An accident involving an 18-wheeler or truck is not like a common car accident- it's imperative those involved contact a San Diego truck accident attorney immediately. The damage a large semi truck can do in an accident is much greater than most highway accidents.
Semi-truck drivers owe a duty to fellow drivers to drive responsible; when this duty is broken, the drivers, their companies, or even manufacturers should be held accountable. Hire a San Diego truck accident attorney to ensure your family is not encumbered with medical bills.
A large truck traveling at a high speed among smaller vehicles is inherently dangerous, especially to a car's driver and passengers. Truck accident cases often involve greater injuries and can pose legal problems and concerns not found in most car accident cases. Trucking accidents can leave victims with catastrophic injuries such as brain damage, paralysis or severe, disfiguring burns or even death.
What are the most Common types of truck accidents?
Do You Need A Local Truck Accident Attorney?
Truck accidents are almost never "minor" and typically complex cases. A knowledgable San Diego truck accident attorney should ask details question to pinpoint your unique circumstances and thoroughly explain your various options.
Attorney Scott Liljegren has years of experience as a Naval Officer and Navy claims attorney, as well as an insurance defense attorney after reaching the rank of lieutenant. He has experience on both sides of the courtroom, putting him in a unique position to serve personal injury clients' best interests.
The Liljegren Law Group doesn't just represent clients during personal injury claims. We provide for many different client needs throughout the entire legal process. We can help you find a great doctor, gather evidence and accident documentation, take over insurance claim settlements, and prevent others from taking advantage of you. Let us know everything you need for peace of mind during the legal process and we'll do everything we can to deliver.
One of the reasons clients trust us with truck accident cases is our history of impressive case results. We've won numerous settlement and judgment awards for clients injured in truck accidents throughout Southern California. We achieve results based on individualized legal strategies tailored to clients' unique case facts and objectives. Our aggressive negotiators will fight for fair and just financial compensation.
Since we're a family-operated company, we pride ourselves on personal client attention. We accept a limited number of cases so we can dedicate the time and attention each client deserves. Your attorney will be available to speak to you, answer questions, and update you about your case around the clock. You'll work with a compassionate attorney who truly cares about your case and your family.
Our number one goal is to maximize your recovery. We understand the importance of getting a settlement or verdict that covers your past and future accident-related expenses. Otherwise, you and your family won't be able to move on. Our attorneys fight hard for justice against negligent truck drivers and companies, as well as for top recovery amounts from truck company insurers.
The Liljegren Law Group knows it's the right firm for you. We can help you learn how much your case could be worth, explore all of your legal options, and go up against major insurance companies in California. We want to stand by your side through all phases of the legal process. Let our family help yours.
Determining liability in a truck accident requires an experienced legal hand. The laws surrounding semi accident liability are complex, and these crashes often involve an intricate web of players. When you're involved in an accident with a semi-truck, you might assume that the driver is to blame for your injuries, but this isn't always the case. In fact, in many cases, multiple parties share the liability for your injuries.
Here are some examples of who might be at fault for a semi-truck accident – and what you can do about it.
According to a study from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, most trucking accidents are attributable to driver error. Semi-truck operators, especially long-haul drivers, spend hours upon hours traversing our nation's roadways. This can lead to fatigue and boredom, which sets the stage for distracted driving. A semi-truck driver might cause an accident by texting, talking on a cellphone, or simply by being lost in their thoughts. Additionally, truck drivers might use over-the-counter or prescription drugs to help them stay awake or even to pass the time.
A truck driver might also be liable for an accident if they commit what's called a "log book violation." Owners and operators are required to follow a strict set of rules set forth by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. These rules include everything from mandated breaks, limits on duty hours, and even required maintenance checks. Failing to adhere to these rules or log appropriate hours provides the foundation for establishing liability.
If a truck driver was operating impaired or committed a logbook violation, they're likely partially liable for an accident. However, it's also important to look at their motivation for doing so. For example, their employer might hold them to strict shipping deadlines and threaten their jobs or pay if they're delayed. This could cause truck drivers to fudge their logbooks or spend longer hours on the road then they should.
An employer might also be liable for an accident if they neglected to run a background check on a driver. For example, if a driver was operating under the influence at the time of the crash and had previous DUIs on his or her record, the employer might be liable for negligent hiring.
The owner of a semi-truck might also be liable if they failed to properly maintain the truck. Tampering with the brakes or neglecting to maintain a truck's tires can lead to serious accidents – for which the owner of the truck might be responsible.
At times, a truck malfunctions and causes an accident. The manufacturer of a truck or its parts might be liable for a semi crash if the crash resulted from a dangerous condition or defect.
A dangerous or defective condition in the truck itself could give rise to a product liability claim.
Last, a shipper or loader could be liable for accidents caused by improper loading. A truck's cargo must have even distribution of weight so the driver can handle the truck with ease. Improper loading can lead to jackknifing and other dangerous practices that could cause an accident.
As you can see, there could be many elements at play in a truck accident. If you sustained injury in a trucking wreck, contact a San Diego truck accident attorney who can conduct a thorough investigation on your behalf and determine the parties responsible.
Truck driver DUI: Truck drivers have demanding schedules and some take unsafe measures to cope with stress and meet their deadlines. Driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol is extremely dangerous in any vehicle, but truck drivers are capable of inflicting more catastrophic damage than smaller passenger cars.
Road construction: Construction sites on or near the highway may lead to lane closures or other detours. Truck drivers must carefully navigate these areas to avoid injury to other drivers or the people working on the road.
Improper braking.: A truck driver cannot simply slam on the brakes to come to a halt. Truck drivers receive proper braking training and must exercise these techniques to stop their vehicles safely. A truck driver who fails to do so can lead to a runaway truck accident, potentially injuring many drivers in the lanes ahead of the truck.
Brake failure: Tractor-trailers travel longer distances more frequently than other cars. As such, they require careful maintenance, and the braking system is one of the most critical components of a safe tractor-trailer. Brake failures can lead to multi-car crashes across several lanes.
"Squeeze Play" for turns: Some truck drivers must make sharp turns or turn onto narrow streets. To do so, they must sometimes swing in the opposite direction first so the trailer has room to clear the turn. When turning out, the truck driver may "squeeze" other drivers into a dangerous situation.
Rollovers: A rollover accident is one in which the trailer attached to the truck tips over on its side. Steep inclines, sharp turns, or driving too fast can all lead to rollover accidents. Truck drivers may also unintentionally cause rollovers by oversteering or attempting to correct a drifting trailer.
Jackknifing: A "jackknife" describes a tractor-trailer whose truck cab turns to one side while the trailer continues forward, creating a 90-degree angle. The trailer cannot stop in this situation and the driver will have little to no control. Jackknifing often leads to rollover accidents.
Rear-end collisions: Large trucks require much more stopping distance than smaller vehicles. If a car in front of a truck stops very suddenly, or the truck driver is traveling too close to the car in front without paying attention, the truck is likely to slam into the back of the car. At high speeds, a tractor-trailer can completely demolish a smaller car when striking it from behind, seriously injuring or likely killing the occupants of the smaller vehicle.
"Underride" accidents: The gap between the bottom of a truck's trailer and the road is often large enough for some cars to pass under, while others may not fit entirely. If a truck driver speeds through an intersection, a driver passing in the other direction may slam into the side of the trailer, pinning the car beneath it if the top of the car is about the same height as the bottom of the trailer.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's latest statistics reports an estimated 119,000 injury crashes involving large trucks and buses in 2016, as well as 4,440 fatal crashes. While the number of injury crashes has increased since 2015, the number of fatal crashes has decreased, though this value is still an increase over the past five years.
In terms of large trucks, there were roughly 475,000 police reported crashes during 2016. Roughly 104,000 of those crashes involved injuries, while 3,864 were fatal. While 62% of fatal crashes involving large trucks were those with two or more vehicles, there were still 22% of such crashes that resulted with the truck as the only vehicle. Most fatal truck accidents occur on interstate highways and in rural areas, and weekdays have the highest fatal crash rates. In 83% of fatal crashes, those who died were not occupants of the truck, but instead other parties.
Across fatal and non-fatal accidents with large trucks that involved hazardous materials, 16% of those incidents involved release of the hazardous materials from the truck. Flammable liquids, such as gasoline, were some of the most common released hazardous materials in these accidents.
Sharing the road means just that- sharing. While driving behind a slow 18-wheeler can be annoying, speeding up and cutting them off can quickly turn into a dangerous scenario- if not deadly. With great size comes great limitations; large trucks, buses and other commercial vehicles have larger blind spots, limited mobility, and take longer to come to a complete stop than the average car. To avoid a truck accident, it's imperative drivers always exercise caution when sharing the road with one (or many).
Stay Out of "No Zones" (Blind Spots): The rule of thumb is if you can't see the truck driver in the mirror, the driver can't see you. Drivers should stay at least 30 feet behind and try to avoid driving alongside the truck's carrier. For a closer look at "no zones", visit the FMCSA.
Don't Cut Trucks Off: This is an all-around driving rule that is often ignored. Buses take 40 percent longer to stop, according to the FMCSA. When merging from either side, you'll likely start in their blind spot making it impossible for them to know they need to slow down. And even if they do see you, cutting them off may not give them enough time to hit the brakes.
Anticipate Wide, Right Turns: Truck drivers often use the middle turning lane as opposed to the right because they need at least a 55 foot turning radius. If their blinker is on, never wait in their blind spot, fit between them and the curb, or try to beat them to the turn. For more details on how trucks turn, click here.
The Liljegren Law Group offers free, no-obligation case evaluations to truck accident victims and their families in San Diego. We want to take the opportunity to meet with you in person, discuss your unique needs, and come up with a legal strategy that can give you hope for the future. There is no fee for consultations, and only fees for our services if we win.
All of our initial legal consultations about truck accidents are complimentary and confidential, with no obligation to retain our firm after your meeting. We simply want you to know your rights and get answers to your questions during a difficult time. Liljegren Law Group attorneys know what to look for when conducting an investigation, and what is fair compensation for your injuries including lost wages, hospital bills, pain and suffering. If you or a loved one has been been injured in a trucking accident call our office today or by fill out our online contact form.


