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Judy Justice is an American streaming arbitration-based reality court show presided over by former Manhattan Family Court Judge Judith Sheindlin. Judy Justice is a spin-off of courtroom series Judge Judy (1996–2021). The show features Sheindlin adjudicating real-life small-claims disputes within a simulated courtroom set. Prior to the proceedings, all involved parties sign arbitration contracts agreeing to Sheindlin's ruling.

Judy Justice premiered on November 1, 2021. The court show's first four episodes were released on its premiere date, while typically only one new episode airs for each weekday.

The program is produced by Amazon Studios. Judy Justice is the first standard courtroom series to broadcast new episodes exclusively through a streaming service. The series is streamed on Amazon Freevee (known as IMDb TV during the show's first season).

While Judge Judy reruns vastly outperformed Judy Justice in its first season, Judy Justice ranked as the number 1 original program on IMDb TV. In addition, Judy Justice received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program following its first season alone.

Towards the end of its first season, Judy Justice was renewed by Amazon for a second season, which premiered with 4 episodes on November 7, 2022.

Cast and crew members

Host arbitrating judge

Judy Sheindlin

Judy Sheindlin was born on October 21, 1942, in Brooklyn, New York, to German-Jewish parents Murray and Ethel Blum. Sheindlin is a former  Manhattan Family Court Prosecutor, Supervising Family Court Judge and Judge Judy television series arbitration star of 25 years. She is the arbitrator and sole creator of Judy Justice.

Yahoo! has characterized Sheindlin's Judy Justice as "Judge Judy returns to devour litigants. . .".

While long noted for her briskness, Sheindlin was observed to pry deeper into the disputes on Judy Justice. Having the litigants expand on digressive details has led to lengthier cases by comparison to Judge Judy. Also in contrast to Judge Judy, Sheindlin presides over Judy Justice without her trademarked lace collar or traditionally black-colored judicial robe. Rather, she presides in a burgundy colored judicial robe. During season 1 of Judy Justice, Sheindlin appeared without the artificial clip-on hair bun that she donned in the final few seasons of Judge Judy. Rather, she transitioned to sporting an upper-head mini-ponytail from her actual hair. In season 2, however, Judge Sheindlin has resurrected her hair bun.

Supporting cast
Sheindlin's supporting cast is made up of three members: a law clerk, a stenographer, and a bailiff. The added positions of a law clerk and stenographer (which is considered a twist for arbitration court shows) seated within the witness stands were described by show executives as a necessary move to create more life, youth and entertainment at the bench. It has also been described as instrumental in reflecting Sheindlin's pre-celebrity Manhattan family court roots where there existed a law clerk to one side of her and stenographer to the other, likewise seated near the witness stand areas.

 Sarah Rose (Sheindlin's young adult granddaughter, 2022 New York Law School alumna, former Judge Judy and Hot Bench production assistant, former Late Show with Stephen Colbert intern) serves as Judy Justice legal analyst. Rose's responsibility to the program is providing research pertinent to the proceedings to aid Sheindlin in determining her rulings. In addition, Rose contributes a Gen Z input into the court show. With Sheindlin coming from the silent generation in direct contrast with the norms Rose is accustomed to, many episodes capture Sheindlin openly opposing or expressing puzzlement with new and existing trends, values and norms associated with Rose's generation. In response, Rose is seen attempting to rationalize and explain the Gen Z school of thought to Sheindlin.

In differentiating Rose from herself, Sheindlin has characterized her as "highly organized." In likening Rose to herself, Sheindlin characterized her as "snarky", "opinionated".  The final segment of each case sees an exchange between Rose and Sheindlin in the judge's chambers. In these segments, Rose opines on her grandmother's rulings, typically done in one of the following manners: offering legal input or a perspective that Sheindlin hadn't considered during the proceedings; disagreeing entirely with Sheindlin's handling; or, as is most often the case, agreeing with Sheindlin's rulings and nodding her approval. It was suggested by the New York Post that Sheindlin is grooming Rose to fill her shoes and carry on the torch in leading the way in courtroom programming.
 Whitney Kumar (board-certified court reporter in the state of California) serves as Judy Justice stenographer. Outlining her role, Kumar explained that she serves to remind Sheindlin of anything orally communicated throughout the proceedings that ends up in dispute. Scenes often cut to Kumar shown typing up transcripts of everything said during the case, word for word.
 Kevin Rasco (former Los Angeles probationary officer, entrepreneur, head of behind-the-scenes security at Judge Judy for its final three years) serves as Sheindlin's smiling and chipper bailiff. Rasco explained his courtroom duties as protecting Sheindlin and keeping order in the court.

Backstage crew
Sheindlin has spoken highly of the backstage crew that helped her produce and direct the Judge Judy program, sharing that most of them have joined her at Amazon. "That will keep my life on a steady keel," explained Sheindlin. According to Judge Judy team members, the vast majority of behind-the-scenes crew from Judge Judy were said to have rejoined Sheindlin for Judy Justice. Included as part of Sheindlin's backstage crew are former Judge Judy executive producers resuming their same roles in the spin-off:

 Randy Douthit, former Judge Judy executive producer and director (1996–2021), resuming the same role as executive producer and director of Judy Justice.
 Amy Freisleben, former Judge Judy legal assistant (1998–2016) and Judge Judy co-executive producer (2016–2021), resuming the same role as co-executive producer of Judy Justice.

The voice-over announcer for the show is Vancouver Canucks PA announcer Al Murdoch

Series presentation and processes

On-air format
In a court programming trend initiated by the Judge Judy program, each Judy Justice episode commences with a cold open trailer of the forthcoming case to be featured in that airing. This is followed by the show's title sequence, presenting the cast. Litigants are then shown making entrances to their respective lecterns, one always assigned to plaintiff and the other to defendant. Bailiff Kevin Rasco swears in the litigants and then instructs the audience to come to order and rise for Sheindlin's entrance. After Sheindlin enters, she herself instructs the audience to be seated. Rasco then provides her with case files and the docket number just before the proceedings begin.

According to Judy Justice Executive Producers Randy Douthit and Amy Freisleben, most cases on the series focus on a single long case as opposed to the Judge Judy program, which typically featured two shorter cases. Moreover, cases were said to be more involved on Judy Justice, entering into disputes further in-depth in contrast to the cursory nature of the Judge Judy series. It was said that this is largely made possible because of the streaming broadcast setup of the program, thus absent the restrictive time constraints that exist in first-run syndication (broadcast method used for the Judge Judy program).

Once the case has completed, two segments follow: The first segment features the parties of the proceedings sharing their feedback to the verdict and matters related to the case, done by breaking the fourth wall. This is followed by another segment involving Sheindlin and her granddaughter, Sarah Rose, the two meeting in Sheindlin's judge's chambers to opine on the preceding case. Rose has described this segment as a tool to add her Gen Z perspective and contemporary insight to the program. Explained Rose, "The term LMAO came up on a case the other day, for example, and [Sheindlin] needed me to interpret."

Monetary award limit
In a first for standard court shows, the maximum award limit for Judy Justice is $10,000. Conversely, the maximum award limit for most arbitration-based courtroom programming, including Sheindlin's Judge Judy precursor, has historically been $5,000. While the Judy Justice award limit represents an advancement for the court show genre, the norm for actual small claims court in its authentic form outside of televised entertainment has historically allowed complainants to request anywhere from $5,000 to $10,000, depending on jurisdiction.

First-run streaming
In March 2020, when Sheindlin initially announced her plans for a new court show, she and her talent agent, Scott Koondel, rejected the option of first-run syndication in favor of first-run streaming. Judy Justice is the first standard arbitration-based reality court show to air first-run episodes through streaming. The nontraditional comedy court miniseries Gary Busey: Pet Judge (which ran for six episodes in 2020) was a streaming broadcast as well. On moving from 25 years in first-run syndication to a streaming service, Sheindlin has stated, "In three to five years all broadcasting will change. Now it's streaming. I'm excited to be in this new venture."

Set design
Sheindlin has advertised her newer program as more trendy and chic than the precursor, referencing the use of new media, a new robe, and an all new look. Judy Justice showcases a similar but refreshed, upscale, modern version of the courtroom set design from Judge Judy,  with a different wood color, marble columns and monitors that are built into the set. Sheindlin also presides from a taller, black-colored executive office chair in Judy Justice, discontinuing the burgundy red colored executive office chair used for most of Judge Judy (a reversal on those colors, Sheindlin now sports a burgundy robe in Judy Justice, discontinuing use of her traditionally black robe from Judge Judy). While the American Flag and New York State Flag was behind Sheindlin in Judge Judy, the New York State Flag is replaced in Judy Justice with another. Whereas the audience stands were filled with individual chairs in Judge Judy, furnished benches fill the stands in Judy Justice.

