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When home is a tent: 'You're up all night, freezing cold, pissed on'
Homeless tent dwellers in Dublin and Cork describe the dangerous lives they lead
Sat, Sep 9, 2017, 05:00
Patrick Kelleher
In October 2016 a homeless couple spent a week living in a tent in the Phoenix Park in Dublin and appealed for help.
Tents along the Royal Canal between Phibsborough and Drumcondra in Dublin. An estimated 200 people sleep rough in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Phoenix Park is littered with the belongings of Dublin's rough sleepers. Clothes, duvets, sleeping bags and tents are scattered around, yet the park's inhabitants are nowhere to be seen. They keep themselves out of the way of authority figures who keep telling them to move on.
Tents inhabited by homeless people are an increasing feature of the Irish urban landscape. They can be seen along both canals in Dublin, and are also often visible in the Sandymount and Ringsend area of the capital.
The abundance of tents on public land came to wider public attention in July, in reports of an alleged rape in a tent at Pigeon House Road in Ringsend.
In Cork on September 1st, 30-year-old rough sleeper Jennifer Dennehy died in a tent in Gillabbey Park on the south side of the city near the UCC campus. She had been evicted from a property in nearby Western Road and had been homeless for just a few days.
There are few alternatives when you have no home
Tent dwellers are regularly told by city officials and gardaí to move on, but they often have nowhere else to go. For the estimated 200 rough sleepers in Dublin, sleeping in a tent in a park, beside a canal or even in a shop doorway or on a footpath at night is often the best they can do. There are few alternatives when you have no home.
This is the case for the inhabitants of a cluster of tents along the canal walk in Drumcondra. Like in Phoenix Park, people here live in tents to shelter themselves from the elements. The inhabitants of the tents along the canal have been homeless for varying lengths of time.
John: 'I hate my own country'
John Byrne says he has been living on Dublin's streets for 25 years. He sleeps in a tent with his three dogs, and has been based by the canal for the past year. Those years have not been kind to John, who has experienced severe illness due to Ireland's cold winters. Several of his friends over the years have died.
He describes feeling alone and betrayed in a country he has come to hate.
"All my friends on the streets, they're all dead now. John, who died outside Government Buildings, he was one of my best friends," says Byrne, reflecting on a friendship with Jonathan Corry, who was found dead just metres from Leinster House in December 2014.
Byrne became homeless when he was still a teenager as a result of a difficult relationship with his stepfather, who he says was an alcoholic. He is now facing into another cold winter where he will have to use all of his energy to survive the bitterly cold nights.
I had the dogs and couldn't go into hospital because I can't leave my dogs alone
"The only very bad winter I had was in 2010, that time when we had very heavy snow," he says. "It was bad. I nearly died. I had pneumonia, but I had the dogs and couldn't go into hospital because I can't leave my dogs alone. I still have a chest infection after it."
Byrne feels let down by successive Irish governments who he says have failed to provide any meaningful help.
"I wish they'd do something for the homeless," he says. "They promised 20 years ago and they're still promising, but they're doing nothing. Enda Kenny, he said he'd do something two years ago. Let them spend a night on the streets, let them see what it's like: people pissing on you, people kicking you. It's not right.
"Nobody cares in this country. What I care about is the kids in the hotels. They don't have a life, locked in a room all day."
For Byrne, one of the worst things about his situation is some of the degrading treatment he has suffered from others, particularly gardaí.
My dogs are all I have. I don't have anything else
"Police mostly are the ones who give hassle," says John. "Police came in here last week and gave me a document saying that if I didn't move by 10 o'clock the next morning they would come with dog wardens and take my dogs off me. My dogs are all I have. I don't have anything else."
Byrne has also experienced violence from passers-by.
"There a few weeks ago a football supporter jumped on me and dislocated my shoulder just because the dogs barked at him.
"This country is gone to the dogs. I hate my own country. It's wrong," he adds.
A tent on Glover's Alley, off St Stephen's Green in Dublin. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Rachel: 'I don't like hostels. I feel safer here'
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Rachel, 28-years-old, set up a tent along the canal just four weeks ago. She has been homeless for 3½ years as a result of a falling out with her mother.
"I still talk to my dad but he was looking after his own dad, so I had nowhere to go," says Rachel. "I was in a relationship that didn't work out, and then I went into hostels. I was on the streets as well, and now I'm here."
She says staying in hostels was a difficult experience she does not wish to repeat.
"I get a lot of trouble in the hostels, and when you're in town there does be trouble as well, there's fighting and things like that. You'd be worn out. You can't sleep when you're in town. You get woken up in town at seven or eight in the morning. Here is much better because you can sleep a bit more.
"I've been in a few hostels and I really don't like them. You can get robbed, and there's so much fighting. Some of them are OK, but they're not safe places to be in. I feel safer here."
Somebody else who lives by the canal gave her a tent to live in four weeks ago, and things have improved slightly for Rachel since then. But it is still far from easy.
I feel like I could do the things I used to do before I was homeless
"It's the rain," she says. "[The tents] aren't waterproof, the rain gets through them. You can really feel it getting colder now, too. It's nearly winter and that's when it gets really hard."
Rachel says that it would "mean everything" if she could have her own home.
"I feel like I could do the things I used to do before I was homeless, because you can't do things that you like when you're homeless. I'm isolated from the life I had before."
Daniel: 'It's mainly the police who hassle us'
Daniel lives in tents by the canal with his brother, and is also worried about winter.
"The cold weather is coming in now, so it's going to get even tougher," he says.
"We were here in cold weather before, so we have gone through it, but it just means you need to buy better tents and cover up more, so it does worry us. The door on the front of the tent doesn't close, and there are holes all over the back of it, so when it rains, it pours. We have a little washing line up here now; you're drying everything every morning and hoping it's dry by the next night."
Daniel, who has been without a home for about three years, became homeless when his landlady sold his flat. His brother ended up in similar circumstances, and now they are both living in tents by the canal.
We got sick of it and decided to set up a tent, and that was it
"The woman wanted to sell the place, so I had to go, and I just couldn't find anywhere in time. Same with my brother. Both of us thought we would go to a hostel together, but it didn't work out like that. You're ringing up [the hostels] seven days a week, four times a day, and maybe getting a bed twice out of those seven days, out of all those phone calls, and mostly the response is: 'Would you like a sleeping bag?' So, we got sick of it and decided to set up a tent, and that was it."
Like John, Daniel has also experienced trouble with the gardaí.
"The police nowadays are the main people who give us hassle, but I think most people become accustomed to the fact of seeing you here," says Daniel.
"I'm not going to mention names, but it's a certain person, and now he's the one that's on the case. He's the one doing what he can to get rid of us. The majority of coppers are okay. Most of them come over and chat to you and ask how you're doing."
Daniel and his brother have been told to move on by gardaí on several occasions.
"People are dying the last couple of days, and the police want us to leave and go back to sleeping in doorways," he says. "They're putting all their time and effort into getting letters to try to get rid of us, and if they had put half that effort in to get us accommodation they probably would have had it done by now.
"If they actually offered us something we would leave. It's not as if we're refusing to leave or anything. They could offer us a decent enough six-month hostel, and we would leave.
You'd think we could have something, even a six-month bed
"To people who say we just want to stay here. Have a night in the tent where you're pissed on, up all night, freezing cold with every jacket you have on, and then you'll know we don't want to stay here. We just feel that we should have something come out of it. We've done a year and a half, you might as well call it a sentence. You'd think we could have something, even a six-month bed."
A tent pitched along the Grand Canal on Wilton Terrace beside Leeson Street Bridge in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Ciaran: 'Cold, wet, uncomfortable'
Ciaran is in his late 70s and spent June, July and August in a "cold and wet and uncomfortable" tent in Cork city. "I spent 35 years as a nurse in a hospital. I loved my work. I never expected to end up like this."
"I was in a tent near the Lough [in Cork city] but the city council moved me on from there. Then I ended in Mayfield on the northside [of the city]. A friend helped me put up the tent because my arm was broken. I also had an ulcerated leg."
He says living in a tent was a tremendous ordeal. "I left the tent one day and my phone was stolen. The council moved me on when I wasn't doing anything to anybody. It was absolutely disgraceful and pathetic that I ended up in a tent. You have all these places boarded up and I am in a tent."
He hopes to receive full-time accommodation from the Share charity in Cork
Ciaran says he likes to keep "the sunny side up even when it is raining". He admits he was evicted from his home on the north side of the city amid accusations of antisocial behaviour. However, he claims that he was wrongly accused and that the public disorder was the work of others.
Now, having secured accommodation in a hostel, he says he is taking life "one day at a time". He hopes to receive full-time accommodation from the Share charity in Cork.
"My hope is that I will get a Share home. I like my routines. I listen to the radio. I have a chat with people here in the hostel. I am a fighter who will move on from this. I don't give up."
Long-term homelessness
Ireland's homelessness crisis – and with it the plight of John, Rachel, Daniel and his brother – looks set to continue to worsen. Francis Doherty, head of communications with the Peter McVerry Trust, says that if the crisis is to be alleviated, creating social housing needs to become a priority.
"What we really do need to see is the councils taking the lead on this," Doherty says. "Build social housing faster, because caught up in the middle of this is people who can't afford to continue renting. Social housing needs to be prioritised.
"For every single person in homelessness, the first issue that needs to be addressed is their housing needs. If we can get them into housing quickly and more effectively, we can reduce the other issues, such as mental health, addiction, joblessness and lack of education."
Doherty says that the prevalence of homeless people living in tents indicates that the crisis is worsening.
"The presence of people sleeping in tents points to the fact that people are starting to spend longer in homelessness. Many people have become so frustrated and angry, and they start to believe that there's not going to be a solution for them. It's really tragic that it's come to that, that as an Irish society it's no longer shocking when we see so many people on the streets."
We are very wealthy and we should be able to respond to the people on the margins
Doherty hopes the crisis can be alleviated in the long run, through the provision of social housing. However, for that to happen, we need to ensure that we don't start to accept homelessness.
"We shouldn't have that type of society," he says. "We are very wealthy and we should be able to respond to the people on the margins."
In Cork, students Cliodhna Harkin and Claire Kirwan, who live across the road from the field where Jennifer Dennehy died, express shock that this tragedy should have occured so close to their home.
"When I hear of a death of a woman in a tent near my college home it makes me so grateful for the opportunities I do have. Because some people have no chance . . . That a young woman would die in a tent is heartbreaking."
Additional reporting: Olivia Kelleher. Some names have been changed
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Posted by: Peter Preston 04 December 2009 at 11:24 PM.
Youmay well be righy sir.
Peter Preston, rest assured that your little fantasy regarding Darwin has no basis in reality. Humans haven't been around for very long at all and in a couple of million years are likely to be extinct - since most species do go extinct.
I never tire of discussing or hymning evolutionary theory, however. It is so marvellous. Only the other day, the huge skull of an oryx, reckoned to have been trundling around 7,500 years ago, was dredged up from a river in my neck of the woods. Astonishingly, its skull remains virtually unchanged from the time of its death.
"I do believe this is positive proof of evolution unfortunately, it seems to be working in reverse and it can't be long before the human race moves back into the sea."
Not necessarily in reverse, sir. I maintain that it is quite possible that Darwin's error was in the 'direction', so to speak, in which species - and their genera too for that matter - may have 'evolved'.
What if the world was originally populated by perfect humans and then, following some kind of cosmic catastrophe (at whose nature we can scarcely even guess), the whole genus became flawed and some members became so degenerate that they evetually lost their specially human characteristics? Who knows?
Wesley and Mark it's so depressing isn't it?
I don't quite see the connection between train faults and state education, surely those running the trains must have some competence? Then again, perhaps not, which is one of the reasons I don't care to use them. As it happens I don't see how education can be improved as the NUT is one of the most politically motivated unions and will resist any changes so, short of sacking them all, were do we go from here?
Are you so sure that Canada will be any better Wesley? It may be at the moment but for how long?
I have been thinking about that Facebook message; if we ignore the lack of capitalisation and punctuation along with the spelling mistakes and restore the asterisks with the original words, it seems to have some alliterative ryhthm which is, perhaps, what slag intended. We could have the Tracy Emin of poetry here.
That's modern Britain for you I'm afraid, Willie old boy. A land of feral miscreants and pointless wars, a land where many children are unable to read, write or add up and a land where the trains are beset with mysterious faults and delays. Well, I say mysterious, but we all know that it's really down to the destruction of state education, as Hitchens once pointed out. Of late, however, I have taken to simply laughing at these fiascos.
I now firmly believe that it's either a case of get used to it or get out altogether. I think I will still elect for the latter option.
Who knows what kind of a country poor Michael Williamson's grandchildren will inherit. Something not dissimilar to a tin-pot African state, I should imagine.
One where power cuts suddenly happen without warning, and feral youths bray and rage long into the night and all of which is presided over by Brussels. What's the name of that Schwarzenegger flick again? 'The Running Man'? I rather think that the dystopia depicted there gets pretty close to what's in store.
I'm beginning to wonder whether idiots like them can even spell the word "homophobia" or even if they know what it means!!
I know I know, book me into Room 101...is there any hope for me?
Posted by: Mark 02 December 2009 at 05:35 PM.
No Mark, I have never joined Facebook and I don't believe I ever will. My wife and sons are keen members, however, and all I know about it is what I have gleaned from looking over their shoulders. I really don't think I could match the intellectual level required. For example, a girl (I assume) styling herself 'slag' had this to say (and this is accurate in spelling and content apart from the asterisks I thought it necessary to insert): "got ****ing smashed last nite so i aint going into ****ing work 2day if they dont ****ing like it **** em". T. S. Eliot would have been proud of that.
There was another gem from somebody called pig****** concerning what should happen to Jan Moir after her column on Stephen Gately which I won't elaborate on. I do believe this is positive proof of evolution unfortunately, it seems to be working in reverse and it can't be long before the human race moves back into the sea.
Of couse, there's always Twitter where one can read the musings of Stephen Fry - what a cerebral treat.
I must admit though, I have been warming to it lately. It is a good way of keeping in touch with people but it really does encorage vanity and self-obsession in the extreme.
Luckily, as devilishly handsome as I am (you could both take a leaf out of my modesty handbook) I have not yet succumbed to posting thousands of photos and telling everyone "I am bored" every five minutes (unbelievably, people do this) in a status 'update'.
"In the past I've made the odd note of books that you recommend to fellow posters, but how can one value the opinion of someone who watches so much crass TV?"
Believe it or not, I don't watch any of it. Those serious issues I brought up yesterday came from Yahoo 'News', all on the same day.
As for how I know what goes on in the celebrity jungle or the latest in Cheryl's turbulent life with Ashley, it all comes from WHSmiths and newsagents. I can't walk into one or the other and not see a blazing sign on the front cover of a magazine telling me that Cheryl Cole has her husband "on 24 hour watch" or that some tart in Eastenders has buried her fiance alive, burned his house down and had it off with his best friend before marrying the poor s#d!
And don't get me started on Hollyoaks, the programme that everybody seems to love, where they all shout and scream at each other (I had housemates last year who insisted on watching it).
Perhaos it should be Charlotte the Jewess" but I quoted as found.
Nothing gets past us observant Brits eh?
I am glad you are truly humbled and I like the idea of the Bono Botox Trust Fund.
Posted by: Mark 01 December 2009 at 04:07 PM.
That's better Mark, I think you're getting the hang of it.
I must admit to having many a sleepless night worrying about Ant and Dec, what will they do now? Mind you we only have Joe Bugner's word for it and he could never be persuaded that the best way to win a boxing match was to try not to get KO'd in the first round.
I, who used to think my life was full of unnecessary complications, am truly humbled, it had never occured to me that there were unfortunate souls suffering from botox deprivation or having to decide what hairspray to use next. I think some sort of trust should be set up for them, maybe Bono could give a free concert when he's finished sorting out Africa. I hate to quibble but shouldn't 'Charlotte The Jew' be Chatlotte The Jewess'?
In the past I've made the odd note of books that you recommend to fellow posters, but how can one value the opinion of someone who watches so much crass TV?
One book that I would not recommend is Ben Elton's "The First Casualty". It does in many ways support Mr Hitchens' views on the fallacies of WW2, but, for me, it is written too much in the style of the Boys' Own magazine. Le Carre would have done a much better job of making some worthwhile historical points.
Posted by: Wesley Crosland 01 December 2009 at 05:47 PM.
"As regards what I look like, all you need to know my friend is that I'm devastatingly handsome.".
That's a coincidence, so am I.
I heard that there was a patch on Tracey Emin's bed, which was a contributory factor in the artistic merit of this piece of work.
Never saw me as the Facebook type, Williamson? Whilst it is true that I disdain much of the inane drivel featured on there, you must also remember that I'm of the Facebook generation (alas).
As regards what I look like, all you need to know my friend is that I'm devastatingly handsome.
Anyway, while on the subject of beautiful things, and 'art' I have recently come across a fantastic selection of books by John S Goodall. I really recommend you have a search on Amazon for his books as some of them are being sold for as little as a penny (plus £2.75 p&p). His drawings are mainly based on the Edwardian period but all are based on England. Some titles I would recommendare: An Edwardian Christmas/ An Edwardian Summer (or any of his Edwardian collection), The Story of an English Village (shows the same village from the 13th century right up to the 20th) and Victorians Abroad.
Once again I am suitably chastised and am grateful to have been kept in check before I get arrested for being a heretical homophobic fascist Daily Mail reader. I have now seen the light and am totally convinced that Tracey Emin's bed is no ordinary bed but a passionate rally against aids, world poverty as well as being a truly modern symbol of world peace. I really don't know what came over me!
I now realise that what I should really be doing instead of criticising such pillars of modern art is worrying about the really important issues of our times that need urgent attention, like the big walkout on I'm a Celebrity. What will Anthony and Declan do now that Joe Bugner has come out and said it's all a fix? I'm really worried for them. I hope they don't have to spend too much time signing on at the Jobcentre.
"But the sheer volume of beauty products behind her caught the beady eyes of fans on Twitter.
One, who calls herself 'CharlotteTheJew', wrote: 'Look at all the make-up and hair products in the bathroom.' "
But tut-tut, naughty Cheryl was criticised for misleading fans over her L'Oreal hair advert. The sheer horror of it!
These are the things we should be worrying about. Those poor fans mislead by naughty Cheryl, Amanada Holden's botox usage and the future of Anthony and Declan. I will forget that they are the most irritating pair on tee-vee and will show my compassion by stating that I hope they don't get a biff on the nose from Joe Bugner or, worse, arrested for fraud and deception of the Great British Public!
ps If they should get arrested I would like to compassionately argue that Tony Blair accompany them so they don't feel too lonely.
I can only second Mr. Williamson's righteous indignation at Mark's incipient philistinism.
I have hitherto thought of Mark as holding generally sound views on the things that really matter, but there appears to be still some remnant of the oppressive bourgeois instinct for prettification.
I suggest that perhaps a spell of re-education is in order, preferably under the auspices of Comrade the Bishop of Croydon, heroic scourge of the controlling Victorian tendency of traditional Chrsistmas Carols.
Thanks Peter - I'm getting quite busy now and the thread seems to be losing a bit of ummph and with it, probably both of our interests - I am kind of interested though in whether your discussion style of bring in odd off beam points, minor details, twisting and turning in order to avoid direct clarity, bringing in obscure or ambiguous items, and suggesting / inferring incorrect points from the other person (which they then have to take the time to deny etc) is done deliberately in order to drag the topic down into a bit of a drawn out piece of confusion - or if that's just the way your mind operates - innocently jumping around all over the place?
That's not an attempt to be rude - you've an active, lively mind - I'm just wondering if it's deliberate or not, when you find yourself on possibly less than terra firma.
(i.e in this case I think your 'people shouldn't get above their station' message was a little, erm ill advised, and so thereafter, having had it pointed out, you've spent quitea bit of effort 'muddying the water' with all kinds of odd bits and pieces).
Fair enough I suppose - your original points may have been meant as you later indicated - it's just easy to take them the other way upon first read.
Posted by: Mark 30 November 2009 at 02:09 PM.
"Guy- the Roger Scruton programme was very interesting. Surprised to see Tracey Emin being interviewed by David Frost. I never thought I'd say this but I found myself sympathising with him. How on earth did that ghastly bed ever be considered a 'work of art'?".
Mark I'm beginning to despair of you with your continual criticism of one of the greatest works of art ever produced. I'll bet, say, Canaletto used to get out of his pit every morning and never notice the work of genius in front of his eyes, he'd pick up his paints and brushes and go out and paint yet another boring scene of Venice, what a fool.
I don't think you've realised the political and social significance of it either. It is a cry against homophobia, racism, third world poverty and whatever else is currently in vogue. It's a statement saying, "Stop global warming now, so we can save planet earth for our kids". It represents all that New Labour has achieved and will achieve. I think you should bow your head when you look at it, for you are not worthy to be in the presence of such genius.
A temple should be built to house it, Richard Rogers is probably the only architect who could rise to the challenge. I can almost picture it now, constructed of breeze blocks with a tasteful ornament of rusting iron. People would look at it and wonder what could possibly be inside that magnificent building then, when they entered (adults £30 children half price), they would gasp in awe and delight.
Hello Mark – after all that, I managed to miss the Roger Scruton programme altogether – having said that, I read the piece he wrote for the Mail today summarising the arguments in favour of Beauty and Goodness and Truth and I agree with it all entirely.
The lack of an up to date Hitchens blog is causing gnashing of teeth and commotions across the land . A pandemic whereby the all wonderful Computer has failed . Its human factotem failing to press the enter key at the correct time.
This sort of sloppyness is the cause of so many ills. and of course in the NHS life threatening .
But in this organ of information a catastrophy of biblical proportions.
Never mind in the meantime I'll go out post a few BNP leaflets and be usefull for a change.
"............I think that most people would recognise the phrase ("knowing one's station in life") as meaning that those born on lower rungs of the ladder should not 'get above themselves', not get too 'upitty' and should respect their social betters – i.e. those born on higher rungs."
That's what they seem to do anyway, sir, whether they think that they "should" do so or not. The 'social betters' you seem to me to be referring to just seem nowadays to be much more plebeian than they once were. Where once our ancestors may have respected the nobility, now we are expected, if their is any respect in us, to bestow our admiration on film actors, popular musicians, scientists and other representatives of fashionable modern philosophies.
You can't stop people wanting something or someone to admire, don't knock it, sir. It may before long come to be the only form of humility and sense of childlike wonder available to many people.
And if they choose to admire plebeian celebrities more than patrician ones, that's better at least than being expected to wear T-shirts proclaiming undying devotion to some dictator or other.
Still even your average dictator, when you come to think about it, has usually, so to speak, been dissatisfied with his station in life and decided to "get above himself". So, you see, there's good in everyone, if you look for it.
Posted by: Wesley Crosland 29 November 2009 at 08:02 PM.
Wesley I never saw you as a Facebook type of person I'm almost tempted to sign up just to see what you look like - any chance of inviting me to be a friend?
I suppose Victoria doesn't see the irony of being named after one of our best known queens, I bet she hates her parents.


