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Discoverability in Motor Vehicle Accident Cases
Daniel Klein April 1, 2019
Previously I have written about limitation periods and starting lawsuits against defendants within the basic presumptive two year limitation period. The recent case of St Marthe v O'Connor[1] confirms the law regarding discoverability in motor vehicle accident cases.
In St Marthe, the plaintiff was 33 years old when he was riding his bicycle and struck by a motor vehicle on November 9, 2011. He suffered a soft tissue injury to his back that did not heal. About three years and eight months after the accident, on July 14, 2015, he started a lawsuit. The lawsuit was commenced beyond the two year limitation period prescribed in the Limitations Act, 2002. Nevertheless, after a trial at the end of 2018, the plaintiff was successful in recovering damages. How?
The plaintiff relied upon the discoverability principle codified in the Limitations Act, 2002. In a personal injury claim arising out of a motor vehicle accident, a plaintiff will not have discovered his claim until he knows that he has a substantial chance to succeed in recovering a judgment for damages. This involves both a consideration of the statutory deductible under the Insurance Act and whether the plaintiff is aware that he has suffered a permanent and serious injury.
In this case, Aviva, the insurer defending the claim, argued that the plaintiff should have known or, alternatively, with reasonable diligence would have discovered that he suffered a permanent, serious injury two years before he started his lawsuit. The court found there to be a "patent incongruity" in the defendant's legal position because the defence also argued that the plaintiff did not sustain a permanent, serious injury. As a result, the court concluded that the plaintiff's claim was not statute barred because he did not have the requisite knowledge that his injury could be permanent and serious until, at the earliest, November 2014.
The court awarded the plaintiff general damages of about $70,000 gross (about $32,000 net of approximately $38,000 deductible), damages for loss of income of about $128,000 and housekeeping and home maintenance expenses of about $45,000.
The court also gave special recognition to the defence medical expert who displayed an exemplary commitment to independence and impartiality.
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Five minutes with Chef Peter Gordon
By Carolyn Enting	| August 28, 2013
Chef Peter Gordon discusses his latest venture, The Sugar Club, and
The Sugar Club has a long history with you. Can you describe this history in brief?
The first Sugar Club was opened in Wellington in 1986 by Ashley Sumner and Vivian Hayman, who hired me as their head chef. It was located in a Chinese takeaway – quite different from the current one on level 53 of the Sky Tower. Ashley and Vivian went on to open two further Sugar Clubs in London – one on All Saints Road in Notting Hill and another in Soho. As with the initial one I was the Head Chef, designing the menus and setting the kitchens up from scratch. All three have closed now. When I was wondering what to call my new restaurant, my partner Al suggested I name it The Sugar Club. I hesitated for all of 3 seconds realising it was a brilliant idea as I'm intimately linked with the brand, which hadn't existed in New Zealand since the very early '90s. It comes with a great heritage and people are telling me their favourite dishes from the various three locations.
The Sugar Club in London had some famous guests including Madonna. What was it like cooking for these celebrities back then? Any recollections you can share?
I think part of the Sugar Club's popularity amongst the celebrity set in London can be attributed to Madonna not attending the restaurant, but in fact being declined a table! The director of In Bed With Madonna was a regular diner with us and he had booked a table for 4. He called a few hours before his booking to extend it to 6 or 8, and because we were full we said we couldn't do it. He told the receptionist it was Madonna wanting to come along, but we again said we really couldn't fit her in. As soon as it hit the press that we had turned her away the phones ran even more red hot. Hilarious, really. Likewise, both Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren said we were their favourite restaurant in one of those 'celeb tips' columns but neither ever dined with us. George Michael, Nick Cave, The Pet Shop Boys and many more were regulars, but then London is so full of celebs that they have to eat somewhere, and they liked what we were doing.
Where did the name the Sugar Club originally come from?
The original owner Ashley loved Motown and created the name from the film The Cotton Club, and the numerous songs that used the word sugar ' I love you sugar' 'brown sugar' ' be my sugar babe' etc.
Are there any dishes on the current menu that were on the Wellington and London menus?
The Beef Pesto was a favourite at the Wellington restaurant and this has remained on the menu throughout all iterations of the restaurant. We've also retained the creamy coconut custard and cashew nut vattalapam, a Sri Lankan dessert. I first started serving Laksa in Wellington, and have taken many liberties with this classic Malaysian chunky noodle based broth – it's on the menu at The Providores in London as well as TSC. Nam phrik num dressing (mango, ginger, chillies, coriander and mint) is a favourite and appears on the menu, as do the various seaweed sauces and pickles I love.
Your restaurant dine was on the ground level of Sky Tower. Why did you decide to close Dine and move skyward so to speak?
When it was confirmed by Skycity that I would be taking over the Observatory restaurant, I had to look at Dine and Bellota very carefully and consider my involvement with them. Keeping my involvement in Bellota (which I adore) was relatively easy to continue, but running two restaurants like TSC and dine, seemed a madness. I spoke with the team at Skycity and we agreed to close dine, so that I could focus on TSC. It was a really hard decision, but the right one. Some of my staff have moved up the tower which of course is wonderful, as they bring with them an understanding of what it is I do.
Often restaurants located in high city towers have the general reputation of having great views but mediocre menus. What made you decide on take on this challenge and location, and what will it offer diners as a point of difference that will get them to the 53rd level of Sky Tower?
It's a beautiful space and certainly the best view in Auckland, so when Sky City CEO, Nigel Morrison, asked me if I'd be interested in opening a restaurant up there I jumped at the chance – what chef wouldn't. As to the old adage that a restaurant with a view is usually serving bad food, I think that's nonsense – it's a bad chef who serves bad food. While there are some challenges when it comes to getting your food and staff up the 53 floors with one service lift being used by several other cafes and restaurants… it's well worth the effort and sorting out the logistics. Apart from the view, we offer small plates in the evening, which means instead of having a starter and main course, our diners are ordering three small plates, although some are ordering up to five and THEN having dessert, which is fab! What this offers the guest is a really broad range of flavours and choices – so it's like a mini degustation, but they, not the chef, choose what they'll eat.
What style of food will be served at The Sugar Club?
My style of cooking is called Fusion. Basically it means I think of flavour as a characteristic of an ingredient and think of what would compliment, or contrast, a particular flavour. In a regional cuisine, such as Basque or Tuscan, there are centuries old rules stating what can and cannot be mixed. I don't come from a long line of foodie snobs and like to have fun with flavour and like mixing things around. This means the kitchen will continue to combine ingredients from different parts of the world into tasty, and often surprising dishes. We are also offering an Express Lunch – aimed at the business folk who want to be in and out relatively quickly, it's a choice of just three dishes per course and is terrific value for money. You still get the view at no extra charge!
What excites you most about this project?
The design, executed perfectly by Jasmax, is as I'd imagined it could be, but even more so. The views are simply the best in New Zealand, in fact they are the best of any restaurant I've eaten in anywhere in the world. Even the kitchen has views – we face south east and the chefs just love it. My head chef Neil Brazier is terrific to work with – we are very similar in our approach even though Neil's food is less 'out there' than my own. He's been a business owner himself and understands the importance of a brigade who need to respect their environment and we have a really happy team. The Front of House are loving coming to work themselves and Richard, Ann and Mauricio are working on settling the team into a Sugar Club style – which needs to be chic, slick and sophisticated. All in all, I am the luckiest chef I know!
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package com.github.szberes.spring.examples.security.java;

