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MarylandReporter.com (https://marylandreporter.com/2019/05/01/state-roundup-may-1-2019/)
State Roundup, May 1, 2019
WHO HAS ENOUGH VOTES: Del. Maggie L. McIntosh (D-Baltimore City) sought to retake momentum in the race for speaker of the House on Tuesday, saying she has the votes needed to win. She issued a caution to Democratic colleagues tempted to partner with Republican lawmakers, saying that doing so would be "very damaging" to the state Democratic Party and its agenda, reports Bruce DePuyt for Maryland Matters.
McIntosh said she has enough votes to win a majority of the 98-member Democratic Caucus, and believes that many of Davis' supporters will flip to her in the official vote by the full House during Wednesday's special legislative session, Pamela Wood and Luke Broadwater of the Sun report.
But Del. Dereck E. Davis (D-Prince George's) says he has the votes to win, from a minority of Democrats but also from Republicans, who hold about 30% of House seats. He said he will rely on support from both sides of the aisle in his quest to become the first African American House speaker in state history, Erin Cox reports in the Post.
McIntosh vowed to become the "education speaker" and to find funding for Kirwan Commission education recommendations and billions in school construction for the coming session, Bryan Sears of the Daily Record reports. She also vowed to continue to expand the party's seats in Annapolis, raising money and campaigning in future elections — as she did in 2018 —for Democrats.
PROGRESSIVES WARN DEMS WHO SIDE WITH DAVIS: On the eve of the House vote to select a new speaker, a coalition of progressive groups has mounted a last-ditch campaign to keep Democrats from siding with Republicans on the House floor – and is taking early steps to run Democratic primary challengers in 2022 against those who do, Josh Kurtz reports in Maryland Matters.
GENERATIONAL, IDEOLOGICAL SPLIT: The competition between Dels. Maggie McIntosh and Dereck Davis for speaker of the House has divided the House Democratic Caucus and the influential Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland along ideological, generational and geographical lines, with many older and more centrist lawmakers — especially from Prince George's — backing Davis, and the more liberal and younger flank of the chamber supporting McIntosh, writes Erin Cox and Ovetta Wiggins of the Post.
WHAT TO EXPECT: Danielle Gaines of Maryland Matters writes that just 21 of the 140 current members of the House of Delegates were in the chamber the last time a new speaker was elected. So this is an unfamiliar process for almost everyone. So what can we expect will happen when the House party caucuses meet at 10 a.m. today?
FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT DAVIS, McINTOSH: The Sun's Luke Broadwater and Pamela Wood offer up five facts about Maggie McIntosh that you may not have known, including that she is an "Admiral of the Chesapeake Bay."
And they also offer five interesting facts about Dereck Davis, including that Michael Busch plucked Davis from relative obscurity to lead the Economic Matters Committee — Busch's old committee — when Busch became speaker in 2003.
WHY DAVIS WOULD LOSE: In an analysis for Maryland Matters, Josh Kurtz writes that if Del. Dereck Davis (D-Prince George's) loses his bid to become speaker of the Maryland house, it won't be because he's black. Some of Davis' African-American colleagues may try to advance that narrative anyway. If Davis does lose, the seeds of his defeat may have been sown when he voted against marriage equality in 2012. Or when his House Economic Matters Committee slow-walked and watered down minimum wage and paid family sick leave legislation. Or when he introduced a bill that would make state law take pre-eminence over local minimum wage bills, and cozied up to the many industry lobbyists who regularly populate his committee hearing room.
IT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE: The House Republican Caucus passed along this clip from the Jan. 15, 1953 Baltimore Sun by Charles Whiteford, datelined Jan. 14: "Republicans finally stepped in today, and straightened out the organizational mess the Democrats had been unable to resolve in eight days of trying, by joining with a minority of Democrats to elect George W. Della (D., Baltimore, Sixth) Senate president for another term." Della, father of the Baltimore senator of the same name, was elected on the 78th vote over Howard County Sen. Ferdinand Sybert, a former speaker of the House of Delegates who became attorney general the next year.
174 BILLS SIGNED: Gov. Larry Hogan signed 174 bills into law on Tuesday, including Stacey's Law, which will allow prosecutors to charge a person who solicits murder to be found guilty of murder if a death occurs and an upgrade to Maryland's 9-1-1 system, reports Danielle Gaines in Maryland Matters.
Guinness and Maryland's craft brewers successfully lobbied lawmakers this year to increase the 3,000 barrel serving limit — up to 5,000 barrels, or roughly 1.25 million pints — and Republican Gov. Larry Hogan signed the bill into law Tuesday. It will go into effect July 1, reports Pamela Wood in the Sun.
A separate bill that takes effect Jan. 1 makes significant changes to a 25-year-old law that craft brewers complained kept them locked into agreements with distributors even if those contracts were detrimental to their business, Bryan Sears of the Daily Record reports.
Gale and Michael Seaton of Bowie lost their 17-year-old daughter Stacey in 2005, and they turned their grief into action that led them to stand behind the state's most powerful leaders Tuesday as they signed the bill into law, Rachael Pacella of the Annapolis Capital reports.
EX-AIDE TO DELEGATE FINED FOR ROBOCALL: A Baltimore County judge on Tuesday imposed a $1,000 fine against a former aide to state Del. Rick Impallaria for making illegal robocalls against fellow Republican Del. Kathy Szeliga, who is a member of the state's GOP leadership.
Tyler Walch, chief of staff to Impallaria, R-Baltimore and Harford, was convicted by Baltimore County District Court Judge Philip N. Tirabassi and received the maximum $1,000 fine, according to a news release from the Office of the State Prosecutor, Heather Cobun of the Daily Record writes.
BALTIMORE CITY OFF KILTER: Even as Jack Young, the Baltimore city council president who has replaced Mayor Catherine Pugh on a temporary basis, has won plaudits for bringing a measure of stability to the government, some say they fear longer-range effects of having an interim mayor, Jean Marbella and Ian Duncan write in the Sun. Baltimore, with its many needs and its strong-mayor form of governance, can't operate indefinitely without clarity on who will serve out Pugh's term through the end of next year, observers say.
RASKIN ON CANCER, MEDICARE FOR ALL: U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin delivered an impassioned plea for Medicare for All legislation on Tuesday, recalling his battle with colon cancer nearly a decade ago. He was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer, for which he underwent radiation, chemotherapy and surgery. He had a "great health insurance plan," at the time, he said. But, he said he couldn't imagine his fellow citizens "going through such a trauma" without insurance. Raskin said the experience taught him about the difference between misfortune and injustice, Robin Bravender writes for Maryland Matters.
KAMALA HARRIS's MYSTERIOUS CAMPAIGN OFFICE: Jeff Barker of the Sun goes looking for Sen. Kamala Harris's presidential campaign office in Baltimore and finds that it isn't so easy to find.


Father, it is Your will for us to walk in health. Thank You for providing health and healing for us through the shed blood of Jesus on the cross. According to Your Word I release my faith and speak healing and life to this precious person. I rebuke sickness and disease and command it to leave __________'s body, now, in the Name of Jesus. I speak total restoration to him/her, spirit, soul and body. In Jesus' Name. Amen.


