It was surprisingly busy at the Bayeaux campsite when we arrived on a late Sunday afternoon in September, without booking. All they could offer was a pitch without electricity, but that was fine. We had driven for about 4 hours from our previous overnight stop at Bourges.
Bayeux was the first city to be liberated by the allies. The city was relatively undamaged by bombing because the Germans had fled before the assault started. Of course, Bayeux is also famous for its tapestry which tells the story of another famous battle that took place 1,000 years earlier near Hastings, England. William the Conqueror was the Duke of Normandy and the tapestry tells the story of how King Harold of England took the crown of England for himself, against the wishes of King Edward the Confessor. Edward wanted William to be the next king of England so William invaded England and, of course, Harold got an arrow in the eye! Visiting the Bayeux tapestry was fascinating and well worth a visit.
We stayed at the municipal campsite in Bayeux, which is located on the north side of the town on the D613. It took us about 25 minutes to walk in to the centre of Bayeux. This campsite has a new toilet and shower block, although quite a few pitches don't have access to an electrical hookup so check this if you book.
€12 gets you entrance to 2 museums in Bayeux, which I think is great value. The museum is a chronological presentation of the main events from 6th June 1944, enriched with equipment and objects from the period. There is a lot of information to take in and you would need to spend several hours there to read and look at everything.
There is a good motorhome parking area at the Cinema 360, which is a short distance from the town. After watching the 360° film about D-Day we walked down the steep hill and on the way stopped to admire an old US tank. It was here that Anne tripped on the uneven payment and fell heavily on her knee. This needed a hospital visit 2 days later as she was in considerable pain! Nothing broken thank goodness.
There are several sections of artificial Mulberry harbour scattered around Arromanches and, of course, you can easily see sections of it in the sea, even after 74 years. More information about the artificial Mulberry harbours here.
You can find this incredible line of 4, relatively intact, guns on the cliff top if you follow the D514 west from Arromanches. There is plenty of space to park a motorhome next to the tourism office and you can also park overnight in the car park or close to the cliff tops 200 metres away.
On the night before D-Day the gun battery had 1,500 tonnes of bombs dropped on it but the guns still managed to fire 170 shells at ships off-shore but the guns were eventually silenced. The guns today are still in good condition and the concrete bunkers are still intact.
On Tuesday, 6th June 1944 US troops stormed the heavily defended area of Omaha Beach and over 2,400 men lost their lives. It was the bloodiest of the D-Day landing beaches.
I found it an emotional experience walking on the beach at Omaha. It was impossible to imagine the horror that took place over 70 years ago, but there were several small groups of Americans having guided tours with expert guides who were trying hard to bring that fateful day to life. I overheard several guides going into incredible detail about the battle and the tourists were listening intently.
The one thing that made me realise how terrible that day was for the brave men who stormed Omaha Beach was when I looked down at the pebbles on the beach and noticed many had bullet holes through them. I thought about taking one of these pebbles home with me but quickly decided against it. These thousands of pebbles with bullet holes need to stay on Omaha Beach as a reminder of the horror of war.
A large pebble on Omaha Beach with a bullet hole in it.
The battle of Carentan, shortly after D-Day, was a fierce battle that lasted 6 days. The US forces were commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Robert G. Cole, who was awarded the Medal of Honour for leading a bayonet charge during the ferocious battle. It's near Carentan that you will find a fairly new museum called The D-Day Experience. The museum has a fantastic collection of D-Day memorabilia as well as a simulator ride on-board a genuine C-47 D-Day aircraft. In fact this very aircraft was bought by Steven Spielberg and used in the filming of Band of Brothers. Prior to boarding the C-47 we were given a briefing where it was explained that we were to be dropped by parachute over Normandy. During the flight the aircraft was hit by anti aircraft fire and we had to crash land. It was all very realistic and an uncomfortable ride.
There are two museums as part of the D-Day Experience. The other museum is called Dead Man's Corner and it's housed in the actual house used by German paratroopers as their headquarters during the Carentan battle. It's known as Dead Mans Corner because the Germans destroyed a US tank at the nearby road junction and killed the tank commander who could not be retrieved by US forces for 3 days. The museum contains authentic artifacts that were recovered from the area after the battle for Normandy.
I can highly recommend touring Normandy in a motorhome, especially if you are interested in World War 2 history. There are plenty of places to park a motorhome and stay overnight, either on a campsite or French Aire.
A 500lb bomb as used during the battle of Normandy.
Amazing it's something that's on our to do list. Another very interesting blog.
Thanks David for a really interesting post!


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Göteborgs-Tidningen is a daily Swedish newspaper which published "The Phantom" daily strip from 1957 to 1989. The first strip published was taken from the middle of the story Aboard the SS Gay, over 30 strips into the story. At first the strip was only published monday to friday but after a few years it was also published on saturdays. For a short period in the middle of the 1960s the strip was also published on sundays. Towards the end of the 1980s the strip was published every day except for wednesdays.
Göteborgs-Tidningen (also known as GT) was founded in 1902. It is published in the city of Göteborg, and mainly distributed in Västra Götaland County. In 1990 Göteborgs-Tidningen merged with Kvälls-Posten to form a newspaper called Idag. That union lasted until 1995 when Göteborgs-Tidningen reappeared as an independent title. Today the newspaper is owned and controlled by Expressen.
"Aboard the SS Gay" January 2, 1957 February 19, 1957 First several strips missing
"The Slimming of Prince Tagon" February 20, 1957 April 26, 1957
"Captain Kidder's Treasure" April 29, 1957 July 5, 1957
"Dr Axel and the Witchmen" July 8, 1957 September 13, 1957
"Queen Sansamor and the Sixth Man" September 16, 1957 December 27, 1957
"The Wisdom of Solomon" December 30, 1957 January 31, 1958
"U-Town" February 3, 1958 April 25, 1958
"The Grove of the Sleeping Giant" April 28, 1958 August, 1958
"The Shoplifters" August, 1958 October, 1958
"The Heavyweight Champion" October 9, 1958 December, 1958
"Wambo the Gambler" December, 1958 1959
"The White Princess" 1959 1959
"The Valley of No Return" 1959 1959
"The Crown Jewels of Corba" 1959 1959
"The Scorpia" 1959 1960
"The Two Signs" 1960 1960
"The Crybaby" 1960 October, 1960
"The Underwater Diamond Thieves" October, 1960 February, 1961
"The Betrothal" February, 1961 May, 1961
"The Swamp Rats" May, 1961 September, 1961
"The Flying Horse" September, 1961 December 31, 1961
"The Reporter" January, 1962 1962
"The Monkey Mail" 1962 July, 1962
"The Jungle Olympics" July, 1962 1962
"The 50th Wife" 1962 1963
"The Iron Dragon" 1963 May, 1963
"The Werewolf" May, 1963 August, 1963
"The Slave Market of Mucar" August, 1963 1964
"The Epidemic" 1964 1964
"The Wharf Rats" 1964 1964
"The Mysterious Ambassador" 1964 May 13, 1965
"The Mystery of the Island of Dogs" May 14, 1965 November 24, 1965
"The Drummer of Timpenni" November 25, 1965 March 3, 1966
"The Reef" March, 1966 June 10, 1966
"The Adventures of Lucy Cary" June 11, 1966 November 23, 1966
"The Bad Ones" November 24, 1966 March 31, 1967
"The Hanta Witch" April 1, 1967 July 17, 1967
"Prince Hali and the White Stallion" July 18, 1967 December 15, 1967
"The Sea God" December 16, 1967 March 30, 1968
"The Satchel" April 1, 1968 June 28, 1968
"The Crime School" June 29, 1968 September 11, 1968 Last strip missing
"Deadman's Point" September, 1968 December, 1968
"The Rogue Elephant" December 19, 1968 April 14, 1969
"Jungle Olympics" April 15, 1969 July 29, 1969
"The Frame-Up" July 30, 1969 September 30, 1969
"The Hydra" October 1, 1969 January 8, 1970
"The Art Thieves" January 9, 1970 May 12, 1970
"The Masked Ball" May 13, 1970 June 24, 1970
"The Jungle Home" June 25, 1970 September 22, 1970
"Rex, the Missing Heir" September 24, 1970 January 2, 1971
"The Gladiator" January 4, 1971 April 20, 1971
"The Missing Daddy" April 21, 1971 July 21, 1971
"Luaga's Undercover Tour" July 22, 1971 October 26, 1971
"The Mission" October 27, 1971 March 8, 1972
"Yes" March 9, 1972 May 16, 1972 last two strips missing
"The Fence" May 17, 1972 August 12, 1972 first two strips missing
"The Mysterious Passenger" August 14, 1972 October 28, 1972
"The Lost City of Pheenix" October 30, 1972 January 1, 1973
"The Witchman" January 2, 1973 April 2, 1973
"The Tanker-Jackers" April 3, 1973 July 14, 1973
"The Keeper of the Peace" July 16, 1973 October 13, 1973
"The Giant of Kaluga" October 15, 1973 January 30, 1974
"The Trial of Patrolman Zokko" January 31, 1974 May 10, 1974
"The Things" May 11, 1974 August 22, 1974
"Vandal-Looters" August 23, 1974 November 28, 1974
"The Pampered Princess" November 29, 1974 April 8, 1975
"The Curse of the Sacred Image" April 9, 1975 September 5, 1975
"The Normal Life" September 6, 1975 January 13, 1976
"The Cavelands" January 14, 1976 April 28, 1976
"T" April 29, 1976 October 2, 1976
"Hzzz" October 4, 1976 December 18, 1976
"Star of Bangalla" December 20, 1976 March 31, 1977
"Mystery of Kula-Ku" April 1, 1977 August 29, 1977
"S.S. Blitz" August 30, 1977 November 28, 1977
"Return of the Terrorists" November 29, 1977 March 22, 1978
"The Proposal" March 23, 1978 May 5, 1978
"Guardian of the Eastern Dark" May 6, 1978 September 19, 1978
"The Tyrant of Tarakimo" September 20, 1978 December 4, 1978
"Phantom Wedding" December 5, 1978 March 15, 1979
"The Three Bandits" March 16, 1979 May 25, 1979
"Return to Tarakimo" May 26, 1979 October 28, 1979
"Jungle City" October 29, 1979 January 29, 1980
"The Heirs" January 31, 1980 July 5, 1980
"Jungle Gold" July 6, 1980 October 25, 1980
"The Return of General Bababu" October 26, 1980 April 9, 1981
"The Tree House" April 10, 1981 September 4, 1981
"The Poachers" September 5, 1981 December 18, 1981
"Gooroo's Jungle Muggers" December 19, 1981 May 27, 1982
"The Hostages" May 28, 1982 August 28, 1982
"The Phantom's Vacation" August 29, 1982 November 12, 1982
"The Return of Gooroo's Mob" November 13, 1982 March 13, 1983
"Tale of Rex" March 14, 1983 November 6, 1983
"Queen Karola of Kula-Ku" November 7, 1983 April 12, 1984
"Ughland" April 13, 1984 September 3, 1984
"Visit to Baronkhan" September 4, 1984 January 29, 1985
"Luck and Wealth" January 31, 1985 August 3, 1985
"The Kimberly Diamonds" August 4, 1985 November 9, 1985
"The Embassy Siege" November 10, 1985 February 23, 1986
"The Presidents" February 24, 1986 August 3, 1986
"Drug Busters" August 4, 1986 November 3, 1986
"The Lake Lady" November 4, 1986 May 3, 1987
"Ruler of Baronkhan" May 4, 1987 September 8, 1987
"The Tarashima Terrorists" September 10, 1987 June 14, 1988
"The Snake Goddess" June 16, 1988 November 5, 1988
"Zabadabah" November 6, 1988 March 6, 1989
"The Man-Thing" March 7, 1989 July 11, 1989
"Great Raptor of Rhua" July 13, 1989 October 22, 1989
"Chasamba" October 23, 1989 December 31, 1989 Last 14 strips missing, they were published in iDAG from January 2, 1990
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that I'm trying to reclassify. It has 256 different values right now and my plan is to only have nine at the end - a few crops I care about and 'other'. I made a table in Excel that I'm trying to import into the reclassify tool so I won't have to change 256 values in ArcMap by hand.
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And so on. When I try to load the table into the reclassify tool, it says "error, couldn't load table" and nothing else. I've tried it as a .xslx and a .txt file
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Religious Cinema, Best Means to Confront Islamophobia in West
Abdullah Jacques Chartier, head of the French Society of Shia Muslim Converts, added that speeches by politicians, scholars and even Muslim thinkers in Europe are helpful in reducing Islamophobic activities but arts, especially religious cinema, can play a much more effective role.
"I believe movies produced in Muslim countries can be very effective in discouraging Islamophobic onslaughts," he said, urging Muslim countries to use arts to confront Islamophobia instead of resorting to political rhetoric and slogans.
He said among different fields of arts, cinema is the most important means that should be used to fight Islamophobia.
"In order to dominate the public opinion, the West makes movies in which the idea is promoted that 'We are always right'. Muslim countries should also invest in making movies … to respond to Islamophobic attacks by proving that 'You are not right'".
Chartier said Muslims sometimes resort to some un-Islamic measures such as pouring out anger to confront Islamophobia. "Protesting is every citizen's right but a protest that harms the image of Islam and its teachings is not acceptable. Islamophobes are trying to present Islam as a religion of violence and Muslims as violent individuals. If Muslims resort to violent methods to protest against anti-Islamic acts, they have helped the anti-Islamic groups to advance their agenda."
Asked about the reason behind the growth in Islamophobic activities in recent years, the French Muslim leader said, "Following the 9/11 attacks, there have been attempts at the international level to equate Islam and terrorism and attribute any radical action by some so-called Muslims to Islam in general. In fact, these attempts have been a political strategy aimed at justifying the presence of Western forces in Muslim countries under the pretext of what is called 'war on terror'".
He said despite some objections even in the US and European countries, this strategy has continued up until the time when the Syrian crisis began and Islamophobes found the opportunity to bolster themselves "because some pseudo-Muslims like Al-Qaeda and the Al-Nusra Front commit terrible crimes in the name of Islam, giving Islamophobes a platform to claim Islam spreads violence in society. These led to a spread of anti-Islamic activities in France, such as attacks against Hijab-wearing women and attacks on mosques."
Head of the French Society of Shia Muslim Converts underlined that all Muslims who want to protect Islam must separate their path from that of extremists and introduce the true Islam in the West.
He concluded by saying that although Islam urges Muslims to come to help and support their fellow-Muslim brothers, it does not mean that Muslims should condone the crimes committed by Wahabis and Salafists and allow these crimes to continue.
source: IQNA


