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Eliminating Health Disparities Among Men and Boys – A Congressional Briefing Presented by the American Psychological Association
Articles | May 17 2016
Save the Date: May 24, 2016 12:00 - 1:30pm B-369 Rayburn House Office Building (Lunch Provided) Men and boys from vulnerable populations have some of the worst health outcomes in the country. Join a panel of experts who will discuss:...
NBC News covers Brian and our own David Harrington from PG County Collaboratives for Health Equity: Fighting a 'Food Desert' in Prince George's County
Articles, Video | May 17 2016
By Tracee Wilkins In some Prince George's County, Maryland, neighborhoods, you can drive for miles without seeing a proper grocery store. The county has been labeled a "food desert" because of the lack of healthy options -- especially in the...
Join the Marguerite Casey Foundation's #DayofEquity campaign
15 Days of Equity In 2008, Marguerite Casey Foundation listened as more than 15,000 families from 47 states identified issues of concerned to families nationwide. These issues became the Equal Voice National Family Platform. In 2012, the...
St. Ignatius leaders vow to address racism after student protest
by Mitch Dudek A group of minority students at St. Ignatius College Prep — one of the city's most exclusive private schools — held a silent protest last week in the school cafeteria that has sparked a wider conversation among students,...
Google to ban payday loan advertisements
Google announced Wednesday that it will ban all payday loan ads from its site, bowing to concerns by advocates who say the lending practice exploits the poor and vulnerable by offering them immediate cash that must be paid back under sky-high...
The one thing rich parents do for their kids that makes all the difference
By Emily Badger Wealthy parents are famously pouring more and more into their children, widening the gap in who has access to piano lessons and math tutors and French language camp. The biggest investment the rich can make in their kids, though...
May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month
Articles | May 4 2016
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) are the fastest growing racial group in our country, growing over 4 times as rapidly as the population of the United States. As one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse groups in America,...
NHeLP Save the Date – Health Equity: The Essential Path Forward
Articles | April 27 2016
Daniel Dawes, Author of 150 Years of Obamacare; Executive Director of Health Policy and External Affairs, Morehouse School of Medicine. Speakers to include: Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, * Former Member of Congress. Rep. Donna M. Christensen, *...
This April Celebrate National Minority Health Month
Chicago Police Must Face 'Hard Truths' about Racist Past, Task Force Draft Report Says
By Jeff Coen and Stacy St. Clair The Chicago Police Department must acknowledge its racist history and overhaul its handling of excessive force allegations before true reforms can take place, according to a scathing draft report from the task...


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Tag Archives: Boris Johnson
Hotel Rwanda: why does Kagame want to take in Britain's asylum seekers?
If President Paul Kagame has been tracking the furore over Priti Patel's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, he's been doing it on the hoof. Kagame moves constantly these days: the news broke while he was en route to Barbados after a visit to Jamaica. In the past two months he has been to Congo-Brazzaville, Kenya (twice), Zambia, Germany (twice), Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Mauritania, Senegal and Belgium.
How the president of one of Africa's poorest nations can afford all this travelling is a puzzle, and the fact that his Gulfstream jet is supplied by Crystal Ventures, his Rwandan Patriotic Front's monopolistic investment arm, raises interesting budgetary questions. In a country where checks on the executive have been whittled away, the dividing line between a ruling party's business interests and the presidential expense account is distinctly blurred.
This entry was posted in Analysis, Politics and tagged Asylum seekers, Boris Johnson, Migration, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, United Kingdom on April 22, 2022 by Chaste Gahunde.
"LET CHOGM 2022 SET A GROUND FOR AN INCLUSIVE INTER RWANDAN DIALOGUE" Open Letter to Queen Elizabeth II
OPEN LETTER TO :
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, Head of the Commonwealth.
Heads of States and Governments members of the Commonwealth. (all)
Secretary General of the Commonwealth
RE: LET 2022 CHOGM SET A GROUND FOR AN INCLUSIVE INTER RWANDAN DIALOGUE
Your Majesty,
It is decided. Irreversible. Or almost. The Commonwealth of Nations, an organization whose values and principles are democracy, good governance, human rights, rule of law amongst others, is going to hold its highest meeting in a liberticide country, Rwanda[1]. For a common citizen, this is heart-breaking. Why? Because in a country under dictatorship, where top leaders have no respect of their own people they are supposed to protect, the hope is turned to external forces, and the Commonwealth is a such force. You can imagine what a disappointment it can be to wake up to the news that your hope, your expected advocate is supporting your persecutor! The leadership of ISHEMA Party, a political organization in opposition to the ruling party RPF, takes the liberty to alert you on what you might not be aware of and could harm the good image the Commonwealth citizenry has of the noble organization. At the same occasion, we request your mediation between the government of Rwanda and the opposition through an inter Rwandan dialogue to shape the future of our nation where "never again" shall have sense.
I. Kagame, the Commonwealth Chair-in-Office (CIO)
One of biggest achievements in the process of self-realization of any dictator would be to be legally recognized as the Head of more than 50 countries from all corners of the globe. For Mr Kagame, this would not have happened, had the leader of Rwanda respected the Constitution of 2003 which provided that "under no circumstances may anyone serve more than two presidential terms". The President whose role is to guarantee the protection of the Constitution failed his mission, not by omission, rather by a deliberate action aimed at self-aggrandizement, self-enrichment, and exclusion as well as deprivation of others' rights on political participation and competition.
This entry was posted in News, Politics and tagged Andrew Holness, Boris Johnson, CHOGM 2022, Commonwealth, Justin Trudeau, Paul Kagame, Queen Elizabeth, Rwanda, Scot Morrison, Yoweri Museveni on April 19, 2022 by Chaste Gahunde.
Rwanda- Royaume Uni. Boris Johnson et Paul Kagame dans le business des demandeurs d'asile
Jeudi le 14 avril 2022, tous les principaux médias occidentaux ont diffusé la nouvelle faisant état de la signature entre le Royaume Uni et le Rwanda d'un accord selon lequel tous les demandeurs d'asile en Grande Bretagne qui auraient atteint ce pays illégalement seraient dorénavant expulsés et déportés au Rwanda.
Les réactions ont été nombreuses à travers le monde. Que ce soit au Royaume Uni-même où les partis d'opposition ont critiqué cet accord ou dans les ONG qui l'ont dénoncé aussi. Même le HCR, chargé de veiller sur la protection des réfugiés partout dans le monde, mandat qu'il tient en tant qu'organe des Nations Unies, l'a dénoncé.
Au-delà des considérations juridiques et humanitaires que relèvent ces instances, il y a lieu de souligner aussi et faire observer les dessous des cartes dans ce marché en ce qui concerne Paul Kagame et sa clique au pouvoir à Kigali mais aussi Boris Johnson et son gouvernement conservateur. Tel est l'objet du présent article.
Partie émergée de l'iceberg
L'accord avec le Rwanda, qui sera financé par le Royaume Uni à hauteur 120 millions de livres (144 millions EUR), prévoit que les migrants – dont ni les nationalités ni les conditions d'arrivée ne sont pas précisées – soient « intégrés dans les communautés à travers le pays », selon le communiqué publié par Kigali.
This entry was posted in Actualités, Boris Johnson, News, Paul Kagame, Royaume Uni, Rwanda and tagged Boris Johnson, Paul Kagame, Réfugiés on April 18, 2022 by Chaste Gahunde.

