Exposure to asbestos and inhaling the fibres can lead to diseases such as pleural plaque and asbestosis. Although the use of asbestos was banned in the 1980's, many Australian homes built before this time still feature asbestos-based materials.
The popularity of DIY (Do-It-Yourself) removal projects place people at risk of developing diseases like mesothelioma, or cancer of the lungs. In fact, the practice of DIY asbestos removal is highly discouraged. Special permits need to be obtained to help minimise exposure. Taking the DIY path is both risky and dangerous.
Asbestos removal should be left to the professionals. They are trained, licensed and well-equipped to handle and dispose of these hazardous materials. Removing asbestos is complicated and risky and DIY methods are not only discouraged, but illegal if you do not have the right documents.
Below are some of the risks involved when performing DIY asbestos removal.
Age, exposure to the elements and weathering can make asbestos roofing fragile over time. A DIYer may not be aware of this, running the risk of breaking it apart and releasing the fibres into the air. Asbestos materials need to be wet during the removal process. The risk of electrocution is also higher. Working in higher spaces or climbing ladders may also lead to accidents.
The right equipment for asbestos removal is expensive and heavy. Cheaper alternatives are likely to fit poorly and not offer the same protection.
Wearing full Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) under the summer sun may lead to dehydration or heat stroke. The work can also be hard for those who are not very fit or trained correctly.
Asbestos fibres may float around an enclosed area even before the removal process starts. Some DIYers might forget to keep the asbestos materials wet which could cause exposure to the asbestos. Others may not wear the prescribed PPE while removing asbestos. In addition, if the work area is not properly sealed, the fibres can lodge in clothing or spread to clean areas. This puts others at risk of asbestos fibre exposure.
Asbestos sheets can weigh around 35 to 50 kilograms per sheet. Their weight alone could lead to muscle strain and joint injury.
Taking the DIY route is risky and it's best to consult a professional. A licensed and reputable removalist can help you dispose of deteriorating asbestos. Visit Asbestos Removals Australia for advice and consultation if you live or work in a place you think may have asbestos.


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SAM Applauds FDA Action on Medical Pot Companies Making Dishonest Medical Claims
By adminNovember 1, 2017November 3rd, 2017SAM's News
SAM and partners have been urging action;
FDA sends warning letters to four companies today
(Alexandria, Va., November 1, 2017) – Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it was sending warning letters to companies illegally selling marijuana products with unsubstantiated medical claims. SAM and its partners have written to FDA numerous times over the past few years urging action, and applaud this latest move.
"Seriously ill people deserve access to regulated, safe medications that are properly labeled, dosed, and do not contain harsh additives or unadvertised components, let alone false promises" said Kevin Sabet, President and CEO of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM). "We applaud FDA for taking action and protecting public health."
In a press release, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said, "Substances that contain components of marijuana will be treated like any other products that make unproven claims to shrink cancer tumors. We don't let companies market products that deliberately prey on sick people with baseless claims that their substance can shrink or cure cancer and we're not going to look the other way on enforcing these principles when it comes to marijuana-containing products," said FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. "There are a growing number of effective therapies for many cancers. When people are allowed to illegally market agents that deliver no established benefit they may steer patients away from products that have proven, anti-tumor effects that could extend lives."
The claims made by these companies include:
"Combats tumor and cancer cells;"
"CBD makes cancer cells commit 'suicide' without killing other cells;"
"CBD … [has] anti-proliferative properties that inhibit cell division and growth in certain types of cancer, not allowing the tumor to grow;" and
"Non-psychoactive cannabinoids like CBD (cannabidiol) may be effective in treating tumors from cancer – including breast cancer."
The companies targeted are Greenroads Health, Natural Alchemist, That's Natural! Marketing and Consulting, and Stanley Brothers Social Enterprises LLC.
"This is hopefully just the tip of the iceberg," said Sabet. "We should absolutely support medical research into the components of marijuana and find legal pathways for seriously ill people to access products reviewed by FDA, but these companies and others like them refuse to go the FDA route and should therefore be shut down. We encourage the FDA to continue to protect public health."