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Ban under-16s from social media? Europe says no!
16 Dec 2015 0 Facebook, Google, Law & order, Privacy, Social networks, Twitter
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Europe has said no to banning permission-less kids under the age of 16 from the electronic world they call home.
The proposed rules would have banned 13 to 15-year-olds from online services including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, other social media and messaging services, or anything that processes their data, without explicit consent from a parent or guardian.
But member states failed to agree on a uniform policy at the European Parliament on Tuesday and so will each be free to set their own age limit for social media use.
Tech giants had rushed to create a coalition to fight the teen block.
The ICT Coalition for Children Online, which includes Google, Facebook and Twitter, on Monday said that raising the age of consent from the original 13 to the proposed 16 would be a rushed amendment that came with no rationalization – one that pushed forward without meaningful input having been solicited from stakeholders, such as that from child safety organizations.
Child experts agreed: Janice Richardson, former coordinator of the European Safer Internet Network, and consultant to the United Nations' information technology body, the ITU and the Council of Europe, last week said that the boost in age of consent would represent "a major shift in policy on which it seems there has been no public consultation."
Not only do children rely on internet services to stay abreast of current events, research schoolwork, and express themselves, she said: they also avail themselves of critical online support on topics such abuse, living with relatives addicted to drugs or alcohol, or seeking confidential LGBT support services.
Teenagers access these critical resources in a manner that shows they are, by and large, "very knowledgeable about how to control the information they share online, more so than many adults," Richardson said.
Conservative MEP Timothy Kirkhope from the UK was pleased with the outcome:
Concerns have been listened to and the UK's age of consent will not be forced to change.
The new draft law which allows countries to set their own social media age limit is set to be confirmed by vote on Thursday in the European Parliament's civil liberties committee. A full parliament vote will take place next year.
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Free 50-minute video tutorial video shows you how to make an Apple Watch app
If you want to get quickly up to speed on the basics of creating an Apple Watch app following the release of WatchKit, developer Nick Walter has put a free 50-minute video tutorial online. You can also sign up for a full online course for just $39 on Kickstarter – saving $161 on the likely launch price.
Walter gained a certain amount of fame recently when Forbes reported that he made $66,000 in one month following a similar Kickstarter campaign for a course in making iPhone apps …
As with the Apple Watch course, Walter offered Kickstarter backers unlimited access for $29, before launching at the full price of $199.
I will walk you through how to make four different apps. If we reach our stretch goals, we will make eight apps. Each app will teach you a different skills so that you can make your very own dream app.
The course will be released in December, leaving plenty of time for app development before the Apple Watch goes on sale sometime in the spring. You can view the free video below, which should give you a good sense of whether you want to sign-up for the full course.
One developer we spoke to, though, did say that the approaches taken in the video don't always represent best practice and that if you want to develop an in-depth knowledge, you might be better off keeping an eye out on iTunes U.
Apple Watch is Apple's wearable is designed to help you stay active, motivated, and connected. It runs watchOS, and it comes in 40mm and 44mm size options.
iPhone How To video Developers developers
Ben Lovejoy is a British technology writer and EU Editor for 9to5Mac. He's known for his op-eds and diary pieces, exploring his experience of Apple products over time, for a more rounded review. He also writes fiction, with two technothriller novels, a couple of SF shorts and a rom-com!
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Q: staggeredgridlayoutmanager HORIZONTAL fill rows first I'm trying to achieve in Android a list of views that will look like this:

Couple of specific behaviours which made this a problem for me:

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*The list of views (in red), can be dynamic, and can vary in size

*The views flow should be rows then columns, as follows:

I manage to achieve the first requirement with Recycleview and the layout manager StaggeredGridLayoutManager (setted the cell height on the adapter onCreateViewHolder).
StaggeredGridLayoutManager lManager = new StaggeredGridLayoutManager(2, StaggeredGridLayoutManager.HORIZONTAL);

But the way the layout populate itself is in the opposite direction then what I need (it populate columns then rows, as follows)

Or how it actually looks on the android app:

Is it possible to set layout manager to lay items as I need? I tried other solutions like putting all the available views in a tablelayout, then toggle visibility, but it has it's limitations as well, and I prefer the recycleview solution.

