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Higher marriage fees, prison reforms among new Neb. laws
Nebraska's prison population could start to decline under a new law that increases the use of probation for nonviolent offenders
By Grant Schulte
LINCOLN, Neb. — A host of new laws took effect Sunday in Nebraska, leading to changes ranging from costlier marriage licenses to expanded opportunities for nonviolent prisoners to be released for parole and probation.
The 181 laws took effect three months after the end of this year's legislative session, the normal grace period for measure approved by lawmakers.
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Following a vote — and veto override — by legislators, Sunday also would have marked the end of capital punishment in Nebraska, but death penalty supporters announced last week they had gathered enough signatures to place a measure blocking the death penalty repeal on the ballot and stop the change from taking effect before the November 2016 election.
Here are some of the new laws now in effect:
MARRIAGE LICENSE FEES
Getting married in Nebraska will now cost an extra $10. The new law increases marriage license fees from $15 to $25, while certified copies will rise from $5 to $9.
Nebraska counties lobbied for the increase, arguing the previous fee did not cover the costs of filing licenses and verifying the information. The original proposal would have raised the fee to $50, but conservative lawmakers balked at the idea. The law is LB88.
The law will generate an estimated $28,000 a year for Lancaster County, covering expenses that otherwise would have been paid through property tax revenue, said County Clerk Dan Nolte. Nolte said processing roughly 2,000 licenses each year and ensuring they're accurate takes more effort than people realize.
"It's an important legal document, and we want to make sure things are the way they need to be," Nolte said.
UNDERAGE DRINKERS
Underage drinkers who seek medical help for themselves or a friend because of alcohol poisoning will receive legal immunity from alcohol charges in some situations. The law is designed to encourage underage drinkers to seek medical attention when someone's life is at risk without having to fear a criminal conviction. The law is LB439.
"We need to accept the reality that drinking occurs in a college environment, and we need to educate on how to be safe, responsible and look out for one another," said Thien Chau, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's student body president.
Nurse practitioners now have more independence under a law removing a requirement that they get a written agreement to consult with a doctor before they can practice. The so-called integrated practice agreements are designed to ensure a physician is available for collaboration or referral, but nurse practitioners say they're extensively trained and could help ease the state's health care shortage. The Nebraska Medical Association opposed the law, citing patient safety concerns. The law is LB107.
NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN
Native American children who are at risk of being removed from their homes will have new protections that make it harder to separate them from their families and break cultural ties. The new law makes clear exactly when a social worker can remove a child, and requires that custodial preference be given to a foster home or adoptive parents who can preserve a child's relationship with his or her tribe. The law is LB566.
PRISON CROWDING AND SENTENCING
Nebraska's prison population could start to decline under a new law that increases the use of probation for nonviolent offenders, increases parole opportunities and requires supervised release for felony offenders before they complete their sentences. Another law going into effect Sunday will increase the Legislature's oversight of the state prison system by creating a new inspector general positon. The laws are LB605 and LB598.
Organizers of Nebraska petition drives can once again pay circulators by the signature rather than by the hour, making it easier to place issues on the ballot. The law overturns a 2008 ban on signature-based pay. Critics of the ban say many grassroots groups don't have the resources to pay circulators hourly. The law is LB367.
TRIAL EVIDENCE
Wrongly convicted Nebraska prisoners will have more chances to demonstrate their innocence. The law will give prisoners up to five years, instead of the current three, to seek a new trial based on newly discovered, non-DNA evidence. It also would allow judges to order DNA testing on evidence that wasn't previously examined, or where new technology could lead to more accurate or probative results. The law is LB245.
BRAND INSPECTION FEES
The cost of brand inspections for cattle could rise to as much as $1.10 per head. The Nebraska Brand Committee now has the authority to charge a higher maximum fee to cover its expenses.
The Brand Committee hasn't decided whether to increase the fees, but the new law will give its members more flexibility, said Executive Director Shawn Harvey. Harvey said the committee is working with outdated computers and needs to offer higher salaries to attract more inspectors.
"In the last three or four years, it's been difficult to get qualified applicants to apply for our openings," Harvey said.
The fee ceiling was last increased in 2005, from 65 cents to 75 cents per head. Inspections are mandatory in the western two-thirds of Nebraska anytime a bovine animal changes ownership. The law is LB85.
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Will he be part of Aidan's job after all?
It's New Year's Eve on Albert Square and Linda is focusing on her last ever party at the Queen Vic, but Mick is still plagued by doubts over whether he made the right decision by pulling out of Aidan's job.
Mick knows that all of his problems would disappear if the plan pays off, but the danger involved is also a real worry. Will Mick be tempted by the job in order to stay at the pub?
Meanwhile, Kush tries to break the news to Denise that Carmel and Shakil are coming to stay with them as they have nowhere else to go. His decision not to tell Denise straight away backfires on him.
Elsewhere, Karen persuades the Murrays to join the locals in the pub rather than spending New Year's Eve at home.


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First Fictions: New First Novels & Short Story Collections
Tea in the Harem, by Mehdi Charef, trans. Ed Emery. (London: Serpent's Tail, 1989.) From Rockaway, by Jill Eisenstadt. (New York: Vintage, 1988.) Toni, by Fiorella De Luca Calce. (Montreal: Guernica, 1990.)
Book reviews by Rob Couteau
The Bloomsbury Review,
April / May 1991. (CO: Denver)
Throughout the 1980s and now into the '90s, first novels have frequently emerged that explore the coming-of-age protagonist and the thinly disguised confession reset in novelistic form. There's nothing new about a first novel relying so heavily on lived experience, but what's noteworthy is the continuing message of pointlessness, personal greed, and rapaciousness. In the words of author Mehdi Charef, "outstanding players who bring crowds to their feet all learnt their art on pieces of wasteland, in the survival of the fittest and the most selfish." That he's discussing soccer players is very much beside the point; this novelistic aside represents the epithet of an entire generation.
Of the first novels from this period, the bleakest to come to my attention is Charef's Tea in the Harem. Originally published as Le thé au harem d'Archi Ahmed by Mercure de France in 1983, it was recently translated by Serpent's Tail in the U.K. Charef is a skillful writer and, after being published at age thirty-one, he's become the well-deserving recipient of critical acclaim. (Until then, he worked in an engineering factory in the Paris suburbs.) It's not hard to see why. There's a jolting, rapid pace to his prose, which deftly portrays the horrific imagery of modern life.
The setting is a housing project in the Paris suburbs where Majid, the son of Algerian immigrants, feels trapped. He's surrounded by a foreign culture, limited by poverty, and lacking in enthusiasm regarding the few options that are available to him. From the very beginning, we are made aware that he feels
caught between two cultures, two histories, colors of skin. He's neither black nor white. He has to invent his own roots, create his own reference points. For the moment, he's waiting … waiting … waiting … He doesn't want to have to think about it …
Majid's ennui is fueled by the ugliness of his surroundings and by the high-pitched tensions that exist between the tenants of the housing estate. Merciless fights between husbands and wives, between race-baiting Frenchmen and a new generation of Algerian French, and between the bitter roaming youth gangs and the frightened older generation, who attempt to defend themselves against this explosive, directionless energy–these are some of the daily conflicts witnessed by Majid.
Tea in the Harem is a book solidly planted in the world of the 1980s, with its collective awareness of a glaring division between the "haves" and "have-nots." Yet, unlike Tom Wolfe's overcelebrated The Bonfire of the Vanities, here the point of view is focused from deep within the center of poverty. In Charef's prose, nothing is contrived; nothing is incompletely imagined. It's a treatment reminiscent of Céline, especially because of his rhythmic language and the incessant message of despair that builds, staccato-like, around two characters who bang their heads against the wall of life. While they do occasionally partake of a Célinesque "uplifting pessimism" (in the sense that dark humor may be vivifying), more often than not they fail to be uplifted at all. Instead, they attempt to kill time through a series of numbing escapes into booze, drugs, sex, and petty theft. Thievery momentarily energizes them, and it finances, once again, the cycle of escape:
And when you do what you like, you're saying that you deserve better than what you've got, and that you've the right to a better life. And what about emotions and feeling! No chance! The main thing is to fight the despair, find something to believe in, no matter what it takes.
