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"obscurum per obscurius"
Posted on August 5, 2020 by Neil van Dokkum
("the obscure by the more obscure")
If "bullshit" was a proper legal concept, it would have been used liberally in the latest Supreme Court judgment, and one can only imagine that the actual word was used in discussions between the learned judges before Chief Justice Clarke delivered the unanimous judgment.
The judgment was Friends of the Irish Environment v. Government of Ireland [2020] IESC 49, and the item under consideration was that bureaucratic befuddlement known as the "National Mitigation Plan" (NMP), which contains the even more obtuse "Climate Action Plan".
The Separation of Powers
Let's get one technicality out of the way. The NMP is clearly a policy document, and the Separation of Powers doctrine says that the courts are prohibited from interfering with, or overruling, executive policy. Indeed, this was one of the reasons that the appellant, FIE, lost in the High Court.
The Supreme Court made short shrift of that argument, pointing out that the NMP was more than a simple policy document, it was actually created on the orders of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act of 2015. This Act instructed the relevant minister to "specify the policy measures that, in the opinion of the government, would be required" to create a resilient, low-carbon economy by 2050. In other words, policy became law.
(paragraph numbers refer to the original (unapproved) judgment)
"6.24 There may be an issue as to whether there are any areas which are truly completely outside the scope of judicial review on the grounds of a barrier, based on respect for the separation of powers, on the remit of the courts to review policy. But it does not seem to me that such questions properly arise in the circumstances of this case. If the government of the day were to announce that, as a matter of policy, it was going to publish, after public consultation, a plan designed to achieve precisely that which is defined in the 2015 Act as the NTO and then publish a plan which arguably failed to do what it was said it should do, then such questions might well arise. However, the position here is that there is legislation.
6.25 Most legislation has some policy behind it. It is likely to have been the policy of the government which was in power at the time when the legislation was enacted that legislation of the type in question should be promoted. Indeed, in the context of issues concerning whether there has been an impermissible delegation by the Oireachtas of the power to legislate, courts regularly have to consider whether legislation indicates the "principles and policies" by reference to which secondary law-making power can be exercised (see Cityview Press v. An Chomhairle Oiliúna (1980) IR 381). It may have been the policy of a particular government to introduce the legislation in question but once that legislation is passed it then become law and not policy."
6.27 In that context, it does have to be acknowledged that some elements of the legislation simply require the Government to adopt a policy designed to the statutory end. For example, the legislation does not require any particular view to be taken as to which sectors are to contribute in which amounts to the reduction of carbon emissions. The legislation leaves it to the government of the day to make those policy choices. It is possible, therefore, that there may be elements of a compliant plan under the 2015 Act which may not truly be justiciable. However, it does seem to me to be absolutely clear that, where the legislation requires that a plan formulated under its provisions does certain things, then the law requires that a plan complies with those obligations and the question of whether a plan actually does comply with the statute in such regard is a matter of law rather than a matter of policy. It becomes a matter of law because the Oireachtas has chosen to legislate for at least some aspects of a compliant plan while leaving other elements up to policy decisions by the government of the day. It seems to me that the requirements of s.4, as to what a plan must specify, come within a category of statutory obligation which is clearly law rather than policy. Whether a plan complies, for example, with the obligation that it be specific as to how the NTO is to be achieved is, in my view, clearly a matter of law. The choices as to how the NTO might be achieved may well be policy choices and real questions might arise at to the extent to which those choices might be justiciable. However, whether the Plan does what it says on the statutory tin is a matter of law and clearly justiciable."
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This is a long judgment dealing with a number of complex legal arguments, but in the opinion of this author, the Supreme Court made a fundamentally important finding which echoes what a lot of people, this blog included, have been saying for a long time.
An attack on democracy
This concerns the lack of proper consultation, as would be expected in a country claiming to be a democracy. Yes, there was a call for submissions, and yes, these were made by various interested parties. Whether these submissions were actually considered by the drafters of the policy, given that the policy was already drafted before submissions were invited, is doubtful. But that is just the tip of the iceberg. The major criticism is that the NMP used language so obtuse and impenetrable, that the average citizen would not have a hope of understanding it, and therefore was never given the opportunity of properly engaging with the merits of the policy.
The NMP was not the first example of this undermining of democratic principles. The previous decade is littered with such examples of a bullyboy government foisting its policies onto the public with scant regard for public consultation and consideration of alternative viewpoints. The Supreme Court makes it clear that this practice is a direct attack on democratic governance:
"6.35 While there may be some merit in the suggestion that the document inquestion does provide greater detail in some areas, it must also be emphasised that it is not a plan in the sense in which that term is used in the 2015 Act. It has not been, for example, through the public consultation process which the 2015 Act mandates. While it may provide some level of transparency about the Government's thinking as of 2019, it does not do so in the very formal way which the 2015 Act mandates. Whatever level of clarity is required by that Act about government policy to achieve the NTO by 2050, it must be provided in a formal plan adopted in accordance with the public participation measures set out in the 2015 Act.
6.36 More importantly, the real question at issue is as to whether the Plan itself gives any real or sufficient detail as to how it is intended to achieve the NTO. In that regard a number of factors must be taken in to account.
6.37 First it is necessary to reach some overall conclusion as to the level of specificity which the Act requires. It seems to me that the starting point for a consideration of that question must be to consider the purpose of the 2015 Act as a whole. The public participation element of that purpose is, of course, met by the public consultation process set out in section 4(8). But it is to the transparency element of the purpose of the legislation as a whole that the specificity mandated by s.4 is directed. The purpose of requiring the Plan to be specific is to allow any interested member of the public to know enough about how the Government currently intends to meet the NTO by 2050 so as to inform the views of the reasonable and interested member of the public as to whether that policy is considered to be effective and appropriate.
6.38 What the public thinks of any plan and what the public might do about it if they do not like a plan is a matter for the public to consider. But the 2015 Act requires that the public have sufficient information from the Plan to enable them to reach such conclusions as they wish. On that basis, it seems to me that the level of specificity required of a compliant plan is that it is sufficient to allow a reasonable and interested member of the public to know how the government of the day intends to meet the NTO so as, in turn, to allow such members of the public as may be interested to act in whatever way, political or otherwise, that they consider appropriate in the light of that policy."
"6.43 Finally, it is necessary to look at the kind of policies which the Plan suggests need to be followed in order to meet the NTO. Having considered what the Plan says it does seem to me to be reasonable to characterise significant parts of the policies as being excessively vague or aspirational." (my emphasis – that word "bullshit" again springs to mind.)
"6.45 I accept that the legislation clearly contemplates that knowledge will evolve and that the detail of the Plan will become more fixed as time moves on. However, that does not seem to me to prevent there being a clear present statutory obligation on the Government, in formulating a plan, to at least give some realistic level of detail about how it is intended to meet the NTO." (my emphasis)
The factual finding of this judgment is that the NMP predicts an increase in greenhouse gas emissions where the Act stipulated that there should be a decrease in these emissions. In other words, the NMP was in direct contravention of the Act and was therefore ultra vires.
However, this judgment is so much more than that. It is a scathing indictment of the process of government in this country, where the executive regards the general public as little more than ignorant fools who must be told what to do. That needs to change, and quickly.
(My thanks, and apologies, to Bill Watterson).
About Neil van Dokkum
Neil van Dokkum (B. SocSc; LLB; LLM; PGC Con.Lit) Neil is a law lecturer and has been so since arriving in Ireland from South Africa in 2002. Prior to that Neil worked in a leading firm of solicitors from 1987-1992, before being admitted as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of South Africa (a barrister) in 1992. He published three books in South Africa on employment law and unfair dismissal, as well as being published in numerous national and international peer-reviewed journals. Neil currently specialises in employment law, medical negligence law, family law and child protection law. He dabbles in EU law (procurement and energy). Neil retired from full-time practice in 2002 to take up a lecturing post. He has published three books since then, "Nursing Law for Irish Students (2005); "Evidence" (2007); and "Nursing Law for Students in Ireland" (2011). His current interest is the area of disability as a politico-economic construct. Neil is very happily married to Fiona, and they have two sons, Rory and Ian.
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Q: Display Visio page title in page I'm working on a multi-page Visio 2013 document, and for consistency purposes I'm looking for a way of including the page title in the Background page, so that each page title is displayed within the page of the document.
For example if my document has the following pages:

Then I would like to display Foo on the first page, and Bar on the second page, managing the position and the style from the VBackground-1 background page.
Is it possible to do this in Visio 2013?

A: On the background page:

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*Go to Insert

*Create a Text Box

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*From Field name select Name

*Click OK

This will then display the page title in the page.

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Q: Getting undefined error while parsing JSON respose for AJAX request I am making an AJAX request to my GPS server, which returns the following JSON format in case of success,
{"result":[{"longitude":76.391529,"latitude":27.974347,"location":"Delhi-Ajmer Expressway - Madhosinghpura- Alwar - Rajasthan - India","speed":0,"dttime":"14 Feb 2016 00:38:47","ignition":0,"vehicle_name":"ABCD","icon":0}]}

and in case of failure :
{"result":[{"error" : "Vehicle location did not found" }]}

This is my code :
ajaxURL = "http://www.vehicletrack.biz/api/vehlastlocation?token=K2ZFKFMP3A&vehname="+vehicleNum;

//start ajax request
$.ajax({
    url: ajaxURL,
    dataType: "text",
    success: function(data) {
        alert(data[0].longitude);
    }
});

Firstly, I want to handle the error case and if result is proper then I want to display each field. Can anyone please help me with accessing the elements of JSON response and handle the error case.
PS : This is my first time with JSON and googling didn'r return relevant JSON format example. Hit and Trial didn't help.

A: You can handle error case like following.
success: function(data) {
    data = JSON.parse(data);
    if(data.result[0].error){
        // error
        alert('Error');
    } else {
        // access all properties using loop

        var obj = data.result[0];
        for (var prop in obj ) {
            var propValue = obj[prop];  // access property like this
        }
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A: Change dataType to json
//start ajax request
$.ajax({
    url: ajaxURL,
    dataType: "json",
    success: function(data) {
        var json = data.result[0].longitude;
        alert(json);
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        var err = data.result[0].error;
        alert(err);
    }
});

A: you are trying to return your result data as json, and treating your result as an object.  However, the datatype specified in your ajax call is text.  I have never used 'text' as a dataType, but I am pretty sure that won't work.  Try dataType:'json' instead if you want to process / parse the result into an object from json.
given that, you would want something like:
    //start ajax request
    $.ajax({
        url: ajaxURL,
        dataType: "json",
        success: function(data) {
          var str = 'result ';
          var a = data.result;
          for (var i = 0; i < data.result.length; i++)
          {
          foreach (prop in item)
          {
             // do stuff
             str += ' ' + prop;

          }
          }
          alert( str );
        }
    });

One problem you can run into here is using a cross domain requests (the domain you  are sending in your ajax call is not the same as the one your web page is located).  If that is the case, you have to do some special handling on the server and use the jsonp data type.  You can get details here .
Hope this is what you are looking for.


