Precise Automation has developed two compact, table top mounted SCARAs in the PF400 and PF300T. Both are fully collaborative robots that specialize in sample handling in laboratory settings, though their capabilities can extend beyond that setting. The PF400 is a 4-axis robot that typically is equipped with a servo plate gripper while the PF300T is a 3-axis unit that usually utilizes a servo tube gripper.


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Solar Forcing of Regional Climate Change During the Maunder Minimum
Drew T. Shindell1,
Gavin A. Schmidt1,
Michael E. Mann2,
David Rind1,
Anne Waple3
1 NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, New York, NY 10025, USA.
2 Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22902, USA.
3 Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Science 07 Dec 2001:
Drew T. Shindell
Gavin A. Schmidt
David Rind
Anne Waple
We examine the climate response to solar irradiance changes between the late 17th-century Maunder Minimum and the late 18th century. Global average temperature changes are small (about 0.3° to 0.4°C) in both a climate model and empirical reconstructions. However, regional temperature changes are quite large. In the model, these occur primarily through a forced shift toward the low index state of the Arctic Oscillation/North Atlantic Oscillation as solar irradiance decreases. This leads to colder temperatures over the Northern Hemisphere continents, especially in winter (1° to 2°C), in agreement with historical records and proxy data for surface temperatures.
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What a fine cup tie this was at Brighton's superb Amex Stadium, with the home side pushing a second-ish string Arsenal side all the way courtesy of some fine attacking play.
Olivier Giroud was the star of the show for the Gunners, continuing his scoring streak with a brace on Saturday, with a goal coming in each half.
The Frenchman's first strike, a superb effort on 16 minutes came somewhat against the run of play, as Gus Poyet's classy side attacked the Gunners from the off. On the half-hour mark, however, the home side were back on level terms, when Ashley Barnes nodded home from a David Lopez centre. That goal and the Seagulls' second both game from the Gunners left flank, where Brazilian Andre Santos produced yet another dreadful, leaden-footed display.
After the break, the Gunners battled hard and were rewarded for their toil when Giroud doubled his tally on 56 minutes. However, once again the Premier League failed to hold onto their lead, with new-signing Leonardo Ulloa grabbing the equaliser after more appalling defensive work from the north Londoners.
Eager to dodge the replay, Wenger sent on Theo Walcott, Jack Wilshere and (a bit later) Kieran Gibbs as he went for the win. And with five minutes left to play, the Frenchman's decision reaped rewards, when Walcott volleyed home from the edge of the box to secure all three points (with the help of a deflection).
Poyet will no doubt be disappointed by the result but pleased by side's performance while Wenger will be happy with his side's attacking play but disappointed (yet again) but their dismal defending.
You'd have expected The Gunners to thrash a lower league team like Brighton And Hove Albion, but fair play to them, they put on a great performance against their Premier League counter-parts!
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Q: How to add element obtain from jquery and custom element/tag together? Suppose I got an element from jquery selector and stored in a variable and now I want to add some custom element to that variable before doing some DOM operation on that variable.
For example if I do this:
var placeHolder = $('.class-name').children().eq(0).clone();

I get an array like this if the children is an input tag:
[input#link, prevObject: r.fn.init(1)]

I think above represent selected input tag and now I want to append another tag like:
placeHolder = placeHolder + 'X';

And now I would like to add this placeHolder back to the DOM. But when I do this like $('.some-class').append(placeHolder); its throwing error in console.
Here is the error:
jquery-3.2.1.slim.min.js:2 Uncaught Error: Syntax error, unrecognized
expression: [object Object]X

The weird thing is it's adding placeHolder to the DOM but in [object Object] format. So How to add those elements got from jquery selector and some custom tag(like 3rd highlighted line) and then add back to DOM?

A: By adding the span to the placeholder, you convert it to a string. Do not try to concatenate the html, just append your objects like
$('.some-class')
  .append(placeHolder)
  .append('X');

A: You're concatenating placeholder (a jQuery object) and a string (your span) and passing them to jQuery which is then treating the whole thing as a string.
Use .get(0) and this should fix your issue:
var placeHolder = $('.class-name').children().eq(0).clone().get(0);

