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Review: '8 Stops' at Unexpected Stage Company
Robert Michael Oliver
I'll be frank: for much of 8 Stops, Deb Margolin's newest solo performance piece, now at Unexpected Stage Company, I was bored. I didn't necessarily want to commit suicide, as Margolin said she has wanted to do for much of her life, but I did want to leave the party.
Deb Margolin. Photo by Lew Lorton.
This play clearly wasn't for me: I was confused by the disconnected and self-absorbed tales of mothering, suburbia, cancer, and career.
When I returned home and read some articles about Margolin's personal life (I knew of Split Britches, the group she co-founded as well as a few of her scripts), but I knew nothing of her upbringing in Westchester County, NY. And Montvale, New Jersey, the locale of almost all of 8 Stops' stories–well, I could only imagine its milieu.
More importantly, however, I knew nothing of Margolin's personal struggles, other than her successful struggle with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, about which 8 Stops is primarily concerned.
Now knowing more about Margolin, the person, I understand more about Margolin, the character who inhabits 8 Stops.
In other words, 8 Stops is like an inside joke: if you know Margolin, if you're a fan of Margolin, if you know Montvale and the kind of people who live there, then parts of the play will definitely ring funny while other parts will sing tender.
If you don't–well, you're in for a long 90 minutes, filled with confusion and sighs.
To begin with, 8 Stops will appear decidedly under-rehearsed. Margolin enters the stage script in hand. She will read from that script on many occasions and her ability to truly enter the moment engaged as actor and performer will be hindered by it. (I read afterwards that memory loss is one of the results of the chemo she had to treat Hodgkin's.)
The script also shifts back and forth through time on numerous occasions: Margolin does not clarify those shifts very well.
More importantly, in many ways 8 Stops combines performance art with the stage play; yet, the script suffers from a lack of a "present" tense, one of the hallmarks of performance art.
The play begins with Margolin stepping onto the stage from the audience. She is decidedly a person and this story that she will relate will be hers.
What she does not do, however, is create that "present" context, that "present" Margolin, in any definitive manner. Instead, the play immediately slips into the past, when Margolin nursed her first baby decades ago.
Without that theatrical "present" to give meaning to the story, or stories, we are about to hear, we (the audience) are left to flounder about in a theatrical monologue that Margolin freely admits is "pointless."
Margolin has given us a nod to the performance art part, when what she needs to do is give us the "performance": that person in the present with real needs and wants and a reason to perform.
In other words, why are we here listening to these tales of woe and humor? And why should we care?
If she gave us that, then the stage play which follows would have context and resonance.
Of course, preexisting knowledge of Margolin might provide enough of a "tree" on which to hang 8 Stops many "limbs," but without it, the play remains an amorphous assortment of branches, a mash up of stories if you will, rustling about the idea of the "grief of eternal compassion."
Now, that "the grief of endless compassion," is definitely an idea worth writing about. Walt Whitman's Song of Myself, in which the poet steps into the lives of everyone one he meets or imagines, from the destitute and dying, to the enslaved or working man or woman, or the woman in labor, or the prostitute, to the soldier and the criminal about to be hung. As a result, the poem's catharsis is visceral: his grief from empathy tangible.
Margolin's exploration of that force is not nearly so visceral, except on one occasion when she erupted onto the stage in true grief for the "other." Rather, the idea is discussed as a family trait, passed down from father to daughter to son, whose empathy with the dying is quite provocative, even if left mysterious or even mystical.
The "eternal" grief of "eternal" compassion is perhaps clouded over in 8 Stops by the personal suffering of Margolin's struggle with Hodgkin's.
Jay Wahl directed 8 Stops. He most definitely could have spent more time clarifying transitions and shaping the meta-narrative.
Set Design was by William T. Fleming. A backdrop of lamps and an array of other household objects was curiously inexplicable.
The Lighting Design was by Andrew Dodge, with Sound Design by Chistopher Mark Colucci.
The Costume Design for 8 Stops was true to its performance art origin–it wasn't, i.e., Deb Margolin came on stage seemingly as is, which just goes to show you that conceptually the overlay of performance art, as meta-narrative to the stage play, was indeed a part of the design.
The last line of Margolin's bio reads: "Deb lives in New Jersey, which she denies." I read that after seeing 8 Stops, which ironically is about Deb's life in New Jersey.
A theatrical art rooted in the personal (performance art), on a subject about which the author is in "denial" (life in New Jersey), is a truly challenging subject to explore.
8 Stops offers its audience that challenge.
Running Time: 90 minutes with no intermission.
8 Stops plays through July 31, 2016 at Unexpected Stage Company performing at Randolph Road Theatre – 4010 Randolph Road, in Silver Spring, MD. For tickets, call (800) 838-3006, or purchase them online.
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Poet, Performer, Theatre Artist, Playwright, Educator, Writer--Robert Michael Oliver, Ph.D., has been involved in the DC arts scene since the 1980s, when he co-founded The Sanctuary Theatre in the old sanctuary of Calvary United Methodist Church. Since those fierce days in Columbia Heights, he has earned his doctorate in theatre from University of Maryland, raised two wonderful children, and seen more theatre as a reviewer over the last two years than he saw in the previous thirty. He now co-directs, along with his wife Elizabeth Bruce, the Sanctuary's Performing Knowledge Project, which organizes a host of writing and performance workshops, plus Mementos: Poetry and Performance for Seniors, a yearly literature-in-performance Fringe Festival show, as well as Performetry--a monthly poetry and prose performance event at DC's community arts & culture center BloomBars.
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Deb Margolin July 19, 2016 at 11:57 pm
Dear Mr. Oliver,
Thank you for your kind attention to my work. It is much appreciated.
I am of course very sorry that you did not enjoy the work, and your opinion is of course worthy of as much respect as you are.
I'd like to correct the facts however: 8 STOPS has received very warm reviews from The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Mr. Pressley today in the Washington Post, as well as at least nine other publications in Philadelphia and New York, and the critics who wrote these reviews are completely unknown to me. I have never shaken their hands, met them under any circumstances, and could not pick them out of a police lineup. So I must point out respectfully that one need not know me to 'get' what I am attempting to investigate with this play. Or, obviously, to not get it.
Also, I never said my show was pointless, as I'd not subject people to an hour and half of theater I thought was pointless, and I have not been suicidal at any time in my life. My play is about love, and I've plenty of it; in particular, it is about the love of a mother for her son. It is also about the unavoidable beauty of this life even in the face of intense difficulty, and the power of comedy; how truly funny everything is in the face of mortality. Mortality is the floor comedy dances on!
I am sure you're aware that we write our own bios. So hence the joke: Deb lives in New Jersey, which she denies. First of all, I wrote that bio myself, so the denial is a joke; secondly, my whole show is about living in New Jersey, so there's no denial whatsoever, about New Jersey, about love, about death and the fear of death, and about how ridiculous and beautiful it is to negotiate all these things while trying to raise a child and live an honest life.
Also: the phrase is "the grief of endless compassion," not eternal compassion. I think it's important, when quoting from a script, to quote correctly.
I felt great sympathy for you as someone who felt he'd wasted an hour and a half of his time on a boring piece of theater. As a person who has faced death and fought for her life a number of times, I consider time, yours and mine, to be very precious, and you won't get that time back. I'd give you back 90 minutes of your life if it were in my power to do so.
Deb Margolin

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Eric Lagerstrom´s journey from plus one to number one
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Once upon a time a young and beautiful professional triathlete got invited to race the Escape from Alcatraz. She accepted and asked if her boyfriend could be a plus one. At the race, no one knew the plus one including the Race Director who repeatedly asked his name because he kept forgetting it. The plus one shocked everyone by defeating six-time champion Andy Potts by two seconds. After crossing the finish line, the Race Director grabbed the newly crowned champion and asked, "OK, seriously who are you and what's going on?"
On June 12, Eric Lagerstrom will defend his 2015 title in what promises to be an epic rematch with Andy Potts. Eric's girlfriend, Magali Tisseyre will also be racing. According to Eric, "Our dream is to end up on the podium together."
byteclay.com recently spoke with Eric so that our readers and the Race Director will know what is going on.
Mark Davis: You've done the course; you are the defending champion and are no longer a plus 1.
