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My review of Song Airlines (Delta's low cost subsidiary)
Adam Lasnik October 21, 2005
My former colleague, Mark Jen, recently wrote about his rather positive experience flying Song Air, the discount wing of Delta Airlines… and this reminded me that I hadn't gotten around to the review I had planned to write last month.
The background:
I was searching for an inexpensive flight to New Hampshire to attend a Lindy Hop dance camp, but quickly discovered that there seemingly ARE no discount flights from San Francisco to New Hampshire, much less Burlington, Vermont. So, figuring I could at least catch a musical, visit some friends, and stay in a swanky hotel, I decided to fly into the more-discount-flight-options city of New York, NY. As it turns out, my friends were out of town, the musical was so-so, and the hotel was a disappointment. But I digress.
In the end, the cheapest AND most time-convenient flight available was from Song Air, so — at around $325 after taxes — that's what I booked.
On-time performance and stupid airline behavior:
My plane was an hour late getting out of the gate for reasons I don't recall. We were actually all sitting on the plane for that hour, and since this was a red-eye flight, I figured no sweat, I'll just catch some shut-eye in the meantime.
Ah, but no, that'd be too logical. The stupid crew had other ideas, blaring really lousy alternative music crap through the main speakers during the entire waiting period. More specifically, they were playing stuff from a new album by The Wallflowers, with whom they apparently have some dumb distribution deal or something like that. How do I know? In their promos, they bragged how Song wasn't just an airline, but also a record label. Oh joy. Just what I want. In an industry where airlines can't even manage their flight schedules or other core aspects of their business, I want to see lots of footage of their execs and such hobnobbing and doing recording deals with lame music artists.
Well, fine, I'll just request a pillow from the crew, maybe two, to press up against my head so the music's less loud and I can sleep. Ah, no pillows on board, even for a red-eye (I was told that they're too expensive to clean and store).
In-flight entertainment (for the trip home):
Strikingly mediocre… really a disappointment. Sure, they've got lots of TV channels, but no guide to help you see what's on. You have to slowly and repeatedly scan through all the channels to get an idea of what's being shown.
Trivia game? Sure, but not very well implemented. And pretty lame questions, nearly all about entertainment-and-sports oriented stuff (no science, no history, etc…) Oh, and no prizes. You'd have thought they could have thrown in a free beer or $1 off a sandwich to the winners, eh?
Movies? Yep, but you gotta pay. I think it was $5 a pop. What a rip.
Music? Sure. But EVERY fricking time I navigated to the music screen or one of a few other sections, I got a 1-2 minute stupid Song Air ad that could not be skipped or stopped.
In the end, listening to my MP3 player and reading a book ended up being much more efficient and pleasant.
Well, when they say that they've got honestly tasty food, they're actually not kidding. The jerk chicken sandwhich I ordered was indeed delicious! Only downside: $7 or $8 (I forget), and it came with NOTHING else. Not even a cheapo bag of potato chips. So in the end, the sandwhich made for a scrumptious but not very filling appetizer. The salad my seat neighbor ordered (for the same price) looked a bit more filling… and, according to her, was also really tasty.
Compared against other airlines, Song Air was a reasonably priced option… especially given my relatively late (a few weeks in advance) booking, so I suppose I shouldn't be quite so harsh in my evaluation. But — despite the fewer multimedia and food amenities — I still think Southwest is a more comfortable and friendly airline overall and if pricing between the two were similar for a given flight, I'd take Southwest. Actually, I'd probably pay $100 more to go on a European or Asian airline if they were available, because their flights are typically WAY better than any American airline I've ever flown… but I guess I'm not very likely to get an Air France flight from SFO to NYC anytime soon, eh? Bummer.
Mark Jen Oct 24, 2005 Link Reply
Hi Adam! You'd rather take Southwest over Song if they were the same price? Hmm… that's quite some brand loyalty they've built up for ya 😉
Yeah, I agree that the music screen Song Air ad was annoying and movies/games at $5 each is quite the rip off. But then again, at least they're trying. No one else in the industry is even really trying to differentiate themselves (unless you count not allowing customers to book seats as innovation :-P)
Anyways, Ryan says that for a SFO-JFK flight United has "Premium Service" flights now where the entire cabin is Economy Plus & Business Class. Now that's something I could get used to 🙂
Jesse Almeida Oct 28, 2005 Link Reply
Unfortunately the experience that we have had with song is very disappointing. The relationship that they maintain with customers is very wrong example:
We read the pricing policy that they have on the Internet in which they suggest that you purchase a ticket early and that the price would be lower. Based on the suggestion of the policy we purchased two round tickets to San Francisco for $673.80 confirmation number 5HSNUA. Talking to friends about the trip, I was told that they took us for a ride insisting that they will sell that same ticket for less as they have in the past. With that I checked again on line and found that indeed they now sell that exact ticket for $160 less than a few days ago.
I called reservations to find that MR Mark Rich insist that they would not honor the new lower fare structure with out a penalty fee. I asked for Song to honor the lower fair because the Internet advertising was very misleading in pointing persons to buy early and save on the fare structure. If that is the strategy then the public is being taken as fools. Your article is old but the tactics are new…maybe Jet Blue is not such a bad place to be, or at least one will not have to be walking around with a lowered head feeling as if age has taken it's toll on one.
Dan L Nov 7, 2005 Link Reply
I took a nonstop from Boston to SFO for $110 but that was booked pre-Katrina and 90 days in advance, loved it, compared to the usual cramped smelly older planes; the flight only had 40 people on it so I spread out all three seats- this is probably why they are ending song altogether next year. I thought the entertainment center was great, and there is a way to line up your playlist and navigate to other screens except tv without seeing that bumping song plane listening to marley…
Keith Jan 9, 2006 Link Reply
I think Song rocks. Much better between the Northeast and Florida than Delta Express was. I also think it's as good as JetBlue, and you can at least purchase food if you want.
Now they are ending it at the end of May. I am bummed. I flew regular Delta recently and Song was much better – I get to watch what I want, I get music, I get food if I want, I can track my flight, leather seats, they take credit cards, and so on.
Delta better keep a similar model for us east-coasters to FLA or off to Jet Blue we go, Skymiles or not!
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Anti-immigrant laws are problem, not solution, study shows
February 7, 2011	3:53 PM CST By Emile Schepers
The failure by the U.S. Congress to pass either comprehensive immigration reform or the more limited "Dream Act" in 2009 or 2010 has created a very difficult situation for immigrant communities.
The Republicans in Congress have introduced draconian anti-immigrant legislation (H.R. 140). And some local jurisdictions are lining up to participate in government programs that facilitate cooperation between state, county and local police on the one hand, and the federal Department of Homeland Security on the other. But a new study show why these "enforcement only" strategies are likely to cause large scale suffering and disruption rather than solve the undocumented immigration problem.
The study http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/287g-divergence.pdf is entitled "Delegation and Divergence: A study of 287 (g) State and Local Immigration Enforcement." It was carried out for the Migration Policy Institute and co-authored by Randy Capps, Marc R. Rosenblum, Cristina Rodriguez and Muzaffar Christi.
The 287 (g) programs are cooperative arrangements between local, state or county governments and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.), the federal agency which enforces immigration law. In these programs, police officers are given training and support by I.C.E. and then have authority to ask people stopped in the course of investigations of major and minor infractions of the law if they are in the country illegally. People who give unsatisfactory answers can be handed over to I.C.E. for immigration processing.
There are several different models of 287 (g) programs. Some programs involve wide sweeps in the community in which people not accused of other crimes are likely to be caught up.
The focus of the programs is supposedly on people who are considered criminal suspects (including people with multiple infractions of immigration law such as failing to show up for a deportation hearing or returning to the country after being deported). But the federal government has made clear that even ordinary non-criminal undocumented immigrants encountered by 287 (g) authorized police agencies will be handed over to I.C.E.
As a result of this, there have been complaints about racial profiling in instances where police go after Latinos in the hope that they will turn out to be undocumented, and therefore can be processed under 287 (g). Some jurisdictions appear to have set up quotas for the number of people processed through the program, which puts pressure on individual officers to be more aggressive in stopping and questioning people.
The study focuses on 7 jurisdictions: The Frederick County, Md. Sheriff's office; The Prince William County Police Department and Prince William-Manassas Adult Detention Center in Virginia; Cobb County, Ga. Sheriff's Office; Gwinnet County, Ga. Sheriff's Office; the Las Vegas, Nev. Metropolitan Police; the Los Angeles County, Calif. Sheriff's Office and the Colorado Department of Public Safety.
The study findings are very disturbing. Though the 287 (g) program is sold to the public as targeted against dangerous criminals, in fact half the people processed through the program during the study period were stopped for minor offenses, including traffic infractions.
In the Southeastern jurisdictions analyzed in the study there seems to be a pattern of targeting the Latino community. Worse "State and local officials operate 287 (g) programs according to priorities shaped largely by political pressures".
In Frederick and Prince William Counties, right wing Republican politicians have made "illegal immigration" their political hobbyhorse in recent elections. This has led to sharp conflicts between local authorities and the Latino communities.
