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NINOY AQUINO: REVISITED
August 21, 2017 Trojan Santiagopost your comment
Known as the most vocal opposer to the Marcos regime, Benigno Simeon "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. was one of the most renowned politicians in the Philippines.
But before being put into the limelight as one of the Marcoses' tough critics, Aquino became famous for his gifts as a public speaker and his brilliant mind, as well as for his great ambition not only for himself but for the nation.
In commemoration of the 34th Anniversary of his martyrdom, let us revisit a tale-old story of a fallen hero and a public servant, his life, struggles and legacy…
YOUNG NINOY
Ninoy Aquino was born on November 27, 1932, in Tarlac Province, to a prominent family. He came from an entrenched familial elite which to this day dominates Philippine politics. While being physically appealing and impressively articulate, the young Ninoy started off his career as a war time journalist. At a young age of 17, Aquino was the youngest correspondent to cover the Korean dispute for Manila Times.
At the age of 22 he was elected as the mayor of his hometown, Concepcion, Tarlac and by the time he was dubbed as the "Wonderboy of Philippine Politics" Ninoy made history as the youngest ever to be elected as senator at the age of 34.
NINOY'S FIGHT
"It would always be the same crooks, the same money interests who would take fullest advantage of democracy or any kind of government in the Philippines, while the poor and the brave would always lose out. The batters change in the game of Philippine politics, but the baseball team remains the same and the game remains fixed,"Ninoy once said.
Prophetic.
As everyone thought, Ninoy would clamber up to the nation's highest office as the Liberal Party's standard bearer in the 1973 presidential elections. The declaration of Martial Law on September 21, 1972 was bound to usher a defining moment in Ninoy's evolution as a political leader. The military rule turned Ninoy to be the most high-profile disparager and political prisoner of Ferdinand Marcos, as the government suspends the constitution, abolish the congress and silence its detractors and the media.
Incarcerated in Fort, Bonifacio, Ninoy's guilt was tried on the charges of murder, subversion and illegal possession of firearms. The political wonderboy then went on a 40- day hunger strike that nearly cost his life. During these trying times, he began to question his faith and wondered how God would allow such suffering and despair. But it is in the depths of desolation that he found spiritual transformation and felt ashamed for whimpering when his character was placed under the most challenging times.
Ninoy then was pronounced guilty by the military tribunal and was sentenced to die in 1977. Ninoy, however, avoided the death row since human rights violations under the Marcos government gained intense international perusal which caused the government its inability to carry out death sentences.
THE EXILED ADVOCATE
"A pact with the devil, is no pact at all." Ninoy said as he decided to renounce his agreement with then First Lady, Imelda Marcos.
The "pact" was arranged when Ninoy supposedly agreed to the First Lady's two conditions during a secret visit in the hospital: (1) He will leave, but will return to the country. (2) While in America, he should not speak ill of the Marcoses.
After seven years and seven months in solitary confinement, the opposition's leader got amnesty in the strangest sort of way as Marcos allows him to fly to the United States for a bypass surgery.
As the Aquino family tried to rebuild their lives in Boston, Massachusetts, Ninoy called off his agreement with the Marcoses by spending his remaining years giving lectures and public speaking engagements across United States that are critical of the Marcos government.
THE RETURN THAT NEVER WAS
"If it's my fate to die by an assassin's bullet, so be it… the Filipino is worth dying for." Ninoy said during his flight back home to the Philippines on August 21, 1983. As he was joined by several journalists on the plane, he delivered more chilling statements that is prognostic of what was about to happen by the time he set foot on Philippine soil.
His years in prison, and exile in the United States may have softened the toughest critic of the Marcos regime, but that did not stop him from restoring democracy in what was deemed as the darkest era of the Philippines.
Although the restoration of democracy seem futile, it was high- time for the champion of the unrest to make a glorious comeback that he was well deserving of. But just as when the Senator descends the plane's gangway on that historic 21st day of August, Ninoy was fatally shot on the head.
The Marcos regime may have not seen it coming but, Ninoy's unexpected yet foreseen death seemed to be the last straw. As the nation rose in defiance, and the courage exhibited by Ninoy through the years was most infectious at that time.
By the end of 1983, the Philippines' economy plunged into bankruptcy and the nation's turmoil cannot be contained. The Filipinos decided they had enough. Marcos gave into public pressure and had called for a snap election. Ninoy's widow, Cory Aquino was chosen by the opposition to be their presidential bet.
When the 1986 snap election was marred by rampant cheating and violence the collective courage of a nation unrest grew bigger than ever. From what seemed to be an alarming act of rebellion comes a massive protest by prayers. An estimated 2 million people gathered during the peak of the EDSA People Power Revolution on February 1986.
In the morning of February 25, Corazon Aquino was declared President of the Philippines.
THE FILIPINO IS WORTH DYING FOR
What could have happened if Ninoy Aquino lived?
The Filipinos are known for being resilient, may it be deadly natural disasters or violent political agendas. Filipinos are known to make it through the toughest times. Ninoy's death may have happened during a unique time in the Philippine history.
During the Marcos' regime, the Filipino people have reached the point where human rights, aspirations and promises of good governance have long been denied. All those suppressed feelings of turmoil, unrest and disappointments combined made the people feel that they were about to lose patience and most of all, hope. Ninoy's death turned out to be the tipping point, in which the Filipinos have finally exclaimed, "We have had enough!"
If Ninoy Aquino have lived, the Filipino people may have still trudged along chaos and confusion. In a point where the Marcos government may have still remained in their position. Maybe it would have been over eventually, but not likely with the lighting speed turn- of- events during August 21.
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This is the first triangle shawl I designed with a knitting technique that is similar to a mitered square but with a little twist. It isn't perfect but pretty and wearable. It turned out a little larger and it has a longer wing-span than I expected. It would work well when wearing it as a head scarf shawl because of the extra long wings to wrape around neck and shoulders.
Triagle Shawl showing here looks quite lovely when wrapping around body.
At first, I didn't plan to add any border to it because I afraid it would be too much or to busy. Then when I was done with the body it looked a little empty. A little border wouldn't hurt, I thought. Looking around and I found the perfect lacy edge for it and the rest is history.
I am very disappointed with this Noro yarn because there are so many spots where the yarns were joined. It is very annoying when you get interrupted by little knots and have to stop and fix it. With the prize this high (almost $20 per ball), there shouldn't be doing this to the buyers. I'm not going to buy Noro yarn for a very long time from now on. I still do love the color though.
I tried to come up with a name for the shawl but couldn't. Maybe some day something will jump at me. For now we'll just call it "triangular shawl with lacy edge".
2. 36 - 40 inches Circular knitting needle size US # 9 (5.5mm). I used the longest cable on my interchangeable needles set.
CO 316 sts. Knit one row and at the same time place a marker before the 2 center sts (158th and 159th sts).
1st Row (right side): K2, SKP, K to 3rd st before the 2 center sts, sl 1, k2tog, psso, yo, k 2, yo, k3tog, k to the last 4 sts, k2tog, k2.
2nd Row: k2, p2tog, p to the last 4 sts, SSPtb (slip,slip, purl through back loops), K2. **you can see how I did ssptb and other sts mentioned on 1st and 2nd rows on the video below.
Next row (right side): K2, [Sl 1, k1,psso] twice, [k2tog] twice, k 2.
Next row: K2, p2tog, SSptb, k2.
BO all sts and at the same time slip the 1st st and k2tog the last 2 sts during BO.
Make Eyelet Lace Edging until it is long enough to fit the bottom end of the shawl. Then sew the edging to the shawl to finish the piece.