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With 26 bones and 33 joints nearly a quarter of the body's bones are found in the feet. In an average person's lifetime they will have walked about 160,000 kilometres and the pressure exerted on them is often 1.5 times the weight of the body itself. We put our feet through so much that you can understand that often things can go wrong!
There are several professionals who can help you to have healthy and mobile feet. Firstly an osteopath or physiotherapist can help you achieve the best mobility for your feet and lower limbs. Both direct hands-on treatment and exercise rehab may be used during your treatments.
For those with more specific foot health conditions a visit to a podiatrist, chiropodist or foot health professional is the best decision to make. A combination of direct treatment along with advice and education will be provided at each appointment. Podiatrist and chiropodists can help with all conditions from biomechanics problems such as fallen arches and minor surgical procedures. For general treatments such as diabetic foot care, corns or even ingrown toenails visit a foot health professional.
* Foot health checks help diagnose and treat conditions at the initial phase reducing the risk of complications and help to stop the spread of any infections.
* Feet carry the full weight of our bodies so they play an important part in our daily activities. Our feet and lower limbs are often overlooked when it comes to health care. We use them as often as we use our eyes so why not get them checked regularly?
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Non-linear evolution of the tidal elliptical instability in gaseous planets and stars
Adrian J. Barker*, Yoram Lithwick
Tidally distorted rotating stars and gaseous planets are subject to a well-known linear fluid instability - the elliptical instability. It has been proposed that this instability might drive enough energy dissipation to solve the long-standing problem of the origin of tidal dissipation in stars and planets. But the non-linear outcome of the elliptical instability has yet to be investigated in the parameter regime of interest, and the resulting turbulent energy dissipation has not yet been quantified. We do so by performing three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations of a small patch of a tidally deformed fluid planet or star subject to the elliptical instability. We show that when the tidal deformation is weak, the non-linear outcome of the instability leads to the formation of long-lived columnar vortices aligned with the axis of rotation. These vortices shut offthe elliptical instability, and the net result is insufficient energy dissipation to account for tidal dissipation. However, further work is required to account for effects neglected here, including magnetic fields, turbulent convection and realistic boundary conditions.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1561
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Stars: Rotation
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Category: Estonia
Financial Times: Kremlin-backed group behind Estonia cyber blitz
Update (March 12, 2:17 am Pacific): Hillar Aarelaid points out to me in an email that this was reported almost two years ago in the Russian-language press. Google Translated version here.
Financial Times:
By Charles Clover in Moscow
Published: March 11 2009 02:00 | Last updated: March 11 2009 02:00
Members of a Kremlin-backed youth movement have claimed responsibility for May 2007 cyber attacks that crippled Estonia's internet in the midst of a diplomatic argument with Russia.
It is believed to have been the first attack of its kind, directed against virtually the entire informational infra-structure of a Nato country.
Estonian officials said the attacks originated in Russia. They began after April 27, when Estonia removed a second world war Soviet memorial from its capital, Tallinn, provoking a storm of protest from Moscow. They continued to mid May.
Russia has consistently denied any involvement. Yesterday, however, Konstantin Goloskokov, a "commissar" in the youth group Nashe, which works for the Kremlin, told the Financial Times that he and some associates had launched the attack, which appears to be the first time anyone has claimed responsibility.
"I wouldn't have called it a cyber attack; it was cyber defence," he said.
"We taught the Estonian regime the lesson that if they act illegally, we will respond in an adequate way."
Palju õnne sünnipäevaks, Eestimaa!
Estonian Declaration of Independence, 24 February 1918
To All The Peoples of Estonia
Never in the course of centuries have the Estonian people lost their ardent desire for Independence. From generation to generation Estonians have kept alive the secret hope that in spite of enslavement and oppression by other nations the time will come in Estonia "when all splinters, at both end, will burst forth into flames" and when "Kalev will come home to bring his children happiness."
Now this time has arrived.
Manifest kõigile Eestimaa rahvastele
Eesti rahvas ei ole aastasadade jooksul kaotanud tungi iseseisvuse järele. Põlvest põlve on temas kestnud salajane lootus, et hoolimata pimedast orjaööst ja võõraste rahvaste vägivallavalitsusest veel kord Eestis aeg tuleb, mil "kõik piirud kahel otsal lausa löövad lõkendama" ja et "kord Kalev koju jõuab oma lastel õnne tooma".
Nüüd on see aeg käes.
February 6: Cyrus interviewed on PRI's The World
I had the honor of being interviewed (again!) by Marco Werman on "The World" today to talk about the relationship of the Estonian economy to technology.
It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams):
New York – 3 pm Eastern – WNYC – 820 AM – www.wnyc.org
Washington, DC – 8 pm Eastern – WAMU – 88.5 FM – www.wamu.org
Los Angeles – 12 pm Pacific – KPCC – 89.3 FM – www.kpcc.opg
Boston – 4 pm Eastern – WGBH – 89.7 FM – www.wgbh.org
San Francisco – 2 pm Pacific – KQED – 88.5 FM – www.kqed.org
You can also find it on The World's site later in the day and on my site if you miss the broadcast.
Update: Audio is here.
AFP: Estonian tourist trade turns to IT to fight recession
AFP, February 1 2009:
But Estonia slid into recession in 2008 as rampant inflation dented domestic consumption.
The global economic crisis compounded the bleak picture by hitting exports — as well as the tourist trade, as many would-be foreign visitors stay at home.
The economy contracted by an estimated 2.8 percent in 2008. Authorities expect it to shrink by 4.5 percent this year, although analysts say it may plunge by as much as 7.0 percent.
Dozens of hotels built in the picturesque capital Tallinn during the boom are now struggling and are slashing costs by firing staff, closing for the winter and offering hefty discounts via their websites.
One of Tallinn's newest hotels is trying to draw visitors by offering free unlimited international calls via the Skype Internet service, which has more than 370 million users worldwide.
[Feliks Magus, chairman of the Estonian Hotel and Restaurant Association] said other hotels were following suit.
Kyrgyzstan under cyberattack
First Estonia. Then Georgia. Now Kyrgyzstan.
Computerworld:
A Russian "cybermilitia" has knocked the central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan off the Internet, a security researcher said today, demonstrating that the hackers are able to respond even faster than last year, when they waged a digital war against another former Soviet republic, Georgia.
Since Jan. 18, the two biggest Internet service providers in Kyrgyzstan have been under a "massive, sustained distributed denial-of-service attack," said Don Jackson, the director of threat intelligence at SecureWorks Inc.
The attacks, which are ongoing, have knocked most of the country offline and disrupted e-mail to and from a U.S. air base there, Jackson said. The public affairs officer at Manas Air Base in Kyrgyzstan was not immediately available to answer questions about whether the attacks have disrupted operations or other activities.
According to Jackson, the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks — essentially a flood of requests that overwhelm servers and effectively knock them off the Internet — can be traced to the same groups of Russian and ethnic Russian hackers who assembled in militia-like fashion last August to launch similar attacks against Georgia.
In a related matter, check Lauri Almann's (permanent undersecretary of defense for the Republic of Estonia from 2004 to 2008) new piece in Stanford's Policy Review:
The main ddos attack lasted ten days, from May 8 to May 18. During the period between May 10 and May 15, Estonia's banks came under fire from the cyber warriors; two major banks had to stop their online services. Ninety-four percent of banking transactions in Estonia are conducted online, and so the attacks had a crippling effect on financial dealings in the country. Most Estonians do not have checkbooks. When the banking system was set up after the nation regained independence in 1991, the decision was made to skip the issuance of checkbooks in favor of direct, online banking. This, of course, made Estonia even more vulnerable to damage from attacks.
Of course, a ddos attack against online banking lasting several days is enough time to do a great deal of damage to an economy. The attack was not continuous, but came in waves, suggesting that it was not a riot of hackers, but a well coordinated attack. It appears from the pattern of attack that one bot herder was controlling the intensity of the attacks. This demonstrates clearly that there was a single point of control. It is important to note that when the attack began, Estonia had no way of knowing how long the attack would last or whether it would be ongoing.
"Echolocation" and "Cold"
Rebecca's back (again!), with yet another potent pairing of poems, this time in Octopus.
I will say that I'm a big fan of "Cold," as it mentions one of my favorite countries, Estonia!
ECHOLOCATION
Most days I wear
the hunched run
of an animal, darting
until caught
in net or claw—
and that's fine.
Trapped, I noise
and flap, send you
pressed air,
let you forge
toward me.
Let you touch me.
Let you cut
through net and claw.
I like my shadow when I'm in this coat.
I look like a Russian soldier or I'm wearing a dress.
I need to be more friendly. I need to treat Estonians better.
Updated: Estonia approves voting via mobile phone. (Not exactly.)
The Estonian parliament (pictured) has just approved a bill to let Estonian citizens vote via their mobile phone. This makes the country the first country in the world to do so, and comes about 20 months after Estonia held its first nation-wide election where the electorate could cast their ballots online.
Mobile phone voting, which likely will come via a new secure SIM card to be used in conjunction with the country's digital ID card system, will take effect in the 2011 parliamentary elections.
[via Russian News and Information Agency]
Update: Kris Haamer points me to a TV ad previewing EMT's mobile voting system that aired about 20 months ago.
Update (Dec 17.): I spoke with Silver Meikar, an Estonian MP, who told me that this actually isn't quite mobile phone voting. In fact, this is using Estonia's digital ID card infrastructure to use your phone as an ID tool instead of your ID card and reader. You still need a computer and an Internet connection to vote online, but you now can just have your phone instead of your ID card. So, not as sexy.
IDG News Service has more.
News from Estonia
1) Estonia's minds key, says president, Wales Online, October 16 2008:
[Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves] does not believe the collapse of Icelandic banks has doomed the concept of small, "clever" countries.
He said: "In terms of small countries, it's basically how you do things. The financial sector in Estonia represents 4% of GDP.
"The financial sector in Iceland represented 25% of GDP."
Boasting of Estonia's economic progress, he said: "We started out with a GDP of about $800 a year, and the last we measured was $21,600, which is basically the same as Portugal – that's since independence to 2006."
He added: "We're less corrupt than half of the EU. We had to impose tariffs to join the EU."
2) Estonia's Let-It-Be Economy Is Rattled by Worldwide Distress, The New York Times, October 10 2008:
The government cut the state budget by 1 percent of gross domestic product to avoid running a deficit this year, even though Estonia has hefty fiscal reserves invested outside the country.
Fiscal stimulus and specified assistance, Estonian officials said, would only delay the inevitable.
In that, the Estonian response to economic distress contrasts sharply with the United States, where Washington is borrowing freely and desperately trying to prevent the housing bust from wreaking havoc across the economy.
"The economy needs to adjust," said Märten Ross, deputy governor of the Bank of Estonia. "There is no sense in policies that try to keep construction workers in construction."
Whatever the approach, both business executives and government officials agree that Estonia needs to become much more export-oriented — though right now being unburdened with foreign debt has saved it from being another Iceland. With 1.3 million people and a G.D.P. of $29.4 billion, only about 18 percent of the country's companies export anything at all.
3) Bush: South Korea, six others get visa waiver, AFP, October 18 2008:
WASHINGTON (AFP) — US President George W. Bush announced Friday that citizens of South Korea and six other US allies would enjoy visa-free travel to the United States beginning about one month from now.
The other countries are the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, and Slovakia, all of which have reached agreements with the United States, which has broadened security measures in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
4) Estonia's Cyber Security Policy, Cyber Law Update, October 17 2008
A year-and-a-half after the coordinated denial-of-service attacks against its government and commercial computer systems, Estonia has released a national cyber security strategy that includes details about the attacks and offers recommendations for preventing attacks in the future and for a global stance toward cyber security. The report identifies four "policy fronts":
1) application of a graduated system of security measures in Estonia;
2) development of Estonia's expertise in and high awareness of information security to the highest standard of excellence;
3) development of an appropriate regulatory and legal framework to support the secure and seamless operability of information systems;
4) and promoting international cooperation aimed at strengthening global cyber security.
NPR: Estonia Seeks Stronger EU Response To Russia
NPR: All Things Considered, September 9, 2008 · The European Union has been split about how to respond to Russia's attack on Georgia. Estonia is one of the EU members to have argued for a stronger response to Russia. It says NATO and EU membership must now be offered to Georgia and Ukraine.
Slate: How I became a soldier in the Georgia-Russia cyberwar
Big ups to Evgeny Morozov for penning this oft-lauded piece for Slate, "An Army of Ones and Zeroes: How I became a soldier in the Georgia-Russia cyberwar." (Not to toot my own horn, but I played a small role in this piece, in that Evgeny asked me who to contact at Slate for the piece, and he took care of the rest.)
I had a much simpler research objective: to test how much damage someone like me, who is quite aloof from the Kremlin physically and politically, could inflict upon Georgia's Web infrastructure, acting entirely on my own and using only a laptop and an Internet connection. If I succeeded, that would somewhat contradict the widely shared assumption—at least in most of the Western media—that the Kremlin is managing this cyberwarfare in a centralized fashion. My mission, if successful, would show that the field is open to anyone with a grudge against Georgia, regardless of their exact relationship with state authorities.
Of course, the fact that Estonia is providing technical expertise and web hosting to Georgia after having gone through similar attacks last year by legions of anonymous Russian hackers definitely piques my interest.
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Suitcases are not allowed on commercial fishing boats.
Fisherman are not allowed to bring suitcases on board. They must bring their property in duffelbags or drybags. If a greenhorn brings a suitcase they must leave it on dock.
My informant has witnessed a greenhorn bring a suit-case and had to leave it at the dock and the greenhorn had to put his items in a trashbag and bring it on. Another example would be The Deadliest Catch filming crew. They brought their cameras and film equipment in cases, the crew reacted negatively thus they had to put their belongings within trash-bags.
When I asked my informant if he had any ideas why this was such a serious rule and why suitcases brought bad luck. He stated that he did not know why, he said that his father told him this superstition and his captain's father told him this superstition also. This is a superstition based on lineage as everyone fisherman spreads this to greenhorns and fathers to sons. My informant stated that he does not want to be the reason that his boat does not do well or a horrible accident happens. Thus he follows this superstition and only takes his things in duffelbags.
This is an interesting superstition, my belief is that the reasoning it brings bad luck is that a suitcase is more so for a white-color man, whereas fisherman are blue-color men. Thus by separating the two worlds, fisherman will not have bad luck as they follow the culture by not bringing a suitcase.


