Outlandish Observations: STARZ original programming moves to Sundays starting July 17!
STARZ original programming moves to Sundays starting July 17!
Big news today from STARZ CEO Chris Albrecht!
No, it's NOT the official announcement of OUTLANDER Season 3. Sorry. Keep reading anyway, because this announcement is definitely of interest to OUTLANDER fans!
The former HBO chairman and CEO tells THR he's moving Starz's entire original programming slate from Saturday to Sunday nights, where fare like Outlander will go head-to-head with fellow premium cablers HBO and Showtime, among others.
"Sundays are a prestige night and we feel our shows are definitely going to be very competitive, not just in viewership but in the attention-getting business on Sundays," Albrecht says.
The new schedule will take effect starting on Sunday, July 17, 2016, after OUTLANDER Season 2 is over.
For me, this is good news. Keeping up with the avalanche of posts in Diana Gabaldon's section of the Compuserve Books and Writers Community (where I'm Section Leader, aka moderator) during the week while the season is in progress, plus working full-time, is exhausting, to say the least! I find myself mentally and physically worn out by the end of each week, definitely in need of a break for some "me time" that is not related to OUTLANDER.
It's VERY premature even to be thinking about that, of course. We still have 6 episodes left in Season 2! <vbg> But just speaking personally, I like the idea of showing OUTLANDER on Sundays.
Note to those of you who live outside the US: as far as I know, this change affects STARZ programming in the US only.
Then I'll have nothing to watch on Saturdays. And The Walking Dead is the Sunday line up for me.
I'm not thrilled with the move, since we can tape only two shows per hour, which we do on Sunday evenings from HBO and other cable offerings, but since Outlander is offered all through the night, that should be no logistical problem (how many times have I accidentally deleted my Outlander recording, only to have my husband reset another one, so I'll continue to have the entire series handy until I can purchase the DVD). But it is the only show we watch on Saturday,after looking forward to it all day. I'm sure we'll managed. Thanks for the heads up, Karen. I hate being confused.


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Berkeley English Faculty
Georgina Kleege
Wheeler Hall, room 463
Spring 2020, Mondays 10:30-1:30, or by appointment.
gkleege@berkeley.edu
Professional Statement
Georgina Kleege joined the English department at the University of California, Berkeley in 2003 where in addition to teaching creative writing classes she teaches courses on representations of disability in literature, and disability memoir. Her collection of personal essays, Sight Unseen (1999) is a classic in the field of disability studies. Essays include an autobiographical account of Kleege's own blindness, and cultural critique of depictions of blindness in literature, film, and language. Many of these essays are required reading for students in disability studies, as well as visual culture, education, public health, psychology, philosophy and ophthalmology . Blind Rage: Letters to Helen Keller (2006) transcends the boundaries between fiction and nonfiction to re-imagine the life and legacy of this celebrated disability icon. Kleege's latest book, More Than Meets the Eye: What Blindness Brings to Art (2018)is concerned with blindness and visual art: how blindness is represented in art, how blindness affects the lives of visual artists, how museums can make visual art accessible to people who are blind and visually impaired. She has lectured and served as consultant to art institutions around the world including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Tate Modern in London.
Kleege received the Distinguished Teaching Award from the Division of Arts and Humanities in 2013, and from the UCB campus as a whole in 2016.
More than Meets the Eye: What Blindness Brings to Art
In the quarter century following the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act, art museums, along with other public institutions, were tasked with making their facilities and collections more accessible to people with disabilities. Although b....(read more)
Home for the Summer
a novel.....(read more)
A collection of personal essays about blindness and sight.....(read more)
"What the Ramp Teaches" (blog post/essay)
http://alicesheppard.com/what-the-ramp-teaches-by-georgina-kleege/
"Haptic Explorations: What, How and Why." (digital catalogue essay)
For the "Jewish Folktales Retold: The Artist as Maggid" exhibit
At the Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco.
https://folktales.thecjm.org/haptic-encounters
"On the Borders of the Wild" (essay)Raritan, (Vol. 18, No. 4), pp. 102-15.
"Wearing the Mask Inside Out" (essay) Social Research (Vol. 67, No. 1), pp. 47-59.
"Beauty and the Blind" (essay) The UNESCO Courier (July/August, 2001), pp. 47-8.
"Charity Begins at Home" (essay) Ragged Edge(Vol. 23, Nos. 2 & 3), pp. 20-25.
"Memory Works Both Ways" (essay) Southwest Review, (Vol. 87, Nos. 2 & 3), pp. 167-200.
"A Good Place for Aliens" (essay) The Yale Review, (Vol. 91, No. 4), pp. 99-108.
"Darwin Thinks" (essay) Southwest Review (Vol. 89, No. 4), pp. 530-547.
"Blindness and Visual Culture: An Eye-Witness Account" (essay) The Journal of Visual Culture, (Vol. 4, No. 2), pp. 179-190.
"What we Talk About When We Talk About Art" (keynote address) Beyond Occularcentrism Symposium, The Tate Modern Museum, November, 2002.
"The Subject At Hand" (keynote address) Art Beyond Sight Conference, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, October, 2005.
"Brain Work: A Meditation on the Painting of Katherine Sherwood"
Golgi's Door (National Academy of Sciences) pp. 8-18.
"blind Imagination: Pictures into Words"
Southwest Review (Vol. 93, No. 2) pp. 227-39.
"Audio Description Described." Representations, Vol. 135, No. 1, pp.89-101.
"Dear Readers: My History with Aural Texts." (four-part blog post)
For the "Common Touch" exhibit, The Library Company, Philadelphia,
http://commontouch.librarycompany.org/blog-grid/
"On Being as I Am" (online essay) Lighthouse Interpoint
http://lighthouse-sf.org/blog/on-being-who-i-am-my-life-as-a-tall-blind-woman/
creative nonfiction; disability autobiography; blindness and visual art.
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Prose Nonfiction: Personal Essay
Creative Writing Workshops
180A/1
Autobiography: Disability Memoir
180A/101 -- discussion section
No instructor assigned yet.
Prose Nonfiction: Food Writing
Special Topics: The Art of Writing: The Visible Made Verbal
Prose Nonfiction: The Personal Essay
Literature and Disability

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Playing this game is very simple. You can click any block which has one or more similar block in its adjacent location i.e. top or bottom or left or right.
Match 2 Collapse is a matching game. Click on groups of at least 2 (or more than 2) similar color shapes to remove them. Several power-ups will help you. Don't let the shape's pile up to the top. New shapes will be added in each level. Complete the level by collecting a number of blocks mentioned in target. Cutter power up clears a row and column, Bomb destroys all surrounding blocks and color cool clears all blocks which are same as the power-up shows.


Pierre-Luc Deziel is interested in exposing the constructed nature of reality, and he does this through sharp, sculptural paintings that are part of the canvas and yet seem bent on escaping it.
I find that Pierre-Luc's three-dimensional works have an almost street-art, graffiti-like aesthetic. The sharp lines of material have the look and feel of a steel structure or blueprint that is collapsing in on its self, folding into a black hole perhaps. Pierre-Luc is determined, in his work, to cement the materiality of the painting – his works are very conceptual and the entire idea is contained in the way that the canvas is constructed – it becomes a built object in itself, rather than simply a surface to hold paint.
Pierre-Luc, on his art website, describes his practice as labour intensive, involving a great number of different materials used to achieve the desired effect – that final effect being a painting that creates a truly dynamic viewing experience.


We are carrying out a review of quality at Romney Cottage Residential Care Home. We will publish a report when our review is complete. Find out more about our inspection reports.
This location was archived on 27 March 2017.
We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. This inspection was planned to check whether the provider is meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and to check if breached regulations, identified during our inspections of 25 and 26 January 2016 and 17 May 2016, had been met. We looked at the overall quality of the service to provide a new rating for the service under the Care Act 2014; prior to this inspection, the rating for the service was Inadequate.
We undertook this inspection of Romney Cottage Residential Care Home on 30 and 31 August 2016. The inspection was undertaken by two inspectors.
Before our inspection we reviewed the information we held about the service including previous inspection reports. We considered the information which had been shared with us by the local authority and other people, looked at safeguarding alerts and notifications which had been submitted. A notification is information about important events which the provider is required to tell us about by law. We also reviewed action plans and some progress updates sent by the provider following the last inspections.
We met each person and spoke with eight people who lived at the service and observed their care, including the lunchtime meal, some medicines administration and activities. We inspected most areas of the environment and equipment used at the service. We spoke with five of the care staff including a member of the night care staff, the cook and cleaner as well as a visiting health care professional, the acting manager, the provider and a member of the consultancy team appointed by the provider.
We 'pathway tracked' three people living at the service. This is when we looked at people's care documentation in depth, obtained their views on how they found living at the home where possible and made observations of the support they were given. It is an important part of our inspection, as it allowed us to capture information about a sample of people receiving care. We also looked at care records for three other people.
During the inspection we reviewed other records. These included staff training and supervision records, staff recruitment records, medicines records, risk assessments, accidents and incident records, some quality audits and policies and procedures. We also asked for and reviewed the development plan of the service following the intervention of a consultancy service appointed by the provider.


