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Patagonia Cruises & Expeditions
1,043,000 square kilometres
Monte San Valentin at 4,058 metres (13,313 ft)
Mountains, rugged coastline, fjords, rainforest and small islands.
Patagonia encompasses the vast southernmost tip of South America, and is shared by Argentina and Chile. The Andes Mountains is the natural divide between Argentine Patagonia (marked by arid steppes, grasslands and deserts) and Chilean Patagonia (which is known for its glacial fjords and temperate rainforest). Many visitors to Chilean Patagonia gravitate to Torres del Paine National Park for its waterfalls, lakes, verdant forests, mountains and the chance to see the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. Also popular is Tierra del Fuego ("Land of Fire"), an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland. The archipelago includes Cape Horn, a rocky headland on Hornos Island, and the Diego Ramirez Islands, which are the southernmost albatross breeding grounds in the world.
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Cape Horn Biosphere
The 19,000-square-mile (49,000-square-kilometer) Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve is home to thousands of tiny plants, mosses and lichens that form "the miniature forests of Cape Horn." Three of the world's largest bodies of water—the Atlantic, Pacific and Southern Oceans—collide at Cape Horn, making for gale force winds and waves that have claimed the lives of hundreds of seafarers over time. The Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve encompasses Alberto de Agostini National Park and Cabo de Hornos National Park. Bird species include the southern giant petrel, kelp goose, and magellanic woodpecker.
Diego Ramírez Islands
The Diego Ramírez Islands, located about 65 miles (105 kilometers) from Cape Horn, comprise two small groups of islands particularly rich with wildlife, especially birds. The islands, which include the Isla Norte, Isla Bartolomé and Isla Gonzálo, have a tundra climate which means there's abundant rain. Islas Diego Ramirez constitutes the southernmost albatross breeding ground in the world—and one of the most critical for the species' survival. About 20% of the world's black-browed albatross (55,000 pairs) and 23% of the world's grey-headed albatross (17,000 pairs) nest here. Macaroni, rockhopper and magellanic penguins are plentiful.
Historic Beagle Channel
The historic waterway was named in honour of the HMS Beagle, which sailed the channel in the 1820s with a famous passenger onboard: Charles Darwin. It was on a journey down the Beagle Channel that Darwin reportedly saw glaciers for the first time: "It is scarcely possible to imagine anything more beautiful than the beryl-like blue of these glaciers, and especially as contrasted with the dead white of the upper expanse of snow." The Beagle Channel is about 240 kilometres (150 miles) long and about five kilometres (three miles) wide, and is surrounded by mountains and glaciers.
Glacier Alley
Glacier Alley is a string of tidewater glaciers that tumble down to the edge of the sea from the massive Darwin Ice Field (also known as Cordillera Darwin), which covers an area that extends over 890 square miles (2,300 square kilometres). Located along the north shore of the Beagle Channel and surrounded by snow-capped peaks, most of the glaciers were named after European countries—Holland, Italy, Germany, Spain and France—by the 19th-century explorers who mapped the region.
Tierra del Fuego archipelago
Dramatic landscapes define Tierra del Fuego, an 18,572 square mile (48,100 sq-km) archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan. Shared by Chile and Argentina, the archipelago consists of the main island, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Cape Horn and Diego Ramirez islands. Tierra del Fuego is known for its glaciers, snow-covered mountains, vast tundra and wind-sculpted trees. Its main island, Isla Grande, is home to the Argentine resort town of Ushuaia, which is the starting point of many Antarctic expeditions.
Torres del Paine National Park
Torres del Paine National Park is one of the most stunning wilderness areas in South America, encompassing bright blue icebergs, vast glaciers, lakes, mountains and rivers in Chilean Patagonia. The 448,280 acre (181,412 hectare) park was designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1978. The park was named after the three granite pillars that tower over the Paine mountain range: Torres d'Agostini, Torres Central and Torres Monzino, which rise up to 8,200 feet (2,500 metres) above sea level.
Marta Island Sea Lions
Marta Island (Isla Marta), situated in the middle of the Strait of Magellan, is home to abundant birdlife and more than a thousand Patagonian sea lions. Circumnavigating the island in a watercraft provides opportunities to observe and photograph the colony from a safe and respectful distance. Called lobos marinos ("sea wolves") by local Chileans, these giant pinnipeds (males can weigh over 700 pounds/320 kg) form a noisy group as each sea lion competes for the best spot on the coastline. Other wildlife sightings include imperial cormorants, skuas, southern gulls, Antarctic pigeons, and, if visitors are lucky, dolphins.
Various species of penguins are found in Chilean Patagonia: magellanic, gentoo, rockhopper and macaroni. Birds species populations are impressive: an estimated 1.35 million pairs of blue petrels, 99,000 pairs of diving petrels, and 55,000 pairs of black-browed albatross. There are also grey-headed albatross and shy albatross. The ocean waters adjacent to Tierra del Fuego are home to southern right whales, humpbacks, blue whales and southern minkes. Dolphins, sea lions and seals (fur, leopard and southern elephant) are commonly observed here, as well.
Aerial Views of Patagonia
Helicopters offer guests stunning bird's-eye views of the splendor of Patagonia from breath-taking summits to the seemingly endless Chilean fjords. The diversity of the Patagonian landscape appreciated from air is astounding. In addition to the fjords and snow-covered mountains, there are blue-tinted icebergs, glaciers, channels, fjords, rainforest, rugged shorelines abundant with wildlife.
March, the end of summer in Patagonia, provides warm weather conditions for exploring the region. Crowds will be few, which is ideal for visiting the national parks.
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Journeying through the fjords of Chilean Patagonia was an incredible experience. From the majestic glaciers to the stunning wildlife on display, I couldn't help but imagine myself as Charles Darwin aboard the Beagle when he first laid eyes on the pristine landscapes untouched by humans.
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By AL J. Vermette
On a dark lonely night, you enter the bog knowing of all the terrors that lie within could at any moment
take your life, and yet you proceed within. Leaving your logical side behind you as you search for a
creature that the locals say lives in the deepest parts of the swamp. As your boat moves through the
murky waters, you wonder to yourself if the stories are true or are the townsfolk are nothing more than
pulling your leg. And yet you go on thinking that the discovery of this creature could win you the long-
awaited recognition you crave in your career in cryptozoology.
Suddenly your boat is capsized by something large as you are flung into the cold muddy water. As
your head breaks the surface, you see the source of the attack, an enormous alligator is coming directly at
you with his killer jaws open wide. As you beg for a quick and painless death something suddenly
emerges from out of the swamp and attacks the giant reptile. Clearing the dirty water from your eyes, you
spot a large man-shaped creature lift the gator over its head and throw the beast across the swamp. As
the reptile swims away, the thing that just saved you leers down upon you forcing you to fear it more than
the beast that just tried to kill you.
A moment later, the immense creature turns your boat back over and points for you to get in. As you
do, you realize that this is the monster everyone is talking about, his body is covered in green vines and
muck as though he is made of the very environment from where he lives. Then in a deep somber voice, the
creature spoke to me.
"Leave this evil place and never return."
With my heart pounding, I realized that I just met the Swamp Thing.
Created for the pages of DC Comics, Swamp Thing was the brainchild of artist Bernie Wrightson and
writer Len Wein and made his comic debut in House of Secrets Number 92 in July of 1971. Swamp Thing
then got his own series in October of 1972 in Swamp Thing Number 1. The creature is a self-aware being
that was once human by the name of Alex Olsen in the original story and later renamed Alec Holland for
further incantations. Holland was a scientist who while working on the genetic sequence of plants was
accidentally turned into a creature born from the swamp.
Much like his green Marvel Comics counterpart The Hulk, Swamp Thing is the hero of his story and not
a monstrous villain to be feared. Although sadly unlike The Hulk, poor Alec Holland cannot return to his
human form ever again and must remain the rest of his life looking like a monster. His motivations are
simply to protect his new home, the marsh area surrounding a Louisiana town. Protect the innocent
people who enter his domain and rid the region of evildoers.
Swamp Thing first stepped off the pages of DC Comics in 1982 in his own feature film directed by
Wes Craven. Released on February 19th with a budget of 3 million, Swamp Thing the movie stared
Adrienne Barbeau and Ray Wise playing the creature in his human form. But it was stuntman/ actor Dick
Durock in the rubber suit as Swamp Thing that stole the show. Somewhere between a horror movie and
comedy, there was the story of a man who turns into a monster and must become the hero to save the girl
and beat the villain, Anton Arcane, played by former Dracula actor Louis Jourdan.
In 1989 fans of the swamp monster got a sequel in The Return of Swamp Thing starring the always
lovely Heather Locklear and returning as the beast to her beauty, Dick Durock returning in the role of
Swamp Thing. The sequel would also see a new creature suit design for the actor Dick Durock to perform
in. This new suit looked much more like a creature who was made from the swampy environment from
where he was created and was a much step up in design and function. Unlike the latex suit from the
original film, this new design didn't just look better, but also didn't leak when the actor was filming scenes
where he had to be in the water. This suit would also carry over to the live-action TV series a year later.
On July 27th, 1990, the USA Network premiered Swamp Thing the series with Dick Durock reprising
his role as the title character. The 30-minute series would follow its human cast (mostly of kids and young
adults) who would get into trouble in or near the swamp and have to be saved by the creature who is very
much the hero of the series. By this point, his third outing as the swamp monster, Dick Durock truly out
does himself and performs it to the fullest. Each episode he would face off with human villains, monsters,
eco-terrorists you name it, and although the show was a little silly at times, it was a bunch of fun. In fact, the
series was far better than both films and ran 3 seasons with a, impressive episode count of 72 shows.
Interesting to note here that actor Dick Durock also played in an episode of The Incredible Hulk TV
series as another hulk-like creature before becoming the Hulk's counter monster in the first Swamp Thing
movie. It seems Durock can't stay away from big green monsters apparently.
Swamp Thing even had his own animated TV series also in 1990 that made its debut on Halloween of
that year. The Animated series although sadly short-lived was produced by none other than Swamp
Things creator Len Wein and was broadcasted on Fox. Because of its nature and is aimed mainly at kids,
any violence was toned down and the creature himself less scary to please its younger viewers. Toys and
action figures soon came on the scene as a tie-in to the animated series as well. Even though the Swamp
Thing cartoon series only lasted 5 short episodes, they were re-shown on CBS, NBC, the Sci/Fi Channel,
and a network in the UK.
The next 19 years for Swamp Thing would be quiet with only appearances in comic book formats until
in 2019 when an all-new TV series emerged from the depths and brought the big green guy back to the
world of live-action. Debuting on the DC Universe streaming service on May 31, 2019, the new series ran
for 10 episodes before surprisingly being canceled. However, the CW Network has picked up the show
and re-running all 10 episodes on their channel into the end of 2020 with a possible new order for more
shows by the producers in 2021. I personally hope that this is the case and The CW orders new episodes
to be shot as this is a really good show.
Sadly since Dick Durock has passed on in 2009, actor and stuntman Derek Mears best known for
playing Jason Voorhees in the 2009 reboot of Friday The 13th stepped in to play the title swamp monster.
Crystal Reed known for her role in Teen Wolf TV series plays Doctor Abby Arcane (and no it's not what
you think) who comes home to her childhood small town in Louisiana working for the CDC and tries to
discover the source of a wave of murders caused by a living plant-like living entity. The entity is also
responsible for turning Doctor Alec Holland into the creature known as the swamp thing.
The suit used in this new series is spot on to that of Swamp Thing in the comics and looks amazing.
With a combo use of an actor in a suit combined CGI enhancement, the new creature looks most
impressive and as Derek Mears portrayal stands out and is every bit as good as the man who originally
wore the costume nearly twenty years earlier.
At the time of this article, it is still up in the air if The CW will bring back Swamp Thing for a season two
but we can only hope. As far as a comic book, movie, and TV hero goes, Swamp Thing has everything a
comic book fan can ever want. He is fun, cool, and the hero despite being a monster himself. One can
easily see his appeal the fans have for this character and I'm sure we have not seen the last of Swamp