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Senate bill would ban paid loot boxes in games aimed at kids
The proposed law would also fight pay-to-win game mechanics.
05.08.19 in Politics
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Efforts to crack down on loot boxes in the US might be underway in earnest. Senator Josh Hawley has introduced a bill, the Protecting Children from Abusive Games Act, that would bar games from including paid loot boxes, pay-to-win mechanics and other potentially exploitative elements in games that are either aimed at kids under 18 or knowingly let those children make microtransactions. These practices spur "compulsive habits," Hawley said, and developers shouldn't be permitted to "monetize addiction."
The FTC would enforce the rules, treating violations as unfair trade practices, while state attorneys general would have the power to sue companies and protect their residents.
Large game publishers like Activision Blizzard, EA and others have typically objected to regulation like this in the past, in some cases even defying local laws until they had no choice but to comply. They have made concessions, such as disclosing the general contents of loot boxes and shifting any in-game transactions to cosmetics. The efforts have occasionally required rebalancing whole games to make progression fairer for those who aren't willing to pay extra.
There's no guarantee the Act and its necessary House of Representatives equivalent will pass, or that the President will sign it it into law. If the bill clears those hurdles, though, it could have a profound effect on game development. The measure wouldn't necessarily hurt Fortnite, Apex Legends and other titles where purchases are usually for cosmetics and made on a per-item basis. It would, however, prevent companies from tricking you into paying more than you wanted just to enjoy yourself.
Via: Washington Post
Source: Senator Josh Hawley
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Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan and David Bowie received multiple mentions when the nominations for the 59th annual Grammy Awards were announced this morning. A complete list of classic rock's honorees is below.
In all, Bowie – who died in January after a battle with cancer – was given five nods, though notably not for Album of the Year. His top nomination was in the Best Alternative Music Album category, a honor shared by former collaborator Iggy Pop. Post Pop Depression, recorded with Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, was recognized after becoming Pop's highest-ever charting U.S. album.
Metallica's advance single "Hardwired" joined the Best Rock Song nominees, but the band released its new album too late for consideration in this round of Grammy awards. Disturbed were recognized for their cover of "The Sound of Silence," even though Simon & Garfunkel never won a Grammy for their original chart-topping version in 1965.
McCartney earned two nods – for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package (Tug Of War: Deluxe Edition) and for Best Remixed Recording (Wings' "Nineteen Hundred Eighty-Five," by Timo Maas and James Teej). Eight Days a Week: The Touring Years, Ron Howard's documentary on the Beatles, was nominated for Best Music Film.
Dylan was recognized in the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album category for his second collection of songbook tunes, Fallen Angels. The Cutting Edge 1965-1966, the 12th edition in Dylan's Bootleg Series, was also nominated for Best Historical Album.
Disturbed, "The Sound of Silence"
James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, "Hardwired"