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Edgar M. Martin dba Edgar Martin Dairy - 509787 - 12/07/2016
Edgar M. Martin dba Edgar Martin Dairy MARCS-CMS 509787 — December 07, 2016
Edgar M. Martin dba Edgar Martin Dairy
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Refer to MIN 17 – 03
Edgar M. Martin, Co-Owner
Martha Martin, Co-Owner
Edgar Martin Dairy
Brooten, Minnesota 56316
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Martin:
On August 22 and 25, 2016, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), conducted an inspection of your dairy operation located at 43434 320th Street, Brooten, Minnesota. This letter notifies you of the violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act) that we found during our inspection of your operation. You can find the Act and its associated regulations on the Internet through links on FDA's web page at www.fda.gov.
We found that you offered for sale an animal for slaughter as food that was adulterated. Under section 402(a)(2)(C)(ii) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 342(a)(2)(C)(ii), a food is deemed to be adulterated if it bears or contains a new animal drug that is unsafe under section 512 of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 360b. Further, under section 402(a)(4) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 342(a)(4), a food is deemed to be adulterated if it has been held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health.
Specifically, our investigation revealed that on or about April 7, 2016, you sold a dairy cow identified with back tag (b)(4) and your farm bangle tag (b)(4) for slaughter as food. On or about April 8, 2016, (b)(4), slaughtered this animal. United States Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA/FSIS) analysis of tissue samples from that cow identified the presence of residues of penicillin at 0.166 parts per million (ppm) in kidney tissue. FDA has established a tolerance of 0.05 ppm penicillin in uncooked, edible tissues of cattle, as codified in Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (21 CFR), section 556.510(a). The presence of this drug in the uncooked edible tissues from this animal in this amount causes the food to be adulterated within the meaning of section 402(a)(2)(C)(ii) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 342(a)(2)(C)(ii).
Our investigation also found that you hold animals under conditions that are so inadequate that medicated animals bearing potentially harmful drug residues are likely to enter the food supply. Specifically, you failed to maintain complete treatment records that included dosage amount and route of administration. Food from animals held under such conditions is adulterated within the meaning of section 402(a)(4) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. 342(a)(4).
We also found that you adulterated the new animal drug (b)(4) penicillin G procaine Injectable Suspension (NADA (b)(4)). Specifically, our investigation revealed that you did not use this drug as directed by its approved labeling. The use of this drug in this manner is an extralabel use as defined in 21 CFR 530.3(a).
The extra-label use of approved animal or human drugs in animals is allowed under the Act only if the extra-label use complies with sections 512(a)(4) and (5) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 360b(a)(4) and (5), and 21 CFR Part 530, including that the use must be by or on the lawful order of a licensed veterinarian within the context of a valid veterinarian/client/patient relationship.
Our investigation found that you administered 40 cc doses of (b)(4) to treat a dairy cow identified with back tag (b)(4) for mastitis, without following the dosage amount and the indications for use as stated in the approved labeling. You stated that this dosage amount of 40 cc is four times the maximum dosage of 10 mL that should have been administered in a single treatment to this animal based on directions on the label. Additionally, (b)(4) is not approved to treat mastitis. Your extralabel use of (b)(4) was not under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian, in violation of 21 CFR 530.11(a) and your extralabel use of (b)(4) resulted in an illegal drug residue in violation of 21 CFR 530.11(d). Because your use of this drug was not in conformance with the approved labeling and did not comply with 21 CFR Part 530, you caused the drug to be unsafe under section 512(a) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 360b(a), and adulterated within the meaning of section 501(a)(5) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 351(a)(5).
The above is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of violations. As a producer of animals offered for use as food, you are responsible for ensuring that your overall operation and the food you distribute is in compliance with the law.
You should take prompt action to correct the violations described in this letter and to establish procedures to ensure that these violations do not recur. Failure to do so may result in regulatory action without further notice such as seizure and/or injunction.
You should notify this office in writing of the steps you have taken to bring your firm into compliance with the law within 15 working days of receiving this letter. Your response should include each step that has been taken or will be taken to correct the violations and prevent their recurrence. If corrective action cannot be completed within 15 working days of receiving this letter, state the reason for the delay and the time frame within which the corrections will be completed. Please include copies of any available documentation demonstrating that corrections have been made.
Your written response should be sent to Dr. Brian D. Garthwaite, Compliance Officer, Food and Drug Administration, at the address located on the letterhead. If you have any questions about this letter, please contact Dr. Garthwaite at (612) 758-7132.
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Michael Dutcher, DVM
Minneapolis District
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Nevadans Sponser and Defeat Malpractice Legislation
Proposed Federal medical malpractice reforms are dead (again) and so I'll stop talking about them soon. Not just yet, though.
Interestingly, Nevadans played a major role in the rise and fall of the legislation. John Ensign, R-Nev., sponsered part of the legislation, while Harry Reid, D-Nev., opposed it.
Bloomberg News reported that Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada called the attempt by Republicans to bring up the measures an election-year "political stunt" to curry favor with insurance companies. "There is a health-care crisis, but it has nothing to do with tort laws," Reid said. "The real problem is too much malpractice, not too much litigation."
The American Trial Lawyer's Association published some interesting statistics about the legislation from a variety of sources:
$250,000: Maximum value, under S. 23, of the life of a woman killed by cervical cancer her OB/GYN failed to diagnose.
Unlimited: Maximum value, under S. 23, of the life of a man killed by prostate cancer his urologist failed to diagnose.
1: Number of female sponsors of S. 23.
61.6 Million: Number of women of childbearing age whose rights would be denied and lives devalued by S. 23.
24.8%: Percent increase in number of OB/GYNs in United States since 1990.


