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Vol. 63 – Recreational Marijuana and Child Custody in Nevada
by Marshal S. Willick | Feb 10, 2017 | Newsletter | 2 comments
A legal note from Marshal Willick about the impact of approval of "Question 2 – Initiative to Regulate and Tax Marijuana" on child custody matters in Nevada.
In 2001, Nevada voters approved the "Nevada Medical Marijuana Act." In 2017, possession of less than 1 ounce of marijuana flowers and one-eighth an ounce of concentrated THC was de-criminalized, with sale to be phased in over a period of years.
Recreational marijuana presents challenges for family court. On the one hand, recreational marijuana use will be legal. On the other hand – like alcohol or multiple other substances – if used or abused during custodial time, the effects of marijuana could place children at risk.
I. NEVADA FAMILY COURT BACKGROUND
At best, the history of the intersection of drug use and family court has been both "personal" and mixed. Judicial reactions to evidence of a parent smoking marijuana over the past 20 years has been as varied as "no big deal" to the posting of signs in the courtroom demanding that parents choose between drugs and their children in an either/or selection and near-automatic loss of custody to the using parent.
At least one current family court judge appears to have a zero tolerance approach to a parent using marijuana, even when it has been prescribed under the existing medical marijuana statutes. Given that some "prescribing physicians" market themselves as "Dr. Reefer" and "Dr. Green Relief," some level of judicial skepticism can be seen as understandable, but the point here is the utter lack of uniformity in current family court treatment of issues relating to marijuana – and therefore predictability to potential litigants.
If anything could be labeled a "prevailing approach" in family court of a parent using medical marijuana, it would be "caution and scrutiny."
II. THE QUESTION OF "USE" VERSUS "ABUSE"; DUE PROCESS, TECHNOLOGY, AND IMPACT ON CHILDREN
A major concern in the legalization of recreational marijuana is how to determine when someone goes beyond enjoying a legal activity to the point that "abuse" occurs. There are two questions as to marijuana use in a family law context – impairment of the parent and direct effect on the child.
First, as to parental impairment, the concern is much the same as with alcohol. Where no prima facie case of abuse, neglect, or similar problems have been shown, family court judges largely ignore whether a parent has a glass of wine or whisky during that parent's custodial time or otherwise, as they should.
If a case has been made out of impairment affecting parenting of a child, a family court judge will generally order that a suspected alcohol-abusing parent is not to consume any alcohol during custodial time. Such orders may be monitored through various technological means, such as the Options Patch Program, or Sober Link or Smart Start (automobile detector/interface systems).
It is relatively easy for the court to monitor alleged alcohol abuse and use during custodial time, to try to balance an individual's rights to behave as desired with the court's legitimate goal in protecting the health and safety of minor children involved in custodial disputes. The existing technology is considered sufficiently sophisticated to allow a court to order a breathalyzer test at custodial exchanges and periodically throughout custodial time using a portable device. If the alleged abuser registers a positive test, the court may intervene and even suspend custody within days, if not hours, of the violation.
The primary technological problem with monitoring marijuana impairment is that the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, THC, stays in the body long after the inebriating effects have gone away. A parent ingesting marijuana 5 days before exercising custodial time is still likely to test positive for THC.
Current tests for marijuana impairment are primitive. In recent years, home urine tests have been released on the market. However, these only test for THC in the system and cannot be relied upon to determine impairment at any given moment.
The Nevada authorities are under fire for using drug detection tests at roadside stops that are considered "grossly unreliable." The Colorado State Highway Patrol currently uses a marijuana DUI device, as part of a 3 year pilot program, which tests saliva for narcotics and produces a report within 5 minutes. There is no word on if or when these devices will be available to the public, or if they would be sufficiently "valid" to be useful if they were available.
A blood test for marijuana impairment – besides requiring trained medical staff to draw blood and run the tests – would not produce an instant report while a parent has custody of a child.
By the time the test results could be delivered and evaluated, the children might be in and out of that parent's custody multiple times. Then the court would have to hold proceedings, take evidence, and make findings that the parent with a positive marijuana test result was impaired while caring for the children – likely requiring expert testimony at a cost out of reach for many or most litigants.
Along the same lines is the matter of THC-laced edibles; as with a quart bottle of Wild Turkey, the general and obvious direction is to "keep it away from the kids."
The second question of potential harm to a child from marijuana use by a parent is the potential direct effect by exposure to second hand smoke. This is a bit different than the alcohol analysis, since no matter how drunk a parent might get, the child is not typically directly affected by the parent's consumption of the substance.
Current research is uncertain. While certain advocates continue to maintain there are "no harmful effects" from exposure to marijuana smoke, some social science research persistently shows evidence of at least a correlative (but not necessarily causal) relationship between significant marijuana use and cognitive declines and decreased school and test performance.
In the current state of research, a family court judge might well be concerned not so much with temporal concerns (parental use of marijuana during custodial time) as with proximity (use of marijuana where the child could be directly exposed to second hand smoke).
It is possible that the other parent could make out a case for custodial modification by testing the child directly – if a child shows measurable THC, then it would be reasonable to conclude that the child was being exposed to marijuana smoke by someone. The current at-home tests are apparently adequate for this purpose. In the absence of any known standard for how much of such exposure is demonstrably safe, it would not be too much of a stretch for that parent to demand that the child should be THC-free.
It is obviously inappropriate for a family court judge to issue orders regarding child custody that have nothing to do with parental fitness or direct harm to the child during that person's parenting time; any such order would smack of being "arbitrary and capricious" – based more on personal sentiment or opinion as to lifestyle and morality than any valid legal rationale. (For a related analysis, see Legal Note Vol. 22 — Parental Sexual Conduct, posted at https://www.willicklawgroup.com/vol-22-parental-sexual-conduct/.)
But a court might be rightly concerned with either allegations of neglect or abuse by reason of parental impairment, or of direct harm to the child by way of exposure. If the other parent could make out a prima facie case of either of those two possibilities, a traditional "best interest" custodial review would be warranted.
III. HOW OTHER STATES RECONCILE LEGAL MARIJUANA USE AND CUSTODY
In States where marijuana is legal, whether for medical use or recreationally, that legal status does not act as a total defense against a child custody modification. The older the case, the more skeptical the courts tend to appear.
In 2008, the Washington Court of Appeals framed the holding in In re Marriage of Wieldraayer, No. 59429-0-I, 2008 Wash. App. LEXIS 2916, (Ct. App. Dec. 22, 2008) as a double negative: the mere entitlement to use medical marijuana "does not mean that such use is not detrimental to [minor children]." The court called into question the intent behind the parent's use of medical marijuana as he had previously used marijuana for its "intoxicating effects" prior to obtaining the prescription.
The Court of Appeal of California held in In re Alexis E., 171 Cal. App. 4th 438, 451, Cal. Rptr. 3d 44, 54 (2009) that it had "no quarrel with Father's assertion that his use of medical marijuana, without more, cannot support a jurisdiction finding that such use brings the minor within the jurisdiction of the dependency court." In other words, the trial court was not permitted to restrict custody or visitation on the basis that a parent was simply using medical marijuana, absent further findings that the use harmed or endangered the child.
