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St Nicholas acknowledges ECEC staffing challenges, responds with new partnerships
by Freya Lucas
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) provider St Nicholas operates early childhood and outside school hours care services as an agency of the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle, and has acknowledged the challenges of attracting and retaining sufficient staff to service its operations.
Speaking with local news source MNNews, the provider acknowledged that it has been "very difficult" to recruit staff in the regional areas of Muswellbrook, Scone, Denman and Jerrys Plains.
With large numbers of parents and carers working long hours in the mines, manufacturing and agriculture, there is a high demand for care and education for young children, Erica Wilkinson, Business Manager for St Nicholas Pathways, the vocational education arm of St Nicholas explained.
To help combat these challenges and provide high-quality support for families with young children in these areas, St Nicholas was successful recently in securing the Sustainability Support Grant from the Community Child Care Fund (CCCF).
"The Sustainability Support Grant is intended to help eligible childcare services operating in areas of limited supply improve the viability and sustainability of their service," Fiona Mackie, Director of the Community Child Care Fund (Program & Delivery) outlined.
St Nicholas will use the grant in conjunction with its registered training organisation (RTO) partner the International Child Care College to introduce its CONNEX program in the Muswellbrook area.
Typically, Ms Wilkinson said, those wishing to study ECEC in regional areas had to complete a traineeship or distance education, which may not suit individual learning styles, where more face to face personalised support is missing.
The CONNEX program aims to combat this by offering a blended program of face-to-face, online, and workplace based training that leads to a nationally accredited, entry-level qualification in ECEC.
"Our trainer and assessor is on-hand twice a week in a class-based setting to support students' understandings of the various concepts and skills needed for them to have a successful career in early childhood education," Ms Wilkinson said.
Workplace experience is gained onsite with St Nicholas services, something she said is "a win/win" for students, families and St Nicholas as an employer.
St Nicholas Pathways will also launch its Industry Immersion and School-Based Traineeship (SBAT) programs in the region in 2022, providing opportunities for school students to explore and pursue a career in early childhood education and care.
To access the original coverage of this story please see here.
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Several months ago, Alan Meldrum, Global Vice-President for Strategy and Client Services of Percepta shared some thoughtful insights with the GYP crowd about why – in an increasingly disruptive world it's never been more important for businesses to deliver a frictionless stakeholder experience. It was the 4th part of a fabulous #GYPSeminarSeries hosted at SocietyM and Alan was terrific in sharing his views in how to create great customer and staff experiences. We were so happy with Alan that we asked him to do a follow-up in front of the camera and that camera was very kindly provided by Gylen of Boardman Media.
What you are now watching is the third part of a new video series taking Alan Meldrum's #GYPSeminarSeries online.
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Sitting alongside organic co-op Ground Grocer, facing the entrance to Currumbin Valley's Eco Village, the café is situated on the newly-named precinct, Ground at Currumbin.
With a new tenant comes new life.
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Yet, there's balance, too, in the Mushrooms on organic sourdough with garden greens, herbs and coconut, bacon chips and a red wine reduction ($14). Healthy and tasty, the food is also well-seasoned, the jus adding a traditional touch to the mushrooms.
And who could go past Dani's signature Lemon meringue Pie. In mini or large versions, it's sensational!
Golden Bean-winning Nats Coffee from Alstonville is the café's coffee of choice, an organic blend of local and imported beans, or you can order a pot of loose-leaf tea, a chai, velvet or golden latte, a smoothie or milkshake.
The venue is light and airy, open to the breezes that flow through the valley. Repurposing as much existing shelving as possible, owner Dani Riley has painted the walls white for freshness. With polished concrete floors and a reclaimed brick-fronted servery. The overhaul has modernized the building while still retaining its simple, country feel. The side room of the building has been retained as a children's play area – room for further development, perhaps?
What remains the same is the outdoor area dotted with tables and chairs, its view across lawn to the 'Highlands' and pine forests of Mt Tomewin. It's a more obvious play area for children, some toys left out plus a swing so that children can play on the lawn alongside the kangaroos, overlooked by parents sipping coffee and having brekkie or lunch.
Come winter, when the mist settles across the valley floor, Pasture & Co will take on another life and a more comforting seasonal menu as 'earth-driven' changes are driven by local produce.
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A State-by-State Coronavirus Tracker
The latest number of confirmed cases everywhere in the U.S.
Getty / Annalise Pasztor / Katie Martin / The Atlantic
Editor's Note: The data used in our COVID-19 tracker are updated daily around 5 p.m. ET.
How many people have the coronavirus in your state, and how many people are being tested for it? The COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic is monitoring vital information about the pandemic in each U.S. state, as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
All 50 states regularly report their new positive cases, as do Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. But some public-health departments aren't providing as much information to the public as others. To help readers understand how thorough each one is in its reporting, we've assigned every state a letter grade. This grade does not assess the quality of a state's testing, but rather the detail, transparency, and regularity of its data. As of June 25, the COVID Tracking Project assesses states on 16 different factors in five categories, and it revises state grades at least once a week.
In our data, each state's number of positive cases includes people who are currently ill with COVID-19, people who have recovered from it, and people who have died. We have also broken out the number of deaths into its own column, which you can find in the "Overall" view.
You can explore the data by selecting a state in the chart below:
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We waste a lot of water... or rather Hubs wastes a lot of water because he enjoys "soaking" in the shower. He spends so much time in there that it becomes a sauna. I, on the other hand, have mastered the 5-7 minute shower. I was excited to receive the Bricor E-Lite E showerhead for review. It is pretty hefty and powerful even though it is low flow.
The showerhead on our current mount was too low - we had to crouch. We went to Home Depot and got a new mount, quick install and perfect! The water flow is strong and one would never know it was low flow. We live in a condo complex in the city and Austin from Bricor sent us a properly adjusted showerhead. Please focus on the fabulous shower head rather than our plastic one-piece shower (who knew those things existed!).
Bricor's shower heads use our patented Vacuum Flow Venturi Physics system not only aerating the water flow but creating compacted water under pressure leading to a powerful stream of water at the flow rate you desire. Bricor offers a wide range of flow rates from as low as 0.375 gpm to as high as 1.5 gpm. Some shower heads in the USA flow well over 2.5 gpm in some cases as high as 6.0 gpm. Replacing your water guzzling shower heads with a Bricor low flow shower head can potentially save you $180 yearly or more in water and energy cost per person in your household according to WindMeadow Labs. This means a house hold of five has the potential to save around $1000 yearly simply by installing a Bricor low flow shower head in their home.
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The release of Jose Padilha's Robocop remake is just a few weeks away, and today we have a rather large collection of clips to show of what Padilha has in store for us.
In the beginning I was dead against the idea of a remake as I adore the original film, and the US PG-13 rating has really put me off, but the more I see of this film the better it looks. Padilha has proved his worth as a talented director with the stunning two cop thrillers Elite Squad and Elite Squad: The Enemy Within, so his talent with this remake could very well be the films saving grace.
Check out a number of clips below from training sessions to just talking. I am sure you'll agree that seeing Robocop take on not one, but TWO ED-209s is impressive. There is also a retro style IMAX poster below.
Director José Padilha (Elite Squad) reimagines the tale of part man, part machine, all cop starring Joel Kinnaman (The Killing) as the title character, with Abbie Cornish playing his wife Ellen, Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight Rises) as the scientist who creates RoboCop, Jackie Earle Haley as Maddox, the man who dispenses the military training to Robocop, Michael Keaton plays Raymond Sellars, and Samuel L. Jackson (The Avengers) as media mogul Pat Novak, and Aimee Garcia will play a scientists who helps put Robocop together. RoboCop is produced by Strike Entertainment's Marc Abraham and Eric Newman, with Eric Carraro as Executive Producer.
Robocop arrives in UK cinemas 7th February 2014.
In RoboCop, the year is 2029 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the centre of robot technology. Their drones are winning American wars around the globe and now they want to bring this technology to the home front. Alex Murphy is a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit. After he is critically injured in the line of duty, OmniCorp utilises their remarkable science of robotics to save Alex's life. He returns to the streets of his beloved city with amazing new abilities, but with issues a regular man has never had to face before.


