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Insurance for first aiders
Date: August 13, 2014Author: M. Eburn 10 Comments
I received this question from a Director of a First Aid and Emergency Response Training company in Central Queensland. My correspondent writes:
I have had questions from our trained first aider about whether they are covered if they render first aid and something goes horribly wrong.
I have been researching and have found nothing that is concrete for our normal everyday mums and dads that are trained in First Aid. There are acts and regulations that cover Drs, Nurses, Qld Ambulance Paramedics, Qld Fire, Careflight, Royal Flying Doctors Service and others but nothing for First Aiders that don't belong to an organisation.
I have found an association of first aiders in the UK that seem to be supporting First Aid in some way. What do we need to do to have something in place that covers our front line first aiders?
I look forward to any assistance that you can provide and I will eagerly await your response.
Nearly all Australian states and territories have in place good Samaritan legislation to ensure that people who step forward to provide emergency medical assistance are not held legally liable for their actions provided they act in good faith (Civil Laws (Wrongs) Act 2002 (ACT) s 5; Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) s 57; Personal Injuries (Liabilities and Damages) Act (NT) s 8; Civil Liability Act 1936 (SA) s 74; Civil Liability Act 2002 (Tas) s 35B; Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic) s 31B; Civil Liability Act 2002 (WA) s 5AD).
These provisions were introduced following the Ipp Review into the Law of Negligence even though the Review did not recommend that any such legislation was necessary. The Review's final report said:
The Panel understands that health-care professionals have long expressed a sense of anxiety about the possibility of legal liability for negligence arising from the giving of assistance in emergency situations. However, the Panel is not aware, from its researches or from submissions received by it, of any Australian case in which a good Samaritan (a person who gives assistance in an emergency) has been sued by a person claiming that the actions of the good Samaritan were negligent. Nor are we aware of any insurance-related difficulties in this area.
Under current law, the fact that a person (including a health- professional) was acting in an emergency situation is relevant to deciding whether the person acted negligently. It may be reasonable in an emergency situation to take a risk that it would not be reasonable to take if there was no emergency, provided that precautions appropriate to the circumstances are taken to prevent the risk materialising.
Also relevant to the issue of negligence is the skill that the good Samaritan professed to have. Suppose a passenger on an aircraft has a heart attack, and in response to a call for assistance by the cabin staff, a 60 year old specialist dermatologist goes to the passenger's aid. The standard of care expected of the doctor would be set not only taking account of the emergency nature of the situation, but also of the fact that a doctor who has practised as a dermatologist for many years could not be expected to be as well-qualified and able to provide emergency treatment for a heart-attack victim as a cardiac surgeon or even, perhaps, an active general practitioner.
The Panel's view is that because the emergency nature of the circumstances, and the skills of the good Samaritan, are currently taken into account in determining the issue of negligence, it is unnecessary and, indeed, undesirable to go further and to exempt good Samaritans entirely from the possibility of being sued for negligence. A complete exemption from liability for rendering assistance in an emergency would tip the scales of personal responsibility too heavily in favour of interveners and against the interests of those requiring assistance. In our view, there are no compelling arguments for such an exemption. (Ipp Review of the Law of Negligence, Final Report (Commonwealth of Australia, 2002), [7.21]-[7.24]).
Even though the Ipp Review saw no need for this type of legislation the states and territories all moved to solve the problem of community fear of legal liability.
The exception is Queensland. Queensland has the Law Reform Act 1995 (which replaces the Voluntary Aid in Emergency Act 1973). This Act (as did the 1973 Act) provides that a medical practitioner, a nurse or a member of an organisation listed in the regulations is not liable for acts done in good faith and without gross negligence. There are no regulations (and so no prescribed organisations) under the Law Reform Act 1995, but the Civil Liability Act 2003 (Qld) also provides legal protection for people who provide first aid as part of their duties as a member of an organisation listed in the regulation (s 26) and the organisation is also protected (s 27). The list of protected organisations is set out in the Civil Liability Regulation 2014 (Qld) schedules 1 and 2.
So my correspondent is correct, in Queensland there is no legal protection
… for our normal everyday mums and dads that are trained in First Aid. There are acts and regulations that cover Drs, Nurses, Qld Ambulance Paramedics, Qld Fire, Careflight, Royal Flying Doctors Service and others but nothing for First Aiders that don't belong to an organisation.
But remember the Ipp Review said no such protection was necessary. Taking into account the circumstances in which first aid is rendered and the care that can be expected the risk of '…normal everyday mums and dads that are trained in First Aid' being sued, even if 'something goes horribly wrong' is so remote that it's what we lawyers might call 'far fetched and fanciful'. It is still the case that there is no reported 'Australian case in which a good Samaritan (a person who gives assistance in an emergency) has been sued by a person claiming that the actions of the good Samaritan were negligent'. Remember also that Queensland is the State that has had the oldest piece of good Samaritan type legislation in the Voluntary Aid in Emergency Act 1973 and even though that Act (like the 1995) Act was limited in its application to doctors and nurses, there are no reported cases where it's ever been relied upon. No-one has ever raised it as a defence, now that may be because potential plaintiffs knew it was there and didn't bother bringing an action, but a more likely explanation is because people just don't get sued in these circumstances.
People don't get sued in these circumstances as they will not be under a duty to attend ie there is no duty to rescue, even if you're trained in first aid (Stuart v Kirkland-Veenstra (2009) 237 CLR 215); if they do provide first aid the standard of care is to act reasonably in all the circumstances which includes the nature of the emergency and their training and what can be expected of someone who perhaps has done two day course sometime in the last three years. In an emergency the courts are very generous to the fact that a person's conduct is not to be judged as negligent because, in retrospect, it appears that another course of action would have been better.
[A] man is not to be charged with negligence if he, not being the creator of the crisis or emergency which has arisen, finds himself faced with a situation which requires immediate action of some sort and if, in the so called "agony of the moment", he makes an error of judgment and takes a step which wiser counsels and more careful thought would have suggested was unwise. (Leishman v Thomas (1958) 75 WN(NSW) 173 at 175).
In these circumstances the good Samaritan's duty isn't to ensure a good outcome; 'If he volunteers his assistance, his only duty as a matter of law is not to make the victim's condition worse' (Capital and Counties v Hampshire County Council [1997] 2 All ER 865).
But back to the question of 'What do we need to do to have something in place that covers our front line first aiders?' The answer to that depends on what is meant by 'we'. If 'we' is the broader Australian community then everyone, other than those in Queensland, have that protection. To provide that protection in Queensland what 'we' need to do is lobby the state government to amend the Civil Liability Act 2003 (Qld) to include a good Samaritan provision that mirrors the legislation in every other state and territory.
If, on the other hand, 'we' means my correspondent's First Aid and Emergency Response Training company then they too can lobby their local MP or they could try to find an insurance company that was willing to offer insurance to be sold to those who do a first aid course. I recall some years ago St John Ambulance (NSW) did offer an insurance policy for a small premium on top of the course fees but I've not heard of that in recent times so I assume that is no longer available.
Providing indemnity cover for 'normal everyday mums and dads that are trained in First Aid' would be a good risk for an insurance company – they can get the premium to cover a risk that is virtually non-existent. Insurance could however change the risk. One-thing lawyers understand is that litigation for negligence is about the money, courts can offer nothing else but money so there is no value in suing someone who does not have money to pay the claimed damages. That's one thing that protects 'normal everyday mums and dads that are trained in First Aid', apart from almost insurmountable legal difficulties they're not worth suing. Any injured person would look to a more financial defendant, eg the defendant that caused the accident, the hospital or state ambulance service etc. If, however, there was insurance, that would mean that there is someone behind the first aider with the funds to pay any damages and costs. That could change the risk. In that case the plaintiff's 'gamble' of taking action has better odds so the perverse result of advocating for first aid insurance could be that, rather than protecting first aiders, it increases the risk that they could be sued. The risk of legal action would remain small for the legal reasons mentioned above, but it is something to consider.
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MVARQ Fire And Rescue says:
I'm delving into the 'commercial emergency service' arena here, something which I don't believe has warranted a great deal of conversation, however this person has raised a good question and I'd like to take it a step further.
In reference to a specific part of your most recent post:
'People don't get sued in these circumstances as they will not be under a duty to attend ie there is no duty to rescue, even if you're trained in first aid (Stuart v Kirkland-Veenstra(2009) 237 CLR 215); if they do provide first aid the standard of care is to act reasonably in all the circumstances which includes the nature of the emergency and their training and what can be expected of someone who perhaps has done two day course sometime in the last three years. In an emergency the courts are very generous to the fact that a person's conduct is not to be judged as negligent because, in retrospect, it appears that another course of action would have been better.'
What constitutes a 'duty to rescue'?
Does being paid as a corporate entity hired to provide protection to a site or event impose a 'duty'? Let's say that my organisation was hired to protect a Motorsporting event, specifically to provide emergency medical response (at a Degree-qualified paramedical level) and a rescue capability for Vehicular Accidents. We will assume that the rescue personnel are adequately trained in the PUA courses for Road Crash Rescue. Obviously the event organisers would expect us to respond as promised in return for being paid, (which we would) however does this constitute a 'duty' as you described? Does the actual responsibility still lie with the Queensland Fire and Emergency Service even though appropriately qualified (and paid) rescuers are on-site specifically for that purpose?
What I'm getting at is wether or not my staff would be deemed negligent for failing to release a trapped casualty from a vehicle OR choosing not to commence rescue if the job was deemed too dangerous without QFES support.
Your insight is appreciated as always.
M. Eburn says:
The 'duty' that I was referring to was and is a duty imposed by common law. The common law (developed by judges, over the centuries) says that an individual does not have a legal obligation to help a stranger even if helping would be easy – no duty to rescue. What you are talking about is not however the duties that would be imposed by the common law (or not just those duties) you are adding a contract. Contract law says that if you enter a bargain (you offer your services in return for your fee) then you have to honour that bargain. So your organisation is under no obligation to render first aid and rescue services just because you know there is an event on and it may help; but you are under a duty to do so if you agreed to do so in exchange for 'valuable consideration', in this case, the fee.
So your company would be under a duty to provide rescue and first aid services because you said you would. As for ultimate responsibility, that could be with the state agencies if you rang them. For example, the QFES are the combat agency for fire, if I have fire in my house and ring 000 for their help they'll come and 'take charge'. On the other hand if I have a fire, I put it out and don't ring them, it's nothing to do with them. At a sporting motor racing event if the onsite rescuers can and do do the job, it's not really an issue for QFES but if they can't (eg it's too dangerous without QFES support) then you would ring 000 they would come and they (or the police, depending who's the lead agency in the relevant emergency plan, presumably the plan dealing with road crash rescue) in which case the onsite rescuers become a resource to be used as part of the 'all agencies' response.
Your company would not necessarily be negligent for failing to release the casualty, rather you'd be in breach of contract (depending on the precise terms of the contract and what services and skills you offered). As for negligence whether an action is negligence always requires consideration of a multitude of factors including risk to staff – if it really is too dangerous and you need extra resources, you can't be negligent provided you do what you can and get those resources to hand.
In short though, the discussion on the 'no duty to rescue' in the original post was talking about people trained in first aid who might just become aware that a stranger could use their assistance. It was not about people or companies that are in the business of providing rescue and emergency services for a fee. Those companies don't owe a duty to rescue strangers, but they do owe duties to their customers to do the job they agreed to do on the terms upon which they agreed to do it.
Danthonia says:
Hi Michael, thank you for a well researched article that helps me build my knowledge as a first aid instructor. Could you please update my understanding as to whether the Northern Territory has any specific legislation for 'civilians' imposing the need to render assistance as a "duty to rescue"? My understanding was that everyone was required to stop and assist (presumably in response to the distances involved) whereas in Victoria under the Road Safety Act (I think), people "directly involved" in a collision are required to render assistance within their skills and capabilities. Failure to do so can be punishable for fines up to $140,000 or150,000 and/or ten years imprisonment. Any assistance you can provide would be much appreciated.
It is true that the Northern Territory is unique in that it is a criminal offence, punishable by up to seven years' imprisonment for a person, who is able to provide "rescue, resuscitation, medical treatment, first aid or succour of any kind" to "callously" fail to provide that treatment or assistance when it is required (Criminal Code (NT) s 155).
The obligation is not a general obligation to assist anyone in need. It is limited to cases where the person in need is suffering from "a potential or actual life-threatening injury." It must also be shown that the accused was physically and mentally capable of rendering assistance, they were sufficiently close to be able to provide assistance and they knew that someone was in need of assistance. Even where all these factors are present no offence is committed unless the accused "callously" refuses to help. To act "callously" requires a deliberate and conscious choice not to assist. That choice must be in circumstances where it would "offend common standards of respect, decency and kindness in the sense that a reasonable person would regard the accused's failure as callous" (Salmon v Chute (1994) 94 NTR 1). In Salmon v Chute the accused was acquitted of this particular offence even though he was involved in a 'hit and run' accident where a young child was killed. Kearney J sitting as the Supreme Court hearing an appeal from the Magistrate's court accepted that he failed to stop as he 'panicked. Kearney J said:
I do not consider that these facts, without more, necessarily sustain an inference of callous failure. The probable inference from these facts is that the appellant panicked at the scene of the accident, and as a consequence left without rendering assistance or help to the victim … The inference that the appellant panicked is not consistent with what is required to satisfy the requirement of "callously fails". When a person panics he has at that time no ability consciously and deliberately to choose to help or assist; Code s155 requires that it be proved that a person deliberately and consciously chose not to provide help or assistance.
The driver's conviction and sentence of 4 months imprisonment for failing to stop and render assistance, and report the accident to police (as was, at the time, required by s 138 of the Criminal Code (NT)) was confirmed.
The rule that drivers must stop and render assistance at an accident applies in all jurisdictions – see Road Transport (Safety And Traffic Management) Act 1999 (ACT) s 16; Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW) s 146; Criminal Code (NT) s 174FA; Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 (Qld) s 92; Road Traffic Act 1961 (SA) s 43; Traffic Act 1925 (Tas) s 33; Road Safety Act 1986 (Vic) s 61; Road Traffic Act 1974 (WA) s 54).
That is fantastic. Many thanks for your advice Michael. It will make my explanations more complete.
Giles Gibson says:
Ok this has missed a very major point as first aider insurance when no duty of care exists.
What happens if the first aider damages their back removing a victim to a safe location. At present in Victoria there are no safety nets. Any risk for injuries to themselves will undertaking life saving tasks falls on themselves. Sadly the situation is also that the action can be deemed an uninsurable event for the first aider. Termed as a 'self inflicted injury'.
Sadly I've fallen into that basket. I will do it again if I'm in the same position.
This post was about insurance to cover potential liability for first aiders who might face some claim arising over their conduct. It was not intended or discussing insurance to cover first aiders who might be injured. But the risk of being injured is something that can happen to anyone anytime so people take out health insurance and loss of income insurance and that would be relevant in these circumstances too. Where a person is injured doing first aid at an accident that someone else has negligently caused, the person who caused the accident can also be liable for the damage suffered by the first aider – see "Cop sues offender's family" (May 22, 2013).
But, you're right, if there is no negligence by the person being rescued or any person who caused the injury then the risk of injury to the first aider falls to them. One can only transfer the cost of injury or damage if one can prove negligence, or buy insurance.
Jeremy Barrett says:
Hi Michael, just another clarification on one scenario I do not think is covered in the article above. If I am a Professional Paramedic (BSc) but choose to volunteer as a 'first aider' for a public event will I need liability insurance or will I be covered under the Good Samaritan legislation. I just wondered if this altered as
(i) I was a professional Paramedic
(ii) this will be an organised event with general public in attendance.
Obviously I will only be rendering first aid, no drugs (exception of ? aspirin 300mg for ? cardiac chest pain prior to 000). So will I be covered under the Good Samaritan Act…with exception of negligence if I do go rouge! Thanks Jerry
It is my view that if you are volunteering to provide first aid you are not acting as a 'good Samaritan' (though that's not been tested). The parable of the good Samaritan is someone who stops to assist a stranger – not someone who is holding themselves out as being able to provide first aid – see Who to treat? A question for St John first aiders (June 30, 2013). The event organiser has a duty to those that are taking part and that would include a duty to ensure that there are emergency procedures in place so it is likely that anyone is injured due to poor care by you would sue the organiser, not the first aider.
Further, as a volunteer for the event you'll be covered by the volunteer provisions that exist in most states- ie that say that a volunteer is not liable but the organisation for which they volunteer is. If it were me I'd make sure that I was volunteering for the organisers of the public event, not acting as an independent contractor, and that their insurance covered you as it would all other volunteers at the event.
And if you are covered by either the good Samaritan OR the volunteer provisions, they do provide protection if you are negligent, that's the point. If there's no negligence, no protection is required.
jerrybarrett65 says:
Thank you heaps Michael. I want to do the right thing for the small group of enthusiasts but don't want to leave myself open to liability.
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Sometimes people come into the shop and ask for a kit. Even if I try to discourage them, they don't care. Its for a gift and it looks nicer in a colourful box. So I started carrying Magic Kits. Some were actually good, but I was never excited about them, no matter how beautiful the box. I will use the famous magic advertising phrase "Until Now".
We were introduced to a Magic Set called Telepathic Power. It is a mental magic set for 8 years and up. It does not say how many tricks there are. It looked interesting and we took a chance on it. We went home and watched the DVD. That alone was worth the price of the kit. We loved it. The tricks themselves are made mostly of cardboard and plastic and some you have to assemble yourself although everything is there and its easy with full instructions. the ideas are brilliant. My grandson is getting one for his birthday present in February. Some of the effects involve math and numbers and he is a math wizard so he will appreciate it. I have no qualms about recommending it to an adult who is starting out in mentalism. There are 20 tricks that are taught and the DVD is in both English and French and the price is right!
It is ironic that I write this blog on manipulation as I sit before the roaring fireplace (on TV, even though they do have a real working fireplace)) of Romaine, known as the Monarch Of Manipulators, world renown for his manipulation of cards and billiard balls. But this is not about that kind of manipulation. I am talking about Mental Manipulation, like the 3 card monte guys on the streets of New York, who "accidentally" rip the corner of the Ace of Spades so you always know exactly where it is and of course it turns out that you are wrong, but they manage to get you to choose the card they want you too. Mental Manipulation.
Which brings me to a special Friday night. Friday night is when the family usually comes over for dinner, but one Friday just my two youngest grandchildren, age 5 and 7, came as they were to sleep over as their parents were packing to go to Florida the next day.
A few weeks prior to this my daughter borrowed my kitchen chairs as she needed them for my grandaughter's birthday party, leaving me two, one for me and one for Phil. Normally we would eat in the dining room on Friday night, but with just the two kids we decided to eat in the kitchen, but we had only 2 chairs and I did not want to drag over the dining room chairs into the kitchen. Now I did have one folding chair that I could use. I still needed one chair, which brings me to the crux of the problem.
The chair I speak of is not really a chair, but a foot stool, which the children always fought over as they each wanted to be the one to sit on it. I solved the problem by folding it and hiding it behind my bedroom door when they came over. Out of sight, out of mind. But last Friday night, it was the only seat available. I knew they would fight over it. If Jacob got to sit in it, my granddaughter would pout and be miserable and make sure everyone else was miserable with her. If she got it Jacob would say she always got her way and he would be unhappy. I had to avoid this if we were to have an enjoyable meal.
They both looked at me strangely, as they were getting along so well.
" Who is going to sit on the step stool." I answered.
In a heartbeat the 5 year old said, "Oh, I don't care about that. Jacob can have it." And Jacob said, "She can have it. I don't care either." And so it was settled without a fight, as I knew it would be.
Had I been a true mentalist, I would have shown them a sealed envelope and told them the prediction was sealed inside and they could see it after supper. They would have read, "The children will not fight over the step stool" They would have been been blown away, but all I really wanted to do was evade an inevitable fight which I managed with some mental manipulation.
The strange thing is they still believe I'm a fortune teller, but they delight in telling everyone I'm a fortune teller and I got it wrong!


