What makes a hit model? For Vogue's bookings editor, Rosie Vogel-Eades, it's an irreverent mix of personality and dedication. Emphasis on the latter, particularly during show season: the London Fashion Week shows are a lightning-fast gap between New York and Milan that can see fashion's freshest faces fly in for one day only. With that in mind, Vogel begged fifteen minutes of her favourite models of the season's time to snap an exclusive series of impromptu portraits, photographed by Matthew Eades. Introducing the models to know from the London shows who'll be shaping the future of fashion.
Discovered after a chance encounter in a Westfield shopping centre, Yorkshire-born Summers has become a firm favourite at Vogue. Since making her catwalk debut at JW Anderson last season, she has appeared in multiple editorials. One of my favourite Fran facts? Her secondary Instagram account - @fransfeasts - which details her culinary adventures with typical dry aplomb. I think she's the latest in a long line of brilliantly funny and individual British models.
On fashion: "It seems exclusive, but it's very inclusive. You can be friends with anyone, and you can find something in common with anyone."
Akech made her catwalk debut in a local fashion show in a shopping mall organised by her aunt in Adelaide, Australia. Melbourne Fashion Week was her next stop, where she took digitals for a Saint Laurent casting. The brand promptly booked her exclusively for its spring/summer 2017 show. After that, she was a Saint Laurent regular and this season's name to know.
On fashion: "I saw Alek and Naomi, and I thought, I want to do what they do."
Discovered via Instagram, Korean star Yoon began her career with a Prada show and snared the subsequent campaign. She maintains her sunny disposition through a love of spicy food - even when she has a cold. "Whenever I'm stressed, I just eat something spicy!" In my opinion, she's the epitome of the new breed of supermodel: endlessly professional, beautiful and a joy to be around.
On fashion: "When I walk the runway I am so proud to be walking for the brands. And when I see the pictures, I think 'I did that'."
Adesuwa has been modelling on and off for a few years, but had a breakthrough last season with an opening slot at Coach and a slew of major appearances to follow. Watch out for her distinctive locks, fantastic laugh or her eleven tattoos… and counting.
On fashion: "I'm terrible for not realising who people are, I've always got my foot in my mouth."
Former Balenciaga exclusive Radhika was discovered while wondering what to do after completing a degree in economics (which, by the way, she still adores). The India-born model has picked up a Londoner's shrug since she moved to Peckham, where she's learning to mix with her DJ friends - a career in music beckons. But first: she's clocking up campaigns for Chloé, and is a constant in a carefully edited selection of catwalk shows.
On fashion: "People think it's narrow, but it's not, it's wide and diverse. It's a whirlwind."
Akiima's elegant gait has been turning heads on the front row since her London catwalk debut at JW Anderson last season. Originally from Sudan, but brought up in Australia, she admits to being bewitched by couture. I am always struck by how luminous she appears.
On fashion: "If I wasn't modelling, I think I'd like to design jeans for tall girls!"
"I wanted a summer job, and I didn't want to work in a fast food joint", Sara says, of finding her way into the modelling industry. The deep fat fryer will have to wait - Sara's first job was walking for Proenza Schouler, shortly followed by Calvin Klein and Prada. Bonus points for a bewitching Italian Vogue cover.
On fashion: "I thought it was going to be super easy! I thought models just sat around and got pampered all the time, but it's actually really difficult!"
Dipti's road to the runway has been far from smooth. Deciding that she wanted to become a model after watching the Fashion TV channel at home in India, she taught herself about the industry via Google on borrowed mobile phones, and went against her parents' wishes to enter a modelling competition. She won, but had to endure the gossip of family friends, because "models are not respected in India". Today, with two Balenciaga campaigns under her belt, she has the support of her father, who threw a party when her catwalk debut was broadcast on TV back at home.
The California native and biology student has the grace of a dancer and a catwalk CV that already boasts Alexander Wang, Christopher Kane and Calvin Klein. How to spot her in a sea of model faces? She's instantly recognisable for that lustrous curtain of hair.
On fashion: "I'm so impressed with how creative everyone is. There is so much talent and attention to detail, and finesse. I love that as a model I get to be part of the process that brings it all together."
The daughter of legendary French model and Yves Saint Laurent muse Katoucha Niane, when Aiden isn't walking for Moschino, Victoria's Secret or Marc Jacobs (where she "loves the process and transformation") she spends her time producing music. One of our favourite girls to hang out with, Aiden's the party-starting attitudinal face lighting up all the best shindigs.
On fashion: "I'm always amazed at how much effort people put into their work. It blows me away."
The former Prada exclusive has since been booked by all the major fashion houses. She has a fresh, outdoorsy beauty that appeals to brands and photographers - she's another girl I think will make some classic runway appearances.
Half-Ivorian, half-Dutch, Alyssa was spotted on the streets of Amsterdam, though ten agencies rejected her before she was finally signed. A talented dancer and a regular in her school's musical theatre productions, expect to see much more of this fashion insider favourite in coming months - if you haven't already seen her plastered on billboards as one of the current faces of Calvin Klein and Prada.
On fashion: "It's amazing how you can progress so quickly - things can change overnight."
Elegant Brazilian Sarah has maintained a Gisele-esque mane of hair, despite living out of a suitcase. I was struck by her versatility - I think we'll see her on every catwalk across the four major cities this season.
On fashion: "You can't expect anything. Anything can happen, at any time - good or bad."
South Sudanese model Shanelle was born in Ethiopia and grew up in Kenya, and currently stars in the McQueen campaign. In addition to her wonderfully striking looks, she is also incredibly bright and eloquent on the challenges of being true to herself as a woman of colour in the fashion world.
On fashion: "I'm learning so much. I'm a model, but I'm also a black woman. I have to learn from other people, but I also have to be a strong person, and have people accept me as I am."
Chu is one cool customer. She has an androgynous femininity that designers and stylists are very drawn to, and clothes just look amazing on her. In my experience, you can put her in a ballgown or a suit, and she'll make it look instantly cool and fresh.
Belgian beauty Robert made waves in London, with stellar appearances at Christopher Kane, Burberry and JW Anderson. Check her catwalk stats at the end of the season: I predict she'll have cropped up everywhere.
Currently studying law, Xie confessed that the night before we meet, she had been up until 2am finishing her coursework, only to be up again at 6am for a show call-time at LFW. Her dedication is paying off: her first campaign was Prada, and she has been shooting top-tier editorials ever since. I love how she's a little bit mad - in the best possible way!
