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Claire Cain, Campaigns and Public Affairs Manager at Women in Prison
On Wednesday 26th June women affected by the criminal justice system, staff and volunteers from Women's Centres, support services, and other supporters will join together to meet with MPs in Parliament and call on them to #OPENUP Women's Futures. (more…)
Nina Champion, CJA Director
We are all horrified by the now frequent news of tragic deaths from stabbings. Demands for an urgent response to 'do something' are understandable. But we must avoid unevidenced knee-jerk reactions that can actually do more harm than good by further damaging the trust and confidence of BAME communities in the police and criminal justice system. (more…)
Rebecca Roberts, Head of Policy at INQUEST
Whether it is the death of a child in a mental health setting, a prisoner who has taken their life, or a death as a result of neglectful state services, families need answers and assurances that everything is being done to stop similar deaths in the future. (more…)
Francesca Cooney, Head of Policy at Prisoners' Education Trust
In April, we'll see the biggest changes in prison education for many years. As with all major change, this brings risks and challenges, but it also brings a real opportunity to make prison education more relevant, more effectively coordinated and more flexible. (more…)
EQUAL – Action for Race Equality in the Criminal Justice System
This week I was honoured to speak at the launch of EQUAL, which is taking forward the recommendations of the Young and Lammy Reviews to tackle inequalities for BAME and Muslim communities across the criminal justice system. I talked about the CJA's work in this area including on stop and search and emphasised that our new strategy, to be launched next year, has race equality as a vital golden thread. (more…)
Happy #RJWeek2018 from the CJA
Peter Keeling, CJA Policy Officer
Restorative Justice Week has been a catalyst for a welcome flurry of awareness-raising activities across the country as Police & Crime Commissioners, the Victims Commissioner, CJA members including Restorative Justice Council, Restorative Solutions, Catch 22, Wales Restorative Approaches Partnership and many others celebrate the transformative power of restorative justice and restorative practices more widely. Cleveland PCC have used the opportunity to launch a new RJ service and our member Victims First Northumbria have published a new magazine on RJ – Restorative Round Up. (more…)
Black people over 9 times more likely than white people to be stopped and searched
The Home Office released statistics yesterday on the use of stop and search for the year ending 31 March 2018. While stop and search fell to a historic low of 280,000 in 2017/18 the recent trend in declining use is slowing and in some areas has reversed. And while its overall use has slightly declined, this decrease has disproportionately favoured white people. Stops of white people fell by 13 per cent from the previous but stops of black, Asian and minority ethnic people fell by just one per cent. This means that a BAME person is now four times as likely to stopped and searched as a white person. Black people, in particular, are now 9.5 times more likely to be searched than white people. (more…)
Stop and Scrutinise
Six weeks into my new role and I am enjoying re-familiarising myself with parts of the criminal justice system outside of prisons. Last week I attended a meeting in Croydon organised by two local community organisations, Croydon Community Leaders and Another Night of Sisterhood (ANOS), together with officers from Croydon Metropolitan Police. The room was packed with members of the community, including many children and young people, who had come to discuss stop and search. (more…)
CJA Award winner DIVERT goes from strength to strength
Inspector Jack Rowlands
When the Criminal Justice Alliance awarded DIVERT Outstanding Organisation in 2017 we were both surprised and proud that our work was recognised as a programme that works. But the best part about being shortlisted was the awards evening – it's always a real pleasure to meet so many new people working within criminal justice who are finding new ways of helping people change direction. (more…)
Prison reform must go hand in hand with reducing the population
Nina Champion, Director of the Criminal Justice Alliance
As made clear by the Justice Secretary in today's speech, the problems in our prisons need urgent attention. They are increasingly unsafe places to live and work. With record levels of self-harm and violence, it is unfortunately not surprising that 1244 prison officers – one in 16 – resigned over the last year. And for the prisoners who live there, there is no choice but to endure these increasingly dangerous conditions. (more…)
Pathways to employment – what works?
Steve Freer, CEO and Founder of Tempus Novo
CJA member Tempus Novo was founded in 2014 by two serving Senior Prison Officers at HMP Leeds. Tempus Novo operates within prisons to identify offenders committed to transforming their live and help them to gain employment after release through mentorship and support for a minimum of 6 months. One of the Founders, Steve Freer, shares his thoughts with the CJA on the recent Education and Employment strategy announced by the Government: (more…)
Encouraging diversity in stop and search scrutiny panels: Hertfordshire's journey
Lydia Massey, Community Safety Policy and Project Officer at OPCC for Hertfordshire
In August 2014, Hertfordshire Constabulary signed up to the Best Use of Stop Search Scheme to ensure better scrutiny of stop and search. Following this, the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) introduced an independent county-wide scrutiny Panel in 2015 made up of volunteers who live, work or study in Hertfordshire. (more…)
Multiple barriers to housing for young people leaving custody
Caroline Drummond, Policy & Public Affairs Manager at Nacro
'I was rough sleeping more or less I was just knocking about. I did all-nighters in cars for one or two nights, here, there, going mates houses. I was about for a little bit.' (more…)
Should universities ask about applicants' criminal records?
Christopher Stacey, Co-Director of Unlock
For the past two decades, access to higher education in the UK for people with a criminal record has been perceived as very difficult, deterring many people from even applying. Last week, UCAS took a significant step forward by removing the requirement for applicants to declare relevant unspent convictions when applying to university. The higher education sector now has a unique opportunity to question whether criminal records should feature at all in admissions. (more…)
Durham and Cleveland buck the national trend on restorative justice
Peter Keeling, Policy Officer at the Criminal Justice Alliance
Victims' experiences of the criminal justice system are often confusing and alienating. While victims play a crucial role, both in terms of reporting a crime and then providing evidence, the criminal justice process is too often an unsatisfactory vehicle for providing healing and closure to the harm created by a crime. (more…)
Still too little protection for women coerced into offending
Katherine Copperthwaite, Policy Officer at the Criminal Justice Alliance
A decade after the landmark Corston Report, the Government's current consultation on tackling domestic abuse recognises a staggering number of women offenders – over three in five – still indicate they've experienced domestic abuse. (more…)
Message to CJA Members from our new Director
Nina Champion, CJA Director designate
I'm really honoured and excited to be becoming the new Director of the Criminal Justice Alliance. I know I have some big shoes to fill, particularly around the recent growth of the membership. (more…)
Short prison sentences are Short-Sighted
Burcu Borysik, Policy Manager at Revolving Doors Agency
At Revolving Doors, we're proud to bring together policy, research and lived experience to support solutions for people who are caught in the revolving door of crisis and crime. In shaping our strategy, people who have been through (and often failed by) the criminal justice system told us we need 'to improve sentencing to support both reduced offending and better outcomes for people in the revolving door of crisis and crime'. (more…)
Knife crime and stop and search – missing the point?
Katherine Copperthwaite, Policy Officer at the CJA
The recent rise in knife crime has led to wide public debate about how best to tackle the issue. Stop and search is once again in the limelight. Critics of the recent reduction in stop and search (from well over a million to 300,000 searches per year) claim it has contributed to the increase in knife crime. (more…)
Changing someone's life story
Mentoring Project Manager HMP Wandsworth at Trailblazers
'Coming to HMP Wandsworth was one of the best things that's ever happened to me. I've never had so much support before. Things never used to get done. Now I'm walking out feeling like I am not coming back to jail.' (more…)
Four decades of capturing hearts and minds with theatre
Lucy Perman, Chief Executive at Clean Break
I was thrilled to receive the Criminal Justice Alliance's Lifetime Achievement Award last November. I've led Clean Break for 20 years and when I accepted the Award I acknowledged that, for many of us, working together to transform the criminal justice sector is a lifetime's work and something we're hugely passionate about. (more…)
Violence needs a public health approach
John Poyton, CEO at Redthread
ONS data released last week showed violent crime across England and Wales had risen again, with knife crime and gun crime both up by 20 per cent. The tragic loss of four young lives on New Year's Eve in London has led to an urgent call from politicians, community groups, the police and young people themselves for the UK to adopt a 'public health approach' to violence. (more…)
It's relationships built over time that help people turn their lives around
Sam Boyd, Policy & Impact Manager at Switchback
After 36 months in prison, 24-year old George was released three days before Christmas with nowhere to live. His probation officer advised that the local council would be able to find him accommodation, but on arrival at the council office it was closed for the holidays. With the support of the Switchback Mentor he had met in prison, George found accommodation in a B&B for a few nights. (more…)
Too many innocent children become victims themselves
Edward Lowe, Policy & Communications Coordinator at Commonweal Housing
It is a sad and unjust fact that across England and Wales many innocent children become victims of the criminal justice system. Some 17,000 children a year are separated by their mothers' imprisonment. Shockingly, only five per cent will remain in their family home during that imprisonment. (more…)
Is Universal Credit a danger to people with substance misuse problems?
Steve Moffatt, Public Policy Officer at Addaction
Universal Credit (UC) has been in the news continuously in recent months as parties debate the claimed benefits it brings and hardships it causes. UC does offer some possible benefits to people in drug/alcohol treatment, particularly by incentivising individuals to move into work. But there are serious concerns about its potentially negative impact on those individuals' recovery and general wellbeing. (more…)
Restorative justice is a good thing, but not enough people know about it
Peter Keeling, Policy Officer at the CJA
Restorative justice (RJ) is a voluntary process that brings together victims and offenders to better help repair the harm caused by a crime. It's has been proven to increase victims' satisfaction with the criminal justice system, reduce their anxiety and fear, and - moreover - increase the likelihood of restitution and apologies from offenders. (more…)
Online conviction is a step too far in modernising our courts
Malcolm Richardson, retiring chairman of the Magistrate Association
As I step down from the Magistrates Association after 20 years in national leadership roles, I leave the Association in good health, with a committed and dynamic staff team and an ambitious programme of policy work. (more…)
Disturbing trends in stop and search
Home Office statistics just published for 2016-17 show that black, Asian and minority ethnic people are now nearly four times as likely as white people to be stopped and searched in England and Wales, up from three times as likely a year earlier. Black people in particular are now over eight times as likely to searched, up from six times. So while the overall number of searches continues to fall (down 21 per cent to 300,000 searches annually) this fall has disproportionately favoured white people, a trend that started two years ago. (more…)
Lammy Review is a wake up call for the youth justice system
Mark Blake, Project Development Officer at BTEG
This week's launch of the Government's Race Disparity Audit coincided with the Ministry of Justice adopting a number of key recommendations from the recent Lammy Review. These included Lammy's key principle of `explain or change', rightly demanding that criminal justice agencies should in future either explain racial disproportionality or reform to address it. (more…)
Being in prison can be a preferable alternative to daily danger
Hazel Renouf, Griffins Society Research Fellow
Street sex working women occupy a marginalised position within society. Levels of homelessness and substance misuse are high and contact with the criminal justice system, including periods of imprisonment, are common. As a front-line practitioner, I've learnt that for this group, leaving prison is particularly challenging given the complexity of their needs. (more…)
Support for Young People Affected by Crime
Chloe Purcell, Director of SAFE!
Last year SAFE! - Support for Young People Affected by Crime - came second in the Criminal Justice Alliance Awards as Organisation of the Year. We won £2,000. The year leading up to winning our Award had seen us grow significantly, extending our services for young victims beyond Oxfordshire and into Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes and increasing our staff team from two to nine. (more…)
No respect – stop and search remains as corrosive as ever
Ben Summerskill, Director at the Criminal Justice Alliance
Almost exactly 30 years after the Brixton riots, history repeated itself in the summer of 2011 in cities across Britain. Once again, just as Lord Scarman had identified in the 1980s, one accelerant to that unrest was a perception among black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) young people that they were being unfairly treated by police forces using stop and search. (more…)
Tackling Discrimination in Prison: still not a fair response
Khatuna Tsintsadze, Prison Programme Director at the Zahid Mubarek Trust
In 2008 NOMS conducted a comprehensive review into race equality in prisons. Since then, sadly, little has improved in the way the prison service handles complaints of racism and discrimination. Constant priority shifts under different Justice Secretaries and the introduction of the Equality Act 2010 have seriously impacted how race equality is viewed and delivered in prisons too. (more…)
Too many women at double disadvantage
Katharine Sacks-Jones, Director at Agenda
Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) women in the criminal justice system are a minority within a minority, so highlighting their needs can be particularly challenging. Agenda's new report Double Disadvantage, conducted with Women in Prison, shows powerfully why it's so important to listen to them. (more…)
Time for everyone to back drug policy reform
Danny Kushlick, founder and Head of External Affairs at Transform Drug Policy Foundation
In a June 2014 open letter to David Cameron, more than 80 campaigners urged the prime minister to launch a review of Britain's drug policy. Amongst the organisations that signed it were the National Black Police Officers Association, the Prison Governors Association, Drugscope, the Howard League, Inquest and Reprieve. (more…)
Building trust among BAME people in the criminal justice system
Phil Bowen, Director at the Centre for Justice Innovation
'My mistrust started with the police. I didn't trust anyone. As for judges and magistrates, they were the last people I trusted - elderly, white English people and that's not what I see in society outside.' At 18, Suleman was sentenced to two years in prison. His story is not unique. In the CJI's latest report, Building Trust, we outline the troubling racial disparities encountered by minority ethnic defendants in criminal court. (more…)
RJ – What's not costed will never be paid for
Something that's struck me in the two years that I've been lucky enough to work for the CJA is how often people delivering across the criminal justice pathway are resigned to a quiet desperation that things never change. I've never accepted that myself because I believe strongly that things don't change. People change things. However, sometimes in order to change things they need the right tools. (more…)
In 2016, Christmas came early …
Sharon Berry, Director at Storybook Dads
Just before Christmas, our charity was named Organisation of the Year at the 2016 CJA Awards. Storybook Dads lets dads, and mums, in prison record stories which can be played to their children. (more…)
On the stopping train to prison reform
After 14 months of enthralling high-wire performances by an all-singing all-dancing Secretary of State for Justice, Liz Truss's tenure in the role has thus far seemed to many to be muted in comparison. She evidently lacks her predecessor's sense of absolute certainty about what should be done. (However absolute certainty, as any student of Chris Grayling's stewardship of the role will note, does not always guarantee better outcomes.) (more…)
Involving young people is essential for the future of the youth justice system
Pippa Goodfellow, Policy Programmes Manager at Nacro
Nacro's Beyond Youth Custody (BYC) programme aims to help young people turn around their lives by ensuring the right resettlement services are in place for them in custody through to the community. A fundamental principle underpinning our approach is the importance of giving young people with lived experience a voice – because nobody understands the challenges better. (more…)
Change is within our grasp
John Samuels, retiring Chair of the CJA
My involvement with the Criminal Justice Alliance began by a series of happy accidents. By chance I attended its 2007 launch and there I met Nick Herbert MP, a fellow believer in criminal justice reform. Later I began to attend members meetings on behalf of the Prisoners Education Trust and, because I believed in what the Alliance could achieve, I joined its Board in 2010. (more…)
The hidden victims of home raids
Katherine Copperthwaite, Children and Young People's Advocate at Prison Advice & Care Trust
It's well-documented that children with a family member in prison are significantly more likely to experience poverty, homelessness and educational issues. They are twice as likely to experience mental health problems and statistics also show that 65 per cent of boys with a convicted father will go on to offend themselves. It is therefore essential to ensure these children and young people are supported and do not turn to criminal behaviour themselves. (more…)
Seek out uncongenial company in 2017
The painfully predictable riots at HMP Birmingham just before Christmas caused one prison reformer to share with Twitter the firm view that 'everyone' knows we need to reduce the population of Britain's overcrowded prisons. It was a guileless insight into a worldview that made me sit up. (more…)
Is stop-and-search really 'intelligence-led'?
Peter Keeling, Policy & Member Support Officer at the Criminal Justice Alliance
Police in England and Wales conducted 386,000 stop-and-searches in 2015/16, a drop of over 60 per cent from the all-time high of 1.2 million in 2010/11. Drug searches account for more than three in five of all searches. And nearly 40,000 searches for a firearm or offensive weapon were conducted. (more…)
Paula Harriott, Head of Involvement at Revolving Doors Agency
When I speak about user involvement it's not only as Head of Involvement at Revolving Doors and previously at User Voice, but also as a former prisoner. I do so to illustrate how important service user involvement can be in bringing the hidden lived experience of criminal justice from the murky margins of stigma and shame into the blinding light. (more…)
Life Inside Wandsworth Prison – Winner of the CJA 2016 Journalism of the Year Award
Ed Campbell, Editor at BBC News
When I was asked last year to prepare a series on prisons I was quite worried that the result was going to be boring. After the first day of filming at HMP Wandsworth we all realised that wasn't going to be a problem. (more…)