Big deal. Big friggin deal today. My girl Foxy Roxy (yes I call her this) from Society Social is showing off her NYC pad. I had been begging Roxy to show me her space for over a year now and luckily she has finally finished it and has kindly obliged. If you all are not currently shopping Society Social, you need to get on it. It is my go to for furniture and accessories for all of my client's spaces. Girl is talented. I mean, if one can turn a 400 square foot apartment into a decorative, chic and functional space, they have my vote. Just wait and see what she has concocted.
The mirror is my own-- I've had it since I was a little girl!
Love me some Roxy!! What fabulous use of a small space. Dying over that floral fabric! Gorgeous!
Roxy's space is simply amazing! Best 400sq ft in NYC i'm sure!
This is gorgeous! Love the lucite barstools for added seating options.
What a great apartment. Every inch of that 400 sq ft is styled perfectly. I'll take one of everything.
so beautiful love all the faux bamboo!!
Love Roxy! Love how she maximizes her space and does it beautifully too!
So cool! I have been eyeing those Orangerie pillows for sometime.
Love her!!! Love her space!!!
I will gladly live in those 400 sq feet!!
SHe is my idol!! Such a sweet, hard working, stylish, amazing lady!! Love her apartment!
I don't think it's possible for Roxy to do wrong. LOVE this space! Every inch is styled so perfectly. I need that in my life!
This is incredible. Girl has some seriously good taste. I love that first shot, swooning over the contrast piping. Small space, BIG style.
I just adore Foxy Roxy!! Girl has style and phenom taste!! I love everything about her cozy little space!!
Love what Roxy did in this small space!
And this black table lamp is so beautiful!!!
love it! What a great look in such a small space!
any news on where the pink ottoman is from? i love it.
I'm loving that bar cart/end table! I'm all about making sure everything in my apartment has a function as well as style, and this would be a great way to mix the two!
Featured you on my DIY Gallery Walls! Thanks for the inspirations!
A little Funday for your Sunday...PS someone won!


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Looks like Professor Green has found himself a nice Irish lass.
Yep, the rapper, who recently divorced from Made In Chelsea's Millie Mackintosh, has been linked with fellow divorcee Vogue Williams.
The pair have reportedly been spotted out on a date at a London pub together with their dogs, and then apparently made their way back to his house.
Vogue and Brian have remained friends since announcing their split.
An insider told The Sun "They looked completely relaxed eating out in the sunshine.
"After lunch, the two of them walked back to his just down the road and went inside.
"He was casually dressed while Vogue wore a pair of eye-catching sports shorts. They seemed to be enjoying themselves."
Vogue and Brian McFadden announced their divorce last year, and at the time Vogue said she was happy to stay single for a bit.
She explained: "I'm quite happy to be on my own, which I think weirds people out.
"I always wanted to do it because I've been in relationships for 11 years now.
"I think it's time to have a bit of 'me time' and me and Brian are still good friends."
Wonder will he approve of her new fella?


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Housley's Century Oak Winery
Tamera Mowry shared a shot in October 2018 of husband Adam Housley taking part in t he "Cabernet harvest" at their Housley's Century Oak Winery in Acampo, CA, saying, "this year was a great success. Good job babe. We got this!"
Tamera Mowry said she and her husband were "Just some parents taking advantage of after school night, and making it into date night" at Napa, CA, USA's Basalt in August 2018.
Four Seasons Hotel Hampshire
Tamera Mowry stayed at Hook, England, UK's Four Seasons Hotel Hampshire in August 2018 and shared, "What a trip of a lifetime. I'm so grateful for the awesome memories we've created with our children. This was our first trip as a family across the pond! Can't wait to do it again! There was and is, still so much to see."
Tamera Mowry and her family traveled to Newbury, England, UK's Highclere Castle in August 2018 and said, "It was exactly as I imagined it to be. Ariah said: 'Wow! Mom. I want to live here.' Yup. She's my princess."
Museum Context
While in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK in August 2018, Tamera Mowry was excited she got "to go to an official Harry Potter store" — the popular Museum Context.
Tamera Mowry traveled to Évora, Portugal in July 2018 and described it as "such a magical historical little town. Lots of religious history spanning over 2,000 years. I think I even felt it."
Good Times at Davey Wayne's
"What a night" is what Tamera Mowry said after she and Tia Mowry celebrated their 40th birthday party in July 2018 with friends — including Candace Cameron Bure — at Los Angeles, CA, USA's Good Times at Davey Wayne's bar.
Reynolds Family Winery
Tamera Mowry had the company of The Real cohosts Adrienne Bailon, Jeannie Mai, and Loni Love to celebrate her 40th birthday in July 2018 at Napa, CA, USA's Reynolds Family Winery.