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Home » Topics » Migration & Development
Governments at both ends of the migration cycle increasingly recognize the value that diaspora populations bring to development efforts and are seeking ways to magnify the human capital and financial resources that emigrants and their descendants contribute to development in their countries of origin. Beyond the remittances they generate, diaspora members fulfill a key development role in their countries of origin: as major direct investors in critical and emerging industries, generous philanthropists and first movers in the growth of important sectors such as tourism, and in the development of human capital.
New Approaches to Climate Change and Migration: Building the Adaptive Capacity of Mobile Populations
By Carol Farbotko
Building Climate Resilience through Migration in Thailand
By Patrick Sakdapolrak and Harald Sterly
Indian Immigrants in the United States
By Mary Hanna and Jeanne Batalova
Will International Migration Governance Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Southeastern Europe Looks to Engage its Diaspora to Offset the Impact of Depopulation
By Silviu Kondan
Haiti's Painful Evolution from Promised Land to Migrant-Sending Nation
By Georges E. Fouron
Africa Deepens its Approach to Migration Governance, But Are Policies Translating to Action?
By Camille Le Coz and Antonio Pietropolli
Reimagining Skilled Migration Partnerships to Support Development
By Kate Hooper
Spain: New Emigration Policies Needed for an Emerging Diaspora
By Joaquín Arango
The Germany-Turkey Migration Corridor: Refitting Policies for a Transnational Age
By Yaşar Aydın
Emigration from Portugal: Old Wine in New Bottles?
By David Justino
Emigration Trends and Policies in China: Movement of the Wealthy and Highly Skilled
By Biao Xiang
Reaching a "Fair Deal" on Talent: Emigration, Circulation, and Human Capital in Countries of Origin
By Kate Hooper and Madeleine Sumption
Migration can help build resilience against the encroaching effects of climate change. Instead of being passive victims of environmental degradation, individuals sometimes move to gain money, knowledge, and skills that can fortify their household of origin. Migrant workers from Thailand demonstrate how and under what conditions this process works.
There are 2.7 million Indian immigrants in the United States, making them the second-largest immigrant group after Mexicans. This number has increased dramatically in recent years, growing 13-fold between 1980 and 2019. This article provides an overview of this population, which is more highly educated, more likely to work in management positions, and higher-earning than the U.S. born and overall immigrant population.
Southeastern Europe is experiencing one of the sharpest depopulations in the world, with countries such as Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia on pace to see their populations shrink by at least 15 percent in coming decades. To counter this trend, governments in the region, NGOs, and the private sector are increasingly, if unevenly, tapping into large diaspora communities to spur economic growth and strengthen cultural ties.
For more than a century, Haiti was considered a prime destination for migrants from the United States and around the world. In the wake of the Haitian Revolution, Haiti marketed itself to freed slaves and others as an island haven where they could break free from the strictures of the United States and a global system of slavery. That changed in the 20th century. Now, there are roughly 1.6 million Haitians living in other countries.
While migration once was a lower-priority topic for African governments, the last decade has seen a deepening in governance. Policymakers have integrated migration into their national development strategies and mainstreamed it across policy domains such as health and education. The actions are promising on paper, yet questions remain about the extent to which they will translate to more effective migration management.
The Field of Migration Studies Loses a Giant: Graeme Hugo
The Lampedusa Tragedy Prompts the Question: Does the UN Have Any Impact on the World's Migrants?
En dicho diálogo, algunos de los representantes de las organizaciones que conforman la red en Norteamérica, Centroamérica, Sudamérica y el Caribe, comparten la manera como se coordinan, las acciones que se llevan a cabo y las dificultades, retos y desafíos que atraviesan.
Leadership Visions: A Discussion with Mexican Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz-Massieu
An MPI Leadership Visions discussion with the Foreign Minister of Mexico, Claudia Ruiz-Massieu, for her first public appearance in Washington, DC.
Addressing the Implications of the Emigration of Skilled and Educated Europeans
A discussion on how governments and societies can retain their most valuable workers, turn emigration challenges into opportunities, and capture more of the potential benefits of emigration.
Engaging Diaspora Talent: How Countries Can Integrate their Diaspora and Development Agendas
Diaspora engagement has become a key and accepted component in the arsenal of development strategies. The question of how to effectively and efficiently harness the force of a country's diaspora through government intervention and policy remains one that many governments and international organizations must grapple with.
U.S. Secretary of State's Global Diaspora Forum: Moving Forward by Giving Back
The 2012 Global Diaspora Forum challenged diaspora communities to forge partnerships with the private sector, civil society, and public institutions in order to make their engagements with their countries of origin or ancestry effective, scalable, and sustainable.
The link between climate change and migration is a complex one. Whether individuals move or stay in place can be voluntary or involuntary, a proactive strategy or last resort, and is part of a bigger story of global mobility and personal networks. This report examines this complicated relationship, highlights limitations of climate response measures to date, and presents an alternative, flexible approach based on the involvement of affected communities.
The COVID-19 pandemic poses a range of (im)mobility challenges that the international community has few tools to address. This policy brief examines the valuable guidance offered by the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration on short-term emergency response and the longer-term reopening of international migration. It also considers how the pandemic is affecting the relationship between migration and development.

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CPR—when done accurately on TV shows and movies—may be emulated by the viewer and therefore potentially save lives. NAFA is pleased to present a practical skills workshop to ensure that actors, writers and filmmakers can henceforth accurately portray CPR on screen. Plus it's a good life skill to have anyway!
Janelle White is an Intensive Care/Extended Care Paramedic with NSW Ambulance and a Senior Lecturer in the Bachelor of Paramedic Practice at UTAS at the Sydney campus. She is also a Director of Take Heart Australia – the national not for profit organisation dedicated to improving the Australian survival rate from sudden cardiac arrest, which is currently only 9%. She is excited to include you in part of the Take Heart Australia plan for a sudden cardiac arrest survival rate of 50% in 5 years!
Suzanne Davies is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Medicine at the University of Tasmania in Sydney, Deputy Chair and Manager of Training for the NSW Resuscitation Council (and an Advanced Life Support Instructor), Project Director and Chief Investigator for the Distributed Research in Emergency and Acute Medicine Collaboration, Scientific Chair and Director for the Australian & New Zealand College of Paramedicine and a Director for Take Heart Australia. These roles all are different facets of one goal—to save lives from acute illness, especially sudden cardiac arrest.
NAFA presents February Choc Tops.


'Excelsior' is a great name for a Foxglove…happily these Foxgloves live up to it. A mix of statuesque beauties…in pale to dark pinks with stunning speckled throats. They are excellent for cutting with a good vase life and are happy in full sun or semi shade.
Sow May, June and July. I sow mine in modules and then plant out in early September but you can direct sow where you want them to flower if you prefer. I tend to rotate my flower beds…so for instance my Autumn sown annuals will have gone over by early September so I would fill that space with summer sown biennials.


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Has somebody had an infection while in the ICU?
sah Has somebody had an infection while in the ICU?
By Del,
January 18, 2020 in Subarachnoid Haemorrhage Discussion
My mum had an SAH, it's been 5 weeks tomorrow & she is still in the ICU. In 2 days she was able to talk & 3 days she can eat already but lately she has ups & downs. She was supposed to have a surgery to put a valve in so the liquid in her head can drain, but the other day she had an infection in the part where the tube to drain the liquid in her head was & yesterday with blood.
She had a CT scan & after I gave her dinner which seems like she's ok though she just ate little. The doctor told me I have to prepare (which means the worst) They moved her, which is not sharing anymore, its more isolated. Is this really seriously like a life-threatening again? She needs to take antibiotics that will last 2-3 weeks. Is there anyone who had experienced this?
Any thoughts. Thank you.🙏🙏🙏🙌🙌🙌
2 yr Skippy changed the title to Has somebody had an infection while in the ICU.
Hi Del,
Welcome to BTG.
The one thing about this site is that we are all survivors. We've all been in that seemingly hopeless place, but have come through it. The statistics do indeed paint a rather gloomy picture, but there is hope.
When I was first admitted, my family were told to hope for the best but expect the worst. I was in a coma. I had to have a lumbar puncture and they were going to give up on me but decided to get in a top, top, consultant to give it one last go. On the third attempt it worked.
Without that, I probably wouldn't be here today. My aneurysm was an irregular shape and they were going to coil it but thought they couldn't do it. In the end, the lumbar puncture was done and I was coiled. If it hadn't been for that consultant, they were going to do an operation going in through my skull, and I don't think that would've been pleasant or as successful.
I am now nearly ten years further on and in good health, generally speaking.
Sadly there are no guarantees, but that doesn't mean there isn't any hope. You can only be there for her, and hope she has the resilience to pull through, and provide the support she needs now and will do in the future.
I think it will be true of everyone who reads this, that we are with you and hope for the best outcome possible, and that everything that can be done is being done.
I wish you and your Mum well, and please come back on and post again if we can be a release for your pent up emotion and a support mechanism by lending you our experiences of what it is like to go through a Subarachnoid haemorrhage.
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Hey Del, sounds like your mum may have the complication of hydrocephalus which I did also, and I had an EVD placed whilst in HDU which stayed in for a fair while and yes I was pretty unwell with different complications. It's a very unsteady precarious state and family told me it was hard to be witness to this.
SAH itself is life threatening and the first few weeks afterwards by no means is anyone out of the danger zone and complications can and do happen, we are all testament to that but also that the textbook and reality can be very different sometimes. Miracles do happen and odds get beaten.
Your mum will be feeling battered and bruised and confused from the bleed , the swelling of her brain will mask her, the operations and the medication and now an infection makes things ten times worse for that so it's a step back here which is a common thing in the early days of a significant SAH .
It is good they have picked this infection up and isolated her but yes of course it's very serious as she has been through so much with the trauma of the SAH. Keep talking to her, even when I was out of it I could feel and know love, it really crossed the senses, and hope and indeed prayer always has a place.
Like Macca says we send healing and positive wishes to your mum and for also strength and courage to you as well to just keep hope where it is still offered.
May 11 Karen changed the title to Has somebody had an infection while in the ICU?


News24xx.com - Halloween should be fun, but not for Emilie Turcotte from Canada. This 11-year-old girl screamed and cried because she felt her eyes burning. Her mother, Julie, immediately took her to the hospital and the doctor said that the contact lenses she used had damaged the cornea of ??her eyes and infected the skin around her eyes.
In fact, Emilie only wore contact lenses for four hours. However, she had to experience temporary blindness for four days. "All of this is due to Halloween contact lenses" she was quoted as saying by the Daily Mail.
Doctors say that contact lenses act like a suction cup around the cornea and tear away the nearby cells. Not only that, Emilie was diagnosed with periorbital cellulitis, which is an infection of the eyelids and skin around the eyes. This occurs when bacteria enter the eye and attack the surrounding soft tissue.
Emilie wondered if she would be blind forever. Luckily, the condition of her eyes gradually improved. But the doctor warned Emilie that she had to wear sunglasses for a month to improve the condition of her cornea.