We will be talking a little bit more about each one down below, so check it out!
The Gem Capsule will be a new way for players to earn back some of the gems used during a certain period of time.
– The Gem Capsule gives back part of the gems you use.
– You will have a chance to get a Gem Capsule for every victory chest opened.
– Part of all gems used in the game will be added to your Capsule.
– Once it's full, you will be able to claim all accumulated gems back for free!
– Careful not to waste your chance! The Gem Capsule will expire if not filled on time.
A dreadful baroness in life, but now a vengeful ghost that receives no damage from magic spells!
– Special Effect: Immune to damage from magic spells.
Wraith is an Epic card and will be available starting from Castle 8.
It's a great card to counter magic damage spells, such as Lightning, Arrows, Inferno, Meteor, Bomb and so on.
However you can still use spells like Rage, Blizzard and Gust of Wind to either help or delay Wraith.
Fixed a bug where card sprites were not displayed correctly during some matches.


영어 구문을 한데 모아서 정리해 봤습니다!..
지난번 요청과 관련하여, 답장을 곧 드리겠습니다.
지난 6/1일 메일 관련해서 답장을 곧 드리겠습니다.
이처럼 '..와 관련해서' 를 영어로 표현하려 할 때..
아래의 문구 가운데, 하나를 골라서 써주면 됩니다.
※ 이메일에서 흔히 보는 Re: 는 regarding의 약자..
Regarding your question, I will answer you soon.
당신의 질문과 관련해서, 곧 답신드리겠습니다.
With reference to your letter, I will answer you soon.
당신이 보낸 편지와 관련해서, 곧 답신드리겠습니다.
□ 편지의 날짜를 넣고 싶다면?
With reference to your letter of June 1, I will answer you soon.
6/1일 보낸 편지와 관련해서, 곧 답신드리겠습니다.
With reference to your letter dated June 1, I will answer you soon.
□ 다음의 표현을 써도 마찬가지..
- In reference to your letter, I..
- With regard to your letter, I..
- In regards to your letter, I..
- As regards your letter, I..
I am writing with reference to your enquire.
귀사의 요청과 관련해서 편지를 씁니다.
'..관련해서'란 뜻으로 위의 표현이 너무 자주 사용돼..
In response to your question.. : 당신의 질문에 대한 답변으로..
In answer to your question.. : 당신의 질문에 대한 답변으로..


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Comic stubs, Comic stories set on Mondas, The Cybermen,
The Black Sky (comic story)
The Black Sky
The Cybermen, Mondasian Silurians
16 March - 11 May 1995
The Flesh Unbound The Hungry Sea
The Black Sky was the third story of The Cybermen series featuring the Cybermen and Silurians on Mondas. It did not feature the Doctor.
A Cyber-ship returns from an expedition, but is on a collision course with the building housing Control, forcing the Cybermen to shoot it down. The ship's crew are revealed to have been replaced by black shape-shifting creatures. They break into control and take over, but absorb too much energy and explode. The Cybermen learn that the ship had been to the Dark Continent, and decide to go there and destroy the source of the attack.
Control has been relocated from the centre of the city to an area in the mountains.
Retrieved from "https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/The_Black_Sky_(comic_story)?oldid=2981498"
... more about "The Black Sky (comic story)"
File:TBS.jpg +


Tolmachoff is a unique four-generation family farm that grows a variety of produce. In the early 1900s, the farm only grew cotton, wheat, and corn, and in the 1970s, it expanded to include squash, peppers, and so much more. During this time of year, visitors can enjoy a giant pumpkin patch and a renowned haunted corn maze. The maze features new hair-raising thrills each season, and the Tolmachoff family boasts it's where your most horrifying dreams become a reality.
MacDonald's Ranch is the premier horseback riding stable in the Valley of the Sun. Every fall, the ranch offers a pumpkin patch featuring pumpkins grown in Arizona. The sizes and colors vary, and prices range from four dollars to twelve dollars. The fun also includes hayrides, exploring an old western town, and playing games from a time gone by. Those who are hungry can enjoy a delicious meal from the Blazin' BBQ Food Truck. Choices include pulled pork sandwiches, brisket sandwiches, and bacon cheeseburgers.
Established in 1991, Mother Nature's is a family owned and operated pumpkin farm that welcomes thousands of visitors every year. It has been rated "Arizona's Best" by the Phoenix New Times, and the pumpkins range in size from one ounce to five hundred pounds. Visitors can also take a hayride and enjoy popcorn and cotton candy.
These are just a few of the pumpkin patches near our apartments in Chandler. If you are looking for a place to call home, please contact us. Our leasing agents would love to show you our community firsthand.


Set of 3 wall sconces : model BOX edited by Lumen Center, designed by ARTOFF.
Set of 3 wall sconces cast black lacquered aluminum and frosted glass.
This is the BOX model, published by Lumen Center and designed by Artoff, probably in the 1980s.
The electrification is new and meets current safety standards.
The price covers the 3 wall sconces, but it is possible to sell them by pair: 350 € the pair.


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Double Star of the Month - June 2010
To the small telescope user STF1964 (15 38 12.96 +36 14 48.3) is a pair of 7.9 and mag 8.0 white stars separated by about 14". Readers of Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes will note that the stars are given as mags 6.8 and 7.3, a considerable difference to the quoted WDS magnitudes above. STF1964 lies about half a degree south preceding zeta CrB, a much brighter and somewhat closer pair. STF1964 is, however, not without its attractions. Each of the two stars is a visual double - the fainter component actually known as C was found by Struve and the writer managed to measure this 1".4 pair last year. The brighter star A (=HU 1167) is somewhat closer but the companion (B) is fainter and this system is a challenge to those with 25 to 30-cm of aperture. In 1970, professional observer Richard Walker of USNO reported that star A had another closer companion at a distance of 0".1 but there has not yet been confirmation of this star.
HN 28 (14 57 27.99 -21 24 55.8) is also known as Hh457 in Webb. Star A is number 570 in the Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars. It is 19.1 light years distant and with both stars moving through space at more than 2" per year, it is a physical system. In 1806 Piazzi measured both stars and at that time the position was 251 degs and 9".4. In 2009, the writer found 306 degrees and 25".3. The stars are 5.8 and 8.2 and offer a fine colour contrast. Star A is spectral type K5V and orange in colour whilst B is type M2V and red, the colours being noted by Hartung. Sissy Haas calls it 33 Lib and notes that Smyth made it ``straw coloured and orpiment yellow". The USNO 6th orbit catalogue includes it with a period of 2130 years. In 1990 B was found to be a close binary with a period of 308 days and a separation of 0".2. To the small telescope user there are a number of fainter companions ranging from mag 9.5 to 13 or so all of which are being left behind by the principal stars.


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Le comte Élie Dor de Lastours est un diplomate et homme politique français, né le  à Orgeval (Seine-et-Oise) et mort le  au château Lastours, hameau d'Avits (Castres, Tarn).

Biographie

Jeunesse
Issu de la famille Dor de Lastours, Élie Dor de Lastours est le fils aîné du comte François Dor de Lastours et de Suzanne Baylin de Monbel. Il passe sa jeunesse au château de Lastours à Castres. Il réalise ses études secondaire à l'école Gerson de Paris, puis au  couvent de l'Immaculée Conception de Toulouse.

Entre 1894 et 1895, il prépare au lycée Notre-Dame Saint-Sigisbert (Nancy) son entrée à l'ESM Saint-Cyr, avant d'abandonner sa carrière militaire au profit de la diplomatie. Diplômé de l'école libre des sciences politiques et de Langues orientales, mais aussi détenteur d'une licence en droit, il est nommé élève consul le 2 mai 1901.

Carrière politique
En poste de diplomate à Londres, en tant que troisième secrétaire de l'ambassade, il est apprécié par Paul Cambon.

Mis en disponibilité en 1912, il devient député du Tarn le 14 décembre 1919, par 30.673 voix sur 77.789 votants. La même année, il se marie avec épouse Marguerite Gérard (fille du député Maurice Gérard et petite nièce du peintre François Gérard) avec qui il a 6 enfants. Henry, Béatrix, Françoise, Josèphe, Suzanne et Thérèse.

Il reste député jusqu'en 1924, siégeant au groupe de l'Entente républicaine démocratique, et ne se représente pas. Au cours de son mandat, il prend position en faveur de l'occupation de la Ruhr, est nommé membre de la commission des affaires étrangères, de la commission de l'Algérie et de celle des affaires coloniales.

