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<?php
/** @var $this WPBakeryShortCode_VC_Posts_Grid */
global $vc_teaser_box;
$grid_link = $grid_layout_mode = $title = $filter = '';
$posts = array();
extract( shortcode_atts( array(
	'title' => '',
	'grid_columns_count' => 4,
	'grid_teasers_count' => 8,
	'grid_layout' => 'title,thumbnail,text',
	// title_thumbnail_text, thumbnail_title_text, thumbnail_text, thumbnail_title, thumbnail, title_text
	'grid_link_target' => '_self',
	'filter' => '',
	//grid,
	'grid_thumb_size' => 'thumbnail',
	'grid_layout_mode' => 'fitRows',
	'el_class' => '',
	'teaser_width' => '12',
	'orderby' => null,
	'order' => 'DESC',
	'loop' => '',
), $atts ) );
$this->resetTaxonomies();
if ( empty( $loop ) ) {
	return;
}
$this->getLoop( $loop );
$my_query = $this->query;
$args = $this->loop_args;
$teaser_blocks = vc_sorted_list_parse_value( $grid_layout );
global $vc_posts_grid_exclude_id;
while ( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
	$my_query->the_post(); // Get post from query
	$post = new stdClass(); // Creating post object.
	if ( in_array( get_the_ID(), $vc_posts_grid_exclude_id ) ) {
		continue;
	}
	$post->id = get_the_ID();
	$post->link = get_permalink( $post->id );
	if ( $vc_teaser_box->getTeaserData( 'enable', $post->id ) === '1' ) {
		$post->custom_user_teaser = true;
		$data = $vc_teaser_box->getTeaserData( 'data', $post->id );
		if ( ! empty( $data ) ) {
			$data = json_decode( $data );
		}
		$post->bgcolor = $vc_teaser_box->getTeaserData( 'bgcolor', $post->id );
		$post->custom_teaser_blocks = array();
		$post->title_attribute = the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' );
		if ( ! empty( $data ) ) {
			foreach ( $data as $block ) {
				$settings = array();
				if ( $block->name === 'title' ) {
					$post->title = the_title( "", "", false );
				} elseif ( $block->name === 'image' ) {
					if ( $block->image === 'featured' ) {
						$post->thumbnail_data = $this->getPostThumbnail( $post->id, $grid_thumb_size );
					} elseif ( ! empty( $block->image ) ) {
						$post->thumbnail_data = wpb_getImageBySize( array(
							'attach_id' => (int) $block->image,
							'thumb_size' => $grid_thumb_size
						) );
					} else {
						$post->thumbnail_data = false;
					}
					$post->thumbnail = $post->thumbnail_data && isset( $post->thumbnail_data['thumbnail'] ) ? $post->thumbnail_data['thumbnail'] : '';
					$post->image_link = empty( $video ) && $post->thumbnail && isset( $post->thumbnail_data['p_img_large'][0] ) ? $post->thumbnail_data['p_img_large'][0] : $video;
				} elseif ( $block->name === 'text' ) {
					if ( $block->mode === 'custom' ) {
						$settings[] = 'text';
						$post->content = $block->text;
					} elseif ( $block->mode === 'excerpt' ) {
						$settings[] = $block->mode;
						$post->excerpt = $this->getPostExcerpt();
					} else {
						$settings[] = $block->mode;
						$post->content = $this->getPostContent();
					}
				}
				if ( isset( $block->link ) ) {
					if ( $block->link === 'post' ) {
						$settings[] = 'link_post';
					} elseif ( $block->link === 'big_image' ) {
						$settings[] = 'link_image';
					} else {
						$settings[] = 'no_link';
					}
					$settings[] = '';
				}
				$post->custom_teaser_blocks[] = array( $block->name, $settings );
			}
		}
	} else {
		$post->custom_user_teaser = false;
		$post->title = the_title( "", "", false );
		$post->title_attribute = the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' );
		$post->post_type = get_post_type();
		$post->content = $this->getPostContent();
		$post->excerpt = $this->getPostExcerpt();
		$post->thumbnail_data = $this->getPostThumbnail( $post->id, $grid_thumb_size );
		$post->thumbnail = $post->thumbnail_data && isset( $post->thumbnail_data['thumbnail'] ) ? $post->thumbnail_data['thumbnail'] : '';
		$video = get_post_meta( $post->id, "_p_video", true );
		$post->image_link = empty( $video ) && $post->thumbnail && isset( $post->thumbnail_data['p_img_large'][0] ) ? $post->thumbnail_data['p_img_large'][0] : $video;
	}

	$post->categories_css = $this->getCategoriesCss( $post->id );

	$posts[] = $post;
}
wp_reset_query();

/**
 * Css classes for grid and teasers.
 * {{
 */
$post_types_teasers = '';
if ( ! empty( $args['post_type'] ) && is_array( $args['post_type'] ) ) {
	foreach ( $args['post_type'] as $post_type ) {
		$post_types_teasers .= 'wpb_teaser_grid_' . $post_type . ' ';
	}
}
$el_class = $this->getExtraClass( $el_class );
$li_span_class = $this->spanClass( $grid_columns_count );

$css_class = 'wpb_row wpb_teaser_grid wpb_content_element ' .
             $this->getMainCssClass( $filter ) . // Css class as selector for isotope plugin
             ' columns_count_' . $grid_columns_count . // Custom margin/padding for different count of columns in grid
             ' columns_count_' . $grid_columns_count . // Combination of layout and column count
             // ' post_grid_'.$li_span_class .
             ' ' . $post_types_teasers . // Css classes by selected post types
             $el_class; // Custom css class from shortcode attributes
// }}

$this->setLinktarget( $grid_link_target );

?>
	<div
		class="<?php echo apply_filters( VC_SHORTCODE_CUSTOM_CSS_FILTER_TAG, $css_class, $this->settings['base'], $atts ) ?>">

			<?php echo wpb_widget_title( array( 'title' => $title, 'extraclass' => 'wpb_teaser_grid_heading' ) ) ?>

				<?php if ( $filter === 'yes' && ! empty( $this->filter_categories ) ):
					$categories_array = $this->getFilterCategories();
					?>

<?php _e( 'All', 'js_composer' ) ?>

						<?php foreach ( $this->getFilterCategories() as $cat ): ?>

<a href="#"
							       data-filter=".grid-cat-<?php echo $cat->term_id ?>"><?php echo esc_attr( $cat->name ) ?>

						<?php endforeach; ?>

				<?php endif; ?>
				<ul class="wpb_thumbnails wpb_thumbnails-fluid vc_clearfix"
				    data-layout-mode="<?php echo $grid_layout_mode ?>">
					<?php
					/**
					 * Enqueue js/css
					 * {{
					 */
					wp_enqueue_style( 'isotope-css' );
					wp_enqueue_script( 'isotope' );
					?>
					<?php if ( count( $posts ) > 0 ): ?>
						<?php foreach ( $posts as $post ): ?>
							<?php
							$blocks_to_build = $post->custom_user_teaser === true ? $post->custom_teaser_blocks : $teaser_blocks;
							$block_style = isset( $post->bgcolor ) ? ' style="background-color: ' . $post->bgcolor . '"' : '';
							?>
							<li
								class="isotope-item <?php echo apply_filters( VC_SHORTCODE_CUSTOM_CSS_FILTER_TAG, $li_span_class, 'vc_teaser_grid_li', $atts ) . $post->categories_css ?>"<?php echo $block_style ?>>

									<?php foreach ( $blocks_to_build as $block_data ): ?>
										<?php include $this->getBlockTemplate() ?>
									<?php endforeach; ?>

 <?php echo $this->endBlockComment( 'single teaser' ); ?>
						<?php endforeach; ?>
					<?php else: ?>
						<li class="<?php echo $this->spanClass( 1 ); ?>"><?php _e( "Nothing found.", "js_composer" ) ?>

					<?php endif; ?>

 <?php echo $this->endBlockComment( '.wpb_wrapper' ) ?>

 <?php echo $this->endBlockComment( '.wpb_teaser_grid' ) ?>


WordPress is a CMS (Content Management System), and allows someone inexperienced in web development to quickly create good looking websites from an initial template of the customer's choice, and to quickly add, change and remove content via a simple to use web interface.
We integrate WordPress into your A2Billing system, with a suitable template of your choice, with plugins for rates to be displayed directly from the underlying A2Billing database, then provide eight hours of training and support for WordPress.
- Purchase of customer's chosen template.
- 8 hours support including WordPress training, support, and customisation.
After installation and some basic training, the customer will be able to add their own content to their website quickly and easily.
Although the CMS system seems initially expensive, the cost savings over having a custom website designed, coupled with the ongoing costs of having a 3rd party developer make updates your site, are substantial.
After purchase, the Star2Billing Team will contact you to make necessary arrangements to access your system and install the module.


A mob is a big gathering of people, this group may or may not be violent or angry. The mob is an illegal organization of people that commit crimes. To mob is to have a gathering of people push toward something, surrounding it. This group may just be excited but also may have the intent to attack something.
Demob is a verb, mainly used in British English as an abbreviation for demobilize.
Demobilize is a verb that means to discharge or release from service in the military, or to stop a group or organization, like disbanding them.
Demob can also be a noun used as an abbreviation for demobilization, which is simply the noun form of demobilize.
Demob was coined in World War II.
Demob is also commonly used in the US military. Have used it many times myself.


