Kapil Kundu (22) from Ransika village in Pataudi (Gurugram); Rifleman Ramavatar (27) from Baraka village in Gwalior (MP); Rifleman Subham Singh (23) from Mukandpur Choudharian village in Kathua (J&K); and Havildar Roshan Lal (42) of Ghagwal in Samba (J&K).
Pakistani troops initiated unprovoked and indiscriminate firing of missiles, mortars, automatic weapons and small arms along the LoC in Bhimbher Gali sector of Rajouri district around 3.30 pm, an Army statement said.
"Indian Army retaliated strongly and effectively and heavy damage has been inflicted on Pakistani army posts," a Defence PRO said.
"However, in the exchange of fire, one officer and three jawans were grievously injured and succumbed to their injuries and attained martyrdom," he added.
This is for the first time that missiles have been used this year by Pakistani army to target Indian Army posts.
Earlier in the day, a jawan and two teenagers were injured in Shahpur sector of Poonch district in shelling from across the border, which started this morning. The injured civilians were identified as Shahnaz Bano (15) and Yasin Arif (14), residents of Islamabad village. They have been hospitalised.
Since January 13, five soldiers have died in LoC firing.
On January 13 and 19, Lance Naik Yogesh Muralidhar Bhadane and Lance Naik Sam Abraham were killed in Sunderbani sector. Sepoy Mandeep Singh was killed in KG sector of Poonch. Signalman Chandan Kumar Rai, injured in Mendhar sector, succumbed to his injuries on January 20. Naik Jagdish Kumar, who sustained injuries in the KG sector on January 20, died on January 24.
I am a fourth-generation member of an armed forces family, married into a 5th generation armed forces family, therefore, even before I begin my letter I would like to bring to your notice that nothing I say today comes without deep thought and a feeling of seethed agony to see how our brave men and women in the uniform are being treated by the civil dispensation in your state.
My letter to you today is written in my capacity as an Army wife and not so much as just another pained citizen of India. I would like to know that despite the countless times the country has demanded evidence from men from our fraternity regarding their effectiveness and humanity, what has been your contribution as a politician and the incumbent Chief Minister in ensuring that troops are looked after in a way that they feel motivated to serve you and "brethren" in the valley despite living a life marred with constant humiliation, stress and a an "awaam" that is not only thankless but also hostile.
What steps have you taken to reign in or at least counsel the gentry who leave no stone unturned while comparing a martyr like Lt. Umar Fayyaz with a murderous terrorist like Burhan Wani? Is that not the greatest disrespect to the memory of someone who made the ultimate sacrifice for the Motherland?
I would also like to ask you and by extension the Government of J&K exactly how many FIRs the State Police filed when Operation Clean Up was launched in the early months of 2017 to bring back peace in an otherwise upturned valley?
Was it convenient then to let the armed forces do their job because your fragile political career depended on it? Or is it easier now to prosecute an entire regiment because you need to win the "hearts and mind" of the stone pelting minority?
I am seeking these answers today on behalf of all those women who are sitting far away from the tumultuous events of the valley wondering if today their loved ones are safe from both grenades and stones? And while they are ceaselessly watching your back, I need to know if you are watching theirs? Because, clearly, the events since January 27th are not hinting at a State Government willing to grant our men and women in uniform the support needed to serve their country and the people of J&K with the dignity expected of the Indian Armed Forces. A few months back it was Major Gogoi, today it is Major Aditya, tomorrow it could very well be any of our husbands or brothers, what do we do then?
Did it ever strike you as ironical Madam, that the case against Major Gogoi which was so enthusiastically supported by the more liberal factions of our great country, took place during when he was on election duty defending the Kashmiri people's right to vote, and used his Army Jeep and thinking on his feet found the best possible solution to send a message to instigators of violence that they would not get in the way of the conduct of free and fair elections on his watch. Sure his method was unconventional, but he was pushed into a corner and he worked with what he had and tied the offender to his Jeep to iterate his point, but why did everyone stop at that? Why did no one notice that the Major also ensured that no violence broke out and voting remains unaffected till the very last vote was cast? Major Aditya before being termed a "murderer" in the FIR, is a decorated officer who has proved his mettle during his tenure in the RR with four kills of Jaish-e-Muhammad terrorists to his name.
Your State Journalists and Politicians are quick to call uniformed men rapists and murderers, but then how do you explain the need to turn to these very "murderers" when the water rises in the Jhelum and there is panic across the valley. Will you please explain to me that what exactly are our "irrational" men doing in Siachen where even nature has given up?
Will you please also care to elaborate the need for the State Government of Jammu & Kashmir to turn to the "marauding" Indian Army to set up Goodwill schools in the valley or run Skill Training sessions for the "Kashmiri Awaam", because from where I am standing, I see a young world kick boxing champion Tajamul Islam, the student of a local Army Goodwill School, being motivated by our jawans to kick hard and fight like a champion and conquer the world. Is it just us or do you too feel the pride when 9 students coached by the Super 40 Class organized by the Army crack their way into the prestigious IITs of the country?
Our men serve the nation without a flutter of self-conscious worry, I have yet to come across an officer or a jawan who would flinch at the news of being posted to the RR, for them that is the utmost honor to serve & protect the dignity of India from where it matters, the Frontlines. But what kind of an example are you setting by prosecuting an officer of the Indian Army who only chose to act in order to save the lives of his fellow soldiers. How come the police hasn't registered an FIR against the stone pelting blood thirsty mob causing extensive damage to government property and personnel? Do you think you are any less accountable to the wife of the JCO who got hit on the head and was almost set on fire? Is a stone pelting, violence inciting youngster of more worth that the men who seek to protect and empower everyday life in the valley even if it comes at the peril of their own? I would want to know exactly what has been their contribution towards the constructive social upliftment that hasn't already been undertaken by the Army? This is the same Indian Army, Madam, which pulled out a terrorist at the end of an encounter and took him to the hospital despite suffering fatalities of their own. Or have you chosen to forget that? Of course you have.
What is it about their selfless service and unparalleled commitment to the nation that scares you, your administration? Need I remind you, that it has been a result of the relentless presence and action of the Armed Forces that tourism has managed to make a comeback in the valley, where the bulk of your economy depends on tourists from across the country and beyond. Do you for a second feel that they would feel safer in the presence of your recently pardoned stone-pelters than they would knowing that there is an Army outpost nearby looking after their security.
It took the likes of Bollywood close to two decades and more, to feel "safe enough" to return to Gulmarg for work, making it possible for your state to reclaim its spot as a favoured tourist destination. Now I really hope Madam, that you alone are not taking the credit for the booming pony business in valley, after all, the visitors are relaxing only because there are those silent ADP marches, ROP routines taking places somewhere in the backdrop.
I can assure you, Madam Chief Minister, it takes a certain amount of courage to sit by the phone every day waiting for the call to come in assuring us that all is well where our men are posted, but it takes even more gumption for most women from our fraternity to live with the knowledge that someday that call may not come. So, I need to know from you just what are you prepared to say to all the women sitting away from their loved ones when things go south and it was your action that let those men down.