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How Does Space Change The Human Body? NASA's Twins Study Will Have The Answers
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Damir Mujezinovic
The Kelly brothers, Scott and Mark, are taking part in what NASA calls the Twins Study, a genetic experiment of sorts, meant to help humanity observe how our bodies change in space.
They are, according to The Verge, the only twins that have ever traveled to space.
The study is made up of 10 separate research projects, each of them focused on different aspects of the human body and mind.
Researchers from the University of California, Colorado State University, University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University, Stanford, Northwestern, and Cornell took part in this far-reaching and all-encompassing study.
Scott and Mark are identical twins. Scott was sent to the International Space Station in March 2016, and his brother Mark retired as an astronaut in 2011.
With one brother in space and the other Earth-bound, a groundbreaking study was born.
NASA scientists have decided to take advantage of the brothers' unique situation. Their aim was to learn as much as possible about the human body in space, by analyzing how each Kellys' biological markers evolved.
NASA said the following in a press release.
"The Twin Study propelled NASA into the genomics era of space travel. It was a ground-breaking study comparing what happened to astronaut Scott Kelly, in space, to his identical twin brother, Mark, who remained on Earth. The perfect nature versus nurture study was born."
NASA will release its Twins Study summary paper later this year, but the largest astronomy magazine and website in the USA, Astronomy, published an insightful report on February 16, summarizing the preliminary findings of each of the 10 research projects.
What have we learned so far?
Artery walls thicken in space
How does space impact our arteries? NASA Johnson Space Center's Cardiovascular and Vision Lab researchers examined the twins' arteries using collected urine and blood samples, and ultrasound.
Scott, who was sent to the International Space Station in March 2016, experienced some changes. His carotid artery was thicker and his inflammation biomarkers were elevated.
Flu vaccine works, even in space
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"This investigation studies how the immune system changes when an astronaut is exposed to a physically challenging environment and how immune response to a seasonal flu vaccination differs between the twin who was in space and the one who remained on Earth," researchers wrote.
Mark and Scott displayed increased immune cell responses on both occasions, so it was concluded that the flu vaccine produces the desired immune system response, even in space.
University of Pennsylvania researchers were in charge of monitoring Mark and Scott's cognition.
Each brother performed cognitive tests; before flight, during flight, and post flight. Interestingly, Scott's time in space did not impair his cognitive abilities while inflight.
However, once he returned to Earth, researchers noticed decreased accuracy and speed on cognitive tests.
"Spaceflight causes several physiological and cognitive changes in humans, some of which could impact the health of crew members on long-duration missions," researchers wrote.
Further study is needed to confirm, researchers claim, but the temporary cognitive decline could be a result of Scott readjusting to Earth's gravity.
Changes in body mass
NASA Johnson Space Center researchers found that Scott's body mass noticeably dropped during his time in space. On the other hand, his levels of folate increased.
This information was sourced from each brother's biochemical profile.
However, the changes in Scott's weight and folate levels could simply be a result of exercise and a healthier diet, researchers concluded.
Space affects gut microorganisms
Microorganisms known as the microbiome live in our gut. These microorganisms are crucial for our overall health.
Northwestern University researchers monitored the Kelly twins and found that their microbiomes were drastically different before flight, during flight, and post flight.
However, even though Scott's microbiome changed in space, the observed changes are similar to those scientists would observe if someone was to significantly modify their diet or change environments.
In space, telomeres lengthen
The caps that protect DNA strands from damage and shield our chromosomes are called telomeres – and they lengthen in space, Colorado State University researchers found.
Mark's telomeres remained stable, but Scott's significantly lengthened while he was in space. However, they underwent rapid shortening within two days of Scott landing back on Earth.
Inflammation increases in space
Space affects inflammation in the human body, Stanford University researchers discovered.
Evidence suggests that being in a microgravity environment increases inflammation, because Scott's lipid panel taken in space indicated inflammation, and he experienced an increase in proteins that regulate insulin activity.
Gene mutations
Arguably the most interesting and groundbreaking part of the Twins Study concerns gene mutations.
Not only do genes mutate in space, space impacts the way that genes express themselves. Weill Cornell Medicine scientists and researchers looked for medical changes in Mark and Scott's RNA and DNA.
As it turns out, Scott, who was sent to the International Space Station in March 2016, experienced hundreds of gene mutations.
Similarly, a Johns Hopkins University study concluded that the way that genes express themselves (epigenetics) differed between the two brothers.
Space impacts the body's ability to form and modify proteins
University of California researchers took urine samples from the brothers before, during, and after flight. This allowed them to identify changes in bones and muscles, as well as cardiovascular and metabolic changes.
While he was in space, Scott had elevated levels of aquaporin 2 – a protein which helps water transportation within the body and serves as an indicator of a body's hydration status.
This change is, researchers claim, a result of the fact that fluids tend to migrate to the head in a microgravity environment.
The information gathered in the Twins Study – a perfect nature vs nurture study as NASA put it in a press release – will "guide development of future hypotheses."


text: Q: How can I prove that $\frac{x}{\ln(x)} < \pi(x)$ for $x \geq 17$? I saw on Wikipedia that $\frac{x}{\ln(x)} < \pi(x)$ for $x \geq 17$ but it doesn't provide the proof. What is the proof for this and are there any legitimate papers that I can cite?