In places where 287 (g) programs are utilized as political weapons by the local politicians, Latino people have been fleeing the area in droves. Frederick County, Md. lost 61 percent of its noncitizen Latino population since it went into 287 (g) in 2008, and Prince William County, Va. saw a 23 percent drop. Those who are leaving are not all undocumented immigrants: the fear of being harassed by police cuts across immigration status boundaries. And it is improbable that all are leaving the U.S. for their countries of origin.
A new study by the Pew Hispanic Center shows that the number of undocumented immigrants in the United States has risen again to 11.2 million, after declining after the 2008 financial and economic crisis. While the U.S. economy is in bad shape, most of the countries from which immigrants come are in even worse shape.
Immigrants' rights advocates are not optimistic that progressive immigration reform legislation can be passed in the next two years, given the Republican Party's control of the House of Representatives and its anti-immigrant bent. But the Migration Policy Institute's study and many other kinds of evidence show that the issue of immigration reform is not going away and can not be solved by repressive measures against immigrants.
Photo: Suspects wait to have their immigration status checked by a fingerprint scanner at a 287(g) processing station, July 2010, Phoenix. (Ross D. Franklin/AP)
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Dawkins & Hitchens to be Arrested for Crimes Against Intelligence
By Briggs on April 12, 2010 • ( 33 Comments )
Comedian Richard Dawkins and seasoned troublemaker Christopher Hitchens plan to put a headlock on Pope Benedict when he steps onto English soil. "Stop!" they plan to yell, "We arrest thee as a criminal against humanity!" It should be some good joke.
Most of us know Dawkins's stand-up routine. His "selfish gene" riff caused giggles in science clubs all over the Continent. But it was his award-winning "memes" gag that really sent them rolling in the aisles.
And now he plans to perp-walk the Holy Father down a Heathrow jet bridge. Such inspired hilarity can only come from an academic.
Dawkins has spent the last few decades whipping himself into a frenzy because a very small segment of the population isn't convinced that evolution is proved. Some form of Darwinian theory is surely right, but that a few souls don't believe it is not that interesting: a larger number of people can't work the Pythagorean theorem, let alone identify which side of a triangle is the hypotenuse.
Hitchens is also a serial hand-wringer. He, like Dawkins, is consumed with anxiety because some people still follow a traditional religion. These men are of course free to terrorize themselves, but they run a risk: intense fear can choke off the blood supply to higher brain functions.
My evidence for this is that the pair have sworn to arrest the Pope when he visits England in September.
Their case against the Pope is this: in 1978 American Catholic priest Stephen Miller Kiesle received three years' probation after pleading no contest to misdemeanor charges of lewd conduct. Kiesle had tied up and molested two boys in church. To repeat: Kiesle was caught, found guilty, and punished civilly.
We can agree that his punishment was too light and that he should have had his rosary beads surgically clipped. Nevertheless, he was sentenced in a court of law and he served that sentence.
After he did his (weak version of) time—this was in 1981—Kiesle himself asked his Bishop John S. Cummins to begin the process of defrocking him. Kiesle was at that point no longer officiating as a priest.
Cummins wrote Cardinal Ratzinger a letter detailing Kiesle's crimes and asked that Kiesle be removed from the priesthood. In 1985, Ratzinger found that Kiesle's actions were of "grave significance" but cautioned patience: he would not immediately remove Kiesle because of the "good of the Universal Church." Kiesle was finally laicized—booted—in early 1987.
Hitchens's and Dawkins's hindsight suggests to them that Kiesle should have been defrocked immediately. That he was not constitutes, they say, Benedict's "crime against humanity."
Upon this odd theory, every senior member of the armed forces are as guilty of "crimes against humanity" as Benedict is—but not in the way you think.
When a soldier, sailor, or airman commits a crime he is tried and punished. Importantly, it is the soldier who serves out the sentence, not the civilian. That is, the solider is not immediately discharged, but might be after his sentence has been completed.
Whether or not he is eventually discharged depends on the nature and circumstance of the crime. For minor crimes, an attempt is made to retain and rehabilitate the soldier, especially if he is young. Major crimes—like child abuse—rate dishonorable discharges.
Kicking out a bad priest or solider merely relieves the Church or military of one small duty. But the disgraced, defrocked priest and the busted soldier are still "out there", they are both ex-criminals living in society. And the Church and the military no longer have authority over them and can no longer watch them.
Thus, to call the Pope's initial—but not eventual—reluctance to defrock a "crime against humanity" is, without any doubt, a crime against intelligence.
The actions of Dawkins, a serial offender, and the charming bad boy Hitchens have, by releasing their cancerous argument on an unsuspecting public, set back Reason at least 100 years, a heinous iniquity that must be punished.
Their crime is exacerbated by contributing to the delinquency of two lawyers who concocted a legal theory which says the Vatican is not a real State because—warning for the squeamish: avert your eyes now—the Vatican is not recognized by the United Nations. Therefore, they conclude, the Pope is not a real Head of State, and is subject to arrest.
I can find no mitigating circumstance that would let Dawkins and Hitchens off the hook. They must be arrested and brought to justice before their actions corrupt others. The survival of intelligence depends on their apprehension.
If anybody has any information of the pair's whereabouts, please contact your nearest police department.
Update From the master jokester himself. He is wussing out of finger the Pope's collar himself, but he still wants him to serve time.
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Hiii says:
'Upon this odd theory, every senior member of the armed forces are as guilty of "crimes against humanity"'
Upon this odd conjecture you an idiot =)
John Galt says:
Mr Briggs,
Great post! I think we can defer dealing with Dawkins and Hitchens to the Swiss Guards. I don't think they have much sense of humor. BTW, Switzerland didn't become a full UN member untill 2002.
What do you suppose it's like to be laicized? It sounds painful.
As to the theory of evolution, I'm not entirely convinced myself. It's the best theory we have, but I don't find that a great argument. Has anyone ever directly observed one species evolving into another? We've been breeding dogs for thousands of years, big ones, small ones you name it, but they're all still dogs as far as I know. You breed a horse with a donkey and you get a mule. That would be a new species except that it's, well, a mule. Likewise, we can breed a lot of sports in the plant world, but neither a mule or sport is really a new species, since it can't reproduce.
It doesn't matter whether the theory of evolution is right or wrong. Freedom of thought is a necessary foundation of intelligence and social well-being.
Witch hunters are the lowest form of human being. They seek to steal your mind. Similar to zombies that want to eat your brain.
Sure, how long it takes to defrock a priest doesn't really matter, even if it takes 14 years.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/04/ratzinger-and-the-cases-of-father-teta-and-father-trupia.html
And then, of course, if the priest apologizes, then all should be forgiven.
http://cbs5.com/national/Pope.sex.abuse.2.1588568.html
And even when a priest is sent into treatment, only a few days is really necessary.
http://www.cathnewsusa.com/article.aspx?aeid=20295
But above all, just remember that all this is supposed to be a "pontifical secret".
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/resources/resource-files/churchdocs/EpistulaEnglish.htm
And let's not forget, a lot of this happened before he was head of state.
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2005/08/19/58590.htm
Here's a published article documenting the subject priest was tried & put on probation in a civil court: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8d8ec902-4434-11df-b327-00144feab49a.html
This blog article eludes to an interesting (my opinion) point: that "liberals" (who seem to be the one's most outspoken against the Pope on this matter) endeaver to force an outcome they find desirable. The word being "force." If the civil courts/system don't satisfy, attack the institution to which a person is associated, etc.
At no point do they address the law that let the person off so easily and address changing that law, and associated laws that would make prosecution of such matters more effective (however they define "effective"). As noted in the blog item, the crime is properly punishble by the state, not the institution (institutions of every type are by design, structured to protect themselves & to expect them to do otherwise is simply naive).
In other words, their behavior is directed at the most obvious symbols in the most superficial manner imaginable with complete disregard for extenuating, or greater, factors — i.e. a behavior pattern that is essentially indistinguishable from that observed with little children throwing a tantrum when they don't get what they want. A tantrum designed to get mommy or daddy or the nanny to fix the problem their way.
Put another way, they emphasize easy symbolic action & are "work-averse" to pursuing the changes needed that really address the issues (e.g. changing laws, etc.) — instead endeavoring to get the "nanny state" to take care of things.
Intrinsic in their [self-asserted] noble ideals is a surprising pattern of situational morality & all the inconsistencies that go with that.
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Speaking of defrocking, Dawkins needs a dresing down. I expect the women will be queuing to carry out that duty.
The narcicist who wrote 'There's no God, have a nice day' across London bussses. the proverbial knave that twists the truth to make a trap for fools. Darwin was a gentleman, I wonder what he'd think.
I like Hitchens in general. His monographs on George Orwell and Thomas Jefferson are pretty good. However, he does seem to have a short fuse and narrow view when it comes to religion. His hostility towards fundamentalist Islam makes sense. His attitude towards the Catholic Church makes less sense.
As for Dawkins – who knows. Perhaps he likes the notoreity.
Wrt the handling of pederest clergy, I do believe the Church was and is too quiet. One of the De la Salle brothers at the school I went to simply disappeared after a number of episodes. Nothing was said directly to the students. In retrospect more should have been made public – primarily to warn students. By my count, I was taught by 20 plus brothers over 7 years. Only this one appeared to have a problem. Another had an affair with a married woman (or two). The vast majority were very dedicated and 4 or 5 were exceptionally gifted teachers.