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August 11, 2010 Opinion » Commentaries
Education: then and now
California was once the model for public education
By FRANK DePASQUALE
Cambria resident Frank DePasquale was superintendent of Moorpark Unified School District in Ventura County from 2000 to 2006. He has nearly 40 years of experience in education, including six years as an instructor, 11 years as a middle-school principal, and eight years as assistant superintendent. He's served as a board member and is past president of the Tri-County Education Coalition and is a legislative policy representative for the Association of California School Administrators. Staff Writer Matt Fountain interviewed DePasquale.
NEW TIMES: How has California public education changed?
When I went to middle school in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles Unified School District was one of the top school districts in the country. This was in the late '50s, early '60s. Every middle school had wood shop, metal shop, typing. Every high school had wood shop, metal shop, print shop, and auto shop. When I started in San Fernando Valley State College in 1966, my tuition was $50 a semester. I never had to get a student loan—that's the way education was supposed to be. It was called the Master Plan.
Governor Edmund "Pat" Brown—the only true education governor—had a dream shared by the Legislature that every child in California could go to college if they wanted to. Community college was free; all you had to pay for was books. That was the dream. That dream is dead now. Most middle-class families cannot afford college tuition. The tragedy is that we, the Baby Boomers, had more opportunities then than our children and grandchildren have now.
How have the demands on the education system changed?
The demographic shifts in California over the last 30 years have been very dramatic. When you have districts that are 80 or 90 percent low-income minority students, many of whom do not speak English as their first language, you have huge challenges. These young people need a much longer school day and additional assistance—reading specialists, language specialists, psychologists, nurses, librarians—and we're at the bottom rung for all of these professionals.
What is wrong with California public education?
There are many excellent teachers and administrators who are up against odds that defy imagination. Think of the number of students who live below the poverty line and how many students we have for whom English is the second language; it's a totally different landscape than when I started teaching, and certainly different than when I was a student in Los Angeles Unified School District.
The challenges we have in California are such that our funding doesn't even come close to what we need to educate our population. We're spending roughly $8,000 annually per student, while states like Rhode Island and New Jersey are spending $17,000 to $18,000 per student each year. And they don't have close to the demographic issues we have with large numbers of people immigrating from all over the world who don't speak English. Our teachers are up against it because the funding keeps going down but the challenges keep going up.
Why can't our schools get the funding they need?
We are gridlocked in Sacramento because in this state we don't have a true democracy. One-third of the Legislature can defy the will of the other two-thirds. And it's been that way since 1978 with Proposition 13, when the problems started. Suddenly, we had less money coming into the districts from property taxes and there's been a gradual decline in funding for our schools ever since. And then when the sales-tax revenue decreased and the tech bubble burst, that was all the funding for the schools. Now there's a lock on property tax, so we have a school system, which in my day was run by local communities with local property taxes, that's now in the hands of legislators in Sacramento.
Why does California spend so much less on education than other states?
Two reasons: Proposition 13, which has decreased the property tax revenue, and the economy is in a downturn. Our sales tax, our taxes that would be generated by the tech community, all those revenue sources are diminishing.
Having said that, we would not be in such bad shape had certain measures been passed, such as the oil severance tax. Almost every state has an oil severance tax. When a company extracts oil from the ground, almost every state taxes them and the money goes to schools. The reason we don't have it is because we're legislatively gridlocked by the ability of one-third to block the will of two-thirds of the Legislature. When the oil extraction tax came up, every Republican voted against it, including Sam Blakeslee. Another example is the luxury tax—taxing yachts, big-ticket items—which was also blocked by the Republicans in the Assembly and the Senate. That's why we're gridlocked; that's the bottom line. If that were not the case, we would not be in the shape we're in now.
What could improve the situation?
I think it's happening now. There's going to be a ballot measure in November that would undo the two-thirds requirement.
What more can be done?
Systemically, we have to look at Proposition 13. The senior citizen needs an exemption, but corporations and businesses need to start paying their fair share. The systemic issues are hard to deal with because Proposition 13 is a sacred cow. But you can do certain things to bring in property tax revenue without harming such people as low-income homeowners. There must be protections, but I think we need to revisit Proposition 13, as well as the extraction tax, the luxury tax—things that can bring in more revenue.
Frank DePasquale can be reached through the editor at econnolly@newtimesslo.com.
-- Frank DePasquale - Cambria
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Hermann Josua Anton Freiherr Dahlen von Orlaburg (* 10. Januar 1828 in Kaschau; † 15. November 1887 in Wien) war k. u. k. Wirklicher Geheimer Rat, Feldzeugmeister, Kommandierender General und Gouverneur von Bosnien und Herzegowina sowie Inhaber des Infanterieregiments "Ludwig Andreas Graf von Khevenhüller" Nr. 7.

Biographie

Der Sohn des Generalfeldzeugmeisters Franz Freiherren Dahlen von Orlaburg trat 1844 in die Armee ein und wurde 1848 Ordonnanzoffizier beim Banus Jellacic, kämpfte 1848/49 als Oberleutnant im k. k. Infanterie-Regiment Erzherzog Rainer No. 59, dessen zweiter Inhaber sein Vater war, bei der Einnahme von Wien und in Ungarn, war später bis 1857 k. k. Hauptmann im Warasdiner-Creuzer Grenzinfanterieregiment Nr. 3, sodann ab dem 28. März 1857 Major daselbst, und 1859 im Gradiscaner Grenzinfanterieregiment Nr. 8, 1861 Oberstleutnant und Kommandant des Infanterieregiments Nr. 53.

1866 war der Freiherr bereits als Oberst in der Schlacht bei Custoza im Einsatz, 1867 weiterhin Kommandant des Infanterieregiments Nr. 53 unter Feldmarschalleutnant Franz Freiherr von Cordon im Stab Komorn zu Agram. Für seine Verdienste wurde er 1867 mit dem Orden der Eisernen Krone 3. Klasse (KD.) sowie dem Militärverdienstkreuz (KD.) ausgezeichnet und 1868 Generalstabschef des Generalkommandos zu Ofen für Ungarn und Vorstand der 1. Abteilung unter dem kommandierenden General Friedrich Fürst zu Liechtenstein.

Dahlen wurde mit Rang und Ernennung am 30. April 1870 zum Generalmajor befördert und kam nach Brünn.

Am 1. November 1874 (Rang vom 23. Oktober des Jahres) rückte er zum Feldmarschallleutnant und Divisionär in Prag auf, wurde 1876 Träger des königlich preußischen Roten Adlerordens 1. Klasse.

Ein Jahr nach der Okkupation Bosniens, im August 1879, wurde Dahlen an Stelle des Feldmarschalleutnants Baron Jovanović zum Stellvertreter des Kommandierenden Generals und Chefs der Landesregierung in den besetzten Ländern, des Feldzeugmeisters Herzog Wilhelm von Württemberg, und nach dessen Abberufung am 6. April 1881 auf diesem administrativ und militärisch wichtigen Posten eines Gouverneurs von Bosnien und Herzegowina ernannt. Allerdings brach zur Zeit seiner Amtsführung, ein Aufstand in den südlichen Landesteilen aus den er aber rasch beenden konnte. Im Anschluss machte sich um die Kultivierung der Okkupationsgebiete verdient. Für die dabei bewiesene Energie und Geschicklichkeit wurde er mit dem Orden der Eisernen Krone 1. Klasse dekoriert. Wegen seiner angegriffenen Gesundheit musste er allerdings bereits am 9. August 1882 um die Enthebung von seiner Stelle bitten.

In Anerkennung seiner Verdienste ernannte ihn Kaiser Franz Joseph I. am 1. Mai 1882 (Rang vom 25. April des Jahres) zum Feldzeugmeister und Inhaber des Infanterieregiments Ludwig Andreas Graf von Khevenhüller Nr. 7, auch dekorierte er ihn mit dem Großkreuz des österreichisch-kaiserlichen Leopoldordens (KD.).

Am 1. März 1883 wurde der Offizier pensioniert und verbrachte seinen Lebensabend in Siebenbürgen und Wien.

Familie
Hermann Josua Anton, vermählte sich 1851 mit Flora (* 21. Juni 1827), Tochter des Ritters Dr. Joseph von Joëlson (1794–1868), Bankier und Hofagent. Aus dieser Ehe entsprossen:
 Hermine (* 30. Juni 1852) ⚭ Alfred Franz Philipp von Joëlson (1831–1913), Cousin, den Freiherrn (1881) und Feldmarschalleutnant
 Flora (* 7. Juli 1853)
 Joseph Franz (* 20. Juli 1855)
 Franz Maria Edwin (* 2. Februar 1857) ⚭ 1885 Rosa Polak (* 26. Oktober 1864), Tochter des Abgeordneten Otto Polak

Das Wappen der Freiherren Dahlen von Orlaburg war:
Geviert mit rotem Mittelschild, worin ein aufrecht gestelltes Breitbeil mit goldenem Stiele. 1 von Blau und Silber der Länge nach geteilt, ohne Bild, 2 in Blau auf einem Felsen zwischen zwei runden Türmen eine weiße Burg mit rotem Dache und geschlossenem schwarzen Tore. 3 in Gold eine, gerade aufwärts sich windende Schlange, einen silbernen, den Bart nach unten und auswärts kehrenden Schlüssel haltend, und 4 in Silber ein roter, ein Schwert schwingender Löwe.