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Welcome to Warrier's COLLAGE On Monday MAY 31, 2021 India 2021 : Dubai Watch this video showing INDIA pavilion at the upcoming Expo 2021, Dubai. Amazing presentation. Nice to see our country so vibrant! Please find attached the link to new video https://youtu.be/cxzK2HPbrh4 (Link Courtesy : Kiran Warrier Mumbai) Good Morning 🙏 Nice Day M G Warrier A Responses 1) Kiran Warrier Dr P K Warrier : Satapoornima Prime Minister Modi congratulated and sent his Best Wishes to Dr P K Warrier, Kottakkal AVS who is turning 100 on June 5, 2021 2) S K Gupta Panchkula 'Corporate Language' and 'Socialism Simplified' made interesting reading. Let us do it in a better way (achieving perfection). Profit remains the key watch word in the corporate culture. B Karuna (Compassion) : V Babusenan Thiruvananthapuram Kumaran Asan,one of the great Malayalam poets,in1923,took a story from an English book on the Buddha and developed it into a touching long poem 'Karuna'(Compassion) which instantly became very popular. During the Buddha's time there lived in the Mathura of the North a beautiful prostitute by name Vasavadatha. (Prostitutes enjoyed a special status in society in those days.) She fell in love with a tall and handsome young Buddhist monk named Upagupta. She deputed her maid to invite him to her palatial residence, but he declined. Undaunted, she sent her again. This time he said: "I will certainly come, but not now. The time is not yet ripe. "Vasavadatha's reaction to this reply I shall try to paraphrase as under: "Dear friend, has the creeper of your effort borne fruits now? I have hope this time. Afterall, he is a human being and your persuasive skill is great." The maid hesitantly conveyed the monk's reply to her. She got upset and said: "I am losing my patience. This young man, who walks with a begging bowl, is Kamadeva himself to me. He evades me because he has no money. Alas! He sees me only as a prostitute. Didn't you tell him that I am not after money and that I desire only his love? Is it not a fact that even when one's stomach is full, at the sight of delicious eatables, one would love to taste them? The very eyes of mine which never bother to look at men who cover me with riches and fall at my feet are eagerly searching for him. Perhaps, the poor fellow is being misled by that luckless Buddha's meaningless chatter. Is there no place in the netherworld for this Sakyamuni? I wonder. Let him be a monk. He can still come to my residence and seek alms. Why he is not doing that?" Hers was not genuine love but a strong fascination that wore off and she went back to her business. She happened to murder a customer, a labour leader, in preference to a very rich trader from the south. She secretly arranged to have the body hidden in a heap of cowdung. She was caught and severely punished. She was taken to the burial ground and her ears, nose hands and legs were chopped off. There came Upagupta. On seeing him, Vasavadatha hurriedly tried to hide her earless, noseless, armless, legless body. Upagupta sat by her side and stroked her forehead with great compassion. He said softly : "Sister, now I shall give you eternal calmness which no thief can steal and a beauty of mind that Cupid cannot split with his arrows". Then he proceeded to pass on to her the essence of Buddha's teachings at the end of which she breathed her last quite peacefully. Now the poet intercedes with the monk: " Namaskaaram Upaguptaa Varika bhavaan nirvaana Nimagnanaakathe veendum Lokasevaykkaay. Pathitha kaarunikaraam Bhavaadrisa suthanmaare Kshithidevikkinnuvenam Adhikam pere." (Salutation to you, Upagupta. Please come back again to render service to the world without getting immersed in Nirvana. The goddess Earth is in dire need of many sons like you who are compassionate to the downtrodden.) The poet's prayer did not go unheeded. We see in this world men and women who risk their own lives to protect others from the Corona virus. Each one of them is a manifestation of Upagupta or the like of him. Asan died a year later in a boat accident. C Books a) Book Review : The Man Who Saved India https://www.dnaindia.com/just-before-monday/review-book-review-the-man-who-saved-india-by-hindol-sengupta-2669677/amp "Sengupta, a journalist and author, fleshes out interesting nuggets. For instance, Patel's complicated relationship with elder brother Vithalbhai, who "cheated him out of the chance" to study law in England, his acrimonious relationship with Subhash Chandra Bose and Babasaheb Ambedkar's opposition to Article 370, which he called a "treacherous thing against the interests of India". His pragmatic acceptance of the Partition as against a bloody civil war, initial openness to negotiate on Kashmir to save Hyderabad and advice to Nehru against taking Kashmir to the United Nations (which was eventually ignored), are also mentioned. Details about Patel's innate spirit of sacrifice, first for his elder brother and then for Nehru, who elbowed him out to become Congress president with the Mahatma's support, and later prime minister, his tolerance of business as against Nehru's inclination towards socialism, his quiet acquiescence to Gandhi over decisions like calling off the Civil Disobedience Movement, make it an easy read." b) Books* by M G Warrier 1) At Amazon.in https://www.amazon.in/dp/1636335896/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_ATJDEGGSDG8Z7CGJEB13 2) At Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Restoring-Trust-Governance-Indias-Challenge/product-reviews/1636335896?reviewerType=all_reviews 3) Notion Press Chennai https://notionpress.com/read/restoring-trust-in-governance *Avoid buying print edition now. Most of the books are available in eBook version. D Readers'Contribution Buying to help* "Story Two" One afternoon, I went for a walk with a friend in the suburbs. Suddenly, an old man in tattered clothes approached us with a bag of green vegetables in his hand. The sales of those vegetables on that day were very poor, the leaves seemed dehydrated and yellowish and there were holes in them as if bitten by insects. But my friend bought three bags without saying a word. The old man also embarrassed and explained: "I grew these vegetables myself. It rained a while ago, and the vegetables were soaked. They look ugly. I'm sorry." After the old man left, I asked my friend: "Will you really cook these when you go home?" He didn't want to say No to me. " These vegetables can no longer be eaten." "Then why did you take the trouble of buying them?" I asked. He replied, "Because it is impossible for anyone to buy those vegetables. If I don't buy it, the old man will probably have no income for today." I admired my friend's thoughtfulness and concern, so I caught up with the old man and bought some vegetables from him. The old man said very happily, "I tried to sell them the whole day , but no one was ready to buy them. I am so happy that you both were willing to buy from me... Thank you so much." Several handfuls of green vegetables that I can't eat at all taught me a valuable lesson. When we are in a low ebb, we all hope that miracles will happen to us; but when we are capable, are we willing to be the one who creates miracles?!!! *Received from R Jayakumar Mumbai E Q-niversal Thoughts with Vathsala Jayaraman Chennai Madras people don't get tired of waiting. Come April, almost all the streets in the water starved areas of Chennai will have a long row of muticoloured plastic waterpots labelled with names and addresses, waiting for 20 litres of drinking water supplied by Metro water authorities.There will be stone substitutes also. In Jan/Feb you can see serpantine queue waiting from the previous night for Pre Kindergarten Admissions in Front of famous schools. In June there is a beeline for arts/ professional colleges. If you dial any enquiry number in Airlines or railways you may be listening 'You are in queue, please wait. Sometimes we can even finish off making rice or sambar before you get the contact. There is no dearth of queues in railway stations, airports, post offices, ATMs.- and Income Tax offices. Even in weddings you have to stand in long queue to wish the couple and give the gift, not to talk of waiting behind the dining table eagerly counting mts if the previous occupant has come to curd rice ( last item). I doubt whether it is a marriage hall or flood relief camp. Not only waiting in mother's womb for nine long months, there is waiting at crematoria for the final journey too. Not to talk of civil cases which endlessly get extended to decades involving third generations. You can't have Darsan in important temples without taxing your knees for two to three hrs. Whether we wait for God or He waits for us, is not known. There is as much disregard to the queue also. There are more breakers than liners.Q crashing is almost a custom in India. We see people deftly entering doctor's room saying that the patient is really sick, as if others come to hospital to play or chit chat. In many ATMs there is more often an excuse to break the queue that the person was taking out money for funeral expenses. In many malls persons buying small quantities take automatic rights while the person behind is waiting with a trolley load. Queue kyon? seems to be the average person's attitude. Even among elites the queue crashing attitude is there. For the past 18 months,the whole world has invited an important guest- a guest too invisible,but more significant than God Almighty,a great terror.We are not afraid of even demons and ghosts.In Grocery shops, restaurants and vegetable shops you can see unidentifiable men/women with multicoloured and multi-designed masks in long queues.Severe covid 19 patients with staggering breath wait in ambulances outside hospitals,There is long Q inside for oxygen beds,lab tests and results.wait for doctors' opinion. Even corpses wait in Q for cremation/burial. From March we landed in Q for the first and second dose of vaccine.Now young people are in Q for vaccines. Last Saturday and Sunday the Q tail was too long in Grocery and veg shops to store things for a week. See the condition in airport. As soon as the announcer calls for the boarding of business class passengers or families with kids, there will be a dash by all passengers towards the gate or counter. For a flight, when boarding passes with seat numbers are issued, where is the need to rush as soon as the announcement beeper goes off ? Are people scared that someone might "put a towel "and snatch their seat ?Normally in US and other Western countries they respect the queue, sometimes go out of the way to help senior citizens and women with babies in arms. Really commendable. But there are exceptions too. During our first visit to US, in John Kennedy Airport in New York, I saw many people bypassing the line, joining the previous line by entering through the dividing ropes, while people with heavy luggage had to stand in the queue. The only occasion in the history of mankind when the queue was extremely orderly with no case of any queue breakers was when Noah completed the construction of The Arc and invited all the creatures of the world to come inside in pairs. Since every creature was with its better half, the level of decorum was reasonably high. The other queue that I can never forget is the queue for the 'Sorga Vaasal' on Vaikunta Ekadasi night at Srirangam or at Parthasarathy Swamy Temple.,Triplicane. As it was the belief of the staunch Hindus that stepping through this door ensured a place in Vaikuntam for us, there would be mad rush and it was always the question of the survival of the fittest! It made me believe that only the individuals who were expert queue crashers were assured of a place in Heaven! Darwin's theory of 'Survival of the Fittest'applied not only to the Earth but to the Heavens as well! It was possibly a habitual queue victim like me that sang 'Que sera sera' ---'whatever will be, will be'! Very recently I received a mail from a friend,a student of English literature.He said he was waiting in the airport in the long queue. Since there was system failure, they could not issue boarding passes. There was a delay of about 4 hrs.He was so depressed that he gave a long