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A stylistic analysis of and performance suggestions for Robert Muczynski's Second Piano Sonata, Opus 22
by Lim, Rebecca Hee-Jung, M.M. California State University, Long Beach. 2017: 31 pages; 10263622.
Teacher and Administrator Perceptions of One-to-One Technology Device Implementation
by Pratt, Stewart F., Ed.D. Lindenwood University. 2016: 173 pages; 10267752.
An ecosystem perspective: Temporal analysis of the reef fish assemblage in southeast U.S. Atlantic continental shelf waters
by Stratton, Mark, M.S. College of Charleston. 2011: 122 pages; 1500247.
Geodetic Measurements of Deformation in the Rio Grande Rift Region
by Berglund, H. T., M.S. University of Colorado at Boulder. 2010: 135 pages; 1487927.
Design of a Small, Affordable Low Intensity Focused Ultrasound Device for Vagus Nerve Stimulation
by Bayer, Kelsey C., M.S.B.M.E. Purdue University. 2017: 70 pages; 10685305.
Scriabin's Gradual Journey to Post-tonal Writing: Pushing Boundaries through Harmonic Exploration and Synesthesia
by Hollow, Malila Louise, M.M. California State University, Long Beach. 2017: 50 pages; 10638764.
Examining the Role of Autophagy and P62 During Coxiella burnetii Infection of Macrophages
by Winchell, Caylin G., Ph.D. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. 2016: 163 pages; 10250929.
Sialylation and Cardiomyocyte Complex N-Glycosylation Protect Against Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure
by Deng, Wei, Ph.D. University of South Florida. 2016: 211 pages; 10144693.
Transcriptional Regulation of the Developing Neural Crest in Xenopus
by Medina Ruiz, Sofia, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley. 2015: 135 pages; 10186646.
The Central Limit Theorem for Linear Spectral Statistics of Submatrices of the Gaussian Wigner Random Matrices
by Reed, Matthew, Ph.D. University of California, Davis. 2014: 123 pages; 3646379.
Analysis and Application of Passive Gait Rehabilitation Methods
by Handzic, Ismet, Ph.D. University of South Florida. 2014: 338 pages; 3631326.
Modeling collective dynamics of social systems: Incorporating various social mechanisms into agent-based models
by Farrell, Dene Leo, M.S. State University of New York at Binghamton. 2012: 65 pages; 1516639.
Controlling Ionic Transport for Device Design in Synthetic Nanopores
by Kalman, Eric Boyd, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine. 2010: 364 pages; 3428283.
The Relationship between Positive Academic and Behavior Support Services: School Failure Prevention-Plan
by Berry, Tu'Jaim M., Ph.D. Walden University. 2018: 150 pages; 10928625.
Timbre Fantasy: An Analysis on Coloristic Choices in John Corigliano's Etude Fantasy
by Blackwell, Paul K., M.M. California State University, Long Beach. 2017: 33 pages; 10262957.
Human Pluripotent Stem Cells and the Role of the Extracellular Matrix in Undifferentiated Growth and Differentiation to Retinal Pigmented Epithelium
by Rowland, Teisha Jane, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara. 2011: 166 pages; 3482044.
Trophic pathways supporting juvenile chinook and coho salmon in the glacial Susitna River, Alaska: Patterns of freshwater, terrestrial, and marine resource use across a seasonally dynamic habitat mosaic
by Rine, Kristin M., M.S. University of Alaska Fairbanks. 2015: 100 pages; 1605432.
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Improved methods for NMR data processing, and faster experiments for oligosaccharide structure and mixture analysis
by Ridge, Clark D., Ph.D. University of California, Irvine. 2010: 150 pages; 3419177.
First Order System Response of the Pulmonary Vasculature in Pulmonary Hypertension: Resistance-Compliance Constant Changes with Vascular Reactivity
by Kenyon, Kyle Adrian, M.S. University of Colorado at Denver. 2017: 134 pages; 10276553.
Occulter-based high-contrast exoplanet imaging: Design, scaling, and performance verification
by Sirbu, Dan, Ph.D. Princeton University. 2014: 236 pages; 3665346.
Effects of Random Cross-Sectioned Distributions, Fiber Misalignment and Interphases in Three-Dimensional Composite Models on Transverse Shear Modulus
by Zitko, Jarrett Albert, M.S. University of South Florida. 2012: 72 pages; 1515264.
Capital and Chaos: Fragile States, Political Risk and Foreign Direct Investment
by Graham, Benjamin A. T., Ph.D. University of California, San Diego. 2012: 242 pages; 3512852.
The novel neurogenic NeuroD6-mitochondria axis: Implications for neuronal differentiation and survival
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Control of excitatory synaptic strength by auxiliary subunits of AMPA receptors
by Milstein, Aaron D., Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco. 2009: 147 pages; 3359580.
Predictors of Family Quality of Life among Parents of Children and Adults with Intellectual Disability
by Boehm, Thomas L., Ph.D. Vanderbilt University. 2017: 90 pages; 13834955.
Further Investigating the Underlying Attentional Processes of Brief Mindfulness-Based Interventions
by Yosai, Erin Rachelle, Ph.D. University of Montana. 2017: 236 pages; 10285760.
Heidegger and disclosive rhetoric: Two divergent paths in immanence and transcendence
by Arntson, Jay D., M.A. California State University, Long Beach. 2015: 115 pages; 1583219.
Theatre patronage in the post-subscription era: Evaluating nontraditional subscription models used by nonprofit theatres and alternative methods of monetization for implementation by California Repertory Company
by Greene, Mira Clare, M.B.A. California State University, Long Beach. 2013: 67 pages; 1527376.
The effects of theater arts instruction on fifth grade students' learning of the U.S. reconstruction period
by Hartman, Sarah Ruth, Ph.D. The University of Alabama. 2013: 359 pages; 3596149.
Voyage to the island of joy: A performer's guide to Claude Debussy's "L'Isle Joyeuse"
by Shiina, Yuko, M.M. California State University, Long Beach. 2013: 29 pages; 1523162.
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Didactics: Peculiarities of Motor Skills Development in Boys Aged 14-15
Oleg Khudolii, Pavol Bartík, Dmytro Ivanov, Andrii Bezzub
The purpose of the study was to determine the peculiarities of motor skills development in boys aged 14-15.
 Materials and methods. The study participants were boys aged 14 (n=20) and 15 (n=20). The children and their parents were fully informed about all the features of the study and gave their consent to participate in the experiment. To solve the tasks set, the following research methods were used: study and analysis of scientific and methodological literature; pedagogical observation, timing of training tasks; pedagogical experiment, methods of mathematical statistics, discriminant analysis, nearest neighbor analysis.
 Results. The study made an assumption about a significant influence of the modes of alternating exercise repetitions and the rest interval on the effectiveness of motor skills development in boys aged 14 and 15. The standardized canonical discriminant function coefficients helped to determine age peculiarities and the peculiarities of influence of exercise modes on the effectiveness of motor skills development. They showed that the components of motor fitness are a priority in developing motor skills. The structure canonical discriminant function coefficients indicate the importance of movement control skills for mastering the entire exercise.
 Conclusions. Discriminant analysis revealed the peculiarities of motor skills development in boys aged 14 and 15, depending on age and exercise modes. With the first exercise mode, boys aged 15 master the first, second, and fourth series of training tasks more quickly. Boys aged 14 – the sixth series (exercise mode: 6 repetitions, rest interval of 60 s). With the second exercise mode, boys aged 14 master the first and fourth series of training tasks more quickly. Boys aged 15 – the second series (exercise mode: 12 repetitions, rest interval of 60 s).
 The coordinates of centroids for four groups indicate a significant difference in the influence of exercise repetition modes on the number of repetitions required for motor skills development in boys aged 14-15 during physical education classes. The results of group classification show that 87.5% of the original grouped cases were classified correctly.
https://doi.org/10.17309/tmfv.2021.4.14 ·
2021, Theory and Methods of the Physical Education, № 4, p. 381-388
Pattern Recognition: Impact of Exercises Modes on Developing a Small Ball Throwing Skill in Boys Aged 8
Sergii Iermakov, Olha Ivashchenko, Oleg Khudolii, Sergii Chernenko, Viktoriia Veremeenko, Bohdan Zelenskyi
The purpose of the study was to determine the impact of exercises modes on developing a small ball throwing skill in boys aged 8.
 Materials and methods. The study participants were 21 boys aged 8, who were randomly divided into three groups of 7 people. The children and their parents were fully informed about all the features of the study and gave their consent to participate in the experiment.
 The study examined the influence of the number of repetitions on the effectiveness of teaching boys aged 8 throwing a small ball at a target. A pedagogical experiment examined the influence of 6, 12, and 18 repetitions with a 60-second rest interval on the increase in the level of proficiency in exercises of boys aged 8. In the first group, the boys repeated the task 6 times with a rest interval of 60 s, in the second group – 12 times with a rest interval of 60 s, in the third group 18 times with a rest interval of 60 s. When teaching throwing exercises during the class, the study evaluated the level of proficiency by the alternative method ("performed", "failed") and calculated the probability of exercise performance (p = n/m, where n is the number of successful attempts, m is the total number of attempts).
 In teaching boys aged 8, the method of algorithmic instructions was used. The next exercise started after three successful attempts. Throwing a ball at a vertical target was taught.
 The study materials were processed by the IBM SPSS 20 statistical analysis software. During discriminant analysis, a prognostic model for group membership was created.
 Results. Discriminant analysis made it possible to determine the impact of the number of repetitions on the effectiveness of developing the skills of throwing a small ball at a target; answer the question as to how significantly the modes of repetitions differ by the effectiveness of motor skills development, what class the object belongs to based on the values of discriminant variables.
 Conclusions. Based on the analysis of group centroids, it was found that in boys aged 8, six repetitions of the exercise (6 sets one time with a rest interval of 60 s) significantly influence the increase in the level of proficiency in exercises during physical education lessons.
 The results of group classification show that 85.7% of the original grouped observations were classified correctly.
2021, Theory and Methods of the Physical Education, № 1, p. 77-83
Assessment of Myoelectric Manifestations of Muscle Fatigue During Repetitive Isometric Voluntary Contraction in Boys Aged 12-14
Abir Samanta, Sabyasachi Mukherjee
Aim: To study the peculiarity of electromyography signal characteristics alternation using different sEMG parameters during repetitive voluntary isometric fatiguing contraction in adolescent boys.
 Materials and methods. 12 subjects with height 148.75 ± 10 cm; Mass 38.9 ± 7.9 kg; age – 12 to 14 years were recruited. The sEMG signal alteration of external oblique, rectus abdominis, erector spinae muscles during a fatiguing plank were analyzed. A separate one-way repeated measures ANOVA was used to test the statistical significance of task time and electromyography parameters of the global core muscle in the pre-, during- and post-fatigue plank test. One-way Friedman ANOVA was applied for Shapiro-Wilk p < 0.05. The Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient with bivariate linear regressions analysis was performed between the pre-pre fatigue and post-post fatigue amplitude mean and standard deviation values. The Spearman correlation coefficient between amplitude and endurance time both in the pre- and post-fatigue state was conducted.
 Results. The mean value of rectified amplitude increased (p < 0.05) for all muscles, the standard deviation of amplitude and total spectral power increased significantly (p < 0.05) for all muscles except the erector spinae muscle (p > 0.05). The power at normalized low frequency significantly changed (p = 0.05) in the erector spinae muscle. A significant change in normalized low frequency for agonist/synergist (p = 0.02) and agonist/antagonist muscles (p = 0.05) was observed. The average amplitude value had a significant positive and linear relationship with the amplitude variability both in the pre- to post-fatigue state, except the erector spinae muscle. The time to task failure was not correlated (p > 0.05) with the sEMG amplitude.
 Conclusions. Increased sEMG amplitude resulted mainly from rapid additional motor unit recruitment and rate coding during muscle fatigue. The reduction of conduction velocity might affect the spectral power with a spectral shift towards low-frequency. Increased variability, agonist/antagonist co-activity during fatiguing contraction might extend the holding time. The postural fatiguing task/plank increases multiarticular joint function by involving several joints and muscles, increases variability in the contribution of synergist muscles. This factor provides an intuitive explanation about the absence of a relationship between endurance time and sEMG amplitude changes.
Gender-Related Peculiarities of 7-Year-Old Schoolchildren's Motor Fitness
Olha Ivashchenko, Yuliia Nosko, Pavol Bartik, Oleksii Makanin
The purpose of the study was to identify gender-related peculiarities of 7-year-old schoolchildren's motor fitness. Materials and methods. The study participants were 59 7-year-old schoolchildren (girls – 27, boys – 32). The children and their parents were informed about all the features of the study and gave their consent to participate in the experiment. The study used the following research methods: analysis of scientific and methodological literature, pedagogical observations, testing of motor fitness, probabilistic approach to assessing the learning process, methods of mathematical statistics. The study recorded the primary schoolchildren's level of proficiency in gymnastic exercises. The coefficient was determined by the formula: p = (m/n)×100, where p is the level of proficiency, m is the number of successfully performed exercises, n is the total number of attempts to perform the exercise. In the experiment, the study controlled the level of proficiency in the following exercises: forward roll; backward roll; shoulderstand with bent legs. Results. The differences in the development level of movement coordination of individual parts of the body and vestibular stability are not statistically significant; in the 7-year-old girls and boys, there is a statistically significant difference in the development level of strength, speed strength, speed, endurance, and the level of proficiency in acrobatic exercises. Conclusions. A canonical discriminant function can be used to classify and identify the indicators that have the greatest weight in assessing gender-related peculiarities of 7-year-old schoolchildren's motor fitness. In assessing gender-related peculiarities of 7-year-old schoolchildren's motor fitness, these indicators include the level of proficiency in acrobatic exercises, the level of relative strength of shoulder flexors, endurance, and speed strength.
Strength Abilities: Modeling of Immediate and Delayed Training Effect of Strength Loads in Boys Aged 8 Years
Oleg Khudolii, Sergii Iermakov, Olha Ivashchenko, Mykola Nosko
The purpose of the study was to obtain regression models of immediate and delayed training effect of strength loads in boys aged 8 years, based on a full factorial experiment. Materials and methods. The study participants were 48 boys aged 8 years. The experiment was performed using a 22 factorial design. The study materials were processed by the IBM SPSS 22 statistical analysis program. The study examined the impact of four variants of strength load on the immediate (ITE) and the delayed (DTE) training effect of orthogonal strength exercises modes and rest intervals in boys aged 8 years. Results. The study results show that in the proposed matrix of the 22 full factorial design, the chosen step of variation of factors is sufficient to study the influence of different modes of strength exercises on the dynamics of ITE in boys aged 8 years. Based on the data analysis, the study obtained regression models of load for calculating the ITE1, ITE2, and DTE. The obtained regression models make it possible to calculate the number of repetitions and rest interval to achieve the most rational load variant. Conclusions. The analysis of regression equations shows the interrelation between training effects: ITE1 —> ITE2 —> DTE. The value of ITE1, ITE2, and DTE at station I (exercises to strengthen arms and shoulders) and station II (exercises to strengthen abdominal muscles) depends on the increase in the number of repetitions in a set and the duration of the rest interval. The value of ITE1, ITE2 at station ІІІ (exercises to strengthen back muscles) depends on the increase in the number of repetitions in a set and the duration of the rest interval. The value of DTE – on the increase in the number of repetitions in a set and the reduction of the rest interval duration. The value of ITE1 at station IV (exercises to strengthen leg muscles) depends on the increase in the number of repetitions in a set and the reduction of the rest interval duration. To strengthen the DTE, it is necessary to reduce the number of repetitions in a set and the duration of the rest interval.
Motor Skills Development: Optimization of Teaching Boys Aged 15 Press Headstand and Handstand
Oleg Khudolii, Olena Kapkan, Sergii Harkusha, Svitlana Marchenko, Viktoriia Veremeenko
The study objective was to substantiate the modes of alternation of physical exercises and rest intervals when teaching series of tasks aimed at motor skills development in boys aged 15 years.
 Materials and methods. The participants in the study were 40 boys aged 15. The children and their parents were fully informed about all the features of the study and gave their consent to participate in the experiment. To achieve the objective set, the following research methods were used: study and analysis of scientific and methodological literature; pedagogical observation, timing of training tasks; pedagogical experiment, methods of mathematical statistics, methods of mathematical experiment planning. During training, the method of algorithmic instructions was used.
 Results. The study found that the effectiveness of mastering series of training tasks depends on a mode of alternation of exercises and rest intervals. The results of analysis of variance and regression models show that the optimal mode of performing series of training tasks is within the range of 6-12 exercise repetitions with rest intervals of 60-120 sesonds. In the proposed matrix of factorial design, the selected step of factor variation is sufficient to study the impact of different modes of physical exercises on the effectiveness of teaching children and adolescents.
 Conclusions. The best options for teaching series of tasks to boys aged 15 during physical education classes are the following: series 1 – 12 repetitions, rest interval of 60–120 s; series 2 – 12 repetitions, rest interval of 120 s; series 3 – 12 repetitions, rest interval of 120 s; series 4 – 12 repetitions, rest interval of 120 s; series 5 – 12 repetitions, rest interval of 60 s; series 6 – 12 repetitions, rest interval of 60 s.