On fashion: "I love the freedom to be yourself, to push yourself and your boundaries."
After just one season, Haiti-born Aube has become a favourite of Steven Meisel and currently appears in campaigns for Marc Jacobs, Moschino, Bottega Veneta, Sies Marjan and Zara. Her prowl on the catwalk is but a prelude to the moves she unleashes on the dancefloor, as seen at the Vogue Fashion and Film party during LFW.


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Microsoft Blows Its Promise, Limits Xbox Series S Backward Compatibility
Up until now, I've had nothing but praise for Microsoft's backward-compatibility strategy on the Xbox Series X. But a new announcement from the company represents a retreat from its sensible, consumer-friendly stance: Microsoft's Xbox Series S won't offer the enhancements baked into the Xbox One X versions of a game. Instead, it'll run the Xbox One S version.
"Xbox Series S was designed to be the most affordable next-generation console and play next-generation games at 1440P at 60fps," A Microsoft spokesperson said. "To deliver the highest quality backwards compatible experience consistent with the developer's original intent, the Xbox Series S runs the Xbox One S version of backward compatible games while applying improved texture filtering, higher and more consistent frame rates, faster load times and Auto HDR."
Microsoft has, in a single stroke, managed to ruin what was the best and most attractive part of its console policy, and the part that brought it into line with PCs — the promise of playing yesterday's games at top quality for less money.
While it's true that the Xbox Series S has less total memory than the Xbox One X and is a weaker system on-paper, those comparisons fall apart as soon as you examine the system's technical specifications. The eight-core Ryzen CPU inside the Xbox Series S would destroy the Jaguar inside the Xbox One X. The RDNA-based GPU inside the Xbox Series S may be smaller than the Xbox One X's GPU, but it ought to offer substantially higher clocks and the efficiency improvements from moving to RDNA2 versus GCN. According to AMD at its RDNA launch event, RDNA is about 1.25x faster than GCN, clock for clock. True, the Xbox Series S has less RAM than the Xbox One X — 10GB versus 12GB — but the entire point of the new SSD-centric architecture is to reduce the need for RAM by moving data loads to the SSD.
"No support for improvements introduced in previous-generation, weaker hardware" ought to be a bullet point on this list.
What Microsoft could have done — should have done — is allow end-users to choose which version of games they wanted to play on the Xbox Series S. As far back as the DOS configuration screens of a typical Sierra On-Line game, computer game installers have been asking folks to pick their hardware and desired detail levels and the Xbox One X and PlayStation 4 Pro both featured different game modes to cater to players who wanted higher frame rates versus those who wanted better visuals. The fact that the Xbox One X has a disc drive while the Xbox Series S does not would have functioned as its own weed-out. If the Series S is truly incapable of 4K in the manner of the Xbox One X, Microsoft could have allowed games to keep their full detail levels but to run at 1080p or the aforementioned target of 1440p rather than the 4K target.
My argument for this kind of positioning is simple: Just as a $500 GPU from 2016 ought to be matched (at minimum) by a $300 GPU in 2020, a $500 console from 2016 ought to be similarly matched by its $300 replacement. The GTX 1080 from 2016 ($500) is matched by the RTX 2060 (~$300) today. The upcoming launch of Ampere and RDNA2 should push down prices in AMD's stack to make the $500/$300 comparison work on Team Red's side of the equation.
Furthermore, comparing against the Xbox One X and its 2016 launch price is indirectly doing Microsoft a favor. What Microsoft is effectively saying, with this positioning, is: "Our $300 console in 2020 isn't capable of matching our $500 console in 2016, so we had to position it against our $500 console from 2013 instead."
That might not be a problem if it were true, but there's no evidence it is. If the Xbox Series S isn't capable of matching and exceeding the performance of the Xbox One X at a lower resolution target, it's not a next-generation console. Microsoft has hinged the entire attractiveness of the Xbox Series S/X families on backward compatibility. It's a strategy that makes sense this year, given the impacts of COVID-19 and the difficulty of shipping new software, and I was 100 percent on board with it — until now.
According to Microsoft, the best the Xbox Series S can do is to play 2013-era games at faster frame rates. So can an AMD Radeon R9 280X, relative to the original Xbox One / One S. The Xbox Series X still looks like it's going to be an excellent deal relative to any gaming PC you'll be able to build for $500, but my interest in the Xbox Series S just died. There's no way I'm recommending people pay $300 to play seven-year-old games in marginally better frame rates. If robust, PC-equivalent backward compatibility is the point of the Xbox Series, the Xbox Series S has no point whatsoever.
"It may be running backwards compatible games in Xbox One [S] mode, but because the GPU is so much more capable, and knowing what we know about how backwards compatibility works, you should actually still be able to clean up performance issues," Digital Foundry's John Linneman told IGN. "So games that maybe struggled on Xbox One S – either the dynamic resolution was overly-aggressive, with slowdown and things like that – conceivably they could actually run noticeably smoother on this machine."
Hurray. Games that "maybe struggled" on a 2013 console could "actually run noticeably smoother" on this machine. While I do not presume to know if John Linneman intended IGN to interpret any subtext to his statement, the phrase "damning with faint praise" comes to mind. And this isn't really theoretical. I'm considering a personal gaming upgrade this fall, and the Xbox Series X has been on the list of potential items, alongside an upgrade to the RTX 3080 or maybe even RDNA2 depending on what AMD brings to the table. Ampere's potential AI performance has my eye, but I've been seriously tempted by the Xbox Series X. Backwards compatibility has been one of the biggest reasons I've long been a PC gamer, and if consoles were to start offering an equivalent capability, I'd be willing to consider the idea — but not if this is what "backward compatibility" means to Microsoft.
The PC upgrade treadmill has always promised that tomorrow's midrange hardware would meet or exceed the performance of the previous top-end generation and that it would do so at a lower price. Microsoft has every right to declare that the $300 Xbox Series S will be a distinct downgrade from the $500 Xbox One X, but it's a stupid move for the company to make, and it undermines the entire premise of PC-like backward compatibility that Microsoft has been selling to date. Trading off detail is more consequential than simply enforcing a low-resolution target.
