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EDMUND de BEAUFORT Duke of Somerset, K.G.
ABT 1406 - 22 May 1455
RESIDENCE: England
OCCUPATION: 1st Earl of Dorset; 4th or 2nd Duke of Somerset
BIRTH: ABT 1406, Westminster, England
DEATH: 22 May 1455, 1st Battle of St. Albans [132421]
BURIAL: Chapel of the Blessed Virgin in the Abbey Church
RESOURCES: See: [S504] [S790] [S1531] [S2445] [S2807] [S3521]
Father: JOHN de BEAUFORT Earl of Somerset Knt. K.G
Mother: MARGARET de HOLAND of Woodstock
Family 1 : ALIANOR de BEAUCHAMP
+HENRY de BEAUFORT 2nd Duke of Somerset
+MARGARET de BEAUFORT
+ALIANOR de BEAUFORT
EDMUND BEAUFORT 3rd DUKE OF SOMERSET
Marquis of Dorset, Duke of Somerset. "Younger son and held military command in the French wars from 1431 to 1453. Married Alianor de Beauchamp without license, but pardoned 7 Mar 1438.
He was created Earl of Dorset on 28 Aug 1441, and was summoned to Parliament from 13 Jan 1444/5. He was created Duke of Somerset on 31 Mar 1448. He was slain on the Lancastrian side at the first Battle of St. Albans. "His blood was the first shed in the war of the Roses, which proved fatal to his sons and ended the male line of the Beauforts". (said to have been slain by Warwick; he was accused by the Duke of York of having been the sole cause of the civil war; he was marked by extreme avarice, although a very rich man, being the heir of his uncle Henry.)"
i. Henry b 1436.beheaded by Yorkist 15 May 1464.
ii. Edmund b 1439, 3rd duke, fled after the Battle of Tewkesbury on 4 May 1471 to take refuge in Tewkesbury Abbey, beheaded by the Yorkists, and buried in the Abbey Church. With him the house of Beaufort became extinct.
iii. John, Earl of Dorset, slain at Tewkesbury 4 May 1471.
iv. Thomas d. young before 1463.
v. Margaret m. Humphrey De Stafford.
vi. Alianor m. Robert Spencer.
vii. Anne m. Willaim Paton, Knt.
viii. Joan m. Robert St. Lawrence, Lord Howth.
ix. Elizabeth d. before 1492 m. Henry Lewes, Knt.
x. Mary m. ? Burgh.
"Earl of Mortain 1430, Earl of Dorset 1438, Marquis of Dorset 1433, Earl of Somerset 1444 , Regent of France. The Complete Peerage vol.XIIpI,p.49-53."
"also called (1444-48) 4TH EARL OF SOMERSET, English nobleman and Lancastrian leader whose quarrel with Richard, duke of York, helped precipitate the Wars of the Roses (1455-85) between the houses of Lancaster and York.
He was a member of the Beaufort family, which in the 1430s obtained control--with William de la Pole, duke of Suffolk--of the government of the weak king Henry VI (ruled 1422-61 and 1470-71). He was created earl of Dorset in 1441 and inherited the earldom of Somerset from his brother in 1444. A veteran of the English campaigns in France, Beaufort was appointed captain general in France in 1447, and in the following year he was created duke of Somerset.
His poor leadership was largely responsible for the reconquest of Normandy by the French in 1449-50. Public indignation over this disaster brought about the fall of Suffolk, but Somerset survived the storm and became Henry's chief minister. His unrelenting enemy was the powerful Richard, duke of York. Following Henry's mental collapse in July 1453, Parliament imprisoned Somerset (c. December 1453) and appointed York lord protector of the realm. The King recovered in December 1454, however, and shortly thereafter Somerset was restored to his former role in government. York then resorted to arms, and in May 1455 Somerset was killed by York's troops at the Battle of St. Albans."
Src: "Somerset, Edmund Beaufort, 1st duke of, 1st Earl Of Note: Dorset" Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
1. Eleanor BEAUFORT
2. Joan BEAUFORT (B. Howth)
3. Anne BEAUFORT
4. Henry BEAUFORT (3° D. Somerset)
5. Margaret BEAUFORT (C. Stafford)
6. Edmund BEAUFORT (4° D. Somerset)
7. John BEAUFORT
8. Thomas BEAUFORT (b. AFT 1442, London, Middlesex, England)
9. Elizabeth BEAUFORT
10. Mary (Margaret) BEAUFORT
[S1531] [S790] [S2807]
_EDWARD III PLANTAGENET of England____________________+
_JOHN of Gaunt PLANTAGENET of Castille and Leon__________|
| (1340 - 1399) m 1396                                    |
|                                                         |_PHILIPPA d'Avesnes de HAINAULT ______________________+
|                                                           (1311 - 1369) m 1327
_JOHN de BEAUFORT Earl of Somerset Knt. K.G_|
|                                            |                                                          _PAYN (PAIN) de ROET Knt._____________________________
|                                            |                                                         | (1310 - ....)
|                                            |_KATHERINE de ROET ______________________________________|
|                                              (1350 - 1403) m 1396                                    |
|                                                                                |_UNNAMED______________________________________________
|                                                                                (1315 - ....)
|--EDMUND de BEAUFORT Duke of Somerset, K.G.
|                                                                                _THOMAS de HOLAND 1st Earl of Kent____________________+
|                                                                                | (1314 - 1360) m 1346
|                                             _THOMAS of Woodstock de HOLAND 2nd Earl of Kent, Knt.K.G_|
|                                            | (1350 - 1397) m 1364                                    |
|                                            |                                                         |_JOAN 'The Fair Maid of Kent' PLANTAGENET of Wales____+
|                                            |                                                           (1328 - 1385) m 1346
|_MARGARET de HOLAND of Woodstock____________|
|                                                          _RICHARD "Copped Hat" FITZALAN 9 10th Earl of Arundel_+
|                                                         | (1313 - 1375) m 1344
|_ALICE FitzAlan ARUNDEL Countess of Kent_________________|
(1352 - 1415) m 1364                                    |
|_ALIANOR de Lancaster PLANTAGENET of Aru Lancaster____+
William Stephen COMPTON
7 Sep 1758 - 30 Dec 1824
RESIDENCE: Charles and Washington Cos. MD
BIRTH: 7 Sep 1758, Charles Co. Maryland
DEATH: 30 Dec 1824, Williamsport, Washington Co. MD
Father: John COMPTON
Family 1 : Chole BRISCOE
MARRIAGE: 27 Apr 1787, Maryland
+Margaret COMPTON
Susannah Briscoe COMPTON
Elizabeth Briscoe COMPTON
Chloe COMPTON
Samuel COMPTON
Philip COMPTON
Eleanor COMPTON
_John COMPTON ____________+
_Matthew COMPTON I___|
|                     |_Mary CLARKE _____________+
_John COMPTON _______|
|                     |                      _Philip BRISCOE Gent. Sr._+
|                     |                     | (1648 - 1724) m 1677
|                     |_Susannah BRISCOE ___|
|                                           |_Susannah SWAN ___________+
|                                             (1650 - 1740) m 1677
|--William Stephen COMPTON
Rev. Henry Lee GRAVES
22 Feb 1813 - 4 Nov 1881
TITLE: Rev.
OCCUPATION: Baptist Minister
RESIDENCE: Caswell Co. NC and GA and Brenham, Washington Co. TX
BIRTH: 22 Feb 1813, Yanceyville, Caswl, North Carolina
DEATH: 4 Nov 1881, Brenham, Washington Co, Texas
BURIAL: Brenham, Washington Co, Texas
RESOURCES: See: LDS Notes [S736] [S1615]
Father: Thomas (Slade?) GRAVES
Mother: Mary Lee BENNETT
Family 1 : Rebecca Williams GRAVES
Henry Lee Graves Birth: 1852-- , Washington County, TX Death: 1853 -- Parents: Henry Lee Graves, Rebecca Williams.
Graves : twelve generations, some descendants and kin : Captaine Thomas Graves, progenitor, ancient planter in Colony of Virginia, 1608 to and including Henry Lee Graves, Dallas, Texas, 1977 / Louise Graves, compiler. Dallas : Graves, [1977]
http://www.onelibrary.com.
Graves, Henry Lee 1813-1881 Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. Volume 2, D-G. Edited by William S. Powell. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1986. (DcNCBi 2)
Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists. Two volumes. Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, 1958. (EncSoB)
The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Volume 26. New York: James T. White & Co., 1937. Reprint. Volumes 1-50. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms, 1967-1971. Use the Index to locate biographies. (NatCAB 26)
I have The History of Freestone County Texas that has a wealth of information I am willing to share. I would also like info. Chris Ervin-Comporato.
LDS: Film Number: 442784, Reference Number: 05470
_John GRAVES ________+
_John Herndon GRAVES _|
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_Thomas (Slade?) GRAVES _|
|                         |                       _Thomas SLADE _______
|                         |                      | (1726 - 1798)
|                         |_Nancy SLADE _________|
|                           (1750 - 1807) m 1770 |
|                                                |_Anne TALBOT ________
|                                                  (1728 - ....)
|--Henry Lee GRAVES
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|                          _Richard BENNET ______|
|                         | (1755 - ....)        |
|                         |                      |_____________________
|_Mary Lee BENNETT _______|
|                       _William LEA\LEE Sr._+
|                      | (1710 - 1770)
|_Ann LEA _____________|
(1759 - ....)        |
|_Rachel AMBROSE? ____
Thomas Hart HUNT
2 Jan 1815 - 6 May 1884
RESIDENCE: Lexington, KY
DEATH: 6 May 1884, New Orleans, Louisiana or Louisville, Kentucky [S1615]
RESOURCES: See: LDS [S1615] [S3224]
Father: John Wesley HUNT
Mother: Catherine GROSCH
Family 1 : Mary TILFORD
MARRIAGE: 1833, Lexington, Kentucky [S1615]
New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949
Name Age Death Date Color Page Volume
Thomas Hart Hunt 69 yrs 06 May 1884 W 1130 84
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_John Wesley HUNT ___|
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|--Thomas Hart HUNT
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|                      _Peter GROSCH "the Immigrant"_|
|                     | (1751 - ....) m 1771         |
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|_Catherine GROSCH ___|
|_Mary CHARLTON _______________|
(1755 - ....) m 1771         |
John Alton MCCULLEY
!LIVING
HENRY STANLEY 4th Earl of Derby, Knt.
Sep 1531 - 25 Sep 1593
BIRTH: Sep 1531
DEATH: 25 Sep 1593
Father: EDWARD STANLEY 3rd Earl of Derby
Mother: DOROTHY HOWARD
Family 1 : MARGARET CLIFFORD
MARRIAGE: 7 Feb 1555
WILLIAM STANLEY 6th Lord of Stanley
"Lord of Man" he was one of the courtiers to Edward VI and subsequently to Philip II of Spain. he was one of the peers who sat upon the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Ferdinando 5th Earl of Derby b: 1559
William STANLEY 6th Earl of Derby b: 1561
[S2120] [S2120]
_GEORGE STANLEY Lord Strange______________+
_THOMAS STANLEY 2nd Earl of Derby, K.B._|
| (1485 - 1521)                          |
|                                        |_JOAN le STRANGE of Knokyn________________+
|                                          (1463 - 1513)
_EDWARD STANLEY 3rd Earl of Derby_|
|                                  |                                         _EDWARD HASTINGS of Hungerford, K.B.______+
|                                  |                                        | (1466 - 1506) m 1480
|                                  |_ANNE HASTINGS of Darbye________________|
|                                    (1480 - 1550)                          |
|                                                                           |_MARY HUNGERFORD of Hungerford & Botreaux_+
|                                                                             (1460 - 1531) m 1480
|--HENRY STANLEY 4th Earl of Derby, Knt.
|                                                                            _JOHN HOWARD 1st Duke of Norfolk__________+
|                                                                           | (1420 - 1485) m 1440
|                                   _THOMAS HOWARD 2nd Duke of Norfolk______|
|                                  | (1443 - 1524) m 1497                   |
|                                  |                                        |_KATHERINE de MOLEYNS of Norfolk__________+
|                                  |                                          (1425 - 1465) m 1440
|_DOROTHY HOWARD __________________|
(1511 - ....) m 1530             |
|                                         _HUGH TILNEY (TYLNEY) of Skirbeck_________
|                                        | (1440 - ....)
|_AGNES TILNEY of Norfolk________________|
(1470 - 1545) m 1497                   |
|_Daughter of Walter TAILBOYS _____________+
Zachariah Joseph WHEAT
Father: Zachariah WHEAT
Mother: Edith Logwood CHASTAIN
Family 1 : Clementine Louise EARLEY
2 Zachariah Joseph WHEAT + Clementine Louise EARLEY + Martha Ann HANCOCK
_Joseph WHEAT Sr._______________+
_Joseph WHEAT Jr._________|
|                          |_Mary WILLIAMS _________________
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_Zachariah WHEAT ________|
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|                         |_Lucy DAVIS ______________|
|                           (1740 - ....)            |
|                                                    |________________________________
|--Zachariah Joseph WHEAT
|                                                     _Jean (John) Adam CHASTAIN _____+
|                                                    | (1690 - 1761) m 1713
|                          _Jean (John) CHASTAIN Jr._|
|                         | (1721 - 1807) m 1764     |
|                         |                          |_Marianne DAVID? _______________+
|                         |                            (1695 - 1724) m 1713
|_Edith Logwood CHASTAIN _|
|                           _Edmund LOGWOOD "the Immigrant"_+
|                          | (1695 - 1775) m 1719
|_Elizabeth LOGWOOD _______|
|_Jane EKE ______________________
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There's nothing wrong with tooting your own horn a bit when you hit a number like 500 million, and that's what Microsoft did this morning to kick off its Build developer conference. That's the company's latest count of monthly active devices using Windows 10.