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Hard Maple Price Gains to Bolster Soft Maple Demand
Woodworking Network
Region: Canada, United States
Sawmills are delaying hard maple cuts in favor of red oak due to the cold weather across the northern U.S. and Canada, which is prompting a faster price escalation for red oak. Moreover, prohibitively expensive hard maple timber prices are also impacting lumber production, particularly in the Upper Midwest. Meanwhile, hard maple demand is gradually increasing from cabinet, wood component and residential flooring plants. Mills will easily move all the common-grade hard maple they can produce and prices will continue to firm throughout the winter.
Sawmill was closed to clean up sawdust
Skeena Sawmills was temporarily shut down late last year after a WorkSafe BC safety audit found high levels of combustible sawdust at the location. The stop work order, issued Dec. 19, 2013, was lifted the following day after a clean up took place. WorkSafe BC inspectors visited the mill as part of a province-wide review of mill safety following explosions at sawmills in Burns Lake and in Prince George in 2012. Two workers were killed at each location and both facilities were destroyed by fire.
Resolute Forest Products to mobilize for construction in March
Atikokan Progress
"You'll see things start happening fast in April," Resolute Forest Products' Michael Martel told Council Monday. Martel, Resolute's vice-president of forest products operations, is in charge of the construction of the company's new mill at Sapawe. He met with Council Monday to update them on the project. So far, Resolute has committed about $25 million of the expected $62 million cost; most of the rest is being tendered now. Rainy Lake Tribal Contracting has been working to prepare the site since last summer.
Maritime Paper, Norampac wrap up deal
Dartmouth, Quebec companies launch joint venture in Atlantic Canada
Chronicle Herald
Two paper product heavyweights have joined forces to launch an Atlantic Canadian corrugated packaging operation. The joint venture between Maritime Paper Products Ltd. and Norampac, a division of Quebec boxboard, containerboard and tissue maker Cascades Canada ULC, will meet changing marketplace demands in the region. "This joint venture recognizes the changing marketplace and the need to have strong competitive options for our customers," Maritime Paper president Gary Johnson said in an email Monday.
Report : Vermont forest industry worth $3.4 billion
Region: US East, United States
MONTPELIER – The Vermont Department of Forest, Parks and Recreation says the state's forestry industry contributed about $3.4 billion to the state's economy in 2012 and sustains about 20,600 jobs. On Monday, the department released a report it produced with the North East State Foresters Association. State Forester Steven Sinclair lists some of the products produced by the industry: firewood, lumber, furniture, maple syrup and Christmas trees. The forests also help provide clean water, carbon storage, and wildlife habitat and the forests are the vital backdrop to recreation and tourism in the state.
Plantations more valuable if they are not pulped: Greens
ABC News, Australia
The Greens believe Tasmania's sprawling hardwood plantation estate would be worth more if the trees were not used to feed a pulp mill. The party is calling for the wood to be turned into manufactured timber, which currently has to be imported from Europe, potentially creating thousands of jobs. They also want another review of Tasmania's 236,000 hectare hardwood plantation estate looking at alternative uses for the timber, other than feeding a proposed pulp mill in the Tamar Valley.
TasPorts buys woodchip loader amid Greens criticism
Tasmanian state-owned company TasPorts has bought the Gunns woodchip loading facility at the Burnie port from the company's receivers KordaMentha. It was de-commissioned in 2010 when Gunns stopped native logging, and since then the Federal Government has been subsidising north-west sawmillers who have to cart their chips from the Bell Bay port in the south-east. Deputy Premier Bryan Green says the sale will mean the loading facility will no longer only be available to Gunns, but to all sawmillers.
Log Shortages Will Strangle Local Sawmilling
Press Release: NZ Timber Industry
New Zealand sawmillers are being strangled by continuing log shortages. High export demand for logs in China and other Asian markets is creating a widespread shortage of logs for processing here says the New Zealand Timber Industry Federation, and there's every reason to believe these shortages will continue over the next few years. Since 2008 New Zealand log exports have increased by 240% and international forestry commentators are saying that the level of demand for logs in China (which accounts for 70% of our log trade) will continue for the foreseeable future.
Government needs to lead on increasing forestry value
Press Release: Green Party
The Government needs to provide leadership in the forestry sector so that more value is added to our exports and more jobs are created for New Zealanders, Green Party forestry spokesperson Steffan Browning said today. The New Zealand Timber Industry Federation today warned that "New Zealand sawmillers are being strangled by continuing log shortages" because raw logs are being sent overseas, rather than processed here. "The National Government has failed to create value and jobs in the forestry industry," Mr Browning said.
1,500 Unit Retiree Town Project Breaks Ground Jungnamjin LOHAS Town, the largest wood frame construction project in Korea, breaks ground in Jeonnam Province
Canada Wood Group Blog
One of the most important demographic group in the Korean population is baby boomers. There are about 7 million baby boomers, born between 1955 and 1963, representing 14% of 50 million total population of South Korea. About half of them live in Seoul Capital Area including the surrounding Incheon Metropolis and Gyeonggi Province according to the 2010 Census, and they have worked hard to see their per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to grow more than 300 times from mere $65 in 1960 to $20,759 in 2010.
Enter the Australian Timber Design Awards 2014
Infolink.com.au
Entries for the 15th annual Australian Timber Design Awards will open on 10 February and close on 27 June 2014. Submissions are open to architects, builders, designers, engineers and students, and must be based on projects that make significant use of timber. Suitable projects are new buildings, renovations, interior fitouts and outdoor timber structures such as bridges or foreshore developments. All projects must be built in Australia.
99-year-old Abbotsford trucker publishes first book
Abby News
Modern Abbotsford is the busiest city in the region with concrete multi-lane highways snaking endlessly through the landscape….Frank White recounts the story of a changing Abbotsford and his place in it in his memoir, Milk Spills & One-Log Loads: Memories of a Pioneer Truck Driver. This marks White's debut into publishing at the age of 99. …Later on, Frank started driving one of the first logging trucks in the Valley. The old rebuilt delivery van barely crawled up Sumas Mountain and struggled under the weight of tree logs. Back then, some old growth logs were eight-feet thick and only one log would fit on the back of the truck.
Grassy Narrows First Nation on alert for logging
Longest running First Nations blockade effectively stopped logging since December 2002
The Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation (Grassy Narrows) is on alert for logging trucks to come in April 2014. Grassy Narrows is the home of the longest running First Nations blockade in Canada. Its original Slant Lake blockade site, about 100 km north of Kenora, Ontario, started on December 2, 2002. Judy DaSilva is a member of Grassy Narrows First Nation and has been on the forefront right from the start. …Logging halted for over 11 years, but in the past few months things are picking up once again.
House Republicans call for changes to Endangered Species Act
BILLINGS, Mont. – Republicans in Congress are calling for an overhaul to the Endangered Species Act, but experts say broad changes to one of the nation's cornerstone environmental laws are unlikely given the pervasive partisan divide in Washington, D.C. A group of 13 GOP lawmakers representing states across the U.S. planned to release a report Tuesday proposing alterations to the 40-year-old law, which protects imperiled plants and animals. Proponents of the federal law credit it with staving off extinction for hundreds of species — from the bald eagle and American alligator to the grey whale.
Senator who cried 'wolf' sets bad precedent with mandated logging
The Missoulian
Electoral-year politics have a tendency to produce the worst possible policies. Why? Because the real business of governance, which should be good policies that benefit our citizenry without regard to political affiliation, take a back seat to bashing opponents and overreacting to whatever hot-button political issue du jour will garner votes. In that regard, Montana's U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat, has unfortunately led the pack – and now, sadly, we are seeing the outcomes of his electoral-year machinations and poor policy judgment.
Teanaway Community Forest advisory panel members sought
Yakima Herald-Republic
CLE ELUM, Wash. — Want to have a voice in how the state's first community forest, located in the Teanaway watershed, will be managed? The 50,000 acre forest was purchased by the state last year as part of the Yakima River Basin integrated plan for water management to protect the watershed. The lands will be managed in a partnership between the state departments of Natural Resources and Fish and Wildlife, working with a committee of citizens and representatives of local groups, including ranchers with grazing allotments, hikers, backcountry horsemen and sportsmen.
Peter Mitchell on Greens claim wood chipping in native forests costing public (radio)
Mill manager Peter Rutherford says the money he pays to the Forestry Corporation of NSW is paying for fire breaks and pest control. The Greens say that logging native growth forests is costing tax payers close to $500 a hectare.
Next big idea in forest conservation? Connecting forest fragments
Mongabay.com
Dr. Stuart Pimm is an expert in extinctions: why they happen, how fast they happen, and how they can be prevented. Reconnecting forest fragments and avoiding fragmentation, according to Pimm, are among the most crucial things we can do to conserve global biodiversity. His organization SavingSpecies identifies areas at-risk for extinctions and helps local organizations fundraise so they can protect and restore habitats and safeguard biodiversity.
Forestry union accuses Liberals of undermining jobs with heritage delisting bid
The Tasmanian Liberals have been accused by the forestry union of putting the party ahead of the industry, as part of its bid to win next month's election. The state Liberals are backing the Federal Coalition's bid to delist 74,000 hectares of forest added to the World Heritage Area last year as part of the forest peace deal. The party has said it will rip up the deal if it wins the March election. The union representing forestry workers says the delisting move could undermine renewed confidence in the industry.
Great Bear Rainforest carbon credits offer economic lifeline to First Nations
First Nations along the north and central coast could reap a financial windfall if they and the government agree on recommendations from industry and environmental groups to protect an additional 500,000 hectares of the Great Bear Rainforest. According to UBC Sauder School of Business professor James Tansey, protecting 70 percent of the Great Bear Rainforest from logging—which would result from the recommendations—would yield about 1.2 million tonnes of carbon credits per year. These credits could be sold for $15 to $25 per tonne, generating $18 million to $30 million annually for First Nations communities in the region.
N.S. wood pellets bound for Europe
Herald Business
Scotia Atlantic Biomass Company Ltd. is cashing in on its wood chips. The Upper Musquodoboit company, which makes high energy wood pellets from chips and other wood biomass, is loading its first shipment of pellets for Europe in Halifax Harbour. "We've been loading since Saturday," said Michele Rebiere, chief financial officer with Viridis Energy Inc. of Vancouver in an interview Monday. Rebiere said the bulk cargo vessel Irma is being loaded with 25,000 tonnes of wood pellets that are bound for Ghent, Belgium.
Corridors to Survival: Charting a Path to Combat Climate Change in the Tropics
The concept of habitat corridors in conservation has been around for a while. It's a topic at global climate talks and an issue for NGOs eager to create pathways for survival between protected areas. For all the talk, there hasn't been much research to help execute a plan. A team of scientists at Woods Hole Research Center in Falmouth, Mass., has stepped into this scientific vacuum in the tropics. Using newly available, high-resolution data sets of vegetation carbon stocks gleaned from satellite sensors, they mapped more than 16,000 corridors through areas of highest carbon-catching biomass between 5,600 protected areas in the tropics.
Market Recap: RISI Crow's Construction Materials Cost Index
Home Channel News
Lumber: Rumors circling the SPF lumber market on Thursday regarding sales to China awakened what was, earlier in the week, a quiet marketplace. Neither the early slowness nor increase in sales activity later in the week persuaded producers to do much in the way of altering quotes. The swath of snow and ice enveloping much of the Southeast early in the week brought Southern Pine lumber production to a standstill at many mills. Unable to get to offices, many buyers could not participate in the market.
Could maple syrup plantations be a way of the future?
New discovery could mean alternatives to traditional sugar bush
To many a sentimental Canadian, maple syrup evokes scenes of towering maple trees in quiet forests, the drip-drip of sap into metal buckets and steamy sugar shacks where sap is boiled into the golden nectar we drizzle on everything from pancakes to salmon. But that notion of the iconic sugar bush could soon be joined by a radically different landscape, thanks to a discovery by Vermont researchers. Picture this: plantations featuring row upon row of saplings, tops cut off and fitted with caps to suction sap from their stems.