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Recently the Federal Government has credited its people smuggling disruption programme as having significantly contributed to the decline in the numbers of people trying to get to Australia illegally.
Minister for Immigration, Philip Ruddock, cited the government's policy of "physically disrupting the work of people smugglers"[1332] as one of the main reasons for the decline in asylum seeker boats coming to Australia.
Minister for Justice and Customs, Chris Ellison, also credited the Government's disruption programme as a significant reason why no boat had landed on the Australian mainland in almost 12 months.[1333]
However, from the evidence the Government has given both the Certain Maritime Incident Committee and Senate Estimates hearings, it is unclear exactly what activities occur in Indonesia under the disruption programme.
Within a legal framework and properly administered, disruption is a legitimate tool of Government. However the Australian disruption programme in Indonesia does not appear to have this kind of framework.
The Government has recently provided insufficient answers to questions that go to the extent of the disruption programme in Indonesia and what exactly the programme entails.
Given that the disruption programme in Indonesia is undertaken by the Australian Government and funded by the Australian taxpayer, the Federal Government and Commonwealth agencies must not avoid Parliamentary scrutiny on this matter.
The Australian Government must answer these questions:
What are the limits to the implementation of the disruption policy, if there are any?
Precisely what disruption activities are undertaken at the behest of, or with the knowledge of, or even broadly authorised by, the Australian Government?
What role have Ministers played in issuing Ministerial directions or authorisations covering these activities, and what knowledge do Ministers have about the methods employed, or the outcomes of those activities?
What sort of mechanisms are in place to ensure that Australia is not breaching any laws, here in Australia or in other countries?
How is the policy of disruption funded?
How much does it cost to fund, and who actually receives this money?
Who tasks the Indonesian officials or others to disrupt people smugglers or their clients?
Are Australians involved in disruption activities in Indonesia?
What accountability mechanisms are in place in relation to these activities, and what mechanisms ought to be put in place?
What is Disruption?
The policy of disruption aims to disrupt the activities of people smugglers and their clients, asylum seekers wanting passage to Australia. The activities that occur under the disruption programme in Indonesia appear to be quite broad. They range from information campaigns to more direct activities such as preventing vessels from departing Indonesia.
Disruption, by way of an information campaign, includes informing people in Indonesia of the dangers or the risks associated with people smuggling. For example, telling asylum seekers of the dangers of sailing in vessels to Australia, or distributing T-Shirts to the local Indonesian fishermen that explain why they should not crew people smuggler boats.
Department of Foreign Affairs, Assistant Secretary, Geoff Raby, told Senate Estimates that disruption was "collecting information, collecting intelligence, meeting with local police in different areas and local governors, raising the profile of the issue and expressing concerns".[1334]
At the Senate Select Committee into a Certain Maritime Incident (or CMI Committee), representatives from the Department of Immigration said that the only disruption activity they were involved in was information campaigns, for example, pointing out some of the dangers in travel to potential passengers.[1335]
However the policy of disruption is not only about information campaigns in Indonesia.
Disruption is also about physically disrupting the people smuggling syndicates and the asylum seekers who seek their assistance.
Minister Ruddock recently outlined in general terms the more active element of disruption. This includes the "detection and interception of the people smuggler's route" through regional cooperation ranging "from information exchange to joint collaborative action on illegal migration". It also involves disruption at transit points[1336].
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is also involved in active disruption in Indonesia.
AFP National General Manager, Federal Agent, Brendan McDevitt, told the CMI Committee that in broad terms the "primary objective" of disruption is to "prevent the departure of the vessel in the first instance, to deter or dissuade passengers from actually boarding vessels".[1337]
The AFP agreed that there were a whole series of methods that could be used to prevent the departure of the vessel and that it was the "discretion of the liaison officer in Jakarta as to the best method to apply".[1338] There may be disruption of the transport of the passengers to the embarkation point, for instance, or the movement of the boat to that embarkation point.
AFP Commissioner Mick Keelty confirmed the more active nature of the disruption activities, when he said that their purpose is to, "prevent the departure of a vessel ... either by the arrest of individuals or by the detention of individuals, or by ensuring that the individuals don't reach the point of embarkation if that was known".[1339]
From the evidence received at the CMI Committee and Senate Estimates, it appears that there are no current guidelines on what is acceptable and what is not acceptable when disrupting people smugglers, asylum seekers and the people smuggler vessels. The Government has refused to confirm if the disruption programme in Indonesia ever extended to the physical interference of vessels and whether any consideration is given, in the planning and implementation of disruption, to questions of maritime safety – to the safety of lives at sea.
Kevin Ennis
Channel Nine's Sunday program has recently raised serious questions about the nature of disruption operations in Indonesia.
The most concerning of these allegations is that AFP informant Kevin Enniss admitted, indeed boasted, to reporter Ross Coulthart and two colleagues that he had paid Indonesian locals on four or five occasions to scuttle people smuggling boats with passengers aboard. Mr Enniss claimed the boats were sunk close to land so everyone got off safely.
The AFP recently issued a press statement indicating that "Kevin Enniss has been formally interviewed since the Nine Network's Sunday Program alleged his involvement in the sabotaging of vessels. He emphatically denies any such involvement".[1340] However the AFP did not indicate if Mr Enniss had told the Sunday crew that he had paid local Indonesians to scuttle four or five boats.
The AFP recently confirmed, as a result of the Sunday Program revelations in February, that Mr Enniss was paid at least $25,000 by the AFP to be an informant. The AFP also admitted that they were aware that Mr Enniss purported to be a people smuggler and on at least one occasion took money from asylum seekers who thought they were buying a passage to Australia.[1341] Commissioner Keelty told Senate Estimates: "...we knew he was involved in people smuggling activities because he was telling us what was going on".[1342]
The Enniss admissions are not consistent with statements by the AFP's Director of International Operations, Dick Moses, earlier this year. When asked by the Sunday program "Has the Australian Federal Police ever authorised any informant to involve themselves in people-smuggling", he answered "No that's categorically no, the Australian Federal Police has not done so".[1343]
The Sunday program also put evidence on the record from a number of asylum-seekers that Mr Enniss claimed to be an Australian policeman, and that he had information about Royal Australian Navy ships which would ensure that their boats would slip the net and reach Australia.
These admissions contradict evidence given by Commissioner Keelty to the CMI Committee in which he claimed "we obtain information from informants, but informants do not disrupt. They have no power to disrupt".[1344]
Commissioner Keelty also told the CMI Committee that the AFP have no police powers beyond Australia's borders. Furthermore the AFP could not direct Indonesian Police or other Indonesian authorities to disrupt people smugglers and asylum seekers. They could only seek their assistance and cooperation.[1345]
But in the case of Mr Enniss this is clearly not what is occurring in Indonesia. The AFP have admitted Mr Enniss in conjunction with the Indonesian police agency POLDA "were engaged in strategies designed to interdict asylum seekers where possible before they could depart for Australia".[1346] This appears to be exactly what the policy of disruption sets out to do.
Active Disruption
Most information about active disruption has come from AFP evidence at the CMI Committee and Senate Estimates. But the AFP is not the only agency involved in these disruption activities. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT), the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS), Defence, and the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) also play a role in Australia's people smuggling disruption program. As Minister Ellison told the Senate: "[W]e have the Australian Federal Police and officials of the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade working in the region for upstream disturbance [disruption]. We have had some success with that. We are working at that end of the market".[1347]
The evidence received by the AFP at the CMI Committee and Senate Estimates, regarding active disruption has been, at times, contradictory and misleading.
The AFP told the CMI Committee that they work closely with the Indonesian National Police, Indonesian Immigration, the Indonesian Navy and Indonesian Army and Marines when pursuing organised people smuggling activities.
According to the AFP, no payment is made to the Indonesian authorities for carrying out disruption activities.
Commissioner Keelty told the CMI Committee "We do not ask them to carry out a task and then pay for them to do the task. There is a level of cooperation that we have with them under the protocol".[1348]
The AFP also indicated that they "paid no moneys to any government agency in Indonesia to have them disrupt the activities of people-smuggling organisers.[1349]
However, Commissioner Keelty did confirm that the AFP provides equipment, training and costs in travel to those Indonesian authorities involved in disruption activities. For instance the AFP's Law Enforcement Cooperation Program provides training and equipment to the Indonesian National Police. Five teams of the Indonesian National Police have been established through this program and are directly involved in disruption activity.[1350]
Commissioner Keelty also informed the CMI Committee that AFP informants are only paid to provide information about the location of passengers and the activities of organisers and that "no money has been paid to anybody specifically empowered to intervene"[1351] in people smuggling.
But as a result of an investigation into the activities of Mr Enniss, the AFP confirmed they were aware Mr Enniss purported to be a people smuggler in Indonesia. The AFP also admitted to knowing that Mr Enniss had taken money from asylum seekers on at least one occasion.[1352] According to the Sunday program, Mr Enniss has also confessed to paying Indonesians to scuttle people smuggling vessels.[1353]
Commissioner Keelty has told the CMI Committee that it has not come to the AFP's attention that "they were doing anything unlawful or inhumane".[1354]
However, both the summary of the AFP's investigation into Kevin Enniss, and the Sunday program's investigation, have clearly indicated that at least one Australian was involved in disruption activities of a highly dubious and possibly criminal nature.
Despite the assurance Commissioner Keelty gave to the Senate Select Committee that nothing unlawful or inhumane would occur as a result of the disruption programme, in the same day of evidence Commissioner Keelty could not categorically rule out whether illegal and inhumane disruption activities had occurred. These activities include encouraging fuel suppliers not to supply fuel to vessels, not providing food for the vessels to sail, and putting sugar in the fuel tank or sand in the engine of a vessel. When Comissioner Keelty was asked if he could categorically say whether any of these activities did not occur, he replied "I have no knowledge at all of these things occurring, but it is like anything else I have no knowledge about: I cannot deny that it exists".[1355]
Legality and propriety
Government agencies involved in the disruption programme have told the Senate Select Committee that they never sought legal advice on these activities.
Commissioner Keelty claimed that he was fully accountable for the disruption program[1356], but it appears that no procedures have been put in place to ensure nothing untoward or illegal is occurring or has occurred. There appear to be no accountability mechanisms in place at all, with most of this activity occurring outside Australian legal jurisdiction.
When Commissioner Keelty was asked at the CMI Committee "so what accountability controls and constraints are on those Indonesian agencies that are conducting this activity? How are you satisfied ... that those activities are conducted in an appropriate way?", Commissioner Keelty replied, "[T]hat is not for me to say. I don't have any power over the Indonesian authorities".[1357]
Furthermore Commissioner Keelty indicated "The AFP, in tasking the Indonesian National Police to do anything that would disrupt the movement of people smugglers has never asked, nor would it ask them to do anything illegal. If we became aware that they were doing something illegal or something that was inhumanitarian (sic), then it would be brought to our notice and we would ask that they not do it that way. The difficulty is once we ask them to do it, we have to largely leave it in their hands as how they best do it".[1358] It is instructive to note Commissioner Keelty's words here in regard to the broad tasking the AFP has requested of the INP: "in tasking the Indonesian National Police to do anything that would disrupt the movement of people-smugglers".
But in earlier evidence, Commissioner Keelty claimed that the AFP couldn't task the Indonesians to disrupt people smugglers stating "We are not tasking them [INP] to do it...we can seek their cooperation. We do not have a line of command over the Indonesian authorities"[1359]. It is unclear if the AFP did in fact task the INP to disrupt people smugglers or whether they simply sought cooperation.
Commissioner Keelty has said that he has not sought legal advice about the disruption activities in Indonesia. It is therefore difficult to understand how Commissioner Keelty can claim to know definitively that none of the disruption activities in Indonesia are illegal or improper.
When the Department of Immigration was asked if they had concerns about the nature or legality of any disruption activities, Deputy Secretary Ed Killesteyn replied "None at all. DIMIA is not an agency that has a role or a function or a mandate to be involved in disruption activities that might invite some sort of question as to its legality. That is not our role. We are not a law enforcement agency".[1360]
Dr Raby from DFAT also indicated that his department had not sought any legal advice about people smuggling disruption activities.[1361]
It is of concern that these disruption activities are occurring in Indonesia at the request of the Australian government and yet no legal advice has been sought nor are any mechanisms in place to ensure nothing illegal or untoward is occurring in Indonesia.
Legal advice given to the Sunday program indicated that the alleged behaviour of Mr Ennis in Indonesia is probably criminal, and that the AFP has possibly acted outside the law.
Highly respected legal expert Professor Mark Findlay said of Mr Enniss on Channel Nine's Sunday Program: "Well, under Australian law if he's a people smuggler it's a crime. If he's not a people smuggler but purporting to be one, that's a misrepresentation. And to obtain a financial advantage as a consequence, that's a crime – you can't have it both ways".[1362]
Professor Findlay also rejected Commissioner Keelty's claim at Senate Estimates that informants like Mr Enniss are protected by the controlled operations legislation.
Controlled Operations are defined as:
"an operation that: involves the participation of law enforcement officers; is carried out for the purpose of obtaining evidence that may lead to the prosecution of a person for a serious Commonwealth offence; and may involve a law enforcement officer or other person in acts, or omissions to act, that would, apart from certain exemptions, constitute a Commonwealth offence or an offence against a law of a State or Territory"[1363].
Professor Findlay argued that there were possibly three reasons to suggest that Mr Ennis was not covered by the controlled operations legislation: firstly, the legislation does not cover controlled operations in Indonesia; secondly, informers are not covered by the legislation, and thirdly the legislation does not cover individuals who are involved in entrapment procedures which is the work that Mr Ennis appears to have been doing in Indonesia.[1364]
The suggestion made by Commissioner Keelty means that there are grounds to suspect that the AFP itself may have been involved in, or may have authorised or condoned, activities outside of the law, or even in breach of Australian law.
In this regard it should be noted that amendments extending the controlled operations provisions of the Crimes Act 1914 to cover people smuggling offences only entered into effect on 1 October 2001.
Role of Ministers
Beyond the activities of AFP informant, Mr Enniss, there are serious questions about the disruption programme and the behaviour of certain Australian agencies in Indonesia.
It is unclear to what extent Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock, Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer, Justice and Customs Minister Chris Ellison and Attorney General Daryl Williams, had authorised, or had knowledge of or involvement in the disruption activities in Indonesia.
At the CMI Committee, Assistant Secretary Nelly Siegmund from the Immigration Department indicated that she had specifically briefed Minister Ruddock about AFP reports relating to "Indonesian involvement in being able to stop certain vessels from departing".[1365]