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Powerful community
A word that comes up over and over in our work is community. I've been reflecting on various physical and virtual communities here at PAN, and the ways in which our lives and aspirations are woven together around our shared goals.
Looking at PAN's accomplishments over the past year, I'm feeling deeply grateful to each and every person in these communities — including you. Be they a handful of people or hundreds of thousands with common concerns, these overlapping communities provide the inspiration and the muscle we need to transform corporate and government systems.
Earlier this year, we helped stop the sale of methyl iodide, a cancer-causing fumigant commonly used in strawberry fields. It would have been pretty difficult to sustain a five-year fight against a multi-national pesticide company — let alone to win it — without working closely with nonprofit litigators, grassroots coalitions and unionized farmworkers. The collaboration was effective because the participating groups are good team players, consciously building a campaigning community so strong that Arysta, the manufacturer, pulled methyl iodide from the U.S. market.
Families across the country put themselves on the map at PAN's online Honey Bee Haven site, helping us create a network of people concerned about declining bee populations. Thousands of people, in practically every state (and from other countries, too) helped PAN make the case that it's time to save bees and other pollinators from the effects of dangerous pesticides. Additionally, over a million signatures in support of pollinator protection have been delivered to EPA, and we're petitioning Congress to get involved, too.
From San Diego to the north coast, more than 6 million California voters supported labeling foods that are genetically engineered. PAN worked with a core group of partners, supported by businesses and countless volunteers, to undertake a massive voter education campaign — while the opposition was fueled by over $46 million from the Big 6 pesticide companies. We lost the ballot initiative, but our collective efforts drew national attention to corporate control of the food system, and highlighted the link between GE seeds and increased pesticide use.
People stepping up to do their bit, in large ways and in small ways this past year, included:
Public health experts and scientists contributed their time and know-how to our recent report on the impact of pesticides on children's health.
PAN partner organizations shared tools, strategies and information through PAN's new online community forum.
More than 80,000 PAN activists engaged online, responding regularly to our calls to action.
Nearly 2,000 individuals, along with institutions, donated to help us keep the work going.
And don't get me started on PAN's volunteer board of directors and amazing staff, who manage all the activities above, and more, with grace, professionalism and heart. Every week I'm grateful all over again to be part of this very special little community of dedicated and skillful people who support, oversee and do PAN's day-to-day work.
Thank you for being part of one — or more — of PAN's various communities. Together we're going to have an amazing 2013!
Judy Hatcher
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Judy Hatcher is PAN's Executive Director. She serves on the board of directors of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation. Judy is also a member of the East Bay Meditation Center's Greenery Team. Follow @judyatpan