Broadcast and production details

Behind-the-scenes operations
Judy Justice is notable in that its debut features Sheindlin's return to an in-person/in-studio setup as far as her judicial dispute handling. Resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, Judge Judy ended its final season with Sheindlin presented virtually, only the litigants and Byrd appearing in studio and absent of an audience. While there exists a studio audience in Judy Justice, it is made up of significantly less people, a move that allows the audience members to be vastly separated from one another. With COVID-19 still in progress during first season production of Judy Justice, the cast and crew were all met with a host of elaborate challenges and barriers during development of each episode. To reduce the chances of potential spread of the virus among cast, crew, litigants, witnesses and audience members, stringent safety measures were enacted: masking, social distancing, regular COVID-19 testing, vaccinations, etc. These procedures added even more time to the already involved hours that go into tapings and studio processes, the extra COVID-19 functions described as putting executive producers, in particular, to the test as far as efficiency.

Season one and episode lengths
Altogether, the completed first season of Judy Justice contains 120 episodes. Per her contract, Sheindlin and her Judy Justice crew were commissioned to produce 120 by December 2021, the largest initial order package for a streaming series. Production of the program's first season of 120 episodes was completed in a span of three months, the tapings running from mid-July 2021 through October 2021. As reported by the show's staff, Judy Justice cases span longer and explore more depth and detail than the typical episode of Judge Judy. In part, this is  due to less time constraints on streaming platforms in contrast to first-run syndication.

Episode release schedule and channel dedication
Judy Justice debuted on November 1, 2021, on Amazon-owned IMDb TV with its first four episodes. Typically, Judy Justice only releases one new episode (occasionally two) for each weekday, which is the custom of most courtroom programming. This contrasts, however, to most streaming service programs which release episodes in large batches at extended hiatus intervals for seasonal binge viewing. Following December 17, 2021, the program entered into its winter hiatus and returned 5 weeks later, resuming season 1, on January 24, 2022. On January 20, 2022, midway into the court show's 1st season, IMDb TV announced plans to launch a 24/7 streaming channel dedicated to Judy Justice, elevating the show's presence on their platform. On March 8, 2022, IMDb TV renewed Judy Justice for a second season. The first season ended on April 15, 2022.

Season 2 premiered on Amazon Freevee (IMDb TV's updated name) with 4 released episodes on November 7, 2022. Following that, one new episode will be released for each weekday through December 16. The remainder of season 2 episodes will then pick up from beginning to mid-2023.

Filming locations
The court show is filmed in Los Angeles, the same city where Judge Judy was filmed. Specifically, the court show is filmed in Culver City, California, at Culver Studios.

Episodes

Origins and development

Matters leading to Judy Justice
Amid Sheindlin's displeasure with various salary and programming-related judgment calls made by Judge Judy distributor CBS Media Ventures, as well as recurrent legal claims repeatedly filed against her and CBS by talent agency Rebel Entertainment to secure allegedly owed profits for uniting her and CBS, she announced the end of Judge Judy. It was in a March 2, 2020, appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show when it was first reported by Sheindlin herself that her long-running, top daytime Nielsen-rated courtroom series would conclude in then following 2020–21 television season (the show's 25th-anniversary season).

The timing of Sheindlin's news took CBS by surprise. At that point, the network had only tentative plans related to the program's series end, with nothing set in stone. Judge Judy program's Bailiff Byrd later reported that he too was unaware of Judge Judys series end and the development of a spin-off series until Sheindlin's Ellen DeGeneres Show appearance. In revealing the end of her contract with ViacomCBS, Sheindlin shared that the network would subsequently take over syndicated reruns of Judge Judy while she would seek a new broadcast distributor to resume arbitration-based dispute handling for a court show entitled Judy Justice.

Establishing a distributor
After Scott Koondel, one of three executive producers for Judy Justice, shopped Sheindlin's spin-off series around the media to various streaming distributors for several months, it was first announced on October 29, 2020, that Sheindlin had signed a deal with Amazon Studios to stream Judy Justice. Some early media reports of the Amazon partnership claimed that Judy Justice would be produced in part by Scott Koondel's Sox Entertainment production company, though updated reports have only cited Amazon Studios as producing the series. The information that has remained consistent in both early and later news reports, however, is that Sheindlin hired Koondel to market her new court show around the entertainment industry. Koondel's efforts resulted in the partnership between Sheindlin and Amazon.

Koondel previously served for 25 years at CBS Television Distribution (the former name of CBS Media Ventures) up until October 2018, exiting from a senior vice president role at the network. Koondel's departure from CBS was to launch Sox Entertainment in December 2018 in order to package and produce his own entertainment programming.

Pre-production arrangements
Sheindlin returned to Los Angeles—the same city where Judge Judy was filmed—in mid-July 2021 to begin production on Judy Justice, which was 4 months before the program's debut. Until September 9, 2021, when numerous Judy Justice details were revealed with significant media publicity and numerous press releases, Sheindlin and the program were largely confidential with journalists on what to expect, feeling that revealing too much would spoil the surprises for viewers. Sheindlin had also shared that contract restrictions prevented her from disclosing details in relation to Judy Justice. She did, however, note her desires to abandon her trademarked lace collar, as well as the traditionally black colored judicial robe in favor of another colored robe. On September 9, 2021, Sheindlin revealed her new robe color as burgundy in the first videography from the program, a teaser trailer in which she declared, "Court is back in session."

In discussing her judicial tactics and adjudicating approach prior to the series debut, Sheindlin shared that although set designs, litigants, subjects, graphics and music would all differ from Judge Judy, she herself would remain the same: "It will still have the comfort of truth-finding. I'm still the only judge, but it will be different." Elaborating, Sheindlin stated she would not be "reinventing the wheel. Look, I do what I do. I don't know. Give me a robe and a case, and I'll do my job. So within the confines of me doing what I do, we'll be changing some of the things around me. But I'm not becoming a ballet dancer". As first reported on September 9, 2021, Judy Justice premiered on November 1, 2021.

Partnership with Amazon Studios/IMDb TV

Salary and contracts
As part of her contract with Amazon Studios, Sheindlin has complete ownership rights over Judy Justice. It was reported in March 2020 that Sheindlin had committed to at least two seasons of presiding over the program.

In an interview prior to the series debut, Sheindlin alluded to her contractually agreed-on salary rate from Amazon for hosting Judy Justice, stating that she plans on maintaining her reputation as the highest paid celebrity in television. Sheindlin rationalized that due to how public her massive income level was during the run of Judge Judy, salary negotiations with Amazon were therefore effortless. Elaborating on the subject, Sheindlin stated, "The folks at Amazon understood what the parameters were, and there was no issue".

With that said, many media reports have conjectured that Sheindlin has received a significant pay cut from Amazon of $25 million annually for hosting Judy Justice. Conversely, by late into her 15th season of Judge Judy (2012–13), Sheindlin had signed a contract with CBS that advanced her salary from $45 million to $47 million annually, which lasted through to the series end. In 2020, Sheindlin had a net worth of $440 million. By late 2021, Sheindlin's net worth was reported by Forbes to be $460 million.

Amazon Studios/IMDb TV's future outlook
Amazon Studios ordered a 120 episode first season of Judy Justice by November 2020, a year prior to its debut. Expressing optimism over Judy Justice, Co-Heads of Content and Programming for IMDb TV Lauren Anderson and Ryan Pirozzi were quoted as stating:

Judge Judy Sheindlin is a TV icon and visionary who has entertained millions of fans for decades. As we build the IMDb TV slate of high-quality, ambitious Amazon Studios originals, we are delighted to deliver customers a court program from the legendary Judge Sheindlin who, without a doubt, is the very best in the business.

IMDb TV executives are reportedly aiming to build their to date "little known," free, ad-supported video-on-demand service into "a modern broadcast network" for Amazon. According to the streamer, Sheindlin's spin-off series will play a key role in developing this strategy through attracting her legions of viewers.