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News&Features Features Tribe price prediction: What's next for TRIBE?
By India-Inés Levy
Despite a dismal performance in 2021, TRIBE coin price seems to be on the up
TRIBE coin has gained 24% in the last 30 days, according to CoinGecko – Photo: Shutterstock
Overview of Tribe
Founders of Tribe
Past performance of TRIBE
Tribe coin price prediction – an expert opinion
Tribe price prediction
The majority of stablecoins currently on the market, Fei Protocol argues, are racked with problems. From fiat-backed stablecoins, which by virtue of being pegged to a central currency, render them no longer decentralised, to crypto-backed stablecoins that are plagued by capital inefficiencies and instability, most stablecoins are, according to the project, simply not sufficient.
The Fei Protocol, for which TRIBE is the governance token, claims to have developed an alternative solution that is efficient, secure and scalable.
While stablecoins have no doubt gained market traction, even amid regulators' intensifying calls for rules to be tightened, Tribe has not performed particularly well over 2021. Will the coin's prospects improve over 2022?
Before looking at some Tribe price predictions, let's take a quick overview of the coin.
As mentioned previously, the Tribe cryptocurrency is the governance token for the Fei Protocol. FEI is the stablecoin. While TRIBE is volatile, FEI, due to its function as a stablecoin, should be pegged as close to $1 as possible.
Holders of Tribe cryptocurrency can vote on all areas related to the running of the Protocol, including appointing minter and burner contracts, adjusting scale target and allocation rules on bonding curves and adjusting incentive time-weight growth rate.
So how does the Fei Protocol work?
Defining itself as a "decentralised, scalable and DeFi-native stablecoin protocol", Fei algorithmically allocates assets in protocol-controlled valued (also known as PCV) to earn yield and provide liquidity. The model, one which is designed around the current reserve banking system, also allows the project to support other decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs) by providing liquidity in exchange and lending markets.
Furthermore, the Fei Protocol, due to the fact it only holds non-centralised crypto assets, claims to be entirely decentralised.
Tribe was founded by a team of entrepreneurs in the Bay Area of San Francisco, USA. Notable individuals involved include Joey Santoro, Brianna Montgomery and Sebastian Delgado.
Santoro, located in San Francisco, holds a degree from Duke University in computer science. After graduating he became co-president at Duke Blockchain Lab. Subsequently, Santoro was hired as a Software Engineers at Okta. He jumped on the project in December 2020.
Delgado completed a BA degree from University of California in cognitive science and computer science. Before joining Fei Protocol in January 2021, Delgado worked as a software engineer at Uber and Dharma Labs.
Montgomery became involved in the Fei Protocol in February 2021. Before starting at Fei, Montgomery worked for nearly a decade in client-facing, business-development roles in a range of technology companies including: ConsensSys Diligence, Coriant and DefenseStorm. Montgomery completed a BS degree in business administration and computer science at University of North Carolina.
But how does this information impact a Tribe price prediction for 2022? Or even a Tribe price prediction for 2030?
Before we see at what the experts think, let's look at the past performance of the coin.
The TRIBE coin dropped immediately after it was launched, falling from $2.329 on 4 April 2021 to $1.2855 on 8 April 2021. TRIBE subsequently recovered somewhat to $1.8196 on 8 May 2021 before collapsing again to $0.8092 on 23 May. The TRIBE coin dropped lower in the succeeding months, hitting $0.5652 on 25 July 2021 before increasing again to $1.0214 on 24 August. Its price slipped back to $0.5928 on 1 October 2021. Throughout October the price, however increased once again to $1.3365 on 12 November. Significant volatility persisted throughout the remainder of the year. In January, the TRIBE coin price has risen, hitting $0.9919 on 12 January 2022.
The current price of TRIBE coin stands at $1.2277 as of 14 January 2022.
Tribe (TRIBE) has a current circulating supply of 453 million coins and a maximum supply of one billion.
The current market cap of Tribe stands at $509m.
According to CoinGecko, the coin has risen by 24% in the last 30 days and 14% in the last 14 days.
But how do these figures affect a TRIBE price prediction? Let's look at what the experts think.
It's important when looking at predictions to remember that while they can be helpful as an indicator of which direction the price may move, they should be viewed as possibilities rather than absolutes. This is especially the case when looking at long-term forecasts, as these can sometimes be completely off the mark. This is because of the inherent volatility of the crypto market, but also the many unknowns which could impact future prices.
With this in mind, let's look at some Tribe crypto price predictions.
Wallet Investor in a fairly optimistic price prediction thinks Tribe could surge to $1.470 in one year's time and $3.888 in five years' time.
Gov.capital in a much less optimistic forecast, estimates the TRIBE price prediction for 2023 to be $0.252.
DigitalCoinPrice, in a similarly pessimistic forecast, suggests the Tribe price will plateau in the future. The platform forecasts TRIBE could be worth just $1.14 in 2024. The website's Tribe price prediction for 2025 also stands at $1.14.
Neither Gov.capital or DigitalCoinPrice perceive Tribe to be a good long-term investment.
Is Tribe a good investment?
Some experts think the coin could go down in the future while other analysts believe Tribe price could go up, albeit slowly. It is always worth remembering that the crypto market is highly volatile and the price of all tokens and coins can go down as well as up.
Will Tribe go up?
It could go up, however, the Tribe coin could also go down.
Some experts do not think this coin is a good long-term investment. However, it is always worth remembering that forecasts, especially long-term ones, are better viewed as indicators rather than absolutes.
Should I invest in Tribe?
Investing is a highly personal endeavour. Do your own research and try to keep up-to-date with any developments within the Fei Protocol that could boost or dampen its prospects.
Remember, investing can be risky, and it is important never to invest more money than you can afford to lose.
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Q: Insert Listbox selected options to database NOT values I'm implimenting a user registrations form for a college..There I need to calculate the fees and show it to the user and the same time need to insert to a database..
I have used a list box for like this
<select name="subject" id="select2"> ***(value=fees for the subject)
<option value="100">Arts</option>
<option value="150">English</option>

calculation is OK with the values wich are given(I used javascript calculation for that)
Now I want to insert the subject to database
ex:
INSERT INTO user(name, email, subject)
VALUES ('$_POST[name]','$_POST[email]','$_POST[subject]')");

I want to add the subject which selected to be add to database subject field as English not the fees.
I hope you can understand what I'm telling.Please Help
Thank You

A: This would require the server-side knowing the text of the SELECT element, as only the selected value is posted back.
It's possible in ASP.NET, as the SELECT element is know server-side. However I'm not sure if this in the case in PHP.

A: In php, when you populate your list, keep in a map the value=>label mapping and get back the right value like :
$arr = array(100 => "Arts", 150 => "English");
echo $arr[$_POST[subject]]; //if $_POST[subject]==100, return "Arts"

Otherwise, in javascript, you can get it with
var index=document.getElementById("select2").selectedIndex;
document.getElementById("select2").options[index].text;

Then you can store it in an hidden input text...
Warning :
Don't insert directly the values in the sql request !
Be carful with injection SQL
Hope this help you...

A: Ideally you should use the labels as values like:
<select name="subject">
<option value="Arts">Arts</option>
<option value="English">English</option>

If for any reason you want to post both label and fee you can use hidden variables and JavaScript like:
<select name="subject_fee" id="subject_fee" onchange="populate_subject_name();">
<option value="100">Arts</option>
<option value="150">English</option>
</select>
<input type="hidden" name="subject_name" id="subject_name" value="">
<script type="text/javascript">
    function populate_subject_name() {
        var f = document.getElementById("subject_fee");
        var n = document.getElementById("subject_name");
        n.value = f.options[f.selectedIndex].text;
    }
</script>

By the way I'd still recommend the first approach. There are other ways to calculate the fee -- just improvise. See this and this for one possibility.

A: You have to add handle onsubmit event of form and a hidden field to preserve the selected text of list item.
<script type="text/javascript">
function submitIt()
 {
  var list=document.getElementById("select2");
  var item=list.item(list.selectedIndex);
  document.getElementById("subjectTest").value=item.text;
  return true;
}
</script>

<form method="post" action="your_page.php" onsubmit="return submitIt()">
   <input type="hidden" id="subjectTest" name="subjectText" />
   <select name="subject" id="select2"> ***(value=fees for the subject)
    <option value="100">Arts</option>
    <option value="150">English</option>
   <input type="submit" name="cmd" value="Submit"/>
</form>


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Q: Write a program that reads the contents of a text file and return index of words into Values I am doing an exercise from a textbook and I have been stuck for 3 days finally I decided to get help here.
The question is: write a program that reads the contents of a text file. The program should create a dictionary in which the key-value pairs are described as follows:

*

*Key. The keys are the individual words found in the file.

*Values. Each value is a list that contains the line numbers in the file where the word (the key) is found.

For example: suppose the word "robot" is found in lines 7, 18, 94, and 138. The dictionary would contain an element in which the key was the string "robot", and the value was a list containing the numbers 7, 18, 94, and 138.
Once the dictionary is built, the program should create another text file, known as a word index, listing the contents of the dictionary. The word index file should contain an alphabetical listing of the words that are stored as keys in the dictionary, along with the line numbers where the words appear in the original file.
Figure 9-1 shows an example of an original text file (Kennedy.txt) and its index file (index.txt).