However, generally Immigration officials at the CMI Committee were vague about their knowledge of disruption, mainly referring to information campaigns.[1366]
For instance Ed Killesteyn described his knowledge of disruption activities on the ground as "only generalities...about information campaigns and providing an opportunity for people to be delivered to the IOM [International Organisation for Migration] processing areas".[1367]
This contrasts with Minister Ruddock's Background Paper, released a few weeks after Immigration officials' evidence to the CMI Committee, that outlined the policy of disruption including "Disruption at Transit Points" which "can be either through apprehension of those unlawfully in a transit country prior to their onwards travel or by interception at the actual point of attempting to continue their journey, either by sea or air".[1368]
The CMI Committee's work has found that the Prime Minister established the People Smuggling Taskforce, headed by PM&C, to share high-level information, and that this taskforce discussed disruption activities on a number of occasions. It is unclear, however, what briefings this taskforce provided the Prime Minister about the nature and extent of disruption activities undertaken by, or condoned by, Commonwealth agencies.
On 27 September 2000, the Minister for Justice and Customs, issued a ministerial direction that the AFP "give special emphasis to countering and otherwise investigating organised people smuggling. The AFP should also ensure that it provides an effective contribution to the implementation of the Government's whole of government approach to unauthorised arrivals".[1369] Minister Ellison, who became the Minister for Justice and Customs in January 2001, has not indicated how this direction was put into operation.
Last year Minister Ellison told the Senate that Australia's upstream disturbance program (or disruption programme) had successfully stopped 3,700 asylum seekers from embarking on voyages to Australia:
"[I]n the period February 2001 to June 2001, due to the efforts of the Australian Federal Police, Immigration and Foreign Affairs and, particularly, cooperation from the Indonesian authorities, we have prevented a potential 3,700 illegal entrants coming to Australia. That has been very good work that we have done overseas in attempting to avoid this problem reaching Australia, and I want to place on record our appreciation to the Indonesian authorities...What they have to look at are the facts, because the facts demonstrate successes in relation to upstream disturbance. We have set up a people smuggling Taskforce made up of the Australian Federal Police and Immigration officials...We have tasked and resourced the Australian Federal Police to work with Indonesian authorities in relation to upstream disturbance in relation to people smuggling".[1370]
Foreign Affairs Minister, Alexander Downer, has also not confirmed whether he authorised the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS), either prior to or following the commencement of the Intelligence Services Act, to engage in disruption activities. If such authorisation occurred, the Minister should explain what sort of disruption activities took place in Indonesia as a result of any such Ministerial authorisation.
Section 6(1)(e) of the Intelligence Services Act, which commenced on 29 October 2001, requires the Foreign Minister to put into writing any ministerial direction authorising ASIS to engage in so-called "other activities", that is any activities relating to people or organisations outside Australia other than intelligence collection.
Disruption activities would be categorised as "other activities" for ASIS under the provisions of the Intelligence Services Act.
The question of provision for the authorisation of "other activities" was a government priority when the Intelligence Services Bill was before the Parliament last year.
Direct Parliamentary scrutiny of the role of ASIS is not possible. Nor is it possible for the Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD to examine these matters as they may be current operational matters. It is also possible that such an examination falls outside the powers of the Inspector General of Intelligence and Security.
If ASIS has been involved, the critical aspect would be the behaviour of its agents not its intelligence officers. Ultimately supervision in this area, and responsibility in this area lies with the Foreign Minister. If ASIS has been involved, then Minister Downer should brief the Leader of the Opposition on this subject.
Response from Ministers
Australian Ministers who have been questioned about the disruption programme have so far provided unsatisfactory responses. It is not enough for Ministers to dismiss the suggestion that illegal activities might be occurring, as a result of the disruption programme, when there is obviously no system in place to ensure that this is not occurring.
When Minister Ellison was recently asked on ABC"s Radio's AM programme if any Australian agents or their informants had been involved at all in the sabotaging vessels, he replied "Well it's not the policy of the Australian Government". Again, when reporter Matt Brown asked "But what about individuals? Has that happened?" Minister Ellison replied "Well I can only speak for the Australian Federal Police and they have said to me that the Australian Federal Police has never been involved in sabotaging vessels".[1371]
Furthermore, Minister Downer has not ruled out the possibility that someone may have sabotaged vessels in Indonesia as a result of Australia's disruption programme:
"The Australian Government certainly did not sabotage any boats. Did anyone every sabotage a boat, I've no idea, but did the Australian Government ever sabotage a boat, or was a boat sabotaged and sunk on the instructions of the Australian Government, if I may say so, anybody would know that no Australian Government would do that".[1372]
When recently asked if anyone in Indonesia had sabotaged people smuggling vessels as a result of the disruption programme, would the Government want to know, Defence Minister, Robert Hill, replied: "Well, if I'm confident that no law authority, no Australian institutional body would act in this way, it's inappropriate to therefore speculate and hypothetically ask me the next question".[1373]
Minister Ruddock's response to questions about Australia's disruption programme is also unsatisfactory:
"Ministers and public servants are entitled to be angry about the way in which those sorts of imputations are drawn when there is no evidence for them to be drawn in that way".[1374]
So far none of the Ministers involved in the people smuggling disruption programme has categorically ruled out if the disruption programme in Indonesia ever involved anyone sabotaging a people smuggling vessel.
Australian Embassy in Jakarta
Questions also remain about how much direction regarding disruption activities comes from the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, and what sort of direction the Embassy is receiving from officials or Ministers in Canberra.
DIMIA has three Compliance Officers working out of the Jakarta Embassy. Two of these positions were created in the last two years. Their major priority is to work on people smuggling issues.
Two AFP agents also work from the Embassy in Jakarta. These agents work closely with the Indonesian National Police, Indonesian Immigration, Indonesian Navy and Indonesian Army and Marines.[1375] They report directly to the Director of International Operations – Mr Dick Moses and the General Manager of International Operations – Mr Shane Castles.[1376]
Both Mr Moses and Mr Castles were regular attendees of the Prime Minister's People Smuggling Taskforce last year. They would inform the Taskforce of the criminal aspects of people smuggling - involvement with the people smuggling teams and disruption activities.[1377]
At the Australian Embassy in Jakarta an Inter-Agency Co-ordination Group on People Smuggling has also been established. The portfolios represented at these meetings are DFAT, DIMIA, AFP and Defence. The purpose is to share information and assessments and to represent the agencies' view in relation to people smuggling matters.[1378] Geoff Raby from DFAT has indicated disruption activities are a key focus of this group.[1379]
Australia's Indonesian Ambassador Ric Smith recently wrote a letter to the Canberra Times ruling out the possibility that any official of the Embassy was engaged "in any activity to disable or attempt to disable any vessel on which potential illegal immigrants were embarked".[1380]
However, it is unclear what directions were given from the Australian Embassy to Indonesian or Australian authorities involved in disruption activities and whether these directions came from Canberra officials or Ministers and furthermore how any such directions were interpreted.
On the 13 June 2001 the Minister for Immigration Philip Ruddock travelled to Jakarta. He had meetings with the Australian Ambassador Ric Smith and the Inter-Agency People Smuggling Group. He also met with the Indonesian Minister for Justice and Human Rights and the Indonesian Minister for Foreign Affairs.[1381]
By September 2001 something concerned the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Department enough to request the protocol between the AFP and the Indonesian National Police be set aside.
Protocol – Memorandum of Understanding
AFP Commissioner Keelty told the CMI Committee that on the 15th September 2000 a "specific protocol under the MOU [Memorandum of Understanding] to target people smuggling syndicates operating out of Indonesia" was agreed to by the AFP and their counterparts the Indonesian National Police.[1382] The CMI Committee requested the Protocol and MOU but so far the AFP has not provided a copy.
Under this protocol the AFP provides equipment and training to the Indonesian National Police.[1383]
At the CMI Committee Commissioner Keelty revealed that the Protocol under the MOU was set aside by the Indonesian government in September 2001 – due to concerns the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Department (DEPLU) had in relation to disruption.[1384]
Commissioner Keelty could not or would not tell the committee why the Protocol was cancelled by the Indonesian Government.
Despite the Protocol being set aside, probably due to concern about the disruption activities that were conducted by the AFP and the Indonesian National Police, Commissioner Keelty told the CMI Committee he was not aware of the full detail of the Indonesian complaints.[1385]
Repeatedly Commissioner Keelty was asked at the CMI Committee the reasons behind the Indonesian authorities cancelling the protocol.
Faulkner: What concerns did the Indonesians express in relation to the disruption operation?
Keelty: I do not have a briefing on that and I do not know that anyone in the AFP does.
Faulkner: I would be surprised—very surprised—if the AFP was not informed of what these concerns might have been.
Keelty: It was a decision by the Indonesian government in their DEPLU, so I would not necessarily expect them to tell me why.[1386]
Later at the CMI Committee, Commissioner Keelty was asked:
Faulkner: Commissioner, did you ask why the protocol was cancelled?
Keelty: I do not specifically recall.
Faulkner: You do not know if you asked why?
Keelty: I answered you. I do not specifically recall.[1387]
Despite the concerns the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Department had about the Protocol, the AFP says it continued to cooperate with the Indonesian National Police until June 2002.
The breakdown in the Protocol doesn't appear to have stopped disruption activities from occurring in Indonesia. Between September 2001 and June 2002 the activities continued on a case-by-case arrangement between the AFP and the INP.[1388]
In October 2001 the High Level PM&C People Smuggling Taskforce notes indicate that disruption activities were discussed on a number of occasions. For example on the 10th October 2001 the Taskforce notes state "Discussion on the 'architecture' – disruption, regional conference proposal, UNHCR positions"[1389] and on the 12th October the Taskforce notes state "Discussion of disruption activity, and scope for beefing up".[1390]
At the CMI Committee the Head of the People Smuggling Taskforce, Ms Jane Halton, indicated there were a "couple of discussions" regarding disruption at the Taskforce meetings, however she would not or could not elaborate further. Ms Halton had no memory of the "beefing up" discussion except she thought it might refer to T-shirts.[1391] Ms Halton also told the committee that the Taskforce had never tasked any agency to disrupt in Indonesia.
But according to Ed Killesteyn from DIMIA, who attended the 10th and 12th October Taskforce meetings, the "People Smuggling Taskforce was concerned about the evidence of a surge and was, in a sense, giving a direction to the responsible areas to look for further opportunities for disruption".[1392]
Commissioner Keelty also indicated that the People Smuggling Taskforce was tasking agencies to beef up the disruption activities. Commissioner Keelty thought it was an "operational call along the lines of 'The departure of the vessel is imminent; we'd be doing everything we can possibly do'".[1393]
People Smuggler Vessels
There are a number of people smuggling vessels that have sunk en route to Australia, including the KM Palapa that was rescued by the Tampa, the Norwegian cargo ship. Stories from survivors indicate that, on some occasions, the Indonesian National Police were involved with the people smugglers in organising the departure of the vessels. As journalist Lindsay Murdoch in the Sydney Morning Herald reported last year, "boats [from Indonesia] carrying hundreds of people have sunk, drowning all aboard...Some survivors say Indonesian authorities have, at times, helped push boats out to sea knowing they are not seaworthy"[1394].
Survivors from the KM Palapa recently told a court case in Perth that Indonesian National Police were involved in the people smuggling operation that organised the departure of the KM Palapa from Indonesia[1395].
The vessel, now referred to as SIEV X which was organised by notorious people smuggler Abu Quassey, sank on the 19th October 2001, a day after it set sail, drowning 353 people including 142 women and 146 children.[1396]
Survivors have provided information about the condition of the vessel and the circumstances that led to over 400 asylum seekers embarking on the voyage. This information raises serious questions.
Survivors have indicated that SIEV X before it departed was very low in the water and horribly overcrowded, carrying four times the number of passengers that a vessel that size should carry. Reports also suggest that the vessel was overloaded with fuel[1397].
According to survivors, many were forced by gunpoint onto the vessel. There were about 30 Indonesian police present and police beat them and forced them by gunpoint to get on the boat. The police appeared to be actively involved in the people smuggling operation[1398].
SIEV X survivor Issam Ismail stated:
"The Indonesian Police were there. They were carrying automatic guns. They were so comfortable. They were the ones who gave the signals with their torches. Turning on the torch was a signal to send out people. Turning off the torch meant stop. That was how it was done. We saw them with our own eyes. They had weapons we had never seen before. The latest brands".[1399]
Survivors from SIEV X have also suggested that the vessel only took about 15 minutes to sink. Bahram Khan, from Jalalabad in Afghanistan, said "The hull sprang a hole. The mechanic could not fix it and the boat sank".[1400]
On the 25 October 2001 Prime Minister Howard was reported to be seeking more information about whether the reports that Indonesian security personnel forced asylum seekers onto SIEV X at gunpoint were true. Prime Minister Howard stated on regional ABC radio "It has been an appalling tragedy, it really is a desperately sad event, and if those allegations are true it reflects very badly on the authority to allow that to happen".[1401]
Since then the Prime Minister has not made public what information, if any, he received about the situation surrounding the departure of SIEV X.
It is still unclear what occurred in Indonesia before SIEV X departed. However, given the evidence from survivors, the Government should make a public statement about their full knowledge of the conditions surrounding the departure of this vessel. Furthermore it should reveal whether disruption activities were directed at this vessel and if so what those activities entailed. Other people smuggler vessels that left Indonesia for Australia and sank en route should be included in such a statement.
What is most concerning about the policy of disruption can be seen in the statement made by Commissioner Keelty to the CMI Committee, "The departure of the vessel is imminent; we'd better be doing everything we can possibly do"[1402]. It begs the question, how far has the policy of disruption gone?
An assurance from the government that illegal activities have not occurred under the disruption programme is not enough.
So far the CMI Committee has not received clear answers to questions that have been raised such as:
What disruption activities are acceptable?
Who carries them out?
Who pays for them?
What accountability and control mechanisms are in place? Who authorises these activities?
What is the effect of these activities?
What, if any, consideration was given to questions to the safety of lives at sea?
The issue of the sabotage of people smugglers' vessels has been canvassed by the AFP informant Mr Enniss. Although Mr Enniss has apparently now denied he was involved in sabotaging vessels, it is still unclear whether he paid someone in Indonesia to scuttle people smuggling vessels. Furthermore it is unclear what precise confessions Mr Enniss made to Sunday reporter Ross Coulthart and two of his colleagues.
Beyond Mr Enniss, serious questions remain about the disruption programme. For example, it is still unclear whether anyone, as a result of Australia's disruption policy, was directly or indirectly involved in the sabotage of vessels in Indonesia and whether Australian Ministers, officials or agencies have knowledge of such activities.
There are many unanswered questions about the policy of disruption and what it actually meant for those embarking on voyages to Australia.
An independent judicial inquiry into Australia's disruption programme in Indonesia is necessary to comprehensively investigate what has actually happened in the disruption program, what the outcomes of the program have been, the legality and propriety of the methods employed, and what accountability mechanisms ought to be instituted for the future.