Brigantia Learning Trust is a successful 2-18+ Academy Trust in the north of Sheffield. It was borne out of the success of Hinde House 3-16 School that was graded as strongly good by Ofsted in 2012 and 2016.
Currently our Trust comprises Wincobank Nursery and Infant School (2-7), Concord Junior School (7-11), Hinde House Primary School (2-11), Hinde House Secondary School (11-16), Yewlands Academy (11-16) and Longley Park Sixth Form College (16-18+). All schools/colleges are located within 5 kilometres. All, in time, feed into another Trust school/college for the next educational phase.
Our Trust is exceptionally well led and since our partnership began in 2014, all schools/colleges have either improved or maintained their Ofsted grade. 92% of students currently attend at least a good school.
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Preheat oven to 425� F.
Grease or paper 12-cup muffin tin.
Mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
Stir in eggnog, egg, beaten to blend, dark rum, melted butter, and nutmeg.
Bake 15-20 minutes or until golden.
See also recipe for Egg Nog a la Pirkey, a family favorite.
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Well, this is a decision that needs to be made by you, and only you. A lot of cleaning companies will try and upsell you to a weekly cleaning service, and yes, that may mean that it suits your residential life-style. However, is it really what your looking for?
Certain cleans like end of lease and deep cleans are generally a once-off cleaning service and you book them at your own convenience. Obviously, only you can decide when it's the right time to move out, or when a deep clean is needed. Ensure that your cleaning company can offer your bond back based on the cleanliness of your premises. If they can't, it would be a good idea to reconsider whether they are the right company for you.
The frequency of your regular clean should completely be based on your needs. A lot of families with small children decide on a weekly clean. Spending time with your children is obviously a priority, and making sure the house is clean can be the cleaners problem. Families with high traffic, meaning a lot of members under one roof, also generally get a weekly service. The bill can be split between the adults, and the workload is given to the cleaning company. Everybody wins!
If you have small families, or its just you, or you and your partner, then a fortnightly or monthly service is perhaps more suitable.
Again, it all depends on what your needs are. We do have clients who live alone, in small apartments but decide that a weekly service is best for them. To get the best out of your cleaning service, ensure that your Melbourne cleaning company is offering a loyalty discount, based on your frequency.
Above all, make sure that your cleaning company listens to what your needs are. Not what they think is best for you, as we all know, only you know what is best for you.
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Using caustic cleaners
Caustic cleaners are cleaning products that contain highly alkaline and corrosive caustic chemicals. Contact can cause serious injuries, including blindness.
What are caustic cleaners?Reducing risks in the workplaceInformation and trainingFirst aid and emergency facilities
What are caustic cleaners?
Caustic cleaners are cleaning products that contain highly alkaline and corrosive caustic chemicals. Caustic cleaners are common in a range of industries, including food, hospitality, health and metal cleaning. The most common caustic chemicals are liquids containing either sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, both hazardous substances.
Caustic chemicals can cause severe chemical burns to the eyes and skin, depending on the chemicals' concentration. Eye contact with caustic chemicals can cause permanent damage, including blindness.
Reducing risks in the workplace
Under the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 (OHS Regulations), an employer must, so far as is reasonably practicable, eliminate any risk associated with hazardous substances at their workplace. If it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate the risk, the employer must reduce the risk so far as is reasonably practicable. As an employer, you can control risks from caustic chemicals by:
eliminating the use of the chemicals by using a scourer, hot water and mild detergent
using a safer chemical that is not corrosive
using a more diluted form of the chemical
using a safer form of the chemical, for example foam instead of spray
changing processes or work practises, for example cleaning more frequently, so the items are not as heavily contaminated and therefore a milder chemical can be used
using an automatic dispensing/diluting unit to minimise handling of concentrated caustic cleaners
fitting a dispenser or pouring device to the chemical containers
purchasing chemicals in smaller containers that are easier to pour
preventing splashing from large tanks of chemicals by installing splash shields or keeping employees further away from the chemicals
placing lids or caps on containers of caustic cleaners
using protective clothing and equipment such as gloves and eye protection – refer to the product's safety data sheet (SDS)
providing an appropriate plumbed-in emergency washing facility
Review risk controls
As an employer, you have a duty under the OHS Regulations to review and, if necessary, revise any risk controls associated with hazardous substances, including caustic cleaners. You must review and revise risk controls:
before any alteration that is likely to change the risks associated with hazardous substances at the workplace
if you receive advice from a registered medical practitioner that an employee has suffered health problems
after any incident to which Part 5 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 applies
if, for any other reason, the risk control measures do not adequately control the risks
after receiving a request from a health and safety representative
Employees should understand the hazards of using caustic cleaners and be fully informed and trained in their safe use. As an employer, you must make sure:
employees are provided with any necessary information, instruction and training to enable them to perform their work safely, for example, emergency and first aid procedures
current SDSs for the cleaning products are available and accessible to employees
containers in which hazardous substances are supplied are labelled with the manufacturer's or importer's label
decanted products and containers of waste are appropriately labelled or identified
First aid and emergency facilities
Eye contact with caustic chemicals requires immediate treatment to minimise the risk of permanent eye damage and possible loss of sight.
An emergency eye-wash should be provided close to where the caustic chemicals are used, particularly products containing 2% or more of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
An eyewash bottle:
should not be relied on as the main or primary emergency eyewash
should only be used for immediate flushing until the injured person can get to a plumbed-in eyewash where they can flush for at least 15 minutes. Seek immediate medical advice
A combination eyewash and shower facility should be provided where there is a potential for large or whole body splashes of concentrated solutions.
Emergency eyewash and shower equipment should meet the Australian Standard AS4755 – 2007 Emergency eyewash and shower equipment.
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The nation has found itself staring in the face of tragedy after yet another deadly mass shooting.
On Sunday, Oct. 1, a gunman opened fire on a country music festival at Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, leaving 59 people dead and 527 injured.
The incident is being called the deadliest mass shooting in modern United States history, surpassing the Pulse Nightclub shooting that claimed 49 lives in Orlando last year.
Officials are still investigating the details of the shooting, including what weapons the shooter may have used to commit the act. With such a high death toll in a short amount of time, it's likely that the shooter used some type of automatic firearm.
Fully automatic weapons, or "machine guns," fire dozens of rounds continuously, as long as the trigger is pulled down. The weapon only stops firing once the trigger finger is lifted or the gun runs out of ammunition.
Semi-automatic weapons, which are legal for civilians in the United States, fire a single bullet each time the trigger is pulled.
Since the Firearm Owners' Protection Act of 1986, fully automatic weapons have been banned for civilian use in the United States. The use of fully automatic weapons is reserved for military use.
Although fully automatic weapons are illegal for civilians, there are several modifications that can be used to bypass these laws.
According to law enforcement, the suspected Las Vegas gunman, Stephen Paddock, had several bump-stock accessories, which he may have used to convert semi-automatic firearms into fully automatic machine guns.
The bump-stock devices can be purchased legally online or in many gun shops across the country.
In response to the Las Vegas shooting, lawmakers in Congress have introduced a new bill that would ban bump-stock accessories as part of a larger ban on certain firearms.
We at The Spectator believe there should be bans placed on bump-stock accessories and similar modifications.
There is no practical reason for a civilian to have an automatic weapon, other than to create terror and destruction.
How many mass shootings must occur before our nation takes a serious look at gun policy? Everyone has the right to protect themselves, but it shouldn't be so easy for potential mass murderers to obtain powerful firearms and end the lives of innocent people.