#1) Sauer to continue playing well, cut down on his rebounds, and handle the puck a little bit better.
#2) Jack Johnson to still look better than everyone, despite playing against a top-notch team.
#3) Tim Cook to continue his strong play.
#4) The defensemen to do a better job of staying out of the box.
#5) Continue to block shots as well as they did last weekend.
#6) SHOOT THE DAMN PUCK on the Power Play.
I don't have to see a win tonight, though it'd be very very nice. This is a very nice measuring stick for how we stack up against a top-notch team (granted one that hasn't played a full game--regular or exhibition--yet). Show me some good things, and I'll be very happy.
The Wings are off to a 4-1 start, much to my delight. Before last night's win over LA, Andy Murray had this to say: "Tell me where there are holes in their lineup. I think the Stanley Cup still goes through Detroit".
Methinks Andy Murray might just be right, provided they stay relatively healthy and get anything out of their goalies come the postseason. I don't like Ken Holland, but I can give him credit when credit is due. Mikael Samuelsson was a brilliant signing. He's only 28 and he's got 4-2--6 in 5 games so far this year, and has tallied at least 1 point in every game. He looks great. The Daniel Cleary signing is also working out very nicely. He fits right in on the Grind Line and the Penalty Kill. He brings a lot of energy, and he's mentioned that Draper is a great influence. He also said something to the effect that with Babcock he knows that he's gotta go all out every night or he won't be in the lineup the next game.
Brendan Shanahan has also been much improved in the early going. He started pulling a Fedorov on a regular basis under Lewis, but there's only been 1 game this year where I feel like he's been invisible. Look at the balance on this team though. 6 guys averaging a point a game through 5 games, and only 6 players who have played a game don't have a point yet (and only 3 of those have played more than 2 games).
Legace's been solid in goal, though his save % doesn't reflect that just yet. He's been big when he has had to be. The Power Play looked great for the first 3 games, but hasn't been there for them the last 2. The Penalty Killing has been outstanding though at 3rd in the NHL...only Minnesota and TB have been better than Detroit's 93.9%. However Detroit has also scored 2 shorties, and the teams ahead of them have 0. I wish they'd enact a volleyball-hitting-percentage type rule for Power Play % and PK%. Take the number of goals scored/allowed and subtract shorties allowed/scored and then divide. Thus the Wings would be at 100% on the penalty kill, because they've scored as many short-handed goals as they've allowed power play goals. I feel like the net goals should be factored in somehow.
All things being said, a pretty solid start to the season. Zetterberg has been great, Datsyuk has shown flashes (though I'm sure he's not all there yet), we've seen a couple new guys play very well, and a couple of the older guys look to be back to where they were. I'd like to see Lilja take a few less dumb penalties, but apart from that things are good. Fischer looks really great so far, which is a nice bonus.
I'm using the head-in-the-sand tactic when it comes to Michigan football. This season just isn't happening.
And my Astros are gonna win it all. No, I don't care about baseball. I arbitrarily picked Houston as my team to root for before the playoffs, simply because I really like Roy Oswalt.