Carrière sportive
Sportif aguerri, il excellait en escrime et en tennis. En 1900, il a participé au tournoi international de l'île de Puteaux en double qui sera reconnu comme épreuve olympique. Il est également devenu le premier français à participer au tournoi de Wimbledon en 1908 où il joue en simple et en double avec son compatriote Pierre Verdé-Delisle.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes

 Liste des personnalités liées à Castres

 Liste des députés du Tarn

Sources

Liens externes

Député du Tarn (Troisième République)
Député de la douzième législature de la Troisième République
Personnalité de la Fédération républicaine
Naissance en août 1874
Naissance en Seine-et-Oise
Décès en novembre 1932
Décès à Castres
Élève de l'Institut d'études politiques de Paris
Élève de l'Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales
Décès à 58 ans

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Q: Several optional parameters in sinatra route I need the Sinatra route to behave in the following manner:
GET /list/20/10  # Get 20 items with offset 10
GET /list/20     # Get 20 items with default offset
GET /list        # Get default number of items with default offset

I understand, I might pass the values as query:
GET /list?limit=20&offset=10

but I want to pass them as described above. I am pretty sure there is a way to explain to Sinatra/Padrino what I want to do, but I'm currently totally stuck with. I have tried:
get :list, :map => '/list', :with => [:limit, :offset] {} # 404 on /list
get :list, :map => '/list/*' { puts params[:splat] } # 404 on /list
get :list, :map => '/list/?:limit?/?:offset?' {} # 404 on /list
get :list, :map => '/list' { redirect url_for(:list, …) } # 302, not convenient for consumers

How am I supposed to notice Sinatra that the parameter might be optional?
Accidentally,
get %r{/list(/[^/]+)*} do
  # parse params[:captures]
end

works, but that looks silly.

A: Actually the parameters matching in Sinatra is done by Mustermann and according to the documentation you have several matchers available.
In the sinatra you have:
sinatra     /:slug(.:ext)?

So if you want optional parameters you need to wrap them in ()? like the example above, taken from the documentation.

A: This minimal example:
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'sinatra'

get '/test/?:p1?/?:p2?' do
  "Hello #{params[:p1]}, #{params[:p2]}"
end

just works for /test, /test/a and /test/a/b. Did I miss something in your question?

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Thanks for visiting our website. The coaches and myself would love to give you a tour of Inner Fit. This Thursday October 19 from 4pm to 630pm, we are opening our doors for a casual drop in Open House. Feel free to pop in on your way home from work and check out our facility.
We are here to answer your questions. If you can't make the drop in visit, feel free to send myself an email at rachel@innerfitstudios.com and we can set up a day and time to visit the studio.
We also offer a complimentary one week unlimited class pass to anyone interested in trying our classes out first.
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How Cambodia's Human Rights Crackdown Undermines Regional Security
by Waris Husain and a Trial Monitoring Attorney
ASEAN, Authoritarianism, Biden administration, Cambodia, International Human Rights, Myanmar
Cambodia's recent increases in repression and human rights violations coincide with a strengthening of the country's ties with China. With Cambodia currently leading the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the organization's annual summit with the United States approaching May 12-13 at the White House, now is the time for the U.S. government to take stronger action on Cambodia's crackdown and its not-unrelated courtship of China. The summit provides an opportunity for the Biden administration to highlight the costs of allying with China and to demonstrate that the U.S. can be a viable alternative, not only providing significant aid, trade, and security benefits, but also tying these benefits to respect for values of democracy and human rights that ultimately would strengthen Cambodia.
Cambodian leader Hun Sen is the world's longest-serving prime minister. While he has ruled with an iron fist, the last several years have seen a severe deterioration in human rights, including the escalating persecution of human rights defenders. Often these abuses take place with the complicity of the courts, most of which are effectively controlled by the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP). In 2017, the Supreme Court of Cambodia dissolved the main opposition party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), resulting in a de facto one-party state.
As documented by groups such as Human Rights Watch, Cambodia's human rights situation "dramatically worsened" in the aftermath of that decision. In late 2021, United Nations experts expressed alarm at the "methodical and systematic erosion of civic and political space" in Cambodia. This intensification of human rights violations has occurred in parallel with a deepening in the Cambodia-China relationship. This is all the more concerning given that Cambodia in January assumed a one-year term leading ASEAN.
Vague Wording of Article 495 on `Incitement'
Nowhere is the eradication of Cambodia's civil society more evident than in the government's deployment of Article 495 of its Criminal Code. Article 495 prohibits incitement to a felony and incitement to social disorder, providing for up to two years of imprisonment. The vague wording of the provision, which criminalizes a wide range of outcomes — including any disruption of social order, a term left undefined — makes it highly susceptible to abuse, as documented by the American Bar Association (ABA) Center for Human Rights through its Justice Defenders Program and the TrialWatch initiative established by the Clooney Foundation for Justice. Indeed, the authorities have used the provision to incarcerate numerous peaceful protesters, independent journalists, trade unionists, supporters of the CNRP, and individuals expressing critical views on social media or via private messaging services. As noted by the U.S. State Department in its 2021 annual human rights report covering the previous year, "By the end of 2020, the government reportedly filed at least 200 cases of incitement, up from approximately 40 in 2019 and no more than 20 in previous years. This included a mass filing of incitement charges against approximately 120 individuals in November 2020, most of whom were associated with the opposition CNRP. There was no report that anyone had ever been acquitted of an incitement charge."
Prosecutions under Article 495 represent the majority of politically motivated proceedings in Cambodia over the past several years and have entailed mass trials of over 100 defendants at a time. One of the cases emblematic of this crackdown is that of Ros Sokhet. In June 2020, Sokhet was arrested and detained for various posts on his Facebook page, from which he ran an independent media outlet: the posts criticized, among others, Hun Sen and powerful leaders in the CPP. Sokhet spent four months in pretrial detention and in October 2020 was convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison, with credit for time served. Like many other such trials monitored by the ABA Center for Human Rights, Sokhet's conviction came after a half-day trial in which the prosecution presented little evidence and the outcome appeared predetermined.
In December 2021, in response to a petition filed by the Clooney Foundation for Justice as part of the TrialWatch initiative, the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) called for Sokhet's release and, in the first ruling of its kind, found that Article 495 violates international human rights standards. The Working Group stated that the provision "fail[ed] to distinguish between violent acts and peaceful exercise of fundamental freedoms," and urged Cambodia to amend it accordingly.
A Range of International Responses
The response from international actors to Cambodia's crushing of civil society has been varied. With Hun Sen in need of partners willing to overlook the crackdown, China has moved to strengthen ties. It is now Cambodia's largest foreign investor, and the two countries' militaries recently signed an agreement aimed at enhancing coordination. As China leapfrogs longstanding partners such as the U.S., Japan, and Sweden into a position of dominance, the risk is all the greater that Cambodia could become a satellite state, threatening the security of Southeast Asia as well as broader U.S. and European Union (EU) interests. As described in a recent report from the Congressional Research Service, "Cambodia is said to be the Southeast Asian country upon which China exerts the greatest influence, and to be China's 'most reliable partner in Southeast Asia.' In return for Chinese investment, financing, and assistance, Cambodia has appeared to accommodate or support China's positions on various issues in the Indo-Pacific, including territorial disputes in the South China Sea." There have also been rumblings that Cambodia has granted China access to Ream Naval Base on the coast of the Gulf of Thailand, which in the long term could be used as a staging ground for regional disputes.
Having assumed control of the courts, the legislature, the press, and the military, Hun Sen has ensured that there will be no significant domestic opposition to this shift. Further, a decreasing reliance by Cambodia on other allies not only allows China undue influence but also facilitates Hun Sen's repression. Unlike democratic nations, China will not use its leverage to push for the improvement of human rights in Cambodia.
While China may seem to Hun Sen and other Cambodian leaders to be a partner with no downside, there are strings attached, as evidenced by the struggles of other CCP allies such as Sri Lanka, which was pressured into transferring control of a strategically significant port to China over its inability to pay off its debt. Perhaps the greatest costs are loss of control over foreign policy and domestic financial independence. Chinese loans accounted for 44 percent of Cambodia's foreign debt at the end of 2020. Despite China's denials, that leaves Cambodia subject to the demands of leaders in Beijing in lieu of being able to pay back its loans.
Cambodia's trajectory is particularly concerning given its chairmanship of ASEAN this year. Upon assuming leadership of the grouping and without consulting fellow members, Hun Sen visited Myanmar in January and met with the new military administration, a move that many described as legitimizing a junta that has been credibly alleged to have committed genocide against the Rohingya people. The likelihood that Hun Sen, as leader of ASEAN, will condemn human rights abuses in the region when he commits similar violations at home is slim to none.
For decades, institutions from the U.N. to the U.S. government to the EU have denounced the lack of democratic institutions and rule of law in Cambodia. These comments, however, have often not been followed by sufficient action. The most concrete of recent measures was the EU's February 2020 decision, as Cambodia's largest trading partner, to partially remove Cambodia's preferential trade status, effective in August 2020, based on human rights violations.
The U.S. response appears to have been largely spurred by perceived security threats. In November 2021, for example, the United States imposed sanctions on two Cambodian officials over corruption at the Ream Naval Base, and in December 2021, the United States announced an arms embargo with Cambodia, primarily on the basis of China's growing influence.
However, human rights crackdowns, too, must be conceptualized not only as assaults on the dignity and inalienable rights of human beings, but also as potential harbingers of security breakdowns, as they signal the degree of willingness to violate the rule of law in other areas as well and the extent of vulnerability to manipulation by more powerful regimes that promise to prop up their threatened authority. The United States demonstrated an understanding of this symbiosis in a November 2021 business advisory saying it was reassessing Cambodia's eligibility for the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) trade program. "Recent developments in Cambodia, including systemic corruption, transnational organized crime, and human rights abuses, threaten both U.S. national security interests and the fundamental freedoms of people in Cambodia," the State Department said. Still, that decision came long after the similar 2020 move by the EU.
The United States has several avenues for providing partnership incentives to Cambodia for improvements in the treatment of civil society. First, because Cambodia's GSP eligibility expired in December, many of its exports to the United States currently are subject to higher import duties, pending GSP renewal. A conditional renewal could deepen the two countries' trade ties and benefit both economies. The U.S. Congress has similarly placed conditions on foreign aid to Cambodia for years, including in recent annual Further Consolidated Appropriations Acts. The 2020 act, for example, made funding contingent on actions such as upholding the freedoms established by the Cambodian Constitution and resisting China's influence. The United States also can encourage and incentivize better-quality foreign investment in Cambodia to help decrease its economic dependence on China.
This is a threshold moment in Cambodia. Elections to commune councils (sangkats), which select members of the Cambodian Senate, will be held in June. Traditionally, elections in Cambodia are accompanied by escalated repression, with the government shutting down media and harassing opposition candidates in order to guarantee victory. Meanwhile, several troubling laws and policies are on the table, including a National Internet Gateway that would allow the government "to monitor all internet traffic and disconnect users' internet connections on arbitrary grounds" and a new cybercrime law that would further enable the prosecution of whistleblowers and journalists. Meanwhile, Article 495 prosecutions continue unabated.
The White House gathering with members of ASEAN next week presents an important opportunity for the United States to limit China's inroads into Cambodia and respond firmly to the human rights crackdown that fuels and is fueled by those dubious ties. Just a year ago, Hun Sen rhetorically asked during a global conference, "If I don't rely on China, who will I rely on? If I don't ask China, who am I to ask?" The United States should use ASEAN to make clear that it is a countervailing option with teeth.
The views expressed herein represent the opinions of the authors. They have not been reviewed or approved by the House of Delegates or the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association and, accordingly, should not be construed as representing the position of the Association or any of its entities.
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Woodruff Health Sciences Center | May 12, 2015
Jennifer Johnson McEwen
Illustration of WATCHMAN Device implanted in the left atrial appendage.
Image: Boston Scientific
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Emory Healthcare is among the first health care systems in the United States, and the first in the Southeast, to offer patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AFib) an alternative to long-term warfarin medication with the FDA-approved WATCHMAN Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) Implant.
According to the American Heart Association, atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a quivering or irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure and other heart-related complications in the nearly 2.7 million Americans it affects. The most common treatment to reduce stroke risk in patients with AFib is blood-thinning warfarin medication.
"The WATCHMAN device is an important advancement in stroke management for non-valvular AFib patients who are seeking alternatives to warfarin," says cardiologist David DeLurgio, MD, professor of medicine, Emory University School of Medicine and director of electrophysiology at Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital.
DeLurgio and the Emory team have been implanting the WATCHMAN device for the last seven years in clinical trials testing the new technology. He recently implanted the region's first device since FDA approval was granted in March.
During the minimally invasive procedure, the WATCHMAN implant is delivered to the heart via a catheter, closing off an area of the heart called the left atrial appendage (LAA). The LAA is a thin, sack-like appendix attached to the heart and is believed to be the source of the majority of stroke-causing blood clots in people with non-valvular AFib.
"By closing the LAA and keeping these harmful blood clots from entering the blood stream, the risk of stroke may be reduced and, over time, patients could be freed from the challenges of long-term warfarin therapy," says DeLurgio.
Despite its proven efficacy, long-term warfarin medication is not well tolerated by some patients and carries a significant risk for bleeding complications. Nearly half of AFib patients eligible for warfarin are currently untreated due to tolerance and adherence issues.
The WATCHMAN Implant, developed by Boston Scientific, has been approved in Europe since 2005. It has been implanted in more than 10,000 patients and is approved in more than 70 countries around the world.
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Q: Duplicated ActionBar on Fragment I made one Activity with a NavigationView. When I select one item of NavigationView it loads one Fragment.
This is the Activity:
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements NavigationView.OnNavigationItemSelectedListener{

