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AUTHOR ROLL CALL WITH **KAT MARTIN** Into the Fury (BOSS, Inc. #1) Q&A, Review and Giveaway
Greetings to all. Thanks for coming on over to Book Obsessed Chicks. I am always so happy to have Kat Martin here on the blog. Every single book I have picked up by this uber talented author has been a hit for me. Whether it's her historical romances or her romantic suspense, Kat Martin has given me countless hours of reading enjoyment and I hope the same is for you all. I hope you enjoy our little Q&A session!
Q&A WITH KAT MARTIN.
Where did you get the idea to use the fashion industry for a focus in INTO THE FURY?
I rarely know where my ideas come from. They just sort of pop into my head. They usually hang around for a couple of years before they actually turn into a book. Maybe I saw a Victoria's Secret show somewhere, but I don't think so--not until I started researching the book.
From your wonderful descriptions of the Seattle area, I was wondering what kind of research you did to get to know Washington better?
I live 550 miles from Seattle so we are there every few years. I love the city. We were there again during the time I was writing the book, but I was pretty comfortable with the area. I had written another novel, The Summit, also a Romantic Suspense but a paranormal that was set there.
I really fell for Ethan, but I am very intrigued with Luke. When will we get to read his story?
May 31 is Into the Whirlwind. That is Dirk and Meg's story and one of my personal favorites. Dirk and Luke are best friends so you get to see a lot of Luke. Into the Firestorm, the final book in the trilogy, isn't out next year, but it's another of my personal favs. Those two books were really fantastic to write because the two guys were so terrific.
You have chosen a colorful cast of characters for this series… Do you use people you know as a template for your characters?
No, I just make people up! Just like most writers. I suppose I could see someone on the street or in a movie and kind of file away their looks or some of their personality traits.
Do you plot out your books or are you a pantser?
I would love to plot them but unfortunately, it just doesn't work that way for me anytmore. When I wrote historicals it was easier to plot the whole book. Now I have to follow the mystery, the evidence that's collected, etc. I do know a lot of what is going to happen, but not all. It's a terrifying way to write!
When you aren't writing, how do you have fun?
I work a LOT. If I'm not working I'm usually traveling, doing something connected with work. Yesterday, I did take a day off and my hubby and I went to LA to see Mama Mia at the Pantages in Hollywood, then spent the night at a very swank hotel and returned today. That was a true day off.
Will you ever write historical again?
I'm afraid I am into a different world these days. My heroes and heroines have grown up just as I have. So probably not.
I'm a readaholic, so I'm always reading. More like who have I been reading. Julie James and Rebecca Zanetti, JT Ellison with her Brit in the FBI book. Those were recent reads. Also Kristen Hannah's latest, The Nightingale.
Name one place you haven't been, but want to travel to.
I'd like to go to China someday but the flight is sooo long, I'll probably never get there.
Where will your fans be able to see you in 2016?
L.J. and I are in Cheyenne, Wyoming for Western Writers of America June 21-26. Great fun group. I'm at Thrillerfest in New York City July 5-10. RWA in San Diego July 13-17. I'd love to say hello to any of my readers who happen to be in town. Hope to see you, Kim!
Sworn off women due to a disastrous relationship with the mother of his young daughter, former Police officer, Ethan Brodie is cool, calculated and all business. But when the handsome P.I. takes on the job of protecting beautiful top models his reserve is shaken when he meets a woman like no other.
Valentine Hart is a complete contradiction. Outwardly flawless, this model hired by the LaBelle Lingerie Company is far more than meets the eye. This intelligent and articulate young lady has an agenda that has nothing to do with the modeling industry but she needs the LaBelle to achieve her goals. From the minute she meets Ethan Brodie, sparks fly, but his job is to protect the models from a major threat.It appears that some religious fanatic has singled out the LaBelle ladies and the notes sent to some of the models has the BOSS Inc. agency on high alert.
In as much a Ethan wants to steer clear of Val, he is drawn to her with every little detail he learns about the woman behind the pretty face. Val also sees Ethan for the man he is under his reluctant demeanor. As the danger heats up, so do their emotions for one another, but can Ethan keep her safe and at arm's length? Does he really want to? Hmmm, that's a mystery worth finding out in of itself.
Once Ethan and his BOSS team members investigate, they find that there is more going on than they ever could have anticipated and keeping these models out of danger is a full time job.
INTO THE FIRE (BOSS Inc. #1) by the incomparable Kat Martin is a story that will have the reader on edge and nail-biting the way through. Handsome and cocky, Ethan's character is strong and with depth. His personal woes have made him into a cynic, but not totally closed off to the right kind of stimulus. Val is exactly the kind of woman to bring Ethan around. Gorgeous but also intelligent, this hard working woman has a bright future ahead of her.
Kat Martin never fails to take a reader to places they have never been before. I for one,know when I grab one of her books, I am in for an adventure. So Kat, bring on the next great read!
COMING IN MAY!
A bodyguard, a bounty hunter, a private investigator, no one can handle the heat like the men of BOSS, Inc.
Megan O'Brien is at her wit's end. Her three-year-old son has been kidnapped. No police, says the ransom demand. Fearing for her son's life, Meg has no choice but to turn to her former bodyguard, Dirk Reynolds.
Dirk's never forgiven Meg for the way she left him after their brief affair. But with bounty hunter Luke Brodie on his side, Dirk knows he's got to help Meg rescue her son.
The few clues they've gathered send them spiraling into a murky world of big banking and international crime. Meg may be way out of her depths, but she's seeing a side of Dirk she never suspected—one no woman could possibly resist.
A NOTE FROM KAT MARTIN:
In my new book, INTO THE FURY, meet Ethan Brodie, one of the hot Brodie cousins. Ethan works with Nick in Seattle, at Brodie Operations Security Services--BOSS, Inc, the guys call it. Ethan's current assignment, working as a bodyguard for the La Belle lingerie fashion show tour, is the last thing he wants. He's already got more woman-trouble than he can handle.
But when the models begin to get threatening notes and one of them is murdered, it's Ethan's job to keep the women safe. He's determined to ignore his attraction to blond bombshell, Valentine Hart, but he's promised Nick's wife Samantha he'll protect her super-model friend--which makes Val Ethan's first priority.
It's a high-action, romantic adventure filled with passion and intrigue. I hope you'll watch for INTO THE FURY.
Very best wishes and happy reading. Kat
Website: http://www.katmartin.com/
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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25476514-into-the-fury
GIVEAWAY ALERT (US ONLY)
Natasha Persaud February 3, 2016 at 10:35 AM
Hi Kat you're a new author to me Ive added all your books to my TBR list recently
Danielle February 3, 2016 at 5:39 PM
I'm reading this book now.....love it.
bn100 February 6, 2016 at 11:42 PM
no fav book
Chrisbails February 8, 2016 at 2:32 PM
I love all of Kat's books. I love the Raines Brothers series, but what made me fall in love with her was her Bride's series. I can't choose just one favorite from that series so choosing them all. I am dying to read this new book. Thanks for the chance to win.


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As we discussed last night, the tropics continue to be extremely active with three systems currently in the Atlantic. Only two of those are of interest to us, as TS Lee is forecast to become a tropical depression and dissipate in the coming days. Hurricane Jose is moving north towards New England, where it will bring impacts similar to a strong nor'easter this week before moving east. TS Maria is forecast to intensify into a hurricane today as it moves WNW towards the some of the same Caribbean islands ravaged by Irma. The system could pose a long-term threat to the US but there's too much uncertainty in the day 7-10 timeframe to talk too much about US impacts.
Jose's appearance on satellite has improved quite a bit in the past 12 hours, with a reasonably symmetric system now visible. Strong thunderstorms are located over the center, but there are currently no indications that an eye is reforming. Shear and dry air do continue to take their toll, and there are some signals that the mid level center is becoming displaced away from the low level center. Either way, Jose only has a short remaining window over warm waters before the cold New England ocean drains the storm's energy. This will not be a major landfalling hurricane event for New England or the Mid Atlantic. However it also isn't a clean sweep OTS. There will be some impacts for the coastline even though the center of the storm will remain over water.