import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.security.access.AccessDeniedException;
import org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationCredentialsNotFoundException;
import org.springframework.security.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken;
import org.springframework.security.core.authority.SimpleGrantedAuthority;
import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextHolder;
import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.User;
import org.springframework.security.test.context.support.WithMockUser;
import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;

@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@ContextConfiguration(classes = Config.class)
public class JavaApiSecurityTest {

	@Autowired
	private TestedService testedService;

	@Test(expected = AuthenticationCredentialsNotFoundException.class)
	public void getMessageUnauthenticatedTest() {
		testedService.getMessage();
	}

	@Test
	@WithMockUser(username = "Bela", password = "password")
	public void getMessageAuthenticatedTest() {
		assertEquals("Hello Bela", testedService.getMessage());
	}

	@Test(expected = AuthenticationCredentialsNotFoundException.class)
	public void testPostMessageUnauthenticated() {
		testedService.postMessage("message");
	}

	@Test(expected = AccessDeniedException.class)
	@WithMockUser(username = "Bela", password = "password")
	public void testPostMessageAsUserShouldThrow() {
		testedService.postMessage("message");
	}

	@Test
	@WithMockUser(username = "Bela", password = "password", roles = {"ADMIN"})
	public void testPostMessageAsAdminShouldSucceed() {
		testedService.postMessage("message");
	}

	@Test
	@WithMockUser(username = "Bela", password = "password", roles = {"ADMIN", "USER"})
	public void testAdminReadMessages() {
		assertEquals("Hello Bela", testedService.getMessage());
	}

	@Test
	@WithMockUser(username = "Bela", password = "password", roles = {"ADMIN", "USER"})
	public void testMockUserProgrammatically() {
		Collection<SimpleGrantedAuthority> authorities = new ArrayList<>();
		authorities.add(new SimpleGrantedAuthority("ROLE_ADMIN"));
		authorities.add(new SimpleGrantedAuthority("ROLE_USER"));
		User user = new User("Bela", "password", authorities);
		UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken authentication = new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken(user, user.getPassword());
		SecurityContextHolder.getContext().setAuthentication(authentication);
		assertEquals("Hello Bela", testedService.getMessage());
	}
}