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Batman Finally Coming to 'Smallville' in Season 11 Comic
It's the team-up that fans waited ten seasons of Smallville for in vain... and it's finally happening in DC's spin-off Smallville Season 11 digital comic: Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne - Together again for the first time... again!Smallville Season 11 writer Bryan Q. Miller spilled the bat-beans over on his blog, explaining that "as both a fan and a writer, I am more than pleased to announce the arrival of a MAJOR DC universe player in the second episode of Smallville Season 11" before sharing the official solicitation for #5 of the print edition, which includes the following tease:
The hunt for his parents' killer puts a vigilante known only as "the BATMAN" on a collision course with The Man of Steel...
CA's noted "Smallvillains" Chris Sims and David Uzumeri are... likely apprehensive about whether or not they'll get this momentous meeting right.
"Fans have been waiting for this for a VERY long time," Miller wrote, in something of an understatement; Bruce Wayne's appearance in the Smallville continuity had been teased since Adam Knight showed up in the third season of the show way back in 2003 acting very much like a future Dark Knight, even though producers have since claimed that any similarity to Bruce Wayne (You know, like his being a brooding orphan with amazing martial arts skills and hacking chops) was a complete coincidence. Presumably in the same way that any similarity between Captain Marvel and Marvelman is a complete coincidence...
Smallville Season 11 #5, the first part of "Detective" by Miller and artists Chriscross and Marc Deering, will be released in September. The story will debut first as a digital comic in August.
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How Israel controls Palestinian bodies, both living and dead
By: Mariam Barghouti
Israel is in control of not only the land, but the people - and that includes denying the right to mourn those taken from us
My uncle recently passed, and after his wife and children washed his body, gave him a final embrace, and put him in his final resting spot, they shared their grief with friends, family and acquaintances.
Only then were they able to begin mourning his loss. This sacred process of mourning allows communities and loved ones to begin moving forward - to move on, and to provide a final act of giving to the deceased. Only then can they begin accepting condolences.
At the funeral, I watched the pale, grieving faces and thought: "At least he died of natural causes. At least we got to bury him and shower him with love."
Cemeteries of numbers
I say that with the recognition that most Palestinian families know of one martyr within their extended circles. Worse off are the families of Palestinian martyrs whose bodies are still being held by Israel.
Since 1967, hundreds of Palestinian bodies have been held by Israel: some in freezers, and others believed to be in the notorious "cemeteries of numbers". Families of the martyrs have been trying to bring them back home.
Yet, the first demand of Palestinians is not for Israel to return our bodies; it is to stop killing us in the first place. Stop taking land, displacing families, incarcerating entire generations, and enabling a foreign population to take over what little remains of Palestinian cities, only to punish anyone who says "enough".
Not only are Palestinians denied the ability to die in peace; they are also stripped of the right to acknowledge that their death was an act by an occupying power
Loss, in the frame of the Palestinian struggle, is a relentless reality in the Palestinian experience. It comes mired in political realities and psychosocial dominance. Loss becomes a fight against a powerful regime for the simple act of burial - to give prayers for peace and mercy over a body that was once so full of life, only to return to the phantoms they leave in the home - and that is no simple task.
During a news conference in 2016, one mother spoke to me, uttering in laboured breath: "Please write something. We want to bury our children. We want to bury our children."
I listened to her pleas, and thought about how many families must endure loss first in the fact that their loved one is killed by Israel; then, in recognising the reality that there will not likely be any accountability; then, in the misconstrued reports and representations by mainstream media; and finally, in having to negotiate with the power that killed their loved one over the release of the corpse.
Glorifying martyrdom
Although martyrdom is often singularly showcased as part of the Palestinian experience, it is an intricate and important narrative of most nations trying to glorify the death of their people in the name of ideology. Even Israel participates in martyrdom glorification, but more often that is coated in the prevalent jingoism and the remembrance of its soldiers.
Our martyrs are valuable to us not just because of the struggle they represent, but also because they are people we have played with, fought, loved or disliked. Palestinian martyrdom takes on another dimension through how it is illustrated in the media, hindering our ability to bring a shred of dignity to those killed and those trying to move forward.
Not only are Palestinians denied the ability to die in peace; they are also stripped of the right to acknowledge that their death was caused by an unremitting occupying power.
When Palestinians are killed by Israeli forces, they are referred to in the passive form. The Palestinian "dies" rather than being "killed". The Palestinian rarely has a name to showcase the travesty of this loss of life to the power of an army and a regime that is violently forcing itself into the Palestinian space.
This helps Israel not only to systemically colonise, displace, and mass incarcerate Palestinians with impunity, but also to colonise the space between Palestinians themselves. Even in mourning, there looms a scent of oppression and degradation.
Israeli forces even sometimes raid funeral processions of martyrs. By doing so, Israel transforms human bodies into bargaining chips and mourning into a political act that is easily criminalised.
It is no wonder that in 2018, the Knesset passed a law that judicially affirmed Israel's ability to withhold Palestinian bodies until preconditions are accepted for funeral arrangements.
Bodies are kept from bereaved families and utilised for political gain by various parties, despite this being a violation of international humanitarian law. It is a testament to Israel's effort to control Palestinian bodies and further objectify them, in line with Israel's common practice of collective punishment.
Gaza is enduring a slow death because of the punitive measures against the entire strip. A man in Rafah once told me: "We are being prepped to be sent to burial."
But Gaza and the withholding of bodies are not the exception. From the increased surveillance of Palestinians through CCTV cameras stationed across towns and cities, to checkpoints, to incessant home demolitions, Israel is also socially engineering our emotions.
We cannot mourn, move or breathe without considering what Israel's powerful army may do to us. Israel's army is among the top 20 most powerful in the world, with a defence budget exceeding $19bn.
The fact that Israel maintains its right to withhold Palestinian bodies "regardless of their political affiliations" shows that the efforts behind this are not simply tied to Israel's constant explanations of "security" and "defence".
This is a statement that Israel is in control of not only the land, but the people - and that includes denying the right to mourn those taken from us.
Notes: Mariam Barghouti is a Palestinian writer and commentator
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Corrie's Kirk tries out on X Factor
Dozy Corrie star Kirk Sutherland will swap the knicker factory for the X Factor as he tries to dazzle Simon Cowell.
Andy Whyment's character Kirk Sutherland tries out on X Factor
The underwear-stitcher – played by Andy Whyment – does a turn for the TV talent contest along with thousands of other hopefuls by performing Kings Of Leon chart-topper Sex On Fire.
His efforts will be seen as part of a 50th anniversary special celebrating the Coronation Street landmark birthday next month.
Kirk strutted his stuff for the judges, including Nicole Scherzinger who was on her feet in amazement at his high energy performance. And he even threw in an air guitar solo to win a standing ovation from the crowd.
Viewers will see whether Simon was impressed – or left in stitches – in a TV special Coronation Street: The Big 50, to be screened on ITV1 on December 10.
His audition is one of a number of specially recorded sketches featuring Corrie favourites who turn up in unexpected places.
Paul O'Grady will host the show and preside over a quiz to test the Weatherfield wisdom of cast and super-fans.
O'Grady said: "If I don't dip into the lives of the folk from Weatherfield on a regular basis I get withdrawal symptoms.
"As a vampire needs blood, I need a nightly dose of Corrie. It has always been there, Bill Roache and Barbara Knox are as familiar faces as family.
The Street celebrates its 50th anniversary on December 9.
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Cheryl Cole 'near breaking point'
Cheryl Cole has been told to 'do her job' or face being sacked from the X-Factor, according to reports.
Cheryl Cole 'near breaking point'
Mentor and friend Simon Cowell is believed to have called a crisis meeting with the singer after she refused to choose which one of her acts to send home last week, sparking more than 1,000 complaints from viewers.
But a source told the Daily Star that with American TV bosses also scrutinising the star to decide if she would be suitable for the US version of the show, the pressure is getting too much.
"Cheryl has to sparkle this weekend and regain her credibility," the insider told the newspaper. "The trouble is she is a nervous wreck and terrified of putting a foot wrong.
"She will be under extraordinary scrutiny. What makes it more difficult is that her American dream seems to have gone up in smoke."
They added, "Simon's fully aware that the mentors get close to their acts, he does too. But they are also being paid to do a job. He wants this weekend's show to be about the singing, not about the controversy."
Tags: Cheryl Cole, Simon Cowel, X Factor
Cheryl Cole refuses to vote
The manner of Treyc Cohen's X Factor exit has sparked controversy and furious debate.
X Factor's Treyc Cohen
Treyc Cohen has made a controversial exit from The X Factor. The 26-year-old found herself in the bottom two alongside fellow sing-off veteran Katie Waissel.
Their mentor Cheryl Cole refused to choose between her acts.
After Simon Cowell opted to keep Katie, Cheryl made it clear that she would send the competition into deadlock, depending on how Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh voted.
However, the Girls Aloud singer didn't get her chance because presenter Dermot O'Leary said they'd go with the majority vote; Dannii Minogue voted to send Katie home and Louis Walsh picked Treyc to go.
Treyc had attempted to save herself with Toni Braxton's Unbreak My Heart, while Katie opted for soul classic Don't Give Up On Me by Solomon Burke. She did it – Katie survived again.
It was [supposed to be] American Anthems week on The X Factor, but once again the judges, by and large, didn't get the message. Compositions such as Kids In America, sung by Brit pop star Kim Wilde and written by her brother Ricky and father Marty, made it into the show.
Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole went another round in their bickering. The music mogul aimed a couple of barbed comments in Cheryl's direction as he critiqued her acts.
While commenting on Cher Lloyd, he said: "I think your mentor got a little bit lazy." Take a look through the gallery to see how each act fared in another very dramatic weekend of The X Factor.
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X Factor – Cheryl unimpressed with Cher name?
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Cheryl Cole and Cher Lloyd are in dispute, according to reports, over what to call the aspiring X Factor singer.
Cher Lloyd is reportedly considering using the stage name Cher-L
The Sun said that Cher, who impressed judges with her rendition of Shakespears Sister ballad Stay on Saturday night, wants to be known as Cher-L but that her mentor, Cheryl, feels the new name is too similar to her own.
A show insider told the newspaper: "Cher has already been called a mini-Cheryl and now she could end up with almost the same name."
Music chiefs came up with the idea of using the name Cher-L, using the first letter of her last name to rebrand the 17-year-old rapper, after the ITV series ends.
The singer cannot use the name Cher because of the US star.
The source continued: "X Factor chiefs want Cher to change her name after the show to give her something a bit edgier and more fitting to her image.
"They don't like her having two names and think she should have something a bit different. She can't be known as Cher so the idea of Cher-L came up – but her mentor didn't like it as it was so similar to her own name.
"Cher loves Cheryl and values her input and ideas but it doesn't look like she'll get her way on this one."
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Katie to exit X Factor?
According to reports, X Factor bosses may ask Katie Waissel to leave the competition.
Under pressure X Factor finalist Katie Waissel may be asked to leave the show according to reports.The 24-year-old first received flak after getting through to the live finals despite barely singing a note at the judges' homes stage.
Her popularity has suffered accordingly and she has found herself in the sing-off, clinging to her X Factor dreams, on a couple of occasions.
The Daily Record says that a video shoot for this year's X Factor charity single was delayed for hours yesterday after she suffered a panic attack.
A source is quoted as saying: "Katie is very fragile and we are very concerned for her. We are considering asking her to step aside because it is now really affecting the show. Her well-being is our number one priority."
Apparently, Katie was taken ill during the contestants' much-publicised October trip to Topshop in London's Oxford Street. Could this really be the end for Katie Waissel? Watch this space.
Tags: Katie Waisse, Topshop in London's Oxford Street, X Factor, X Factor charity single
I'm single, insists Matt Cardle
X Factor favourite Matt Cardle has dismissed reports he is back with his ex-girlfriend as "totally wrong".
Matt Cardle has insisted he is single. X Factor favourite Matt Cardle has dismissed reports he is back with his ex-girlfriend as "totally wrong".
Rumours were rife after pictures appeared in the press showing the pair together, but the 27-year-old painter and decorator said he is on the market.
He said: "I'm single. It is totally wrong but she is a lovely girl and we still talk to each other."
He also praised his mentor Dannii Minogue, saying: "She is really, really caring and supportive. She is always in contact to make sure we are happy with our songs."
Matt, who is now 6-4 favourite to win the show, admitted it was "odd" being followed by crowds of screaming fans.
He said: "It's a bit odd if I'm honest. It is a sign that they are enjoying what we are doing on the weekend."
But Katie Waissel clearly has no such problems. The 24-year-old tweeted a message to fans on Friday, writing: "I'll be back out again soon, I promise!! it's so cute whenever u scream for One Direction I can't help but scream with you lol!!xxx"
The 11 remaining contenders will perform in Saturday's show with the results of the public vote unveiled on Sunday.
Tags: Dannii Minogue, Matt Cardle, One Direction, X Factor
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Alaa Abd El-Fattah: British-Egyptian activist on prison hunger strike is alive, says sister
Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been on hunger strike against his detention and prison conditions for the last six months, taking just 100 calories a day. Last week he escalated his hunger strike and stopped taking water to coincide with the start of the COP27 climate change summit.
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News reporter @samuelosborne93
Monday 14 November 2022 13:19, UK
The family of a British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist who went on hunger strike in an Egyptian jail say they have received confirmation he is still alive.
Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been on hunger strike against his detention and prison conditions for the last six months, taking just 100 calories a day.
Last week he escalated his hunger strike and stopped taking water to coincide with the start of the COP27 climate change summit in the Red Sea resort Sharm El-Sheikh.
"I'm so relieved. We just got a note from prison to my mother, Alaa is alive, he says he's drinking water again as of November 12," Mr Abd El-Fattah's sister Sanaa Seif tweeted.
"He says he'll say more as soon as he can. It's definitely his handwriting. Proof of life, at last. Why did they hold this back from us for 2 days?!"
The 40-year-old's family and lawyer had made repeated trips to the prison where he is detained northwest of Cairo but had received no news of his condition.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak raised Mr Abd El-Fattah's plight with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the United Nations climate talks.
More on Alaa Abd El-fattah
Jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah has 'deteriorated severely'
Alaa Abd El-Fattah: Jailed British-Egyptian activist ends hunger strike, family says
British-Egyptian activist undergoing 'medical intervention' days after escalating hunger strike
Alaa Abd El-Fattah
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the government was keeping "a very, very close eye" on his case.
"It's a case that the Foreign Office has raised over a number of years in support of him. The Egyptians do not recognise him as a British citizen," he said.
"We disagree with them on that and we have highlighted this disagreement to them at every level up to and including the prime minister in his discussions with President Sisi."
Sister fears brother will die in prison
'Medical intervention' days after escalating hunger strike
On Thursday, Egypt's public prosecutor said Mr Abd El-Fattah was in good health after the family said they were informed a medical intervention had been carried out.
The nature of the intervention was not made clear but his family expressed fears prison officials would force-feed the activist, which they said would amount to torture.
Last week an Egyptian MP was removed from a news conference about Mr Abd El-Fattah after he questioned whether he was a political prisoner and shouted at Mr Abd El-Fattah's sister.
Celebrities speak out for activist
Mr Abd El-Fattah was sentenced to five years in prison in December last year after being charged with spreading fake news over a Facebook post he shared about human rights abuses in Egyptian prisons in 2019.
The activist's family stepped up their campaign for his release ahead of COP27 and also organised a sit-in outside the UK Foreign Office.
Celebrities who have spoken out in his support include Dame Judi Dench, Dame Emma Thompson, Mark Ruffalo, Carey Mulligan and Khalid Abdalla.
Climate activist Greta Thunberg refused to join COP27 because she disagreed with the country's human rights abuses and was seen at a protest in solidarity with Mr Abd El-Fattah.