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Q: Searching for a range of dates in LINQ I'm trying to do a search through a table via LINQ and Entity Framework CORE.   I've got 2 text boxes startdate and enddate and a radio button set of 3 options created, modified and both.
This is the code I've produced based on Google searches and tutorials
       switch(radCreatedModifiedBoth) {
            case "b":
                if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(startDate)) {
                    if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(endDate)) {
                        persons = persons.Where(ps => (
                                                        ps.CreatedDate >= Convert.ToDateTime(startDate + " 00:00:00") &&
                                                        ps.CreatedDate <= Convert.ToDateTime(endDate + " 23:59:59")
                                                        ) || (
                                                        ps.ModifiedDate >= Convert.ToDateTime(startDate + " 00:00:00") &&
                                                        ps.ModifiedDate <= Convert.ToDateTime(endDate + " 23:59:59")
                                                        )
                                                );
                    } else {
                        persons = persons.Where(ps => (
                                                        ps.CreatedDate >= Convert.ToDateTime(startDate + " 00:00:00")
                                                        ||
                                                        ps.ModifiedDate >= Convert.ToDateTime(startDate + " 00:00:00")
                                                      )
                                                );
                    }
                } else if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(endDate)) {
                    persons = persons.Where(ps => (
                                                    ps.CreatedDate >= Convert.ToDateTime(endDate + " 23:59:59")
                                                    ||
                                                    ps.ModifiedDate >= Convert.ToDateTime(endDate + " 23:59:59")
                                                  )
                                            );
                }
                break;
            case "c":
                if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(startDate)) {
                    if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(endDate)) {
                        persons = persons.Where(ps => (
                                                        ps.CreatedDate >= Convert.ToDateTime(startDate + " 00:00:00") &&
                                                        ps.CreatedDate <= Convert.ToDateTime(endDate + " 23:59:59")
                                                        )
                                                );
                    } else {
                        persons = persons.Where(ps => (
                                                        ps.CreatedDate >= Convert.ToDateTime(startDate + " 00:00:00")
                                                      )
                                                );
                    }
                } else if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(endDate)) {
                    persons = persons.Where(ps <= (
                                                    ps.CreatedDate >= Convert.ToDateTime(endDate + " 23:59:59")
                                                  )
                                            );
                }
                break;
            case "m":
                if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(startDate)) {
                    if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(endDate)) {
                        persons = persons.Where(ps => (
                                                        ps.ModifiedDate >= Convert.ToDateTime(startDate + " 00:00:00") &&
                                                        ps.ModifiedDate <= Convert.ToDateTime(endDate + " 23:59:59")
                                                        )
                                                );
                    } else {
                        persons = persons.Where(ps => (
                                                        ps.ModifiedDate >= Convert.ToDateTime(startDate + " 00:00:00")
                                                      )
                                                );
                    }
                } else if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(endDate)) {
                    persons = persons.Where(ps <= (
                                                    ps.ModifiedDate >= Convert.ToDateTime(endDate + " 23:59:59")
                                                  )
                                            );
                }
                break;
        }

This code works but seems massively inefficient, not to mention adding the start and end time into the date as a string like this
startDate + " 00:00:00"
endDate + " 23:59:59"

just seems wrong.    Is this the prescribed method or can anyone suggest a more efficient method preferably getting rid of the " 00:00:00"/" 23:59:59"
Thanks

A: You can simplify by pushing the tests to SQL - the conditional operator will be translated to SQL CASE WHEN since they aren't simple constants. Note that I assumed you have the endDate tests backwards in your code sample. Also you have a lot of repeated sub-expressions I consolidated to variables. Since you are using EF Core, there isn't a better way to handle date only comparisons then what you are using. In EF you can use a DbFunction, but it still isn't as good as converting your dates to the appropriate date+time so that indices can be used.
var hasStartDate = !String.IsNullOrEmpty(startDate);
var dtStartDate = hasStartDate ? Convert.ToDateTime(startDate + " 00:00:00") : DateTime.MinValue;

var hasEndDate = !String.IsNullOrEmpty(endDate);
var dtEndDate = hasEndDate ? Convert.ToDateTime(endDate + " 23:59:59") : DateTime.MinValue;

var chkCreatedDate = (radCreatedModifiedBoth == "b" || radCreatedModifiedBoth == "c");
var chkModifiedDate = (radCreatedModifiedBoth == "b" || radCreatedModifiedBoth == "m");

persons = persons.Where(ps => (chkCreatedDate ? (hasStartDate ? ps.CreatedDate >= dtStartDate : true) && (hasEndDate ? ps.CreatedDate <= dtEndDate : true) : true)
                               ||
                              (chkModifiedDate ? (hasEndDate ? ps.ModifiedDate >= dtStartDate : true) && (hasEndDate ? ps.ModifiedDate <= dtEndDate : true) : true)
                        );