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Here's the letter I received several months after turning in my Fulbright application. One week after receiving this letter, I received another one, which informed me to disregard the previous letter of acceptance. Apparently, the committee miscalculated the number of slots available this year. Needless to say, I was rather devastated. I should press charges for emotional stress.
Ryan Morrison Receives U.S. Student Fulbright Award Ryan Morrison of Arizona State Univ. has been awarded a Fulbright grant to Japan in East Asian Languages and Literature, the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced recently. Morrison is one of over 1,000 U.S. students that will travel abroad for the 2005-2006 academic year through the Fulbright Program. Established in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, the Program's purpose is to build mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the rest of the world.
The Fulbright Program, America's flagship international educational exchange program, is sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Since its inception, the Fulbright Program has exchanged over a quarter of a million people - 100,900 Americans who have studied, taught or researched abroad and 166,600 students, scholars and teachers from other countries who have engaged in similar activities in the United States. The program operates in over 150 countries worldwide.
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Advanced transmission solutions produced at the Water Valley facility are helping North American automakers improve fuel economy and shift feel, resulting in the growing need for the technologies. This includes increased production of the company's Eco-LaunchTM solenoid valve, which helps deliver improved fuel economy and performance at a significantly lower cost than alternative systems, as well as other product lines.
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FERO Royale X2 Launched in Nigeria
Fero Mobile, the fastest growing mobile phone brands in Nigeria, launched the Royale X2 Smartphone device into the Nigerian Market.
The Royale X2 is a classic High-End Smart Phone that runs on the Android Nougat 7.0 operating system. The device comes with a high definition 5.2-inch display screen which has a multi-touch feature and a 2.5D Front Dragon Trail Glass that makes it rugged and durable. It also comes with a 3GB RAM and 32GB internal memory powered by a 1.25 GHz 64 bits Quad-Core processor. It has a Fingerprint scanner for enhanced security, and different fingers can be linked to open different apps quickly – literally at the touch of a button. It boasts a 4,000 mAh Li-Polymer Battery with fast charging capability.
MIDCOM SPONSORS 4TH DIWALI SCRAMBLE GOLF EVENT
MiDCOM sponsors 4th edition of Annual Diwali Scramble Golf Event at the picturesque Majlis course at Emirates Golf club. Every year, this event draws avid golfers from all over the UAE and this year was no different as this year witnessed a fabulous turnout of 132 players.
The event was followed by games were and a stand-up performance by UAE;s king of comedy Ali Al Sayed which left the audience in splits with his witty one-liners. The evening concluded with a grand gala dinner and party that carried on till the wee hours of the night.


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Q: comparing two XML with different number of elements using XMLUnit I have two xmls, that needs to be compared. Number of elements in both the xml's may vary. Say for example consider below two xmls:
XML1:
<Students>
                <Name Type="PG">
                    <GivenName>David</GivenName>
                    <Surname>John</Surname>
                </Name>
                <Name Type="PG">
                    <GivenName>Naveen</GivenName>
                    <Surname>S</Surname>
                </Name>
                <Telephone AreaCityCode="BLR">
                    <PhoneNumber No="+91-9643542222"/>
                </Telephone>
               <Telephone AreaCityCode="BLR">
                    <PhoneNumber No="+91-9643542258"/>
                </Telephone>
                <Email>David.JOHN@gmail.com</Email>
                <Email>Naveen.S@gmail.com</Email>
                <Address Type="PT">
                    <AddressLine>40 DICKENSON ROAD</AddressLine>
                    <AddressLine>BANGALORE 12</AddressLine>
                </Address>
                <Address Type="TP">
                    <AddressLine>DOUBLE ROAD</AddressLine>
                    <AddressLine>BANGALORE 20</AddressLine>
                </Address>
</Students>

XML2:
 <Students>
                <Name Type="PG">
                    <GivenName>David</GivenName>
                    <Surname>John</Surname>
                </Name>
                <Name Type="PG">
                    <GivenName>Naveen</GivenName>
                    <Surname>S</Surname>
                </Name>
                <Telephone AreaCityCode="BLR">
                    <PhoneNumber No="+91-9643542222"/>
                </Telephone>
               <Telephone AreaCityCode="BLR">
                    <PhoneNumber No="+91-9643542258"/>
                </Telephone>
                <Email>David.JOHN@gmail.com</Email>
                <Address Type="PT">
                    <AddressLine>40 DICKENSON ROAD</AddressLine>
                    <AddressLine>BANGALORE 12</AddressLine>
                </Address>
                <Address Type="TP">
                    <AddressLine>DOUBLE ROAD</AddressLine>
                    <AddressLine>BANGALORE 30</AddressLine>
                </Address>
</Students>

In XML2, number of email element is only one, but where as in XML1 it is two. My task is to compare the content of AddressLine element irrespective of number of email elements. I have written a piece of code for obtaining this as below:
XMLUnit.setIgnoreWhitespace(true);
XMLUnit.setIgnoreAttributeOrder(true);
XMLUnit.setIgnoreComments(true);
XMLUnit.setIgnoreDiffBetweenTextAndCDATA(true);
 DetailedDiff detailledDiff = new DetailedDiff (XMLUnit.compareXML(XML1, XML2));
    detailledDiff.overrideElementQualifier(new ElementNameAndTextQualifier());
    List<Difference> list = detailledDiff.getAllDifferences();
    for (Difference difference : list) {
        if(difference.getTestNodeDetail().getXpathLocation() == null)
            System.out.println("control: "+difference.getControlNodeDetail().getXpathLocation());
        if(difference.getControlNodeDetail().getXpathLocation() == null)
            System.out.println("test: "+difference.getTestNodeDetail().getXpathLocation());
    }

Even though there is a change in AddressLine, it doesn't print the addressLine XPath. Please help me out in resolving this issue. Thanks in advance

A: I guess maybe you have some whitespace (blanks, newlines, etc) too much in one of your files. To ignore whitespace, add this line at the beginning of your tester:
    XMLUnit.setIgnoreWhitespace(true);