One such drama is playing out in Rhode Island. On May 18, 2014, a justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court issued a ruling denying Governor Gina Raimondo's petition seeking the release of grand jury records related to an investigation into the state's $75 million loan guarantee for the videogame company 38 Studios. When the company subsequently filed for bankruptcy, Rhode Island taxpayers were left to cover its debt. Controversy has ensued ever since.
This request was not unprecedented. Grand jury materials had been released in several high profile investigations of "extraordinary public interest," including the Rhode Island Attorney General's probe of the 2003 Station Nightclub fire, in which 100 people died after pyrotechnics ignited sound insulation in a Warwick, RI nightclub.
The Governor has not stated whether she will appeal the decision. The Rhode Island General Assembly is in any event poised to consider legislation that would deem any record created by the State Police or Attorney General's Office related to the investigation a public record. Release of any grand jury materials, however, would still require court approval.
The dispute between Governor Raimondo and Attorney General Kilmartin is far from unique. For a discussion of the dispute between Colorado's Governor John Hickenlooper and Attorney General Cynthia Coffman over EPA's Clean Power Plan, see Foley Hoag's blog on Law & the Environment. In Maine, the state's governor is suing its attorney general for refusing to represent him in federal lawsuits. In Louisiana, the state attorney general has sued the governor over a four-million-dollar funding dispute. As political tensions rise, one might reasonably expect such disputes to increase, whether motivated by deeply held principles or simple politics.


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Foodborne and Food-Handler Norovirus Outbreaks: A Systematic Review
Lookup NU author(s): Dr Marie McIntyreORCiD, Professor Sarah O'Brien
Published version [.pdf]
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
© Joanne L. Hardstaff et al. 2018; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2018.Norovirus (NoV) is the commonest cause of gastrointestinal disease in the United Kingdom and in many developed countries, causing diarrhea and vomiting in millions of cases worldwide annually. Transmission is most often mediated from person to person. NoV infection has, however, additionally been associated with the consumption of food, either through the consumption of food contaminated at source such as seafood, berries, and salad, or as a consequence of the foodstuff being contaminated in some way by a food handler during processing or serving. A systematic review of outbreaks attributed to NoV between January 2003 and July 2017 was conducted to assess the contribution of food handlers to the burden of NoV, and to identify foods commonly associated with NoV outbreaks. A total of 3021 articles were screened, of which 27 met the definition of confirmed foodborne outbreaks and 47 met the criteria for definite food-handler NoV outbreaks. Of all food types, shellfish were implicated in the greatest number of definite foodborne outbreaks. Food handlers contributed to definite food-handler outbreaks involving a diverse range of foodstuffs and in a wide variety of settings, including weddings and military establishments. More genotypes of NoV were found in people who were ill than in samples from food and food handlers. The potential for both food products and food handlers to contribute to the burden of NoV infection is demonstrated conclusively.
Author(s): Hardstaff JL, Clough HE, Lutje V, McIntyre KM, Harris JP, Garner P, O'Brien SJ
Publication type: Review
Journal: Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
Print publication date: 01/10/2018
Online publication date: 15/08/2018
Acceptance date: 02/04/2016
Publisher: Mary Ann Liebert Inc.
URL: https://doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2018.2452
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2018.2452

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday accused Congress President Rahul Gandhi of manufacturing Supreme Court order on Rafale deal for political propaganda and said 'right to free speech' is not 'right to falsehood'.
"I am happy and I have been saying so for months that Hindustan's PM has given the air force money to (industrialist) Anil Ambani, and the SC has accepted it. The SC is going to investigate it," Gandhi had said.
"I want to thank the SC. It's a very happy day. SC has talked about justice. Justice has prevailed," he had added.


Any idea how to run winkawaks?
Thanks for the info hermine.potter.
Because the zinc emulator does not use a "standard" format to run games. it's hard to post a configuration. Zinc uses numbers to load the games not the file name as most emulators do.
Now when you start a game from attractmode it will literally pass "zinc.exe 2" to the command line thus the syntax is correct and your game will load from attract mode.
of course make sure you set up ZiNC first before setting it up in attract mode!
Because DICE does not load games the normal way it can be tricky to get it to work from attract mode (or any frontend).
Make a empty new txt file and rename it. ex make a test file and name it pong.nul. do that for a the "missing roms" now have attactmode look for extensions of .zip and .nul (ex. .zip;nul) Now you can play pong from attract mode!
Because this game runs WAY too fast from a normal start...you can slow it down by using the -oldtiming switch and it runs "perfect"


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Prison chief gives rare insight into life inside Qatar's jail
An interview published in today's Gulf Times with the director of Qatar's Penal and Reformatory Institutions Department gives an unusual amount of information about the lives of prisoners in Qatar.
Colonel Mohamed Saud al-Utaibi says that each inmate has the right to make two phone calls a month, and non-Qataris are also allowed to receive occasional phone calls from their relatives.
He also says that the prison is about to start granting access to Skype, Twitter and Yahoo Messenger to help inmates keep in touch with their families.
"This would make things easy, especially for foreign inmates, and ease the burden of cost on their relatives. This idea was highly received by the inmates and they are eagerly waiting for its launch. However, this would not in anyway be an alternative for the usual visits they are entitled to," he said.
He goes on to explain that prisoners are kept occupied with activities like crafts, gardening and sport.
Female prisoners – of whom there are only 13 in Qatar – are given "appropriate" crafts to do, he says, like dress making and drawing.
He also describes the prison's approach to Ramadan, providing a special Iftar meal for prisoners each evening, which Muslims and non-Muslims share together. Non-Muslims are not expected to fast during the day, but they must eat out of sight of Muslim inmates.
Credit: Photo by IndyDina
KSA signs construction contract for world's (newest) tallest tower
Anticipation mounts as Qatari flag raised at London's Olympic park
BULLSHIT!!!


Concentration and perseverance built the great pyramids on Egypt's plains .
The matter of a single trade can sppuort a family.The master of seven trades cannot support himself.
Now I know that in order to grow and flourish I must spare no efforts in doing things and keep a little in advance of the times . Those who reach the top are the ones who are not content with doing only what are required of them .They do more.They go extra mile ,And another.
I will Spare No Efforts In Doing Things.
Now I knowthat I cannot pursue a worthy goal,steadily and persistently ,with all the powers of my mind and yet fail . If I focus the rays of sun with a burning glass , even in the coldest days of winter.I can kindle a fire with ease.
The weakest living creature , by concentrating his powers on a single object can accomplish good results while the strongest ,by dispersing his effort over many chores,may fail to accomplish anything.Drops of water ,by continually falling,hone their passage through the hardest of rocks but the hasty torrent rushes over it with hideous uproar and leaves notrace behind.I will leave my trace.The world will know I have been here.


