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Tugur river giant taimen.
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We start preparing for the new season of hunting for a giant taimen. In early October on the river Tugur the next record fish was caught. I hope to tell you all the details of this event. I hope that the record of American flyfishermen will be fixed, as the official record. In the meantime, get to know some official info which concerns Tugur river and the area of the Khabarovsk Territory.
Tugursky Regional Nature ReservePress Releases
Nearly 200,000 Acres Protected in the Tugur Watershed
The Wild Salmon Center (WSC), Khabarovsk Wildlife Foundation (KWF), and other partners have succeeded in winning the approval of the Tugursky Nature Reserve, which will protect 197,000 acres (80,000 hectares) of critical habitat within the Tugur Watershed in the Russian Far East's Khabarovsk Region. A regional decree was signed by the Governor of Khabarovsk to establish the Reserve.
Tugur River, Russia (© Mikhail Skopets, Wild Salmon Center).
The Tugur River flows through the Tuguro-Chumikanskiy region of Khabarovskyi Krai (territory) and into the Sea of Okhotsk. The Tugursky Nature Reserve will safeguard key habitat for over 20 species of fish including chum and pink salmon and the threatened Siberian taimen as well as brown bears, foxes, Blakiston's fish owl, osprey, Steller's sea and white-tailed eagles.
"This achievement would not be possible without the understanding and support of the local communities, including the Evenki indigenous people, the scientific community who helped develop justifications for this protected area, and the Wild Salmon Center and their long-standing commitment to salmon conservation," said Alexander Kulikov of the Khabarovsk Wildlife Foundation.
Taimen (© Clemens Ratschan).
The Tugur is a global stronghold for Siberian taimen(Hucho taimen), which are a member of the trout and salmon family found in Russia and Asia. Siberian taimen are the biggest of the taimen family with the largest recorded specimen weighing 231 pounds and measuring nearly seven feet.
Tugur taimen can reach lengths of over six feet and weigh up to 170 pounds and are in a special category because they are one of only a few taimen populations that feed on adult Pacific salmon. The creation of the Reserve will also help protect strong salmon runs: the river currently supports a productive commercial fishery including a 170 metric ton chum salmon catch.
In 2012 Siberian taimen were assessed range-wide as Vulnerable on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List. The assessors concluded that the creation of freshwater protected areas was the most urgent conservation action needed to recover the species. Over the years WSC has been serving an important role in supporting taimen conservation and assessment work, partnering closely with IUCN.
Tugursky Nature Reserve, Khabarovsk, Russia (©Wild Salmon Center). See larger map.
"Creation of the Tugursky Reserve is an example of successful cooperation between NGOs, government agencies, and municipalities of the Khabarovsk Region," said Mariusz Wroblewski, WSC's Western Pacific Program Director. "This accomplishment would not be possible without the long-term commitment of some of our most dedicated supporters, including the Turner Foundation and the US Forest Service's International Program."
The Tugur is also a sport fishing destination. The establishment of this new protected area will provide an opportunity to demonstrate new low-impact angling techniques, including the use of single, barbless hooks.
"I couldn't think of a better place to create a protected area to safeguard this species," said ecologist and National Geographic Explorer Zeb Hogan. "There is virtually no human footprint there, offering the rare opportunity to effectively control habitat and fishery impacts that are pervasive throughout this region."
The Wild Salmon Center has been working with partners to conserve key salmon ecosystems in the Russian Far East since the 1990s. In that time WSC has helped establish four protected areas in addition to the Tugursky Nature Reserve, including the Vostochny Refuge on Sakhalin Island, theKol River Salmon Refuge on the Kamchatka Peninsula, and the Koppi River Nature Preserve andShantars Island National Park in Khabarovsk. Together they represent over two million acres of protected wild salmon ecosystems in key geographies throughout the Russian Far East.
Download pdf version of Press Release.
International Taimen Conservation Initiative
Khabarovsk and Western Pacific Programs
Western Pacific Priority Salmon Areas (Map)
International Taimen Conservation InitiativePrograms
Through a partnership with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Wild Salmon Center has been building a program to focus on a unique group of Asian fishes known as taimen. The species, endemic to Asia and Europe, represent an important evolutionary legacy in the global family of salmon and trout. Recognized as the largest salmonids in the world, reaching lengths of 6 feet (3 m) and weights of over 200 pounds (100 kg), these species serve a critical function as sensitive ecological indicators in the great rivers of Asia and Europe. Based on their voracious appetite and position at the top of the river food chain (some feed on ducklings and adult Pacific salmon), they have earned the moniker of "river wolf".
Salmonid Specialist Group of the IUCN
Sakhalin Taimen
Siberian Taimen
The expansive, pristine forests and rivers of the Khabarovsk Region are an ecological crossroads for a diverse array of wildlife.
The expansive, pristine forests of the Khabarovsk region are an ecological crossroads where one can find temperate species such as Siberian tiger, Himalayan bear, and giant Blakiston's fish owl, along with northern Arctic species like moose and the Steller's sea eagle. Khabarovsk offers one of the largest remaining expanses of unfragmented temperate rainforest in the North Pacific. The rivers of the Khabarovsk region flow from the headwaters of the Amur east into the Sea of Okhotsk and host a rich assemblage of salmon, char and taimen species.
Although Khabarovsk is relatively remote, salmon there are still exposed to threats from human activities. Legal and illegal timber harvest, catastrophic forest fires, and gold mining, all contribute to damaging salmon habitat. Illegal hunting and fishing are considered the strongest threats to the watershed. Creation of protected areas and efforts to reduce poaching are important strategies for preserving this rich salmon watershed.
Safeguarding habitat
The Wild Salmon Center, in partnership with the Khabarovsk Wildlife Foundation (KWF), is working to advance the conservation of salmon ecosystems and build local conservation capacity in the Khabarovsk Region and Shantar Islands. WSC and KWF have collaborated to create four wild salmon protected areas in the Khabarovsk Region over the past several years: the Koppi River, Shantar Islands, Nimelen River, and Tugur River.
In 2010 the Koppi River Nature Reserve was granted permanent legal protection status with over 94,000 acres of pristine wilderness. The regions first watershed council was established to facilitate the effective stewardship of the river and its resources. In 2013 the Shantar Islands National Park was created to protect over one million acres including the entire Shantar Island Archipelago and its surrounding marine waters. In 2013, the 197,000 acre Tugursky Nature Reserve was established to protect over 20 species of fish, including the threatened Siberian taimen. Additionally, work has begun to create a Federal Fishery Protection Zone (FFPZ) on the Nimelen River. The FFPZ is a new designation mandated by Russian fishery law offering protections for Russian salmon strongholds.
Building conservation capacity
WSC has worked on salmon conservation in the Russian Far East since the late 1990's. Together with Russian partners, WSC has conducted assessments of the diversity of species, habitat quality, and conservation potential of eleven priority river basins in the Khabarovsk region and surrounding areas. WSC supports grassroots initiatives of local NGOs, which share the vision for healthy salmon rivers across the North Pacific.
Sharing knowledge across borders
Wild Salmon Center develops proactive models of international cooperation to achieve conservation gains significant at local, regional, and global scales. WSC supports and organizes professional exchanges, seminars, and trainings where partners share best practices in governance of protected areas, public and private salmon conservation efforts, habitat restoration, and resource management at the local, state, and federal levels.
Map of the current range of all 5 species of taimen. View larger map.
The Salmonid Specialist Group (SSG) was formed in 2001 under the auspices of the IUCN Species Survival Commission. Membership includes fisheries scientists and managers dedicated to protecting and restoring wild salmonids throughout their natural range. Wild Salmon Center staff are assisting the SSG in conducting IUCN range-wide assessments for salmonids across the globe.
An important milestone was reached in 2012 with the completion of range-wide status assessment of all the species in the genera Hucho and Parahucho.These species were added to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, and the assessors concluded all species were either threatened or data deficient, underscoring the need to take immediate action to reverse declining trends observed throughout their range.