Jose's outer bands will brush the Mid Atlantic coast tomorrow night into Tuesday morning, and gusty showers are possible from the Outer Banks up through New Jersey. Impacts shouldn't be too extreme, however, as the core of the system stays well offshore. Winds in this region will range between 20 and 30 mph with some gusts to TS force (40 mph) possible. The timing for gusty showers in these areas will be the second half of Monday into the first half of Tuesday.
The system will begin to turn ENE on Wednesday as it passes south of Cape Cod. Again, the core is expected to remain offshore, but tropical storm conditions are possible along the cape in the outer part of Jose's circulation. Winds will be stronger, and rains steadier, in Cape Cod as the storm expands over the cold waters.
Wind gusts on the Cape and Islands will range from 50 to 65 mph as the center of the storm passes offshore. While this is a far cry from some of the stronger hurricanes that have hit this region over the years, it still could be enough bring down some trees and cause some power outage threats. A couple of inches of rain are possible as the outer bands pass over the area. Lighter showers are expected farther north and west, with precipitation potentially spreading all the way up into Maine.
The track forecast for Jose beyond the general North movement in the short term followed by a turn East on Tuesday/Wednesday is basically a guessing game at this point due to a very complex upper air pattern.
This uncertainty is highlighted in this EPS track map which shows an extremely wide spread in possible solutions for Jose. Some guidance continues to take the storm east, out to sea, but unfortunately the signal for that appears to be dwindling. Most guidance has the system making a loop back around to the south and west, with the magnitude of that movement varying greatly. Where the system finally ends up has yet to be determined, but it's looking like we'll be talking about Jose for many days to come. Curious about what ensembles are, why they're useful, and how to use maps like this at weather.us? Check out this video for the answers!
Here are some ways to track the storm yourself over at weather.us.
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In addition to all the potential impacts from the outer bands of Jose, very high surf continues to be a concern for areas that won't see a drop of rain or a puff of wind from the system. ECMWF wave forecasts show long period swells thundering all the way down to the Caribbean where the threat for rip currents will be high, even well away from the storm itself. The closer to the center you go, the higher the waves will be.
As Jose weakens close to the US coast, Maria will be intensifying deep in the tropics.
Less than one day into its life as a tropical storm, Maria already has an excellent satellite presentation. Strong thunderstorms are noted both over the center of the system and in well organized spiral bands developing away from the center. The storm is symmetric, and cirrus patterns indicate very strong outflow in all directions. The storm is in an extremely favorable environment for intensification. If you read my discussions for Irma, you'll remember that we look for 4 things when forecasting rapid intensification of a tropical cyclone: warm water, low shear, high moisture, and an organized inner core. Satellite imagery shows that we can check off that last item, but what about the others?
Water temperatures are plenty warm enough to support a major hurricane in the NE Caribbean. Typically you need water temperatures above 80 degrees to support a hurricane. ECMWF data show water temperatures at or above 85 degrees in the path of Maria. While Irma and Jose have left cold wakes north and east of the Leeward Islands, Maria will be moving south of that colder water, and thus will have no trouble finding enough energy to become a powerful system.
While there is some drier air in the mid levels to the west of the system, it's not bone dry, and it's well removed from Maria's core. There could be some issues with dry air entrainment over the next few days, but they should be fairly minor. The general mid level moisture situation in the NE Caribbean is favorable for an intensifying hurricane.
Wind shear will be nonexistent as Maria sits underneath a large area of upper level high pressure. Upper level high pressure is extremely favorable for strengthening tropical systems, because it helps vent air away from the top of the system. Air that has risen through the hurricane's circulation will pile up at the top of the atmosphere without an upper level high pressure system to vent it away. If there's too much of a pileup, the air will have no choice but to begin sinking, shutting off the thunderstorms in the hurricane. Maria will not have a problem with this, due to that very large upper level high that is already promoting excellent outflow.
We've run through our checklist for intensification and all systems are go. Maria is forecast to intensify into a major hurricane before heading for the island of Puerto Rico. I'll have more information about the impacts expected from Maria in the Caribbean this evening, along with a look at where the system might head from there. In the meantime, you can have a look yourself over at weather.us.
GOES-16 satellite imagery. Use the menus to select which satellite view you want, and get updated images every 15 minutes to see what the storm is up to. Click the map to zoom in, or click near the edges to pan. The (-) button allows you to zoom out. For more on how to use satellite imagery, check out this video.
ECMWF model forecasts. Use these models, along with the others we have on weather.us, to see the forecast for Maria. Analyze the storm's environment with mid level moisture and upper level wind maps, or watch rain and wind spread across the Caribbean islands with simulated radar and wind speed forecasts. There are many other parameters you can access via the menus to the left of the images! Similarly to the satellite imagery, you can click the map to zoom in, or click near the edges to pan. The (-) button allows you to zoom out.
Forecast XL. What impacts might Maria bring to your town? Find out with our Forecast XL product! Compare model forecasts for winds, temperatures, and precipitation in just a few simple graphs. For more on Forecast XL and how it works, check out this video.
I'll have another update on both Jose and Maria this evening!


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Home » Mokhele and Others v Commander, Lesotho Defence Force and Others (CIV/APN/442/16) [2018] LSHC 2 (14 February 2018);
Mokhele and Others v Commander, Lesotho Defence Force and Others (CIV/APN/442/16) [2018] LSHC 2 (14 February 2018);
Review — decision to discharge pregnant soldiers from the army whether the decision falls within the purview of Commander's power to discharge a soldier if it is in the best interests of the Lesotho Defence Force — decision based on a Standing Order which conflicts with Regulations prescribing grounds on which a soldier can be discharged — pregnancy not a prescribed ground for discharge — decision reviewed and set aside — Lesotho Defence Force Act, 1996 s.31 (b). Defence Force (Regular Force) (Discharge Regulations 1998 and Defence Force (Regular Force (Other Ranks) Regulations 1998
[Editor Note] This version of the judgment was produced using OCR software. Please download the PDF version from the link above to view the original judgment.
Held at Maseru
NO. 73559 PRIVATE LIEKETSO MOKHELE 1ST APPLICANT
NO. 73743 PRIVATE 'MASAULE LETIMA 2ND APPLICANT
NO. 73752 PRIVATE 'MASINE NTSOHA 3RDAPPLICANT
THE COMMANDER OF LESOTHO DEFENCE FORCE 1ST RESPONDENT
MINISTER OF DEFENCE AND NATIONAL SECURITY 2ND RESPONDENT
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 3RD RESPONDENT
CORAM: T.E. MONAPATHI J.
S.N. PEETE J.
S.P. SAKOANE J.
HEARD: 11 DECEMBER, 2017
DELIVERED: 14 FEBRUARY, 2018
CITED CASES:
LESOTHO:
Khalapa Lia Buseletsana Multipurposes Cooperative Society And Another v. Vodacom Lesotho (Pty) Ltd And Others LC/APN/50B/2014
Brooks And Others v. Canada Safeway Limited [1989]1 S.C.R. 1219
Kruse v. Johnson [1989]2 Q.B. 91
Brown v. Rentokil ECJ Case C-394/96
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
Crawford v. Cushman 531 F.2d 1114 (1976)
STATUTES:
Lesotho Defence Force Act No.4 of 1996 Defence Force (Regular Force) (Discharge) Regulations, 1998
Defence Force (Regular Force) (Other Ranks) Regulations, 1998
TREATIES:
The 1967 Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
The 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
The 2000 ILO Maternity Protection Convention No.183
Schlmeter D.A. (1996) Military Criminal Justice: Practice And Procedure 4th Edition (Virginia: Michie)
Wade H.W.R. & Forsyth C.F. (2000) Administrative Law SA Edition (OUP)
SAKOANE J:
"When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its womankind."
So wrote George Bernard Shaw in 1903 in his book Man and Superman.
[1] More than a century since Shaw so wrote, womankind has progressively moved out of the patriarchal world of being chattels to be packed off when the military man approaches into the evolving world of non-sexism, gender equality and equal opportunities in all public institutions. These principles of non-sexism, gender equality and equal opportunities are international standards for protecting and supporting women in their efforts to scale back the tides of patriarchy .
[2] The struggle for migration from the world of patriarchy to the modern world of full citizenship is supported by the international community through the efforts of the United Nations which has adopted the following Conventions:
2.1 The 1967 Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
2.2 The 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
2.3 The 2000 ILO Maternity Protection Convention No.183.
[3] These international legal instruments enjoin States to prevent discrimination against women on account of, inter alia, marriage or maternity by taking legal measures to prevent their dismissals from employment in the event of marriage and maternity and to provide paid maternity leave.