The problem is, no one finds that "something" to believe in, especially here, in the housing estate:
The children grow up as part of the cement and concrete. They grow up and they begin to take on the characteristics of concrete: they're dry and cold and hard, to all appearances indestructible–but they've got hidden cracks.
This also applies to many of those coming-of-age today, who confess, in growing numbers and with a lackluster matter-of-factness, to being stymied by the pointlessness of it all. If the 90s hasn't yet assumed a character of its own, it seems to have magnified many of the darker concerns of the previous decade. For while Majid and his ne'er-do-well companion, Pat, are stymied by a lack of "challenging opportunities for employment," there's a deeper malaise tugging beneath the plot of an entire generation. The culture clash of groups portrayed here reflects a larger cultural fragmentation in the world today, with its resulting loss of self.
While Majid listens to the Sex Pistols sing "God Save the Queen," Alex, of From Rockaway by Jill Eisenstadt, attends a college party in New England where she also listens to the Sex Pistols (and the Dead Kennedys, and the Fleshtones). She's the only one from her hometown gang who goes away to college. No one else among the working-class group has the money, initiative, or smarts. After her successful (yet somewhat absurd) passage into campus life in New Hampshire, she returns to the equally absurd concerns of her gang, with its limited options in the small, narrow-minded world of Rockaway Beach.
While certain characters in Tea in the Harem suffer a cultural longing–a nostalgia for the "old ways" and for their now irretrievable symmetry–in Eisenstadt's novel there's nostalgia for childhood (which is symptomatic of the group's fear of adulthood). As with the adults in Majid's surroundings, there are no role models worthy of envy. With nothing to look forward to, Alex's friends gaze backward: to fleeting emotional states that are no longer accessible.
Published after Charef's work, Eisenstadt's first novel shares notable similarities with his tale. Like Tea, it possesses the tone of autobiographical fiction. A note about the author informs us that she was "born and raised in Far Rockaway" and educated at a New England college–just like her protagonist, Alex. Rather than being burnt out, the characters of each book are simply incapable of ignition. Again, it's not just a lack of money that stands in the way; it's something else: something barely definable, yet as solid and unyielding as a concrete wall. But no one seems capable of comprehending the obstacle or overcoming it.
Finally, in Fiorella De Luca Calce's Toni, elements emerge that signal a reconstruction of the self: a slow, deliberate regrouping of a battered yet undefeated spirit. Toni's alienation from her parents causes her to wander through the rain ("Must have been walking in the rain for an hour [...] Was too angry, too damn cold"), where she–like the kids in Rockaway–succumbs to youthful nostalgia. Reminiscence leads her to a rooftop (where once "the spunkier ones even found a hideout on one of the roofs") and to an old shack. Entering the beat-up structure, she stumbles into an unexpected adventure. Attacked because of mistaken identity, Toni is gradually nursed back to health by a group of runaways.
In addition to suffering similar wounds as the characters in Tea and From Rockaway, the figures in Toni have been abandoned by their families or have been offered no other choice but to run away because of abuse. They encounter the coldest of all worlds, and they do so from a position of greater poverty and vulnerability than the teenagers of Majid's graffiti-strewn cosmos. Some are underage; some are running from the law; others are victims of sexual abuse. Yet banded together, they manage to construct a family and a household of their own. It's not utopian by any means, but it works. It takes a while for her to believe it, but Toni finds a handful of friends who matter to her and on whom she can count. As a sense of physical and emotional security develops between them, they reawaken to the challenges of a life lived in a world almost stripped bare of meaning.
In many ways, these are the children of Nietzsche's "second innocence": living with a minimum of illusion, they are heroic because they have resumed the struggle. Yet, as a result of their wounding, they remain numb. Their emotional lives–if not yet crushed–are feeble things that need nourishment and care, as well as fortification to protect them from further assaults. Many are hardened on the outside (like Charef's metaphor of concrete), yet they remain too soft inside: susceptible to rage, and prone to imitate the cold brutality that wounded them in the first place.
The significant thing about this first novel by De Luca Calce is that it intimates signs of change and contains characters that offer solutions. That they aren't yet able to "infuse a transfiguration and fullness into things and poetize about them until they reflect back [one's] fullness and joy in life" (Nietzsche) is more than forgivable. As the century reaches its close, such testimonials show that the individual emotional life has been truly threatened by impersonal social and collective forces, chilling the souls of an entire generation of youth. It remains to be seen whether confessional novels like Toni presage the kindling of a new spirit or if they merely reflect a final, sputtering, Last Hurrah of the soul.
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Collected Couteau. Poems, Letters, Essays, Interviews
and Reviews by Rob Couteau. (Second, Revised Edition)
Updated: 11 July 2011 | All text Copyright © 2012 | Rob Couteau | key words: First novels, coming of age novels, Tea in the Harem, by Mehdi Charef, trans. Ed Emery From Rockaway, by Jill Eisenstadt Toni, by Fiorella De Luca Calce


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Travel to the taste of an event showcasing some of the best of local food and drink. Tastes and flavours include savoury and sweet food, craft beers, wines and distillery offerings, preserves, chocolate, Italian specialties, pub choices, sauces, bakery delights and more. Live music + gourmet consumption within the charming ambience of Spencerville's historic grist Mill.
Advance tickets at: JoeComputer, 14 Centre St. and Spencerville Home Hardware, 3018 County Rd. 21. Cash only. Click here to purchase advance tickets online.
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Unpasteurized 100% Ontario honey from minimum or treatment-free sources. Natural pure honey in glass jars or delicious honeycomb.
Offering fresh produce and canned sauces, this small market garden farm brings its organically grown produce from farm to table with weekly deliveries or pick-up orders.
This new venture works strictly with local farmers to create the best jams, pickles, preserves, jellies, hot sauces and condiments the Ottawa area has to offer.
Sourcing ingredients from across Canada and internationally, these passionate creators of fine quality, artisan chocolate curate a collection of chocolate for cravers of the best.
Successful from the word go, this craft distillery makes spirits with local organic grains in five products and organic sugar cane in three. Sample varieties of vodka, gin rye, rum and moonshine, some of them gluten free.
try a porchetta pie sample from a restaurant menu that features gourmet pizza, fresh pasta, crisp salads and yummy desserts as well as early morning flakie bakiez and Florentine frittatas. Sauces for sale.
All natural loose-leaf tea is the hallmark of this operation including some hand blended mixes. Teas are completely free of artificial flavours, colour or added sugar.
This bakery/caterer will be showcasing the best of their delicious desserts, breads and savoury foods. Their pastries – cakes, cupcakes, scones and more – are a taster's dream come true.
This upscale pub in a 103-year old historic building features specialized pub dinners and starters along with local craft beers. Their sliders and slaw are a must for special events.
Treats from this small home & farm operation include apple cider, preserves such as salsa, pickles, chili sauce and crabapple jellies along side some must have kitchen items including hand-made aprons.
Producers of a top quality, organic, grass-fed dairy line, this business offers fresh, creamy full-fat dairy products plus more. Sample barley berries risotto with organic cheese, old fashioned corn bread made with organic yogurt as well as yogurt parfaits, cheese curds and not-your-average cheese with crackers.
Sample a variety of crisp, clean easy drinking craft beers from this home-grown brewery specializing in Bavarian style lagers using all-natural ingredients.
Delicious wines from one of the premier wine regions in Canada, this 700 acre winery is the southern most vineyard in Ontario offering fabulous wines with breathtaking views of nature.
Get ready for the best scones ever! Choose from six varieties of sweet and savoury. And Michelle promises the best Sucre à la Crème outside of La Belle Province with samples of all to taste and to take away.