If you're using a drive which uses encoding technology X, you only need to perform the passes specific to X, and you never need to perform all 35 passes. For any modern PRML/EPRML drive, a few passes of random scrubbing is the best you can do. As the paper says, "A good scrubbing with random data will do about as well as can be expected". This was true in 1996, and is still true now.
It seems like the method of data reconstruction described in the paper is more of an academic problem than something that is done in real life.
Nonetheless many data erasure tools are implementing the Gutmann method. (For example DBAN, Recuva, shred, TrueCrypt) Is there any real life scenario where the Gutmann method is actually needed? Or do they just provide it as a feel-good feature for paranoid users?
Assuming an adversary is able to get data off the raw chips, over-provisioning on solid state drives could leave data behind after a single wipe. In this scenario multiple passes would help remove data on the extra storage. Depending on what kind of data and adversaries you have 10+ passes could be justified, though why you wouldn't just destroy the drive and chips at that point is beyond me.
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Volleyball team seeks more wins
BY CRAIG MALVEAUX
Some highs, some lows, three wins and three losses. In short, that sums up the last two weeks of Southern States Athletic Conference play for the Wolfpack volleyball team.
In essence, though, it doesn't quite tell the whole story. The last six Loyola matches were comprised of much more.
"It's been up and down throughout conference play," said Tommy Harold, volleyball coach.
Coming into conference play, the Wolfpack were confident about their chances against Lee University, which is ranked number two in the nation, after defeating their long-time rival, Millsaps College, in four sets.
Lee University, however, outlasted Loyola in the fifth and final set giving the Wolfpack their first conference loss of the season. Following that match, everything appeared to be going downhill for the Wolfpack.
They dropped two of the next three matches to Shorter University and Spring Hill College in consecutive sets — their two worst losses of the season — and lost marketing senior Gina Gill to an ACL tear.
Loyola overcame their circumstance, regrouped and squeezed by both Faulkner University and Mobile University in five set matches improving the team to 3-3 in conference.
"It's a testament to their hard work, it's a testament to their will to go out and perform and to take those opportunities that come," Harold said.
Amanda Oldani, marketing senior, said those two victories speak volumes about the team's heart and determination, especially since they achieved them without one of their best players.
Moving forward, the Wolfpack will make some adjustments, but for the most part, the game plan remains the same.
"We have to get out, practice and work to get better," Oldani said. "We have a big crossover tournament in Georgia this weekend so that's where our focus is now. Just getting better and getting more wins."
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Wolf Pack baseball names new head coach
Jarrett Richard hopes to sprint his way into history
Wolf Pack leads Crescent City Sports
Loyola baseball celebrates 12 conference awards
Track and field teams rack up conference awards
Loyola honors 163 student-athletes at academic ceremony
Loyola on pace to reach new heights in Directors' Cup standings
Loyola finishes regular season among the bottom of the barrel
Tennis program racked up 14 conference awards