Joy:
Long time. Nice to hear from you again.
Dawkins and Hitch are comedy gold and should be considered international treasures. The pratfalls, the comedic timing, the utter dedication to craft are incredible. If one didn't know better one would think they were serious about these inanities. The only trouble I have is figuring out the funding aspect. How do they get paid? I expect to see product placement featured in their next act!
The idea of two adherents of the Church of Secular Humanism goofing on the Pope is hilarious!!!
Joy, great to hear from you.
Jon Snow says:
You might want to read the following post by Dawkins:
http://richarddawkins.net/articleComments,5415,Richard-Dawkins-I-will-arrest-Pope-Benedict-XVI,Marc-Horne—-TimesOnline,page2#478580
Say, Jon, you're not trying to spoil my fun, are you?
Alan Grey says:
More context to the pope's decisions…
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/seven_questions_the_media_didnt_ask_before_smearing_the_pope/
49erDweet says:
Joy, nice to hear from you.
As to the post is it possible the former priest and what he did or how he was treated is not the problem?
Might it just be that the stubborn old pope-person refuses to modernize his church's tenets, and paragraph 6 of this link is what has Hich's panties up in a bunch? Since holding his breath till he was blue in the face hasn't worked, he now wants to take everything "to the next level". I wouldn't be surprised if a few Swiss Guards ensured that position turned out to be flat on his back, but I suspect wiser head's would simply temporarily block his "access" and allow Hitchens time to change his nappies.
nyomythus says:
The intervention was an act of mercy that coincided with international humanitarian and political justifications for removing the Saddam regime — Hitchen consistently gets it right. Don't be so bought and sold on why BUSH went to Iraq, the warrant was there regardless of how the Bush Admin stated it.
John Bowman says:
Mr Briggs: from afar you will not be aware of the context in which the "arrest" of the Bishop of Rome sits . Our friends on the campaigning Left have abused the law in the UK to try to arrest hate targets of the Left on behalf of deserving causes of such purity as the Palestinians – a meek, mild group never known to resort to acts of mayhem and murder – for example by trying to set the police onto visiting Israeli politicians or former army officers. Similar numpties you may recall, tried to get the Rumsfuhrer arrested in Belgium for his action against that other pillar of Humanity and sweetness and light, one S. Hussein Esq: and of course Tony Baloney Blair and the Bush (boo! hiss!) are perpetual targets.
We live in times when there is clamour for the perpetrators of crimes against the environment – coal sellers and burners, petroleum users – to end their lives in interminable trials in the Hague, and where those who actually do have blood dripping from their hands, including but not limited to – Muggabe, Castro are generally ignored by our moral and intellectual betters on the Left.
In passing you may also not be aware of the situation in Europe whereby there is an Islam inspired resurgence of religion insisting adherents are a special case and can legitimately evade secular laws and customs and traditions, and lobby successfully for new laws that confer rights which trump the existing and free-born rights of non-religious citizens.
I recommend you check to see where the Dawk & Hitch duo's tongues are in relation to their cheeks… indeed cheek.
Chuckles says:
John B, I suspect the recto-cranial orientation may be the primary driver at times.
On his 'Joy of curmudgeonry' blog, Deolgolwolf noted the following possibly pertinent observation:
'There has been raised a horde of men, if so honorific a title may still be retained for them, who cry out "sky-fairy!" whenever they hear the word "God", rather as Ivan Pavlov's dogs salivated whenever they heard bells and whistles, albeit with a crucial difference: the dogs could not be inculcated to fancy that in their mindless reflexes they were on the side of reason.'
I know that the US has a Vatican Ambassador, does the UK? If so, the Dawkins/Hitchens legal ploy seems downright stupid. The Vatican would appear to have a similar status to the UN.
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Sometimes I think Briggs is in fact a mind reader, I wrote this before today's post!
Hello again Bernie, I've missed you too!
It's hard to keep up with Mr McBrigger's prolific writing. I often want to comment but don't have time. Still, I enjoy reading all the comments and am often amazed by the skill many people have in writing. So many different styles.
And, Bernie, would you consider being interviewed as Bernie on a radio podcast?
JH and 49er,, thank you.that is sweet of you both.
Sure we can discuss. If you do not want to go public with your email, perhaps you cancontact Matt and he can send on your email. I still use my business email and my former partners do not always agree with my pov.
michel says:
Actually, quite decent philosophers, Jerry Fodor for instance, have real worries about the status of the theory of evolution and its relation to its evidence. They aren't advocating divine creation of course. But they are saying that the relation between theory and evidence here is a bit odd, rather unlike the relation between theory and evidence in other areas of science.
It is usual for observation statements to be theory laden. But this theory laden? It is also usual for there to be some elements of circular reasoning, because a scientific hypothesis is to some degree a whole with lots of other ones. But this much circularity?
As the late great Sidney Morgenbesser once said, when we grew up knowing it was wrong to cross a union picket line,did that mean it was wrong to cross a picket line manned by Albert Shanker's Teachers Union?
Luis Dias says:
That Times article's title was not Dawkins choice, but an editor's who has a taste for sensationalism.
The idea that Dawkins and Hitchens want to "arrest" the Pope is silly. They know it just isn't possible. They just want to create awareness about the issue.
Also, the "crimes" were a little more shady than what you are saying, mr Briggs. You sound like RealClimate denying that ClimateGate was more than shenanigans ROFL.
Oh and tying up and abusing two children is now a "misdemeanor"?
And we should be okay with that.
Luis:
That is not a fair reading of Matt's original piece.
I'll pay you exactly $100 cash if you can find any place anywhere where I either said or hinted that child abuse is a "misdemeanor."
Also, in the update included at the bottom of the post, it is quite clear that Dawkins does in fact—out of his own mouth—want the Pope arrested, tried, and convicted. The original piece (the news article I linked to) also extensively covers the foolish lawyers Dawkins and Hitchens dug up and their odd theory of how arresting the Pope would be feasible.
The only parts of my post that are inaccurate are clearly satire.
Michael P. says:
I've not posted before but have enjoyed Dr. Briggs' posts for sometime now. I'm neither a scientist, academic, nor particularly learned in any discipline other than business and law. I am just an incurable skeptic who enjoys the presentation of intelligent discussions (the commentators are as enjoyable as the original posts) of complicated subjects wrapped up in a satirical or sardonic voice. I would continue to read and enjoy without comment even now except that I wanted to add my thoughts to Michel's comment about evolution.
It appears to me that the trajectory of the current, man-caused climate change theory is following the trajectory of the theory of evolution. Both seem to rely upon consensus for its main element of proof. And besides the heavy lading of theory in relation to evidence and of circularity of evidence as mentioned Michel, each appears to have a huge lading of policy-changing agendas tied to large sums of money available only to the faithful followers of the theory. The only rational basis I find for regarding it unreasonable for one to question evolution is that it is contrary to the consensus of "well-settled" science — and not that is contrary to definitive proof.
For the skeptics of evolution, particularly for those who are deists, the book, "In Six Days…" is an interesting read. It is a compilation of essays from 50 career scientists.
Lodge says:
Some adults here don't want to see past their own opinions and then resort to insulting and belittling Dawkins and Hitchens. I am a teenager. I was told that it's best to explain why you agree or disagree and that disparaging comments are a reflection on the one who writes them.
Well, teen Lodge, it's like this. Most of us are aged and know a lot of the background information behind this story. To suggest that you can arrest a head of state, as the Pope is, on a watery charge—such as indicated—is clearly ridiculous. Plus, if you slow down you'll notice that I did explain why the charge against the Pope is silly. What say you to my argument?
Lodge:
Welcom, but you need to be specific. Who is insulting and belittling Dawkins and Hitchens? Please think about your own statement. I assume you know what recursiveness is?
John R T says:
Welcome, teen Lodge. Your advisors probably warned against assigning motives. "Some adults here don't want to see past their …"
Hurry back.
Great discussion. Have you noticed that those with the most firm opinions on theories such as evolution and global warming are those who have no real understanding of science? They seem to personified by the likes of AlGore, whose last experiance with science was when he got a C in the 9th grade (I made that up, but doubt it's far from wrong). These are folks who see science not as method of inquiry, but as delivered wisdom which they accept on blind faith.
My education is in Physics. I recall taking a year long series of courses called "Dynamical Models". Our professor explained that a few years earlier the course would have had the same name as the title of the text we were using "Mechanics" by Symon. (I don't reccomend Symon BTW). He explained that the course name had been changed to help make the point that what we were learning were models of reality, rather than reality itself. I am still much impressed with this distinction. Our understanding of Newtonian mechanics or the Euler Lagrange equations of motion is based on their ability to flawlessly predict the results of any experiment we perform. We now understand that they are actually flawed under rare conditions which require the use of relativistic mechanics. Again, we don't accept this based on the impressive mathematics of a Swiss patent clerk or the other giants on whose shoulders he stood, but on observational data.
Theories such as evoloution, global warming and cosmology are generally beyond proof. We can't perform experiments to test these theories. The general public has little understanding of this point.
The late Michael Crichton gave an interesting speech about belief linked here:
http://www.crichton-official.com/speech-environmentalismaseligion.html


