Are a special education teacher's complaints about her district's special education program constitutionally protected speech? In Coomes v. Edmonds School District No. 15 (2016) 2016 U.S. App. Lexis 5372, the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a public school teacher's complaints to her supervisors and parents regarding her employer school district's special education program were not protected by the First Amendment.
Plaintiff Tristan Coomes worked as the manager and primary instructor for the defendant school district's emotional and behavioral disorders program. Ms. Coomes complained to her supervisors, fellow teachers, parents and union representative that her special education students were not being placed in mainstream classes as their needs demanded, or conversely, that their transitions were being delayed due to improper fiscal considerations. Ms. Coomes' complaints made their way up the chain of command to the District's superintendent and resulted in her transfer to another school within the District.
Ms. Coomes sued the school district, alleging it retaliated against her for her statements regarding the District's special education program, in violation of her free speech rights under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.
Although Ms. Coomes also spoke to parents who were clearly outside her chain of command, her communications pertained to students' Individualized Education Programs and their academic progress, as required by her job duties. The court of appeals found that Ms. Coomes failed to show that her speech was made in her capacity as a private citizen, holding that it was instead made in her capacity as a District employee and was not protected by the First Amendment.
If you have questions regarding this decision or the First Amendment free speech rights of employees generally, please contact one of our nine offices located statewide. You can also visit our website, follow us on Facebook or Twitter, or download our Client News Brief App.
In Wallace, the plaintiff, Sheriff's Deputy Dennis Wallace, sued the County and the Sheriff's Department for disability discrimination, failure to prevent discrimination, failure to accommodate, and failure to engage in the interactive process. While working as a Sheriff's Deputy, Mr. Wallace suffered work related injuries and was assigned to a bailiff position to accommodate his work restrictions. Later that year, Mr. Wallace was seen by a doctor. The doctor's report listed various different or additional work restrictions. On receiving the doctor's report, the County removed Mr. Wallace from his bailiff position because they believed he could not perform the essential functions of that position with or without accommodation. The County told Mr. Wallace there were no positions that could accommodate Mr. Wallace's work restrictions. They placed Mr. Wallace on unpaid leave.
Mr. Wallace sued the County. The jury ruled in the County's favor, finding that Mr. Wallace had not suffered disability discrimination. Mr. Wallace appealed, claiming the jury had not been properly instructed about the "intent" an employee needed to prove to support a disability discrimination claim against the employer.
On appeal, the Court held that an employee could satisfy the "intent" requirement, without proving the employer acted with "ill will" or "animus." The Court found the "intent" requirement was satisfied if the employee proved that his actual or perceived disability was a "substantial motivating" reason for an adverse employment action. In Wallace, the Court found that removing Mr. Wallace from his bailiff position following receipt of the new medical restrictions was improper.
The Court focused on the fact that the County removed Mr. Wallace from his bailiff position without thoroughly evaluating whether he could be reassigned to other positions. The Court expressed that the employer should have consulted with Mr. Wallace's supervisors to determine if he could indeed perform the functions of the bailiff position, instead of only relying solely on the doctor's report. This case is a reminder to employers about the importance of engaging in the interactive process and thoroughly evaluating all available accommodation options.
Should you have questions about the effect of this decision, please contact one of our nine offices located statewide. You can also visit our website, follow us on Facebook or Twitter, or download our Client News Brief App.
An appellate court has ruled that a lease-leaseback (LLB) contract without competitive bidding was legally enforceable. In McGee v. Balfour Beatty Construction, LLC, et al. (Apr. 12, 2016) 2016 Cal.App.Unpub. Lexis 2626, a California appellate court rejected the holding of Davis v. Fresno Unified School District (2015) 237 Cal.App.4th 261, that competitive bidding was required for an LLB contract unless additional non-statutory contract terms were included. However, the McGee decision agreed with Davis that a third party had standing to sue regarding the LLB contractor's potential conflict of interest. Unfortunately, the McGee court elected not to publish its decision, meaning that it cannot be cited by other courts as legal precedent. Lozano Smith filed an amicus curiae brief with the McGee appellate court on behalf of the California Association of School Business Officials (CASBO).
As in Davis, the plaintiffs in McGee alleged that the LLB contract documents were not genuine leases, but instead were a "subterfuge" to avoid competitive bidding. However, unlike Davis, the appellate court in McGee held that the plain language of the LLB statute (Education Code §17406) only required that the school district own the land, that the lease be for purposes of construction, and that the title vest in the school district at the end of the school term. The court held that the plaintiffs' "efforts to engraft additional requirements – such as the timing of the lease payments, the duration of the lease, and the financing – are not based on the plain language of the statute." This in effect repudiates the Davis case.
In short, the McGee court declined to "rewrite the [LLB] statute." It relied heavily on Los Alamitos Unified School District v. Howard Contracting, Inc. (2014) 229 Cal.App.4th 1222, which held that Education Code section 17406's exception from competitive bidding was valid.
McGee also focused on whether the taxpayer plaintiff had standing as a third party to allege a cause of action for conflict of interest under Government Code section 1090 (as held in Davis), or did not have such standing (as held in another recent case, San Bernardino County v. Superior Court (2015) 239 Cal.App.4th 679). The appellate court held that the plaintiffs had standing since the present case was a validation action like Davis, and since a prior Supreme Court case (on which Davis relied) implicitly gave standing to third parties. In addition, the appellate court held that the plaintiffs' allegations that the LLB contractor acted as an officer or employee of the District when performing pre-construction services were sufficient to let the cause of action proceed to trial.