What personality shifts happen during the donning of drag?
What happens to a person in their 70s who's been suppressing trans urges for a lifetime?
What does an empty swimming pool like like if used as a personal memory box?
These are just some of the LGBT themes explored in the reliably gay-themed D.C. Shorts Film Festival, back for a 14th year Sept. 7-14 at various venues (details at festival.dcshorts.com).
"Better Known as Peaches Christ," directed by Jeff Dragomanovich and Nate Visconti, is a fascinating documentary portrait of the drag icon.
The film is about the visual transformation and personal journey of Joshua Grannell who performs in drag under the name Peaches Christ.
British filmmaker Jake Graf describes his latest film "Dusk" as the story of a trans man's life over seven decades. He says he was inspired to make the movie after receiving an unexpected email last year from a woman in her 70s who had lived life as a gay man but felt a strong female identity and just needed to tell someone.
Spanish filmmaker Julián Quintanilla used his own life as the inspiration for "The Whole World." He says the film "came about from the need, if only for a short while, to speak again to someone who has gone." In the movie, just as in real life, the filmmaker makes an annual trip to visit his dead mother at the village cemetery. Quintanilla shot the film in his hometown and says some of his old neighbors were taken aback by the resemblance between actress Loles León (Almodóvar's "Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!") and his deceased mother.
Finally, while it's not a formal part of the LGBT film slate, "Toys" by filmmaker Amanda Quaid is a delightful and thought-provoking exploration of gender roles. Based on an autobiographical poem by Peggy Pope (who also narrates), the film is a two-minute marvel of stop-action animation.
Most of these films can be seen during the LGBT showcase on Thursday, Sept. 14; all of them will be screened at least twice during the festival which features 170 short movies from 30 countries in more than two dozen showcases and other special events.


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#define __ARCH_AVR_SRC_AVR_EXCPTMACROS_H

/********************************************************************************************
 * Included Files
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#include <nuttx/config.h>

#ifdef __ASSEMBLY__

#include <arch/irq.h>

#include <avr/io.h>
#include <avr/sfr_defs.h>

/********************************************************************************************
 * Pre-Processor Definitions
 ********************************************************************************************/

/********************************************************************************************
 * Pre-processor Definitions
 ********************************************************************************************/

/********************************************************************************************
 * Global Symbols
 ********************************************************************************************/

#if CONFIG_ARCH_INTERRUPTSTACK > 3
	.global		g_intstackbase
	.global		g_nestlevel
#endif

/********************************************************************************************
 * Assembly Language Macros
 ********************************************************************************************/

/********************************************************************************************
 * General Exception Handling Example:
 *
 *		HANDLER IRQ_X, my_exception
 *		...
 * my_exception:
 *		EXCPT_PROLOGUE				- Save registers on stack
 *		in	r22, _SFR_IO_ADDR(SPL)	- Pass register save structure as the parameter 2
 *		in	r23, _SFR_IO_ADDR(SPH)	- (Careful, push post-decrements)
 *		USE_INTSTACK rx, ry, rz		- Switch to the interrupt stack
 *		call handler				- Handle the exception IN=old regs OUT=new regs
 *		RESTORE_STACK rx, ry		- Undo the operations of USE_INTSTACK
 *		EXCPT_EPILOGUE				- Return to the context returned by handler()
 *		reti						- Return from interrupt
 *
 ********************************************************************************************/

/********************************************************************************************
 * Name: HANDLER
 *
 * Description:
 *	This macro provides the exception entry logic.  It is called with the PC already on the
 *	stack.  It simply saves one register on the  stack (r24) and passes the IRQ number to
 *	common logic (see EXCPT_PROLOGUE).
 *
 * On Entry:
 *	sp - Points to the top of the stack.  The PC is already on the stack.
 *	Only the stack is available for storage
 *
 *	 PCL
 *	 PCH
 *	 --- <- SP
 *
 * At completion:
 *	Stack pointer is incremented by one, the saved r24 is on the stack, r24 now contains the
 *	IRQ number
 *
 *	 PCL
 *	 PCH
 *	 R0
 *	 --- <- SP
 *
 ********************************************************************************************/

	.macro	HANDLER, label, irqno, common
	.global	\label
\label:
	push	r24
	ldi		r24, \irqno
	rjmp	\common
	.endm

/********************************************************************************************
 * Name: EXCPT_PROLOGUE
 *
 * Description:
 *	Provides the common "prologue" logic that should appear at the beginning of the exception
 *	handler.
 *
 * On Entry:
 *	r24 - has already been pushed onto the stack and now holds the IRQ number
 *	sp - Points to the top of the stack
 *	Only the stack is available for storage
 *
 *	 PCL
 *	 PCH
 *	 R24
 *	 --- <- SP
 *
 * At completion:
 *	Register state is saved on the stack; All registers are available for usage except sp and
 *  r24 which still contains the IRQ number as set by the HANDLER macro.
 *
 ********************************************************************************************/

	.macro	EXCPT_PROLOGUE

	/* Save R25  */

	push	r25

	/* Save the status register on the stack */

	in		r25, _SFR_IO_ADDR(SREG)	/* Save the status register */
	cli								/* Disable interrupts (not necessary) */
	ori		r25, (1 << SREG_I)		/* Interrupts re-enabled on restore */
	push	r25

	/* Save R0 -- the scratch register and the zero register (which may not be zero).  R1
	 * must be zero for our purposes
	 */

	push	r0
	push	r1
	clr		r1

	/* Save r2-r17 - Call-saved, "static" registers */

	push	r2
	push	r3
	push	r4
	push	r5
	push	r6
	push	r7
	push	r8
	push	r9
	push	r10
	push	r11
	push	r12
	push	r13
	push	r14
	push	r15
	push	r16
	push	r17

	/* Save r18-r27 - Call-used, "volatile" registers (r24 was saved by
	 * HANDLER, r15 was saved above, and r26-r27 saved later, out of sequence)
	 */

	push	r18
	push	r19
	push	r20
	push	r21
	push	r22
	push	r23

	/* Save r28-r29 - Call-saved, "static" registers */

	push	r28
	push	r29

	/* Save r30-r31 - Call-used, "volatile" registers */

	push	r30
	push	r31

	/* Now save r26-r27 */

	push	r26
	push	r27

	/* Finally, save the stack pointer.  BUT we want the value of the stack pointer as
	 * it was just BEFORE the exception.  We'll have to add to get that value.
	 * The value to add is the size of the register save area including the bytes
	 * pushed by the interrupt handler (2), by the HANDLER macro (1), and the 32
	 * registers pushed above.  That is, the entire size of the register save structure
	 * MINUS two bytes for the stack pointer which has not yet been saved.
	 */

	in		r26, _SFR_IO_ADDR(SPL)
	in		r27, _SFR_IO_ADDR(SPH)
	adiw	r26, XCPTCONTEXT_REGS-2

	push	r26					/* SPL then SPH */
	push	r27
	.endm

/********************************************************************************************
 * Name: EXCPT_EPILOGUE
 *
 * Description:
 *	Provides the "epilogue" logic that should appear at the end of every exception handler.
 *
 * On input:
 *	sp points to the address of the register save area (just as left by EXCPT_PROLOGUE).
 *	All registers are available for use.
 *	Interrupts are disabled.
 *
 * On completion:
 *	All registers restored except the PC which remains on the stack so that a return
 *	via reti can be performed.
 *
 ********************************************************************************************/

	.macro	EXCPT_EPILOGUE, regs

	/* We don't need to restore the stack pointer */

	pop		r27					/* Discard SPH */
	pop		r26					/* Discard SPL */

	/* Restore r26-r27 */

	pop		r27
	pop		r26

	/* Restore r30-r31 - Call-used, "volatile" registers */

	pop		r31
	pop		r30

	/* Restore r28-r29 - Call-saved, "static" registers */

	pop		r29
	pop		r28

	/* Restore r18-r27 - Call-used, "volatile" registers (r26-r27 already
	 * restored, r24 and r25 will be restored later)
	 */

	pop		r23
	pop		r22
	pop		r21
	pop		r20
	pop		r19
	pop		r18

	/* Restore r2-r17 - Call-saved, "static" registers */

	pop		r17
	pop		r16
	pop		r15
	pop		r14
	pop		r13
	pop		r12
	pop		r11
	pop		r10
	pop		r9
	pop		r8
	pop		r7
	pop		r6
	pop		r5
	pop		r4
	pop		r3
	pop		r2

	/* Restore r0 - the scratch register and  r1- the "zero" register (that may not be zero) */

	pop		r1
	pop		r0

	/* Restore the status register (probably enabling interrupts) */

	pop		r24					/* Restore the status register */
	andi	r24, ~(1 << SREG_I)	/* but keeping interrupts disabled until the reti */
	out		_SFR_IO_ADDR(SREG), r24

	/* Finally, restore r24-r25 - the temporary and IRQ number registers */

	pop		r25
	pop		r24
	.endm

/********************************************************************************************
 * Name: USER_SAVE
 *
 * Description:
 *	Similar to EXPCT_PROLOGUE except that (1) this saves values into a register save
 *	data structure instead of on the stack, (2) the pointer is in r26;r27, and (3)
 *	Call-used registers are not saved.
 *
 * On Entry:
 *	X [r26:r27] - Points to the register save structure.
 *	Return address is already on the stack (due to CALL or RCALL instruction)/.
 *	Interrupts are disabled.
 *
 * At completion:
 *	Register state is saved on the stack; All registers are available for usage except sp.
 *
 ********************************************************************************************/