mail about waiting in the queue. I learnt that not only the 'queue' but also the letter 'Q' itself is very queer. I could not follow what he had written in the mail since it was a Quantitative and Qualitative analysis of many words starting with Q. He might have perhaps used all the words starting with Q in English dictionary. I think there are only about 150 to 200 words only starting with Q. I could not understand the content. I had no dictionary by my side. With my limited capacity I started counting the words starting with Q in his mail. I was Quaking with fear with the number of 'Q's differing each time.I Questioned myself whether I was a Queer Queen just trying to Quench my thirst reg the Q matter.I have heard about Queens having a Quill between their fingers Quietly thinking about what they should Query their lovers.As I was Quarrelling with myself in the strange Quaint I felt that I am neither Qualified nor Quantified to the Questionable Queer job. Whether my thirst was Quenched or not I silently decided to Quit Quietly but Quickly without getting myself Quagmired in the controversy of' Q'. While writing this, I am reminded of the word 'quaquaversal' which I learnt some 10 years back.You cannot find this word in Chamber's Dictionary. But it is listed in Geographical glossary and that it means 'from the centre focussing towards all directions.' When I knew the word 10 years back, I thought I would never use this word in my life time and it is a loss of precious memory space in my brain.I never thought that I would get an opportunity to dequeue the word from my memory in this connection.A simple 'Q' is spread over in so many directions- a classic example of'quaquaversal'.. The lesson I learnt is as clear as a Quartz. " Don't copy the 'Quiz' master,become a Quotable Quiz Queen yourself" Vathsala Jayaraman F Leisure a) Capitalism Vs Humanity Humanity matters, capitalism needs an upgrade: https://thg.page.link/Y27dqBsQfxt66UdC6 "The purpose of governments is to improve the all-round well-being of all citizens; not merely to provide products to customers who can pay good prices for them, which is the means by which private enterprises meet their objective of producing profits for their investors. The COVID-19 crisis has revealed the inadequacy of capitalism to fulfil societal needs. If capitalist enterprises are not willing to fulfil public purposes, governments must create more public spirited enterprises to provide public goods equitably to all citizens. Relentless economic growth is devouring the earth that hosts humanity. With artificial intelligence algorithms in social media, capitalist enterprises are able to manipulate human minds. Their investors have become the richest people on the planet. New mRNA technologies on which some new COVID-19 vaccines are based provide the means to manipulate the composition of human bodies. Thus, capitalists can create even more wealth for themselves off human beings." b) Thought for the day Patriot's Priority* A senior lawyer was arguing to get 46 convicts facing death penalty released from being hanged (hung)till death. Just then his assistant dropped in and gave him a small bit of paper. The lawyer read it and kept it inside his pocket and continued his arguments. During the lunch break, the judge asked him "what info did you receive"? The lawyer said "my wife died". The judge was shocked and said "then what are you doing here? Go". The lawyer said " I can't bring back my wife's life, but can help these 46 freedom fighters get life and prevent them from dying". The judge, who was an Englishman, ordered the release of all the 46 men. The lawyer was none other than the great SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL. *Received from Dr T V Surendran Mananthavady (A related link : https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/7-lesser-known-facts-that-prove-sardar-patel-was-the-coolest-228217.html) G Quotes about compassion https://www.inc.com/peter-economy/17-quotes-about-compassion-that-will-inspire-you-to-make-a-difference-be-happy.html
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Somewhat extreme views that are nonetheless worthy of close consideration by parents.
THE BUSINESS OF BABY
WHAT DOCTORS DON'T TELL YOU, WHAT CORPORATIONS TRY TO SELL YOU, AND HOW TO PUT YOUR PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH, AND BABY BEFORE THEIR BOTTOM LINE
by Jennifer Margulis ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 16, 2013
Investigative journalist Margulis (co-author: The Baby Bonding Book for Dads, 2008, etc.) contends that corporate interests are putting the lives of mothers and children at risk in order to increase the bottom line.
"Most hospitals have a financial incentive to do as many interventions as possible and deliver women as quickly as possible," writes the author. The American medical profession ranks so poorly when it comes to maternal and infant mortality that mothers are four times more likely to die during pregnancy or in childbirth than in Bosnia; compared to Irish or Italian women, the death rate is seven times higher. Similar shocking statistics hold for children. The U.S. ranks 49th among industrialized nations regarding infant death rates. While recognizing the importance of factors such as the higher number of older American women pregnant with their first child, the use of fertility drugs leading to multiple births and lack of universal health care, Margulis focuses on the one-size-fits-all, high-end medical care offered to middle- and upper-income women despite their age, their ability to pay or their expressed preferences. To substantiate her charge that the medical system puts the interests of "large companies…ahead of the best interests of the mother and her baby," the author gives examples of women being warned off natural childbirth by obstetricians and urged instead to induce labor using hormones; or better yet, from the standpoint of doctors and hospitals, opt for a Caesarian section. Margulis also examines the claim that overuse of ultrasound to test fetal development and routine administration of megadose vaccinations may contribute to autism, and she finds fault with supplementary bottle-feeding and the overuse of diapers, which causes an unnecessary delay in potty training.
Publisher: Scribner
Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 15, 2013
Categories: FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS | HEALTH & FITNESS
Skloot's meticulous, riveting account strikes a humanistic balance between sociological history, venerable portraiture and...
by Rebecca Skloot ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 9, 2010
A dense, absorbing investigation into the medical community's exploitation of a dying woman and her family's struggle to salvage truth and dignity decades later.
In a well-paced, vibrant narrative, Popular Science contributor and Culture Dish blogger Skloot (Creative Writing/Univ. of Memphis) demonstrates that for every human cell put under a microscope, a complex life story is inexorably attached, to which doctors, researchers and laboratories have often been woefully insensitive and unaccountable. In 1951, Henrietta Lacks, an African-American mother of five, was diagnosed with what proved to be a fatal form of cervical cancer. At Johns Hopkins, the doctors harvested cells from her cervix without her permission and distributed them to labs around the globe, where they were multiplied and used for a diverse array of treatments. Known as HeLa cells, they became one of the world's most ubiquitous sources for medical research of everything from hormones, steroids and vitamins to gene mapping, in vitro fertilization, even the polio vaccine—all without the knowledge, must less consent, of the Lacks family. Skloot spent a decade interviewing every relative of Lacks she could find, excavating difficult memories and long-simmering outrage that had lay dormant since their loved one's sorrowful demise. Equal parts intimate biography and brutal clinical reportage, Skloot's graceful narrative adeptly navigates the wrenching Lack family recollections and the sobering, overarching realities of poverty and pre–civil-rights racism. The author's style is matched by a methodical scientific rigor and manifest expertise in the field.
Skloot's meticulous, riveting account strikes a humanistic balance between sociological history, venerable portraiture and Petri dish politics.
Categories: GENERAL BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR | BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR | HEALTH & FITNESS
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A vivid sequel that strains credulity.
by Helen Fremont ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 11, 2020
Fremont (After Long Silence, 1999) continues—and alters—her story of how memories of the Holocaust affected her family.
At the age of 44, the author learned that her father had disowned her, declaring her "predeceased"—or dead in his eyes—in his will. It was his final insult: Her parents had stopped speaking to her after she'd published After Long Silence, which exposed them as Jewish Holocaust survivors who had posed as Catholics in Europe and America in order to hide multilayered secrets. Here, Fremont delves further into her tortured family dynamics and shows how the rift developed. One thread centers on her life after her harrowing childhood: her education at Wellesley and Boston University, the loss of her virginity to a college boyfriend before accepting her lesbianism, her stint with the Peace Corps in Lesotho, and her decades of work as a lawyer in Boston. Another strand involves her fraught relationship with her sister, Lara, and how their difficulties relate to their father, a doctor embittered after years in the Siberian gulag; and their mother, deeply enmeshed with her own sister, Zosia, who had married an Italian count and stayed in Rome to raise a child. Fremont tells these stories with novelistic flair, ending with a surprising theory about why her parents hid their Judaism. Yet she often appears insensitive to the serious problems she says Lara once faced, including suicidal depression. "The whole point of suicide, I thought, was to succeed at it," she writes. "My sister's completion rate was pathetic." Key facts also differ from those in her earlier work. After Long Silence says, for example, that the author grew up "in a small city in the Midwest" while she writes here that she grew up in "upstate New York," changes Fremont says she made for "consistency" in the new book but that muddy its narrative waters. The discrepancies may not bother readers seeking psychological insights rather than factual accuracy, but others will wonder if this book should have been labeled a fictionalized autobiography rather than a memoir.
Pub Date: Feb. 11, 2020
Publisher: Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster
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Do you love the feel of milk soaps but shy away from the cost? Are you looking for a special kind of gift you can make yourself? Or do you already make soap and want to try something new?
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Maybe you've made melt-and-pour soap and want to move on to something more challenging and rewarding. Maybe traditional soapmaking appeals to you, but you figure it's too difficult or dangerous. Or maybe you're already doing it, but outmoded ideas and methods are complicating the process and slowing you down.
No matter which of these fits you, you'll find Smart Soapmaking practical, helpful, and refreshing. Written by a former professional soapmaker, this book explodes the myths about soapmaking and shows you how to make luxurious soap with the least fuss and bother.
With both customary and metric measurements, plus a list of suppliers in five countries, Smart Soapmaking is the first truly international book on the craft!
Storey Books. 288 pages, 8 x 8 trim size, two-color illustrations throughout.
Learn every step of the soapmaking process from master soapmaker Susan Miller Cavitch. Once you have mastered her basic skills, go on to create personal soaps that suit your own tastes as well as those of your family and friends.