Our residents and faculty contribute to the academic atmosphere of the department by proactive participation in our educational program and research efforts, including co-authorship of peer reviewed publications and acceptance of papers to be presented at local/national meetings. See our listing below.
Olugbade, Kola. Presentation at the Annual 2019 NYAM Chief Resident Debate. March 2019.
Russo, P. Kidney Cancer: Epidemiology and evaluation / staging / surveillance. Presenting at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
Dalbagni, G. Bladder Cancer: non invasive III. Presenting at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
Donat MS. Bladder Cancer: invasive IV. Presenting at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
Sheinfeld, J. Penile and testicular cancer I. Presenting at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
Sandhu, JS. Male Urinary incontinence after prostatic treatment. Presenting at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
Blaivas J. Urodynamics/lower urinary tract dysfunction/female pelvic medicine: incontinence: evaluation (urodynamic testing). Presenting at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
Blaivas, J. Nocturia: Advances in diagnosis and management. Presenting at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
Emeruwa, Curran. Abstract Accepted for presentation at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
Smith, Matthew. Abstract Accepted for presentation at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
Khusid, Johnathan. Abstract Accepted for presentation at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
Robins, Dennis. Abstract Accepted for presentation at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
Weiss, JP. Nocturia: Advances in diagnosis and management. Presenting at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
Bochner, B. Setbacks and operative solutions (sos):Radical cystectomy. Presenting at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
Sheinfeld, J. Testis Cancer: Current concepts and controversies. Presenting at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
Bochner B. Surgical techniques: Tips and tricks: Bladder Cancer. Presentation at the 2018 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2018.
Graham, J. Presentation at the Annual 2018 NYAM Chief Resident Debate. March 2018.
Russo, P. Kidney Cancer: Localized surgical therapy. Presentation at the 2018 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2018.
Purohit, R. Surgical Techniques: Tips & Tricks: Female Urethral Stricture Disease. Presentation at the 2018 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2018.
Kolon, T. Understanding disorders and differences in sexual development. Presentation at the 2018 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2018.
Blaivas, J. Diagnosis and treatment of catheter dependent men after transurethral resection of the prostate and laser failures. Presentation at the 2018 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2018.
Sheinfeld, J. Testis Cancer: Current concepts and controversies. Presentation at the 2018 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2018.
Sullivan, J. Comparative analysis of the natural history of De Novo Peyronie's disease versus post radical prostatectomy Peyronie's disease. Presentation at the 2018 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2018.
Blaivas, J. Benign prostatic hyperplasia: medical and non surgical therapy. Presentation at the 2018 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2018.
Weiss, JP. Nocturia: Advances in diagnosis and management. Presentation at the 2018 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2018.
Blaivas, J. Safety of autologous fascial pubovaginal slings versus synthetic mid urethral slings. Presentation at the 2018 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2018.
Graham, J. Participation at the AUA 2018 Annual Meeting The Great Debate: AUA Chief Residents. May 2018.
Khusid JA. Novel prolonged action formulation acetaminophen ibuprofen combination therapy for treatment of nocturia…… Presentation at the 2018 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2018.
McNeil, BK. Take Home Messages: Kidney Cancer. Presentation at the 2018 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2018.
Chouhan J. Assessing Primary Care Patterns for Prostate Specific Antigen Screening in an Inner City. Presentation at the 2018 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2018.
Chouhan, J. Participation at the AUA 2018 Annual Advocacy Summit. May 2018.
Weiss JP. Presentation at Annual Congress of the American College of Surgeons. 2018.
Smith, M. Presentation at International Continence Society Annual Meeting. 2018.
Kashani, M. Presentation at International Continence Society Annual Meeting. 2018.
Epstein, M, Khusid JA, Weiss JP Comparison of flow volume chart parameters between Caucasian and African American men with nocturia. Presented at the Association of VA Surgeons 2018 Annual Meeting. May 2018.
Smith M, Graham J, Levy E, Olugbade K, Roudnitsky V, Flores V, Emeruwa C, Shimonovich S, Winer A. Penile preservation with subcutaneous transposition during Fournier's Gangrene. Urology. (Case Report). Accepted. 2017.
Khusid JA, Chouhan JD, Sullivan JF, Soberjot S, Becerra AZ, Sterling WA, Weiss JP: Efficacy of Fluoroquinolone Use For Post Prostate Biopsy Sepsis Prophylaxis At A Single Institution. Slated for Presentation at Association of VA Surgeons' Meeting, Houston, TX, May 7-9, 2017.
Jerry G Blaivas, Lucas J Policastro, Zahava M Hirsch, Amy L O'Boyle, David Chaikin. Correlation between symptom severity and bother in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms. Slated for Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, Boston, Mass, May 2017.
Jerry G Blaivas, Lucas J Policastro, Zahava M Hirsch, Amy L O'Boyle, David Chaikin. Utility of Bladder Diaries Containing Frequency Volume Charts. Slated for Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, Boston, Mass, May 2017.
Johnathan A. Khusid MD1, Igor Inoyatov BA1, Adan Z. Becerra BA2, Llewellyn Hyacinthe MD3, Brian K. McNeil MD3 and Andrew G. Winer MD4. EFFECTS OF THE 2012 USPSTF PSA SCREENING RECOMMENDATIONS ON PROSTATE BIOPSY PRACTICES IN AN INNER CITY HOSPITAL WITH A HIGH RISK PATIENT POPULATION. Slated for Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, Boston, Mass, May 2017.
Shawn Mendonca, John Graham, Daniel Sjoberg, Melissa Assel, Jonathan Coleman, Behfar Ehdaie. Characterizing Local Recurrence after Radical Prostatectomy using MR-Targeted Biopsy. Slated for Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, Boston, Mass, May 2017.
John Sullivan, Yanira Ortega, Kelly Chiles, Lawrence Jenkins, John P. Mulhall. Comparing Plaque Morphology Between Men Developing Peyronie's Disease (PD) After Radical Prostatectomy (RP) To That of De Novo Peyronie's Disease Patients. Slated for Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, Boston, Mass, May 2017.
John N Graham1, David A Silver2, Jeffrey P Weiss1, Michael P Herman3. Utilization of rectal swab cultures prior to prostate biopsy: an initial survey to assess practice and possible barriers to use. Slated for Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, Boston, Mass, May 2017.
Levy, Eric. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Slated for Presentation at The New York Academy of Medicine Chief Residents' Debate. March 2017.
William Atallah. End-to-end urethroplasty. Slated for Presentation at The New York Academy of Medicine Chief Residents' Debate. March 2017.
Liaw, Policastro, Blaivas. Surgical Outcomes in Catheter Dependent Men Due to Urinary Retention. Slated for Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, May 2016.
Cherian, Weiss... Convergence of Nocturnal Polyuria Definitions. Presented at the AUA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, May 2016.
Sterling, Mehta, Schriber, Karanikolas, Weiss. Prostate biopsy in the era of contemporary USPSTF guidelines. Presented at the AUA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, May 2016.
Bagrodia A, Levy E, Sukhu R, Winer A, Vacchio M, Lee B, Donahue T, Cha E, Tully C, Assel M, Sjoberg D, Vickers A, Rosenberg J, Bajorin D, Dalbagni G, Bochner B. Incidence and impact of venous thromboembolism in radical cystectomy patients undergoing pre-operative chemotherapy for muscle invasive bladder cancer. Presented at the AUA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, May 2016.
Chouhan J, Swerdloff DS, Graham JN, Verges D, Sterling WA, Weedon J, Mehta K, Schreiber D, Weiss JP, Karanikolas N. Serum Vitamin D Levels and Their Association with Prostate Cancer in the Veteran Population. Presentated at the Association of VA Surgeouns Annual Meeting, Virginia VA, USA, April 2016.
Ghanaat, Mazyar. Treatment with artificial urinary sphincter. New York Academy of Medicine Chief Residents' Debate. March 2016.
Levy Eric. Age Related urge perception in men with nocturia. a 5 year review of frequency volume charts at a single institution. Presented at The Ferdinand C. Valentine Resident's Essay Contest, The New York Academy of Medicine. April 2016.
Chouhan, Weiss, Fischer: Current Urology Resident Views on Desirable Characteristics for First Time Employment. Slated for Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, May 15-May 19, 2015.
Gerber J, Weiss J, Hou A, Aizen J, Mehta K. Etiology of nocturia in elderly men. Abstract presented at Internation Continence Society Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, 2015.
Sterling, Weiss, Karanikolas, Weedon, Schreiber, Atallah, Bergman, Mehta: Is race predictive of a future prostate cancer diagnosis after an initial negative biopsy? Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, May 15-May 19, 2015.
Tyler, Badri, Aizen, Weiss, Benedon, Blaivas: TURP/KTPLAP: An Effective Treatment for Men with Detrusor Underactivity (DU) & Bladder Outlet Obstruction (BOO). Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, May 15-May 19, 2015.
Aizen, Weiss, Gerber, Mehta: When Nocturia Improves, What Gets Better? Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, May 15-May 19, 2015.
Daniel P. Verges, MD, Wililam Andrew Sterling, William Atallah, MD, Jeremy Weedon, PhD, Nicholas Karanikolas, M.D. The Relationship of PSA at Referral to Urology Clinic and Risk of Positive Prostate Biopsy and its Variance Between the Races. Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, May 15-May 19, 2015.
Jerry Blaivas, Matthew Benedon, James Weinberger, Yosi Rozenberg, Lior Ravid, Jonathan Vapnek. The Dynamic Urine Vibration Halter: A New Outpatient Device for Remote Patient Monitoring of Uroflow. Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, May 15-May 19, 2015.
Melissa Laudano, Matthew Benedon, Michael Stern, Jerry Blaivas. Underactive Bladder is Not a Symptom Complex. Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, May 15-May 19, 2015.
Rajveer Purohit, Matthew Benedon, Gabriel Mekel, James Weinberger, Johnson Tsui, Jerry BlaivasValsalva Voiding Distinguishes Slow Urinary Flow Caused by Anterior Urethral Strictures from Prostatic Obstruction. Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, May 15-May 19, 2015.
E. Charles Osterberg,Johnson Tsui, Matthew Benedon, Jerry Blaivas, Rajveer Purohit . TREATMENT OF URETHRAL STRICTURES CURES BOTH OBSTRUCTIVE AND STORAGE VOIDING SYMPTOM. Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, May 15-May 19, 2015.
Golombos David. DVIUNew York Academy of Medicine chief Residents' Debate. April 2015.
McNeil B. 2014 SBU Annual Meeting. Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Selected as AUA/SBU Academic Exchange Program Scholar. (Presentation September 2014).
Tyler M, Aizen J, Badri A, Benedon M, Weiss JP, Blaivas J. TURP/KTPLAP is an effective treatment for men with detrusor underactivity. October 2014 International Continence Society Meeting, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Published, Neurology and Urodynamics, Aug. 2014, Vol. 33, Issue 6.
Blaivas J, Rozenberg Y, Ravid L, Benedon M, Vapnek J. The dynamic urine vibration halter: a new outpatient ambulatory flow/meter. Presentation October 2014 International Incontinence Society. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Published, Neurology and Urodynamics. Aug. 2014, Vol 33, Issue 6.
Blaivas J, Nassau D. Long term results of augmentation enterocystoplasty in patients with chronic progressive multiple sclerosis. October 2014 International Incontinence Society. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Published, Neurology and Urodynamics. Aug. 2014, Vol 33, Issue 6.
Weiss JP, Marshall SD. Chapter 78 Nocturia IN: Wein et al. 11th Edition Campbell-Walsh Urology 2014.
Friedman FM, Weiss JP , Carlsson MO, Mangan EK. Identifying patient characteristics predicting optimal nocturia reduction with fesoterodine. Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL 2014.
Skenazy JF, Levy EB, Atallah W, Bergman A, WeissJP, Schreiber D. Impact of African American Race on outcomes after prostatectomy in an equal access center. Presentation at the Association of VA Surgeons: 38th Annual Meeting. 2014.
Verges D. The Relationship of tumor grade to the rate of biochemical recurrence and pretreatment prostate prostate specific antigen levels in men planning to undergo radical prostatectomy. Presentation at The NY Section, American Urological Association, Inc. Valentine Meeting. 2014.
Winer A. Surveillance with interval imaging. Presentation at The NY Academy of Medicine, Chief Residents' Debate. 2014.
Bergman A. Ancient Egyptian Urology in the Edwin Smith surgical papyrus. Presentation at The NY Section, American Urological Association, Inc. Valentine Meeting. 2014.
McNeil B, Sun Y. Derivation of Molecular Signatures for Acute Prostate Cancer Prognosis Using Both Annotated and Non-annotated Tissue Samples. (Grant Award by SUNY Research Foundation, Collaborative Principal Investigation), Aug. 2013.
Tsui J, Shah MB, Weinberger JM, Ghanaat M, Weiss JP, Purohit RS, Blaivas JG. Pad Count is a poor measure of the severity of urinary incontinence. SUFU and AUA Presentation 2013.
Montamedinia P, Patel T, Tan Y, Goru V, Shapiro E, Bergman A, Badani K.Does the Amount of Perirenal Fat Affect Total Operative Time During Robotic Partial Nephrectomy? Poster Presentation at the World Congress of Endourology, New Orleans Louisiana, October 22-26, 2013.
Shapiro E, Berg W, Bergman A, Scarberry K, Patel T, Badani K.Baseline Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels in Men Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy: Is There an Association with Adverse Pathologic Features? Poster Presentation at the World Congress of Endourology, New Orleans Louisiana, October 22-26, 2013.
Shapiro E, Pagano M, Scarberry K, Patel T, Bergman A, RoyChoudhury A, McKiernan J, Benson M, Badani K.Predictive Factors of Biochemical Recurrence in Men with Seminal Vesicle Invasion. Poster Presentation at the World Congress of Endourology, New Orleans Louisiana, October 22-26, 2013.
Bergman A, Shapiro E, Korets P, Patel T, Badani KUtilization of Robotic Simulators for Urologic Training. . Poster Presentation at the World Congress of Endourology, New Orleans Louisiana, October 22-26, 2013.
Badani K, Bergman A, Shapiro E, Patel The First Assistant Sparing Technique (F.A.S.T) of Robotic Partial Nephrectomy Using Immunofluorescence Aided Selective Arterial Clamping. . Video Presentation at the World Congress of Endourology, New Orleans Louisiana, October 22-26, 2013.
Jerry G. Blaivas, Rajveer S. Purohit, Johnson F. Tsui, Jeffrey P. Weiss. Salvage of Mesh Sling Complications in Women. American Urological Association Annual Meeting 2012, Atlanta, GA. (Presented May 2012).