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The Diocese of Oxford is a Church of England diocese that forms part of the Province of Canterbury. The diocese is led by the Bishop of Oxford (currently Steven Croft), and the bishop's seat is at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. It contains more church buildings than any other diocese and has more paid clergy than any other except London.

The diocese now covers the counties of Berkshire (118 churches), Buckinghamshire (152 churches), Oxfordshire (227 churches) and five churches in the nearby counties.

History
The Diocese of Oxford was created by letters patent from Henry VIII on 1 September 1542, out of part of the Diocese of Lincoln. Osney Abbey was designated the original cathedral, but in 1545 this was changed to St Frideswide's Priory which became Christ Church Cathedral.

In 1836 the Archdeaconry of Berkshire was transferred from the Diocese of Salisbury to Oxford. This comprises the county of Berkshire and parts of Wiltshire.

By an Act of 1837 Buckinghamshire was notified of its transfer from the then Diocese of Lincoln, to become the Archdeaconry of Buckingham, effective from 1845.

In 2013 and 2014, the Diocese of Oxford discussed and resolved to undertake some pastoral alterations; the new archdeaconry of Dorchester was created on 1 March 2014. On 3 March 2014, it was announced that Judy French would become the first Archdeacon of Dorchester from June 2014.

Bishops
The diocesan Bishop of Oxford is assisted by the area bishops of Dorchester, Buckingham, and Reading. The suffragan See of Buckingham was created in 1914, and was the suffragan bishopric for the whole diocese until 1939 when the See of Dorchester was created; the See of Reading was re-created in 1942, after having been 'in abeyance' since 1909.

The provincial episcopal visitor (for Anglo-Catholic parishes in the diocese – among twelve other dioceses in the western part of the Province of Canterbury – which do not accept the ordination of women as priests) is the Bishop of Oswestry, who is licensed as an honorary assistant bishop of the diocese in order to facilitate his ministry in the diocese. Conservative evangelicals who reject the ordination and/or leadership of women due to complementarian beliefs, receive alternative episcopal oversight from the Bishop of Ebbsfleet.

