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What are the ethical, social and legal challenges of emerging technologies?
In view of the upcoming legislative proposal on ΑΙ and its ethical aspects, the event will seek to identify which issues and challenges of AI are in need of particular attention. It will also discuss ways to address those challenges and build on what was learned through the AI debate to better prepare for the next wave of scientific and technological advances, and ensure that these are beneficial to society and their risks are addressed early.
Three major EU-funded projects, SIENNA, SHERPA and PANELFIT in collaboration with STOA are coming together to discuss their findings and provide the context for a discussion on the policy options for the ethical governance of disruptive technologies.
The workshop will be held online, 23th March, 13.00-18-30 CET. Check out the program and the regsitration here.
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Pro-choice author interviews abortion providers, reveals horror of abortion
By Sarah Terzo
Live Action contributor Lauren Enriquez wrote an article a week ago about pro-choice author Magda Denes. Denes, who survived Nazi Germany, held on to a pro-choice viewpoint even when confronted with the horrors of abortion while researching her book, In Necessity and Sorrow: Life and Death in an Abortion Hospital. Her book, though written many years ago, reveals some basic truths about abortion. Here are some quotes from the book that illustrate key points.
Abortion takes lives
Denes quotes three different abortion doctors.
One says:
When you do a D & C most of the tissue is removed by the Olden forceps or ring clamp and you actually get gross parts of the fetus out. So you can see a miniature person so to speak, and even now I occasionally feel a little peculiar about it because as a physician I'm trained to conserve life and here I am destroying life.
Another says:
In the beginning I was mixed up because I was taught by the Hippocratic Oath not to take a life.
And a third:
It [abortion] goes against all things which are natural. It's a termination of a life, however you look at it.
"Babies" are killed
A clinic worker says:
A lot of people say they're killing their baby. You get a lot of that. Some people afterwards get very upset and say 'I killed my baby.' Or even before, they say 'My circumstances are such that I can't keep it, but I'm killing my baby.' They wouldn't rather have the baby, and give it up for adoption either. If you go into that with them they will say that they could never do that…and yet they still consider it killing the baby…well, they are killing a baby. I mean, they are killing something that would develop into maturity…
Doctors know it's murder
Denes was interviewed in a newspaper about her book and said:
There wasn't a doctor, who at one time or another in the questioning did not say, "This is murder." (Daily News [Chicago] October 22, 1976, Quoted in Abortion: The Silent Holocaust by John Powell, S.J. p 67)
Abortion is profitable
So Denes, although she was pro-choice, documented how abortion providers in one busy abortion clinic all acknowledge that they are in the business of taking lives. Why do they do it? One doctor gives a reason:
It's not a purely altruistic …. The money that's involved is also a big factor in why to do this. And I think that most doctors who do abortions also do them for the money's sake. It's a big motive, and certainly it's nothing to be hypocritical about.
Another doctor says:
I practice medicine not to make a living and yet I like to make money at it. We made a lot of money in abortions. ….. For the first two or three months I didn't do any of the abortions… Then I suddenly realized I had all the headaches because whenever they ran into trouble I got involved. I took over gradually and work two days a week and I found that I work very hard, but it made an awful lot of money.
And some abortionists think women aren't deserving of respect
One doctor says:
The patients are subservient to us, and when they rebel it's very simple: Go to somebody else….What better relationship can a man have with a woman? …
Clinic workers sometimes criticize the doctors:
I really feel that about several of the doctors. That there's really pathological things and their involvement with abortion. Like Dr. Roderigo. [pseudonym] He is very sarcastic and he really, you know, like goes after people. Recently he had a horrendous fight with Rachel [another clinic worker]. It was absolutely, totally disgraceful. It happened right in the nurse's station. He flew at her. Cursing, screaming out loud, yelling, you could hear it all over the whole floor. It was incredible, I mean, imagine the kind of feeling that gives the patients on the floor. He was just out after her and it had to do with her being a woman, in her position, kind of…"
And reveal a lack of concern about patient care:
Our surgeons have a technique, even though I shouldn't really say this, where they don't really scrub between cases. They'll scrub once and they'll do a case and they'll go next door to the next room and put on a new gown and gloves. Without scrubbing between.
Clinic workers silence their consciences
Clinic workers describe how they have hardened themselves to the death of the babies:
I'm not one to see blood and mess and things like that. But I have since gotten so excited about it that I thought about going back to nursing school. When you think about it on a certain level, it's a really interesting thing that is happening. It's fascinating, when you can think about it clinically and not get involved in the people, or the babies. What happened when I was first working here was that I just thought about the baby and that was very upsetting. I'm very pro-abortion… several times I saw really beautiful things happen, I mean it's physically beautiful… Sometimes you can see the vagina opening up in the entire thing coming at once.
[Abortion] hasn't had any effect on me at all. …. I don't know if it's because I'm a male, but when I leave here I don't feel worried, as if I've done something wrong. It's like any other type of surgery, I just consider it a job. I once did say to myself, "Gee, suppose I'd one day have a dream and see thousands of fetuses running after me." ….I feel funny sometimes taking on a fetus by D&C even, when you can see the heart beating. Even with D&C's you get these feelings that you are doing something wrong. Especially when you see arms and legs coming out. It comes out in so many pieces. We had nurses that couldn't adjust to this type of work. Many of them quit."
Denes herself becomes hardened to the babies' deaths.
She watches clinic workers looking through the remains of an aborted child for a lost ring, barely noticing the horror of it.
Sensibility is blunted through exposure. After weeks of trailing Holzman [an abortionist] from OR 1 to OR 2, my sense of meaning dulls. I begin to see "cases," "cervical apertures," "fetal tissue."… One time the circulating nurse loses her wedding ring during surgery. She discovers the loss at the end of the operation as the orderly is about the fold the bloodied sheets on the floor. She takes the filled plastic bag from the wastebasket and empties it into the middle of the sheets. Both kneel and with their bare hands rummage frantically in the pile of placental tissue and blood and body parts. "It has to be here," she says nearly in tears. "We'll find it," he reassures her. I am all for them. Is frightful to lose one's wedding ring.… Hours later, when the scene reasserts itself in my mind, I do not recognize myself.
And eventually, Denes and the clinic workers just sit around joking about eating aborted babies.
… Several of us sit in the cafeteria around a luncheon table, eating overdone, tasteless stew. "What do you think this is made of?" Someone asks. "Venison," I say. "Pigeon," says Betsy. "Don't be silly," says one of the counselors "there is a hell of a lot cheaper meat to be found around here." All of us laugh, guffaw, splutter, and slap each other on the arms. It is the funniest thing we have heard in years… "Get a hold of yourself, ladies," Rachel says. "This is unseemly." She is right, of course, but all of us laugh again. "I think it's a Greek dish," says Teresa, laughing so hard that tears begin to roll down her face and we can barely understand her. "It's fetustu." There is no containing any of us now. "There is mincemeat pie for dessert," someone shouts. "And that isn't tomato juice you're drinking, " adds somebody else. Most of us are doubled over. The air is filled with the shrieks, and gasps, and gurgles. My sides begin to ache."
Denes has written a book that shows the horror of abortion. That it comes from a person who is dedicated to the pro-choice belief system is even more disturbing.
Editor's note. This appeared at liveactionnews.org.
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Best Places to Live in Essex, Vermont
College town - Northwest Vermont along east shore of Lake Champlain
-Outdoor recreation
-Attractive downtown
-Recent employment
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Burlington is the largest city in Vermont and its cultural and educational center. The University of Vermont and two smaller colleges bring a strong college-town feel, with culture, entertainment, and a youthful ambience. Downtown is pleasant, with lots of trees, historic streets and lakefront areas and a pedestrian mall. The university is located on a bluff just east of town. The nearest big-city amenities are in Montreal, Quebec, under a 100 miles north. There is plenty of outdoor recreation at Lake Champlain and in the nearby Adirondacks and Green Mountains. As a college town, not surprisingly, there is a wide variety of housing and living environments available, and cost of living and housing are high by national standards.
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The area has a number of small businesses concentrated mainly in South Burlington, including forest products and food processing companies (notably ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's). But the area stops far short of being a major commercial or industrial center, and jobs may be scarce for those coming into the area without one. For those tolerant of the negatives, Burlington is an attractive place, and the current ranking may understate its potential lifestyle.
The town is located at the widest part of Lake Champlain. The highest Adirondacks lie 35 miles west while the foothills of the Green Mountains begin l0 miles to the east and southeast. The area is green and lush in summer and is known for beautiful fall seasons. The northerly latitude assures the variety and vigor of a true New England climate, while the lake serves to moderate rapid and severe weather changes. The city is one of the cloudiest in the United States.
During winter, temperatures along the lake's shore are often 5 degrees to l0 degrees warmer than at the airport 3.5 miles inland. Summer weather is pleasant and few days exceed 90 degrees. This moderate summer heat gives way to a cooler but pleasant fall periods, usually extending well into October. Cold Canadian air arrives in winter, but extended periods of bitter cold are unusual. Precipitation, although plentiful and well distributed through the year, is less than in other areas of Vermont due to mountain barriers to the east and west. The heaviest rainfall usually occurs during summer thunderstorms. There is occasional fog. First freeze is early October, last is mid-May.
State: Vermont
County: Chittenden County
Metro Area: Burlington-South Burlington Metro Area
City: Essex
The unemployment rate in Essex is 2.1% (U.S. avg. is 3.9%). Recent job growth is Positive. Essex jobs have increased by 0.60%. More Economy
Compared to the rest of the country, Essex's cost of living is 16.10% higher than the U.S. average. More Cost of Living or Compare Essex's Cost of Living
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The pressures-sensitive stylus of the Surface Pro and Surface Pro 2 is a great tool for digital artists, and one the Windows Blog, Microsoft shows just what can be achieved with Photoshop CC.
We have looked at the stylus before and have investigated some of the extra options that are available after installed new drivers from Wacom.
Once these drivers have been installed, it is possible to take advantage of the pressure sensitivity settings in Photoshop CC. This not only open up a whole new world of creativity, but also makes working with a tablet much more like working with traditional art materials.
In the blog post, Gavin Gear demonstrates the levels of precision that can be achieved by enabling pressure sensitive tools. His work also shows how useful a tool Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 can be for digital artists.
The idea of working with a stylus is nothing new, but they are traditionally used in conjunction with a graphic tablet. Using the Surface stylus directly on the screen is a far more immediate and intuitive means of interaction.
Try it for yourself. It's easy to forget that there is a stylus to work with — so grab hold of it and put it to good use!