[4] This case is, therefore, about the applicability and observance of the values espoused by these international instruments in relation to the laws governing military service in the Kingdom. Although, in form the case is about the legality of the decision of the Commander of the Lesotho Defence Force to discharge pregnant soldiers, it is in substance a challenge to the culture of patriarchy in the military and an assertion of sexual and reproductive rights in military service. What is being contested is the idea that female soldiers are incapable to bear arms and babies at the same time and, on that account, are not fit for military purpose.
[5] The applicants are all female soldiers discharged from the army by the Commander of the Lesotho Defence Force on the ground of pregnancy. The letters of discharge of the applicants are dated 22 March 2016, 22 December 2015 and 1 December 2015 respectively. The reason for the discharge is that the applicants fell pregnant after being enlisted and thereby contravened the army's Standing Order No.2 of 2014 dated 3 March which reads thus:
"7. The female members or member of Lesotho Defence Force, upon completion of Recruitment Course and promoted to the rank of Private Soldier, shall not be pregnant before the expiration of five (5) years of service in the Lesotho Defence Force.
8. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 7 above, the female member or members may get married within the stated period of time, but must not be pregnant within such prohibited time.
9. The female member or members of Lesotho Defence Force, who are enlisted while already married, shall not be pregnant before the expiration of five (5) years of service in the Lesotho Defence Force."
[6] The applicants enlisted in the army in October 2013. The first applicant was already married with one child. The second applicant got married after enlistment. She was granted permission to marry on17 June 2015. The third applicant is not married.
Show cause notices
[7] The process that started and ended in the applicants' discharge was triggered by the following contents of a letter written to each applicant on 8 March 2016, 1 December 2015 and 1 December 2015 respectively by the Army Commander:
"SHOW CAUSE NOTICE — YOUR DISCHARGE FROM THE DEFENCE FORCE
1. WHEREAS on the 3id March 2014 the General Standing Orders of 2014 was issued, and Standing Order No.2 therein prevented the pregnancy of female soldiers of your category within the prescribed period of time in the Lesotho Defence Force.
2. AND WHEREAS the contents, as well as the rationale, of the Standing Order No.2 therein were explicitly detailed on 28th March 2014 during your pass out parade in the presence of your parents or loco parentis.
3 AND WHEREAS you fell pregnant in reckless disregard of the
prohibitory clauses of the Standing Order No.2 therein including the verbal orders issued during the pass out parade regarding the contents of the Order.
4. AND WHEREAS in Lesotho there are lawful means at your disposal which you were obliged to utilize in observance of the Order; such means include but are not limited to abstinence or contraceptives readily available within your reach at numerous Health Centers in Lesotho, including Thomas Wellness Center (Potter Camp) situated with (sic) Makoanyane Barracks premises.
5. AND WHEREAS you had trembled (sic) and violated the Order with impunity in disregard of the abundant availability of means used to prevent unplanned pregnancy.
6. BE INFORMED THEREFORE THAT, in the given circumstances, the Lesotho Defence Force command is of the view that you are not a fit and proper person to continue serving in the Defence Force lest your presence might render the Sanding Order No.2 a toothless bull dog and a mockery. Basically, your presence might hamper detrimentally towards the discipline of other female soldiers of your category within the Defence Force. That is, your pregnancy may be used by others as a 'testing tool' (as it has already been done by others) towards the Standing Order No.2 and administration at large. As you know, military life is orderly life and, therefore, a soldier who is not ready to obey lawful orders duly issued by the lawful authority is not fit to continue serving as the member of Disciplined Force.
7. NOW THEREFORE, on the basis of the preceding information, it has been extremely (sic) considered that your unlicensed pregnancy had detrimentally prejudiced the interests of the Lesotho Defence Force given the fact that others had already copied such prohibited behaviour. Thus, it has been carefully considered that, it is not in the best interest of the Defence Force for you to remain in the Force.
8. AND NOW THEREFORE, you are required to show cause, if any, why you may not be discharged from the Defence Force on the provided information and reasons pursuant to Section 31 (b) of Lesotho Defence Force Act No.40 of 1996. Your written representation must reach the Office of Commander of Lesotho Defence Force within seven (7) days of the receipt of this letter,
9. AND, if no such representation is filed within the stipulated time frame, such failure will leave the Commander of Lesotho Defence Force with no option but to proceed with your discharge."
[8] The first applicant responded by letter dated 12 March, 2016:
"Dear Sir
RE: SHOW CAUSE NOTICE —YOUR DISCHARGE FROM THE DEENCE FORCE
The above matter refers, and I wish to response (sic) as follows:
PARAGRAPH 1 AND 2
The contents of these paragraphs are herein noted. The said Order was issued and read to us during our pass out on the above mentioned date.
I do not deny that I fell pregnant, but I must indicate that the said pregnancy was not deliberate or done in reckless disregard of the Standing Order. I must indicate that the said pregnancy came as a shock to me as well as my husband because I have been using contraceptives way back even before I joined LDF. What happened is that, after our pass out, immediately thereafter, I started using contraceptive like I did before, and I must indicate that, a month before I went to Patrol Quthing Ha Peete, I went to a clinic called Thusanang Clinic which is based at Both Bothe to check whether everything was still normal because, after using contraceptives again after our pass out, I discovered that my menstrual circle was fluctuating. And after consulting with the Nurse and after tests were taken, and I was informed that everything was still normal, and the Nurse told me that maybe the cause of fluctuation is caused by veins which were not properly functioning.
I must further indicate that, at that time, I was told that I was not pregnant, and everything was fine and thereafter I proceeded to Patrol at Quthing in May 2015. Three months later, I became sick and I was ordered to come to Makoanyane Hospital to see a doctor; and to my surprise and dismay, I was told that I was pregnant after tests were taken. Moreover, the nurses told me that, I was no my seven months pregnancy, which I could not understand because there was never a time I stopped using contraceptives after our pass out.
PARAGRAPH 5
I admit that my pregnancy has violated the Order, however, I must indicate once again that, I had been using contraceptives ever since, and I could not (sic) stopped using same because we were told after our pass out that we are not expected to fall pregnant before a period of five years. Again, I am a married woman, and we had already had our first child, so we were not ready to have a second child as yet. All I can say is that, what happened is beyond my control because if I knew or I was informed on time I could have changed and opted for another means of contraceptives.
My pregnancy came as (sic) shock to myself as well as to my husband and family because it was never planned like I have mentioned in the above paragraphs, therefore I humbly request and pray that the LDF give me another chance to prove mi (sic) worth because it is the first misconduct I have committed ever since I joined the Force. I had never been before any disciplinary hearing or whatsoever. Therefore, I am still fit and proper to serve LDF because what happened was absolutely beyond my control.
It is on the basis of the above mentioned reasons I am begging and praying that I be given a second chance to serve the Force like I have been doing previously. I promise that I will never do anything in power which might not call for discharging me from the Force. Again, I must indicate that I have a family which solely depends on me; in other words, I am the bread winner in my family. My husband is not working, and we have a four year old son who is dependable (sic) on me as well. So (sic) I be discharged from the Force, we (sic) all going to suffer in as far as human basic needs are concerned.
Your usual corporation shall highly be anticipated. Yours faithfully,
Lieketso Mokhele
No.73559 Private Mokhele"
The second applicant's response by letter of 15 December, 2015 reads:
"RE: SHOW CAUSE — DISCHARGE FROM THE DEFENCE FORCE
On the 28th March 2014 the standing order was read during a pass-out parade where we were told not to fall pregnant within the period of five years in the Lesotho Defence Force.
I tried my best not to fall pregnant as I was using the contraceptives in form of pills and condoms but unfortunately they didn't go as expected. When using this (sic) contraceptives (pills) I started to have irregular menstruation cycle which I was told that it is normal. Still, that did not stop me from using then.
It scared me when I took three months without seeing my periods that is when I bought a pregnancy test and it was positive.
My pregnancy came to me as a shock as I even thought of an abortion but at the same time I thought otherwise. As a soldier I have to lead by good examples, so abortion is not one of them, again my conscience did not allow me to (sic) so that is why I then decided to keep the baby. I also realized that if I go for an abortion I would have broken a law.