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The task killer kills itself too, I thought.
Anyway I've only had my Moment a week. Can somebody explain what it means to root your phone.
Look at it this way. The Moment you have can be seen as like a Dell PC. Full of bloatware and with restrictions. Rooting resets your phone, but to more of like a self built pc. You basically set it up as you would like, without any pre-installed software and without any real limitations to what you can do to the OS, depending on the ROM you get.
Putting a custom rom on your phone can be a great thing, but can also hurt it depending on your service, where you live, and the device being rooted. Most root versions require you to get a "radio" which is basically what picks up your cell signal. Some of these roots do not have very good "radio" software and can leave you with less than desirable sound quality during calls. Others may not let you use bluetooth properly, while others work just fine and even give you the ability to OverClock your phone.
I'm still a little too worried and into my new Hero to want to try any custom roms, and am quite pleased with sense ui and launcher pro.
--------- Task killers do kill themselves sometimes, sometimes they don't. What is the problem is not it killing itself or not, but the other programs it kills which impact many other programs from running properly. Disabling 1 service can lead to many other things not working.
KeyRing - No more carrying around a wallet of membership cards. Use this app to scan your cards and have them all on your phone.
Sounds like a fantastic app, thanks for the heads up.
I Wish these phones came with a IR sensor/transmitter, then we could control our TV's and such with ease.
KeyRing is probably the most used app I have. Blockbuster, CVS , Autozone, and even Bestbuy. Just scan your card and when your at the counter show them your phone lol. I've had 1 store not be able to scan the code on my phone, but they were able to type in the digits.
I press buttons to make the pattern of light correct.
TaskPanel - Nice easy to use task manager for android, easily kill apps when needed.
Tube - Provides a route planner and map of the underground without the need for data, meaning you can check your routes while underground.
Is my quick list for now.
Rooting is really for the technogeeks who want full access to the phone and how it operates. As is, android os is open enough for most to enjoy it without the need to root. For others, they need more. To each his own.
JuiceDefender and JuicePlotter are must haves. They tweak the APN settings to limit the amount of battery they waste. JuicePlotter shows a graph of how quickly your phone discharged, and what was on at each point in time a record was snapped.
Also liking Google Navigation (in Beta) from Google Labs page with Street View and Voice.
Where's my Droid is freaking AWESOME! Text your phone with "GPS my Droid" from another device, and it replies with the GPS location and Google Maps link to your phones exact location. Also if you lose your phone in the house and it's on silent, text "Wheres my Droid" from another phone, and your will ring for 30seconds at full volume and vibrate.
doubleTwist is an excellent media player. Almost like the VLC of Android, plays anything I throw at it. Very impressive.
can it play different video file formats other than the norms? Like could I put a .avi or .divx movie and have it work instead of it needing to be mp4?
I threw a .wmv at it the other day, and it played it fine. Haven't tested .avi or .divx, sorry.
Where can you find these at, it appears they have both been removed..
You can still get Doom here.
WikiDroyd - Offline Wikipedia reader. You have to download a "snapshot" of Wikipedia, which are HUGE (the most up-to-date English Wikipedia snapshot they have is around 6 GB :blink: ) but can be useful if you have no coverage and want to read some Wikipedia articles wherever you are. It works mostly like Wikipedia, you can click on links to other referenced articles, etc. External links are colored differently.
Just got my new Droid X and, after using Task Killers for the first few days, I found a post that explains why you SHOULDN'T use task killers on Android phones (at least any newer phones or 2.x+ phones). In short, the way Android managers tasks means you should not have to end tasks unless a task goes out of control and gets stuck in a loop.
Basically, Android will kill an inactive task if it runs low on memory......its like comparing Windows 7 superfetch/memory management to Windows XP memory management......Android is on the scale of Win7 memory management, while non-android phones are generally on the XP level. Do you go around killing Windows 7 tasks and disabling superfetch to keep your memory open? Didn't think so.
JuicePlotter is in my own experience a HUGE battery drain. I just got a Droid X which has very good lifetime compared to most other phones, with JuicePlotter running, my phone dropped from 100%, down to 40% in 8 hours of standby (remember, the phone is suppose to have around 220 hours in standby, based on my 8 hours for 60% drain, that would mean around 11 hours for a full drain in standby). I disabled JuicePlotter the following day (while leaving JuiceDefender enabled, free version though) and from a 100% charge, it dropped down to 90% after the same 8 hours of standby. Perhaps still a fairly large drop (that would work out to around 80 hours of standby), but considering the combination of apps I am using are bound to lower battery life a bit, and the fact that my battery is probably not fully conditioned yet, JuicePlotter essentially lowered my battery lifetime to roughly 1/8th of what it was without it.
AppBrain - Makes it super easy to manage apps, you can browse it with your computer and save an app you want, then sync your phone with your AppBrain account and get those apps. You can also browse it like the normal Android Market.
K-9 Mail - Much better than the stock mail apps, you can manage multiple accounts from various providers with ease.
Timeriffic - Easily set times for your phones ringer to be disabled and many other things (sleep times, so you are not woken in the middle of the night by a random phone call).
Dolphin Browser HD - Great browser....supports up to 8 tabs and tons of other features.
Quick Settings OR Dazzle - Dazzle is a Widget-only app that can instantly toggle (one-touch) Wifi, Bluetooth, Ringer, airplane mode, data sync and screen brightness. It has a GPS control but it takes you to the settings (due to widget limitations). Quick Settings is an app that does the same basic thing, but you must open the app first. Being a Droid X users, I have a widget called Power Control which does all of the above except ringer and airplane mode control, as a trade-off, being a Motorola widget, it CAN toggle GPS without going through the system settings.
If anyone has suggestions to replace my above list please feel free to tell me, I am quite new to the Android market and have no clue what the absolute best apps for things are.
It was fun to play with when I first got my Droid X, but the 2nd day when I tried to use it it wouldn't work.....first it would take a picture then the screen would blank out, then after a couple of attempts to get it to work the screen would simply blank out as soon as I opened the app (hitting back or home would go back/home and the screen would re-appear though).
I did manage to fool it with an image in a calendar....it was a sailboat but it didn't find any info about it.
Still doesn't support FLAC unfortunately, which comprises about 90% of my music library.
In other news, I've recently switched to Estrongs for my file manager. Astro was good until they added ads in a recent update. That's alright, since they also made available a paid version without... but decided to charge $5 for it. Too steep considering Estrongs is just as good and free.
Does the Android even support FLAC yet?
I've removed them both for comparison; will report back in a few days. I found it to extend my battery by quite a lot pre-conditioning.
juice Defender can help battery life, but all plotter does is essentially monitor the battery and show you how fast the battery drops. JuicePlotter does nothing to extend battery charge.
Your Twitter says you've a Hero. All HTC phones have terrible noise floors, FLAC's of no use here. Might as well go with high bitrate AACs.


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Review - Intersect #1
"We tumble past flakes of frosted blood."
The point where multiple things cross is often called an intersection. It's called that because everything converges on point temporarily before continuing on their respective paths. It can be applied to a lot of different things, from something as simple as roads to something as complex as personalities. Image Comics feels the latter is a lot more interesting than the former in Intersect #1, written and illustrated by Ray Fawkes.
Blood rains from the skies. A hypnotic voice trills over the airwaves as bodies shift and grow in horrifying new directions. Are you ready for the new world? A word where four people inhabit two bodies, all of whom are trying to escape someone or something. The thing is, that many people in so few bodies means that there will be disagreements, prompting them to make decision after decision that feels questioned and dangerous.
To say that Fawkes lives in a surreal world in Intersect #1 is an understatement. It's that tone that's pervasive throughout the work that fuels it, even if the actual narrative feels disconnected and abstract. There's a lot of readers who will likely come away turned off by the first issue, even though it's presumed that Fawkes has grander ambitions for the series as a whole. There are some intricacies to the story that feel puzzling and his script moves in any and all directions. There's even some backwards writing that further clouds one's interpretation of the story and the dialogue in general feels like multiple personalities fighting for control.
In a lot of cases, when you have trouble understanding the story the illustrations can provide more context. That's not the case in Intersect #1. Fawkes' illustrative style is probably more abstract than his plot, as characters boast ethereal appearances that make them feel as if they're part of a dream (or nightmare). The minimal use of color forces you to focus on what details you can, which still often doesn't feel like much. It's almost as if Fawkes is giving you scraps of information here and there through the art because he has to and not necessarily because he wants to. It's not that he's openly antagonizing the reader; rather, it's clear the art is as much as a puzzle as the story itself.
Intersect #1 is a very, very heady read that aims to tackle some really intense concepts about one's self and identity. There's a lot to mine if you're willing to dig deeper and the series is setting up to delve even more deeply into the dark corners of the mind. Fawkes' script is very loose and non-focused, relaying the events in a way that expects the reader to connect a lot of dots. His art is equally as perplexing as the story, as the broad strokes and vague presentation give the book an incomplete feel that will likely reconcile itself down the road. Intersect #1 is worth a read if you're willing to put in the time to attempt to fully understand it.
Intersect #1 is in stores now with interiors below.