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Pogonomyrmex is a genus of insects of concern and found in the following area(s): United States.
Glenn, C. R. 2006. "Earth's Endangered Creatures - Pogonomyrmex spp. Facts" (Online). Accessed 4/24/2019 at http://earthsendangered.com/profile.asp?sp=12222&ID=9.
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Support the "Blizzard of Souls" film's Oscar campaign!
The WWI epic drama Blizzard of Souls (Dvēseļu putenis), directed by Dzintars Dreibergs, is Latvia's official Oscar submission for 2021! The film is based on the true story of young Arthur, enlisted in WWI's Eastern Front- too young to fight, but old enough to die.
If you are a fan of the film, or a general supporter of Latvian cinema, please consider donating to ALA's GoFundMe fundraiser for "Blizzard of Souls" Oscar campaign!
The campaign is expected to require at least 50 000 EUR in qualification and PR costs. The Latvian National Film Centre has already committed to supporting the campaign with 20 000 EUR.
You, too, can help take "Blizzard of Souls" to the Oscars, by donating to ALA's GoFundMe campaign! This is a unique opportunity to spread the name of Latvia in the world, to popularize talents in Latvian cinema to a global audience, and to draw more investment in the Latvian entertainment industry.
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In many help desk and service desk environments, especially in small businesses, it's common not to have any documentation regarding the technical procedures, solutions used to solve certain problems and even control of incidents and requests made in the internal organization. Everything stays in the technician's head, from remembering a certain service provided to a specific incident and which are still pending requests. I agree, it's a lot to think about and organize, especially considering that problems generally occur simultaneously across many users . Due to a normal stage of evolution, the help desk will need other practices to better meet the business and its users.
The first step for those who have nothing, I recommend that all requests and incidents are documented in your company (Download the IT incident spreadsheet for free by clicking here). With the technical documentation you will not forget any incidents, define the urgency for each incident and you can still organize presetting dates for completion of the incidents and requests.
The benefits don't stop just there, with the data recorded, the technician will have hands on valuable information for analysis, such as: the categories with the highest failure rates, which are the departments that require more services, number of requests performed in a given period. With data in hand, any decision of strategic nature will be much easier to take.