Several retired bishops resident in or near the diocese are licensed to serve as honorary assistant bishops.:

Since 2001: Bill Down, retired Assistant Bishop of Leicester and Bishop of Bermuda, lives in Witney.
Since 2004: James Johnson (Bishop of St Helena) returned to parish ministry in Northants and Essex before retiring to Bodicote.
Since 2010: Anthony Russell, former Bishop of Ely and area Bishop of Dorchester, lives in Holton.
Since 2010: Henry Scriven, Mission Director for Latin America (CMS) and former Assistant Bishop in Pittsburgh and Suffragan Bishop in Europe, lives in Abingdon-on-Thames and is also licensed in Chichester and Winchester dioceses.
Since 2013: David Jennings, retired former Bishop suffragan of Warrington, lives in Northleach, Gloucestershire and is also licensed in Gloucester diocese.
Since 2013: John Went, former Bishop suffragan of Tewkesbury, lives in Latimer.

George Carey (retired Archbishop of Canterbury) lives in the diocese and was an honorary assistant bishop, but resigned his licence following his implication in the Peter Ball abuse case, and Humphrey Southern, former Bishop suffragan of Repton, is the Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon.

Current extent

Counties
The diocese now covers the counties of
Berkshire (118 churches)
Buckinghamshire (152 churches)
Oxfordshire (227 churches)
and has
three churches in the county of Bedfordshire
one church in the traditional county of Middlesex
one church in the county of Hampshire

Episcopal areas
Since the creation of an area scheme in 1984, the diocese has been divided into three episcopal areas. The Bishop of Oxford has authority throughout the diocese, but also has primary responsibility for the city and suburbs of Oxford, which form the Archdeaconry of Oxford.

City of Oxford and surrounding area (Archdeaconry of Oxford)
current Bishop of Oxford: Steven Croft
includes Deaneries of Oxford and Cowley
Dorchester Episcopal Area (Archdeaconry of Dorchester)
current area Bishop of Dorchester: Colin Fletcher
includes Deaneries of Aston & Cuddesdon, Bicester & Islip, Chipping Norton, Deddington, Henley, Witney and Woodstock
Buckingham Episcopal Area (Archdeaconry of Buckingham)
current area Bishop of Buckingham: Alan Wilson
includes Deaneries of Amersham, Aylesbury, Buckingham, Burnham & Slough, Claydon, Milton Keynes, Mursley, Newport, Wendover and Wycombe
Reading Episcopal Area (Archdeaconry of Berkshire)
current area Bishop of Reading: Olivia Graham
includes Deaneries of Abingdon, Bracknell, Bradfield, Maidenhead & Windsor, Newbury, Reading, Sonning, Vale of White Horse, Wallingford and Wantage

Archdeaconries and deaneries

*including Cathedral

Churches

Outside deanery structures

Deanery of Oxford

1situated within the area covered by the Cowley deanery

Deanery of Cowley

Deanery of Abingdon

Deanery website

Deanery of Aston and Cuddesdon

Deanery of Bicester and Islip

Deanery of Chipping Norton

Deanery of Deddington

Deanery of Henley

Deanery of Vale of White Horse

Deanery of Wallingford

Deanery of Wantage

Deanery website

Deanery of Witney

Deanery of Woodstock

Deanery of Amersham

Deanery website

Deanery of Aylesbury

Deanery of Buckingham

Deanery website

Deanery of Burnham and Slough

Deanery of Claydon

Deanery of Milton Keynes

Deanery of Mursley

Deanery of Newport

Deanery of Wendover

Deanery of Wycombe

Deanery website

Deanery of Bracknell

Deanery of Bradfield

Deanery of Maidenhead and Windsor

Deanery of Newbury

Deanery of Reading

Deanery website

Deanery of Sonning

Other foundations employing Church of England clergy within the diocesan area

See also
Oliver Almond
Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers

References

Church of England Statistics 2002

External links

Churches in the Diocese of Oxford ("A Church Near You")

Oxford
1541 establishments in England
Religious organizations established in the 1540s
Dioceses established in the 16th century

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A: You can redirect in a php by using the following lines:
header('Location: form-confirmation.php');
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However you must do this before the page headers are sent (before any content is rendered on the page).

A: You can use javascript so that you can also put a timer delay on it so that people will see your Thank you message.