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Windows 8 released in October of 2012, and hit the 100 million mark six months later. By February of 2014, after roughly 15 months, it was at 200 million.
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Ontario ombudsman announces review of process of placing prisoners in solitary (The Star)
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Review follows in the wake of the Adam Capay case and a rising number of complaints.
Rob Ferguson
Queen's Park Bureau
A dramatic rise in complaints about inmates in segregation — including murder suspect Adam Capay at the Thunder Bay jail — has prompted Ontario's new ombudsman to launch an investigation.
Paul Dubé said Friday he will probe "how the province tracks and reviews" the placement of prisoners in solitary confinement, given that there have been 175 complaints since April alone.
That compares with 186 in the preceding 12 months, said Dubé, whose staff recently visited Capay, a young aboriginal man who spent more than four years in solitary confinement awaiting trial after a series of delays in his case.
Roughly 7 per cent of Ontario's 8,000 inmates are placed in segregation for safety, disciplinary or medical reasons — although prisoners can be segregated indefinitely over safety or health concerns.
Capay was charged with first-degree murder in the maximum security Thunder Bay Correctional Centre after fellow inmate Sherman Quisses was stabbed in the neck in a jailhouse confrontation and bled to death in June 2012.
Controversy over Capay's lengthy time in solitary prompted Correctional Services Minister David Orazietti to announce in October that the time inmates could be held in segregation for disciplinary reasons was being cut in half to 15 days and used only as a "last resort."
Capay, 23, was moved to a standard cell five weeks ago after being held in a windowless segregation with a light shining constantly, leaving him unable to distinguish night from day. He was given access to a day room, showers, a phone and television.
New Democrat corrections critic Jennifer French welcomed the ombudsman's investigation, saying Capay's long sojourn in solitary meets the international definition of torture, and his trial delay is a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
"This unacceptable situation has shown that the minister of corrections has allowed deep systemic flaws to compromise Ontario's corrections system," French, MPP for Oshawa, said in a statement.
"We look forward to the ombudsman's report and expect the Liberal government to take immediate action to oversee and limit the use of all forms of segregation in the province's jails."
Orazietti acknowledged "the conditions being described in our institutions, with respect to segregation, are completely unacceptable" and said he looks forward to the ombudsman's review.
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Dube said he has concerns about "the adequacy and effectiveness of the review process" for putting inmates in segregation.
His probe is in addition to a review being conducted by departing federal corrections investigator Howard Sapers, recently announced by Orazietti.
"Our investigation, planned before the appointment of the independent reviewer, will not conflict with the work the minister has asked Mr. Sapers to do," Dubé said in a statement.
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Dubé said his team of investigators will review statistics, procedures and other elements of segregation orders and visit several jails.
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Case Commentary – Coffee Board v. Commissioner of Commercial Tax
On February 4, 2015 By Neerja Gurnani
Udita Saraf, National Law University Orissa
This case deals with the extent and scope the expression 'sale'. The question of law is whether mandatory sale to the board warrants taxes or is under the course of import and thus exempt from all taxes under A.286 of the Constitution. The Coffee Act made it mandatory upon coffee growers to deliver its produce to the coffee board, who was under compulsion to purchase the coffee. It was held by the Division Bench that compulsory delivery of coffee by the board constitutes a component of consent and thus there is an agreement of 'sale' or 'purchase' between the board and the coffee growers according to Sales of Goods Act. Thus the board is not free from tax liabilities under relevant tax laws. The Hon'ble High Court held that any sales thereafter were not 'in the course of export' or local sales within the State of Karnataka but 'for export'. Thus the appellant cannot attract article 286 for exemption of tax liability. The Hon'ble Supreme Court upheld the same and dismissed the appeal with no costs.
This is a case before the Supreme Court where the appellant, Coffee Board had filed an appeal against the decision of the High Court. The appellant had bring in question section 25(i) of the Coffee Act, 1942. This section provides for single channel for sale of coffee grown in the registered estates[i] . Thus as per the act, there is an obligation on the coffee growers to deliver all its produce, except internal sale quota, to the coffee board. Similarly, the board is under compulsion to purchase the coffee. The board contends that according to provision of the Coffee Act, 'mandatory delivery' of coffee do not constitute a sale transaction between the board and the coffee growers and thus they are liable to any purchase tax. The appellant had further put up the argument that they are acting as an 'agent' or 'trustee' of the coffee growers and thus responsible to pay tax. Also, that they were immune under art. 286 of the constitution because all the sales were in the nature of 'export sales'.
On the other side, the respondent herein-the Commissioner of Commercial Taxes had invoked section 6 of the Karnataka Sales Tax Act, 1957 and claimed that according to this provision the board is under a liability to pay tax. The respondent are of the opinion that 'compulsory delivery' of coffee according to section 25(i) of the Coffee Act is an act of sale and purchase only and thus it makes them liable to pay tax under relevant sales tax laws for any such transaction.
Therefore in this case scope and extent of the expression 'sale' and its applicability for determining the rights, responsibility and duties of the appellant is in dispute.
Issues Framed By the Court
Whether compulsory delivery of coffee to the appellant as per section 25(i) Coffee Act of 1942 is in the nature of 'sale' or 'purchase' agreement?
Whether the tax levied on the coffee board under section 6 of the Karnataka Sales Tax Act valid?
Is the Coffee board only a 'trustee' or 'agent' of growers and thus not liable to pay tax?
Were all the sales' in the course of export' and thus immune to tax under Article 286 of the constitution?
Issues Overlooked By The Court
Determination of the liabilities inter-se between the petitioners and the Coffee Board for the amount of sales tax payable.
Decision Of The Court
It was held by the Division Bench of Karnataka that compulsory delivery of coffee by the board constitute a component of consent and thus there is an agreement of 'sale' or 'purchase' between the board and the coffee growers according to Sales of Goods Act. Since there is element of 'sale' or 'purchase', the board is not free from tax liabilities under relevant tax laws. When once the Board was held to be a 'dealer' it also followed from the same that there was sale by the grower, purchase by the Board and then a sale by the Board[ii].
Also, it was held by the High Court that any sales thereafter were not 'in the course of export' or local sales within the State of Karnataka but 'for export'. Thus the appellant cannot attract article 286 for exemption of tax liability.
In Supreme Court the decision of the High Court was upheld and imposition of tax on the appellant was correct. It was also held that Coffee board do not act as a trustee and is neither an agent of the growers.
Thus the appeal of the Coffee board had was dismissed and there was no order as to the cost.
Reasons For The Decision Of The Court
The decision of the Supreme Court in this case was guided by various statutes and precedent and also the decision of the High Court.
The High Court based its judgment on the opinion that since an element of 'consent' exists in the compulsory sales, though negligible and by way of either expressed or implied then that would be regarded as a sale or purchase transaction. For the same it would be also covered under the purview of relevant tax laws. The court took into consideration various provision of the Sales of Goods Act 1979 and held that according to Section 3 of the act, there does exists an element of consensus in the compulsory sales regulated by the Act. It was also observed by the act that the price paid by the growers to the board was an essential component in determining that the nature of the transaction involved 'sale' under Section 4(1) of the Sales of Goods Act.
Court's decision that compulsory delivery of Coffee does involve a sale agreement was further based after considering all the elements of sale which are as follow :
Parties competent to contract,
Mutual consent-though minimal, by growing coffee under the conditions imposed by the Act,
transfer of property in the goods and
Payment of price though deferred.
The court was of the opinion that since all elements of sale are present in the transaction in question it in an agreement of sale.
The principle applied in the case of Vishnu Agencies[iii] was also referred to in this case which was that consent to a contact can either be expressed or implied. Also, interpretation of various section of the Coffee Board Act 1942 , for instance Coffee growers had an option to enter into coffee growing trade, boards right to reject the coffee so delivered, no fix time for delivery of the coffee, indicates that consent was not totally absent. Court's decision that compulsory delivery of coffee constitute an agreement of sale was further substantiated by the minority opinion of J.Hidayatullah in the case of New Sugar Mills v. Commissioner of Sales Tax[iv] which states that so long the parties agrees to trade and fixes the price for such a contract it is a contract of sale and thus imposition of tax is valid.
Considering the second issue of imposition of tax, the judgement of the court was based on the rational that since there is a sale, obligation to pay related tax is valid. The levy of sales tax on coffee, it was held by the High Court fell under Entry No. 43 of the second schedule of the Act and it was governed by section 5(3)(a) of the Act[v].
According to section 5 of the Central Sales Tax,1956 Coffee Board does not qualify to be exempted under Article 286 of the constitution as the exports made are not "in the course of export" but "for export". The export is not in the nature of local sales and thus cannot avoid liability.
Moreover, Coffee board was declared not be an agent of the board neither a trustee since there was no trust created in the scheme of the act instead compulsory acquisition of coffee by board was a statutory duty on the board.
Analysis Of The Decision Of The Court
The decision given by Justice S. Mukherjee was derived at after taking into consideration every minute detail of the case, giving rational reasons and also relying on precedent cases sharing the same subject matter.
In order to arrive at the above stated decision, the court had examined the meaning, nature and applicability of 'sale' in reference to general law, that is, Sales of Goods Act, 1930. Also, various other definition and explanation of the term sale had been being referred to.
The decision of the court had been acceptable by right interpretation and application of the relating laws. The ratio of the case that there is no 'compulsory acquisition' by the board but involves a contract of sale is justified on the grounds that there exists an element of 'consent' which is one of the most important criteria for determining any contract. The principle that mere regulation or control by a statutory body do not change the essential character of a contract and makes it binding on both the parties had been correctly applied. Since the board is there only for administrative purpose and proper implementation of the coffee act, for the betterment of coffee industry there also needs to be safeguard from escaping tax liabilities.
The court after proper examination and study of few of the earlier cases based on somewhat similar grounds had either rejected or taken into consideration such cases. Also, since there was no ambiguity in relation to the concerned laws applicable in the case, the decision given by High Court and Supreme Court did not vary. Thus the case was decided in a right and justified manner.
Departure From Earlier Precedent
There exists cases which are based on similar grounds but the judgement given in those cases differ from the case in discussion.
In the case of Indian Coffee Board v. State of Madras[vi] it was held that there was no contract either expressed or implied between the board and the coffee grower. In another case of State of Kerala v. Bhavani Tea produce Co[vii] it was held that though delivery of coffee by the growers to the board was sale but such a transaction was not taxable.
In Consolidated Coffee ltd and Anr. V. Coffee Board, Bangalore[viii], Sale of coffee at export auction was exempted from sales tax under section 5(3) of the Central Sales Tax Act. Thus it this decision is a departure from judgment of the present case.
Edited by Neerja Gurnani
[i] Coffee Board v. Commr of Commercial Taxes, Karnataka AIR 1988 SC 1487.
[ii] ibid
[iii] Vishnu Agencies (Pvt.) Ltd. etc. v. Commercial Tax officer and others etc., [1978] 2 S.C.R. 433
[iv] New India Sugar Mills v. Commissioner of Sales Tax, Bihar, 1963 AIR 1207
[v] Supra note 2
[vi] Indian Coffee Board v. State of Madras, 5 S.T.C. 292
[vii] State of Kerala v. Bhavani Tea Produce Co., [1966] 2 S.C.R.92
[viii] Consolidated Coffee Ltd. & Anr. etc. v. Coffee Board, Bangalore, etc. etc., [1980] 3 SCR 625;
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Hi Neerja Gurnani ,