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Mind the gap: the largest pay gap between men and women is in the tech industry, that alleged bastion of diversity and fairness.
Glassdoor surveyed male-female pay differences in five countries: the US, the UK, Australia, Germany and France.
In the US, men earn on average 24.1pc higher base pay than women, amounting to women earning about 76 cents per dollar earned by men. However, when comparing workers with similar age, education and years of experience, the gap is 19.2pc.
In the US, the gender pay gap is about 5.4pc which, based on today's real median earnings for full-time working women in the US amounts to a pay loss of $2,140 per year or $64,100 over 30 years.
The study indicates that the single biggest cause of the gender pay gap is "occupation and industry sorting of men and women" into jobs that pay differently throughout the economy. For example, women in the US made up only 26pc of highly paid CEOs, but 71pc of low-paid cashiers.
In the US, the "adjusted" gender pay gap is largest for computer programmer, chef, dentist, C-suite professional, psychologist, pharmacist and CAD designer occupations. The gender pay gap is smallest for social worker, merchandiser, research assistant, purchasing specialist, physician advisor, and communications associate occupations.
According to the study, the occupation with the highest gender pay gap was computer programmer, with a gap of 28.3pc.
This amounts to women earning on average 72 cents per dollar earned by men, after controlling for all differences between jobs, companies and workers – a gap that is roughly five times larger than the US average "adjusted" gender pay gap of 5.4pc.
According to one part of the report, "Most of today's differences in male-female pay are due to forces that push men and women into different jobs and industries, including different paths through the education system, pressures that divert men and women into different college majors and career tracks, and social norms regarding child care and family responsibilities.