I'm really glad that Microsoft will be able to still improve the performance of seven-year-old titles that targeted the equivalent of a $400 budget PC back in 2013. Everyone who buys a Series S to replace the Xbox One S will undoubtedly be thrilled at this set of benefits, as opposed to the actual next-generation upgrades their counterparts with X-class systems will be enjoying. If this was a typical console launch, with a full lineup of next-generation titles, the omission wouldn't sting so much. But with Microsoft leaning hard on last-gen titles to sell this generation worth of product, telling Series S customers that the most they can look forward to is a warmed-over presentation of what they've previously played is downright insulting.
At this point, I wouldn't bother considering an Xbox Series S. The lack of disc drive, combined with the limits on backward compatiblity quality, kill the value proposition as far as I'm concerned. If you're going to sell a product based on how well it runs older software, I expect it to run the older software at least as well as the previous top-end part given the similarity in specs and the substantial boost to IPC on the Series S's behalf.
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Kodak announced today that its Digital Cinema solution is finding enthusiastic acceptance with a broad range of European exhibitors. Since the beginning of the year, the company has installed Kodak JMN3000 Content Players on 24 screens with 10 exhibitors in 4 countries. In all cinemas, studio-produced features, local movies, and other creative digital content are showing on a regular basis.
Kodak made its announcement prior to Cinema Expo International, the annual conference and trade show attended by exhibitors, distributors, and other industry suppliers from Europe and elsewhere.
"The digital transition in Europe is moving along," said Brian Kercher, General Manager for Kodak Digital Cinema in Europe. "Now, the demonstrations we've done are beginning to produce results. At one point, last month, we were selling a Kodak Content Player every day. When exhibitors use our system, they experience the benefits for themselves and so they really sell themselves on the Kodak solution."
According to Screen Digest's April 2007 comprehensive report, 522 cinema screens in Western Europe have digital projection capability. Leading countries include the UK with 148 screens, Germany with 105, Italy with 41 and Belgium with 34. According to the report, Greece has none; but since then, two have been installed – and both have come from Kodak. Kodak systems were installed on the two largest Village Cinemas screens in Athens in time to show 'Meet The Robinsons' in Disney 3D.
"Audiences like the unique cinema experience that digital 3D offers," said Gregory Komnino, operations manager for Village Cinemas, "but any new system we install needs to handle 2D presentations as well. When we realized how flexible the Kodak system is, we worked out a plan to bring it into our cinemas."
The Kodak Digital Cinema system handles both 2D and 3D movies. It automatically recognizes the compression format used – JPEG or MPEG – and employs that for playback. Kodak Content Players can be used on a stand-alone basis, or they can be networked and driven by the new Kodak Theatre Management System (TMS) for automated content handling and presentation. In Greece, they are used in the stand-alone mode; at the Odeon Theatre in Hatfield in the UK, all nine screens have the Kodak system in a network under Kodak Theatre Management System control.
"This is the first version of the new Kodak TMS being tested in a busy theatre," said Kodak's Kercher. "It handles the loading and migration of keys, but within the next few months, we'll add functionality to enable exhibitors to connect and automate many more aspects of the cinema experience. Eventually, it will automatically and seamlessly load, migrate, schedule, store, and play the full cinema presentation."
The Kodak Theatre Management System is designed to receive its instructions from the cinema's ticketing system – and move content and keys around the complex in ways they've never moved before. With the TMS, workflow can be changed, cinema operations can be made more efficient, content handling can become more automated, and the whole cinema presentation can be delivered in a more coordinated way.
In addition to the nine screens installed in the Odeon site, Kodak has six systems operating at Empire Cinema's High Wycombe multiplex; one in the Princess Anne Theatre at the headquarters site of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA); and one in The Hospital, a unique private club for artists and other members of the creative community in London.
"Our members and audiences expect us to be able to screen mainstream features as well as other independent movies," said David Marrinan-Hayes, marketing communications manager for The Hospital. "Much of that work is now available in digital form and so our challenge was to install a system that would be right for today, but also lets us grow with our expectations for success in the future. Kodak provides that."
Added to those systems in the UK and Greece are three in France, two in Switzerland, and several others ready for installation in the coming months elsewhere in Europe.
"We offer a fully-networked solution," said Kodak's Kercher, "with high quality hardware, unique software, reliable services, and all the support the customer needs for peace of mind. Exhibitors know, they're are not just buying a 'box', they're forming a relationship with a brand they can trust today – and tomorrow. The transition to digital cinema is not a sprint, it's a marathon. We're pleased to be running with the leaders and we're in this race for the long-term."
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The Biggest VR Releases Of The Week 01/06/19
Welcome to the first round-up of new releases for the year (don't judge me, there wasn't anything released last week).
To be fair it's not that big of a list this week, either. CES has been going on and some developers have got to tackle the January blues before we move onto bigger and better things. There are a handful of releases to look out for, though.
Still stuck in 2018? Our last list of releases can be found here. More of a futurist? Here's our roundup of the biggest VR games coming this month.
Megalith, from Disruptive Games
Price: $29.99 (PSVR)
An Overwatch-like hero shooter in which you pick a 'Titan' and take to the battlefield. You have a team base to defend and an enemy base to destroy. Megalith is vibrant and inventive, though it remains to be seen if it will build up the kind of community needed to sustain itself.
Spuds Unearthed, from Gamedust
Price: $19.99 (Rift, Vive)
Well here's something we can truly say we haven't seen before. Spuds Unearthed has you creating and customizing an army of sentient potatoes which you'll then pit against enemies in all-out war. It looks like that's an exhaustive amount of customization options here, which could be the real joy of the game. This is an Early Access release for now.
Dede Korkut Chronicles, from Bond Digital
Price: $3.99 (Go)
This caught our eye. It's a relatively polished-looking fantasy action game that pits you against werewolves and other nasties. If you're a Go gamer than keep an eye out for it.
Quality always trumps quantity, and that's very much the theme of this week. There's not…
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The 8 Art Shows You Need to See in NYC This Fall
From Sol LeWitt's wall drawings to Nendo's stainless-steel chairs
By Stefanie Waldek
As temperatures cool, New York's galleries awaken from their summer slumber to put on a brand-new series of exhibitions. We've rounded up some of the best shows on view right now to help you decide what to see. From Los Angeles–based artist Sarah Cain's monumental painting that sprawls across the concrete floors of Hauser & Wirth's uptown space, to Nendo's cheeky chairs that seem to display emotion at Friedman Benda, to a masterful overview of Sol LeWitt's works at Paula Cooper Gallery, there's certainly something to delight all kinds of art and design lovers in New York today.