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You can tell it's the middle of Summer here in America, not because of the heat or the gas prices, but because of the news stories. I've noticed that the dog days of summer are often accompanied by news reporting of the most ridiculous variety. In attempts to lure viewers back indoors, lesser news outlets will promote stories that would be laughable during the regular news cycle.
This week's attempt to wrestle the 2nd page headlines from the number of alligators wreaking havoc in Florida is the completely absurd attempt to vilify the American Olympic committee for purchasing apparel that was made in China.
That's right, this week Senate Majority leader Harry Reid took a break from diligently solving our nations problems to point out that the United States Olympic uniforms should not just be rejected, but burned, because they should have been made in America.
While I myself would prefer that our team is outfitted by an American clothier who produces clothes in our own country like say… well… Oh wait, American Apparel still does this, I feel it necessary to point out the complete buffoonery on display regarding this issue.
Why is it wrong to clothe American athletes in uniforms produced outside the U.S. by foreign workers when a SIGNIFICANT portion of our athletes were also not produced by Americans in America?
In 2008 the United States Summer Olympic team was led into the Beijing National Stadium by Lopopo Lomong. Lomong, a member of the American distance running group, waved the flag proudly as he walked at the front of the young people representing the United States athletic endeavors in China.
Lopopo Lomong was made in the Sudan, by Sudanese parents.
What made him American was the fact that he chose to be "imported" and then was "hand-selected" by the U.S. Olympic Committee, much like the uniforms we purchased from China.
Silver Medalist Tanith Belben was produced in Canada, and was only able to compete for the United States in 2006 because of a Congressionally expedited citizenship application. In fact, this Summer's U.S. Team will feature a Polish kayaker, A Chinese ping-ponger, a Kiwi triathlete, distance runners from Kenya, and Beijing's gold-medal-winning equestrian from Australia.
This importation of Olympic goods and services is hardly a new trend; during the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles 27 members of the U.S. team were naturalized citizens and that number had expanded to 33 for the 2008 games in Beijing.
What if the Olympics stopped being about national origin a long, long time ago, and we didn't realize it until somebody pointed out that our uniforms were from China?
Beyond this it's important to keep in mind that from culinary style, to goods, to land, history records that "American" often times means, "acquired" from a previous owner and repurposed for our consumption.
Before we pretend to get bent out of shape about American athletes wearing goods produced outside America, let's remember that this happens every year during Little League season and every day at Wal-Mart.
It's way too late to start burning things.
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Remembering Henry Krystal, Pioneer in Trauma Therapy
Dr. Henry Krystal. The Forward.
Eva Fogelman, PhD > Remembering Henry Krystal, Pioneer in Trauma Therapy
In December 1976, thanks to my therapy experience with young adult children of Holocaust survivors, I found myself attending a workshop with Dr. Henry Krystal, the psychoanalyst who virtually created trauma therapy as a specialized field. I knew, of course, that Krystal was himself a Holocaust survivor and that he had initiated the psychoanalytic study group I was attending. But I was nevertheless unprepared for the question he approached me with after the discussion.
Krystal, who died October 8 at the age of 90, told me that he had two sons in college, and he wanted to know more about my understanding of the psychological consequences on offspring whose parents had survived Auschwitz. He was, it turned out, pained by the notion that his traumatic past might harm his own children's development. In particular, he was consumed with how the expression of anger or suppression of anger would stifle the next generation.
I tried to assure him that he did not have to feel guilty. I told him that psychological effects of the Holocaust on offspring of survivors do not cause a psychological syndrome. I explained to him that anger could be channeled in constructive ways; it did not have to be debilitating.
I do not think I persuaded him.
Krystal was not one to brag, even though he was the initiator of the study group we were at—an ongoing enterprise of the American Psychoanalytic Association that continues to meet up to today. But years later, I discovered that in 1968, when Krystal first approached the APA to convene a study group on the effects of the Holocaust on second generation, he hit a wall of resistance.
Back then, the psychology of "massive psychic trauma" (a term coined by Krystal) was not on the psychoanalysts' radar-screen. Psychoanalysts did not even consider the impact of the Holocaust on the survivors themselves, let alone on second-generation members. Analysts treating Holocaust survivors, when asked about the persecution of these patients, would respond, "What does this have to do with the analysis?" It was only in 1975, as analysts such as Judith Kestenberg, Martin Bergmann, and Milton Jucovy joined Krystal to plead with the APA authorities, that the association gave its blessing to the study group.
Krystal was born in Sosnowiec. Poland, on April 22, 1925, to a middle-class, educated family. The young Henry suffered from a lung disease, and he later recalled his mother's reassurances that he would live then as crucial to his subsequent capacity to survive his teen-age years of Nazi torture and incarceration. Krystal ascribed his ability to live through Starachowice, Auschwitz/Birkenau, Bobrek and death marches between Buchenwald and Sachsenhausen to his relationship with his mother. In an essay decades later Krystal reported that invoking his "mother's image" enabled him "to preserve his capacity to fight for survival for some time." This insight is also a key to understanding how most Holocaust survivors were able to transcend dehumanization and persecution, and to begin to lead productive lives and loving relationships.
Henry Krystal was the only member of his immediate family to survive the Holocaust. He attended Goethe College in Germany and, after emigrating to the United States, Wayne State University in Detroit, where he obtained his medical degree. He continued his training in psychoanalysis at the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute.
Krystal, along with William Niederland, was a pioneer in interviewing thousands of Holocaust survivors who were applying for German reparations in the 1950s and 1960s. The process was a challenge. Some survivors did not want to apply, because applying would be an admission to the Germans that they were "damaged." Dr Krystal had to convince them to go through the process, however painful that process might be. The Germans, for their part, did not want to grant reparations to those who had psychological disabilities. Krystal was a fighter. He appealed these cases, and the German legislature finally agreed to pay compensation for psychological disability.
Henry Krystal was also a leader. In the early 1960s, he organized two seminal international conferences on psychological traumatization. These conferences spotlighted the work of researchers who were examining a range of massive traumas, including psychohistorian Robert J. Lifton's study of Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors. John Sigal, another presenter, discussed his work with the children of Holocaust survivors.
It was these pivotal discussions that inspired Krystal to approach his colleagues at the APA to establish a study group on second generation of survivors. He embarked on a life-long study of the impact of massive psychic trauma, and trained future generations of mental-health professionals at Wayne State University Medical School, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute. Beyond this, his presentations at numerous conferences, his countless journal articles and book chapters, and the books he wrote or edited, such as "Massive Psychic Trauma" and "Psychic Traumatization, Integration and Self Healing," ultimately transformed psychology's understanding of this phenomenon.
Today, our understanding of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in military veterans—as opposed to simply viewing them as out of control ex-soldiers—is based on Krystal's groundbreaking work in the 1960s. Concepts that are now household words, such as late onset PTSD, dissociation, affective disorders and affect addictions, stemmed from Krystal's work.
As things turned out, the Henry Krystal who worried about having a negative effect on his children was blessed with two sons who followed in his footsteps. John Krystal is director of psychiatry at Yale, and is editor of "Biological Psychiatry Journal." His other son, Andrew, is a psychiatrist who teaches at Duke University, studies depression and heads a sleep disorder clinic.
A few months before Krystal died of complications of Parkinson's disease, he asked his staunchly supportive wife, Esther, "to go on a journey" with him as he struggled with the final stage of the illness. Shortly before he died, he told her, "I am going on a journey and you can't go with me."
Eva Fogelman is a psychologist and clinical therapist who specializes in the treatment of first and second generation Holocaust survivors.
In December 1976, thanks to my therapy experience with young adult children of Holocaust survivors, I found myself attending a workshop with
Fogelman, E. (2015). Remembering Henry Krystal, Pioneer in Trauma Therapy. Forward.
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Poet, civil rights activist Dr. Maya Angelou dead at 86
By Troy Diggs
From Maya Angelou's website
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Award-winning author, renowned poet and civil rights activist Dr. Maya Angelou has died. She was 86.
Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines confirmed Angelou was found by her caretaker on Wednesday morning.
Angelou had been reportedly battling health problems. She recently canceled a scheduled appearance of a special event to be held in her honor.
Angelou was set to be honored with the "Beacon of Life Award" at the 2014 MLB Beacon Award Luncheon on May 30 in Houston.
Angelou, one of the most renowned and influential voices of our time, is a celebrated poet, novelist, educator, producer, actress, filmmaker and civil rights activist.
She has received over 50 honorary degrees and was Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University.
Angelou is famous for saying, "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
Below is Maya Angelou's final Tweet:
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Global Competence
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Kentucky has had a long history of mostly grassroots international education initiatives. It's no surprise: the rapid globalization of the workforce means demand for a global education is going up. Read on.
Kentucky and South Carolina worked together to develop the nation's first model of a World Language Standards document to include both language and intercultural core competencies. Organized around ACTFL Proficiency Scale levels, intercultural competency benchmarks, learning indicators and learning targets describe what learners can do when they blend their language skills and cultural knowledge to interact in authentic cultural contexts. An online tool for learners to self-assess mastery of both the language and intercultural competencies and upload demonstrated evidence is being developed. The Kentucky standard document can be found at: http://education.ky.gov/curriculum/wlang/Pages/Curriculum-Documents-and… ACTFL has adopted the intercultural Can Do statements as an extension to their new World Readiness Standards for Learning Languages document.
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is piloting a Program Review in World Languages that will eventually be part of school accountability (school report cards). This tool looks at Curriculum & Instruction, Formative & Summative Assessment, and Professional Development and School Leadership. The focus is on accessibility to world language learning for all students K-12, charting learners' progress according to the Kentucky Standard for World Language Proficiency and developing intercultural skills.
In 2013, grants were awarded to 6 schools to plan ($10,000) for or implement ($35,000) new dual language immersion programs. Eighteen $10,000 FLES grants were awarded to schools to improve or initiate elementary school world language programs that integrate the arts.
Teacher Preparation and Professional Development
Regional education cooperatives and school administrators are being provided training on: how to internationalize your school and what global competence and language proficiency look like, in an effort to strengthen the statewide global mindset and build language capacity in schools.
Last year, the state provided over 200 language teachers across the state proficiency training, through one-, two-, and four-day ACTFL workshops, to prepare them for the new standards and the Program Review.
As a follow-up to last year's Preparing a Global Workforce events, KDE is partnering with the Global Education Advisory Council of Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati and U.S. Bank to increase the number of globally competent graduates, to look at how the EdSteps/Asia Society global competencies framework can be applied and to investigate a Global Scholars diploma.
KDE is engaged with our foreign Ministry of Education partners to develop career and technical exchanges and internships, starting with areas of technical education and early childhood training.
KDE representatives regularly interact with the two Kentucky World Trade Center offices, the Northern Kentucky International Trade Association, and the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development and participate in Kentucky World Trade Day.
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Q: Get PC last last reboot time? I am able to get PC last reboot time using VBS (Check Time of Last Boot).
So, Is there any way to get last last previous reboot time? (I mean second reboot time before last boot time)?