Eric Lagerstrom: Yeah, last year I didn't even see the run course before the race; I think that helped me stay in the moment. I'm probably going to do the same thing again, not even think about it and just be in the moment. It's going to be a really interesting race this year. The field that IMG has put together is a lot of guys with similar profiles to Andy and me. Really strong swim/bikers. There's going to be six of us coming off the bike together, maybe one person breaking away. That makes for a really exciting race. If you watch an Ironman, it's just a bunch of people staring at their power meters or staring at a clock. They're on the same course but it's not the heads-up racing that's really exciting.
MD: Take me through your battle with Andy Potts.
EL: I had no idea where I was going on the swim. I just figured out where Andy was and followed him. I came out right after him along with Cameron Dye. There was a group of us on the bike, me, Cam Dye, Kevin Collington and Andy. We were all chasing Josh Amberger who swam a risky line to shore and exited a minute ahead of all of us. We all came off the bike in place and I had a pretty good T3, the first mile on the run I started thinking I have no idea what this run's going to be like. I've heard it's eight miles, I cooled it just a little bit and Andy and Kevin Collington caught up. That's when I settled in and took cues on pacing from Andy since he had done it enough times. At the top of the sand ladder he had me down by a little bit. As we started running down the other side of that hill up to the bridge, I made a move and brought the gap back down. We ran the last two miles together. He made the first move and we rounded the corner onto the grass and the finishing chute and I barely managed to cover it and get by him with about ten meters to go.
MD: You had the fast-twitch fibers working overtime.
EL: They were twitching fast enough. I'm sure it wasn't the most glorious of sprints because that race makes your legs so tired. It was just barely enough. I'm thankful for the Olympic and sprint distance training that I did that year.
MD: You made a smart move following Andy on the swim.
EL: My biggest concern with the swim was I don't have any idea where I'm going. There was all this talk about strategy, at what point do you enter what's called "the current" or "the river" and I did not trust myself to see where I was going with the fog and the boat and everything. I had a bit of a tour guide for sure (laughs). I have a lot of respect for Andy. I went with the mindset that if I can finish close to him at the end of the day that's going to be a pretty big success in my book.
MD: How did you know where Andy was? All the guys in wetsuits look the same.
EL: He's pretty tall. Most of us pro triathletes are 5' 8", 5' 9" and he's about 6' 1". He wasn't difficult to spot. I didn't start right next to him on the bow of the boat. Like most races the first 50 meters everybody's going really hard and it's just crazy and you can't see much. I grew up watching him on TV broadcasts so I know what his stroke looked like.
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Parthasarathy stepped down on October 2, 2017, and the company that has debt in excess of Rs 116,000 crore began defaulting on loans a few months ago.
IL&FS's top three employees – Parthasarathy, Hari Sankaran and Arun K Saha earned Rs 35.2 crore in FY18, a 33% hike over FY17, thanks largely to Parthasarathy's compensation. As a proportion of FY17 profits, the three got 18.7%.
Defaulting infrastructure firm IL&FS swung from a small Rs 142-crore profit in FY17 to a loss of Rs 1,887 crore in FY18 but thanks to the largesse of former LIC chairman — who headed IL&FS's remuneration committee — chairman Ravi Parthasarathy saw an 89% hike in his pay, from Rs 10.8 crore in FY17 to Rs 20.5 crore in FY18.
Parthasarathy stepped down on October 2, 2017, and the company that has debt in excess of Rs 116,000 crore began defaulting on loans a few months ago. As a proportion of IL&FS's consolidated profits, Parthasarathy's remuneration rose from 3.7% in FY14 to 7.6% in FY17.
In FY18, independent directors got Rs 2.2 crore, with Maruti Suzuki chairman RC Bhargava getting paid the most, Rs 0.57 crore.
The firm's auditors got paid Rs 13.7 crore in FY18. SR Batliboi got Rs 2.3 crore for auditing IL&FS's standalone results, Rs 2 crore for IL&FS Engineering and Rs 8.2 crore for IL&FS Transportation Networks; BSR & Associates got paid Rs 1.1 crore for auditing IL&FS Investment Managers. Audit fees for these four firms rose from Rs 4.5 crore in FY15 to Rs 15.9 crore in FY17, and fell to Rs 13.7 crore in FY18.


For many business owners, email seems to consume our lives. We get frustrated by the inefficiency of email, but it is a beast that we all must deal with daily. Can it be tamed? Is "Inbox Zero" really like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?
If you're like me, you've read numerous tips on how to tame the beast. I've tried a few and they seem to work for a while, but eventually, the beast rises again. I've tried the Do, Defer, Delegate, or Delete method. If it takes less than 2 minutes, do it. If not, defer until you can or delegate it. Otherwise, delete it. The problem with this method was that most of my emails should only take 2 minutes -- 60 emails at 2 minutes is still two hours! Another method I tried was Yesterbox but still took most of the day, as Tony Hsieh said it would.
Basically, every method I've tried still requires numerous hours per day to handle. Now that's a big beast. Ain't nobody got time for that! So, what do we do? Try to stay afloat? Constantly apologize for the delay in response? Ignore our families while we attend to email at all hours? Give up and let our inbox be filled to the thousands?
The problem with most tips is they address how to handle your inbox as it exists today. What about changing the way your inbox exists? Instead of trying to manage just email, how about we shift the problem to ask, "What is the best way to manage information flow in my business?" Basically, what information can I send or receive outside of email?
As a simple example, small business owners may send contracts to their new clients via email. You have to customize the template to that client, convert to PDF, draft an email and attach the PDF, and send. Now you have to wait for them to sign and send back, then download and save it somewhere (or just leave it in your inbox). That's a lot of steps and at least 2 emails. Because they probably are caught up in the beast of email, they may not even see yours! So, do you follow up? How often? Do you assume they actually weren't interested in your services? All because of the beast called email!
But could this be handled outside of email? Is it absolutely necessary to send through email? Instead, you could create a template in a document signing software (such as Docusign or HelloSign) and now when you have a new client, a few simple clicks send the contract and no email is involved on your end! Not only do you have fewer emails but you also get new clients started faster—bonus!
Here are 3 steps to tame the beast (also known as email) by shifting the question to how to manage information flow.
Reduce the number of emails you receive.
Create ways for clients to submit information you need or to make requests. For example, a career coach needs a job description and your current resume to create a resume for the job you're going for. They could create a form (using tools like Wufoo or Jotform) for job seekers to upload this information easily. A web designer or landscape maintainer could use a ticketing system like Freshdesk for clients to submit service requests. A marketing consultant could use Slack channels for clients requesting specific information to be posted to their social media. An attorney or CPA could use a document storage system (Dropbox or SmartVault) for clients to upload their documents.
When you create ways for people to get what they need without going through email, your number of emails decreases. We're starting to tame the beast.
Support: contractors, subcontractors, employees, vendors, etc.
Determine in what order emails from these senders should be handled ( i.e., prospective clients first, existing clients second, support third, everything else last). Next, determine who should handle what. If you are the primary sales person, then you handle all prospective clients. Or maybe your Virtual Assistant (VA) handles getting the call scheduled but you take the call. Your VA or employee could handle certain requests from existing clients.
For instance, a CPA or financial planner might have their VA handle scheduling appointments or "easy" requests such as sending previous tax returns. For an HR consultant, an employee may handle HR tasks up to their level of experience or all the tasks associated with particular clients. A VA should be handling everything else or you can when you have time—reading E-newsletters, for example.
You can change the settings in your email to prioritize for you. Check out Episode 3 of All Systems Go! to see how to change your settings if you use Gmail. You can also use filters. Filters "filter" specific types of email, such as e-newsletters into a folder that you open when you have the time. You can use a VA to monitor and organize your email in a manner that works for you (e.g., placing email into folders based on the 4 types of senders or color coding them).
You can create a private email for existing clients and a public one for everyone else. The public one can be monitored by your team. You can respond more quickly to your private email.
You can use a #TechTool like Freshdesk to assign emails to your team so they're not waiting for you to forward them.
Now all that is left is email that only you can address. Maybe you don't want to face the beast all at once. That is totally fine. I started with an autoresponder to schedule calls. A few months later, I created a form for prospective clients to trigger us getting started with the search for their Freedom Maker (I even had the notification set to text me rather than email!). Then I created a Docusign account so contracts never get sent through email.
Recently, I created a form for Freedom Makers to submit their hours for payment. Now I've created a form for clients to add more hours to their balance. This progression has occurred over the last two years. Who knows what I'll create next. In the meantime, I continue to review and respond to email until I notice a type that I dread and then I figure out a way to reduce it. It may take me a few hours to a few months to find a way, but once I do, I count it as a victory against the beast. Even better, I don't feel guilty when I don't get to email every day. Life is too short for that!
