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4 Things Managers Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Address This Moment of Racial Reckoning
By Lily Zheng, Contributor, CNBC	• Published January 12, 2021
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The death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minnesota police officer has reignited outrage against racism and police brutality. Protesters have taken to the streets to express their frustration. But off the streets, there's another crisis that needs to be addressed — in the workplace.
As a diversity, equity and inclusion consultant, my job is to help organizations turn positive intentions into positive impact and bridge the gap between executives and their employees. Workers right now are facing enormous stress, pressure and anxiety.
So how can leaders, from CEOs to team managers, support their teams in this moment of racial reckoning on top of a global pandemic? Here are a few ways to start:
1. Acknowledge what's happening
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First, it's important to address the current events. Use this moment to reiterate company values, and to take a stand against racism and police violence. Make it clear that you are committed to making changes that promote equality, justice and fair treatment for all.
Acknowledgement isn't just some quick, impersonal announcement. If you don't know what to say, educate yourself on facts about racism and injustice from reliable sources (there are plenty of available online) and your human resources team.
What not to do: Choosing not to take a stance (by saying nothing at all) is the opposite of good leadership. Your employees need decisive communication about what you do and don't support. Do you support their needs? Do you support their beliefs? Do you understand why societal change needs to happen?
2. Reduce work-related pressure
Recognize the additional tolls — physically, mentally and emotionally — that these events have on your workers, especially black employees. Give them the space to be angry, afraid, confused or even disengaged from work.
Here are a few ways to encourage self-care:
Offer additional days of paid leave
Offer more flexibility in work schedules
Allow extensions on deadlines
Temporarily redistribute responsibilities based on each person's capacity to contribute
Cancel or postpone non-urgent meetings
What not to do: This isn't the time to say, "Business as usual." Downplaying the impact of these events while stressing focus on productivity can reduce employee morale, trust and mental health.
3. Make space for discussion
Many people may want to discuss what's going on, so create an environment where all employees can have a safe and comfortable conversation about race. That might mean having an open discussion in a large group, or having individual ones with each team member.
As a manager, it's not just your job to lead these conversations. Participating and being vulnerable (e.g., sharing your own reflections or things you've been struggling with) is important to drive home the fact you, too, care about these issues.
What not to do: Don't ask black employees to share unless they volunteered to on their own. Also, don't assume that they'll be able to provide resources or education on-demand.
4. Support communities beyond the workplace
While employees value internal support, the actions you take outside of the workplace can have a powerful impact. So think about how you can contribute in your local communities in ways that will push for positive changes.
The beauty brand Glossier, for example, said it would give $1 million in total to organizations combating racial injustice and grants to black-owned beauty businesses.
What not to do: Don't use these external actions to draw attention away from internal challenges that have yet to be resolved.
Lily Zheng is a diversity, equity and inclusion consultant. She has written for the Harvard Business Review, Quartz at Work and HR Executive. Lily is also the co-author of "Gender Ambiguity in the Workplace: Transgender and Gender-Diverse Discrimination" and "The Ethical Sellout: Maintaining Your Integrity in the Age of Compromise."
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Некомерційна організація «Фонд боротьби з корупцією» — некомерційний фонд, створений Олексієм Навальним в 2011 році. Фонд об'єднує всі проєкти Навального і займається збором коштів на їх роботу, причому Навальний відмовився від анонімних пожертвувань.

Координатори проєктів Навального () є співробітниками Фонду. У 2014 році в фонді працювало близько 30 чоловік, в 2017 році (за даними фонду) працює близько 40 осіб, середня зарплата яких становить близько 70 тис. рублів на місяць.

Незадовго до виборів 2021 року російська влада визнала Фонд боротьби з корупцією терористичною організацією, діяльність якої на території Росії заборонено, та організувала масштабне судове переслідування членів фонду. Це вважають наслідком участі організації в політиці у вигляді активного просування «Розумного голосування».

Створення фонду

Фонд зареєстрований 9 вересня 2011 року. За словами Володимира Ашуркова, засновники фонду отримали досвід публічного і прозорого збору коштів, організувавши фінансування проєкту «РосПил». Через платіжну систему «Яндекс.Гроші» була зібрана значна сума, що фінансово забезпечує роботу проєкту на рік. Паралельно творцями фонду опрацьовуються ідеї залучення на постійній основі професійних юристів і економістів до пошуку і припинення корупційних схем в системі державних закупівель. Договірна основа дозволить отримати деякі гарантії на відміну від схеми роботи з волонтерами.

Керівництво

 Директором фонду з моменту заснування і по грудень 2018 року був Роман Рубанов. З грудня 2018 року директором призначено керівника юридичного відділу фонду Івана Жданова.
 Виконавчим директором фонду з лютого 2012 року є Володимир Ашурков, який був змушений покинути «Альфа-груп» заради роботи в ФБК.
 У лютому 2019 року стало відомо, що колишній директор ФБК Роман Рубанов оголошений в розшук у зв'язку з кримінальним розслідуванням, розпочатим через те, що ФБК! Не послухав рішення суду про видалення з YouTube фільму-розслідування «Він вам не Дімон». Рубанову, за версією, висловленою Леонідом Волковим, ставляться порушення за статтею 315 КК РФ.

Цілі роботи

Фонд боротьби з корупцією об'єднує всі проєкти Навального: «РосПил», «РосЯма», «РосВыборы», «Добрая машина правды», «РосЖКХ». Володимир Ашурков сформулював стратегію фонду, як тиск на владу з метою підштовхнути її до внутрішніх перетворень, працюючи за двома напрямками: організація локальних ситуацій, в яких державні структури будуть відчувати тиск, і створення реальної альтернативи нинішній владній системі.

За словами Навального, учасники фонду хочуть створити новий стандарт прозорості для збору і витрачання коштів.

Фінансування

За словами Ашуркова, «постійний фандрайзинг є необхідною умовою функціонування» фонду. Творці хочуть збудувати систему, яка дозволить фонду «не залежати від одного джерела фінансування». У квітні 2012 року творці оцінювали річний бюджет фонду приблизно в 300 000 USD. При наявності великих коштів фонд буде розширюватися. Творці фонду пообіцяли оприлюднити початковий список людей, які внесли свій вклад в фонд.

За 2013 рік фонд за допомогою пожертвувань зібрав 23 мільйони рублів. Бюджет фонду станом на 2014 рік становив 3 млн рублів на місяць.

Першими публічними спонсорами фонду 13 лютого 2012 року стали син засновника «Вимпелкому» бізнесмен Борис Зимін (підтвердив, що вже дав 300 000 руб. І буде приблизно стільки ж давати щомісяця) і колишній менеджер «Альфа-груп» Володимир Ашурков (підтвердив, що дав 300 000 руб). 30 травня 2012 року було оприлюднено список перших 16 спонсорів фонду, включаючи Дмитра Бикова, Олександра Лебедєва, Леоніда Парфьонова, та Бориса Акуніна.

За словами Навального, «вони вже перерахували 4,4 млн руб., а ще 4 млн гарантували на другу половину року», що забезпечує більшу частину запланованого річного бюджету фонду ($ 300 000).

За словами Володимира Ашуркова і Навального, переговори велися протягом трьох місяців, і деякі з тих, з ким вони проходили, в результаті вирішили утриматися від внесків до фонду. Однак, багато хто з тих, хто в підсумку підтримав проєкт, незважаючи на те, що не пов'язані ніякими договірними зобов'язаннями, пообіцяли регулярно робити пожертвування. Це дозволяє планувати діяльність фонду. У разі зростання добровільних внесків передбачається розвивати штат проєктів фонду, особливу роль приділяючи антикорупційному «РосПилу». Причому всі представники бізнесу підтримують фонд фінансово як приватні особи.

За словами Навального, для того, щоб допомогти потенційним жертводавцям зважитися на підтримку фонду і схожих проєктів, перші з тих, хто вже зробив це, назвуть свої імена. А Володимир Ашурков припустив, що пізніше імена фінансово підтримують фонд не оприлюднять, за винятком випадків, коли про це проситимуть самі дарувальники. Ашурков сказав, що топ-менеджер «Альфа-Груп» Олексій Савченко з'явився в списку спонсорів завдяки знайомству з ним. Навальний зазначив, що інших спонсорів з «Альфи» у фонду немає. Політолог Станіслав Бєлковський висловив зацікавленість представників великого бізнесу до опозиції, виділивши Михайла Фрідмана.

Як стратегії фінансування для фонду Навальний заявив збір невеликих сум пожертвувань, але із залученням широкого кола жертводавців, особливо виділяючи важливість масової підтримки.

Проєкти фонду

РосПил

rospil.info — створений в грудні 2010 року Олексієм Навальним проєкт, присвяченого боротьбі зі зловживаннями в державних закупівлях. Проєкт працює за наступною схемою: користувачі сайту виявляють передбачувані корупційні закупівельні конкурси (як правило, за допомогою офіційного порталу держзакупівель), професійні експерти оцінюють конкурси з точки зору можливої корумпованості, юристи проєкту на основі проведених експертиз пишуть скарги до контролюючих органів (перш за все, в федеральну антимонопольну службу) з метою скасування корупційних закупівель. Експерти і користувачі, що займаються пошуком корупційних закупівель, є добровольцями. Юристи ж є співробітниками «РосПил» (надалі ФБК) і отримують офіційну зарплату з коштів проєкту. Для фінансування проєкту було організовано збір приватних пожертвувань.