A: The easiest way would be to filter the event viewer, looking only for 6005/6006 events.

A: If it's only for one computer, you can create a log file by executing a script that write the current time in a task scheduler. Then, use another script to read the log file and get the time value.
If it's for a lot of computer, I don't know how you can do this.


From the first time I heard that the Hon. PM's "free lodging" at the Gopaul's was being interpreted as a "fee, gift or personal benefit" under section 27 (1) of the Integrity in Public Life Act 2000 as amended, I intuitively thought it an uncomfortable interpretation but I could not put my finger on exactly why it was so. It was certainly a benefit received and so I understand the readiness to conclude that it must be covered under the section dealing with the prohibition and declaration of gifts by public officials. I held my tongue on the topic ( even though as most of you know I am most inclined to comment on topics of this sort) and pondered a little. Why was I uncomfortable with this interpretation? Why did it seem like forcing a square peg into a round hole to me?
"27. (1) A person to whom this Part applies shall not accept a fee, gift or personal benefit, except compensation authorized by law, that is connected directly or indirectly with the performance of the duties of his office.
It is of course category 4 which causes the most concern but given the manner in which the section 27 is drafted - it must exist. Section 27 (1) breaks down the elements which one must find in the type of fee, gift or benefit which is prohibited eg.
3. Must be connected directly or indirectly to the performance of one's duties of office.
In the instant situation relating to the benefit of "free lodging", whilst elements 1 and 2 are made out, it is questionable whether element 3 is made out. There are two sub elements to 3 which are (a) must be connected directly or indirectly and (b) to the performance of one's duties of office.
Taking the latter sub element first, the reference in s.27(1) (as amended) to "the duties of office" would seem to be a reference to public duties, ie duties which are an incident of the holding of a public office. Section 23 provides that Part IV of the Act applies to "a person in public life and to all persons exercising public functions". Such persons are defined in section 2 and include all persons holding office under the Public Service. "Public functions" is a term not defined in the Act but "persons exercising public functions" is defined in s.2 to include, inter alia, the Judicial, Police and Teaching services. Sections 24 to 27 are concerned with the use and misuse of office. This must, ex hypothesi, mean 'public' office. Similarly, the reference in s.24(1) to the performance of functions must be a reference to 'public' functions.
S.24(1)(a) makes express reference to the exercise of "public duty". The term is not defined. However, it must necessarily encompass duties which are an incident of the public office and, possibly, which are owed to the public. A public duty may, in principle, be distinct from a 'private' duty, which may, eg, include those duties arising by way of contract of employment.
Accordingly, holding a public office may, in principle, give rise to both public and private duties. So a teacher's duties might include, eg, one to mark exam papers impartially which could properly be characterized as a public duty; and a duty to work the hours stipulated in her contract, which is perhaps more readily categorized as a private duty.
If this public/private distinction is in principle valid, then one can interpret s.27(1) as being concerned with matters "connected directly or indirectly with the performance of the [public] duties of his office".
Leaving aside, for one moment, the meaning of "connected directly or indirectly", one can interpret s.27(1) as, therefore, being concerned with the relationship between the acceptance of a fee, gift or personal benefit and the performance of a public duty which is an incident of the holding of a public office.
Considering the first sub element (a) "Connected" is defined in Collins English Dictionary as meaning "joined or linked together". Using this definition, the term is suggestive of there being a link or relationship between said acceptance and said performance. That is to say that the acceptance of the benefit (and presumably also its offering) is referable to the performance of the public duty, or is linked to the performance of the public duty.
It can be seen that s.27 distinguishes between benefits connected directly or indirectly with the performance of the duties of office (s.27(1)) and benefits "received as an incident of the protocol or social obligations that normally accompany the responsibilities of office" (s.27(2)). As explained above, this is not an exhaustive characterization of all benefits that a holder of public office could receive. Thus, by way of example, a birthday present from a family member would not fall under either category of benefit identified in s.27(1) or (2). The gift does not fall within s.27(1) because it is not connected with the performance of the duties of office. It does not fall within s.27(2) because it was not received as an incident of the protocol or social obligations that normally accompany the responsibilities of office, and therefore would not fall within s.27(3) either, even if its value exceeded TT5,000. Let us refer to this type of gift/benefit as the Category 4 gift outlined above.
Similarly, the gift of free lodging from a friend without any evidence of a "connection directly or indirectly" with the performance of a public duty (for example the public duty to award a contract fairly and impartially) would not therefore appear to infringe section 27 (1). It would also not infringe section 27 (2) as it is not a gift given as an incident of protocol or social obligation accompanying the office and neither is it declarable under section 27 (3).
On the above interpretation of the Act, it follows that, the mere fact that a fee, gift or benefit may be convenient to the performance of a public duty does not by itself establish the connectivity required by section 27(1).
1. Create an absolute bar on all gifts received in connection with the performance of duties of office (as is done by section 27 (1) as amended).
2. However, require full disclosure of ALL gifts received over the value of 5000TT so that in the event of an allegation being made there should be appropriate records to assist with the investigation. Our section 27 (3) requires only the declaration of gifts over 5000TT which are received as an incident of protocol or social obligation relating to the public office, thereby creating a fairly large loophole relative to Category 4 gifts.
(2) the award by an SOE of a contract to the donor of the said gift/benefit of free lodging, is not, without more, sufficient to support an allegation of impropriety.
This notwithstanding, there may be evidence which is adduced later on pointing to unfairness of procedure, breaches of duties to award the contract as tendered, to disqualify non compliant bids etc, and there may even be evidence elicited relating to political interference and influence over the award. In such circumstances, it may be that the Hon.PM or other public officials may have a case to answer.


