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//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
// <summary>Defines the Recurrence.YearlyRegenerationPatternclass.</summary>
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------

namespace Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Text;

    /// <content>
    /// Contains nested type Recurrence.YearlyRegenerationPattern.
    /// </content>
    public abstract partial class Recurrence
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Represents a regeneration pattern, as used with recurring tasks, where each occurrence happens a specified number of years after the previous one is completed.
        /// </summary>
        public sealed class YearlyRegenerationPattern : IntervalPattern
        {
            /// <summary>
            /// Gets the name of the XML element.
            /// </summary>
            /// <value>The name of the XML element.</value>
            internal override string XmlElementName
            {
                get { return XmlElementNames.YearlyRegeneration; }
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// Gets a value indicating whether this instance is regeneration pattern.
            /// </summary>
            /// <value>
            ///     <c>true</c> if this instance is regeneration pattern; otherwise, <c>false</c>.
            /// </value>
            internal override bool IsRegenerationPattern
            {
                get { return true; }
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="YearlyRegenerationPattern"/> class.
            /// </summary>
            public YearlyRegenerationPattern()
                : base()
            {
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="YearlyRegenerationPattern"/> class.
            /// </summary>
            /// <param name="startDate">The date and time when the recurrence starts.</param>
            /// <param name="interval">The number of years between the current occurrence and the next, after the current occurrence is completed.</param>
            public YearlyRegenerationPattern(DateTime startDate, int interval)
                : base(startDate, interval)
            {
            }
        }
    }
}


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Arkansas sets eight executions for April despite drug shortage
Posted on February 28, 2017 by 1 Attorneys
By Steve Barnes | LITTLE ROCK, Ark.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Arkansas on Monday scheduled
eight executions for April, the U.S. state's first since 2005,
despite lacking one of the three drugs needed to put the men to
Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson signed an order for the
executions, which will take place in pairs from April 17 to 27.
"This action is necessary to fulfill the requirement of the
law, but it is also important to bring closure to the victims'
families who have lived with the court appeals and uncertainty
for a very long time," he said in a statement.
Arkansas lacks potassium chloride, one of the three drugs
the state uses in lethal injections. The state's stock of a
second drug, the anesthetic midazolam, also will exceed its
expiration date in April.
It was not clear how Arkansas would get a new supply of
potassium chloride in time for the executions. Pharmaceutical
companies have been increasingly unwilling to sell drugs used in
capital punishment, although Arkansas law grants vendors
Hutchinson acted after the U.S. Supreme Court last week
rejected appeals from the eight inmates. They contended they
were entitled to know the source of the drugs in order to avoid
unnecessary pain during the executions.
Death penalty opponents contend that midazolam has failed to
render inmates unconscious in at least four U.S. executions,
prolonging the process and subjecting the condemned to extreme
Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty
Information Center, said he could not recall another example of
so many executions over such a short period. Arkansas seemed to
be trying to use its midazolam before it expired, he said.
The executions' rapid pace "creates an extraordinary risk
that something is going to go wrong," Dunham said.
Scott Braden and John Williams, attorneys for three of the
inmates, urged Hutchinson in a letter to reconsider. "Not only
would our clients suffer, but so would our State's image and
moral standing in the eyes of the country and the world," they
They also challenged an assertion by Arkansas Attorney
General Leslie Rutledge that all the inmates' appeals had been
exhausted, citing a case still pending in a state court.
Posted in Legal News, News, Reuters, US Legal News

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Mitcham Vestry Hall is a municipal building in London Road, Mitcham, London. It is a locally listed building.

History
The building was commissioned as a vestry hall for the benefit of the Parish of St Peter and St Paul: the site selected for the building had previously been occupied by the local police and fire stations. It was designed by Robert Masters Chart in the Victorian style, and was officially opened on 18 May 1887. However, the vestry hall was described, in 1895, as a "red brick blot"...which had..."ruined for ever the picturesqueness of Mitcham of old".

The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage with seven bays facing onto London Road; it featured a doorway with pediment in the furthest right bay with a tall clock tower rising above; there were windows in each of the bays on the first floor; it had a steeply pitched roof with a cupola and weather vane. The old village lock-up which had formed the basement of the old police station was incorporated into the basement of the new building. The design also featured an entrance for the fire engine in the furthest left bay: the horse-drawn fire engine fire engine itself was replaced with an appliance made by Merryweather & Sons in 1912.

Urban expansion saw the immediate area become the geographical and administrative centre of the developing township in the late 19th century and the building became the council offices for the new Mitcham Urban District Council in 1915. A large extension to the west was completed in 1930 and, after the area achieved municipal borough status, the building became known as "Mitcham Town Hall" in 1934. A room on the first floor of the extension was designated for use as a courtroom in the 1930s and the main hall was used as a British Restaurant during the Second World War.

The building continued to serve as the headquarters of the Municipal Borough of Mitcham but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged London Borough of Merton was formed in 1965. It was subsequently used as workspace by several departments of Merton Council including the Borough Treasurer's Department. However, after the council departments moved out in the 1980s, the building was refurnished and was revived as a community centre known as the "Vestry Hall". The building continues to be used for public meetings and is used by local community organisations working in the borough. In September 2014, the local NHS Clinical Commissioning Group held its first Annual General meeting there and, since 2019, Off The Record Youth Counselling delivers mental health services in the building.

The Wandle Industrial Museum, which was established at Worsfold House in Church Road in Mitcham in June 1983 to preserve artifacts associated with the River Wandle and its industrial heritage, moved to the annex in the grounds of the vestry hall in July 1989.

References

Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Merton
City and town halls in London
Government buildings completed in 1887