A young man slouches in his armchair, gazing above the mantle of his fireplace. The warm glow of the fire illuminates a face exemplifying youth and beauty in every facet, as well as the empty room its owner sits in. The sitting man's eyes narrow, focusing on a particular spot on the portrait above the mantle. The portrait, his portrait, seems to have adopted a strange look about the mouth. The handsome young man stands and moves closer, and now there can be no doubt. A cruel, harsh snarl has disfigured the otherwise beautiful picture of Dorian Gray.
"The Picture of Dorian Gray" is a low fantasy horror novel by Oscar Wilde, which first appeared in 1890 in "Lippincott's Monthly Magazine," followed by a book form of the novel published in 1891. "The Picture" follows the life of Dorian Gray, a rich, likeable and incredibly handsome young man and the changes that affect him over time.
"The Picture" begins with an extended dialogue between the two main supporting characters, Lord Henry Wotton and painter Basil Hallward, as they discuss Hallward's latest work, a portrait of his friend Dorian Gray. Dorian himself arrives later and Hallward reveals the painting, which proves so beautiful that Gray murmurs a prayer that he may always look as the painting does.
Following this grand reveal, Wotton escorts young Gray on a walk in Hallward's garden, where the two begin a philosophical conversation in which Wotton expresses his adherence to a school of philosophy emphasizing self-indulgence above all. Here is the point in the story where the reader will become either irritated or infatuated with "The Picture," as here Wilde first introduces the philosophy of Hedonism.
With such emphasis on the subject, it should hardly be surprising this becomes the titular character's primary school of thought. Gray's adoption of Hedonism eventually leads him to an especially cruel act against his lady love, the actress Sybil Vane. After this Gray slinks home and discovers that a certain evil look has come to the painting. Gray comes to the conclusion that whatever evil he does, any effect it would have on his countenance shows instead on his portrait, and thus he begins his descent into immorality for the sake of his own amusement.
Gray's descent is entirely tied to his portrait, which soon becomes a symbol of all the sin for which Gray refuses to take responsibility, and that lack of responsibility comes to define him. In fact, apart from Hallward's description of Gray, Wilde never presents the young man apart from the portrait, building an unbreakable connection between the two.
While Gray and the picture are the center of the story, he is surrounded by a small cast of supporting characters. Basil Hallward serves primarily as a lens for the audience and a voice of reason to Gray, and to that end he is serviceable, if not interesting on his own merit. Gray's lady love Sybil Vane only very briefly appears in the narrative, but she exhibits a cheerful personality and loving devotion to Gray, endearing herself to the audience immediately.
However, the most notable supporting character is Lord Henry Wotton, the first man to introduce Gray to Hedonism. Sly, witty and eternally immoral, Wotton is at first charming, but soon his lack of regard for others wears his charm thin, and he becomes a thoroughly unlikeable, though not evil character before the story ends.
Most of the development of these characters is done in long, drawn-out conversations and extensive, detailed descriptions. This writing style effectively slows the narrative to a snail's pace and may require a great deal of patience from readers who prefer quick, snappy plot development, as it takes nearly half of the first chapter for Wilde to introduce the main character.
Yet it is "The Picture's" languid pace that lends the novel its menacing air. Wilde slowly builds suspense not with evil portents, but by having his characters expound upon admittedly selfish and somewhat abominable philosophies while writing them in a fashion meant to slow the reader's eyes and thoughts. This creates an air of palpable surrealism as Wilde makes it exceptionally clear that dark happenings are coming, then forces his audience to wait in such mounting eeriness for those evil events.
When they come, those events occur in the same languid, surreal fashion. While the majority of Gray's sins are left to the imagination of the reader, the worst are described in slow, grand and gruesome detail.
"The Picture of Dorian Gray" is an odd, unbalanced novel defined by entertaining characters, interesting philosophies and haunting events. It is a work of literature sure to leave readers terrified for minutes, if not disconcerted for days.


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La circonscription de Konso est une des 121 circonscriptions législatives de l'État fédéré des nations, nationalités et peuples du Sud, elle se situe dans la Zone Gamo Gofa. Son représentant actuel est Gewado Aykado Gelebo.

Voir aussi
Liste des circonscriptions législatives éthiopiennes
Conseil des représentants des peuples (Éthiopie)