РосЖКХ

«РосЖКХ» (roszkh.ru) — інтернет-сервіс для реєстрації скарг на роботу комунальних служб у всіх регіонах Росії. Відкрили 8 листопада 2012 року. Для подачі заяви досить вписати свою адресу і ім'я, і коротко викласти суть проблеми. Після цього скарга автоматично направляється в кілька наглядових інстанцій. Тільки за перший тиждень через сервіс було відправлено близько 96 тисяч звернень до комунальних служб.

РосЯма

«РосЯма» (rosyama.ru) — російський інтернет-сервіс для автоматизованої реєстрації скарг на ями і інші дефекти дорожнього покриття. Відкритий 30 травня 2011 року. Через «РосЯма» користувачі можуть повідомити в ДАІ про дорожній дефект і прикласти фотографію. Після обробки заяви ДІБДР () відкриває адміністративну справу і видає підряднику припис усунути дефект в 12-денний термін. Ідея проєкту була швидко перейнята в сусідніх країнах. Вже в 2011 році в Україні, Білорусі, та Казахстані діяли регіональні аналоги «РосЯми» — «УкрЯма», «БелЯма» і «КазЯма».

«Добрая машина правды»

mashina.org — проєкт Олексія Навального за допомогою якого він намагався поширювати інформацію про зловживання і корупцію у владі. Перша назва: «Добрая машина пропаганды». Запущено 29 травня 2012 року. ДМП позиціонувала себе як альтернатива і конкурент «Злий Машині Пропаганди», тобто офіційним російським ЗМІ. Деякими джерелами розглядався як мав пропагандистську спрямованість.

В рамках проєкту добровольці влаштовували різні акції, зустрічі, поширювали спам і листівки з інформацією про корупцію і різних проєктів ФБК і Навального.

Проєкт був заморожений в середині 2014 року. За словами Навального, він переоцінив можливості інтернету для пропаганди і перемоги над звичайними ЗМІ.

Медіа

В кінці 2016 року на стратегічній сесії ФБК було вирішено створити в добавок до основного каналу в Youtube (де розміщувалися розслідування і заяви Олексія Навального) додатковий, який за словами Любові Соболь був призначений для «прямих трансляцій, для поширення наших ідей, наших поглядів, щоб можна було обмінюватися цим з нашою аудиторією, тому що до цього ми користувалися тільки зустрічами в офлайні, розсилками, але на телебачення нас вже не пускали». Альтернативними варіантами було створення власного телеканалу і радіостанції, від яких в результаті відмовилися через брак ресурсів і наявність при владі методів адміністративного протидії. Вперше про інтернет-трансляціях Навальний задумався після того, як на праймеріз «Парнас» навесні 2016 року друге місце отримав активіст В'ячеслав Мальцев, чий канал прямих ефірів «Артпідготовка» дивилися в середньому 150 000 чоловік в день.

Продюсером нового каналу стала Оксана Бауліна, яка раніше працювала в глянцевих журналах. За два місяці в майбутню студію була перероблена кімната колл-центру, закуплено обладнання, також були розроблені ідеї і антураж. Спочатку над контентом працювало чотири людини. 15 березня 2017 року відбувся перший ефір інтернет-каналу «Навальний Live», в якому Леонід Волков розповідав про передвиборну кампанію політика. На наступний день вийшов перший випуск ранкової програми «Кактус», яку спочатку вели Микола Ляскін і Любов Соболь, і представляла собою обговорення актуальних новин в кампанії різних гостей. Надалі з'явилися програми «Буде гірше» головного редактора «Медіазони» Сергея Смирнова і «Де гроші?» політика Володимира Мілова, з 28 січня почала працювати власна програма новин «Новини». Найбільш рейтинговою програмою каналу стала передача Олексія Навального «Навальний о 20.18», перші випуски якої збирали в середньому мільйон переглядів. Підвищений інтерес до каналу виник на тлі організованих в прямому ефірі трансляцій акцій 26 березня, за підсумком яких глядачі могли в прямому ефірі побачити злом офісу ФБК співробітниками поліції і затримання співробітників фонду. У розкрутці каналу не використовувалося комерційне просування через відмову з боку «ВКонтакті» і «Однокласників» від політичної тематики (від платного просування на Youtube було вирішено відмовитися за підсумками мерських виборів 2013). У вересні 2018 року стався перезапуск «Навальний Live», генеральним продюсером якого стала Любов Соболь.

У серпні 2018 року були запущені подкасти «Зараз розповімо», в яких обговорювалися різні теми (так, перші три випуски були присвячені пенсійній реформі, конфлікту редакції і власника російської версії Forbes і тортурам в тюремних колоніях).

Примітки

Організації Росії
Неприбуткові організації
Корупція в Росії
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Honestly I don't know that there is a country named Georgia. I heard about Georgia Atlanta in USA but not the Republic of Georgia in the Eastern Europe. I discovered this small but beautiful country months before I will finish my contract while searching for countries to visit that doesn't require any visa. For Filipinos, visa will be upon arrival but since 2014, new regulations have been implemented. Most countries need to apply visa online or E-visa.
GEORGIA is a small country but there are so many things to see, and discover. From picturesque snow caped mountains in North, magnificent villages, to colorful meadows up to interesting Black sea.
When I searched on the internet and saw the pictures of Georgia, I decided that this will be the place for me to see and stay for a month. There are many things I am grateful that I visited this country. Georgia is near Dubai and there are a lot of tour packages going there for weekend and for short holidays. It borders Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia and Turkey. The capital is Tbilisi. You can go on Metekhi Bridge overlooking the Mtkvari river and with the Narikala Fortress on the top.
There are many sights to see or do in Tbilisi. You can go up and hike up to the biggest church which is called the Ameba or Holy trinity Cathedral Of Tbilisi. This is the biggest Cathedral in Tbilisi which you can see from the Fortress .This is an Orthodox Church and built on a hill.
Going around and near the main square of Tbilisi, there is another church fronting the road. The Sioni Cathedral. It is another Georgian Orthodox Church and behind the church , there are few homeless beggars. Aside from seeing churches, You can take a dip in Royal bath or known as the Abanotubani. Price ranges from 17 to 80 Georgian Lari. Unfortunately I really regret, I did not try.
The Metekhi Church and the statue of Gogasali across the restaurants in the Old town, the wedding palace building, where all wedding ceremonies took place during the Soviet Times. Built in year 1984 by architect Victor Djorbenadze and now a private property with uncommon building design, public service hall designed by Italian Architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas which looks like a mushroom from afar, the Dancing Statue of Berikaoba, and the leaning clock tower.
You can haggle in the Flea Market which you can find a vintage, unique, cheap, antique, retro, priceless, old, modern, unusual, second-hand, or new items. This is just a walking distance from Old town where I am staying- The Old Town Hostel. I bought old map, a decorated ceramic wine jar with miniature Georgian cover dress, and a wine list.
As I walk around Tbilisi I came across the Dancing Statue of Berikaoba. The Berikaoba is a Georgian Holiday dance. The area on the side was boarded with steels and woods, for some construction going on. The statue is in front of a Children's Art Gallery created by A. Monaselidze and G. Janberidze. The peasants are dressed as animals for a pagan celebration.
The famous Leaning Clock Tower in Tbilisi: The clock tower was created by the renowned Georgian puppeteer Rezo Gabriadze. On the hour, a window opens at the top and an angel strikes the bell. Below the clock, a screen opens and shows the circle of life: boy meets girl, marriage, childbirth and funeral. You can read more on here.
More sights to see and things to do. On the other side of the hill, you can find a lady statue holding a sword known as the Mother of Georgians. You can go up to Narikala Fortress by the cable car and wait for the sunset, you can shop in Freedom square shops near Rustaveli Avenue, see the Inner city garden, visit Synagogue, walk to the Peace Bridge and have a photo in the parliament Building.
At the end of the day, You can enjoy a good ice cream in Luca Polare, grab something to eat and drink in Shardeni Street or have some sheesha. Some foods to try, Khinkali, Lobiani, and Kachapuri. Wines and other liquors are very cheap.
Tbilisi Georgia is an amazing country and I never thought that this country is really a very beautiful place to stay and unwind.
Lovely post.Took me back to this charming little country.Cheers.
Thank you for visiting my blog and sharing your images and thoughts about Tbilissi. I went there years ago and I still have fond memories of my stay in Armenia and Georgia. The military road between Yerevan and Tbilissi in the Sprlng was unforgettable and beautiful.
hi there, for sure the road trip between the borders of Armenia and Georgia is beautiful. I went on some mountain part of Georgia and it was gorgeous; still need to post it here.
Looking forward to seeing your pictures of these mountainous parts of Armenia and Georgia. Thanks.
Your welcome Sri, I will share more about it in few weeks of the places I have visited on those countries.
I'm totally visiting Georgia this summer. Thanks for the post!
True, I am really lucky with that.
But it's unfair towards others. I often notice it at border crossings. Other travelers need flight and hotel reservations, insurance policies, maybe even a visa in advance although they have a fixed job and are financially better off than me. I am a vagabond, without a fixed job, without a home, but as soon as the immigration police see the German passport, I am waved through. Ok, probably it also helps that I don't look like a hippie.
It is indeed a beautiful place. Lovely pics.


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Super cute. Love the connecting geese!
Really love the "fur" in your pieced-up kitties! The first two blocks especially appeal to me, but the whole quilt top has a real joy to it.
What a purrrfect quilt!! I love how you connected the cat blocks with geese! So smart! The geometric kitties are all so cute! Great job and I know your cats will love it!!!
All of the above, your quilt is so great!