Status of Eurasia's Taimen Species Assessed
Danube salmon Hucho hucho, Endangered
Sakhalin taimen Hucho perryi, Critically Endangered
Siberian taimen Hucho taimen, Vulnerable
Sichuan taimen Hucho bleekeri, Critically Endangered
Korean taimen Hucho ishikawae, Data Deficient
The core of our taimen conservation strategy at the Wild Salmon Centers is to create freshwater protected areas. While a variety of threats exist that warrant attention, our first priority needs to be protecting critical freshwater habitat. Our on-going work has focused on two species, Sakhalin and Siberian taimen. In addition, we have established a strong, international network of specialists dedicated to work on the other species.
Dr. Pete Rand, WSC's Senior Conservation Biologist, just completed a two year study of the Sarufutsu River, a global stronghold for the species in Hokkaido, Japan. He recounts his experiences in a National Geographic Society blog post.
For over 10 years we have been carrying out research and conservation work to conserve Sakhalin taimen Parahucho perryi. Initially thought to be in the same genus as the other species (Hucho), based on DNA studies it was determined that the species has diverged from the others, and thus was placed into its own taxonomic category. This is the only species in this group that spends part of its life history in the ocean.
A range-wide status assessment for the species was completed in 2006 and concluded the species wasCritically Endangered. Since that time we have maintained an active research program on these fish to help guide our conservation work (see our recent publication on the species extinction risk here).
Much progress has been made on the conservation recommendations highlighted in the IUCN assessment, but it is noteworthy to mention our success in establishing the following freshwater protected areas:
Vostochny Refuge, Sakhalin, Russia.
Koppi River Preserve, Khabarovsk, Russia.
Sarufutsu Environmental Conservation Forest, Hokkaido, Japan.
These protected areas, amounting to more than 1,000 square kilometers (an area larger than the size of the Shenandoah National Park in the eastern United States), helps us secure the future of this threatened species. Sensitive riparian and floodplain habitat, increasingly under development threat, is now under permanent protection.
Siberian taimen have the broadest distribution of all taimen, and are recognized as the largest member in the group. The range extends from the Ural Mountains in Europe to the Amur River in the Russian Far East, an area representing approximately 1/10 the land area of the Earth. Despite this huge range, the species was assessed as Vulnerable by IUCN in 2012 based on evidence of a long-term decline in abundance, primarily a result of overfishing and illegal fishing practices.
We have been working closely with our Russian partners to establish protected areas for this species in Khabarovsk, Russia, in the lower Amur River region. The Tugursky Nature Reserve protects nearly 80,000 acres of critical habitat in the Tugur Watershed. Populations of Siberian taimen in this region are unique because they are the only populations that feed on returning adult Pacific salmon. This biological feat may make them the largest of their kind.
In addition, we have also established stronger relations with research and conservation efforts focused on the species in Mongolia (maaeri.weebly.com/, www.taimenfund.org/). We look forward to combining forces to develop a more integrated, international effort to conserve these river giants.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Sakhalin taimen assessment
Reconstructing Sakhalin Taimen Historical Distribution and Identifying Causes for Local Extinction (Fukushima et al., 2011)
Ancient, giant salmon in Asia edging towards extinction
Notes from the Field: Tracking Giants in Japan's Sarufutsu River
Notes from the Field: Monitoring Taimen in the Russian Far East Koppi River
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Chavanga salmon fishing
Kola Peninsula is the last remaining Atlantic Salmon fishing wilderness to be discovered. There were numerous pitfalls for the early pioneers who explored the region however the rewards that waited emboldened the organizers and inspired the followers. When it comes to outstanding fly-fishing rivers for Atlantic Salmon Russia's Kola Peninsula stands head and shoulders above the rest of the world as the ultimate destination for truly outstanding Salmon Fishing. Trip to the Kola Peninsula is not just a Salmon fishermen paradise but at the same time an absolute wilderness retreat.
The average salmon from a typical Kola river may not be as big and heavy, like those salmon running up the mighty Norwegian rivers, but they are plentiful and they are offering great sport. Besides these healthy runs of Atlantic Salmon from the beginning of fishing season in late May, there are beautiful Sea Trout, too, and the big Brown Trout and lovely Arctic Grayling, which are inhabiting these rivers permanently and adding a lot of beauty and joy to the fly-fishing.
Chavanga river
Beautiful river Chavanga located in the southern part of Kola Peninsula. This is a territory of ''Belomorska'' tundra. It runs into the White sea, 60 km to the east from the Varzuga river estuary. Chavanga is a medium sized friendly river. It has a solid run of Atlantic salmon, also offers a great variety of fish such as good size sea and brown trout and grayling. Once you visit Chavanga you fall in love with the river the same day. The fishing territory is 17 km from the estuary to the big waterfall where salmon cant go any futher. We separate the river into three parts.
1st part : 5 km upstream from our lodge on the river bank. Fishing here is very interesting and comfortable. Many productive fishing pools throughout the whole part.
2nd part: 6 km upstream where the 1st part ends. River becomes more flat with many green meadows along the river. Comfortable waiding and many famous fishing pools are right here.
3rd part: 6 km upstream from the end of 2nd part, river changes drastically. Mountains and massive rocks start to appear with every step closer to the big waterfall. Very picturesque and wild territory. Waiding can be tricky here, as there are many deep stream and pools along the river.
Chavanga lodge
Our lodge is 2 min walk from the river offers our guests a great variety of comfort. The lodge is the last house on the outskirt of the Chavanga village. Cottage is designed for 7 guests, local chef will surprise you with daily traditional meals. Dry store, kitchen, sauna (banya), TV etc. will make your stay more pleasant.
Season: from the 15 of May to the 15 of October
Group: from 2 to 7 rods
Fishing: fishing is done by day-to-day plan. Guides will take the guest to the best places along the whole river. Off road vehicle is used to get to the 2nd and 3rd pat of the river
Transportation: Meeting at the Murmansk airport, delivery to the river by a mini-van and off road truck
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Salmon fishing in the wildlife. Strelna river
Kamchatka fishing adventure.


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Contact Page Best Practices: 6 Examples to Inspire Your Own
|In Websites
|By Justin Adams
Communication is an important step to running and maintaining a successful business. Being able to quickly and efficiently answer current and potential customers' questions is crucial for both acquisition and retention. Visitors will have questions and it's our job to answer them.
That makes the contact page the unspoken hero – most advisors best means of communication. This page holds the information that any curious consumer hopes to see in their dreams. Contact numbers, emails, and even faxes.
The Importance of Contact Pages
When running a business or brand, potential and current customers will always be inquisitive. Want to know what the prices are, how long it takes to receive a service or product, are there any locations near them, etc. The incredible thing about the internet is the potential to spread information; from word of mouth, virality, and contact pages. So you once again ask if contact pages are important? Absolutely, they are pivotal as they make it easy for a client to contact you and for you to swiftly respond to them.
Quick responses are required in the service industry where speed is king. The faster you can exchange messages with a consumer the better chance you have to bring them on as a customer. Having a shorter contact form allows faster responses. According to research done by Dan Zarrella at HubSpot, contact forms with 3 or fewer fields improve the conversion rate. If you still question the importance of a contact page, try to think back on a time when you had a question about a product or service. It was in all likelihood answered thanks to a phone number or email found on a contact page.
Contact Page Best Practices
Creating a contact page can be simple, but that doesn't mean it'll function well. Having easy-to-use features and certain practices will lift it to the highest level of usability. It's important to make sure your contact pages house certain aspects along with offering a contact form for easy messaging.
This article from HubSpot highlights some of the best practices for creating a contact page/form, including:
Make sure the page is easy to find so visitors can quickly get in touch.
Have an explanation for solving an issue or problem, or how to contact you.
Include an email and phone number.