Craftsmanship, high quality ingredients, historic recipes and innovation are the hallmarks of these brews – pale ale, lagered ale, imperial stout among others reflect the company wild side with names such as Wild West Coast IPA and Black Hop Down OBC.
This inventive Farm grows saffron from organically certified Iranian corns (bulbs) along with a variety of culinary and oil producing pumpkins. Tastings may include a saffron plum, peach or mango sauce and jam along with simple but enticing syrups such as basil lime, minty lime, lavender, strawberry, mango and saffron that make great salad dressings.
Every Trip Advisor listing will tell you that this enduring Spencerville landmark is famous for its pizza and its sandwiches and its friendly owners but most of all … it's famous for its cinnamon buns – they're huge, they're delicious and they're available at our event!
Edwardsburgh Cardinal Public Library CEO Alexine Marier will be on hand giving away gently used cookbooks and promoting the Library's Fall Programs. Don't forget to bid on two special Baskets of Books the Library has donated to the silent auction.
Accentuating her culinary skills, Joanne (Kern) Wood has developed an at-home sideline brilliantly restoring old or damaged cast iron pans to their original glory. Don't miss her demonstration. And there's a chance to bid on two pans with pedigrees in our Silent Auction.
This skilled potter is adding to our food & drink offerings with artfully hand-crafted pottery wine glasses, little cups and plates which are both practical and pretty.


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Now in slate, the latest Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda Chronor Slate has the restrained charm of a matured debonaire man that's rocking an eccentric heart
Posted by Joseph Rana on 22nd April 2020 24th October 2020
"A gray day provides the best light," said Leonardo da Vinci. This could not be closer to the truth in the case of the new — well for 2019 — Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda Chronor Slate.
When the Tonda Chronor was originally released in 2016 marking the 20th Anniversary celebration for the Maison, it was a technical wonder (more on that later). Now being released in slate (or grey), Parmigiani Fleurier has scored another home run; it's like an old debonaire man who is hopping about after being given a new heart.
From the outside, the watch is a lesson on restrained and timeless elegance, and for a brand that's only 20 odd years old, this is a marvellous achievement. Packing heat on the inside is the movement in solid gold that can provide an accuracy of 1/10th of a second and uses two column wheels, one of which drives the split-seconds function.
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The Context.
In 2017 the Tonda Chronor Anniversaire won the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève award in the 'Chronograph' category. An amalgamation of Parmigiani Fleurier's expertise, it was in a way inspired by the restoration of two pair-cased pocket watches created by James Cox from the 18th century. The main feature that was carried over was the use of a jumping seconds mechanism.
Moving past its stunning visual appeal, the watch came to be admired for featuring a 5Hz (36000 Vph) movement; it's use of two column wheels (one of which drives the split-seconds function); its vertical clutch (use of horizontal clutch is more common within the industry); a balance held in place by a cross-through bridge; and the movement material: 18ct rose gold.
As a follow up to the 2016 model that came in either an 18k gold case or a white gold case offered with blue or white dial options, Parmigiani Fleurier has released new chronographs in two versions, again in 18ct rose gold or white gold, both limited to 25 pieces each.
While all of the above defining characteristics of the award winning model from 2016 have been retained, there have been a fair few changes as well.
I appreciate when brands are tuned in to the reactions of the watch community and develop accordingly. There are a fair few aspects of this new version that have been 'updated' from the 2016 release that seemed to have bothered a fair few collectors and opinion-makers.
The 'Updates'.
– First, the bezel is now changed from a flat bezel to a knurled bezel, inspired by the original Toric QP Retrograde.
– The lonesome tachymeter of the 2016 version gets a new friend in the additional pulsometer.
– The seconds and split seconds hands were the same colour in the previous versions; they are now different colours for improved legibility.
– The 2016 models had the sub-dials at 3 and 6'o clock simply printed; they failed to bring to the watch a sense of depth or 3D effect. Parmigiani Fleurier has catered to this as well; not only in the new versions counters are recessed, but they also have a nice concentric circle look to them that brings in textural inter-play as well.
The Debonaire Man.
The watch face shows the functions of central hours and minutes; small seconds; big date; chronograph and split seconds. Tonda Chronor Slate also features an in-house-made integrated chronograph with split-seconds (rattrapante) with the sub-dials being off-centered to increase legibility.
The large outsized date at 12'o clock is very reminiscent of A. Lange & Söhne watches, though the execution is different here.
There is something about brown and slate coloured dials that they just pop when paired with gold. This watch is no different. The opaline finished dial acts as a subtle backdrop to the beauty of gold that takes over in the form of the fluted bezel, case and the rose gold plated indexes and skeleton delta-shaped hands.
The Eccentric Heart.
The references PFH282-1000200-HA1241 (red gold) or PFH282-1200200-HA1441 (white gold) feature the calibre PF361 which is a manually winding 18ct solid rose gold movement featuring a chronograph and split seconds.
The first integrated chronograph from the brand, this hand-wound technical marvel offers a chronograph, a split-seconds function and a large date, all on a single main plate. The solid gold movement incorporates several state-of-the-art technological developments that increase its reliability and reveal the true prowess of the brand's watchmaking expertise.
The 30.6mm diameter x 8.5mm thickness movement beats at the frequency of 5Hz (36'000 A/h), comprises of 35 jewels & 328 components, and is encased inside a 42.1mm diameter and 14.6mm thick polished 18ct rose gold or white gold case. It offers a decent 65-hour power reserve and a basic 30m water resistance.
What started in 1976 as a watch restoration workshop has taken the shape of a Haute Horlogerie brand based in Fleurier, Switzerland some twenty years later.
Parmigiani Fleurier's first wristwatch was the Toric QP Retrograde, a watch defined by its bezel that featured alternating gadroons and knurling. This distinctive style has now become one of the brand's aesthetic trademarks.
And in the latest Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda Chronor Slate, this style is embedded in good measure.
The movement as we said is a work of art, both technically and visually. This decorated, open-worked, hand-chamfered bridge movement can be admired through the sapphire crystal display caseback along with the engravings of an individual number and 'Edition Limitee xx/25'.
We also admire the fact that it is a Swiss Made joint collaborative effort. The watches feature all of their components, excluding the strap and sapphire crystal, being produced by different manufactures such as Atokalpa, Elwin, Les Artisans Boîtiers, Quadrance & Habillage, and Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier.
Overall, the curvature of the oversized and angled 'tear drop' lugs that compliment the strap buckle is also worth commenting on. Add to this the alligator Hermès strap and the watch is nicely bound as a unit.
Costing a cool 135'000 CHF, the combination of slate with gold is spot on, and the rattrapante (split-seconds) chronograph rocks the dial.
For more information on these and other Parmigiani Fleurier watches, head to their website here.
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A look at the players, however, shows a disturbing pattern. All of the XI belong to just three clubs! And the way Real Madrid and Barcelona are tearing up La Liga this season, it isn't beyond the realm of possibility that next season's World XI will be comprised entirely of players from just those two Spanish squads.
We all love to watch soccer for various reasons, but I think everyone can agree that one of the most compelling reasons is the game's unpredictability. If European soccer continues to be dominated by so few teams, then the game will begin to bore us all. Yawn. Wake me when Real and Barca make the Champions League final, will ya???
Premier League clubs, take note. It seems that the key to revitilizing your squad involves hiring a manager whose resume doesn't include a stint at a club that rhymes with Shiver Pull.
Such is it with Internazionale. The World Champions never got off the ground under Rafa Benitez. Even in this summer's exhibition game in Toronto — against Greek champions Panathinaikos — the Milanese side lacked imagination and flow. By the end of 2010, Inter sat seventh — 13 points behind their rivals AC Milan, who are threatening to take away one of the trophies their crosstown rivals won in their treble season.
So out goes Rafa and in comes Milano legend Leonardo. Questions were raised in the Italian north whether the Brazilian could revive the tired and injured-riddled rivals of his former club. Those questions were put to rest within three minutes during today's match against Napoli.