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Pee Pee Settlement
Established in Ohio during the late eighteenth century, the Pee Pee Settlement was a predominantly African-American community.
Located in Pike County, the Pee Pee Settlement was located along Pee Pee Creek in Pebble Township. The creek was named for Peter Patrick, an early white resident of the area, who formerly lived in Virginia. A squatter, Patrick eventually returned to Virginia due to Native-American attacks.
By the 1820s, several African Americans had settled in the area. Most black residents were former slaves from Virginia. Most residents earned a living as farmers, with some becoming sizable landowners. The community grew relatively quickly, with residents establishing a church in 1824. They constructed a school and government building soon thereafter. African-American residents also actively assisted runaway slaves along the Underground Railroad.
Many white residents of Pike County objected to the African Americans' presence. Two white families, the Burkes and the Downings, which lived closest to the Pee Pee Settlement, especially despised the African Americans. On several occasions, these whites led violent attacks against the Pee Pee Settlement. On at least one occasion, whites burnt the home of a black resident, Minor Muntz. Muntz was a conductor on the Underground Railroad. Undaunted by the whites' actions, Muntz rebuilt his home.
The Pee Pee Settlement remained a vibrant community until the early 1900s. By this time, the settlement lost its identity as a separate community for African Americans. With whites increasingly showing African Americans tolerance, many African Americans began to find acceptance in traditionally white communities. Difficult economic conditions also prompted many African Americans to move away.
Despite the growing opposition to slavery by some whites during the early 1800s, communities, such as the Pee Pee Settlement, illustrate the prejudice that existed in Ohio during the years before the American Civil War. Ohio was a state that did not allow slavery. Nevertheless, that did not mean that whites were open to granting African Americans equal rights. Free blacks found that it was difficult to get fair treatment, and they often formed their own communities away from whites for protection.
Howe, Henry. Historical Collections of Ohio in Two Volumes. Vol. II. Cincinnati, OH: C.J. Krehbiel & Co., Printers and Binders, 1902.
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3 The defendant is not guilty of possessing marijuana if he had a valid, written prescription for the marijuana from a physician. The Prosecutor has the burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant did not have a valid prescription. If the Prosecutor has not met this burden, you must find the defendant not guilty of possessing a controlled substance.
6 You were not in either "actual" or "constructive" possession.