	.macro	USER_SAVE

	/* Pop the return address from the stack (PCH then PCL).  R18:19 are Call-used */

	pop		r19			/* r19=PCH */
	pop		r18			/* r18=PCL */

	/* Save the current stack pointer  as it would be after the return(SPH then SPL). */

	in		r25, _SFR_IO_ADDR(SPH)
	st		x+, r25
	in		r24, _SFR_IO_ADDR(SPL)
	st		x+, r24

	/* Skip over r26-r27 and r30-r31 - Call-used, "volatile" registers */

	adiw	r26, 4		/* Four registers: r26-r27 and r30-r31*/

	/* Save r28-r29 - Call-saved, "static" registers */

	st		x+, r29
	st		x+, r28

	/* Skip over r18-r27 - Call-used, "volatile" registers (r26-r27 have
	 * already been skipped, r24 and r25 are saved elsewhere)
	 */

	adiw	r26, 6		/* Seven registers: r18-23 */

	/* Save r2-r17 - Call-saved, "static" registers */

	st		x+, r17
	st		x+, r16
	st		x+, r15
	st		x+, r14
	st		x+, r13
	st		x+, r12
	st		x+, r11
	st		x+, r10
	st		x+, r9
	st		x+, r8
	st		x+, r7
	st		x+, r6
	st		x+, r5
	st		x+, r4
	st		x+, r3
	st		x+, r2

	/* Set r1  to zero - Function calls must return with r1=0 */

	clr		r1
	st		x+, r1

	/* Skip over r0 -- the scratch register */

	adiw	r26, 1

	/* Save the status register (probably not necessary since interrupts are disabled) */

	in		r0, _SFR_IO_ADDR(SREG)
	st		x+, r0

	/* Skip r24-r25 - These are scratch register and Call-used, "volatile" registers */

	adiw	r26, 2		/* Two registers: r24-r25 */

	/* Save the return address that we have saved in r18:19*/

	st		x+, r19		/* r19=PCH */
	st		x+, r18		/* r18=PCL */
	.endm

/********************************************************************************************
 * Name: TCB_RESTORE
 *
 * Description:
 *	Functionally equivalent to EXCPT_EPILOGUE excetp that register save area is not on the
 *	stack but is held in a data structure.
 *
 * On input:
 *	X [r26:r27] points to the data structure.
 *	All registers are available for use.
 *	Interrupts are disabled.
 *
 * On completion:
 *	All registers restored except for the PC with now resides at the top of the new stack
 *	so that ret can be used to switch to the new context. (ret, not reti, becaue ret
 * 	will preserve the restored interrupt state).
 *
 ********************************************************************************************/

	.macro	TCB_RESTORE, regs

	/* X [r36:27] points to the register save block.  Get an offset pointer to the PC in
	 * Y [r28:29]
	 */

	movw	r28, r26			/* Get a pointer to the PCH/PCL storage location */
	adiw	r28, REG_PCH

	/* Fetch and set the new stack pointer */

	ld		r25, x+				/* Fetch stack pointer (post-incrementing) */
	out		_SFR_IO_ADDR(SPH), r25		/* (SPH then SPL) */
	ld		r24, x+
	out		_SFR_IO_ADDR(SPL), r24

	/* Fetch the return address and save it at the bottom of the new stack so
	 * that we can iret to switch contexts.  The new stack is now:
	 *
	 *  PCL
	 *  PCH
	 *  --- <- SP
	 */

	ld		r25, y+				/* Load PCH (r25) then PCL (r24) */
	ld		r24, y+
	push	r24					/* Push PCH and PCL on the stack (PCL then PCH) */
	push	r25

	/* Then get value of X [r26:r27].  Save X on the new stack where we can
	 * recover it later.  The new stack is now:
	 *
	 *  PCL
	 *  PCH
	 *  R26
	 *  R27
	 *  --- <- SP
	 */

	ld		r25, x+				/* Fetch r26-r27 and save to the new stack */
	ld		r24, x+
	push	r24					/* r26 then r27 */
	push	r25

	/* Restore r30-r31 - Call-used, "volatile" registers */

	ld		r31, x+
	ld		r30, x+

	/* Restore r28-r29 - Call-saved, "static" registers */

	ld		r29, x+
	ld		r28, x+

	/* Restore r18-r27 - Call-used, "volatile" registers (r26-r27 have been
	 * moved and r24-r25 will be restore later)
	 */

	ld		r23, x+
	ld		r22, x+
	ld		r21, x+
	ld		r20, x+
	ld		r19, x+
	ld		r18, x+

	/* Restore r2-r17 - Call-saved, "static" registers */

	ld		r17, x+
	ld		r16, x+
	ld		r15, x+
	ld		r14, x+
	ld		r13, x+
	ld		r12, x+
	ld		r11, x+
	ld		r10, x+
	ld		r9, x+
	ld		r8, x+
	ld		r7, x+
	ld		r6, x+
	ld		r5, x+
	ld		r4, x+
	ld		r3, x+
	ld		r2, x+

	/* Restore r1 - zero register (which may not be zero) */

	ld		r1, x+

	/* Restore r0 - the scratch register */

	ld		r0, x+

	/* Restore the status register (probably re-enabling interrupts) */

	ld		r24, x+
	out		_SFR_IO_ADDR(SREG), r24

	/* Restore r24-r25 - The temporary and IRQ number registers */

	ld		r25, x+
	ld		r24, x+

	/* Finally, recover X [r26-r27] from the new stack.  The PC remains on the new
	 * stack so that the user of this macro can return with ret (not reti, ret will
	 * preserve the restored interrupt state).
	 */

	pop		r27					/* R27 then R26 */
	pop		r26
	.endm

/********************************************************************************************
 * Name: USE_INTSTACK
 *
 * Description:
 *	Switch to the interrupt stack (if enabled in the configuration) and if the nesting level
 *	is equal to 0.  Increment the nesting level in any event.
 *
 * On Entry:
 *	sp - Current value of the user stack pointer
 *	tmp1, tmp2, and tmp3 are registers that can be used temporarily.
 *	All interrupts should still be disabled.
 *
 * At completion:
 *	If the nesting level is 0, then (1) the user stack pointer is saved at the base of the
 *	interrupt stack and sp points to the interrupt stack.
 *	The values of tmp1, tmp2, tmp3, and sp have been altered
 *
 ********************************************************************************************/

	.macro	USE_INTSTACK, tmp1, tmp2, tmp3
#if CONFIG_ARCH_INTERRUPTSTACK > 0
# warning "Not implemented"
#endif
	.endm

/********************************************************************************************
 * Name: RESTORE_STACK
 *
 * Description:
 *	Restore the user stack.  Not really.. actually only decrements the nesting level.  We
 *	always get the new stack pointer for the register save array.
 *
 * On Entry:
 *	tmp1 and tmp2 are registers that can be used temporarily.
 *	All interrupts must be disabled.
 *
 * At completion:
 *	Current nesting level is decremented
 *	The values of tmp1 and  tmp2 have been altered
 *
 ********************************************************************************************/

	.macro		RESTORE_STACK, tmp1, tmp2
#if CONFIG_ARCH_INTERRUPTSTACK > 0
#  warning "Not implemented"
#endif
	.endm

#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
#endif /* __ARCH_AVR_SRC_AVR_EXCPTMACROS_H */

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This week's Torah portion, Ki Tetze, has the distinction of containing more mitzvot in it than any other parasha – 72 to be exact, according to Maimonides' counting.
כִּי תִקְצֹר קְצִירְךָ בְשָׂדֶךָ וְשָׁכַחְתָּ עֹמֶר בַּשָּׂדֶה, לֹא תָשׁוּב לְקַחְתּוֹ--לַגֵּר לַיָּתוֹם וְלָאַלְמָנָה, יִהְיֶה: לְמַעַן יְבָרֶכְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, בְּכֹל מַעֲשֵׂה יָדֶיךָ.
"When you reap the harvest in your field and you forget a sheaf in the field, do not turn back to get it; it shall go to the stranger, the orphan and the widow – in order that Adonai your God may bless you in all your undertakings."
At first glance, this seems like a wonderful, straightforward sort of law. It seems to show a praiseworthy sensitivity to the needs of the poor. Indeed, some of you will no doubt recognize this mitzvah from its description in the Book of Ruth, traditionally read on Shavuot: Ruth and her mother-in-law Naomi have fled from famine in Moab back to Naomi's birthplace in Jewish Bethlehem. Chapter 2 of Megillat Rut describes Ruth gleaning behind the reapers in the fields of her kinsman Boaz.
First, from a practical standpoint, this is a pretty half-baked way of providing a safety net for the poor. There may very well not be enough of these forgotten sheaves to provide the basic food supplies of those who are in need. For example, in the case of Ruth, Boaz ultimately needs to load her down with another six measures of barley in order to be confident that she has enough for her needs (Ruth 3:15). That's why the Jewish mitzvah of tzedakah extends far behind the provisions of this particular mitzvah of the forgotten sheaf.
And that's why it's important for us as Jews to advocate against cuts to governmental programs like SNAP ("Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program" , formerly known as "Food Stamps") that would jeopardize our fellow Americans who live in situations of food insecurity.
Secondly, from a religious standpoint, what sort of a mitzvah is this mitzvah of the forgotten sheaf which can ONLY be fulfilled UNINTENTIONALLY? (I.e., we can't "intentionally forget"…) Isn't it true that one of the most important pillars of Judaism is that human beings have free will --- free will to choose how and whether to fulfill the commandments that tradition says were given to us by God?
So, what ARE we, religiously speaking, to make of a mitzvah that you can't carry out intentionally? The "punchline," as it were, of the midrash spells it out: Scripture ordains for this a blessing. Have we not here a kal vechomer (a fortiori) argument? If when a person has no deliberate intention of performing a good deed it is nevertheless reckoned to him as a good deed, how much more so when one deliberately performs a good deed?
In other words, the purpose of this "unintentional" mitzvah is to sensitize us to the even greater importance of doing "intentional" mitzvot!
Just imagine what the basic principle here might mean --- There are times in each of our lives when, even without consciously realizing it, we are doing good deeds, we are helping others, we are forging connections with God, we are making the world a better place. So, if you are ever feeling like your life doesn't matter, like your existence makes no difference in the world --- then this mitzvah of the forgotten sheaf inspires us to give ourselves a second look. Each of us DOES matter. Each of us DOES make a difference in the world, even when we don't have the ability to perceive the subtle ways in which our presence is felt. Each of us have helped others even when we didn't know we were doing so.
This realization may help ground us as we approach the new year, as we get ready to face judgment for our deeds of this year that is ending. For in this season of teshuvah (return), we are not starting from scratch. Surely, just as God knows our faults, God must also know how each of us has been a blessing --- even when we didn't know it.
Posted on September 4, 2012 by Rabbi David.