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 Über Führung der Infanterie im Gefechte und über Disciplin. Verlag des militär-wissenschaftlichen Vereins, Wien 1873
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In this blog post, Dr. David Amies takes a look at the groups of Canadians who are harmed by the late-stage consent requirement in Canada's assisted dying law.
The story of Halifax's Audrey Parker is back in the news again, following the launch of a Dying With Dignity Canada campaign in her honour. Parker's story highlights in an especially poignant way the problems with Canada's assisted dying law. Two requirements under the federal medical assistance in dying (MAID) legislation are particularly problematic: the ban on advance requests for assisted dying and the need to provide informed consent at the very last moment before a clinician provides MAID.
Audrey Parker was a 57-year-old woman with an incurable breast cancer. She was suffering intolerably and had no hope of a cure. She applied for MAID, and was assessed and approved for the procedure. She had always been a confident, lively and gregarious person, and in spite of her condition, she decided she wanted to spend one last Christmas with her family and friends. However, she later learned that her cancer had spread to the membranes covering her brain. She feared that this development would cause her to lose the capacity to give informed consent for MAID if she put off her death until after Christmas. Unwilling to take that risk, she chose an assisted death weeks earlier than she wanted to and died on Nov. 1, 2018.
Her circumstances and dilemma provoked a good deal of sympathy and anger at the law as it is written. Why, it was asked, could she not have given permission for MAID to take place on a date of her choosing and have it occur even if the spread of her disease rendered her incapable of giving last-minute consent? After all, the delay would have been very brief.
Contrast this situation with individuals who are told that they are in the very earliest stages of dementia. Such persons will quickly discover that their fate will involve a slow, steady, remorseless loss of capacity, possibly lasting for 10 or more years. At first, they may be mildly forgetful and unable to remember where they put their keys or wallet. Towards the end, they may be disoriented in time, place and person, unable to feed, wash and dress themselves, or look after the intimate details of daily living. If an advance request for assisted dying were allowed under the law — which it currently isn't — a person may decide that these inevitabilities are intolerable to contemplate and may, therefore, decide to make such a request when certain milestones have been passed (for example, the inability to recognize their family and friends, or not knowing who or where they are, or losing the ability to care for themselves).
The issue of allowing advance requests for assisted dying continues to be a topic of discussion and study. It has been argued that the individual who made the advance request could be a different person by the time he or she has arrived at the end stages of the dementia journey. But it is the "first" person who wants to make the decision about MAID for the "second" person they will become years later.
Unlike some dementia patients, however, there is essentially no chance that people with incurable conditions like Audrey Parker will eventually progress to an intermittent, seemingly "happy" state. Unbearable pain and suffering was the only inevitability for Audrey.
How will legislators amend the law to deal with the group of Canadians in Audrey Parker's category, whose rights are at risk under the federal law? Audrey had already been assessed and approved for assisted dying; she had already completed the rigorous screening and approval process. She knew she was dying, but did not want to go weeks earlier than absolutely necessary. She also knew that she could lose capacity at any time and feared that she would lose her right to MAID altogether.
This situation is quite different from the patient with dementia, who could not bear the thought of being mindless and helpless and so made a request for an assisted death years before it was going to be enacted. Audrey wasn't going to live for years; she simply wanted more weeks.
Consider, now, the dilemma of the clinician faced with performing MAID. The process is straightforward enough with someone in Ms. Parker's circumstances but more complex with certain dementia sufferers. Ambiguity surrounding the assisted dying law puts clinicians in an unenviable position because if they are found to be in breach of it, they face serious sanctions.
I am wholly in favour of Audrey's Amendment, as well as changes to Canada's present law on assisted dying that would entertain advance requests. This piece has been written to try and throw light on the practical problems that surround the notion, and the quandary lawmakers, MAID providers and the general public face with such ideas.
One of the critical issues re advance requests for MAiD is determining WHEN such a request would be carried out, and WHO would make the decision on that timing. More needs to be written about the advantages and disadvantages of having the Representative/Health Proxy/Agent/PoA be responsible for the timing of fulfilling an advance request for MAiD. This designated person is the person that the patient has already trusted to ensure that their AD choices are carried out, and to make any decisions that were unforeseen; and these decisions include the 'if and when' of withholding and withdrawing life support — which. in most cases, will result in death. It seems only logical then that one's chosen and legal Representative would be the best person to assess IF the patient has meet their own criteria (hopefully written into a directive or videotaped) for the 'WHEN' of a MAiD death, in the case of an advance request.
Is NIDUS a good source of information in this regard?
Thank you Dr. David Amies and James Park.
I fully agree with you that advanced PROXIES should be possible and written into the law!
Please keep up the fight.


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Have casual workers been granted annual leave?
News headlines recently stated that casual workers have won the right to paid leave following a decision in the Federal Court. As usual, the devil is in the detail.
At present, there is no global change granting Australian casual workers paid leave. The case however, highlights the long running problem of determining over time, who is a permanent staff member and entitled to paid leave and other benefits, and who is a casual worker entitled to a casual loading.
In the WorkPac v Rossato case, WorkPac, a specialist mining and engineering labour hire company, employed Mr Rossato as a casual worker across six consecutive employment contracts for a continuous period of approximately three and a half years. Over that time, Mr Rossato was paid a casual loading of 25% of the minimum rate of pay payable under the Enterprise Agreement, which was in part, paid in lieu of leave.
Mr Rossato worked every shift he was rostered for except where he was given approval to take rest and recreation, and when his partner was airlifted to hospital.
In its decision, the Federal Court found that Mr Rossato was a permanent full-time employee across each of his contracts and entitled to his accrued leave entitlements and payment for the public holidays where he was rostered off work. WorkPac was unable to reduce the liability owing to Mr Rossato by the casual loading paid to him over the course of his contracts, with the court noting, "There is a superficial attraction to the notion that something given in substitution of an entitlement has an equivalent value to the entitlement itself and is therefore of the same character."
Each of the contracts signed by Mr Rossato contained a declaration headed "Casual or Maximum Term Employee." However, the court reiterated the observation that, "agreements by which people are engaged to work are typically partly written, partly oral and "partly left to evolve by conduct" as time goes on." That is, what the employee signs up to does not necessarily define what the employment relationship becomes.
The WorkPac v Rossato case does not generally award casual employees paid leave entitlements but it does highlight the problem that can occur over time where the nature of the employment arrangement changes from casual to a more permanent arrangement.
Recognition of this pathway from casual to permanent employment is now a part of many Modern Awards. The Fair Work Commission's updates to Modern Awards rolled out across this year include a Right to request casual conversion clause that enables a long-term casual worker to request permanent employment. The employer can refuse that request but only on "reasonable grounds and after there has been consultation with the employee."
The pathway also has political impetus with the Prime Minister's recent 'JobMaker' speech at the National Press Club nominating the issue as one of the five working groups for negotiation.
In brief: types of employment
Permanent employees full-time or part-time. Benefits include paid leave, notification on termination, redundancy where applicable, and on 12 months continuous service, parental leave, right to request flexibility, and access to unfair dismissal.
Casuals - has no guaranteed hours of work or commitment of work in advance, does not have to accept work on offer, usually works irregular hours, doesn't get paid sick or annual leave, can end employment without notice (unless notice is required by a registered agreement, award or employment contract). Is entitled to a casual loading, and unpaid carer's and family and domestic violence leave.
Long-term casuals - a casual employee employed by the business on a regular and systematic basis. There is a commitment to ongoing work (the employer has not made it clear that they should not have an expectation of ongoing work). Long-term casuals have the same entitlements as casual workers except they are also entitled to take parental leave, request flexible working arrangements, and access to unfair dismissal.
Shiftworkers - an employee who works shifts and gets an extra payment for working shift hours. Generally, Awards or agreements have a specific definition of what a shiftworker is and the conditions that apply. Refer to the relevant Award for the definition of full time, part time or casual employees.
Fixed term contract same entitlements as permanent employees but the employment relationship is for a fixed period. Where the contract is continually renewed, disputes may arise as to whether the employee is a permanent employee.
Independent contractor Generally, contracted to the business to produce a specific result for the business (as opposed to hours worked). Operates autonomously to the business, is generally financially self-reliant, and chases profit (that is a return on risk) rather than simply a payment for the time, skill and effort provided.
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Q: Get only updated fields along with identifiers in DynamoDB stream Is there a way to get ONLY updated fields in an object along with some other attributes (ie identifiers for that object, be it primary key or whatever)
On amazon documentation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/Streams.html
I see we have four flavors: KEYS ONLY, NEW IMAGE, OLD IMAGE, NEW AND OLD IMAGES
The only possible way I can see right now to fetch all updated attributes along with the identifier is using NEW_AND_OLD_IMAGES and then cross-checking each attribute in NEW IMAGE vs OLD IMAGE. Is there a better way going about this?