Have a contact form so that the business knows who's messaging them, why they're messaging, and what needs to be done.
Have a call-to-action for other options of contact.
Link to any social media including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.
Along with some of FMG Suite's own best practices:
Always give feedback, whether that be a pop-up that thanks them for their submission or an email that lets them know their message was received
Don't be scared to show your creativity, while contact pages have to be easy to use, they don't have to be boring.
Keep your contact page straightforward, make it easy to understand.
Make it stylish, visitors want to see a visually pleasing contact page, so let your design skills show.
Why These Features are Important
Streamlining and making things easy for the visitor is why these features are so important. Contact pages were created with the consumer in mind. The Contact Us page is even considered to be one of the most visited and valuable pages on your site. It's all to give support and make their experience the most seamless and efficient it can be. Answering their questions and making them comfortable with their purchase is why companies have contact pages and support teams. Features such as contact forms and easy-to-find pages make it so that anyone and everyone can find the information they need. At the end of the day, accessibility is what guides a contact page to be successful.
Time for a Call-to-Action
CTAs or Call-to-Actions are an important part of marketing and advertising anything. An example of a CTA is an online store having a "Buy Now" button or news sites suggesting to "Subscribe so you don't miss out." It's a move taken to encourage visitors to take certain actions. But it doesn't just work for purchases or subscriptions. CTAs are great for linking to contact pages or forms. Having a simple "Contact Us Here" with a link encourages visitors to fill out forms and ask questions. It's important to have CTAs for your contact page because companies want to create a line of communication with potential customers. It allows them to directly market to a consumer that already has an interest in the service or product.
Location! Location! Location!
Just like real estate, the location of CTAs affects the impact they have on the visitor. Put it somewhere out of the way or off to the side and it might not be seen. But having it in the wrong places could be just as counterproductive, which makes finding the right location essential. Two of the most common spots are on the top of the page usually as a tab/link and then at the bottom of the page as a footer. These spots are out of the way but still accessible. The top link makes it available right away while the footer is for visitors who read through the page but still have more questions.
For example, FMG Suite uses the header on their site to link their support/contact page:
The support link takes you right to their contact page with their phone number, email and even a chat function:
FMG Suite makes use of the footer to link their social media:
Using different locations on a webpage is key when linking to your contact page. It never hurts to have more than one way to access the page as long as it's distributed around the site. Think of it as choosing your own adventure. Along with having different link locations, some firms have varied support channels. Several sites will have one general link while others have a slew of different connectors. This depends on your range of services/products and the size of your firm. What works for some might not work for others.
For example, Apple's contact page has four different options for product support, services, resources, and direct contact:
Come Connect With Us
Creating a good contact page can be easy as long as you know what you're looking for. Knowing what you want and where you want allows you to design and create a contact page you can be proud of. Some firms like to keep their contact page simple while others like to make it more complex and interactive. It's up to you to decide what path you take, depending on the needs of your visitors and clients.
6 Contact Page Examples to Inspire Your Own
The following sites have done a great job creating a contact page that fits their company's needs. Crafting a contact page that allows their visitors and customers to easily get in contact is what these business sites do well, be inspired, and get building:
1. Henderson Financial Group
Henderson Financial Group gave its contact page a simple and clean look.
The page includes their contact number, email and fax. Along with an easy-to-read contact form allowing for quick messaging. Henderson makes it easy for visitors to get what they need to be done. Their current and potential clients will have no problem getting in contact with them.
2. Loring Advisory Group
Loring Advisory Groups has a more personal page.
A lovely photo of the group is included along with their contact information. Making the page more personal by adding human connectivity is a great way to make visitors feel comfortable. The page also includes a map with interactive directions allowing you to locate them from wherever you are.
3. EF Financial
EF Financial combines the best of both worlds.
Creating a contact page that includes both a contact form and a map to allow for easy navigating. The page is slick and boasts a simple yet efficient design. Since viewing is done from left to right, the page layout is great having the visitor first see all contact methods and then the contact form.
4. Aurora Capital
Aurora Capital keeps it straightforward so you know exactly what you're getting.
A call-to-action requesting visitors to get in contact. The streamlined contact form is trouble-free and allows visitors to send their messages at lightning speeds. Including contact information and a built-in button to send you directly to their LinkedIn, adding more means of conversing.
5. Gateway Financial
Gateway Financial allows visitors to directly schedule a call with their advisors.
Supplying a calendar with built-in scheduling allows current and potential clients to see what dates are available for conversing with their advisors. This ease of access is great for those who don't want to wait for a callback. They're able to schedule right then and there which is wonderful for those wanting to get things done.
6. Associated Financial Consultants
AFC is all business, but that's never a bad thing.
The contact page makes it easy to get in contact while also supplying all the contact information needed. They tell you exactly what the form is for, "Have a Question?" If you have any inquiries, AFC invites you to fill out the form and they'll be sure to get back to you as fast as they can.
Contact pages are the first point of communication between a client and you. Ensuring your page is easy to navigate and houses all the information needed is crucial to acquiring and maintaining that link between business and consumer. Customize your contact page to how you feel it would best fit, but always remember, look back on this article if you're ever lost and need the inspiration to make your page amazing.
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This winter in jewelry and clothes in return romantic retro models, inspired by the hippie fashion 70s, bulky chains 80s, and jewelry with stones. Here are a few trends in the gold jewelry of the season in which every modern woman can find yourself and your style.
If you like fashion from the 70s know that thin gold chains with pendants, are particularly relevant this season. They will wonderfully complement both sheer shirt and daily dress. Golden pendant can be cleared or encrusted with stones, as our offer here.
Necklaces, which lie on the neckline and beautifully highlight the shape hit this season. Gold necklace leads to bust shape is geometric or floral. Such necklace adds a lovely evening dress with high neckline. And to combine beautiful gold necklace, covering the neckline will not go wrong and will keep up with the trends of the season.
Long earrings go to every outfit – both business suit and a cocktail dress. Voluminous shapes are inspired by the fashion of the 80s, big earrings inlaid with stones you have a great romantic addition to any outfit. Geometric shapes are particularly relevant for the season, so our proposal is long and bulky gold earrings with geometric shape that can be combined easily with everything and optical stress and lengthen the neck.
Pearls are back this season and can be found everywhere – on clothes, fingers and ears. Gold jewelry with pearls, these pearl earrings are a great ornament not only during the autumn-winter 2015/2016. Pearls are an absolute classic and every woman should have at least one pearl jewelry wholesale.
This season, his hands were covered with rings – the more, the better. You can safely put more than one ring per hand, but it's nice to have a focusing ring with stones. Choose a model that fits the shape of the fingers and let your hands to shine.
The massive necklaces type chain inspired by the fashion of the 80s. Combine with long earrings or very discreet gold rings. The chains give youthful elegance of each garment and go all ages. Our proposal is a gold chain with geometric elements.
Emphasize outfit with a massive bracelet, or choose a gentle combination of thin gold bracelets to make the crest of a wave fashion this season. Bracelets even pozmestvat little clocks, but in contrast, are a great addition to the autumn-winter wardrobe. Here's our suggestion for current gold bracelet. Gold, gold ornaments and even golden accessories are very topical this season. Boldly open the box with gold jewelry and fill your wardrobe with glitter.


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Strasbourg applications: some aspects of the "six months" rule
18 September 2012 by Rosalind English
Another brief guide to the admissibility conditions to the Strasbourg Court. This one is on the "six months rule" laid down in paragraph 1 of Article 35.
The Court may only deal with the matter … within a period of six months from the date on which the final decision was taken.
Easy enough to state; the difficulty lies in identifying the "final decision", in other words the point at which the six months starts to run. Here are the broad guidelines to be identified from the case law (and for this I am indebted to Karen Reid's excellent and detailed Practitioner's Guide (Third Edition 2008 Sweet & Maxwell).