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Q: displaying a sphere with longitude and latitude grid android I'm developing a AR app in android what i want it to do is overlay a camera image with a section of a grid. this gird should display longitude and latitude.
so this sphere will have a radius of that of the eath plus 12km. and should be such that if you point straight up you will see you current longitude and latitude. I want the lines to be seperated by 10 degrees. meaning i should have 36 longitude lines and 36 latitude lines. I would prefer to keep all code in spherical coordinates with units of radians to save on rounding errors.
I'm mainly looking for the algorithm to do this as I would like to port this to any camera phone with GPS tracking (Psuedo code more than acceptable).
If I've missed a thread with this already then please point me to it.
Any way I can work out what part of the sphere you can see and display this my problem is just with the building the grid in the first place.

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Toyota Prius General Discussion Forum
Toyota Prius review (AutoExpress)
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Our Rating: 4.0/5.0
A hi-tech petrol-electric powertrain makes the Toyota Prius hybrid one of the most frugal cars on the road
Very cheap to run, strong reliability record, spacious
Awkward styling, high price tag, disappointing interior
The Prius is the world's best-selling hybrid and there's a good reason for its success. The petrol-electric powertrain is reliable, refined and extremely fuel efficient, allowing drivers to travel for short distances in full-electric mode or with a combination of the engine and electric motor.
Our choice: Toyota Prius 1.8 VVT-i Hybrid T4
Video: Watch CarBuyer's video review of the Prius
Styling:
With a body specifically designed to cut through the air as aerodynamically as possible, designers have had to make some compromises with the styling of the Prius. It has a slightly awkward profile but the front and rear are both sharply designed. However, for its price the interior looks hi-tech but the plastics are hard and scratchy.
Power comes from a 1.8 litre petrol engine with 98bhp and an electric motor. Both units work together for a total of 132bhp. Over short distances – a mile or two at best – and at low speeds the Prius can be powered by the electric motor only, making for silent, emissions-free motoring. Under normal conditions, both the engine and motor work together seamlessly to provide punchy performance. The CVT gearbox is the only slight downside and can be noisy. Handling is impressively tight but the steering is uninvolving, meaning driving thrills are few and far between.
Safety & reliability:
Despite the futuristic sounding powertrain the Prius has actually been using a petrol-electric set up since 1998. In that time it has proven itself to be incredibly reliable and any worries about the batteries will be put at ease by the fact that some of the very first Prius models are still going strong. Euro NCAP have awarded the Prius a maximum five star rating for crash safety.
Practicality:
Some hybrid models have to make room for the batteries needed to power the electric motor and this often results in a small load area. In the Prius though there's a boot which is bigger than that of most family hatchbacks and it can be extended even further by folding the rear seats flat. There is a large digital read-out on the centre of the dash and a head-up display as standard. Basic kit is generous, with all models getting air-con, electric windows and keyless go.
Running costs:
The Prius claims one of the lowest CO2 emissions figures on the road. At just 89g/km it's free from road-tax and free from London's congestion charge too. Economy is also impressive, with 72.3mpg claimed as a combined figure. The expensive part of owning a Prius is buying it in the first place .
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Kerala Fire and Rescue Services Academy (Malayalam:കേരള ഫയര് ആന്‍റ് റെസ്ക്യൂ സര്‍വ്വീസസ് അക്കാദമി) is situated in Ramavarmapuram in  Thrissur city, Kerala of India. The academy is the official fire training institution for the Kerala Fire And Rescue Services.

History
Earlier, Fort Kochi based institute trains fireman for Kerala Fire Dept. On 4 June 2007, then Chief Minister of Kerala V. S. Achuthanandan inaugurated the new academy. The academy is situated near to Central Prison, Viyyur in eight acres land. Training for fireman was started on 22 October 2007. The first batch of 225 fireman-driver-cum-pump operators passed out on 4 July 2013.

Courses

The academy offers Basic training for Fire and  Rescue Officer, Fire and rescue Officer(Driver) and inservice courses of Senior Fire and Rescue Officer,Senior Fire and Rescue Officer(Mechanic), Assistant Station Officer.  In addition, there are practical courses also. The academy can train and accommodate 350 trainees in the institute and the hostel. An Olympic type swimming pool is here for training.

References

External links

Education in Kerala
Education in Thrissur
Law enforcement in Kerala
Organisations based in Thrissur
Educational institutions established in 2007
Firefighting academies
2007 establishments in Kerala


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An Obama Nominee and Disappearing Persons
Terence P. Jeffrey
Dawn Johnsen, another of President Barack Obama's remarkable nominees, discovered a way to make a person disappear by making two persons into one.
Johnsen is not a magician. She is a Yale-educated lawyer who once served as legal director for the National Abortion Rights Action League. If the full Senate follows the lead of the Democratic majority on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which last week approved her nomination along party lines, she could be confirmed as director of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, which interprets the meaning of the law for administration officials.
As a lawyer, Johnsen has crusaded against waterboarding terrorists and in favor of denying unborn children any legal recognition at any stage of development. She essentially views an unborn child as property of the mother.
Her crusade against babies arose from her conviction that males have exploited the child-bearing capacity of women to create a society in which the child-bearing caste is relegated to demeaning roles — such as motherhood.
In a 1986 essay in the Yale Law Journal, Johnsen argued that the United States became a sexist society because men were able to drive women out of public life using female fertility as an excuse.
"State and social regulations concerning reproductive differences have served to create and reinforce separate and unequal sex-segregated spheres in the United States," Johnsen wrote. "Women's ability to bear children has been used to systematically disadvantage women by defining their 'proper' role in terms of that ability. Social determinations concerning the reproductive difference underlie our present patriarchal society in which men and male norms have dominated the 'public' sphere, the locus of political and economic power, while women have been relegated to the 'private' sphere, where they provide socially necessary but socially unrewarded work of care for children and home. Conformity to prescribed sex roles has been accomplished through imposition of economic, social and legal constraints, such as protectionist legislation."
By this last phrase, Johnsen meant legislation aimed at protecting babies.
She saw a great danger to liberty in laws enacted to protect babies in the womb from external threats (not including abortion) such as drunk drivers and acts of negligence. In her view, it was OK to make such laws to protect the interests of the woman carrying unborn child — or to protect whatever interest the baby may have retroactively in its fetal existence if it is ever born alive — but it was not OK to make such laws in the interest of the unborn child himself.
"Holding third parties responsible for the negligent or criminal destruction of fetuses is therefore consistent with, and even enhances, the protection of the pregnant women's interests," she wrote. "Yet the form that this legal recognition often takes creates the potential for future expansion of fetal rights in ways that conflict with women's interests. By sometimes identifying the fetus rather than the woman as the locus of the right when there is no live birth, recent laws have reflected a dangerous conceptual move. The law no longer recognizes the fetus only in those cases where it is necessary to protect the interests of the subsequently born child and her or his parents. Rather, the law has conferred rights upon the fetus qua fetus. Conceptualizing the fetus as an entity with legal rights independent of the pregnant woman has made possible the future creation of fetal rights that could be used against the pregnant woman. In some instances, this potential has already been realized."
Among the examples she cited were laws that would hold a woman accountable for damaging a fetus through the use of alcohol or illegal drugs.
In a 1989 article in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Johnsen offered a solution to the dilemma of how the law could protect the mother's right to an undamaged baby — provided she decided not to abort it — while not granting the unborn child any independent rights at all. She would simply meld the baby and the mother into one legal person — in this case, the mother alone, thus completely legally erasing the life of the child.
"The fetus is a physical part of the pregnant woman," she asserted in defiance of biological science. "Rather than creating a constitutional and practical problem by attempting to treat the fetus as a legal entity separate from the pregnant woman of whom it is a physical part, and then asserting interests in conflict with the rights of the pregnant woman, the government should continue to recognize a pregnant woman as a single legal entity and help her to further her own strong interest in giving birth to a healthy baby."
But Johnsen can show compassion when she believes it's appropriate. "Do you believe that torture can ever be legally justified under the United States or international law?" Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D.-Calif., asked at her confirmation hearing.
"No, Senator, I do not," Johnsen said. "Do you believe that waterboarding is torture?" asked Feinstein. "Yes, Senator," Johnsen said. A terrorist, you see, unlike an unborn baby, deserves the full protection of the law as a person in his own right.
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Written By Terence P. Jeffrey
Terence P. Jeffrey is the author of Control Freaks: 7 Ways Liberals Plan to Ruin Your Life (Regnery, 2010.)