I would like to know from the administration of your state exactly how do you justify to the 70,000 plus men who made Operation Rahat a life saver for the citizens of the valley and beyond, that their hard work counts for nothing compared to your efforts to appease 2000 odd stone pelters, who I am sure will not think twice before lynching another policeman outside another mosque or try to set ablaze another olive green vehicle because in their eyes their government understands their murderous intent but does not acknowledge the dedication of the men sworn to guard you all with their lives.
These men too have a life beyond the borders, they too have families and aspirations of their own. And as someone who has grown up with olive green in their blood, I demand that you tell me how is my brother or a brother officer expected to fight with dignity for your safety when you will not even give him the scope to protect his own life and those of others who look up to him as their leader, and are willing to take the bullet should the need arise.
You may feel the need to write to the Central Home Ministry if a terrorist is getting ill-treated in Tihar Jail, but how many times have you tried to write a heartfelt letter to the father of Captain Saurav Kalia who was tortured and killed because he chose to remain loyal to the nation till his last breath.
Madam, you have a lot of soul searching to do and I hope the next time you feel safe enough to venture out on a political rally, you remember to thank the men who keep you safe even as you decide to walk all over them. It is indeed shameful that you are choosing to prosecute a brother officer for not giving in to a diabolical crowd.
It is indeed ironical that in a week where J&K has seen FIR filed against Major Aditya and his unit for firing in self-defense, today, i.e 31 January, falls the birth anniversary of India's first PVC Major Somnath Sharma. Major Somnath gave up his life while defending the same Kashmir from Pakistani rapists and ravagers, in short, the Pakistan Army which had attacked Kashmir on 22 October 1947 and was on the doors of Srinagar. Jinnah and his army had taken advantage of Maharaja Hari Singh's clever by half attempt to make Kashmir 'Switzerland of the East' and made a vicious attempt to grab the state by force. Major Somnath had landed with his Kumaonis while his arm was still in plaster courtesy a hockey playing injury. It was in Budgam where his company took on the Pakistani army despite being outnumbered 7:1. Major Somnath and his company fought like lions with exemplary leadership from him with even the plaster not being hindrance to bravery. The Kumaonis inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy notwithstanding the losses they themselves suffered. Major Somnath was grievously injured as a mortar shell fell on their ammunition storage spot. His last message; "The enemy are only 50 yards from us. We are heavily outnumbered. We are under devastating fire. I shall not withdraw an inch but will fight to the last man and last round", has passed on to military folklore. The bravery displayed by Major Somnath and his company saved Srinagar airport from falling into the hands of Pakistanis and kept India's lifeline into the state, functional. That we failed to take back PoK in 1947-48 was political failure for which the country is still paying a heavy price. That the same Kashmiris whom the army saved from Pakistani savages have been brainwashed into throwing stones at their protectors and filing FIR's show that religion has been abused to spread hatred. But all this does not in anyway lessen the sacrifice made by Major Somnath Sharma and it is our duty to ensure that these sacrifices do not go in vain.
: The Param Vir Chakra is India's highest military decoration for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy.
The father of Army Major Aditya Kumar had moved the Supreme Court seeking quashing of the FIR against his son.
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed all proceedings in connection with an FIR registered by the Jammu and Kashmir Police naming Major Aditya Kumar as an accused with regard to Shopian firing incident.
A three-judge Bench headed by the Chief Justice of India — which had on February 9 agreed to hear the matter — also directed that no coercive measures shall be taken against Major Aditya Kumar.
The Bench issued notice to the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir Government and asked the petitioner — Major Aditya Kumar's father Lt Colonel Karamveer Singh to serve a copy of his petition to the office of the Attorney General to enable him represent the Union of India.
The order came on a petition filed by Major Aditya Kumar's father seeking quashing of the January 27 FIR against his son.
The petitioner was represented by senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi while Attorney General appeared for the Centre.
Besides quashing of the FIR, Petitioner Lt Colonel Karamveer Singh has sought guidelines to protect soldiers' rights and adequate compensation for them. Two civilians were killed when Army personnel fired at a stone-pelting mob in Ganovpora village in Shopian, prompting the chief minister to order an inquiry into the incident.
The FIR was registered against the personnel of 10, Garhwal unit of the Army, including Major Kumar, under the Sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder) of the Ranbir Penal Code.
The Army had on February 1 presented its version of events contradicting the police FIR. It reiterated that soldiers opened fire on protesters in "self-defence" to prevent imminent lynching of an officer, snatching of weapons by villagers and burning of the Army vehicles.
The petitioner contended that FIR had been illegally filed against Major Aditya Kumar.
In his petition, Lt Colonel Karamveer Singh has contended his son had been "wrongly and arbitrarily" named in the FIR as the February 27 incident related to an Army convoy on bona fide military duty in an area under the AFSPA, which was isolated by an "unruly and deranged" mob pelting stones causing damage to military vehicles.
"The petitioner is constrained to file the present writ petition for quashing of FIR, directly before this court in view of the extremely hostile situation on the ground, whereby an FIR has been registered by local police against the son of the petitioner, who is a service Army officer and was performing bona fide duties as directed by the Union of India," read his petition. He urged the top court to lay down guidelines to protect rights of soldiers and adequate compensation so that no Army personnel is harassed by initiation of criminal proceedings for bonafide actions in exercise of their duties. He also demanded registration of FIR against those involved in terrorist activities which caused damage to government property.
The petitioner said the intention of his son — a Major in the 10 Garhwal Rifles — was to save Army personnel and property and the fire was inflicted "only to impair and provide a safe escape from a savage and violent mob engaged in terrorist activity".
The unruly mob was asked to disperse and not to obstruct military in performing their duties and not to damage government property but when the situation reached beyond control, a warning was issued to disperse, the plea said.
As the unruly behaviour of the "unlawful assembly" reached peak and when they got hold of a Junior Commissioned Officer and were in the process of lynching him to death, warning shots were fired fire to disperse the violent mob and protect public property, the petitioner submitted.
Singh also referred to last year's incident of a mob lynching of DSP Mohd Ayub Pandith to highlight the situation in the troubled state and the condition in which Army officials were working to control violent mobs in Kashmir.
CHANDIGARH: A joint meeting was held on Friday between the officers of the Air Force and mayor Davesh Moudgil in the office of Air Officer commanding in chief (AOC) 3 Base Reserve Depot (BRD), Chandigarh.
The problems being faced by Air Force were discussed in the meeting.
The Air Force authorities informed the mayor that there are huge quantity of malba in Air Force houses in Sector 31 and 3BRD Station. Davesh Moudgil directed Ankur Bansal, sub divisional officer, MC, to co-ordinate with the Air Force authorities and intimate them about designated places for lifting the malba.
The Air Force authorities requested the mayor for cleaning the vegetation in the Air Force Houses in Sector 31.
The mayor directed MC chief engineer and XEN, horticulture, MC, to take requisite action.
The mayor assured the Air Force authorities that an open air gym will be started in Sector 31 within 6-8 months.
On the request of the Air Force officers, mayor directed the chief engineer and director and executive engineer, horticulture, that horticulture waste be lifted from the affected areas. The mayor also directed the concerned officers to ensure proper water supply in the area and also to take care of the open drain opposite main gate of Behlana village.
The mayor also directed the officers to look into the other problems of the residents of Sector 31, who are mostly Air Force employees, on a priority basis.