It was not my intention to break the standing order No.2 Sir, After discovering that I was pregnant I immediately reported to 2 It Moloi who was working at the operations and training by then.
So, please do not discharge me from the Lesotho Defence Force.
No.73743 Pvt Letima
M. Letima"
[10] The third applicant's response in her letter of 4 December, 2015 was this:
"Sir,
REASONS WHY I CANNOT BE DISCHARGED FROM THE DEFENCE FORCE
1. I have received the letter from your good office dated 1st December 2015 that shows cause notice in which I cannot be discharged from the Defence force. I have read all the items written on it and I truly agree with it.
2. I remember clearly that, I was under the influence of alcohol when this happen, (sic) I later discovered that I was pregnant. As this is my first time offence I have learned from it and I will never commit such offence or any offence arising out of any laws or regulations of Lesotho Defence Force.
3. Firstly, I am the bread winner whereby I have to look after my younger sisters and brother who are still in a tender age. I have to make sure that they attend school their responsibility is all on my shoulder.
4. Beside I have to look after my sick mother who had since suffered from stroke. It is with these reasons that I would like not to be discharged from the defence Force because all this would be hard for me to handle without this work.
I remain your obedient servant Sir,
No 73752 Pvt Ntsoha"
Commander's reaction
[11] The Commander reacted by way of letters discharging all the applicants. Apropos the first applicant, the Commander said, among others:
"BE INFORMED that it is common cause that use of contraceptives is never 100% safe. So your conduct of engaging in sexual activity with that knowledge is an indication that you undertook to suffer the consequences. While (sic) is realized that your are married, it was upon you as a person subject to the Standing Order to ensure that apart from contraceptives you were using, additional preventive measures were employed. Failure on your part to do so is an indication that you were prepared to live with the consequences of your conduct."
[12] With regard to the second applicant, the Commander wrote, among others:
"AND NOW THEREFORE the usage of pills for contraceptives is not a reason persuasive enough more especially when it is known, as a common cause, that contraceptives are not 100% safe. So, your act of having indulged into sexual activity with that knowledge informs the Command that you clearly undertook a risk which now you have to endure its unpalatable consequences. Ordinarily, you were ready to take up the result of that calculated risk. You were not barred from abstaining from such activity in recognition and respecting the Standing Order."
[13] The Commander wrote back to the third applicant to say, among others:
"But, it defeats imagination to find a young soldier surrounded by such vital family responsibilities found herself entangled in such irresponsible drinking which lead (sic) to unfortunate influence of alcohol resulting in her peril. The Command considered that, all such circumstances ought to have come into your mind prior to the disastrous drinking. It is worthy of reiteration that, in circumstances of this nature, what takes precedence is the interests of Lesotho Defence Force over individuals' interests. Conduct of this nature, if allowed to prevail in the Defence Force contrary to the governing laws, would breed indiscipline. The fundamental obligation to uphold good order and military discipline would be under siege."
[14] The applicants are not happy with their discharge. They have launched these proceedings seeking the following relief:
"(a) That the decision of THE COMMANDER OF THE LESOTHO DEFENCE FORCE (1sT RESPONDENT) of discharging APPLICANTS from THE LESOTHO
DEFENCE FORCE be reviewed, corrected and set aside as being irregular and unlawful.
(b) That it be declared that the STANDING ORDER NO.2 OF 2014 of THE COMMANDER OF THE LESOTHO DEFENCE FORCE (1ST RESPONDENT) is contrary to public policy and the common law principles of reasonableness, legality and rationality and hence unlawful.
(c) That APPLICANTS be reinstated back to the positions and ranks in THE LESOTHO DEFENCE FORCE without any loss of benefits arising therefrom.
ALTERNATIVELY TO PRAYER (C) ABOVE:
(d) That each of the applicants be compensated in an amount to the tune of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND MALOTI (M500 000-00) for their unlawful discharge from the LESOTHO DEFENCE FORCE.
(e) Costs of the suit in the event of opposition.
(f) Further and or alternative relief as the Honourable Court may deem fit."
II. MERITS
[15] The statutory and policy frameworks pleaded are the Lesotho Defence Force Act No.4 of 1996 and Standing Order No.2 of 2014.
[16] Section 31 (b) of the Lesotho Defence Force Act, 1996 is pleaded as the statutory basis for discharging the applicants. It provides that:
"A soldier of the Defence Force may be discharged by order of the Commander of the Defence Force at any time during the currency of the term of engagement on the grounds that —
(b) it is not in the best interests of the Defence Force for the soldier to remain in the force".
[17] The section provides for what in military parlance is called an administrative discharge. This forms part of non-punitive optional measures available to the Commander to punish violations of military standards through means other than the cumbersome court-martial processes: Schlueter D.A. (1996) Military Criminal Justice: Practice And Procedure 4th Ed. (Virginia: Michie) p.40
[18] For regulating the exercise of powers of discharge, the Minister has promulgated regulations in terms of section 192 of the Act. These regulations are the Defence Force (Regular Force) (Discharge) Regulations, 1998. Although reference is made to section 186 as the empowering section for their promulgation, I believe that is in error as that section deals, among others, with discharge of persons from the Reserve Force and not the Regular Force.
[19] A discharge from the Regular Force can only be made upon any of the grounds listed in the Schedule to the Regulations. None of the prescribed grounds therein has pregnancy as a ground for a discharge.
[20] Understandably, pregnancy could not be prescribed as a ground for discharge because a female soldier is entitled to paid maternity leave not exceeding 90 days grantable by the commanding officer of the member's unit: vide regulations 20 (2) and 28 of the Defence Force (Regular Force) (Other Ranks) Regulations, 1998.
[21] It stands to reason that in exercising the powers to discharge a soldier, the Commander must do so having regard to the Defence Force (Regular Force) (Discharge) Regulations, 1998 and the Defence Force (Regular Force) (Other Ranks) Regulations, 1998. They constitute the legal parameters within which section 31 (b) powers should be invoked.
[22] I say so because the conferred powers that a soldier can be discharged if "it is not in the best interests of the Defence Force for the soldier to remain in the force" is couched in objective and not subjective terms. The personal opinion and interest of the Commander is not relevant and should not be conflated with the institutional interest of the Defence Force. Decisions must be reached on the basis of objective facts which are prescribed in the Regulations.
[23] The reason put forward by the Commander for invoking section 31 (b) powers to discharge the applicants is that they fell pregnant and thereby contravened Standing Order No.2 of 2014. This to me says that the Commander's view is that it is not in the best interests of the Defence Force for pregnant soldiers to remain in service. if that be the motivation behind the Commander's decision as I discern it to be, it flies in the face of the Regulations which nowhere prescribe pregnancy as a ground for discharge. On the contrary, pregnant soldiers are entitled to paid maternity leave. This can only be so because the law-giver does not adjudge pregnancy to be a threat to "the best interests of the Defence Force".
[24] The Commander is, therefore, not entitled to use section 31 (b) powers to undermine the protective scheme for the benefit of pregnant soldiers provided for under the Regulations. if Parliament and the Minister had wanted to ban pregnant soldiers from the military, there is no reason for the Act and Regulations to be conspicuously silent about such an important matter. Whatever powers the Commander has under the Act to make a standing order with such effect — which powers I don't find anywhere — such powers would be ultra vices the Act and Regulations.
[25] The Commander says the following about the Standing Order:
"19.3 I must state further that the Standing Order is a strict liability Standing Order. Whether its provisions were flouted intentional (sic) or reckless is irrelevant. What is material is to abide by the provisions of the order. The army relies on command and discipline not consensus so as to run in an effective and efficient (sic) in discharge of its core military functions."
Effect of the Standing Order
[26] The inflexible operation of the Standing Order and its profound effects on the reproductive rights, freedoms and careers of the female soldiers are these:
26.1 It operates on the presumption of unfitness to serve even in other non-combative duties.
26.2 It deprives the Commander of any discretion to make an individualized determination of fitness to serve during the early stages of pregnancy.
26.3 It encourages use of contraceptives that are admittedly not 100% safe and yet penalizes soldiers for falling pregnant despite their use.
26.4 It cultivates an environment of involuntary sexual abstinence, involuntary birth control, sterilization and abortion.