1. No waiver
It is worth mentioning at the outset that the six month rule is imposed irrespective of the wishes of the parties or court; the rule cannot be waived (X v France (1982):
The Contracting States cannot, on their own authority, put aside the rule of compliance with the six-months time limit. The deposit bv a State of a declaration made under Article 25[now 35] of the Convention does not affect the running of this delay
The Commission stated in Peters v Germany the following rationale for the rule and its hard-line application:
the six months' rule, in reflecting the wish of the High Contracting parties to prevent the examination of past events after an indefinite lapse of time, serves the interest of legal certainty. It marks out the temporal limits of supervision carried out by the organs of the Convention and signals to both individuals and State authorities the period beyond which such supervision is no longer possible.
And more recently in Latif v United Kingdom:
The Court further notes that, since the six-months' rule serves the interests of legal certainty and marks out the temporal limits of the Court's supervision, it is not open to the Court to set aside its application (Walker v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 34989/97, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 2000-I).
2. Time runs from date of effective remedy
It will be recalled from my post on exhaustion of local remedies that such domestic redress as there is must be effective and available. Provided that it is, time begins to run from the day after the final decision in the domestic process. In this sense the exhaustion rule works against the applicant since he or she cannot extend time by spinning out applications or appeals to bodies with no power or competence to address their case.
In Fernie v United Kingdom 2006 the applicant, acting in person, applied to the Court of Appeal for leave to appeal to the House of Lords. The CA refused leave or to certify a point of law of general public importance. Despite being notified of this refusal on 31 July 2003,, the applicant applied to the House of Lords. By letter dated 15 October 2003, the Judicial Clerk to the House of Lords acknowledged receipt of his undated letter and pointed out that as his appeal was a criminal matter and the Court of Appeal had not certified that it raised a point of law of general public importance the House of Lords could not entertain any appeal. The applicant tried to rely on this date as the "final decision date" for the purposes of time running. The Strasbourg Court did not agree, taking as the final effective decision that of the earlier Court of Appeal refusal.
Where there are no effective remedies for the applicant to try, time runs from the act or omission, or from the date of knowledge of that act or its effect on the applicant. In Finucane v United Kingdom 2002 the applicant widow's complaints focussed essentially on the failure to provide a proper and adequate investigation into her husband's death as regards the suspicions of collusion of members of the security forces with loyalist paramilitaries. Civil proceedings were ongoing, but her communication to the Court raised issues concerning the procedural requirement that the State carry out an effective investigation into deaths caused by its agents. The Court therefore did not consider that she had failed to exhaust domestic remedies in respect of her complaints about the procedural failings at the heart of this case. So then the government sought to rely on the lack of effective remedy to argue that time had begun at the moment the applicant was made aware of her husband's death. The Court noted that information relating to the death and various investigations into the death had emerged piecemeal over a number of years, including two inquiries which resulted in a decision not to prosecute anyone involved. It was therefore "not unreasonable" for the applicant to have awaited the outcome of this inquiry into concrete information about security force complicity in the killing before introducing her application to Strasbourg. The six months was held to have run from the (much later) publication in Parliament of the decision not to prosecute those suspected to have been involved in her husband's murder.
3. Ineffective remedy
A more complicated situation arises when the local remedy turns out to be ineffective after the applicant has tried it. Time begins to run the moment that he or she becomes aware, or should have become aware, that the remedy is not effective (and therefore does not need "exhausting" for the purposes of Article 35.) In Paul and Audrey Edwards (2001) the Court did not consider that the parents of a detainee who had died in prison had failed to exhaust domestic remedies in respect of their complaints about the procedural failings at the heart of this case. His family only became aware of the non-availability of remedies after publication of the inquiry report into their son's death.
4. Circumstances suspending the six month period
Very rarely does the court allow instances of force majeure to suspend the running of the period. Illness and mental incapacity are not sufficient, for example. In Peters v Germany the Commission accepted the government's arguments that the applicants' challenge to an adoption order for their child was out of time. It noted that
the state of mental health of both applicants did not prevent them from addressing themselves to the Commission within the time-limit under Article 26 (Art. 27), even having regard to the fact that their submissions reveal some confusion.
In reaching this conclusion the Commission took into account that this mental deterioration had not prevented either of the applicants from initiating court proceedings against the adoption order and the court decision placing the second applicant under guardianship. Moreover the Commission noted that there had been "no indication that, as compared to the preceding years, the applicants' state had changed at the time when they filed their application."
Obviously ignorance of the law is never enough and this goes for awareness of the Convention or its case law:
The ignorance of applicants about the Convention does not constitute a circumstance justifying the interruption of the running of the six months' period (Peters v Germany 1995)
Detention does not stop the six month limit from running unless it is proved that outside contact with others has been totally barred.
Exhaustion of local remedies is usually not required where the only recourse is to an ombudsman or some other non judicial officer for discretionary or ex gratia remedies (see my post on this point) and therefore any such application does not suspend the running of the six months.
5. Continuing violation of Convention
The only situation where the six month time limit does not apply is where there is a continuing state of affairs, such as Convention-infringing legislation which continuously affects the exercise of a guaranteed right or freedom. A famous example of this is the UK legislation banning consensual homosexual acts between adults which was brought to an end by the case of Dudgeon v United Kingdom in 1981. An ongoing situation like this is not the same as the continuing consequence of a breach of the Convention which itself has ended at a particular point in time – the continuing trauma of the families of the victims of "Bloody Sunday" did not constitute a continuing situation so as to suspend time limitation. McDaid and others v United Kingdom (1996) contains perhaps the clearest summary of what is required for the disapplication of the six month rule. The applicants should have been aware from the publication of the Widgery Report in 1972 that the commanding officers of the RUC had been exonerated in relation to the thirteen killings. The applicants' complaints to the Commission however were not introduced until August 1994, more than twenty years after the inquest terminated.
Insofar as the applicants complain that they are victims of a continuing violation to which the six month is inapplicable, the Commission recalls that the concept of a "continuing situation" refers to a state of affairs which operates by continuous activities by or on the part of the State to render the applicants victims (see eg. Nos. 11192/84, dec. 14.5.87, D.R. 52 p. 227, 12015/86, D.R. 57 p. 108 and 24841/94 dec. 30.11.94). Since the applicants' complaints have as their source specific events which occurred on identifiable dates, they cannot be construed as a "continuing situation" for the purposes of the six month rule. While the Commission does not doubt that the events of "Bloody Sunday" continue to have serious repercussions on the applicants' lives, this however can be said of any individual who has undergone a traumatic incident in the past. The fact that an event has significant consequences over time does not itself constitute a "continuing situation".
6. When time stops running
Time stops running on the date of introduction of the application before the Strasbourg Court, in other words a formal letter which sets out the substance of the complaint. In various admissibility decisions the Commission has said that the letter of introduction should raise the applicant's complaint "in express terms or at least implicitly" or indicate "the nature of the complaint" and that it should give some "hint as to the Convention issues which could be raised"
In the case of Latif v United Kingdom 2004 the applicants complained under Article 6 of the Convention that they did not receive a fair trial as a result of the failure of the trial judge to specifically direct the jury that they could not draw adverse inferences from their silence during police interviews. The trouble was that they made no mention of this in their original letter, which said only this –
We are representing the above who, once the appropriate application is prepared, wish to make an application to the European Court of Human Rights in relation to their conviction in the U.K. and the subsequent loss of their appeal followed by their refusal to allow this case to be referred to the House of Lords.
No suggestion was given of the nature of these applicants' complaints or of the Convention provisions or issues in question. Furthermore, no judgments of the domestic courts or other documents were supplied from which even an indication could have been gleaned as to the object of the application. The Commission rejected their subsequent, more detailed letter as out of time since this first one had not stopped the six months running. It was not considered sufficient to make a bare reference to a trial in the initial letter to substantiate the complaint under the Convention.
How do you "exhaust local remedies" for the purposes of applying to Strasbourg?