Here are the code i tried so far and the functions is not completed, not sure what to do next:
def create_Kennedytxt():
    f = open('Kennedy.txt','w')
    f.write('We observe today not a victory\n')
    f.write('of party but a celebration\n')
    f.write('of freedom symbolizing an end\n')
    f.write('as well as a beginning\n')
    f.write('signifying renewal as well\n')
    f.write('as change\n')
    f.close()

create_Kennedytxt()

def split_words():
    f = open('Kennedy.txt','r')

    count = 0

    for x in f:
        y = x.strip()
        z = y.split(' ')    #get individual character to find its index
        count+=1            #get index for each line during for loop

split_words()

can anyone help me with the answer of code or give me some hints? and the answer shouldn't be import anythings, but only use methods and functions to achieved it. i will be very appreciated it!

A: You are on the right track. This is how it can be done
def build_word_index(txt):
    out = {}
    for i, line in enumerate(txt.split("\n")):
        for word in line.strip().split(" "):
            if word not in out:
                out[word] = [i + 1]
            else:
                out[word].append(i + 1)
    return out

print(build_word_index('''
We observe today not a victory
of party but a celebration
of freedom symbolizing an end
as well as a beginning
signifying renewal as well
as change
'''))

This works by first defining a dictionary
out = {}

Then we are going to loop line by line of input (we are going to use enumerate just so we have an index that starts from 0 and goes up by one each line
    for i, line in enumerate(txt.split("\n")):

Next we are going to loop for each word in that line
        for word in line.strip().split(" "):

Finally we are going to examine two cases by checking if our dictionary does not contain the word
            if word not in out:

In the case we haven't seen the word before we need to create and entry in our dictionary that keeps track of words. We are using a list so that we can handle words being on multiple lines. (We are adding 1 to i here to offset us starting at 0).
                out[word] = [i + 1]

In the case we have seen the word before we can just add the line we are currently on to the end of it
                out[word].append(i + 1)

This will get us a dictionary where each word is the key and the value is a list of what lines the word appears in.
I am going to leave how to actually output the dictionary correctly to you.

A: This is a three step process:

*

*Read the file line by line and split each line into words

*Identify all unique words in each line (use set to do this)

*For each word, check if word exists in the dictionary.

*

*If it exists in the dictionary, then add the line number (line starts with 0, so you may need to add +1)
to add 1 to it)

*If it does NOT exist in the dictionary, create a new key entry for the word and include the line number.

The dictionary will be a keys with lists.
To do this, you can create a program like this:
keys_in_file = {}
with open ('Kennedy.txt', 'r') as f:
    for i,line in enumerate(f):
        words = line.strip().split()
        for word in set(words):
            keys_in_file.setdefault(word, []).append(i+1)

print (keys_in_file)

The output of the file you provided (Kennedy.txt) is:
{'today': [1], 'victory': [1], 'observe': [1], 'a': [1, 2, 4], 'We': [1], 'not': [1], 'celebration': [2], 'of': [2, 3], 'party': [2], 'but': [2], 'freedom': [3], 'an': [3], 'symbolizing': [3], 'end': [3], 'as': [4, 5, 6], 'well': [4, 5], 'beginning': [4], 'renewal': [5], 'signifying': [5], 'change': [6]}

If you want to ensure that all words (We, WE, we) get counted as same word, you need to convert words to lowercase.
words = line.lower().strip().split()
If you want the values to be printed in the format of index.txt, then you add the following to the code:
for k in sorted(keys_in_file):
    print (k+':', *keys_in_file[k])

The output will be as follows:
Note: I converted We to lowercase so it will show up later in the alphabetic order
a: 1 2 4
an: 3
as: 4 5 6
beginning: 4
but: 2
celebration: 2
change: 6
end: 3
freedom: 3
not: 1
observe: 1
of: 2 3
party: 2
renewal: 5
signifying: 5
symbolizing: 3
today: 1
victory: 1
we: 1
well: 4 5

A: from collections import Counter
fname = input("Enter file name: ")
with open (fname, 'r') as input_file:
     count = Counter(word for line in input_file
                         for word in line.split())
print(count.most_common(20))
f= open("index.txt","w+")
s = str(count.most_common(20))
f.write(s)
f.close()


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Профессионально-педагогический колледж СГТУ имени Ю. А. Гагарина — среднее специальное учебное заведение в г. Саратове. С 2011 года — структурное подразделение СГТУ имени Ю. А. Гагарина. В 1992—2011 годах — Саратовский государственный индустриально-педагогический колледж им. Ю. А. Гагарина. Вошло в историю благодаря тому, что в его стенах в 1951—1955 годах обучался Ю. А. Гагарин.

История
30 августа 1871 года в Саратове было открыто городское ремесленное училище по инициативе саратовского купца 1-й гильдии Т. Е. Жёгина. Здание училища было построено в 1871 году на Большой Кострижной (ныне Сакко и Ванцетти) улице. После открытия училище посетили император Александр II с наследником Александром Александровичем и сыном Владимиром. В честь этого события на здании училища была помещена мемориальная доска, а училище стало называться Александровское ремесленное училище.

В начале 1920-х годов училищу было присвоено наименование Саратовское Советское ремесленное училище. «Профессиональная школа им. А. В. Луначарского», затем «Ремесленное училище № 2».

5 января 1945 года приказом Главного управления трудовых резервов, на базе училища № 2 был создан Саратовский индустриальный техникум. Ему предписывалось готовить мастеров производственного обучения, в том числе и по литейному делу.

С 1964 года — индустриально-педагогический техникум, а в 1969 году ему было присвоено имя Ю. А. Гагарина.

В 1992 году техникум был реорганизован в колледж, а в 2011 году колледж был вновь реорганизован и вошел как структурное подразделение Саратовского государственного технического университета имени Ю. А. Гагарина.

С 1951 года по 1955 год Гагарин учился в Саратовском индустриальном техникуме. На сегодняшний день закрыто ремесленное училище в Люберцах, учеником которого был Гагарин, а также Оренбургское военное училище, которое он закончил. Таким образом, на данный момент колледж — единственное действующее учебное заведение из тех, в которых учился Гагарин.

После Люберецкого ремесленного училища № 10 Гагарин, с целью продолжить обучение по специальности, переезжает в Саратов и поступает в Саратовский индустриальный техникум:

«Директору Саратовского индустриального техникума министерства трудовых резервов от ученика ремесленного училища № 10 группы № 21 Гагарина Юрия Алексеевича, родившегося в 1934 году в Смоленской области Гжатского района, Клушинском с/с, деревня Клушино. Член ВЛКСМ с 1949 года.