The game was riveting from the get-go, with the ball going end-to-end — the antithesis of stereotypes about Italian football. It was Thiago Motta who sparked the Inter revivial — finishing a Balkan sequence from Dejan Stankovic and Goran Pandev to put them up 1-0.
But Napoli are near the top of the table for a reason. A corner from Liverpool reject Andrea Dossena went straight into the box, and a brave Michele Pazienza stuck his head in, bringing the Neapolitans level.
Fast forward to the 33rd minute when Diego Milito flubbed a wide cross in front of the net, sending the ball sailing over the crossbar. But less than a minute later, Inter were back in the box and Esteban Cambiasso made no mistake. The unmarked Argentine raced in and took a remarkable cross from Maicon in the far corner and converted. 2-1 Inter Milan.
It should be worth noting how Maicon seemed to drive the team forward. The powerful Brazilian seems to have recovered from injury and awakened from his slumber in the first half of the season. The fullback was a constant threat on the right, finding the ball wide and providing service for Inter's attackers.
But it was Motta who provided the book-ends for Leonardo's first win in charge. The former Barca man found the end of Pandev's corner kick in the 55th, sealing victory for the Nerazzurri.
Massimo Moratti says he considered hiring Leonardo in June, but eventually settled on Benitez. You can bet that English clubs like Liverpool, Aston Villa and West Ham have also spent the last six months regretting their choice of manager. All three clubs may yet pull an Inter before the month is through.
Very Neapolitan: An Uruguayan and an Argentine, playing in Italy.
Ask most Italian football fans about their favourite teams, and the usual suspects are mentioned: Juventus, Roma, Lazio, AC Milan, or Inter Milan. These have been, without question, the top dogs of Serie A for the last two decades. All of these teams have one thing in common: they are based in the wealthier northern or central regions of the country. In recent times, southern Italy was considered the wasteland of Italian football. Until now that is.
Not since the days of Diego Maradona has southern Italy fielded a competitive team for the Champions League, and maybe even the Scudetto. For the first time in ages there are two such teams in the south, both with a real shot at fourth place or higher.
Naples is once again full of optimism as Napoli currently sit tied for third and Sicily is equally thrilled now that Palermo are tied for fifth with Sampdoria, Roma, and mighty Inter. Napoli look to have developed quite a strike force, with Edinson Cavani and Ezequiel Lavezzi popping in a combined 13 goals this season. Add in the sublimely talented midfielder Marek Hamsik (who has 6 goals himself), and the pizza capital of the world looks to have a team that has come of age.
Palermo's rise can be attributed to the wonderful play of Javier Pastore, who is perhaps the most sought after young player in Serie A. Rumours are awash that both Barcleona and Real Madrid are very interested in the young Argentine (with a price tag rumoured to be around 70 million euros), who has scored seven goals already this season and is being hailed as the next world superstar.
One thing is for certain; no matter where Napoli and Palermo finish this season, they have once again restored the pride of southern Italian football.


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LOIS ELFMAN | 1/9/2020, 6:08 p.m.
Stella Johnson Rider Athletics photo
Guard Stella Johnson has her eye on the prize—a MAAC championship and a trip to the NCAA Tournament. "Getting that MAAC ring is one thing I've been chasing since I stepped on campus," said Johnson, a senior at Rider University in New Jersey. "That's the 2020 goal."
The Broncs are currently 9–2, 2–0 in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play, and Johnson is averaging 28 points per game, which places her atop Division I women's basketball with the most points per game. Johnson said her individual accomplishments would mean nothing if her team wasn't winning.
"It's not just me scoring," said Johnson, a New Jersey native. "If I don't have a good day, Amari [Johnson] or Amanda [Mobley] are coming in. Everyone does their part—the post players, the guards, the point guards that come off the bench. The thing that's making us really good is that everyone is playing their role."
To be ready for this season, Johnson spent the summer at Rider working on her game with the coaching staff. When she saw she was topping a D I statistical category, she thought it was cool. As she was only paying attention to team wins, it came as a surprise when someone sent her a link. It's inspiration to work even harder.
"You can't relax and step off the gas," said Johnson, who wasn't highly recruited coming out of high school. While she had some interest, Rider was the only solid D I offer, so she went with it.
Her goal after college is to play professionally. "If I have a good season, hopefully that will come from it," she said. Growing up, she admired Maya Moore, Kawhi Leonard and coach Gregg Popovich. Johnson is minoring in French, so she's ready to play in France should the opportunity arise. Her major is sports media.
Winter break has been busy for the Broncs with four games in 10 days. Rider will be deep into conference play by the time classes resume in late January. Johnson's goal during winter break is training and getting shots up in practice. Rather than going home for New Year's Eve, her parents, who come to all home games and most away games, drove to campus to take her out to dinner so she'd be fresh for practice in the morning.
"My main goal is to keep my head in the game and keep working on skills," said Johnson.
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Dow AgroSciences recently unveiled the name of the new broad-spectrum rice herbicide it anticipates launching in 2017 or early 2018 — Loyant herbicide with Rinskor active.
Actual availability will depend on Environmental Protection Agency registration, says Hunter Perry, Dow field scientist at the Southern Research Center in Greenville, Miss. The company is still evaluating its plans for the California rice market.
Rinskor is the brand name for the second active ingredient in the new arylpicolinate herbicide class. A post-emergence herbicide, Loyant has activity on several grass, sedge and broadleaf species, including barnyardgrass, junglerice, yellow and rice flatsedges, alligatorweed, purple ammannia, eclipta, ducksalad, hemp sesbania, broadleaf signal grass, jointvetch species, horseweed, amaranth species and ragweed. It provides suppression of sprangletop. It also controls many of the weeds resistant to ALS, propanil, quinclorac, fenoxaprop and cyhalofop herbicides.
"Through several studies here at Dow AgroSciences and with university cooperators, we've learned that Loyant does an excellent job controlling these resistant biotypes that have been reported in the field," Perry says.
A few of the weeds on which the herbicide is weak are Texasweed, fall panicum and many of the morningglory family, although it does control pitted morningglory, he says.
Jason Norsworthy, a weed scientist with the University of Arkansas, has conducted trials with Loyant both as a stand-alone and in tankmixes for two seasons.
In his trials, Loyant also had good activity on herbicide-resistant barnyardgrass and rice flatsedge, Norsworthy says.
Eric Webster, a weed scientist with Louisiana State University's AgCenter, has only had the herbicide in trials with water-seeded rice for one year, and he says he likes two years of results before making grower recommendations.
But preliminary data show Loyant provides broad-spectrum control of many of the most troublesome broadleaf weeds and sedges as well as barnyardgrass and broadleaf signalgrass. Webster says the product also has activity on many of the aquatic weeds, such as pickerelweed and ducksalad, that plague water-seeded fields.
One thing he has noticed is Loyant produces ALS-like symptoms on treated weeds — the plants remain green and appear to still be alive after application. But when you touch them, they break off at the ground because they're dead. "So that's going to take some getting used to," he says.
The product has a broad application window from two-leaf rice up to booting, Perry says. "We've found that application at pre-flood before permanent flood is where Loyant has the greatest level of performance," he says.
For an early post-emerge application, he says growers may want to tankmix the herbicide with a residual herbicide since Loyant activity is primarily foliar. Dow AgroSciences researchers also have examined Loyant with Clearfield varieties and Clearfield hybrids and found good tolerance to the new herbicide. They have not been able to evaluate Loyant's compatibility with the Provisia system, another herbicide-tolerant rice program that has yet to be commercially launched.
As with all herbicides, he says stewardship will be key to prolonging Loyant's utility for the rice industry.
"One of the biggest points we're trying to drive home is Loyant herbicide needs to be used in a full-season rice weed-control program," Perry says. "We can't build herbicides overnight. We need good stewardship in order to prolong the lives of Loyant as well as the current chemistries on the market that are still very effective.