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The research aims to optimise data collection approaches to improve forest management (especially precision forestry), and to improve knowledge about tree crown architecture and trunk taper and form.
Cris Brack, Fenner School, Australian National University (ANU).
Tim Brown and Justin Borovitz, Research School of Biology, Australian National University.
Albert van Dijk and Marta Yebra, Fenner School, Australian National University.
Tom Jovanovic and Michael Michael Schaefer, CSIRO.
ACT Forests (provision of airborne laser data).
Dickson College (proposed UAV component).
The primary aims of the project are to compare and contrast data capture using terrestrial lasers (Zebedee and DWEL), airborne lasers, and digital images especially across tree crown architecture types.
Collect data from permanently marked plots set up in forests that cover a range of species and ages.
ANU research forests (juvenile eucalypts).
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Determine if all data can be integrated and/or collated for maximum information development.
Airborne laser data collected in 2013.
Terrestrial laser data collected in August 2014.
Repeat terrestrial laser collections proposed at least 4 times per year to capture different foliage conditions.
Airborne laser data collection scheduled for 2015.
Proposed to continue until at least crown close of youngest stands.
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D'Tigers lose 79-71 to Cape Verde in World Cup qualifier.
Written by News Room on November 26, 2021
Nigeria's senior men's basketball team known as D'Tigers' suffered a 79-71 loss to Cape Verde on Friday in the team's first group game in the qualification series for the 2023 FIBA World Cup.
The game against Cape Verde took place in Benguela. D'Tigers took the first quarter 20-18.
Cape Verde bounced back to take the second quarter 16-15 but D'Tigers went to the halftime break ahead.
D'Tigers bounced back to take the third quarter 20-17 to increase their lead. However, it was in the fourth quarter that Cape Verde took control with a 28-16 run to seal the win.
Ben Uzoh was the star of D'Tigers almost recording a triple-double in this fixture where he recorded 11 points, eight rebounds, and 11 assists. Other key contributors include Keith Omoerah with 13 points, Tarekeyi Andrew Edogi with 10 points, and Ike Diogu also adding 13 points.
D'Tigers continue their qualification campaign for the FIBA 2023 World Cup when they take on Mali in their second group stage fixture scheduled for Saturday, November 27, 2021.
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Call for co-operatives to #Riseup4Rojava
IssueDecember 2019 - January 2020
New British arms exports to Turkey suspended after tens of thousands march in London
01 Dec 2019 Feature by Co-operation in Mesopotamia
Dancing on 28 September at a women's food festival in Tirbespiye organised by the Women's Economy Committee shortly before the Turkish invasion of Rojava. Photo: Co-operation in Mesopotamia
People in North East Syria– the region commonly known as Rojava – are collectively building a society based on principles of direct democracy, ecology, and women's liberation, with co-operation playing a crucial role in rebuilding their economy.
On the morning of 9 October, Turkish state military forces began to bombard cities in Rojava – and also began incursions across the border, particularly in the region around Girê Spî (Tel Abyad) and Serê Kaniyê, which is now under full occupation by Turkish forces.
Turkey has faced accusations of ethnic cleansing and war crimes, including the use of banned chemical weapons. On top of this, and emboldened by it, ISIS is regaining strength in the region and sleeper cell attacks have increased by 48 per cent since the start of the invasion.
"Direct democracy, ecology, and women's liberation"
The Turkish military and their allied jihadist militias are attacking civilians, as well as military positions, with aerial bombardment and tanks on the ground; destroying hospitals, houses, electricity and water supplies. The illegal invasion has so far killed over 300 civilians, and around 300,000 people have been displaced.
Rojava Information Centre reports that co-operatives, as well as supermarkets, food stores and workshops are being looted in Turkish-occupied Serekaniye.
There have been wide-scale crimes reported against civilians. 500 schools have stopped training and education, and not only in the areas under occupation.
There are numerous reports of attacks on ambulances in particular. Heyva Sor (the Kurdish Red Crescent – the only emergency aid charity on the ground) have been removing their logos from ambulances to avoid being targeted.
Massive demonstrations have taken place all over the world. In the UK, they have been happening in London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Oxford, Bristol, Brighton, Reading and more. The first huge mobilisation in London on 13 October saw an estimated 22,000 people take to the streets.
Following these massive protests, on 15 October the British government suspended new arms sales to Turkey.
This followed a halt on arms export licences by the governments of several European countries, including Norway, Finland, the Netherlands, France, and even Turkey's historical ally Germany.
"In London on 13 October an estimated 22,000 people take to the streets"
This is a good start and shows the strength of the protests, but suspending new arms export licences is not enough, we must demand that the British and all other governments stop arming Turkey entirely.
Following calls from friends on the ground in Rojava to continue and expand actions and protests, the Solidarity Economy Association released a statement calling for co-operatives to #RiseUp4Rojava.
The following day, CECOP/CICOPA Europe, the European confederation of industrial and service co-operatives, published a statement of solidarity with the co-op movement in Northern Syria.
The statement was retweeted by Co-operatives UK, the biggest umbrella organisation of UK co-operatives, and Footprint Workers' Coop in Leeds.
On 17 October, at the ICA conference in Kigali, Rwanda, a statement was read out from an internationalist from the UK who is working in Rojava as part of the Make Rojava Green Again campaign.
The International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) is one of the oldest non-governmental organisations and one of the largest, representing 1.2 billion co-operative members on the planet.
On 22 October, the Co-operative News ran a feature about the call made by CICOPA in Rwanda.
A ceasefire was declared on 17 October, but Turkey has continued to fire on Rojava and carry out drone strikes regardless, and there has been no ceasefire, despite many different political moves and deals between different states.
US president Donald Trump is now sending more troops to Northeast Syria – to guard the oil. Despite all of this, fighting continues ferociously and it is vital that we maintain political pressure, continue to mobilise and take actions to show all those responsible that Rojava is not alone.
Get in touch – if you are a co-operative wanting to support Rojava, please contact us: contact@mesopotamia.coop
Fundraise – there are current crowdfunders for Heyva Sor, the only charity on the ground dealing with all of the civilian casualties. Please support them in any way you can.
Boycott – there is currently a big call to boycott Turkey in lots of different areas, including holidays, academic conferences, cultural events and certain products.
Mobilise – Demonstrations are still taking place every week in many cities around the UK, as well as all over the world. Connect with your local Kurdish community or solidarity group. The resistance must continue, the current situation must not become normalised in any way. Send messages of support / display them in your physical space – co-operatives and other supportive businesses, unions and community groups can display information about what is happening in Rojava to draw the attention of the wider public to what is happening. These could include specific calls to action, for example, donate to Heyva Sor, write to your MP (we have a template letter for this), sign the petition, connect with your local Kurdish community or solidarity group.
Use the tag
#CoopsRiseUp4Rojava on social media. Follow Riseup4rojava and WomenDefendRojava to keep up with the latest developments and calls to action.
Co-operation in Mesopotamia (formerly Co-operative Economy in Rojava and Bakur) aims to build international economic solidarity between co-operative movements in the UK and Europe and those creating a thriving, democratic, and gender-equal society in Northern Syria (Rojava) and Bakur (eastern Turkey). The project provides the only comprehensive resource on the region's co-operative economy in the English language. Co-operation in Mesopotamia is a project of the Solidarity Economy Association, based in Oxford. More info: 07983 390 434; #CoopsRiseUp4Rojava. www.mesopotamia.coop and www.solidarityeconomy.coop
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A renaissance in the bicycling scene in Columbus means cyclists and drivers are commuting together in greater numbers. The signs are on our roads in the form of miles of new bicycle lanes, city-built shelters and, soon, a bike-sharing program. But advocates for more and safer city cycling say an entire mindset needs to change before vehicles with two wheels and four wheels can travel together safely.
Shawn Slivinski can't remember the crash that changed his life.
The manager for North Market coffee shop A Touch of Earth knows he set out on his bike in late April 2012 to run a work errand. He knows he left the market heading down Park Street. He was not wearing a helmet—odd, he says, because he almost always wore one. But what happened next remains a blank chapter in his mind, even a year later.
Slivinski has gleaned all the details he can from police reports and family: The driver of a Jeep parked on the side of the street opened his door, just two blocks into Slivinski's trip. There was no time to swerve. Slivinski hit the door, flipped over it and landed on the street. His head struck the pavement.
His brain swelled around two skull fractures. He needed surgery after the ventilator helping him breathe caused his lung to collapse. There were broken ribs. Failed kidneys that required dialysis.
Some Columbus-area intersections have a greater incidence of bicycle accidents than others—with the long-stretching High Street leading the pack with 33 crashes in 2011 alone. This north-south corridor running from Downtown to Worthington is one of several areas targeted in the city's 20-year bike plan that will add bike lanes and sharrows, among other plans, to parts of the street. Officials say they are aware of the problem areas. Below are the top bicycle crash locations in Central Ohio from 2006 to 2010.
After a month in the intensive care unit and another two weeks in the hospital, Slivinski spent two months at rehabilitation centers, regaining his strength and learning how to walk again. It's hard to picture that frail image now as he sits at home nearly fully recovered. The only visible signs of the accident are a few scars on his thin frame and an occasional struggle to remember words. He hasn't been able to return to work, living on disability since the accident.
Other people might have given up bicycling, but Slivinski plans to ride again soon. Motivated by his own struggle, he wants to dedicate his time to making Columbus more bike friendly.


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Our 3rd and 5th class students were put through their paces on Monday by the Fyffes fit squad.
During the sessions the children learned about healthy eating and took part in circuit training. The exercises were based on animal movements and the children found them fun but challenging. These movements included frogs squats, polar bear press, bear walks and gorilla walks.
Here are some photos of the children during the Fyffes Fit Squad sessions.


Arbitration in car wreck cases is fairly straight-forward. Both parties pick an arbitrator, and these two arbitrators pick a neutral third. I have been the plaintiff's pick in four cases this month. Generally, it has been a pleasant process. Plaintiff's rarely will "ring the bell" and get an extremely high recovery, but they also rarely will get a zero based on juror bias or lack of understanding. Usually, clients are better off having a moderate recovery in arbitration than the uncertainty of trial.
The plaintiff's case should be very short, less than one hour unless it is a complex case. There is no need to go over all of the medical treatment, as we will read the medical records and any depositions or affidavits from physicians. The main goal is to establish the credibility of the plaintiff and don't overstate any part of the case. Honest arguments that address weaknesses as well as strengths will help you get a favorable result. The plaintiff's attorney should make sure to highlight opinion letters or particular portions of the depositions, such as the causation opinions. Let the panel of arbitrators read the rest, if they want. Don't play video depositions unless the case is complex and warrants it.
Give the panel the information they need to decide the case. If there are no out of work notes from physicians, then you have proof problems for lost wages. Prepare in advance and provide opposing counsel with information with enough time for them to review. Finally, it is a very good idea to prepare arbitration notebooks containing accident reports, medical records, condensed deposition transcripts and any key documents such as photos. If you prepare properly, arbitration can be a fair and efficient process.