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from django import template

from ella.utils import get_model
from ella.core.models import Related

register = template.Library()

class RelatedNode(template.Node):
    def __init__(self, obj_var, count, var_name, models, finder):
        self.obj_var = obj_var
        self.count = count
        self.var_name = var_name
        self.models = models
        self.finder = finder

    def render(self, context):
        try:
            obj = template.Variable(self.obj_var).resolve(context)
        except template.VariableDoesNotExist:
            return ''
        related = Related.objects.get_related_for_object(obj, self.count,
            mods=self.models, finder=self.finder)
        context[self.var_name] = related
        return ''

def parse_related_tag(bits):
    if len(bits) < 6:
        raise template.TemplateSyntaxError, "{% related N [app_label.Model, ...] for object as var_name %}"

    if not bits[1].isdigit():
        raise template.TemplateSyntaxError, "Count must be an integer."

    if bits[-2] != 'as':
        raise template.TemplateSyntaxError, "Tag must end with as var_name "
    if bits[-4] != 'for':
        raise template.TemplateSyntaxError, "Tag must end with for object as var_name "

    if '.' in bits[2] or bits[2] == 'for':
        mod_index = 2
        finder = None
    else:
        mod_index = 3
        finder = bits[2]

    mods = []
    for m in bits[mod_index:-4]:
        if m == ',':
            continue
        if ',' in m:
            ms = m.split(',')
            for msm in ms:
                if not msm:
                    continue
                try:
                    mods.append(get_model(*msm.split('.')))
                except:
                    raise template.TemplateSyntaxError, "%r doesn't represent any model." % msm
        else:
            try:
                mods.append(get_model(*m.split('.')))
            except:
                raise template.TemplateSyntaxError, "%r doesn't represent any model." % m

    return bits[-3], int(bits[1]), bits[-1], mods, finder

@register.tag('related')
def do_related(parser, token):
    """
    Get N related models into a context variable optionally specifying a
    named related finder.

    **Usage**::

        {% related <limit>[ query_type] [app.model, ...] for <object> as <result> %}

    **Parameters**::
        ==================================  ================================================
        Option                              Description
        ==================================  ================================================
        ``limit``                           Number of objects to retrieve.
        ``query_type``                      Named finder to resolve the related objects,
                                            falls back to ``settings.DEFAULT_RELATED_FINDER``
                                            when not specified.
        ``app.model``, ...                  List of allowed models, all if omitted.
        ``object``                          Object to get the related for.
        ``result``                          Store the resulting list in context under given
                                            name.
        ==================================  ================================================

    **Examples**::

        {% related 10 for object as related_list %}
        {% related 10 directly articles.article, galleries.gallery for object as related_list %}
    """
    bits = token.split_contents()
    obj_var, count, var_name, mods, finder = parse_related_tag(bits)
    return RelatedNode(obj_var, count, var_name, mods, finder)

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KILGORE, Texas , May 15, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (Nasdaq:MMLP) ("MMLP" or the "Partnership") announced today that Joseph McCreery , Vice President - Finance and Head of Investor Relations of Martin Midstream GP LLC , MMLP's general partner will present at the 2014
Martin Midstream Partners L.P. Announces the Closing of the Acquisition of Certain Subsidiaries of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.
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KILGORE, Texas , May 14, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (Nasdaq:MMLP) announced today that it has closed its previously announced acquisition of all of the outstanding membership interests in Atlas Pipeline NGL Holdings, LLC and Atlas Pipeline NGL Holdings II, LLC
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KILGORE, Texas , May 6, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (Nasdaq:MMLP) (the "Partnership") announced today that it has priced its previously announced public offering of 3,600,000 of its common units at a price to the public of $41.51 per unit.
KILGORE, Texas , May 5, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (Nasdaq:MMLP) (the "Partnership") announced today that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of 3,600,000 common units (plus up to an additional 540,000 common units pursuant to an option granted to the
Martin Midstream Partners L.P. Announces Agreement to Acquire Certain Subsidiaries of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. Holding Interests in West Texas LPG Limited Partnership
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KILGORE, Texas , May 5, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (Nasdaq:MMLP) ("MMLP" or the "Partnership") announced today that it has entered into definitive documentation with a subsidiary of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. (NYSE:APL) to acquire all of the outstanding membership
KILGORE, Texas , April 30, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (Nasdaq:MMLP) (the "Partnership") announced today its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014 . The Partnership's adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of 2014 was $38.8 million .
Martin Midstream Partners Announces Increased Quarterly Cash Distribution and Release Date of First Quarter 2014 Results
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KILGORE, Texas , April 23, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (Nasdaq:MMLP) announced today it has declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.7875 per unit for the quarter ended March 31, 2014 and plans to publicly release its financial results for the first quarter ended
Martin Midstream Partners L.P. Completes Private Placement Add-On of $150 Million of 7.250% Senior Notes Due 2021 and Redemption of 8.875% Senior Notes Due 2018
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KILGORE, Texas , April 1, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (Nasdaq:MMLP) (the "Partnership") announced today that it and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Martin Midstream Finance Corp. , successfully completed the previously announced private placement of $150 million in
Martin Midstream Partners L.P. Announces Pricing of $150 Million of Add-On 7.250% Senior Notes Due 2021
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KILGORE, Texas , March 14, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (Nasdaq:MMLP) (the "Partnership") announced today that it and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Martin Midstream Finance Corp. , priced the offering of $150 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.250% senior unsecured
Martin Midstream Partners L.P. Announces Add-On Offering of $150 Million of 7.250% Senior Notes Due 2021
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KILGORE, Texas , March 14, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (Nasdaq:MMLP) (the "Partnership") announced today that it and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Martin Midstream Finance Corp. , intend to offer $150 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.250% senior unsecured notes
Martin Midstream Partners L.P. Announces Redemption of 8.875% Senior Notes Due 2018
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KILGORE, Texas , Feb. 28, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (Nasdaq:MMLP) (the "Partnership" or "Martin Midstream") today announced that the Partnership and its co-issuer, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Partnership, will redeem all of their outstanding 8.875% Senior Notes
Martin Midstream Partners L.P. Announces Analyst & Investor Day Tuesday, March 25, 2014
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KILGORE, Texas , Feb. 27, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (Nasdaq:MMLP) ("MMLP" or the "Partnership") announced today that the Partnership will host an Analyst & Investor Day on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 beginning 10:00 a.m. Central Time at The Houstonian Hotel in Houston, TX.
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KILGORE, Texas , Feb. 26, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (Nasdaq:MMLP) (the "Partnership") announced today its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2013 . The Partnership's adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2013 was $38.6 million .
Martin Midstream Partners L.P. Announces Upsized Revolving Credit Facility
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KILGORE, Texas , Feb. 18, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (Nasdaq:MMLP) ("MMLP" or the "Partnership") announced today that it has increased the size of its revolving credit facility to $637,500,000 . This represents an increase of $37,500,000 as the Partnership has added
Martin Midstream Partners Announces Increased Quarterly Cash Distribution and Release Date of Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2013 Results
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KILGORE, Texas , Jan. 23, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (Nasdaq:MMLP) announced today it has declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.785 per unit for the quarter ended December 31, 2013 and plans to publicly release its financial results for the fourth quarter and
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KILGORE, Texas , Dec. 3, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (Nasdaq:MMLP) ("MMLP" or the "Partnership") announced today that the Partnership will present at an upcoming industry and investor conference. Robert D. Bondurant , Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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KILGORE, Texas , Oct. 30, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (Nasdaq:MMLP) (the "Partnership") announced today its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2013 . The Partnership's adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter of 2013 was $26.8 million .
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KILGORE, Texas , Oct. 25, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (Nasdaq:MMLP) announced its quarterly cash distribution of $0.7825 per unit for the quarter ended September 30, 2013 in a press release issued yesterday. The announcement reported an incorrect record date for the
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KILGORE, Texas , Aug. 14, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Martin Resource Management Corporation ("MRMC"), owner of the general partner of Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (Nasdaq:MMLP) ("MMLP" or the "Partnership") announced today that certain affiliated investment funds managed by Alinda Capital Partners


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Les élections européennes de 2014 ont eu lieu entre le 22 et le  selon les pays, et le samedi  à Chypre. Ces élections étaient les premières depuis l'entrée en vigueur du Traité de Lisbonne qui a renforcé les pouvoirs du Parlement européen et modifié la répartition des sièges entre les différents États-membres. Néanmoins, les Chypriotes ont élu le même nombre de députés qu'en 2009, c'est-à-dire six.

Mode de scrutin
Les six eurodéputés chypriotes sont élus au scrutin proportionnel plurinominal par vote préférentiel. Chaque partie se voit ensuite attribuer un nombre de sièges calculé selon la méthode du plus fort reste, les sièges étant ensuite attribués aux candidats de ce parti ayant obtenu le plus de voix.

Partis et candidats

Résultats

Résultats nationaux

Analyse
Avec une participation de 43,97 %, les Chypriotes se sont bien moins rendus aux urnes qu'en 2009 (59,40 %) et qu'en 2004 (72,5 %).