Viewership data

Early projections of Amazon's Judy Justice vs Paramount's Judge Judy reruns
It was reported that Judy Justice will be in direct competition with reruns of its predecessor for highest court viewership ratings. In early September 2021, veteran syndicated television programming analyst Bill Carroll projected stiff competition from syndicated Judge Judy reruns by CBS, such that will presumably leave Judy Justice defeated by its rival. Explaining his rationale, Carroll stated:

Judge Judy viewers have been conditioned through the years to seeing reruns. Some stations would run back-to-back episodes, one new and one rerun. The show's look and format was kept so consistent through the years that to many viewers it is timeless. If you were to say to most viewers that these are not new shows, they would say, 'Oh, really?' They're almost certain to surpass Judy Justice in viewership although, to be fair, streaming audiences are smaller than most TV shows.

CBS has additionally reported that the number of stations carrying the reruns are "substantially the same" as when fresh episodes were provided. That being said, it was reported that the value of Judy Justice to IMDb TV will be in driving extensive viewership to the service, where those audiences may be exposed to other programs and offerings. On the subject, Carroll was quoted as remarking, "For [Amazon], it can't be anything but good. For [Sheindlin], it allows her to do what she loves to do."

It was later revealed on October 25, 2021, from Nielsen ratings data sources, that an estimated 7 million viewers were still tuning into syndicated Judge Judy reruns, a decline of only 11% from May 2021 when the court show was airing new episodes. Worthy to note that according to The New York Times, in contrast to traditional syndicated broadcasts, Nielsen ratings are not publicly reported for streaming broadcasts, taking pressure off of streaming entertainers.

Sheindlin and Scott Koondel's decision to air Judy Justice through a streaming service (versus first-run syndication) as well as on IMDb TV in particular (as opposed to the more popular streaming services, such as Netflix, Peacock, Hulu, etc.) has been met with significant negative projections and criticism. One review read, "Streaming represents a test for Sheindlin and for her producers (Randy Douthit and Scott Koondel) to see if she can capture an audience excited to see what they've seen before. . . . And it's familiar enough—with the point that Sheindlin cannot suffer fools having been very amply made at this point—that Judy Justice existence on streaming comes to feel deeply strange." Another review of the program reads "CBS is aggressively broadcasting a series of reruns (which have traditionally always got high ratings) during the first volley of Judy Justice episodes, in the hope that casual viewers would prefer to watch easily accessible old episodes rather than seek out a new and hellishly obscure [IMDb TV] streaming service."

In October 2021, Judge Sheindlin was questioned on whether she had any concern over Judy Justice failing to succeed due to IMDb TV's obscurity, the speculated loss of much of her older-aged Judge Judy viewers who are thought to be largely oblivious to new media like streaming, as well as the drawing power that the Judge Judy program still holds in broadcast syndicated reruns. Sheindlin described herself as "relatively worry free," adding "I did the math, and I've already got enough [money] for 24/7 nursing care until I'm 150." Nonetheless, Sheindlin revealed that she shared with IMDb TV her objections with their then company name and branding, resulting in the company determining that imminent updates would impact the name "IMDb TV," its image and presentation. By April 28, 2022, in accordance with those plans, the streaming service was  rebranded and retitled as "Amazon Freevee".

Acknowledging the residual and perhaps insurmountable ratings success of CBS-owned Judge Judy even in reruns in a discussion with The New York Post in October 2021, Sheindlin commented, "Viewers can still catch me at 4 o'clock with my old hair. And the last time I looked, Judge Judy was the number-one program in syndication in daytime television. If we can bring half of that 8 million viewer audience with us [to Judy Justice], that's terrific."

Viewership results by season

Season one
Judy Justice came in as the No. 1 original program on IMDb TV for its first season, with more than 25 million streaming hours viewed towards the end of that season. According to the New York Post, the first season generated more than 75 hours watched between both the US and the UK as a whole. On March 8, 2022, a month prior to its season 1 finale, it was announced that the program had been immediately renewed for season 2, following reports of high viewership. In an interview response to this news, Sheindlin stated, "I am over the moon and couldn't be happier with the Judy Justice reception in streaming. Amazon has been a terrific partner, and I look forward to our continued collaboration." Since Nielsen Media Research does not conduct ratings for steaming services (though this will soon be changing at least for Netflix, which will begin using Nielsen in 2023), viewership for Judy Justice season 1 was measured by hours watched and calculated by IMDb TV themselves.

Despite Judy Justice ratings success for its first season, it was revealed in April 2022 that it was vastly outperformed in viewership quantities by Judge Judy reruns, which still dominate daytime television. This finding was mathematically computed from Nielsen ratings' data released for Judge Judy versus IMDb TV's streaming-hours-watched data released for Judy Justice. Comparing the viewership for the two court shows was calculated by an external source and through intricate math formulas due to Nielsen's nonalignment with streaming.

Reception

Media reviews
Judy Justice has received a mixed reception from media critics for the similarity to its predecessor Judge Judy. Some critics stated that fans of the show's predecessor would appreciate the familiarity, while others criticised it for failing to innovate on the format.

In response to media criticism, Judy Justice executive producers pointed to the updated courtroom set design, advanced maximum award limit, and casting changes.

Fan reaction
On September 9, 2021 it was announced that Kevin Rasco would serve as Judy Justice bailiff. Fans voices their displeasure over the absence of Bailiff Byrd, Sheindlin's bailiff in the Manhattan family court system as well as bailiff for Judge Judy.

In a reply over the matters to the press, Sheindlin praised her former bailiff, stating "Byrd is terrific, and we had a great 25 year run. This is a whole new program with a whole new cast and an exciting energy." Byrd ultimately expressed that he holds no grudges, is grateful to Sheindlin and wished her all the best with Judy Justice.

Honors and recognitions
Following its first season alone, Judy Justice won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program in June 2022. This win makes her the only television arbitrator to earn this award for more than one courtroom program, having won 3 times for her Judge Judy precursor.

Allegations against executive producers

Amid the spin-off's debut, Executive Producer Randy Douthit came under fire in November 2021 over years of lawsuits and allegations in relation to creating a toxic workplace backstage of Judge Judy. Sixteen former Judge Judy producers alleged Douthit came to work drunk; engaged in sexual harassment; made inappropriate comments about the appearance of female litigants or disabled litigants; fired staff due to their age; and said he didn't want African-Americans overrepresented on the show. Among examples, a 2009 lawsuit filed by former Senior Producer Jonathan Sebastien alleged that Douthit announced, "We're not doing any more Black shows. I don't want to hear Black people arguing." In November 2021, six former Judge Judy staffers confirmed Sebastien's account. Douthit, however, denied any wrongdoing and most of the cases were dismissed or settled out of court.

Additionally, Executive Producer Amy Freisleben has been accused of pitting staffers against one another, frequently threatening people's jobs, drinking on the set, and showing contempt for the show's guests. Sheindlin was criticized over allegedly ignoring misconduct and allowing the producers to work on Judy Justice, causing former staff members to express concern that history will repeat itself.

Sheindlin disputed the allegations, stating:
To author a piece which speculates that I 'was untouchable,' 'don't care how the show gets made,' 'that I don't trust anyone,' 'didn't like cases involving dogs, dog bites or strippers,' 'by and large didn't interact with staffers,' 'wasn't worried about the coronavirus,' is appalling and untrue.