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Oregon Supreme Court Strikes Down Noneconomic Damage Cap
Erik Leander • Aug 5, 2020
The Oregon Supreme Court last month invalidated statutory limits on noneconomic damages for personal injury claims. The high court ruled that the cap enacted by the legislature in 1987 violates the legal remedy clause of the Oregon Constitution. The decision affirmed an appeals court's reversal of a trial court ruling on an award for a plaintiff who sustained catastrophic injuries after being run over by a garbage truck.
According to the 5-2 decision, the cap violated Article I, Sec. 10, of the state constitution, commonly referred to as "the remedy clause," which states "every man shall have remedy by due course of law for injury done him in his person, property or reputation."
In the case Busch v. McInnis Waste Systems Inc., the initial trial court reduced a $10.5 million noneconomic damage award to $500,000 in keeping with Oregon's noneconomic damage limit. A court of appeals reversed the trial court, determining that the statute violated the remedy clause of the Oregon Constitution because it results in a "bare reduction" of noneconomic damages awards for "grievously injured" plaintiffs without a quid pro quo benefit. The Oregon Supreme Court agreed.
"In enacting the damages cap, the Legislature left defendants' common-law duty of care intact, but deprived injured plaintiffs of the right to recover damages assessed for breach of that duty … " Chief Justice Martha Walters wrote for the court majority. "The Legislature must act for a reason sufficient to counterbalance the substantive right that [the remedy clause] grants. That right assures that people who are injured in their person, property or reputation have a remedy for those injuries. Oregon law has long recognized and protected that substantive right."
Attorneys for the Oregon Medical Associa-tion, the American Medical Association and the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecol-ogists filed an amicus curiae brief in support of the noneconomic damage cap.
"The limit on noneconomic damages for personal injury actions is constitutional; it is an appropriate, not arbitrary, action by the legislature to further an important public interest, and it should not be disturbed by the court," wrote the attorneys representing the healthcare organizations. "The legislature must be given latitude to enact reforms to address the changing needs and circumstances of our healthcare system, including how patients injured by medical negligence are compensated. The rule of law announced will affect possibilities for continued healthcare reform, and, as evidence before the legislature just this year showed, the very availability of healthcare for those who need it most.
"The defendant in this case happens to be the owner of a garbage truck; however, it could very well be another type of essential service provider such as a doctor, dentist, or day care provider. The rule of law framed in this case will affect how ORS 31.710(1) is applied in negligence actions against medical providers, and many others. There are real implications, not just in litigated claims and exposure, but in Oregonians' access to essential services, including healthcare."
While the court in its ruling noted that its decision is limited to circumstances that this case presented, and that it expressed no opinion on whether damages caps in other cases comply with the section of the Oregon constitution in question, the decision in Busch v. McInnis Waste Systems Inc. marks a continued erosion of tort reforms at the hands of the state judiciary. Last year, the Oregon Supreme Court declared a portion of the state's pre-litigation medical malpractice review panel process under the Utah Health Care Malpractice Act unconstitutional, determining that it violated the separation of powers doctrine (see MLM, August 2019).
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Just one day after filing for divorce, Mel B stepped out to run errands still sporting her engagement ring and wedding band.
Dressed down in active wear, the singer appeared to be in positive spirits Tuesday morning when she was photographed out with a friend in Beverly Hills. PEOPLE confirmed on Monday she filed for divorce from her husband, Stephen Belafonte, after nearly ten years of marriage.
In divorce papers filed on March 20, the former Spice Girl, 41, listed their date of separation as December 28 and asked for joint legal and physical custody of their daughter, Madison Brown Belafonte, 5.
She also requested to terminate the court's ability to award spousal support to Belfonte, 41.
The couple secretly wed in June 2007 in Las Vegas after nearly five months of dating and renewed their vows over a year later in November 2008.
In 2014, their marriage came under fire when the America's Got Talent judge was hospitalized with severe stomach pains on Dec. 11 and appeared three days later on the finale of The X Factor U.K. with what appeared to be bruises.
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Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (French: [ʒɑ̃ kɔkto]; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French writer, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. Cocteau is best known for his novel Les Enfants Terribles (1929), and the filmsBlood of a Poet (1930), Les Parents Terribles (1948), Beauty and the Beast (1946) and Orpheus (1949). His circle of associates, friends and lovers included Kenneth Anger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Hugo, Jean Marais, Henri Bernstein, Yul Brynner, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Erik Satie, Albert Gleizes, Igor Stravinsky, Marie Laurencin, María Félix, Édith Piaf, Panama Al Brown, Colette, Jean Genet, and Raymond Radiguet.
Cocteau was born in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines, a town near Paris, to Georges Cocteau and his wife, Eugénie Lecomte; a socially prominent Parisian family. His father was a lawyer and amateur painter who committed suicide when Cocteau was nine. From 1900–1904, Cocteau attended the Lycée Condorcet where he met and began a physical relationship with schoolmate Pierre Dargelos who would later reappear throughout Cocteau's oeuvre. He left home at fifteen. He published his first volume of poems, Aladdin's Lamp, at nineteen. Cocteau soon became known in Bohemian artistic circles as The Frivolous Prince, the title of a volume he published at twenty-two. Edith Wharton described him as a man "to whom every great line of poetry was a sunrise, every sunset the foundation of the Heavenly City..."
In his early twenties, Cocteau became associated with the writers Marcel Proust,André Gide, and Maurice Barrès. In 1912, he collaborated with Léon Bakst on Le Dieu bleu for the Ballets Russes; the principal dancers being Tamara Karsavinaand Vaslav Nijinsky. During World War I Cocteau served in the Red Cross as an ambulance driver. This was the period in which he met the poet Guillaume Apollinaire, artists Pablo Picasso and Amedeo Modigliani, and numerous other writers and artists with whom he later collaborated. Russian impresario Sergei Diaghilevpersuaded Cocteau to write a scenario for a ballet, which resulted in Parade in 1917. It was produced by Diaghilev, with sets by Picasso, the libretto by Apollinaire and the music by Erik Satie. The piece was later expanded into a full opera, with music by Satie, Francis Poulenc and Maurice Ravel. "If it had not been for Apollinaire in uniform," wrote Cocteau, "with his skull shaved, the scar on his temple and the bandage around his head, women would have gouged our eyes out with hairpins."[citation needed] He denied being a Surrealist or being in any way attached to the movement.[citation needed] Cocteau wrote the libretto for Igor Stravinsky's opera-oratorio Oedipus rex, which had its original performance in the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt in Paris on 30 May 1927.
An important exponent of avant-garde art, Cocteau had great influence on the work of others, including a group of composers known as Les six. In the early twenties, he and other members of Les six frequented a wildly popular bar named Le Boeuf sur le Toit, a name that Cocteau himself had a hand in picking. The popularity was due in no small measure to the presence of Cocteau and his friends.
In 1918 he met the French poet Raymond Radiguet. They collaborated extensively, socialized, and undertook many journeys and vacations together. Cocteau also got Radiguet exempted from military service. Admiring of Radiguet's great literary talent, Cocteau promoted his friend's works in his artistic circle and arranged for the publication by Grasset of Le Diable au corps (a largely autobiographical story of an adulterous relationship between a married woman and a younger man), exerting his influence to have the novel awarded the "Nouveau Monde" literary prize. Some contemporaries and later commentators thought there might have been a romantic component to their friendship. Cocteau himself was aware of this perception, and worked earnestly to dispel the notion that their relationship was sexual in nature.
There is disagreement over Cocteau's reaction to Radiguet's sudden death in 1923, with some claiming that it left him stunned, despondent and prey to opium addiction. Opponents of that interpretation point out that he did not attend the funeral (he generally did not attend funerals) and immediately left Paris with Diaghilev for a performance of Les noces (The Wedding) by the Ballets Russes at Monte Carlo. Cocteau himself much later characterised his reaction as one of "stupor and disgust."His opium addiction at the time, Cocteau said, was only coincidental, due to a chance meeting with Louis Laloy, the administrator of the Monte Carlo Opera. Cocteau's opium use and his efforts to stop profoundly changed his literary style. His most notable book, Les Enfants Terribles, was written in a week during a strenuous opium weaning. In Opium: Journal of drug rehabilitation (fr), he recounts the experience of his recovery from opium addiction in 1929. His account, which includes vivid pen-and-ink illustrations, alternates between his moment-to-moment experiences of drug withdrawal and his current thoughts about people and events in his world. Cocteau was supported throughout his recovery by his friend and correspondent, philosopher Jacques Maritain. Under Maritain's influence Cocteau made a temporary return to the sacraments of the Catholic Church. He again returned to the Church later in life and undertook a number of religious art projects.
Cocteau's experiments with the human voice peaked with his play La Voix humaine. The story involves one woman on stage speaking on the telephone with her (invisible and inaudible) departing lover, who is leaving her to marry another woman. The telephone proved to be the perfect prop for Cocteau to explore his ideas, feelings, and "algebra" concerning human needs and realities in communication.
Cocteau acknowledged in the introduction to the script that the play was motivated, in part, by complaints from his actresses that his works were too writer/director-dominated and gave the players little opportunity to show off their full range of talents. La Voix humaine was written, in effect, as an extravagant aria for Madame Berthe Bovy. Before came Orphée, later turned into one of his more successful films; after came La Machine infernale, arguably his most fully realized work of art. La Voix humaine is deceptively simple — a woman alone on stage for almost one hour of non-stop theatre speaking on the telephone with her departing lover. It is full of theatrical codes harking back to the Dadaists' Vox Humana experiments after World War One, Alphonse de Lamartine's "La Voix humaine", part of his larger workHarmonies poétiques et religieuses and the effect of the creation of the Vox Humana ("voix humaine"), an organ stop of the Regal Class by Church organ masters (late 16th century) that attempted to imitate the human voice but never succeeded in doing better than the sound of a male chorus at a distance.
Reviews varied at the time and since but whatever the critique, the play represents Cocteau's state of mind and feelings towards his actors at the time: on the one hand, he wanted to spoil and please them; on the other, he was fed up with their diva antics and was ready for revenge. It is also true that none of Cocteau's works has inspired as much imitation: Francis Poulenc's opera La voix humaine, Gian Carlo Menotti's "opera buffa" The Telephone and Roberto Rossellini's film version in Italian with Anna Magnani L'Amore (1948). There has also been a long line of interpreters including Simone Signoret, Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullmann (in the play) and Julia Migenes, Denise Duval, Renata Scotto, Anja Silja and Felicity Lott (in the opera).
According to one theory about how Cocteau was inspired to write La Voix humaine, he was experimenting with an idea by fellow French playwright Henri Bernstein.
In the 1930s, Cocteau had an affair with Princess Natalie Paley, the daughter of a Romanov Grand Duke and herself a sometime actress, model, and former wife of couturier Lucien Lelong. Cocteau's longest-lasting relationships were with the French actors Jean Marais and Édouard Dermit (fr), whom Cocteau formally adopted. Cocteau cast Marais in The Eternal Return (1943), Beauty and the Beast (1946), Ruy Blas (1947), and Orpheus (1949).
Biographer James S. Williams describes Cocteau's politics as "naturally Right-leaning." During the Nazi occupation of France, Cocteau's friend Arno Breker convinced him that Adolf Hitler was a pacifist and patron of the arts with France's best interests in mind. In his diary, Cocteau accused France of disrespect towards Hitler and speculated on the Führer's sexuality. Cocteau effusively praised Breker's sculptures in an article entitled 'Salut à Breker' published in 1942. This piece caused him to be arraigned on charges of collaboration after the war, though he was cleared of any wrongdoing and had used his contacts to his failed attempt to save friends such as Max Jacob.
In 1940, Le Bel Indifférent, Cocteau's play written for and starring Édith Piaf, was enormously successful. He also worked with Pablo Picasso on several projects and was a friend of most of the European art community. Cocteau's films, most of which he both wrote and directed, were particularly important in introducing the avant-garde into French cinema and influenced to a certain degree the upcoming French New Wave genre.
Cocteau is best known for his novel Les Enfants Terribles (1929), and the films Blood of a Poet (1930), Les Parents terribles (1948),Beauty and the Beast (1946), and Orpheus (1949). His final film, Le Testament d'Orphée (The Testament of Orpheus) (1960), featured appearances by Picasso and matador Luis Miguel Dominguín, along with Yul Brynner, who also helped finance the film.
In 1945 Cocteau was one of several designers who created sets for the Théâtre de la Mode. He drew inspiration from filmmaker René Clair while making Tribute to René Clair: I Married a Witch. The maquette is described in his "Journal 1942–1945," in his entry for 12 February 1945:
I saw the model of my set. Fashion bores me, but I am amused by the set and fashion placed together. It is a smoldering maid's room. One discovers an aerial view of Paris through the wall and ceiling holes. It creates vertigo. On the iron bed lies a fainted bride. Behind her stand several dismayed ladies. On the right, a very elegant lady washes her hands in a flophouse basin. Through the unhinged door on the left, a lady enters with raised arms. Others are pushed against the walls. The vision provoking this catastrophe is a bride-witch astride a broom, flying through the ceiling, her hair and train streaming.
Cocteau was openly bisexual. His muse and lover for over 25 years was actor Jean Marais.
Cocteau died of a heart attack at his chateau in Milly-la-Forêt, Essonne, France, on 11 October 1963 at the age of 74. His friend the French singer Édith Piaf died the day before but that was announced on the morning of Cocteau's day of death; it has been said that his heart failed upon hearing of Piaf's death. According to his wishes Cocteau is buried beneath the floor of the Chapelle Saint-Blaise des Simples in Milly-la-Forêt. The epitaph on his gravestone set in the floor of the chapel reads: "I stay with you" ("Je reste avec vous").
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1706 * Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston.
1773 Captain Cook's ship The Resolution became the first ship to cross the Antarctic Circle.
1827 The Duke of Wellington was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the British Army.
1893 Hawaii's Queen Liliuokalani was forced to abdicate by a group of planters and businessmen.
1899 * Al (Alphonse) Capone, America's most notorious gangster.
1912 Captain Robert Scott reached the South Pole, 1 month after the Norwegian Amundsen.
1928 * Vidal Sassoon, English hair stylist with an international reputation.
1942 * Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay), Olympic and 3 times world heavyweight boxing champion.
1945 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg disappeared in Hungary while in Soviet custody.
1956 * Paul Young, English singer.
1959 The African country of Mali was formed with the joining of Senegal & French Sudan.
1977 Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore, was executed by firing squad in the Utah state prison.
1983 Breakfast television came to Britain on the BBC.
1994 An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale devastated Los Angeles, killing more than 20 people.
1995 A massive quake destroyed whole areas of Japan's industrial heartland, leaving many hundreds of people dead. Worst hit was the port of Kobe.
1998 President Clinton became the first sitting U.S. president to testify as a defendant in a criminal or civil suit.