Group exhibition with Justin Bennett and Vincent Meessen at Argos (Brussels) with a film programme at ISELP (Brussels).
What does a community still mean for us today? What thresholds do we have to cross in order to meet the other? How do we define a community? Argos and ISELP, two Brussels institutions that have links with the main Belgian communities, team up to organize a large-scale exhibition about the theme at both venues, using Argos's extensive film and video collection.


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Proposal to merge Milwaukee Public Museum with Mitchell Park Domes stirs interest
Posted 1:01 pm, October 25, 2018, by Bret Lemoine and FOX6 News, Updated at 11:21PM, October 25, 2018
MILWAUKEE -- A stroll through the "Streets of Old Milwaukee" exhibit at the Milwaukee Public Museum, straight into the "Desert" at the Mitchell Park Domes could soon be possible. Some county leaders want to merge both attractions.
It's been about two decades since Larry Stadlar last strolled through the Milwaukee Public Museum.
"The prices are outrageous. I mean, we are county taxpayers," said Stadlar.
"Having them locate very close -- if not next to the Domes, and the Domes also could use some new energy," said Milwaukee County Supervisor Marina Dimitrijevic.
Marina Dimitrijevic
County Supervisor Marina Dimitrijevic presented the bold proposal to the county's Finance and Audit Committee. A study to explore the idea passed unanimously.
"What I want at the end of this is bigger, bolder, better," Dimitrijevic said. "Something that is the most unique, powerful experience that people have in Milwaukee."
Dimitrijevic sees potential for synergy between the two facilities, especially when it comes to educational opportunities.
"Who hasn't seen the 'dinosaurs' or the 'rainforest' in the public museum? Well, we also have a real live -- basically -- rainforst in the Domes," said Dimitrijevic.
Bringing the museum to Mitchell Park could also solve two existing problems: the museum is in the midst of exploring site possibilities and completing the planning process to move into a new facility. And the Domes are badly in need of repairs, which could cost up to $95 million.
Dimitrijevic believes the combined facilities could generate more money than they do now, and selling the current MPM site could help offset costs.
As to what those costs may be...
"Of course there is a cost, but again I think there is a return on the investment," said Dimitrijevic.
We should learn more about how much this will cost once the study is complete. The study itself will be part of the 2019 budget. There is a public hearing on Monday, Oct. 29 where you can weigh in on the proposal.
Dimitrijevic issued the following statement on this matter:
"Locating the new Milwaukee Public Museum in Mitchell Park creates a tremendous opportunity for establishing a new world-class cultural site with multiple amenities in the south side of Milwaukee. There is awesome potential in aligning the work of the horticultural conservatory with the Milwaukee Public Museum and locating both in one of the south side's greatest parks. We can preserve the mission of the Mitchell Park Domes by partnering with the museum to provide educational programming while delivering a stronger, bolder experience to our residents and visitors. The positive possibilities of this proposed relationship are endless."
The Milwaukee Public Museum is still exploring partnership opportunities, site possibilities and completing the planning process.
Earlier this year, the Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM) released concepts of what a new museum could be in the city.
The visionary architectural concepts for the future museum building were created by local firm Rinka Chung Architects (video above — pictures in gallery just below).
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Additionally, Milwaukee firm Zimmerman Architectural Studios used MPM as a case study for their design teams to create several concepts on sites of their own choosing, one of which is being released (just below).
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As MPM moves forward with identifying a site for the new museum, additional architectural concepts will be released later in 2018.
Pictures: Take a look at what the future Milwaukee Public Museum could be
Topics: Marina Dimitrijevic, Milwaukee Public Museum, Mitchell Park Domes
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County leaders announce plans to expand South Shore Terrace beer garden
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Curb cabin fever: Some places to visit that are closer than you might think
Senior center on Milwaukee's south side may soon be used as overnight warming center for homeless
MCTS to honor Rosa Parks with open seat on every bus
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Ric Gibbs' blog is where you'll find many lessons that have been hard won over years of teaching, book writing, screenwriting, story development, network and studio meetings; and countless pitches and collaborations. In addition, I'll strive to be as specific as possible, posting in depth film analysis of current films and tv series. So that we can all see these principles in action.