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The Student News Site of Crowley High School
Williams, Butler Claim Indoor Titles
Senior Anijah Williams placed third in the 400-meter dash during the LHSAA Indoor Track and Field Meet heldl at LSU Saturday.
Andy Hebert
BATON ROUGE – Crowley High senior Anijah Williams and junior Obadiah Butler each claimed titles from the LHSAA State Indoor Track and Field Meet Saturday at LSU's C. Maddox Field House.
Williams placed third in the 400-meter dash with a time of 59.75.
Competing in Division II, Butler placed third in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.56. He also just missed out on another medal, placing fourth in the 60-meter dash in a time of 7.09.
Williams also teamed with Jaelyn Johnson, Kaitlyn George, and Tamyeia Guillory in the 4×200 and 4×400-meter relay events; both placed fourth with times of 1:50.7 and 4:16.70, respectively.
Andy Hebert, Sponsor
My name is Andy Hebert, and I teach journalism and study skills at Crowley High School. This is my 17th year as a teacher, and I have only taught at...
December Students of the Month
Charlotte Cope selected as Teacher of the Year
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Nominations Picked for December Students of the Month
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One thing that OnePlus takes great pride in is the software. Oxygen OS has redefined simplicity to the ultimate core. Earlier, it were the pixel devices that were the go-to for the perfect android experience. But not so anymore, since Oxygen OS has taken over. Oxygen OS has android throughout but minor tweaks here and there, a little bit of added functionality and an extremely active community of developers allow the company to come up with solutions to software issues far quicker than any other competitor is able to. This adds to the advantage that whenever a new android version is released it is first the pixel devices that get the update, and soon after comes OnePlus devices, not to mention the fact that they are quite powerful devices making it possible for older oneplus device to run the latest of android.
The most recent of updates has included quite a bit of magic. Apart from the performance, battery and camera tweaks, Oneplus has brought over quite a few of the features of the latest OnePlus 7 to the older but still in popular demand, OnePlus 6/6t devices. This update includes a screen recorder feature present in the drop down menu making it easier for users to make tutorial videos or upload videos of not working apps or other problems. One major and rather new feature added to the Oneplus and then later ported to older devices was the Zen mode.
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The name tells literally nothing about how the mode works, so here goes. The Zen mode, is specially catering the needs of smartphone addicts who spend way more time on their smartphones than they are supposed to. The mode allows for a timer to be set to monitor continuous usage of the device and when the chosen time, for example 2 hours or 3, are over, the phone is disabled for the next 20 minutes. Only the camera works and the user can receive or make phone calls. The phone can be fully used only when the 20 minutes are over and those who have been using it, me included, have exploited the mode to its full potential, as it prevents hooking up to the device for long periods of time and rather forces oneself to focus elsewhere.
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Particularly if they are under financial stress, it can be very tempting to dip into the company's money as a way of temporarily fixing a tough situation. At other times, what may well have been a mistake could look to a forensic accountant like a fraudulent act, leading to a false accusation of fraud, embezzlement or some other criminal activity.
There are in particular a number red flags that might raise an accountant's or an auditor's suspicions that an employee has misappropriated funds via one of several false billing or invoicing schemes.
For example, unexplained invoices to the same vendor or a bunch of small invoices that just happen to fall below the radar of upper management can arouse suspicions. Even things that may seem like a positive, like a fast turnaround for an invoice, can also be viewed as evidence of a fraud.
Other things, like invoices which cannot be paired with goods or services actually delivered or an unnecessarily large order of new goods, may also be taken as an indication of dishonesty.
Basically, other than a person's admission, there is no one sign that is a smoking gun for embezzlement of business funds. In fact, many things that look like dishonesty can in fact be just accidents or even unacceptable but certainly not criminal carelessness with funds.
It can be nerve-wracking for anyone in Cincinnati who is in charge of accounts to have their books reviewed, even though this is a routine part of good business practice. It can be absolutely devastating when the review does not go well and, as a result, one faces accusations of theft and dishonesty under federal or Ohio law. In the latter case, mounting a vigorous defense may be key.