Заявление.

Прошу Вас зачислить меня учеником вверенного Вам техникума, так как я желаю повышать свои знания в области литейного производства и принести как можно больше пользы своей Родине. Все требования, предъявляемые ко мне, обязуюсь выполнять честно и беспрекословно. 06.07.1951. Ученик РУ-10 Гагарин».

За четыре года обучения он сдал 32 экзамена, по 31 предмету получил оценку «пять» и только по «Психологии» — «четыре». 29 июня 1955 года Ю. А. Гагарин с отличием защищает диплом и получает специальность техника-литейщика.

Народный музей Гагарина
Рядом со зданием колледжа находится Народный музей Гагарина. На доме висит табличка:

Памятник градостроительства и архитектуры местного значения.

Дом жилой для смотрителя Александровского ремесленного училища 1894 г.

Охраняется государством

Фотографии

См. также
 Бурыгин, Вениамин Петрович
 Аэроклуб им. Ю. А. Гагарина (Саратов)
 Заулошнов, Александр Николаевич

Источники
 Постановление Совета Министров РСФСР № 624 от 04.12.1974

Исторические памятники

Саратовская область

Здание Александровского училища, воспитанники которого принимали активное участие в восстании на броненосце «Потемкин» в 1905 г. Здесь в индустриальном техникуме учился Герой Советского Союза летчик-космонавт Гагарин Юрий Алексеевич. ул. Сакко и Ванцетти, 15.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Саратовский индустриальный техникум (сетевая страница)
 Тарабрин. Инфо — Саратовский индустриальный техникум
 Несколько замечаний к биографии Юрия Алексеевича Гагарина

Техникумы России
Образование в Саратове
Объекты, названные в честь Юрия Гагарина

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Derry's striking murals
The city of Derry (sometimes referred to as Londonderry) in Northern Ireland is a far-flung corner of the United Kingdom, very close to the border with the Republic of Ireland. It has endured a troubled recent history, which you can still see today in its stark political murals. The cluster painted on the walls of the city's Bogside area document Irish nationalism and its struggles.
The famous "You are now entering Free Derry" slogan is on the surviving end wall of a house and has been painted dozens of times. It was even turned pink for a recent gay pride.
Others feature nationalist politician Bernadette Devlin and even Che Guevara complete with his Irish birth surname Lynch. While this wall art is now a tourist attraction, its careful preservation reflects a difficult history which is really not so far away.
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Derry civil rights mural
Che Guevara mural
Free Derry mural
There will be further photographs from my visit to Derry later on in the week.
Tags: art, Bogside, Derry, Free Derry, history, Ireland, Londonderry, murals, Northern Ireland, photography, travel
5 thoughts on "Derry's striking murals"
ehpem on December 29, 2012 at 19:09 said:
Those are interesting murals, artistic and well done. And nicely captured.
Thank you. They encapsulate a lot of history and troubled times. I'm glad they're preserved for posterity.
ckponderings on November 27, 2012 at 06:30 said:
Nice series of shots – all very poignant, particularly for those of the 70s and 80s generation.
mikeosbornphoto on November 27, 2012 at 19:37 said:
Indeed, Richard. Very interesting to see in the flesh. More from Derry on its way.
Excellent! :)
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In this paper, the author focuses on learner perceptions of the characteristics of learning technology as explanatory variables for acceptance behavior. The author presents an empirical study examining the effects of these perceptions on two outcomes: uptake of an e-learning technology and effectiveness of such technologies that results in the intention to continue to use. The effectiveness of e-learning programs are dependent on the fulfillment of the leaner expectations in terms of the suitability of the learning to the present task, applicability of the learning, and the right incentives and measures to encourage and motivate employees.
Technological advances are dramatically altering the training and development landscape in India. Although the adoption of online learning programs by Indian organizations has been significant in recent years, the capabilities and efficacy of such programs have yet to be fully investigated. Most effort in this area has been devoted to program development while examinations of online program quality and effectiveness have been merely implied. With little empirical knowledge about Internet-based learning outcomes, the need for research in this area is not only timely, but also imperative.
In this study, we adopt the cognitive perspective of e-learning and the word e-learning has been used synonymously with e-training. E-learning is the use of information and communication technologies to deliver information and instruction to learners as part of planned efforts to increase knowledge and skill. Organizations are choosing e-learning as a mode of imparting learning so as to increase learner convenience, reduce cost of delivery of learning, track and monitor learning needs of employees and customize learning programs for them. E-learning appeals to organizations that have a strong need to deliver consistent training across multiple locations. While the potential advantages of e-learning make it appealing, organizations embarking on e-learning implementations must keep in mind that successful implementation requires significant planning and effort. E-learning initiatives can require considerable investment in both information technology (IT) and staff. Specific costs include development costs to design and build the actual courses as well as hardware and software costs to allow users to access the training.
According to the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) by Davis, Bagozzi, & Warshaw (1989), employee attitudes toward computers must be investigated since the intention of computer use and actual use are influenced by such attitudes. Employees have various backgrounds, computer skills, beliefs, and interests and such differences cause different perceptions toward e-learning and its effectiveness (Hiltz, 1994). Factors such as age, gender, personality, and computer experience have proven to be determinants of computer attitudes (e.g., Hunt & Bohlin, 1993; Miller & Varma, 1994; Raub, 1981; Reece & Gable, 1982; Taylor & Todd, 1995; Sanchez et al., 2006). Previous researches have suggested and proved that the effectiveness of e-learning programs is dependent upon three sets of antecedent factors: Technology factors (Parasuraman, 2000; Masie, 2001; Brown, 2001, 2002); Psychological factors (Henning, 2003; Martin et al., 2003); Organizational factors (Guest, 1998; Herriot et al., 1998; Martin et al., 1998; Capelli, 1998; Martin & Beaumont, 2003).
The technology factors include: whether the employees have access to the requisite infrastructure? Are they trained to use technology? Is the training design to their satisfaction?
The psychological factors include: whether the employees are motivated enough to undergo e-learning? Are they confident of their technology skills? Does e-learning fit their personal learning style?
The Organizational factors include: Does the organization value learning and knowledge acquisition? Is their learning applicable in real work life situations? Does the culture in the organization encourage personal enhancement and self development?