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The ever-growing importance of precise use and drafting of terms to protect confidential information, and how this can assist in circumstances where an employee is moving to a competing business, has been emphasised in a Court of Appeal case, Dyson Technology Ltd v Pellerey  EWCA Civ 87.
Although an injunction was granted by the High Court in 2015, the details of the case, which went to the Court of Appeal, were only released earlier this year because at the time of the hearing Dyson's plans to develop an electric car were being kept secret. Dyson persuaded the court to conduct the hearing in private and keep the record out of the public domain until its plan for the electric car was made public.
In this case, the High Court gave detailed consideration to the enforceability of a notification term and the appropriate remedy for its breach.
Mr Pellerey began working for Dyson as a Motor Drives Engineer in March 2013. Whilst working for Dyson, Mr Pellerey was contacted by a recruitment agent on behalf of Tesla. Following interviews, Tesla made Mr Pellerey a job offer as a Staff Drive Motor Engineer subject to him obtaining a US visa. Mr Pellerey accepted the conditional job offer in March 2015 but did not inform Dyson.
In May 2015, Mr Pellerey was assigned to a new project at Dyson which involved developing an electric car. The project was to be kept confidential and became known as "Project E"; there were only a handful of employees at Dyson who knew about Project E.
In June 2015, after Mr Pellerey had disclosed Dyson's plans to Tesla, Tesla made Mr Pellerey a job offer based in Europe and Mr Pellerey handed in his notice to Dyson.
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When Dyson learned of Mr Pellerey's intended future employer, it sought to prevent him from commencing employment with Tesla by obtaining an injunction.
Snowden J accepted that Mr Pellerey should have told his managers in March 2015 that he had accepted a conditional job offer with Tesla. Dyson could then have not allowed Mr Pellerey to become involved with Project E. Dyson was therefore successful in obtaining an injunction preventing Mr Pellerey from joining Tesla.
The term's commercial purpose was to ensure that Dyson was alerted to any attempt to lure away its employee by an offer of competitive employment.
The clause was triggered when Mr Pellerey learnt of the existence of Project E as the Tesla employment was or "potentially may be" in competition with Dyson.
Restrictive covenants are prima facie void as a restraint of trade, although if drafted precisely can be reasonable and therefore enforceable. However, Snowden J held that the above clause was not a restraint of trade as it did not actually limit Mr Pellerey's ability to take a new job.
The term was limited to a requirement to notify Dyson of an approach from a competitor, rather than being a blanket requirement to notify Dyson of all approaches from potential new employers.
The critical point in this case is that Mr Pellerey's breach of the notification term meant that he learnt of the confidential information concerning Project E which he would not have discovered had he told Dyson of his job offer from Tesla in March 2015.
In this case the notification term enabled the employer to take control of its confidential information without prejudicing the employee's ability to obtain alternative employment.
Dyson was able to safeguard the legitimate interests of the business through the enforcement of the notification term. If the notification term is observed correctly by the employee, avoiding the need for enforcement action, the employer is able to subtly restrict the employee's access to confidential information. However, the court was clear that this was a fact sensitive decision in which Dyson was successful because Mr Pellerey only learnt of Dyson's plans for electric cars following the non-disclosure of the approach by Tesla.
Dyson limited its claim to the same period as its restrictive covenant which obviated the need for the judge to enter upon further consideration of the issue. In principle, however, it is possible and entirely appropriate for an injunction of this kind to be extended until the information ceases to be confidential.


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"The board is excited about ways in which we can capitalize on the certification of CEC's Sustainable Education Building as the 29th Living Building in the world and the only one in the state of Indiana," said Gail Connerley, the Cope board chair, in the release. "Karin is the best person to lead CEC in strategizing and implementing partnership opportunities and utilizing the Living Building certification to elevate Cope on local, regional, and perhaps even national levels."
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Among the most frequent electrical wiring questions is regarding how to wire a swap. Although employing switches in your own home is quite straightforward, wiring one particular may not be that simple for everyone. An ON-OFF switch is definitely quite simple to wire. There are actually different kinds of switches, but for this instance, let's say you are installing a single-pole toggle switch, an exceptionally common change (and also the simplest).
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from collections import namedtuple
import os
import traceback

CallSite = namedtuple("CallSite", "function file linenum")

def first_spark_call():
    """
    Return a CallSite representing the first Spark call in the current call stack.
    """
    tb = traceback.extract_stack()
    if len(tb) == 0:
        return None
    file, line, module, what = tb[len(tb) - 1]
    sparkpath = os.path.dirname(file)
    first_spark_frame = len(tb) - 1
    for i in range(0, len(tb)):
        file, line, fun, what = tb[i]
        if file.startswith(sparkpath):
            first_spark_frame = i
            break
    if first_spark_frame == 0:
        file, line, fun, what = tb[0]
        return CallSite(function=fun, file=file, linenum=line)
    sfile, sline, sfun, swhat = tb[first_spark_frame]
    ufile, uline, ufun, uwhat = tb[first_spark_frame - 1]
    return CallSite(function=sfun, file=ufile, linenum=uline)

class SCCallSiteSync(object):
    """
    Helper for setting the spark context call site.

    Example usage:
    from pyspark.context import SCCallSiteSync
    with SCCallSiteSync(<relevant SparkContext>) as css:
        <a Spark call>
    """

    _spark_stack_depth = 0

    def __init__(self, sc):
        call_site = first_spark_call()
        if call_site is not None:
            self._call_site = "%s at %s:%s" % (
                call_site.function, call_site.file, call_site.linenum)
        else:
            self._call_site = "Error! Could not extract traceback info"
        self._context = sc

    def __enter__(self):
        if SCCallSiteSync._spark_stack_depth == 0:
            self._context._jsc.setCallSite(self._call_site)
        SCCallSiteSync._spark_stack_depth += 1

    def __exit__(self, type, value, tb):
        SCCallSiteSync._spark_stack_depth -= 1
        if SCCallSiteSync._spark_stack_depth == 0:
            self._context._jsc.setCallSite(None)

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Bodies of suspected Covid-19 victims are seen in shallow graves buried in the sand near a cremation ground on the banks of Ganges River in Prayagraj, India on Saturday. (Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP)
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Hundreds of bodies found buried in shallow graves along Indian riverbanks
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(The AEGIS Alliance) – PRAYAGRAJ, INDIA – Authorities are communicating with residents in north India to look into the recovery of bodies laid to rest in shallow sand graves or even washing ashore on the Ganges River banks, triggering supposition on social media sites that they were actually the bodily remains of COVID-19 victims.
In jeeps as well as watercraft, the authorities made use of transportable speakers along with microphones talking to folks and telling them to not dispose of the physical bodies in waterways. "We are here to help you perform the last rites," authorities stated.
On Friday, rainfalls revealed the cloth coverings of bodies laid to rest in shallow sand graves on the shore in Prayagraj, an area in Uttar Pradesh state.
On Sunday Navneet Sehgal, a state government representative refuted local area media reports that greater than 1,000 remains of Covid-19 victims had been discovered coming from waterways over the last couple of weeks. "I bet these bodies have nothing to do with Covid-19," he claimed.
He stated some residents didn't cremate their dead, as is traditional, because of a Hindu custom during the course of some time periods of religious importance and disposed of them in waterways or even digging graves on shores.
K.P. Singh, a senior law enforcement officer, pointed out authorities had allocated a cremation ground for those that perished from Covid-19 on the Prayagraj riverbank and the authorities were no more permitting any sort of burials on the riverfront.
Sehgal state authorities have discovered "a small number" of bodies on the shores, he pointed out, however, didn't provide a number.
Ramesh Kumar Singh, a member of Bondhu Mahal Samiti, a humanitarian company that assists with the cremation bodies, stated the amount of fatalities is actually quite higher in rural areas, and poor folks have been disposing of the bodies in the waterway due to the excessively high costs of conducting the final ceremonies and the scarcity of lumber. The cremation expenses have tripled to as much as 15,000 rupees ($210).
Health authorities this past week recovered 71 bodies that washed ashore on the Ganges Riverbank in the nearby Bihar state.
Authorities conducted post mortems, however, stated they can not verify the cause of death as a result of decomposition.
A dozen remains were additionally discovered recently laid to rest in the sand at 2 places on the shore in the Unnao district, 25 miles southwest of Lucknow, the Uttar Pradesh state capital. District Magistrate Ravindra Kumar mentioned an investigation is underway to pinpoint the cause of deaths.
India's two big states, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, with nearly 358 million people in total, are among the worst hit in the surge sweeping through the country with devastating death tolls. Hapless villagers are rushing those who are ill to nearby areas for treatment, many of who are dying on the way, victims of the crumbling healthcare system in India.
Following the country reaching record highs for weeks, the amount of new cases has been stabilizing, Dr. V.K. Paul noted, a government health expert.
On Sunday, the Health Ministry reported 311,170 confirmed cases over the last 24 hours, down from 326,098 on Saturday.
It also reported 4,077 more deaths, making the total death count 270,284.
Both figures appear to be a vast undercount, according to experts.
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Q: relation between eigenspace and Galois group How, the eigenspace of $\varphi^r$, is stable under the action of the Galois group generated by $\varphi ^r$?
$\varphi$ is the frobenius endomorphism.

A: Hint (assuming that the eigenvalue is in the fixed field of $\varphi$): $\varphi$ and $\varphi^r$ commute.