private DrawerLayout drawer;

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_apresenta_atividades);
    Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
    setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
    drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
    ActionBarDrawerToggle toggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(
            this, drawer, toolbar, R.string.app_name, R.string.app_name);
    drawer.addDrawerListener(toggle);
    toggle.syncState();
    NavigationView navigationView = (NavigationView) findViewById(R.id.nav_view);
}
...

@Override
public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    Fragment fragment = null;
    Class fragmentClass;
    ...
    FragmentManager fragmentManager = getSupportFragmentManager();
    fragmentManager.beginTransaction().replace(R.id.layout, fragment).commit();
    item.setChecked(true);
    setTitle(item.getTitle());
    drawer.closeDrawers();
    return true;
}
}

This is the xml for MainActivity and multiple Fragments:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#ddffff"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true">

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <include
        android:id="@+id/bar"
        layout="@layout/app_bar_main"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

    //Layout for FirstFragment
    <RelativeLayout
        android:id="@+id/layout"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content">

        ...

    </RelativeLayout>

    //Layout for SecondFragment
    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content">

        ...

    </RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>

<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
    android:id="@+id/nav_view"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_gravity="start"
    android:background="#ddffff"
    app:headerLayout="@layout/nav_header_main"
    app:menu="@menu/activity_main_drawer" />

</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

When it starts one Fragment there are two ActionBars:

I don't understand how can I reorganize my .xml to just show ActionBar on top.
Thanks.
Edit: app_bar_main.xml :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:id="@+id/co_layout" >

<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">

    <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
        android:id="@+id/toolbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
        android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
        app:popupTheme="@style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay" />

</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

styles.xml:
<resources>

<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.NoActionBar">
    <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
    <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" />
<style name="AppTheme.PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />

 </resources>

A: Can you try like that , don't request second AppBarLayout :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="@+id/root"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
tools:context=".activity.HomeActivity">

<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
    android:id="@+id/drawer"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true">

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:id="@+id/home_header_layout"
        android:fitsSystemWindows="true">

        <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
            android:id="@+id/toolbar"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
            android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
            app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways" />

    </LinearLayout>

    <android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
        android:id="@+id/navigation_view"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
        android:layout_gravity="start"

        app:menu="@menu/homepage_leftdrawer">

    </android.support.design.widget.NavigationView>

</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

Consider "Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar" attribute in your styles.xml, if you want to add Toolbar manually.
My styles.xml :
<style name="AppTheme3" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/ColorPrimary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/ColorPrimaryDark</item>
    <item name="drawerArrowStyle">@style/DrawerArrowStyle</item>
    <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
</style>

<style name="AppTheme3.AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" />

<style name="AppTheme3.AppBarTransparent" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark" />

<style name="AppTheme3.PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />

<style name="DrawerArrowStyle" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.DrawerArrowToggle">
    <item name="color">@android:color/white</item>
</style>

And styles-v21.xml :
<style name="AppTheme3" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/ColorPrimary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/ColorPrimaryDark</item>
    <item name="android:colorAccent">@color/ColorPrimary</item>
    <item name="android:statusBarColor">@color/ColorPrimaryDark</item>
    <item name="android:colorFocusedHighlight">@color/ColorPrimary</item>
    <item name="drawerArrowStyle">@style/DrawerArrowStyle</item>
    <item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">false</item>
    <item name="colorControlHighlight">@color/ColorControlHighlight</item>
    <item name="android:windowContentTransitions">true</item>
    <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
</style>

<style name="AppTheme3.AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" />

<style name="AppTheme3.AppBarTransparent" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark" >
    <item name="color">@android:color/white</item>
</style>

<style name="AppTheme3.PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />

<style name="DrawerArrowStyle" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.DrawerArrowToggle">