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by Marcia G. Yerman · Published February 2, 2013
"Trashed" Examines Global Waste
As part of the "Reel Pieces" movie series at the 92Y in New York City, Annette Insdorf hosted Jeremy Irons in a screening of Trashed. Irons, the executive producer of the film, also takes...
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Cassaundra StJohn: Helping Female Vets to Move Forward
StJohn is very clear that emotional issues around military service must be resolved before women can move forward. "We acknowledge the impact of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Military Sexual Trauma (MST), and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).
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Veterans' Families Cast a Vote for Change
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Today's Brilliance from Ken Budd
Ken Budd
Our time here is short. The average human life lasts only 650,000 hours.
It was a lesson I learned in 2005, when my father collapsed from a heart attack. After his sudden death, friends wrote letters saying how he'd supported them, made them better people, and I thought…
What will friends say when I'm gone? What am I doing that matters?
And then I volunteered in six countries around the world. That journey changed my view of life.
I learned that there's power in small gestures. In many Third World countries, parents will send their kids to school – rather than to work – simply because foreigners are there.
Sometimes you make a difference just by showing up.
I learned that leaving your comfort zone can help others. In China, I worked at a special needs school with a friend. I was often overwhelmed: I don't speak Chinese and I have no experience with special needs kids. But for the teachers, who work difficult jobs, we were a welcome break in their tiring routines. After we left, one teacher said, "We seem to laugh more when volunteers are here."
I learned that success comes from helping others succeed. My father told me this before he died, but I saw the truth of it in Kenya, when my wife and I volunteered at a children's home. The home receives no government support, yet survives through the love and dedication of its "mothers," and from the generosity of patrons worldwide. I'm not religious, but the home's founder, Jane Karigo, believes that God sends her these people; that some people are vessels. And she told us… "You are vessels."
I took that seriously. So whatever money I earn from my book is going to the places where I volunteered. It's not much, but it helps: our donation covered annual school fees for nine of the home's kids, including a boy named Elijah.
The product of incest, Elijah's birth had brought shame to his family. He spent year one of his life in isolation – no nurturing, no love. Elijah was two when we worked at the home, and whenever I held him, I realized that asking if my life mattered was misguided — because clearly every life matters.
And so I believe in the power of small gestures.
And I believe that small gestures, taken together, can become large gestures.
And I believe we make the most of our 650,000 hours in the simplest of ways: by helping others succeed.
Determined to live a life that matters, Ken Budd volunteered around the world, from Asia to Africa and the Middle East, a story he tells in his new memoir, The Voluntourist—A Six-Country Tale of Love, Loss, Fatherhood, Fate, and Singing Bon Jovi in Bethlehem.
Ken was questioning the direction of his life—his 40th birthday was looming, he and his wife were childless—when his father died suddenly from a heart attack. And then, unexpectedly, he volunteered in New Orleans nine months after Hurricane Katrina. Three months later he taught English at a rural elementary school in Costa Rica. After that, Ken worked at a special needs school in China, collected data for climate change researchers in the remote Andes mountains of Ecuador, assisted refugees in Palestine, and cared for orphans at a children's home in Kenya.
Publishers Weekly calls The Voluntourist a "sincere and subtly written memoir," and Library Journal writes: "This is an extremely funny book… One of the best-written travel memoirs this reviewer has read in a long time." Booklist declares it a "unique travel memoir" that will inspire readers to volunteer abroad.
Ken has appeared on a variety of TV and radio programs, including NBC's Today show, CBS's The Early Show, ABC News Now, CNBC's Power Lunch, and Martha Stewart Living Radio. His writing credits include Smithsonian, The Washington Post, The Miami Herald, McSweeney's, and Stuff. He is the executive editor of AARP The Magazine. Ken is donating his earnings from The Voluntourist to the organizations and places where he volunteered. He and his wife live in Burke, Virginia, outside of Washington, D.C.
For more information, please visit thevoluntouristbook.com
The Voluntourist
God blesses His Helpers. Thank you.
"Inspire Me Today" You did just that! Thank you.
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USDA Trade Mission Underway in London
Deputy Secretary Jewel Bronaugh is leading a USDA trade mission to the United Kingdom, joined by representatives from U.S. agribusinesses, farm organizations and state departments of agriculture who are interested in exploring export opportunities in this important market.
USDA Deputy Secretary Bronaugh to Lead United Kingdom Trade Mission
Representatives from 37 U.S. agribusinesses and farm organizations will join USDA Deputy Secretary Dr. Jewel Bronaugh for an agribusiness trade mission to London, United Kingdom, June 22-24.
USDA Accepting Applications for United Kingdom Trade Mission
USDA will host a trade mission to the United Kingdom June 22-24. Exporters interested in participating must apply by April 8.
USDA Announces Additional International Trade Missions for 2022
As part of USDA's commitment to expanding and diversifying global market opportunities for U.S. agriculture, the Department will sponsor four additional international trade missions in 2022,
Launching Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate
The Agriculture Innovation Mission (AIM) for Climate will increase and accelerate global innovation research and development on agriculture and food systems in support of climate action.
USDA Welcomes New Crop of Foreign Service Officers
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Censky and FAS Administrator Ken Isley with the 11 newest agricultural officers sworn into the Foreign Service, from left to right: Andre Bradley, Ben Boroughs, Daniel Alvarado, Olutayo Akingbe, Sarah Gilleski...
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Leads U.S. Delegation to G-20 Summit of Agricultural Ministers
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Recently I encountered that my crazy writing-mood-swings depend on the location whilst I'm writing my book.
I love warm colours and a nicely decorated home- which doesn't mean that I'm a very tidy person *clear my throat*. Oh, and I don't mind busy cafes either! You can fool your overworking brain with a cup of coffee. And cake. And maybe a biscuit or two as there is a glorious endless supply of yummy goods!
At home it's no better.
"I'm just going to clean the bathroom. And the living room. And the office." In the end you are neither working on your book nor cleaning your flat. The TV accidentally turned on and you spent 2 hours watching silly programmes. My all-time favourite is "I need to bake something." There is a neeeeeeddddd in doing something else when you feel overwhelmed with doubt. At least baking has a delicious result!
To get back to what I actually wanted to talk about: The mood of your story can be set by your surroundings. There is a lot of emotional depth to my story and yesterday I described a dark episode in my heroines' life. To set the mood, I dimmed the light, lit some candles and imagined to be her. I felt her fear and sadness. But also hope. My surroundings were one with me and it was easier to immerse into her tale. It's a bit like acting, you need to feel in order to be able to describe or perform.
Food- This picture is the last memory of the waffles I made 3 hours ago.
Some people asked me for my biscotti recipe. So I decided to create an extra recipe section just for you!
There is no time for procrastination….. oh yes, there is!