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Interstate travel: Where Brisbane can and can't go
11th Jan 2021 12:35 PM | Updated: 2:45 PM
The Northern Territory's chief health officer Hugh Heggie on Monday revoked Greater Brisbane's hotspot status. Picture: Che Chorley
Travellers from Brisbane will be allowed to return to the Northern Territory and ACT as of Monday morning after the city's hotspot status was revoked. But other states have not lifted the ban.
As of 11am, residents from Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan, Moreton Bay and Redlands council areas were able to enter the NT.
ACT Chief Health Officer Dr Kerryn Coleman also announced Greater Brisbane will no longer be classified as a hotspot, meaning anyone who had been in the region on or after January 2 will no longer be required to quarantine.
The NT chief health officer's decision to revoke the status comes after Queensland recorded no new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 for the third day in a row.
However Victoria said greater Brisbane will remain off-limits.
"In terms of Brisbane, while the restrictions that have been imposed for greater Brisbane come off at 6pm tonight, the public health team is not 100 per cent confident we can have people from Brisbane returned to Victoria," Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said Monday afternoon.
"We will again monitor that each day - there are still many close contacts that have not been tested, it's a relatively new outbreak we are very pleased for our friends in Queensland with such positive results over the weekend, many tests and no additional cases.
"But the (Victorian) public health team is not yet … comfortable to have people from the greater Brisbane area coming back to Melbourne or travelling to Melbourne regardless of where they might live. Again that will be updated daily, late in the week hope to have more to say about Sydney and Brisbane."
Victoria's restrictions on those from greater Sydney also remains but it will open its borders to regional NSW from 5.59pm Monday. It comes as Victoria moves to a traffic light system for coronavirus risk.
The Northern Territory also still considers Greater Sydney a hotspot.
Brisbane will come out of lockdown at 6pm on Monday night after three days, in what was an attempt to stop any spread of the UK variant of the virus throughout the community.
The lockdown was imposed after a hotel quarantine worker contracted the highly contagious mutation.
On Friday, a number of states and territories labelled Brisbane a hotspot.
Western Australia had indicated Queensland will have to pass a 28-day run of no community transmission before its hard border closure is relaxed.
Tasmania is due to provide an update at 2.45pm AEST.
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Hello all, hers a bottle I found recently, I wonder if the form is a common one, and what it would have likely contained.
here's the base, the lip is rolled inwards and very crude.
That looks pontilled! Nice early bottle. If you found that somewhere, go back! It has the typical look of a sauce or peppers or the like.
Here's a few other bottles from there, sadly the site is under a building now.
Yeah that stuff looks pontil age.. the Radways are not too hard to find, but it's a dern pity you can't dig more there!!!
nice bottles. its likely a sauce bottle. maybe 1850s as is the RRR.
I guess I should be asking: what makes you think it's from that glass company?
That is a typical bottle design of that company. I 've seen lots of them, they came in lots of awesome colors, some were larger, too. I also think Sandwich cologne. They are easily researched.
Thanks for the information, nice to have a starting point for my own research.
jonny, did that red ink you were using come from from this site?


The crisis in the current political economy is commonly recognised as involving social ecological and economic components. However, there is much divergence as to which elements are key to address and to what extent they can be addressed without radical change. Degrowth generally proposes radical change but without clarity as to the values and ethics involved, what political system would be necessary or feasible, what should change and how, and whom is responsible for making the change. This is the transformation agenda we wish to explore in this session. We use the term transformation as indicating a major and substantive re-formation of structure and conduct in society, rather than a transit to an slightly different order (i.e. transition).
All papers in the first part of the RAGE special session will be 10 minutes and presented in the first hour of the session. They are split between two introductory talks (Panos Petridis, Potentials of the degrowth debate for social ecological transformation; Christian Kerschner and Clive Spash, A social ecological economics perspective on transformation) and four topic based presentations (Petra Wächter, Components of the energy system for a degrowth transformation; Wolfgang Fellner, Time use in an alternative degrowth society; Clive Spash, Values and ethics in an alternative degrowth society; Ulrich Brand, Degrowth politics, transformation possibilities and barriers). These presentations are meant to guide the discussion of the second half that will allow an hour for breakout groups and feedback. These groups will pursue specific questions about transformation.