Download our email cheatsheet here for 10 actionable tips to reduce email and reclaim your time.


With over 200 illustrations of coins at actual size and 6 maps.
The ancient Celtic world stretched from Ireland to Galatia and from central Europe to northern Italy and parts of Spain in the second century BC. From the 6th century BC until the early 1st century AD the Celts were among the most important neighbours of the expanding Mediterranean states and empires; this book takes a fresh look at the complex relationship of the two worlds and provides a comprehensive historical background to Celtic coinage. This is an invaluable and fascinating survey of one of the most interesting and little-known ancient societies.
The ancient Celtic world reached its zenith in the second century BC when it stretched from Ireland to Galatia and from central Europe to Northern Italy and parts of Spain. From the sixth century BC until the early first century AD the Celts were among the most important neighbours of the expanding Mediterranean states and empires; this book takes a fresh look at the complex relationship of the two worlds and provides a comprehensive historical background to Celtic coinage.
The entire history of the Celts' use of coinage falls between the late fourth century BC and the mid-first century AD. Dr. Nash traces the origins of Celtic coinage in the service of Celts as mercenaries during the fourth and third centuries BC. She argues that Celtic coinage itself was forced to develop as a direct response to Roman expansion within the Mediterranean world early in the second century BC. The economic growth of the coin-using Celts is related throughout their contact with Rome, whether as conquered dependants or as free societies outside her sphere, supplying raw materials and slaves. The social and political functions of coinage are also discussed, building up a complete picture of an intricate warrior society.
Over two hundred coins are illustrated at actual size and six maps are provided for useful reference. Collectors of Celtic coins, social and economic historians and all those interested in early European history will find this book an invaluable and fascinatin survey of one of the most interesting and little-known ancient societies.


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Exploring Bach's B-minor Mass
$113.00 (C)
Yo Tomita, Queen's University Belfast
Robin A. Leaver, Queen's University Belfast
Jan Smaczny, Queen's University Belfast
Christoph Wolff, Robin A. Leaver, Janice B. Stockigt, Szymon Paczkowski, Michael Maul, Ulrich Siegele, Melvin P. Unger, Ruth Tatlow, Uwe Wolf, Tatiana Shabalina, Ulrich Leisinger, Anselm Hartinger, Katharine Pardee, Jan Smaczny
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The B-minor Mass has always represented a fascinating challenge to musical scholarship. Composed over the course of the composer's life, it is considered by many to be Johann Sebastian Bach's greatest and most complex work. The fourteen essays assembled in this volume originate from the International Symposium 'Understanding Bach's B-minor mass' in 2007 at which seventy scholars from eighteen countries gathered to debate the latest topics in the field. In revised and updated form, they form a through and systematic study of Bach's Opus Ultimum, including a wide range of discussions relating to the Mass's historical background and contexts, structure and proportion, sources and editions, and the reception of the work in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In the light of important new developments in the study of the piece, this collection demonstrates the innovation and rigor for which Bach scholarship has become known.
A systematic study of Bach's B-minor Mass by the leading scholars in the field, summarising the achievements of scholars in the past while also offering new directions of research
Demonstrates the use of new methodologies and techniques as a model for Bach scholarship in the future
Readers will gain an appreciation of how musicological research has progressed
The inclusion of numerous music examples, illustrations of musical sources and historical documents makes it a valuable reference book
"Exploring Bach's B-minor Mass is commendable for its scope and clarity, for the ways in which it engages and builds upon prior research on the Mass, and for the new insights it reveals into our understanding of the B-minor Mass. Leaver, Tomita, and Smaczny have provided us with a significant new body of scholarship on this "perpetual touchstone for Bach research"."
Mark A. Peters, Notes
contains: 28 b/w illus. 67 music examples
Part I. Historical Background and Contexts:
1. Past, present, and future – perspectives on Bach's B-minor Mass Christoph Wolff
2. Bach's Mass: 'Catholic' or 'Lutheran'? Robin A. Leaver
3. Bach's Missa BWV 232I in the context of Catholic Mass settings in Dresden, 1729–1733 Janice B. Stockigt
4. The role and significance of the Polonaise in the 'Quoniam' of the B-minor Mass Szymon Paczkowski
5. 'The Great Catholic Mass': Bach, Count Questenberg and the Musicalische congregation in Vienna Michael Maul
Part II. Structure and Proportion:
6. Some observations on the formal design of Bach's B-minor Mass Ulrich Siegele
7. Chiastic reflection in the B-minor Mass: lament's paradoxical mirror Melvin P. Unger
8. Parallel proportions, numerical structures and harmonie in Bach's Autograph score Ruth Tatlow
Part III. Sources:
9. Many problems, different solutions: editing Bach's B-minor Mass Uwe Wolf
10. Manuscript score No. 4500 in St Petersburg: a new source of the B-minor Mass Tatiana Shabalina
Part IV. Reception:
11. Haydn's copy of the B-minor Mass and Mozart's Mass in C Minor: Viennese traditions of the B-minor Mass Ulrich Leisinger
12. A 'fairly correct copy of the mass'? Mendelssohn's score of the B-minor Mass as a document of the Romantics' view on matters of performance practice and source criticism Anselm Hartinger
13. The B-minor Mass in nineteenth-century England Katharine Pardee
14. Bach's B-minor Mass: an incarnation in Prague in the 1860s and its consequences Jan Smaczny
Appendix 2.
Yo Tomita is Professor of Musicology at Queen's University Belfast. His publications include essays in The Piano in Nineteenth-Century British Culture (ed. Therese Ellsworth and Susan Wollenberg, 2007) and The English Bach Awakening: Knowledge of J. S. Bach and his Music in England 1750–1830 (ed. Michael Kassler, 2004). His research focuses on Bach studies, manuscript studies, piano education, text-critical analysis using artificial intelligence techniques, and the development of computer software and tools for musicology.
Robin A. Leaver is Honorary Professor at Queen's University Belfast. Former president of the American Bach Society, he has written over twenty-five books, including 'Goostly psalmes and spirituall songes': English and Dutch Metrical Psalters from Coverdale to Utenhove, 1535–1566 (1991), Liturgy and Music: Lifetime Learning (with Joyce Ann Zimmerman, 1998) and Luther's Liturgical Music: Principles and Implications (2007). His current research involves several projects on Bach studies.
Jan Smaczny is Sir Hamilton Harty Professor of Music at Queen's University Belfast. He has wide-ranging research interests, particularly in relation to the impact of earlier music, including that of Bach, on composers of the Romantic era. Author of two books, The Daily Repertoire of the Prague Provisional Theatre (1994) and Dvorak's Cello Concerto (1999), he has contributed articles to a number of publications, including The Cambridge Mozart Encyclopedia (2006). His co-edited volume, Wagner and Dvorák, will be published in 2013.
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II. COSTS
1. Composition of the Procedural Costs
2. Advance on Costs and Value-Added Tax for Mediators' Fees
3. Advance on Costs for Additional Procedural Costs and Consequence of Non-Payment
4. Administrative Costs
5. Mediators' Fees
6. Determination of the Administrative and Mediator's Fees upon Termination of the Proceedings
7. Reimbursement for Expenses
8. Accounting and Value-Added Tax in Mediation Proceedings
GUIDELINES FOR MEDIATORS
The Secretariat (Art. 4 VR) manages the administrative matters of the VIAC except for matters reserved to the VIAC Board (Art. 2 VR). The Secretariat of VIAC is overseen by the Secretary General, Niamh Leinwather, and the Deputy Secretary General, Elisabeth Vanas-Metzler. You can find profiles of all members of the Secretariat and the Board on our website (www.viac.eu).
Each mediation case receives a case number starting with the prefix "MED" (mediation proceedings acc. to the Vienna Mediation Rules or "IMED" (mediation proceedings acc. to the Vienna Investment Mediation Rules) and is assigned to a member of the Secretariat, whose name is then announced to you, for the management of the case. This case manager will assist you whenever you require the Secretariat's support in administrative matters.
A mediator is appointed based on the joint nomination by the parties and subsequent confirmation by the Secretary General / Board or based on direct appointment by the Board. The designated mediator shall submit a declaration in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 ("Declaration of acceptance") prior to appointment.
The Secretary General transmits the file to the mediator only once a request in accordance with the requirements of Article 3 has been submitted, the mediator has been appointed, and the preliminary advance on costs pursuant to Art. 8 para. 1 has been paid in full (Art. 9). Upon the transmission of the file, the mediator commences its conduct of the proceedings.