Who are the best Alabama high school quarterbacks of the past 25 years?
In the last 25 years, Alabama's high school ranks has produced a number of future NFL stars, as well as a national championship quarterback at Alabama and a Heisman Trophy winner.
This continues a weekly AL.com series looking at the top 25 high school players in the last 25 years at a number of different positions. It all leads up to the start of the 2017 high school football season.
Tompkins ranks fourth all-time in touchdown passes (97) and 10th in passing yards (8,121). He led the Golden Tigers to a Class 5A state runner-up finish as a senior in 2002. His 46 touchdowns passes that season were a state record at the time.
Kitchens was Mr. Football in 1992 after passing for 1,634 yards and 15 touchdowns.
Rivers doesn't have the most impressive stats on this list, but he had an amazing skill set and knew how to win. Rivers went 23-4 in two years starting, throwing for 3,403 yards and 32 touchdowns, and running for 560 yards and 14 scores.
Craig led the Leopards to a Class 5A state championship in 1992. He passed for 2,231 yards and 19 touchdowns, while rushing for 1,251 yards and 14 scores.
The 2010 Mr. Football and Gatorade state player of the year threw for 2,351 yards and 23 touchdowns, and ran for 1,148 yards and 14 scores during his award-winning season.
Mullens was the 2012 Gatorade state player of the year after completing 64 percent of his passes for 3,629 yards and 40 touchdowns against seven picks. Unofficially, his single-season yardage total would be the fifth-best in state history, and the TD total would be tied for 10th.
19. Jake Bentley, OpelikaBentley threw for 2,834 yards and 28 touchdowns as a junior, then skipped his senior season at Opelika to enroll early at South Carolina. He started for the Gamecocks as a freshman.
Unofficially, Cox's 68.7 percent career completion percentage ranks second all-time. In his 2001 Mr. Football campaign, Cox completed 70.8 percent of his passes for 2,887 yards, 27 touchdowns and five interceptions.
Martin was a star during his junior year in 1994, throwing for 2,158 yards and 21 touchdowns, and rushing for 600 yards and five TDs. He worked with an inexperienced offensive line and receivers during a four-win senior year, but still managed 1,003 yards passing, 11 touchdowns and a spot on the Parade All-American team.
Johnson was Mr. Football and an Army All-American Bowl selection in 2012. His 3,939 yards of total offense that season was the seventh-highest in AHSAA history. He threw for 3,193 yards and 31 touchdowns and ran for 705 yards and seven scores.
One of the most prolific running college quarterbacks in history, White was also hard to catch in high school. During his senior season in 2003, White ran for 1,905 yards and 31 touchdowns, passed for 1,488 yards and 15 scores and finished third in Mr. Football voting.
Toney's stats over his junior and senior seasons would unofficially make him tied for No. 20 in touchdown passes (69) and 26th in passing yards (6,498). He also ran for 1,790 yards and 31 touchdowns during that span. The 100 touchdowns accounted for would rank 12th, if official.
Blanchard put up video-game numbers in 2009 en route to winning the Mr. Football and Gatorade state player of the year awards, and a Class 4A state title. He completed 68.3 percent of his passes for 2,964 yards and 35 touchdowns, and ran for 1,161 yards and 20 scores.
Called the greatest schoolboy QB in state history, Watts was named a Parade All-American after throwing for 2,484 yards and 20 touchdowns, and running for 668 yards and 14 scores. He is 13th in AHSAA history in completions (519) and 22nd in yards (6,838).
McCarron threw for 6,066 yards, 66 touchdowns (tied for 22nd all-time) and only eight interceptions. As a junior, he led St. Paul's to the 2007 Class 5A state title. Following his senior year, McCarron was selected for the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
Unofficially, Smith's 64.7 career completion percentage is good for fourth all-time and his 70 passing touchdowns would be tied for 19th. He went 36-2 as a starter, throwing for 5,385 yards and only nine interceptions, and running for 1,326 yards and 20 touchdowns. Smith was Mr. Football in 2006 after throwing for 2,367 yards, 21 TDs and just two picks, and rushing for 521 yards and five scores during the Lions' Class 6A title run.
Moseley's 8,418 career passing yards are unofficially seventh all-time, his 79 TD passes would tie for 15th and his 62.6 completion percentage would be tied for fifth. He was the 2008 Mr. Football and Gatorade state player of the year after throwing for 3,749 yards, 35 touchdowns and only five picks, and rushing for 693 yards and 15 scores while leading Leroy to a third straight 2A state title.
Nickson did it all during his 2003 Mr. Football campaign, setting AHSAA records for all-purpose yards (4,720) and touchdowns accounted for (67) while winning a 3A state title. For his career, Nickson finished fifth in all-purpose yards (10.075) and sixth in TD passes (92).
Wilson was the Gatorade state player of the year, a Parade All-American and the Mr. Football runner-up as a senior in 2003 after throwing for 3,821 yards and 40 touchdowns while leading Hoover to a 6A state title. He finished his career fourth in completion percentage (62.9) and eighth in passing yards (8,170).
Pigrome ranks seventh all-time in touchdowns accounted for (126) and 10th in total offense (8,519 yards). He was named Gatorade state player of the year and a Parade All-American (as an athlete) in 2015 after recording the third-highest total offense (4,429 yards) and touchdowns accounted for (62) numbers in state history. Pigrome is third all-time in completion percentage (66.1). He twice finished runner-up in Mr. Football voting.
Johnston went 35-0 as a starter and led Spanish Fort to the Class 6A title as a senior in 2015. He was named Mr. Football that season after throwing for 3,619 yards and 39 touchdowns against nine interceptions, and running for 750 yards and 13 scores. He finished seventh in state history for career passing yards (8,338) and 12th in touchdown passes (83).
Smelley holds the state record for career touchdown passes (134) and he's second all-time in career passing yards (10,385). He was the Gatorade state player of the year as a senior in 2005 after throwing for 4,120 yards and 59 TDs. Smelley set the state record for most passing yards in a game that season with 565.
Winston was named Gatorade state player of the year and a Parade All-American after his senior season in 2011 in which he threw for 2,424 yards and 28 touchdowns, and ran for 1,063 yards and 15 scores. He is the only Alabama quarterback to have been selected for the Under-Armour All-America Game. Winston is fourth all-time in career total offense (9,853), sixth in completion percentage (59.5) and tied for 10th in touchdowns accounted for (103).
If not for bad luck, Croyle may hold multiple career passing records. Despite suffering a season-ending ACL tear in the first game of his senior year in 2000, Croyle ranks second all-time in touchdown passes (105), fourth in yards (9,321) and 11th in completions (527). His 3,787 passing yards in 1998 is the fourth-highest single-season total in state history, and his 44 touchdowns that year are tied for the fourth-highest. Croyle set the state record for passing yards in a game that season with 528, a mark that stood until 2005.
Russell is the AHSAA's all-time leader in passing yards with 10,774. He led Williamson to the state title game as a freshman. Following his senior season in 2002, Russell was named Mr. Football, Gatorade state player of the year and Parade All-American. He was later the overall No. 1 draft pick in the NFL, but washed out of the league quickly and is considered one of the biggest busts in pro football history.