However, the appellate court affirmed the lower court's finding that it had jurisdiction because the father was a habitual marijuana smoker prior to obtaining the prescription for marijuana, and the case evidence indicated that the father used marijuana in the home with the children present. So a dependency inquiry into harm or danger was proper.
In Colorado, the controlling statutes require a "finding of endangerment to the child's physical health" to restrict parenting time, and the Court of Appeals of Colorado held in 2010 that mere usage of medical marijuana by a parent does not rise to the level of endangerment of the child. In Re Marriage of Parr, 240 P.3d 509 (Colo. Ct. App. 2010).
An unpublished decision by the Court of Appeals of Arizona, Gerald M. v. Dep't of Child Safety, No. 2 CA-JV 2015-0130, 2016 Ariz. App. Unpub. LEXIS 552, at *21 (Ct. App. May 4, 2016), set the threshold for Court intervention as a finding that a parent using medical marijuana is unable to "discharge his parental responsibilities." Absent this finding, "the court [is] not entitled to draw conclusions about his level of use or any associated impairment."
In other words, the general trajectory of case law appears to be an increasing acceptance of marijuana use by parents – like alcohol use – with the question evolving from the fact of the parent's use to an examination of the impact on the child, if any, either directly (i.e., the second-hand smoke issue) or indirectly (i.e., impairment of the using parent's ability to properly parent the child).
IV. CONCLUSION
Legalized marijuana is a reality, and it would be a mistake for the judiciary to pretend otherwise. An insistence on treating any marijuana use by a parent, by itself, as disqualifying a parent from primary or joint custody would appear to run afoul not just of our child custody statutes and case law, but perhaps of equal protection and due process guarantees as well.
If Nevada is to be part of the judicial consensus on this issue, our family courts should rule that the mere use of marijuana by a parent is not enough to restrict custodial time. Rather, the courts should base their rulings on a "marijuana plus" analysis.
The question is whether a prima facie case exists of either direct or indirect harm to a child based on a parent's marijuana use – not "moral" harm, but actual physical harm or risk of abuse or neglect. If so, the normal evidentiary standards and burdens apply, and the matter can reach a conclusion based on a legitimate best interest analysis. If not, judicial "disapproval" has no legitimate place in the analysis.
V. QUOTES OF THE ISSUE
"I tried marijuana once. I did not inhale."
– William J. Clinton
"I don't do drugs though, just weed."
– Thurgood Jenkins, Half-Baked
"[Marijuana is] the real Public Enemy #1 . . . turning all the children into hooligans and whores."
– Alan Cumming's Reefer Madness
"I was gonna pay my child support but then I got high."
– Afroman
"Dave's not here."
– Cheech & Chong
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Jeff Sessions on March 6, 2017 at 10:50 pm
Section 228 of Title 18, United States Code, makes it illegal for an individual to willfully fail to pay child support in certain circumstances. However, there seems to be a problem with using the Federal Child Support Laws to Compel a sober, Obligor parent to enable an obligee parent to violate the Controlled Substances Act – providing them with Child Suport due to the federal law, and then the other parent turns around and violates the Controlled Substances Act but growing and/or being under the influence of marijuana in the home of the child – this seems unjust, especially when there may be a father or mother willing to be the primary physical custodian of the child.
On a federal level, marijuana is still illegal, and the 9th Circuit recently stated in Wilson v. Lynch that not only is possession of a medical marijuana card circumstantial evidence of recent use, but they also state the following:
It is beyond dispute that illegal drug users, including marijuana users, are likely as a consequence of that use to experience altered or impaired mental states that affect their judgment and that can lead to irrational or unpredictable behavior. See Carter, 750 F.3d at 469–70.
Marshal S. Willick on March 11, 2017 at 9:49 pm
"Unjust," like "pornography," is often in the eye of the beholder. While it is possible that a judge might buy the argument, it is more likely not to succeed. Your position is analogous to the argument of a child support obligor who is complaining about alleged deficiencies in the performance of the primary custodian regarding visitation, or alleging some deficiency in dealing with property terms, or that the recipient has violated federal tax laws, and who wants to withhold support until those other matters are resolved. The modern trend is to hold that the subjects are unrelated — essentially that "two wrongs do not make a right" — so the obligor is not permitted to withhold support based on matters extraneous to support itself.
As detailed in the note to which you are responding, the proper argument of a secondary custodian alleging impairment of the primary caretaker is to challenge custodial status directly, on that basis. If the child is being adversely affected, directly or indirectly, then the court can and presumably would take corrective action to the degree deemed necessary to serve the child's best interest.
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DeKalb County Judge William Brady looks at Charles Ridulph's attorney Bruce Brandwein (right) on Tuesday while asking about the formal hearing date that will work with his schedule and the witnesses after denying DeKalb County State's Attorney Richard Schmack's (left) request to limit the testimony in court at the DeKalb County Courthouse. A hearing will be allowed to determine whether Schmack made statements that compromised his impartiality regarding Jack McCullough's conviction and recent release from prison.
SYCAMORE – A DeKalb judge will allow a hearing to determine whether DeKalb County State's Attorney Richard Schmack made statements that compromised his objectivity in Jack McCullough's prison release.
On Tuesday, DeKalb County Judge William Brady denied Schmack's request to bar testimony from the brother of 1957 murder victim Maria Ridulph, and chose to move forward with a formal hearing regarding alleged statements made by the state's attorney.
Maria Ridulph's older brother, Charles Ridulph, claimed in May that Schmack promised during the 2012 campaign to drop murder charges against Jack McCullough. McCullough was convicted in 2012 of abducting Maria, 7, from near her Sycamore home and killing her. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Brady agreed with Schmack's request to dismiss murder charges against McCullough, 76, in April.
At an evidentiary hearing scheduled for 9 a.m. Aug. 5, Brandwein will try to prove Schmack's involvement in the 59-year-old cold case is undermined by a campaign promise.
The attorney will call Charles Ridulph and former Assistant State's Attorney Julie Trevarthen as witnesses, he said. Ogle County State's Attorney Eric Morrow has agreed to cross-examine Schmack and other witnesses in place of the DeKalb County State's Attorney if the situation arises.
Trevarthen said she "heard Mr. Schmack state that if elected as state's attorney he would dismiss the murder charges," court documents show.
"[Charles Ridulph] is going to be able to tell his side of the story and whether we win or lose, he's going to get his side of the story out," Brandwein said after court Tuesday.
In a statement filed Monday, Schmack said he acted only within the obligations of his role as state's attorney.
Although he does remember being in the courthouse's attorney lounge in the summer of 2012, when he is accused of having declared McCullough's innocence, he never said the former Seattle cop shouldn't be tried, Schmack wrote.
"No one, myself included, expressed the view that the FBI had necessarily been right, or that the trial should not proceed," Schmack said.