In March 2021, VIAC introduced the VIAC Portal – an online case management platform hosted on HighQ, a cloud-based file sharing and collaboration software operated by Thomson Reuters. On the Portal, a separate case site will be opened for each case. The mediators will receive an invitation to the VIAC Portal by e-mail from the VIAC Secretariat as part of the transfer of the file (Art. 9 para. 1). The transfer of the file will then be carried out using the VIAC Portal, in principle.
Prior to the transfer of the file to the mediator, all written communications and exhibits between the parties and the VIAC Secretariat will, in principle, be transmitted via the VIAC Portal. Upon the transfer of the file, the mediator shall determine the means of communication between the parties and the mediator. The mediator shall decide together with the parties during the first session to what extent the VIAC Portal should be used, and in particular, which set of modules should be used. The mediator and the parties are encouraged to use the VIAC Portal to the fullest extent possible; the VIAC Secretariat will be happy to assist.
Depending on the determined method of communication, the correspondence with VIAC is carried out via the VIAC Portal or in another electronic form, following the transfer of the file.
The manner of transmission according to the applicable VIAC Rules (Art. 12 para. 3) shall remain unaffected by the introduction of the platform, i.e. written communications can continue to be sent in one of the forms specified therein, e.g. also by e-mail (if addressed to VIAC, please send to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). Electronic transmission via the VIAC Portal is now the preferred form of transmission. In particular, in the event of technical problems with the VIAC Portal, users are requested to contact us immediately in order to solve the problem or discuss an alternative form of transmission.
For more information about the characteristics and functionality, you can read the Guidelines and the User Manual or contact the VIAC Secretariat.
The mediator shall, in consultation with the parties, determine the place of the mediation sessions (Art. 5). It is also possible to conduct the proceedings by virtual means (Art. 9 para. 3).
To the extent mediation sessions with parties take place in Vienna, they can be held either at the seat of VIAC in the premises of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber or any other location.
If conference rooms or meeting rooms in the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber are required, we kindly request you to discuss this need with the team member handling the case before fixing the date of the meeting. Please inform us of your requirements in due time. We will do our best to provide for the necessary infrastructure. We also require information regarding the number of participants, the expected duration, the requested technical equipment (e.g. video conference tools, recording devices, projectors, dictaphones, printers), and special administrative services. We will then also inform you of the Covid regulations in our building applicable at that time.
The mediator shall promptly discuss with the parties the manner in which the proceedings shall be conducted. Immediately after transmission of the file, the mediator, after consultation with the parties and giving due consideration to all the circumstances, shall also determine the language(s) of the proceedings (Art. 6).
The mediator shall assist the parties in finding an acceptable and satisfactory solution for their dispute. In conducting the proceedings, the mediator shall be in control of the proceedings while letting himself be guided by the wishes of the parties insofar as they are in agreement and in line with the purpose of the proceedings. Sessions with the mediator are not public. Sessions with a party in the absence of the other party (caucus) are permissible; the mediator shall keep confidential the information given by one party in the absence of the other party, unless the party giving the information expressly waives such confidentiality vis-à-vis the other party and the mediator agrees to pass on such information (Art. 9).
In principle, several mediators can be involved in one case. On the one hand, the parties may freely decide on the number of mediators and, on the other hand, the mediator may wish to have a co-mediator due to the complexity of the case or for some other reason. In this case, he will inform the parties accordingly and also propose a suitable person. However, in order to comply with the principle of voluntariness, the parties must agree on the appointment of a second mediator and on his person. Any co-mediator has to be confirmed by the Secretary General or the Board.
The proceedings shall be terminated by way of a written confirmation by the Secretary General to the parties (Art. 11). This requires that the mediator informs the Secretary General in case a settlement agreement has been concluded, in case a party does not wish to continue the proceedings, in case the mediator is of the opinion that the proceedings will not resolve the dispute between the parties or in case the proceedings have been terminated (Art. 11 para. 1.1-1.4).
The result of the mediation is not to be sent to the Secretariat in advance for review, and the Secretariat does not gain knowledge of the outcome of the mediation. Should the parties require proof of the termination of the mediation proceedings, the written confirmation by the Secretary General shall serve for this purpose.
The procedural costs (Art. 8 para. 4) consist of the administrative fees of VIAC, the mediator's fees and reasonable expenses (Art. 8 paras. 5 and 6; see also the schedule of fees in Annex 3), including any applicable value-added tax (VAT); the parties' costs (Art. 8 para. 7); and other expenses.
2. ADVANCE ON COSTS
For the calculation of the advance on costs, the Secretariat considers the administrative fees of the VIAC as well as a down payment on the mediator's fees including any applicable value-added tax and estimates the costs for oral hearings as well as other expenses (see Art. 8 para. 1).
The cost calculator on the VIAC website can forecast only some of these costs; the advance on costs actually fixed will thus be higher than the amount calculated by the cost calculator.
For information on value-added tax (VAT) on mediation fees, see point II. 8.
If the mediator considers it necessary to take certain procedural steps that would have cost implications (such as the appointment of experts, court reporters, interpreters or translators a site visit or relocation of the hearing), then the mediator shall notify the Secretary General and arrange for these prospective costs to be covered by the parties (Art. 43 VR by analogy). The Secretary General may also, on her own initiative, collect a further advance on costs, if necessary, in particular to cover the mediator's fee and the expected cash outlays of the mediator (Art. 8 para. 3).
The mediator may undertake such procedural steps only once the prospective costs are sufficiently covered. VIAC does not assume liability for costs resulting from mediators' dispositions without being covered by parties' advance payments.
The Secretary General calculates the administrative fees according on the basis of the schedule of fees (Annex 3). The preliminary advance on costs requested by the Secretary General for the estimated administrative costs shall be calculated on the basis of the amount in dispute stated in the mediation request. The Secretary General may determine the amount in dispute differently from the information provided by the parties if the amount in dispute is clearly incorrect or has not been assessed by the parties. In order to be able to request additional advances on costs from the parties, if necessary, we kindly ask the mediator to inform the Secretariat immediately of any changes in the amount in dispute.
If the amount in dispute is denominated in a currency other than Euro, the Secretariat will convert this amount into Euro as of the date on which the mediation request is submitted.
The mediators' fees are calculated according to the actual expenditure of time on the basis of hourly or daily rates. We kindly ask you to indicate your hourly of daily fee rate to the Secretary General prior to your appointment.
The fee rates shall be fixed by the Secretary General after having consulted you and the parties. The Secretary General shall consider the adequateness of the fees and the complexity of the dispute. An hourly fee between EUR 100 - 500 is considered as adequate.
Any separate fee arrangements between the mediator and the parties are strictly forbidden.
Pursuant to the Vienna Mediation Rules, the determination of the administrative fees (according to the amount in dispute on the basis of the schedule of fees (Annex 3)) and the mediator's fees (on the basis of the agreed hourly or daily rate) rests exclusively with the Secretary General, who calculates them upon closure of the proceedings together with the expenses (Art. 8 para. 4). The decision of the Secretary General is binding.
Thus, you are kindly requested to inform the Secretariat upon closure of the proceedings of your hourly records and all cash outlays that have not yet been reimbursed, to enable the Secretary General to determine these costs.
If, after deduction of the above mentioned costs from the paid advance on costs, a credit remains, such remaining deposit will be paid back to the parties after the termination of the proceedings. Usually, the Secretariat pays back such remaining deposit to the parties in proportion to the payments made to VIAC (typically 50:50). The parties can stipulate that the remaining deposit shall be paid back in a different proportion (in percentage or absolute numbers); in such case, the mediator is kindly asked to inform the Secrtariat accordingly.
The preliminary advance on costs paid by the parties includes an amount reserved for cash outlays in accordance with Art. 8 para. 1, which is calculated by the Secretary General based on the experience gained from previous cases.
Reasonable expenses of the mediators, such as e.g. travel and living costs, costs for communications services and other case-related costs, will be reimbursed upon receipt of invoices. For that matter, e.g. cash outlays for courier services, mailings, telephone conferences organized by a provider etc. are refundable; e.g. cash outlays for skype calls or emails are, however, non-refundable.