26.5 It violates the right to respect for private and family life by suspending the female soldiers' procreative function for an arbitrary period of five years.
26.6 It penalizes the female soldiers' decisions to bear children even if the soldiers' general mobility and combat readiness would not be reduced in the early months preceding birth and after birth.
26.7 It is counter-productive in that the army may not be able to attract sufficient number of females of child bearing capacity. (See Crawford v. Cushman 531 F.2d 1114 (1976) (United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit).
[27] Medical science tells us that pregnancy is not a medical condition but a temporary physical disability. It is for this reason that labour laws and international human rights treaties enjoin employers — be they private or public — to gender-sensitize the workplace environment by prohibiting dismissals on the grounds of pregnancy, marital status and denial of maternity and paternity leave. The Regulations chime with these human rights standards: Section 30 (b) of the Constitution; Article 11 of the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) which Lesotho ratified in 1995 and acceded to its Optional Protocol in 2004.
Scope for review
[28] The stance of the Commander is that the Standing Order encapsulates the interests of the army which override the rights of its members. The restriction of such rights is geared towards meeting "certain overriding demands of discipline". Therefore, so goes the argument, the sexual desires of the applicants to engage in procreative sex dare not outweigh the army's interests.
[29] What is being asserted is that there is a causal link between the applicants' contravention of the Standing Order and their discharge on the basis of section 31 (b) of the Lesotho Defence Force Act, 1996. In other words, it is suggested that pregnancy is subsumed under the omnibus ground of being "not in the best interests of the Defence Force for the soldier to remain in the force". In my respectful view, the phrase "it is not in the best interest of" is an unruly horse that should be bridled by the Regulations. It is not a license for the Commander to roam far and wild.
[30] I have hereinbefore indicated that neither Parliament nor the Minister have prescribed pregnancy as either a ground for discharge or a disciplinary offence. On the contrary, pregnant soldiers are entitled to paid maternity leave. There is nothing in the Regulations which authorizes selective entitlement or enjoyment of the benefit of paid maternity leave. The Standing Order stands in violation of the prescripts of the Regulations.
[31] The Standing Order is not legally authorized and is, for this reason alone, unlawful and condemnable as an illegal trigger for the exercise of the power to discharge under section 31 (b). It follows that the Commander wrongly invoked the contravention of the Standing Order as a dischargeable misconduct "not in the best interests of the Defence Force".
[32] The contention by the Commander that pregnant soldiers must be discharged because they compromise the army's operational capacity and jeopardize military discipline is not only an argument in torrorem populi but a throw-back to the patriarchal view that pregnant women are not fit to work and, therefore, are a disposable workforce. The view that soldiers need permission to be pregnant — which permission is obtainable after five years' service — is merely mentioned to be rejected.
Comparative jurisprudence
[33] The international jurisprudence sets its face firmly against such antiquated views. In Brooks and Others v. Canada Safeway Limited [1989]1 S.C.R. 1219, the Supreme Court of Canada held:
"It seems indisputable that in our society pregnancy is a valid health-related reason for being absent from work. It is to state the obvious that to say that pregnancy is of fundamental importance in our society. Indeed, its importance makes description difficult. To equate pregnancy with, for instance, a decision to undergo medical treatment for surgery — which sort of comparison the respondent's argument implicitly makes — is fallacious. If the medical condition associated with procreation does not provide a legitimate reason for absence from the workplace, it is hard to imagine what would provide such a reason."
[34] In Brown v. Rentokil ECJ Case C-394/96 (30June 1998) the European Court of Justice laid down the following principles, which I adopt:
34.1 The dismissal of a female worker on account of pregnancy, or essentially on account of pregnancy affects only women and therefore, constitutes direct discrimination on grounds of sex.
34.2 The principle of equal treatment serves three purposes:
(1) it protects a woman's biological condition during and after pregnancy;
(2) it protects the special relationship between a woman and her child over the period which follows pregnancy and childbirth;
(3) it prevents the harmful effects dismissal may have on the physical and mental state of pregnant women and those who are breastfeeding including the particularly serious risk that pregnant women may be prompted to voluntarily terminate their pregnancy.
34.3 To allow dismissal from work on the ground of pregnancy would be to deprive legal protection to women who are able to comply with the terms of their employment contracts and thereby render ineffective the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment and working conditions.
[35] In Crawford v. Cushman (supra), the Second Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals reversed the lower court's decision that had upheld a rule of mandatory discharge of pregnant Marine Corps. Among others, the Second Circuit said:
"The Marine Corps may have a legitimate interest and important interest in insuring the general mobility and readiness of its personnel, but the mandatory discharge rule here is simply not constitutionally tailored to promote this interest by ridding the Corps of all members whose physical condition makes them potentially unable 'to respond to an emergency assignment at a station without proper attention to (his or her) physical well-being' .... The regulation as a tool for insuring mobility and readiness is applied in a manifestly underinclusive fashion.
The Marine Corps regulation establishes a presumption of unfitness for work at all posts, in appellant's case as a clerk typist, as of the earliest possible date of pregnancy diagnosis and forever more. This classification of presumed unfitness is patently overinclusive since it operates to expel not only those marines who are suffering the limited period of disability in the days or weeks surrounding the date of childbirth but also many Marines who, given an individualized determination of their fitness to serve would undoubtedly be found capable of continued service for several weeks more before giving birth and possibly years after."
[36] If the proposition is accepted that pregnancy ipso facto constitutes unfitness to serve in the army, it would mean that the Lesotho Defence Force is an institution beyond bounds for pregnant soldiers. The absurdity of the proposition is accentuated by the arbitrary imposition of the five years pregnancy moratorium. This goes to show that it cannot be true or right to contend, as the Commander does, that pregnant soldiers undermine the army's discipline and combat readiness. What about those soldiers who fall pregnant post the pregnancy moratorium? Are they exempted from combat duty? Why could the applicants not be deployed in non-combat duties during their pregnancy? The Commander does not provide an answer or rational explanation. This only goes to prove that the Standing Order rests on a fallacy and constitutes an unreasonable exercise of section 31 (b) powers.
[37] A useful survey of military codes from other jurisdictions put before us in the submissions by Mr. Rasekoai, for the applicants, show that pregnancy in the army is managed in a manner that cares for the pregnant soldier's condition by excusing her from duties with possibility of damage to the unborn child at different stages of pregnancy until the soldier qualifies for paid maternity leave. This is the so-called "reasonable accommodation principle" .
[38] The impugned Standing Order is oblivious of this principle. It is a blunt instrument used to whip female soldiers into line. It operates on the principle of "no accommodation: once pregnant you are out". By any civilized standards and human decency, this is unreasonable and unacceptable. In the 21st century there is no justification to fire working women who fall pregnant.
[39] It is significant that when the applicants enlisted in 2013, the Standing Order had not been issued by the Commander. It was issued on 3rd March 2014 and only read to them on the 28th during the pass-out parade. The applicants were, therefore, not made aware of it during enlistment and throughout their training. They were not given an opportunity to consider to disenlist and leave training if their reproductive and sexual rights would be restricted in the manner of the Standing Order. This is important because section 27 (1) enjoins the army to have given them prior notices and all the necessary information. It reads:
"A person to enlist in the regular force shall be given a notice set out in the Second Schedule specifying the information required to be provided by that person and stating their general conditions of the engagement to be entered into by that person, and a recruiting officer shall not enlist any person in that force unless satisfied by that person that he has been given such notice, understands it, and wishes to be enlisted."
[40] By introducing the Standing Order and reading it to the applicants at the occasion and in the manner that he caused it to be done, without them being given the opportunity to declare their views, the Commander was impermissibly adding information and conditions of service not prescribed by Parliament. This, the Commander had no powers to do. He acted ultra- vices his powers. It is even very doubtful whether the violation of the Standing Order would be a military offence under section 53. I, however, express no firm view on this.
[41] In the circumstances, it is misplaced to contend, as the Commander does, that the applicants were volens and waived their rights by enlisting in the face of the Standing Order. Waiver of rights must be informed, unequivocal, clear and not impelled by an illegality or exercise of ultra- vices powers: Khalapa Lia Buseletsana Multipurpose Cooperative Society And Another v. Vodacom Lesotho (Pty) Limited And Others LC/APN/50B/2014 para 23 (28 August, 2017); Wade & Forsyth, Administrative Law 8th Ed. P.245
III. DISPOSITION
[42] I find that the Standing Order fails the tests of legality, rationality and reasonableness and is thus invalid: Kruse v. Johnson [1898]2 Q.B. 91.