Perfect planning and preparation (and practice) prevents poor performance! I expect like many of us you started the year off with a few resolutions. Hopes and dreams for the coming year especially considering the current economic climate.
I do this every year and always make sure I have done something radically different and out of my comfort zone by the following Christmas. Otherwise I feel it has been a year with no momentum or impetus. Like I haven't moved forward in any way.
This doesn't necessarily mean work, photography or even money related. It could mean personal goals and achievements in anything to do with your life.
However, your passion for photography may be burning brightly in you. You may feel you want to move ahead with gusto. Get on with it no matter what your current standard of photography is.
It may be that you are a complete newcomer. However, you may KNOW deep inside that it is what you want to do for a living. You may be an advanced amateur and feel fairly confident in your abilities. You've mastered the skills, but you just lack the confidence for that final push.
The only way to learn as a beginner is to read and DO so keep your camera with you at all times and practice, after planning and preparation. Get out of your comfort zone, break the mould and think like a professional photographer from the start. If you are more experienced, you just need to believe that you can "go pro" and start doing it.
This doesn't mean jacking in your job today but simply start to make headway. Get a wedding or two booked, start advertising and getting yourself out there. Don't sit and watch "whatless" TV every night.
Try not to waste countless hours on Facebook (although a little of what you fancy does you good). Do at least one thing positive every day that will continuously and consistently get you one step closer to your goal.
Move abroad - I finally gave in to the urge at 29 years old and literally gave my life away. The car, TV, video, job and left for Spain with just a suitcase, parachute, stereo and a small bundle of cash. If I hadn't have done that at that precise moment I would never have met my wife and had our 2 children. I cannot imagine how my life would be if I had procrastinated any longer.
Starting a successful wedding photography business in Spain - I couldn't speak Spanish. I had no camera equipment at the time. No contacts, no experience of shooting weddings with digital gear and no business. I had no income, baby number 2 on the way and a mortgage we had just signed for. It eventually blossomed into a thriving business within 18 months through sheer hard work and determination.
Learned to skydive - Despite having a massive fear of heights (still have) I became fully qualified in freefall, learned to free-fly. I jumped with friends, and learned "canopy accuracy" by landing on a very small circle from 2,000 feet and so on.
Fly a plane - Did this whilst learning to skydive with a pilot friend at the drop zone. Only flew from 10,000 feet to about 600 (including steering through clouds) but it was well worth it.
Learned to play "The Entertainer" in time and accurately on piano (that's not me in the video by the way ; ) - Had no lessons, cannot read music and could play no other tune except for "chopsticks". I simply downloaded the sheet music along with a "Janet and John" tutorial. It showed which notes are where on the keyboard and I learned each section of the tune in small chunks. I would replay the first few bars until I had it nailed and then move on and add the next bit. Took about 3 months and I must admit I only got to about 1.20 minutes on the above video. I think our first child was born at the point I stopped. This will be finished in the future!
Get a single figure handicap at golf - Started at the max of 28 whilst actually shooting scores of around 130 (par was 72). By the end I was visualizing the course in my mind. I was "virtually" playing each hole perfectly the night before actually playing a round. At the height of my game I got to an 8 handicap and even shot my best score of 4 over (still have the scorecards and a few trophies in the garage). You can apply this to your photography business by "seeing" and believing yourself already as a full time professional! If you do it for long enough, it will.
Scuba dive with sharks and shipwrecks - Got the chance to do this many times in the Bahamas despite not having much money at the time. The opportunity arose and we immediately grabbed the chance of a two week Caribbean holiday for just £138 plus flights. The main point here is just do it! If any opportunity rears its head, take it!
To get my work published - I have seen my stock images on huge billboards, in the National Press, book covers, websites, on birthday cards. In Russian magazines, on adverts and we even spotted a huge one in the form of wallpaper on a large wall in a restaurant we ate in last week. That was a great surprise and highly motivational!
Enduro Africa - This year I will be riding through some of the toughest terrain in Africa over 8 days on a motor-X bike. This is in aid of some incredible charities. After 4 decades I have finally learned that it actually feels better to give something back rather than take it all the time. I desperately need sponsors so if you would like to donate you can see more info here - Enduro Africa. If you would like to sponsor me as part of your business, I am offering advertising space on my crash helmet and clothes for any donations over £100. There is probably only enough room for around 30 in total. Obviously the bigger the donation, the bigger your display on my attire!
Learning to play the piano to grade 8 and guitar to a good level.
Building All Things Photography to be one of the biggest and most helpful sites on the web.
Lose 15kg in weight by the end of this year (getting there)!
and a few more I haven't included here.
So why have I gone all philosophical in this entry for the January 2009 ATP newsletter?
For a start, if any of this motivates just one person then I will be happy. Also, I have learned in the past that no matter how bad things get (credit crunch, recession etc.), as long as you have your health, you will still be here in 12 months.
Whether you are richer or poorer, happier or less content, it is up to you which paths you choose. My past experiences made the last year (moving country and house 3 times with young family in tow) that much easier to bear.
If you have the January/February winter blues and really feel that this is the year for you to make a change, take action now no matter how small, just take it. We are currently writing the new courses for the upcoming membership section of ATP. The plan is for this to become all you need to know to get started. For moving ahead with your photography.
The Business of Photography - Help with portfolios, advertising and promotions etc.
The moral of this story? There isn't really one, I am just sick of all the doom and gloom in the British media lately. Think positive and good things will happen!