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The business of books: Only connect
Alison Jones	June 14, 2016
At the launch of BookMachine's Snapshots III I kicked off the talks by raining hard on the book industry parade. (Sorry.)
While I was on holiday in Dorset last week I wandered into a charity shop in a pretty market town and remarked on the number of books they had crammed onto their shelves. The woman behind the counter said wearily: 'We're not taking any more books. Everybody's getting rid of them and nobody wants them.'
She didn't know I was a book person. She had no idea she'd just delivered a punch to my gut. It's not the sort of thing people in my world, and my social media bubble, tend to say. But it is of course true, or at least there's truth in it.
As publishers, we spend our time with people who love and appreciate books. This is NOT THE REAL WORLD. For many people in this country books are an outdated technology. An irrelevance.
The Reading Agency reported last year that:
44% of of young people aged 16-24 don't read at all for pleasure (for older adults, that figure is 36%)
Only 26% of 10-year-olds say they like reading
And for an industry that makes its money from the sale of books it's a perfect storm because, as fewer people want to buy books, more books are being published than ever before at lower prices than ever before.
So what's the answer? Well, there's no one answer. There never is. But we can find AN answer, I believe, in the creating of connection.
We already know that for many readers a book is interesting only when it's connected to something else, something beyond the book, that has meaning for them. If they love Bake-Off, they'll buy the book. If they're a devoted fan of the YouTuber of the moment they'll queue up for a signed copy, if they're at an event with a great speaker, they'll buy the book at the back of the room, if they're in a book club they'll buy the book they're discussing: they need a reason, they need a connection.
When we write and publish today, we're engaging in a battle for attention that's more sophisticated and segmented than ever before. The people who really get this are the platform builders like Pat Flynn, Seth Godin, Jeff Goins, Joanna Penn, Hugh Howey, Denise Duffield-Thomas – and many of these are indie authors because they want control and they can reach their people directly. They have podcasts, blogs, YouTube channels, businesses: they have fans and/or customers instead of a sales force, and their book reaches new readers who become new fans and/or customers. It's the attention they're monetising – for many of them the revenues from the book itself are just a side benefit.
When rapper Akala spoke at Futurebook last year, revealing that his self-published books outsell CDs at his gigs, he asked 'Why would I need a publisher? I have my own customer base.'
The good news is that books have an irreplaceable role in this new online/offline economy of connection and attention, but we have reached a tipping point: readers need a reason to read them. They need meaningful context. And the most powerful reason is always human connection – directly with the author, or with other people who've read and loved the book. Which means that publishers need to find ways to support authors to find their tribe and build their platform.
If we don't respond to that challenge, if we don't recognise that we're in the business of making people care and connecting them, we're simply adding to an undifferentiated pile of books that nobody has a reason to read. We also risk being left with a world in which only celebrities or business-savvy authorpreneurs can succeed in the book market.
Publishers have traditionally thought of themselves as gatekeepers, but once the walls have come down it's a bit pointless continuing to stand beside the gate. And, even worse, if you insist on standing there you're going to miss the party that's going on inside.
Maybe a better metaphor for our future is as table hosts. Publishers don't own the venue any more, it's not even our party, but we CAN host part of it: we can lead the conversation in our area, give a voice and a platform to people with something interesting to say, we can make ours the table everyone wants to come to, where the best conversations happen and the most interesting connections are made. We can be where the party is.
And that's much more fun than guarding the gate, right?
Alison Jones (@bookstothesky) is a publishing partner for businesses and organizations writing world-changing books. She also provides executive coaching, consultancy and training services to publishers. www.alisonjones.com.
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Alex Lloyd Gross- Photo- Delaware Valley News.com, This sign is giving advance warning for tomorrow.
All tractor trailers, tour buses, and tow behind vehicles are banned from Pennsylvania highways from noon on January 19, 2019 until January 20, 2019 at noon. This is to insure they do not get stuck or become involved in massive wrecks. High winds can cause a tractor trailer to flip onto it's side. The only road that these vehicles can operate on is I-95.
Drivers that are found to be on the road risk fines attached to their license. 676, The Pa Turnpike, 476, Routes 33, 22 and 78 are all included in this ban. Surface streets are not affected.
The National Weather Service has predicted snow and ice. Just how much is anyone's guess. The storm is expected to last until Sunday. Due to the unpredictable nature of this storm, this vehicle band could be expanded to include all vehicles, or possibly downgraded.


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Q: Rails is not processing my jQuery .click events (can't even get an alert to pop up.) My rails 4 app isn't processing jQuery .click events at all.
From the Chrome browser console it works when I type this then click a h3.
$("h3").click(function() { return alert("Clicked that thang");});   // This alerts on click of a h3

But when I include the equivilent code (in CoffeeScript) in my app it does nothing..
# app/assets/javascripts/collaborators.js.coffee

alert("does this work?")        // yes this pops up an alert

$("h3").click ->
  alert("Does this work?")      // sadly nothing now happens when I click my h3's

I can tell that jQuery is loaded.
Chrome console:
>> $.fn.jquery
"1.10.2"

I also had a go at clearing the asset pipeline:
$> rake asset clean    # but that didn't help me either.
Help, what's up, what am I missing?
Rails 4.0 app.

A: Try this
$("body").on "click", "h3", ()->
  alert("Does this work?")

If this is not the case, then turbolinks might be the culprit, do this
ready = ()->
  $("body").on "click", "h3", ()->
    alert("Does this work?")

$(document).ready(ready)
$(document).on('page:load', ready)

A: It works successfully from console because your html code is present and so it can find h3 element and registers click event in DOM whereas, this might not be the case with coffee script. JS completes execution before HTML elements are loaded. so Try using document.ready as below or alternatively you can also use event delegation.
$(document).ready ->
 $("h3").click ->
  alert("Does this work?")

A: Your element is not loaded when your JS gets executed, so it cannot find any h3 element. You have to wait until your document is ready:
$ ->
  $("h3").click ->
    alert("Does this work?")

A: The problem seems to be that you are dealing with dynamically created elements. The solution for that is to use event delegation
$(document).on 'click', 'h3', ->
  alert("Does this work?")

To read more about why
- Event binding on dynamically created elements?
- Understanding Event Delegation