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AirSpeed Telecom's LiveLinx service broadcasts Global Irish Economic Forum
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Liam O'Kelly, managing director, AirSpeed Telecom
Licensed wireless telecommunications products and services provider AirSpeed Telecom has utilised its state-of-the-art LiveLinx service to deliver a live television broadcast video feed for the second Global Irish Economic Forum at Dublin Castle on 7-8 October.
The event, aimed at engaging with the Irish diaspora to help build Ireland's reputation among the international Irish business community, provided AirSpeed Telecom, an Irish company, with an opportunity to demonstrate the company's innovative technology to more than 300 influential individuals, including domestic and international entrepreneurs, as well as a host of dignitaries, including former US president Bill Clinton, who spoke at the event.
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LiveLinx involves the utilisation of a flexible IP network to take a live video feed from the cameras at Dublin Castle and deliver the content direct to the RTÉ news desk for use in its regular news updates. LiveLinx offers both financial and time savings for the broadcaster as it reduces satellite uplink fees and the cost of sending a technical crew to the event.
"Our LiveLinx service offers broadcasters a reliable and very cost-effective mechanism for the delivery of immediate footage to their news desk," said Liam O'Kelly, managing director, AirSpeed Telecom.
"Audio and video captured at the event is encoded as MPEG-4 and carried on a high-capacity licensed wireless link using the IP protocol. Quality of Service (QoS) is used to protect the broadcast quality of the stream, with uncontended point-to-point licensed wireless links as the carrier network. This is a wonderful opportunity for an Irish company like AirSpeed Telecom to demonstrate our capabilities to such a vast audience, which includes members of the Irish diaspora from the four corners of the globe."
RTÉ regularly uses AirSpeed Telecom's LiveLinx service. During the recent general election, LiveLinx delivered live video footage from the main political party press rooms and a selection of constituency count centres directly to the RTÉ newsroom. This provided RTÉ with a cost-effective solution to the issue of having to be in multiple locations with multiple technical crews.
The LiveLinx service has also been installed in a number of Irish stockbroker firms, including NCB Stockbrokers, Davy and Merrion Stockbrokers, to link them to RTÉ. A broadcasting set-up, including camera, audio feed and dedicated connectivity into the RTÉ newsroom, has been established inside each participating firm, allowing studio-based presenters to remotely interview the financial experts on the day's markets news.
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The Hydrometeorological Prediction Center in College Park, Md. is being renamed the Weather Prediction Center on March 5. It is one of the nine national centers of the National Weather Service.
The new name is a better reflection of the center's mission and is easier to understand. The center's strategic plan describes its mission as "America's go-to center for high-impact precipitation events and forecast guidance out to 14 days for a Weather-Ready Nation."
"The new name captures the great breadth of products and services delivered each and every day and night of the year as the center works alongside the rest of the National Weather Service team to build a weather-ready nation. Although our mission hasn't changed at all, it is nice now to have a name everyone can understand, pronounce, and spell," said Jim Hoke, director of the center, which is located in the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction in College Park.
The process of changing the name began as a grassroots effort by center employees and follows a recommendation made as part of a 2009 external review by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, which suggested the center create a new strategic plan and broader name recognition. "As part of that process, it became apparent many partners and customers of HPC products were not familiar with the meaning of the term 'hydrometeorological,' which, among other definitions, relates to the study of the atmospheric and terrestrial phases of the hydrologic cycle, with emphasis on their interrelationship. The abbreviation 'HPC' is also frequently confused with that for High Performance Computing," according to the NOAA news release about the name change.


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"Southeast feels different," she says. "It feels like the center of things. I mean, everyone feels like the world revolves around them, a little bit. But you know how when the Russians got here, they basically had people all the way from the Aleutian chain to Southeast?"
"Yeah," I say.
"There are hundreds of Russian loan words in Aleut," she says. "Hundreds. Do you know how many there are in Tlingit?"
"How many?" I ask.
"Seven," she says. "There are seven loan words."