Photo: Genevieve Hanson/© Zoe Leonard/Courtesy of Hauser & Wirth
"Zoe Leonard: In the Wake" at Hauser & WirthNew York–based artist Zoe Leonard makes her Hauser & Wirth debut with a three-floor exhibition of photographs and sculptures that examine the effects of war across generations of families. Through October 22 at 32 East 69th Street; hauserwirth.com
Photo: Courtesy of Galerie Lelong
"Sarah Cain: Dark Matter" at Galerie LelongIn this solo exhibition, Sarah Cain has created a massive floor painting covering all 2,500 square feet of the gallery's space, blurring the line between painting and installation. She also debuts 12 (traditionally hung) works on canvas. Through October 15 at 528 West 26th Street; galerielelong.com
Photo: Christopher Burke/© Donald Moffett
"Donald Moffett: Any Fallow Field" at Marianne BoeskyThe first single-artist show to be put on across both of Marianne Boesky's spaces in Chelsea, "Any Fallow Field" displays Donald Moffett's highly textured paintings that are drawn from nature. "With the tightening noose of social media, and the retinal-screen more generally, my empathies and intellectual inquiries are now with nature," the artist said in a statement. Through October 15 at 507 and 509 West 24th Street; marianneboeskygallery.com
Photo: © Jonas Wood/Courtesy of Jonas Wood and Anton Kern Gallery, New York
"Jonas Wood" at Anton Kern GalleryFor his fourth solo show at the gallery, Jonas Wood presents new paintings and etchings inspired by sketches and photographs of the spaces, people, and objects in his daily life. Through October 19 at 532 West 20th Street; antonkerngallery.com
Photo: Christopher Stach/Courtesy of Robert Polidori and Paul Kasmin Galler
"Robert Polidori: Ecophilia/Chronostasis" at Paul Kasmin GalleryThis is the first U.S. exhibition to show Robert Polidori's "dendritic cities." Combining multiple photographs into massive works, the artist captures panoramic scenes from an entire street to a mountainside neighborhood. Also included in the exhibition are his photographs of the abandoned Hotel Petra in Beirut. Through October 15 at 515 West 27th Street; paulkasmingallery.com
"Sol LeWitt" at Paula Cooper GalleryPaula Cooper Gallery puts on a major Sol LeWitt show across multiple exhibition spaces. You'll find a range of works, from his iconic wall drawings to photographs to geometric sculptures. Through October 22 at 521, 529, and 534 West 21st Street; paulacoopergallery.com
Photo: Courtesy of Friedman Benda
"Nendo: 50 Manga Chairs" at Friedman BendaJapanese design group Nendo has created a series of playful stainless-steel chairs abstracted from manga comics. Each chair seems to have its own personality, and the inanimate objects are somehow able to convey emotions from happiness to embarrassment. Through October 29 at 515 West 26th Street; friedmanbenda.com
Photo: Pierre Le Hors/© Andrea Zittel/Courtesy of Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
"Andrea Zittel" at Andrea Rosen GalleryAndrea Zittel's two bodies of sculptural work in the exhibition—"Planar Configurations" and "Linear Spaces"—are displayed both within the gallery and in the Mojave Desert. The artist works in abstraction to explore the concept of the plane. Through October 8 at 525 West 24th Street; andrearosengallery.com
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Traição, como uma forma de decepção ou repúdio da prévia suposição, é o rompimento ou violação da presunção do contrato social (verdade ou da confiança) que produz conflitos morais e psicológicos entre os relacionamentos individuais, entre organizações ou entre indivíduos e organizações. Geralmente a traição é o ato de apoiar o grupo rival, ou, é uma ruptura completa da decisão anteriormente tomada ou das normas presumidas pelos outros.

Juridicamente
É tornar óbvio e evidente o que se queria ocultar, ser infiel ou descumprir com o compromisso assumido.

Portugal
Dos crimes de responsabilidade de titular de cargo político em especial, de acordo com o Artigo 7º, da Lei n.º 34/87, de 16 de Julho, "o titular de cargo político que, com flagrante desvio ou abuso das suas funções ou com grave violação dos inerentes deveres, ainda que por meio não violento nem de ameaça de violência, tentar separar da Mãe-Pátria, ou entregar a país estrangeiro, ou submeter a soberania estrangeira, o todo ou uma parte do território português, ofender ou puser em perigo a independência do País será punido com prisão de dez a quinze anos".

Por traição define-se ainda o atentado contra a Constituição da República em que "o titular de cargo político que no exercício das suas funções atente contra a Constituição da República, visando alterá-la ou suspendê-la por forma violenta ou por recurso a meios que não os democráticos nela previstos, será punido com prisão de cinco a quinze anos, ou de dois a oito anos, se o efeito se não tiver seguido."

O atentado contra o Estado de direito, o titular de cargo político que, nos termos anteriormente referidos, "tentar destruir, alterar ou subverter o Estado de direito constitucionalmente estabelecido, nomeadamente os direitos, liberdades e garantias estabelecidos na Constituição da República, na Declaração Universal dos Direitos do Homem e na Convenção Europeia dos Direitos do Homem, será punido com prisão de dois a oito anos, ou de um a quatro anos, se o efeito se não tiver seguido".

Na coacção contra órgãos constitucionais
 - "O titular de cargo político que por meio não violento nem de ameaça de violência impedir ou constranger o livre exercício das funções de órgão de soberania ou de órgão de governo próprio de região autónoma será punido com prisão de dois a oito anos, se ao facto não corresponder pena mais grave por força de outra disposição legal."
 - "O titular de cargo político que, nas mesmas condições, impedir ou constranger o livre exercício das funções do Provedor de Justiça é punido com prisão de um a cinco anos."
 - "Se os factos descritos no n.º 1 forem praticados contra órgão de autarquia local, a prisão será de três meses a dois anos."
 - "Quando os factos descritos no n.º 1 forem cometidos contra um membro dos órgãos referidos nos No. 1, 2 ou 3, a prisão será de um a cinco anos, seis meses a três anos ou até um ano, respectivamente."

Lei Militar
Na lei militar, traição é o crime de deslealdade de um cidadão à sua pátria. Por exemplo, em tempos de guerra, uma pessoa que coopera ativamente com o inimigo (colaboracionismo), é considerado um traidor.