Loyal customers across the UK could be wasting billions of pounds by not switching their financial services and household utilities on a regular basis.
Research from Gocompare found that 49% of UK consumers didn't switch any of the top ten most popular financial products last year, resulting in lots of missed savings opportunities.
Opting for different providers of car insurance, home insurance, household utilities and broadband services could result in savings which can quickly add up over the year.
Yet, of those questioned a startling 22% said they had never switched mortgage lender, bank, car insurer, home insurer or savings account at any point. Other services including broadband internet, mobile phones, landlines and energy providers had also never been changed by this group.
More than half of those in the survey believe that 2015 could be tough on them financially but the research suggests they are not making things easy for themselves.
Millions of consumers could be missing out on a massive £4.7 billion worth of savings just by failing to switch supplier for the three most common household expenses: car insurance, home insurance and energy bills.
Around £2.3 billion of savings could be made on car insurance, £1.7 billion on energy bills and £611 on home insurance.
Car insurance is the most switched financial product as 35% of drivers opted for a new insurer in the last 12 months. However, 34% have not switched in the past three years and half of that figure has never switched at all – potentially missing out on estimated savings of more than £230 each.
That means the drivers that have not switched in the last three years could be missing out a collective £2.3 billion of savings.
Home insurance was switched by 29% of people in 2014 with estimated savings of around £70 for those who did opt for change.
One fifth of people have never switched their home insurance while the number of competitive energy offers is also increasing.
Gocompare found that only 18% of customers had switched, with brand loyalty meaning consumers were potentially missing out on savings of around £215 a year.
Customers can now switch banks in seven days thanks to new laws that came into force in 2013 but only 6% of customers opted to switch last year.
Essentially, loyalty to firms could be costing Brits significant sums as they fail to take advantage of better offers available from other providers. While not all firms will be cheaper, a number of opportunities may exist to ease financial pressures so it's important that customers are always aware of current deals and prices from all suppliers.