Les élections européennes n'ont pas changé la composition politique de la délégation chypriote au Parlement européen, aucun parti n'ayant perdu ou gagné de siège. De plus, l'ordre d'arrivée entre les différents partis est identique à celle observée en 2009. En effet, le DISY a terminé en tête du scrutin, en renforçant son avance sur AKEL. Les élus de DISY sont l'eurodeputée sortante Eléni Theochárous, seule femme de la délégation chypriote, et Chrístos Stylianídis, ancien porte-parole du gouvernement et probable candidat au poste de commissaire européen représentant Chypre. Les deux élus d'AKEL, qui a mené une campagne prônant le règlement de la division de l'île et la lutte contre les politiques d'austérité, sont Tákis Chatzigeorgíou, eurodéputé sortant et l'ancien ministre du Commerce, de l'industrie et du tourisme Neoklís Sylikiótis.

Les centristes de DIKO a conservé sa troisième place, en faisant élire Kóstas Mavrídis, qui a obtenu plus de voix préférentielles que le sortant Antigóni Papadopoúlou, et qui siégera comme son prédécesseur au sein de l'Alliance progressiste des socialistes et démocrates au Parlement européen (S&D). Le sixième élu chypriote, qui siégera également dans le groupe S&D, est Dimítris Papadákis.

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OneMain Financial Announces Partnership With Operation Gratitude
Company Release - 11/5/2018 8:30 AM ET
Company Will Host Nationwide Collection Drive and Award $20,000 Grant
EVANSVILLE, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- OneMain Financial announced today its partnership with Operation Gratitude, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to meeting the evolving needs of the U.S. military and first responder communities. As part of this partnership, OneMain Financial will host a company-wide collection drive in its 1,600+ branches across the country and has pledged $20,000 to the organization.
"With so many branches throughout the country, we have seen firsthand the struggles that servicemen, servicewomen and their families too often face," said OneMain Financial Chief Marketing Officer Kim Wijkstrom. "Operation Gratitude is doing important work to alleviate some of these pressures, and we're honored to have the opportunity to help."
The collection drive will run throughout the month of November, allowing customers and team members the opportunity to drop off hand warmers, lip balm, travel-size deodorant, travel-size body and hand wipes, and black crew socks. All items must be new and sealed. Every item received in the collection drive will be shipped in care packages to deployed troops, first responders, veterans and military families.
As a way of continuing its support, OneMain has awarded a $20,000 grant to Operation Gratitude. The grant will be used to further the organization's mission of lifting the spirits of the men and women who serve our nation as well as providing opportunities for fellow Americans to express their gratitude to our servicemen and servicewomen.
"We are thankful for the passion and dedication of the thousands of Operation Gratitude volunteers around the country, including the employees of OneMain Financial, who contribute to our mission of thanking all who serve," said Kevin Schmiegel, CEO of Operation Gratitude. "Together, we are helping bridge the divide that exists between those who serve in uniform and grateful Americans everywhere who want to express their support."
If interested in participating in the collection drive or learning more about this initiative, please visit your local OneMain Financial branch or visit www.onemainfinancial.com to find a branch near you.
About OneMain Financial
OneMain Financial (NYSE: OMF) has been offering responsible and transparent loans for over 100 years. With more than 1,600 locations throughout 44 states, the company is committed to helping people with their personal loan needs. OneMain and its 10,000 team members are dedicated to the communities where they live and work. For additional information, please visit OneMainFinancial.com.
About Operation Gratitude
Operation Gratitude has sent more than 2.1 million of its signature care packages to first responders, new recruits, veterans and to individually named U.S. service members deployed overseas and their families waiting at home. Each package is filled with food, entertainment, hygiene and hand-made items, as well as personal letters of support written by grateful Americans. The non-profit organization's mission is to lift the spirits and meet the evolving needs of the military and first responder communities and to provide volunteer opportunities for Americans to express their appreciation to all who serve.
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Selling Your Home – Which Colours Have The Biggest Impact?
Just now, the property market in Brisbane and Sydney is in a great position. That means that it's a great time to sell your house- but it also means that there's a lot more competition than usual. There are only a certain number of buyers out there at any given moment, so you'll want to do all you can to attract their attention. A good way of doing this is to paint your house- there's nothing quite as eye-catching as a fresh coat of paint, and it will also make your home seem more modern, too. But what you might not know is that the right colours can also boost the value of your home- so it certainly pays to make the right choices!
First things first, let's start with the most commonplace approach to painting your home before selling. As you probably already know, home buyers like to see properties as a blank slate. For that reason, many sellers opt to paint their rooms in whites and beiges. While it's unlikely that the buyer will actually keep this colour scheme in place once they move in, it makes it easier for them to imagine their own preferred paint job adorning the walls. They can also bring in Brisbane interior painters to get the job done for them in one go- much simpler when they can settle on a colour scheme that works throughout the whole house.
However, that's not to say this is the best approach. As we mentioned earlier, some studies found that homes with a particular paint scheme tended to sell for higher prices than average. So, let's examine what exactly these secret weapons are. We'll start with the kitchen: here, the order of the day is soft blues, to create a cleaner feel in the room. Since this is where all your food is prepared, buyers want to see it as somewhere hygienic. They also want it to feel more open and spacious, since no one likes feeling stuck in the kitchen. On the other hand, a yellow kitchen is not only out of fashion at the moment, but it could also have a negative impact on the price your home fetches. After all, no one wants to have to update a new house themselves!
Next up, the bathroom. Now, you might assume that white bathrooms are the way to go, but that's simply no longer the case. All-white fittings and walls have fallen by the wayside, and if you resolutely stick with that look in your home, you could knock quite a chunk off the value. Bathrooms and kitchens are the rooms that really sell houses, so give your bathroom a fresh, modern feel with a light blue to purple paint job.
Of course, when you're selling your home, you already have a lot to take care of, without the extra stress of repainting your house. So why not leave it to the experts, and let us handle the job for you? As the number one interior painters in Brisbane and Sydney, we can get things done in record time, leaving you with one less thing to worry about. We can also repaint the exterior of your home to really maximize its curb appeal. Let's work together, and get your house sold quickly, for the best possible price. Our paint jobs are every seller's secret weapon!


Jobs requiring high levels of social interaction are growing. What does that mean for schools?
The answer to that last question should usually be a resolute "no," according to a forthcoming article that reveals the increasing importance of social skills in the contemporary labor market. Professions requiring high levels of social interaction — such as managers, teachers, nurses, therapists, consultants, and lawyers — have grown by nearly 12 percentage points as a share of all jobs in the United States economy in the last 30 years. Math-intensive but less social jobs shrunk by 3.3 percentage points over the same period. The pay for more social-intensive jobs is increasing at a faster rate as well.
For educators, it's a reminder that working through those tricky group dynamics may have significant value for today's young people.
People with strong interpersonal skills can do more than collaborate effectively. They're able to vary how they act and what they contribute. They notice the strengths and weaknesses of others in their group, and they adapt.
The reason for this shift in the labor market, as economist David Deming has described in a previously published working paper, is that social interaction is difficult to automate. Computers can increasingly perform single-task jobs and complex programming work, but they can't adapt to changing needs or unforeseen circumstances, and they can't collaborate with others to overcome those obstacles.
People, however, can excel in these types of situations — if they have the right social competencies. So what social skills precisely do they need?
People who have these interpersonal skills are the people who can vary how they act and what they contribute. They notice the strengths and weaknesses of their group, and they adapt.
Schools don't yet have reliable measures for how to develop and assess so-called "noncognitive" skills like these, although a number of researchers and educators are working on approaches, reflecting a growing recognition of their importance not just on labor market outcomes but on educational attainment. But for high schools, this research at least suggests that educators should think more about how students are learning, rather than just what they're learning.
"You want the classroom to reflect the richness of real-life interactions, and to give people experience in the kinds of settings that are going to be useful to them when they leave school," says Deming. Assignments and curricula should integrate opportunities to work collaboratively.
Group projects, for example, are valuable learning opportunities. Long-term project-based work, in which students work as a team, receive feedback, and revise together, are also important experiences. And when assessing students, teachers should take teamwork into account, signifying that the ability to collaborate is just as important as the content students are learning or producing.
Deming suggests that colleges and universities ask students to work collaboratively in the classroom and pursue internships and volunteer opportunities outside of it. Students should also look for critical growth opportunities within their extracurricular activities, rather than just viewing them as resume-fillers. Clubs and sports teams can equip students with valuable teamwork skills, if students choose to focus on those dynamics.
Finally, suggests Deming, students should be diversifying their interests, so that they can be useful to different groups of people. "Try to be good at a lot of different things, and particularly things that don't often go together," suggests Deming. Students with unusual combinations of skills, such as computer programming and writing, will become employees with valuable assets to bring to the table, to no matter what type of team they're working on.