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What the COVID-19 Pandemic Taught Us About the Power of Words
Posted on November 18th, 2021. Posted by ICR Westwicke
As public health officials discuss whether to call subsequent COVID-19 vaccinations "boosters," fearing it gives the impression that previous inoculations weren't effective—some preferred "third dose" or "final dose"—chalk it up to yet another debate about words and nomenclature related to the worst global pandemic in a century.
COVID taught us many things about public health, patient behavior, health equity and more. But it also taught health communicators about the seriousness and dire consequences of poor word choices, unfortunate correlations and the complexity of language when it comes to conveying an urgent public health message to every human being on Earth.
Let's start at the beginning of the pandemic, where one of the very first opportunities to clearly communicate with a frightened public led to, perhaps, a misstep. In late April 2020, with rising COVID cases and the public fearful, a public-private partnership to accelerate development and manufacturing of vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics was launched. It was called Operation Warp Speed. While it may have seemed like a good idea to highlight speed—even if named after a fictional "Star Trek" term—what wasn't considered was how that moniker would be perceived months later when the government asked people to trust that vaccines developed at "warp speed" were safe.
I spent the better part of the past year working for a large hospital system, where I witnessed firsthand the consequential negative effects the concept of speed had on a concerned public. "The vaccines were rushed!" was the constant refrain, causing medical, government and public health experts to spend precious time and resources convincing people that the science was sound; it was just the administrative timeline that was rushed. It only partially worked and many physicians and frontline health workers loathed the Operation Warp Speed name.
Vaccine uptake was also hampered by FDA nomenclature. Not to debate the arcane world of government regulations, but "Emergency Use Authorization" doesn't exactly elicit confidence in a life-saving vaccine. EUAs are a critical tool used by the federal government during extraordinary health crises. EUAs, and their predecessors, have been used for decades to provide critical treatments in a timely manner, from a new strain of influenza A in 1976 to the H1N1 pandemic in 2009.
But those health threats didn't affect as many people as COVID-19 and they didn't require every single American to take notice. Again, the name gave the impression the vaccines were rushed or otherwise weren't safe.
Another unfortunate name was "mRNA," or messenger ribonucleic acid. We all saw the numerous claims that these vaccines "alter our DNA." Of course, this isn't true, but it's challenging to communicate highly complex scientific concepts to nonscientists. What many thought was that RNA sure did sound like DNA, so it must be true.
As communicators, we spent months explaining that mRNA simply provides the instructions for our cells to make a harmless piece of the spike protein found in COVID-19, and thus teach our bodies how to fight off COVID. But, to some, they simply couldn't get past the name. Would this issue have risen to the surface had the vaccine technology been named something else?
On a side note, and another example of an esoteric regulatory process that's a mystery to most Americans, is the naming of the COVID vaccines after full FDA approval. Pfizer/BioNTech chose a brand name of Comirnaty, which appears to be a combination of community, mRNA and immunity. The tortured mashup was widely panned and endlessly mocked on social media and late-night television.
Moderna went a completely different route, with plans to brand their fully approved vaccine simply as SpikeVax. It's pithy, memorable and action-oriented. And to most Americans, will probably elicit a positive vibe. But does it really matter? I would say it does, as these vaccines are probably the most studied and familiar pharmaceuticals in the history of the world. So, Moderna saw their naming construct as an opportunity to connect with patients and Pfizer/BioNTech went a more traditional pharma route, and perhaps missed an opportunity.
The way we labeled those who weren't vaccinated is also a public health lesson. First, calling people "hesitant" to receive the vaccine may not have been ideal. Hesitancy sounds responsible, thoughtful and even rational. Now, for some, there was good reason to be "hesitant," such as those with severely compromised immune systems or women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, for example. But for the vast majority of those deciding not to get the COVID vaccine or delaying receiving the shot, their reason wasn't vaccine hesitancy; it was simply vaccine "refusal."
Across the country, medical and public health professionals debated this small yet meaningful distinction. Was "refusal" too strong? Was it judgmental? In the end, "hesitancy" seemed to be an acceptable catch-all that allowed people who had no legitimate reason not to be vaccinated to seemingly get a pass.
On the other end of the spectrum, those who refused to be vaccinated were maligned as "anti-vaxxers," a term often associated with small but vocal groups dedicated to sowing distrust about vaccines, including some who still believe that some vaccines cause autism, a long-dispelled myth. Associating all of those who do not get a COVID vaccine with a fringe group is unfair. Some of these people cannot get vaccinated. They could be under 12 years old, or have conditions contraindicated for the current vaccines, or truly not have access to a vaccine. To demonize these people by comparing them to conspiracy theorists and carnival barkers promoting debunked scientific theories and faux claims of personal freedom isn't helpful.
There are undoubtedly endless other terms we could analyze, and with the benefit of hindsight make other choices. This column isn't intended to criticize, as government, public health and pharmaceutical companies were working night a day to save our lives. We owe them all a debt of gratitude. There certainly was no ill intent. Regulatory and pharmaceutical nomenclature was never created with a public health crisis in mind or to be easy to understand by the general public. And maybe that's the problem.
In the heat of a global pandemic, with nearly 670,000 lives lost and over 41 million people contracting a deadly disease in the United States alone, the general public's interest in this little-known world was brought to the fore like never before.
Like so many other lessons we learned from the COVID-19 pandemic—the need for better chronic disease management, bolstering our public health infrastructure, the possibilities if government and pharmaceutical companies can join forces to rapidly address other health issues, and on and on—we need to consider how language and words impact patient behavior.
We know more now than we did 19 months ago, so let's put those learnings into practice by considering how certain words and terms will land with intended audiences. In our zeal to deliver life-saving vaccines to people, we need to ensure that our words aren't getting in the way.
Yes, crazy as it may seem, words can save future lives.
The blog post first appeared on O'Dwyer's.
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Q: clang error unknown argument '-fno-obj-arc' AFNetworking Xcode 5.1 So I tried to run my app on iPhone 7, and ASIHttp didn't work. After some search I saw that people are migrating to AFNetworking, so I decided to do the same. Here's what I did:

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*Updated Xcode to version 5.1

*Followed the instructions here
(setup cocoapods, installed afnetworking, changed project)

and tried to run. The first build failed with this message:
clang: error: unknown argument: '-fno-obj-arc' [-Wunused-command-line-argument-hard-error-in-future]
clang: note: this will be a hard error (cannot be downgraded to a warning) in the future
Command /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang failed with exit code 1

The only 2 reports I found about this are here and here
and they tell me to add some flag while doing the pod download:
ARCHFLAGS=-Wno-error=unused-command-line-argument-hard-error-in-future

Did that and tried again, to no avail. Now I can't even go back to the other project. Has anyone dealt with this problem so far? The option is in the command line, but I can't find anywhere to remove it. I don't think I should anyway.
Here's the command line, you can see the argument right after AFNetworking:
ProcessPCH /Users/cesarc/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/SPCMobile-aaaxjlqvwxhxfbhebqibusfjonip/Build/Intermediates/PrecompiledHeaders/SPCMobile-Prefix-bbhdqojfrkhfytgpvixlnglajmxy/SPCMobile-Prefix.pch.pch SPCMobile/SPCMobile-Prefix.pch normal i386 objective-c com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0.compiler
    cd /Users/cesarc/Desktop/projetos/SPCMobile
    export LANG=en_US.US-ASCII
    export PATH="/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/usr/bin:/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
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Do No Harm—John McCain's Choice of Sarah Palin
In the world of politics, complexities are often encapsulated in squat phrases and nimble sentences. And when it comes to selecting a Vice Presidential running mate, the mantra has long been primum non nocere—"first, do no harm." The principle is borrowed from the world of medicine and medical ethics. It's been applied in situations where medical intervention poses considerable risk to a patient with an unknown or comparatively small margin for benefit. I guess it makes sense, especially during Presidential election campaigns, to liken major political decisions to life-and-death challenges in medical decision making.
When picking a running mate, what does it mean to Do No Harm? Earlier this month, William Kristol spelled out four criteria for choosing a vice president, and evaluated McCain's options in terms of those criteria. (See "How to pick a vice president.") Here were McCain's basic options:
Go with someone safe and predictable.
Pick someone whose strengths will accentuate the opposing candidate's weaknesses.
Co-opt the public desire for change.
Pledge to serve for a single term and stress the need for radical change in Washington politics.
If do no harm was uppermost in McCain's mind, then criteria (1) and (2) should have been the determining factors. Judging by the shock registered in the media yesterday when McCain announced his choice of Alaska governor Sarah Palin, the first criterion was pretty low on his list of guidelines. Since the shock was proportionate to the perceived inexperience (measured in age and time served in elected office) of McCain's choice, the second criterion doesn't seem to have influenced McCain. So Do No Harm, by Kristol's reckoning, wasn't McCain's chief concern.
Let's consider two questions.
Was McCain right to ignore the Do No Harm principle in selecting Palin to be his running mate?
Had McCain been far behind Obama in polling, especially in the most contested states, the political value of the Do No Harm principle would have been more salient. The gap in support between Barack Obama and John McCain was negligible at the time of McCain's selection of Palin.
A politician has to be practical—or pragmatic, if you will. But much of the pragmatism exhibited by our politicians is befogged with cynicism. It is permeated with jaded negativity, which leads to posturing and snarky rhetoric. And this translates into a malaise of cynicism among the electorate. Exasperated, would-be voters lose interest and stay home on election day. Many of those who make their way to the polls buy into this jadedness and cast their vote for the angry candidate, or the candidate who represents the angry party. It's a bad omen for a democracy when its elected officials rise to power on a wave of angry sentiment.
It would be most refreshing to see America's leading candidates demonstrate real-world understanding without the baggage of cynical pragmatism. The Do No Harm principle is naturally attractive to the cynical. It is a sign of McCain's governing optimism that he did not let the political appeal of such a principle determine his choice of running mate.
Politics is full of ironies. One of the great ironies of the current election season is that the Democrat party, led by Senator Obama, has mounted a campaign rooted in anger, warning a cowering sector of the electorate to forego "four more years of George Bush," while suggesting, at the same time, that McCain is the one with a jaded view of the world, as indicated by his approach to Iraq and Iran. George Bush has been demonized by pundits on the far left of the Democrat party as "the worst President ever" and "a moron." These pundits have tutored Obama to exploit this caricature and emphasize that John McCain has voted in sync with President Bush 90% of the time. So electing John McCain would be like relecting Bush, and that means perpetuating the worst thing that ever happened to America. (Never mind that Obama has voted 97% of the time in league with his own party, which happens to be at the helm of a Do Nothing Congress.)
McCain was right to ignore the beckoning spirit of cynical pragmatism in his choice of a running mate. Maybe it's a symptom of the audacity of his hope for this nation.
What is the risk potential of McCain's choice of Palin?
Let's assume that Sarah Palin's only liability is the electorate's perception of her readiness for the job relative to her age and experience.
When it comes to experience and getting elected to executive office, Sarah Palin's record is more impressive than Barack Obama's, Joe Biden's, and even John McCain's. Most noteworthy is the comparison with Joe Biden, who began running for President twenty years ago and has never been nominated by his party. This year he turned in a lackluster performance with around 7% of the vote in the Democrat primary. If it was executive experience that Obama wanted to complement his perceived gross inexperience, why didn't he pick Hillary Clinton? Could it be that he didn't want to be overshadowed by experience?
When it comes to real political change and reformation, Sarah Palin's record, again, dwarfs anything Obama has accomplished. As suggested by David Brooks in yesterday's editorial for The New York Times, Obama loves the future because "that's where all his accomplishments are." If Obama's message is A Message of Change, then why select a career politician, an old boy from inside the beltway—Joseph Biden?
Together, McCain and Palin look bouyant and centered. In a single day since McCain's announcement that Palin is his running mate, $4 million dollars have been contributed to the Republican campaign. And the Republican National Convention hasn't even begun yet. Meanwhile, Obama stuttered in his customary way through an impromptu response to McCain's announcement and looked, I thought, like a deer caught in the headlights. I'm talking about the guy at the top of the Democrat ticket who gave his acceptance speech before 85,000 people just the day before Sarah Palin was announced.
And that leads to a third question: Is there a new rock star in town?
Biography of Sarah Palin
Was It Sarah Palin's Speech or Not?
Sarah Palin and the Abuse of Blog Power
Who Is Sarah Palin?
Filed under Barack Obama, Politics Tagged with Barack Obama, Do No Harm, George Bush, Joe Biden, John McCain, Political Rock Star, President George W. Bush, Presidential Election, Sarah Palin, Vice Presidency
The next Vice President of the United States.
America turns its attention to the natural resources of Alaska.
Filed under Politics Tagged with John McCain, Presidential Election, Sarah Palin, Vice Presidency, Vice Presidents


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Juan Ramón Bonet Alba (Barcelona, 6 de junio de 1974), más conocido como Juanra Bonet, es un actor, presentador y humorista español.

Biografía

Primeros años
Nació en Barcelona el 6 de junio de 1974, creció en el barrio de Horta-Guinardó y estudió en el centro La Salle Horta y en el Instituto de Teatro de Barcelona. Trabajó en la radio, en el programa Els invisibles y El buscaraons de la Cadena SER, donde presentaba una sección diaria.

Televisión

En televisión trabajó como actor en las series De moda, El cor de la ciutat, Me lo dijo Pérez (1999), Con mucha marcha y Estados alterados Maitena. También colaboró en los programas Fes-t'ho mirar, fes-t'ho de nit, El rayo y Les 1000 i una como reportero y presentó Qui corre vola para TV3 y No me cortes para La 1.

En 2005, pasó a formar parte del equipo de reporteros de Caiga quien caiga en su regreso a la pequeña pantalla junto al periodista Manel Fuentes y Arturo Valls. En las dos últimas temporadas de Caiga quien caiga, Juan Ramón Bonet tuvo que compaginar su labor a pie de calle con la presentación del programa.

 La Sexta

Desde febrero de 2009 y hasta marzo de 2010 presentó El intermedio, estableciéndose a partir de entonces como sustituto habitual de El Gran Wyoming en el programa.

 TVE

Desde el 14 de marzo hasta junio de 2011 presentó el concurso Gafapastas en La 2, el cual fue cancelado debido a su baja audiencia y a su coste. Desde ese mismo año presenta el programa de humor El mundo today en la Cadena SER.

 Mediaset España

Un año más tarde, en julio de 2012, trabajó para Cuatro, poniéndose al frente de otro concurso titulado Lo sabe, no lo sabe y que condujo hasta diciembre de 2013, también participó en el programa de Cuatro Ciento y la madre y En la caja entre otros.

 TV3

En 2001 participa en la telenovela  El Cor de la Ciutat. En 2008 presenta el programa Llegendes Urbanes.
De febrero a abril de 2013 es co-presentador del programa Lletra Petita.

 Atresmedia

En julio de 2014, fue fichado por el grupo Atresmedia, para conducir en Antena 3 el concurso ¡Boom! (2014-2022). El 30 de octubre de 2015 imitó a Marc Almond, el vocalista del grupo británico Soft Cell, con  la canción Tainted Love en  la cuarta temporada de Tu cara me suena. En febrero de 2018 participa en la serie de televisión Cuerpo de élite, de Antena 3, donde interpreta a un personaje episódico: Xavier "Xavi" Montaner. Durante las navidades del 2018, presenta junto a Eva González el especial Nochevieja 2018 de Antena 3. A partir del año 2019, se encargará como copresentador del backstage en La Voz, La Voz Kids y La Voz Senior, que emite  Antena 3. El 22 de enero de 2020 presentó la nueva versión de ¿Quién quiere ser millonario? durante cuatro entregas, para conmemorar los 20 años del programa donde concursaron los mejores concursantes de España. Desde febrero de 2023 conduce el concurso el círculo de los famosos .

Teatro y cortometrajes

El 9 de septiembre de 2010, estrenó en el Teatro Fígaro de Madrid la obra Animales, original del británico Ricky Gervais, adaptado por John Tones y Jeremy Williams, con dirección de José Luis Sixto. En diciembre de 2010 estrenó el cortometraje Buzón de voz, dirigido por Carlos Caro y Óscar Arenas Llopis, con Cristina Pedroche e Isidro Montalvo. El 21 de junio de 2012, estrenó paralelamente en la Filmoteca regional Francisco Rabal de Murcia y la sala The Private Space en Barcelona el cortometraje La fábula del dibujante, dirigido por Paloma Zapata y producido por La Fábrica Naranja, con Helena Miquel y Víctor Benjumea. Desde el mes de febrero de 2013, el cortometraje puede verse íntegramente en la plataforma Filmin.