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day 45: on Sunday we attempted to go to the Living Desert – which seems pretty awesome if you can either a) go in the morning while it's still cool or b) withstand ridiculous heat. The babies were wilted and unimpressed (even though they normally love the zoo, it was just too hot) so we left after only around an hour. Maybe I have a weird sense of humor but this is my favorite shot. All of the spectators checking out the giraffes.


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Teaser for Peter Capaldi's final Doctor Who special includes a few old friends
Sam Barsanti
During Doctor Who's Comic-Con panel, departing showrunner Steven Moffat and soon-to-be-former star Peter Capaldi showed a quick teaser for this year's Christmas special—which will be the final episode for both of them. The teaser doesn't spoil a ton of things, but it does once again confirm that the episode will involve Capaldi's 12th Doctor interacting with David Bradley playing the very first Doctor, with the two of them working together to fix some kind of broken moment in time. They'll also meet up with a character played by prominent Doctor Who writer Mark Gatiss (making this his fourth role on the show), and a certain companion who seemed like she might be gone forever after the most recent season finale.
The special will air on Christmas day on BBC America, and the new season featuring Jodie Whittaker's 13th Doctor will air at some point next year.


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During the 2 month trial, the filamentous algae on the water surface decreased by 90%. Some areas in the water that where shaded from the ultrasound still had a slight accumulation of filamentous algae. Dydimo growth on the rocks in the ponds was reduced and kept under control by the LG Sonic e-line.
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Rocks are everywhere, yet there are still surprising puzzles about their peculiar dynamic elastic properties, especially their hysteresis, non-Hookean response, and rate-dependent behavior. Since before recorded history, mankind has been making dwellings, hammering out monuments, and even constructing huge buildings out of rock, for example, the famous Strasbourg Cathedral built in the Middle Ages is made almost entirely from Vosges sandstone. Nowadays, one extracts oil and gas from rocks, explores ways to store excess CO2 in them, and tries to mimic their resilience and durability with concrete. The imperfect way in which mineral grains end up cemented into rocks dictates how fluids move in oil or gas reservoirs or in aquifers. Indeed, these very fluids are often a key mechanism for that cementation. The diagenesis of rocks, their formation, and cementation history are of great geological interest as well. Hence, the dynamic elastic properties of rocks have been a topic of continuing scientific study for well over a century.
To narrow the focus of this chapter, the subject is primarily the behavior of rocks that have commercial interest. These rocks may contain oil and gas, or might be considered as a reservoir for CO2 storage. These rocks are primarily sedimentary, and the focus of this chapter will sharpen even more, dealing exclusively with sandstones. A sandstone is an imperfectly cemented collection of quartz grains, which is porous and permeable to fluids (which often play a key role in the cementation) and may contain significant amounts of clays and other materials. In the experiments described here, the rocks studied will be extremely pure and clean sandstones, 99+% pure SiO2 formed from quartz (prehistoric, 77 MYBP) Aeolian beach sand, known as Fontainebleau sandstone . Such rocks are simply composed of the grains and cementation.
How does one describe and examine such a sandstone and how is it different from man-made materials? A thin section examined under a polarizing microscope can show the crystallographic orientation and the nature of the grains, bonds, and cementation. A thin section of Fontainebleau sandstone is shown in Figure 1.1 . All the grains are roughly of the same size (about 150-200 µm), and none of the material in the section shown here has any significant polycrystalline components and very little of it is amorphous or glassy (which shows up as black under crossed polarizers). However, the reality is that a thin slice of a rock really does not give a very good representation of the porosity and permeability or even of the cementation. Care must be taken in extracting distributions of pore and grain sizes from sections, and often the cementation at grain contacts is difficult to identify. Amorphous cement, for example, can easily be missed and more advanced petrographic techniques such as cathodoluminescence or electron backscatter diffraction in an SEM must be used . Occasionally, pore casts - where an epoxy is spun into the pore space and the sand dissolved away with an acid - are made to study the three-dimensional network of pores . X-ray micro-CT images on very small samples are made as well, originally to provide an input for modeling, but similar to thin sections, they contain no information on the mechanical properties of the system. The contact network of grains, the pore space they can rotate into, and the fluids that can move around in that pore space (e.g., water, oil, and gas) all couple to the dynamics of a rock; direct measurements on the scale of these features is extremely difficult.