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Bódog Czorda (18 December 1828 – 4 July 1904) was a Hungarian lawyer and politician.

He worked as a lawyer until the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 when joined to the Honvédség. After the defeat of the War of Independence he was involuntarily conscripted to the Imperial Army in Italy. After that he was a lawyer in his birthplace, Szabadka (today: Subotica, Serbia). He was arrested because of his political activities in 1860. He was released only after the October Diploma.

Czorda served as Member of Parliament in 1861. After that he worked as lawyer again. He was appointed a judge of the Royal Court of Pest in 1869, later he was one of the judges of the Curia Regia. He served as Secretary of State for Justice since 1889. He was elected President of the Royal Court of Budapest in 1892. He served as Vice President of the Curia Regia between 1893 and 1901.

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Why the cryptocurrency market is dangerous?
Skeptics and official representatives of the financial market say about Bitcoin, that it is a classic «financial bubble», which is going to burst. And someone do not shy in his statements, calling Bitcoin a pure fraud.
Surprisingly, all the analytical conclusions and the statements made regarding this cryptocurrency are correct. In this case it is fifty-fifty, but… meanwhile, the cryptocurrency reaches another psychological value and now for 1BTC is trading at around $15 000. And the currency shows miracles of unprecedented growth, making +1000% in one year. No one traditional asset and currency did this before. All analysts fear high volatility.
Volatility (variability) is a key financial measure of the variability of prices.
Lance jumps and falls of the exchange rate of Bitcoin are scaring most financial analysts, causing them to compare bitcoin and "financial bubble". Important psychological value reached in minimal time. The last value reached in just 40 hours, when the rate of Bitcoin has increased from $12000 to $16000.
Also, we know about past financial bubble: financial crisis of 2007–2008, which started with the US mortgage crisis of 2006 and the dotcom crisis in the early 2000s.
1. When a respectable, but elderly scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
2. The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to dare to make a step into the impossible.
From our point of view, they fit perfect to blockchain technology. When respectable but elderly financial analysts claim that Bitcoin will collapse, they are almost certainly right. When they state that it is impossible for Bitcoin to become a digital gold or a new currency and replace dollar, it will collapse, they are very probably mistaken. And it is so due to blockchain technology.
After all, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic!
That's why new blocks are mined by many powerful computers combined in a cluster. Which, in turn, combined into pools — a powerful computer nets. Pools are integrated into the Bitcoin network. These pools are the main miners of new Bitcoins.
The total number of Bitcoins in the network cannot exceed 21 million units. In 2017 about 70% of all blocks is already calculated. Every few years, the rate of mining new Bitcoins is artificially reduced in two times. The last Bitcoin is expected to be calculated in 2140.
Summing up we can remember the forecasts of all respectable analysts and certainly say that Bitcoin is most likely a bubble, but it could become an international digital currency. Now, because of unhealthy excitement, Bitcoin exchange rate will rapidly rise and fall, testing the limits of the possible. More precisely, it will create the stress tests to pass for the network and all its participants. Just compare the dot-com and bitcoin charts.
Anything can happen by the 2140. But, if Bitcoin exchange rate does not exceed important psychological level of $25 000, $50 000 or a million dollars, if there are not mined blocks yet, if international financial system starts to use Bitcoin (futures trading and transactions), nothing is to worry about — next couple of years or hours Bitcoin will have the rate! What will it be we find out soon.
I believe that next year Bitcoin will be in the price, and the rate will increase. Are there any limits? We'll find out. Other conclusions you can make are for yourself only! Because any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic!
Finally, let's consider an infographic that will undermine your confidence in stability further.
p.s. Deutsche Bank called bitcoin one of the threats in 2018.


I was approved for a collateral loan for $3,000. The collateral was $450 (5 of the monthly payments) which would be put towards the loan. After I sent the $450, the loan was to be put into my account. When I called to let her know the money was sent, she said the lender wanted another $450 because my credit had lowered. So I sent it. Then she tells me I need to buy insurance for another $400. That's when I realized what was going on. I did not send the money and canceled the loan. I was told I would be refunded the whole $900 but have only talked to the refund dept once. Now they don't call back.


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Bristol Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone hits 2,000 jobs target
The Bristol Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone (BTQEZ) has attracted 2,000 jobs since being declared open for business in April 2012. James Wharton, Parliamentary under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, welcomed the jobs today (Thursday 6 August) as he was shown how a new bridge will connect Arena Island with the rest of the enterprise zone.
James Wharton, Parliamentary under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, said:
"Investment and innovation are at the heart of Enterprise Zones and this bridge project is a testament to what can be achieved when the public and private sector work together to support businesses and create jobs.
"Bristol has already seen the benefit of this, with empty buildings transformed into many thriving firms and this bridge will help bring even more prosperity to the area. It is a vital part of the development of the Bristol Arena which is giving the city its first world class entertainment venue."
Mayor George Ferguson and James Wharton MP arrive on Arena Island
The landmark jobs figure incorporates jobs in an impressive range of sectors including engineering, ICT, low carbon and the creative industries. Businesses of all sizes continue to be attracted to working in the zone – from hi-tech start-ups in the SETsquared business incubator to SMEs such as Kevin McCloud's HAB Housing to larger companies such as OVO Energy and law firm Simmons and Simmons.
The success of the Enterprise Zone is set to continue, with the number of new jobs forecast to reach 4,000 in 2017.
George Ferguson, Mayor of Bristol, said:
"I'm delighted that the Enterprise Zone has hit the 2,000 jobs figure to date, and is on a trajectory to create 17,000 jobs and 2.5 million sq ft of employment space. Ensuring Bristol has a world class workforce remains one of my key priorities and the zone is playing a crucial role in ensuring the city region attracts investment and businesses from an impressive range of sectors.
"Arena Island Bridge is the next milestone in the continued regeneration around Temple Meads, which will provide a rich mix of businesses, homes and leisure facilities, not least the long-awaited Bristol Arena with all its spin off benefits."
During his visit Mr Wharton was also shown how the 63-metre-long, 18-metre-wide bridge will be moved across the water and into place over the next few weeks. The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) was given the go ahead by the Government in 2013 to invest £11.3m in the bridge.
Once completed, the bridge will connect Arena Island – which will house a 12,000-capacity arena from December 2017 – to the city, as well as boosting access to the Enterprise Zone. The bridge will be completed mid-February 2016 with 3.5-metre-wide pedestrian and bike lanes on either side.
District heating pipework will also be on the underside of Arena Island Bridge as the seventh section of an eight-point plan to lay a network of underground pipes and cables in the zone. This will supply both ultrafast broadband and green energy – connecting 100 Temple Street to the core areas of the Bristol Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone (BTQEZ), including Arena Island.
The project is in line with achieving some key objectives of the BTQEZ's vision for creative, high-technology, specialist engineering and low-carbon companies, building on the city's reputation as a knowledge-intensive city during its year as European Green Capital.
Colin Molton, Executive Director of the HCA for the South and South West, said:
"The Enterprise Zone is set to create thousands more jobs for the city, but it needs new infrastructure to unlock this potential.
"The new bridge will connect Bristol's new arena, and a previously isolated plot of land, to the rest of Bristol. This will support a further 2,700 jobs in the area, as well as 300 new and affordable homes. It's an exciting period of growth for the city, and one that we're very proud to support."
Until spring 2015, the HCA owned the former Diesel Depot Site now known as Arena Island. A grant of £5.425m from the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) allowed the site to be transferred to Bristol City Council for the arena, as well as enabling the council to acquire the former sorting office.
The arena will generate up to 400 jobs and will allow creative digital businesses to move into the zone. Combined with jobs at the nearby sorting office, there is the potential to attract 2,700 jobs and 300 new homes.
The BTQEZ is one of the largest urban regeneration projects in the UK and an example of how such a programme can support growth.
Colin Skellett, chairman of the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership, said:
"It's good to welcome Minister James Wharton to the West of England and to have the opportunity to show him some of the work we are undertaking to drive economic growth.
"In particular, the great success of the Enterprise Zone in providing a focus for new business growth and an exciting gateway to Bristol and the West of England."
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from Crazy Were We in the Head
My first memory is of the Hamm orchard.
When we were little kids back in the mid 'forties, the first thing Karen and I would do when Dad's brakeless '36 Plymouth came rolling to a stop just before running into the irrigation ditch at the July 24 reunion would be to tumble out of the doors and windows and go thundering off to the orchard to join our cousins and Stan. Stan, who was unofficially known as Snake, had been adopted by Onkel Abe and Tante Anna and would still have been a student at Inverness High if he'd paid more attention to the rules. They'd picked him up either from an orphanage, which was Tante Anna's story, or from a reform school, which was the more widely accepted theory.There were also different opinions of how he'd picked up the nickname. It was either because he enjoyed swimming in Beaver Reservoir on the Snake River, which was Tante Anna's explanation, or because the name fit the reform school theory, which was Aunt Lena's view of the matter. I myself leaned toward Aunt Lena's opinion, figuring she was probably the one who'd started the practice of calling him Snake.