What does the McGee decision mean for school districts? Since it is not binding precedent, it merely provides additional perspective on certain LLB issues, but this perspective highlights the ongoing uncertainty surrounding LLB. The appellate courts have not agreed on LLB and what contract terms are required, or on the standing of third parties to sue regarding an LLB contractor's conflict of interest and the application of conflict of interest laws to private contractors. The California Supreme Court dodged this issue by denying review of the Davis case. There is yet another LLB case pending in another appellate court (California Taxpayers Action Network v. Taber Construction Inc., et al.), in which Lozano Smith also filed an amicus brief on behalf of CASBO. The hope remains that clarity will yet come out of these divergent cases.
One or more parties may request reconsideration, publication, or Supreme Court review of the McGee decision. If not reconsidered by the appellate court or reviewed by the Supreme Court, the McGee action would move forward in the trial court solely on the conflict of interest cause of action. However, the final judgment cannot be predicted, and may yet be appealed.
If you have any questions about the legality of LLB and which appellate court decisions may apply to your project, or about other project delivery methods, please contact one of our nine offices located statewide. You can also visit our website, follow us on Facebook or Twitter, or download our Client News Brief App.
Earlier today, the California Court of Appeal issued its decision in the closely watched case of Vergara v. State of California (April 14, 2016) 2016 Cal.App.Lexis 285, reversing a 2014 trial court's ruling that certain teacher employment laws are unconstitutional under the equal protection clause of the California Constitution.
The plaintiffs have already announced their plans to appeal the case to the California Supreme Court. We will continue to monitor the case and provide updates. For now, however, the current state laws governing teacher tenure, dismissal, and layoff remain unchanged. Keep in mind that the California Legislature passed significant changes to the statutes governing certificated dismissal following the trial court decision in 2014.
If you have any questions regarding the Vergara case, its impact on your school district, or the recent changes to the laws regarding certificated dismissal, please contact one of our nine offices located statewide. You can also visit our website, follow us on Facebook or Twitter, or download our Client News Brief App.
The Public Private Partnership (P3) Project Delivery Method: What Is It and Is It an Option for Your Project?
Local public agencies have several options when it comes to choosing a delivery method for a construction project. The public-private partnership method, or P3, is one option that is receiving increased attention. P3 involves a long term partnership between a public agency and private entity, where typically the private entity finances, designs, builds, operates, and/or maintains a fee-producing public project. In exchange, the private entity will be repaid over an extended period of time through the fees generated by the public project or as otherwise permitted by statute. This can involve the private entity's lease or ownership of the project for an extended period of time during the repayment period.
In order to utilize the P3 method for a public agency's project, there must be authorizing legislation. The primary P3 law is the California Infrastructure Finance Act (Gov. Code §§ 5956 et seq.), which allows P3 for specific types of fee-producing local government projects through a "competitive negotiation" process. This Act applies to cities, counties, school districts, community college districts, county boards of education, public districts, joint powers authorities, transportation commissions or authorities, and any other public or municipal corporations. The Act covers specified types of projects: irrigation; drainage; energy or power production; water supply, treatment, and distribution; flood control; inland waterways; harbors; municipal improvements; commuter and light rail; highways or bridges; tunnels; airports and runways; purification of water; sewage treatment, disposal, and water recycling; refuse disposal; and structures or buildings, except structures or buildings to be primarily used for sporting or entertainment events.
Other California statutes allow P3 but apply less generally to local public entities. For instance, Government Code section 70371.5 permits public-private partnerships whereby the private entity shares some of the risk of financing, design, construction, or operation of court facilities. Section 143 of the Streets and Highways Code permits CalTrans and regional transportation agencies to partner with private entities for transportation projects.
One notable P3 project that has garnered attention recently is the new city hall, library, park, and port headquarters being built in the City of Long Beach. The City benefited from specific legislation that established its right to utilize the P3 method for these projects. (Gov. Code §§ 5975 et seq.) Since these projects were not fee-producing, existing legislation did not permit use of P3.
A major benefit of the P3 method is the ability to obtain private financing. Additionally, risks and responsibilities of the project design and construction are shifted to the private entity. Of course, the public agency also gives up some control of the project design. Each project is unique and each public agency's needs are different, so the use of P3 should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. For additional information about other project delivery methods, read the following: Client News Brief No. 8, February 2015 and Client News Brief No. 71, November 2015.
If you have any questions regarding P3 or other delivery methods for your project, please contact one of our nine offices located statewide. You can also visit our website, follow us on Facebook or Twitter, or download our Client News Brief App.
The California Supreme Court recently denied a petition for review of the Court of Appeal's decision in Golden Gate Development Company, Inc. v. County of Alameda, et al. (2015) 242 Cal.App.4th 760. As a result, the holdings in Golden Gate Development remain undisturbed, including that: (1) a reverse validation action is the proper procedure for challenging a parcel tax; and (2) such action must be brought within 60 days of passage of the parcel tax measure.
In February 2014, real estate developer Golden Gate Development Company, Inc. (Golden Gate), filed suit seeking a refund of taxes paid under parcel tax measures of the Albany Unified School District (District) passed in 2009. Golden Gate's complaint, which referenced the recent decision in Borikas v. Alameda Unified School District (2013) 214 Cal.App.4th 135, alleged that the tax rates Albany's measures were improper because different rates were imposed on residential and nonresidential properties, as well as nonresidential properties of different sizes. In Borikas, the Court of Appeal held that a tiered-rate parcel tax exceeded the school district's taxing authority and was invalid because the rate structure was not uniform for all taxpayers and parcels.