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Dead man found in closet at private girl's school
by Ellen Killoran
The dead body of a man was found in a closet at an all-girl's high school in New Jersey on Wednesday.
According to NJ.com, police got a call just before noon from the Academy of the Holy Angels in Demarest after the body was discovered in an "old theater" space at the school that is adjacent to classrooms.
The 65-year-old man is believed to be a contractor for Cablevision. Police told NJ.com they did not believe he "had passed recently."
The body is now at the medical examiner's office where a cause of death will be determined. Police said they have not ruled out foul play though it does not appear to be a likely factor in the death.
Police also said that the discovery posed no threat to students at the private prep school.
"We assessed very quickly that the students were not in any type of danger," Demarest Police Chief James Powderley told the news outlet.
Immediately following the discovery, the school issues a "hold in place" order, which prevents anyone from exiting or entering the school. The students were later brought to an assembly where school officials announced the situation and made counselors available.
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Now we're happy to move the National Football League out front, a position of prominence clearly merited by the caliber of performance, the soundness of operation and—above all—the steadily growing public interest in the game as it is played by the nation's topnotchers.
The Sporting News was rather prescient in its thinking, given that this editorial was printed almost three months before the epic overtime game between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants that ultimately led to the NFL establishing a net worth greater than that of some countries. In the process, Football has stolen a great deal of attention from you. More interesting than the editorial itself, however, is a list, appearing above it and entitled "The Sporting News Four Point Program." Had you listened then, Baseball, you might still command everyone's attention as you did when you were young. Points Two and Three on the list are bookkeeping recommendations; that is, to establish a Most Valuable Pitcher award for each league and to eliminate the minor league Shaugnessy playoff system. The fourth point calls for baseball to "speed up games by the elimination of unnecessary delays." (I'll pause while we both have a good laugh over that one. . . .) The number-one point on the list, however, and the one that brings us right to the present day, reads "Shorten the major league season by two Sundays and get the World's Series out of the way before October 1, thus avoiding a clash with college and pro football." You see, Baseball, as any lady knows, sometimes less is more, just as TSN was trying to tell you 55 years ago. Well, I still love you, Baseball, and even though TSN couldn't get through to you, I'm going to try.
What was a good idea before expansion, before the 162-game schedule, before playoffs, before World Series games ended after midnight and the Series itself had the potential to end in November, is certainly a good idea after those things have come about. Your postseason is way too long, rendering the World Series anticlimactic. (Quick, name all ten teams that made the post-season.) If we can't shorten the playoffs (or, as you think of them, playoff$), then we can certainly shorten the regular season, at least returning to that 154-game schedule that The Sporting News wanted to reduce.
My dear Baseball, look at these playoff games this year and tell me that the season isn't too long. Taken on the whole, those are a bunch of tired-looking hitters and fielders out there. The pitching looks fantastic, but then, big league managers today begin the reliever parade in the fourth inning, and their entire bull pens barely top Mickey Lolich's average number of innings per season. Twenty-first century starters aren't exactly cast in the mold of Jim Palmer, either. The pitching should look fresh and powerful given how little most pitchers have pitched. There are good hurlers in this year's playoffs, no doubt, but I'm suspicious when it appears that Christy Mathewson is dueling Sandy Koufax in every game.
"Fall Classic Friday" might not ever be Super Bowl Sunday, but it's more than you have now. And it's time you started celebrating what you have and not longing for what you don't.
Baseball, that girl Football may be younger, and she carries herself with greater aplomb, but I don't find you any less attractive. Revive the old glory in new ways just as The Sporting News wanted you to so long ago. (And try carrying yourself with a little confidence, huh?). If you do, you'll once again be the belle of the Ball.
Sign me up Austin. 154 games with scheduled double headers. No playoffs. Just two pennant winners meeting the first week in October for Baseball's classic exhibition of the year. The night games would start at 7:05 so kids and us old people would have a chance at viewing the entire game.
As a fellow "old person" who loved listening to (just) the World Series on a transistor (that was a radio, kids) I agree with you Al. Since we'll never get rid of the playoffs, however, MLB should at least do something to make the post-season relevant and better-paced. Again, I think Tournament play is the answer.
I know this is a bit of an old topic, but I don't see why MLB doesn't wake up and shorten the season. It is hard to play close attention to the playoffs for an entire month-I didn't this year-and at some point we'll see multiple Series games cancelled by snow. And meanwhile yes, the schoolkids in the East have to stay up till midnight to see how the playoff games end.
@Arne – Agree completely, Arne. I had to stop and think to remember that Cleveland was in the "playoffs" if you want to call that one game exhibition a "playoff." The World Series is quite anti-climactic.
Count me in on the 154 game season, and Austin I remember as I am sure you & Al remember, when our teachers allowed the students to watch some of the World Series during class. You and I are also Ice Hockey fans, but Hockey in June?? Come on its time to get real about the scheduling of all these sports. You are right on the money with article buddy.
@Don Hoover – Thanks, Don, and you're absolutely right about hockey which should end in April at the latest. By the time the Stanley Cup finals roll around–and it's 80 degrees here–I've lost all interest.