Seeing a gorgeous baby cat or dog at a pet store, or for sale at a farm, makes many a heart flutter, and can lead you to consider getting one for yourself. Welcoming a pet into the family is not a decision that should be taken lightly though, as there are too many pets abandoned by owners once the initial thrill has worn off. If you've never had a pet before, you may not be aware of what is involved, so it is worth your while to take some consideration before you jump into it. Too many animals end up in animal shelters awaiting a new owner, and some may be put down if one does not come along in time. Like having a baby, owning a pet is a lifelong commitment, so it is really important to make an informed decision before you take responsibility for a pet.
If you have never owned a pet before, you will want to read up on what is required in pet-ownership before you take the plunge. Pets require as much care as a baby during the early days. You will need to start training them almost immediately, and you will have to teach them where to go to the toilet, which parts of the house they can go into, and discourage them from destroying things in your home. It isn't going to be easy, but the short term effort that you put in will be rewarding in the long term as you enjoy your friend for life.
The cost of owning a pet is definitely worth considering before you make the decision. Initially, for cats and dogs it will involve vaccinations, micro-chipping and desexing, which can vary depending on the vet. You will then need to be able to pay for ongoing costs including food, worming, annual health checks, vet bills, training and any other incidentals such as bedding and toys. Larger dogs can have rather large appetites that you will need to keep up with as they grow.
Does a Pet Fit Into Your Lifestyle?
When you buy a tiny dog or cat you need to think a bit further down the track to when the animal has grown, and ensure that you are getting a breed that is the right size to be accommodated comfortably in your home. If you do not have a yard space then you would be sentencing a dog to a life indoors, and not every breed enjoys that sort of life, so you may want to choose a particular breed. If you are renting, you will need to get permission from your landlord to keep a pet. All dogs should to be exercised every day, so you will need to make a commitment to walking your dog regularly to ensure that it is kept fit and healthy.
Going on holiday is another thing that you will have to consider before you commit to having a pet. You will need to include your pet in your plans by making arrangements for it to go to a dog-sitter, or a boarding kennel, while you head off to your holiday. For dog lovers who don't want their dog to miss out on the fun, (but can't take them on holiday), sending them to a 'pet resort' is a great option, as the dog gets to have its own holiday in the company of other dogs, in a safe environment.
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Warm sunshine, blue sky, light nights, warm water and paddling. That is probably what 23 eager Isis CC members had in their minds when they headed for the watershed on Friday 24th June for the Midsummer�s Eve paddle. By 6pm the grounds around the watershed were a buzz of action as boats were coming out from all doors, as well as paddles, chairs, bbqs, and pretty much anything we could think of. Unfortunately, there was no sign of that sunshine, just rain, but this minor detail did not deter us.
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Then it was finally time to pack up and get the boats back onto the water for the return journey. The rain decided to show us that it had not abandoned us just yet, and kept us company all the way back to the watershed. We may have not met the midnight sun, and might have gotten a bit wet, but it still turned out to be one memorable, fun filled Midsummer�s Eve!