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Get ready now to plan attending our 2018 Mississauga RCNA Convention hosted by the North York Coin Club, August 7–11, at the Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale, handy to the airport and major highways. Information for booking your room is available on-line at: www.rcna.ca/2018/ but for an early peek at tours we're offering, read the following listings to be ready to book when registration for them opens Sunday, April 1. Registration will be available on-line or through a mail-in form in the April issue of The CN Journal.
Note that each tour is limited to maximum number of participants, so get yourself ahead of the rush!
Tour cost of $55 includes transportation and McMichael Art Gallery admission and tour.
Your bus leaves the hotel at 1 p.m. for Artcast Foundry in Georgetown, to repeat a popular tour given our 2014 Conventioneers. Artcast Inc. is renowned for its cast sculptures and art medals, a firm with more than 50-years experience. You'll be guided through its casting facility and other work stations by the owners and their employees who will tell you about their production and demonstrate particulars of the work done there. Your bus will arrive back at the hotel by 3:30 p.m.
Tour cost is $30. For more about Artcast, search online at www.artcast.com. This tour is limited to 29 registrants.
Your tour leaves the hotel at 4:00 p.m., in a luxury motor coach, for lake-front downtown Toronto and your evening cruise, with dinner, on Lake Ontario. A cash bar will be available. Captain Bob Muran and his crew of Escape to Charters take us afloat aboard their large luxury yacht, and they will serve you delicious food in a comfortable setting for our private tour. From the yacht, views of the city are spectacular especially near sunset. We will dock after our three-plus-hour cruise and return by bus to be at the hotel by 10:30 p.m.
Tour cost is $80, which includes transportation, on-board cruise, and food.
The above tours are just a sampling of the events that you can expect to find at the RCNA Convention in 2018 so consider including our Convention in your holiday planning. Don't delay, book your hotel stay today!


I make these the day after a curry to use up leftover rice. This recipe acts as a guide to making burritos but additions such as crème fraîche mixed with lemon juice, sweetcorn and couscous are really delicious as well.
Prepare the guacamole. juice the lime and chop the tomatoes into quarters. Roughly dice the coriander and the onion. Mash the avocado into chunks with a fork. Place all the ingredients in a bowl. Garnish with coriander and place in the fridge until needed as the avocados will turn brown.
Refried beans: place the garlic in a frying pan on the boiling plate and fry with oil until golden. Next, add in the rest of the ingredients and mash the beans with a wooden spoon. Remove from the heat after four minutes.
Place wholemeal tortillas in the warming oven for 5 minutes.
Steak: place a frying or skillet pan on a high heat. While the pan is heat up coat the steak in oil and salt. Place on the pan. Turn over after 3 minutes and give another 2 minutes on the other side. Leave to rest for 10 minutes and cover in tin foil.
Now its time to plate up. Don't forget to press the lightbulb for inspirations to make your burritos extra delicious!


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import numpy as np

from ..grids.esmp import EsmpUnstructuredField
from .imapper import IGridMapper
from .mapper import IncompatibleGridError

try:
    import ESMF as esmf
except ImportError:
    esmf = None
    REGRID_METHOD = None
    UNMAPPED_ACTION = None
else:
    REGRID_METHOD = esmf.RegridMethod.CONSERVE
    UNMAPPED_ACTION = esmf.UnmappedAction.ERROR

class EsmpMapper(IGridMapper):

    _name = None

    @property
    def name(self):
        return self._name

    @staticmethod
    def test(dst_grid, src_grid):
        raise NotImplementedError("test")

    def init_fields(self):
        raise NotImplementedError("init_fields")

    def initialize(self, dest_grid, src_grid, **kwds):
        method = kwds.get("method", REGRID_METHOD)
        unmapped = kwds.get("unmapped", UNMAPPED_ACTION)

        if not EsmpMapper.test(dest_grid, src_grid):
            raise IncompatibleGridError(dest_grid.name, src_grid.name)

        self._src = EsmpUnstructuredField(
            src_grid.get_x(),
            src_grid.get_y(),
            src_grid.get_connectivity(),
            src_grid.get_offset(),
        )
        self._dst = EsmpUnstructuredField(
            dest_grid.get_x(),
            dest_grid.get_y(),
            dest_grid.get_connectivity(),
            dest_grid.get_offset(),
        )

        self.init_fields()
        self._regridder = esmf.Regrid(
            self.get_source_field(),
            self.get_dest_field(),
            regrid_method=method,
            unmapped_action=unmapped,
        )

    def run(self, src_values, **kwds):
        dest_values = kwds.get("dest_values", None)
        src_ptr = self.get_source_data()
        src_ptr[:] = src_values
        # src_ptr.data = src_values

        # dst_ptr = ESMP.ESMP_FieldGetPtr(dst_field)
        dst_ptr = self.get_dest_data()

        if dest_values is not None:
            dst_ptr[:] = dest_values
            # dst_ptr.data = dest_values
        else:
            dst_ptr.fill(0.0)

        # ESMP.ESMP_FieldRegrid(self.get_source_field(), self.get_dest_field(),
        #                      self._routehandle)
        self._regridder(self.get_source_field(), self.get_dest_field())

        return dest_values

    def finalize(self):
        pass
        # ESMP.ESMP_FieldRegridRelease(self._routehandle)

    def get_source_field(self):
        return self._src.as_esmp("src")

    def get_dest_field(self):
        return self._dst.as_esmp("dst")

    def get_source_data(self):
        return self._src.as_esmp("src").data
        # return ESMP.ESMP_FieldGetPtr(self.get_source_field())

    def get_dest_data(self):
        return self._dst.as_esmp("dst").data
        # return ESMP.ESMP_FieldGetPtr(self.get_dest_field())

class EsmpCellToCell(EsmpMapper):

    _name = "CellToCell"

    def init_fields(self):
        data = np.empty(self._src.get_cell_count(), dtype=np.float64)
        self._src.add_field("src", data, centering="zonal")

        data = np.empty(self._dst.get_cell_count(), dtype=np.float64)
        self._dst.add_field("dst", data, centering="zonal")

    @staticmethod
    def test(dst_grid, src_grid):
        return all(np.diff(dst_grid.get_offset()) > 2) and all(
            np.diff(src_grid.get_offset()) > 2
        )

class EsmpPointToPoint(EsmpMapper):

    _name = "PointToPoint"

    def init_fields(self):
        data = np.empty(self._src.get_point_count(), dtype=np.float64)
        self._src.add_field("src", data, centering="point")

        data = np.empty(self._dst.get_point_count(), dtype=np.float64)
        self._dst.add_field("dst", data, centering="point")

    @staticmethod
    def test(dst_grid, src_grid):
        return dst_grid is not None and src_grid is not None

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Syrians on the Lebanese Border: Waiting, Provocation and Humiliation
Friday March 11th, 2016 by Al-Souria Net (opposition website)
Despite carrying the required documents in order to cross, Syrians continue to be delayed, refused entry and abused by Lebanese officials stationed on the border
Many Syrians have voiced their shock and disappointment at the treatment they receive at the Lebanese border, where the travel plans of Syrian citizens who wish to enter Lebanon are often at the mercy of unreliable security agents and employees stationed there.
Whether or not the Syrian carries the official documents which the Lebanese government demands as a condition of entry, they are subjected to a number of provocative methods intended to humiliate, blackmail, and extract money.
Maysa, a Syrian citizen who lives in Europe, told Al-Souria Net that she wanted to meet her sisters who she had been deprived of seeing during the five years of war. One of Maysa's sisters lived in Turkey and another in Syria, and so they agreed, when conditions allowed them, to meet in Turkey. Maysa's sister living in Syria was forced to enter Lebanon to obtain a visa permitting her to travel to Turkey, after the Turkish government recently imposed new visa requirements on all Syrians.
Maysa said that she was in touch with her sister, who arrived at the Lebanese border on her way from Damascus after obtaining security permission from Syrian authorities. She brought with her all of the required documents, but Lebanese security at the border prevented her from crossing and made impossible demands of her in a provocative manner and in a haughty, repellant tone.
Maysa added that her sister asked for help from others to mediate for her with the officer, who was entertained to see her attempts. She was afraid she would miss the appointment she had made at the Turkish embassy, meaning she would lose the visa, along with her travel reservations, which are a required precondition for obtaining the visa.
Maysa described with bitter disappointment how her sister was subjected to mistreatment and was not helped, despite having brought everything that was demanded of her. She said: "I don't know what problem some Lebanese have with Syrians. Are they punishing us for what the Assad regime did to them in Lebanon previously? Is the Syrian responsible for what his government did to the Lebanese before?" She asked: "Was the Assad regime merciful with its own citizens in the first place? And isn't it enough what Hezbollah is doing today in our own country by killing and destroying in the name of defending Assad himself?"
This article was translated and edited by The Syrian Observer. Responsibility for the information and views set out in this article lies entirely with the author.