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Updated Analysis of the Initiated Measure
Margaret Dore, Esq.
To view this analysis as a pdf, click the following links containing: an index; a memo; and an appendix, parts one and two.
I am an attorney in Washington State where assisted suicide is legal. Our law is based on a similar law in Oregon. Both laws are similar to the initiated measure.
The measure seeks to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia as those terms are traditionally defined. If enacted, it will apply to people with decades to live; it will encourage elder abuse and financial exploitation, which are already problems in South Dakota. It will allow legal murder.
Don't make Washington and Oregon's mistake. I urge you to reject the initiated measure.
II. DEFINITIONS (TRADITIONAL)
Assisted suicide occurs when a person provides the means or information for another person to commit suicide, for example, by providing a gun or lethal drug. If the assisting person is a physician, a more precise term is "physician-assisted suicide."[1]
"Euthanasia" is the direct administration of a lethal agent to cause another person's death.[2] Euthanasia is also known as "mercy killing."[3]
III. ASSISTING PERSONS CAN HAVE AN AGENDA
Persons assisting a suicide can have an agenda. Consider Tammy Sawyer, trustee for Thomas Middleton, in Oregon. Two days after his death by assisted suicide, she sold his home and deposited the proceeds into bank accounts for her own benefit.[4]
In other states, reported motives for assisting suicide include: the "thrill" of getting other people to kill themselves; and a desire for sympathy and attention.[5]
IV. PUSHBACK AGAINST ASSISTED SUICIDE
A. This Year, South Dakota Passed a Resolution Opposing Assisted Suicide
This year, the South Dakota Legislature passed Concurrent Resolution 11, opposing physician-assisted suicide.[6] The vote to pass was nearly unanimous.[7]
B. This Year, Alabama Passed an Act Banning Assisted Suicide
This year, Alabama passed the "Assisted Suicide Ban Act," which renders any person who deliberately assists a suicide, guilty of a felony.[8] The Act went into effect on August 1, 2017.
C. Last Year, the New Mexico Supreme Court Overturned Assisted Suicide in New Mexico
Last year, the New Mexico Supreme Court overturned a lower court decision recognizing a right to physician aid in dying, meaning physician assisted suicide.[9] Physician-assisted suicide is no longer legal in New Mexico.
V. FEW STATES ALLOW ASSISTED SUICIDE
Oregon and Washington State legalized assisted suicide via ballot measures in 1997 and 2008, respectively. Since then, just three states and the District of Columbia have passed similar laws.[10] In the fine print, these laws also allow euthanasia.
VI. HOW THE MEASURE WORKS
The measure has an application process to obtain the lethal dose. Once the lethal dose is issued by the pharmacy, there is no oversight. No witness, not even a doctor, is required to present at the death.[11]
VII. THE MEASURE APPLIES TO PEOPLE WITH DECADES TO LIVE
The measure applies to people with a "terminal disease," meaning those predicted to have less than six months to live. Such persons may, in fact, have decades to live. This is true for three reasons:
A. If South Dakota Follows Oregon's Interpretation of "Terminal Disease," the Measure Will Apply to Young Adults With Insulin Dependent Diabetes
The measure states:
"Terminal disease," [means] an incurable and irreversible disease that has been medically confirmed and will, within reasonable medical judgment, produce death within six months.[12]
Oregon's law has a nearly identical definition:
"Terminal disease" means an incurable and irreversible disease that has been medically confirmed and will, within reasonable medical judgment, produce death within six months.[13]
In Oregon, this nearly identical definition is interpreted to include chronic conditions such as "diabetes mellitus," better known as diabetes.[14] This is because the six months to live is determined without treatment. Oregon doctor, William Toffler, explains:
[P]eople with chronic conditions are "terminal" [for the purpose of Oregon's law] if without their medications, they have less than six months to live. This is significant when you consider that a typical insulin-dependent 20 year-old will live less than a month without insulin.[15]
Dr. Toffler adds:
Such persons, with insulin, are likely to have decades to live. In fact, most diabetics have a normal life span given appropriate control of their blood sugar.[16]
If the proposed measure is enacted and South Dakota follows Oregon's interpretation of "terminal disease," assisted suicide and euthanasia will be legalized for people with chronic conditions such as insulin dependent diabetes. Such persons can have decades to live.
B. Predictions of Life Expectancy Can Be Wrong
Eligible persons may also have decades to live because predictions of life expectancy can be wrong. This is true due to actual mistakes (the test results got switched) and because predicting life expectancy is not an exact science.[17]
Consider John Norton, diagnosed with ALS at age 18.[18] He was told that he would get progressively worse (be paralyzed) and die in three to five years.[19] Instead, the disease progression stopped on its own.[20] In a 2012 affidavit, at age 74, he states:
If assisted suicide or euthanasia had been available to me in the 1950's, I would have missed the bulk of my life and my life yet to come.[21]
C. Treatment Can Lead to Recovery
Consider also Jeanette Hall, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2000 and made a settled decision to use Oregon's law.[22] Her doctor convinced her to be treated instead, which eliminated the cancer.[23] In a recent declaration, she states:
It has now been 17 years since my diagnosis. If [my doctor] had believed in assisted suicide, I would be dead.[24]
VIII. THE MEASURE APPLIES TO OLDER PEOPLE
According to government statistics from Oregon and Washington State, most people who die under their laws are elders, aged 65 or older.[25] This demographic is already an especially at risk group for abuse and financial exploitation. This is true both nationally and in South Dakota.
A. Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation Are Already a Problem in South Dakota
In 2015, the South Dakota Legislature created the South Dakota Elder Abuse Task Force.[26] The Task Force subsequently issued a final report, citing the following national statistics:
[A]pproximately one in ten elders living in their homes experience abuse, neglect, or exploitation each year. . . .
[A]pproximately 90% of abusers were known perpetrators, and 66% were adult children or spouses.[27]
The Task Force also cited input from concerned citizens whose family members had been impacted by elder abuse and financial exploitation. The report states:
Concerned citizens often related that existing legal processes – including powers of attorney, court-appointed guardians/conservators, and joint accounts - had been manipulated to exploit elders. Financial exploitation was the predominant form of elder abuse cited by these sources. (Emphasis added).[28]
B. Elder Abuse and Exploitation Are Sometimes Fatal
In some cases, elder abuse and financial exploitation are fatal. More notorious cases include California's "black widow" murders, in which two elderly women took out life insurance policies on homeless men.[29] Their first victim was 73 year old Paul Vados, whose death was staged to look like a hit and run accident.[30] The women collected $589,124.93.[31]
Consider also, People v. Stuart in which an adult child killed her mother with a pillow, allowing the child to inherit. The Court observed:
Financial considerations [are] an all too common motivation for killing someone.[32]
C. Elder Abuse Is Rarely Reported
The vast majority of elder abuse cases are not reported to the authorities.[33] Reasons include:
Many [victims] are simply too embarrassed or frightened to ask for help. They may be reluctant to press charges against the abuser, especially if the abuser is a family member.[34]
IX. THE MEASURE CREATES THE PERFECT CRIME
A. "Even If a Patient Struggled, Who Would Know?"
The measure has no oversight over administration of the lethal dose.[35] In addition, the drugs used are water and alcohol soluble, such that they can be injected into a sleeping or restrained person without consent.[36] Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director for the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, puts it this way:
With assisted suicide laws in Washington and Oregon [and with the initiated measure], perpetrators can . . . take a "legal" route, by getting an elder to sign a lethal dose request. Once the prescription is filled, there is no supervision over administration. Even if a patient struggled, "who would know?" (Emphasis added).[37]
B. The Death Certificate Will List a Terminal Disease as the Cause of Death, Which Will Prevent Prosecution for Murder
The initiated measure states:
The attending physician may sign the patient's death certificate which shall list the underlying terminal disease as the cause of death. (Emphasis added).[38]
The significance of requiring a terminal disease to be listed as the cause of death is that it creates a legal inability to prosecute. The official legal cause of death is a terminal disease (not murder) as a matter of law.
X. THE MEASURE'S TRANSPARENCY IS NOT ASSURED
A. If South Dakota Follows Washington State, There Will Be an Official Legal Cover Up
"... the patient's death certificate ... shall list the underlying terminal disease as the cause of death." [and] "Any action taken in accordance with this Act does not, for any purpose, constitute suicide, assisted suicide, mercy killing, or homicide, under the law." (Emphasis added).[39]
In Washington State, nearly identical language is interpreted to require the death certificate to list a natural death without even a hint that the actual cause of death was assisted suicide or euthanasia. Washington State's death certificate instructions for medical examiners, coroners and prosecuting attorneys, state:
"... the patient's death certificate ... shall list the underlying terminal disease as the cause of death." [and] "Actions taken in accordance with this chapter do not, for any purpose, constitute suicide, assisted suicide, mercy killing, or homicide under the law."
If you know the decedent used [Washington's] Death with Dignity Act, you must comply with the strict requirements of the law when completing the death record:
1. The underlying terminal disease must be listed as the cause of death.
2. The manner of death must be marked as "Natural."
3. The cause of death section may not contain any language that indicates that [the law] was used, such as:
a. Suicide
b. Assisted suicide
c. Physician-assisted suicide
d. Death with Dignity
e. I-1000 [Washington's law was passed by I-1000]
f. Mercy killing
g. Euthanasia
h. Secobarbital or Seconal
i. Pentobarbital or Nembutal. (Emphasis added.)[40]