Definição Psicologia
Segundo a psicoterapeuta Olga Inês Tessari, são vários os fatores que levam à traição: questões culturais, carências, insatisfação em relação a desejos e expectativas com o (a) parceiro (a), vingança, a busca pelo novo, o estímulo provocado pela sensação de perigo, ou mesmo de poder. "A ideia de posse existe em quase todas as relações estáveis e as cobranças de fidelidade são normais e aceitas pela sociedade."
Segundo especialista a traição funciona como válvula de escape, pois quem trai é porque possui um motivo muito forte. Na maioria dos casos traição é mais comum em relacionamentos amorosos e cada dia que passa é mais comum, pois hoje em sociedade moderna porém ao mesmo tempo moralista a pressão psicológica é muito grande. Por isso segundo estudos algumas pessoas que ficam reprimidas com suas fantasias e anseios acabam cometendo o erro de trair alguém; isso só faz com que este indivíduo use uma espécie de "máscara" para esconder quem realmente é, ou gostaria de ser. O medo é o principal elemento para a traição.

Livros
O romance de Gustave Flaubert, "Madame Bovary", considerado o primeiro romance realista, trata magistralmente do tema áspero da infidelidade.

Ver também
 Alta traição
 Álibi
 Infidelidade
 Quinta-coluna
 Traição, filme brasileiro sobre o tema.

Ligações externas
 Técnicas para descobrir uma traição/infidelidade
 Traição - Como Descobrir
 Portal do Amor - Traição no relacionamento
 Como descobrir uma traição - Site

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Caste Based hate crimes with special focus on Dalits: An unbridled evil amongst us
Author: NauheerKalandhar Shakeel,
3rd year BA LLB,
School of Law, Christ (Deemed to be) University.
The term "hate" can be misleading. When used in a hate crime law, the word "hate" does not mean rage, anger, or general dislike. In this context "hate" means bias against people or groups with specific characteristics that are defined by the law. This bias is the reason that millions of people all over the globe are persecuted. The Bias is a deeply ingrained ideology which people fail to look beyond and commit offences based on what they believe to be the truth, but this bias which causes people to commit hate crimes is like two sides of a coin. Sticking to an Indian perspective people believe that crimes committed against the lower Scheduled Castes and Tribes such as the Dalits and the Adivasis although they are part of the same Hindu community but treated and viewed as two parallels who will never come to a common platform or footing. This has been the situation in India from the period after India gained her independence, there have been situations wherein the legislature has tried to make amends to this by-passing various legislation for the cause of safeguarding their rights but has failed on so many accounts. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was enacted in 1989 to tackle discrimination and violence against Dalits and Adivasi people but in recent times the strength behind the legislation has weakened and has not lived up to its objective. On 20thMarch 2018, The Honourable Supreme Court issued directions in the case of Subhash Kashinath vs. State of Maharashtra it was held that "Fair trial rights must always be defended. But the Court's cherry-picking of statistics to reach the dubious conclusion that the Atrocities Act is being particularly misused is worrying, and ignores the everyday violence that Dalits and Adivasis face in this country."[1] The steady decrease in rates of conviction and completion of trials in cases of crimes against Dalits over the last few years prove to show the misuse of the Act by those in power, which then leads to the subjugation of their rights to people in power thereby leading to the crimes not being reported by them due to the fear of reprisal by dominant caste groups and inefficiency of the police forces.
ORIGINS OF CASTE -BASED HATE CRIMES
The stigmatism, disadvantages discrimination and violence faced by Dalits made the Title of them being "untouchable" a part of how they were to be identified despite the constitutional prohibition on the same grounds and the criminalization of its worst manifestation[2].
Ambedkar had found the argument that castes were viewed as separate racial groups with distinct racial and cultural identities to be frivolous in nature[3]. Due to the varna system which began 3000 y
ears ago Dalits have been subjugated for a long period, they were not treated as part of mainstream Indian society which thereby made them to take up menial jobs for living such as playing drums at ceremonies etc, which was made to be done without remuneration in return. Untouchability since its abolition subsequent to 1947 would have opened up avenues and opportunities for the Dalits so one would be led to believe but in truth is on the contrary, the persecution and alienation of the Dalits has not stopped, owing to this most Indian states are segregated with the intent of keeping Dalits away from the higher castes.[4]they have designated places of habitat labelled "Dalit Street" which goes to show that although they have a place to call home they are never truly allowed to bask in the sun with all its glory, a constant reminder of their untouchability.
The origins caste-based atrocities begin from the deeply rooted notion of "Untouchability" which is engraved in the minds of the perpetrators in relation to the Indian context.[5]These Hate-crimes apart from the mental torture or turmoil also include physical aspects such as lynching, mob violence, forceful drinking or the intake of obnoxious substances and even sexual exploitation shows the plight which these Scheduled castes or Scheduled tribes face by the Non- Scheduled Castes (SCs).
There have been numerous cases of abuse against Dalits which have been on the rise in the past decade, the Author through some instances would like to point out a few. A Dalit youth who had said to allegedly eloped with a girl from OBC's was burnt with kerosene in the Gir Somnath District in 2012. In 2016 in the district of Bhavnagar there was a notorious gang who identified themselves as the "Gulab gang who regularly raped Dalit girls and blackmailed them through threats. Another brutal incident of abuse hurled against them was in 2016 in the Una district of Junagadh, where 2 Dalit boys were tied to auto-rickshaws and were subjected to public assault and were flogged.
The above examples are the ones that the media covers but there are so many incidences where Dalits are brutally tortured and victimized on the basis of casteism but there are umpteen cases which are not covered wherein they suffer as they have all through their existence without anybody to lend a hand. They endure this with the only way they know and that is to endure.