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Joining The Games
The Capitol is eager to have as many different kinds of characters preform in the spotlight of the nation's main event! With that said, we do have some limitations. But not many.
Natives of Panem. Almost all Hunger Games canon characters, and Hunger Games original characters are allowed and very much desired.
Our only limitation with these characters is that right now, in-game, the Capitol's borders are closed, so your character choices are limited to only those who could arguably be in the Capitol at this time. This may change depending on in-game plot. Basically what we mean by this is that you can't apply to play a character from District 13. We're pretty sure you can come up with a reason to bring just about anyone else to the Capitol. Like Gale Hawthorne for instance? No, he wouldn't typically be in the Capitol... unless he was being used to keep Katniss in line, perhaps. (hint, hint)
The only characters that are forever off the table are any and all Gamemakers, as well as President Snow. These are reserved for Mod-run NPCs.
Also, since this is taking place AFTER the 74th Hunger Games, any and all characters who have died before the events in Catching Fire could only be apped as AUs and would not be considered Panem Natives/Capitol Citizens.
Limitations aside, we have a vast number of other characters available for you to play!
All past victors are being recruited, forcibly, to be mentors for the new tributes. Don't despair, you will have later opportunities to get into the arena if you so choose. (All-Star round, anyone?) Canonly known victors such as Johanna Mason or Beetee, or even your own original characters are all very much wanted around here.
When apping OC past victors, we will want to know what it was like for your original character's reaping when they were chosen to participate in their own past Hunger Games; an additional question will be required on your application regarding this and is available on the application page.
Also, please look at the other victors we already have in-game to see what place there is for you. There is only one victor per year, we'd hate to reject a potentially awesome character because it is the 10th app for a young, 20-something past victor.
We would also enjoy seeing some original characters who are citizens of the Capitol itself. You are free to fill any character niche that is not already taken by a canon character. In other words, you could NOT apply to be a District 12 stylist because... that's Cinna and Portia. However you could be a stylist for any other District; Finnick Odair has a stylist too after all. And a District 1 escort would be an extremely prestigious position; you know Effie has to jealous of them.
"Guests" of Panem. Basically any and all characters from anything other than The Hunger Games fandom could potentially be applied for. And what will they be doing here at The Games? Why, playing of course. In Gamemaker-designed death Arenas. All of them. Yes, even those who don't stand a snowball's chance in hell. Let's be honest, especially those who don't stand a snowball's chance.
We have fewer limitations on panfandom characters, because the games premise is that they are pulling in anyone and everyone from outside Panem that they can get their hands on.
If constant rounds of dramatic death matches doesn't sound like something that you want to do all the time, well... after your character's first round in the Arena, you will have the option of petitioning to the Capitol to have your character moved from the Games and into another job. Think Bobby Singer would make a better mentor, or George Koizumi a better stylist? Go for it. This can be done here at the Tribute Release post.
Restrictions: Non-Human Characters. Non-human characters are allowed in their original forms, if they are comparable in size to a human. So long as a character could feasibly be killed by another human or human-like character inside the Arena, we're absolutely fine with having more... um... 'exotic' characters around. We're sure they will cause quite a stir.
This is especially true for humanoid/alien/mutant characters. In fact, we already have a few in-game right now!
With that said however, we ask that you keep in mind that actual animals inside the Arena are likely going to be seen by other tributes as food, or muttations, or potentially, both. So while technically, you could app as Fluttershy from My Little Pony, we might not recommend that.
Restrictions: Non-Sentient Characters. Unfortunately we are not accepting non-sentient character applications at this time.
Restrictions: Alternate Universe Characters. We allow up to 3 versions of any character. Generally, when you are applying to play another version of an already-in-game character, you will follow the same guidelines you would apping an original version. However, you will have to prove WHY the the Capitol has need of more than one version of a character. So, if you are wanting to apply for another version of a character already-in-game, you need to, in your application, make a convincing argument for why the game would need, say.... another Harry Potter. If we already have one, why would we want another? If your app can tell us why, well, the odds are in your favor.
You may submit an application to join The Games as a Tribute at any time, however, there are some things you need to know first:
If you join in mid-arena cycle, your character will be dumped into the arena. To compensate for the edge they will have coming in "fresh" they will have no district association, no mentor, and no sponsor. It's gonna be a rough ride for them.
You will be given a district when you app, but that district is only assigned to your character after the die
IMPORTANT: If you are applying as a character NOT from The Hunger Games (i.e., a character from any other fandom, or an original character not from Panem) YOU MUST APPLY AS A TRIBUTE. No exceptions.
Posting Restrictions. When your tribute character is in the Arena, they do not have access to anything other than the Arena. They are physically removed from the Capitol and placed there, all devices removed from their person. It stands to reason that while they remain alive, they should only be active in Arena posts. Once they are kills and returned to the Capitol, they will be able to interact with everyone in the Capitol and make posts to the Network.
Capitol citizens (Hunger Game canon characters and original characters created to live in Panem) may apply at any time. They may also join the game as soon as their application has been approved. This should not change at any time, unless something specific in-game is occurring. Should that become the case, the mods will make sure that everyone is aware.Posting Restrictions.Opposite of the tribute's restrictions, Capitol Citizens have access to posts in the Capitol and on the network at all times. They cannot make posts to the Arena, because they are not physically present in the Arena. HOWEVER. Everything that happens inside the Arena is completely pubic. Just because they cannot post there, they could certainly know what is going on inside. An important thing to consider when apping your character is their tribute score. This is a numerical score, between 1 and 12 that the character receives during their short, one-on-one interview with the Gamemakers, where they are given the chance to show off their skills, with any range of weapons and supplies at their disposal. Please remember low scores of 1 & 2, or high scores of 11 & 12 are extremely rare. Also remember they will have no powers. A character who may score a 12, when stripped of their powers might be suddenly reduced to normal, or lower as they adapt.Also, please remember, your character would be dumped into this one-on-one scenario with only a brief explanation of what in the world is going on, (see Introduction, below) so they would have no idea of what the scores mean past, "The higher your score, the better your chance of living." (The one exception would be if you character is from the Hunger Games world)If your application is sounds but the Gamemakers disagree with the assessment of the score given in your application, this does not necessarily mean you application will be declined. The Gamemakers [mods] will just assign you a new score.To give you a rough idea of how you should score:1-3: Someone who is below average. Abnormally physically weak, ill, unintelligent, not able to mentality handle the arena, etc. Examples: Butters (South Park), Tohru (Fruits Baskets), Fluttershy (My Little Ponies), Bella (Twilight), Kakyou (X/1999)4-6: A normal person, or an above normal person who has something that sets them back.Examples: Most anyone from Glee, Frodo (Lord of the Rings), Kyon (Haruhi), Heather (Silent Hill), Harry Potter7-9: Someone who still falls into the realm of normal human but has something that makes them above average due to strength, skill, or intelligence.Examples: Asuka (Evangelion), Dean and Sam Winchester (Supernatural), Sayid (Lost), Peter Parker (Spiderman), James T. Kirk (Star Trek)10-12: Someone exceptional. Because powers are generally stripped they would not be taken into consideration, but people with physical abnormalities that give them an advantage, exceptional strong people, anyone who is abnormally well suited to the arena.Examples: Variska (Homestuck), V (V for Vendetta), Colossus (X-men), The Bride (Kill Bill), Ezio and Altair (Assassin's Creed)Note: This is not entirely how scoring works in the books (for example, Peeta would only rate a 6, and there is not consideration for politics), but your score is used primarily for OOC purposes. When you are accepted you will be given your final score by the Gamemakers. You will also be assigned a District that you will represent during your Hunger Games (Districts will be assigned in the order your app is processed.)Say hi in OOC, and depending on when you want to intro your character either start playing, or feel free to go have fun inved.
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Places in the Darkness by Christopher Brookmyre
Publisher: Orbit
Happy 2018! I'm back from my book review hiatus & for my first review of the year, I've begun with a science fiction mystery. I kicked off last year with science fiction so I mean to continue as I began. So, to the awesome read that is Places in the Darkness by Chris Brookmyre. Where to begin with this one and not give away any spoilers?
It all begins like any usual episode of Law & Order would, with a regular Jane & Joe chatting during their commute to work. Apparently, even on a space station two people on their way into work can't avoid the happenstance of stumbling upon a dead body. And when I say stumbling upon, I mean finding bloody glistening body parts floating about in zero-g. And so begins this twisty tale on the CdC, Ciudad de Cielo.
Enter Nikki Freeman, our officer in residence on SeeDee. She walks both sides of the law so also is on the take as an enforcer & protector, depending upon what's needed. She's also the only one on the station who has experience in homicide (this was her area of expertise when she was planetside) so she's called in to head the investigation (a circumstance she warily accepts). Just in case the dismemberment wasn't enough to drive home the killer's sadism, when Nikki checks out the scene, she realizes that the skin is missing from all the body parts, which she shortly finds neatly folded and tucked into a flight suit bag that's partially stowed. Sadistic but tidy.
Also arriving on the scene is Alice Blake of the Federated Nations Government. Newly arrived on the station to take the position of Principal of the Security Oversight Executive. She's a stickler for the rules and is here to establish order out of disorder and ferret out the causes. The powers that be on Earth are spoiling for a reason to take over the station and the projects surrounding the Arca (long term generation ship plan, in short) and she may just find what they need to finally make that happen.
The women wind up together to deal with the murder. Nikki, trying to cover her tracks as much as solve the murder and Alice trying to investigate Nikki. In their interaction lies the real strength of the story. Both women balanced one another out well. Alice had a raging case of self-righteousness & Nikki had her cynicism.
While investigating the first murder, another body turns up and it's evident that Nikki is supposed to be the prime suspect and that's when things really jump off. And it's not just the dead bodies stacking up that's posing an ever larger problem, it's those memories that are disappearing at an alarming rate (those had me yelling at the characters earlier than it dawned on them to be worried)The story is pretty tense until the end but does have wonderful moments where some fairly deep and important philosophical arguments are put forth. If you want to think about humanity in all it's grace and grime, this is a nice sandbox to play in. And it's a well plotted out mystery too.
The world building was very well done. The descriptions of the space station were vibrant and was one of my favorite aspects of the book. It was claustrophobic in some areas and positively ghost town in others.
Favorite passage (& this was a tough choice): In zero-g, the gentle ballet of objects in motion can make anything look elegant. Not this. Glistening organs dance gently around each other in the bright expanse, like motes of dust in a shaft of sunlight. Intestines curl and twist between sections of limbs denuded of skin, muscle exposed like illustrations in an anatomy textbook. She sees an empty skull, the top sheared off. The brain has been removed, floating free amidst this carnal constellation.
I loved the way this ended and would be happy to return to CdC again for another adventure. I don't even need to follow the same main characters, the world was that coolly rendered. I'd recommend this for mystery and scifi fans. Personally, it's a combination of my two favorites science fiction and mystery so I'm far more predisposed to love this.
Summary: A propulsive science fiction tale of murder and memory, all set on a futuristic space station.
Hundreds of miles above Earth, the space station Ciudad de Cielo - The City in the Sky - is a beacon of hope for humanity's expansion into the stars. But not everyone aboard shares such noble ideals.
Bootlegging, booze, and prostitution form a lucrative underground economy for rival gangs, which the authorities are happy to turn a blind eye to until a disassembled corpse is found dancing in the micro-gravity.
In charge of the murder investigation is Nikki "Fix" Freeman, who is not thrilled to have Alice Blake, an uptight government goody-two-shoes, riding shotgun. As the bodies pile up, and the partners are forced to question their own memories, Nikki and Alice begin to realize that gang warfare may not be the only cause for the violence.
Labels: book reviews, mystery, science fiction