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Historical narrative report: Port Veterinarian Branch, New York Port of Embarkation, from 11 July 1921 to 7 December 1941
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After you obtained the Freight Car at Goron Village, talk to a kid near the station at Aboda Village. He asks you to take him somewhere he can fly like a bird.
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Celtics Reeling After Latest Collapse
Nick Friar
It's impossible to look at the Celtics' collapse on Sunday and not think of the game they coughed up against the Nets less than a week ago.
In part, because the Celtics had a sizeable lead, then they let the game slip away. What was more noticeable, though, was the Celtics player who had the ball in his hands on what should've been the final possession of the game. Instead, Dennis Schroder stole the ball, scored and the Thunder won 105-104 after Jayson Tatum couldn't nail his shot in what wound up being Boston's final possession. (For a complete recap of the Celtics' loss, click here.)
However, Tatum was not the one who turned the ball over. That was Kemba Walker — the same player who lost the ball on Boston's final possession against Brooklyn Tuesday on a jump ball forced by Rodions Kurucs.
"It's frustrating," Walker said after the loss. "I mean that's the second time it's happened in three games. I just got to be better and just find a way."
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And even with everything that went wrong in the game, Tatum still had the chance to play hero on the last possession.
"(Chris Paul is) a good defender, but I got the shot I wanted," Tatum said. "Just a tough night. Shots weren't going in, but I felt good."
Whether or not Tatum hit the shot, the issue with Walker is still there.
As much as Paul "did an amazing job," as Stevens put it, and Schroder finished off the play well, it seemed like the Celtics had no idea what was coming. On top of it all, they still had a timeout remaining. Stevens could've made the call to regroup when he saw the double coming and Paul — who had two fouls to his name — didn't try to send Walker to the free-throw line. Hindsight is 20-20, but the Thunder not fouling Walker instantly should've indicated to the Celtics something was up.
"I know (Walker is) down about it, but they made a good defensive play on that," Stevens said. "Those are things we obviously have to get better at, but he did the right thing."
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Q: adfs 2.0 SAML login in my native mobile application I am trying to do effective ADFS 2.0 authentication using SAML in my android app ? (I need android and iOs both, in fact)
To provide a perspective, our app authenticates with ADFS 2.0 using a link https://sts.mycompany.com/adfs/ls/Idpinitiatedsignon.aspx?logintoRP=https://mydemo.azurewebsites.net/. This actually presents an html page provided by adfs server asing for credentials and after submit we decipher the server response to collect SAML token to send to our webservice. Our webservice has a way to authenticate saml token with ADFS and then gives ios app with proper response. If our service gives ios app 401 unauthorized status, we prompt user to re-login using webview. Mostly this happens when user changes his password. This works, but is it the right way ? We tried to do it using a custom native login, but adfs server did not give SAML token, when we asked experts, we got an opinion that ADFS login presentation mechanism should not be tampered with.
The problem is, the html page is not a great user experience. iOS / Android mail application connects to office 365 mail (MS Exchange probably) and asks for login using a native UI, and asks for re-login in certain intervals, which gives a smooth and seamless experience. Is it possible to achieve same in our scenario ? My assumption is Mail app connects to exchange server through using exchange protocol. If Exchange is bound to ADFS, that binding / authentication happens between exchange server and ADFS. Is my assumption correct ?
Our limitation is we want to achieve this using ADFS 2.0 & SAML only.
To Summeraize, the problem statement is:
Rather than improving the current HTML login form the objective was to try to provide an integrated login with mobile app prepopulated with the user email to be used only on password reset every 40 days, this is how it works for iPhone / Android email on O365 and we are looking for a similar approach for a coherent and seamless user experience
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A: The problem is that you are using ADFS 2.0.
Also, why does it have to be SAML?
With ADFS 3.0 (to a limited extent) and ADFS 4.0 you could use OpenID Connect / OAuth via ADAL which would give you the experience you are looking for.
With ADFS 2.0, the only other way to authenticate is via the WS-Fed active profile i.e. WCF.

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0 0 63 64 2h25 26.5 As planned.
1 1 145 136.5 6h25 21.2 Shortcut up Strathnaver.
2 2 140 139.4 7h00 20.0 Small shortcuts near Munlochy and Fort Augustus.
3 3 141 164.3 6h53 23.9 Road route to Gairlochy and extension down Loch Lomond.
4 4 138 131.6 6h19 20.8 Via Aberfoyle and Thornhill instead of Loch Katrine.
5 5 152 155 6h55 22.4 Two weeks later.
6 6 149 148 6h46 21.9 Small shortcut through Durham.
7 7 142 143.5 6h58 20.6 Small diversion near Walkington.
8 8 164 181.5 7h26 24.4 Extended to Wolferton.
9 9 173 117.5 5h43 20.6 Stopped just south of Cambridge.
9 10 85 87.5 4h30 19.4 Went SW from Clavering and down Lea Valley.
Day 6: The ruined abbey above Whitby, from the youth hostel grounds.


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Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. XVI, 1980: Suicide and the Victorian Physicians. Barbara T. Gates. Pp. 164-174.
From 1830 to 1900, medical opinion of suicide underwent significant changes in Britain. During the 1830s and 1840s physicians, like most of the populace, saw suicide as a legal and moral question. However, major changes in the suicide law had called for increased medical testimony in questions of "temporary insanity" in suicide, and alienists were forced to refine their thinking about what was still termed "self-murder." By the 1850s and 1860s such refinement continued, with emphasis falling on categorization and physiology, while the 1870s and 1880s saw far more attention paid to social factors determining suicide. Statistics became more reliable, and, increasingly, prevention and compassion were urged by a number of prominent practitioners. By the end of the century, earlier attitudes, particularly as to the criminal implications of suicide, were reviewed and mainly discarded. Emphasis was now on diagnosis and on the social significance of suicide.


Just as Jay Z's Tidal service appears to be sinking, one of its biggest spokespersons seems to jumping ship.
According to numerous reports, Kanye West has completely removed all mentions of the company on his Twitter timeline.
He also replace the solid blue image as his avatar with a picture of his My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy artwork.
The move seems odd, because that Ye was initially a big supporter of TIDAL, and supposedly a good friend of Jay Z.
The news follows recent revelations of TIDAL's steep decline. After breaking into the U.S. iPhone Top 20 chart after the company's star-studded launch in late March, it has free fallen out of the top 700 of the list, while rival services have surged.