CURRENT LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE PROTECTION OF DALITS
The Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,1989 was enacted to provide legal safeguard to Scheduled Castes such as Dalits and Scheduled tribes like the Adivasis. The main aim of this act was to punish offences committed against the Scheduled castes and tribes which were not punishable under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) nor the Protection of Civil Rights Act 1995. The Act also seeks to provide special protection to the victims and also provides Special Courts and special public prosecutors for speedier completion of cases. The above mentioned are just a few salient features of the Act. This Act acts as the only legal recourse for Dalits to help their outcry. The Act after its enactment has helped Dalits have better educational facilities, the people from Scheduled Castes and tribes have been able to avail better educational and health facilities, but to every boon there is an also a bane that lingers on. It has been 30 years since the Act has been in place but there still lies the problems of low conviction rates in cases of their victimization, the numbers of rehabilitated victims are scarce and There are various States in India who have not implemented any concrete preventive measures to combat atrocities against the Schedule Castes and tribes that reside within them. These are the few out of many problems that highlights the shortcomings of the Act but the one which the Author would like to throw some light on is how the said Act is misused by people which degrades its merit. The First alleged Allegation of the Misuse of the Act was when The Supreme Court of India Ruled against the Dalits and said in the judgement given by a two-judge bench in relation to frivolous cases made against 'innocent people' and 'public servants' under the garb of victimization. This Included the Apex's Courts controversial decision which said that First, itdirected that a preliminary enquiry may be conducted by a DSP-rank officer to find out whether the allegations qualify for a case under the SC/ST Act and whether the allegations are frivolous or motivated. To this the Then Chief Justice of India KK Venugopal said that it goes against what the Constitution of India stands for.[6]Subsequent to this the Supreme Court Ordered for a review of its judgement given on March 2018 and said In the verdict, the apex court had taken note of the rampant misuse of the stringent SC/ST Act against government servants and private individuals and said there would be no immediate arrest on any complaint filed
under the law.
It had said on "several occasions", innocent citizens were being termed as accused and public servants deterred from performing their duties, which was never the intention of the legislature while enacting the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention against Atrocities) Act , 1989.
In view of the above decision By India's Apex court, this tells the story of only one side of the misuse of the SC/ST POA Act of 1989, on the contrary many other eminent personnel think otherwise and that the decision rendered by the Supreme Court was incorrect and should have not portrayed the Dalits as the main perpetrators. Mr Sukhadeo thorat gave a detailed explanation into why Dalits were being subjected to such injustice, First he says that the SC/ST POA act fails to protect Dalits in the manner that since its inception it mainly focused on one main objective which was to prevent atrocities taking place against the victims, but even after its inceptualisation it failed to provide protection and hence this created agitation amongst the Dalits who probed for another legislation. As a result of that assertion, there was a reaction that was fairly widespread in the country. It is at that time that the Union Ministry of Social Welfare set up the Elayaperumal Committee, which recommended the need for a second Act to provide a legal safeguard against the violent response by high castes. This committee also recommended a change in the Untouchability Offences Act – it was renamed the Protection of Civil Rights Act. Second, he debunks the main contention which the Supreme Court dealt with in giving their judgement in March 2018 which was whether False cases or FIR'S were being lodged by Dalits by them playing the victim card. According to the research done by him, He submitted a report that suggested there is no evidence of false cases. What they found is that at the preliminary stage, before filing the FIR [first information report], the police will see if there is enough evidence to file the case. They came to the conclusion that only 6% of the total cases are rejected at that stage, rest of the 94% cases are considered by the police based on the evidence to be filed. So, this report completely rejected the charge that false cases are filed. This was in Maharashtra alone, so basing upon the above data he makes a very strong statement and says that "So it is against logic to say Dalits will file false cases. My answer also to the Supreme Court judges who have alleged that Dalits have misused the Act is that this is based on prejudice and not factually correct''. [7] Third and most important to this particular Section of this paper is that he points out the loopholes in consonance with wilful negligence of the public officials who investigate the various cases of atrocities, some of the loopholes which the officials use to help their case can be mentioned , starting with the SC/ST POA rules 2015 read with the Act says that if the incident has happened, the police should immediately go to the spot and file the case within 24 hours. Also, while filing the case it should mention the caste background of the victim as well as the accused, provide medical support and rehabilitation and also that an officer not below the rank of DSP [deputy superintendent of police] should investigate, and the first information report should be read out to the victim. So, there are rules laid down for the implementation of the Act. But in truth and in reality, these public officials pay no heed to the procedural aspect laid down by the statute and it becomes very convenient for the defence lawyers to aid the accused because they have found loopholes in the Act which help their cause. This act of wilful negligence then creates a space for low-conviction rate which then these public officials bank on, in bringing up fabricated evidence for the filing of fake cases unbeknownst to them that this is because of the loopholes wilfully kept by officials to support the people of their social background. This continuous process continues and the Supreme Court judges also concur with the public officials and others in their conniving ways of disallowing Dalits the justice due to them. The justice system itself is against the Dalits which leaves them with no recourse and if the Supreme Court judges are making remarks such as "exacting vengeance" and "blackmail" then in terms of envisioning Dr. B R Ambedkar's dream of them being socially equal is a farfetched concept. This then leads to anti-Dalitism which some people have coined it as and thereby finally giving in to casteism which idealistically means leaving nothing of concrete value to fight for.
INSTANCES IN INDIA OF ATROCITIES COMMITTED AGAINST DALITS
Dalits have been persecuted in India for a long time now and there has only been intermittent aid for them. There have been Two very recent instances which has been in the spotlight for some time now. The First one took place in Maharashtra where on the 1st of January every year many Dalit protesters take to the streets in victory and gather to mark the 1818 battle of Bhima-Koregaon, in that fight, two centuries ago, low-caste Dalits sided with the British army to defeat the upper-caste Peshwa rulers. The protest was carried out by The Ambedkarites headed by Prakash Ambedkar who directed it and was at the helm of things which the protest sought to covey. Although the protest was peaceful on part of the Ambedkarites in spreading their message of having equal recognition and hoping to move gradually towards an egalitarian society, it did not go down well with the upper castes Hindus. The protesters also spoke against the Hindu far-right and sought the arrest of those responsible for the violence at Bhima-Koregaon. The Ambedkarite movement has a strong undercurrent of gender justice and often sees a lot of women in the forefront of the struggle against the caste system itself. According to reports, more than 250 protesters were detained by the police,
many arbitrarily. Residents of Siddharth Colony told Al Jazeera that five members of their community, including Pramod Kamble, an Air India employee, were beaten up by the police after the night-time protests on January 2. At least two of them were admitted to a local hospital, where access to media workers was denied. There was a prevalent anger among protesters across the city against the mainstream media due to its lack of coverage of the upper caste attack at Bhima-Koregaon.[8]
Another similar incident where 17 Dalits were killed in Nadur village when a wall collapsed onto them. The Dalit residents and the TPK, a pro-Dalit party, had been demanding action against the house owner, since the wall that collapsed was the compound of his house. It was constructed by him with alleged ulterior motives since it had no pillars to support it, according to the party. Also, the wall had an alleged motive of demarcating his residence from that of SCs, and thus it was discriminatory, warranting action under the SC/ST Act, according to the residents.[9]
The failure of the media is the lack of coverage of the trauma the Dalits are facing and also the inability and the inefficiency of the police in registering FIR's against the perpetrators, hopefully this sad and testing time for the victims should change for the better.