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Het bisdom Roermond (Latijn: Dioecesis Ruremundensis) is een van de zeven rooms-katholieke bisdommen in de Nederlandse kerkprovincie. Het bisdom staat ook bekend als het bisdom Limburg, niet te verwarren met het Duitse bisdom Limburg in Hessen.

Algemeen
Het huidige (tweede) bisdom is heropgericht in 1853. Het komt overeen met de grenzen van de provincie Limburg. Harrie Smeets is sinds 8 december 2018 bisschop. Hij wordt in het bisdom bijgestaan door hulpbisschop Everard de Jong, vicaris-generaal René Maessen en een staf, die samen met de bisschop het dagelijks bestuur van het bisdom vormt. Het kathedraal kapittel is het belangrijkste adviesorgaan van de bisschop.

Het huidige bisdom werd in 1853, na het herstel van de bisschoppelijke hiërarchie in Nederland, opgericht. De kathedraal van het bisdom is de Sint-Christoffelkathedraal in Roermond en de verjaardag van de wijding van de kathedraal wordt gevierd op 3 september. Maria, de Onbevlekt Ontvangene is de patrones van het bisdom. De priesteropleiding van het bisdom wordt gegeven aan het Grootseminarie Rolduc in Kerkrade. Een grote, zij het snel slinkende meerderheid van de bevolking in het bisdom is katholiek.

Binnen de organisatie werkt een priesterraad als senaat van de bisschop. Deze priesterraad bestaat uit de hulpbisschop, de vicaris-generaal, de bisschoppelijke vicarissen en de rector van het groot-seminarie. De hoogste lekenfunctie binnen het bisdom is die van algemeen econoom.

Kerncijfers
In 2008 bedroeg het aantal katholieken 817.000 (72,8% van de bevolking), 2% minder dan een jaar eerder. Ook het kerkbezoek nam verder af naar 36.640 kerkgangers op zondag. Dat is 3,3% van de Limburgse bevolking. In het bisdom Limburg loopt het aantal gelovigen harder terug dan in andere delen van het land. Per eind 2009 was 70% van de bevolking katholiek, 3% minder dan een jaar eerder, ook het aantal kerkgangers op zondag loopt steeds verder terug en bedroeg voor het jaar 2009 36.050 (3,2%). Eind 2012 waren er in het bisdom nog 700.000 katholieken. Het aantal kerkgangers op zondag bedroeg in dat jaar 27.300. Eind 2018 waren er nog 612.000 (54,5 %) katholieken. Het aantal kerkgangers op zondag was circa 20.500 (1,8 %) .

Geschiedenis
Reeds sinds 1559 bestond het (eerste) bisdom Roermond, maar ook hiervoor had het christendom in het gebied een lange geschiedenis achter de rug.

Kerstening en eerste bisschoppen
Het gebied van en rond de huidige provincie Limburg, toentertijd onderdeel van de Romeinse provincie Germania Inferior, maakte wellicht al in de 3e en 4e eeuw kennis met het christelijk geloof vanuit het naburige Rijnland. Deze eerste kerstening was hoogstwaarschijnlijk oppervlakkig en zal vooral in de stedelijke nederzettingen plaatsgevonden hebben. Volgens de overlevering vormde vanaf ongeveer 320 de Civitas Tungrorum (met als hoofdstad het huidige Tongeren, tegenwoordig in België) een zelfstandig bisdom. De eerst-bekende bisschop was de later als heilige vereerde Maternus, bisschop van Trier en Keulen en tevens beschouwd als eerste bisschop van Tongeren. Een andere bekende bisschop was Servatius, die de bisschopszetel eind 4e eeuw naar Maastricht zou hebben verplaatst, waar hij volgens Gregorius van Tours ook begraven werd.

Het overgrote deel van de bevolking, vooral op het platteland, bleef 'heidens' en vereerde waarschijnlijk naast 'geïmporteerde' Romeinse goden vooral de goden van de Germaans-Keltische mythologie. Dit bleef waarschijnlijk ook zo in de roerige overgangstijd van het Romeinse rijk naar het Frankische Rijk. Spaarzame bewijzen van vroeg-middeleeuws christendom in deze regio zijn diverse aardewerkvondsten met christelijke motieven en een vijftal grafstenen met christelijke symbolen uit de 5e en 6e eeuw, die in en om de Sint-Servaasbasiliek in Maastricht zijn gevonden.

Een diepergaande kerstening vond pas plaats vanaf de 6e eeuw, toen diverse missiebisschoppen met zekerheid in Maastricht zetelden (vanaf Domitianus). Andere bekende bisschoppen van Maastricht waren de kerkenbouwers Monulfus en Gondulfus, de vooral in Vlaanderen actieve Amandus, en de uit de lokale adel stammende Lambertus (6e, 7e en 8e eeuw). Volgens de (Luikse) overlevering zou Hubertus de zetel naar Luik verplaatst hebben, nadat Lambertus (bisschop van 701-727) daar vermoord was en die plaats steeds meer bedevaarders aantrok. Vanaf de 10e eeuw zetelden de bisschoppen met zekerheid in Luik.

In het huidige Noord- en Midden-Limburg missioneerden in de 8e eeuw Wiro en Plechelmus en Willibrordus. Ze stichtten de Abdij van Susteren en een kerk en klooster in Sint Odiliënberg, die als christelijke centra op het platteland fungeerden. Dit gebied behoorde vanaf de 10e eeuw eveneens tot het bisdom Luik, met uitzondering van een gedeelte in het noorden dat de aartsbisschop van Keulen toebehoorde.

Roermond wordt in de Annales Rodenses voor het eerst genoemd in 1130. Het was toen een bezitting van het naburige klooster in St.-Odiliënberg. Een eeuw later werd er in Roermond een cisterciënzervrouwenklooster gesticht (Munsterabdij).

Instelling van het eerste Bisdom Roermond (1559)

Roermond bleef tot het bisdom Luik horen tot aan de reformatie van de 16e eeuw. In 1559 ging de toenmalige machthebber van de Nederlanden, Filips II van Spanje, onder invloed van de politieke situatie (zie Bourgondische Kreits) over tot reorganisatie van de oude bisdommen. Een aantal gebiedsdelen van het huidige Limburg, met name de Luikse gebieden en enkele Keulse delen, gingen tot een nieuw bisdom behoren: Roermond. Dit (eerste) bisdom Roermond werd opgericht op 12 mei 1559 bij de publicatie van de Pauselijke bul Super Universas. Dit nieuwe bisdom ging niet behoren tot het tot aartsbisdom verheven bisdom Utrecht maar werd een onderdeel van de kerkprovincie aartsbisdom Mechelen. De eerste bisschop was Wilhelmus Lindanus (oftewel Willem van der Lindt). Het bisdom bestond uit een lappendeken aan gebiedsdelen voornamelijk bestaande uit Spaans Gelre en het Land van Valkenburg, steeds doorkruist door gebieden die bleven toebehoren aan het bisdom Luik en het bisdom Keulen.