"All in all, while the Singapore economy is unlikely to fall off a cliff, the bright spots are also few and far between, especially since a protracted period of slower global growth lies ahead" (Economic Risks Far And Near, Chia Yan Min).
Perhaps a starting point would be to review the recommendations of the Economic Review Committee and the Economic Strategies Committee in 2001 and 2009 respectively, to determine how effective the strategies have been.
A protracted period of slower global growth is well-documented, and with the Singapore economy "tipped to grow by between one per cent and three per cent next year" (ST, Nov. 30), Singaporeans should look forward to the recently-announced Future Economy Committee and its strategic recommendations on five "futures": jobs, companies, technology, resources, as well as markets. Faced with volatile environments around the world and Singapore's vulnerability to these developments – compounded by operating, financial, and credit risks at home – finding solutions are a tall order for Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat.
With precedents in 2001 and 2009, the formation of such a review committee is not new, so by extension reasonable proposals can be expected. However, the challenge is to communicate the long-term implications of zero to slow growth, how changes are necessary, and also to involve Singaporeans in such discourse. Before and during the recent general elections when greater focus is paid to national issues, even when Singapore's annual growth forecast was slashed, trade-dependent manufacturing activity declined, and a nine per cent slide of the Straits Times Index in August made it the worst-performing stock index in the developed world after Greece, few spoke of these problems and corresponding answers.
In fact, it can be argued that economic prosperity has been taken for granted in the past decades, resulting in apathy when attention should be paid to socio-economic trends. Yet in these new global circumstances, cognisance of these affairs must be raised.
Perhaps a starting point would be to review the recommendations of the Economic Review Committee and the Economic Strategies Committee in 2001 and 2009 respectively, to determine how effective the strategies have been. Forecasting trends is difficult, but the intent is to familiarise Singaporeans with the trajectories the government had planned for, and the extent to which realities have diverged. Through this process, awareness of existing schemes – to raise labour productivity, for instance – can be enhanced. And as the Future Economy Committee goes about with its responsibilities, putting together views from workers and businesses, give the public updates or ideas of how Singapore will respond to the future too.