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1682 Commonwealth Avenue
Commonwealth, Brighton, Boston
Welcome to 516 Washington Street, a building located in Oak Square, Brighton, Boston in Brighton, MA. As a quick overview, these are the most up-to-date information we've collected about the property. Fun fact, were you aware that buildings can shift depending on temperatures outdoors? This might remind you of middle school science classes, but essentially heat will cause most materials to expand while the cold will cause them to contract. As a result, many architects and engineers often have to make sure that control joints are made up of the right materials and in good condition. The building class code for 516 Washington Street is unknown but given the importance of this information, we will work to update this data as soon as possible.
Moving on to what we know about the features and amenities in this building. While there is no garage access for residents, you will probably be able to find a local garage to park your car at instead. We are not sure what system the building uses for cooling. Sadly, informaton related to the heating system was not disclosed. Are you a fan of fireplaces? Sadly, this property has none. There is no porch or patio on the premise of the property. For those who love to swim, you'll want to check out community pools nearby as this particular property does not have a swimming pool. The local assessor's office has not provided us with information related to the roof cover material and the type of roof the building has.
Interested in learning more about the neighborhood that the property is located in? Buildings in the Oak Square area have a median price of $3,200. Those in the 25th percentile, have a price around $2,850. While those in the 75th percentile, have a price around $3,900. Typically, the buildings in this area have a median sqft of 1,850. That means that the median price per sqft is around $26. In other words, the price per sqft for buildings in the 25th percentile is $4. While the price per sqft for buildings in the 75th percentile is $32. As a breakdown, we've included the following stats:
- There are currently no studio listings being advertised in the area.
- There are currently a total of 10 one bedroom listings. The median price for these types of listings is $2,000. That's $30.97 price per sqft.
- There are currently a total of 42 two bedroom listings. The median price for these types of listings is $2,750. That's $33.30 price per sqft.
- There are currently a total of 107 three bedroom listings. The median price for these types of listings is $3,000. That's $16.75 price per sqft.
- There are currently a total of 107 four bedroom listings. The median price for these types of listings is $4,000. That's $24.00 price per sqft.
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Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT
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Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
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Boston School District
516 Washington Street is located in 02135. There are 40,513 people living here. There are 18,479 households. Most of these households have an average family size of 2.88 people. According to the census, 76% are currently renting while 24% own their homes. The median age of this population is around 29.5 years old. On average, most folks in the zipcode are unmarried. About 32% of folks speak a language other than English in this area. The area's employment rate is currently around 66%. Speaking of employment, the median income is $57,330. Most folks will commute by car for around 32.7 minutes. Finally, we know that 13% of residents in the area have graduated with their high school degree. Additionally, 38% and 26% have their Bachelor's and Master's degree, respectfully.
Moving on to the county level. Suffolk County, Massachusetts has a population of 767,719 people. Based on census records, there are 299,658 registered households. Families in this area are on average made up of 3.19 people per household. Most folks are unmarried. They are also typically around 32.4 years old. Does diversity matter to you? Right now, 39% of folks speak a language other than English here. About 64% rent while 36% purchased their homes. Right now, the community is made up of 23% of residents who have graduated with at least a high school degree. On top of that, 24% have a Bachelor's degree and 19% have a Master's degree. The employment rate is currently around 63.4%. Those employed, have a median income of $57,439.
Finally, let's take a look at the stats related to Boston, MA - NH - RI Urban Area. The urban area is home to 4,343,828 people. A total of 1,635,254 households are registered here. With average family sizes being listed at 3.19 people. About 23% of residents have graduated with a high school degree. Of the rest, 25% have their Bachelor's and 20% have their Master's degree. Folks speaking a language other than English, make up about 26% of the population. Looking to move to this urban area? You'll need to look forward to commuting by car for around 30.7 minutes. Speaking of your commute, 64.5% of people in this area are employed. The recorded median income is currently at $77,009 per year. The median population age has been listed at 38.2 years old. Interestingly enough, unmarried people make up the majority of the population. Last but not least, renters make up about 40% of the population while homeowners are at about 60% of the population.
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at Washington St @ Langley Rd (Under 500 ft mi • 3 min) • MBTA
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at Washington St @ Oak Square Ave (610 ft mi • 3 min) • MBTA
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Critères (x) : il contient une diversité d'espèces, y compris un large éventail d'espèces arctiques, dont le caribou de Peary, menacé d'extinction.
Encompassing the northernmost lands in Canada, only 720 km from the North Pole, Quttinirpaaq National Park of Canada (37 775 km²) covers the northern portion of Ellesmere Island. The park consists of sedimentary mountains, ice caps, glaciers, ice shelves and fiords. The park borders on the Arctic Ocean and rises to Mount Barbeau (a nunatak), at 2 616 m the highest mountain in eastern North America. Much of the park, including the Hazen Plateau, is a polar desert receiving less than 2.5 cm of annual precipitation. Some areas of highly productive sedge grasslands occur, which support a range of Arctic wildlife including muskox, arctic hare, wolves and the endangered Peary caribou. Lake Hazen is one of the largest freshwater lakes in the circumpolar region, and has attracted great scientific interest as a thermal oasis in a polar desert. Unique physical features are the ancient deposits of 80 m-thick freshwater ice shelves that extend several kilometres out over the Arctic Ocean. The major valleys of the park are central to one of the routes by which early Aboriginal peoples moved from the Canadian Arctic to Greenland. The route contains three major axes of contact during the early Palaeo-Eskimo period (4500-3000 years ago). All pre-contact cultural groups known to have occupied High Arctic Canada, including Independence I (4500-3000 years ago) and Independence II (ca. 3000-2500 years ago), Late Dorset (ca. 1300-800 years ago) and Thule (ca. 900-300 years ago), are represented by archaeological sites in the park. The park has one of the highest concentrations of pre-contact sites surveyed in the High Arctic, including sites associated with the earliest documented human inhabitants of this remote region.