Opheffing van het eerste bisdom (1801)
Op 29 november 1801 werd dit bisdom Roermond opgeheven onder invloed van de Franse bezetter die streefde naar grotere en meer overzichtelijke bestuurseenheden. Het grootste deel van het bisdom werd weer bij het bisdom Luik gevoegd. Het gedeelte van het bisdom dat deel uitmaakte van het Bataafs Gemenebest werd toegevoegd aan het apostolisch vicariaat Grave-Nijmegen, dat in 1853 deel ging uitmaken van het opnieuw ingestelde bisdom 's-Hertogenbosch.

Instelling van het apostolisch vicariaat Limburg (1840)
Deze situatie duurde voort onder het Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden. Vanwege de verdeling van Limburg tussen Nederland en België na de Belgische Opstand van 1830 en het Verdrag van Londen (1839) was het noodzakelijk geworden om in de nieuwe Nederlandse provincie Limburg een eigen kerkelijk bestuur in te richten. Dat gebeurde op 18 december 1840 met de instelling van het apostolisch vicariaat Limburg, dat geografisch samenviel met de nieuwe provincie.

Instelling van het tweede bisdom (1853)

In 1853, met het herstel van de bisschoppelijke hiërarchie in Nederland, werd het mogelijk om weer in heel Nederland bisdommen op te richten. Zo werd het vicariaat Limburg na dertien jaar herdoopt tot het (tweede) bisdom Roermond, ditmaal als onderdeel van de heropgerichte kerkprovincie aartsbisdom Utrecht.

Zo werd de oude zetel van Roermond uit 1559 (die stand had gehouden tot 1801) hersteld en kon de Sint-Christoffelkerk in Roermond haar functie van kathedraal (bisschopskerk) na 52 jaar weer terugkrijgen, een functie die deze kerk sinds 1661 vervulde.

Recente geschiedenis

Inkrimping
Door de steeds verdergaande secularisatie en het verminderde kerkbezoek heeft het bisdom in recente jaren verschillende reorganisaties moeten doorvoeren. Het aantal dekenaten is in de laatste paar jaren teruggebracht van 24 naar 13. Zo fuseerden in 2008 de dekenaten Venray en Gennep, werden in 2009 en 2010 de dekenaten Meerssen en Brunssum opgeheven en fuseerden in 2012 de dekenaten Helden en Horst. De overgebleven dekenaten in het bisdom Roermond zijn in alfabetische volgorde: Gulpen, Heerlen, Horst, Kerkrade, Maastricht, Roermond, Schinnen, Sittard, Susteren, Thorn, Venlo, Venray en Weert. Overigens is het aantal dekenaten in het bisdom Roermond nog steeds groter dan in alle andere Nederlandse bisdommen bij elkaar.

Ook het aantal kerken neemt gestaag af, waarbij vooral kerken uit de 20e eeuw in stedelijke gebieden getroffen worden. Dorpskerken worden zoveel mogelijk ontzien in verband met hun bindende rol binnen de dorpsgemeenschappen. Tussen 1992 en 2011 sloten 44 kerken in Limburg. Deze trend heeft zich sedertdien onverminderd voortgezet. Eind 2016 telde het bisdom 310 kerkgebouwen. Het aantal parochies bedroeg 302, bediend door 145 priesters, 37 diakens en 4 pastoraal werkers. Het gemiddelde aantal kerkgangers per weekend bedroeg 36.832.

Verder kampte het bisdom met een begrotingstekort door teruglopende inkomsten. Dit noopte bisschop mgr. Harrie Smeets ertoe in 2019 een kwart van het personeel van het bisdom te ontslaan en twee van de drie kantoorgebouwen te sluiten. Ook werden de diocesane pastorale dienst en de opleiding voor cathechisten opgeheven.

Seksueel misbruik
Op 11 april 2014 erkende het bisdom dat de een jaar eerder overleden bisschop Joannes Gijsen tussen 1958 en 1961 twee minderjarige jongens misbruikte. Het was de eerste maal in de geschiedenis dat een klacht tegen een bisschop inzake seksueel misbruik door de katholieke kerk in Nederland gegrond verklaard werd. Bisschop Wiertz bood voor deze feiten zijn excuses aan de slachtoffers aan. Bij vonnis van 18 april 2018 besloot de rechtbank Gelderland evenwel dat de oordelen onzorgvuldig tot stand waren gekomen. De rechtbank liet zich niet uit over de schuld of onschuld van Gijsen. Wel wordt geconcludeerd dat in zijn zaken elementaire rechtsbeginselen zijn geschonden. Zo handelde de klachtencommissie in strijd met eigen regels, deed ze onvoldoende feitenonderzoek en ontbrak wederhoor. Een belangrijk verwijt van de rechtbank is dat de klachtencommissie genoegen heeft genomen met te karig bewijs. Eén klacht tegen Gijsen werd gegrond verklaard omdat er ook een andere, onbewezen klacht tegen de oud-bisschop was. De rechtbank vindt dat niet genoeg reden om een eerder afgewezen klacht alsnog 'aannemelijk' te achten. Enkele citaten uit het vonnis:

"... deze gang van zaken is wel in strijd met het algemeen geldende rechtsbeginsel van hoor en wederhoor." [4.38]

"Daarnaast geldt dat ieder redelijk denkend beoordelaar, die zich bij zijn beoordeling niet alleen laat leiden door zijn empathie en mededogen met de klager c.q. eiser, maar ook door de elementaire beginselen van een methodologisch verdedigbare redenering, behoort in te zien dat twee op zichzelf niet te bewijzen feiten, die niet eens relevant met elkaar in verband staan, samen nog steeds geen enkel bewijs opleveren. Het desbetreffende college heeft in deze twee uitspraken een onvruchtbare en ondeugdelijke kruisbestuiving gebezigd." [4.48]

Omdat door het overlijden van de bisschop een rechtsgang voor eerherstel door de bisschop zelf niet meer mogelijk was, werd het proces aangespannen door de Stichting Sint Jan voor eerlijk proces. Deze stichting roept sinds 22 mei 2018 het bisdom op zijn verklaring over de gegrondverklaring van de klachten tegen wijlen mgr. Gijsen in te trekken.

Kloosters en bezinningscentra in het bisdom Roermond

De volgende kloosters en bezinningscentra bevinden zich in het bisdom:
 Beyart ("Broeders van Maastricht"), Klooster van de Zusters Onder de Bogen en Katholiek Evangelisatiecentrum De Kommel, alle drie te Maastricht
 Abdij Sint-Benedictusberg, Mamelis bij Vaals (Benedictijnen)
 Abdij Lilbosch, Echt (Trappisten)
 Bezinningshuis Regina Carmeli, Sittard
 Priorij Regina Pacis, Valkenburg
 Priorij Nazareth, Tegelen
 Missiehuis St. Michaël, Heilig Hartklooster en Heilige Geestklooster, alle drie in Steyl
 Arnold Janssenklooster, Wahlwiller
 Klooster Sterre der Zee, Brunssum
 Sint-Elisabethklooster, Heythuysen
 Foyer de Charité 'Marthe Robin, Thorn
 Focolarebeweging
 Opus Dei
 Religieuze Familie Het Werk
 Gemeenschap Emmanuel
 Geloof en Licht
 Katholieke Charismatische Vernieuwing (KCV)
 Legioen van Maria
 Neokatechemunale Weg
 Gemeenschap Sant'Egidio
 Vormingscentrum SMA (Sociëteit voor Afrikaanse Missiën)
 Cursillo
 R.K. Marriage Encounter