    <item name="color">@android:color/white</item>
</style>


With male grooming on the rise, more men are trying beauty treatments, especially when it comes to their brows. If the majority of your clients are female, a pair of male brows can seem daunting. Our Lead Brow Stylist (and avid male groomer) Jamie Long is on hand with his top tips for male HD Brows clients.
You can't create amazing results without a good consultation. This is especially true when it comes to men's brows. Male clients can be a little nervous about having a treatment like HD Brows. They might just want a tidy up but worry they'll leave with brows like their girlfriend! Always start by letting them know this to put them slightly at ease. It's important to know exactly what they want, so break each step of the treatment down for a thorough consultation.
With male clients, give them the option of tint and let them know it isn't something they have to have. You can achieve a more natural finish if tint isn't used. If a client declines the tint, don't discount the treatment. The cost of the tint used in a treatment is pennies, so keep your price the same. It's your skills they're paying for.
When tinting men's brows, I like to do something I've self-titled a "colour wash". This is where less tint is applied compared to the normal treatment and I brush it through with a brow wand. This freshens the brows up giving them a subtle tint that isn't too strong. But remember, not all men want the natural look. If your client prefers a power brow, go ahead and tint as normal.
Most men are blessed with thick eyebrows full of hair. You will find most clients like to keep their brows full. If they are looking to change size, you would just do this part of the consultation as usual. Refer to what the client has and ask if they wish to go any bigger or smaller.
Again, you can carry out this consultation style the same as if it were a female client. You'll find that most men opt for a flatter brow and prefer a tidy up rather than a reshape.
Let your client know that this stage is totally optional. You'll find that a lot of men will have a dusting of pressed powder. I call this 'Anti Redness Powder' so they don't think it's make up! You could also add some Brow Beater to set the brows in place.
As male grooming becomes more popular, so does male make up. If they prefer a more groomed look, you could add some hair stokes with the Pro Pencil or maybe the Colour Fix for a little more colour and that extra hold.
Obviously this is always the case, but it's even more important when it comes to men's brows. Always remember to leave a good margin when waxing. You can always tidy up if needed by tweezing towards the end of the treatment. Do a little extra threading at the sides towards the temples, as men's brows can almost merge in to the hairline.
It's always better that a male client asks to have them slightly tidier on their next visit than not return as they were too defined.
I think this is the one and only time when it's okay to bend the rules. On training we teach you our unique design formula to create perfect HD Brows. This is keeping your proportions 2/3 and a 1/3, as well as the big, medium, small shape. Unless your client has requested a perfectly groomed power brow, throw all this out of the window.
Men tend to opt for a flatter brow which has a similar thickness from bulb to tail. There's no noticeable decline in size and the tail is kept open rather than taken to a point. Don't feel the end to apply make up; always give your client the choice.
When you get to the finishing stage of the treatment, hand your client a mirror. That way, they can see what you're tweezing to keep them reassured. Keeping asking if they would like any more removing and do the tweezing section bit by bit, just to be sure you don't remove too much.
We all know the importance of taking pictures to promote your business. Getting a good before and after of your male clients is a fantastic marketing tool. It shows your versatility as a brow stylist and reassures potential male clients that they are in safe, experienced hands. They're also great for use as a reference point during the consultation.
These top tips should prove super helpful next time a male client sits in your brow chair. Keep sharing your male before & afters on the collective too as it's great inspirational for your fellow Stylists.


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The 71st annual Germantown Charity Horse Show (GCHS) season got underway Saturday night March 2, 2019 with the Queen's Ball at the Ridgeway Hilton in Memphis, Tenn. The 2019 Queen is Miss Sarah Lynn Foster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Foster and granddaughter of the late "Sonny "and Mary Liz Foster, founding members of the Germantown Charity Horse Show. Sarah continues the legacy of her grandfather's love of carriage driving and will not only reign as the Queen at this year's show, but will also show in the Carriage Driving division. Sarah is a freshman at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga majoring in environmental policy and planning.
Germantown, Tenn. Mayor Mike Palazzolo was on hand to present the official proclamation from the City of Germantown honoring the 2019 Queen, as well as present her with the Queen's Gift, courtesy of King Furs and Fine Jewelry.
Alex Ginsburg was the official photographer of the evening, snapping candid and official posed photographs to document the occasion. See his photos from the evening's festivities at: www.AlexGinsburgPhotographics.com.
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The 2019 Germantown Charity Horse Show benefits Kindred Place, formerly The Exchange Club Family Center. The 71st anniversary show runs June 4-8, 2019 at the arena at 7745 Poplar Pike in Germantown, Tenn. For more information about the show, visit https://gchs.org.