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By Eliza Grace On Aug 20, 2022
Andrew Tate, a controversial influencer, was barred from Facebook and Instagram for what Meta described as a violation of its policy.
In response to breaking business rules, a Meta representative confirmed to Newsweek that Tate is no longer permitted to access both social networking networks, citing Meta's limits on "threatening individuals and organizations."
Tate, a former kickboxer who competed on the popular reality series Big Brother in 2016, has been making news for his divisive opinions, which have frequently been called "dangerous" and "misogynistic."
Tate had 4.7 million Instagram followers when she was barred.
The current update from Meta to ban Tate was welcomed by the British advocacy organization Hope Not to Hate. Tate "poses a significant threat to young males, radicalizing them towards extremist misogyny, racism, and homophobia," according to Joe Mulhall, head of research at Hope Not Hate, in an interview with the BBC.
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Mulhall noted that his organization is urging TikTok to do the same.
After a video of Tate reportedly beating a woman with a belt surfaced, which he claimed at the time was consensual, Tate was fired from the 17th season of Big Brother.
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His fame quickly grew after his debut on the program. After saying that women should "take responsibility" for being sexually attacked following the development of the #MeToo movement, Tate was also banned from Twitter in 2017.
Tate's fan following has grown significantly since then. He has gained millions of followers across platforms and supporters from men's rights activist groups and far-right influencers, becoming a symbol of hypermasculinity.
Tate has received criticism for his remarks regarding his treatment of women in numerous videos, podcasts, and interviews throughout the years. In one video that Barstool Sports posted on YouTube, Tate claimed that he needed to have "power over women."
He added, "You can't be accountable for a dog if it doesn't obey you," later adding, "You can't have responsibility over a dog that doesn't obey you."
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Q: Does this give me a good baseline for categorical classification? I was reading up that for categorical classification you can basically just use the % of outputs that is your most popular category as your baseline. It makes sense because your model will probably just default to just guessing the most popular category every time. Given that this is true, does the code below accomplish what it should?
# get the index of the most popular category in your training outputs
pop_train_cat_ind = np.argmax(np.sum(train_Y, axis=0))

# get the count of that same category in your validation ouputs
pop_val_cat_ct = np.sum(validation_Y, axis=0)[pop_train_cat_ind]

# get the percentage compared to your total validation samples
baseline = pop_val_cat_ct / len(validation_Y)

A: To get the most frequent value from a list or an array, you can use the mode function from scipy.stats
import numpy as np
from scipy.stats import mode
train_Y=[1,7,3,4,6,4]
pop_train_cat_ind=mode(train_Y).mode[0]
print(pop_train_cat_ind)