 So if $\varphi^r(x)=\lambda x$ then $\varphi^r(\varphi(x))=\varphi(\varphi^r(x)).$

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Florida Manslaughter Arrest for Fatal Shove
A single shove outside a Florida tire shop ended one man's life and forever altered another.
Casey Fletcher, 28, is facing a charge of manslaughter, following an altercation outside the store on Prospect Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale. The fact pattern in this case has been described as "unique" for the fact defendant did not intend to cause harm to the alleged victim. Rather, he was coming to the aid of his girlfriend, and he didn't try to use or even have possession of a weapon.
However, that single push resulted in the 66-year-old falling on the concrete, striking his head hard on the ground. His brain injuries were serious. His brother recently spoke with a reporter about the decision to take him off life support. He described his "shock" and called the whole incident "a shame."
According to news reports of the case, the alleged victim was walking along the sidewalk, using his cane for support. He came upon defendant's girlfriend's vehicle, which was blocking his path and preventing him from going around. She was trying to exit out of the tire shop, and in so doing, her car was momentarily blocking the pedestrian's path.
Video of the incident, captured on the store's surveillance system, shows the older man making hand gestures and hitting the woman's car with his cane. The woman stepped out of her vehicle to check for damages. At that point, her boyfriend then stepped out of his van, which was nearby, to come to the defense of his girlfriend.
At that point, defendant is seen in the video shoving the older man. He fell. He became unresponsive. Both defendant and his girlfriend then left the scene. Neither one of them called police to tell them about the dispute or the confrontation.
A spokeswoman from the Broward County Sheriff's Office noted the older man's cane had a tennis ball on it, so there was no damage to the woman's vehicle. Defendant, a bartender in downtown Fort Lauderdale, told detectives he saw the can swing at his girlfriend's car and got out with the sole intention of getting between the man and his girlfriend in order to protect her.
But a lack of intent to harm will not allow one to avoid all criminal penalties. Manslaughter, as defined in F.S. 782.07, is a form of culpable negligence. That means that while an individual may not intend to inflict harm on another person, he conducts himself in a way that shows reckless disregard for human life or conscious indifference to the safety and welfare of others.
Culpable negligence is actually its own charge, and it's a misdemeanor usually. However, when it results in a death, it is charged as manslaughter, which is a felony of the second-degree. That means it is punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
Our Fort Lauderdale criminal defense lawyers know this could make it worse for this defendant is that the manslaughter statute makes it a first-degree felony to cause the death of an elderly or disabled adult by culpable negligence. One could dispute whether a 66-year-old who uses a cane is "elderly" or "disabled," but it is possible. However, prosecutors have not added an "aggravated" stipulation to this particular charge.
Man charged with manslaughter after shove proves fatal, deputies say, Sept. 19, 2015, By Erika Pesantes, Sun Sentinel
Boca Raton Mom Arrested for DUI, Leaving Child Alone, Sept. 17, 2015, Fort Lauderdale Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog
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Faculty Position at USC Civil Engineering
The Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering invites nominations and applications for a tenured or tenure-track faculty position at all ranks in civil and environmental engineering. The Department is particularly interested in candidates with demonstrated research expertise in or across the areas of (1) Disasters/Extreme Events and (2) Sustainability in the Built Environment. Both natural (e.g., earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, climate change) and man-made (e.g., terrorist attacks, engineering failures, industrial accidents, climate change) disasters encompass the Extreme Events focus area; research and education in this area includes any aspect of an event, from an understanding of the generated forcings to their associated failure processes in materials and infrastructure systems, to remedies that minimize their impact. Research in the Sustainability focus area should ensure long-term viability of natural resources and engineered civil systems, such as the development of future materials and technologies for sustainable infrastructure and clean energy. Applicants should state which focus area is most closely related to their expertise, as well as how they might collaborate with other areas both within and outside of the Viterbi School.
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The Astani Department has 22 tenured/tenure track faculty members, including four chaired professorships, six current or former Young Investigator and Early Career awardees, and many fellows of professional organizations. In November 2007, the Department was the beneficiary of a $17 million pledge from Sonny Astani, the largest ever bestowed on a department of civil and environmental engineering. The USC Viterbi School of Engineering is among the top engineering schools in the world. More than a third of its 177 tenured/tenure-track faculty members are fellows in their respective professional societies and 35 affiliated faculty have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. The School is home to over 45 research centers and institutes, including the Information Sciences Institute (ISI), two National Science Foundation Engineering Research Centers, the Department of Homeland Security CREATE Center, and an Energy Frontiers Research Center (EFRC) supported by the Department of Energy.
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My marketplace page is showing 20 products, with no option to view more. I have the marketpress base set to marketplace: http://fondelifair.com/marketplace and I also have created a page and set pagination to 1 and still can't view more than 20 products: http://fondelifair.com/market How can I get the "next page" to appear?
I've tried replicating this but can't which suggest your theme isn't correctly including pagination.
I'm using the network theme.
Try disabling all other plugins as it's likely one of them is removing pagination.
I have tried with just buddypress and marketpress and I still don't have pagination.
I also got a white screen when deactivating plugins, so I just activated them all again.
I don't know, is there anything else it could be?
That also suggests that one of your plugins is causing issues. Did you de-activate plugins one by one or all at the same time.
If the latter, try de-activating one-by-one. See which one gives you the white screen and then remove that one from your plugins folder.
I'll try that and get back to you!
I deactivated the plugins one by one, and nothing happened this time. Still no pagination.
Do you have pagination in your backend?
I have pagination on the backend! and on the buddypress pages. It's just the marketpress pages that I don't have it, with any theme!
I just wanted to tell you I also have pagination on the blog!
I'll ask the theme developer to drop by, just to make sure it's set up to handle MarketPress stuff properly. I don't see why it would, but worth a check.
Thanks Phil, any news on this? Though I don't think it is the theme, because it is the same with all themes, and I have gone though all the plugins, and I have pagination everywhere else!
Sorry for the delay on this - the weekend got in the way!
When you de-activated plugins did you have any mu-plugins installed as well?
Also, are you on the latest version of WP (3.1.2 as I type)?
I'm honestly a bit stumped, here.
Unless I'm missing it (bit late to party sorry) you haven't posted a link to site yet - can you?
Thanks for getting back to me on this one. I haven't tried with twenty ten with no plugins. I'll do that later on tonight, and I'll get back to you.
I have just tested with twenty ten, and no plugins, only marketpress, and I didn't have pagination.
Then it's something either with your settings on how MarketPress behaves in that section. I am sure it only shows 20 by default in that section.
I would like sitename | marketplace.
I've asked Aaron to take a look at this as he's the expert on MarketPress.
Pagination links don't show on the global products list page quite yet. Something I forgot and no one complained about it yet. It's on my todo list.
Note pagination actually works (add a /page/#/ ) to the link, it just doesn't show the links yet.
At least I wasn't going mad! :slight_smile: I will try adding a link to the next page..
Don't want to drum up an old topic, but did pagination get fixed yet on global product listings?
Fondeli did you ever get this to work? If yes... How?
"Note pagination actually works (add a /page/#/ ) to the link, it just doesn't show the links yet."
Hey guys, this is still on my radar and todo list, this month i'm sure.
@Aaron - Great Thank You!
@Gina - I wan't able to get anywhere with it!
hi fondeli.. how did you add the pagination on your site that you have now?
Do you mean the Gridmarket theme? I just switched over on Sunday and had pagination on the home page, but not on the category pages, though I looked at the code and couldn't see any difference, so don't know why that is.
When is this update going to be available, because it's more then useful?
I finished coding it last night, but need to add a few more things in mp to release. Look for 2.1.6 on Monday afternoon.
Is there something else? If not, how can I use them inside a page template?
Are you saying that the new global pagination is not working? Please describe the problem in detail.
It's not working for me, I'm pretty sure I'm using it wrong.
I get the pagination links, but on the next pages there are the same two products.
I just updated Marketpress and pagination is not working for me either.
I am using the Gridmarket theme, and so have pagination on the home page, but not on any of the category pages, I also manually updated as I too have made some small changes.
Are you talking about the global products list? Either way the gridmarket theme does not use the marketpress functions by default so it will need updating with the new paging function.
If it has changed then the next update of GridMarket will also have that change. GridMarket uses a variation of the default functions so yes if those were updated you may need to update those or wait in this case for our update. It shouldn't be long but I have no time estimate.
But what about those who don't use the GridMarket theme?
Then you use the built in one Aaron is suggesting.... is that not working? I ask as coming to this a little late so playing catch up however I can only really comment on GridMarket which was why I was asked to comment on this to try and help.
1. Are you using GridMarket?
2. If not what are you using?
I am not using GrindMarket but a modified versions of twentyeleven and I've tried to use the build in Aaron suggested with no luck, that's why I've posted the last question.
JM, global pagination was fixed in 2.1.6. They're just discussing that the fix has not been carried over into the FrameMarket theme if you are using that.
Can you please help me implement it in twentyeleven since you say that it's not working "out of the box"? I've previously said how i'm trying to use it in my theme, and it must be something wrong since it's not working for me.
Thanks, but unfortunately removing "page" arguments it's not working, meaning that I still get the same products on every page.
Can you paste exactly the function calls you are making. And whats the name of the template file you are using.
This is the template that I am using, along with those functions.
Sorry, that code was a bit older. With the code that you gave me right now, it's doing the same thing.
And where/what is the template file?
This is a page template inside my theme, if i correctly understand the question.
Can you try with all arguments removed?
Other than echo I guess.
It's working! If someone else is trying to do this should know that per_page argument inside mp_global_products_nav_link() must be specified or you will get Warning: Division by zero .
When the paging gets to the last page, the links disappear and there is no Previous link display. Not a huge deal, but from a UI perspective, if your a visitor's eyes are used to seeing an indicator there, and then it is suddenly gone, it seems strange.
There are currently 3 pages of products.
Thanks, will be fixed in full 2.2 version.
Just wanted to ask again about the pagination on global product pages, I have the latest version of both marketpress and gridmarket, and I still only have pagination on the home page, and not on the category pages, is this still the case?
Pagination should work on both global list and global categories/tags. Is one of those not working in gridmarket theme?
It works on the global list, i.e. front page, but not on the categories, for example this link for a category has many products but no pagination.
I can report the same thing that Fondeli is talking about here. I'm not getting pagination on category pages. I do wonder if it has something to do with the code used to display the categories.
Fondeli, can you post the marketpress code you are using?
Just to confirm when you switch to another theme does pagination work?
Saunt Valerian, I am using the Framemarket theme so I haven't added any code, just what should be in the theme. Have you set pagination to 1?
Can you please confirm what you have under the MarketPress settings for pagination. These are found under presentation. It should use those. Also what versions (are you using the latest of MarketPress / GridMarket)? I want to try and recreate as can't in testing.
I have the latest version of both Marketpress and Gridmarket. Pagination is set to yes, 20 products per page. But I actually don't use the store on the main site, I am displaying the global products.
So this is on the global categories? Just to be clear as it's mentioned above like it may not be so want to be testing like for like here.
Also I don't see confirmation that other themes work would be great to get that so we can judge clearly.
Just seeing if this is still an issue?
I am not seeing pagination on @fondeli's global categories. The gridmarket homepage shows a global list of products with pagination - so I believe we're only talking global categories here.
Yes still an issue for me on the categories as you mentioned.
I haven't gotten around to switching themes yet as mentioned by Tammie, I will try this later...can I do it by using the theme test plugin? Well I'll try.
If you can let us know once you try the theme. I'm not sure 100% about theme tester it can have varying results on plugin output but it is worth a shot.
Please re-open this thread if further troubleshooting is needed after testing. Marking it resolved for now.