He also remembers meeting with Charles Ridulph in 2014 and talking about scenarios in which the case could be returned for retrial, and and errors that the appellate defender would claim occurred.
"It was my opinion at the time that should the case be returned for retrial in that posture, it would be difficult, if not impossible, to obtain a conviction," Schmack said. "I did candidly advise Charles Ridulph of my opinion."
Should Brady find Schmack did have any conflict of interest in the case, the judge could appoint a special prosecutor to review Schmack's finding that the charges against McCullough should be dismissed, Brandwein said.
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Hey guys! How's it going on? Are you guys still watching Dragon Ball Super: Broly? Leave that behind and get on with the new stuff! We have been seeing Dragon Ball Super: Broly promos and teasers for a lot of months now. We need to focus our attention on Dragon Ball Super Chapter 44 now! The latest Dragon Ball Super Chapter has a lot of surprises but we are going to talk about one specific character development!
If you still haven't read Dragon Ball Super Chapter 44, I would advise you to go read it as this post might contain some minor spoilers. The Dragon Ball Super Official English chapter 44 has been released on Viz and I would recommend you guys to read it there only. Well, the chapter started with Goku being surprised because while he was looking for Moro, Moro himself figured out that Goku is looking for him. This was really weird.
Goku tells everyone at the Galactic Patrol that Moro is heading for planet Namek and is most probably after the Dragon Balls. The prisoners confirm this fact as there was a prisoner from Frieza Force who spread the rumor about the Dragon Balls which can grant any wishes. Moro escaped with this prisoner and is now heading to planet Namek. Goku and Vegeta, without wasting any time instant transmits to planet Namek to stop Moro.
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Offshore wind partnership seeks first step of site control
FLOATING TURBINES Matthew Marshall, executive director of the Redwood Coast Energy Authority, describes why the North Coast is an ideal area for offshore wind energy at public meeting in Eureka. Daniel Mintz | Union
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HUMBOLDT – A public-private partnership is aiming to gain site control for an offshore wind energy project that will deploy 10 to 15 turbines and produce up to 150 megawatts of electricity.
At a Sept. 25 public meeting held in Eureka, representatives of the partnership said winning site control through a federal lease auction in 2020 will be a first step. The process will then proceed with project design and studies of environmental and socio-economic impacts.
Matthew Marshall, the executive director of the Redwood Coast Energy Authority (RCEA), told an audience of about 50 people at Eureka's Wharfinger Building that the project will be sited 25 to 30 miles offshore of the Eureka area.
The ocean environment will shape the project's design. "The offshore turbines are very big – unlike on land, you don't have the constraint of moving things around by truck," he said. "So the scale of these is much larger and with fewer turbines, there is more efficiency and reduced costs."
Marshall added that the tip of the turbine blades will reach about the height of the Golden Gate Bridge. "You're getting into the 600-foot tall range," he said.
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For context, Marshall said the former Samoa pulp mill's smokestack is 300 feet tall – and the turbines' height may even be more than twice as tall as that.
"So they will be very big but there will be fewer of them and they'll be more spaced out," he continued.
RCEA is partnering with three companies on the project, the globally-active EDP Renewables, Norway's Aker Solutions and Principle Power, an Emeryville, California company that specializes in floating turbine platforms.
The turbines will be mounted on the floating platforms, which will be anchored to the sea bed by synthetic lines.
A federal agency, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, is helming the process and leasing the project area. The leasing is competitive and awarded through bidding.
Mark Severy of Humboldt State University's Schatz Energy Research Center, described the center's independent offshore wind feasibility studies. Funded through a variety of sources, the studies assess all aspects of offshore wind development, including a range of potential impacts.
But the partnership's specific impact and feasibility assessments won't be launched until site control is gained. Tyler Studds, an employee of EDP Renewables, acknowledged that there are concerns about that.
"One concern is, 'You're committing to a particular site and then you're doing the research? What if you find something out that tells you the site doesn't work?'" he said.
He added that "to mitigate that risk, we've done a lot of research upfront, talking to stakeholders and doing work to identify upfront a site that mitigates potential impacts."
The outreach includes tapping the concerns of environmental groups to "identify key research questions" on potential impacts, including those affecting whales and seabirds.
On the socio-economic scale, the local fishing industry is facing significant impacts. Ken Bates of the Humboldt Fishermen's Marketing Association emphasized that his group's members have been acutely affected by ocean trends related to climate change and generally support projects that reduce carbon emissions.
But the project will inevitably impact fishermen. "When someone from the fishing fleet looks at a project like this, the first thing we look at, instantly, is how much ground we are going to lose," said Bates.
In addition to the "initial footprint of the project itself," undersea power transmission cables will demand surface area travel lanes for installation and maintenance vessels, he continued. The vessel travel lanes will also have to be clear of fishing gear and Bates said there will also be impacts to fishermen in the harbor area.
He added that the project's partnership has taken a positive step in doing early outreach, which has been lacking in other areas of California and the United States.
After the project site's lease auction is held in 2020, project design and impact/feasibility assessments will follow. If those elements are favorable and financing is secured, construction will start by 2025.
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15. June 2018 | Customer Communication Tomorrow
Where is AI heading? Artificial intelligence in customer service
Future.Customer. chats with Karsten Kraume, CSO/CIO at Arvato CRM Solutions, about the future of automation and its impacts on consumers and businesses.
Companies are increasingly relying on artificial intelligence to optimize their customer service. How is this currently being used in the workplace?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is now regularly used in many industries, and ongoing developments mean that these technologies have the potential to revolutionize the way that customers interact with brands over the next ten years.
One other area that has had a significant impact already is which has transformed back office functions. However, RPA does not actually enable machines to learn, like AI does. Instead, machines using RPA automatically repeat rule-based procedures, consequently making processes faster, more accurate and more efficient.
However, we still have work ahead of us when it comes to educating people on the wider benefits of AI and automation, as people can be nervous about the impact that it could potentially have on their business and workforce.
So, the challenges and limitations aren't just technical?
Not at all. Companies have to weigh up the benefits and risks of automation, and it's important that they consider whether the initial investment will result in the improved customer experience that they desire.
Also, improving customer experience doesn't mean automating everything, or using chatbots everywhere. Instead its's about finding a balance of services that can help to improve the customer journey.
Can companies afford to avoid AI solutions altogether? "Digitize or die" is a common mantra?
I don't think it's as simple as that, as whether a company decides to invest in AI is ultimately their decision. In my opinion there is no way around AI, but businesses should have an understanding of the opportunities and risks before deploying new technologies at scale.
Let's talk about the end customer, the consumer. How accepting are they of automation?
On a whole, consumers are accepting of automation, as it can make interacting with a brand easier and more efficient.
However, factors such as the age of the customer, why they're contacting a company and where they live can have an impact on their attitude towards AI.
For example, in China communicating with chatbots and experiencing automation is the norm, so consumers are often more accepting than in other parts of the world.