Most people in NYC who have or are working in a school know that a person can be charged, fired, or discontinued for any and no reason. The story below is one of those.
Stephan Serie's story reminds me of the termination of Christine Rubino, and many others. The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District (which is located in Nassau County) Department of Education's "long arm of the law" twists and turns around like a screw until the employee is staked out, gone. Where is the nexus between being visual candy for a TV show and Serie's teaching abilities?
A Long Island middle school health teacher lost his job afer appearing shirtless on a reality TV show and is now fighting for his job with the help of parents.
A teacher's cameo at a "Princesses: Long Island" pool party was too much reality for suburban school officials — and now he's fighting for his job.
Stefan Serie, who taught health at Merrick Avenue Middle School in Long Island, got into hot water when he showed off his ripped body as an extra on the new Bravo show about six self-described Jewish-American princesses.
School officials weren't fans — even though there was nothing illegal going on, the eight-year teaching veteran told the Daily News. "I didn't do anything that I would tell my students not to do," he said.
In the episode, which aired June 2 as the kickoff of the series, the 30-year-old flashes his cut abs and laughs in the background while the rest of the "Princess" crew drinks alcohol from red plastic cups, bounces around in their teeny bikinis and dishes about their dream boyfriends.
A week after it aired, the Long Beach resident received a letter to report to the school district office, where administrators told him his tenure offer would be rescinded and pressed him to resign, he said.
The hunky hardbody — who was rated "highly effective" during the last school year — quit his $75,000-a-year job, school officials confirmed.
Serie appeared in an episode of Princesses of Long Island.
Parents are on his side. Rosemary Garofolo praised Serie for encouraging nutritious lifestyles for her two 12-year-old sons, who took his seventh-grade health class.
I don't think there's a kid in that school that didn't love him," she said.
"Honestly, I think as long as he wasn't doing anything illegal on the show, I don't see why it should matter what he does in his time," she said.
Serie, who has degrees in health and physical education from Hofstra University, said he was approached by a producer friend from Bravo about the show, tentatively called "Gold Coast." The friend introduced him to cast member Ashlee White, who met him for lunch and later invited him to the pool party.
Parents of Serie's students are on his side and want him to be given his job back.
Serie is seen at that point — fully clothed in a green V-neck T-shirt — yukking it up behind them.
The triathlete, who is seen shirtless in countless sporting event photos online, said he will bring the reality TV drama to court if he doesn't get his job back.
Serie said the taxing ordeal has taken a toll on his hard-won reputation.
The bill, introduced by state Sen. John Flanagan (R-Suffolk), would first cut teachers who have an unsatisfactory rating in any of the last five years, have been slapped with a fine or suspension or meet one of seven other criteria.
The bill bolsters Mayor Bloomberg's push to change the state law that requires layoffs for the most recently hired teacher first. As of last week, the mayor said the city would have to lay off 4,666 teachers.
"The public wants us to do the right thing for their children's future, and that means focusing on merit to ensure we keep the very best teachers in our schools," Bloomberg said Thursday.
2,671 teachers who have had unsatisfactory ratings in the last five years.
291 teachers who have been fined or suspended for misconduct in the last five years.
1,149 teachers who have been without a permanent job in a school and assigned to the Absent Teacher Reserve pool for more than six months.
529 teachers who have been convicted of a crime, including driving under the influence, assault and larceny.
United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew blasted the bill - including another provision that would lay off teachers who were found by an investigator to have committed wrongdoing but were never punished.
"The proposed bill would send us back to the days before civil service protections, when people could be fired for being the wrong race or gender, too young or too old," he said.
City Education Department officials did not have a breakdown of where layoffs were most likely to occur , they said.
Assemblyman Jonathan Bing (D-Manhattan) Thursday said he would introduce the bill in the state Assembly.