The County and District demurred to Golden Gate's complaint, contending that Golden Gate failed to present its claims in a reverse validation action within 60 days of passage of Albany's measures pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 860 et seq. Generally, the validation statutes provide an expedited process by which certain public agency actions may be determined legally valid and not subject to subsequent legal challenge. The trial court sustained the demurrer without leave to amend. Golden Gate appealed the trial court's decision.
The Court of Appeal upheld the trial court's ruling, finding that the exclusive procedure for challenging the validity of the parcel tax measures was a reverse validation action. In reaching its decision, the court reasoned that Golden Gate's claim, while styled as a refund of taxes, was based on the alleged illegality of the tax scheme of the parcel tax measures, which can only be challenged under the validation statutes. Since Golden Gate did not timely bring a reverse validation action against the measures, it had missed its opportunity to challenge their legality.
On February 17, the California Supreme Court refused to disturb the ruling, denying Golden Gate's petition for review; therefore, this decision is now settled law.
Lozano Smith prepared the amicus curiae brief of the California School Boards Association's Educational Legal Alliance in support of the District before the Court of Appeal.
If you have questions regarding this decision, or parcel taxes generally, or would like assistance preparing a parcel tax measure, please contact one of our nine offices located statewide. You can also visit our website, follow us on Facebook or Twitter, or download our Client News Brief App.
On April 4, 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 3, which amends California Labor Code section 1182.12 to increase California's minimum wage to $15 per hour by the year 2022. The legislation was approved by the State Assembly and Senate on party line votes. The bill ultimately gained the Governor's support after a compromise was reached to gradually phase in increases to the minimum wage over a five year period. The new law explicitly includes public employers, such as school districts, county offices of education, cities, and other municipal bodies.
Under SB 3, the minimum wage will first increase by $.50, to $10.50 per hour, on January 1, 2017. A second $.50 increase will occur on January 1, 2018, and subsequent increases of one dollar will occur on January 1 each year thereafter until the $15 target is reached in 2022. For employers with 25 or fewer employees, the first wage increase will occur on January 1, 2018, and the $15 target will be reached in 2023. However, until the $15 minimum wage is reached, the Governor may suspend the scheduled annual wage increases if certain findings showing poor economic conditions are made. Should that occur, the timetable for reaching the $15 minimum wage will be delayed by a year each time that the Governor suspends a planned wage increase. After the $15 minimum wage is reached, it will be annually increased for inflation by an amount not to exceed 3.5%.
Given the scheduled annual increases, possibility of suspending the annual increases, and future adjustments for inflation, employers will need to adopt new levels of vigilance to ensure that they comply with the law. In addition, a variety of new considerations will arise for employers. For public employers operating under collective bargaining agreements, collaboration with bargaining units will be necessary to timely phase in the required wage increases for affected employees. Employers may also need to examine the impact that the planned wage increases will have on personnel budgeting for future years. Addressing these questions, and others that may arise, will require advance planning by an employer's executives and budget officers, and collaboration with key stakeholders prior to the first planned wage increase on January 1, 2017.
If you have any questions about California's new minimum wage law and how it impacts public employers, please contact one of our nine offices located statewide. You can also visit our website, follow us on Facebook or Twitter, or download our Client News Brief App.


> So currently, I'm on 20mg of prozac and 20mg of desipramine. It seems pretty decent. SSRIs alone make me feel dopey out of it. Desipramine alone makes me a raging *ssh*l*. Together I find myself somewhat cheerful and having energy.
Does nortriptyline affect you the same way? I find that desipramine makes me somewhat edgy. Nortriptyline is more calming for me.
I never heard of nortriptyline or desipramine producing serotonin syndrome when combined with a SSRI. Can you provide a link to the webpage?
> supposedly, prozac is a potent blocker of p450 2d6, which supposedly is how desipramine is metabolized. I say "supposedly" because according to the literature, I should have an 800% AUC increase of desipramine in my blood stream.
> Yet my blood tests are showing pretty low desipramine levels. Lower than if I were taking the 100mg therapeutic dose alone.
> So what gives? Has anyone combined an SSRI and a TCA before?
While taking Paxil (paroxetine), another 2D6 inhibitor, I had to cut my dosage of desipramine in half. I took at least 100 mg/day, though. I don't know what my DMI blood levels were, but I did not experience more robust side effects than I did when I took 200 mg/day of desipramine alone. Perhaps you can continue to increase gradually using blood tests as a guide.
What is your rationale for combining Prozac and desipramine?
> how about an SSRI and moclobemide?
I would discourage this. I would expect serotonin syndrome to develop using these two drugs in combination. I don't see how reversibility would prevent this.


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Top 10 Aussie Family Destinations
To celebrate this month's publication of Travel with Children (6th Edition), Lonely Planet has revealed the 10 destinations it believes are the most family-friendly in Australia.
Each state and territory is represented on the list, with Sydney Harbour claiming the top spot, and Queensland scoring three individual entries (Far North Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef, Gold Coast Theme Parks, and Brisbane).
"Broad, bronzed and open-skied, Australia is built for family travel – a dazzlingly diverse country strewn with tropical reefs, surf beaches and snowy heights,"
"The vast distances between A and B can test parental patience, but with some savvy planning you can focus on the delights of exploring with people much closer to ground level than you are."
Bring the kids to the Gold Coast.
Australia's Top 10 Family-Friendly Destinations:
Touring Tasmania
Darwin & the Top End National Parks
Far North Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef
Gold Coast Theme Parks
Victorian High Country
Southwest WA
Lonely Planet also offers an array of titles for explorer-readers aged three and over. Lonely Planet Kids books aim to kick-start the travel bug and open kids' eyes and minds to the world around them.