In case of train travel, the price for first-class tickets will be refunded. In case of air travel, (i) outside of Europe the price for a business class ticket at most, (ii) within Europe the price for an economy class (in justified exceptions business class) ticket will be refunded. The per diem rate for non-resident mediators is € 150.00. If overnight stays are necessary, a maximum amount of € 400.00 (per diem and overnight stay) provided that invoices are submitted, or a maximum amount of € 300,00 (per diem and overnight stay) if no invoices are submitted, will be refunded. Fares for necessary taxi (cab) rides will be refunded upon receipt of the bills. If a mediator uses his/her own car, the official Austrian mileage allowance (currently € 0.42 per kilometer) shall apply, however not exceeding the recoverable airfare for the same distance.
The above rates include all potential taxes and charges
As a certain administrative infrastructure is a prerequisite for a mediator, no refund shall be made for expenses regarding the use of legal database services, for the purchase of legal literature, such as e.g. journals, etc.
To ensure that sufficient funds for the reimbursement of cash outlays are provided for, we kindly request mediators state their expenses immediately if higher cash outlays have accrued, e.g. upon the conclusion of a hearing.
Unless otherwise instructed, cash outlays will be refunded in Euro currency into the account designated by the mediator.
If cash outlays are stated in a currency other than Euro, the Secretariat converts this amount into Euros as of the invoice date.
With regard to value-added tax (VAT) on mediators' fees, the services of the mediator shall be deemed to have been rendered equally to all parties. Therefore, the mediator's fee is always charged in equal shares to parties since the mediator's services are rendered equally to the parties (or party's sides), regardless of who has paid the advance on costs. To prevent the non-paying party from reclaiming VAT in the form of input VAT deduction, the invoice to the parties in such a case should include a note stating that only one party has paid the advance. A fee advance (see Point II.5. above) paid by the institution to a mediator is also already a taxable "payment" and must therefore be invoiced to the parties.
In Austria (and other member states of the European Union), for the purpose of implementation of Council Directive 2008/8/EC of 12 February 2008 as regards the place of supply of services, the principle applies that services rendered by a mediator are deemed to be rendered at the relevant party's place of business and that vis-à-vis EU-entrepreneurs the "reverse charge" mechanism is to be applied. According to the "reverse charge" principle, the entrepreneur for whom the service was provided in accordance with Art 44 of the Directive is liable for VAT if the service was provided by a service provider not established in this Member State (Art 196 of the Directive).
In practice, this means that not only the fees of a respective mediator in a particular case may be treated differently from a tax point of view to the fees of another mediator in that case, but also that the respective shares paid in advance by the respective parties, will be subject to different levels of VAT or may even be exempt from tax.
In order to enable the Secretary General to correctly calculate the applicable value-added tax, the mediator is obliged to disclose the expected amount of the applicable tax rate (Art. 44 para. 13). For this purpose, please state in the form regarding your transfer instructions whether and, if applicable, at which rate your fees are subject to VAT.
Since the question of VAT (whether and to what extent it is payable) - depending on the domicile of the parties - is to be assessed differently, it should, in any case, be addressed by the mediator at the beginning of the proceedings (preferably in the first session) and discussed with the parties. In any case, the mediator should request the parties' VAT identification number at the beginning of the proceedings.
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More than 25 million Americans use community health centers. Now they're caught up in Congress' funding fight
Health Feb 7, 2018 5:11 PM EDT
Josie Gutierrez's 4-year-old son sits on his lap in an exam room lined with Curious George wallpaper, wailing after the last in a series of shots that will vaccinate him against measles and polio.
Gutierrez, 31, has relied on this place, Neighborhood Health, a community health clinic in Alexandria, Virginia, for years. He works two jobs to support his three sons — ages 2, 4 and 6 — and their mother, and says the discounted services at the clinic help keep his health care costs down.
"I hope they don't cancel the program," he said as he slid on his toddler's navy coat. "It's very helpful for our kids," he added, saying he wasn't sure how he'd access health care without it.
Basim Khan, a physician who oversees a community health center network that serves 18,000 patients across four clinics in Northern Virginia, including Neighborhood Health, says facilities like this give adults without health insurance "some sense of security around their medical care."
"We provide a really critical role in their lives."
"We provide a really critical role in their lives," Khan said. What the clinics provide ranges from routine checkups to discount asthma inhalers and intrauterine devices for birth control, which cost $18 for patients of Neighborhood Health but could be $1,000 or more elsewhere for patients without insurance.
"Even though they may not have the means to affordable health care, we can help them to get access to medications for very low costs or for free," Khan said.
Six miles north, in Washington, D.C., Congress has been unable to agree on how to fund Neighborhood Health and the more than 10,400 other community clinics across the country. Combined, they provide health care services for more than 25 million people — one out of every 12 Americans — who have little to no insurance. It's a population that since 2001 has risen 151 percent.
The first two community health clinics, authorized as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty, first opened in the 1960s in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, and Boston, Massachusetts. Since then, clinics have opened in thousands of low-income and medically underserved areas across the country. Overseen by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), they're open to anyone, and offer a range of medical, dental, mental health and substance abuse services. Often, they also offer case management, health education and transportation to and from appointments. HRSA has said nearly all sites improve the quality of health care for the community, and most boost health outcomes for patients with diabetes and hypertension, compared to the national average.
The messy months-long debate over funding that shut down the government in January now entangles community health clinics. Congress must vote on a spending deal by Thursday to avoid another government shutdown. Federal grant funds expired for these clinics on Sept. 30, the same day that funding expired for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which provides insurance for nearly 9 million children whose families often earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but too little to afford their own health insurance.
While Congress ultimately reauthorized the popular children's insurance program for six years as part of a deal to end the government shutdown last month, a long-term funding solution for community health centers has been stalled, pieced together through a series of short-term legislation. The House passed a bill Tuesday that would fund the government through March 23 — and community health centers for the next two years. But Senate leaders announced their own two-year budget deal, and it's unclear whether the House will back it. Unless Congress can agree on the health center funding this week, federal dollars for community health centers, which account for 19 percent of their funding, will dry up by March 31.
Sen. Patty Murray, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said in a written statement Tuesday that any further delay on community health center funding "is inexcusable."
"This shouldn't be a partisan issue."
"This shouldn't be a partisan issue, and I'm very hopeful that Republicans will act responsibly and work with Democrats to get this done quickly—and without slashing other critical investments in public health— so that communities don't have to go without health providers they need and trust," she said.
There was no response for a request for comment from Sen. Lamar Alexander, a Tennessee Republican and the committee's chairman.
Community health centers have long enjoyed bipartisan support, says Avik Roy, president of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, and "the natural thing to expect is that funding will continue this way. But after the Affordable Care Act changed the way these centers are funded, Roy said partisanship may lead to different funding for these clinics.
"There will always be support for community health centers and what they do," he said. "How they are supported may change to the degree that Republicans may want to support community health centers with mechanisms that they don't associate with the Affordable Care Act."
Community health centers do get a majority of funding from Medicare, Medicaid, patient fees and private insurance, according to HRSA. But facing uncertainty from Congress over federal funding, two-thirds of these centers said they may freeze hiring staff or halt plans to expand or renovate, according to preliminary findings from the 2018 Survey of Community Health Centers from George Washington University. More than half of community health centers said they have considered firing staff, and more than a third said they are contemplating the closure of at least one health center site.
During a historic flu season and the opioid public health crisis, community health centers have filled a crucial role by providing flu vaccinations and offering things like behavioral health specialists, said Dan Hawkins, the senior vice president for public policy and research at the National Association for Community Health Centers in Bethesda, Maryland. He said the centers are already showing signs of strain due to Congress' indecision. Nationwide, some centers reported losing physicians and dentists because "they can't commit to a long-term employment agreement," Hawkins said. And if these clinics cut services or close, rural and urban patients will lose access to affordable health care.
"Every day that this thing goes on — with the uncertainty that goes with it — causes more unnecessary havoc and pain in 10,000 communities across the country," he said.
At 11 a.m. last Thursday, a dozen people sat in the waiting room at Neighborhood Health, which shares a parking lot with a dry cleaner and a restaurant that fires up burgers and barbecue ribs. A toddler squirmed in a beige chair next to his mother. An uninsured couple worked with a clinic employee to figure out how they could pay for a doctor's visit. On a typical day, about 80 people pass through this clinic, most of them adults who work but have no health insurance.
Brenda Berdick, a nurse practitioner at Neighborhood Health, has worked in women's health in Northern Virginia for 15 years, serving patients in low-income, underserved and immigrant communities. In January alone, she identified 64 women with unusual PAP smear results. She followed up by offering a $15 colposcopy (which normally cost $200, Berdick said), to further screen for cancer and other illnesses.