Lord, our heart is full of thanks for Your recovery. In this age You have revealed to us Your recovery, and charge us to spread Your recovery throughout the whole world.
24:1 And Jesus came out from the temple and was going away, and His disciples came to Him to show Him the buildings of the temple.
24:2 But He answered and said to them, Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, There shall by no means be left here a stone upon a stone, which shall not be thrown down.
24:3 And as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, Tell us, When will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming and of the consummation of the age?
24:4 And Jesus answered and said to them, See that no one leads you astray.
24:5 For many will come in My name, saying, I am the Christ, and they will lead many astray.
24:6 And you will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for it must happen; but the end is not yet.
24:7 For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
24:8 All these things are the beginning of birth pangs.
24:9 Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and will kill you, and you will be hated by all the nations because of My name.
24:10 And at that time many will be stumbled and will deliver up one another and will hate one another.
24:11 And many false prophets will arise and will lead many astray.
24:12 And because lawlessness will be multiplied, the love of the many will grow cold.
24:13 But he who has endured to the end, this one shall be saved.
24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole inhabited earth for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
24:18 And let him who is in the field not turn back to take his garment.
24:19 But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days.
24:21 For at that time there will be great tribulation, such as has not occurred from the beginning of the world until now, nor shall by any means ever occur.
24:22 And unless those days had been cut short, no flesh would be saved; but on account of the chosen, those days will be cut short.
24:23 At that time if anyone says to you, Behold, here is the Christ! or, Here! do not believe it.
24:24 For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen.
24:26 Therefore if they say to you, Behold, He is in the wilderness, do not go forth; Behold, He is in the inner rooms, do not believe it.
Matt. 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole inhabited earth for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.


Yes, Virginia, there are seasonal changes and fall colors in Florida. I know because I have experienced them over the years.
I have had trouble getting people from Northern states to appreciate them. It may take a Florida native to know.
In case you think I am na�ve and have never seen real fall colors, I will remind you I have lived in Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina. I have seen the breathtaking fall gold of maples lining streets, the deep red of dogwoods in my yard and the view of a whole mountainside turned every fall color imaginable. People speak of �peak� fall color, and many drive hundreds of miles to �see the leaves.� One year I lucked into three peak fall experiences in one week. I drove from my home in North Carolina to Southwest Virginia to do contract work. Everywhere I went, fall color was at its peak. I returned home and had an errand to do in Durham and found peak fall color there. A few days later, I looked off my back deck into the woods and experienced it again. I do know what I�m talking about.
Now, back to Florida. One day I walked out my front door in Palm Beach County and was devastated to see our giant mahogany tree was dying. Brown leaves were a foot deep on the ground. To my surprise, when I returned home from work, the leaves were still on the ground; but my �dead� tree was completely leafed out in tiny green buds. The crazy tree had experienced fall in the morning and spring in the afternoon without having winter.
Another year, a little farther north in Charlotte County in Southwest Florida, I went to a student�s home one January morning. As I was leaving, I experienced a familiar sensation. Turning to the child�s mother, who was from Massachusetts, I excitedly proclaimed, �Oh, look, it�s fall.� She began to laugh, so I had to explain. I could see the deep blue of the sky that comes on a Florida fall day, I could feel a tiny nip in the air, and I could hear the cicadas. I recognized fall, even if she did not.
Just before Thanksgiving, my husband and I drove to Econfina in search of fall. We discovered blood red sumac bushes on Moccasin Creek, orange cypress trees at Indian Bluff; and brilliantly colored sourwood trees, gums and maples at Pitt Springs. There were bright yellow grapevines everywhere. We counted the day a success, but knew that wouldn�t prove fall had arrived to anyone but us. Later, as I drove through St. Andrews on December 4th; fall found me. I was bombarded by fall colors near Oaks By the Bay Park and down West Ninth Street. The many hickory trees, which some claim grew here from hickory nuts brought for bartering by the Indians, were a solid pure yellow. The crepe myrtles were orange. A few sweet gums and cypresses in the low backyards along Ninth Street, where there are artesian springs, were orange. Bradford pears were deep red and a few sycamore trees were pale yellow.
My December fall in Panama City, and my previous fall experiences in Florida, do not compare with my peak fall experiences further north, but I appreciate them nonetheless. If we insist on having less winter, we have to expect less fall. I am satisfied with that equation, and watch for it every year.
What subtle signs of fall do you enjoy? Email jsscott@comcast.net.


Triamterene is the generic form of the brand-name drug Dyrenium, which treats fluid build-up caused by congestive heart failure, kidney disease, or liver disease.
The medication will help reduce any fluid in your lungs to help you breathe if you have pulmonary edema.
Triamterene can also reduce fluid build-up in your arms, legs, and stomach, and it may be used in conjunction with other medications to treat high blood pressure.
The drug is a diuretic that works by causing frequent urination so that you can get rid of extra salt and water. It also stops the kidneys from eliminating too much potassium.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved triamterene in 1964. It's manufactured by WellSpring Pharmaceutical Corporation in a tablet and capsule form.
In 2011, Lannett Company, Inc. received approval from the FDA to manufacture triamterene with hydrochlorothiazide.
Sold under the brand names Dyazide and Maxzide, the combination medication is used to treat fluid retention and high blood pressure.
Triamterene carries a black-box warning because it might raise your potassium levels to a life-threatening degree.
This is more likely to occur if you are elderly or have kidney disease, diabetes or serious illnesses.
It's important that your doctor monitor your potassium levels closely while you are taking this medication because if left untreated, very high potassium levels can be fatal.
If you develop muscle weakness or a slow/irregular heartbeat, contact your doctor right away.
People suffering from kidney or liver disease, urination problems, or high levels of potassium in their blood should not take triamterene.
Before you start this medication, be sure to tell your doctor if you have heart disease, gout, diabetes, or if you have a history of kidney stones.
You must also tell your doctor if you are using another diuretic (water pill). While on triamterene, you cannot take potassium supplements or other diuretics.
Talk to your doctor about the type and amount of fluids that you should ingest. Drinking too much fluid can be just as bad as not drinking enough.
Triamterene may impair your thinking or reactions, which could affect your ability to drive or engage in other activities that require you to be alert.
Do not use triamterene if you are pregnant unless you are told to do so by your doctor.
You should not take this drug if you are breastfeeding since it is not known if it will pass into breast milk and cause harm to your child.
Drug interactions can be serious so it's important that you tell your doctor about all the medications you are taking, including prescription and over-the counter products like vitamins, minerals, and herbal products.
If you are using triamterene, it's particularly important that you make your doctor aware if you are taking lithium/Lithobid, insulin, or oral diabetes medication.
You should also mention any ACE inhibitors such as enalapril (Vasotec), lisinopril (Prinivil, Zestril), benazepril (Lotensin), captopril (Capoten), ramipril (Altace), or others.
Don't forget to tell your doctor about indomethacin or other NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) like ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil), diclofenac (Voltaren), naproxen (Aleve, Naprosyn), aspirin, nabumetone (Relafen), etodolac (Lodine) or piroxicam (Feldene).
While on triamterene you should adjust your diet so that it's not high in salt (sodium), since too much salt will lead to water retention, making the drug less effective.
Don't use salt substitutes or low-sodium milk products that contain potassium, either, since this could lead to elevated potassium levels.
You should also be careful how much potassium you are consuming in the foods you eat. For example, bananas are high in potassium.
It's important to avoid taking medications that could make you light-headed, including cold and pain medicine, muscle relaxers, or drugs that treat depression, anxiety, or seizures.
To help avoid side effects from triamterene, don't drink alcohol, and avoid becoming overheated or dehydrated. If your fluid intake is restricted, be sure your doctor knows this.
The medicine may also make you more sensitive to the sun, so avoid prolonged sun exposure as well as tanning booths and sun lamps.
The initial dose given to adults to treat fluid retention is 100 milligrams (mg) twice a day.
It's recommended that you take triamterene after eating to reduce the chance that your stomach will be upset.
To help ensure a good night's rest, it's a good idea to avoid taking the medicine within four hours of going to bed since it causes urination.
If you are taking triamterene to treat fluid retention/edema, don't take more than 300 mg daily.
The usual daily dose for high blood pressure patients is 100 mg daily, especially if you are taking other medications to treat this condition.
Most people respond to triamterene the first day, though it may take several days for the maximum effect to occur.
If you take too much triamterine and accidentally overdose, get emergency help right away.
Symptoms of a triamterine overdose may range from weakness, fever, warmth or flushing of your face to increased urination, nausea, vomiting, or muscle spasms.
If you miss a dose of triamterene, take it as soon as you remember unless it is almost time for your next dose.
If that's the case, skip the missed dose and take the medicine at the next regularly scheduled time.
Don't try to make up for the missed dose by taking extra medicine.
Q: Can long-term use of triamterene cause prediabetes or diabetes?