In some instances, customers will also just prefer to speak to a human, and it's up to a brand to decide what is the best option for their customers and their brand before investing in new technologies.
What are the advantages of giving dialogue systems and bots a human touch?
Giving bots a human touch is definitely an advantage, as it makes them more likeable. However, it has to be clear to customers that they are communicating with a machine, otherwise it can seem disingenuous.
Thank you for the interview, Mr Kraume.
Karsten Kraume, is CIO/CSO at Arvato CRM Solutions and leads a team of more than 1,000 experts on technology and portfolio solution design at 110 Arvato locations worldwide. Kraume represents Arvato as an advisory board member at the European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS) as well as at research programs such as Business Process Management RISE.
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Passion is what you as person nurture and end up developing throughout the course of your life. Your purpose on the other hand, is the path or course in life that is thrust upon you from birth and it is the presumptive path that you are expected to take till your last day. Though the latter may not seem as appealing as being a person who follows his passion and ends up living life doing what he loves, there are many hurdles that one needs to overcome in order to live a live following one's passion. Below we tell you how to determine which one is for you, a live led by passion versus a life guided by a purpose.
Passion is the ever burning energy that fuels your dreams and gives you the drive to work harder and do whatever it takes to make those dreams a reality. Purpose in the underlying reason behind your existence and it tells you that behind the facade of day to day life, there is a reason for you being here and it is only you who can figure out what that reason is and take charge of your life in that way.
Your passion can be ever changing depending on various factors, your mood, your age you temperament and your current situation at that milestone in your life. You may have multiple passions as well, and if you have the means to pursue all of them, there is nothing to stop you doing so. Your purpose is a singular definitive answer to the question of 'Why am I here?', that requires time and patience to the be figured out. It is not interchangeable and usually is a very rewarding and enriching experience once the riddle to the puzzle has been solved.
The best businesses and practices always advocate choosing either your passion or your purpose and building upon it, as also depicted in the diagram. The best advice that one can give regarding choosing between the two is that never be dead set on one over the other, before trying out both. You may have a die hard passion that you wish to pursue, but in the long run it just won't be feasible for you or even vice versa; you have figured out your purpose in life but that purpose doesn't allow you to make a living for yourself but your passion does. In such cases, it is always smart to be open to choosing between the two depending on the situation. After all, you always have a chance to switch to the other once things settle down and start going your way.
We have to accept that solely focusing on your passions, rather than primary purpose in life is selfish and egoistical. You end up thinking only about yourself, when really, shouldn\'t life be about serving others? You will never be more happy than when you\'re serving other people and making the lives of others better. Assisting others in any small way makes the world a better place and you a better person. If these thoughts align with your passion, then all the better. If not, you might want to think about where your priorities truly lie. The challenges to finding your purpose in life are more psychological, as in fear of failing, your insecurities, lack of intentionality and lack of support from peers. All of these are pitfalls that anyone is likely to fall into, and these problems manifest themselves as materialistic issues and challenges such as lack of time, money and opportunities that prevent us from fulfilling our true purposes in life.
There is no hard and fast rule about which to choose between your passion and your purpose, but the ideal case would be where you harness your passions to help you achieve your purpose. There is nothing stopping you from doing both and nothing more rewarding than this combination either. At Community, we always love to hear your opinions. Let us know whether you feel passion triumphs over purpose, or whether your purpose should be the more practical choice in your life and sign up here for our Beta program!


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Anne Skoch
Owner and CEO, Anne Cate
Products from accessories brand and manufacturer Anne Cate depict more than 120 city skylines from all across the globe. But the company's roots are firmly planted in Northeast Ohio.
That's thanks to owner and CEO Anne Skoch. She's grown the business from a dorm room — Skoch is a Kent State University graduate — to a manufacturing center in Cleveland. The company employs five people who create goods like makeup cases and wallets by hand. Each earns a living wage.
Clients include Hulu, KeyBank, the Art Institute of Chicago, Wayfair, the Getty Museum and Uncommon Goods, per Skoch's nomination form.
Skoch reportedly donates a portion of sales to the Greater Cleveland Food Bank. She's a mentor with College Now Greater Cleveland and a graduate of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business program.
"Places impact people — places we visit, places we leave, and places we come home to," reads a section of the company's outreach materials. "To our customers, our products are more than just a purse or a pillow; they tell a story, a story that is unique to each person."
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Here's a selection of stories that Jim addressed for listener comment:
–3 State Department officials including a security chief resign following the release of
Benghazi report.
–U.S. judge and legal scholar Robert Bork died today at age 85.
–Lawmakers charged with merging House and Senate versions of the National Defense
Authorization Act drop the provision that would have barred the military from holding
U.S. citizens and permanent residents in indefinite detention without trial as terror
suspects.
–A Marine Corp Captain proposes to his boyfriend in the Grand Foyer of the White
–Any notary public in Maine who performs traditional marriages may not refuse to
perform a same-sex marriage for any reason or they will be charged with a human
rights violation.
–In a 4-3 ruling the Montana Supreme Court says that same-sex couples seeking to be
granted the same benefits as married couples are making an overly broad request.
–New Zealand church billboard depicts Jesus in the crib surrounded by a halo of rainbow
colors along with a billboard that says: "It's Christmas. It's time for Jesus to come
–Openly gay Nebraska woman found guilty of falsely claiming that she was brutally
attacked by three men.
–U.S. Attorney General recently gave the National Counterterrorism Center
sweeping new powers to store dossiers on citizens even if they are not suspected of
criminal activity.
–New study reveals that illegal aliens in Oregon cost taxpayers more than 1 billion
dollars annually.
–Last month the White House had a transgender day of remembrance.
–New I.R.S. report reveals 36 of Obama's executive office staff owe the country
$833,970 in back taxes.
–St. Louis County police chief in Missouri says that we should talk about arming civilian
school personnel.
–Some Missoula, Montana, school parents are upset over the song selection for the
school's Christmas program claiming that it's a form of bullying due to references to
the Christ of Christmas.
–Owners of an apartment at a senior living complex in California are demanding that
management remove Christmas trees and menorahs from common areas in the
–California school facing threat of lawsuit over yoga classes.
–California governor appoints the first openly homosexual judge to serve on the Court of
–Minnesota Supreme Court ruling from 1995 requiring taxpayers to fund abortions has
resulted in the death of more than 58,000 unborn children.
–Bioethics expert, Peter Singer, says that when the death of a disabled infant leads to the
birth of another with better prospects of a happy life, the total amount of happiness will
be greater if the disabled infant is killed.
–A British baby less than one pound survives.
–Michigan House and Senate pass a pro-life omnibus bill requiring all surgical
abortion clinics to be licensed and inspected by the state.
–The founder and former owner of the Dominos Pizza chain files a lawsuit over the
Health and Human Services mandate that forces religious employers to purchase drugs
for employees that may cause abortions.
–Republican congressman Tim Scott, a black, pro-life advocate, will replace Jim DeMint
in the U.S. Senate. The N.A.A.C.P. is upset because of Scott's conservative positions.