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What does aav mean in hockey? (with examples)
Written by Wayne Jones in Business of Hockey,Info Articles
When the hockey season is over my wife always wonders why I still read so much stuff about hockey. I always tell her that the hockey season never ends because the summer is when so many trades and signings happen. An abbreviation that always comes up when a team signs a player to a contract is aav.
What does aav mean in hockey? AAV stands for Average Annual Value and does not apply to a player's hockey stats but the salary he is making. It is calculated by taking the total value of the contract and dividing it by its length or term, and that number is applied to the team's salary cap.
How is aav calculated?
AAV is calculated by taking the total value of the contract the player signed and dividing it by the number of years for the contract. In the NHL players can sign a length of contract from anywhere between 1 and 8 years.
Here are a few quick examples:
If a player signs a $15 million dollar contract for 3 years the AVV will be: $15 million/3 years = $5million/year AAV
If a player signs a $25 million dollar contract for 6 years the AAV will be : $25 million/6 years = $4.17 million/year AAV.
The AAV is not necessarily the amount that is actually paid to the player each year, but it is a calculation that gives the average amount per year made over the course of the contract.
Why does aav matter?
AAV matters because it is the salary number that the league uses to be assessed against a team's salary cap.
The NHL (the owners) and the NHLPA (the players) have a collective bargaining agreement which governs the operations of how the league operates. Within this agreement it states that the league and players will roughly split revenues 50/50 between themselves.
The way this plays out is that each team has to spend a minimum amount of money on salaries but, also, has a maximum amount they can spend on salaries. This is called the salary cap.
For the 2019-2020 season the salary cap floor is $60.2 million and the ceiling is $81.5. Most teams are within a few million dollars of the salary cap ceiling.
In figuring out what a team is spending and if they are within the salary cap range, the league takes the cumulative total of all the AAVs of the player contracts on the team's roster – this does not include players in the minors, but only the 22 to 23 players that are in the NHL.
A team is not allowed to have a roster of players who cumulative AAVs that exceed the salary cap. If they do a team will be forced to get rid of players through trade, waivers, or putting them in the minors.
So do players get paid another amount beside their aav?
As I have alluded to before the amount of money a player takes home in a given year is not necessarily their AAV. A player will always get the full amount of their contract in the end, but often it is not divided up as neatly as the AAV amount. Why is this?
Well, let's take a look at a couple of actual contracts and how they are actually paid out compared to their AAV.
We will look at two more recent signings of Mitch Marner and Matthew Tkachuk, both of which are very interesting contract structures.
Mitch Marner
Below is the the contract that Marner signed for $65,358,000 over 6 years. The first thing to point out is that Mitch is getting paid a larger sum at the start of the contract then at the end.
Why is this? As the old saying goes, a dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow. He can simply get that money and invest it as he deems fit, and doesn't need to wait 4 or 5 years to get it. As long as he has some good financial people he will be ahead.
Signing Bonus
Yearly Cash
2019-20 $700,000 $15,300,000 $10,893,000 $16,000,000
2021-22 $750,000 $9,608,000 $10,893,000 $10,358,000
2022-23 $750,000 $7,250,000 $10,893,000 $8,000,000
Below is the contract that Tkachuk signed for $21,000,000 over 3 years. As you will notice the contract pays more in real cash at the end. Whereas Marner's contract takes him into his unrestricted free agent years, which allow him to negotiate a contract with any team, Tkachuk's contract will end while he is a restricted free agent, and he will still have to negotiate with his current team, the Calgary Flames.
This being said, it was smart for Tkachuk to negotiate his contract this way because the Flames will have to 'qualify' him when his contract ends to keep him for his last restricted free agent year. Qualify him means that they have to at least offer him a one year contract at his previous year's salary. So Tkachuk is guaranteed to be offered $9,000,000 for the last year of his restricted free agent status.
2019-20 $1,000,000 $4,000,000 $7,000,000 $5,000,000
2021-22 $9,000,000 $0 $7,000,000 $9,000,000
AAV used to help teams reach the salary floor
The AAV is also used to help a team pay a lot less money in actual salary than their actual salary cap number.
The most typical scenario is that a team is rebuilding, and they are going with a youth movement. They will be poor for a couple of years, but hopefully they can get a few good draft choices and develop a core that has the potential to win a Stanley Cup. This rebuild model worked for Pittsburgh and Chicago.
When you are rebuilding your team around a bunch of young players it can be difficult to reach the cap floor. Expensive contracts are handed out to talented veterans or superstar youngsters signing their second contracts. Young players and journeyman NHL players which make up a rebulding team are the least expensive players in the league.
So how do you reach the cap floor as a rebuilding team?
You can trade for players from other teams who are in the last year of their contracts who have high aav contracts where most of the money has been paid upfront in the previous years of the deal. Teams who have these contracts are usually desperate to get rid of them because the older player is not living up to the value of the contract or is unable to fulfill it do to injury.
Arizona, a cash strapped team, has pulled a number of these types of trades over the year. The best example is when they got Niklas Grossman and Chris Pronger, who was injured and could not play, from Philadelphia for Sam Gagner and a 4th round pick. Prongers contract had an AAV of 5 million but was only owed 750K in real money. Now that is a large savings!