Filmografía

Programas de televisión

Series de televisión

Premios
 Antena de Oro (2019).

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Juanra Bonet en la página oficial de El Mundo Today

Actores de Barcelona
Periodistas de Barcelona
Presentadores de televisión de España
Humoristas de Cataluña
Actores de televisión de España
Presentadores de televisión de Cataluña
Presentadores de concursos de España
Nacidos en Barcelona

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The first commercial Cybersecurity Incident Response Team in the Baltics NRD CIRT became a full member of an international organisation FIRST (the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams) that unites national, commercial and academic Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) around the world.
Gaining full FIRST membership means that NRD CIRT will start a closer cooperation with other CERT organizations, by exchanging security information and attracting additional resources for incident management. In order to become a full member, NRD CIRT was audited and approved by two other FIRST members.
"The number of cyber attacks and the scope of cyber espionage is constantly rising. Targeted attacks are becoming more complex which is causing business disruption, data loss, and harms the reputation. Therefore, an internal department, accountable for incident response is a necessity today", says Dr. Vilius Benetis, CEO of NRD CS.
"We will provide our clients with technology solutions and establish procedures essential for incident prevention, whether they already have such departments or not. We will also constantly monitor and analyse their security status, perform information system audits and provide user trainings. In case of an incident, we will effectively eliminate the consequences, restore the services, perform internal investigation and, if necessary, collaborate with law enforcement authorities", says Dr. Benetis.
NRD CIRT will supplement the services of the national CERT-LT, internet service providers' and intelligence CERTs that respond to incidents only within the range of their networks. NRD CIRT will help organisations that own or manage important information systems, manage personal data as well as financial institutions, high-tech, industry and logistics companies to defend themselves.
Since the 2nd of July NRD CIRT is also a listed member of Trusted Introducer. This association was established by the European CERT community in 2000 to address common needs and build a service infrastructure providing vital support for all security and incident response teams.
NRD CIRT has been established by a specialised cyber security services company NRD CS that implements modern forensic laboratories, critical IT security as well as e-crime management and abuse handling automation solutions in Lithuania, Europe, Caucasus region and East African countries.
NRD CS is a specialized cyber security company and a cyber security centre of excellence for Norway Registers Development AS, BAIP and Norway Registers Development East Africa Ltd whom NRD CS assists in creating a secure digital environment for states, governments, corporations and citizens in Central and Eastern Europe, East Africa and other regions.
NRD CS contributes to the preparation of international cyber security methodologies and development of global cybersecurity body of knowledge while working with ISACA (international academic publications and ISACA Cybersecurity Nexus (CSX) activities: http://www.isaca.org/Education/Online-Learning/Pages/Webinar-20-Critical-Controls-for-Cyber-Defense.aspx) and Council on Cyber Security (http://www.Counciloncybersecurity.org/ ). Team also actively contributes to the development of cyber security frameworks in Lithuania and Tanzania where they also belong to national incident response working groups.
More information about NRD CS: www.nrdcs.lt.