A: You can tell the browser to redirect to a certain page by using PHP header()
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The night of October 26th, 2000 was a beautiful, cool but comfortable one in New York City. In the pre-9/11 world of the Big Apple, this would be a far from typical Autumn evening.
The 5th game of the 2000 World Series, the last official Fall Classic of the 20th century, was being held that night at Shea Stadium. What made it all the more special was that it was the first 'Subway Series' since 1956.
The visiting New York Yankees took a 3 games to 1 lead into that 5th game over the host New York Mets. The game would feature a matchup between a pair of classic lefties: Andy Pettitte for the Yanks, and Al Leiter for the Mets. The two neighbors battled into the 9th inning tied at 2-2, the Mets looking to stay alive, the Yanks looking to win the series.
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The Yanks mobbed one another around the mound, celebrating the 3rd World Series title in succession for future Hall of Fame manager Joe Torre's club. There was really no more fitting way to end the century, as this third straight crown made it 26 World Series titles for the Bronx Bombers during the 20th century, 17 more than the next-highest club had won.
During that 20th century, a parade of superstars had succeeded one another across the legendary sod and under the rooftop frieze of old Yankee Stadium. The names are a veritable roster of baseball royalty: Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Yogi, Mickey, Whitey, Reggie, Goose, Thurman, Mariano, Boggs, Donny Baseball, Jeter. Too many more to name them all.
But how did it happen? Why the Yankees? Why so many titles? Sure, it's New York. But there were, for more than half the century, other good teams right there in the same city. The Yanks didn't win their first crown until 1923. By that time, the Boston Red Sox franchise already owned 5 World Series titles. The Philadelphia Athletics and New York Giants had 3 each.
So how did the Yankees become the 'Team of the Century', and more importantly for this discussion, why can't the Philadelphia Phillies become the 'Team of the Century' for this, the 21st? The short answer is, they can. There is no reason that the Phillies, already with a good start, can't set that as a legitimate goal, and there is no reason for them to not work as hard as possible to attain that goal.
The combination of good business and personnel moves is what drove the Yankees to the top, and then returned them to the top three different times in the 20th century. It first started with a business arrangement among the Yankees, Red Sox, and Chicago White Sox just before the 1920's began which directly led to the Yanks acquisition of Ruth, by far the greatest player in the game's first half-century, from Boston in 1920.
With The Bambino on board, Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert undertook the next big step, the building and opening of Yankee Stadium in 1923. That first season in their new 58,000 seat, triple-deck palace saw the Yanks finally overcome their cross-river rivals, the New York Giants, to win their first World Series title.
These early "Murderer's Row" Yankee teams featured not only Ruth in rightfield, but also 5 other future Hall of Famers in 1st baseman Lou Gehrig, 2nd baseman Tony Lazzeri, centerfielder Earle Combs, pitchers Waite Hoyt and Herb Pennock, and a parade of strong supporting characters. These players would make up the core of the first Yankee dynasty.
The dynasty would build again over the next two generations of stars led respectively by Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle. Over the 40 seasons between 1923 and 1962, the Yankees would win half of the World Series crowns contested. Ten of those would be won after World War II ended, in the 15 year stretch between 1947-1962 dominated by Joe D and The Mick.
After a deep lull in the post-Mantle years, the Yankees came back strong under the ownership of George Steinbrenner in the mid-1970's. He took advantage of the new free agency era to add stars like Reggie Jackson, Catfish Hunter, and Goose Gossage to homegrown stars such as Thurman Munson and Ron Guidry, and the Yankees tacked on 2 more World Series crowns in 1977 and 1978.
After another slip in the mid-late 1980's, the Yanks again emerged with a new dynasty at the end of the 1990's led by players like Bernie Williams, Paul O'Neill, and the homegrown "Core Four" of Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, Andy Pettitte, and Mariano Rivera. They would close out the century with 4 World Series wins in the final 5 years, raising the total to 26 for the franchise.
The two key factors in all of this winning by the 20th century New York Yankees were the ability and willingness of dedicated and competitive ownership to spend money, and the ability to evaluate and cultivate championship-caliber talent. In the first decade of the 21st century, the Philadelphia Phillies exhibited both of these traits masterfully.
The club ownership undertook a pivotal move from crumbling, artificial turf, multi-purpose Veteran's Stadium to a new baseball-only, grass field, glistening open-air ballpark. Citizens Bank Park opened in 2004, and it was and is a beautiful, downright fun place to enjoy a baseball game.
In anticipation of their new home, the team began to spend money on talent acquisition, bringing in stars such as slugger Jim Thome and closer Billy Wagner. They hit it big in developing their own talent as well, with a homegrown core of shortstop Jimmy Rollins, leftfielder Pat Burrell, 2nd baseman Chase Utley, 1st baseman Ryan Howard, catcher Carlos Ruiz, and pitchers Cole Hamels, Ryan Madson, and Brett Myers among others.
The Phillies would begin the century by recording a winning record in all but one season of the entire first decade. They would win 5 straight National League East Division crowns from 2007-2011. And to cap it all off, they won the 2008 World Series, and returned for a 2nd straight appearance in the Fall Classic in 2009. In that '09 series, they were kept from back-to-back crowns by none other than those Yankees themselves, who finally earned their own first title of the 21st century.
Both the Saint Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox have each won a pair of World Series in the years between 2001-2013, but the Phillies have been unable to follow-up that 2008 crown with another. Despite the 5 straight division crowns, their post-season finishes proved to be steadily declining disappointments.
That loss in the World Series in 2009 was followed by a loss in the 2010 National League Championship Series to the Giants. This was followed by a loss in the 2011 NL Division Series to the Saint Louis Cardinals, after having set a franchise record with a 102-win regular season. All of the clubs they lost to: the Yankees, Giants, and Cardinals, would end up winning the World Series in those years.
Management tried to keep contending by supplementing the homegrown core of Hamels, Howard, Utley, Rollins, and Ruiz by bringing in a succession of strong veterans. Pitchers Cliff Lee, Roy Oswalt, Roy Halladay, and Jonathan Papelbon. Hitters like Raul Ibanez and Hunter Pence. But none of it ultimately worked to win another title.
Over the last 3 seasons, that homegrown core has grown older, has at times been injured, and has become less effective. That is only natural, and it is something that frankly should have been anticipated. Nothing lasts forever, least of all athletic ability to compete at the very highest professional levels as one ages.
As of today, the Philadelphia Phillies will spend a 3rd consecutive season out of the MLB playoffs. It will be the first time since the late-90's that the team has suffered through 3 consecutive non-winning seasons. The minor league system is ranked as no better than middle-of-the-pack by most outside evaluators, near that bottom by many.
They major league club appears tied to a number of contractual and sentimental situations that will likely hamstring some necessary moves for at least another year or two. In short, the Phillies have fallen in their efforts to become the 'Team of the Century' - but they can get up. There are still key pieces in place to make this happen.
First, they have the base of a record from which to begin such a claim. Most other MLB teams do not have such an early 21st century history from which to build their own claim to the "century" mantle yet.
Second, they have the ballpark and the fans. They have lit a spark in a generation of fans with that first decade of excellence in Citizens Bank Park. But the crowds have steadily dwindled as the competitiveness of the on-field product has lessened, drawn back only by occassional giveaways and gimmicks.
Third, the team has a new, lucrative financial TV arrangement in place with Comcast. This will bring in a steady stream of dollars to the coffers for the forseeable future, something that the team must use to it's advantage in putting a consistent winner on the field.
Winning will result in more people in the stands, and even more money in the coffers. It is an inevitable cycle in a sports-crazed town that wants to be in love with it's ball team during the warm weather summer months.
The talent has taken a hit, and the ability of current management to right the ship quickly is perhaps the biggest question mark right now. General Manager Ruben Amaro inherited a winning situation built mostly by his two immediate predecessors: Ed Wade and Hall of Famer Pat Gillick. Amaro has tried to recapture or extand that magic, both at the major and minor league levels, but has thus far failed.
The burden right now is squarely on Amaro's shoulders to make the right decisions to make the quick turnaround happen. He has not shown that ability as of yet. If he doesn't soon, it should be his head that rolls as a result. If he doesn't, and a change is not made, then it will be squarely on ownership for not making the correct decision on behalf of the team.
The Phillies have the money. They have shown in the last 5-6 years following the 2008 World Series victory that they have a willingness to spend it. Now they must have the other piece: proper talent evaluation and acquisition. With the right decisions made in the next year or two in that regard, the team could quickly return to winning, and a 2nd dynasty could rise to push forward this 'Team of the Century' goal as the 21st century marches onward.


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With Christmas, comes a season of goodwill and driven by its commitment to leading the faction of socially responsible travel companies, Eastbound Group is reflecting this by giving back to the community and increasing its CSR efforts. A global consortium of travel and tourism businesses, Eastbound Group designed and executed a surprise charitable initiative to bring Christmas cheer to over 300 kids at Government Primary School in Bhangel, Noida on December 24, 2019.
Employees from Eastbound's four offices in Delhi NCR joined hands to raise funds for the kids and play the role of Santa Clause by delivering winter wear, stationery, soft toys, cookies, chocolate and other goodies to the kids who were left ecstatic with joy. When it comes to CSR, Eastbound Group is an old hand. The organisation is known to be exceedingly eco-conscious and meticulously monitor its carbon footprint. As a market leader in the area of sustainable tourism practises, its in-house 'Responsible Business' team has drafted and implemented best-practice policies on tourism regarding the environment, local communities, wildlife, volunteering and more.
Amit Kishore, Co-founder & Director at Eastbound Group said, "At Eastbound our commitment towards being a socially-responsible organisation is consistent. While Christmas is the perfect time to rekindle the joy of giving and sharing, this fundraising activity is not just a once-off festive gesture but another rung on the ladder to our CSR goals." Prrithviraj Singh, Co-founder & Director, Eastbound Group chimed in, "When it comes to CSR, it does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. We understand that every bit counts and it is crucial to stick to a roadmap of 'giving back' to enable a mindset shift. If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at eventual change."
Manish Pratik, Co-founder & Director at Eastbound Group concluded, "It is a matter of great pride and achievement when you can practice what you preach. As a company, we strongly advocate 'positive social impact' to our customers and its heart-warming that every Eastbound employee signs up to that ideal. We are most excited to be entering the new decade with a reinforced spirit of goodwill and social responsibility." This gesture by EB Group was aimed at injecting a little cheer into the lives of the less fortunate kids who are also the future of tomorrow.
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April 24, 2017 – LONDON, ENGLAND Speakers include Simon Bruce and Caroline Holley of Farrer & Co and Neal Raymond Hersh and Adam Philip Lipsic from Hersh Mannis LLP in Beverly Hills, California.
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Whether you are already in a conservatory course, as a tutor, and to help you prepare your competitions.
My teaching is based on the listening of the student, in order to transmit to him techniques and solid knowledge, in the pleasure of the music.
The teaching of music theory can be done separately, with a very playful approach, or be integrated into the learning of the instrument!
Lucie was born on April 24, 1994, into a family of musicians.
She began the cello and her musical training (music theory, singing, harmony, writing, history of music, orchestra, chamber music ...) from the age of 6 at the National Conservatory of Marseille, where she perfected herself in the class of Odile Gabrielli.
Holder of a literary baccalaureate option theater, she obtains after his musical studies a DEM, rewarded in cello by a first prize unanimous jury for his interpretation of the works of JS Bach, C.Saint Saens, and D .Popper.
She will then join Augustin Lefèbvre's class at the Regional Conservatory of Lyon, where she will improve for two years.
Currently, Lucie is studying at the University of Music of Lausanne, in the class of Patrick Demenga. Passionate about teaching, she studies to obtain a master's degree.
She is also lucky to be able to benefit from the loan of a cello created by Jeremy Chaud, thanks to the association "talents and cellos".
For many years, she was a teacher in cello, music theory, and musical awakening in the "la croche" music school, the Anse municipal music school, and the Lentilly municipal school.
Lucie is a very well teacher. I'm glad to stay for my lesson with an experienced musician.
Bachelor student at the HEMU offers private cello lessons at home. All levels, even beginners; all age categories. No prior knowledge required. Holder of DEM in France, experience with children and adult enthusiasts. I am motivated, patient, and passionate about pedagogy. Do not hesitate to contact me for more information! I do not know yet my availability for the coming school year. In principle, I will be able to start mid-September.
Cello lessons in Lausanne for adults and children!
Graduate professor at the HEMU. I give classes on Lausanne, Montreux and Chexbres. Musician confirmed and passionate about his instrument and pedagogy. I have a classical training, but am very open to traditional music ... My classes are open from the age of 6, but also for the older ones! Possibility of playing in a group with other guitarists but also with other instruments: singing, violin, cello, piano, percussion ... 2 to 3 auditions a year, as well as preparations for competitions or exams if necessary. Come discover this beautiful instrument!