Another major incident that brought widespread media attention towards it was the commission of suicide by a Dalit named Rohit Vemula. On January 17th, 2017 a young scholar at the University of Hyderabad triggered off a chain of events that still remain unresolved after the commission of such an unfortunate Act. Vemula a Dalit student and a PhD candidate, had been suspended along with four others after a complaint by the local unit of the Akhil Bharatatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the BJP. He also penned a heartfelt letter which can be considered to be suicide note. The Contents of the letter bring out key points which have affected the subsequent working of affairs amongst the Dalit community. He first goes on to say that he does not specifically blame anybody for him taking his own life and then moves onto speaking about the aspirations he had of being a scientist like Carl Sagan, he was deeply interested in studying and learning about Science, the Stars and Nature. One line which has sowed its essence in many of the readers in the letter is when he says "My Birth is my Fatal accident" , this line reflects not only Vemula's trauma and sadness of being a Dalit but the viewpoint of the entire Dalit community who have actioned towards fighting against this very cause from time immemorial. The casualness of the principal of the University who Vemula gave a letter containing the grave injustice done to him by the University/ABVP members and the fact that the principal did not find it important to take cognizance of the fact and do something about it. If the aforementioned situation is compared to the similar acts of Police officials who remain silent when atrocities take place against Dalits speaks volumes in terms of the position of members of Scheduled Tribes and Castes in the country. Vemula's incident was one out of the plethora of cases of persecution and atrocities faced by Dalits in the Country which have been truly treated like sweeping something under the carpet.
ATROCITIES AGAINST DALITS UNDER HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
In 1997 Human Rights Watch decided to prepare a major report on caste-based discrimination, something which activists had envisioned for a long time, the constant and repeated requests of Dalits for an international body to look into the injustice done in India was finally answered by the Human Rights Watch ( hereinafter referred to as HRW). The HRW took cognizance of the fact that major human rights violation was taking place in India.[10] A report on caste discrimination would be a major undertaking, hence the HRW needed all the local help it could get, it then got in touch with The Ford Foundation, an already well established entity which was long involved in India in relation to various poverty reduction programs, the idea of this particular link up was to nurture more effective national coordination among Dalit organizations, this led to the formation of the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR), Officially launched on World Human Rights Day, 10 December 1998, the NCDHR linked dozens of formerly isolated Dalit civil society organizations in fourteen Indian.[11]This was the first attempt made to attract international attention to the problems faced by Dalits in the Country.
Subsequent measures also involved the empirical discussion of the conceptualization and measurement of the human rights indicators of economic, social and cultural rights. The main aim behind ESC rights are to impart a duty on the Government to respect, protect and fulfil citizens' rights to food, housing health, education and work , if the government has the adequate resources to fulfil such needs.[12]The above mentioned requisites have been fulfilled to an extent such as the implementation of food programs undertaken by the Central Government in 1995 for the provision of mid-day meal Scheme. India's Public Distribution system which is the world's largest distributor of food also has various schemes for the wellbeing of the Dalits. The Central government implemented the National Health Policy in 1983 to prevent things like a high mortality Rate of Dalit Infants and also to provide basic health benefits and requirements but this was only enacted in 2002. Another recent aid provided for violations of human rights was in 2012, the EU provided support to a case study on addressing caste discrimination in humanitarian response and the development of specific recommendations for humanitarian actors. A comprehensive case study was undertaken by National Dalit Watch/National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights and consortium of partners in India. A summary report "Equality in Aid" with guidelines was also published in 2012. [13]
Hence to bring to the forefront of the discussion, Although the above-mentioned schemes have worked, there can be so much more International intervention for helping Dalits deal with their Dire situation India, which can boost them towards an overall level of satisfaction
This paper has dealt with an array of issues involving Dalits and the atrocities faced by them. The Author has touched upon the current situation in the country in relation to them and has also dealt with the International efforts to meet their needs. The position of Dalits in India in facing hate crimes from all corners bears a testament to their 'undying 'will of the Ambedkarites and other members from the Dalit community, on the contrary speaking about the 'dying' will of a sense of Justice in relation to decisions given out by the Apex Court in India and the failure of the Police to safeguard the rights of the Scheduled Caste/Tribe members and instead terming them as the perpetrators has to change if the situation is to progress.
The Constant oppression faced by the Dalits from Higher upper-class Hindus which leads to the commission of various forms of 'Hate Crimes' against them is still prevalent. The current law protecting them from atrocities is termed to be misused by Dalits. The victims have been subjected to change in their position thereby becoming the perpetrators.
There needs to be an implementation of a new special law and the legislature must coin such a legislation which renders complete safeguard to the Dalits rather than against them. The Author truly believes that if there still looms an absence of a special law, to better the SC/ST POA, 1989 then the situation of the Dalits will not be resolved and the egalitarian India as envisioned by Dr BR Ambedkar will only be a distant dream and will hang in tatters.
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[1] Subhash Kashinath vs. State of Maharashtra (AIR 2018 SC 1498)
[2] Annapurna Waughray, Caste Discrimination and Minority Rights: The Case of India's Dalits, 17 Int'l J. on Minority & Group Rts. 327 (2010)
[4] Sesha Kethineni & Gail Diane Humiston, Dalits, the Oppressed People of India: How are
Their Social, Economic, and Human Rights Addressed, 4 War Crimes Genocide & Crimes
against Human. 99 (2010).
[5] Hate Crimes, Crimes of Atrocity, and Affirmative Action in India and the US Samuel L. Myers, Jr and Vanishree Radhakrishna August, 2018.
[6] Ashitosh Mishra, SC/ST: Supreme Court recalls directions of March 2018 verdict, The Economic Times (India), October 1st, 2019.
[7] Smitha Nair, Interview: 'It is against logic to say Dalits will file false cases', Scroll.in, April 4th, 2018, ( last visited on 9th March, 2020), https://scroll.in/article/874328/interview-it-is-against-logic-to-say-dalits-will-file-false-cases.