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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Fourth Chamber)
26 September 2013 (*)
(Area of freedom, security and justice – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 – Article 34(3) and (4) – Recognition of a judgment given in another Member State – Situation whereby that judgment is irreconcilable with an earlier judgment given in that Member State involving the same cause of action and between the same parties)
In Case C‑157/12,
REQUEST for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany), made by decision of 8 March 2012, received at the Court on 30 March 2012, in the proceedings
Salzgitter Mannesmann Handel GmbH
SC Laminorul SA,
THE COURT (Fourth Chamber),
composed of L. Bay Larsen, President of the Chamber, J. Malenovský, U. Lõhmus, M. Safjan (Rapporteur) and A. Prechal, Judges,
Advocate General: N. Wahl,
Registrar: A. Impellizzeri, Administrator,
having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 14 March 2013,
after considering the observations submitted on behalf of:
– Salzgitter Mannesmann Handel GmbH, by C. von Carlowitz, O. Kranz, C. Müller and T. Rossbach, Rechtsanwälte,
– the German Government, by J. Möller and T. Henze, and by J. Kemper, acting as Agents,
– the Spanish Government, by S. Centeno Huerta, acting as Agent,
– the Italian Government, by G. Palmieri, acting as Agent, and S. Varone, avvocato dello stato,
– the Romanian Government, by R. Giurescu and A. Voicu, acting as Agents,
– the European Commission, by W. Bogensberger and A.‑M. Rouchaud-Joët, acting as Agents,
after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 16 May 2013,
gives the following
1 This request for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation of Article 34(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (OJ 2001 L 12, p. 1).
2 The request has been made in proceedings between Salzgitter Mannesmann Handel GmbH ('Salzgitter') and SC Laminorul SA ('Laminorul') concerning an application for a declaration of enforceability in Germany of a judgment given by a Romanian court by which Salzgitter was ordered to pay EUR 188 330 to Laminorul.
Legal context
Regulation No 44/2001
3 Recitals 2 and 15 to 17 in the preamble to Regulation No 44/2001 state:
'(2) Certain differences between national rules governing jurisdiction and recognition of judgments hamper the sound operation of the internal market. Provisions to unify the rules of conflict of jurisdiction in civil and commercial matters and to simplify the formalities with a view to rapid and simple recognition and enforcement of judgments from Member States bound by this Regulation are essential.
(15) In the interests of the harmonious administration of justice it is necessary to minimise the possibility of concurrent proceedings and to ensure that irreconcilable judgments will not be given in two Member States. There must be a clear and effective mechanism for resolving cases of lis pendens and related actions …
(16) Mutual trust in the administration of justice in the [European Union] justifies judgments given in a Member State being recognised automatically without the need for any procedure except in cases of dispute.
(17) By virtue of the same principle of mutual trust, the procedure for making enforceable in one Member State a judgment given in another must be efficient and rapid. To that end, the declaration that a judgment is enforceable should be issued virtually automatically after purely formal checks of the documents supplied, without there being any possibility for the court to raise of its own motion any of the grounds for non-enforcement provided for by this Regulation.'
4 Article 32 of Regulation No 44/2001 provides:
'For the purposes of this Regulation, "judgment" means any judgment given by a court or tribunal of a Member State, whatever the judgment may be called …'.
5 Under Article 33(1) of that regulation:
'A judgment given in a Member State shall be recognised in the other Member States without any special procedure being required.'
6 Article 34(3) and (4) of that regulation provides the following:
'A judgment shall not be recognised:
(3) if it is irreconcilable with a judgment given in a dispute between the same parties in the Member State in which recognition is sought;
(4) if it is irreconcilable with an earlier judgment given in another Member State or in a third State involving the same cause of action and between the same parties, provided that the earlier judgment fulfils the conditions necessary for its recognition in the Member State addressed.'
7 Under Article 38(1) of Regulation No 44/2001:
'A judgment given in a Member State and enforceable in that State shall be enforced in another Member State when, on the application of any interested party, it has been declared enforceable there.'
8 Article 41 of that regulation is worded as follows:
'The judgment shall be declared enforceable immediately on completion of the formalities ... without any review under Articles 34 and 35. The party against whom enforcement is sought shall not at this stage of the proceedings be entitled to make any submissions on the application.'
9 Under Article 43 of that regulation:
'(1) The decision on the application for a declaration of enforceability may be appealed against by either party.
(3) The appeal shall be dealt with in accordance with the rules governing procedure in contradictory matters.
10 Article 45 of that regulation provides:
'(1) The court with which an appeal is lodged under Article 43 or Article 44 shall refuse or revoke a declaration of enforceability only on one of the grounds specified in Articles 34 and 35. …
(2) Under no circumstances may the foreign judgment be reviewed as to its substance.'
11 Article 46(1) of that regulation states:
'The court with which an appeal is lodged under Article 43 or Article 44 may, on the application of the party against whom enforcement is sought, stay the proceedings if an ordinary appeal has been lodged against the judgment in the Member State of origin or if the time for such an appeal has not yet expired; in the latter case, the court may specify the time within which such an appeal is to be lodged.'
The dispute in the main proceedings and the question referred for a preliminary ruling
12 It is apparent from the order for reference that Laminorul, which is established in Romania, brought an action seeking payment for a delivery of steel products against Salzgitter, established in Germany, before the Tribunalul Brăila (Brăila Court of First Instance) (Romania).
13 Salzgitter claimed that that action should have been brought against the actual party to the contract with Laminorul, Salzgitter Mannesmann Stahlhandel GmbH (formerly Salzgitter Stahlhandel GmbH), rather than against Salzgitter. On that ground, the Tribunalul Brăila dismissed the action brought by Laminorul by judgment of 31 January 2008 ('the first judgment'). That judgment became final.
14 Shortly thereafter, Laminorul initiated new proceedings against Salzgitter before the same court for the same cause of action. That application was, however, served on Salzgitter's former legal representative, whose authority to act for the company had been limited, according to Salzgitter, to the first proceedings. No one appeared on Salzgitter's behalf at the hearing on 6 March 2008 before the Tribunalul Brăila which delivered a judgment by default against Salzgitter, requiring Salzgitter to pay EUR 188 330 to Laminorul ('the second judgment').
15 Salzgitter made an application for the second judgment to be set aside on the ground that it had not been summoned to appear at the hearing. That application was rejected by decision of 8 May 2008 because Salzgitter had failed to lodge the necessary fee stamps.
16 The second judgment was declared enforceable in Germany by the Landgericht Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf Regional Court) (Germany) by order of 21 November 2008. Salzgitter brought an appeal against that order before the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court) (Germany).
17 At the same time, Salzgitter also lodged an extraordinary appeal in Romania seeking annulment of the second judgment, arguing again that it had not been summoned to appear at the hearing. That application was rejected as inadmissible by judgment of 19 February 2009.
18 Salzgitter then lodged another appeal to have that judgment set aside on account of the binding authority of the first judgment. The Curtea de Apel Galaţi (Galatai Court of Appeal) (Romania) rejected that application by judgment of 8 May 2009 on the ground that it was out of time, a decision which was later upheld by the Înalta Curte de Casaţie şi Justiţie (High Court of Cassation and Justice) (Romania) by judgment of 13 November 2009.
19 As the legal remedies available in Romania had been exhausted, the proceedings initiated in Germany for a declaration of enforceability – which had been stayed – were resumed. The appeal brought by Salzgitter against the order of the Landgericht Düsseldorf was dismissed as unfounded by decision of the Oberlandsgericht Düsseldorf of 28 June 2010. Salzgitter then lodged an appeal against that decision before the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice) (Germany).
20 In those circumstances, the Bundesgerichtshof decided to stay the proceedings and to refer the following question to the Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling:
'Does Article 34(4) of [Regulation No 44/2001] also cover cases of irreconcilable judgments given in the same Member State (State of origin)?'
Consideration of the question referred
21 By its question, the referring court asks whether Article 34(4) of Regulation No 44/2001 must be interpreted as also covering irreconcilable judgments given by the courts of the same Member State.
22 In order to answer that question, it is necessary to interpret Article 34(4) of Regulation No 44/2001 in the light, not only of the wording of that provision, but also of the system established by the regulation and the objectives it pursues (see Case C‑619/10 Trade Agency [2012] ECR, paragraph 27).
23 As regards the system established by Regulation No 44/2001, it must be noted that the grounds for non-enforcement serve a clear purpose within that system which establish, as the Advocate General has noted in point 35 of his Opinion, a comprehensive system governing international jurisdiction, and the recognition and enforcement of judgments.
24 First, the interpretation of the meaning and content of the grounds for non‑enforcement of judgments given in another Member State set out in Regulation No 44/2001 must take account of the link between those grounds, on the one hand, and the rules on connected actions provided for by that regulation, on the other, which seek, in accordance with recital 15 in the preamble to that regulation, to minimise the possibility of concurrent proceedings and to ensure that irreconcilable judgments will not be given in two Member States.
25 Next, it is apparent from recital 17 in the preamble to Regulation No 44/2001 that the procedure for making enforceable in the Member State addressed a judgment given in another may involve only a purely formal check of the documents required for enforceability in the Member State in which enforcement is sought.
26 Following the lodging of the application referred to in Article 38(1) of Regulation No 44/2001, and as is clear from Article 41 thereof, the authorities of the Member State in which enforcement is sought must, at the beginning of the procedure, not do any more than ensure completion of those formalities with a view to issuing a declaration of enforceability for that judgment (see Trade Agency, paragraph 29).
27 In accordance with Article 43 of Regulation No 44/2001, the declaration of enforceability of a judgment delivered in a Member State other than the Member State in which enforcement is sought may, in a second stage of the procedure, be the subject of dispute. The grounds for dispute that may be relied upon are expressly set out in Articles 34 and 35 of Regulation No 44/2001, to which Article 45 thereof refers (see, to that effect, Trade Agency, paragraph 31).
28 That list is exhaustive in nature and its items must be interpreted strictly inasmuch as they constitute an obstacle to the attainment of one of the fundamental objectives of Regulation No 44/2001 intended to facilitate the free movement of judgments by establishing a simple and rapid enforcement procedure (see, to that effect, Cast C‑420/07 Apostolides [2009] ECR I‑3571, paragraph 55 and the case‑law cited, and Case C‑139/10 Prism Investments [2011] ECR I‑9511, paragraph 33).
29 More specifically, with regard to the ground for non-enforcement based on the irreconcilability of two judgments, the wording of Article 34(4) of Regulation No 44/2001, read in the light of the notion of 'judgment' within the meaning of Article 32 of that regulation, indicates, as the Advocate General has noted in point 42 of his Opinion, that Article 34(4) must be understood as meaning that '[a] judgment [given by a court or tribunal of a Member State] shall not be recognised … if it is irreconcilable with an earlier judgment given in another Member State or in a third State'.
30 The situation envisaged by Article 34(4) therefore appears to be that where irreconcilable judgments are given in two different Member States.
31 That interpretation is supported by the principle of mutual trust on which the rules on recognition and enforcement of judgments given in another Member State are based, pursuant to Regulation No 44/2001.
32 As is clear from recitals 16 and 17 in the preamble to that regulation, the rules on recognition and enforcement are based on mutual trust in the administration of justice in the European Union which requires that judicial decisions delivered in one Member State are not only recognised automatically in another Member State, but also that the procedure for making those decisions enforceable in that Member State is efficient and rapid (see Trade Agency, paragraph 40).
33 The sound operation of those rules which are based on mutual trust implies that the courts of the Member State of origin retain jurisdiction to assess, in the context of the legal remedies established by the legal system of that Member State, the lawfulness of the judgment to be enforced, to the exclusion, in principle, of the court of the Member State in which enforcement is sought, and that the final outcome of the assessment of the lawfulness of that judgment will not be called into question.
34 It is in that context that Article 46(1) of Regulation No 44/2001 provides for the possibility to stay the proceedings if an ordinary appeal has been or may be lodged against the judgment in the Member State of origin.
35 It is for the party to the proceedings to avail himself of the legal remedies provided for by the legal system in the Member State in which the proceedings take place which, moreover, Salzgitter sought to do in the main proceedings. However, the party to the proceedings cannot rely on the grounds for non‑enforcement of judgments given in another Member State to challenge the outcome of those proceedings.
36 The interpretation of Article 34(4) of Regulation No 44/2001 according to which it also covers conflicts between two judgments given in one Member State is inconsistent with the principle of mutual trust referred to in paragraph 31 above. Such an interpretation would allow the court in the Member State in which recognition is sought to substitute its own assessment of that of the court in the Member Sate of origin.
37 Once the judgment has become final at the end of the proceedings in the Member State of origin, the non-enforcement of that judgment on the ground that it is irreconcilable with a judgment given in the same Member State amounts to reviewing the judgment sought to be enforced as to its substance which is, however, expressly excluded by Article 45(2) of Regulation No 44/2001.
38 Such a possibility of review as to the substance would de facto constitute an additional means of redress against a judgment which has become final in the Member Sate of origin. In that regard, it is not disputed that, as the Advocate General has noted in point 31 of his Opinion, the grounds for non-enforcement provided for in Regulation No 44/2001 do not create additional remedies against national judgments which have become final.
39 Lastly, since the list of grounds for non-enforcement is exhaustive, as is apparent from the case-law referred to in paragraph 28 above, those grounds must be interpreted strictly and may not therefore be given, contrary to what Salzgitter and the German Government claim, an interpretation by analogy pursuant to which judgments given in the same Member State would also be covered.
40 In the light of all the foregoing considerations, the answer to the question referred is that Article 34(4) of Regulation No 44/2001 must be interpreted as not covering irreconcilable judgments given by courts of the same Member State.
41 Since these proceedings are, for the parties to the main proceedings, a step in the action pending before the national court, the decision on costs is a matter for that court. Costs incurred in submitting observations to the Court, other than the costs of those parties, are not recoverable.
On those grounds, the Court (Fourth Chamber) hereby rules:
Article 34(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters must be interpreted as not covering irreconcilable judgments given by courts of the same Member State.
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* Language of the case: German.