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Rtd Hon. Justice Orilonise's Timeless Speech on Courts and Management of Election Petitions
Halima Abiola
The Courts and Management of Election Petitions: Challenges, Prospects and Solution
Hon. Justice Banji Orilonise (Rtd.)
It is my pleasure and I feel highly honoured to be invited by the Chairman and members of the Board of Trustees of Mustapha Akanbi Foundation to deliver this speech as one of the Guest Speakers at a one day Symposium organized by the foundation. "Mustapha Akanbi Foundation" is presumably named after Hon. Justice Muhammed Mustapha Adebayo Akanbi (CFR), retired President of the Court of Appeal, former Chairman ICPC and one of the most outstanding, knowledgeable, incorruptible, fearless, but God Fearing, courageous, painstaking, gentle and highly respected Justices of our time. I thank the foundation for the opportunity given me.
It is indeed gratifying to note that some eminent Nigerians up there in the name of the Mustapha Akanbi Foundation feel worried about the Courts' or Tribunals' Management of election Petitions and are thinking of the challenges and prospects with a view to finding solutions to them.
Please permit me to quote verbatim from 3 paragraphs of the invitation sent to me by the Foundation and dated 28th June, 2010. They read:
"The importance of holding credible periodic election in line with the democratic principle cannot be overemphasized. However, it is common knowledge that our present electoral system is fraught with numerous problems one of which is the handling of election petitions by, Election / Appeal Tribunals. If election petitions are to be effectively, sincerely and expeditiously tackled within a particular time frame, the courts' management system needs to be critically examined and overhauled.
Recent experience shows that election petition would appear not to have a definite period of completion. The long delay in disposing of election cases tends to undermine the dividend of democracy and constitutes a denial of justice. Voiding election of Governors, Senators, Legislators and Councilors some two, three years or more after their assumption of office is a terrible wastage of public funds and a negation of electoral processes. It is indeed unfortunate that petitions filled in the year 2007 are yet to be concluded and most likely will not be completed before the next election to be held in the year 2011.
Need we say that all sorts of reasons are being given for the delay in the hearing of the cases. Some ascribe it to:
Corruption at all levels,
Laziness on the part of the adjudicators,
Frequency of unnecessary adjournments,
Improper interference by meddlesome interlopers in the affairs of the Court,
Delay in settling up of panels to hear cases /appeals,
Adjourning the delivery of rulings for a considerable length of time on simple applications which ought to be ruled upon in limine,
Poor time management and control f cases n court and court registry,
Exploitation of defects in the Electoral Law/Act,
Conflicting and acrimony arising from the exercise of power by heads of courts,
Abuse or misuse of judicial powers,
Conflicting decisions in cases handled by the courts.
There is indeed a compelling need to devise ways and means of ensuring that future election petitions are in the interest of justice and fair play, disposed of expeditiously and not delayed a day longer than necessary."
Some of these identified causes of delay in hearing and completing election petitions would seem to have covered the ground sufficiently to require no additional comments. Interestingly, some of the major recommendations of the Hon. Justice Muhammed Lawal Uwais panel report seem to have proffered solutions to these problems if only the said report can be adopted as a starting point to finding solutions to our electoral problems.
The recommendation of the Uwais Panel Report on the appointment of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission by the National Judicial Council and the Council of State seems to have generated such unwholesome political debate that ended in the rejection of the recommendation by the National assembly.
However that may be, other recommendations of the Uwais Panel Report that are relevant to the topic of this symposium include:
Reduction of the membership of Election Petition Tribunals from 5 to 3.
Limitation of the time for hearing election petitions and delivering judgments.
Punishment for filing frivolous election petitions.
Need to establish an Electoral offences Tribunal.
The role of the Judiciary.
Periodic updating of Voters Register
1. Membership of Election Petition Tribunals:
Section 285 (1) & (2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria makes provision for the establishment of the National Assembly Election Tribunals as well as the Governorship and Legislative Houses Election tribunals. Their jurisdictions are spelt out. The compositions of the Tribunals are also spelt out in paragraphs A (2) and (3) as well as in B (2) and (3) for the National Assembly Election Tribunal and the Governorship and Legislative Houses Election Tribunal each with 5 members comprising of a Judge of the High Court as Chairman and 4 other members made up of Judges of the High Courts, Kadis of Sharia Court of Appeal, Judges of Customary Court of Appeal or other members of the Judiciary not below the rank of Chief Magistrate. In each case, the quorum is the Chairman and two other members.
In practice, the President of the Court of Appeal who has the responsibility to set up or appoint the members of these tribunals has combined and or fused the two tribunals under section 285 of the Constitution into one, namely; the National Assembly, Governorship and Legislative Houses Election Tribunal.
This fusion makes the work-load heavier on a single tribunal instead of two, while I do not quarrel with the wisdom of the President of the Court of Appeal in establishing a single Tribunal for the National Assembly, Governorship and the Legislative Houses Election, it is suggested that in any State where there are more than 10 election petitions after any election, two tribunals at least should be set up to hear and determine such petitions.
One wonders why Kadis of Sharia Courts of Appeal and or Judges of Customary Courts of Appeal and a Chief magistrate should be members of election petition tribunals. A lot of them other than those who have legal qualifications are mere waste pipes at election Tribunals.
As appellate court judges, they are not used to writing court proceedings or taking evidence of witnesses in long hand and they find it difficult to do so. Some of them cannot even make meaningful contributions to discussions on legal issues not to talk of writing rulings. Such that the High Court Judges among them are unnecessarily over-worked.
The recommendation of the Uwais Panel that membership of Election Petition Tribunals be reduced to 3 instead of 5 is welcome idea as it will make room for the establishment of more tribunals.
However that may be, I humbly think that experimenting with the idea of using able and dedicated retired Justices of the Court of Appeal as Chairman, supported by retired High Court Judges rather than serving Justices or Judges as election petition tribunal members will go a long way in solving the issue of delay in completing election petition cases.
In the first instance, the regular courts cease to function when serving judicial officers are on election petition assignments.
Secondly, the rush to beat the Justice Babalakin Performance Evaluation Committee of NJC in order to avert adverse report of "No performance", "Low performance" e.t.c by serving Judges in relation to their quarterly returns of cases in their various courts, leads to lack of concentration by such Judges at the tribunals. Chief Judges should be advised not to include the names of Judges on tribunal assignment in conferences and ad hoc seminars for the period of their assignments at the election tribunals.
Judges should not be posted to serve on tribunals in States too close to their states of origin. Judges on election petition tribunals should be made comfortable in their postings to avoid frequency of travels in order to enjoy the comfort of their homes. Some tribunal members have died as a result of road accidents occasioned by distance travels and lack of comfort in their places of assignments.
It is my suggestion that the constitution be amended to make the National Assembly Election Tribunals to be chaired by a retired Justice of the Court of Appeal with a retired High Court Judge and a serving High Court Judge as members. All three members must always sit to form a quorum.
Limitation of Time for Hearing Petitions and Judgments
As per the recommendation of the Justice Uwais Reform Panel, proceedings at the Election Petition Tribunals should not last more than 120 days from the date of the election and all appeals must be disposed of within 60 days fro the date the judgment of the tribunal was delivered. Limiting the time frame within which to determine an election tribunal is a breach of the petitioner's right to fair hearing.
Similar provisions had been made in previous legislation relating to the conduct of elections. In the general election held in 1992, Decree No 18 of 1992 which governed that election mandatorily prescribed that judgment must be delivered within 2 months from the date of filing the petition. Thus, in Kaigama vs. National Electoral Commission and Anor. (1993) 3 NWLR (Pt 284) 681. Achike JCA as he then was held at pages 709-710:
"At the conclusion of addresses of counsel, the case was adjourned for judgment to 2nd October, 1992. This was a Friday. Had the judgment been delivered on that day, there would be no gain-saying that it would not have been a subject of enquiry in this appeal. For some inexplicable reason at least not apparent on the record, the judgment was infact delivered on 5th of October, 1992.
It is common ground that the petition was filed on 3rdAugust, 1992. On the authority Odofin vs. Agu (Supra), the judgment could safely have been delivered on 2nd October, 1992, while on the authority of Akeredolu vs. Akinremi (Supra), the judgment cannot be delivered beyond 3rd October, 1992. One takes judicial notice that 3rd October, 1992 fell on a Saturday. The only question is, was the Tribunal obliged to deliver its judgment on a Saturday or was it possible for it to deliver same on the next "working" day. I use the word "working" day advisedly……
Sundays and public holidays having been expressly mentioned as holidays, i.e., non dies, it follows that the other days in the week, including Saturday, are excluded from the terminology of a holiday. Consequently, the provision of S. 15(3) cannot operate in favour of the Tribunal to deliver judgment on Monday, 5th October, 1992. That judgment had expired on 3rd October, 1992. Indeed, the record of proceeding is replete with the fact that the Tribunal sat on certain Saturdays. There was obviously no misapprehension on the part of the Tribunal that it could sit on Saturday.
In conclusion, I am of the opinion that the judgment delivered by the Tribunal on 5th October, 1992 was delivered outside the day allowable under Decree No 18 of 1992.
Accordingly, I hold and declare the said judgment a nullity".
In some of the judgments of the Supreme Court on election petitions, this Provision of Decree No 18 of 1992 and similar provisions of the Electoral Act 1982 were declared unconstitutional.
In Obih vs. Mbakwe (1984) 1 S.C 325, the Supreme Court relied on its earlier decision in Paul Unongo vs. Aper Aku when per Obaseki, JSC it held:
"As the petition was not heard before the 30 days time bar placed on the conclusion of the hearing and determination of election petition by section 140 (2) of the Electoral Act 1982, the High Court of Imo State on 17th day of September, 1983 declared the petition null and void and dismissed it.
That section together with section 129 (2) of the electoral Act 1982 were declared unconstitutional, null and void by this Court on 30th day of September, 1983 and the reasons for the judgment given on the 25th November, 1983 in the case of Paul Unongo vs. Aper Aku & Ors. S.C. 95/ 1983.
His Lordship Hon. Justice Uwais, JSC as the then was concurred with the above quotation in Obih vs. Mbakwe and hit the nail on the head in the lead judgment delivered by him in Unongo vs. Aper Aku when he held on pages 207-208 of the report thus:
"I do not see how a reasonable person will have the impression that a party has a fair hearing where his petition which has been instituted within the time limit stipulated by the Electoral Act cannot be concluded because the time available to the court for the petition to be heard will not be sufficient for either or both parties to the petition to present their cases or will not allow the court at the close of the parties cases sufficient time to deliver its judgment. There can be no doubt that the provisions of sections 129 subsection (3) and 140 subsection (2) of the Electoral Act 1982 neither allow a petitioner or respondent reasonable time to have fair hearing, nor give the court the maximum period of 3 months to deliver its judgment after hearing a petition as envisaged by sections 33 (1) and 258 (1) of the Constitution. Accordingly, the provisions of section 129 (3) and 140(2)of the Electoral Act, 1982 which limit the time for disposing of election petitions by the courts are in my view ultra vires the National Assembly and therefore null and void".