[43] In the result the following order is issued:
1. The decision of the Commander of the Lesotho Defence Force discharging the applicants from the Lesotho Defence Force is reviewed and set aside.
2. The Standing Order No.2 of 2014 issued by the Commander of the Lesotho Defence Force is declared illegal and invalid.
3. The applicants are reinstated back to their positions and ranks in the Lesotho Defence Force without any loss of benefits arising therefrom.
4. Applicants to be paid costs of the suit.
https://lesotholii.org/ls/judgment/high-court/2018/100/JUDGMENT%20OF%20LETIMA%20%20OTHERS.pdf

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Tim Finchem
Accomplishments:
Created Presidents Cup in 1994
Introduced FedExCup
Established the First Tee in 1997
PGA TOUR and its tournaments raised over $2 billion for charitable organizations during
his tenure
Spearheaded efforts to coordinate the bid for golf's return to the Olympics in 2016 Games
Honors and Awards:
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America's Old Tom Morris Award
American Society of Golf Course Architects Donald Ross Award
PGA of America Distinguished Service Award
Dick Schaap Lifetime Achievement in Sports Award
Metropolitan Golf Writers Association Gold Tee Award
PGA TOUR Champions Tournament Advisory Council Bruno Award
KPMG Lifetime Achievement Award
National Golf Course Owners Association Award of Merit
National Golf Foundation Graffis Award
Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humane Letters (University of Richmond)
Under Finchem's 22-year tenure as the PGA TOUR Commissioner from 1994 through 2016, prize money skyrocketed, moving from under $100 million on three tours in 1994 to more than $400 million on six tours when he retired in 2017. He created signature events in today's game, including the FedExCup and the FedExCup Playoffs, the Presidents Cup and the World Golf Championships.
"It is the greatest honor to be elected to join golf's most legendary players and contributors in the World Golf Hall of Fame. This is a truly humbling moment, for which I am most grateful, and I look forward to celebrating with my family and friends throughout the game of golf and the many people who made this possible for me. I am especially proud to stand alongside one of the world's all-time greats, Tiger Woods, in the Class of 2021 and look forward to what will be an exciting year ahead." -Tim Finchem
Finchem's impact expanded far beyond the PGA TOUR as he left his mark on the global game. He spearheaded efforts to coordinate the bid for golf's return to the Olympics, which became a reality in the 2016 Games after a 112-year absence.
Finchem worked to ensure giving back was part of the fabric of the PGA TOUR's business model and was instrumental in founding the First Tee in 1997. Since inception, Finchem has helped First Tee grow and develop into the positive youth development organization it is today, having reached more than 15 million young people on golf courses, in schools and after-school locations. During his tenure as Commissioner, the PGA TOUR and its tournaments raised more than $2 billion in charitable contributions.
Finchem, a 1969 graduate of the University of Richmond, received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the school in 2019.


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Q: Generate a Unique Order Number (Human Readable) in JavaScript What I'm struggling to find a way to create a Unique Readable Order Number for eCommerce.
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Violence and homicide are leading causes of death for African American males and they are disproportionately represented among the incarcerated (Edelman, 2014). Even among those African American males who overcome early adversity and successfully navigate the American educational system, the legacy of racism, fear, and cultural marginalization that has characterized the African American experience, continues to impact their lives and outcomes. The present talk will explore unconscious elements of racial bias, perceptions, stereotypes, and links to social justice and violence involving African American males. Informed by theories of attachment, object relations, cognitive science, and multicultural psychology, the overall aim of this work is to highlight the psychological characteristics and therapeutic needs of this vulnerable group framed within the larger socioeconomic, political, and cultural context of American society. This work also seeks to explore cultural perceptions including the pervasive conscious (or unconscious) fear of the African American male and identity development in contemporary African American youth. Contemporary research models highlighting racial bias and cultural perceptions will be integrated with experiential activities and case material to enhance learning, exploration, and discussion. In the short-term this diversity workshop seeks to engage clinicians in honest, challenging dialogue about stereotypes, perceptions of African American youth, racial bias, and contemporary cultural realities. In the long-term, this work challenges mental health care practitioners to carefully consider ways in which their own cultural biases, perceptions impact their clinical work and to explore ways in which they can become positive agents of social change.
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This workshop will explore the concept of "othering" (the process whereby a dominant group defines into existence an inferior group) as a social phenomenon that manifests itself in various forms in our psychotherapeutic relationships. We will discuss issues of power, privilege, oppression, and efforts to resist "otherness" in our clinical work.
Psychotherapy for a bilingual client is complex when experienced in their second language. Much can be misunderstood and much can be missed altogether. Language is in the spotlight when we consider therapy with bilingual clients referred for the "talking cure." The bilingual client is at a disadvantage when the intimacy of their culture and expression of their affective experience cannot be accessed in their second language. The first language holds the bonds of attachment ties and the rhythm and intonations in the voices of their primary caregiving relationship.


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Is the next 9/11 about to happen at movie theaters?
Communications have been received saying that if "The Interview," a Sony comedy about two journalists assigned to assassinate Kim Jong-Un, is shown, the theaters will be used for 9/11 style attacks, and that Sony should halt their plans for a Christmas Day release.
Some are wondering if the warnings should be heeded, or if this would be "giving in" to the perpetrators.
The threats to theaters is concerning and should warrant additional scrutiny, but threatening terror via an online post is far different than being able to make good on such a threat.
It would be foolish to give anyone a veto over our freedom of speech in America with just a few taps on the keyboard. Are we to declare pompous little men such as Kim Jung-Un off limits to satire as well?
Individuals must make their own decisions as to the safety of attending "The Interview," but one hopes Sony does not pull it based on anonymous threats, or ridiculous demands by the government in Pyongyang.
Was the Hack Cyber Terrorism?
Has some sort of Rubicon been crossed with the recent hack of Sony Pictures? There is also the cybersecurity issue with the ongoing hacks of Sony.
The theft of several as yet unreleased Sony feature films, and their posting on the Internet is being called an act of state sponsored cyber terror against a civilian target.
Is this hyperbole, or an accurate description of the next level of the simmering cyber conflict that seems to be ongoing?
The situation is confused at best. North Korea has called for action against Sony for the impending release of the movie "The Interview." They even asked the U.N. to intervene and stop the movie because it ridicules the Hermit Kingdom's eccentric system and its leader.
This led nearly every one to blame the break in and theft of the movies on North Korea. But so far, the FBI has not determined that North Korea is the guilty party. Accomplishing firm and definitive attribution is tough in cyber situations. The detailed forensic analysis will take some time, and may never yield a clear bad guy.
Nor is this that much of a unique event. State-sponsored terror against a civilian corporation has happened before. The 2012 attack against the Saudi ARAMCO oil company was most likely executed by Iran, and it was far worse than this. In a single day, malware destroyed over 30,000 administrative computers.
The Sony event organizers stole intellectual property and posted it online. This will clearly cost Sony a huge amount of money, but it is tough to call it terrorism, and it does not mark some unique "new" level of cyber conflict.
The bottom line is simple. Sony's cyber security failed. A fairly sophisticated adversary who wanted to hurt Sony financially found a way in, and then posted various films and company emails.
What are the implications of the Sony Hack? Private corporations need to do a much better job protecting themselves in cyberspace. There is much that could be done to encourage information sharing (encouraging, not mandating), allowing more active defensive measures within reasonable limits, encouraging the development of a cyber insurance industry and enhancing cyber supply chain security. They can also set the conditions for more robust awareness, education, and training in cyber security for all Americans.
This is not the time for foolishly ill-advised legislation, particularly of a regulatory nature. It would not help, will consume resources, and give a false sense of added security that would not really exist.
It may have been the North Koreans. It may have been sympathetic expatriates who saw the ridicule as having gone too far. It does not matter. Sony should chalk up the lost revenue to a costly lesson in better security. Americans should realize that total security in cyber is not achievable, but we need to be better than we are now.
Lastly, individual Americans and our business entities need to stop thinking that "this will never happen to me," and get serious about security and cyber hygiene.
The Sony Hack is not (yet) a watershed event, but we could actually learn from it.