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With a history dating back to the 1860s, this restaurant started as a popular bakery and expanded into the amazaing restaurant, and local favorite, that it is today.
Delaware Antique Mall
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Olentangy Indian Caverns
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The History of Delaware
In 1804, Moses Byxbe arrived in Delaware from Berkshire County, Massachusetts to survey the large number of land grants given to him in payment for his Revolutionary War service. On May 9, 1808, an official plan for the town of Delaware, Ohio was filed. Long before Byxbe's arrival, the region was occupied by the Delaware Indians who shared the territory with the Mingos and other tribes.
Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States, was born in Delaware and met his future wife, Lucy, at Ohio Wesleyan University. The university was founded in 1842 and the original Mansion House building, known as Elliott Hall, is still situated on campus.
Prior to the Civil War, abolitionists brought the Underground Railway through the area. Camp Delaware, a Civil War-era Union camp, was one of the few which housed African-Americans before their deployment. By 1900, Delaware had its own electric street railway and an interurban rail system connected the city with Columbus and Marion. Delaware's history is evident in the many 19th century buildings and homes that are still standing today.
The city of Delaware is more than the sum of its parts. It is more than a bedroom community twenty-four miles north of Columbus. It is more than the home of Ohio Wesleyan University, a private independent liberal arts college. It is more than the county seat of Delaware County. It is more than a town of farmers. It is a community whose real value is its intangible desire to maintain its own identity and unique rural culture in the face of metropolitan pressures.
Founded in 1808, Delaware overlooks the Olentangy River that flows through Central Ohio. For several decades throughout the late 1800's and the first half the 1900's it was a popular resort community entertaining the well-to-do from Columbus. Today an old spa building still remains on the campus of Ohio Wesleyan.
As the century moved on and Americans began to spread out, new residents, businesses, and industry began to move in, allowing the area to grow at a modest pace. With the boom of the 1990's the county became one of the fastest growing in the nation.
Walking through the Saturday morning farmers market will provide you with great insight into the dynamics of the city of Delaware, as well as the character of its residents. At the farmers market you will see a variety of unique antique shops, clothing stores, used book stores, and restaurants that often populate small college towns. Together, these retailers keep downtown Delaware vibrant and alive. The residents of Delaware have gone to great length to preserve the historic feel and look of downtown by taking steps to protect the buildings and attract just the right mix of commerce.
Things To Do In Delaware, Ohio
Delaware residents enjoy outdoor fun in 16 parks, including the 50-acre Mingo Park, the site of the Jack Florance swimming pool, a 13,000 square foot skate park and the par-28 Hidden Valley Municipal Golf Course. Fishing is available year-round (weather permitting) at Blue Limestone, Smith and Mingo Parks. Activities and programs for everyone from tots to seniors are run by the YMCA of Central Ohio.
Other Delaware pastimes include star gazing at the Perkins Observatory, exploring the Olentangy Indian Caverns, learning about organic farming at the Stratford Ecological Center and enjoying new releases and classics at the Strand Theatre. A year-round series of performing arts takes place at Ohio Wesleyan University where the Richard M. Ross art museum is also located.
Events span the seasons in Delaware—some of the most popular are the All Horse Parade, the Delaware County Fair running since 1833, the Little Brown Jug harness race, the Castle Arts Affair, the Delaware Arts Festival and the Blast from the Past Cruise-In, a historic car show.
Many new restaurants are located in Historic Downtown Delaware, along with favorites that have been part of the downtown for over 60 years. Bun's Restaurant is a Delaware landmark, serving comfort food since 1864 from its current downtown location.
Schools and Libraries in Delaware, Ohio
Students attend the Delaware City School District which has consistently earned Ohio's highest academic ratings. District goals around maximizing student performance and providing a safe and effective learning environment are amongst the top priorities for the Delaware City School District, which operates several neighborhood elementary schools serving students Pre-K through 4, an intermediate building for students in grades 5 and 6, a 7th and 8th grade middle school, and a 9-12 high school. View the latest Public School District Report Card for the Delaware City School District. View Private Schools close to this community. Local private schools include St. Mary School, Delaware Christian School, the renowned liberal arts institution, Ohio Wesleyan University, Columbus State Community College and Franklin University, Delaware County District Library main building and three branch libraries.
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Q: Revert everything you did in github So, here is a situation. I wrote a lot of code and by the end of the day wanted to commit all that.
The branch situation was such:

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git push --set-upstream origin/11_11_2018 (sth like that)
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Now what happened is that I deleted everything I worked on. I'm somewhat new to GitHub and am really afraid to lose all those precious code lines. The problem here was that I meant to checkout 11_11_2018 but didn't and now I don't completely understand what happened. Please, explain what I actually did and how to revert it if possible?

A: Run the following command and you should get back all your code:
git checkout -b 11_11_2018 origin/11_11_2018

What you did was pushed all your code to remote branch, switched to master, deleted local branch.
The above command will switch to your remote branch and fetch all your changes with it

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Tuna mornay is a proper old family favourite, and it's given a new lease of life with this recipe for little individual servings. Serve with a fresh green salad on the side.
Melt butter in medium saucepan; cook onion and celery, stirring, until onion is soft. Add flour; cook, stirring, 1 minute. Gradually stir in combined milk and cream; cook, stirring, until mixture boils and thickens. Remove pan from heat, add cheese, corn and tuna; stir until cheese is melted.
Spoon mornay mixture into four 1 1/2-cup (375ml) ovenproof dishes. Sprinkle mornay with combined breadcrumbs and extra cheese.
Bake mornay, in oven, about 15 minutes or until heated through.


1st May 2019 2.00 -5.00pm, Annual TayPEOLC MCN Network & Engagement Event, Invercarse Hotel, Dundee - 'Compassion in Practice'.
"What does palliative care mean to you?"
'Compassion' stands clearly out in responses given. We would now like to explore what this means in practical terms for us all as individuals, partners, patients, citizens, groups, our communities and organisations. This event will seek to engage us all around this theme.
Join us as we explore the idea of 'Compassion in Practice' together. Members of the public, health and social care professionals, colleagues from the voluntary and independent sectors and all levels of education are welcome.


Couple Changes: Custom colorways end on September 1st. Bulk fiber leaving the shop on September 7th.
GNOME-A-LONG ends on September 9th. Make-A-Gnome kits are still available in the shop.
Pre-orders coming in the next couple weeks: Doppelganger camo sock sets.
GNOME-A-LONG extended until September 9th. New Make-A-Gnome kits are available in the shop.
LEGO minifig giveaway in the Rav group.
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SOR LC 10.5 — туристический автобус, выпускаемый чешской компанией SOR Libchavy с 2002 года.

Конструкция
Автобус SOR LC 10.5 является производной моделью от SOR C 10.5. Автобус оснащён кузовом и несущей рамой. Компоновка автобуса заднемоторная, заднеприводная. Кузов сделан из металла, салон выполнен в пластиковой оправе. Справа расположены две входные выдвижные двери.

Предназначение
Автобус SOR LC 10.5 предназначен для обслуживания пригородных и междугородных маршрутов. В частности, этим автобусом управляет фрахтовщик.

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a wizard of earthsea is especially awesome if you read it when young. now the darker more human side of the story makes even more sense as you will have lived a normal life that is adult life.
if it werent for lord of the rings you wouldnt have a wizard of earthsea and if it werent for a wizard of earthsea you wouldnt have harry potter.
and if it werent for those books would you have the fear or respect for power of a true word - a true name? this might have stayed with you - and recognised when you read the sci fi book lexicon.
a late autumn book in feel and style.


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This great kit was hand selected by Dr. Gary Yorke and offers some of our most popular teen therapy games!
Emotional Bingo for Teens (English & Spanish) - This new twist on the traditional game of bingo requires players to identify feelings rather than numbers on their bingo cards. Ideal for counseling groups or classrooms, this game broadens teens emotional vocabularies and teaches empathy for the feelings of others. Features both Spanish and English Bingo cards.
Teen talk In A Jar - This small and easy to store game contains discussion starters on just about anything teens will want to talk about.
A Helping Hand Card Game - An interactive with cards that address 4 different topics:self-esteem, positive lifestyle, coping skills, and relationships. Each card starts with Can someone give me a hand with... and in this way teens can offer and take feedback from each other.
Values and Virtues 4 Inch Thumball - Using this thumball is a great way to encourage teens to reflect on themselves and set goals for themselves. Each panel has a letter and then 3 characteristics listed underneath. Teens pass the ball around and talk about traits that they have, wish they had, or that they recognize in someone else.
Totika Game (Includes Self-Esteem Cards) -A fun stacking wood game. While trying to keep the stack from falling over, players draw cards and answer questions to promote conversation, relationship building, and getting to know each other. The Self-Esteem Deck includes 48 cards with over 15 questions.The Self-Esteem card deck includes open-ended questions intended to promote discussions about self-confidence, setting and achieving goals, role models, motivation, personal success and happiness. It is suitable for two or more players ages 8 to adult.
Teen-Adult Principles, Values and Beliefs (for Totika) -The deck includes 48 cards with over 150 thought-provoking questions about personal principles, values and beliefs. The TEEN-ADULT PRINCIPLES, VALUES AND BELIEFS card deck includes open-ended questions designed to promote moral development, social awareness and civility. Questions in this card deck are more challenging and not appropriate for players under 13. A nice addition to the Totika game.Suitable for ages 13 to adult.


Genes Dev. 2015 Sep 1;29(17):1850-62. doi: 10.1101/gad.267393.115.
Foxa2 and Cdx2 cooperate with Nkx2-1 to inhibit lung adenocarcinoma metastasis.
Li CM1, Gocheva V1, Oudin MJ1, Bhutkar A1, Wang SY1, Date SR1, Ng SR1, Whittaker CA1, Bronson RT2, Snyder EL3, Gertler FB1, Jacks T4.
David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
Despite the fact that the majority of lung cancer deaths are due to metastasis, the molecular mechanisms driving metastatic progression are poorly understood. Here, we present evidence that loss of Foxa2 and Cdx2 synergizes with loss of Nkx2-1 to fully activate the metastatic program. These three lineage-specific transcription factors are consistently down-regulated in metastatic cells compared with nonmetastatic cells. Knockdown of these three factors acts synergistically and is sufficient to promote the metastatic potential of nonmetastatic cells to that of naturally arising metastatic cells in vivo. Furthermore, silencing of these three transcription factors is sufficient to account for a significant fraction of the gene expression differences between the nonmetastatic and metastatic states in lung adenocarcinoma, including up-regulated expression of the invadopodia component Tks5long, the embryonal proto-oncogene Hmga2, and the epithelial-to-mesenchymal mediator Snail. Finally, analyses of tumors from a genetically engineered mouse model and patients show that low expression of Nkx2-1, Foxa2, and Cdx2 strongly correlates with more advanced tumors and worse survival. Our findings reveal that a large part of the complex transcriptional network in metastasis can be controlled by a small number of regulatory nodes that function redundantly, and loss of multiple nodes is required to fully activate the metastatic program.
© 2015 Li et al.; Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
Nkx2-1, Foxa2, and Cdx2 synergistically suppress the expression of Tks5long in nonmetastatic lung adenocarcinoma cells. (A) mRNA levels of Nkx2-1, Foxa2, and Cdx2 in TnonMet (368T1, 394T4, and 802T4) and TMet (373T1, 393T3, 393T5, and 482T1) lung adenocarcinoma cell lines anti-correlate with Tks5long expression as measured by qRT–PCR. (r) Spearman's correlation coefficient; (p) P-value. (B,C) Knockdown of Nkx2-1, Foxa2, and Cdx2 in TnonMet cells (394T4) derepresses Tks5long expression but not Tks5short, as measured by qRT–PCR (B) and immunoblotting (C). Lines (—) indicate control hairpins against firefly or renilla luciferase. Data are represented as mean ± SD. The P-value was calculated by Student's t-test. (D–F) Overexpression of Nkx2-1, Foxa2, and Cdx2 in TMet cells (393T5) represses Tks5long expression but not Tks5short, as measured by qRT–PCR. Data are represented as mean ± SD. The P-values were calculated by Student's t-test. (G) ChIP-qPCR analysis of the enrichment of Nkx2-1, Foxa2, and Cdx2 binding at the Tks5long genomic locus. Data are represented as mean ± SEM of at least three independent experiments. SftpA, Hnf4a, and Wnt5a served as positive controls for Nkx2-1, Foxa2, and Cdx2 binding, respectively. (GD8) Negative control mapping to a gene desert region on murine chromosome 8. For each enhancer versus GD8, P < 0.05 by Student's t-test.
Genes Dev. 2015 Sep 1;29(17):1850-1862.
Foxa2 and Cdx2 synergize with Nkx2-1 in inhibiting metastasis in vivo. (A) Triple knockdown of Nkx2-1, Foxa2, and Cdx2 in a subcutaneous transplantation assay increases the metastatic potential of TnonMet cells (394T4)—in comparison with control TnonMet cells and TnonMet cells with single/double knockdown—to a level similar to that of TMet cells (373T1). Representative images of lung metastases are shown. Lines (—) indicate control hairpins against firefly or renilla luciferase. (B) Quantification of metastasis frequencies as determined by numbers of tumor nodules visible on the lung surface. Each circle represents an individual mouse. Data are represented as mean ± SEM. The P-values were calculated by Student's t-test. (*) P < 0.05; (**) P < 0.01; (****) P < 0.0001.
Foxa2 and Cdx2 synergize with Nkx2-1 in inhibiting migration in vivo. (A,B) Triple knockdown of Nkx2-1, Foxa2, and Cdx2 in TnonMet (394T4) subcutaneous tumors induces a mesenchymal morphology similar to TMet (373T1) tumors, in contrast to the epithelial TnonMet-shCtrl tumors. (A) Representative H&E staining of subcutaneous tumors. Bar, 50 μm. (B) Quantification of epithelial and mesenchymal morphology by a pathologist (RT Bronson). Lines (—) indicate control hairpins against firefly or renilla luciferase. (C,D) Knockdown of Nkx2-1, Foxa2, and Cdx2 in TnonMet (394T4) subcutaneous tumors enhances migration in vivo compared with TnonMet-shCtrl and TnonMet-shN tumors, as measured by intravital imaging (C) and fine-needle collection assay (D). Data are represented as mean ± SEM. The P-values were calculated by Student's t-test. (**) P < 0.01; (***) P < 0.001; (****) P < 0.0001. (E,F) TnonMet-shNFC and TnonMet-shN (394T4) cells show similar colonization ability in the lungs after intravenous transplantation. (E) Representative images of lungs with tumor nodules. (F) Quantification of lung tumor burden. Each circle represents an individual mouse. Data are represented as mean ± SEM. The P-values were calculated by Student's t-test. (*) P < 0.05; (***) P < 0.001. (G) Model for distinct roles of Nkx2-1, Foxa2, and Cdx2 in inhibiting metastatic progression.
Nkx2-1, Foxa2, and Cdx2 together repress a program of metastasis genes. (A) RNA-seq gene expression analysis of 394T4 TnonMet, TnonMet-shN, TnonMet-shNFC, and 373T1 TMet cells reveals two statistically significant and biologically relevant signatures: an shN signature and an shNFC signature, both separate from a clonal signature that embodies the background identity of TMet- versus TnonMet-derived cells. (B) Dendrogram showing sample relationships via clustering based on the top and bottom second percentile of genes in the shNFC signature. (C) Differentially expressed genes that drive the shNFC signature distinguishing TnonMet-shNFC/TMet cells from TnonMet/TnonMet-shN cells. (D) GSEA (gene set enrichment analysis) reveals that the shNFC signature is highly enriched for TMet/Met genes and depleted for TnonMet genes, whereas the shN signature does not show similar enrichment. (ns) Not significant. (E) GSEA using the Molecular Signatures Database (MSigDB) curated gene set collection shows that the shNFC signature is enriched for gene sets associated with metastasis and poor prognosis and depleted for gene sets associated with Hnf4a-related gastrointestinal/hepatic differentiation. (F) Examples of prometastatic (Tks5long and TGFβ) and anti-metastatic (Mtus1) genes that were identified in the shNFC signature by RNA-seq. Data are represented as mean ± SEM. The P-values were calculated by Student's t-test. (G) Examples of gastrointestinal differentiation genes (Hnf4g, Lgals4, and Lgals6) that were identified in the shNFC signature by RNA-seq. Data are represented as mean ± SEM. The P-values were calculated by Student's t-test.
The inhibitory effect of Nkx2-1, Foxa2, and Cdx2 on metastasis depends on the activation of Tks5long, Hmga2, and Snail expression. (A,B) Combined knockdown of Nkx2-1, Foxa2, and Cdx2 in TnonMet cells (394T4) derepresses the expression of Hmga2 and Snail, as analyzed by qRT–PCR (A) and immunoblotting (B). Lines (—) indicate control hairpins against firefly or renilla luciferase. Data are represented as mean ± SD. The P-values were calculated by Student's t-test. (C–E) Knockdown of Tks5long, Hgma2, or Snail dampens the metastatic ability of 394T4 TnonMet-shNFC cells after subcutaneous transplantation. (C) Validation of knockdown by immunoblotting. (D) Representative images of lungs with tumor nodules. (E) Quantification of lung tumor nodules. Each circle represents an individual mouse. Control includes TnonMet-shNFC cells (n = 10 mice) and TnonMet-shNFC-sgRosa cells (n = 4 mice); Tks5long knockdown was generated by hairpins shTks5long#1 (n = 5 mice) and shTks5long#2 (n = 4 mice), Hmga2 knockdown was generated by hairpin shHmga2#1 (n = 5 mice) and sgRNA sgHmga2#2 (n = 4 mice), and Snail knockdown was generated by sgRNAs sgSnail#1 (n = 5 mice) and sgSnail#2 (n = 4 mice). Data are represented as mean ± SEM. The P-values were calculated by Student's t-test. (*) P < 0.05; (**) P < 0.01.
The endogenous expression pattern of Nkx2-1, Foxa2, Cdx2, and Hmga2 correlates with tumor progression in an autochthonous model of lung adenocarcinoma. (A–C) Pairwise correlation of Nkx2-1, Foxa2, and Hmga2 expression in KP lung adenocarcinomas. (D–F) Correlation of Nkx2-1, Foxa2, and Hmga2 expression in KP lung adenocarcinomas with tumor grades. Tumor regions were scored as low grade (grades 1–3) or high grade (grade 4, poorly differentiated) based on nucleo–cytoplasmic morphology, tumor architecture, and the presence of stromal invasion. (G) High expression of Cdx2 in KP lung adenocarcinomas is frequently associated with low expression of Nkx2-1, high expression of Foxa2, low–medium expression of Hmga2, and low-grade histology. (H) Representative H&E and immunohistochemical stainings of KP lung adenocarcinomas. Bar, 150 μm. The insets show the nucleo–cytoplasmic morphology of the tumor cells. (I) Model summarizing expression changes of Nkx2-1, Foxa2, Cdx2, and Hmga2 in lung adenocarcinomas.
NKX2-1, FOXA2, CDX2, and HMGA2 gene expression signatures predict clinical outcomes of lung adenocarcinoma patients. (A) Heat map showing the expression patterns of NKX2-1, FOXA2, CDX2, and HMGA2 in signatures identified in TCGA human primary lung adenocarcinoma (n = 488) using ICA. (B) Box and whisker plots of standardized expression levels of NKX2-1, FOXA2, CDX2, and HMGA2 in each signature. The horizontal dashed line reflects the mean expression level across all tumors. The P-values were calculated by Student's t-test. (****) P < 0.0001. (C–E) Analysis of the top 10th percentile of the 488 lung adenocarcinoma patients in each signature identified by ICA shows that the three signatures correlate with disease stage (C) and overall survival (P = 0.0006 by log-rank test) (D). (E) Multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression analysis of overall survival after adjustments for gender, age, and stage.