Dow plans to hold a series of Mid-South technical tours this summer to educate the market on how Loyant performs in large research plots, he says.


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Effect of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation on left ventricular function of swine
Irving Shen, Fiona H. Levy, Craig R. Vocelka, P. Pearl O'Rourke, Brian W. Duncan, Robert Thomas, Edward D. Verrier
Background. Previous clinical and experimental investigations have produced inconsistent data describing the effects of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO) on intrinsic left ventricular (LV) function. We report an animal model that allows investigation of the effects of VA ECMO on the mechanics of the LV using two load-insensitive indices: end-systolic pressure-minor axis dimension relationship (ESPDR) and preload recruitable dimensional stroke work (PRDSW). Methods. Eight piglets (5 to 11 kg) were anesthetized, instrumented, and placed on VA ECMO. Throughout the experiment, systemic and left atrial partial pressure of oxygen were maintained between 100 to 200 mm Hg. At ECMO flow rate of 50% of baseline cardiac output, data were collected prior to ECMO, at 4 and 6 hours during ECMO, and after weaning from ECMO. Data measured or calculated for each time point included heart rate, LV pressures and minor axis dimensions at different preloads, first derivative of LV pressure with respect to time, velocity of circumferential fiber length shortening (VCF), LV shortening fraction (LVSF), ESPDR, and PRDSW. Results. A significant (p <0.05) decrease in LVSF and VCF was seen at 4 and 6 hours during ECMO when compared to baseline, but the ESPDR and PRDSW did not change during ECMO. Conclusions. VA ECMO alone changes some of the load-dependent parameters of contractility, but intrinsic function of the heart is not significantly affected as measured by load-insensitive indices of LV performance.
Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Left Ventricular Function
Ventricular Pressure
Atrial Pressure
Partial Pressure
Shen, I., Levy, F. H., Vocelka, C. R., O'Rourke, P. P., Duncan, B. W., Thomas, R., & Verrier, E. D. (2001). Effect of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation on left ventricular function of swine. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 71(3), 862-867. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02280-3
Effect of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation on left ventricular function of swine. / Shen, Irving; Levy, Fiona H.; Vocelka, Craig R.; O'Rourke, P. Pearl; Duncan, Brian W.; Thomas, Robert; Verrier, Edward D.
In: Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol. 71, No. 3, 2001, p. 862-867.
Shen, I, Levy, FH, Vocelka, CR, O'Rourke, PP, Duncan, BW, Thomas, R & Verrier, ED 2001, 'Effect of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation on left ventricular function of swine', Annals of Thoracic Surgery, vol. 71, no. 3, pp. 862-867. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02280-3
Shen I, Levy FH, Vocelka CR, O'Rourke PP, Duncan BW, Thomas R et al. Effect of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation on left ventricular function of swine. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2001;71(3):862-867. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02280-3
Shen, Irving ; Levy, Fiona H. ; Vocelka, Craig R. ; O'Rourke, P. Pearl ; Duncan, Brian W. ; Thomas, Robert ; Verrier, Edward D. / Effect of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation on left ventricular function of swine. In: Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2001 ; Vol. 71, No. 3. pp. 862-867.
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College Students Face Higher Rates of Food Insecurity Than Average US Household
Low-income students have been dropping out at high rates amid the pandemic in part due to lack of access to food.
Klaus Vedfelt via Getty Images
Matthew J. Landry &
Heather Eicher-Miller,
When university presidents were surveyed in spring of 2020 about what they felt were the most pressing concerns of COVID-19, college students going hungry didn't rank very high.
Just 14% of the presidents listed food or housing insecurity among their top five concerns.
Granted, these academic leaders had plenty of other things to worry about. Some 86% said they were worried about fall enrollment — a concern that has shown itself to be a legitimate one, especially in light of the fact that low-income students have been dropping out of college at what one headline described as "alarming rates."
As researchers who specialize in the study of food insecurity, we see the dropout rate as being related to a host of underlying issues. And not having enough to eat is one of them.
Data support this view. The signs of this growing problem – known as food insecurity – began to emerge when the COVID-19 epidemic was beginning to take its toll.
One spring 2020 report found that 38% of students at four-year universities were food-insecure in the previous 30 days. That was up 5 percentage points from 33% in the fall of 2019.
College students, clearly, warrant special attention as a group. These rates of food insecurity are more than three times the rate of that in all U.S. households, which was estimated to be 10.5% in 2019.
Historically, estimates of food insecurity among college students have ranged from 10% to 75%, according to 50 studies from U.S. academic institutions carried out from 2009 to before the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is not just a matter of growling stomachs. This is a straight-up education and health issue.
When students don't really know if they'll be able to get enough to eat, it can lead to a series of problems that make it harder to stay in school. For instance, it can affect academic performance and sleep quality. It can also lead to poor mental and physical health outcomes for college students.
Food insecurity can also result in disrupted eating patterns if there is not enough food or the variety or quality of what someone eats is low.
Campus Food Pantries
Previous strategies by colleges and universities to fight hunger in their student bodies have varied widely. They include campus food pantries, emergency cash assistance and nutrition education through noncredit classes or workshops.
These strategies were put to the test during the spring 2020 semester, when nearly three in five students said they had trouble meeting their own basic needs during the pandemic.
College food pantries saw big increases in demand. Others said they were getting less donated food. This made it even harder to meet the rising food needs of students.
Campus food pantries largely rely on local or regional food banks, which have been dealing with greater demand than they are able to meet during the pandemic.
The many students who are attending college remotely will, of course, have less access to campus resources like food pantries.
Federal Help
Other potential ways to get more food are government programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP. Yet the majority of able-bodied students are not eligible. Long-standing restrictions, like the college SNAP rule, prevent full-time students from receiving these benefits.
Such regulatory hurdles were created under the assumption that most students can rely on their parents to get enough to eat. However, college students have vastly different levels of financial support. Some students can rely on their parents for everything and others cannot rely on their parents for anything.
Decreased reliance on parental financial support is especially common for first-generation students and students of color, who now make up 45% of enrolled college students.
Under normal circumstances, many college students might rely on part-time jobs to pay for their food.
Two-thirds of the students who were employed before the pandemic said that job insecurity was a problem for them, according to the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice #RealCollege survey. As the number of jobless young Americans remains elevated, unemployment and underemployment remain a problem.
Jobless students face a potential double threat of less money for food and unemployment benefits cutting off their access to SNAP because the program requires most students to work at least part time.
Attempts have been made at both the federal and state levels to meet the basic food needs of college students. Lawmakers have focused on temporarily suspending eligibility requirements or expanding the criteria for participating in nutrition assistance programs.
Seventeen bills aiming to address food insecurity among college students were introduced to Congress during the 2019-2020 legislative session. However, these proposals failed to gain momentum, and the four COVID-19 stimulus bills to date have not addressed the hunger needs of college students. Notably, some students were ineligible to personally receive a CARES Act stimulus relief payment because they were claimed as dependents by their parents.
Short-term Solutions
Universities and colleges can make it a priority to ensure students are aware of all available campus resources and services. They can also potentially help students apply for federal assistance benefits.
Campus food pantries are not a fully effective and efficacious solution for the scale of college food insecurity, but they can be a good interim solution to increase access to food for students.
Campuses without food pantries can start one, making use of resources the College and University Food Bank Alliance provides. Schools with food pantries can try to get them to reach more students.
Universities and colleges can also lean on one another for support. The Alabama Campus Coalition for Basic Needs is a great example of this. It brings together 10 universities across the state of Alabama collectively working to address student food insecurity.
Matthew J. Landry receives funding support from the National Institutes of Health. He is currently a Science Policy Fellow for the American Society for Nutrition. These organizations had no role in this article.
Heather Eicher-Miller receives or has received funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Federal Office of Rural Health, the University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research, Eli Lilly and Company, and Purdue University. She has served as a consultant to Colletta Consulting, Mead Johnson, the National Dairy Council, the Indiana Dairy Association, and the American Egg Board. She has previously received travel support to present research findings from the Institute of Food Technologists and International Food Information Council. However, these organizations had no role in this article.