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Exclusive: Successor to exiting U.S. attorney general Barr won't say if he will name special counsels
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Incoming acting U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen declined to say on Wednesday whether he would name special counsels to investigate President Donald Trump's claims of election fraud or the tax issues of President-elect Joe Biden's son Hunter.
Rosen, who is set to take over when William Barr steps down on Dec. 23, told Reuters in an interview at the Justice Department that he would continue "to do things on the merits and to do things on the basis of the law and the facts. That's how I thought about it from the beginning and that's how I'll think about it through the end."
Republican Trump, who leaves office on Jan. 20, has been considering calling for the appointment of a special counsel for Hunter Biden, according to a person familiar with the matter. Trump has also continued to claim contrary to evidence that his election defeat to Democrat Biden was the result of widespread fraud, claims that have been rejected by state and federal officials and several courts.
During his expected few weeks in the top job, Rosen said "I think of it a little bit like a developer with a punch list. We're going to try to finish the work we're here to do."
Rosen added: "Let's continue on the course we've had."
Rosen declined to say if he agreed with Barr's assessment in a recent Associated Press interview that "we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election."
Rosen also declined to say if he had spoken to Trump since he was tapped.
On Dec. 9, Hunter Biden said the U.S. Attorney's Office in Delaware is investigating his tax affairs.
Rosen, a lawyer who has served as deputy attorney general since May 2019 and was previously deputy transportation secretary under Trump, in his current role oversees the day-to-day operation of an agency that employs more than 100,000 people at prosecutors' offices, federal prisons and FBI offices across the United States.
During his tenure he has overseen the government's antitrust probes into Alphabet Inc's Google and other tech companies, national security investigations and a major settlement between OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma and the Justice Department.
"I've been in this job for 19 months. It's not like starting from scratch," Rosen told Reuters.
Rosen declined to say if a pardon would be appropriate for former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, but did note a judge found the United States is entitled to more than $5.2 million from book royalties and speeches.
"It's not proper for people to make the decision on their own to disclose classified information," Rosen said.
Trump in August said he was considering pardoning Snowden, and has his term winds down, is expected to issue pardons for multiple allies and possible pre-emptive pardons for himself and members of his family as state prosecutors in New York investigate Trump business interests.
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News Bites: Newport Lobster Shack Kitchen, The Pizza Gourmet, Papa Razzi
by David Dadekian September 1, 2014
Grand Opening at the Newport Lobster Shack Kitchen
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Fishermen in Newport Celebrate Grand Opening of Lobster Shack Kitchen at State Pier Nine in Newport
New Waterfront Eatery on the State Pier Offers Steamed Lobster Dinners, Fresh Lobster Rolls, Lobsterman's Bisque and More Made from Lobsters Landed Right in Newport at Pier Nine on Long Wharf
The Department of Environmental Management, in partnership with the Fishermen in Newport, hosted a grand opening and ribbon-cutting event today at State Pier Nine in Newport for the new Newport Lobster Shack Kitchen.
The Kitchen is an outgrowth of the popular Newport Lobster Shack Cooperative at the state pier on Long Wharf, where the Fishermen in Newport have been selling their catch – lobsters, crabs and conch – directly to the public since 2010. Now, with the new kitchen facility, the public has an opportunity to purchase a variety of freshly cooked items made directly from lobsters landed at Pier Nine. Visitors to Newport can now enjoy an affordable, local seafood meal 'picnic-style' under the shade pavilion on Newport's working waterfront.
According to DEM Director Janet Coit, the Newport Lobster Shack Cooperative is a powerful model for the survival of local fisheries. By selling their catch directly to the public, the fishermen can earn better value for their product, while ensuring that visitors have a stellar Rhode Island seafood experience.
"I am pleased that economic and environmental sustainability were addressed with this innovative idea to support Rhode Island's hard working fishermen," Governor Lincoln D. Chafee said. "I thank Director Coit and her staff for their work to support our environment and economy."
DEM Director Coit noted that this collaborative initiative with the Fishermen in Newport is one of DEM's efforts to add economic value to the Rhode Island fishing industry. "All of the Kitchen's menu items including fresh steamed lobster, lobster rolls, lobster bites, lobster cakes, and hand-picked local lobster meat come straight from the lobsters plucked by fishermen in local waters and landed right here at State Pier Nine. You can't get any fresher than that!"
Lobster typically ranks as Rhode Island's second most valuable commercial fishery, behind squid. Lobster landings in Rhode Island (including dockside sales) in 2013 totaled 2.1 million pounds for a value of $9.7 million. Approximately 645,000 pounds were harvested by Newport fishermen for a value of $3.1 million. As Rhode Island-landed lobster are processed and move into the wholesale and retail markets, the total value of the fishery increases substantially – likely approaching $28 million – making it a crucial part of the state's economy. Rhode Island has approximately 250 lobster fishermen, with 45 landing lobster in Newport.
"I want to congratulate the Newport Fishermen's Cooperative and all the fishermen here at State Pier Nine for coming together to make the Newport Lobster Shack Kitchen a success. This endeavor is really their vision supported by their investment of time, hard work, funding, and resources. I hope it will be a boon to their businesses and that continues to draw even more people to the Newport waterfront to enjoy some locally caught, fresh off-the-boat-fresh lobster and seafood," said U.S. Senator Jack Reed, who has worked with Rhode Island lobstermen over the years to secure federal funding for lobster gear exchanges and an ongoing lobster data collection project led by the Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation. Reed has also been a champion of the "eat local" and tide-to-table movement in Rhode Island and led efforts at the federal level to help local growers, fishermen, and farmers market and sell their products.
Today, Senator Reed, a senior member of the Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee, announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce will be providing another $190,000 in federal funding for URI, in cooperation with the Rhode Island Lobsterman's Association and others, to design and test new types of lobster and crab gear.
House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello said, "I have focused my energy since becoming Speaker earlier this year on improving our state's economy. The fishing industry is a very important industry, and I am proud to support efforts such as this one to promote our hard-working fishermen and women."
President of the Senate M. Teresa Paiva Weed said, "This is a creative partnership that helps keep jobs in Rhode Island. The Newport Lobster Shack Kitchen supports an important industry, enabling fishermen to market locally harvested and locally prepared seafood direct to consumers. It wouldn't have been possible without Director Janet Coit, and the Senate appreciates her commitment to working with the state's fishermen to help maintain this vital industry."
"I visit the fishing pier regularly and I am very excited to see this new facility being opened that will be so helpful to our local fishermen," noted Representative Peter Martin of Newport. "As a former commissioner on the Atlantic States Fisheries Commission, I truly value the importance of Rhode Island's fishing industry."
Representative Deborah Ruggiero of Jamestown added, "The fishing industry is so important to our state's economy and I am thrilled about the opening of the Newport Lobster Shack Kitchen. I buy lobsters year-round at the pier and it's exciting to see the expansion from retail sales to a restaurant. I encourage everyone in our state to buy local and eat fresh!"
In addition to the Lobster Shack and Lobster Shack Kitchen, Pier Nine is the site of a farmers' market that opened in collaboration between DEM and the Pier Nine fishermen in 2011. Located at the edge of Newport Harbor, the market is open Fridays from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. through October.
The family-friendly Newport Lobster Shack Kitchen is open daily from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. and is offering several grand opening specials through Labor Day.
The Pizza Gourmet Kicks Off Season at Fall Venues
Wood Grilled Pizza Stars At Sports Stadiums and Events Nationwide
From Rhode Island across the nation, The Pizza Gourmet is adding to football fans' enjoyment this new season. The Pizza Gourmet real wood grilled pizza is being served from pregame to the final gun at pro football venues including Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts. The specialty pizza made only from hand-stretched dough grilled at 1800 degrees over real oak and maple wood is served to VIP guests at games as well as in the clubhouse.
Baseball fans enjoy The Pizza Gourmet as well at the home of Cleveland's big league club, Progressive Field.
And this fall and winter, hometown fans will have the advantage at the University of Rhode Island where a Pizza Gourmet-themed concession stand will open in the Ryan Center. URI's athletic department and fraternity/sorority foodservice is featuring the real wood-grilled pizza as well.
The Pizza Gourmet and The Catering Gourmet will unveil their brand new food truck, The G Truck, at the Peace & Providence Festival September 6th at the Roger Williams National Memorial in Providence. The G Truck will be at select events throughout New England serving The Pizza Gourmet's original wood-grilled pizzas and a full menu of food that can only be described as casual and fun. At the Festival, the Catering Gourmet will be located in eight food tents and will be featuring BBQ, doughboys, sandwiches such as sausage and peppers, wraps, ice cream and house made potato chips and fries.
At this year's Newport Mansions Wine and Food Festival, the Pizza Gourmet will be joining the scores of celebrity chefs and winemakers who come to this world-class tasting and education weekend. The Pizza Gourmet's wood-grilled pizza will be served at the Grand Tasting at Marble House September 20th and 21st.
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Eat Drink RI Festival Rhode Island's All-Local Food Celebration Expands to Four Days in Providence
EAT DRINK RI FESTIVAL
RHODE ISLAND'S ALL-LOCAL FOOD CELEBRATION
EXPANDS TO FOUR DAYS IN PROVIDENCE
Thursday, April 24 through Sunday, April 27
PROVIDENCE, RI (March 11, 2013) – Showcasing the best of the ever-expanding Rhode Island culinary scene, the Eat Drink RI Festival is returning to Providence for an expanded four-day all-local food festival. Taking place Thursday, April 24th through Sunday, April 27th, the Festival, now in it's third year, will be held throughout downtown Providence, which was named among the best small cities for restaurants and dining in the world in Saveur magazine's 2013 Culinary Travel Awards.
The Eat Drink RI Festival will feature a star-studded line-up of over 80 chefs, farmers, bartenders and producers including: James Beard Foundation Best Chef Northeast semifinalists Benjamin Sukle of birch and Champe Speidel of Persimmon, eight top culinary instructors from Johnson & Wales University, Gold Medal Cheese award-winning Narragansett Creamery, Blackbird Farm, two-time James Beard Foundation Rising Star nominee Chef Derek Wagner of Nick's on Broadway, Easy Entertaining Inc., Good Food Award winner Daniele Inc., Dave's Coffee, Walrus and Carpenter Oysters, among many others.
"The food and beverage community is a powerful economic generator in Rhode Island – and an oft-cited reason tourists and meetings choose to visit the Ocean State," said Martha Sheridan, President and CEO of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau. "The Eat Drink RI Festival presents a wonderful opportunity to celebrate one of the country's finest culinary scenes."
Festival highlights include:
Rhode Island Chefs Feast – Gracie's
Eight of the finest Rhode Island chefs to graduate from Johnson & Wales University, paired with eight of the best culinary faculty at JWU, present a culinary experience like none other, hosted at Ellen Slattery's Gracie's in Providence. Guests at this unique Eat Drink RI Festival opening event will be treated to a reception with passed canapés, breads baked in a mobile wood-fired oven, a seated six-course dinner with dessert, and treats—all prepared by a group of sixteen chefs with over 300 years of combined culinary experience. These experiences include winning World Champion awards, Chef of the Year awards, James Beard award nominations and more. Wines will be paired by Jonathan Edwards Winery, along with beers paired by Rhode Island's own Revival Brewing Company. A portion of the proceeds from this event will benefit AIDS Project Rhode Island.
Truck Stop to Benefit the Rhode Island Community Food Bank – Bank of America Center, Kennedy Plaza
This hugely popular Festival event returns in 2014 with 50% more trucks! Admission includes tastings from sixteen of Rhode Island's best mobile restaurants, along with wine and beer from several local producers. Benefiting Rhode Island Community Food Bank, the Stop's participating trucks include Acacia Café, Championship Melt, Ellie's Bakery, Flour Girls Baking Co., Fugo, Gilded Tomato, Like No Udder, Lotus Pepper, Mijos Tacos, Noble Knots, Presto Strange O, Portu-galo, RISD's Rosie Eats to Go, Rocket Fine Street Food, and Tallulah.
"Truck Stop is an amazing celebration of Rhode Island's culinary creativity, and we are so honored to be the beneficiary of this event," said Andrew Schiff, Chief Executive Officer of the RI Community Food Bank. "This important fundraiser will help us put food on the table of thousands of hungry families in Rhode Island."
Grand Tasting presented by Rhody Bites – Providence Biltmore Grand Ballroom
The Grand Tasting is our showcase of over forty local food, wine, beer and spirit exhibitors, all gathered in the Biltmore Grand Ballroom overlooking the city of Providence. During the Tasting there will be four expanded Local Food & Drink Seminars, all included with admission to the Grand Tasting, these seminars include cooking demonstrations and discussions with birch's Chef Benjamin Sukle and Indie Growers's Lee Ann Freitas, Easy Entertaining's Chef Kaitlyn Roberts and Blackbird Farm's Ann Marie Bouthillette and Nick's on Broadway's Chef Derek Wagner.
Grand Brunch – Providence Biltmore Grand Ballroom
The Festival will come to a close with two seatings for Brunch. There will be ten stations with dishes prepared by several of the area's top culinary stars including: Ellie's Bakery's Melissa Denmark, Food & Wine "People's Best New Pastry Chef 2012" nominee, local pioneer Chef Ben Wood of Wildwood, Martha Stewart Weddings baker Kelly Dull of the soon-to-open north bakery, Chef Kevin Thiele of the world-renowned Hotel Viking in Newport, Joe Simone of PBS's The Chefs of Cucina Amore, Mexican icon Maria Meza of El Rancho Grande and more. Specialty cocktails will be created by Little Bitte Artisanal Cocktails and a coffee bar will be provided by New Harvest Coffee Roasters.
The Grand Brunch is accompanied by live jazz performances from Rhode Island Philharmonic musicians, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the Philharmonic's Music Education programs. "The funds we receive from the Festival are used to support our efforts to bring music education to every elementary school child (50,000 in all) in our region over the next 4 years," said Betty Ann Kearney, Director of Development for the RI Philharmonic. "Through efforts like Eat Drink RI we were able to bring 10,000 children to the Vets Auditorium to play and sing with the RI Philharmonic Orchestra."
For more information about the Eat Drink RI Festival or to purchase tickets, please visit www.eatdrinkri.com/festival online, on Facebook at facebook.com/eatdrinkri.
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Fund Julius Searight's Food4Good Mobile Soup Kitchen
by David Dadekian October 22, 2013
"You're already spending money to eat. Why not spend it for you and someone else to eat?"
That's the question CEO and founder of Food4Good, Julius Searight, wants you to consider. Searight wants to launch a "non-profit Social Conscience food truck," and he's looking for your help to crowdfund it. Searight's plan sounds straightforward, but hasn't been tried before: to create a food truck business who's sales will help fund a mobile soup kitchen.
The idea sprung out of Searight's love for cooking and his desire to give back to the community. Having grown up in foster homes—Searight was in 13 foster homes before the age of 3, when he first came to his now-adoptive family—he's always gravitated toward community service. As he told me when we met at the Johnson & Wales University Entrepreneurship Center, he knows what it feels like to not have a lot and wants to give back. So while Searight studied at JWU in the Culinary and Food Service Management program he was always trying to find ways to give back.
Searight joined the Americorps program and was placed at Crossroads Rhode Island around 10-15 hours a week. Halfway through his time there they moved him to the family program to run the food program. He would hear moms say to their children, "Don't eat a lot for dinner, you'll eat tomorrow at school." Searight realized "those families didn't want to go to a soup kitchen. They know by Friday, or next week, mom will get a paycheck, so they feel a need to hold themselves over until they can." Searight would see that a lot of the kids in the family program were hungry, "but they don't want to say they're hungry."
Realizing that there's a group of people with limited resources, Searight started to formulate a business model using his culinary education that he's hoping can help people who won't go to a soup kitchen, for whatever reason, but may use one that's made available to them where they live.
His plan is to launch a food truck that will operate like any other three days a week, selling great food to the public–his planned menu includes comfort finger-food items like wings, fries and shakes. The sales from those three days will in turn fund the truck's role the other four days of the week, acting as a mobile soup kitchen.
Searight hopes to hand out about 100 hot meals a day to those that come when Food4Good is in mobile soup kitchen mode. It will be first come, first serve and he's looking at locations around the city, hoping to cover the south side, west end, north end and east side, one day each a week. Searight is currently looking for those right spots, thinking he could partner with a library or with a community center to find a location that will help the most people in need.
Searight also plans to connect with local corporations to ask them to sponsor days or weeks of food, using their donations to allow Food4Good to give away healthy, nutritious food when it's a soup kitchen. He's been talking to farmers markets and restaurants to donate their "seconds" (food not considered visually pretty to sell, but completely edible). The beauty of being a mobile restaurant is his truck can come and get food donations from places, instead of putting the burden upon the donors to deliver it to Food4Good.
If Searight raises the needed funds to launch the business, essentially to buy the truck, he hopes to be up and running in the Spring of 2014. Typical of an entrepreneur, Searight is already thinking he would like to apply the model to other cities, looking at Central Falls and Pawtucket.
Food4Good needs your funding now to make this possible. Searight has been honing the plan and working out the kinks for over a year now. He entered and competed in Providence Startup Weekend 2012, where he came in 3rd place. Searight pitched it at the JWU pitch event SharkFest, where he didn't win, but was allowed to come to the Entrepreneurship Center as an intern where he's been incubating the business.
He's applied for 501(c)(3) status for Food4Good and registered with the state of Rhode Island as a non-profit so he can apply for grants. There is a traditional fundraising event on November 1st from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., at the JWU Entrepreneurship Center in downtown Providence. Tickets are $25 (purchase online here) and there will be a silent auction to raise funds as well.
When it was suggested to me to look into Food4Good I watched Searight's summary pitch on his Foodstart fundraising page, as soon as that ended I felt compelled to search out his original video from JWU's Fearless speaker series, and then I immediately sent a message to the head of the series to put me in touch with Searight (both videos are featured below).
Searight's passion for his project is infectious on video and even more so in person. There are many worthwhile crowdfunded projects and charities to help but I hope you put Food4Good at the top of your list and help out with whatever you can. The links again:
Crowdfunding Food4Good on Foodstart
Purchase tickets to Food4Good Fundraiser and Silent Auction on November 1
Food4Good on Facebook
Julius Searight on Twitter
As Searight said, when you eat from the Food4Good truck, "maybe your meal from will cost a dollar more. You're already spending money to eat. Why not spend it for you and someone else to eat?"
Eat Drink RI Festival Rhode Island's First-Ever Three-Day Local Food Celebration Comes to Providence
by David Dadekian March 1, 2013
RHODE ISLAND'S FIRST-EVER THREE-DAY LOCAL FOOD CELEBRATION
COMES TO PROVIDENCE
Friday, April 19 through Sunday, April 21
PROVIDENCE, RI (March 1, 2013) – Celebrating the best of the culinary world in Rhode Island, the Eat Drink RI Festival is set to take the stage as the state's very first three-day local food festival. Taking place Friday, April 19th through Sunday, April 21st, the inaugural festival will be held throughout downtown Providence, the city ranked #1 for Food / Drink / Restaurants in Travel + Leisure's "America's Favorite Cities 2012."
The Eat Drink RI Festival will feature a star-studded line-up of over 40 chefs, farmers, bartenders and producers including: James Beard Foundation Best Chef Northeast semifinalist Champe Speidel of Persimmon, Blackbird Farm, Jonathan Edwards Winery, James Beard Foundation Rising Star semifinalist Benjamin Sukle of The Dorrance, United States Bartenders' Guild RI, Revival Brewing, Allen Farms, Dave's Coffee, among others.
"Rhode Island's culinary roots run very deep and have helped play a major role in the state's unique identity and culture," says Martha Sheridan, President & CEO of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau. "The Eat Drink RI Festival will celebrate our local food community and embrace a very important component of our heritage."
The Eat Drink RI Festival is sponsored in part by Johnson & Wales University, world-renowned for its College of Culinary Arts and a driving force behind the rise of Providence as a top culinary destination on the world stage; and family-owned charcuterie maker Daniele, Inc., a proud member of the RI culinary community since 1976.
The Festival will kick-off with tastings from 10 of Rhode Island's best mobile restaurants, and pairings by Jonathan Edwards Winery and Narragansett Brewery. Benefiting Rhode Island Community Food Bank, the Stop's participating trucks include Championship Melt, Clam Jammers, Flour Girls Baking Co., Hewtin's Dogs Mobile, Joedega, Like No Udder, Mijos Tacos, Rocket Fine Street Food, and Tallulah. "Truck Stop showcases the best of Rhode Island—our culinary talents as well as our compassion for those who are struggling to feed their families," says Andrew Schiff, Chief Executive Officer of the Rhode Island Community Food Bank.
Cocktail Couture – Providence Biltmore Garden Room
Presented in partnership with StyleWeek Northeast, Cocktail Couture will pair the talents of Rhode Island fashion with the talents found behind the bar. The event will feature the works of local designers including Jessica Abernethy, Jonathan Joseph Peters and Nick Pini; with specialty cocktails created by Little Bitte Artisanal Cocktails. A portion of the proceeds will benefit AIDS Care Ocean State.
Education Panels – Providence Biltmore L'Apogee
Day two will begin with four panels dedicated to educating and entertaining attendees on the abundance and quality of local food and drink:
Slice & Dice: Hosted by Curt Columbus, food enthusiast and Artistic Director of Trinity Repertory Company, this roundtable with chefs from Gracie's, Nick's on Broadway, Persimmon and Tazza will speak to the essential know-how's of cooking in Rhode Island.
Eat Local: Featuring local growers including Allen Farms, Aquidneck Honey and Blackbird Farm, the discussion will focus on the initiatives of this vital business and the process of farm to table.
Taste of Terroir: Embracing the true flavors of New England earth, Jonathan Edwards and other area winemakers will take a journey through local wine regions.
Brewing in Rhode Island: Discussion and tasting with local microbrewers including Revival Brewing and Ravenous Brewing Company.
Grand Tasting presented by Providence Monthly – Providence Biltmore Grand Ballroom
As the main Festival event, the Grand Tasting will feature beer, wine and spirit tastings as well as products from local food artisans. The highly anticipated demonstrations, The Tastemakers, will pair the region's top chefs with local farmers to showcase the best in farm-to-fork cuisine.
Grand Brunch – Gracie's
The Festival will come to a close at Gracie's, Providence's only AAA Four-Diamond restaurant; with dishes prepared by several of the area's top culinary stars including: Gracie's own Melissa Denmark, Food & Wine "People's Best New Pastry Chef 2012" nominee; local pioneer Jonathan Cambra; vegetarian stars Jon Dille and Jordan Goldsmith; Momofuku alum James Mark; local WJAR NBC's Chef Kaitlyn Roberts of Easy Entertaining Inc.; Joe Simone of PBS's The Chefs of Cucina Amore; and two-time James Beard Foundation Rising Star nominee Derek Wagner. Artisan cocktails will be provided by members of the United States Bartenders' Guild, RI Chapter, one of the fastest growing chapters in the country. In addition, the brunch will be accompanied by live performances from the Rhode Island Philharmonic, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the Philharmonic's Music Education programs.