This week's podcast episode features Ms. Laura Jayne Martin (Thought Catalog, McSweeney's) reading a story about the time she was in college and took a summer job as the driver of an ice cream truck. The perfect summer job? It seemed like a good idea at the time.
This story was recorded at the show How I Learned I'll Never Do That Again (Most Likely).
Laura Jayne Martin - "The Ice Cream Biz"


Let's talk about foldable smartphones, the next significant feature in smartphones in the year 2019. The idea that a small phone might fold out into a larger touchscreen interface is enticing. The idea that we might have as much display as we want, whenever we want, is a dream to which we'll all aspire to at some point. But don't jump in headfirst just yet.
The first foldable display technology on the market comes from Royole, and it's been available for touching and bending and folding now for a few months. They've got a smartphone by the name of FlexPai they're selling to consumers – if you're lucky enough to find a place to buy. They've got a hankering to draw in as much attention as possible in this brief period of time between their tech and the rest of the world's – coming this year.
If you believe the rumors, there's a chance the Samsung Galaxy F – foldable smartphone – could be revealed at their next major event. That'd put it at February 20th, 2019, the same day as they'll reveal the Samsung Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10E, and Galaxy S10 Plus. That's as a near-final product, not just a concept sort of deal.
Earlier today we got a pretty great look at the Xiaomi foldable display smartphone. That's a concept, too, mind you. It might well be released as a smartphone later this year, but for now, it's still a concept design.
The thing that ties all of these devices together is the less-than-perfect state of quality with which the display is presented. Not because the displays on these devices aren't great, but because there's an implied less-than-excellent quality to a display that's not set under glass.
If you've ever taken a phone apart and saw it separated from its over-display reinforced glass panel, you'll know what I mean. We've grown VERY used to seeing displays with glass panels over their fronts – most people don't realize that the glass isn't itself the display.
As such, the first generation of flexible, foldable displays on smartphones won't feel as high quality as the most standard display on a smartphone today. It'll be difficult to get used to the idea that the display isn't just another component of the machine – and the functionality won't be all that different from what we have today. Not initially, anyway. Probably not on an iPhone any time soon, either – not that Apple would be the first to use one, of course.
Just KNOW that before you toss down thousands of dollars just to be first on your block to own a foldable display-toting smartphone. You might be first, but innovation and iteration on technology such as this is moving at HIGH speed. Faster than ever before, the most awesome technology in mobile consumer products is changing and improving.
In other words – go to your local big box store and check the newest devices out, but probably hold off on a buy until generation 2 or 3. Things are going to get monumentally, considerably better and more user-friendly each generation that passes. It might even be less than a full year after the first foldable phone is released that a significantly more user-friendly and usable device is released to consumers. Just look to China – that's where they make the good stuff here in 2019!


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Марѝя Спиридона Бо̀ску () е гръцки политик, депутат в Гръцкия парламент от 1996 до 2000 година, първата жена депутат от ном Иматия.

Биография
Родена е в 1963 година в македонското градче Негуш (Науса), където и живее. Работи като счетоводител. Вицепрезидент е на Негушкия център на труда. Член е на областния комитет на Комунистическата партия на Гърция. Кандидатка е за евродепутат на евроизборите през 1994 година, но не успява да спечели мандат. В 1996 година е избрана от ном Иматия от Комунистическата партия за депутат.

Бележки

Гръцки политици
Родени в Негуш
Македонски гърци
Възпитаници на Солунския университет
Депутати от избирателен район Иматия

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Cette page concerne l'année 95  du calendrier julien proleptique.

Événements
 17 novembre 96 av. J.-C. ( janvier 659 du calendrier romain) : début à Rome du consulat de Quintus Mucius Scævola et Lucius Licinius Crassus.
 Lex Licinia Mucia qui prévoit l'expulsion de Rome et le renvoi dans leurs cités respectives des Latins et des Italiens qui se seraient fait inscrire par fraude comme citoyens romains.

 Antiochos  de Cyzique est tué par Séleucos  Épiphane. Cléopâtre  Séléné épouse Antiochos  Eusèbe, fils de son troisième mari. Démétrios  s'empare de Damas avec l'aide du souverain lagide Ptolémée Lathyros et règne sur le Sud de la Syrie (fin en 83 av. J.-C.). La Syrie séleucide est divisée.

 Début du règne d'Ariobarzane  Philoromaios, roi de Cappadoce (fin en 63 av. J.-C.).

 Mithridate , roi des Parthes intervient en Arménie contre son cousin  Artavazde, et exige que Tigrane, fils et héritier d'Artavazde, lui soit livré comme otage. À la mort d'Artavazde, il relâche Tigrane moyennant la cession de 70 districts arméniens. Tigrane II le Grand devient roi d'Arménie et commence à étendre son empire (fin de règne en 55 av. J.-C.).
Procès de Sylla devant la justice sénatoriale. Sa gestion du proconsulat de la Province romaine de Cilicie l'an dernier et ses activités diplomatiques lui sont reprochées par ses adversaires politiques. Le procès n'aboutit pas, car l'accusateur ne se présente pas à l'audience.

Naissances
 Caton d'Utique

Décès
 Ariarathe IX, roi de Cappadoce.
 Antiochos , roi de Syrie.
 Artavazde (II), roi d'Arménie.
 Antialkides, roi indo-grec de Taxila.

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Rameswaram Temple was built early in the 17th Century.It is closely situated to the eastern side of the Island. It is dedicated to Lord Shiva and believed to be one of the holiest temples in India. Rameswaram is related closely with the Ramayana, one of the two great epics of Hinduism. According to the classic Puranas, after defeating the demon king Ravana, who is the son of Vishrava and the great grandson of Lord Brahma, Lord Rama returned with His Goddess Sita stepping first on Rameswaram.
To be free from the sin of killing Ravana, Lord Rama wished to offer worship to Lord Shiva and so He sent Lord Hanuman to bring Shiva Lingam from the mountain of Kailash. As Lord Hanuman could not return in time, Goddess Sita made a lingam out of sand which is referred to as Ramalingam. Lord Rama established the Shiva lingam which is made out of sand by the Goddess Sita and started His worship.
The other lingam which is bought by Lord Hanuman from the Kailash Mountain is referred to as Visvalingam also called as Kasilingam and Hanumalingam. To comfort Lord Hanuman, Lord Rama instructed Visvalingam should be worshipped first as it was bought by Lord Hanuman from Kailash.
Rameswaram Temple comprises Shiva Lingam which is said to be the main deity. The other deities of this temple are Lord Sethumadhava, Goddess Lakshmi, and Lord Hanuman. Rameswaram Temple is considered as honored pilgrimage center held on par with 'Kaashi' and also a holy pilgrimage site for both the Shaivites and Vaishnavites. This temple has the longest corridor with pillars among all Hindu temples in India.
Rameswaram Temple is one of the 12 Jyotir Linga Temples of India (where Lord Shiva is worshipped in the form of Jyotir Lingam). This temple is regarded as the eighth of the Tevera Stalams in the Pandya region of Tamilnadu. There is a hill on the island named Gandamadana Parvatam, contains a shrine which bears foot prints of Lord Rama. Rameswaram Temple contains 36 Theerthams (water springs) and these theerthams are said to hold medicinal properties.
The city is well connected to Madurai, Kanyakumari, Chennai and Trichy. It is also connected to Pondicherry and Thanjavur via Madurai.
Rameshwaram is connected by rail with Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore, Trichy, Thanjavur and other important cities. The two kilometers stretch of Indira Gandhi Bridge connects the island of Rameshwaram to the mainland of Mandapan.
The nearest airport is at Madurai, 163 km from Rameshwaram. It is connected to major cities with different airlines.


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John Tirman
http://cis.mit.edu/people/john-tirman
John Tirman, the executive director of the MIT Center for International Studies (CIS), is a political scientist who has written widely on foreign policy, politics, and human rights. CIS is responsible for promoting international research and education at MIT and Tirman is taking the lead on several important new initiatives, including projects on U.S. foreign policy and the Persian Gulf.
Prior to his appointment at MIT, Tirman was program director of the Washington, D.C. office of the Social Science Research Council. He previously served as executive director of the Winston Foundation for World Peace, a leading funder of work to prevent nuclear war and promote non-violent resolution of conflict.
Tirman's books include 100 Ways America Is Screwing Up the World (2006) and Spoils of War: The Human Cost of America's Arms Trade(1997).


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Firmdale dons Green mantle for luxury New York hotel debut
By System Administrator December 19, 2007 12:03 am January 29, 2015 8:49 pm
Firmdale Hotels, the group behind London's Haymarket Hotel and Charlotte Street Hotel, has claimed its forthcoming string of luxury five-star New York establishments will be the 'Greenest in the city'.
The group is hoping to win gold Leed status – a rating awarded by the US Green Building Council – for its Crosby Street Hotel. It will be the group's first hotel in New York, entering a market home to celebrity hotelier Ian Schrager's much lauded Gramercy Park Hotel, as well as The Mercer, Soho House and Chambers.
Founders Tim and Kit Kemp are leading the design of the hotel, in conjunction with architect Stonehill & Taylor Associates. It is set to open at the end of 2008.
A spokeswoman for the group says that the hotel's mechanical systems will be specially designed to reach the standard required by the New York Energy Code, while all materials will be sourced locally to reduce its carbon footprint.
Located in New York's Soho district, the hotel will be built over eight floors. Around 75 rooms and suites, featuring wall-to-ceiling warehouse-style windows, will receive Kemp's bespoke treatment.
The Crosby Street Hotel will also house a restaurant and bar, a roof garden, guest drawing room and a gym, as well as private event rooms and a 100-seat screening theatre.
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Swisscom to rebrand next year
Small tailors a fresh identity for Gieves & Hawkes
Audio branding has to be part of strategy to make a difference
999 Design confirmed as sole consultancy for Freeview