What constitutes good practice in teaching academic literacies?
In the multicultural student body at English-medium tertiary institutions today, teachers find that they can no longer make assumptions about student preparedness for tertiary learning. Many students do not have the academic literacy skills in English to enable them to learn effectively Thus the teaching of these skills needs to be included in discipline programmes. But who is to teach them, subject teachers or language teachers? If subject teachers, then how can they be given the additional support they need to promote language development in their teaching? If language teachers, then how can they ensure that they teach the literacy skills that the particular subject requires?
This paper focuses on the various models used at the Auckland University of Technology to cater for the English language needs of students in different faculties. It discusses structures and processes that support the teaching of academic literacy skills as central to developing students" ability to master their discipline. It presents models of language teachers delivering courses in academic literacy skills alongside the subject classes (adjunct course) and of subject teachers including academic literacy skills in mainstream programmes (integrated course). It identifies examples of good practice and formal and informal academic development events that arise in the design of courses with a dual focus on discipline content and language.


https://t.co/EE0PZQc VO0 pic.twitter.com/ov3U1Sd Hw8 — Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) November 23, 2017 Ed Westwick and Jessica Szohr were couple number three from Gossip Girl to date in real life.
The couple was together for around 16 years before they went their separate ways. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter played the role of brother and sister on the show 'Dexter', the pair fell in love off-screen and started to date.
Fans loved the Dan and Serena show on Gossip Girl and to everyone's delight, Penn Badgley and Blake Lively took their romance off-screen as well.
The pair dated for three years but went on to split up.
When it comes to romance and chemistry on-screen, actors will do what it takes to make people believe in it.
When your favorite on-screen co-stars start to date off-screen it is nothing short of exciting and delightful.