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Why depression may lead to higher risk of cardiovascular disease
People with symptoms of depression — even if they're mild — may have a higher risk of cardiovascular problems, according to a December 2020 study published in JAMA.
For the study, the researchers analyzed data on more than 160,000 participants in 21 different studies from the Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration database and more than 400,000 participants from the UK Biobank database. Participants eligible for the new study had no history of cardiovascular disease at baseline.
After adjusting for age, sex, smoking status and history of diabetes, the study authors found that depressive symptoms — even at levels lower than what would be considered clinical depression — were associated with risks of cardiovascular disease, including coronary heart disease and stroke. However, the study authors note that the "magnitude of the association was modest." (Yahoo Life reached out to the study authors, but they were not available for a timely response.)
"This study highlights the mind-body connection," Dr. Laxmi Mehta, a cardiologist and director of Preventative Cardiology and Women's Cardiovascular Health at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, tells Yahoo Life. "It was interesting that even mild depression is associated with heart disease risks. What remains unclear is whether treatment of depression can positively impact heart outcomes, including treatment of mild depression."
This isn't the first study to find a link between depressive symptoms and cardiovascular disease. A December 2019 JAMA study on middle-aged and older Chinese adults found that depressive symptoms — in particular, restless sleep and loneliness — were "significantly" associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease.
The relationship between depression and heart health
There may be several factors that link depression and cardiovascular disease. Although the causes of depression are complex, research shows that stress is associated with the "onset of depressive episodes." Dr. Asim Shah, professor and executive vice chair of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Baylor College of Medicine, tells Yahoo Life that stress can also cause heart disease because "it increases blood pressure," as well as cholesterol levels. Unmanaged stress can also cause heart rhythm disorders, says Shah.
Dr. Karly Murphy, an assistant professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins Medicine, tells Yahoo Life that people with depression experience fluctuations in cortisol levels — known as the primary stress hormone — which are also linked with cardiovascular disease. "That may also be contributory," Murphy says.
In addition, there is research that shows depression and inflammation are "closely connected." Inflammation also plays a role in heart disease and stroke. "All of these things go together," says Shah.
According to Harvard University's Harvard Heart Letter, depression has been linked to "low-grade inflammation, which is involved in the clogging of arteries and the rupture of cholesterol-filled plaque," according to the university. "Depression also boosts the production of stress hormones, which dull the response of the heart and arteries to demands for increased blood flow. It activates blood cell fragments known as platelets, making them more likely to clump and form clots in the bloodstream."
Mehta adds that depression may be related to "poor self-health and compliance with treatment, and in turn, higher rates of cardiovascular disease risk factors — i.e. diabetes, high blood pressure, lack of exercise, poor diet, smoking. In this study, depressive symptoms correlated with several cardiovascular disease risk factors. But even after controlling for some of the risk factors, there still was an association between depression and cardiovascular disease."
"Mental health is just as important as physical health"
Shah says more comprehensive clinical research, with a "more structured" questionnaire to assess depression, is needed. But, he says, "we know from other studies there is an effect," adding, "People with depression will have a higher risk of heart problems."
Murphy points out that "you don't have to be clinically depressed for it to maybe have some effect down the road on your heart health." She says, "If I know that a patient is already struggling [with depressive symptoms] and they have risk factors for cardiovascular disease, I'm going to be even more in tune with how their mood impacts their ability to manage their risk factors."
As Mehta puts it: "Mental health is just as important as physical health."
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NEW ORLEANS — Tom Brady's best game in three tries against New Orleans kept the Buccaneers moving on in the NFL playoffs, and has Saints quarterback Drew Brees headed home — perhaps for good. Brady and the Bucs' offence turned three Saints turnovers, including two interceptions of Brees, into touchdowns, and Tampa Bay beat New Orleans 30-20 in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs Sunday night. Two of those touchdowns came on short passes to Mike Evans and Leonard Fournette. And after Brees was intercepted by linebacker Devin White in the middle of the fourth quarter, Brady drove the Bucs to the 1, from where he scored himself to all but ensure his 14th trip to a conference championship game — his first in the NFC. That game will take place in Green Bay next week, where the 43-year-old Brady will try to advance to his 10th Super Bowl in a showdown with Packers All-Pro QB Aaron Rodgers. "We worked hard to get to this point. Two road playoff wins is pretty sweet," Brady said. "We've got to go beat a great football team we know pretty well. Aaron's playing incredible." Meanwhile, the Brees era in New Orleans could be over after 15 seasons. The game may have been the last in the Superdome for the 42-year-old Brees, who is under contract for one more year but has not discussed any plans to play beyond this season, and has sometimes hinted at his impending retirement. While just 3,750 tickets were distributed in the 73,000-seat Superdome to comply with local COVID-19 restrictions, the fans made themselves heard with an eruption of cheers when Brees took the field for New Orleans' first offensive series. If it was his last game, it won't be one he'll want to remember. The NFL's all-time leader in completions and yards passing was 19 of 34 for 134 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions. Brady finished 18 of 33 for 199 yards in what often resembled more of a defensive struggle. Unlike his previous two meetings with the Saints — both losses — he was not intercepted and largely avoided pressure, taking only one sack. "Really just locking in and playing a lot better than we did the first two times we played them," he said. "We had a bunch of turnovers last time. This time they turned it over and that's usually the story of football games." After Brees' third interception on a tipped pass late in the fourth quarter, the Bucs were able to close out the game with Brady, in his first season with Tampa Bay after 20 with New England, taking a knee. The Saints led 6-3 when Brees, while trying to flee pressure, underthrew Michael Thomas and was intercepted by Sean Murphy-Bunting, who raced 36 yards along the sideline to the Saints 3. Brady hit Evans one play later to put the Buccaneers up 10-6. The Saints answered, helped by a drive-extending third-down defensive holding call on Murphy-Bunting. New Orleans drove to its 44 before unleashing a trick play. Kamara took a direct snap and gave the ball to receiver Emmanuel Sanders on a reverse Sanders lateraled back to Jameis Winston. The reserve QB launched an accurate pass down the middle to Tre'Quan Smith for a 56-yard score. Ryan Succop's 37-yard field goal capped an up-tempo Bucs drive powered by Fournette's 40 yards from scrimmage, tying the score at 13 to end the half. Brees' 16-yard pass to Smith put the Saints ahead 20-13, and New Orleans appeared primed to build on that lead when Brees completed a third-down pass to Jared Cook across the 50. Bucs safety Antoine Winfield Jr. stripped Cook from behind and White snagged the loose ball as it bounced to him, returning it 18 yards to the New Orleans 40. Five plays later, Brady hit Fournette over the middle for a 6-yard score. Succop's 36-yard field goal made it 23-20 before White's interception of a pass intended for Kamara gave the Buccaneers the ball at the New Orleans 20. STATS Fournette finished with 107 yards from scrimmage, 63 on the ground. Kamara had 105 yards from scrimmage, with 85 on the ground. Thomas was held without a catch in his final game of an injury-plagued season. INJURIES Buccaneers: Linebacker Jack Cichy went out with an elbow injury in the first quarter. Saints: Deonte Harris, who returned the first Tampa Bay punt 54 yards to set up a field goal, left with a neck injury in the first half. UP NEXT The Bucs will try to advance to the second Super Bowl in franchise history with Brady, no stranger to high-stakes games in cold weather after his two decades in New England. New Orleans might have to ponder life without Brees. ___ More AP NFL: https://apnews.com/NFL and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL Brett Martel, The Associated Press
The 72 players on the three planes have been deemed close contacts of the four COVID-19 cases and barred from training outside for 14 days, as largely virus-free Australia tries to prevent community transmission.
Shares fell Monday across most of Asia following a retreat on Wall Street, but benchmarks in Hong Kong and Shanghai rose after data showed the Chinese economy grew a solid 2.3% in 2020. The economy contracted at a 6.8% pace in the first quarter of 2020 as the country fought the pandemic with shutdowns and other restrictions.
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Tom Brady will take on Aaron Rodgers in a matchup of quarterback legends in the NFC title game. The AFC championship could feature two of the top young QBs if Patrick Mahomes is healthy enough to start for Kansas City against Buffalo's Josh Allen. An enticing final four in the NFL was set up Sunday when Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the New Orleans Saints 30-20 after the Chiefs held on for a 22-17 win over Cleveland after Mahomes left with a concussion. Backup Chad Henne converted a fourth-and-1 pass to Tyreek Hill to seal the win for Kansas City after Mahomes had been knocked out of the game. "We're one team. We're one heartbeat. We play for one another and that's really always the thought," defensive back Tyrann Mathieu said. "Any time any of our teammates go down we always feel the need to kind of step it up a notch and take care of what we need to take care of." Coach Andy Reid's gutsy call helped make sure the Chiefs would become the first team to host the AFC championship game for the third straight year. No AFC team has ever done that and the only one to do it in the NFC was Reid's Philadelphia Eagles in the 2002-04 seasons. Kansas City (15-2) will host the Buffalo Bills (15-3) next Sunday with a return trip to the Super Bowl on the line for the Chiefs. Kansas City won the regular-season matchup 26-17 in Buffalo in Week 6. "Great team. Big-time quarterback. Playmakers all over the place," Mathieu said of the Bills. "A really, really good defence, so we're going to have our hands full next week." Mahomes' status won't be known until much later in the week. He threw a TD pass and ran for another score in the first half before getting hurt on a quarterback option midway through the third quarter. Brady threw two TD passes and relied on his defence to make it to his 14th conference title game and first since joining Tampa Bay (13-5) in the off-season. Brady will be the fourth quarterback to start in conference title games in both the NFC and AFC with his boyhood hero Joe Montana the most recent to do it. The Bucs will visit Green Bay on Sunday to take on Rodgers and the Packers (14-3). Tampa Bay won the regular-season matchup 38-10 in Week 6. "It's great for our team," Brady said. "We worked hard to get to this point. Two road playoff wins is pretty sweet. "We've got to go beat a great football team we know pretty well. Aaron's playing incredible, and we're going to have to play great to beat them." SUNDAY Bucs 30, Saints 20 Brady threw short TD passes to Mike Evans and Leonard Fournette, and ran for another score following three of the four turnovers by the Saints (13-5) as the Bucs avenged two regular-season losses to New Orleans. Drew Brees threw three interceptions in what could be his final game before a possible retirement. This is the third straight season the Saints have been eliminated with a home playoff loss. Chiefs 22, Browns 17 Kansas City raced out to a 19-3 halftime lead behind Mahomes and held on for the win thanks to Henne and the defence. Mathieu intercepted Baker Mayfield in the third quarter and the Chiefs made a third-down stop late in the fourth quarter on Cleveland's last drive. Henne and the Chiefs then ran out the clock. Henne converted a third-down pass to Darrel Williams and then scrambled 13 yards on third-and-14 to set up the biggest play of the game with a little over a minute to play. Instead of playing it safe and punting, Reid called a pass play and Henne completed a 5-yarder to Hill to ice the game. The other key play came late in the first half when Cleveland receiver Rashard Higgins tried to stretch the ball over the goal line for a touchdown. Kansas City's Daniel Sorensen delivered a hit, popping the ball loose and into the end zone for a touchback. SATURDAY'S GAMES Packers 32, Rams 18 Aaron Rodgers threw two touchdown passes and also ran for a score as the top-seeded Green Bay Packers beat the Los Angeles Rams 32-18. The win sends Rodgers to his fifth NFC title game as starting quarterback and the first at home since taking over from Brett Favre in 2008. Rodgers threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Davante Adams and a game-clinching 58-yarder to Allen Lazard with 6:52 left for Green Bay (14-3). Rodgers also had a 1-yard touchdown run, the first by a Packers quarterback in a playoff game at Lambeau Field since Bart Starr's winning sneak in the Ice Bowl against Dallas on Dec. 31, 1967. Bills 17, Ravens 3 Taron Johnson returned Lamar Jackson's interception 101 yards for a touchdown to send the Buffalo Bills to their appearance in the AFC title game since the 1993 season with a 17-3 win over the Baltimore Ravens. The interception return matched the longest in NFL playoff history and punctuated a stellar defensive outing in which Buffalo (15-3) limited the NFL's top running offence to 150 yards on 32 carries. Josh Allen threw a 3-yard TD pass to Stefon Diggs for Buffalo's first touchdown. ___ More AP NFL: https://apnews.com/NFL and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL Josh Dubow, The Associated Press
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 18 (ANI): With the phased reopening of educational institutions in Odisha, School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash on Sunday reviewed the situation in schools the state.
Chargers to hire Rams defensive coordinator Brandon Staley as head coach
The Chargers have chosen Rams defensive coordinator Brandon Staley as their next head coach.
WASHINGTON — U.S. defence officials say they are worried about an insider attack or other threat from service members involved in securing President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, prompting the FBI to vet all of the 25,000 National Guard troops coming into Washington for the event. The massive undertaking reflects the extraordinary security concerns that have gripped Washington following the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump rioters. And it underscores fears that some of the very people assigned to protect the city over the next several days could present a threat to the incoming president and other VIPs in attendance. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told The Associated Press on Sunday that officials are conscious of the potential threat, and he warned commanders to be on the lookout for any problems within their ranks as the inauguration approaches. So far, however, he and other leaders say they have seen no evidence of any threats, and officials said the vetting hadn't flagged any issues that they were aware of. "We're continually going through the process, and taking second, third looks at every one of the individuals assigned to this operation," McCarthy said in an interview after he and other military leaders went through an exhaustive, three-hour security drill in preparation for Wednesday's inauguration. He said Guard members are also getting training on how to identify potential insider threats. About 25,000 members of the National Guard are streaming into Washington from across the country — at least two and a half times the number for previous inaugurals. And while the military routinely reviews service members for extremist connections, the FBI screening is in addition to any previous monitoring. Multiple officials said the process began as the first Guard troops began deploying to D.C. more than a week ago. And they said it is slated to be complete by Wednesday. Several officials discussed military planning on condition of anonymity. "The question is, is that all of them? Are there others?" said McCarthy. "We need to be conscious of it and we need to put all of the mechanisms in place to thoroughly vet these men and women who would support any operations like this." In a situation like this one, FBI vetting would involve running peoples' names through databases and watchlists maintained by the bureau to see if anything alarming comes up. That could include involvement in prior investigations or terrorism-related concerns, said David Gomez, a former FBI national security supervisor in Seattle. Insider threats have been a persistent law enforcement priority in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. But in most cases, the threats are from homegrown insurgents radicalized by al-Qaida, the Islamic State group or similar groups. In contrast, the threats against Biden's inauguration have been fueled by supporters of President Donald Trump, far-right militants, white supremacists and other radical groups. Many believe Trump's baseless accusations that the election was stolen from him, a claim that has been refuted by many courts, the Justice Department and Republican officials in key battleground states. The insurrection at the Capitol began after Trump made incendiary remarks at the Jan. 6 rally. According to McCarthy, service members from across the military were at that rally, but it's not clear how many were there or who may have participated in the breach at the Capitol. So far only a couple of current active-duty or National Guard members have been arrested in connection with the Capitol assault, which left five people dead. The dead included a Capitol Police officer and a woman shot by police as she climbed through a window in a door near the House chamber. Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, has been meeting with Guard troops as they arrive in D.C. and as they gather downtown. He said he believes there are good processes in place to identify any potential threats. "If there's any indication that any of our soldiers or airmen are expressing things that are extremist views, it's either handed over to law enforcement or dealt with the chain of command immediately," he said. The insider threat, however, was just one of the security concerns voiced by officials on Sunday, as dozens of military, National Guard, law enforcement and Washington, D.C., officials and commanders went through a security rehearsal in northern Virginia. As many as three dozen leaders lined tables that ringed a massive colour-coded map of D.C. reflected onto the floor. Behind them were dozens more National Guard officers and staff, with their eyes trained on additional maps and charts displayed on the wall. The Secret Service is in charge of event security, but there is a wide variety of military and law enforcement personnel involved, ranging from the National Guard and the FBI to Washington's Metropolitan Police Department, U.S. Capitol Police and U.S. Park Police. Commanders went over every aspect of the city's complicated security lockdown, with McCarthy and others peppering them with questions about how the troops will respond in any scenario and how well they can communicate with the other enforcement agencies scattered around the city. Hokanson said he believes his troops have been adequately equipped and prepared, and that they are rehearsing as much as they can to be prepared for any contingency. The major security concern is an attack by armed groups of individuals, as well as planted explosives and other devices. McCarthy said intelligence reports suggest that groups are organizing armed rallies leading up to Inauguration Day, and possibly after that. The bulk of the Guard members will be armed. And McCarthy said units are going through repeated drills to practice when and how to use force and how to work quickly with law enforcement partners. Law enforcement officers would make any arrests. He said Guard units are going through "constant mental repetitions of looking at the map and talking through scenarios with leaders so they understand their task and purpose, they know their routes, they know where they're friendly, adjacent units are, they have the appropriate frequencies to communicate with their law enforcement partners." The key goal, he said, is for America's transfer of power to happen without incident. "This is a national priority. We have to be successful as an institution," said McCarthy. "We want to send the message to everyone in the United States and for the rest of the world that we can do this safely and peacefully." ___ Associated Press writer Eric Tucker contributed to this report. Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
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Washington Sundar's father is upset at his son for not getting a Test century at the Gabba.
WASHINGTON — One of Joe Biden's first actions once he becomes U.S. president Wednesday will be to slam the door yet again on Canada's politically fraught Keystone XL pipeline expansion, transition documents suggest. The documents, seen by The Canadian Press, feature a to-do list for inauguration day that includes signing an executive order to rescind the Keystone XL construction permit granted in 2019 by predecessor Donald Trump.They also suggest that despite its best efforts, Canada has failed to convince the incoming administration of the virtues of importing fossil-fuel energy from a friendly ally and trading partner with similar climate change goals. "Roll back Trump enviro actions via EO (including rescind Keystone XL pipeline permit)," the document reads. Other entries under the "Climate" heading include, "Rejoin the Paris Agreement" and "Announce date for U.S.-hosted Leaders' Climate Summit." Campaign officials promised in May that if elected, Biden would cancel the $8-billion US cross-border project, but neither the timeline nor the extent of Biden's own commitment to the promise was clear until now.The controversial, on-again, off-again pipeline expansion, owned by Calgary-based TC Energy, would ferry up to 830,000 additional barrels a day of diluted bitumen from Alberta's oilsands to refineries along the U.S. Gulf Coast. Government officials quietly refused to rule out the possibility that there might still be time to change the Biden administration's mind. Kirsten Hillman, Canada's ambassador to the U.S., has argued for months that the project is not the same one President Barack Obama rejected in 2015 — an argument she reiterated in a statement Sunday. "Not only has the project itself changed significantly since it was first proposed, but Canada's oilsands production has also changed significantly," Hillman said. "Per-barrel oilsands (greenhouse gas) emissions have dropped 31 per cent since 2000, and innovation will continue to drive progress."The federal Liberal government has also beefed up its climate plan in an effort to exceed the current target for cutting greenhouse gases by 2030, and to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, she added.Ever since May, Canadian officials have been advocating for a cross-border discussion on climate and energy that would make room for both building the project and reducing emissions at the same time. "Keystone XL fits within Canada's climate plan," Hillman said, adding that it promises good union jobs in both countries "at a time when our economic recovery is a top priority.""Underpinned by a crucial and long-standing trade and security partnership, there is no better partner for the U.S. on climate action than Canada as we work together for green transition."Where Ottawa was clinging to hope, however, Alberta appeared to be girding for a fight. "We renew our call on the incoming administration to show respect for Canada as the United States' most important trading partner and strategic ally," Premier Jason Kenney said in a statement. Cancelling the project would "kill jobs" in both countries, "weaken" cross-border ties and "undermine U.S. national security" by making the country more dependent than ever on oil imports from OPEC countries, he said. "Should the incoming U.S. administration abrogate the Keystone XL permit, Alberta will work with TC Energy to use all legal avenues available to protect its interest in the project."Biden campaign officials did not immediately respond to media queries Sunday. TC Energy, however, confirmed an ambitious plan to spend $1.7 billion US on a solar, wind and battery-powered operating system for the pipeline to ensure it is zero-emission by 2030, and to rely exclusively on union labour — all of it clearly aimed at winning Biden's favour."Since it was initially proposed more than 10 years ago, the Keystone XL project has evolved with the needs of North America, our communities and the environment," project president Richard Prior said in a release. "We are confident that Keystone XL is not only the safest and most reliable method to transport oil to markets, but the initiatives announced today also ensure it will have the lowest environmental impact of an oil pipeline in terms of greenhouse gas emissions."Federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole echoed Kenney's concerns, describing the U.S. decision as counter to economic recovery efforts and urging Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to sit down at the earliest opportunity. "I call on the prime minister to immediately reach out to the incoming U.S. administration to stop this from happening and stand up for working Canadians across Canada," O'Toole said. "I also call upon the incoming U.S. administration to meet with our prime minister and affected workers prior to making this decision." Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe echoed the call for a meeting between Biden and Trudeau, saying the project is "critical to North American energy security.""While I am urging the prime minister to leverage his relationship with Mr. Biden, Saskatchewan will continue exercising our contacts in Washington D.C. to advocate for the continuation of this project that clearly benefits both of our nations," he said. Some 200 kilometres of pipe have already been installed for the expansion, including across the Canada-U. S. border, and construction has begun on pump stations in Alberta and several U.S. states.Biden was vice-president in 2015 when Obama initially rejected Keystone XL for fear it would worsen climate change. Trump approved it again in 2019. The Biden campaign team appeared to slam the door on the expansion in May with an unequivocal statement committing the president-elect to "proudly" sign an order that would "stop it for good." But observers and experts alike continued to hold out hope, even after Biden named John Kerry — the climate hawk who as secretary of state recommended that Obama reject the permit — as a special presidential envoy on climate change. The news drew praise, however, from Biden's former rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders. "The Keystone pipeline is & always has been a disaster," he said on Twitter. "With all of the major crises facing America, we must never lose sight of the most existential threat facing our planet: climate change." Environmental groups also cheered Biden's decision and encouraged federal leaders in Canada to follow suit. "It's time for Canadian politicians to stop beating this dead horse and get on with building a clean energy future," said Keith Stewart, Greenpeace Canada's senior energy strategist. "The Biden administration offers us a fresh start on addressing the climate crisis with a willing partner, so let's not blow it by pushing pipelines."This report from The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 17, 2021. James McCarten, The Canadian Press
PITTSBURGH — Jake Guentzel beat Ilya Samsonov in the fourth round of a shootout and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Sunday for their first victory of the season. Casey DeSmith stopped 20 shots in regulation and overtime, then turned aside T.J. Oshie, Nicklas Backstrom, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Alex Ovechkin in the shootout to help the Penguins avoid their first 0-3 start since 2015-16. Evan Rodrigues, Colton Sceviour and Marcus Pettersson scored their first goals of the season for Pittsburgh. Ovechkin got his 707th career goal to move within one of Mike Gartner for seventh place. Backstrom and Nic Dowd also scored for Washington. PANTHERS 5, BLACKHAWKS 2 SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Defenceman Keith Yandle scored his 100th goal and Chris Driedger made 23 saves to help Florida beat Chicago. Eetu Luostarinen scored his first NHL goal, and Aaron Ekblad, Patric Hornqvist, and Jonathan Huberdeau added goals in Florida's delayed opener. Alex DeBrincat and Connor Murphy scored for the Blackhawks. The Associated Press
ITBP helps children in red zone area, starts 'smart' classes in Chhattisgarh
New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): With an aim to educate children in red zone area, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has taken an initiative to organise the smart classes for local school students in Naxal affected Chhattisgarh's Kondagaon district.
Safe Streets director killed in Baltimore shooting
A man killed in a shooting Sunday is being remembered for his dedication to fighting gun violence in Baltimore. Described as a man who saved lives as the director of Safe Streets in Baltimore City, Dante Barksdale spent nearly a decade fighting against gun violence until, police said, that same violence claimed his life. City police said officers were called around 11:17 a.m. to the 200 block of Douglas Court, where Barksdale was shot in the head. He was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he died, police said.