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Chapel House left gutted by blaze
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When the Reverend Chris Hoyer turned up the road leading to Chapel House Sunday, May 26, his first reaction was "Well, it's still standing.'
On May 26, a fire swept through the Chapel House, consuming the roof and three rooms in the building, but leaving the basic structure intact. The Chapel House, which was the last remaining structure from the Albany Country Club stood on SUNYA ground since the university's inception.
The alarm was turned in by McKownville Fire Chief Ronald Jones, who noticed smoke rising from the trees while walking near campus. "It burned for almost a half hour before anybody called it in," Jone told reporters.
Members of the Interfaith Collegiate Council Board, which owns Chapel House, could not say if the structure will be rebuilt.
"It was a heartbreak," said Hoyer, the first Chapel House staff member on the scene. "When you got close, it was really obviously a burned out shell."
Hoyer, who rushed into the still smoldering ruin to salvage three Torah scrolls, added "Inside it was worse. All the things we'd put together were gone; we'd invested a lot in that building."
Regarding the Torah rescue, Hoyer said "Anyone of us would have done the same. I tried to think of things of value to each of us. That's one reason Chapel House is so important, because we continue to learn from each other, sensitivity toward each others traditions and goals."
"We lost all our prayerbooks and bibles," said Jay Kellman, member of the Interfaith Collegiate Council Board, the corporation which runs Chapel House. "And almost all of our office supplies."
For the present, the Chapel House staff is housed in B-54 of the Campus Center, while Kellman is working out of the JSC-Hillel office. They will occupy that office until August 23, "a week before the fall semester begins," according to Director of Campus Life Jim Doellefeld, "which is when we have to move the Job Service and Don't Walk Alone service back in."
Doellefeld explained "Neither (Job Service nor Don't Walk Alone) functioned this summer, so I put the office supplies in storage." He added, "We need the week to clean up the offices and move them back in."
Office space for the Chapel House staff during the 1985-86 academic year is "under discussion," Doellefeld said. He has met with members of the staff, he said, but the extent of the meeting "was that they need to make arrangements for the fall."
"We're trying to find a location where Chapel House can move in," Doellefeld said, adding that something the size of the former building was "simply not available on campus."
"There is a commitment to make sure that the program is continued," said board member John Hartigan. "The university has been very supportive."
There will be a meeting of the board Tuesday June 18, according to Hartigan, to discuss options.
"A contractor was brought in to do a visual study," of the building, Hartigan said adding, "the visual assessment is that it's 'pretty bad.'"
The corporation which ran Chapel House had the building insured, according to Hartigan, and the insurance company has made an initial assessment.
"I do not believe the coverage. . .will allow us to rebuild," Hartigan said. "We would have to raise funds, which is one of the primary responsibilities of the board."
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Teachers are an indispensable part of the debate on the development of critical thinking skills. Much research has centered on examining teachers' critical thinking skills, and on empowering teachers for more effective delivery of critical thinking in instruction (Perkins, 2014; Gardener, 2011; Duron et al, 2006; Abrami et al, 2008, Choy & Cheah, 2009). This chapter examines one of the key forces impacting the global context for critical thinking, teachers and teacher education today: an international mandate for critical thinking as a vital 21st century skill for the effective preparation of citizens and workers for life and work in today's society. The chapter begins with an exploration of the meaning and conceptualization of critical thinking. It then deliberates on how the international mandate for schools and teachers engenders a context for critical thinking in teacher education and considers the need for increased pedagogical support for educators. As a final point, the chapter points to some implications for classroom practitioners and teacher educators of delivering on the demands for critical and reflective workers in 21st century society.
Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they do not know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it. William Haley, British Editor.
What is the current situation in which teachers find themselves which necessitates that the teaching of critical thinking be a significant part of teacher education and teachers' professional development agenda? Why has critical thinking become so important as an educational goal? Why must teachers and teacher educators be concerned about the state of critical thinking in classrooms today? These are a few of the many questions which can only be answered by delving into an interrogation of the educational context and inherent factors informing the conceptualization and delivery of critical thinking as a skill required of teachers, and teacher education institutions today. Consequently, the complexity of the decisions teachers face require different kinds of knowledge and judgement that they will bring to the contexts in which they work. To meet the education expectations of these 21st century contexts, teachers must be aware of the many situations in which students' learning and thinking can unfold. Making these judgements requires a type of instructional leadership that keeps what is best for the learner at the centre of the decision-making process.
Teaching for thinking is central to education. And, critical thinking has long been an important skill for those who learn and those who teach. This ability to draw together knowledge from many different disciplines enables one to make good judgments about what to believe or what to do; it is an essential characteristic of critical thinking skills. However, translating critical thinking into tangible teaching goals continues to be a pedagogical challenge in teacher education classrooms. The result is a discrepancy between what is valued and what is pursued (Tsui, 2001). In order to ensure teachers' facility to apply critical thinking skills to tasks and the ultimate role of teaching, it is necessary that their education and development provide them not only with practical ways to improve their abilities in this area of scholarship but also to explore and understand how the students they will teach perceive, conceptualize and value critical thinking.
This chapter examines one of the key forces impacting the global context for critical thinking, teachers and teacher education today: an international mandate for critical thinking as a vital 21st century skill for the effective preparation of citizens and workers for life and work in today's society. This mandate has resulted in increasing demands on teacher training institutions to produce critical and reflective teaching practitioners; and has motivated increased teacher ownership of their own professional development and subsequent efforts to access a deeper understanding and skillful application of critical thinking in their classrooms and across disciplines. The chapter begins with a discussion of the meaning and conceptualization of critical thinking. It then moves on to examine the international mandate for schools and teachers, and ends with a discussion of the need for providing increased support to educators in the quest to empower classroom practitioners and teacher educators to best deliver on the demands for critical and reflective workers in 21st century society.
In the last two decades, increasing emphasis on the importance of teaching critical thinking skills and findings from research into critical thinking as an essential component of academic and instructional engagement have triggered changes in strategies and activities which inform instructional practice (Brookfield, 2011; Tang 2009, Paul and Elder, 2006; Erickson; 2007; Browne and Freeman 2000). These changes have collectively provoked a shift towards greater efficacy in instructional techniques and procedures which both engender critical thinking skills and effect a "level of intellectual sophistication required for higher education" such as teacher education (Lauer, 2005; Tremblay and Downey 2004; Guest 2000). As a consequence, as student teachers in training, teachers are deemed to be critical thinkers if they are able to analyze, synthesize and evaluate concepts (Guest, 2000, Gokhale, 1995). In fact, "[for teacher educators], developing and shaping [teachers'] critical thinking skills is an important goal" (Chenault and Dulcos-Orsello, 2008; Vesely & Sherlock, 2005, Siegal (1988) cited in Tsui (2001).
Cultural Forces: Influences or energies present in every group learning situation which act as shapers of the group's cultural dynamic. Eight cultural forces are identified as: language, time, environment, opportunities, routines, modeling, interactions, and expectations.
Stages of Critical Thinking: A pretest-posttest design is a kind of experiment in which a group is tested/studied before and after the particular experiment or activity is administered. In this way it is possible to determine what changes if any have taken place and thereby judge the effect or value of the experiment.
Thinking Disposition: Being habitually inquisitive, well-informed, trustful of reason, open-minded, flexible, fair-minded, cognizant of personal biases, prudent in making judgments, willing to reconsider, clear about issues, orderly in complex matters, diligent in seeking relevant information, reasonable in the selection of criteria, focused in inquiry, and persistent in seeking results (APA, 1990; Ennis, 2011). The most common thought patterns, or "thinking dispositions," are based on characteristics like motivation, attitude and emotion.
Critical Thinking Skills: The skills that needed in order to be able to think critically are varied and include observation, analysis, interpretation, reflection, evaluation, inference, explanation, problem solving, and decision making.
Classroom Instruction: "The purposeful direction of the learning process"; one of the major teacher class activities (along with planning and management).
Critical Thinkers: Critical thinkers possess cognitive skills such as interpretation, analysis, evaluation, inference, explanation and self-regulation (Facione, Facione, & Giancarlo, 2000; Dilley, Kaufman, Kennedy, and Plucker, 2015; Riddell, 2007).
Cultures of Thinking: Places/spaces where an individual (or group's) thinking is valued, visible, and actively promoted as part of the regular, day-to-day experience.
Reflective Thinking: Part of the critical thinking process; refers specifically to the processes of analyzing and making judgments about what has happened.
Hierarchical Taxonomy: Classification of behaviors into cognitive reasoning and thinking skills. Differentiates clearly between lower and higher order thinking skills.
Pedagogical Tools: Pedagogical tools are designed to convey important lessons and allow people to improve their understanding of a problem or undertaking. Resources used to enhance, support and facilitate the teaching/learning situation.