"A decrease in funding would kill us."
When Berdick examines women for a family planning visit, other issues often emerge — depression, hypertension, domestic violence and more. When she learned her clinic in Alexandria could lose as much as 30 percent of funding if the federal government balks at its own deadline, Berdick threw her head back in frustration.
"A decrease in funding would kill us," she said.
Nuvia Gomez Arevalo, 42, cleans offices in Arlington, Virginia, part-time and has gone to the clinic for four years because that is the only way she can afford to pay for health care. She has no insurance. Recently, she slipped and fell in her bathtub. Her right knee grew inflamed and she started to worry she may have broken a bone.
A clinic employee helped Arevalo fill out financial aid paperwork that completely covered the costs of X-rays at a nearby hospital. If the clinic loses funding and has to cut back on services, lose staff or close, Arevalo said through an interpreter that she, and others, will no longer be able to pay for medical visits: "And people will become sicker," she said, "because they cannot access medical care."
Left: Pharmacy tech Maria Santoyo (C) works in Clinica Sierra Vista's Lamont Community Health center in Bakersfield, California Photo by Phil McCarten/Reuters
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To abolish Criminal Behaviour Orders and Injunctions to Prevent Nuisance and Annoyance.
I suffer from Autism and was diagnosed at the young age of three years old. Throughout my schooling I had a teaching assistant sit with me to ensure that I understood the task and also had a huge amount of difficulty with social interaction. The Police were well aware of my diagnosis having been made aware on a number of occasions.
Despite this following guilty pleas to two extremely minor offences on the 19th February 2016 I was made subject to a Criminal Behaviour Order for two years. One of these offences was sending a grossly offensive email to a Police officer, namely three pictures of himself defaced with toothbrush moustaches and another was a racially aggravated public order offence namely singing Deutschland Deutschland Uber Alles to a Police officer.
You must not film, record or photograph any member of the public, member of emergency services personnel or anyone else carrying out a professional role or emergency services buildings or premises.
You must not attend any Police station in the county of Norfolk unless by prior appointment or have any contact with any member of Norfolk Constabulary Staff directly or indirectly unless inadvertent in the course of daily life or in case of genuine emergency.
You must not access any Norfolk Constabulary affiliated website or social media account (including but not limited to the Norfolk Constabulary web page, Facebook,Twitter & Instagram) or that of their employees.
On the 1st April 2016 following an appeal against the CBO, the order was varied to simplify it by Judge Mark Dennis at Norwich Crown Court. The new order prohibited me from audio recording, video recording or photographing any member of the Police, Fire or Ambulance Services based in the county of Norfolk without the person's express permission, accessing any Norfolk Constabulary affiliated website or social media account (including but not limited to the Norfolk Constabulary web page, Facebook,Twitter & Instagram) or that of their employees, being in possession of any pictures of Norfolk Constabulary Staff or any member of the Police service based in the county of Norfolk or distributing any pictures, videos or recordings obtained of any member of the Police, Fire or Ambulance Services based in the county of Norfolk.
On the 30th November 2016, despite objections from the CPS the order was discharged by Recorder Wilson at Norwich Crown Court. This was not on the grounds that the behaviour complained of was not sufficient to warrant making a CBO but that it did not meet the test of helping to prevent anti-social behaviour.
You must not contact any member of Norfolk Constabulary staff by any means (including filming, approaching or sending emails to) except in the case of a genuine emergency.
You must not record any member of Norfolk Constabulary staff, building or premises.
Was that a Community Support Officer or Police Officer?
I SUFFER FROM PCSO Bethany SLAUGHTER DISEASE!! I am 69 YEARS OLD and harassed by her and her Rogue Cohorts! % Vacations for talking with My Lady Friend of 5 Years, never an argument or cross word, and similar vintage. Guess why, Harassment and retaliation Norwich Police for filing a successful complaint!
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Fontana, CA Chain Reaction Crash, Nov 1980
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Fontana, Calif. (UPI) - Seven people were killed and 17 others injured in a chain-reaction freeway crash in fog so thick some of the victims could be located only by following the sounds of their screams.
"It looked like a holocaust out there," said one officer.
Some of those killed Monday were burned to death in their twisted cars while at least two were run down as they tried to direct traffic in the thick fog. Some were hit as they frantically scrambled for safety as car after car smashed into the pileup.
Many of the trapped victims were found in their cars by rescuers who located them by following their screams. The injured were taken to five area hospitals, where at least two were reported in critical condition.
Identification of the dead was hampered because many of the bodies were badly burned. One California Highway Patrolman said bodies were so charred,
"they looked like sticks."
At least 23 vehicles, including 10 semi-trucks were involved in the accident on Interstate 15.
"It's hard to tell how many cars were wrecked," said Fire Capt. Dennis Felgar.
"There were so many pieces of torn metal."
Felgar said the deadly pileups began when a truck stopped in the slow lane of the freeway and was struck from the rear by a car.
"From then one," he said, "it turned into chaos."
The flames from burning wrecks lit up the foggy morning with an eerie glow.
"It was very, very eerie," said Felgar. "It stretched out for a quarter mile and there was an army of massive tow trucks pulling the tractor-trailers apart as others were cut from their cars."
OTTO NEUMANN was on his way to work about 7:30 a.m. when he saw a truck slow down in the adjacent lane.
"Then it was bang, bang, bang," he said as the truck was hit from behind. "All I wanted to do was get out of there before it got squashed together. There was nothing you could do. I guess I was one of the lucky ones."
After the initial collision, cars and trucks drove into the fog bank and slammed into each other for five or 10 minutes.
"It was chaos," said one witness.
A special California Highway Patrol unit was investigating the accident and the National Transportation Safety Board sent a team to aid the local officers.
Only four of the victims were identified: JEAN RENE PARISEAU, 46, Hesperia, Calif.; LINDA ANN SCHULZ, 37, Hesperia; EDWARD WAROWAY, 38, Apple Valley, Calif.; and MARY HELEN YOUNG, 54, Chino, Calif.
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Oil painting on wooden panel 10 ¼ x 8 ¼ inches, 26 x 21 cm.. Contained in its original arch-topped giltwood spandrel, within an ornate gesso frame.
Inscribed on the reverse on various labels with the identity of the sitter, its descent within the family, Hodgson's own initialled monogram and wax seal.
Joseph Hodgson: Born at Penrith, Cumberland, the son of a Birmingham merchant. He was educated at King Edward VI's Grammar School and was apprenticed to George Freer, who was Surgeon to the Birmingham General Hospital from December, 1793, to the day of his death in December, 1823. Hodgson thus had much experience at the hospital, but, his father having fallen on evil days, owed the completion of his education to an uncle, who gave him £100. He entered St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and in 1811 gained the Jacksonian Prize for his essay on "Wounds and Diseases of the Arteries and Veins". The essay was expanded and was published in 1815 with a quarto volume of illustrative engravings from drawings made by the author. It was well received and was translated into French by M. Breschet. The drawings show that Hodgson was no mean artist.
He practised at King Street, Cheapside, and eked out his scanty resources by taking pupils and acting as editor of the London Medical Review. He also served at the York Military Hospital, Westminster, where he remained for some time in comparatively comfortable pecuniary circumstances, but insufficient practice and a desire to marry his future wife, who was a sister of J. F. Ledsam, took him back to Birmingham in 1818, where he was welcomed and elected Surgeon to the Birmingham General Hospital in December, 1821, on the death of Samuel Dickenson. He soon attained a good practice, and had amongst his patients Sir Robert Peel and many members of his family, who were living at Drayton Hall, near Tamworth. Many years later - in 1850 - he was in personal attendance when the Prime Minister, who had just resigned his office, fell from his horse in Constitution Hill and received the injury which proved fatal. Hodgson resigned his post of Surgeon to the Hospital in April, 1848, and the Governors presented him with the portrait which now hangs in the Committee Room.
In the autumn of 1823 he started a movement to establish an Eye Infirmary in Birmingham. It was successful, and the Charity was opened for the reception of patients on April 13th, 1824. He acted as sole Surgeon until May, 1828, when at his request Richard Middlemore (q.v.) was elected as his colleague. He was asked in 1840 to become Surgeon to the Middlesex Hospital and Professor of Surgery at King's College, but declined both offers. It was not until 1849, after having made a considerable fortune in Birmingham, chiefly by lithotomy, that he gave up his house in Hagley Road and returned to Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park.