David Inserra specializes in cyber and homeland security policy, including protection of critical infrastructure, as research assistant in The Heritage Foundation's Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies.


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Albertans will have the first opportunity to enjoy Sundial Growers Inc.'s ("Sundial") locally grown cannabis as the company establishes a supply agreement with the Alberta Gaming, Liquor & Cannabis Commission ("AGLC"). The one-year agreement will allow Sundial to supply AGLC with premium cannabis in 2018 and contains provisions for two additional 1-year extensions.
"Sundial proudly calls Alberta home and we are thrilled to partner with AGLC to make our high quality, locally grown cannabis available to Albertans." said Sundial's Chief Commercial Officer, Andrew Stordeur. "Sundial has enjoyed a very positive working relationship with AGLC and we commend them for the work they have done to get Alberta ready for adult-use cannabis legalization by October 17th".
The company currently operates a 31,000 square foot facility in Rocky View, Alberta and has recently completed the first phase of its flagship facility in Olds, adding an additional 30,000 square feet of capacity. The second phase of the Olds expansion will add another 210,000 square feet of production capacity and is expected to be operational in Q4, 2018. Between Calgary, Rocky View and Olds, Sundial currently employs over 100 people with plans to employ over 500 people by 2020. Once Sundial's production facilities are fully constructed, the company will have the capacity to grow 120 million grams of dry cannabis and the ability to process over 30 million grams of cannabis extracts.
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Sit'n'Surf: National Grant Will Fund New Learning Lab at DMA
by Bill Davenport November 13, 2012
Artlab at the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.. No Art. No Kids. No windows.
The Dallas Museum of Art has received a grant of $94,681 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to build a "Learning Lab," described as "a new space where young people can connect with mentors and peers, using new media and traditional materials," the lab "will help young people move beyond consuming content to making and creating it."
The project is one of 12 funded by the IMLS to create similar labs in museums and libraries around the country. For this venture, the DMA will partner with the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, which will have it's own lab. The exact connection is unclear, but planning begins in January 2013.
Nicole Stutzman, the DMA's Chair of Learning Initiatives said the museum aims. "to instigate some cultural shift – opening up our museums to be more social, recreational, and immersive spaces for the teens learning in the 21st century."
Everybody's doing it: The Museum of Fine Arts Houston's Kinder Foundation Education Center, funded by a similar grant, opened in 2011. Both projects are based on a concept packaged as "connected learning," pioneered by YOUmedia, an initiative of the Chicago Public Library.
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The EU Commission has proposed measures aimed at making tobacco products and smoking less attractive to consumers.
A new draft directive - which could become law in 2014 - calls for cigarette packs to have larger health warnings, both in text and picture form, with 75 per cent of the packet covered with these.
However, the EU Commission falls short of introducing a ban on company branding, which anti-smoking campaigners say is necessary to make cigarettes less appealing.
EU health commissioner Tonio Borg unveiled the proposed revisions to the Tobacco Products Directive yesterday (December 19th), describing tobacco as 'the largest avoidable health risk in Europe'.
'Our approach is ambitious yet balanced,' he insisted, before revealing the proposals.
As well as making the health warnings on cigarette packets more noticeable, the EU Commission wants to ban tobacco products with 'strong characterising flavours', such as chocolate or vanilla, which it believes make it easier for young people to start smoking.
'Young people will benefit since my hope is that, in the long run, the new directive will make tobacco products less attractive and thus discourage them to start [smoking],' Mr Borg said.
'I am also convinced that a majority of EU citizens will agree with today's proposal, since the wellbeing of millions of them is at the heart of this text,' he added.
The proposed measures were welcomed by Deborah Arnott, chief executive of campaign group Action on Smoking and Health.
Hewitt: Smoking bill is "step forward"


The Dubai International Financial Center Courts (DIFC), a court system dealing with civil and commercial disputes, is planning to create the "first blockchain court" to streamline legal operations.
The DIFC announced on Monday that it will be partnering with the government-backed Smart Dubai initiative to create a joint taskforce that will explore how to aid verification of court judgments for cross-border enforcement. The main objective is to build a blockchain-powered future for the judiciary which will have far-reaching benefits, including streamlining the judicial process, removing document duplications, and driving greater efficiencies across the entire legal ecosystem.


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Queen fans have something to celebrate June 17th with the release of Queen's legendary show "Live At Wembley Stadium" DVD. The footage was shot at the English arena in 1986, five years before the death of Freddy Mercury. The DVD includes the footage from the show as well as interviews with Brian May and Roger Taylor, a documentary on the band and a picture gallery. The DVD will be available in stores June 17th.


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Miami, FL – On November 12, 2016, the Lotus House/Sundari Foundation held their biggest fund raising gala benefitting the construction project of the Lotus House. The event took place at the Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, located in the Miami Wynwood Art District.
LFF was a proud "Dreams Really Do Come True" sponsor for this special event. Located in the heart of Overtown, Miami, FL, Lotus House is a leader in addressing the special needs of homeless women and children in Miami-Dade County. The major reconstruction of its new facility is now in progress and will accommodate nearly 500 needy and deserving women and children, allowing improvement and a fresh start of their lives. "There are no words adequate to express the depth of our appreciation for the Leesfield Family Foundation's generosity. Your support is truly life-saving and life-changing for the most fragile and needy among us. We are forever indebted and so excited to know that together we are making a difference in the world," said Constance Collins, President and Executive Director.
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Ken Jaray, mayor of Manitou Springs, objected to Bob Todd's appointment to city administrator. Todd has declined the job, accusing the mayor of creating "unnecessary discord and confusion within our city and beyond."
Trouble brewing in Manitou Springs amid charge of 'unnecessary discord'
By: Rachel Riley
Manitou Springs' search for a new administrator to oversee day-to-day operations has dragged on for nearly a year and a half, raising tensions in the small Ute Pass community.
In declining to accept the job of city administrator, City Councilman Bob Todd on Tuesday accused the "office of the mayor" of fomenting "unnecessary discord and confusion within our city and beyond."
Mayor Ken Jaray, Councilwoman Nancy Fortuin and some Manitou residents have objected to Todd's appointment, saying it would be a conflict of interest because he took part in discussions about qualifications for the position and interviews with prospective candidates.
Jaray said he also has "grave concern" about how the council voted to move forward with contract negotiations with Todd — a process that might have violated open meeting laws.
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The disagreement has caused hard feeling on the council and left residents wondering who's holding the reins at City Hall.
"The bigger question is, 'Who's providing some oversight?'" asked Aimee Cox, a former Manitou Springs council member who has also served as the Colorado Springs City Council's administrator.
"And is that part of the problem, that we don't have a full-time city administrator, and there's nobody there to give them guidance and advice?"
Manitou's council plans to discuss its options for picking a city administrator at its Tuesday meeting. The council, which has been working with a consulting firm on the search, still has resumes for more than a dozen candidates, Jaray said.
Council members have floated a few alternatives to continuing the search. Suggestions include having city department heads report to the council and waiting to fill the position until after the fall election, in which the mayor and several council seats are up for grabs, according to Manitou Springs' weekly newspaper, the Pikes Peak Bulletin.
"I just don't think we have a good ... understanding what's needed to run the city and who should be doing that," Jaray said.
The clock is ticking, however: interim City Administrator Leah Ash's last day is June 27.
The council has been searching for a new administrator since parting ways with its former municipal manager in January 2018. Ash, who's contract has been extended several times, was appointed as a fill-in after the first interim administrator left after about a year after taking a new job in another city.
Other municipalities in the Pikes Peak region have had trouble finding administrators, Jaray noted.
Town trustees in Monument spent months looking for a replacement after cutting ties with their former town manager in summer 2018. Green Mountain Falls, too, has struggled to fill that position.
"There's not a huge pool of candidates for this job," Jaray said.
Manitou's City Council has made offers to several candidates, several of whom have declined. In one attempt, council members couldn't agree on a final pick.
"It's not any one thing — anybody's fault," council member Jay Rohrer said. "Nobody on council is blaming anyone else on council for how long it's taking — it's just how long it's taken."
Todd has disputed the charge that accepting the position would be a conflict of interest.
The councilman, whose term expires in 2022, said he initially applied for the position in late May 2018, saying he would recuse himself from council discussions related to the job if he made a short list of candidates.