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Whitechurch Quarterly Review - Q2 2020
Welcome to the Whitechurch quarterly investment review. This review covers the key factors that have influenced investment markets over the past quarter and the Whitechurch Investment Team's current views and broad strategies being employed.
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The UK market rose sharply during the quarter. Small and mid-cap stocks led the rally and significantly outperformed large-cap stocks. These gains came despite the nationwide lockdown which brought economic activity in several sectors to a virtual standstill. As a result, many companies were forced to cancel, cut or defer dividend payments. Analysts expect UK dividend payments this year will fall by between 30% and 50%, compared to 2019. The economic pressures facing businesses was confirmed by the release of GDP data for Q1 which showed the econom shrank by 2.2%, the worst quarterly figure since 1979. Economists expect Q2 to be even worse with a fall in GDP of around 20%.
The market rebound was driven by the extraordinary policy measures introduced by monetary and fiscal authorities around the world. From a monetary perspective, the huge boost to liquidity, from an expansion of Quantitative Easing (QE) and central bank lending, helped to stabilise stressed asset markets. From a fiscal perspective, new measures to support businesses and individuals reduced the risk of a downward economic spiral from a wave of bankruptcies and mass unemployment. In the UK, policy makers were active on both fronts, following through on the policy announcements made in March. For instance, the Bank of England bought £200bn of bonds, under its QE programme, to bring the total held to £645bn. Later in the quarter, the Bank announced it would extend the programme by purchasing a further £100bn of bonds. At the same time, the UK government announced an extension of the furlough scheme to October as part of its effort to prevent mass unemployment. Under this scheme, nearly 9m workers are being paid 80% of their salary by the government. There is also now a symbiotic link between monetary and fiscal policy – the £300bn of bonds purchased by the Bank of England approximately matches the expected level of new bond issuance required by the government to fund its fiscal deficit. In this way, the Bank of England has helped to ensure that the government's borrowing costs (bond yields) remain at record low levels.
Investor confidence was also buoyed by signs that the rate of new coronavirus infections was on a downwards trend, following its peak in late April. This trend enabled the government to begin to ease the lockdown restrictions which had hamstrung the economy. In June some businesses, including non-essential shops, were reopened. Later in the month, the government announced that the 2m social distancing rule would be relaxed to '1m plus' while bars, restaurants, cinemas and hotels would be free to re-open from 4th July. However, there was consternation in the travel industry as the government introduced a twoweek quarantine period for anyone arriving in the UK from overseas. At the time of writing, the government was in the process of negotiating 'air bridges' with various countries under which such rules would be waived. Just before the quarter end, in a reminder of how fluid the situation is, the government moved to reimpose lockdown measures in Leicester following a spike in local infections. The government's failure to develop a comprehensive track and trace system, including a mobile app, means there is a risk of further local shutdowns in response to similar outbreaks. In summary, the UK market rallied in the quarter having been hit extremely hard by the coronavirus crisis in Q1. This was driven predominantly by the expansionary policy measures undertaken by the monetary and fiscal authorities. Looking forward, the fundamental outlook depends on whether the easing of lockdown measures can be accomplished, both in the UK and globally, without leading to a significant secondary surge in coronavirus infections. In the longer term, the hope is that the development of an effective vaccine can remove the need for all precautionary measures.
Global equity markets rose sharply during the quarter despite a grim recessionary backdrop. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast that global GDP will contract by 4.9% this year and that China would be the only major economy to grow, by just 1%. However, equity markets were pushed higher by the fiscal and monetary policy measures that were initiated in March. In particular, the expansion of QE by central banks stemmed the liquidity crisis in credit markets and reversed the flow of capital into safe-haven currencies such as the US dollar. By the end of the quarter, the speed of the normalisation allowed the Federal Reserve to reduce its rate of new bond purchases. However, Jerome Powell, the chair of the Fed, indicated that he was ready to re-expand QE should that be needed, as in the case of a second wave of coronavirus, stating that, "We of course would continue to react. We're not close to any limits that we might have". At the same time, Powell reiterated the Fed's scepticism towards negative interest rates by pointing towards the "negative side effects" that had been seen in countries that had implemented them. Meanwhile, Congress continued to debate a follow-up fiscal package, to the $2trn relief bill enacted on 27th March, with expectations that the programme would be agreed in July.
During the quarter, statistics were released which showed that the US economy contracted at an annualised rate of 4.8% in Q1. Unemployment rose from a record low of 3.5% to nearly 15% before easing slightly to 13.3%. The Fed's median forecast is for the economy to contract by 6.5% this year, with unemployment falling to 9.3% by the end of the year. However, the underlying assumption behind these forecasts is that the coronavirus outbreak is under control. Initially this appeared to be the case as, following a near nationwide lockdown, the 7-day average of new cases peaked on 10th April at just over 31,000. From there, new cases declined to around 20,000 in early June. However, by the end of June, new cases had once again risen above 30,000. Several states including California, Florida and Texas were forced to reimpose lockdown measures.
There are several competing theories to explain the increase in infections in the US - mass gatherings (protests/political rallies), the reopening of some states (particularly bars/restaurants) and a decline in social distancing practices. There is, as yet, no second wave in the worst impacted states, such as New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts, rather the increase appears to be coming from states that were initially relatively unaffected. This has negative implications for the economy and, potentially, also for the presidential election in November. As a result of the weak economy, widespread criticism of his handling of the epidemic and his response to the ongoing political protests, President Trump has fallen well behind the challenger, Joe Biden, in opinion polls. A victory for the latter would bring additional uncertainty in several policy areas, that are of interest to investors, including corporate taxation and pharmaceutical pricing.
European equities also saw significant gains in the quarter. There was a familiar pattern as the negative economic impact of national lockdowns was offset by expansionary macro policies. Data released, during the quarter, showed that Eurozone GDP contracted by a record 3.8% in Q1 with worse expected in Q2. In response to the weakening outlook, the ECB announced, on 4th June, that it would further expand its QE programme by purchasing another €600bn of bonds which would bring the total acquired under the coronavirus rescue plan to €1.35trn. The ECB also extended the horizon for net purchases until at least June 2021.
Investors were also buoyed by a new EU proposal for a recovery fund which many see as a step towards debt mutualisation. Under this scheme, the EU would raise funds directly in the financial market, creating EU debt instruments, and channel around €500bn to member states in the form of EU "budgetary expenditure". A further €250bn would also be made available in the form of loans. Opposition to the scheme has been led by the so-called "frugal four" of Sweden, Denmark, Austria and the Netherlands. The proposal, which is due to be discussed by member states, in July, requires unanimous agreement before it can be adopted. Most European countries are ahead of the UK in terms of re-opening their economies after lockdown. To date this seems to have gone broadly to plan. Whilst it is true that Germany saw a sharp spike in cases at a meat processing plant this appears to be an isolated incidence and the authorities quickly took steps to bring the situation under control. Investors must also be hoping that the Wirecard scandal, which broke at the end of June, is another isolated incident. The German fintech company announced that €1.9bn was missing from its accounts and that it was insolvent. This is the first time a member of the German flagship DAX-30 index has ever filed for bankruptcy.
The Japanese market rose during the quarter. The coronavirus epidemic has followed a curiously slow path in Japan despite high population density and a relatively lax lockdown. The death rate also remained modest despite an elderly demographic profile (similar to Italy). Various explanations for the positive outcome have been offered including the fact that there was already widespread use of masks (especially on public transport), the custom of bowing rather than shaking hands or hugging, low obesity rates and generally high standards of personal hygiene. Nevertheless, the release of data showed that the economy contracted by 3.4% in Q1 which is not out of line with other developed economies. However, this may be partly due to the ongoing impact of the hike in the consumption tax last year. To offset this, the Bank of Japan took a series of measures to support the economy including further QE as well as a $280bn lending scheme, for smaller business, similar to the Fed's Main Street Lending Facility which is still to be launched.
Emerging Markets continued their recovery during the quarter. This was despite a significant divergence in the pattern of the coronavirus pandemic. In China, the virus appears to be generally under control, although there was a local outbreak in Beijing which resulted in parts of the city being placed under lockdown. By contrast Latin America was extremely hard hit with more than 1.5m infections (800,000 in Brazil alone) while the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned that the pandemic was accelerating in Africa. Many of these countries are vulnerable due to highly populated cities, poor sanitation, weak healthcare systems and poor governance. Of greater significance to investors, however, was the tidal wave of monetary stimulus from central banks.