Lonely Planet has also launched Lonely Planet Kids Twitter and Facebook pages to help grown-upwanderlusters inspire their little ones about the world. Discover more at lonelyplanetkids.com.
What are your top travel destinations for kids in Australia?

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Set on a great north main community just 5 minutes from downtown Greenville near I-385, this well-maintained home is a great buy for buyers looking for convenience, space, and comfortable lifestyle. Located minutes from restaurants, shopping, major highway, and other facilities, this home for sale in Richland Creek at North offers a lifestyle change and a comfortable abode to call home.
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A few weeks ago I hopped on a plane and visited my BFF in the beautiful state of Michigan.
An aside: I've been on a whole lot of planes this year, let's call that the reason I've forgotten to write. Don't worry friends. I've renewed the URL for a whole year. So you're bound to get at least TWO blog posts out of that. Probably. Maybe.
Anywho, we laughed. We dreamed. We hit up the local college football game (it is, after all, fall). I drooled over some Ethan Allen furniture. I stood in line for an hour to get into *thee* college karaoke spot.
Glitter tattoos and a new hunter green colored shirt? That's a sure fire way to get me to say yes to any adventure.
Second aside: No joke, this place sold BUCKETS of beer. Not like a bucket filled with a few bottles of beer. Not like a fishbowl. Like a giant bucket you would put a mop in. Thirty year old Betsy thought it looked like death. Twenty two year old Betsy would have organized a party. Also, they had a cranky door man (not like Sheriff Woody) who lost all grump and became a total charmer when he saw my Nebraska license. "NEBRASKA!" He exclaimed. "The friendliest people I've ever met live there." Heart melt.
Here's the really critical part of the story – in the 72 hour fog of running around town with one of my favorite people in the whole wide world – she received a package on her doorstop. Her Blue Apron delivery of the week.
Everyone – lean in , here's where the story gets amazing – this box? It was magical. And out of it appeared fresh veggies, meat, and EVERYTHING ELSE YOU NEED TO CREATE THREE MEALS FOR THE WEEK.
It's like a non-domestic women's dream.
I stand paralyzed in groceries stores. What aisle should I go down? Should I have brought recipes? Do I want to cook this week? Should I make enchiladas again? How do these other women look so confident and assured of what they want to make?!
Some genius (I have to believe woman) has put together a years worth of seasonal, fun, random, incredibly different recipes. And every week (or as often as you ask for) the exact portion for three meals comes to your door. With the step by step recipe guide. Like, the kind of guide that tells you the exact order of operations so that your meal all finishes at the exact same moment.
Look! It's everything you need. Seriously everything. And it's so pretty. And pre-portioned. You're just going to have to wash, chop and cook. And you'll look amazing while doing it. I just know it!
And so easily that I made a remoulade.
See that little dollop on top? Yeah. I made that. It didn't just come out of a can.
Yes, I'll say it again because I'm sure you're dying and you don't believe me right now. I. Made. A. Remoulade.
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I've never cooked fish in my life.
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And The Boy? Yeah. He even liked it.
And it's going to be worth every penny.
Thank you world for creating a product where you've eliminated even my basic need to leave the home for the grocery store. I thought mail ordered yoga pants was genius (I have another pro rant for Fabletics if you ever want to hear it…), but this? On call steak in the mail? This is perfect. God bless America.
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NBA Finals: Suns Vs Bucks
A matchup in the NBA Finals has hardly been more unlikely. The Suns are a team of young, inexperienced players who've emerged as a contender in this run. Likewise, the Bucks were a reasonable pick to reach the finals once the season began, but a late-season trade landed them in the championship round. It is a long shot to make it to the Finals, but it's possible the Bucks tend to be more talented than their record suggests.
The Suns will be the favorites to win the series. According to the oddsmakers on FanDuel, the Suns are 5.5-point favorites and so are favored to win by two-and-a-half games. The Bucks may also be well-liked by 217 points at William Hill. Giannis Antetokounmpo's status could affect the odds. He was reported to be near returning for Game 7, but didn't make the trip to Phoenix. If Antetokounmpo plays, the chances may change.
For this matchup, the Suns will be the clear favorites. The Bucks are simply two games back from the NBA Finals, and both teams have a winning record. Both teams are contenders for the championship. The Bucks will be seeking to win their first title since 2011. Both teams could have a chance to ensure it is to the NBA Finals. There are many ways to watch the game. On Monday, the Suns' game on ABC will undoubtedly be broadcast on ABC.
The Bucks gives Paul space to shoot. This will give Paul time to make his mid-range jumpers and discover an open man in the right spot. However, the Suns will pose a different challenge. The Bucks have a bad shooting record, because the Suns are only shooting 31.1% of these threes in the playoffs. The Suns, in contrast, are a team that's accustomed to playing with space.
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The Bucks were a strong defensive team during the regular season, but the Suns have struggled recently. The Phoenix Bucks are prone to uneven 3-point shooting. The Phoenix Suns have been a top-seven defensive team during the regular season, so they have to find a way to play better defense. This game is really a must-watch for several basketball fans. By using a quality defense, the Bucks will lose just one of their series.
The Suns have already been the very best home team in the 2021 NBA Playoffs. They've only lost two of these last eight home games. Their 8-2 record is the best in the league. They've also had two double-digit victories in the Finals. The Bucks may also be likely to be the toughest home team in 2021. So, the Suns have the edge. This means that they'll have to be careful when deciding to play in the NBA Finals.
The Bucks will be the toughest home team in the 2021 NBA Playoffs. The Bucks have only won twice in the home. They have an 8-2 record, the very best in the NBA. The Suns have two double-digit victories in the Finals. Moreover, Chris Paul has a proven record in the postseason. Furthermore, the Bucks are the best in the playoffs.