A: No, there is no way to do what you are hoping for. You could imagine a fifth StreamViewType which only stores the key and the updated attributes, but unfortunately DynamoDB Streams does not support it.
Interestingly, though I doubt it helps you, ReturnValues does support the mode you were wishing for - seeUPDATED_NEW in UpdateItem's documentation. But alas it's not supported by DynamoDB streams.
If you are willing to entertain alternatives to DynamoDB, there is the open-source Scylla Alternator which is compatible with DynamoDB and DynamoDB Streams, and its implementation of Streams is based on Scylla's CDC ("change-data capture"), which can natively capture deltas exactly like you hoped for. These deltas are not currently exposed in Scylla's DynamoDB Streams-compatible API because it's not  part of that API - but such a feature can be added fairly easily.

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Community, News, Rebel's Corner February 23, 2019 , by Natalie Kissel
Blue Ridge, Ga. – When it comes to school safety, Fannin County continues to excel and was recently acknowledged by local law enforcement and emergency response for their efforts.
"One of the things that I am very very proud with Fannin County, our school system, is the relationships we that have between our government agencies, especially the sheriff's department and the emergency management services," Director of Transportation and Safety Benny Long said explaining that all agencies play a vital role in protecting the youth of the community.
Fannin County School System not only met but exceeded state requirements in the area of emergency preparedness.
Faculty of the school system often train alongside these agencies preparing for a number of scenarios and Long acknowledged that there is a comfort in knowing that Fannin County's emergency personnel is "just a phone call away".
Looking back on the past year, the Fannin County School System took a number of proactive steps in the process of making its campuses as safe as possible for all who attend.
At the April 12, 2018 Board Of Education (BOE) meeting the board introduced the GAMB policy. This policy was adopted and essentially gave Fannin County schools the option of arming personnel.
While the new policy definitely grabbed the attention of parents and residents alike, administration and staff had also been working in other ways to help secure campuses and ensure the safety of Fannin County children.
"We work diligently everyday to ensure the safety of our students," Long said of the ongoing efforts, "If a child doesn't feel safe at school, they can't learn. Those are one of the basic needs that have to met."
One element of safety that Fannin County is proud to offer is that a School Resource Officer (SRO) is assigned to each of the school campuses.
"This is a community effort by the Fannin County School System, the Sheriff's Department, and Blue Ridge City Police," Long explained of groups working together for the betterment of the schools.
Long spoke specifically of the resource officers in Fannin County stating that "it takes a special person to be a resource officer. It takes someone who loves the students, who wants to be involved, and who wants to make a difference in that young child's life."
"That's the best set of eyes that we have," Long continued to explain the importance of SROs in our schools, "when a student feels comfortable reaching out to our resource officers and confiding in them and giving them information."
Fannin County's School Resource Officers credited with going above and beyond for the students.
Fannin County also has an emergency operation plan for the schools. This emergency operation plan has been in effect and constantly evolving since 2003.
The comprehensive safety plan covers a number of scenarios from weather and gas leaks to active shooters and bomb threats.
The plan in the past was vetted or checked by GEMA (Georgia Emergency Management Agency), but recently under new guidelines has been handed over to local agencies for approval.
Though local agencies are now in charge of reviewing the district's comprehensive safety plan, it still must meet all requirements laid out by the state of Georgia as stated in O.C.G.A.20-2-1185.
"I'm going to brag on ours. Ours exceeds the minimum requirements by the state," Fannin County School Resource Officer Lieutenant Darvin Couch said of the district's most recent plan.
Active shooter drills were performed at the schools during the summer of 2018, but none of these drills have taken place while students were present.
Fannin County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) also performed a mock disaster drill over spring break of 2018.
Fannin County Transportation Department participated in this drill and school bus drivers got to experience the scenario of moving people during a disaster. This drill also included the setting up of shelter at Morganton Baptist Church.
Long informed the public that all schools have top of the line cameras in place, and that SRO's as well as the Sheriff's Office have the ability to remote access the cameras. These cameras are capable of producing clear images of not only people but also vehicles and vehicle tags.
Through the use of these high tech devices, security is able to pinpoint the "location of whatever the threat could be" and know "what they are getting ready to go into".
Fannin County High School added 52 of these cameras in the months of March and April in 2018.
"We are working with all three of our elementary schools to work on a plan to control access at our elementary schools," Long said of the ongoing effort to continue safety improvements.
"None of us wants to limit anyone to come to school with their child," Long added. The school system wants parents and guardians to always feel welcome, but would like to know who and when someone enters a school building or campus.
The high school will experience a similar point of entry security measure with a "storefront" door being placed before the office at the main entrance. This door will require either a key card entry or for a person to be buzzed in.
Members of the Board of Education along with faculty of the school system receive certification for emergency operations plan.
Beyond local networking with various emergency providers to our county, the school system was also in contact with the Georgia Secret Service Agency.
"We have actually reached out and have a contact with an agent out of Atlanta," Long said, "and they are going to be working with us on some different measures that we can use to keep our schools safe."
"Safety also takes on many aspects. It's not only the school's safety of the buildings, the campus, and the faculty, but also involves our faculty members and our employees," Long stated.
SRO Couch presented the BOE with a certificate recognizing the work the school system has done through extensive planning in exceeding the requirements set forth in providing and updating a comprehensive safety plan.
Couch read from a letter written by Fannin County Sheriff Dane Kirby: "From tornadoes to terrorism, Fannin County faces a variety of ever-evolving threats, underscoring the importance of updating plans in cooperation with local public safety professionals."
Kirby added in his letter,"I am pleased to inform you that your school emergency operations plans have once again successfully met the requirements of O.C.G.A. 20-2-1185."
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Community, GMFTO March 1, 2018 , by Natalie Kissel
BLUE RIDGE, Ga. – Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, returned to class today, Feb. 28, just two short weeks after one of America's deadliest mass shootings in modern history took place in their halls.
In the wake of this tragedy, which claimed 17 lives, discussion have opened up about school safety and what can be done to prevent situations like this from occurring in the future.
Brian K. Pritchard (BKP), chief executive officer of FetchYourNews and host of Good Morning From The Office morning show, invited local officials from Gilmer and Fannin counties to address the safety of our local school systems.
County officials from both Fannin and Gilmer counties met to discuss the safety of our schools.
In opening the discussion, BKP directly asked both Gilmer and Fannin County School superintendents how safe do they feel the schools in our area are.
Fannin County School Superintendent Dr. Michael Gwatney answered from a personal perspective: "My child is in a Fannin County school this morning."
"We are always vigilant in watching what's going on with our students, watching what's going on on social media," Gilmer County School Superintendent Dr. Shanna Wilkes said, explaining why she too felt the schools in her county were safe, "and staying in constant contact with our law enforcement."
"What I feel has come out of Parkland (shooting) is a breakdown in the system," BKP pointed out to the guest panel and questioned how officials have addressed any recent incidents.
Gilmer County Sheriff Stacy Nicholson replied that his department has had to respond to incidents almost daily for the past two weeks, but clarified that most complaints are not serious.
"The problem is law enforcement can no longer say that's not serious. We have to take it serious," Nicholson explained.
Modern times are different according to Nicholson and he stressed, "Pranks are no longer pranks. When it comes to school safety we will investigate and we will prosecute and arrest or send you to juvenile court."
Many counties in Georgia do not have school resource officers (SRO) assigned to every school in their district. Fortunately, for both Fannin and Gilmer, this is not the case. All schools within each system has its own SRO, and all panel members feel that this is a major element in keeping our schools safe.
Gilmer County SRO Sgt. Greg Dodson discussed SRO training and duties.
"Are all the SRO officers armed this morning?" BKP directly asked the panel. Both Nicholson and Fannin County Sheriff Dane Kirby replied that all officers on all campuses were armed.
Gilmer County School Resource Officer Sergeant Greg Dodson explained the duties of an SRO: "A very large part of the job is visual security. It's patrolling the interior and exterior of the school, checking doors, making sure that they're locked, trying to monitor who comes and goes."
"If you see someone at the schools that you don't recognize, make sure they have a visitor pass, that they've gone through the office properly," Dodson added.
Other duties include checking parking lots, bathrooms, hallways, and interacting and developing relationships with the students.
In Gilmer County, to become an SRO, a deputy must submit a formal letter requesting that position. A panel of the officer's peers then formally recommends who they feel should be placed in that position. Sheriff Nicholson makes a final decision based on the panel's recommendations.
Fannin County Sheriff Dane Kirby confirmed that the process in Fannin County is very similar to Gilmer County and added, "That's not a job (SRO) that you have just to draw a paycheck. That has to be something that the deputy wants to do."
"From the very get go, it has to be what that person really wants to do," Kirby said, explaining that the SROs in place are not only trained but also have a passion for that particular field.