China was the first major economy to ease lockdown restrictions following a sharp fall in overall coronavirus cases. The pickup in economic activity has been mixed and the government took the rare step of not setting an annual growth target this year. The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) recently summarised the situation, "Three months after containment measures were eased, mass transit was below its pre-crisis level. Production fared better, but inventory in some sectors remains elevated. Personal consumption was the laggard, perhaps reflecting the fall in income resulting from layoffs and pay cuts." To support the economy, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) pledged to maintain ample liquidity by keeping broad M2 money supply higher than nominal GDP growth. Meanwhile the political authorities moved to strengthen their grip over Hong Kong by introducing a new security law. Several western countries have criticised this move, but it remains to be seen whether this will result in significant economic sanctions and/or further trade tensions with the US.
The Russian market was particularly strong, helped by a significant bounce in the oil price. This resulted from the new agreement, reached in April, between OPEC and Russia to curtail production and reduce the overhang of supply that had plagued the market as a result of plunging demand due to national lockdowns. Commodity prices were also aided by the extra liquidity pumped into the financial system by central banks and expectations of a gradual recovery in demand. Elsewhere, investors remained confident in Brazil's prospects, despite the surge in coronavirus cases and slumping economy, reassured by the country's sizable foreign currency reserves and low level of foreign currency debt. The Indian market also delivered a significant gain in the quarter, as investor confidence returned. However, the underlying picture in the financial system remains somewhat troubling. The pandemic and the associated economic lockdown have further exacerbated the bad debt problem within the banking system. During the quarter, Moody's cut India's credit rating to Baa3. All three of the main rating agencies now grade India just one notch above junk.
Most developed market government bond prices were relatively stable in the quarter. Initially, yields in some Emerging Market and Southern European countries edged upwards but this proved to be only a temporary phenomenon. The relative stability in government bond markets resulted from the extraordinary measures implemented by the authorities from March onwards. In particular, the huge expansion in QE by central banks in general, and the Federal Reserve in particular, stemmed the liquidity crisis in risk assets and reversed the flow of capital into safe-haven assets such as US government bonds. In addition, the new EU recovery fund, as outlined earlier, reduced further any selling pressure and led to a rally in bond prices in the European periphery.
In a reversal from the previous quarter, corporate bonds significantly outperformed government bonds. The prices of both Investment Grade (IG) and High Yield (HY) bonds surged due to central bank buying and a growing appreciation that the level of government support for the economy made defaults less likely, at least in the short term. The Federal Reserve's decision to include HY bonds in its purchase programme was particularly important for investor confidence. Corporates took advantage of the more benign market conditions to raise some much-needed capital. For example, Boeing successfully issued $25bn of bonds to help shore up its liquidity position against a background of a weakening order book.
Looking forward, whilst central bank purchasing is likely to remain important for the bond market, there is a concern that there may be more economic pain further down the line. Any sign that defaults were increasing would be taken negatively by investors. To offset this risk, the monetary authorities may continue to do 'whatever it takes' by adding liquidity into the system. In that case, there is a clear risk that inflation, currently declining, may re-emerge with increased vigour. In that eventuality, index-linked bonds should outperform conventional bonds.
As noted in last quarter's review, trading in most open-ended UK property funds was suspended, in March, in line with FCA rules. The suspension applied to any fund with more than 20% of the portfolio subject to Material Uncertainty (MU). Valuers attached the MU clause to all UK commercial property since they could no longer physically visit properties. More recently, valuers have begun to remove the MU clause in line with guidance from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). For instance, the clause has recently been removed from Industrial property. However, it still applies to other areas including Offices and non-grocery Retail. As a result, most openended funds remain closed to trading and are awaiting further updates from the RICS.
During the quarter, valuations continued to be produced with MU clauses attached. These showed that the best performing property segments included Industrial, Offices and Retail Warehouses which experienced low-single-digit percentage declines in value. The worst performing areas included non-Food Retail, Car Showrooms, Hotels and Leisure which experienced high-single or even double-digit percentage declines. Clearly this dichotomy in performance reflects whether businesses were able to remain open or subject to a complete lockdown. The pattern on rent collection was similar with, for example, many non-food retailers unable or unwilling to pay rents while their businesses could not trade.
Precious metals continued to perform well. In dollar terms, the gold price gained 11% while the silver price rose by nearly 29%. In the first quarter, gold's strong performance had been attributed by analysts to the metal's traditional status as a safe-haven store of value. In this quarter, gold's continued attraction for investors was credited to the unprecedented injection of liquidity into the financial system by central banks and the inflationary pressures that might be unleashed. In Platinum Group Metals (PGMs), there was a reversal from the previous quarter, with the platinum price rising by 11% while the palladium price fell by 17%. The latter largely reflected the completion of stockpiling ahead of the introduction of new emissions regulations in several countries.
There was a sharp recovery in energy prices in the quarter. For example, the Brent Crude oil price rose by 58% to just under $42. This followed the agreement reached, in April, between Saudi Arabia and Russia to end their price war and cut production. Under the terms of the deal, OPEC said it would cut oil production by 9.7m barrels per day, equivalent to almost 10 per cent of global supply, in an effort to stabilise global crude markets. In the industrial metals space, the iron ore price rose by around 17% while the copper price gained 26%. The latter is often seen as a bellwether for the global economy given its wide range of usage across many industries.
With many bond yields at all-time lows, the opportunity cost of holding cash relative to bonds remained modest. In the short-term, cash deposits insulate investors from the price volatility seen in other asset markets. However, in the long-term, the real value of cash deposits is likely to continue to be eroded by inflation. We currently only hold cash for short-term tactical reasons or within lower risk strategies, where the risk profile dictates a need for a larger cash allocation.
Whitechurch Investment Team,
Quarterly Review, Q2 2020
(Issued July 2020)
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Heat Resistance of Salmonella Serotypes
Heat Resistance of Salmonella Serotypes (including Multi Drug-resistant and Non-Multi drug-Resistant) on Beef Exposed to Consumer-style Cooking
Principle Investigator(s):
M. Samadpour and J.D. Stopforth.
Institution(s):
IEH Laboratories and Consulting Group
Increased emergence of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens, including Salmonella, has become a public health concern worldwide especially considering the potential for increased rates in morbidity and mortality (Chen et al., 2004). The routine use of antimicrobials in domestic livestock for disease treatment and growth promotion could potentially lead to widespread dissemination of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria (Tollefson et al., 1997) and transfer to humans through the food chain (Angulo et al., 2004). Ground meats are more likely to be internally contaminated with pathogenic bacteria and indeed antibiotic-resistant Salmonella have been isolated with increasing frequency from retail ground beef (Poppe et al., 2006; Talbot et al., 2006; Varma et al., 2006; White et al., 2001) and implicated in outbreaks due to consumption of the same (CDC, 2002; Mclaughlin et al., 2006).
Federal regulations have addressed Salmonella contamination of fully-cooked meat products, calling for a 6.5-log reduction in beef (USDA-FSIS, 1999), however, the pathogen is still found in cooked meat (USDA-FSIS, 2005). Furthermore, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS, 1999) has recommended that ground beef be cooked to an internal temperature of 71.1°C since it is a hazard likely to occur and salmonellae attached to meat surfaces are more resistant to heat than those unattached or dispersed in a food or liquid (Doyle and Mazzotta, 2000). Although, regulators have defined critical limits for pathogen reduction in cooked beef, different strains of bacteria react differently to identical heat stress (Bacon et al., 2003; Ng et al., 1969). Various factors can influence the heat resistance of bacteria including strain, metabolic phase, nutrient availability, growth conditions (temperature), intrinsic and extrinsic factors of the substrate, and previous exposure to the same or unrelated stresses.
The ability of bacteria to exhibit increased resistance when either the same or a seemingly unrelated stress is reapplied, cross protection, has been studied extensively (Rowe and Kirk, 1999; Samelis et al., 2001; Stopforth et al., 2004). Exposure of bacteria to environmental pressures, such as the presence of antibiotics, has caused them to develop survival strategies to survive in the presence of the stress. Microorganisms respond to these stresses by inducing specific sets of proteins to protect against damage (VanBogelen et al., 1987). Induction of stress proteins by exposure to nonlethal levels of a stress (i.e., the application of subtherapeutic levels of antibiotics) may confer protection to subsequent exposure to otherwise lethal levels of the same or unrelated stress (Christman et al., 1985; Yamamori and Yura, 1982). There is sparse and conflicting evidence of the relationship between the antimicrobial resistance profile of Salmonella and heat resistance. Bacon et al. (2003) found no relationship between antimicrobial resistance and heat resistance while Walsh et al. (2005) found that multidrug-resistant S. Typhimurium DT104 had higher heat resistance than susceptible S. Typhimurium and S. Enteritidis.
The stated objectives for this work were:
Investigate the role of drug resistance in heat resistance of Salmonella serotypes isolated from cattle and cattle environments;
Compare the heat resistance of different Salmonella serotypes isolated from cattle and cattle environments; and,
Determine survival of Salmonella serotypes with different drug resistance profiles in ground beef exposed to consumer cooking.
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Jon Matthew Wells (born 23 September 1978) is an English rugby league pundit who was the Director of Rugby at the Castleford Tigers in the Super League and a former professional rugby league footballer. He debuted at Super League level in 1997, making his final appearance in 2009.