What's the Catholic view of who gets into Heaven and who doesn't?
Barron's heretical answer should be compared to the biblically-based gospel presentation given to Shapiro by Pastor John MacArthur earlier in the month. When given the chance to present the soul-saving gospel to a lost man on a national platform, John MacArthur did not hold back from sharing the biblical fact that good works do not save. Following religion, no matter how sincere, does not save. One is saved only through faith in the finished work of Christ, by the grace of God. Left to his own devices, man is sincerely wicked and cannot be saved from his sinful state but by God. God's salvation includes leading the sinner to the truth of the gospel and away from false religions.
Shapiro's interview with Barron serves as an example that Roman Catholicism is just one of the many false religions that God leads his elect away from when they come to saving faith in Christ. Let no one be deceived, the Roman Catholic Church and its Bishops are workers of iniquity and proclaimers of a false gospel. Anyone who has friends or family members caught up in the Romanist religion should not presume they are saved but rather at risk of Hell's eternal flames. Christians should use this interview with a popular media figure to contrast the words of Bishop Barron with the truth of the Bible in the hopes that the lost would be led to faith in Christ.
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Home Literature End the culture of impunity
A victory day free from the physical presence of any known war criminal was probably the central theme of this years victory day celebration, and it was indeed something to celebrate. This year's extraordinary celebration saw thousands of patriots from all walks of life marching in colorful rallies, healing the wounds of the recent communal atrocities.
But while we were celebrating, a serious act of discrimination was committed against the Baul community in Netrokona district, as sanction has been imposed by the state officials on a regular Baul assembly, apparently due to threats of violence made by the local Islamist group Hefajot e Iman.
The great irony is that, this heinous attack on Bengali culture took place on the very day the nation was paying homage to the martyr intellectuals for their supreme sacrifices, and disappointingly, for some mysterious reason this serious event escaped the mainstream media radar.
If the BBC report is to be believed, and I see no reason why not to, pummeled by the Islamists, the Bangladeshi state executives yet again complied with a demand which by all means was illegal and criminal, when they should have had brought the perpetrator Hefajot e Iman leaders to justice for threating peaceful Baul citizens with violence.
One of the most spurious argument made in defense of this act of dismay, was that it was necessary for peace, but allow me to call a spade a spade, even though it might ruin the party of the self-satisfied state officials, in terms of justice it was a crime against humanity, an inhuman example of overriding the rights of the few by the many.
And if Bangladesh government cares about the constitution and it's international reputation as a party of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, those officers must be held accountable along with the Hefajot e Iman leaders.
In line with the view of the Article 18 of the ICCPR and the UDHR, the section 41 of the constitution of Bangladesh stipulates that, every citizen has the right to profess, practice or propagate any religion and every religious community or denomination has the right to establish, maintain and manage its religious institutions.
That's not all, this sanction has also clearly violated, section 37 of the constitution if not section 38, article 20 of the UDHR, and article 21 of the ICCPR.
Honestly, it is beyond my Imagination that someone can have any issue with these amazing human beings who sings for humanity, well, except from the agents of Wahhabism and Salafism who already have established a cruel reputation for their heinous act of cultural destruction all over the world, and in Bangladesh the Bauls are becoming the victims of this evil trend.
This mystical philosophy is the center piece of Bengali cultural heritage and for that Bangladesh has an intellectual property right over it, which Bangladesh claims by, publishing stamps, formation of Lalan research institute, and sponsoring Lalan fairs, but still threats by the Islamists remain as the everyday part of life for the Bauls.
Bangladesh has seen destruction of Baul sculpture in the capital just like the destruction of Buddha sculpture of Bamian or destruction of ancient monuments of Palmyra.
We see Islamists threatening the Bauls in public gatherings and even worse, the tortures of Baul followers were reported in the District of Kustia at the center of Baul culture.
But unfortunately, despite having adequate legal provisions, justice is something we're yet to see. It implies, the problem doesn't lie with insufficient law, but rather with enforcement.
The Bangladeshi state, as it seems, has really become too selective about the types of crimes and criminals it punishes.
When it involves the Islamist leaders we somehow have managed to forget the universally accepted doctrine of command responsibility, which is that, a commander or a civil superior who have effective control over the individuals who committed the crime should in certain circumstances be responsible for those crimes.
The Bangladeshi establishment needs to understand, quoting Mark Ellis, chief executive of the International Bar Association, that destruction of cultural heritage is not a second-rate crime. Its a part of an atrocity to erase people.
Whether accepted or not, the government is playing into the hands of the Islamists, and this is alarming. As we do not wish to become a failed nation like Afghanistan or Pakistan, this is high time for the government to respond with drastic action. Bangladesh can not be held hostage on the pretence of peace.
I'm equally, disappointed at Bangladeshi cultural community. Just like the mainstream media, they also maintained an almost pin drop silence about this matter. Nasir Uddin Yousuf, the center figure of the movement, with whom I'm connected via Facebook, has posted joly images of the victory day celebration, which is appreciable, but no words about this atrocity. Same applies with the other leaders like Ramendu Majumder, Tarana Halim MP and Asadujjaman Nur MP.
The mystical creations of Sufis like Lalan Sai, Hason Raza or Shah Abdul Karim is our best offering to the global culture. In the form of Baul philosophy, these Sufis have created a stunning masterpiece of humanity. This philosophy is an illustration of Bangladesh at her best, and deserves to be protected as a cultural heritage of outmost importance.
This culture of impunity towards the Islamist leaders needs an immediate end.
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David Thomson looking for Trevor - a former colleague in Gibraltar
Date published: 07 January 2021
David Thomson has contacted Rochdale Online to see whether we can help him find an old friend from Rochdale, now believed to be living in Queensland, Australia.
In 1971, David was working in Gibraltar with a man from Rochdale called Trevor - unfortunately, David cannot remember his surname.
David said: "Trevor and I started travelling overland to Australia, but Trevor had to return to the UK. I made it to Australia and found out recently that Trevor also eventually went to Australia and settled in Queensland. If anyone can relate to this story, it would be great to catch up with Trevor. He will now be 69 years of age."
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Ireland Baldwin Defends Her Decision to Get Plastic Surgery: 'I Couldn't Be Happier'
By Julia Emmanuele
Standing her ground. Ireland Baldwin defended her decision to get plastic surgery, explaining that she strives to always be "open and transparent" with her followers.
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"Y'all are such a riot. Let's have a little talk," the model, 26, said in a TikTok video posted on Wednesday, April 13, wearing bandages from her recent FaceTite procedure. "Either you're going to get mad at people, who aren't open and transparent about the work they've had done to themselves. Or, you're going to get mad at people for getting work done to themselves. You don't have both."