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The recommendations have been made for the high courts of Delhi, Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh, Calcutta, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Manipur.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court collegium today made public the names it has recommended for appointment as chief justices of 10 high courts.
The recommendations, made on January 11 by the collegium comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra, and Justices J Chelameswar and Ranjan Gogoi, have been posted on the official website of the apex court.
The collegium has recommended Justice Aniruddha Bose, a senior judge of the Calcutta High Court, for appointment as the chief justice of Delhi High Court, the position which was vacant since the retirement of Justice G Rohini on April 13 last year.
Justice Gita Mittal has been the acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court since then.
The collegium has also recommended names of two incumbent chief justices -- of Chhattisgarh and Meghalaya HCs-- for transfer to other high courts.
While Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court, Justice T B Radhakrishnan, has been recommended to be transferred to Telangana and Andhra Pradesh high court, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari, Chief Justice of Meghalaya high court, has been proposed for the post of the new chief justice of Karnataka high court.
The name of Justice Tarun Agrawala, the senior-most judge of the Allahabad High Court, has been approved for appointment as the chief justice of Meghalaya High Court.
The apex court also invoked a provision of Memorandum of Procedure (MoP), which is yet to be finalised, for recommending appointment of chief justices of Calcutta and Kerala High Courts.
Both the Centre and the apex court collegium have agreed on all provisions of MoP barring the clause which empowers the Union government to reject any recommendation on the ground of national security.
The Centre did not get back to the collegium after the latter refused to acknowledge its concern with respect to the clause.
The notification said that the collegium has recommended the names of acting chief justices of Calcutta and Kerala high courts as chief justices of their own high courts considering their retirement was due this year.
The collegium has approved elevation of Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya and Justice Antony Dominic as chief justices of Calcutta and Kerala HCs respectively.
"It is made clear that the collegium while making the above recommendation is conscious of the fact that Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya hails from Calcutta High Court and is due to retire in September this year.
"In this connection, the collegium has invoked the provision of the Memorandum of Procedure which provides for elevation of a puisne(a term used for any other judge who is junior to the chief justice) judge as chief justice in his own high court if he has one year or less to retire," the collegium said.
The collegium put forward the same ground for approving the elevation of Justice Dominic.
Justice Abhilasha Kumari, a judge in the Gujarat High Court, has been recommended to be appointed as the chief justice of Manipur high court.
The name of Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi of the Patna High Court has been proposed for appointment as chief justice of Chhattisgarh High Court, while Justice Surya Kant has been recommended for elevation as chief justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.
Justice Ajay Rastogi, a judge of the Rajasthan High Court, has been nominated as chief justice of the Tripura High Court.
The collegium has also recommended transfer of Guwahati High Court judge Justice Hrishikesh Roy to Kerala High Court.
At its meeting on January 10, the collegium also recommended the elevation of Justice Sheo Kumar Singh, currently an Additional Judge, as a Permanent Judge of the Allahabad High Court.


4-5 months out from PANCE, nothing will stick in my brain!
Thank you all for your advice/input. How did it go?? Thank you all for your advice/input!
I'm worried I will fail the PANCE simply because nothing will stick in my brain! The first 9-ish months of school, I remembered damn near everything, and could recall things at the drop of a hat. I have always had a great memory, so this was my norm. The past year or so, however, is a completely different case. I forget entire conversations I've had with people, I don't remember ever having HEARD of a med/disease/test, let alone remember having known it (even though that's the case.) It is such a drastic change for me, but I keep being told over and over that this is normal, and to give it time. Well...I'm 4-5 months out from the PANCE and my scores are lower than ever on practice tests/questions, because I just don't remember! I'm not a bad student, or dumb by any means. My brain just feels fried. I've actually gotten straight A's on all my rotations, and have received job offers at every single one. So why can't I get above a 60% on anything?? Did/does anyone else feel like this, or have gone through a similar thing?
I'm a few rotations in, and other than procedures, I feel like I really haven't done anything. I haven't had my own patients, I haven't done a single diagnosis or written any orders/labs, anything. I feel like I'm just shadowing with intermittent procedures. I really want to practice actually managing patients from start to finish, and I haven't gotten the chance at all. My current preceptor is everything but ignoring me altogether. I've mentioned this to my clinical director, but they don't care. Is this normal?
How has the Affordable Care Act (ACA/Obamacare) affected you?
Thank you all so much for your insight! I appreciate your attempts to take the politics out of a potentially weighty subject to help me with this. One last thing -- could I get a "roll call" of sorts as to who is in a medicaid expansion state and who isn't?? From your comments, it seems that it's a benefit in expansion states and a hindrance in those that chose not to expand, but I wan't to make sure I'm understanding this correctly. Thank you again!
Where were your patients/MA getting their insurance before the ACA? As a follow-up, are you in a medicaid expansion state?
No baiting whatsoever, you'll notice I asked people to please keep their political views out of this. I am in fact doing this for a class assignment. I'm interested in how such a large piece of legislation actually plays out in the real world -- in particular with how it has affected PAs.
Do you mind elaborating a bit more? I'm not quite following how the ACA lead to your being able to work less. Do you get your health care through the marketplace instead of your employer now, which wasn't previous possible due to a pre-existing condition?
Without getting too political, please. I'd love to hear how the ACA has affected you as a PA. Do you see more patients that wouldn't have had coverage otherwise? Or are there a ton of hoops you now have to jump through that make your life miserable? Have you not even noticed a difference? I'd love to hear any and all takes on it! Please let me know what your work situation is like and how long you've been there.
Wow, this blew up! Sorry, I didn't see any emails or else I would have responded sooner. I'm generally very involved and an active learner in lectures. I went to a medium-sized university for undergrad (~25,000) and even in my 350+ person Anatomy lectures, I knew my professors well enough by the end to be able to ask them for letters of rec 3 years later when I applied to PA school. If questions are asked, I always respond. Even now, when I'm studying on my own, or dinking around on my computer trying to stay awake in lecture and have been paying ~20% attention, I'm still able to answer the questions when they're asked. Our lecturers aren't interactive, and are monotonous and bring nothing to the lectures that aren't already on the slides. We aren't connected to a medical school, but our professors ARE very invested in our learning. They just flat aren't good lecturers. Most of them are 1000% better teaching one-on-one.
I have 4 months left of didactic, and I am so incredibly tired of going to class. I find that I only learn from one of our six lecturers, and the rest of the time I'm wasting 6-8 hours/day in class, just waiting for them to hurry up and be done so I can leave and start actually learning. The lecturers are all slow, repetitive, and bring in useless points that take what could easily have been a 30-minute lecture and drag it into 3+ hours. Class isn't exactly "required," but there's no way I could not go, either. I would love to do my own studying during class, but it's a small enough room with few enough students that I can't tune the lecturer out well enough to focus on my own thing, and would risk being called on without having a clue what the question is. Has anyone experienced a similar thing? Anything you found that helped? Please tell me I'm not the only one burnt out from bad teaching!
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That sounds like the approach I started with. I feel pretty good about MOAs, SE/CI, Black box warnings, etc. I'm at the point where I'm just getting really frustrated with not knowing how to actually treat things (or which of the 3 answers on the exam that technically all cover gram negative enteric bacilli is actually best for this particular one). I'm definitely going to keep working on solidifying what I do know! Any advice on how to move forward? I really appreciate your help, thank you!
I am at a complete loss for how to study antibiotics. I tried to learn what the drugs cover (gram pos/neg, cocci, anaerobes, etc.) but there are too many exceptions to those rules. They don't cover ALL gram pos, or ALL anaerobes, for example. Then I tried to learn what bacteria cause what pathology, and the morphology of the bacteria (trying to apply what I'd learned above). Once again, it really wasn't concrete enough. I tried to learn each individual pathology and what drugs are used for each, but... well, that's just not going to stick! Plus everyone has different opinions/favorite drugs that they use. I would love to be able to just pick a favorite from each category and learn them well, and know exactly what I would use for, say, a sore throat (pre-culture). However, for test-taking purposes, when I have to choose just one "best," that isn't going to work either. Every resource I look at says something different, and then of course my professors have yet another opinion as to what is correct. I'm just getting a little overwhelmed, and am hoping I'm not alone in this! Any advice out there?