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{

class GAFFERSCENE_API Prune : public FilteredSceneProcessor
{

	public :

		Prune( const std::string &name=defaultName<Prune>() );
		~Prune() override;

		GAFFER_GRAPHCOMPONENT_DECLARE_TYPE( GafferScene::Prune, PruneTypeId, FilteredSceneProcessor );

		Gaffer::BoolPlug *adjustBoundsPlug();
		const Gaffer::BoolPlug *adjustBoundsPlug() const;

		void affects( const Gaffer::Plug *input, AffectedPlugsContainer &outputs ) const override;

	protected :

		bool acceptsInput( const Gaffer::Plug *plug, const Gaffer::Plug *inputPlug ) const override;

		void hashBound( const ScenePath &path, const Gaffer::Context *context, const ScenePlug *parent, IECore::MurmurHash &h ) const override;
		void hashChildNames( const ScenePath &path, const Gaffer::Context *context, const ScenePlug *parent, IECore::MurmurHash &h ) const override;
		void hashSet( const IECore::InternedString &setName, const Gaffer::Context *context, const ScenePlug *parent, IECore::MurmurHash &h ) const override;

		Imath::Box3f computeBound( const ScenePath &path, const Gaffer::Context *context, const ScenePlug *parent ) const override;
		IECore::ConstInternedStringVectorDataPtr computeChildNames( const ScenePath &path, const Gaffer::Context *context, const ScenePlug *parent ) const override;
		IECore::ConstPathMatcherDataPtr computeSet( const IECore::InternedString &setName, const Gaffer::Context *context, const ScenePlug *parent ) const override;

	private :

		static size_t g_firstPlugIndex;

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Entertainment musts from Clint Smith
Nick Catucci
Good morning, and welcome back to The Daily's Sunday culture edition, in which one Atlantic writer reveals what's keeping them entertained.
But first, here are three Sunday reads from The Atlantic:
Scientists tried to break cuddling. Instead, they broke 30 years of research.
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The Culture Survey: Clint Smith
"The best novel I've read recently is 'When We Were Sisters,' by Fatimah Asghar." (Mercedes Zapata)
The television show I'm most enjoying right now: I'm very late to it, but I've been really enjoying Ramy. It's a thoughtful, funny, and oftentimes incredibly sincere exploration of what coming-of-age as a Muslim American Millennial looks like. [Related: Ramy isn't a travel show, but it could be]
An actor I would watch in anything: Mahershala Ali. The man is a genius. [Related: Green Book: A flimsy tale elevated by two great performances]
Best novel I've recently read, and the best work of nonfiction: The best novel I've read recently is When We Were Sisters, by Fatimah Asghar. I've known Fatimah for years now. We came up together in the slam-poetry scene in our early 20s, but they have always been someone who worked across genres and disciplines. Their debut novel is a gorgeous, lyrical meditation on the relationship among three sisters who lose their parents and are forced to raise one another in a world rife with uncertainty. It's a beautiful novel that you can read in just a few sittings. [Related: All the brown girls on TV]
The best book of nonfiction I've read recently is Life on Delay, by my colleague here at The Atlantic John Hendrickson. I can't remember the last time I read a book so human. Life on Delay brims with empathy and honesty. It is a book about family, complicated relationships, and how we come to understand who we are in the world. It moved me in ways that I haven't experienced before. It's fantastic. [Related: Why I dread saying my own name]
An author I will read anything by: Living today, Jhumpa Lahiri. From the past, Frederick Douglass.
A song I'll always dance to: "If It Isn't Love," by New Edition
My go-to karaoke song: "Candy Rain," by Soul for Real
My favorite sad song: "Pass You By," by Boyz II Men
"[My favorite sad song is] 'Pass You By,' by Boyz II Men." Above: The group perform at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on January 26, 2020 (Kevin Winter / Getty)
An album that means a lot to me: Lupe Fiasco's 2007 album, The Cool, was so formative for me during my college years because it expanded my understanding of the relationship between music and literature. It is an incredible literary document.
A visual artist that I cherish: Growing up, we had prints of the painter Jacob Lawrence's work on our walls. I'm filled with nostalgia anytime I see his work.
Something I treasured as a teenager: My VHS tape of every goal in the 2002 World Cup. I watched it every night.
Something I recently revisited: Not a reread or a rewatch but a re-eat. I was obsessed with Lunchables when I was a kid. I recently had one for the first time in a long time and, man … it did not taste the same at all. Not sure what was going on with my elementary-school taste buds. [Related: The 30-year reign of Lunchables]
A piece of journalism that recently changed my perspective on a topic: I don't know that it changed my perspective so much as expanded it, but I recently read Nadja Drost's 2021 Pulitzer Prize– and Michael Kelly Award–winning story "When Can We Really Rest?" about migrants from all over the world crossing the Colombia-Panama border to try and make it to the U.S. It blew me away.
A favorite story I've read in The Atlantic: Gotta be Ta-Nehisi's "The Case for Reparations."
Something delightful introduced to me by kids in my life: I have a 5-year-old and a 3-year-old, and one of our favorite things to do on weekends is watch nature documentaries when we wake up. Shout out to David Attenborough. [Related: Blue Planet II is the greatest nature series of all time]
Read past editions of the Culture Survey with John Hendrickson, Gal Beckerman, Kate Lindsay, Xochitl Gonzalez, Spencer Kornhaber, Jenisha Watts, David French, Shirley Li, David Sims, Lenika Cruz, Jordan Calhoun, Hannah Giorgis, and Sophie Gilbert.
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives, a frank portrait of cobalt-mining abuses by the modern-slavery scholar Siddharth Kara (on shelves Tuesday)
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power, a documentary inspired by the work of the Atlantic senior editor Vann R. Newkirk II (begins streaming on Peacock on Thursday)
80 for Brady, a comedy that joins the screen legends Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Rita Moreno, and Sally Field with the NFL star Tom Brady (in theaters Friday)
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Sam Smith's Radical Centrism
By Spencer Kornhaber
Sam Smith's music defines the word inoffensive—so why does the singer inspire so many arguments? For more than a decade, Smith's distinctive voice has soaked through the collective consciousness like the syrup in a rum cake. But that success has also triggered annoyance from across the cultural spectrum. As a nonbinary person, Smith has been treated as a punch line by right-wing media. Earlier in their career, they also ticked off the queer commentariat by misstating gay history and tsk-tsking about Grindr. All along, critics have made sport of Smith for formulaic songwriting, mannered vocals, and a tendency to hire church choirs as if they're available on Taskrabbit to install soul on demand.
The Oscar nominations are in, and a few big trends are out.
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Poker Face has a sting in its tail.
The meme that defined a decade
Catch Up on The Atlantic
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A great crested newt swims in a pond in the Department of Gard in southeastern France (Yannick Gouguenheim / Ocean Art)
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Security LOB to focus on training, reporting
Over the next seven months, the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Homeland Security will focus on two of the four areas originally chosen for the Security Line of Business initiative.
OMB said it would set up centers of excellence later this year for training and security reporting for mandates such as the Federal Information Security Management Act in the fiscal 2007 budget submitted to Congress earlier this month.
Karen Evans, OMB's administrator for IT and e-government, said the interagency task force will continue to work on the other two areas, product evaluation and incident response, to figure out where the opportunities exist.
The task force decided these four areas were ripe for savings and standardization last year. But reporting and training were the best place to get started right away, Evans said.
"Reporting and training are the easier ones, as well as the ones where there is a huge amount of dollars going out," Evans said during a budget briefing with reporters last week. "We are saying there is a better way to deliver cross-the-board training to new employees, for example."
Evans, who also spoke about the IT budget today at a luncheon in Washington sponsored by the Association for Federal Information Resource Managers, said some agencies have security training that consists of one screen, while other agencies' security training is much more extensive.
Of the $5.2 billion agencies plan to spend on IT security next year, 25 percent of that goes for reporting and training, Evans added.
"Everyone has to do FISMA reporting, so they are spending money on it," Evans said. "It makes sense to see who has done what, and if more agencies can implement it."
Incident response and product evaluation are far more complex and a fundamental part of agency control processes, said Glenn Schlarman, chief of the OMB information policy and technology branch, at the budget briefing.
"The task force didn't feel it had enough information or collective expertise to begin the transition of fundamental security processes," Schlarman said. "Reporting and training will give us more than enough work over the next year."
Evans added there is no timetable for naming the centers of excellence.