text:
Salone Police Under Attack
Home - News - Salone Police Under Attack
The Officer in Command of the Moyamba junction Police Station Inspector Mohamed S Sewa and two other Police Officers came under serious attacked by one Abdul Turay commonly known as Obio of Moyamba junction which left him with serious injuries on the left hand.
According to the Police commander, a report of wounding and other violent crime was reported against the said suspect by a woman who also resides at the Moyamba junction few days ago.
The commander went further that the two other police officers went to their house to effect an arrest in the presence of their parents and while waiting outside their room in the presence of their parents, little did they knew that the suspect and his cohorts have armed themselves with cutlasses and eventually opened the room door and slashed the left hand of the police commander leaving him with deep cut and then ran away.
He was rushed to the community health center for first Aid and later referred to the Moyamba Government Hospital for surgery.
Police officers in Moyamba District according to our information normally have issues with hardcore criminals whenever they received complained from community people.
It could be noted that the Moyamba District is a volatile ground for police officers especially when there is little or no logistics for officers to have in executing their duty for the public.
The Management Board of the Sierra Leone Police should steadily put the necessary mechanism in place for police officers that are manning hard to reach areas to have the required logistics for best policing.
Crime offenders hate the police with passions and they can do anything to discourage the local security with their felonious activities for their own selfish purpose.
I.G Ambrose Sovula and the Vice President should help the Sierra Leone Police on logistics and other security apparatus for peace and tranquility in the country.
Past and present governments have left the police in doldrums to the disappointment of the public and few police officers who are thinking alike.
The situation of several police officers across the country is nothing to write home about especially when they wanted to execute the duty by providing security for the public and also trying to effects arrests to the public is a herculean task especially in remote areas.
Attacked on the Sierra Leone Police is an attack to the state so criminals and crime offenders should trek cautiously on how they are targeting the police in the country.
The media team of the Police should up their engagement to the public on the critical role the Police is playing in the various Districts, Chiefdoms and Headquarters towns.
The Moyamba episode is one of the several attacked the Force for Good is receiving from the public which is unaccepted and someone somewhere need to add their voice on the erratic attack on police officers across the country.
A Woman of Many Firsts!!