Even though I live in a developed place like Houston TX I simply cannot help be be drawn to the principles of The Village Telco. A combination of open source software and open source hardware bringing basic, reliable communication services to an under-served population without interference from incumbent telcos or government bureaucracies. What's not to like?
Recently some folks have been seeking to sharpen the image and message of the project, to make the idea it presents easier to spread. To aid in getting the word out they developed a new logo, a new website and finally a nice short one-minute video that sums it all up in a really easy-to-understand way.
I've worked in video production and broadcasting all of my adult life. IMHO, this is an outstanding piece of work. It communicates the message and potential of the project very effectively. It makes me wish that my college-age niece was still living two doors down just so that I could use a couple of mesh potatoes to graft her onto our phone service.
Great work! Great project. Don't you need a couple of mesh potatoes?


Letters Home From Yosemite written by Lisa Halvorsen. Published by Blackbirch Press in January 2000. This item is a Hardcover edition. Part of the Letters Home from National Parks book series.
Copy is in excellent condition, with clean, unmarked pages and a sturdy, uncreased spine.
Size: H: 7.25", W: 8.75", D: .5"


An illustrated animation I made for Fedagrim. Storyboards were done by hand, character designs drawn in Adobe Photoshop, and later redrawn in vector and animated in Adobe Animate. Art direction by Johan van Royen.


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Assessment of anxiety level of emergency health-care workers by generalized anxiety disorder-7 tool
Nesrin Alharthy1, Osama Abdulrahman Alrajeh2, Mohammed Almutairi3, Ahmed Alhajri4
1 College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2 College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
3 King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
4 King Abdulaziz Medical City Pediatric Emergency Department, Ministry of National Guard Healthcare, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Nesrin Alharthy
Department of Pediatric Emergency, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Female Branch, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University, National Guards, Riyadh
Background: Dealing with emergency patients is considered to be a stressful situation to all health-care workers in the emergency department (ED). Prolonged stress predispose to physical and inconsequential psychiatric disturbances. Anxiety and depressive mode were found to be the most commonly experienced psychiatric manifestation among emergency health-care workers. The aim of this study is to screen and assess the severity of anxiety among health professionals working in ED. Methods: Cross-sectional study design was used. Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)-7 screening tool was used to assess for anxiety symptoms. GAD-7 is a validated self-report tool that comprises seven questions where each question is rated on a 3-point scale. Demographic data were collected from the study sample. The study sample consists of emergency physician, nurses, and other emergency medical services workers. Data analysis was performed using SAS version 9.2 software. Descriptive statistics, nonparametric comparison, and correlation were performed as part of data analysis. Results: A total of 135 participants completed the questionnaire, of which, 66% of the participants were males. Occupational status of the respondents indicated that majority (35.6%) were physicians followed by 27.4% of emergency medical, and 27% of nurses. The results of this study indicated that 48% of the subjects were observed without an anxiety disorder. However, moderate to mild degrees of anxiety disorder was identified among 20.7% and 23.7% of the subjects, respectively. Severe anxiety disorder was found among 7.6% of the respondents. Emergency medical services workers were reported to have the highest GAD-7 score followed by physicians and nurses P = 0.039. Gender and older age group among health professionals were statistically significant correlated with higher GAD-7 score P = 0.028 and 0.048, respectively. There is no significant difference in GAD-7 score among health professional dealing with adult versus pediatrics patient. Conclusion: From this study, it was concluded that more than 52% of the health-care team members manifested with moderate to severe anxiety disorder that requires counseling and referral for support and treatment. Prolonged and unrecognized anxiety may predispose to major psychiatric morbidity, exhaustion, and resignations from the duties. Hospital administration needs to be aware of the level of anxiety and the most likely affected population to build preventive strategies.
Alharthy N
Alrajeh OA
Almutairi M
Alhajri A
care workers
employee management service
generalized anxiety disorder-7
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MAN OF STEEL (2013) MOVIE REVIEW
Title: Man of Steel
Director: Zack Snyder
Screenwriters: David S. Goyer
Starring: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon
The first hour of Zack Snyder's Man of Steel is truly exciting. I've spent considerable time recently complaining about the gutlessness of the new generation of Marvel films: the smug jokeyness, the non-stop candy-colored nerdgasm in which everything of thematic or emotional significance is systematically stamped out. This movie seems, at least at first, to be a pointed rebuttal to that mode of superhero flick: it's somber, grandly mythic, straining under the weight of life and death. I sat up, excited. Superman is serious business.
As is traditional, the film begins with on Krypton, Superman's home planet. It's a hell of a place, grey and alien, with bug-like ships slithering across the skyline. The genocidal General Zod (Michael Shannon) has staged a military coup that sets the planet on a course for destruction. Jor-El (Russell Crowe) and his wife Lara (Ayelet Zurer) see which way the wind is blowing and are able to save their infant son by launching him on a spaceship toward Earth. Though this is backstory – and familiar backstory at that – Snyder and screenwriter David Goyer don't treat it that way: we're not hustled past these events with voiceover or some stylized "many years ago" animation. The film seems to care about the fact that Jor-El and Lara are giving up their infant son; it lingers on Lara's eyes as everything comes crashing down around her.
There's a peremptory flash-forward and the rest of the film takes place on Earth, in the present day, with occasional flashbacks to the childhood of young Clark Kent as he learns that he's not quite like all the other boys. ("He'll be an outcast; a freak," Lara had predicted back on Krypton.) Here too, Man of Steel does something interesting, inverting the origin-story tradition of triumphant discovery in favor of dread: Clark seems to see his powers as a frightening disease. His well-intentioned adoptive dad (Kevin Costner) tells him that he has to hide his gifts, for his own good. These scenes have a dark beauty about them; Snyder has a knack for turning bucolic splendor ominous and sad. I liked the notion of adult Clark Kent (played by Henry Cavill) as a lonely drifter, too, working oil rigs and truck stop diners; it's a poignant vision of the character that makes total sense.
Man of Steel loses its way when Clark has to become Superman, and General Zod returns to turn Earth into a new Krypton. Snyder films some remarkable action sequences – long, vast, and surprisingly coherent; rousingly set to Hans Zimmer's booming, intricate score. His stone-faced, portentous style lends itself well to sudden bursts of intensity. But Clark's transformation into a superhero is given short shrift. The film purports to be about Clark finding it within himself to stand tall and become a role model for mankind – to realize "the potential of every person to be a force for good." But this proves altogether too easy. Apart from one heart-stopping moment in a flashback, he's never faced with any hard choices or tough moral questions. None of his experiences growing up – having to hide who he is; locking himself in a closet to protect his classmates; restraining his anger in the face of bullies – bear on anything that happens in the film's last hour. There's a scene in an IHOP that involves one of those bullies, and I thought maybe the movie would do something with that – show that he's been inspired somehow by the boy he used to torment – but it's just a hollow callback.
The romance with intrepid journalist Lois Lane (Amy Adams) is likewise a total nonentity. It has no particular motivation, and serves no purpose other than to fulfill the promise that Clark Kent falls in love with Lois Lane. By the time she shows up, Man of Steel is off to the races and doesn't have much time for characters or relationships. The ending is all technobabble and anticlimax – the film deals with the troublesome notion of having invincible characters battle each other by using that fact to ludicrously protract the battle and then, when we've had enough, abruptly negating the premise.
Look, this is an often-stunning event film. It's big and kind of bold and it has a scope and scale that's virtually unparalleled in the genre. But so much of that work is squandered on stuff that doesn't matter – Zod's nefarious plans for Earth, elaborate fights with the U.S. military, long bouts of exposition. Man of Steel's heart is in the fencepost young Clark crushes instead of a bully's head; in his mother's eyes as she lets him go and in his adoptive father's eyes as he makes the ultimate sacrifice to show his tortured son how to live. That's the film I came to see.
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Charity lapel pin. "National egg collection. For the wounded - Patron: H M Queen Alexandra. 154 Fleet Street, London". During World War I, various lapel pins were produced and sold by charities to raise funds for wounded soldiers and the families of those killed in action. Flag days soon became a common feature of wartime London. For the first time people were given something in return for their donation, which they could wear to show their support. Contributions were secret and all were rewarded in the same way, so it did not matter whether a donor had given a penny or a pound.
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Members of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough's Fire Authority say they are "hugely disappointed" with news that the county's police and crime commissioner has been given the go-ahead to take over as head of the fire service.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority chairman Councillor Kevin Reynolds.
The Government announced today (Monday) that Jason Ablewhite, the county's police commissioner, was free to add the running of Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service to his remit.
The decision comes almost a year after the idea was first mooted by the commissioner, and was met with strident criticism from the fire authority, from whom Mr Ablewhite will assume control.
Councillor Kevin Reynolds, chairman of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority, said: "I know I speak for the whole fire authority when I say that we are hugely disappointed with today's announcement. All along we have genuinely believed that the business case contained insufficient evidence to prove the case for what is going to be a costly and unnecessary change in governance arrangements and reduce public accountability for what is one of our most efficient and effective public services.
Mr Ablewhite has said he will now become the 'police, fire and crime commissioner'.
He said: "Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service do a vital job saving lives both through their prevention work, tackling fires and through their many other important roles.
The exact date for transfer of responsibilities has yet to be agreed.
Minister for Policing and the Fire Service, Nick Hurd said: "It's great to see police and crime commissioners identifying opportunities to drive greater collaboration between police and fire – there is a real opportunity to improve the services provided to local people.
"The proposals will encourage joint working, sharing of best practice and innovative thinking.