I am to be a panelist at the upcoming O2 Smarta 100 'Startup Secrets: How to Launch a Profitable Business' event in Bristol, on Wednesday 11 June 2014.
I'll be discuss her experiences of building redheadPR and other previous companies. She will give advice to new business owners and people who plan to launch a new enterprise.
Also speaking are Ed Brown, co-founder of Friska, the quality, value led food outlet, and Esther McMorris, founder and director of business transformation experts, Nine Feet Tall and Smarta COO, Matt Thomas, will host the event.
'Startup Secrets: How to Launch a Profitable Business' Takes place at the Watershed, Harbourside, Bristol, on Wednesday 11 June from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. Tickets are free, yet spaces are limited. To secure your place, visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/startup-secrets-how-to-launch-a-profitable-business-bristol-tickets-11185346673.
Stories can change what you do, how you act and what you think. So it's not unreasonable for great leaders and CEOs to use storytelling to inspire, persuade and motivate. Storytelling strengthens communication and makes complex ideas understandable for us all. It put things in context and helps to explain and educate. It can enhance the relationship between teller and listener, feed the imagination and strengthen belief.
One great storyteller was the late Dame Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop. Anita was a legend and an amazing entrepreneur. She travelled the world listening to stories from tribes, communities and employees.
Anita listened and talked not just about skincare and cosmetics but about human rights and environmental issues. She used these stories to show how to do business, sell innovative products and help consumers understand what they were buying into.
With Anita, customers could be part of a movement. They could change things. Anita believed in the power of words, images and action. She inspired and mobilised people through explanation and education.
The Body Shop was built on communication. Internal communications were as important as external and every available space, from bags to windows, was used. Anita was a pioneer of activism PR at just 17 years old. She wrote books and used PR for everything she and her company did. Nearly everyone knows the story.
The press release is a traditional PR tool which, when well written, is a vital part of your storytelling. The key elements here are an attention-grabbing headline, a concise introductory paragraph and, of course, a great story. Up-to-date background information is then used to position the right elements within the press release and give the document the critical mass needed to satisfy even the sternest of journalists.
Journalists are inundated with press releases every day so don't let copy with mistakes fall into their hands. This is key to building relationships with journalists and being seen as a reliable and professional source.
At redheadPR we generate comprehensive lists of journalists for every client. For example, the media database for one of our fashion clients that works in the gardening industry covers both the clothing and gardening sectors. When creating the database, we developed lists of relevant fashion and garden journalists and made sure we knew the best way to contact them.
Backgrounders and biographies need be produced quickly. They are vital when seeking editorial coverage for clients. Journalists want extensive background information for potential features. Information has to be both relevant to the journalist and central to the client's message. Biographies should provide substantial information about the achievements of individuals you want to arrange interviews with.
The spine of the backgrounder and biographies will remain relevant throughout the duration of your business. They should, however, be easily adaptable as it is important to keep them up-to-date.
Once the client is embedded, press releases will need to be created. It's a good idea to set a definitive plan of all the copy you are going to create, then get it written and signed off early by the client. This shows you are proactive and ahead of the game. The Christmas period is a key opportunity for exposure, for example, so I get all our clients' seasonal copy written by September.
I cannot overstate the importance of this type of planning. It will prevent problems and stress, so do yourself a favour and make a comprehensive blueprint for every client you have.
Networking is a key skill in PR. Being able to network successfully will help win new clients and keep existing clients.
There are many networking events relevant to business and PR across the country. I regularly speak at I AM WOMAN events and give talks on 'How to do Great PR'. Through networking, I have developed my personal brand as well as that of redheadPR. Speaking engagements are a fantastic way to attract new clients. When a potential client sees you on stage, exuberating confidence and talking about something you are passionate and knowledgeable about, it is only a matter of time before they want to talk business with you.