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Hawaii Shippers Council testifies to Puerto Rico Senate in support Jones Act reform
By Michael Hansen @ 1:33 PM :: 5710 Views :: Jones Act
by Michael Hansen, Hawaii Shippers Council
The Hawaii Shippers' Council made history on Wednesday, January 29, 2014, by becoming the first party to testify before a committee of the Puerto Rico Senate via Skype. The Council testified on the third day of legislative hearings regarding the impact of the Jones Act on Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The hearings began on Monday, January 27, 2014, and are scheduled to continue through Monday, February 10, 2014.
The coastwise laws of the United States including the Jones Act (Section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920) are commonly referred in Puerto Rico to "the law of cabotage" or "the laws of cabotage" (Spanish, "la ley de cabotaje," or "las leyes de cabotaje").
The hearings are being held by Senator Rosanna López León, Majority Whip and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Civil Rights, Democratic Participation and Social Economy, jointly with Senator Ángel R. Rosa Rodriguez, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Government Efficiency and Economic Innovation.
Puerto Rican Political Parties, Political Status & Cabotage
Senators López and Rosa are members of Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico, PDP (Spanish, Partido Popular Democratico de Puerto Rico, PPD), and commonly known as "Populares." As a result of the 2012 elections, the PDP / PPD has a supermajority of 66.67% in the Senate with 18 out of 27 seats, and a simple majority of 55% in the House with 28 out of 51 seats. The current Governor of Puerto Rico, Alejandro Garcia Padilla, is also a PDP / PPD member having won election narrowly in 2012.
The primary political opposition is the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico, NPP (Spanish, Partido Nuevo Progresista de Puerto Rico, (PNP) ) and is popularly known as the "Progresistas." The most prominent NPP / PNP member is Puerto Rico's single non-voting delegate to congress, Representative Pedro R. Pierluisi Urrutia. The position is formally known as the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico to the U.S. Congress, and is the only member of Congress serving a four-year term. On the national level, Rep Pierluisi is a member of the Democratic Party and caucuses with the Democrats in Congress. Rep. Pierluisi was reelected in 2012 and will serve until the end of 2016.
The two main parties align with the different political status goals for Puerto Rico, which are linked to and impacts their approach to cabotage. In general, The PDP / PPD supports the existing Commonwealth status while the NPP / PNP seeks Statehood for Puerto Rico. The NPP / PNP should recognize a full exemption from maritime cabotage for Puerto Rico would be unlikely under statehood. In contrast, many members of the PDP / PPD support an advanced or enhanced Commonwealth status akin to that of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) whose Covenant with the U.S. specifically exempts the jurisdiction from maritime cabotage (see Covenant Article 5, Section 503 (b)).
Senate Resolution 237
The legislative subject of the hearings is Senate Resolution 237, which was introduced by Senator López on April 12, 2013. As the Resolution's title states, It proposes "To direct the Committee on Government, Government Efficiency, and Economic Innovation and the Committee on Civil Rights, Citizen Participation, and Social Economy of the Senate of Puerto Rico to conduct a comprehensive study on the economic impact of shipping costs between Puerto Rico and the United States as a consequence of the imposition of Federal Coastwise Laws, based upon the report of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) of March 14, 2013."
The intention of the Resolution is to formally authorize the members of the two Senate Committees and their staffs to: review three recent and important studies of the impact of the Jones Act on Puerto Rico; resolve the various claims and counterclaims made by the parties involved either in support of the current cabotage regime or those seeking a full or partial exemption from cabotage for Puerto Rico; and, recommend a course of action. The purpose for the extensive 11 days of hearings is fact-finding to support the Committee work.
Dueling Puerto Rico Cabotage Studies
Resolution 237 references the Government Accountability Office (GAO)'s report "Characteristics of the Island's Maritime Trade and Potential Effects of Modifying the Jones Act," GAO-13-260, issued on March 14, 2013. This report avoided drawing many obvious conclusions, especially in respect of the liner container trade between the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico. The GAO said that they could not obtain operating data and comparative freight rates to evaluate the liner sector of the Puerto Rico trade, which is a significant shortcoming of that report.
In contrast, in their "Report on the competitiveness of Puerto Rico's economy" of June 29, 2012, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (commonly known as the "New York Fed") was able to obtain comparative freight rates to find the difference between foreign flag freight rates from the U.S. mainland to Caribbean destinations other than Puerto Rico and significantly higher Jones Act rates to Puerto Rico. The New York Fed recommended a full maritime cabotage exemption for Puerto Rico be implemented for a trial period of five years.
Responding to the GAO and the New York Fed reports, the Jones Act industry trade association in Puerto Rico, La Alianzna Maritima de Puerto Rico (The Maritime Alliance of Puerto Rico), commissioned their own study. That report was written by Estudios Tenicos Inc. and issued as "The Maritime Industry in Puerto Rico" on May 3, 2013. That report essentially said that the higher Jones Act freight rates between Puerto Rico and the U.S. mainland are offset by the highly dependable nature of the domestic liner container services.
First Week's Testimony
On Monday, January 27th, there were several testifiers who support a full exemption from the application of maritime cabotge to Puerto Rico.
Ana Irma Rivera Lassén, President of the Bar Association presented a study prepared by the Association's Committee on Law and Industrial Relations, "The implementation of the cabotage laws are a violation of human rights of Puerto Ricans," which says maritime trade between the U.S. and Puerto Rico should be open to international shipping.
The basis for assertion of a human rights violation arises from the international view of Puerto Rico's political status. Although Puerto Rico was delisted in 1953 from the United Nation's List of Non-Self-Governing Territories, it is still nominally subject to the U.N. Special Committee on Decolonization because its political status remains unsettled.
The Commonwealth's Agriculture Secretary Myrna Pagán Comas, and Manuel R. Reyes Alfonso, Esq., Executive Vice President, Puerto Rico chamber of Food Marketing, Industry & Distribution (Spanish, Camara de Mercadeo, Industria y Distribucion de Alimentos (MIDA)) spoke in favor of the repeal of the law of cabotage due to the higher costs involved in the transportation of products to the Island.