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to keep a seemingly persistent SOCKS proxy running.
to maintain an interactive session.
The value that I missed earlier is that the connections are maintained (re-established, actually) even if I change networks – which my laptop and I often do.
Jon's View has a nice posting on using autossh for SOCKS proxying.
And Dread Pirate PJ has a good instruction for combining autossh and screen for persistent interactive sessions.
autossh is available for OS X via Darwin Ports and Fink and for Linux as source code or as binary packages from repositories for most modern Linux distributions.


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27 parents charged over school absences
THE number of Queensland students ditching school for a week or more has soared with the Easter long weekend and ANZAC Day public holiday blamed for the spike
In the first semester this year, 16,406 students recorded five or more consecutive days of unauthorised or unexplained absences, up from 16,117 in 2018 and just 13,624 in 2017.
Throughout the year, 212,039 students had unauthorised or unexplained absence in 2017, 217,379 in 2018 and 209,074 in 2019.
Queensland police reveal 27 parents or guardians were charged over the absences this year alone, the same as 2018 and up from 17 people in 2017.
A Department of Education spokesperson said only after substantial effort has been made to work with parents regarding their child's attendance are cases referred to police for prosecution, which is seen as a last resort.
It is understood that the increased absences in Semester One 2019 may be caused by families extending holidays around the Easter long weekend and ANZAC Day public holiday.
The spokesperson said the Queensland attendance rate for state school students was more than 90 per cent, with schools working with families and communities to ensure attendance.
"Students are expected to attend all day on every school day, and parents have a legal obligation to ensure this happens unless they have a reasonable excuse," they said.
"Poor school attendance is associated with; lower academic achievement, including literacy and numeracy; early school leaving and leaving school with fewer qualifications and increased alcohol, tobacco, and substance use in adolescents."
Opposition education spokesman Jarrod Bleijie.
LNP Shadow Minister for Education Jarrod Bleijie called on the Labor Government to crack down on truancy and review school holiday periods to encourage attendance.
"With declining NAPLAN results the Palaszczuk Government should be working with parents to improve school attendance and academic results."
Queensland Teachers' Union president Kevin Bates said attendance every day was important for vital learning and teachers' workload.
"We urge people to make sure when their child is absent they provide an explanation so our system doesn't spend valuable resources chasing up a reason," he said.
"When you have a number of students absent on a day it creates a greater workload because teachers get caught in a cycle of catching students up on the work they missed, it doubles the workload."
Queensland Secondary Principals Association Mark Breckenridge. Picture: Josh Woning
Queensland Secondary Principals Association Mark Breckenridge said schools worked with families and communities to build a culture of regular attendance but families needed to reinforce the habit.
"As well as a platform for learning success, attending school each and every day helps to build important life skills such as resilience and commitment," he said.
He said schools work closely with parents and caregivers to address absences, and identifying issues behind non-attendance can be difficult with guidance counsellors playing a key role.
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Radojewo – część miasta Poznania w osiedlu Morasko-Radojewo położona na północnym krańcu miasta, na lewym brzegu Warty.

Według danych z 1 stycznia 2010 r. obszar Radojewa, Nowej Wsi Dolnej, Nowej Wsi Górnej zamieszkiwało łącznie 813 osób.

Wieś duchowna Radujewo, własność Klasztoru Cysterek w Owińskach pod koniec XVI wieku leżała w powiecie poznańskim województwa poznańskiego.

Nazwa
Nazwa miejscowości pochodzi prawdopodobnie od radowania się, radości o czym mogą świadczyć średniowieczne zapisy miejscowości Radojewo oraz Radujewo. Miejscowość pod nazwą Raduiewo wymieniona jest w łacińskim dokumencie wydanym w Poznaniu w 1280 roku sygnowanym przez króla polskiego Przemysła II. Nazwa Radujewo stosowana była jeszcze w XIX wieku.

Historia

Po raz pierwszy o Radojewie, jako wsi mającej stanowić uposażenie klasztoru, wspomina dokument fundacyjny klasztoru cysterek w Owińskach wydany przez Przemysła I w 1252 roku. W rękach zakonnic wieś pozostawała do 1797 roku, kiedy to niedługo po trzecim rozbiorze, rząd pruski skonfiskował majątek zakonu. Połączenie z leżącymi po drugiej stronie Warty Owińskami zapewniał kursujący przez rzekę prom. W 1806 roku przez Radojewo przejeżdżał jadący zwiedzić owiński klasztor Napoleon Bonaparte. Wycieczkę opisał towarzyszący mu Dezydery Chłapowski: 13 grudnia 1806 r. cesarz kazał jechać, najprzód koło Winiar – tam stawał kilka razy i okolicę przepatrywał, potem polami i przez błoto, w którym ledwie że z koniem nie ugrzązł, a eskorta za nim przejechać już nie mogła. Tak z nami i z dwoma szaserami francuskimi zajechał do Radojewa, przewiózł się na promie do Owińsk i tam klasztor próżny oglądał.

Skonfiskowany majątek poklasztorny nabył świeżo uszlachcony, berliński bankier Zygmunt Otto von Treskow. W 1825 roku wybudował on dla syna Heinricha Baltazara pałac w Radojewie. Położony jest na skarpie górującej nad doliną Warty. Połączony był osią widokową z pałacem w Owińskach, główną siedzibą rodu. Wokół został urządzony piętnastohektarowy park krajobrazowy, częściowo położony na stromej skarpie i w naturalny sposób łączący się z lasami porastającymi dolinę rzeki. Został on zaprojektowany i urządzony przez królewskiego ogrodnika z Poczdamu – Piotra Lenné. W parku zbudowano na ówczesną modłę sztuczną ruinę. Znajdowała się w nim również kaplica oraz założono cmentarz rodziny. Zabudowania, liczącego 1142 hektary radojewskiego folwarku znajdowały się po drugiej stronie wsi, w jej północnej części. W rękach rodziny von Treskow Radojewo znajdowało się aż do 1945 roku.