While I want to spend some time talking about a handful of issues associated with free email archiving solutions, what they all have in common is that they end up not being free after all.
I'm not going to tell you that you won't realize some cost savings when switching to a third-party solution. You will. In fact, when you consider the cost savings from switching to our archiving and backup product, what you save should more than make the costs worthwhile.
So let's take a look at a few of the issues that we continue to hear from school districts that decide to give up on free archiving solutions like Google Vault.
First, hosted solutions should guarantee nearly 100% uptime. If they don't, then you might want to look at a different third-party provider. Availability especially comes into play when you consider litigation and ediscovery. Providing access to your archive 24/7—or at least when your lawyers need it—should never come at the expense of network downtime for maintenance, product upgrades, etc.
You will also want to find out where your data is being stored and have some control over its physical location. And be sure to ask about redundancy, which mitigates the risks of hosting data with a single vendor by providing another copy of it at another location. My guess is that's not going to be free either.
Then there's the often-difficult task of managing the solution. Your vendor should offer to do a lot of the heavy lifting for you. But that costs time. And time costs money. For instance, free solutions won't be able to give quick access to a non-licensed user, such as a lawyer who needs temporary access to do searches. Any expectations of responsive customer service, without a price tag, simply aren't realistic with free email archiving products.
Staying on the topic of lawyers, considering ediscovery is the key driver for most solutions, you'll also want to consider searching and exporting. Again, what appears to be free can become quite costly in the long run. Third-party archiving solutions should be built to search and export. That's the point of them. We understand that you need quick and easy access to your data. Your archiving solution should not be restrictive on file formats for exporting, how long it will take to get large quantities of data or the number of concurrent searches.
The last issue I want to mention is scalability. The longer you stay with a third-party archiving provider, the more data there will be. The last time I checked, cloud storage is not free. One thing is sure: The amount of data in your archive will grow as we move forward in time, while employees tend not to respect data limits.
It's hard to estimate the data capacity you will need one year, five years or 10 years from now. When a local server fills up, you're looking at a capital expenditure. The same goes for a hosted solution. Someone will need to pay for it. Choose a vendor that will build your archive today for the future.


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Selected Readings in Computer Graphics 2005. CD-ROM
Veröffentlichungen aus dem INI-GraphicsNet
: Encarnacao, J.L.; Schaub, J.
: INI-GraphicsNet
Stuttgart: Fraunhofer IRB Verlag, 2006
Selected Readings in Computer Graphics, 16
Audiovisuelles Material
Fraunhofer IGD ()
virtual engineering; virtual reality & visualisation; augmented reality; modeling; basic algorithm; network applications; medical application; security; digital storytelling; human computer interaction; eLearning & knowledge management
The International Network of Institutions for advanced education, training and R&D in Computer Graphics technology, systems and applications (INI-GraphicsNet) is the largest research network worldwide entirely dedicated to the field of Computer Graphics. The institutions in the network are located in Darmstadt (Germany), Rostock (Germany), Guimarães (Portugal), San Sebastian (Spain), Trento (Italy), Providence (U.S.A.), Omaha (U.S.A.), Seoul (South Korea) and Singapore. It employs more than 320 full-time engineers and scientists and more than 520 part-time researchers. The approximate yearly turnover is more than 37 Million EUR. The INI-GraphicsNet is directed by Professor José Luis Encarnação.
The "Selected Readings in Computer Graphics 2005" consist of 40 articles selected from a total of 191 scientific publications contributed by all institutions of the INI-GraphicsNet. All articles previously appeared in various scientific books, journals, conferences and workshops, and are reprinted with the permission of the respective copyright holders. The publications had to undergo a thorough review process by internationally leading experts and established technical societies. Therefore, the Selected Readings should give a fairly good and detailed overview of the scientific developments in the INI-GraphicsNet in the year 2005.
: http://publica.fraunhofer.de/dokumente/N-43225.html


Use the CellEditTemplate property of GridViewColumn.
Create a custom column by inheriting from GridViewBoundColumnBase.
Both approaches have some advantages and disadvantages. Although it is quite easy to implement the first option, you cannot easily apply this to all RadGridView instances in your application, and more importantly - this bypasses RadGridView's validation and editing engine.
This tutorial will demonstrate you the second approach by creating a column with an embedded color picker control as an editor.
The first step is to create a class that inherits from GridViewBoundColumnBase (this is the base class used to create a column with editing capabilities). Name the class RadColorPickerColumn.
CreateCellElement() – override this method if you want to customize how cells that belongs to this column will look like. This method is called when GridViewCell is prepared and returned element will be used as a ContentPresenter. If you do not override this method a TextBlock control will be used as a default presenter.
You should note two things here: first, a border with bound background to the color from data item is created and second, a custom converter is used. The next code snippet shows you the code for the ColorToBrushConverter.
CreateCellEditElement() – override this method to create custom editor element (according to type of the property or some other business logic). This method must be overridden otherwise GridViewCell will have no content when enters into edit mode.
You should set BindingMode to TwoWay, because this is an editor and you need to update data property which is bound to the parent GridViewColumn. The NotifyOnValidationError and ValidatesOnExceptions properties are related to validation engine (if any error or exception occurs while you set new value to the data object will result as validation error and editor will enter into invalid state (if editor has such state)). Set UpdateSourceTrigger to Explicit and allow RadGridView to validate and update the value of the data item at the right moment. Of course every TwoWay binding requires a path, so you take the path from the DataMemberBinding property.
Another interesting line of the CreateCellEditElement() method is: cellEditElement.MainPalette = this.MainPalette. This line shows how you can transfer properties from column to the actual editor. In order to allow such properties and transfer them to custom column instance you have to override CopyPropertiesFrom() method.
As you can see first method gathers required information from the actual editor (used by the validation engine), after UI validation is successful then new value is submitted to the data item via second method. This second method returns errors (if any) that occurred while new value is set to the data item (Data layer validation).
In a scenario when there is a column.CellEditTemplate defined, the new value of the editor is not available in the arguments of the CellEditEnded event raised when commiting an edit. To get the right value in e.NewValue, you should override the column's GetNewValueFromEditor method.