President of the Association of Certified Public Accountants, Jover Pagés Hannibal, recalled that " for many years we have expressed our position in favor of the repeal or exclusion of Puerto Rico from the application of the Laws of Cargo and it has remained in force since 2006, when a meeting of the organization unanimously approved a resolution to that end."
The Hawaii Shippers Council (HSC) testified on Wednesday, January 29th in support of Senate Resolution 237 and answered approximately two dozen questions posed by Senator López (see video of the full testimony). The Council previously submitted written testimony to the Committees and in oral testimony said, "Because of the common regulatory situation, we believe that the best approach to Jones Act reform is to include the four noncontiguous jurisdictions and seek a common solution that would create a single and coherent regulatory regime. Together the four jurisdictions would have greater political effectiveness in seeking reform to federal cabotage, and a common reform solution should be more attractive to federal legislators and regulators than a piecemeal approach " The Council also suggested that its Noncontiguous trades Jones Act reform (NTJAR) proposal that would exempt those trades from the U.S. build requirement of the Jones Act may be the most appropriate approach at this time.
Closing out the week were three maritime industry insiders testifying in support of the cabotage laws and the current ocean carriers between the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico.
On Thursday, January 3rd, José J Villamil, President & CEO, Estudios Tenicos Inc., an economic consultancy which researched and wrote the report "The Maritime Industry in Puerto Rico." The report is a defense of the existing cabotage regime and the practices of the four liner carriers operating in the domestic Puerto Rico trade lane. As the reporting on Mr. Villamil's testimony was somewhat vague, he submitted a column published February 3rd to clarify his position. He wrote, "So far the only numbers presented have been mentioned by myself and what I suggest is that the impact of cabotage is minimal in the economy and that even may be benefits due to dedicated service," echoing the conclusions of his study.
Two industry insiders testified on Monday, February 3rd.
Hernán Ayala Rubio, President, Puerto Rico Shipping Association (PRSA), which represents ocean carriers, tug operators, stevedoring companies, and others, in negotiations with International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and manages the stevedore benefit funds. This kind of port organization is typically found at all the major ports on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts, and represents U.S. flag and foreign flag carriers. Ayala testified, "Those who criticize the Jones Act in essence claim it has detrimental effects on the economy of Puerto Rico and makes more expensive most of the products we consume. Nevertheless, these findings are not supported by the actual data, and ignores the direct and indirect benefits that cabotage provides to Puerto Rico's coastal shipping,"
Eduardo L Pagan has multiple roles in the maritime industry. He is Vice President of the Puerto Rico Shipping Association (PRSA), Treasurer of La Alanzia Maritima de Puerto Rico (The Maritime Alliance of Puerto Rico), which is the Jones Act industry trade association on Puerto Rico and closely allied withAmerican Maritime Partnership (AMP), and Vice President & General Manager for Puerto Rico & Caribbean, Sea Star Line Agency Inc., part of the TOTE Inc. shipping group (based in Princeton, New Jersey), which is a division of Saltchuk Resources Inc. of Seattle, Washington State.
El Nuevo Dia reported that Mr. Pagan, "stressed that when the GAO developed its study, none of the international shipping submitted comments or information to validate the alleged difference between its freight and U.S. companies nor detailing how their entry into this market would improve the services you on the island receive."
Legislative Process for S.R. 237
After the current hearings are completed on February 10, 2014, the Committee staff members will prepare and submit the Committee Report covering the hearings to the chairs of the committees. Preparation of the Committee Report is expected to require approximately two weeks. As such, the Committee Report should be available during the last week of February 2014. The Committee Report will be a public document and available on the Puerto Rico Senate's website after its submitted to the committees.
Following submission of the Committee Report, the two Committees will meet and hold a joint vote on S.R. 237. That joint committee meeting may occur in March 2014. The Resolution is expected to be voted out of Committee.
Assuming the Resolution is voted out of the two committees of jurisdiction, it then goes to the Senate Committee on Rules and Calendar, which will schedule a floor vote in the Senate. Given the supermajority that PDP / PPD enjoys in the Senate and the high level of interest in the subject, it is reasonable to expect that the Senate will adopt the Resolution. The Resolution does not require action by the House of Representatives to go into effect.
Once the Resolution is adopted by the Puerto Rico Senate, then the members and staffers of the two Committees of jurisdiction will then have to sort through the three reports and two weeks of testimony to come to their own conclusions regarding the application of cabotage to Puerto Rico and recommend a way forward.
Video of Testimony: The Jones Act in Puerto Rico, Mike Hansen, Think Tech Hawaii, January 29, 2014
Puerto Rico news articles in Spanish regarding the Senate hearings:
Nuevo intento para exonerar a Puerto Rico de las leyes de cabotaje, El Nuevo Dia, January 23, 2014
"Las leyes de cabotaje violan derechos humanos", Sin Comillas, January 27, 2014
Como un "teatro político" catalogan discusión de Ley de Cabotaje en @SenadoPR, EnVivoPR.com, January 27, 2014
Agricultura y MIDA apoyan la derogación de la ley de cabotaje, Sin Comillas, January 27, 2014.
Busca que se exima a la Isla de Leyes de Cabotaje, El Nuevo Dia, January 27, 2014.
Siguen las vistas sobre Ley de Cabotaje. Sin Comillas, January 30, 2014
Navieros defienden las leyes de cabotaje, El Nuevo Dia, February 3, 2014
La Ley de Cabotaje, by Jose J. Villamil, Sin Comillas, Monday, February 3, 2014
HSC-564: Senate Resolution 237 (S.R. 237), Senate of Puerto Rico, Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
HSC-567: Michael N Hansen's written testimony in support of S.R. 237, November 4, 2013
HSC-604: Questions: Hawaii Shipping Council, Mr. Michael Hansen, Senator Lopez, January 28, 2014*
Puerto Rico news articles translated from Spanish to English by Google translate:
HSC-599: New attempt to exonerate Puerto Rico Cabotage laws, El Nuevo Dia, January 23, 2014
HSC-602: Cabotage laws violate human rights, Sin Comillas, January 27, 2014
HSC-603: As a "political theater" discussion in cabotage law @ SenadoPR, EnVivoPR.com, January 27, 2014
HSC-609: Agriculture and MIDA support the repeal of the cabotage law, Sin Comillas, January 27, 2014
HSC-610: Search to exempt the Isle from Cabotage Laws, El Nuevo Dia, January 27, 2014
HSC-611: "Follows the views of Cabotage Law", Sin Comillas, January 30, 2014
HSC-612: Shipowners defend cabotage laws, El Nuevo Dia, February 3, 2014
HSC-613: The Law of Cabotage, by Jose J. Villamil, Sin Comillas, February 3, 2014