"It was more difficult for me to justify time to write when my children were little than it was to find time to write. And that was false guilt. I felt it beacuse my work was not being published. I had five books published and then this long hiatus. I felt that my time at the typewriter was not justifiable. I think I was wrong. I think that was totally false guilt, because I was a writer because I was writing. But we tend to accept the images the world would put on us. And if you're not a published writer, you're not supposed to be a writer. Well, I know now that's not true."
"I had to make a decision about myself as a writer in the moment of total failure. On my fourtieth birthday I took a rejection of my book The Lost Innocence as a sign from God to give up writing and learn to scrub floors or make piecrust that doesn't fall apart. And I covered up my typewriter in a great gesture of renunciation.
"I was walking up and down my little room—my kids were at school—weeping my head off. I was very, very unhappy. I stopped in my tracks because my subconscious mind was blip, blip, blipping up to my conscious mind the plot of a novel on failure. So I uncovered the typewriter. That night I wrote in my journal 'I have to write. That's the gift I've been given. And even if I am never, ever published again it is still what I have to do.' And I had to accept at that point that I might never, ever be published again because it had been a long time since I had gotten anything but rejection slips.
"I'm glad that I made that decision about myself as writer in the moment of utter darkness in the pits, because it's very real. It's easy to say you're a writer when your books are being published and making money, but I wasn't being published and I wasn't making any money. So it was a very real decision. and it's a decision we all have to make."
"I was wife and mother with my children at home during all of the normal periods that your children are home. In other words, I had two vocations. And two vocations are very difficult to juggle. They clash. But certainly it is possible. Many teachers who have a great vocation to teaching take the summers off and write. I think that would be kind of nice to have a whole summer off."
"For a woman who has chosen family as well as work, there's never time, and yet somehow time is given to us as time is given to the man who must sail a ship or chart the stars. For most writers it takes many manuscripts before enough royalties are coming in to pay for a roof over the head and bread on the table. Other jobs must often be found to take care of bread and butter. A certain amount of stubbornness—pig-headedness—is essential."