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Taking His Turn
Written by Sean Clancy
2013 AHP Award: Winner Editorial Event Coverage Single Article circulation under 20,000 (print)
Orb delivers Derby win for old-school trio of McGaughey, Janney, Phipps
Shug McGaughey, bracing against the rain, stepped onto the muddy track at Churchill Downs, paused, then turned.
"You know it rained here once before when I had the favorite, maybe they owe me one," McGaughey said, before making the long, thoughtful walk along the outside rail at Churchill Downs, hours before the 2013 Kentucky Derby.
Walking with his son, Chip, McGaughey buttoned a khaki windbreaker over his sport coat and began the trek from the chaos on the frontside to the solitude of the backside of the old racetrack. The Hall of Fame trainer had more confidence this time, knowing that Orb had trained well on a sloppy track and had flourished all winter and spring. But, that walk will make anybody think–about horses, about life.
For a trainer, the walk can be haunted by old demons. For McGaughey, none are bigger than the day in 1989 he came, locked and loaded, with Easy Goer, only to be felled in the rain. Sunday Silence turned into Saturday Silence. McGaughey walked through the mud, thinking about that squandered opportunity, one that left an indelible, burning mark on the Kentucky native. It took 24 years for McGaughey to return with one who breathed the same air as Easy Goer.
"Don't ever let anybody think I don't want to be competing in the Triple Crown," McGaughey said about the prospect of winning his first Derby. "I think my name's on one of them."
Orb etched it in stone May 4, winning the historic Grade 1 for McGaughey, owners/breeders Stuart Janney III and the Phipps Stable, anyone who believes history matters in Thoroughbred racing.
From stall 16, the light-moving bay colt broke a step slower than Charming Kitten on his inside and Will Take Charge on his outside and instantly began to slide toward the rail, finding a comfortable spot in 16th, only four wide after a furlong. Farther back than what McGaughey and jockey Joel Rosario expected, Orb loped comfortably, outside, on his own as Palace Malice stoked the pace, burning through a quarter mile in 22.57 seconds. Santa Anita Derby-G1 winner Goldencents pressed, LeComte Stakes-G3 winner Oxbow kept his position on the inside, once-beaten Vyjack pulled his way to the pace from the outside, undefeated Verrazano danced in the ring of fire.
All the while, Orb galloped along in the clear, bouncing off the sloppy but firm surface–McGaughey compared it to the wet sand, hardened by waves, at the edge of the ocean. Aboard Orb for the sixth time but first since January, Rosario sat, content and confident, with only Mylute, Revolutionary and Java's War behind him as the field began to stretch out after a torrid half mile in :45.33. Into the turn, the leaders began dropping like plastic ducks in a shooting gallery as Normandy Invasion swept to the lead and Orb ignited, going from 17th at the three-quarter mark to fifth after a mile.
Orb, Will Take Charge and Mylute closed from the outside, Golden Soul and Revolutionary threaded their way through on the rail, they were the only ones running. Orb brushed away Will Take Charge at the top of the stretch and aimed at Normandy Invasion. Nearing the eighth pole, Rosario pulled his whip through to his left hand and slapped Orb, maybe four times, and then hand-rode the 5-1 favorite to the wire to win by 2½ lengths, going 1¼ miles in 2:02.89. Golden Soul, at 34-1, finished second as second-choice Revolu-tionary and Calvin Borel went around just one horse while rallying to be third. Nor-mandy Invasion faded to fourth, a head in front of Mylute. Oxbow wound up sixth, the best of any horse in the fray early. The rest came home on their own time, like kids being called to dinner after a summer baseball game.
Rosario stood tall in his irons and pumped his right fist to the sky. Orb's ears fluttered in the wind as the jockey patted him on the neck and fist-bumped Robby Albarado aboard Golden Soul. Orb won his fifth consecutive race and secured the first Derby victory for his owners, trainer and jockey.
As isolated as a trainer can get on Derby Day, McGaughey watched the $2 million race on television in the horsemen's lounge behind the paddock. Never let them see your demons or your dreams. McGaughey stood, cross-armed, like he was waiting for a red light to change as Orb splashed under the wire. McGaughey's wife Alison leaned over and put her arm around his shoulder and kissed his head, finally he exhaled, accepted congratulations. The bucket list had one less entry.
In the melee of the box seats, Janney tried to focus on two things.
"I wanted to see him come by the stands and see whether he was comfortable, striding out, relaxed and as best I could see he was. Then I wanted to see the fractions for the quarter and the half and when I saw that I kind of figured we were OK," said the Marylander. "Any time in a big race I tend to think of all the things that could go wrong and think of all the reasons that it's not going to happen. When you finally do see the horse get to a point in the stretch where you don't think he can lose then you just feel this incredible sense of relief. Then I got elated after that."
Assistant Jenn Patterson ran onto to the rain-soaked track and stood by herself, staring down the racetrack, tears streaming, hands shaking. Her Orb hat squeezed down to her eyebrows, she didn't know to run, leap, stand or cry. She felt the satisfaction of the moment; what she had hoped, what she had envisioned, what she had dared to believe rained down in clarity. The Delaware native hugged a friend, who had critiqued her every move from Shawan Downs to Churchill Downs for two decades, "He did it. He did it. He did it."
McGaughey, assistant Robbie Medina, Patterson, the Janneys and the Phippses eventually converged on the turf to celebrate –a horse, a legacy.
Maybe the lords of Derby history did owe them one.
While the rest of the world tries to buy a Derby winner, Janney and the Phipps family try to create one.
As Orb galloped out, Janney reflected.
"The history was there," he said. "You had to think about it."
In a modern world of breeding for profit, Janney and the Phippses breed for posterity, believing in their campaign, campaigning their beliefs. Orb traces back six generations, all the way to Bold Irish, a mare bred by Claiborne Farm (who raised Orb) and owned by Gladys Mills Phipps' Wheatley Stable. Phipps gave Bold Irish to her daughter Barbara and her husband Stuart Janney Jr.
Winner of the Maryland Hunt Cup four times, Janney bred and raised homebreds from his Butler, Md., base. Bold Irish produced Shenanigans, who begat Ruffian, Buckfinder, Icecapade and Laughter. The only surviving daughter, Laughter produced Blue Ensign, Dover Ridge, Light Spirits, Private Terms and Steel Maiden. The latter raced for Janney's Locust Hill Farm and Maryland-based trainer Charlie Hadry, finishing second in the 1986 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes-G2.
When Stuart Janney Jr. died in a car accident in 1988, his son sold half of Steel Maiden (and others) to his uncle Ogden Phipps as a way to stay in the game, preserve the legacy, get some advice, solidify the Janney arm of a racing dynasty. His father played an active role in the stable's management, kept most of his mares at the Maryland farm and even rode regularly until late in his life.
"I was 40 years old and doing other things and not all of those things were completely compatible with running a racing stable," Janney said. "Uncle Ogden's offer to be involved in some horses was a very good development because I loved doing things with him and I respected how he managed his stable. It was very conducive to getting me to a point where I could figure out if I wanted to do this."
He did indeed want to do it, and now manages a sizeable racing/breeding operation headed by 20 broodmares (six owned in partnership with the Phipps Stable). A daughter of Damascus and Laughter, Steel Maiden produced 1996 Black-Eyed Susan winner Mesabi Maiden. She in turn produced Lady Liberty who produced Orb.
Bold Irish to Shenanigans to Laughter to Steel Maiden to Mesabi Maiden to Lady Liberty to Orb. Now, that's a homebred.
"Mesabi Maiden was terrific, she was a really attractive mare by Cox's Ridge. I would have said that she could have been the best broodmare ever and (Claiborne's) Seth Hancock thought the same thing," Janney said. "We'd go down there and look at her and say 'She's got all that pedigree, she's beautiful.' And she didn't really do anything particularly special. Lady Liberty was her best."
The daughter of Unbridled won four races, but failed to earn black type in eight stakes attempts, finishing fourth in two Grade 3 races. Undaunted, Janney and the Phippses sent her to Claiborne for her broodmare career. She produced Cause of Freedom, a son of Alphabet Soup; he was limited. She produced Far and Away, a filly by Strong Hope; she ran once. Her third foal died as a yearling. She was barren the next year. Lady Liberty was on borrowed time, at least on the docket of Dinny Phipps, Janney's cousin who succeeded his father as head of the Phipps Stable.
"Dinny was in a bit of a culling mood and he was after me for two or three years, 'Why don't we sell Lady Liberty?' Seth and I were thinking that Unbridled mares were really a good thing, Seth believes that very strongly. If you don't have one you need to get one so why would you be selling one that was in a good family?" Janney said. "I kind of put Malibu Moon down a couple of times at least the year before and Seth had said 'Well, maybe. Not yet, not yet. Let's see a little bit more.' So when I put Malibu Moon down next to Lady Liberty, he said 'I think that's a good thing, we ought to try that.' "
Continuing the Maryland theme, Malibu Moon began his stallion career at the Pons' Country Life Farm in Bel Air before becoming one of the sport's premier stallions and relocating to Castleton Lyons in Kentucky for the 2004 season and then to his current location, Spendthrift Farm, prior to the 2008 season.
Orb was born in 2010.
He made his debut going 7 furlongs at Saratoga last summer. He broke from the gate like he fell off a diving board but closed ground to finish third behind Violence. He was 29-1 that day. In his next start, he dropped to 70 cents on the dollar, but acted poorly in the gate, hit his head on the way out, then was forced to try to lay up and was beaten 22 lengths. McGaughey went back to work, schooling him in the gate and waiting two months before his next start where he finished fourth in a 6½-furlong maiden at Aqueduct. Two weeks later, he won a mile maiden at Aqueduct and booked a ticket to Florida. McGaughey wasn't sure if he was killing time or making time.
"To tell you the truth, I thought coming down to Florida, with his running style, he wouldn't be effective. I said I'll get a couple of races into him and get him back to Aqueduct going two turns and he'll be the nuts," McGaughey said in February. "I got him down here and sent him up to Payson, he wasn't there very long, four or five days and I took Jenn up there and said, 'We are going to work this son of a gun.' "
Orb was electric.
McGaughey knew he liked what he saw. Knew he really liked it. On that quiet January morning at sleepy Payson Park, the Hall of Fame trainer watched the leggy, bay colt breeze 3 furlongs in 37 seconds, drove back to his barn and waited for Patterson to return. Waited for confirmation.
"Make my day, Jenn."
"I made it," Patterson said, smiling.
In his first start after that breeze, a January allowance at Gulfstream Park, Orb continued to make McGaughey's day, handling the class hike with aplomb.
A month later, he notched his first stakes win, taking the Fountain of Youth by a half length over Violence. Orb became a stakes winner while McGaughey was still wishing he could have been conservative.
"In a perfect world, I would have loved to run him in an allowance race going a mile and an eighth, even if I had to run him against older horses but that wasn't going to happen, so we elected to run him in the Fountain of Youth," McGaughey said. "We didn't know what was going to happen that day, 'Is he good enough, will he be able to catch up?' He answered all those questions."
Orb continued to prefect his late-running style, rallying from seventh for John Velazquez, who replaced Rosario in the Grade 2 stakes.
A month later, Orb continued to answer the questions, solidifying himself as one of the leaders of the division, taking the Florida Derby-G1 with a 2¾-length win over favorite Itsmyluckyday. Velazquez test drove Orb, placing him closer to the pace, stopping and starting throughout the race, just to see if it could be done.
"Sitting there before the race, I watched it on TV in the tunnel, I was just thinking to myself, 'This horse has trained so good since the Fountain of Youth, it'll be interesting to see if he runs that way or doesn't run that way,' " McGaughey said. "I thought he ran that way."
After the Florida Derby, McGaughey felt confident about the Kentucky Derby.
"I'm hoping I can hold what I got," he said. "If he doesn't move forward and he doesn't move backward, then I think we can be competitive. I think he'll go forward."
Velazquez, partly because of his loyalty to Todd Pletcher, chose unbeaten Grade 1 Wood Memorial winner Verrazano for the Derby, allowing Rosario to be reunited with Orb.
Orb moved forward yet again, winning the Derby and justifying McGaughey's conservative approach. The trainer doesn't paint with a wide brush when it comes to big 3-year-old races in the spring. In his career, he had started just six horses in the Derby before Orb. In 1984, Pine Circle finished sixth and Vanlandingham finished 16th. In 1988, Seeking the Gold finished seventh. In 1989, Easy Goer finished second as the favorite and Awe Inspiring finished third. In 2002, Saarland finished 10th. When others throw paint, McGaughey stirs paint. Push? Not a chance.
"I do wish I had been more competitive in the Triple Crown races, but I also know what it can do to them, I'd rather have the horse for the long run than force a horse to the Derby and have something happen to him and that would be the end of it," McGaughey said. "We've used that style, the Phippses, the Janneys, they don't have Derby Fever. They feel the same way I do, they just want the horse to take them there. I would probably be more inclined to want to get there than they would, but we're not forcing anything."
Trainers have learned to recite the cliché about horses taking them to races like the Derby, rather than them taking the horses. Of course, 19 horses of varying ability started this year, proving that trainers might recite it, but they don't necessarily heed it. No horse took a trainer to a race more than Orb took McGaughey to the 2013 Derby.
This Derby was about an old-school horseman, winning for old-school owners. During Derby week, Alison McGaughey handed out baseball hats that said, "Old School" on the front and "Shug Style" on the back. Asked if Shug approved of the message, Alison never hesitated, "He loves it."
The Phippses changed McGaughey's life when they hired him in 1986. Sure, McGaughey has it good, training blue-blooded Thoroughbreds for deep-pocketed owners, but it comes with pressure, comes with expectations.
"I'm enjoying it, with the people I'm enjoying it with, they're enthusiastic, they're wanting things to happen, they're working hard. You know what I think of the Janneys and the Phippses, any success I can have for them is like the cherry on my ice cream," McGaughey said. "Doesn't really matter about me, it matters for the people who put the time in and for the people who provide you the horses. I'm just the guy who pushes the buttons."