The one-hour special "Hollywood at Home" (8 p.m., Saturday, HGTV) offers a voyeuristic variation on a rather old theme. Oddly enough, none of the homes is located in Hollywood.
"Home" allows the famous to show off their private pads, and more to the point, explain why the homes they have and the stuff they own, reflect their tastes and make a statement about who they "are," even though, in several cases, at least, the homes were designed and furnished by professionals.
The celebrity homemakers include actor John Leguizamo, who shows off a Greenwich Village brownstone. Lara Spencer explains how her mid-century Beverly Hills pile shows off her inner Rat Pack. Trace Adkins opens up a Nashville hideaway. Skater Evan Lysacek offers a tour of a Las Vegas bachelor pad, and musician Paul Schaeffer plays a few tunes on the Hammond organ located in his Westchester, N.Y., home, a place he's turned into a personal shrine to singer James Brown. And lest we forget, journalist Lisa Ling discusses how she, her husband and their architect have gone out of their way to make their new home a palace of eco-friendly consumption and construction -- right down to recycled nails and building material.
Watching "Homes," I was struck by how little television has changed in a half century. Some time back, I reviewed a DVD collection of Edward R. Murrow's "Person to Person" TV shows -- a celebrity profile series made possible by the miracle of a "coast-to-coast" cable hook-ups in the mid-1950s. Murrow would interview bold-faced names in their homes while he sat (and chain smoked) in his New York studio. Viewers got to see movie stars in their homes, putting on a show of domesticity for viewers watching from their own living rooms.
While the banal chitchat of the celebrity interview has changed little in 55 years, the opulent abundance of the contemporary celebrity home is hard to ignore. In her segment, interviewer Lara Spencer explains how much time and money was spent to evoke the swagger of 1960s swingers. But while watching Murrow's "Person-to-Person" interview with Frank Sinatra, I was struck by the austerity of his brand new house. Sinatra went out of his way to show off a built-in "Hi-Fi" record player that would seem antique by today's standards. He didn't need stuff to seem cool. He was cool. In another segment, Tony Curtis sneaks away from wife Janet Leigh to show Murrow his prize possession: a rather modest model train set.
It's naive to think that life was all so simple then, but it's rather clear that celebrities, and perhaps their audiences, were less obsessed with or defined by their possessions.
-- Dear PBS: Will the Depression ever end? Even fans of British period pieces must be getting tired of the Depression and war years. Over the past months and years, "Masterpiece" (9 p.m., Sunday, PBS, check local listings) has served up a steady diet of shows set in the 1930s and '40s. Throw in the recent big-screen movie "The King's Speech" and you get the feeling that we've never quite gotten over the abdication of King Edward VIII. Are there no other periods to explore?
All that said, "South Riding" delivers all that viewers usually look for in a "Masterpiece." Anna Maxwell Martin ("Bleak House") stars as Sarah Burton, a native of a Yorkshire village who returns home in her 30s in the mid-1930s to become the headmistress of a girls high school. Unmarried and strident, she belongs to a generation of women whose fiancees, husbands and boyfriends died in the trenches of World War I. Her outspoken opposition to militarism and jingoism raises eyebrows among the local gentry, most notably a handsome landowner, Robert Carne (David Morrissey), a veteran and super patriot who appears to despise Burton on sight. Not to reveal too much, but one set of strong feelings soon gives way to another.
Beautifully shot and stuffed with period details, "Riding" takes an "Upstairs Downstairs" view of both country estates and squalid slums, prim church services and the machination of a local prostitute. In short, it's "Peyton Place" with a British, or in this case, Yorkshire accent. And what's not to love about that?
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Today i am showing the fab diva digi from Sherri, so love this image.
The digi is printed onto neenah card stock and coloured with spectrum noir markers. Glitter added to her eyes for eyeshadow and the fluff on her dress.
Some times I love to make High Tea here at the Farm... Farm Girl Stlye!
So today I'm sharing a little Farm girl high tea with you!
I think I said LOVE a lot...But I do love food ..LOL!
Fresh Vegies from the Garden!
Super easy but so Yummy!
I'm already preparing for Halloween!
Good Morning Bestie Friends! I (Deonna) have a Halloween Project to share with all of you today.
I had a blast making these!
A FUN little Bit about my art....Oh where oh where did you come from "Ella & Pinkles !!!!" My little girl witch and her pet frog!
These are all the versions of Elle & Pinkles from when she was born in 2005 in my studio!
This is the origin and history of where my original characters "Ella and PINKles" came from...and when the original sketches copyrights where created.
Just about 8 years ago now "The Little girl and her Pet Frog" were born on my sketch pad in my studio.
At the time I was illustrating a number books for different authors of children books... it was very exciting to be heading into the book and illustration world with my art. Even though I had already published My Own! first book " The Land Of the Fablers" I was so thrilled to be illustrating for others.
"Daira Rose and the Day She Chose".
"Toddles The Pink Poodle" With one of my Pink Poodles in it.
(The Author Deb) had some things come up so she put the book on hold .... then she contacted me and said the book was now off the table...she would not be doing it at least not at that time.
It's my turn again to show you a card. I kept it very simple this time.
Het is weer mijn beurt om een kaartje te laten zien. Ik heb het deze keer lekker eenvoudig gehouden.
I think this stamp is so cute, you can find her here in the store.
Ik vind dit stempeltje toch wel zo lief, je vind haar hier in de shop.
Design papier/paper : Authentique "Summer"
JAN here again with my Sunday post.
This week I thought I would try something a little different.
which you can buy from Sherri's on-line store HERE.
Have you ever thought about just using part of an image??
pop over to my blog HERE and leave me a link to your art so I can visit.
Today its me again! I have used the amazing digi from sherri and so cute she is too.
I have used creata backing papers, mirror card and hammered card stock.
The digi was printed onto neenah card stock and coloured with spectrum noir markers, Glitter added to her top, socks and headband.
I typed the sentiment then mounted it onto mirror card. i have used dew drop bling and spiders web to create a large bow with a music note charm for the centre of the bow.
Happy Thursday everyone! Today is my (Deonnas) Bestie Inspiration day.
I chose to use "Wendy Wedding" on my Card.
"Anything Worth Having Is Worth Waiting For!"
"Anything worth having is worth waiting for!" My mother used to tell me that all the time..and Oh Boy! was she right!
I was "OVER THE MOON" when I got the notice that said... "We want to create your Besties into "Figurines" and all the more exciting, was that they are for a good cause as well.
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Q: CakePHP - admin routing for /admin/, but not all the rest (way to set default admin false?) I read the tutorial, and found that to use the "admin" prefix, you can just uncomment the:
Configure::write('Routing.prefixes', array('admin'));