Can a judgment in default of defence be in breach of Article 6?
A bluffer's guide to human rights courts
Is the Strasbourg Court "obsessively interventionist"? – Paul Harvey
frednach says:
All well and true, as is the convention in every state there must be a starting and finishing point for proceedings. However, the above analysis identifies exceptions to the near absolute rule, which is inherent in the fact that Article 6 (3) (b) stipulates quite clearly that in criminal proceedings everyone has a 'minimum' right " to have 'adequate time' and the facilities for the preparation of his defence. Thus, a closer examination needs to be taken as to the precise meaning of 'adequate time' for different jurisdictions have different ways of dealing with cases and the amount of time it takes to process a case to the highest authority.
Note, that the above article is specifically relates to criminal proceedings, which no doubt has to have exceptions to the rule for the clear reason that a person's liberty is at issue. However, Article 6 (1) commences by stating that " In the determination of his 'civil rights'…., everyone is entitled to a fair and public hearing within a 'reasonable time' ". Again, this makes clear that similiar exceptions must apply to the rule, as a persons civil right is at issue, and that person has a right to defend or bring proceedings within a reasonable time taking into account the resources, facilities, and delays in the state system.


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VIDEO: Thieves Steal $35K From Apple Store In Broad Daylight As Employees Tell People Not To Intervene
by Mike Gunzelman December 1, 2022, 5:22 pm
A new viral video showed a group of thieves stealing over $35,000 worth of Apple Store products in broad daylight. The video was taken by a shopper who happened to be in the Palo Alto, California store at the time of the incident on Black Friday.
The two mask-wearing thieves appeared to be unarmed as they ransacked the store. Apple employees began ushering customers away, while others took cell phone video of the brazen mid-day robbery.
At one point one person says, "Yo, should we stop them?"
The incident happened around 4pm as customers were out shopping for some Black Friday deals. Police say that the eventual charge will be elevated from a burglary to a robbery after one of the alleged perpetrators threatened violence against anyone who tried to stop them. Fortunately no one was hurt.
The suspects are still on the loose.
Crime continues to be a concerning issue across the country. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR CITIES?
What's most disturbing about the video is the ease with which the theft happens. We have turned into a society where we are allowing — almost actively encouraging — lawlessness to take place.
Today, it's $35,000 with no repercussions. What will tomorrow be? $100K? Maybe it escalates in the future to armed robbery?
I don't blame the Apple workers for not stepping in. But it is eerie how calm everyone is. It's almost like they're saying, "Don' t worry about it, happens all the time!"
If I'm a retail store employee, I'm not risking my life over products being stolen. If I'm a local, unarmed security guard at some of these places that are being targeted? The hell am I going to risk my life for? You pay me to stop a kid from stealing video games, not potentially armed robbers having a free-for-all.
It's a systemic failure across the board as woke judges, pandering politicians and bail reform laws continue to plague our cities.
I write about this alarming trend in my OutKick Crime Files series and unfortunately it doesn't appear things are going to change anytime soon.
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Mike "Gunz" Gunzelman has been involved in the sports and media industry for over a decade. He's also a risk taker - the first time he ever had sushi was from a Duane Reade in Penn Station in NYC.
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Possible deal to end Rio Grande SCOTUS case becomes public
New Mexico would deliver Texas its water at the state line; new guidelines for farmers south of Elephant Butte
By: Danielle Prokop - January 11, 2023 5:05 am
Hills that were once islands are now connected to the shoreline of the Elephant Butte Reservoir, on Friday, Sept. 23 2022. (Photo by Corrie Boudreaux / El Paso Matters)
A proposed agreement between Texas, New Mexico and Colorado was unsealed Monday, months after the states announced a deal to end nearly a decade-old Supreme Court case over Rio Grande water.
The deal would amend the 83-year old legal basis for how the three states split water from the river under the Rio Grande Compact. If allowed by the Supreme Court, the decree would end the lawsuit that's called Original No. 141 Texas v. New Mexico and Colorado. The case has stretched over nine years and cost New Mexico and Texas taxpayers tens of millions of dollars.
Map showing new point to deliver Rio Grande water between Texas and New Mexico, at an existing stream gage in East El Paso. (Courtesy of Margaret "Peggy" Barroll in the joint motion)
Among the changes, Texas' share of Rio Grande water would be measured at a point on the state line at an El Paso Gage instead of NM's current requirement to deliver Texas' water 100-plus miles upstream at the Elephant Butte Reservoir.
The agreement offers a new set of calculations to determine what water is owed to southern New Mexico farmers and far west Texans, and incorporates groundwater pumping in the formulas.
Finally, it also offers conditions for New Mexico and Texas to handle disputes about over- or under-deliveries of Rio Grande water.
To provide water for those deliveries, the New Mexico Office of the State Engineer could shut down wells, or use other limits such as paying farmers to retire land from farming to save irrigation water, court documents show.
In sworn statements attached to the proposed agreement, top water officials from New Mexico and Texas urged the Supreme Court to accept the proposal.
Bobby Skov, the Rio Grande compact commissioner for Texas, called the deal "fair" and "consistent with the compact."
State Engineer Mike Hamman, who is also New Mexico's compact commissioner, said the agreement resolves the long-standing issues between the two states and offers clear directions for how to stay in compliance with the agreements.
"I anticipate the consent decree will help the states avoid future conflicts," Hamman wrote.
A key change to the document includes transfers of water between New Mexico and Texas irrigation districts to balance out years when New Mexico pumping or diversions cause not enough Rio Grande water to reach the state line.
Courtesy photo showing the both Elephant Butte Reservoir, where Texas' Rio Grande water is currently stored to new location to measure New Mexico's compliance with delivering water at the existing El Paso Gage, just over 100 miles downstream. (Courtesy of Willian Hutchison declaration).
If the state fails to meet new delivery requirements for three consecutive years, then the agreement requires the state to send additional water from the New Mexico irrigation district to the Texas irrigation district.
In order to provide water to make up for any shortfalls, Hamman offered seven bullet points in his letter supporting the agreement.
Hamman said the N.M. Office of the State Engineer could curb groundwater pumping; monitor groundwater pumping, buy water rights to retire groundwater wells; fallow farmland temporarily; increase conservation in both municipal and agricultural use; or attempt to import water to the Lower Rio Grande.
Hamman warned the state office will enforce well shutdowns if voluntary or compensated measures aren't working.
New Mexico is still embroiled in the lengthy court process that started in 1996 to determine the legal order of water rights between Caballo Reservoir and the state line for farmers, municipalities, businesses and the federal government.
As for next steps, a hearing on the proposed decree is tentatively scheduled for February 2023.
The Supreme Court case was sparked by decades of litigation over the Lower Rio Grande — the region between Caballo Reservoir and where the river often evaporates above Fort Quitman, about 90 miles along the Texas-Mexico border.
In 2014, Texas filed a complaint in the Supreme Court alleging New Mexico groundwater pumping below Elephant Butte illegally captured Rio Grande water promised to Texas.
The proposed agreement is the product of monthslong confidential negotiations between the parties in the case — New Mexico, Texas, Colorado and the federal government. The discussions included input from impacted organizations such as farming associations, the two regional irrigation districts, the cities of Las Cruces and El Paso, New Mexico State University, and water utilities in Albuquerque and El Paso.
In earlier filings, the federal government and El Paso's major irrigation district asked the special master overseeing the case to throw out the proposed decree because it was the result of an incomplete settlement and makes concessions the states cannot enforce, according to legal filings.
Last week, Judge Michael Melloy overruled the federal government's arguments that the proposed agreement must be kept secret, ordering most of the documents to be made public.
The United State's objections to the proposed decree remain filed under seal, and are not public at this time.
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Cook County unveils first public computer dedicated to 2020 census
The Cook County Treasurer's office unveiled the first dedicated census computer workstation in county government that is available to the public.