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Turning on the Kitsch
Czech writer Milan Kundera once wrote: "Kitsch causes two tears to flow in quick succession. The first tear says: How nice to see children running on the grass! The second tear says: How nice to be moved, together with all mankind, by children running on the grass." Facing the enormous task of controlling and directing […]
Czech writer Milan Kundera once wrote: "Kitsch causes two tears to flow in quick succession. The first tear says: How nice to see children running on the grass! The second tear says: How nice to be moved, together with all mankind, by children running on the grass." Facing the enormous task of controlling and directing public opinion in the midst of widespread anger over the handling of the coronavirus epidemic, and serious questions about the priorities of the leadership, China's Party-state media have turned to a tried-and-true formula: turning on the kitsch.
Kundera, as scholar Robert Solomon writes, is "concerned with a particular kind of political propaganda that intentionally eclipses harsh realities with emotion and uses sweet sentiments to preclude criticism." This exploitation of human emotion, which strips it of the immediacy of felt experience and abstracts it as collective pathos, is an ancient art practiced by dictators. "In politics," writes Thorsten Botz-Bornstein, "most dictators have attempted to reinforce their authority with the help of kitsch propaganda."
In yesterday's People's Daily we can find a consummate piece of kitsch propaganda given position of prominence right below the masthead. The article, "Heroic City, Heroic People," is an emotional hymn dedicated to front-line medical workers, officials and ordinary people. But the real objective of the article is to underscore the Chinese Communist Party as the enabler of miraculous human feats.
This is classic propaganda kitsch, and Kundera's tears flow from the very first lines.
"Doctor, please deep further away from me."
This statement from a [coronavirus] patient in Wuhan reddened the eyes of the doctor, and it brings tears to the eyes of countless people.
Even as Chinese medical workers from the epicentre of the crisis in Wuhan issued a call in one of the world's most respected medical journals, The Lancet, for urgent assistance from colleagues around the world as they face physical and psychological exhaustion, the Party's flagship newspaper transforms misery and desperation into tear-inducing sacrifice. Look, for example, at its description of Peng Yinhua, a 29 year-old doctor who died on February 20:
. . . . 29 year-old Peng Yinhua, a doctor in the Division of Pulmonary Care and Critical Medicine at the First People's Hospital in Wuhan's Jiangxia District, had originally prepared for a wedding with his wife on February 1. When the epidemic came, he threw himself onto the front lines. When the patients were greatest in number, this meant working two days and two nights straight, taking responsibility for as many as 40 patients. But who could imagine that this charge into battle would lead to his eternal departure . . . .
In this passage the very human Peng seems not to die with real humanity, but rather to fade, as though he is exiting the stage in a drama.
And of course kitsch propaganda must anneal the softness of personal tragedy into the hard steel of sacrifice. So we are told that "more than 40,000 medical staff from 29 provinces, autonomous regions and cities . . . . were deployed to assist Hubei and Wuhan," that they "entered the battle as soon as possible, racing against time, testing their strength against the demon of disease, all to continue the relay of life!"
"In the history of the world's fight against epidemic disease, to gather 40,000 medical personnel in one city over a few short days – this is to generate a miracle!"
But kitsch propaganda can backfire in the face of a public that is digitally connected, and far more savvy than in the past about the tropes used by the state-run media. Earlier this month, internet users responded with irritation to a video posted by the official Gansu Daily newspaper that showed nurses weeping as their heads were shaved before their deployment to treat patients in Hubei province. The video described the female nurses as "most beautiful warriors," and made emotional fodder of their sacrifice.
As reported by Quartz, a writer named Chen Mashu remarked in a WeChat post since removed by authorities: "The coverage made me think: Why does our media always like to use the sacrifices females make as a tool for propaganda? …for women who don't cut their hair, aren't pregnant and are healthy, do they not deserve to be mentioned?"
Chen clearly does not appreciate the finer points of kitsch.
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Heroic City, Heroic People:
Dedicated to the People of Wuhan in the Midst of the Struggle for Epidemic Prevention and Control
People's Daily
Keeping the doctor away is about the concern they might be infected, and it is the hope that "they can protect the lives of more Wuhan citizens."
"A person holds up the sky, a heart warms a city . . . . " Many people have left messages like this.
In this city, over these days, this kind of story has unfolded every day. This kind and respectable patient is just one of millions of ordinary people in this city.
An epidemic that suddenly came has changed this city, and it is changing the spirit of the people in this city.
This outbreak with such urgency, has made of the country one community (疫情催人急,家国共同体). Every day, white-clad and fearless warriors, the undaunted people's police, community officials keeping watch day and night, all are fighting on the front lines; the people of this city come together as a city, keeping watch and rendering mutual aid, seeing the overall situation facing all, conscientiously cooperating with epidemic prevention and control [measures], showing perseverance and a stolid fighting spirit, all writing together a chapter of great unity!
We salute a heroic city, and a heroic people!
"Every second brings hope to more people!"
Were it not for this epidemic, the scene in Wuhan would be a different: Tourists weaving their way toward the Yellow Crane Tower, cars rushing across the Yangtze Bridge, busy scenes at the Hankou Station, laughter and applause rising from Chu River and Han Street, and bosses at the noodle shops along Hubu Lane greeting customers with a "Good Morning!"
Normal life has suddenly been interrupted by this epidemic.
On January 23, Wuhan's streets were closed, and the city of Wuhan entered "wartime."
This Virus is Dangerous, But Containment is Imminent
The epidemic is a command, and our hospitals have become the battlefield!
Liu Zhiming (刘智明), head of Wuchang Hospital in Wuhan, rushed to the fire. From January 21, to January 23, Liu Zhiming worked three consecutive nights transforming the Wuchang Hospital into a designated hospital, transferring the 499 patients originally under care there within just two days, and making 500 beds available. Today, more and more patients are being discharged from the hospital, but Liu Zhiming's life has been fixed at 51 years of age. [NOTE: Liu Zhiming passed away from the coronavirus on February 17.]
. . . . 29 year-old Peng Yinhua (彭银华), a doctor in the Division of Pulmonary Care and Critical Medicine at the First People's Hospital in Wuhan's Jiangxia District, had originally prepared for a wedding with his wife on February 1. When the epidemic came, he threw himself onto the front lines. When the patients were greatest in number, this meant working two days and two nights straight, taking responsibility for as many as 40 patients. But who could imagine that this charge into battle would lead to his eternal departure . . . . [NOTE: Peng Yinhua passed away on February 20.]
The epidemic sounded a rally call for all to face a test of life and death. From January 23, medical staff from all over the country and from the army rushed to Wuhan, and the scope of support expanded to the whole of Hubei province. More than 40,000 medical staff from 29 provinces, autonomous regions and cities, as well as from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and the entire military system were deployed to assist Hubei and Wuhan. They entered the battle as soon as possible, racing against time, testing their strength against the demon of disease, all to continue the relay of life!
In order to not impact the flow of their work, some doctors and nurses wore adult diapers. In order to save protective gear [which can only be worn once], some extended their shifts from 4 hours to 6 . . . . Their white outfits are war fatigues, and they are the most beautiful resisters, the most adorable people of the New Era!