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Is Methadone an Effective Treatment for Opiate Addiction?
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We have put together a compilation of articles we believe will be helpful in understanding whether methadone is an appropriate treatment for heroin addiction which has been steadily on the increase. We have started with an introduction outlining what is the problem, who it affects, the pros and cons of each drug, etc. In the second portion, we have included statistics we believe are important for backing up your article. We further explore safe spaces and the advantages and disadvantages of these areas. The last portion, we discuss heroin vs. methadone, the effects on the body and mind, as well as if this is successful. We conclude with whether methadone is or is not an effective treatment for opiate users.
Why Is Heroin Abuse Rising While Other Drug Abuse Is Falling? (n.d.). Retrieved April 13, 2015, from http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2014/01/14/why-is-heroin-abuse-rising-while-other-drug-abuse-is-falling/
In order to provide a more human perspective of addiction, we believe that the video below will be helpful.
Methadone:
In Germany 1939, Hitler and his regime were looking for a drug that was not as addictive as morphine. After WWII, the United States obtained the rights to the drug and it was soon used as a pain reliever in the United States. It was eventually discovered that it was useful in treating narcotic addiction. By 1971, methadone was being used to treat opiate dependency more widely.
Methadone | CESAR. (n.d.). Retrieved April 13, 2015, from http://www.cesar.umd.edu/cesar/drugs/methadone.asp
What is methadone?
Methadone is a synthetic analgesic drug that is similar to morphine in its effects but longer acting, used as substitute drug in the treatment of morphine and heroin addiction. Methadone is an opioid medication. An opioid is sometimes called a narcotic. Methadone reduces withdrawal symptoms in people addicted to heroin or other narcotic drugs without causing the "high" associated with the drug addiction.
Methadone: Uses, Side Effects & Warnings - Drugs.com. (n.d.). Retrieved April 13, 2015, from http://www.drugs.com/methadone.html
Methadone - Ontario Addiction Treatment Centres. (n.d.). Retrieved April 13, 2015, from http://www.oatc.ca/services/opioid-agonist-program/methadone/
What is heroin?
Heroin (diacetylmorphine) is an illegal, depressant drug derived from morphine that binds to opioid receptors in the brain and creates a number of different side effects. Heroin is the most abused, fast-acting and popular of all opiate drugs. It is a powder of either white or brown in colour, or it can be a black, tar-like substance that can be injected, snorted or smoked. It is also known by street names such as dope, junk, horse, mac, big h, black tar, brown sugar, and smack. It is often combined with additional substances such as powdered milk, sugar, starch, quinine or certain other poisons to enhance effects.
Heroin. (n.d.). Retrieved April 13, 2015, from http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/heroin/what-heroin
Heroin prescription and history
This study examines a trial comparing oral methadone to injectable diacetylmorphine, the active ingredient in heroin for the treatment of opiate addiction. The prescription of heroin is a controlled one, Britain's National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse stressed that this prescription be used as a last resort for patients who have tried methadone and are unsuccessful. This prescription must only be used when the patient has little to no option. Historically, in Britain from the 1920's and earlier, heroin was used as "the drug of choice" in treatment, towards the 1960's, the shift towards methadone begun. Methadone was considered a "medical" drug, this contributed in the shift from doctors writing heroin prescriptions to methadone prescriptions. Currently, the people who are prescribed heroin are few, methadone is less costly.
Berridge, V., PhD. (2009). Heroin prescription and history. The New England Journal of Medicine, 361(8), 820-1. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMe0904243
Social Pros and Cons
In 2009, the government of Canada put $1-million into a trial which would provide 200 heroin users in Montreal and Vancouver, heroin in a pill or injectable form what could be called "harm-reduction" therapy. Canada is estimated to have 60,000 opiate addicts and the cost associated with untreated drug use estimated at $45,000 annually. One of Vancouver's safe clinics called "Insite," a place where addicts can safely use and access free needles faced being shut down when the British Supreme Court exempted it from the Controlled Drugs and Substance Act. Heroin is a safe drug as long as addicts have their 'fix' within a safe dosage and often they are able to conduct somewhat "normal" lives. When addicts are forced to hunt for the drug on their own, it puts them in danger for disease, arrest, homelessness and death. Prime Minister Stephen Harper's cabinet believes that this is just a way of subsidizing drug users' habits.
Helping heroin addicts. (2009, Jun 02). Winnipeg Free Press Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/docview/752232153?accountid=15182
This study views the national register data (in Sweden) for 2,638 opiate users for the period between 2004 and 2008 to determine what factors are associated with using methadone or buprenorphine on doctor's orders for a year or longer. The studies show that opiate users who were employed were nineteen times more likely to use methadone or buprenorphine to treat their addiction than opiate users who were unemployed, suggesting that there is a connection between employment and methadone or buprenorphine. People who did have a job were likely to medicate against their heroin use showing that they may be more easily socially integrated. An active heroin addict is 20 to 60 times more likely to die a premature death and its use is related with criminal activity and mental illness. In the Nordic countries, methadone and buprenorphine are the main treatment for opiate users. This study concludes that opiate addicts undergoing methadone and buprenorphine treatment, regardless of previous criminal activity, would most likely benefit from being employed.
Nilsson, M., Lundgren, L., & Chassler, D. (2013). Predisposing, enabling and need factors of heroin addicts' using prescribed methadone or buprenorphine for a year or longer: An exploratory study of drug treatment for heroin addicts in the Swedish welfare system. Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 31(2), 175-188. Retrieved April 12, 2015, from file:///C:/Users/Christina/Downloads/nsad-2014-0014.pdf
- Heroin is the 3rd most commonly injected drug by street youth in Canada
- Less than 1% of drug charges were related to heroin in Canada
(n.d.). Retrieved April 13, 2015, from http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/WDR2012/WDR_2012_Chapter1.pdf
- The number and percentage of persons aged 12 or older who were current heroin users in 2013
(289,000 or 0.1 percent) were similar to those in 2008 to 2012 (ranging from 193,000 to 335,000 or 0.1 percent for all 4 years) (Figure 2.4). The number of current heroin users in 2013 was higher than the number of users in 2002 to 2005 (ranging from 119,000 to 166,000) and in 2007 (161,000). The number of persons aged 12 or older who were past year heroin users in 2013 also was higher than the numbers in 2002 to 2005, 2007, and 2008 (ranging from 314,000 to 455,000). (See Section B.2.3 in Appendix B for additional discussion of the estimated numbers of past year and past month heroin users in 2006.)
(n.d.). Retrieved April 13, 2015, from http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/heroin#sthash.Mb8Elg88.dpbs
Results from the 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Summary of National Findings and Detailed Tables. (n.d.). Retrieved April 13, 2015, from http://www.samhsa.gov/data/NSDUH/2013SummNatFindDetTables/Index.aspx
Results from the 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Summary of National Findings and Detailed Tables. (n.d.). Retrieved April 13, 2015, from http://www.samhsa.gov/data/NSDUH/2013SummNatFindDetTables/NationalFindin…
Heroin. (n.d.). Retrieved April 13, 2015, from http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/heroin#sthash.Mb8Elg88.dpuf
Figure 5.3 Mean Age at First Use for Specific Illicit Drugs among Past Year Initiates Aged 12 to 49: 2013
Results from the 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Summary of National Findings. (n.d.). Retrieved April 13, 2015, from http://archive.samhsa.gov/data/NSDUH/2013SummNatFindDetTables/NationalFindings/NSDUHresults2013.htm#fig7.2
In 2013, there were 169,000 persons aged 12 or older who had used heroin for the first time within the past 12 months. This estimated number in 2013 was similar to the numbers in 2002 to 2005 and from 2007 to 2012, but it was higher than the number in 2006 (90,000). The average age at first use among recent heroin initiates aged 12 to 49 in 2013 was 24.5 years, which was similar to the 2012 estimate (23.0 years).
Figure 7.2 Specific Illicit Drug Dependence or Abuse in the Past Year among Persons Aged 12 or Older: 2013
The number of persons aged 12 or older who had dependence or abuse of heroin in the past year was 517,000.
People in Methadone Treatment
There are more than a quarter of a million Americans enrolled in methadone clinics, who are participating in methadone replacement or involved in methadone maintenance. The overall effectiveness of methadone maintenance is clearly demonstrated in its success rate. Results show that since admission, and with the help of methadone detox clinics:
• 95.5% of participants reported a decrease in high-risk behaviour
• 80.0% of participants reported to be abstaining from alcohol and
• other drugs;
• 84.1% reported an improvement in housing conditions;
• 61.4% reported an improvement in employment status;
• 84.1% reported a decrease in criminal behaviour and
• 81.2% reported an increase in family support
Methadone Clinics - Maintenance. (n.d.). Retrieved April 13, 2015, from http://novusdetox.com/methadone-clinics-maintenance.php
(n.d.). Retrieved April 13, 2015, from http://www.cdha.nshealth.ca/system/files/sites/documents/evaluation-methadone-maintenance-treatment-services.pdf
Safe Spaces