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Q: Prevent UIButton's setTitle:forState: animation I am using a NSTimer to update a UIButton's title every second.
It works but the text in the title blinks (animates to alpha 0 and back) automatically.
I tried to use button.layer.removeAllAnimations() with no luck, and no exceptions, so QuartzCore seems to be correctly linked.

Current non-working paranoid code:
UIView.setAnimationsEnabled(false)
UIView.performWithoutAnimation {
    button.setTitle(time, forState: .Normal)
    button.layer.removeAllAnimations()
        }
UIView.setAnimationsEnabled(true)

A: Make sure your button is a "custom" button and not a "system" button.
If you created it on a storyboard, then just change the Button Type. If you created it programmatically, then it should be:
UIButton *aButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];

A: I've made a Swift extension to do this:
extension UIButton {
    func setTitleWithOutAnimation(title: String?) {
        UIView.setAnimationsEnabled(false)

        setTitle(title, forState: .Normal)

        layoutIfNeeded()
        UIView.setAnimationsEnabled(true)
    }
}

Works for me on iOS 8 and 9, with UIButtonTypeSystem.

A: You can perform Button changes inside the closure:
UIView.performWithoutAnimation {
    //Button changes
    button.layoutIfNeeded()
}

Hope this helps.


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Legal chatbots assist legal professionals in their daily firm chores, activities, and support queries while working remotely | by KLoBot — the Best AI-Chatbot builder platform | Apr, 2021
The COVID-19 crisis has a profound impact across the legal sector, especially on the traditional law firms, mostly relying on the office model. The current pandemic situation has shown the importance of legal technology to the conventional as well as modern legal firms and the need for these solutions for business continuity in this scenario. The year 2021 has seen a considerable shift in the legal industry in terms of technology adoption and ongoing transformation, which is now amplified due to the global pandemic situation. The current focus towards technology is driving change in the industry and is ensuring that the legal firms survive through this change.
The benefits of technology for small, midsized as well as larger law firms can vary substantially, but few of the obvious benefits include:
Quick adaptation to change is key to success!
The COVID-19 crisis has put a strain on legal professionals in terms of performance, productivity, and value-driven client delivery while working remotely. Additionally, pressures related to enhancing the ROI and retaining the talent are driving the legal organizations to boost their automation capabilities. Technologies like AI and ML play an integral role in automating legal business, handling specific tasks, and reducing legal spending. A study estimated that around 23% of an attorney's job could be automated with technology, including chatbots.
Automation provides opportunities for legal firms and in-house legal departments to efficiently handle a massive volume of data sets, reduce costs, and attract new clients. Automation in the legal sector prepares law firms to drive high performance and thrive in the altering legal landscape. Hence the legal organizations are leveraging automation to adapt to a demanding legal market.
During the COVID-19 crisis for running and managing the remote staff, a law firm requires a broad range of tools. From task management to client management, from scheduling to invoicing and billing systems, a law firm must have few of the key tools to run remotely. A host of technologies, including chatbots, virtual assistants, legal bots, cloud, and document automation, are enabling legal firms to automate the routine tasks and enhance their attorney's productivity.
Several companies have already invested in legal technology, and as a next step, they have started hiring candidates with needed technical skills because a dedicated technology talent is a crucial resource for remote working law firms. By 2023 around 33% of the company legal departments are expected to have a committed legal technology expert to support the automation of in-house workflows.2
Incorporating chatbots within businesses eliminates the manual processes and aid lawyers and attorneys to work more promptly and efficiently during this work from the home state. Monotonous administrative tasks including, document creation, setting up meetings, gathering client information, and other basic activities, are now being performed by chatbots. These chatbots can directly interact with the clients to update them on case status or any additional information, which saves the legal staff's time and allow them to focus on other crucial issues that entail their expertise.
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4. An expert system: Conversational AI Vs Chatbots
Integrating chatbots with the internal systems allows lawyers and paralegals to quickly retrieve the case related information, which further enables them to handle a more significant number of clients and maintain their billable hours. The legal industry is amongst those industries that are investing heavily in chatbots and are being benefitted from chatbots. Chatbots is a solution that can surely bring value to law firms by assisting legal professionals in their daily firm chores as well as support queries while working remotely.
In addition, a legal chatbot can also enhance accessibility and provide strategic value to the law firms in this time of crisis. Chatbots will further continue to disrupt the legal industry by abetting law firms as well as paralegals to become 24/7 available for clients.
KLoBot is a chatbot builder platform that simplifies human-machine interactions via intuitive conversational user interfaces. Chatbots designed with KLoBot can be created within minutes and can facilitate internal as well as external law firm communications. These chatbots empower attorneys to automate the tedious and time-consuming tasks and streamline the business processes. Chatbots built on the KLoBot platform facilitate law firms to better showcase their value proposition and meet the internal as well as external pressures during the current COVID-19 crisis.
KLoBot enables law firms to meet current client demands and competitive challenges. KLoBot also presents an opportunity for legal firms to save time on tedious activities, diversify revenue, and stay ahead of the competition. To know more about the usefulness of chatbots in the legal ecosystem, get in touch with us.
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