Recently, the Pennsylvania Superior Court reviewed a judgment in favor of a woman who had been injured while leaving a swim club. In this case, Maryann Dunlap was leaving the Ridley Park Swim Club (the Club) when a dead and decaying tree fell on her, causing serious injuries. Before the accident, the tree stood on property owned by Harper Associates (Harper), close to the property line separating Harper's property from the Club. Harper had not inspected the tree to determine if it posed a hazard to individuals on either property.
Ms. Dunlap brought a lawsuit against multiple defendants, including the Club and Harper. Before trial, Harper and Ms. Dunlap submitted their dispute to arbitration. Ms. Dunlap was awarded $350,000.00, and then she and Harper entered into a pro rata joint tortfeasor release. Ms. Dunlap accepted the award in exchange for dropping all claims against Harper. The release stated that recovery against the Club should be reduced to the extent of the pro rata share of damages attributable to Harper.
Ms. Dunlap's expert created a report stating that Harper was responsible for her injuries. But the report was not provided to the Club until after the trial had begun, despite the trial court's scheduling order and its direction that reports be produced before trial. A second report stated the Club was at fault for failing to examine the trees on the Harper property. This report was promptly provided to the Club.
During trial, the Club objected to Ms. Dunlap's expert testimony because his reports were produced past the deadline set by the court. Harper did not participate in the trial. At the conclusion of Ms. Dunlap's case in chief, the trial court held that Harper would not appear on the verdict form. The court stated that the Club would not be able to demonstrate a prima facie case of negligence by Harper. According to the trial court, this is because the Club had failed to retain an expert witness to testify about Harper's negligence. The jury ruled in favor of Ms. Dunlap for $750,000.00. The court denied the Club's post-trial motion. and the Club appealed.
On appeal, the Club argued that Harper's alleged negligence should have been submitted to the jury. The issue before the appellate court was whether the Club made a prima facie showing of Harper's negligence.
Negligence requires proof of a duty or obligation, a breach of that duty, causation, and actual damages. When the subject matter of the negligence is outside the skill and knowledge of an ordinary layperson, expert testimony is required.
On appeal, the court first stated that Harper had a duty to inspect the tree, and expert testimony was not required to reach this conclusion. A landowner has a duty to inspect trees near a developed or residential area. The court stated that additionally, since the parking lot on the Club's property is developed land, there was a duty on the part of Harper to inspect the trees that abut the property.
Regarding the breach of duty, the court stated there is no need for expert testimony on the question of whether a tree was inspected. At trial, one of Harper's principals testified that Harper never visually inspected the tree at issue. Based on this, the jury could have determined that Harper breached their duty to inspect the trees next to the Club property.
The appeals court stated that the Club made a prima facie showing, based on the testimony of Ms. Dunlap's expert, that the subject tree may have caused Ms. Dunlap's injuries. Therefore, the Club made a showing that Harper would or should have noticed the tree was dangerous, if it had been inspected. Finally, the court stated it was undisputed that the tree caused Ms. Dunlap's injuries.
The court stated that since the Club made a prima facie showing of Harper's negligence, the trial court abused its discretion by not including Harper on the verdict form. The jury should have the opportunity to apportion responsibility between the Club and Harper. This prejudicial error may have hurt the Club, since if the jury had found Harper responsible, they would have reduced the damages award according to the pro rata joint tortfeasor release.
The judgment was vacated and the case remanded. The court stated that the Club is entitled to a new trial.
This personal injury lawsuit involved procedural and substantive issues concerning a prima facie case of negligence. At Needle Law, we represent injured individuals in their personal injury matters and provide a free consultation. Contact us at 570-344-1266.