He was elected a Member of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1849 and held office until 1868, being elected to the Court of Examiners, 1856-65; Chairman of the Midwifery Board, 1863; Vice-President, 1862 and 1863; and President, 1864. He delivered the Hunterian Oration in 1855. He was admitted F.R.S. on April 14th, 1831, and was President of the Medico-Chirurgical Society in 1851. He died on Feb. 7th, 1869, twenty-four hours after his wife, and left one daughter.
With the exception of Joseph Swan, Joseph Hodgson was the first provincial surgeon to become a Member of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons, and he was the first surgeon from the provinces to be elected President. He was chosen because his reputation was not confined to the locality of a country town, but was great even in London. He was not brilliant as an operator, and, like most provincial and many London surgeons his contemporaries, he acted as a family practitioner.
He was celebrated for the accuracy of his diagnosis, but his caution and his pessimistic prognosis did something to limit his practice. He was a good teacher and was fortunate in his pupils; in Birmingham he taught D. W. Crompton, S. H. Amphlett, Alfred Baker, and Oliver Pemberton; in London, William Bowman and Richard Partridge. Born a Conservative, he had some lively debates with his Radical fellow-citizens, but his benevolence and kindness of manner made him respected and beloved. He was consistently opposed to all reforms and steadfastly opposed the formation of a School of Medicine in Birmingham. The presentation portrait by John Partridge, painted in 1848, was engraved by Samuel Cousins in 1849. A proof, 'for subscribers only', is in the College Collection.
John Partridge worn in Glasgow, the second son of twelve children of Samuel Partridge. His brother Richard Partridge became the President of the Royal College of Surgeons; his nephew Sir John Bernard Partridge was an illustrator and actor. Partridge studied with the portrait painter Thomas Phillips from 1814; he exhibited his first painting, 'Miss Foote in the Character of Lucilla' at the Royal Academy in 1815. He moved to London the same year, entering the Royal Academy Schools in 1816. At first he lived in Marylebone, then a popular neighbourhood with artists. In 1820, he married his cousin Clementina Sarah Campbell; she features in his painting 'The artist and his family in his house at 21 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square' (c. 1828–35). From 1823 to 1827, he lived inItaly, staying in Florence, Venice, and Rome. During his time there, his focus widened from purely portraits; he sketched landscapes and made copies of Renaissance masters including Correggio, Raphael, Rubens, Tintoretto and Titian. During his stay in Italy, he gained several wealthy patrons.In 1828, soon after his return from Rome, he left Marylebone for the more upper class Brook Street, off Grosvenor Square, where many of his sitters resided.
The move seems to have paid off: his career blossomed. Between 1827 and 1845, he painted over two hundred portraits, earning him £2762 in 1841 alone. Many were of prestigious sitters, including an 1836 commission from Leopold I of Belgium, which led two years later to the patronage of Queen Victoria. He painted several successful portraits of the Queen and of Prince Albert, and in 1843, he became 'portrait painter-extraordinary' to the Queen. Queen Victoria's attentions were, however, to prove fickle, and the 1842 arrival of Franz Xaver Winterhalter, soon the new favourite, cut short Partridge's career as a royal portraitist.
In 1846, Partridge made the decision never to exhibit again at the Royal Academy, after two of his portraits were placed insultingly badly, probably in consequence of a dispute more than a decade earlier with fellow artist and Royal Academician,Ramsay Richard Reinagle, over Partridge altering one of Reinagle's pictures for the owner. He did not change his mind even when, two years later, Reinagle was discredited for claiming another artist's work as his own.
Partridge died in London in 1872. He had earlier donated some of his unsold paintings to the National Portrait Gallery. Further donations to the NPG of his work were made in 1961 by the artists's nephew Sir Bernard Partridge.
Parridge's small-scale sketches of eminent people in his immediate circle are amongst the most attractive and satisfying works of his oeuvre. Hodgson's choice of Partridge to paint his portraits was doubtless influenced by his friendship with Richard Partridge, the artist's brother, who was President in 1866, two years after Hodgson's election as PRCS in 1864.


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Nintendo – Where is Mario Placed in 2016?
Nintendo has been known to create a ton of famous characters for their videogames, and there are even titles wherein the popular Japanese gaming company would have those characters duke it out in a cartoon-like arena. There are characters from the popular Fire Emblem series, Kirby, Samus Aran from Metroid, Pokémon, and a bunch of others. However, with all of these popularity going places, it does make one wonder, where is everybody's favorite Italian plumber being placed in the modern gaming era?
Where Has Nintendo Placed Mario After All That's Been Happening?
Before we take a closer look as to where our beloved Italian plumber, and including the rest of the cast of Super Mario Bros., are located in these modern gaming times, let us look at some of the things that have been happening at Nintendo as of late. First of all, there's the Wii U, wherein videogamers were astounded by the likes of a tablet-like gamepad that has motion-sensing technology built into it. However, this is not to say that every gamer within the gaming community were astounded by the new piece of technology, as there are those who would still brush it off aside in lieu of other consoles, more specifically that of the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One.
When the Nintendo WIi U was released, it did start off really slow as the gaming system didn't pick up much publicity or popularity. There were no significant releases to begin with, until The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD came out. Even though the remastered version of the Wii title was met with much glee from loyal fans, its novelty soon withered into the back corner of the room.
After a month, the company then released Star Fox: Zero, albeit after a number of delays. The Japanese gaming firm also surprised a lot of people as the title packed in a second game, called Star Fox Guard. Both titles did have some good reviews, but once again, it was overshadowed by other games found in other gaming systems.
Perhaps what everybody is anxiously waiting to be released for the Nintendo Wii U is the upcoming Legend of Zelda game entitled Breath of the Wild. It introduced a whole new open world for Link to explore. But once again, where is Mario in all of this? The company did announce that they were going to release Paper Mario Color Splash for the Wii U; however, even though the trailer was released, it was already deemed one of the worst Super Mario games to have ever exist (when you go into YouTube, check out the number of people that gave it a thumbs down). Could this be the start of the end for the lovable Italian plumber?
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Of course, real-time communications and video technology are brilliant day-to-day tools for quick meetings and fast information/knowledge exchange, but when it comes to learning, it can be easy to forget that most of our professional and personal development happens when we engage with people in the flesh.
Chances are you are in high demand across your organisation and, if you are anything like your IT brethren, chronically short of time. A lot of the time, the last thing that's on your mind will be leaving the office and running the risk of that marathon project that's been rolled out over the last few months going pear-shaped. I hear you.
A webinar between dinner and bedtime to advance your knowledge and skills, or some late night reading on your smartphone to keep on top of the latest goings-on at Google, Gartner & Co. may seem like a good idea then. And they sure offer a good quick fix.
However, I believe that you'd be misguided to think that webinar conferencing and networking on LinkedIn are today's most compelling ways to experience thought leadership or to exchange ideas with tech experts, industry leaders and like-minded peers. On LinkedIn, stalking people's profiles is regularly taken for 'networking' when, really, such attempts easily come across as creepy, especially when trying to add someone to your network that you have never met in real life. E-learning through webinars and online sessions, then again, can often be a solitary exercise. Don't get me wrong, both have their merits, but neither gets you out of that worn-out office chair (or out of bed for that matter) nor do they give you the same buzz that you could get out of meeting a number of industry experts in person.
That's why honest-to-goodness conferences quite simply remain one of the most personal, engaging and often entertaining ways to network, to learn about complex topics, to explore trends and to discuss industry issues. Our Convergence Summit at Twickenham Stadium this November has proven just that, perhaps because it is quite the opposite of virtual living, and pleasantly reassuring to see that all those industry rock stars are live people!
We featured a series of cracking C-level speakers from Innovation Consultant, Mark Brill and Microsoft's UC strategist, Robert-Jan Gerrits to Mitel Cloud CTO, Jörgen Björkner and the double act that were Avaya's MD, Simon Culmer and Ioan MacRae, all of whom certainly educated but also excited during their presentations and delegate conversations.
Where else do you get to know as many inspiring, senior figures as fast and as well as at a well curated conference?
Now, networking with the experts is certainly a big reason why it's worth attending a conference. Equally, though, you will hear a lot about new methodologies in your industry, new equipment and solutions, unpublished data, the latest research findings…in short, a lot of valuable input that will help you to stay on top of your game and make informed decisions for your organisation.
Last but not least, it encourages you to learn beyond your own field and bounce ideas off of each other with colleagues from different industries that a) you may not have encountered in your habitual business environment, b) could offer a fresh perspective on your professional or organisational challenges.