Heiligen en gedenkdagen in het bisdom Roermond

 H. Gerlachus, kluizenaar (5 januari, vrije gedachtenis)
 H. Pater Karel Houben (5 januari, vrije gedachtenis)
 HH. Wiro, Plechelmus en Otger, missionarissen (8 mei, vrije gedachtenis)
 H. Servatius, eerste bisschop van Maastricht (+384) (13 mei, feest)
 Alle HH. Bisschoppen van Maastricht (15 mei, vrije gedachtenis)
 Verjaardag van de wijding van de kathedraal (3 september, feest)
 H. Gregorius de Grote, paus en kerkleraar (4 september, verplichte gedachtenis)
 H. Lambertus, bisschop en martelaar (17 september, vrije gedachtenis)
 O.L. Vrouw, Sterre der Zee (10 oktober, vrije gedachtenis)
 H. Hubertus, bisschop (3 november, vrije gedachtenis)
 Onbevlekte Ontvangenis van Maria (8 december, hoogfeest)

Zie ook
 Lijst van bisschoppen van Roermond
 Wapen van bisdom Roermond

Katholicisme in Nederland

Roermond

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REPORT: Former MLB Pitcher Accused of Sexual Assault, Battery By His Ex-Girlfriend
December 30, 2021 @2:55pm (Updated: January 12, 2023 @8:06pm) by Darrelle Lincoln
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Former MLB pitcher Sam Dyson has been accused of rape, battery and infliction of emotional distress. The allegations were listed in legal papers filed in Florida's 15th Judicial Court this past Monday.
These disturbing allegations were made by his former girlfriend, Alexis Blackburn. She initially went public with the accusations in November 2019 on Instagram.
The ex-girlfriend of suspended free-agent pitcher Sam Dyson has filed a civil lawsuit against him, accusing him of sexual battery and emotional distress.
In March, MLB suspended Dyson for the entire 2021 season.https://t.co/sbGppUERWW
— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) December 27, 2021
In March, MLB suspended Dyson for the entire 2021 season following Blackburn's claims. The newly filed complaint says Dyson pointed a loaded gun at Blackburn in February 2017 and assaulted and raped her two years later, SFGate.com reported.
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In an additional statement, SFGate.com reported, Robert Buschel from the Buschel Gibbons Law Firm claimed Dyson "has not accepted responsibility for his behavior, thus he has forced this matter to be tried and proven in front of a jury. … We have no doubt that the findings of the jury will be identical to that of Major League Baseball and that Mr. Dyson will be held to account for his violent actions against Ms. Blackburn."
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Pandemic in Uganda
Projects October 12, 2020
According to UNICEF, around 1.6 billion children have remained out of school because of the pandemic, 15 million of which are Ugandans. Whereas a small percentage of fortunate children are able to keep learning through digital means, disadvantaged children do not have access to remote learning and suffer even more from school closures (e.g. in Uganda only 18% of households have access to electricity). Moreover, children with no access to education material will face a higher risk of not returning to schools at all. All of this will surely increase already important inequalities throughout the whole country. In addition to the lack of material, parents often struggle to teach their children properly and after having had their children at home for an extended period, many parents are likely to even lose interest in schooling their children…
After waiting for seven long months, candidate classes (i.e. crucial years in Uganda) of both primary and secondary schools will start reopening. They will follow a shortened and compact programme hoping to make up for lost months. However, it is very likely that the delay in their studies will have long term effects for them and their country. For now, we can only hope that all the other degrees will soon start reopening as well.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Rise Uganda has been supporting alternative ways of learning and growing for children by paying for school equipment and promoting regular lectures in communities that need it the most. You can help us finance material and school interventions in order to help some of the children that will remain out of school for the rest of 2020.
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Comorbidity of mental illness and substance use disorders is common, and comorbidity is reported by service providers as the expectation rather than the exception (Hall, Lynskey, & Teesson, 2001). Many treatment service models are being used to treat this complex group in the alcohol and other drugs (AOD) and mental health (MH) sectors on a best-fit and situational basis. As AOD and MH services are administered and funded separately, there has been little incentive for examining and collaborating on good practice. Further, few studies have systematically reviewed service delivery in this context.
In acknowledging the prevalence and problems associated with comorbidity, the Australian Government launched the National Comorbidity Project in 2000, which brought together the National Drug Strategy (Australian Government, 2008a) and the National Mental Health Strategy (Australian Government, 2008b) coordinated by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (Teesson & Burns, 2001). Areas for action were identified including greater interaction or collaboration between services and building the capacity of services to enhance their response to co-existing drug and mental health problems (Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy, 2004). Despite this and other state, territory and agency initiatives to minimise barriers to treatment and build strong partnerships between drug treatment and mental health services (Australian Health Ministers, 2003; COAG, 2006; DHS, 2007a; DHS, 2007b; NSW Health, 2000a; NSW Health, 2000b), recent findings indicated that people with a history of illicit drug use and co-occurring anxiety or depression are still not well-serviced by AOD and MH services in Australia (Holt et al., 2007; Treloar & Holt, 2008).
The Comorbidity Treatment Service Model Evaluation project was funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, (DoHA) under the umbrella of the National Comorbidity Initiative.
The aims of the Comorbidity Treatment Service Model Evaluation project were to:
Conduct necessary research to determine good practice, and thereby facilitate improved treatment outcomes for people with co-existing mental health and substance abuse problems.
Increase understanding of the impact of service structure on comorbidity treatment outcomes, as well as develop good practice model(s) to ensure improvements in comorbidity treatment service delivery.
The project had three components:
A literature review to determine the evidence base for different comorbidity treatment service delivery models.
Development of a treatment service model evaluation tool to gather information on the impact of service delivery models on treatment outcomes.
Evaluation of 17 comorbidity treatment service models with a focus on the service structure and diagnostic and treatment methods (the focus is not on the detail of methods of assessment, diagnosis, interventions, and client outcomes, unless these are related to the type of treatment service model).
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Former FBI Director James Comey "Can't quite understand" why Robert Mueller passed Trump's obstruction of the law to AG William Barr .?!
VietPress USA (March 27, 2019): James Comey was fired by Trump in May 2017 from his position as FBI Director.
On June 8th, 2017, according to the Military Times's report, former FBI Director James Comey asserted that President Donald Trump fired him to interfere with his investigation of Russia's role in the 2016 election and its ties to the Trump campaign.
"It's my judgment that I was fired because of the Russia investigation," Comey told the Senate intelligence committee in explosive testimony that threatened to undermine Trump's presidency.
"I was fired in some way to change, or the endeavor was to change, the way the Russia investigation was being conducted," Comey testified under oath. "That is a very big deal, and not just because it involves me."
Comey also accused the Trump administration of spreading "lies, plain and simple" about him and the FBI in the aftermath of his abrupt firing last month, declaring that the administration then "chose to defame me and, more importantly, the FBI" by claiming the bureau was in disorder under his leadership. And in testimony that exposed deep distrust between the president and the veteran lawman, Comey described intense discomfort about their one-on-one conversations, saying he decided he immediately needed to document the discussions in memos.
Today, just days after special counsel Robert Mueller submitted his final nearly 2-year-long investigation report that finds no collusion between Trump's campaign team 2016 with Russia; former FBI Director James Comey delivered his much anticipated first public telling of his relationship with Trump, speaking at a packed Senate intelligence committee hearing that brought Washington and parts of the country to a standstill as all eyes were glued to screens showing the testimony.
James Comey continued his ongoing feud with president Trump in his first comments since the release of Attorney General William Barr's summary of the Mueller report at an event hosted by the Learning Society of Queens University in Charlotte Tuesday night.
"I think it's very very important that the American people get transparency," Comey told the audience, calling for a full release of the report, according to The Charlotte Observer.
No video or audio recordings of the event were allowed, but a number of reporters were in attendance.
Comey said he wasn't hoping for "a particular result" -- despite the president's penchant for calling him "Lyin' James Comey" on Twitter -- but did have a problem with Mueller not taking a position on obstruction and allowing Barr, a Trump appointee, to decide on filing an indictment.
Former FBI Director James Comey said he had "great faith" in Robert Mueller, but he's still confused by the special counsel's decision to pass the buck on deciding whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice in the Russia investigation.
Comey, who was fired by Trump in May 2017, continued his ongoing feud with the president in his first comments since the release of Attorney General William Barr's summary of the Mueller report at an event hosted by the Learning Society of Queens University in Charlotte Tuesday night.
"I can't quite understand what's going on with the obstruction stuff," Comey said at the event. "I have great faith in Bob Mueller, but I just can't tell from the letter why didn't he decide these questions when the entire rationale for a special counsel is to make sure the politicals aren't making the key charging decisions."
Mueller wrote in his report that he could not conclude that Trump committed obstruction, but also that the report does not exonerate him.
Barr's letter instead said the decision on the crime of obstruction was passed to himself, and deputy Rod Rosenstein: "The Special Counsel's decision to describe the facts of his obstruction investigation without reaching any legal conclusions leaves it to the Attorney General to determine whether the conduct described in the report constitutes a crime."
Barr decided the conduct detailed in the special counsel's report did not constitute a crime.
Comey's reference to "politicals" apparently alludes to Barr's relationship with Trump.
On Tuesday night, Comey emphasized the first part of the Mueller report, which details Russian interference in the 2016 election through a sustained campaign of hacking and spreading disinformation on social media.
And while he said he wasn't hoping for Trump to come under indictment, he did get in a few shots at Trump, at one point saying the president "doesn't know anything about leadership."
Trump has had a number of explanations for why he fired Comey four months into his presidency, but said simply, "He wasn't doing a good job," in his initial comments a day after the dismissal.