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Il Christie Hospital è un ospedale britannico, sito a Withington, nell'area metropolitana della Greater Manchester, specializzato nel trattamento dei tumori, tra i più importanti d'Europa. È all'avanguardia nella ricerca sui tumori e sul loro sviluppo, ed è sede del prestigioso Istituto Paterson per la ricerca sul cancro.

Storia

Fondazione del Christie Hospital
L'ospedale nacque grazie all'azione di Sir Joseph Whitworth, un ricco inventore di Manchester, che lasciò un ingente somma di denaro nel suo testamento del 1887 da spendere a discrezione di tre legatari. Whitworth sperava che questi soldi fossero spesi per una buona causa a Manchester e fece questa richiesta ai tre legatari, uno dei quali era Richard Copley Christie.
Di conseguenza, una parte di quei soldi venne usata per comprare un terreno ad Oxford Road, adiacente all'Owens College e volto a permettere lo spostamento degli ospedali centrali di Manchester verso l'esterno, fuori dal centro sovraffollato.
Una commissione presieduta da uno dei legatari di Whitworth, Richard Christie, fu creata nel 1890 e, in parte finanziata da un'eredità di 10.000 sterline da Daniel Proctor, una Casa del Cancro e per gli Incurabili fu fondata sul sito nel 1892, poco distante verso sud-est rispetto all'ospedale di riferimento. Nel 1901 fu rinominato Christie Hospital in onore di Richard Christie e della moglie Mary. Era l'unico ospedale nei distretti dedicato esclusivamente al trattamento dei tumori e attivo nella ricerca patologica.

Fondazione dell'Holt Institute
Nel 1901, la commissione di gestione del Christie Hospital concesse, alla richiesta del Dr Robert Biggs Wild, di spendere £50 per la strumentazione necessaria a testare l'efficacia del trattamento ai raggi X, dopo i promettenti risultati riportati da Londra a da tre pazienti curati nel Physics Laboratory del professor Schuster presso l'Owens College. L'apparato Roentgen fu acquistato, ma non ne è rimasta documentazione, e nel 1907 l'apparecchio non era già più in uso (fu dato allo Skin Hospital nel 1910). Dal 1905, il Dr Wild si interessò all'uso terapeutico del radio, scoperto da poco, e lo sperimentò, ancora una volta con l'aiuto del professor Schuster, su tre pazienti. Il radio era costoso, tuttavia, e la direzione rifiutò di acquistarne ancora prima che fossero stati pubblicati i risultati dei test dagli ospedali di Londra. Dal 1914, un dottore locale, Sir William Malligan, aveva iniziato una campagna nel 'Manchester Guardian' per raccogliere fondi per il trattamento con il radio. Appoggiandosi sia all'orgoglio locale, sia all'entusiasmo contemporaneo nei confronti dei poteri curativi del radio, fu lanciato un appello, su consiglio di Ernest Rutherford, per £25.000. Un contributo iniziale di £2.000 da parte di un birraio locale, Edward Holt, non fu subito seguito da altri, ma dopo l'intervento del sindaco, furono organizzati una serie di 'Radium days' che alla fine raccolsero abbastanza denaro per avviare un piccolo Radium Institute, inizialmente situato nella Manchester Royal Infirmary. Nel 1921 fu spostato a nuovi locali a Nelson Street, donati da Sir Edward e Lady Holt, e divenne il Manchester and District Radium Institute.
In contrasto con l'attività sparpagliata e competitiva della radioterapia londinese, Manchester divenne il primo fornitore di un servizio di radioterapia centralizzata, che avrebbe avuto in seguito effetti a lungo termine sui modelli di cura dei tumori in Gran Bretagna.

Il Christie a Withington
Nel 1932 l'istituto, rinominato Holt Radium Institute e il Christie Hospital furono spostati a un nuovo sito a Whitington e iniziarono a essere gestiti unitamente, sebbene una fusione ufficiale non avvenne sino al 1946.

Ralston Paterson fu nominato direttore del Radium Institute nel 1931, e si impegnò nel realizzare un centro mondiale riconosciuto per il trattamento dei tumori con le radiazioni. Nella squadra c'era anche la moglie Edith Paterson, che iniziò il lavoro di ricerca al CHristie nel 1938, inizialmente non pagata, e che divenne una pioniera riconosciuta a livello mondiale nella dosimetria biologica, nei tumori infantili e nei metodi di cura attraverso farmaci anti-tumore.
Dopo il ritiro di Ralston Paterson, il professor Eric Craig Easson fu nominato direttore del Christie Hospital. Egli divenne famoso nel mondo per il suo contributo alla cura del linfoma di Hodgkin e all'educazione sui tumori. Ottenne una cattedra personale all'Università di Manchester, e fu presidente del Royal College of Radiologists (1975-1977). Fu consigliere del governo sul cancro per molti anni, e fu il primo motore nell'Union Internationale Contre Cancer a Ginevra, oltre che membro del WHO cancer group. Nel periodo in cui il professor Easson fu Direttore, molti dottori da tutto il mondo visitarono il Christie Hospital per conoscere la sua etica, e in particolare imparare le sue tecniche.