This is the first time that the mechanism behind the mysterious phenomenon of the ASD brain is unveiled and you can bet your bottom dollar the race to develop specific ASD drugs will accelerate.
Autism, or as it is currently called, Autism Spectrum disorder (ASD), is characterized by impaired social interactions, communication deficits, and repetitive behaviors. It has been one of the most vexing problems for researchers to investigate. First, because it resides in the brain – how do you get specimens of brain from an ASD child? Symptoms start at an early age, but few die at this age to provide postmortem specimens. Once you get a specimen, what do you look for? For the longest time neuroscientists were groping in the dark. And the advent of genomic medicine only added to the confusion, initially. Literally hundreds of genes showed some association with ASD.
You can tell when a problem is tough and far from solution by the number of theories purporting to explain it. And ASD had theories galore. Environmental influences, including toxins in the air and the food, mothers consuming alcohol or drugs, family stress, to name a few. Such theories may grab headlines, but they don't advance our state of knowledge. Only the assiduous, detailed work of scientists in their laboratories can solve such a difficult puzzle. And indeed, we are finally getting closer.
A neuron is made up of a cell body and long outgrowths projecting from it, called dendrites. Those dendrites are decorated with thousands of spines, and it is those spines that connect with spines from other neurons, creating a mind boggling complex network. So when we read a novel, our eyes send signals to the visual cortex, which in turn sends signals to the language centers. But signals are also sent to the auditory cortex if we hear in our mind's ears the conversation in the story, or to the motor cortex if the story describes action, or to the olfactory cortex if we "smell" the flowers that the story mentions. I leave it to your fertile imagination to guess what is activated when a steamy sexual scene is described. You notice that the connection between brain regions is well regulated. When you read about a boxing match, the images are kinetic, you don't smell them.
How is such a feat accomplished? The answer has been known for many years: the newborn brain is creating a huge number of connections. At the same time there is also a process of pruning underway, but the formation of new connections, or in anatomical terms, spines, far exceeds the ones that are eliminated. That makes a lot of sense: in a young age, the amount of learning is enormous. Consider: not only do we learn to speak a new language, we also learn how to interpret our parents' intentions from their body language, we learn what food we like and what we hate, we learn how to tie our shoelaces, and ride a bike, and make sense of those strange looking letters and string them together to form words and sentences. In short, most everything we know is acquired at a young age, which requires an enormous capacity to form new circuits.
As we approach adolescence the balance is reversed: pruning exceeds formation of new spines. This allows distinct networks to form, connecting with each other in a predictable and useful way. But what would happen if the process of pruning is defective? We will have a multiplicity of signals going in all directions, activating centers that are not supposed to be activated. Can you imagine eating a cake and hearing loud booming sounds as a result? Your only defense is to try and avoid external stimuli altogether. And this is what is happening in the brain of ASD.
Investigators have long noted a much higher number of spines in many regions of the ASD brain, although quantitative measurements were not done (technically a laborious job). But even more important, researchers did not have an answer to the question of why there is such an imbalance between synthesis and pruning of spines in ASD. It has been a total mystery.
A recent online paper in Neuron magazine provides answers to the question. The investigators measured dendritic spines of dendrites in the superior middle temporal lobe (Brodmann Area 21; see figure), a region implicated in ASD due to its participation in brain networks involved in social and communication processes, including language, social and speech perception, auditory and visual processing, and comprehension of intentions.
Brodman area 21. Excess dendritic spines in this area are associated with ASD.
What they found was striking: from childhood through adolescence, dendritic spines decreased by ∼45% in control subjects but only by ∼16% in ASD patients, demonstrating a developmental defect in net spine pruning in ASD.
The researchers didn't stop there. They were looking for the mechanism behind this observation.
Using mouse models of ASD and postmortem biopsies of ASD and normal human brains, they looked for a convergence point of all the pathways that are implicated by the myriad of genes associated with ASD. Not altogether surprising, they came up with mTOR.
I wrote about this all-important cellular regulator in a previous post. mTOR stands for "mammalian Target Of Rapamycin" (pronounced em –tor), and it has a fascinating history. Rapamycin is a molecule isolated from bacteria and was originally tested as an antibiotic. Instead, as is common in medicine, it turned out to be something completely different –an immunosuppressant.
formation of new blood vessels (called angiogenesis).
It also senses the status of energy and oxygen supply (called redox potential) in the cell. And, now we can add a new function for mTOR: autophagy (auto=self, phagy=eating). This is a process whereby the cell digests old organelles and proteins that ceased to function optimally, thus reducing its viability. Not unlike garbage collection–you fail to do it and before long heaps of uncollected garbage will spread pestilence and disease.
Turns out, mTOR inhibits autophagy in its single-minded effort to keep everything in the cell intact. As long as there is a countervailing process of spine pruning, and the two processes are in balance, everything is hunky-dory. But if mTOR is hyperactive, the synthesis of spines exceeds their destruction. What would then happen? All the regions of the brain will be talking to each other simultaneously, and the multitude of signals traveling across the brain in every which direction would create one big cacophony, making no sense. A veritable biblical Tower of Babel, where the builders could not understand each other's language. In the ensuing chaos, the tower collapsed.
This is the first time that the mechanism behind the mysterious phenomenon of the ASD brain is unveiled. And without a mechanism, an identifiable target, drug development is a shot in the dark. As the name implies, rapamycin binds and inhibits mTOR. But it is also toxic. You can bet your bottom dollar that a race will start, if it's not already on, to develop drugs that will inhibit mTOR in the brains of individuals with ASD without unacceptable toxicity.
For dessert, here is a teaser: the discovery of rapamycin is absolutely fascinating. The story starts, believe it or not, 8000-9000 years ago. If I tweaked your curiosity, read my post on the topic. You won't be disappointed.


The CLEVELAND FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM, inc. 3 Apr. 1837, was apparently a short-lived attempt to help orphaned young girls. It was established by a group of about 13 women from Trinity Church, including Laura Willey, Martha Kendall, and Sophia K. Ford, but its method of operation and length of existence are unclear. The Cleveland Female Orphan Asylum is mentioned in only the 1837 city directory; later directories list no other institutions specifically for orphans until the establishment of the Orphans' Asylum on St. Clair St. in 1852. Roderic H. Pierce's history of TRINITY CATHEDRAL mentions the Cleveland Female Orphan Asylum as the predecessor to the Trinity Church Home for the Sick & Friendless, established in Mar. 1856, but gives no further details.


I'm wondering why you'll never read those books .
They don't exist–or rather, they only exist as books in other books.
I intend it all in the spirit of Good Clean Fun.
LOL No it's okay !
De Selby should've made the list. Kilgore Trout too.