Rockport has one of the most picturesque harbors and villages in our Midcoast Area. This town has a laid back feel. The kind of community where you see people walking their dogs or out for a morning run around Beauchamp Point.


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Озеря́нка (разг. Чёрная река) — река в Украинских Карпатах, в пределах Хустского района, Закарпатской области. Левый приток Теребли (бассейн Тисы). С середины XIX века, по Озерянке (и далее, вниз по Теребле, Тисе) сплавлялся лес. У местных жителей река получила прозвище «чёрная» из-за частых трагедий плотогонов (бокорашей) в её водах.

Описание
Длина 18 км, площадь водосборного бассейна 113 км². Уклон реки 31 м/км. Река типично горная, с быстрым течением, каменистым дном и многочисленными перекатами. Долина узкая (V-образная) и глубокая. Русло слабоизвилистое. В бассейне Озерянки часто бывают паводки.

Расположение
Озерянка берет своё начало юго-восточнее озера Синевир, на северо-западных склонах горы Малая Озерянка (массив Горганы). Течёт сначала на северо-запад, затем — на запад, и далее — в основном на юго-запад (в приустьевой части — на запад). Впадает в Тереблю севернее села Синевир. Над рекой расположены северо-восточные выселки села Синевир.

Интересные факты
 Река полностью протекает в рамках Национального природного парка «Синевир», созданного в 1974 году, первоначально — как ландшафтный заказник общегосударственного значения; с 5 января 1989 года, согласно указу Совмина УССР — Национальный парк.
 Во времена Австро-Венгрии эти места активно использовались для заготовки высококачественного леса-кругляка. С этой целью, в 1868—1869 годах, в бассейне Озерянки были построены три крупных гидротехнических сооружения для накопления и транспортировки леса — лесосплавные плотины (клявзы). Две — в верховьях: а) в урочище Фульевец, при впадении в Озерянку притока Дубылянка, разрушена паводком; б) на левом притоке Озерянки — реке Песя (у подножья горы Передня), вышла из эксплуатации в середине XX века, восстанавливалась в 1950 году, разрушена паводком, сохранились руины. Третья — основная и самая крупная, в приустьевой части (1,5 км до впадения Озерянки в Тереблю) — была в эксплуатации до 1961 года. С 1976 года — на её остатках функционирует Музей леса и сплава. Был затоплен и частично разрушен во время паводка 4 ноября 1998 года. Восстанавливался в 1999—2000 гг., но вновь был разрушен паводком 2001 года. Подлежит восстановлению.
 В 1958 году, на основной плотине в устье Озерянки, проходили съёмки художественного фильма «Над Тиссой» (к/с «Мосфильм»). В остросюжетных сценах с плотами (бокорами) снимались профессиональные бокораши Синевирского лесхоза, бригады Юрия Михайловича Бугины (1922—2016).

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Initial Coin Offerings (ICO), Initial Token Offerings (ITO), Token Generation Events (TGE) or Token Crowdsales are fundraising mechanisms for crypto projects which are poised to be disruptive innovation tools in the digital era. More specifically, they are events where cryptocurrency projects sell their tokens to early adopters in exchange for money. The project usually creates a white paper and a technical paper which states what the project is about, what the technology is and in most cases how blockchain is used in their business model and how their business model is being tokenized. Early supporters of the project are usually motivated to buy the tokens in the hope that the project team will deliver on their promise and create value to the ecosystem.
With the rise of ICOs we can clearly see that crypto tokens are emerging as a new digital asset class. Crypto tokens are digital assets that use a decentralised peer-to-peer network called blockchain. Blockchain has the capability to cryptographically represent, record, store and exchange any kind of assets. Such assets can be; real estate, financial securities (bonds, derivatives, equity), voting right or right to access goods & services.
Tokenization is an essential part of the technology that serves the purpose of platform identification and accessibility. Blockchain platforms are powered by tokens and sometimes they are referred to as "coins". In essence the "Tokenization" concept occurs when the legal entity decides to move away from an old economy (centralised) model into the new economy (decentralised) model by transforming their back-end operations into a blockchain powered platform, while creating network effects and building their community.
Trying to value digital currencies is a difficult task due to the complexity and various dynamics that a potential investor needs to consider. Bitcoin for example is part currency, part commodity and part technology; using traditional valuation models to value this currency does not work. Bitcoin is too recent to reliably use back-test models and does not have cash flows or earning data that can predict its future value.
Utilising macro-financial indicators and cost-of-production models to try and value Bitcoin have not been reliable tools to predict its future market value. However, there are other cryptocurrencies or tokens that can be much easier to model. Treating crypto tokens as stock only for valuation purposes will allow investors to use existing economics and cash flow models to predicts their future value.
How do you value crypto tokens if the traditional methods do not work?
If traditional methods do not work, you can value crypto tokens using the framework below and additionally, measuring community engagement. The majority of ICOs are open source projects which means that most of the community can be involved.. The community is an investor, a stakeholder, a consumer, PR, sales and marketing team, a critic, the governance and control team.
1. Team – Look at the team composition and research everything about the team. The core team, project development team, advisors and their partners. Research their social media accounts i.e. LinkedIn, Twitter… Do they have any crypto experience and prior ICO involvement? Does the team have experience of running a business?
2. Idea – evaluate the idea itself, sector and industry, market potential, market segmentation. What problem is the project trying to solve and what is their solution?
3. Tokenization vs Old business model – Remember not every business would necessarily need blockchain, What is the use of blockchain technology and how does the token fit within the ecosystem? What is the token's main purpose?
4. Project stage – evaluate the projects progress, is it still a concept, does the whitepaper and technical paper exist,.
5. Prior investments – Do they have prior investments? If so are any tier 1 VCs or well known crypto investors already involved in the project?
6. Community & Partnerships – It is important to have an open and engaged community which supports your project. Try to understand the size and the atmosphere within the community. Try to understand if the project has already had any partnerships locked in to trial the token; this is important and shows that the project will have traction once the technology gets deployed.
7. Media – Most of ICO community is active on social media. Some of the social channels to look at are: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Telegram, Slack, WhatsApp, BitcoinTalk, Reddit, Medium, Blogs, other crypto related channels. Evaluate their bounty scheme impact which can create hype around the project.
8. Evaluating the White Paper – The project usually creates a white paper and a technical paper which states what the project is about, what the technology is and in most cases how the blockchain is used in their business model and how their business model is being tokenized, in addition to an indication of their deployment timelines and roadmap. Make sure that you read and understand the whitepaper and technical paper too.
9. Tokenomics & Distribution – Tokenomics is an important part of the whitepaper as it explains how value is created and distributed within the ecosystem. The distribution of the token in a good project will be linked with the roadmap, as each phase or milestone of the project requires a certain amount of funding. Most common token distributions will be as follows; token sale, team and advisors, reserve.
10. Auditing the code quality – Most ICOs use GitHub as their open source to allow their community to review and audit the code. An understanding of programming languages will make reviewing the audit code straight forward. Otherwise utilise third parties to do the audits on your behalf or rely on comments from the more technologically advanced members within the community.