This is the position of the highest Court of the land. So there can be no time limit for tribunals to complete election petitions.
The Supreme Court has no original jurisdiction in election matters. See section 232 (1) of the 1999 Constitution. Its appellate jurisdiction in election matters is derived from section 233 (2) (e) of the Constitution only in relation to the decision of the Court of Appeal as to whether of not;
(I) any person has been validly elected to the office of president or vice president under the constitution.
(ii) The term of office of the President or Vice President has ceased.
(iii) The office of President or Vice President has become vacant.
Any decision of the Supreme Court from an appeal to it from the decision of the Court of Appeal in this regard is final.
On the other hand, the Court of Appeal is under section 239 (1) of the selfsame 1999 Constitution vested with original jurisdiction to the exclusion of any other Court of Law in Nigeria to determine the question whether:-
(a) Any person has been validly elected to the office of President or Vice President
(b) The term of office of the president or vice president has ceased; or
(c) The office of President or Vice President has become vacant.
The court of Appeal also has appellate jurisdiction to entertain appeals from the decisions of the National Assembly Election Tribunals and the Governorship and Legislative Houses of Assembly election tribunals on whether-
(I) any person has been validly elected as a member of the National Assembly or of a House of Assembly of a State
(ii) Any person has been validly elected to the office of Governor or Deputy Governor, or
(iii) The term of office of any person has ceased or the seat of any such person has become vacant.
The decisions of the Court of Appeal in respect of appeals arising from election petitions are final. See section 246 (1) (b) and (3) of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
With due respect, I wonder where the Supreme Court derives jurisdiction to entertain applications to it or appeals to it from the decisions of the Court of Appeal in election matters other than the Presidential election petition.
The Supreme Court sits on Appeal in respect of decisions or pronouncements of the Court of Appeal and will and should therefore not entertain any question in which there has been no decision or pronouncement by the Court of Appeal. Section 246(3) 1999 Constitution makes the decision of Court of Appeal in respect of Appeals from Election Petition Tribunals final.
The Supreme Court has no business entertaining any Appeal or application from the decision of the Court of Appeal and or an Election Petition Tribunal safe in respect of the Presidential election only where the Court of Appeal by Section 239(1) (a), (b) and (c) has been conferred with original jurisdiction to determine any question as to whether;
(a) The President or Vice- President has been validly elected.
(b) Whether their term of office has ceased or whether the office has become vacant.
An appellate Court has to decide whether the decision of a trial Tribunal or Court was/ is right and not whether the reasons for such decisions were right. Thus, if the decision/ judgment of a Tribunal or a trial Court was right/correct. It will not be liable to reversal merely because it was anchored on a wrong reason. In every trial/ case, there is the need for the court to consider all the relevant evidence before it.
So, where the findings of a trial Court or Tribunal are per verse or the use made of a document goes beyond it evidential value particularly in respect of documentary evidence, it is the duty of the Appellate Court to reconsider, re-assess the evidence and apply it, if the justice of the case so requires.
This is more so since Section 16 of the Court of Act gives it full jurisdiction over the whole proceedings as if the proceedings had been initiated in the Court of Appeal as the Court of first instance. The Court of Appeal may therefore rehear the case as a Whole or in part or may remit it to the trial Court for the purpose of rehearing or trial de novo.
A rehearing on the part of the Court of Appeal means nothing but a rehearing on the record as if the entire proceeding had been instituted in the Court of Appeal and because time is of the very essence of Election Petitions, the Court of Appeal should be up and doing and must firmly put down its feet in the application and invocation of section 16 of the Court of Appeal Act and rehear such cases rather than passing the bulk to the Election Petition Tribunals by ordering a retrial De novo.
It is time wasting, man power wasting, ridiculous, and myopic to order a retrial two or three years into the life of an undemocratically elected office holder. To this extent Section 149 of the Electoral Act 2006 which permits a person elected to remain in office pending the determination of his appeal where the Tribunal or Court finds him not validly elected and nullifies his election should be repealed. Judgment of the Election Tribunals should be executory and not suspended till the determination of Appeal. A person who has been adjudged not validly elected should despite his appeal vacate his office in line with Tribunal's decision.
Once an election is declared null and void, the law regards whatever was purportedly done in the name or guise of an election as not having taken place at all. In the eyes of the law, that election is void abinitio and a fresh election has to be conducted as if the earlier election did not take place at all.
Where there is a nullification of an election, the order of the court / tribunal will determine the course of the election to follow.
In Sokoto State for example, the election of Governor Wamako was nullified because he was not entitled to contest the election in the first instance as a PDP candidate. If therefore a rerun election was ordered, he will still not be entitled to take part in the rerun election.
In my humble view where in a general election there is a false start, in the sense that a candidate who ought not (to) have participated in the election was unlawfully included or where there was no level playing ground for all the candidates and that election was subsequently either cancelled by the regulating body/authority like INEC or nullified by an order of the court or Tribunal and a re-run or re-start election is ordered, that re-run or restart election refers to the cancelled or nullified election and is not the same as a by-election which is usually held to fill a vacant post.
If a candidate in any election was declared an unfit or improper person and therefore disqualified to contest an election which was subsequently nullified by a tribunal or court, then only the candidates qualified to contest the election abinitio will, to the exclusion of the disqualified candidate, participate in a fresh or re-run election.
This is so because all the other candidates of other political parties excluding the candidate unlawfully included and his political party, will go back to the starting line for a fair and free contest. It will be erroneous to admit a new candidate in place of the disqualified candidate because the period for nomination and screening of candidates had since elapsed.
In other words where there is nullification of a general election and a re-run election is ordered, only candidates who were nominated and sponsored to contest in the previous elections can contest in the re-run election.
Afortiori, where a candidate in a previous election was disqualified from contesting an election which was subsequently nullified and a rerun election was ordered by the court or tribunal, the disqualified candidate in the previous election cannot participate in the re-run election since abinitio the was not qualified to contest the nullified election.
The decision of the Court of Appeal from a judgment of an Election Petition Tribunal on appeal to it is final. Whether right or wrong the decision of the Court of Appeal in its appellate jurisdiction on election petition matters is final. The Supreme Court, with due respect, has no right to pry into any judgment of the Court of Appeal on election matters on appeal to it from the decision of the election petition tribunals.
All said and done, every final court is final not because it is infallible but it is infallible because if is final. Let the Supreme Court not carry its finality to the point of fallibity as this will certainly erode, the confidence of litigants, nay, politicians in our judicial system. What justifies the Supreme Court in arresting or putting to hold an undelivered or a yet to be delivered judgment of the Court of Appeal in a Governorship petition when there is no right of appeal to the Supreme Court in such a case.
A word, they say, is, enough for the wise and I sincerely believe there are still some wise men in the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
On the allegation of corruption recently levied against some tribunal members by some legal pundits and the press, I join millions of Nigerians in calling on the National Judicial Council to investigate all such allegations. Some of the judgments handed down by some tribunals and even the Court of Appeal are not only ridiculous but outrageously embarrassing. They seem to confirm the allegation that the Tribunals and the Court of Appeal have been compromised or bought over.
It is corruption to pervert the course justice because of a promise to appoint or elevate one to a higher bench. Any Justice of the Court of Appeal who was elevated to the Supreme Court because he or she has been promised elevation on the delivery of a wrong judgment is a corrupt judge and a disgrace to the judiciary. Ditto for a Judge of an Election Petitions Tribunal who, based on such promise, is elevated to the Court of Appeal.
I thank the Mustapha Akanbi Foundation for the opportunity to air my views. God bless you all.
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Vancouver mayor vows to ax controversial single-use cup fee by summer – BC
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says the city's controversial single-use cup fee will be gone by this summer.
Sim made the comments during his first 'state of the city' address to the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade on Tuesday.
"Everyone here in Vancouver loves the environment, but we can make a distinction between things that are pragmatic and not," Sim said.
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"What we've heard from the business community and residents is that the cup fee just isn't working, that it's punitive. So that's why we're committed to getting rid of the cup fee by this summer."
Sim's ABC Vancouver party holds a majority on the council, ensuring it should have little trouble repealing the fee.
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Council later moved to exempt free drinks and meals or those purchased with a voucher from the fee to address some of those concerns.
It was not immediately clear if Sim's plan extended to the bylaw's bag fee provisions. The federal government rolled out its own ban on plastic grocery bags last month.
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Sim maintained his ABC would also listen to other perspectives on the issue.
"We're not going to stretch it out two, four years and write a report about it. We're going to file a motion, we're going to debate it," he said.
"We'll have a very open mind. If someone can convince us why it makes sense to still have the cup tax there, we're all ears. But if people can't provide that argument and why it is truly a benefit to the environment, we're going to get rid of it."
According to the city, people in Vancouver threw out more than 82 million single-use cups and 89 million plastic bags in 2018 alone.
The city estimates the cost to collect and dispose of those items runs at about $2.5 million per year, and says many end up in the landfill.
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The student package is a collection of commands designed to carry out step-by-step solutions to problems.
Each command in the student package can be accessed by using either the long form or the short form of the command name in the command calling sequence.
Integrals, sums, and limits are handled in an unevaluated form. Routines for expanding or combining such expressions or for performing change of variables, integration by parts, completing the square or replacing factors of expressions by names are included. Other routines compute distances, slopes, and find midpoints of line segments, or provide information about graphs of functions.
To display the help page for a particular student command, see Getting Help with a Command in a Package.
The routines in this package have been used extensively throughout the text Calculus with Maple V, by J. S. Devitt, published by Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., 1993.