Safe spaces are places where people can go to use drugs in a safe environment. Instead of using their own unsanitary needles, these places will provide clean needles.
Addicts shoot up in safe haven in Canada - CNN.com. (n.d.). Retrieved April 13, 2015, from http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/11/world/americas/wus-canada-drug-safe-haven
- InSite is located at 139 East Hastings Street in Vancouver and is North America's only place where people can inject drugs and connect to health care services — from primary care to treat diseases and infection, to addiction counselling and treatment, to housing and community support
- InSite is North America's first legal supervised injection site
- Vanvouver coastal health operates and provides funding, senior administrative and health care workers for the facility
- Vancouver coastal health gets a lot of their funding from the BC Ministry of health services
- InSite has 12 injection booths where clients inject pre-obtained illicit drugs under the supervision of nurses and health care staff
- InSite provides clean injection equipment such as:
• syringes
• cookers
• tourniquets
- There has been 1418 overdoses at InSite between 2004-2010, staff were able to successfully intervene each time
- There have been no fatalities in InSite since it opened
- Research shows that since InSite opened, overdose in the vicinity of the site decreased by 35% — compared to a 9% decrease in the city overall
Insite - Supervised Injection Site. (n.d.). Retrieved April 13, 2015, from http://supervisedinjection.vch.ca
Methadone clinics are established for the dispensing of methadone, a schedule II opioid analgesic, to those who abuse heroin and other opioids. The focus of these clinics is the elimination or reduction of opioid usage by putting the patient on methadone.
Methadone clinics in Toronto:
• Satellite— opiate treatment clinic
Satellite – Opiate Treatment Clinic. (n.d.). Retrieved April 13, 2015, from http://www.breakawayaddictions.ca/satelliteopiate.html
• OATC (Ontario Addiction Treatment Centres)
• ACT (Addiction Centre Toronto )
ACT - Addiction Centre Toronto. (n.d.). Retrieved April 13, 2015, from http://www.acttoronto.com
Methadone is only available through approve outpatient treatment programs — it is dispensed to patients on a daily basis
Treatment and process
For example at ACT — Addiction Centre Toronto:
• Patients are treated at first with 10mg to 30mg per day, for the first three days; however, if the patient is a high risk patient, they are started with 10mg to 20mg of methadone
• Doses may be increased by 5mg to 15mg every three to four days
• During the treatment, patients are at a higher risk of an overdose if other drugs or alcohol is ingested
• As the body is adjusting to metabolizing the methadone, the patient may feel some withdrawal symptoms from the heroin
ACT - Addiction Centre Toronto. (n.d.). Retrieved April 13, 2015, from http://www.acttoronto.com/content/usingMethadone/stages_of_treatment.html
OATC – Ontario Addiction Treatment Centres bases their program on an outpatient harm reduction model, which includes:
• An initial intake interview
• Medication examination and laboratory tests
• Supervised urine testing
• A signed treatment contract and treatment plan
• Addiction counselling
• Regular medical follow up
• Daily methadone dose
• Post-methadone treatment (i.e. relapse prevention and medication where appropriate)
How does Methadone Work?
According to webmd.com, "Methadone works on parts of the brain and spinal cord to block the "high" caused by using opiates (such as heroin). It also helps reduce cravings and withdrawal symptoms caused by opiate use. The action of methadone is similar to other synthetic (man-made) medicines in the morphine category (opioids)".
Methadone for Drug Abuse. (n.d.). Retrieved April 13, 2015, from http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/methadone
Detoxification is the first step in treating opiate users. Methadone treatments reduces the risk of heroin use, disease transmission and death. Methadone treatments are given once a day orally, its long acting effects can eliminate opiate withdrawal symptoms for 24-36 hours. When given in high dosages, it reduces the craving for heroin as well as blocks the euphoric sensation that heroin gives. There have been studies regarding other drugs that may be helpful in treating heroin addiction, each of them seemingly having their own benefits. However, oral methadone continues to be the best- suited and most popular form of treatment for opiate users.
Ward, J., Hall, W., & Mattick, R. (n.d.). Role of maintenance treatment in opioid dependence. The Lancet, 221-226. Retrieved April 12, 2015, from file:///C:/Users/Christina/Downloads/Role of maintenance treatment in opioid dependence. Waard et al 1999.pdf
Problems with Methadone
The report discusses studies related to the possibility that extended methadone treatment can lead to morphine tolerance. The discussed studies appear to show that long-term methadone users appear to build a tolerance to morphine for the treatment of pain. In one study it was found that "Compared to the control group, these patients were found to experience minimal antinociception, despite greater plasma morphine concentrations. The authors concluded that in patients treated chronically with methadone, conventional doses of morphine are likely to be ineffective in managing acute pain" (Eugenio, 2004, p. 51). This report was geared toward end-of-life care and warned of the danger the effects of extended methadone usage might have on patients requiring pain control during that time.
Eugenio, K. R. (2004). Profound morphine tolerance following high-dose methadone therapy. Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy, 18(4), 47-54. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J354v18n04_05
This study was done to study the effects of methadone dosage, duration of treatment and the plasma level of methadone and their relation to heroin tolerance. In order to complete the study, Volavka et al used 12 male ex-addicts between the ages of 20 and 37 who were opiate users anywhere between 6 to 22 years as subjects. They were detoxified and for a period of six weeks after detoxification, remained drug-free. A variety of sessions were held in which the subjects were given various doses of methadone, heroin and a placebo. Medical checks were maintained throughout and measurements were taken for a period of 19 days. The study concludes that there were no indications that the methadone dose, duration of treatment and the plasma level of methadone had role in the development of tolerance to heroin, with the caveat that the study was restricted because of the short duration and that further studies could be useful.
Volavka, J., Verebey, K., Resnick, R., & Mulé, S. (1978). Methadone dose, plasma level, and cross-tolerance to heroin in man. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 166(2), 104-109. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/docview/616285554?accountid=15182
Acute Effects:
• Acute intoxication is characterized by euphoria and drowsiness.
• Mast cell effects (e.g. flushing, itching) are common, particularly with morphine.
• GI [gastro-intestinal] effects include nausea, vomiting, decreased bowel sounds, and constipation.
Chronic Effects:
• Tolerance develops quickly, with escalating dose requirements.
• Tolerance to the various effects of opioids frequently develops unevenly.
• Heroin users, for example, may become relatively tolerant to the drug's euphoric and respiratory depression effects but continue to have constricted pupils and constipation.
• A minor withdrawal syndrome may occur after only several days' use.
• Severity of the syndrome increases with the size of the opioid dose and the duration of dependence.
• Long-term effects of the opioids themselves are minimal; even decades of methadone use appear to be well tolerated physiologically,
• Some long-term opioid users experience chronic constipation, excessive sweating, peripheral edema, drowsiness, and decreased libido.
• However, many long-term users who inject opioids have adverse effects from contaminants (e.g. talc) and adulterants (e.g. nonprescription stimulant drugs) and cardiac, pulmonary, and hepatic damage due to infections such as HIV infection and hepatitis B or C, which are spread by needle sharing and non-sterile injection techniques.
Heroin. (n.d.). Retrieved April 10, 2015, from http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Heroin#Effects
We are certain that the information above will be helpful in your research on whether methadone is an effective treatment for opiate addiction. Conclusions can be drawn that methadone is an effective treatment for heroin addiction, although there are negative consequences associated with methadone use.
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Ben Carson's Strange Theory About The Egyptian Pyramids
11/04/2015 06:08 pm ET Updated Nov 05, 2015
By Igor Bobic
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson once vocalized an odd theory about Egyptian history.
According to a video unearthed by BuzzFeed on Wednesday, Carson posited in a 1998 commencement address at Andrews University that the pyramids in Egypt were used for grain storage rather than as tombs for ancient kings and queens.
"My own personal theory is that Joseph built the pyramids to store grain," Carson said, referring to the Old Testament. "Now all the archeologists think that they were made for the pharaohs' graves. But, you know, [something to store that grain] would have to be something awfully big, if you stop and think about it."
Carson appeared to be referencing the biblical figure of Joseph, who was sold into slavery in Egypt and later went on to advise the Egyptian pharaoh to store grain due to a coming famine.
The famed neurosurgeon, who is currently the front-runner for the GOP nomination, added in the speech that he didn't think aliens built the pyramids, as some conspiracy theorists have stated.
"And when you look at the way that the pyramids are made, with many chambers that are hermetically sealed, they'd have to be that way for various reasons," he said. "And various of scientists have said, 'well, you know there were alien beings that came down and they have special knowledge and that's how.' You know, it doesn't require an alien being when God is with you."