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On December 12th, Mercy High School, Baltimore, Maryland, joined the worldwide Mercy community in celebrating Foundation Day, with an assembly of students, faculty, and special guests in the new auditorium. The community gathered to hear remarks by Mary Neven, RSM, former principal of St. Mary's College, Auckland, New Zealand, who is currently studying at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, Illinois.
Mary's association with Mercy High School began in 1998, when Carol Wheeler, RSM, principal of Mercy, spoke at the Australia/New Zealand Mercy Secondary Education Conference, held in Auckland. In December 1999, when Carol returned to New Zealand for a 4 ½ month sabbatical, her home base was St. Mary's Convent, Auckland, and she frequently visited St. Mary's College. Warmly welcomed by staff and students, she found St. Mary's to be much like Mercy High School, especially in the friendliness of the people and the values most important to the school.
Mary Neven spoke to the assembly of the international significance of Catherine McAuley's vision and mission, citing especially the need for women's voices in the struggle to resolve conflict in the world. She noted that in areas where conflict is present, few women are involved at the negotiating tables and observed that women's voices are needed to ask different questions—to ask "the life-giving, compassionate, Mercy questions."
She urged students to let their voices be heard, and impressed upon them that no effort is too small in the quest for world peace. She charged students to use their "Mercy Magic" to make our global village a place of compassion and peace, noting that the world needs the compassionate voice of Mercy as never before. The assembly closed with a prayer service, ending with the singing of "The Circle of Mercy," the song sung in Mercy schools all over the world.
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If you missed my early fall potting bench decorated with mums, you can view it here.
The mums that were available in my isolated northern Minnesota locale were already pretty advanced in early September, but I bought them anyway. Some years the temps get too cold to even bring them into full bloom by late September.
For today's new arrangement, I went rustic with a couple of old kerosene lanterns that I just purchased for $2 and $3 at a local antique shop yesterday. The glass was missing, but I can still use them for display.
I like them with a little Spanish Moss and small pumpkins. Rust and orange make a good combination!
On the right side of the potting bench/sink I put a galvanized bucket of gourds and a vintage berry sieve with Indian corn.
This is the whole sink top display.
This potting sink was a great buy last spring. It is great for outdoor decorating!
My whole display will be put into winter storage very shortly after Halloween. Snow can be expected in November.
The wispy grasses are Mexican Feather Grass or Ponytail Grass from the summer season. I love the way they sway in the autumn winds.
I hope you are enjoying my fall decor this year!
Well I just love your potting bench. So hard for me to imagine it that cold yet. We are all in shorts still with it in the upper 80s today. I am ready for a cool down.
I adore the indian corn idea. I am not ready for the cold stuff to hit, so hopefully it will hold off until later November here. I remember your snow photos from last year and you definitely get hit hard with the white stuff!
You potting bench looks festive all dressed up for fall. The lanterns are adorable with baby pumpkins nested inside! I hope you enjoyed this gorgeous late September day, Carlene.
Looks really good, Carlene!! Love the old lanterns!
I am reading all your fall decorating posts & thanks for the inspiration to use my 90 y/o aunt's mother's gray graniteware canning funnel (inverted) into a votive candle cup holder. Your candy corn funnels are so cute.
The potting bench looks great all decked out for Fall.
Very pretty potting bench. Like the lanterns with the little pumpkins in them.
Good Morning Carlene, I adore your old kerosene lanterns and they look lovely filled with Spanish moss and small pumpkins. It is certainly getting much colder here in England, we are expecting our first frost this week, brrrrr.
Love your potting bench, what a great idea with the sink. It's decorated so nice for fall too!
Very clever display ideas! Love the lanterns.
Carlene I love the update to your potting bench. Great details and adore the old lanterns.
I tried several times to leave a comment this morning and my computer wouldn't let me! I love it Carlene! You always find the most unique ways to display your fun finds!
Love your decorations Carlene.You have so many unusual ideas. That potting bench has been a lot of fun to decorate. I too, love the Mexican feather grass. I am thinning mine out and planted one in a pot and it looks good. Happy Fall to enjoy before the snow gets there.
"Pop-of-orange" is my new favorite decorating theme . . .
Hi Carlene! Love your fall touches. I'm finally following your blog, I have no idea how I've missed it all this time! I've met you on hometalk (The Junky Chic Queen) and I've really enjoyed all your posts there. I'm excited about checking out some of your older posts here too. Hope you'll stop by my blog sometime soon!