The Bucks are the better team. In the second-round, the Bucks should have an excellent advantage in the first-round series. As a matter of fact, the Suns' defense would be the most reliable in the final-round. Besides, their ability to outlast the Bucks should help them reach the Finals. If the Suns win in the first round, they'll have to take the next round.
The Bucks have already been the better team. The Suns will be the better team in the regular season. The Suns have played the Bucks significantly less than seven times. The Bucks certainly are a bit better in the home. They've also been more consistent on the road. Both teams have played more games in the home than in the postseason. The Suns have won two out of the four games so far. The Bucks have won three of the final four.
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#TheCoffeeRoad: a bridge between East and West
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Travel is all about discovery and encounters with different cultures. It brings with it a host of images, emotions and experiences. From ancient times, man has felt the need to travel and to broaden his horizons.
Today we may be used to travelling for leisure and enjoyment, but in the past people travelled almost exclusively through necessity – in search of food, raw materials or new trade routes. The most important era from this point of view was the age of the great Voyages of Exploration which, in the 15th and 16th centuries, led to the discovery of the Far East and caused us to re-evaluate Western concepts of geography, philosophy and anthropology. This gradual integration of cultures was epitomised by the Silk Road, a complex system of trade routes that for centuries created a bridge between East and West, stretching for almost 8000 kilometers from the Chinese city of Chang'an (modern day Xian) all the way to Rome.
The Silk Road gave rise to an exchange that was not only commercial, but also intellectual, linguistic and cultural. This is just what our project #TheCoffeeRoad aims to do. Astoria has launched the project to celebrate the second year of its sponsorship of the finals of the World Latte Art Championship and the World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship to be held at the Hotelex Shanghai international trade fair taking place from 29th March to 1st April 2016. Through the project, coffee will become a symbol of cultural unity, interaction and exchange – just as the Silk Road once was.
History tells of how coffee first appeared in China when, in the late 19th century, a French missionary planted some beans in Yunnan, a province in the southwest of the country. Since then, coffee has become increasingly fashionable in China, particularly amongst the upper-middle classes – to the detriment of the traditional national favourite, tea – so much so that in recent years production has increased from 104 thousand sacks (a sack weighing 60 kg) in 1998 to around 1.5 million sacks today. And this figure could reach 2.8 million sacks by 2020.
#TheCoffeeRoad project will have a dual aim: to create new synergies between East and West and, at the same time, to celebrate the culture, history and traditions of the country once known as the Celestial Empire through the medium of illustration.
The stars of the show are the Astoria Plus4Champions, the official coffee machines of the World Latte Art Championship and the World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship. To mark the occasion, the machines will be customised with illustrations ranging from historic symbols such as the Great Wall and the Forbidden City to elements of Chinese culture such as the dragon and the Sanxing deities, as well as the settings and subjects that have characterised the story of China through to the modern day. And, of course, there will be space devoted to Marco Polo, the insatiable Venetian traveller and avid enthusiast of the East, not to mention the first European to describe in detail the wonders of Asia and China.
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Cornwall welcomed over 700 cyclists for MS Bike Tour
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Cyclists of the 27th annual MS Bike tour take a break on their long journey on Saturday
CORNWALL, Ontario – Over 100 kilometers, around 700 cyclists and only two days. All in support of 100, 000 Canadians living with an incurable disease.
Welcome to the 27th Annual MS Bike Tour.
Ingleside's Farran Park was buzzing with cyclists of all ages on Saturday, August 6, for the MS Bike Tour from Ottawa to Cornwall. Approximately 700 participants made the trip from the community of Metcalf in Ottawa's south end, to Cornwall's NAV centre, with many planning to ride back on Sunday.
"This is a really good cause, and it's very well organized," said Jean Sebastien, who is on his second year riding for MS.
"It's been a good day, nice weather, and nice people," said Ian Bazinet, "My sister has MS…and this is my 5th year."
The Farran Park campground was the site for a barbeque and pit stop for riders entering the last leg of the tour. Volunteers served up hot food, and cool refreshments to the hundreds of participants who had travelled approximately 70 of the 100 km in support of combatting the autoimmune disease.
"I feel so blessed that my three sons and two grandsons came down, " said volunteer coordinator Sue Tarle, "It makes me very proud. They're behind their mom 100 per cent."
Tarle has lived with MS for 35 years now, and has been volunteering with the MS Society and participating with the bike tour ever since her diagnosis.
"Just look at all these people. I'm really blessed, blessed beyond to have such great people helping."
For Andrea Lainchbury, this is her first time making the trip from the Ottawa area to Cornwall, in support of MS.
"The people are really nice. I've had two flat tires and a lot people stopped to help. It's been really great," said Lastname, who was cycling as part of the Wheely Awesome team.
Lainchbury's husband could be in the early stages of MS, so the couple decided it was important they get involved in this year's tour.
"We're doing it to support him, and everyone who has it," said Lainchbury.
The MS Bike Tour challenges cyclists and supporters of those suffering from MS to travel anywhere from 80 to 215 km from Ottawa to Cornwall, with a variety of routes for different skill levels. Last year the event raised over $568, 000.
MS, or multiple sclerosis, effects over 100, 000 Canadians, the highest rate in the world according to the MS society of Canada. Funds raised for today's bike tour will go directly towards funding research into prevention and treatment of the common disease.


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These days APIs are all the craze, evidenced by the fact that everyone is building them. For most people tasked with the job though, this is their first time. And as such, questions about "how to design an API properly" are being asked everywhere I look. Of course it's natural that we as developers seek quick & easy answers.