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The Theme of Samos (, thema Samou) was a Byzantine military-civilian province, located in the eastern Aegean Sea, established in the late 9th century. As one of the Byzantine Empire's three dedicated naval themes (Greek: , themata nautika), it served chiefly to provide ships and troops for the Byzantine navy.

Origins
The dates of establishment and the territorial reach of the various Byzantine naval commands in the 7th–9th centuries are mostly unclear. After the unitary navy of the Karabisianoi was split up in the early 8th century, regional naval commands were established, of which the naval theme of the Cibyrrhaeots is the first known and most important. The 10th-century Byzantine emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos (r. 913–959) records that "at the time the Empire was divided into themes", Samos became the seat of the "theme of the sailors" (); the meaning of this passage is unclear. The historian Warren Treadgold interprets this to mean that Samos was the first seat of the Karabisianoi fleet, until their disbandment . Alternatively, it could imply a command that formed part of the Karabisianoi and was abolished with them, or a later, short-lived successor, perhaps even identical with the Cibyrrhaeots. The existence of a "strategos of Samos" in the 8th century is attested through a surviving seal of a strategos named Theodore.

In the late 8th century, the southern Aegean appears to have come under the jurisdiction of the "droungarios of the Dodekanesos", whom some scholars (following Hélène Ahrweiler) identify with the post of "droungarios of Kos" and the later "droungarios of the Gulf (Kolpos)", listed in the mid-9th century Taktikon Uspensky. This command then, or at least the eastern part of it, apparently evolved into the theme of Samos.

History

The theme of Samos, with its governing strategos, is first documented in Philotheos's Kletorologion of 899. It included the islands of the eastern Aegean, as well as the western coast of Asia Minor between Adramyttion and Ephesos (also known as Theologos at the time). The seat of the theme was at Smyrna, while subordinate tourmarchai (vice-admirals) had their seats at Adramyttion and Ephesos.

In 911, the forces of the naval theme of Samos are recorded as being 3,980 oarsmen and 600 marines, with a fleet of 22 warships. The mainland portion of the theme, however, is also explicitly mentioned as belonging to the Thracesian Theme, which had a special tourmarches in charge of defending the coast. This, along with a lack of mention of civil officials attached to the naval theme, most probably reflects a division of tasks: the strategos of Samos and his officials were responsible for furnishing the ships and crews of the thematic fleet as well as defending the islands, while the mainland coast, with its cities and population, came under the control of the Thracesian strategos and his officials, who were responsible for their taxation and defence. Samos seems to have remained a purely military formation until the late 11th century, when its fleet was disbanded and it was converted into a regular theme with its own civil officials.

Notes

References

Sources

Themes of the Byzantine Empire
Medieval Aegean Sea
Byzantine navy
States and territories established in the 9th century
History of Samos


CNN and other 24-hour news programs dropped all scheduled programming to cover the mass shooting at Umpqua Community College. It was an important story and tragedies often drive ratings.
Did you hear how he said that he is careful to release details because he is a bit more "hesitant" to give more details "because often they are wrong"? He accused an innocent man of murder. He also got the age of the shooter wrong. We didn't listen to his entire show, because in 30 seconds we were able to prove our point- grossly reckless mainstream media run amok.
VIDEO REMOVED. WE WILL WORK ON GETTING IT BACK UP.
Random websites did it, too. Twitter followed suit. We heard Fox News named Toby's name as well, but do not have access to their feed from last night. O'Reilly described the same guy, but said he wouldn't say his name until it was confirmed.
Every state is different and figuring out jurisdiction is complicated. Did the comments of CNN come from their studio in Atlanta where some of the production was and their primary headquarters is or New York City where the panelist was? In What jurisdiction was Mr. Reynolds defamed? Where he was sitting or where those who heard the defamation was? All are likely true.
Since CNN is based out of Atlanta and I am licensed to practice law in Georgia, I will stick with Georgia law, but it is easy enough to apply basically the same law from any state.
harm to the plaintiff, unless the statement amounts to per se defamation. See Smith v. Stewart, 660 S.E.2d 822, 828 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008)(yes or yes).
See Ga. Code Ann. §51-5-4.
The statute of limitations for defamation is one (1) year. Ga. Code Ann. § 9-3-33.
Uttering any disparaging words productive of special damage which flows naturally therefrom (yes).
(a) The owner, licensee, or operator of a visual or sound broadcasting station or network of stations and the agents or employees of any owner, licensee, or operator shall not be liable for any damages for any defamatory statement published or uttered in or as a part of a visual or sound broadcast by one other than the owner, licensee, or operator or an agent or employee thereof, unless it is alleged and proved by the complaining party that the owner, licensee, operator or the agent or employee has failed to exercise due care to prevent the publication or utterance of the statement in the broadcast. (It was broadcast over and over again even though their own panelists said it did not make sense).
(c) In any action for damages for any defamatory statement published or uttered in or as a part of a visual or sound broadcast, the complaining party shall be allowed only such actual, consequential, or punitive damages as have been alleged and proved.
It means it is still a tough case in the circumstances where Mr. Reynolds was NOT specifically named, even though the internet took what was being said on CNN, took it a step farther, posted about it and overwhelmed his youtube account with horrible messages. His youtube video instantly went from 300 hits to over 60,000 in less than a day. The comments on those posts, the threats on social media, the blogs, the tweets all were a tidal wave which were caused by mainstream media describing Mr. Reynolds to a tee. All you had to do was search "UCC shooter" or "Umpqua shooter" and people had taken CNN's data and released the name of the only person fitting that description.
His case is likely one to make legal precedent. For those who named him as the killer, we think it would likely reach the realm of actual malice which would entitle him to sue any media outlet in about any state. For those blogs and websites which named him as the killer, there was pretty simple defamation.
In the early morning on July 27, 1996, during the Olympic Games in Atlanta, a pipe bomb exploded in the city's Centennial Park, killing two people and injuring 111. Authorities actually (unlike here where the killer was known) focused on a security guard named Richard Jewell, who was previously praised for helping evacuate the area. The media, including Atlanta based CNN and NBC (which broadcasted the Olympics) were quick to publish the police suspicions.
On July 30, a writer for the Atlanta Journal Constitution wrote, "The security guard who first alerted police to the pipe bomb that exploded in Centennial Olympic Park is the focus of the federal investigation into the incident." The second sentence in the lead said Jewell also "fits the profile of the lone bomber." Part of the basis was, "He (Jewell), also has approached newspapers, including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, seeking publicity for his actions." A CNN staffer was sent to get a copy of the paper, and they then read it on television and reported on it from there.
Jewell experienced great toll on his personal and professional life. He was completely exonerated, and Eric Robert Rudolph was later found to have been the bomber. In 2006, Georgia's Governor publicly thanked Jewell for saving the lives of those at the Olympics.
After his exoneration, Jewell filed a series of lawsuits. Jewell said the lawsuits were not about money, but were about clearing his name.
Jewell sued NBC News for this statement, made by Tom Brokaw, "The speculation is that the FBI is close to making the case. They probably have enough to arrest him right now, probably enough to prosecute him, but you always want to have enough to convict him as well. There are still some holes in this case". NBC stood by its story, but the network agreed to pay Jewell $500,000.
Jewell sued The New York Post for $15 million in damages, contending that the paper portrayed him in articles, photographs and an editorial cartoon as an "aberrant" person with a "bizarre employment history" who was probably guilty of the bombing. He settled with the newspaper for an undisclosed amount.
CNN settled with Jewell for an undisclosed monetary amount, CNN maintained its coverage was fair and accurate.
Jewell also sued the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. According to Jewell, it "pretty much started the whirlwind". In one article, the Atlanta Journal compared Richard Jewell's case to that of serial killer Wayne Williams.
The newspaper was the only defendant that did not settle with Jewell. The lawsuit remained pending for several years, and became an important part of case law regarding whether journalists could be forced to reveal their sources. Jewell's estate continued to press the case even after Jewell's death but in July 2011, but all of its claims were ultimately rejected by the Georgia Court of Appeals. The Court concluded that "because the articles in their entirety were substantially true at the time they were published—even though the investigators' suspicions were ultimately deemed unfounded—they cannot form the basis of a defamation action." The same cannot be said here.
Families lost children. Children lost parents. And media is so quick to be first to tell the story that they literally held Toby Reynolds before the Court of Public Opinion and sentenced him. It's a part of the problem- the bullies, the wrongdoers, the attempt to get it first over getting it right. Ms. Feyerick, CNN and WOAI owe Toby Reynolds a sincere apology.
Would you like to get in contact with the real "Toby Reynolds"?
Certainly, we'd love to hear his side.