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Space weather impacts on the UK railway network
Patterson, Cameron and Wild, Jim (2021) Space weather impacts on the UK railway network. In: 17th European Space Weather Week, 2021-10-252021-10-29, Technology Innovation Centre.
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Some of the many manifestations of space weather's effects on ground based infrastructure are hazards that affect the smooth and safe operation of railway networks, with the potential of signalling system failures, damage to locomotive on board transformers and disruptions caused by interference to a plethora of interdependent systems such as radio, GPS and grid power supply. This work focuses on the impacts on track circuits, signalling systems that use electrical currents to detect the presence or absence of a train in sections of a wider network, as such, they are affected by geomagnetically induced currents (GICs) arising from space weather. The impact on track circuits of various designs has been investigated during the 2015 St. Patrick's Day storm, the first storm of solar cycle 24 to reach a level of "Severe" on the NOAA geomagnetic storm scale. This has been achieved by using the Spherical Elementary Current System (SECS) method of geomagnetic field interpolation, a conductivity model of the UK, estimations of the geoelectric field and track circuit modelling techniques developed by Boteler (2021).
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A Brief History of Hatton Garden Jewellers
A ROYAL HISTORY
Hatton Garden has royal roots stretching back to the area's namesake, Sir Christopher Hatton, who in 1581 was gifted the property of Ely Place by Elizabeth I. Sir Christopher Hatton was a politician and close advisor to the Queen who gained recognition from his knighthood and appointment as Lord Chancellor. The gifted property featured a beautiful garden that, eventually, branded the street and surrounding area 'Hatton Garden'. A successful man, Sir Hatton accumulated great wealth and in the years to come built a grand house to rival Hampton Court, Holdenly Palace near Northampton. His name lives on in what is today known as London's Jewellery Quarter, Hatton Garden.
MEDIEVAL MARKETS TO FASHIONABLE FOODIES
Hatton Garden's association with the jewellery trade dates back to Medieval London, when particular crafts and industries clustered around specific neighbourhoods to ease production and trade. The Hatton family began to sell parts of their Ely estate, allowing for wealthy merchants and businesses to occupy the spaces. London at this point was confined to the square mile City of London, and Hatton Garden became the reputable destination for trusted experts and quality craftsmanship.
While many of London's original districts have been lost to development, failing industries and change, Hatton Garden has remained the heart of the UK's jewellery trade. With over seventy jewellery shops and nearly three-hundred jewellery businesses, it is still the largest jewellery quarter in the country, pulling visitors globally for its expert craftsmanship and detailed knowledge of all things jewellery. Hatton Garden attracts all walks of life, from those who frequent diamond-buying to individuals seeking once-in-a-lifetime engagement rings and special keepsakes.
In recent years, the creativity of the area has flourished as media and publishing companies have nestled between workshops and in nearby offices, contributing to the hustle and bustle of the locale. The presence of creative industries has fuelled the continuation of the lively Leather Lane Market, which now welcomes some of the city's best street food. Acclaimed restaurants have popped up along Hatton Garden and the nearby areas of Clerkenwell and Farringdon, bringing with them stylish bars and a plethora of choice for a great night out. Despite Hatton Garden's stride into the Twenty-First Century, history is seeped around every corner with timber-framed pubs, cobbled streets and Medieval yards to stumble across.
HATTON GARDEN SCANDALS APLENTY
Hatton Garden has had its fair share of scandals along its long and fascinating history, perhaps most shockingly the tale of Lady Elizabeth Hatton and her tragic death. One night in 1926, Lady Hatton had been seen out dancing with an unidentified man. In the early hours of the morning, in a yard just off Greville Street, Lady Hatton's dismembered body was found strewn upon the cold cobbled ground, her heart still beating in her chest. The yard came to be known as Bleeding Heart Yard, where many believe her ghost still aimlessly wanders the cobblestones.
The more mercenary tales of recent years are better-known, about the attraction of criminals to an area filled with precious diamonds and prized jewels. In 1993, £7 million worth of gems were robbed from Graff's workshop, at the time qualifying as London's biggest jewellery robbery. The robbers were named The Rascal Gang after the Bedford Rascal vans they used to flee the scene. Graff Diamonds suffered greater loss in 2009 when two men posing as customers stole almost £40 million worth of jewellery from their Bond Street store.
On Easter Weekend of 2015, in what has been dubbed the Hatton Garden Heist, a group of criminals drilled into the vault of the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit, where gang members slid through a tight hole to empty deposit boxes: diamonds, precious stones, jewellery and money were among the stolen valuables. The robbers gained sensational attention for being up to seventy-six years old, with an average age of sixty and pensioners among them. Since, several films have been made about the heist, with Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent and Ray Winstone featuring in the 2018 blockbuster. Rest assured, these incidents have been far and few between, but will be sure to go down in Hatton Garden's ever-growing history.
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SolderStar Ltd, is expanding its sales and support service into Brazil with the appointment of Plottec Servico de Informatica as a full distributor.
Specialists in the design, development and manufacture of thermal profiling equipment for the lead-free electronics industry, SolderStar is increasing its network of distributors as an important step to making the company's extensive range of thermal profiling products available to a worldwide market place.
Keith Blakeley, Sales Manager at SolderStar Ltd said: "Plottec Servico de Informatica is a well-known and respected distributor within Brazil and it is a welcome addition to our growing network.
"They are ideally situated to service a large and growing market in which we are already established and have strong relations within the industry. Brazil is a key area to our expansion plans and our new distributor will only help to strengthen our presence in this part of the world.
Plottec Servico de Informatica will offer the full range of thermal profiler equipment from SolderStar, including accessories, and state-of-the-art software tools that combine to offer a complete profiling solutions for reflow, wave, selective and vapour phase soldering applications.


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1) Do you think this music would help you to work?
2) Did you enjoy listening to this? (i.e., for pleasure instead of productivity)
Each person answered both of these questions,
Our participants responded on a scale of 1-10, and were asked to include both '1' and '10' among their 8 responses.
The questions were asked separately:
First they would give responses to the first question, for all 8 tracks.
Then, on another page, they would give responses for the second question.
The tracks were intended to represent various genres, but differed in many ways. Generalize with caution!
Tracks were not labeled in the experiment, and track positions were randomized each time.
1. Cinematic
2. Classical (baroque piano)
3. Electronic
4. Folk
5. HipHop
6. Pads
7. PopElectro
8. Postrock
Estimating population means
Errorbars depict 95% confidence intervals (in the limit of infinite data, we are 95% sure the 'true value' would fall in the interval).
So, where bars are non-overlapping (or nearly so) we can have some confidence that the mean values really are different.
What can we see in this data?
- Track 7 ('PopElectro') is very well-liked... but people think it may not be good to work to!
- Track 8 ('Postrock') is similarly well-liked, and people think it may be better to work to.
- Track 3 is rated as pretty good for working, despite being aesthetically mediocre.
- Track 3 and Track 4 ('Electronic' and 'Folk') are rated as similarly good for work, but people enjoy Track 4 ('Folk') more.
- Pads are boring (unenjoyable)
Remember- these are just averages! The underlying distribution often tells a more complex story.
For example, the average work-rating for Pads actually hides a group of people who love Pads as work-music!
And the success of Track 8 ('Postrock') comes not from people loving it, but rather from nobody hating it.
Later we'll look at variability in detail, but for now we can continue to look at averages.
Do our estimated means change if the data is broken down by demographic groups?
Let's try this first by gender.
Demographic: Male
What can we see in comparing the data from males (above) and females (below)?
- Preference for Track 7 ('PopElectro') in females relative to males.
- Preference for Track 5 ('HipHop') in males relative to females.
- Females seem more willing to work to Track 6 ('Pads'), and enjoy them more.
- Males seem willing to work to Track 3 ('Electronic') even though they don't enjoy it very much.
Demographic: Female
Demographic: Music-workers
A debriefing questionnaire after the experiment asked each participant about their music preferences and listening habits.
129/201 (64% of participants) said they usually listen to music while they work.
How does our data change if we look only at these people?
This subset of the data is broadly similar to the data from all participants.
If differences exist, they might include:
- Preference for working to Track 3 ('Electronic') relative to non-music-working participants.
- Disinclination to work to Track 4 ('Folk') relative to non-music-working participants.
Understanding variability
Estimating the mean ratings for each track (and knowing the error around those estimates) can tell us only part of the story.
We can also look at how the ratings are distributed within each track.
Here are the ratings distributions for Tracks 6, 7, and 8.
What do these distributions show?
- People disagree on whether Track 6 ('Pads') would make good work music.
- Opinion varies widely on the enjoyability of Track 7 ('PopElectro'), but a good chunk of people love it!
- People agree that Track 8 ('Postrock') makes pretty good (but not great) work music.