Spinte precorritrici alla ricerca vennero da nuove malattie locali dovute all'industrializzazione, come ad esempio l'epitelioma dello scroto e il tumore dello spazzacamino, e la ricerca di protezioni da oli sintetici e fuliggine nell'aria. Ne sono seguite pietre miliari della terapia quali:
 1932 - sviluppo del Manchester Method, il primo codice internazionale per la cura con il radio
 1944 - prima prova clinica al mondo del diethylstilbestrol (Stilboestrol) per il tumore al seno
 1986 - primo uso al mondo midollo osseo coltivato per la cura della leucemia
 1991 - primo trapianto al mondo di cellule staminali nel sangue

Paterson Institute for Cancer Research
Quando i coniugi Paterson si ritirarono nel 1962, il professor Laszlo Lajtha fu nominato primo direttore a tempo pieno dei laboratori di ricerca, che presero il suo nome dopo quello dei Paterson. Lajtha aggiunse la ricerca all'interno dei suoi interessi, ematologia sperimentale e biologia epiteliale. Dei nuovi laboratori di ricerca, finanziati dal Women's Trust Fund, furono aperti nel 1966. Il Women's Trust Fund era un'organizzazione di carità locale, presieduto da Lady Margaret Holt, nuora di Sir Edward Holt, la quale lasciò l'intero patrimonio di oltre £8 milioni al Christie quando morì nel 1997. Un finanziamento per i laboratori fu inoltre assicurato dal Medical Research Council e dal Cancer Research Campaign (CRC). Il CRC ha anche posto al Paterson il suo Dipartimento di Oncologia Medica, condotto dal professor Derek Crowther.

Il professor Lajtha fu succeduto nel 1983 dal professor David Harnden, che introdusse biologia molecolare e genetica dei tumori. Fece costruire un nuovo dipartimento per lo sviluppo dei farmaci che combinava vari gruppi, già impegnati nella ricerca su farmaci in cinica e di nuova generazione. Fu seguito, per breve tempo, dal professor T. Michael Dexter, prima che il professor Nic Jones diventasse Direttore nel 1999.

Il laboratorio è stato allargato ulteriormente con il supporto del Kay Kendall Leukaemia Fund, del Cancer Research Campaign, del Christie Hospital Research Endowments e, ancora una volta, del Women's Trust Fund. Nel 1981 il Cancer Research Campaign si assunse la responsabilità di finanziare l'Istituto, ma comunque il Christie Hospital Research Endowments non smise di fornire il suo supporto.

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Il Christie registra attorno a 12.500 nuovi pazienti e cura circa 40.000 pazienti ogni anno. È il centro tumori più importante per Greater Manchester e Cheshire Cancer Network, coprendo i bisogni di una popolazione do 3,2 milioni di persone, e gestisce ambulatori in altri 16 ospedali generali.
Circa il 15% dei pazienti giungono da fuori Greater Manchester e Cheshire, e c'è anche un'unità per pazienti privati. I pazienti sono indirizzati qui dagli ospedali generali, dopo aver diagnosticato il tipo di tumore.

Il Christie fornisce servizi come chirurgia specializzata, chemioterapia, radioterapia, brachiterapia, cure palliative ed endocrinologia. Ha uno dei più grandi dipartimenti di radioterapia al mondo, con oltre 80.000 trattamenti all'anno, tra cui 30.000 di chemioterapia. Ha una delle otto unità dedicate alla cura dei tumori giovanili nel Regno Unito. Contiene 257 posti letto, con una lunghezza media di permanenza di sette giorni.

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Real Madrid lose €300m to pandemic but report profit for 2020-21
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Real Madrid revealed they have lost "close to €300million" in revenue during the coronavirus pandemic as their financial results were announced on Wednesday.
However, Los Blancos reported a post-tax profit of €874,000 for 2020-21, up from €313,000 in the previous financial year.
"In this way, the club will be one of the few big clubs in Europe that does not incur losses in these two years, given that – according to a UEFA study – the operating losses accumulated by European clubs between 2019-20 and 2020-21 will approach €6billion," Madrid said.
A statement attributed the club's financial performance to "intense spending saving measures in all areas".
These measures, Madrid said, were the only way to compensate for a sizeable nine-figure revenue loss, "to which we would have to add the loss of new income that could have been achieved if the pandemic had not existed."
The 13-time European champions did not make a single first-team signing in the 2020-21 season while selling Achraf Hakimi and Sergio Reguilon and allowing James Rodriguez to leave.
Further big names are following this year, with Sergio Ramos departing after claiming a contract offer was withdrawn and Raphael Varane widely linked to Manchester United.
However, Madrid are not considered to be in as tricky a situation as rivals Barcelona, who are closing on a new deal for Lionel Messi but must first clear room under their salary cap.
And Los Blancos – whose Santiago Bernabeu stadium is under renovation, with the team playing elsewhere during the pandemic – continue to be linked with high-profile moves for the likes of Kylian Mbappe.
But the final line in Madrid's financial report appeared to rule out sudden significant expenditure.
"With regard to the economic situation, current forecasts indicate that the recovery from the pre-pandemic situation will not be immediate," the club said.
"In this context, the club will continue in the effort so far to contain spending."


The European Commission have submitted proposals which will aim to reduce CO2 emissions further from new cars and vans by 2020.
These new proposed cuts for average emissions will see targeted levels for new cars at 95g/km in 2020 from 135.7g/km in 2011, with a mandatory target of 130g/km in 2015.
These mandatory targets by 2020 are already envisaged within the existing legislation but still require implementation. These proposed cuts for average emissions will require thorough technical and economic analysis by the European Commission, in order for the targets to be realistically achieved by manufacturers.
Fortunately for Ford cars for sale featuring the current Ford EcoBoost 1.0 engine is well within the 2015 target, with Ford Motor company continuing to push boundaries to achieve lower emissions with new technologies and new power sources like hybrid and electric technologies.
So why not pop into your local Ford car dealers and see what new eco friendly cars will suit your future motoring needs.


The game is usually made up of four parts: technical, strategic, physical and mental. One of these parts without the others is essentially worthless. You can think of it like a car. The technical part is the body – a stable foundation, streamlined to make the car travel smoothly. The strategic part is the steering wheel – able to travel in the desired direction, or change course whenever necessary. The physical part is the gas – physical preparation and stamina, the component ensuring that the car has the juice to complete the journey. The mental part is the engine – the most essential component, the force that starts the car and makes it run. When all of the above are working smoothly together, our tennis game runs like a brand new sports car, with high performance and no worries. Yet when one of the components goes, the whole machine cannot function properly.
Knowing all this, the key question becomes, what gets in the way of a player performing well in pressure situations? More often than not, it is a result of fears which block the path towards potential unlimited performance. Often-times the player is aware of these fears but does not accept them, creating an internal struggle. Other times the fears may be just below their conscious thought patterns, and in this case it becomes necessary to delve a bit deeper into what is actually behind the fears. In either case, the first step towards change is developing awareness of what is going on. Following are seven of the biggest fears that can hold an athlete back from achieving their potential unlimited performance.
This fear rears its head all the time, both on and off the court; in fact just thinking about it may trigger an "ah-ha" moment. We all want to believe in ourselves and feel that we have the ability and intelligence to be successful, and anything short of that can be disheartening. In match play, players sometimes get discouraged and begin to fear that they are not good enough to compete with an opponent; they then lose their will and compete less than 100%. Sometimes in life and tennis setbacks may seem like validation of not being good enough – that we lacked what it takes to achieve. However, while we may have setbacks, what really determines our strength is how we respond to them.
take a risk, their fear of failure is the cause.
This fear often rears its head in preparation for a big match. The player can't possibly know for sure whether they will win or lose. This "fear of the unknown" creates a high level of anxiety about what's going to happen, and then if "that happens" what "will happen" after that. Along with this is the fear of not being in control. This can be seen when a player is on the defensive. This player may over-hit, perhaps attempting a low percentage winner, because they are so uncomfortable with their opponent dictating the point. However, being aware of their defensive positioning and accepting the situation will allow them to play in the present and play solid defense, eventually working their way back to neutral or the offensive.
This often comes up when a player is thinking about what their parents, coach, or teammates are thinking as they are playing. The simple act of this curiosity takes the player away from their present situation on the court, towards something that they can't control off the court. It is here that unconditional acceptance from the support team is so important. When such support is provided, the player can feel calm, relaxed and safe. Thus, the player can play free without any worry of the results.
This is similar to the fear of being judged, in that the player cannot control what someone else expects.Often parents, coaches and friends' expectations are a moving target in which only wins and losses are taken into account, and the process (their journey) is completely dismissed. For a player to play their best they must be in the present and focus directly on the experience. Focusing on expectations creates a mental distraction, not to mention enhanced feelings of pressure on the court.
This fear manifests itself when a player has a lead and then begins to think things like "I shouldn't be beating this person, they are ranked higher than me." Or this player may not view him or herself at a certain level and therefore does not feel deserving of a victory. Other times, the uncertainty and subsequent anxiousness of putting themselves on the line for a possible victory is too much to handle. The certainty of losing, while disappointing, is well known and a familiar road already traveled.
This fear is referred to as the "silent epidemic" by sport psychologist Dr. David Grand. It is often driven by our macho sports culture's unwillingness to deal with the emotional stress and trauma-like experiences that may result from injuries. Specifically neglected is the athlete's uncertainty about recovery, alienation from the team, fear of not being able to return at full strength, and even anxiety about what might happen should the situation recur. It's important to note, while the athlete may be cleared physically by doctors, emotionally they still may not have processed through the fear. Anyone that has experienced an injury understands how psychologically the injury doesn't just disappear when the doctor says you're cleared.
In today's sporting society, exhibiting any sign of weakness or fear is difficult for a player. Society views vulnerability as weakness, whereas in reality, awareness of vulnerability equates to true strength. It is off this platform of awareness that change and improvement are best triggered. Fears like the seven mentioned above crop up all the time, especially in pressure situations. They are a defense mechanism to prevent us from trying something which may make us uncomfortable. Yet recognizing such fears and having the courage and support system to work through them is what truly enables us to grow and reach our individual potential.
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Just looking at the cover should make you want to open this book. Who can resist a dog with a blueberry on its nose? The cover, plus the fact that Cynthia Lord is the author, were enough to make me pick up the book and I'm so glad I did.
It's summertime in Maine and blueberry season. The story begins with Lily trying to catch her dog as he has gotten lose on her during their walk. While that's not the ideal situation, Lily's dog is blind and she is worried he will get hit by a truck. Lucky, Lily's dog, stops when Salma entices him with her peanut butter sandwich. Salma is a migrant worker who spends her summers moving around with her family harvesting crops. This encounter leads to a friendship between the two girls. Through Ms. Lord's writing, you just can't avoid loving all the characters, even Lily's friend, Hannah, who you think is going to be a villain but surprises you.
A Handful of Stars is a short book with a great story of friendship and perfect for a read-aloud. You'll learn a lot about blueberries (I really want to try a blueberry enchilada), mason bees (new to me), and the hardship of migrant workers, especially the children whose education is often interrupted due to the constant movement of their families. If you've never read Cynthia Lord before, check out some of her other titles: Rules, Touch Blue, and Half a Chance. It's no wonder she has been nominated for Illinois's Bluestem award more than once.