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Justia Dockets & Filings Ninth Circuit California Eastern District Jones v. Wong et al Filing 34
Jones v. Wong et al
ORDER and FINDINGS and RECOMMENDATIONS signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 08/21/17 denying 33 Motion to Appoint Counsel. Also, RECOMMENDING that plaintiff's motions for a preliminary injunction or a temporary restraining order 21 , 32 be denied. Motions 21 and 32 referred to Judge Garland E. Burrell. Objections due within 21 days. (Plummer, M)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ARTHUR GLENN JONES, SR., 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 No. 2:15-cv-0734 GEB AC P v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS SAM WONG, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 17 18 Plaintiff has filed two motions for issuance of a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining 19 order in which he requests an order preventing officials at Mule Creek State Prison (MCSP) from 20 transferring him and hindering his access to the law library. ECF Nos. 21, 32. He has also 21 requested appointment of counsel. ECF No. 33. 22 I. Motion for Counsel 23 Plaintiff has requested the appointment of counsel. The United States Supreme Court has 24 ruled that district courts lack authority to require counsel to represent indigent prisoners in § 1983 25 cases. Mallard v. United States Dist. Court, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). In certain exceptional 26 circumstances, the district court may request the voluntary assistance of counsel pursuant to 28 27 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015, 1017 (9th Cir. 1991); Wood v. 28 Housewright, 900 F.2d 1332, 1335-36 (9th Cir. 1990). 1 1 "When determining whether 'exceptional circumstances' exist, a court must consider 'the 2 likelihood of success on the merits as well as the ability of the [plaintiff] to articulate his claims 3 pro se in light of the complexity of the legal issues involved.'" Palmer v. Valdez, 560 F.3d 965, 4 970 (9th Cir. 2009) (quoting Weygandt v. Look, 718 F.2d 952, 954 (9th Cir. 1983)). The burden 5 of demonstrating exceptional circumstances is on the plaintiff. Id. Circumstances common to 6 most prisoners, such as lack of legal education and limited law library access, do not establish 7 exceptional circumstances that would warrant a request for voluntary assistance of counsel. 8 Plaintiff requests appointment of counsel on the grounds that he is untrained in the law, 9 has PTSD and dyslexia, and has an upcoming deposition. ECF No. 33. Plaintiff's lack of legal 10 training and upcoming deposition are not exceptional circumstances warranting appointment of 11 counsel. With respect to his claim that he suffers from PTSD and dyslexia, the only medical 12 records he provides are from 1993 and 1994. Id. at 13. Plaintiff fails to provide any current 13 documentation of his conditions or demonstrate how they prevent him from proceeding without 14 an attorney or participating in a deposition. Moreover, his filings to date demonstrate that he is 15 capable of articulating his claims without the assistance of counsel. Accordingly, plaintiff's 16 request for counsel will be denied. 17 II. 18 Motion for Temporary Restraining Order or Preliminary Injunction Plaintiff alleges that non-defendant officials at MCSP, at the behest of the defendants, are 19 attempting to transfer him in retaliation for pursuing this lawsuit in violation of his First 20 Amendment rights. ECF No. 21 at 1, 3-4; ECF No. 32 at 4. He reasons that the defendants went 21 to "their Supervisors and Custody" because shortly after this court ordered service he "was told 22 that he was being put up for transfer." ECF No. 21 at 3. Plaintiff argues that the timing of the 23 transfer discussion with his counselor suggests that the transfer is in retaliation for this lawsuit. 24 Id. 25 Plaintiff asserts that he would suffer an irreparable harm if he were to be transferred and 26 that the First Amendment protects him against a retaliatory transfer because he has a right to 27 pursue his lawsuit and a transfer would interfere with his ability to litigate his claim. Id. at 4-7; 28 ECF No. 32 at 6-7. He further contends that the California Code of Regulations protects him 2 1 from involuntarily transfer because he has PTSD and is a present participant in the Mental Health 2 Services Delivery System. ECF No. 21 at 5-6; ECF No. 32 at 6. He claims that his access to the 3 courts is being denied because he is now limited to two hours a week in the law library. ECF No. 4 21 at 1. 5 6 A. Standards for Issuance of a Preliminary Injunction or Temporary Restraining Order A temporary restraining order is an extraordinary measure of relief that a federal court 7 may impose without notice to the adverse party if, in an affidavit or verified complaint, the 8 movant "clearly show[s] that immediate and irreparable injury, loss, or damage will result to the 9 movant before the adverse party can be heard in opposition." Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b)(1)(A). The 10 purpose in issuing a temporary restraining order is to preserve the status quo pending a fuller 11 hearing. The standard for issuing a temporary restraining order is essentially the same as that for 12 issuing a preliminary injunction. Stuhlbarg Int'l Sales Co. v. John D. Brush & Co., 240 F.3d 832, 13 839 n.7 (9th Cir. 2001) (stating that the analysis for temporary restraining orders and preliminary 14 injunctions is "substantially identical"). 15 16 17 18 19 20 Federal Rule 65(b)(1) permits issuance of a temporary restraining order without notice to the adverse party only if: (A) specific facts in an affidavit or a verified complaint clearly show that immediate and irreparable injury, loss, or damage will result to the movant before the adverse party can be heard in opposition; and (B) the movant's attorney certifies in writing any efforts made to give notice and the reasons why it should not be required. 21 Plaintiff has not provided the certification required by this rule and, as addressed below, the 22 individuals identified by plaintiff are not defendants to this action and there is no indication they 23 have all been served with the motion. Although it appears that plaintiff may have discussed the 24 issue of his transfer with individuals at the prison, it is not clear that he has brought the instant 25 motions to their attention. ECF No. 21 at 5; ECF No. 32 at 7. Accordingly, the request for a 26 temporary injunction is defective, that portion of the motion will be dismissed, and the court will 27 consider whether plaintiff has demonstrated that he could be entitled to a preliminary injunction. 28 3 1 "A plaintiff seeking a preliminary injunction must establish [(1)] that he is likely to 2 succeed on the merits, [(2)] that he is likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of 3 preliminary relief, [(3)] that the balance of equities tips in his favor, and [(4)] that an injunction is 4 in the public interest." Winter v. Natural Res. Def. Council, Inc., 555 U.S. 7, 20 (2008). The 5 Ninth Circuit has held that injunctive relief may issue, even if the moving party cannot show a 6 likelihood of success on the merits, if "'serious questions going to the merits' and a balance of 7 hardships that tips sharply towards the plaintiff can support issuance of a preliminary injunction, 8 so long as the plaintiff also shows that there is a likelihood of irreparable injury and that the 9 injunction is in the public interest." Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Cottrell, 632 F.3d 1127, 10 1135 (9th Cir. 2011). Under either formulation of the principles, preliminary injunctive relief 11 should be denied if the probability of success on the merits is low. Johnson v. Cal. State Bd. of 12 Accountancy, 72 F.3d 1427, 1430 (9th Cir. 1995) ("'[E]ven if the balance of hardships tips 13 decidedly in favor of the moving party, it must be shown as an irreducible minimum that there is 14 a fair chance of success on the merits.'" (quoting Martin v. Int'l Olympic Comm., 740 F.2d 670, 15 675 (9th Cir. 1984))). 16 In addition, the Prison Litigation Reform Act ("PLRA") imposes additional requirements 17 on prisoner litigants who seek preliminary injunctive relief against prison officials. The PLRA 18 provides that 19 [i]n any civil action with respect to prison conditions, to the extent otherwise authorized by law, the court may enter a temporary restraining order or an order for preliminary injunctive relief. Preliminary injunctive relief must be narrowly drawn, extend no further than necessary to correct the harm the court finds requires preliminary relief, and be the least intrusive means necessary to correct that harm. 20 21 22 23 18 U.S.C. § 3626(a)(2). Thus, § 3626(a)(2) limits the court's power to grant preliminary 24 injunctive relief to inmates. "[N]o longer may courts grant or approve relief that binds prison 25 administrators to do more than the constitutional minimum." Gilmore v. People of the State of 26 Cal., 220 F.3d 987, 999 (9th Cir. 2000). 27 28 B. Likelihood of Success on the Merits Plaintiff cannot show any chance of success on the merits because the allegations and 4 1 relief requested in his motion are unrelated to the allegations in the first amended complaint. In 2 his present motion, plaintiff alleges that correctional staff members at MCSP, at the bidding of the 3 defendants named in his lawsuit, are retaliating against him for pursuing a lawsuit against 4 defendants by transferring him and limiting his access to the law library in violation of his First 5 Amendment rights. Plaintiff also alleges that MCSP officials are attempting to transfer him in 6 violation of the protections afforded him by the California Code of Regulations which prohibit 7 the involuntary transfer of inmates with certain mental health conditions. None of these claims 8 are related to the deliberate indifference or professional negligence claims contained in the 9 complaint. Accordingly, plaintiff's motion fails because the allegations are unrelated to the 10 11 allegations in his first amended complaint. Thus, he cannot prevail on the merits. C. Irreparable Harm. 12 Even if plaintiff's allegations were properly presented here, they would still fail to 13 demonstrate that a preliminary injunction would be warranted because plaintiff has not provided 14 evidence that he is likely to suffer an irreparable harm. 15 16 i. Transfer In his initial motion, plaintiff states that he was told that he has been "put up for transfer," 17 but he does not explain whether that means that he has simply been generally approved for a 18 lower custody assignment or that a transfer has actually been initiated. ECF No. 21 at 3-4. Nor 19 does he provide evidence that a transfer is imminent. Plaintiff's second motion shows that he has 20 been approved for transfer to the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility (SATF), with Valley State 21 Prison (VSP) as an alternative, but that he currently has a medical hold that expires September 14, 22 2017. ECF No. 32 at 13, 15. However, it is not clear whether or when plaintiff will in fact be 23 transferred after his medical hold expires. Even if plaintiff is transferred once the hold expires, 24 his contentions of potential future injury are no more than speculative and are therefore 25 insufficient to demonstrate a risk of immediate and irreparable injury. Caribbean Marine Servs. 26 Co. v. Baldrige, 844 F.2d 668, 674 (9th Cir. 1988) ("Speculative injury does not constitute 27 irreparable injury sufficient to warrant granting a preliminary injunction." (citing Goldie's 28 Bookstore, Inc. v. Superior Court, 739 F.2d 466, 472 (9th Cir. 1984))). 5 1 Convicted prisoners have no reasonable expectation that they will remain in any particular 2 facility, and prison officials have broad authority to transfer prisoners from one facility to 3 another. Meachum v. Fano, 427 U.S. 215, 225, 228 (1976). "An inmate's liberty interests are 4 sufficiently extinguished by his conviction so that the state may change his place of confinement 5 even though the degree of confinement may be different and prison life may be more disagreeable 6 in one institution than in another." Rizzo v. Dawson, 778 F.2d 527, 530 (9th Cir. 1985) (citing 7 Meachum, 427 U.S. at 224-25; Olim v. Wakinekona, 461 U.S. 238, 245 (1982)). Accordingly, 8 the possibility of transfer alone is not sufficient to demonstrate an irreparable harm. 9 Plaintiff claims that a transfer would impede his ability to prosecute his case because he 10 would no longer have the assistance of his cellmate. ECF No. 21 at 5; ECF No. 32 at 8. 11 However, prisoners "have no right to inmate assistance or to [a specific inmate's] services in 12 particular." Storseth v. Spellman, 654 F.2d 1349, 1354 (9th Cir. 1981); Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 13 343, 351 (1996) (no "abstract, freestanding right to a law library or legal assistance"). The 14 motions rely solely on plaintiff's conclusory assertions that he will not be able to prosecute his 15 case if he were to be transferred. Yet there is no evidence that he would be unable to continue his 16 claim if he were to be transferred. Presumably, any facility to which he would be transferred will 17 have a law library to which he will have access. Plaintiff may even be able to locate another 18 inmate to assist him with his lawsuit, although failure to do so would not constitute an irreparable 19 injury. Thus, plaintiff fails to show that he is likely to suffer an irreparable harm with respect to 20 this matter. 21 In disputing this court's previous determination that it did not have jurisdiction over his 22 previous motion for preliminary injunction, plaintiff cites Grande v. Baca, No. 2:13-cv-08348- 23 ODW(AGRx), 2014 WL 4627241, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 130637 (C.D. Cal. Sept. 16, 2014), 24 which found that a retaliatory transfer qualifies as irreparable harm. ECF No. 21 at 5-6; ECF No. 25 32 at 6-7. Plaintiff claims that the efforts to transfer him must be retaliatory because they 26 occurred after the court ordered service of his lawsuit. ECF No. 21 at 3. However, the evidence 27 he provides shows only non-retaliatory purposes for his potential transfer. Specifically, the 28 evidence shows that plaintiff's potential for transfer arose prior to March 31, 2017, when the 6 1 court first found service on defendants to be appropriate, and was based on a change in housing 2 policy which allowed plaintiff to be transferred to Level II housing. 3 The documents provided by plaintiff show that as early as February 22, 2017, he began 4 disputing his eligibility to be transferred to Level II housing and requesting an override to 5 permanent Level III housing. Id. at 13, 15-18. On March 28, 2017, in response to plaintiff's 6 protests about being housed on a Level II facility, Associate Warden Holmes rejected plaintiff's 7 request for permanent Level III housing and stated that a recent change in policy now allowed 8 plaintiff to be transferred to Level II housing. Id. at 20. According to the memo, the change 9 allowed inmates serving Life Without the Possibility of Parole to be placed in a Level II facility 10 with an electrified fence when previously they had been restricted to Level III facilities. Id. 11 Plaintiff's claims of retaliation based on timing are not consistent with the evidence, 12 which shows that the process of approving him for housing in a Level II facility began as the 13 result of a policy change prior to service of the complaint in this action. Accordingly, plaintiff 14 cannot show irreparable harm in the form of a retaliatory transfer. 15 16 ii. Plaintiff's Mental Health Status Plaintiff asserts that under the California Code of Regulations an inmate is not eligible for 17 involuntary transfer if the inmate has a serious mental health disorder as defined by the 18 classification order and is a member of the Mental Health Services Delivery System. ECF No. 21 19 at 6; ECF No. 32 at 6. He claims that he is exempt from involuntary transfer because he has 20 PTSD, which is a serious mental health disorder, and that he is a participant in the Mental Health 21 Services Delivery System. ECF No. 21 at 5-7; ECF No. 32 at 6-7. However, California Code of 22 Regulations, title 15, § 3379(a)(9)(G)(2), on which plaintiff relies, applies to transfers to out-of- 23 state facilities and plaintiff has been endorsed for transfer to SATF or VSP, both of which are 24 located in California. The cited regulation does not apply to plaintiff. 25 Additionally, plaintiff has not provided specific evidence of his current mental health 26 status. Although his second motion for injunction includes documentation showing he is 27 currently assigned to the CCCMS level of care, it does not include any specifics about his 28 condition. ECF No. 32 at 13, 15. Furthermore, "[t]he CCCMS level of care is for inmates whose 7 1 symptoms are under control or in partial remission and can function in the general prison 2 population, administrative segregation, or segregated housing units," Coleman v. 3 Schwarzenegger, 922 F. Supp. 2d 882, 903 n.24 (E.D. Cal. and N.D. Cal. Aug. 4, 2009), 4 indicating that plaintiff has a relatively high level of functioning. The only evidence he has 5 provided that specifically supports his claim of having PTSD is over twenty years old (ECF No. 6 21 at 26; ECF No. 32 at 33-34), and although he provides more recent medical records showing 7 that he has consented to taking psychotropic antidepressants, those records are still five years old 8 and do not offer any insight into his condition (ECF No. 32 at 26-27). 9 10 11 12 For these reasons, plaintiff has failed to show that he is likely to suffer an irreparable harm due to his mental health status if he is transferred. D. The Court Lacks Jurisdiction A district court has no authority to grant relief in the form of a temporary restraining order 13 or preliminary injunction where it has no jurisdiction over the parties. Ruhrgas AG v. Marathon 14 Oil Co., 526 U.S. 574, 584 (1999) ("Personal jurisdiction, too, is an essential element of the 15 jurisdiction of a district . . . court, without which the court is powerless to proceed to an 16 adjudication.") (alteration in original) (citation and internal quotation omitted)); Paccar Int'l, Inc. 17 v. Commercial Bank of Kuwait, S.A.K., 757 F.2d 1058, 1061 (9th Cir. 1985) (vacating district 18 court's order granting preliminary injunction for lack of personal jurisdiction). 19 As the court explained in denying plaintiff's previous request for a temporary restraining 20 order, plaintiff seeks relief against unspecified prison officials rather than named defendants and 21 the court does not have jurisdiction over those individuals unless he provides facts showing that 22 they are acting "in active concert or participation" with the defendants. ECF No. 17 at 4 (citing 23 Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(d)(2); Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc., 395 U.S. 100, 112 24 (1969) ("[A] nonparty with notice cannot be held in contempt until shown to be in concert or 25 participation.")). Plaintiff has failed to provide any such facts. Because the court lacks 26 jurisdiction over the individuals against whom plaintiff seeks injunctive relief, the motion must be 27 denied. Zepeda v. I.N.S., 753 F.2d 719, 727 (9th Cir. 1985) ("A federal court may issue an 28 injunction if it has personal jurisdiction over the parties and subject matter jurisdiction over the 8 1 claim; it may not attempt to determine the rights of persons not before the court."). 2 E. Conclusion 3 In sum, plaintiff has not shown likelihood of success on the merits or that he is likely to 4 suffer irreparable harm if the motion for temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction is 5 not granted. Nor has he shown that the court has jurisdiction over the individuals against whom 6 he seeks an injunction. Accordingly, the motion should be denied. 7 III. Plain Language Summary of this Order for a Pro Se Litigant 8 Your motion for counsel is denied, because you have not shown that there are 9 extraordinary circumstances and your previous filings show that you are able to explain your 10 position without help from counsel. Your motion for a temporary restraining order or preliminary 11 injunction should be denied because you did not show that you were likely to succeed on the 12 merits or that you would suffer irreparable harm. Also, you did not show that you tried to notify 13 the people who you want the temporary restraining order against, and they are not people this 14 court has power over. You also have not shown that the people you want an injunction against 15 were acting together with the defendants. 16 17 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff's motion for appointment of counsel (ECF No. 33) is denied. 18 19 IT IS FURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT plaintiff's motions for a preliminary injunction or a temporary restraining order (ECF Nos. 21, 32) be denied. 20 These findings and recommendations are submitted to the United States District Judge 21 assigned to the case, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l). Within twenty-one days 22 after being served with these findings and recommendations, any party may file written 23 objections with the court and serve a copy on all parties. Such a document should be captioned 24 "Objections to Magistrate Judge's Findings and Recommendations." Any response to the 25 objections shall be served and filed within fourteen days after service of the objections. The 26 //// 27 //// 28 //// 9 1 parties are advised that failure to file objections within the specified time may waive the right to 2 appeal the District Court's order. Martinez v. Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153 (9th Cir. 1991). 3 DATED: August 21, 2017 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 10