Todd said he chose not to participate in a work session in March, when council members met to discuss the recruiting process and qualifications. He applied again for the position in April, but later withdrew in deference to Manitou Springs School District 14 Superintendent Ed Longfield, who also interviewed for the job. But Longfield, too, withdrew from consideration.
The mayor's concerns about open meeting law violations stemmed from a May 21 meeting, when Rohrer moved to add an item to the agenda to reconsider Todd for the position. Later in the meeting, the council voted 4-2, with Jaray and Fortuin opposed, to direct city staff to negotiate a contract with Todd.
The city requires that meeting agendas be publicly posted at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting. The state's open meetings law has a similar requirement, as well as a provision that requires local bodies to make public the names of finalists for positions such as city administrator at least 14 days before appointing someone.
The council appears to have violated the 14-day posting requirement, said Jeff Roberts, executive director of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition, an organization that advocates for government transparency.
"If Todd hadn't been publicly named as a finalist two weeks' prior to the May 21 meeting, I don't see how the council could have voted to extend him an employment contract on that date," Roberts said in an email.
But Councilman Rohrer said the council remedied potential open meeting law violations when — on the advice of the city attorney — it passed a resolution on May 28 to retroactively list Todd as a finalist and ratify offering Todd a contract.
Questions over whether Todd's nomination was appropriate, however, persisted.
"In an attempt to respect everyone's position, the process ended up getting very, very muddy," Fortuin said. "My sense is that we have been a very functional council, except for the issue of the city administrator. And I don't know why that is."
The mayor's complaints, posted on Facebook, have contributed to what Todd calls a "downward spiral that's gotten very personal and very vicious."
"Why are we playing Washington politics, I have no idea. I have no idea what's motivating the office of the mayor to do that," Todd said in an interview.
But former Manitou Springs Mayor Marcy Morrison said squabbles on the council are far from unprecedented.
"I have lived in Manitou Springs 50 years, and we have shock waves from time to time, as most communities do. I don't know that it's dysfunctional," said Morrison, who has also served as a state legislator and El Paso County commissioner.
She added that disagreements can become heated when local elected officials, who aren't career politicians, are debating issues they're passionate about.
"They may be different in personalities and even in points of view, but you have to look at the big picture," Morrison said. "This little city has to flourish, and it can only flourish with a community board that is doing their business as responsibly as they can."
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Minecraft is getting even more interactive thanks to a new tool from Mixer.
The Microsoft-owned streaming platform today announced new features that let people watching Minecraft streams interact with the gameplay in real-time.
Minecraft streamers can add "Mixer interactivity" to their game and turn any Minecraft command into an interactive button that viewers can use to change the given game. Streamers can set parameters for how much interaction is enabled.
The new feature is available today in the Minecraft beta (1.2.5) and Windows 10, with Xbox compatibility arriving Tuesday. iOS users will get access once the beta version is cleaned up.
Mixer also announced today that the Minecraft 1.2.5 beta now lets streamers broadcast directly from inside a Minecraft game via Mixer; iOS users will get this capability in the final release.
Both Mixer and Minecraft are Microsoft companies. The tech giant acquired acquired Minecraft-maker Mojang for $2.5 billion in 2014 and bought Mixer for an undisclosed sum last year.
The acquisitions are part of Microsoft's strategy to accelerate its gaming business across the company. In a company-wide memo sent in June, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella outlined five core customer solution areas that he wants employees to prioritize. They include modern workplace; business applications; applications and infrastructure; data and AI; and gaming.
Microsoft's acquisition of Mixer, originally called Beam, gave Microsoft a rival to YouTube Gaming and Amazon's Twitch, letting users livestream and watch games and other content. Mixer seeks to differentiate itself with features including low-latency streaming, the ability for up to four broadcasters to stream to a shared chat experience, and ways for viewers to interact with games as they're streamed.
Another advantage is Mixer's close ties with Microsoft's PC and video-game platforms, which is evident from today's Minecraft announcement.


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Thousands flee their homes as Typhoon Nanmadol makes landfall in Japan
One of the biggest typhoons ever to strike Japan has made landfall on the southern island of Kyushu.
By Stephen Wilkie
18th Sep 2022, 5:32pm
Updated 18th Sep 2022, 5:34pm
A director of the Japan Meteorological Agency's Forecast Division holds a press conference on Typhoon Nanmadol in Tokyo. (Photo by STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images)
Typhoon Nanmadol has brought winds of at least 180 km/h (112mph) and some areas could see 500mm (20 inches) of rainfall over Sunday and Monday.
At least four million people have been told to evacuate their homes.
Extensive flooding and landslides are expected, while bullet train services, ferries, and hundreds of flights have been cancelled.
High waves hit the coastline as Typhoon Nanmadol approaches in Izumi, Kagoshima (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKIvia Getty Images)
The typhoon made landfall near the city of Kagoshima, on the southern tip of Kyushu, on Sunday morning.
Kyushu is the southernmost of the four islands that make up the main body of Japan and has a population of more than 13 million people.
Authorities had issued a "special alert" for the island, the first ever put in place outside the Okinawa Prefecture, which consists of the smaller, remote Japanese islands in the East China Sea, the Japan Times reports.
Japan's Meteorological Agency said Nanmadol would bring torrential rain, storm surges along the coast, and winds so powerful there was a risk that homes could collapse.
A satellite image released by NASA shows Typhoon Nanmadol, which has now made landfall in japan
An official in the city of Izumi said conditions on Sunday afternoon were deteriorating rapidly.
The typhoon is expected to travel up through central Japan towards Tokyo over the coming days and to maintain much of its strength as it moves.
The biggest threat to life and property is from the rain, which is already causing rivers to rise and could unleash land and mudslides.
People across Kyushu have been told to seek refuge in shelters, but the evacuation warnings are not mandatory, and authorities have in the past struggled to convince people to move to shelter before extreme weather events.
By Sunday evening, utility companies said almost 200,000 homes across were without power.
In a statement, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told people to "evacuate without hesitation if they feel in danger in any way".
"I urge [everyone] to avoid going near places posing potential dangers such as rivers and other waterways or places at risk of landslides," he said.
"It is extremely dangerous to evacuate at night. I urge the public to evacuate to a safe location before nightfall."
Nanmadol is the 14th Pacific typhoon this season, and by far the largest to hit Japan.
Speaking on Saturday, an official from Japan's meteorological agency said it had the potential to be worse than both Typhoon Jebi in 2018, which left 14 people dead, and Typhoon Hagibis, which caused widespread power cuts in 2019.
The country is well-prepared for dealing with such storms, but scientists say climate change is making them bigger and more destructive.
Hundreds of domestic flights in and out of the region have been cancelled and more are planned to be grounded in western Japan through until Tuesday as the typhoon heads north-east, according to Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways.
Public transportation including trains and buses in Kagoshima and Miyazaki were suspended throughout Sunday.
Railway operators said bullet trains on Kyushu island had been suspended, and more stoppages were expected in greater areas in the southwest on Monday.


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Q: Can jumbo Ethernet frames be VLAN-tagged? I understand that jumbo Ethernet frames are identified by a value of 0x8870 in the length/type field. (Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EtherType) Tagged VLAN frames are identified by a type of 0x8100.
This being the case, is it possible for a jumbo frame to be VLAN-tagged? How does that work?

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I understand that jumbo Ethernet frames are identified by a value of 0x8870 in the length/type field. (Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EtherType) Tagged VLAN frames are identified by a type of 0x8100.
This being the case, is it possible for a jumbo frame to be VLAN-tagged? How does that work?

Jumbo frames don't use 0x8870; whoever edited wikipedia to say that Ethertype 0x8870 is for jumbos was over-reaching.  This ethertype was proposed by an IETF draft; however, that expired and was never adopted.
IEEE strongly opposes changing the original ethernet spec, which officially limited ethernet to a 1500 byte payload.  IEEE Chairman Geoff Thompson wrote a pretty thorough critique against adopting jumbo frames.  In short, ethernet is more than just a frame format, it's also hardware spec; you should not attempt to separate the two.
All vlan-tagged Ethernet II frames use ethertype 0x8100

A: 0x8100 just indicates the optional 802.1Q tag consisting of four bytes total. After that the actual Ethertype value and the rest of the frame follows.