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Windows Exec Steven Sinofsky Steps Out of Microsoft
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Microsoft announced yesterday that President of Windows and Windows Live Steven Sinofsky will be leaving the company, and that the exec's departure is effective immediately.
As the driving force behind the Windows 8 operating system, it is a no-brainer that Sinofsky is the public face for the latest OS and its Metro interface. In fact, he has been the one posting constant updates on the software's official blog, which chartered its development. One of the former exec's blog posts is titled "Updating Windows 8 for General Availability."
The blog post is basically about a set of improvements for the Windows 8. As stated:
We are pleased to be releasing a set of improvements to Windows 8 in broad areas of performance, power management and battery efficiency, and compatibility. These improvements are available starting today via Windows Update.
He was also the one who presented the Microsoft Surface tablet to the public for the first time in Los Angeles this year. The former exec is also the one who disclosed to the media two years ago about the company's plans to develop a Windows version for ARM-based processors. Windows 8 was officially launched last month, together with the Surface RT.
Aligning the Microsoft Team
Following Sinofsky's departure, the company will promote Windows 7 lead engineer Julie Larson-Green, who will lead all Windows software and hardware operations. In addition, CFO Tami Reller will have the additional duty to manage the business side of the OS.
Although Microsoft did not disclose why Sinofsky left. CEO Steve Ballmer thanked him for his work. He also added that the company must "continue to drive alignment across all Microsoft teams, and have more integrated and rapid development cycles for our offerings."
On the other hand, All Things D posted on their website that there was a growing tension between Sinofsky and the other members of the Microsoft executive team. It was said that some execs didn't see him as enough of a team player. However, the company's official position is that the decision is a mutual one. Meanwhile, Sinofsky had only good words to say about his former employer.
It is impossible to count the blessings I have received over my years at Microsoft. I am humbled by the professionalism and generosity of everyone I have had the good fortune to work with at this awesome company.
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AMCU SADDENED BY ANOTHER FATALITY AT SIBANYE-STILLWATER
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) has learnt with sadness of the mineworker who was killed during a mine accident yesterday. According to reports, the incident happened during the early hours of the morning at Sibanye-Stillwater Platinum's Kroondal Operations in Rustenburg. Initial reports confirm that a Light Haul Dumper (LHD) overrun the deceased worker who then succumbed to his injuries.
"Our sincere condolences go out to the families and loved ones of the fallen comrade", said AMCU President Joseph Mathunjwa. "We pray that God will give them comfort and closure during this trying time", Mathunjwa added.
AMCU has been actively engaging with mining houses and the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) about the way that government is dragging its feet in implementing regulations to prevent these types of accidents.
On 27 February 2015, the then Minister promulgated the Trackless Mobile Machinery (TMM) Regulations under Chapter 8 of the Mine Health and Safety Act. This machinery regulations required that all underground diesel powered trackless mobile machines must be provided with means: "to automatically detect the presence of any pedestrian within its vicinity. Upon detecting the presence of a pedestrian, the operator of the diesel powered trackless mobile machine and the pedestrian shall be warned of each other's presence by means of an effective warning". However, many mining houses have requested exemption from these regulations and AMCU's calls to the DMRE to take action, have fallen on deaf ears.
"AMCU has consistently pointed out that avoidable accidents like this should be dealt with as manslaughter. If there is technology available to make vehicles stop automatically when pedestrians are detected, surely it should be implemented without any waste of time", Mathunjwa said.
"It is ironic that while Sibanye-Stillwater boasts in the media about their massive profits in gold and platinum, they plead poverty when it comes to investing in safety infrastructure to protect their employees", said Mathunjwa.
This fatality brings the total number of deaths in the South African mining sector to 44 for the year to date in South African Mining Industry, of which 10 can be attributed to Sibanye-Stillwater.
"We keep on calling for the Mine Health and Safety Act to be amended so that these mining bosses can be held personally accountable for killing our comrades", said Mathunjwa. "We will never stop our campaign to ensure that the most vulnerable of workers are treated with dignity and respect, and that mining bosses invest some of their hyper profits in creating safe and healthy workplaces", Mathunjwa concluded.
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Interview : John & Selga Whitmore, Like Father Like Daughter
Selga and John Whitmore are a prime example of what Riga United is all about. As one of the founding members of the club and having sat on the previous board, John has seen the club grow to where it is today. In the midst of all this, he has seen his daughter Selga develop her football to the level where she now represents Latvia at U17 level...
Next week she will play for Latvia at the U17 Baltic Cup, we caught up with the father daughter duo to see how far the apple has fallen from the tree;
RU - How did Selga react when she was given her first international call up for Latvia?
Selga: I was a bit scared, but excited at the same time. I was worried that I would forget to take something that I needed, like my shinguards and passport - this still happens.
John: I think we (her parents) were more excited than she was, though she was very happy and proud, too of course.
RU - How have you seen Selga develop over the past few years in terms of a player and also a character on the field
Selga: I think that I have developed a lot this last year. I think I know how everything works on the field: I mean how people move in their different positions. Also I can head the ball better now. I feel more confident, too.
John: As a youth player, she was a reliable defender. For the reserve team last year, she always worked hard and intelligently in all the positions I or Ervīns played her. This year she has learned so much, not just from Arturs, but also from senior players like Pia, Liga, and Marit - and not just from what they tell her, but from watching them play. When I watched her play for the Latvian team last month, I saw that this experience has made her more confident. She is less shy about telling her teammates what she wants them to do.
RU - When did she first show an interest in playing football and do you think you have been an influence on that?
Selga: When I was nine. Because my dad played football, and I thought that it was pretty awesome, and I wanted to be like him, too.
John: Actually, Selga was interested in playing a long time before that. I remember seeing her play against the boys at kindergarten. I could see she had talent: the boys couldn't get anywhere near her. I took her to organised football coaching when she was nine after I saw her play in a kick about. I saw she had the right character to play football: she didn't give in, didn't sulk, and was the heart of her team. These qualities have never left her on the pitch. Was I an influence? Maybe…:)
RU - Selga is eligible to represent England at international level, do you think this is an avenue she may explore or is she committed to wearing the colours of Latvia?
Selga: Well, my Dad is English, so it would be impressive to do that because it is so much bigger and there are so many more girls playing there. It would be really hard - a big challenge - to get in the team. But it is a real honour to play for Latvia, and even if I ever was given the choice, I think would choose to play for Latvia.
John: Let's be honest: it would be really hard to break into the English team. But, even if she had that opportunity, she is a Latvian patriot, and I am sure she would choose to represent her country here. I am not upset about that - Latvia is a smaller country and needs its people more. Also, as an Englishman, I am all for rooting for the underdog - which in footballing terms at least, Latvia currently is.
RU - Selga has broken into the Riga United 1st team this year, despite her young age she has put in some fearless performances, has her confidence surprised you?
Selga: Yes, my confidence has surprised me. When we are playing the strongest teams in Latvia, I am bit nervous: but then I start thinking in a more positive way, and then when I am on the pitch, I start to think 'let's get stuck in'!
John: She has always been utterly fearless on the pitch. That comes partly from having to fight her older brother, I am sure. It might also be because I used to show her videos of Julian Dicks, the infamous West Ham left back (I hope no one refers me to the authorities for that), and she took his attitude into games: winning tackles against girls twice her size, never faking injuries, and never complaining. But, yes, her confidence on the ball has surprised me a lot. Arturs has given her some creative license, and it is clear she is enjoying it greatly.
Riga United will have three players representing Latvia at the upcoming U17 & U19 Baltic Cup, we want to wish Selga Whitmore, Karmena Pozņiaka (U17) and Linda Kazlauska (U19) who is currently on loan from FK Auda. You can follow the girls results on our facebook page.


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Curly-Haired Girls Don't Think They're Beautiful, Study Shows
January 21, 2015 • By Tiffani Knowles
From every red carpet to every corporate boardroom, the straighter and sleeker a woman's hair is, the more physically-attractive she feels. So, it's no surprise that Dove released statistics yesterday from a global study conducted by Edelman Berland and H&E that state "only 10% of women feel proud of their curls and only 4 out of 10 curly-haired girls think their hair is beautiful."
When naturally curly-haired celebrities like Taylor Swift, Mariah Carey and Emma Stone choose to don straight locks for the camera, it's easy to see how the average woman would think straight hair is normal – even though one in four women have wavy-to-curly hair in the United States.
"This impacts the lives of millions of women with curly hair and can leave them feeling less confident at all stages of their lives, particularly as young girls," said Dove's press release on Jan.20.
As a result, Dove, a Unilever brand, launched a Dove Hair: Love Your Curls campaign and film. The film, which has gone viral on YouTube, features the stories of seven curly-haired girls who are honest about the beauty that they don't see when they look at their hair.
"I think about my hair…that I don't want it anymore," 6-year-old Carina said with child-like honesty.
Others admitted to wanting to rip out their hair and being very sad that they feel that way about their appearance.
Several of the girls in the movie - Camilla, Jewel and Angelyce - were obviously bi-racial. Their plight stems not only from being inundated with images of media icons with bone-straight hair that flows in the wind, but the keen observation that they don't look exactly like their mothers.
In fact, several haircare companies besides Dove have been catering to a multi-racial clientele for years. Take Mixed Chicks founded by Wendi Levy and Kim Etheredge in 2003 or Miss Jessie's founded by Black-Japanese sisters Titi and Miko Branch in 2004. Their haircare lines attempted to make natural curls softer, less unruly and more manageable for mixed women.
"My daughter is bi-racial, she has light skin like her father and a looser curl pattern than me," said Yannick Brackenridge-Jackson, co-founder of BlackNaturalHairstyles.org. "She commented to me the other day that my hair was so big and poofy."
Brackenridge-Jackson just recently committed to ditching both her chemical and heat straightening methods and embrace her own natural curls on a daily basis as a way to claim her own God-given beauty, inspiring her daughter to do the same.
"If I wore my hair straight, I know for a fact that my daughter would want her hair straight, too," said Brackenridge-Jackson. "She likes to pattern everything I do."
She claims that when her hair is worn loose her daughter receives compliments from her family members and so many others when they go out.
"The more compliments she gets, the better she feels as a curly girl," she said. "She loves her hair."
In fact, Dove Hair confirms in their study that little girls are seven times more likely to love their curls if people around them do.
"At Dove, we recognize that there is a very complex relationship between a woman and her hair," stated Rob Candelino, VP of Unilever Haircare. "Our Love Your Curls campaign is intended to inspire millions of women to feel confident about embracing their natural curls. If women show the world just how much they love their hair, they will positively impact the next generation to do the same."
Brackenridge-Jackson agrees with Dove; earlier this month, her website launched its own campaign to begin normalizing curly and kinky hair. In fact, they have established February 21 as International Keep it Kinky Day and are encouraging meet-ups in areas globally like New York, Florida, Georgia, the Virgin Islands and Scandinavia so women can celebrate their hair together.
"I would never have worn my hair like this to work before...never!" said Brackenridge-Jackson, who sports a textured afro. "But now people at my job are slowly coming around to accepting it as beautiful, too."
Watch the Love Your Curls film and be inspired to share your curl love story at Dove.com/loveyourcurls. Show the world how you #LoveYourCurls on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Then, visit Blacknaturalhairstyles.org to register for International Keep it Kinky Day. Show your support with #IKIKDay on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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You started a new relationship…or get married and you tell yourself that you are going to focus on each other. Make no mistake, though…there are "other" relationships you are bringing into this new fire love relationship, and these other types of relationships could make or break your love relationship (or marriage) this year!
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Q: Why didn't the Jedi/Sith use Force pull/push in the generator complex? When on the bridges/catwalks, why did neither the Jedi nor the Sith use the Force to push/pull their enemy to their death? The Jedi may have had a purpose, but why didn't the Sith use it?
Every Jedi Knight player would have done that! (Especially in a place like Nar Shaddaa streets.)
Furthermore, although I think this one is simply a bug in the movie, at one point, he even seems to step backwards to make some room for the Jedi jumping over his catwalk.