The argmax function you used is not what you wanted to do because it doesn't get the most frequent value but the indices where train_Y has the maximal value (with train_Y=[1,7,3,4,6,4] it would return 1)
When you compute pop_val_cat_ct, you sum first all element in validation_Y, which returns a single number, and then you try to get the pop_val_cat_ctth element, which in general doesn't exist.
To compute properly pop_val_cat_ct, you should count the number of times where validation_Y is equal to pop_train_cat_ind and sum :
validation_Y=[1,8,4]
# get the count of that same category in your validation ouputs
pop_val_cat_ct = np.sum(validation_Y==pop_train_cat_ind)

validation_Y==pop_train_cat_ind gives an array of same length as validation_Y filled with True or False. When you sum it it returns the number of True values (for Python True=1 and False=0), so the count you need.
You can then do as you wrote
# get the percentage compared to your total validation samples
baseline = pop_val_cat_ct / len(validation_Y)

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Hey whats up im really new to forums, i donno what im doin but i have a turbo question for an h22a1, what pistons should i get, i know low comp. but any reccomendations?
first off, what are your power goals for the motor?
whats the car gonna be used for? drag/autox/DD?
how much money you looking at spending?
you might not even need to do internals if your power goal isn't too high.
3" exhaust, i just know ima blow it and im scared to put it together and tune it lol!
anything over 300hp is gonna need some bottom end work.
you can either sleeve the block with iron sleeves (which is about a grand alone) which allows you to run any forged pistons, or run the mahle gold series pistons which are the only FRM-compatible piston right now, but there is only a select few running those pistons right now.
then get some forged rods, polished and balanced crank, honda or ACL main and rod bearings, ARP head and main studs, and you should be good to go.
tuning is the most important factor with F/I.
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Grünenthal launches public tender offer to the shareholders of Empresas Andrómaco
Public tender Empresas Andrómaco
Offer period from November 25 to December 24, 2013
Offer price of CLP 332.48 per share
Offer price represents a premium of 66.99% on the closing price of Sept 6
Objective is to acquire all outstanding shares via tender offer
Aachen / Santiago de Chile, November 25, 2013. Inversiones Gruchi S.A., a subsidiary of Grünenthal GmbH Germany yesterday published its public tender offer for the purchase of all outstanding shares in Laboratorios Andrómaco S.A. (Securities Registry No. 704). Grünenthal offers CLP 332.48 per share in cash. The offer price represents a premium of 66.99% on the closing price of Sept 6, the last trading day before the disclosure of the agreement between major Laboratorios Andrómaco S.A. shareholders and Grünenthal.
Yesterday's launch of the tender offer followed the successful conclusion of an in-depth due diligence review of Empresas Andrómaco by Grünenthal. Prior to the due diligence, Grünenthal had reached an agreement with the two majority shareholders Inversiones NM Limitada and Moneda S.A. in which both shareholders have undertaken to tender their shares.
"Grünenthal is making a very attractive cash offer to Laboratorio Andrómaco's shareholders and we are pleased that Sergio Weinstein and Moneda support our bid. The tender offer gives shareholders an opportunity to secure a full valuation of their shares immediately. We are confident that shareholders will see the value and attractiveness of our offer and support the proposed transaction by tendering their shares", said Oscar Ferenczi, Grünenthal's Executive Vice President Latin America. The offer period will last from November 25 to December 24, 2013. The offer is conditional on Grünenthal being able to acquire at least 67% of the outstanding share capital as well as other customary closing conditions set out in the offer prospectus. The offer prospectus defining the terms and conditions of the tender offer has been published at http://www. grunenthal.cl and can be requested free of charge from IM Trust, Avenida Apoquindo 3721, Las Condes, Santiago or opaandromaco@imtrust.cl.
Grünenthal has been active in Latin America since 1968 and today has affiliates in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Venezuela and partner activities in Central America and the Caribbean In 2012, Grünenthal's Latin America business recorded sales of USD 250 mn and employed more than 800 people. The Grünenthal Group achieved revenues of USD 1,251 mn and is headquartered in Aachen, Germany, with affiliates in 26 countries and employs approx. 4,400 employees worldwide.
IM Trust is serving as manager of the tender offer.
The Grünenthal Group is an independent, family-owned, international research-based pharmaceutical company headquartered in Aachen, Germany. Building on its unique position in pain treatment, its objective is to become the most patient-centric company and thus to be a leader in therapy innovation. Grünenthal is one of the last five remaining research-oriented pharmaceutical companies with headquarters in Germany which sustainably invests in research and development.
Research and development costs amounted to about 26 percent of revenues in 2012. Grünenthal's research and development strategy concentrates on selected fields of therapy and state-of-the-art technologies. We are intensely focused on discovering new ways to treat pain better and more effectively, with fewer side-effects than current therapies.
Altogether, the Grünenthal Group has affiliates in 26 countries worldwide. Grünenthal products are sold in more than 155 countries. Today, approx. 4,400 employees are working for the Grünenthal Group worldwide. In 2012, Grünenthal achieved revenues of USD 1,251 mn.
More information: www.grunenthal.com.
Frank Schönrock
Vice President Public Engagement
E-Mail Frank.Schoenrock@grunenthal.com