–Fiscal cliff talks at an impasse. House Speaker John Boehner removes certain
individuals from key committees for not holding to the party mark.
–President Barack Obama is Time Magazine's Person of the Year.
–U.N. wants to impose a tax on Americans.
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'Thank God for Wenger!' Arsenal fans rip into Alexis Sanchez after woeful Man United display
Arsenal news includes reaction to Alexis Sanchez's display for Manchester United against Leicester
Updated 22:02, 10 AUG 2018
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Manchester United may have got their Premier League season off to a winning start - but it was another pretty miserable evening for Alexis Sanchez.
There has been plenty of talk ahead of the new campaign that Sanchez could be set for a big season at Old Tarfford, having had his first summer off in years due to Chile's failure to reach the World Cup.
But if tonight's display is anything to go by, then the former Arsenal man remains a shadow of the player who used to electrify the Emirates in a regular basis.
Sanchez was poor throughout the Friday night clash against Leicester City as United kicked off their new campaign with a nervy 2-1 win.
Paul Pogba opened the scoring from the penalty spot before Luke Shaw doubled the home side's lead as the game entered the final 10 minutes. Jamie Vardy pulled a goal back for the visitors, but United held on to claim the three points.
But it was Sanchez's display that was a big talking point on social media during and after the game, with plenty of Arsenal fans having their say on Arsene Wenger's decision to sell the forward to United.
Here's a selection of what they've been saying on Twitter.
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Supreme Court (1948–1962) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. After winning the Horris Hill Stakes as a two-year-old, Supreme Court was undefeated in four races as a three-year-old in 1951, taking the Chester Vase and King Edward VII Stakes before beating a strong international field to win the inaugural King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Following his win in the most valuable race ever run in Britain, Supreme Court was retired to stud, where he had some success as a sire of winners.
Supreme Court was a brown horse with a white star and two white feet bred in Britain by Tom Lilley. His dam, Forecourt, won one race for her owner-breeder Giles Loder and was sold for 8,100 guineas to Lilley in 1947. The mare was pregnant at the time, having been covered by two stallions, Persian Gulf and Precipitation earlier that year, and she produced a colt foal, later named Supreme Court in 1948. It was generally assumed that Precipitation, the 1937 Ascot Gold Cup winner was Supreme Court's father, although the horse was officially registered as being "by Persian Gulf or Precipitation".


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Maucha Adnet sings Antonio Carlos Jobim at the Triple Door | Concert preview
Posted by Paul de Barros
The Brazilian songwriter Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim — who wrote the bossa nova hits "The Girl From Ipanema" and "Desafinado" — was one of the world's great songwriters.
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The Vaselines, a Kurt Cobain fave, return to Seattle | Concert preview
Posted by Charlie Zaillian
There's an ocean and a continent between Glasgow and Seattle, but the ties between the Vaselines and Northwest music run so deep, the Scottish duo may as well be from here.
Frances McKee and Eugene Kelly, who appear at Neumos Saturday, wrote "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam," "Molly's Lips" and "Son of a Gun" — all recorded by Nirvana. Kurt Cobain even mused about the couple in his journal.
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RL Grime – EDM trend follower or trend setter? | Concert preview
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The popularity of Los Angeles producer and DJ Henry Steinway — who plays the Neptune Theatre Tuesday, Jan. 20, and Thursday, Jan. 22 — is a testament to electronic-music fans' changing and expanding tastes.
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Patti Smith, rock poet on a tear | Concert preview
Posted by Charles R. Cross
There are few artists in rock 'n' roll, particularly ones in their late 60s, who are on quite the tear that Patti Smith has been on the last decade.
She's put out an acclaimed late-career album ("Banga"), won the National Book Award for her memoir "Just Kids," continued to publish books of poetry and has been elected to the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame (in 2007).
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Built to Spill is built to last | Concert preview
Posted by Seattle Times staff
By Joseph Sutton-Holcomb
Special to The Seattle Times
Lead singer-songwriter Doug Martsch of Built to Spill, which plays the Showbox Friday and Saturday, Jan. 2-3, approaches live performance with an air of distinguished solemnity.
He doesn't speak much, except for the occasional "thanks" after he finishes a song. There is often a stack of towels beside him to mop the sweat from his brow. He frequently buoys his earnest singing with an unusual, quavery vibrato, an effect he accentuates by moving his mouth back and forth in front of the microphone, like a nervous tic.
But while Martsch may not be the most animated frontman, Built to Spill has been a key influence since the '90s on countless rock groups, including Modest Mouse and Death Cab for Cutie.
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Mark Hummel takes a flyer with Bluebird Records | Concert preview
If you love Chicago blues, you are no stranger to B.B. King's "Sweet Little Angel" and Muddy Waters' "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl."
But did you know that these songs, popularized as electric blues in the '50s, go back to the acoustic '30s?
Harmonica professor Mark Hummel does, and he's prepared some soulful lesson plans on the subject for his annual Blues Harmonica Blowout, which hits Jazz Alley next week.
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My Goodness finds a punk blues niche | Concert preview
When guitarist Joel Schneider co-founded his current band as a duo back in 2011, he and the drummer called it My Goodness because they loved the material so much they almost wanted to keep it to themselves.
Pardon the joke — but thank goodness they didn't.
(My Goodness, before it became a trio.)
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Stephen Newby spreads Duke Ellington's sacred message | Concert preview
Stephen Newby (courtesy of Seattle Pacific University)
Are you a Sounders fan?
If so, you are already familiar with the resonant baritone of Seattle Pacific University composer and professor Stephen Newby, who sings the national anthem at the matches.
On Saturday, Newby applies his talents at a different "pitch," when he debuts as a soloist for the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra's annual concert of Duke Ellington's sacred music.
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Swedish teenage rapper Yung Lean to make Seattle debut | Concert preview
Posted by Mike Ramos
Yung Lean — headlining Neumos with his Sad Boys crew on Thursday, Dec. 18 — is a telling example of just how young, strange and global rap music has become. An 18-year-old Swedish kid whose first exposure to rap was 50 Cent's 2003 track "Patiently Waiting," Lean combines futuristic, emotive electronic beats with stream-of-consciousness, alternate-reality raps….
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Brooklyn quartet Haerts won't bypass Seattle | Concert preview
Hailed as heroes by KEXP after "Wings" (2012) and by Elle magazine for Song of the Summer (2013), synth-drenched indie pop quartet Haerts was taken down a notch by the likes of Pitchfork (5.8 out of 10) for its eponymous major-label debut album, which came out in October.
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A loudspeaker system for reproducing classical music and jazz.
Looking at the cultural landscape in Germany, one should not overlook the fact that a good number of remarkable concert halls have been designed and built in recent years.
The Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg may be mentioned as an outstanding example. It is the city's new landmark. The new concert hall in Bochum, with its shoe-box design, is also receiving great attention throughout Germany.