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Melbourne-based fintech start-up Gobbill has received backing from Microsoft and the federal government's Stay Smart Online initiative.
Gobbill, which automates and centralises all bill payments for its users, is sponsored by Microsoft's BizSpark program.
The start-up is also a partner of the Commonwealth government's Stay Smart Online campaign.
Gobbill was founded by Shendon Ewans and Quentin Marsh to manage their own bill payments.
"We decided to create Gobbill because we were finding it increasingly time-consuming to manage bill payments. We decided there had to be a better way to manage bills and still be in control of our payments," Mr Ewans said.
Gobbill users forward their email bills to their @gobbill.com email address to have the entire process automated and paid by their nominated debt or credit card.
The service is currently free for a "limited number of users", with more comprehensive personal and business plans in the pipeline.


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The winners of Travelers' Choice awards were decided on the basis of countless reviews collected in a single year from TripAdvisor users worldwide. The awards, given out since the last 14 years, now recognize more than 7,000 properties in 97 countries. The hotels are judged by individual travellers based on service, quality and value.
As background information to the above listings, you might be interested to look into the PwC 2015 study about online reviews where the Baltic hotels also received remarkably high marks last year.


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These steel cans include the rubber gasket seal, removable lid, and fold flat carrying handle.
Condition: Used but in very good condition. May have scratches, slight writing, very small rust spots, small dings or dents, Seals are in great condition. Actual label print on the side of the cans may vary.
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OUTA is calling on government to stop meddling in SABC affairs.
In the wake of four board resignations at the SABC this week' civil society lobby group the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has urged the government to stop interfering in the affairs of the public broadcaster.
"Outa is concerned with the resignations this week by SABC board members' some of whom have been pivotal in overturning reckless decisions made during the Hlaudi Motsoeneng years'" said Outa chief executive Wayne Duvenage.
The government announced on Thursday that four SABC board members had resigned.
"The president has received four letters of resignation from ... Krish Naidoo' Miss Khanyisile Kweyama' John Mattison as well as Mr Mathata Tsedu'" presidency spokesperson Khusela Diko said.
The presidency has said that four members of the SABC board have resigned' the public broadcaster reported on Thursday.
"While Outa sympathises with those who face retrenchment' tough decisions need to be made to turn around the public broadcaster's finances. We suggest that cuts are made where there were irregular appointments and to management salaries.
"Outa hoped that the new minister [Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams] would restore the public's confidence in the communications industry. However' she is apparently perpetuating the pattern of political meddling that was synonymous with the previous administration'" said Duvenage.
SABC board member Krish Naidoo has confirmed his resignation from the public broadcaster.
The organisation accused the ruling party of taking control of the public broadcaster ahead of next year's general elections' something it said would compromise the integrity of the SABC and deny the public access to unbiased information.
"We have seen this episode before and encourage the minister to re-evaluate her stance to intervene in decisions aimed at improving the financial stability of the SABC'" said Duvenage.


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Q: I want to expand the column to fit the screen if there is no other column I am using bootstrap. I get data from json. I can have maximum 6 tables which i all have put in one row like below.

 (table one)

 (table two)

 (table three)

 (table four)

 (table five)

 (table six)

I want four to be wide open fitting the screen like having sum of 12 when there is no table three. How can i do that?

A: find number of table / 12 to get col. prob need to do a remainder check to do offset or something just in case number of table is 5... anyway
that should get you an ideas to start.   a
var tableCount = $('table').length;
var maxColCount = 12;
var rowWidth = maxCol/tableCount // eg 4 table / 12 row = 3

var str = '
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for(var i = 0; i < tableCount; i++) {
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var str .=  '
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consoloe.log(str);

PS: opps i did't see the json part...... anyhow....