config/core.php file.
I did that, and my admin routing works great - /admin/users/add hits the admin_add() function in my users_controller.
The problem is - it's also changing my normal links - ie. my "LOGOUT" button now tries to go to /admin/users/logout instead of just /users/logout.  I realize I can add 'admin'=>false, but I'd rather not have to do that for every link in my site.
Is there a way to make it so ONLY urls with either 'admin'=>true or /admin/... to go to the admin, and NOT all the rest of the links?

A: Expanding on user Abba Bryant's edit, have a look at how to create a helper in the cook book : http://book.cakephp.org/view/1097/Creating-Helpers
If having to disable routing manually on all your links is an annoyance (it would be to me!), you could create a new helper MyCustomUrlHelper (name doesn't have to be that long of course), and have it use the core UrlHelper to generate the URLs for you.
class MyCustomUrlHelper extends AppHelper {
    public $helpers = array('Html');

    function url($controller, $action, $params ,$routing = false, $plugin = false) {
       //Example only, the params you send could be anything
       $opts = array(
          'controller' => $controller,
          'action'     => $action
          //....
       );

    }

   //another option

   function url($params) {
       //Example only, the params you send could be anything
       $opts = array(
          'controller' => $params['controller'],
          'action'     => $params['action']
          //....
       )
    }

   //just fill up $opts array with the parameters that core URL helper
   //expects. This allows you to specify your own app specific defaults

   return $this->Html->url($opts); //finally just use the normal url helper
}

Basically you can make it as verbose or terse as you want. It's just a wrapper class for the the actual URL helper which will do the work from inside. This allows you to give defaults that work for your specific application. This would also allow you to make a change in one place and have the routing for the whole application be updated.
EDIT
You could also check whether the passed $opts array is a string. This way you can have the best of both worlds.

A: Make sure if you use the prefix routing that you handle it in the HtmlHelper::link calls like so
<?php
    ...
    echo $html->link( array(
        'controller' => 'users',
        'action' => 'logout',
        'plugin' => false,
        'admin' => false,
    ));
    ...
?>

** EDIT **
You could extend the url function in your AppHelper to inspect the passed array and set the Routing.prefixes keys to false if they aren't already set in the url call.
You would then need to specify the prefix in your admin links every time.

A: The HtmlHelper accepts two ways of giving the URL: it can be a Cake-relative URL or an array of URL parameters.
If you use the URL parameters, by default if you don't specify the 'admin' => false parameter the HtmlHelper automatically prefixes the action by 'admin' if you are on an admin action.
IMHO, the easiest way to get rid off this parameter is to use the Cake-relative URL as a string.
<?php
//instead of using
//echo $this->Html->link(__('logout', true), array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'logout'));

//use
echo $this->Html->link(__('logout', true), '/users/logout');

Kind regards,
nIcO

A: I encountered this problem this week and this code seemed to fix it. Let me know if it doesn't work for you and I can try to find out what else I did to get it to work.
$this->Auth->autoRedirect = false;
$this->Auth->loginAction = array(Configure::read('Routing.admin') => false, 'controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'login');
$this->Auth->logoutRedirect = array(Configure::read('Routing.admin') => false, 'controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'logout');
$this->Auth->loginRedirect = array(Configure::read('Routing.admin') => false, 'controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'welcome');

This was really frustrating, so I'm glad to help out.

A: I'm late to the party, but I have a very good answer:
You can override the default behavior by creating an AppHelper class. Create app/app_helper.php and paste the following:
<?php
class AppHelper extends Helper{

    function url($url = null, $full = false) {
        if(is_array($url) && !isset($url['admin'])){
            $url['admin'] = false;
        }
        return parent::url($url, $full);
    }
}
?>

Unless it is specified when you call link() or url(), admin will be set to false.


A number of students will be adding their research, photos, and videos about the build. Read our blogs to learn more.
The 818 Factory Five project is the build of a biodiesel fueled car. It is special because it is our own environment friendly race car. This is the first race car being built in the Workshop School.It is a component kit car manufactured by Factory Five Racing in Massachusetts. Besides being fast, it is safer for the environment.
It came with cardboard boxes holding the body panels, shocks, suspension, hoses, nuts, bolts, and washers, steering wheel, and many more parts. They also sent a tubular steel frame and the body which is made of fiberglass.
There are different groups working on different parts of the car. The groups are divided by the two classes at the Workshop School -- collision and technical. I am in the collision class and there are three groups in our class: the roof, interior, and exterior. We had to design a type of roof and came to the decision that it was going to be a t-top roof. We had to design a roof because it is a convertible and if it rains or snows we are done for.
The Technology class has three groups as well -- engine, steering and suspension, and electrical. Students in the technology class removed brake lines, calipers, steering wheel, brake, gas, and clutch pedals, and other components from the donor car, a 2005 Subaru Imprezza WRX, which we bought after it was wrecked in a crash.
The next challenge we have is how do we get more people interested in our project. We would like you to follow this blog and register to comment. We also plan to post videos to show more of what we are doing.