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Eldon Cannon, grounds manager at Temple Square, took time during the Christmas light preparation season to answer questions about the lights on Temple Square.
Q: Why are there no lights on the temple?
A: Our charge from senior church leaders is to use the lights and other ornamental elements to beautify Temple Square as opposed to illuminating the temple itself.


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Sometimes I can't believe the family I have. I can't say that when I was growing up we were a close knit family as is portrayed on screen. We were close because we had no choice. No one was going anywhere and if we did it was done as a unit. As we got older, and life intervened we all went our separate ways. And these days, though I love getting together with my siblings we just don't have a close family dynamic. There are some elephants in the room whenever we're together and we just can't seem to get past them. We keep feeding the elephant when it should be kicked out; elephants don't belong with humans or in rooms.
With my husband, I have been able to create a family that makes me genuinely happy. We hang out with each other and we talk, really talk with each other. If there's no one else around I'm quite content to hang out with these people and in my wildest dreams, I never thought this was possible. As the wedding approaches, we find ourselves randomly practicing dance moves for the big day. We find ourselves vetoing another's silliness all in good fun or having our typical family banter via group chat.
My husband has always been more focused on us doing things as a family. That's the phrase he uses, "we're going to do this as a family." I wasn't always keen on this idea, but I went along and now today we just automatically do things as a family, if we can.
This too is a legacy.
He was intentional about creating good experiences, but so was I in a different way. I was big on Family Devotions, Sunday Dinners, Christmas and over time Thanksgiving and any other family holidays. Through a best friend, we started having birthday get togethers where we had a cake and sang Happy Birthday. It might have been just us or it might have included anyone who was over at the time. When we had children, I thought about what would my children think about their family. As much I could control it, I did my part in creating favorable memories. We still talk about the time I burnt my son's birthday cake, or the time my husband took a daughter on a shopping spree for her birthday, or the time another daughter thought she outsmarted me by buying a pair of sneakers.
Legacy happens whether you're intentional or not. You and your spouse are leaving an imprint on the next generation. As much as it depends on you, be willing to work with each other, compromise, talk and share to create beautiful moments for the next generation. Part of my legacy is knowing that we were so grounded in God's Word we lived it out and passed it on to our children while going after life with gusto. Whatever your legacy is, I hope it is grounded in love: love of God and love of family.
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I absolutely love this! Growing up, it was just us (my mom, dad and three sisters). There were no grandparents, cousins, etc as they are/were in Ghana. So we really had no one else. My mom made it a big deal for us to be close, etc. You have no idea how grateful I am that she made it such a big deal because the relationships I have with my sisters I treasure more than anything. I hope she is proud of the legacy she left behind. I don't know the type of legacy I'll leave behind (on the having children part which leaves me often feeling sad) but I hope that whatever it is, it's a great one!
Great thoughts, Nylse. I love that you are creating a healthy family unit. Your husband is a good man. It's not every day we see men who are supportive of and interacting with their families.
Great thoughts Nylse. I hope to leave a legacy of serving my Savior. The words that I write are for His glory and hopefully they will be around for years after I'm gone. I could not have done it without the support of my family. Looks like you have a great one too. Thanks for stopping by earlier. Have a fantastic weekend and may God continue to bless you and your family.
A lovely sweet post Nylse ! I enjoyed reading about you and your family. Thank you for sharing. Great stories, are great food for thought, the way I see it..
Your words remind me of something I was talking about with a friend recently. We have both lost grandmothers who were so very dear to us, missing them and hurting because we loved them so much. Of course it has so much to do with who they were in our lives, but we were also aware that all the other family members were feeling the same way... because of the legacy they left. I want a legacy much like hers, one of love and family and faith...one of self-less service and intentional living.
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Miami based outfit The Waterford Landing who we posted about their 2008 EP Bullet Park here are back with their second full length album entitled 'In The Heart of Zombie City'. Their first new album since their 2004 self titled debut. They asked Off the Radar if we could premiere the record and after listening to it that is an easy yes! A concept album of epic proportions. Filled with all their influences psychedelia, post rock, experimental, electronic, shoegaze, new wave all rolled up into one. Perfectly mixed together with every track blending seemlessly into the next. By far the most complete/polished album they have put together and glad it came to fruition as lead singer Alex Caso says when asked what took so long for this record to come out "a lot of issues and drama delayed this album". Eventually climaxing with one of their original members leaving the band. Seems they have put all that behind them and found a new found focus and urgency apparent in the music.
Check out a few of my favorites (not easy to choose). If you like what you hear I highly recommend you pick up the whole thing (the album's best heard in it's entirety). They are giving it away for free on their bandcamp page or directly via mediafire here. In additon here is a video clip they put together for one of my faves "Blue Flames (Soft Revolution)". Congrats on your triumphant return boys! Can't wait to hear these played out live!


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Belgian doctor refuses to treat Jewish woman, citing Gaza conflict
A sign reading "Dogs are allowed but Jews are not under any circumstances" in Liege on July, 2014. (LBCA)
ANTWERP, Belgium (JTA) – A Belgian physician who refused to treat a Jewish woman with a fractured rib suggested she visit Gaza to get rid of the pain.
The physician made the remark on Wednesday while manning a medical hotline in Flanders, Belgium's Flemish region, whose capital, Antwerp, has a sizeable Orthodox Jewish population, the local Jewish monthly Joods Actueel reported Thursday.
The woman, Bertha Klein, had her son, who is American, call the hotline at 11 p.m.