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CHCHD2 harboring Parkinson's disease-linked T61I mutation precipitates inside mitochondria and induces precipitation of wild-type CHCHD2
The T61I mutation in coiled-coil-helix-coiled-coil-helix domain containing 2 (CHCHD2), a protein residing in the mitochondrial intermembrane space (IMS), causes an autosomal dominant form of Parkinson's disease (PD), but the underlying pathogenic mechanisms are not well understood. Here, we compared the subcellular localization and solubility of wild-type (WT) and T61I mutant CHCHD2 in human cells. We found that mitochondrial targeting of both WT and T61I CHCHD2 depended on the four cysteine residues in the C-terminal coiled-coil-helix-coiled-coil-helix (CHCH) domain but not on the N-terminal predicted mitochondrial targeting sequence. The T61I mutation did not interfere with mitochondrial targeting of the mutant protein but induced its precipitation in the IMS. Moreover, T61I CHCHD2 induced increased mitochondrial production of reactive oxygen species and apoptosis, which was prevented by treatment with anti-oxidants. Retention of T61I CHCHD2 in the cytosol through mutation of the cysteine residues in the CHCH domain prevented its precipitation as well as its apoptosis-inducing effect. Importantly, T61I CHCHD2 potently impaired the solubility of WT CHCHD2. In conclusion, our data show that the T61I mutation renders mutant CHCHD2 insoluble inside mitochondria, suggesting loss of function of the mutant protein. In addition, T61I CHCHD2 exerts a dominant-negative effect on the solubility of WT CHCHD2, explaining the dominant inheritance of this form of PD.
Journal: Human Molecular Genetics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddaa028
Institutional Repository URL: https://lirias.kuleuven.be/2957782
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Authors from:Government, Higher Education
Tom Cornelissen (First author)
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Shaun Martin (Author)
Dorien Imberechts (Author)
Peter Vangheluwe (Author)
Matthew Bird (Author)
Bart De Strooper (Author)
Wim Vandenberghe (Last author)
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XPeng deliveres record 15,295 electric vehicles in June 2022
XPeng Inc., a leading Chinese smart electric vehicle company, today announced its electric vehicle delivery results for June 2022 and the second quarter 2022.
XPeng recorded monthly deliveries in June of 15,295 Smart EVs, representing a 133% increase year-over-year, and a 51% increase over May 2022. The Company delivered 34,422 Smart EVs in total for the second quarter 2022, ranking first among emerging auto brands in China for the fourth consecutive quarter.
As of June 30, 2022, year-to-date total deliveries reached 68,983 units, representing a 124% increase year-over-year, the highest among emerging automakers in China. Beginning in mid-May, XPeng accelerated deliveries with resumed double-shift production at its Zhaoqing plant and notably, in June, the Company reached the milestone of 200,000 cumulative deliveries.
June deliveries consisted of 8,045 P7s, the Company's smart sports sedan, 5,598 P5 smart family sedans and 1,652 G3i and G3 smart compact SUVs.
In August, XPeng plans to begin accepting pre-orders for its new, flagship G9 SUV followed by an official launch in September. The Company also plans to release its new City Navigation Guided Pilot after obtaining relevant approvals.
XPeng plans to launch two new models based on the new platform in 2023, which are expected to solidify the company's leadership in China's smart EV market.
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Embattled Gazan traders strike to protest conditions
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Feb 21, 2018 12:00 am GMT+3
The Gaza Strip's commercial sector yesterday staged a general strike to protest deteriorating economic and humanitarian conditions in the blockaded coastal enclave. The one-day strike saw companies, banks and markets across Gaza close their doors to customers.
The strike was organized by Palestinian political groups in hopes of bringing attention to Gaza's worsening economic conditions and standard of living. Traders taking part in the strike hung banners on the doors of their shops and offices that read: "Commercial strike against the Gaza blockade." Yesterday's strike also included a seven-minute suspension of traffic across the strip. Drivers taking part in the strike hung signs on the windows of their vehicles, reading: "Support the steadfastness of our drivers."
Jamal Jarad, head of Gaza's General Union of Public Transport Workers, described the besieged coastal territory as "one big open-air prison." He said: "Gaza is under siege; our territorial waters are under siege and all our border crossings remain closed." The Gaza Strip continues to groan under a decade-long Israeli-Egyptian blockade that has effectively destroyed the territory's economy and deprived its more than 2 million inhabitants of many basic commodities.