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MONARCH BUTTERFLIES WITH A HEAVY LOAD
Etiquetas: Entomology
Lawrence, a small town in Kansas, May 20, 2009: A group of scientists and a camera team stand side by side on the local airfield. Their concentration is palpable: a small six-legged visitor is expertly held between three fingers and carefully fitted with a small package with tweezers and adhesive. A minute radio transmitter on its abdomen, which weighs half as much as the animal itself, is to accompany the monarch butterfly on the next leg of its journey after the stopover. The scientists, Chip Taylor, director of the organisation Monarch Watch, which is based at Kansas University, and Professor Martin Wikelski, Professor for Ornithology at the University of Konstanz and Director at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Radolfzell, Germany, hope to succeed, for the first time, in getting the butterflies, which have been fitted with a transmitter, to fly and in following them in a small aircraft.
The fluttery visitors are first fed a suitable amount of food to give them enough strength to carry the transmitters. After one butterfly had been released, Wikelski and Taylor followed its signals. "Just as we expected, it flew in a north-northeast direction," said Taylor after the flight, "And it covered a distance of 18 kilometres." The monarch butterfly was then located, first from the aircraft and then from the car, relieved of its extra load. The researchers are hoping for less windy conditions over the next few days to be able to release a larger number of tracked specimens. The collected data will then be entered into the "Movebank", a database of global animal movements initiated by Martin Wikelski, which can be consulted, for example, by national environmental protection agencies and by schools.
The monarch butterfly is the best known of the migratory butterfly species. Every March, millions of individuals fly in large swarms from the mountains of Mexico in the direction of north. By April, they have reached the Rio Grande on the American border, where the females lay the first of their 400 eggs. The caterpillars live off poisonous spurges, which make them unfit for consumption by birds, their natural predators. The conspicuous colour of their wings acts as a warning sign for other animals. By early May, the butterflies have arrived in Texas where this generation's hazardous and exhausting journey ends with death. The journey, however, is continued by the next generation. This second generation then reaches the latitude of the city of Washington. The grandchildren of the Mexican overwinterers hatch and lay their eggs in Pennsylvania, then in Canada at the Great Lakes. The imagines, the adult animals of this generation, achieve an incredible feat: With the help of strong upwinds, they cross Lake Erie and then negotiate the 3,600 kilometres southwards to reach Mexico again in late autumn.
In the past, it has not been possible to observe an individual butterfly in detail on its migratory journey. Thanks to the successful work of the biologists, however, this is no longer the case. "Now we can compare the migrations of whales, birds, bats and insects, and describe trends that will enable us to predict migratory phenomena, such as the migratory locust."
Despite his extensive experience in observing migrating animal species with the help of small transmitters, Martin Wikelski wanted to first test, on a small scale, whether the adhesive mixture would fix the metallic transmitter to the belly of the butterfly securely, as well as whether the butterfly would be able to fly with this considerable load and whether the signal can be received with directional antennae - hardly a suitable task to be carried out in a laboratory.
The butterfly house on Mainau Island, a well-known tourist attraction on Lake Constance, provided the best possible conditions for the tests. The unique flower and plant paradise was opened to the public by Count Lennart Bernadotte who wanted to provide access to an oasis of harmony and natural beauty. In keeping with this philosophy, a butterfly house was established there in 1996. Visitors can view over 50 species of magnificently coloured butterflies in the tropical landscape of the butterfly house. The surrounding garden complex also provides a place for egg deposition and feeding for native butterfly species.
Here, the Mainau gardeners collected the monarch butterfly pupae for the test run. As soon as they hatched, Wikelski caught one rather dazed butterfly in the cold morning air. A spot of adhesive was carefully applied to its abdomen, the transmitter fitted on top, the drying process completed and the butterfly placed on a Lantana camara flower to recover and gather its strength. Exhausted by the procedure, the monarch did not initially attempt to lift off into the air. However, it eventually teetered off unsteadily, gradually becoming more confident as it became used to the unaccustomed extra weight. The National Geographic team filmed this exciting sequence on location.
Those lucky enough to have observed the flight of the millions of painted lady butterflies this past May, which arrive in Germany every spring from North Africa and the Mediterranean, cannot have failed to have been fascinated by the contrast between these delicate creatures and their ability to overcome enormous distances and altitudes. The migratory paths of these and other butterfly species that manage to cross the Alps every year can finally also be researched in detail.
(Photo: MPI for Ornithology, Radolfzel / Carrie Fudickar)
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Dr Peter Moore: Opening schools must be joint decision involving all interested parties
Dr Peter Moore
Published: 7:28 AM June 1, 2020 Updated: 6:12 PM September 17, 2020
Ava's view on the debate about the re-opening of schools - Credit: Archant
Should primary schools open for reception and Years 1 and 6? Are teachers being difficult or is the Government being dogmatic?
The only certainty is uncertainty. There is no simple answer.
Any return to school carries a risk but keeping children off school also carries a risk. The attainment gap between children from a deprived background and the better off will widen.
There is a great deal we do not know about this virus but we do know some things.
First of all, it does not appear to cause serious illness among young children although they can catch it.
If we were only looking at the welfare of children, primary schools could open tomorrow with no social distancing.
But children do not live in a bubble. A school could be the centre of an outbreak, staff would then be at risk and the children could take the virus home to their parents or grandparents.
Because everything closed at the same time we do not know whether closing schools made a difference or whether it was some of the other measures; social distancing, staying at home, closing pubs, clubs and cinemas or working from home.
We do not even know how infectious children are when they have the virus.
In countries where schools have reopened there has been no increase in cases but the numbers are small and figures uncertain.
The decision is finely balanced.
What we can say is that head teachers will always have the welfare of their pupils and staff at heart. Teachers care for children, it's in their DNA. They have been working incredibly hard in difficult circumstances during the lockdown.
Schools have been open for vulnerable children and children of key workers while teachers have also been setting work and helping pupils online.
It is grossly offensive for some of the popular press to suggest that they are 'work shy' or 'lazy'. Teachers would love to reopen the schools but need to be certain that it is safe. Many of the rules for social distancing are difficult in primary schools.
The level of coronavirus is also very different in different parts of England. Not all schools are the same. In most modern primary schools classrooms have doors opening onto the playground. In an old Victorian building there may be one entrance and narrow corridors.
The Government suggests we should follow the example of Denmark where children are already back at school.
The problem is that if we follow the Danish model it cannot be pick and mix. We cannot follow some of their ideas and ignore the ones we don't like or are impracticable in English schools.
Many Danish primary schools are on the same site as secondaries.
Initially children sat one child at each table with the tables two meters apart. Young children were taught in small groups.
All this meant more teachers and more classrooms.
If possible, lessons were held outdoors. Part-time teachers started working full time and the empty classrooms in the secondary schools were used as overflow.
Hand washing increased to over five times a day and the authorities brought in temporary hand wash sinks.
But perhaps the largest difference was the Government's approach.
From the beginning the teaching unions, local authorities and scientists were all involved. The final decision was a joint one with all parties. All the evidence was published and discussed.
In England, the Government announced schools would reopen on June 1 without first releasing the advice on which it was based and without discussing it with the teachers.
When a scientist at the Downing Street press conference suggested that young children will not touch each other's lunch boxes she showed that, while she may be an expert on public health, she was not an expert on young children.
As we slowly come out of lockdown we must avoid confrontation and work together.
Teachers are intelligent, hard working and caring. They need to be brought into the discussions.
Opening schools must be a joint decision involving all interested parties.