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A local real estate agent could guest star in one episode of a new national TV show— but first she needs a little help.
Heather Martin, owner of Cornerstone Real Estate Firm and flipping business Martin Enterprises, LLC, answered a surprise call from a production company recently.
The company offered Martin an episode on a new as-yet-unnamed show that follows sentimental stories where an individual, church, organization or employer buys a home for somebody who needs it. The gift must be a surprise.
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"I figured with (Hurricane) Florence and with the military here, there's got to be something," Martin said.
Now Martin is looking for Onslow County residents or others throughout North Carolina who just purchased, are in the process of buying or who can do a quick close on a home they will gift to somebody else, the 47-year-old said. It can't be a parent buying for a child or spouse buying for spouse.
If she finds a buyer, Martin will show three area homes to choose from in the episode.
The show is from the same producers as the hit show My Lottery Dream Home. HGTV spokeswoman Chelsey Riemann confirmed that a show Martin described is a new HGTV pilot, but said "the network doesn't have any information about the pilot to share at this time."
Being on HGTV has been a dream of Martin's for years, she said. She was preparing to pitch her own flipping show when she got the surprise call.
"I was getting ready to contact them and they found me first. It was crazy," Martin said. "I said are you kidding me right now? Is somebody punking me? … I was stunned."
Martin started her real estate and flipping business in Fairmont, West Virginia, at 25 years old. She was a military wife for 15 years, which moved her to Jacksonville where she's been flipping homes since 2004.
"What got me into it was God actually. I was in a really low point in my life and that stupid infomercial came on … It was Carleton Sheets' (No Down Payment)," Martin said. "I'd never bought anything off TV, but I did. I devoured the program, and I just started buying up my hometown."
The number of flips varies every year depending on size, she said, but she buys two-to-three homes at a time and never takes a break.
She's hoping the episode will lead to her own flipping show.
"I'm unique. I'm female. I've always done it by myself," she said.
Anyone who fits the description to be on the show can contact Martin at 910-382-2740 or Facebook.com/Heather.Martin.304.


The featured link today is that of the Nubia Museum, located in Aswan, Egypt.
Entirely dedicated to Nubian civilisation and culture, the museum's collection spans from Prehistory to the present. Many of the artefacts displayed were recovered during the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia.


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Elke Blumenthal, née le  à Greifswald et morte le  à Leipzig, est une égyptologue allemande.

Biographie

Famille
Elke Blumenthal est la fille de Hermann Blumenthal et de Lieselotte Blumenthal. Elle est mariée à Konrad von Rabenau.

Études
Elke Blumenthal a étudié l'égyptologie et l'histoire de l'art à l'université de Leipzig. En 1961, elle obtient le diplôme avec le mémoire : « Les études sur la phraséologie de la monarchie égyptienne au Moyen Empire », et en 1976 la thèse : « Représentation et auto-présentation de la royauté égyptienne. Études sur la tradition écrite ».

Fonctions
Elke Blumenthal est depuis 1961, d'abord comme assistante puis comme adjoint spécial et professeur d'université à l'institut d'égyptologie et au musée égyptien de l'université de Leipzig. Depuis 1970, elle dirige le musée et en 1986 elle est nommée professeur titulaire. Elke Blumenthal est membre correspondant de l'Institut archéologique allemand et de l'Académie bavaroise des sciences et siège au conseil consultatif du dictionnaire d'égyptologie.

Décoration
Elle est titulaire de l'Ordre du Mérite saxon.

Publications
 Altägyptische Reiseerzählungen, Reclam, Leipzig 1982
 Ein Leipziger Grabdenkmal im ägyptischen Stil und die Anfänge der Ägyptologie in Deutschland, Ägyptisches Museum, Leipzig 1999 (Kleine Schriften des Ägyptischen Museums der Universität Leipzig, Bd. 4)
 Kuhgöttin und Gottkönig. Frömmigkeit und Staatstreue auf der Stele Leipzig Ägyptisches Museum 5141, Ägyptisches Museum, Leipzig 2001 (Siegfried-Morenz-Gedächtnis-Vorlesung, Bd. 11)
 Skarabäen in Leipzig, Ägyptisches Museum, Leipzig 2005 (Kleine Schriften des Ägyptischen Museums der Universität Leipzig, Bd. 7)

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Naissance en janvier 1938
Naissance à Greifswald
Professeur à l'université de Leipzig
Égyptologue allemand
Archéologue allemande
Membre de l'Académie bavaroise des sciences
Index égyptologique
Décès à 84 ans
Décès à Leipzig
Décès en avril 2022
Naissance dans le Troisième Reich


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Once again just a very quick update.
The good people from BroadBandMN were here Monday afternoon and evening to set up the camera and computers.
Everything went well except for one piece of equipment that was not working right. It only takes one out of the many to shut things down.
They were going to come back with more equipment yesterday afternoon. But the eagle cam went down and they had to go out and work on that one! So hopefully they will be here today to finish up the technical work on the Loon Cam.
Just to put your mind somewhat at ease, other than the time we were working on it on Monday, the nest has been in the lake so the loons can see it. But so far, I have not seen them come to even investigate it although they may have when I have been gone.
I hear them out on the lake occasionally, even making some territorial calls. So they are still around. But they have not been coming to the nest so far. So you have not been missing out on anything.
Just when you think there is nothing more you can learn, nature throws us a curve with the weather we have had this spring.
So we will just have to learn some more.


Lori Clemons has become the first Democrat to file her petition to run for the Williamson County Commission.
Lori Clemons, a research coordinator and Thompson's Station resident, has become the first Democrat to file her petition to run for the Williamson County Commission.
Clemons, 33, will run for office in District 2, which has incumbents Betsy Hester and Judy Herbert also running for the two available seats. All three women have filed their petitions.
Originally from Lawrence County, Clemons moved to Williamson County in 2014.
"I fell in love with the place," she said.
This election is her first time to run for office. In conjunction with running for the county commission, Clemons also will run as one of 28 women statewide who have joined Emerge Tennessee, which is a six-month program teaching Democratic women how to run for public office. She is also a part of the Williamson County Democratic Party.
At the forefront of her mind, she would like to continue to address education funding in Williamson County. Already in 2018, residents will go to the polls to decide on a sales tax referendum to help the short-term issue to fund school construction. Two new schools will open in her district in August.
"A lot of other people in the past year inspired me to get involved in Williamson County Schools," Clemons said. "I have increasing concerns about public school funding. My daughter will be in the school system in the next four years. We want Williamson County to remain the best place."
Clemons also would like to look at better transportation corridors as the Thompson's Station area continues to grow.
"The town has been dealing a lot with how to balance residential growth and how to keep that sustainable," she said. "And that's something I would like to work on as a county commissioner."
This article is part of a series of pieces about the candidates who have filed their petitions for the Williamson County Commission.
Reach Emily West at erwest@tennessean.com or 615-613-1380 and on Twitter at @emwest22. To attend The Tennessean sales tax referendum conversations in January, RSVP at www.forum.tennessean.com for one of three dates.


We've been planning big things for 2015, and with the first LA Got Aloha of the year landing on June 24th, we're doing just that! Blueprint will be headlining the event in support of his brand new record "King No Crown"! Along with this gigantic announcement, tickets went on sale today which you can purchase by clicking HERE.


At Rob Levine & Associates, we believe in making a positive impact on the communities in which we live and work. Each year we sponsor and participate in several events that share our commitment to helping others or promoting safety at home, on the road, or at work. Through our firm's resources and volunteerism, we've helped raise awareness for driver, bicyclist and pedestrian safety, as well as helped raise funds for causes such as Alzheimer's disease and other life-threatening diseases affecting children. We invite you to make your cause our cause – if you're part of a charity or organization that supports our firm's citizenship beliefs, please contact us today.
PawSox Kids Corner, Children's Wishes, Alzheimer's Association, Arthritis Foundation, MDA lock up, Local Softball and Baseball teams including Swansea Independent Baseball League. We have also made smaller donations on behalf of employees to Breast Cancer, Gloria Gemma, St. Jude's Children's Hospital.
Children's Wishes- Softball Tournament & The Amazing Race, Alzheimers Association Walk to End Alzheimers, The Arthritis Foundation- Jingle Bell 5k, MDA Lockup.


The Great Gilly Hopkins (2016) Full Movie Watch Online, The great Gilly Hopkins is a sensible kid's novel by means of Katherine Paterson. It become posted by means of Crowell in 1978 and it gained the U.S. Country wide book Award subsequent yr. In 2012 it become ranked number 63 among all-time kid's novels in a survey published by faculty Library journal – the 0.33 of three books by means of Paterson in the pinnacle a hundred. A film version starring Sophie Nélisse as Gilly Hopkins and Kathy Bates as Trotter is released in 2015. The radical has been translated into Catalan, chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, jap, Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, and Swedish, and Árpád Göncz's Hungarian translation has been tailored right into a radio play. "Gilly" Hopkins is a mean, 11 yr-antique brash young female who's headed for but every other foster domestic. She hates residing with unique human beings all of the time and just wants to settle in together with her beginning mom, Courtney Rutherford Hopkins, whose photograph Gilly secretly treasures. Gilly would not just like the look of her new foster mom, Trotter, a "fats hippo", and makes a decision she goes to hate her for the rest of her lifestyles. Gilly hatches a plan to escape from Trotter, and steals the cash she desires for it to work. She knows that her mom lives in San Francisco, so she writes a letter to Courtney pronouncing that her beloved Galadriel may be together with her quickly. Whilst Gilly escapes the first time, she receives stuck via police and Trotter at once comes right down to the station to retrieve her. Gilly's grandmother, Nonnie, involves Trotter's house and tells her that she will take Gilly domestic. Nonnie changed into formerly unaware that she had a granddaughter. But now Gilly realizes that she absolutely desires to be with Trotter. But, the law says that Gilly have to go together with Nonnie, so she is going to Nonnie's house.