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Input constraints and the efficiency of entry: Lessons from cardiac surgery (2010)
by D M Cutler, R S Huckman, J T Kolstad
Venue: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
Competition in health care markets
by Martin Gaynor, Martin Gaynor , 2012
Information and Quality when Motivation is Intrinsic: Evidence from Surgeon Report Cards", Working Paper
by Jonathan T. Kolstad
"... Abstract: If profit maximization is the objective of a firm, new information about quality should affect firm behavior only through its effects on market demand. I consider an alternate model in which suppliers are motivated by a desire to perform well in addition to profit. A simple model demonstra ..."
Abstract: If profit maximization is the objective of a firm, new information about quality should affect firm behavior only through its effects on market demand. I consider an alternate model in which suppliers are motivated by a desire to perform well in addition to profit. A simple model demonstrates the way in which performance data can alter both pecuniary incentives (i.e. extrinsic motivation) and incentives unrelated to profit (i.e. intrinsic motivation). The introduction of quality "report cards " for cardiac surgery in Pennsylvania provides an empirical setting to test for an effect of new information on quality (mortality) and to isolate the relative role of extrinsic (demand side) and intrinsic (supply side) incentives in determining surgeon response to new information. Using a structural demand system, I estimate the profit incentives facing each surgeon from the introduction of report cards. Extrinsic incentives due to quality reporting led to a.09 percentage point (three percent) decline in mortality. Consistent with a mixed model of objectives, information on performance that was new to surgeons and unrelated to patient demand led to an intrinsic response three times as large as surgeon response to profit incentives. Key Words: demand estimation; intrinsic motivation; health care; quality competition
...ble 1 contains summary statistics for key variables in the data. As angioplasty gains market share, substituting for CABG, the statewide volume declines (this also occurred in neighboring states, see =-=Cutler, et al., 2008-=-). The performance improvement over time is also apparent in the reductions in the mean RAMR. Between 1994 and 2003 the mean surgeon RAMR dropped 42 percent from a rate of 3.42 percent to 2 percent. F...
The Role of Organizational Scope and Governance in Strengthening Private Monitoring *
by Lamar Pierce, Michael W. Toffel, Lamar Pierce, Michael W. Toffel , 2012
"... Comments may be directed to the authors. This paper is forthcoming in Organizational Science. REGULATORY POLICY PROGRAM The Regulatory Policy Program at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government serves as a catalyst and clearinghouse for the study of regulation across Harvard Universit ..."
Comments may be directed to the authors. This paper is forthcoming in Organizational Science. REGULATORY POLICY PROGRAM The Regulatory Policy Program at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government serves as a catalyst and clearinghouse for the study of regulation across Harvard University. The program's objectives are to cross-pollinate research, spark new lines of inquiry, and increase the connection between theory and practice. Through seminars and symposia, working papers, and new media, RPP explores themes that cut across regulation in its various domains: market failures and the public policy case for government regulation; the efficacy and efficiency of various regulatory instruments; and the most effective ways to foster transparent and participatory regulatory processes.
including © notice, is given to the source. The Impact of Health Care Reform On Hospital and Preventive Care: Evidence from Massachusetts
by Jonathan T. Kolstad, Amanda E. Kowalski, Doug Norton, Aditi Sen, Swati Yanamadala Provided, Joseph Doyle, Amy Finkelstein, Sherry Glied, Jonathan T. Kolstad, A E. Kowalski , 2010
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THE CENTRE FOR MARKET AND PUBLIC ORGANISATION
by unknown authors , 2011
"... The Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO) is a leading research centre, combining expertise in economics, geography and law. Our objective is to study the intersection between the public and private sectors of the economy, and in particular to understand the right way to organise and deli ..."
The Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO) is a leading research centre, combining expertise in economics, geography and law. Our objective is to study the intersection between the public and private sectors of the economy, and in particular to understand the right way to organise and deliver public services. The Centre aims to develop research, contribute to the public debate and inform policy-making. CMPO, now an ESRC Research Centre was established in 1998 with two large grants from The Leverhulme Trust. In 2004 we were awarded ESRC Research Centre status, and CMPO now combines core funding from both the ESRC and the Trust.
by Hainan Li , 2004
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by Mark Cooper, Mark Cooper
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COMPETITION COMMITTEE COMPETITION IN HOSPITAL SERVICES
by English Or. English , 2012
"... The OECD Competition Committee together with delegates from the Health Committee discussed the role of competition in the provision of hospital services in February 2012. This document includes an executive summary of that debate and the documents from the meeting: an analytical note by Mr. Frank Ma ..."
The OECD Competition Committee together with delegates from the Health Committee discussed the role of competition in the provision of hospital services in February 2012. This document includes an executive summary of that debate and the documents from the meeting: an analytical note by Mr. Frank Maier-Rigaud (OECD), two expert papers from Mr.
Public Sector Hospital Competition, New Private Market Entrants and Their Combined Impact on Incumbent Providers ' Efficiency: Evidence from the English National Health Service
by Zack Cooper, Stephen Gibbons , 2011
"... Abstract: This paper uses a difference-in-difference style estimation strategy to separately test the impact of competition from public sector and private sector hospitals on the productivity of public hospitals. Our identification strategy takes advantage of the phased introduction of a recent set ..."
Abstract: This paper uses a difference-in-difference style estimation strategy to separately test the impact of competition from public sector and private sector hospitals on the productivity of public hospitals. Our identification strategy takes advantage of the phased introduction of a recent set of substantive reforms introduced in the English NHS in the 2000s that forced public sector health care providers to compete with other public hospitals and eventually face competition from existing private sector providers for care delivered to publicly funded patients. In this study, we measure efficiency using hospitals ' average length of stay (LOS) for patients undergoing elective surgery. For a more nuanced assessment of efficiency, we broke LOS down into its two key components: the time from a patient's admission until their surgery and the time from their surgery until their discharge. Our results suggest that competition between public providers prompted public hospitals to improve their productivity by decreasing their pre-surgery length of stay. In contrast, competition from private hospitals left incumbent public providers with a more costly case mix of patients and led to increases in post-surgical LOS. Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank John Van Reenen, Mark McClellan, Julian Le Grand, Stephen Seiler, and Mirko Draca for their helpful feedback on this work. We would also like to thank the participants at the various forums where previous versions of this article
Quality Information and Quality Competition: Evidence from the Pennsylvania CABG Market
by Shin-Yi Chou, Mary E. Deily, Suhui Li, Yi Lu , 2010