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This could be self-help literature, guided self-help with the Mental Health and Wellbeing Advisor or one to one sessions with a counsellor. In some cases you may be advised to see your GP for referral to health services.
Appointments can be booked during term time at the Counselling, Mental Health & Wellbeing Service, Ground Floor (next to the entrance to the e-Learning Centre).
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Asian Online Journals (AOJ) publishes scholarly and peer reviewed journals. The journals provide forum and encourages scientists, researchers, academics, engineers, and practitioners in all aspects to share their professional and academic knowledge in the fields computing, engineering, science humanities, social sciences, management, economics, medical science, and related disciplines. Asian Online Journals also aims to reach a large number of audiences worldwide with original and current research work completed on the vital issues of the above important disciplines. All the journals of AOJ adopt an open access model that rapidly disseminates an author's work worldwide and increases its impact. The journals permit all readers to view, download and print the full-text of all published articles without any subscription or restrictions.
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This study aims to describe the effect of Authentic Problem Based Learning (aPBL) on the mastery of the concept of science class IV students of primary school. This type of research is an experimental quasi with posttest only control group design. The sample consisted of 63 students divided into experimental class and control class. The sample selection technique used purposive sampling. The data of this research are analyzed quantitatively using t test and effect size. The results of this study indicate that aPBL influence on the mastery of the concept of science class IV students of primary school of 0.807. The average mastery of science concepts of students who studied with aPBL of 70.31 while the mastery of science concepts of students who learn with conventional learning of 60.16. This shows that aPBL affect the mastery of the concept of science IPA class IV students of primary school.
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan pengaruh Authentic Problem Based Learning (aPBL) terhadap penguasaan konsep IPA siswa kelas IV Sekolah Dasar. Jenis penelitian merupakan penelitian quasi experimental dengan posttest only control group design. Sampel penelitian terdiri atas 63 siswa yang terbagi dalam kelas eksperimen dan kelas kontrol. Teknik pemilihan sampel menggunakan purposive Sampling. Data penelitian ini dianalisis secara kuantitatif menggunakan uji t dan effect size. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa aPBL berpengaruh terhadap penguasaan konsep IPA siswa kelas IV Sekolah Dasar sebesar 0,807. Rata-rata penguasaan konsep IPA siswa yang belajar dengan aPBL sebesar 70,31, sedangkan penguasaan konsep IPA siswa yang belajar dengan pembelajaran konvensional sebesar 60,16. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa aPBL berpengaruh terhadap penguasaan konsep IPA siswa kelas IV Sekolah Dasar.
Adinugraha, A. S., Supriyono Koes H., & Eny Latifah. 2016. Pengaruh Authentic Problem Based Learning terhadap Kreativitas Siswa SMA pada Materi Usaha dan Energi. Jurnal Pendidikan Sains. (Online) 4 (2):73—80, (http://journal.um.ac.id/index.php/jps/article/view/8185/3738, diakses 22 April 2017).
Anderson, L. W. & David, R. K. 2001. A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching and Assesing: A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. New York: Longman.
Barrows, H. S. & Wee, K. N. L. 2007. Principles and Practice of aPBL. Singapora: Prentice Hall Pearson Education South Asia Pte Ltd.
Bormann, S. V., Kamolrat T., Tanyawalai B., Doungnatre D. & Wilaiporn K. 2011. Effects of the English course using an authentic learning approach on competency and satisfaction of nursing students. Conference Paper, (Online), diakses 23 September 2016.
Chi, M. T., James, D. S & Nicholas, D. L. 1994. From things to processes: A theory of conceptual change for learning science concepts. Learning in Instruction, Volume 4, Issue 1, Page 27-43, (Online), diakses 11 Desember 2016.
Drake K. N. & Deborah Long. 2009. Rebecca's in the Dark: A Comparative Study of Problem-Based Learning and Direct Instruction/Experiential Learning in Two 4th-Grade Classrooms. Journal of Elementary Science Education. (Online), 21 (1), pp. 1—16, (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03174712, diakses 23 Desember 2017).
Gunawan. 2011. Model Multimedia Interaktif (MMI) Elastisitas dan Implikasinya terhadap Penguasaan Konsep dan Keterampilan Berpikir Kritis Mahasiswa. Jurnal Kependidikan IKIP Mataram Vol. 10(1):29—36.
Herrington J. 2006. Authentic e-Learning in Higher Education: Design Principles for Authentic Learning Environments and Tasks. Faculty of Education – Papers, (Online), diakses 23 September 2016.
Hiang T. C., Yeap M. C., Gooi P. H. & Shaik A. M. M. I. 2012. Incorporating the Authentic Learning Approach in an Adult Learners. Classroom at a Public University in Malaysia. International Journal of Arts & Sciences, CD-ROM. ISSN: 1944-6934: 5(3):281—288. (Online), diakses 30 September 2016.
Iucu, R. B. & Elena M. 2014. Authentic Learning in Adult Education. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 142, 410—415, (Online), diakses 23 September 2016.
Jacobson, W. J. & Bergman, A. B. 1991. Science for Children: A Book for Teacher. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.
Knaggs C.M. & Schneider R. M. 2012. Thinking Like a Scientist: Using Vee-Maps to Understand Process and Concepts in Science. Research Science Education (2012) 42:609—632.
Sukumaran, K. 2012. Authentic Learning for Acquiring Competency in Professional Education. Journal of Modern Education Review, ISSN 2155-7993, USA, Volume 2, No. 1, pp. 62—67, (Online), diakses 23 September 2016.
Susiana, N. 2012. The Application of APBL (Authentic Problem-Based Learning) to Enhance Generic Entrepreneurial Competencies in a Basic Chemistry Course.US-China Education Review B 4 383-388, ISSN 1548-6613, Earlier title: US-China Education Review, (Online), diakses 23 September 2016.
Ting W., Chen H. R. & Zhanf Y. J. 2015. M-Learning with the IPad Contributed in the Improvement of Authentic Learning Ability for the Students in University. 5th Annual International Conference on Education & e-Learning (Eel 2015), ISSN 2251-1814, (Online), diakses 30 September 2016.
Yuliati, L. 2012. Authentic Problem Based Learning untuk Meningkatkan Hasil Belajar Fisika Siswa SMA. Prosiding Seminar Nasional MIPA dan Pembelajaran, ISBN 978-602-97895-6-0, (Online), diakses 23 September 2016.


…much of the book encourages really big-picture, question-asking reflection and ideation.The book forces bigger thoughts than many educators often consider during their hectic days.
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Soay Beag (en écossais Sòdhaigh Beag) est une petite île inhabitée située entre Harris au sud et Lewis au nord, dans l'archipel des Hébrides extérieures, au Nord-Ouest de l'Écosse. Elle se trouve juste au nord-ouest de la plus grande île de Soay Mòr et est accessible à marée basse.

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Physicians are not taking an active role in discouraging smoking among their young patients, reported a study released in the Nov. 3 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The study, led by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, found that doctors rarely offered their young patients advice about the hazards of smoking, even when they knew that they smoked.
Researchers analyzed data from a 1991-1996 survey of approximately 5,000 doctors. Information was gathered from more than 16,000 visits with patients aged 11 to 21. While doctors inquired about cigarette use in approximately 70 percent of these visits, they neglected to counsel the majority of their young patients about the dangerous habit. Indeed, physicians were found to counsel patients about smoking in less than 2 percent of their visits with adolescents. Among patients who were known smokers, doctors discussed tobacco use in only 17 percent of their visits.
"The report … is an important wake-up call to physicians, academic teachers, and researchers," wrote University of Minnesota Drs.Dorothy K. Hatsukami and Harry A. Lando.
Experts estimate that more than 3,000 American teenagers begin smoking every day. Those who pick up the habit as youngsters are more likely to become lifetime smokers, and as a consequence suffer from smoking-related diseases such as lung cancer and heart disease. Targeting adolescents has been identified as a crucial step in reducing the prevalence of smoking, and doctors can play an important role in these efforts.
The study found that non-white patients were less likely to be questioned about their smoking habits and to receive tobacco counseling than white patients. Doctors were more inclined to discuss tobacco use with older patients, and with those who had asthma, lower respiratory infections or who were pregnant. Researchers also reported that compared to specialists, primary care physicians more often discussed the harms of smoking with their patients.
Guidelines for counseling adolescents and young adults have been provided by the National Cancer Institute and the American Academy of Pediatrics. These guidelines recommend that physicians inquire about the use of tobacco by their young patients, commend non-users and advise patients to quit or abstain from tobacco.
Study authors expressed concern that despite these guidelines and the highly publicized efforts of the public health community to reduce teen smoking, physicians have not assumed their responsibility in discouraging adolescent tobacco use.
"I think a lot of physicians are defeatist about the impact they can have on adolescents," said Cahan. "Talking to young patients about not smoking can be difficult, but it's very important," he added.
Cahan recommended that supplementary materials and a list of referrals be made available to physicians to help them in their efforts to counsel patients about the risks of tobacco use.
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Q: perl regular expression new lines Code comes like

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I would like to be able to remove only the new lines not finishing with an html tag.
How can I do that?

A: This can be done in command-line Perl like this
perl -pe 's/(?<!>)\n//' my.html

or this
perl -pe 's/([^>])\n/$1/' my.html