Betsy M. Bryan, professor of Egyptian Art and Archeology at Johns Hopkins University, explained the pyramids were not conducive structures for storing grain.
"The actual space available within pyramids of any era was highly limited -- far more was devoted to descending and ascending shafts. These would be highly unsuitable for grain storage in large amount," Bryan said in an email, adding that Egyptian granaries "were not pyramidal but mostly beehive-shaped. They were built over brick lined circular bases, and they were filled from the top with ladders set up against them."
J.G. Manning, a professor of classics who studies Egyptian history at Yale University, called Carson's version of events "lunatic."
"It's a biblical view of the pyramids," he told The Huffington Post. "It just has no basis in fact."
Asked Wednesday by CBS News whether he still believed the pyramids were primarily used for grain storage, Carson said, "It's still my belief, yes."
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Unfortunately, we see the odd bad apple in our civil and criminal dispute resolution practice involving the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). We try to resolve these matters prior to pursuing the extreme route involving litigation. As one can see from the facts here, it may not always be possible.
In a scathing decision, the B.C. Supreme Court rebuked the CRA for suppressing and misstating evidence in its single-minded goal to prosecute a Vancouver Island couple for tax evasion. In what may become a seminal decision, the taxpayers were awarded damages of $1.4 million, with costs still to be decided. The potential for an appeal exists.
The couple, who are immigrants to Canada, operated a restaurant, nightclub, and motel in British Columbia. The couple had been steadily transferring old $100 and $50 bills from a safety deposit box full of three decades worth of savings into the bank. It appears they understood that financial institutions would not accept old bills en mass. Prior to suing the CRA, the taxpayers were charged criminally for 21 separate offences under the Income Tax Act (Canada) (ITA) and Excise Tax Act (Canada), in respect of $1.7 million. The criminal charges were ultimately dismissed, with the criminal Judge referring to the Crown's case as "weak", with evidence that was "unreliable", "highly uncertain", and containing "significant flaws" and "discrepancies" (see: 2011 BCPC 503).
The $1.7 million figure relied upon for the criminal charges and the separate civil tax assessments comes from the CRA's net worth methodology. As many will appreciate, the CRA can employ a net worth method to assess a taxpayer; irrespective of how the taxpayer has reported their income for the year. In its simplest form, they estimate a taxpayer's income for a year by valuing the change in his or her wealth between two dates, then adjust for consumption. While the method is acknowledge by the Tax Court as a blunt instrument prone to attack by counsel, it is a valid approach. Such net worth assessments are theoretically deemed to be correct under the ITA (see subsections 152(7) and (8)).
The strength of the Crown's case in defending the claim for damages was scuppered on many fronts. The CRA was exchanging "appalling" emails about the potential incarceration and sentencing of the appellant. The Court appropriately remarked that they did so with "unprofessional glee" in joking about the incarceration of the couple. The types of behavior cited by the Court are unprecedented in the tax realm. The Court goes through a litany of faults (and tax practitioners should be alive to them):
the CRA investigator inappropriately put forward a final report for charge approval without carrying out investigatory steps requested by a Crown prosecutor and, in doing so, providing "incomplete and erroneous information";
as a witness, the CRA investigator was found to be argumentative, evasive, inflexible and reluctant to concede what clearly should have been conceded;
"(e)vidence was concealed" and "Inculpatory evidence was created";
the CRA investigator "wrote the Prosecution Report as an advocate, not an investigator"; and
the CRA investigator testified he still believes the Samaroos are guilty of tax evasion, "and would, if given the chance, prosecute them again on the same theory and the same evidentiary basis."
These faults correctly offended the Court's sense of decency. The Court described it as a "marked departure from conduct expected" of CRA officers and the CRA. The CRA was found vicariously liable for the highly blameworthy conduct of their Investigator. The agent for the Crown was not found liable.
While the Samaroos have achieved litigation success, their fight appears to be ongoing. The Tax Court of Canada shows their tax appeals as active. Granted, there is a lower threshold of proof in the Tax Court (beyond a reasonable doubt) which favours the Minister. The taxpayers also have the additional challenge to demolish the Minister's assumptions. Nevertheless, it will be interesting to see how, and if, the parties move forward with the tax court litigation.
By way of additional commentary, there was an earlier BC Supreme Court motion in this litigation (see 2016 BCSC 531). The Court ordered the taxpayers be released from the implied undertaking rule in respect of the information and documents provided by the Crown. Consequently, the Samaroos may attempt to rely on this information and documentation in the Tax Court proceedings (subject to evidentiary rulings of the Tax Court). More broadly, should individuals unfortunately have companion criminal and civil tax matters, their representatives should be alive to such considerations.
In closing, some tax practitioners lament that they regularly face inappropriate behavior from the Audit division of the CRA. In this respect, some indicate a preference to move tax disputes straight to Appeals as soon as they can. It is questionable whether this is an appropriate strategy. Doing this serves to defeat a level of review designed by Parliament as a safeguard for taxpayers. Nevertheless, we can be certain that there are many CRA professionals of the highest quality who devote their careers to serving Canada. We can expect that they understand the recriminations levelled by the provincial court — and are concerned and alive to the judicial reference with respect to an "unfortunate culture within the CRA."
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There are 2.8million people in the UK working in the gig economy, which the UK Government defines as "people using apps [or platforms] to sell their labour." Is this rapidly growing sector a step forward or back for workers' rights?
The Online Labour Index, developed by the University of Oxford, suggests that the demand for gig work and number of related platforms have grown by around 22 per cent since 2016.
Advocates for the gig economy argue that employment in this field allows for much greater levels of flexibility and autonomy, they are able to work as and when they are available.
But new research suggests that the gig economy is actually turning back the clock on workers' rights, lowering pay and increasing hours.
Is the Gig Economy Good or Bad for Workers?
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Defenders of the gig economy argue that it provides new opportunities to find work.
They point to remote opportunities, such as editing and translation services, which allow people to complete tasks in completely different locations to the person or business requesting the service. If someone has access to the internet and can log onto the specific app, then they can work.
However, new research by the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) suggests that the gig economy makes individuals more susceptible to decreased well-being. The study focused on 700 labour platform workers in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa to better understand the effects of remote gig work.
It found greater levels of sleep deprivation and exhaustion, often as a result of long, irregular and anti-social hours working for low wages.
The competitive nature of these labour platforms also means that people undertake more high-intensity work – trying to complete as many gigs as quickly as possible in order to meet the demands of clients.
54 per cent of workers who took part in the study said that they must work at very high speeds, and 60 per cent to tight deadlines. 22 percent of those surveyed reported experiencing pain as a result of their work.
Because employers will often specify when work must be completed, individuals are often forced to work outside of their natural daily routine and conform to separate time zones.
Too Many Gigs For Not Enough Pay
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This problem is amplified for low-skilled workers, who are required to complete a very high number of gigs in order to make a living. Since the market for low-skilled workers is over-saturated, and no collective bargaining power exists, pay remains low. This makes competing for as many jobs as possible the only way to make a living.
Ratings are another problem for workers. The star-rating system is often crucial for workers in poorer regions to secure more jobs.
gig workers were found to be working for free in order to maintain a strong rating
Good Gig, Bad Gig: Autonomy and Algorithmical Control Control in the Global Gig Economy
In some cases, gig workers were found to be working for free in order to maintain a strong rating – and thereby keep themselves employable. Coupled with the low pay, this often leads to people working 70 hours across 18-hour days to make ends meet.
Some individuals were even found to work around 100 hours per week.
However, despite these hardships, the study also found that workers continue to value the autonomy offered by the gig economy.
Can The Gig Economy Be Reformed?
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One recommendation, presented in the OII's paper, is for regulations to help govern the way rich employers across the world use gig workers. This recommendation is in line with those issued by MPs in a recent report, in response to various legal battles between workers and employers such as Deliveroo, Uber and Hermes.
Whether governments will choose to put these regulations in place remains to be seen. But, with the gig economy continuing to grow, it's a question that's more important than ever before.
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