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A boss of one of the UK's 'big six' energy suppliers has admitted to MPs that consumers don't trust the companies.
Tony Cocker, Eon UK chief executive, made the admission in addressing members of Parliament's energy select committee at a special meeting called to discuss the recent wave of hefty price rises imposed by the major energy suppliers.
Mr Cocker said he had written to Prime Minister David Cameron, the Secretary of State, and energy market regulator Ofgem, calling for an independent inquiry to be held, "to depoliticise the debate".
MPs nevertheless tore into Mr Cocker and counterparts who also spoke, and Labour committee member John Robertson asked them: "How do you expect to gain that trust back?"
His party colleague, Ian Lavery, said the energy supply industry should be renationalised.
And after the debate, Labour Party leader Ed Miliband accused the companies of coming up with a "list of excuses" for their price rises.
"We don't need more excuses and more reviews – we need action against companies that are overcharging people and taking advantage of a broken market," he said.
He was backed by the boss of a small, independent player in the market, Stephen Fitzpatrick, of Ovo Energy.
Saying he could not explain the latest price rises, Mr Fitzpatrick also told the committee that the big firms were "charging the maximum price they feel they can get away with to the customers they feel will not switch [suppliers]".


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Billboard Announces Top 40 Girl Group Songs of All Time [Video]
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Billboard has released its list of top 40 girl group songs of all time.
It isn't subjective. It's based on the songs' performances on the charts -- and is led by a disco hit from 38 years ago.
Leading the way is The Emotions' 1977 disco single "Best of My Love," from the group's album Rejoice. Destiny's Child's 1999 hit "Independent Women, Part 1" was runner-up.
TLC had three top 10 hits.
Here's the top 10, according to Billboard magazine:
"Best of My Love," The Emotions
"Independent Women, Part 1," Destiny's Child
"Walk Like an Egyptian," The Bangles
"Creep," TLC
"Waterfalls," TLC
"Hold On," Wilson Phillips
"Love Child," Diana Ross & The Supremes
"No Scrubs," TLC
"Where My Girls At?," 702
"He's So Fine," The Chiffons
Check Out Billboard's List of Top 40 Girl Group Songs of All Time
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Unsurprisingly, Josie's changes from the last month were mainly to add more words and get a little bit more communicative. She says "all done" and "up" (popping the "p" repeatedly afterwards, for emphasis perhaps?), "wawa" when she wants water, and has started saying some variation of "what?" (e.g., "bot" or "dot") while pointing at things now. She can make the correct sounds for a dog, cat, cow, horse, sheep, frog, pig, horse, and owl, and can identify all of those plus a deer, raccoon, bird, fish, hedgehog, fox, and various fruits (although lately she seems to like to call everything an apple). She also can identify and say several more obscure body parts (e.g., eyebrow, elbow, armpit), but doesn't know what her arms or legs are quite yet. Oops.
I was a little confused the other week when she learned "stuck", since I didn't understand how we could possibly be saying that word enough so that 1) she would repeat it afterward, and 2) she would have opportunity to use it again. And then I realized that something seems to get stuck around here just about every day, mainly her.
The kid loves to clean things - she accidentally spilled some milk the other day and was happy to wipe up the floor when I gave her some paper towels (and then ran around randomly wiping down walls and other areas of the floor). Josie will wipe her nose/face if we give her a washcloth, she'll try to suds herself up in the shower, and she loves to brush her teeth. She'll also grab what we call the "orderly cart" (our hamper on wheels), pull it out of our closet and take off with it, waving bye-bye to me as she goes. Then when she inevitably gets stuck in the sharp turn out of our bedroom, she says "uh-oh, stuck", examines the situation, and gets herself unstuck and back on her way. She's also getting pretty good about helping me with laundry, and will take the clothes out of the dryer and throw them into the hamper (although she's decidedly less helpful as I'm trying to move the wet clothes into the dryer, since she'll just grab those out of the dryer too).
Josie is getting better at the concept of putting things back when asked, and is hilariously precise about how and where she sets the items, especially if we point to a specific place to put them. We're still trying to remember to give her little tasks to do, so she now puts her comb away after I brush her hair, and puts toys away and grabs books when asked. She also rather suddenly got very good at her shape sorter - she hadn't been that enthusiastic about it for a while, but I set it out last weekend and rather than try to force every shape into the circle as she did previously (and then reluctantly try every other option before finding the match), she knew exactly where each shape went.
So this has been rather a pathetic winter here again.... it has snowed a couple of times, but not much each time at all. We were supposed to get a big snowstorm last week though (dubbed "snowquester" by the Post, which is funny but yet not, if the sequester puts me and many others out of a job...), but yet, as tends to happen around here, it was a bit underwhelming. Instead of double-digit snow accumulation, we got maybe an inch of accumulation before it turned to rain. We had all stayed home to be on the safe side, though, and I think Josie really enjoyed the day anyway. She loved splashing in the slush and puddles, Ryan got to practice plowing the driveway with our new (to us) tractor and plow attachment (although he likened it to plowing a slushie), and Josie had a wonderful time of hitting a giant physio ball over to us so we could bounce it off her belly.
Josie's favorite activities at the moment are reading and coloring. She spends most of her waking hours at home trying to either drag someone over to the couch to read to her or to the crayons to color with her. It's interesting to see how her skills are developing when it comes to coloring, as she no longer has five crayons in each hand and then tries to color with all of them (and both hands) all at once without regard to what exactly she's coloring on. Now she's down to one crayon at a time (and usually in only one hand at a time), and seems to be getting more deliberate with her actions - still scribbling back and forth for the most part, but she will sometimes try some circular scribbles or seems to be trying to color specific things in her pictures now (e.g., an eye, leg, arm, etc.).