"We are opening this office up for people to come and register for the census in English, Spanish and Polish," Treasurer Maria Pappas said.
Roughly $18,000 will be lost over the next 10 years in federal funding for every person not counted in the census, U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (8th) said.
Pappas said she hopes this first station can help engage the perceived "hard-to-count" population in the county. She encourages people to visit the Treasurer's Office to ask questions.


Bill Boehm grew up in a Navy family, mostly on the eastern seaboard. On average, he changed schools every 1.5 years — "something like 'The Great Santini,' " he joked. After studying architecture at Princeton University, he entered the Navy for a five-year service. Highlights included cruises to the Mediterranean and Caribbean, as well as a yearlong tour in Southeast Asia in 1967.
On the G.I. Bill he returned to old habits, attending U.C. Berkeley, the Architecture Association in London, and the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a Masters of Architecture degree. Since then, he has enjoyed an eclectic career practicing architecture, managing a large petroleum tank farm and developing old/historic properties.
"I am waiting to retire," he said. Boehm has served on several non-profit boards, including The Museum of Man, The House of Hospitality at Balboa Park, All Souls' Vestry in Point Loma and The Gillispie School. He is currently president of the Riford/La Jolla Library. He and his wife, Louise, have three children and one granddaughter.
Gillispie School. At the time, Louise taught at Palomar College and I worked downtown. We needed early childcare for our youngest, Lydia. After research and recommendations, we chose Gillispie. I did the dropping off on the way to work. We ended the insanity by moving to La Jolla; what a great idea!
What would you improve in the area?
I would implement the proposed plan by Jim Alcorn A.I.A. to alter/upgrade the block on Prospect between Girard and Herschel. The project is pedestrian friendly, softens the drop to Scripps Park, and encourages a connection to the park by the sea.
"Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics," by Daniel James Brown.
That would be the loss of the Village character and scale that brought most of us to La Jolla in the first place.
My family, although I don't own them.
I like being outdoors, taking walks to the pier at the Shores, making road trips, visiting my children, reading, seeing friends, and enjoying architecture (Italy especially).
An Italian carpenter I worked with for years, when confronted with a problem on the job said: "You know, Bill, if it's not one thing, it's another." I admire his ability to put things in perspective, which I wish I could emulate.
I would love to take my family to Kona Village on the Big Island of Hawaii. Sorry to say it was swept away in the tsunami several years ago. I don't know when it will be rebuilt, until then, I'll take an archeology tour of the Silk Road in a Range Rover.


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Wake Forest's Moon Shot
J.D. Wilson ('69, P '01) remembers when Apollo 11's Michael Collins landed on campus.
by Kerry M. King ('85)
The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing this month brought back memories for millions around the world who watched the landing live on television. J.D. Wilson ('69, P '01) remembers the excitement of watching the landing and the thrill, less than a year later, of welcoming one of the astronauts who made that historic voyage to Wake Forest. Wilson was the host for Michael Collins when the astronaut visited Wake Forest to speak to alumni on May 2, 1970.
Collins had already flown in space aboard Gemini 10 before the Apollo 11 mission. As pilot of the command module Columbia, he remained aboard Columbia while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the lunar module Eagle on the moon. Collins left NASA after Apollo 11 and became assistant secretary of state for public affairs and then director of the National Air and Space Museum. Now 88, Collins lives in Florida. Wilson, who lives in Winston-Salem, is chairman and CEO of Excalibur Direct Marketing and managing partner of Stepstone Strategic Partners, which advises not-for-profit clients on marketing and fundraising.
Take us back to July 20, 1969. The New York Times noted recently that "most earthlings alive today were not yet around when humans landed on the moon." Where were you when you watched the moon landing?
President (James Ralph) Scales had hired me as director of the College Fund and assistant director of alumni affairs. I had just started and was at a conference in New York City. I watched it in real time on a gigantic screen on the front of the Time-Life Building, across from Radio City Music Hall. It was quite an experience looking up and seeing us leaving this world and going to the moon and actually walking on it. It was bigger than life. Somebody from Japanese television stopped me and asked me my reaction. I don't recall what I said, but it may have been something like, "One small step for man…" This was really jettisoning us into the future. We're going to be exploring worlds far beyond where any of us could ever imagine going.
How did the idea to invite an astronaut to campus come about?
Wake Forest gave me lots of opportunities, especially in College Union. We were able to bring the top music groups in the country to campus — Simon & Garfunkel, The Four Seasons, The Lettermen, the Temptations, Sam & Dave, Dionne Warwick. That was the Wake Forest of opportunity that I knew and still do. The Wake Forest experience was kind of like anything's possible. It sort of fits in with flying to the moon.
Wake Forest taught me to think outside the box, or outside the world in this case. One of the big events we had coming up was Reunion Weekend (then held in the spring), and we needed a speaker who would resonate with alumni. Why not an astronaut? I recalled that we had given an honorary degree to James Webb (honorary Doctor of Science degree, in 1969), who was the top administrator at NASA. I drafted an invitation telling him how excited we were about the astronauts landing on the moon and said we'd like to invite one of them to campus. He replied and said, "We'll send Michael Collins."
What do you recall about his campus visit?
I remember picking him up at the airport, and we were rushed, so I stopped at my apartment on Reynolda Road near campus, and he changed into a tuxedo. The dinner was in the cafeteria. Everyone was just overwhelmed that we had an astronaut on campus. Afterward, there was a reception for donors and trustees at "The Ship." (Officially the Elizabeth Dillard Reynolds Alumni House, the former home of R.J. "Dick" Reynolds Jr. and his first wife, Elizabeth "Blitz" Dillard, picked up its nickname for its striking modernist architecture. The 35-room mansion, built in the 1940s, was donated to the University in 1966 and used for event space and alumni and development offices for several years before being sold and demolished in 1978.)
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins speaking at Reunion Weekend in May, 1970.
Was there one thing about Collins that stood out to you?
Character. He was so polite and thoughtful and kind. He was a prince of a person. Very down to earth, easy to talk with, modest. But you got the feeling just being around him that he was solid, he was careful, but also a risk taker, somebody you'd have confidence in. You'd probably follow him anywhere.
I understand that you stayed in touch with him after his visit?
We wrote each other a few times. I was drafted into the Army and had orders to go to Vietnam. At the last minute, my battalion's orders were changed, and I was sent to Berlin as a photo journalist. He became an assistant secretary of state, and I remember him writing me on his letterhead, which kind of lifted me up while I was in the Army. I have a trunk in the garage of my college stuff. This might prompt me to go through it (to see if he can find Collins' letters). Last week, my wife, Janie, found an address online where you could write the astronauts, and I sent him (Collins) a letter thanking him for his trip to Wake Forest.
J.D. Wilson ('69, P '01)
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14th North American Young Rheumatology Investigator Forum
We provide an excellent platform for clinical and research-oriented rheumatology fellows and junior faculty to have their clinical or basic science research efforts reviewed, critiqued and evaluated by an acclaimed geographically diverse panel of rheumatologists.
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Oral Presenter Second Place – Therese Posas-Mendoza, M.D.
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The top candidates chosen by the faculty will be invited to present their abstracts in the presence of their peers and the established, international judges either as an oral presentation or in a poster session.
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The symposium will close with an awards banquet to present travel stipends of $250-$1000 to those candidates whose efforts have been considered by the faculty to have exceptional promise.
Why attend NYRIF?
This forum is designed to be stimulating, interactive and constructive whereby attendees are able to exchange ideas in an informal environment and develop invaluable networks with the faculty and their peers, facilitating future career development. All fellows and junior staff within the field of rheumatology are welcome to attend NYRIF and are invited to stay for the 36th Annual Congress of Clinical Rheumatology that will immediately follow. The CCR registration fee will be waived for all accepted abstract registrants. We hope that you will also be able to enjoy the beach while you are here to see why Destin has been voted #5 as a Spring Beach getaway in the Western Hemisphere.