If South Dakota enacts the proposed measure and follows Washington State, there will be an official legal cover up.
B. If South Dakota Follows Oregon's Interpretation of "Not a Public Record," Information About Deaths Under the Initiated Measure Will Be Insulated from Review, Even by Law Enforcement
The measure charges the Department of Health with issuing an annual report based on information collected pursuant to the measure.[41] The measure also states:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the information collected is not a public record and may not be made available for inspection by the public. (Emphasis added).[42]
Oregon's law has a similar provision, as follows:
Except as otherwise required by law, the information collected shall not be a public record and may not be made available for inspection by the public. (Emphasis added).[43]
In Oregon, this similar provision is interpreted by the Oregon Health Authority to bar its release of identifying information about individual cases. Oregon's website states:
[Oregon's Death with Dignity] Act specifically states that information collected is not a public record and is not available for inspection by the public (ORS 127.865 (2)). The protection of confidentiality conferred by the Death with Dignity Act precludes the Oregon Health Authority from releasing information that identifies patients or participants, to the public, media, researchers, students, advocates, or other interested parties. (Emphasis added).[44]
Consider also the experience of Oregon lawyer, Isaac Jackson, regarding a police investigation he requested. Jackson's declaration states:
The officer's report describes how he determined that the death was under Oregon's assisted suicide law act due to records other than from the State of Oregon. The officer's report also describes that he was unable to get this information from the Oregon Health Authority, which was not willing to confirm or deny whether the deceased had used the act. (Emphasis added).[45]
Jackson summarizes:
Even law enforcement is denied access to information collected by the State of Oregon. (Emphasis added).[46]
If South Dakota enacts the initiated measure and follows Oregon's interpretation of "not a public record," there will be a similar lack of transparency in which even law enforcement will be denied access to identifying information from the state.
C. If South Dakota Follows Oregon's Data Collection Protocol, Patient Identities Will Not Be Recorded in Any Manner; Source Documentation Will Be Destroyed
Oregon's website describes the data collection protocol for its annual reports, as follows:
The identity of participating physicians is coded, but the identity of individual patients is not recorded in any manner. Approximately one year from the publication of the Annual Report, all source documentation is destroyed. (Emphasis added).[47]
The significance is that Oregon's annual reports are unverifiable. If South Dakota, based on its similar statutory language, follows Oregon, South Dakota's annual reports will also be unverifiable.
XI. THE MEASURE IS STACKED AGAINST THE INDIVIDUAL
A. Patient Protections Are Illusory
The measure has enumerated patient protections, including that the attending physician "shall" refer the patient to a consulting physician, and that the attending physician "shall" offer the patient an opportunity to rescind the lethal dose request at the end of a fifteen-day waiting period.[48]
The measure, however, also says that the attending physician is merely to ensure that all "appropriate" steps are carried out.[49] In addition, the attending physician is held to an "accordance" standard. The measure states:
The attending physician shall: . . .
(11) Ensure that all appropriate steps are carried out in accordance with this Act . . . . (Emphasis added).[50]
The measure does not define "accordance."[51] Dictionary definitions include "in the spirit of," meaning "in thought or intention."[52] With these definitions, the attending physician's mere thought or intention to comply is good enough. The purported patient protections are not enforceable.
B. Someone Else Is Allowed to Communicate on the Patient's Behalf
The measure uses the word, "competency," which is specially defined to allow other people to communicate on the patient's behalf. The measure states:
"Competency," [means] in the opinion of a court or in the opinion of the patient's attending physician or consulting physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist, a patient's ability to make and communicate an informed decision to health care providers, including communication through persons familiar with the patient's manner of communicating if those persons are available .... (Emphasis added).[53]
Note that the communicating persons are not required to be the patient's designated agent, such as a power of attorney or guardian. They are merely required to be "familiar with the patient's manner of communicating."[54]
Being familiar with a patient's manner of communicating is a very minimal standard. Consider, for example, a doctor's assistant who is familiar with a patient's "manner of communicating" in Spanish, but she herself does not understand Spanish. That, however, would be good enough for her to communicate on the patient's behalf during the lethal dose request process. The patient would not necessarily be in control of his fate.
C. Someone Else Is Allowed to Administer the Lethal Dose to the Patient
The measure says that a patient may self-administer the lethal dose.[55] There is no language, however, that administration "must" be by self-administration.[56]
The term, "self-administer," is also specially defined to allow someone else to administer the lethal dose to the patient. The measure states:
"Self-administer," [means] a qualified patient's act of ingesting medication to end the patient's life . . . (Emphasis added).[57]
The measure does not define "ingest." Dictionary definitions include:
[T]o take (food, drugs, etc.) into the body, as by swallowing, inhaling, or absorbing. (Emphasis added).[58]
With these definitions, someone else putting the lethal dose in the patient's mouth qualifies as self-administration because the patient will be "swallowing" the lethal dose, i.e., "ingesting" it. Someone else placing a medication patch on the patient's arm will qualify because the patient will be "absorbing" the lethal dose, i.e., "ingesting" it. Gas administration, similarly, will qualify because the patient will be "inhaling" the lethal dose, i.e., "ingesting" it.
With self-administer defined as mere ingesting, someone else is allowed to administer the lethal dose to the patient. The patient is not necessarily in control of his or her fate.
XII. EUTHANASIA IS ALLOWED
A. Allowing Someone Else to Administer the Lethal Dose Is Euthanasia as Traditionally Defined
Allowing someone else to administer the lethal dose to a patient is "euthanasia" under generally accepted medical terminology. See, for example, the American Medical Association, Ethics Opinion 5.8, which states:
Euthanasia is the administration of a lethal agent by another person to a patient . . . (Emphasis added).[59]
The measure allows euthanasia as traditionally defined.
B. Euthanasia is Not Prohibited
Nothing in this Act authorizes a physician or any other person to end a patient's life by lethal injection, mercy killing, or active euthanasia.[60]
This prohibition is defined away in the next sentence:
Any action taken in accordance with this Act does not, for any purpose, constitute suicide, assisted suicide, mercy killing [euthanasia], or homicide, under the law. (Emphasis added).[61]
XIII. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
A. The Swiss Study: Physician-Assisted Suicide Can Be Traumatic for Family Members
A European research study addressed trauma suffered by persons who witnessed legal physician-assisted suicide in Switzerland.[62] The study found that one out of five family members or friends present at an assisted suicide was traumatized. These people,
experienced full or sub-threshold PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) related to the loss of a close person through assisted suicide.[63]
B. My Clients Suffered Trauma in Oregon and Washington State
I have had two cases where my clients suffered trauma due to legal assisted suicide. In the first case, one side of my client's family wanted her father to take the lethal dose, while the other side did not. The father spent the last months of his life caught in the middle and torn over whether or not he should kill himself. My client was severely traumatized. The father did not take the lethal dose and died a natural death.
In the other case, my client's father died via the lethal dose at a suicide party. It's not clear, however, that administration of the lethal dose was voluntary. A man who was present told my client that his father had refused to take the lethal dose when it was delivered, stating: "You're not killing me. I'm going to bed." The man also said that my client's father took the lethal dose the next night when he (the father) was already intoxicated on alcohol. The man who told this to my client subsequently changed his story.
My client, although he was not present, was traumatized over the incident, and also by the sudden loss of his father.
C. In Oregon, Other Suicides Have Increased with Legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide
Government reports from Oregon show a positive correlation between the legalization of physician-assisted suicide and an increase in other (conventional) suicides. This correlation is consistent with a suicide contagion in which legalizing physician-assisted suicide encouraged other suicides. Consider the following:
Oregon's assisted suicide act went into effect "in late 1997."[64]
By 2000, Oregon's conventional suicide rate was "increasing significantly."[65]
By 2007, Oregon's conventional suicide rate was 35% above the national average.[66]
For a more detailed discussion of suicide contagion in Oregon, see Margaret Dore, "In Oregon, Other Suicides Have Increased with Legalization of Assisted Suicide."[69]
D. Patients Will No Longer Have a Clear Right to Be Told of Alternatives for Cure
Under current South Dakota law, patients have a right to "informed consent," which includes the right to be apprised of "any reasonable alternative treatment," for example, to cure cancer.[70]
With the initiated measure, patients instead make an "informed decision," defined as follows:
"Informed decision," [means] a decision . . . that is based on an appreciation of the relevant facts and after being fully informed . . . of . . .
(e) The feasible alternatives, such as, comfort care, hospice care, and pain control. (Emphasis added).[71]
With this definition, patients no longer have a clear right to be told of alternatives for cure. This is due to the rule of statutory construction, ejusdem generis, described below:
[W]here general words . . . precede the enumeration of particular classes of things, [the rule of] . . . ejusdem generis . . . requires that the general words . . . be construed as applying only to things of the same general kind as those enumerated. (Emphasis added).[72]