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Abbey 'committed' to change after January's damning open letter from actors and directors
As part of the changes, the theatre has committed to a review of all pay rates, with any amendments to be implemented in 2020.
By Michelle Hennessy Thursday 2 May 2019, 4:01 PM
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THE ABBEY THEATRE has said it has learned from talks with artists and is committed to changes that will improve its engagement with them.
In January, an open letter signed by 312 freelance theatre practitioners, was sent to Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan. It expressed "deep concern and dissatisfaction" with the theatre's direction since directors Neil Murray and Graham McLaren took up their roles.
The signatories claimed the freelance theatre community had been "cast adrift" as the theatre is producing fewer in-house productions. The Arts Council also froze €300,000 in funding to the theatre after actors and directors raised their concerns about the lack of opportunities it provides for Irish based artists.
Following the publication of the letter in January, the theatre had a series of meetings with artists about ways to improve the situation.
A report published by the theatre today states that it has "great respect" for the artists who signed the letter and has taken the concerns very seriously.
By the end of 2018, the Abbey said it had already committed to being primarily a producing theatre and ensuring all independent artists on co-productions would receive the pay and conditions received by those in self-produced shows.
The report states it became clear in meetings with artists after the letter that certain aspects of communication between the Abbey Theatre and the theatre community need to be improved.
It said it will now develop its relationship with industry representatives on a more formal basis and ensure its communications meet the information needs of those working in the sector.
The Abbey Theatre is aware that, as Ireland's National Theatre, it should lead by example in setting high benchmarks in the treatment of artists and in theatre practice. The Theatre hopes this dialogue process has reassured the sector of its position as a producing theatre, primarily providing employment and opportunity for Irish and Irish-based practitioners.
Aside from the review of pay rates, the Abbey has committed to a number of other actions including:
A named point of contact for casting enquiries at the theatre;
A vouched expense budget of €500 for costume designers;
The continuation of discussions on pay rates with Irish Equity;
Responding to a request for a dedicated design room in the building;
A meeting with directors on how to develop careers of emerging freelance directors.
The theatre said it welcomes the government's commitment to increase funding for the arts and looks forward to engaging with stakeholders to "create an environment where great, well supported theatre can thrive across Ireland".
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