Training for an SRO goes beyond that of a police academy. This training includes a School Resource Officer course, Crisis Intervention Training, Gun Safety, and in-service training such as active shooter scenarios.
Appalachian Judicial Circuit District Attorney B. Alison Sosebee was present to discuss the legal aspects of threats against a school and what her department does in collaboration with law enforcement to combat any potential crimes.
"I just need one referral to start. I need one concerned student. I need one diligent parent. That's what allows us to be able to initiate the investigation and to assess what we need to do next," Sosebee described of the process of how her department can become involved.
Fannin County Sheriff Dane Kirby and Gilmer County Sheriff Stacy Nicholson address law enforcement's role in providing safety for our schools.
Sosebee said we are fortunate to live in a smaller community where residents feel comfortable speaking up when there is an incident that makes them feel uncomfortable.
Confirming Sosebee's thoughts on residents willing to tip off authorities, Gilmer County School Superintendent Dr. Shanna Wilkes said, "In my experience, when we've had a threat that we needed to investigate, I have not gotten it from one person. I get it from 50 people within about an hour."
"No matter how good you are technologically, there is no substitution for a good tip," Fannin County School Superintendent Dr. Michael Gwatney expressed in similar views.
Both Fannin and Gilmer County school systems continue to take steps to improve safety measures in their schools. Gwatney is looking into extra safety measures using technology. This would include a large network of monitoring devices.
Wilkes is working to renovate Gilmer High School. She would like to implement scan cards for access to doors and is working to restructure the building to create a single point of entry through the front office.
With large campuses and multiple buildings, BKP asked, "Would you look at letting teachers or putting that program into place at your schools to allow weapons in there and how would it work?"
Texas has legislation, School Marshal, to allow teachers to carry weapons on campus, and Florida recently passed similar legislation. Currently in Georgia, there is no statewide legislation on the issue, but rather Georgia allows local school districts to create their own policies regarding this matter.
Gilmer County has looked at sample legislation from other counties in the past, but never voted to enact a policy. Wilkes said that she would favor a policy that would require the individual to qualify with a firearm and that would obligate the individual to attend an annual firearm training course.
Wilkes also would like there to be anonymity in which teachers are armed within the school.
"It would have to be very regulated. It takes the right person, like it takes the right SRO," Wilkes shared of her stance.
Gwatney was not opposed to the idea but does not want it to negatively affect an educator's job: "The purpose of a teacher to care for the kids and teach for the kids. We don't want to create a situation where we force the teacher to try to take on a law enforcement role."
The panel also expressed frustrations on a system that sometimes works against them in their efforts to keep our children safe.
On a criminal level, Sheriff Nicholson expressed disappointment in a system that seems increasingly unwilling to keep a juvenile in detainment: "It's getting harder and harder to get someone detained. That's frustrating."
BKP's All Star Panel questions officials on a number of issues that the school systems face in regard to safety.
Sosebee confirmed Nicholson's frustration and explained, "Part of that, the court system with relation to that, is the restrictions that are put on the court system as to when these juveniles can be detained and when they cannot be detained and that is where a lot of the hands tying is coming from, from the court system."
Just like law enforcement, the school systems feel that there is legislation and policy in place that ties their hands when they witness "red flags".
BKP pointed out the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which has grown since it was first enacted and states that schools being a government agency must accommodate individuals with diagnosed disabilities.
Wilkes acknowledged that the ADA does play a heavy role in how schools can handle disciplinary situations: "In many cases, you're dealing with students who have a disability such as an emotional behavioral disorder, which falls under special education."
In such cases, if a student makes a threat or acts in a way that requires disciplinary action, the school must first have a Manifestation Hearing.
In a Manifestation Hearing, a panel is made up of a licensed school psychologist, the student's special education case manager, a teacher that works directly with the student, an administrator, and the parents or guardians of the child.
The panel determines if the threat or infraction is directly related to the student's disability. If it is deemed that it is in relation to the disability, then disciplinary action cannot be taken.
If it is deemed that the issue is not related to the child's disability, then a tribunal is formed to determine what disciplinary actions should be taken.
"If a student has any disability at all," Wilkes clarified, "even if it's a learning disability in reading, and let's say they try to burn down the school, then we have to have a manifestation hearing to see if that learning disability led to them trying to burn down the school."
Due to this process and the strict rules surrounding juvenile privacy, Wilkes stated if it is related to a disability "our hands are tied as to what we can do."
The panel agreed that collaboration between departments along with a proactive stance on safety is the best route to take when it comes to the welfare of our counties' children but felt that changes could be made in legislation that would make providing our schools with this security a much more efficient process.
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I have been wanting to post something on the forum for sometime now, but asever, life gets in the way and today I had a bit of an excuse (having had some good news).
Just over 2 years ago, my family could no longer afford to pay the substantial unsecured debts we had incurred over the years. Due to several sets of circumstances, our income fell dramatically and we found ourselves on the phone to the CCCS, on a cold & dark December day. We had struggled with making payments on all our crecdit cards for 2 years previously, so making that first call was the toughest call our family had to make at the time, because we were admitting it was too much for us to cope with (finally).
My hubby spoke with an advisor in the CCCS, a lovely man who put our mind at rest - who understood why he was crying and tried to reassure us about the fear of losing our home. That same day we stopped all the direct debits for our creditors and began the letters offering £1 per month as token payment. Due to our circumstances, the CCCS could only offer us advice, they could not intervene on our behalf because we were too poor (we couldnt afford a payment plan - so we were on our own).
It was during that month and over Christmas that we had to make all the calls to our various creditors to explain our situation and ask them for some help. The thought of this made us both very sick and frightened - these were the institutions afterall - the banks that our country was built on - they owned our home, etc. What followed was a very mixed bag, but mostly a very negative and scary experience. There was no dignity in it and any that we thought we had before was quickly stripped by the ignorant and forceful people in the call centre collections departments - it was like we had stolen money from these individuals own pockets and we were **** in their eyes - Low points include being talked through an affordability list and being told £20 per week was too much money for food for the two of us and our baby. The only exception to the rule in all of this was the people at EGG. My husband again broke down with the lady on the phone (I was bawling my eyes out on every call!) and thanked her for treating him like a human being, without judging him.
The letters pilled in, so did all the calls - to our home and mobiles. Threatening voicemails and the infamous 'doorstep' collection letters - those were the worst! To say we lived in fear of the door knocking was something most people in debt will understand. Blinds were pulled, doors double locked, we didnt go out etc. The fear of our neighbours finding out aswell was humiliating and ever present as they threatened that they would speak with our neighbours to confirm we lived there.
The CCCS did arrange for us to have a counselling session with a member of theirs on the phone, someone who has been through it before and was going to offer us real advice. What a nightmare that was. We ended up with a lady on a powertrip, whose advice to us was to immediately declare bankruptcy and that we would most probably loose our home. She offered no other options for us, in her eyes we had too much debt, not enough income to offer anything other than token payments to our creditors and we just needed to get rid of our home and start again somewhere. She was very cold and cut and dry and that call left us again with great fear for our families future.
Then one day not long after this call, while looking through the MSE web site, we read about CAG. To say our lives changed that day was an understatement. I dont think we will ever be able to truely thank those people who helped all the way along - but if you are reading this and are finding yourself with no other options - please post on this forum! Even if its just to vent your fear or frustration, someone will be along who understands and has been there themselves.
Having found CAG we found our voice - and knowledge is a very powerful thing. Going from being fearful of the letters that came through the door, we began to respond to each (every day) and started to specifically ask for paperwork we found out through CAG that they should have.
Credit Agreements and SAR requests were the initial requests - followed up by CPR requests to everyone, as none of our creditors could comply within the presribed timeframe. Some did try as can be seen on our threads, but almost everyone had next to nothing enforceable, with a couple of exceptions.
For nearly 9 months we went back and forwards with these people, keeping up a pace with them. During that time we even had a face to face with some senior Bank officials as they managed to mess up our SAR and provided us with a long list of other members personal details! Their answer to help us was to offer them a voluntary charge on our property - something which we declined as again, they had no proof of any CA and owed us as much in charges as we owed them!
Just around the time we started to feel on top of things finally, we had some personal family problems - which in turn lead to my hubby ending up in hospital with a serious stress related illness (not helped at all by all the debts). This was a huge lowpoint and we were lucky not to have lost him to this. What followed was months of recoperation for him and during that time we had to simply back off. Losing our family to these people and stress was not going to happen and we decided to ignore all the letters now, simply making our token payments as we had been.