text:
Saanich, B.C. approves height variance for Howard the Gnome
Sep 10, 2019 7:05 PM By: Glacier Media
Howard the Gnome arrives at Galey Farms in Saanich on Thursday, May 9. (via Glacier Media)
Howard the Gnome finally has a home.
Saanich council has approved a height variance that will allow the gigantic garden ornament to take up residence at Galey Farms, 4150 Blenkinsop Rd.
The gnome's future had been up in the air for weeks due to the fact that he stands 25 feet, 11 inches tall — 16 inches taller than zoning allows.
Councillors, however, agreed to overlook that discrepancy rather than cut Howard off at the knees and risk his Guinness World Record status as the largest garden gnome on the planet.
"It's time that we stood tall on these kinds of issues," Mayor Fred Haynes told council. "It's of course about supporting our local farmers and a wonderful family.
"But it's also about putting the smile on many children's faces and just raising the profile of the wonder of Saanich."
Not everyone was in support. A number of residents expressed concern about a massive, illuminated gnome looming over their properties.
But councillors were swayed by a staff report that said Galey Farms plans to install Howard for three weeks each year during its Fall Harvest Festival. Staff said the gnome will be removed and stored off site for the remainder of the year.
"The temporary positioning of the gnome, I think, is really what sells this for me," said Saanich Coun. Nathalie Chambers.
"I live on Blenkinsop. October is THE month on Blenkinsop. We've got the Galey corn maze. It's all going on. It's crazy.
"And I think that the Galey family have done the agri-tourism thing really well. They have made a lot of kids happy and they continue to grow food."
Coun. Colin Plant voiced his support as well.
"To me, this is about the 16 inches," he said. "It is not about the temporary or the permanent use; that's up to the [Agricultural Land Commission], because that's not within our jurisdiction. What's within our jurisdiction is the 16 inches. I don't think 16 inches is an unreasonable ask.
"And, for me, this is proof of a council showing support to a local farmer. We talk about supporting agriculture all the time in this chamber and here's a chance to support a local farmer who engages in agri-tourism."
Galey Farms was selected as Howard's new owner in March by descendants of the late Ron Hale, who built the gnome more than 20 years ago to advertise a now-closed amusement park in Nanoose.
Hale's family began searching for a new gnome home after learning Howard would have to move from his previous location at the Nanoose Bay Town Pantry and Chevron station by the end of April or be demolished.
The family received nearly a hundred offers and picked Galey Farms from a short list of five.
Bridget Matewish, Hale's granddaughter, told the Times Colonist at the time that they loved the Blenkinsop location and the fact that Howard would be a family attraction.
"We all had the same gut feeling that my grandfather would really like that location for him," she said.
Saanich staff said Howard will be installed in the northwest corner of the farm site and lit by LED lights that will turn off at 10 each night.
Rob Galey said Tuesday that he was "ecstatic" at council's decision to approve the variance.
"It's a big load off my shoulders," he said. "I have been worried. So much work has gone into him."
Galey said Howard has undergone a number of repairs and modifications that will allow him to wave his arm and blink his bright blue eyes.
"We actually built lips and gave him a smile, so he doesn't look scary anymore," he added. "He looks very, very friendly for the young children."
With the council decision behind him, Galey expects Howard to be in place for the farm's Pumpkinfest and Festival of Fear in October.
"I have not been able to get the smile off my face," he said. "My best buddy Howard is now legal and he's home here in Saanich at Galey Farms."
- Lindsay Kines, Times Colonist
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Ranking the area's best wide receivers…
Ranking the area's best wide receivers from the SGV, Pasadena and Whittier
Northview's Deshon Thompson and La Habra's Clark Phillips III lead the way
Northview's Deshon Thompson (5) runs for a touch down against Don Lugo in the first half of a prep football game at Don Lugo High School in Chino, Ca., on Friday Sept. 7, 2018. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
By Fred Robledo | frobledo@scng.com | San Gabriel Valley Tribune
PUBLISHED: August 12, 2019 at 9:46 am | UPDATED: August 13, 2019 at 12:28 pm
WIDE RECEIVERS: We rank the top five wide receivers from the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News and Whittier Daily News areas in our all-encompassing preseason rankings, which include some players who just missed the cut.
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1. Deshon Thompson, Northview, Junior
Thompson, who has an offer from Utah State, could end up being one of the most celebrated receivers ever from the San Gabriel Valley. He had a dominating sophomore campaign in which he hauled in 45 receptions for 1,072 yards and 15 touchdowns for the Valle Vista League champion Vikings, and he earned first-ream All-Area honors.
The Vikings blew out nearly everyone they faced while winning their first 12 games last season before a loss in the CIF-SS Division 7 semifinals. There were so many blowouts, often by halftime, that Thompson didn't play much in the second half of several games, so his numbers could have been much higher.
Thompson plays alongside his brother Damion, a senior, and they should form one of the area's most dynamic receiving tandems.
Thompson also excels on defense, as he grabbed five interceptions a year ago.
2. Clark Phillips III, La Habra, Senior
Phillips' primary position is defensive back, the position he'll play when he heads to Ohio State next year, but he's also the Highlanders' top receiver. With quarterback Ryan Zanelli back for La Habra, watch out for Phillips, the Whittier Daily News' offensive player of the year in 2018.
As a cornerback, the 5-foot-10, 175-pound senior is ranked No. 4 in the nation by 247 sports. He's also versatile. Phillips led the team a year ago with 54 receptions for 1,210 yards and 19 touchdowns.
It's clear Phillips is one of the best all-around players in the Southland. He could be used a variety of ways, but there's no doubt he is one of the toughest covers in the Southland and will be one of the featured players to watch this season.
3. Tanner Tomko, St. Francis, Senior
The gritty Golden Knights receiver has offers from the University of San Diego, Valparaiso and UC Davis, and he is a returning first team all-league and first-team All-Area player.
Tomko caught 40 passes for 791 yards and seven touchdowns last season, and will be the Golden Knights' primary target again this season.
The big question is how much St. Francis will throw the football with so much depth at running back and with a first-year quarterback in charge? But there is no doubt Tomko deserves to be mentioned with the best-of-the-best in our rankings.
4. Cade Marshman, Glendora, Senior
The 6-foot, 160-pound senior is primed for another big season for the Palomares League favorites after hauled in 71 receptions for 1,086 yards and 12 touchdowns in 2018.
Jacob Gonzalez is back at quarterback for a team that went 11-2 last season and could contend for the Division 5 title, and Marshman will be a key contributor as he has the ability to be used all over the field as a playmaker.
5. Thonye Charles, South Hills, Senior
The Huskies' balanced offense last year was a big reason they won the CIF Southern Section Division 5 title, but whenever they needed a big catch or a big play, they went to Charles and he delivered. He finished with 45 catches for 889 yards and 15 touchdowns. There should be more big connections this season with the team's returning quarterback, Khalil Ali.
Charles is a threat to any defense, and if he can continue to make big catches, South Hills could end up winning another Hacienda League title.
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Muir has two receivers that you won't be able to take your eyes off. One is Jamier Johnson, a junior who transferred from Northview. He has Ohio State, Oregon and nearly every Pac-12 school recruiting him. He was the Vikings' second-leading receiver last season behind Deshon Thompson, who is No. 1 in our rankings.
Muir's other standout is John Humphrey, who transferred from La Canada. Humphrey recently committed to UCLA as a cornerback, but he figures to be one of the Mustangs' big-time threats this season at wideout. His pairing with Johnson gives Muir one of the most talented receiving corps in the area.
Workman's James Odom had the best year statistically of any receiver in the area, though the Lobos competed in Division 13 and the Montview League. He had 92 receptions for 2,011 yards and 21 touchdowns. Lobos quarterback Ike Idengwu, who threw for 3,440 yards last season, has graduated. If the Lobos can find another capable QB, Odom could go off again.
Bonita's Aalias Williams is back after catching 83 passes for 1,247 yards and 10 touchdowns last season for the pass-happy offense of coach Steve Bogan. The Bearcats will have a new quarterback this year, but Williams should be busy at wideout.
Los Altos junior Zedekiah Rodriguez showed last season he could be a special talent by catching 32 passes for 862 yards and 11 touchdowns in 2018.
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Just like Pep Guardiola, Manchester City player Danilo has also claimed Raheem Sterling could've told the referee that he wasn't fouled in the box against Shakhtar Donetsk.
The English player stumbled inside the box on the 23rd minute in the Champions League game, with the official giving City the chance to score their second goal of the 6-0 win.
Now on top of Group F with nine points, Manchester City only need to beat Lyon in the next fixture to confirm their qualification in first place.
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SOUTHAMPTON have reportedly received no transfer offers for defender Virgil van Dijk despite several clubs being interested.
Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City are all thought to be monitoring the Dutch defender.
Antonio Conte's side are looking to bolster their squad ahead of a Champions League campaign next season, with Liverpool likely to be thinking along the same lines.
And Pep Guardiola is planning an overhaul of his backline as several ageing defenders have now departed the Etihad, namely Pablo Zabaleta, Gael Clichy and Bacary Sagna.
But the Daily Echo claim Saints have received no offers for Van Dijk as the summer transfer window looms.
Apparently Southampton are keen to hold onto their star defender, who missed the tail end of last season with a foot injury.
And the Echo adds that Saints think Van Dijk's value could rise even further next summer as he still has several years left on his current deal.
They reckon a figure north of £60m would be required to prise the Holland international away from St Mary's.
Man City are looking to bring in several star players this summer to get them battling for the Premier League title next time around.
Starsport understand Guardiola's side are closing in on a £40m deal for Tottenham right-back Kyle Walker as well as wanting to add Van Dijk to the squad.
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Jim Breyer "has been responsible for Accel's investments in over twenty-five companies that have completed public offerings or successful mergers. These include Actuate (ACTU), Agile Software (AGIL), Centillion (acquired by Bay Networks), Centrum (acquired by 3Com), Claremont, Collabra (acquired by Netscape/America On-line),Corsair (acquired by Lightbridge Communications), Datasweep / Rockwell (ROK), Foundry Networks (FDRY), Hyperion Solutions (HYSL); Lightspan/Plato Learning (TUTR), Macromedia (MACR), Microprose, Motive (MOTV), Narrative (acquired by @Home), RealNetworks (RNWK), RedBack Networks (RBAK), Savista/Accenture (ACN), Synopsys (SNPS), and Walmart.com (WMT). Recent mergers include Alphablox / IBM, BrassRing / Kenexa, and Groove Networks / Microsoft.
"Jim is currently on the Board of Directors of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc (WMT), where he is the Lead / Presiding Independent Director, and Chairman of the Strategic Planning and Finance Committee. He also serves on the board of Marvel Entertainment (MVL) where he is the founding Chairman of the Strategic Planning and Finance Committee, RealNetworks (RNWK) where he is the Lead/Presiding Independent Director, and a number of privately held companies such as BBN Technologies, Brightcove, Facebook, ModelN, and Prosper Marketplace.
"Jim is on the Strategic Investment Committee/Board of Accel-KKR and IDG-Accel China Fund.
"Earlier, Jim worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in New York, and in product marketing and management at Apple Computer and Hewlett Packard.
"Jim is the former Chairman of the National Venture Capital Association, a former President of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists, and on the Board of the Associates of the Harvard Business School, Pacific Community Ventures, Stanford Technology Ventures Program, and Technet. Jim is Chairman of the Stanford Engineering Venture Fund, former Chairman of the Harvard Business School California Research Center, and is the Chairman of the Silicon Valley region committee for Stanford University's Campaign for Undergraduate Education. In December 2005, Jim was appointed an Honorary Professor at the 1,000 year-old Yuelu Academy, Hunan University, China. He graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. degree and from Harvard University with an M.B.A. where he was named a Baker Scholar." [1]
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Cofounder, FWD.us [3]
↑ Jim Breyer, Accel, accessed July 31, 2007.
↑ Directors, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, accessed June 12, 2010.
↑ FWD.us Supporters, organizational web page, accessed May 14, 2013.
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The Fatah and Hamas factions met at the official Muqata compound in the Palestinian capital Ramallah today, with President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh attempting to calm the situation after armed clashes between their supporters claimed at least ten lives over the past two weeks. (YNet, May 24)
Meanwhile, some 25 armored vehicles, accompanied by helicopters of the Israeli occupation forces, invaded Ramallah. Laying siege to one building in the city center, the occupation forces opened fire throughout the city, killing four Palestinians and injuring at least 40. The assault lasted two hours and was met by local Palestinian youths with stone-throwing.
The Israeli army claims they encountered heavy gun-fire, but eyewitnesses say that only two gunshots had been fired in the direction of the occupation forces. Three of the four killed had no affiliation with any armed resistance groups, Palestinian sources claim. Five Palestinians were arrested, among them Mohammed al-Shobaki, head of the armed wing of Islamic Jihad. According to sources at the Ramallah hospital, the Israeli forces prevented ambulances from reaching the wounded and the dead until their withdrawal. Residents also say the occupation forces caused extensive property damage in the incursion, smashing cars and shops. (Arab Monitor, May 24)
Meanwhile, violence continues in Gaza, where a gunfight between Palestinian security forces and the newly established Hamas militia left one (Fatah-loyal) police officer dead and four others wounded. Both Hamas and Fatah accused each other of starting the shootout. (YNet, May 24)
Gunmen also shot three Hamas followers after abducting them briefly in Gaza yesterday, medics and Hamas sources said. Hamas sources said that three unarmed men were kidnapped at dawn in the Gaza town of Khan Younis and dropped in a street a short time later with gunshot wounds. No group claimed responsibility for the shootings. (Lexpress, May 24) One of the men later died of his wounds. Also yesterday, Nabil Hodhod, a Gaza commander of the Fatah-loyal Preventive Security Service, was killed when his car blew up. Nobody claimed responsibility, but suspicion has fallen on Hamas. (Seattle Times, The Guardian, May 24)
One day earlier, on May 23, Israel's military conducted a multi-service exercise to test its capability to launch an invasion of the Gaza Strip. The military's Southern Command led the exercise, that included representatives of the army, navy and air force. Military sources said the exercise focused on the ability of the three services to communicate with each other and share situational awareness. "This does not mean we're invading Gaza," a military source said. "That's a political decision. Our job is to be ready for anything." (Middle East News Line, May 24)
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Companies try hard to stop their employees from viewing NCAA tournament games each March. Human resource departments struggle to stop employees from watching their favorite teams. So much so that the NCAA March Madness application has a "boss mode" that will change the tournament live stream into a fake spreadsheet.
But should companies be paying attention to their employees' viewing habits or should they turn their attention to a different threat lurking in the shadows?
Hackers live for these kinds of events because more people use their internet of things (IoT) web-connected devices at work to watch NCAA tournament games, Ofer Amitai, CEO of cybersecurity solutions company Portnox, told Bloomberg BNA. These cybercriminals always try to find "a hook into something that consumers love" to launch phishing, malware, botnet and other kinds of cyberattacks, he said.
If hackers are successful, they'll be able to glean important corporate information in addition to the troves of email addresses, credit card numbers, password information and other sensitive consumer data, Amitai said.
There's also big money on the line in addition to the troves of consumer data available to hackers. In 2014, Warren Buffet, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, insured a $1 billion prize by Quicken Loans Inc. if someone successfully picked the perfect bracket, according to Bloomberg View. Although the odds of picking a successful bracket is 1 in 9 quintillion, if a cybercriminal is able to successfully alter a bracket or disrupt a game in any manner the action could have serious financial consequences.
Companies need to up their cybersecurity posture during these big events that will draw more web traffic, Amitai said. Generally, companies should use controls to limit what devices are connected to protected internal networks, limit applications installed on corporate devices and educate employees on how to avoid those costly phishing schemes.
Alternatively, companies could allow employees to watch the NCAA tournament games through approved websites, Amitai said. Employees that are allowed to watch games may be a bit distracted during the day but won't harm corporate networks or add costly cybersecurity risk to the company, he said. In fact, March Madness may even make workers more productive and happy throughout the day, according to Bloomberg News.
At the end of the day, "cybersecurity is translated into dollars and cost for the organization" and the cheapest counter-measure is to let employees watch the games, Amitai said.