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Cana: "I want to end my career here" 27/08/2011
Lorik Cana spoke to Infopress after the game with Rabotincki and outlined his happiness at having arrived at Lazio despite not being garaunteed a starting place.
Reja on Europa League: "We would like to go far" 27/08/2011
Edy Reja spoke to the press after the Europa League draw and warned that opposite to what many think, their group is not an easy one...
Lazio draw Sporting Lisbon, FC Zurich and FC Vaslui. 26/08/2011
Lazio opener against Vaslui, then Sporting and Zurich away.
Foggia's agent: "Pasquale likes the Lecce option. The problem is the salary." 26/08/2011
In an exclusive interview given to Francesco Romano of pianetalecce.it, Marco Sommella, Pasquale Foggia's agent, commented on the situation of his client in the final days of mercato
First round of Serie A postponed due to strike 26/08/2011
After failed negotiations between the Players association and the League representatives, the strike will postpone the start of the new Serie A campaign
Europa League draw: who could we face in the group stage? 26/08/2011
The Europa League groups are set to be drawn today.
Rabotnicki - Lazio: Macedonia chooses Lazio 25/08/2011
At LazioLand, we are very proud of the links we have established with international communities over the years as we seek to share our love of Lazio with each other. So, when we knew Lazio would be making a trip to macedonia, we tracked down our friends, Jovan Tikvaroski and Done Nikolovski from "Lazio Fans Macedonia" to see how they intended to celebrate the occasion. Suffice to say, we are far from disappointed.
FK Rabotnicki -Lazio 1-3 (1-1) 25/08/2011
A second string Lazio travelled to Macedonia to finish off what was started in Rome a week earlier.
Zarate: I want to stay, but it is impossible 24/08/2011
The Argentinian speaks after Edy Reja's interview
Preview: FK Rabotnicki - Lazio 23/08/2011
Plenty of interesting details to address, despite this game being the second leg of an already decided qualifier for Europa League.