You have to be level 130 or above to use the rewards from this quest so that's a fairly decent guide to the required level, but you will need a good team to take down Jack himself as part of the quest so this isn't a solo quest.
This quest involves a troublesome fellow by the name of Jack Legchopper and it seems that he must have annoyed just about every profession on Rubi-Ka as there are a bunch of NPCs scattered all over the planet that will offer you a quest for a profession specific ring should you manage to kill one of the clones of Jack that can be found across Varmit Woods.
So how do you start the quest?
Each profession has an NPC that gives this quest, each can be found in a different location, and some are in locations that are troublesome to reach in the first place. The dialogue differs for each NPC, but with a little patience you will soon figure out what needs to be said to get the quest.
As always with a 'return item' style quest it's advisable to actually get the item first before activating the quest so that you don't run into any problems with the mission timer! Here is a list of the people you'll need to seek out.
All the missions require you to kill one of the Legchoppers that are spread throughout Varmint Woods.
If you are lucky Jack will be spawned when you arrive, if not there will be a placeholder there. These are Life swappers, Body swappers, or Soul swappers.
Each spawn point has five mobs, killing any of these yields roughly a 10% chance that Jack will spawn. If he's not up your only option is to start wadding through the placeholders until he does spawn. Whilst the swappers are of a high level, at the level you'll need to be for this quest there are usually soloable, but a team makes things easier. Either way you'll need a team for Jack.
When he spawns have your team ready, he's a mean encounter make no mistake. As with most of the high end mobs on Rubi-Ka there are two tactics that are usually considered effective. The first is pets, lots of pets, if you have multiple pet professions in your team have them send the pets in and be ready to replace them as they fall.
The other is to have a powerful tank (Solider, Enforcer or Grid armoured Fixer) maintain agro on Jack, with the back up of as many docs as you have been able to muster for your team.
The one thing you want to avoid is Jack running about the place agroing on different members of the team. Try and keep him focused on either the pets or your tank.
Jack always drops one of the questing items, which means that there is roughly a 12% chance of you getting the item you are after when you kill him. He also drops some miscellaneous items that whilst not overly powerful aren't to be sneezed at.
The quest items are shared by multiple professions so it's probably a good idea to sort out who gets what before you start if you are in a team.
As you can see from the links above whilst the stats on the rings are nice, they are not ground breaking and considering the time and risk involved its debatable whether this is a worthwhile quest or not. That said the boosts to core ability stats are always nice for equipping armour and the like. The rest of the bonuses do seem slightly obscure for their relevant profession (Fixers get a boost to Pharmacology for example, hardly a skill most Fixers would have a use for) and many have even said that the low level rings from the Temple of the Three Winds are superior to these items, but at the very least they are handy to have in your bank if you do need to equip something.