Inquests and inquiries: The role of the family and equality of arms | City A.M.
Inquests and public inquiries play a vital role in uncovering the truth when things go wrong.
This is obvious when we look at recent high profile inquests and inquiries: the Hillsborough inquest, the Grenfell Inquiry, the Westminster Bridge inquest and the upcoming inquest into the Manchester terrorist attack.
The public rightly expect proper scrutiny of our state and a fearless investigation into the facts, but is that system fit for purpose and is it fair for the bereaved families?
What most people are shocked to discover is that despite victims' families being at the heart of any inquest or inquiry they are not automatically entitled to state funded legal representation.
Without this they would be expected to read and understand large amounts of evidence, some of which will be graphic and upsetting and ask difficult questions of senior individuals representing public bodies.
Bereaved families therefore have three options: they can apply to the legal aid agency for what is known as "exceptional funding", they can pay privately or they can rely on lawyers representing them pro bono.
Obtaining "exceptional funding" is a notoriously difficult and complicated process, which provides funding which is often far less than what the government is prepared to pay its own lawyers.
Paying privately for a lengthy and complex inquest or inquiry is totally unrealistic for all but the very wealthy.
This often leaves families being represented pro bono or not at all.
The problem is that this creates a fundamental inequality of arms. The state guarantees itself legal representation paid for by taxpayers and will inevitably hire top QCs backed by a well-resourced team of government lawyers.
Often their goal will be to protect the state's interests in limiting the blame levelled at its agencies.
An example of the type of conflict which can occur between the state and a bereaved family is the Westminster Bridge Inquest.
It concluded that shortcomings in the system of security in New Palace Yard in the Houses of Parliament meant that armed police officers were not where they were supposed to be. This meant that PC Palmer lost their protection from his terrorist attacker.
This was despite the Metropolitan Police arguing through their lawyers firstly that the system of security was not inadequate and if it was, armed officers could not possible have saved PC Palmer's life.
At the time of the inquest, neither PC Palmer's family, nor those of any of the bridge victims, were in receipt of state funding and had to rely on pro bono representation by lawyers and law firms who chose to represent them for free.
The need for representation of bereaved families seems to be something which the government is starting to recognise, but changes to improve the situation have yet to happen.
If it is the families who are willing to fight the hardest to expose wrong doing that contributed to their loved ones' death, it must be in all our interests that they are properly funded and represented in doing so.
Thomas Coke-Smyth is a barrister at QEB Hollis Whiteman and Michael Davison is global head of disputes at Hogan Lovells.


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Ex-hate speech group core member regretful on anniv. of clampdown law
June 6, 2017 (Mainichi Japan)
This Oct. 25, 2015 file photo shows a hate speech demonstration against Korean residents of Japan and other groups in Tokyo's Minato Ward. (Mainichi)
To mark the one year anniversary of the anti-hate speech law coming into effect on June 3, the Mainichi Shimbun interviewed a 38-year-old man who formerly participated actively in anti-Korean and anti-foreigner hate speech demonstrations to the extent of becoming a leading member. He spoke about his experience and the actions that he now deeply regrets.
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The man's involvement with the hate speech groups began following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. Due to Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s (TEPCO) rolling blackouts in the wake of the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant disaster to conserve electricity, the company where the man worked had trouble with its operations, and he was unable to return home for three days. During that time, he happened upon an internet post which claimed that the anti-nuclear power movement was a conspiracy orchestrated by leftist groups and Korean residents in Japan. He believed the claims, and started to doubt the anti-nuclear power movement.
After that, he began participating in demonstrations that called for resuming operations of nuclear power plants halted after the disaster, and learned of the existence of hate speech groups. Researching the claims of the groups, he found there were many points with which he sympathized and began participating in the demonstrations with a new sense of "righteousness."
In 2012, the location of the demonstrations he joined moved to "Korean town" in the Shin-Okubo district of Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. Participating in the anti-Korean demonstrations at least twice a month, the man cultivated friendships with fellow participants and he started to feel like the demonstrations were a place where he really belonged.
While shouting phrases like, "Kick out the criminal foreigners!" at demonstrations, calling Korean residents "cockroaches" and "ticks" became second nature. Gradually, his remarks escalated to "Die!" and "Kill them!"
This edited screen capture taken from a video shows the interviewed 38-year-old former hate speech group member in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. (Mainichi)
His sole source of information was the internet. Coming across information not covered in mass media, he felt like only he knew the truth. When news media reported on particularly atrocious crimes, he almost instantly thought that they were committed by foreigners, and firmly believed that news organizations were intentionally hiding the nationality and real names of the perpetrators.
In 2014, he became a central member of a hate speech group, and was dubbed a captain leading the offense of the movement. When asked about what fueled his extreme behavior, he offered the authorization of the use of roads for demonstrations and the many dispatched police officers that surrounded the events.
"Because we had received permission to use the road, I felt like anything I said was protected by the shield of 'freedom of speech,'" he remembered. "Even if opposition groups surrounded our demonstrations, I felt safe because I knew the police officers would protect us. It felt like we had the upper hand."
His extreme behavior culminated in August 2014. At a gathering of over 100 members of the hate speech group at an "izakaya" bar, seven men belonging to an anti-hate speech group coincidentally entered the same establishment. Believing them to be Korean, the group attacked and injured them. In October of the same year, the man was arrested on charges of assault in connection to the incident. As penitence, he vowed to no longer get involved with the demonstrations, but once he distanced himself from the hate speech group, they began suspecting him of joining an opposition group. He was verbally abused by members screaming, "Kick out the traitor!" and his ties to the group were severed.
What ultimately saved him was an email from a 52-year-old, second-generation Korean resident who was a member of an anti-hate speech group. It read, "If you receive any threats or harassment (from the hate speech group he belonged to), just tell me." At first he thought, "Why is he saying this to me when I'm the one who has attacked him?" However, the message became an impetus for self-reflection. He asked the man what he could do to be forgiven for his own aggressive actions. "I want you to promise me that you will never do it again even if you're not forgiven," was his answer.
Even now, video of him participating in hate speech demonstrations remains on the internet. Each time he meets new people, he is always afraid they will discover his past. "There is nothing to gain from joining hate speech demonstrations, but there is a lot to lose," he said. To those who still participate in the demonstrations, the man has this message:
"I want you to quit as soon as you can. I don't want the number of people who have been hurt to grow any further. Don't throw away your precious time and relationships for hate."
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I tried to dig deep into the WP code to figure out where $redirect_to = is declared. I am getting (33 hits in 7 files) ... somehow not very transparent.
It sound like this post is somewhat related, if there is a cookies problem. I do not know how to circumvent this with my setup.
I did not get Wordpress SSL and non-SSL setup part to work. The UI was getting buggy. And SSL plugins would not fix the problems. I ended up moving the host from IIS to Apache, and removing the proxy setup all together. Now it WP works.
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