Concerts in these perfectly designed and meticulously aligned music halls give concertgoers an unparalleled and unforgettable musical experience. But what about the reproduction of music in our homes, provided by hi-fi? If we take a closer look at the all-important loudspeakers, for example, it quickly becomes clear that nearly all of them follow the principle of direct radiation. However, this prevalent approach completely ignores the radiation characteristics of musical instruments, which, it turns out, consist of about 20% direct sound and 80% room acoustics. This fundamental finding has led us to a new way of thinking and we have implemented it in the speaker designs of Dorn Acoustics.
I have been in close cooperation with the HEED AUDIO company since 2016.
I studied at the University of Music in Detmold, majoring in the flute.
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Ensemble Modern
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (North West German Philharmonic Orchestra)
Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen (Württemberg Phiharmonic Orchestra)
Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz (South West German Philharmonic Orchestra)
German Bach Soloists (Helmut Winschermann)
Chamber Orchestra Arpeggione (Austria)
Chamber Philharmony Bodensee-Oberschwaben
Town Orchestra of Westallgäu
Co-founder of Chamber Ensemble EnCasa
Engagement at the Youth Music School in Westallgäu (of which, headmaster for 10 years)
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An immediate and uncannily three-dimensional sound lets you immerse yourself in the spatial and deeply emotional real-world atmosphere of a concert.
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After many years of work, it is now possible to offer a special, inevitably small circle of classical fans a high-quality pair of loudspeakers that rightfully deserve the name "Antonio Stradivari".
I stake my reputation based on thirty years' expertise as a Stradivari connoisseur and put my name with pride to this unheard-of instrument of musical reproduction.
Acquire these "Antonio Stradivari" speakers and guarantee yourself an astounding listening experience!
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The Grand Enigma delivers an exceptionally deep and full-bodied bass response, combined with resolution, airiness and a holographic soundstage that is just astounding. It seems to transform the domestic listening space into a concert hall or jazz club: the music is fully present wherever you sit. The almost palpable physical presence, indeed a musical experience imbued with an uncanny sense of "being there", is breathtakingly real with these speakers.
The cabinet design employs a unique solution: the TMR loading of its bass-driver: a combination of transmission line ('TM') and bass-reflex ('R'), resulting in a bass response that defies the Grand Enigma's compact physical size. The custom-made 6-inch damped polymer composite woofer and the Acuflex™ hand-coated soft-dome tweeter from Morel, both with extremely robust Hexatech™ aluminum voice coils, ensure an exceptional response capability of short peak (10ms) transients up to 1000W, free of distortion. Carefully selected high-grade crossover components, inner wiring and WBT connection terminals complete this sophisticated design.
These loudspeakers are ideally matched with the state-of-the-art electronics of HEED AUDIO. These are timeless designs, paired with a clean, three-dimensional and tonally perfect ambient sound.
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They are made by the hi-fi manufacturer HEED AUDIO.
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Neuropsychological impact for autism spectrum: In-home neuro-exergaming (iPACES v3)
Submitted by Irelee Ferguson | On Thu, 04/15/2021 - 16:20
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disability that is characterized by emotional, social, and behavioral challenges (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2020). One common characteristic of Autism Spectrum Disorder is impairment in executive function (EF) (Craig, Margari, Legrottaglie, Palumbi, Giambattista, & Margari, 2016). EF describes the governing of cognitive processes through control and regulation and is often associated with activity in the prefrontal cortex (Craig et al., 2016). One intervention that is being considered as an Evidence Based Practice (EBP) to help with characteristics of ASD, like executive dysfunction, is exercise (Dillion, Adams, Goudy, Bittner, & McNamara, 2017). Some studies have even looked at the synergistic effects of exercise and virtual gaming on cognition in youth diagnosed with ASD (Anderson-Hanley, Tureck, & Schneiderman, 2011). Anderson-Hanley et. al (2011) found that use of an interactive physical physical and cognitive exercise system (iPACES) had a positive effect on improving some of the symptoms of ASD such as enhancing executive function and decreasing repetitive behaviors.
In this study, we aimed to analyze the effectiveness of iPACES on a single youth with ASD over a three-month intervention. Problems due to the COVID-19 pandemic shifted our aim to look at the effects of multiple 20 min bouts of exergaming in a single case study. One youth was enrolled and successfully completed a series of experimental procedures, including the exercise induced feeling inventory (EIFI), the paper Stroop Task pre-intervention and an electronic Stroop Task pre- and post-intervention. This youth also attempted newly developed versions of the iPACES game and provided feedback. The canal version of the game seemed to be a more interesting version according to the youth's report. Interestingly, the participant found that the bout using the canal version of game required more physical effort and felt more revitalizing according to the EIFI. Comparison of the Stroop A to Stroop C change scores for electronic Stroop Task as part of the iPACES v3 application and for the paper Stroop task revealed that the assessments were comparable. A review of the graphical display of the time series data for the electronic Stroop indicated that there was no increase in performance on this executive function task after exercise with iPACES. Because the electronic Stroop used was a new version that is still in development, it may not have been sufficiently challenging to the participant's cognitive ability (few errors were registered), lacking sensitive to any effects on executive functioning. Therefore, further development of the electronic Stroop may be required. Further research should also be conducted to see the effectiveness of exergaming over a longer period of time as there may be greater effects.
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Last hospitalized Michigan school shooting victim leaves ICU
December 9, 2021 / / New ABC News
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(OXFORD, Mich.) — More than a week after the mass shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan, the last remaining hospitalized victim has left the intensive care unit, authorities said Thursday.
The hospitalized student is one of 11 people who were shot, four fatally, at the school on Nov. 30. She has been moved to a "standard room" at St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital, according to Oakland County Undersheriff Mike McCabe. The 17-year-old student, who has not been identified, is expected to remain hospitalized for another four to six weeks during her rehabilitation, McCabe said in a statement.
Six students and a teacher were among those wounded in the shooting. Four students were killed in what prosecutors allege was a premeditated attack.
The suspected shooter, 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley, a sophomore at the high school, faces multiple charges, including four counts of first-degree murder and seven counts of assault with intent to murder, after allegedly pulling a semiautomatic handgun out of his backpack and firing it in the school's hallway. His parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley, have also each been charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the shooting. All three have pleaded not guilty to their charges.
On Thursday, the family of two students at the school, including one shot during the attack, filed a $100 million lawsuit against the Oxford Community School District and various school employees, alleging they enabled the suspected shooter in the days and hours before the shooting.
Riley Franz, a 17-year-old senior, was struck in the neck, while her sister, Bella Franz, a 14-year-old freshman, stood next to her and "narrowly escaped the bullets discharged toward her, her sister and her friends," according to the complaint filed in Detroit federal court on behalf of the sisters.
"We're going to hold people responsible for betraying the trust we put in them to protect our children," the family's attorney, Geoffrey Fieger, said during a press event announcing the lawsuit Thursday. "We're going to hold every one of them responsible."