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Baldwin revealed on Saturday, April 9, that she had undergone the procedure by posting matching pictures with her cousin Alaia Baldwin Aronow via Instagram. "Cousins who FaceTite together, stay together," the pair wrote alongside a selfie that showed them both with their chins wrapped in bandages and sunglasses on their eyes.
Describing it as an "hour-long, in-office procedure," Baldwin explained on Wednesday that she decided to get FaceTite in order to get rid of a "stubborn pocket of fat and extra skin" on her face that was making her insecure. "As I've gained weight and as I've aged, it hasn't gone away at all. It's only become worse and worse," the California native explained, adding that she first tried diet and exercise to eliminate it before choosing to undergo surgery. "I tried to find the most age appropriate and minimally invasive option."
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She continued: "I'm 26. I'm not underage. I'm a consenting adult who made this choice and I couldn't be happier."
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Baldwin went on to explain that while it's "not anyone's business" what she chooses to do with her body, she wants to be honest with her followers, many of whom are younger than her. "I choose to be as open and transparent about these kind of things because I don't want to be misleading," she said. "I never use filters on here. I've had no other modifications done to my body or my face. … This is something that really, really bothered me my whole life and I decided to do something about it."
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Philly ETE 2015 #52 – Tom DeVane, Rick Nucci, Mike Rappaport, Beth Bunting Arnholt – Creating a Workplace to Retain Your Tech Talent
October 12, 2015 by Chariot Solutions
Tags: talent, tech
Category: ETE 2015
When your top talent gets a call from your competitor down the street offering a 10% bump in salary, will they stay or jump? Is money everything? What can else can you offer them so that they will stay with you? There are no absolutes, but there are companies with low turn-over and the things they pay attention to tend to be quite different from what the companies that have retention issues pay attention to.
Come learn what else you can be offering your employees. Tom Devane (Workplace Dynamics) will lead a panel of industry experts who have figured out the secret to retaining their top talent. The panel includes representatives from the small startup to the large enterprise. Hear from Rick Nucci (Guru/Dell Boomi), Mike Rappaport (Chariot Solutions), Beth Arnholdt (Comcast).
About Tom Devane:
Tom Devane is an author and a principal at WorkplaceDynamics LLC. He specializes in helping companies develop an organizational culture that amplifies their strategy AND leads to higher employee engagement and retention. Prior to focusing on the cultural aspects of organizational performance Tom was a programmer and system architect with Accenture. He is the author of Integrating Lean Six Sigma and High-Performance Organizations (Wiley & Sons, 2003), the co-author of The Change Handbook (Berrett-Koehler, 1999, 2007), and a contributing author to Business-Driven Information Technology (Stanford University Press, 2003). Tom holds BS and MS degrees in Finance from the University of Illinois.
About Rick Nucci:
Rick has been an entrepreneur in the Philadelphia area since 1999. Rick is currently the co-founder & CEO of Guru, which provides knowledge sharing for teams. Based on a new concept known as Ambient Knowledge, Guru is built into apps such as email, allowing teams to access trusted knowledge to share with their customers all in one place.
Prior to Guru Rick was the Founder and CTO of Boomi, which defined and led a new segment as the industry's first cloud integration platform-as-a-service. Boomi was acquired by Dell in 2010, where Rick went on to run the Boomi business for Dell, helping grow the organization into the industry leader it is today.
Rick is currently the president of Philly Startup Leaders, one of the most active entrepreneur groups in Philadelphia. He also frequently speaks at industry events on topics of entrepreneurship, API's and cloud computing.
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CEO and a founding member of Chariot Solutions, a leading Philadelphia area enterprise application and mobile development consulting firm.
Chariot Solutions provides cutting edge technical services for mid-size to large companies that embrace open source and other emerging technologies. Chariot has been recognized by its employees as the Philly.com Top Workplace in 2011 and 2013.
Before forming Chariot Solutions, he was managing director of a software company, and advanced from software design and development to business development and operations and personnel management. He learned that smaller teams of only high-end, well-rounded software architects were much more effective than using larger teams of mixed-level developers, an approach he brought to Chariot Solutions.
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Education| April 2012
Epidermolysis Bullosa in a Newborn
Anthony M.-H. Ho, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., F.C.C.P.;
Anthony M.-H. Ho, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., F.C.C.P.
*Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
Cindy S. Tsui, M.B.B.S.
Anesthesiology April 2012, Vol. 116, 925.
https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e31823b4008
Anthony M.-H. Ho, Cindy S. Tsui; Epidermolysis Bullosa in a Newborn. Anesthesiology 2012; 116:925 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e31823b4008
epidermolysis bullosa, newborn
EPIDERMOLYSIS bullosa is a rare genetic disease characterized by easy mucocutaneous blistering and subsequent scarring.1Maintenance of skin integrity is a serious challenge. Applying monitors and facemasks, inserting lines and tubes, moving between crib and bed, positioning, and any minor shearing force can lead to separation of skin layers. No taping with regular tape is allowed.
A 2-day-old, 2-kg, term neonate with epidermolysis bullosa needed a Hickman line and pyloromyotomy. Preoperative examination revealed a contracted submandibular scar that limited neck extension. Mouth opening was 3 cm. There were multiple blisters, including one on the left upper lip where an orogastric tube emerged. During the procedure, we wore latex gloves covered with petroleum jelly, avoided friction on the skin, and covered as much skin with petroleum jelly and gauze as possible. The femoral venous line was sutured to skin and secured with Mepitel® (Mölnlycke Health Care, Norcross, GA). A blood pressure cuff and two oximeters were wrapped around her extremities, which had been wrapped in cotton gauze covered with petroleum jelly. Electrocardiography monitoring was not done.2Ventilation using a facemask lubricated with petroleum jelly, with gentle head tilt and without an oropharyngeal airway, was uncomplicated. With cricoid pressure, we performed nasotracheal intubation using a laryngoscope covered with petroleum jelly, and the 2.5-mm lubricated uncuffed endotracheal tube was sutured to the nasal septum. By the end of the case, blisters were seen on the incision line and on the ala nasi, where the endotracheal tube emerged. No blister was noted after the procedure at the oximeter and blood pressure cuff sites. No respiratory difficulties ensued upon extubation of the trachea the next day.
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Iohom G, Lyons B: Anaesthesia for children with epidermolysis bullosa: A review of 20 years' experience. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2001; 18:745–54
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La rétention d'œufs est une incapacité d'une femelle à expulser un ou des œufs. Ce terme s'applique habituellement aux ovipares, mais peut également être utilisé pour les femelles vivipares pour une rétention d'œuf mort.