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Deborah Madden
Dr, Elected Fellow, Royal Historical Society, Fellow of Higher Education Academy
Principal Lecturer, School of Humanities
Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories
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EmailD.Madden2@brighton.ac.uk
Deborah Madden is a cultural and intellectual historian with research interests in religion, medicine, education, politics and culture in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. She has published widely on the cultural significance of Protestant dissent and millenarianism across Britain's Empire and extra-imperial sites. She has taught a broad range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the Universities of Sussex and Oxford, as well as the Open University. She is based in the School of Humanities, teaches on the MA for Cultural Memory and is Deputy Director for the Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories (CMNH). She is a Research Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Supervisory Interests
Areas for PhD supervision include:
Cultural and intellectual histories of Protestant dissent
Eighteenth-century medical practice
Millenarian prophecy and groups
Missionaries, education and Empire
Nineteenth-century life writings
Cultural heritage, public history
Colonial and imperial sites of memory
Approach to teaching
As a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy who also holds a PGCE, Madden's teaching is informed and updated by evidenced-based research in pedagogy in higher education.
In practice, she adopts a range of teaching methods in lectures and seminars for differentiated learning. This draws on various pedagogic models of collaborative working, using a variety of archival, text and digital sources appropriate to the methodology within the practice of History. Her approach in teaching and research is inherently interdisciplinary.
Scholarly biography
Dr Deborah Madden is a principal lecturer, based in the School of Humanities. Her research background is in intellectual and cultural history. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Higher Education Academy, she has published academic monographs, chapters and articles on the relationship between dissenting religion, medicine, education, politics and culture in the eighteenth century. In addition to this, she has written extensively on Protestant prophetic narratives between 1780 and 1950, showing the ways in which radical millenarian groups have reinterpreted the bible's narrative structure, archetypes and language to envision and literally rebuild 'sacred spaces', 'moral geographies' and 'elect' communities across Britain's Empire and extra-imperial sites.
Drawing on these existing areas of expertise, work on her latest book, Victorian Cultures of Life Writing: Perspectives on Gender, Temporality and Empire, examines nineteenth-century theological, millenarian, missionary and medical texts in the wider context of Empire. The book also provides a critical reflection on issues surrounding the so-called 'affective turn' and contemporary methodological use of personal sources, life writings, autobiographies and biographies as historical evidence.
A separate strand of teaching and research is concerned with memory studies and the cultural politics of heritage.
She teaches on the Cultural History, Memory and Identity MA and is Deputy Director for the Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories, based at the University of Brighton.
Forthcoming publications commissioned and under contract with Cambridge University Press:
Isabel Rivers and David Wykes (eds.), A History of the Dissenting Academies in the British Isles, 1660-1860, which is under contract with Cambridge University Press. This multi-volume work comes out of an AHRC and ESRC funded project led by Isabel Rivers and David Wykes. Two chapters contributed by Madden track the development of higher education across Britain's first and second Empire.
'The Dissenting Academies Across the British Empire 1: North America'
'The Dissenting Academies Across the British Empire 2: Missions and Missionary Work in India, Africa and Asia'.
Further selected publications:
2016: 'Prophecy in the Age of Revolution', in Andrew Crome (ed.), Prophecy and Eschatology in the Transatlantic World, 1550-1800 (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan).
2016: 'Medicine on Demand: John Wesley's Enlightened Treatment of the Sick', in Robert Webster (ed.), Perfecting Perfection: Essays in Honour of Henry D. Rack (Cambridge: James Clarke).
2015: 'Education and Manners in Richard Whatmore and Brian Young (eds.), Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Intellectual History (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell).
'Educating the "Daughters of Syria": Perspectives on Gender, Temporality and Religion in the Missionary Writings of Elizabeth Bowen Thompson (1812-1869).
'Framing the Holy Land: Missionary Tourism and Photography in Palestine'.
'"The Next Christ will Perhaps be a Female": Florence Nightingale, Nursing and the Redundant Woman in Victorian England'.
Research and publications as a postdoctoral researcher for the Theology Faculty, University of Oxford (2003-8):
2017: Jane Shaw and Philip Lockley (eds.), History of a Modern Millennial Movement: The Southcottians. (London: IB Tauris). Madden has contributed three chapters to this volume, which tracks the intellectual and cultural history of Southcottian and Christian Israelite sects in Britain, America and Australia (1792-1952). Work here reveals a history of millennialist belief, as well as the rich tapestry of transatlantic missionary networks during Britain's age of Empire and America's expansionist era.
2010: Deborah Madden, The Paddington Prophet: Richard Brothers's Journey to Jerusalem (Manchester: Manchester University Press).
2008: Deborah Madden, 'The Religious Politics of Prophecy: Or, Richard Brothers's Revealed Knowledge Confuted', History of European Ideas, 34.3 (2008), 270-284.
The Paddington Prophet: Richard Brothers's Journey to Jerusalem (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2010).
'A Cheap, Safe and Natural Medicine': Religion, Medicine and Culture in John Wesley's Primitive Physic (Clio Medica: 83. Amsterdam: Rodopi Press, 2007).
Deborah Madden (ed.), 'Inward and Outward Health': John Wesley's Holistic Concept of Medical Science, the Environment and Holy Living (Norwich: Epworth Press, 2008).[ Reprinted in 2012 with WIPF and Stock Publishers].
Journals and Book Chapters:
'John Wesley as Medical Advisor on Health and Healing', chapter in Randy L. Maddox and Jason E. Vickers (eds.), Cambridge Companion to John Wesley, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009) (Invited).
'Introduction. Saving Souls and Saving Lives: John Wesley's "Inward and Outward" Health', chapter in Deborah Madden (ed.), 'Inward and Outward Health': John Wesley's Holistic Concept of Medical Science, the Environment and Holy Living, (Norwich: Epworth Press, 2008). [Reprinted in 2012 with WIPF Stock]
'Pastor and Physician: John Wesley's Cures for Consumption', chapter in Deborah Madden (ed.), 'Inward and Outward Health: John Wesley's Holistic Concept of Medical Science, the Environment and Holy Living, (Norwich: Epworth Press, 2008). [Reprinted in 2012 with WIPF Stock]
'The Religious Politics of Prophecy: Or, Richard Brothers's Revealed Knowledge Confuted', History of European Ideas, 34.3 (2008), 270-284.
'The Limitation of Human Knowledge: Faith and the Empirical Method in John Wesley's Medical Holism', History of European Ideas, 32 (2006): 162-172.
'Medicine, Science and Intellectual History' in R. Whatmore and B. Young (eds.), Palgrave Advances: Intellectual History (Basingstoke: Palgrave. Macmillan, 2006): 147-170. (Invited).
'John Wesley', Literary Encyclopaedia (www.litencyc.com), January 2005. (Invited).
'Medicine and Moral Reform: The Place of Practical Piety in John Wesley's Art of Physic', Church History, 73.4 (December 2004): 741-758.
'Contemporary reaction to John Wesley's Primitive Physic: Or, the case of William Hawes Examined', Social History of Medicine 17.3 (December 2004): 365-378.
'Experience and the Common Interest of Mankind: The Enlightened Empiricism of John Wesley's Primitive Physic', British Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies 26.1 (Spring 2003): 41-53.
With D. Towsey, 'Derrida, Faith and St Paul', Literature and Theology, 16.4 (December 2002): 396-409.
Citations and reviews
Review for The History of a Modern Millennial Movement: The Southcottians, (ed.) Jane Shaw and Philip Lockley (London: IB Tauris, 2017).
"This highly original book vividly charts the history of that charismatic millenarian prophetess Joanna Southcott and her ardent far-flung followers from their roots in 18th-century heterodox Protestantism to the Jezreelites in mid-Victorian Kent, the Panaceans in early 20th-century Bedford, the Christian Israelites in Australia and the Israelite House of David in Michigan. Combining mastery of complex theological thickets with unforgettable portraits of individual leaders and deft historical analysis, the authors reveal just how modern these Southcottians were in their pursuit of heaven – here and now - on earth."
Seth Koven, G E Lessing Distinguished Professor of History and Poetics, Rutgers University, 2017
Review for Companion to Intellectual History, (eds.), Richard Whatmore and Brian Young (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2016)
"This is an exceptionally stimulating book. Each chapter discusses complex matters with lucidity with no loss in rigor, and each raises questions with great intrinsic interest...... An outstanding work."
Choice Connect, 2016
Reviews for Madden's 'A Cheap, Safe and Natural Medicine': Religion, Medicine and Culture in John Wesley's Primitive Physic (New York and Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2007)
"In an impressive monograph, notable for the thoroughness with which most of the recent secondary literature has been assimilated, Deborah Madden offers a systematic study of Wesley's motivation and its grounding in his primitive Christianity… one of the real strengths of Madden's analysis is her identification of the several levels at which Wesley's eclectic theology did shape his medical priorities… she is surely correct, in principle, to say that […] Wesley's eyes were focused on the natural, not the supernatural."
John Hedley Brooke, Medical History, October 2009
"Deborah Madden's 'A Cheap, Safe and Natural Medicine' is a valuable addition to The Wellcome Series in the History of Medicine, as it is the first book-length, scholarly study devoted to providing a range of detailed biographical and cultural contexts for comprehending the significance of Wesley's medical manual. [A] useful study that will be of interest to anyone concerned with the inter-relationship between religion and medicine in the period."
David E. Shuttleton, Social History of Medicine, June 2009
"'A Cheap, Safe and Natural Medicine' does a nice job in capturing the whole of Wesley's thought—not only the theological but the medicinal…. I am reminded of just how closely Wesley and the early Methodists viewed the relationship between spiritual and physical well being. I am grateful to Deborah Madden's engaging work for helping me see this connection more clearly."
K.Z. Laxson, Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, October 2008
Reviews for Madden (ed.), Inward and Outward Health: John Wesley's Holistic Concept of Medical Science, the Environment and Holy Living (London: Epworth, 2008)
"Inward and Outward Health succeeds in debunking old myths and also in making a somewhat specialised (or, rather, neglected) subject accessible to the general reader…[Madden's] own contribution on Wesley's treatment of consumption – 'the dreaded disease' – combines eloquence with erudition."
B. Tabraham, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, March 2010
"This collection, under the expert eye of Deborah Madden, makes a major contribution to a growing field of historical inquiry that rightfully attracts contemporary attention."
Richard P. Heitzenrater, William Kellon Quick Professor of Church History, Duke University, Durham, NC
Madden has engaged in numerous 'community-facing' and social engagement projects where research has been adapted for wider application. She has been involved in a number of heritage and local history consultancy projects. She established a series of local history and heritage forums at the University of Brighton in Hastings, where key stakeholders working within these areas were invited to share knowledge and expertise. This led to the establishment of the Hastings and St Leonards Heritage Society in 2016, which acts as an umbrella organisation for local history groups and professionals working within the cultural heritage sector in the town.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Oxford
Sep 2000 → Sep 2003
Master, University of Sussex
Oct 1996 → Sep 1998
Bachelor, University of Sussex
Oct 1993 → Jun 1996
External positions
Oct 2014 → …
The emergence of Southcottian Israelite theology, 1815-63
Madden, D., 29 Jun 2017, The history of a modern millennial movement: The Southcottians. Shaw, J. & Lockley, P. (eds.). London, p. 78-94 17 p.
Israelite
Millennialism
The house of David and Mary's City
Madden, D., 29 Jun 2017, The history of a modern millennial movement: The Southcottians. Shaw, J. & Lockley, P. (eds.). London, p. 140-163 24 p.
Medicine on demand: John Wesley's enlightened treatment of the sick
Madden, D., 1 Jul 2016, Perfecting perfection: essays in honour of Henry D. Rack. Webster, R. (ed.). Cambridge, UK, p. 130-146 17 p.
Eighteenth-century England
Prophecy in the age of revolution
Madden, D., 1 Jul 2016, Prophecy and eschatology in the transatlantic world, 1550−1800. Crome, A. (ed.). London, p. 259-281 23 p.
Education and manners
Madden, D., 1 Dec 2015, A companion to intellectual history. Whatmore, R. & Young, B. (eds.). Oxford, UK, p. 262-275 14 p.
Intellectual History