The suit charges that Oxford Community Schools downplayed social media threats allegedly made by Crumbley prior to the shooting, including "countdowns and threats of bodily harm, including death … warning of violent tendencies and murderous ideology prior to actually coming to school with the handgun and ammunition to perpetuate the slaughter," the complaint stated.
It also alleges school staff acted recklessly by letting him return to class after a meeting with his parents over violent drawings just hours before students were gunned down.
The district is not commenting on the allegations in the lawsuit at the request of the prosecutor to "avoid compromising" the court proceedings, according to a letter its attorney, Timothy Mullins, sent to Fieger on Thursday. "Furthermore, to allow the entire community the ability to heal, I have no intention of litigating this matter in the media," Mullins wrote.
School leaders have said Crumbley's parents refused to take him home after the meeting, and because he lacked a disciplinary record, they sent him back to class.
Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald, who brought charges against the suspected shooter and his parents, said she has not ruled out charging school officials.
In a letter to the school community Wednesday, Oxford Community Schools Superintendent Tim Throne said the district has been "fully cooperative" with the county investigation into the school shooting.
He has also called for a third-party investigation into all of Crumbley's communication with students and staff leading up to the shooting. In his letter Wednesday, he noted he would recommend to the district school board "a review of our entire system."
The district plans to welcome students, except for high schoolers, back to the classroom Friday for the first time since the deadly shooting. The half-day is part of a "safe, slow and soft re-opening," and students will be greeted by an increased law enforcement presence, therapy dogs and trauma specialists, Throne said in a letter to families on Thursday.
Backpacks will not be allowed in buildings through at least the end of the next week, the superintendent added.
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Main » 2016 » May » 28 » SentinelOne & Exclusive Networks Brings Next-Generation Endpoint Protection to Europe, Middle East, and Africa
SentinelOne & Exclusive Networks Brings Next-Generation Endpoint Protection to Europe, Middle East, and Africa
Partnership Accelerates Market Transition Away From Legacy Antivirus to Bring Endpoint Security Into 21st Century
LONDON - Thursday, May 26th 2016 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SentinelOne, the company that's transforming endpoint security by delivering real-time protection powered by machine learning and intelligent automation, is today announcing its expansion into Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) through a strategic partnership with leading security distributor Exclusive Networks. SentinelOne and Exclusive Networks will partner to initially bring Next-Generation Endpoint Protection to the EMEA region.
The companies' joint mission is to replace the 'Old Guard' of legacy antivirus software and provide organizations in these markets with a unique, standalone approach to endpoint security that combines behavioral-based detection of both known and unknown threats, with automated mitigation and forensic tools to defeat attacks that employ a combination of advanced techniques within malware, exploits, or insecure scripts.
"Bringing our solution to these key European markets is a significant step toward changing the face of endpoint protection on a global scale," said SentinelOne CEO and co-founder Tomer Weingarten. "We're fortunate to have Exclusive Networks alongside for this effort, as they have already proven their ability for bringing disruptive cybersecurity technologies to the region."
Barrie Desmond, COO at Exclusive Group adds, "Every so often there is a cybersecurity technology that takes a wrecking ball to established, and some may say complacent, markets by jumping to a new innovation curve and addressing unfulfilled customer needs that leave competitors behind." He adds, "SentinelOne is doing away with the antivirus status quo by simplifying endpoint security in a unique way and making it truly fit-for-purpose in the ongoing battle against advanced threats and zero day attacks. Traditional antivirus products are continuing to fail millions of enterprise customers. We're thrilled to be partnering with a true innovator that is positioned to disrupt a market that has fallen asleep at the wheel."
SentinelOne's Next-Generation Endpoint Protection technology has earned praise from multiple directions; with industry analyst firm Gartner recently nominating them as a 'Visionary' vendor in the latest Endpoint Protection Platform Magic Quadrant. Their technology and vision has already earned them $40 million of VC funding and ringing endorsements from companies like Netflix, who have replaced their entire installed base of legacy endpoints with SentinelOne solutions.
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Chairman's Staff
The position was first formally used at Noreascon Three (though people had occasionally informally served in that sort of position previously). The Chairman's Staff in neither a Vice-chairman position nor an assistant position, but follows the military/business model of "a body of officers without command authority, appointed to assist a commanding officer" or "a group of persons charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking".
The role of Chairman's Staff is, along with the chairman, to form an Office of the Chairman which is more effective than the chairman could be alone. Chairman's Staff do not normally have any formal independent authority, but as they are usually very experienced individuals (frequently former Worldcon chairmen), they often have substantial clout in the organization.
Effectively using Chairman's Staff effectively is not easy, and requires substantial management maturity on the parts of both the chairman and the Chairman's Staff.
Note that Chairman's Staff is not (in spite of the name) related to staff, since Chairman's Staff normally has a major role in helping make policy.
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Heads Are Roll(s-Royce)ing
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Rolls-Royce – one of the UK's manufacturing darlings – announced 4,600 job cuts and a plan targeting over $500 million in cost savings on Thursday, sending its shares cruising up by 6%.
Rolls-Royce is a company that's bloated with costs. Despite being a manufacturer, it has over 30,000 non-manufacturing jobs – which explains why it's on a warpath to reduce its non-essential spending and create a leaner organisation.
Since his appointment in 2015, Rolls's CEO has made almost 10,000 heads roll through job cuts. This latest round hits back and middle office roles (like admin, risk management and IT), that are just under 10% of all Rolls-Royce's jobs globally.
For markets: Rolls-Royce's investors breathed a sigh of relief.
Rolls-Royce is one of the largest companies in the UK. It's also part of a group of the biggest companies on the UK stock market, whose stocks investors can buy and sell together (a.k.a. an index). Investors buying Rolls's stock likely hope the cost-cutting plan clears a path for Rolls-Royce to become more profitable in the future. It's probably a welcome relief following a share price decline of 8% over the past year – and news earlier this week that the company has had to delay faulty engine repairs (another reason to keep those factory workers in place).
The bigger picture: The UK's outlook is uncertain – especially in manufacturing.
Data released on Monday showed the UK's manufacturing sector is at its weakest in five years as manufacturing output declined by 1.4% in April, compared to the previous month. Growth in the UK has been slowing – and it's unlikely to be helped by Brexit or 3,000 of Rolls's jobs being cut in the UK.
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Johannes Tropfke, né le  à Berlin et mort le  à Berlin, est un mathématicien et un enseignant allemand. Il est également conseiller municipal de Berlin.

Biographie
Il est fondateur en 1912 du collège Kirschner qu'il dirige jusqu'en 1932. À partir de 1902, il écrit une Histoire des mathématiques élémentaires qui, dans sa deuxième édition, atteint sept volumes. Elle se substitue dès lors aux travaux (controversés) de l'historien Moritz Cantor comme ouvrage de référence.

En 1930, il reçoit le prix Alfred Ackermann-Teubner. L'Académie des sciences de Prusse, lui décerne en 1939 la Médaille Leibniz en argent, en reconnaissance de ses mérites pour les mathématiques.