This piece was reprinted by Truthout with permission or license. It may not be reproduced in any form without permission or license from the source.
Matthew J. Landry
Matthew J. Landry is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stanford University.
Heather Eicher-Miller
Heather Eicher-Miller is Associate Professor of Nutrition Science at Purdue University.
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Sepehr Vakil &
Julissa Muñiz,
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Faculty and students are fighting a crisis they say has been exacerbated but was not caused by the virus.
Eleanor J. Bader,
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AI for health: Is there a regulatory gap?
Johan Ordish
This article first appeared in Digital Health Legal June's edition.
Artificial intelligence ('AI') has the potential to transform our health sector, it promises to advance how we research, how we diagnose, and how we ultimately treat patients. What of its accompanying regulation? Can the existing law of agency, liability, and data protection accommodate such a technological change? The recent House of Lords report, 'AI in the UK: ready, willing and able?' touches on such questions. Coming to no definitive conclusion, the report digests conflicting opinion: some think AI will constitute a new paradigm for health law, others envision a series of limited, iterative changes. Who's right? Johan Ordish, Senior Policy Analyst (Law & Regulation) at PHG Foundation, a health policy think tank part of the University of Cambridge, argues in this article that the most pressing concern is not any unique challenge AI might pose but rather the gaps that already exist in our laws of liability and medical devices.
AI for health is now a reality. On the horizon are drug repurposing algorithms that find new tricks for old drugs, natural language processing algorithms that triage NHS 111 calls, and image analysis software to assist radiologists by automatically identifying anatomical features1, to name but a few. Whilst talk of AI applications is prone to hype, AI is undoubtedly coming to healthcare, and soon. It is clear that healthcare systems and their associated regulation will have to be ready for such transformative change.
The House of Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence report 'AI in the UK: ready, willing and able?' ('the report') addresses this issue, in part. While the report considers the development and place of AI in the UK in general, it also examines the healthcare sector, and legal difficulties the technology might exacerbate. What follows considers the report's conclusions and the evidence that underpins it to briefly discuss whether our law of liability, medical devices, and data protection can accommodate such a shift.
AI exceptionalism?
'AI for health' often conjures ideas of robot doctors and self-aware algorithms. Despite this, for now, AI is rather more ordinary. Instead of algorithms that possess broad cognitive ability (artificial general intelligence), most near-use applications are a form of machine learning2. That is, AI possessing only task-specific intelligence. There are three lessons from this. First, there is no clearly defined, bright-line test to distinguish between AI and non-AI algorithms - AI is not categorically different. Second, near-use machine learning does not pose the kind of existential risks to humanity that books like Superintelligence warn about3. On the contrary, they use narrow methods to complete specific tasks. Third, to quote a pithy Tweet from Hugh Harvey: "The biggest impact of AI in medicine won't come from making machines do human-like tasks, but from removing machine-like tasks from humans."
It is one question to ask whether regulation can accommodate AI, another to consider whether we need overarching regulation for AI in particular. The report spends some time considering this latter question; many of those submitting evidence to the original inquiry argued that AI does not need overarching regulation, nor an overarching regulator. While there have been some calls for such a regulator, most of these thoughts concern the existential risks that near-use machine learning simply does not pose. The most nuanced approaches recognise that regulation ought not to regulate according to broad categories, but according to risk4. Just as it would make no sense to regulate cats and tigers the same because both belong to the biological family Felidae, we should not saddle all of AI with the same degree of regulation just because it is AI. In short, we should regulate specific AI uses, being sensitive to their risk, not AI in broad brushstrokes. With this in mind, is our law in the areas of liability and medical devices law flexible enough to accommodate these new AI uses?
Product liability and planes
Many contributors to the report put great faith in product liability regimes to capture and compensate anyone harmed by AI. Evidence from Brad Love of The Alan Turing Institute, singles out product liability as an example of current law that might flex to cover AI:
"Existing laws and regulations may adequately cover AI. For example, currently, an aircraft manufacturer would be liable for a malfunctioning autopilot system that led to a loss of life. If, instead, the autopilot were 'artificially intelligent,' which systems developed decades ago could be considered, the same responsibilities would hold5."
The broad idea here is that the mere addition of 'AI' to the mix ought not change the way in which an algorithm is regulated. While the spirit of the idea is certainly correct, the thought does infer that consumer protection law is currently fit for purpose when protecting consumers from defective software. This is not a safe assumption, especially with regard to healthcare software.
The position of regular software in the regime of strict liability is already uncertain. Specifically, it is questionable whether software itself counts as a 'product' under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 and its parent Directive6. The standard example to illustrate this uncertainty happens to be autopilot software, with legal opinion differing on whether software that incorrectly registers a mountain's height would count as a product itself7. Apart from this, under the Sales of Goods Act 1979, software does not count as 'goods' but a disk containing software does - an awkward situation, out of step with increasing digitisation. It seems the foundations of product liability for software in general are already under strain.
The worry regarding AI and product liability is less about AI creating new regulatory gaps, more that it might widen cracks that already exist
The worry regarding AI and product liability is less about AI creating new regulatory gaps, more that it might widen cracks that already exist. It is clear that the current system of product liability is already jerry-rigged to include software. This is even more of a problem for many AI algorithms like risk prediction tools and image analysis algorithms that have no obvious relationship with a physical good, but nevertheless have the potential to cause significant loss8. If the foundations of product liability for software are shaky, it is likely that AI algorithms will only exacerbate such uncertainty. Readiness for AI here may be more remedial in nature, repairing the foundations of software product liability in general.
Clinical negligence and the black box
In the short term, most AI for health will be assistive - it is AI to help rather than replace clinicians. Given this, clinicians remain the primary target for clinical negligence. This has been the position for clinical assistance software designed to detect drug contraindications (conflicts)9. The attitude is that the final decision still lies with the clinician, and so liability must follow suit. Nevertheless, as algorithms that assist in clinical decision-making become more prominent and the way they work becomes ever more inscrutable, we ought to question whether the clinician should be the primary source of liability.
Legal academics such as Nicholson Price raise concerns about the practice of 'black box medicine10.' Black box medicine is 'the use of opaque computational models to make decisions related to health care.' This is not a problem unique to machine learning. Still, machine learning as a method of computation is often opaque, because machine learning algorithms really do learn. Consider a histopathology image analysis algorithm created to identify potentially cancerous samples.
These algorithms are trained by being fed labelled data, in this case, samples where histopathologists have already identified areas of concern11. While the histopathologists know why they label sections of slide the way they do, what the algorithm finds significant in all this data is largely mysterious. In this way, machine learning differs from traditional programming where the developer manipulates a defined set of variables. The idea of black box medicine should make us rethink the borders of clinical liability. Machine learning algorithms may indeed be more accurate than clinicians in some respects, but their outputs come with limited reasoning attached12. Hence, human pathologists can typically explain why they reached their professional conclusion, but machine learning has a limited ability to do the same. It is not difficult to imagine a future where clinicians follow the advice of these kind of algorithms, but have little idea why they diagnose or recommend particular interventions to patients. If this is to come to pass, keeping clinicians as the primary source of liability is to require them to be omniscient in an increasingly opaque job.
Inscrutable medical devices
Depending on their risk classification, medical devices entering the US and EU markets are subject to validation requirements. AI algorithms are not exempt from such requirements. In fact, the recent EU Medical Devices Regulation and In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation make clear that software by itself may count as a medical device13. Yet, how can bodies like the MHRA and FDA provide assurances that the device is safe when so much of its reasoning is hidden14?
Broadly, the problem of validating AI algorithms is a problem in three parts. First, as mentioned, AI is often opaque, so it is difficult to fully examine its outputs.