Are you craving a juicy, meaty burger with all of the delicious toppings that will drip down the side of your mouth when you take a bite? I know I am. Mmmmm, burgers, who can resist them? But how about a healthier version that will still satisfy your craving but be gentle to your waist?
Ground chicken meat mixed in with some healthy and creamy avocado and the spices will make this one of the best burgers you ever had; and without the guilt or heaviness. Plus, this is a great way to sneak in some veggies for your kids.
Chicken is low in fat and high in protein and taste! Add in some creamy, good-for-you-fat avocado and you will never have another dry, tasteless burger again. Ever!
Everywhere you read about food and meat you hear low fat, vegetarian, vegan, heart healthy. But many low fat foods are so dry and tasteless that you might as well eat cardboard. Well, not that you would, just making a point.
These are so simple to prepare and make under 30 minutes from start to finish, maybe less. Now that is quicker than take out. And you know exactly what ingredients you are consuming. Even better. If you want to cut back on your carbs, just omit the bun and serve it with a salad. Still delicious and satisfying and juicy.
So next time you are craving a burger, try some ground chicken instead. You may never go back to beef. But as always, Enjoy!
In a large bowl, place the ground chicken, avocado, garlic, pepper, oregano, salt and bread crumbs and gently combine. Divide into 4 equal sections and shape into desired size patties. Grill inside or out over a medium heat for 6 minutes on each side.
While the patties are grilling, brush the sliced buns on the inside cut side with the olive oil and place on grill. Grill until toasted.
In the last 1 minute of grilling, drizzle the burgers with 1 tablespoon olive oil.
Serve the burgers with some fresh sliced tomatoes, grilled red onions, lettuce, ketchup or whatever your favorite condiments are. Enjoy!


With expensive and damaging cybercrime on the rise, companies and organizations across the globe are constantly trying to improve their security stance. As a result, many security vendors have taken advantage of this vulnerability with a FUD approach. The FUD strategy, standing for fear, uncertainty and doubt, is a scare tactic that plays on a prospect's fears to win a sale. The sales pitch often includes lines like "there are bad things in your network or application" or "this product is your only hope." The security industry is ripe for FUD tactics as the costs of cybercrime is skyrocketing. The costs are rising because companies are hiring more and more security engineers but the "scale out" approach isn't efficient as you can never hire more manual resources than the automated attacks that the hackers are launching.
If companies give into the FUD, they'll continue to buy more and more point solutions in search of the "right one." This is essentially the same approach as trying to lose weight by purchasing quick fixes, instead of putting together a targeted plan on how to move the needle. Here are four best practices on how to avoid FUD and build security with confidence, assurance and resiliency.
Too few cybersecurity vendors practice transparency. They don't give users a look beneath the hood of their technology and often overpromise on capabilities. Cybersecurity isn't some sort of black magic yet security vendors have been treating it that way, framing their product as the sole solution to all the fear, uncertainty and doubt. By not providing this transparency, everyone loses out with a lack of education and improvement. Transparency enables organizations to have full visibility into their software development life cycle – meaning which tools are integrated into what part of the pipeline, if there are any vulnerabilities found and what they are, and recommendations on how to rapidly remediate them. With full transparency and visibility of the whole situation, organizations can protect themselves with confidence, assurance and resiliency rather than falling into FUD.
The software development life cycle needs to have security tests built in at every stage, from code commit to application delivery. Putting implicit checks into place increases overall confidence that your code and application are much more resilient to application security attacks. This also increases assurance, as everyone knows exactly what tests were performed and what the results were in real-time. Instead of taking the insurance approach, where you simply hope that nothing bad ever happens, take the assurance route by being proactive with your application security testing.
Most security professionals can't confidently answer the following question: how secure are we really?
If you don't have the answer to this seemingly simple yet fundamental question, your security team is working blindly, which puts your company, its reputation and its customers at an unnecessarily increased risk. All organizations should do a full examination of their security processes and vulnerabilities to uncover their security strengths and weakness. Without this knowledge, there is no confidence, assurance and resiliency.
There is no one cybersecurity solution that will be a perfect fit for every company. Each organization has unique security needs, strengths and weaknesses and a good security plan should take all of those factors into account. Too many companies have fallen into the FUD trap that "tool X" or "package Y" will be the solution to every security need. Cybersecurity isn't a silver bullet so organizations need to do their research to figure out what the best security plan for them entails and not fall into the one-size-fits-all security package built on FUD.
Selling products on the basis of FUD is a scam and security vendors who are guilty of inducing FUD need to make it right. The current state of cybercrime has rightfully put the security industry on edge but we are not helpless and cybersecurity tools shouldn't been seen as an enigmatic quick fix. Leave FUD behind and build security with confidence, assurance and resiliency by demanding transparency, incorporating security at every stage, knowing your strengths and weakness, and understanding that security isn't one-size-fits-all. We have access to the best cybersecurity technology but each organization needs to build a personalized security plan built on confidence and assurance to ensure their resiliency.