When I arrived in Canada to start my new post at Ryerson University, I was very excited and looked forward to working in one of the most diversity cities in the world. Ryerson was willing to take the risk and hire an African American women from the Midwest to lead the country's first Equity, Diversity and Inclusion division as the Assistant Vice President/Vice Provost, reporting to two Vice Presidents, including the Provost. This was unheard of, given most post of a comparable nature were given the title of Director. However, the new title signaled a new direction for this profession in Canada, whereby comparable positions had been in place for over 20-30 years in the States.
After several months in this position, I noticed very few Black women at the same level in my sector of higher education. Which led me to ask the question: Where are the black women leaders of higher education and other sectors? In discussing this question with two prominent Black women in Toronto, we decided to make the invisible, visible and showcase the enormous talent, experience, achievement and leadership that has been demonstrated over the decades by accomplished Black Canadian women with the publication of 100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women – 2016, and a GALA event.
I'm very honored to have been one of the co-authors and proud of what has been accomplished. I am in awe of these 100 women and so many others who have shaped Canadian society and culture.
Join me in congratulating these women June 16, 2016, when the book will be launched at the 100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women Gala, and by tweeting @100abcwomen and/or using #100abcwomen.


Wonderful reminder Jeanette!! "Be where you are at!" A quote that always makes me smile.
Eep, I'll try. Job hunting makes it really hard to look focus on the now!
Yes, there is only this moment!
I for one agree completely!!! I get a daily email from Sai Baba, and I look forward to his little message each day.
Today is the day that you are living, enjoy it and use it. Soon it will be gone and become yesterday.
Your new puppy is probably very good at living in the moment !
A message to hold onto with both hands today.
yes, don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow has troubles of its own. Be in the here and the now - not in the 20 minutes from now even - in NOW!
Spot on! What a beautiful quote:) Have a fantastic day, my dear.
Something we all should remember!


Top Music act Falz the Bahd guy recently started a movement he calls "SBA" short for "sweet boys association",The rapper went as far as at starting a registration website for this course and after the release of an official SBA anthem, some questions remain unanswered on social media.
The obvious intention of starting this movement was for promoting his new single titled Sweet boys but even Falz would be overwhelmed by how this idea was received on social media.The hashtags;the videos;the posts, these and more have shown the kind of impact the rapper has on social media.
Through all of this its hard not to notice the intent of certain group of boys to hijack this movement, these group of boys are none other than the "Yoruba demons" you know, the dapper looking guys on Instagram with well trimmed beards and smooth looking skin, the ones girls wont stop calling "players" on twitter yet melt as soon as they slide into their DMs and even though Falz the self-acclaimed "president" of this movement wouldn't mind these guys on his bandwagon,for the sake of reducing the stories of heartbreak on social media, it's only safe to ask are Yoruba demons the new sweet boys? is it time to run away from the movement or are our National demons suddenly angels overnight?


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Blackstone's Guide to the Disability Discrimination Legislation
Karon Monaghan
Blackstone's Guides
Describes and explains the changes to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 as a result of the new legislation and offers the readers a full commentary
Details the UK's obligations under European Law
Includes a preview of the anticipated changes introduced by the new Disability Discrimination Bill due to be enacted in 2005/2006 allowing readers to prepare for future changes in advance
Accessible and easy to use layout makes this an ideal quick reference
Includes a copy of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (amendment) regulations 2003 and extracts from the Codes of Practice
The Blackstone's Guide Series delivers concise and accessible books covering the latest legislation changes and amendments. Published within weeks of an Act, they offer expert commentary by leading names on the effects, extent and scope of the legislation, plus a full copy of the Act itself. They offer a cost-effective solution to key information needs and are the perfect companion for any practitioner needing to get up to speed with the latest changes.
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) will be significantly amended as a result of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment) Regulations 2003. The Regulations introduce new concepts of discrimination, extend the scope of the Act and create new exemptions. They came into force on 1 October 2004, and on the same day the 'premises adjustments' provisions of the DDA also come into force. These will require service providers to make physical adjustments to their premises to accommodate disabled people. These two very significant pieces of legislation will thus have a considerable impact on everyday working practice across a wide range of sectors, including employment, education, housing, transport, and the provision of goods and services.
This practical and easy-to-use Guide contains copies of the legislation and detailed commentary and is therefore a vital companion for anyone working in or seeking to understand this complex area of the law. including barristers, solicitors, service providers and advisors.
1: Introduction to the DDA
2: The DDA: Its Progress, Strengths, and Weaknesses
3: European Community and Human Rights Law
4: The Meaning of 'Disability'
5: The Meaning of 'Discrimination'
6: Employment and Occupation
7: Goods, Facilities, Services, and Premises
8: Education
9: Transport
10: Liability, Exemptions, and Territorial Extent
11: Enforcement and Remedies
12: Disability Rights Commission
13: The Draft Disability Discrimination Bill
Appendix 1: Disability Discrimination Act 1995, as amended (c50)
Appendix 2: Extracts from the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Codes of Practice
Karon Monaghan, Barrister, Matrix Chambers and chair of the Discrimination Law Association
It is always useful to have another perspective on this complex area of legislation, especially when it comes from a highly experienced and successful practitioner like Karon Monaghan...Her commentary on European Community and human rights law is particularly valuable, as one might expect, as are her views on disability discrimination in an employment context...this work should provide assistance for all those practicing in this challenging area of the law...This book is a useful tool in seeking to do so. - Lorna Findlay (St Philips Chambers, Birmingham), New Law Journal.
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