3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Arrivals, Registration
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. NYRIF Fellows/Faculty Reception & Buffet Dinner
7:50 a.m. Opening remarks Iain McInnes, M.D., Ph.D., FRCP, FRSE, FMedSci
8:00 a.m. Session I Podium Abstract Presentations
9:00 a.m Session I Panel Discussion
9:15 a.m. Session II Podium Abstract Presentations
10:15 a.m. Session II Panel Discussion
10:25 a.m. Break
10:40 a.m. Poster Presentation Rounding
11:45 a.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Poster Presentation Rounding
1:45 p.m. Session III Podium Abstract Presentations
2:30 p.m. Session III Panel Discussion
3:00 p.m. Ice Cream Break
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Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Dinesh Khanna, M.D., M.Sc.
University of Michigan Medical Center
Elisabet Svenungsson, M.D.
Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Cornelia M. Weyand, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine
David A. McLain, M.D.
Career Development Faculty Former Chief of Rheumatology, Brookwood Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
"Outstanding program for fellows and junior faculty!" "Unique experience and best conference been to in last 5 years! Great faculty and approachable faculty. A conference where you learn, have interaction with colleagues and learn real rheumatology!" "The opportunity to interact with top researchers and international all-star faculty members in a very relaxed setting is truly unique to NYRIF and CCR. I plan to see you both at future meetings."
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Washington Univeristy
The North American Young Rheumatology Investigator Forum was established to furnish clinical and research fellows in the field of rheumatology an informal, mentoring environment to present, discuss and have their original clinical or basic the research evaluated by an established, international panel of rheumatologists in the presence of their peers. NYRIF also advances attendees' career decision-making the process by providing relevant and accurate information on the opportunities and challenges in the field of rheumatology so that attendees will be able to more appropriately evaluate their career choices and execute more informed career decisions. In addition, the unique environment fosters the development of valuable long-lasting networking connections.
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The Brief History of the PT Cruiser, Was It Really That Bad?
by Sierra Dillard on October 7, 2019
There is no science behind producing a fan-favorite vehicle. While every automaker hopes that their release sits well with consumers, this doesn't always happen. Over the years, a few not-so-popular releases have hit the market. One model is the PT Cruiser. While some loved and still love the car, a lot of people were not sold on it, and it ended its run in 2009. But was the PT Cruiser really that bad?
The PT Cruiser's 2001 introduction
With the Plymouth model set for discontinuation in 2001, the PT Cruiser was introduced to the market under the Chrysler nameplate. Designed by Bryan Nesbitt, the car was meant to evoke the appearance of a 1930s getaway car.
Launched in 2001, the PT Cruiser was initially introduced as a five-door, front-wheel-drive hatchback. However, a two-door convertible model with a sport bar and added protection was introduced in 2005. Unfortunately, 2008 was the last production year for the convertible model.
Due to the car's mechanics and hatchback design, many classify it as a car even though, based on fuel economy calculations, the NHTSA classifies the PT Cruiser as a truck. When it was first released, the Cruiser was fitted with a four-cylinder 2.4-liter that produced 150 hp and 162 lb-ft of torque. The engine was coupled with a manual five-speed transmission and had an EPA rating of 18 MPG city and 24 MPG highway.
For European, Asian, and South African markets, there were optional four-cylinder 2.2-liter diesel and 2.0-liter D4RE engines available. Some of the first model's features included steel wheels, power steering, and heated seats. While the car is somewhat polarizing, it won the North American Car of the Year when it was first released.
The PT Cruiser's performance evolution
Over its nine-year run, the PT Cruiser went through revisions. But its exterior didn't change much in order to avoid altering the car's unique look. Most of the changes occurred under the hood. For instance, a high-output base engine with 230 hp was made available. The car's technology features were also improved with satellite radio and cruise control.
The car came in several trim levels, like Limited, Touring, Touring Signature, Street Cruiser, and the GT. Other trims were offered periodically throughout the car's run. There was a Limited Edition Platinum Series only available in 2004. Between 2002 and 2005 (and again in 2009) drivers could buy a Dream Cruiser Series.
The car also had several special editions. There was the 2003 GT Cruiser fitted with a turbocharged 2.4-liter inline-four engine that produced between 215 and 230 hp and 245 lb-ft of torque. Aside from its top speed of 125 miles per hour, you had the option of performance upgrades to make it more powerful.
Other special editions included the 2006 Street Cruiser Route 66 that came with sport suspension, speed control, and anti-lock brakes. PT Cruiser fans could also buy the Street Cruiser Pacific Coast Highway, Sunset Boulevard, 2009 Dream Cruiser Series 5, Couture Edition, and the PT Cruiser Sport which came with a 2.0-liter petrol engine.
Aside from special editions and trim models, Chrysler also marketed certain packages, like the Flame and Woodie packages that detailed the car with flame decals and side wood panels, respectively.
Production of the PT Cruiser stopped in 2009 with the last new model being sold in 2010. During its run, Chrysler sold 1.35 million units of the PT Cruiser. While the verdict of the car's popularity is still out, it's safe to say the PT Cruiser was a valuable vehicle for many consumers.
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The choline salt of theophylline with an anti-asthmatic property. Oxtriphylline appears to inhibit phosphodiesterase and prostaglandin production…
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Water-soluble Cp ruthenium complex containing 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane and 8-thiotheophylline derivatives: synthesis, characterization, and antiproliferative activity.
L. Hajji, Cristobal Saraiba-Bello, +4 authors A. Canella
The new water-soluble ruthenium(II) mononuclear complexes [RuCp(X)(PTA)(L)] (X = 8-thio-theophyllinate (TTH(-)), L = PTA (1), L…
Chronopharmacokinetics of theophylline after sustained release and intravenous administration to adults
J. Jonkman, W. V. D. Boon, L. Balant, R. Schoenmaker, A. Holtkamp
European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
Corpus ID: 961766
SummaryThe influence of time of drug administration on pharmacokinetics of theophylline was studied both after ingestion of a…
Sustained release choline theophyllinate in nocturnal asthma.
G. Rhind, J. Connaughton, J. Mcfie, N. Douglas, D. Flenley
Nocturnal wheeze is common in patients with asthma, and slow release theophyllines may reduce symptoms. As theophyllines are…
Nebulised cromoglycate, theophylline, and placebo in preschool asthmatic children.
J. Glass, L. Archer, W. Adams, H. Simpson
Sixteen children aged under 5 years with chronic asthma completed a double-blind crossover trial of treatment with oral choline…
Dosage schedule for intravenous aminophylline in apnoea of prematurity, based on pharmacokinetic studies.
R. Jones, E. Baillie
15 preterm infants were treated for recurrent apnoea with theophylline. 5 were given oral choline theophyllinate, but this was…
Serum theophylline levels in asthmatic children after oral administration of two slow-release theophylline preparations.
S. Mckenzie, E. Baillie
Serum theophylline levels were measured throughout the day in 65 asthmatic children receiving one of two slow-release…
Compartmental shift of potassium--a result of sympathomimetic overdose.
D. Mccleave, P. Phillips, A. Vedig
Australian and New Zealand journal of medicine
A 17-year-old youth was admitted with a serum potassium concentration of 1.8 mmol/l after taking an overdose of pseudoephedrine…
Protective effect of drugs on histamine-induced asthma.
D. Cockcroft, D. Killian, J. Mellon, F. Hargreave
Controlled standardised histamine inhalation tests were carried out in 21 asthmatics to determine the degree of non-specific…
Inhibition of exercise-induced asthma by different pharmacological pathways.
S. Godfrey, P. König
Exercise-induced asthma (EIA) was provoked by standardized treadmill running for 6 minutes in 15 asthmatic children. The tests…
Suppression of exercise-induced asthma by salbutamol, theophylline, atropine, cromolyn, and placebo in a group of asthmatic children.