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Aaron: Court will decide about 'latent defect'
By Bob AaronContributing Columnist
Fri., May 13, 2011timer3 min. read
Does a seller have an obligation to disclose to a purchaser with young children the fact that a person convicted of child pornography lives across the street? That was the issue in a court case which came before Justice Alexandra Hoy in March of this year.
The plaintiffs were Jason Dennis and Rebecca Bound, a husband and wife who are the parents of two young children. After they purchased a house in Bracebridge from William and Helen Gray, they discovered that a person convicted under the child pornography provisions of the Criminal Code lived across the street and that this was common knowledge in the neighbourhood.
The Grays were aware of this, knew the buyers had young children, and did not disclose it to them. The buyers have not lived in the property and do not intend to.
Last year, Dennis and Bound sued the Grays and the real estate agents involved in the transaction. They based their claim on the failure to disclose what in law is known as a hidden or latent defect in the home, namely the fact that a neighbour with a particular criminal record lived on the street, and represented a potential danger to the children of the purchasers.
In March of this year, before the case was scheduled for trial, the Grays asked a judge to strike out the claim against them because it disclosed no reasonable cause of action. Their position was that even if the facts were proved, there was no legal basis for a court to award damages to the plaintiffs.
The test on the motion to dismiss this case before trial was whether it is "plain and obvious" that the seller of a house does not have to disclose to a purchaser with young children the fact that a person convicted of child pornography lives across the street — a situation which was common knowledge in the neighbourhood.
In other words, Hoy succinctly stated the issue by asking whether it is "plain and obvious" that such a fact does not in law amount to the kind of latent defect which must be disclosed to a purchaser.
If it was "plain and obvious" to the court that the plaintiff's action was doomed, the judge would have to dismiss the case.
In general, the doctrine of caveat emptor, or buyer beware, applies to the sale of land. The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a buyer who does not protect himself by contract or by inspection will, in the absence of fraud, have no case against the sellers.
The only exception to this rule is that a seller may be liable to the purchasers of a resale home if he knows of a hidden defect which renders the property dangerous or unfit for habitation and fails to disclose it. This exception was the basis of the plaintiffs' case.
In her decision on the Grays' motion to dismiss the case, Hoy reviewed a number of Canadian court cases decided between 1979 and 2006 to determine how the courts have treated hidden defects. These cases deal with defects such as landslides, radioactive soil, landfills on or near the property, leaky basements and hidden structural, electric and plumbing defects.
Hoy noted that the buyers' claim was novel and raised policy issues, including the protection of children and whether, if successful, the case would have the effect of making the reintegration into society of persons convicted of certain crimes more difficult.
Hoy concluded that it was not "plain and obvious" that the plaintiffs' action would fail. She dismissed the sellers' application to strike out the buyers' claim, effectively ruling that the case should go to trial and that there was a chance that the buyers could succeed — even though it might be a challenge for the court to stretch the definition of latent defect to include the ex-convict across the road.
The real estate community will be watching the outcome of this case with considerable interest.
Bob Aaron is a Toronto real estate lawyer and consumer advocate. He can be reached at bob@aaron.ca. Visit his website at www.aaron.ca.


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Sister of French IS brothers jailed for 'terrorist association'
The court also found Clain's husband guilty and handed him a ten-year sentence.
By AFP News
November 21, 2019 09:21 GMT
A French court on Wednesday jailed Anne Diana Clain, whose two brothers were notorious propagandists for Islamic State, for nine years for terrorist association.
Paris's criminal courts handed down the sentence to Clain, 44, for having attempted between 2015 and 2016 to head to conflict-ravaged Syria with her husband and four children to join her brothers Fabien and Jean-Michel Clain.
Fabien Clain has been identified as the voice in an audio recording claiming responsibility for the 2015 Paris attacks which killed 130 people and warning that they were just "the beginning of the storm". His brother has also been accused of being an IS propagandist in Syria.
The court also found Clain's husband Mohamed Amri, a 58-year-old Tunisian, guilty and handed him a ten-year sentence as presiding judge Isabelle Prevost-Desprez highlighted the couple's determination to reach Syria.
"That project failed but not because you wanted it to -- you never gave up on (the idea) of your own volition," she said, recalling how Anne Clain's attempt to reach Syria failed when the convert to Islam was arrested at the Turkish border in July 2016.
"You took your children off on a deadly trip as far as your arrest in Turkey on the Syrian border," said Prevost-Despreznte, saying the scheme was "extremely serious."
Artist's impression shows Clain (right) and her husband (second right) during the trial in Paris Photo: AFP / Benoit PEYRUCQ Benoit Peyrucq/AFP
Amri had claimed the couple had not been planning to stay in Syria but merely to visit family.
The couple's entourage, including their children, burst into tears when sentencing was passed down.
The prosecution had called for ten-year jail terms for both.
Anne Clain left France in August 2015 with Amri, their three children and his son from a previous relationship, all four of them minors.
She said in testimony that she had hoped to experience an Islamic "utopia" but admitted she had been blind to the ideology of her radicalised brothers and that of the Islamic State group.
Clain's lawyers said she had renounced those beliefs over the past three years and added she would appeal.
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The things that Elizabeth Shaughnessy loves about playing the game are tactics, problem solving, and of course, winning. But what she loves most about chess itself is its ability to cross boundaries and appeal to all ages. One of her early memories was as a child in Ireland watching her father play with a Lithuanian WWII refugee whose family hers was sheltering. By the age of five Elizabeth's father had taught her chess, and she, her father, and brother played for fun.
It wasn't until she attended University College in Dublin to study architecture that she began to seriously study the game when she joined the chess team there. In 1969 she played in her first chess Olympiad in Lublin, Poland. In 1970 she became the Irish Women's chess champion. After graduating, Elizabeth went to Yugoslavia to be part of the international team that built New Belgrade. She continued to build schools and hospitals in Dublin, London, and the United States.
Elizabeth met and married Stephen Shaughnessy, an American attorney, and settled in Berkeley. Raising three children was a full time job, which left her with no time (or energy!) to play chess. She would not resume playing chess until 1998 when she once again qualified for the Irish women's team and played at the Chess Olympiad in Elista, Kalmikia. Since then, Elizabeth has played in chess Olympiads in Istanbul, Slovenia, Italy, and Germany. As an Executive Board member of the USCF she represented the U.S. at the Chess Olympiad in Spain in 2004.
In 1981 Elizabeth was asked to volunteer-teach chess at her son's school in Berkeley. Soon more schools were asking for chess instruction, and even though she was volunteering five days a week, she still could not serve every school seeking chess instruction. Noting the diverse appeal of chess and the incredible demand for it (BCS serves over 5,000 girls and boys in kindergarten through 12th grade in over 120 schools), she founded the non-profit Berkeley Chess School. George Koltanowski, her long time friend and mentor, served on the BCS board until his passing in 2000. During this time Elizabeth also served as a delegate for the United States Chess Federation, and was dually appointed as Scholastic Director for Northern California.
After the Berkeley School District declared bankruptcy, Elizabeth was urged by colleagues and friends to run for election to the school board. She was elected in 1986. With the help of many others, Elizabeth and other school board members were able to dispense of the state bankruptcy overseer and get the books back in the black within one year. She was re-elected, and continued to serve until 1994.
In 2002, Elizabeth was elected to the board of CalChess, where she served as President from 2003–2005. She was also elected to serve on the board of the United States Chess Federation in 2004.
For her longstanding dedication to the community, Elizabeth has won several awards, including a $25,000 Avanti! MAGIC award for community service and a 2004 "Hometown Hero" award by the Berkeley Rotary Club. In 1992 and again in 1993 she received the USCF's Membership Leader award. In 2007 she received a Certificate of Special Recognition from Congresswoman Barbara Lee for her dedication to Alameda County's children. (In 2009 she was named one of Bank of America's five Bay Area Local Heroes).
Although she once walked over 100 miles on the Pilgrim's Walk in Spain, when asked about her proudest achievement, Elizabeth immediately says her children. She is proud that they've grown to be good human beings, to have a sense of perspective on what is important in life, and she knows they will contribute to society. Elizabeth also knows that BCS is doing enormously good work — if she didn't believe that, she would have retired long ago to play the piano and study chess. What she hopes for the Berkeley Chess School is to find a permanent home to enable it to continue the good work.