W XIX w. funkcjonowała cegielnia, która zaopatrywała Twierdzę Poznań oraz inne budynki w materiały budowlane.

W 1987 r. przyłączono do Poznania obszar wsi Radojewo o powierzchni 698,46 ha z gminy Suchy Las.

Obszar Radojewa w latach 1987–1990 należał do dzielnicy Stare Miasto. W 2001 r. utworzono jednostkę pomocniczą miasta Osiedle Morasko. Połączenie wynikało z tzw. reformy funkcjonalnej jednostek pomocniczych w Poznaniu, a ponieważ Osiedle Radojewo była jednostką peryferyjną miasta, którą zamieszkiwało mniej niż 1 tys. mieszkańców połączono je z Osiedlem Morasko.

Stan obecny
Na terenie Radojewa powstają ładnie położone, niewielkie osiedla willowe (Osiedle Lubczykowa Góra, Nowa Wieś Dolna, Nowa Wieś Górna). Centrum dzielnicy zachowało podmiejski charakter. Pałac, będący aktualnie własnością miasta, zamieniono najpierw w szkołę, następnie w wielorodzinny budynek mieszkalny, a ostatecznie stoi opuszczony i popada w ruinę. W części byłego parku planowane było utworzenie rezerwatu Kokoryczowe Wzgórze.

Przy północnej stronie pałacu stoi kapliczka, ufundowana w okresie międzywojennym przez radojewską rodzinę Kurowskich, zawierająca figurę Matki Boskiej Różańcowej. Zbudowana jest z bloków kamiennych i zwieńczona krzyżem. Otoczenie kwiatowe.

Ze względu na walory ekologiczne i kulturowe planowane jest utworzenie Cysterskiego Parku Kulturowego Owińska – Radojewo. Projektowane jest reaktywowanie połączenia promowego z Owińskami, tym razem raczej jako atrakcji turystycznej, a nie podstawowego środka komunikacji.

Na północ od Radojewa, już poza granicami miasta, leżą tereny poligonu wojskowego w Biedrusku.

Przyroda
Radojewskie lasy są jednym z dziewięciu miejsc, gdzie zaobserwowano w Poznaniu największego polskiego grzyba – purchawicę olbrzymią (Calvatia gigantea).

Na terenie parku występują liczne gatunki roślin (w tym zdziczałe rośliny parkowe), m.in. śnieżyczka przebiśnieg, złoć żółta, złoć łąkowa, zawilec gajowy, zawilec żółty, ziarnopłon wiosenny, kokorycz pusta i pełna, miodunka ćma, rannik zimowy, lepiężnik różowy, przylaszczka pospolita, bez lilak, porzeczka alpejska, forsycja czy jaśminowiec i wiele innych. Z drzew rosną tu (niemal na całej powierzchni w ramach łęgu zboczowego Violo odoratae-Ulmetum) głównie dąb szypułkowy i wiąz polny, a w ich podszyciu: fiołek wonny, fiołek Rivina i przytulia czepna. Wzdłuż głównej alei posadzono szpaler lip drobnolistnych, a na grobli między stawami wyrasta bardzo dorodny okaz platana klonolistnego. Z grzybów, oprócz wspomnianej wyżej purchawicy, rosną m.in.: smardz jadalny, pochwiak pochwiasty (rzadki i zagrożony w Polsce), sromotnik bezwstydny, płomiennica zimowa oraz gąsówka naga.

Samorząd
W sensie administracyjnym Radojewo stanowi osiedle samorządowe Miasta Poznania, z zebraniem ogólnym mieszkańców jako organem stanowiącym i wybieralnym przez nie zarządem – organem wykonawczym. Od 20 marca 2011 roku – dnia, w którym odbyły się wybory do nowej Rady Osiedla, powstało Osiedle Morasko-Radojewo, dlatego też Radę Osiedla Morasko-Radojewo stanowią mieszkańcy obu osiedli.

Legenda
Tadeusz Piszczek zapisał w latach 60. XX w. legendę o dwóch głazach narzutowych, dotyczącą Radojewa. Opowiada ona o Jagnie, wiejskiej dziewczynie z Radojewa, którą matka posłała po wodę, której zabrakło jej do gotowania klusek. Po drodze spotkała Jasia – uprzejmego pasterza owiec z dworu, który począł dla Jagny pięknie grać na fujarce, tak iż dziewczyna zapomniała o przyniesienia wody. Po dwóch godzinach przybyła rozwścieczona matka i krzyknęła: Obyście zamienili się w kamienie! Natychmiast tak się stało. W Zaduszki spod kamieni dobywają się jęki młodych, niewinnych ludzi.

Komunikacja
Położona około 10 km od centrum dzielnica połączona jest z resztą miasta liniami autobusowymi miejskimi 167, 188, 198 (wybrane kursy w dni powszednie) i 214 (nocna) oraz podmiejskimi 348 (Przebędowo – Poznań) i 911 (Biedrusko – Poznań).

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Sławomir Janyszek, Magdalena Szczepanik-Janyszek, Okolice Góry Moraskiej, w: Kronika Miasta Poznania, nr 3/2002, Wydawnictwo Miejskie, Poznań, 2002, ss.230-233, ISSN 0137-3552
 Dawne mapy Radojewa i okolic