Ce symptôme est particulièrement surveillé par les aviculteurs et par les éleveurs d'oiseaux ou de tortues de compagnie. C'est une manifestation subjective de nombreuses maladies, de carences ou de malformation d'œufs. Les femelles présentent un abdomen gonflé et deviennent amorphes et anorexiques.

Une rétention d'œufs, lors de la première ponte, peut être un symptôme de malformation du bassin. Mais la rétention est plus souvent due à une hypocalcémie ou dans une moindre mesure, à une carence en vitamine D3, à un problème d'obésité, de stress (par exemple mauvaises conditions de ponte), de torsion utérine ou autres problèmes anatomiques de l'appareil reproducteur.

A contrario, certains oiseaux souffrent d'une ponte chronique entraînant à terme une hypocalcémie puis une rétention.

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Un supplément de calcium peut être effectué dans l'eau de boisson et la nourriture, de même que la mise en place d'une fluidothérapie et l'apport d'hormones.

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L'ocytocine et le gluconate de calcium sont utilisés.

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Q: How to `summarize()` by another incrementing variable? Data
test <- tibble(index = c(1,1,2,2,3,3),
               R = c(1,0,1,1,1,1),
               X = c(0,1,1,0,1,1))
# A tibble: 6 x 3
  index     R     X
  <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
1     1     1     0
2     1     0     1
3     2     1     1
4     2     1     0
5     3     1     1
6     3     1     1

The summarize() function should follow this logic:
summarize(power = sum(R & X)/sum(X))

The desired output is:
# A tibble: 3 x 2
  index power
  <dbl> <dbl>
1     1  0
2     2  0.5
3     3  0.75

where you will have calculated power for index 1, then indices 1 and 2, then indices 1,2, and 3. This function should extend to a large number of indices.
Thanks!

A: You can first calculate sum for each index and then take ratio of cumsum values.
library(dplyr)

test %>%
  group_by(index) %>%
  summarise(val1 = sum(R & X),
            val2 = sum(X)) %>%
  transmute(index, power  = cumsum(val1)/cumsum(val2))