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Steps Businesses Should Take When Vetting Moving Companies
Here are some steps to minimize down time — and cut costs — when choosing a moving partner for your business.
David Corrigan, President & COO, Corrigan Moving Systems
Dan Burke, Director of Business Development and Corrigan Integrated Office Solutions, Corrigan Moving Systems
Q1 / Winter 2013
Overcoming The Four Fundamental Roadblocks to Relocating a Business
Three Mistakes CEOs Must Avoid When Relocating a Business
Insure Wisely When Expanding or Relocating
With the economy continuing to improve, the volume of business moves is likely to pick up in the coming months. For businesses looking to relocate, identifying a qualified moving partner is not only an essential first step, it is also the single biggest factor that will determine if their move is successful. Unlike what you may think, moving companies are not all the same!
The inherent logistical and professional challenges can be exponentially more complex when dealing with a corporate or industrial relocation versus residential moves. The challenges businesses face when relocating can vary widely — from costly downtime to the security concerns surrounding the transfer of high-value infrastructure. But while the logistics might change, the underlying fundamentals of what to look for in a relocation specialist remain the same.
Logistical Challenges
Understanding the scope and scale of business relocation challenges is an important step in the process of choosing the right professional moving company. A prime concern of a business decision-maker when relocating is not just the cost of the relocation, but the impact it has on his or her operation.
Perhaps the most significant relocation challenge is the professional disruption that can result from a lengthy and logistically demanding move. The prospect of essentially shutting your company down and relocating it — which frequently shuts off the revenue stream — is no small feat. Some companies, particularly industrial or manufacturing, will attempt to minimize costly downtime by establishing a smaller-scale operation at the new location. With this strategy, production slows, but never entirely stops. The business owners then have an opportunity to test and refine the new infrastructure before it comes fully online. Another popular option is a phased relocation, where support departments and parts of the business that have little to no direct impact on customers/revenue streams are moved during normal working hours, while other, mission-critical portions of the business are moved overnight, during off-hours or on the weekend. Timing and coordination are obviously essential in such a scenario, and the ability of a relocation firm to provide a diverse and flexible range of moving options is important.
In addition to timing, peace of mind is also an issue: With some moving firms, last-minute changes or delays can create a logistical nightmare and may even make some moving resources unavailable. For moves where timing and coordination are essential, it is critical to select a moving company that has sufficient capacity and resources to adapt to your changing needs without loss of service. The security of knowing that you will be moved regardless of any last-minute issues is invaluable.
For many businesses, the ability to minimize unavoidable disruptions by streamlining packing, preparation, and travel time is an essential way of keeping costs down and ensuring that a successful move takes place with minimal impact on the business. Business owners and facilities managers trying to maximize productivity frequently find that it makes sense to bring in outside moving experts to assist with this process. Doing more on your own can actually end up costing more, because of the loss of productivity and professional disruption, and companies often find that identifying a relocation vendor who is equipped to efficiently assist with the entire relocation process is practical — both financially and professionally.
Finding the Right Partner
The reality is that any move, especially a business move, is a far more complicated and challenging endeavor than simply transporting stuff from Point A to Point B. The planning, preparation, and execution of a business relocation places extraordinary demands on any firm. The ability of a professional moving company to meet and exceed those demands can vary greatly, and it is incumbent upon any business looking to relocate to be vigilant in its search for a partner, and demanding in the standards it uses to ultimately make its selection. Here are some specific steps businesses should take when vetting potential moving companies:
Prioritize preparation.
The best relocation professionals are capable of coming to you and running in-house seminars and training sessions for staff to help them prepare for their move. This can reduce pack and preparation times and minimize disruption. The most successful moves take place when the business owner and the relocation vendor are working closely together well in advance of the actual move. This collaborative approach helps facilitate the all-important advance planning and develop a customized, workable moving plan.
Evaluate enhanced capabilities.
The ability to handle specialized equipment is vital. Whether a move involves manufacturing facilities, large and complex electrical systems, or high-end or specialized computing infrastructure, it is important to make sure that your relocation partner has demonstrated experience in moving those unique products/equipment. It is also important to note that, many times, the warranties of special equipment stipulate that the same people who installed/sold the equipment have to be involved in the move. If so, make sure your vendor is prepared to work closely with those outside individuals in a safe and efficient manner. Executing a move for specialized infrastructure often comes down to planning and preparation, both for the logistics required to move the equipment, and for the operational challenges that may arise as a result of downtime or setup.
Seek strategic guidance.
Before choosing a partner, every business decision-maker looking to move should educate themselves about what their potential relocation providers can and cannot do. Can they assist with plumbing? Electrical disconnects? Specialized transport? Can they remove equipment from the floor and anchor it in place in the new facility? If additional work has to be performed in your current space to restore it to its previous condition to satisfy lease or contractual obligations, make certain that your mover has the in-house capability and expertise to complete those tasks. It also makes sense to conduct a pre-move walk-through to discuss timing; lay out a detailed plan of action and discuss how to best allocate resources.
When evaluating the overall price tag of your move, remember that there are many different types of rates: some based on time, some set out as line items, and some as one bottom-line number. As you calculate your costs, remember to evaluate the distinction between the rates you see on paper and the overall cost of the move to your firm. If the quote is lower, but you lose two days of work because of an inefficient move, that is a poor trade-off. Also, make sure that your mover is able to provide you with a certificate of insurance to protect against property damage.
Look for impeccable references.
There are hundreds of professional movers out there, and almost all of them will declare that they are a "commercial mover," or that they have commercial moving capabilities. Separate the truly experienced and capable professionals from the pretenders by asking for detailed references from companies/relocations similar to your own. Do not just take someone at his/her word, and do not be afraid to demand details. Any relocation professional who cannot give you that high level of detail and assurance should be avoided. Because the bottom line is that it is your bottom line at stake in your move. Ultimately, whether your business is simply in need of a bigger space — or is relocating to a new city, state, or even country — selecting the right moving partner can make all the difference.
David Corrigan serves as the president and chief operating officer for Corrigan Moving Systems, a relocation company dedicated to elevating the moving experience. As the third-generation Corrigan at the helm of the company, he oversees the entire $75 million operation, including supervising the management team and all 600 employees. He strives to make Corrigan an outstanding workplace and ensures that the team delivers "Corrigan Quality" to each and every customer. Over the course of his 35-year career with Corrigan, David has worked in virtually every position, from cleaning the trucks to his current role as president and COO. Prior to being promoted, he most notably served as operations and general manager at various Corrigan branches. In these roles, he was in charge of dispatching crews and managing the finances and personnel. David is a 1977 graduate of Michigan State University, where he earned a degree in Transportation Administration. He serves as vice chairman for the board of directors of UniGroup, and is an active member of the board of directors of American Moving and Storage Association. In 1994, David was recognized as "Mover of the Year" by Michigan Movers and Warehouseman's Association
Dan Burke serves as director of business development for Corrigan Moving Systems, a full-service relocation company dedicated to elevating the moving experience. In this role, he is responsible for increasing the company's sales, primarily in the commercial, logistics, and national account household relocation service lines. In addition, he assists branch managers in developing strategic sales goals and provides individualized sales training and assistance to the sales staff. Prior to taking on the role as director of business development, Dan was the vice president of both Corrigan's operations and sales and marketing departments. In these roles, he supervised the sales and marketing staff and managed company operations, including corporate fleets, safety, equipment purchase, and driver recruitment and training. He was also the general manager of Corrigan's Ann Arbor facility, where he worked to ensure the branch met its quality, profitability, sales growth, safety, and claims goals. Before joining Corrigan, he worked as vice president and general manager of Wolverine Storage Company. He was also a sales manager at Frisbie Moving & Storage, where his career in the industry began as a local and long distance driver and mover. Dan is a graduate of Michigan State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Education. He is a current member, and former president, of the Transportation Club of Detroit, and serves on Corrigan's marketing and long-range strategic planning committees.
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