Throsby News: NBN, Funding for Students with Disability, Earth Hour.
It's been another exciting week, with the release yesterday of the new 3-year National Broadband Network rollout plan. It was fantastic to see so many suburbs in this electorate have been included.
DAPTO - 12,800 homes and businesses including Brownsville, Dapto, Haywards Bay, Horsley, Kanahooka, Koonawarra and Penrose.
PORT KEMBLA – 14,300 homes and businesses including Berkeley, Coniston, Cordeaux Heights, Cringila, Farmborough Heights, Lake Heights, Port Kembla, Primbee, Unanderra, Warrawong and Windang.
SHELLHARBOUR – 7,500 homes and businesses including Barrack Heights, Barrack Point, Blackbutt, Flinders, Lake Illawarra, Mount Warrigal, Shell Cove, Shellharbour, Shellharbour City Centre and Warilla.
In the 21st century, the internet is basic infrastructure – Australian families rely on it, and Australian businesses need it. It's become an essential utility - like electricity or water and we know that unless we upgrade to the NBN, our outdated copper network will choke Australia's economy in the future, slowing our growth and putting Australia behind the rest of the world.
We need the NBN to secure our economic future, which is why the Gillard Government is kicking the rollout into high gear, delivering high-speed, reliable broadband to every home and business in Australia.
Most importantly, the NBN will be affordable for families. I know that because earlier this week I spoke to a couple in Kiama who told me that their NBN package is three times as fast and half the cost of their previous broadband service.
To check out when you're getting access to the NBN, go to www.nbnco.com.au/rollout and enter your address or call 1800 881 816.
More than 100,000 NSW school students with disability will have greater access to classroom support and specialised equipment thanks to $63million from the Gillard Government's More Support for Students with Disabilities initiative.
This is a practical example of the Gillard Government's commitment to ensuring all students, regardless of their circumstances, can get the best education possible and the best chance to succeed in life.
This Saturday 31 March is the sixth official 'Earth Hour', when more than 4000 cities in more than 130 countries take part in the symbolism of switching to darkness for an hour at 8:30pm.
The threat of climate change worries a great many people and Earth Hour gives them an opportunity to mark that concern. It is a global grassroots movement encouraging individuals, businesses and governments to take positive actions for the environment and celebrate their commitment to the planet by switching off their lights for one designated hour from 8:30pm AEDST.
Parliament House is joining in the movement by switching off all non-essential building lights, computers, televisions and other electrical equipment.
This is part of their challenge to achieve 10% energy efficiency and draw attention to the Do Something! energy efficiency campaign, which encourages households and businesses to work towards reducing their overall energy use or emissions by 10%.
Further information about Earth Hour 2012 can be found at www.earthhour.org and the Do Something! energy efficiency campaign at www.10percentchallenge.com.au.
This week I attended the Public Citizenship Ceremony at the Shellharbour where I was given the honour of welcoming a group of new Australians to our region on behalf of Chris Bowen, Mister for Immigration and Citizenship. The ceremony added a special significance to those attaining their Australian citizenship and provided a great occasion for the recipients, their families and close friends to celebrate the life defining moment.
I'm hosting a Gonski Education forum at Oxley College in the Southern Highlands on Tuesday evening. This is a great opportunity to meet with teachers, principals and parents to discuss key issues surrounding the new funding model for Australian public schools and hear feedback on what needs to be done.
Tuesday April 3, 5:30-7:30pm, Oxley College, Railway Rd, Burradoo.
Tuesday is also Southern Highlands Constituent Day. I'll be taking meetings all afternoon with locals in Moss Vale to hear about a range of issues important to the residents of Throsby.
If you would like to book in for a short meeting, please phone my office on (02) 4262 6122.


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Children's Book Illustration
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What is House of Zinthos?
Unfortunately, House of Zinthos is not the name of an actual house (although I imagine if it were, it would look like a cross-between Dracula's castle and Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory…) My name is Hannah Collins and House of Zinthos is my studio monicker. I am a London-born freelance artist and writer currently based in Caerphilly (Wales, UK) who works with individuals and businesses to provide bespoke illustration services for a broad range of projects including logos, children's books, portraits, and comics.
Hannah graduated from Lancaster University (UK) with a BA in Fine Art and Creative Writing (First Class Hons) in 2012. Her love and education in drawing is rooted in painstakingly copying panels from her favourite Batman comics as a teenager that went on to form the basis of her own high-contrast and highly detailed style, although she is also fascinated by fashion, children's books, and Surreal art. Her formal training as a fine artist lends her commercial work depth, inventiveness, and texture; and an innate ability to adapt and manipulate her style to suit any individual project.
Her work has been displayed in 3 group exhibitions to date in London and Lancaster; she has also designed book covers; comic book art; children's story illustrations; character concept art; logos; blog illustrations; portraits; greetings cards; and since 2013 she has illustrated and produced the ongoing manga-inspired comic book series 'Age of Revolution' for Cosmic Anvil, as well as designing the company's website, logo and marketing materials and helping to run the company's comic book making workshops to local schools. Since 2015 she has also been drawing the newspaper comic strip, 'The Astonishing Adventures of Lemon'ed & Beefy' for The CDF in collaboration with writer Huw Williams.
When she's not at her drawing board, Hannah spends her time blogging, drinking far too much coffee, and watching kids cartoons.
Hannah is currently represented by Inky Illustration.
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import com.andrew.apolloMod.helpers.DomElement;

/**
 * This utility class can be used to generically generate Result objects (usually Lists or {@link PaginatedResult}s) from an XML response
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 * @author Janni Kovacs
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public final class ResponseBuilder {

	private ResponseBuilder() {
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	private static <T> ItemFactory<T> getItemFactory(Class<T> itemClass) {
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	public static <T> Collection<T> buildCollection(Result result, Class<T> itemClass) {
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Orre Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Klepp Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Pollestad. It is the main church for the Orre parish which is part of the Jæren prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The gray, stone church was built in a long church style in 1950 using designs by the architects Gustav Helland and Endre Årreberg. The church seats about 250 people.

History
The church was built to replace the centuries-old Old Orre Church located in the nearby village of Orre. This church was consecrated on 28 May 1950 by the Bishop Karl Martinussen.

See also
List of churches in Rogaland

References

Klepp
Churches in Rogaland
Stone churches in Norway
20th-century Church of Norway church buildings
Churches completed in 1950
1950 establishments in Norway