Even with or without this, is there any in-universe explanation why they didn't just use Force push/pull?

A: I'm not going to make a long and deep analysis. Just simple as this: If I were Darth Maul, I would have wanted to have fun with these Jedi before I kill them. After all, he says "At last they are going know about us." He wants to show his skills to Jedi. He wants them to fear him. Pushing them into the void is just not fun for a Sith imo.

A: Because Jedi conflicts are not like players in a video game with a series of pre-programmed responses. Use of the Force for pushing or pulling opens a practitioner up to attack and as such is like any other technique; it must be used in just the right time and place in battle.
In a place filled with catwalks, both Jedi and Sith would watch closely for such an attack and expect to try to counter it with their own techniques. It is not made clear as viewers of invisible Force combat whether two Force pushes or pulls can be deflected or canceled out.
If so, that would explain why you would rarely see that as an opening move between two Jedi. When Jedi Force pushes an enemy, that enemy is usually already off balance or not expecting such an attack.
You can watch a battle between two Force-users and you can see how each sets up for the use of Force pushing. A battle between the two Force Users starts at the 2:40 mark (but entire video is awesome).

A: The only explanation for situations like this is going to be out-of-universe.  This is because the way fictional fight scenes are constructed is governed by what audiences, primarily seeking entertainment and indoctrinated in conventional morality, will tolerate from their heroes.

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*Good guys (for the most part) don't fight dirty.  They certainly don't fight dirty in the Star Wars franchise, where even an assassin can't be preemptively killed by a hero protagonist.

*Ray Park.  The entertainment value of the fight between Darth Maul and the two Jedi was the fight choreography that showcased the acrobatic and martial arts skills of Ray Park.  Anything Obi-wan could have done whilst trapped between the force fields he could have also done earlier in the fight.  Killing Darth Maul earlier doesn't allow the audience see as much of Mr. Park's extraordinary abilities.  And such a death would have been less dramatically satisfying than Obi-Wan's sudden reversal at the end.

*Telekinesis is visually boring.  Contrast Count Dooku's dispatching of Obi-Wan by dropping a heavy object on him versus Anakin dispatching Dooku by chopping off both his hands and then contemptuously plucking Dooku's saber out of the air and using it to sever Dooku's head.

A: In my opinion, the Jedi Knight games are poor references in this case. In those games, as in the The Force Unleashed games, Force Push is a satisfactory game element. They were designed to be fun, not realistic. Think of the sabre combat in those games; both you and the enemy gets hit by direct lightsaber strikes multiple times. In the 'real' world, even a small and brief contact with a lightsaber's enery beam has the potential to end the fight, look at Obi Wan being hit in the arm in Attack Of The Clones.
Both Jedi and Sith are taught very early on to defend themselves against attacks through the Force. For example, have you tried using Force Push against the Jedi bosses in The Force Unleashed? If you have, you'd know that Force Push is pretty useless, even though arguably being the best way of attacking enemies in the rest of the game. You just waste 'Force Points'. Using the Force requires concentration, even in calm circumstances. Imagine then, trying to gather the strength when engaged in deadly combat where a tiny mistake can lead to your death. Even if you could, if your enemy successfully protects himself (which he should), you just wasted energy.
But, are you sure Darth Maul doesn't try?
Look from about 0:50 in this clip

. A brief pause in the fight ends with Obi Wan looking like he's been hit in the head, and Qui Gon seizing the opportunity to lunge forward. Couldn't this be an attempt from Maul to push Obi Wan off the platform? This would go along fine with my earlier points, Obi Wan could defend himself and Qui Gon realized that such an attack would leave him vulnerable.

The screenshot you provided is right after that event, Darth Maul could simply have realized that another Force Push attempt would at most kill one of the Jedi, and then he'd have nowhere else to back off to and the other would incapacitate him.
And finally, Darth Maul does!
At the end of the fight, when Obi Wan is blinded with grief and (..anger?), he is not as calm and composed as he should be, and he is unable to defend himself against the Push that almost had him falling to his death.

A: I would add to Thaddeus's answer above that we have seen two Force combatants using Force push in a duel. In the battle between Anakin and Obi-Wan at Mustafar, we see the two try to Force push each other at the same moment. It appears to take a large amount of concentration to counter the incoming Force attack and try to push their own. (I am uncertain if, with the Force, it acts the same as physics where the forces would be pushing "against" each other) They both go flying back from the attack.
It should also be noted that at the time of The Phantom Menace, Obi-Wan is not even a Jedi Knight yet (though by Qui-Gon's own words, he was ready for the trials). Neither Obi-Wan nor Qui-Gon were known for being particularly strong Force (power) users. Obi-Wan seemed to have a talent with a lightsaber and eventually becomes one of, if not the best practitioners of the defensive Soresu lightsaber style. Qui-Gon also displayed talent with a lightsaber, and a strong connection to the living Force, so it could have just been that both Jedi preferred to stick to their strengths.
And a final note, depending on which Star Wars video game you are referring to, some examples of Force use are extremely overblown, even in-universe. The Force Unleashed lead, Galen Marek, was trained as a strong Force user (relying less on his lightsaber combat abilities, though they were not insignificant) and was commented as being potentially one of the strongest Force users of all time. That's one reason why you can see him dashing down hallways, Force pushing any and everything off of ledges and out windows.


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BYU student tests positive for COVID-19
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BY MADELEINE PORTER
SALT LAKE CITY — Brigham Young University (BYU) reported on Monday that a student has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, on campus.
The BYU student lived in off-campus housing and the Utah County Health Department is now tracing who the student came into contact with, and when.
The Provo campus says the student has in question has returned home, but they do not specify where that is.
The school reports that, as far as they know now, this is the first confirmed case of COVID-19 coronavirus to be reported on the Provo campus.
The Utah County Health Department announced the county's first case of community spread of coronavirus on March 17.
On Saturday, Weber State University in Ogden confirmed its first case of COVID-19. That person is a student-athlete and is currently self-isolating.
That student is an athlete on the track and field team and lives off-campus. The individual had initial exposure from a friend who doesn't attend WSU after classes were canceled on March 13.
On March 14, the University of Utah reported its first case of COVID-19, a staff member and graduate student who tested positive after returning from another state. That student was reported to be self-isolating off-campus.
To date, one person in Utah has died after contracting COVID-19. Utah health officials said the patient had underlying medical conditions and was over the age of 60.
BYU and The Utah County Health Department have asked the community to be vigilant about following public health recommendations that will prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Forrest Brown, CNN
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