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"On the Trails of the Glaciers" interview with Fabiano Ventura and Anna Ferrino
"On the Trails of the Glaciers" the photographic exhibition set up at the Museo Nazionale della Montagna di Torino (Italy), was born from the collaboration between Fabiano Ventura (professional photographer) and Ferrino. The aims of the exhibition are: to make visible and evident the effects of climate change on the mountain context and, through comparison with the museum's exhibits, to enhance the historical and cultural heritage.
In retracing the history of the glaciers, the exhibition also relives in parallel the evolution of the Turin-based company, which in the course of its 150 years of history has distinguished itself by supporting the adventurous spirit of outdoor enthusiasts, but also by supporting various scientific expeditions.
Interview, shooting and editing: Mirko Sotgiu.
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Backpacks, tents, sleeping bags, clothes and equipment: Ferrino is one of the oldest Italian outdoor company equipped with a wide section of products. Passion, challenge and fantasy are the elements that brings Ferrino to innovate, creating always new technologies, able to resist to any weather condition. All the products are developed with the cooperation of professionals of the sector, athletes and explorers, which Ferrino supports in their personal adventures, designing in that way incredible items which comply to real and specific needs. The product quality, handled by the brand ambassadors during the design, it's further tested by clients, at the HighLab camps where they have the possibility to try for free tents, sleeping bags and other equipments, experiencing the emotion of sleeping in high altitude, becoming a tester for a night. Today Ferrino, almost 150 after its foundation, it's spread in approximately 40 countries all over the world and it's a reference for mountaineers, hikers, explorers, trail runners and outdoor enthusiasts. Founded in Turin in 1870, today Ferrino has around 60 employed and it's still managed by the same Ferrino's family – and Rabajoli. The possibility to cooperate with important people of world of the sport in the Alps has given Ferrino the chance to create high tech products, always maintaining that artisan touch and Italian style which makes each product a jewel to be proud of, both for the company and the user.
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To develop and maintain maritime industry operating and environmental standards, regulations, and industry guidance to prevent deaths, injuries, property damage, and environmental harm by engaging all stakeholders, federal advisory committees, and international committees.
CG-OES develops standards regulating maritime industry through international treaties and U.S. statutes, regulations, and policy. As part of the Commercial Regulations and Standards Directorate (CG-5PS), the Office of Operating and Environmental Standards plays a large role in accomplishing objectives supporting the vision and mission of the Coast Guard.
CG-OES Policy Letter 13-01 Rev 2, "Extension of Implementation Schedule for Approved Ballast Water Management Methods"
CG-OES Policy Letter 12-01, "Guidelines for determining that foreign type-approved BWMS qualify as an Alternate Management System"
CG-OES Policy Letter 02-15, "Guidance Related to Vessels and Waterfront Facilities Conducting Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Marine Fuel Transfer (Bunkering) Operations"
CG-OES Policy Letter 01-17, "Guidance for Evaluating Simultaneous Operations (SIMOPS) During Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Fuel Transfer Operations"


Kathryn Foster has established a quirky pattern in her career: taking over from a long-tenured woman president of a college or university. Three months ago, she became the second woman president of The College of New Jersey, succeeding Barbara Gitenstein, who retired after a 19-year tenure. Before that, Foster was president of the University of Maine at Farmington, once again succeeding a woman president who had been on the job for 19 years.
Foster grew up in Verona, where her father was a lifelong employee of Prudential Insurance in Newark, working with data, math, and computers. Her mother was a homemaker and later an administrative assistant at the Verona Recreation Department and a long-time part-timer at the Verona Public Library. Foster majored in geography and environmental engineering at Johns Hopkins and got a master's in urban planning at Berkeley. Finally, she earned a doctorate in public and international affairs at Princeton, graduating in 1993. Her education included a stint in the Peace Corps between 1987 and 1989. She visited Swaziland and helped the small country's ministry of natural resources and energy computerize its records. She also helped launch a women's magazine in that patriarchal society.
Before becoming president at the University of Maine, Foster worked for the University at Buffalo, part of New York's state university system. There, she was director of the Regional Institute, chair of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, and associate chair for undergraduate education and director of undergraduate studies.
Kathryn Foster has a chance to bring a new perspective and evaluate things afresh while keeping the momentum gained by her predecessor.
Foster also has an unusual hobby: visiting state capitals. She has photos of herself at 44 state capitol buildings, including Trenton's.
One of the most visible change in TCNJ's campus that took place during Gitenstein's tenure was the creation of Campus Town, a mixed-use housing and shopping development on campus. Foster says it's too early to say if she will support more development like that in the future.
Foster views her role from the perspective of her planning background. To her, leading TCNJ is not only deciding the future of an educational institution, but it is also a lot like being the mayor of a small town. After all, TCNJ is the size of many municipalities in New Jersey. "We have to make sure the housing stock is appropriate, the infrastructure works well, and all kinds of technology and services and transportation networks," Foster says.
"I have spent most of my career, whether inside a university or college or the academic world, with one foot in the policy world," she says. "My personal research does revolve around policy and governance and regional issues and regional economics." Foster says the town-gown relationship is of paramount importance. "Having the campus and community care about one another is something I care about deeply," she says.
Many universities in the region have cultivated closer ties with the business world. Princeton and Rutgers have both started several "incubator" programs to help students and faculty launch businesses based on their university lab discoveries.
Foster said she would have to talk to students to see if they would be interested in a business incubator program.
One issue that Foster may be called upon to deal with is that of how to deal with controversial speech on campus. Several universities have been embroiled in disputes over issues of free speech and hate speech. Foster says she is committed to creating an environment of open but civil discourse.
"There's no college president who isn't paying attention to the kinds of issues going on around free speech," she says. "Many of us believe deeply in the power of our colleges to enable free speech to bring different perspectives to issues. We have to figure out how to have civil discourse around a number of issues." Foster says she has been talking to student government leaders as well as faculty and staff to figure out how to accomplish this.
The campus also constructed an environmentally friendly biomass heat plant, which, taken together with existing geothermal heating systems, meant that the campus was able to take 90 percent of its energy from non-fossil-fuel sources.
Foster believes the biggest challenge of the coming years will be a demographic one. "The number of 15 to 25 year olds is on a steady decline," Foster says. "That will drop off a cliff by 2026." Foster says TCNJ must make itself distinctive in an increasingly competitive marketplace. Foster says she also plans to strengthen ties with high school guidance counselors in New Jersey and surrounding states.
For Foster, the result of that test is pretty clear. And now, after 25 years, she's coming back.
The College of New Jersey, 2000 Pennington Road, Ewing 08628. Kathryn Foster, president. 609-771-2131. www.tcnj.edu.


Volunteer tourism, or voluntourism, is a practice where an individual or a group of individuals travels from their community to another and participates in both volunteer service and tourism. As the voluntourism has grown into a multi-billion-dollar industry, more people and their communities feel the effects of it. To ensure that these communities are receiving the best quality aid possible, it is important to evaluate the industry from all angles. Many instances of voluntourism produce only short-term, unsustainable changes for the communities that voluntourists visit. There is already an abundance of research on many of the practical concerns of the industry but there is still much to learn about the attitudes of those affected by the industry. This paper will combine the two approaches to gain a more complete view of the volunteer tourism industry. I examined the attitudes of Spanish speakers on the industry through a variety of sources including blogs, journalism, and an autobiography and used this insight in conjunction with a theoretical analysis and a case study of a Mexican volunteer tourism agency to evaluate the efficacy of voluntourism. I found Spanish speakers in general, present a mixed opinion of the volunteer tourism industry and a socio-economic approach raises concerns that voluntourism may be a new form of neocolonialism if not conducted properly. This implies that while voluntourism is capable of creating positive changes in the communities they aid, there are many aspects of the industry that require improvement. With a careful and forward-looking approach, voluntourism has potential to help make our world a better place.