If we are to validate such devices, much of the validation may have to hang on its accuracy alone. Second, future uses might include highly personalised predictions or recommendations. In this way, the regular method of clinical trials may not be feasible, as the patient population becomes increasingly smaller. Third, the accuracy and reliability of these algorithms shifts according to the data it swallows. Given this, AI may often constitute more of a moving target to validate than more static algorithms. All considered, these problems are certainly not unique to AI, yet it is clear that the growing use of AI for health might challenge traditional methods of testing medical technology. In part, this has been recognised by the FDA, with Commissioner Gottlieb recently announcing that the FDA is developing a new regulatory framework to promote innovation and support the use of AI-based technologies15.
Explanation and the GDPR
Machine learning is fuelled by data. This data is often in turn regulated by the new General Data Protection Regulation ('GDPR') now in force. One aspect of this new Regulation is the supposed right to explanation. The very existence of this right is controversial, the right being constructed from reading provisions on automated processing and the right to be informed together16. If it does exist, it will require (in certain circumstances) that developers explain the outputs of their algorithms - how the algorithm came to the conclusion it did.
The existence of a right to explanation seems incompatible with black box algorithms. If machine learning is necessarily opaque, it may be hard to reconcile the demands of the right with the limitations of the technology. Indeed, if the right to explanation requires that developers provide information on the 'logic and significance' of their algorithm, the right may prove especially hard for machine learning algorithms to satisfy17. While this is not necessarily the case (see Counterfactual Explanation tools), the legal uncertainty leaves developers in a tricky position18.
Less a problem of missing regulation, more an issue of legal interpretation, uncertainty over developers' core responsibilities to explain their algorithms might stifle the burgeoning industry. In short, if machine learning algorithms cannot process data, there is no machine learning. This challenge must be met if the AI industry is to flourish.
Finding gaps without exceptionalism
AI is not necessarily different from other algorithms. The mere fact that an algorithm uses AI does not mean it ought to be regulated differently. Nevertheless, we don't have to be AI exceptionalists to find that our current law has gaps that might widen with the introduction of such technology. Instead, it is best to acknowledge the fragility of some of our law before any technological upheaval occurs. As demonstrated, our medical device law, and laws regarding liability and data protection require such attention. In this way, preparation for AI might simply mean addressing the weaknesses and irregularities already present in our regulation.
1. See Healx, Babylon Health, InnerEye
2. House of Lords, 'AI in the UK: ready, willing and able?' 2018.15.
3. Bostrom, Nick. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. Oxford University Press, 2014.
4. Yeung, Karen. Corrected oral evidence: Artificial intelligence.
5. The Alan Turing Institute - Written Evidence (AIC0139)
6. Peel, Edwin, Goudkamp, James. Winfield and Jolowicz on Tort, Sweet & Maxwell, 2014.
7. Stapleton, Jane. Product Liability. Cambridge University Press, 1994. 333-4.
8. For example, InnerEye.
9. Miller, Randolph A., and Sarah M. Miller. 'Legal and regulatory issues related to the use of clinical software in health care delivery.' Clinical Decision Support. 2007. 423-444.
10. Price, Nicholson. 'Black-box medicine.' Harv.JL & Tech. 28 (2014): 419.
11. Veta, Mitko, et al. 'Breast cancer histopathology image analysis: A review.' IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 61.5 (2014): 1400-1411.
12. Wachter, Sandra, Brent Mittelstadt, and Chris Russell. 'Counterfactual Explanations without Opening the Black Box: Automated Decisions and the GDPR.' 2017.
13. Article 2(1) Medical Devices Regulation, Article 2(2) In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation.
14. Price, Nicholson. 'Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Applications and Legal Implications.' SciTech Lawyer 14 (2017).
15. Gottlieb, Scott. Transforming FDA's Approach to Digital Health. Academy Health's 2018 Health Datapalooza. 26 April 2018.
16. Selbst, Andrew D., and Julia Powles. 'Meaningful information and the right to explanation.' International Data Privacy Law. 7.4 (2017): 233-242.
17. If the right does exist, one way forward might be Wachter's counterfactual explanation.
18. Wachter, Counterfactual Explanations without Opening the Black Box.
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Here are 5 advantages of the EVMs over traditional Paper Ballots
Politicians staring at a defeat are casting aspersions on the legitimacy of the elections and wish to see India return to paper ballots.
After the exit polls hinted towards the reelection of Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister of this country, Opposition parties have mounted an outrageous attack on the legitimacy of EVMs.
While various people with adequate knowledge of the intricacies of the matter, including the Election Commission of India itself, have provided several reassurances on the matter, politicians staring at a defeat are casting aspersions on the legitimacy of the elections and wish to see India return to paper ballots.
Regardless of the Opposition parties' tirade against EVMs, it is worth looking at the significant advantages they have over paper ballots.
1. More Economical
The cost of each unit of M2 EVMs (manufactured between 2006-10) is Rs. 8670 while that of M3 EVMs has been tentatively fixed at Rs. 17,000 per unit. While it might seem a lot at first glance, considerable savings are made with regards to paper ballots which are required in lakhs every election and costs related to their transportation and storage. Costs are also reduced in the remuneration paid to the counting staff as there are significantly less numbers required for it.
2. Easier for people who cannot read or write
EVMs make it easier for illiterate people to register their votes in comparison to paper ballots. As the Election Commission says, "Voting by EVMs is much simpler compared to the conventional system, where one has to put the voting mark on or near the symbol of the candidate of his choice on the Ballot Paper, fold it first vertically and then horizontally and
thereafter put it into the ballot box. In EVMs, the voter has to simply press the blue button on Ballot Unit against the candidate and symbol of his choice and the vote is recorded."
3. Ensures "One Man One Vote"
The mechanism of the EVM machine is such that once a person casts his vote, the machine goes into a lock-down mode until the polling officer releases the ballot by pressing the Ballot button for the next voter. Even if a voter continues to press a button repeatedly, after the first time, no further vote will be cast. It's a distinct advantage over paper ballots where an individual can cast multiple votes if the officers aren't careful enough.
4. Solves the menace of Invalid Votes
Invalid votes were a huge menace during the reign of paper ballots. Invalid ballots are those votes which are deemed invalid because of manual errors during the casting of votes. Sometimes, the number of invalid votes were so great that the total was larger than the victory margin between the winner and the runner-up. EVMs solves this problem completely.
To understand the magnitude of the problem, of the 35,937 constituencies that went to the Assembly polls between 1961 and 2003, nearly 4,993 saw the polling of more invalid votes than the margin between the winner and the runner-up. Thus, it could be very well argued that invalid votes had an impact on the final results.
Thus, quite clearly, EVMs capture the will of the people more accurately.
5. Other Advantages
During the conventional paper ballot system, 30 to 40 hours were required on an average to declare the results. While using EVMs, results can be declared within 3 to 5 hours. The less the time required, the less is the ambiguity regarding the results.
Also, EVMS are lighter, portable and come with custom-made polypropylene carrying cases for ease of transport and therefore, easier to transport than paper ballots. Moreover, the votes stored in the machines can be stored for as long as required and be reproduced on demand unless deleted. Therefore, the authenticity of the votes can always be checked. The same cannot be said for paper ballots.
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Burcon Announces Execution of $10 million Loan Agreement
Vancouver, British Columbia, June 21, 2022 — Burcon NutraScience Corporation ("Burcon" or the "Company") (TSX: BU) (NASDAQ: BRCN), a global technology leader in the development of plant-based proteins for foods and beverages, announced today that it has entered into a loan agreement (the "Loan Agreement") pursuant to which Large Scale Investments Limited (the "Lender"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Firewood Elite Limited ("Firewood"), will provide Burcon with a secured loan (the "Loan") of up to $10 million (the "Loan Amount"). Firewood is wholly-owned by Mr. Alan Chan, a director of Burcon.