With the initiated measure, the general words, "feasible alternatives," precede enumerated words all having to do with death and dying ("comfort care, hospice care, and pain control"). Per the rule, this enumeration limits the general words, "feasible alternatives," to those having to do with death and dying. Patients no longer have a clear right to be told about alternatives for cure.
E. The Felony for Undue Influence Is Illusory
The measure has a felony for "undue influence," which is not defined. The measure merely states:
A person who coerces or exerts undue influence on a patient to request medication to end the patient's life, or to destroy a rescission of a request, is guilty of a class A felony. (Emphasis added).[73]
The measure also allows conduct normally used to prove undue influence. For example, the measure allows an infirm person with a terminal disease to request the lethal dose.[74] Physical weakness is a factor generally used to prove undue influence.[75]
How do you prove that undue influence occurred when the measure does not define it, and the measure also allows conduct generally used to prove it? You can't. The felony for undue influence is illusory and unenforceable.
Elder abuse and financial exploitation are already significant problems in South Dakota. Moreover, they are occurring in the context of existing legal processes, including court-appointed guardians/conservators, which have actual safeguards and transparency.
This is opposed to the initiated measure in which administration of the lethal dose is allowed to occur in private without a doctor or witness present. Even if a patient struggled, who would know? The death certificate will, regardless, list a terminal disease as the cause of death. This will prevent prosecution for murder. The measure, if enacted, will create the perfect crime.
Passage of the initiated measure will only make a bad situation worse. Enacting the measure will encourage people with decades to live to throw away their lives. I urge you to reject the initiated measure seeking to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia in South Dakota.
Margaret Dore, Esq., MBA
Law Offices of Margaret K. Dore, P.S.
Choice is an Illusion, a nonprofit corporation
www.margaretdore.com
www.choiceillusion.org
www.choiceillusionsouthdakota.org
1001 4th Avenue, Suite 4400
[1] See e.g., The American Medical Association Code of Medical Ethics, Opinion 5.7 (defining physician-assisted suicide). Attached to the appendix at A-5.
[2] Id., Opinion 5.8, "Euthanasia," (lower half of the page).
[3] "Mercy killing" - The Free Dictionary, attached to the appendix at A-6.
[4] KTVZ.com, "Sawyer Arraigned on State Fraud Charges," 07/14/11, at https://choiceisanillusion.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/sawyer-arraigned-a-63.pdf
[5] See: Associated Press for Minnesota, "Former nurse helped instruct man on how to commit suicide, court rules," The Guardian, 12/28/15 ("he told police he did it 'for the thrill of the chase'") attached to the appendix, at A-9 & A-10, the quote is at A-10; and "Woman in texting suicide wanted sympathy, attention, prosecutor says," CBS News, June 6, 2017, attached to the appendix at A-11.
[6] South Dakota Legislature, Bill History, Senate Concurrent Resolution 11, "Opposing physician-assisted suicide," attached to the appendix at A-12.
[8] Margaret Dore, Alabama: Assisted Suicide Ban Act to Go Into Effect," http://www.choiceillusion.org/2017/07/alabama-assisted-suicide-ban-act-to-go.html
[9] Morris v. Brandenburg, 376 P.3d 836 (2016), available at https://choiceisanillusion.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/morris-conclusion_001.pdf
[10] Vermont, California and Colorado.
[11] See the measure in its entirety, in the appendix, part 2 of 2, attached at A-101 to A-112
[12] The initiated measure, § 1(12), attached in the appendix, part 2 of 2, at A-102.
[13] Or. Rev. Stat. 127.800 s.1.01(12), copy available in the appendix, part 1, at A-16.
[14] "Diabetes mellitus" is listed as a qualifying terminal disease in Oregon government reports. See Declaration of William Toffler, MD, attached hereto at A-14 to A-15, ¶¶ 2-4, and attached report excerpts at A-17 & A-18.
[15] Toffler Declaration, A-15, ¶ 5.
[16] Id., ¶ 6.
[17] Cf. Jessica Firger, "12 million Americans misdiagnosed each year," CBS NEWS, 4/17/14, attached hereto at A-19, and Nina Shapiro, "Terminal Uncertainty — Washington's new 'Death with Dignity' law allows doctors to help people commit suicide — once they've determined that the patient has only six months to live. But what if they're wrong?," The Seattle Weekly, 01/14/09. (Excerpts in the appendix, part 1, at A-20 to A-22).
[18] Affidavit of John Norton, in the appendix, part 1, at A-23 to A-25.
[22] Affidavit of Kenneth Stevens, MD, also attached in the appendix, part one, at A-26 to A-33; Jeanette Hall discussed at A-26 to A-27; Hall declaration, attached in the appendix, part one, at A-33.
[24] Declaration of Jeanette Hall, ¶4, in the appendix, part one, at A-33.
[25] See: excerpt from Oregon's most recent annual report, in the appendix, part one, at A-34; and excerpt from Washington State's most recent annual report, in the appendix, part one, at A-35.
[26] Excerpts from the Task Force's report, dated December 2015, are attached in the appendix, part 2, at A-36 to A-42. The entire report can be viewed here: https://dhs.sd.gov/LTSS/docs/Attachment%20J%20South%20Dakota%20Elder%20Abuse%20Task%20Force%20Report(Final).pdf
[27] Task Force Report excerpt, attached in the appendix, part 2, at A-39.
[28] Id, attached in the appendix, part 2, at 41.
[29] See People v. Rutterschmidt, 55 Cal.4th 650 (2012) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Widow_Murders
[30] Rutterschmidt, at 652-3.
[31] Id. at 652.
[32] 67 Cal.Rptr.3d 129, 143 (2007).
[33] See South Dakota Elder Abuse Task Force Final Report and Recommendations, December 2015, Summary of Findings, p. 1, attached in the appendix, part 2, at A-39 (describing studies).
[34] Adult Protective Service Materials, in the appendix, part 2, at A-43
[35] See the measure in its entirety, attached in the appendix, part 2, at A-101 to A-112.
[36] The drugs used include Secobarbital, Pentobarbital and Phenobarbital, which are water and/or alcohol soluble. See excerpt from Oregon's and Washington's most recent annual reports, attached in the appendix, part 2, at A-44 & A-45 (listing these drugs). See also http://www.drugs.com/pr/seconal-sodium.html, http://www.drugs.com/pro/nembutal.html and https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2977013
[37] Alex Schadenberg, Letter to the Editor, "Elder abuse a growing problem," The Advocate, Official Publication of the Idaho State Bar, October 2010, page 14, available at http://www.margaretdore.com/info/October_Letters.pdf
[38] The initiated measure, § 4, last sentence, attached in the appendix, part 2, at A-105.
[39] Id. and § 18, first ¶, attached in the appendix, part 2, at A-109.
[40] Washington State Department of Health death certificate instructions, attached in the appendix, part 2, at A-46.
[41] The measure states: "The Department of Health shall generate and make available to the public an annual statistical report of information collected under this section," The Measure, § 15, attached in the appendix, part 2, at A-108, third ¶.
[42] The measure, § 15, second ¶, in the appendix, part 2, at A-108.
[43] ORS 127.865 s.3.11(2), attached in the appendix, part 2, at A-47.
[44] Oregon Data Release Policy, copy attached in the appendix, part 2, at A-53.
[45] Declaration of Testimony, ¶ 8, September 18, 2012, attached in the appendix, part 2, at A-49.
[46] Id., ¶ 2, attached at A-48.
[47] Oregon Health Authority, Frequently Asked Questions, attached in the appendix, part 2, at A-56. See also email from Alicia Parkman, Oregon Health Authority, in the appendix, part 2, at A-54.
[48] The measure states:
(4) Refer the patient to a consulting physician for medical confirmation of the diagnosis, and for a determination that the patient is competent and acting voluntarily; . . .
(8) Inform the patient that the patient may rescind the request at any time and in any manner, and offer the patient an opportunity to rescind at the end of the fifteen-day waiting period . . . . (Emphasis added).
Initiated Measure, § 4, attached in the appendix, part 2, at A-104 to A-105.
[49] The measure states: "The attending physician shall: . . . (11) Ensure that all appropriate steps are carried out in accordance with this Act . . . . " (Emphasis added). Id.
[52] See definitions attached in the appendix, part 2, at A-57 & A-58, respectively.
[53] The measure, § 1(2), attached in the appendix, part 2, at A-101.
[55] Id., §§ 1(6) & (10), & 2, attached in the appendix, part 2, at A-101 & A-102.
[57] Id., § 1(11), attached in the appendix, part 2, at A-102.
[58] www.yourdictionary.com, attached hereto at A-59.
[59] Opinion 5.8, to the appendix at A-5 (lower half of the page).
[60] The measure, § 18, attached in the appendix, part 2, at A-109.
[62] "Death by request in Switzerland: Posttraumatic stress disorder and complicated grief after witnessing assisted suicide," B. Wagner, J. Muller, A. Maercker; European Psychiatry 27 (2012) 542-546, available at http://choiceisanillusion.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/family-members-traumatized-eur-psych-2012.pdf (Cover page attached in the appendix, part 2, at A-60)
[64] Oregon's assisted suicide report for 2014, first line, at http://public.health.oregon.gov/ProviderPartnerResources/EvaluationResearch/DeathwithDignityAct/Documents/year17.pdf
[65] See Oregon Health Authority News Release, 09/09/10. ("After decreasing in the 1990s, suicide rates have been increasing significantly since 2000"). (Attached in the appendix, part 2, at A-61)
[66] Report excerpts in the appendix, part 2, at A-62 & A-63 (page with quote).
[67] Oregon Health Authority Report excerpt, in the appendix, part 2, at A-64 & A-65 (page with quote).
[68] Oregon State Report attached in the appendix, part 2, at A-66.
[69] http://www.choiceillusionsouthdakota.org/2017/06/in-oregon-other-suicides-have-increased_18.html
[70] Wheeldon v Madison, 374 N.W.2d 367, 375 (1985), excerpt in the appendix, part 2, at A-67.
[71] See Measure, §§ 7 and 1(6), attached in the appendix, part 2,at A-106 and A-101, respectively.
[72] Crawford v Schulte, 829 N.W.2d 155, 158 (2013), quote attached in the appendix, part 2, at A-68.
[73] Initiated measure, § 24, second ¶, attached in the appendix, part 2, at A-111.
[74] See Initiated measure, § 2 (specifying that a person "suffering from a terminal disease" may request the lethal dose). Attached in the appendix, part 2, at A-102.
[75] Cf. Neugebauer v. Neugebauer, 804 N.W.2d 450, ¶17 (2011)("physical . . . weakness is always material upon the question of undue influence").
By Admin at September 09, 2017
Labels: Assisted Suicide, Elder Abuse, Euthanasia, Financial Exploitation, Murder, Oregon, physician-assisted suicide, Washington State


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