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Sudan army ruler committed to handing over power to civilians
Al-Burhan also said that the military council will respond to demands presented by protest leaders within a week. (File photo: AFP)
AFP, Khartoum Sunday, 21 April 2019
Sudan's new army ruler General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said on Sunday that the military council he heads is committed to handing over power to civilians as demanded by thousands of demonstrators.
"The council is committed to give power to (the) people," Burhan said in his first interview on state television since taking power, after his predecessor stood down less than 24 hours after becoming military council chief following the ouster of long-time president Omar al-Bashir.
Al-Burhan also said that the military council will respond to demands presented by protest leaders within a week.
In an interview with state TV, al-Burhan also confirmed that former President Omar al-Bashir and senior officials from his entourage had been jailed.
Last Update: Sunday, 21 April 2019 KSA 17:57 - GMT 14:57
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Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair
April 7, 2017 by Ellie Thouret 2 Comments
It's October, which means only one thing in Manchester – the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair is coming! During 22-24 October, a wide range of British designer-makers will descend on Manchester's Spinningfields to showcase their talents to an incredibly captive audience, me included of course. I'm so pleased that my city is playing host to such a great event, as it really emphasises the growing handmade community outside of London.
The inaugural GNCCF was held at Manchester Grammar School in 2008 and relocated to Spinningfields for the 2009 event. Organisers Ann-Marie Franey and Angela Mann came up with the idea for the event during their visits to London's annual Chelsea Craft Fair (now Origin). They felt that there should be an event of similar standard in the North, and just a short while later, when their children were older, the idea of GNCCF came into fruition. Ann-Marie and Angela spent more than a year carrying out market research with potential exhibitors and visitors before deciding to go ahead.
Manchester was chosen as the fair's venue due to its ease of access to visitors from Cheshire, Yorkshire, Merseyside, Derbyshire and Lancashire. Hosting the GNCCF in the city centre also helps to boost the local economy, and moving the fair to Spinningfields proved to be an excellent business decision as it doubled the audience to over 6500 in 2009. 8000 visitors are expected to attend this October.
Applications to exhibit at the fair are invited from designer-makers of ceramics, glass, textiles, furniture, wood, metal, jewellery etc. and exhibitors are chosen by a panel of industry experts. GNCCF has already built up an excellent reputation in the UK and this year's show was vastly oversubscribed, with 160 exhibitors making the final cut.
Ann-Marie and Angela undertake most aspects of the organising themselves, and with five children between them it's no mean feat! However, the long hours spent working on the event paid off in 2009 when they saw the queues of visitors excited to get in and received excellent feedback from exhibitors and visitors alike. The ultimate payback for the pair is that they get to share their passion for contemporary craft and hopefully engage new audiences.
I'm certainly looking forward to this year's fair, as it will be bigger than ever before with two show pavillions. One area will be entirely dedicated to Great Northern Graduates, a showcase of the best graduate students from the region's craft and design courses. There will also be a jewelry making workshop – I'm off to check that out!
What do you think makes a great craft fair? I'd love to hear about your experiences – post here or send me your tips for making the best of an event via Twitter to @elliethouret. I'll include the best tips in an upcoming post!
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This is always a fun one with teens! The Logo Party Game has everyone guessing popular and classic product and band logos. Tons of fun, with plenty of laughs.
Everyone loves this classic game with a fun Halloween twist! Booo-opoly is just like the other classic game you enjoy playing, only with Halloween themes!
Phase 10 is a great Halloween game for teens since it is a card game that is ideal for multiple players. Each phase brings about something new to look for, and you just never know what the luck of the draw will bring you!
Most kids have read the creepy books as a kid, and now they can enjoy Goosebumps The Board Game as a fun game to play at your next Halloween party!
Getting spooked by the answers to your questions with a Ouija Board is often a right of passage into the teen years. This makes an excellent addition to your list of Halloween games for teens.
Twister is one of those classic games that all ages love! Teens will be laughing and having a great time right away when the Twister mat is thrown down during your Halloween party.
This one is a lot of fun when setup in an area where you can make the teens be challenged by distance to throw. The Inflatable Spider Ring Toss Game is great for all ages, and easy to store for next year!
Everyone loves building things – even teens! Jenga is a great choice for teens as they learn to be patient and careful in building their tower.
You probably remember carrying an egg on a spoon as a kid in games, but you can now carry an eyeball in your spoon with this Halloween Spoons Game! Tons of fun and a perfect relay style game to play.
This Halloween game for teens is a fun classic that everyone will love playing. Simple, easy and great for all ages, Spot It is now available just with Halloween themes. Everyone will love this!
This year you can host a fabulous party with these Halloween games for teens that everyone will enjoy playing together.
What is your favorite game to play at Halloween?


Where can I buy branded 18650 batteries?
I did. These aren't the regular AA or AAA batteries you get. 18650 batteries are much larger.
Let me know if you find any locally. Bought my dad a superbeam torch from Korea and it uses these exact cells. He's worried when they die if he can get a replacement.
I couldn't find any in SL so I had to order some on ebay.
Try electronics shops maybe? I've gotten a few off eBay but not name brands. Doubt supermarkets would have these.
Assuming these are for an e-cig? I used to get mine from online stores in the US. Shipping was never expensive (choose slowest option) and there's no problems with customs etc.
Yep, they're for some vape mods I recently purchased, got my batteries on ebay.