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Michael Dennis Henry, bardziej znany jako Mike Henry (ur. 15 sierpnia 1936 w Los Angeles, zm. 8 stycznia 2021 w Burbank) – amerykański futbolista linebacker oraz aktor filmowy i telewizyjny.

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Urodził się w Los Angeles w Kalifornii. W 1954 ukończył Bell High School w Bell. Studiował na University of Southern California. Rozpoczął karierę sportową w futbolu amerykańskim jako linebacker dla Pittsburgh Steelers (1958-1961) oraz Los Angeles Rams (1962-1964), gdzie został zauważony przez producentów Warner Brothers.

Kariera aktorska
Po podpisaniu kontraktu z Warner Bros., pojawił się w serialach ABC: Surfside 6, Hawaiian Eye, Cheyenne i dramacie familijnym Delmera Davesa Góra Spencera (Spencer's Mountain, 1963) u boku Henry'ego Fondy, Maureen O'Hary i Veroniki Cartwright. Jego przełomową rolą był Tarzan w trzech filmach: Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966), Tarzan i wielka rzeka (Tarzan and the Great River, 1967) oraz Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (1968). Jednak w 1965 odrzucił rolę Tarzana w serialu telewizyjnym NBC, którą następnie grał Ron Ely.

Potem można go było zobaczyć w dramacie wojennym Zielone berety (The Green Berets, 1968) obok Johna Wayne'a i Davida Janssena, westernie Bardziej martwy niż żywy (More Dead Than Alive, 1968) z udziałem Clinta Walkera, Vincenta Price'a i Anne Francis, dramacie Król murawy (Number One, 1969) u boku Charltona Hestona, Jessiki Walter i Bruce'a Derna oraz westernie Rio Lobo (1970) jako szeryf "Niebieski Tom" Hendricks z udziałem Johna Wayne'a, Jorge Rivero i Jennifer O'Neill.

Stał się znany z roli Juniora, tępego syna szeryfa Buforda T. Justice'a (Jackie Gleason) w komedii sensacyjnej Hala Needhama Mistrz kierownicy ucieka (Smokey and the Bandit, 1977) u boku Burta Reynoldsa i Sally Field.

Życie prywatne

17 listopada 1984 poślubił Cheryl Ivy Sweeney. Mieli córkę Shannon Noble.

W 1988 wycofał się z aktorstwa po leczeniu choroby Parkinsona.

Zmarł 8 stycznia 2021 w Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center w Burbank w wieku 84 lat, po latach powikłań zarówno choroby Parkinsona, jak i przewlekłej pourazowej encefalopatii.

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The desktop PC market, at least, appears not to be buying into Intel's Optane technology.
Intel has officially killed off its "Core+" Optane boxed processor bundles for desktop PCs in the wake of Micron's decision to buy out Intel's stake in the 3D XPoint fab once jointly operated by both companies. The Core+ branding was reserved for systems that shipped with both Core processors as well as Intel's Optane Memory technology, which speeds up the other storage in your PC.
In a product change notification (PDF), Intel said that it would discontinue the boxed Core i7+8700, i5+8400 and i5+8500 by Sept. 30, though that's only if supplies of the chips are still available. The last shipments will take place Dec. 27. Intel cited a "lack of market demand" as the reason for the discontinuation, in a document unearthed by Tom's Hardware.
It's a relatively quick end for at some of Intel's Core+ bundling plans. Intel said in April that the company was launching "Core i5+," "Core i7+" and "Core i9+" brands, complete with stickers, to help inform buyers that the Optane technology was migrating into notebooks and desktops, and that the bundle was offering more than just the processor itself.
The Core i7-8700, i5-8400, and i5-8500 are all older "Coffee Lake" desktop processors. Intel representatives said that the discontinued Core+ processors represent the entirety of its Core+Optane bundles in the desktop space, but that it will have no impact on Core+ bundles into notebook PCs. Desktop buyers are choosing to buy Optane memory technologies and their desktop processors separately, they said.
At CES, Intel announced a new product to combine an SSD and Optane on the same M.2 card, but it wasn't officially part of its Core+ bundles. In fact, we didn't see a single "Core+" notebook announced at CES.
Intel's decision was made as the company wraps up its partnership with Micron on 3D XPoint, which it announced in 2015 as a breakthrough memory technology that would include characteristics of nonvolatile storage and dynamic memory.
On Monday, Micron said it would exercise its right (PDF) to buy out the fab it jointly operated with Intel to manufacture 3D XPoint memory, which Intel brands as Optane. The breakup wasn't unexpected, as Micron had signaled its intention to terminate the agreement last year. Though Micron had once planned to sell an Optane competitor called QuantX, the company hasn't yet managed to bring it to market.
What this means to you: Intel doesn't sound like it's ready to give up on Optane quite yet. But either buyers simply don't care about the technology, or Intel hasn't done a good enough job explaining the Core+ branding to the general public. Either way, Intel apparently needs to rethink its strategy a bit.