Upon the satisfaction of certain conditions with respect to each tranche, the Loan Amount will be available in two tranches of $5 million each. The first tranche, which is currently available to the Company, has a maturity date of July 1, 2024 and the second tranche will have maturity date that is 24 months from the closing date of such tranche (in each case, the "Maturity Date"). The Lender will be paid a commitment fee of 1% of the undrawn amount of the Loan Amount under each tranche on: (i) the closing date of such tranche and (ii) each annual anniversary of the closing date of such tranche. The drawn portion of the Loan Amount will bear interest at a rate of 8% per annum (the "Principal Balance"). Interest on the Principal Balance will accrue monthly, not in advance, and will be payable on the Maturity Date of the applicable tranche.
The net proceeds from the Loan will be used to continue Burcon's joint venture operations, commercialization efforts, for partnering discussions for its plant-based protein technologies, for continued research and development of Burcon's protein extraction and purification technologies, for work on Burcon's intellectual property portfolio and for other general corporate purposes.
Firewood is an insider and related party of Burcon as it currently indirectly holds 22,866,574 common shares of Burcon ("Common Shares"), representing approximately 21.03% of the outstanding Common Shares. In addition, Mr. Alan Chan, a director of Burcon, is also a director of Firewood and the Lender, respectively. The Loan is considered a "related party transaction" pursuant to Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions ("MI 61-101"). Burcon is relying on the exemption available under Section 5.7(1)(f) of MI 61-101 minority shareholder approval requirement. Additionally, the Loan is exempt from the formal valuation requirement of MI 61-101 since it is a related party transaction under section (j) of the "related party transaction" definition of MI 61-101. The Loan Agreement was approved by the independent members of the board of directors of Burcon, with Mr. Alan Chan abstaining from the vote. Burcon will file a material change report containing the prescribed disclosure under MI 61-101 on or before June 30, 2022.
"We are pleased to have arranged this non-dilutive financing with a major shareholder of Burcon," said Peter H. Kappel, Burcon's interim CEO and Chairman of the board, adding that, "We've laid the groundwork for additional strategic partnerships and with this support, we can continue our commercialization efforts."
The Loan Agreement was conditionally approved by the TSX on June 17, 2022.
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Burcon is a global technology leader in the development of plant-based proteins for foods and beverages. With over two decades of experience formulating high-purity proteins that have superior functionality, taste and nutrition, Burcon has amassed an extensive patent portfolio covering its novel plant-based proteins derived from pea, canola, soy, hemp, sunflower seed, among other plant sources. In 2019, Merit Functional Foods Corporation ("Merit Foods") was established between Burcon and three veteran food industry executives. Merit Foods has since built and commissioned a state-of-the-art protein production facility in Manitoba, Canada that is producing, under license from Burcon, best-in-class pea and canola proteins for the food and beverage industries. For more information, visit www.burcon.ca.
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The home of New Zealand horse racing celebrates a centenary this weekend.
Now there is a statement guaranteed to start the odd argument. After all, New Zealand has some wonderful racing cities and towns.
But in reality, Cambridge is the centre of New Zealand racing. Not just because of the huge number of stud farms that have housed champion sires like Zabeel or even his famous father Sir Tristram.
And not just because Cambridge is our busiest thoroughbred training centre which in itself creates a mini economy around it.
But Cambridge is also one of the proudest harness racing centres in the country, having produced names like Hunter, Butcher, Mitchell and Dickie.
Tomorrow night Cambridge celebrates 100 years since the racetrack where the harness races are still held was built.
Back in those days it was a grass, dual code track until the gallopers moved across the road decades later.
During World War II it was used as a military camp housing up to 1000 army personnel and only returned to the racing industry in 1946.
Eventually the all-weather harness racing replaced the grass, the lights went up and night racing started in early 1965 and the first mobile start races came later that year.
But while much has changed, one thing has been a constant: the great horses.
Even these days when Cambridge acts as more of a feeder club for the richer Alexandra Park races it still holds on to hosting the Jewels every second year and tomorrow night hosts its signature race, the Flying Mile.
The greatest of them all came to Cambridge in September 1963 and equalled the national mile record. He went on to win the New Zealand Cup two months later and become the first standardbred in the world to win $1 million. He was, and still is, harness racing's Richie McCaw.
There is nothing quite like a hometown boy made good and Young Quinn was definitely that for champion horseman Charlie Hunter. He won the Flying Mile in 1975 when it was worth $5000 and Quinny only needed to pace a sedate 1:58.9.
Soon after he won the Inter Dominion at Alexandra Park then went on to greatness in North America.
In the space of 13 days in February 1999, Christian Cullen won both the Four-Year-Old classic and the Flying Mile, pacing 54.5 seconds for his last 800m in both, times that wowed harness racing fans. The star who shone all too briefly beat the likes of Holmes D G, Homin Hosed and Bogan Fella and did it in a style we have never seen since.
Better horses than Smolda appear on this list but his 2012 Jewels win was one of the greatest performances seen in NZ harness racing as he bulldozed his rivals in 1:52.1.
Remarkably the horse who finished second, Lets Elope, contests the Flying Mile tomorrow night, seven and a half years later.
New Zealand's champion trotter popped into Cambridge twice in nine days in January 2001, beating Mountain Gold in both the Flying Mile (1:56.7) and the Flying Stakes. Both times he paid $1.15 which begs the question: who backed the other horses?
Was still unbeaten when he downed Miracle Mile winner Monkey King in the Flying Mile on January 2, 2009 and the crowd lined the home straight fence to pat the freak on his way back to the stables.
Jogged home to win the Classic a week later but stunned punters when beaten for the first time after galloping away in he Futurity a week after that. Quite a fortnight.
Former two-time NZ Cup hero Just An Excuse won his first ever race at Cambridge on June 20, 2002, bolting in by nearly 10 lengths.
You could have walked away that night thinking that is the best maiden I'll ever see win at Cambridge.
Until three months later when his eventual arch rival of latter years Elsu also won his maiden at Cambridge on September 27, 2002.
Gold Ace was the NZ Free-For-All champ and a super sprinter but in 2015 Adore Me sat parked outside him and paced a track record 1:51.6 in the Flying Mile. Two months later she paced her now famous 1:47.7 at Menangle.


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Lutterworth Rugby Football Club has been in existence since 1872 and is recorded as the oldest club in Leicestershire. Proud of our history press cuttings and photos from games played many years ago can be viewed on our club walls.
Lutterworth RFC is home to over 20 teams from minis, junior boys and girls through to senior men's and women's teams. Our large contingent of volunteers manage the day to day running alongside the continual maintenance and development of the club for its members and supporters.
Visit our Website for current news, events, club information and contacts.
New and returning players welcome to the club;
· Senior men's & Colts training nights: Tuesdays & Thursdays 7-9pm.
· Senior women's and Junior girls: Wednesday & Fridays 7.9pm
· Minis and juniors (boys & Girls) Sundays 10am-12pm and weekday nights (junior teams only).
Club facilities are available for hire for meetings, local group gatherings or social events. Email [email protected] for booking information.
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At 86-years-old and recently coming off a health scare, speculation continues over when Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's will announce her retirement. But, in a stunning move, it appears that her replacement has already been chosen.
President Trump has signaled his desire to nominate Judge Amy Barrett to the Supreme Court Once Ginsburg steps down. "I'm saving her for Ginsburg," he's reportedly said on multiple occasions. Barrett currently serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.
May will remember that Barrett was a top candidate to replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, however, Trump opted to nominate Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The revelation that he's "saving" Barrett for Ginsburg makes sense.
Regardless of the political differences, the Senate will likely want to replace Ginsburg with another woman. Who better than someone like Barrett, a staunchly conservative judge who follows the Constitution? It would be a win-win.
Furthermore, now that there are 53 Republicans in the Senate, it will be much easier now for Trump's nominations to get through. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has even set the stage for the coming battle by preparing to trigger the 'nuclear option' in the Senate.
And the fight over Barrett's nomination will be intense, possibly even more so than Kavanaugh's hearings. Liberals will be outraged by the prospect of a judge as pro-life as Barrett aiming for Ginsburg's seat. Americans need to get ready.


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