#  index power
#  <dbl> <dbl>
#1     1  0
#2     2  0.5
#3     3  0.75


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An Artist's Gallery Home Goes Up for Sale with an Exhibition
Artist Lynda Howitt felt a connection to this Villanova home the moment she laid eyes on it. This Thursday, you'll be able to learn why.
By Sandy Smith·	 5/2/2017, 3:22 p.m.
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626 Creighton Rd., Villanova, Pa. 19085 | Photos: Herb Engelsberg, including TREND images via BHHS Fox & Roach, unless otherwise indicated
Artist Lynda Howitt draws solace from the sea. She spent her formative years living in an oceanside home in Australia, to which her parents fled to escape the murderous regime of Idi Amin, and her works frequently play on the interaction between sea and sky.
But it was a thoroughly landlocked home in Villanova that captured her fancy when she was looking for a place to live in this country.
She recognized the moment she saw it that she was about to buy an art gallery as well as a home.
"The original owners that we bought it from purposely built it to showcase their amazing art collection," Howitt said. "Being an artist, I couldn't help but imagine my own art on the walls when I first viewed the house."
So now that she and her husband are returning to Australia and the sun-splashed oceanside life she loves, she is letting her imagination loose as she puts the home up for sale.
This magnificent contemporary home was conceived by architect Matthew Milan and executed by builder Frank Zadlo in 2003. Huge windows throughout flood the main floor living spaces with light, and the dramatic two-story-high foyer is a perfect space for displaying artwork.
"Awakening," oil on canvas, 60′ x 60′, by Lynda Howitt
Beginning this Thursday, May 4th, Howitt is putting that foyer and the rest of her home to good use as an art gallery by showcasing her own work on its walls. In the display, you can see the interplay of the elements — wind and waves, sun and storms, the changing of the seasons — in her Zen-like paintings.
And in the home, you can see the interplay of elements — granite and stainless steel, blond wood and black accents, marble tile and shimmering glass, stone, stucco and grass — that make it a work of art in itself. It features rooms for every occasion and room for your entire family to live at ease and entertain in style indoors and out.
"I always try to capture the limitless space and light in my contemporary painting, so this house is an inspiration," Howitt said. "I'm drawn to simplicity and natural elements in life. The natural stone and beautiful woodwork make me feel so at home."
From here, this wordsmith will defer to the artist and let the pictures tell the story.
BATHS: 6 full, 1 half
OTHER STUFF: Howitt's exhibition begins with an open house reception and artist's talk from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 4th. In addition to her own work, photographs by award-winning photographer Christian Muschenko will be on display. You can also catch the exhibition on Friday, May 5th, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. And, of course, you can always make an appointment with the agent for your own private gallery tour. Want the pictures instead of the home? They're available for purchase as well.
626 Creighton Rd., Villanova, Pa. 19085
Front elevation
Photo: Christian Muschenko
Foyer, view from balcony
Great room 2
Kitchen and breakfast room
Breakfast room and kitchen seating
Master bedroom closet
Rear patio
Pool and rear elevation
626 Creighton Rd., Villanova, Pa. 19085 [Cheryl Doran | BHHS Fox & Roach]
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Developers of health and fitness apps that tap into Apple's Health app for iOS 8 will have to wait a little longer for their products to be made available, after a promised update was pulled by the iPhone maker.
The patch was aimed at solving an issue with the newly-introduced Health app, which pulls data from different third-party health and fitness apps using the HealthKit API. Apps using the API were removed from the App Store last week after a bug was identified by Apple.
However, the iOS 8.0.1 update was dropped after it became clear that some iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus users had found that it stopped them from making calls, as well as disabling the TouchID fingerprint sensor used for identifying users.
The company did not say how many people had been affected but apologised for the "great inconvenience experienced by users". It is working to prepare a new iOS 8 (iOS 8.0.2) update for release in the next few days.
Since HealthKit was announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in June, the likes of Nike, Jawbone and MyFitnessPal have been working to integrate their apps in time for the launch of iOS 8, alongside the new iPhone 6 models.
The health and fitness features of iOS 8 were touted when Apple unveiled the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus earlier this month.
The new smartphones feature a barometer to calculate how many flights of stairs people have climbed during the day, while the Apple Watch can monitor heart rate and overall activity.
Apple recently changed its privacy rules to ensure that take-up of the increasing number of health and fitness apps are not hindered by concerns about how developers use personal data.
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Two posts in one day? Who am I ?! I wanted to do something fun. This is a Christmas Quiz. I gathered a bunch of questions about Christmas and I answered them. I'm curious to know what you're answers are. You can always comment your answers on this post.
What I love about Christmas is how everyone celebrates it in different ways. To give you a chance to find out a little about my traditions and my favorite things, I thought I would complete the legendary 'Christmas Tag'. I found a few tags online Enjoy.
I'm going to have to go with National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. I just love how Clark wanted Christmas to go right and it went all wrong ( I can relate trying to put together a perfect Christmas). I love the scene where Margo and Todd were talking about why the carpet is wet and Todd goes " Something had to break the window, something had to break the stereo and Margo goes and "Why is the carpet all wet Todd?" and Todd says "I don't know Margo". National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation ALWAYS has me in stitches! Some of the other movies I love is Home Alone, comfort and joy, and cheesy Netflix romantic holiday movies.
I'm going to have to go with option 3; Christmas Night. I know, it's terrible but it's not my fault. My sister always say why rush and get all the presets over with in the morning and spend the rest of the day being bored. I think it's just an excuse for my sister not having to deal with my excitement for the entire day. Scrooge!
YES! It's either snowed before or after Christmas and It's even snowed on Christmas! I was young but I did experience it.
What truth about Santa? That he doesn't actually climb down your chimney? I didn't think he did. What would happen if he got stuck, no one would have got their presents. Obviously, I'm only joking… My parents never sat me down and told me he isn't real, I caught them putting presents under the Christmas Tree when I think I was 7 or 8.
5. CAN YOU NAME ALL OF SANTA'S REINDEER?
Rudolph, Blitzen, Dasher, Vixen, Cupid, Dancer, Prancer… NO!.
6. WHAT IS YOUR ALL-TIME FAVOURITE HOLIDAY FOOD/SWEET TREAT?
Anything that's Christmas and sweet related will do fine by me! I love anything with peppermint in.
7. BE HONEST: DO YOU LIKE GIVING GIFTS OR RECEIVING GIFTS BETTER?
As we are being honest here, I love receiving them. Giving them isn't too far behind though! I do love when you've found the perfect present for someone that they weren't expecting, and they get all excited opening it. I do love being the one to open the presents a tad more though. It doesn't make me a bad person (all though I do get shy when all eyes are on me when It's my turn to open presents), we all enjoy that moment too.
8. WHAT WOULD BE YOUR DREAM PLACE TO VISIT FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON?
I could never imagine going anywhere warm for Christmas, but I really want to go to Disney World, Florida. I've been there during the summer, spring, and fall and I loved it, and I've seen a documentary about the Disney Christmas and it just looks so amazing. They have Christmas parades, a winter wonderland, Disney inspired food, all the shows, and performances. Can you just imagine the fireworks display!
9. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS SONG?
There are so many I love but it has to be "Silent Night" by The Temptations! Other songs I love to sing along to are "All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey, "All I want Is a real good tan" By Kenny Chesney as well as the more traditional songs such as "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", and "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town".
10. DO YOU MAKE NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS? DO YOU STICK TO THEM?
I keep them in my head so no one knows when I've not stuck to them, and I tend to forget so I never feel guilty. For next year I do want to do a sort of bucket list so it's not changed I want to make in my life, but things I want to achieve. I think that makes them pro-active so I am more likely to complete them.
I love the smell of peppermint, cinnamon, and roasted chestnuts. I am currently using the scent 'Nutcracker' by Yankee Candle which smells amazing!
12. AS A KID WHAT WAS THE ONE (CRAZY, WILD, EXTRAVAGANT) GIFT YOU ALWAYS ASKED FOR BUT NEVER RECEIVED?
I don't really think I ever did. To be honest, I can't really remember. I just used to ask for the standard toy that was popular that year. I think I've started to ask for more crazy presents as I've gotten older.
13. WHAT'S THE BEST PART ABOUT CHRISTMAS FOR YOU?
I'm going to have to be a complete cliche and go with spending time with my family. We don't really do anything significant but just being in each others presence and playing games.