Linki zewnętrzne

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With options running out, Rohit Sharma turned to old mate Shardul Thakur for breakthrough
"He has got the knack of taking wickets at crucial times for us. We have seen it not just in ODI cricket but also in Test cricket," Rohit said on Thakur after the third India-New Zealand ODI.
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India's Shardul Thakur during the first ODI cricket match between India and New Zealand, at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, in Hyderabad, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. (PTI)
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At the halfway stage of New Zealand's pursuit of 385 runs, Rohit Sharma scanned for bowling options. His preferred middle-over choice Yuzvendra Chahal had been just hit for 15 runs; Kuldeep Yadav had bowled five; Washington Sundar was a defensive option, with New Zealand at 184, he required wickets; Hardik's six remaining overs should be preserved for the death overs. He turned his eyes to Shardul Thakur, stationed at fine-leg.
When Rohit signalled him to bowl, Thakur was slightly bemused. It's not usually the time he bowls, his three overs had bled 30 runs. But Thakur is not someone to shirk away from a challenge. In his teenage days back in Palghar, he always used to challenge his seniors at the maidan to get the better of him. Often, he would succeed. His coach Siddhesh Lad had once told this paper: "He is the guy who will raise his hand when the situation is tough. He is the guy in the dressing room who will talk about taking on any batsman in the world. Such things motivate him and he likes to take on those better than him."
That trait had remained. Throw him into the deep end, with the ball or the bat, he often produces something. An unlikely breakthrough, an unseemly wicket, when nothing else seems to work for the team, when they are running out of options and steam. Out of nowhere, out of nothing. For this remarkable knack, he is called the magician in the team.
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He showed you why. In two balls, he changed the game. With the first ball of the 26th over, he ejected Daryl Mitchell, a murderous batsman when the mood strikes him for 24. He slipped in a bouncer, not one of his staple balls, but one that he uses sparingly to surprise batsmen with telling effect. The batsman tried to hook but could manage just an edge to the keeper. The umpire remained unconvinced, Thakur pleaded for the review and he was vindicated as the UltraEdge showed a spike.
The next ball, to the seasoned Tom Latham, he slithered in a knuckleball, one of his favourite variations. The ball dipped into Latham's pads and he could just spoon the ball to mid-off. Neither delivery was particularly unplayable. just routine ones, but fetched him wickets and turned the match around. It has been the recurring theme of his career—he always looks like the unlikely breakthrough-provider, the third seamer, sometimes even the fourth in red ball cricket; the post-powerplay consolidator in ODIs, an afterthought when the main quicks are around in both formats. His gifts are seemingly limited—he is too quick, or slippery, does not produce devastating swing or seam movement, does not possess too many variations; to some, he is not skilled enough to be called a genuine all-rounder either.
But in moments of crisis, he almost always prospers, provides a shaft of hope, picks up wickets, scores runs or pouches spectacular catches. Like his twin strikes in the English summer of 2021, twice in ODIs and Tests did he snare two wickets in an over to change the game's complexion. His 67 in the first innings in Brisbane (2021) and 60 and 57 in Oval turned out to be invaluable knocks in two of India's most memorable overseas wins. In Indore, his 25 was crucial in propelling India to 385. But for all his match-defining spark, he continues to be afterthought, an ever-available replacement, a bit like Parthiv Patel towards the end of his career, not the best, but often the next best, or the 21st member of the 21-member core group for the World Cup.
However, he made a strong case for his inclusion—he though would need more such performances to seal a permanent spot. While the temptation could be to earmark him as a back-up for Hardik Pandya, he could lay a claim of his own. His batting provides immense depth—he usually comes at No 8, can hit the shots, proper cricketing ones and not merely swinging the bat around, can stick around and is nerveless when chasing, as he had shown a few times with Chennai Super Kings. He might not be as gifted in power-hitting as Pandya is, but can score briskly.
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With the ball, he can swing with the new ball, extract seam movement later on, besides possessing useful variations like the yorker, bouncer, which he used again to dismiss Glenn Phillips, and the knuckle-ball. It has not escaped the attention of Rohit. "He has got the knack of taking wickets at crucial times for us. We have seen it not just in ODI cricket but also in Test cricket. There are so many instances that I remember, there is a partnership building from the opposition and he came in and got us through. He is very critical to us, we know where we stand as a team, what he brings to us is very critical," he said after the series-wrap in Indore.
"He is very smart, he has played a lot of domestic cricket, he has come up through the ranks, and he understands what needs to be done," Rohit added.
Him coming to bat at No 8 renders an indomitable feel to India's batting. The best teams in the world have a batting all-rounder at this position. England have Sam Curran at this position; Australia Pat Cummins and a full-strength New Zealand Kyle Jamieson. "It is going to be challenging for us.. to get a No 8, No 9 who can bat. His ability with the bat can give us the edge at No 8," Rohit said.
But who he would replace in the first-choice eleven is difficult to say—there are a few contenders for the third-choice seamer's slot though none of them possess his batting skills—but Thakur would be happy chipping in with moments of magic, influencing matches and picking man of the match cheques, rather than worrying about being picked for the World Cup. "I don't think too much because as a cricketer you need to be ready for all situations," he would say. That sums up the man who they call the magician.
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I call this theory my 'spinning plates' analogy. I figure life is a bit like the guy at the circus who has an act spinning plates on sticks. He starts out with one and quickly builds up to a lot of them all going at once. The audience gets more involved the minute one starts wobbling around threatening to fall and ruin his perfect record, but of course the day is saved at the very last minute and he completes his act without letting anything fall down. Yay!!
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Advice for Drivers Diagnosed with Alzheimer's & Dementia
Advice for Drivers Diagnosed with Alzheimer's & Dementia
When a person's driving skills appear to be deteriorating, families can face decisions that are difficult for everyone involved. The safety of the driver and other road users is a matter that has to be considered, especially if there is any suggestion that the person may be affected by dementia or Alzheimer's disease. However, the ultimate solution of taking away someone's right to drive is an emotional issue that can cause distress if not handled carefully and with sensitivity.
Before a family agrees that such a decision should be made, it is necessary to recognize the warning signs of Alzheimer's or dementia and to decide whether they are serious enough to warrant concern about the person's driving ability. This is not always easy, as the warning signs are often hard to identify. Even if observed, the signs may be rare enough to create doubt about whether the driver is experiencing occasional moments of distraction, rather than the effects of a progressive decline in functioning. An additional problem is that a person with Alzheimer's disease or dementia is often unaware that his or her driving skills are declining, and so will not know to seek advice or assistance. In such cases, the family itself needs help in deciding whether the matter is so serious that the person should stop driving.
This type of help has now become available through a guide provided by The Hartford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Age Lab. Obtainable on The Hartford's website, and entitled "At the Crossroads: A Guide to Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia and Driving", the guide resulted from a study examining how 45 caregivers and nine people with dementia coped with the problems of driving and the accompanying issue of losing independence. It provides practical advice and a variety of suggestions to help families become aware of symptoms that may have an adverse effect on a person's driving ability. The guide also suggests ways in which a family can then handle the problem with the least distress to everyone involved.
The guide advises that anyone who is worried about whether a family member's driving is being affected by Alzheimer's or dementia should travel as a passenger with the person on a number of occasions to see if warning signs occur regularly. These warning signs may include evidence of confusion at places such as highway exits, or driving at speeds that are inappropriate for the conditions whether those speeds are too fast or too slow. The driver may also have difficulty making turns, may hit the curb at times or may even drive onto lawns accidentally.
Head of gerontology for The Hartford, Beverly Hynes-Grace, says such symptoms should be noted, as well as the dates and times when they occur. This can indicate if there is a pattern with the symptoms, showing whether they are regular and frequent enough to cause anxiety. If so, she offers a number of further suggestions for dealing with the situation. These include talking the matter over with other members of the family and then, at an appropriate time, discussing it tactfully with the person whose driving is causing concern. Rather than just presenting the problem, however, Hynes-Grace encourages people to offer transport alternatives at the same time. These could include organizing transport with relatives and friends, using senior citizens' vehicles or hiring a car service when necessary. The help of health care providers can also be sought when there is a need to make decisions about whether or not a person with Alzheimer's or dementia symptoms should be driving. It is important for the person to be included in any discussion and decision-making, so that he or she does not feel a complete loss of independence.
MIT's Age Lab director, Joseph Coughlin, says the study that produced the Hartford-MIT guide found the change from driver to passenger can be managed gradually. Driving can initially be limited to daylight hours and familiar roads. Later, arrangements such as help with transport or deliveries can be made to help the person cope with shopping and other needs.
Another Hartford spokesperson, Marnie Goodman, says that while the study and guide do not work on the assumption that only elderly people suffer from Alzheimer's disease and dementia, the project's success has encouraged The Hartford and MIT to carry out more studies of problems that may be encountered by aged drivers, with The Hartford funding some of the work. She also agrees that a lot of emotion surrounds the decision to ask a family member to give up driving. Because of this, and because there is yet no reliable driving test to assess the abilities of people with Alzheimer's disease, families often postpone the decision. However, as Goodman points out, the study shows that such a delay can be hazardous. A person with Alzheimer's or dementia may experience increasing confusion and loss of judgment resulting in such driving problems as difficulty with judging distances. Drivers may also be unable to make necessary decisions in time, leading to the risk of danger on the road for themselves and others. With timely help, such dangers can be averted.
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