Healthy food chef, Lee Holmes, shares with us a super quick, easy and healthy Grilled Salmon and Apple Salad using Modi Apples.
Apples are jam-packed with antioxidants. An average medium sized apple contains around 6mg of Vitamin C, as well as other powerful antioxidants like quercetin and chlorogenic acid. This combination makes the antioxidant power of 1 apple equal to more than 1,500mg of Vitamin C.
Modi apples have a superb taste and texture and set this dish off perfectly.
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Visa to acquire fintech company Plaid for $5.3 billion
Plaid co-founders William Hockey and Zach Perret
Source: Plaid
Payments giant Visa is buying Silicon Valley start-up Plaid for $5.3 billion, the companies announced Monday.
Plaid's API software, often referred to as the "plumbing" behind fintech companies, lets start-ups connect to users' bank accounts. It's well-known among financial technology developers, but the average person interacting with it most likely wouldn't recognize the name. High-profile Plaid customers include popular peer-to-peer payment app Venmo, mobile investing app Robinhood and cryptocurrency exchanges Coinbase and Gemini.
As of December, Plaid said 25 percent of people in the United States with bank accounts have connected to the fintech company through an app. Visa and rival Mastercard were early investors in the start-up, along with the venture arms of Citi and American Express.
Goldman Sachs — also an early investor — was exclusive advisor on the deal, according to a person familiar with the deal.
Plaid raised a $250 million Series C funding round in 2018 that launched its valuation to $2.7 billion. It also added widely followed venture capitalist Mary Meeker to the board of directors.
"We are extremely excited about our acquisition of Plaid and how it enhances the growth trajectory of our business," Visa chairman and CEO Al Kelly said in a statement. "Plaid is a leader in the fast growing fintech world with best-in-class capabilities and talent. The acquisition, combined with our many fintech efforts already underway, will position Visa to deliver even more value for developers, financial institutions and consumers."
Plaid has grown steadily with its list of customers since it launched in 2013. The company says it integrates with more than 10,000 banks and connects to roughly 20 million consumer accounts. While it does not give specific numbers or a full list of companies, Plaid said its customer base doubled from 2017 to 2018.
Plaid CEO Zach Perret said joining Visa would held the start-up continue to scale its products.
"We'll be able to lean on their brand, resources, and international footprint to benefit our customers, our partners, and the markets we serve," Perret said in a blog post.
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During January 2019 we surveyed the qualifications of entry-level medical writers employed during 2018 in the UK. We received data from 25 MedComms agencies and 5 specialist recruiters, which demonstrates the value placed on post-graduate qualificatons.
This fourth annual survey of the MedComms Networking Community ran throughout January 2019. Participation was on an entirely anonymous basis and we collected responses from 515 individuals. This was not intended as a robust study but will hopefully provide a useful barometer of sentiment amongst our specialist community, and provide a valuable insight into the development and maturity of this important business over time. The full data set is freely accessible for you as indicated below. It is worth taking time to browse the many free text comments.
This healthcare communications salary survey was launched by Paramount Recruitment, and supported by MedComms Networking, in order to benchmark salaries and identify key trends within the healthcare and medical communications market. Nearly 650 healthcare communications professionals completed the survey and the results are freely accessible as indicated below.
This third annual survey of the MedComms Networking Community ran throughout January 2018. Participation was on an entirely anonymous basis and we collected responses from 376 individuals. This was not intended as a robust study but will hopefully provide a useful barometer of sentiment amongst our specialist community, and provide a valuable insight into the development and maturity of this important business over time. The full data set is freely accessible for you as indicated below. It is worth taking time to browse the many free text comments.
This second annual survey of the MedComms Networking Community ran throughout February 2017. Participation was on an entirely anonymous basis and we collected responses from 318 individuals. This was not intended as a robust study but will hopefully provide a useful barometer of sentiment amongst our specialist community, and provide a valuable insight into the development and maturity of this important business over time. The full data set is freely accessible for you as indicated below. It is worth taking time to browse the many free text comments.
In the lead up to a meeting held by Altmetric on 19 April 2016, which was supported by MedComms Networking, we ran a simple, anonymous, online survey and collected responses from 124 specialists working in and around MedComms. This survey was by no means a robust study but was intended to simply provide a snapshot of wider opinion amongst the community. The full data set is freely accessible for you as indicated below. As always it is worth taking time to browse the many free text comments.
This new annual survey of the MedComms Networking Community ran throughout January 2016. Participation was on an entirely anonymous basis and we collected responses from 374 individuals. This was not intended as a robust study but will hopefully provide a useful barometer of sentiment amongst our specialist community, and provide a valuable insight into the development and maturity of this important business over time. The full data set is freely accessible for you as indicated below. It is worth taking time to browse the many free text comments.
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In the lead up to the two MedComms Networking events, Procuring MedComms - an insider's view, in December 2014 in Oxford and in Macclesfield, we ran a simple, anonymous, online survey and collected responses from 61 specialists, which provided some interesting insights into the challenges the MedComms community face. The top line data was included in the presentation given by Peter Llewellyn, but the full data set is freely accessible for you as indicated below. It is worth taking time to browse the many free text comments.
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Not for the first time, there is an ongoing discussion amongst several individuals on Linkedin as to the appropriate place of writing tests in selecting freelance writers for MedComms projects. This survey was by no means a robust study but was intended to simply provide a snapshot of wider opinion amongst the community. We invited participation via the MedComms Networking Community, and from members of the MedComms Networking Linkedin Group and the MedComms Workbook Linkedin group.
On 29 April 2014 we ran a MedComms Networking meeting in Oxford and asked for some help from participants as well as the wider MedComms Community.
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On 12 February 2014 we ran a MedComms Networking event in Oxford and asked for some help from participants as well as the wider MedComms Community.
This was unashamedly a very quick and simple, indeed crude, survey of the community, just to help us in our discussions of the practical implications of the US Sunshine Act and of the new European national codes arising from EFPIA's Disclosure Code last year.


HALIFAX—The band has been dropped by their management team, tour openers and dozens of radio stations, but concert-goers say they are standing by Hedley as the besieged pop-rockers continue to perform across the country in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations that they have steadfastly denied.
Fans screamed until they were out of breath during Hedley's lively performance at Halifax's Scotiabank Centre on Friday.
Frontman Jacob Hoggard thanked Hedley fans from the "bottom of our hearts" for being the people the band could always rely on, but did not directly address the anonymous allegations of inappropriate behaviour involving young fans that have emerged on social media in recent weeks.
"To everybody ... who has stood behind us all of these years — through the ups and the downs, through the highs and the lows, the good times and the bad — Halifax, we could never, ever imagine doing this without you," Hoggard told the crowd over anthemic music.
The Canadian Press, which normally does not pay to cover live events, purchased a ticket to Friday's show after representatives for Hedley only offered press credentials for the first three songs of the band's performance.
Band representatives said Hedley is not giving interviews at this time. Hedley called the allegations "unsubstantiated" in a statement earlier this month.
As fans filed into the Halifax auditorium on Friday, many concert-goers said they were more focused on enjoying the show than litigating the allegations against Hedley, which some said had little bearing on their feelings towards the band.
Several fans said they had not investigated the claims themselves, or did not believe it was their place to cast judgement.
"The band is probably suffering, but until there's more about it, everything's pretty vague," said Kristen MacIntosh, who drove from Cape Breton to see the show with her eight-year-old son after buying him a ticket as a Christmas present.
Some fans expressed skepticism about the legitimacy of the claims, questioning why anonymous social media users would bring up years-old allegations online rather than going to authorities.
Madisson Muise, a 16-year-old who came to Halifax from Yarmouth, N.S., to attend her first concert, said she was relieved she could still see her favourite band perform after fearing the tour would be cancelled.
"Their fans are really supporting them and sticking together," said Muise.
Seats filled up in the auditorium as Toronto-based pop band Liteyears kicked off the show, filling in as Hedley's opening act after singer Shawn Hook and Halifax's Neon Dreams ditched the tour.
Liteyears frontman Brent Wirth told the crowd the past week has been a whirlwind, saying the band had been holding on to their musical dreams by a "pinky" until their fortunes turned around in a matter of 24 hours.
Cellphone lights and flashing neon sticks swarmed like fireflies as the crowd welcomed Hoggard and Hedley bandmates Dave Rosin, Tommy Mac and Jay Benison to the stage with rapturous cheers.
Concert-goers danced in the aisles and sang along as the band played songs off their latest album and previous hits.
Nineteen-year-old Kendra Cann said she had won a radio contest to sing on stage with the band, but the plan was cancelled after the allegations surfaced.
Instead, Cann was pulled up to the front row where Hoggard picked her out of the crowd and called her out for texting during the concert, then jokingly confiscated her phone to call her family and friends from the stage.
After the show, Cann said she "went blank" during the encounter.
Charlottetown-based singer-songwriter Kinley Dowling, who is known as the violinist in Newfoundland's Hey Rosetta!, said on Instagram that she and four friends protested outside the Hedley concert in Summerside, P.E.I., on Saturday night.
The band's performances in Atlantic Canada were met with mixed reactions on social media.
Some diehard Hedley fans cheered on the band from afar, while other Twitter users expressed discomfort with the cloud of controversy following the musicians as they continue their tour in Ontario this week.
Alison Weatherston in Ottawa tweeted that her 15-year-old daughter, who has seen Hedley perform multiple times, was "heartbroken" after learning of the allegations against the band.


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Gabriel Scognamillo (27 October 1906 – 31 May 1974) was an Italian art director. One of the first films he worked on was Jean Renoir's provocative 1931 film La Chienne. Two years later he had moved to Hollywood where one of his first films there was MGM's production of The Merry Widow (1934) with Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald.