Travaux
Son ouvrage Geschichte der Elementar-Mathematik in systematischer Darstellung en 7 volumes paraît, dans une première édition en deux volumes, en 1902 et 1903. Une deuxième édition en sept volumes paraît de 1921 à 1924 et une  en 4 volumes paraît de 1930 à 1940. Une nouvelle édition en 7 volumes, remaniée par les historiens des mathématiques Kurt Vogel, , Karin Reich et. al. paraît aux éditions Walter de Gruyter à Berlin, à partir de 1980.

Liens externes

 Rudolf Fritsch, « The Enterprise Tropfke, History of elementary mathematics » (1990), Symposia Gaussiana, vol. A, 1, p. 420.
 Geschichte der Elementar-Mathematik in systematischer Darstellung vol. 1, (1902) sur achive.org.
 Geschichte der Elementar-Mathematik in systematischer Darstellung vol. 2, (1903) sur achive.org.

Notes et références

Mathématicien allemand du XIXe siècle
Mathématicien allemand du XXe siècle
Historien allemand
Professeur allemand
Naissance en octobre 1866
Naissance à Berlin
Décès en novembre 1939
Décès à Berlin
Décès à 73 ans


Last New Year's Eve, my spouse asked me what I wanted to get done in 2004. He wondered what I wanted to achieve, and what projects I wanted to start. It is a natural question as a New Year rolls around, yet my reaction was not what he expected. I said something like, "I want to do less not more." Considering all of the things I need to do in my life this struck him as an odd answer.
But now I'm rethinking the tradition of setting goals even as I continue this ritual myself and can't imagine not taking out a blank sheet of paper on the morning of the 1st and contemplating the New Year in front of me. I am filled with vigour for the task and have high hopes for the faithful execution of each and every goal I carefully write out. I verify that each one is specific, realistic, controllable by me, and time measurable. I write them in my day timer so I can read them everyday.
I don't take this process lightly. My husband and I spend part of New Year's Eve writing out our eulogies (we're a real fun couple) albeit it with a glass of champagne. And at the end of every year I look at my goals from the previous New Year noting with pride what I have achieved, rather like adding another notch to my belt for each goal completed. Yet often I am disappointed with myself for the failures that appear year after year on my list although they had seemed achievable when I wrote them.
And for me this is the crux of the matter. In North America we have a way of life that promotes goal setting, hard work, long hours, anything is possible, and the just do it mentality. We now equate this expression with "running shoes," and for many of us this is an accurate way to characterize life in much of western society, running from one task to another. When we fail to live up to this standard we assume rightly or wrongly that we have failed. Yet the question I ask myself now isn't about success or failure but rather whose goal-setting standard am I using and what kinds of goals are being measured.
As an example, let's take the goals of finishing a university degree, having an organized home and office, working our way up the career ladder, going to the gym three morning's a week, making a million dollars, and caring for the garden. It's not that these goals aren't useful or worthy — rather they are limited to a view of success mostly defined as "progress" by contemporary western standards.
I'm picturing our rock garden now. I have specific steps related to caring for the garden—the planting, the care and feeding of tender shoots, the weeding, the maintenance of mature plants, the clean up and so on. The garden takes hours of care. I notice, however, there is no goal to just sit in the garden beside the fragrant rosebush for 30 minutes twice a week. Why not?
As children, my sister, cousins and I did examine our lives at the beginning of each year. We made resolutions that were more about developing our character, eliminating bad habits and cultivating virtue than making a precise list of what we wanted to achieve for the New Year. In retrospect, I think that we were expected to do what we needed to do to be a good student or do a good job. Character development, however, was not taken for granted. It seemed to require work. Perhaps now it is the opposite. Our good character is simply assumed and we consider our goals for success the ones we need to work on.
My resolutions were often to be kind to my sister, not to be saucy to my Mother, to always tell the truth, to do my best, to be helpful to my Grandmother everyday. These resolutions would be written out and my sister and I would compare our lists and read them off to our Mom. By making them public the pressure was on to try and live up to them. Although we didn't keep all of them, or even keep one of them all the time, we didn't forget them either. The exercise seemed more like a gentle measuring stick, as opposed to a policeman's club, which reminded us that these traits were important to strive for, and very difficult to cultivate on a consistent basis.
Of course we need goals to grow our business, finish our thesis, and complete our manuscripts. But we don't want to achieve those goals at the expense of our relationships with others. I want to make sure my goals include time to reflect, time to cultivate healthy, loving relationships with spouse, children, and friends. What that implies is that I will need to leave space in my New Year for others: time to listen to music with my husband, time to ski with my grandsons, a date to fly to Ottawa in February for my daughter's birthday, time and money put aside to attend a friend's book launch. I need to safeguard time to have lunch with a friend once a month; have a date with my husband once a week, and a few times a year have a cup of tea and a long distance telephone visit with friends who aren't nearby.
It also means I need to make resolutions similar to the ones I had as a child. I don't need a resolution to be kind to strangers or friends or my Mom—I'm pretty good at that. A more useful resolution for me might be something like: be especially kind to my husband while writing an article under pressure, even when tired, discouraged and uncertain as to how to get it all done.
Ah! This resolution is more difficult. I have observed that under pressure it is easy to be careless and thoughtless with the ones we live with. It is easy to make assumptions, say the first thing that comes to mind, or in general become bossy or short tempered. It takes a split second to interrupt or snap at a loved one, while expecting him to understand. After all he loves you. After all there is a deadline.
And so I think there is something valuable for all of us in a list of New Year's resolutions that includes more than our traditional goals for the year. It may be worth considering our relationship with others, both how we want to treat others, and how we measure our efforts. Taking quiet time to regularly reflect on our lives may be the most important resolution of all.
Trudy Boyle is the former Assistant Editor of Thirty Thousand Days and is currently serving as Chairperson of the North American Naikan Council.
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The ultimate key fob for boaters and lakeside loungers! When keys fall in the water, Key Buoy self-inflating key ring opens up, releasing an air tube which inflates automatically. We aren't the only ones who think Key Buoy is one of the most practical and clever products we offer. In August, 2006, it was awarded the Innovation Award at MAATS. "The Key Buoy from Davis Instruments was the clear winner in the Personal Gear/Soft Goods category, according to the judges. 'We are all familiar with the sinking sensation we get when we drop our keys into the water,' said Roger Marshall, Innovation Awards chair. 'The Key Buoy is a PFD for keys. Drop your keys over the side, and they sink. But wait a few minutes - a special balloon inflates, and your keys come bobbing back to the surface.'" The 14" (47 cm) inflated tube extends above the water, allowing you to reach over and pick them up. Key Buoy rises to the surface in as fast as 60 seconds. May take longer in deeper water with maximum weight attached. Strong enough for items weighing up to 2.8 ounces (80 grams) such as keys, small tools, deck plate keys. Suitable for single use only, so keep a spare on hand!