"I'm not coming," the doctor reportedly told the son and hung up. When the son called again, the doctor said: "Send her to Gaza for a few hours, then she'll get rid of the pain." According to Joods Actueel, the doctor confirmed the exchange, saying he had an "emotional reaction."
Health ministry officials were looking into the incident, according to the monthly's online edition. According to Joods Actueel, the doctor knew the patient was Jewish because of Klein's son's American accent.
The family called a friend, Samuel Markowitz, who is an alderman of the Antwerp district council and a volunteer paramedic. He called the doctor to confirm the exchange, and also recorded their conversation.
Hershy Taffel, Bertha Klein's grandson, filed a discrimination complaint with the police.
"It reminds me of what happened in Europe 70 years ago," Taffel told Joods Actueel. "I never thought those days would once again be repeated."
Michael Freilich, the editor-in-chief of Joods Actueel, said the incident is particularly alarming because it comes amid a string of incidents that have occurred since the start of Israel's attack on Hamas in Gaza on July 8 and that involve boycotts against Jews in Belgium.
Among the other incidents: an Orthodox Jewish woman was refused service at a clothes store in Antwerp, and police removed a sign in French and Turkish from a café near Liege that said dogs were allowed but Zionists and Jews were not.
Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas is honored in a Lithuania still grappling with the Nazi era
27% of religious hate crimes in Sweden target its tiny Jewish community
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man –Redemption in Confession
To steal millions, you need a top team of armed robbers. But to steal billions, you need PhD's with color charts and economic projections made of fairy dust and eye of newt
by Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man is a best seller written by John Perkins based on his undercover experiences. According to the book John Perkins him self was an Economic hit man. Who are these Economic hit men? Are they a special kind of breed? John Perkins gives a simple definition of Economic hit men thus. Economic hit men or (EHMs) are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. Their tools included fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, and murder. They play a game as old as empire, but one that has taken on new and terrifying dimensions during this time of globalization.
Although the author wanted to publish this book many years early he was suppressed publishing it by many forces. The World Trade Center attack in 2001 changed his views. Perkins was determined to publish his book. Eventually Perkins managed to publish his controversial book in 2004.
Perkins writes:
That is what we EHMs do best: we build a global empire. We are an elite group of men and women who utilize international financial organizations to foment conditions that make other nations subservient to the corporatocracy running our biggest corporations, our government, and our banks. Like our counterparts in the Mafia, EHMs provide favors. These take the form of loans to develop infrastructure —electric generating plants, highways, ports, airports, or industrial parks. A condition of such loans is that engineering and construction companies from our own country must build all these projects. In essence, most of the money never leaves the United States; it is simply transferred from banking offices in Washington to engineering offices in New York, Houston, or San Francisco.
With his poor knowledge in Geography John Perkins was recruited by the National Security Agency and he worked with the Peace Corps in South America in 1968. (Perkins was posted to Ecuador and he had thought Ecuador is an African country) In 1971 he joined the International consulting firm called Chas. His assignment was to convince the third World countries to accept massive loans for infrastructure projects. To fulfill this goal Perkins claims that he gave invalid data and exaggerated statistics to various governments. The end result was this money came back to the donors and the recipient countries trapped in heavy foreign debt. Thus these countries could not remain as sovereign independent states in the International politics.
He traveled to Indonesia, Panama, Ecuador, and Colombia, Saudi Arabia, Iran and other strategically important countries. Perkins recounts a wild story how multinational 'aid' organizations and corporations are following a dangerous path in their pursuit of oil and other resources. As an expert in Economy how he manipulated and distorted economic forecasts in order to achieve political objectives
In this book Perkins use the word corporatocracy which refers to the powerful group of people who run the world's biggest corporations, the most powerful governments, and history's first truly global empire. Perkins book gives a though provoking recollections of world events. He describes the accidental deaths of Ecuador's President Jaime Roldos and Panama's President Omar Torrijos are assassinations . This is what he says in the page 156.
Early in 1981, the Roldós administration formerly presented his new hydrocarbons law to the Ecuadorian Congress. If implemented, it would reform the country's relationship to oil companies. By many standards, it was considered revolutionary and even radical. It certainly aimed to change the way business was conducted. Its influence would stretch far beyond Ecuador, into much of Latin America and throughout the world.'
The oil companies reacted predictably -they pulled out all the stops. Their public relations people went to work to vilify Jaime Roldós, and their lobbyists swept into Quito and Washington, briefcases full of threats and payoffs. They tried to paint the first democratically elected president of Ecuador in modern times as another Castro. But Roldós would not cave in to intimidation. He responded by denouncing the conspiracy between politics and oil – and religion. He openly accused the Summer Institute of Linguistics of colluding with the oil companies and then, in an extremely bold -perhaps reckless – move, he ordered SIL out of the country.
Only weeks after sending his legislative package to Congress and a couple of days after expelling the SIL missionaries, Roldós warned all foreign interests, including but not limited to oil companies, that unless they implemented plans that would help Ecuador's people, they would be forced to leave his country. He delivered a major speech at the Atahualpa Olympic Stadium in Quito and then headed off to a small community in southern Ecuador.
He died there in a fiery helicopter crash, on May 24, 1981.
The world was shocked. Latin Americans were outraged. Newspapers throughout the hemisphere blazed, "CIA Assassination!" In addition to the fact that Washington and the oil companies hated him, many circumstances appeared to support these allegations, and such suspicions were heightened as more facts became known. Nothing was ever proven, but eyewitnesses claimed that Roldós, forewarned about an attempt on his life, had taken precautions, including traveling in two helicopters. At the last moment, one of his security officers had convinced him to board the decoy copter. It had blown up.
Despite world reaction, the news hardly made the U.S. press.