He played at club level for Castleford Tigers (Heritage № 734), Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and London Broncos/Harlequins RL, as a , or .

He started as an occasional Sky Sports rugby league pundit in 2011 but became a regular.

He ran a hotel with his wife for a few years and then went onto start a gym in the Harrogate area which is still the case as of 2019.

In 12 March 2018 he became director of rugby at Castleford Tigers.

Background
Jon Wells was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England and played for Sharlston Rovers as an amateur Rugby League player. He is currently living with his 2 daughters and wife.

Career
He was signed by the Castleford Tigers and played in the first team from 1998 onwards.

According to Rugby League project, Wells scored 6 tries in 22 games for the Castleford Tigers in 1998; 10 tries in 31 games in 1999; 14 tries in 29 games in the year 2000 (a career best); 9 tries in 30 games in 2001 and 13 tries in 26 games in 2002.

He also obtained a Law Degree and a master's degree in Criminal Justice Studies during his time at the Tigers.

Jon decided to sign for the Castleford Tigers' main rivals, the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, who had finished 11th, on a two-year contract for the 2003 and 2004 seasons. He played as a , or .

However, the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats remained 11th out of 12, losing 20 out of 28 games in the 2003 Super League VIII and Jon scored only one try in his 25 games, back in round 3.

The Wakefield Trinity Wildcats were looking to make changes to improve their team and the London Broncos would end up making also 11 changes and they arranged to sign Wells.

Jon had a good strike rate in his early years at the London Broncos; he scored 8 tries for the London Broncos in 22 games in 2004 and followed that up in 2005 with 13 tries in 27 games in all competitions.

Wells played just six games in 2006 for Harlequins RL, scoring a single try.

In 2007, he played 27 games scoring 7 tries.

In 2008, Jon Wells scored 2 tries in 19 appearances and the last try of his career was against the Hull Kingston Rovers on 5 April 2008.

His last season, 2009, saw Jon play 19 games, without scoring.

Jon had three exceptional seasons on the try scoring front (2000, 2002 and 2005) where he scored about a try every two games; the other seasons he would score a handful of tries and he had four disappointing seasons (2003, 2006, 2008 and 2009) where he scored two or less tries.

Wells' last game for the club was at Hull F.C. on 21 August 2009 where he appears to have sustained a career ending neck injury.

He signed a new contract but at the start of the 2010 Super League XV, he informed Harlequins RL that he was retiring.

A NEW BEGINNING

Jon made very occasional appearance on Sky Sports from about 2010 onwards, as a guest, mainly when the London Broncos were involved.

By 2012, his appearances on Sky were still occasional but becoming a little more frequent.

Around that period he opened hotel with his wife in Harrogate, which was sold on and they switched to running a gym in Harrogate.

Wells was also becoming a regular on Sky albeit in a secondary role; mainly doing brief summaries and presenting segments or holding interviews after the game ended, but on most weeks

By around 2015, the main presenters of Rugby League, looked likely to be heading for retirement; Mike Stephenson was coming up to the age of 70 whilst Eddie Hemmings had been on screen for four decades.

In 2016, "Stevo" retired from his anchor man role opening up further opportunities for others as Sky did not directly replace him.

Wells was Right Time, Right Place and on TV every week, his profile rose, and in 12 March 2018 he unexpectedly became director of rugby at the Castleford Tigers.

Career
By the end of 2009, Wells had made over 250 Super League appearances including 120 for London Broncos/Harlequins RL, 24 appearances for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and 139 appearances for Castleford Tigers.

Whilst Rob Purdham was the only player in London's history to be awarded a testimonial for ten years of service to the club it was the case that Jon Wells was also awarded a testimonial for 2010, the first player to have been awarded a testimonial by the Rugby Football League (RFL) whilst representing a club in London.

On 12 March 2018 Jon was announced as director of rugby at his hometown club Castleford Tigers and Sky Sports.

References

1978 births
Living people
British sports broadcasters
Castleford Tigers players
English people of American descent
English rugby league players
Hoteliers
London Broncos players
Rugby league centres
English rugby league commentators
Rugby league fullbacks
Rugby league wingers
Rugby league players from Wakefield
Wakefield Trinity players

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The latest gig poster getting printed at Hangar 18 is by artist Alan Hynes for the Fantômas concert on January 24th, 2009 at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney, Australia.
Ron Donovan recently finished up this new silkscreen concert poster for O.A.R.'s show on January 21, 2009 at The Warfield in San Francisco, California. Number 26 in the Firehouse-Goldenvoice Poster Series.
Chuck Sperry designed and printed this silkscreen concert poster at Hangar 18 for Mudhoney's recent show on Saturday, January 18, 2009 at O-Nest in Tokyo Japan.
Chuck Sperry and Ron Donovan will be presenting new art in Signs of Change at Varnish Fine Art. Opening Party is Friday, January 16, 2009.