– CIMSEC – From urgent stock market transactions to endless videos of cats, undersea cables support many aspects of twenty first century life that we take for granted. A moment's thought is sufficient to appreciate the strategic importance of this fact. As a result, any discussion of future seabed warfare would be incomplete without a consideration of the challenges presented by ensuring the security of this vital infrastructure.


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The National Post vs. the Canadian Charger
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It appears that the Canadian Charger and the National Post are on opposite sides of some sort of ideological divide, and thus they vehemently disagree on many, or perhaps most, issues.
Nonetheless, I was still surprised to see an unflattering article about the Canadian Charger appear on the top of the front page of the August 17, 2010 National Post, entitled "From Islam's defence to rejoicing in cancer," implying that there is some relationship between the two. If there is a relationship, I have no idea what it is.
In the article, National Post reporter Joseph Brean wastes no time in getting down to business, whatever that business may be. In his second paragraph he says of the Dr. Mohamed Elmasry, member of the Charger's Editorial Board:
"But the most unusual legacy for the retired head of the Canadian Islamic Congress is on the Internet, where his Canadian Charger website has, after a year of operation, found its place as a weekly clearinghouse for everything from poetry, cartoons and reflections on Islamic cultural history, to wildly paranoid conspiracy theories about Americans and Jews."
This is an example of the ideological divide between the two publications.
I think it's a personal value judgment by Mr. Brean or others at the newspaper to say it's an unusual legacy for a retired professor, who's been an activist for social justice and world peace through justice for over 40 years of his professional life, to start an online magazine.
I think this magazine has something to do with freedom of speech and freedom of expression, especially for marginalized groups who could not get their views to the public in such publications as the National Post.
"Wildly paranoid conspiracy theories," is yet another value judgment.
Many people who don't agree with some of the university professors who've written well-researched articles, that are highly critical of people in positions of power, instinctively dismiss their positions as conspiracy theories, implying that there is no such thing as a valid conspiracy theory about anything.
As for paranoid, that is another value judgment, probably depending, in large degree, on which side of the ideological divide one stands.
I know the dictionary definition of paranoid, but I also know that it's a psychological concept, which I don't have the expertise to comment on. Perhaps Mr. Brean does, or at least he can explain exactly what these "wildly paranoid conspiracy theories" are, and what his reasons are for coming to this conclusion.
Mr. Brean goes on to mention articles in the Charger such as "The Holocaust Old and New," comparing Israelis to Nazis; "Israel in Ottawa," which documents the influence of Canada's Jewish lobby groups; and "Americans, the Murderers."
Previously, in its March 24, 2010 edition, the Charger has copy of a speech that Susan Weis, a holocaust survivor herself and a member of Not in Our Name: Jewish Voices Against Zionism, delivered on March 2, 2010, to a meeting of students at the University of Waterloo, as part of the Israeli Apartheid Week. In her speech, Ms. Weiss said:
"Like the Nazis, the Israel government enforces collective punishment. It aims to kill enough Palestinians, to punish them sufficiently, drive them out of their homeland, so they will disappear as a people. Israel seeks to remove Palestine from the world's family of nations. That too is a form of genocide."
Does this mean Ms. Weis should have the definitive say in this matter? No, but most people would agree that it doesn't make her an anti-Semite either or a self hating Jew.
As for the "Israel in Ottawa," article, I quote Canadian Jewish Congress Chief Executive Bernie Farber: "Bernie Farber says the Canadian Jewish Congress has more clout in the halls of power than most minority groups even though it represents only 360,000 people across the country."
While Mr. Brean's assertion that an editorial in support of Israeli Apartheid Week was illustrated with a picture of a dead baby in a diaper with a bullet hole in its chest is, in fact, true; but one has to wonder why.
This baby is an innocent victim of a conflict that has no end in sight, and publishing pictures like this is certainly damaging to the cause of the perpetrators of such conflicts.
Journalist and activist Amy Goodman said if pictures of injured and dying civilians and soldiers appeared regularly in the mainstream press, there would be an end to wars.
Meanwhile, in his Book American Raj: liberation or domination, Eric Margolis clearly addresses the issue of the pro-Israeli lobby.
For example, he points out that Israel's American supporters had learned the lesson of 1956 when Washington ordered the Jewish State out of Sinai, and how in the ensuing five decades they had come to dominate and guide American Middle East policy and exercise a veto over it.
He adds that no one in Washington cared or dared to stand up to the Israel lobby.
Mr. Brean mentions the Charger's recent article on Christopher Hitchens, by University of Lethbridge Masters student Joshua Blankeney, in which Mr. Blankeney said: "As I was contemplating this revelation, I couldn't help feeling that the neoconservative armchair warrior was getting his just desserts."
While this is a gratuitous comment about Mr. Hitchen's personal life, it's only a small part of an article which offers a political analysis pertaining to a wide range of issues; and it's by no means indicative of the kind of articles that appear in the Charger, which focuses on people's actions and positions on issues, rather than their personal lives.
In his National Post article, Mr. Brean said: "Prof. Elmasry, who teaches microchip design at the University of Waterloo, said the Charger 'had in mind to be a voice for all those Canadians who could not express their views in the profit-driven Canadian media.'
He gathered respected academics and writers to lend their names and submissions."
I'm not sure what "lending their names" means; but it's true that respected academics and writers are regular contributors to the Charger, which gives it the credibility that Mr. Brean's article seems to be suggesting it doesn't deserve because "it raises questions about whether such alternative online media, with their famously low costs and wide reach, are capable of holding itself to common standards of decency."
Perhaps if the Charger would spend more time fawning over well-heeled felons like Conrad Black, it could meet these standards of decency the National Post feels it adheres to. Mr. Brean does however have a point about the Charger having a far reach, as it reached 2.5 million readers in its first year of operation.
Perhaps this is what really concerns the National Post.


ISLAMABAD, Sep 18 (APP): Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry has reiterated that Pakistan will continue to raise the Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) issue and the Indian atrocities committed against Kashmiris.
He said the Indian occupied Kashmir issue topped Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif's address to the 71st United Nations General Assembly session, besides his important meetings with the world leaders on the sidelines of the session.
Aizaz told a private TV channel on Sunday that India was trying to divert world attention from the inhuman atrocities in the IoK by referring to Balochistan province.
He said the IoK was the internationally recognized dispute over which the UN had adopted resolutions.
Balochistan province has been witnessing massive progress and development with the commencement of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), he added.