Our first year of debt management came and went and the letters continued to come. Some are very humurous when you step out of the fear and read them - especially those when the creditors ask you to take their word for it, the debt is enforceable, even with no proper documents!
During this time we were also dealing with my mums creditors as she suffers mental health problems and has substantial debts also. Early on with her, CAG's advice managed to help us get a PPi refund which covered a Santander debt and wiped it out.
Given her state of mind, we requested that all of her creditors consider writing off her debts - which none of them did (nor responded to our requests). We made a couple pro-rata offers, which was also ignored, so we decided the best course of action was to ignore the letters and to this day not one of her creditors has receieved a payment from her.
Around the time of my hubby's illness, we sought professional help. Not being in a position to pay for legal advice isnt a negative thing and legal aid is there for those who need help. As it stood we were getting all the advice we needed day to day from CAG, but we were trying to prepare ourselves for the worst case scenario as neither of us could deal with a day in court at that time.
We ended up with a wonderful lady solictor, quite senior in the field of commercial litigation. She was able to confirm that should we ever be challanged by our creditors, they we would be able to fight back with legal aid on our side - and that without the right paperwork, the creditors would struggle.
At that time we both decided to stop paying the token payments. This was huge as it was a sign of pride to us that we were at least paying something. Most of our creditors refused to accept this (although were still cashing the cheques!) so we decided we had to take a chance.
Then the letter began to slow down, from ten a day, to one and then one every month. These days (over two years since we first stopped our DD's) we get almost no letters at all. No phonecalls (these were dealt with really well with the help of CAG), although we do have a funny door step collection story.
The biggest fear we had was of these doorstep collectors - those little yellow and red cards telling you someone would be calling on a non-specific day at a non-specific time to discuss your account did not fill us with excitement. The thought of a showdown in front of our neighbours with someone shouting the odds about our personal lives filled us with dread.
Having just returned from visiting family for a few days, we arrived home to find our heating system had been destroyed due to the severe weather. No heating and a possible gas leak - nightmare. We started to read through our letters while waiting for a gas man and amongst them was a yellow note telling us someone had called in our absence. This was from a company already warned by us many, many times not to call to our doorstep, using the various standard letters on the site. Very angry my hubby read it out, telling me that this guy was calling back the following day.
5 minutes later there was a knock at the door. My hubby opened it, and outside stood a gormless looking older man who asked for my hubby by name. He asked who was asking and this man identified himself, wanting to come in to discuss his account situation.
And that brings us up to this week, when one of our creditors (well, a DCA who claims they have been assigned the debt) has finally admitted they will no longer be able to enforce the debt because they cannot find the Credit Agreement. Its just taken them over a year to admit this, but it was worth it in the end.
I guess the point of this thread is for everyone who comes onto CAG in despair and without hope. WE HAVE BEEN THERE - YOU ARE NOT ALONE! Please dont give up, you simply dont know how things will pan out at this stage. Please ask on this wonderful forum if you are unsure or scared - we have spoken to some wonderful people on here over the last couple of years, people who have shared their experiences to help us. This is our short response which we hope will help anyone who feels they have no options.
Our lowest point was being told that we HAD to declare bankrupcy - which would probably have meant we would loose our home, our families only security. 2 years on, we are still here, and our family is sticking with it.
We have stayed offline for quite a while because we had to try and go it alone - plus there were people like we were at the start who needed the Cagger's much more than we do now. However, I hope we can in some small way come back online and simply be there for those who like us, were scared and just needed someone to tell them it would be ok.
It will be ok folks - take heart and ask on here is you are ever in need of help.
Thanks for sticking with this and reading to the end.
I'm lucky enough not to have debts, but I came on here years ago re the bank charges, and well, I couldn't believe what I was reading!
I worked for over 29 years as a social housing officer, the last job being with people who were really up against it in life. This site was invaluable to me in helping them help themselves! And the extra knowledge it gave me was great as well. I told all the support workers to use CAG and I know many of them did.
I'm lucky enough to be out of the rat race now, albeit a bit early, but hey, that's a bonus! But I still continue to help all my friends. Because of CAG I am confident to make a complaint if I have to and see it through. Ooh hoo ching ching several times chaps! I like a good complaint now.
Most days I have a quick glance at "new posts" to see if I can help or learn, or just support. If I have a problem or question I know where to ask it!
CAG is great. I'm pleased you feel in control now, op, and I hope anyone just starting out on the lonely path of debt clearing can take heart from what you've written.
Thank you so much for sharing that with us. A truly inspirational post.
I read your post to the end. A very sad story but very inspirational to others who will read it. I thank you for sharing it with us here on CAG.
Debt is that ugly word that brings with it shame, embarrassment and isolates us into a lonely world, for whatever reason.
You are right in saying knowledge is power and it enables us all to take control again.
The community here on CAG has given me, as well as so many others, the confidence to take back that control.
Everybody on CAG has their own story to tell but they are united in that they are here to get and offer unconditonal help and advice to others.
Yes, very inspirational. Thanks for sharing.
I'm glad things are so much better for you. This site really can empower you to take control as Night Owl said.
stupid question - ikea/ikano have informed cra's that my account has been settle and satifactory since may last year - can they change this and why would they have made this mistake and not noticed by now?
My ikea/ikano account is showing on my credit file as satisfactory and settled. This has been since may last year.
I've not settled or paid the account, so I just wonder how long a court would allow them to have noticed this error if that is what it is.
Can they now decide 10 months on that it isn't settled and change that with the CRA's?
I wouldnt have thought so ! Can you take a screen print of the information, just in case they try to amend it.. then you can ask why ?
Seems a bit out of order if they are showing you account as settled to be asking for money !
Great post and very comforting. There has been many a time when i thought my debts were insurmountable and all seems hopeless, but coming onto this site has given me hope and inspiration. There are some fantastic people on this site who give some great advice.
To Mr & Mrs Meercat.....what a truly inspirational post....thank you for taking the time to type it all out. This morning after 7 long years on a DMP I decided to tackle my debtors by phone regarding F&F settlements. The money available is no where near the 26k I owe. I actually found that some of the anounts on my DMP where incorrect and today I saw 500 pounds come off my DMP amount....a step in the right direction to me.
I just wanted to share with you all.....today I spoke to M&S, Moorcroft, Lowell, C L Finance, Blackhorse, Barclays Partner Finance and Robson way. I cleared my debt with M&S for half the amount I owed, the lady explained in detail it would be on my credit file for 6 years and only marked as partially settled but the debt was finished and the account closed. As my credit file will be in tatters anyway I decided to settle there and then.
Moving On....Moorcroft. I spoke to a lovely gentleman who was respectful, helpful and above all treat me like a person and not ****.
Lowell, where ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE.....rude and very unhelpful...no shock there.
CL Finance spoke to me respectfully but where NOT at all willing to knock alot of money off for F&F's. My biggest debt with them been 14k, only prepared to go to 12k also other debt with them for 798 pounds where only prepared to go to 702 pounds.
Finally onto Robson....the girl there actually asked me my BANK DETAILS!!! Can you believe that!!! I said that had nothing to do with my query and ended the call.
After a very long day and in discussion only I would only be able to settle my 26k debt at 22k!!!! I was hoping for much less than this and have posted this to say I feel fed up and very alone. I was full of fear and hope this morning....hoping that I would be able to shave bigger F&F's off these debts.....are these people getting wise to people asking for discounts.
I am TOTALLY down in the dumps....I thought these people wanted to collect and get you off their books.....I was wrong, they will hold on for as long as possible to collect your debt. I have a further 6 years remaining on my DMP and god knows where I'll be then.....but I am already very depressed.....hope these people don't make me do something silly because believe me I have considered it!!
Hi Butterfly and welcome to CAG.
Can I suggest that you don't leave it there. Why not follow up your phone calls with letters? We always suggest on CAG that you do everything in writing. I suspect that people on the phone will be limited in what they can offer as F&F, so why don't you write to them with an amount that suits you. There are a few posts here showing how much some have accepted as F&F.
loads about. I also check new posts in the hope they will.
I am sure there will come a time when someone will post and you can say.. "Ooh, I can answer that" In some instances, people just want to know that they arent alone in the "debt world" so a friendly hello can make things not seem so bad.
I don't pretend that I know most of the answers, but sometimes it can help to ask questions, especially if there isn't much info. Even if I don't know how to deal with the situation it can start the ball rolling, and as CB says, help peeps feel that they aren't alone.
None of us can know everything some of know a lot,some of us know nothing.
some of us know a little together we can be wise.