Scognamillo also worked on several in the Andy Hardy, Maisie and Dr. Kildare series of films. Some of his efforts in the 1950s include The Great Caruso (1951), The Story of Three Loves (1953), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, and the children's science fiction film Tobor the Great (1954).

One of his final films was the imaginative George Pal fantasy, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964).

Selected filmography
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FAQ on US Judicial and Legal Corruption
This free online reference book is the full F.A.Q., or 'Frequently Asked Questions' with answers on United States judicial and legal corruption. The FAQ helps victims of the US government and researchers who are trying to understand how the US has legal system has sunk into the world's worst legal nightmare. - Author Dr Les Sachs is an expert on US corruption, forced to take refuge in Western Europe, under threat of jail and murder by the US-Bush regime and its corrupt and bribed Bush judges.
14. How is the power of the big corporations in America, connected to the abuse of power by judges and lawyers?
So why don't the rich people and corporations keep the judges under control, and force them to be honest?
In talking about the power of the big corporations, the billionaires, and the multi-millionaires, it is not necessary to take sides on issues like free-market capitalism versus leftist social democracy, or the old-fashioned debate about what Americans call the "conservative" versus "liberal" viewpoint.
What is being talked about here, is the monopoly power of rich companies and a few rich people, so concentrated that is so huge and dangerous, and stifles free competition. It is what former American President Teddy Roosevelt warned about as the dangerous power of "trusts", or cartels and monopolies. It is also what former American President Dwight Eisenhower warned against as the power of the "military industrial complex", the big corporations and wealthy people whom he said might eventually control all branches and aspects of government, if people were not vigilant.
It is that kind of concentrated, monopoly power that is at issue here - not just the power of the judges and lawyers themselves as a monopoly, but the power of the corporations behind them.
Clearly it benefits the judges themselves to operate a culture of almost naked and unrestrained power, where complaints about judges are only reviewed by other judges. It benefits the judges themselves to have a system where the lawyers themselves must submit to the judges, and not dare expose corruption, or else instantly lose their ability to practice law, and maybe face jail and prison themselves. Where judges can commit crimes and develop a culture of bribery, secure in the knowledge that they themselves can cover up for fellow judges who engage in bribery and misconduct.
The current game benefits the judges, and it benefits the group of wealthy lawyers who play dirty games with the judges and who buy influence with them. But all of that may not be enough to explain why the game keeps going on.
Over and over again, people cry out in private: Why doesn't "somebody" do something about these crooked judges and lawyers? Why won't anyone help me? Why do the politicians, the police and everybody else, stay silent why all of this is going on?
Yes, theoretically, the legislators have the power to go after the judges. The media could start publicizing on the front page of the newspapers, and in the headlines of news broadcasts, all the terrible crimes being committed by judges and lawyers, all the stories of so many victims, with so much proof in written documents. If it wanted, the media could publicize all those stories that are usually only found by people on the internet, after they themselves have become victims, and go looking on the internet for help, only to find that there are hundreds of thousands of other victims, too.
But nonetheless, all the millions of victims of the legal system are suffering, and finding that no one in power, no big political party or influential media organization is taking up their cause. Why not?
The answer ultimately lies in the power of the big corporations, and the billionaire and multi-millionaire investors. These powers, ultimately, like the current system as it is. It works for them, even though the average common person often gets run over by the big bus known as the American legal system. These big corporations, who also own the media companies, and who also supply the money for your congress-people and legislators, like the system as it is. So the people who get their money - the media and the legislators - stay quiet about legal corruption, because they know that the current legal system is what is wanted by those big corporations and investors.
A "fair" legal system, which made the little guy equal to the big corporation, is obviously something dangerous to the corporations, that would cost them money. An unfair legal system - where only the richest can afford to play the game well - benefits the corporations greatly.
Almost no one in America can pay lawyers $500 an hour for months and months. But this is small chump change for big companies or billionaires, to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on lawyers.
And it is not just lawsuits and legal claims, that the big corporations and rich investors are worried about. It is control of all the machinery of government, control of democracy itself, that is secured by owning the legal system.
America is the only developed nation in the world whose political system, is so well controlled and owned by the big corporations and investors. An unfair legal system, with lots of influence-buying and bribery, not only lets companies win their particular legal battles, in taking away the rights of the little guy. It also prevents other kinds of protest and political activity that could threaten the big companies' profits and power. The working class and middle class people, can be kept submissive and in fear, afraid of ever trying to ask for their rights either in the court or in politics.
America's unfair legal system is an important tool to keep people shut up and quiet and fearful. Similarly, the monopoly ownership of America's media by the big companies keeps many Americans ignorant of things that are going on, if it is not what the corporations want them to hear.
Americans are in terror of the law and the legal system. If the average American is arrested, he already fears that he will be railroaded and sent to jail if he is not rich, and if he does not have several hundred thousand dollars to spend. If he is sued by a big company, the average person expects to lose everything he owns, and go bankrupt.
The legal system is used to quash, silence and destroy, and even imprison, little people who try to criticize big companies, rich people, or (of course) judges and lawyers. The legal system is used to attack and harass people who try to start independent political parties or reform movements, or engage in protest activity, or to crush independent writers and critics.
One big tool of crushing democracy, is the whole farce of American courts on divorce and family law, the custody of children and alimony and divorce property disputes. By keeping millions of Americans tied up in years of legal hell and losing money to this system, working Americans are kept poor, and drained of energy and resources they could use for other political activity.
In a general demoralization of the working and lower classes, America has built a giant gulag of prisons, with more than 2 million prisoners - this is one-fourth, twenty-five percent, of all the prisoners in the entire world. America is now a big jailhouse. More than 1 out of 140 Americans is currently in prison. Hardly anybody is in jail in Europe, and the crime rates are much lower. America imprisons a much higher percentage of people than China, Cuba or other countries that America likes to criticize.
Working class and minority Americans live in fear of being sent to jail on false and bogus charges, with fake evidence from crooked jailhouse snitches, who tell lies just to get a lighter sentence for themselves. Sometimes you learn that an innocent man was strapped to a table and put to death, on the basis of such flimsy crooked evidence.
The average person is already at least subconsciously aware that the legal system is a terrifying monster. Indeed, it is a frightening iron fist, or iron curtain, of corruption.
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Name: Dr Les Sachs
Dr Les Sachs - author, journalist, expert critic of US corruption - was forced to take refuge in Western Europe, under threat of jail and death by the US-Bush regime. For detailed biography, see Dr Les Sachs' website at www.dr-les-sachs.be.
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Table of Contents for this F.A.Q.
Dr. Les Sachs, 1st US citizen political refugee in W. Europe
ACLU Fraud: Why the ACLU Abandons So Many Victims
Foreign Companies Face Risk of US Court Corruption: Doing Business in the Big Bribery Nation
Footsteps of Anne Frank: Dr Les Sachs in Holland, banned by Bush government
Banned in the USA (Banned in America) - Dr Les Sachs' web log of recent published articles
MWC News - Media with Conscience
Leonel Cazaco - Innocent French Citizen in an American Jail
Jail4Judges.org, J.A.I.L. = Judicial Accountability Initiative Law
Innocent Europeans in U.S. Prisons
Watchdog for Public Official Predators
Ocnus.Net - News Before It's News
Ox to Grind by Richard Oxman "I write for compassionate, courageous souls…"
Citizens for Judicial Accountability
The Hollywood Investigator
Thom Hartmann, national progressive radio host and author
Truly FREE sites for posting or finding Prisoner Pen Pals
PrisonerLife.com
Friends4Lifers.com
LostVault.com
Books by Dr Sachs
True Crimes of Patricia Cornwell: Bush's Friends, Political Courts and Fake Trials in America
FAQ on US Judicial and Legal Corruption (F.A.Q., Frequently Asked Questions)
The Virginia Ghost Murders
Cheap Wheels
How to Buy Your New Car for a Rock-Bottom Price


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