[8] Al Jazeera, Dalit Protests : How Mumbai was shut Down, Al Jazeera, 10th January, 2018, https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/dalit-protests-mumbai-shut-180110065159116.html
[9] Press Trust of India, Alleging Discrimination, Dalits in Tamil Nadu say they will convert to Islam, India Today (Coimbatore), December 26th, 2019. https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/alleging-discrimination-dalits-in-tamil-nadu-say-they-will-convert-to-islam-1631488-2019-12-26
[10] Clifford Bob, "Dalits Rights are Human Rights": Caste Discrimination, International Activism and a Construct of a new Human Rights Issue, Human Rights Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Feb., 2007), pp. 167-193
[11] Ibid
[12] Sesha Kethineni & Gail Diane Humiston, Dalits, the Oppressed People of India: How are Their Social, Economic, and Human Rights Addressed, 4 War Crimes Genocide & Crimes against Human. 99 (2010).
[13] International Dalit Solidarity Network, Aid, International Dalit Solidarity Network, 20th November, 2019, (last visited on March 9th, 2020), https://idsn.org/eu/aid/
Artificial Intelligence and the Law in the Indian Legal System: A step forward or a step back?
CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON THE ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS IN INDIA


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OLAF investigation keeps dangerous hand sanitiser off the shelves
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Almost 140,000 litres of hand sanitiser have been seized so far in the European Union thanks to information provided by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). The hand sanitiser originated from Turkey and contained dangerously high levels of methanol.
The use of hand sanitiser contaminated with methanol can cause headaches, blurred vision, nausea and vomiting, loss of coordination, and a decreased level of consciousness. Methanol has a direct toxic effect on the optic nerve, and ingestion can lead to blindness. Last August, OLAF received detailed information from Danish authorities concerning a seizure of 6,000 litres of hand sanitiser originating from Turkey. OLAF relayed the information to all EU Member States.
OLAF spotted a suspicious shipment to Ireland at the end of September and alerted Irish customs authorities. Irish authorities promptly intercepted the suspicious cargo in Dublin Port. Several samples analysed by the Irish Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) confirmed unacceptably high levels of methanol. The same happened with a second shipment. Through subsequent investigations with the freight forwarder, Irish authorities also discovered, detained and analysed older consignments of the hand sanitiser that were being kept in storage.
OLAF investigations discovered several companies in different EU Member States that ordered hand sanitisers from the same Turkish manufacturer and immediately informed the competent national authorities. In fact, the manufacturer in question operates under several names that OLAF managed to identify and link to each other. The company also manufactures on behalf of others. The names of the companies involved are covered by the confidentiality of ongoing investigations.
OLAF Director-General Ville Itälä said: 'Almost 140,000 litres have been seized by now; investigations in Member States are ongoing. This is an example of true teamwork between OLAF and the national authorities involved. Everyone put their expertise and operational capacity into a relay operation to protect Europeans. OLAF was pivotal. Since the onset of the pandemic, OLAF has been active in fighting illicit material related to COVID-19 such as counterfeit and substandard face masks, rapid tests, hand sanitisers. These products should protect people, not harm them. OLAF investigations have detected over 900 companies involved so far, and the list is growing.'
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Not everyone who needs a new kidney can get one. Finding a match can be difficult, waiting lists long.
For M. Scott True, M.D., a physician at Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Consultants in Middletown, who was suffering kidney failure, time was running out.
What he didn't know was that a kidney matching his was sitting right down the hall in the form of Scott Albright, M.D., ('03) a Wright State University graduate who had worked closely with True for five years.
The events unfolded in 2011, when True announced to the office staff that he was having renal failure, would be off work for doctor's appointments, was looking for a kidney donor, and expected it was going to be "a bumpy ride."
In the midst of what was becoming an unsuccessful search for a donor, True casually mentioned to Albright that his blood type was O positive. Albright replied that his was the same and immediately volunteered to undergo tests at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati to see whether his kidney might be a match.
"I was willing," he said. "I told my wife well beforehand... that 'if I'm a match, I'm going to do it.' She said, 'You've got to.'"
Rotation leads to love of sports medicine
Albright's presence at Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Consultants was really a chance occurrence.
The boyish-looking 35-year-old with straw-colored hair and oval, wire-rimmed glasses grew up in the tiny western Ohio town of Covington. He attended the Kettering College of Medical Arts, obtained his bachelor's degree from Bowling Green State University and then went to Wright State for medical school, initially thinking he wanted to go into cardiology.
But during one of his rotations in Dayton, he worked with a sports medicine physician and fell in love with that area of health care. After finishing his residency, he received a flier in the mail from Middletown's Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Consultants looking for a doctor who wanted to do "100 percent sports medicine."
Albright jumped.
He treats fractures, sprains, torn ligaments, "everything under the sun." "Making people feel better when they come out of the office," he says, "that's the gratifying part of it."
But it can be a lot of work. Fifty-hour work weeks and eating lunch at his desk is the norm. Albright's wife is a hospitalist with a busy schedule, and the couple has a 10-month-old son.
The fateful telephone call from Christ Hospital on the results of his bloodwork came to Albright in his office.
A moment later, True walked by and waved for Albright to follow him to a conference room, where unknown to Albright a surprise party to celebrate his recently born son was about to begin.
Instead, Albright pulled True into his office.
"I'm a perfect match," Albright told True.
"He was floored," Albright recalled. "He was not expecting it at all. He was quite elated."
Finding a match in kidney transplantation is essential so that the recipient's body does not reject the donated kidney.
Matching involves a complex series of tests that take into account blood and tissue type. In addition, a labora - tory technique called crossmatch - ing is used to determine how a transplant recipient may respond to certain cells or proteins of the donor.
A kidney does not have to be a perfect match to be transplanted successfully, but a donated kidney that is a perfect match typically survives significantly longer. Usually, a perfect match is from a brother or sister.
Albright was nervous about the surgery. He worried about the risks of general anesthesia. He worried that his one remaining kidney wouldn't work. But he was determined to help his colleague.
On Aug. 2, 2011, the surgeries occurred back to back in adjoining operating rooms, with Albright's left kidney removed and transplanted to True.
Albright was in the hospital for a couple of days, while True was there for more than a week. Albright described the post-opera - tive pain as pretty intense.
Albright returned to work in two weeks, which he now admits was probably as much as a month too soon. He said the early return prolonged his recovery time and forced him to cut back on his schedule.
"I couldn't walk upright for the first three weeks," he said.
The transplant has created a special bond between the two doctors. They even joke about it, with Albright reminding True to drink plenty of fluids to keep Albright's kidney healthy.
"For Dr. True, I would do it again in a heartbeat," Albright said. "There was pain, but well worth it. He's healthy again. I was glad I was able to help him out."
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