A productive, re-energizing day out of the office? There is a lot to be said for that.
Gathering to share knowledge, pick each other's brains, develop ideas and pass on practical advice face-to-face is one of the reasons why we at Britannic invite you to come along to our annual, free ICT convention, Convergence Summit. It's just the hub for exploring the latest developments in the comms technology world. And your newly won connections, well, you can add them on LinkedIn. With confidence.
If you haven't reaped the benefits of a conference for a while and are looking to get up to speed with the latest in communications technology, put a marker in your diary for our next Convergence Summit in November 2016. The strategy presentations from this year's Summit on the topic of Unified Communications are becoming available on Britannic's YouTube channel over the next few days, so you can catch up on some of the insights from the 2015 conference. Keep an eye out!


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ARGENTINA | 26-10-2019 08:39
One way, or another
Amid economic and social disarray, voters head to the polls tomorrow as Argentina decides whether to back Alberto Fernández's unified Peronist ticket or President Maurico Macri's appeal for four more years.
James Grainger
Editor-in-Chief, Buenos Aires Times.
The president is seeking four more years, but most onlookers expects Alberto Fernández, the former backstage operator turned frontman for a united Peronist ticket, to be smiling on Sunday night. | KID NAVAJO
One way or another, Argentina will wake up to a very different country on Monday.
With runaway inflation expected to hit around 57 percent this year and amid a deep recession that's lasted since 2018, voters go to the polls tomorrow to choose their next president, as well as a host of other officials, from governors to mayors, across the nation.
Everyone has been aware of the situation for quite some time, but if it needs recounting one more time, here it goes: tomorrow, Mauricio Macri heads into a crunch showdown election, needing something equating to a miracle, if the latest polls and the shock results of the August 11 PASO primaries are to be believed.
The president is seeking four more years, but most onlookers expects Alberto Fernández, the former backstage operator turned frontman for a united Peronist ticket, to be smiling on Sunday night. And alongside him onstage will likely be former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, completing a remarkable political comeback.
Power politics
Who would've predicted, this time last year for example, that the former president would have stepped aside for a critic? The relationship, if the public appearances are to be believed, is fully healed.
"With Cristina, we're going to put Argentina on its feet ... We're sure that we know what to do," Fernández declared before Peronists at his final rally Thursday in Mar del Plata.
"Once and for all, this country will never again fall into the hands of neoliberalism," declared Fernández de Kirchner, speaking prior to her former Cabinet chief. "Never again, these policies," she added, taking a dig at the Macri administration.
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The problem, however, for Argentina right now, is fear of what happens after Sunday. Given the way markets and investors fear the 'Fernández-Fernández' ticket, come Monday morning, the nation could be hit by another wave of financial turbulence, as happened in the wake of those decisive PASO primaries, further scalping purchasing power and pushing up inflation even further.
In the last days of trading before the election this week, the peso has weakened again, especially the multiple blackmarket rate.
On Friday, the Central Bank's reser ves fel l by US$1.76 billion in a single day, the single daily loss since the imposition of capital controls.
Market analysts and investors escalated their warnings this week about Argentina and its debt-laden future. For example, on Friday, "emerging-market veteran" Mark Mobius told Bloomberg TV of his fears for investors.
"That's what worries me: possible nationalisation of companies. That's what you have to watch for," he said, adding that Argentina's debt would still have a market for buyers, for now.
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"I'm not saying it could be a Venezuelan scenario, but you never know," Mobius continued. "We haven't seen that before in Argentina, but we have to look very, very carefully at what his people are saying."
That type of rhetoric – especially references to Venezuela – was matched by figures from Juntos por el Cambio over the past week.
At the start of the week, Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie, Security Minister Patricia Bullrich and vice-presidential candidate, Senator Miguel Ángel Pichetto, voiced stronglyworded opinions alleging that recent unrest in Latin America – as witnessed in Ecuador, Chile and Bolivia – was part of a Venezuelan and Cuban plot to "destabilise" the region. It spoke of a last-ditch, desperate, attempt to link the Peronist ticket and former Kirchner administrations to the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela.
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A few days later, Governor of Buenos Aires Province María Eugenia Vidal was upping the ante too, treading a similar line as she warned on TV that "on Sunday, we choose whether we are a full democracy or not."
Macri too returned to the 'threat' angle before a huge crowd in his closing rally.
"We don't want this form of government any more. They've tried to come after our liberty," Macri said at a huge campaign rally in Córdoba, the province which gave him victory in 2015.
"We don't want to humiliate Córdoba like Cristina Fernández de Kirchner did, who abandoned the province," he said, playing to the crowd. "Córdoba kneels to no-one."
It was another example of the more aggressive Macri we've seen in the last week of campaigning, as if the president has truly awoken to what lies ahead tomorrow. All that talk about working together and an orderly transition has all but disappeared.
The criticism, the campaigning and the chants have fallen silent. The country is at a crossroads, now voters will decide Argentina's path.
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Did you know that the same is true in CPS cases? If CPS is seeking conservatorship or termination of parental rights, indigent parents must be appointed attorneys, if they want one, thanks to a new Texas law beginning September 1, 2013.
When Should I Request an Attorney?
If you have been contacted by CPS, then you should have already contacted an attorney. Remember when we talked about Fighting CPS Interrogations?
DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOUR COURT DATE! You need to act immediately in order to get an attorney before your first court date since that is likely one of the most important. However, if you appear at the Adversary Hearing, immediately inform the Court you are indigent, prove your indigence, and the Court will appoint an attorney and may delay the hearing for up to seven days to allow your attorney to prepare your defense.
In laymen's terms, being indigent means that a person can't afford to hire an attorney, and the Court requires more than just saying that you'd rather spend your money on other things.
Legally speaking, the test for indigence is when the evidence shows that you would be unable to pay costs if you really wanted to and made a good-faith effort to do so. You have the burden of proving that you would be unable to pay and that you made a good-faith effort to do so.
You need to prepare an Affidavit of Indigence for the Court. Most Courts have their own Application that merely requires that you fill in the blanks. This application will ask about your monthly income, your monthly expenses, the amount in your bank accounts, and about assets you own. If you are on government assistance, this may be used to show that you are indigent.
If you have assets that can be sold, money in the bank, or if your income exceeds your expenses, then the Court is likely to find that you can afford to hire an attorney on your own.
You must show that you've made a reasonable attempt to get a loan or borrow the funds to hire an attorney. Be prepared to name the banks, friends, or family members that you have asked and how much that you are able to borrow (if any).
Previously, parents were only entitled to an Attorney if CPS was attempting to terminate the parental rights. You see, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld that parents have a Constitutional Right to raise their children and when the Government (CPS) tries to interfere with that right, citizens have certain protections.
S.B. 1759 altered many sections of the Family Code pertaining to CPS cases, and requires appointment of an attorney for the parent even if the Government (CPS) is requesting conservatorship over the child. Basically, if CPS is attempting to remove your children from you, your Constitutional Rights are being infringed upon and you have a right to help.
Court Appointed Attorneys Aren't That Good Though, Right?
This may surprise you, but in most counties the attorneys that are on the CPS Appointment List are on there voluntarily and not part of a Public Defenders Office.
In Lubbock, for example, the attorneys on the appointment list are private attorneys, who have their own law practices, and accept a deeply discounted fee from the County on CPS cases as a way of giving back to the public. These attorneys aren't your "bottom of the barrel/can't get other work/do CPS cases or starve" type of attorneys; they give CPS a run for their money.
However, you have no obligation to have an attorney at all. You have the Constitutional Right to represent yourself pro se if you so choose. If you choose not to request an attorney though, do not expect the Court to provide any leniency when it comes to the Texas Rules of Evidence, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, or the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure.
What Can a Court Appointed Lawyer Do For Me?
A court appointed attorney in a CPS case can provide you with invaluable assistance. However, having an attorney doesn't mean that they are going to do everything for you. Your attorney is probably going to give you homework assignments and instruct you to gather certain documents for him/her to give you the greater chance of success in Court.
The Texas Family Code even sets out specific duties for appointed attorneys in CPS cases. The law says that the attorney must interview the parties to the suit, the parents, and other persons who have significant knowledge of the case.
The attorney must: investigate the facts of the case; meet with the parent before each hearing; take any action consistent with the parent's objectives; abide by the parent's objectives for representation; conduct formal discovery when necessary; and receive annual specialized legal education for representing parents in CPS cases.
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