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Akash Vijayvargiya Walks Out of Jail on Bail, Garlanded, Says Not Embarrassed at What I Did
Additional Sessions Judge Suresh Singh granted bail to Akash Vijayvargiya on Saturday, in two cases -- assault and leading a protest without permission, district court prosecution public relation officer (PRO) Yogesh Tiwari said.
Updated: June 30, 2019 11:39 AM IST
New Delhi: BJP MLA from Indore Akash Vijayvargiya, who was arrested earlier in the week for assaulting a civic official in public view with a bat, walked out of jail on bail early Sunday morning.
As soon as Akash walked out, he was greeted by party workers who garlanded him and welcomed him with folded hands.
At the party office too, celebrations began in full swing with workers dancing on roads and firing shots in the air.
Madhya Pradesh: Celebratory firing outside BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya's office in Indore after he got bail in an assault case. (29-06) pic.twitter.com/d1j2d03hLY— ANI (@ANI) June 30, 2019
Additional Sessions Judge Suresh Singh granted bail to Akash Vijayvargiya on Saturday, in two cases — assault and leading a protest without permission, district court prosecution public relation officer (PRO) Yogesh Tiwari said.
Granting bail, the court asked the MLA to furnish a personal bail bond of Rs 50,000 in the assault case and Rs 20,000 in the other case.
Son of BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, Akash spoke to the media outside the jail and reiterated that he is not ashamed of his deed.
"In such a situation when a woman was being dragged in front of the police, I couldn't think of doing anything else, not embarrassed at what I did. But I pray to god 'ki vo dobara ballebazi karne ka avsar na de," he was quoted.
The municipality official whom Akash beat up, was on an anti-encroachment drive in Indore on June 26, when he was ambushed and thrashed with a cricket bat.
Claiming that he was challenging corruption, the Madhya Pradesh lawmaker told news agency ANI, "This is just the beginning, we will end this corruption & goondaism. 'Aavedan, nivedan aur phir dana dan' this is our line of action."
#WATCH Madhya Pradesh: Akash Vijayvargiya, BJP MLA and son of senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya, thrashes a Municipal Corporation officer with a cricket bat, in Indore. The officers were in the area for an anti-encroachment drive. pic.twitter.com/AG4MfP6xu0— ANI (@ANI) June 26, 2019
Following this incident, as many as 21 municipal officials were suspended for supporting Akash during the scuffle with an official. In addition, posters also came up in Indore recently, as a sign of solidarity with the BJP MLA and read 'Salute Akash ji' with a big picture of the leader pasted across.
Meanwhile, Union home minister Amit Shah is reported to be closely watching the developments in Indore.
Published Date: June 30, 2019 9:54 AM IST
Updated Date: June 30, 2019 11:39 AM IST
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