A number of drugs are known to inhibit exercise-induced asthma (EIA), but the results in some cases have been difficult to…


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Greater Des Moines Water Trails will annually pour tens of millions of dollars into the regional economy, a new analysis shows.
Among the findings of the Greater Des Moines Water Trails Economic Impact Study: Within the first five years of opening, the planned Adventure Park and whitewater venues in Downtown Des Moines are conservatively projected to generate $104.4 million in direct spending across the region, which includes lodging, food and beverage, retail purchases, transportation, sightseeing and entertainment. The downtown projects will require an approximately $106 million investment up-front to build the infrastructure. By the fifth year of operation, direct spending into the economy is projected at $26 million to $32 million annually.
"We knew water trails would boost tourism and economic development, and the economic analysis confirms it," said Greg Edwards, CEO of Catch Des Moines. "This study gives us confidence that water trails will be a major contributor to the regional economy."
The Greater Des Moines Water Trails Economic Impact Study was commissioned by Capital Crossroads on behalf of implementation partners Catch Des Moines, Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines, Greater Des Moines Partnership, Great Outdoors Foundation, and Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. The Economic Impact Study encompasses the projects in Downtown specifically. A summary is included below, including information on jobs and tax revenues related to the project.
"The addition of an adventure park and whitewater features in Downtown Des Moines will contribute to the efforts happening throughout the region, and its impact will be felt region-wide," said Kristi Knous, President of the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines and a Tri-Chair of Capital Crossroads. "This economic impact study shows significant momentum toward fulfilling the regional water trails vision."
A funding feasibility study is underway for the Greater Des Moines Water Trails, which will enhance people's experience in and along 150 miles of waterways throughout the region. For more information on the Downtown project and projects throughout the region, please visit dmampo.org/water-trails-engineering-study/.
MEMO: Key takeaways from the Greater Des Moines Water Trails Economic Impact Study, conducted by Johnson Consulting.M
A Funding Feasibility Study is underway for the Greater Des Moines Water Trails. An Economic Impact Study was completed to answer key questions for stakeholders, especially funders in the public and private sectors, as it relates to the Adventure Park and whitewater venue in downtown Des Moines. The following memo summarizes the key takeaways.
SCOPE: The study provides information on the three downtown dam projects, not the broader network of regional water trails projects. The study takes the usage projections of the Water Trails Business Plan and applies an economic multiplier that is specific to Polk County. The multiplier was provided by IMPLAN, a nationally respected economic data firm.
PASS-THROUGH TO LOCAL ECONOMY: The investment in the three downtown dam-mitigation projects passes through to the regional economy. The downtown whitewater venue will cost approximately $106 million to build. Within the first five years of opening, it is conservatively projected to generate $104.4 million in direct spending, which includes lodging, food and beverage, retail purchases, transportation, sightseeing and entertainment. Direct spending is projected at $26-32 million annually once the venue matures.
LARGER TOTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT: The total economic impact is larger if "indirect" and "induced" spending are included. "Indirect spending" consists of re-spending of the initial economic impact, such as restaurants purchasing additional food due to increased sales. "Induced spending" represents changes in local consuption due to the personal spending by employees whose incomes are affected by direct spending. The total economic impact – including direct, indirect, and induced – reaches $173.8 million in the first five years of opening.
JOBS: Employment in multiple sectors will increase by a projected 151 full-time equivalent positions in Year 1, earning $8.3 million in wages. Employment is projected to grow to 202 full-time equivalent jobs by Year 5, earning $12.6 million.
TAX REVENUE: $7.3 million in tax revenue will be generated in the first five years of operation, reaching more than $1.7 million annually by Year 5. Tax revenues include sales tax, hotel/motel tax, and excise tax.
CONSERVATIVE NUMBERS: The Economic Impact Study relies on conservative usage projections provided by Merrick & Company. The actual economic impact could be more significant.
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Amazon is currently selling Samsung's 3.1.2 channel soundbar and wireless subwoofer, which has Dolby Atmos support (model: HW-K850/ZA) for just $606.27. That is a massive discount from the original price of $999. This is also the lowest price that it has ever been, and it is also running out of stock over at Amazon. So if you want it delivered as soon as possible, you'll want to grab this as soon as possible. Considering this is a Dolby Atmos-certified soundbar, this is a really good deal here.
This soundbar from Samsung has 11 built-in speakers, which include two upward-firing drivers and then nine front-firing drivers. This is going to allow you to fill the entire room with music quite easily. Combined with the wireless subwoofer, you are going to get some really great sounding bass as well. This is going to make it feel like you have surround sound in your living room, even though you don't. Samsung touts that this soundbar has 350W of power, which essentially means that you've got a ton of audio power here, and it would work really well in a home theater as well as a living room or a den. On the back of the HW-K850/ZA, you'll find a HDMI port, which is used to connect it to your TV. And it also has 4K-passthrough, which is pretty impressive, considering the fact that you're going to get incredible sounding audio here, to go along with a great picture, if you do indeed have a 4K HDR TV at your home. Samsung has tuned this soundbar at its sound lab in Valencia, California. It's also important to note that Samsung also has Harman under its umbrella, so if you were wondering if Samsung was good with audio? The answer is a resounding yes now.
We still haven't talked about the best feature of this soundbar and subwoofer, and that Dolby Atmos. It is sound that will move around you in three-dimensional space, and it'll make you feel like you are in the action. Once you've experienced Dolby Atmos during a movie or even in a TV show, then you will never want to go back to the same old audio experience. It's a bit gimmicky to say its life-changing but it really is. Finally, the HW-K850/ZA also comes with Bluetooth, so you can stream your favorite songs to this soundbar and still take advantage of Dolby Atmos.


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Q: Multiple call to API How Can I make one function to call api one by one?
I got something like this
  getCheckInFiles(res) {
    this.loading = true;

    this.checkFiles.getUploadedCheckInFiles(res).pipe(
      finalize(() => this.loading = false)
    ).subscribe(data => {
      this.isUploadedCheckIn = data;
      if (this.isUploadedCheckIn === true) {
        this.isUploadedCheckIn = "OK";
      } else if (this.isUploadedCheckIn === false) {
        this.isUploadedCheckIn = "None";
      }
    });
    this.checkFiles.getUploadedCheckOutFiles(res).pipe(
      finalize(() => this.loading = false)
    ).subscribe(data => {
      this.isUploadedCheckOut = data;
      if (this.isUploadedCheckOut === true) {
        this.isUploadedCheckOut = "OK";
      } else if (this.isUploadedCheckOut === false) {
        this.isUploadedCheckOut = "None";
      }
    });
    this.checkFiles.getUploadedStayFiles(res).subscribe(data => {
      this.isUploadedStay = data;
      if (this.isUploadedStay === true) {
        this.isUploadedStay = "OK";
      } else if (this.isUploadedStay === false) {
        this.isUploadedStay = "None";
      }
    });
  }

It checking if file is avalible in directory.
It works fine but I got 5 functions like this.
And I also want to add loader if function getCheckInFIles is done - I did it only for first call but how can I catch finish of all calls?
Response is true or false
How should I did it in right way?

A: You can use the combineLatest rxjs operator in the following manner:
const operations = [
  this.checkFiles.getUploadedCheckInFiles(res),
  this.checkFiles.getUploadedCheckOutFiles(res),
  this.checkFiles.getUploadedStayFiles(res),
  // Add more if you want; assuming they all return the same response
]

combineLatest(operations)
  .pipe(
    finalize(() => (this.isLoading = false))
  )
  .subscribe(([uploadedCheckIn, uploadedCheckOut, uploadedStay]) => {
    this.isUploadedCheckIn = uploadedCheckIn ? 'OK' : 'Not ok'
    this.isUploadedCheckOut = uploadedCheckOut ? 'OK' : 'Not ok'
    // Etc.
  })

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