In a joint venture to improve the sustainability of island nation São Tomé and Principe's food supply, the country's government and the government of Taiwan have signed up to a new partnership with JSR Genetics, in which initially 56 Landrace and Large White gilts and boars were flown out of the UK in late July.
Due to the insufficient supply and poor quality of domestically produced pork, the nation of São Tomé and Principe, located off the western coast of Central Africa has a pig industry in decline and is forced to import a large proportion of its pork at great expense. The new partnership with JSR Genetics will allow the islands to establish their first breeding herd for the production of their own slaughter pigs, improving the quality of pork available, creating a sustainable stock of high index pigs and reducing costs.
Since the island was first colonised by the Portuguese in the 1400s, São Tomé and Principe have been producing pork through native breeds, which have never been reared for breeding purposes before. The move is part of the Taiwan Technical Mission which aims to achieve agricultural technical cooperation between Taiwan and São Tomé and Principe. The Mission has been on-going for around five years, and it is hoped that this latest stage, the Pig Development Project, will be fully implemented by 2017.
JSR will also be instrumental in the training of the staff and setting up the breeding programmes to help São Tomé to develop professional skills amongst their pig farmers, such as artificial insemination, which will allow the islands to produce lots of litters and maximise output.


In high schools across the world, most students graduate without any exposure to the concepts of market economics. The Lithuanian Free Market Institute (LFMI), based in Vilnius, sought to change that by developing its Economics in 31 Hours textbook, which has been awarded this year's prestigious $100,000 Templeton Freedom Award. The award, generously supported by the Templeton Religion Trust, was presented during Atlas Network's Freedom Dinner on Nov. 10 in New York City at the historic Capitale.


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using System;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
using Client;
using Model;
using Api;
using System.Threading;
using System.Linq;

namespace ProfitBricksSDK.Tests
{
    [TestClass]
    public class SnapshotApiTest
    {
        IDataCenterApi dcApi = new DataCenterApi(Config.Configuration);
        IVolumeApi volumeApi = new VolumeApi(Config.Configuration);
        SnapshotApi snapshotApi = new SnapshotApi(Config.Configuration);
        static Datacenter datacenter;
        static Volume volume;
        static Snapshot snapshot;
        static string instanceType = "snapshot";

        [TestMethod]
        public void SnapshotCreate()
        {
            datacenter = new Datacenter
            {
                Properties = new DatacenterProperties
                {
                    Name = Config.DefaultName,
                    Location = Config.DefaultLocation
                },
                Entities = new DatacenterEntities
                {
                    Volumes = TestHelper.BuildVolumes()
                }
            };

            datacenter = dcApi.Create(datacenter, depth: 1);
            Config.DoWait(datacenter.Request);

            volume = datacenter.Entities.Volumes.Items[0];

            snapshot = volumeApi.CreateSnapshot(datacenter.Id, volume.Id, Config.DefaultName, ".NET SDK test snapshot");
            Config.DoWait(snapshot.Request);
            Assert.IsNotNull(snapshot);
            Assert.AreEqual(instanceType, snapshot.Type);
            Assert.AreEqual(Config.DefaultName, snapshot.Properties.Name);
            Assert.AreEqual(".NET SDK test snapshot", snapshot.Properties.Description);
            Thread.Sleep(120000);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        [ExpectedException(typeof(ApiException))]
        public void SnapshotCreateFail()
        {
            try
            {
                volumeApi.CreateSnapshot(datacenter.Id, "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000");
            }
            catch (ApiException e)
            {
                Assert.IsTrue(e.Message.Contains(Config.NotFoundError));
                throw;
            }
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void SnapshotList()
        {
            var list = snapshotApi.FindAll();

            Assert.IsTrue(list.Items.Count > 0);
            Assert.AreEqual(instanceType, list.Items[0].Type);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void SnapshotGet()
        {
            volume = volumeApi.FindAll(datacenter.Id, depth: 5).Items[0];
            var resp = snapshotApi.FindById(snapshot.Id);

            Assert.AreEqual(snapshot.Id, resp.Id);
            Assert.AreEqual(snapshot.Type, resp.Type);
            Assert.AreEqual(snapshot.Properties.Name, resp.Properties.Name);
            Assert.AreEqual(snapshot.Properties.Description, resp.Properties.Description);
            Assert.AreEqual(snapshot.Properties.CpuHotPlug, volume.Properties.CpuHotPlug);
            Assert.AreEqual(snapshot.Properties.CpuHotUnplug, volume.Properties.CpuHotUnplug);
            Assert.AreEqual(snapshot.Properties.DiscScsiHotPlug, volume.Properties.DiscScsiHotPlug);
            Assert.AreEqual(snapshot.Properties.DiscScsiHotUnplug, volume.Properties.DiscScsiHotUnplug);
            Assert.AreEqual(snapshot.Properties.DiscVirtioHotPlug, volume.Properties.DiscVirtioHotPlug);
            Assert.AreEqual(snapshot.Properties.DiscVirtioHotUnplug, volume.Properties.DiscVirtioHotUnplug);
            Assert.AreEqual(snapshot.Properties.Location, Config.DefaultLocation);
            Assert.AreEqual(snapshot.Properties.RamHotPlug, volume.Properties.RamHotPlug);
            Assert.AreEqual(snapshot.Properties.RamHotUnplug, volume.Properties.RamHotUnplug);
            Assert.AreEqual(snapshot.Properties.NicHotPlug, volume.Properties.NicHotPlug);
            Assert.AreEqual(snapshot.Properties.NicHotUnplug, volume.Properties.NicHotUnplug);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        [ExpectedException(typeof(ApiException))]
        public void SnapshotGetFail()
        {
            try
            {
                snapshotApi.FindById("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000");
            }
            catch (ApiException e)
            {
                Assert.IsTrue(e.Message.Contains(Config.NotFoundError));
                throw;
            }
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void SnapshotUpdate()
        {
            var req = new SnapshotProperties
            {
                Name = snapshot.Properties.Name + " - RENAME",
                Description = snapshot.Properties.Description + " - RENAME"
            };
            var updated = snapshotApi.PartialUpdate(snapshot.Id, req);

            Assert.AreEqual(snapshot.Properties.Name + " - RENAME", updated.Properties.Name);
            Assert.AreEqual(snapshot.Properties.Description + " - RENAME", updated.Properties.Description);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void SnapshotDelete()
        {
            var resp = snapshotApi.Delete(snapshot.Id);
            Assert.IsNull(resp);
            resp = dcApi.Delete(datacenter.Id);
            Assert.IsNull(resp);
        }
    }
}

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In ruling on a motion for summary judgment in federal court in New York, Judge Katherine Forrest found that embedding a tweet containing a copyrighted photo (of Tom Brady) could create liability for copyright infringement.
The case, Goldman vs. Breitbart, is still in process and cannot be appealed until final, but the judge's ruling has potentially far-reaching implications. She explicitly rejected the argument that the ruling could have a chilling effect on linking across the internet.
As the Electronic Frontier Foundation put it, "If adopted by other courts, this legally and technically misguided decision would threaten millions of ordinary Internet users with infringement liability." While there might be defenses (e.g., fair use), it would chill linking (at least involving embedded content) because large and small publishers would simply seek to avoid potential liability.
Getty Images backed plaintiff Justin Goldman in the case. That's because Getty stands to directly financially benefit if Judge Forrest's interpretation of copyright law becomes more pervasive. The company has a long history of aggressively litigating copyright claims against small publishers and bloggers.
Judge Forrest's decision is contrary to existing precedents coming out of the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which held that parties linking to infringing content hosted elsewhere are protected under the doctrine of fair use and not liable. District court decisions have limited value as precedents versus appellate court decisions, but this case creates potential confusion and would give rise to additional lawsuits.
However, the rationale and logic behind her ruling are troubling.
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