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Ontario Court of Appeal Affirms Limits on Auditor Liability
Written by Robert W. Staley, Gavin H. Finlayson, Preet K. Bell and Nathan J. Shaheen
On September 5, 2018, the Court of Appeal for Ontario released its decision in Lavender v Miller Bernstein LLP,1 overturning a summary judgment ruling that imposed significant liability on an auditor in previously unrecognized circumstances. In its decision, the Court of Appeal clarified the extent to which an auditor may be liable to parties other than its own client, and confirmed the increasingly high threshold for imposing broad liability on auditors in cases of pure economic loss.
Miller Bernstein was the auditor to Buckingham Securities, a securities dealer whose registration was suspended by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) in 2001 for failing to segregate investor assets and maintain a minimum level of net capital. Buckingham's clients suffered losses when Buckingham failed. One of Buckingham's clients, Barry Lavender, brought a class action against Miller Bernstein in 2005 on behalf of all persons who held an investment account with Buckingham when it was suspended.
Miller Bernstein's role was to audit certain regulatory reports that Buckingham was required to file confidentially with the OSC. The audited reports were not provided or available to Buckingham's clients. None of Buckingham's clients relied upon the reports.
The class action was certified on consent in 2010. In 2016, the plaintiff moved for summary judgment. The key issue on summary judgment was whether Miller Bernstein owed a duty of care to the class members – its client's clients.
At first instance, Justice Belobaba found that Miller Bernstein owed a duty of care to Buckingham's clients.2 After citing Hercules Managements Ltd. v. Ernst & Young,3 Justice Belobaba reasoned that, although class members did not see the audited reports, the auditor "as a matter of simple justice" had a duty to be mindful of the class members, and the class members reasonably expected Miller Bernstein to provide accurate information to the OSC. The decision extended the auditor's liability to third parties that were unaware of the auditor's existence and did not rely on the auditor's audit report.
In a unanimous decision, the Court of Appeal overturned Justice Belobaba's decision. The Court found that there was no duty of care, and granted summary judgment to Miller Bernstein, dismissing the plaintiff's action in its entirety.
The Court of Appeal applied the framework for auditor's liability from Hercules, as updated by the Supreme Court in 2017 in Deloitte & Touche v Livent Inc.4 In Livent, the Supreme Court affirmed and clarified the two-stage framework for determining whether there is a duty of care. At the first stage, the court must determine whether there is a prima facie duty of care, which exists where there is a "sufficiently close relationship between the plaintiff and the defendant." In making this determination, the elements of "proximity" and "reasonable foreseeability" must be established. At the second stage of the analysis, if a prima facie duty of care is found, the court goes on to ask whether there are any residual policy considerations that may negate the duty of care.
The Court of Appeal's analysis in Lavender focused on proximity. In doing so, it applied Livent, in which the Supreme Court indicated that in cases of pure economic loss arising from negligent misrepresentation or performance of a service, two factors are "determinative" of proximity: the scope of the defendant's undertaking and the plaintiff's reliance. On the facts before it, the Court of Appeal found that there could be no proximity between the auditor and the class members, and therefore no prima facie duty of care. It provided five main reasons for this conclusion:
Miller Bernstein only undertook to audit reports that Buckingham filed confidentially with the OSC; it did not undertake to assist the class in making investment decisions. The limited scope of Miller Bernstein's undertaking, and the lack of any direct connection between Miller Bernstein and the class, militated against proximity.
The class members never saw the audited reports and there was admittedly no reliance by any class member on the audited reports.
The motion judge's finding was based in part on palpable and overriding errors of fact.In particular, Buckingham, and not Miller Bernstein, filed the reports with the OSC, and it was incorrect that Miller Bernstein had access to the names and account details of all class members. The facts as corrected further distanced Miller Bernstein from the class members.
The statutory scheme in which Buckingham operated did not create a proximate relationship between Buckingham's auditor and the class members.
The Supreme Court has indicated that significant scrutiny is warranted when deciding whether to recognize a new duty of care in a claim for pure economic loss, which weighed against a finding of proximity in this case.
As the Court of Appeal held that proximity was not established, it did not consider reasonable foreseeability, as both elements must be established to find a prima facie duty of care. The Court of Appeal allowed Miller Bernstein's appeal and dismissed the plaintiff's action.
Lavender represents the Court of Appeal's first opportunity to apply Livent to an auditor's negligence claim. In doing so, the Court affirmed the high threshold in Livent that non-clients must meet when seeking to establish an auditor's liability.
12018 ONCA 729. Bennett Jones LLP acted as counsel for Miller Bernstein.
22017 ONSC 3958.
3[1997] 2 SCR 165.
42017 SCC 63.
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Gavin H. Finlayson, Partner
Preet K. Bell, Partner
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West Brompton and Earls Court stations are both within walking distance giving easy access to all central district of London and Heathrow Airport.
Journey takes 1 hour 15 minutes.
ILEC is a quarter of a mile (400m) from the A4, providing easy access to the M4, M5 and M40.
There is a car park in the basement of the hotel with 140 parking bays. Prices are discounted for conference delegates and start at £5 for two hours, up to £17 for 24 hours.
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As an Alexian Brothers hospice volunteer, Tony Portogallo fed patients and swabbed their mouths and lips to keep them comfortable. Some, he says, just wanted to feel the sun on their skin. "I spent the last moments of people's lives just talking to them, holding their hands," he says.
This type of attentive personal care provided immense comfort to the family of Marilyn Carstens, who died in her Itasca home in July while in the Alexian Brothers Hospice Program. When her mom needed medication, Carolyn Cuttle simply told Donna Ruiz, the hospice nurse, and more medication was delivered. Donna made sure Carolyn and her mother's caregiver were on the same page.
Hospice allowed Carolyn to focus on being her mom's daughter instead of her only caregiver. In addition, it comforted Carolyn and her mom when they needed it most. Marilyn confided in Donna, sharing concerns, worries and fears when she was uncomfortable sharing them with her daughter. Donna listened, answered her questions and let her cry. Carolyn says having Donna with her when her mom was in the final stages of dying "was a gift from God."
"Donna was my life link and calm. She handled all the details which, at that point in time, just seemed overwhelming." Donna arranged for the chaplain to come. She arranged for the death certificate and contacted the funeral home.
"I never felt that we were Donna's job. I felt that we were her family," Carolyn says. "Donna gave us 120 percent every day and in every communication."
In his roles as CEO of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and as an Alexian Brothers hospice volunteer, Steve Smith says, "What I hear all the time is two things: This was the best healthcare I've ever seen somebody receive or I've received; and I wish I'd known about hospice and palliative care sooner."
Every Sunday evening during his volunteer shift at the new Hospice Residence, Smith sees families eating dinner in the kitchen, or laughing and chatting in the family room or in their loved one's room. A married couple - one of whom was a patient - recently celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary. Another patient's eyes lit up when her cat and dog were put onto her bed.
The Hospice Residence provides a home-like environment to families who cannot care for their loved one at home so they don't have to return to the hospital. Replacing the intimidating hospital setting with this beautiful, spiritual environment makes an extremely difficult process easier, Portogallo says. "There's that fear that comes into play when you're a family member watching a loved one die. And you picture yourself in that bed, too. This residence allows people to be OK with what's going on. Everyone should be able to have that closure, that peace."


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