Osvaldo Hurtado took over as Ecuador's president. He reinstated the Summer Institute of Linguistics and their oil company sponsors. By the end of the year, he had launched an ambitious program to increase oil drilling by Texaco and other foreign companies in the Gulf of Guayaquil and the Amazon basin.
Omar Torrijos, in eulogizing Roldós, referred to him as "brother." He also confessed to having nightmares about his own assassination; he saw himself dropping from the sky in a gigantic fireball. It was prophetic.
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man emphasize how Globalization is used to cheat Poor Countries and building an empire primarily through economic manipulation while expand its "empire" at the expense of Third World citizens. It was a description of Perkins s own profession. According to Perkins he was able to realize the repercussions of the anti American feelings especially in the Muslim World which he narrates in the page 41.
"Vietnam is just a holding action," one of the men interjected, "like Holland was for the Nazis. A stepping-stone."
"The real target," the woman continued, "is the Muslim world?'
I could not let this go unanswered. "Surely," I protested, "you can't believe that the United States is anti-Islamic."
"Oh no?" she asked. "Since when? You need to read one of your own historians – a Brit named Toynbee. Back in the fifties he predicted that the real war in the next century would not be between Communists and capitalists, but between Christians and Muslims."
'Arnold Toynbee said that?" I was stunned.
"Yes. Read Civilization on Trial and The World and the West."
"But why should there be such animosity between Muslims and Christians?" I asked. Looks were exchanged around the table. They appeared to find it hard to believe that I could ask such a foolish question.
"Because," she said slowly, as though addressing someone slowwitted or hard of hearing, "the West – especially its leader, the U.S. – is determined to take control of all the world, to become the greatest empire in history. It has already gotten very close to succeeding. The Soviet Union currently stands in its way, but the Soviets will not endure. Toynbee could see that. They have no religion, no faith, no substance behind their ideology. History demonstrates that faith – soul, a belief in higher powers – is essential. We Muslims have it. We have it more than anyone else in the world, even more than the Christians. So we wait. We grow strong."
"We will take our time," one of the men chimed in, "and then like a snake we will strike."
"What a horrible thought!" I could barely contain myself. "What can we do to change this?"
The English major looked me directly in the eyes. "Stop being so greedy," she said, "and so selfish. Realize that there is more to the world than your big houses and fancy stores. People are starving and you worry about oil for your cars. Babies are dying of thirst and you search the fashion magazines for the latest styles. Nations like ours are drowning in poverty, but your people don't even hear our cries for help. You shut your ears to the voices of those who try to tell you these things. You label them radicals or Communists. You must open your hearts to the poor and downtrodden, instead of driving them further into poverty and servitude. There's not much time left. If you don't change, you're doomed."
Perkins conversation with Muslim students reminds me Michael Moors documentary Fahrenheit 911. Moor says that invasion of Iraq had a different motive and it could further escalate anti American emotions in the Middle East. Bin Laden who was created by America later had a dramatic 180 degree change declared that his organization will keep on attacking American civilians. Consequently EH s trade and industry actions would endanger the lives of innocent American civilians.
In 1965 Kwame Nkrumah wrote a commentary on the Neo-Colonialism which he called the Last Stage of imperialism. According to Kwame Nkrumah there are copious mechanisms of neo-colonialism and it operates not only in the economic field, but also in the political, religious, ideological and cultural spheres. After many decades Perkins echoes the words of Kwame Nkrumah. If it came from an outsider people could simply ignore it as pro Marxist propaganda or anti American slogans. But when the inside men reveal the shocking truth we tend to think twice. Is there a God Father who wants to help the developing nations genuinely? Whether the Foreign "aid" is a trap rather than an altruistic means to alleviate poverty?
Not only the foreign aid sometimes foreign advice could become a damaging factor to the National Economy. The best example can be given from China. When Mao Tse-tung ruled China some forighen advisor told him that house sparrows eat a large number of grains per day and it is a severe wastage. He further adviced that the house sparrows should be eliminated. A Nation wide house sparrow hunt project was launched and millions of birds were killed. The final result came unexpectedly . Soon after the ecological disblance China suffered a series of pest attcks that was earlier controlled by the house sparrows under natural circumstances.
The contemporary World has turned in to a global village and no one can live in a sagrigated societies. In a global village people should share and live in harmoney. In his book, Globalization and Its Discontents, Joseph Stiglitz World Bank chief economist and winner of the Nobel Prize in economics writes:
Globalization, as it has been advocated, often seems to replace the old dictatorships of national elites with new dictatorships of international finance …. For millions of people globalization has not worked …. They have seen their jobs destroyed and their lives become more insecure.
Is this the final reality of the globalization?
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man shocked the United States as well as other countries. Perkins may have found redemption in confession. He became famous and also made extra money from his best seller. But he had already done the damage to many countries beyond repair.
I read a article about globalization (can't remember the source). It said, no point to have cheaper shoes for kids if father loses his job to globalization. This is exactly what is happening now for small countries like us. People in my village says if is cheaper buy rice from the shop and abandon the fields, same people now say the rice in the shop is plastic (LOL)
Transylvania July 6, 2017 at 9:03 AM
US and EU is pushing small economies to do away with govt subsidies using IMF and WB. At the same time they distribute subsidies to their own (leveled playing field?)
!!ලංකා සිතුවිලි!! July 6, 2017 at 3:56 AM
Dr this is not just for economic activity, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN5Ta-v67X0
this is about Confessions of a BIG PHARMA (Rx) Drug Pusher, this is something you can relate to (not that i accuse you personally this is true for the entire medical profession, that most Doctors keep their mouths shut)
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